Inside Cover Penn State is celebrating 150 Years of service to the people of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers’ High School, Penn State has grown to be one of the Nation’s premiere public land-grant research universities. The photographs and accompanying captions throughout this booklet recall earlier days in Penn State’s history. Inside Back Cover President Walker congratulates Penn State’s 100,000th graduate at the June 1967 Commencement. In 1966-67, 6,008 students received Penn State degrees, including 712 associate, 4,091 baccalaureate, 947 masters, and 258 doctorate. In 2003-04, 17,828 students received Penn State degrees, including 2,291 associate, 12,372 baccalaureate, 2,297 masters, 580 doctorate, and 288 first professional degrees. Since 1855, Penn State has graduated 564,186 students. Back Cover THON, Penn State’s Dance Marathon, is the largest student-run philanthropy in the nation. In February of 2004, THON donated over $3.5 million for the Four Diamonds Fund at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. THON started in 1973 and began its partnership with the Four Diamonds Fund in 1977. Since that time, students have raised over $30 million and have helped thousands of children and families fight pediatric cancer. Shown in this photo are some of the participants from the 1980 THON.     Penn State’s budget is available to all citizens of the Commonwealth at the website www.budget.psu.edu/ Also visit Penn State’s Factbook at the website www.budget.psu.edu/factbook Return to Table of Contents

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