CAPITAL TIMES, August 26, 1991
PSH announces new hirings
Over the summer months, Penn State
Harrisburg has appointed new academic
administrators and new full-time faculty
for the 1991-92 academic year. They are
as follows:
♦Harvey Arbelaez, Assistant
Professor of Finance
♦Barbara A. Bremer, Assistant
Professor of Psychology (Experimental)
♦Krishna Dhir, Professor and Director
of the School of Business
Administration
♦Richard Foxx, Professor of
Psychology (Clinical/Community)
♦Lin Harley, Assistant Professor of
Engineering (Civil/Surveying)
♦Pcggi Hunter, Assistant Professor
of Education (Educational Technology)
Heritage Series
promotes diversity
Musician Bob Coke will be the first performer in the
Heritage Scries at Penn State Harrisburg. Coke, who
plays indian tablas, silar, and acoustic guitar, will
perform "Music of India" on September 17 from 12:05-
12:50 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge, located in the Olmsted
Building.
Coke performs music on all three instruments and has
recorded six albums, both as a soloist and group member.
He also performs with saxophonist Eric Person as the duo
"Sources," and has performed locally at Harrisburg's
Lounge 21 and the Knitting Factory.
Coke has performed with Ensemble Percussions dc
Nantes in France and with actress Sandra Reeve in
England. His diverse contemporary performance
collaborations include Carlos Lomas Flamenco Project,
Gillcs Petit Theatre du Son, Myrdhin's Ccllic Harp, Georg
Sima Big Band and avantc-gardc Hip Hop.
Coke, who lived in France for 16 years, has worked
in concert with several sitar players and a vocalist in India,
a vocalist in Algeria and numerous other musicians in
France. Coke has toured France, England, Holland,
Germany, Greece, Austria and the U.S., and also made
musical videos in England and France.
Coke’s September 17 performance is open to the
campus and the community as part of Penn Slate
Harrisburg's Heritage Scries. The Scries explores diverse
cultural heritages that make up our world, and features a
cross-section of cultural heritage that builds on the
connections found in a variety of cultures.
Puzzles on page 10
PSH NEWS
♦Nanette James, Assistant Librarian
♦Barry Kanpol, Assistant Professor
of Education (Foundations/Secondary)
♦Glen A. Mazis, Assistant Professor
of Humanities/Philosophy
♦Guatam Ray, Professor and Director
of the School of Science, Engineering
and Technology
♦Robert Russell, Assistant Professor
of Management
♦Steven P. Schappe, Assistant
Professor of Management
♦Harold Shill, Librarian and Head,
Division of Library and Information
Services
♦Girish Subramanian, Assistant
Professor of Information Systems
♦Matthew Wilson, Assistant
Professor of Humanities and Writing
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Live in the Gallery Lounge
Fall 1991
August 28,12:05-12:50 p.m.
STEVE RUDOLPH TRIO, piano and bass standards and originals
September 12, 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
CHRIS SANTIAGO AND BLUE MATTER jazz quartet (performance is
part of the Provost Picnic, Sculpture Garden)
September 25,12:05-12:50 p.m.
SALSAMBA quintet, Latin jazz, featuring rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and
the Carribbean
October 2,12:05-12:50 p.m.
JERRY HAINES, solo, guitar and harmonica, songs from the late 60s
(performance in the Main Lobby area)
October 16, 12:05-12:50 p.m.
SUSAN KELLEHER traditional white oak basket making
October 30, 12:05-12:50 p.m.
TRACY BOGANS solo, piano, jazz and contemporary show tunes
November 13, 12:05-12:50 p.m.
MARCIA BOWER solo, storytelling to musical accompaniment
November 25. 12:05-12:50 p.m.
BERTHA REPPERT, herbalist extraordinaire
Retiring secretary
turns over new leaf
Victoria Phillips
Karen M. Putt
Capital Times Staff
This year the end of the month brings
more than just the end of another
summer, it also brings the retirement of
Nettie Garver, a secretary in the Business
Office as well as a favorite of both Penn
State Harrisburg students and faculty.
Seated behind a sun-bathed desk,
Nettie Garver has short silver hair and a
smile that rivals the brightness of her
yellow blouse. She lives in Middletown
with her parents and has been a secretary
at Penn State Harrisburg for nineteen
years.
At her feet sit four one-gallon jugs of
water-the water supply for 18 thriving
plants that form a small jungle on and
around her desk. Peeking out from
among the ferns and philodendrons on
shelves and filing cabinets are framed
pictures of singer Johnny Mathis.
"I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Johnny
Mathis fan," Garver says proudly.
Garver affectionately says she loves his
music-from "Misty” to "Chances Are.”
She's met Mathis and taken some of the
pictures herself.
Nineteen years ago Garver began
work at Penn State Harrisburg as a
secretary for Police Services when it was
located in the Olmsted Building. Two
years later she became a secretary in the
Business Office where she’s worked ever
In the past, much of Garver’s work
has focused on handling the payroll, but
then she began handling applications for
student employment at the college. She
said the students she dealt with were not
part of the work studey program, but
student employees in the library or
bookstore, for example. The students
would come to Garver for the W-4 and I
-9 forms required for employment.
"Are you kidding!?” exclaims Garver
when asked if she has noticed any
changes in the student body over the
years. She says many of the boys had
long hair in the '7os and were always
"very 'friendly." She also pointed out
that students were very politcally aware
then. Gaiver says students in the '7os
were always involved in a cause,
something she places great importance
upon. Pointing to whale magnets on
her filing cabinet and a killer whale
mobile dangling above her desk, Garver
See Gaiver, page 10