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Singel Addresses
"Dare to Aspire"
By Jan Travers
Penn State’s present
favorite son came home to visit
on graduation day.
Mark Singel, lieutenant
governor-elect and a magna cum
laude graduate of Penn State
University, was the keynote
speaker of the commencement
ceremonies, in which 148
baccalaureate and 34 graduate
degrees were awarded.
In addressing the
graduates, Singel challenged
them to "dare to aspire.” "You
have all escaped the exams and
preparation, just as you all share
the experience of anticipating a
future that is stimulating,
challenging, and scary," said
Singel.
"Does the future
frighten you?” asked Singel.
Acknowledging that it should, he
went on to warn that some may
find it difficult to find positions
in their field. "See it as a
challenge. Be creative and
innovative in finding your own
opportunity," he offered.
Warning the graduates
that they are emerging at a mixed
moment in economic history,
Singel promised them that the
new state administration would
leave no stone unturned in
¥a\\ EnroWment
By Vicki Koon
The fall enrollment of
1986 brought Penn State at
Harrisburg its largest ever
student enrollment. Out of a
student body count of 2,888,
1,762 students registered as
undergraduates, and 1,126
registered as graduate students.
604 students were campus
residents.
Of the total student
body, 524 students registered in
the undergraduate Business
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Graduates & Challenges Them to
creating economic opportunity.
Answering the unspoken
audience reaction on the odds
against economic growth, Singel
said he knew his promise was
chancy, but "what is the chance
of a college winning the national
championship twice in five
years?" he asked, referring to
Penn States recent Fiesta Bowl
victory.
Reminding the
graduates that the ceremony is
called commencement and not
Breakdown Released
program, with an additional 275
students in the graduate Business
program, giving the Business
division the largest enrollment in
the school, totaling 799 stu
dents. Engineering had a larger
undergraduate division with 599
students, but had only 112 stu
dents registered in its Engi
neering Science graduate pro
gram. Behavioral Science and
Education follow next in line
with a combined 146 under
graduate students and 218
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completion, Singel challenged
them to use what they learned in
pursuing their degrees to grow
toward their next goal. "Put all
your resources into your
development. You have the
capacity and the potential for
greatness," he stated.
In closing, Singel
quoted Horace Mann, who, as
president of Antioch Coliege told
his graduates, 'Be ashamed to die
before you have won a small
victory for humanity."'
graduate students. Public Policy
and Public Affairs had an en
rollment of 81 undergraduate
students, 123 graduate students,
and 3 doctoral candidates.
Humanities, American
Studies, and Multi-Media was
the smallest combined division
with 81 undergraduate students
and 68 graduate students. The
graduate program of Psycho-
Social Science enlisted 31
students, while Urban and Re
gional Planning, a graduate
program which is being phased
out, registered 18 students left to
complete the program. The fall
enrollment also had an additional
101 provisional students and 234
non-degree students.
Cross-fire at Faculty Panel
12:30 - 2 PM, Thurs. Jan. 29
Gallery Lounge
There will be an open forum featuring one faculty
member from each division, for the purpose of
improving faculty-student relations. AH students are
invited to participate. Refreshments will be served.
Any questions can be addressed to Jeanette Brinker at
the SGA office in room 212.
Take Notice
All students who plan on parking on college property
must acquire a Spring 1987 parking sticker. Stickers
are available in the CRAGS Building, and they are
free of charge. Fall stickers ■> were invalid as of
January 12 and ticketing of vehicles with No Permit
or Sticker will begin January 26.
Gilpin Recognized For Dedication
By Jan Travers
For the first time, a
faculty member at Penn State
Harrisburg has been presented
with the Provost's Community
Service Award.
Clem Gilpin, instructor
in Afro-American Studies, was
chosen for the award "which
recognizes an individual's
valuable contributions toward
making Southcentral
Pennsylvania a better place in
which to work and live."
In presenting the honor,
Provost Ruth Leventhal
recognized Gilpin as a person
who "has distinguished himself
in several voluntary posts while
maintaining a full teaching
load.” These positions include
being advisor to the Black
i Clem Gilpin accepting the Provost's Community Service
Award at commencement ceremony.
Weather Service
In the event of inclement weather, faculty may
cancel class-particularly if the class has a large number of
commuting students.
Faculty have been asked to notify the Weather
Service in the Community Relations Office when they
cancel class. By calling (717) 948-6029 students will
receive a recorded listing of such cancellations. This list is
updated every half hour, and students are advised to call the
weather center at the last possible moment before they
must leave home for class.
Student Union and the
International Affairs Association,
as well as the director of the
Model United Nations program,
which last year brought more
than 350 students from 24 area
high schools to the campus.
Former awards given to
Gilpin include the 1981 "Advisor
of file Year” award from the
Student Government for his
work with BSU and lAA, and the
1978 Dr. James A. Jordan
Memorial Award for Teaching
Excellence, from the student
body to a faculty member who
demonstrates outstanding
dedication, achievement, and
concern for students.
Gilpin has been ai
instructor at PSU, Harrisburj
since 1971.
I In observance of Dr. 'll
Martin Luther King's I
birthday, Mr. James I
Jones, deputy director 1
of the Harrisburg
Urban League will
speak on "Need for
(Unity" January 19, |
1987. The speech and I
[ an informal reception I!
j|L will be in the Black ijj
[I Cultural Arts Center, ||
|| Room W-132 from |||
Sssssi? t 0
Jan. 14, k 1987