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{{Short description|Public university in Clarion, Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Infobox University |
{{Infobox university
name = Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
| name = PennWest Clarion
image = [[Image:Index_01.jpg]]|
| image = PennWest Lockup Clarion FINAL SM.svg
motto = |
| image_upright = 0.7
established = 1867 |
| former_name = Carrier Seminary (1867–1887)<br />Clarion State Normal School (1887–1929)<br />Clarion State College (1929–1982)<br />Clarion University of Pennsylvania (1982–2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY |url=https://www.clarion.edu/about-clarion/history/index.html#:~:text=Beginnings%20as%20a%20seminary&text=The%20institution%20began%20operation%20Sept,in%20the%20old%20academy%20building. |website=clarion.edu |publisher=PennWest Clarion |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>
type = [[Public university|Public]] |
| established = {{start date and age|1867}}
endowment = US $10,386,829 |
| closed = <!-- {{End date|2022|06|31}} -->
president = Dr. Joseph P. Grunenwald |
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
city = [[Clarion, Pennsylvania|Clarion]] |
state = [[Pennsylvania|PA]] |
| parent = [[Pennsylvania Western University]]<br>
[[PASSHE]]
country = [[United States|USA]] |
| endowment = $39.2 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>
undergrad = 5,744 |
| president = Jon Anderson
postgrad = 594 |
| provost = James Fisher (interim)
postgrad_label = graduate |
| city = [[Clarion, Pennsylvania|Clarion]]
staff = 347 |
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
campus = [[Rural]] |
| country = U.S.
mascot = Golden Eagles |
| undergrad = 4,330
website = [http://www.clarion.edu/ www.clarion.edu]
| postgrad = 895
| faculty = 287
| campus = Rural, {{convert|201|acre}}
| colors = {{color box|#003366}}{{color box|#97824A}} Blue & gold
| athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division II]] – [[Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference|PSAC]]
| sports_nickname = [[Clarion Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| website = {{URL|www.clarion.edu}}
}}
}}


'''PennWest Clarion''', formally '''Clarion University of Pennsylvania''', is a [[public university]] in [[Clarion, Pennsylvania]], United States. It is part of [[Pennsylvania Western University]]. The institution was originally founded in 1867 as the "Carrier Seminary." Prior to adopting its current name in 2022, it had gone by several different names over the course of its history, most recently "Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion." It now offers [[Associate degree|associate]], [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]], and [[master's degree]]s, as well as certificate programs and a [[Doctor of Nursing Practice]].<ref name="petersons">{{cite book |editor=Oram, Fern A |title=Peterson's Colleges in the Middle Atlantic States |orig-year=1986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmlKhz-PYpgC&pg=PA121 |access-date=2008-03-03|year=2006|publisher=Peterson's|isbn=978-0-7689-2421-3}}</ref>
'''Clarion University of Pennsylvania''' is a [[liberal arts]] [[university]] in [[Clarion, Pennsylvania|Clarion]], [[Pennsylvania]], and one of fourteen universities associated with the [[Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education]].


==History==
==History==
In 2021, PASSHE announced that, due to budget troubles resulting from declining enrollment and revenue, Clarion University would merge with [[Edinboro University of Pennsylvania]] and [[California University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=McClellan |first1=Fletcher |title=The University of All of Them: PASSHE merger mania is on the fast track |url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/the-university-of-all-of-them-passhe-merger-mania-is-on-the-fast-track-fletcher-mcclellan/ |website=Pennsylvania Capital-Star |access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> On October 14, 2021, the state officially adopted the new name of the combined universities: [[Pennsylvania Western University]], and began operations with a singular accreditation the following year.
The university was founded in 1867 as a teachers college. In 1983, the State of Pennsylvania began its first public, state-owned, university system, and Clarion was among the founding universities. Since that time the Clarion University has added academic programs and accreditations, but remains true to her commitment to small classes taught by degree-accredited faculty members. The average class at Clarion has 26 students. Put another way, for every faculty member at Clarion there are only 18 students.


