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SPRING
COMMENCEMENT
The Spring 1999 Commencement
ceremony will be held on Saturday,
May 15, at noon on the Reed Union
Building lawn. In case of inclement
weather, two ceremonies will be held.
The first will begin at 12:00 noon and
the second at 2:3opm, both in Erie Hall.
Seniors who intend to participate in
the graduation ceremony must
purchase a cap and gown from the
bookstore. Prices are as follows:
Baccalaureate-black (keeper) $22.75,
Associate- blue (Keeper) $22.75,
Graduate- black cap gown, hood
(keeper)- $46.00 and Graduate black
cap, gown, hood (rental)-$35.25.
The deadline to order caps and gowns
was April 9. Beginning April 6,
graduation announcements may be
purchased on a walk-in basis from the
Media and Instructional Support
Center (MISC) in the Academic
Building. The cost is 35 cents for each
announcement. Please call the Provosts
Office at 898-6160 by May 3if you
plan to attend.
FOUNDER OF ANSYS TO
SPEAK AT BEHREND
SENIOR PROJECTS DAY
Dr. John Swanson, founder and chief
technologist of ANSYS, Inc. will be
the keynote speaker at Senior Projects
99, to be held Saturday, May I from
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
Engineering Complex at Penn State
Erie, the Behrend College. At this
event, graduating seniors in the
engineering programs present research
and industrial projects they have
completed during the year.
“Many of the senior projects
presented provide solutions to real
world engineering problems,” said
David Roth, associate professor of
engineering and faculty sponsor for the
day. “We invite representatives of
industry to bring their challenging
problems to our students, who work to
develop practical solutions.” Roth
noted that senior projects day often
draws many product design and
manufacturing representatives from
local and regional companies, who
come to meet the graduates and recruit
potential employees. “Although,” he
said, “by senior projects day, many of
these students have already accepted
jobs in industry,” we are particularly
pleased to have Dr. Swanson with us
for Senior Projects Day, said Dr.
Richard Progelhof, director of the
School of Engineering and
Engineering Technology. Swanson,
who will speak in Roche Hall at 12:45
p.m., is internationally recognized as
an innovator in the application of
finite-element methods to engineering.
He founded his company in 1970 to
develop, support, and market the
ANSYS program, a finite-element
software code widely used in the
computer-aided engineering industry.
All submissions for the calendar should be made available to
For additional information about
Senior Projects 99, please call the
Penn State Behrend School of
Engineering and Engineering
Technology at (814) 898-6153.
LEARN TO PLAY GOLF
Continuing and Distance
Education and the Athletics
department is offering a course on
how to play golf. This course will
be instructed by Dave Niland and
Rob Wittman. The cost is $75 dollars
and all class sections will be held
from 6:oopm-8:00pm. Enrollment
is limited, so to register, please call
the Office of Continuing and
Distance Education at 898-6103.
The following are days in which the
course is offered. May 3 through
May 24 (Mondays and Wednesdays)
or May 4 through May 25 (Tuesdays
and Thursdays) or June 1 through
June 22 (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
or June 2 through June 23 (Mondays
and Wednesdays).
REGIONAL
UNDERGRADUATES
EARN RESEARCH
AWARDS
Students and faculty from SUNY
Fredonia, Grove City College,
Mercyhurst College, Edinboro
University, and Penn State Erie, The
Behrend College, were honored
recently by the Northwestern
Pennsylvania Chapter of Sigma Xi,
the national scientific research
society.
Recipients received the awards at
a luncheon following the eighth
annual Undergraduate Student
Research and Creative
Accomplishment Conference,
sponsored by Sigma Xi and Penn
State Behrend on March 27. More
than 50 students and their faculty
sponsors offered posters and oral
presentations resulting from several
semesters of research.
Dr. Russell Sexton, president of the
Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter
of Sigma Xi and director of the
microbiology and chemistry
program at Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM),
welcomed the students and faculty.
