Summit College Newsletter - The University of Akron

Volume 9, Number 1
Fall 2006
Remodeled Polsky Building
Brings New Look to College
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Summit College Newsletter
Summit College students,
faculty, and staff now
enjoy one of the finest
facilities on campus at the
Polsky Building, Summit
College’s home for the
past twelve years and the
largest of two buildings
(along with Schrank Hall
South) that the college
occupies.
The former department
store and downtown
Akron landmark, called
one of Akron’s finest
architectural buildings on
PBS’s popular A Prairie
Home Companion radio
program, received a
complete makeover on
much of the third floor
and in the six-story atrium
area where escalators
once moved thousands of
people from floor to floor.
The $2 million project
began June 28 this year
and was substantially
complete by mid-October.
The most noticeable
change can be found on
the third floor with the
addition of Starbucks, a
newly-redesigned food
court, and over 700
square feet of new space
created by in-filling part
of the third floor atrium.
In addition to the added
space, the reconfiguration
of existing walls created
See November, 4
We Are the Champions, My Friends
On September 9, twentynine
Summit College
students and faculty took
part in this year’s annual
Surveying and
Construction Golf Outing.
Played at its new home in
Suffield Springs, the
tournament featured 18
challenging holes of golf
Inside this issue:
Letter from Dean Silverman 2
Favorite Faculty Recipe 2
Guess the Faculty Member 2
Welcome New Faculty Members 3
Developmental Programs Comes to Polsky 5
College Tech Prep Receives National Award 6
Faculty and Staff Accolades 9
Third floor of remodeled Polsky Building adds a contemporary look to the college.
with steep competition.
Six of seven teams were
below par, but the
winners were Team
Orange Crush, comprised
of Brian Ballou, Elliot
Christiansen, Nate
Federonick, and anchor
Jason Cramer.
See Golf Outing, 4
Leroy Wertz strikes a drive in outing.
Important Dates to Remember
• Friday, November 17 — Last Day to Withdraw
from Classes
• Friday, December 1 — Ken Bain Presentation
• Sunday, December 10 — Final Instructional
Day
• December 11-17 — Final Exam Week
• Tuesday, January 16 — Spring Semester
Begins

Letter from Dean Silverman
Welcome. I hope you all enjoyed the
summer and are ready for another Ohio
winter!
The changes to the building have been
incredible. The colors are great and the
wrought iron railings have added a nice
touch. I’ve made it my mission to try
every pastry at Starbucks and have
settled on the marble cake as my
favorite!
I also have partaken of many of the
offerings at the new and improved
Summit Bistro and have enjoyed the
food and the convenience of not
leaving the building.
However, if you’d like to get out and
about for lunch, I urge you to dine at
our college’s own restaurant, The
Crystal Room, where the lunch menu
has something to
please everyone’s
taste. Besides great
food, it also offers a
relaxing and
congenial atmosphere.
The Crystal Room is
open for lunch from
Tuesday through
Friday, 11:30 to 1:30,
and I’ve heard that
you can spot Mike
Jalbert there almost
every Friday. (I am
not saying to stay
away on Fridays—just
saying he is there on many Fridays.)
If an evening of fine dining is more to
your liking, don’t forget the Talk of the
Town dinners on Thursday evenings.
Stan Silverman, Dean, Summit College
For more details, check
out their Web site at
http://sc.uakron.edu/
CrystalRoom/index.html
If you haven’t already
done so, you might want
to take a few minutes and
tour the new office
complexes for
Developmental Programs
and Advising Services on
the third floor.
Pay particular attention to
Polsky 302K—it’s Bill
Taggart’s office which
Elaine, his wife, decorated. I would
ask her to help with my office but she
would probably make me get rid of
my papers first. It looks great!
Favorite Faculty Recipe: Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies
From Sabine Gerhardt,
Early Childhood
Development
Ingredients
• ½ cup butter or margarine softened
• ½ cup peanut butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• ⅓ cup coarsely chopped peanuts
• Grape jelly
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. In large bowl,
cream butter, peanut butter, and sugar.
Beat in egg and vanilla until fluffy.
