Shippensburg University and Penn State Mont Alto have signed an agreement to allow students in Penn State's Technology Integration Certification for K-12 Educators and Teachers (TICKET) program to transfer those credits into Shippensburg's graduate-level supervisory certificate program.
Participants who successfully complete Shippensburg's program will also receive recommendation for state certification as supervisor in the area of technology.
According to David H. Goldenberg, campus executive officer at Mont Alto, students may be simultaneously admitted to Mont Alto's technology program and Shippensburg's supervisory program if they meet admissions requirements for both universities. This new agreement is intended primarily for individuals who have completed Mont Alto's program and who want to continue toward completion of the supervisory certification process. Under the agreement, Mont Alto students will be able to plan a complete course of study ending with their certification in supervision.
Pattee Library has developed a new electronic program called Start-Smart to help students get started writing papers and conducting research projects.
Students will be able to submit a StartSmart coupon at the Gateway Commons desk in the library and receive a custom-made packet on the topic they have specified that will include three book citations, one full-text article and one encyclopedia article or home page printed free of charge. Coupons are available in the library. StartSmart will be on display from 7:45 a.m. to midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Gateway Commons desk.
The program is ideal for students who have a course syllabus requiring a research paper -- but have no idea where to start. Library staff have undergone special reference training to help. Students will also learn how to use other library electronic resources and learn how to find other materials online.
The Gateway Commons, across from the main Circulation Desk in the newly renovated portion of Pattee Library, is a fully electronic library.
For more information, check the Web at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/gateway, or call the Gateway Commons at (814) 865-6368. For a longer version of this story go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/NEWS/news/helppkg.html.