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(CNN) -- World Vision, one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations, announced Tuesday that it cannot feed 1.5 million of the 7.5 million people it fed last year and made an urgent appeal for international donors to step in.
The price of wheat flour went up an average of 60 percent across Afghanistan last year.
The cutback could affect donations to 35 of the 100 countries in which the agency works, said Rachel Wolff, media relations manager for disaster response.
The cutbacks are occurring across the developing world. Some of World Vision's food aid programs have been cut altogether, such as those in East Timor and Sri Lanka, while others have been reduced, such as those in Burundi, Niger, Cambodia, North and South Sudan. The cuts affect people in nearly every region of the world.
In Haiti, where food riots forced a change in government last week, the next major food shipment is not expected before June, and that will not meet the need, Wolff said.
"Though we're able to feed people, we're not feeding people as we would like, and those people we are feeding are getting less than we would like."
She cited two primary, interconnected causes: an increase in food prices and an increase in the need for food.
Wolff said the magnitude of the shortfall is unprecedented and predicted that the situation "probably will get worse as the year progresses."
"What's unique about this is that it's happening all over the world," she said.
Among the causes is the diversion of corn to the production of ethanol rather than food, she said.
The spiraling price of fuel has aggravated the problem by boosting the cost of fertilizer and transporting food.
Wolff said child health experts worry that the impact of even a short period of malnutrition will endure for years.
"If the world community doesn't invest this now, everybody will pay for it later," she said. "You will have massive economic implications for these countries. Their work force won't have developed properly. Not to mention that it's horrific from a humanitarian standpoint. Those are the things we're sounding the alarm on."
The cutbacks have already begun, said Dean Hirsch, president of World Vision International, in a written statement. "Despite our best efforts, more than a million of our beneficiaries are no longer receiving food aid."
More than half of them are children, he said.
He predicted the crisis will take at least two years to stabilize, "far too long for the millions of children who need sufficient levels of nutrition now to develop properly."
The World Bank has also expressed dismay.
"Based on a very rough analysis, we estimate that a doubling of food prices over the last three years could potentially push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty," World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick said in Washington last week. "This is not just a question of short-term needs, as important as those are; this is ensuring that future generations don't pay a price, too."
He has called for a "New Deal for Global Food Policy" to meet the crisis, as well as $500 million -- about half of which has been met -- from donor governments to close a gap identified by the United Nations' World Food Programme.
But World Food Programme spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said Monday that the estimate had risen to $750 million over the past few weeks.
"We're in the middle of a perfect storm here," she said. "There are food riots going on in scores of countries."
She said the cost of rice in Cambodia has doubled in the past year, meaning that World Food Programme school lunch programs there may also end soon.
Taking away that safety net "can totally change their lives."
Such programs run on as little as 25 cents per child per day, meaning that even private individuals can have some effect, she said. "You can do it; I can do it; everybody can do it."
Those countries most affected face more than a humanitarian crisis. "It's also a peace and security issue," Wolff said. "That is why it is so important."
Malnutrition contributes to the deaths of more than 3.7 million children under 5 every year, according to World Vision, which began its work in 1950 by helping orphans of the Korean War.
Lack of food has also stunted the development of 147 million preschoolers in developing countries, the 31,000-member agency said. Malnourished children are also more likely to suffer and die from diseases like pneumonia, malaria and measles. E-mail to a friend
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Penn State announces spring 2014 commencement events and speakers
Penn State announces spring 2014 commencement events and speakers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — This spring Penn State expects to award 13,062 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 496 associate, 10,809 baccalaureate, 1,195 master's, 239 law, 190 doctoral and 133 medical degrees, bringing the University's number of graduates to an estimated total of more than 739,862.
At University Park, 11 students are expected to receive associate degrees, while 8,845 will be awarded baccalaureate degrees. Approximately 793 master's degree students are expected to graduate, as are 190 doctoral degree candidates.
All figures listed are estimates as of May 2; totals do not include Penn College.
Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State's 24 locations. Additional information about University Park commencement is available at http://commencement.psu.edu.
Penn State Abington
10 a.m. Friday, May 9, Athletic Building
Speaker: Risa Vetri Ferman, district attorney, Montgomery County
Ferman was elected in 2007 as the first female district attorney in the history of Montgomery County. In 2011, she was re-elected for a second term. Ferman has dedicated her office to protecting our community's most vulnerable citizens. She established the Elder Abuse Unit to target criminals who prey upon senior citizens. She was the driving force behind the creation of Mission Kids, a child advocacy center, designed to ease the criminal justice process for victims of child abuse. She was also the co-founder of Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project (MCAP), which provides pro-bono legal services to abused and neglected children.
Penn State Altoona
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Jaffa Shrine
Speaker: Darren Miller '05
Miller is a marathon runner and open water swimmer who has completed an English Channel swim as well as the Oceans Seven challenge. He is the co-founder of the Forever Fund at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. The Forever Fund helps families afford the incidental costs incurred while caring for their children at the hospital.
Penn State Beaver
7 p.m. Friday, May 9, Student Union Building Auditorium
Speaker: H. Scott Cunningham '80, executive vice president and regional managing director, PNC Wealth Management
Cunningham sets strategy and directs implementation of a 207-person organization serving 10,000 clients who receive wealth management services, including investment management, trust services, estate administration, wealth planning and private banking. Cunningham manages assets totaling $6.2 billion, loans of $1.3 billion, deposits of $1.3 billion, generates annual revenue of more than $100 million, and annual sales revenue of more than $39 million. After attending Penn State Beaver, he received a bachelor's degree in economics from Penn State and graduated with distinction from the Smeal College of Business.
Penn State Berks
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Beaver Community Center
Speaker: Blaine E. Steensland, senior director of student affairs and enrollment management, Penn State Berks
Steensland will retire in June after 28 years of dedicated service to Penn State Berks. Steensland holds master's and doctoral degrees in higher education administration from West Virginia University and a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Davis & Elkins College. He has served on the Berks County United Way, as president campaign chair of the Randolph County United Way, as president of the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, and as a member of the YMCA of Berks County and Reading Corporate Board of Directors.
