9 Thurs
• lntervarsity Christian Fellowship meeting,
7:30-9:3opm, Reed 117
• SPC movie: "American Werewolf in Paris'
10. m
13Mon
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Events
Andres Nader, Ph.D. candidate in
German studies, will present "Poetry
and Trauma: Writings from the Nazi
Concentration Camps" on Thursday,
April 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Reed Lec
ture Hall. The presentation is spon
sored by the Mary Behrend Cultural
Fund. Nader, a member of the Inter
national Study Group on Trauma, Vio
lence, and Genocide, will offer a read
ing and discussion of poems written
by inmates in the camps of
Buchenwald, Dachau, and
Theresienstadt. These previously
untranslated poems offer insight into
the daily experience of the victims of
the Holocaust.
Dr. Eric W Corty. Assistant Profes
sor of Psychology, presents "Lessons
from Psychology" on Wednesday,
April 15 at noon in the Reed Lecture
Hall. Dr. Corty is the Winner of the
Penn State-Behrend Council of Fel
lows Award for Excellence in Teach
ing. The presentation is a continua
tion of the Provost's Speaker Series.
Notices
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
meetings 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9
and Thursday, April 16, Reed 114.
Student Government Association
meeting 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April
15, Reed 117.
Trigon meeting, Tuesday, April 14,
5:00-6:00p.m. For location, call 898-
6030, stop by the Trigon office in the
MCC, or
trigon_behrend@hotmail.com
Society of Undergraduate Economists
meeting, Tuesday, April 14, 8:00 p.m.,
Academic 57.
Faculty Appreciation Day is Thurs
day, April 9. Lion Ambassadors will
be providing cookies for the faculty
and staff.
Marijuana Madness open forum on
NORML (National Organization of
the Reform of Marijuana Legislation),
Monday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. in Reed
117.
Any student can participate in the
Penn State-Behrencl/Dield Elemen
tal), Adopt-A-School for one or more
semesters. Tutors must commit them-
selves to tutoring at least once per
week. After school tutors are needed
from 2:30-3:40 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays with transportation pro
vided from the Reed Lot. In school
tutors who can provide their own
transportation are welcome to sign up
for one hour Monday through Thurs
day from 9:00-11:00 a.m. or 12:30-
2:30 p.m. No prior experience is nec
essary and all majors are welcome.
You will he working with children
kindergarten through grade six. Ap
plications are available in the Office
of Student Activities.
Supplemental instruction, weekly re
view sessions with a student tutor, are
available for the following courses:
Econ 002: Monday and Wednesday,
2:00-3:00 p.m., 206 Turnbull; Thurs
day, 5:00-6:00 p.m., 117 Science
Acctg 211: Monday, Wednesday,
2:00-3:00 p.m., 57 Academic; Friday,
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 57 Academic
Chem 012: Monday, 2:00-3:00 p.m.,
40 Hammermill; Wednesday, 11:00
a.m.-12:00 p.m., 40 Hammermill;
Thursday, 1:00-2:00 p.m., 126 Sci
ence
Phys 201: Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 a.m.,
40 Hammermill; Wednesday, 4:00-
Calendar of Events
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• Bruno's: Annie Rapid-music, B:3opm
• IM Deadline: badminton, 4pm
• SPC movie: "American Werewolf in Paris"
10. m
14Tues
• Trigon meeting, 5-6 pm
• Society of Undergraduate Economists
meeting, Bpm, Academic 57
5:00 p.m., 43 Academic; Thursday
7:M-8:00 p.m., 41 Academic
Econ 004: Sunday, 501-6:00 p.m., 41
Academic; Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00
p.m., 55 Academic; Wednesday, 5:30-
6:30 p.m., 40 HaM unermill
Drop-in tutoring is available for writ
ing and math at:
The Learning As.si.stance Center, 203
Library and the Math Lab, 131 Sci-
ence.
Call the L.A.C. at 898-6014 with
questions
The Computer Center has made tuto
rials accessible from any PC con
nected to the network. Tutorials in
cluded are Windows NT 4, Word 97,
and Excel 97. Tentatively, the tutori
als for Powerpoint and the Access
database will he available from the
vendor later this semester. To use the
tutorials in the lab, click on the Start
button and then select the following
items from the cascading menus: Pro
grams/Utilities & Tutorials/Learnit
Tutorials. It is recommended that new
users select the tutorial lesson, Using
',emit Interactive Training, to get
acquainted with the tutorial's naviga
tion tools. If there are any questions
concerning the use of the tutorials, the
student consultants are available for
assistance
The Equal Opportunity Planning
Committee of Penn State has an
nounced funding for the 1998 Minor
ity Advanced Placement Program/
Women in Science and Engineering
Program (MAPP/WISE) at Behrend.
In addition, International Paper has
once again agreed to support this ini
tiative. This will be the sixth summer
of operation for MAPP/WISE at Be
hrend. MAPP/WISE is a tree sum
mer program for academically tal
ented Erie-area high school students.
