Outreach Priorities (2025–2030)
Supporting purpose, agility, and opportunity on the road to transformational success.
Grow Penn State’s collective impact by cultivating a more unified outreach across University and Commonwealth communities to support the needs of Pennsylvanians.
Presidential goal alignment: increase land-grant impact
Focus Areas:
- Establish shared metrics for reporting on impact
- Initiate and grow the Keystone Collective Impact model
- Enhance and expand partnerships within and beyond Penn State
Enhance student success by fostering experiential learning through programming, opportunities, and partnerships.
Presidential goal alignment: enhance student success
Focus Areas:
- Understand current efforts regarding experiential learning for student (establish baseline of current efforts)
- Develop and adopt criteria to assess how students are benefiting from experiential learning
- Pursue partnerships to further enhance student success
Strive toward a self-sustaining financial model through innovative revenue generation, internal fiscal responsibility, and external partnerships and sponsorships.
Presidential goal alignment: transform internal operations
Focus Areas:
- Increase government and foundation grant applications
- Increase corporate and industry sponsorships
- Grow private philanthropy
- Develop new revenue generating opportunities
Our Mission
We will make a positive impact on society by engaging diverse audiences in the design and delivery of compelling content and meaningful, evidence-based programs. Through our work, we are committed to being an inclusive and engaged University for Pennsylvania and beyond.
Our Vision
Penn State Outreach will engage and empower communities and individuals within the Commonwealth and beyond to become resilient, healthy, sustainable, and innovative.