Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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p Commonwealth Campuses For tlic Commonwealth Campuses, this was a year that proved to he the most fruitful in their 33-year history. Nearly every campus had construction proj- ects under way or on tin- drawing boards. More than $30 million was on hand from local, State and Federal sources for the construction of near- ly '10 new buildings scattered among tin- 19 campuses. The funds almost tripled the present value of the physical plant at the branches. Enrollment at the branches last Fall increased more than 32 per cent over a year ago, bringing total full-time enrollment to 9.741 first and sec- ond year students—the (irst time in the history of the branches that freshman and sophomore students outnuinlicrcd their counterparts at Uni- versity Park. The trend in Commonwealth Campus growth was expected to continue and by 1980, enroll- ment is expected to reach 3S,(XX full-time stu- dents. nearly 10.(XX) more than anticipated at the University Park Campus. News was made by the Capitol Campus near Middletown, which opened in the Fall at the former Olmsted Air Force Base, offering upper- division programs for juniors and seniors, in ad- dition to a graduate center. Specializing in upper- division work, it became the only institution of its kind in tin1 State. The University also announced that it would open on September the 19th a campus in Dela- ware County, offering the first two years of bac- calaureate degree programs and two-year tech- nical programs leading to associate degrees. Another milestone was passed when tin Uni- versity a u n o u n c e d the McKeesport Campus would eventually be expanded into a four-year campus complete with graduate studies and with an enrollment of 4.(XX) students by 1975. Several of the campuses moved to new and more attractive sites. The old Pottsvillc Center took up residence in newly renovated quarters near Schuylkill Haven, while the New Kensing- ton Campus dedicated its first building oil its new site. The Scranton Center broke ground for a new campus, while the Wilkes-Barre Center antiei- | atcd construction adjacent to Mayfield Mouse— a mansion given to the University for use as a new campus. In all. nearly half the campuses had plans to move to more permanent sites in the near future. A new two-year associate degree program in Letters, Arts and Sciences, was set to be launched in the Fall at York and New Kensington (’amp- uses. The program is the first associate degree offering that is completely non-tcchnical. The cupstone of branch campus activity dur- ing the year was a survey showing that since tin- first Campuses opened in 1934, more than 45. XX) residents ol tin- State have started oil the road to higher education at the branches. Governor William Scranton joins University o )icial for ground-breaking at Scranton Campus Hazleton Campus, opened In I 034, also faces great cxjktnsion in years ahead Invited to study in United States hy a V. S. serviceman, South Ko- rean student is enrolled at Heater Compto Schuylkill Campus, near Pothvillc, moved to new location during uist year 1

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JUDGE RlLEV Kxt cuHtx Secretary Alumni Association The Penn State Alumni Association strives to strengthen the I muds between University Alumni and Penn State through publication, reunions and personal contacts. Housed in KM-105 Old Main, the office holds the addresses and records ol nearly 90,000 grad- uates and former students. The Association was founded in 1870. It publishes a «juarterly newspaper, The Penn Stater, which is mailed to all alumni, and a monthly magazine The Penn State Alumni News, which is circulated to approximately 20.000 dues- paying memlxTS. These mcmlx rs also receive the Football Letter, a weekly personalized account of all games. In 1053 the Alumni Association was instru- mental in initiating an annual giving program, the Penn State Alumni Fund, which has raised over $3,000.1100 for the University. The Association sponsors 75 District Clubs throughout Pennsylvania and in large cities in the United States. Major events on campus under its sponsorship are Homecoming in the Full and Class Reunions and the Alumni Institute each June. A stall ol ten are the full-time employees of the Association. They include the following alumni: Ridge Riley '32. Executive Secretary; Ross B. Lehman '12. Assistant Executive Secre- tary and Editor: J. Thomas Kidd '55. Field Sec- retary; and Anna Light Smith '33. Managing Ed- itor. Returning alumni parade along Pollock Hoad 1-1

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