In separate bowl, combine flour, baking
soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir into
creamed mixture. Stir in peanuts.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls, and place
on greased cookie sheet. Indent centers
of balls with thumb. Fill each with
small amount of jelly.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly
browned. Yields about 3½ dozen
delicious cookies.
Guess the Faculty Member
This faculty member was
born in Lowville, New
York, a long time ago. In
1970, he or she graduated
from a small liberal arts
college and later on
received a certificate from
the University of Chicago.
After graduating college, this faculty
member came to Akron and worked
in the shipping and receiving
department at Timken Mercy
Hospital and also served as a secretary
for a local organization.
This faculty member came to The
University of Akron full time in 1976
and enjoys reading, music, knitting,
gardening, and cooking.
Can you guess the faculty member?
You don’t need to wait until our next
issue, nor do you need to e-mail your
guess to anyone. Go to this Web page
gozips.uakron.edu/~mfjohan/gf06.htm
to guess the answer.
A Heartfelt Thanks
The Heart Association gave Summit
College a certificate at a luncheon in
appreciation for being a new team and
for surpassing their goal, according to
Team Summit leader Charlotte Burrell,
Assistant to the Dean.
Summit College faculty/staff surpassed
their $1000 goal by raising $1020.
Thanks to everyone for their support of
this worthy organization.
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SUMMIT COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Unofficial Summit College Logo Appears in Schrank Hall South
A new unofficial logo has been
showing up around the offices of
Schrank Hall South as a new proposed
logo for the college.
It was first seen on the shirts of the
Akron marathon relay team running in
this year’s race. Created for that
purpose, it embodies the challenges and
accomplishments of pursuing higher
education.
“It’s like climbing a mountain,” says
Brian Ballou, mastermind and creator
of the logo, “the thrill of reaching the
pinnacle and then seeing that there is
REACH FOR NEW HEIGHTS
SUMMIT COLLEGE
always another challenge on the
horizon, another peak to climb.”
Larry Shubat, another proponent of the
dual peak design—and logo coconspirator—adds
that “it gives us an
identity at the college, not just a title—
second only to Zippy, of course.”
Yes, the new unofficial logo is making
waves, enlightening the college that we
need a banner of our own, something
that embodies our goal . . . to “Reach
for New Heights.”
Welcome to Our New Faculty Members
Summit College welcomes the
following new faculty members:
David Devany, Visiting Assistant
Professor, Public Service Technology
David Devany has been teaching at the
University of Akron since 2000 in the
Paralegal Studies program. His main
goal is to help the program grow by
obtaining ABA certification.
A Kent State graduate with a B.A. in
Accounting, he also graduated with a
law degree from the University of
Akron in 1985 and has been in the
private practice of law ever since. He
also has been the Magistrate in the
Mayor’s Court in Fairlawn.
Devany enjoys reading (mainly
historical/political books), crossword
puzzles, and Sudoku. He and wife
Robyn have two children (Sean 10, and
Meaghan 9), and as a member of the
Hibernian’s, he invites everyone to
visit him at the club on North Main
Street.
Amy Shriver Dreussi, Assistant
Professor, Social Sciences
Amy Shriver Dreussi has taught parttime
in the Department of Associate
Studies intermittently since she was a
masters student here at the university.
She received her doctoral and masters
degrees from the Department of Public
Administration and Urban Studies
(PAUS) at The University of Akron.
She also worked as a journalist after
earning an undergraduate degree in
journalism from
Kent State
University.
Prior to being
hired full-time,
Amy served for
18 months as a
visiting assistant
Amy Shriver Dreussi professor in
PAUS. She also
consults in program evaluation.
Professor Shriver Dreussi and her
husband, Regis, have two children
(Alexander 19, and Cara 17), and a
much loved dog, Trixie 10.
Sabine Gerhardt, Assistant
Professor, Early Childhood
Development
Prior to joining our faculty, Sabine
served as Interim Associate Director of
the Center for Childhood Development
and instructor for the College of Fine &
Professional Arts’ School of Family
and Consumer Sciences.
She also served as a parent educator for
Saint Joseph’s Parenting Center, and as
a socio-educational
group leader for a
pilot project for
children of
incarcerated parents
through Greenleaf
Family Services and
Oriana House.
Sabine Gerhardt Sabine grew up
overseas and has
traveled extensively. Her research
interests include culture, human rights,
child advocacy, and early care and
education.
Dwayne Jones, Assistant Professor,
Criminal Justice Technology
Dwayne Jones is truly a small town
person in a big city. He participated in
his home town’s award winning music
program as a high school student in
Greenville, Ohio.
He earned an undergraduate degree in
history (minor in archeology) at Ohio
University and is a graduate of the
University of Akron’s Law School
where his work for the University Law
Clinic led to an interest in criminal law.
See New Faculty, 10
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
Page 3

November 15 Grand Opening of Remodeled Polsky Building
an openness that increased usable space
and allowed more flexibility on the
third floor.
The remodeling project impacted
several departments and entities in the
college. Academic Advising moved
from its first-floor offices to a much
larger facility on the third floor.
Assistant Dean Don Laconi stands outside the new
Academic Advising services on the third floor.
Developmental Programs moved from
across campus in Carroll Hall, its home
for nearly 40 years, to new facilities on
the third floor next to Advising.
Also remodeled on the third floor were
the offices for Reading First Ohio
Center, Jumpstart, the Police Academy,
Homeland Security, and the Training
Center for Fire and Hazardous
Materials.
The business side of the building saw
new or remodeled locations for The
Summit Bistro, Docu-Zip, Zip Card,
Starbucks, and Barnes and Noble
bookstore. The entire project was under
the direction of Ted Curtis, Vice
President of Capital Planning and
Facilities Management.
The most striking change can be seen
in the remodeled food court and atrium
area. Decorative metal railings and a
stronger use of color take cues from the
Polsky Building’s Art Deco exterior. A
total of 17 different colors were used.
Soft, curvilinear forms at Starbucks’
front face and casual study counters
offer a welcome relief from the hard,
“boxy” interior that greeted everyone
before renovations.
The Polsky Building now offers Starbucks coffee and
food items near the main third floor entrance.
The atrium area on all five floors of the
building also received a remodeling
touch with the addition of metal
railings surrounding the open areas and
decorative square columns that
replaced the white circular pillars.
The Polsky Building’s total square
footage occupies the space of more
than seven football fields. Future
plans for remodeling will be driven
Newly designed pillars enhance the look of the first
floor atrium where students study and chat.
by academic program needs and the
funding they carry. At present, this
project revitalized the building’s
common areas to improve its learning
atmosphere.
Creo Design, Inc. was the
architectural firm for the project,
Scheeser Buckley Mayfield, Inc.
handled engineering, and
Schumacher Design was the interior
designer. Contractors for the project
were Giorgi Interior Systems, Inc.
(General), Montecalvo Electric
(Electrical), S. A. Comunale
(Plumbing and Fire Protection), and
Meccon (HVAC).
A November 15 grand opening
celebration is planned.
Golf Outing Champions (Cont’d)
Brian Ballou searches for
“pink lady” lost in water.
Under Brian
Ballou’s
leadership and
uncanny green
reading
abilities, the
team posted an
impressive
8-under-par
score of 60 to
take the first
place prize.
Elliot Christiansen, student
in Construction Program.
Surveying
students took
home second
place with an
under-par score
of 63, and
Summit
Construction
took third in a
tie-breaking
putting playoff.
College faculty
Student Kyle Richardson
participates in tourney.
members,
consisting of
both
Construction and
Surveying
Programs, were
given the High
Spirit Award and
presented with
argyle socks for
their great
attitude, despite
lousy play.
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SUMMIT COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Summit College Welcomes Developmental Programs
Three days before the fall semester
began, Developmental Programs made
its long anticipated move from Carroll
Hall, its home since its 1968 inception,
to the third floor of the Polsky
Building. Thus, the department’s
metaphysical move from University
College to Summit College,
accomplished in Summer 2005, was
completed with this physical move.
Developmental Programs Coordinators and Staff
Left to Right Seated: Dr. Marjorie Keil, Joy LiCause.
Standing: Beth Raies, Shawn Bixler, Rae Leonard.
Developmental Programs is in a time of
transition in other ways too as it
searches for a director to administer a
department that includes Basic Math,
Basic Writing, and College Reading
and Study Skills, as well as labs for all
three areas.
