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PNC Bank
PNC Bank seems as good as anyone for your first Penn State account. They were also running a promotion that Penn State employees would be given $50 for simply opening a PNC account. One...
Postdocs at Penn State are considered in some ways to be faculty, and receive some of the benefits faculty receive.
In particular:
Health insurance, dental and vision
Bus passes
Parking
New parent...
2008-2009 Proposed PSPS Budget Justification
Sept 3, 2008
Total Requested: $6400
Category ($Amount) and Justification:
1) Annual Travel Award ($3000): Post-docs should have alternative options to...
Before you but ANY 2nd hand car, take it to a garage, even two garages, to get an opinion on how good a state the vehicle is in.
Useful URLs...
Click on "file" at the bottom of this page to reveal several PDFs on career development for Post-docs.
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The Career Services Center on campus also offers services to postdocs.
Below is the short summary of services available through the Career center:
1. We can participate in all the workshops (resume...
CHILD CARE CENTERS AT UNIVERSITY LOCATIONS
The Bennett Family Center and Child Development Lab (University Park)
Duck Hollow Learning and Discovery Center (Fayette)
Stepping Stone Inc....
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Visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
From the website:
"Fallingwater is recognized as one of Wright's most acclaimed works, and in a 1991 poll of members of the American Institute of Architects,...
Postdocs at Penn State, unlike regular faculty and staff, are not entitled to education benefits, that is, we do not get the 75% tuition discount for ourselves, spouses and children.
This was the...
L-PSPS
The PSPS runs an email mailing list. This list serves to facilitate communication between members of the Penn State Postdoctoral Society, regarding activities of the Society and matters that...
For a small-ish town, State College had a lot of entertainment options, from the professional production (the Tony-award-winning Movin' Out was just here) to the student production (many things...
There are a number of gym/fitness facilities at Penn State and in State College. Penn State has facilities in White Building, near the HUB-Robeson Center, and at Rec Hall, near Atherton. There are...
Buying furniture
A non-exhaustive list of places to buy furniture in State college, going from cheapest to most expensive:
Lion surplus -They have lots of tables and chairs, filing cabinets, etc....
Global Connections is a local non-profit organization that offers a wide range of services including English-as-a-Second Language classes, tax preparation assistance, conversation partners, an...
Many postdocs are eligible for the University health insurance plan, you should check this with your prospective adviser and make sure it is written on your offer letter. Once you begin at the...
Being a college town, there is lots of short-term housing available in and around State College.
However, as I found, due to the huge demand from the extremely large student population, it can...
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This site is primarily intended for current and potential postdocs at Penn State University. If you are a postdoc at
the university, or thinking about becoming one, feel free to join...
This page currently has no content. I am hoping that it will contain information on:
Housing - housing options, where to live, finding a house/apartment to rent
Banking
Buying furniture
Utilities,...
As announced in a message to PSPS at the end of Feb, I had looked at any mentoring related materials from the Big 10 institutions, including UCLA and UCB. Approaches to formalizing mentor/mentee...
The University recently approved a parental accommodation policy for all postdocs and grad student teaching and research assistants. The policy allows for 6 weeks of paid leave for the primary...
The closest driver's license centre is situated at
812 West College Avenue, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823
This is about 5 minutes drive down College Avenue past Nittany Mall. The CATA bus X stops here.
If...
You have to be in the US for 10 (ten) days before you can apply for a Social Security Number.
However, as soon as you can, apply for one as a lot of official forms will need this number. Note...
The University recently approved a parental accommodation policy for all postdocs and grad student teaching and research assistants. The policy allows for 6 weeks of paid leave for the primary...
As with many large universities, parking is at a premium at Penn State. Parking passess are available, are not too expensive, and there is usually someone within each department who handles their...
This page still needs to have content added. I am hoping for:
Answers to common questions:
Are we considered faculty? staff? students?
What sort of hours are you expected to work
Who do you turn...
In early 2008, the Penn State Postdoctoral Society, in conjunction with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs disseminated a survey to assess the needs of Postdoctoral Scholars at the Pennsylvania...
Hosted by: Executive Council of the Penn State Postdoctoral Society
&
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
The PSPS Summer Picnic was so much fun that we wanted...
Useful web sites:
The following web site from Howard Hughes gives advice on how to set a research group. It covers from "getting a job" to "designing a teaching course". It includes a free 267 pdf...
The PSPS has been considering its goals for the future, and various people have summarized what the situation is at other universities, and what we think should be done at Penn State. These...
Hosted by the Executive Council for the State Postdoctoral Society & Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
4:00 p.m. TO 8:00 p.m.
SUNSET PARK, PAVILION NO. 2
This is the...
Within State College and its environs
CATA runs buses both within campus, and throughout State College and the surrounding area. Timetables and maps can be found on the website, and on the buses....
This page has no content. I am hoping it will have information on:
Work permits for a spouse
Living in State College with kids
Child care
Schools
Places to go / activities for kids
Child-friendly...
Big 10 Comparison:
The majority of Universities within the Big 10 do not have a clearly defined policy for postdoctoral retirement benefits. Of the 5 Universities that do offer a retirement plan,...
There are many, many things that could go on this page - food, clothing, books, etc.
Food - consider joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the Centre County region.
One great one is...
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All postdocs are required to file a tax return.
For non-resident aliens (as most foreign postdocs are defined), the procedure is not the same as for regular US citizens.
The International Scholars...
Here are some useful resources:
Fisher files - this is a podcast (audio files) by a professor at MIT. They discuss how to get yourself organized along the lines of the GTD (getting things done)...
Hi all,
The titles are important and to treat post-doc as students is abusive and do not show how post docs are important for the PI, first level, and for the place where they are working...
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Visas and permits (for international postdocs)
Penn State rules and regulations for postdocs
Resources for postdocs coming with their families
Life in State College
Day trips from State...
This is a collection of general useful information for postdocs, relating to getting a job after your postdoc, professional development, time management, and other assorted issues.
Professional...
This page still needs to have content added.
I envisage that it will include
general information about the types of visas postdocs get at Penn State (with links to more detailed...
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Useful general information for postdocs - professional development, career planning, time management, etc
Visas and permits (for...
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