In the News
April 30, 2001

University announces plan
for diversity initiatives
The University administration has announced a plan for expanding its diversity programs. The plan comes on the heels of a student demonstration that grew out of hate mail that threatened the life of a black student leader on the University Park campus. The University continues to look for any information that could lead to an arrest in the case.

Lilley leaving
Penn State Erie
John M. Lilley, provost and dean at Penn State Erie since 1980, will be leaving the campus to become president of the University of Nevada, Reno. Lilley will assume his new post July 1.

Project report offers options
to improve institutional culture
Whether founded in individual situations or not, some faculty members worry about the possibility of administrative discrimination should they use family leave and tenure stay for caregiving needs. However, new policies, and more consistent application of existing ones, could reduce such worries, according to the final report of the Faculty and Families Project.

Four faculty members
named Guggenheim Fellows
Four University faculty are among those selected as Guggenheim Fellows for 2001. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation selects Fellows on the basis of their unusually distinguished achievements and their exceptional promise for future accomplishments. From a pool of 2,700 applicants, 183 scientists and scholars were selected for the current year.

Historic Nittany Lion Inn
marks 70th anniversary
When The Nittany Lion Inn opened on May 5, 1931, the nation was in the middle of the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover was in the White House and accounts of the day called U.S. Route 322, the road outside the inn, the Lakes to the Sea Highway. Now, 70 years later, the hotel that former University President Eric Walker called "Penn State's living room" is celebrating its birthday.

Schreyer Honors College Scholars
to be honored at medals ceremony
The Schreyer Honors College will hold a medals commencement ceremony for more than 320 graduates who have successfully completed the requirements to earn an honors diploma at 5 p.m. Friday, May 11, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.

Administrative Fellows
named for 2001-02
Continuing a long tradition of mentoring those interested in gaining a broader view of Penn State, the University has announced the selection of three Administrative Fellows for 2001-02.

Spanier will outline
statewide capital plan
Penn State Capital Plans will be updated at a public briefing at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, in room 206 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus.

Center in Smeal
changes its name
The former Center for Logistics Research in The Smeal College of Business Administration has begun operating under a new name: the Center for Supply Chain Research.

Faculty Academy
focus is e-learning
Pennsylvania educators from kindergarten through the university level will delve into the emerging new world of e-learning when they gather June 18-20 for the second Faculty Academy to be held on the University Park campus.

Fayette's oldest building
getting a totally new look
Penn State Fayette's first building, named in honor of the Eberly family, has a new look -- and the newest tools in education.

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