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First
Floor
 Robb
Hall
The hall was named after
Walter Robb ’48 Eng, a retired vice president for General Electric.
Walter has been an active alumni volunteer leader and is an Alumni Fellow
and Distinguished Alumnus. Robb Hall was conceived as a living room for
alumni. It can be used as a meeting and banquet hall on special occasions,
but most of the time it will be set up as you see it here—an intimate
lounge for visiting alumni.
Robb Hall
functions as a skylit courtyard in the middle of the building. Second-floor
offices surround the Hall, increasing the chance for incidental interaction
between visitors and staff. The guiding philosophy of the Center’s
design has been to create a home away from home for alumni. The attention
to detail you see here will give alumni a feeling of comfort and home.
 Some
alums are already describing it as functioning like the Old Nittany Lion
Inn lobby.
This large
room is brought down to scale by the Oriental carpets seen throughout
the building. The Association was able to obtain these rugs through the
generosity of several alumni. This room has a large screen, state-of-the-art
audio/visual system, and surround sound. Speakers are behind the fabric
in the upper portion of the room. The floor-to-ceiling windows in the
northeast corner frame the view of the gardens with Old Main in the background.
 The
conference rooms
A suite of three meeting
rooms is located to the west of the Entry Hall. The rooms can be used
separately by pulling acoustical partitions out of hidden compartments,
or can be combined as one large reception hall. The fireplace at the far
end of the room, oak paneling and large windows, and doors to the porch
give the conference rooms a memorable character.
 The
interview rooms
A series of small interview
rooms connect to the conference rooms through a series of oak paneled
double doors. These places are available for use by the Alumni Career
Services office, as small conference rooms, or as alcoves off of the reception
hall when the Center is being used for social events.
 Winter
Garden
From College Avenue and Burrowes,
the view of the Alumni Center is dominated by a very large window on the
west façade. This window helps illuminate the building’s internal
corridors and creates a place for growing plants in winter, adjacent to
the first-floor meeting rooms.
 Lion
Ambassadors Office
Previously located in Old
Main, the Lion Ambassadors’ office is now located at the Center.
The Lion Ambassadors, founded in 1983, are the student alumni corps. This
student group is sponsored by the Alumni Association.
  Alumni
Career Services Office
A satellite office to Alumni
Career Services (at MBNA Career Services Building), allows returning alumni
to meet with career counselors at the Alumni Center.
 Library
The Penny Garban Library,
named for a former Alumni Association staff member, will contain bookcases
filled with old LaVies and memorabilia. This room will be used
for intimate receptions.
 Volunteer
Conference Room
This room used
to be the dining room of the president’s house. Mrs. Atherton used
this room to teach the faculty children. All Penn State presidents lived
here until Eric Walker moved out in 1970. The wood floors (one-inch, tongue-and-groove
oak floors) were milled in Bellefonte in the 1880s. They were discovered
when the old carpeting was ripped up during the construction of the Hintz
Family Alumni Center.
 Volunteer
Office
This room is for the use
of our volunteers from the Centre County chapter and our Alumni Council
members who are visiting the Center.
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