Tuesday, March 29, 1988 Published by the University ofPennsylvania Volume 34, Number 27
Williams Chair for Dr. Sebold... Bers Chair for Dr. Root The School ofArts and Sciences' has named fore becoming dean ofthe Graduate School of economic history, he is the author of Peasants Dr. Russell P. Sebold to the Edwin B. and Arts and Sciences and then Provost. Williams and King in Burgundy: Agrarian Foundations Lenore R. Williams Professorship inRomance Hall is also named for them. ofFrench Absolutism (University ofCalifornia languages, and Dr. HiltonL. Root to the Janice Bers Chair Dr. Hilton Root of the history Press 1987) and of two papers that won prizes and Julian Bers Assistant Professorship in the department has been named to SAS's Bers last year-the French Historial Association's social sciences. Chair, set up by a Penn trustee and his wife for "best essay in French history" and from the Dr. Sebold, who came to Penn as a full during the Campaign for the Eighties to recog- American Historical Association for"bestessay professor of Spanish literature in 1968 after nize outstanding assistant professors in the in European history." He teaches economic and teaching at Duke, Wisconsin and Maryland, social sciences. social history, French history and comparative also chaired the Romance languages depar- Dr. Root, who took his Ph.D. at Michigan, political economy in SAS, and is co-convener tment here from 1968-78, maintaining its posi- joined Penn three years ago after teaching at of the Mellon-sponsored PARSS seminar on tion as number one in U.S. graduate rankings CalTech. A scholar of French and European "Historical Data and Theories of Rational by A.C.E. and other bodies. Throughout his Choice." career at Penn he has also been general editor of the Hispanic Review, the oldest University- INSIDE affiliated Hispanic journal in this country. A frequent choice for distinguished lectureships On Safety Consultants' Reports, p. 2 hereand abroad-and ofan On Faculty Retirement Age, p. 2 recipient honorary Harassment 2 doctorate from the Universidad de Alicante in On Policies/Training, p. Council: Synopsis of March 16 Minutes, p. 2 1984-he has some 50 articles and 14 published Data on Foreign Student Enrollment, pp. 3-4 books, and presently has another book inpress For Comment: Two Reports on Penn (Bequer en sus narraciones fantasticas) and Children's Center, pp. 5-8 four in preparation. PennNet: Clarification of Costs, pp. 9-10 The Williams Chair was revealed as a gift of Of Record: Campus Vending Policy, p. 10 of Lenore Williams in Inside Penn: Guides for Faculty/Staff, p. 11 the couple on the death Death of Dr. Grossman; for in the estate she had built Update, 1984, provided CrimeStats, p. 12 with her late husband, the renowned lexico- grapher who chaired Romance languages be- Pullout: April at Penn
Remembering Ormandy "Penn has never had a collection like this before," says Rare Books' Christine Ruggere of the new Ormandy Archive: 1500 marked scores and 954 taped performances where scholars can trace his thinking from concep- tion to performance; recordings, videotapes, rehearsal tapes, letters, photographs... When Gretel Ormandy chose Penn as the repository of her husband's collection, and WXPN joined in with 21 years of broadcast tapes, the obvious next question was how to make accessible a mixed-media archive cov- ering over 50 years of a towering musical career. The response of the music world is a benefit concert, coming Tuesday, April 5, at the Port of History Museum. Proceeds will go to building an exhibition space and listen- ing room at Van Pelt. Pianist Eugene Istomin and the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet are contributing their services (see program, right), and among the many volun- teers involved are Violinist Isaac Stern and the Hon. Leonore Annenberg. Attendance is limited to 530; contributions (partly deductible), are $25 for Subscribers, $100 for Sponsors, $150 for Patrons and $250 for Benefactors. For invitations: Jeanette Flamm, Ext. 8-3090.
record, and its crime prevention and Consultants' 'Community-Policing' Concept applaud Safety Report: victim support program under Ruth Wells- but recommend expanding such efforts. Threeoutside consultants named last year to ment and training of officers within the unit. review the effectiveness of the campus Depart- Consultants Cooney and Shanahan outline ment of Public Safety have delivered their COUNCIL in detail the "community-policing" concept. to the Administration, and copies have March 16, 1988 report Typicallya community-policingprogram has a Synopsis: been in Pelt) In discussion following the reports of the placed Rosengarten Library (Van local citizens' board that is advisory to the officers, comments were made regarding dis- for examination by the University community. an on citizen awareness and police; emphasis position of the ZBT case that the activities The suggest that Penn adoptthe new experts participation in their own safety; more training should also have been found to be in violation "community-policing" concept of law enforce- of police officers to work with the community of the harassment policy, that the punishment ment, which on puts emphasis citizen-police before crime occurs; and increased openness of an 18-month suspension was a mere "slap to prevent crimeand reduce fear of not future cooperation among police to constructive criticism. on the wrist" that would discourage crime. Tested in several U.S. cities, and minorities, andthat community- To implement the new style of law enforce- harassment of women is now installed in a definition of conduct in this policing being Philadelphia. ment, the report recommends that President impermissible is needed to recurrences. A The report consists of two documents total- Sheldon set two new committees- regard prevent Hackney up statement was made that a in the ling nearly 60 pages: one written jointly by one of them a Task Force with mem- program campus Wharton School to trainblack, South African Philadelphia Police Captain Thomas Cooney bers on it and the otheran Council of Advisory managers was "clandestine" and may be "ra- and University of Washington Police Chief outside the to people University (but open cist," but the president responded that thepur- Michael G. Shanahan, and the other by Ira alumni and trustee membership). They also pose of the program is to enable these individ- Somerson, a loss management consultant who recommend a Police Ombudsman. uals to improve their career opportunities in for technical reasons separately. reported A new position, Chief of Operations, is South Africa and that it, like all the Uniwrsi- With modest differences the two to reports recommended, but with redeployments else- ty's programs and research,is open collegial make recommendations on increasing police- where so that a new hire is not needed. scrutiny. community interaction, on coordination of Acampus vending policy proposed by the now-scattered campus services (including a Citing many hours of interviews with cam- Facilities Committee to make explicit practi- ces which have envolved was The two-tier system linking contract security guards pus groups as well as safety personnel, the approved. policy generally restricts outdoor vending to to Public Safety); and fine points of deploy- reports do not find fault with Public Safety's fund-raising activities by registered student groups and University departments and to the On Faculty Retirement Age block of Locust Walk between 36th and 37th Streets. The chair of the Honorary Degrees is in to about Thefollowing published response inquiries Universitypolicy Committee reported on the work of the com- on attaining emeritus status. mittee in arriving at a slate of scholars and Present University policy states that all members ofthe standing facultyattain emeritus status on creative artists which it recommended to re- the June 30 following their seventieth birthday. However, federal legislation has established that an ceivehonorary degrees at Commencement this employer cannot require an employee to retire on this basis of age. One temporary exceptionto this May. He noted that only a modest number of nominations were made the and rule permits compulsory retirement at age 70 of tenured faculty; this exception will end on December by faculty for next 31, 1993. urgedfaculty membersto recommend distinguished whom they feel What after this date is unclear. The Age of Discrimination in Employment Amendments year persons happens should be honored. of 1986 mandated a majorstudy whose recommendations are expected to be influential in regard to -Robert G. Lorndale, Secretary future policy. However, this study has not yet begun. We should all be thinking about the best way to handle standing faculty retirement in the future; this question has the potential to change the In of the Uni- academy in major ways. Corrections: front-page coverage versity Council last week, Almanac gave incorrect -Richard C. Clelland, Deputy Provost dates for Commencement 1991: Baccalaureate will be Monday, May 20 and Commencement Elsewhere in the In Status Report to the Campus Community: Tuesday, May 21. wrap-up: (1) an overly brief summary of Professor Richard Wernick's report on honorary degrees, Almanac Harassment Policies indicated that the trustees all Elena andJoannMitchell, has been incorrectly accepted The Harassment Policy Training Group, ably led by DiLapi of the committee's choices, and referred to a since late summer to a to educate members working develop comprehensive program community "requirement" of a Penn connection as "restric- about the Harassment Policy and to provide school and administrative center resource persons with tive"; a Penn connection is not a formal require- information about University programs and services which have been developed to support ment but a recommendation, Professor Wernick individuals who feel they have been harassed. The Training Committee, in the course of developing indicates, and the sentence might better have read the Harassment Policy Educational Resource Person Training component (for those individuals that the committee found it "intrusive." (2) The of the UMC leader is Travis Richard- designated "Special Advisors" in the Harassment Policy), has consulted widely in the University first name son, not We the errors. -KC.G. community and recently made the following recommendations to the administration (which were, Tracy. regret with the support of the University Council Steering Committee, subsequently adopted): (I) to enhance the role of "special advisors" through the redesignation of such individuals as "educa- tional resource persons" and to amend the Harassment Policy to reflect the redesignationofthe role; (2) to publish separately the Racial and Sexual Harassment Policies; 3601 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104-6224 898-5274 or 5275. (3) to expand the community education component of the Harassment Policy implementation (215)
schedule; The University of Pennsylvania's journal of record, opinion and (4) to broaden the representation of resource persons; news is published Tuesdays during the academic year and as (5) to enhance faculty participation in the development of the training program; and needed during summerand holiday breaks. Guidelines for read- ers and contributors are available on request. (6) to schedule the initial session for resource persons as a one-day seminar. EDITOR Karen C. Gaines Accordingly, the February 25th meeting of 50 resource persons was a one-day seminar which: ASSOCIATE EDITOR Marguerite F. Miller reviewed the Harassment Policy; highlighted behaviorsthat constitute sexual and racial harassment, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Mary Corbett STUDENT ASSISTANTS M. Alfarano, and detailed information offices which and non- April gave regarding University give investigative Catherine E. Clark, Mary A. Downes, Michelle V. Holloway, investigative support to individuals who feel they have been harassed. The second seminar will be Lisa A. Richardson the ALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD Chair, Jean Crockett, F. Gerard held Tuesday, March 29th and subsequent meetings will be held to develop and implement Adams, David P. Balamuth, Robert Lucid, Michele Richman, Harassment Policy Training Group's recommendations that are outlined above. Lorraine Tulman, for the Faculty Senate; William Epstein for the Administration; Carol Carr for the Librarians John Helen O'Bannon, Assembly; Sheldon Hackney, Michael Aiken, Hayden for the A-i Assembly; Joseph Kane for the A-3 President Provost Senior Vice President Assembly.
