PASSHE Institutions Merging

[iupgroundhog]

Widener, Ursinus and Delaware Valley?

Looking at their roster I'd say it's about half from the City of Philadelphia.

As an aside, their Tight Ends coach is a female. She has an extensive coaching record.

This line from her bio: As an athlete, she played running back for team Canada in 2017 and was part of the Canadian bobsled and skeleton team. She holds the team Saskatchewan Olympic lifting record.

Nation, if you see her on Lancaster Avenue, do not mess with this person.

[IUPNation]

Congrats to Eastern football making the third round of the D3 playoffs in just their third year of football. I thought this program was going to be a stinker program used as a band aid for enrollment, but at least in the short term, it’ been pretty decent. But at whose expense? There isn't an overabundance of D3 players in that region.

Widener, Ursinus and Delaware Valley?

[Fightingscot82]

Eastern University has reached an agreement to buy part of Valley Forge Military Academy & College's property. Click here to read 👉 https://ebx.sh/8bRg0Y

Congrats to Eastern football making the third round of the D3 playoffs in just their third year of football. I thought this program was going to be a stinker program used as a band aid for enrollment, but at least in the short term, its been pretty decent. But at whose expense? There isn't an overabundance of D3 players in that region.

[IUPNation]

Eastern University has reached an agreement to buy part of Valley Forge Military Academy & College's property. Click here to read 👉 https://ebx.sh/8bRg0Y

[IUPNation]

Temple is considering closing and selling off its Ambler, Montgomery County campus due to underutilization.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00063673371273

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The over night in the hotel for the Spocks looks even worse now…..

Pennsylvania Western University plans to furlough more than a dozen employees at its California and Clarion campuses as it manages financial and enrollment strains, according to a union representing university employees.

🔗: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/ed...s/202510280065

They are both starting to follow the path of Urbana or AB (i.e. a huge percentage of their enrollment is athletes).

Clarion, my opinion, is the nicest it has ever been. But, it's out there. You're isolated. The winters are bad. The town is way better than California but that's still pretty limited. It's never going to be easy attracting kids from urban schools to go up there.

I had a huge number of high school friends go there. I spent a lot of weekends there. It was a booming little place back then.

[IUPNation]

The over night in the hotel for the Spocks looks even worse now…..

Pennsylvania Western University plans to furlough more than a dozen employees at its California and Clarion campuses as it manages financial and enrollment strains, according to a union representing university employees.

🔗: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/ed...s/202510280065

[IUPNation]

Seven shot, one killed at Lincoln University on their Honecoming weekend.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...2195327&type=3

[IUPNation]

The LED light ribbon on the tower outside is one thing I remember causing a ruckus.

Ah..it does look better on the outside than what’s inside…..looking at the pictures.

[Fightingscot82]

Lavish? Their arena looks like a warehouse on the inside from the pictures…what was lavish?

The LED light ribbon on the tower outside is one thing I remember causing a ruckus.

[IUPNation]

And they named Armenti to the 75th Anniversary list of "Distinguished Keystones." Absolutely incredible.

It was the track suits.

[IUPNation]

IUP had to match $20 million to get $20 million from the state. And from a Republican governor, at that!

Angelo went against an internal study that suggested an arena 40% smaller then broke an agreement with Harrisburg to raise $10-12 million before breaking ground. He also pushed for some lavish details that drove it $5-6 million over budget. Then he came crying to Harrisburg and got $15 million in emergency funding. But wait, there's more! Armenti then borrowed $20 million to build a parking garage - one that ended up being shoddily built. When he was fired, Cal was paying $7 million a year in debt payments, $2 million just on their arena.

Lavish? Their arena looks like a warehouse on the inside from the pictures…what was lavish?

[iupgroundhog]

IUP had to match $20 million to get $20 million from the state. And from a Republican governor, at that!

Angelo went against an internal study that suggested an arena 40% smaller then broke an agreement with Harrisburg to raise $10-12 million before breaking ground. He also pushed for some lavish details that drove it $5-6 million over budget. Then he came crying to Harrisburg and got $15 million in emergency funding. But wait, there's more! Armenti then borrowed $20 million to build a parking garage - one that ended up being shoddily built. When he was fired, Cal was paying $7 million a year in debt payments, $2 million just on their arena.

And they named Armenti to the 75th Anniversary list of "Distinguished Keystones." Absolutely incredible.

[Fightingscot82]

Didn’t IUP have to fund raise a certain amount before the state kicked in their share and the project could go forward? That’s how I remember it but that’s not the deal Angelo was given…

IUP had to match $20 million to get $20 million from the state. And from a Republican governor, at that!

Angelo went against an internal study that suggested an arena 40% smaller then broke an agreement with Harrisburg to raise $10-12 million before breaking ground. He also pushed for some lavish details that drove it $5-6 million over budget. Then he came crying to Harrisburg and got $15 million in emergency funding. But wait, there's more! Armenti then borrowed $20 million to build a parking garage - one that ended up being shoddily built. When he was fired, Cal was paying $7 million a year in debt payments, $2 million just on their arena.

[IUPNation]

IUP didn't ask for money to renovate an aging facility. They asked for money to build a revenue-centered events center with a basketball arena. Semantics but important. But also IUP got state (and I believe federal) funding to assist.

IUP has used it's state facilities money on academic buildings and demolitions. Edinboro and Clarion have pretty clean and modern academic buildings so they asked for this money.

Visit McComb and you'll see that it needs it. No air conditioning. 70s pastel subway tile everywhere. Aging metal bleachers. Terrible air ventilation in the lower level where most offices and lockers are located. Some rooms were subdivided in the early 80s with wood paneling and accordion dividers. It doesn't host the Harlem Globetrotters or Donald Trump cult revivals, but it's the most used facility in NWPA for high school sports and hosts 1-2 high school graduations annually.

Didn’t IUP have to fund raise a certain amount before the state kicked in their share and the project could go forward? That’s how I remember it but that’s not the deal Angelo was given…