California University

VOLUME 11, NUMBER 29 NOV. 9, 2009

Development,
Alumni Relations
VP Named

Interim VP for
Finance Relishes
New Role

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alifornia University President Angelo Armenti, Jr. has
announced that Ron Huiatt has been chosen as the
University’s vice president for Development and Alumni
Relations, effective Nov. 30, 2009.
Huiatt, a native of Kansas City, Mo., will be responsible for
developing and overseeing the execution of a strategic plan for the
University’s fund-raising and alumni relations operations.
He brings to his new position 22 years of fundraising experience
in higher education and 30 years of experience working with public
and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, he served as chief
development officer for the Charleston, W.Va.-based Clay Center for
the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia, the state’s premier, nonprofit
arts and science museum.
While at the Clay Center, he oversaw fundraising for its annual
operations and designed and implemented a $25 million endowment
campaign.
Prior to serving the Clay Center, Huiatt was the chief
development officer at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va., where
he was responsible for overseeing development and alumni activities.
He also has served as vice president for Institutional
Advancement at Mountain State University in Beckley, W.Va., and
executive director for development at Columbia College in Columbia,
S.C. In addition, he has held various development positions,
including director of development, at Oberlin College in Oberlin,
Ohio.
A graduate of the University of Missouri and The Ohio State
University, where he earned a bachelor of arts and a master’s degree
in psychology, respectively, Huiatt comes to California University on
the heels of the public launch of the University’s $35 million capital
campaign. Announced in June 2009, the campaign has raised nearly
$20 million to date.
“Mr. Huiatt will bring a wealth of experience and expertise to this
new University position,” President Armenti said, “and I look
forward to working with him as we undertake the public phase of
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Possessing more than 30
years of experience
working with public and
nonprofit organizations,
Ron Huiatt will begin
serving as the University’s
vice president for
Development and Alumni
Relations on Nov. 30.

Associated with Cal U for
more than 30 years, Eric
Larmi, the University’s
first comptroller, is now
in a new role as interim
vice president for
Administration and
Finance.

al U’s first comptroller has stepped up to serve the University
as interim vice president for Administration and Finance, a
natural progression for a professional accountant, he says.
Eric Larmi, who has been comptroller since 1991, assumed his
new post Oct. 31 after the retirement of longtime vice president Dr.
Allan Golden.
“It is not uncommon for professional accountants who become
comptrollers to aspire to be chief financial officers,” Larmi said.
“That is a normal career progression, so long as one has confidence
in his abilities and the skills to work within an organization.
“Over the past few years, I have interacted with the President on
various financial-related issues, most notably the housing
revitalization program. I am thankful that Dr. Armenti has viewed
my contributions favorably and offered me the opportunity to
continue to serve the University.”
Licensed in Pennsylvania as a certified public accountant, Larmi
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in
accounting and labor economics.
Larmi’s association with the State System of Higher Education
began in 1976, when he was an auditor with the state Auditor
General’s Office. In that role, he assisted in the joint management of
the first financial audit of Clarion University with Coopers &
Lybrand, now PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He also managed joint audit
engagements with the audit firms of KPMG Peat Marwick and
Deloitte & Touche at Edinboro, Clarion, Slippery Rock and Lock
Haven universities.
“Eric Larmi is an accomplished professional with more than 30
years of high-level experience in financial matters, especially as it
relates to higher education,” said President Armenti. “Since his
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Activist Will Describe Fight for Clean Waterways

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iane Wilson, a fourth-generation
shrimp-boat captain,
environmental activist and
author, will describe her battles with
corporate polluters when the American
Democracy Project at Cal U examines
issue advocacy and the health of our
nation’s waterways.
Wilson’s keynote address will begin
at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in Steele Hall
Mainstage Theatre. A book signing will
follow in the theater lobby.
Admission is free, and the public may
attend.
Wilson will meet with students,
panelists and others at a 2 p.m. reception
in Natali Student Center rooms 206-207.
She is the author of An Unreasonable
Woman, an account of her fight against
polluters in her hometown of Seadrift,
Texas — a rural area identified as
leading the nation in toxic emissions
from companies such as Alcoa, BP
Chemical, Carbon Graphite,
Dow/Union Carbide, and DuPont.
In her effort to stop pollution by
Formosa Plastics, a multi-billion-dollar
company, Wilson turned to civil
disobedience. Eventually she spent 74
days in a Texas jail for her role in a

Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation
shrimp-boat captain, environmental
activist and author, will deliver the
keynote address at the Nov. 19 American
Democracy Project event on campus.

protest outside a Dow chemical plant.
Today she is recognized internationally
for her environmental activism.
“I believe at some time in everyone’s
lifetime, they will receive a piece of

information, and what they do with that
information will determine the rest of
their lives,” she says.
Two panels earlier in the day will
address related issues:
— “River Health: Exposing
Environmental Truths,” 11 a.m. in
Rooms 206-207 in the Natali Student
Center.
Dr. David Argent, biology professor
and river health expert, will moderate.
Panelists are J. Scott Bush,
environmental and geotechnical
consultant; Dr. David Kimmel, assistant
professor in the Department of
Biology/Institute for Coastal Science
and Policy at East Carolina University;
and Dr. William Kimmel, professor
emeritus of Biological and
Environmental Sciences at Cal U.
— “Issue Advocacy: Challenging the
Status Quo,” 12:30 p.m., also in Rooms
206-207 in the student center. Moderator
is sociology professor Dr. Elizabeth
Jones, who teaches courses in social
movements.
Panelists are Ebony Bates, a Cal U
alumna who now works at the U. S.
Department of State Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs in the

Office of South and Central Asia
Academic Exchange Programs; Dr.
Patrick Coy, director of the Center for
Applied Conflict Management and the
Department of Political Science at Kent
State University in Ohio; and Dr.
Thomas Sutton, chairman of the
Department of Political Science at
Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio,
and a political analyst for WEWS
Channel 5, the ABC affiliate in
Cleveland.
The American Democracy Project
(ADP) is a multi-campus initiative
focused on higher education’s role in
preparing the next generation of
informed, engaged citizens. Co-sponsors
of the Nov. 19 ADP event are the Office
of Academic Affairs/Provost, the
College of Liberal Arts, the Eberly
College of Science and Technology, Cal
Campaign Consultants, and the
departments of Biological and
Environmental Studies, History and
Political Science, and Women’s Studies.
More information, including biographies
of the panelists, is available at www.calu.edu.
To learn more about Wilson’s lecture or the
American Democracy project, contact Dr.
Melanie Blumberg at Blumberg@calu.edu.

Trustees Back Request for Gaming Funds

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eeting briefly by conference
call Oct. 29, Cal U’s Council
of Trustees approved a
resolution supporting the University’s
application for funding through the
Washington County Local Share
Account.
The University is requesting
$750,000 for the purchase and
installation of advanced technology for
the Executive Conferencing Services
Center, a component of the
Convocation Center now under
construction near Hamer Hall.
The Local Share Account supports
community and economic development
in Washington County. Funded by
gaming revenues, LSA monies are
distributed through grants from the state
Department of Community and
Economic Development.
California Borough previously
adopted a similar resolution supporting
the University’s request. Approval of
both the municipality and the
University’s governing body is required
before the funding application can be
considered.
All trustees voted “yes” on the
resolution with the exception of Larry
Maggi, a Washington County
commissioner. Because of the county’s
role in the funding process, Maggi
abstained from voting.
The Washington County Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring Cal U’s
application. A decision on the award is
anticipated by June 30.
Last year the county distributed
more than $11 million from the LSA for
municipal and economic development
projects.
The Executive Conferencing Services
Center at Cal U will serve as a regional
asset, offering executive-level meeting

Cal U’s Council of Trustees recently approved a resolution supporting the University’s application for funding through the Washington County
Local Share Account. The funding will be used for video conferencing at the future Convocation Center.

