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University looking for more from
proposed budget
Under the governor's proposed 1998-99 budget plan unveiled Feb. 3, Penn
State would receive a 3.25 percent increase, an amount University President
Graham B. Spanier calls the governor's "most generous"
to date, but still only a "stay-even" approach that merely covers
inflation.
Commonwealth College is growing together
Just one year ago, the University announced an overhaul of its Commonwealth
Educational System -- a system that had been in place for more than four
decades but needed to find additional ways to answer the needs of Pennsylvania
residents. Out of that system makeover, which took more than 18 months to
devise, came Strasser's college, which is made up of five Penn State campuses
in western Pennsylvania (Shenango, Beaver, New Kensington, McKeesport and
Fayette); one in the central part of the state (DuBois); Three in the south
(Delaware County, Mont Alto and York); and three in the northeast (Worthington
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton). The Commonwealth College officially
began operating on July 1, 1997, and is Penn State's largest college.
Successful actor a bridge for students
"When I came here in 1995 as a visiting professor, I found young people
hungry for information," Charles Dumas said. "They were interested
in my background and experience. They wanted to be what I was -- an actor,
writer, director. I was turned on. It was an important event that occurred
at a point in my life when I was very productive in my career.
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