4 I Tuesday, Oct. 26,2010
Dean appointed for Hersey Medical Center
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center and Penn State College of
Medicine have made an integral
step toward the development of a
regional medical campus in State
College.
Dr. E. Eugene Marsh, 111, a
University of Alabama School of
Medicine official, has been chosen
to act, as dean to the campus at
University Park, Hershey Medical
Center spokeswoman Megan
Manlove said.
UHS to screen for
students’depression
By Mike Hricik
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State University Health
Services is piloting a depression
screening program to suggest
treatment for students in need of
assistance with psychological
problems caused by stress.
In conjunction with the National
College Depression Partnership,
patients with three UHS primary
care providers are given the
option of taking a survey assess
ing mental health, UHS Director
Dr. Margaret Spear said.
UHS selects patients likely to
have depression based on
answers to an optional poll given
at the center. Physicians then sug
gest treatment referrals, Spear
said.
The NCDP is a professional
mental health collaborative group,
Spear said.
It works with colleges and uni
versities around the country to
update existing depression proce
dures, she said.
According to NCDP data,
depression impedes learning
retention, wellness and overall
success for college students.
Spear said about 75 percent of
University Park students go to
UHS at least once during their col
lege careers.
In comparison, only about 15
percent of students utilize the
Center for Counseling and
Psychological Services at least
once.
Spear said some students think
they are just stressed.
"Sometimes people feel really
badly and they don’t know why.
Schreyer Honors College to auction off dates for charity
By Kristin Stoller
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Students can eat State College
delicacies, pay for dates and leave
with love at tonight’s annual date
auction sponsored by the
Schreyer Honors College Student
Council.
About 40 dates with Schreyer
Honors College students will be
auctioned off, and some will be
auctioned as pairs. Also, Penn
State’s feature twirler, Matt
Freeman, will auction off a
twirling lesson. Local restaurants
Insomnia Cookies and The Waffle
Shop have donated dates to be
held in their restaurants as well.
The date auction, which has
been happening for eight years,
raised $1,500 last year. The highest
bid was $ll5.
"I was auctioned off my junior
year and sold for the most money
with my roommate,” said Erica
Gundermann, SHCSC service
chairwoman. "We made more
money than the Lion. We baked a
cake to be auctioned off with us, so
that might have helped."
Gundermann (senior-biology)
said that in the past, the money
was donated to the American
Faced with low job prospects, graduates head back home
85 percent of college
seniors said they plan to
move back home after
graduation, a study said.
By Vince D’lmperio
FOR THE COLLEGIAN
Graduation isn’t always what
college students expect. For
Mallory Jaroski, it meant an
internship for 40 hours per week
with no pay.
“The internship was stressful
and really difficult, especially with
out being paid,” Jaroski, Class of
2010, said.
“But now that it’s over, I’m defi
nitely looking for something with a
salary.”
Jaroski is one of many students
that decided to move back home
after graduation. Eighty-five per
cent of college seniors said they
plan to move back home after
graduation, according to a recent
study conducted by
Marsh currently serves as dean State Hershey Medical Group, pus around,” Marsh said,
of the University of Alabama Manlove said. Manlove said Marsh will initiate
College of Community Health Marsh said he will remain com- dual degree programs for medical
Sciences and mitted to both educational and students interested in other sub
occnriatp dean of IBHil healthcare goals in Hershey and jects like law and business.
of State College. Marsh said he will also work
Alabama School of Marsh has she years of expert- with Mount Nittany Medical
Medicine Man- ence at the University of Center to establish medical resi
love said. EKtliiMl Alabama’s regional medical cam- dency training. Third-and fourth
starting on Jan hEIP3I pus in Tuscaloosa, Ala. year students from the Hershey
2 2011 Marsh wili He said he is confident in the Medical Center would come to
take the reigns as HL—SJ future of the Penn State College of University Park to finish their
both senior asso- Marsh Medicine. eSJee
date dean for the “We have a tremendous Marsh has been the recipient of
regional medical campus and as opportunity to build what I multiple medical student teaching
associate director of the Penn hope to be the best regional cam- awards and faculty awards. The
They don’t necessarily think it’s
depression,” Spear said.
Some patients who take the
UHS poll are e-mailed about a
week after to evaluate changes in
feelings of depression or stress,
Spear said.
University Park is not the only
Penn State campus to use the
NCDP program at its student
health center.
Penn State Altoona has been
pioneering the NCDP program for
all of its incoming primary care
patients at its health center for
three years, Health and Wellness
Center Director Joy Himmel said.
Because of the success she has
seen, Himmel said the program
should be provided by all primaiy
care providers, not just those on
college campuses.
“There’s a lot of stressors that
makes college students more
prone to depression so we treat
this as checking a vital sign, like
checking your blood pressure,”
she said.
Spear said after analyzing data
taken from the depression screen
ings, UHS will decide whether or
not to initiate the program for all
incoming patients.
Sarah Moesta said the depres
sion screenings are necessary
based on her own experiences.
“I know several people at Penn
State who have had depression,”
Moesta (freshman-division of
undergraduate studies) said.
