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Annual Convocation Honors Outstanding Students and Faculty
by Jill Bedford
Collegian Staff Writer
Behrend held its 24th annual
Honors and Awards Convocation
on Sunday, April 21 in the Reed
Lecture Hail. Individual members
of campus clubs and organiza
tions, in addition to winners of
scholarships and academic
awards, were honored. Awardees
received various certificates of
honor and plaques.
“We honored an outstanding
group of faculty and students,”
commented Provost John Lilley,
“I’m glad we take the time to
honor colleagues that make a dif
ference in our lives.” He con
tinued, “We’re honoring personal
achievements as well as collegiate.
In a sense, we’re saying ‘thank
you’.”
Doug Saltzman, Student Pro
gramming Council president,
welcomed the standing room only
Gerow Elected to University Faculty Senate
by Tatnmie Starcher
Collegian Staff Writer
Doug Gerow, Student
Government Association presi
dent, has been elected to the
Faculty Senate of the Penn
sylvania State University.
Of the 171 senate members, 17
are students elected on a
university-wide basis. Three
senators are elected to represent
the interests of students from the
commonwealth campuses.
University Park is represented by
ten senators with an additional
four representing the graduate
students.
Gerow gained his position as
student senator by a nomination
to the Council of Commonwealth
Student Governments. After
nominations, candidates’ resumes
were posted at each branch cam
pus, giving students an opportuni
ty to learn about each candidate.
On April 10 and 11, Behrend
held its elections. Once each cam
pus voted, votes were tallied and
Gerow was one of the three
senators elected to represent
branch campus students.
The position gives Gerow addi
tional responsibility since the
senate deals with administrative
and curriculum issues.
The senate participates in
creating new programs, setting
admission standards and gradua
tion requirements, and consulting
with the administration on the
school calendar. Currently, the
senate is attempting to change the
straight letter grade scale to letters
and plus or minus symbols.
Gerow first considered running
when he attended a faculty senate
meeting last December. “The
senators,” according to
Gerow,“had little knowledge of
crowd consisting of award reci
pients, parents and friends of reci
pients, and Behrend faculty and
staff. Lilley made opening
remarks before the presentation
of awards. He apologized for the
heat and thanked the parents,
faculty and staff for making the
ceremony possible by lending
their support.
The Student Government
Association(SGA) presented two
special awards. The President’s
Award was given to SGA Vice
President Christoper Anderson
for his outstanding service to
SGA. The Guy W. Wilson
Award, awarded annually to a
student who has contributed
outstanding service to student ac
tivities (outside of SGA), was
presented to co-editors of the
Behrend Collegian, Rodney Luery
and Risa Glick.
The Student Activities Award,
given by the Student Programm
ing Council, was presented to
Commuter Council President
student needs at Behrend College.
The discussion was always
University Park. Branch cam
puses barely came up.”
Gerow feels the senate showed a
need for better representation of
branch campuses. “When we
represent 30 percent of the
students, there has to be more
discussion of the issues,” Gerow
said.
Gerow hopes, during his term
as senator, “to bring a better
understanding of branch campus
issues and the unique situations of
New Librarian to Join Staff
by Anne Waskowitz
Collegian Staff Writer
Steven J. Sandbakken will
join the Penn State-Behrend
faculty on July 1 when he assumes
his position of librarian. “We
have had this position open since
last year,” says Mary Sellen, head
librarian. “The former librarian
resigned so we are now filling the
position.” Sandbakken will help
increase the reference service
while giving students and faculty
help in the library. “Sandbakken
will have many responsibilities,”
says Sellen. “He will sit at the
reference desk, teach library skills
and work with the science
division.”
Sandbakken earned an M.A. in
Librarianship and Information
Management from the University
of Denver in 1984. He has an
M.S. in Education-Guidance and
Counseling from Northern State
College in Arberdeen, SD. He
earned a B.S. - from Northern
State College, majoring in
Psychology, and Management
THE BEHREND COLLEGIAN
NEWS
Arden Jizmajian for her over
whelming contributions and par
ticipation in activities and
organizations during her four
years at Behrend.
Scholarships were presented by
three organizations. Recipient of
the Ad Club Scholarship was San
dra Guiliano. The Division of
Science, Enginnering and
Technology awarded scholarships
to Debra Bull, Geri-Lyn Falletta
and Timothy Reese. Winners of
the Top of the Hill scholarships
were John Biggie, Karen Koper,
Barbara Pastwa, Karen Ryan,
Thomas Spears and Margaret
Tomczak.
Several academic awards were
presented by the Division of
Business and Social Sciences, the
Division of Humanities and Com
munications, and the Division of
Science, Engineering and
Technology. Recipients of the
President’s Freshman Award for
students who have achieved a 4.0
grade point average during their
Behrend College.” A long-term
goal is to give Behrend its own
permanent member on the Faculty
Senate.