space and high-tech conferencing
services for the business community in
Washington County and beyond. The
center will be equipped with “smart”
technology, including advanced
videoconferencing, Internet access,
audio-visual features and interactive
audience-response systems.
No similar facility is available in
Washington County, where an
expanding business community includes

large national and international
corporations as well as small to
medium-size businesses.
Construction cost for the
conferencing center is estimated at $2.3
million. The University is providing
$1.55 million of that cost and requesting
the remainder from the LSA pool.
Total cost of the Convocation Center
is $54 million. In addition to the
conferencing center, it will include a

6,000-seat arena, the largest indoor
venue between Pittsburgh and
Morgantown, W.Va. The University
intends to use the space for
Commencement and other academic
gatherings; for its varsity basketball and
volleyball programs; and as a site for
trade shows, job fairs, country music
concerts and other public events.
The Convocation Center is scheduled
for completion in fall 2011.

Campus BRIEFS

Dr. John Nass will give a presentation about the
prehistoric Monongahela Tradition settlement on
Wednesday at noon in Dixon Hall.

Prehistoric Site Focus
of Talk on Wednesday
Anthropology professor Dr. John Nass
will present “The Jones Site: An Early
Late-Prehistoric Monongahela Tradition
Settlement in Greene County,
Pennsylvania” noon-1 p.m. Wednesday in
Room 327, Dixon Hall.
While the internal chronology for the
Monongahela Tradition has been broadly
defined, sites with uncompromised
evidence of settlement corresponding to
the earliest portion, c. A.D. 1050-1200, are
exceedingly rare in southwestern
Pennsylvania.
An exception is the Jones Site, situated
along Ten Mile Creek in northeastern
Greene County. Radiocarbon-dated to
between A.D. 1100 and 1220, nine field
seasons have exposed some 3,000 square
meters of the settlement. The results of
these excavations are presented with an

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emphasis on the inhabitants’ diet or
subsistence, their technology, and the site’s
settlement pattern.
All members of the University
community are welcome to this “brown
bag” event, which is sponsored by the
Northern Appalachian Network, an
FPDC-funded Learning Community.
For more information or to attend,
contact Dr. Pamela Twiss at 724-938-4053
or twiss@calu.edu. Dr. Nass will speak
with guests and answer questions
following the presentation.

Young and Gifted Choir
Sings Saturday
The Young and Gifted Gospel Choir
of California University will perform its
annual fall concert 7-9 p.m. Saturday in
the Performance Center. The public is
welcome to this free performance.
For more information, contact adviser
LaMont Coleman at diversity@calu.edu
or 724-938-5697.

Medieval Warfare
Event Set Thursday
The Department of History and
Political Science will conduct a medieval
warfare event 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday in
the Performance Center.
For more information, contact Cindy
Speer at speer@calu.edu or 724-938-4054

President Angelo Armenti, Jr. poses with scholarship recipients.

Giving Thanks

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his evening is very special,” said Cal U President Angelo
Armenti, Jr., as he welcomed guests to the 13th annual
Scholarship Recognition Dinner held Oct. 29. “We are here to
honor our students and the donors who contribute to their education.”
President Armenti pointed out that Cal U is blessed to have such
hard-working, committed and dedicated students, and he said the same
holds true for the donors.
“Our donors have all chosen to make a difference in the life of a
student,” he said.
The Scholarship Recognition Dinner is an annual event designed to
give students an opportunity to thank their benefactors.
“These people care so deeply about California University and our
students that they have donated a significant portion of their hardearned money to invest in your future,” the President said. “You
earned that trust, and you deserve their support and faith. Tonight, you
have the opportunity to share a meal with them and thank them,
personally, for their benevolence.”
For giving opportunities, call 724-938-4960.

