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Marguerite Miller
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Marguerite Miller,
long-time Associate Editor of the Almanac, the crowded journal
of record for committee reports and administrative initiatives as well
as other campus news, has been appointed Editor effective Nov. 1. Miller
follows in the footsteps of Karen Gaines, who is retiring after having
served at the Almanac for 25 of its 28 years. Asked about the
highlight of her tenure, Gaines said, Its been a long 2,000
years, but when Mel Brooks gets the screen play , hell flip.
Miller, no fly-by-night herself, has been with the Almanac for
19 years, and has served as Associate Editor for 13. She foresees some
changes in the Web version, which people use mostly to search for specific
articles. We had in excess of 20,000 hits [on our Web site] two
days running in August, so Im hoping to add some reports from
the pre-Web era that people frequently request. The hard copy
will also continue publication. We treasure both formats,
she said.
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Lisa Prasad
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Lisa Prasad
has been named Associate Vice President for Business Development in
the Division of Business Services. Her responsibilities will include
identifying ways for the University to make money and overseeing the
Bookstore. Prasad, Executive Director for the Office of the Executive
Vice President for the past two years, worked on a wide range of operational
and strategic issues. Her prior experience includes three years in the
Higher Education Consulting Practice at Coopers & Lybrand and four
years in the Executive Office of Resource Planning and Budget here at
Penn.
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Beverly Edwards
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Beverly Edwards
has accepted the position of Executive Director of Learning and Education
in the Division of Human Resources. Her appointment is part of the restructuring
of training operations within the University. Edwards responsibilities
include developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary training program
for the University. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Lehigh, and comes
to this new role from her position of Senior Director of Training in
the Division of Finance. Prior to that she served as Director of Whartons
Aresty Institute.
Mary DiStanislao
has been appointed Associate Director of Athletics effective September
27. As associate director, she will serve as the senior womens
administrator, responsible for overseeing womens athletics.
DiStanislaos previous experience in intercollegiate athletics
includes positions as head basketball coach at both Northwestern University
and the University of Notre Dame. DiStanislao earned an MBA at the
Kellogg Graduate School of Mangagement at Northwestern University.
She comes to the Athletic department from the Wharton School, where
she served as Associate Director of the MBA Career Management Program.
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I. William Ferniany
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I. William
Ferniany, Ph.D., has been appointed to the newly created
position of Senior Vice President for Administrative Services in the
Penn Health System. Ferniany comes to this post after having served
as senior vice president for professional services. In his new position,
Ferniany oversees marketing, medical affairs, information services,
telecommunications, human resources, facilities, venture and industry
relations, and support services. Ferniany first came to Penn in 1992
from the University of Alabama, where he earned a B.S. in manpower and
industrial relations, an M.S. in hospital and health administration,
and a Ph.D. in administration and health services.
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Michael Awkward
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Michael Awkward,
Ph.D., has been named director of the Center for the Study
of Black Literature and Culture. Awkward, a cum laude graduate of Brandeis
University who went on to earn both an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Penn, has
extensive experience in the field of black literature. He served on
the faculty of the University of Michigan as a professor of both English
and Afro-American and African Studies. Awkward also headed Michigans
Center for Afro-American and African Studies and is widely published
on the subject of black literature and criticism; his work includes
several major books and articles.
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