Life in Happy Valley
Happy Valley offers a wide array of cultural, athletic and entertainment opportunities. Many resources about life in Happy Valley from the graduate student perspective can be found in the in the GSA Student Handbook ( you can find more information about the Graduate Student Association on their website). This handbook also has information regarding administrative and housing services as well listings for transportation, public schools and banks, etc.
For additional resources, please visit the links below.
General Information
(Demographics, communities, housing, employment, schools, businesses, etc.)
| Apartments (State College Area) | Bellefonte (County seat) |
| Boalsburg (Birthplace of Memorial Day) | Borough of State College |
| Campus Graduate Student Housing | Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau |
| Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA Bus system) | Centre Region Council of Governments |
| Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County | Downtown State College |
| State College | State College Area School District (SCASD) |
Local Media
| Centre Daily Times(Local newspaper) | Radio Stations |
| State College Magazine | Television Listings |
| Town & Gown (Local magazine) | Voices of Central Pennsylvania (Independent / alternative newspaper) |
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WPSU (Public television, radio) |
Arts, Culture, Festivals and Events
| Acoustic Brew Coffeehouse (Folk/acoustic concert series) | Ag Progress Days (Farming exposition) |
| Bryce Jordan Center (concert, event, and sports venue) | Center for the Performing Arts |
| Central PA 4thFest (July 4th Celebration and fireworks display) | Central PA Festival of the Arts (music, arts and crafts) |
| First Night (New Years celebration) | Grange Fair (Historic ‘tenting’ fair) |
| Music at Penn’s Woods (Summer concert series) | Nittany Valley Symphony |
| Palmer Museum of Art | Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra |
| Pennsylvania Centre Stage (Resident theatre company) | Pennsylvania Military Museum |
| People's Choice Festival (Music, arts, crafts) | State College Choral Society |
| State Theatre | Summer’s Best Music Fest |