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International Programs: Report on Foreign Students, 1987-88
The 1987-88 statistical report on Penn's foreign student population at of 2125, 7th among private universities and 20th among all post- the University is now complete, and we would like to share it with the secondary institutions enrollingforeign students. Among the Ivy League University community. These figures arecompiled annually and reported institutions, the University has the largestenrollment of foreign students. to the Institute of InternationalEducationfor inclusion in its publication, A comparison table of foreign student enrollments in Ivy League institu- Open Doors. The 1987-88 enrollment of 2255 students from 115 countries tions is on the next page. represents a 5.74% increase over the preceding year. We have included Finally, we are pleased to inform you that the Office of International statistics from the past several years for comparison. These figures Programs has completed the first phase of developing our own in-house include only those full-time students on non-immigrant visas; they do not student database. We believe this new system will enable us to maintain include persons with immigrant or refugee status. more complete data and to keep in touch with foreign students at Penn. While there have not been many significant changes in the statistics We are able to generate reports according to country of origin; school, with respect to the male/female ratio, the sources of funding and the department, major and/or level of study; source of financial support, etc. subject studied, there have been several shifts in the geographical distri- If you would like more specific information about the foreign student bution. Korea has retained its first place position (with a 5% decrease population in your school, or have any questions about these statistics, from AY 1986-87), followed by Japan (with a 19.8% increase from AY please feel free to call me. 1986-87), India (with a 9.4% increase), China (with 20.5% increase), and -Ann Kuhiman, Associate Director, Taiwan a 13.3% decrease). In addition the most recent (with figures Office of International Programs continues to reflect the successful efforts to increase the undergraduate foreign student enrollment. The national statistics on student enrollment for 1986-87 foreign Foreign Student Enrollment, By School ranked the of with an enrollment (Open Doors) University Pennsylvania, School 1987-88 1986-87 1985-86 1984-85 1983-84 School of Arts and Sciences The College 162 125 111 95 74 Foreign Students at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Faculty 501 481 482 465 469 An Overview College of General Studies 20 17 26 12 13 English Frog. for Foreign Students 85 63 61 97 84 1987-88 1986-87 1985-86 1984-85 Total 768 686 680 669 640 Total 2255 2125 2012 1866 The Wharton School 153 129 106 83 72 Male 1670 1589 1533 1448 Undergraduate Graduate Division & 356 368 399 385 390 Female 585 536 479 418 (MBA Ph.D.) Wharton Evening 34 40 56 55 56 Single 1685 1643 1498 1391 Total 543 537 563 523 518 Married 570 482 514 4757 School of Eng./Applied Sciences Academic Level Undergraduate 171 140 89 69 44 Graduate 501 420 369 272 (M.S.E.& Ph.D.) 189 199 191 150 149 Undergraduate Total Masters 462 522 624 588 360 339 280 219 193 PhD 978 870 737 625 Graduate School of Fine Arts 214 205 209 180 189 Professional Training 53 47 29 19 Non-degree 85 63 61 97 Graduate School of Education 54 45 26 17 21 Intensive English 85 63 61 97 Practical Training* 118 156 108 171 The Law School 47 54 49 38 45
Primary Source of Funding Annenberg School 39 26 28 18 21 Personal/Family Funds 1054 985 941 886 School of Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania 651 500 481 375 (DMD and Postdoctoral students) 38 26 15 14 18 Home Government 201 196 197 185 Foreign Private 88 142 134 111 Biomedical Program 20 U.S. Government 83 91 101 107 U.S. Private 39 49 45 31 Lauder Institute 19 20 16 International Organization 31 6 5 School of Veterinary Medicine Practical Training Income 118 156 108 171 (VDM and Internships) 13 12 14 4 6 Ten Feeder Countries Top School of Social Work 10 5 8 7 8 Korea 198 208 195 172 Japan 182 146 137 145 School of Medicine 8 3 4 2 3 India 161 145 127 133 School of China 151 120 89 59 Nursing 0 4 - - Taiwan 144 160 143 140 Undergraduate 2 Graduate 4 Canada 120 105 98 87 9 8 3 5 Total 4 13 10 3 5 United Kingdom 111 106 122 91 France 71 67 62 53 Practical Training* 118 156 108 171 144 Philippines 62 57 52 47 Pakistan 48 40 Total 2255 2125 2012 1866 1811 * * Foreign students are permitted a short period of practical training employment after Foreign students are permitted a period of 12-18 months of practical training their academic program, during which they remain under the visa sponsorship of the employment aftertheir academic program, during which time they remain underthe University. visa sponsorship of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Distribution of Foreign Students 1987-88 international Student Enrollment By Geographical Region Ivy League plus a friend 1987-88 All Students
East Asia (899=39.95%) Grad & Prof Undsigrad Total Burma 2 Japan 182 Philippines 62 Penn 8,429 (47.2%) 9,444 (52.8%) 17,873 China 151 Korea 198 Singapore 23 Harvard 10,891 (62.0%) 6,593(38.0%) 17,484 Hong Kong 46 Laos 1 Taiwan 144 MIT 5,188 (54.2%) 4,377 (45.8%) 9,565 Indonesia 22 Malaysia 38 Thailand 29 Cornell 5,520 (29.7%) 13,078 (70.3%) 18,598 Columbia Europe (442=19.60%) Main Campus 8,996 (65.5%) 4.730 (34.5%) 13,726 (Excludes Barnard & Teachers College) Austria 2 Greece 33 Netherlands 16 Yale 5,200 (50.5%) 5,105 (49.5%) 10,305 Belgium 16 Iceland 1 Norway 6 Princeton 1,706(274%) 4,516 (72.6%) 6,222 Denmark 6 Ireland 10 Portugal 5 Brown 1,622(22.6%) 5,561 (77.4%) 7,183 Finland 4 Italy 44 Spain 46 Dartmouth %5(21.4%) 3,648 (78.6%) 4,641 France 71 Luxembourg 1 Sweden 6 Germany 39 Monaco 1 Switzerland 10 Foreign Students United Kingdom111 Grad & Prof Undergrad Total(') Penn 1,493 2,255 South Asia (229=10.16%) (17.7%) 501(6.3%) (12.2%) Harvard 1,652(15.0%) 362(5.0%) 2.014(12.0%) MIT 1,541 Bangledash 10 India 161 Pakistan 48 (29.7%) 340(7.8%) 1,881(19.7%) Mauritius 2 Sri Lanka 8 Cornell 1,483 (26.9%) 395(3.0%) 1,878(10.1%) Columbia Main 1,624 235 1,859 Middle East and North Africa (218=9.67%) Campus (18.1%) (5.0%) (13.5%) (Excludes Barnard & Teachers College) Algeria 19 Israel 32 Morocco 8 Yale 803 (15.4%) 114 (2.2%) 917 (8.9%) Bahrain 1 Jordan 8 Saudi Arabia 14 Princeton 533(31,2%) 214(4.7%) 747(12.0%) Cyprus 11 Kuwait 4 Syria 3 Brown 400(24.7%) 321 (5.8%) 721(10,0%) 244 Egypt 19 Lebanon 16 Tunisia 10 Dartmouth 120 (12,7%) 124(3.4%) (5.3%) Iran 35 Libya 3 Turkey 26 % of total enrollment 1 Iraq 7 Mauritania 1 Yemen Arab Rep. Compiled by ComeIl'a International Student and Scholar Office, 3/88
North America (159=7.06W0) Canada 120 Mexico 39
South America (124=5.49%)
