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Staters Douglas Anderson, dean of the College of Communications, and Richard Durst, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture, were participants in a panel discussion about the challenges of Hollywood for individual careers and for the industry held recently in Universal City, Calif. Henry Giroux, Waterbury Chair professor of secondary education, was listed in Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education, published by Routledge and edited by Joy A. Palmer, professor of education and pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Durham, England. Giroux is recognized for his work in youth and popular culture, sociology of education and critical educational theory. Mohsen Kavehrad, W.L. Weiss Chair professor of electrical engineering, and Ali Hurson, professor of computer science and engineering, served as co-editors of the international journal Multimedia Tools and Applications. The journal, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, focused on multimedia systems, mobile computing and information sharing. Raj Mittra, professor of electrical engineering, presented a seminar on "Efficient Techniques for Modeling and Simulation of RF (radio frequency) Circuits" at the University of Karlshue in Germany. Philip J. Morris, Boeing/A.D. Welliver professor of aerospace engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a professional organization devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space and defense. Kathryn M. Neureiter, grants and Tech Prep coordinator at the DuBois campus, was recently named to the Department of Education's statewide Tech Prep Advisory Committee. Tech Prep is a national education-to-career initiative designed to prepare students for technical positions in engineering technology, applied sciences, mechanical, industrial or practical arts or trade, agriculture, health or business. Cecilia Novero, assistant professor of German, gave an invited presentation, "Cultural Studies and Teaching: Proposal for a course entitled 'Narratives of Eating,'" at the Cultural Studies School at Bath Spa University College in England. Alan Price, professor of English, and Elizabeth Wright, assistant professor of English, attended an international conference, "American in Paris: Paris in Americans," in Paris. Price and Wright participated on a panel discussing "Can France survive these defenders?" Price presented "Edith Wharton and the Dimensions of French Propaganda" and Wright presented "Dorothy Canfield Fisher's The Deepening Stream and the Politics of Travel." Asok Ray, professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded a 2002 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow Award for contributions to aerospace and electromechanical systems. Ray also was recognized at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition annual meeting with a best paper award. Marica Tacconi, assistant professor of music, has been awarded a Villa I Tatti Fellowship for 2002-2003 from the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Each year, a selection committee chooses 12 to 15 post-doctoral scholars from an international pool of applicants to pursue their research at the Villa I Tatti Center in Florence, Italy. While in Florence, Tacconi will work on completing her book, The Service-Books of Santa Maria del Fiore: Cathedral and Civic Ritual in Late-Medieval and Renaissance Florence. Eileen Trauth, professor of information sciences and technology, delivered a keynote address at the 12th annual Australasian Conference on Information Systems in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Trauth's remarks were titled "The Pursuit of Information Technology in Context." Jean-Claude Vuillemin, associate professor of French literature, gave a public lecture, "Classical Drama in the Baroque Era: Tears, Passions, and Emotions," at the Université de Saint-Etienne in France. Sponsored by the CNRS (French Research Institute), this conference was aimed to provide special training to candidates who will attempt this spring to pass the Agrégation de Lettres modernes, a highly competitive examination for aspiring professors of French literature. Thomas L. Watschke, professor of turfgrass science in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, received the distinguished member award at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society in Philadelphia. It is the highest award given by the society. A poster, a public television show, a television ad and a magazine produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology earned honors in Admissions Marketing Report magazine's 17th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards competition. The magazine gave silver awards to the "You're the Chef" cooking series and a full-color poster featuring a photographic collage of students and campus facilities. "This is the Real World," a television ad developed and produced by students and staff, earned a Merit award. One College Avenue, the college's quarterly magazine, also received a Merit award. The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and Penn State Cooperative Extension have received a 2001 Program of Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service for their Swimming Pool Pesticide Applicators Training Program. The program was one of 36 chosen nationwide to be showcased in a database that serves as a resource for cooperative extension educators and stakeholders. |