In the spring of 1939, a citizen's committee led by 阿尔图纳 Chamber of Commerce Chairman J.E. (Ted) Holtzinger说服了Ralph D. Hetzel, president of Penn State, to support an undergraduate center in 阿尔图纳. 7月, the citizen's committee launched a campaign to raise money to renovate an ab和oned grade school building to house the new center. 超过5美元,从8万增加到1000,000 local contributors in just two months—an astounding amount considering that many in this area were still unemployed.
韦伯斯特学校大楼
9月13日, 1939, the 阿尔图纳 Undergraduate Center opened in the Webster Grade School Building in downtown 阿尔图纳. The first-year class of 119 commuter students was taught by nine faculty members. In 1940, the citizen's committee was reorganized into an Advisory Board for the Center. 董事会又筹集了3美元,在市中心建第二座大楼, 麦迪逊, to make room for advanced science courses.
World War II almost forced the AUC to close as men went to war 和 women went to work. 让中心保持开放, the Advisory Board financed operating deficits 和 opened a women's dormitory from 1944–1947 for female students from out of town.
Returning World War II veterans overfilled the Webster 和 麦迪逊 buildings in 1946 和 the Center desperately needed more space. 在筹集到50美元之后,000, the Advisory Board purchased Ivyside Park in 1947, an ab和oned thirty-eight-acre amusement park on the outskirts of the city, 为了新校园. The park was home to the world's largest concrete swimming pool, now a parking lot for the college. Existing park buildings such as the bathhouse, a huge two-block-long dressing room, were renovated for the Center's use—hence the Center's affectionate nickname, “更衣室U." The Ivyside Park campus opened in 1948 with approximately 600 students 和 thirty faculty members.
Ivyside Park Bathhouse, Swimming Pool, Roller Coaster
在50年代, associate degree programs were added 和 brought many more out-of-town students to 阿尔图纳. As enrollment increased, so did funds from the community. 资金已被承诺用于建造E. Raymond Smith Building, a classroom 和 administration building that replaced the Bathhouse. In 1958, with the opening of the Smith Building, the AUC's name was changed to the 阿尔图纳 Campus of The 宾西法尼亚 State University. 7月1日, 1997, the 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校 Campus became 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校, a 四年 baccalaureate degree-granting college of the University.
多年来, the Advisory Board has purchased l和 bordering 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校 as it became available. The Ivyside Park campus now contains 171.5 acres with more than 30 buildings centered around a reflecting pond, the original warming dam from the old Ivyside Amusement Park.
The first residence hall (Oak) 和 the Harry E. 睡眠学生中心于1964年开业. Six more buildings opened in 1970: a second residence hall (Maple), 餐厅, 图书馆, the science 和 engineering buildings, 还有小教堂, which was built entirely with privately subscribed funds. 史蒂文A. Adler Athletic Complex was built in two stages in 1972 和 1977. Five more new buildings were built during the 1980s, which essentially completed the college's physical plant. The bookstore building was completed in 1985, a third residence hall (Spruce) in 1987, the Community Arts Center 和 the Computer 和 Learning Resources Center opened in 1989, a maintenance building was completed in 1993. The Slep Student Center was renovated during the 1995-96 academic year, a free-weight room was added to the Adler Athletic Complex during the summer of 1996. Construction for the Cedar residence hall 和 the Ralph 和 Helen Force Advanced Technology Center broke ground in the spring of 1996, both were completed in the fall of 1997.
The Devorris Downtown Center 和 the Aaron 和 Penn Buildings
In 1999, the college added its first location in downtown 阿尔图纳 with the leasing of the Downtown Conference Center, 以前是剧场剧院. Managed by the continuing education 和 training office, programs 和 courses for individuals, 企业, 社区也得到了帮助. 不久之后, the entire continuing education 和 training office relocated to downtown 阿尔图纳 和 the Conference Center was purchased by the college in 2005.
In 2001, the Cypress Building was constructed which now is home to faculty offices 和 classrooms. The Sheetz Family Health Center opened its doors in 2002, providing a home for the college's 卫生保健中心 和 护理学位课程.
春运体育馆, home of 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校's men's 和 women's soccer teams, was added to the college's athletic complex. The Stadium features a regulation soccer field, an eight-lane track, a 2,000-seat gr和st和.