Argentina 22 Colombia 24 Peru 18 Bolivia 2 Ecuador 3 Uruguay 2 Brazil 24 Guyana 2 Venezuela 18 Foreign Academic Staff Chile 8 1 Paraguay In addition to servingforeign students here and Penn students abroad, the Office of International Programs coordinates services for visiting Sub-Saharan Africa (79=3.50%) facultyfrom other nations. The University annually hosts approximately countries. hold such as Botswana 2 Madagascar 1 Swaziland 2 300 foreign scholars from over 60 They positions Cameroon 1 Malawi 2 Tanzania 2 post-doctoral fellows, research associates, visiting professors, and others. Ethiopia 3 Namibia 1 Togo 2 The OIP Staff: Ghana 6 15 Nigeria Uganda 3 " provides information on University procedures and immigration Coast 1 2 Zaire 1 Ivory Senegal to the of academic stat 6 Sierra Leone 3 Zambia 1 regulations pertaining hiring foreign Kenya " the Visitor which Liberia 2 Sudan 5 Zimbabwe 2 supervises University) Exchange program, spon- South Africa16 sors the stay of visiting faculty and research associates; " Central America and Caribbean islands (49=2.4%) prepares certificates of eligibility for exchange visitor status (i-i), temporary worker status (H-I), labor certification and permanent resi- Antigua 1 Costa Rica 4 Jamaica 8 dent applications; 3 11 Netlirlds. Antilles 2 Bahamas Dominican Republic " advises foreign personnel of their rights and responsibilities with Barbados 2 El 5 1 Salvador Nicaragua to regulationsand federal laws, and assists them with Bermuda 1 Guatemala 4 Panama 13 respect immigration certain such as extensions of travel docu- Brit. West Indies 1 Haiti 1 Trinidad 8 immigration procedures stay, Honduras 2 ments, change of status, etc.; " serves as the University's liaison with the U.S. Information Agency, Naturalization Oceania (19=84%) Department of Labor, Immigration and Service and Department of State with respect to foreign personnel matters; Australia 16 New Zealand 3 " provides orientation assistance to scholars before and upon arrival; " advisesscholars with personal problems such as cultural adjustment, Eastern Europe (19=.84%) health care and medical insurance.
Bulgaria 1 Poland 3 Yugoslavia 10 Hungary 4 Romania 1
Total Number of Students: 2255 Number of Countries Represented: 115
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In the followingpages are two studies on the Penn Children's Center, which will be on the agenda of the University Council's meeting April 13. Thefirst, prepared by outside consultants and transmitted to President Sheldon Hackney by Senior Vice President Hellen O'Bannon, is prefaced with her letter recommending that the center remain open. The second presents the results ofa survey by the Student Affairs Committee of the University Council, and the Commit- tee c conclusion that the Center should continue. Comment on the reports should be sent to President Hackney at 100 College Hallby April 8.
The Penn Children's Center
Letter to President Hackney Center Population and Fees We have received the final report from the consultants commissioned The Center should continue to serve children from the age of 18 to study the Penn Children's Center and I am enclosing a copy of the months to pre-kindergarten. It is neither feasible nor financially practical executive summary (Attachment I). Based onthe consultant's evaluation to undertake infant care at this time or location. and additional information collected by my staff, I recommend that the Full-time (5 days/week) placements should be a priority. However, Penn Children's Center remain open and continue to serve the Penn part-time and 9-month placements should remain available, especially to community at large-its faculty, staff, and students, as well as families accommodate the graduate student population. from the surrounding community. Full-time tuition fees for Fiscal Year 1988-89 shouldremain essentially unchanged. Thereshould, however,be some changes inthe other areas as noted on Attachment II. The consultant recommended that a fee assistance Administration and Finances scholarship! pro- gram be instituted to assist thosestudents and employee families showing At the Office ofBusiness Services is to oversee all your request, willing greatest need. We are in the process of gathering feasibility data on the administrative, financial and decisions. Under this the policy approach, administration and funding ofsuch programs. Under no circumstances, staff of the Center will to Steve the Associate Vice report Murray, however, should the Center Director have sole authority to reduce fees President of Business Services, or his In order to obtain advice designee. for individual participants. on policy at the Center and on the curriculum, I recommend that you establish aBoard of Advisors comprised ofthe Associate Vice President Program and Staffing ofBusiness Services, the Dean or his designee from the Schools ofSocial Per the consultant's report, the University should ensure that the Work, Education, Nursing and Medicine, a parent, the head ofthe Penn Center be a model early childhood setting. The child care program could Women's Center, a faculty person from the Department of Psychology, become a laboratory learning experience for students from a variety of and Judy Zamost of my staff. academic disciplines. The Center's special interest in promoting racial At present, while the Center is serving up to a total of 49 full-and and cultural awareness among children and their families should con- part-timechildren, this represents only 29 Full-Time Equivalents. Budget tinue to be fostered. projections for Fiscal Year 1988-89 reflect an increase to 33 FTEs. Appropriate and additional staffing toensure the program's quality is Business Services is prepared to assist the Director in marketing the essential; and, as recommended, ahead teacher and additional classroom Center to effect this increase. aide should be appointed. Business Services will work with the Director Capital improvements to the exterior ofthe building estimated to cost on job descriptions and personnel actions. $25,000 should be part of the University's deferred maintenance pro- If you agree with these suggestions, you or Barbara Stevens ofyour gram. In addition, the University should consider making a loan to the staff can convene interested groups to advise them of your continued Center to be amortized over five (5) years. commitment and your decisions. -Helen O'Bannon, Senior Vice President
Attachment I: Final Recommendations Center should become an active member of the National Coalition for Campus Child Care, Inc. and the National Association for the Education General Recommendations of Young Children (NAEYC). On the local level, membership is recom- I. The University of Pennsylvania should support institutionally and mended in the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young financially achild care program(s)to provide quality day care services for Children, Day Care Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the members ofthe Penn community (faculty, staff, students, and others as Pennsylvania Association of Child Care Agencies. may be defined by the University). 3. The program curriculum should be developed in a detailed planning 2. The University's institutional and financialsupport for the child care process which clearly articulates basic understandings/ concepts being program(s) must be clearly communicated to Penn's various constituen- presented to children through specific activities and materials with a cies (e.g. parents, women, minorities, etc.). means of assessing the children's mastery of the basic understand- 3. The University should ensure that the child care program(s) be a ings/concepts. model early childhood setting(s). The child care program(s) should also 4. The center's special interest in promoting racial and cultural aware- provide a laboratory learning experience for students from a variety of ness among young children and their families should be further deve- disciplines (Education, Psychology, Social Work, HealthCare, Business, loped and shared in partnership with other early childhood professionals etc.) as appropriate. and organizations. Program Recommendations Personnel Recommendations 1. The center should continue to provide child care for children aged 18 1. The classroom teams should be headed by a professionally trained months to first grade entry. The cost of caring for infants with the staff teacher with certification in Early Childhood Education/ Elementary child ratio of 1 to 4 would not be cost effective at this time. Education or a related field such as Child Development. 2. The Program Director must develop affiliations in theday care and 2. Program staff need opportunities for further training and the earlychildhood communities. Onthenational level,the Penn Children's sharing oftheir expertise with other members of the daycare community.
