UPGRADE NOW FOR ACCESS TO SECURE SITES

University Park, Pa. — CAAIS , Penn State’s Comprehensive Academic and Advising Information System, has unearthed a minor problem that could also apply to other secure Web sites -- sites that are used for banking, making travel reservations or other Internet locations requiring a credit card. But the good news is that it’s easily fixable. Most secure sites allow users to click through or click "continue" to proceed after the expiration note. However, for a longterm solution, upgrade your Web browser now. The problem is that computer users with old Web browsers — Netscape Navigator or Communicator 4.05 or older for Windows and Macintosh, and Internet Explorer for Macintosh that is older than version 4.X -- get a message that their certificate has expired. These old versions were designed with an inbeded expiration date of 12/31/99. To get an upgrade and more information on the problem, go to https://caais.oas.psu.edu/website/expiredcertificate.html

CAAIS is an expert-based computer system that supplements traditional student/adviser meetings for informed educational planning and is used heavily by faculty, advisers and students. The problem showed up last Friday, as students and faculty were working on their class schedules for the Spring Semester, which begins today, Jan. 10.

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VINCENT HARDING ACTIVE IN PEACE AND JUSTICE MOVEMENTS

Theologian and scholar Vincent Harding is the keynote speaker for Penn State's Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration at 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 16. Harding has been active in various movements for peace and justice. From 1961 to 1964, he and his wife, Rosemary Freeney-Harding, worked as full-time teachers, activists and negotiators in the Southern Freedom civil rights movement and became co-workers and personal friends with Martin Luther King Jr. In 1968, after several years as chairperson of the history and sociology department at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., he became director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center and chairperson of the nationally televised "Black Heritage" series. He is currently co-chairperson of the Gandhi-Hamer-King Center for the Study of Religion and Democratic Renewal at The Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Get the full schedule of King commemoration activities at http://www.psu.edu/ur/NEWS/news/mlk99.html

 

PENN STATE ABINGTON HELPS BUILD LOCAL BUSINESSES

Eastern Montgomery County entrepreneurs now have a new source of support for developing their businesses — the Business Resource Incubator Center (BRIC), an economic development project of Penn State Abington, the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and Abington Township. The center provides one-stop services to small business starters and existing small business owners who wish to expand, relocate or begin new businesses in the area. As part of the program, clients are assigned professional advisors who offer assistance as business plans are developed. The full article is online at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/News/Headlines.html or contact Celena Kusch at