Thursday, April 16, IWS - The Behrend College Collegian 16 Thurs • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meeting, 7:30-9:3opm, Reed 114 •Andres Nader, "Poetry and Trauma,” 7pm, Reed 117 • SPC movie: “Jackie Brown" 10pm 20 Mon • Marijuana Madness open forum, 6:3opm, Reed 117 All submissions for the calendar should be made available to the Collegian by s:oopm on the Monday before publication. Please send via inter-office mail to the Collegian Calendar Editor, drop it off at the Collegian office, or send it to BEHRCOLL3@aoI.com. The Collegian cannot guarantee publication of events due to space constraints. The Collegian also reserves the right to edit any material submitted for publication. The calendar is intended for Behrend notices and events. IsWdilkl Andres Nader, Ph.D. candidate in German studies, will present “Poetry and Trauma: Writings from the Nazi Concentration Camps" on Thursday, April l(S at 7:00 p.m. in the Reed Lec ture Hall. The presentation is spon sored by the Mars 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 w ritten 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. Honors and Awards Convocation, Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 p.m. in Erie Hall. 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. liMJskl Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meetings 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16 and Thursday, April 23. Reed 114. Student Government Association meeting 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Reed 117. Trigon Open House, Tuesday, April 21, 5:00 - 6:oopm in the Memorial Room of the Glenhill Farmhouse. Come learn everything you ever wanted to know about Trigon. We're not hiding, we re reaching out. Society of Undergraduate Econo mists meeting. Tuesday, April 21. 8:00 p.m., Academic 57. Homecoming 1998 meeting on Thursday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Reed 113. Communication Career Night on Thursday. April 23 at 7:30 in Reed 3. Recent graduates come and speak about their experiences after college. Is it what they expected? Is it easy to find a job? How have their ex pectations of life after college been reinforced or chaotic? Diehl Elementary Adopt-A-School for one or more semesters. Tutors must commit themselves 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 provided from the Reed Lot. In school tutors who can provide their own transportation are welcome to sign up for one hour Monday through Thursday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. or 12:30-2:30 p.m. No prior experience is necessary and all majors are welcome. You will be working with children kindergarten through grade six. Applications are available in the Office of Student Ac- tivities Supplemental instruction, weekly review sessions with a student tutor, are available for the following courses Kcon 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; Fri day. 12:00 a.m.-l:00 p.m., 57 Aca demic 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- Phys 201: Tuesday, 10:00-11:00 a.m., 40 Hammermill; Wednesday, 4:00-5:00 p.m.. 43 Academic; Thurs day. 7:00-8:00 p.m.. 41 Academic Econ 004: Sunday, 5:00-6:00 p.m., 41 Academic; Tuesday. 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., 55 Academic; Wednes day. 5:30-6:30 p.m., 40 Hammermill Drop-in tutoring is available for writing and math at: The Learning Assistance 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 tu torials accessible from any PC con nected to the network. Tutorials in cluded are Windows NT 4, Word 97, and Excel 97. Tentatively, the tuto rials for Powerpoint and the Access database will be available from the vendor later this semester. To use the tutorials in the lab, click on the Start button and then select the fol lowing items from the cascading menus: Programs/Utilities & Tuto rials/Learnlt Tutorials. It is recom mended that new users select the tu torial lesson. Using Learnlt Interac tive Training, to get acquainted with the tutorial's navigation tools. If there are any questions concerning the use of the tutorials, the student consultants are available for assis tance. The Equal Opportunity Planning Committee of Penn State has an nounced funding for the 1998 Mi nority Advanced Placement Pro gram/ Women in Science and En gineering Program (MAPP/WISE) at Bchrend. In addition. Interna tional Paper has once again agreed to support this initiative. This will be the sixth summer of operation for MAPP/WISE at Behrend. M A P P / WISE is a free summer program for academically talented Erie-area high school students. Students enroll in a three-credit course with regularly en rolled University students during the College’s eight-week summer ses sion. The MAPP portion of the pro gram includes students from underrepresented groups; the WISE portion of the program encourages female high school students to ex- page 6 Calendar of Events 17" • Bruno’s: Leighan Lord-comedy, B:3opm • SPC movie: “Jackie Brown” 10pm 21”” • Trigon Open House, 5-6 pm, Glenhill Farmhouse, Memorial Room • Society of Undergraduate Economists meeting, Bpm, Academic 57 • SGA Elections, 11am-2pm, Reed plore career possibilities in science, engineering, and engineering tech nology. Students participating in MAPP/WISE learn study tech niques, test-taking strategics, and writing skills that help prepare them for academic study at the college level. Students in the program re ceive career counseling and attend special lectures and field trips con ducted by professionals in business, industry, human services, and edu cation. 