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StateLineswww.frostburg.edu/admin/foundation/news.htm For and about FSU people A publication of the FSU Office of Advancement Volume 33, Number 15, December 9, 2002 Copy deadline: noon Wednesday, 228 Hitchins or [email protected] All students and employees are cordially invited to the President’s Holiday Reception Friday, Dec. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center lobby.

‘Brown Silk and will demonstrate the products they This film, which runs for about two designed, built and tested. These include hours, is free and open to the public. Magenta Sunsets’ a wind-powered water pump and softball Refreshments will be served. For infor- University Theatre’s Season Too! pitching machines. A project by senior mation, contact the Lane University presents “Brown Silk and Magenta mechanical engineering students and a Center Information Desk at x4411. Sunsets,” a student- go-cart constructed by the Physics and directed production Engineering Club will also be on display. Entertainment to be performed This event is free and open to the Friday and Saturday, public. For more information, contact Dec. 13 and 14, at 8 Linda Steele at x4137. Center Stage/CAB Set p.m. in the Perform- ing Art Center’s F. Film Last Night Frostburg Perry Smith Studio Center Stage and Campus Activities Theatre. Board will sponsor Last Night Frostburg Written by P.J. Int’l Film Festival with a Holiday Theme on Friday, Dec. 13, Gibson, “Brown from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Lane University Silk” is a tantaliz- Presents ‘Lumumba’ Center Lobby and Loft/Derezinski ing tale about passion, FSU’s Fall 2002 International Film Lounge. Activities will include face lust and obsession as told by the lavishly Series will present “Lumumba” on painting, caricatures, Mr. Potatohead rich main character Lena Larsen Salvinoni. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Lane creation, “Make Your Own Gift” table, Directed by FSU senior Tina Woodard, the University Center’s Atkinson Room 201. holiday pictures, a 9-ball tournament in cast includes Ja’ Nell Taylor, Reynolds This series is sponsored by Center Stage the game room and much more. There Mason, Cheronda Lee, Candice Thomas and and the Department of Student & will also be refreshments served. Stevyn Carmona. Community Involvement. Due to strong language and adult A gripping political thriller, the film situations, this show is not recommended tells the true story of the 36-year-old Open Mic Night for children. All tickets are $3. Call x7462 Patrice Lumumba, the first head of the Freestyle Competition for reservations and information. newly independent state of the Congo in Center Stage will sponsor an Open Mic 1960, which had been under Belgian rule. Night Freestyle Competition on Saturday, Presentations He lasted only two months before his Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. in the LUC Loft. Cash brutal assassination. Possessed with a flair prizes will be given to winners of the for oratory and an uncompromising belief competition. Refreshments will be served. Engineering Students in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its to Showcase Projects former Belgium overlords, Lumumba Take Note FSU engineering students will show- emerges as the heroic sacrificial lamb case their semester projects on Tuesday, dubiously portrayed by the international Enrollments Increase at Dec. 10, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Frostburg’s media and led to slaughter by commercial Hagerstown Center City Place, 14 S. Water St., Frostburg. and political interests in Belgium, the Freshmen from three sections of the United States, the international commu- Enrollments this semester are the Introduction to Engineering Design class nity and his own administration. second highest in history at the FSU

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Center in Hagerstown. The total of 426 students, faculty, and other researchers insurance through Standard Insurance students is second only to the 427 who with more advanced features than the must complete a new form to designate enrolled in fall 1995. previous automated library system used one or more beneficiaries. The next to This is the fourth consecutive semes- by the libraries since the early 1990s. last page of the 2003 Summary of Health ter of increases, dating from a recent Some of the new capabilities include: Benefits booklet is a “Beneficiary low of 387 in fall 2000. The Center • An enhanced Basic Search, with on- Designation and Change Form” from opened in fall 1988 with 114 students. screen tips to guide users in searching Standard Insurance. Remove that form When the 161 students are added and the ability to do keyword searches from the booklet, complete and sign it. If from the Frederick Center — where in specific areas of the catalog records, you have more than two primary and/or undergraduate enrollments have grown such as words in the title area; contingent beneficiaries, make a copy of from 13 at inception in 1997 to 35 now • Ability to refine a list of search the form to have enough room for all — overall, the 587 students at the two results to show only the available items, beneficiary information. Return com- Centers comprise almost 11 percent of screening out items that are checked pleted forms to the Office of Human the total FSU enrollment. out, lost or