Penn State Brandywine
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Athletic/Commons Building
Speaker: Renee Amoore, president and CEO, The Amoore Group
Amoore oversees an economic development, healthcare and management consulting firm established in 1995. She is a graduate of the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing with bachelor's and master's degrees from Antioch University. She has served on numerous boards, including Drexel University, the Franklin Institute and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle campus
10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, Lewis Katz Hall
Speaker: Bhavana Boggs '91 J.D., vice president and assistant general counsel, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC
Boggs focuses on managing the long-term agreements with owners of The Ritz-Carlton's assets, general operations and compliance, and protecting and advancing The Ritz-Carlton brand, a subsidiary of Marriott International. Prior to joining Marriott, she was a labor and employment attorney at Reed Smith in Washington, D.C. Boggs holds an undergraduate degree from Lafayette College.
Penn State DuBois
2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, Multipurpose Building Gymnasium
Speaker: Craig Pearce '87, founding director, Deloitte Leadership Institute, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey
A Penn State DuBois and Schreyer Honors College alum and Punxsutawney, Pa. native, Pearce is a pioneer in the development of shared leadership scholarship and practice. He was formerly the dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at the American University of Nigeria and was the Donald Clifton Chair in Leadership and director of the Institute for Innovative Leadership at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Previously, he worked with Peter Drucker at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
6:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, Erie Insurance Arena
Speaker: Tracy Halmi '93, senior lecturer in chemistry, Penn State Behrend
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Main Arena, Community Center
Speaker: TBA
Penn State Great Valley
7 p.m. Friday, May 9, Penn State Great Valley campus
Speaker: Madlyn L. Hanes, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and dean of the University College, Penn State
Hanes has been Penn State's vice president for Commonwealth Campuses since 2010. Hanes joined Penn State in 1988 as the chief academic officer of Penn State Delaware County, now known as Penn State Brandywine. In 1997, she was named CEO of Penn State Great Valley and served as chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg from 2000 to 2010. Hanes has served as a consultant to international boards of higher education in Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Israel, Korea and Jamaica, and was past chair of the network executive board of the Inclusive Excellence Group and the Commission on Women in Higher Education of the American Council on Education.
Penn State Greater Allegheny
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Athletics Center
Speaker: Suzette Shaffer Schultz '83, senior project manager, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Schultz attended Penn State New Kensington before earning bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry at the University Park campus. She recently was named 2014 Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year.
Penn State Harrisburg
9:30 a.m. Sunday May 11, Giant Center, Hershey
Speaker: Tom Lynch, chairman and chief executive officer, TE Connectivity
Lynch has served as TE Connectivity's chief executive officer since January 2006 and was elected chairman of the board in January 2013. TE Connectivity is a multi-national company involved in the design and manufacture of products that connect and protect power and data flow. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce, with a major in accounting, from Rider University.
Penn State Hazleton
7 p.m. Friday, May 9, Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium, Physical Education Building
Speaker: Zena-Marie Lewoc '12, sourcing specialist, Geisinger Health System
Lewoc was promoted several times to her current position, where she is responsible for contracts and multi-million-dollar initiatives. An active and award-winning student at Penn State Hazleton, she was the first student-elected president of the Student Government Association during her junior and senior years, and won the prestigious Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award and Dr. Dwayne A. Hilton Illumination Award.
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine
1 p.m., Sunday, May 18, Founders Hall
Speaker: Claire Pomeroy, president, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Pomeroy is responsible for overseeing the implementation of programs that advance the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation's mission to "foster the prevention and treatment of disease and disability by honoring excellence in basic and clinical science, and through public education and research advocacy." An expert in infectious diseases whow holds advanced degrees in both medicine and business, Pomeroy is a longtime advocate for patients, especially those with HIV/AIDS, and for public health. She passionately supports ongoing investment in the full range of research and continues to lead an active research team studying host responses to viral infections.
Penn State Lehigh Valley
11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Stabler Arena, Bethlehem
Speaker: John Ratzenberger
Ratzenberger is an Emmy-nominated actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for playing mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the sitcom "Cheers." His work for Pixar and other films make him the sixth most successful actor of all time, as measured by a total box office of more than $3 million. Ratzenberger is currently in pre-production on a new documentary, the purpose of which is to awaken Americans to the shortage of skilled workers that threatens our country as a whole.
Penn State Mont Alto
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Multipurpose Activities Center
Speaker: Patrick W. O'Donnell, president and CEO, Summit Health
O'Donnell heads the largest healthcare provider in Franklin County, Pa. Summit Health is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a healthier community through its comprehensive services that include the Chambersburg and Waynesboro Hospitals, the Rhonda Brake Shreiner Women's Center, the Antrim Family and Shippensburg Family Walk-in Care Centers and more. O'Donnell holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from Frostburg State University and Shippensburg University, respectively.
Penn State Schuylkill
Noon Saturday, May 10, the campus green
Speaker: Christian M.M. Brady, dean, Schreyer Honors College, Penn State
Brady joined Penn State in August 2006 after having served as an associate professor of classical studies and Jewish studies at Tulane University as well as director of Tulane's Honors Program. He holds two advanced degrees from the University of Oxford, a graduate diploma in Jewish studies and a doctorate in Oriental studies with a concentration in ancient Hebrew and Jewish literature, the former obtained simultaneously while completing a master's degree in biblical and theological studies from Wheaton College. His baccalaureate degree, in Near Eastern studies and history, is from Cornell University.
Penn State Shenango
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, Auditorium
Speaker: Charles Bursey, professor of biology, Penn State Shenango
Bursey has been a Penn State faculty member for 44 years and is considered one of the world's leading experts in parasitology. His knowledge and expertise has helped countless zoos, wildlife refuges and other animal conservancy groups to identify and eradicate deadly parasites. As a veteran professor at Penn State Shenango, he is well respected among his colleagues and by his students.
Penn State University Park
College of Agricultural Sciences
3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Rodney A. Erickson, president, Penn State
Erickson assumed responsibilities as president of the University on Nov. 9, 2011. Previously, he served as Penn State's executive vice president and provost since 1999. As provost, he was chief academic officer of the University, responsible for administration of the University's resident instruction, research and continuing education, and for the general welfare of the faculty and students. As executive vice president, Erickson served as the chief executive officer in the president's absence and was centrally involved in most operations of the University. Erickson holds bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from the University of Minnesota, and was awarded a doctorate in geography from the University of Washington in 1973. In 2012 he announced his retirement and will be succeed by Eric Barron as president in May.
