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"Schizophrenia" is the title of the seventh
lecture in the 1998 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science spring
series which will be given on Feb. 21, by Anthony A. Grace, professor
of neuroscience and psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Grace is known for his basic research into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and for his development of neurobiological models for this disorder. During his talk, he will present recent research findings regarding the biological bases of this complex disorder and will discuss promising new therapeutic approaches for its treatment.
"The Human Brain and the Human Mind" is the topic of the lecture series, which is designed for the enjoyment and education of central Pennsylvania residents. The free lectures take place on eight consecutive Saturday mornings from 11 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. in the Kern Graduate Center auditorium on the University Park campus.
The remaining event in this series is the Feb. 28 lecture, "Medicines for the Mind," by Joan M. Lakoski, associate professor of pharmacology and anesthesia at Penn State.
For more information, call (814) 863-8453 or (814) 863-4682, or e-mail science@psu.edu.
A one-day symposium celebrating the opening of the American Sociological Association archives in the Penn State Libraries will be held Feb. 28 at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. The event also honors the work of sociologist Jessie Bernard, a Penn State faculty member from 1947 to 1964.
The Jessie Bernard/ASA Archives Symposium is free, but registration is required. The seminar will cover numerous topics, including a talk by Barbara Laslett, University of Minnesota, on the uses of biography in the sociology of science. Her discussion will be followed by talks by Margaret Matson and Leslie Wolfe, two scholars who worked with Bernard. Bernard has been called a central figure in the feminist revolution.
The second session will begin with a paper by Diana Shenk, head of Historical Collections and Data Archives at Penn State, on the role of archival collections in stimulating valuable scholarship. It will be followed by presentations by the co-chairs of the ASA Committee on Archives, Stephen Turner and Lynn Zucker. Turner from the University of South Florida will address the contributions of individual and organizational papers to the illumination of the development of a discipline. Zucker from UCLA will focus her remarks on the place of organizational and institutional analysis in the sociology of science. A reception will follow. The public events will run from 1 to 5:30 p.m.
The ASA archives include documents and administrative materials stretching across the association's history, and will provide ready access to materials for research by current and future generations. The Penn State Libraries are also establishing archives of the papers of eminent sociologists, the foundation of which is the papers of Bernard.
After her retirement from Penn State, Bernard continued her highly productive career, publishing more than 60 articles and more than a dozen books, and working actively in the policy world of Washington. Her influence on feminist thinking extended well beyond the boundaries of sociology.
To register or for more information on the symposium, which is sponsored by the ASA and the sociology and women's studies programs, call Melody Lane at (814) 863-8490 or MQL6@PSU.EDU.
Hillel Furstenberg, professor of mathematics at
Hebrew University in Israel, will present the 1998 Russell Marker Lectures
in the Mathematical Sciences Feb. 23-26 on the University Park campus.
The four-lecture series of free public lectures, titled "Group Actions and Products of Random Transformations," is sponsored by the Penn State Eberly College of Science. The schedule includes:
* "Quantitative and Qualitative Laws of Large Numbers," 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in 104 Thomas Building;
* "The Tendency to Proximality: Boundary Theory of Harmonic Functions," 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, in 106 Wartik Laboratory;
* "Stiff Group Actions," 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in 106 Wartik Laboratory; and
* "General Structure Theorems for Group Actions," 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in 106 Wartik Laboratory.
Furstenberg is well known for his discoveries of completely new interrelations between four separate branches of mathematics: number theory, combinatorics, ergodic theory and topological dynamics. He also is known for pioneering the investigation of randomness phenomena in a noncommutative setting.
Furstenberg earned his doctoral degree from Princeton University in 1958 and has been a mathematics professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem since 1965. He was elected to the Israeli Academy of Sciences in 1974, to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1989 and to the U.S. Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. Awards in recognition of his achievements include the Rothschild Prize, the Harvey Prize, the Israel Prize and an honorary doctorate from his undergraduate institution, Yeshiva University. Furstenberg was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1990.
The Marker Lectures were established in 1984 through a gift from Russell E. Marker, professor emeritus of chemistry, whose pioneering synthetic methods revolutionized the steroid hormone industry and opened the door on the current era of hormone therapies, including the birth-control pill.
James Cuno, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot director of the
Harvard University Art Museums, will present "The American Canvas:
A Reply to the NEA" at the Penn State Forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 5, in The Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom on the University Park
campus.
Cuno joined the Harvard Museums in 1991, having served as the director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1985. Cuno has lectured widely on contemporary American art and the role of art museums in contemporary American cultural policy.
