Parents and Families
Find a variety of resources and links below to assist you in staying "in-the-loop" about your student’s educational experience and to help you navigate the many opportunities at Penn State.
This is your journey too, and we want to help you make the most of your student’s time here.
Tips and Quotes:
-
Privacy Issues:
Under federal legislation
, the University is only able to discuss or disclose a student’s educational record with their parents if the student has given written consent.
College Resources:
-
Future/Prospective Students
-
Current Students
- Scholarship Information
- Advising Handbook (classes needed for each major)
- Student Activities Page
University Resources:
- Penn State Parent site with links and other general PSU information
- Financial Aid
- Office of the Bursar
- Academic Calendar, click on the semester you are interested in
- Health Services
- Housing Family Newsletter
- Summer Education Abroad Info for Parents
- Registrar Parent Page
- Residential Computing Parent Page
- Parent Newswire
- Friends of Penn State Digital Identity (gives you access to certain web locations)
- Parents Giving
