Founders' Day event held at Penn State University Park.
NOTA Founders' Day
None of the Above (NOTA), a Penn State a capella group, performed for the lunch-time crowd at the HUB-Robeson Center on Feb. 27. The performance was part of a Founder's Day celebration on the University Park campus hosted by the Lion Ambassadors to celebrate Penn State's 157th birthday. The university was chartered in February of 1855. The Lion Ambassadors celebration included music, a photo booth, a giant birthday card, as well as pink and black balloons adorning the entire lobby area.
Award During Founders' Day
Schreyer Scholar Thomas A. Novack, left, a senior majoring in kinesiology and biology, received the Schreyer Honors College's inaugural Scholar Involvement Award from the college's dean, Christian M. M. Brady, at the college's annual Founders Day, held Sept. 7. The award was established through an endowment funded by the college's staff.
Founders' Day U Park
Schreyer Scholars crowd around a photo mosaic, which was unveiled during the Schreyer Honors College's Founders Day celebration on Thursday. The image features more than a thousand images of Schreyer Scholars and staff.
Founders' Day U Park
Lion Ambassador Janine Mikulca offered cookies to the crowd celebrating Founders Day on Feb. 11 at the Hintz Alumni Center on the University Park campus. The alumni event looked forward to Feb. 22. It was on Feb. 22, 1855, that Gov. James Pollock signed the charter establishing the college of scientific agriculture that grew to be one of the world’s most distinguished centers of higher education. The University's official sesquicentennial begins July 1 and will be a yearlong observance.
Happy Birthday Penn State Balloon
The annual Founders' Day Celebration, marking Penn State's birthday, will continue from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 20) in the HUB-Robeson Center.
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Kyle Brzezynski played a round of Ka-Plunk near a HUB-Robeson Center entryway. Games were part of the party to celebrate Penn State's 154th "birthday," known to some as Founders' Day.
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With banners boasting "Happy Birthday Dear Old State" and the rock band Havoc Jack singing "Happy Birthday," the Founders' Day party spirit was infectious.
