Education briefs
July 7, 2002 Cal U to sponsor workshop
California University of Pennsylvania will hold the Mars Odyssey Summer Workshop Aug. 5-7 at the Eberly Science and Technology Center.
The fee is $35 that will cover lunch and refreshments for each participant. In addition, each participant will receive educational materials valued at $100 at no cost. The workshop provides 30 Act 48 professional development credits.
For information, call Jerry Blackmon, Cal U mathematics and computer science department, at 724-938-4078 or begin blackmon@cup.edu blackmon@cup.edu end
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WVU units form program
Two West Virginia University units have joined forces to offer a certificate program in the field of disability studies for undergraduate and graduate students.
Developed by the Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVUCED) and the Division of Family and Consumer Sciences in WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, the certificate in disability studies prepares students to cope with the complex economic and social issues related to disabilities by learning directly from persons with disabilities and their families.
At the undergraduate level, the program consists of 19 credit hours, divided into core courses, electives from the student’s major course of study and a capstone experience. At the graduate level, the program consists of 15 credit hours, divided into mandatory interdisciplinary courses, major electives, a capstone experience and completion of 30 hours of volunteer service.
Center holds event
Laurel Ridge Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, a provider of eldercare services to older adults and their families in the Uniontown area, recently held a special Mother’s Day event that involved local school students.
A group of Lafayette School fourth-grade students and teachers visited the facility, planting flowers in front of the center and placing hanging baskets at the entrance. The residents watched from the dining room window and occasionally provided the children with pointers.
The students also participated in a tour, lunch, cookies and punch. Sisters Danise Dague from Genesis ElderCare and Glenda Hutchinson from Lafayette coordinated the event.
Laurel Ridge Center, Genesis ElderCare Network, is located at 75 Hickle St. in Uniontown.
Olsvansky studies abroad
Katy Olsavsky, a 1999 Connellsville Area Senior High School graduate, has spent this past spring semester studying at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
While in Australia, she has taken classes to continue her biochemistry/molecular biology major at Gettysburg College. At Gettysburg College, Olsavsky has been a research assistant in the genetics laboratory; coordinator of Biosphere, the biology club; member of the jazz band and brass quintet; included in the honorary society Alpha Lambda Delta; and honored on the dean’s list.
She is the daughter of Joe and Cindy Olsavsky of West Leisenring and the great-niece of Irene Pradella of Star Junction.
Masella graduates
Ronald C. Masella, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Masella of Uniontown, is a winter term 2002 graduate of the University of Dayton, receiving an engineering degree in civil engineering.
The university conducted its 152nd commencement service May 5 at the Dayton, Ohio, campus.