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noun

a city in central Pennsylvania.

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Three days after the loss in State College, the Terps lost against No.
Aaron Wiggins is playing the best basketball of his Maryland career|Emily Giambalvo|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
Beyond Ayala, Maryland’s offense sputtered in State College.
Eric Ayala bounced back from a rough game. Now he needs his teammates to join him.|Emily Giambalvo|February 7, 2021|Washington Post
As of now, the Penn State trip will be the last time this season parents can attend, so Morsell’s parents will make the three-hour drive to State College.
Darryl Morsell’s parents attended his first 97 Maryland games. The pandemic ended the streak.|Emily Giambalvo|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Penn State draws nearly $80 million into State College’s local economy.
Football is back in Happy Valley. The coronavirus never left.|Kent Babb|October 30, 2020|Washington Post

Other districts, such as one in State College, Pennsylvania, have shifted to a fully remote schedule as case counts in the area increase.
10 facts about school reopenings in the Covid-19 pandemic|Anna North|October 1, 2020|Vox
That same year, a US Airways Express flight headed to State College, Pennsylvania, ended up in nearby Philipsburg instead.
A Pilot’s Take on the 747 That Landed at the Wrong Kansas Airport|Patrick Smith|November 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This morning, State College finally caught up with the rest of the country.
Joe Paterno Statue: It Had to Go|Kevin Cirilli|July 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This influx of visitors means more food served, beer poured, and gas pumped throughout State College.
Penn State's Economic Fallout: Will the Sandusky Scandal Sink a Whole City?|Matthew Zeitlin|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It would result in a economic and financial reckoning for Penn State and the entire State College economy.
Penn State's Economic Fallout: Will the Sandusky Scandal Sink a Whole City?|Matthew Zeitlin|July 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Then, when he came home to State College, he was riding a motorcycle and got hit by a car.
Jerry Sandusky Trial, Day Five: Sandusky’s Defense Flails|Diane Dimond|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He also took two six-weeks winter courses at the State College of Washington.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
In the state college of Washington, the experiment station library is said to be separate from the college, but under its control.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
Along purely agricultural lines the extension work carried on by the State college of agriculture at Cornell, is typical.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
The State College was a great victory for Page, but final success did not come until three years after he had left the state.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I|Burton J. Hendrick
On the margin of the city lies the extensive experimental farm of the state college of agriculture.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various