James Hodge '09 says stereotypes aren't always a bad thing.
“Stereotypes are an adaptive mechanism that allow us to see the world with less effort,” Hodge said. “If you had to go through life categorizing every single thing you saw or experienced, it would be exhausting. Luckily, the brain developed a shortcut.”
The problem, Hodge says, is when we use stereotypes about a particular group to categorize one person.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie will hold its annual Summer Choir Camp on Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 8.
The camp, which will be held at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, 134 West Seventh Street, focuses on developing singers’ voices through interactive workshops and expert instruction. The day camp is open to all children, ages 7 to 13, and it meets from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with morning drop-off at 8:30 a.m.
They say there’s no such thing as an original idea, but sometimes looking at old ideas in a new way can result in exciting new hybrids—just ask graduate Crystal Velasquez ’97.
Ah…summer. Time to kick back with a good book. We asked some of the faculty and staff members at Penn State Behrend to share their suggestions for summer reading.
If, like me, you always forget which books you want to read in the future, try one of these strategies.
1. Make a list using the “note” feature on your smart phone or tablet, and you’ll always have your list with you when you’re browsing at the Lilley Library or out shopping.
Francesca DiSanti has been styling hair for nearly forty years. For thirty of them, she has been lamenting the loss of a special tool—a flexible plastic brush/comb combo—that made unsnarling curly or tangled hair easy and painless. DiSanti lost the tool early in her career and was never able to find another like it.
She mentioned her dilemma to a client who suggested that DiSanti make her own tool. “I laughed and said, ‘Me? How would I ever do that?,’” she said.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie, a youth outreach program of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, performed an impromptu concert for Senator Pat Toomey at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. as part of its annual summer tour last week.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie, a youth outreach program of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will embark on a summer tour beginning Monday, June 16.
As a Buffalo, N.Y., native and avid Bills and Sabres fan, Paul Lukasik seemed destined to attend college in his home state. In fact, he didn’t even plan to look at colleges outside of New York.
Darren Williams works in the same office he did two years ago. He researches the same topics. He teaches the same courses.
Yet life will never be the same for Williams. Not anymore.
Williams, a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, thinks back to the summer of 2012 and realizes signs were evident.
His energy had been cut in half. Red spots began to appear on his legs. A routine cut on his leg got infected.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie, a youth outreach program of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, performed an impromptu concert for Senator Pat Toomey at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. as part of its annual summer tour last week.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie, a youth outreach program of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will embark on a summer tour beginning Monday, June 16.
As a Buffalo, N.Y., native and avid Bills and Sabres fan, Paul Lukasik seemed destined to attend college in his home state. In fact, he didn’t even plan to look at colleges outside of New York.