Appointments
Penn State Intercom......May
10, 2001
Associate director for career
counseling and planning named
Robert M. Orndorff has been named associate director for career counseling and planning in Career Services, a division of Student Affairs.
Orndorff brings to the associate director position experience and skills in college career counseling, managing a career center, supervision of career counselors, teaching, consultation and information technology. He has published a number of journal articles and authored a job search book that's being sold in bookstores nationwide.
Orndorff prides himself in establishing strong positive relationships with students, career services staff, faculty, employers, alumni, parents and college administrators. He has won four service awards for cultivating positive relationships working with students and faculty and recently designed a database for counselors and support staff to track appointments and store important data and reports. His extensive experience has been acquired through 12 years of service in career services offices at five institutions.
From 1988 to 1989, Orndorff served as a career counselor/graduate assistant in the Office of Career Services at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In July of 1989 he was named career programming director in the Career Center at Georgetown University and served until 1992. From August 1992 to June 1995 while working on his doctorate, he served as career programming assistant/instructor in career services at Penn State. He served as director of the Career Development Center, Department of Student Services at Moravian College from 1995 to 1997.
Before joining Penn State, Orndorff was director of Elon Career Center, Division of Academic Affairs at Elon College in Burlington, N.C. He also has consulted with Corning in State College while performing outplacement services.
Orndorff received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Shippensburg University in 1988. In 1989 he received his master of arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in student affairs in higher education. He received his doctorate in counselor education/career development from Penn State in 1995.
Department of Integrative Arts
names Bill Kelly as first head
Bill Kelly, associate professor of theatre and integrative arts, has been named the first head of the Department of Integrative Arts.
Kelly has been professor-in-charge of the department since 1992.
Kelly received a master of fine arts degree and a bachelor of arts degree in theatre arts from the University in 1979 and 1970 respectively. He also is the director of the Drama in Britain Program and The Center for Educational Outreach in Popular Music.
Kelly is a recipient of the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching as well as an Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Architecture, both from the University.