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Enrollment Sets Record High
Penn State-Behrend enrollment
has set a new record for the se
cond semester in a row. Accor
ding to spring 1985 figures, 1,934
students are enrolled, an increase
from the 1,918 total of spring
1984 and the largest spring enroll
ment in the college’s history.
The spring surge followed a
similar increase in fall 1984 enroll
ment, which totaled 1,989
students, the largest single
Lane Reflects
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nasium. We were the first campus
to cash student checks through a
non-bookstore operation.
He remembers when there was
no Behrend security; the student
government gave out parking
tickets.
20 years ago, the now con
troversial student activities fee
was $7.50 per semester, $l5 per
year.
Lane sees the changing role of
the sexes as being the largest dif
ference between students of the
1950’s and of the 1980’s. “The
appropriate mixing of the sexes
was a major concern of the
1950’5,” said Lane.
Today’s students are more
knowledgeable about the world
around them. They are under
more pressure because, if you had
a college degree 20 or 30 years
ago, the job was there for you.
Now it is not. “Students are also
required to assimilate more,
socially,” said Lane.
Lane has an outstanding record
of service to the community and
college. He seemed proud of his
promotion of the arts. “My
greatest vice, I guess, is that I’m
an opera buff,” he said.
Lane has served as president of
the Erie Civic Ballet and on the
Board of Directors for the Erie
Arts Council.
These positions, however, bare
ly touch on his continuing service
semester total ever. That was an
increase from the 1,975 enrolled
in fall 1983.
In both fall 1984 and spring
1985, more students than ever
enrolled in four-year majors uni
que to Penn State-Behrend and
not available at the University
Park campus.
This spring, the number of
students enrolled in these pro
grams increased by 16.6 percent
On Behrend’s
to his community. He is extremely
active on the Erie Council on
Alcoholism and he helped
organize the Intercollegiate Coun
cil on Alcoholism 16 years ago.
The council’s views on
alcoholism, he said, were years
ahead of everyone else’s.
Lane was a college represen-
“There were many
people who con
tributed to the
originality of
Behrend. And
students have always
had a tremendous
enthusiasm and
loyalty to Behrend.”
tative on the Commission on
Ministry of the Episcopal Diocese
of Erie and a member of the Inter-
Church- Ministries of Nor
thwestern Pennsyvania. He has
served on numerous councils on
drug abuse, smoking and health
related issues.
In 1973, Lane received an
award as Outstanding Educator
of America. More recently, he has
served as a member of the Faculty
Senate at University Park.
Professor Lane credits students
THE COLLEGIAN
NEWS
over last year. Last fall, 14.9 per
cent more students enrolled in
Behrend majors than in the
previous year.
“Majors that have shown
specific growth are management
information systems, accounting,
biology, mathematics, 'manage
ment and Behrend’s four-year
engineering and technology pro
grams,” says Dr. Jack Burke,
associate provost and dean at
Penn State-Behrend.
Development
with a positive contribution to
Behrend’s development. “There
were many people who con
tributed to the originality of
Behrend. And students have
always had a tremendous en
thusiasm and loyalty to
Behrend,” said Lane.
A colleague described Ben Lane
as a “gentleman’s gentleman.”
He is always impeccably dressed;
and he uses the English language
carefully and accurately...as one
would expect of an English
professor.
Lane’s two daughters, Kate and
Ann, have both attended
Behrend. He and his wife,
Caroline, at one time lived on
Behrend campus in the cottage
now known as East Cottage. Cur
rently, the Lanes reside on Jordan
Road, still close to the college Ben
Lane so obviously loves.
Time Change
The reception for novelist Alix
Kates Shulman, originally
scheduled to follow her 8 p.m.
reading on Apr. 1 in Reed Lecture
Hall, has been rescheduled to
7p.m. It will be held in Reed
Seminar Room.
NOTICE
1985-86
Student Financial Aid
Applications Are Now
Available In Financial Aid
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2nd Floor Administration Bldg.
Summer Courses Scheduled
by Kelly Swisher
Collegian Staff Writer
Since spring semester will soon
be coming to an end, students
planning to take classes over the
summer should start planning
now.
Three sessions of classes will be
offered to students this summer.
The first is a mini-session which
begins May 16 and ends Jun. 6
with final exams on Jun. 7.
Registration for the mini-session
will be held on May 14.
Nine courses have been schedul
ed during that three-week period.
Each class will be two hours and
45 minutes and will meet five days
a week.
. Registration for the regular
summer session will be held on
Jun. 6 and 7 with classes beginn
ing Jun. 11. Final exams for the
regular session will be held Aug.
6.
Fifty classes will be offered dur
ing this eight-week session. The
classes, which will meet three days
per week, are one hour and 40
TOTH Offers Scholarships
All non-traditional students are
eligible to apply for scholarships
to be awarded by the Top of the
Hill Club (TOTH) at the 24th An
nual Honors and Awards Con
vocation on Apr. 21. The scholar
ships are to be given to full-time
students for the 1985-86 academic
year.
TOTH established the scholar
ship fund last year and hopefully
the fund will be continued in
subsequent years through the
club’s fundraising efforts.
Applications can be picked up
MARCH 28.1985
minutes long.
Late summer session is a four
week session, and will offer three
courses. Classes will meet five
times per week for two horn’s and
10 minutes each. Classes will
begin Jul. 10 and end Aug. 5, with
final exams on Aug. 7. Registra
tion for late session will be Jul. 8.
The cost of all summer classes is
$lO7 per credit. Students may
register as full-time students for
$1,281 by taking three credits dur
ing the mini-session and nine
credits during the regular session.
Early in April a Summer Tab
will be available in the Records
Office. This is a course schedule
for summer classes available at
each Penn State campus.
However, the course schedule for
University Park is already
available in the~Records Office.
Returning students may
advance-register at all campus
locations through the Records Of
fice. Dates for advanced registra
tion will be announced in early
April.
in' the Financial Aid Office
located on the second floor of the
Administration Building amd
must be returned by Apr. 8.
All non-traditional students
(which are identified as those
returning adult students over the
age of 25 who have been
graduated from high school five
or more years before enrolling in
college) are encouraged to apply.
Scholarship recipients will be
chosen by a selection committee
consisting of faculty, staff, and
student representatives.