Lion Scouts Tour – Flashcards

Hey everybody! My name is Sarah. I am a sophomore and Secondary Math Education major from Pittsburgh, Pa. I want to get a feel for who is all here so can all the prospective students go around and say their name, hometown, and prospective major. This will be an hour and a half long walking tour where we will cover a lot of buildings and information about Penn State. Sadly we will not be seeing Beaver Stadium, the Bryce Jordan Center, or the Pegula Ice Arena because these places are usually closed off to the public unless there events going on. If you have any questions at any point in time, feel free to interrupt me. This tour is for all of you, so I don't want you to walk away with anything unanswered. I will be walking backwards for the duration of this tour. I do this a lot so I know where I am going, but if any small animals or children run behind me, please let me know. Are there any alumni with us today? Awesome! Now here at Penn State we have a special chant called the 'We Are' chant and it goes like this. When I say 'We Are' you yell back 'Penn State!' You ready? "WE ARE" .... "PENN STATE!" That was awesome guys!

The average class size is about 25-35 students with 42% of classes fewer than 20 students. There is 17-1 student to faculty ratio. Class sizes are setup as a pyramid with bigger classes early on and smaller classes as you get more and more specified in your major. The largest classroom has 725 seats and is located in 100 Thomas. There are ways to make a class feel smaller. Sit in the front of the class. Go to office hours. It is mandatory for each professor to have an hour of office hours each week so they basically just sit there and wait for you to come and ask questions. The larger lecture classes usually have recitations led by Teaching Assistants (TA's) where they cannot teach new material, but instead review it with you and help answer any questions you may have. As a first year student you are guaranteed to have at least two classes under 30 students: your first year seminar and English 15. The seminar can be on any topic in or out of your major. Incoming freshman schedule their classes at New Student Orientation (NSO). After you accept your offer of admissions you will be emailed about taking the Aleks Math Assessment and Education planning survey. About a week after completing those two things you will be able to schedule an NSO date. You attend NSO over the summer. It is a two day event and on the second day you will meet with advisors from your college and they will help you to schedule the classes you need. We schedule through a new program called LionPath. All you have to do is find the class you want, add it to your planner, and when it comes time for you to enroll you just press the enroll button and you are done. Also in the summer is a program called Learning Edge Academic Program (LEAP). LEAP is a 6 week summer transition program. Students take 6 credits with a 'pride' with a combination of your first year seminar and an English course. I participated in the LEAP program and it was probably one of the best decisions of my life.

The Agricultural Administration building is home to the College of Agricultural Sciences. The College of Ag sciences was the first college established at Penn State. It offers 17 majors and 25 minors and awards nearly $2 million in scholarships to more than 700 students annually. It is the fifth smallest college at Penn State with only 3,000 students. The college has more than 40 clubs and organizations that students can join including Food Science Club, 4 fraternities, 1 sorority, and more. 80% of students are from nonfarming backgrounds and the program offers almost 30 different embedded courses for students who want to travel abroad to learn more about agriculture. The agricultural and forestry programs are ranked in the top 10 worldwide. 1 in 7 jobs in Pennsylvania are related to agriculture.

Agriculture Hill is the historic area surrounding Armsby and Weaver buildings. Penn State was founded in 1855 as the Farmer High School of PA, since transformed into PA's premier land-grant institution.

The Applied Research Library is the largest research unit within Penn State with more than 1000 faculty and staff. It is ranked 2nd in Department of Defense and 10th in NASA funding to universities. The faculty and staff provide technical leadership in the Department of Defense for our areas of expertise. Additionally, they educate the next generation of scientists and engineers for America's national security mission. The Penn State Lunar Lion is a team within the Applied Research Laboratory. Their goal is to expand space and moon exploration by landing a spacecraft on the Moon within the next decade. They are building a $50,000 spacecraft. Lunar Lions is a great research and internship opportunity for students.

The Arboretum is a teaching area, research area, and demonstration gardens for home landscapes, fruits and vegetables, and flower trials. In fact every plant species known to Pennsylvania is in this garden. The Arboretum houses community outreach programs, outdoor recreation opportunities, and is often used for receptions, weddings and other events.

