In the News
May 23, 2002

Rao earns prestigious
National Medal of Science
Calyampudi R. Rao, emeritus holder of the Eberly Family chair in Statistics and director of the Center for Multivariate Analysis, was one of 14 scientists and one engineer named by President Bush to receive the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest award for lifetime achievement in fields of scientific research. The honorees will receive the medals at a White House ceremony in June.

Brighton assumes
new post in Chicago
John A. Brighton, chairman of the Teaching and Learning Consortium (TLC) and executive vice president and provost emeritus, has announced his plans to leave the University, effective at the end of June. Brighton has accepted a position as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at National-Louis University with headquarters in Chicago. He will begin on a part-time basis this month and take the position full-time on July 1.

Measures designed to boost
security of access accounts
In an effort to increase password protection for Penn State Access Account users, Academic Services and Emerging Technologies (ASET), a service unit of Information Technology Services (ITS), will upgrade its File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server ftp.personal.psu.edu on June 1 to provide for "secure-only" file transfers.

Locksmiths the key to
building security system
Gary Green, Kevin Potter and Harry Evans may be the only three people on the University Park campus who can legally crack a safe. As a matter of fact, they took classes to learn how to do it.

DuBois seeks campus
executive officer
The Commonwealth College invites applications and nominations for the position of campus executive officer (CEO) at Penn State DuBois. Current CEO Claudia Limbert is leaving to assume the post of president of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss.

Groff awarded senior Fulbright to study
education and culture in South Korea
Margo Coffin Groff, assistant director of International Education Programs and Studies in the University Office of International Programs, has received a senior Fulbright award designed to help higher education administrators learn about Korea.

Library announces
lending code changes
To provide an efficient method for the collection of outstanding charges and satisfy requirements outlined by the University auditors, the University Libraries have announced a plan for automatic payroll deduction of outstanding fees. Similar to the plan used by the University's Parking Office at University Park, the plan will deduct outstanding library charges not paid on time from the staff member's paycheck

Technology survey finds
almost all University employees
are plugged in
Results from a staff technology survey recently tabulated by the Statistical Consulting Center suggest that almost all University employees (97 percent) have access to, or use a computer in their work.

Variety of bargains to be
available at Ag Arena sale
The Office of Physical Plant, in cooperation with Housing and Food Services and Residence Life, collected 50 tons of student-donated items to be sold at this Saturday's Trash to Treasure sale on the University Park campus. The sale will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 25, in the Ag Arena. All proceeds will be donated to the Centre County United Way.

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