News in Brief
Alisa Strauss,
a doctoral candidate in anthropology,
demonstrates to a group of elementary school
students from State College how Inuit hunted whales.
The students were on a field trip to the
Matson Museum on the University Park campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The Center for Adult Learner Services at University Park is sponsoring "Adult Learners -- Preparing to Re-enter the Job Market," a program that will focus on interviewing skills; highlighting experience on a resume; transfer skills; and more. The program is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in 424 Boucke Building.
For more information, call the center at (814) 863-3887 or stop by 323 Boucke.
The Penn State Call Center Services Office will operate on limited hours beginning Saturday, March 4, and ending Saturday, March 11 (Spring Break). During this time, office hours will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend. The Call Handling and Message Phone Service (CHAMPS!) is available for departments needing office telephone message support during Spring Break and at any other times. call (814) 863-3410 for more information, or visit the Call Center Web site at http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/callcenter.asp under "Message Service."
The Schreyer Honors College will move into new administrative offices in Atherton Hall at University Park during the week of Spring Break, March 6-10. The telephone and fax numbers, as well as the e-mail and Web site addresses, for the college will remain the same. Voice mail will be activated to answer all incoming lines during the afternoon of March 8 as the phone system is transferred. The new office mailing address will be 10 Schreyer Honors College, University Park, Pa. 16802-3905.
The move is being made as part of renovation plans for Atherton Hall. Ruprecht Schroeder Hoffman Architects of Pittsburgh will soon complete the renovations and a two-story addition to the existing 1937 building. The ground floor includes a reception area, a study/gallery and a lobby with seating. A portion of the existing building will accommodate offices of the Honors College staff, while the dean's office and additional staff offices will be on the second level of the addition.
For more information on the Schreyer Honors College, visit http://www.shc.psu.edu/.
The Penn State Records Center operated by Document Services at University Park is offering free pickup of inactive records for storage and documents for shredding through March 20. This free service is being done as part of Spring Clean, the University-wide effort to clean up obsolete equipment from prime space on campus. For more information, call Martha Witherite at (814) 865-3276.
Penn State Age Group Diving will hold the second winter session from March 28 through May 4 at the McCoy Natatorium on the University Park campus. The program is held on Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. All ages and diving abilities welcome. For registration information, call Jon Larson at (814) 863-3945.
Join the Commission for Women on March 20 at The Nittany Lion Inn at University Park for its 14th Annual Spring Banquet, featuring guest speaker Shirley Malcom, head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
A reception will begin at 5 p.m., with dinner to follow at 6 p.m. The banquet honors outstanding women of Penn State. Tickets are $16 per students; $25 for nonstudents; and $375 for reserved tables of 10. For reservations, call (814) 863-7696 by March 3.
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is seeking proposals for its 2000-01 grant program that helps fund the development of viable policy and program recommendations for Pennsylvania's rural areas. The one-year research grants with a maximum funding of $50,000 are available to Penn State faculty and faculty within the State System of Higher Education. The center is a legislative agency of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
For more information on the proposals or examples of previously funded projects, visit the Web at http://www.ruralpa.org/, or call Mary Kandray, program manager of grants, at (717) 787-9555. A letter of intent is due in the center office by March 31. Applicants whose letter of intent is selected by the center's board of directors will be invited to submit detailed proposals by Aug. 7. Selected projects will begin Jan. 1, 2001.
The deadline for submitting an application for the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program is May 1. Distinguished chair awards are among the most prestigious in the Fulbright program and often carry enhanced benefits. Chairs are available in a variety of fields and disciplines in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
More information and application material on the program can be found at http://www.international.psu.edu/fulbright/home.html on the Web. Those interested may also contact John M. Keller, faculty Fulbright advising and outreach officer, in 222 Boucke Building, University Park; telephone (814) 863-6035; e-mail jmk13@psu.edu.
Penn State Fayette will host its 19th Annual Women's Day on May 18. The Women's Day program is a community service that servesas a forum for issues and concerns of and for women. The daylong event draws approximately 250 women from the community and includes two major sessions with five individual workshops on various topics in each session.
This year's featured speaker is Linda Henley-Smith, who will draw upon her experiences as an educator, counselor, author and trainer, as well as a lifetime in the entertainment business to provide an amusing and educational outlook on working, living and surviving.
Anyone interested should e-mail Harriet Galida at hlg1@psu.edu or call (724) 430-4140.
The Upward Bound Math and Science Center (UBMS) at University Park is seeking innovative professionals interested in teaching or in guest speaking opportunities during the six-week summer session. Teaching opportunities will be available in mathematics, science, writing and Spanish. Guest speakers are sought to share personal insight and experience about math- and science-related careers.
The program also is seeking individuals who will be conducting research during June and July and who would be willing to supervise a responsible high school student as a research intern at their site for a few hours each week.
For 2000, the summer program runs from June 18 through July 29. Anyone interested or needing more information should call Ron Williams, project director, at (814) 863-4291 or e-mail rcw1@psu.edu.
Adult students now have a special study room on the second floor of the Paterno Library on the University Park campus, in the Mellon Study Room, E206, part of the Social Sciences Library. This pilot program, made possible by an incentive grant from Commission for Returning Adult Students, gives adult students a quiet place to study during staffed hours and offers special reference assistance.
For hours of operation or more information, e-mail Russ Souchak at ras10@psu.edu or Debora Cheney at Dcheney@psu.edu, or call the Social Sciences Service Desk at (814) 865-4861.
Penn State's fifth annual Take Our Daughters to Work Day, coordinated by the Commission for Women, will be held on Thursday, April 27. This year about 45 career sites on the University Park campus are participating to offer girls in grades six through 12 an opportunity to explore their own possibilities and career options. Participants will select three sites to visit during the half-day program.
The day will begin with breakfast/registration in the South Annex of The Bryce Jordan Center, with welcoming remarks by Jennifer Barberio, Commission for Women member and chair of the Student Issues & Development Committee. The girls and their mentors will then visit their chosen career sites and return to the Jordan Center for a luncheon featuring Sue Paterno as guest speaker. Paterno will talk about "the right of women to choose their career paths."
The cost for the day is $15 per girl; there is no charge for the mentor. Watch for brochures, complete with registration forms, in campus mail next month. For those who cannot participate in this event, the Commission for Women still encourages mentors to bring their daughters or protégés to work with them for the day.