This Is Penn State: An Insider's Guide to the University Park Campus - Keystone Books

Brief Description: Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people, countless storiestheres always more to learn about Penn State, no matter how much time youve spent there. This Is Penn State: An Insiders Guide to the University Park Campus will enlighten anyone with an interest in the University, from visiting parents to lifelong State College residents. This Is Penn State documents the rich history beneath the surface of the Penn State experience, offering facts and figures, essays and anecdotes, obscure trivia, notable quotations, and a wealth of other information about Penn States past, present, and future. Forty of the Universitys most prominent buildings and areas are highlighted, accompanied by more than 120 illustrations, ranging from historical photographs to architectural sketches of buildings not yet completed. Essays by veteran Penn Staters Leon Stout, Craig Zabel, and Gabriel Welsch cover Penn States history, architecture, and changing physical landscape. And when you want to get outside and see the campus firsthand, This Is Penn State is your guidebook to University Park. The four detailed maps take you on a west-to-east walking tour of Penn States buildings, allowing you to understand the development of each area of campus. Over the last 150 years, Penn State has been devoted to scholarship, research, and community service. In honor of the Universitys sesquicentennial and in celebration of the Presss fiftieth anniversary, the Penn State Press is proud to offer This Is Penn State as its gift to everyone who feels a connection with dear old State. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index. Table of Contents: ContentsForeword PrefaceAcknowledgments Penn State s University Park Campus: Its Evolution and GrowthLeon J. Stout West CampusHintz Family Alumni CenterSteidle BuildingWest HallsSocial SciencesKeller/Mateer BuildingsNittany Lion InnNittany Lion ShrineRecreation HallBurrowes FraternitiesInformation Sciences and Technology BuildingLeonhard/Earth and Engineering Sciences Buildings Sackett/Hammond Buildings A Historical Reflection on the Architecture of Penn StateCraig Zabel Central Campus The MallOld MainSchwab BuildingCarnegie BuildingOld Botany BuildingBurrowes/Sparks BuildingsPattee and Paterno LibrariesPasquerilla Spiritual Center/Eisenhower ChapelMusic I/Music II/Arts Buildings and Playhouse TheaterStuckeman Family Building for the School of Architecture and Landscape ArchitecturePalmer Museum of ArtCreameryPavilion TheatreOld Ag Hill GroupLife Sciences/Chemistry BuildingsCottagesEberly College of ScienceHUB Robeson CenterStudent ServicesSchreyer Honors College What Endures: The Landscape at University ParkGabriel Welsch East CampusEisenhower AuditoriumAgriculture Sciences ComplexSmeal College of BusinessSchool of Forest Resources BuildingAthletic FacilitiesShields/Wagner BuildingsBryce Jordan CenterBeaver StadiumInnovation Park Selected BibliographyIndexCredits"Publisher Marketing: Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people, countless stories there s always more to learn about Penn State, no matter how much time you ve spent there. This Is Penn State: An Insider s Guide to the University Park Campus will enlighten anyone with an interest in the University, from visiting parents to lifelong State College residents. This Is Penn State documents the rich history beneath the surface of the Penn State experience, offering facts and figures, essays and anecdotes, obscure trivia, notable quotations, and a wealth of other information about Penn State s past, present, and future. Forty of the University s most prominent buildings and areas are highlighted, accompanied by more than 120 illustrations, ranging from historical photographs to architectural sketches of buildings not yet completed. Essays by veteran Penn Staters Leon Stout, Craig Zabel, and Gabriel Welsch cover Penn State s history, architecture, and changing physical landscape. And when you want to get outside and see the campus firsthand, This Is Penn State is your guidebook to University Park. The four detailed maps take you on a west-to-east walking tour of Penn State s buildings, allowing you to understand the development of each area of campus. Over the last 150 years, Penn State has been devoted to scholarship, research, and community service. In honor of the University s sesquicentennial and in celebration of the Press s fiftieth anniversary, the Penn State Press is proud to offer This Is Penn State as its gift to everyone who feels a connection with dear old State. "