Dr. Marjorie Keil, coordinator of Basic
Writing and the Writing Labs, is
serving as interim director. Fellow
Coordinators are Rae Leonard, Basic
Math, and Shawn
Bixler, College
Reading and Study
Skills.
Full-time lecturer
Don Taylor teaches
reading/study skills.
The office, behind
windows and a fresh
coat of lilac paint
and located to the
right of the Summit
College Advising
offices, is operated
by Administrative
Assistant Joy LiCause and Office
Assistant Beth Raies.
Developmental Programs’ nine fulltime
faculty members include Donald
Taylor (Reading and Study Skills);
Becky McDonald, Michelle Miller, and
Mindy Morse (Basic Writing); and
Kathy Ciszewski, Bonnie Filer-
Tubaugh, Barb Shriner, Karen Stein,
and Dr. Janet Thompson (Basic Math).
Full-Time Lecturers Left to Right Seated: Kathy
Ciszewski, Michelle Miller, Janet Thompson, Karen
Stein. Standing: Becky McDonald, Barb Shriner,
Mindy Morse, Bonnie Filer-Tubaugh.
This fall, these nine full-timers
combined with 41 adjunct faculty to
teach 40 sections of Basic Writing, 34
sections of Basic Math I, 49 sections of
Basic Math II, and 24 sections of
College Reading and Study Skills and
Applied Study Strategies.
Mary King tutors a student in the new Writing Lab.
Another 7 adjunct faculty both teach
and tutor, and 16 adjunct faculty are
tutors. In addition, 3 graduate assistant
writing tutors and 37 peer tutors and
student assistants complete the
department.
All these folks serve 2833 seats* in
these noncredit, mostly four-hour
classes that prepare students for college
credit courses, as well as many more
students who seek tutorial services in
one of the department’s three labs.
Approximately half of this year’s new
freshman class is enrolled in at least
one developmental course. To lend
some perspective to those numbers,
“The vast majority (74%) of
Developmental Program students are
enrolled in just one developmental
course,” Dr. Keil said.
On October
20, seventeen
members of
the
department
returned
from a few
days of
professional
development
in Columbus,
where they
Student assistant Rob Netherton
staffs the main office.
attended and presented at the Ohio
Association of Developmental
Educators’ annual conference.
Five full-timers and three adjunct
faculty gave five presentations on their
work and ideas to colleagues from
across Ohio. Summit College
welcomes this important department to
the Polsky Building and looks forward
to working together to help students
throughout the university to reach for
new heights.
The new Math Lab offers students a learningfriendly
facility from faculty and professionallytrained
peer tutors.
*Seats are distinguished from students;
individual students occupy 1 to 3 seats
in developmental programs classes.
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
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Jamal Feerasta Coaches Winning Academic WorldQuest Team
Jamal Feerasta (Assoc. Prof.,
Hospitality Management) coached a
team of students from the University of
Akron’s College of Business
Administration (CBA) to a
championship victory at the 2006
Academic WorldQuest (AWQ)
competition last May.
AWQ is designed to inform and
challenge students on current global
issues in a competitive format. Topics
include current events, faces in the
news, geography, history, flags, places,
and general knowledge.
Teams from Kent State University,
Ashland University, and Bowling
Green State University also
participated. In addition to the winning
CBA team, Feerasta also coached three
other teams from the University of
Akron: Honors College, and the Office
of International Programs. The
competition was held at the Hilton
Fairlawn Hotel.
College Faculty Serve
on ITL Pedagogy
Research Team
Three Summit College faculty were
selected to be part of Team Two, one of
five teams from the University of
Akron selected by the Carnegie
Academy for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning (CASTL).
Team leader Dr. Susan Ramlo, Dr.
Janet Thompson, Professor Roland
Arter, and Dr. Richard Steiner (from
the College of Arts and Sciences) make
up the four-member team.
Team Two will participate in a
leadership program about
undergraduate research.
Medical Assistants
Earn 100% Pass Rate
Summit College medical assistants
achieved a 100% pass rate on the
national Certified
Medical Assistant
(CMA) exam this
fall.
Congratulations to
the students and to
the faculty and staff in the Medical
Assisting Technology program.
Summit College Team Finishes 3rd Straight Akron Marathon
Neither rain, nor
wind, nor frigid
temperatures could
keep the Summit
College Team
from finishing its
third straight
RoadRunner Akron Marathon.
