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The mall originally had just two anchors, Grants and Penn Traffic, and approximately 30 smaller stores. Its first expansion in 1970 included the addition of a Sears store, which was relocated from downtown State College, and over a dozen other smaller stores. [2] The new Sears included 45 merchandise departments and a 10-bay automotive center.
State College evolved from a village to a town to serve the needs of Pennsylvania State College, which was founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. State College was incorporated as a borough on August 29, 1896, and it has grown with the college, which was renamed The Pennsylvania State University in 1953.
Construction began on the 70-acre Colonnade at State College shopping center in the fall of 1999. Target, Wegmans, Dick's Sporting Goods, Michaels, Circuit City, and a 14-screen Carmike Cinemas were all set to be among the earliest tenants however, Carmike would be forced to back out due to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in the summer of 2000 (they eventually came out of bankruptcy two years ...
The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a privately governed, state-assisted [1] [2] land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers four associate's programs, 163 bachelor's programs, 136 master's programs, and 64 doctoral programs across its ten colleges and schools. [ 4 ]
Frederick Nelson (1932–2009), Professor of Geography and Director of University of Delaware's Permafrost Group; Debra Hess Norris, chair of the art conservation department and director of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation; David L. Norton (1930–1995), Philosophy; R. Byron Pipes (b. 1941), Mechanical Engineering
Old Main, c. 1855. The school that later became Penn State University was founded as a degree-granting institution on February 22, 1855, by act P.L. 46, No. 50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.
South Halls offers housing for Schreyer Honors College students in Atherton and Simmons, and in addition offers male, female and co-ed residence halls. [5] [6] At one point both McElwain Hall and Simmons Hall both contained a dining complex, but as of May 2011 their dining areas were eliminated to increase residential room space. [7]
According to the 2005 Annual Report, Schlow had more than 291,000 visitors and 592,000 books in circulation. Schlow Centre Region Library is part of the Central PA Library District, allowing patrons to use interlibrary loan to check out material from other public libraries in Centre, Clearfield, Juniata, and Mifflin Counties. [3]