Volume 1, Issue 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dear EMS Undergraduates
Welcome to the Fall 2009 semester and to the semester's first edition of "EMS Announcements".
We hope that you've had a satisfying, productive summer -- and that you're arriving on campus with
your mental and emotional "batteries" recharged, eager for the challenges and opportunities that the
new academic year will certainly bring.
EMS Announcements
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
For those of you new to the college or new to the University Park campus, EMS Announcements is
a compilation of academic announcements, EMS club meetings, scholarship and internship opportunities, and just about anything else that comes to our attention in the EMS Student Center (14
Deike Bldg.) that we believe might be useful information for you. Granted, not every item will matter
to every EMS student. But we hope that you'll scan the announcements each week rather than
summarily relegating them to the trash bin.
If you want more information about any given item (and no contact person is specified) you can call
the EMS Student Center at 863-2751 or email us at [email protected].
If your EMS organization is having a meeting and you'd like it announced in EMS Announcements,
let us know (send an email by mid-day on Friday)
If you have received this message but are no longer pursuing an EMS major (and likely don't want
this message in your in-box), just send an email to [email protected] requesting removal from
our listserv.
ACADEMICS
New Student Orientation Meetings
Welcome Del Bright !
EMS undergraduate Student Handbook
Registration Tips
Regular Add / Drop deadline
Enhance your Study Skills
Intent to graduate
Seniors: Thinking About Graduate School??
"Hazwoper" Course
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CLUB MEETINGS
• Involvement Week
• Campus Weather Service
CAREERS, JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, ETC.
• Career Services Open House
• Wage Payroll Opportunities on campus
SCHOLARSHIPS
• Amerikohl Scholarship in EMS
• Access the Undergraduate Fellowships Office (UFO) web site
FUN, ETC.
• Pizza Hour Returns!
Academics
New Student Orientation Meetings
Are you a student new to University Park -either a freshman or an upper classman who
has come to UP from one of Penn State's
other campuses? If so, we urge you to attend
an orientation meeting on Sunday (yes, the
23rd).
Freshmen: your meeting begins at 1:00pm in
26 Hosler Bldg. (just off the Deike Bldg.
lobby). Many of you have already started to
get to know each other from your recent TOTEMS experience. But this is the one opportunity for all 188 of you to check each other
out! There's information we want to convey,
people we want you to meet, and resources
you need to be aware of. It's a mandatory
meeting, but we hope you'll come enthusiastically!
You can contact Del at [email protected], or by
phone at 863-6077.
EMS Undergraduate Student Handbook
The expanded '09-'10 edition of the always
informative EMS Handbook is now available
in the EMS Student Center in 14 Deike.
If you are new to University Park and are
unable to attend Sunday's EMS orientation
meeting, please stop by to pick up a copy of
this helpful guide -- full of important phone
numbers, email addresses, web sites, and
more! If you are a returning student you are
also welcome to pick up a copy of this year's
edition.
Registration Tips
Change-of-Campus and Transfer Students:
your meeting begins at 2:00pm in 22 Deike
Bldg. Yes, we know many of you will just be
arriving in town and moving into your apartments. But if you can make it, you too will
receive important information about your college and life at University Park.
Still working on crafting your fall semester
course schedule? Check out the registration
tips, including strategies to employ if a class
you want is full, at http://www.psu.edu/dus/
dus101/regtips.htm And please check your
course schedule to make sure that it reflects
your true intentions. That course you meant
to drop might still be on your schedule! Be
certain!
Welcome Del Bright !
Regular Drop/Add Deadline:
We (the College of EMS and, in particular, the
EMS Student Center) are pleased to welcome
Kimberly Del Bright, as our Giles Writer in
Residence. Del has over 20 years of teaching
and writing experience. She joins us from the
English Department where she taught a variety of courses and was awarded the “Lecturer
Excellence in Teaching Award.” She has an
undergraduate degree in English and economics and graduate degrees in forestry and
teaching. Her unique combination of liberal
arts and science gives her a perspective she
is eager to share with those many of you who
want (need?) to become more effective writers -- either for your class work or for your job
searches (resumes and cover letters). Del
joins the team of advisors, tutors, and support
staff here in the EMS Student Center.
