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Call goes out for faculty to start
up new school
A recent call for faculty participation in the new School of Information
Sciences and Technology has drawn an impressive and immediate response --
a clear indication to planners that there is an interest and a need for
such a thrust. Student response is expected to be equally strong.
Senate to act on proposed two-day
break for 1999
Two class-free days may be added to Penn State's academic calendar in mid-October,
starting in 1999, if the University Faculty Senate endorses a proposal up
for consideration at its Oct. 27 meeting and if the University administration
adopts the proposal.
Degree information moves to
Web version
Distribution of paper copies of the University's Baccalaureate Degree
Program Bulletin and Associate Degree Program Bulletin are expected
to drop sharply over the next several years. But that's a good thing, according
to Bill Farnsworth, head of the Office of Undergraduate Information and
Communications.
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