Lectures
Penn State Intercom......May 1, 2003

Special program connects
plants, quilts, cancer

"The Link Between Plants, Art and the Healing of Cancer" will be presented from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in 129 HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

The event is in connection with the "Healing Gardens" Quilts exhibit on display in Art Alley. The program, sponsored by the Arts and Health Outreach Initiative, The Arboretum at Penn State and the HUB-Robeson Galleries, is free to the public.

Starting with an introduction on The Arboretum at Penn State by Kim Steiner, professor of forest biology and Arboretum director, the program will feature Walter Parham, husband of Lenore Ann Parham, who died in 1997 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer; Bonnie Benn Stratton, quilter and quilting fabrics designer; and Gordon Cragg, chief of Natural Products Branch, National Cancer Institute at National Institutes of Health.

A 5-to-6-p.m. reception in the exhibition area will follow the presentations.

For information, call Ermyn King at (814) 865-8230, e-mail efk103@psu.edu.

ANGEL Day symposium
is scheduled for May 20

ANGEL Day: A Symposium of Faculty Examples will take place on May 20. This symposium is designed for faculty to share their experiences with the University's course management system, ANGEL.

Throughout the day, faculty members will present the many ways in which they use ANGEL in teaching and learning. An article describing some uses of ANGEL can be found on page 3. A schedule of presentations is available at http://its.psu.edu/training/angel/.

ANGEL Day is a feature of Summer-Fest seminars offered by Information Technology Services from May 19 to 23.

To register, visit the ITS Training Services Web site at http://its.psu.edu/training/.

Speaker to discuss alcohol
and drug prevention

A conference about success, failures, challenges and what is working on college campuses in preventing alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Monday, May 19, at the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.

The event is open to faculty, staff and students at Penn State and other universities and colleges in Pennsylvania.

The first 200 participants will be free, and subsequent registrants will be charged $15.

The keynote speaker is Beth DeRicco, associate director for the National Higher Education Center for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention. She will discuss integrating proven and promising practices into campus alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse initiatives and how to use evaluation as a planning tool. Participants also will have time to network with other campus professionals involved in alcohol, tobacco and drug abuse programming.

To register, go online at http://www.sa.psu.edu/uhs/cpatoda.

For information, call (814) 863-0461. The deadline for registration is May 5.

Colloquy focuses on
student learning cultures

Colloquy IX will be held on May 14, in 129 HUB-Robeson Center and Thomas Building on the University Park campus.

This year's theme, "Making Connections: Campus Cultures that Foster Student Learning," will feature a variety of topics that are sure to generate ideas about how participants can contribute to creating and maintaining a more vibrant learning culture. The sessions -- designed for and delivered by University faculty, staff and students -- offer a wide variety of topics, including e-Portfolios, building learning communities, public scholarship, providing students with meaningful feedback, and improving student study habits and organizational skills.

Karen Paulson, senior associate of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) in Boulder, Colo., will provide the keynote address at 9 a.m.

Registration is required and due by Wednesday, May 7. For information and to register, visit the Schreyer Institute Web site at http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/colloquy/.

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