Cal to Lead Geospatial Technology Consortium

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ontinuing its role as a leader in
geospatial technology, Cal U is
now the home of Pennsylvania
View operations.
A collaborative effort of members
throughout the commonwealth, PaView
works to educate the public about
remotely sensed imagery and to provide a
portal to data and information.
The Pennsylvania program is an
affiliate of AmericaView Inc., a
nationwide program that focuses on
satellite remote sensing data and
technologies in support of applied
research, K-16 education, workforce
development and technology transfer.
Cal U has been involved with PaView
since its inception in 2005. Last month,
AmericaView awarded Dr. Thomas
Mueller, associate professor in Cal U’s
Department of Earth Sciences, a grant to
aid in the program’s development and
operations.
“AmericaView’s job is to get remote
sensing imagery and training to the
public,” Mueller said. “That’s really what
its all about.”
Remote sensing is the measurement
or analysis of properties of the Earth’s
surface from a location not in physical
contact with the objects in view. Remote
sensing might be used to follow the path
of a tornado, for example, or to study
land damaged by forest fires.
Satellite imagery, aerial photos and
Google Maps are among the teaching
tools Mueller believes should be familiar

Dr. Tom Mueller and Cal U have taken the lead role in running PaView, which works to educate
the public about remotely sensed imagery and to provide a portal to data and information.

to teachers in elementary, high school and
college classrooms.
“We need to get these things in the
hands of the public and having them
understand and use them to increase their
spatial thinking,” he said.
With the grant funding, PaView will
focus on K-16 education initiatives and
offer a workshop to teachers at Cal U next
spring. Funds also will be used to acquire a
remote sensing software package that Cal
U students will test this spring.

Through a separate grant from the
Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium,
students are completing Google Earth
exercises based on Pennsylvania
education standards and looking at new
remote sensing technology they can apply
to those standards. At the workshop they
will ask teachers to create lessons based
on new remote sensing technology.
“This is going to benefit not only the
commonwealth but also our students,
who will be playing leadership roles in

NAACP Honors Cal U

One-Acts Spotlight
Student Directors
The public may attend “An Evening of
One-Acts,” six short plays directed by
students and presented by the Department
of Theatre and Dance. Curtain time is 8
p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 2 p.m. and
8 p.m. Saturday. All performances are in
the Gerald and Carolyn Blaney Theatre in
Steele Hall.
The plays may be humorous, thoughtprovoking or shocking, but they are always
entertaining. Some subject matter may not
be suitable for all audiences. The longest
play in the series is 35 minutes long.
Stage manager is Alice Jones. Student
directors are Ashley Robertson, Jen
Majetic, Kaitlin Descutner, Allen Pines,
Phil Oglevee and Lara Sodomin.
Cost is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and children. Students with valid
CalCards and a $5 deposit are admitted free. For ticket information, or to
order tickets (with a credit card) by phone, call the Steele Box Office at
724-938-5943.

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alifornia University
War, when blacks in much
received a Corporate
of America were subjected
Membership Award
to hereditary slavery and
at the Monongahela Valley
banned from education.
NAACP’s 49th annual
“Over the last 100 years
Human Rights Banquet,
the NAACP has stood
held Oct. 24 at the
strong through it all,” Clark
Performance Center.
said. “African-Americans
LaMont Coleman,
have gone from lynched
associate dean of
and degraded to president
multicultural student
of the United States.”
programs, accepted the
Event chairwoman Judy
award on behalf of the
McNeil and Cal U’s Eric
University from Marguerite
Tarpley, assistant dean of
Johnson, the NAACP
admissions, presented
chapter’s first vice president.
Mon
Valley NAACP
LaMont Coleman
The banquet’s theme,
scholarships to Cal U to
“Celebrating a Century,”
students Brittany Watkins of California
commemorated the 100th anniversary of Area High School and Brian Miller of
the organization’s founding.
Ringgold High School.
Keynote speaker Sheron Clark, of
Also attending the banquet was
the Pittsburgh Commission on Human
Kenneth Harper, president of Cal U’s
Relations, discussed life before the Civil
NAACP chapter.