The Penn State Forum is a lunchtime speakers series sponsored by the Penn State Faculty Staff Club and the Penn State Bookstore. Tickets are $10 and include lunch. Tables of 10 may be reserved in advance; tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by the presentation at noon. For more information, call (814) 865-7590.
The College of Education's Robert G. Bernreuter Lecture in School Psychology will be given by Robert E. Slavin, co-director of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk at Johns Hopkins University. His lecture on "Restructuring Elementary Schools with 'Success for All'" is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in Kern Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Slavin is author of the soon-to-be-published Show Me the Evidence: Proven and Promising Programs for America's Schools. His program "Success for All" is currently in use in 740 schools in 40 states and has been adapted for use in Canada, Israel, Australia and Mexico. Initially concerned with improving instruction in reading, Slavin has now turned his research and development activities on other core subjects in the elementary schools.
"Success for All" incorporates state-of-the-art curriculum and instructional methods emphasizing phonics and meaning-focused instruction and cooperative learning. The program also focuses on the role a comprehensive family support program plays in building good relationships between school and home.
Among many other publications, Slavin is author or co-author of more than 180 articles and 15 books including Proven and Promising Programs for America's Schools. Earlier books include Every Child, Every School: Success for All and Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice.
Keith Sorrenson, a professor at the University of Auckland, will discuss "Waitangi: New Zealand's Enduring Struggle (for Racial Redress and Reconciliation)" at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in 124 Sparks Building on the University Park campus.
Sorrenson brings an exceptional blend of personal and professional qualities to his understanding of the dynamics that inform issues of race, ethnicity and land. A New Zealander trained in African history in Britain, he holds a chair in history at the University of Auckland and is currently visiting at Georgetown University. He is of predominantly Pakeha (European) ancestry, but with Maori blood as well. A widely published scholar, he has in recent years been distinguished by his membership upon the Waitangi Tribunal, the New Zealand body endeavoring to adjudicate Maori land claims.
The seminar, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by the Australia-New Zealand Studies Center, the Multicultural Resource Center and the University Office of International Programs as part of their 24th Annual International Festival Feb. 21 through March 1. For more information, call Patricia Corbett at (814) 863-1603 or e-mail pac9@psu.edu.
Several presentations in February will usher in the start of Women's History Month at Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State Schuylkill.
* Carol Nechemias, associate professor of public policy at Harrisburg, will provide a glimpse of "Women in Russia: The Transition from Communism" in the Schuylkill Campus Conference Center at noon Thursday, Feb. 26.
* Penn State Harrisburg doctoral student Bernadette Muscat will focus on "Family Violence" during a 10 a.m. presentation in the Gallery Lounge at Penn State Harrisburg on Feb. 27.
What really goes on in the thick layers of colorful clouds that cover Jupiter, the Giant Planet? Roger M. Knacke, director of the School of Science at Penn State Erie, will explore that question in "The Clouds of Jupiter" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. His presentation, in Room 101 of the Behrend Science Building, is the fourth in the college's 1997-98 Open House Nights in Astronomy Series. All events in the series are free to the public.
Knacke has written extensively in the fields of planetary science, interstellar matter and star and planet formation. Working with scientists at the Observatory of Paris and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Knacke and his co-workers recently discovered ices of ammonia on Jupiter. This finding offers new insight into the chemistry and dynamics of Jupiter's atmosphere.
In his presentation, Knacke will describe Jupiter, its clouds and its famous "Great Red Spot," the huge, hurricane-like storm bigger than the Earth. He will report on results of the recent Galileo spacecraft, which plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere, and on his research with the European Space Agency satellite, the Infrared Space Observatory.
Weather permitting, astronomical observing sponsored by the Penn State-Behrend Astronomy Club and the Society of Physics Students will follow the lecture. Observations will focus on Saturn, the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula.
For more information, call (814) 898-6105.
Mahmoud A. Kaboudan, Penn State Lehigh Valley associate professor of management science and information systems, will speak at noon Monday, March 2, in room 111-5&6 at that campus about "Forecasting Stock Prices Using Genetic Programming."
The 40-minute presentation will be followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer period. The program is free to the public. For more information, call (610) 285-5000.
John Driscoll, director of Babcock Galleries in New York City since 1986 and a member of the Advisory Board of the Palmer Museum of Art, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium in the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus.
Driscoll's talk is presented in conjunction with the exhibition "All That Is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School." Driscoll wrote the exhibition's catalog. He is a Penn State graduate, who received his M.A. in art history in 1974 and his Ph.D. degree in 1985.
