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10 Questions: Schreyer Scholar Melanie Angle
By Carly Mallenbaum, College Relations Intern
“10 Questions” is an occasional feature spotlighting Schreyer Scholars recently in the news.
1. What is your name and field of study?
I’m Melanie Angle, a psychology major with a business option and a business minor. As a freshman... I was in the Division of Undergraduate Studies but, with the help of an adviser, I found I had an interest in psychology.
2. What are you writing your thesis on?
Right now I’m working in a social and cognitive development lab. I do a lot of coding, which means I collect data, label it, and determine the results of tests. I am looking at how children and parents interact while performing spatial tasks like using a compass rose, building blocks, and navigating around a map. I might also study why children develop gender identity and gender stereotypes. My thesis will be composed of independent research in this psych lab.
3. What activities are you involved with outside of school?
I’ve always liked dance, and I’ve danced all my life. Right now I am social chair of Volé, the ballet club at Penn State. It is the only dance club that doesn’t turn away anybody. It’s a little more laidback than the others.
4. Why are you in the news?
Volé had a fundraiser at Cold Stone Creamery. There were four girls behind the stone making ice cream and a percentage of the sales that night went to our club. We are trying to do a lot more fundraisers this year, like work with Snappy’s and Panda Express and sell merchandise.
5. What’s all the money for?
We need the money to help put on a show. On Sunday, November 15th we’re having a dance performance in Heritage Hall in the HUB. The theme is “A Night at the Movies,” and admission is free. I’ll be dancing to songs from “The Holiday” and “Monsters, Inc.”
6. What else does Volé do?
We offer dance classes for people of all dance levels. There is also one ballet group that you can try out for that performed as part of Penn State’s “So You Think You Can Dance” competition. For Homecoming, the senior girls paired with the boys’ lacrosse team and danced in the parade. There were a lot of lifts, but they kept it simple and fun. We are also involved with THON.
7. Why did you apply to Schreyer?
As a freshman I didn’t have the confidence to apply, because it seemed like a lot, so I came in as a junior gate. I heard really good things about Schreyer and I thought that writing a thesis would help me with getting into grad school.
8. What’s the biggest advantage of being a Scholar?
I like that I can get to know faculty on a more intimate basis. And I think that being in Schreyer will help with a lot of my future plans.
9. Any plans for after you graduate?
I want to do Teach for America for a year. Then I want to go to grad school. After that, I might be a school counselor or a college professor who teaches social or developmental psychology. I really would like to do something with children. That would be really rewarding.
10. Just wondering: What’s your favorite dance move?
The running-man!
Penn State Schreyer Honors College Great "Date": Love was in the air during the Schreyer Honors College's fifth annual Date Auction, benefiting the American Cancer Society. The event, sponsored by the SHC's Student Council, raised about $1,500 in support of breast cancer research. Schreyer Scholars, alone and in pairs, auctioned themselves off at the ev...ent held Wednesday, October 28, in Simmons Dining Hall. A special guest appearance by the Nittany Lion resulted in a winning bid of $90. Check out the photo album, too.
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10 Questions: Schreyer Scholar Davey Rockwell
"10 Questions" is an occasional feature spotlighting Schreyer Scholars recently in the news. Scholar Davey Rockwell’s most recent claim to fame was when the Student Film Organization, which Davey heads, helped a budding screenplay author visit campus last month to audition s...tudents for roles in the film “Quarter-Life Crisis.”
1. What is your name and field of study?
Everyone around here calls me Davey, Davey Rockwell. I’m studying Film-Video, focusing on documentary work, and minoring in English
2. What are you writing your thesis on?
Student Video Making, the process of creation, the importance of the communication and the education of the discipline. I'm hoping to show that there needs to be a bigger emphasis on the education of filmmaking, because it is becoming as important—if not more so—as knowing how to write an essay. I enjoy English and filmmaking, so this thesis combines two things I really have interest in.
3. What activities are you involved with outside of school?
I’m the president of the Student Film Organization. I also do Problem Child Literary Magazine.
4. What does the Student Film Organization do?
SFO has an annual film fest the week after finals week that displays all the student work that has been done throughout the year. It is the film and video students’ big night when they get to be stars! It is a lot of fun. I've been a part of the fest as treasurer over the past two years. This year, I'll be running it.
5. What is Problem Child Literary Magazine?
It's a magazine that is published once per semester and is available for free. I'm on the staff that decides what poems, literature, photos and art get into the mag. I also love to contribute.
6. Why do you like film?
I love filmmaking because anybody can do it, and everybody should do it! In high school I started making videos and it was the only thing I could think about throughout the entire day. I was in high school chemistry class thinking about my next video project, and I realized that I should be doing this for the rest of my life. So, here I am.