Career coaches, resume and cover letter workshops, mock interviews, career counseling, and internship assistance. Once a Penn Stater, Always a Penn stater (Networking, workshops and counseling for alumni interest in changing fields or networkings). Career Fair (500 employers participate, 8,000 students attend, Largest university based career fair in the county)

Behind us all the way down the road is Beaver Stadium. Beaver Stadium is home to the Nittany Lion football team. The stadium can fit up to 106,572 people making it the second largest stadium in the country behind Michigan, but we don't like to talk about that. On game days, State College actually becomes the third largest city in Pennsylvania, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Students can purchase football tickets for a discounted amount on Ticketmaster each year. Across the street from the stadium is the Bryce Jordan Center. The BJC is the home of the men and women's basketball teams. Seating over 15,000 guests, the Bryce Jordan Center also hosts many concerts, circuses, comedians, and the career fairs. And in 2007, THON, the biggest student run philanthropic event in the world, moved to the BJC. Over there is the Pegula Ice Arena. Pegula is home to the men's and women's hockey teams. There are 6,000 seats and features two ice surfaces - a main rink and a community rink.

The Biobehavioral Health Building is home to the Department of Biobehavioral Health, Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, and the Center for Healthy Aging. It was completed in 2013 with 94,000 square feet and an exterior terrace facing the HUB lawn. BBH emphasizes education and research linking genetics, neuroscience, endocrinology, and other biological factors to health behaviors like smoking, stress, sleep, and physical activity. The Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center examines how to create programs and policies that promote healthy development in children and youth. The Center for Healthy Aging focuses on cutting edge research and outreach about health across adulthood and old age.

The Boreland Building is home to the College of Arts and Architecture. The building's 90,000 sq. ft. area was renovated and now features cutting-edge technology and ample space for studios and classrooms. The building renovation earned LEED Gold certification in August 2009. This renovation was the first LEED rated project for an existing building on any Penn State campus. In addition to housing the College of Arts and Architecture's administrative offices, it includes two general-purpose classrooms on the first floor, and discipline-specific studios and labs for graphic design and digital photography on the ground floor. The first floor also has a gallery, a "BYO" laptop lab, and group seating areas near the general-purpose classrooms.

The Bouke is to all kinds of student centers: Center for Women Studies Division of Student Affairs Office of Student Conduct LGBTQA Resource Center Office for Global Programs (Study Abroad) Penn State Learning More than 2,000 Penn Staters each year choose to add study abroad to their academic experience. Penn State features almost 300 programs for students in approximately 50 countries and six continents. University Office of Global Programs is there to assist you as you find your program, figure out your schedule, and plan for your experience.

This is Business Building which is home to the Smeal College of Business. Ranked 22nd in the country, Smeal offers seven majors, four minors, and over 30 business student clubs and organizations. Business Building contains state of the art classrooms, Blue Chip Bistro, and numerous laboratories for learning and researching, including the Smeal Trading Room. One of the coolest things about Smeal College of Business is the Nittany Lion Fund. The Nittany Lion Fund is a student managed investment fund at Penn State. The students manage every aspect of the Fund, including equity research, stock selection, asset allocation, portfolio management, trading, compliance, and investor relations. The Fund currently has $6.8 million in assets and 81 investors. About 90% of the graduates of the Nittany Fund take jobs on Wall Street.

The Carnegie Building is named for Andrew Carnegie of Carnegie/US Steel. It is one of the first buildings on campus built with privately donated funds. The building was originally the University's first stand alone library but now houses the College of Communications. The College of Communications has its own radio station and two HD TV studios. It was also the former home of the Daily Collegian, a student run newspaper. A new issue is published daily and is free to all students.

Home to the department of Chemistry. It cost about $63.5 million to build. Shortlidge road used to run through it but is now a pedestrian mall. The student run biodiesel project allows Chemical Engineering students to convert cooking oils into fuel.

That building over there that looks like pride rock from the Lion King is Katz Building and Dickinson School of Law. It is home to Penn State's School of International Affairs and Penn State Law. Besides classrooms and a library, this building also has a 50 person courtroom, a conference room, and a law clinic for pro-bono work.

