Bits & Pieces & a New Semester
Early issues of The Mansfield Advertiser have been digitized and are now available on the Access PA repository site. Penn State and the State Library converted about 100 copies of the Advertiser between the years 1911 to 1929. Pick up the juicy facts of daily life here during World War I and the years leading up to The Great Depression.
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Art thrives from the looks of art instructor Paul Bozzo’s blog that he kept last semester of his Intro To Drawing Class. Professor Emeritus prof Dick Feil might have been the oldest student in the class but the retired psych prof still has the look of a determined young artist.
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10 Ways social Media Will Change in 2010 outlines changes the author sees coming to social media (FaceBook, MySpace, YouTube, etc) this year. Note #9, that “Women will rule social media.” Women make 75% of all buying decisions for the home and women ages 35-55 comprise the fastest growing population on Facebook.
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The snow had just fallen. I stepped outside to take a look. Before the 2 degree air rushed me back in, I took this photo of our pavilion and a few of the flags flying on our International Walkway.
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I think Peggy Dettwiler, director of choral activities, is the first MU prof to have her own fan page on Facebook. Some students started it last semester and it quickly grew. While Peggy wasn’t sure what a FB fan page was at the time, she’s very familiar with it now with 214 fans around the U.S. Under Peggy’s direction, the choir has performed around the U.S. and Europe. In 2008, the choir earned three gold medals at the World Choral Games in Graz, Austria.
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Condolences to the family of Jack Plunkett ‘74, a longtime football coach and teacher at Chestnut Hill Academy who died January 12 of an apparent heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Sue, and five children. Mr. Plunkett played football all four years at MU.