In the News
December 7, 2000

Student's poster gives strong visual
representation to powerful message
Li Lam's earliest recollection of a budding artistic talent involved splashing a paintbrush across a blank page, creating images limited only by the imagination of a grammar school dreamer.

Newspaper readership
program is going strong
Three years ago, at the suggestion of President Graham B. Spanier, Penn State began providing free newspapers -- The New York Times, USA Today and a local newspaper -- to students living in campus residence halls at University Park and eight other campuses. What was once an experiment is now the largest newspaper readership program at any university in the nation.

Center gets new home,
external relations director
For three decades, the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Penn State has been a stalwart among research organizations, helping to produce hundreds of highly skilled graduates while pursuing a fundamental mission of improving the basic elements of education: teaching, learning and achieving.

Capital College
commencement will be Dec. 14, 16
A longtime faculty member and a state senator will be the keynote speakers at Penn State Capital College's commencement ceremonies in December.

University to support two organizations
in its anti-sweatshop efforts
The Penn State Advisory Committee on Apparel Manufacturing, which was established by President Graham B. Spanier in April to determine the best ways for the University to eliminate sweatshop conditions in the manufacture of its apparel, recently completed its deliberations and delivered a final report to the president.

Nominations sought
for excellence award
A call has gone out for nominations for the 2001 President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration.

Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie
named a Pennsylvania SelectSite
Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie has been named a SelectSite by Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). This designation identifies the park as having sites that are ready for immediate development and helps market those sites to potential job-project investors.

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