==Student body==
==University Experience==
In fall 2016, Clarion University's student body totaled 5,225 students, of which 4,330 were undergraduates and 895 of those were graduate students. Of these students, 35 percent live in university housing. The university's students are mostly female (66 percent), another 830 are minorities (16 percent) and 27 are international (.05 percent). Of the total number of students 4,624, or 88.5 percent, come from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
The university enrolls around 6500 students — mostly undergraduates — and offers over 95 degrees. Students come to the 128 acre campus, for the most part, from Western Pennsylvania. The Borough of Clarion has about 6200 people and has received recognition for its [[Autumn Leaf Festival]]. The nearest major metropolitan area is Pittsburgh, about an hour and a half away.
The small classes, 120 student organizations, and the relative isolation of the community lead to a focussed collegiate experience where students become a part of multiple social and academic communities.


==Financial Aid==
==Faculty and staff==
PennWest Clarion has 294 faculty members and 451 administration and staff members.
Eighty percent of Clarion's students receive some financial aid in spite of relatively low annual tuition and fees.


==Satellite Campuses==
==Other locations==
The university maintains a site in [[Pittsburgh]] at West Penn School of Nursing. The university also opertaes one branch campus formerly "Clarion University Venango Campus" as well as a site at the University of Pittsburgh Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology.
The University also maintains specialized satellite campuses in Oil City and Pittsburgh and also participates in several on-line academic programs. The Pittsburgh site is primarily aimed at Nursing while the on-line programs are distinguished by a Master's program in Library Science.
Clarion also offers an extended studies program featuring online courses, remote sites, and various hybrid learning situations.


==Campus Housing==
==Academics==
PennWest Clarion offers 175 degree and certificate programs through its three colleges and two schools, delivered on campus and online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academics |url=https://www.clarion.edu/academics/ |website=Clarion.edu |publisher=PennWest Clarion |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
===On Campus Housing===
Current on-campus housing on Clarion University consists of:
*Ballentine Hall (all male)
*Becht Hall (all female)
*Givan Hall (all female)
*Nair Hall (co-ed)
*Ralston Flats (co-ed, apartment style housing, planning to open Fall 2007)
*Ralston Hall (co-ed, scheduled to close in Fall 2006)
*Wilkinson Hall (co-ed)


==Student groups==
===Off Campus Housing===
PennWest Clarion offers more than 130 student organizations including academic, athletic, Greek, political, multicultural, service, and other special interest groups.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
*[http://www.aoinc.com/proppages/?property=13 Reinhard Villages]


==Athletics==
==Notable Student Groups==
{{main|Clarion Golden Eagles}}
*ALLIES
The PennWest Clarion Department of Athletics, which maintains the institution's pre-merger athletic branding as "Clarion", currently sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, golf, football, swimming and diving, and wrestling along with women's intercollegiate basketball, softball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball and tennis. All sports compete in the [[NCAA Division II]], except for [[Clarion Golden Eagles wrestling|wrestling]] which participates in [[NCAA Division I]].
*[[Association for Computing Machinery]] ([[ACM]])
*[http://clarioncall.clarion.edu/ Clarion Call, The] (College Newspaper)
*Eagle Ambassadors
*[http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~cumarching/ Golden Eagle Marching Band]
*InterHall Council
*[http://eagle.clarion.edu/~grads/intervarsity/ Intervarsity Christian Fellowship]
*[http://eagle.clarion.edu/~grads/menc/ MENC]
*[http://www.mysticscove.com/about_cup.htm Mystics Cove Pagan Network]
*[http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~negblock/debate/index.htm Speech and Debate Team]
*Student Senate
*[http://www.clarion.edu/uab University Activities Board] (Handles campus events, concerts, and trips)
*[http://wwwartsci.clarion.edu/wcub/ WCUB] (College TV Station)
*WCUC (College Radio Station)


Notable former Golden Eagles include wrestling great [[Kurt Angle]], a former Olympic gold medalist and national champion who went on to a successful professional wrestling career in [[WWE]] and [[Impact Wrestling]]; former UFC Champion [[Frankie Edgar]], who was a four-time NCAA Division I tournament qualifier; World Long Driver [[Justin Moose (golfer)|Justin Moose]]; [[Reggie Wells (American football)|Reggie Wells]], NFL offensive lineman; Cy Young winner [[Pete Vuckovich]]; and [[List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] basketball coach [[John Calipari]], who was a point guard for the Golden Eagles from 1980 to 1982.
An outdated list of all student organizations can be found on the Office of Campus Life website for Clarion University ([http://www.clarion.edu/student/ocl/studorg.html click here to view website]).


