ANDREA F. APPLEBY ’07 received her Master of Education degree in reading from Edinboro University on Dec. 18, 2010. RYAN W. COSGROVE ’07 is an operating room nurse at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C. SARAH A. CSIR ’07 received her Master of Arts degree in counseling from Edinboro University on Dec. 18, 2010.
Andraso, Diz Chosen for Inaugural Professorships Aquatic research and renewable energy will be the areas of focus for two Gannon faculty members who have been chosen for the University’s inaugural CooneyJackman Endowed Professorships. Greg Andraso, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, and Rick Diz, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor of environmental science, have been approved for the professorships, which will run through August 2013. The endowed professorships are designed to allow Gannon faculty members time to focus on research projects and other scholarly activities through reduced teaching loads. The professorships also provide the resources required for the research.
ROBERT T. OHMER ’07 is a website designer for Ares Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio. JAMIE C. SHADD ’07 is the new women’s soccer coach for Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. CHRISTINA M. DYCKES ’09 is a physician assistant at UPMC Hamot in Erie. AMANDA C. FLICK ’09 is a marketing and communications specialist at The Nonprofit Partnership in Erie.
Greg Andraso, Ph.D.
SARAH A. GAMEL ’09 is a physician assistant for the newly opened E.J. Nobel Hospital’s clinic located at Hermon-DeKalb Central School in DeKalb Junction, N.Y.
Andraso will continue to conduct research on aquatic invasive species and disease-causing bacteria in Lake Erie. Specifically, Andraso’s research-related goals include: preparing manuscripts for previously completed experiments; continuing research on predation by round gobies on dreissenid mussels (zebra and quagga mussels); and continuing to study the bacterial genus Aeromonas in both Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie.
CORY J. KNIGHT ’09 joined the accounting firm of Schaffner, Knight & Minnaugh Co. P.C. as an auditing and accounting associate. BRANDON S. CRUM ’10 is a life and long-term care specialist at Byham’s Insurance Services Inc. in Meadville, Pa., and is an assistant coach for the Allegheny College baseball team.
Diz, the director of Gannon’s Center of Excellence in BioEnergy, has engaged in teaching and research related to renewable energy for more than five years. Through his professorship, he will focus his efforts on biomass-to-energy production with three main objectives: organize a series of public lectures; mentor and fund student projects on renewable energy; and study the conversion of waste materials into renewable fuels.
Rick Diz, Ph.D., P.E.
John A. Green ’62 and his wife,
Zachary Brian Leslie ’06C married
Dorothy, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Angela Marie Rapela on Sept. 25, 2010.
John C. Skuce ’64 and his wife, Judy, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
Daniel Michael Eaton ’08 married Tracy Lynn Fabrizio on July 31, 2010.
Jennifer Marie Gorman ’06, ’07M
Katelyn Ruth Pacansky ’10
married Eric Joseph DePanfilis on June 29, 2010.
married Joseph Arthur Ludrof on Aug. 28, 2010.
Colleen Elizabeth Laboda ’06
married Joseph Emerson Perry on July 10, 2010.
Ashley Marie Flamino ’03C, ’03 married Daniel Blake Piasecki on May 29, 2010.
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KATELYN R. PACANSKY ’10 is a cardiac care nurse at UPMC Hamot Medical Center in Erie.
The endowed professorships are named for two Gannon alumni, C. Christopher Cooney ’63 and Brian Jackman ’63. Both enjoyed long and successful careers with Tellabs, a global designer and developer of telecommunications networking products.
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