Penn State Abington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in Abington, Pennsylvania. The campus is set on 45 acres (180,000 m2) of wooded land. The roughly 4000 undergraduate students are taught by a full-time staff of over 150 professors and teaching assistants.
Students at the Lares Building at Penn State Abington during Common Break, April 2003
Penn State Abington's campus is largely wooded as shown in this picture of students relaxing during Spring Fling, an annual campus-sponsored event.
During Penn State Abington's orientation program incoming students participate in skit "Freshmen Feud."
The Lares building, renovated in 2002, has hosted entertainers such as Stevie Starr.
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863. Its primary campus, known as Penn State University Park, is located in State College and College Township.
Old Main at Penn State, c. 1855
Old Main Entrance
A panoramic view of the Ag Hill Complex at the university
The Nittany Lion Shrine on the university's main campus
