All of the chemistry faculty have paid visits to at least some of our exchange partners, and the department is a strong supporter of international experiences for students. We would therefore look upon international experience on the part of a candidate as distinctly positive. Established in 1767, it is the county seat of a rural county located at the northern end of Appalachia. The local school system is certainly adequate, and was recently the source of an Odyssey of the Mind team that placed first in a World Competition and another that placed third. Graduates of Huntingdon High School often move on to excellent colleges and universities.
Housing prices are unusually modest.
The College is about a three-hour drive from both Washington, DC, and Pittsburgh, and there is direct Amtrak service from downtown Huntingdon west to Pittsburgh and Chicago and east to Philadelphia and New York.