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in Brief Intercom scheduleDue to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Intercom published on Nov. 22. The last issue of this calendar year will be on Nov. 29. The deadline for that issue is noon Monday, Nov. 19, which is earlier than normal due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The schedule for the remainder of the academic year follows:
Spanier radio/TV call-inFactors contributing to juvenile delinquency will be the topic of the next edition of "To the Best of My Knowledge," President Graham B. Spanier's monthly call-in show airing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, on WPSU-FM (91.5, 106.7, 95.1, 90.1, 100.9 and 104.7) and simultaneously on WPSX-TV. Joining Spanier to discuss the causes of juvenile delinquency and means of preventing it will be Wayne Osgood, professor of crime, law and justice, and Karen Bierman, director of the Children, Youth and Families Consortium. Listeners and viewers with questions or comments are encouraged to join the discussion by calling (800) 543-8242 during the one-hour simulcast. Internet users worldwide will be able to link to sound and pictures from the program at http://wpsu.psu.edu/ttbomk/; and they will be able to contact the president during the program via e-mail to response@psu.edu. "To the Best of My Knowledge" is a series designed to explore topics of national and local interest and to allow listeners and viewers a chance to communicate directly with the University's president. Call Center hoursThe Call Center Services Office will operate on limited hours during the Thanksgiving Holiday. The schedule is: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21; closed, Thursday, Nov. 22; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23; and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Normal hours, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, will resume Sunday, Nov. 25. The office will be available for departmental office support by providing a message service over the break. The Call Center operator will answer all calls and have messages forwarded to departments by electronic mail every hour. The fee is $25 daily. For information, call (814) 863-3410 or visit http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/callcenter.asp. Holiday parkingThere will be no Link or Loop bus service on Friday, Nov. 23, and during the week of Dec. 17-20 on the University Park campus.
Red commuter permits and blue student permits will be honored in the orange open staff lots. Permits must be properly displayed and vehicles must be parked in a legal parking space. Parking lot access restrictedA parking lot access trial program is under way from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Dec. 7 in the Brown A parking lot on the University Park campus. The lot will continue to be reserved for permit holders until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. The section of Brown A located behind Deike Building will continue to be reserved 24 hours a day for faculty/staff permit holders only. Vehicles not displaying an authorized permit will not be allowed access from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. This includes personnel to be dropped off or picked up. Entrance to the lot will be off of Burrowes Road only. There will be two exits: one exit to Pollock Road between Willard Building and Steidle Building and the second on to Burrowes Road adjacent the entrance. Service and departmental vehicle access is authorized. Delivery vehicles will continue to enter the service drive on south Burrowes Road. The vehicle drivers will then be directed to exit via the same service drive, which will be separated from the lot with construction fencing. To report parking lot issues or for details, call Frank Pope at (814) 865-2268 or e-mail fmp1@psu.edu and Doug Holmes, facilities coordinator, at (814) 865-2513 or e-mail wdh1@psu.edu. New id+ servicesPNC Bank, N.A., a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, has entered into an agreement with the University to participate in the Penn State id+ Card program. Beginning in the spring, students, faculty and staff who are customers of PNC Bank will have the option of linking their id+ cards (University ID) to a PNC Bank checking account and thus using their ID as a MAC/ATM card. Other members of the Penn State id+ financial network include the Penn State Federal Credit Union and M and T Bank. Cardholders may link their id+ card to a checking or savings account with any of the three participating financial institutions for one-card access at ATMs and merchants accepting debit cards for purchases. In addition, Penn State id+ cardholders who also participate in the Diners Club or A La Board meal plans now can add value to their accounts directly at the id+ Web site (http://www.idcard.psu.edu/). Deposits are available in real-time, so funds are available for spending as soon as the transaction is complete. To learn more about these meal plans, visit the Housing and Food Services Web site at http://www.hfs.psu.edu/ or ask at any location for information. Funding proposals soughtThe Equal Opportunity Planning Committee will be receiving funding proposals for programs that occur in summer 2002 and academic year 2002-2003. Proposals for summer 2002 are due Dec. 14 and proposals for academic year 2002-2003 are due Jan. 25. Funding proposals are accepted for University programs that support one the seven challenges identified in A Framework to Foster Diversity at Penn State 1998-2003 (http://www.equity.psu.edu/Framework/). For information on proposals, visit http://www.equity.psu.edu/eopc/ or e-mail Mike Blanco at mhb4@psu.edu. Web-based business tutorialsA University Libraries' collaboration between the Schreyer Business Library and Instructional Programs resulted in the creation of two new Web-based business tutorials -- "Locating Company Information" and "Locating Industry Information." The tutorials are available through the Business Library home page, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/business/, or through the Instructional Programs Web site, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/instruction/ip/tutorials.htm. For information, call Diane Zabel at (814) 865-1013 or e-mail dxz2@psu.edu. |