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VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3 FEB. 6, 2012 READ THE JOURNAL ONLINE: www.calu.edu/news/the-journal

Take Charge of Lives, MLK Speaker Urges Students al U students must take charge of their lives and keep moving forward if they hope to keep Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality alive, said the guest speaker at the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Luncheon.

The invitation-only event, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Programs, was held Jan. 24 in the Performance Center.

“The Martin Luther King celebration is designed for us to recount the life of Dr. King,” said the Rev. Herman “Skip” Mason Jr. “In order for us to move forward, not only must we look back at the past, but we also must plot our course for the future. We must continue to move.”

Mason has served as pastor of the St. James C.M.E. Church and the Greater Hopewell C.M.E. Church in Atlanta.

Currently, he is an archivist at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he also holds an endowed chair as the Edward and Hermese Director of Morehouse College’s Learning Resource Center.

Mason is the national president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., founded at Cornell University in 1906 as the nation’s first inter-collegiate black Greek letter fraternity. He also serves on the board of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation.

Mason described King as the organization’s most famous member and the world’s most iconic civil rights activist.

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President Angelo Armenti, Jr. addresses the faculty during spring Faculty Convocation in Morgan Hall.

Faculty Convocation Examines ‘Challenges and Opportunities’ udden and drastic reductions in state funding have created unprecedented challenges for Cal U, says President Angelo Armenti, Jr., but the university continues to offer high-quality education, and it remains a good value for students and their families.

Speaking at the spring 2012 Faculty Convocation, President Armenti bluntly outlined the financial challenges facing the University: • Deep cuts in state appropriations to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), coupled with a state-proposed “freeze” that would take an additional 5 percent of the University budget off the table; • $19 million in “budget items beyond our control” since fiscal year 2010, including significant increases in health care benefits and retirement costs; • Policy changes enacted by the Board of Governors that affect performance funding and spending; • And lagging student enrollment for the first time in well

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over a decade, with a first-day spring semester headcount that declined by 2 percent compared to spring 2011.

The privatization of public higher education is no longer a gradual process, and the current business model governing PASSHE universities is financially unsustainable, President Armenti said.

“Change has happened so abruptly that we now face a crisis. We must pursue a survival strategy that preserves our mission of providing high quality education at the lowest possible cost to students — while at the same time achieving a balanced budget.”

It will take drastic action to achieve that dual goal, he said. To reduce recurring expenditures in this and future fiscal years, the University will furlough a number of non-union employees under the “Nonrepresented Employee Severance Program” enacted last fall by the PASSHE Board of Governors.

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Red Watch Band Battles Alcohol Poisoning al U never wants to lose another student to alcohol poisoning.

That’s why the University has instituted the Red Watch Band program, which teaches students to recognize the symptoms of an alcohol overdose and take immediate life-saving measures.

Lori and Tony Bobbitt don’t want other families to feel the pain they’ve endured since their son Kiel, a Cal U freshman, died on May 1, 2008, after a night of heavy drinking.

That’s why they spoke — occasionally through tears — at the initial Red Watch Band training session on Jan. 19.

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“The hardest part about dealing with alcohol poisoning is making the decision to help,” said Tony Bobbitt, of Greencastle, Pa. “Friends don’t let friends die of alcohol poisoning. A little bit of knowledge about alcohol and its effects could have changed everything that night.”

Donna George, Cal U’s alcohol and other drug prevention specialist, organized the Red Watch Band training as a collaborative effort with Residence Life and Vulcan Village.

Fifty-five students who work as community assistants in Vulcan Village or Cal U — Continued on page 3

Band Director to Lead Washington Symphony Orchestra r. Yugo Ikach, associate professor of music and director of the University choir, continues to showcase Cal U musicians in a variety of

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Grant Eaton’s exemplary effort in the classroom and with community service has helped him land a highly competitive 10week summer internship with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.

Roadmap Leads to Internship enior Grant Eaton mapped out an education plan that included internships and service learning — and it’s leading him to a highly competitive 10week summer internship with the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. The NGA provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.

As a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the U.S. intelligence community, the agency uses remotely sensed data, physical geography, land cover and cultural data to help its mission partners visualize and understand the world.

Eaton, of Waterford, Pa., was one of roughly 50 interns selected by the NGA from a field of several hundred applicants. Before beginning his work in Washington, he must obtain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.

“This internship is a great opportunity for me,” said Eaton, a geography major with concentrations in geographic information systems (GIS) and emergency management.

