In the News
November 29, 2001

John Cahir announces
retirement
John J. Cahir, vice provost and dean for undergraduate education and professor of meteorology, has announced his intention to retire from the University effective Sept. 1.

Commencement set for
Dec. 15 at University Park
The University Park campus will hold its fall 2001 commencement ceremonies for approximately 3,300 associate, baccalaureate and graduate degree students on Saturday, Dec. 15.

Check WPSU Radio for official
emergency weather information
If severe weather creates an emergency, University Park students and employees can dial to WPSU-FM, the University's public radio station, for the official update on activities on the campus.

King poster design
highlights interconnectedness
A design featuring multi-colored strands of yarn leading into and out of a piece of fabric shaped like the United States will serve as a "teaching point" on posters and buttons for the 2002 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at the University.

Reminder: SERS
election deadline near
The Office of Human Resources would like to remind participants in the State Employees' Retirement System (SERS) that it is important to act on recent changes to the retirement code.

American icon, geneticist to
receive honorary degrees Dec. 15
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and scientist Leroy Hood will be awarded honorary degrees during fall commencement ceremonies at University Park Saturday, Dec. 15.

ROTC commissioning
planned for Dec. 15
The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in the Music Recital Hall in Music Building on the University Park campus.

Altoona students to teach local and
regional youth about environmental issues
Political science students from Penn State Altoona have created an all-day event to teach local and regional youth aged 11-14 about land use and environmental issues facing Pennsylvania communities.

Golf course with environmental
focus planned near Penn Stater
The Board of Trustees on Nov. 16 heard of a proposalfor the development of a championship, daily fee golf course that would be built on University property adjacent to The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

Penn State's Portal gives
its users control of the Web
These days, virtually every antique store, karate studio or psychic adviser has a Web site. But Penn State is now offering students -- and soon, faculty and staff -- a new tool to filter some of the clutter of today's World Wide Web and focus on bringing all the Penn State information they want and need to their desktop.

Faculty Senate agenda
set for Dec. 4 meeting
The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in 112 Kern Graduate Building, University Park.

Center for Adult Learner Services
now accepting award nominations
The Center for Adult Learner Services on the University Park Campus is now accepting nominations for its 2002 Outstanding Adult Student Award.

University's WebMail
up and running
With so many academic and professional activities keeping Penn Staters on the road, a new Web client has come to the rescue for those who want a more convenient way to manage their psu.edu e-mail when away from their usual work or home computer.

Penn College gets state
OK for forest-stewardship plan
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently approved Pennsylvania College of Technology's forest-stewardship plan for a property straddling Bald Eagle Ridge in southwest Lycoming County.

Automated system to
manage University's bandwidth
While universities around the country debate how to best resolve concerns related to the excessive use of Internet bandwidth, Penn State is taking steps to provide its students, staff and faculty with an effective solution to the problem.

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