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Penn State Intercom......July
12, 2001
Tramble T. Turner, associate professor of English at Penn State Abington, is the new chair of the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity.
Improvements in progress
Workers from Glenn O. Hawbaker Construction
in State College are making pedestrian and safety upgrades on the corner
of Pollock and Shortlidge roads on the University Park campus, above.
The improvements include demolition of the long-closed underpass at the
corner, and the installation of a prototype intake vent, a piece of which
workers are guiding into place in preparation for installation, below.
The vent consists of two grates that will bring cool air into the steam
tunnels, making the environment more comfortable for employees who must
sometimes do work in the tunnels. The project also will widen the intersection,
making it easier for buses to navigate turns. Work is expected to be completed
before the start of classes this fall.
Photos: Greg Grieco (top) and Annemarie
Mountz (bottom)
Popular destination
Students from the
Pennsylvania Governor's School
made a stop at the Penn State Trial Gardens on the University Park campus
recently. The high school seniors are on the campus for five weeks of
learning and mentoring sessions.
Photo: Greg Grieco
New study space
Marisa Formica, a freshmen in
pre-medicine from Scranton, studies in the new Hetzel Library/study
area in the west end of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park
campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
That time of year again
Lanny Sommese, professor of art,
holds his latest poster for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the
Arts, now in progress on the University Park campus and in downtown
State College. Sommese designs the official poster each year for the
festival, which runs through Sunday, July 15.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Summertime is camp time
Most of the University's
campuses offer summer camp programs, and University Park is no exception.
We've captured a sampling of the many camps the University has to offer
— both academic and athletic — to youth from Pennsylvania
and throughout the nation. To view the photos click
here.
George Dzundza and Bellamy Young
rehearse their parts in "The Actors Nightmare." Together with "The Real
Inspector Hound," this Pennsylvania Centre Stage production will be
shown July 13-21 (previews July 11 and 12) at The Playhouse Theatre
on the University Park campus. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Puttering around
Undergraduate student
Jaimie Feeney practices her
putting during Golf 1. Feeney is taking the course, taught by Jay Willow,
instructor in kinesiology, this summer on the University Park campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Richard Alley, Evan
Pugh professor of geosciences, stores ice samples in his lab. Alley
says that rapid climate change is probably caused by ocean circulation.
Photo: Greg Grieco
New road coming soon
Work is in full swing on construction of the new entrance to the core of the University Park campus. The road will connect Atherton Street and Curtin Road, replacing Pollock Road as the main vehicular entrance to the University from Atherton Street. The existing parklike woodland between Rec Hall, The Nittany Lion Inn and Nittany Lion Shrine will remain intact, while the parking lot that had been in front of the shrine will be replaced by a significantly enlarged civic space.
Photo: Annemarie Mountz