What were / are your favorite buildings to take classes when you were @ PSU

[Jerademan74]

? I graduated Penn State as a Science (Pre-Med) major in 1974. Back then, the Forum was my favorite building for classes, just because of it's design and size. Admittedly, having 400 other students watching lectures with me had a sense of impersonality, but wow, what an experience. There are a ton of newer buildings since I was there, so what are your experiences?

 

[psuguy04]

The forum is horrid today

Desks are small/breaking, the building is hot and smells like a locker room.

Sackett is equally as horrible.

 

[Bessmoney]

Graduated '06 in Finance. Any building that was not the Forum was my favorite building for class

Seriously, I hated that place! If you were taller than 5'10 you felt like you were flying coach on a commuter jet.

100 Thomas was the large "auditorium experience" for me. Think we had close to 800 people in there for Junior Core business classes (Marketing, Supply Chain, etc.)

The new business building has some really nice class rooms which were by far the nicest rooms I had class in.

 

[Alphalion75]

I enjoyed classes in Sparks.

 

[mdg164]

Breazeale

 

[FHSPSU67]

Boucke, where I took Math 41-43 ***

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[Zenophile]

I recall an outdoor class or 2 during one of my later spring semesters.

Seems to me they were conducted somewhere in the 200 block of West College Ave.

 

[olelion]

I liked the Earth and Mineral Sciences buildings.

Funny you should mention the forum. When I attended PSU I think it was actually named Arts III. The reason I know this, is that I once had a class scheduled in FOR. I showed up at the Forum, couldn't find the room or class and ended up cutting. FOR as most of you probably know was/is the
Forestry building

 

[CF LION]

Schwab Auditorium.....I usually read the Collegian or caught up on sleep **

vb

 

[Howie'81]

Hmph. Try Math 61 and 62. ***

nfm

 

[PSUSignore]

+/- 10 margin of error on that address I assume? *

nm

 

[PSUSignore]

None were very memorable

I was an engineering transfer student from a branch campus. By the time I got to UP, the vast majority of my classes were in Willard, Hammond, EE-East/West. It was nice from the perspective that I didn't have a walk very much across campus except for the occasional outlier, but none of those buildings were very "special." I did enjoy my time studying in the Kunkle lounge.

The IST building wasn't open yet when I was there, but it sure looked nice and I wished I was in there. The new Millenium Science Building I saw on my last visit looks amazing. These are a far cry from the very basic, standard rectangular classrooms with boring desks that I saw 99% of the time.

 

[Big 0]

None - Had the majority of my classes in the Forum

Even most of my upper level 400 classes were in the forum.

Had classes in McAllister, Schwab Auditorium, Sparks, Whitmore Lab, Davey Lab, Chandlee Lab, Osmond, Freer North, Ferguson, Boucke, Wagner, Willard, Sackett, Music Building, Deike, and Mueller Lab. If I add Phys Ed classes - then also Rec Hall, IM Building and White Building. If I was forced to choose without including Phys Ed classes, I would probably take Ferguson because of small classroom and ability to look out the windows onto a greenspace.

 

[massimoManca II]

would the Skeller count? **


invariably some of my Friday 3pm FIN301 classes were spent there... along with a handful of my classmates

 

[Big 0]

I second that **

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[john4psu]

Rec Hall. I loved working out, playing hoops, playing racquetball and squash and running the banked track. I had a squash class with PSU tennis coach Holmes Cathrall who looked 70 years old to me back then and he'd kick my ass in squash.

 

[Zenophile]

That's a good range. **


;-)
This post was edited on 4/9 12:04 PM by Zenophile

 

[PSU IE 97]

I always liked classes at Willard for a little pre and post class entertainment from people arguing with the Willard preacher. Better than TV!

 

[Victor E. Bell]

+1. Schwab balcony. Feet up on rail 1st row.


Had an ADMJ class there. Enjoyed it too. Laid back and interesting.

 

[PSUinMICH]

In '65 it was the Boucke Building. Close to the HUB and my dorm.

 

[91Joe95]

What was the name of that education building near the chapel?

There were always a lot of cute girls there.

 

[PSUSignore]

Actually I overlooked my favorite class location ever: Sugarbush, VT

For my phys ed credit at my branch campus we had a ski trip option. We spent spring break at Sugarbush, took daily ski lessons for a couple of hours, skied the rest of the day, had some fun extracurricular activities each night. Best 1.5 credits ever.

 

[FHSPSU67]

Nope! I took Math 41,42,43,44,100 as part of EE curriculum during

my years at Penn State 1963-67.

 

[lionlurker]

I actually loved Whitmore Lab.

Very classic and old-school.

 

[jjsocrates]

I have no idea what is supposed to be housed in the Kern Building (newer building up by Chambers and the NL Shrine), but I loved taking an Econ class up there. For one, they had a great cafeteria, and as my class was at 4-5 pm, I could just skip the dining hall slop and eat a decent meal. It was also a fairly newer building - decent seats and almost like a stadium style movie theater.

Sadly I never visited that building ever again.

 

[PSU65]

Re: Nope! I took Math 41,42,43,44,100 as part of EE curriculum during

Started out with the same courses as a Math major but 2 years ahead of you.