"All That Is Glorious Around Us" was organized by the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. It will be on view at the Palmer Museum of Art through May 17, and will then travel to the Worcester Museum of Art and the National Academy of Design. For more information, call (814) 865-7672.
Bonnie Braun, associate director for outreach at the University of Minnesota, will deliver the 13th annual McDowell Lecture at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 4 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel at University Park. Braun will speak on "Land-Grant University Initiatives in Welfare Reform."
The lecture, which is part of the College of Agricultural Sciences' March Statewide In-Service Week, honors Milton McDowell, the first director of Penn State Cooperative Extension from 1912 to 1942.
Virginia Valian, professor of psychology and linguistics at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, will discuss "Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women," at noon Friday, March 20, in the Hetzel Union Building Gallery Lounge on the University Park campus.
Valian will attempt to answer the question of why so few women occupy positions of power and prestige. In her talk, Valian will point to two interacting concepts -- gender schemas and the accumulation of advantage. Valian will show through statistical data how men accumulate advantage more easily than women, and how gender schemas allow both men and women to underrate women and overrate men in professional settings. For more information on this talk, sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, the Department of Psychology and the College of the Liberal Arts, call Judith Kroll at (814) 863-0126.
Michael Handelzalts, literary editor and theatre critic for Ha'aretz newspaper in Israel, will speak on "The 'Other' on the Israel Stage" at the Comparative Literature Luncheon Series, 12:15-1:20 p.m. Monday, March 23, in 101 Kern Building on the University Park campus.
Handelzalts became arts editor and theatre critic for the newspaper in 1981 and literary editor in 1993. An editor, broadcaster and producer, Handelzalts, who holds degrees in comparative literature and theatre arts, has received awards for his theatre criticism, radio plays and broadcasts commemorating scientific and public events. For more information about his visit, call the Department of Comparative Literature at (814) 863-0589.
The 1998 Pennsylvania Beef Expo will be held March 26-29 in the Agricultural Arena at University Park. The expo allows beef producers and other interested consumers to see the latest technology, marketing strategies and services within the beef industry. For information on expo activities, write to Pennsylvania Beef Expo, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State College, Pa. 16803, or call Glenn Eberly, (814) 865-5857.
School administrators who want to learn how to help their students learn more and remember longer should plan to attend "Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences: The Necessary Combination for Student-Centered Schools," on Thursday, April 23, at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. The one-day workshop is sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Study Council (PSSC) as part of its Leading Edge Administrative Development Series (LEADS).
For more information or to request a brochure, call (800) PSU-TODAY (778-8632), or visit the Web at: www.cde.psu.edu/PSSC/LeadingEdge/
The Pennsylvania Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, in Boucke Building on University Park. The event will bring undergraduate peer tutors from colleges and universities across the Commonwealth together at Penn State for a daylong discussion of issues in peer tutoring of writing. Peer tutors from five colleges -- Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Lehigh Valley and Penn State Beaver -- will lead roundtable discussions on the subject. Special attention will be devoted to online tutoring, tutoring writers for whom English is a second language, and writing tutors as campus leaders in collaborative learning. Registration begins at 9 a.m. For more information, e-mail Elissa Zurbuchen at eez1@psu.edu, or phone (814) 865-2947.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Writing and the University Learning Resource Center, with assistance from the Department of English and the Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning.
Former NBA basketball star Earvin "Magic Johnson"
spoke on the University Park campus recently as part of the Distinguished
Speaker Series. Future lectures in the series include Nobel Prize-winner
Eli Wiesel March 31; author Ross H. Munro April 2; Major League Baseball
home-run king Hank Aaron April 22; and writer/director John Singleton April
30.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Penn State's College of Education will celebrate its 75th birthday this year, with a yearlong series of speakers, a reunion and published history.
The college was officially born on June 11, 1923, when Penn State's Board of Trustees approved the formation of the School of Education. Over three-quarters of a century, the college has taken the seeds of 1866's "Science for Teachers," the first Penn State course ever to be offered for educators, and transformed into a thriving college.
The college's Graduate Student Association has planned a speakers series, "Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence," in honor of the event. Upcoming speaker, Beverly Gordon, professor of education at The Ohio State University, will speak on equity in education at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in 102 Chambers Building on the University Park campus.
Celebration events are also planned for Penn State's Alumni Reunion weekend in June, and a special history of the college will be published later this year.
