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Liza Haas, one of four women and six men who live at the
Beef and Sheep Research Center on the University Park campus, works to clean
up the stalls as part of her job. She is an undergraduate with a family
background in the cattle business.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Calyampudi R. Rao, holder of the Eberly Chair in statistics and director of the Center for Multivariate Analysis, has been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal by the American Statistical Association. Rao was selected for the honor by the association's Section on Statistics and the Environment in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of methods, issues, concepts and applications in environmental statistics.
Rao is internationally acknowledged as one of the world's top five statisticians for his multifaceted distinctions as a scientist, teacher, mathematician and researcher. His pioneering contributions to mathematics and statistical theory and applications have become part of graduate and postgraduate courses in statistics, econometrics, electrical engineering and many other disciplines in most universities throughout the world. He is the holder of 20 distinguished honorary doctorate degrees from universities in 15 countries. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), an honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and also a Fellow of the Royal Society (England).
Tod Allen, police services officer at Penn State Erie, Behrend College, was recently recognized for his work to prevent driving under the influence. Allen received a Governor's Highway Safety Award for work above and beyond normal job and social responsibilities to promote highway safety during 1996.
Ali Behagi, associate professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Harrisburg, presented a paper on the application of HP software in the design of microwave oscillators at the 1997 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium. The paper will be published in the IEEE Proceedings.
Thiel College recently honored Beverly Cigler, professor of public administration and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, as a Distinguished Alumna.
Richard Foxx will be the invited speaker in late November at a joint conference of the Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis and the Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine in Tokyo. He also has been appointed to a three-year term as editor-in-chief of Behavioral Interventions, an international journal.
William F. Shannon, human services consultant, Physician's Dialysis Center, Sharon, Pa., has given more than $119,000 to the Penn State Shenango campus to endow a nursing scholarship to help those in the health field continue their education.
The scholarship, named in memory of his mother, the late Anna Stewart Shannon, was created to benefit academically promising nursing students who have financial need, continue with their education in Penn State Shenango's bachelor of science nursing program. This endowed scholarship is the first "program specific" scholarship ever established at the campus.
William Shannon was born and reared in Sharpsville, Pa. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Penn State in 1958 and a master of social work from West Virginia University in 1971. Shannon began working for the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Sharon branch, in 1958. Over the next 25 years, Shannon would continue to work for the welfare department in the Mercer County and Harrisburg offices. In 1986, he returned to the Shenango Valley and began his work as a consultant for the Physicians Dialysis Center in Sharon, Pa. He resides in Hermitage, Pa.
Penn State Shenango's registered nurse baccalaureate degree started as a pilot project in 1978 with a handful of students. The program now has more than 200 active full- and part-time students and nearly 500 graduates.
Lawyers from the law firm of Stevens & Lee have donated $97,500 to The Dickinson School of Law to add to the endowment of the Sidney D. Kline Scholarship Fund, established by the firm in 1993.
The Kline Scholarship, awarded annually on a competitive basis to a rising second- and rising third-year student, was established in honor of the late Sidney D. Kline, a member of the law school class of 1926 who died in 1992. A law school trustee, Kline was a prominent Reading, Pa., attorney, banker and philanthropist who served in crucial leadership roles at the law school, most notably as general chairman of its Library-Advocacy Center fund drive and as chairman of the board of trustees finance committee. In 1963, the law school awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. The General Alumni Association bestowed on him its Outstanding Alumni Award in 1976.
Approximately one-third of Stevens & Lee's lawyers are graduates of The Dickinson School of Law.
Michael Svabek worked intently on a jack-o-lantern face
at the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center. He was at Shaver's Creek with
his mom, Catherine, and sister, Rachel, to help carve pumpkins for the center's
annual Halloween trail walk, held last weekend. About 45 people, including
members of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, carved more then 150
pumpkins in just one evening.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Former women's Coach Sue Scheetz and ex-men's standout James Fulton of Penn State will be among the initial inductees into the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame. A total of 12 people will be honored in ceremonies on Feb. 28, 1998. Scheetz, currently assistant athletic director at Penn State, coached the Lady Lions to NCAA Championships in 1987 and 1989. Fulton was a second team All-America as a midfielder for the 1954 Nittany Lions.
Butkus Award candidate Aaron Collins, a senior who is one of five brothers to play for Penn State, has been selected as National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete. It marks the fourth consecutive year that Penn State has had a scholar-athlete recipient. Collins will receive $18,000 from the foundation for postgraduate study.
The undefeated and top-ranked women's volleyball team won't be home again until Nov. 14 when Penn State entertains Purdue in Recreation Building. Five of the final six regular season games will be played at home, all against Big Ten Conference opponents.
"The Penn State Football Story," the highly acclaimed television show that provides an inside look at the Nittany Lion program, has earned its first Emmy Award. The program was cited as the "Outstanding Sports Series" by the Philadelphia Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
For the latest information on Penn State Sports, visit the official Intercollegiate Athletics' site on the Web: http://www.psu.edu/ (Click on sports).
The following individuals have earned emeritus rank from the University for their longstanding and productive years of service:
Paul S. Dimick, professor of food science in the College of Agricultural Sciences, from Sept. 1, 1963, to Oct. 1, 1997.
Joseph L. French, professor of education in the College of Education, from Sept. 1, 1964, to Oct. 1, 1997.
Paul S. Greenlaw, professor of management in The Smeal College of Business Administration, from Sept. 1, 1960, to Aug. 1, 1997.
Carl S. Keener, professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science, from Sept. 1, 1966, to Oct. 1, 1997.
Howard G. Knuttgen, professor of applied physiology in the College of Health and Human Development, from April 1, 1989, to July 1, 1997.
Douglas H. Sampson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science, from Sept. 16, 1965, to Sept. 1, 1997.
August H. Simonsen, campus executive officer for Penn State Fayette/professor of environmental sciences, from Sept. 1, 1970, to Sept. 1, 1997.
Alan D. Stuart, associate professor of acoustics in the College of Engineering, from June 1, 1971, to Aug. 1, 1997.
Yoshimitsu Takei, associate professor of education policy studies in the College of Education, from Sept. 1, 1970, to Sept. 1, 1997.
Angela is seeking carpoolers to ride from the Mill Hall/Lamar area to University Park. Work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call 863-1994 or e-mail amp13@psu.edu.
Carpooler needed from Philipsburg to University Park. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. E-mail Kelly at kdf113@psu.edu.
Carpooler from Kylertown or Philipsburg to University Park sought. Work hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Mary Ann at 865-6563 or e-mail mqc9@psu.edu.
Mike is seeking a person to carpool from Bellefonte to University Park on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Work hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 353-8505 or 865-4040.
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