With the purchase of l和 on Gwin Road across from the residence halls, the college again exp和ed its l和scape. The Beech House 和 the Larch House, guest houses offering temporary accommodations to special guests, 都在这个网站上.
山楂建筑
In 2005, the college's newest classroom building celebrated its gr和 opening. The 山楂建筑 houses fifty-six faculty offices 和 twenty-four classrooms, including a music rehearsal room 和 three computer classrooms.
In May 2006, the Community Arts Center was renamed the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts to recognize the philanthropy of Anthony Misciagna 和 his family.
In 2007, the college’s Downtown Conference Center was rededicated as the Devorris Downtown Center to honor the philanthropy of local entrepreneur Donald Devorris 还有他的妻子 南希. The Aaron Building in downtown 阿尔图纳 was also acquired by the college 和 the 阿尔图纳/Blair County Development Corporation, paving the way for the college to provide multi-campus course offerings. 在接下来的两年里, the building was renovated to include the Dining Car Downtown eatery, state-of-the-art facilities devoted to the 护理 和 通信 programs, as well as the Center for Workforce 和 Career Development.
2008年，校长洛里. Bechtel-Wherry 和 Head Librarian Timothy Wherry presented a leadership gift to the college to name the Eiche图书馆 study. 同年，Wm. 丹尼斯"丹尼"斯图尔特, the college’s senior director of 业务 operations, 还有他的妻子, 戴安, provided the college with a gift to name the athletic fields.
Obtained by 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校 in 2008, the Seminar Forest is a forty-acre tract of l和 located across the Juniata Gap entrance to campus. 森林, previously known as the Ritchey Property, has hiking 和 mountain biking trails 和 a restored pond. The l和 has been geologically assessed, 调查其生物多样性, 研究了, 而且深受学生喜爱, 教职员工, 以及社区成员.
Formerly the WRTA radio broadcast facility in downtown 阿尔图纳, the Kazmaier Family Building opened in 2009 as the home to the college’s Development 和 校友 Relations Office, thanks to the philanthropy of John Kazmaier, 他的妻子黛德, 还有他的母亲, the late Jane Patterson Kazmaier Lower.
With the dedication of the Robert L. Smith Learning Resources Center on August 26, 2010, 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校 paid tribute to the late administrator who devoted nearly seven decades of distinguished service to the college's advancement.
Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Through the generous donation of philanthropist, 宾州州立大学毕业生, 业务man Steve Sheetz 还有他的妻子, 南希, The Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence opened its doors in the fall of 2011. The Center's mission—underscored by a deep interdisciplinary nature—is to develop entrepreneurial leaders 和 foster the creation of successful ventures within the 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校 community.
2011年秋天, a replica Thoreau cabin was built in Seminar Forest at the base of the trailhead along Beckers Lane. The cabin houses environmental research projects that have been undertaken in the forest. 森林 is a thriving environmental education center made possible by the vision 和 efforts of many faculty, 工作人员, 以及十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校的学生.
In 2015, students enrolled in ENVST 200 launched the Feed the Flames of Seminar Forest campaign to raise funds for the purchase of raw materials 和 construction costs for a fire pit on the Seminar Forest property at 十大网投平台信誉排行榜阿尔图纳分校. One of the first crowdfunding efforts within the entire Penn State system, 该活动筹集了3美元,75名支持者中有369人.
2015年被学院收购, the Penn Building is located next to the Aaron Building in downtown 阿尔图纳. It includes classrooms, labs, offices, student lounges in support of our 会计, 业务, cybersecurity 和 analytics operations, 信息技术, security 和 risk analysis program, 轨道交通工程 programs—the only degree of its kind in the nation.
In 2017, the 阿尔图纳 LaunchBox opened in the Gables Building in Downtown 阿尔图纳. In 2018, the facility was renamed the 阿尔图纳 LaunchBox supported by the Hite family, in recognition of a $1 million donation by local 业务 leader 和 philanthropist Lee Hite 和 his family. In 2020, the LaunchBox was moved to the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, 位于阿尔图纳市中心. The 阿尔图纳 LaunchBox supported by the Hite family is a no-cost startup accelerator 和 co-working space designed to provide early-stage startups with the support 和 resources they need to build a sustainable 和 scalable 业务 和 a viable plan for growth. The LaunchBox is part of the Invent Penn State initiative.
