Awards
Penn State Intercom......April 25, 2002

Sawyer presented with
McMurtry Award

Steven Sawyer, associate professor of information sciences and technology and associate professor of management science and information systems, was the winner of the George J. McMurtry Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award presented at the second annual School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) awards ceremony.

The award honors the contributions of George J. McMurtry, co-founder of the School of Information Sciences and Technology, associate dean emeritus for administration and planning of the College of Engineering, and professor emeritus of electrical engineering.

Other members of the IST faculty and staff honored were:

* Gerald Santoro, Faculty Member of the Year;

* Stanley Supon, Staff Member of the Year; and

* Wei-Fan Chen, Teaching Assistant of the Year.

In addition, the Innovations in IST Award was presented to the school's Solutions Institute.

Research and Graduate School
honors 4 staffers

Several employees were honored at the fourth annual Research and Graduate School Staff Awards Program.

The 2002 Staff Diversity Award was presented to Sherry Corman, staff assistant in the Graduate Fellowships and Awards Office of the Graduate School; the Staff Innovation Award was awarded to Tracey Galloway, graduate enrollment assistant in the Graduate Admissions Office; the Staff Leadership Award was given to Judith Burns, manager of administrative services at the Life Sciences Consortium; and the Staff Support Award went to Pauletta Leathers, editorial assistant in the Thesis Office of The Graduate School.

Multicultural Resource Center
presents awards

The Multicultural Resource Center honored University faculty/staff and senior students of color during its annual awards reception held recently in Old Main on the University Park campus.

Faculty/staff awards are presented to those who have consistently promoted multiculturalism and demonstrated concern for and sensitivity to the needs of students of color.

Honored were: Shelly Aina, manager, Network and Information Systems, Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity; Vicki Fong, manager, Science Engineering and Research Communications, Department of Public Information, University Relations; and John Tippeconnic III, professor, College of Education and director, American Indian Leadership Program.

Prevention efforts
recognized at 4 campuses

The Commission for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse honored four campuses for outstanding prevention initiatives at its annual awards ceremony for best practices.

According to Peggy Lorah, interim director of the Center for Women Students and commission chairperson, each campus was asked to provide the commission with information on its initiatives for the 2001-2002 academic year.

"Based on the information submitted, we selected four campus programs which exemplified best practices in prevention," Lorah said.

The campuses chosen were:

* Altoona: In the category of education and awareness -- "Survivor" Orientation Program. This mandatory session for new students is based on the Survivor reality show and promotes social norming messages and provides alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention information during orientation.

* DuBois: In the category of education and awareness -- Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students Programming. Activities included a candlelight vigil, ornament pledge, peer speakers, an ice cream social, alcohol awareness day and information on how to hold healthy and safe holiday parties.

* Delaware County: In the category of normative environment -- Social Norming. Students in first year seminar courses designed social marketing materials for use on campus.

* University Park: In the category of education and awareness -- Alcohol Poster Project. Kristin Sommese, associate professor of art, and her Art 371 (applied communications) class designed posters, which will be exhibited in the HUB-Robeson Center at the beginning of the fall semester. In the category of alternative activities -- After Fest. A late-night activity held during Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts combined music, food and entertainment to prevent high-risk behavior. The event was sponsored by the University Park Campus-Community Partnership (The Partnership), Student Unions and Activities, and the Blue and White Society.

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