Penn State's regular season finale at Michigan State University on Saturday, Nov. 20, will be regionally televised by ABC Sports. The contest will kick off at 3:30 p.m. EST at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. The telecast is the 12th announced TV appearance of the season for the Nittany Lions, who have appeared on television 65 times in their last 66 games.
This year, Dec. 25 will fall on a Saturday, as will Jan. 1, 2000 (New Year's Day). Because of this situation, official University holidays will be Thursday, Dec. 23; Friday, Dec. 24; and Saturday, Dec. 25; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 27, 28 and 29; and Saturday, Jan. 1, 2000.
Thursday, Dec. 30, and Friday, Dec. 31, are not University holidays and offices ordinarily would be open these days. However, in order to provide a generally more desirable and efficient application of time off, University offices and facilities -- except for essential services -- will be closed for these two days.
For more information on the holiday schedule, particularly for those University employees who earn compensatory days, visit the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_1999/Sept23/holiday.html.
Three grant-writing workshops for organizations or individuals interested in applying for a performance grant will be held in December around the state.
Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT), the group conducting the workshops, provides grants to presenters to support fees of Pennsylvania-based artists. The program is designed to benefit performing artists, presenting organizations and communities by linking artists with performing arts presenters across the state. PennPAT awards grants on a competitive basis.
For information on locations and workshop times, call (215) 496-9424 or e-mail pennpat@erols.com. For more information on PennPAT guidelines, an application or to register for the workshop, visit the Web at http://www.libertynet.org/pennpat/.
The Alumni Association staff, previously located in University House and The Nittany Lion Inn, has relocated to 365 N. Science Park Road, until the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus is completed in spring 2001.
The building is the former Primestar location which is located in front of the new Accu Weather building. The official address and phone numbers for the Penn State Alumni Association will remain the same.
The grounds of University House have been cordoned off and construction of the Hintz center is under way. Many of the valuable trees and shrubs have been removed and replanted throughout campus. Funds for the $9.5 million project were raised from private support.
Faculty and teaching assistants are encouraged to submit a proposal for presentation at the Eighth Annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium. The symposium, to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 2000, in the Joab L. Thomas Building at University Park, will allow faculty to share ideas and techniques for improving teaching and learning through the use of information technology. In addition to the traditional formats, proposals will be accepted for student-teacher panels. Ideas for roundtable topics are also welcome.
Presentations are usually 30 minutes long and include demonstrations of the instructional strategies and technologies. Proposals are due on Friday, Jan. 21, 2000. Proposals that focus on how new technology has been used in the curriculum and how its impact has been assessed are encouraged. To submit a proposal via the Web, visit http://cac.psu.edu/training/TLT/rfp.html.
For more information or to request a printed proposal form, send name, address and a brief message to tlt_proposal@psu.edu or call Karen Peters at (814) 863-7763.
This symposium is sponsored by the Center for Academic Computing (CAC), the Teaching and Learning Consortium, the Royer Center, the Schreyer Institute for Innovation and Learning and Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Cooperative Extension.