==Greek Life==
==Notable alumni==
* [[Kurt Angle]], Olympic and professional wrestler
Clarion is also home to a number of Greek organizations. This list may be slightly outdated due to changing Greek Life policies at Clarion.
* [[John Calipari]], professional and college basketball coach
* [[Guy Conti]], professional baseball physician
* [[Adam Earnheardt]], academic and author
* [[Frank Edgar]], college wrestler and professional [[mixed martial artist]]<ref>Feitl, Steve. [http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071115/SPORTS01/711150311/1002/sports "BACK TO HIS ROOTS: Frank Edgar part of fight card in UFC's return to New Jersey"]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Home News Tribune]]'', November 15, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Frankie Edgar UFC Bio |url=http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Frankie-Edgar|access-date=2016-08-26}}</ref>
* [[Joan Marie Engel]], Rear Admiral in the [[United States Navy Nurse Corps]]<ref name="Godson">{{Cite book |last=Godson |first=Susan H. |title=Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy |year=2001 |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |location=[[Annapolis, MD]] |isbn=1-55750-317-6 }}</ref>
* [[Evan John Jones (politician)|Evan John Jones]], U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
* [[Suzanne Jenniches]], engineer and business leader
* [[Rad Martinez]], mixed martial artist
* [[Mike Miller (football coach)|Mike Miller]], professional football coach
* [[Ruth Bermudez Montenegro]], United States federal judge for the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of California|Southern District of California]]
* [[Justin Moose (golfer)|Justin Moose]], professional golfer
* [[Donna Oberlander]], Pennsylvania state representative
* [[Larry Richert]], radio news host
* [[Alex Sandusky]], professional football player
* [[Wade Schalles]], amateur wrestler
* [[Randall Silvis]], author
* [[Peter Talleri]], Major General in the [[United States Marine Corps]]
* [[Pete Vuckovich]], professional baseball player
* [[Reggie Wells (American football)|Reggie Wells]], professional football player
* [[Dan Wilson (biologist)|Dan Wilson]], biologist and science communicator


==References==
''Fraternities''
{{Reflist}}
*[[Kappa Delta Rho]] (Social)
*[[Phi Sigma Kappa]] (Social)
*[[Tau Kappa Epsilon]] (Social)
*[[Phi Delta Theta]] (social)


==External links==
''Sororities''
* {{Official website|http://www.clarion.edu}}
*[[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] (Social)
* [http://www.clariongoldeneagles.com Clarion Athletics website]
*[[Alpha Sigma Alpha]] (Social)
*[[Alpha Sigma Tau]] (Social)
*[[Delta Phi Epsilon]] (Social)
*[[Delta Zeta]] (Social)
*[[Phi Sigma Sigma]] (Social)
*[[Sigma Sigma Sigma]] (Social)
*[[Theta Phi Alpha]] (Inactive Social, Alumni only)
*[[Zeta Phi Beta]] (Social)
*[[Zeta Tau Alpha]] (Social)


{{Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference navbox}}
==Notable Alumni==
{{Eastern Wrestling League}}
*[[Kurt Angle]], [[1996 Summer Olympics]] [[amateur wrestling|wrestling]] gold medalist and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] superstar
{{Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education}}
*[[John Calipari]], [[University of Memphis]] basketball coach
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*[[Pete Vukovich]], former Cy Young Award winner
*[[Reggie Wells]], [[Arizona Cardinals]] offensive lineman


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==External Links==
*[http://www.clarion.edu Clarion University of Pennsylvania]
*[http://www.clarion.edu/academic/venango/ Clarion University - Venango Campus]
*[http://www.cubackslash.com Clarion University Backslash (Podcast)]
*[http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/5741.html Yahoo! Education Profile: Clarion University of Pennsylvania]

