1. Pennsylvania State University

2. We Are …. Penn State! Brett BixlerPhil CoolickLynn GarrisonBill MyersCarl Seybold

3. PSU History Humble Beginnings 1855 Centre County became the site of the new college 200 acres from agriculturist and ironmaster James Irvin of Bellefonte 1863 the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania became the Commonwealth's sole land- grant institution 64 undergraduates were enrolled in 1875. Growth 1882 George W. Atherton became president of what had then had become The Pennsylvania State College In the 1930s a series of branch campuses throughout Pennsylvania for students who could not afford to leave home to attend college Enrollment surpassed 5,000 in 1936 becoming the Commonwealth’s largest source of baccalaureate degrees Coming of Age President Milton Eisenhower changed the name in 1953 to The Pennsylvania State University The Hershey Medical Center was established in 1967 with a $50 million gift from chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey In 1997, Penn State and the Dickinson School of Law joined ranks

4. Old Main

5. Old Main - 1863

6. Penn State Campuses

7. Research

8. Beaver Stadium

9. Joe Paterno

10. PSU Enrollment Fall to Fall Comparison 2007 and 2006 20072006Change University Park Campus42,29442,039255 Study Abroad22520025 Off-campus Programs320326(6) Outreach Enrollments41334964 Total University Park43,25242,914338 Commonwealth Campuses33,14931,6321,517 Great Valley1,2381,319(81) Dickinson School of Law - Carlisle464496(32) College of Medicine81579124 PA College of Technology6,6826,569113 Total85,60083,7211,879 World Campus5,0094,697312 Total Including World Campus90,60988,4182,191

11. ITS Facts Did you know that in 2007... The Penn State home page logged an average 2.49 million hits per day. Over 441,000 transactions were processed through the ITS centralized eCommerce system Penn State's e-mail servers handled an average of 4.7 million e-mails each day Library Services for Persons with Disabilities scanned 114,238 pages to accommodate 40 students with disabilities Integrated Backbone traffic volume approached 100,000 terabits, connecting over 100,000 nodes ITS will support 16,005 classroom seats at UP this fall, which will offer more than 30 million hours of instruction

12. ITS Hot Issues A group of IT experts, called ITS ITANA, is currently analyzing the IT architecture employed in mission critical systems at Penn State and will recommend new models to serve the future needs of students, faculty, and staff Penn State's newly created Identity and Access Management (lAM) council will unveil a strategy for managing access to Penn State's ever-growing IT infrastructure, and for securing the digital identities of its users The Information, Privacy and Security (IPAS) Team was formed in Fall of 2006 who’s primary goal is to assure the privacy of critical information and to comply with internal policies and external regulations affecting Penn State

13. Look Cows!