Penn State Altoona
| Motto | "This is My Penn State Altoona, Make it Yours" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1939 |
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Parent institution
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Pennsylvania State University |
| Endowment | $1,056,078 (2004) |
| Chancellor | Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry |
| President | Eric J. Barron |
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Administrative staff
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500 |
| Undergraduates | 4,182 |
| Location | Logan Township and Altoona, PA, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Nittany Lion |
| Affiliations | AMCC (NCAA Division III) |
| Website | www.altoona.psu.edu |
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Penn State Altoona is a commonwealth campus of The Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Logan Township, Pennsylvania, just outside Altoona, although some of its buildings are located in the heart of Altoona's downtown. It is one of four full-fledged four year institutions in the Commonwealth Campus network.
In 2015, 4,407 applied and 87% were admitted. The full-time student count was 3,645 in 2015. Of this number 46% were women and 54% were men. 20% of students are from out-of-state. 83% of full-time freshmen return for their second year. 25% of students live on campus. 3% of students transferred into campus. 7% of the students are older than 25 years old.
In 1939, a citizen’s committee led by the Altoona Chamber of Commerce Chairman at the time convinced Ralph D. Hetzel, president of the Pennsylvania State College, to support an undergraduate center in Altoona. In July, the citizen’s committee launched a campaign to raise money to renovate an abandoned grade school building to house the new center. More than $5,000 was raised from 8,000 local contributors in two months. The college opened its doors to just 119 freshmen and nine faculty members. Sixty-eight years later, Penn State Altoona numbers keep growing, with more students graduating each spring.
Penn State Altoona offers internships, research programs and study abroad programs along with continuing education and training. Students can complete their degrees at Penn State Altoona or transfer to another Penn State location.
Currently there are over 75 Active Student Groups on campus, including five fraternities, and two sororities, the Black Student Union, Christian Student Fellowship, Students About Living the Truth, Psychology Club etc. The student groups are overseen by the Student Government Association, whose other duties include improvement of campus, student advocacy, and distributing money to groups. Student Life also includes many planned events, speakers and musicians, as well as plenty of student organization run events.
One student activity is the Altoona Film Series. It takes place at 7pm on Sundays at the Devorris Downtown Center.
Penn State–Altoona teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Nittany Lions are a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, swimming & diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, swimming & diving, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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