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Under the Arch June 21, 2004 Volume 5, Number 37
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GANNON UNIVERSITY FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Berwyn Moore Brooker, associate professor of English, recently attended and read a selection of her poetry at “Vital Lines, Vital Signs,” a poetry and medicine conference held at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Moore teaches a medical humanities course, Literature and the Healing Arts, at Gannon and has had works of poetry published in a number of national journals, including two issues of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Carolynn B. Masters, associate professor and director of the Villa Maria School of Nursing, recently was elected to a two-year term as chair of the Board of the Northwest PA Area Health Education Center. The PA Area Health Education Center’s mission is to help communities meet their primary health care needs by creating a statewide infrastructure bridging community and academic resources. As chair, Masters’ responsibilities will include presiding over meetings of the organization’s Board of Trustees.
Karen Lumia, RN, assistant professor, Villa Maria School of Nursing, recently was selected as the 2004 National Advisor of the Year for Alpha Tau Delta, a fraternity for professional nurses and nursing students. The fraternity annually selects a National Advisor of the Year from nominees submitted by each collegiate chapter. Lumia, along with Dr. Suzanne O’Connell, assistant professor, Villa Maria School of Nursing, is a co-advisor to the Alpha Kappa chapter of ATD.
The Tie Dye Mini-Society Town at Edinboro Elementary School recently recognized Charles A. Bennett, assistant professor, finance, and director of Gannon's Center for Economic Education. Bennett visited the Tie Dye Town at one of its recent business sessions, which organizers dedicated to Bennett and others. During the Tie Dye Town ribbon cutting and opening ceremony, Bennett was given a key to the city. In the Mini-Society program, students run their own operating economy and society and learn to establish a community from scratch. Bennett was certified as a Mini-Society Trainer at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Seven faculty members have been approved for academic tenure effective with the 2004-05 academic year. Applications for tenure were approved by the Rank, Tenure, and Academic Freedom Committee as well as the Gannon Board of Trustees and the board’s Academic Affairs Committee.
In addition to Laher, four other faculty were approved for promotions in rank:
OUR EVENTS
CURRENT BIRTHDAYS Peter Mannarelli. Eric Rogers. Margaret Clark. Philip Scrimenti. Cleve Wright. Melissa Lesniewski. Nancy Jackson. Rob Van Rheenen. Rose Ann Garbulinski. Sherry Masotto. Fong Mak. Rev. George Strohmeyer. Monsignor Gerald Orbanek. Eraldo Scacchitti. Julie Rentschler. Dawna Mughal. Daniel Huber. Mary Gavacs. Shirley Blancho. Cynthia Duda. Kathleen Kingston. Laurie Wehman. Chuck Murphy. John Coleman. Cynthia Stadler. Mei-Huei Tang. Robert Dobiesz. Joseph Lafaro. Virginia Arp. Virginia Dombrowski. Michael Tkach. Michael McSkimming.
THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE Monday, June 21 – Catholic Charities Board of Directors Meeting. Thursday-Friday, June 24-25 – Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Board of Directors meeting. Sunday, June 27 – Welcome remarks for Summer Orientation session II.
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