EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PENNSYLVANIA O F Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 1, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JOHNSTON REAPPOINTED AS EDINBORO TRUSTEE C. Richard Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer of C & J Industries in Meadville, has been reappointed by Gov. Tom Ridge to the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees. His reappointment was confirmed by the state Senate on April 20,1999. An Edinboro trustee since 1981, Johnston will serve on the Council until the third Tuesday of January, 2005. “Dick Johnston has served in the capacity of a trustee since 1981 and to date has provided nearly 18 years of dedicated service to Edinboro University and the State System of Higher Education,” said University President Dr. Frank G. Pogue. “The leadership of the University has benefited from his expertise and perspective, and I look forward to our continued and close working relationship.” Johnston, the “J” in Meadville’s C & J Industries, heads the firm that began in a Crawford County garage more than 35 years ago. With a customer base of some of the nation’s top corporations, C & J Industries is widely recognized as a technology leader in designing and manufacturing precision injection molds, thermoplastic injection molded components, and total turnkey assembly and packaging. State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dr. James McCormick said that Johnston’s reappointment recognizes the value of his contributions to governance in the State System. “I am personally delighted to gain the continuity of his service as a trustee and appreciate his willingness to offer his talents for another term of office,” McCormick said of Johnston. “I’ve enjoyed my time as a trustee of Edinboro University and the opportunity to work with both President Pogue and Chancellor McCormick in serving Edinboro University students and the citizens of Pennsylvania,” said Johnston. Trustees at Edinboro University and the other 13 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are nominated and appointed to six-year terms of office by the governor of the Commonwealth with the advice and consent of the state Senate. -30WARicsw A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF ^___________________________ PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 1,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NORTHERN TIER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS TO MEET AT CLARION Representatives of five State System of Higher Education universities and the directors of five northern Pennsylvania community education centers will meet at Clarion University of Peimsylvania on Wednesday, July 7, to announce progress and coordinate plans for the Northern Tier Educational Initiative (NTEI), according to Dr. Lucy Tabler, NTEI coordinator. The series of meetings on July 7 will begin at 10 a.m. in the Clarion University President’s Residence. Funded by a grant from the State System of Higher Education, the NTEI matches the resources and expertise of five State System universities - Clarion, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Mansfield and Slippery Rock - with five commimity education centers to meet the educational, workforce development and professional development needs of rural citizens along Peimsylvania’s northern tier. The five education centers collaborating with the universities are the ClarionWenango Educational Resources Alliance, the Community Education Coimcil of Elk/Cameron Counties, the Corry Higher Education Council, the Potter County Education Council, and the Warren/Forest Higher Education Council. Tabler’s NTEI office is located with the Corry Higher Education Council’s Smith Education Center. Through communications technology (interactive video conferencing, web-based instruction, email, fax, telephone) and face-to-face presentations, the NTEI has facilitated the availability of an imprecedented number and variety of programs and services for citizens from Erie to Coudersport along Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier. - more A member of the State System of Higher Education NORTHERN TIER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS, Continued Page 2 Tabler said that the NTEI is continuing to develop programs and opportunities through collaboration among the universities and with education colleagues in predominantly rural communities along Pennsylvania’s northern border. This summer, she said, collaborative programming represents the largest group of State System courses to be offered in the Northern Tier at one time. The NTEI has enabled the development of three collaborative degree programs and one collaborative certificate program. Edinboro and Slippery Rock universities will offer a certificate in gerontology at the Corry and Potter County Education Centers. Edinboro and Mansfield universities will offer an associate degree in criminal justice administration in St. Marys through the Commimity Education Council of Elk/Cameron Counties. An associate degree in travel and tourism is being developed by Clarion and Mansfield universities for delivery at Clarion’s Venango Campus. A fourth collaborative, developed by all five System universities’ schools of education, will bring a master of education in curriculum and instruction degree to all five commimity education centers. For more information on NTEI programs and services, contact Dr. Lucy Tabler in Corry at (814) 665-2112. -SO­ WAR: jms EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 13,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SPECIAL FOR “LIFESTYLES” AUGUST 1999 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 10 World War II lecture: The series continues with “Tearing Down Walls: Women During World War II,” Erie Historical Museum, 356 West Sixth Street, 7:30 p.m., by Dr. Jerra Jenrette of Edinboro University. 