Though the team did not break four
hours, there were many personal
accomplishments:
Kudos to Tom Kellar for his first ever
6.2 mile distance, to Stacey Willett for
her taking on the monster hill of leg #4,
and to John Edgerton for participating
in his first ever race!
Six Faculty Promoted In
Summit College
Congratulations to the following
faculty members who received tenure
and/or promotion last year:
Promoted to Professor: Jill Dickie
(Community Services Technology),
Rebecca Gibson-Lee (Medical
Assisting Technology), Michael
Johanyak (Technical Writing and
Composition).
Tenure and Promotion to Associate
Professor: Renee Croskey (Office
Administration), Janet Kropff
(Computer Information Systems),
Thomas Lukach (Mechanical
Engineering Technology).
College Tech Prep Program Receives NTPN National Award
The National
Tech Prep
Network (NTPN) has selected the
Akron Area College Tech Prep
Consortium’s Advancement to Nursing
program to receive a 2006 Exemplary
Work Site Learning Award.
The program is one of three national
winners that will receive the award at
the NTPN Conference held in Dallas.
Kelly Herold is the College Prep Tech
Director for Summit College.
Launched in fall 2004, College Tech
Prep Advancement to Nursing is a firstof-its-kind
program in Ohio. It prepares
high school students to enter a fouryear
bachelor of science in nursing
program.
Partners include Barberton Citizens
Hospital, The University of Akron
College of Nursing, Four Cities
Educational Compact, Barberton City
Schools, and the Akron Area College
Tech Prep Consortium.
The Akron Area College Tech Prep
Consortium was established in 1993 to
initiate College Tech Prep programs in
high schools that provide advancedskills
education and training in
technology-related careers.
Students who enroll in a College Tech
Prep program complete a curriculum
that results in an associate degree at
Summit College and/or employment.
Dean Silverman is the Governing Chair
of the Executive Committee.
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SUMMIT COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Larry Shubat Brings International Attention to Portage Path
Larry Shubat (Assoc. Prof., Survey and
Mapping Technology) delivered a
presentation on “Mapping the Portage
Path Using GIS and GPS” at the 2006
Larry Shubat presents at international conference.
ESRI Surveying and GIS International
Users Conference held this year in
beautiful San Diego.
The Portage Path in Ohio is an old
Indian trail that runs through Akron. It
was used as a route between the
Cuyahoga River and the
Tuscarawas branch of the
Muskingum River. The
length was about 8 miles
and crossed the watershed
divide. It also once marked
the general boundary line
between the lands of the
Indian tribes and the
western boundary of the
United States.
One of several monuments
along the Portage Path.
The project of mapping the
path involved using the
current technologies of GIS
and GPS. Orthophotos of the
path were obtained from
Summit County, and then navigationgrade
GPS receivers were used to
locate monumented sites along the trail.
The GPS coordinates were
developed into a database
along with digital camera
photos of each moment.
ESRI’s GIS software was
then used to geocode the
monuments on the
orthophotos and hyperlink
the digital photos.
The end result was a digital
database of the Portage Path.
The project reinforced the
applications of GIS, GPS,
and database creation.
Larry’s presentation can be
seen on-line at the ESRI.com
Web site.
Workforce Development Adds Three New Staff Members
Workforce Development and
Continuing Education (WDCE) is
pleased to welcome three new members
to its staff.
Sue Louscher, Director, Medina
County University Center, is
temporarily located in Polsky 466 until
the Medina Center is completed.
For the past seven years, she was the
assistant director for continuing studies
and community development and
workforce development at Kent State
University’s Tuscarawas campus.
Also new to Workforce Development is
Patrick Allen, Coordinator. Patrick has
been in sales and marketing for the past
nine years.
His experience in both the industrial
and medical fields should prove to be
an asset to the University of Akron.
He graduated from the University of
Akron in 2003 with a Bachelor of
Business Administration in Sales/
Marketing. He currently is working
toward an MBA in Finance.
Finally, WDCE welcomes Debbie
Ruhe, its new part-time Program
Assistant. Summit College faculty,
staff, and administration extend a warm
welcome to all three new staff
members.
