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Page 2 The Scranton Record, May 2002 University Names Brian Carpenter, Ph.D. CASE Pr o fessor of the Ye a r The Un i versity of Scranton named Brian W. Carpenter, Ph.D., its CASE Professor of the Year in recognition of his outstanding performance as a member of the Un i ve r s i t y’s faculty. Professors awarded by individual schools are then eligible for further recognition by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at the state and national levels. Dr. Carpenter, who resides in South Abington Township, joined the accounting faculty at The University of Scranton in 1987. He served as chairperson of the Accounting Department from 1992 to 1998 and was promoted to full professor in 1998. Dr. Carpenter also received the Kania School of Management’s Scholarly Achievement Award in 2001, the Kania School of Management’s Alperin Teaching Fellowship in1999 and the Alpha Sigma Nu University Award for Teaching Excellence in 1990. He was named the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Outstanding Educator in 1997. He is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Institute of Management Accountants. Dr. Carpenter has published numerous articles in scholarly journals. Dr. Carpenter has also co-authored accounting textbooks and was co-editor of the American Accounting Association’s Handbook for Accounting Administrators. THE SCRANTON RECORD is published monthly b y The University of Scranton Editorial Offices: O’Hara Hall The University of Scranton Scranton, PA 18510-4628 (570) 941-7669 Editor: Valarie J. Clark Wolff Contributing Writer: Stan M. Zygmunt Sports Writer: Kevin Southard Graphic Designer: Francene M. Pisano Liples Photography: Te r ry Connors, Pa u l a Ly n n C o n n o r s - Fauls, Bill Jo h n s o n Special thanks to: Ro s e m a ry K. Lave l l e Public Relations Intern: John Errigo ’02 The University of Scranton Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President Paul J. Strunk, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Gerald C. Zaboski, Director of Public Relations & Publications © 2002 University of Scranton He earned a doctorate in accounting from Pennsylvania State University, where he also earned a bachelor’s degree. Dr. Carpenter earned an MBA degree from The University of Scranton in 1982. Prior to joining Scranton’s faculty, Dr. Carpenter taught at Lehigh University and Brian Carpenter, Pennsylvania State University. Ph.D. CASE is an international association of colleges and universities, and independent elementary and secondary schools. CASE began the Professor of the Year competition in 1981 to recognize faculty members for extraordinary commitment to undergraduate teaching, for contributions to the lives and careers of students, and for service to their institutions and the teaching profession. 2 0 0 2 C o m m e n c e m e n t A c t i v i t i e s 25 May ROTC Commissioning, 9 a.m., Royal Theater, McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts, followed by a reception in the Lobby. Graduate School Commencement, 11:30 a.m., Byron Complex, followed by a reception on the Alumni Green. Nursing Pinning Ceremony, 2 p.m., Aula Room, Houlihan-McLean Center, followed by a reception in The Atrium. Baccalaureate Mass, 4 p.m., Byron Complex. Dinner for Graduates and Parents, Gunster Student Center, 6:00 p.m. Tickets are required. Call 941-6233. Class Night Awards, 8 p.m., Royal Theater, McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts followed by a reception in the Lobby. 26 May Breakfast for Graduates and Parents, Gunster Student Center. Tickets are required. Call 941-6233. Undergraduate Commencement, Noon, First Union Arena, Wilkes-Barre University Appoints New Dean of Graduate School Duncan M. Perry, Ph.D., has been named Dean of the Graduate School and Director of Research at the University effective 1 July. Dr. Perry is currently the Dean for Graduate Studies and Extended Programs at Millersville University, Millersville. He was previously Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of History at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Wash. Upon the invitation of Radio Free Europe, he served as a Senior Balkan Analyst in Munich, Germany, and later founded the Open Media Research Institute in Prague, in the Czech Republic. He previously served as the Graduate Dean at the Un i versity of No rth Da k o t a , Duncan M. Perry, Grand Fo rks, N.D., Assistant Ph.D. Dean for Graduate Studies at the Un i versity of Ma ry l a n d , College Pa rk, Md.; and Personnel Of f i c e r and Di rector of Graduate Ac a d e m i c Parking Office Announces Online Applications for Parking Pe r m i t s Through a new, streamlined service, members of the University community can obtain their 2002-2003 parking permit online. Users enter an ID and PIN to access the application. Fa c u l t y, staff and students who curre n t l y h a ve a parking sticker will only need to verify information and payment online and will not need to provide a copy of a ve h i c l e registration card unless they have changed vehicles. Members of the Un i versity community who do not have easy access to a computer can complete the online pro c e s s at the Pa rking and Public Pa v i l i o n . “We are pleased to offer the University community with an easier way to secure their parking permits,” said Richard Pomager, Director of Public Safety. Payment options will continue to be cash, check or payroll deduction Faculty/Staff Registration