UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning on Sept. 12 recommended the final plan approval and expenditure of funds for completion of the Donald P. Bellisario Media Center on the University Park campus. The project will be presented to the full board for a vote on Friday, Sept. 13.
Construction on the project that will transform the oldest part of Willard Building, built in 1949, into the Bellisario Media Center started in December 2018. The project will impact all four floors in the building, and the completed facility, comprising more than 60,000 square feet, will be a hub for student media at the University.
Together with Carnegie Building, the media center will be the home of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. The facility will benefit students — working in agency and corporate environments, film, journalism, television and more — in every major of the Bellisario College for years to come.