
As part of the initiative, Campus Dining will donate 250 meals throughout the weekend in order to keep volunteers energized during THON.

DMAIG's THON mosaic will finally hold a permanent spot on campus starting this Saturday. For the Penn Staters who helped design the mosaic, it was a personal process.

"Every day, I am floored by the amount of compassion and hard work that is poured into our mission from every corner of the organization."

In the release, it ordered those that are showing any symptoms of the mumps -- tender swollen glands below the ear or along the jawline on one or both sides of the face and neck, headache, fever, and/or cold-like symptoms -- do not attend the festivities in the Bryce Jordan Center this weekend.

One of our staffers, Carly Weiss, was sick last year and couldn't go to THON. This year, she'll attend THON for the first time -- and she's dancing. We set up an expectations vs. reality to document her journey through THON.

Is it your first time heading to THON? No need to fear; we compiled a checklist with everything you need for THON 2017.