28 Welcome Week: Moving-in Day at Edinboro University, complete with Ice Cream Social on the Lawrence Towers lawn, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Residence halls open at 9 a.m. 29 More Welcome Week: The Edinboro University Family Welcome Back Picnic at 6 p.m. on the Van Houten lawn, followed by the fourth annual Candle Lighting Ceremony on the Baron-Fomess Library mall at 7:30 p.m. A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 13,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; EDINBORO TRUSTEES ELECT THOMAS, MICELI, SHIELDS TO TOP POSTS Attorney Harry K. Thomas, a partner in the Erie law firm of Knox Graham McLaughlin Gomall and Sennett, was elected chairperson of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees at the council’s quarterly meeting in June. An Edinboro trustee since November 1983, Thomas, a 1963 Edinboro graduate, will serve a two-year term as council chair. Previously the council’s vice chairperson, Thomas has held leadership positions on several trustee committees, and has represented the council on the boards of the Edinboro University Aliraini Association and Edinboro University Services, Inc. “I am very proud and pleased to have been elected trustee chair by the members of the council,” said Thomas. “I’ve been a trustee for nearly 16 years and have enjoyed the opportunity to serve the institution.” Thomas said that he looks forward to continuing his time as a trustee and member of the Edinboro Family. “As an alumnus of the university, I am especially proud that I am able to serve in a yet more rewarding capacity,” Thomas said. Elected as council vice chairperson was Meadville, Pa., native Benedict J. Miceli. An Edinboro trustee since June 1995, Miceli was co-owner of the John Miceli Fruit Co. until the company closed its doors after 96 years of doing business in Meadville. Although retired as a business owner and operator, he remains active in volunteer and community service throughout Crawford County. Several years ago, he established the John and Frances Miceli Scholarship Fund at Edinboro University in memory of his parents. Miceli holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Allegheny College. -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education Page 2 TRUSTEE ELECTIONS, Continued Elected as council secretary was Harold C. Shields of Allison Park, Pa. An Edinboro trustee since May 1997, Shields is the manager of employment strategies, university relations and diversity at Alcoa in Pittsburgh, where he has been employed in various management and administrative positions since 1981. Prior to Alcoa, he was a news and sportscaster at Erie’s WICU-TV12, as well as an assistant to Erie’s then-mayor, the late Louis Tullio. Shields holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Edinboro University. Trustees at Edinboro University and the 13 other public institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are nominated and appointed to six-year terms by the Governor of the Commonwealth with the advice and consent of the state Senate. Officers of each university’s Council of Trustees are elected by the local membership to terms of two years. -30WARxsw EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 16,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT DEGREE TO BE OFFERED IN ERIE Beginning this fall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Butler County Community College will offer a cooperative associate in applied science degree program in hospitality management at Edinboro University in Erie - The Porreco Center. “Whether you are exploring career options, considering a career change, seeking to enhance your credentials in the hospitality field, or just want to know how to fix chili for 600 people, our new hospitality management associate degree program may be the right ticket,” said Edinboro University President Dr. Frank G. Pogue. Offered in cooperation with Butler County Community College, which will confer the two-year associate degree, the new program will combine the affordability of an Edinboro University education with the convenience of an Erie location. Instruction will include both theory and “hands on” applications, and will be provided by both Edinboro and BCCC faculty at Edinboro University in Erie - The Porreco Center. Pogue said that the program will combine coursework in general business taught by Edinboro faculty with specialized training from BCCC faculty in restaurant and hotel operations. Students may concentrate on developing or enhancing management skills in areas such as food and beverages, catering, hotel operations, or food service for restaurants, cafeterias, schools or colleges. For more information on enrolling for fall 1999 classes, call Edinboro University Admissions at 814-732-2761 or l-888-8GO-Boro, or Butler Coimty Community College Admissions, 724-287-8711 ext. 344 or 1-888-826-2829. -30WAR:csw A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 16,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NORTHERN TIER RESIDENTS OFFERED OPPORTUNITY FOR MASTER’S DEGREE EDINBORO-Beginning this fall, residents in the rural Northern Tier region of Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree without having to pay high tuition costs or drive long distances to take courses. Five State System of Higher Education universities - Edinboro, Clarion, Lock Haven, Mansfield and Slippery Rock - in conjunction with the Northern Tier Educational Initiative and the State System of Higher Education, are collaborating to offer Northern Tier residents the opportunity to earn a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction available through interactive television at local education centers in Corry, Coudersport, Oil City, St. Marys