“I kind of look at this as a great big door that can lead me into many different areas.”

The NGA sees student interns as its future workforce, and nearly 92 percent of the agency’s interns have landed full-time, permanent positions with the agency upon graduation.

“The NGA does a lot with mapping before disasters and after disasters,” explained Dr. Thomas Mueller, Eaton’s academic adviser.

“They figure out where the impacted areas are.

They are the ones who really create those maps, give some sort of synopsis, and then get the information into the hands of the people who can make decisions.”

The NGA also supports intelligence operations. For example, the agency mapped Osama bin Laden’s compound, analyzed drone data and helped special forces simulate their mission to eliminate the terrorist leader.

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All NGA interns must have a grade-point average of at least 3.0, but Eaton’s activities made him stand out as an applicant, said Mueller, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences who specializes in GIS. “Our University flies under the flag of service learning, and … Grant just took that a step further.

He’s not only done the service learning in the classroom, but he also has done internships, found summer jobs, and made himself very marketable by keeping up to par with the latest GIS trends and techniques.”

The president of Cal U’s GIS Club, Eaton worked last semester with Westmoreland County Emergency Management, gathering data about storm and sewer drainage in support of flood-prevention efforts in Jeannette, Pa. Last summer Eaton helped with GPS-related projects at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

During the Spring 2011 semester he and other Cal U students used equipment from the campus GIS lab to analyze spatial data in Pittsburgh’s parks and present the results to the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

Eaton also has served an internship at Ohiopyle State Park, and he has worked in Cal U’s GIS lab since his first semester on campus.

“Ever since I came to Cal U, I have focused my time on GIS and tried to make the most of it,” said Eaton, who has a minor in justice studies.

“The teachers here have been great, and I am just surprised and proud to have gotten this highly competitive internship, because many students from bigger schools applied.”

Eaton’s father, Scott ’79, and his sister, Lori ’09, are Cal U alumni. Eaton anticipates graduating in December 2012 — and Mueller hopes he will pave the way for more Cal U interns to work with the NGA. “Grant is an outstanding representative not only of our program or our department, but of our university,” Mueller said. “I am quite pleased he has been given this opportunity, and I am sure he will excel.”

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Ikach is also the music director and principal conductor of the Washington Symphony Orchestra.

For this weekend’s performance he has asked colleague Dr. Marty Sharer to lead the WSO in musical selections including John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme, music from the film The Magnificent Seven, and Beethoven’s Eroica.

The performance at 8 p.m.

Saturday in the Trinity High School auditorium is billed as a Dr. Marty Sharer musical tribute to “heroes.” The WSO is encouraging people to write a few lines about their real-life heroes on the orchestra’s Facebook page.

Several participants will be chosen at random to receive a pair of tickets.

Sharer joined the faculty at Cal in 2009 as an assistant professor of music and the associate director of bands. He previously taught at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, where he served as music professor, director of percussion studies, director of the jazz ensemble and assistant director of the marching band.

“I’m always thinking of Cal U, and incorporating our on-campus talent only enhances the WSO performances,” said Ikach, noting that the Cal U String Ensemble performs at two WSO concerts each year.

“Marty Sharer will do a great job, and we are thrilled to have him join us.”

Last fall, Ikach featured another colleague, Todd Pinkham, in a WSO performance. Pinkham, an assistant professor of art and design, joined two other local artists who painted onstage while the orchestra performed Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia.

Saturday’s concert also will feature ninth-grader McKenna Barney of Venetia, Pa., winner of the WSO’s 2011 Young Artist Competition.

At all Washington Symphony Orchestra concerts, Cal U students are admitted free of charge with a valid CalCard. Ikach regularly urges students from all majors to attend live cultural events.

The Washington Symphony Orchestra will perform “Heroes” at 8 p.m. Feb. 11 in Trinity High School Auditorium, 231 Park Ave., Washington, Pa. Ticket price is $20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and youth up to age 18; Cal U music students are admitted free with a valid CalCard. For more information, call Sandy Sabot at 724-223-9796.

MLK Speaker: Take Charge Continued from page 1

During his talk at Cal U’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Luncheon, the Rev. Herman ‘Skip’ Mason Jr. advised students to take charge of their lives and keep moving forward.

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“One of the tenets of the (civil rights) movement was to march,” Mason said.

“Marching is a movement forward, not backward, sometimes going into unknown territory, sometimes not quite sure of what lies ahead. But by faith and by determination and prayer, we move forward.”

