Chuck Cantalamessa performs live music during Penn State Fayette’s 60th anniversary celebration.
LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — Many alumni, community members and visitors returned to Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, on Dec. 5 for a celebration marking the campus’ 60th anniversary.
The evening opened with registration in the Williams Building, followed by food and live music in the Student Center. Catering was provided by the Historic Stone House Restaurant, with music performed by Chuck Cantalamessa.
Visitors explored campus through lantern-lit tours, viewed a 60-year anniversary slideshow in Swimmer Hall, and toured the recently renovated Library and Coal and Coke Heritage Center. Families participated in cookie decorating in the Student Success Center, and guests warmed up with hot cocoa in the Library Building. Fayette’s women’s basketball team also hosted a home game during the celebration.
Guests, alumni, and community members gathered on Dec. 5 to celebrate Penn State Fayette’s 60th anniversary, enjoying food, music, campus tours, and a women’s basketball home game during the evening event.
Chuck Cantalamessa performs live music during Penn State Fayette’s 60th anniversary celebration.
Daniel Pinchot holding a cup of hot cocoa speaks with guests in the campus library during the celebration.
Visitors enjoy food provided by The Historic Stone House Restaurant during the 60th anniversary event.
Fayette’s women’s basketball team hosted a home game as part of the 60th anniversary festivities.
Alumni and friends greet one another during Penn State Fayette’s 60th anniversary event.
Attendees reconnect and share memories at Penn State Fayette’s 60th anniversary celebration.
Pictured: Eugene P. Whetzel. Whetzel was part of the first class to enroll at the Fayette campus in 1965. He was elected the campus’s first student government president that fall and completed his first year at Fayette in June 1966. He graduated from Penn State University Park in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in history.
