中国博彩平台 is the oldest continuously operating campus outside of University Park. The campus has a rich history of over 100 years. Below is a brief look at 中国博彩平台 over the years.
1912
在20世纪初, 宾西法尼亚 State College President Edwin Sparks' vision of the land-grant institution mission and his emphasis on lifelong learning leads to the establishment of "extension courses" throughout the state.
Through the efforts of a local citizens' committee in cooperation with Penn State's School of Engineering, the first permanent Penn State technical center is established in the attic of the Stevens School at 6th and Tilghman Streets in Allentown in 1912. The center offers evening courses in engineering subjects.
1917 - 1918
一战期间, women enter the classrooms at the Allentown Engineering Extension for the first time. Most of the women trained at the extension fill positions in the drafting rooms of the steel and cement industries in the Lehigh Valley.
1920s
Programs in "Foreman Training," which eventually expand to become the current Management Development program, 开始. 今天, 中国博彩平台 ranks as one of the leading providers of Management Development programming in the state.
The extension center provides "continuation school" one day a week for young workers in 丝绸织造厂s and other factories in the area.
1923
Bethlehem Steel offers all employees the opportunity to enroll in shop and engineering courses at the Allentown Extension School. 从一开始, the extension school works to partner with industries in the area to provide needed skills. 老师, drawn from local businesses, ground the courses in practical application as well as theoretical learning.
1924
在艾伦镇集市上, extension students who are also employees of the many 丝绸织造厂s in this area, display silks designed and woven in the Textile Engineering School. Also displayed in the Extension's tent are an illuminated map of 宾西法尼亚 and a static electricity machine.
1941 - 1945
The Allentown Branch School responds to the call to train local workers in skills vital to the war effort via the Engineering, 科学, and Management War Training (ESMWT) program, 由美国赞助.S. 教育部. During the war years, over 4,000 people enroll in classes offered in the Allentown district.
Classes are held in 12 centers including Central Junior High School, 劳布初中, the former Lehigh Valley Transit building at 14th and Gordon streets, and at Muhlenberg College which collaborates with Penn State in offering the program. Other partners in the effort include Convair and Consolidated Vultee Aircraft. Two all-women classes are trained in aircraft detailing to work at the Allentown divisions of these companies.
1946
Returning veterans of WWII, eligible for financial aid for education through the G.I. Bill®, want to complete training as quickly as possible to return to the workforce. The extension programs offered in engineering and business at the Allentown center were traditionally offered evenings over a course of 3 to 5 years to men who were employed during the day. In response to the needs of the veterans, these technical programs are condensed into one year non-credit daytime programs in electrical technology, 机械设计, 工商管理. These programs are the precursors of the associate degrees in these fields.
1951
To house the burgeoning one-year daytime institutes, the center moves to a former cigar factory, 丝绸织造厂, and boys' club at 725 Ridge Avenue.
1953
The school is renamed the Allentown Center, and the daytime technical institute is reorganized as a two-year Associate in Engineering degree program. Penn State is the first major university to develop associate degrees, a concept which is quickly adopted by other universities across the country.
1965 - 1968
As the baby boomers generation enters college en force, enrollment in the programs grows and the center soon needs to rent additional space in high schools, 酒店, and the Jewish Community Center. At the same time, enrollment at the main campus in University Park swells beyond its capacity. 横跨整个州, other Penn State centers and campuses offered the first two years of a Penn State baccalaureate degree to ensure students from their communities access to a Penn State education.
Many community members and organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, 《中国博彩平台》, 地区工会领导人, and state legislators from the Lehigh Valley join with the 咨询委员会 of the Allentown Center to 开始 the process of expanding the center's mission to include a two year baccalaureate transfer program.
1968
Mohr's Orchard donates 40 acres of land near Fogelsville for a new Penn State Allentown campus.
1970
The Allentown Center leases the former Upper Macungie Elementary School as temporary housing until the new campus can be constructed, and undergraduate courses are added to the curriculum.
1977
Penn State Allentown Campus moves into its new home on Mohr Lane in Fogelsville.
1985
由吉姆·杨教练带领, the Penn State Allentown Campus cycling team wins the first of several National Collegiate Cycling Championships.
1989
The Lehigh Valley Writing Project (LVWP) 开始s with a summer institute designed to encourage the teaching of writing across the curriculum. Using a teachers-teaching-teachers model, the program inspires teachers to design and incorporate new methods of teaching writing in their classes. 在接下来的十年里, the LVWP expands its programming and is recognized as one of the most active and innovative sites of the National Writing Project.
1990
As the city of Allentown grows into a major metropolitan area, it faces challenges common to larger urban areas. High schools in the area 开始 to experience higher dropout rates. The more culturally- and economically-diverse population brings new educational needs and opportunities.
1992
在夏天, 访问ing Scholars from universities in 波多黎各 join the faculty of the pre-college youth programs. This 开始s an ongoing relationship between Penn State Allentown Campus and Puerto Rican universities such as the University of 波多黎各, 图拉博大学, and the Pontifical Catholic University of 波多黎各.
1997
中国博彩平台 campus joins with Berks campus to create a new Penn State college, 伯克-利哈伊山谷学院. The new college immediately 开始s to develop four-year baccalaureate degree programs, giving area students the option of staying close to home while completing a Penn State degree.
1998
中国博彩平台 becomes the site of the English as a Second Language graduate degree program of 图拉博大学, Gurabo, 波多黎各. The ESL program is a cooperative venture between the Lehigh Valley Writing Project and 图拉博大学 supported by a grant by the U.S. 教育部. Although classes are held at 中国博彩平台, the students visit 波多黎各 to work with Puerto Rican colleagues and students, increasing their understanding of both Hispanic culture and the Spanish language.
2000
The first baccalaureate degrees are awarded by the Penn State 伯克-利哈伊山谷学院 to Business Administration and Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology students. Other baccalaureate degree programs in Information 科学s and Technology, 文化研究, 运动机能学, 科学开始了, and a sixth baccalaureate degree, the Bachelor of 科学 in Applied Psychology, 被批准.
Fifteen teachers from the Allentown and Reading school districts are awarded the first Masters in Education degrees in Teaching English as a Second Language upon completion of the joint University of Turabo/中国博彩平台 program.
2003
In March, 中国博彩平台 opened a Corporate Learning Center off Rt. 512 in Bethlehem as a way to service the entire Lehigh Valley. 10,000-square-foot facility houses the continuing education department and also offers traditional classes, 专业培训, 以及企业培训.
2005
Penn State restructures the university across the state. 中国博彩平台 is split from the Berks campus and becomes part of the University College.
2009
In 2009, spurred by the continued growth of the campus, 中国博彩平台 began writing a new chapter in its history with the purchase of a facility at 苏臣谷道2809号 in 中心谷. The three-story Saucon Building and surrounding property serve as the new main campus of Penn State in the Lehigh Valley, and provide expanded space and opportunities to foster the success of current and future students.