College of Arts and Architecture
Noon Saturday, May 10, Eisenhower Auditorium
Speaker: Beverly J. McIver '92 MFA, professor of art, North Carolina Central University
McIver is a nationally acclaimed painter who has gained prominence for artwork that challenges cultural assumptions about race, gender and her own identity as an African American woman. She has received numerous prestigious awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship. A documentary about her life as a painter and her role as caretaker of her developmentally disabled sister titled "Raising Renee" was purchased and broadcast by HBO in 2012. McIver holds a bachelor of arts from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Fine Arts from Penn State. She received the College of Arts and Architecture Alumni Award in 2003.
Smeal College of Business
9 a.m. Sunday, May 11, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Lou Grabowsky '73
Grabowsky is the senior adviser, operations and former chief operating officer of Grant Thornton LLP, where he is responsible for the firm's shared services operation in India. He has been active in supporting the communities in which he and his family have lived through board involvement in civic, charitable and academic institutions. Grabowsky received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Penn State.
College of Communications
Noon Saturday, May 10, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Linda Yaccarino '85
Yaccarino is president of advertising sales for NBC Universal. In that role, she oversees all advertising sales and market strategy for the company's broadcast, cable and digital properties. Yaccarino holds a bachelor's degree in telecommunications from Penn State.
Dickinson School of Law
10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Eisenhower Auditorium
Speaker: R. Seth Williams '89, district attorney, City of Philadelphia
Williams oversees 600 lawyers, detectives and support staff and is responsible for prosecution of more than 75,000 criminal cases annually. In 2011 he received the prestigious Penn State Alumni Fellow Award. In 2009 Williams became the first African American district attorney in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
College of Earth and Mineral Science
8 p.m. Friday, May 9, Eisenhower Auditorium
Speaker: Eva J. Pell, undersecretary for science, Smithsonian Institution (retired)
From 1973 to 2009, Pell held several appointments at Penn State including distinguished professor of plant pathology and senior vice president for research and dean of the graduate school. In 2003, in recognition of leadership in her field, Pell was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. While at Penn State, she was active in economic development and served on a number of Pennsylvania State boards.
Pell retired in March after serving as undersecretary for science at the Smithsonian Institution, where she oversaw operations of the National Museum of Natural History, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Zoo and its Conservation and Research in Front Royal, Va., the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute in Suitland, Md., and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
College of Education
12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, assistant director for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation
Ferrini-Mundy is responsible for the leadership of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). She has served the NSF in a number of capacities since 2007 including the position of inaugural director of EHR Directorate's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings.
College of Engineering
8 p.m., Friday, May 9, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Jacqueline Hinman, P.E.
Hinman is CEO of CH2M HILL, a Fortune 500 company and global leader in consulting, full-service engineering, construction, procurement, program management, and operations for public and private clients. As CEO, Hinman's goals for CH2M HILL include market leadership, balanced growth, and client stewardship. To achieve these goals, she has prioritized safety, quality, sustainability, technology, diversity, positive employee engagement, and the highest standards of ethical behavior as drivers for CH2M HILL's success. Hinman holds a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Penn State.
College of Health and Human Development
3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 10, 2014, Bryce Jordan Center.
Speaker: Neil Sharkey, Ph.D.
Neil Sharkey is the interim vice president for research and a professor of kinesiology at Penn State. He previously served as associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Health and Human Development and as director of research in the Department of Kinesiology. Sharkey's research has focused on the advancement of orthopaedic medicine through improved understanding, better diagnosis, and more efficacious surgical procedures. He is an accomplished researcher, author, and speaker. Sharkey has served as a reviewer and editor for several journals and has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator for numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, private foundations, and industry.
College of Information Sciences and Technology
3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, Eisenhower Auditorium
Speaker: Paul D. Bell
Bell is the operating partner at Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity firm investing in software and web services companies. Mr. Bell holds a Bachelor of Arts in arts & architecture and a Bachelor of Science in business, both from Penn State, and an MBA from Yale. The ceremony will be available via live streaming/video recording at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ist-commencement-2014.
For more information, visit http://ist.psu.edu/current-students/commencement.
The College of the Liberal Arts
6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 10, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Laura Brown '14, '14g
Brown is the College of the Liberal Arts student marshal, graduating with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Russian and music, as well as a Master of Arts degree in musicology through the Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate program. She is also a scholar in the Schreyer Honors College. At Penn State she has received a number of awards including the Evan Pugh Senior Scholar Award, the Brewster and Presser Awards from the School of Music, and an Alumni Association scholarship from the College of Arts and Architecture. She also was the winner of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition in 2012. The daughter of Arden and Mary Brown of Waterford, Pa., she will be entering the doctorate program in musicology at Yale University this fall.
College of Nursing
6 p.m. Saturday, May 10, Eisenhower Auditorium
Speaker: Gail E. Latimer ' 83
Latimer is vice president and chief nursing officer for Siemens Healthcare. A former hospital CEO and nurse executive with more than 30 years experience in health care, she is also an accomplished author and speaker on health information technology and clinical practice. She holds adjunct faculty appointments at Penn State and Loyola University. Latimer earned her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Penn State. A life member of the Penn State Alumni Association, she received the University's Alumni Fellow Award in 2009 in recognition of her outstanding career achievements. Latimer resides in Oakmont, Pa.
Eberly College of Science
9 a.m., Saturday, May 10, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Paul H. Lerou, M.D. '96
Dr. Lerou is a neonatologist and research scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) where he directs a research laboratory and is also an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Lerou was recently appointed Associate Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at BWH with a secondary appointment in the Division of Genetics at BWH. Lerou was raised in Chadds Ford, Pa., and was a student in Penn State's Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program. Following his graduation from Penn State, Lerou attended Jefferson Medical College, where he earned the Alumni Prize in 1998. Lerou did his pediatric residency at BCH, and then served as a Chief Resident prior to his Perinatal-Neonatal Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He has been a staff neonatologist at BWH since 2005.