College Sponsors a Visit from Author Ken Bain
Author Ken Bain will present “What
the Best College Teachers Do” on
Friday, December 1, in Leigh Hall 409.
Spearheaded by David Licate (Asst.
Prof., Criminal Justice Technology),
Bain’s appearance on campus will
conclude a series of discussions about
teaching college courses.
Bain won an award from Harvard
University Press for his outstanding
book on education and society. Contact
ITL at x2574 for more information.
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Mary Myers Adopts
Russian Girl, 8
Dr. Mary Myers (Asst.
Prof., Criminal Justice
Technology) adopted an
8-year-old girl from
Russia, Kristina Myers.
For the complete story,
visit http://
gozips.uakron.edu/
~mfjohan/kristina.htm
Dr. Mary Myers
and Kristina
College is Site of 2007
OSAAPT Conference
Summit College will host the Spring
2007 Conference of the Ohio Section of
the American Association of Physics
Teachers. The event will be held in
Schrank Hall South.
SUMMIT COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Construction Surveying Program Promotes Service Learning
The Construction Surveying program
promotes student success through service
learning for a number of reasons.
One of several completed Habitat for Humanity
homes staked by Construction Surveying students
on Blanche Street in Akron.
First, applying the surveying and
mapping laboratory on actual
construction projects sparks the interest
of students and gives them extremely
valuable, real-world experience.
Second, the University of Akron
campus makeover has forced surveying
instructors to look harder to find
enough open space for students to
practice survey measurements.
We also wish to stress an attitude of
service—giving back to the community
that supports construction & surveying.
For these reasons, students have been
regularly spotted staking out houses for
Habitat for Humanity (seven homes
and counting!) as part of their
Construction Surveying coursework.
Habitat homes are often built in the
summer, but sometimes construction
takes place in the fall—a perfect match
for the scheduled fall Construction
Surveying course.
This September, however, course
instructor Gary Schuller (Asst. Prof.,
Survey and Map Technology) took the
students off campus to a nearby site
development project. They staked out
line and grade for actual storm sewer
utility lines that are to be constructed
to support the housing development.
The contractor’s surveyor then
checked the quality of the staking job.
The contractor (and Professor
Schuller) reported that our Summit
College students earned an A for
accuracy. This job is exactly the type
of experience that prepares students
and makes University of Akron
graduates in such high demand.
Service learning such as the Habitat
projects goes beyond the usual
simulation that is typical in a
classroom setting. Plus the program
gets to showcase the University of
Akron’s latest tools and technology to
the community.
Construction Surveying students staking out utilities for a housing site. Pictured left to right: Lining in with the
total station and electronic data collector; precisely locating the stake with the prism pole (sledge hammer at
the ready); and checking over the leveling notes.
Three Summit College Representatives on First-Year Council
Dr. Irina Chernikova, Dr. Elizabeth
Kennedy, and Dr. Marjorie Keil have
been chosen to serve on the
University’s inaugural First-Year
Council.
Last Year, the First Year Experience
Task Force and other members of the
University community participated in
the Foundation of Excellence self-study
of the university’s first-year programs
and services.
As an outgrowth of this work, the Task
Force recommended the establishment
of a First-Year council comprised of
representative faculty members across
campus who have responsibility for key
first-year classes.
This important advisory group will
provide an opportunity for crosscollege
collaboration and discussion
about how we can better service
students, address issues facing firstyear
students, and help them become
engaged in the learning process.
Center for Career
Management
Did you know that 70% of employers
hire students directly from their co-op/
internship experience? Did you know
that the average job search can take six
to nine months?
Tell your students about the
university’s Center for Career
Management, located in Simmons Hall
301. For more information, visit their
Web site at www.uakron.edu/ccm/.
Silverman’s Summer
Dean Silverman tests
new equipment.
Lecter!” states the Dean.
The department of
Environmental
and Occupational
Health and Safety
tested a new piece
of equipment,
with Summit
College Dean
Stan Silverman’s
assistance. “With
a mask, I could
pass for Hannibal
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SUMMIT COLLEGE NEWSLETTER

Summit College Faculty and Staff Accolades
• Donny Broadwater (Developmental
Programs) presented “If This is
Whack, Why Do I Have to Learn
This Anyway?” at the 2006 Ohio
Association of Developmental
Education (OADE) Conference in
Columbus.
