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Carlisle Groundbreaking Set for January 23, 2008
Carlisle Groundbreaking Ceremony
150 South College Street, Carlisle, PA
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.
Reception Immediately Following
Holland Union Building, Dickinson College Campus
RSVP at: http://www.dsl.psu.edu/groundbreaking.cfm
Final
plans approved for Dickinson School of Law Building
in Carlisle
Final plans for renovations and additions to Trickett
Hall at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law Carlisle
campus received approval from Penn State's Board of
Trustees on Friday, November 2.
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An advanced audiovisual telecommunications network will connect
the building with the Law School's new facility
at University Park, enabling students and faculty
at either location to access on a real-time, interactive
basis classes or programs at either location.
"In this way, the Law School will operate
as a single enterprise, with a single identity,
reputation, and stature," said Gary C. Schultz,
senior vice president for finance and business/treasurer
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The 89-year-old Trickett Hall and the 1985 addition
will be retained, according to plans designed by Polshek
Partnership Architects and Hargreaves Associates,
both of New York City, and Harrisburg's Office of
Planning and Architecture. Older additions will be
demolished. The plan provides an opportunity to add
a new structure, Lewis Katz Hall, to connect Trickett
Hall and the 1985 addition.
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South Street Entrance — Lewis Katz Hall
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Trickett Hall will be renovated to house the H. Laddie
Montague, Jr. Law Library, while the 1985 addition
will be renovated to house offices. The new Lewis
Katz Hall, which will be topped with a green roof,
will contain classrooms, a courtroom and auditorium.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for January 23, 2008.
Expected occupancy of the new and
renovated Carlisle facility is December 2009.
Lewis
Katz Building is Officially "Topped Off"
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The Lewis Katz Building was officially "topped off" on Tuesday,
October 30, commemorating a construction milestone.
All steel beams are in place, and the structure's
angular steel skeleton is complete.
Iron workers, Penn State administrators, Dean
Philip McConnaughay, and Law School students,
faculty, and staff gathered to celebrate, as well
as a few students of architectural engineering
who had been studying the Lewis Katz Building
in class. Spectators enjoyed an unusually warm
fall day and squinted at the sunshine as the beams
were hoisted into place at the top of the structure.
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| The beams were the centerpiece of the ceremony. While nearly
all of the structure's beams are brown, the
ceremonial beams were painted white and signed
by members of the Law School community.
In addition to scores of personal signatures
from Law School students, faculty, and staff,
the beams bore a U.S. flag and an evergreen
tree to bring growth and luck to the building.
Topping off ceremonies started in Scandinavia around 700
A.D. as an effort to manage spiritual relations
when Scandinavians believed that trees were
home to spirits and gods. According to Carpenter
magazine, builders would place a tree at the
top of a building to provide a home for spirits
who would otherwise be displaced by the timber
used to build the structure. Scandinavian topping
off festivals would include pouring wine at
the foot of the tree and sharing a meal to please
the gods. Now, the purpose of the tree is symbolic,
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"The tree is to signify new life, birth, rebirth, new beginnings,"
said Steve O'Connor, Gilbane's operations manager.
An estimated 20,000 "man" hours of construction
have been completed on site, with 6,500 of those
in steel fabrication. A banner on the construction
trailer boasted of more than 200 days of site
safety. All of the steel for the project was fabricated
by Buffalo Structural Steel.
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Said one representative of the steel firm, "It's just totally
awesome to see all the pieces you fabricate in the
shop come together."
A Look Ahead
Now that the steel is erected, construction begins
on the library ramp. The interior spaces will also
be carved out, including the library's massive glass
walls that will face Mount Nittany. Cutting-edge robotics
technology will be used to create curtain walls and
the glass face.
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news and announcements
Ridge Joins Hershey Trust Board
Ridge '72
Zimmerman '59 |
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Former Pennsylvania governor
and Dickinson School of Law alumnus Thomas J.
Ridge '72 was elected to the Board of Directors
of the Hershey Trust on November 11. Ridge was
among eight new directors elected to the board,
effective immediately.
He joins former Pennsylvania attorney general
and fellow Dickinson alumnus LeRoy S. Zimmerman
'59, chair of the Hershey Trust Board. Established
to serve the Milton Hershey School for underprivileged
children, the trust controls more than 70 percent
of Hershey's voting stock.
"Together and individually, these new directors
are independent-minded leaders with world-class
capabilities and highly relevant expertise," said
Zimmerman in a press release issued by The Hershey
Company. "Having implemented these changes, the
Trust Board will return to allowing this company
board and management team to do their jobs and
lead the company to new successes."
Ridge is the president and chief executive officer
of Ridge Global LLC and serves on the boards of
Exelon Corporation and Vonage. He was appointed
as the first secretary of Homeland Security, a
position he held from 2001 to 2004.
Zimmerman was the first-elected attorney general
of Pennsylvania and has argued several cases to
Supreme Court of the United States and the Pennsylvania
Supreme Court. He is chair of the Board of Managers
of Milton Hershey School and the former chair
of the Board of Governors of The Dickinson School
of Law.
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Now Hiring - Director of Alumni
Relations
Interested alumni are encouraged to apply!
The Law School is seeking an experienced Director
of Alumni Relations to oversee, plan, and
implement all functions and activities of our alumni
relations program. This position will be responsible
for planning new programs and activities aimed at
enhancing alumni involvement and participation; developing
news and other information for written and electronic
alumni publications and alumni Web pages; organizing
and conducting a comprehensive alumni outreach and
communications program; developing and/or managing
all alumni committees and volunteer programs; working
with alumni advisory boards; and acting as a liaison
between the Law School and the Penn State Alumni Association.
The position will work closely with both the Development
Office and the Marketing & Communications Office.
Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent knowledge
and two years of related work experience. Requires
a working knowledge of Microsoft Office including
Access and Excel; familiarity with internet-based
communications; some overnight travel and weekends;
and a valid driver's license. Must possess excellent
interpersonal, organizational, writing, and marketing
skills; be goal-oriented and self-motivated; and able
to lead and motivate volunteers.
To apply for this position, please visit the Penn
State Job site and click on Penn State’s
Dickinson School of Law in the “Change Location”
field. Applications will be accepted beginning Friday,
November 30 through Thursday, December 6.
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International Law Review
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your subscription to the Penn State International
Law Review (PSILR) for the 2007 - 2008 publishing
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