Penn State Hazleton Meets With
Local Government Officials
A number of legislators represented
communities throughout northeast Pennsyl
vania met at the Penn State Hazleton Campus
in a unique program to share information
about Penn State’s plans for the future. The
luncheon and program also provided an im
portant opportunity for representatives from
the Penn State I lazleton Campus and Univer
sity Park to hear from the legislators about
issues they feel are important to higher edu-
cation
The meeting was attended by: Senator
Raphael J. Musto (14th District); Senator
James J. Rhoades (29th District); Represen
tative David G. Argali (124th District); Rep
resentative John R. Gordncr (109th District);
Representative George C. Hasay (117th Dis
trict); Representative F,d ward J. Lucyk (123rd
District); Representative Keith R. McCall
(122nd District); and Representative Tho
mas B. Stish (116th District).
Helen F. Caffrey, director of Com
monwealth Relations for Penn State Univer
sity, spoke about the Penn State plan for the
future, and focus of the University on deliv
ering the highest quality educational pro
gram to Commonwealth residents in a most
effective and efficient manner.
Hosting the program at Penn State
Hazleton was Dr. James'J. Staudcnmcicr,
campus executive officer, and Arthur 17.I 7 .
McCormick, president of the Hazleton F,du
cational Council. Also taking part in the
discussions of academic programs, commu
nity outreach and the economic impact of
Penn State in the region, including T Aizcrnc,
Colujmbia, Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna,
Carbon, Monroe, and Schuylkill counties.
In his remarks during the program, Dr.
Staudenmcier noted that “this is the first
time we’ve been able to talk to our legislators
as a group about some of the issues and
opportunities wc see at Penn State, and to
learn from them what issues they face in their
districts. ” “Wc haven’t always done a good
#Play It Agai
The evening of one-act plays allowed
students and faculty to enjoy an evening of
comedy and satire. Three one-act plays were
performed with two monologues.
The first play, entitled The Still Alarm,
was about two businessmen who somehow
manage to remain calm as the hotel they are
staying in is slowly burning down. The
calmness the men display provides amuse
ment. The special effects help add to the play
as one can see the flames outside of the hotel
window go higher and higher.
The second story, Witness, told the
story of a symbolic assassination of the Presi
dent of the United States. This was one of the
more cryptic plays of the evening. The play
job in letting our legislators know more about
what we see as the future of Penn State, both
at I Iniversity Park and throughout the Com
monwealth campus system. We’re a large
and diversified institution, and we need to do
the best job we can of making certain that the
residence of the Commonwealth and their
representatives know more about us, and can
be in position to suggest ways in which we
can best serve our students and the Common
wealth.”
Participating in the program from Penn
State-Hazleton were: Dr. Harold W. Aurand,
director of Academic Affairs; Paula A. Callcry,
regional director of Development and Uni
versity Relations; Dcidre Jngo, president of
the Faculty General Assembly and a campus
professor of I ’xerci sc and Sport Science; Jo
seph C. Spado 111, president of the Student
Government Association
'Hie Hazleton Educational Council
(HHO members present during the luncheon
and program were: Attorney Henry A.
Giuliani, treasurer of the Hazleton educa
tional Council; Donald M. Pachcncc, presi
dent-elect of the IIFC; and Attorney Pasco
Schiavo who chairs the lIF.C Government
Relations Committee. Spado spoke of his
experiences as a Penn State Hazleton Cam
pus student, and of the importance that he
feels Penn State represents as a land grant
institution in service to the educational needs
of Commonwealth residents. Attorney
Schiavo spoke of the specific needs of the
Hazleton Campus, and ofthc successes of the
recent past in raising funds on behalf of the
campus for educational purposes, citing the
new Hvelyn Graham Academic Ruilding and
the several endowed scholarships as examples
of the support that Penn State Hazleton re
ceives from the communities it serves.
Ihc program concluded with a tour of
campus facilities, of paiticular interest to
those legislators who, were visiting the cam
pus for the first time.
ers wore face paint to symbolize such things
as the split personality of the would-be assas
sin. This play gave the audience a treat
because the climax consisted of gun shots and
strobe lights. While giving the audience a
chance to laugh, it also allowed them to open
their eyes and look at the conditions of soci
ety in the sixties.
Act Two consisted of the third one-act
and also featured two monologues. The first
monologue was a humorous excerpt from the
play Places in the Heart, performed by Stacy
Love. The other monologue was entitled A
Call for Hope performed by Larissa Long.
The third one-act, The Actor's Nightmare,
was about an accountant who suddenly found
himself starring in three plays simultaneously.
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Three New Evening
Courses Offered For
Continuing Education
Updating skills to remain competi
tive in today’s workplace is not just a good
idea-il’s necessary. The Penn State
Hazleton Campus Continuing Education
Office announces three evening credit cer
tificate courses especially designed tor the
adult student. Administrative Secretary,
Business Management, and Supervisory
Management are three new certificate
courses being offered beginning in Janu
ary, 1994.
A special open house to discuss these
programs and to respond to inquiries about
other programs for adult students will be
held at the Penn State I lazleton Campus on
Thursday, December 9 at 6:00 p.m, in the
Chestnut Cottage.
In today’s fast-paced business envi
ronment, employees need to keep their
skills u|Klated to remain competitive. Ac
cording to a recent New York Times article,
“...throughout the economic slowdown,
with a large number of white-collar profes
sionals newly unemployed or tearlul of
lay-olfs, enrollment in continuing educa
tion courses has continued to inch up.”
Certificate programs are ail excellent way
to enhance skills and leam new ones-at a
lime convenient to Uie working adult.
flic three certificate programs being
offered at Penn State Hazleton-Adminis
liativc Secretary, Business Management,
and Supeivisory Management-includc
compounds 6| accounting, psychology,
economics, business law, principles of
management, and the contemporary busi
ness environment.
Upon completion of any of these
certificate programs, a student can ‘"step
up’ ’ to an associate degree program,
For more information about how
certificate programs can enhance career
goals, call the Continuing Education office
at (7| 7) 450-31|0.
This accountant did not know his lines, his
co-stars, or even which costumes he was
supossed to be in.
The plays ran for three days, (Novem
ber 4-6). The head director was Professor
Stephen Schrum. Diana Bourke also helped
with the construction of the costumes.
All of the actors enjoyed putting on the
plays for everyone to see. Dave Scopinich,
who played in Witness and Actor’s Night
mare said that, “Everybody was a really good
team and made it easy to be on stage and it was
very comfortable acting. ’’
This is only the beginning of drama at
Penn State Hazleton. In the spring semester,
On the Verge will be performed March 31-
April 2, 1994.