4.29.10 / Features
As soon as Winter Break ended, Clarion University students were counting down the weeks until the semester ends May 7. Students are finding it hard to concentrate in classes and to study when the weather is beginning to change outside. The trees are starting to bud, the grass is getting greener and students just want to spend their time outside in the sunshine.
Students are beginning to make their plans for summer vacation. For almost four months, they will be free from the confines of school and free to do what they want, when they want. Some students already have a summer full of activities and plans, but others are leaving Clarion with open minds for their summers.
For those students who have yet to plan their summer, here are 10 ideas for summer break:
1 Work
Most definitely the least fun of all the 10 ideas for summer vacation, working is also the most practical. Working in your hometown over the summer allows some students with the freedom to focus only on studies during the school year. The more money students make over the summer, the more they have to live on during the rest of the year. However, some students use the money earned over the summer for entertainment during those warm months. Summer job money is often used for activities with high school friends back at home.
“I’m going to be working at Hershey Park this summer,” said Clarion student Shawn Hallowell.
2 Take a Summer Class
Taking classes during summer is unpopular among the typical student population, but it can be a saving grace for others. Summer classes at Clarion provide students with a chance to get ahead (or catch up) with three-week or six week courses that count for credit. Summer courses often provide an opportunity to take electives because these courses often have condensed content. This is perfect for classes that are fill-ins, but not recommended for core classes in your major. Soon-to-be Clarion graduate, Janelle Zabresky, will be taking this summertime opportunity.
“I’m going to Fort Lauderdale to get a head start on law school,” Zabresky said.
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4.29.10 / Features
The city of Pittsburgh lit up with the formal energy of Clarion University’s Extravaganza & Alumni Association Distinguished Awards of 2010 last weekend at the Duquesne Club.
On Saturday April 24, six of Clarion’s alumni were awarded with various distinguished awards. Guests of the evening were treated to a performance by The Clarion University’s Show Choir, under the direction of student Benjamin Rowan and adviser Julie Findlan-Powell. Elementary and secondary students from the community were also involved in the performance.
Many of the winners of the awards are well-recognized and remembered for their time at Clarion.
David Gibbons won the Distinguished Alumni for Venango Campus. Gibbons received both an associate degree in 1986 and a bachelor’s degree in 1992. He is the president of UPMC Northwest in Seneca and a member of the Venango Campus Advisory Council.
The late Frank Roco, a 1962 graduate and up until 2008 a member of the Clarion University Alumni Association Board of Directors, received the Distinguished Service Award for his efforts in the Alumni Association. He was active in the Clarion community as well as on campus.
4.29.10 / Features
Zeta Tau Alpha will celebrate its 50th anniversary Friday, April 30 at 12 a.m. until Sunday, May 2 at 11 p.m. Speaking at May reunion is National Council member and Vice President Collegiate Keeley Riddle.
Zeta Tau Alpha is a nationally recognized women’s fraternity that was founded on Oct. 15, 1898 at Longwood University in Farmville, Va. The chapter at Clarion University is known as Delta Iota, and it was installed April 30, 1960, which made it the 107th link of Zeta Tau Alpha. The fraternity’s charity is breast cancer education and awareness. Members work with several organizations, such as Susan G. Komen For the Cure and the National Football League.
4.22.10 / Features
Scott Bearer encourages students to get involved protecting ecologically important lands and waters to preserve biodiversity. (Raquel Rust / The Clarion Call)
Forest ecologist and scientist Scott Bearer, Ph.D. encouraged Clarion students to “get involved and stay informed.” Representing The Nature Conservancy, Bearer presented dozens of students with good reasons to get involved on Monday night in the Science and Technology Center.
TNC leads the worldwide conservation effort, protecting ecologically important lands and waters. Its mission is the preservation of plant and animal biodiversity.
Operating in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, TNC’s more than one million members help protect 120 million acres and 5,000 miles of rivers.
Bearer emphasized the need for private land management in rural Pennsylvania.