East Halls is the largest Residence Hall on campus and the second largest residence hall in the world (behind Moscow State University). It houses 53 percent of 1st years. Findlay/Johnston commons provides a dining commons, several a-la-carte options, and a convenience store, as well as a computer lab.

The Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building was built in the summer of 2006. On the first floor of the Food Science Building is the Berkey Creamery and home to the nation's first collegiate course in ice cream manufacturing taken by none other than Ben and Jerry. The Creamery ice cream is so fresh that it takes only four days to transfer from the cow to your cone, or in other words from moo to you. Not only can you enjoy the ice cream here, you can also enjoy in all dining commons around campus. There are two important rules at the Berkey Creamery; First, you can have any color of sprinkles you want as long as they're blue or white. Second you cannot mix ice cream flavors. Does anyone know the only person to mix flavors at the Creamery? President Bill Clinton. It was the girl's first day at work and when the president comes up and asks for Peachy Paterno and Cherry Quist how could you say no? Another president who has enjoyed Creamery Ice cream is Barack Obama. For his inaugural ball, states were asked to send special food and Pennsylvania sent three Creamery flavors: BaRocky Road, Biden Berry, and Obama White House. If you are worried that you will not have time to get creamery ice cream no worries because you can take home the ice cream. You let the counter know how much ice cream you want and they will get you an appropriate size bag with dry ice.

Circular, underground classroom building. Large lecture halls in the shape of a slice of pizza and theatre style with Professor at the bottom. No Refund Theater improv group practices/performs here.

The Grange Building is home to the Division of Undergraduate Studies or DUS. In order to help students find their major, the advisors know a little bit about all 160 majors here at Penn State and have the students take a variety of classes to find their interests. There is no minimum time of enrollment in DUS, however there is a maximum time limit of two semesters past your first year before you have to declare a major.

About 17% of students participate in Greek Life at Penn State so we are not a 'go greek or go home' kind of school. There are 54 fraternities and 30 sororities. The are 4 councils: Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic, Multicultural Greek Council, and National Panhellenic Council. Most fraternities are housed off-campus but there are a handful on campus as well. Sororities are housed in renovated dorms in South Halls.

The H and HD Building is home to the College of HHD. The HHD's degree programs emphasize interdisciplinary education and practical work experiences in internships and clinical practicums. More than 70% of HHD students complete 1 or more internships.

This is the Hetzel Union Building, often called the HUB because it is the center of activity for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. About 43,000 students walk through the HUB daily. There are meeting rooms, a Thon merchandise store, an expanded bookstore, and ton of eateries, including Sbarro, Chick fil A, Starbucks, Burger King, Panda Express, and more. Although not as much as the dining commons, there is a 10% discount with meal points at all eateries here. The HUB is the location for the Late Night Penn State Program. Late Night runs late evenings from Thursday through Sunday. Activities are offered for students including free movies, comedians, dance lessons, concerts, games, and much more. About 8,000 students participate in Late Night every weekend.

The Henderson Building includes Human Development Student Services Center, where HHD students can get academic and career advising, and the College's Hintz Student Center, where HHD student organizations can hold meetings and events, and HHD students can relax and study between classes.

Attached to University House which was the former home of some of Penn State presidents. Home to the Alumni Association. We have the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world (over 160,000). Penn State has over 600,000 living alumni. 1 out of every 9 Pennsylvanians who hold baccalaureate degrees is a graduate of Penn State. 1 out of every 117 people who hold baccalaureate degrees in the United States is a graduate of Penn State. Also the home to the Blue ; White Society - the student arm of the Penn State Alumni Association and the largest student organization on campus.

Huck Life Sciences focuses on research and education for the life sciences. The research institutes and centers include: Genome Sciences Institute, Institute of Neurosciences, and Center for Brain Behavior and Cognition. It is also home to graduate programs in the life sciences.

