CAFTIMES, April 23, 1996 John A. Pelna, on-line system manager, at work at the PSH Data Center Get answers to your questions Penn State Harrisburg Data Center is the place By Wendy A. Hess Contributor Do you know where you want to live when you graduate? Where to go for the big bucks? Where the yuppies are? Where they aren't? You can find all of that information, and more, by taking a short trip to the Pennsylvania State Data Center, located in Penn State Harrisburg's Olmsted Building Room 301. 'We are the com monwealth's official source for economic and demo- graphic information," said Joan Campbell, an informa tion specialist at the Center. The Center uses infor mation from the United States Census taken every ten years, and compiles it into "user friendly" publica tions and reports. "We take the most asked for information and make them in to easier to "Kid's College '96" highlights summer for Behavorial Science and Education by Ann E. Mease Staff Reporter The division of the Behavioral Science Department and Education at Penn State Harrisburg has several interesting events happening through out this year. Faculty member, Dr Frank Swetz has recently returned to Penn State from a year long trip to Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Dr. Swetz said that he was able to make the trip due to a Fulbright U.S. exchange program. He was a U. S. information source lectur er, to enhance cultural exchange, within several dif ferent Asian countries. Dr. Swetz traveled to different colleges training mathematics educators for the National Curriculum Training Center, Malaysia. He gave faculty seminars at major Malaysia colleges, Including the University of Science, the National University, the University of Technology, and the University of Sabah. Dr. Swetz has been back and forth to Malaysia since he first traveled there when he was in the Peace read publications," Campbell said. Small business own ers, who may not be able to afford to buy the informa tion from a demographic company, are big customers at the Data Center. "We are here to serve our customers, at the lowest possible rate," Campbell said. "We are not in the business to make a profit, just to cover our over head." Often the informa- tion if free of charge, Campbell said, depending on what you need, or if you can use the in-office publi cations. Always free of charge is their catalogue of publications, a complete list of their data offerings. The information is invaluable to those who are just starting businesses, as well as established ones "If you want to start a business, and most of the Corps as coordinator of the U.S. Peace Corps Mathematics Inservice Training Program in 1965. Swetz also was the Editor of the Journal Digest for teachers in Malaysia. 1966- 1967, Surveyor kir Federal Land Development Authority, Malaysia, 1966, Consultant to the District of Bau, Sarawak(Bridge Construction) 1967. Dr. Swetz's latest book is called Learn From the Masters . It has just been pub lished by the Mathematical Association of America. Dr. Swetz served as the senior editor, and 20 other mathe maticians from 12 countries, helped collaborative this book. i Kids College 96f is coming to Penn State Harrisburg this summer, coor dinated by Dr. Colleen Willard Holt, a Elementary Education professor at Penn State. Dr. Holt said that schools from all over the Harrisburg area will be partici pating in the week-long sum mer camp. There are twelve courses offered and nine will Our undergraduates people in that area are 65 and over, you don't want to start to a baby store," Campbell said. In addition to migra tion trends, income charac- teristics and economic trends, other publications cover manufacturing trends, educational attainment lev els of the labor force, popu lation estimates, and smok ing characteristics. There are, however, many more areas of information. 'The amount of infor mation and the detail, like where is the largest Irish pop ulation in Pennsylvania, is really amazing," Campbell said. Each of the states, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, have Data Centers. Give yourself a grad uation present and pick up their catalogue, or call (717)948-6336 for more infor mation. students create the curricu lum, implement the curricu lum, over a weeks period of time Dr. Holt said This gives the students and opportunity to teach their own classroom, and form their own teaching style Their will be 30 ele- mentary education majors working on this summer pro ject, using their creativity and knowledge to help these kids have a pleasant learning experience, Jody Gebhard a ele- mentary education major said," I Have created my own curriculum about Antarctica, to teach the kids about life in this area. " Gebhard said it has taken her two months to cre ate this assignment, which will give her real life teaching experience, and valuable classroom training techniques The program will incor porate current methods, such as interdisciplinary curriculum, multi age grouping, with a diverse student body. Summer programs planned are for elementary and middle school children with activities such as Olde Penn State Village, Civil War, NEWS Dr. Jaster devotes energy to PSH and By Jim Miller Contributor For Shakespearean scholars, a trip to the Folger Shakespeare Library is an opportunity to examine and evaluate records that date back nearly 400 years. Each year, the library hosts a series of seminars designed to stim ulate debate about a partic ular aspect of Early Modern theater. Dr. Margaret Jaster, assistant professor of humani ties at Penn State Harrisburg, was a participant in a Folger seminar this semester that is exploring techniques of stag ing Early Modern plays. "You don't go to sem inars to earn credits, but to interact with the best minds in the business," said Dr. Jaster, who is attending her seventh seminar. Each Friday, Dr. Jaster rode the train to Washington, D.C. to the Folger Library. The group usually meets for a "Brown Bag Colloquium," when one of the scholars delivers a mini-lecture fol lowed by an exchange of ideas on the topic. 