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Penn State Intercom......September
6, 2001
First-year FastStart participants and graduating seniors got together this past spring
to discuss the end of the semester and their future plans.
Donna Shalala,
president of the University of Miami and former secretary of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, told the audience at the Aug.
31 Penn State Forum that "Being a Cabinet leader is 100 times easier
than running a major research university. For one thing, Cabinet departments
are hierarchical -- you tell someone to do something, and they do it."
In her speech, Shalala addressed national health-care issues and university-based
research, among other topics. Next in the Forum speaker series is Maxwell
King, executive director of The Heinz Endowments, who will speak on
"The Soul of the New American City" Friday, Sept. 7, at The Penn Stater
Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. For the full
schedule of Penn State Forum speakers, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_2001/Aug23/lectures.html.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Workers from the Office of
Physical Plant use heavy
equipment to hoist tree roots into a truck near Old Botany Building on
the University Park campus. A number of landscaping projects helped beautify
the campus this summer.
Photo: Greg Grieco
"Tree Study," part of the exhibit "American Pastorale: Drawings by John F. Kensett American Works on Paper Gallery," will be on display in the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus. The exhibit, which includes the artist's better-known American landscape sketches, complemented by a selection of Kensett's costumed figure studies rendered in pencil and watercolor, will be on display from Sept. 18 through Dec. 21.
"Side Show" is a moving story about hope, aspiration and acceptance. Inspired by the real lives of performers Daisy and Violet Hilton, it is the powerful tale of Siamese twins and their pursuit of stardom and romance. This musical takes place Sept. 21 through 29 in the Pavilion Theatre on the University Park campus. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Members of the
University's police and safety departments tested the water pressure
at Beaver Stadium on the University Park campus. Testing is required
by state and local safety codes. The stadium facilities met the requirements.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Majik Foolad, associate professor of plant genetics and breeding, developed the Penn State Cherry Tomato, top photo, a hybrid made with Pennsylvania's climate in mind.
Construction on the MBNA Career
Services Building on the University Park campus is progressing quickly,
as the foundation begins to take shape.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Workers prepare to install a fence around a construction site on the campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Visitors check in at the registration table for the groundbreaking ceremony for The Village at Penn State,a University-affiliated retirement community off Fox Hollow Road on the University Park campus. Although there are many retirement communities located in college towns, The Village at Penn State is among the few facilities nationwide officially affiliated with a university. For more information, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_2001/Aug30/village.html
Photo: Greg Grieco