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Last year's Career Days, held for the first time at the Bryce Jordan Center, attracted more than 2,600 students and 162 companies. For more information about this year's fair, contact Todd at (814) 863-1032 or e-mail amtcop@engr.psu.edu; McCool at (814) 865-0916 or e-mail dam1@psu.edu; or Susan Knell at (814) 865-5000 or e-mail sek104@psu.edu.
Job hunting for University students may never be easier. In addition to the more than 250 companies gathering at The Bryce Jordan Center for Career Days 1997 from Sept. 23 to Sept. 26, students can get the inside scoop for the event at its Web site: http://www.engr.psu.edu/careerdays.
The site offers students a listing of which companies will be attending. Each firm's entry contains a short company description, a listing of open positions, majors desired and links to company home pages. For students new to the job hunt, the site offers information on what to expect and how to prepare for the four-day event. Students can find out what to wear, what to bring and the schedule of events through the site.
Employers recruiting students may use the site to learn more about the career fair. Companies can sign up online, learn about last year's career fair, explore the University, look up hotel accommodations and get directions.
More than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Engineering, The Smeal College of Business Administration, the Eberly College of Science and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are expected to attend the event. Students will be able to learn about career opportunities, schedule interviews, submit resumes and gather information about companies from across the country. Last year, the event drew 162 companies and 2,600 students.
This year's Career Days is the largest yet, with more than 250 companies attending. This also marks the first year The Smeal College of Business Administration joins the three other colleges in the event. In previous years, The Smeal College held its own career fair.
"We wanted to make this a premiere event for both employers and students so we combined our efforts," said Doris McCool, coordinator of the corporate associates program in The Smeal College. "The bottom line is employers asked for it."
Although most of the companies attending are from Eastern states, large employers -- such as AT&T, Exxon, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Kimberly-Clark and Michelin -- are coming from the West Coast and Southern states. A number of local companies -- such as Raytheon, Applied Research Laboratory, Corning-Asahi, MBNA Marketing Systems, MuRata Electronics and Northwest Financial -- and several branches of the Armed Forces also are scheduled to attend. In addition to full-time positions, many companies are seeking students for co-ops and internships.
The Career Days 1997 schedule is:
* Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1 to 7:30 p.m.: Smeal College of Business Administration students.
* Wednesday, Sept. 24, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Optional internship interview day for Smeal College students only.
* Wednesday Sept. 24, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Career fair open only to faculty to talk with employers.
* Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1 to 7:30 p.m.: Full-time career opportunities for students of the Eberly College of Science, College of Engineering and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
* Thursday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.: Co-op and internship opportunities for students of the Eberly College of Science, College of Engineering and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
* Friday, Sept. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Optional co-op and summer internship interview day for students of the Eberly College of Science, College of Engineering, and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
To register for the following program offerings, contact Jan Hawbaker at (814) 865-3085 or e-mail JQH3@psu.edu.
Enlightening Lunch -- Wanted: Women-Oriented Care
Learn how to get what you need out of a medical encounter. Meets noon-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in 110 Henderson Building (The Living Center). Cost: None
Surviving the Winter Blues: Preventing Colds, Flu and Depression this Winter
Meets 12:30-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in 319 Rider Building. Cost is $5, reimbursable to HealthAmerica HMO participants.
The University has set the following commencement dates for the University Park campus for 1997-98:
Fall semester 1997:
* Sunday, Dec. 21
Undergraduate and associate, 1 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
The Graduate School, 4 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
Spring semester 1998:
* Friday, May 15, 1998
ROTC commissioning, 3 p.m., Schwab Auditorium.
University Scholars medal ceremony, 4:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
Eberly College of Science, 8 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
College of Education, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
* Saturday, May 16, 1998
College of Engineering, 9 a.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
College of Agricultural Sciences, 9 a.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
College of Health and Human Development, noon, Bryce Jordan Center.
College of Arts and Architecture, noon, Eisenhower Auditorium.
College of the Liberal Arts, 3 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
College of Communications, 3 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
The Smeal College of Business Administration, 7 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, 7 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
* Sunday, May 17, 1998
The Graduate School, 5:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
Summer Session 1998:
* Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998
Undergraduate and associate, 10:30 a.m., Bryce Jordan Center.
The Graduate School, 2 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium.
A memorial service for Ernest C. Pollard, Evan Pugh professor emeritus of biophysics, will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus. A reception will follow in the chapel's memorial lounge. Pollard died on Feb. 24 in Jupiter, Fla., at the age of 91.
Pollard was a faculty member and chairman of the Department of Biophysics from 1960 until his retirement in 1971. His career spanned research in nuclear physics; contributions to the development of radar during World War II; and investigations of the physics of living processes, especially the effects of radiation on cells and viruses and the repair of damage caused by radiation. He was the author of numerous texts and articles in his field and was one of four scientists who
founded the Biophysical Society in 1957. His legacy to Penn State includes The Ernest C. Pollard Professorship in biotechnology, established in 1990. Donald A. Bryant is the current Ernest C. Pollard Professor in biotechnology.