Especially in this presidential election, year Mason urged students to take part in an important “march” to the polls, because voting is where the power lies.

“The problem that I see now with this wonderful generation … is that we don’t all want to move. We would rather drive, tweet or Facebook our way to the movement,” he said.

“I say to you, we have to continue to

march. When you encounter obstacles, march around them and see if those walls will come tumbling down.”

Mason also discussed the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “I encourage you to march your way to Washington and view the symbol of … all humans who believe in life, love, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” he said.

Mason challenged Cal U students to continue the movement that King carried on his shoulders.

“Don’t just sit here on this campus.

Get up, move, and march around this campus, around your situations. May we continue to move forward in the spirit of Martin Luther King.”

‘Challenges, Opportunities’ Focus of Convocation — Continued from page 1 Strategic reductions in the non-union workforce will occur this semester. This will involve reorganizing the University’s daily operations to save money while working to avoid negative impacts on its mission.

Additional furloughs affecting nonfaculty unionized staff members may occur in fiscal year 2013. To protect the academic core, the retrenchment of tenured faculty members will occur only as a last resort.

Despite these challenges, Cal U must continue to compete aggressively for students, for private support and for its public image. President Armenti outlined the “value proposition” that sets the University apart.

“In making a decision to attend a particular university, students and parents weigh both the cost and the perceived value of that college experience,” he said.

“If the academic quality is there, and the amenities are there, students will choose to go there.”

Nationally recognized student housing, a 24/7 health center, campus-wide Wi-Fi and 20 “smart classrooms” — with 50 more scheduled for completion by fall — are just a few of the features

Dr. Joseph Zisk demonstrates the customized Apptendance app at the 2012 Faculty Convocation.

that make Cal U an exceptional value, he said.

The list also includes an Activities Transcript that documents a student’s experiences outside the classroom; the Career Services and Cal U Leader for Life programs; and the highest per-student level of private scholarship support within the State System.

Noting that this was his 40th address to faculty convocation, and the start of

Cal U’s 160th year of service, President Armenti outlined a personal goal.

“I want to find or help create a stable funding paradigm that will preserve the mission of public higher education here at Cal U for the indefinite future,” he said.

“I still believe in our University, our students, our alumni, our staff and our faculty. With your help and a lot of hard work, we will do what we must to deliver our mission and to remain a beacon of

hope and place of opportunity for our students.”

In other business at the convocation: Provost Geraldine Jones welcomed faculty, noted that “good times and bad times are cyclical” and asked for the faculty’s “continued forbearance and assistance as we move forward.”

Student Marissa Spicuzza, a senior majoring in elementary and early childhood education, spoke about the importance of scholarship aid for students.

Michael Slavin, president of APSCUF, urged the faculty to remain optimistic despite difficult times and to focus on the “promise and potential of our students.” Slavin called for “shared governance” and a greater voice in addressing concerns at both the state and local level. “Let us roll up our sleeves and come up with solutions,” he said.

Dr. Joseph Zisk, director of the Teaching and Learning Center, highlighted features of the new Cal U Fusion website and briefly demonstrated the customized Apptendance and FlashyCard apps. He invited faculty members to visit the TLC, especially on Tech Tuesdays, to learn how to use smart classroom technology more effectively and combine “the best of online and face-to-face teaching to create a ‘blended’ model of teaching.”

Red Watch Band Battles Alcohol Poisoning — Continued from page 1 residence halls, or as volunteer peer educators with the Options@CalU prevention program, attended the “train the trainers” program.

According to its mission statement, Red Watch Band aims to give students “the knowledge, awareness and skills to prevent toxic drinking deaths and to promote a student culture of kindness, responsibility, compassion and respect.”

At the training session, CAs and peer educators shared their own experiences dealing with intoxicated classmates and friends. They completed CPR training and reviewed Cal U rules regarding alcohol and other drugs — including the “limited immunity” policy that can minimize negative consequences for a student who summons help for a friend.

After a role-playing session, trainers dispelled myths about “alcohol first aid” — that cold showers, black coffee or bottled water can counteract an overdose, for example. Over and over, they urged students to seek immediate help for someone who has had too much to drink.

