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Retired Vice Adm. James Houck

Interim dean named for Dickinson School of Law, School of International Affairs

6/5/13

Retired Vice Adm. James Houck, the immediate past Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs, has been named interim dean of both schools effective Aug. 1. Houck will provide interim leadership following the departure of current dean Philip McConnaughay, who will begin as dean of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, on the same date.

Dr. Nichola Gutgold

Gutgold accepts new position with Schreyer Honors College

5/21/13

Nichola Gutgold has been promoted to full professor of communication arts and sciences. She has also accepted a new position as associate dean of academic affairs for Penn State's Schreyer Honors College. In addition to her professorial duties, she formerly served as coordinator of the Corporate Communications degree program at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Gutgold will begin her new position, located at the University Park campus, on July 1.

Cathy Wanner

Wanner named Barry Director of Paterno Fellows Program

5/20/13

Catherine Wanner, professor of history, has been appointed to the Rick and Sue Barry Directorship of the Paterno Fellows Program in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, beginning July 1. She will succeed Jack Selzer, who is the founding director of the college’s leadership program and who will return to teaching and research responsibilities as the Paterno Family Professor of Literature. The Paterno Fellows Program is an academic excellence and leadership program for students in the College of the Liberal Arts, and a unique partnership between the college and the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State.

Former Congressman Joseph Sestak named General Omar N. Bradley Chair

Former Congressman Joseph Sestak named General Omar N. Bradley Chair

5/14/13

Joseph Sestak, former congressman and retired U.S. Navy three-star admiral, has been named as the 2013-14 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership. While in residence, Sestak will conduct classes at Dickinson College, the U.S. Army War College and the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs.

Kathleen Bieschke

Kathleen Bieschke appointed new department head

5/13/13

Kathleen Bieschke will become the new department head for the Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education (EPCSE) Department in the College of Education at Penn State on July 1. In her new role, Bieschke will oversee two undergraduate, four master’s, and four doctoral programs for the college.

Matt Royer

Royer named director of Agriculture and Environment Center

4/5/13

Matthew Royer, an environmental attorney, with experience working for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has been named as the new director of the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

portrait of Susan Basso

Basso promoted to vice president for Human Resources

3/15/13

Penn State's Board of Trustees today (March 15) approved the promotion of Susan McGarry Basso to the position of vice president for Human Resources. Basso joined Penn State as associate vice president for Human Resources in December 2010.

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School of Engineering names director for research, technology transfer

2/4/13

Greg Dillon, Ph.D. has been named associate director for research and technology transfer by the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. In this new role Dillon will have responsibility for expanding the school's research initiatives, increasing collaboration with industry and further integrating research and development activities into the undergraduate engineering curriculum.

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Hendrix named director of development for the Libraries

2/1/13

Nicole Hendrix has been named the director of the Office of Development for Penn State University Libraries. She will lead the Libraries' effort to raise $40 million in the For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. To date, the Libraries have raised more than $31 million in the ongoing campaign, set to end in 2014. Hendrix began her appointment Jan. 28.

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Penn State names athletics integrity officer

1/24/13

Julie Del Giorno, chief of staff at Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pa., has been named athletics integrity officer at Penn State. Del Giorno, whose position has been newly created, will be responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of policies and practices within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics that ensure compliance and ethical conduct. She will begin work on a part-time basis in March and will commence full-time work in her position on April 1.

"Julie is an outstanding choice for this position," said Penn State President Rodney Erickson. "As she begins her work here at Penn State, she will draw on more than two decades of experience in higher education and the U.S. military. Her track record of success in athletics oversight and operations, student affairs, logistics and institutional planning has given her valuable experience that will serve the University well."

Franks named director of Penn State Sports Camps

1/15/13

Ed Franks has been named the director of Penn State Sports Camps. He will begin his duties in February.

Franks replaces longtime Sports Camps Director Dick Bartolomea, who retired.

He will oversee camps that annually draw more than 20,000 participants to the University Park campus. Penn State hosts nearly 90 sports camps in 25 different sports that draw participants from across the nation and internationally.

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Sociology faculty member named examiner for South African study

1/15/13

Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been appointed to serve as an external examiner for a South African university study.

The Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, appointed Bahl as the external examiner for a master's degree study for 2013.

The study is titled "The Role of Dress Style for Senior Women in a Corporate Consulting Firm."

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Chown named chancellor of Penn State York

1/14/13

David W. Chown, chief academic officer and senior vice president for the residential university of Upper Iowa University, has been named the new chancellor at Penn State York, effective Feb. 15. He replaces John J. Romano, Penn State's former vice president for Commonwealth campuses and former CEO at Penn State York, who came out of retirement to lead the campus until a new chancellor was found.

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Abington names new athletics director

1/14/13

Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler announced today (Jan. 14) that the college has named Shawne McCoy the new director of athletics, intramurals and recreation. McCoy succeeds Karen Weaver, who stepped down effective Dec. 31.

McCoy officially joins Abington on Feb. 4 and will represent the college at the 2013 NCAA Convention in Texas this week.

"I am excited and honored to be selected as the new director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Penn State Abington," McCoy said. "I would like to thank Chancellor Sandler, Senior Director of Student Affairs Gale Siegel and the entire search committee for entrusting me with this opportunity. I look forward to working with our coaches, staff and faculty to help provide our student-athletes with the best possible experience."