• Dr. Charlotte Burrell (Assistant to the
Dean) presented on a panel titled
“Rethinking Education from Top to
Bottom” at the National College
Access Network Conference in
Orlando.
• Bonnie Filer (Developmental
Programs) presented on a panel titled
“Got Math Test Anxiety?” at the
2006 OADE Conference in
Columbus.
• Becky Gibson-Lee (Prof., Allied
Health) was elected to be the
Commissioner to CAAHEP, the
Allied Health accreditation body. She
also presented “The Effective
Educator” at the 2006 AAMA
National Conference in Milwaukee.
• Dr. Margaret Gruccio
(Developmental Programs) presented
on a panel titled “Got Math Test
Anxiety?” at the 2006 OADE
Conference in Columbus.
• Karen Johnson (Developmental
Programs) presented “Hooked on
Sudoku: Hooked on Logical Problem
Solving” at the 2006 OADE
Conference in Columbus.
• Dr. Marjorie Keil (Developmental
Programs) presented on a panel titled
“Growing Together: Cultivating
Colleagues as Conference Presenters”
at the 2006 OADE Conference in
Columbus.
• Dr. Richelle Laipply (Assoc. Prof.,
Allied Health Technology) presented
on a panel titled “Gangs to Grammar:
The Use of Interactive Remote
Controls in College Classrooms” at
two conferences—the Midwestern
Educational Research Association
Conference in Columbus and the
OATYC Conference at Hocking
Technical College.
• Rae Leonard (Developmental
Programs) presented on a panel titled
“Got Math Test Anxiety?” at the
2006 OADE Conference in
Columbus.
• David Licate (Asst. Prof., Criminal
Justice Technology) presented “Shall
We Dance? How the Convergence of
Criminological Theory and
Homeland Security Policy Can
Inform Criminal Justice Policy” at the
2006 Midwestern Criminal Justice
Association Conference.
• Michelle Miller (Developmental
Programs) presented on a panel titled
“Growing Together: Cultivating
Colleagues as Conference Presenters”
at the 2006 OADE Conference in
Columbus.
“Excellence is the unlimited ability to
improve the quality of what you have to
offer.” (Rick Pitino)
• Dr. Mary Myers (Asst. Prof.,
Criminal Justice Technology)
presented on a panel titled “Gangs to
Grammar: The Use of Interactive
Remote Controls in College
Classrooms” at two conferences—the
Midwestern Educational Research
Association Conference in Columbus
and the OATYC Conference at
Hocking Technical College.
• Dr. Susan Ramlo (Prof., General
Technology) gave several
presentations since last spring: (1)
“Determining Epistemological Views
Among Different Groups of
Undergraduate Students” (along with
J. Thompson and K. Kaut) at the
annual meeting of the Midwestern
Educational Research Association
(MERA) in Columbus; (2) “A Valid
and Reliable Instrument for
Measuring Force and Motion
Conceptual Understanding” at the
MERA; (3) “Bringing Active
Learning into Your Classroom” at the
fall meeting of the Ohio Section of
the American Association of Physics
Teachers at Kent State; (4)
“Undergraduate Students’
Epistemological Views Determined
Using Q Methodology: A Study
Involving Three Different
Courses” (along with J. Thompson
and K. Kaut) at the International
Society for the Scientific Study of
Subjectivity/Q Methodology
Conference in Trondheim, Norway;
(5) “Validity and Reliability of the
Force and Motion Conceptual
Evaluation” at the American
Association of Physics Teachers
(AAPT) summer meeting at Syracuse
University; and (6) a poster presented
at the AAPT meeting in Syracuse.
Susan also served as a referee for The
Physics Teacher and Operant
Subjectivity, was a moderator for
Physics Education research for
arXiv.org (Cornell University), and is
the 2006-7 president of the Ohio
Section American Association of
Physics Teachers.
• Clayton E. Samels (Developmental
Programs) presented “A Sound
Approach” at the 2006 OADE
Conference in Columbus.
