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unusual facts about Penn State University



Aleesha Barber

Barber is also a member of the track and field team for the Penn State Nittany Lions, and a management graduate at Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

American Helicopter Museum

It is a collaborative effort between the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, Sikorsky Global Helicopters, the Physics Department at Penn State University, the Physics Departments at West Chester University, Drexel University, as well as other industry and educational partners.

Andrew Szczerba

Szczerba attended Penn State University and played football under head coaches Joe Paterno and Tom Bradley during his five seasons with the program.

Barry Gorman

He most recently served as the head men's soccer coach at Penn State University from 1987 to 2009, before being replaced by Bob Warming.

Dee Mosbacher

In 2010, Mosbacher co-directed and co-produced with Fawn Yacker the documentary film Training Rules, an hour-long movie about Rene Portland, a woman's basketball coach from Penn State University.

Dima Grigoriev

During 1992–1998 Grigoriev hold the position of full professor at Penn State University.

Fred Berlin

It posited that the Freeh Report reached a number of dubious conclusions regarding the actions of Joe Paterno and other officials at Penn State University.

Greensburg Athletic Association

However problems arose when Lawson, and two former Penn State University players, Charlie Atherton (who was also the team's coach), and Ed Robison, turned down Greensburg's offer of $125 a month each to play for the upstart Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, located in Pittsburgh.

Greenville Area School District

Greenville Area School District has Dual Enrollment agreements with several local colleges, including Butler County Community College, Penn State University (Shenango Campus), Thiel College, and Westminster College.

James Pollock

Pollock has a residence area, dining commons, computer learning center, and campus road named for him on the University Park campus of Penn State University, the institution which received its charter during his term as governor.

Jeff Prescott

Jeff Prescott (born 1969, Olean, New York) is an American amateur wrestler, who won two NCAA division 1 championships at Penn State University and was the first Penn State Most Outstanding Wrestler (MOW) of the NCAA tournament.

Pegula Ice Arena

The Pegula Ice Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in University Park, Pennsylvania on the campus of Penn State University.

Pitman, New Jersey

Played collegiately for two seasons at Penn State with brother Joe, then transferred and spent last two seasons with the UCLA Bruins.

Rickey Dixon

He played in the 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988 Orange Bowls, in two National Championship games, and was a key figure in Oklahoma's 1985 National Championship win over Penn State in the 1986 Orange Bowl.

Russ Van Atta

Having attended grammar and secondary school locally in Augusta, Van Atta attended the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in State College, Pennsylvania.

Skylands Park

After the season the team was sold to a new ownership group based in University Park, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, and were relocated there to become known as the State College Spikes; they are currently a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate.

Student governments in the United States

Universities that call their legislative councils "Student Assembly" include the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Wesleyan University, the College of William and Mary, Christopher Newport University, Penn State University, the State University of New York (SUNY), and Bentley University.

Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

The XRT Team at Leicester and Penn State University were able to determine on December 8 that the XRT would be usable even without the TEC being operational.

Tracey Larson

Playing as a midfielder, the former student of the Penn State University was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.


see also

Eric Walker

Eric A. Walker (1910–1995), president of Penn State University, 1956–1970

Kenneth P. Weiss

Weiss has taught at several colleges and universities, including Penn State, University of Bridgeport, and Nasson College, as well as at King's College, where he was chairman of the psychology department for seven years as a professor and textbook author.

Kenneth Weiss

Kenneth M. Weiss, Professor of Anthropology and Genetics at at Penn State University

Peter Gould

Throughout his tenure at Penn State University, Gould received many awards including the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Retzius Gold Metal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, as well as an honorary Doctor of Science from the Universitaire de Strasbourg.

Stacy Levy

Ms. Levy has completed numerous rainwater pieces including a watershed rain terrace for Penn State University's new Arboretum, and rain garden for Springside School with the Philadelphia Water Department and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Tom Rafferty

Rafferty earned his Bachelor of Science in physical education from Penn State University in 1976, and later earned an MBA from the University of Dallas.