program" by US News & World Report in 2015 IST online programs ranked #4 among "best online graduate comp. focused on solving real-world problems at the intersection of information, technology & people according to US bureau of labor statistics, 50% of all jobs created between 2016 & 2026 will be in 3 areas: healthcare & social assistance, hospitality & leisure, & education>focus of all 9 majors College of Information Sciences & Technology -4 majors Center for Healthy Aging focuses on cutting-edge research and outreach about health across adulthood & old age Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center: create programs & policies that promote healthy development in children & youth BBH building completed in 2013 : home to Dept of BBH, Bennett Pierce Prevention Center & Center for Healthy Aging majors blend life sciences, social sciences & business more than 70% of students complete 1 or more internships Penn State engineer created the Fast Pass system at Disney College of Health & Human Development -9 majors 1 of only 2 additive manufacturing degree programs in the country had 9 active projects in the Humanitarian Engineering Social Entrepreneurship program Learning factory: hands on facility with 3D printing try to bring real-world in the classroom by providing the students with hands on experience through industry-sponsored & client-based capstone projects (sponsors include BP, Chevrolet, Ford, John Deere.) all of the undergraduate majors are among the top 15 in their field in the country, industrial/manufacturing is the highest at #7 College of Engineering -1 in 50 engineers in the US is a Penn State Alum Students studying to be a teacher will participate in a variety of classroom observation experiences leading up to student teaching, which they can even complete abroad Chambers building opens onto Fisher Plaza, named after co-founder of Fisher-Price Toys who is a PSU alum meteorolgy ranked 8th by NSF S&E Research Expenditure Rankings College of Education -98% of this college graduates' either have a job or are accepted to graduate school within 1 year of graduation 1 in 5 meteorologists are a Penn State graduate founder & president of Accuweather, John N Myers, received his BS, MS, & PhD from Penn State of meteorology has the largest, completely run Campus Weather Service in the nation home of carnegie building College of Earth and Mineral Sciences -14 majors sponsors semester-long education and internship programs in Hollywood & Washington DC largest accredited college of mass communications in the country Bellisario College of Communications -6 majors Rogers Family Trading Room: among the largest university trading rooms in the US, trading room/classes on how to use it/lecture series are open to all Penn State students Donald P. Saxby's cafe in Business Building chooses one student each semester as Student Cafe Executive Officer (SCEO) Nittany Lion Fund is investor owned & student managed & currently has $8.5 million in real investor money (students are hand-picked to manage the fund, extremely competitive, 99% of those students end up on Wall Street) Business Building is the largest academics facility US News & World Report ranks Smeal as top 21st business school in the country & 11th among public schools paws on steps of Palmer Art Museum are modeled after lions on guard at NY Public Library Smeal College of Business -8 majors School of Music puts on 350 shows annually architecture students are required to study abroad at Pantheon Institute in Italy 5th highest paying degree in 2015 How many academic colleges ? 13 (& then Schreyers) College of Arts and Architecture -14 majors Penn State taught Ben & Jerrys & Haagen Dazs 1 in 5 jobs in PA are related to agriculture College of Agricultural Sciences -6th smallest college
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