California University

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.
— Continued on page 3

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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Tony and Lori Bobbitt described the night of their son’s death and urged students to
be knowledgeable about alcohol and its effects during the initial Red Watch Band
training session on Jan. 19.

“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.”

ways.
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
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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.
A plurality of votes

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
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