This first building is the Intramural Building or the IM building. The IM building is one of the three gyms on campus. It has basketball, volleyball, and raquetball courts, a wrestling room, indoor track, and a brand new fitness center. Any student can enter the gym with a student ID but in order to use the fitness center, students need to purchase a gym membership. The gym membership costs 60 dollars per semester or 110 for a year. We have three levels of sports at Penn State: Division 1 Varsity, Club, and Intramural. There are 29 varsity sports with our most popular one being football. There are also various intramural sports offered. Often Residence hall communities, fraternities, and groups of friends form teams to compete for intramural titles. This fall my friends and I got a team together to play softball. We definitely were not good enough to win any titles, but we sure had a lot of fun at the games.

There is an involvement fair twice a year on the HUB lawn. Hundreds of orgs come out to recruit new members. I would recommend checking it out no matter what year you are in. I personally like to join a new club every year so I can meet more people and every time I go I discover some new cool organization I didn't know we had. There are over 1000 clubs here at Penn State with any interests you may have. When I went my freshman year I signed up for all kinds of different clubs, so many that I could not possibly participate in all of them so here is what I recommend. I recommended joining three different types of clubs: a social organization, a organization for your major, and a philanthropic organization. Joining clubs is a great way to get to know all kinds of people at Penn State.

Holds over 6 million volumes of books and over 800 databases. Books not available can be loaned from any of the commonwealth campuses, or Big Ten Universities. So if you are looking for a good coloring book we can get that from Ohio State. Ranked among the top ten research libraries in North America. Every year 3.3 million visitors pass through the library.

The McAllister Building was originally the first women's residence hall on campus but is now the headquarters for the Mathematics Department. It is also home to the University Post Office. Penn State does have its own zipcode with is 16802 where as downtown is 16801. This is where students can send packages and letters.

The Natatorium houses a shallow 25 meter instructional pool, a deep 25 yard competition pool, an outdoor pool, and one diving well. It is home to the men's and women's swimming and diving teams and the Pennsylvania Swimming Hall of Fame. It offers a wide range of services and programs including aquatics activities for the elderly and disabled, scuba diving lessons and certification programs, aquatic club activities, aquatics classes, and age-group swimming and diving instruction.

Complete in Fall of 2011, the Millenium Science Complex metaphorically and physically brings together the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Materials Research Institute. It is an LEED certified building with a 'green' roof. There are underground tunnels connecting the Millennium Science Complex with Chemistry and Life Sciences Building. The building includes an underground laboratory space for "sensitive" projects that will be controlled for temperature, vibration, and humidity. A cool thing about this building is that it was built on shock absorbers because during football games Penn State registers on the Richter scale as a small earthquake.

Mueller Labratory is home to the Department of Biology. It was built in 1963 and named after Erwin W. Mueller, a famous physics professor who is credited as the first person to see an atom.

North Halls is the smallest of the 5 residence halls on campus with about 6 percent of freshman living here. It is all coed housing with 2 and 4 person suites with private bathrooms. There are special living options for students, including Arts and Architecture, Business and Society, and EARTH house. Warnock Commons is the common area here and it has one dining commons and one a-la-carte retail operation, as well as a computer lab.

Nursing is the most popular undergraduate major at Penn State. The program has the highest GPA of incoming first-year students of any college at Penn State. The Nursing Sciences Building is home to the college of nursing. It houses state of the art simulation laboratory which includes: high tech "sick" mannequins, a control room, maternity mannequin, child mannequin, and various healthcare technologies. This is a really cool program because they have mannequins that will actually display symptoms that someone might have. Some mannequins can even give birth.

Now houses the offices of Penn State's commonwealth campuses, Office of University Development, Public Information, and other administrators, including President of the University. Originally it was the entire campus, where students and faculty lived, worked, and attended classes. The original structure was begun on this site in 1856 and completed in 1863. Rebuilt in 1929-1930 using many of the stones which had been quarried from the University Gates near the Corner Room restaurant. When building Old Main, workers used mules to carry stones from the quarry downtown. Well one mule outshone the rest and his name was Old Coaly. Old Coaly was so good that they decided to make him Penn State's first mascot. After Coaly died, Penn State decided to preserve his bones and they are now stored in the hub. Students often liked to pull pranks at the Bell Tower. In 1870's the bell tower signaled time to wake up, go to classes, and work. Students would turn the bell upside down and fill the bell with water in the winter to cancel classes. In addition students and even teachers would steal the clapper. The clapper was once lost for 15 years until it finally showed up at a professors house.