He noted Sigma X is focus on
fostering collaborative research
among its members, becoming
politically aware and active, and
insuring state support of research
initiatives. Vicki Snyder, a
representative of Congressman Phil
English, read a letter from English
congratulating the honorees and
reminding the group that
undergraduate research is an
investment in our future that
enhances both our local and global
communities. English is a member
of the National Science Policy Study,
which is working to guide and
develop the nation’s long-term
science model.
Dr. Philip Hultgren, chair of
Sigma X is awards committee and a
member of the LECOM faculty,
presented institutional and student
awards. In the poster category, two
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posters by Penn State Behrend students
tied for first place: Eric Fink, biology,
and Shannon Len/.e, Banchi Dcssalegn,
and Andrea Furman, psychology.
Runners-up lor the poster awards were:
Shital Patel and Chad Stolz, chemistry,
Penn State Behrend; Ryan Waltos and
Janice Ment/,, chemistry, SUNY
Fredonia, and Charlene Wick, biology,
Grove City College.
In the oral presentations category, in
the division of chemistry, engineering,
physics, mathematics and computer
science. Robert Dolak, Jonathan
Midgette. and Jason Ruhlman of Penn
State Behrend were the winners.
Runners-up in this category were
Megan McLean and Brian Chapados,
SUNY Fredonia. and Matt Behan, Penn
State Behrend.
Oral presentation winner in the
division of business and history was
Allyson J. Cuccia, Penn State Behrend.
Runners-up in this category were
Christopher Cairns and Kim Thurston,
Matt Roche, Joe Angelo, and John
Linville of Penn State Behrend. Oral
presentation winner in the division of
biology was J.K. Patel of Penn State
Behrend. Runners-up were John
Magenau IV and Kevin Wellejus, both
of Penn State Behrend.
Sigma Xi presented faculty
mentoring awards to Dr. Mary
Chisholm, associate professor of
chemistry at Penn Slate Behrend, Dr.
Craig W. Steele, assistant professor of
biology at Edinboro University, and Dr.
Melissa Barranger-Mathys, assistant
professor of chemistry at of Mercyhurst
College.
The Faculty Research Award, given
to the person who, in the opinion of
Sigma X, has demonstrated the greatest
encouragement and support of student
and scientific research, went to Dr.
Michael Campbell, assistant professor
of biology at Penn State Behrend. In
accepting the award, Campbell thanked
the students who work for him now and
have worked for him in the past. “ It is
they who deserve this award,” he said.
WINNERS FROM
HEALTH FEST ‘99
- Camping equipment rental for entire
week donated by Eastern Mountain
Sports- Juliet Diabene
- CD stereo box donated by Sears-
Emily Jack
- Classic Dartboard by Erie Sports
Store- Jennifer Sloka
- 3 hour sessions with personal trainer
donated by Fit for Life- Jennifer
Teasdale
- One-Month membership donated by
the Hamot Wellness Center- Jonathan
Ng
- $4O gift certificate donated by the
St. Vincent Complimentary care
center- Jennifer Enas
- Sun tea jar with surprises donated
by Bath and Body Works- Marci Ball
- One half hour massage donated by
the Mind-Body Wellness Center-
Jacqueline Jackson
- “Listen to your Pain” book donated
by the Penn state Behrend Bookstore-
Joanna Blaser
- First aid kit donated by the Penn
State Behrend Health and Wellness
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Center - Erin Hersman
- Mug donated by the Penn State
Behrend Health and Wellness
Center- Niek Capozzoli
- Stress balls donated by Penn State
Behrend Residence Life- Cecilia
Casado, Nancy Richardson.
Michelle Lazor, Bernadette
Baumeister, Channasa Taylor
MATH OPTIONS ‘99 SET
FOR MAY 11
Seventh and eighth grade girls
from schools throughout
northwestern Pennsylvania have
been invited to Penn State Erie, The
Behrend College, to participate in
Math Options Career Awareness
Day on Tuesday, May 11 from 9 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Math Options is a
program designed to encourage and
increase the participation of girls and
young women in mathematics,
science, and technology careers.
