Penn State Greater Allegheny

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Penn State Greater Allegheny

Established:	1952
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Curtiss E. Porter, Ph.D.
President:	Graham Spanier
Location:	McKeesport, PA, USA
Colors:	Navy Blue and White
Mascot:	Nittany Lion
Affiliations:	Penn State University
Website:	www.ga.psu.edu

Penn State Greater Allegheny is a Commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as Penn State McKeesport, the Penn State Board of Trustees initially voted to rename the campus Penn State Allegheny during its September 2006 meeting.^[1] The board subsequently approved the current name in January of 2007.^[2]

1 Campus Photos
2 Campus tidbit
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Campus Photos

PSU McKeesport residence hall, which opened in 1969.	The hill leading from the residence hall to campus classrooms.	Inside of the Wunderley Gymnasium during the 2005 graduation ceremony.	The new Student Community Center, which opened in 2003 to replace the Buck Union Building.

[edit] Campus tidbit

To 'Frable-ize it' means to park behind the Frable building. It is the closest parking lot with student parking located in the rear of the Frable building.

[edit] References

^ McKeesport campus to get new name: Penn State Allegheny. Penn State University (2006-02-15). Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
^ Trustees approve new name for McKeesport campus. Penn State University (2007-01-19). Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

Campus History

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Penn State Greater Allegheny is at coordinates 40°20′43″N 79°49′33″W / 40.345244, -79.825941 (Penn State Greater Allegheny)Coordinates: 40°20′43″N 79°49′33″W / 40.345244, -79.825941 (Penn State Greater Allegheny)

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Athletics	Basketball • Beaver Stadium • Bryce Jordan Center • Football • Governor's Victory Bell • Land Grant Trophy • Medlar Field at Lubrano Park • Penn State Golf Courses • Rec Hall

University Park	Hetzel Union Building • Old Main • Pattee and Paterno Libraries • Penn State Creamery • Residence halls • Radiation Science & Engineering Center

Commonwealth Campuses	Abington • Altoona • Berks • Beaver • Brandywine • DuBois • Erie (Behrend) • Fayette (Eberly) • Greater Allegheny • Harrisburg • Hazleton • Lehigh Valley • Mont Alto • New Kensington • Schuylkill • Shenango • Wilkes-Barre • Worthington Scranton • York

People	George W. Atherton • James A. Beaver • Milton S. Eisenhower • Joe Paterno • Rene Portland • Graham Spanier • Fred Waring

Media	The Daily Collegian • The Lion 90.7FM • WPSU-FM • WPSU-TV

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