Faculty and staff members will receive an e-mail in early June that includes a link to the online system. In order to re d u c e conflicts with student processing, the Pa rking Office is asking faculty and staff to complete online registration by 15 Ju l y. Faculty and staff will continue to re c e i ve their permits through hthe mail. Pe r m i t s a re effective upon receipt and are re q u i re d beginning the first day of classes. Student Registration Students will receive an e-mail with a link to access the online system during the summer. Day school students can apply in early July. Undergraduate student permits will be available for express pickup in the Byron Complex during Royal Welcome the weekend of 24 and 25 August 2002. Graduate and Dexter Hanley College students will have access to the system beginning on 21 July 2002 and will continue to receive their permits by mail.. The projected deadline for student applications is 12 August 2002. Re c o rds at the H.H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the Un i versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. “Dr. Perry brings to the University a broad base of experience that will be pivotal to the University’s efforts to further enhance its Graduate School,” said Beth E. Barnett, Ed.D., Provost and Academic Vice President of the University. Dr. Perry’s impressive record of scholarship has focused primarily on Eastern Europe, and includes books and articles on issues facing the Balkans. Among his numerous scholarly awards and fellowships are a Woodrow Wilson Center Research Fellowship in its Eastern European Program, two Fulbright awards for study in Bulgaria and two fellowships from the Bulgarian Academic Sciences. “I am sure that the depth of Dr. Perry’s academic and practical experience in the area of international programming will prove to be an enormous asset to the University and its more than 100 international students,” said Dr. Barnett. Dr. Perry holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, W. Va; master’s degrees in Russian Language and Linguistics and also in European History from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; and a doctorate in Balkan History from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The Graduate School at The University of Scranton offers 21 master’s programs in the areas of healthcare, education, business, research, counseling, human resources, chemistry, computers and technology. The University’s graduate programs are accredited by the most rigorous accrediting organizations, including AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
The Scranton Record, May 2002 Page 3 Scranton Faculty Selected to Teach MBA Courses in China Scranton, Shanghai and Beijing might seem like an unlikely mix in the world of higher education – unless you happen to be a University of Scranton faculty member who is teaching an MBA course in China. T h rough a program sponsored by a cons o rtium of Jesuit universities, as well as an independent affiliation established by T h e Un i versity of Scranton, faculty members f rom the Kania School of Ma n a g e m e n t h a ve been invited to teach MBA courses in China during the summer semester. In the summer of 2001, Sa t y a C h a t t o p a d h y a y, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ma rk e t i n g / Management, was selected as one of a handful of faculty members from 26 Jesuit universities to teach a summer MBA program as part of the Beijing International MBA (Bi M B A ) Program held on the campus of Pe k i n g Un i versity in Beijing. This summer, Cynthia Cann, Ph.D., Assistant Pro f e s s o r of Ma n a g e m e n t / Ma rketing, will be one of a small group of faculty members fro m Jesuit universities teaching in Beijing. Rev. Royden B. Davis, S.J., 78, died 2 April in Scranton. Fr. Davis served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945 as a gunner in an anti-aircraft battery. He began a distinguished c a reer at Ge o r g e t ow n Un i versity in 1965 when he was named Dean of fre s h m e n and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1966, he was appointed Dean of the College of Art s and Sciences, a post that he would hold until 1989. At Ge o r g e t own, Fr. Da v i s welcomed women students to the College of Arts and Sciences in 1969. He ove rsaw the inauguration of the American Studies Pro g r a m , the expansion of the Fi n e A rts De p a rtment, the establishment and grow t h of the Ps yc h o l o g y De p a rtment, and the creation of the Sociology and Computer Science departments. In 1989, he dire c t e d Ge o r g e t own's Fo reign Studies Pro g r a m in Fl o rence, It a l y, and, in 1990, served as Chair of the Ignatian Annive r s a ry. In 1991, Fr. Davis returned to T h e Un i versity of Scranton, where he taught briefly in the 1950s, to serve as Rector of the Jesuit Community at Scranton. In this role, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of The Un i versity of Scranton and Scranton Pre p a r a t o ry School. At the conclusion of his service as re c t o r in 1997, he remained at the Un i versity as an Associate Campus Minister and The connection between The Un i ve r s i t y of Scranton and China is further enhanced by an independent arrangement established t h rough the efforts of Alan Bru m a g i m , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ma rk e t i n g / Management. Last summer, Dr. Bru m a g i m and Wayne Cunningham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Operations