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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
PENNSYLVANIA
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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.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
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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.
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NORTHERN TIER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS, Continued
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NORTHERN TIER RESIDENTS, Continued
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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SATELLITE ENGINEER, Continued
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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PENNSYLVANIA
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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.
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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.
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NORTHERN TIER EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS, Continued
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Office of Public Relations and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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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.
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Office of Public Relations and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Edinboro, PA 16444
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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.
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Office of Public Relations and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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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.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Relations and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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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.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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