C.O Reader The Pennsylvania State University Commencement for Winter term graduates of Capitol Campus was held on Saturday, March 22. The commencement pro gram cites 65 baccalaureate degree canidates and 34 can idates for advanced degrees. Dr. John W. Oswald, Pres ident of Pennsylvania State University, was scheduled to be the honored speaker at the commencement. Oswald, suf fering chest pains, was admit ted to the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Saturday morning. Replacing Oswald was Dr. Theodore L. Gross, Provost/Dean at Capitol Campus. Graduating this term with highest distinction were: Ruth Ann Fitzgerald, Gary Obituary Doris Hughes, Middletown resident and Administrative Aid in Student Affairs at Penn State/ Capitol Campus, died Tuesday, March 11, at Harrisburg Hospital. Doris joined Capitol Cam pus in December 1968 on the clerical staff. Through the years she earned the respect and admiration of all who knew and worked with her, and she was promoted to her administrative position sev eral years ago. Among her responsibili ties in the Student Affairs Office was that of advising all foreign students studying at Captiol Campus. These stu dents often found in Doris Hughes a temporary replace ment for the parents and Ifamilies they had left behind. She was very devoted to these students, often taking * personal resonsibility for Iheir needs during vacation 1. • Hods when other students and staff left the campus. Her generosity extended to the Faculty Forum Graduates Cite _....1,.R Ceremony Howard Moses, Terry Ann Wasner: Deborah Susan Reis, and Donald Robert Schatzman. Withhigh distinction: Frederick Lee Bowman, Bev erly Ann Bown, Stephen Don ald Brown, Daniel Scott How er, Homer Charles Knox HI, Michael Scott Moulds, and Robert Alan Shumaker. With Distinction: Robert ENERGY. We can't afford to waste it. point of inviting internation als to spend the Christmas holidays in her home. Doris is survived by a son, Mark, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Lynne Sweeny, who is with the Army in Berlin; a sister, Mrs. Faye Brannan, of Shippensburg; a brother, Merle Landis, of Colonial Park, Harrisburg. Instead of flowers, the family has asked that friends and relatives join them in contributing to the Doris Hughes Memorial Fund be ing , established by Penn State/ Capitol Campus. This perpetual fund will carry Doris' name. Its pro ceeds will be used to benefit foreign students or other stu dents in need of financial assistance. In its small way, it will continue the work that had become so much a part of Doris' life. [Reprinted from the Mid dletown Press and Journal.] Thursday, March 27, 1980 Charles Bare, Freda Mae Derr, Jill McKinney Mat thews, Lynn M. Reinhold, Connie L. Schlegel, Stephan Mark Shaak, Nancy Jane Smith, Barbara Ann Tarvy das, Robert A. Teeter, and Cynthia Marie Vaughn. Special awards for a grade point average of 4.0 were presented to Ruth Ann Fitz gerald and Gary Howard Moses. Exhibitors Honored By Joan H. Klein The Fourth Annual Pho tography Exhibit and the Second Annual Ceramics Ex hibit are on display in the Gallery Lounge through April 4. According to Troy M. Thomas, Instructor in Hu manities and Art, over 600 photographs were submitted. MI a tIoR3 D Ain Editor's note: Faculty inter ested in expressing opinions of campus concern are encour aged to write to "Faculty Forum." Material should be sent to C.C. Reader mailbox in W-110 or to W-104. What is an academic Li bra 6? Some people perceive it as an edifice -- a monument containing dusty books and drier minds. Others conceive it as a comprehensive study hall -- a place to complete assignments and consult the occasional encyclopedia. In my view as academic library is best described by what it does -- meeting human infor mation needs associated with the university missions of learning, teaching, and re search. The extent to which Heindel Library successfully fulfills this role has a continu ing impact on the quality of academic life at Penn State/ Capitol Campus. Academic libraries gener ally undertake three major activities to achieve their goals: acquiring information supporting academic pro grams; organizing materials physically and bibliographic ally for use; and providing a range of public services that enhance access. Through the 1980's, academic libraries will undertake significant changes in each of these areas. The exponential growth of infor mation and publishing media make it necessary for libraries to improve the ability to be selective. Advances in tech nology and changes in library organization will improve access to information. Public services will be streamlined through on-line data bases, "Since only 100 to 120 can be hung in the Lounge," he said, "I had to be a benevolent dictator in choosing those to be displayed." Almost every student who submitted a portfolio is represented, he said. Ken Graves, Professor of Photography at University Park, was the judge of the photographic entries. Win automated circulation sys tems, and improved means of interlibrary cooperation. Heindel Library faces ad ditional local issues to be addressed in the 1980's. One major concern is access. The facility as it currently stands does not permit adequate use of the collection. No special rooms are available for stu dent study teams -- a common feature of this campus. Users who learn best in a lounge environment must fight for one of the three lounge chairs. Microfilm users do not have an area designed specifically for this medium. The library has short- and long-term solu tions to this problem. For the Short term the intention is to :treate a limited number of environments suitable to learning, study, and research within th e e existing facility. For the long term, a faculty specifically designed for the advances of the eighties is essential. Heindel Library must also work more effectively with other libraries, especially Pattee. Interaction will bene fit both Capitol Campus and the University as we strive to achieve the Plan for the Eighties. Finally, the library's hu man resources, its most im portant asset, must be more fully developed. We are in the process of drafting goals and an action plan for Heindel Library. From this will come research and service tasks, an Assessment of needed skills, and career development goals for the future. The result will be a library increasingly re sponsive to Capitol Campus and South Central Pennsyl vania. Charles T. Townley ning exhibitors are: D. Bayer, Wayne A. Berkemeyer,rich Ellers, Howard Johnston, Cheryl Lee, Charles Marshall [two winning entries], Susan Mclnerney, Susan Ringenary, and Elizabeth Rosenberg. There are ten purchase prizes of $3O each. This, in effect, means the photographs have been purchased by the college and will remain on the campus for permanent dis play. Judges of the ceramic en tries were Charles Speers and Patricia Lambert Marshall. Prizes for this competition are of a lesser amount since they are not purchase awards. The judges awarded the $2O first prize to Jeff Megee. The sec ond prize, $l5, was won by Beth L. Stone and a $lO third prize went to Tim Evers. Two honorable mentions, worth $5 each, were awarded to Joe Mills and Paul Nolfi. The awards program is made possible through grants from the Faculty Committee on Academic and Athletic Standards, Scholarships and Awards, and the Humanities Program. Page 3
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