Suren Lalvani, a new communications professor, instructs his Public Relations class
on the necessities of a solid PR program.
Faculty profile...
Lalvani Wants to Make His Mark
Janice Brougher
Capital Times Staff
Assistant Professor of Humanities
and Communications, Suren Lalvani,
the newest addition to the humanities
division, specializes in cultural and
critical approaches to the study of mass
communication.
His research concentration includes
philosophy of communication, visual
communication and, lately, popular
culture. An upcoming research project
will focus on Vietnam and the
construction of social memory. The
Journal of Communication Inquiry will
soon publish an article of his on the use
of photography by penologists and
efficiency experts in the nineteenth
century.
Born in Sri Lanka, India and raised in
New Delhi, also in India, Lalvani
'started his studies at the Universtiy of
Delhi receiving a bachelor's degree in
economics. He continued his studies in
Jnu, India receiving a master's degree in
international politics. Moving to the
U.S. on Christmas Day in 1980,
Lalvani continued his education,
Meade Heights Burglarized
Karen Putt
Capital Times Staff
Two Meade Heights students were
robbed of approximately $l,OOO when
burglars broke into their house on
October 5 or 6, Police Services said.
Officer John Lescisko received a
student's call reporting the burglary at 11
a.m. on Saturday, October 6. Lescisko
estimated the time of the burglary to be
sometime between 11:45 p.m. and 12:15
a.m., Friday.
Police Services said the thieves entered
PSH NEWS
Photo by Don
receiving a master's in advertising and
his Ph.D. in communications from the
University of Illinois.
Before arriving in Harrisburg on July
4, Lalvani was an instructor at Southern
Illinpis Universtiy. There he taught
advertising while finishing his doctoral
thesis. At Penn State, Lalvani teaches
advertising, communication theory, and
public relations. Although he teaches
advertising and PR, Lalvani prefers
concentration on mass communications.
He enjoys reading, writing,
racquetball, and expressionistic oil
painting. Although most of his writing
is research related, Lalvani has written
and directed plays that have been
produced in the U.S. and in India.
He and his wife, Caroline, moved to
the Harrisburg area because they wanted
to live in the east where they can be
closer to the New England states.
Here at Penn State Harrisburg,
Lalvani wishes to continue his research
and someday hopes to make a significant
contribution to the communication field.
In future travels, he wishes to visit
the isle of Greece because of it's beauty.
through two bedroom windows and
burglarized two of three bedrooms in the
house while the residents, Rob Mohler,
Curtis Searing, and Brad Stewart, were
out.
It was estimated that $l,OOO of
personal property had been stolen.
Stolen items ranged from compact discs
and a 35 millimeter camera to checks and
a pair of prescription glasses.
Lescisko said Police Services does
have leads but refused to elaborate. The
residents did not wish to comment on
the theft.
Eastgate purchase sidebar...
Downtown Center Will Remain
The Penn State Downtown Center
in Harrisburg will continue as a
functioning university facility, providing
educational services near the Capitol
Complex, after the Eastgate Center goes
into operation next year.
The Downtown Center, located at
234 N. Third St., offers programs in
policy analysis, public administration,
political science and a number of
graduate programs based at University
Park to expand working relationships
with lawmakers and other state officials.
The Downtown Center is open to
programs from any Penn State campus.
The Downtown Center is a separate
facility and there are no plans to sell it.
Walters
"It will continue to be used as it has
been used," said Dr. James South,
associate provost for administrative
operations. This puts to rest rumors
that the Downtown Center would be
closed after the Eastgate Center at 1010
N. Seventh St. opens next year.
Seminar Features Renowned Editors
Penn State Harrisburg will be the
setting for a writer's conference--
"Writing and Publishing: Trends and
Tactics"--from November 7-11, when
two of the country's leading magazine
editors visit the campus.
Stanley W. Lindberg, editor of The
Georgia Review, and Robley Wilson,
Jr., editor of The North American
Review, will offer seminars for writers
as well as presentations open to the
general public.
• Joining them as visiting faculty are
two writers who now reside in
Pennsylvania and recently published
books. Writer-in-residence at Dickinson
College, Robert Olmstead has penned
three works of fiction. The most recent,
a novel entitled A Trail of Heart's Blood
Wherever We Go, appeared this month
from Random House Publishing. Also
out this month from Northeastern
University Press is J. Allyn Rosser's
Bright Moves, winner of the Samuel
French Morse Poetry Priie. Rosser
teaches at the University of
Pennsylvania, where she is a doctoral
candidate.
Conference participants can earn one
credit for the seminar, which is scheduled
for evening and weekend meetings.
On Wed., Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m.,
Lindberg will lead writers in a session
titled "Magazine Publishing Today
(Fiction, Poetry, and Non-Fiction)" at
the PSH Capital Union Building. A
lecture in the Olmsted Building's Gallery
Lounge, "Behind the Scenes--the Editor's
Perspectives," begins on Nov. 8 at 5:30
p.m. and is free to the public.
On Sat., Nov. 10, two workshop
sessions on writing fiction and poetry
will be offered in the CUB from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Olmstead will lead the fiction
workshop from 9:30-11 a.m. with
enrolled poets observing. Rosser's
John Rudy
Capital Times Staff
October 26, 1990, CAPITAL TIMES
The Eastgate Center will ease the
overcrowding being experienced at the
Downtown Center. The 7,000-square
foot Downtown Center is cramped, as it
now serves 4,000 non-credit students and
several thousand others in continuing
education programs, said Steve Garban,
senior vice president for finance and
operations at University Park.
"The Downtown Center is a
university-wide facility," South said.
"Penn State Harrisburg is involved in
managing the Downtown Center, but
decisions for its programs are made
through the university's regional
continuing education director's office,
not the PSH continuing education staff."
"It also provides programs for
students who are on internships from
throughout the Penn State system to
operate through that facility."
"The Eastgate Center is a PSH
facility," South said. "Although we
make Eastgate Center available for other
university activities, its primary role is
in support of PSH's programs."
workshop in poetry will run from 11:30-
1 p.m, with fiction writers in turn
invited observers. Refreshments will be
provided for seminars, workshops, and
the public lecture. Sunday, Nov. 11,
offers an omnibus treat. From 4-6 p.m.
in the CUB Robley Wilson will lead
writers in a session entitled, "The
Trouble with Writing--Does Anyone
Read?" Dinner for conference participants
follows.
At 7:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge
Wilson will read from his recent fiction
and poetry. The reading is free to the
public.
A central purpose of the conference is
to have each participant produce a new
piece of writing to be published, if the
writer chooses, in a chapbook. Each
piece submitted will be commented on,
graded, and returned to the participants,
who may make final revisions and
resubmit the their work by Dec. 3 for
inclusion in the conference chapbook.
Those interested in enrolling or
attending the public presentations should
call Continuing Education at PSH (948-
6505).
Work Study from 1
"The money is not so much the
problem as it is the lack of students who
want to work and qualify for the
program," Holtzman said. He said his
office constantly follows up with
students who have been awarded money
to remind them how much time they
have to decide whether or not to accept
their work-study position. Many times
students fail to respond and the money is
then used for another eligible student
who wants to work.