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New P&S
by John Rossomando
Collegian Staff
There is a new Police and Safety
Manager here at Behrend.
His name is Bill Donahue, he
has spent the last five years as
chief of campus police at Chatham
College near Pittsburgh.
He has been involved in campus
law enforcement since 1980.
Prior to his job as chief of
campus police at Chatham
College he worked as a campus
police officer at the Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.
Donahue stated that the reason
he accepted the position at Police
and Safety was the size of
Behrend.
As Donahue made the transition
into his new job, he was
impressed by the professionalism
of the officers at Police and Safety
as well as the cooperation from
Student Affairs.
Donahue stressed the importance
of understanding and cooperating
with the campus community.
"I want to try to have consistent
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enforcement and professionalism,
and continue to move foreward and
have them grow."
When asked about how students,
and especially female students
could feel more secure when
walking on campus he responded
that, "A couple of things such as a
student escort service is available
as well as the Student Auxiliary
and crime prevention."
He again stressed, "No crime is
too petty to be reported, and the
cooperation of students is essential
to maintaining a safe campus
community."
Because there are only three full
time police service officers, three
PPGs. and t h ree put-time officers.
Because of these limitations, it is
necessary for students to report
what they see to Police and
Safety.
When asked about drug and
alcohol problems on campus
Donahue replied, "Patrol
procedures and cooperation with
Student Affairs and the student
judicial system are adequate for
dealing with the problem."
Associate professor Kenneth
Fisher brings a plethora of field
experience to Behrend and his
engineering classes.
Fisher is the in-charge faculty
of the Mechanical Engineering
Technology (MET) program and
the director of the Advanced
Design Consortium, has been
selected by the American
Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) to serve as a
program evaluator for the
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Technology (TAC/ABET).
He serves on the commission
by evaluating the MET
programs at other colleges and
universities.
He received his bachelor's
degree in mechanical
engineering from Gannon
University and his master's in
mechanical engineering from
Purdue University.
Fisher has been working with
technological research and
development ever since. In the
early 1970 s he was employed at
AT&T's Bell labs where he
worked on thin film electronics
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He then spent 17 years with
the American Sterilizer
Company where he eventually
gained the position of director of
surgical product development.
Fisher designed hospital surgical
equipment, and he then received
patents on designs that were
placed into production.
For some of his designs, he
received recognition from the
Illuminating Engineering
Society and a national materials
award.
Before he came to teach at
Behrend, Fisher taught for a
while at Gannon University.
He said that his reason for
becoming a professor was that
he always wanted to help people
become engineers. He also
commented, "I enjoy wonting
with the students directly."
He feels content at Behrend.
"I like being associsted with a
program in an institution that's
growing. I like the fact that it's
small enough to work closely
with the students," Fisher said.
Fisher feels that his
relationship with the students is
pretty open. He commented,
"We interact well, My job is to
be able to make them think
before they graduate. They
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seem to be appreciative that I
can bring in real life situations
to the classroom"
Fisher believes that his
teaching experience has been
rather rewarding. "It makes me
feel like I've accomplished
something when students come
up after commencement and
directly thank me for helping
them make career decisions and
making the learning experience
interesting. I still get calls
periodically from graduates to
let me know how they're
doing," Fisher remarked.
Fisher lives in Erie with his
wife Nancy. They have three
daughters: Julie (a 1993
graduate of Behrend), Shelly (a
sophomore at Behrend), and
Katie (a senior at McDowell
High School).
His interests include
genealogy, taking walks in
natural settings, travelling with
his wife, and reading non
technical publications. On
occasion, he also watches the
Cleveland Browns.
His future plans include
continuing to develop the
Mechanical Engineering
program here at Behrend. He
wants to keep it technically
current.
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