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New home for Palmer Museum of Art approved by Penn State trustees
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Penn State trustees have approved an $85 million relocation of the Palmer Museum of Art to a new site off Bigler Road. The construction project will be funded by a combination of private gifts and proceeds from the university s share of the latest Big Ten Conference media rights deal.
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Penn State trustees approved the construction of a new, and larger, $85 million home for the Palmer Museum of Art Friday on a 26-7 vote.
Opponents continued to raise concerns before the vote about using precious capital resources for a project that - while all present said would be a great addition to the University Park campus - is not as student-centered as some other needs.
Penn State’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved final plans to build a new Palmer Museum of Art adjacent to the Arboretum, despite opposition to the timing of the project from several trustees.
Construction on the $85 million 71,000-square-foot facility, will begin this summer and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.
“A museum as part of a cultural district at the University Park campus is a long-term vision for the university,” board chair Matt Schuyler said during a committee meeting on Thursday. “It’s an investment in the next 100 years of Penn State, not the next few years of economics.”
at least 20 of his cousins.
Bognet graduated in 1997 and went on to a career in business and politics, as he ran for a seat in Congress this past fall. He is now one of six candidates running for three available alumni-elected positions on Penn State’s Board of Trustees.
To learn more about his campaign, Onward State sat down with Bognet to discuss his bid and the upcoming election.
Attending football games since he was 3 years old and making frequent visits back to Happy Valley, Bognet is certainly a lifelong Nittany Lion. He said his relationship with the university makes him a worthy candidate.
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