Event Types

All events submitted appear on our general calendar, upon approval. If you'd like to tag specific event categories on our sortable online calendar, please review the following event types: 

• The First-Year Experience (FYE) program: Consists of events and resources designed to assist new students in the six pillars of success at Penn (Academic, Civic Engagement, Cultural, Social, Support Services, and Wellness).
• The Second-Year Experience (SYE) program: Is designed specifically to address the unique needs of second-year students. SYE highlights existing programs and creates new events. It features  support for: Career Development, Engagement in Co-Curricular and Extracurricular Activities, Selection of Academic Opportunties, On and Off-Campus Living.
• The Year of Civic Engagment: Includes programs, workshops, student-led dialogues, and opportunities to engage with the communities outside our campus, from our immediate West Philadelphia neighborhood, to our surrounding city as it recovers from the pandemic, to the wider circle of our nation and our world. 
• Preceptorials: Are a series of informal, non-credit seminars on assorted topics which offer a unique way for students to “Zoom in at Penn” and take a closer look at the cultural, social, and intellectual environment at Penn. This year, all Preceptorials will take place in a virtual format.