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 application, con tact your high school guidance coun selor of the Office of Admissions at (814) 898-6100. All full-time faculty and staff: We are now capturing photos and signa tures of all faculty and staff for new ID+ cards. Cards currently in cir culation will not work beginning with Summer 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 Com monwealth Col lege locations and University Park. Banking options may be available as early as Fall 1998. Student photo capture will begin April 1, 1998. We strongly en courage all full-time faculty and staff to have their photos taken prior to April 1 to avoid long lines in August. ID+ cards will be distributed April 27. If you have an interim ID from the new system (white card), it is not necessary to have your picture re taken. We will print your photo on the new stock and distribute it on April 27. The ID office is located on the second floor of the Reed Building, overlooking the Calendar ORO L L A 18" • Bruno’s: karaoke, B:3opm • SPC movie: “Jackie Brown” 10pm 22- • S.G.A. meeting, s:3opm, Reed 117 • Alpha Sigma Tau fundraiser, 9am-3pm, outside of Bruno’s • SGA Elections, 11am-2pm, Reed Wintergardcn. 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.edu/idcard/id-i-. 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 of fice to indicate whether you want to participate in the program. This is a 1+ 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 membership to the Student Ad vantage (a national student discount program). For the second time. Behrend will be offering AAAS I46: The Life and Thought of Martin Luther King Jr. during Fall 1998. The course, last taught during Spring 1997, was very popular v'jth 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 inclem ent 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 participate in the graduation cer emony must purchase a cap and gown from the bookstore. Prices are as follows: Baccalaureate (keeper) $22.75; Associate (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. This spring Behrend has awarded twenty-three Undergraduate Sum mer Research Fellowships for 1997/ 1998. The awards, which total $21,970, were presented to twenty six undergraduate students. In the fall of 1997, the College awarded twenty-five undergraduate research grants totaling $13,587. The Under graduate Summer Research Fellow ships bring the total awarded for un dergraduate research in the 1997/98 academic year to $35,557. Under graduates receiving research grants will pursue their projects with fac ulty during the summer of 1998. Grant money is used to offset stu dents’ research expenses such as travel, library loans, materials, and photocopying. Research proposals were funded in each of the four schools of the University. In the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, proposals ranged from "The House of Morgan: Financiers of the Great War, 1914-1918,” to "Theory of Mind and Self-Regula tion in Children." In the School of Business, "Generalization of an Ex pert Bidding Tool” was funded. In the School of Engineering and En gineering Technology, “Experimen tal System for Metal Cutting Dynam ics and Control Research” received an award. Sixteen Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships were awarded in the School of Science to proposals ranging from "The Culture and Kinetics of Human Cancer Cells” to “Developmental Analysis of Serotonin Receptors in Zebrafish.” Research funding for the 1998/99 academic year will be an nounced in fall of 1998. More than fifty students in mechani cal engineering and mechanical en i REALLYCOUNTONTOHELPUSACCOMPLISHALLTHAT '.JL WE NEED TO DO. RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE THINGS LIKE ft THE TOYOTA COROLLA. OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED - jpCARS IN THE WORLD. AND NOW IT'S ALL-NEW.,.WITH m" MORE PASSENGER AND TRUNK ROOM, AN ALL-NEW X ALUMINUM ENGINE THAT'S ONLY MORE POWERFUL, IT'S MORE ECONOMICAL.. UP TO 38 MILES PER GALLON HIGHWAY. COROLLA IS SAFER AND ' QUIETER, AND BEST OF ALL IT STARTS AT A PRICE LOWER THAN LAST YEAR. MORE CAR...LESS MONEY. WHAT A " , REFRESHING CHANGE! ' y -A 19 sun • Honors and Awards Convocation, 2pm, Erie Hall • SPC movie: “Jackie Brown" 9pm 23 Thurs • Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meeting, 7:30-9:3opm, Reed 114 • Communication Career Night, 7:3opm, Reed 3 •Alpha Sigma Tau fundraiser, 9am 3pm, outside of Bruno’s gineering technology at Behrend at tended the American Society of Me chanical Engineers (ASME) Re gional Student conference held April 2 through April 4 in Troy, Michigan. Students making oral presentations at the conference included David Genung, “Calculations for Brewing Beer,” Justin Held, “Camshaft Lobe Stock Gauge,” Matthew Jaworsky, "Design of a Probe to Measure Melt Temperature During Injection Mold ing," and Jennifer Whitman, “Dy namic Resistor Design.” Students participating in the Technical Poster Competition included Jessica Kridler, Jennifer Whitman, and Tracy Zeno, “Dynamic Resistor De sign,” Chad Thompson, “30-Ton Gantry Crane Hoist Drum Design Comparison,” and Dustin Zinz and Greg Hathaway, “Optimization of a Five-inch Floor Strainer.” David Genung received a certificate as the Outstanding Student Member of the MET group, and Craig Williams re ceived the Outstanding Student Member certificate for the ME group. Dustin Zinz and Greg Hathaway received a second place award for their technical poster. Dr. Amir Khalilollahi, assistant profes sor of mechanical engineering, re ceived the Region’s Faculty Advisor Award for outstanding service to his student group. The Mechanical En gineering Technology group, which numbered twenty-seven, also won the Man-Mile contest. The winner of this award is determined by mul tiplying the number of students at tending in each group by the num ber of miles traveled to the confer ence. The Man-Mile trophy will be displayed at Behrend for the next year. TOYOTA oSonjclay .i,v:
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