PANTHER PRINT April April 1, 2016 Volume 29, Issue 14

The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville PO Box 287, Titusville, PA 16354 814-827-4400 Tammy Carr, Editor, Panther Print

We’re on the web: www.upt.pitt.edu

Inside this issue:

Student Appreciation Week/Guitar Club 2

The True American Book Club 3

Mock Interviews 4

5K Race Against Racism 5

Food & Housing Committee Meeting 6

Things to do… 7

Library vs. Internet 8

Pitt Day In Harrisburg

Guitar Club News (photos and article by Ron Shoup) One of the spring term culminating activity for UPT Guitar Club was in the form of a field trip to visit the Guitar Center in Boardman, OH, on Friday evening, March 25th. After club members enjoyed touring the store and playing many instruments that were on display, the group

enjoyed having dinner at the Longhorn Steakhouse prior to returning to the campus. A good time was had by all.

The final field trip of the year for the Guitar Club will be taking a field trip to The Commons in Franklin, PA on Friday evening, April 15th, to enjoy dinner and to hear a local guitarist performing.

Those in attendance for the fun-filled outing included Monica Makia, Geneva Bolger, Corey Payne, Nathan Baker, Austin Leahy, Lewis Abia-nda, Denzel Harris, Chelcy Douthett, Mr. Jeffrey Ledebur and Mr. Ron Shoup, club advisor.

Instruments that were played by the students at the store included acoustic and electric guitars, drums, mandolins and several other instruments.

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3rd annual Student Appreciation Week April 4th April 5th April 6th April 7th April 8th

Coffee Cart in Haskell Lobby from

7 am - 10 am

“We Serve You” in McKinney Commons

from 5pm—7 pm

Visit campus offices

for snacks to get

you through your

day

Commuters...Lunch is on Us!

McKinney Com-mons—Pick up tick-et in advance in the

Student Affairs Office (SU

204B). Lunch is served from 11:30

am—1 pm

Honors Convocation Henne Auditorium,

3:45pm

Hot Dog Bar in Student Union

Lobby from 2-4 pm Titusville Talent, Boomers at 9pm

Colors Day! Celebrate the

Differences Among Us

Donuts in Haskell Lobby, Student

Union Lobby and Spruce Lobby while

supplies last, beginning at 8 am

Summer Bingo,

Boomers at 10 pm

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Habitat for

Humanity Pitt-Titusville Director of

Nursing, Barbara Mozdy

and seven students

(Amanda Berkey, Carrie

Covell, Casey Davis, Paige

Greggs, Aubree Hendrick-

son, Savannah Pollow and

Abbey Poppa) traveled to

Fort Lauderdale over

spring break to help build

a house for Habitat for

Humanity.

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Students participate and Excel during Career Day & Mock Inter-views on Wednesday, March 30th.

On Wednesday, March 30th, UPT students suited up for Mock Interview Day, an opportunity for students to sharpen their professional skills, and engage in simulated interview sessions conducted by Pitt-Titusville faculty, staff, and community professionals. The day’s activities included a morning and afternoon slate of interviews as well as a series of presentations during the lunch hour. The event was a collaboration among the staff of Haskell Library, Student Affairs, and the Learning Center along with the help of several volunteers. Seventy students took the hot seat as faculty and staff questioned them about their strengths and weaknesses,

career skills, and what would make them the ideal candidate for the “job”. The mock interviews were con-ducted with the intention that they be applicable to each student’s career interests or major. Each student was interviewed for ten minutes and then had an opportunity to receive constructive criticism as to how well they had interviewed. “We wanted to provide a simulation that mirrored what they could expect in a professional interview setting”, said Mr. Jeff Ledebur, Learning Center director. Students also attended presentations in Haskell Auditorium focused on career opportunities, entrepreneurship, and interview strategies. Keynote speakers for the event included Deb, Eckelberger, Director of Business Development for Titusville Community Development Agencies and Mrs. Jackie Meade, former Director of Career services at Westminster College and owner of Meade Consulting. Both speakers were well received, “I was surprised at how much time goes into really preparing for a job interview, you must research the company and know what to expect before you walk in the door”, said Ashley Quadri ’17. Upper-class students from Dr. Tress and Dr. Robin Choo’s classes performed skits and sketches to emphasize classic interview do’s and don’t’s. After the presentations, a small luncheon was provided. The afternoon activities included another few rounds of mock interviews as well as the chance for students to attend the Career Fair. Under the direction of Sommer Elliott-Disque, and with the services of those in Student Affairs, the campus hosted a Career Fair with over 20 different agencies represented. Students took full advantage of the day and represented the University proudly. “I want to thank everyone from Metz to Maintenance to our faculty, staff, and community folks, but most importantly I want to thank our students for their participation and making the day a great success”, said Ledebur. The Learning Center, in addition to its academic services collaborates with other departments on campus to provide Professional Student Development opportunities to all student. You can check out more by visiting http://www.upt.pitt.edu/academics/learning-center or find us on Facebook .

