This week's Faculty/Staff News of Record includes 25-year awards, appointments, Book Shelf, obituaries, partings, Penn Staters and promotions.
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25-YEAR AWARDS
Observing 25 years of service at the University are: Margery A. Bradley, David R. Brouse, Richard F. Bupp, Robert E. Burkholder, Donna Jean Campbell, Patrick G. Cheney, Joann M. Cliggett, Sheila Corl, Susan J. Croyle, Janice S. Dauber, John Bernard Fritz, Gail G. Gilchrest, Cynthia B. Hall, Philip Jenkins, Daniel D. Klees, Tony M. Lentz, Paula R. Matthews, Patricia Ann McClellan, Jean McClintock, John A. McDowell, Linda Patterson Miller, M. Rachel Miller, John D. Mitchell, Lisa A. O'Hara, Robert N. Pangborn, Jean Landa Pytel, Mark J. Roberts, David Shapiro, Wayne D. Smutz, Jeremy L. Walter, Deborah Eckley Wilson and Janet L. Woomer. For photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2005_09_15_people/index.html online.
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APPOINTMENTS
-- Tracy Hoover, associate professor in Penn State's Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, has been named head of the department, effective Oct. 1. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13496
-- Marc McMullin has returned to Penn State's Division of Development and Alumni Relations as the director of development for the Schreyer Honors College. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13378
-- Mark A. Trueman has been named director of the paramedic program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13452
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BOOK SHELF
The following faculty member recently published a book:
-- Sean Patrick Griffin, "Black Brothers Inc.," published by Milo Books in the United Kingdom. Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/13344
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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/13440
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PARTINGS
-- Cynthia Coslo has retired from the University after 26 years of service in various offices across the University Park campus. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13447
-- Russell Messier, professor of engineering science and mechanics, has retired. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13446
-- Christopher Wronski, Leonhard professor of microelectronics materials and devices, professor of engineering science and mechanics, and co-director of the Center for Thin Film Devices, has retired. For the full story, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13445
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PENN STATERS
This week's Penn Staters includes items about N.K. Bose, HRB-Systems professor of electrical engineering, David M. Esposito, history lecturer in Penn State University Continuing Education, and Sridhar Komarneni, professor of clay mineralogy in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Materials Research Institute, at http://live.psu.edu/story/13444 online; about Bill Asbury, vice president emeritus for Student Affairs, at http://live.psu.edu/story/13463 online; and about Adam J. Sorkin, distinguished professor of English at Penn State Delaware County, at http://live.psu.edu/story/13462 online.
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PROMOTIONS
For a listing of Penn State employees who were promoted recently, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/story/13441