The Pasto Agricultural Museum chronicles agricultural history and development, focusing on Pennsylvania and the northeastern United States. Its vast collection includes historic items that showcase tools and technology related to agricultural and rural life.
The Soldiers’ Orphan Schools provided education for children in Pennsylvania beginning during the Civil War and continuing until 2009. Established by Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin of Bellefonte, one of the schools operated in Centre County for four years.
John Hamilton was one of the most influential leaders in the early history of Penn State and State College. He served in numerous roles with the new college, was a member of the borough council, and built a home that started the Highlands Historic District.
Ag Progress Days is an agricultural exposition that has been held annually by Penn State for more than fifty years. Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences, the three-day outreach event is one of three held by a major university in the United States.
William Jeffrey, who learned soccer as a boy in Scotland, coached the Penn State men’s soccer team for twenty-seven years and won ten national championships. Jeffrey Field, home of the men’s and women’s soccer teams, is named for him.
The Hetzel Union Building, better known as the HUB, is the student union on Penn State’s University Park campus. It is named for Ralph Dorn Hetzel, the president of Penn State during the initial planning of the building.
The Penn State Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery is home to a vast collection that highlights the history of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Pennsylvania’s extractive industries.
Homophiles of Penn State (HOPS) was a student organization organized in 1971 to advocate for and bring together homosexuals that was part of the wave of activism which spread across college campuses during the decade.
Eisenhower Auditorium is Penn State’s primary theatrical performance center. The building opened in 1974 and was later named for former University President Milton S. Eisenhower. It hosts about two hundred concerts, theatre and dance performances, Penn State commencements, and other events annually.
The calorimeter is a scientific device at Penn State that was used to perform experiments on the energy metabolism of cattle. The building housing the calorimeter is part of Penn State’s Ag Hill National Register Historic District
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