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NEWS AND WEATHER
Nominations being accepted for Behrend's
Faculty and Staff awards
by Erin McCurdy
staff writer
The Undergraduate Studies Com
mittee, in conjunction with the Re
search Committee, is currently ac
cepting nominations for Faculty and
Staff Awards. Four different awards
are going to be given away. If you
feel that one of your professors is
worthy of receiving one of these
awards, please take the time and
nominate them.
The first award is the Council of
Fellow Excellence in Teaching
Award. This award was first pre
sented in May of 1969. Its purpose
is to recognize that faculty member
who, in the opinion of students and
colleagues, most truly fills the role
of an effective teacher. If, while
studying at Behrend, you have come
across professors who you feel are
worthy of this award, give them the
honor of nominating them.
The next award is the Guy W. Wil
son Award for Excellence in Aca
demic Advising. This award is
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"We should turn it into club offices and have a Corn-
"I think we should be able to use it for student retreats
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new facility probably won't be done by next year -
we should still keep using it for gym classes."
meant to encourage and reward ex
cellence in academic advising. It
was first awarded in 1982. How
many of you have walked into your
advisors office with a scheduling
book and no clue? I know that I
have. Every time I needed my ad
visor, he was there to help me. Ad
visors are constantly taking time out
of their busy schedules to help us,
shouldn't we take the time from our
busy schedule to say thank you?
What better way to say thank you
than by nominating them for one of
these special awards?
The third award being presented
is the Council of Fellows Excel
lence in Outreach and Service
Award. This award was established
to recognize that faculty member
who in the opinion of students, col
leagues, and community leaders
most truly serves the college, the
community, and the academic pro
fession. This is the first year for
the award. Dr. Peg Thorns, head of
the Research Committee, explained
the purpose of this award. She said,
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Traci Hamm, 04, COMMU
Tracy Jones, 04, COMMU
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muter Lounge!"
"We should turn it into a dance club."
Mike Mattich, 05, MET
"We should be able to play floor hockey - they
took it out about two years ago because they said it
would mess up the floors."
Kevin "Scooby" Mink, 08, COMMU
"Tear it down and start anew."
Mike Berzinsky, 02, GEOSCI
"This award is meant to recognize
faculty members who have had their
articles published in professional jour
nals or books." If you know of such
a professor, please recognize them by
nominating them.
The final award being given away
is the Benjamin A. Lane Outstanding
Service Award. The purpose of this
award is to recognize service beyond
the call of duty. A faculty or staff
member who contributes to excel
lence inside and outside the classroom
is eligible to receive this award. This
award was first presented in 1986.
Dr. Pamela Silver, head of the Un
dergraduate Studies Committee, feels
that these awards are a chance for the
students of Penn State Behrend to
send a clear signal about the quality
of education at Behrend. She also
stated that faculty members work very
hard and care a lot about the student
body. "As a faculty member, it is nice
to know that the students recognize
and appreciate how much we care.
We not only care about the students,
we also care that they achieve their
full potential."
The process of nomination is very
easy; you can do it one of two ways.
The first way is to go to Penn State
Erie's homepage (http://
www.pserie.psu.edu) and click on
Look What's New. The other way
to nominate someone is to fill out a
nomination form. You can find
nomination forms at the Office of the
Provost and Dean located on the first
floor of Glenhill Farmhouse. All
nominations must he completed and
returned no later than February 28,
2000. If you feel that you know a
faculty or staff member that quali
fies for one of these awards, please
nominate them.
The nomination forms are very
simple and to the point. They sim
ply ask who you are and why you
feel the faculty member that you are
nominating deserves this award.
Quality, not quantity, of the nomi
nations is what counts. The Boards
will be looking very closely at the
reasons given for the nominations,
not just how many nominations a
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Suspicious activity was reported in Ohio flail; gone on arrival
Suspicious activity was reported in the Stair Tower.
A complainant reported two indvidivals suspected of smoking marijuana. Upon arrival no
one was in the area; a search produced a plastic bag containing small amounts of leaves
and seeds which tested positive for marijuana.
Officers were dispatched to Tigress Hall lobby after getting a report of an intoxicated,
unruly student
While in the S Lot, an officer observed a vehicle heading east on Maintenance Drive spin
on a curve near the Maintenance building. The driver was issued a citation for not driving
at a safe speed
A complainant reported someone struck his vehicle while it was parked in the Turnbull
Hall parking lot.
Hardware was removed from two computers
An officer observed a truck fishtailing and weaving in the trafficway of the parking lot. The
driver was cited for careless driving.
A complainant called and reported that a truck was on fire in the Nick North Lot. East
County dispatched the Brookside Fire Department which responded to the scene and
extinguished the fire.
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certain faculty member receives.
When nominating a faculty member
be as specific and as in depth as pos
sible on the application.
After all of the nominations have
been received, two different faculty
boards have the task of determining
the award recipients. Even though
the final decision is up to the boards,
the power, by way of nomination, is
in the hands of the students. After
the boards have reviewed the nomi
nations, they often visit the class
rooms of the nominated professors
to get a first hand view of how they
teach and interact with students.
The Undergraduate Studies Com
mittee is awarding both the Council
of Fellow Excellence in Teaching
Award and the Guy W. Wilson Award
for Excellence in Academic Advis
ing. The Undergraduate Studies
Committee is comprised of eight dif
ferent faculty members and chaired
by Pam Silver, Associate Professor
of Biology. Dr. Tim Smaby, Associ
ate Professor of Finance, is a four
year member of this committee. Dr.
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Smaby feels that by allowing the stu
dents to nominate faculty members
for these awards, the student body is
being given a voice. He strongly
encourages students to participate in
these awards.
The Research Committee, chaired
by Dr. Peg Thorns, is responsible for
awarding the Council of Fellows Ex
cellence in Outreach and Service
Award and the Benjamin A. Lane
Outstanding Service Award. This is
the first year that Dr. Thorns, Asso
ciate Professor of Management, has
chaired this committee.
All four of these awards will be
presented at the Penn State Behrend
Awards Banquet at the end of the
Spring Semester. All students, fac
ulty, and staff are invited to nomi
nate any professor that they feel de
serves this honor: but remember, the
deadline is February 28, 2000.
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