Penn State Lehigh Valley

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Penn State Lehigh Valley


Established	1950 (joined Penn State)
Type	Public 2- and 4-year undergraduate
Chancellor	Dr. Ann Williams
Students	700
Location	Fogelsville, PA, USA
Campus	Suburban 40 acres
Colors	Navy Blue and White
Mascot	Nittany Lion
Affiliations	Penn State University
Website	[1]

Penn State Lehigh Valley is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University. It is located in Fogelsville, outside of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Founded in 1912, Penn State Lehigh Valley is the oldest of Penn State's commonwealth campuses.

[edit] History

Nearly 100 years old, Penn State Lehigh Valley developed strong associate degree offerings over the years. In 1970, it expanded its academic program by providing up to the first two years of most of Penn State's baccalaureate degree majors.

In 1972, the campus made significant changes to its academic plans to include continuing education programs in addition to its baccalaureate offerings. In 1978, the campus moved to its present location, in Fogelsville. The Lehigh Valley campus includes two buildings on approximately 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land. The Lehigh Valley campus offers baccalaureate degrees in Applied Psychology, Business, Information Sciences and Technology (IST), and Professional Writing. Students may also complete an associate degree in IST.

Currently, the Lehigh Valley campus has more than 700 full-time and part-time undergraduate students. An additional 3,000 students enroll each year in its continuing education programs.