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Penn State Intercom......September 20, 2001

James G. Beierlein, professor of agricultural economics, and Barbara K. Wade, affiliate associate professor of agricultural and extension education.

Navigating Your Future: The Principles of Student Success, published by Houghton Mifflin.

The book challenges students to take responsibility for their own success, emphasizing active and collaborative learning through the use of case studies. Exercises in the text deal with the diversity, use of the Internet and personal responsibility. Journal exercises are used to develop student self-awareness.

Alistair B. Fraser, professor of meteorology.

The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth and Science, published by Penn State Press, 2001.

Co-authored by Raymond L. Lee Jr., this book explores the rainbow's scientific, artistic and folkloric visions. In addition, the book explores the rainbow from the perspectives of atmospheric optics, art history, color theory and mythology.

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