News
in Brief
Penn State Intercom......March
27, 2003
Eberly open house
The Eberly College of Science will hold its 14th annual open-house from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 29, on the University Park campus.
Prospective students and their families may tours of classrooms, residence halls and facilities as well as meet in informal discussions with deans, faculty, staff and current students.
To register, go to http://www.science.psu.edu/academic/OpenHouse.html or call (814) 863-0284.
Open house
The Affirmative Action Office staff will hold an open house for all faculty, staff and students at their new office, 328 Boucke Building on the University Park campus. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. April 3.
Mentors, protégés sought
The Commission for Women invites all full-time University faculty, staff and technical-service employees to apply to participate in its Mentoring Program for the 2003-2004 academic year.
The program promotes professional and personal development by connecting employees with others who can advise them on work-related issues such as career planning, job skill enhancement and University involvement. Employees can apply to be a mentor or a protégé, depending on their needs and goals.
Those interested should fill out a brief application and submit a one-page cover letter explaining what they hope to get out of the program. Applications are available in the Commission for Women's office, 311 Grange Building, University Park, or on the Web at http://www.lions.psu.edu/cfw. The deadline is April 25.
Diabetes volunteers
A research study of adult-onset diabetes is being conducted on campus. Researchers want to learn how people with diabetes make food choices to control their blood sugar in order to develop more effective education programs for people with diabetes. Participants must be 21 to 65 years of age with adult-onset diabetes. Volunteers will be asked to participate in a discussion group about food choices, the glycemic index and diabetes care. For information, call (814) 865-0936.
Lobbying changes
Subsequent to the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) being found unconstitutional, the Senate of Pennsylvania passed a resolution on Jan. 7, adopting rules that will act as an interim replacement for lobbying disclosure. It now is required to report only senate-related lobbying activities.
The Penn State lobbying disclosure forms and deadline dates are on the Web at http://www.govt.psu.edu/.
The Office of Governmental Affairs is to be informed in advance of all invitations to elected officials or their staff members to visit any campus of the University in their official capacities.
Access accounts maintained
for those called to duty
Information Technology Services is maintaining the Penn State Access Accounts (http://css.its.psu.edu/accounts/access.html) for currently enrolled students and employees who are called away for military duty.
In order to keep their Penn State Access Account, students and employees do not need to contact Information Technology Services. Currently enrolled students who process a military withdrawal with the Office of the Registrar will maintain their Penn State Access Accounts automatically.
Full-time employees who take a leave of absence for active military service or training (as per policy HR19 at http://guru.psu.edu/policies/OHR/hr19.html) also will maintain their Penn State Access Account automatically. Part-time employees should contact their supervisor or Human Resources Representative. Supervisors or Human Resources Representatives must e-mail accounts@psu.edu in order to obtain an extension for part-time employee accounts.
Questions regarding Penn State Access Accounts can be directed to the ITS Computer Accounts Office at (814) 865-4772 or accounts@psu.edu.