Faculty and Staff

Fifteenth Road Scholars tour to visit eastern Pa., Penn State sites

University Park, Pa. -- The annual Road Scholars spring tour for Penn State faculty, hosted by President Graham Spanier, is accepting reservations for its May 10-12 trip across southeastern Pennsylvania. For information about last year's tour, visit http://www.roadscholars.outreach.psu.edu online. Registration for the trip will open on March 22.

The tour offers new and newly tenured faculty several dynamic opportunities to learn about Penn State and Pennsylvania as they travel to several University campuses and tour businesses and popular historic sites. In addition, the tour provides an excellent opportunity for faculty to establish relationships with colleagues across the University, while the itinerary connects them with Penn Staters and residents of the Commonwealth.

There is no cost for faculty to participate in this year's tour except for lunch in the Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia’s historic farmers market. Once the tour has embarked, the University will provide all other lodging, transportation and meals. For participants not at University Park, each individual's college or department will be asked to cover any additional costs incurred, such as transportation to and from University Park and lodging there, if needed.

This year's participants will depart by charter bus from University Park to three University campuses and several other destinations, including:

-- Carpenter Technology, Reading
-- Philadelphia Museum of Art
-- Reading Terminal Market
-- Independence Square
-- Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
-- Brubaker Farm, Mt. Joy
-- State Capitol, Harrisburg

Space on the tour is guaranteed to all faculty who have joined Penn State in the last two years and have not been on a Road Scholars tour before. Others may sign up for this tour on a space-available basis. For more information, contact Nancy Eckard at nzm1@psu.edu or Cindy Stearns at cas81@psu.edu.

Click on the image to see the full-size map. Credit: Annemarie Mountz / Penn StateCreative Commons

Last Updated July 22, 2015

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