Resources and we will submit all forms Center Director Dr. James Shaw otherwise to the Employee Benefits Division. attributes growth primarily to expanded unavail- Note that this beneficiary form applies offerings in education, where enroll- able; only to those employees with insurance ments have grown by over 100 students • A provided by Standard Insurance (MetLife since spring 1999. In addition, all powerful in 2002). It does not apply to employees undergraduate majors have recently Advanced with group life insurance from Unum. shown an increase, which Shaw at- Search tributes to two factors: a downturn in capability, with options to combine the economy — which usually sends keyword searches in different parts of the Program for Students more people back to get a degree — and record, (e.g. word in author Beethoven Planning Graduate Study the recent turnaround in enrollments at and word anywhere piano); limit searches All interested faculty and students are Hagerstown Community College, the by format (e.g., theses, or videos or invited to attend an information session principal feeder school for the FSU online resources), by language, by range with the director of the University of Hagerstown Center. of dates or by library collection; browse ’s Ronald E. McNair Program on Other shifts in enrollment show lists of authors, titles, subject headings, Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the Leake Room, declining trends in accounting, where or call numbers; use command language Cordts PE Center. the profession’s requiring five years of searching to create complex searches Faculty and staff are invited to come college has produced a decline nation- with maximum control over your search; at 10 a.m., while both students and wide; and the master of business • Ability to create lists of catalog faculty are welcome at 11 a.m. administration, records and save them to consult when The McNair Program provides signifi- where Frostburg searching the catalog at a later date; cant financial and programmatic support has satisfied • Ability to save favorite search for students with an interest in earning much of the strategies and repeat the searches at a a Ph.D. To be eligible, students must be backlog that later date. low-income and first generation college existed over the Library users will also be able to use the OR be from groups that are traditionally years. new catalog to place requests for materials under-represented in graduate education Overall, in other USMAI libraries if the item is not programs (such as, Hispanic, African- Frostburg’s available at their home institution, and to American or Native American students, increased enrollments compensate for view their own accounts to see lists of or women in science and technology reductions in programs offered at the library materials they have borrowed and fields). Candidates must be sophomores Center by other University System of review requests they have made. or juniors with a GPA of 2.8 or above. Maryland colleges. Low enrollments have On its initial release in early January, Faculty and staff are asked to encourage caused the University of to catalogUSMAI will provide access to the potential candidates to attend and to withdraw its Criminal Justice program library catalogs of Bowie State University, recommend candidates to Harriet Douglas, from Hagerstown, and the University of Coppin State College, FSU, Morgan State Student Support Services, x4481; or Mary Maryland Baltimore to defer offering its University, Salisbury University, Towson Gartner, Office of the Provost, x4212. Master of . University, the University of Baltimore Registration is now open for the third and the University of Baltimore School of of the System’s local programs, UMB’s Law, the University of Maryland Center EE/AA Info Available nursing degree, as well as for all of for Environmental Science, the University on FSU Web Site Frostburg’s programs, which include of Maryland Baltimore County, the undergraduate majors in accounting, University of Maryland, College Park, the For information regarding Equal business administration, justice studies, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Opportunity (EO) and Affirmative Action liberal studies and as well as University of Maryland University College, (AA) at FSU, the campus community is graduate degrees in master of business and the University of Maryland Law invited to visit the recently imple- administration, MBA/master of nursing, School. Access to the library catalogs of mented Office of Affirmative Action/ master of education, and master of arts in the University of Maryland Health Equal Employment Opportunity web teaching, a program for adults who have a Sciences and Human Services Library and page through our campus Web site at degree but lack certification to teach. St. Mary’s College of Maryland will be www.frostburg.edu. Prospective students can stop by the added to catalogUSMAI later in 2003. Center at 20 Public Square, phone (301) Grad Students - Dec. 791-4020, or check the Web at New Group Life www.frostburg.edu/centers. 