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Humanities & Social Sciences
Weekly
Political
Ticker
ADAM SPINELLI
humanities editor
“Lion of the Senate” Edward
M. Kennedy (D - MA) died
August 25, 2009... President
Obama delivered a speech
Tuesday urging students to
stay in school and be re
sponsible... Senate ob
served a moment of silence
in honor of Senator Ted
Kennedy... President Clinton
advised Obama to forget
about GOP...Blue Dog De
mocrat Mike Ross (D - AR)
to vote against health Care
bill with a public option...
Ross joins a list of divided
Dems on health care re
form... MN Governor Tim
Pawlenty to travel to VA to
campaign for Republican
Gubernatorial Candidate
Bob McDonnell...Mexican
drug violence hits
Guatemala... Partial recount
ordered in Afghanistan elec
tion...6oo,ooo hit by flood
ing in West Africa...eßay
auctioning off a dinner with
Gov. Sarah Palin...Bidding
starts at $25,000...5C Gov.
Mark Sanford says he’s not
looking for a fight over his
recent trip to Argentina...
Doctors slash vaccines due
to rising costs... Laura Bush
says President Obama is
“doing great”...Laura Bush
says Michelle Obama is
doing a great job making the
White House a “home” for
their girls...Obama uses let
ters from the late Senator
Ted Kennedy in Wednes
day’s healthcare speech;
critics say it was one of his
i best speeches.
On This Day in
History:
September u
1777: Stars and Stripes
carried for the first time in
battle during the Revolu
tionary War.
1789: Alexander Hamilton
becomes the first Secretary
of the Treasury.
1936: Boulder Dam in Ne
vada dedicated by U.S. Pres
ident Franklin D. Roosevelt
by turning on the dam's first
hydroelectric generator. The
dam is now called Hoover
Dam.
1941: Groundbreaking for
the Pentagon begins in Ar
lington, VA. That same year,
President Franklin D. Roo
sevelt gave orders to attack
any German or Italian ship
in U.S. Defensive waters.
1959: Congress passes a
bill authorizing the creation
of Food Stamps.
1974: The Boston Red Sox
and New York Mets set a
record of the second longest
game in the history of Major
League Baseball, playing 25
innings in one game.
1992: Hurricane Iniki
strikes Hawaii. The storm
damaged or destroyed over
10,000 homes and killed five
people.
2001: Four airliners are hi
jacked. Two were crashed
into the World Trade Cen
ters in NYC, one hit the Pen
tagon, and one crashed in a
field in Pennsylvania. Over
3,000 people were killed.
FACULTY AND STAFF
H&SS Promotes
ADAM SPINELLI
luinunitii \s editor
The School of Humanities
and Social Sciences (H&SS)
recently promoted and
tenured multiple professors
this year.
Dr. Corty, a psychology
teacher at Behrend, was
promoted to full professor.
Dr. Corty was born and
raised in Delaware. He re
ceived his undergraduate
degree from Vassar College
in Poughkeepsie, NY, where
he majored in Psychology.
His graduate degree is in
Dr. Charisse Nixon
FACULTY AND STAFF
Behrend welcomes seven new professors
ALLI HEITZENRATER - humanities writer
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences along with Penn State Behrend is proud to
welcome several new professors to the campus.
Seven new professors are coming in this fall semester. They include
• Originally from Parkers
burg, WV
• Earned undergraduate de
gree in chemical engineer
ing from Virginia Tech
• Went to graduate school at
Texas A&M where she
earned a Masters and Ph.D.
degrees in social psychology
• For the past three years,
has been working at
Franklin & Marshall College
in Lancaster, PA
• Teaching personality and
introductory psychology
classes this semester
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To write for the Humanities page, e-mail Humanities Editor Adam Spinelii at aisssBo@psu.edu.
