1 Shurs
• Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meet
ing, 7:3opm, Reed 114
19 Mon
• Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Celebration, Commons, 4pm
• Speaker: Charles Johnson-" The King We
Left Behind," Commons, 7:3opm
• Career Development Center-" How to Use
the Career Development Center," Reed 3,
7-Bpm
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Events
On Monday, January 19, Behrend will
again celebrate the birth and life of
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. The holi
day events include:
• 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Fifth Annual
Family Breakfast - Dobbins Hall
All are invited. Please RSVP to the ate in May of 1998 must notify the
Office of Student Activities, 898- University by Monday, January 26th
6171, by Thursday, January 15. of their intention to graduate.
• 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. All-College Students who plan to graduate must
Celebration - Featured Speaker: call the Telephone Registration and
Charles Johnson, "The King We Left Graduation System at 814-863-9000
Behind" - Reed Commons before Monday, January 26th. The
• 5:30 p.m. - 6:3(4 ,
• ofticq. opii; Monciay through Fri
-1:4444:10t hitt
. ' :4. ama..to 10:45 p.m. and Sat
-Multi-Cultural Resource Center (First urdays from 8:15 a.m. through 4:45
Floor Reed)
• 7:30 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebration Dinner - Reed Commons
To reserve your seat please call the
Office of Student Activities by Thurs
day, January 15.
African American novelist, screen
writer, and hook reviewer Charles
Johnson will speak at Behrend on
Monday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. as
part of the College's annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration.
Johnson's presentation, "The King
We Left Behind," will take place in
the Reed Commons. His 1990 novel,
"Middle Passage," won the National
Book Award.
Notices
inrervarsity Christian Fellowship
meetings 7:30 p.m.. Thursday, Janu
ary 15 and Thursday, January 22,
Reed 114.
Student Government Association
meeting 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Janu
ary 21, Reed 114.
The Reed Commons is available for
study and relaxation everyday.
Please take advantage of this facil
ity.
The Blue Bus has new hours effec
tive December 3. Check the RUB
desk for the new Blue Bus schedule.
The Studio Theatre has announced
auditions for the musical comedy
"The Pirates of Penzance." Audi
tions will be held on Monday, Janu
ary 26 and Tuesday, January 27 at
6:00 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Pro
duction dates are scheduled for
March 26, 27, 28, 29 at 8:00 p.m.
and March 29 at 2:30 p.m. For more
information call Tony Elliot at 898-
6279.
The Career Development Center will
be holding a workshop about "How
to Use the Career Development Cen
ter" on Monday, January 19 from
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Reed 3. Con
tact the C.D.C. for more information
at 898-6164.
Pick-up a Penn State Behrend /998-
99 Leadership Scholarship Applica
tion from the Financial Aid Office
or call 898-6162 for more informa
tion. Deadlines for the application
are Friday, February 27, 1998.
Penn State has introduced a new pm
cess for spring semester /998. All
students who are planning to gradu-
Students who fail to notify the Uni
versity of their plans to graduate will
not he informed of further steps
which must he taken throughout the
semester in order to receive their
degree.
Related information concerning
graduation for spring semester 1998
may he found by accessing the
Registrar's homepage at
www.psu.eduiregistrad.
Behrend has continued its growing
support of undergraduate research by
awarding twenty-five research grants
totaling $13,587 to thirty-one stu
dents for the 1997/98 academic year.
Since 1988 the College has presented
$168,339 to students who propose
undergraduate research. "Recent
studies indicate that students who
participate in undergraduate research
projects are more likely to be ac
cepted a prestigious schools, and ul
timately, to have better employment
opportunities," said Dr. Robert
Light, associate provost and associ
ate dean.
Undergraduates receiving research
grants will pursue their projects with
faculty during the spring semester of
1998. Grant money is used to offset
students' research expenses such as
travel, library loans, materials, and
photocopying. In the School of Hu
manities and Social Sciences, an
award of $5OO was presented to jun
ior psychology majors Gary
Caldwell from New Kensington,
Marcie Shander, from Sharon, and
Timothy Smith, from Butler, for their
proposal, "Mood Inducement Effects
in Lexicol Decisions: ERP Evidence
Supporting Mood Congruency Lat
eralization. " Junior psychology
major Colton Skorupan from Beaver
and senior psychology major
Roxzana Kelly from Ozone Park,
N.Y., received a grant of $5OO to
study "The Relationship of Cogni
tive Capacity and Visualization
Skills to the Success of Engineering
Students." Junior psychology major
Alesia Petro of Morrisdale was
awarded $5OO to study "The Effects
of Cognitive Factors and Personal
ity on Extinction and Spontaneous
Recovery," and sophomore liberal
arts major Shannon Lenze of St.