Article and photos by Jeff Ledebur

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The Library vs. The Internet

While in college you will need to research information for papers and other assignments. Once you graduate, you will most likely con-tinue to do research to make informed decisions in your job and your community. The skills you have and continue to develop will make the process of finding information for your assignments, your work, and your life much easier.

Sometimes the hardest part about research is getting started. Two places to begin looking for information are in library sources and on the Internet. These combined resources create an almost endless amount of information available to you.

The Library

The main purpose of a university library is to collect a large quantity of scholarly material from different decades and on diverse topics to make research easier. This quality information comes in a wide varie-ty of formats, i. e. books, magazines, newspapers, microfilm, video, DVD, CD, databases, etc. These resources are different from most of the information that is freely available over the Web because it has been reviewed and recommended by the library.

Library resources go through a review process. Librarians select books, magazines, journals, a-v materials, databases, and even web-sites. This selection process allows the library to collect sources con-sidered reliable, authoritative, historically relevant, and valuable.

Library resources are free or discounted for patron use. Though the items libraries purchase are not cheap, they are able to purchase one copy, which can be shared by many people.

Library resources are organized. Items in libraries are organized, so one can easily find all the sources on a topic. For example, when one searches for a book in the library catalog, one will get a call number. The call number will direct the user to a specific shelf in the library. The other books near the same call number should cover a similar topic.

Library resources are meant to be kept permanently. One of the primary functions of a library is to be an organized storehouse of in-depth information published throughout time. As well as finding very current information, one can also find books that are no longer pub-lished and older issues of magazines and newspapers. Occasionally one can access these items through digital library collections on the Web.

Library resources come with personal assistance. Unlike the Inter-net, which is primarily do-it-yourself, libraries have staff who are trained to assist users in sorting through all these information sources. They can help users learn to use new tools and can answer any questions one may have.

Quality over quantity Libraries have large collections of information on a variety of topics which have been carefully selected and orga-nized. The key idea when using the library is that one is getting quali-ty over quantity. Print or electronic library resources are the best sources to use when starting research. One can effectively find quali-ty information from a variety of credible resources in the library.

The Internet

Although many people first go to the Internet for infor-mation, it is not always the best place for what one needs. The Internet is a good research tool for sampling public opinion, gathering a wide range of ideas, locating infor-mation on topics not found in mainstream publications, learning more about companies and organizations, read-ing information from the government, finding quick facts, and catching up with current news.

Most information on the Internet does not go through a review process. Anyone can publish on the Internet with-out passing the content through an editor. Pages might be written by an expert on the topic, a journalist, a disgrun-tled consumer, or a sixth grader.

Some information on the Internet is not free. Many web pages are free to view (and actually many of the best ones are), but some commercial sites will charge a fee to access all or part of their information.

Information on the Internet is not organized. Some direc-tory services, like Yahoo and Google, collect links to sites and place them in subject lists. But there are too many web pages for any single directory service or search en-gine to organize and index.

Most information on the Internet is not comprehensive. The millions of web pages out there make up an eclectic hodgepodge of information and opinion. Rarely will one be able to use a search engine on the Internet to collect information about a topic from different decades, differ-ent viewpoints, and different types of sources.

Most information on the Internet is not permanent. Some well-maintained sites are updated with very current information, but other sites may become quickly dated or disappear altogether without much notice.

Quantity over quality The key idea when using the Inter-net is that one gets QUANTITY over QUALITY. The Internet is a good tool for finding information, but it is usually not the best place to begin academic research.

REMINDER:

2016 Commencement is

Saturday, April 30th.

Did you remember to order

your cap & gown?

Don’t forget to RSVP!