the Penn State-Behrend OCTOBER 24, 1985 'vrSw>v^‘f~;^ - - v.4ft~ "♦♦- '-4^ JT~~ * v ** - •**■■ Students among the leaves... John Coleman conducts a class outside of the Turnbull building and catches the last of the comfortable fall air. Students invited to “Consider the Humanities ” by Rob Roth Collegian Staff Writer On Wednesday Oct. 30, the Roundtable Society is sponsoring a faculty/student conversation called ‘‘Consider the Humanities.” It will be held at 5:00 p.m. in the back of the Gorge and is primarily designed to assist students in five areas. Dr. Daniel Frankforter recognized by AMOCO Foundation by Janice Hoffman Collegian Staff Writer Dr. A. Daniel Frankforter, associate professor of history, recently received the AMOCO Foundation Outstanding Teaching Award. This award is given annually to teacher's specifically in the Penn State System. Frankforter was nominated for the award by Dr. Archie Loss, head of the Behrend division of humanities and communications. Included- in Loss’s nomination were letters from graduates referr ing to Frankforter’s teaching methods. AMOCA is not the first to recognize Frankforter. In 1972 he was the recipient of the Behrend College Excellence in Teaching ■ V.- •£■***»!■ - . ~ *• The meeting will provide infor mation on humanities majors at Behrend; provide information on career opportunities for humanities graduates; clarify the kinds of graduate skills that are desired in the job market; address common concerns about the prac ticality of majoring in humanities; and direct students to helpful Award. He also received an award from the Liberal Arts Alumni Association in 1980, which recognizes teaching and publica tion in the area of humanities. Frankforter did undergraduate work at Franklin Marshall Col lege in Lancaster, PA. He receiv ed a degree in Theology from Derew University..in New Jersey. Frankforter also did graduate work at Columbia University stu dying philosophy, and spent a year studying in Germany. He received his PhD in Ancient and Medieval History at Penn State. Since his arrivals at Behrend in 1970, Frankforter said he has en joyed being here all these years, and likes the small school enviro ment. He comments that what he is most interested in at Behrend as Collegian STATION ROAD, ERIE, PA. 16563 - :\.S: - i - > /; ' »*'* r : . ; „ - 4 - j<Z: '>-.;>>>*—■ IMEICT2 sources on campus. Dr. Diana Hume George, the faculty member organizing the session said, “My reason for en couraging this activity is that I run into a number of students who are either freshmen who didn’t hear at orientation, or sophomores and juniors who have found that they continned on page 2 a teacher is “...what the students can do for each other. Part of your education is your relation ship with fellow students; not necessarily the competitive aspect, but a certain level of expecta tion,” Frankforter said. Frankforter believes that, “All education is self education. Education is something that peo ple do for themselves, teachers don’t do it to them. Teachers are resources for students.” Steve Karsh, a senior history major, had this to say about Frankforter; “He’s an excellent teacher. He’s concerned about teaching and making sure the stu dent is learning something. He presents his material well and has a good attitude about teaching." 'h- , 'W, , ><■ s.’ w <S n. ' Alternative grading system to be implemented in Fail 1987 A revised undergraduate grading system will be put into effect in the fall semester of 1987. The entire Pennsylvania State University system will change. Revising the undergraduate grading system has been under considera tion by the University Faculy Senate and its committee for several years. “On April 30, 1985, the Senate approved a plus/minus grading system by a narrow margin. At the Senate’s Oct. 8 meeting a motion to recon sider the decision to change the grading policy was defeated 48 to 79,” said SGA President Douglas Gerow. There has never been a desire to alter the definitions of academic achievement contained in the present policy: (A) excellent, (B) good, (C) satisfactory, (D) poor, and (F) failure. There will only be a plus/minus scale implemented in this current system. The new scale will have the following revisions: B plus C plus C Several questions have been asked about the effectivenes of the new grading scale: Why are the grades A plus and C- eliminated?, and will it effect graduation requirements? Some Faculty Senators said there will be no A plus due to the fact that a whole new scale would have to be made to accomodate for the 4.33 grade points that could be earned. The grade C- will not be used continued on page 2 I . »-■" ■ ' I —I II ■■■■ M - IN . VOLUME XXXIV NUMBER 4 by Mark Wuerthele Collegian Staff Writer ..4.00 ..3.67 ...3.33 ..3.00 ..2.67 2.33 2.00 ...1.00 ..0.00
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