Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus plans to test the PSUTXT text-messaging system on Monday, Dec. 7, to help ensure its functionality in a true emergency. This test will be sent only to those who have valid PSUTXT accounts and elected to receive alerts for Penn State Fayette. (more)
Instructors who are concerned about the potential effect of the flu in the classroom, on their personal health or on their ability to teach are invited to attend a workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 3. Sponsored by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, the brown-bag workshop as part of the Noontime Roundtable Discussion series. It will originate from 315 Rider Building on Penn State's University Park campus. Polycom locations are Berks, Erie, Fayette and Hazleton. To register, visit http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/register/Multi-item-Registration.aspx?ID=10239 online. (more)
Jordyn Hartsek's eighth place finish at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Cross Country Championships completed a successful first season for Men's and Women's Cross Country at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. (more)
Nov. 19 is this year's Great American Smokeout. Since the Surgeon General identified the dangers of smoking, Americans have gradually quit, yet about 1 in 5 Americans still smoke. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that about 4,000 young adolescents start smoking every day and 6 percent of middle school students are smokers. If ever there were a time to think about quitting smoking, it's now. (more)
Palgrave Macmillan has just released "Reading and Writing the Latin American Landscape," a collection of essays written by two Penn State professors -- Beatriz Rivera-Barnes, associate professor at Worthington Scranton, and Jerry Hoeg, professor at Fayette. (more)
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will be hosting a special screening of a new documentary, "The Anatomy of Hate," directed by Mike Ramsdell, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Swimmer Hall in the Williams Building. Tickets are $5 and the event is open to the public. Attendees also are asked to bring one nonperishable food item for donation to the local food bank. The evening's event is being described as "The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue to Hope" because, in addition to the screening of the documentary, there will be a talkback session with Ramsdell, who will answer questions and lead an action dialogue with the community. (more)
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will hold a session on how Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE) feedback can be used to improve teaching and learning from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in room 315 of the Rider Building on Penn State's University Park campus. Faculty, administrators and staff are invited to bring their questions to this informal session. This session will be available via Polycom in 116 Eberly Building at Penn State Fayette. (more)
The final event in the fall 2009 CEO Conversations series at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus features Don Spence, CEO of Home Healthcare Solutions, Philips Healthcare. This free event, open to the public, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the Fayette campus' Community Center. (more)
The Rock Ethics Institute in Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts is seeking nominations for University students who have exhibited ethical leadership. Any faculty, staff, student or community member may nominate a student for the 2010 Stand Up Award. (more)
About 23.6 million Americans have diabetes and another 54 million are at risk to develop the disease. As these numbers continue to increase, Diabetes Awareness Month, observed throughout November, is more important than ever. Diabetes, a disease in which the body can't regulate the amount of sugar in the blood, currently affects about 8 percent of the population, a number that is increasing rapidly, according to this week's edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. (more)