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3. Current center staff should be augmented by additional paid staff projection of revenue based on history! projections of enrollment. Non and student placements. fee sources of revenue should also be identified. 4. State mandated staff-child ratios for children of different ages need 4. The University must clearly identify specific areas of its support! to be maintained. A group of 18 toddlers and preschoolers (9 toddlers contribution, e.g. rent free space, maintenance, custodial services, play- and 9 preschoolers) requires 3 caregiving staff when all children are ground upkeep, etc. present. A group of 20 preschoolers requires 2 caregiving staffwhen all 5. The center should have a capital fund for building, equipment, children are present. furniture, etc.-financed initially by the University. Some portionofthis to the out of 5. Substitute staff must be when staff are fund could be repaid University program operating caregiving provided regular amortized over 7-10 absent to insure the correct staff-child ratios. revenues, years. 6. Parent fees must be based on cost to the There 6. A secretary-bookkeeper should be hired to support and assist the operate program. must be a fee collection and which are adhered to. director in the timely collection offees, record keeping, telephone cover- policy procedures etc. 7. Outside sources of revenue should be sought by the program age, director and unit for the 7. Job categories specific to the staffing needs of a child care center organizational responsible program. 8. United Donor contributions should be actively should be developed for use by PCC and the University's Human Way Option as well as other sources of contributions for the program. This Resources Department for the hiring process (e.g. assistant teacher, aide). pursued, could include contributions from various University sources, e.g. sorori- Facility Recommendations ties, fraternities, campus service organizations. 1. The building should be upgraded, painted, pointed, and generally outside. Organizational Fit Recommendations "spruced up" Center should continueto as aUniver- 2. The should be upgraded and sodded. 1. The Penn Children's operate playground childcare with increased 3. surfaces should be installed under the swings and climbers. sity ofPennsylvania facility University support. Safety Center shouldbe removed from the ofthe 4. Interior begun duringthe summer of 1987 (e.g. new 2. The Penn Children's aegis improvements Work. and new rugs) should be continued. School of Social refrigerator Children's Center should be withthe 5. New equipment, furnishings, and classroom materials should be 3. The Penn placed entity respon- sible for thewidest of Possible provided for the center as needed. serving range University-affiliated people. 6. The second floor should be renovated and made available to the options include Business Services, Human Resources, the Provost's Office. program. (Approximately one half of the second floor has recently been renovated for Public Safety.) Renovation of the entire second floor Fee Assistance Recommendations would enable the program to serve an additional 25-28 children which 1. Resources must be identified to create a fee assistance fund. would make the program more fiscally viable. 2. A separate committee should be formed to establish criteria for 7. Signs identifying the Penn Children's Center should be placed on eligibility for fee assistance and to make determinations on applications Spruce Street and around the campus. for fee assistance by individual families. 8. Separate storage areas for bulk items need to be identified and 3. Allocations of funds from the University's general fee for students organized outside ofclassroom space. could be directed to the fee assistance funds for specific groups of 9. The stairway leading down from the preschool to the toddler space students. to constructed with needsto be railed on bothsides. Thefree rail needs be 4. The University should expand its support of staff and faculty by stats no more than 2% inches apart. making child care a component of the flexible benefit program. 10. A permanent partition must be constructed to close the open space 5. There should also be a continuation ofthe Dependent Care Assis- and toddler between the two different levels of the preschool space. tance Program. Marketing and Recruitment Recommendations B. Term have as a Long Options 1. The Penn Children's Center should high public visibility The recommendation of this is that the Penn Children's model child care key report University supported program. Center remain open and remain part ofthe University of Pennsylvania, 2. The should child care information and referral University provide with a new organizational location and with revitalized support from the services to all members ofthe Penn a of community encouraging process University. Implicit in these recommendations is the continued use ofthe informed choice in the selection of a care service. parent quality day current facility housing PCC. 3. The Penn Children's Center should in an active marketing engage Within the context ofongoing! revitalized support for child care on the to ensure full enrollment of the Given an approxi- campaign program. Penn campus, the University should consider theissuefor the long term. mate at Penn for 1987 of 37,500 with a quality population people, Some options for University consideration are: program and appropriate marketing, there will be more than enough The could continue to the Penn Children's be 1. University operate children to fill this center. Such marketing efforts should carefully Center and scale its to a full time!full service child care timed so as not to seek enrollment at times when there is a up operation long waiting This would involve a new, larger facility (possibly built by the list. program. for this expansion of service to new- 4. Communication between PCC and other area should be University specifically purpose), programs borns school children, expansion of service times possibly so that for referrals area centers will through age strengthened opportunities among to 24 hours a day-7 days a week, and ability to serve many more be increased. up children. Thisdecision should be carefully thought out and planned so as 5. The should determine who will be to enroll University eligible to be to need, responsive to constituency input, and finan- children in the PCC. the is to families who have responsive Currently, program open cially appropriate. nodirect affiliation withthe A decision to continue the University. Open 2. Once the University has bolstered the Penn Children's Center, it Door or a decision to limit enrollment to members of the Penn Policy could decide to establish additional programs of its own to assure more as defined the should be made. community by University accessible child care for the Penn community. However, since there are a Fiscal Recommendations significant number of existing private programs serving people from I. The fiscal operation ofthe program must be placed on a Cost Center Penn (both on and off campus) this may not be necessary or desirable. Management basis. 3. Support ofchild care on Penn'scampus might take theform ofchild 2. Theprogram must have anannual budget prepared with inputfrom care programs independent of the University, which operate with Univer- theprogram director. The director must be responsible forthe implemen- sity sanction and University support (e.g. reduced space cost, financial tation of the budget, including expenditures, revenues, and budget assistance, etc.). Programs might be invited on campus on a bidding variances. process, program history and reputation, ability to meet University 3. The budget must clearly identify all areas ofcost, as well as arealistic specifications, etc. This format would not preclude Penn's operating its
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own program(s), but would allow Penn, if desirable, to remove itself Attachment II: Proposed Fees from the direct provision of child care service. Equitable support for a Penn Children's Center number ofprograms would servethe function ofexpanding the availabil- ity ofday care services on or near campus. Revised Tuition and Fee Schedule-Fiscal Year 1988-1989 4. The University could decide to "spin-off" the Penn Children's Full time (5 day) and 4 day* $90/week Center to an appropriate, non-university agency or program, maintain- ($5 discount! week for each additional child) ing the levels ofsupport established during the nearfuture. Thiscould be Part time (3 day) $70/week accomplished by issuing an open RFP (Request for Proposals) to any and care interested or Play group temporary $25/day group, agency, program, appropriate entity. Application/ Registration Fee** $25/year 5. Finally, the University should continue to seek ways in which it can for affordable child care for members ofthe (non-refundable) expand support highquality, Activity! Trip Fee Under revision Penn family in the form of non-direct service support. This can include, butnotbe limited to, resource and referral assistance, flexible scheduling, * encouragement for the creation of needed services, child care as an 4 day tuition would increase from $80/week to $90/ week ** employee benefit, etc. Application Fee would increase from $10 to $25 per year
Student Affairs Committee Report on Child Care Survey
