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All Penn State athletic events scheduled through Sunday, Sept. 16, were postponed or canceled in the wake of the tragic events in the nation, Tim Curley, director of athletics, announced on Sept. 12. This included all events, home and away. An effort will be made to reschedule all events.
Penn State's football game at Virginia will be played Saturday, Dec. 1, in Charlottesville, Va.
For the latest updates on Penn State athletics, go to http://www.GoPSUsports.com/.
The Penn State Alumni Association is mobilizing its affiliations around the world to provide information and assistance wherever possible. The association dedicated a message board on its Web site to help alumni contact friends and family who may have been affected by the events of Sept. 11, and for offers of assistance in the New York City and Washington, D.C., areas. The message board can be found by going to the Association's Web site at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/. Alumni and friends can contact the Alumni Association at (800) 548-LION or by e-mailing alumni-relations@psu.edu.
Louis Geschwindner, professor of architectural engineering, is collecting information about the tragedy, the buildings and members of the Penn State architectural engineering family who may have had connections to this terrible situation.
The site can be found at http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/wtc/wtctragedy.html. Information to be added to the site may be sent to Geschwindner at lfg@psu.edu.
Penn State has a triple mission of teaching, research and service. As tragic events have unfolded across the nation, the service aspect has been particularly active as numerous Penn State professors who are experts in their field are being called upon to provide information and background to the media from a variety of angles.
For the story by Julie A. Brink, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/flash/index.html#experts .
Russell Eshleman scrapped his original plan for his communications reporting methods class on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Instead of listening to a lecture, his students typed away furiously at their computers at the start of Eshleman's class. Their charge? Describe their whereabouts when they heard the horrific news of terrorism strikes on American soil.
President Graham B. Spanier requested "faculty members meet their classes as scheduled and use their classroom time as a principal source of comfort for our students, most of whom will be in need of support and understanding." Eshleman did just that.
For the story by Allison Kessler, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/flash/index.html#classroom.
Penn State's Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is providing counseling to students and others in the University community with needs related to last Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Those with questions about counseling available through CAPS should call (814) 863-0395, and should indicate if they have special needs related to the crises in order to secure an appointment as quickly as possible.
The Office of Human Resources has coordinated with the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to make therapists available to talk with faculty and staff. To schedule personal counseling, call the EAP at (800) 858-2778.
The Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel, has also indicated that clergy and staff are available to talk with affected individuals through its Open Door Counseling Ministry. Call (814) 865-6548 for details.
Another source of information for counseling needs is the Lion Support Line at (814) 863-2020.
Tears ran down the sad, silent faces of the Penn State community as more than 1,500 people of all faiths joined in song and prayer in Alumni Hall at the HUB-Robeson Center Sept. 11. The Penn State All Faiths Vigil, coordinated by the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs, gave all in attendance the opportunity to join hearts and minds to mourn the tragedies inflicted upon the nation today.
For the full story by Allison Kessler, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/flash/index.html#vigil.
Since it was the first blood drive of the fall semester on Penn State's University Park campus, the American Red Cross had lowered its usual collection goal for the day to just 120 units before an overflow of concern from the community surrounding Tuesday's (Sept. 11) multiple crises swamped its facilities in the HUB-Robeson Center with new and returning donors.
Those interested in becoming blood donors at University Park or in State College can call (814) 237-2713 for more information.
For the full story by Gary Cramer, go to http://www.psu.edu/ur/flash/index.html#blooddrive.