Interim VP Looks Forward to Challenge
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appointment in 1991, he has skillfully devoted
his excellent prior experiences in auditing and
accounting to helping Cal U face and
overcome the enormous financial challenges
that have confronted us as a public university
in a time of declining public support.
“I have every confidence that he will do an
outstanding job as our interim vice president
for administration and finance.”
Larmi has watched Cal U grow from a
state college into a fully developed university,
and he notes that declining support from state
government has shifted financial responsibility
to the institutional level.
“The most significant change that I have
seen occur is the need to become selfsufficient and a responsible steward over the

this (PaView) organization,” Mueller
said. “We’re very excited to be given this
opportunity and responsibility.”
Mueller emphasized that Cal U
students are actively helping with PaView
and assisting in this spring’s workshop
simply for their own personal
professional development.
“Cal students will not receive any
college credits,” he said. “This is just
them stepping up to the plate, which our
students do so well.”
PaView previously was housed at
Penn State University. Although Mueller
is now the organization’s chair and Cal U
is the host school, he credited Penn State
and, in particular, Maurie Caitlin Kelly,
director of Informatics & Pennsylvania
Spatial Data Access (PASDA), Penn
State Institutes for the Environment.
“This is still a collaboration on a
leadership level with Penn State,”
Mueller said. “They’ve been
instrumental in helping and are an active
partner.”
Kelly will continue to serve as
PaView’s webmaster, data consultant and
co-chair, he said.
Mueller also expressed his
appreciation for the University’s support.
“As always, Dean Len Colelli has
been very supportive and come through
with the necessary infrastructure we’ve
needed to take the lead in this,” Mueller
said. “The University realizes the
importance of geospatial technology.
This is a big step for us.”

resources that are available,” he said. “To
counter this trend (of declining support), the
University has had to focus on fundraising
and other revenue generating activities.
“I view my role as continuing to be a
steward of University resources and a
facilitator in making such resources available
to meet the University’s mission and need for
continual growth.
“Because all things must be accounted for,
a comptroller becomes aware of all aspects of
an organization’s activities and is positioned
to assume greater responsibilities,” Larmi
added. “I look forward to this opportunity
and challenge.”
Originally from Monessen, Larmi resides
in Belle Vernon with his wife, Deborah. The
couple has two grown children, Aaron ’03 and
Lauren ’08.

VP for Development and
Alumni Relations Named
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our new capital campaign. Given that student scholarship is our
greatest need, I look forward to having Mr. Huiatt on board as we
work toward the goal of increasing our endowment for our deserving
students.”
A product of public higher education, Huiatt said he is enthusiastic
about his new position. “It’s a great time to join California University,
which has experienced tremendous growth in recent years,” he said.
Acknowledging the decline in state support for public higher
education, Huiatt noted that his fundraising experience in private
higher education should be beneficial to Cal U, which is becoming
increasingly reliant on private donor support. He said he looks forward
to playing a part in ensuring the institution’s continued growth.
Public higher education plays a very important role, Huiatt said.
“I’m a product of state institutions, which provide a way to ensure
higher education in a cost-effective way.”

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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 7,
2010.
All tenure and tenure-track
faculty who were hired to
begin work prior to or in
Spring 2008 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 self-nominate 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 November 20th 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
December 2 and 3. 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.
A plurality of votes 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. Amanda Allen
Dr. Connie J. Armitage
Dr. Sylvia J. Barksdale
Mr. Ralph Belsterling
Dr. Carol Biddington
Ms. Jane Bonari
Dr. Barbara H. Bonfanti
Dr. Silvia Braidic
Mr. Edward Brown
Dr. Gloria Brusoski
Dr. Erica Bumpers
Dr. James Burton
Ms. Nancy Carlino
Dr. Margaret Christopher
Dr. Joni L. Cramer-Roh
Ms. Christine Crawford
Dr. Holly L. Diehl
Ms. Lisa Driscoll
Ms. Jodi L. Dusi
Dr. Dilawar M. Edwards
Dr. Grafton Eliason
Dr. Alan F. Fager
Dr. Deborah A. Farrer
Mr. Marc S. Federico
Dr. Lizbeth A. Gillette
Ms. Elizabeth Gruber
Dr. Scott Hargraves
Dr. Chris T. Harman
Ms. Mary A. Hart
Mr. Jeffrey R. Hatton
Dr. Keith D. Hepner
Dr. Rebecca A. Hess
Dr. Karen Hjerpe
Dr. Marcia Hoover
Dr. J. William Hug
Ms. Patricia A. Johnson
Dr. Denise M. Joseph
Dr. Robert H. Kane
Dr. Kalie Kossar
Dr. Mary Kreis
Mr. Regis Lazor
Dr. Kevin Lordon
Ms. Ayanna Lyles
Ms. Cerenna S. Mace
Dr. Margaret A. Marcinek
Dr. Barry E. McGlumphy
Dr. Beverly J. Melenyzer

