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Rittenhouse Square
May 9 – 11, 2014 – Philadelphia, PA

Fair hours are 11 am to 7 pm Friday & Saturday, and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday. Admission is free. Street and garage parking is plentiful.

The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen returns to Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square with its third annual juried fine craft fair over Mother’s Day weekend, May 9, 10 & 11. The event was named a Top 100 Fine Craft Fair in the nation by ArtFair Sourcebook, a respected publication in the craft industry known for its artist-submitted show reviews.

Through a partnership with Friends of Rittenhouse Square and in conjunction with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, this event brings 145 fine craftsmen from across the country and Canada to downtown Philadelphia.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s is accused of being overly aggressive in the imprisonment of parents that are unable to make their child support payments.

The County Commissions office released a statement:

Seven deadbeat parents were arrested overnight during an unannounced raid starting at 1:00 a.m. and are being held pending a hearing by Hon. Judge Kelly C. Wall at the Montgomery County Courthouse.

“We’re taking a new approach,” said Sheriff Russell Bono. “I don’t want these deadbeat parents to ever feel comfortable.”

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies combed several areas including Norristown, Plymouth Meeting, Willow Grove, Glenside and Hatboro, Pa., on a search for 30 defendants with active warrants for delinquent support payments for 55 (people).

May 2-27, 2014 RECEPTION: Sunday May 4, 2PM – 5PM
Old City Jewish Art Center 119 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia PA 19006

At first glance, my work may appear conventional. I try to produce works of art, that are in fact hiding deeply in the hidden forces that plugs us to an inner connection to nature. Doing what I do has nothing to do with what is in style or other people’s values. I am on my own personal path.

Everything changes, as the earth moves away from our Sun, and the Universe slides more and more into the unknown. The question of how to express the transformation of life is reflected in these paintings. For obvious reasons, I love to push clichés to beyond their boundaries; I have chosen to portray landscapes that reflex images and symbols of The Fullness of the Earth.

Since 1966, Bensignor has exhibited her work primarily in the New York, New Jersey, and the Pennsylvania area. Her work was also featured in several exhibits in Japan. In 1985, Bensignor’s work was exhibited in a show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and again in 2003. Since 1973, her work has been on continuous display at New York City galleries. Bensignor’s work can be seen in a number of public and private collections in the United States, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Belgium and Portugal.

If you would like more information about the artists and photographs of current pieces to be in the show, or to schedule an interview with Bensignor, please call Old City Jewish Art Center at 215-923-1222 or Paulette Bensignor at 664-0972

Murrysville, Pennsylvania — 20 people at Franklin Regional Senior High School were stabbed by a student. Many of the wounded didn’t even know what had happened. “They just felt pain and noticed they were bleeding,” said Dr. Timothy VanFleet, chief of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

The Northeast Philadelphia Hall of Fame is sponsored by Glen Foerd on the Delaware in partnership with Holy Family University, the Historical Society of Frankford, The Northeast Times and Philadelphia City Councilman At-Large Dennis M. O’Brien.

The mission of the Northeast Philadelphia Hall of Fame is to foster the development of civic values and a sense of community in Northeast Philadelphia, along with a greater awareness and appreciation of the area’s rich history, by honoring the lives and accomplishments of its most distinguished citizens. To that end, the Northeast Philadelphia Hall of Fame will honor those Northeast Philadelphia residents past and present whose lives or careers have been marked by high achievement or those individuals who have had a lasting, significant, and positive impact on the Northeast Philadelphia community.

Governor Tom Corbett today announced that 23 organizations involved in 19 environmental projects from across the state will receive the 2014 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.

“The recipients of this year’s award represent a few of the many dedicated Pennsylvanians who have committed their businesses, schools and other organizations to be good stewards of the environment,” Corbett said. “Their efforts are key to ensure that Pennsylvania’s air, land and water are clean for generations to come.”