2002 Commencement: Insurance Provider Graduate students who plan to Ort Library Announces The Standard Insurance Co. will be the complete their degrees in State of Maryland’s new provider of group December 2002 should file New Online Catalog term life insurance starting Jan. 1, 2003. the “Application for On Monday, Jan. 6, 2003, library users Employees who currently have term life Graduation” as soon as of the University System of Maryland will insurance through Metropolitan Life will possible. It is available at find they have a new and improved automatically roll over to the new provider the Office of Graduate online catalog to assist them in accessing unless coverage is changed or terminated Services, 141 Pullen Hall, the libraries’ collections: catalogUSMAI. during Open Enrollment. Your beneficiary or by calling x7053. The The new Web-based online catalog will designations will not, however, transfer deadline for inclusion in the provide University System of Maryland from MetLife to Standard Insurance. commencement program has passed; and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) FSU employees who will have term life however, students may still participate StateLines / 3 in Commencement on Saturday, Dec. 21. arts and culture, business and sports and educational forum designed for all Please contact the FSU Bookstore at law and public service. Gira and professionals in the field of philanthropy. x4341 for cap and gown information. Compton were noted in the education category, and Schrock was in the Ben Russo, a theatre major, is the first Commencement Info community service category. FSU student to receive the Maryland Some other honorees include Harriet International Education Association Any student planning to complete his Tubman, , Lt. Gov. Scholarship for study overseas. Ben will be or her studies during this semester must Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, victim’s taking part in the College Park winterterm first officially file for graduation. rights advocate Roberta Roper, Saint program in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, Undergraduate students should , author Anne Tyler, which focuses on “African-Brazilian contact the Registrar’s Office (x4349, singer Toni Braxton, entertainer Kathie History and Culture.” The course intro- 144 Pullen Hall). Special mailings and Lee Gifford, Olympic gymnast Dominique duces students to the historical and notices regarding Commencement are Dawes and Sen. . cultural landscape of Afro-Brasil, tracing sent only to those students who have Gira was noted in the book for her the history of African-Brazilian culture completed all filings. ability to build consensus. Her biography and language from the early 16th century Caps and gowns are provided at no states: “Gira’s success and rapid rise to to the present. Site visits in Salvador charge to all students cleared to partici- top leadership positions signify a com- include a Candomblé traditional center pate in Commencement; however, each mitment to higher education and a deep (Candomble is an African-Brazilian religion student is responsible for placing an belief in recognizing individual merit. with roots in African Yoruba ancestral order in advance. Orders should be Said a colleague, ‘Her presence and traditions), a Capoeira school (for African- submitted to the University Bookstore quality of leadership say every day that Brazilian dance), and other visits which as soon as possible. women belong in leadership positions.’ “ expose students to African-Brazilian music Information about Commencement is and theatrical performances. always available on the University’s Web Patricia Coward, English; Roger Dow, site. Go to www.frostburg.edu, click on Educational Professions; Linda Lyon, In May, Terry Tannacito, English, gave “current students,” then on “academics.” A Biology, Marci McClive, Business Manage- a presentation at the international drop-down screen will list Commencement. ment; John O’Rorke, Political Science; Pat Computers and Writing 2002 conference (You may also type in www.frostburg.edu/ Santoro, Psychology; and Dana Wortman, (with Frank Tuzi). Now, the hypertextual events/commenc.htm.) For information, Computer Science, attended the 22nd article based on that presentation is contact Beth Deatelhauser in Special National Lilly Conference on College about to be published in Kairos, a Academic Services, x3130, 127 Performing Teaching at Miami University of Ohio in refereed online journal exploring the Arts Center, or by e-mail at Oxford, Ohio. The three-day conference intersections of rhetoric, technology, and [email protected]. offered presentations from nationally pedagogy. The article, “A Comparison of recognized scholars in the Scholarship of E-Response: Two Experiences; One FSU to Offer Japanese Teaching. Included among the presenters Conclusion,” will appear in issue 7.3, fall was Dr. McClive, who presented two 2002, at this address: http:// Language Courses sessions, “When Students Write Their Own english.ttu.edu/kairos/index.html Two courses in Japanese will be Cases: Satisfaction with a Constructivist Also, In October, Tannacito gave a offered during the spring 2003 semester Approach” and “Imagineering: Technology PowerPoint presentation at the EAPSU at FSU through the Department of in Cooperative Learning,” co-authored by 2002 conference, and, in a few weeks, Foreign Languages and Literature. Ron Ross, MBA. an article based on that presentation Both courses are open for enrollment will be published in the conference to members of the community. Through a partnership with FSU’s A proceedings. The title of both is “Chang- Japanese 101 is designed for entry- STAR! in Western Maryland AmeriCorps ing Places in Professional Writing: From level