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Pennsylvania State University. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

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A curriculum in Mining Engineering (established in 1890) at Penn State became the nucleus of the School of Mines in 1896. Reduced appropriations in 1899 led to the discontinuation of the School of Mines, and transfer of the Department of Mining Engineering to the School of Engineering. Thereafter, its status and name changed several times; it became the School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1906, School of Mines in 1910; reorganization in 1919; School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1923; School of Miner...

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1963 and donated in 1968 to Penn State to operate its medical school, teaching hospital, and facilities for medical research and graduate programs. From the description of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center transplant surgery clinical study records, 1996-2006. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 747017908 The 21-month program, originally called Medex, was designed to prepare ...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Engineering

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Penn State historian Michael Bezilla writes that "Engineering education was important in the context of land grant education from [Penn State's] ... earliest years." A class in engineering was part of the first curriculum of the Farmers' High School in 1859. From 1890 to 1910, it enrolled at least one half of Penn State's undergraduates. The percentage remained over one-fourth until the 1930s. The School of Engineering was established in 1895, with classes in civil, electrical, mechanical, and m...

Dickinson School of Law

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Pennsylvania State University. College of the Liberal Arts

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Classes in the liberal arts have been taught at Penn State since the beginning of the Farmer's High School in 1855; students were offered courses in philosophy, rhetoric, and English grammar and composition, and soon after in languages, political science, literature, and history. The School of Language and Literature was established in 1895 under Benjamin Gill; the same year, the School of History, Political Science, and Philosophy was created, with George W. Atherton as its first head. In 1907,...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Business Administration

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Pennsylvania State University. College of Education

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Penn State's first course in education, "Science for Teachers," was introduced in 1886. In 1909, the Department of Education and Psychology was established in the School of the Liberal Arts. Due to the efforts of Penn State President John Thomas, the School of Education was created in 1923. President Thomas believed that it was necessary to bring together students of all subject fields who wished to become elementary or secondary school teachers. Included in the new School of Education were the ...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Communications

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The Journalism Department was created in 1930, followed by the School of Journalism in 1956. The School of Communications was established in 1985, and then elevated to college status in 1995. From the description of Pennsylvania State University, College of Communications records, 1984-2006. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 262844665 ...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Health and Human Development

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The College of Health and Human Development was established in 1987; it was created by the merging of the College of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and the College of Human Development. The new college was made up of one School, that of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, and eight departments. In 1989, the School of Nursing, formerly the Department of Nursing, was added to the roster. The School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management combined with the Depart...

Pennsylvania State University. Archives

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Centre County, in the ridge and valley region of central Pennsylvania, is the home of The Pennsylvania State University. The county seat is the historic borough of Bellefonte. From the description of Centre County businesses and industries collection, 1904-1993. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 630171217 The Pennsylvania State University was founded as The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, and the original objective was to support agricultur...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Arts and Architecture

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The artists series was inaugurated in September 1957 to provide access to ideas, art forms, programs, and performances for students and to offer the finest in the arts to a community in a geographically isolated area. From the description of Artists series records, 1957-1985. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36347963 ...

Pennsylvania state university, Libraries

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Penn State's first library collection was housed in Old Main, moving to the Carnegie Library Building in 1904. Pattee Library opened by 1940 and the Paterno Library and renovated Pattee Library opened in 2000. As of 2007, the University Libraries included 36 University Park and Campus libraries at 24 locations throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania State University, University Libraries administration records, 1945-2006. (Pennsylvania State ...

Pennsylvania State University. College of Agricultural Sciences

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Pennsylvania State University. College of Science

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The sciences have been a major part of Penn State's curriculum since it opened its doors in 1859; of the four members of the faculty, Jacob S. Whitman was the professor of natural science. Evan Pugh, the first President of Penn State, held a doctorate in chemistry. The School of Mathematics and Physics was formed in 1895 under I. Thornton Osmond, and in 1896 the School of Natural Sciences was created, with George Pond as its first dean. Following Osmond's resignation in 1907, the School of Mathe...