Road
Trip
Penn State Intercom......April
4 , 2002
Road Scholars tour set for May 5-7
Established in 1996,
the Road Scholars tour has continued to grow in popularity among faculty
from all University locations. This year's tour, scheduled for May 5-7,
will take faculty through the southeastern part of Pennsylvania.
The three-day tour will give participants a glimpse of the variety of attractions, businesses and communities found in Pennsylvania, as well as a look at how the University contributes to this statewide community through its mission of teaching, research and outreach.
President Graham B. Spanier organized the first tour in 1996, after his own statewide tour to all of the campuses. He heard so many positive comments from that first tour that he decided to make it an annual event.
Past tours have
covered the western, central and northeastern portions of the state. This
year, the tour concentrates on the southeastern corner. 
The tour begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 5, as participants gather at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus for ice breaker activities and brunch. They'll board buses at noon and head to Gettysburg. After a tour of the Gettysburg Battlefields, the group will head to Penn State Mont Alto for dinner and a campus overview, then move on to Penn State Harrisburg to spend the night.
Monday's leg of the trip will stop at the Capitol in Harrisburg; visit Amish farms in Lancaster County; tour Carpenter Technology in Reading; and settle in at Penn State Berks for the night.
On Tuesday, the group will tour Independence Mall in Philadelphia; have lunch at the Reading Terminal Market in downtown Philadelphia; visit the Marlboro Mushroom farm; have dinner at Penn State Hershey Medical Center; and return to State College.
There is no cost to faculty participating in the tour; transportation, meals and lodging are provided by the Office of the President.
For more information or to register for the tour, call (800) 778-8632. Registration deadline is April 19.