Herman Armstrong

Ms.Case
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Penn State was founded as a degree-granting institution on
February 22, 1855.
Centre County became the home of the new school when James
Irvin of Bellefonte donated 200 acres of land—the first of
10,101 acres the University would eventually acquire.
In 1862, the school's name was changed to the Agricultural
College of Pennsylvania, and with the passage of the Morrill
Land-Grant Act, Pennsylvania selected the school in 1863 to be
the state's sole land grant college. In the following years,
enrollment fell as the school tried to balance purely agricultural
studies with a more classic education, falling to 64
undergraduates in 1875, a year after the school's name changed
once again to the Pennsylvania State College.
The mission at Penn State is to promote the quality of
human life by seeking, through scholarship, research,
and education, collaborative solutions to growing
demands on the natural landscape and its resources.
As a place of beauty in a rapidly expanding
metropolitan area, an educational facility, and a
microcosm of the human-nature continuum in settled
landscapes, The Arboretum at Penn State shall strive
to become an interdisciplinary "institute for land
health" of state, regional, and perhaps national
significance.
Pennsylvania State is located in University Park, Pennsylvania
in the United States of America on the planet Earth.
It has been in existence for 155 years.
There are some ghost stories about Penn State such as the
ghost of Pattee Library, This ghost story is based on an actual
occurrence in November of 1969. A graduate student named
Betsy Aardsma was doing research for an English class in the
stacks of Pattee Library when she was murdered. To this day,
the case remains unsolved and the story goes that she still
haunts the library.Ryan Buell, director and founder of Penn
State's Paranormal Research Society, said "people claim that
they feel watched, [or have] been touched or assaulted."
Penn State does not have a
minimum GPA or
standardized test score
used for admission: Penn
considers a combination of
your GPA and
standardized test scores,
as well as a few other
factors
The Application process when applying to Penn State
goes as follows:
 Create a profile online using the website.
 Sign in to your account, and apply online.
 Check your application Status.
 And accept your offer of admission if you are admitted.
 Penn State offers over 160 majors across its 20 undergraduate campuses spanning:
 AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
 ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
 ARTS (VISUAL AND PERFORMING)
 BIOLOGICAL (LIFE) SCIENCES
 BUSINESS
 COMMUNICATIONS
 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 EDUCATION
 ENGINEERING
 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES
 HEALTH PROFESSIONS & RECREATIONAL SERVICES
 HUMANITIES AND LANGUAGE
 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
 SOCIAL SCIENCES
At Penn State you can earn an Associates Degree, a
Bachelors Degree and a Certificate or Diploma.
In 2010 Pennsylvania made the top 100 universities in
the world in the QS World University Rankings, which
ranked it 98th. Its subject rankings were: 198th in Arts
& Humanities, 86th in Engineering & IT, 189th in Life
Sciences & Biomedicine, 78th in Natural Sciences, and
86th in Social Sciences.
Although they are highly ranked in many subject
areas, they are best known for their engineering
program.
To earn a BA in Econ you must complete these reqirements:
1. 45 credits of General Education,
2. requirements for the major,
3. University requirements for the bachelor of arts degree if that degree is
chosen, and
4. sufficient elective credits to make the total number of credits earned equal
to 120.
 In order to count a course for any part of the requirements for the major, a
grade of C or better must be earned. Courses passed with a grade of D may
be counted towards General Education or elective requirements. Students
must also take one 3-credit "Writing Across the Curriculum" course (either
a 400-level “W” course in economics or another "W" course offered within
the college of enrollment) and meet the University's "Intercultural and
International Requirement" by completing a GI designated course.
Penn State is located in a largely Caucasian suburban
area, which might account for its only having 4%
African American and 70% White.
Penn State has many athletic programs such as:
As of November 2009, 778 student organizations were
recognized at the University Park campus. In
addition, Penn State has one of the largest Greek
systems in the country, with approximately 12 percent
of the University Park population affiliated.
You can join many clubs such as the :
 The Penn State Glee Club.
 The Penn State Thespians
 The Penn State Blue Band(which performs at sporting events)
 The Engineering Formula SAE(which builds formula racing cars,
and has built two of the lightest cars ever built in this event.
Sporting events are also a big part of the Penn State
culture. Penn State Is a Division I school which means
they excel in sporting events. They are famous for
their football team.
Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1990 and
beginning play in 1993, Penn State has won three Big
Ten championships:
1994 • 2005 • 2008
These kind of people attend the football games.
Mostly undergraduates attend the programs, because
they are usually the ones living on campus.