This week's News of Record includes appointments, awards, Book Shelf, partings and Penn Staters.
APPOINTMENTS
-- Colin J. Barnstable was named chair of the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences in the Penn State College of Medicine, effective Aug. 1. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18280
-- Bjorn Hanson, global hospitality industry partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City, has accepted the appointment as the next Walter J. Conti professor of hospitality management in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development starting this fall semester. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18290
-- Sean C. Kelly has been appointed as director of student affairs at Penn State Altoona, effective July 17. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18292
-- Peggy Johnson has been named the new head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18207
-- Martha Jordan will be the first director of Adult Learner Advocacy in Penn State Outreach. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18253
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AWARDS
-- Lisa Bertin has won the 2005-06 Leonard R. Riforgiato Memorial Teaching Award at Penn State Shenango. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18270
-- Steve Hessmann received the Division of Development and Alumni Relations Mentor Award at Penn State Shenango. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18271
-- Martha Aynardi received the Jack P. Royer Award for Active and Collaborative Learning at Penn State Berks. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18223
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BOOK SHELF
The following people recently published books:
-- Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Fei Wang, "Selected Papers on Nanotechnology -- Theory and Modeling." Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18285
-- Dottie M. Mathers, a collection of three workbooks, titled "Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0." Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18268
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PARTINGS
-- William J. Mahar is retiring from Penn State Harrisburg on June 30 after 35 years of service. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18257
-- For a listing of others who have retired, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/18297
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PENN STATERS
This week's Penn Staters includes items about:
-- James Hegarty, professor and vice chair for clinical services of psychiatry at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18250
-- A group of electrical engineers led by Tom Jackson, professor of electrical engineering. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18284
-- Gerri F. Luke, assistant professor of business administration/marketing at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18278
-- Jacob R. Miller and Sandra Gorka, two faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18289
-- James Pawelczyk, associate professor of kinesiology. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18210
-- Dennis Scanlon, associate professor of health policy and administration in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18225
-- A team of Penn State graduate students and faculty members in the College of Engineering. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18283
-- A coalition between the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program, the Electrotechnology Application Center at Northampton Community College and Penn State McKeesport. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/18256