An endowed scholarship established in the name of University Board of Trustees member Mimi Coppersmith will provide recognition and support to outstanding students in the College of Liberal Arts who are minoring in women's studies.

Established by her daughters Nan and Carol Barash, the Mimi Barash Coppersmith Endowed Scholarship was announced by University President Bryce Jordan at Saturday's University Board of Trustees meeting.

Her daughters kept the scholarship a surprise until Jordan's announcement. Coppersmith was visibly moved and left the room for several minutes.

"I'm speechless," Coppersmith said later. "I had absolutely no idea they did that."

"I'm so touched by this loving expression toward me and the University," she said. Although Coppersmith's daughters did not attend the University, they grew up in the Penn State community, she added.

"All three of us are feminists," she said, explaining the specified minor. "Women's studies is a very important emerging field."

Coppersmith said she planned to call her daughters as soon as she arrived home from the meeting.

-- The Board of Trustees approved the purchase of farm property adjoining the University's Dill Farm. The University will pay $1 million for the 85 to 90-acre Baylets Farm located along Houserville Road. The price is slightly more than $11,000 per acre, said Steve Garban, senior vice president for finance and operations and treasurer. Garban said the cost is slightly high for agricultural property, but added the land's development potential justifies the expenditure.

-- The University's Board of Trustees approved Charles Moore as architect for a $4.9 million expansion of the Palmer Museum of Art Saturday. The expansion, planned with funds from the Campaign for Penn State, will allow the museum to display its permanent collection for the first time, said James C. Moeser, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture.

-- The Board of Trustees approved Allan C. Anderson as vice president, chief operating officer and director of the University's hospital at Hershey Medical Center. Anderson is currently head of Lenox Hill Hospital, a part of Cornell University.

-- Trustees Howard O. Beaver Jr. and Helen Wise officially announced they would not run for re-election this spring. Beaver was elected by delegates of industrial organizations. Wise is an alumni-elected member of the board.

-- The Board of Trustees promoted James M. Wagner to the position of Vice President for Business and Operations.