BEHREND BRIEFS
Appointees named for REDC building
committee
Penn State University Provost and Vice President Rodney A. Erickson has appointed a
number of people to serve on the Research and Economic Development Center (REDC)
Programming committee, which will develop a building statement to identify program
objectives, a plan for construction and design, and other issues related to the project.
Senior Associate Provost and Dean Dr. Jack Burke, Associate Engineering Professor
Robert E. Farrell, School of Business Director Dr. John M. Magenau, Management
Professor Dr. Jeffrey K. Pinto, Operations Director John Ream, and School of Engineer
ing and Engineering Technology Director Dr. Robert J. Simoneau have been chosen as
committee members; Bruce Rohrbach, David Rusnak, and David Zehngut will be
representing University Park.
ARC nearing completion
The Athletic and Recreation Center (ARC) will soon be open for general use by
Behrend students, staff, and faculty. It is currently being used by the Dance Team for
practices, and the pool has been put to use by water-polo players and swimmers. The
gym floor now features court lines as well as a four-toed lion’s paw. The track is ready,
and the gym walls have been equipped with pads. The ARC is slated to open for general
use in mid-March.
Penn State Behrend defeats
Penn State Erie?
At the February 2 meeting of the Provost’s Advisory Council (PAC), Athletics Director
Brian Streeter relayed an odd listing appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After a
basketball game that Behrend played against Penn State Altoona, the Pittsburgh paper
reported that Penn State Erie had been defeated by Penn State Behrend.
Beacon looking for volunteers
On Sunday, April 29, 2001, the Behrend Beacon will participate in the March of Dimes,
Walk America. The group will join many organizations from other campuses in represent
ing their respective colleges in an effort to raise money to save prematurely bom babies.
Thus far, the Beacon is the only Behrend group to sign up for the event. However, the
Beacon is looking for other organizations to join in the walk. Editor-in-chief Jason
Snyder said, “this would be a great way for all Behrend organizations to come together
and represent Behrend." He added, "student organizations generally do fund-raising
events on their own. This cause is one we can all take part in as a unified campus.”
Read this week’s staff editorial on page 8A for more details on the March of Dimes,
Walk America and how Behrend organizations can get involved.
Tickets going on sale for Babes in Anns
Behrend’s spring musical Babes in Arms opens March 21 in the ARC. The play will
run through March 24, with shows at 8:00 p.m. and will conclude on March 25, at 2:30
p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 2, at the R.U.B. Desk.
For more information, call the Studio Theatre at x 6279.
02/13/2001 16:30 Student came to police and safety to report that someone had
broken the driver’s side mirror off her car that was parked in
the Jordan Road lot between 2/9 and 2/10.
02/14/2001 06:30 Report that a janitor’s vehicle was hit by another car and it
was still parked in the lot.
02/16/2001 01:30 RA reported that someone threw something and broke a
resident’s window.
09:25 Staff member reported smelling natural gas from a room in the
Nick Bldg. As a precaution, that building was evacuated, it
was later determined that it was not natural gas, but a similar
odor caused by a culture left in a lab.
02/16/2001
15:15 Student came to police and safety to report that another
student has been sending harassing e-mail.
02/16/2001
05:00 Discovered 3 vehicles parked in Maintenance lot after 0300
hours. All 3 were issued citations. One owner returned to the
vehicle before being towed, however the others were towed by
Martin’s Towing Service.
02/16/2001
04:00 Discovered a damaged vehicle parked at the Cooper Road
entrance to the gorge. Found that the damage was caused
from hitting the guard rail on the hill of Cooper Road.
02/16/2001
11:15 Staff member reported that the emergency key for the elevator
was noticed missing earlier today.
02/16/2001
01:50 While on patrol discovered on individual carrying a beer,
checked ID and was of age. Person was given a warning of
the open container policy.
02/17/2001
09:05 Student called and complained about his vehicle being towed.
He was advised that a sign is posted at the M&O lot. He also
wanted to know if this office was going to transport him to
Tim’s. He was advised that it was his own responsibility.
02/17/2001
18:15 Student called to report hearing a tree crack along M/O Drive,
near the entrance to Ohio Hall lot. Officer called the Director
of Maintenance at his home. He stated that it was dangerous to
have the tree cut at night. Caution tape was put up instead.
