The Highacres Colleg
Vol. 16 , N 0.5
Shaevel receives award
Four PSU faculty members
have been chosen to receive the
1981 AMOCO Foundation
Outstanding Teaching Awards,
each check in the amount of
$l,OOO. For the second con
secutive year, a member of the
Highacres faculty has been
selected for this honor. Last year
Dr. Harold Aurand, Professor of
History received it, and this year
Myron Leonard Shaevel, one of
Hazleton PSU's physics teachers.
A member of the Hazleton cam-
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quizzes he gives, realizing that it
alleviates the cramming for the
final and also allows a little more
time to cram for other finals. One
sophomore student comments:
"Professor Shaevel explains
things very clearly, has good lec
tures, works helpful examples,
and is available a great deal of
time on campus."
Mr. Shaevel has also co
authored and co-produced
"Science Countdown," a local tv
Requirements change for
baccalaureate degrees
Pennsylvania State University
baccalaureate degree re
quirements (8.D.R.) will, begin
ning with the 1981-82 school year,
take on a new categorical form.
Required basic courses will be
defined in order to give students a
clear understanding of which
courses are necessary in fulfill
ing their degree programs. The
Bachelor of Philosophy degree
program will be exempt from
specific B.D.R.s since this is an
individually planned program.
Also, this change will not affect
Associate degree programs or
students enrolled in a program
prior to the 1981-82 school year.
B.D.R.s are those basic courses
required by the student before
beginning study in his or her
specific major. The intention or
the university in categorizing the
B.D.R.s is to make clear to the
students which courses will fulfill
specific credit requirements. For
example, six credits will be need
ed to fulfill one's Arts' re-
Published By Students of The Hazleton Campus of the Pennsylvania State University
Shaevel is the co-author of three
textbooks. He graduated from
Lowell Technological Institute in
Massachusetts with B.S. and
M.S. degrees.
This isn't the first award that
Professor Shaevel has received.
Not only has the administration
commended his talents, but
Hazleton students have also
recognized his abilities by nam
ing him "Hazleton Teacher of the
Year" in 1970 and 1977.
Even now Highacres students
commend most aspects of
"Professor Shaevel
explains things very
clearly, has good
lectures, works helpful
examples, and is
available a great deal of
time on campus"
quiz show in which various high
schools competed. He also coor
dinated a program titled "Color,
Perception, and Optical Allu
sion" for fifth grade students in
the Hazleton elementary schools.
And, most recently, he developed
a program for sixth graders,
"The World Around Us."
The AMOCO recipients are
chosen by a group nominated by
faculty members and students
and recommended as finalists by
a University Council Committee.
quirements, and for this purpose
81 interrelated courses are pro
vided. Communications will re
quire nine credits, Natural
Science six, Humanities six,
Social and Behavioral Sciences
six, Quantification six, and
Health and Physical Education
four. Students will no longer
select courses from an
unrestricted multitude which
may include courses that are in
consistent with their desired pro
gram of study.
All baccalaureate programs
will require a similar number of
basic course credit requirements
in each category such as Arts.
Also, courses for all programs
will be selected from one com
mon list. It will become subse
quently easier for students to
change majors since separate
college B.D.R.s will become, to a
greater extent, interchangeable.
Complete information concern
ing new B.D.R.s will appear in
the 1981-82 Baccalaureate Degree
Programs information book.
Matchick joins
campus faculty
By JAYNE ANN BUGDA
An alumnus of the Hazleton
Campus of The Pennsylvania
State University, Dr. David A.
Matchick, recently joined the
faculty at the Hazleton Campus.
Dr. Matchick will be filling a
position in the Engineering
Department.
Dr. Matchick received his B.S.
in Science and his M.E.P.C. in
Environmental Engineering
from The Pennsylvania State
University. He also received a
M.S. in Radiation Health from
the University of Pittsburgh. In
1980, Dr. Matchick received his
Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering
from The Pennsylvania State
University.
