[6][7] In January 2025, Commonwealth University announced that the Clearfield campus would close by the end of the 2026–27 academic year.
University property also includes a new East Campus in the former Lock Haven High School building.
The main building of Ulmer Hall, renovated in 1996, was constructed in 1952 and contains laboratories for the natural and earth sciences and classrooms.
Sloan Fine Arts Center, completed in 1973, contains classrooms, faculty offices, both a small and large theatre for student and professional performances and lectures, and a gallery which hosts six exhibitions throughout the year.
This building houses the Departments of Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary and Special Education, Psychology, Mathematics, Communications Media and Philosophy.
Other features include the Hamblin International Hall of Flags Auditorium, a full production television studio and radio station, a Math Lab and tutoring center devoted to remediation and placement testing, and classrooms.
The building also provides housing for the information technology services, including a student-run tech department.
In April 2010, Lock Haven unveiled its plans to build a 40 million dollar new science center where the old senior high school was located.
[11] Official groundbreaking did not occur until May 4, 2012, this marked the beginning of demolition of the senior high school and construction of the science center.
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place on September 12, 2013, and a cornerstone capsule was opened which contained a list of the senior high school staff, the graduates, and a newspaper from 1928.
Plans exist for the gymnasium and supporting space within the building to be constructed into a Wrestling Center showcasing the strong Division I wrestling program, and a $1 million redevelopment capital grant has been approved by the Pennsylvania Governor's office to support that effort.
The present building was designed to be flexible enough to provide for current needs and to allow future development.
The system of dams on the West Branch valley of the Susquehanna River was a concept of Senator Stevenson.
Its archive collection includes every student newspaper (The Eagle Eye) since 1965, as well as every yearbook (The Praeco) since 1913 until it was discontinued in 1980; and was reinstated in 2006.
[16] The library offers internet database services that gives the university access to full text magazine and newspaper articles, DVDs, books, and an array of information.
[17] Stevenson also offers reference services, wireless internet, computer access, and a 24-hour study lounge.
The Fredericks Family Memorial Carillon was designed and completed by the van Bergen Company, which specializes in bells, in 2000.
It weighs more than 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) and can be played manually or by an automatic system that can produce 500 songs from memory.
Students have the choice to study abroad for semester long, a whole academic year, or summer programs.
The SRC contains an inventory of equipment that includes a rock wall, an indoor track that's 1/8 of a mile long, basketball, racquetball, and intramural sports.
[citation needed] Lock Haven University's student-operated television station, The Havenscope, LHUTV broadcasts news, sports, and other programs.
Its studio occupies 2,300 square feet (210 m2) next to WLHU, Lock Haven University's radio station.
The television studio is wholly digital and has a teleprompter system, two editing bays, and field production equipment.