Calendar of Events
16Fn
20 Tu es
Mary's received $5OO to study
"Event-Related Potentials in the Pro
cessing of Language." Communica
tion major Lisa Fuhrman of Erie was
awarded $282 to create "An Analy
sis of Orientation Programs for Re
turning Adult Students."
In the School of Engineering and En
gineering Technology, senior electri
cal engineering major Alan Hall of
Erie, winner of the 1997 Goldwater
Scholarship, received an award of
$5OO to study "Automatic Shot
Boundary Defection in Compressed
Digital Video." A group of senior
mechanical engineering majors in
cluding Darren Giles of Saegertown,
Stephen Kennedy of Jamestown, Pa.,
Brian Schurpaker of Great Valley,,
N.Y, and Leroy Warren of Erie were
granted $1,500 to create the School's
1998 Supermileage Vehicle.
In the School of Business, Todd
Shade, a junior business economics
major from Erie, was awarded $5OO
to study "Economic Growth Paths
for Small and Medium Metro Areas:
Implications for Erie's Economy. -
Junior management information sys
tems major David Krauza II of Erie
received $5OO for his proposal,
"Augmentation of an Expert Bidding
Tool," and senior management infor
mation systems major Tulsa Pearson
of Erie was awarded $5OO for "Law
Firm Use of Computer Technolo
gies: In Search of Strategic Orienta
tions."
In the School of Science, a total of
$7,805 was awarded for a variety of
proposals. Dennis Merski, a senior
psychology major from Girard, re-
ceived a grant of $685 for "Investi
gating the Mechanism of Regulatory
Transcription of the lux Operon in
the Luminous Bacteria Vihrio
fischeri." Junior biology major
Jignesh Patel of Parsippany, N.J.,
was awarded $5BO for "Preparation
of cDNA Library from Dormant Po
tato Meristems," and Lindsey
Myrick, a junior biology major from
Lemont, Pa., received $553 for "Iso
lation and characterization of cdc 2
Related Genes from Solanum
tuberosum." Stephanie Roberts, a
junior biology major from Warren,
Pa., was awarded $513 for "Deter
mination of Genetic Variation in
Regionally Diverse Species of
Prunus serotina," and junior biology
major Marcia Anderson of Erie re
ceived $506 for "Sequence Analy
sis of a Potato Gene from a cDNA
Library."
The following students in Penn
State-Behrend's School of Science
received grants of $500: Michael
Sheehan, a junior science major from
Erie, for "Isolation of Protein Ex
pressed by the STWAAEIRD Gene";
Eugene Breault, a senior biology
major from Erie, for "Paternity
Analysis by DNA Fingerprinting in
the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)"; Eric
Fink, a sophomore biology major
from Oil City, for "Cloning and Ex
pression Analysis of Serotonin Re
ceptors in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)";
Phung Nguyen, a sophomore biol
ogy major from Erie, for "Sequenc-
Calendar
17Sat
21wed
• S.G.A. meeting, Reed 114, s:3opm
ing and Characterization of Two
HSP7() Genes from Zebrafish (Danio
rerio)"; Matthew Wilson, a senior
chemistry major from New
Kensington, for "Comparative
Analysis of the Essential Oils of Key
and Persian Lime Using Gas
Chromotography-Olfactometry
(GCO)"; Keegen Guyer, a junior
chemistry major from Fairview, for
"Analysis of Odor-Active Com
pounds in Chambourcin Wine Using
Gas Chromotography-Olfactom
etry-; Chad Stoltz, a sophomore sci
ence major from Cherry Tree, Pa.,
for "Control of the Aggregation Pro
cess of Type 111 Collagen and Imag
ing of the Various Stages of this Pro
cess Usino the Atomic Force Micro
.
scope.(AEU)": RebecvatMlack, A
senior chethistry major from
Coudersport, for "Laboratory Devel
opment of Electrochemical Cells and
Reduction Potential for the Chemis
try Curriculum at Penn State Erie,
The Behrend College"; and Neil
Vogeley, a junior chemistry major
from Glen Mills, for "Synthesis and
characterization of Transition Metal
Complexes of a Macrocyclic
Ligand." Finally, junior electrical
engineering major Daniel Roberts of
State College received an award of
$468 for study of "Polystyrene
Microspheres in a Luminescent So
lar Concentration."
Additional undergraduate research
funding for the summer session will
be announced in the spring of 1998.
Thursday, January /5. /998 The Behieni/ - page 3
African American novelist, screenwriter, and book reviewer Charle•
Johnson will speak at Behrend on Monday, January 19 at 7:30 p.m. a •
part of the College's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebra
tion. Johnson's presentation, "The King We Left Behind," will tak:
place in the Reed Commons. His 1990 novel, 'Middle Passage," wo
the National Book Award.
18 Sun
22 Thurs
• lntervarsity Christian Fellowship
meeting, 7:3opm, Reed 114
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