students, while Japanese 102 is program and the Western Potomac my Website to Blackboard’s.” open to those with previous study in Chapter of the American Red Cross, two Japanese. Both will be offered on a AmeriCorps members recently assisted Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. the Red Cross with disaster relief efforts Deadlines The instructor is Maki Tanaka, an FSU in Louisiana and Texas. English major from Dokkyo University who After several days of disaster training Dec. 13 is Deadline has received training from the Aoyama with the Red Cross, Kathy Cunningham School for Japanese in teaching the and Zach Fowler traveled to Lafayette, for Incompletes, WF language to non-native speakers. Her La., in mid-October to assist workers The last day for removal of incom- classes will also include aspects of Japa- assisting families on the Gulf Coast who plete grades for graduate students for nese culture, including the tea ceremony, were affected by tropical storms Isadore the spring 2002/summer 2002 semesters Japanese cuisine and calligraphy. and Lili. After two weeks in Louisiana, is Friday, Dec. 13. For information, contact Dr. they continued their relief work for two Instructors may contact Marcy in the MacGregor O’Brien of the Department of weeks in Corpus Christi and another Registrar’s Office in Pullen Hall 144, or Foreign Languages and Literature at week near Houston. at x4347 if they have questions or need x4287 or [email protected]. Cunningham, of Cumberland, and Change of Grade forms. Fowler, who lives in Oakland, helped Also, the last day for students to Points of Pride families in need of food, clothing, withdraw from a course with a “WF” for shelter and other items damaged or the fall 2002 semester is, Dec. 13. destroyed by high winds and flooding. FSU’s President Catherine R. Gira has Cunningham’s and Fowler’s work sites been featured in the newly published donated their time for the cause. Get Involved Women of Achievement in Maryland Cunningham performs her service with History (Anaconda Press, 2002), joining a the Western Maryland Area Health diverse list of women that includes Rachel Education Center and with the Share Christmas Caroling Carson, Emily Post and . Program. Fowler serves with the Garrett On Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m., Former Frostburg State President County Cooperative Extension Office and United Campus Ministry and Catholic Lillian Compton, credited with saving works with Brown Bag Teams Program. Campus Ministry will go Christmas the college from closing in the 1940s, caroling at Frostburg Village Nursing and the late Frostburg professor Alta Christopher Harmon, (University Care Center. Meet at 7:15 at Osborne Schrock, who established Penn Alps Advancement) made a presentation, Newman Center. Inc., are also featured. Annual Giving, “Attracting and Keeping Hot chocolate and other refreshments The biographies were divided into the New Donors,” at Blackbaud’s International will follow in the Osborne Newman categories of civil rights, education, Conference on Philanthropy in Charleston, Center. community service, health and science, S.C., Oct. 13-16. The conference is a global StateLines / 4

http://www.peacecorps.gov/volunteer/ index.cfm Volunteers On the Radio • BUNAC Working Adventures World- wide Toys For Happiness Sunday Seasonal http://www.bunac.com/ • Council International Volunteer Drive 2002 Passages Returns Projects The annual Toys for Happiness drive is Sunday Seasonal Passages is back for http://us.councilexchanges.org/ on! Some volunteers are still needed to the holidays on WFWM 91.9 FM with opportunities/ivp/index.html be Collection Site Coordinators . If you Tyra Phipps. Tune in from 6-9 p.m. • World Teach are interested, contact Vicki Kaylor, every Sunday beginning Dec. 15 to hear http://www.worldteach.org/ [email protected] or call x4309. wonderful holiday and new age music • How to Live Your Dream of Volun- Toys/items are to be unwrapped; cash featuring artists such as Peter Kater, teering Overseas (book that reviews donations are acceptable. Diane Arkenstone, Suzanne Ciani and over 100 programs) Gift suggestions: footballs, baseballs, Bradley Joseph. http://www.volunteeroverseas.org/ Nerf balls, bats, baseball gloves, compact html/index.html discs, cassette tapes, walkman radios, backpacks, pocketbooks, wallets, belts, Scholarships Apply Now for Summer duffel bags, after shave, perfume sets Study Abroad (no glass, please), bulletin boards, Women’s Opportunity books, stationary, dry erase/memo The CIE is taking applications for boards, address/phone number books, Award Available summer study abroad. Many programs are sports memorabilia (ball cards, trash Students are eligible for a Women’s available, either through FSU (Oxford, cans, ball caps), costume watches, Opportunity Award if they are: Ireland, Ecuador, Ghana, Germany) or costume jewelry, jewelry boxes, makeup, • A female head of household (single or through other organizations such as ISEP hair accessories, nail care products, bath married with the primary responsibility of (Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, accessories, gloves, hats, scarves and supporting yourself and your dependents); Malta, Thailand, Scotland, Ireland) and socks. Toys can be for all age groups. • Attending or accepted to an AIFS (Austria, China, Czech Republic, The campaign last year was an undergraduate degree program or a