twelve new profs this
campus town and I couldn’t
really interact with outside
business, here you have
Washington and Philadelphia
relatively close,” Kulkarni said.
Kulkarni teaches Investment
(Finance 322), Portfolio
Management (Finance 422) and
Financial Management
(Finance 320).
Melvin Blumberg
Melvin Blumberg is the new
head of the Business Ad
ministration Division at Capitol
this semester.
Blumberg earned a Ph.D. in
Business Administration from
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, a Bachelor of Science
degree in Engineering from
Widner University and a
Masters degree in Business Ad
ministration from the Universi
ty of Pittsburgh.
“I came to Capitol because
I like the central Pa. area and
I like the quality of life here,
also I like Penn State and Penn
Staters,” Blumberg said.
Blumberg is presently work
ing with the faculty and ad
ministration to develop some
new courses. The courses in
clude Computer Science,
Marketing and Accounting and
will probably be phased into the
curriculum within the next year.
“lam working with both the
faculty and the business’ to
assess programs and find out
what the community needs,
next year I’ll probably be
Oya Culpan comes to
Capitol Campus this semester
with a wide educational
background and experience.
She received her Ph.D. in
sociology from Hacettepe
University in Turkey where she
also taught as a professor for
eight years. She completed her
graduate work at the Universi
ty of Conneticut and
undergraduate work at Leeds,
England
“I like the students here,”
said Culpan,“they seem to en
joy the field and are very pro
fessional oriented and respon
sible.”
Culpan said there are some
cultural adjustments to make
coming from another country
but “teaching is universal.”
According to Culpan,“students
are what make the difference,
the context is the same.”
“I have studied and spent
most of my life abroad and I’m
finding a continuity in my
career regardless of where I
am,” she said.
Culpan taught part-time last
semester at Capitol Campus
and previously at the York
Campus. This semester she is
teaching Behavioral Concepts
in Business (MNGMT 310) and
Business Strategies (BUS 364).
John
John Joseph earned a Ph.D.
in curriculum education from
Penn State. He has been
employed in various positions
at Capitol Campus since 1966
but this is his first year as a full
time professor.
Previously Joseph served as
head of instructional services,
assistant to the provost, and
assistant provost.
“For the most part I
postponed my teaching and
research to take on these posi
tions and now I’m just getting
back into it,” Joseph said.
He is currently researching
the application of technology to
education. “I am very in
terested in visualized instruc
tion which includes video
materials and most recently
computers.”
This semester Joseph teaches
Multi Media Technology 301
and Technology in Education
531. Joseph said in the future
he would like to instruct more
multi media courses particular
ly in the area of television.
Joseph holds both a bachelor of
arts degree and a masters
degree in broadcasting from
Penn State.
Itossein Haydari
New to the engineering
department is Hossein Haydari
of Elizabethtown. Haydari at
tended Southern Illinois
University where he received a
Masters degree in Electrical
Engineering. Currently,
Haydari is working on his
Ph.D.
“1 was attracted to the Penn
State University system because
of the prestigious reputation it
holds throughout the nation,”
Haydari said.
He previously taught at
Ocean County College in New
Jersey for two years. While
there, Haydari organized a
course in robotics based strict
ly on his lectures.
Haydari has a keen interest in
robotics. At Penn State, he said
he will be able to continue
research in the relatively new
field of robotics.
Josep
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