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Dr. Joanna Cain, director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State’s College of Medicine at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, is committed to educating women about health issues and improving access to health care for rural women. She heads the Penn State Women’s Health Center. Photo by James Collins

W. Bosseau Murray (right) Shirley Thomas Kevin P. Reilly	Learning, discovery and engagement: renewed covenant will ensure the future of the public university Empowering women As a woman: what families should know Breast cancer CD-ROM Programs improve rural health Health care providers discuss violence issues Eating disorders on campus National town meeting on health disparities Grant to help communities fight cancer CREAD organizes Pan-American conference Simulation training for medical staff Conference brings Cocteau originals to Penn State Professor engineers integration of outreach teaching and research Center helps safeguard First Amendment The Built Environment / Landscape history Preserving the future by examining the past Student recruiting tour to Southeast Asia Creating transition programs for students with challenges Committee on Workforce Development Penn State Erie collaborates to meet workforce needs Penn State Fayette helps job seekers and employers Webmaster Certificate program Safety programs improve working conditions	Program prepares deputy sheriffs for expanded role Initiative supports food processing industry Food safety training Health/Human Development — Continuing Education partnership Statewide welfare-to-work program Managers from Brazil study at Penn State Keystone Development Center helps cooperatives Institute receives $1 million grant Group completes Super Cupboard program PENNTAP helps Cambria County Penn State Erie program for teachers Cooperative Extension links with colleges Nittany Lions as lifelong learners Public Broadcasting prepares to go digital Potter County Community Information Network College mobilizes to fight virus Academic Leadership Forum on information technologies Commencement brings student to campus for first time World Campus director of academic affairs World Campus graduates first GIS students Journal of General Education issue on IDE project “Inside Outreach” news “Reaching out” news briefs
	Special Insert
	Fulfilling the land-grant mission through faculty outreach Faculty, scholarship and the outreach imperative Vice Provost Secor discusses the role and value of outreach in the University	Promotion and Tenure Procedures and Regulations Three deans offer colleges their vision for outreach UniSCOPE and Faculty Senate Committee on Outreach Activities

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