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Faculty/Staff News of Record: Feb. 2, 2006

This week's Faculty/Staff News of Record includes appointments, awards, obituaries, partings, Penn Staters and promotions:

APPOINTMENTS

-- Gregory Angle has been appointed marketing coordinator of Penn State's Industrial Research Office. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15858

-- Deborah C. Beidel has joined the Department of Psychiatry at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, as professor of psychiatry, director of research for child psychiatry, director of the anxiety, stress and trauma division, and faculty member of the Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Research Institute. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15748

-- Sylvia Nyana recently was appointed social sciences librarian at Penn State University Libraries. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15783

-- Theresa Shank has been appointed director of Continuing Education at Penn State Mont Alto. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15739

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AWARDS

-- Aman Haque, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15725

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OBITUARIES

For a listing of Penn State employees who have died recently, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15794

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PARTINGS

-- Penn State recently bid farewell to Steve Schroeder, director, Network Planning and Integration in Telecommunications and Networking Services, a unit of Information Technology Services. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15807

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PENN STATERS

This week's Penn Staters includes items about:

-- Thomas Boothby, professor of architectural engineering, and M. Kevin Parfitt, associate professor of architectural engineering. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15811

-- James Breakall, professor of electrical engineering; Anthony Ferraro, distinguished professor emeritus of electrical engineering; and Tom Collins, programmer analyst in University Outreach. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15810

-- David Monk, dean of the College of Education. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15819

-- Bill Barker, Penn State Dickinson professor. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15823

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PROMOTIONS

For a listing of Penn State employees who have been promoted, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/15839

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