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President outlines University
progress, delivers message on responsibility
During the three years that Graham B. Spanier has been president of Penn
State, the University has seen a historic merger with The Dickinson School
of Law, the creation of the Penn State Geisinger Health System, the launching
of The Schreyer Honors College, record-breaking enrollment and fund raising,
the reorganization of its 24-campus system and its Cooperative Extension
programs, an overhauled general education program, and the creation of its
World Campus distance education initiative.
Multi-million dollar gift pumps
funding into student aid and more
Penn State alumni J. Lloyd and Dorothy F. Huck have made a $7.5 million
commitment to strengthen a variety of Penn State science, libraries and
health and human development programs. The Hucks designated their gift to
support three existing faculty chairs and to create a biotechnology innovation
fund and three student aid funds.
Nation's governors pick Penn State
as site of 2000 meeting
In an announcement Sept. 10, University President Graham B. Spanier and
State College Mayor William Welch said that the National Governors' Association
(NGA) would bring its convention to the region July 8-11, just before the
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The bipartisan meeting, expected
to draw between 1,200 and 1,500 participants, could contribute more than
$1 million to local and state economies.
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