“54 percent of Pennsylvania forests are privately owned. Of those, only 2 percent have management plans,” said Bearer.
Forestland covers 60 percent of the state.
“We have been degrading the forests by cutting down all the healthiest trees,” said Bearer, “and 50 years of deer over-browsing has been a problem.”
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4.22.10 / Features
Clarion University was host of 24 businesses at the Spring Career Fair in the Multi-Purpose Room in Gemmell’s Student Union Complex on Monday, April 19. Students of all majors had the chance to walk around and introduce themselves into the possibility of an internship or employment. Each table had representatives from their companies to answer questions and receive resumes from students.
As the student registered, Diana Brush, associate director of the Career Fair, encouraged them to sit down and take the time to look over the map and information that was handed to them before entering the fair. Each student was presented with a layout map of the MPR that listed the companies that were present, and helpful tips on gathering information and meeting the people in the companies.
The MPR was filled with representatives from national and local businesses: Abraxas, AFLAC, Altoona Regional Health System of Medical Technology, Bayer, Blue Sky Therapy, Career Services, Clearfield Jefferson Community Mental Health Center, Commission of Pa. Civil Service, Enterprise Rent a Car, Forever Broadcasting, Gear Racewear, Inc., Hamot Medical Center, Insphere Insurance Solutions, MetLife, Northwest Savings Bank, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Pencil Me In, PLS Logistics Services, Premier Therapy, Prudential, Social Security Administration, Travel Centers of America, U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Navy.
Dan Mormak, a representative for PLS, said he was pleased to meet people from Clarion. “Our HR [Human Resource Director] is actually a graduate from Clarion.
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4.22.10 / Features
Earth Day was first started in 1970 by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson.
He started Earth Day as an education teaching experience for students. Today Americans use this day to increase awareness and appreciation for the Earth and its environment. In the U.S., Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, serving as the end of Earth Week every year. April 16 through April 22 was designated as Earth Week in 1970 by a group of students in Philadelphia.
They, along with Senator Nelson, appreciated the Earth and took the opportunity to teach others about how to preserve its resources.
Today, in honor of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary this Thursday, Americans are taking time to learn about the Earth and help save the environment. Here are 10 excellent ways to help protect the Earth and its resources:
Recycle – Recycling is a great way to help reduce the number of items in landfills that are not conducive to decomposition. When things in a landfill do not decompose, they just sit there taking up unnecessary space in dumps. Some of these items may include aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and glass containers. Recycling allows items like these to be deconstructed and reused in the manufacture of new items. Recycling bins are located in buildings around the Clarion campus.
Don’t Use Plastic Shopping Bags – Plastic shopping bags are not biodegradable even when they claim to be. According to a consumer article on library.thinkquest.org, plastic shopping bags never disintegrate fully. Another concern surrounding plastic bags is the ink used to create the logo on the bag. It is made of cadmium and is toxic when released into the earth. Consumer advocates suggest choosing paper over plastic or even taking along a canvas bag from home to reduce the build-up of plastic bags in landfills. More »
4.22.10 / Features
William Lowe speaks to students about the education system and progresses in technology. (Neal Henry / The Clarion Call)
Clarion University welcomed William C. Lowe, best known as the “Father of the Personal Computer,” Tuesday, April 20 at 3:30P.M. in Still Hall’s Carter Auditorium. Lowe is a former executive of Moore Corporation, New England Business Services, Gulfstream Aerospace, Xerox Corporation and IBM.
Lowe has served as CEO of two Fortune 1000 companies with 25 plus years experience in an accomplished career where he was known for strategic work, for delivering and sustaining revenue and profit gains with highly competitive U.S. retail market.
He has managed budgets in excess of $10 billion in development and manufacturing with worldwide plant operations. Lowe launched the IBM Personal Computer and is best known as the “Father of the Personal Computer” for leading the team that developed IBM’s PC.
In 1991, he received a major global award for the greatest Technology Product Innovation in the United States along with Bill Gates.
Lowe has recently worked as a strategic advisor for entrepreneurial companies including a Chicago based company that went public in 1999.
