INNOVATION FEATURE
Teaching Tomorrow's Innovators
Growing Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor is now offered at all Penn State campuses. Not every student graduates looking for a job. The entrepreneurial spirit can strike early, and Penn State is answering the call for programs and resources to support young people with big ideas. Teaching entrepreneurship in the classroom isn’t exactly a new concept […]
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The co.space: An Ongoing Experiment in Connection, Community, and Becoming
Over a decade ago, we started an experiment in downtown State College.
It began with a few simple questions:
What might be possible if people were more intentional about how—and who—they lived with?
What if housing wasn’t just a place to land at the end of the day, but a place that actively shaped who you were becoming?
What if we could retain creative young professionals in our town—through a unique housing model—who were passionate about making Happy Valley an amazing community to call home?
Those questions became the seed of the co.space.

Guiding Guests to Connection, One Room at a Time
At its core, Connect Happy Valley has a simple goal. We aim to connect guests into the community assets that make this place work. Those assets are our hosts. The locally owned venues, educators, creatives, nonprofits, and gathering places that quietly hold the town together.
This past week, that idea moved from concept to proof.

We’re Not Building a Media Platform. We’re Building a Tailgate (All Year Long)
by Greg Woodman Let’s talk about tailgates. Not just football. The human kind. Because after a year of building, listening, and dreaming with people across this region, I’ve started to believe tailgates might be the whole thing. People think tailgates are about football. But they’re not. Tailgates are about belonging.They’re

Penn State Students Help Power a Shared Solution to Happy Valley’s Longstanding Calendar Challenge
For years, people across Happy Valley have been trying to solve the same frustrating problem.
“Oh, I wish I had known about that event.”
Or worse, spending an hour searching through eight different calendars just to plan a decent date night.
From alumni and retirees to students, local business owners, and longtime residents, the sentiment is universal. Great events happen every week, yet too often people hear about them only after the seats are empty and the moment has passed.
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