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Behrend Briefs
Personal Growth Group: The next
session is scheduled for Feb. 3 from 12:30 to 2
p.m. If you are interested please contact
Louanne Barton at 898-6164.
Psychology Club Meeting: All current
and new members are welcome to attend the
meetings scheduled on Wednesdays from 4-5
p.m. in the Tigress Hall Conference Room. For
information call Julie Tock at 898-6536 or
Jason Flesher at 898-6848.
Scholarship News: There will be a
Truman Scholarship Information Meeting on
Feb. 4 in the Reed Conference Room from 4-
5:30 p.m. The scholarship is designed for
sophomore students interested in pursuing a
career in public service. For more
information call Mari Trenkle at 898-6160.
Universty Scholarship Program: An
informational meeting is scheduled for Feb.
13 at 5:15 p.m. in Reed 116. Freshmen and
sophomores interested are welcome to attend,
For more information, call Mari Trenkle at
898-6160.
Tutors Needed: The Penn State-Bchrcnd
Elementary School Volunteer Tutoring
Program begins Feb. 4 and 5. No previous
experience required since training and
transportation are provided. Applications are
available in the Office of Student
Activities/Union, Ist floor Reed. Deadline for
applications is Jan. 30. For more information
call Mari Trenkle at 898-6160.
PSD Education Abroad Deadline:
Applications for spring 1993 semester will be
taken until March 1. Some summer Study
Abroad programs and French, German and
Business programs in Europe are also
available. For more information, please
contact Mari Trenkle at 898-6160.
Van to Worship Service: Wesleyville
United Methodist Church is sending a van to
campus to take students to its 11 a.m. Sunday
service. The van will be in the Reed parking
lot between 10:30 and 10:45 a.m. and will
return to campus after the service. All
students are welcome.
Free Tutoring Available: All Behrend
students arc welcome to utilize the Learning
Assistance Center’s services. Student and
faculty tutors are on duty, offering help with
many subjects. For more information call 898-
6014 or drop by the Center located in the
South Cottage.
Commu Majors: Lambda Pi Eta Honor
Society in Communications will meet every
Monday at 6:30 p.m. in Reed 116. Anyone
interested in working with the society is
encouraged to attend.
Wanna Brief? If your organization has
information you would like to see run in the
Behrend Briefs, write it down and bring it to
The Collegian office.
All Commu 001 Students: Take Note:
students arc reminded that The Collegian' s
weekly meetings arc held on Thursdays in
Turnbull 204 at 6:10 p.m. Anyone interested in
working for The Collegian is encouraged to
attend.
The Collegian
Search for division head...
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large degree of
administrative talent.
"The candidate would
have to have an established
record of scholarly research
-- papers published, books
written -- since the
candidate would have to be
appointed to full professor
in order to become head of
the division," said
Frankfortcr. "The candidate
would also have to have a
degree of humanistic talent
as well as administrative
talent." Frankfortcr added
he imagined a doctorate
degree, or the equivalent
for art degree holders,
would be required.
The new division head,
according to Frankfortcr,
Police Re
Reed furniture vandalized
Police and Safely officers are from the TV lounge on the first by telephone were reported over
currently investigating the floor of the Reed building. the weekend. The incidents are
vandalism of furniture over the under investigation
weekend. The furniture was taken
Thursday, January 30, 1992
will have perennial
challenges.
"The new head will be
doing many difficult things,
including recruiting faculty.
We arc filling five positions
at the moment; just one of
those positions had 250
applicants," he said.
"Another task is working
with the current faculty and
staff to build their careers
and professional dossiers."
Money, or lack of it, is
another problem
Frankfortcr's successor
will have.
"The new head will
have to supervise a number
of budgets, many of which
haven't grown in the past
four or five years," said
Frankfortcr. Additional
issues include the
Three cases of harrassment
integration of the diversity
requirement and the new
writing across the
curriculum program, which
encourages all students to
"write to learn,” regardless
of their major.
Frankfortcr, who has
served as acting division
head for the past two years,
said he didn't want the
position because his calling
is in the classroom.
"I never thought of
myself as an administrator.
An academic administrator
is a special career,
something far different
from teaching," he said.
"I'm looking forward to
getting back to leaching and
writing."