Lowe has traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America in order to oversee and review global operations with several major companies.
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4.22.10 / Features
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Erin Davies has been the victim of discrimination for being a lesbian. However, she has not let that keep her down. Rather than let the phrases “fag” and “you are gay,” which were sprayed onto her car, make her feel bad about herself, she decided to keep them on her car and drive around the countryside, from Florida to California, from Tennessee to Canada, spreading the message that hate is wrong.
Davies visited Clarion University April 15, three days from the three-year anniversary of the date that her car was sprayed. Her visit to Clarion was sponsored by the local chapter of Allies, an organization of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and straight individuals who have come together to work for the presentation of human rights of all individuals, and the Clarion Young Democrats.
During her visit, she displayed her rainbow-colored, refurbished Volkswagen Beetle, dubbed the “Fagbug,” and presented a documentary about her yearlong journey driving around the country with the hateful words sprayed on her car.
Davies said the journey allowed her to uncover more serious stories. The documentary has aired at 35 film festivals.
“I’m really proud of it,” said Davies.
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4.15.10 / Features
Clarion’s chapter holds a ceremony Friday night which included new members, active members, alumni and visiting schools. (Submitted / The Clarion Call)
“We are here to serve the bands at Clarion University, as well as the community,” said Epsilon Phi Chapter President Randall Oaks.
The Epsilon Phi chapter of the National Fraternity of Kappa Kappa Psi will mark its 40th anniversary on the Clarion University Campus on May 16.
Along with its sister organization, Tau Beta Sigma, Epsilon Phi serves the interests of the Clarion University Band program.
Over 400 brothers have been involved through the past 40 years. The co-ed Recognized Student Organization celebrated its anniversary April 9 and 10.
Six new members were initiated on April 9. Alumni and others from Chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi from Leigh University, Lock Haven University and Duquesne University attended the ceremony.
4.15.10 / Features
In early October 2009, the task of finding a new president for Clarion University began. Assisted by John Thornburgh and Dr. Jon Croteau, the university is cooperating with the consulting firm Witt/Kieffer to find the new president.
The goal of the university is to find a new president by July 1 to take the place of current president, Dr. Joseph P. Grunenwald who will be retiring at that time.
Grunenwald has been the president of Clarion University since July 2003, serving as the 15 president of the university for the last seven years.
“The process that we follow to find a new president is guided by the Board of Governor’s Policy that was first approved in 1983 and most recently amended in January of 2009,” Campus Search Coordinator Linda Campbell said.
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4.15.10 / Features
Uwe Siemon-Netto spoke to Clarion students about the importance of covering religion in news media. (Lamont Sinclair / The Clarion Call)
Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto spoke to a Clarion University news reporting class April 14 about “Religion Coverage in the Media.” Siemon-Netto is a former religious affairs editor for United Press International and director of the Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life, Capistrano Beach and Irvine, California.
He now works as an international journalist, editorial consultant, Lutheran lay theologian and a journalism instructor at various colleges. He is affiliated with The League of Faithful Masks, a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to offer courses guided by ethos in journalism, economics, politics and many fields to all levels of schools.
His specialty is the coverage of religious topics for the secular media.
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4.15.10 / Features
Donations for a Spirit Scholarship Award took place on the second Spirit Day at Eagle Commons.
Students, faculty and staff contributed what they could to make this award a reality for a future student here at Clarion University. A $25000 endowment is required before a scholarship can be awarded to an upcoming freshman.
“If every student donated just three dollars, we should exceed our goal,” said Michelle Wingard.
Monday April 12, Wingard, the annual funds officer for the Clarion University Foundation Inc., and a representative of the Clarion University cheerleaders, Abbey Martin, collected money for the scholarship inside the lobby of Eagle Commons on Monday. As of 2 p.m. Monday they already raised about $6,500 total toward the scholarship.
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4.14.10 / Features
Members of Clarion University faculty, staff and administration were formally recognized for publications and other scholarly works April 13 in Carlson Library.
