L Dallas, PA Thursday, August 1, 2002 11 pre The Dallas Post eMisericordia to ‘hold Summer Open House College Misericordia invites high school students and their . parents to the annual summer i Open House at its Dallas, Penn- | sylvania campus. Open House o will be held on from 9:30 a.m. to | 3 p.m. Saturday, August 10. The Open House schedule in- cludes registration and refresh- “ments; campus tours, including i the newly renovated Administra- tion Building and classrooms; a faculty session; lunch; meetings with representatives of student _services, athletics and student government; and a session on fi- ' nancial aid. | For more information, contact i the College Misericordia Admis- i“sions Office at 675-4449, toll “free at 866-262-6363, or by e- | mail at admiss@misericordia.edu. ] i i i BE [| i iCollege Misericordia ‘adult program tuition @/frozen through 2005 ok College Misericordia has an- » nounced a tuition freeze for its REXPRESSWAY accelerated de- “gree program. The freeze will 5 old EXPRESSWAY’s new tu- y ition rate of $262 per credit for ' three years. Effective August 2002, students enrolling in the @ EXPRESWAY Program will be guaranteed the same rate until fall 2005. The previous tuition rate, also held for a period of ! three years, was $242 per credit. Designed specifically for adult ; learners, the EXPRESSWAY Pro- * gram allows individuals to earn a bachelor’s degree by attending classes just once a week at ¢ Luzerne County Community ! College. EXPRESSWAY offers ® bachelor's degree programs in * management, marketing, busi- ' ness administration, manage- ment information systems, and ¢ nursing for registered nurses. * For more information on the EXPRESSWAY Program, call 1- 866- CM and Me, 1-866-262- 6363, or visit misericordia.edu. @ Zarambo graduates from Albright - " nt _ wr ~ Gwen Zarambo of Dallas, re- | cently graduated with a bachelor “of arts degree in psychology from Albright College. Zarambo is a graduate of Dallas Senior High school and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Zaram- bo, Dallas. PSU W-B receives defibrillators through grant Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Safety & Security Committee recently announced the acquisition of two auto- mated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use at the campus. This equipment was secured through a De- partment of Community and Economic Development Grant through Senator Charles Lemmond’s office. The campus received two automatic defibrillators with CPR and training in their use, valued at over $7,000. AEDs are used to treat cardiac arrest by measuring and interpreting electrical activity in the heart. Shown, from left, seated: Mary E. Hines, Ph.D., campus executive officer; Senator Lemmond; Patricia Crahall, campus nurse. Standing: Safety & Security committee members: Fred Wetherbee, Reese Smith, Robert Davis, Jack Monick, and Wayne Felty, Ph.D. Absent from the photo are Gary Beisel, committee chair and Susan Wysocki. Jones perfect during spring 2002 semester Nathan C. Jones, Dallas, re- cently achieved a 4.0 average at ‘Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni- versity, Daytona Beach, Florida, where he is majoring in Aviation Safety Science. Last year, he was awarded ‘a 3-year-ROTC scholarship and upon graduation in 2004, will be commissioned as a second lieu- tenant in the U.S. Air Force with aspirations towards flying, Air Combat Control, and Special Operations. Last summer, he was one of 60 cadets se- lected from throughout the country to at- tend the Basic Freefall Para- chuting Pro- gram at the USAF Academy in Colorado Nathan C. Jones Springs, CO. He currently holds a staff po- sition on Brigadier General William W. Spruance Special Operations Precision Drill Team and partici- pated in a national drill team competition at the Air Force Academy in April. This summer he will obtain additional Air Force training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He is the son of Linda and Dan Jones and was a 2000 graduate of Dallas Senior High School. Nackley, Pope graduate from Ithaca College Dallas residents Nicole Nack- ley and Jayson Pope recently graduated from Ithaca College. Nackley graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in business ad- ministration from the School of Business. She had concentra- tions in both management and marketing. She was previously inducted into Oracle, Phi Kappa Phi (national), and Sigma Iota Epsilon (management) honor societies. Nackley is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School. Pope earned a bachelor of arts degree in social studies, with teacher certification, from the School of Humanities and Sciences. Inducted into Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, Pope was one of only 10 students to receive the Campus Life Award for excep- tional service to the College community. He also served as president of the Student Gov- ernment Association. Pope is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School. Embry-Riddle’s . Promotions granted to Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty Charles D. Ghilani, Ph.D., has been promoted to Professor of Engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Dr. Ghilani is program chair for the baccalau- reate degree Surveying program and associate degree in Survey- ing Technology at the campus. He earned his B.S. in Mathe- matics and Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwau- kee and his M.S. and Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineer- ing from the University of Wis- consin-Madison. Dr. Ghilani joined Penn State Wilkes-Barre in 1989. Since that time, he has written nu- merous articles, co-authored books, and conducted work- shops regarding surveying is- sues. He has received several awards from the University and the PA Society of Land Survey- ors. He is a member of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, the American So- ciety of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, the Wisconsin Soci- ety of Land Surveyors, and the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. He resides in Sweet Valley with his wife, Mary. Thomas Seybert, Ph.D., Shavertown, has been tenured and promoted to Associate Pro- fessor of Engineering. Dr. Sey- bert earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineer- ing from Penn State University. He worked in private industry for several years before begin- ning his teaching career at Penn State Beaver. He joined the Wilkes-Barre campus in 1996 where he recently received the Penn State Engineering Soci- ety’'s Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Seybert is principal author of the Virginia Tech /Penn State Urban Hydrol- ogy Model and the Penn State Runoff Quality Model. Through- out his career at Penn State, he has been involved in projects re- lated to civil engineering water resource topics. Currently, he and his students are working on a Watershed Assessment Project at Sylvan Lake. Albert Lozano, Ph.D., has been tenured and promoted to Associate Professor of Engineer- ing. Dr. Lozano earned his mas- ter's degree in Telecommunica- tions Engineering and his doc- toral degree in Electrical Engi- neering from Polytechnic Uni- versity of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. He joined Penn State Wilkes-Barre in 1996 and is currently chair of the associate and baccalaureate degree programs in Electrical Engineering Technology. He has authored articles for refereed journals and has written and presented papers at numerous professional conferences. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engi- neers, Association for the Ad- vancement of Medical Instru- mentation, and the American Society for Engineering Educa- tion.Dr. Lozano resides in Dal- las, with his wife, Marcia, and son, Jonathan. Kathleen Brennan, Dallas, has been promoted to Senior In- structor in English. Ms. Bren- nan holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Scranton. She received her bachelor’s degree in English/Secondary Education from College Misericordia. Ms. Brennan teaches literature and writing skills at the campus in Lehman. Lake-Lehman to hold open ‘house for middle level students ~The Lake-Lehman Middle Level Education Building will host an Open House August 12-14. This yearly event allows seventh and eighth grade students who are newly attending the Lake-Lehman MLEB, to try lockers, locate rooms, and become familiar with the layout of the school. Information pertinent to the Open House will be mailed to all students the first week of August. Students must bring this information on the day they choose to visit the school. Students and parents are welcome to attend, according to the following schedule: Menday, 9 a.m. to noon, August 12; Tues- day, 1-3 p.m., August 13; Wednesday, 6-8 p.m., August 14. Q: Where do you find the most Back Mountain news each week? A: Only in The Dallas Post Want to know who's playing what for whom? The Dallas Post tells you this and more. We don't just give you the plays. We deliver analysis, stats, and more. And you can depend on our delivery staff for timely, courteous service. For home delivery, call ass | NE Dallas Post
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