COLLEGIAN SCHOLARSHIP TO AID YOUNG JOURNALISTS
The Daily Collegian, Penn State’s student-run newspaper, has given $35,000 to the University to create the Collegian Alumni Hall of Fame Scholarship. The annual scholarship will provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate and undergraduate students who are members of The Daily Collegian’s staff and who have a demonstrated need. The scholarship was named for the Collegian’s Hall of Fame, which was established as part of the newspaper’s 100th anniversary celebration in 1987. The Collegian traces its history to the founding of the Free Lance in April of 1887. For the full story, go to http://www.psu.edu/dept/comm/news/08-16-00news.shtml
HOW PARENTS CAN KEEP TEEN SIBLINGS FROM FIGHTING
Parents of teen siblings exert a greater influence than previously believed on the relationship between two youths and the amount of fighting between them, says a new study. "One theory about why parents respond in the ways they do to sibling conflict holds that parents react to their children’s personality styles," says Dr. Susan McHale, Penn State professor of human development and family studies and one of the study’s researchers. "We found no evidence to support this theory. Instead, we found parents’ responses to sibling conflict were shaped by their ideas about the importance of autonomy including the autonomy they experience in their workplaces." Although most findings applied to both mothers and fathers, the researchers including Ann Crouter, Penn State professor of human development and family studies, did find some gender differences in parent reactions to conflicts and time spent with their teen children. In this study, fathers were more likely to react punitively to sibling conflict whereas mothers were more likely to let siblings work out their differences. An exception to this pattern was when the pair was an older brother and younger sister. For the full story by Vicki Fong, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/2000/parentteensiblings.html
GRANT FUNDS ELECTION PROGRAMMING ON PUBLIC TV
Viewer-driven, election year programming and online content will be available to Penn State Public Broadcasting audiences through a $24,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Penn State Public Broadcasting is planning a multimedia approach to issues-oriented campaign coverage called "Your Voice, Your Choice." Citizens will be encouraged to voice their concerns and select issues via community surveys that will drive the content of television, radio, newspaper, and Web sites. The Centre Daily Times and Penn State’s College of Communications are the partners in the "Your Voice, Your Choice" project. For more information, go to http://wpsx.psu.edu or e-mail
IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED FOR NEW STUDENTS
Students going away to college for the first time need to make sure that their immunization is up-to-date. Penn State’s University Health Services requires all first-year students to provide documentation of immunization against measles, mumps and rubella prior to beginning classes. Accepted documentation includes immunization records from school health records or military records. University Health Services also recommends that students be vaccinated for hepatitis B, chicken pox and meningococcal meningitis. Vaccines are available at University Health Services at a cost to students. For immunization information, please call the Allergy and Immunization Clinic at University Health Services at (814) 863-9882 or visit http://www.psu.edu/UHS/allergy.html