Gerry Dorobish, reference librarian at Penn State Fayette, was recently awarded the 1999 Administrative Excellence Award for that campus, and Joyce A. Barnhart, staff assistant to the campus executive officer at Fayette, received the 1999 Public Service Excellence Award.
Dorobish began working at the campus as a student and in 1972 became a full-time library assistant. For more than 10 years, she served as acting head librarian at the Fayette campus, receiving the Support Services Excellence Award in 1987 and the Public Service Excellence Award in 1996.
Dorobish serves on various campus committees and has organized numerous campuswide programs and activities for both the University and the local community.
She attended Penn State Fayette and received an undergraduate degree from California University of Pennsylvania. She received a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Barnhart has been employed in the executive office since June 1988. In 1993, she received the Support Service Excellence Award. In addition to her role as CEO staff assistant and assistant secretary to the advisory board, Barnhart offers her expertise in coordinating and executing many campus and community meetings and special events.
Janice L. Dreachslin, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Kathryn Dansky and Gita De Souza, are the winners of the American College of Healthcare Executives' 1999 Health Management Research Award for their proposed study "Diversity Management Practices of Hospitals in Pennsylvania." They will receive $10,000 to support their research.
Dreachslin is associate professor of health policy and administration at Penn State Great Valley; Weech-Maldonado is assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration at University Park; Dansky is associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration; and De Souza is assistant professor of business administration at Penn State Delaware County.
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives.