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In
the News
January 18, 2001
Governor
delivers
$30 million for center at Erie
Gov. Tom Ridge has delivered $30 million -- the largest-ever
state capital investment in Erie County history -- to build the Research
and Economic Development Center (REDC) at Penn State Erie, allowing the
college to combine the physical and intellectual resources of its two
professional schools to create a powerful and catalytic regional asset
for economic development.
University
moving
forward with plans
for sprinkler system
Penn State continues its aggressive plan to install sprinklers
in the nearly 18,000 living units on its campuses statewide.
Spanier
assumes post
as chair-elect of NASULGC
President Graham B. Spanier was named chair-elect of the
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
at the association's recent annual meeting.
Sloan
Foundation grants
support master's programs
A grant
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has allowed the Eberly College of
Science to create three distinct programs that offer graduate students
the opportunity to earn stand-alone master's degrees in certain emerging
fields.
Reorganization
of CAC
looks to the future
The
Center for Academic Computing (CAC), a unit that provides computer-related
services such as access accounts, student labs and research tools for
the University community, has recently been reorganized into two new centers
that have been designed to better accommodate the University's expanding
use of technology.
University
updates
directory services
For
years, faculty, staff and students have used the University's "Ph" online
directory to look up information about others in the University community.
Community
of Science is a
valuable resource for faculty
Is
your profile included in the Community of Science database?
Cooperative
Extension,
Schreyer Honors College
create intership program
A new
partnership between Penn State Cooperative Extension and The Schreyer
Honors College will create internships enabling Schreyer Scholars to apply
their learning outside the classroom within communities throughout Pennsylvania.
Kwame
Nkrumah University,
Penn State collaborate
on Web-based art course
An
innovative Web-based course on African and black art, culture and history
is now in development by Penn State and the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and eventually will be available
to students worldwide.
Interdisciplinary
group to work
on Marine Manpower Project
Researchers
from the Applied Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, School of
Information Sciences and Technology and The Smeal College of Business
Administration have teamed to help the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) meet its
future manpower and human resource development needs.
Search
under way for three
deans at Penn College
Pennsylvania
College of Technology has launched a search to fill three academic-dean's
positions by July 1.
Major
grants will connect
engineering, business education
The
GE Fund, based in Fairfield, Conn., has awarded the University two grants
totaling nearly $475,000 to foster entrepreneurship by integrating engineering
and business learning environments for undergraduates.
Nominations
sought for
Achieving Women Awards
To
honor the many accomplishments of women across the University, the Commission
for Women, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, wants to recognize women
who have achieved and excelled at Penn State and in their communities.
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