Schreyer Honors College Medals Ceremony
5:00 p.m. Friday, May 9, Eisenhower Auditorium
The Graduate School
6:30 p.m., Sunday, May 11, Bryce Jordan Center
Speaker: Amr S. Elnashai
Elnashai was recently named dean of the College of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, he led the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was also the Bill and Elaine Hall Endowed Professor. In addition, Elnashai was director of hybrid simulation at the National Science Foundation's Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEED) laboratory. Elnashai obtained a bachelor of science degree from Cairo University, and his master of science degree and doctorate from Imperial College London (U.K.) where he received multiple honors for his work, including the Unwin Prize for the best doctoral thesis in civil and mechanical engineering.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, Athletics & Recreation Building
Speaker: Richard K. Struthers '77, president, Ashford Point Enterprises
Struthers oversees a financial services consulting company in Wilmington, Del. Struthers has 33 years of experience in consumer lending and was a founding member of the management team of MBNA America. He is a member and past chair of Penn State's Smeal School of Business Board of Visitors and a member of Penn State Wilkes-Barre Board of Advisors. Struthers, named a 1998 Penn State Alumni Fellow and 2002 Distinguished Alumnus, sits on the executive committee for Penn State's For the Future capital campaign. Struthers holsa a bachelor's degree in business management from Penn State and also is a graduate of the Retail School of Banking at the University of Virginia.
Penn State Worthington Scranton
6 p.m. Friday, May 9, Multipurpose Building
Speaker: Robert F. Beard '89, '94g, president and CEO, UGI Utilities
Beard served as UGI Utilities' vice president of the Southern Region and vice president of Marketing, Rates and Supply before being named president and CEO and a member of its board of directors. Beard joined UGI in October 2008 through the acquisition of PPL Gas Utilities, where he was vice president of Operations and Engineering. Beard is an active member of the American Gas Association and is a member of the board of directors of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania. Beard holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering and a master's of management degree from Penn State. He began his Penn State education at the Worthington Scranton campus, where he has spoken during its Career and Company Showcase series, in which successful campus alumni meet with students to discuss their companies and industries and personal college and work experiences.
Penn State York
6 p.m. Friday, May 9, Pullo Family Performing Arts Center
Speaker: Jeffrey L. Wigbels, '76, senior vice president, Morgan Stanley
Based in Atlanta, Wigbels has more than 30 years of financial experience. A cancer survivor, he is the recipient of the prestigious M.D. Anderson Making Cancer History Award, joining the ranks of Bob Schieffer, T. Boone Pickens and Laura Bush, sharing the same compassion and determination to make life better for those dealing with the challenges of cancer. Wigbels holds a bachelor's degree in business from Penn State and studied his first two years at Penn State York. He also is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Community Arts Center, Williamsport
Speakers: Selected from among graduating students
– 3 p.m. Friday, May 16: School of Business & Hospitality and the School of Construction & Design Technologies
– 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17: School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies and the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies
– 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17: School of Health Sciences and the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications

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Opinion: Will Obama Poison Immigration Reform?
Stuart Anderson, National Foundation for American Policy president, on President Obama's opposition to the House STEM bill. Plus, the prospects for the immigration reform legislation that GOP Senators Jon Kyl and Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced this week. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Ever since scoring an Oscar nomination for Moneyball, Jonah Hill is continuing to find work in high-profile dramatic fare. He recently signed on to co-star in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street and now he's got a role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Before filming began on Tarantino's flick, Hill was reportedly eyed for the role of Scotty Harmony, the kid who loses Django's (Jamie Foxx) slave wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) to the charming and evil Calvin Candie. However, Hill had to turn the job down due to scheduling conflicts, but he is now available, and while Deadline doesn't know the part he'll be playing, it definitely won't be Scotty. No matter who he ends up playing, I'm glad Django Unchained has added yet another talented actor to its impressive cast, which also includes Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, M.C. Gainey, Walton Goggins, Garrett Dillahunt, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McRaney, Laura Cayouette, Don Johnson,and Tom Savini.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer and synopsis for Django Unchained. The film opens December 25th. Hill will next be seen in the comedy The Watch, which opens July 27th.
Here's the official synopsis for Django Unchained:
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, "Django Unchained" stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
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* A Demonstration desk, which is half of a table
If you need special arrangements, please contact the coordinator.
* A Demonstration desk, which is half of a table
If you need special arrangements, please contact the coordinator.
[[image:elc2006-showcase-desksample.jpg|Desk sample from ELC 2006]]
[[image:elc2006-showcase-desksample.jpg|Desk sample from ELC 2006]]
* Power supply
* Power supply: EU standard
* Assuming the power is less than 750W. If your demonstration will exceed that, please consult the coordinator.
* Assuming the power is less than 750W. If your demonstration will exceed that, please consult the coordinator.
* A large-format printed poster, based on the file you submit.
* A large-format printed poster, based on the file you submit.
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Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2012 Technical Showcase
We are happy to be planning a technical showcase again this year at Embedded Linux Conference Europe. This Wiki page will guide you in giving your demonstration. For conference details, please follow this link to the conference website:
The demo session will happen on Monday evening (Nov. 5), after the talks (exact time not available yet).
The demo room will be available starting at 12:00 am for showcase demo setup.
"Seeing is believing!" Unlike in Desktop or Server applications of Linux, in embedded systems Linux technology is usually unseen. Although it is a challenge, we want to expose Linux software and techniques so that other developers who are interested in this technology can learn, and become potential contributors themselves. We hope that through opening up technical details and projects (in the way of Open Source development), these demonstrations will provide insights that are helpful to developers.
- No purely commercial demonstrations.
- The Embedded Linux Conference Europe should not be used for a pure sales pitch.
- You can show off a product, if there are features or aspects of the product you are displaying that are open source.
- Demonstrations should be of software that is available under GPL or LGPL compatible licenses.
- You will be sharing the hall with sponsors and other paying exhibitors, so your exhibition should be of free and open source technology, tools or techniques.
Michael Opdenacker - Free Electrons
- e-Mail : michael (dot) opdenacker (a) free (dash) electrons (dot) com
- Please replace (a) to "@", (dot) to "." and (dash) to "-"
What will be prepared by the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation will provide the following FREE OF CHARGE :
- A Demonstration desk, which is half of a table
If you need special arrangements, please contact the coordinator.
- Power supply: EU standard
- Assuming the power is less than 750W. If your demonstration will exceed that, please consult the coordinator.
- A large-format printed poster, based on the file you submit.
- Please note that a dedicated (wired) Internet connection will NOT be prepared. However, wireless Internet may be available via the hotel wireless network. We cannot, however, guarantee Internet access.
- Logistics Support
- Details will be given to the demonstrators
Dimension of the desk
- Please refer to the attached photo.
All demonstrators are requested to prepare a poster to explain the technical outline of the demonstration. You can download the template from this page. CELF will print them out on large size paper. The document should be sent to the coordinator by October 26th.
Caution: Do not change the paper size. It is intentionally set to a big size.
