Appointments
Penn State Intercom......August
23, 2001
Huss
promoted to director
of the Intellectual Property Office
Ronald J. Huss, associate director of the Intellectual Property Office since December 1996, has been appointed director of that office within the vice president for research administrative unit.
Huss came to the University with more than 12 years of experience with a contract research and development biotechnology company, including six years as director of business development and four years as director of research.
Under the direction of Gary W. Weber, assistant vice president for research and director of technology transfer, Huss will oversee activities at the Intellectual Property Office, which include assessing the commercial potential of more than 200 University inventions per year, formulating and implementing patent strategies, marketing University inventions and negotiating agreements. Huss will serve as the office representative to the newly created Patent Review Committee.
Huss received a bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and his doctoral degree in biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Shenango man promoted to
director of recruitment, admissions 
David Kuskowski, director of enrollment management at Penn State Shenango, has been appointed director of recruitment and admissions for Penn State campuses in the Undergraduate Admissions Office.
In this position, Kuskowski will be responsible for working with the campus/colleges to develop and implement process improvements related to recruitment and admissions activities. He will advise and assist campus/college employees in identifying recruitment strategies and developing recruitment plans as well as provide leadership in developing special projects and yield enhancement activities.
Kuskowski began working for the University in 1993 as an admissions and academic counselor at Penn State Shenango and later was appointed to the instructional development specialist position. Upon assuming the role of director of enrollment management at the campus, he became responsible for planning the integration of admissions and student aid, campus enrollment planning, marketing, and recruitment and retention activities. While at Shenango, Kuskowski also taught credit courses in counselor education, human development and family studies, and instructional systems as well as a variety of non-credit outreach courses.
Kuskowski earned a bachelor of arts degree in secondary education, comprehensive social sciences, from Ohio Dominican College and a master of science degree in education, counseling, from Youngstown State University.
Penn State Beaver names
new admissions officer to post
Daniel J. Pinchot has been named admissions officer at Penn State Beaver.
He is responsible for the daily operations of the Admissions Office, including recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, special events and the supervision of four staff members.
Before his recent appointment, Pinchot worked for more than four years in the campus Office of University Relations as a writer, editor and most recently as assistant director. He has served as the campus director of alumni relations and will continue to coordinate activities for the newly formed Penn State Beaver Alumni Society. He also served as coordinator of the Brodhead Cultural Center for more than three years.
Pinchot is a Penn State alumnus with a degree in journalism and speech communication and attended Beaver campus.
A former reporter with the Beaver County Times and free-lance writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he also holds a teaching certification in English communications from Robert Morris College.
Interim associate dean
appointed in The Smeal College
Martin J. Kilduff has been appointed interim associate dean for research and doctoral degree/master of science programs in The Smeal College of Business Administration.
He replaces James Miles, who is returning to the Department of Finance faculty full time to focus on research and teaching.
Kilduff is professor of organizational behavior and has served as a doctoral degree adviser in the Smeal College's Department of Management and Organization.
Kilduff's research has appeared in numerous journals.
Financial aid counselor
appointed at Penn State Beaver
Gail E. Gray was appointed financial aid counselor in the Admissions Office at Penn State Beaver.
Gray had previously served as the campus Educational Opportunity Center counselor since 1998.
Gray's new duties include assisting students with financial aid needs by providing them with information and access to federal and state loans and grants, scholarships, work study funds and other sources of financial aid. She serves as a member of the campus scholarship committee, which awards private scholarship funds to students who meet the scholarship criteria.
Gray also will serve as an adult student counselor, recruiting and helping adult students through the admission and enrollment process.
Before her positions with Penn State, Gray worked for Life Management Consultants Inc. as a home-based waiver coordinator and for Community College of Beaver County as a supportive services specialist and an instructor.
Gray holds an associate degree in law and social science from Community College of Beaver County, a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh, and is working toward a master's degree in instructional leadership at Robert Morris College.
Berkowitz named interim director
of academic affairs at York
Leonard J. Berkowitz, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State York, has been named the interim director of academic affairs at the campus for the 2001 2002 academic year.
He replaces William Eaton, who is leaving Penn State York to accept a position as associate vice president of academic planning at California State University, Monterey Bay.
A faculty member at Penn State York since 1972, Berkowitz earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Duke University and his master's and doctorate in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University. He teaches courses in philosophy, including a course in medical and health care ethics.
A member of the Faculty Senate since 1978, Berkowitz served as the organization's chair in 1998-99. Berkowitz chaired the subcommittee that developed the current forms of peer and student evaluation of teaching. He also chaired the task force that reorganized the two-year engineering technology programs in the University by establishing the School for Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering.
As chair of the University Senate, Berkowitz served as a faculty liaison to the University's Board of Trustees and Alumni Council.
In 1991, Berkowitz received the University-wide Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching and last year he received the Penn State York James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Berkowitz has served on the Executive Council of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, and is a frequent presenter at its national conferences. Most recently, Berkowitz received the 2001 McKay Donkin Award given annually by the University.
2 administration positions filled
at New Kensington campus
Two key administration positions have been filled at Penn State New Kensington.
Arlene Hall, a veteran administrator at the University, has been named director of academic affairs after serving for several months as special assistant to the campus executive officer for academic affairs. Jackie Kallal, recently the executive director of the Indiana County Tourist Bureau, is the campus's new director of institutional advancement.
An associate professor of kinesiology, Hall joined the faculty in 1976 after teaching in Pennsylvania and Maryland schools. Her research work has been published in a number of academic journals. She received her doctorate from the University in 1991.
Kallal has had extensive experience in writing and marketing for radio, print media and community relations as well as in the areas of development, fund raising and special events. She was special projects director for the YMCA of Indiana County after working for radio stations in three western Pennsylvania markets. She is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
New MBA faculty director
named in The Smeal College
J. Edward Ketz has been named the MBA faculty director of The Smeal College of Business Administration.
The MBA faculty director is the liaison to the faculty involved in the MBA core, portfolios and immersion experiences.
Ketz is associate professor of accounting and has had a long involvement in the MBA program. In 1999 he was awarded the MBA Teaching Award by the Smeal MBA students.
He is the author of four textbooks, three monographs and more than 50 articles. His commentary is published in Accounting Today, he co-edits Advances in Accounting Education and he is a frequent contributor to the national media on accounting ethics and financial reporting issues. He will assume his new duties immediately.