Italy, Poland, Russia, South Africa, overwhelming success! Can we top it vocational/skills training program; Spain). Scholarships are available. this year? • Have financial need; Women’s Opportunity Awards are cash Study Abroad Programs awards that assist women in obtaining the Holiday Meal Drive The Center for International Educa- skills and education they need to improve Sodexho Campus Services, in conjunc- tion offers a variety of ways for FSU their employment status. Recipients may tion with FSU, FSU’s Center for students to see the world. In many Volunteerism and National Service and use the awards for any expenses related to cases, students register at FSU during a the Western Maryland Food Bank, will their educational pursuits. semester abroad and can take all Applications are available in the once again help the local community by financial aid with them and transfer Financial Aid Office in Pullen Hall. The preparing and delivering warm meals credit back to FSU. For information on deadline to apply is Jan. 10, 2003. this holiday season for those in need. In any of the programs or scholarships the past two years, over 1,400 dinners that may be available, check with Dr. have been prepared and delivered International Amy Simes at the CIE in the Fuller through this program. House on Braddock Road, call her at You can help by purchasing an entire x3091 or e-mail her at meal for someone (which includes roast Study in Germany this [email protected], or visit the turkey, potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranber- CIE’s new and improved Web page at ries, green beans, pumpkin pie and a Summer with FSU www.frostburg.edu/admin/cie/cie.htm. Students who are interested in beverage) for only $4.50. To help out this Study in Non-traditional Locations holiday, present your Bonus Bucks, Bobcat spending the first part of the summer FSU is affiliated with the School for Express or cash to any Sodexho cashier in taking a FSU course in Germany are International Training. This enables FSU the Lane University Center, Chesapeake encouraged to apply to the Center for students to study through SIT in over 50 Hall or Sub Connection from now until the International Education. The course on locations while remaining registered at evening of Monday, Dec. 16. offer is SOCI 450, “Classic Sociological FSU. All financial aid will transfer. SIT For those wishing to give their time, Theory” and will be taught by Dr. offers programs in Africa, Asia, South volunteers will be assembling meals on Anthony Crosby (x4391, 022 Guild Ctr.). America, Europe and Austral-asia. This is Friday, Dec. 20, from 2 to 6 p.m. in Approximate cost for program, including a fantastic opportunity for students who Chesapeake Hall. All interested parties tuition, housing, some meals, airfare, would like to spend a semester, year or are welcome to participate. Please Eurail pass and other fees is $2,700 (in- summer off the beaten track. contact Steve Marr of Sodexho (301-689- state) or $3,000 (out of state). Deadline 8464) in advance if you want to help. will be late February, early March. Semester Overseas for Same Price as FSU For more information, contact Jim The International Student Exchange Butler, Sodexho, at x4152. Let’s make the Work or Volunteer Program (ISEP) allows FSU students to season “full” for those in need in our area. register at FSU, pay FSU tuition and Abroad After Graduation housing, and then study overseas for a Donation Dates for If you are thinking about what you semester, year or summer at one of more want to do after graduation, working or than 140 locations. Students may take Western Md. Food Bank volunteering overseas is a great way to financial aid with them and may apply Donations for the Western Maryland get international and work experience at for scholarships from the CIE and from Food Bank Inc. can be dropped off at the same time and it looks very impres- ISEP. Students may choose programs the Braddock House. sive on your resume or CV. The following taught either in English or other Needed items are peanut butter, Web sites are a good place to begin languages. For the price of an airline canned meat, canned goods, pasta, dry reviewing your options, or you can ticket, this is a great way to earn credit cereals and spaghetti sauce. Drop-off contact the CIE for more information. toward your FSU degree while enjoying dates are Dec. 11, Feb. 7, March 7, April Here are a selection of sites: life in a foreign culture. Apply now for 7, May 7, June 4, July 2 and Aug. 6. • International Volunteer Programs summer or fall 2003. For more information, contact The Association (IVPA) Gain Work/Volunteer Experience Overseas Western Maryland Food Bank Inc. at http://www.volunteerinternational.org/ Students interested in working abroad (301) 722-2797. • Peace Corps should come by the CIE for information StateLines / 5 about internships, volunteer organizations campuses in beautiful and exotic information will also be available. and paid work overseas. Many organiza- surroundings. Scholarships are available Students may use the CIE library and tions help students obtain jobs and work from both FSU and AustraLearn. computer to search for programs. Many permits, and some help to arrange housing Learn More about Study Abroad videos are also available. as well. Students can choose from short Students who would like to learn Music from Around the World experiences (one to two months) to longer more about study abroad opportunities Tune in to the university radio experiences (four to 12 months), or even and how they fit into a degree program station, WFWM (91.9 FM), every Wednes- look into a more serious commitment (one may come to the CIE. The staff will day between 7 and 8 p.m. for “Planet to three years). Destinations are available provide an overview of programs and Frostburg.” Listen to both traditional throughout the world. requirements and have applications and contemporary world music and get Do Your Student Teaching in Copenhagen available. Scholarship and financial aid the latest about study abroad. Education majors who would like to earn a semester of FSU credits while studying in Denmark should apply for the spring semester exchange program with FSU Events Calendar the KDAS School of Teacher Training in Look for the FSU weekly events calendar on the Web at Copenhagen. Students complete projects www.frostburg.edu/weekcal.htm and spend several weeks in Danish schools practicing student teaching skills. All MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 courses are in English. Financial aid * Emerging Leaders Workshop ...... 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m...... Lane Atkinson Room transfers and scholarships are available. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 Study in Limerick, Ireland * Advising/Registration/Transfers ...... 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. .. Lane University Center Students interested in taking part in * International Film Series, “Lumumba” ...... 7:00 p.m...... Lane Atkinson Room the Ireland Exchange Program in * Black Student Alliance Kwanzaa Workshop ... 7:00 p.m...... Cordts PEC Leake Room Limerick are encouraged to pick up an * Women’s Basketball: Mt. Aloysius College ..... 7:00 p.m...... Away application at the CIE. Participants study at Mary Immaculate College and WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 take one FSU class and three MIC * Men’s Basketball: Mt. Aloysius College ...... 8:00 p.m...... Home classes. All financial aid will transfer * UCM Christmas Caroling/Party @ Frostburg Village Nursing Center & Frost Village and scholarships are available. 7:00 p.m. Study in Newcastle, England THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 Students interested in studying at the *Sigma Tau Delta Open Mic ...... 8:00 p.m. Lane Derezinski Lounge/Loft University of Northumbria in Newcastle, England, may apply now for the fall FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 2003 semester. Newcastle is one of the Last Day for GRADUATE Students to Remove Incomplete (“I”) Grades liveliest cities in the UK, just across the Last Day to Withdraw from Classes with “WF” Channel from Amsterdam, and three Last Day of Classes * Season Too!: “Brown Silk & Magenta Sunrise” .. 8:00 p.m...... Smith Studio Theatre hours north of London (one hour south * Last Night Frostburg ...... 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. . Lane University Center of Edinburgh) by train. Courses are available in a wide variety of subjects. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 The cost of the program is about the Reading Day/Common Finals same as one semester at FSU (in-state) * GRE Testing ...... 7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m...... Dunkle Hall 219 and all financial aid will transfer. * Women’s Basketball: Seton Hill College ...... noon...... Home Financial Aid for Studying Overseas * Center Stage Open Mic ...... 7:00 p.m. Lane Derezinski Lounge/Loft * Season Too!: “Brown Silk & Magenta Sunrise” .. 8:00 p.m...... Smith Studio Theatre FSU students are able to transfer all federal financial aid overseas to help pay SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 for study abroad programs, along with Reading Day/Common Finals state and institutional aid for most FSU * CCM Mass ...... noon & 8:00 p.m...... Cook Chapel sponsored programs. The CIE also awards * Planetarium: “Christmas & Year End Traditions” 4 & 7 p.m...... Tawes Hall study abroad scholarships of $500 and $1,000 to qualifying students. Scholarship * Open to the public – Questions? – Call 301-687-4411. All information subject to change. deadline for summer, fall and academic FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services, and activities accessible to persons year programs is March 15. Many other with disabilities. You may request accommodations through the ADA Compliance Office, 302 state and national scholarships are also Hitchins, 301-687-4102, TDD 301-687-7955. available to help cover overseas costs. Choose from Over 20 Locations to Study FSU affiliates with the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), which offers study abroad programs in a variety Safety Through of locations at universities around the Positive Action world. Programs are open to all majors. Study in Prague, South Africa or Japan. You may register at FSU and use your financial aid for all programs. AIFS offers scholarships to qualified students. Take advantage of free rail pass offers. Study Down Under FSU is affiliated with AustraLearn, an organization that provides unique opportunities for students to study at universities in Australia and New Zealand. AustraLearn arranges cheap flights, an orientation program on the Great Barrier Reef, pre-registration and transcript evaluation. Students may choose from a broad range of courses at