Jeffrey Stone, instructor of Information Sciences and Technology
(IST) at Penn State Schuylkill, and Tricia Clark, instructional designer
and instructor of IST at Penn State Berks, have developed a set of
animated learning modules designed to help first-year students succeed
in the CMPSC 101 and CMPSC 121 courses at Penn State Schuylkill.
To accommodate student needs, several offices will be open until 7:00 pm on the following dates:
Monday, August 23 and Tuesday, August 24
Wednesday, September 1 and Thursday, September 2
The offices that will be open are: CE/Adult Student Coordinator, Bursar, Financial Aid Office located in the Administration Building and the Advising Center and Registrar Office located in the B-Building.
Penn State has become known as one of the national leaders in sustainability. The efforts of the university has had a huge impact on the campuses and has served as models for other universities. On March 3, 2010, the first Leading the Green Challenge Conference was held at University Park. Over 250 people attended and the results from this conference not only benefited the environment but also helped to reduce operating costs for the University.Â
Independence Day celebrations almost always include fireworks of some kind. The Prevent Blindness America organization recommends attending professionally organized fireworks displays rather than buying and setting off your own. This view is echoed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which collects and reports data on fireworks-related injuries every year. They report that 7,000 emergency room visits from fireworks-related injuries occurred during 2008, including seven deaths. In 2007, there were 11 deaths and 9,800 emergency room visits from fireworks-related injury.
Disease remedies using plant products fill the market, but most have not been tested well enough to be able to assure patients that they really work or that they are safe. Here is what is known about a few products that are often of interest to patients with diabetes.
Well more than 100,000 students, alumni, friends and fans of Penn State are staying connected to the University through Penn State's official page on Facebook and through two accounts on Twitter. The University's official page on Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/pennstate, is a hub of daily activity for more than 104,000 Penn Staters. On Twitter, thousands are following two official University feeds at http://www.twitter.com/pennstatelive and http://www.twitter.com/penn_state.