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National leaders provide counsel for Penn State World Campus
While meeting with the World Campus Advisory Board, Dr. Graham Spanier, President of Penn State, enthusiastically talks about how the World Campus can extend Penn State courses and degree programs to people worldwide.	Fourteen senior executives from professional associations, research organizations and corporations are guiding planning for the Penn State World Campus. The World Campus Advisory Board met for the first time in October.   Launched in January 1998, the World Campus now offers four programs: Chemical Dependency Counselor Education, Fundamentals of Engineering, Noise Control Engineering and Turfgrass Management. Eight more programs will be added during 1999, and by the end of its fifth year, the World Campus will offer 25 to 30 new programs, comprising more than 300 courses.   The growth and development of the World Campus will be aided by members of the World Campus Advisory Board. Chaired by Dr. James H. Ryan, vice president for Outreach and Cooperative Extension, the board will meet twice a year, and members will serve two-year terms. Board members are:   Deena Amont, director of learning systems, innovation and design, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Lawrence, Kan.; Craig Barth, editor and chief of softside acquisitions, Brooks-Cole Publishing, Pacific Grove, Calif.; William A. Burgess, senior partner, Computer Sciences Corp., Wilton, Conn.; Harry S. Burns, vice president, software practices and technology, AT&T Labs, Holmdel, N.J.; James E. Carnes, president and chief executive officer, David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton, N.J.;   Ellwood Kerkeslager, president and chief executive officer, Information Futures, Madison, N.J.; Steven Levy, senior editor, Newsweek, New York, N.Y.; A. Frank Mayadas, senior program officer and executive director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, N.Y.; Peggy O’Brien, vice president for education, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, D.C.; Janet Poley, president, A*DEC, Lincoln, Neb.;   William E. Rodrigues, general manager, education industry, North America, IBM, Atlanta, Ga.; Terence L. Seese, assistant to the president, network systems, Lucent Technologies Inc., Warren, N.J.; Ron Vance, chief information officer, AMP, Harrisburg, Pa.; and Floyd W. Warner, president, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Harrisburg, Pa.   For more information about the Penn State World Campus, call 1-800-252-3592 or visit the Web site at www.worldcampus.psu.edu.
	Floyd W. Warner President, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Ellwood Kerkeslager President and Chief Executive Officer, Information Futures Steven Levy Senior Editor, Newsweek Janet Poley President, A*DEC