During the 1998-99 academic year, Penn State Erie, Behrend College, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Erie campus as part of Penn State. It will also mark the 25th anniversary of its status as a baccalaureate institution. Festivities to note the event are planned, beginning with a black-tie dinner on Saturday, Aug. 29, when Penn State-Behrend's highest honor -- the Behrend Medallion -- will be awarded to several community leaders.
More information on this landmark celebration will appear in later issues of the Intercom.
The 24th Annual International Festival, from Feb. 21 through March 1, is planned for the University Park campus.
As part of the event, Keith Sorrenson, a professor at the University of Auckland, will discuss "Waitangi: New Zealand's Enduring Struggle (for Racial Redress and Reconciliation)" at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, in 124 Sparks Building. For information on this talk, see the story on page 4, call Patricia Corbett at (814) 863-1603 or e-mail pac9@psu.edu.
In addition, Greer Maneval, a principal in Maneval and Associates and an alumna of Penn State, will speak about international aspects of architecture and landscape architecture at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, in the Hetzel Union Building Gallery Lounge. Among Maneval's accomplishments is designing the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. For more information, call the International Students and Scholars office at (814) 865-6348.
On Sunday, March 1, food, crafts, cultural displays, music and children's activities will be featured in the HUB from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There also will be a play, titled "Courageous Grocer vs. the Supermarket," presented by the Turkish Student Association on March 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. in the HUB Assembly Room. The play is a comedic tale of a grocer and her struggle for survival against the new supermarket in Istanbul.
All events are open to the public.
To register for the following program offerings on the University Park campus, please see your Health Matters brochure or contact Jan Hawbaker at (814) 865-3085 or JQH3@psu.edu.
* Magnets & Well-Being WEL 136
Magnets have been used for centuries to relieve the many aches and pains throughout the body. Come to this session to learn more about magnets and how they can be used to help you. Meets Monday, Feb. 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in 301A Agricultural Administration Building. Cost: $5
* Yoga -- It's not too late to begin! WEL 095
Section 1: Introduction to Yoga, Tuesdays through March 31, 11 a.m. to noon, Paul Robeson Cultural Center;
Section 2: On-going series, meets Tuesdays through March 31, noon to 1 p.m., Paul Robeson Cultural Center; cost: $35 per section. HealthAmerica HMO reimbursement for each level.
* Students in Distress WEL 122
Describes the important role you can play in identifying and referring students experiencing emotional distress or academic difficulties due to psychological or behavioral problems. Meets Friday, Feb. 27, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in 319 Rider I Building. No cost.
* Flexible benefits
Flexible benefits requests for reimbursement for services incurred in
1997 must be submitted on or before March 31. Remember that reimbursements
are based on the date the service occurred, not on the date of payment,
so only services from Jan. 1, 1997 through Dec. 31, 1997 are eligible.
* 1997 Major Medical Claims
March 31 also is the last date HealthAmerica and Corporate Health Administrators
will accept major medical claims for Healthpass and Plan A for 1997 charges
from University faculty and staff members or their dependents.
* Employee Assistance Program
Everyone periodically encounters difficult life or work situations.
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides confidential counseling sessions
for University faculty, staff and members of their household. Up to three
visits per problem situation are paid for by Penn State. To receive a free
consultation, contact the Penn State EAP at (800) 858-2778, (employees in
the College of Medicine at the Hershey Medical Center, call (800) 543-5080).
* SERS Retirement Account Statements
The annual statement of account that each State Employees' Retirement
System (SERS) participant receives will be mailed to the participant's home
address again this year. In order to receive your statement in a timely
manner, your home address must be current. Please note that the only method
of changing a home address is to complete a new W-4 form through the Payroll
Department.
A sabbatical leave has been approved recently for the 1998-99 academic year for James L.W. West III, distinguished professor of English, to complete a scholarly edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Trimalchio, the original version of his classic novel The Great Gatsby.
Dave Dreese of the Office of Physical Plant drills through
the side of a manhole to install an electric ductbank, which provides access
to underground utilities, across from the outdoor
swimming pool on Bigler Road at University Park.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Past participants in the Dance Marathon are invited back to University Park for Dance Marathon Alumni Weekend, Feb. 20-22. The event is open to all alumni who have participated in the marathon -- as dancers, committee members or in other roles. The programs also are open to members of the Parents and Families Society and parents of this year's dancers as part of Dance Marathon Parents Weekend. Events on Saturday, Feb. 21, will include:
-- A continental breakfast in the HUB Ballroom.
-- Learning this year's line dance and joining the marathon dancers on the floor.
-- A "'Thon Again Social" from 6-10 p.m. at The Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom.
