Nursing Department Chair Elected

Jan 10, 2022

Laurie Bladen, of Clarion, will lead the PennWest department. Read Dr. Dale's announcement below.

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Dear colleagues,

Please join me in congratulating Laurie Bladen, of Clarion, on her election as chair of the PennWest Nursing Department.

Like other PennWest department chairs, she will begin her term on Jan. 18, the start of the upcoming spring semester. 

To foster a smooth transition to an integrated faculty, existing department chairs will continue in their roles concurrently through June 30, 2022.

Laurie joins these faculty members whose election was announced last month:

COLLEGE OF ART AND HUMANITIES

Art: Dietrich Wegner (Edinboro)

English: Leah Chambers (Clarion)

History, Philosophy and Modern Languages: Joel Press (California)

Performing Arts: Frank Stetar (California)

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Biology: Chad Hanna (California)

Chemistry: Matthew Price (California)

Geosciences: Brian Zimmerman (Edinboro)

Mathematics: Adam Roberts (Clarion)

Applied Engineering, Technology and Physics: Jennifer Wilburn (California)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Communication and Journalism: Lacey Fulton (Clarion)

Computer Science and Information Systems: Lisa Kovalchick (California)

Finance, Accounting and Economics: Paul Hettler (California)

Library and Information Sciences: Linda Lillard (Clarion)

Management and Marketing: Susan Ryan (California)

 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Educational Leadership and School Psychology: Meghan Ferraro (Edinboro)

Early Childhood and Elementary Education: Mary Jo Melvin (Edinboro)

Middle and Secondary Education: Michael Perrotti (California)

Special Education: Cristin Leahy (Clarion)

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN SERVICES

Counseling: Bob Mehalik (California)

Criminal Justice: Julie Warnick (California)

Psychology: Justin Hackett (California)

Social Work: Sheri Boyle (California)

Sociology, Political Science and Law: Jim Fisher (Edinboro)

Military Science/ROTC: N/A

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Allied Health: Scott Hargraves (California)

Communication Sciences and Disorders: Craig Coleman (Edinboro)

Exercise and Sports Science: Justin Barroner (California)

Nursing: TBD (With the appointment of Deb Kelly as dean of the College of Health Sciences, the department is in the process of electing a new chair.)

Additional departments/areas:

Library: Julia McGinnis (California)

Student Services: Scott Zema (California)

Forging ahead!

Dr. Dale