“If one person remembers this

A Proud Moment Delores Sciulli (left) and Basia Kossecka pin insignia on the uniform of ROTC cadet Joseph A. Sinclair ’11 during a Dec. 16 commissioning ceremony that elevated Sinclair to the rank of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After graduating last month with a degree in liberal studies and a minor in leadership, he is attending the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course at Fort Benning, Ga. Also commissioned at last month’s ceremony was Daniel Brim, a student at the University of Pittsburgh. Cal U President Angelo Armenti, Jr. delivered remarks at the ceremony, along with Lt. Col. Andrew Loeb and Lt. Col. Ronald Bonomo, both professors of military science.

training, then it makes a difference,” said sophomore Thomas McLaughlin, a psychology major and an Options peer educator. “It could help in a dire situation in the future.”

Ultimately, it was the Bobbitts’ story that seemed to have the greatest impact.

“Prevention is a personal choice,” Tony Bobbitt emphasized. “Even if you are feeling pressured to drink, you don’t have to.”

Students listened intently as he described the night of his son’s death and read a statement from Kiel’s sister, Katy, who wrote that “being a friend can be the most important role you play in college life.”

“That really hit home,” said senior Zack Hough, a psychology major and a community assistant in Residence Hall A. “I’ll always wonder, if I were the boy that died, how would everyone react? It’s scary.”

Lori Bobbitt said her family now has a motto: Choice determines destiny.

It was printed on a T-shirt Kiel Bobbitt used to wear. Now it appears in bold letters on cards his parents passed out to Cal U’s Red Watch Band members, who also received certificates and bright

Kayla Wilson, a graphic design major and community assistant, listens to guest speakers Lori and Tony Bobbitt.

red watches for completing their training.

One side of the little card lists the signs and symptoms of alcohol poisoning.

The other tells what to do: Call 911 immediately. This is a medical emergency.

“People who have overdosed can’t help themselves, so it’s up to you to help

them,” the card reads. “Your friend’s life may depend on it.”

For the facts about alcohol use, or more information about the Red Watch Band program, contact Donna George, alcohol and other drug prevention specialist, at 724-9385515 or george@calu.edu .

Larsen Named Editor of Sociological Journal r. Elizabeth “Libby” Larsen, director of the sociology program and the applied sociology concentration in the Department of Justice, Law and Society, has been appointed editor of Sociological Viewpoints, the peer-reviewed journal of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society.

The journal has been published since 1985.

As editor Larsen is responsible for receiving and evaluating transcripts for publication; answering correspondence and filling orders from established subscription services; printing and mailing the journal to members, subscribers and contributing authors; and selecting an editorial board to review manuscripts.

Larsen is also president of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, the premier organization for practicing sociologists in academia, government and private practice.

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Campus Police, PASSHE OK Labor Pact

Attention University Community!

Call for Nominations for Election to Cal U Forum In accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the California University Forum, a timetable for faculty and student representatives’ elections has been established.

The goal is to have all representatives in place for the first meeting of the Forum on Tuesday, September 4, 2012.

All tenure and tenure-track faculty who were hired to begin work prior to or in Spring 2010 and who have the rank of assistant professor or higher are eligible for nomination. (See the list of eligible faculty on this page.)

Eligible faculty members can selfnominate or offer a colleague’s name into nomination. Any member of the University community (staff, students, managers) may nominate a faculty member.

Nominations must be postmarked or received on or before February 10th and forwarded to Dana Turcic, Recording Secretary of the Forum, sent internally to campus box 99, or emailed to her at CalForum@calu.edu .

Four faculty members will be elected to the Forum by secret ballot, following the written nominations. All regular (i.e. tenured and tenure-track) faculty may vote. The voting will take place electronically and will be ready for voting on February 15th and 16th. Further information will be provided to faculty members who are eligible to vote.

According to the constitution and bylaws of the Forum, of the four faculty being elected: two (2) must come from the College of Education and Human Services; and one (1) must come from the College of Liberal Arts and one (1) must be elected at-large (from College of Education and Human Services, College of Liberal Arts, Eberly College of Science and Technology or No College Affiliation.)

Faculty members who are currently serving as faculty senators on the Forum are eligible to serve consecutive terms.

The term of these four faculty representatives will be two years.

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he PASSHE Board of Governors recently approved a three-year agreement with its campus police and security officers that includes a one-year freeze on all salaries and wages, the suspension of some overtime payments, and temporary elimination of shift differential for officers who work second and third shifts.

The new agreement with the Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) represents about 250 first-line supervisors and rank-and-file officers at the 14 universities in the State System of Higher Education, including Cal U. It also calls for creating separate labor-management committees to develop a new police specific performance evaluation form, new officer training recommendations and recommendations on ways the universities could share police services.

