Now live: Community Impact Map showcases Penn State outreach ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Community Impact Map is live and serving as a public resource to highlight the work of Commonwealth Campuses, colleges and other Penn State units across Pennsylvania.

“Service and impact are at the very heart of our mission as an institution,” said Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi. “As Pennsylvania’s only land-grant university, we were founded to empower, enrich and strengthen our commonwealth through the transformative power of education, outreach and community partnership, and this map tangibly illustrates the scope and breadth of the positive impact our University has across every corner of Pennsylvania. I am so proud of, and grateful to, each and every Penn Stater who contributes to this noble mission, each and every day.”

Penn State Outreach collaborated with multiple units across the University to develop the Penn State Community Impact Map, an interactive and visual representation of Penn State’s contributions, benefits and offerings available across Pennsylvania. It is designed to geographically highlight the University’s commitment to its land-grant mission to provide education, research and public service to residents of the commonwealth and beyond and includes the ability to filter by campus, congressional and legislative districts, and more.

The Community Impact Map is categorized according to President Bendapudi’s new vision of purpose, agility and opportunity through the University’s commitment to a transformational Penn State experience, enhancing student success, growing interdisciplinary research excellence, increasing land-grant impact, and fostering inclusion, equity, diversity and belonging, while transforming internal operations and health through academic and clinical synergy.

Campuses, colleges, units, departments, centers and institutes working in the outreach and community engagement spaces are encouraged to continue to submit activities for inclusion on the map. All activities entered via the activity submission form will be reviewed and populated on the map on a rolling basis.

Examples of activities to submit include areas as broad as Beescape, K-12 summer camps, Relay for Life events, community CPR trainings and LaunchBox initiatives.  

The activity occurred after July 1, 2023.

Current and planned activities are welcome. 

The activity occurs within Pennsylvania. 

The location information describes where the activity occurs, not where the audience is located. 

Virtual activities that are available to Pennsylvania residents. 

Activities should only be submitted by the unit or entity responsible for the activity. 

Only the individual who submits the activity will have access to update or edit the activity details. 

Activities that are co-owned with other units or teams should only be entered one time. 

Creating an entry plan with activity co-owners is highly recommended to avoid duplicate entries. 

Activity name, description, location.  

Approximate number of individuals engaged on an annual basis. 

Affiliated campus, college and partner(s). 

Primary point(s) of contact. 

Submit activities for inclusion on the map here. 

The Penn State Community Impact Map was created in collaboration with Continuing Education and Workforce Development; Penn State Outreach; University Libraries; Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses; Penn State Law; Dickinson Law; Penn State Health; College of Medicine; Office of the Senior Vice President for Research; Broader Impacts Committee; Office of Government and Community Relations; Strategic Communications; Penn State Extension; College of Agricultural Sciences; Faculty Affairs; K-12 Education; Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research; Penn State Sustainability; Invent Penn State; College of Education; Penn State Museum Consortium; and Social Science Research Institute.