Prior to his teaching position at
the Hazleton Campus Dr. Mat
chick was a research assistant in
the field of Nuclear Engineering
and has participated as co
investigator in the development
of a concept paper concerning the
feasibility of the Energy Park
development in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Matchick is also the co
author of the research paper pro
posal "Optimization of In-Situ
Plutonium Utilization in a PWR,"
which was awarded a contract by
the Department of Energy. He is
currently developing the
XSDRN-BURN computer pro
gram to analyze reactor
geometries for their optimal
utilization of nuclear fuel.
Dr, Matchick has a number of
publications that are in ac
cordance with his background in
the science field.
His professional membership
includes the Health Physics
Society and the American
Nuclear Society. Dr. Matchick
will begin teaching at Hazleton
Campus during Spring term.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE :
Point/Counterpoint: The Draft page 2
Editors meet Miss America page 4
Arts Festival, Chorus Production,
Awards Banquet page 5
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" page 6
1981 Spring Football Outlook page 8
C. Brooks Peters lectures on campus
In conjunction with the Na
tional Holocaust Memorial Week
of last month, the Hazleton Cam
pus of the Pennsylvania State
University along with the Jewish
Community Center of Hazleton
sponsored a lecture by C. Brooks
Peters. Mr. Peters appeared on
the 28th of April in the Highacres
gymnasium. The following day,
Mr. Peters attended Professor
Miller's History of Fascism 143
class and answered questions
raised by the students.
Mr. Peters had worked in Ger
many as a foreign correspondent
for the New York Times from
1937 to 1941. With the entrance of
America into the war Mr. Peters
enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps
and saw combat duty in the
Solomon Islands Campaigns. He
returned to the New York Times
in 1945 and became the Times
fitst Bureau Chief at the United
Nations. He later held such posts
as attache to United States
diplomatic missions abroad, ad
Graduation slated for May 28
Highacres Campus of Penn
State will be conducting its
eleventh graduation this spring
term. Sixty-six students will be
receiving their degrees on Thurs
day, May 28, 1981 at 7 p.m. This
outdoor ceremony will take place
in the Highacres gardens.
One rehearsal for the gradua
tion ceremony will be conducted
on Thursday, May 28, at 1 p.m.
Candidates who do not plan to
participate in the graduation
ceremony, or who are not able to
attend rehearsal should contact
Dr. Staudenmeier's office as soon
as possible.
Graduates are expected to
assemble in the Commons
gameroom not later than 6:30
p.m. for robing, last minute in
structions, and assembly for the
Processional.
ian
May 1981
viser to the Emperor of Ethiopia,
and special consultant to Teddy
Kolleck, Secretary General,
Prime Minister's Office,
Jerusalem.
Mr. Peters spoke to an au
dience of nearly 200 on his ex
periences in Germany and the
German anti-Semitism of that
time. He related an eye witness
account of the Kristallnacht or
"Crystal Night," the burning of
Berlin's largest synagogue, and
his impression of the Jewish
situation in Germany at that
time. He also recalled his
meeting Hitler, Goring, and
Goebbels, and his travels, as a
Times correspondent, with the
conquering German armies into
Poland, Holland, France, and
Belgium.
To conclude his lecture, Mr.
Peters accepted questions from
the audience. A respondent au
dience then engaged Mr. Peters
with questions until 10:00 P.M.
when the lecture ended.
Most of the graduating students
have participated in 2-year pro
grams, but there will be some 4-
year program candidates receiv
ing their degrees also.
Associate Degree candidates
may purchase their cap and gown
at the Hazleton Campus
Bookstore the color must be
gray. Baccalaureate Degree can
didates should purchase their cap
and gown at University Park
the color must be black.
John Yamulla, President of the
Hazleton Education Council will
be the speaker at the commence
ment exercises. Rev. Stacy I.
Weaver, from United Church of
Christ, Conyngham will give the
invocation. Refreshments will be
served after the graduation
ceremony.