Unit or College

Now it’s time to enjoy your adventure with where you specifically work within Penn State. Explore the information and resources that your administrative unit or college has to offer.

Administrative Units are units within the University that serve human-, financial-, physical-, and environmental- resources. Individual roles within these units may serve a college or academic unit, as part of their overall responsibilities, however, are not officially assigned to that college.

Ex: Human Resources Consultant (HRC) is assigned to an Administrative Unit – Human Resources (HR) but may serve employees, specifically in a college or academic unit.

College (Academic Unit) roles work directly for and within a specific college/academic unit.

Ex: Faculty Member or Administrative Support Assistant roles are specifically assigned to a college (academic unit).