reader interviews Provost
At 9:00 a.m. Thursday, Feb.
1, 1979, Theodore Gross offi
cially began his term as Provost
of Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, Capitol Campus. Just two
hours later, C.C.Reader ob
tained an interview with him
and started a relationship that
will develop into a continuing
forum between the new Pro
vost and the students through
the school newspaper. Here is
the text of that first interview.
C.C. Reader: When our last
Provost first took office he
stated that he was primarily
concerned with improving the
quality and quantity of faculty
research here at PSU. What
are your main concerns?
Dr. Groas: Well, I have no
master design. I hope to streng
then the relationship between
Continuing ed. news
Forecasting will be presen
ted on six consecutive Tues
days, starting Mar. 27 and
ending May 1, from 6:30 to 9:90
p.m. It will assist the candidate
in preparing for the Forecast
ing examination. This course
covers problem solving,
employing descriptive
statistics, moving averages,
exponential smoothing proba
bility theory, deviation mea
sures and forecast error, re
gression, and correlation. Fee is
$7O.
Series coordinator is Dr.
Harold L. Gilmore, professor of
management and director of
the Small Business Institute at
Penn State - Capitol Campus.
Dr. Gilmore also serves as vice
president for education and
research for APICS (American
Production and Inventory Con
trol Society), and has wide
experience in business and in
dustry. A member of the Acad
emy of Management and other
professional organizations, Dr.
Gilmore has authored many
articles, reports, and case stud
ies on operations, management
and behavioral subjects.
Continuing Education Units
(CEU) are awarded for this
program.
A course in the APICS
(American Production and In
ventory Control Society) Certi
fication Series will be presen
ted during February and March
on campus.
Capacity Planning and Con
trol is being offered on six
consecutive Saturdays, begin
ning Feb. 17 and ending Mar.
24, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon. This course will aid the
candidate in preparing for the
Capacity Planning and Control
Examination. Topics covered
are: the relationship of capacity
planning and control with fore
casting, inventory planning,
material requirements, and
floor shop control. Short, medi
um and long range planning and
control will also be discussed.
Fee is $7O.
Continuing Education Units
(CEU) are awarded for this
program.
For further information,
contact the Continuing Educa
tion Office on campus, or phone
state government and Capitol
Campus. One way to do this
would be to have conferences,
symposiums, and lectures ad
dressed to some of the various
problems faced by the state
government, not political prob
lems, but problems on such
topics as public policy, water
resources, education, multi
media and so on. These
would basically be a workshop
in format and involve faculty,
students, and state government
officials.
I would also like to improve
the relationship between Capi
tol Campus and Harrisburg Ar
ea Community College (HACC).
Our programs, both academic
and cultural should be known
and connected to their students
and vice versa.
C.CJteader: What impact will
“Interpersonal Relations for
Secretaries” is the title of a
course to be presented on Fri.,
Feb. 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. at Penn State - Capitol
Campus.
This seminar will aid the
secretary in developing those
skills which improve commun
ication, problem solving, and
cooperation through an under
standing of basic human rela
tions. Topics to be discussed
include: individual differences,
aspects of motivation,
attitudes, personality, and the
human relations factors in com
munication.
“Effective Technical
Presentations” is the title of a
one-day workshop to be pre
sented on Wed., Feb. 21 from
8:30 to 4:00 p.m. on campus.
This program is intended
for engineers, data processors,
accountants, and other tech
nical professional persons who
have the responsibility for dis
seminating technical informa
tion to their groups and organ
izations.
The instructor will be H.I.
(Dusty) Miller, who, as presi
dent of his own training ser
vices firm, serves a variety of
clients as an author, producer,
and publisher of training ma
terials.
Fee of $5O includes all in
structional materials, lunch,
and coffee breaks. For further
information, contact the Office
of Continuing Education, Penn
State - Capitol Campus, Middle
town, PA 17057; or phone (717)
787-7753.
you being Provost have on the
students?
Dr. Gross: I would like to work
closely with the students -
through the students - to bring
as many cultural events to
Capitol Campus as possible. We
should try to have certain ev
ents on campus, as well as
working with HACC and other
neighboring schools on joint
programs. It is basically just a
question of money.
C.C. Reader: What inspired
your decision to become a Pro
vost and why did you choose
this school?
Dr. Gross: Well, I’ve been in
administration for several
years. I found the position here
attractive - it’s close to a capitol
city so it has many political and
cultural activities near by. Of
course it’s not New York...
Also, the challenge of work
ing within the Pennsylvania
State University system
intrigued me. I believe that of
all the Penn State campuses,
Capitol Campus has the great
est potential. State College may
be the geographical center of
the state, but Harrisburg is the
political heart.
I realize this is primarily a
commuter campus, but this
school has some interesting
advantages. For instance, since
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every student on campus is at
least a junior, there is a higher
level of communication within
the school.
C.C. Reader: Is there anything
special you would like to do in
the near future?
Dr. Gross: I would like to teach
a course in American Studies.
Last year, I delivered 10 lec
tures in Kyoto, Japan on the
democratization of American
Literature. It included the
works of such authors as John
Dewey and Ernest Hemingway
C.C. Reader: Is there anything
else you’d like to mention?
Dr. Gross: I just started work
today. I’d really like to look
around and learn more about
the college first. How often
does the school paper come out?
every two weeks...perhaps we
can establish a Provost’s Cor
ner or something of that nature
so I can communicate to the
students.
C.C. Reader: Sounds like a good
idea...
Dr. Gross: Okay, and if any
students have any questions,
please tell them to come visit
me. I want to get to know what
the feelings of the students at
Capitol Campus are, what they
feel the problems are and what
they like about this school.
Coming soon
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photo by bob foster
attention seniors
On Thursday, Fbfaraaiy 22,
a representative of the Penn
sylvania Civil Service Commis
sion will be on campus to con
duct informational meetings about
State jobs for college students.
Three meetings wiS be held:
11 f.m., Ip.m. and 2 p.m. M
meetings win tale {dace in Room
211 of the hfain Building.
A film strip wffl be shown,
material wffl be available and~
most important of all-someone
wffl be here to answer any ques
tions you may have.
lfyou plan to attend one of the
three meetings, please can the
Hacement Office (787-7985) and
ten us which one.
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