The Highacres Colleg
State Budget
Affects
Highacres
By David Kraft
Collegian Editor-in-Chief
State colleges and universities have
suffered financially because of the post
ponement of a budget agreement by the
Pennsylvania State Legislature. Penn
State is one of the three major universities
in the state along with Pitt and Temple.
The Hazleton Campus since it is a part of
the Penn State system has had financial
difficulties because of this postponement.
Each year the University is hit with
inflation. The governor recommended a
three percent appropriation increase but
inflation has increased a total of six per
cent over the past year. Internal cost
cutting must be executed by the University
to make up the other three percent.
The University has assessed all of the
commonwealth campuses and all
available monies are placed into an
emergency fund for critical needs.
Penn State is now borrowing the sum of
$2,000 per day in order to keep functioning 1
properly. The interest rate on these loans
will accumulate and the actual amount of
loan will be approximately $3,000 per day
by the end of October.
The Penn State budget problem has had
an effect on the Hazleton Campus. Open
job positions on campus cannot be filled,
including maintenance and secretarial
positions. The purchase of new equipment
has also been deferred because of the lack
of funds.
“We haven’t had to cut back on our
academic programs. It would be helpful if
people, would write to their legislators
asking them to support state universities,’’
Dr. David commented, “and no problems
are expected in the immediate future of
the campus but there is a hazard if this
continues too long.”
Orientation Camp Termed Success
By Cathy Rusinko
COLLEGIAN News Editor
“It was a great thing. We learned what
college life would be like, what we could
expect from college, and what would be
expected from us.”
Ibis opinion, stated by a freshman
student participating in the pre-orientation
camping trip at Bear Creek Campgrounds
was unanimously supported by all par
ticipants.
A new dimension in the orientation
program at Highacres this year, the
campout was held August 28-30.
The trip was planned and coordinated by
Dr. William J. David, Campus Director
and the following members of staff and
faculty: Joseph L. McCallus, Dean of
Student Affairs; Everitt F. Binns,
Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs;
James E. White, Career Development and
Placement Counselor; and Dr. Jerry B.
Covert, Assistant Professor of Biology.
The committee designed the trip to aid
freshmen in adjusting to college life
through interaction with upperclassmen,
faculty, and staff in an informal at
mosphere.
Published By Students of The Hazleton Campus of the Pennsylvania State University
Campus Improvements Made
By Brad McNab
Collegian Staff Writer
At the end of each fiscal year, all state
owned, operated, and related agencies and
institutions find themselves in a position
where they must spend all of their
remaining money before the new state
budget takes effect. With the monies
remaining from last year’s budget, the
Hazleton Campus undertook various new
improvements.
“One that is dearest to the students is
probably the new concrete steps,” said
campus Director Dr. William David,
Campout participants included eighty
incoming freshmen, ten sophomores, and
ten faculty and staff members. The group
was subdivided into four living groups, and
further divided into sub-groups, each
group having at least one sophomore
group leader and one faculty of staff
member.
The agenda for the trip was a com
bination of education, group interaction,
and recreation sessions. Members of the
faculty moderated education sessions
focusing on classroom atmosphere.
Leading these discussions were Mr.
Richard Campbell, Mr. James Concannon,
Mr. Donald Lyons, Mrs. Patrice Lyons,
and Dr. Alan Price. Staff members
discussing campus activities included Dr.
William J. David, Dean Joseph McCallus,
Everitt F. Binns, James E. White, and
Mark Golanski.
In referring to the campout, White
stated, “projects such as the campout are
excellent examples of how faculty, staff,
and students can work together to help
students.”
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania
referring to the new stairway that is
between Lot A and the faculty parking lot.
This replaced the old metal fire escape
steps that were the cause of much concern
during the Winter months. However, these
new steps should reduce the problem of
slipping on ice, according to David.
Two concrete stairways have been in
stalled between the two levels of the tennis
courts. The lower set of courts was also
resurfaced during the Spring Term.
The campus road along the main
building circle was also surfaced. Also,
some holes in the road along the top of the
hill were filled. However, David said,
“This patching job along the hill is only a
temporary fix.”
Perhaps one of the most noticeable
changes was the installment r df the*
Security System in the Library. This was
greatly sought after by Mrs. Ferry,
Campus Librarian, the Faculty General
Assembly, and the Student Government
Association.
Another useful improvement was the
purchase of new overhead projectors. One
projector will be placed in every
classroom. The shipment of the projectors
will not arrive at Highacres until the
middle of next month.
A new outdoor fireplace and picnic area
was built with the of money from
the Ray Martin Memorial Fund. David
said he hoped to add picnic tables and
chairs to this area.
Dr. David stressed that none of the
improvements were made with this year’s
budget. All were from last year’s budget
and memorial gifts. Other campus im
provements are expected but, “this ob
viously will not happen until the University
is in a more stable position financially,”
Dr. David said.
New Faculty
Members Appointed
By Lisa Bagley
Collegian Staff Writer
Four new faculty members have been
employed at the Hazleton Campus the
beginning of fall term. The new members
are as follows: Dr. Robert G. Clark, Dr.
Brian T. Keen, Harriet J. Rudolph and Dr.
Eric R. Bell.
Dr. Robert G. Clark can be found in the
Engineering department and has gradu
ated from Penn State with the following
.agrees: B.S. in Engineering from Penn
State, M.S. in Education, and a Ph.D. in
Mathematics from the University of Penn
sylvania. The entire Clark family has gone
to Penn State. Besides teaching, Dr. Clark
has worked for R.C.A. Westinghouse,
Hughes Aircraft Co. in California, and
Carpenter Technology. During his travels,
Dr. Clark has met Howard Hughes and Al
bert Einstein.
Dr. Brian T. Keen has done much work
on his degree before coming to Penn State.
Dr. Keen holds the following degrees: B.S.
in Chemistry from South Dakota Univer
sity, Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Univer
sity of Wyoming, Post-doctoral Research
Associate and Instructor in Chemistry
Department from the University of Ala
bama, and a Visiting Assistant Professor
in Organic from the University of Wiscon
sin-Eau Claire. Dr. Keen was a member of
the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity in college, his
name is listed in “Who’s Who” in Ameri
can colleges and he belongs to the Ameri
can Chemical Society.
Harriet J. Rudolph, Assistant Professor
of Speech, has traveled much during her
career. Ms. Rudolph holds the following
degrees: B.S. from the University of Ark
ansas, Medical Technician one year
degree from Ohio State University Hospit
al, Master of Aits in Speech from the Uni-.
versity of Arkansas, Ph.D. from the Ohio
State University. Ms. Rudolph has worked
as a medical technician and researcher.
She taught speech at Mansfield, Ohio.
Dr. Eric R. Bell holds the following
degrees: B.A. from Ripon College in
Ripon, Wisconsin, Ph.D. in Educational
Psychology from Penn State. He now has
the title of Assistant Professor of Student
Teaching and Field Experience.
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