'One week there was a discussion on Irish material," Dr. Jaster said. 'The scholar was arguing for complete revision on Irish writings. There was a fair amount of discus- of activities Department Whales and More Whales, Kids in Space and Engineering. Next on the agenda of activities is The Association of Gifted Education Annual Conference hosted this year by Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Holt said that this conference is held every year either in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, or Philadelphia, for adults and children who are intellectually gifted. Fifty of the elementary education undergraduate majors from Penn State Harrisburg will be helping coordinate and supervise this conference. The theme this year is connecting the Past to the Future using Harvard graduate Howard Gardner's The Theory of Multiple Intelligence, Dr. Holt said. Gardeners theory is used starting with Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Musical, Spatial, Bodily- Kinesthetic, Inte personal intel ligence and Intrapersonal intelligence All the activities at the conference will be based on these seven steps of how is your kid smart instead of how smart is your kids, said Holt. D.C. communities sion on the issue." Her fellow classmates in the seminar come from such schools as Duke, UCLA, Harvard and New York University. Dr. Jaster jokes that she is the "token state univer city person." "You feel part of the scholarly community when you are invited to a seminar," she said. "It is a small group - only about nine people are in that class." The group spent the first several weeks of class looking at materials pertain ing to the process of getting a play onto the stage, such as records of costumes used and other expenses. *l've been working on this for over ten years, and a lot of what I read I never knew before," Dr. Jaster said. Later, the focus of the class shifted to a look at indi vidual plays and the difficul ties encountered in present ing them to the public. One play that never made it to the London stage was "Sir Thomas More." it presented riot scenes, and the powers of the city of London were afraid that if you staged riot scenes, the people would riot," Dr. Jaster said. Communications Students offer farewell tribute to Dr. Dear Dr. Haller You have taught us the strength and the power of our words, and now we find ourselves using those words to say good bye to you. So how are we to say good bye to our professor— the person who so instinctively balances the roles of teacher, advisor, confidant, and yes, even friend? Through your teaching, we have gained much knowledge and many skills, but you also offered us the abili ty and freedom to learn on our own. You have taught us not only through your words, but by your example Through your guidance, we have overcome many obstacles. You had the confidence that we could accom plish our goals—even when we didn't. You expected the best in us—and we soon learned to expect it in ourselves. Although we are sad that we will not be spending our senior year with you, we are happy for the new oppor tunities that await you. We have no doubt that you will have a significant impact on the educational experience of your new stu dents, just as you have had with the students at Penn State Harrisburg. Before you go, however, we want to tell you that you have made a lasting impression on our education and on our lives Your words and your teaching will continue to guide us even after you have departed this campus. We appreciate the commitment or the time aria energy which you have given each of us, and we thank So how will we say good bye? We will not, but instead will wish you well and much success until our paths cross again. Sincerely your students, Jody, Kelley, Wendy, Miriam, and Ann Because the play only existed in manuscript form, it is most likely that only a handful of individuals in the 17th century had the oppor tunity to see it staged. 'There were many plays censored because they were considered too hot too handle," she said. standpoint, Dr. Jaster found that the material and tech niques used in these seminars have enhanced her enthusi asm for classroom teaching. opportunity to find out what other people are working on," Dr. Jaster said. 1 was introduced to material that will allow me to come up with new scholarly approach es to material with which I'm familiar." Dr. Jaster, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and taught at George Mason University coming to Penn State Harrisburg, initially feared that her removal from Washington, D.C. area would cause her to lose touch with the influential Shakespeare community in the region. - I found out I can be part of both the Middletown and Washington communi ties," she said. 1 needed to feel that." Beth Haller From a personal it gives me the
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