PENNSTATE
PlictlHanisburg
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January 24, 1990
Buisness manager becomes
familiar with Penn State
By Barbra Soltis
Capital Times' Staff
One bright new face in the
business office this semester
is Business Manager Sandra
Jackson.
Jackson a Rochester,
New York native who
received her B.S. in
Accounting from Rochester
Institute of Technology was
anxious to join the Penn State
team. "I heard positive
things about the academic
program," Jackson said, "and
I was interested in becoming
part of the team."
As Manager, Human
Resources and Business
Services, Jackson's main
duties include: managing
business services ( i.e. safety
and police services, copy
center operations, mailroom
and telephone service),
serving as human resources
officer,
.and administering
various college support
services.
Although Jackson is in
the process of learning the
system and becoming,
familiar with the campus, she
looks forward to the
challenge of fulfilling the
needs of students, faculty, and
staff.
"I have a philosophy of
emphasizing a customer
service approach to students,
staff, and faculty," Jackson
said. "For example if
employees have concerns
about benefits, I want them to
come to the office to resolve
any questions they may
have."
Prior to joining the
staff at Penn State
Harrisburg, Jackson worked
as an Administrative
Assistant/Chief Financial
Officer for the College of
Business Administration at
the University of Tennessee.
She was also a Business
Manager at Knoxville College
in Tennessee.
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Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
Jackson was the first
Black female Staff
Accountant at Ernst & Ernst, a
National CPA firm. According
to Jackson, earlier in her
career, she was once denied a
promotion because women
didn't want to work for her.
Jackson's success can
be attributed to what she
believes is an advantage to
being a woman in this field--
- sensitivity to human needs.
"I don't let challenges or
disappointments stop me. I
keep going," Jackson said. "I
perform my job to the best of
my ability and always
consider the feelings of other
people along the way."
Today more women are
going into the field of
financial management.
'There are many women in
:aiddle management
: )asitions," Jackson said. "Yet
wry. few women are in v.p.
n.anagement around the
c:.•intry. However this is
cl , ...nging drastically, because
financial management
industry has changed
drastically due to more
women going into the field."
Jackson replaced
former Business Manager Bob
Hamil who recently retired.
She now resides in
Hempfield with her husband
Len, a mechanical engineer
with Armstrong World
Industries and 13-year-old
daughter Holly and 9-year
old son Lenny. Her 17-year
old daughter, Anita is a
freshman at Bennett College
in Greensboro, North
Carolina, majoring in
Biology.
Jackson was an active
member in St. Luke's
Episcopal Church in
Knoxville. She served as
church treasurer, sang in the
choir, and was a member of
the Mission Council for the
church. She was also a
member of the Kiwanis Club
in Knoxville.
PSH' Athletic Poster.
Hank Rappold
Capital Times Staff
Just for Virginia, Sue
Hoover put together the
above photograph depicting
what Penn State-Harrisburg
has to offer in the way of
athletics and recreation to
the students.
Hoover worked with
Athletic Director Duane
Crieder to put this photo
together. The thinking
behind the photo was that
activities sponsored by the
Athletic Dept. were not
drawing enough student
participation. "The photo is a
good representation of all the
sports available at Capital,"
said Hoover "and it lets
Olmstead receives expantion
by Jeff Quinn
Capital Times' Staff
Renovating and
remodeling to this former air
force base continue as the
Humanities division on the
third floor of Olmstead
received a much needed
expansion.
The expansion project,
which had been in the
planning stages for six
months, will allow the
division to add three more
offices to the Humanitities
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Photo By: John J.Garvey
people know what is
available."
Long range plans for the
photo call for it to be made in
to a poster that will be hung
in the CUB and Olmsted
buildings. Other possible
plans might be including it
in orientation information or
for part of the campus
promotional packet.
Crieder feels the photo is
comprehensive of all
activities here at Capital. "The
students are the focus of the
athletic/recreation
department" Crieder said "The
Picture cont. on pg. 2
suite
The work that started three
weeks ago originally had
been planned to be done over
the Christmas break, but had
to be postponed due to the
elevator breaking down.
Dr. William Mahar, the
Humanities division head,
said the planning of the
project was a joint effort
between the Humanities
department and Ken Witmer,
Maintenance cont. on pg. 2