News in Brief
Penn State Intercom......May 23, 2002

Call Center hours

The Penn State Call Center Services Office will be operating on limited hours for the Memorial Day Holiday. The office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, May 27. The office will resume normal hours of operation starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 28.

For information about services provided through the Call Center, check the Web at http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/callcenter.asp.

Book drop added

Addressing the needs of students and faculty in University Park's West Campus area, the University Libraries have added a book drop in the foyer of the main entrance to the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building.

Currently, there also are book drops in Pattee Library, west, just off Curtin Road, near the bus stop, and on the mall side of Paterno Library.

Carpool

Bev and Jack are seeking carpoolers from Pine Glen, Karthaus or Snow Shoe to University Park. Weekday hours are 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; 7 a.m. to 3:30 or 4 p.m.; 7:30 a.m. to 4 or 4:30 p.m.; or 8 a.m. to 4:30 or 5 p.m. For information, e-mail bdk1@psu.edu or call (814) 234-1335.

Men sought for study

The Food Lab in Henderson Building is looking for men ages 20 to 45 to participate in a study of food-related behavior.

The study involves eating breakfast, lunch and dinner two days a week for three weeks in the lab on University Park campus.

Meal times are flexible. Participants will be paid. For information, call Jennifer or Denise at (814) 863-8482.

University wins donor competition

Penn State is No. 1 among 19 universities in the American Red Cross Blood Services' first-ever "PointsForPints Intercollegiate Blood Drive Challenge, conducted from October through March of this year.

According to Timothy Miller, senior director of Donor Services for the Greater Alleghenies Region Red Cross Blood Services, the University set the standard by collecting 4,348 units of blood from Oct. 1 through Feb. 28, Penn State's promotion period. This amount is 1,023 units more than the amount collected during the same period the previous year, representing a 30.8 percent increase.

"Penn State's donor participation rate of 9.05 percent among students, faculty and staff far surpassed other universities involved in this promotion," Miller said.

"PointsForPints" is a blood drive competition built around the NCAA Division I basketball season. The program is sponsored jointly by American Red Cross Biomedical Services and the Red Cross Office of Volunteers, Youth and Nursing.

For the full story, check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/archives/intercom_2002/May9/redcross.html.

Monarch monitoring project

A volunteer training program for the National Monarch Larval Monitoring Project will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project is a way for monarch and nature enthusiasts to contribute basic knowledge about monarch population dynamics and foster habitat conservation. Participants will learn how to monitor the monarch larva population and will collect field data to share nationally.

To register for this free program, call (814) 863-2000. Participants are asked to dress appropriately for the weather and to bring a bag lunch.

Visit http://www.mlmp.org/ for more details.

Art for kids

The Art Education Program will be sponsoring Saturday art classes this fall for students in kindergarten though eighth grade. Interested participants may register now for the nine-week session, which begins Sept. 28 and concludes with a show of student work on Dec. 7.

Classes will be taught by advanced art education students in collaboration with art education faculty and graduate teaching assistants. They will be held in studio classrooms in Patterson Building and the Arts Cottage on the University Park campus. Class activities will be tailored to students at each age/grade level.

For more information or to request a registration form, call (814) 865-6570.

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