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Dr. Mukund Kulkarni

Mukund Kulkarni named Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Following a national search, Penn State Harrisburg has named Professor of Finance Mukund S. Kulkarni its Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

The appointment of Dr. Kulkarni, who has served in the position on an interim basis since July 2006, was announced today by Chancellor Madlyn L. Hanes.

Peter Idowu

Peter Idowu named University Administrative Fellow

Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Peter B. Idowu is one of three Penn State University Administrative Fellows for the 2007-08 academic year.

Dr. Idowu will be the Administrative Fellow for Rodney A. Erickson, executive vice president and provost of the University.

The others are:

Jane Kochanov

Jane Kochanov earns University-wide IST award

A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has received the 2007 University-wide Information Sciences and Technology Faculty Award.

Jane Kochanov was honored for her classroom innovations, ability to inspire students, outreach efforts with middle and high school students, and for her commitment to community both on and beyond the campus.

Faculty members’ textbook earns top honor

The work of two Penn State Harrisburg faculty members has been honored as the best computer science and engineering textbook of the year.

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture by Associate Professor of Computer Science Linda Null and Instructor in Computer Science Julia Lobur has been selected as the winner of the prestigious "Texty" textbook award presented by the Text and Academic Authors Association.

Certificate program serves mental health counselors

Penn State Harrisburg now offers a graduate-level certificate program aimed at preparing mental health counselors to work in community mental health settings.

Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychology: Applications in Clinical Psychology is a 12-credit, treatment-oriented program focusing on the major subfields of applied clinical psychology to enhance training received in a traditional master’s program.

Boobies Ball Check Presentation 2007

Lion Ambassadors’ Boobies Ball raises $1,100

Shown at the check presentation to fund cancer awareness are, left to right, Penn State Harrisburg student and Feel Your Boobies Foundation intern Lorena Roedan, Foundation founder Leigh Hurst, ball chairman Holly Artz, Lion Ambassador president Melissa Yingling, and Lion Ambassador adviser Laurie Dobrosky.

The recent "Boobies Ball" hosted by the Lion Ambassadors on campus to fund cancer research resulted in an $1,100 to a local foundation.

Man on a mission

To say that Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller, ’01 MPA, is driven is an understatement. He decided around junior high age to be a state trooper and centered his life around that. He took Latin in school because he knew that was the root of the law.

Alexander Guk earns Alumni Achievement Award

Mechanicsburg resident Alexander Guk’s rapid ascent in the business world has earned him a prestigious Penn State recognition.

The vice president of technology for the Harrisburg-based Webclients Internet firm, Guk recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Penn State Alumni Association during ceremonies in University Park.