Community & Belonging | Penn State Student Affairs

Discover your community at Penn State.

Our goal is to create a culture where all students feel welcome and included so you can focus on learning, creating friendships, and growing personally.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Student Affairs

Student Affairs is committed to supporting an equitable living, learning, and working environment that affirms the dignity, worth, and value of all members of the Penn State community. We strive to create a campus culture that allows for openness, respect, and safety; an environment in which those with diverse attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviors feel included and can thrive. We seek to understand, value, and uplift individual differences, including but not limited to those related to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious and spiritual beliefs, gender, sexuality, physical and mental abilities, size and appearance, and socioeconomic status.

Learn more about our commitment

Find Your Community

Penn State can feel like a large place, but there are many communities to help you connect and thrive. We offer many spaces where students with different racial and ethnic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, socioeconomic circumstances, and physical abilities come together to find support and community.

Find Support

We're here to support you throughout your Penn State journey. Whether you are looking for academic or career-related resources, health and wellness support, assistance with basic needs, legal guidance, or something else, we have a resource or will connect you with a resource that can help.

Get Involved

There are a variety of ways to get involved in the many communities at Penn State. Look for events and programs on the Student Affairs Event Calendar, join a student organization, or connect with one of our many Student Affairs offices for opportunities around community building, mentoring, education, and more.

Find on Campus

Learn where on campus you can find resources, such as all-gender restrooms, meditation and reflection spaces, food pantries, dining options for special diets, ADA access, safe spaces, and more. You can use map.psu.edu to navigate to many of the resources on the list.

What do we mean by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Learn more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to Student Affairs and Penn State as well as what we are doing across the University to support diversity, equity, and inclusion.