Dr. Linda Meyer
Mr. Michael Meyer
Dr. Laura Miller
Dr. Katherine J. Mitchem
Dr. Connie Monroe
Ms. JoAnn Naeser
Dr. Diane H. Nettles
Dr. John Patrick
Dr. Christine A. Patti
Dr. Gwendolyn Perry-Burney
Dr. Christine Peterson
Dr. Thomas Pucci
Dr. Benjamin Reuter
Ms. Christine Romani-Ruby
Dr. Melvin J. Sally
Dr. Jeffrey L. Samide
Dr. Mary Seman
Dr. Caryl Sheffield
Dr. John W. Shimkanin
Dr. Robert Skwarecki
Dr. Rosalie Smiley
Ms. Sherrill Szalajda
Dr. Robert G. Taylor
Dr. Norma Thomas
Dr. Taunya Tinsley
Dr. Pamela C. Twiss
Mr. John R. Vargo
Dr. Ronald W. Wagner
Dr. Jacqueline Walsh
Dr. Jamie Weary
Ms. Ellen J. West
Dr. Thomas West
Dr. Brian D. Wood
Dr. Richard Wyman
Dr. Roy Yarbrough
Dr. Joseph F. Zisk
Liberal Arts
Dr. Holiday E. Adair
Dr. Aref Al-Khattar
Ms. Maggy D. Aston
Dr. Mark Aune
Mr. Dencil K. Backus
Dr. Melanie J. Blumberg
Mr. James B. Bove
Mr. Malcolm P. Callery
Mr. James O. Carter
Dr. Richard G. Cavasina
Dr. Paul Crawford
Dr. Rick A. Cumings
Ms. Laura DeFazio
Dr. Gail S. Ditkoff
Dr. Kelton Edmonds
Dr. Sylvia L. Foil
Dr. Craig Fox
Mr. Max A. Gonano
Dr. Arcides Gonzalez
Dr. Richard Griffin
Mr. Greg Harrison
Dr. Joseph C. Heim
Dr. William A. Hendricks
Dr. Ronald C. Hoy
Dr. Raymond J. Hsieh
Dr. Yugo Ikach
Dr. Susan A. Jasko

