The Dean Files - Archives
News, announcements, and ideas from Dean William Easterling and his staff
June 8, 2007 Song Named Director of The Energy Institute; Downs Named Gosnell Senior Faculty Scholar;
Geography Faculty Awarded Miller Professorships; Arthur Receives Sloss Award; Freeman Elected
Fellow of GSA; schakert Named Director of AESEDA Center for Sustainable Mining; Kleit Named
Director of New EESI Center for Energy and Environmental Risk; Yapa and Kelley Receive Public
Scholarship Course Development/Enhancement Award; 2007 Wilson Banquet and Awards
Presentation; EGEE Changes Name to EME; First EMS Administrative Fellow Appointment; 2006-07
FT&R Promotions; Five EMS Student Place in The Graduate Exhibition; EME Graduate Student
Receives 2007 WISE Recognition Award
April 3, 2007 Adewumi Named Inaugural UNESCO Chair at University of Ibadan; Markowski Receives Five-Year
NSF Career Award; Furman and Guertin Receive Subcontract to Transform Earth Science
Education; Wang Receives Materials Research Award; Mutmansky Elected to Serve as Chair of
MSHA's Panel on Belt Air; EMS Alumnus Pledges Over One Million Dollars to Support AESEDA;
Distinguished Lecturers in Materials; AESEDA Speaker Series Presents Dr. Anne C. Petersen;
EMS Museum Hosts International Database Workshop; EMS Representatives on the Faculty
Senate and Graduate Council; EMS History Book - The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences;
Traveling Abroad with Lapto Computers
January 31, 2007 Brantley Elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union; Macdonald Receives 20th Khwarizmi
International Award; Groves Appointed to Review NIOSH Research Program; AESEDA Announces
Spring Speaker Series; AESEDA Attends Climate Change Conference in Kenya; 2006 Staff
Appreciation Luncheon
November 15, 2006 Alley Honored with Seligman Crystal; Brune Elected 2007 Fellow of the American Meteorological
Society; Kump Featured on NOVA scienceNOW; Furman Named CIC Fellow for 2006-07; Adair and
Randall Elected to the World Academy of Ceramics; When Science and Religion Intersect in the
Classroom; Eight Students Receive the First Certificates of Achievement in Weather Forecasting;
AESEDA Welcomes Nigerian Delegation; The Energy Institute Receives Funding for Two Biomass
Studies; David Clifford
September 12, 2006 2006 Nelson Taylor Lecture in Materials - MATERIALS IN ENERGY
May 17, 2006 Alley Awarded 2006 Louis Agassiz Medal
March 21, 2006 Yapa Earns Award for Excellence in Academic Integration
February 8, 2006 Powell Joins the EMS Development Team as Director of Major Gifts
January 10, 2006 Penn State Geoscientist Awarded Presidential Honor
November 11, 2005 Willis Named Director of Development in EMS
October 18, 2005 Wilf Awarded Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
August 3, 2005 Downs and Schobert Announce Their Return to Active Faculty Duty in EMS
July 7, 2005 Dietz Receives Promotion to Director of Development in the College of Engineering
March 28, 2005 Pisupati Receives the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
February 7, 2005 James F. Kasting Selected as a Faculty Scholar Medal Award Winner
December 22, 2004 2004 United Way Goal Exceeded by EMS Family
November 5, 2004 President Spanier Attends EMS Fall Faculty Meeting
October 11, 2004 Yaw D. Yeboah Appointed Head of the Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
September 16, 2004 K. Osseo-Asare awarded title of Distinguished Professor
April 4 , 2004 Faculty Advisory Committee proposes change in College Governance for faculty vote on April 7th.
March 22, 2004 EMEX The Annual Earth and Mineral Sceinces Exposition Slated for Saturday, March 27, 2004
March 8, 2004 Thomas V. Falkie is the Earth and Mineral Sciences 2004 recipient
April 24, 2003 Students and faculty honored at Wilson Banquet
March 20, 2003 Brantley named director of Environment Institute
March 18, 2003 Adewumi appointed director of African alliance, changes to faculty evaluation form proposed, weather
seminar set
February 12, 2003 EMS strategic plan posted, Chen wins faculty scholar medal, SAC and DTE web pages moved
January 20, 2003 Department strategic plans posted, EMEX 2003 announced
January 14, 2003 Three faculty receive dist. prof. title, African initiative report released
November 22, 2002 Minutes from fall faculty meeting
October 14, 2002 Environment committee focuses on diversity, Museum committee formed, Grant information announced
September 16, 2002 Faculty explore Africa research program, Undergraduate task force reports posted
September 6, 2002 Provost approves and funds renovations
August 20, 2002 poEMS announced, Wilson education grants awarded
August 8, 2002 Ramani to investigate Quecreek Mine incident, Glasmeier to lead FAC, New faculty welcomed
July 25, 2002 Undergrad Task Forces Formed, Bralower Named Department Head
