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The Behrend Beacon
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OUTLOOK
SATURDAY
Partly cloudy
High: 60s°
Low: 50s°
SGA holds freshmen elections
Freshmen Joe Miller and Jeremy Adlon were elected to the Student Government as fresh
men senators in Monday's uncontested election.
Miller and Adlon will fill wo of the three open seats; the third is still open.
Any freshmen interested in serving on SGA should contact the office at x 6220.
Smiths donate
Larry and Kathryn Smith, the couple who
donated the multi-faith chapel to the college,
have added a pipe organ to their contribu
tion.
The organ will be built by the Martin Ott
Pipe Organ Company of Saint Louis, Mis
souri; the company is well-known in the pipe
organ business.
With a design specific to the construction
of the chapel, the organ will have 23 rows of
pipes and 21 stops, or types of sound, avail
able.
The organ case, with mortise and tenon
construction, will be oak. Most of the 1,028
pipes will be built by a German pipe -maker,
but the wind reservoir and the toe studs will
be built by Organ Supply Industries in Erie.
The organ is scheduled to be completed
in June 2003.
Also, the Smiths recently visited Meeks
and Watson, a foundry in Georgetown, Ohio,
to see the carillon bells being cast. The car
illon, which is expected to be in operation in
the summer of 2002, will be one of fewer The Smith family poses in the new multi
than 100 nationwide with 48 bells or more. faith chapel.
The largest bell will weigh in excess of 1.3
tons.
CORE holds lecture on pregnancy
Murray Vincent, Ed.D, a nationally recognized researcher on the topic of teen pregnancy
prevention, spoke on "Interventions for Healthy Youth Development and Prevention of
Teen Pregnancy" on Thursday.
Vincent is the creator and project director of The School /Community Sexual Risk
Reduction Project, which has been successfully implemented and replicated a number of
times. He holds the post of distinguished professor of the Norman J. Arnold School of
Public Health at the University of South Carolina.
His lecture was sponsored by the Center for Organizational Research and Evaluation.
Entrepreneur to receive medallion
Penn State Behrend will honor Samuel Black's extraordinary life of entrepreneurship and
service. The College will present Black with the Behrend Medallion on Tuesday, September
25, at the first Glenhill Appreciation Dinner. This medal is Behrend's highest honor.
Black is the retired executive and director emeritus of the Erie Insurance Group. He joined
Erie Insurance in 1927 and was the company's first claims manager.
Black was associated with the company for 70 years as an agent, an officer, and a member
of the board of directors.
Black is credited with developing round-the-clock claims service and was recognized as a
scholar in insurance law. In 1962, at the age of 60, Black founded his own agency, Samuel P.
Black and Associates, Inc.
Black is the co-author, with Dr. John Rossi, associate professor of history, of a book that
examines the parallel rise of the automobile industry and the automobile insurance industry.
The book is titled "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Samuel P.
Black Jr. and the Rise of Erie Insurance, 1923-1961."
Black will be the 15th recipient of the Behrend Medallion
A complainant reported that her backpack was damaged by liquid on the
restroom floor.
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A complainant reported that she was afraid that an ex-boyfriend was on
campus the week before.
9/13/01
A complainant reported finding a substance and wished to turn it over to
P&S.
9/15/01
A student in Almy Hall reported having received strange phone calls
9/15/01
There was a report of a traffic accident, in which the driver was under the
influence of alcohol.
9/ 1 6/0 1
A complainant stated she was approached by a person trying to obtain
personal information as part of a credit card survey. She refused to give
the information.
9/ 1 7/0 1
A complainant stated someone took his kitchen chair that he had left
outside. The chair was university property and P&S will contact Housing
and Food Services.
9/17/01
P&S officer noticed a vehicle with the right side mirror broken; not
known if the damage was new or not.
9/18/01 03:35
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Friday, September 21, 2001
NEW SOCCER TECHA
Apparently, while the coach was out of town with the women's soccer team, the men's team decided .o create a few new
maneuvers. They involve a green John Deere and a cooler. And a lot of sitting around. See, you fake out the opponent into
thinking you are just relaxin', then gun your little cart and run them over. The ball is cleverly hidden in the cooler.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
for approximately eight semesters.
Rubba added these programs will not be
totally online. Students will have to
complete two residencies to gain hands-on
experience. At least one of those
residencies will be completed at a Penn
State location. Students will also be
required to make a presentation before
faculty and business people.
Rubba stressed the collaborative
environment this program will offer.
Students will be able to participate in
online group work and discussion. "It
won't be a textbook delivered online,"
Rubba said.
The program will also include a cyber
forum, which each student will have access
to. It will include online seminars, a
subscription to the "Economist," and
access to the Penn State libraries. Through
this forum students will also be able to
participate in Penn State events, sports, and
clubs.
FOCAL POINT
FROM FRONT PAGE
Rubba said students will be able to enroll
in the iMBA program this spring; they are
planning to create one cohort of 30 people.
Next fall, and every fall semester
afterward, the program will admit two
cohorts of 30; no admissions will be
allowed in the spring.
Fizel said there will several differences
between the iMBA program and Behrend's
graduate program: "Courses and content
are different, program admission standards
and graduation requirements are different,
... and the pricing of the iMBA program is
much higher than the Erie MBA.
"The iMBA program is targeted to
students world-wide and aims not to admit
any students that would otherwise attend
another Penn State MBA program," Fizel
added.
Though all of the graduate faculty at
Penn State Behrend may be utilized to
teach in the iMBA program, Fizel said none
of Behrend's technology will be used
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the World Campus will run the program
Fizel enumerated several benefits in the
iMBA program: "Students taking an on
line program need not move to campus, so
they do not have to give up jobs, find
housing. move children to new schools,
etc. The curriculum of the iMBA is well
designed. focusing on an integrative course
of study much different than most MBA
programs.-
The main drawback Fizel saw was lack
of imposed discipline. "Students must use
more self-discipline in studying for courses
and completing course work. You are not
in classes where instructors prompt you to
do the work."
Penn State's World Campus enrolls
nearly 6,000 students in online programs
from 47 countries, Rubba said. The College
offers 22 degree and certificate programs
for undergraduates, master's candidates,
and post baccalaureate work.
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