Fall orientation to stress workshops
By LINDA THOMPSON
Collegian Staff Writer
About 6,400 frightened and
confused new students will
descend on University Park
Fall Term. To alleviate some
problems facing transfers
and freshmen, the orientation
committee is planning a week
of workshops including
relevant issue programs and
social functions.
For the first time transfers
and freshmen will meet in
separate sessions devoted to
their own specific needs.
Ron Lewis, town area
chairman, said the most
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difficult problem in dealing
with transfers is getting them
involved. Many feel detached
from University Park and
tend to stay within their
branch campus cliques, he
said.
To help transfers feel more
involved special sessions are
being planned. According to
Marilyn Shorr, new student
programs director, one
workshop will be devoted to
careers with a special session
on solving career decision
problems. The session is
designed to help undecided
juniors determine whether
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miles north of Bucharest.
It was built by a 15th cen
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Dracula, known historically
as Vlad the Impaler. The
character of Count Dracula,
vampire villian of the
perennial bestseller by Bram
Stoker, is said to be based on
Vlad.
The Romanian tourist
organization has pushed the
tours emphasizing Draculan
horrors, despite the fact that
they are casting slurs on a
national hero.
they should change majors or
not, she said.
The town committee plans
to work with the Organization
of Town Independent
Students to organize an in
formation center in the HUB.
Lewis said the committee will
explain University Park
registration and answer any
questions transfers have.
Two other transfer
programs include a con
sumers’ discussion of town
merchants and a discussion of
legal aspects affecting town
tenants.
To spur overall student
involvement Orientation Co
chairman David Ladov said
the committee plans to in
tegrate educational in
formation programs with
social and recreational ones.
Shorr said including
educational programs is an
attempt to deal with relevant
issues.
According to Debbie Arch
ibald, area chairman, East
Halls is hoping to have a
rather unique educational
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followed by small group
discussions with faculty
members; she said.
Faculty members will
explain how the movie relates
to their particular college,
Archibald added. She said
this discussion hopefully will
open communication between
faculty members and
students.
To facilitate
munication in Pollock area a
social barometer exercise is
planned. According to Pollock
area chairman Sally Kealy
topics are rated from
negative five to positive five.
Three to four people get in
front of the group and tell
where they would place the
topic on the scale and why.
Kealy said not all of the
selected topics are con
troversial. Topics like the
color green or spring also are
covered. Kealy said that the
exercise “brings people out.”
She said, “It gets them to tell
why they feel and how they
feel.”
Shorr said the educational
and relevant issues program
also includes sessions on
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In order to keep the
programs operating
smoothly, the orientation
committee obtains about 300
orientation leaders. Ac
cording to Ladov, the leaders
each volunteer to work with
20 to 30 new students during
the orientation week.
Co-chairman Stacey
Van Pelt said, “The orien
tation leader is the only
personal way to get Penn
State across to the new
student."
Ladov said an attempt is
being made to provide the
orientation leaders with more
training. In the past, they
often just welcomed everyone
and put up posters and signs,
he said.
Ladov said three training
sessions are required for
orientation leaders. One
general session is held to
familiarize orientation
leaders with their duties,
followed by two sessions in
the dorm areas to develop
communication skill and
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work ’out plans with the
resident assistants.
Van Pelt said this year the
orientation leaders have the
option to continue as
assistants to the resident
assistant after orientation.
Ladov .said orientation
leaders often can be helpful to
new students during the first
few weeks of the term by
answering questions about
courses, drop-add or pass
fail.
Besides the new programs
the orientation committee
plans the regular social
program with jammies, con
certs and movies.
The committee does not
anticipate ending the
program on Friday, Van Pelt
said, but plans a tentative
concert and national speaker
for the weekend These events
would be aimed.at the entire
student body, she said.
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