The probationary period for newly hired officers will be extended from six months to a year.

“This agreement demonstrates an understanding by the union of the tough fiscal times we are facing and the need to make significant changes in the way we operate,” said Gary Dent, PASSHE’s vice chancellor for human resources and labor relations.

“It is the result of a collaborative effort that will allow us to improve services and to keep student success as our primary objective.”

The agreement is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2011, and runs through Aug. 31, 2014. There are no general pay increases included, although officers will be eligible to receive wage increments of 2.25 percent each July.

The Board of Governors also ratified new agreements covering fewer than a dozen members of the Pennsylvania Social Service Union (PSSU) and Pennsylvania Doctors Alliance (PDA). Both of the agreements were negotiated by the commonwealth.

PASSHE is continuing to negotiate with labor unions representing its faculty and coaches; professional staff, including admissions, financial aid and student life officers; and its university health center nurses.

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Campus BRIEFS OSD Helps With Registration The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) is available to California University students. The office is located in the Room 105, Azorsky Hall. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. To contact OSD, call 724-9385781 or e-mail osdmail@calu.edu .

Interested students are invited to schedule a meeting for semester registration; please call OSD for meeting dates and times. More information can be found on the Cal U website, www.calu.edu ; search for the keyword “disability.”

Da Vinci Exhibit Continues Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion continues through May 6 in the Convocation Center. The free, hands-on museum exhibition features 40 full-size replicas of machines crafted from da Vinci’s technical drawings.

The exhibition is open from noon to 8 p.m. every day in the South Conference Wing of the Convocation Center.

The public may attend and ride the free campus shuttle; visitor parking is available in the Vulcan Garage.

For details, visit www.calu.edu .

cast will be necessary to win election.

Details of the student nomination and election process will be available in future issues of the California Times.

College of Education and Human Services Dr. Connie Armitage Dr. Sylvia Barksdale Mr. Justin Barroner Mr. Ralph Belsterling Dr. Carol Biddington Dr. Jane Bonari Dr. Barbara Bonfanti Ms. Sheri Boyle Dr. Silvia Braidic Dr. Gloria Brusoski Dr. James Burton Ms. Nancy Carlino Dr. Margaret Christopher Dr. Joni Cramer-Roh Ms. Christine Crawford Dr. Charles Crowley Dr. Holly Diehl Ms. Lisa Driscoll Dr. Jodi Dusi Dr. Dilawar Edwards Dr. Grafton Eliason Dr. Deborah Farrer Dr. Marc Federico Ms. Elizabeth Gruber Dr. Scott Hargraves Dr. Chris Harman Ms. Mary Hart Mr. Jeffrey Hatton Dr. Keith Hepner Dr. Rebecca Hess Dr. Karen Hjerpe Dr. Marcia Hoover Dr. J. William Hug Dr. Bernadette Jeffrey Ms. Patricia Johnson Dr. Denise Joseph Dr. Kalie Kossar Dr. Mary Kreis Dr. Kevin Lordon Dr. Ayanna Lyles Ms. Cerenna Mace Dr. Vanessa MacKinnon Dr. Margaret Marcinek Dr. Barry McGlumphy Dr. Linda Meyer Mr. Michael Meyer Dr. Laura Miller Dr. Katherine Mitchem Dr. Connie Monroe Ms. JoAnn Naeser Dr. Diane Nettles Dr. John Patrick Dr. Christine Patti Dr. Gwendolyn PerryBurney Dr. Christine Peterson Dr. Benjamin Reuter Ms. Christine RomaniRuby Dr. Melvin Sally Dr. Jeffrey Samide Dr. Mary Seman Dr. Caryl Sheffield Dr. Robert Skwarecki Dr. Rosalie Smiley Ms. Sherrill Szalajda Dr. Robert Taylor Dr. Norma Thomas Dr. Taunya Tinsley Dr. Pamela Twiss Dr. Ronald Wagner Dr. Jacqueline Walsh Dr. Jamie Weary Dr. Ellen West Dr. Thomas West Dr. Brian Wood Dr. Clover Wright

