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in Brief Volunteers soughtLambda Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is seeking additional volunteers to serve as members of its board and volunteers to assist it in selecting new members this semester. The member selection takes only a few hours of time in late February and March. University faculty and staff interested in assisting Phi Beta Kappa recognize Penn State's outstanding students can contact Dennis Shea at (814) 863-2901 or e-mail dgs4@psu.edu. CLGBT town meetingThe Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity will hold a town meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. March 20 in the Gold Room of Pollock Commons on the University Park campus. The commission will share its strategic plan for the year and listen to community concerns. The event is open to the public. Call CenterCall handling and message services with be available for departments wanting assistance with phone coverage during spring break. The Call Center office will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 4 through 8, and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. the weekends of March 2-3 and March 9-10. For more information on the types of call handling services available call (814) 865-6881 or check the Web at http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/callcenter/messageservice.html. Papers soughtPapers are now being accepted for "Lewis and Clark: The Unheard Voices -- The 200-Year Impact on the Lands, the Peoples, the Histories and the Cultures," a comprehensive conference set for Nov. 14 to 16 on the University Park campus. The conference will explore the contexts, outcomes and multiple meanings of the Lewis and Clark expedition. For information on topics and guidelines, visit the conference Web site at http://LewisAndClark.outreach.psu.edu or call Christopher Dufour at (814) 863-5100. Submission deadline is April 1. Course proposals soughtThe Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Continuing and Distance Education seek proposals from faculty wishing to develop or enhance courses in which students contribute directly to community problem solving through their scholarship and course assignments. Five Public Scholarship awards of $3,000 each are available for the 2002-03 academic year. Awards may be applied as summer salary supplement to enable course development activities, directly for course materials, for related research costs or travel, toward graduate assistance or in some combination thereof. A grant from the Pennsylvania Campus Compact to the Office of Undergraduate Education makes it possible to offer three additional course development/course enhancement grants of $3,000 each. Faculty selected will be invited by the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education to serve as public scholarship associates, which includes attendance at monthly luncheons held by the Office of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. Full-time faculty may submit an application form together with a one-page biography and a syllabus if appropriate, for consideration no later than April 1 to Jeremy Cohen, associate vice provost, Undergraduate Education, 420 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802. Applications are available from Sara Aumiller by e-mailing SarahAumiller@psu.edu or calling (814) 863-1864.
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