The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, October 01, 1987, Image 2

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COORDINATORS
Shirley Knelly is
the Assistant Director
of Student Services and
Programs/Residential
Life, but this is only
one of the many jobs she
has here at Penn
State-Hazleton. She is
also in charge of both
the North and South
Residence Halls and
oversees residential
hall functions.
Discipline, counseling,
and being supervisor of
the Resident Assistants
are also part of her
responsibilities. She
also finds time to coach
the girls varsity
volleyball team here on
campus. Her office is
located in the North
Residence Hall lobby.
Shirley completed
her undergraduate
studies at East
Stroudsburg University
with a B.S. in Health
and Physical Education.
Her master's and
graduate studies were
completed at the
University of Scranton
with a M.S. in
Counseling. She hopes
to receive her Doctorate
from Penn State, but is
unsure of what it will
be in.
Her impressions of
the campus have found
the people very friendly
and she really likes it
here. She is pleased
with the size of the
campus, especially with
the
atmosphere
Shirley Knelly and Cathy Salak are the new
ordinators of the North and South dorms.
(Photo by R. Hagenbuch)
the
by Kathy Marion
Shirley has several
goals for this year.
Her main goal is to get
to know everyone on
campus. Another goal
she has is to increase
educational programs on
campus with the emphasis
on drug and alcohol
abuse.
Cathy Salak is the
Coordinator of
Residential Life here at
Hazleton. She is the
advisor of the Residence
Hall Council and an
advisor of the Resident
Assistants. Cathy also
helps with small
discipline matters like
noise disturbances in
the dorm. Her office is
located in the South
Residence Hall.
attended
Wilkes College and
received her B.S. in
Biology in 1985 and the
following year received
a B.A. in Psychology.
She is now attending
classes at the
University of Scranton
for her Master's Degree
in Counseling and
Education.
this
establish
prgrams. This will give
an alternative to going
home or staying here and
doing nothing on the
weekends. Another goal
Cathy has is to fit into
and learn about the Penn
Cathy
Her main goal for
year is to
weekend
Student Government
Meets Every Thursday
at 1 2:3 0
In The Commons
MURPHY EARNS
ROTC SCHOLARSHIP
Robert M. Murphy, a
former student at the
Penn State Hazleton
Campus, has been awarded
a United States Army
Reserve Officer Training
Corps (ROTC) full
scholarship. This ROTC
scholarship that covers
tuition, books and
laboratory fees
Addition to a monthly
Stipend, is one of only
two such scholarships
awarded in Pennsylvania.
Murphy joined the
ROTC program as a
freshman at the Hazleton
Campus. While in the
program he was the Cadet
Company Commander,
received the Director's
Award as an outstanding
cadet, and when a
freshman he received the
Retired Officers' Award.
In addition, he was
team captain of the
Rifle Team, a member of
the ROTC Color Guard,
and participated in the
Penn Stated Freshman
Testing and Counseling
Program for incoming
freshman and their
parents.
Prior to attending
Penn State, he spent two
years in active duty in
the U. S. Army under the
Army's College Education
Program; he
stationed in
during that time.
Murphy is in the
baccalaureate degree
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program in hotel and
restaurant management,
and is continuing his
studies as a junior at
University Park. After
4raduationg from Penn
State, he intends to
pursue aot career in
hotel and restaurant
management. He is
presently a member of
the U. S. Army Reserve
412th Engineer Company
in West Hazleton.
For a number of
years, the ROTC program
at the Hazleton Campus
has had the highest
number of participants
in the Penn State
Commonwealth Campus
system. During the
1987-88 academic year,
there will be more than
75 students involved in
this leadership pkogram.
The scholarship was
presented to Mr. Murphy
by MSgt. Raul Ramirez in
ceremonies at the
Hazleton Campus. In
accepting the
scholarship, Murphy
noted that his
participation in the
ROTC program is a source
of personal pride and
self-discipline. "I
have enjoyed the
camaraderie of all of
the cadets in the
program, and the variety
of different and
interesting activities
that the ROTC program
made possible," he
added.
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