Page 6 - The Behrend College Collegian Thursday. February 20, /997 THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT sss WHERE WILL YOUR $5O GO? STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE REPORT $$ a 4 The Penn State-Behrend Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee met on January 24, February 6, February 10, and February 13, 1997. Consistent with University-wide activity fee guidelines, 10 committee members were appointed jointly by Kim Epps, SGA President, and Dr. Chris Reber, Dean of Students. Care was taken to ensure that the committee would be broadly representative of the Behrend student community. Committee members are: John Butler, Julie Cain, Mindy Ehrsam, Kim Epps (co-chair), Lara Herrmann, Cinnamin Lamson, Michael Zampetti, Chris Reber (co-chair), Chris Rizzo (Director of Student Activities), and Rosalyn Fornari (Interim Athletics Director). The Allocation Committee invited campus-wide input into this year's planning process. A letter outlining the process. And guidelines, and inviting suggestions, was mailed to every student, faculty member, and staff member. A full-page Collegian advertisement also invited student input, an e-mail memo sent to faculty and staff invited input, and posters inviting suggestions were distributed throughout the campus. More than $400,000 in suggested uses of the fee revenue were received. Every suggestion was reviewed, discussed, and where appropriate, researched. A written progress report, outlining items that the committee had tentatively agreed to recommend for activity fee funding, was submitted to the Collegian on February 11, halfway through the process. The final preliminary report is summarized below. A complete report is available for all to review in the Office of Student Affairs and the SQA Office. Questions should in referred to any committee member. i P:41:41:114 I ili i ill 4 '1l:: CI: A ;," tiff_ I'l i' : : ihl ID:: N. Funding for Registered Student Organizations - $50,000 Blue Bus Supplement - $14,500 Student Community Service Initiatives - $7,560 Student Activities Information Kiosks/Display Case - $4,000 Campus Events Master Calendar - $5,000 (matched by University) Student Organization/Campus Events Portable Sound System - $2,000 Reed Conference Room Chalk Boards - $6OO Student Activity Fee Plaques - $4OO Reed "Back Room" Furniture, Paint - $3,000 Jageman Fitness Room - Equipment - $17,500 Intramurals Support - $9,000 Cheerleading Coach/Equipment - $l,OOO . Multi-Cultural Resource Center Equipment - $l,OOO Women's Resource Center Equipment - $675 Child Care Center Supplement - $20,000 SGA/Student Activity Fee Part-time Accounting Clerk - $13,000 New Varsity Track and Field Program for Men and Women - $9,600 Total: $162,635
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