The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona campus - Altoona,PA
N 40° 32.328 W 078° 24.593
17T E 719355 N 4490785
The Altoona campus of Penn State offers many programs of study. It includes the first and only Rail transportation engineering program in the country.
Waymark Code: WM14GXM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2021
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On September 13, 1939, the Altoona Undergraduate Center opened in the Webster Grade School Building in downtown Altoona. The first-year class of 119 commuter students was taught by nine faculty members. In 1940, the citizen's committee was reorganized into an Advisory Board for the Center. The Board raised another $3,000 for a second downtown building, Madison, to make room for advanced science courses.
World War II almost forced the AUC to close as men went to war and women went to work. To keep the center open, the Advisory Board financed operating deficits and opened a women's dormitory from 1944–1947 for female students from out of town.
Returning World War II veterans overfilled the Webster and Madison buildings in 1946 and the Center desperately needed more space. After raising $50,000, the Advisory Board purchased Ivyside Park in 1947, an abandoned 38-acre amusement park on the outskirts of the city, for a new campus. The park was home to the world's largest concrete swimming pool, now a parking lot for the college. Existing park buildings such as the bathhouse, a huge two-block-long dressing room, were renovated for the Center's use—hence the Center's affectionate nickname, "Bathhouse U." The Ivyside Park campus opened in 1948 with approximately 600 students and 30 faculty members.
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Currently the campus includes additional buildings in the downtown Altoona area.
Name: The Pennsylvania State University
Location/Address:
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA
16601
Phone Number: (814) 949-5000
Web Site: [Web Link]
Type of School: Undergraduate School (usually four years)
School Affiliation: Public -- State/Provincial/etc.
Date Founded: 1855
Enrollment: 4000
Nicknames/Mascots: Nittany Lions
School Colors: blue & white
School Motto: We are - Penn State
Location of GPS Coordinates: entrance off of Juniata Gap Road
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