Trustees Approve Baseball Fields And Other Projects

March 17, 2000

Hershey, Pa. —Penn State’s Board of Trustees today (3-17) approved the construction of two varsity athletic fields at Penn State Erie, the Behrend Campus, which will meet NCAA requirements for Division III Men’s Baseball and Women’s Softball competition.

The $975,000 project, designed by the Office of Physical Plant in conjunction with Dahlkemper Associates of Erie, will include team dugouts, a press box, walkways, lighting and landscaping, and is compatible with the campus master plan approved in 1998.

The Trustees also approved the installation of temporary modular units at Penn State Fayette to be used until the completion of renovation work to the Eberly Building. The six temporary structures will be removed at the end of construction in 2001.

In addition, they heard a report on plans to build an addition to Mateer Building at University Park. The addition will provide additional office space for the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Recreation Management and will be built in what is now a small interior courtyard adjacent to Kern Building.

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