Penn State Worthington Scranton

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name = Penn State Worthington Scranton


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established = 1923
type = Public
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faculty = 62 full-time and 46 part-time
president = Graham Spanier
chancellor = Mary-Beth Krogh-Jespersen
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students = 1,400
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city = Dunmore
state = PA
country = USA
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colors = Navy Blue and White
mascot = Nittany Lion
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affiliations = Penn State University
website = [http://www.sn.psu.edu/default.htm?cn7113 www.sn.psu.edu]

Penn State Worthington Scranton is a Commonwealth Campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Dunmore, PA.

The Worthington Scranton campus is named in memory of Worthington Scranton (1876–1955), a prominent industrialist and civic leader of northeastern Pennsylvania. The campus, one of twenty- three Penn State facilities throughout the Commonwealth, is located on a forty-five-acre tract of land just off Exit 188 (Throop) of Interstate 81.

The campus began in 1951 as part of the General Extension division of the Pennsylvania State College. Its first home was the Longfellow School Annex at 1625 Wyoming Ave in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which it occupied until June 1968. With money raised through contributions from private citizens and local industries, the Advisory Board of the Scranton Campus purchased the present site in 1962. The campus opened in September 1968 as a member of Penn State’s Commonwealth Campus System . On July 1, 1997,Worthington Scranton joined 11 other Penn State locations as a campus of the University’s Commonwealth College.

History

1923 – Pennsylvania State College (not yet a university) established a branch school in the city of Scranton – offering evening technical institute programs.

1951 – The school was renamed The Scranton Center and began offering day and evening courses.

1953 – Courses were redesigned as associate degree programs.

1968 – Moved to its current location in Dunmore and was named Penn State Worthington Scranton (also began offering the first two years of PSU bachelor’s degree programs).

1995 – Offered the first campus baccalaureate degree program.

2007 - Began groundbreaking on new business building.

External links

* [http://www.psu.edu The Pennsylvania State University official website]
* [http://www.psu.edu/ur/cmpcoll.html Penn State Campuses]
* [http://www.sn.psu.edu Worthington Scranton Website]