7. What’s newsworthy about you? What else are you up to?
I was just part of an MP3 challenge. SOMA – Students Organizing Multiple Arts – organized the event. There were about 35 of us listening to the same MP3 that gave us instructions of things to do. We had to chase each other and read the newspaper out loud. It was pretty fun.
Right now I am in the process of writing music for my movies. I play piano and accordion, so I have the means. I'm also trying to run a 48-hour film fest. It is kind of like a video scavenger hunt. You get 48 hours to make a film and you have to include certain things in the film. Then, we show everyone's finished product.
8. Why Schreyer?
I decided to come to PSU because it was near my home. I decided to apply for SHC, through the junior gate, because I knew that it would give me an edge that most of my peers didn't have. In a competitive field that I'm in, I need an edge. Beyond just having the name on my résumé, the SHC has helped me remain focused on my academics and really helped me learn so much from my courses. It has also helped me fully realize what it is I want to do with my career and my love for filmmaking and communication.
9. Can you tell us about one of your videos?
I submitted one video, “Hungry Squirrels,” to Campus Movie Festival. This is a traveling film fest that came to our campus with the intention of allowing any student to make a film and show it to a decent-sized audience. They gave students a week to do the videos. I procrastinated and did mine in the last five hours of time.
10. What was your favorite movie growing up?
I really enjoyed ‘’Sister Act” because I loved to sing along with the songs. I also loved “Jesus Christ Superstar’ for this reason. Currently, I'm a big fan of “Synecdoche, New York” and the film “Old Joy.”
To view Davey’s “Hungry Squirrels” video, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_gEFLSrX
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10 Questions: Schreyer Scholar Mike Perone
“10 Questions” is an occasional feature spotlighting Schreyer Scholars recently in the news. Scholar Mike Perone will be in the news throughout the year since he is chair of the Distinguished Speaker Series. Last month, he was quoted in the Collegian when the DSS brought Chris ...Gardner, whose life story was the basis of the film “The Pursuit of Happyness,” to campus. Next week, the DSS is sponsoring a healthcare debate between former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and GOP strategist Karl Rove, who served in the White House as a senior adviser to President George W. Bush.
1. The basics – who are you and what are you studying?
I’m Mike Perone, a senior, and I have 2 majors: Bioengineering and International Studies. I have a minor in Italian.
2. In 25 words or less, what’s the topic of your honors thesis?
We had a project where we had to approach a professor and interview him them about their research. I talked to my bioengineering professor and I became really interested in fluid dynamics around pediatric ventricular assist devices. Basically, it’s about artificial hearts. It applies my bioengineering background and is relevant to my career goals.
3. What extracurricular activities fill up your free time?
I am the chair of DSS, which is the Distinguished Speaker Series. We find lecturers for Penn State students, hoping that we can draw in interests from the broadest group of students possible. We strive for a very diverse group in both speaking topics and backgrounds of the lecturers. The committee as a whole selects speakers. We have a big brainstorming session, ask for prices, and if speakers are available, then we pursue them further.
I also do Atlas THON, which is an independent organization that participates in THON,
4. What’s your favorite class so far?
Math 230H. The teacher was really interesting and he didn’t have a traditional teaching approach. He included a lot of interesting things about vectors and time and space. I liked how it wasn’t a traditional math class and really encouraged the class to think creatively.
5. Why Schreyer?
When I came for a visit, I stayed with a friend from my high school who had the same major and same career plans as me. I really liked it here and I felt at home.
6. What did you do that was newsworthy?
The DSS had Chris Gardner, author of the memoir, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” come speak at Schwab Auditorium. My role, specifically, was to coordinate the logistics. I think the speech went very well. I received entirely positive feedback.
7. Why do you do it?
I really liked being involved with the DSS Committee last year, so I applied to be chair. It’s a nice perk that you get to have dinner with the speaker before they speak. It gets stressful on the day of the event, though.
8. So, you get to hang out with famous people who come to campus to speak. Do you get intimidated talking to these VIPs?
I walked with Chris Gardner to the Nittany Lion Inn and we talked about lots of things ranging from him visiting his grandkids to my career goals. He is probably eight inches taller than me, but it was probably more intimidating to meet (former U.S. Secretary of State) Madeleine Albright who came to speak last year.
9. Who would you most like to see speak at Penn State?
Mario Lemieux. Well, I’m a huge Penguins fan, first of all, and I think he has an interesting story because he struggled through Hodgkin ’s disease. Every time he handles media he says the right things. He’s very professional, very poised.
10. You’ve studied abroad in Italy. What’s your favorite shape of pasta?
I’m gonna go with bucatini. They’re hollow. In Rome they have a dish, bucatini all'amatriciana. That’s my favorite dish.
