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Significant Events in the Development of
The Pennsylvania State University - 2000s

2000

  • E-Commerce Center opened at PS Harrisburg.
  • Dance Marathon raises over $3 million for pediatric cancer patients supported by the Four Diamonds Fund, Hershey Medical Center.
  • 92nd Annual Meeting of the National Governor’s Conference takes place at University Park and in State College, addressed by President Clinton.
  • PS Harrisburg Library, HUB-Robeson Center and Paterno Library dedicated.
  • PS Mont Alto’s historic Emmanuel Chapel undergoes renovation.
  • Penn State on-line newswire established.
  • Endowment reaches $1 billion.
  • U.S. Senate confirms Nina Fedoroff, professor of biology, director of Life Sciences Consortium and Biotechnology Institute, to National Science Board.

2001

  • Hintz Alumni Center dedicated.
  • Bennett Family Child Care Center opens.
  • Lake Perez dam reconstruction to use innovative reinforcement system.
  • Beaver Stadium expanded to 107,282 seats.
  • FDA approves U.S. clinical trials for heart-assist device. LionHeart implanted in first U.S. patient.

2002

  • WPSX, public television, goes digital.
  • Trustee scholarship program aims to raise $100 million in endowments for needy students.
  • MBNA Career Services Center dedicated.
  • PS Arboretum plan unveiled.
  • School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture building plan recognized as Penn State’s first certified sustainable architecture.
  • eLion grade reporting system an overwhelming success.
  • Interdisciplinary research focus places Penn State at forefront of national trend.
  • Charter and Standing Orders revised to amend the election of industrial trustee procedures.

2003

  • Grand Destiny campaign ends June 30 having raised $1.37 billion.
  • University minority enrollment hits all-time high.
  • Employee Assistance Fund established.
  • Frank& Sylvia Pasquerilla Spiritual Center and Penn State Downtown Theatre complex dedicated.
  • Business School at PS Erie named for benefactors Sam & Irene Black.
  • Research expenditures surpass $500 million mark.

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