In the Spring of 1987, the Penn Children's Center was almost closed -Sex: 3l.8%-Male 68.2%-Female N=289 62due toadwindling enrollment and ashortage offunds. Several groups at -Age: 16.5%-25 yrs. or under .4%-26-35 yrs. Penn, notably the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly, felt 21.1%-over 35 yrs. N=266 that the closure of the Penn Children's Center would represent a great [note: 91 ofthe faculty and staff respondents to this questionnaire are loss to the University. GAPSA made a proposal to University Council, between 26 and 35 years old. These91 respondentsrepresent 3%ofthe "to look which asked for: 1) an examination of Penn Children's Center full-time faculty and staff between 26 and 35 years old.] into the ofhowtomake the Penn Children's Centerviable." a question 2) -Hours on Campus: 82.9°7o-over 30 hrs/wk to obtain more factual information about the need survey University's 12.6% under 21 hrs/wk N=293 for day care. The President's office hired a consultant, Fred Citron, to -144 have atotal of 187 children, underthe ofsix. 118 examine the viability of the Penn Children's Center. Meanwhile, the respondents age ofthese 187 children are in child care. Also, 170 Center's renewed advertising efforts led to a substantial increase in currently respond- enrollment, and the President's office funds to the ents said they plan on having achild in the nextfive years, and 151 of provided guarantee said that these children would be existence of the Penn Children's Center fiscal 1988. There- these respondents planned placed through year in child care. fore, the Student Affairs Committee chose to focus its efforts on produc- -51 a total of 67 children) do not have their ingand distributing asurvey to assess the University's need for child care. respondents (with The Student Affairs Committee a short children in child care. However, 79% ofthese respondents to ques- developed relatively question- tion 7b said that would their child in child care ifit were naire, which could be distributed broadly in The Penn Paper, Almanac, they place and direct to and students. less expensive. through mailings graduate professional -Individuals who have children or are children The survey received a good response from the University community, planning provided and 293 were mailed back to the committee. These are 130 responses to the question about important aspects of a child questionnaires care center. some of the more important results: [Please note: Although we received 293 responses, each question in the 72%-Location 78%-Lower cost survey does not apply to every respondent. i.e. Individuals who are 64%-Better quality care planning children in the nearfuture did not answer the same questions [note: some individuals checked more than one box] as people who already have children, etc. Therefore, the total respond- -Preferred Location of Child Care Center ents or (n) for each question does not always total 293 responses.] 68.6%-Near Penn Campus 30.8%-Near Hom&T=172 Child in child care: than 18 months old -Student, Faculty, and Staffresponses: -Age of 38%-less between 18 & 36 months old 39.9%-Grad or Professional Students 12.3%-Faculty 39.5% f/2 than 4'/2 old 47.8%-Staff N=293 l6%-3 & 4 yrs. old 6%-older yrs. N=162 with children in child care and who Resolution On Child Care [hote: Respondents respondents Proposed are planning children answered these questions.] In recognition of the ever-increasing need for quality child care -23 child care for hours. services for the children of Penn faculty staff and students, and respondents requested evening - Willing to Pay per Week: 3.7%-less than $1.00! hr. In recognition of the dearth ofavailable affordable facilities, 32.5%-between $1.00+2.00/ hr 30%-between $2.00+3.00/ hr BE IT RESOLVED that the University of Pennsylvania should 14.7%-between $3.00+4.00/ hr 19%-more than $4.00! hr N=163 establish a planning committee to address all ofthe issues involved, such as creative funding (e.g., using PennFlex; a sliding-scale pay- -92.7% of respondents considered cost the most important or one of ment plan), availability of infant care, and implementation of the several important factors in their choice of child care arrangements. Overall, our found that were to more for child recommendations in the Citron report. survey faculty willing pay care than students and staffwere to 73.9% of staff wanted Furthermore, BE IT RESOLVED that this committee should focus willing pay. to pay between $1.00/ hrand $3.00/ hr, but75% offaculty were willing its scope broadly, including childcare centers which are utilized by the to pay between $2.00/hr and $4.00/hr. (The range for students was university commuity but which are not directly associated with Penn. broadly distributed. Consult the appendix* for further information Furthermore, BE IT RESOLVED that this committee should be about cost breakdown). -173 care formed immediately. faculty and staff answered the question about whether child (continued nextpage)
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should be part of the Penn Flex package. 96%of respondentssaid Yes, care in the Penn community. Certainly, this group of children is large child care should be part of Penn Flex. enough to support a child care center located on campus. Mr. Citron's [note: We categorized the responses to this question based on whether 1) report also noted the importance of the infant care option, although he or the respondent had children or planned children 2) the respondent had stated that infant care would require a substantial expansion of facilities no children & no children. There wasnota difference in planned significant and personnel and should be considered a long-range plan. Finally, this the response to this question between the two categories.] consultant's report recognized the importance of cost in the choice of -113 students answered the question about whether the General Fee child care centers, and Mr. Citron suggested that a fund" should be used to subsidize child care: 61.9% of said Yes, child "scholarship respondents should be to care should be subsidized. developed balancethe cost of child care among members of the Penn [note: again, we categorized the responses to this question based on community. this and Mr. Citron's whether I) the respondent had children or planned children or 2) the Certainly, survey report appear to substantiate respondent had no children and planned no children. There was a statisti- the belief that there is alarge pool of children in need of child care within cally significant difference in the responses to this question, based on the University community. The next logical step appears to be the category. 54.5% of students who did not have children and who did not formation of a committee to formulate and institute changes in the children said No, the General Fee should not be used to subsidize child plan availability and services of child care in the University community. We care.] suggest that this committee should include, but not be limited to, Based on the results of this survey, the Committee has drawn several members of Student Affairs and Personnel Benefits Committee, mem- conclusions: bers of the parents groups at Penn Children's Center, and representatives -The has a need forchild care. This noted University significant survey from both the President's Office and Business Administration in the 118 children that are currently in child care and 151 planned children that Franklin Building. will be placed in child care centers. Our survey represents only 3% of the When GAPSA discussed the issue of child care at Penn, a faculty and staff between 26 and 35 years old. Assuming that faculty and initially staffbetween 26 and 35 years old are the group most likely to placechildren GAPSA memorandum noted, "there will be those who ask whyeveryone in child care, this survey only documents a very small percentage of the should be concerned about something which may only affect a small University community that is affected by the availability of child care. (A number of people But we might as well ask why everyone must similar cannot be made about students because their projection graduate pay taxes for the support of public schools members of a caring abouttheir and the of a in too responses age presence child child care were community make individual sacrifices for the sake of a collective welfare. widely distributed.) And what resource is more precious than our children, whether they are -The overwhelming majority of respondents wish to place their child- 'ours' in the biological sense or not." President Hackney responded in ren in a child care center near or on the campus. Almanac that "a service of quality child care ought to be preserved at -Cost is an extremely important factor in the decision to use a child Penn, if and I am convinced that we to to extraor- care center. Over 95% of respondents said that cost was either the most possible, ought go to do so." We with Dr. important or one of several important factors in theirchoice of child care dinary lengths agree Hackney, and this survey arrangements. Of the respondents who have not placed their children in a substantiates the belief that Penn has a significant need to maintain a child care center, 79% said that they would if child care centers were less child care center and that there is a large potential pool of enrollees in a expensive. Thecomments of ourrespondents reflect their concern over this University-associated child care center. issue: "I would love to use Penn's Day Care... but their prices are outrage- ously high for anyone on Penn's payroll." * The survey results are available for inspection at the Office of the "Penn Children's Center is simply too expensive for me." Secretary, 121 College Hall. "I am a Receptionist III and a single parent. Due to my salary, I can't afford to have my child attend Penn's Children Center. I am now using a subsidized care program which allows me to pay only $15.00/ wk. I would like my child to attend Penn's Children's Center, but I can't afford it." Student Affairs Committee -The above quote comments on the importance of a sliding scale of child care payments based on the salary of the parents. This committee Co-Chairs: Catherine C. Schjfler (communications) believes that a sliding scale of payments is a very reasonable and sensible Philip Schoenfeld (Med) the wide of financial restrictions members plan, considering range among Terry L Friesz (systems) of the Penn Therefore, this committee endorses the use of a community. Joseph S. Gots (microbiology/med) sliding scale by child care centers. Laura L Hayman (nursing) -62 respondents have their infants (under 18 months old) in a child Samuel Z Klausner (sociology) care center. The availibity of infant care is crucial in the choice of a Linda P. Nelson (pediatric surgery) child care center: Gregory Possehi (South Asia archaeology) "I wish the Penn Children's Center took kids at a younger age. Now Thomas Ricketts (philosophy) that I have started with Parent Infant Center, the Penn's Children's MarJeanne Collins (Student Health) Center will have to be exceptional for me to change when my son is old Eric C. Van Merkenste/n (Wharton) enough for Penn Children Center." Michael Gold (Col 8) This committee believes that the availibiity of infant care is a reason- Eric Greenberg (Wh 8) able and important option, and there is aneed forinfant care in the Penn Deirdre Smith (Col 8) community. Therefore, this committee endorses the availibility of infant Wayne Glasker (GAS) care at child care centers. Pamela Inglesby (ASC) Fred Citron's consultant report on the Penn Children's Center made Ex officio: several similar aboutchild care at findings Penn. Basedon his evaluation, Kim M. Morrisson (acting vice provostfor university life) Mr. Citron stated that there is a large pool of children in need of child Michael Jaffte (chair, UA)
