Arriving on Campus

Penn State offers free transportation services through the CATABUS and Campus Shuttles. 

Follow real-time travel information HERE

Campus Shuttle via Beaver Avenue

• 27 stops - serves West Deck to Innovation Park, including Mount Nittany Medical Center
• 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. weekdays
• Every 20 minutes from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., every 40 minutes from 6 - 8 p.m. 

Penn State Blue Buses will be available on the day of the fair. 

Buses will run continuously from 8 am - 1 pm on April 15, 2024.

• Pick-up Locations: 
  • Pattee and Paterno Library
  • School of Visual Arts Building
  • East Residence Halls
• Destination:
  • The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center

For GPS or mapping directions please use the following address: 

The Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel
215 Innovation Boulevard
State College, PA 16803-6603

• From New York City - The suggested route is via the George Washington Bridge to I-80. In Pennsylvania, exit I- 80 at exit 161 (Bellefonte) and follow PA Route 220 south to State College. Take exit 74 for Innovation Park/Penn State University.
• From the Philadelphia - Take Philadelphia Schuylkill Expressway to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, leave the Turnpike at exit 247 (Harrisburg East), and follow I-283 to I-83 and proceed north on I-83 to the I-81 interchange. Then follow I-81 south to Route 322, 22 West exit. Proceed west on Route 322 through Lewistown to State College exit #74.
• From Pittsburgh - Follow Route 22 East to Duncansville, I-99/Route 220 North to Route 322 East to Mt. Nittany Expressway/State College exit #73, 
  OR 
  Follow Route 22 East beyond Duncansville to Water Street, Route 45 East to Pine Grove Mills and Route 26 North to State College. From the west, take I-80 to exit 123 (Woodland) just east of Clearfield, then US Route 322 east to State College, or exit I-80 at exit 161 (Bellefonte) and follow PA Route 220 south to State College.
• From the west - Take I-80 to Exit 20 (Woodland) just east of Clearfield, then US Route 322 east to State College; or follow I-80 east to Exit 161 (Old Exit 24) for Route 26 and Route 220 south to State College. Follow the expressway to Exit 74 for Penn State University.
• From Washington, DC - Take Route 270 to Frederick then Route 70 to Breezewood - PA turnpike (exit 12) - and go one exit West to Bedford (exit 11); Take I-99 north to Route 220 to Route 322 East to State College exit #74, 
  OR 
  Take I-95 or the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to Baltimore, west loop I-695 to I-83 north. Continue on I- 83 north to the I-81 interchange. Then follow I-81 south to Route 322, 22 exit. Proceed west on Route 322 to Lewistown and State College.