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The Pennsylvania State University, located in State College, Pa., was founded as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania in 1855. After two name changes, school president Milton Eisenhower gave the college its current name in 1953. Enrollment at the main campus (called University Park) is over 43,000 students with thousands more attending classes at the university¿s other 23 campuses throughout the state. The college is among the ten largest public universities in the United States and offers more than 160 majors. The sports teams are known as the Nittany Lions and are a member of the Big Ten...
The Pennsylvania State University, located in State College, Pa., was founded as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania in 1855. After two name changes, school president Milton Eisenhower gave the college its current name in 1953. Enrollment at the main campus (called University Park) is over 43,000 students with thousands more attending classes at the university¿s other 23 campuses throughout the state. The college is among the ten largest public universities in the United States and offers more than 160 majors. The sports teams are known as the Nittany Lions and are a member of the Big Ten conference. Legendary football coach Joe Paterno began his career at Penn State in 1966. Notable alumni include Hugh Rodham, father of Hillary Rodham Clinton; Mark Parker, CEO of Nike; Herman Fisher, co-founder of Fisher-Price; and Slinky inventor Richard T. James.
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Loyola and Maryland aim to prove doubters wrong in NCAA lacrosse title game
Loyola, a team that was so overlooked in the preseason that it went unranked in several publications, and Maryland, a squad that was unceremoniously dropped to the ranks of the unseeded after dropping its regular-season finale to Colgate, will tangle...Tags: Loyola Greyhounds, Gillette Stadium, Syracuse Orange, College Sports, Loyola University Maryland
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Jesse L. Thomas, Colts player
Jesse L. Thomas, a Baltimore Colts defensive back in the 1950s who then spent four decades at Morgan State University, serving for several years as its head football coach, died of dementia complications May 16 at his Columbia home. He was 83.
Born in...Tags: U.S. Army, Art Donovan, Teaching and Learning, College Sports, Baltimore Colts
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Edwin Roger Fitzgerald, Hopkins professor
Edwin Roger Fitzgerald, a retired professor had taught in the Johns Hopkins University's mechanics and materials department for nearly 40 years and whose hobby was farming, died May 11 of complications from a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The...Tags: Electronics, Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Baltimore-area players lead Florida into its first women's lacrosse final four
When Sam Farrell visited the University of Florida on her women's lacrosse recruiting trip three years ago, there wasn't much to see. No lacrosse facility. No locker rooms. No team. No tradition. Coach Amanda O'Leary didn't even have an assistant coach....
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Preakness parties gallop across state lines
The Preakness is, let's face it, the dark horse on the nation's party planning circuit.
After all, the second leg of the Triple Crown is squeezed between its more challenging and prestigious cousins, the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. And, it's...Tags: Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), Kegasus (fictional character), Preakness Stakes
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Digest: Mount de Sales grad Church paces Gettysburg in NCAAs
Women's college lacrosse Church's 7 points pace Gettysburg in 1st round Hannah Church (Mount de Sales) and Katie Blumenthal each contributed seven points as host Gettysburg (18-1) won, 22-7, over Cabrini (10-9) in the first round of the NCAA Division...Tags: Lacrosse, Armed Forces, College Sports, Teaching and Learning, Loyola University Maryland
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Bayhawks activate three, including Grant
Et cetera Bayhawks activate three, including Grant The Chesapeake Bayhawks activated high-scoring attackman John Grant Jr. and long-stick midfielder John Orsen, whose indoor seasons ended Saturday. Chesapeake also activated former Virginia...Tags: Lacrosse, College Sports, Football, National Football League, Baltimore Ravens
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Lehigh coach Kevin Cassese has brought an ACC flavor to the Mountain Hawks
As a former Duke player and assistant coach, Lehigh's Kevin Cassese wanted to model his Mountain Hawks after his alma mater and other Atlantic Coast Conference teams. So when No. 7-seeded Lehigh (14-2) hosts unseeded Maryland (9-5) Sunday in an opening...
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Penn State beats Towson in first round of NCAA tournament
Penn State women's lacrosse coach Missy Doherty enjoyed her first trip back to Towson since leaving the Tigers two years ago to take over the Nittany Lions' program. The Tigers didn't enjoy the visit so much. From the fourth minute of Saturday's game,...Tags: Lacrosse, Syracuse Orange, College Sports, Penn State Nittany Lions, Towson Tigers
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Quint Kessenich: Pannell's future is biggest mystery in college lacrosse
Cornell's Rob Pannell was the 2011 National Player of the Year, scoring more than five points per game. This season was supposed to be his coronation as he led Cornell to its first NCAA title since 1977. But a broken foot suffered March 3 has put the...
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Former Lake Clifton guard Terence Jones headed to UAB
The Baltimore SunFor his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program. The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted...Tags: Virginia Tech, Tennessee Technological University, Atlantic Coast Conference, College Sports, Conference USA
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Digest: Loyola's Ratliff chosen as top ECAC defender
College lacrosse Loyola's Ratliff chosen as top ECAC defender Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year and was joined by four of his teammates on the All-ECAC...Tags: Atlantic 10 Conference, Tennessee Technological University, Softball, Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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