2011 Penn State 'Road Scholars' Tour
Penn State President Graham B. Spanier joined new and recently tenured faculty members from the university in a visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology on Monday, May 9, the first leg of a three-day Road Scholars bus tour. An outreach tradition, now in its 16th year, the tour takes participants to Penn State campuses, Pennsylvania businesses and historical places to learn more about the commonwealth and the statewide impact of the university and its affiliates. The local visit included lunch and a stop at a Marcellus Shale facility, before the tour moved west to the Allegheny Forest and Penn State Behrend. Tuesday's itinerary comprised a variety of locations in the Erie area, while, on Wednesday, the group planned excursions to Titusville and DuBois before returning to University Park.
— Photos by Cindy D. Meixel, photo editor
Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour, center, greets 'Road Scholars" tour participants in the lobby of the Student and Administrative Services Center.
President Gilmour greets campus guests and outlines the morning's agenda.
William J. Martin, Penn College's senior vice president, doubles as a genial guide on a trolley trip across campus.
Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, left, shares a laugh with President Gilmour and Donald O. Praster, dean of industrial and engineering technologies.
Among the morning's highlights was a tour of the recently renovated welding laboratories ...
... where the dean explained students' well-appointed instructional surroundings
President Spanier and Penn State faculty hear about workforce demands for welding graduates.