Girls from as far away as
Coudersport were invited through
their schools to participate.
Approximately 225 young women
and their teachers are expected
to attend.
Events of the day take place in
Erie Hall, where registration will
begin approximately 8:15 a.m. Girls
will gather first for a tower-building
contest coordinated by Jonathan
Hall, instructor of physics at Penn
State Behrend,
At 9:15 a.m. a keynote panel will
begin the day with encouraging
words for girls interested in math
and science careers. Speakers
include Dr. Judi Wakhungu, director
of the Women in Science and
Engineering Institute at University
Park; Ms. Peggy Dreher, General
Manager of Business Sourcing and
Support Operations, GE
Students in Chemistry, engineering, physics, mathematics, and computer science took home awards for
poster and oral presentations at the recent Eighth Annual Undergraduate Students Research and
Creative Accomplishment Conference, which was co-sponsored by Penn State Behrend and Sigma Xi,
the national research society. From left to right. Matt Behan, Jason Ruhlman, Ryan Waltos, Brian
Chapados, John Midgette, Shaital Patel, and Rob Dolak.
Transportation Systems; and P.J.
Palumbo, D.V.M., veterinarian and
caretaker of the baby leopards at
the Erie Zoo.
Throughout the day girls will take
part in hands-on workshops such
as Traveling through Fiberopties.
Bones and Ankles and Growth, and
Juice Do It. Their teachers will
attend professional development
workshops taught by Dr. Dawn
Blasko. assistant professor of
psychology. Dr. Peg Thoms,
assistant professor of management,
and Dr. Wakhungu.
"We are grateful to once again to
have the co-sponsorship of the
Northwest Pennsylvania Health
Education Center, the Elfun
Society of GE, Erie Engineering
Societies Council, Northwest
Pennsylvania Industrial Resource
Center, the School-to-Work
programs in Erie and Crawford
Counties, and the Manufacture's
Association of Northwest
Pennsylvania,” said Peggy
McCarthy, area representative for
Continuing and Distance
Education and Coordinator of Math
Options. These organizations play
an important role in the success ot
the program.
McCarthy also noted that the
Math Options program has grown
this year to include a 3-day summer
camp at Penn State Behrend tor
girls ages 11-15 who want more
hands-on opportunities to learn
about career options in
mathematics and science. The
camp, scheduled for July 14-16, is
co-sponsored by the Penn Lakes
Girl Scout Council.
For more information about Math
Options career Awareness Day or
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Math Options summer camp, please call
the Penn State Behrend Office of
Continuing and Distance Education at
(814) 898-6103.
BLUE BUS
Saturday, April 24,1999
The Bus is reserved all day tor A
White-Water Rafting trip.
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LA 283 STUDENTS TO
PRESENT WORK AT ERIE
BOOK STORE RECEPTION
On Saturday April 24, students from
Behrend’s History and Practice of
Small Press Course (LA 283) will|
participate in a reception and reading ats
the Erie Book Store, 137 East 13th St.,S
from Ipm to 4 pm. LA 283 is a class)
that combines literary history with*
instruction in desktop and electronic;
publishing. Students from the class each?
created, developed and published a;
unique book or magazine. SomeJ
students have put together publications;
based on their own creative writing.;
Others have written local or family
histories. Some have written essays on;
topics ranging from sports to vampires,
to pets and music.
At the reception, students will present
their publications and read Irom their!
work. Copies of all books and
magazines will be on sale in the Erie;
Book Store. Refreshments will be
provided. All are welcome to attend. For
more information, contact Jim
O’Loughlin at 898-6073,
jbo2(s' psu.edu. Sponsored by the Mary
Behrend Cultural Fund.
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