Pennsylvania State University, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs records, 1878-2010 (bulk 1960-2003)

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Pennsylvania State University, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs records, 1878-2010 (bulk 1960-2003)

This collection documents the administration of student affairs at Penn State. It includes constitutions and activity files for hundreds of current and defunct student organizations beginning as early as 1878. It includes copies of student orations from the 1920s as well as records for a rehabilitation program for disabled veterans after World War I. It also includes the Associated Student Activities annual financial reports beginning in 1939, and files from the Student Organizations Budget Committee (SOBC) (1986-1997), renamed University Park Allocation Committee in 1997. It includes student council minutes. It also includes student disciplinary files and files of student deaths, which are restricted, as well as reports of riots and other violent incidents. After the 1960s, it includes plans, policies, assessments, and publications concerning recruitment and retention of minorities and women, and the reduction of incidents of hate and intolerance, sexual violence, and alcohol abuse by students. There are also records of a child care task force, and office files of Vice President for Student Affairs Vicki Tripponey.

87 cubic feet ; 18 items.

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Pennsylvania State University. Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs

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Student health and well-being, conduct, and activities were initially the responsibility of the president and college steward. Later, a dean of men and a dean of women were appointed and served on the president"s administrative council. An assistant for student affairs was added to the president's administrative staff in 1950 and this position was elevated to vice president for student affairs in 1965. This office had a large portfolio including student services, counseling, international studen...

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....