Daily Archives: April 7, 2014

Researcher explores maize diversity in Mexico’s Central Highlands

“Maize Diversity and the Value of Chaos: Indigenous Imaginaries and Agricultural Innovation in Mexico’s Central Highlands,” a seminar, will be presented on April 16, from noon to 1 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library and also online.  This event, which is part of a series of seminars on indigenous knowledge, will be presented by Emma Gaalaas Mullaney, a doctoral student in geography and women’s studies. market in mexico central highlands(Full story on Penn State News)

Spring clean financial clutter

“Spring Clean Financial Clutter” will be presented Wednesday, April 23, 5:30–7 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Spring cleaning clears clutter in closets and garages and can do the same for personal finances. Presenter Dr. Daad Rizk, a Penn State financial literacy coordinator, offers this practical workshop on ways to take control of personal finances and simplify financial record keeping for year-end tax purpose that will reduce stress and save time.

The presentation is part of the Money Counts: a Financial Literacy Series, a collaborative effort of the Penn State Commission for Adult Learners and the University Libraries.

Additional details are online at http://bit.ly/1rzz1Jw . Registration is available online at http://bit.ly/1cFT705 .

Graphic novelist Joyce Farmer to speak

Joyce Farmer will present “No Superheroes: Creating Underground Comics,” on Thursday, April 24, 7–8:30 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, Penn State University Park.

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Farmer…co-founder of Nanny Goat Productions

Joyce Farmer, together with Lyn Chevely, was the creator of the “Tits & Clits Comix” series from 1972 to 1987. They had formed a publishing company, Nanny Goat Productions, to counter the sexism they saw in male-produced underground comix of the time. Apart from this series, they also produced “Abortion Eve,” in 1973. Farmer also contributed to the influential all-female underground comics anthology, “Wimmen’s Comix,” which was published from the early 1970s through 1992. In 2000, Farmer published her work in the Fantagraphics anthology, “Zero Zero.” In 2010, Fantagraphics published her graphic memoir, “Special Exits,” chronicling the decline of her elderly parents’ health, their relationship with one another and with Joyce and how they coped with the day-to-day fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. (Full story on Penn State News.)

Presentation discusses nature and origin of Attention Deficit Disorder

The public is invited to a presentation, “Culture, Schooling, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,” by Kyunghwa Lee, on Tuesday, April 29, 3–4:30 p.m., in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and also online.

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Lee…coordinates early childhood education program at University of Georgia

Lee is an associate professor and early childhood education program coordinator at the University of Georgia. Her talk draws on her longitudinal ethnographic study conducted with four African-American boys from economically disadvantaged households, who were considered at great risk for being diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) by their prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers. Presenting data collected from both video-recorded observations of these children in their public pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms and audio-recorded interviews with their teachers, Lee will discuss how these children and their assumed disability can be seen from multiple perspectives. Full story on Penn State News.

Events: Week of April 7

April 7, 10:30 a.m.: Introduction to Mendeley, 211 Davey. Register online

April 8, 1:30 – 2:30 pm: Libraries Human Resources forum, Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live.

April 8, 3 p.m.: Tech Update, Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live. Agenda:

  • Kurt Baker (ITS Consultant) will give an update on Box at Penn State and answer any questions.
  • Tim Arnold (DLT) will provide some Security Updates for the Libraries.
  • Linda Klimczyk and Sherry Lonsdale from I-Tech will discuss Survey Software available at the Libraries.
  • Members of the Digital Signage Team will provide an update on the current status of Digital Signage.

April 9, 12:15 p.m.: Geologic Journey–Western Pacific Rim (film). The Asia-Pacific side of the Pacific Ring of Fire, EMS Museum, Deike Bldg.

April 9, 2 p.m.: Diversity Colloquium, Foster Auditorium and online.

April 9, 2-5 p.m.: Open house celebration, “The Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Marian Anderson’s Historic 1939 Lincoln Memorial Concert,” in the Charles Blockson Collection Room, floor 3, Pattee Library, west.

April 9, noon to 1 p.m.: “Wild Onion Nurse: Women as Healers in Traditional and Contemporary Societies” will be held in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The presentation, which is sponsored by the Interinstitutional Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge, the Department of Women’s Studies, the College of Nursing and the University Libraries, is free and open to the public, and can also be viewed online. The event will be followed by a reception in Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, sponsored by the College of Nursing. All are invited and light refreshments will be available.

April 10, 1:30 p.m.: Introduction to EndNote, 001 Sparks. Register online.

April 10, 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m: Poet Elizabeth Bradfield reads as part of the Mary E. Rolling Reading Series, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library

April 11, 3:30 p.m.: Pockgrass Lecture: What Story Survives: The Intersections of Journalism, Place and Vernacular Culture in Public Memory of Violent Events, Foster Auditorium. Carolyn Kitch, a professor of journalism at Temple University, teaches in the school’s mass media and communication doctoral program.

Save the date:
April 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.: 22nd Annual Kenneth Burke Lecture in Rhetoric:
“Teaching as Moral Injury: The Ethics of Educational Injustice,” Foster Aud. Presenter Meira Levinson is associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The event is free and open to the public. Read the full story about this lecture on the Center for Democratic Deliberation website.

April 16, noon to 1 p.m.: Maize Diversity and the Value of Chaos: Indigenous Imaginaries and Agricultural Innovation in Mexico’s Central Highlands, Foster Aud. and MediaSite Live. Indigenous Knowledge Seminar.

April 23, 5:30 – 7 p.m.: Spring Clean Financial Clutter Foster Aud. Presented by Penn State financial literacy coordinator Daad Rizk.

April 24, 7-8:30 p.m.: No Superheroes: Creating Underground Comics, Foster Aud. Presented by Joyce Farmer, co-creator of “Tits & Clits Comix.”

April 29, 3-4:30 p.m.: Cultural and Economic Perspectives of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,” Foster Aud. Presented by Kyunghwa Lee, University of Georgia.

UCS printing workaround

By Ryan Johnson, technology training coordinator

Some UCS users have recently been reporting issues when printing emails from UCS. In particular, the print date may be incorrect or you may see excess header info and the print-out may be off-centered.

A work-around for this issue is to Right-Click and select Print from the menu that appears.

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This would be done instead of opening the email and choosing the print button from the Actions menu.

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Shank appointed head librarian at Berks

John Shank is the new head librarian at Boscov-Lakin Information Commons and Thun Library, at Penn State Berks. John joined the faculty of the University Libraries in 2001 as an instructional design librarian and was a founding associate director of the Berks College Center for Learning and Teaching. In 2013 he transitioned back to a public services librarian role. John was accepted as a participant in the highly competitive Harvard Leadership Institute and recently attended a program on “Library Leadership in a Digital Age.” He is the author of numerous publications and his book entitled “Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What’s Out There to Transform College Teaching” has just been published by JB, a division of Wiley. Please join me in congratulating John on his many accomplishments and welcoming him to his new job! —  Christine Avery