Considering his re-election as
SGA president, Gerow feels the
two positions will complement
each other. The monthly meetings
of the senate will not affect his
duties with SGA but will enhance
his position by forcing him to
“keep up on issues” affecting
Penn State students at branch
campuses.
anu Marketing. He has minors in
Sociology and Gerontology.
Sandbakken worked in . the
Williams Library at Northern
State College as a circulation
assistant. There he helped in
developing the career library. He
also tutored students in algebra,
geometry, and computer science.
At Northeastern Mental Health
Center, Sandbakken worked as a
counselor. His responsibilities in
cluded individual and group
counseling with emotionally
disturbed adults. He was also a
librarian at IBM in Boulder, Col
orado where he computerized
book circulation, inter-library
loans and library financial
records.
Sandbakken presently works at
Forest Institute of Professional
Psychology. His responsibilities
there include reference, online
searching and serials.
Sandbakken has received many
honors, including an Academic
Scholarship, a Presidents Scholar
ship. He is a member of Phi Delta
Kappa, a graduate honor society.
first or second semester of their
freshmen year, were announced.
Recipients were Linda Anderson,
Diane Bean, Patricia Causgrove,
Sharon Doerfler, Melissa Dupin,
Stacey Kerwin, Juliann Makufka,
Thomas Martin, Victor Skukalek,
and Eric Wolff.
Marcia Grotty received the
Evan Pugh Scholar awarded to a
junior or senior in the upper .5
percent of his or her class.
Special Service Awards were
presented by Lilley and Dohn
Harshbarger, dean of Student Af
fairs. The Irvin H. Kochel Award,
given to a freshman or sophomore
who has displayed outstanding
citizenship, leadership, scholar
ship and potential, was awarded
to Margaret Tomczak.
Thomas Hicks received the
Thomas H. Turnbull award,
awarded to a student whose
outstanding qualities of character,
scholarship, leadership, and
citizenship have been directed into
programs and services that have
positively influenced fellow
students and have contributed to
the prestige and well-being of the
Behrend College, and, therefore,
to the reputation of the University
as a whole.
The Eric A. and Josephine
Walker Award, an award given to
recognize a student who is com
pleting two full years of
freshman-sophomore study and
has, over this period,
demonstrated outstanding
qualities of character, scholar
ship, leadership and citizenship,
was awarded to Kathleen Senita.
Several faculty members receiv
ed awards. The newly created
Benjamin A. Lane Outstanding
Service Award was given to Mr.
Benjamin A. Lane. The award is
designed “to honor that faculty or
staff member who has gone
beyond the call of duty in service,
as exemplified by the unparalleled
devotion of Mr. Benjamin A.
Lane.”
“Adjustment to College
Life” Course Planned
by Kelly Swisher skill developments for freshmen,
Collegian Staff Writer such as study skills, social skills,
2-4 A class on adjustment to col- expressive skills, and how to cope
lege life will be offered to incom- with a roommate,
ing freshmen during the first
semester of next year. The class is Follow-up research will be con
geared to help freshmen adjust to ducted after the class to see if it
a situation where it may be their helped new students. Depending
first time away from home for an on the results of the research, the
extended period of time. class may later be a freshmen
The class will cover a number of requirement.
Lane was given a standing ova
tion as he accepted the award.
Calling his speech a “farewell
speech,” he regarded the award as
“the most outstanding award ever
bestowed upon me.”
The Guy W. Wilson Award for
Excellence in Advising was award
ed to Dr. Richard A Mester.
“Recognition from those with
whom you share your profession
is always an honor and a
pleasure,” said Mester after the
ceremony. “Advising, along with
teaching and research have always
formed the triumvirate of the
academic profession and to be
singled out for recognition in one
of those areas is a rewarding ex
perience,” he added.
Associate Professor of English
Diana Hume George was given
the Excellence in Research Award
while the Excellence in Teaching
Award went to Dr. Zachary Ir
win, assistant professor of
political science.
Lilley also recognized Dr.
Daniel Frankforier, associate pro
fesor of History, for being award
ed the 1985 AMOCO Foundation
Teaching Award. The AMOCO
Award is one of the Universities
highest teaching awards. The
award, which also" includes a
$1,500 honorarium, recognizes
excellence in teaching perfor
mance in the undergraduate pro
gram by senior faculty members.
Winners are chosen from submis
sions by faculty and students, and
Frankforter was one of four win
ners chosen university-wide.
Lambda Sigma President Mark
Clemans closed the ceremonies. A
reception sponsored by the Cam
pus Ministry followed - the
convocation.
“I feel things went very well,”
said Harshbarger. “Heat was a
problem, so we expedited the pro
gram a bit, but things went
smoothly. Next to commence
ment, this is the most important
event at Behrend.”
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