Some tips
The demo consists of a poster (printed by LF), with a few sentences talking about a tool, technology or distribution and a table top where you can place anything from:
- nothing at all, just have a person sitting there to talk to people about what's on the poster, or ...
- something on a laptop - like a program running or a even a static chart showing some result
- something running on a board or a device
- something on an actual CE product
You can also put some flyers there for people to grab, if you'd like.
If you can put charts and graphs on the poster, that's nice but it is NOT required. Neither the poster nor the hardware (if any) needs to be elaborate or require lots of setup. One year I showed up with a camcorder and just talked to people about it's bootup time (which I had worked on).
If you are a presenter, the demo session is a good chance to talk to people one-on-one about your session topic. This gives you more time for interactive Q&A, and a chance to show something hands-on, if that applies to your subject.
How to apply
- Send an e-mail to the coordinator with the following information:
- The contact person, the company name or the project name, the outline of the demonstration.
- The coordinator will acknowledge your application by e-mail.
- Please send all proposals by October 19th, 2011
- Apply early, since space is limited!!
- Prepare the poster and send the data to CELF Office and the demonstration coordinator by October 19th. It will be printed out by the conference organizers on big size paper.
- Prepare the demonstration equipment
- You can bring the equipment yourself, or ship it.
- If you do not have a consignee which will be convenient for you, send them to the following address: Address not available yet
- Q: Is this opportunity limited to CE Workgroup and/or Linux Foundation members?
- A: No. You do not have to be a forum member to have a demo at the conference. However, each demo should be associated with a paid conference attendee.
- Q: Is the demonstrator required to make a presentation at the conference?
- A: No, this is not required. However, we believe there will be many people who will to be interested in details of the technology, so we hope that you can have a session. Please note that the due date for a session proposal is earlier than the due date for demo sign-up.
- Q: Should I assign some dedicated staff to carry on the demonstration?
- A: No, this is not necessary. There will be a keynote talk during the demo session slot, which you may want to attend. You may end your demo at the end of the lunch break (at 13:30) or secure your equipment if you wish to attend the keynote. The showcase will officially end at 14:30, at the end
of the break after the keynote.
- Q: Is there any fee to demo something in this session?
- A: No, it is completely free. However, the session is limited to conference attendees, so please register for the conference if you would not otherwise do so. If you have someone coming who will ONLY run or assist with your demo, and not attend any sessions, then that person may be admitted for free, for just the demo session (and setup and take down). However, each demo should be associated with at least one registered attendee.


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The ECB Club Support pages provide a range of self-help support resources available to help cricket clubs meet the ever-changing demands and challenges they face. Take a look at this brief animation to see how your club can start creating its own Sustainable Future.
ECB Club Support
Our Core Offer is designed to provide essential access to; support, guidance, and opportunities for every club throughout Wales. This is to help them be the best they can be. By affiliating to Cricket Wales, clubs automatically become part of the ECB.
Our most recent Core Club Affiliation Offer is available to view here Click here.
For more information please contact your local Cricket Development Officer or email email@example.com
is the ECB's standard for high quality community cricket clubs. It shows that a club provides the right environment, which ensures the welfare of members and encourages everyone to enjoy sport and stay involved throughout their lives. An ECB accredited club is recognised as a safe, rewarding and fulfilling place for participants of all ages as well as helping parents and carers know that they're choosing the right club for their young people.
For further information about ECB ClubMark please
Click Here.
Raising funds is one of the biggest challenges facing cricket clubs today. The ECB has a range of resources and funding opportunities to support clubs in Wales.
A specialist document created for Wales, details what funding opportunities the ECB are able to provide in Wales. Click here to view.
For more information please visit the ECB Website Click here for ECB Club Funding Support or contact your local Development Officers .
Sport Wales provide funding support and guidance to help support community sport. Sport.wales/funding--support.aspx
The recruitment of new junior players in Wales remains positive. Like many other team sports retaining young players in the game is an increasing challenge. Research commissioned by the ECB has been used to produce a suite of tools and resources to help clubs address the drop off amongst players aged 14 - 25.
ECB Club Support
With player numbers in England & Wales dropping by 7% and the number of abandonments and cancellations on the rise, it's vital that we find ways to get cricket games played. When captains, coaches, clubs, leagues, groundskeepers and officials work together to get the game on, everyone wins. Let's make every ball, every run, and every game count this season!
Click Here for "Get The Game On".
The Club in question will use the information provided on this form, as well as, other information it obtains about the participant to administer his/her cricketing activity at the Club, and in any activities in which he/she participates through the Club, and to care for and supervise, activities in which he/she is involved. In some cases this may require the Club to disclose the information to County Boards, leagues, and clubs and to the ECB. In the event of a medical safeguarding issue arising, the Club may disclose certain information to doctors or other medical specialists and/or to police, children's social care, the courts and/or probation officers and, potentially, to legal and other advisers involved in an investigation. As the person completing this form, you must ensure that each person whose information you include in this form knows what will happen to this information and how it will be disclosed. Your Junior league will use statistical information whilst Cricket Wales / Glamorgan Cricket will also use the information for statistical purposes and the distribution of cricket newsletters, for which there will be options to unsubscribe. There will be no selling of information to any third party.
Please see the important ECB statement below regarding working on cricket grounds (released 11am, March 26th). Per this advice, groundskeepers are currently permitted to work on cricket grounds, however the guidance contained in the statement MUST be adhered to.
Please ensure you read the statement in full to appraise yourself of all safeguarding measures.
Stay safe, everyone, and please continue to follow standing government guidelines and ECB's statement regarding the suspension of all other cricket activities.
Coronavirus and Grounds Maintenance in The wider game 25.03.20DN NP MB.docx
If you have any specific queries on this guidance, please contact
In addition here's a useful guidance for cricket groundskeepers which is an additional update from IOG/GMA, including some additional technical guidance click


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An All Black day in rugby
Huw Richards
August 14, 2009
Nick Shehadie starred as the Wallabies defeated New Zealand © Getty Images
Whatever else goes wrong for New Zealand this year, it is a safe bet that it cannot rival the fate that overtook the All Blacks on September 3 1949. That date saw them suffer a unique misfortune - and one unlikely ever to be emulated - when they lost two international matches on the same day.
This double failure was rooted in the New Zealand Rugby Union's guilt at having betrayed their players by bowing to South African apartheid laws, sending a touring team there minus several Maoris. The consolation prize was a home series against Australia, with the Bledisloe Cup at stake.
