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24 unusual facts about University Park


1991 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1991 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 2 to March 4, 1991 and March 7, 1991, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except for the final that was played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania.

2008 Michigan State Spartans football team

The Spartans had a bye week before traveling to University Park, Pennsylvania to play their final game of the season against Penn State.

2011–12 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

The team played its home games in University Park, Pennsylvania, US at the Bryce Jordan Center (which has a capacity of 15,000) for the thirteenth consecutive season.

2014 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The team is coached by James Franklin and plays its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, US.

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.

Henry M. Hoyt

Hoyt has a residence hall in the South Halls section of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University named after him.

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.

KCUL

KZMP (AM), a radio station (1540 AM) formerly KCUL from 1949 to 1967 licensed to University Park, Texas.

Nittany Lion

The Nittany Lion is the mascot of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, USA and its athletic teams.

Orange, Red, Yellow

From June–December 1996 it was exhibited by the Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania for their "Abstraction to Figuration: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Pincus Collection" exhibition.

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.

Penn State Ice Pavilion

The Penn State Ice Pavilion is an 1,350-seat ice arena on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University located in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States.

Penn State Nittany Lions baseball

The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.

Peter P. McCann

Peter P. McCann, of University Park, Florida, is a philatelist who has supported the hobby of philately on a national scale.

Raymond F. Lederer

He attended Saint Joseph's College of Philadelphia (now Saint Joseph's University) from 1960 to 1965, the Community College of Philadelphia from 1967 to 1969 and Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, in 1972.

Rec Hall

Recreation Building, or Rec Hall as it is more commonly known, is a field house located on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University.

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.

Stuart W. Frost

Stuart W. Frost (1891 - 1990) was a professor of entomology at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Henry Burrowes

A road named in his honor travels through the borough of State College and the University Park campus.

Tiffany Weimer

After graduating from North Haven High School, Tiffany proceeded to attend Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

University Park, Florida

University Park is also home to Reagan House (formally known as University House), the home of FIU's president, the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, the Frost Art Museum, the International Hurricane Research Center, and the university's athletic facilities such as FIU Stadium, FIU Baseball Stadium, and the U.S. Century Bank Arena.

University Park, Illinois

Park Forest had been a model for planning in the 1940s, and Lewis Manilow, son of Nathan, formed New Community Enterprises (NCE) to build "a whole new town".

University Park, Texas

Two elementary schools in University Park, Hyer and University Park, and two elementary schools in Highland Park, Armstrong and Bradfield, serve sections of University Park.

Vennard College

Vennard College was a non-denominational Christian college located in University Park, Iowa.


2010–11 NCAA football bowl games

As a result, the 2010 and 2011 editions of the game were moved to Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of Southern Methodist University in the Dallas enclave of University Park.

2011 Armed Forces Bowl

The 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, the ninth edition of the game was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 30, 2011 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium on the campus of SMU in University Park, Texas as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

Bobby Layne

Layne was born in Santa Anna, Texas and attended Highland Park High School in Dallas.

Dunmore High School

In 2011, the Lady Bucks traveled to the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania to play for the PIAA Class AA Girls Basketball Championship.

George Sprague

During his time as mayor, Sprague supported the merger of Dallas, University Park and Highland Park and the election of the mayor by the citizens instead of the city council.

Gymnasium Wertingen

The school offered student exchanges with a school in Fère-en-Tardenois in France, with the Texas City High School and the Highland Park High School in Dallas, USA.

River Valley Metro Mass Transit District

This will be an approximate 25-mile (41 km) long express bus route running along IL 50 between Kankakee and the University Park Metra Station.

Sump'n Else

The original four included Joan Prather (who went by Joanie then) of Highland Park High School, who later played a recurring role in the television program Eight is Enough, Delpha Teague of Thomas Jefferson HS, Calleen Anderegg of Richardson High School, who was also Miss Dallas 1966, and Kathy Forney.

The Bolsover School

The Bolsover School maintains a number of links with partner school abroad including Highland Park High School in Texas, USA, Kong Jiang Middle School in Shanghai, China, Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Groß-Umstadt, Germany and Evangelisches Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany.

Trinity Strand Trail

This portion of Turtle Creek is a small tributary of the Trinity River, with its headwaters located in University Park.