The Palmer Museum of Art is a free-admissions arts resource for the University and surrounding communities in central PA. It offers an ever-changing array of traveling exhibitions and also displays a permanent collection. It has eleven gallaries, a print-study room, 150-seat auditorium, and outdoor sculpture garden. It is the largest art museum between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Houses 47 religious and spiritual student organizations registered on campus. One of the largest religious centers on a public university campus in the nation. Offers kitchens, meeting rooms, and prayer rooms. Religious and spiritual advisors offices. Site of many Penn State weddings. Nittany Lion could be your ring bearer. Wedding waiting list joke.

Named for Joe and Sue Paterno (Raised $13 million for the library's renovation, personally donating $2 million). Contains four floors, organized by major (Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, etc.)

Named after Fred Lewis Pattee (Author of PSU Alma Mater, and first person to ever hold the title of Prof. of American Literature). Home to the knowledge commons with mac and pc computer labs, It desk run by IST students, tech tutors, one button studios, video equipments rentals, maker commons, study rooms, and 3D printers. Can reserve study rooms. There is an app that shows how many computers are available at the time. Home to the stacks.

The Patee Mall is modelled after the national mall in DC with the Library as the Washington monument and the mall as the reflecting pool. It is lined with Elm Trees since 1874 with the 1996 class gift being an Elm tree endowment. Some tree were removed to make custom furniture or Diploma frames for alumni. Pipes stretch 17 miles across campus under the sidewalks, conveniently help melt snow keeping them clear.

Contains an art gallery dedicated to the inclusion of all national and international cultures, artists and art forms. Contains a library with books by or about diverse authors/people. Hosts events through out the year to celebrate diversity

Pollock Halls is the third largest residence area, with 9 residence halls. However, it is the second largest for 1st years, with about 26 percent of first years living here. Special living options in this area include Forensic science, science and engineering, BIOME, and Life House. It is home to the Pollock Commons which offers Pollock Dining Commons, one a-la-carte and retail operation, and a recreational room.

Rec Hall is home to Men's Wrestling and Men/Women's volleyball. It houses two gymnasiums, state of the art fitness facilities, racquetball and squash courts, an indoor track, and gold nets. It also includes an aerobics room, fitness center, and an adaptive weight room.

PSU is a research focused institution. There is significant funding for research inside and outside of the science and engineering fields. Students can participate in research starting Freshman year. Students can get paid for research and also get credit hours. If students want to get involved in research all they have to do is talk to their professors and see what opportunities are out there.

Residence halls are kept secure via card swipe boxes outside the building. Residents can only swipe into their own building. The doors can not be propped open or an alarm will sound. Additionally, residents have their own physical key to get into their room. So if you have a friend over you will need to go down and let them into building. There are Auxiliary Police Officers that check the building security from dusk-to-dawn to ensure there are no issues with security or building. Each hall contains community bathrooms, which are cleaned everyday except Sunday, and laundry facilities on every other floor. You pay for the laundry with LionCash on your ID card. LionCash is a debit card on your PSU ID. Student or parents can deposit money on your ID from online and this this LionCash can be used on campus or at more than 200 merchants downtown. In addition to LionCash, students who live on campus are required to get a meal plan. The meal plan levels are set up as dining dollars, not swipes per day, and vary from one to six. We like to call the level one plan the ballerina diet and the level six diet the linebacker diet. But don't worry most people go with the level three. At any point until the last few weeks of the semester, you can drop your meal plan level and be reimbursed for the difference. If it is the fall, your leftover points will carry over the the spring, but not from spring to fall. There is are Residence Assistants, or RAs, on every or every other floor. RAs are upperclassman who are responsible for keeping the residents safe as well as provide information for students who live on campus. They are a resource for anything residents need from conflict management to health resources. My RA freshman year was a huge help to me. Throughout the year he would set up dinners or groups to go to a sports game. It was a great way to get to know my floor better and we were super close. A lot of those people are still my best friends today. Each residence area has a commons building. Each commons has a 24/7 computer lab, commons desk, a res com, which is IT support for computers and cell phones, and different food options. At the commons desk is where students can pick up their packages, temporary PSU IDs, and a copy of their key if they lose it. The different food options in each commons includes an all you can eat buffet to a-la-carte, all commons also have a convenience store for grab and go purchases. The date you accept admissions Penn State can process room assignments. Any acceptances after April 1st have a higher chance of getting supplemental housing. Roommate requests must be mutual. Both students need to accept before April 1st or both have selected supplemental. There is no matching survey but there are facebook groups.