Information and registration are available from the Alumni Association at (814) 863-9424 or by e-mail at alumni-reunions@psu.edu. The Alumni Association can be found on the Web at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/. For information about the Dance Marathon, see http://athens.cac.psu.edu/thon/.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, the largest student-run philanthropy in the nation, benefits the Four Diamonds Fund. The 48-hour marathon raised more than $1.5 million last year for the fund, which helps children with cancer and their families.
The College of Health and Human Development will sponsor a free children's basic movement and games program for ages 5 through 8. The program will be held every Tuesday from March 17 to April 14. Registration is at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in Room 126 White Building on the University Park campus.
For more information, call (814) 863-3451.
The 20th annual Chocolate Chase, sponsored by students and the Office of Student Affairs in the College of Medicine, will be held at noon Saturday, April 4, in Hershey. The Chocolate Chase is a 5-mile race beginning and ending at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and winding through scenic, surrounding countryside. A one-mile Fun Run will be held afterward.
Proceeds from the race will benefit a scholarship fund for medical students at the College of Medicine. Since the race began in 1978, it has raised approximately $95,000.
To register, call (717) 531-2000, enter mailbox number 3300 and leave a message with your name and address. The registration deadline is March 21. The first 600 entrants will receive a T-shirt in exchange for a $12 entry fee. Runners may also register at the event for $15, but are not guaranteed a T-shirt.
The College of Medicine will offer a Basic Trauma Life Support course Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3. Designed to teach an efficient, systematic approach to the evaluation and treatment of the trauma patient, the course is endorsed by the Pennsylvania Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians. This course is appropriate for medical personnel at both the ALS and BLS levels. A written examination and course evaluation follow the three-day continuing education series.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants receive a certificate from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. The fee for the course is $110, which includes state and national fees, textbooks and all course materials. Class size is limited, so register early. Participants must preregister by April 17. For more information, call (717) 531-6483.
The University will observe the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 25. There will be no classes that day.
Independence Day will be observed on Saturday, July 4. Friday, July 3 will not be a University holiday, however, classes will not be held July 3.
University policies provide that if a University holiday falls on an employee's regularly scheduled day off, the employee receives another day off with pay to be used at another time. So employees who normally do not work Saturdays will receive a compensatory day for the Independence Day holiday.
Questions about the above holiday schedule information should be directed to appropriate college or department human resources representatives, or business officers at facilities away from University Park.
The Center for Academic Computing is offering a special series of advanced workshops for Penn State faculty and staff only on the Microsoft Office 97 Suite. If you use Word, Excel, Access or PowerPoint then you'll want to check out these workshops. Seminars, which start this month and run through May, cover topics such as enhancing presentations with PowerPoint, working with large documents, building on the basics of Microsoft Access and advanced charts and formatting in Excel.
All workshops are three-hour, hands-on sessions and will be held in the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at University Park. A $25 fee is charged. Participants will receive a Quick Reference Card of tips and tricks.
For more information on these courses or to register, please go to the Web at http://cac.psu.edu/training/MSO.
The 1998 "Relay for Life," a 24-hour annual walk/run which raises money to help fight cancer, will be held June 6-7 at Rogers Stadium in Bellefonte. Individuals are currently being sought to participate on any number of already-organized University teams. A $10 registration fee is charged and participants will receive a T-shirt. Last year the event raised about $78,000 to help fight cancer through research.
Anyone interested in participating in this event sponsored by the American Cancer Society should call the Relay Hotline at (814) 231-2585.
A Penn State video shares the joy of learning by explaining five strategies for achieving adult literacy within the family, workplace and community.
"Strategies for Adult Literacy and Learning" provides examples of several successful programs that have helped adults acquire the knowledge and skills they need to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The program was developed as a result of the combined efforts of the Department of Education, Penn State's Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, WPSX-TV and WQED in Pittsburgh.
For more information, contact Penn State Media Sales at (800) 770-2111.
Seniors and graduate students can apply for the NASA Space Grant Fellowship, a supplemental stipend of $5,000 each year for two years. A total of $100,000 will be awarded for the 1998-99 academic year. Ten new awards and 10 renewals for
a second year will be made. The fellowships will be awarded to outstanding students in fields of study that do, or can, promote the understanding, assessment and use of space. Fields of study in most departments and colleges are eligible.
Eight awards will be made among the colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Earth & Mineral Sciences, Engineering and Science.
The deadline for application is Feb. 27. Information and applications are available on the Web at http://www.psu.edu/spacegrant or at the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium office in 101 S. Frear, University Park; phone (814) 863-7688.