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Installing PennNet: A Clarification of Costs
Valerie Glauser, Publications Manager, Data Communications and Computing Services (DCCS)
Service This is the fee are if Each March, DCCS publishes the charge schedule forthe University's Monthly Charge: monthly you charged you data communications network, PennNet. Whileit was initially published prepay for PennNet services. It covers DCCS's ongoing costs of opera- and the that communications ser- in theJanuary 12, 1988 edition of Almanac, it is republishedhere both to ting maintaining equipment provides Lease adhere to the established schedule, and to answer questions which have vices for each PennNet connection. It is less than the Monthly been asked since the first announcement. Charge because it excludes the cost of the electronic equipment When PennNet construction was authorized, the University provided amortization. of the funding to establish abackbone network. This network provides points Access Credit Rate: DCCS uses this rate, a portion monthly toward the of access through wiring closets in non-residential locations throughout charge, to calculatethe amount of credit applied prepayment if to convert from to campus. It was later determined that the individual client would be of the PennNet Access Charge you decide leasing also if thereal useful responsible for paying for the additional cost of installation and mainte- prepayment afterthe initial installation. It is applied turns out to be less than the nanceof the electronics equipment and wiring necessaryto connect to the life of PennNet connection equipment Period. campus backbone. The charges described here are concerned with those Equipment Support individual costs. Equipment Support Period: An expected useful life is assigned to each The PennNet Schedule wasrestructured in to Charge January provide PennNet connection. The Equipment Support Period is the time period circumstances. Before the flexibilityto accommodate different budgetary that DCCS forecasts it will be able to maintain theelectronic equipment then, all clients one kind of fee to lease services. This fee paid monthly to provide individual PennNetconnections. Thetime associated with the for DCCS's costs of and amortizing the paid operating, maintaining, Equipment Support Period will be used to calculate future adjustments electronic that PennNet access. equipment provides in your monthly charges. It also will determine DCCS's obligation, created a new for clients who In January, DCCS payment option should maintenance of service cease before the end of the Equipment wanted to for more of their PennNet costs front and reduce their pay up Support Period. to the network. The allows clients ongoing costs of connecting option Monthly Lease Charge: This is the monthly fee if you lease PennNet funds, or other sources for one-time with available grant funding services. It covers DCCS's ongoing costs of operating, maintaining, and the electronics to connect to the net- expenses, to prepay for required amortizing the specific equipment needed to provide data communica- work, and reduce their monthly fees for PennNet services. tions services for each PennNet connection. You maychoose whichever payment option best suits your budgetary circumstances. Below are the Charge Schedules for the PennNet Pre- Additional Costs payment and Leasing Plans. Following are definitions of the terms used The cost of wiring PennNet outlets is not included in the PennNet in the charge schedules, and explanations of how the charge schedules Access Charge. PennNet wiring and outlets work much like those of work in common circumstances. telephones. First, they are uniform for connections to different devices. Second, as with commercial telephone wiring, clients (as individuals, PennNet Charge Schedules offices, departments or schools) are responsible for the one-time cost of Plan Ethernet Prepayment Asynchronous wiring a PennNet outlet where none existed. PennNet Access Charge (one-time) $250.00 $700.00 DCCS has found that the average cost of wiring a PennNet outlet is Average wiring cost (one-time) $400.00' $400.00" $400. This is an increase of $50from the last report, and reflects revisions Total Installation Cost $650.00' $1100.00' Average that come from recent surveys of actual installation costs. Monthly Service Charge $12.50 $13.50 Individual actual cost can vary greatly from that average, according to Access Credit Rate $5.00/Month $10.00/Month the specifications and restrictions in each building and office. DCCS 60 Months 70 Months Equipment Support Period Operations representatives perform a site survey and provide you a Leasing Plan Asynchronous Ethernet written estimate of the actual wiring costs before the work is done. If move office locations after for PennNetAccess, Average Wiring Cost (one-time) $400.00' $400.00* you having prepaid your prepayment credits are still good, and youstill have access rights to Total Average Installation Cost $400.00' $400.00* PennNet. However, as mentioned above, if your new office does not have Lease Charge $19.00 $28.00 Monthly PennNet outlets, you must assume the cost of installing the PennNet Access Credit Rate $10.00/Month $5.00/Month wiring. If PennNet wiring exists in the new location, you pay a nominal * the PennNet outlets for use. See "Additional Costs" section belowfor explanation of Average Wiring Costs and fee to activate existing your costs of equipment for Ethernet services. If you want connections to use Ethernet services, you need particular hardware and software to attach to the devices which DCCS supports. PennNet Access This one-time, non-refundable charge pre- Charge: The costs of this hardware and software can be significant; they vary your portion of the cost of the electronic equipment used to provide pays according to the services youdesire and the equipmentyou already own. communications services for each PennNet connection. data Prepaying Call The PennNet Service Center, 898-8171, for details about Ethernet PennNet Access has the effect of the the Charge reducing ongoing services, hardware and software. monthly fee from the Monthly Lease Charge to the Monthly Service Charge. (continued on page 10)
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(continuedfrompage 9) frustration, while taking advantage of the available technological advances. to Prepayment From Leasing Converting When the time comesthat, for whatever reason, must If to for PennNet your equipment you decide to "convert" from leasing prepaying be DCCS will endeavor to offer similar to those to connection receive credit replaced, options access reduce your monthly charges, you here, to allow maximum and toward the PennNet Access to the PennNet Credit Rate for presented again you budgetary flexibility Charge equal control. each month have been billed for PennNet connection. you your If have been a connection, will be offered a For if had leased an connection for six you leasing you replace- example, you asynchronous ment connection with the new, You then months, and then decided to for access would be equivalent technology. may prepay your rights, you continue connection at the current rates at the time of the credit for six months at month, or $30 an access leasing your given $5.00/ against If for PennNet access, will receive credit of Thus, would for access change. you prepaid your you charge $250. you pay only $220 your rights. to the Access Credit Rate for each month that DCCS was unable If never elect to for PennNet access, still receive credit equal you prepay you to support the connection before the Equipment Support Period toward an automatic reduction in monthly charges. The reduction into effect when access credit is to the expired. automatically goes your equal For if had the $700 PennNet Access for the PennNet Access If as a current client, take no action, example, you paid Charge Charge. you, 70 months of Equipment Support specified for an Ethernet connection DCCS will assume that you wish to continue leasing and will bill you at and DCCS could support the connection for only 50 months, you would the Leasing Charge. Monthly receive a credit for the remaining 20 months based on the Access Credit If you lease an asynchronous connection for 50 months, you will Rate of $10/month, or $200. This credit could be applied to a new accrue $250in access credit, whichisequal to the PennNet Access Charge PennNet Access Charge for the new supported technology. for asynchronous connections. At month 51, your monthly fee will drop tojust the Monthly Service Charge for an asynchronous connection. Billing If an Ethernet connection for 70 months, will accrue you lease you DCCS bills clients by journal entryduring thefirst week ofthe month in access credit, which is to the PennNet Access for $700 equal Charge for the previous month's use. This charge is recorded as a lump sum. It is Ethernet connections. Again, at month 71, your monthly fee will drop to not itemized. the Service for an Ethernet connection. just Monthly Charge DCCS has been assigned a new budget subcode, 303, for PennNet charges. This subcode is to be used for both installations and monthly Accommodating Changing Technology fees. DCCS developed the Equipment Support Period as the probable useful life of the PennNet Access Equipment. It is our intention to Where to Go for More Information provide access with the current equipment for as long as possible. If you are interested in connecting to PennNet or converting payment However, data communication technologies are advancing at a rapid plans, or need more information about Ethernet equipment cost itemiza- rate. Not onlymight the technologychange, it willchange. Our planning tion and availability, call the PennNet Service Center, 898-8171 for more for and anticipating howit willchange will save all ofus time, money, and information. OF RECORD Campus Vending Policy Approved University Council. March 16 Since the University of Pennsylvania is a tax exempt organization, ments wishingtosell items in outdoor campus areas. Permits must be the use of its indoor and outdoor facilities for the purposes ofselling a signed by the appropriate University employee of the Office of the product orservice must be strictly regulated. Accordingly, the follow- Director of Student Activities and Student Life Facilities or Business ing guidelines have been established: Services and must be shown to any University official, including 1. Machine vending inside University buildings falls under the Public Safety officers, on request. Failure to obtain a vending permit jurisdiction ofthe Director ofHospitality Services and those to whom will result in the vendor's eviction from campus and may result in a that authority has been given. Any othervendingis not permitted in loss of future privileges. accordance with Personnel Policy #902. 