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in Brief Coaches vs. CancerCoaches vs. Cancer will hold a 5K Run/Walk starting at 10 a.m. April 7 at the Intramural Building on the University Park campus. All proceeds from the event benefit the American Cancer Society. Participants
may register at the Student Book Store, at the Coaches vs. Cancer office
in 223 HUB-Robeson Center, or on the Web at http://www.clubs.psu.edu/ For more information, e-mail coaches_vs_cancer@hotmail.com or check the above Web site. Lobbying disclosure deadlineThe University's Quarterly Expense Report under the Pennsylvania Lobbying Disclosure Act will soon be due. All employee lobbying activities and associated expenses must be reported to the Office of Governmental Affairs no later than April 10. In the report, the University must disclose all lobbying activities and expenses for the months of January, February and March. The lobbying reporting forms and instructions can be retrieved from the Web at http://www.govt.psu.edu/govaffairs/PLDA.html. The forms also can be requested directly from the Office of Governmental Affairs. Completed forms should be sent to the attention of Richard DiEugenio in the Office of Governmental Affairs, 117 Old Main. For specific inquiries, e-mail Mary Ann Chavey at mqc9@psu.edu and include the word "lobby" in the subject line. To view the University's policy concerning employee contacts with state and federal officials (AD 50), check the Web at http://guru.psu.edu/policies/AD50.html. Proposals soughtThe Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Continuing and Distance Education and Outreach and Cooperative Extension seek proposals from faculty wishing to develop or enhance courses in which students will contribute directly to community problem solving through their scholarship and course assignments. Five awards of $3,000 each are available for the 2001-02 academic year. In some cases, additional funding may be available in 2002 from Pennsylvania Campus Compact, up to $4,000 per course. Faculty selected will be invited by the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education to serve as 2001-2002 public scholarship associates, which includes attendance at monthly luncheons held by Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. For more information, faculty should contact Jeremy Cohen, associate vice provost, undergraduate education, 420 Old Main. Applications are due April 16. Temporary service interruptionThe University Libraries will be unable to request books from other Pennsylvania Academic Libraries Connection Initiative (PALCI) members now through April 23, while the Libraries prepare for a changeover to a new operating system. Two alternative resources for obtaining materials still are available. During the transition, patrons can receive materials through the Virtual Electronic Library (VEL) and Interlibrary Loan (ILL). For additional information call (814) 863-1362. Scholarship opportunitiesThe University Libraries request that faculty announce scholarship opportunities for undergraduate students interested in careers in library and information science. Obtaining a library and information science degree can lead to highly specialized work, and because all fields of study can be augmented by this degree, the scholarship opportunities are applicable to all students. Research, teaching, computing and information delivery on the Web all are possible professional pursuits. Submission deadline is April 27. For information, visit http://www.libraries.psu.edu/scholarship, stop by a University library or call (814) 865-0401 for a scholarship flier. For the Record* The Penn State Adviser publication is an in-depth publication about advising, which is available at no cost to all Penn State advisers. Incorrect information about the publication was listed in a story on page 5 of the March 22 Intercom. * The Eberly College of Science was misidentified in a photo caption on page 5 of the March 22 Intercom. |