The team that took the field against the Wallabies at Athletic Park, Wellington was therefore some way from the 'Third XV' it has sometimes been labelled. Captain J.B.Smith was, in the opinion of 1920s star Mark Nicholls, the best ever centre in terms of serving his wings, and admired equally by his great Welsh contemporary Bleddyn Williams.
Half-backs Vince Bevan and Ben Couch might well have made the Test team in South Africa. Wing Jack Kelly, a victim of selection rather than racism, was reckoned the second best fullback in the world when he toured Britain four years later. His misfortune was that the best, Bob Scott, was a team-mate.
Where they perhaps fell down was among the pack. Flanker Bob Stuart would prove himself an outstanding All Black captain in Britain while giant lock Richard 'Tiny' White was beginning an international career that would rank him among the All Black immortals. But four of the eight played their only Test rugby in this series.
They were also picked at short notice, with the team announced only 24 hours beforehand, and denied the services of a coach - standard practice in the northern hemisphere until the 1960s, but certainly not in New Zealand, where players were accustomed to coaching.
They also confronted one of the better Australian teams. Captain Trevor Allen was a world-class centre and the back five were memorable both as individuals and a group. Lock Nick Shehadie was a working class boy of Lebanese origins who had broken all sorts of social barriers simply by becoming a Wallaby, and would shatter many more on his way to becoming Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Debutant partner Rex Mossop was destined for a distinguished league career followed by another as a cheerfully noisy broadcaster. On the flanks Colin Windon was a tough, pacy operator who had had an eventful tour of Britain in 1947-8, getting himself sent off at Llanelli, but scoring two tries in the victory over England at Twickenham, and Keith Cross would play for Australia until 1957. New No.8 Brockhoff was destined to coach, as well as play for, the Wallabies.
Any All Blacks aggrieved at not being in South Africa were treated to a taste of what it was like there as Brockhoff launched himself at their half-backs in the same manner as Springbok Hennie Muller. Australia were completely dominant in the first-half. Windon, described by Shehadie as 'a try-scoring machine, a superb attacker with the speed of a threequarter…simply peerless in support play', took a pass from Mossop to score, and debutant New South Wales wing Ralph Garner went over twice more before the break, when Australia led 11-0.
Kelly, destined to become headmaster of Takapuna Grammar School near Auckland, claimed the only points of his Test career from a penalty soon after half-time, but there was never any real likelihood of the All Blacks coming back. A late try by Otago wing Graham Moore was no more than consolation and Australia won 11-6.
A few hours later the other All Black team went down 9-3 to South Africa in Durban, conceding a decisive 3-0 lead in the series to the boot of Okey Geffin, whose three penalties outweighed a single New Zealand try. The New Zealand Freelance newspaper headlined an 'All Black Day in rugby'.
New Zealand lost the second Wallaby Test as well, going down 16-9 at Auckland where Mossop, asked to send a message back to Australia, gave a foretaste of his broadcasting career by telling his compatriots: "We've beaten the bastards! You beauty!"
Windon was again among the scorers, building towards a career total of 11 tries in 20 tests that would make him Australia's all-team leader until he was overtaken by Brendan Moon in the 1980s.
There was also an odd postscript in 1981, as New Zealand, finally waking up to what it had tolerated for too long, was torn apart by the disorder accompanying that year's Springbok tour. Holding the key role of Police Minister in the administration led by hardline right-winger Ron Muldoon was Ben Couch, one of the men who played against Australia in 1949 because his colour had denied him the chance to go to South Africa.
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The following is a list of books and articles by or about Pearl S. Buck which can be found at the West Virginia State Archives Library.
Buck, Pearl Syndenstricker. Our House: the Birthplace of
Pearl S. Buck (McClain Printing Co., 1965).
B B922e.
_______________________. My Mother's House (Appalachian
Press, 1965).
_______________________ My Several Worlds, A Personal
Record (New York, Day 1954).
_______________________The Three Daughters of Madame
Liang ( John Day Co., 1969).
F B922th.
_______________________Voices in the House (Pocket Books,
New York, 1960).
F B922v.
_______________________What America Means To Me (John Day
Co., 1943).
_______________________Words of Love (John Day Co.,
_______________________The Young Revolutionist
(Friendship Press, 1932).
F B922y.
_______________________The Hidden Flower (John Day Co.,
F B922hi.
_______________________The Good Earth (Grosset &
Dunlap, 1931).
F B922go.
_______________________The Exile (Reynal & Hitchcock,
F B922ex.
_______________________Fighting Angel; a Portrait of a
Soul (Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936).
F B922fi.
_______________________God's Men (John Day Co.,
F B922g.
_______________________The Good Deed and Other Stories of
Asia, Past and Present (John Day Co., 1969.
_______________________A Bridge for Passing (John Day
Co., 1962).
F B922b.
_______________________China Past and Present (John Day
Co., 1972).
______________________The Chinese Story Teller (John Day
Co., 1971).
F B922ch.
______________________Come, My Beloved (John Day Co.,
F B922co.
______________________Death in the Castle (John Day Co.,
F B922de.
______________________East Wind: West Wind (John Day Co.,
F B922ea.
______________________Dragon Seed (Sun Dial Press,
F B922dr.
______________________Peony (John Day Co., 1948).
F B922pe.
______________________Portrait of a Marriage (People's
Book Club, 1945).
F B922po.
______________________The Rainbow; a Novel (John Day Co.,
F B922r.
______________________Sons (John Day Co., 1932).
F B922so.
______________________Stories for Little Children (John
Day Co., 1940).
813.54 B922s.
______________________This Proud Heart (The World
Publishing Co., 1947).
F B922t.
______________________The Story Bible (Bartholomew House,
______________________Of Men and Women (John Day Co.,
______________________Once Upon a Christmas (John Day
Co., 1972).
813.54 B922o.
______________________Other Gods; An American Legend
(John Day Co., 1940).
______________________The Partiot (John Day Co.,
F B922pa.
______________________Pavilion of Women (Pocket Books,
F 922p.
______________________Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas
(Simon & Schuster, 1974).
______________________Pearl Buck Reader (Reader's Digest,
808.83 B922pea V.1.
______________________Imperial Women; a Novel (John Day
Co., 1956).
______________________The Kennedy Women (Cowles Book Co.,
______________________Kinfolk (John Day Co., 1949).
F B922k.
______________________The Living Reed (John Day Co.,
F B922l.