6. All vending activities, including ticket sales, credit card applica- 2. The Director of Student Employment or designee oversees the tions, etc., will normally be located in the block of Locust Walk vending activities ofPenn Student Agencies. The Director ofStudent between 36th and 37th Streets in ordertoeliminate traffic congestion Activities and Student Life Facilities or designee is responsible for elsewhere on campus. Requests for vending activities in other campus vending requests from University affiliates on Locust Walk between areas (e.g., Levy Park) may be approved by the Office ofthe Director 36th and 37th Streets. ofStudent Activities and Student Life Facilities ordesignee in consul- 3. Apart from approved truck vendors, outdoorsales aregenerally tation with other appropriate administrators when unusual circum- restricted to registered student organizations and University depart- stances warrant a different location. ments whowish to fundraise for their own benefit. Approval for such 7. The distribution of noncommercial handbills or flyers by Univer- activities must be obtainedfrom theOffice ofthe Director of Student sity groups is generally permitted on Locust Walk as long as the Activities and Student Life Facilities. Outside groups or corpora- individuals conducting such activities are not impeding traffic, impos- tions, however, will not normally be permitted to conduct sales on ing their will on the University community (e.g., forcing people to University property underthe sponsorship of University groups. take handbills), creating a disturbance, or generating an excessive 4. Because the profits raised by Penn Student Agencies (PSA) are amount of trash. Posting of handbills and flyers is restricted to transferred into the University's funds for student financial aid and authorized kiosks and bulletin boards. Individuals or groups are other services, PSA should be given exclusive rights or preferential responsible to clean up trash related to their activities. treatment in the selling ofcertain products or services in the outdoor 8. Vendors on Locust Walk close to classroom or residential build- area of campus. Responsibility for such decisions rests with the ings are asked to keep up the volume of noise to alevel that does not Director of Student Activities and Student Life Facilities, and at the interfere with normal University activities. Bullhorns and otherforms beginning ofeach academic year, PSA shall provide the Director of of noise amplification may not be used unless special permission is Student Activities and Student Life Facilitiesor designee with a list of received from the Office of the Director of Student Activities and those products or services it wishes to sell. The Director of Student Student Life Facilities. Activities and Student Life Facilities will sharethat information with 9. The Department ofPublic Safety has the right to challenge any any other student organizations that may be interested in selling vendors and to require them to obtain permission from the appro- similar products or services. priate University office or leave the campus. 5. Vending permits are required for all organizations or depart-
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Inside Penn: Selected Guides for Faculty and Staff University business offices produce anumber distress interferes with job performance. Anu Introducing the Faculty Club-Restaurant, cafe- of guides and brochures that describe services Rao, Ext. 8-7910. teria, private dining rooms, take-out. Member- and opportunities provided to the University ship requirements. Ext. 8-4656. Benefits and Services To Your services community, as well as manuals on policy and Catering Every Need-Catering Resources for Faculty and Staffat theUniversity available at the Faculty Club. Ext. 8-4656. procedure that are available to all. The Office Tower Hotel-Contains fact sheet, floor Vice of Pennsylvania-Lists five offices to turn to with Penn ofthe Senior President compiled the fol- Twoare Staff restaurants, menus and and ban- individual a personal orwork-related problem. plans, meeting lowing list of some that faculty and Relations, Ext. 8-6093, and Affirmative Action, quet facilities. Brenda McRae, 387-8333, ext. staff might want to have, or University offices Ext. 8-6993. 7146. might keep on file or display for the benefit of Pen nftex-Your Benefits, Your Choice-Infor- Penn Catering-Includes menus and price esti- their members. (Some guides to academic pro- mation on Penn benefits including Medical. Den- mates for service on- or off-campus. Additional grams, policies and procedures appeared in tal, Life Insurance, Health Care and Dependent brochure for catering at Wharton Sinkler Estate Almanac September 8, 1987). A contact name Care Expense Accounts, Ext. 8-7281. in Chestnut Hill. Sondra Seigal. Ext. 8-7237. on full-color brochure fea- and phone number has been included for those University Guaranteed Mortgage-Outlines back- Dining Campus-A interested in of the ground, eligibility and the application procedure turing the various meal plans and dining rooms requesting copies publica- available for students. Meal tickets available for tions listed here. for faculty and staff applying for the special 100% mortgage program. Janet Gordon, Ext. 8-7254. faculty and staff. Also contains nutritional news. Lu Maurer, Ext. 8-7585. Safety Comprehensive Travel Program Policy-Out- Safer Living Guide-Contains phone numbers, lines procedures to follow for cash advance and Financial News; Policies, Procedures contacts and procedures to follow in case of an charges for University travel. Lyn Hutchings.Ext. as well as victim information Annual Report-University's financial report pub- emergency, support 8-3307. lished each fiscal Ken Ext. 8-7593. and crime prevention tips. Ruth Wells, Ext. Class of 1923 Ice Rink-Private and public skat- year. Campbell, 8-4481. and lessons at Penn rates. University of Pennsylvania Building Name Direc- ing reduced Party names and used- PennBus and Escort Service Operating Sche- accommodations. Ext. 8-1923. tory-Preferred commonly dule-Ext. 8-8667. Connection-Price list for aliases. Bob Zimring, Ext. 8-5831. Computer computers Endowment and Other Funds-Lists Fire Prevention and Safety-Escape plans and and payroll deduction program to finance pur- purpose for and fire chases. Jackie Smith, Ext. 8-3282. and balance ofendowment and otherfunds. Mar- procedures University buildings pre- ion Ext. 8-6562. vention information. John Cook, Ext. 8-6922. Penntrex User's Guide-Includes personal dis- Pileggi, counts for using Federal Financial Manual-Policies that Career employees Express. Policy govern Donna Petrelli, 243-5050. Penn's finances including tuition, student loans, Career Information-Topicsinclude:jobfamilies, VoiceMaIl Speaks-The new communications payroll, benefits, risk management. Bob Helfman, general support staff, financial support staff, facil- system that hooks into the phone. Get office mes- Ext. 8-1710. ities management, student services, alumni rela- sages from home. Joyceann Padovani, Ext. Better Business at Penn-How to use various tions, development andfundraising, data process- 8-120L Business Service departments. A training manual. ing. Employment Office, Ext. 8-7285. Compass: SEPTA's Commuter Pass Program- Anne Cranmer, Ext. 8-5227. Factsheet-Tips on taking the typing test, send- The University's discount arrangement for em- Accounting Manual-Mark West, Ext. 8-5753. ing cover letters, etc. Room 130, Franklin Bldg., ployees to obtain Transpasses and Trailpasses Petty Cash Procedures-Ext. 8-7255. Ext. 8-7285. through payroll deduction. Ext. 8-8667. Guide to the Bookstore-Robert Savage, Ext. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986- Getting To, From and Around Penn, Transporta- 8-7595. Factsheet on complying with the federal law, Ext. tion Alternatives-Includes PennBus, Escort Purchasing Guide-Janet Dwyer, Ext. 8-1381. 8-7285. Service, public transportation, information for Telecommunications-Tom Hettinger, Ext. Compensation Guidelines-Provides assistance disabled persons, parking information and maps 8-8664. on writing position descriptions and settingsalary. oflocal transportation systems. Bob Furniss, Ext. Facilities Management Policy and Procedures- Adrienne Riley, Ext. 8-3503. 8-8667. Virginia Scherfel, Ext. 8-7599. Training and Development Opportunities-Per- The Walnut Street Bridge: Getting Around Town Safety Manual-Fire and Occupational safety sonal and professional development courses of- During Replacement-Transportation and Park- procedures. John Cook, Ext. 8-6922. fered at Penn. Susanne lanecce, Ext. 8-3400. ing Office, Ext. 8-8667. Project Management Policy and Procedures- Penn Plan Education Financing Plans-Com- Pauline Loria, 8-8661. prehensive description ofallfinancing and budget- Dining, Meetings, Parties Quality Assurance Manual-Dan Flood, Ext. ing plans available for undergraduate students. It Wharton Sinkter Conference Center-Pictorial 8-9395. contains applications for all programs. D. L. views and information about Penn's Chestnut Hill Project Management Accounting Procedures- Wormley, Ext. 8-1690. Estate. Reduced rates for University-sponsored Bruce Craig, Ext. 8-7513. Faculty/Staff Financing Program-Description events and private parties held by Penn faculty Building Design Guidelines-Robert Zimring, of revolving line of credit for faculty and staff to and staff. Virginia Scherfel, Ext. 8-7599. Ext. 8-5831. finance amount remaining after tuition benefit is Facilities Inventory-Computer printout of all Procedures for Selecting An Architect-Titus applied to tuitionbill. D. L. Wormley, Ext. 8-1690. campus locations for meetings. Contains price Hewryk, Ext. 8-5831. Handbook forSupervisors Resources available and contact person. Patricia Pancoast, Ext. Furniture Standards-Susan Rheiner, Ext. to enhance quality of work life when personal 8-9605. 8-5831.
