the Penn State-Behrend
DECEMBER 11, 1986
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Acting Dean of Students
by Craig Aitmire sees his primary goal over the next
Collegian Staff Writer six months to be promotion of stu-
Dr. Art Costantino. Rehrend's dent involvement. ".1 believe
Acting Dean of Student Affairs, Behrend students should be among
Dr. James Davis receives grant
by Jennifer Scherer
Collegian Staff Writer
takes the burden of expense off of Dr. Davis. "This
grant will cover all of my traveling expenses, going up
Dr. James Madison Davis has just received a travel there and staying, making copies in the library..," and
grant from the Camidian Consul General under the he will be able to go as many times as need be.
Canadian go• ernment's faculty research program. Dr. Dr. Davis did not have any information available
Davis is an associate professor of English here at about the other grants offered but said he should be
Behrend. receiving "official documents to sign from the Cana-
In reference to the grant, Dr. Davis said, "the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C," which would clarify
dian government gives grants to students and scholars to some aspects of the grant. He has received a letter of
study or to work on Canadian subjects. Most of the congratulations from the Canadian Consul in
grants are pretty generous. Some are for people to go to Cleveland. Even though Dr. Davis's grant is effective
college in Canada, others are grants to do particular until December of 1987, he has until September of 1988
projects." to complete his book.
Dr. Davis applied for the grant last October, and once Dr. Davis had much to say about Robertson Davies.
he was accepted, he signed a contract to do a book en- "He's very interesting. He started out writing for
titled Conversations With Robertson Davies, for the newspapers. He was the editor of the Peterborough Ex-
University of Mississippi. "Robertson Davies is a Cana- aminer for many years." He then began to write plays,
dian novelist and the book is a collection of interviews and after "a long career of writing plays he began to
with Robertson Davies," Dr. Davis said. -Also, Dr. write novels." His first novel, originally his thesis, was
Davis will need to go to canada a couple of times to get written 1939. His most recent published novels are Fifth
the microfilms of the interviews. Business and What's Bred In The Bone, which hit the
This grant will enable him to travel back and forth to national best-seller list.
Canada and to use the University of Totronto's library. Other accomplishments -before Robertson Davies
It will also enable him to do an original interview with retirement were acting in England at the Old Vic before
Robertlon Davies, who resides in Toronto. This grant it continued on page 2
Dr. Art Constantino
the most involved college students
in Pennsylvania," said the former
Director of Student Organizations
and Program Development at
University Park.
Costantino defines ..tudent in
volvement as active use of
Behrend's facilities, interaction
with the faculty, participation in
the classroom, involvement in cam
pus activities and growth in leader
ship. "What I really would like to
see," said Costantino, "is that we
could encourage students to be in
volved in all these experiences
"which are important parts of the
educational process."
Dr. Costantino replaced Dean
Dohn Harshbarger Nov. 18, after
Harshbarger resigned.
A nationwide search for a per
manent replacement will be con
ducted in May. Costantino present
ly plans to go back to University
Park next year to resurr e his
former position on a perivanent
basis.
Costantino has spent much of
the last three weeks gathering in
formation and gaining an
understanding of the Behrend
system. "The very hard-working
and committed Student Services
Staff and Dohn Harshbarger have
been extremely helpful in this pro- I ,
cess," said Costantino.
After graduating from Michigan
State University and beginning his
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graduate work there, Costantino
obtained a position as assisant
residence hall director at Penn
State's University Park campus.
He obtained a PhD in sociology
there in 1980.
Costantino's position at U.P.,
Director of Student Organizations
and Plogram Development, involv
ed o‘. etsceing support services for
U.P.'s 380 organizations. "Our of
fice had major responsibility for
leadership training, forlarge event
planning such as homecoming and
major concerts and responsibility
for Greek affairs," said
Costantino.
Dean Costantino has a personal
interest in cross-cultural com
munications including minority
concerns. He is also interested in
the makings of effective leadership.
He may be sharing his
knowledge of leadership while
teaching a class on the subject, S
and BS 296, with Assistant Dean of.
Student Affairs Jamie Grimm this
Spring--pending approval.
Costantino's wife and two
daughters still reside in University
Park. He met his wife, who lived in
Czechoslovakia until she was 23, at
University Park. She is now an in
structor in Speech Commuications.
Dean Costantino's interests out
of the office include running,
horseback riding and SCUBA div
ing, which he has done several
times in the Carribean Sea.
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Foreign language
policy revised
As of August, 1985 (Fall Semester), a new foreign language policy was
put into effect in all Pennsylvania State University language programs.
This policy states that no student who had 2 or 3 years of a foreign
language will be able to enroll in that same language at the first level for
credit. This also applies to students who had 4 years of a language in high
school. They will not receive credits for the second level of that same
language. The only exception to this rule is if 4 years have passed between
the time you took the foreign language in high school until your enroll
ment at Penn State.