The last day to DROP a course from your Fall
schedule and NOT have it count as a LATE
DROP is Wednesday, Sept. 2nd.
Access Del's blog at http://
www.personal.psu.edu/kdb9/blogs/
giles_writer-in-residence/ for her appointment
hours (with updated changes every week),
updates on events (she has started a running
club, and rumor has it that there may be a
book club starting soon!) and useful (cool
even!) grammar/writing tips each week!
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This is also the last day that you can ADD a
course without the explicit signed approval of
the course's instructor. If you have concerns
about your schedule please contact either
your faculty advisor or either Jon Merritt,
Stacy Davidson or Jeff Warner here in the
EMS Student Center (14 Deike).
Enhance your Study Skills
Students who wish to "brush up" on their
study skills to help adjust to college workloads
can get assistance from iStudy for Success!
iStudy is a collection of over twenty skillbuilding modules that students can import into
an ANGEL group they have created. Some
modules that may be helpful at the beginning
of the semester include Time Management,
Note-taking, Active Reading and Writing, and
the "College Experience". The modules can
be completed at any pace. The format consists of readings, conversations among members of a virtual student team, activities such
as ANGEL quizzes, and references. For
descriptions of the modules and directions on
how to import them into ANGEL, visit http://
istudy.psu.edu/ .
Intent to Graduate:
The university makes no assumptions about
when you'll graduate regardless of how many
credits you've earned. If you intend to graduate in December (the ceremony is on Sat.
Dec.19th) you must indicate your intent to
graduate by accessing the eLion web site,
https://elion.oas.psu.edu/ no later than Sept.
7th. Also, if you haven't downloaded your
degree audit from eLion, do so! Most minus
signs, indicating unfulfilled requirements, need
to disappear in order for you to graduate.
Sometimes a minus sign may be a function of
a problem with the audit rather than a valid
indication of a missing course (e.g. if you did
not begin your PSU studies in EMS at UP
your audit will indicate that you're missing a
course, EM SC 100S. Ignore this! It's the
Freshman Seminar!) In other cases, see your
advisor! Now's the time to avoid a nasty surprise (i.e. not being eligible to graduate!).
Seniors: thinking about graduate school?
For some of you, graduate school has always
been a part of your long-term educational
plans. For others, the emerging realization
that, without graduate school, you're just a
year away from "the real world" may have you
musing about the possibility of graduate
school. Clearly this is a subject for in-depth
discussion with your faculty advisor or thesis
advisor or faculty mentor. But since most
graduate school applications require the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores,
it's time to become knowledgeable about the
GRE.
Please visit their Web site at http://
www.ets.org/gre
In addition, the Office of Career Services will
be offering its popular (and relatively low-cost:
$335) GRE preparation course again this fall,
on Oct. 3-4, 3009. Please access http://
www.sa.psu.edu/career/PDF/
GRE_Prep_Courses.pdf for details. Registration is on-line at https://
psucsm.symplicity.com/events/PrepCourses
E M S A N N O U N C E M E NT S
Academics (continued)
Hazwoper Course Available Fall 2008 Through Continuing Education (CE) at UP:
During the Fall 2009 semester, Penn State Continuing Education is offering the Hazardous Waste Operation ("Hazwoper") course.
Hazwoper certification will be useful -- and often necessary -- for anyone planning to work in hazardous waste treatment, clean-up, storage or disposal. (ENVSE students take note!)
Details:
GEOSC 498A - Hazardous Waste Operation
40 hours, 3 credits
Saturday & Sunday
8:00 am-7:00 pm
Schedule Number 348277
Oct. 3 & 4 and 31 & Nov.1
102 Leonhard Building
Instructor - Richard Hofman
Full-time students will not have to pay additional tuition to take the course, but there is a $150 lab fee. call 865-3443 for more information
Club Meetings
Involvement Week
Interested in learning about clubs, organizations, and service opportunities at University Park and in the community? Check out Involvement Week,
sponsored by Penn State's Center for Student Engagement, this coming Monday-Saturday, August 24-29, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Alumni Hall,
HUB-Robeson Center. This event is one of many listed in the Guide to Welcome Week Activities as a way to help new students get familiar with the
campus. Meet new friends! Get involved!