______________________Mandala (John day Co., 1970).
F B922m.
Edgar, Betsy Jordan. Our House (McClain Printing Co.,
B B922e.
Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Restoration. Blueprints and
Specifications for Demolition and Restoration Work at Pearl S. Buck
Birthplace in Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, WV.
"About Pearl Buck," The West Virginia Clubwoman, January
"Adopted Son Contests Will of Pearl Buck," 7-6-1973.
"Adopted Children Bury Pearl Buck," 3-16-1973.
"Author's Burial in State Possible," 3-7-1973.
"Award-winning author Honored in Pocahontas Hometown," 6-28-1983.
"Battle For Buck Papers Begins," 8-23-1973.
"Beginnings...Pearl S. Buck's Birthplace Will be Dedicated Saturday," 4-28-1974.
"Bio Sketch from Twentieth Century Authors."
"Birthplace of Pearl Buck Sold to Richwood Publisher," 4-21-1965.
"Birthplace of Pearl Buck Will Be Returned to Her," 4-24-1964.
"Birthplace," 12-6-1959.
"Bless the Day They Were Born," 8-22-1967.
"Blue Grass Electric Joins Buck Foundation," 3-29-1973.
"Books and Things, Review of Fighting Angel," 12-16-1936.
"Buck Manuscripts Received by Foundation at Hillsboro," 8-7-1974.
"Buck Breaks Out of the Mist," 1-5-1997.
"Buck Breaks Out of the Mist," 1-5-1987.
"Buck Estate Mess Settled by Agreement," 11-1979.
"Buck Manuscripts to be Recognized," 10-17-1974.
"Buck Manuscripts to be Cataloged," 2-26-1976.
"Buck Foundation Laced With Scandal," 3-10-1977.
"Buck Birthplace Restoration Set," 7-8-1970.
"Buck Home Restoring Under Way," 7-8-1970.
"Buck's Chinese Home Reflects WV," 7-16-1995.
"Buck's Birthplace Important," 9-15-1982.
"Charles Harper Will Speak at Pearl Buck Event," 10-19-1974.
"Children Given Buck's Estate," 6-11-1975.
"Chinese Scholars Enjoy Supper at Pearl Buck Birthplace," 7-16-1995.
"Chinese Saved life of Pearl Buck," 1-11-1972.
"Chinese Scholar Examines Pearl Buck Manuscripts at WV Wesleyan Library," 4-6-1992.
"Class to Raise Funds for Foundation," 6-25-1973.
"Comstock Trying to Buy Pearl Buck's Birthplace," 6-26-1974.
"Comstock Says State Miffed," 9-18-1964.
Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 1.
"Dear Pearl Buck," 5-18-1974.
"Did Pearl Buck Ever Look Back," 3-25-1992.
"Donation Made to Foundation," 3-27-1973.
"Doris Ann Starks Named Manager of Pearl S. Buck Foundation Birthplace," 5-18-1987.
"First Stages for Restoration of Pearl S. Buck Birthplace to Begin July 6th," 7-2-1970.
"From the Wisdom of Pearl Buck," 5-1959.
"Gassaway Woman Heads Buck House," 11-30-1974.
"Grand Opening Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Hillsboro, WV Saturday," 5- 4, 1974.
"Happy 94th Birthday, Pearl Buck by Jennings Randolph," 7-17-1986.
"Hillbilly to Seek Loan for Buck Home," 7-6-1964.
"Hillsboro House Combines Little Boy Charm With Historical Flavor," 9-7-1975.
"Home Lives Once More," 4-8-1981.
"Hoylman Named President o Pearl Buck Foundation," 11-21-1974.
"Hundreds Celebrate Pearl Buck Stamp', 6-25-1983.
"Is This Typical," 10-30-1962.
"Joe'd Probably Like Pearl," 10-14-1962.
"Journey to Pearl Buck's Youth," 6-26-1975.
"Lack of Interest in Pearl S. Buck Surprises Many," 4-19-1983.
"Lightburn Blasted," 9-30-1962.
"Literary Legend," 7-16-1995.
"Manuscripts of Pearl S. Buck to be Exhibited," 10-16-1974.
"Manuscripts of the Late Pearl Buck Have Been Stored at WV College," 8-9-1974.
"Miss Buck tackles Political History of Korea," 8-25-1963.
"Miss Pearl Buck Attended," 3-12-1970.
"Miss Buck, Giving My Life to My Work," 5-22-1967.
"Mrs. George Hoylman is Elected to Head Pearl Buck Foundation," 11-21-1974.
"Museum Dedicated at Hillsboro for Pearl Buck," 5-6-1974.
"Museum's Grand Opening Planned," 10-1-1973.
"Naming of Library Sparks Debate," 4-4-1988.
"New Executive Director-Robert Baber," 6-19-1986.
"Nobel Prize Winner, Pearl S. Buck, From the Randolph-Macon Women's College Bulletin, n.d.
"Noted Author, Pearl Buck, State Native," 5-19-1960.
"Official Program for the Dedication of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace, Hillsboro, WV," 5-4- 1974.
"Old Pocahontas County House a Special Place for Pearl Buck," 10-27-1991.
"Original Pearl Buck Doll to be Dedicated," 5-2-1974.
"Orphans of the War-GI's May Have Abandoned 100,000 Illegitimate Children," 2-28- 1973.
"Pearl S. Buck to Aid Children," 8-13-1971.
"Pearl Buck House Selected for National Register," 7-8-1970.
"Pearl Buck Birthplace," 7-10-1970.
"Pearl Buck House 'Grand Opening' Should Be Big Day for Richwood," 4-17-1974.
"Pearl Buck Will be on Panel at Ecoloty Seminar," 6-9-1970.
"Pearl Buck Birthplace Site of Two-day Seminar," 7-9-1970.
"Pearl Buck Birthplace Opens Monday," 1965.
"Pearl Buck Dies," 3-6-1973.
"Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Celebrates Fall Harvest," The Inter-Mountain Region, 9-13- 1997.
"Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Report," 1-1973.
"Pearl S. Buck Wins 1938 Nobel Prize," 11-11-1938.
"Pearl Buck Kept Her Ties to Hillsboro," 8-29-1995.
"Pearl Buck Rites Friday," 3-7-1973.
"Pearl S. Buck Returns for Celebration," 7-14-1970.
"Pearl Buck House Contract Awarded," 8-9-1972.
"Pearl S. Buck Home Scene for Seminar," 6-11-1970.