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DEATHS Dr. Grossman at 86: 'Father of Endodontics' Dr. Louis I. Grossman, a 44-year veteran of Elizabeth C. Berrang, former executive direc- Mary C. Heean, a bookkeeper with the General of Alumni from 1932 until her retirement in the Dental School faculty who was known as tor of the Hospital of the University Pennsylva- Society Heean the"father of endodontics," died at his home in nia, died November 16, 1987. A graduate of the 1968, died February 24. She was 85. Ms. HUP's Diploma School of Nursing in 1922 with survived by her sister-in-law Mrs. Barbara H. Pennswood Village on March 24 at the age of an Master of Science from the Univer- DeStefano. 86. Honorary sity in 1951, Ms. Berrangwas appointed Executive Julia Vozar, a custodian at Penn for almost 30 The of the technique of root canal developer Director of the Hospital in 1948, the only woman years, died March 12 at the age of 68. Miss Vozar treatment, which he communicated through- in the country in charge of a large teaching hospi- came to the University in September 1956 and and the out the world through his publications tal. Under her charge were nearly 1000 employees retired in November 1985. There are no known hundreds of Penn students he trained, Dr. and 20,000 patients each year. survivors. Grossman wrote the leading textbook in the Previous to that appointment, Ms. Berrang was field, Endodontics Practice, now in its 11th head nurse of the men's surgical ward, surgical assistant and assistant printing and in print throughout the world in supervisor, night supervisor Ms. Berrang was in- numerous languages. hospital superintendent. volved in a variety of Hospital organizations and UpdatMARCH eAT PENN Dr. Grossman joined the faculty in 1926; he societies and knew every employee at all levels. emeritus in 1968 but con- Correction: The location forthe March31 talk Heat became professor her retirement in 1963, the Board of Women Upon Shock Proteins by Milton Schlesinger was incor- tinued to be active in the professional life of the Visitors wrote "Her wise enthusiastic guidance, rectly listed last week. It will be in Hirst Auditorium, School. been a tre- leadership and warm personality have I Dulles Building, Hospital of the University of Great Britain's Royal Society of Surgeons mendous inspiration to the work of the Board. Pennsylvania. The Board wishes to its admiration for her elected him an honorary member in 1984. express 29 Biochemical Characterization of Ca+f Release on behalf of the never-ending vigilance patients Channelfrom Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle; Ger- Dr. Grossman is survived by his wife, Emma of excellence which she and for the high standards hardt Meissner, department of biochemistry, Univer- Mae Grossman; a daughter, Clara Ruth Pierre, has set throughout the Hospital." sity of NorthCarolina; 4-5 p.m., Department of Phy- and a son, Richard Allen. Ms. Berrang is survived by her nephew Joseph siologyLibrary, 4th floor, Richards Building (Depart- at 2 The School plans a memorial service Berrang. Contributions can be made to HUP or to ment of Physiology). p.m. on May 4, with details to be announced. the charity of the donor's choice. Molecular Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease; Peter Davies, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; 5:30 p.m., Lecture Room B, John Morgan Building (School of Medicine). Department of Public Safety Crime Report This report contains tallies of Part I crimes, a listing of Part I crimes against persons, and Deadlines incidents summaries of Part I crimes in the four busiest sectors on campus wheretwo or more The deadline for the weekly calendar update were reported between March 21, 1988 and March 27, 1988. entries is Tuesday, a week before the date of publica- Total Crime: Crimes Against Persons-1, Burglaries-1, Thefts-14, Thefts of Auto-O, tion. The deadline for the May pullout is Tuesday, Attempted Thefts of Auto-U April 12. Send to Almanac, 3601 Locust Walk/6224 floor of the Christian Association). Date Time Reported Location Incident (2nd Crimes Against the Person 03-21-88 4:36 PM Theta Xi Male assaulted with pieceof iron. 38th St. to 39th St., Locust Walk to Walnut St. 03-21-88 11:40 AM Alpha Tau Omega Cash taken from unattended room. 03-21-88 3:43 PM Sigma Chi Coat and wallet taken while attending party. 36th St to 37th St., Locust Walk to Walnut St. 03-21-88 4:36 PM Theta Xi See entry listed above under crimes against persons 03-24-88 4:16 PM Christian Association Print taken from wall in Palladium. 34th to 38th St., Civic Center Blvd. to Hamilton Walk 03-25-88 2:14 AM Johnson Pavilion Unattended purse taken from library. 03-26-88 5:08 PM Anat-Chem Wing Wallet taken from unattended room. 38th St to 40th St., Baltimore Ave. to Spruce St. 03-23-88 8:05 AM Veterinary School Cash taken from register. 03-27-88 3:48 AM Delta Kappa Eps Coat and keys taken during party.
Safety Tip: Most people feel secure around those they know. Yourcolleagues in most cases are trustworthy, but you never know who will wander into your office. It takes only a second for a thief to take something of value and run. Protect your valuables in the workplace by keeping them in a safe place.
18th Police District
Schuylkill River to 49th St., Market St. to SchuylkilliWoodland Ave. Reported crimes against persons from 12:01 am. 3-14-88 to 11:59 p.m. 3-20-88 Total: Crimes Against Persons-12, Rape/gun-I, Robberies/gun-1, Robbery/strongarm-2, Purse snatch-2, Aggravated Assault/knife-1, Aggravated Assault/straight razor-1, Robbery/knite-2, Robbery/stick-1, Attempt robbery/strongarm-i, Arrests-2 Date Location/Time Reported Offense/weapon Arrest 3-14-88 4800 Woodland Ave., 10:35 PM Robbery/stick No 3-15-88 100 S. 39th St., 10:03 PM Robbery/gun No 3-16-88 200 5. 48th St., 8:50 PM Purse snatch No 3-16-88 49th and Hazel Ave., 9:46 PM Robbery/strongarm Yes 3-17-88 4523 8:20 PM Purse snatch No Spruce St., A tender moment between Portia Gra- 3-18-88 40th and Chestnut St., 11:55 AM Robbery/knife No (Elain 3-18-88 532 S. 48th St., 12:00 AM Attempt robbery/strongarm No ham) andher husband Brutus (Chuck Cooper) 3-19-88 40th and Chestnut St., 8:28 PM Robbery/knife No in the Philadelphia Drama Guild'sproduction 3-20-88 4522 Springfield Ave., 12:00 AM Aggravated assault/knife No of Julius Caesar. The new adaptation is being 3-20-88 4611 Ludlow 9:32 AM No St., Rape/gun performed through April3 in the Zellerbach 3-20-88 40th and Market Sts., 1:07 PM No Robbery/strongarm Theatre the Center. Tickets: Ext. 3-20-88 38th and Woodland Ave., 12:56 PM Aggravated assault/straight razor Yes of Annenberg 8-6791.
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