To learn about upcoming speakers in the Distinguished Speaker Series, go to http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/pennstatespa
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Some quotes from last night's speech by marine explorer and award-winning filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau:
"We need to stop treating the ocean as a sewage."
"Science -- research -- is critical but it can never be used as an excuse to do nothing."
"Everything is connected. It's all one single system and, unless we understan...d it, we will continue to make mistakes."
"Next time you take an aspirin, hopefully, it cures your headache but where it that chemical going? Into the ocean like everything else."
"People protect what they love."
"We've had it pretty good but the next time you see a kid -- five or seven years old -- make sure you look him in the eyes and say, 'I am doing everything I can to make sure you have the same privileges I do.' "
Jean-Michel Cousteau, marine explorer, filmmaker, and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, spoke on Monday, Oct. 19, to an audience of nearly 800 in Penn State's Schwab Auditorium.
Cousteau's speech, "The Great Ocean Adventure," was the Schreyer Honors College's Fall Signature Lecture and was co-sponsored by the Presidential Leadership Academy, the Office of Undergraduate Education Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College Jean-Michel Cousteau, marine explorer, filmmaker, and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, spoke on Monday, Oct. 19, to an audience of nearly 800 in Penn State's Schwab Auditorium. Cousteau's speech, "The Great Ocean Adventure," was the Schreyer Honors College's Fall Signature Lecture and was co-sponsored by the Presi...dential Leadership Academy, the Office of Undergraduate Education Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy and the Earth and Enivironmental Systems Institute.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College In spite of record snow, Scholars prepare the Schreyer Honors College float for the Homecoming 2009 parade.
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Sound Garden -- When a group of freshman students could not decide between an environmental project and a musical project for their Leadership JumpStart class—a course designed specifically for incoming Scholars to cultivate leadership, collaboration, and personal growth—they chose to compromise. This is how the Sound ...Garden came into conception. http://www.shc.psu.edu/news/sound_garden
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"Sea"-ing is believing: Explore the mysteries of the deep as environmental activist, educator, and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau shares “The Great Ocean Adventure” during the Schreyer Honors College’s Fall Signature Lecture in Schwab Auditorium on Monday, October 19, at 8:00 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the pu...blic. http://www.shc.psu.edu/events/cousteau.c
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Penn State Schreyer Honors College: academic excellence, global perspective, leadership and civic engagement. Academic scholarships available for incoming first-year Scholars.
See MorePenn State Schreyer Honors College The Schreyer Honors College and the Presidential Leadership Academy presented an Oxford Debate Thursday, September 24, in Alumni Hall in the HUB at Penn State's University Park campus. Two panels -- each made up of a faculty member and two students -- debated the motion that "Government bailouts impoverish a nation." A...bout 100 people attended the inaugural event.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College It's your time, Class of 2014! High school seniors interested in applying to the Schreyer Honors College for admission in fall 2010 are invited to the SHC's Scholars Day open house on Monday, October 5. Information sessions with individual colleges, an overview of the SHC, and a tour of honors housing are part of the d...ay's activities. Pre-register for this event.
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Penn State Schreyer Honors College: academic excellence, global perspective, leadership and civic engagement. Academic scholarships available for incoming first-year Scholars.
See MorePenn State Schreyer Honors College Choosing sides: The pro's and con's of government bailouts will be discussed during the Schreyer Honors College's inaugural Oxford Debate on Thursday, September 24, Following the debate format extabished by Oxford University, two panels will present opening statements on the motion "Government bailouts impoversih futur...e generations" and will then field questions from the audience. Join the debate -- 8:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, Alumni Hall in the HUB.
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Penn State Schreyer Honors College: academic excellence, global perspective, leadership and civic engagement. Academic scholarships available for incoming first-year Scholars.
See MorePenn State Schreyer Honors College The Schreyer Honors College held its inaugural Founders Day celebration on Thursday, September 10, 2009, on Penn State's University Park campus. The event included a birthday cake, the unveiling of a photo mosaic featuring images of Schreyer Scholars and staff, and the announcement of a new ice cream flavor, Scholars C...hip, to be produced by Penn State's Berkey Creamery later this year.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College Here's the scoop! Introducing Scholars Chip, a new flavor created for the Schreyer Honors College by Penn State's Berkey Creamery. Dubbed a "brilliant combination" of Philadelphia-style vanilla bean ice cream and premium milk chocolate chips, Scholars Chip was inspired by college founder William A. Schreyer '48's favor...ite ice cream flavor and announced at the college's Founders Day celebration on Thursday.
Penn State Schreyer Honors College An Associated Press story today details how a fundraising appeal to a group of Scholar parents is raising money to help Scholars with financial needs.
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