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Thursday, November 21, 1996
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sixteenday mission into space. The shuttle will be releasing
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the moon's atmosphere, and the northern and southern lights of
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In the Spirit of
In the spirit of Thanksgiving,
several Behrend clubs have been
honored for their efforts in
combating hunger.
The Panhellenic Council, Delta
Chi fraternity, Knights of
Columbus, Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and Alpha Phi Omega
service fraternity have been named
to the Second Harvest Food Bank's
"Bread Board of Honor Roll."
Tau Kappa Epsilon annually
holds an event they call the "barrel
roll." The brothers are required to
raise a certain amount in pledges
based on donations per mile. There
are five different teams and each
rolls the barrel for twenty miles.
All donations raised go
exclusively to the Second Harvest
Food Bank. This event will take
place Friday and Saturday.
"Please show your support by
donating to Tau Kappa Epsilon's
barrel roll," said Dave Myslinski,
vice president of Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternity.
Continuous Quality
Improvement
Adult students at Behrend may
seem some postive changes in
future semesters
towbar
to
A Continuous Quality
Improvement (CQI) Team has been
looking into the concerns of adult
students at Penn State-Behrend.
A total of 595 Penn State-
Behrend students, almost 20 percent
of out total enrollment, are 24 years
of older this fall.
A survey was distributed at the
beginning of fall semester and focus
groups were held. The results were
combined with findings of a focus
conducted two years ago by the
Office of Student Affairs with
members of Returning Adult
Student Organization.
The top areas of concern for adult
students are:
1. Parking- parking is a College-
wide issue
2. Scheduling and availability of
course/programs, i.e. students
going from a two-year to four-year
program have problems finding
appropriate evening courses; also,
provisional students at the end of
advance registration.
3. Finance and Financial Aid
office hours.
4. Bookstgre- cost of textbooks.
5. Computer training- computer
literacy concern for adult students.
Improvements being considered ,
or in place:
Provisional students can now
register at the same time as those
having 18 credits. This should
alleviate scheduling problems for
By Jennifer Strawser
Collegian Staff Writer
When the $25 student activity fee
money was used to partially pay for
psychological services at the
Wilkes-Barre Campus, the campus
was grateful just to have them.
But now some at the campus are
wondering if money for counseling
should come out of students'
pockets.
John Murphy, director of student
affairs at the campus, said that
when the activity fee committee
members voted to allot $6,800 to
help pay for personal counseling at
the campus, they were happy to
Erie, PA
by Doreen Foutz
News Editor
Activity fee
asessed
Annually, Delta Chi fraternity
holds a Bowl-a-Thon with all
it's a small
thing that we
can do to help
people who are
really thankful
for the things
they receive
from the Food
Bank."
- David Stoehr, president AX
donations benefiting the Second
Harvest Food Bank. The Bowl-a-
adult students, many of whom are
provisional and often have difficulty
scheduling classes with the
competing demands of work and
family.
Fewer students will be
provisional because SAT scores
are no longer required for admission
to Penn State adult students who
have been away from school for
four years with military experience,
for five years without.
Many offices now have evening
hours or extended hours to
accomplish the increasing numbers
of students who cannot take care of
business in an 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. time
frame.
Implementation procedures
regarding credit for life experiences
are currently being studied.
The associate degree programs in
electrical, mechanical and plastics
engineering technology and
baccalaureate degrees in accounting
and management can now be
completed in an evening/weekend
time frames.
The CQI team will be making
the following additional
recommendations to the
administration for considerations
and appropriate action:
Hold an additional adult student
orientation on an evening and/or
weekend at the beginning of the
semester.
Find ways to improve
communication of services that
already exist for adult students.
Raise faculty awareness of how
adult student responsibilities at
home and/or work may impact their
help make the service more
available to students.
However, they later questioned
the need for students to help
supplement the service.
"It wasn't until after, that an
issue was raised," he said.
The fee money went toward
extending the hours of a certified
personal counselor and a counselor
who deals with academic support
and support for minority students at
the campus.
Psychological services at
University Park are provided for out
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Thanksgiving
Thon, to be held next semester, is a
local tradition began many years
ago.
"It's a tradition started by the
local fraternity that was here before
Delta Chi. It's a nice way that our
fraternity can give back to the
community annually," said David
Stoehr, president of Delta Chi.
According to the Food Bank one
in every ten people in Erie receives
food stamps.
To help those who are less
fortunate, Delta Chi and Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternities, along with
Panhellenic Council, Knights of
Columbus, Tau Kappa Epsilon
Enjoying the weather: Last week's snow brought out the young and
old to enjoy snowball fights and sled riding. More snow is in the
near future.
ability to attend class.
Propose how an adult student
center may better serve the needs of
the adult student at Penn State-
Behrend, including budgeting and
staffing requirements.
Ask the Computer Center to
extend their computer training
period from the first 14 days of
classes to the first 4-6 weeks of
classes and to improve their
training of workshop presenters.
Propose an introductory computer
literacy course for adult students.
Propose an introductory
"academic success"-type course for
adult students.
ume
fraternity, and Alpha Phi Omega
fraternity, all volunteer their time
to collect donations of food and
money
In return, they have been named
to the "Bread Board of Honor Roll."
"We're glad that we can give back
to their community," said Theresa
Freeman, president of Panhellenic
Council
"It's a small thing that we can do
to help people who are really
thankful for the things they receive
from the Food Bank," said Stoehr.
The Second Harvest Food Bank
appreciates donations of any
amount.
Ask the Finance Office and
Financial Aid Office to consider
evening hours during the first 10
days of classes.
Recommend that other offices
consider flextime to ail
evening/weekend hours as needed.
Continue looking at the
availability of baccalaureate degree
programs that can be completed in
an evening/weekend time frame.
The CQI team welcomes other
suggestion from students, faculty
and staff. Those with additional
concerns for the CQI committee
should contact Mike McDavid at
898-6103.
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