Dr. Kirk John
Dr. Elizabeth Jones
Dr. MacDonald N. Kale II
Dr. Kurt P. Kearcher
Dr. Cassandra Kuba
Dr. Elizabeth Larsen
Dr. R. Scott Lloyd
Mr. Sammy P. Lonich
Dr. Andrae Marak
Mr. Nickolas Martin
Dr. Elizabeth M. Mason
Dr. Marta McClintock-Come
Dr. Karen McCullough
Dr. John D. McGukin
Mr. James T. McVey
Mr. Richard Miecznikowski
Dr. Patricia A. Milford
Dr. John P. Nass
Mr. James A. Natali
Mr. William O’Donnell
Dr. Michele A. Pagen
Dr. Pratul Pathak
Dr. Mariana Pensa
Mr. Todd Pinkham
Dr. Joel Press
Dr. Mary M. Randall
Dr. Rebecca A. Regeth
Ms. Margarita Ribar
Dr. Carrie R. Rosengart
Dr. Lisa M. Schwerdt
Dr. Richard D. Scott
Dr. Nancy Shaffer
Dr. Michael J. Slavin
Dr. Madeline C. Smith
Dr. Gregory A. Spicer
Dr. Emily M. Sweitzer
Dr. Laura A. Tuennerman
Dr. Carole A. Waterhouse
Ms. Margo Wilson
Dr. William A. Yahner
Dr. Mohamed Yamba
Dr. George Yochum
Eberly College of
Science and Technology
Dr. David G. Argent
Dr. Mohamed Benbourenane
Mr. William F. Blosel
Dr. Carol Bocetti
Dr. David F. Boehm
Dr. Gina Boff
Dr. Kaddour Boukaabar
Dr. Mark E. Bronakowski
Mr. Burrell A. Brown
Dr. Paula Caffrey
Dr. Muhammad A. Chawdhry
Dr. Weifeng Chen
Ms. Debra M. Clingerman
Dr. Ismail M. Cole
Dr. John Confer
Dr. Mark DeHainaut
Dr. Gary J. DeLorenzo
Dr. William E. Dieterle
Dr. Daniel E. Engstrom
Mr. Kyle Frederick

Mr. Swarndeep Gill
Dr. Gregg Gould
Ms. Barbara L. Hess
Dr. Paul L. Hettler
Dr. Cheryl Hettman
Dr. Glenn Hider
Dr. Larry D. Horath
Mr. David T. Jones
Dr. John R. Kallis
Dr. Chad Kauffman
Mr. David V. Kolick
Dr. Lisa Kovalchick
Dr. Rene L. Kruse
Dr. Richard LaRosa
Dr. Shirley A. Lazorchak
Mr. John W. Loney
Dr. Jeffrey Magers
Mr. James R. Means
Dr. Sara Meiss
Mr. Edward Mendola
Dr. John E. Michaels
Dr. Charles P. Nemeth
Mr. George D. Novak
Dr. Mark L. Nowak
Dr. Mary O. O’Connor
Ms. Suzanne M. Palko
Dr. Young J. Park
Dr. Brian K. Paulson
Dr. Linda Pina
Dr. Matthew J. Price
Ms. Aleksandra Prokic
Dr. Anthony S. Pyzdrowski
Dr. Clyde A. Roberts
Mr. Ghassan A. Salim
Mr. Joseph G. Schickel
Mr. Joseph J. Schwerha
Dr. Louise E. Serafin
Dr. Ali Sezer
Ms. Debra A. Shelapinsky
Mr. Paul Sible
Ms. Nancy A. Skocik
Mr. Jeffrey S. Sumey
Dr. Ahmed Tarek
Mr. Mark Tebbitt
Dr. John M. Thompson
Ms. Susan E. Urbine
Dr. Jaroslav Vaverka
Mr. Steve Whitehead
Dr. Robert S. Whyte
Dr. Paul D. Williams
Dr. Peter Wright
Dr. Kausar Yasmin
Dr. Edwin M. Zuchelkowski
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Ms. Cheryl Bilitski
Mr. William T. Denny
Mr. Richard L. Kline
Ms. Julia McGinnis
Mr. William Meloy
Dr. Dawn M. Moeller
Mr. Albert R. Pokol
Mr. Loring Prest
Dr. Mary A. Salotti
Mr. Ryan Sittler

Student Nominees Sought for Outstanding Woman of the Year

T

he President’s Commission on the Status of
Women is seeking nominations for the
Outstanding Woman of the Year Student Award
for December 2009 female graduates.
Faculty, staff, student and self-nominations are
encouraged. The deadline for nominations is Sunday.

Selections are based on the success of exceptional
female students in their personal and/or professional
life; their support of other women and women’s issues
on campus; and their dedication to the University
community and the community at large.
One award is given in each of three categories:

graduate, undergraduate traditional and undergraduate
non-traditional.
Recommendations may be submitted via e-mail to
Gena Sproul at sproul@calu.edu. For more
information, contact Sproul by e-mail or call 724-9384014.

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