Any Pennsylvania business, school, government agency, trade organization, non-profit organization or agribusiness that has completed projects to promote environmental stewardship and economic development was eligible to apply for the award. The winners were selected by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

“Each year, it’s inspiring to learn about the innovative, environmentally friendly projects from across the state,” DEP Secretary Chris Abruzzo said. “This year’s award recipients are protecting Pennsylvania’s environment with creativity and ingenuity.”

The winning projects include tailgate recycling, abandoned mine drainage (AMD) abatement, rain gardens and the use of alternative energy, among others.

Philadelphia
• Pennsylvania Horticultural Society of Philadelphia worked with local partners to create the Community Farm and Green Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden along the shore of the Schuylkill River in the low income neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia. The farm and resource center includes a full-scale greenhouse, community garden spaces, an orchard of 90 fruit trees, a farmers market and an entrepreneurial jobs training and leadership development program for local high school students.

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The City of Philadelphia released a comprehensive list of the most commonly asked questions and answers about the agreement of sale between the City of Philadelphia and UIL Holdings Corporation.

The Mayor issued the following statement in connection with the list:

“We believe it is extremely important to respond proactively to the questions we’re hearing so that everyone in Philadelphia can see how the sale will benefit taxpayers, PGW customers, and employees and how it will protect their jobs and pensions. The questions included in this document mirror those raised by consumers, businesses, government officials and City workers.

“Unfortunately, some who oppose the sale have distributed misinformation with the intent of frightening citizens. There is simply no place for those kinds of tactics on an issue this important to the future of our city.

“As City Council continues its process of evaluating the terms of the sale, I urge all Philadelphians with an interest in this topic to access as much real, true and correct information as possible, including the list of questions and answers we are providing today.”

WEST CHESTER, PA — West Chester University students and alumni agree with Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, which in its latest ranking, identifies WCU as one of the top public universities in the country.

Kiplinger’s ranks the top 100 public colleges and universities based on measures of academic quality and affordability. This year, they also selected the top 25 best college or university values, whose tuitions are less than $30,000 a year, listing West Chester at #14 out of 22 public universities in the country. West Chester University is the only Pennsylvania school on the list.

“These institutions deliver the most academic bang for your buck,” noted the Kiplinger’s editors on their website.

Penn State has several campuses in the Greater Philadelphia Region including Abington (Montgomery County), Great Valley (Chester County) and Lima (Delaware County). Here are some other Penn State facts:

1. Penn State names Eric J. Barron president

2. THON 2014 ‘redefines the possibilities’ with $13.3 million for pediatric
cancer

3. Times Higher Education global reputation survey ranks Penn State in Top 50

4. Family and friends create trustee scholarship in alumnus’ memory

5. CORED symposium highlights diversity dynamics, potential improvements

6. New MajorQuest guides students in choosing a major

7. Symposium puts spotlight on engaged scholarship

8. Smeal Finance student leads creation of Student Financial Education Center

9. Penn State students featured as ‘incredibly impressive’ undergraduates

10. Erickson addresses Pa. House, Senate appropriations committees

11. Sports Archive to celebrate 25th anniversary

12. Theatre Professor Susan Russell named Penn State laureate for 2014-15

13. Dates for your calendar: Spring 2014

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1. Penn State names Eric J. Barron president

The 18th president of Penn State has been named by the University’s Board of
Trustees. Eric J. Barron, a former dean at Penn State and current leader of
Florida State University, will begin as Penn State’s next president on or
before May 12, 2014.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/bMStGkgZ

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2. THON 2014 ‘redefines the possibilities’ with $13.3 million for pediatric
cancer

THON 2014, Penn State’s 42nd annual Dance Marathon, concluded its annual
46-hour THON Weekend Sunday (Feb. 23) at the Bryce Jordan Center by raising a
record-breaking $13,343,517.33 in the fight against pediatric cancer.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/j22sFh_h

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3. Times Higher Education global reputation survey ranks Penn State in Top 50