02/17/2001
Last week, the Beacon incorrectly ran the
names of the men pictured in this photo.
On the left is Assistant Professor of Physics
Dr. Darren Williams. On the right, looking
into the telescope, is student Bruce Tepke.
NEWS & WEATHER
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onto Cooper Road, which will turn into East 38th Street. Follow E. 38th. When E. 38th ends at the light, turn left onto
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Behrend’s CORE assisting Erie service organizations
The U.S. h;is a high pregnancy rate-five limes
the rate of the next developed country, England,
and 20 times the rate of Japan. CORE was
founded with the mission to help agencies
reduce teen pregnancy in Erie County.
The Center for Organizational Research and
Evaluation (CORE) is a Penn State Behrend
based, research services center designed to
The Center for Organizational Research and Evaluation held an Open House on
Tuesday, February 20, to display its new residence on Jordan Road.
provide high quality evaluation and assistance
to social service programs in northwestern
Pennsylvania, focusing mainly on those dealing
with the prevention of teen pregnancy.
CORE works with organizations such as the
Erie Housing Authority and the JFK Center, but
the main focus is the prevention of teen
pregnancy. Dr. Carl Kallgren, associate
professor of psychology, is the director of
administration and outreach for CORE.
Kallgren said that CORE works with 37
agencies dealing with teen pregnancy, including
Erie County Network for Adolescent Pregnancy
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Prevention (ECNAPP), The Erie School
District, Florence Crittendon, and the Women’s
Care Center.
According to Kallgren, teens who get
pregnant and their children are at risk for
malnutrition, diseases, death, lower 1.Q., lower
school performance, and poverty.
Eric Corty, associate professor of clinical
psychology and faculty affiliate of CORE, said,
“CORE'S focus is on teenage pregnancy
prevention, but it is not a teenage pregnancy
prevention program. Rather, it is an evaluation
model its mission is to help programs
evaluate their services so that they, the programs,
can learn whether what they are doing is
effective and can then - on the basis of real data
- make changes to improve their services.”
Kallgren said that instead of developing new
services, “CORE works with those service
providers and [evaluate] what they’re doing
that’s \m'iking and what’s not.”
One project is Long Distance Dads, a
parenting program for fathers incarcerated at
Albion Prison. Mark Mizikowski is the project
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director. He became interested in the project
after seeing a newspaper ad. "Being a concerned
father, I thought this would he an avenue for
me to make a contribution to improve
relationships with fathers and their children."
Mizikowski said his goals for the Long
Distance Dads programs were, "... first to be
able to have an impact on this program as it is
transported across this state and nation, and
secondarily, to increase the chances of outcomes
evaluation...”
Kallgren founded CORE in October 1998
with funding from Susan H. Hagen, a member
of the Penn State Erie Council of Fellows. The
goals of CORE are to enhance community
agencies’ productivity, identify and transfer
“best practices” in service delivery to local
agencies,- and to assist agencies in securing
funding. CORE has helped generate more than
$373,000 in Erie County.
Kallgren would like to see CORE expand.
“To be able in Erie County to provide these
services ... is enormously satisfying. And I
think it’s the right way right now to go about
with social change. . . . you name the social
issue, the social problem, we have agencies who
are addressing it. Which ones are the ones that
are most effective? We don’t know. That’s a
pretty serious omission and I think that omission
is our mission to fill.”
Kim Skarupski, CORE’s director of research,
organizes and develops the evaluation strategies
for the agencies that contact CORE. Her goals
include bringing in bigger grants.
CORE currently has only four full-time staff
members in addition to faculty affiliates and
student workers. CORE has many opportunities
available for students. Skarupski encourages
students to take advantage of these positions.
She said, “we can utilize any student who has
any interest in doing some kind of social service
type program evaluation or has a topic interest
on teen pregnancy prevention, homelessness,
crime, drug and alcohol, or other areas.” Those
interested can contact Kallgren or Skarupski or
send their resumes to Center for Organization
Research & Evaluation (CORE), Penn State
Behrend, Station Road, Erie, Pa„ 16563-1501.
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