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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GXC_nittany-lion-shrine_State-College-PA.html
What's a Nittany? The word Nittany is derived from the Algonquian word Nit-A-Nee meaning "single mountain." The original inhabitants of the area used Nit-A-Nee to describe the mountain, and it likely became corrupted to Nittany by the first Europe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKS_centre-furnace-mansion_State-College-PA.html
Welcome to Centre Furnace Mansion - birthplace of Penn State University and home of Centre County Historical Society.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKR_the-creamery_State-College-PA.html
In 1892 offered America's first collegiate instruction in ice cream manufacture. A program that has helped to make Penn State an international center for research in frozen confections. The original Creamery Bldg (1889) housed the nation's earlies…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M1_the-pennsylvania-state-university_State-College-PA.html
Chartered as an agricultural college in 1855. Located on land donated by James Irvin, the school admitted its first class in 1859 to study the application of science to farming. Designated the state''s only land-grant institution in 1863. Penn Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LW_martin-luther-king-jr_State-College-PA.html
On Jan. 21, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of 8,000 in Rec Hall as part of his efforts to draw national attention to the need for voting rights reforms that would prevent discrimination against African Americans. Dr. King's powe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LV_first-ag-degrees_State-College-PA.html
Penn State was the first U.S. university to award Baccalaureate (1861) and Graduate (1863) degrees in agriculture. This pioneering effort to formalize higher education in agriculture helped the agricultural sciences to become an accepted and vital…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LS_correspondence-courses_State-College-PA.html
In 1892, under the direction of Prof. Henry Waters, Penn State became the first American institution of higher education to offer correspondence courses in agriculture. The goal was to make scientific studies available to those persons unable to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LQ_champions-for-equality_State-College-PA.html
Demonstrating that sport can be a powerful force for social change, Penn State led the way in breaking the color barrier in intercollegiate football in the south. By the players' own decision, the team refused an offer to play a segregated deep so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LP_big-ten_State-College-PA.html
On June 4, 1990, the Big Ten Conference admitted Penn State as its eleventh member. Established in 1895 as one of the nation's first intercollegiate athletic organizations, the conference instituted a blueprint for the control and administration o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LJ_artificial-insemination_State-College-PA.html
Used for improved livestock breeding, was made feasible for dairy cattle by the work of Prof. John Almquist, who, beginning in 1944 in Borland Lab, perfected the use of antibiotics to preserve semen and developed commercial methods of using it. Hi…