Penn State has ranked 39th among universities worldwide in the fourth annual
Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, released today (March 5).
The University entered the Top 50 for the first time in the 2014 reputation
rankings, based on 10,536 responses, from 133 countries, to an
invitation-only, worldwide academic survey of academics and researchers asked
to identify institutions they considered to be the best in research and
teaching.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/DT1vHnk8

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4. Family and friends create trustee scholarship in alumnus’ memory

Family and friends of late Penn State alumnus Kyle Johnson, Class of 2012,
recently established a scholarship in his memory. The Kyle Chase Johnson
Memorial Trustee Scholarship will provide financial support for students who
are members of the Lion Ambassadors at Penn State, an organization in which
Kyle participated as an undergraduate.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/P_vhM24X

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5. CORED symposium highlights diversity dynamics, potential improvements

While Penn State has made strides in promoting diversity and inclusion on its
campuses, “there’s always more to do,” Vice Provost for Educational Equity
Terrell Jones said as he opened the Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity
(CORED) spring symposium and open house held Tuesday (March 4) at the
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/NWnrcFpx

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6. New MajorQuest guides students in choosing a major

The Division of Undergraduate Studies released a newly designed version of
MajorQuest last week to help Penn State students find majors that relate to
their areas of interest. The new site at
http://dus.psu.edu/students/majorquest introduces an improved interactive
tool that prompts students to select one or more of their interests, such as
art and design, cyber information, environment and sustainability, helping
people, sports and teaching. MajorQuest then filters Penn State’s
more-than-160 majors and lists those that incorporate all the selected
interests.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/GqZgHXzg

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7. Symposium puts spotlight on engaged scholarship

Penn State’s inaugural Engaged Scholarship Symposium provides an opportunity
to learn more about engaged scholarship and how it enriches student learning.
The symposium, planned for March 25 at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State’s
University Park campus, is open to faculty, staff and students from all Penn
State locations. For more information and to register for the conference,
visit http://goo.gl/iv1tW2 online. Those unable to attend in person can
register to view a live stream.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/NzMsW4BJ

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8. Smeal Finance student leads creation of Student Financial Education Center

Concerned with soaring student loan debt and what he perceived as a lack of
financial literacy among college students, Penn State Smeal College of
Business finance student Anand Ganjam proposed an effort last spring to
provide students with personal finance education. Earlier this semester, the
Student Financial Education Center (SFEC) opened its doors in 309 Paterno
Library on the University Park campus.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/22ZN41JS

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9. Penn State students featured as ‘incredibly impressive’ undergraduates

In the classroom and laboratory, performing on the field — or in it, doing
world-class research and altruistic service around the globe — these Penn
State students represent just a small fraction of what is “incredibly
impressive” about our University.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/X3f7HDFj

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10. Erickson addresses Pa. House, Senate appropriations committees

Penn State President Rodney Erickson addressed appropriations committees for
both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on Feb. 25, urging
lawmakers to keep the partnership between the University and the Commonwealth
strong in the coming year.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/1CBHw6Yg

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11. Sports Archive to celebrate 25th anniversary

The public is invited to events surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Penn
State Sports Archives, a collection in The Eberly Family Special Collections
Library. Established in 1988, the collection consists of athlete files,
audio-visual materials, media guides, press kits and memorabilia.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/HJJBMfgP

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12. Theatre Professor Susan Russell named Penn State laureate for 2014-15

Susan Russell, associate professor of theatre, has been named the Penn State
laureate for the 2014-15 academic year. She succeeds 2013-14 Penn State
Laureate Kenneth Womack, senior associate dean for Academic Affairs and
professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona.

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/hczmddb8

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13. Dates for your calendar: Spring 2014

Spring Semester 2014

March 9-15: Spring break, no classes
May 2: Classes end
May 5-9: Final exams
​May 9-11: Commencement

Many additional dates during the semester are important to the academic
progress of your student, available online at

http://www.registrar.psu.edu/academic_calendar/calendar_index.cfm

Read the full story: http://news.psu.edu/link/grgY2Wd2

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