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This guide pairs with the University Libraries Culture and Community webpage to support potential Libraries employees in finding diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) resources available to them at each Penn State campus.

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Campus Pronunciation Guide

City/Town and County for each Campus

(Phonetic pronunciation provided for each campus' city via How to Pronounce)

Table of city/town and county names for each campus, with a written and linked audio pronunciation for each city
Campus City/Town County Pronunciations
Abington

Abington

Montgomery Aa-bing-ton
Altoona Altoona Blair Al-too-nah
Beaver Monaca Beaver Moe-knock-ah
Behrend Erie Erie

Bear-end

Ear-ree

Berks Reading Berks

Red-ing

Brandywine Media Delaware

Mee-dee-uh

Del-uh-where

Dickinson Law Carlisle Cumberland

Car-lyle

Dubois DuBois Clearfield Doo-boyss
Fayette Lemont Furnace Fayette Fay-ette
Great Valley Malvern Chester Mal-vern
Greater Allegheny McKeesport Allegheny Alley-gay-knee
Mick-keys-port
Harrisburg Middletown Dauphin Middle-town
Daw-fin
Hazleton Hazleton Luzerne Hazel-ton
Loo-zern
College of Medicine Hershey Dauphin Daw-fin
Lehigh Valley Center Valley Lehigh Lee-high
Mont Alto Mont Alto Franklin Mahn Al-toe
New Kensington New Kensington Westmoreland West-more-land
Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven Schuylkill Skoo-cull (also Skoo-kill)
Scranton Dunmore Lackawanna Dun-more
Lack-a-wanna
Shenango Sharon Mercer Sha-nain-go
University Park State College Centre Center
Wilkes-Barre Dallas Luzerne Wilkes-bear or Wilkes-Berry
Loo-zern
York York

York

York