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May 2, 2003
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By MEREDITH BECKER
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Lion's Eye Copy Editor
Graduating Information Sciences and
Technology (IST) major Manjot Kaur
“(known as Jyoti to her friends) sat down
with me last week to discuss her plans
for the future and memories of her time
here at Delco. :
Lion's Eye: So what are your plans
after graduation this May?
Jyoti: I'm going to be working at a
company named Vanguard. I had an
internship with them a few semesters ago
so that gave me the opportunity to work
with them now.
LE: That's really great. Did you get
any credits for taking the internship that
counted towards your major?
Jyoti: No. I already had taken a cred-
it-based internship, so that one was just
for the experience.
LE: Speaking of experience what
types of experience have you gained
from the IST program here?
Jyoti: Lots. I actually started out as
an accounting major, so when I changed
to IST it was a big change. I've learned a
lot more about computers in general, the
hardware, software and most important-
ly about teamwork.
LE: What made you change from
accounting to IST? That seems like a
pretty big change.
Jyoti: I decided to change majors to
IST because I would have had to change
campuses and go to Harrisburg and I
New leaders for ‘today’s classrooms’
By AMANDA TROMBETTI
AUT114@psu.edu
Lion's Eye staff writer
This spring there are many anxious
seniors awaiting graduation. There will
be graduates from many different majors,
including business, English, HDFS, com-
munications arts and sciences, IST, let-
ters arts and sciences, and urban educa-
tion.
One of those graduating seniors is
Andrew Lowry, graduating this spring
from the urban education program.
Throughout his years at Penn State
Delco, Lowry has participated in many
‘campus activities.
Photo by Meredith Becker
Manjot Kaur will be graduating this May in Penn State Delco’s first class of IST majors. She is moving on to work with
Vanguard.
really wanted to stay here. The campus
allowed me to stay home and save
money, staying home let me focus more
on getting my schoolwork done as
opposed to being up at University Park
where I would have had a lot more dis-
tractions like hanging out with my
friends instead of studying.
LE: Are you happy that you decided
to stay here at Delco instead of moving
Some of those activities included the
Lion Ambassadors Club and SGA.
Lowry was president of the SGA in
the 2001-2002 school years. Along with
being involved with the clubs on campus,
he created a club of his own, called the
Urban Education Club.
“The purpose of the club is to deal
with educational issues in today's class-
rooms," Lowry said.
Lowry has also been involved with
the FITCAP program, and other comities
on campus. Lowry, who's proud of his
GPA of well over 3.0, has accomplished
many achievements here at Penn State
up to University Park?
Jyoti: Yes. I knew that I wouldn't be
able to graduate in four years if I had
changed up to UP. I also figured that we
were kind of a guinea pig major and that
UP had the same scenario so why spend
the extra money for playing guinea pig
up at UP when I could pay a lot less here.
LE: Now, you say that you guys
were "guinea pigs" in the major, which
Delco.
He has won many a wards including
the Outstanding Student Service Award
(2002) and his most recent accomplish-
ment, being inducted for Outstanding
. Academic and Community Service.
This was given to him by the Penn
State Constintincuent Society.
There have been many accomplish-
ments fulfilled throughout his college
“career. He will be proudly receiving his
diploma this month and going forth to
pursue a career in urban education.
"I believe that Penn State has given
me an outstanding undergraduate experi-
ence," Lowry said. ;
was true because yours is pretty much
the first class to graduate from the pro-
gram, since you were the test class you
had the experience of watching the major
grow into the popular one that it is now.
What is the one thing that you could
think of to have the school change in the
classes?
Jyoti: The organization of the class-
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