A special program sponsored by the Office of the Provost acknowledging individuals for their work in collaborative instructional and curricular innovation has recognized several faculty members from across the University for their efforts. The program aims at recognizing outstanding collaborative teaching of faculty who also have demonstrated strengths as scholars and researchers and have contributed significantly to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Those honored this year include:
* Linda Angell, assistant professor of operations management; David Christy, associate professor of management science; Terry Harrison, professor of management science; Michael Pangburn, assistant professor of operations management; and Michael Hottenstein, professor of operations management, all in The Smeal College of Business Administration, for their creation of an interdisciplinary, intercollege master's level program titled Quality and Manufacturing Management.
* M. Jeya Chandra, associate professor of industrial engineering, Renata S. Engel, associate professor of engineering; Catherine Harmonosky, associate professor of industrial and management systems engineering, Clayton O. Ruud, professor of industrial engineering, and Martin W. Tretheway, professor of mechanical engineering, in the College of Engineering for a Quality and Manufacturing Management master's level program;
* Marilyn Eastridge, assistant professor of kinesiology, and Robert Eisenbraun, assistant professor of kinesiology, both in the College of Health and Human Development for incorporating collaborative and active learning into field experiences;
* Linda Caldwell, associate professor of recreation and park management, and Nancy Darling in the College of Health and Human Development for their Structure of Adolescent Leisure project that provides undergraduates with an intense exposure to multi-disciplinary field research spanning three disciplines.
* Paul Sokol, professor of physics, Nitin Samarth, assistant professor of physics, Renee Diehl, associate professor of physics, and James Beatty, associate professor of physics and astrophysics, all in the Eberly College of Science for their course in improving physics through advances in educational research and computing in a major studio course.
* M. Govekar, assistant professor of management, T. Palmer, assistant professor of management, J. Pinto, associate professor of management, M. Thomas, and J. Trailer, assistant professor of management, all at Penn State Erie, Behrend College, for their team-taught MBA course focusing on leadership dimensions from a variety of disciplines.
* Richard Bertram, assistant professor of mathematics, John Carl Panetta, assistant professor of mathematics, and Joseph Paullet, assistant professor of mathematics, all at Penn State Erie, Behrend College, for their seminar course on mathematical biology that integrates the two disciplines and introduces students at a research level with problem-based applications of mathematical modeling.
* James (Bud) Alcock, associate professor of environmental science, and Robert Avanzato, associate professor, both from Penn State Abington for their coordination of CSE 275 and Geoscience 20 to create the GeoBOTs -- "Robots Doing Geology."
* Jack Ousey, associate professor of earth and mineral sciences, Constance Kirker, assistant professor of integrative art, Elizabeth Buckmaster, assistant professor, Karen Hill, associate professor of kinesiology, and Sara Whildin, associate librarian, from Penn State Delaware County for the "Freshman Semester Project Vision" program which uses studio and collaborative team learning to replace or minimize stand-up lectures.
* Eva Bueno, assistant professor of Spanish, Margaret Dunson, John Johnson, professor of psychology, and Janet May, mathematics instructor, from Penn State DuBois for their project to introduce Web-based learning experiences and technology course management into four courses: Spanish, biology, psychology and science, technology and society.
* David Chin, assistant professor of English, and Kate Brennan, English instructor, from Penn State Wilkes-Barre for the Summer Institute program that delivers collaborative and active learning to underprepared minority students making the transition to college. The courses focus on basic math and writing skills and using a computer environment.
Faculty members examined a technology room at
Penn State Fayette during the 1997 Road Scholars Tour.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The Road Scholars Outreach Tour for New Faculty won a University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Region II Award of Excellence in the faculty and staff development category. Award criteria include the effectiveness and innovation of approaches to personnel development.
The Road Scholars tour is an annual event, initiated by President Graham B. Spanier in 1996, to acquaint new faculty with campuses other than University Park and to demonstrate to them the impact the University has on business and industry in Pennsylvania.
The UCEA, founded in 1915, promotes expanded opportunities and high-quality continuing higher education on behalf of part-time students. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., UCEA has a membership of more than 400 public and private institutions. Region II of UCEA covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Penn State's Customer Relations Certificate Programs in The Smeal College have received a national "Innovation in Programs" award for outstanding innovation in educational programs provided for the employees of AT&T and Lucent Technologies.
The award was presented this month by the Alliance for Employee Growth and Development, a cooperative venture of AT&T, Lucent Technologies, the Communication Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to Susan C. Lewis, continuing education representative, Penn State Greater Pittsburgh, and James D. Porterfield in marketing who directs the academic content of the program.
The certificate programs are a continuing and distance education service of The Smeal College. The 11-credit customer relations certificate course emphasizes the role of effective business communication in customer service. It is a prerequisite for the 12-credit advanced customer relations certificate, which focuses on the role of customer service in a business' success. Completion of these certificate programs takes about 30 months, and all of the courses can be applied toward an associate degree in business administration at Penn State.
A viewbook produced by the College Information and Community Relations Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology has captured a Grand Award from the Ninth Annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX '97). The competition for communications professionals in all fields received 4,200 entries and presented 50 Grand Awards. Penn College captured the sole Grand Award in the "Brochures, Booklets and Catalogs/Nonprofit" category for its "MORE" Viewbook, used in admissions recruiting.
APEX entries are judged on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and overall communications effectiveness. Grand Awards are presented in 12 major categories to honor the outstanding work in those categories.