There are three levels of police at Penn State. Auxiliary Police are students that patrol campus making sure everything is safe, residence halls are locked, and no suspicious activity. University Park Police are sworn officers who patrol campus and receive additional training to work in a college environment. State College police are sworn officers who patrol campus and downtown. We have blue lights on campus. There are over 80 of them and have less than 90 second response time if activated. There are PSU alerts which are text alerts to student's cell phones in case of emergency. Parents can also sign up to receive texts. There is also a safe walk number which is 865-Walk. It is a free service for students to call if they do not wish to walk home alone. They will be escorted by Auxiliary or Campus Police Officer.

Now we are entering East Halls where we will see an example of a typical residence hall room. East halls is the largest residence area at Penn State and the second largest in the world. Can anyone name the largest? Moscow State University but no one is Russian there anytime soon... Each residence hall room contains two beds, two desks, a micro-fridge, and this procrastination box here. The procrastination box contains a cable hook up, which includes 120 SD channels and 95 HD channels along with numerous music channels. It also has an ethernet port, although the campus does have its own wifi which can be accessed anywhere on campus. The differences between this room and normal residence hall rooms are that residence hall rooms are one foot bigger in each direction, you can never enter a real room from the outside, the closets go from wall to door and floor to ceiling, and the normal rooms have a light on either side of the room to allow one roommate to sleep while the other is awake studying. The date a student accepts his or her offer of admission is used to process room assignments. Students who accept after April 1st have a higher chance of being assigned to supplemental housing. When requesting a roommate it much be mutual. Students who both accept the offer of admission before April 1 will be assigned together in regular housing in a traditional residence hall. If one student has accepted the offer of admission before April 1, but the other student accepted after April 1, the students must decide to either be assigned together in supplemental housing or forgo the mutual roommate request and be assigned based on each students' individual preferences and when the offer was accepted. Students who both accept the offer of admission after April 1st will be assigned together in supplemental housing.

Comprised of around 1700 students. Offers over 220 honors courses per year. Scholars get priority scheduling for classes. There is also a Gateway Schreyer Scholars Program. Current Penn State undergraduates may seek entry to the Schreyer Honors College after they have at least one semester completed and before they have fewer that four semesters remaining at Penn State. This process is known as Gateway admission and takes place each year late in the spring semester. To be considered you must have a cummulative GPA of 3.7 or higher at time of application with a 3.5 semester GPA or better for rising juniors/sophomores when they apply. A student can be a Schreyer Scholar at any Penn State campus and can finish at 6 other campuses. Must complete a senior thesis before graduation.

Schwab Auditorium is named for Charles R. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel. It houses a stage used for musical events, speeches, and plays. It is also home to the Penn State Thespians, the oldest continual student organization on campus. Thespians put on a big show every semester with popular musicals such as Rock of Ages, Into the Woods, and Legally Blonde. It also houses the distinguished Speaker Series which brings in notable professionals to speak. Past speakers have included Bill Nye, Maya Angelou, and George Takei, all free. When Charles Schwab was building this building, Carnegie was building his building. Well they were big rivals so they decided to have a competition to see who could build the bigger building. Schwab finished first so Carnegie decided to build his building one foot taller than Schwab. However, the Schwab building is foot wider than Carnegie.

The building we started our tour at is called the Shields Building. Shields is home to the admissions office, along with the Bursar, Registrar, and Student Aid offices. Thanks to everything being online now, you will probably never have to enter this building unless you become a tour guide like me.