This new rule was implemented to send a message to the high schools
that foreign language work is to be taken seriously. Another reason for
this ruling is to discourage students who had a language previously from
enrolling in the beginner course to receive an easy grade. Dr. Fernandez,
the Spansih instructor, says that these students "...have quick answers at
the basic level and the beginner students don't have the same chance."
Even though this rule was passed with good intentions, it has brought
about many complaints. Students who have had 2 years of a language in
high school, but could not successfully take the level 2 course of that
language are given only one alternative. This is to take the level 1 course
for audit. This means that they will not receive any credits or grade for the
course.
Not only have the students complained, but the instructors have also
become aware of the problems caused by this ruling. As Mrs. Wolfe, the
French instructor stated, "We had a meeting amongst the language
teachers and everyone admits that it's a real problem." The question is
what to do about it.
Both Mr. Chiteman and Dr. Fernandez suggested handling the matter
as PSU handles Math 4 and English 4. These are basic courses in the sub
ject, but they do allow the students to earn credits for them during that
semester. These credits however, will not count toward graduation. The
grades earned in these courses are included in the students G.P.A.
Presently, this suggestion has not had any effect on the ruling
"Who's Who" at Behrend
by Lisa Hahn and Lynn Popovich
Collegian Contributing Writer
A number of Behrend students
were nominated to be among the
Who's Who in American Colleges.
The Campus Nominating Commit
tee has picked students based on
the following A teria: acadethic
i
ache vement le 07:C41p qualities,_
extra-curricular'activities, sere
to the community, - and future
potential. The faculty and staff of
Behrend College picked these
students to represent our school.
The process of nomination
begins by students filling out an ap
plication telling about their in
volvement in clubs, activities, and
academic achievements. Once this
is completed, the applications are
presented to the Committee on Stu
dent Affairs. The committee then
picks the most qualified students
according to the applications and
references the students have
provided.
The fortunate students that were
chosen to be in Who's Who are as
follows: Nicole Huff-7th semester
Career and Placement relocates
by Barb Byers
Collegian Staff Writer
The Career and Planning and
Placement Center has recently
moved from the Glennhill Far
mhouse to an office in the Reed
Building, recently vacated by the
.Records Department.
Mary Beth Peterson, Career
Planning and Placement Coor
dinator, sees the move as "very ad
vantageous" for many reasons.
Because the new office is located in
the Reed Building, traffic is greatly
increased; more students have
'every-day access to the center. The
new office setting also "creates
more of an advising and counseling
atmosphere," Peterson said.
Other benefits arise from this
reorganization also. Because there
is now a full-time secretary at the
office, "we will be better able to
keep track of who is using
DISCOVER (a career guidance.
VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 7
by Angie Busbee
Collegian Staff Writer
B and BS, Marc Infantino-Ist
semester DUS, Vickie Lampe-6th
semester COMBA, Stephanie
Lenzi-7th semester MISBD, Janet
O'Hare-7th semester Communica
tions, John Pugliano-9th semester,
ENVRN, Alene Rhode-St
semester MISBD, Karen Ryan-Stl• '
semester MANGT. Paul Shirev-Bth
semester ACCNTG, Karin
Slifilm-sth. - semester -- AC - CNTG - ;
. David Alien-7th semester MIS.
Linda Anderson-sth semester AC
CNTG, Jacqueline Anthony-sth
semester B and BS, Edward
Applegate-sth semester ACCNTG,
Barb Byers-Bth semester COMBD,
Cindy Clark-7th semester PSYCH.
Eric Conners-sth semester
MANGT, Julie Di Francisco-7th
semester MANGT, Geri-Lynn
Falletta-lst semester MTHBD,
Matt Farkas-sth semester ACC
TNG, Paula Skaggs-7th semester B
and BS, Mary Stewart-sth semester
CommßA, Kelly Suman-7th
semester MTHBD, Margie
Suroviec-sth semester COMMU,
Marge Tomczak-7th semester
COMBA. and Heather Van Slyke.
system) as well as our other
resources, Peterson said, "and it
will also be easier now to encouraee
DISCOVER users to follow up and
evaluate their results." Generally.
in this new location, "we are so
much more aware of people and
their needs," Peterson said.
DISCOVER is a computerized
career guidance system which is
available for use in the Career
Planning and Placement Center to
any student, and has four com
ponents. This system can help
students who "do not know what
they want or who they are, to deter
mine what their interests are and
what occupations are available to
them," Peterson said.
Using DISCOVER usually takes
3-5 hours, and is basically self
explanitory and easy to use. The
entire process need not be com
pleted at once, and the first two
steps may be omitted entirely if the
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