Once again, University President Graham B. Spanier will hit the road with faculty in tow for the annual Road Scholars Tour. Organized by the president, the tour is designed to help new faculty become familiar with the state and its various regions. The 2000 tour will be Spanier's fifth expedition. In the past, groups of faculty have visited the northern tier of the state, and both the eastern and western portions of Pennsylvania, along with various points in between.
This year, the tour slated for May 21, 22 and 23, should touch on the central/eastern part of the state, visiting the state capitol in Harrisburg and The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and then venturing south to Lancaster County to visit the Landisville Research Extension Center, as well as some companies that have been helped by Penn State technology or research. The tour is expected to also include visits to Gettysburg, Penn State Mont Alto, Penn State Berks, The Dickinson School of Law and Penn State York.
One key point of the tour is to show how Penn State is making life better for Pennsylvania residents. Penn State research and technology, as well as its cooperative extension offices, touch every area of the Commonwealth. Faculty are able to see first-hand the wide-ranging impact Penn State has across the state.
For more information on this fifth annual sojourn, e-mail Beth A. Byers at byb1@psu.edu.