The Native American Awareness Council will present the sixth annual celebration of American Indian Heritage Month on Saturday, November 10, 2012, from noon to 5:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the community.

Beverly Chiarulli, Ben Ford, and five graduate students in the M.A. in Applied Archaeology program presented papers at the annual meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation on October 26, 2012.

The weeklong program debunking the erroneous theories about the Maya doomsday prophecies takes place October 29–November 2, 2012. Beverly Chiarulli, Anthropology, and Francisco Alarcón, Mathematics, join Tessa de Alarcón (Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology) and Christopher Powell of the Maya Exploration Center.

Marion Smeltzer, graduate student in the M.A. in Applied Archaeology program and archaeological outreach specialist for IUP Archaeological Services, provided lesson plans and resources for teachers at the Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies on October 11–13, 2012

Roseann Giambro, gorilla keeper at the Pittsburgh Zoo, will present a program on her experiences with primates on Thursday, October 18, at 6:30 p.m. in Weyandt Hall auditorium (room 32).

Beverly Chiarulli, Department of Anthropology, and graduate students Marion Smeltzer and Lydia DeHaven provided Ellis School students in Pittsburgh with a chance to join in experimental archaeological activities on September 28, 2012.

Larry Kruckman, who retired from the IUP Anthropology Department in Summer 2011 after 27 years with the department, was named emeritus professor in Spring 2012.

The Anthropology Department at IUP announces a tenure-track position in cultural anthropology at the assistant professor level. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to a four-field approach, enthusiasm for mentoring undergraduates, and strong teaching skills.

The second Anthropology Department Graduate Colloquium on October 9, 2012, will feature Sarah Neusius and Beverly Chiarulli discussing their research on Late Prehistoric sites in Indiana, Armstrong, and Westmoreland counties.