This week's Faculty/Staff News of Record includes 25-year Awards, appointments, awards, Book Shelf, partings, Penn Staters and sabbatical leaves of absence.
25-YEAR AWARDS
For a list of Penn State employees who were recognized for 25 years of service, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22143
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APPOINTMENTS
-- Penn State Cooperative Extension has named Nina Redding of Aspers as county extension director in Adams County. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22623
-- Penn State Cooperative Extension has named David Swartz of Loysville as interim county extension director in Cumberland County. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22629
-- Carol Thomas has been hired as an admissions counselor at Penn State Beaver, effective March 1. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22510
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AWARDS
-- Eight Penn State Research and Graduate School staff members have been honored with awards for their contributions to the research mission of the University. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22626
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BOOK SHELF
The following faculty member has recently published a book:
-- Alok Sinha,"Linear Systems: Optimal and Robust Control," published by CRC Press. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22590
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PARTINGS
-- Ken Babe, who has served as the University's corporate controller for the past 21 years, has announced that he will retire on March 31. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22644
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PENN STATERS
This week's Penn Staters includes items about:
-- Cengiz Camci, professor of aerospace engineering. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22589
-- Sridhar Komarneni, distinguished professor of clay mineralogy in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/22646
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SABBATICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE
-- Brian A. Orland, professor of landscape architecture, to conduct research that addresses the development of decision support systems focused on large-scale environmental phenomena such as global climate change at the University of Melbourne.