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in Brief Library open houseThe Pollock Laptop Library on the University Park campus will hold an open house from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. The event will feature demonstrations and giveaways. For more information call (814) 865-7391 or check the Web at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/laptop/. Welcome receptionThe Faculty/Staff Club will hold a "Blue/White Welcome" reception for all full-time faculty and staff on Thursday, Sept. 19. From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., faculty and staff new to the University since January may attend a complimentary reception in the club's suite, located on the lower level of The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. From 5:30-7:30 p.m., club members and all other interested faculty and staff may attend a buffet on the Atherton patio of the inn. The buffet is complimentary for newcomers who attend the reception, $12 for club members and $14 for guests and those paying cash. For more information and to RSVP, call (814) 865-8563, e-mail fsclub@psu.edu or go to http://www.psu.edu/dept/fsc/ on the Web. Call for proposalsThe Africana Research Center is issuing a call for proposals. The center encourages and supports research and scholarship that enhances the lives of African-Americans, Africans and Afro-Caribbean peoples, and serves as a catalyst for promoting an enabling environment where cultural production and discourse on diversity can be nurtured to advance the research, teaching and outreach mission of Penn State. The center's grants can vary up to a $5,000 maximum. Anyone interested in submitting a proposal to the center should check the Web at http://africanacenter.la.psu.edu/proposal%20guidelines.htm for submission guidelines. For a list of previous awards, go to http://africanacenter.la.psu.edu/Grant%20List.htm The submission deadline is Oct. 15. For more information, e-mail Cary Fraser at cff2@psu.edu. Grant deadlineThe deadline for the next funding period for individual faculty grants offered by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities is Tuesday, Oct. 15. Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. to 103 Ihlseng Cottage on the University Park campus. Funds support research, performance and creative projects in and across the arts and humanities. All University faculty members with professorial rank and a continuing appointment are eligible to apply. For information or guidelines, call (814) 865-0495 or e-mail iah1@psu.edu. Volunteers soughtThe International Hospitality Council, a nonprofit community volunteer organization supported by the University Office of International Programs and the Centre County United Way, has several programs that provide friendship and support to international students. The council invites faculty and staff to participate in its programs. In the International Friendship Program, local residents acting as host families are matched with international newcomers for a semester or longer; hosts help orient their international friend to life here by sharing an occasional meal or outing, offering friendship and support, and providing a glimpse of American life. In the Conversation Partners Program, volunteers are matched with an international student to provide opportunities for informal conversation in English and help with cultural adjustment. For more information, call the council at (814) 863-3927, e-mail ihc@ip.psu.edu, visit the office in 222 Boucke Building, University Park, or check the Web at http://www.international.psu.edu/ihc. CPATODA meeting dates announcedThe Commission for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Other Drug Abuse (CPATODA) will meet this semester on Sept. 18, Oct.
16, Nov. 20 and Dec. 17. All meetings are 10:30 a.m. to noon in 107 HUB-Robeson
Center on the University Park campus. |