South Halls is the 2nd largest living area on campus. It features newly renovated, traditional style dorms. It houses many of the sororities at Penn State as well as the Schreyers Honors College students. The commons in South is Redifer Commons. It offers South Food District with one dining commons and several a la carte retail operations and convenience store and a computer lab.

Houses the main offices for the College of the Liberal Arts. Language and Computer Science laboratories located here. Home to one of the Penn State Learning Center locations, which include language labs, a technology center, and a writing center. These services are free!

More than 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs - over 1600 students enrolled. Stuckeman School - includes Graphic Design, Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Most members of faculty not only teach, but are engaged in their art. Undergraduate Architecture Program ranked #18 nationally by DesignIntelligence. Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Program ranked #3 nationally by DesignIntelligence (Graphic Program ranked #7)

Named for Joab Thomas (President of Penn State from 1990-1995). Built in 2000 and includes both small and large classrooms equipped with VCR's, televisions, overhead projectors, and access to Penn State's mainframe computer system and network and the internet. Contains a lecture with seating space for approximately 725 people, the largest lecture hall on campus. Offices for the Eberly College of Science are also found here. There are 15 different majors available and nearly 90% of the undergraduates pursue undergraduate research, internships, and study abroad opportunities. Annually, 93% of the students who declare a science major graduate. Ranks in the top ten academic institutions nationwide in the basic sciences. More than 3,000 research projects being conducted by faculty and students with more than $102 million in funding.

32 Exam and procedure rooms, doctors offices, walk in hours on weekends. Can make a doctor your physician (family too). Full service pharmacy on the ground floor. Base clinical services cost $25. Counseling and Psychological Services provides group and individual counseling and crisis intervention. The class of 2016 gift is funding for CAPS. There are ambulances just for campus available to take students to Mount Nittany Medical Center just past Beaver Stadium.

There are all kinds of transportation at Penn State. All of these buses you see going by are CATA Buses. There are free buses that travel around campus and downtown. The Blue Loop and White Loop do a big loop through campus and downtown in opposite directions. The Red Link and Green Link travel up and down Curtain Rd in opposite directions. There are also CATA Buses that travel out to the mall, movies, Wal-Mart, Tussey Mountain and other places for $1.75 per trip. We do have a convenient app for smartphones that have all the buses locations and schedules. When traveling long distances we do have a Fullington, Greyhound, and Megabus stations which offer services to major cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New York, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg. Also ten minutes off campus is the University Park Airport. It provides flights for three airlines - U.S. Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Airlines.

Opened in 1971 as the College of Arts and Architecture. Houses the School of Visual Arts faculty and staff offices, studies, an art workshop, a ceramics studio, and the Zoller Gallery, which hosts student and faculty exhibitions. The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Art History, the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, the Department of Integrative Arts, the School of Music, the School of Theatre, and the Penn State School of Visual Arts. The college also includes the Center for the Performing Arts, the Palmer Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Centre State.

This is the Wagner Building. It is home to the ROTC programs at Penn State. We have four branches here including Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force. The only branch we don't have is Coast Guard because living in the middle of Pennsylvania, there is no coast to guard. The Wagner building is also home to a Penn State Learning Center with group study rooms, presentation rooms, and technology.

One of the largest classroom buildings on campus. Most students, during their career at Penn State, have at least one class in the Willard Building. Several 24 - hour labs. Former location of the Armory, which symbolized Penn State's Land Grant Act commitment to offer military training as part of the nation's tradition of the citizen soldier.

The White Building is home of varsity cheerleading, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, Lionette Dance Team, and Men's and Women's fencing. It is a support area for instructional classes in Theater and Dance, Kinesiology, Club Sports Program, Recreation Fitness classes, and the Adventure Recreation Program. Indoor pool passes are available at he information desk in front of the White Building Fitness Center during all operating hours. It includes a dance studio, pool, and gym facilities.

West Halls contains 6 residence hall buildings all built in a traditional collegiate residence style. Rooms accommodations include regular double rooms, as well as single and triple rooms. Special Living options include Ally House, E-house, EMS, and Information Sciences and Technology. The Waring commons includes a dining commons, an a-la-carte option, a retail option, and a computer lab. About 6 percent of 1st year students live here.