and Warren. All courses will be taught by full-time faculty fi'om the five universities. The degree is conferred by Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. “The universities of the State System of Higher Education have a long tradition of teacher education and it is natural that those universities present this opportunity to the people of the Northern Tier,” said Dr. Lucy Tabler program coordinator for the Northern Tier Educational Initiative. “The people of this region should not be denied the opportunity to achieve their educational and career goals because of high tuition costs and long commutes.” The 36-credit, three-year program emphasizes issues in classroom learning. It is designed to enable individuals who work in educational and related settings to develop the competencies to become leaders in educational improvement. Courses will provide the background in educational philosophy, research, instructional theory, assessment, and techniques required to successfully initiate change. ^ -moreA member of the State System of Higher Education NORTHERN TIER RESIDENTS, Continued Page 2 Classes are one night per week. One course is offered at each education center during fall and spring semesters, and two courses are offered during the summer. The Northern Tier Educational Initiative was created to address the workforce development needs of the Northern Tier through a collaboration with the State System and the local community education centers. For more information and application packets, contact the community education councils serving Clarion and Venango counties (814-677-3152), Corry (814-664-9405), Elk and Cameron coimties (814-781-3437), Potter County (814-274-6358) or Warren and Forest counties (814-7233222), or the Northern Tier Educational Initiative at 814-665-2112. -30WARxsw July 20,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO EDINBORO HONOR SOCIETY Joshua Edward Bowman, 107 Lynwood Drive, Edinboro, has been inducted into the Beta Pi chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the international foreign language honor society at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Joshua graduated from Edinboro this spring and majored in art history with a minor in German. He is the son of Don and Sandy Bowman. Membership in Phi Sigma Iota is the highest honor that can be achieved in the study of foreign languages. Phi Sigma Iota is an international organization with more than 55,000 members and it offers its members scholarship opportunities, advanced Civil Service rank and salary, and discounted foreign travel. Both foreign language majors and minors are eligible for membership in Phi Sigma Iota when they have demonstrated scholastic achievement, by maintaining a 3.0 in their foreign language studies as well a 3.0 in their overall university coursework. -30- PSLicsw EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 22,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Beginning this fall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will offer a master’s degree in social work, a bachelor of science degree in chemistry-forensic sciences, and, in cooperation with Butler County Community College, an associate in applied science degree in hospitality management at Edinboro University in Erie - The Porreco Center. -SO­ WAR: csw A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 23,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BEN WILEY RE-ELECTED AS BOARD VICE CHAIR R. Benjamin Wiley, executive director of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC) and member of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees, was recently re-elected to a fourth one-year term as vice-chair of the Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Wiley was appointed to the Board of Governors four years ago by Gov. Tom Ridge. He has been an Edinboro University trustee since 1983, serving as the Council’s chair from 1994 to earlier this year. Wiley has been GECAC’s chief executive officer for more than 30 years. GECAC is a non-profit corporation that provides a variety of community service activities involving child and youth development, transportation, housing, food and nutrition, education, employment and training, drug and alcohol abuse treatment and services for the elderly. He is also active in the Erie Community and has received numerous awards from civic organizations. In April, Downtown Now, an Erie group dedicated to community betterment, named him Person of the Year. The 20-member Board of Governors has overall responsibility for administering the State System, which comprises Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities. The Board establishes broad fiscal, personnel and educational policies under which the universities operate. Tmstees at Edinboro University and the other 13 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are nominated and appointed to six-year terms of office by the governor of the Commonwealth with the advice and consent of the state Senate. -30WAR:csw A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 26, 1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO PROFESSOR PUBLISHED IN PHILOSOPHY ENCYCLOPEDIA Richard Double, chairman of the philosophy department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, has been included in the free will section of the supplement to the 1967 eightvolume “Encyclopedia of Philosophy published by Macmillan and edited by Paul Edwards. The one-volume supplement, edited by Donald Borchert, brings the encyclopedia up to date by citing the most important developments in philosophical research in the two decades since the publication of the original. According to the supplement. Double’s view in “The Non-Reality of Free Will” (Oxford University Press, 1991) is one of only a few recent innovative solutions to this