Dr. Richard Wyman Dr. Roy Yarbrough Dr. Joseph Zisk Liberal Arts Dr. Holiday Adair Dr. Aref Al-Khattar Ms. Maggy Aston Dr. Mark Aune Mr. Dencil Backus Dr. Angela Bloomquist Dr. Melanie Blumberg Mr. James Bove Mr. Malcolm Callery Dr. Anthony Carlisle Mr. James Carter Dr. Richard Cavasina Dr. Clarissa Confer Dr. Paul Crawford Dr. Rick Cumings Ms. Laura DeFazio Dr. Sarah Downey Dr. Kelton Edmonds Dr. Christina Fisanick Dr. Sylvia Foil Dr. Craig Fox Mr. Max Gonano Dr. Arcides Gonzalez Mr. Greg Harrison Dr. Joseph Heim Dr. William Hendricks Dr. Raymond Hsieh Dr. Michael Hummel Dr. Yugo Ikach Dr. Susan Jasko Dr. Kirk John Dr. MacDonald Kale Dr. Kurt Kearcher Dr. Cassandra Kuba Dr. Elizabeth Larsen Dr. R. Scott Lloyd Dr. Sean Madden Dr. Nickolas Martin Dr. Elizabeth Mason Dr. Marta McClintockCome Dr. Karen McCullough Dr. John McGukin Mr. James McVey Mr. Richard Miecznikowski Dr. Patricia Milford Dr. John Nass Mr. James Natali Dr. Christina Nora Dr. Michele Pagen Dr. Pratul Pathak Dr. Mariana Pensa Mr. Todd Pinkham Dr. Joel Press Dr. Mary Randall Dr. Rebecca Regeth Ms. Margarita Ribar Dr. Lisa Schwerdt Dr. Richard Scott Dr. Nancy Shaffer Dr. Charles Sharer Dr. Michael Slaven Dr. Michael Slavin Dr. Gregory Spicer Dr. Emily Sweitzer Dr. Linda Toth Dr. Laura Tuennerman Dr. Carole Waterhouse Ms. Margo Wilson Dr. Mohamed Yamba Dr. George Yochum Eberly College of Science and Technology Dr. David Argent Dr. Summer ArrigoNelson Dr. Mohamed Benbourenane Dr. Carol Bocetti

Dr. David Boehm Dr. Gina Boff Dr. Kaddour Boukaabar Dr. Mark Bronakowski Dr. Burrell Brown Dr. Paula Caffrey Dr. Muhammad Chawdhry Dr. Weifeng Chen Dr. Joan Clites Dr. Ismail Cole Dr. Mark DeHainaut Dr. Gary DeLorenzo Dr. William Dieterle Dr. Daniel Engstrom Dr. Kyle Frederick Dr. Swarndeep Gill Dr. Gregg Gould Dr. Chadwick Hanna Ms. Barbara Hess Dr. Paul Hettler Dr. Cheryl Hettman Dr. Glenn Hider Dr. Larry Horath Dr. Laura Hummell Mr. David Jones Dr. John Kallis Dr. Chad Kauffman Mr. David Kolick Dr. Lisa Kovalchick Dr. Rene Kruse Dr. Richard LaRosa Dr. Shirley Lazorchak Dr. Min Li Dr. Nan Li Dr. Jeffrey Magers Dr. Mario Majcen Mr. James Means Dr. Sara Meiss Mr. Edward Mendola Dr. John Michaels Dr. Thomas Mueller Dr. Charles Nemeth Dr. Louise Nicholson Mr. George Novak Dr. Mark Nowak Dr. Mary O’Connor Ms. Suzanne Palko Dr. Young Park Dr. Brian Paulson Dr. Linda Pina Dr. Harrison Pinckney Dr. Matthew Price Ms. Aleksandra Prokic Dr. Anthony Pyzdrowski Dr. Clyde Roberts Dr. Susan Ryan Mr. Ghassan Salim Mr. Joseph Schickel Dr. Joseph Schwerha Dr. Louise Serafin Dr. Ali Sezer Ms. Debra Shelapinsky Mr. Paul Sible Dr. Nancy Skocik Mr. Jeffrey Sumey Dr. Mark Tebbitt Dr. John Thompson Ms. Susan Urbine Dr. Jaroslav Vaverka Dr. Steve Whitehead Dr. Robert Whyte Dr. Paul Williams Dr. Peter Wright Dr. Kausar Yasmin Dr. Edwin Zuchelkowski No College Affiliation Ms. Cheryl Bilitski Mr. William Denny Ms. Julia McGinnis Mr. William Meloy Dr. Dawn Moeller Mr. Albert Pokol Mr. Loring Prest Dr. Mary Salotti Mr. Ryan Sittler

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