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Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
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| Established | 1870 |
| Type: | Public, state-funded |
| President: | Keith T. Mille |
| Faculty: | 286 |
| Students: | 5,500 |
| Location | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Mascot: | Bald Eagle |
| Website: | http://www.lhup.edu/ |
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, in central Pennsylvania located along the Susquehanna River, and is roughly 30 miles (48 km) from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. The main campus consists of 200 acres (80.9 ha), and the branch campus covers 12.9 acres (5.22 ha).[1] It enrolls approximately 5,500 students, including 500 students at a branch campus in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It offers 69 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs. Lock Haven University is known for its Television Broadcasting Communication department majors and its education majors.
LHU was founded in 1870 as the Central State Normal School. In 1983, the school joined the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and became Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. The Clearfield campus was established in 1989.
LHU's previous president Craig Dean Willis retired from Lock Haven in 2004 and nearly immediately began an interim presidency at Eastern Michigan University. The vacancy left by Willis was promptly filled by Keith T. Miller, a graduate of the University of Arizona.
“Dedicated to supporting and strengthening its students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community, Lock Haven University affirms its commitment to intellectual growth, cultural enrichment, and public service.”
Stevenson Library is the university's library. It is a new state of the art facility which offers students many different options. Its archive collection includes every student newspaper (The Eagle Eye) since 1965, as well as every yearbook (The Praeco) since 1913 until it was discontinued in 1980; and was reinstated in 2006. The archive collection also provides the university with rare books and photographs.[2] The library offers internet database services that gives the university access to full text magazine & newspaper articles, DVDs, books, and an array of information. The Children's Library on the ground floor of the building contains over 20,000 children's books.[3] Stevenson also offers reference services, wireless internet, computer access, and a 24 hour study lounge.
Lock Haven University's student-operated television station, The Havenscope, broadcasts news, sports, and other programs. Its studio occupies 2,300 square feet (214 m²) next to WLHU, Lock Haven University's radio station. The television studio is wholly digital and consists of a teleprompter system, two editing bays, and a full complement of field production equipment. It includes two backdrops, one for news broadcasts and one for interviews. The studio is on the sixth floor of Robinson Hall and is equipped with a green screen, at least three main broadcast cameras, a sound mixing board, switchboard, character generator, several broadcast monitors, a roll-in system, and many other broadcast systems. The studio usually airs at least one show a week called LHU in Review hosted by LHU students, junior Chelsea Menshek and freshmen Kenny Muzyka, which covers news, sports and other topics. The television station also broadcasts sporting events, soap operas, game shows, and many other programs.
Lock Haven University's radio station is WLHU, located in the same facility as their new and improved television studio, allowing easy access between the two stations. WLHU has a free format program schedule using a well equipped studio which broadcasts daily, as well as broadcasting many sporting events and many other programs throughout the school year.
Lock Haven University's student campus newspaper, The Eagle Eye, has a modern computer production facility that includes a desktop graphics text scanner, CD-ROMS, digital photography, world wide web interface, and the page-making program most widely used in commercial newspapers. Students may earn a staff position on the newspaper in their first year at the university.
Division I: wrestling and field hockey
- Affiliation: National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and Division II
- Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
- Facilities: McCollum Field, Jack Stadium, Thomas Field House, Foundation Fields, Charlotte E. Smith Field, Rogers Gymnasium, West Branch Cross Country Course, Tomlinson Center, Zimmerli Pool
- Participation: baseball, basketball (men and women), cross country (men and women), field hockey Division I, football, lacrosse (women), soccer (men and women), softball (women), track and field (men and women), swimming (women), volleyball (women), wrestling (men) Divisions I and II
- Team name: Eagles
- Team colors: crimson and white
- 2007 Softball, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
- 2007 Men's Outdoor Track and Field, PSAC
- 2007 Men's Indoor Track and Field, PSAC
- 2007 Women's Volleyball, PSAC
- 2007 Men's Team Boxing
- 2007 Men's Cross Country, PSAC
- 2006 Softball, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
- 2006 Men's Cross Country, PSAC
- 2005 Women's Volleyball, PSAC
- 2005 Men's Soccer, PSAC
- 2005 Men's Cross Country, PSAC
- 2004 Men's Indoor Track and Field, PSAC
- 2004 Women's Volleyball, PSAC
- 2004 Men's Cross Country, PSAC
- 2003 Women's Indoor Track and Field, PSAC
- 2003 Men's Indoor Track and Field, PSAC
Lock Haven University Athletics Website
The Fredericks Family Memorial Carillon was designed and completed by the van Bergen Company, which specializes in bells, in 2000. The grand carillon is one of fewer than 200 grand carillons in North America. It weighs more than 25,000 pounds and can be played manually or by an automatic system that can produce 500 songs from memory. The bells were cast in the world famous French foundry Fonderie Paccard.[4] The carillon has become an important part of the university's image.
LHU's Institute for International Studies offers study abroad programs for its students. The program offer students the choice to study from 32 different schools in 20 different countries around the world. Students have the choice to study abroad for semester long, a whole academic year, or summer programs.[5]
LHU's recreation center facility includes a weight room, thirteen outside tennis courts, three indoor basketball courts and one outside court. The facility also hosts one volleyball court, three racquetball rooms, one multi activities room, and a rock wall.
The Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center is a new facility to be completed in fall 2007 is named after Dr. George A. and Shirley Durrwachter. He is a 1961 health and physical education graduate, university trustee and member of the LHU Foundation board of directors who donated $1 million together with his wife, Shirley, for the conference center.
For visitors and new LHU students, the conference center will house university admissions with expanded meeting spaces. For alumni, it will have a number of meeting and conference rooms, including the Fredericks Family Library to house books and publications authored by alumni and faculty, areas of recognition of service to the university and several social areas. The conference center also will contain a multipurpose room that can seat 300 to 400 people, along with smaller conference rooms.
Lock Haven University Apartment Complex which features apartments for students at LHU. The building is one of the many facilities that have been constructed in the last 5 years which include the Recreation Center, Alumni Conference Center, Memorial Bell Clock Tower.
- Harris Jacob Bixler (1862–1930), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1921–27
- Harry L. Haines (1880–1947), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1931–39 and 1941–43
- Red Murray (1884–1954), professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants.
- Kevin O'Dea, assistant special teams coach, Chicago Bears
- J. Buell Snyder (1877–1946), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1933–46
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