• Dr. Jeffrey Schantz (Assoc. Prof.,
Technical Writing and Composition)
presented on a panel titled “Gangs to
Grammar: The Use of Interactive
Remote Controls in College
Classrooms” at two conferences—the
Midwestern Educational Research
Association Conference in Columbus
and the OATYC Conference at
Hocking Technical College.
• Stan Silverman (Dean, Summit
College) published two articles: (1)
“When Employees at Work Don’t
Get It: A Model for Enhancing
Individual Employee Change in
Response to Performance
Feedback” (along with C. E. Pogson
and A. B. Cober) in Academy of
Management Executive; and (2)
“Utility of Teaching with
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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
Page 9

Achievements of Faculty and Staff
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
SUMMIT COLLEGE
Newsletter Committee Members:
Michael Johanyak (Chair)
Sabine Gerhardt
Richelle Laipply
Michelle Miller
John Troche
Michael Williams
Kevin Feldt and Don Laconi (Ex-Officio)
Phone: 330-972-6022
Fax: 330-972-7785
newsletter@uakron.edu
Campus Mail: +6105
Committed to student success.
Summit College . . .
Student Success Starts Here
Technology” (along with M. M.
Lewis and E. M. Moses) in the
Journal of Cognitive Affective
Learning. Dean Silverman also gave
two presentations: “The Workplace
Arrogance Scale: Development and
Validation of a Measure” (along
with A. Shyamsunder) at the May
2006 Annual Conference of the
Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology in
Dallas; and (2) the keynote address,
“What is Leadership,” to the 2006
Leadership Akron Class XXIII
Retreat in Akron back in September.
• Stacy Willett (Asst. Prof.,
Emergency Management) presented
on a panel titled “Gangs to
Grammar: The Use of Interactive
Remote Controls in College
Classrooms” at two
conferences—the Midwestern
Educational Research Association
Conference in Columbus and the
OATYC Conference at Hocking
Technical College.
Many Thanks to Our
News Contributors
The Newsletter Committee wishes to
thank the following contributors to
this semester’s newsletter:
Michelle Miller
Kevin Feldt
Sabine Gerhardt
Stan Silverman
Janet Dawson
Irina Chernikova
Larry Shubat
Susan Ramlo
Gary Schuller
Kelly Herold
Richelle Laipply
Jamal Feerasta
The Office of Capital
Planning & Facilities
Brian Ballou
Marjorie Keil
Dwayne Jones
Sukanya Kemp
David Devany
Amy Shriver Dreussi
David Licate
Charlotte Burrell
Michael Williams
Mary Myers
Linda Sansom
Developmental
Programs
Michael Jalbert
New Faculty Members at Summit College
After graduation, he became a
municipal prosecutor with the City of
Cuyahoga Falls for 19 years, and he
has won two awards for his efforts as a
prosecutor.
Dwayne and his wife have two sons
(who also are “parrot heads”), and three
years ago he began his third
educational program at a MAC school,
this time at Kent State, where his
studies in American Politics and
Criminal Justice are still in progress.
Sukanya Kemp, Assistant Professor,
Social Sciences
Sukanya Kemp is the new lead faculty
of economics in the Department of
Associate Studies. She joins Summit
College from Baldwin-Wallace
College, where she taught economics
for the past six years.
She is a graduate of Purdue University
after completing her studies from
Jadavpur
University in
India. While
teaching is her
primary interest,
Sukanya also
enjoys research
involving
Sukanya Kemp university
technology
transfer and the performance
evaluations of decision-making units.
Professor Kemp is married and loves
reading, listening to music, and playing
with her two dogs.
Tim Mehlberg, Assistant Professor,
Hospitality Management
Tim Mehlberg comes to Summit
College with 17 years of food service
distribution experience with Gordon
Food Service, and Performance Food
Group in sales, product merchandising,
product marketing, and brand
management and development.
He has food service management
experience with
Marriott/Host
International,
Magic Pan
Restaurants, and
Good Earth
Restaurant &
Bakeries.
Tim Mehlberg Tim also was
involved in food
service new product development with
Perdue Farms in Salisbury, Maryland.
A graduate of Texas Tech University
(M.S. in Restaurant, Hotel &
Institutional Management) and Ferris
State University (B.S. in Hospitality
Management), Tim is married to Susan.
The couple have three children:
Michael 26, Aaron 18, and Kelli 13.