Those recognized included: Gustavo Barboza, Administrative Science; Suzanne Boyden, Biology; Jodi Burns and Rose Carbone, Mathematics; Ning Chen, Administrative Science; Kreag Danvers, Accounting; Jeffrey Eicher and Soga Ewedemi, Finance; James Lingwall, Communication; Andrea Miller, Library Science; Shelly Moore, Nursing; Laurie Occhipinti and Miguel Olivas-Lujan, Administrative Science; Kevin Roth, Administrative Science; Thomas Rourke, Political Science and Philosophy; Chad Smith, Administrative Science; Karen Smith, English; Eleanor ter Horst, Modern Languages.
Also recognized were: Chin Yang, Economics; Robert Balough, Economics; Jerry Belloit, Finance; Barbara Garland, Marketing; Joseph Green, Accounting; Brenda Ponsford, Marketing; Frank Shepard, Finance; Deborah Ellermeyer, Education; Thomas Oliver, Finance; Randon Otte, Accounting; David Hartley, College of Business; Judy Jeng, Library Science; Janice Krueger, Library Science; Mary McCarthy, Communication Sciences & Disorders; William Sanders, Economics; Lynn Smith, Economics; Tony Johns, Administrative Science; Sandra Trejos, Economics; Patricia Kolencik, Education; Pamela Gent, Special Education & Rehabilitation Sciences; and Yun Shao, Modern Languages.
The faculty and staff were recognized for journal articles, presentations and published conference proceedings, invited contributions, books, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, reviews/editorships, professional services and other research activities.
Each person recognized had the opportunity to come forward and talk about his or her publications or other scholarly works.
Most of the professors agreed that the research they have completed has helped to provide the best possible education for students.
They want to make sure that the students are well prepared when they enter the real world.
4.8.10 / Features
The Clarion University Communication Department held its third of four “Internship OpportUnities,” or “I.O.U.” workshops, hoping to help students attain their first internships.
Communication students met at Eagle Commons April 6.
Clarion seniors advised other underclassmen about finding internships. More »
4.7.10 / Features
(Lamont Sinclair)
Clarion University hosted a legal symposium April 6 at the Marwick-Boyd Little Theater.
The symposium, titled “In the Aftermath of Luzerne County: An Examination of the Courts as Protectors of Children,” was free for all who wished to attend. More »
4.7.10 / Features
As the end of the semester approaches, students are overwhelmed with papers, exams and quizzes. As Clarion University prepares for finals and up coming freshmen, it also has to prepare for the final steps of the seniors, because graduation is just a month away. More »
4.1.10 / Features
(Carly Masiroff)
What is beauty? Is it the silky straight blonde hair seen in magazine advertisements? Is it the 5’8” body with long legs? Possibly, but for Stacey Nadeau, it isn’t.
Stacey Nadeau of Chicago has devoted the past six years of her life to ‘real beauty.’ On March 31, Clarion University’s Panhellenic Council invited Stacey to share her real beauty success story with their students. More »
4.1.10 / Features
The Luzerne County courthouse. (Courtesy photo)
It’s a Saturday night and you’re hanging out with some friends after a long day in your high school life.
You all walk out into a back alley, examining the area for the closest trouble you can find to relieve yourselves from boredom. You see a red brick on the ground and a nice under-cover, white police car a couple feet down the road.
Putting two and two together, you instantly pick up the brick and give a devious look to your friends. They give you the head nod of approval, and you launch the brick as hard as possible, landing it right through the back windshield of the police car. Unfortunately for you, just as the shatter of the glass breaks the sound barrier, you turn around to see a man with a shiny, gold badge on his belt and your friends long gone.
You instantly know charges will be filed and your presence will be expected in front of a judge.
What is next? What are your rights as a young adult? Where do all the “bad kids” go after being caught? What route does justice have for you?
The legal symposium on Tuesday, April 6 can answer these questions and many more about the juvenile system. More »
4.1.10 / Features
The Clarion community should mark their date books for the up coming Fourth International Environmental Congress on April 1-2.
