There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities. Across 24 campuses, our nearly 88,000 students and 17,000 faculty and staff know the real measure of success goes beyond the classroom—it’s the positive impact made on communities across the world.
From access to state-of-the-art resources to interdisciplinary pursuits in collaborative atmospheres, a Penn State degree is more than an education. The experiences and knowledge gained here will form the foundation for the lives our students build. Their contributions to the world begin with a Penn State degree.
We Are Penn State.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
Following the 2012 elections, the house consisted of 111 Republicans and 92 Democrats. Republican Sam Smith was elected Speaker of the House on January 4, 2011. In 2012, a State Representative district had an average population of 60,498 residents.
The College of New Jersey is a highly competitive institution regularly recognized as one of the nation’s top comprehensive colleges. Founded in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, it maintains the ninth highest four-year graduation rate among the nation’s traditional, four-year public universities. In 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked TCNJ the No. 1 college overall (public or private) in the “Regional Universities North” category of its Best Colleges list. TCNJ offers more than 160 undergraduate programs and more than 50 graduate programs.