Appointments
Penn State Intercom......September 6, 2001

New deans, vice president
begin duties at Penn College

Two new academic-school deans and a senior-level administrator began their duties recently at Pennsylvania College of Technology, where the Fall 2001 semester got under way Aug. 20.

Henryk R. Marcinkiewicz is Penn College's new associate vice president for academic affairs, assisting Veronica M. Muzic, vice president for academic affairs/provost.

Edward A. Henninger is the college's new dean in the School of Business and Computer Technologies. He succeeds Terry A. Girdon, who returns to the faculty as professor of business administration.

Nicholas J. Vitterite joins Penn College as the new dean in the School of Integrated Studies. He succeeds Diana L. Kuhns, who returns to the faculty as assistant professor of mathematics after serving as acting dean.

Before joining the administration at Penn College, Marcinkiewicz was the founding director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development at Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. He also has worked as an educator in Saudi Arabia, Japan, Poland and South Dakota.

Marcinkiewicz earned a doctorate in instructional systems from Penn State. He earned a master's degree in education from Temple University and a bachelor's degree in English literature from Montclair State College, New Jersey. He studies and writes about the conditions under which people adopt innovations, specifically, the use of technology in teaching.

Henninger, a South Williamsport native, earned a doctorate from Penn State and a master's degree in business administration from Shippensburg University. Before joining Penn College, he served as an associate professor and chairman of the Business Administration Department at Lycoming College. Before that, he held a variety of positions in industry, serving as a marketing representative with ITT and as a distribution-center manager and new-projects coordinator for a national auto-parts chain.

Vitterite has more than a dozen years' experience in both college teaching and academic administration. He taught previously at St. Johns River Community College (Florida), Georgia Perimeter College, Emory University and DeVry Institute of Technology (Atlanta).

He worked in academic administration at DeVry Institute of Technology, where he served as dean of General Studies, dean of the Business Operations Program, acting dean of the Accounting Program and dean of the Evening and Weekend Programs.

Vitterite earned a doctorate in American Studies from Emory University, a master's degree in English literature from Florida Atlantic University, a bachelor's degree in English from Florida Atlantic University and an associate degree from Miami-Dade Community College.

The college continues its search for a new dean for the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies. Those duties will be handled in the interim by Donald O. Praster, assistant dean for industrial and engineering technologies. The former dean of the school, Eric K. Albert, has returned to the faculty as associate professor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing.

Campbell appointed director
of Outreach Operations

James F. Campbell has been appointed director of Outreach Operations for the Division of Continuing Education, Penn State Outreach and Cooperative Extension, effective July 1.

He is working closely with the associate vice president for outreach and executive director of the Division of Continuing Education to build relationships with college and campus leaders who have responsibility for continuing education, as well as with representatives from Penn State Cooperative Extension and Technology Transfer units. He also is providing leadership and support for the coordinated University-wide Continuing Education organization.

Campbell served as associate director of Outreach Operations from 1999 to 2001. He was associate director of Conferences and Institutes in the Division of Continuing Education from 1993 to 1999, and from 1987 to 1993 he was regional director of Continuing Education for the Northeastern Region. He spent 12 years at Penn State Wilkes-Barre as director of Continuing Education. From 1973 to 1980, he was a continuing education area representative at Penn State York.

He earned a bachelor of science degree in administration of justice/law enforcement and corrections from Penn State in 1972 and a master of science in education from Temple University in 1977. He attended the Management of Lifelong Education Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in 1989.

He is a member of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) and a founding member of the Continuing Education Association of Luzerne County.

At Penn State, he has chaired the Outreach Faculty/Staff Campaign and co-chaired the Outreach Professional Development Conference Planning Committee, the Continuing and Distance Education United Way Campaign and the Outreach Partnership Fund Committee.

Development announces
several appointments

A number of development appointments have been made recently at various University locations.

Bruce Covington has joined the Division of Development and Alumni Relations as managing director, planned giving and endowment. He is principally responsible for the day-to-day management of the Office of Planned Giving and Endowments, including the supervision of staff.

Covington comes to Penn State from the private practice of law in Orem, Utah. His expertise lies in estate planning and tax law and he has been a Navy lawyer with the JAG Corps. He holds bachelor's and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Utah, and an LLM in taxation from the University of San Diego.

