News in Brief
Penn State Intercom......August 30, 2001

President to speak

President Graham B. Spanier's annual State of the University Address will be at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. The address will be preceded by an ice cream social at 2:30 p.m. in front of Eisenhower Auditorium. The University community, as well as the general public, are encouraged to attend.

Library hours for football season

During football season, the Eberly Family Special Collections Library exhibit area, 104 Paterno Library on the University Park campus, which features LaVie yearbooks, will be open on the following Saturdays:

* Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Miami game);

* Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Parent's Weekend).

For the remaining home football games -- Sept. 22, Oct. 6 and 27, and Nov. 3 and 17 -- the Special Collections exhibit area will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. if kickoff time is after 1 p.m. If kickoff is before 1 p.m., the Special Collections Library will not be open.

Volunteer Fair

A Volunteer Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Alumni Hall/Ballroom of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

The event is sponsored by the University's AT&T center for Service Leadership. Representatives of approximately 100 agencies will attend. For information or to reserve a table, call (814) 863-4624.

Open houses at Trading Room

Visitors can experience the world of global trading prior to the Miami football game by taking part in a hands-on demonstration of The Smeal College of Business Administration Trading Room.

The event is scheduled for 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Sept. 1 in 201 Business Administration Building on the University Park campus. The college is holding an open house at the Trading Room before each home football game. The events will run 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sept. 22 (Wisconsin), Oct. 6 (Michigan), Oct. 27 (Ohio State), Nov. 3 (Southern Mississippi) and Nov. 17 (Indiana).

It's also possible to take a virtual tour of the facility by going online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/traderoom/qtvr_tour.

Hintz Center sets hours

The Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus will be open during football season weekends to accommodate the increased number of alumni, visitors and parents who will be on campus.

Staff will be available to answer questions during these hours:

Home game Fridays -- 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Home game Saturdays -- 8 a.m. to one hour before kick-off. It will open immediately after the game for three hours during which refreshments will be served and a band will play on the lawn. The exception to the after-game hours will be the Miami game. The center will not be open after that game, which kicks off at
8 p.m. Sept. 1.

Home game Sundays -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Away game Fridays -- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Away game Saturdays -- noon to 4 p.m.

Away game Sundays -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To find out about future hours of operation, visit the Web site at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/about_us/center/.

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