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Thursday, March 15, 1996
Changes
planned
BEHREND-Penn State
University released plans last
month to create a new
Commonwealth College last
month. However, no decision
has been made over who will be
the college's dean.
Robert Dunham, senior vice
president and dean of the
Commonwealth Education
System is a possible candidate for
the dean position, but Dr.
Graham B. Spanier, University
President, has not made a final
decision yet.
"Since I'm sort of responsible
for 18 [campuses] now, it would
be easy to suggest I become the
dean because I'm dean of the CES
now," said Dunham in the Feb.
28 Weekly Collegian.
The Commonwealth College
will include 12 campuses
currently in the , CES system.
None of the campuses will be
closed
According to Dunham, these
changes will go into affect July
1, 1997.
Other plans for the CES
include the creation of four-year
colleges. The Abington-Ogontz
and Altoona campuses may
become four-year colleges.
There is a possibility that the
Allentown and Berks campuses
will combine to form a four-year
college. There are no changes
planned for Penn State Erie and
Penn State Harrisburg and the
University's Hershey Medical
Center.
Many students have voiced
concern over being able to go to
University Park after two years.
"Students will be able to start
anywhere and will be able to
transfer to an upper-division
campus," Dunham said. "There
will be no restrictions."
Faculty members will also be
affected by changes at the CES
campuses.
One change will be that the
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grant tenure to faculty.
Faculty are now granted tenure
through their colleges. Under the
new plan, they will now have the
option of switching their tenure
to the Commonwealth College.
According to Dunham, the
benefits will be the same. For
faculty members who are not
tenured yet, the people who
evaluate them for tenure will
change.
A campus committee, the
campus executive officer, a
college committee and the
Commonwealth College &an
will evaluate them, said Dunham.
Currently, people at University
Park evaluate faculty for tenure.
The next step in CES changes
is to have the campuses review
the plan.
see CHANGES page 4
Spring break sacrifices
by Bryan Harkins
Collegian Staff
Most people viewed their
Spring Break as a time to get
away and relax. Some saw it as
an opportunity to catch up on
homework.
However, for a small group of
students from Behrend College,
it was a chance to reach out a
helping hand. This group of
students chose to participate in
the Alternative Spring Break in
Baltimore, MD.
The students left for Baltimore
Sunday, March 3 and began the
trip home the following Friday.
While in Baltimore, all but
two students worked at a soup
kitchen, Our Daily Bread. The
food saved at Our Daily bead
was home-cocked and donated by
a number of people.
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The other two students worked
at a women's shelter in
Baltimore
Sarah Rogers, a fourth
semester Electrical Engineering
major, was one of the two
students to work at the women's
shelter. While at the shelter,
students experienced the daily life
of a homeless person.
"There was a lot of sitting
around waiting. We experienced
the homeless way of life," said
Rogers.
The shelter was run by
Rogers' sister.
As for the other students,
working in the soup kitchen was
also a learning experience.
Lara Hermann, a fourth
semester DUS student, said, "I
think it was a great experience. I
learned a lot about other people
and I had a really fun time."
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"The poor are
really rich
because they
have so
much faith."
-Phatsala
Saysana
The soup kitchen also taught
students about the homeless and
how it can easily affect people.
Rich Hollerman, a sixth
semester Electrical Engineering
major, said, "It showed me that
the homeless are people. Now I
can put a face to the word. It
also showed me that
[homelessness) can happen to
anyone. Some of the people
there were dressed in suits, and
some were not dressed quite that
well."
The program was not only fun
for the Behrend students, but it
taught them valuable lessons.
"The poor are really rich
because they have so much faith.
They have so little, and still
give. Really, you have to live it
to understand it. [The Alternative
Spring Break] gave me a whole
new perspective. It was
awesome," said Phatsala Saysana,
a second semester General Arts
and Sciences major.
As a break from their work, the
students spent Wednesday in
Washington, DC.
The trip was sponsored by the
Office of Student Activities and
Campus Ministry.
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