Amy Frank was recently appointed as the assistant director of the President's Club in the Office of Annual Giving. She was previously employed as a human performance consultant with Accenture Consulting and is a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College with a degree in public relations.

In her new position, Frank will be responsible for increasing membership in the University's President's Club -- an annual giving society of nearly 3,000 donors who make annual gifts totaling $2,500 or more.

John Hiner has been appointed director of major gifts at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He is responsible for directing the major gifts staff at the medical center and increasing overall giving, particularly from former patients.

Before joining the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, Hiner was employed as senior major gifts officer and regional director of development for the University of Virginia Health System. The University of Virginia recently completed a successful $1.4 billion campaign. Hiner has a bachelor's degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina and a master's degree from Indiana University. He is a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard.

David W. Kraybill has been named director of development for the Commonwealth College. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of fund raising at the Commonwealth College locations, including supervising fund-raising professionals at all 12 campuses.

Before joining the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, Kraybill served as president and executive director of the Community Foundation of the Alleghenies in Johnstown. He holds a degree in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Marc McMullin has joined the Division of Development and Alumni Relations as director of development for Florida. He represents all areas of Penn State in a fund-raising context in that state, and his responsibilities include identifying, assessing and soliciting potential donors to the University.

McMullin is back at the University after serving as a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch. His previous employment included positions in the College of the Liberal Arts and the Office of Donor Relations and Special Events. He holds a degree from West Chester University.

Kevin Moore has been named to the newly created position of director of alumni relations at Penn State Erie. He has served the University for more than 10 years as assistant director for Penn State Erie's Career Development Center. In his new position, Moore will be responsible for creating and leading the Office of Alumni Relations, building relationships with the college's 20,000 alumni, developing the senior class gift program and involving alumni in the day-to-day life of the college.

Moore holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State Erie and a master's degree from Penn State Harrisburg.

Jennifer M. Schlener has been named director of annual campaigns for The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She previously served the Division of Development and Alumni Relations at the medical center as the coordinator of the Children's Miracle Network (CMN). In her new position, she is responsible for overseeing the fund-raising efforts of staff assigned to CMN and the Four Diamonds Fund. She also is responsible for expanding the center's direct mail efforts, particularly to former patients and area residents.

Schlener's previous employment includes a directorship with the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation in New York City and management of the annual giving office at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. She is a 1994 graduate of Franklin and Marshall.

Davis appointed head of
Film-Video and Media Studies

Dennis K. Davis, professor of communications and director of International Programs for the College of Communications, has been named head of the college's Department of Film-Video and Media Studies.

Davis has served as interim head since June when Mary Mander, associate professor of media studies, stepped down.

Before joining Penn State in 1996, Davis was a professor of communication at the University of North Dakota's School of Communication, where he served as director from 1990 to 1993. He also has been appointed to tenured full-professor positions at Cleveland State University and Southern Illinois University.

From 1995 to 1997, Davis was editor of the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. He is a member of the editorial review board for the Journal of Communication and Communication Quarterly. He regularly reviews research for several other journals.

The co-author of four books on political communication, mass communication theory and news audience research, Davis also has published 15 book chapters, 13 journal articles and 11 book reviews. He has presented more than 50 research papers at state, regional and national meetings and has headed divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the National Communication Association. He recently was appointed to an Internationalization Task Force for the association.

From 1979 to 1980, Davis was a Fulbright senior lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Louvain la Neuve.

He received his doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and holds a bachelor's degree in social psychology from St. Olaf College.

Assistant department head
has been appointed in Architecture

Darla Lindberg, associate professor of architecture, was recently appointed assistant head of the Department of Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture.

She will be responsible for activities related to graduate and undergraduate academic affairs, including working with student organizations, overseeing curriculum design and teaching assignments, and coordinating internship programs and alumni correspondence.

Lindberg, a registered architect since 1985, has been at the University since 1995 and received tenure in 1999. In 1996, she won the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies Research Award. In addition to teaching architecture courses, Lindberg has participated in and taught classes on teaching across disciplines and curriculum development. She also has participated in various design projects, including personal residences and projects with Harvard University Medical Center, University of Virginia and University of Utah.

Before coming to the University, Lindberg taught at the University of Utah. She holds a bachelor of architecture degree and a bachelor of science degree in architecture from North Dakota State University and a master of architecture degree from Iowa State University.

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