{{Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education}}


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Latest revision as of 05:03, 22 November 2024

PennWest Clarion
Former name
Carrier Seminary (1867–1887)
Clarion State Normal School (1887–1929)
Clarion State College (1929–1982)
Clarion University of Pennsylvania (1982–2021)[1]
TypePublic
Established1867; 157 years ago (1867)
Parent institution
Pennsylvania Western University
PASSHE
Endowment$39.2 million (2020)[2]
PresidentJon Anderson
ProvostJames Fisher (interim)
Academic staff
287
Undergraduates4,330
Postgraduates895
Location
Clarion
,
Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
CampusRural, 201 acres (81 ha)
Colors   Blue & gold
NicknameGolden Eagles
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division II – PSAC
Websitewww.clarion.edu

PennWest Clarion, formally Clarion University of Pennsylvania, is a public university in Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Pennsylvania Western University. The institution was originally founded in 1867 as the "Carrier Seminary." Prior to adopting its current name in 2022, it had gone by several different names over the course of its history, most recently "Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion." It now offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, as well as certificate programs and a Doctor of Nursing Practice.[3]

History

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In 2021, PASSHE announced that, due to budget troubles resulting from declining enrollment and revenue, Clarion University would merge with Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and California University of Pennsylvania.[4] On October 14, 2021, the state officially adopted the new name of the combined universities: Pennsylvania Western University, and began operations with a singular accreditation the following year.

Student body

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In fall 2016, Clarion University's student body totaled 5,225 students, of which 4,330 were undergraduates and 895 of those were graduate students. Of these students, 35 percent live in university housing. The university's students are mostly female (66 percent), another 830 are minorities (16 percent) and 27 are international (.05 percent). Of the total number of students 4,624, or 88.5 percent, come from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[citation needed]

Faculty and staff

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PennWest Clarion has 294 faculty members and 451 administration and staff members.

Other locations

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The university maintains a site in Pittsburgh at West Penn School of Nursing. The university also opertaes one branch campus formerly "Clarion University Venango Campus" as well as a site at the University of Pittsburgh Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. Clarion also offers an extended studies program featuring online courses, remote sites, and various hybrid learning situations.

Academics

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PennWest Clarion offers 175 degree and certificate programs through its three colleges and two schools, delivered on campus and online.[5]

Student groups

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PennWest Clarion offers more than 130 student organizations including academic, athletic, Greek, political, multicultural, service, and other special interest groups.[citation needed]

Athletics

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Main article: Clarion Golden Eagles

The PennWest Clarion Department of Athletics, which maintains the institution's pre-merger athletic branding as "Clarion", currently sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, golf, football, swimming and diving, and wrestling along with women's intercollegiate basketball, softball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball and tennis. All sports compete in the NCAA Division II, except for wrestling which participates in NCAA Division I.

Notable former Golden Eagles include wrestling great Kurt Angle, a former Olympic gold medalist and national champion who went on to a successful professional wrestling career in WWE and Impact Wrestling; former UFC Champion Frankie Edgar, who was a four-time NCAA Division I tournament qualifier; World Long Driver Justin Moose; Reggie Wells, NFL offensive lineman; Cy Young winner Pete Vuckovich; and Hall of Fame basketball coach John Calipari, who was a point guard for the Golden Eagles from 1980 to 1982.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "HISTORY". clarion.edu. PennWest Clarion. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Oram, Fern A, ed. (2006) [1986]. Peterson's Colleges in the Middle Atlantic States. Peterson's. ISBN 978-0-7689-2421-3. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  4. ^ McClellan, Fletcher. "The University of All of Them: PASSHE merger mania is on the fast track". Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Academics". Clarion.edu. PennWest Clarion. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ^ Feitl, Steve. "BACK TO HIS ROOTS: Frank Edgar part of fight card in UFC's return to New Jersey"[permanent dead link‍], Home News Tribune, November 15, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007.
  7. ^ "Frankie Edgar UFC Bio". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  8. ^ Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6.
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