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The Penn State McKeesport Psychology Club is assisting the Catholic agency, Auberle, with a special project to create an "Auberle Santa's Workshop" for the children at the home. The volunteers are coordinating this workshop so the children can shop for their siblings and parents for Christmas.  This project will also enable the children to feel a sense of pride in selecting gifts for their parents. 

Penn State McKeesport presents the 6th Annual Daily News and Century Heritage Federal Credit Union "Basketball Classic". The first game in this 4 day tournament begins with tip-off on Thursday, December 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Wunderely Gymnasium on the Penn State McKeesport campus.

Dr. Jay Breckenridge's children's theatre classes will be presenting "Folk Tales from India," the adaptation and dramatization of four Indian folk tales.

Associate Professor of Psychology, Elizabeth Mazur, was recently published in the journal Cognitive Therapy and Research, currently available on SpringerLink, a premier data source for researchers in the sciences. A developmental psychologist, Dr. Mazur's previous research with children of divorced parents suggested that biased appraisals influence adjustment to stressful life events. In her most recently published article, the focus is on parenting stress and how biased appraisals among mothers of young children predict parenting adjustment.

Dr. Paul Goodman will be introducing a screening of his documentary, The Dabbawallas, on November 9 at noon in Frable 122. The Dabbawallas is currently being shown nationally on PBS stations. The India documentary captures a 100-year-old work system where each day 100,000 lunches are delivered by 4,000 Dabbawallas (or box persons) from customers' homes to their places of work. This system is as complicated as what Federal Express does, but exists without any technology or modern business practices.