and In f o r m a t i o n Management, team-taught an MBA course at Tongji Un i versity in Shanghai. This summ e r, Nabil Tamimi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Operations and In f o r m a t i o n Management, will teach an MBA course at the Tongji Un i ve r s i t y. These foreign teaching experiences translate into professional enrichment of faculty who share their real-life experiences of international business with students on two continents. “Faculty are the key link to students,” said Ronald Johnson, D.B.A., Dean of the Kania School of Management. “If faculty, because of their experiences, talk about things going on elsewhere in the world, students will be more inclined to broaden the horizons of their thinking.” Royden B. Davis, S.J. Chaplain of the Panuska College of Professional St u d i e s . He also served as a critical member of the President's Task Fo rc e on Ignatian Mission and Id e n t i t y. In 1985, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Georgetown University, and, in 1992, he had an endowed chair in interdisciplinary studies named in his honor. In 1997, The University of Scranton presented Fr. Davis with the Pedro B.S.S., J.D., L.L.B., D.H.L., Arrupe, S.J., Award for Ge o r g e t own Un i ve r s i t y Ignatian Mission and M.A., Ph.L., St. Louis Ministries, which recognizes Un i ve r s i t y persons who have made sig- S . T.L., Woodstock College nificant contributions to the En t e red the Society of Je s u s Ignation mission. in 1950 “What best exemplified the Ordained in 1959 Pronounced final vows in the person of Fr. Davis was the Society of Jesus in 1967 way he truly lived his Ig n a t i a n Sp i r i t u a l i t ,” y said Pa u l e t t e Bu rton, a member of the Wo m e n’s Re n ew a l Group led by Fr. Davis. “He indeed could see God in all things and he shared this beautiful vision of Him with eve ryone he had the opportunity to meet.” “ Roy Davis was a tower of strength … but in the gentlest way,” said Brendan G. L a l l y, S.J., Rector of the Je s u i t Community at Scranton, at Fr. Da v i s’ funeral mass. “Roy, thank you for helping us see the infinite possibilities and for yo u r holy and gentle heart which helped make those possibilities so attractive . ” Donations can be made to the Royden B. Davis, S.J., Scholarship Fund at T h e Un i versity of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510. Chinese students have the opportunity to learn about American business practices. Students in the BiMBA program also earn an MBA from Fo rdham Un i ve r s i t y. Back on American ground, students at The University of Scranton have an opportunity to learn about the economic development of China, whose economy has grown faster than any other nation in the world over the past two decades. Reflecting on his teaching experiences at Tongji University, Dr. Brumagim said, “When you get to experience a new culture, it helps you to see things that you Re u n ion 7-9 June 200 2 For more information contact the Alumni Office at 1-800-SCRANTON or register online at www.scranton.edu/alumni Thomas E. Baker , Associate Professor of Sociology/Criminal Justice, sponsored Sergeant Jeff Mackie of the Scranton Police Department for the American Police Hall of Fame Life Saving Medal. Sergeant Mackie is a 1983 graduate of the University. Professor Baker also created a PowerPoint presentation to accompany his book, Effective Police Leadership: Moving Beyond Management. His publisher has also requested that he develop an instructor’s manual to supplement the book. Professor Baker and L o reen Wo l f e r, Ph . D . , Assistant Professor of So c i o l o g y / Criminal Justice, have re c e i ved notification that their article, “The Cr i m e Triangle: Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Va n d a l i s m” has been accepted for publication in Police Practice and Re s e a rch: An In t e rnational Jo u rn a l . Roy Domenico, P h . D . , A s s o c i a t e Professor of Hi s t o ry, was invited by the United States State De p a rt m e n t’s Fo reign Se rvice Institute to present a 23 April lecture on the subject of “It a l i a n Regionalism and Regional Politics.” might have taken for granted. My teaching experience in China gave me an appreciation for just how good we have it in the United States.” Dr. Brumagim first established contacts with Tongji University while conducting general project management training in China for the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2000. The training was part of PMI’s project management professional certification that was being offered in China for the first time. NEW STAFF The following is a list of full-time staff hired at the University in April: Edward Evans, Research Technician, DOE – Brucella Genome Analyst Renee Giovagnoli-Kurtz, Research Technician, DOE – Brucella Genome Analyst Thomas Savero, Public Safety Officer SUMMER GRANT RECIPIENTS The following faculty members have been named summer grant recipients: J. Brian Benestad, Ph.D. , Theology, “Three Chapters on Justice and the Common Good” Satyajit Ghosh, Ph.D. , Professor and Chair of Economics/Finance, “Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution and Labor Supply” Peter Olden, Ph.D. , Associate Professor and Chair of Health Administration/Human Resources, “Master of Health Administration Program Curriculum Development” Kenneth Monks, Ph.D. , Professor of Math, “On the Canonical Autoconjugacy of the Collatz Function”
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