perennial debate on free will. -30BKP: jms A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Relations and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 July 26,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO GRAD WORKING AS SATELLITE ENGINEER David Chart, a 1988 graduate of General McLane High School, and a 1991 grad of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is fulfilling a lifelong ambition by working in the space industry for GTE. “I’ve been on an aerospace track since the 8* grade,” said Chart, “growing up at the peak of the Apollo missions and the space shuttle program.” Chart is an orbit analyst and satellite engineer for GTE’s military division and is based at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It’s his job to predict where a satellite will be at a given time in its earth orbit and then pass that information on to tracking stations around the world. Chart’s predictions are valuable to tracking stations because they allow the tracking anteimas to lock on to a satellite for as long as possible, and therefore increase the amount of data a satellite transmits to earth. Depending on its altitude, a satellite will be in range of a tracking station between five minutes and 24 hours. The satellites controlled at Kirtland are typically visible for about 10 to 15 minutes. Following a satellite’s flyover, tracking data tell Chart how close his estimates were. This helps him make better estimates of where the satellite will be on its next orbit. Chart studied physics at Edinboro for three years as the first part of a 3/2 engineering program with Perm State University. In addition to earning a degree in physics firom Edinboro, he received a bachelor’s degree from Penn State in aerospace engineering in 1993. Chart said the quality education he received at Edinboro was “a tremendous stepping stone toward excelling in subsequent endeavors.” -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education SATELLITE ENGINEER, Continued Page 2 The University of Colorado accepted him into its grad school where he earned a master’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1995. This past December, he completed his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at Colorado, with an emphasis in astrodynamics, which is the study of the dynamics of spacecraft - how they “fly” in space. At Colorado, Chart had a paid NASA fellowship to study El Nino events with the aid of satellite data. GTE is a contractor with the Air Force’s test and evaluate division. “We fly small, inexpensive research satellites,” said Chart. “Our group is currently involved with about nine satellite programs.” Typically, Chart’s operation tracks several satellites over a dozen times per day, sometimes as many as 17 a day. Satellite engineers are assigned to monitor a satellite’s many systems. They evaluate if a satellite is doing what it should be doing and if it is coming to the end of its useful life. Engineers also plan and execute satellite maneuvers by firing its thrusters, which is not always as simple as it may seem. “We have a pretty good idea of what will happen,” said Chart, “but there are imcertainties caused by variations in a thruster’s efficiency and in the Earth’s gravitational field.” One of his most recent satellite programs was the February 23 launch of ARGOS, the Advance Research and Global Observation Satellite. Chart said there is a lot of excitement prior to a launch. With millions of dollars and eight years of construction and transportation invested in the project, there is bound to be a lot of adrenaline flowing at launch time. “Will it separate from the launch vehicle? Will it go in the right speed and direction?” asked Chart. GTE will act as satellite operators during the three-year life expectancy of ARGOS. Chart assists in a couple of thruster experiments, keeping tabs on how the satellite performs and where it is orbiting. Among the things that surprised Chart when he joined GTE were all of the intricacies involved in the upkeep of a satellite. There are some 60 people in all on his team including operators, planners, engineers and two other orbit analysts like himself Chart said he enjoys the operations side of a satellite project. “It’s a very interesting field. You don’t know what’s going to happen next.” -more- Page 3 SATELLITE ENGINEER, Continued For example, ARGOS went into a “safe” condition when the onboard computer accepted a bad position from the GPS receiver and could no longer point the solar arrays to the sun. Fortunately, the automatic “safeing” procedures of the vehicle found the sun and maintained the vehicle until the mission control team on the ground could correct the situation. The future looks bright for the satellite industry for several reasons. Chart said the area of remote sensing for observing and measuring things such as weather and oceans is rapidly expanding. The telecommunications industry will need more improved satellites and satellite facilities as technology improves and demand grows. And the defense industry is expected to rely more and more on satellite technology in the future. As an honors student and summa cum laude graduate of Edinboro, Chart has some advice for those who would follow in his footsteps; “Work hard, chase your dreams and go after the things you love. You will be much happier.” -30BKP: csw ✓ July 28,1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Glenroy Haskins, 5237 W. Clarkson Avenue, Philadelphia, is the recipient of the Board of Governors Tuition Waiver. This award is offered annually to students who have exhibited academic promise and who plan to be enrolled full time (12 credits or greater) during the term of the award. Glenroy is the son of Mamie Haskins. He is a graduate of Girard College High School and a computer science major at Edinboro. -30- PSL:jms