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Staters Jane A. Corson, assistant professor of medicine, Penn State University Physician Group-Palmyra, is one of approximately 400 family physicians in the nation to achieve the degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) this year. The national medical association, representing 93,500 family physicians, residents and medical students, awarded the degrees in conjunction with the AAFP's 2002 Annual Scientific Assembly in San Diego. The
University was recognized for outstanding achievement in the field of
continuing and adult education at the University Continuing Education
Association (UCEA) Mid-Atlantic Region 2002 awards ceremony held in Atlantic
City, N.J. The University received 10 of the 16 awards presented. Program
director Jim Fong
received two awards in applied research for his studies titled “The
State of Continuing Education Marketing II” and “The Changing
Roles of CE CEOs.” The 14th Annual Scientific Session of the Eastern
Nursing Research Society held at University Park received an award for
Outstanding Non-Credit Program Development. Project director Pamela
Logan and team members Donna
Havens and Terry
Fulmer developed this project. Project directors Jeff
Covino and Patricia
Wood also received an Outstanding Non-Credit Program Development
award for their Recycling Professional Certification Program at Penn State
Altoona. The 2002 Workshops for Science Educators, led by project director
Chriss A. Schultz
and held at University Park, received an award for Outstanding Credit
Program Development. The project team is composed of James
Kasting, Paul Knight, William Syrett, Gregory Jenkins, Eric Feigelson,
Ronald Redwing, Jacqueline Bortiatynski, Andrew Greenberg, Loida Escote-Carlson,
Rebecca Peterson, Neil Brandt, Lisa Brown and Angela
Phillips. The University’s Commission for Adult Learners
won the Faculty and Staff Development award for the 2002 Hendrick Best
Practices for Adult Learners conference held at University Park and co-chaired
by Jim Campbell
and Jean McGrath.
Penn State Hazleton won the Programs for Special Populations award for
“Migrant Students: The Road to Success.” The University also
won all three awards given in the Marketing Plans, Campaigns, Materials
category. The first award went to “Penn State for You” developed
by project director Andy
Petkac and project team members Jim
Fong, Trish Hummer, David Maser, Scott Moore, Tara Tallman and
Marie Young.
The second award went to the World Campus General Portfolio under project
director Jesse Trahan. Cole
Hons, Tara Tallman, Sarah Garancosky and Chris
Walsh were on the project team. Finally, the University received
a Marketing Plans, Campaigns and Materials award for the marketing and
promotion for the second year of the Penn State Nutrition Conference.
Project director Brian K.
Heckman and project team members Stephanie
Tyworth, Susan LeWay, Carolyn Andersen, Ryan Badowski and Phyllis
Harbst developed the program.
Constance Kirker, assistant professor of integrative arts, participated in the 11th annual International Conference of the World History Association held at Seoul National University in South Korea. Kirker presented a paper and illustrated lecture, "Never Promised You a Rose Garden — Teaching Asian History and Culture through the Study of Environmental Manipulation," a comparison of Chinese and Japanese gardens. The conference was held jointly with the Korean Historical Association in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Sridhar Komarneni, professor of clay mineralogy in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Materials Research Institute, gave several invited lectures recently. He gave talks on "Innovation in Hydrothermal Powder Processing: Addition of Microwave and Ultrasonic Fields" at the 10th International Ceramic Congress in Florence, Italy; on "Microwave-Solvothermal Process for Cosmetic Pigments" at the University of Genoa, Italy; on "Microwave-Solvothermal Process for Nanophase Metals" at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris; and on "Novel Microwave-Polyol Process for Metal Nanoparticles" at the fifth International Conference on Solvothermal Reactions in East Brunswick, N.J. Barnes McCormick, Boeing professor emeritus of aerospace engineering, is the recipient of the 2002 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics F.E. Newbold V/STOL Award. The award recognizes outstanding creative contributions to the advancement and realization of powered lift flight. McCormick's winning text, Aerodynamics of V /STOL Flight, addresses the design and function of aircraft with low takeoff and landing capabilities and presents overview of applied and analytical aspects of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aerodynamics. Robert Melton, professor of aerospace engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society. Melton was chosen in recognition of his status as a world-class researcher and one of the nation's top aerospace educators as well as for his contributions to the society. Four Penn State Cooperative Extension agents have been honored by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents with service awards: Gary Sheppard, Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension director, and Thomas Murphy, Lycoming County extension agent for agronomy, received the Distinguished Service Award. Michael Harteis, Cambria County extension agent for agriculture, and Mary Concklin, Montgomery County extension agent for horticulture, received the Achievement Award. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to the top 2 percent of experienced agents in each state for excellence in programming, and the Achievement Award is presented to the top 1 percent of younger agents in each state for excellence in programming. Jim Sterganos, director of business and community services at Penn State Berks, has been named eastern director on the board of directors for the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. The association is the largest auxiliary services support organization serving higher education, with membership including colleges and universities throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. |