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Ed Mulfinger moves up the food chain
Behrend’s Manager of Housing and Food Services receives promotion
by Bob Wynne
associate editor
lid Mulfinger. who is currently
the manager of Housing and Food
Seriicci ;it Penn State Behrend,
has been promoted to Assistant
Director of Housing and Food for
Penn State's Commonwealth
Campuses His recent promotion
re 11 eels main years of dedicated
sen tee to Penn State University.
Mult ingci \\ as asked to take the
position w hat tt was realized that
the lesponsilulities of the current
assistant diteelor. Mr. Greg
Miimei could only he stretched so
lai. Due to Penn State's growing
enrollment and future expansion
proiciis, the need lor a second
pei -a at to share the responsibilities
lx came an important issue
Iheie are nine Commonwealth
mp'iisn spiead throughout the
taie Mulfinger said that although
ii■ a. ai.ll j'. e . it looks like he will
Student
First Night Erie art
award winners
display photography
!>\ Katie Gallic
sli'. a lal pace editor
"• : 'Hi! .indent-, spent the past
i; • a ni" pin in in nl nature, people
; i,!,’)!. inns mher subjects. Their
"si mi displa\ on the 2nd door of
\, ...Vnik Building from today
\1 ■ Ii; addition to learning
i . s> 11 photography, stu-
l;ed contemporary photog-
.i,d '.'.ere encouraued to re-
1 ■ i.i ilk- subjects that they
, in . .e 1" pli' 'i.'i-i iph, "While the stu
.l.Mik u-i.iie to the works shown to
t!k -ii ! let tliem photograph what is
interesting to them," said Karol
hwk / .ik. Lecturer in Photography.
\, upposed to previous years, all
die ks this \ ear are in color, due
n> ill- -1, vent loss of the dark room that
is needed to produce black and white
phono lonwak commented on the
lack oi black and white photos say
ing "munv students would choose to
photograph in black and white it we
still hail the resources here on cam-
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CONTROVERSY
The Beacon will
investigate a recent
controversy in the
Interfraternity
Council, dealing with
the status of the KAP
fraternity
be in charge of the western half of
the state, and Minner will continue
to head the eastern half. Behrend
is one of the nine Commonwealth
campuses, so Mulfinger’s ties will
not be completely severed.
“In essence, it’s the next step up
from where I’m at now,” stated
Mulfinger. He said that his duties
would include coordinating such
projects as the Perry Hall
renovation at Behrend, as well as
a possible job in Harrisburg. He
will be responsible for many
project budgets, and the managers
of each campus will look to
Mulfinger as their new boss.
Mulfinger brings with him an
impressive list of credentials. This
is his 22nd year in Housing and
Food with Penn State. Sixteen of
those years were spent at
University Park, and the last six
have been spent at Behrend. He
earned his B.A. in Humanities
from Penn State, and in 1996 he
photos go on display
There were no limitations to what
the students could photograph. All
that was required for the class is a
w illingness to experiment. Many stu
dents have little or no experience
when entering the class. "Some of my
best students turn out to be the ones
with no experience,” Tomczak went
on to say. She also added that there
are more than enough students to fill
every class offered and that more pho
tography classes should be added.
“This school is not an art school and
there are so many serious classes of
fered. This class is about going out
there and having fun. Art is so uni
versal.”
The display of photography in
cludes works from students in the
Photo 001 class and also students that
participated and won at this year’s
First Night Erie celebration. The ex
hibition is made possible by the Stu
dent Art Fund and The School of Flu
manities and Social Sciences and is
free and open to all.
Behrend basketball makes NCAA
Elite Eight appearance
was awarded the William Reiber
Award for outstanding
management. Mulfinger is also a
certified HAC’CP health inspector.
Although his new office will be
in University Park, Mulfinger has
no direct responsibilities for that
campus. As far as Housing and
Food services goes, Mulfinger
explained that University Park is
a “separate entity” from the
Commonwealth campuses. Die
main reason his office is located
there is because that’s where all of
his records and resources are
located, in the middle of the state.
"I will, however, be spending a lot
of time on the road,” he added.
June 1, 2000, is the official date
that Mulfinger is scheduled to
assume his new responsibilities.
However, he said he won’t leave
Behrend until his replacement is
comfortable with the duties here
on campus. That means he could
leave as late as September. A
ABOVE: Behrend students’ photos hang on the second floor of the Academic
Building. RIGHT: Mary Birdsong and Karol Tomczak hang up some award-winning
photos from First Night Erie
Final issue of 1999-2000 school year
BEHREND YEAR IN REVIEW
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nal ional 1 y publicized
search will aid in the
search lor a new
director the same
kind of search that was
used to find a Director
of Student Atlairs, the
position Ken Miller
recently filled.
Even though he is
looking forward to once
again living in his
hometown of State
College, Mulfinger
admitted that he will
truly miss Bchrend.
Most of all, he said he
will miss “the
wonderful faculty and
staff, and the great
students."
Mulfinger has
recently been off
campus due to surgery. Bruno’s is one of the two eateries on campus that currently falls under
He is expected to be Mulfinger’s domain. Once promoted, Mulfinger will oversee his replace
back by April 24 ment at Behrend, as well as the Housing and Food Services Offices at
several other campuses.
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Ken Miller named
Director of Student Affairs
in Academic Building
PHOTOS BY JEFF MILL!
April 21, 2000. The Behrend Beacon, page 5
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