“It doesn’t surprise me. It does
n’t shock me or make me uncom
fortable they’re doing screen
ings.”
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“We made more money than the Lion. We
baked a cake to be auctioned off with us, so
that might have helped.”
Cancer Society. The council chose
the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation this year
because it spreads breast cancer
awareness as well as finding a
cure, which Gundermann said she
thought was equally as important.
The auction will feature DJ
Sahba, who will be in charge of
playing a theme song for each per
son auctioned off before they read
their handwritten biographies.
Emcees liny Stram (junior-crime,
law, and justice) and Kelly Glavin
(sophomore-business administra
tion) will run the auction.
Roommates Hannah Spece
(freshman-nuclear engineering)
and Uma Pattarkine (freshman
finance) will be auctioned off
together.
“I like that all the proceeds are
going to the Susan G. Komen foun
dation,” Spece said. “It’s also cool
because we plan on walking in to
the song ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis."
Twentysomething.com, a mar
keting and research firm based in
Philadelphia. With starting
salaries often extremely low, mov
ing back home has become an
increasingly popular option for
recent graduates.
Jaroski, 22, who graduated last
May with a degree in public rela
tions, said she was having difficul
ty finding a job that helped pay the
bills so she moved back home.
She took a post-graduate intern
ship in June and worked as a mar
keting associate for a small inti
mate apparel company, she said.
“It’s more socially acceptable to
return home after graduations
than it was 25 to 30 years ago,”
said Jack Rayman, Director of
Penn State Career Services.
“Technology is an aspect that has
made it more acceptable, through
being able to search for jobs
online.”
But the living situation hasn’t
been all that bad for Jaroski, who
lives in Bensalem, Pa., with her
mother.
LOCAL
ROCK THE VOTE
Kadi Salmon (senior-bio-behavorial health) votes for the 2011 Senior Class Gift as Ben Witt (senior
biology), the overall chairperson for the 2011 Senior Class Gift, looks on Monday afternoon in the HUB-
Robeson Center. Voting will be going on all week at the HUB, the Student Book Store, 330 E College
Ave., and online. This year's gift options include a trustee scholarship and the planting of a willow tree;
a plaza dedicated to Penn State veterans and Lt. Michael P. Murphy; and an Alma Mater display.
Erica Gundermann
senior-biology
Hirsh Sharma (sophomore
premed) said he plans on attend
ing the event.
“I got dragged into it by my
friends and I thought the cause
was nice,” he said. “I’m not really
planning on bidding, but if I was, I
would bid somewhere between
$3O and $40.”
Though only SHC students are
up for auction, everyone is invited
to attend the event.
If you go
What: Schreyer Honors College
Date Auction
Where: HUB Alumni Hall
When: 7:30 tonight
Details: Admission is $3 and
all proceeds go to the Susan G
Komen for the Cure Breast
Cancer Foundation
She doesn’t have to pay for food,
rent or any bills.
“There’s just a lot of graduates
and not a lot of positions," she
said.
“And the starting salary for
[public relations] isn’t great, but I
deserve to be paid more than what
the employers are offering.”
Jaroski also said that it's even
more difficult these days because
it seems like a lot of employers are
only looking for interns or those
with five or more years of experi
ence.
But all hope is not lost for most
Penn State students.
According to Rayman, finding a
job heavily depends on a student’s
major and the state of the econo
my.
He said that from the last full
year of Penn State graduations, 74
percent of students with an associ
ates degree secured employment
within three months of graduat
ing.
The average starting salary for
a graduate with an associate’s
Sarah Burton urges the crowd to raise bids to win a date with her during
the Schreyer Honors College annual date auction in 2008. The date auc
tion benefits the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
“The internship was stressful and really
difficult, especially without being paid. But now
that it’s over, I’m definitely looking for
something with a salary.”
degree is $44,551. Additionally,
Rayman said that Penn State
Career Services is always willing
to help students or graduates who
are having trouble finding employ
ment.
“Our career center is one of the
best in the country,” he said.
“It has a broad range of semi
nars and workshops, centered at
securing students jobs. We also
hold career fairs in the fall and
spring.”
The most recent career fair in
September brought in about
10,000 students, with an 8 percent
increase in employers’ attendance
from last year.
For those who anticipate diffi-
The Daily Collegian
Arnold P Gold Foundation award-.,
ed him the Leonard Tow
Humanism in Medicine Award in
2003, Manlove said. Marsh said
the regional medical campus will
address the shortage of physi- >
dans in the State College area
with its training of medical stu
dents and residents.
Despite the colder climate,
Marsh said he is prepared and
excited for the move to State
College in January with his wife
and children.
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Mallory Jaroski
Class of 2010
culty finding employment after
graduation, starting small can be
an option, because not everyone
stays in the first job they land.
Professor of rural sociology
Albert Luloff said 95 percent of
people are going to have multiple
jobs in their careers.
But Jaroski said no matter
what, anyone looking for a job
should start the hunt as soon as
possible.
“Start looking for a job early.
Don’t wait until graduation,” she
said.
“Especially if you have student
loans, it’s going to be difficult tak
ing on just an internship that’s not
going to pay you.”