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Retired Vice Adm. James Houck

Interim dean named for Dickinson School of Law, School of International Affairs

6/5/13

Retired Vice Adm. James Houck, the immediate past Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs, has been named interim dean of both schools effective Aug. 1. Houck will provide interim leadership following the departure of current dean Philip McConnaughay, who will begin as dean of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, on the same date.

Dr. Nichola Gutgold

Gutgold accepts new position with Schreyer Honors College

5/21/13

Nichola Gutgold has been promoted to full professor of communication arts and sciences. She has also accepted a new position as associate dean of academic affairs for Penn State's Schreyer Honors College. In addition to her professorial duties, she formerly served as coordinator of the Corporate Communications degree program at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Gutgold will begin her new position, located at the University Park campus, on July 1.

Cathy Wanner

Wanner named Barry Director of Paterno Fellows Program

5/20/13

Catherine Wanner, professor of history, has been appointed to the Rick and Sue Barry Directorship of the Paterno Fellows Program in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, beginning July 1. She will succeed Jack Selzer, who is the founding director of the college’s leadership program and who will return to teaching and research responsibilities as the Paterno Family Professor of Literature. The Paterno Fellows Program is an academic excellence and leadership program for students in the College of the Liberal Arts, and a unique partnership between the college and the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State.

Former Congressman Joseph Sestak named General Omar N. Bradley Chair

Former Congressman Joseph Sestak named General Omar N. Bradley Chair

5/14/13

Joseph Sestak, former congressman and retired U.S. Navy three-star admiral, has been named as the 2013-14 recipient of the General Omar N. Bradley Chair in Strategic Leadership. While in residence, Sestak will conduct classes at Dickinson College, the U.S. Army War College and the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law and School of International Affairs.

Kathleen Bieschke

Kathleen Bieschke appointed new department head

5/13/13

Kathleen Bieschke will become the new department head for the Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education (EPCSE) Department in the College of Education at Penn State on July 1. In her new role, Bieschke will oversee two undergraduate, four master’s, and four doctoral programs for the college.

Matt Royer

Royer named director of Agriculture and Environment Center

4/5/13

Matthew Royer, an environmental attorney, with experience working for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has been named as the new director of the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center, in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

portrait of Susan Basso

Basso promoted to vice president for Human Resources

3/15/13

Penn State's Board of Trustees today (March 15) approved the promotion of Susan McGarry Basso to the position of vice president for Human Resources. Basso joined Penn State as associate vice president for Human Resources in December 2010.

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School of Engineering names director for research, technology transfer

2/4/13

Greg Dillon, Ph.D. has been named associate director for research and technology transfer by the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. In this new role Dillon will have responsibility for expanding the school's research initiatives, increasing collaboration with industry and further integrating research and development activities into the undergraduate engineering curriculum.

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Hendrix named director of development for the Libraries

2/1/13

Nicole Hendrix has been named the director of the Office of Development for Penn State University Libraries. She will lead the Libraries' effort to raise $40 million in the For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. To date, the Libraries have raised more than $31 million in the ongoing campaign, set to end in 2014. Hendrix began her appointment Jan. 28.

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Penn State names athletics integrity officer

1/24/13

Julie Del Giorno, chief of staff at Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pa., has been named athletics integrity officer at Penn State. Del Giorno, whose position has been newly created, will be responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of policies and practices within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics that ensure compliance and ethical conduct. She will begin work on a part-time basis in March and will commence full-time work in her position on April 1.

"Julie is an outstanding choice for this position," said Penn State President Rodney Erickson. "As she begins her work here at Penn State, she will draw on more than two decades of experience in higher education and the U.S. military. Her track record of success in athletics oversight and operations, student affairs, logistics and institutional planning has given her valuable experience that will serve the University well."

Franks named director of Penn State Sports Camps

1/15/13

Ed Franks has been named the director of Penn State Sports Camps. He will begin his duties in February.

Franks replaces longtime Sports Camps Director Dick Bartolomea, who retired.

He will oversee camps that annually draw more than 20,000 participants to the University Park campus. Penn State hosts nearly 90 sports camps in 25 different sports that draw participants from across the nation and internationally.

Untitled

Sociology faculty member named examiner for South African study

1/15/13

Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been appointed to serve as an external examiner for a South African university study.

The Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, appointed Bahl as the external examiner for a master's degree study for 2013.

The study is titled "The Role of Dress Style for Senior Women in a Corporate Consulting Firm."

Untitled

Chown named chancellor of Penn State York

1/14/13

David W. Chown, chief academic officer and senior vice president for the residential university of Upper Iowa University, has been named the new chancellor at Penn State York, effective Feb. 15. He replaces John J. Romano, Penn State's former vice president for Commonwealth campuses and former CEO at Penn State York, who came out of retirement to lead the campus until a new chancellor was found.

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Abington names new athletics director

1/14/13

Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler announced today (Jan. 14) that the college has named Shawne McCoy the new director of athletics, intramurals and recreation. McCoy succeeds Karen Weaver, who stepped down effective Dec. 31.

McCoy officially joins Abington on Feb. 4 and will represent the college at the 2013 NCAA Convention in Texas this week.

"I am excited and honored to be selected as the new director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Penn State Abington," McCoy said. "I would like to thank Chancellor Sandler, Senior Director of Student Affairs Gale Siegel and the entire search committee for entrusting me with this opportunity. I look forward to working with our coaches, staff and faculty to help provide our student-athletes with the best possible experience."