Lectures
Penn State Intercom......April
18, 2002
'Mister Rogers' to visit
PSU neighborhood
Fred McFeely Rogers will deliver the keynote speech in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the birth of public television at 8 p.m. April 19 in 100 Thomas Building on the University Park campus.
The speech is free to the public.
David Newell, who plays the television character "Mr. McFeely" also will be present at the address.
Rogers is known for his PBS children's series, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," which is carried by more than 300 stations nationwide.
He also is the chairman of a nonprofit company, Family Communications Inc., that offers non-broadcast materials that reflect his guiding philosophy and purpose: to encourage the healthy emotional growth of children and their families.
Artist Gilliam plans
lecture and gallery talk
In conjunction with a performance of The Washington Ballet/Sweet Honey in the Rock/Sam Gilliam Project at the Center for the Performing Arts, Sam Gilliam will lecture at 1 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus.
Gilliam will offer a special gallery talk to discuss his recent work at noon April 19 at the museum. The event is open to the public.
The Washington Ballet/Sweet Honey in the Rock/Sam Gilliam Project performance at the University coincides with an exhibition of Gilliam's recent prints at the Palmer Museum.
Fair showcases environmentally
friendly products
Approximately 50 exhibitors will display building products and services with a "green" orientation April 22-23 at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The Penn College Green Building Fair, which is free to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, April 22, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at the Penn College Field House.
James Wines, president and founder of SITE Environmental Design, distinguished professor of architecture at The New School for Social Research and visiting professor of landscape architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, will give the keynote address at 3:30 p.m. April 23.
Hourlong seminars will be offered, and American Institute of Architects continuing-education units will be available for the seminars and portions of the exhibit.
For information, send an e-mail to dgerring@pct.edu.
Satellite videoconference
planned for April 25
The 2002 Current Issues in Nutrition Satellite videoconference, "The Food System as an Instrument of Public Health," is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in 228 Agricultural Administration Building, University Park.
Originating from Iowa State University, the videoconference will be downlinked to three Cooperative Extension locations across the state in addition the University Park campus.
This conference will explore the relationships among the structure of food systems, dietary quality and population health.
For information, check the Web at http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/402/currentnutrition.htm. To register at University Park, call Tom at (814) 865-3360.
Conference topic is
preserving digital information
The University Libraries are sponsoring the videoconference "The Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Imperative: Enduring Record or Digital Dust?" from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, April 19, in 514 Paterno Library on the University Park campus.
The conference is the second in a series of three satellite videoconferences, titled "Steering by Standards," presented by the Online Computer Library Center. The series is designed to help librarians and other information professionals face the challenges of charting new organizational directions that incorporate emerging standards for electronic resource sharing.
The featured speaker is Donald Sawyer, head of NASA's Science Office of Standards and Technology. Information specialists are exploring OAIS as one option for preserving and maintaining access to digital information.
The series is free to the public. For information, call Judy Hewes at (814) 865-1755 or e-mail jjh@psulias.psu.edu.
Soil science presentation
scheduled for April 19
Ephraim Govere, doctoral
candidate in soil science in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences,
will present "Potential of
Low-Cost Plant Nutrient Agro Technologies to Address International Food
Security and Environmental Issues" from
3:35 to 4:25 p.m. Friday, April 19, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries
Building on the University Park campus.
For information, call the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at (814) 863-1601.
Luncheon series features
ethnic studies talk
The Comparative Literature Luncheon, a weekly informal lunchtime gathering of students, faculty and other members of the University community, has announced the next speaker in this semester's series.
The events begin with lunch from 12:15 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. in 102 Kern Building on the University Park campus. Participants may bring their own lunch or buy something in Kern Cafeteria. Coffee and tea are provided. The speaker will begin at about 12:40 p.m. The events are free to the public.
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, professor and chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, will speak on "Slave or Free? Black or White? Chinese Coolies on 19th-Century Cuban Plantations" on April 22.
For information, e-mail Daniel Walden at dxw8@psu.edu.
Lectures focus on
fossil fuels, carbon materials
The 13th Annual Peter H. Given Lectureship in Coal Science will be given by Isao Mochida, professor at the Institute of Advanced Material Study in Japan, during his visit April 22 to 26 to the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences on the University Park campus.
Mochida, director of the Molecular Functioning Engineering Laboratory at Kyushu University in Japan, will present two lectures: "Roles of Fuel Science and Technology for the Civilization of the 21st Century" at 4 p.m. April 23 and "Energy Storage and Transformation by Carbon Materials" at 4 p.m. April 25 in C213 Coal Utilization Laboratory on Bigler Road.
The events are free to the public.
Effective job-search strategies explored
"Real World 101: Seven Career Essentials for College Students," a presentation by Robert Orndorff, associate director of Career Services and affiliate professor, will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, University Park.
Orndorff will discuss what companies look for in recent college graduates, including the top skills, qualities and experience leading companies consider essential. Based on in-depth nationwide research, he will provide an inside look into corporate recruiting and effective job-search strategies.
The event is free to the public.
For information, call Diane Zabel at (814) 865-1013 or e-mail dxz2@psu.edu.
Energy executive to give
lecture on coal
Richard M. Whiting, president and chief operating officer at Peabody Energy of St. Louis, will present the 11th annual G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering from 4 to 5 p.m. April 26 in 26 Hosler Building on the University Park campus.
Whiting's lecture is "Coal -- The Energy Constant." The lecture will be preceded by a reception at 3:30 p.m. in the lobby of Deike Building. The event is free to the public.
Whiting oversees Peabody's coal operations, which account for nearly 20 percent of U.S. coal production annually. He is chairman of the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, which is the negotiating arm of the coal operators' contract with the United Mine Workers of America.
Hypervulnerability in
adolescents to be explored
The Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts will sponsor a presentation by Howard C. Stevenson from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in S209 Henderson Building on the University Park campus.
Stevenson will discuss "If We Must Die: Managing Hypervulnerability in African-American Adolescent Males."
Stevenson is an associate professor in the School, Community and Clinical Child Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies of Human Development programs at the University of Pennsylvania.
His research, as well as his consultation work, identifies cultural strengths that exist within families and mobilizes those strengths to improve the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents using communities and neighborhoods as the major vehicles of support and social change.
For information, call (814) 863-7108.