Adam Guthrie, a freshman from Doylestown, near Philadelphia,
takes a moment to register his bicycle outside Eisenhower Auditorium on
the University Park campus. All bikes on the campus must be registered.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The University Park Airport, which had been closed since Aug. 28, opened Sept. 3 at 6:15 a.m., on schedule and in time for game traffic.
Crews have expanded the 6,700-foot runway, installed runway lights and painted runway markings in time for commercial, private and corporate planes to land and take-off as usual.
The $20-million runway renovation project is scheduled to be finished in November. Until then, the airport may be closed some evenings from 11 p.m. to 6:15 a.m. to complete the work. For information on days and times the airport may be closed, call (814) 865-5511. For information about specific flights, please call the individual airline.
Faculty or staff interested in sharing their art forms with school and community groups in Centre, Clinton and Clearfield counties may attend an information session from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Art Alliance in Lemont. The information session is sponsored by Galaxy: The Arts in Education Program of Central Intermediate Unit 10, which operates in partnership with the College of Arts and Architecture and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Registration is required. For more information or to register, call (814) 863-4043 before Sept. 14.
Beginning in late fall, the process for applying for job openings within the University will change, starting with an electronic application process. To learn more about the upcoming changes to the staff vacancy announcement programs, come to a presentation to be given by Billie Willits, assistant vice president for human resources, from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, in 110 Henderson Building on the University Park campus. The event is sponsored by Professional Women at Penn State.
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching is offering a free, noncredit course on the University Park campus designed for those who are either currently teaching or taking a short break from the undergraduate classroom. The course explores issues of pedagogy and discusses relevant literature. It also is an opportunity to share teaching experiences and build individual teaching portfolios.
The course will be held Wednesdays from Sept. 16-Nov. 18, from 8 to 10 a.m. in 217 Thomas Building; or on Thursdays from Sept. 17 through Nov. 19, from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. in 302 Willard Building. Preregistration is required. For information or to register, call (814) 863-2599.
The Penn State Faculty Staff Club will hold a "Hi Neighbor!" event for faculty and staff from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at The Nittany Lion Inn and University Creamery on the University Park campus.
Current Faculty Staff Club members are encouraged to invite new hires and nonmembers to the event. A dinner buffet with picnic fare will be served, with entertainment by the jazz band "Back Ali."
For information about the event and the cost, call Shirley Hendrick at (814) 863-2479 or Karen Wagner at (814) 863-6347.
The Penn State Lady Lions women's volleyball team will hold a faculty/staff night for its match against New Orleans Sept. 18. The match, which begins at 8 p.m., will be held at Recreation Building on the University Park campus. Faculty and staff members may each bring a guest and will be admitted free of charge to the match with a valid Penn State ID card.
It's time again to review departmental listings in the University faculty/staff and student telephone directories. To add, change or delete a listing for the 1999-2000 directories, complete the form on the Web at http://www.otc.psu.edu/hotlinks/directory.html by Sept. 25. For more information, call Penny Confer at (814) 865-6881.
A group has been formed for Penn State faculty from all locations who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered. The group's purpose is to provide a safe and confidential environment where faculty may discuss issues of support, mentoring and job-related topics. The group will meet monthly and the first meeting will be in late September.
To be put on the confidential mailing list, e-mail Sallie McCorkle at smm11@psu.edu. To speak to someone to learn more about the group, call Tony D'Augelli at (814) 865-2649 or Marilyn Eastridge at (814) 863-0559.
The Penn State Commission for Women, an advisory group to the University president on issues related to enhancing the working and learning environment at Penn State, has set its 1998-99 meeting schedule. The Commission for Women initiates, supports and endorses activities and initiatives that will benefit all women in the University -- staff, faculty and students. The commission's monthly meetings are open to the University community. Meeting dates follow. Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held in 404 Old Main, University Park, from 3:30-5 p.m.:
Monday, Oct. 5
Friday, Nov. 13
Friday, Dec. 11
Friday, Jan. 15
Friday, Feb. 12
Monday, March 15, annual banquet
Thursday, April 8, at Penn State McKeesport
Tuesday, May 11,TBA
Friday, June 11
For more information on the commission or on becoming an affiliate member, contact Tracy Leitzel at (814) 863-7696, or visit the Web at http://www.lions.psu.edu/cfw/
A new message service is available through the Office of Telecommunications' Call Center Services to provide University departments with message coverage over the lunch hour, during holidays or other occasions when the need may arise.
The service works by having the department phone number forwarded to a special Call Center message service phone number. A Call Center operator will answer all calls and have messages forwarded to departments by e-mail every hour. Special arrangements also may be made to handle urgent or emergency calls so that these messages will get to the designated department contact as soon as possible.
A telecommunications service requisition, at a fee of $35, is required to process a message service request. All requests can be budgeted on one standing requisition for the fiscal year.
Certain individual charges will be applied for each message service type: hourly, daily, lunch/month and holiday.
Call the Penn State Call Center at (814) 865-3410 to request message service or for more information; or visit the Call Center Web site at http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/callcenter.html under "Message Service."
After 20 years, the Penn State Dance Marathon is moving out of White Building on the University Park campus. The 1999 marathon will be held Feb. 19-21, 1999, in Recreation Building to accommodate larger numbers of dancers, volunteers and spectators.
The marathon, which began in 1973, is recognized as the largest student-run philanthropy in the nation. Last year, it raised more than $2 million for the Four Diamonds Fund, which benefits children being treated for cancer at The Hershey Medical Center.