A section of Curtin Road between the Rec Hall parking lot and the Allen Road intersection (near the corner where Eisenhower Chapel sits) on the University Park campus will be closed from now until July 6 for a water main replacement and road resurfacing project.
The construction will close both lanes of the roadway. Curtin Road will reopen for the National Governors' Association Conference (July 8-11)
and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (July 12-16). The Rec Hall parking lot will remain open during the entire construction period.
Sidewalks in the construction zone on the south side of Curtin Road, west from the intersection of Allen Road to McKee Hall, will be closed. The sidewalk on the north side (Kern Graduate Building) will be open, but steps from Fisher Plaza to Curtin Road will be closed.
Construction in the area will resume on July 17. Curtin Road will then be closed from the Allen Road intersection to the eastern end of Pattee Library.
The project is expected to be completed by mid-August. Anyone with questions should e-mail Paul Ruskin at pdr2@psu.edu.
The Memorial Day holiday will be observed officially by the University on Monday, May 29. Independence Day (July 4) will be observed on Tuesday, July 4. Classes will not be in session on either of those days.
The Penn State Call Center Services Office will be operating on limited hours Monday, May 29, for the Memorial Day holiday. Office hours will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The center will resume normal hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30. The center's Call Handling and Message Phone Service -- CHAMPS -- will be available for departments needing phone coverage. Call the Audio Reservation Center at (814) 863-3410 for more information, or check the Web at http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/callcenter.asp under "Message Service."
The Center for Arts & Crafts announces summer adult classes in calligraphy, yoga, drawing, poetry writing, ceramics, slide photography, stained glass, Spanish dance, billards, "Roots of Reggae," playwriting, "Art of the Brady Bunch" and creating herbal products.
To register call Continuing Education at (814) 863-0229.
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center near the University Park campus has several activities planned for June. All activities will take place at Shaver's Creek unless otherwise noted. The schedule follows:
n New Games, physically-active games for people all ages and abilities, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, June 4; $5 for nonmembers, $4 for members.
n Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 17 and 18; $85 per person.
n Family Potluck and Contra Dance, 5 to 6 p.m. dinner, 6 to 8:30 p.m. dance, Friends School, 1900 University Drive Extension; $6 for nonmmembers, $5 for members, children free.
n Project Food, Land and People: Food and Fiber Across the Curriculum, teaches students (grades four to eight) about resource use, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23; $85 per person.
n Family Rock Climbing, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday in June, date to be determined, ages 10 and up, maximum of 10 people; carpool from Shaver's Creek to Donation.
n Owl Prowl, 8 to 10 p.m., Friday, June 16; $5 for nonmembers, $4 for members.
n Project Learning Tree, for those who work with young people, emphasizes awareness, appreciation and understanding of trees and forests, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday in June, date to be announced, $85 per person.
n Summer Discovery Camp, weeks of June 19 and 26; July 17, 24 and 31; and Aug. 7.
n Raptor Camp, week of June 26.
For more information on these events, call (814) 863-2000 or visit the Shaver's Creek Web site at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/ShaversCreek/.
Penn State laptop users can now plug in and log on to the Internet from 800 laptop ports throughout Pattee Library and Paterno Library and the branch libraries at University Park.
Through these ports, users can access all of the University Libraries' electronic resources, check e-mail and use any other software already loaded on their laptops. Users must have an Access Account, which they can open through the Center for Academic Computing, and a network card and 10-base T cable, which come standard with most laptops but can be purchased separately.
The Education and Behavioral Sciences Library does not have ports in its current Rackley Building location, but will have ports when it moves to Paterno Library this summer. For port locations and instructions on how to log on, ask at a service desk or go to http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/ports.html.
The Equal Opportunity Planning Committee (EOPC) has announced its funded programs for summer 2000 and academic year 2000-2001.
EOPC-sponsored programs enhance the University's diversity efforts by supporting a variety of initiatives that promote greater equity for historically underrepresented groups within the University. For the upcoming summer and academic year, EOPC will fund more than 30 programs throughout the Penn State system.
Last fall, EOPC aligned its funding categories with the seven challenges outlined in the Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State 1998-2003, which can be found on the Web at http://www.lions.psu.edu/diversity/framework/. This change provides better support for the University's overall diversity efforts and allows program development in areas that were not previously funded by EOPC.
For more information on the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee and a list of EOPC-funded programs, visit the EOPC home page at http://www.lions.psu.edu/eopc/ or contact Thomas Poole, associate vice provost for educational equity and EOPC chair, at (814) 865-5906 or tgp1@psu.edu.
n In a photograph of Take Our Daughters to Work Day activities on page 14 of the May 4 issue of Intercom, the individual descending the steps at the Locomotion Center in the photo on the right was misidentified. The girl in the photo is Beth Ulbrecht of Boalsburg.
n Due to a source error, an incorrect phone number was listed in the News in Brief item on the Special Olympics on page 9 of the May 4 Intercom. Roughly 2,500 volunteers are needed for a variety of areas at this year's Special Olympics Pennsylvania 2000 Summer Games, which will take place June 8 to 11 on the University Park campus. To volunteer, e-mail Julie Grubb at JMGrubb01@aol.com or pick up a registration form in 111B Kern.
n Commencement speaker Wilson Moses, professor of history, is author of Afrotopia: Roots of African American Popular History. Due to a source error, the title of his book was incorrect in an article on page 1 of the May 4 Intercom.
n Due to a source error, the days the Health Matters course on Body Alignment Techniques will be offered were listed incorrectly on page 5 of the May 4 Intercom. The course begins today and is offered on Mondays and Thursdays. For more information, check the Web at http://www.ohr.psu.edu/webClassic/catalog/healthmatters.cfm click on "General Wellness."