SCENES FROM A RECORD NIGHT AT BEAVER STADIUM
A record crowd of 109, 313 filled the newly renovated Beaver Stadium, on Saturday, Sept. 1. Although Miami's team speed and talent proved to be too much for the rebuilding Penn State Nittany Lions, there was still a great deal for fans to cheer about. To view scenes from the memorable night, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/stories/football/.
STUDENTS INTEGRAL PART OF PSU POLICE SERVICES
With fall semester classes in session and football season in its early stages, University Police Student Division is playing a significant role in traffic and security efforts on campus. University Police employs approximately 225 student officers annually in three separate divisions security and traffic, residence hall security, and the escort service. The Student Division provides a wide range of non-law enforcement services that allow us to free up police officers to perform law enforcement functions, Thomas R. Harmon, director of University Police, said. Use of the student officers also allows us to perform a great deal of traffic and security patrol functions in a cost-effective manner. Frankly, we couldn't handle all the events and day-to-day work that has to be done without them. They really are an essential part of our operation. For the full story by Bill Campbell, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/Student_Division.html.
PENNTAP IS NEW PENNSYLVANIA NASA REPRESENTATIVE
Penn State's Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP), in partnership with Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology PArtners, is Pennsylvania's new NASA field representative and will provide free technology transfer and commercialization assistance to the Commonwealth's businesses to help them access technologies from NASA's network of research centers. PENNTAP will employ two representatives, one each in eastern and western Pennsylvania, to help companies and entrepreneurs locate, access, acquire, utilize and commercialize technologies from NASA labs. Companies can work with PENNTAP to access NASA-developed technology, to integrate a technology into a product line, or to further develop a technology to meet the requirements of new products. Businesses can license a NASA technology or work with NASA to develop a viable commercial product based on NASA technology. For the full story by Barbara Hale, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/penntapnasa.html.
ALUMNUS TO DISCUSS INTERNET SAFETY WITH MONTEL
Parents can tune into the Montel Williams Show on Wednesday, Sept. 12 to learn about Internet safety from Penn State alumnus and entrepreneur Joshua Finer. Finer, a 2001 MBA graduate from Penn State's Smeal College of Business, started his own filtering and monitoring software company, Software4Parents.com, in 1999. Finer also created "X-Detect," one of the company's software products, and sells other software via reseller agreements over the Internet. "The producers invited me on the show to be the guest expert on Internet safety and monitoring children's Internet use," says Finer, who makes his appearance late in the episode.
Finer's company sells software that parents can use to prevent their children from stumbling upon sexually explicit or other inappropriate sites. It can also filter e-mail, chat and news websites. For the full story by Steve Infanti, go to http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/depth/august01/finer.html.
UNIVERSITY PARK WEST CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
The relocation of underground utilities on the Penn State University Park campus west of North Atherton Street will make major changes to access and parking for west campus this week. Preliminary work on the two-year construction project of the Information Sciences and Technology Building (IST) begins this Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, with new construction fences erected around parking area Red A. Some of the original parking spaces in the middle of the fenced in area will continue to be usable throughout the construction period. After mid-November, a new road, White Course Drive, will be opened to replace Pollock Road as the main entryway to west campus. Construction of a replacement parking lot for Red A also will begin next week and the lot is expected to be open for use in early November, and the parking office is working on ways to reduce the demand of parking in Red A. For the full story by Paul Ruskin, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/parking.html. To view a map of affected areas, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/parking.html#1.