Feature Work in Commons By Jerry Trently The atmosphe . re - of the campus and rapport with students have kept finny Mulreaney __ an active part of campus. Now in her sixth year of employ ment with the Food and Housing Department of the University, she feels that the students are a very important part of her life. "I try to treat students as I treat my own children," says Mulreaney. "When they come to me and ask me to make them something, I try to prepare the food as I would want my own children to have it. That's just the way I am." GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS available at all 7_ convenient locations of ;---) PEOPLES FIRST .//cetazeigame , agaidi 0: - .aidt am/wiry -Q,.. FOR THE CORRECT TIME & TEMPERATURE CALL 455-2011 MEMBER •Broad & Wyoming St., Hazleton F.D.I.C. .7th & Church St., Hazleton .Rt. 93, Conyngham VISA .Church Hill Mall, Hazleton •Centre St., Freeland 6 .Laurel Mall, Hazleton 'first St., Lehighton PHONE EOM NOUSINC LENDER 455-7771 e 9 enjoyable for Ginny Mulreaney She feels also that students have changed over the last few years. "I've only been here six years," sine says, "yet I -have noticed changes in the type of students that come here. When I first started, the students were not as self conscious. They were dressed sloppier and just didn't seem to care. To day's students care about their appearance. They dress nicer, - wear their hair shorter, are better groomed, and are just friendlier than students of the past." Prior to her marriage, Muireaney worked as a Bell Telephone operator. When I got married,!' she said, "my husband told me not to work anymore because he was / ..4 making enough money to support us. He was mak ing $3,000 a year then, but that was 36 years ago, and at that time it Was enough money for the two of us. Our wed ding day was interesting too, because' we were married on a Friday," she chuckles, "Friday, December 13!" She has four children, three daughters and a son, and three grand children. Her son attend ed Penn State. "I started work on the first day of my son's school," she says, "that was in September of 1976." Changes made in the renovation of the Corn-. mons have made her job more pleasant. "This is so much nicer," she says, "before it used to To make sure your children have the EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THEY WANT AND NEED. be so hot back there, and so much more crowded. Now we have more room to move around, and the cafeteria is also easier to clean." The new layout of the cafeteria has also im proved her ability to come in contact with the students. She explains that "the way the cafeteria is now, I can see all the students dur ing lunch time, and talk to them easier. Before the only time we could see them from back here was when they came up to that small window where the food was serv- Evans Dough Box FREE delivery to Penn State dorms Rt. 93 Valley Plaza Conyngham, PA phone: 788-4212 pizza, stromboli, hoagies homemade soups & 'salads Pizza ut® Phone: 454 2 421 Page 7 ed from. And everything was so crowded too." Since the Commons' renovation, the small window for food service has been removed, mak ing way for the cafeteria counter now in use. "The improvements have also given business a boost," tells Mulreaney, "we never used to have this many students in here during the lunch time. At least not students that bought their lunch." She also works with some of the students on campus who are employed by the Food and Housing Depart ment. "They're the greatest," -she says, "just fantastic. That's probably one of the reasons I like it here so much. I could never work for McDonald's or Burger King, the whole thing there is too rushed. I like to be busy, but not rushed." Ginny Mulreaney looks foreward to her future. "I'll be happy as long as I'm working in the Com mons, and talking with the students."
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