Campus Weather Service
A general meeting of the Campus Weather Service is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 23rd at 7 PM in 22 Deike. Attendance is mandatory if you'd like to
be a member. Freshmen and transfer students with even the slightest interest in the weather are especially encouraged to get involved right away.
Note: pizza will be served, but bring your own drinks.
If you cannot come, please e-mail Danielle Knittle at [email protected] before the meeting.
Also, the radio branch will be having their meeting immediately following the general meeting. All members, especially new ones, are highly recommended to stay for this meeting. Shift managers will be decided at this meeting as well, with seniority for shift managers picking shifts as follows: summer shift managers, seniors, juniors, sophomores. Fall shifts will begin on Monday, August 24th.
Other announcements:
The video branch will have its meeting Monday, August 24 at 7 PM in 22 Deike. Shift sign ups for managers will happen at this meeting. The newspaper branch will have its meeting immediately afterward, at around 7:30 PM. Anyone interested in becoming a shift manager should be there at 6:30
PM that day to learn how to run a shift. Normal shift rotation will begin on Sunday, August 30th.
National Weather Service/Accuweather tours will be Tuesday, August 25th. Further details at Sunday evening's meeting
An executive council meeting will be held on Wednesday August 26th at 7 PM in the Weather Station classroom. All members are welcome.
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Careers, Jobs, Internships, Inc.
Career Services Open House
Wage Payroll Opportunities on campus
Career Services is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, August
26th from 11:30am - 3:30pm at the Bank of America Career Services Center. This is an opportunity for you to visit Career Services
on an informal drop-In basis and learn about many of the programs
and services available at Career Services this fall semester.
Looking for a part-time job on campus? There are a LOT of opportunities
out there! Access http://www.psu.edu/studentaid/aidprog/wage.shtml?
reload to review the range of available opportunities. This site also links to
classified help wanted ads in both the Centre Daily Times and the Daily
Collegian.
Special emphasis for the event will be on resources for students
graduating in the coming year, but all are welcome! Whether you
have a specific career goal or are still working to develop and explore your career opportunities, working with Career Services is an
invaluable service provided to you. Questions about the open house
can be directed to a Career Services Drop-In Counselor or you can
email us at [email protected]. We hope to see you
there!
Keep in mind that if you want a Work-Study job you MUST have been offered a Work Study grant as a part of your financial aid package.
Scholarships
Amerikohl Scholarship in EMS
If you have a parent employed by the Amerikohl Corporation and would like to be considered as a recipient of this scholarship, please contact Deb
Sipe ([email protected]) in the Dean's Office (116 Deike) by no later than September 30, 2009. Please include your GPA, semester standing, and
major in the email. Thanks!
Check out the UFO
Penn State's Undergraduate Fellowships Office (UFO) is a convenient repository of scholarship information. They collect scholarship information and
then try to organize it with respect to Penn State's colleges. Go to: http://www.ufo.psu.edu/. You'll find information on Penn State scholarships, prestigious national scholarships, and "additional" scholarships. There are a LOT of odd, quirky scholarships out there, but some reasonably straightforward ones too. Peruse it and see what you find!
Fun, Etc.
"Pizza Hour"
One of your college's more pleasant traditions, "Pizza Hour", resumes this Thursday, the 27th, in the EMS Student Center (14 Deike Bldg.)
from 3:30 - 4:30pm.
Please join us (as your schedule allows) in this "Welcome Back" event for pizza (always free!) and tales of our summer adventures.
Hope to see you here!
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E M S A N N O U N C E M E NT S
Alright!! Thanks for reading the announcements clear through to the end
(or maybe you just immediately focused on "Fun"??). Ready or not, the new
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
semester is upon us. Your EMS Student Center staff is ready, willing, and
able to assist you in any way that we can. And of course don't forget that the
Penn State University
14 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-2751
Fax:814-863-3349
E-mail: [email protected]
Announcements
ems.psu.edu
Student Center is a great place to simply hang out! Our hours are 8:00AM
to 8:00PM Monday - Thursday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM on Friday.
Have a safe and satisfying weekend!
EMS Student Center Staff