Students enroll in a three-credit course
with regularly enrolled University stu
Calendar
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• SPC movie: "American Werewolf in Paris"
10. m
15 Wed
• S.G.A. meeting, s:3opm, Reed 117
• Provost's Speaker: Dr. Eric W. Corty,
noon, Reed 117
dents during the College's eight-week
summer session. The MAPP portion
of the program includes students from
underrepresented groups; the WISE
portion of the program encourages
female high school students to explore
career possibilities in science, engi
neering, and engineering technology.
Students participating in MAPP/
WISE learn study techniques, test
taking strategies, and writing skills
that help prepare them for academic
study at the college level. Students in
the program receive career counsel
ing and attend special lectures and
field trips conducted by profession
als in business, industry, human ser
vices, and education. All applicants
to the program must be high school
juniors during the 1997-98 school
year and have a grade-point average
of 2.75 or higher. To obtain an appli
cation, contact your high school guid
ance counselor of the Office of Ad
missions at (814) 898-6100.
All full-time faculty and staff: We are
now capturing, photos and signatures
of all faculty and staff for new ID+
cards. Cards currently in circulation
will not work beginning with Sum
mer Session 1998. Phase out will
begin as early as May 10. This ID
card is needed for Dobbins Gazebo,
Bruno's, the Library, and building and
room access at all Commonwealth
College locations and University
Park. Banking options may be avail
able as early as Fall 1998. Student
photo capture will begin April 1,
1998. We strongly encourage all full
time faculty and staff to have their
photos taken prior to April 1 to avoid
long lines in August. ID+ cards will
he distributed April 27. If you have
an interim ID from the new system
(white card), it is not necessary to
have your picture retaken, We will
print your photo on the new stock and
distribute it on April 27. The ID of
fice is located on the second floor of
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the Reed Building, overlooking the
Wintergarden. It is open Monday
through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m. If there are any questions,
please phone 898-6035 or visit
www.hfs.psu.eduJidcard/id+.
Students will receive an offer from
AT&T for a calling card number to
be printed on the ID+ card. The post
card must be returned to the ID office
to indicate whether you want to par
ticipate in the program. This is a I+
card for use anywhere in the world.
This option will not replace the ACUS
0+ based systems now in place for
residence hall students. Signing up
for the calling card will give you
$lO.OO free calling (for 60 days after
sign up), and a free one year mem
bership to the Student Advantage (a
national student discount program).
For the second time, Behrend will be
offering AAAS 146: The Life and
Thought of Martin Luther King Jr.
during Fall 1998. The course, last
taught during Spring 1997, was very
popular with students. It fulfills ei
ther the general humanities or the di
versity requirement for graduation.
The Spring 1998 Commencement
ceremony will be held on Saturday,
May 16 at noon. In case of inclement
weather, two ceremonies will be held.
The first will begin at noon in Erie
Hall and the second will begin at 2:30
p.m. Seniors who intend to partici
pate in the graduation ceremony must
purchase a cap and gown from the
bookstore. Prices are as follows:
Baccalaureate (keeper) $22.75; Asso
ciate (keeper) $22.75; Graduate
(rental) cap, gown, hood $35.25;
Graduate (keeper) cap, gown, hood
$46.00. The deadline to order caps
and gowns is April 10.
Are you interested in belonging to
SGA? Petitions are available in the
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• SPC movie: "American Werewolf in
Paris" 9pm
16 Thurs
• Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
meeting, 7:30-9:3opm, Reed 117
• Andres Nader, "Poetry and Trauma,"
7pm, Reed 117
• SPC movie: "Jackie Brown" 10pm
Student Government Office for the
following positions: President/Vice-
President, Secretary, and Senator.
Petitions are due by 5:00 p.m. on Fri
day, April 10.
This spring Behrend has awarded
twenty-three Undergraduate Summer
Research Fellowships for 1997/1998.
The awards, which total $21,970,
were presented to twenty-six under
graduate students. In the fall of 1997,
the College awarded twenty-five un
dergraduate research grants totaling
$13,587. The Undergraduate Summer
Research Fellowships bring the total
awarded for undergraduate research
in the 1997/98 academic year to
$35,557. Undergraduates receiving
research grants will pursue their
projects with faculty during the sum
mer of 1998. Grant money is used to
offset students' research expenses
such as travel, library loans, materi
als, and photocopying. Research pro
posals were funded in each of the four
schools of the University. In the
School of Humanities and Social Sci
ences, proposals ranged from "The
House of Morgan: Financiers of the
Great War, 1914-1918," to "Theory
of Mind and Self-Regulation in Chil
dren." In the School of Business,
"Generalization of an Expert Bidding
Tool" was funded. In the School of
Engineering and Engineering Tech
nology, "Experimental System for
Metal Cutting Dynamics and Control
Research" received an award. Six
teen Undergraduate Summer Re
search Fellowships were awarded in
the School of Science to proposals
ranging from "The Culture and Kinet
ics of Human Cancer Cells" to "De
velopmental Analysis of Serotonin
Receptors in Zebrafish." Research
funding for the 1998/99 academic
year will be announced in fall of 1998.