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
Ophelia Project welcomes new mentors
LASHEENA BARNES
humanities writer
The Ophelia Project, is
the leading resource for re
search on relational aggres
sion. Relational aggression
is a psychological term for
any behavior that is detri
mental to another person's
relationships with his/her
peers, or compromising to
someone else's social self-ef
ficacy.
clinical psychology from In
diana University in Bloom
ington, IN. Dr. Corty has
been in the education field
since 1987 and has been at
Behrend since 1993 where
he teaches many different
classes like principles of
measurement and introduc
tion to Psychology.
“I really enjoy teaching
here,” says Corty. “The stu
dents are great, as are my
colleagues and the adminis
tration.”
Dr. Nixon, who teaches
psychology at Behrend, was
also promoted to a full pro-
• Grew up in Washington,
PA
• Received undergraduate
degree in Anthropology
from Bucknell University
• Earned a M.A. in Islamic
Archaeology from Univer
sity of Chicago
• Taught Arabic and Middle
East Studies for two years at
the U.S. Naval Academy
• Currently teaching vari
ous courses on the history of
the Middle East and Islamic
Civilization
The Ophelia Project works
to create safer social cli
mates for schools.
There are many opportu
nities for anyone interested
to get involved in this wave
making project.
There is a mentoring pro
gram designed for students
entitled “CASS: Creating a
Safe School.” This is a pro
gram where high school and
college students go into
middle schools as mentors
three professors
fessor position. She is from
upstate New York and
started here after her disser
tation 13 years ago. She
earned many degrees
throughout her college ca
reer including a Bachelors
Degree in Biology and Psy
chology from Marietta Col
lege, and her Doctorate in
Developmental Psychology
from West Virginia Univer
sity. She teaches courses
like Developmental Psychol
ogy and is involved with
many different programs on
campus.
“I love it here and I love
Dr. Eric Corty
David Kahl, Jr.
• Originally from Moorhead,
MN
• Has an undergraduate de
gree in Economics from
Concordia College
• Has a doctorate in Com
munications from North
Dakota State University
• Earned graduate certifi
cate in college teaching from
North Dakota State Univer
sity
• Teaching communication
classes this semester at
Behrend
to help “at risk” students
through “Champs Pro
grams.”
Champs is an after-school
program at middle schools
in Erie which provides a
safe and challenging learn
ing experience for youth
and facilitates the develop
ment of social, emotional,
psychical, cultural, and aca
demic skills.
Ophelia mentors coming
into the program plan cur-
what I do,” says Nixon. “I
love the opportunities for re
search that Penn State
Behrend offers students.”
Professor Eva Kuttenberg
has been teaching at
Behrend for seven years.
She received her Masters in
English and Spanish from
the Karl Franzens Univer
sity in Austria. She teaches
all German language, civi
lization, and literature
courses here at Behrend.
“I love the interesting
campus and how many stu
dents are interested in my
language,” says Kuttenberg.
Professor Eva Kuttenburg
Brad Lint
• A Western PA native
• Has a BA in political sci
ence from the University of
Pittsburgh
• Earned an M.A. and Ph.D.
in literature and criticism
from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
• Returned to the United
States two years ago after
living in Taiwan for 16 years
• Taught at lUP the past two
years. At Behrend, he is
teaching business writing
and basic writing.
riculums for classes, and are
all assigned individual stu
dents. Ophelia mentors have
the potential to have a pro
found impact in the lives of
Erie's youth.
Dr. Nixon, a psychology
professor here at Behrend,
who specializes in develop
mental psychology and con
ducts research on relational
aggression works closely
with the Ophelia Project.
In her words, “Having the
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School of H&SS:
Upcoming
Events
Monday, Sept. 14
6:00 p.m.
Event: Honors Program Dinner
Speaker: Scott Beaulier, Ph D
Location: Logan House
Monday, Sept. 22
Event: Training for new
mentors
Location: Reed 117
the following:
Dr. Kyoko Matsunaga
Dharma Ji-rum
chance to be a mentor can
really change someone's life.
This is a great opportunity
to change the life not only of
a teenager, but also the life
of a student in college.”
Training for Ophelia men
tors begins on Sept. 22 at
5:30 p.m. and will last until
approximately 8:00 p.m. in
Reed 117.