This two-day event will be presented in the Gemmell Student Union Complex’s Multipurpose Room. This is the second time Clarion University has been a host for the Congress. This event will feature nine speakers and Dr. Robert McAfee, climatologist to the Arkansas Governor’s Commission on Global Warming, as the keynote speaker. More »
4.1.10 / Features
Clarion University students, staff and faculty can be warned, in a timely fashion, of life-threatening situations on campus.
The warning system is a program that allows anyone with a Clarion e-mail address or computer access to register two cell phone numbers and two e-mail addresses to receive emergency messages. More »
4.1.10 / Features
The Clarion University Department of Communication held its second of four “Internship OpportUnities,” or “I.O.U.” workshops, geared toward helping students attain their first internship. The workshop was held at Eagle Commons on March 30. More »
3.31.10 / Features
Easter is a Christian holiday celebrated by people all over the world to remember the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Like many other Christian holidays, Easter has become quite commercialized in America, as well as in many other countries.
Today, many Americans use this holiday to celebrate the new spring season with their families and practice the typical Easter traditions they have grown up with, but many have forgotten how these traditions began. More »
3.3.10 / Features
Starting March 8, Clarion University will officially be on Spring Break. Most students at Clarion have been looking forward to this week since the beginning of the semester.
Students will be free of professors, lectures, homework and tests. It is a time of freedom and reward for working hard in the first half of the semester.
While some students decide to get away from Clarion during break, others plan to go home to rest and visit family, and some plan exciting getaways to faraway places.
There are many special places to visit on Spring Break according to TripAdvisor.com and HotelsbyCity.com. Adapted from these Web sites is a Top 10 Spring Break Destination list for college students. More »
3.3.10 / Features
It is common today to see people battling with addictions and negative behaviors. Shows like “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” and “The Biggest Loser are increasing the public’s knowledge about these situations.
Clarion University is lending a helping hand to those facing eating disorders. For the past month, Clarion University has been helping those facing depression and battling alcohol and drug addiction. More »
3.3.10 / Features
Students danced around the world this past weekend to raise money for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Clarion Dance Marathon was held in the Gemmell Multipurpose Room.
Krista Baselj, Clarion Dance Marathon president, said this year’s theme was “Dancing Around the World.”
Every hour a new theme dance was incorporated from a different country. More »
2.24.10 / Features
An energetic, athletic routine by Dixon Jordan and a vocal performance by Tasha Eldridge helped the two students claim the titles in the second annual Mr. and Miss Brickhouse competition sponsored by NAACP at Clarion University.
The event was held Feb. 21 in Hart Chapel. More »
2.24.10 / Features
Dion Jordan spoke Tuesday for the National Society of Leadership and Success presentation delivering the message of leadership to a nationwide audience. Video came live from Chicago to the Gemmell Multipurpose Room as Dion Jordan gave inspiration to all those who listened. More »
2.17.10 / Features
The cases in stores that hold all the Apple iPods have to be created somewhere. That place is IDL Worldwide In-Store Solutions, a full service retail execution firm which provides consultation, design, engineering, fabrication and installation for brands and retailers.
IDL strives to help improve methods of selling product and enhance communications with customers in retail.
(Lamont Sinclair)
One of IDL Worldwide sayings for its company is “You cannot not communicate.” More »
2.17.10 / Features
Some students do not look forward to internships because many are unpaid. Clarion University can help students not only set up for an internship that pays, but it also gives students 15 hours of college credit. More »
2.17.10 / Features
Many college students face a serious dilemma when they move into their first apartment: What’s for dinner? No matter if students decide to cook or eat out, their habits are easy to recognize and are evident in universities around the country.
There are 10 top meals that people have eaten for years and that millions of students enjoy every day. The meal suggestions are adapted from those listed in “10 Affordable Meal Ideas for College Students,” an article posted at the Web site Educationportal.com, and “Top Five College Foods,” an article posted at hubpages.com. More »
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