In a ceremony earlier this week, members of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Board of Directors and Penn State Board of Trustees unveiled the newly named Edward P. "Ted" Junker III Auditorium in honor of Junker's tenure as Board of Directors chairman and his service to the Medical Center, College and University. (more)
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and the green organization I'll Be The One will host two presentations of "FUEL," winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary. The film examines the nation's current energy sources and investigates the possible replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy alternatives. "FUEL" will be shown on Thursday, Nov. 12, and Monday, Nov. 16, in the Samuel P. "Pat" Black III Conference Center, located on the first floor of Penn State Behrend's Research and Economic Development Center (REDC). The presentations will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. (more)
"This Old House," an exhibit of photographs and other memorabilia related to the construction of Ernst and Mary Behrend's Glenhill Farm, is on display in the Behrend Archives room of the John M. Lilley Library at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. (more)
Roger Knacke, professor of physics and astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will discuss the Star of Bethlehem at "The Christmas Star," the next Open House Night in Astronomy. His nontechnical presentation will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building and will be followed by telescope viewing from the college's Mehalso Observatory, weather permitting. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. (more)
"Leading in Turbulent Times" is a free seminar that will address current business trends, the implications for leaders, and how to change as conditions do. Sessions will be held in Erie and Oil City, and are sponsored by Continuing Education at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership, and the Regional Center for Workforce Excellence.
"Leading in Turbulent Times" will be offered in Erie from 8 to 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Knowledge Center, 5240 Knowledge Parkway, and in Oil City from 8 to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at PA Careerlink Oil Region, 255 Elm St., Suite 1. Both sessions are free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Please RSVP to Behrend-CE@psu.edu or call 814-898-6103 by Friday, Nov. 13. (more)
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders marked by impaired social interactions, restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, and communication impairment, which persist throughout a person's lifetime. The ASD prevalence rate--the number of individuals diagnosed with autism--has been steadily increasing over time. A new report from the U.S. Department of Health's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), based on a phone survey of over 78,000 families, set the prevalence rate at nearly one in 91 children. This is an increase from the prior statistic of one in 150 children reported in 2007 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. (more)
The Young People's Chorus of Erie will hold eight auditions for new members prior to the beginning of its spring 2010 season.
YPC Erie membership is open to singers ages 7 to 18 who demonstrate the ability to match pitch and have a genuine interest in singing. Children may bring a prepared unaccompanied piece to sing for the audition, or can sing "Happy Birthday To You." In addition, the child and a parent will have a short interview with choir founder and artistic director Jason Bishop. (more)
"ALICE: Tales of a Curious Girl" by playwright Karen Hartman will be the fall Studio Theatre production at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
While the title character may be familiar, "this is not Disney's version of the Lewis Carroll stories," said production director Chrystyna Dail, a member of Penn State Erie's theatre faculty. The storyline is indeed driven by a curious girl named Alice who leaps from a stifling photographer's studio into a Wonderland where cakes talk, cats smoke, and little girls change size, "but Hartman's play draws heavily on direct literary devices found in the Carroll books," Dail said. "This Alice story examines Carroll's construction of gender within his novels and how they support or contradict Victorian notions of gender."
"ALICE: Tales of a Curious Girl" performance dates are 8 p.m. on Nov 12 through 14 and Nov. 17 through 19. There will be one 2 p.m. matinee, on Sunday, Nov. 15. (more)
Look in your wallet, purse, personal digital assistant or smart phone and you probably have a list of names, phone numbers and addresses. You might even have a file for your passwords or important account numbers, birthdays and anniversaries, bank account numbers and so many more bits of data from your life. Do you have your medication list there, too? (more)
The School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will host a panel discussion about wind energy as its next Engineering Speaker Series presentation. Titled "Wind Energy: Outlook, Opportunities and Impact on the Power Grid," the panel discussion will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Samuel P. "Pat" Black III Conference Center, located on the first floor of the college's Research and Economic Development Center (REDC). Hors d'oeuvres will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. Parking is available in the REDC parking deck or in the Junker Center lot. The presentation is free and open to the public, but reservations are required by calling 814-898-6153 by Monday, Nov. 2. (more)
