State College, PA, United States
Pennsylvania State University, The. Chartered as an agricultural college in 1855. Located on land donated by James Irvin, the school admitted its first class in 1859 to study the application of science to farming. Designated the state's only land-grant institution in 1863. Penn State was one of the
earliest participants in this federally supported system of higher education, which promoted an innovative and diverse curriculum of "liberal and practical education."
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