"Pearl S. Buck Wills Estate," 5-22-1967.
"Pearl Buck; Daughter of the Good Earth of West Virginia," 5-16-1974.
"Pearl Buck, Famed Writer, 80, Dies," 1973.
"Pearl S. Buck Portrait Displayed at Hillsboro," 7-25-1974.
"Pearl Buck Ancestral Home 100 Years Ago," 2-19-1958.
"Pearl S. Buck Tour," November 5-19, 1970.
"Pearl Buck's Life Colored by Missionary Parentage," 3-7-1973.
"Pearl Buck: a Last Interview," 3-9-1973.
"Pearl S. Buck to Take Part in Seminar," 6-10-1970.
"Pearl S. Buck Maintained Connection with Hillsboro," 8-29-1995.
"Pearl Buck Home Being Restored," 3-30-1973.
"Pearl Buck Home Lives Once More," Charleston Daily Mail, 4-8-1981.
"Pearl S. Buck: Author," 5-1959.
"Pearl Buck Hassle Said Waste," 1-16-1963.
"Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Grand Opening Badges," 4-18-1974.
"Pearl Buck's Will Contested by Son," 7-6-1973.
"Pearl S. Buck's No. One Dies," 10-18-1975.
"Pearl Buck Dies," 3-6-1973.
"Pearl Buck Birthplace Open During Pioneer Days," 7-7-1972.
"Pearl Buck Museum Now Open to Public," 5-6-1974.
"Pearl Buck's Death Forces Replanning of Celebration," 5-13-1973.
"Pearl Buck's Own Good Earth," Modern Maturity, February-March 1978.
"Pearl Buck Will Declared Invalid," 7-27-1974.
"Pearl S. Buck Left Her $7 Million Estate to Agency for Orphaned Children...," 7-2-1986.
"Pearl Buck Museum Closed," 11-14-1974.
"Pearl Buck had Nearly Twenty-five Works Awaiting Publication," 3-7-1973.
"Pearl Buck's Will is Overturned," 7-27-1974.
"Pearl Buck Home Gift Unaccepted," 6-26-1964.
"Pearl Buck Delights Women," 3-10-1970.
"Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Dedicated," 6-2-1974.
"Pearl Buck's Will is Invalid; Children Win Over Manager," 7-27-1974.
"Pearl Buck, Nobel Committee Shocked the World One Day," 2-1-1989.
"Pearl Buck, "The Good Earth', Hillsboro and China," 7-16-1995.
"Play on Life of Author Pearl Buck to Have Trial Run'< 9-12-1991.
"Portrait of Pearl Buck Borrowed From Smithsonian for WV Show," 7-19-1971.
"Postage Stamp Designed in Honor of Pearl Buck," 5-27-1982.
"Presence of Pearl S. Buck Lingers," 3-4-1975.
"Presence of Pearl Buck Lingers," 3-4-1975.
"Print of Pearl S. Buck Birthplace," n.d.
"Sai Zhenzhu Alias Pearl S. Buck Shocked the World 50 Years Ago," 2-2-1989.
"See West Virginia First," 6-12-1975.
"Smokehouse Conservation Completed for Gift Shop, Buck Mementos," 8-25-1975.
"Stamp for Pearl Buck is Scheduled," 8-3-1981.
"State Missing Cut," 8-23-1964.
"State-wide Fund Here," 11-7-1970.
"Stulting House," n.d.
"Stulting House, The Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck, Hillsboro, WV, brochure, n.d.
"That Other Pearl Buck House, the One She Lived In and Loved," 3-24-1988.
"The Birthplace of Pearl S. Buck," 3-6-1973.
"The West Virginia Clubwoman', 9-1967.
"The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Inc," brochure, n.d.
"The New Children," brochure, n.d.
"The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation," n.d.
"The Good Earth" Makes Big News in Dover," 12-14-1974.
"Two Prize Winning Buck House Paintings," 3-30-1968.
"West Virginian of the Year 1962," 12-30-1962.
"West Virginian Awarded Nobel Literature Prize," 11-11-1938.
"West Virginian is Honored," n.d.
"What the Critics Thought of Pearl Buck," 10-27-1988.
"Williamsburg Virginia Type Center Planned at Pearl Buck Birthplace," 7-27-1973.
"World Need of Unity Cited in Pearl Buck Final Talk," 6-4-1963.
"Writings Manuscripts to be Displayed," 6-6-1979.
"Ye Olde Compleat Guide to the Grand Opening of the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace," 5-2-1974.
Notable Individuals in West Virginia History


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Academic Programs
The American Antiquarian Society undertakes a variety of academic programs for constituencies including college undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars. All of these programs derive their focus and their strength from the collections in the Society's library and from the community of scholars, fellows, and staff that is centered around the institution.
Regional Seminars
The American Antiquarian Society regional seminars, given in association with the history departments of Brown University, Clark University and the University of Connecticut, brings area and transient scholars, graduate students, and other interested individuals together several times a year to hear and to discuss papers on a wide variety of topics germane to the interests and collections of the Society. The series focuses on pre-twentieth-century American history broadly speaking, as well as on such specializations as American literary history, art history, music history, and bibliography and book trade history. Many of the presentations are interdisciplinary in nature.
American Studies Seminar
Each fall since 1978, AAS has sponsored an honors-level American Studies Seminar for undergraduates at five Worcester academic institutions, Assumption College, Clark University, the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State College.
Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC)
Established in 2005, The Center for Historic American Visual Culture (CHAViC) at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) seeks to provide opportunities for educators to learn about American visual culture and resources, promote the awareness of AAS collections, and stimulate research and intellectual inquiry into American visual materials. CHAViC will accomplish these goals by offering fellowships, exhibitions, workshops and seminars, conferences, and improved access to AAS collections.
Program in the History of the Book
The most comprehensive is the Society's Program in the History of the Book in American Culture, which sponsors seminars, summer seminars, workshops, lectures, conferences, and publications, including a five volume work of collaborative scholarship, A History of the Book in America, in association with Cambridge University Press. The Program was formally established in 1983 in order to focus the Society's collections and its long-standing history of involvement in fostering and publishing scholarship in American bibliography and printing history on the development of an emerging interdisciplinary field of humanistic scholarship. The Program seeks to promote research, publication, and teaching about the impact that the printed word has had on the development of American society and culture. The Program's activities have helped the history-of-the-book field achieve its current, more mature state.