News
in Brief
Penn State Intercom......March
22, 2001
Nominations sought
The Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity seeks nominations and applications for positions effective July 1.
Membership includes administrators, faculty, staff, technical-service employees and undergraduate and graduate students. Full members are appointed by the president to serve four-year terms, or in the case of students, until graduation. Associate members serve one-year renewable terms.
The commission was established in 1989 to serve as a University-wide advisory body to the president on matters relating to racial and ethnic diversity. It seeks a broad base of nominations from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Self-nominations are welcome.
Information and a nomination form may be obtained by calling the commission office at (814) 863-7889 or by visiting the commission's Web page at http://www.psu.edu/dept/cored/membership/nominate.html. Forms must be returned to the commission office in 311 Grange Building no later than March 30.
Eberly open house
Administrators, faculty and staff from the Eberly College of Science will holds its annual open house for prospective students and their parents on Saturday, March 31, on the University Park campus.
Activities are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with small-group information sessions and tours featured in the following departments: astronomy and astrophysics, biochemistry and molecular biology, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics and statistics.
For information, call (814) 863-8467.
Fair planned
"Roar for Wellness," an interactive wellness fair, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 4 in the HUB Ballroom/Alumni Lounge on the University Park campus.
The event, sponsored by the Kinesiology Club, is the final project for Programming for Businesses and Agencies kinesiology class.
The wellness fair will provide information, screenings, and demonstrations. Some of the interactive booths include chair massage, fitness testing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation demonstrations, magnetic therapies, stress reduction, minority health issues, alcohol-free activities and yoga.
Children's Day
Children's Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 7 at the Matson Museum of Anthropology on the University Park campus.
Events will take place on the second floor of Carpenter Building.
Children between the ages of 4 and 12 will enjoy a day of digging for artifacts, reconstructing pottery, building skeletons, painting in an ancient cave, making ethnic crafts, learning stories from diverse cultures and more.
Cost is $3 per child with advance registration or $4 at the door. Children must be accompanied by an adult and be prepared to get dirty.
For information, call (814) 865-3853. To make a reservation, call (814) 865-2509.
Summer at Shaver's Creek
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center announces its schedule of festival appearances, camps and special events for the spring and summer season.
Visitor's Center: Beginning in April, "summer hours" will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and 1 to 8 p.m. Sundays. From Oct. to March 31, the hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Egg-hunting program: Shaver's Creek will hold the Whose Egg Is It? program from 10-11 a.m. or 1-2 p.m. Saturday, April 14. Children age 3 to 10 will search for hand-painted eggs camouflaged to resemble birds' eggs and then learn all about them. Preregistration is required. The event costs $3.50 per child; adult companions are free.
Festival appearances: The Outdoor Heritage Festival will be held May 3 and 4 in Huntingdon. Shaver's Creek representatives also will attend Children's Day on July 11 at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College.
For information, call (814) 863-2000 or (814) 667-3424, e-mail ShaversCreek@outreach.psu.edu or visit the Web site at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/ShaversCreek/.
WISE Week scheduled
The Women in the Sciences and Engineering (WISE) Week Summer Program, a one-week residential science and engineering career exploration program for 11th-graders, will take place June 17-23 on the University Park campus.
The program, now in its seventh year, is designed for young women with an aptitude in science and math who would like to learn about careers in science, health and engineering. There will be 10 hands-on workshops and a weeklong science or engineering design project. Up to 48 students can be selected to attend.
The application deadline is Monday, April 2.
For information or to receive a brochure and application for WISE Week, call (814) 865-3342 or e-mail cxg1@psu.edu. An application form also can be found on the Web at http://www.psu.edu/dept/wise/.
MMY yearbook available
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) is now available in the FastTrack database on LIAS at http://www.lias.psu.edu/.
MMY contains reviews of more than 2,000 standardized English-language tests -- such as personality, aptitude and achievement tests. The online resource is a collection of the text from the 10th through the 14th printed editions. MMY, which is only available to people with Penn State access IDs, is updated every six months.
Advisers handbook available
The second edition of The Penn State Adviser, a handbook for advisers and advisees, was recently published by the Division of Undergraduate Studies.
The new publication was written by Joyce B. Buck, undergraduate studies programs coordinator, College of Arts and Architecture; John W. Moore, associate professor of English and comparative literature; Marion Schwartz, undergraduate studies programs coordinator, colleges of Communications and Education; and Stan Supon, senior undergraduate studies programs coordinator and administrative director, undergraduate programs, School of Information Sciences and Technology.
Copies are available to Penn State advisers at no charge. Send requests to Joyce Buck, 116 Arts Building University Park, Pa. 16802.
Office relocates
The College of Arts and Architecture Advancement Office, which includes alumni relations, communications and development, has relocated to the Credit Union Building on the University Park campus.
Mail for staff in this office should be addressed to "Credit Union Building."
Phone numbers remain the same: alumni relations, (814) 863-0621; communications (814) 863-2104; and development, (814) 863-2142. The fax number for the office is now (814) 863-5526.