While Penn State may hold a dance marathon that’s the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, it doesn’t hold the only dance marathon. There are many universities across America that fundraise in a year-long effort, have executive committees, and dance for hours on hours — just like we do — in support of all sorts of great causes. Here are a few we’ve ranked as the top fundraisers.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk will speak at Penn State in an open lecture and Q&A called "Animal Rights: Human Obligations" at 7 p.m. on April 2 in 112 Walker Building.
Penn State's Students Organizing the Multiple Arts will once again be hosting the annual Arts Crawl this year. The club starting a Kickstarter to help raise funds for the spring festival.
After issues surrounding the daylong policy last year, and the fact that daylongs were banned entirely two years ago, things have settled down and the daylong is back—with some restrictions.
Applications for the THON Executive Committee are now available on THON.org under the Documents section and are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 28 in 210 HUB.