From
the Trustee Docket
Penn State Intercom......March
27, 2003
Spanier touches on several topics
The Board of Trustees met at Hershey Medical Center March 21 for its regular bi-monthly session. During his opening remarks to the board, President Graham B. Spanier reported on the University's appropriation, the success of Dance Marathon and several faculty research projects.
For a full transcript of his remarks, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03spanierremarks.html.
Building sketch plans approved
The Board of Trustees approved sketch plans for the new Business Building and the new School of Forest Resources Building at the University Park campus. They will be among the four new buildings in the future East Sub-Campus, on the current site of Parking Lot 80 bounded by Park Avenue, Bigler Road, Curtin Road and Shortlidge Road. In other action, the trustees approved final plans for a dining commons project at University Park and a building purchase at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
For the full story with photos, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/flash/.
Update on Undergraduate
Education, International Programs
In a presentation to the Board of Trustees, Janis Jacobs, vice provost for Undergraduate Education and International Programs, outlined the objectives and programs in that office.
"Our goal is to provide students with a range of academic experiences that will increase their learning while here and give them the tools they will need as they move beyond Penn State," said Jacobs. "The principle purpose of each program is to create a stimulating and supportive academic environment at Penn State for the teaching and learning of undergraduate students, and in the case of International Programs, for graduate students."
For the full story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03ueip.html.
e-Education Institute renamed
The Board of Trustees voted to rename the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' e-Education Institute: The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, to honor the man instrumental in creating the institute's vision. Dutton, dean emeritus of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and professor emeritus of meteorology, served as dean for 16 years before his retirement in 2002.
For the full story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03education.html.
Loughran named Penn State
Cancer Institute director 
The new director for Penn State Cancer Institute will join Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine on July 1, and the medical center has earned national distinction among its peers for patient satisfaction. Darrell G. Kirch, senior vice president for health affairs, dean and campus executive officer, shared the news with the Board of Trustees at their meeting in Hershey. Thomas P. Loughran Jr. will be the first director of Penn State Cancer Institute.
For the full story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03hmc.html.
Bailyn to receive honorary degree
The Board of Trustees approved the granting of the honorary doctorate of humane letters to Bernard Bailyn at a commencement ceremony this August. Bailyn, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, is a distinguished historian of American history and the Adams University professor and James Duncan Phillips professor of early American history emeritus at Harvard University.
For the full
story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03hondegree.html.
Trustee ballot positions announced
Ballot positions for the 2003 election of trustees by alumni have been determined by a drawing, a procedure established by the Board of Trustees. Paula R. Ammerman, associate secretary, conducted the drawing and said ballots for the trustee election will be mailed to Penn State Alumni by April 10. All ballots must be returned to the Board of Trustees office by the close of the election at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 15.
For the full story, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2003/bot21mar03elections.html.
Information on undergraduate programs
Penn State Altoona
Bachelor of arts degree in psychology and bachelor of science degree in
psychology with the science option and the business option: New majors
and options
Penn
State Altoona is planning to offer both a bachelor of arts and a bachelor
of science degree in psychology. The bachelor of arts degree will provide
students with the basic psychology background as well as the broader liberal
arts requirements. The bachelor of science degree will require either
a science or business option, depending on the student’s career goals.
The science option will help prepare students planning on careers in development,
clinical or health psychology. The business option will help prepare students
for careers in industrial and organization psychology, personnel work
or business. The psychology minor, approved for Penn State Altoona in
2000, has attracted students from a variety of majors, thus, the psychology
major is expected to complement existing majors as well as expand the
possibilities for students in the social sciences. The addition of the
new majors and options will become effective fall 2003.
Eberly College of Science
n Joint degree program between
the School of Forest Resources in the College of Agricultural Sciences
and The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University:
New program
The proposal to offer joint degree programs between the School of Forest
Resources in the College of Agricultural Sciences and The Dickinson School
of Law of The Pennsylvania State University was approved by the Graduate
Council at its Dec. 19, 2002, meeting.
The offering will provide students with the option of pursuing a joint
degree program in which the student would receive a J.D. from The Dickinson
School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University and either an M.F.R.,
M.S., M.Agr., or Ph.D. in forest resources or wildlife and fisheries sciences.
The offering will provide educational opportunities to students with an
interest in interdisciplinary studies relating to environmental and natural
resources and environmental law as well as regulations for government,
industry and conservation organizations. The joint degree also will enhance
the educational and research programs in both schools.
n Integrated bachelor of science
in statistics and master of applied statistics: New program
The proposal to offer the bachelor of science in statistics and the master
of applied statistics in applied statistics in the Eberly College of Science
was approved by the Graduate Council at its Dec. 19, 2002, meeting.
This integrated undergraduate-graduate degree enables qualified statistics
students to fulfill specific requirements for both degrees with the same
courses, thus shortening the total time required to reach completion of
the higher degree. The master of applied statistics is a recently established
professional master’s degree and shares some common courses with
the bachelor of science in statistics program. In future years, as one
of the distinctive programs offered by the Department of Statistics, it
will benefit the recruitment efforts to publicize the integrated statistics
B.S./M.A.S. program.