Professional Conferences Attended

December 2007

Dr. Richard Courtney attended the inaugural meeting of the PASSHE Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Users Consortium hosted by the Kutztown University Geography Department. The meeting was held September 29, 2007.

Dr. Mary Ann Dailey, Department of Nursing, attended the 39th Annual Conference of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) held in Nashville, TN from June 28 through July 1, 2007, the fall meeting of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Nursing Schools Association (PHENSA) held in Harrisburg on October 10, 2007, and the Annual Summit meeting of the PA State Nurses Association held in Harrisburg from October 18 through 20, 2007.

Lisa Frye, Department of Computer Science, October 2007, Wireless Sensor Networks: Teaching and Learning. SIGITE 2007 annual conference (ACM’s Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education), Sandestin, Florida, October 18-20, 2007.

Prof. Jonathan M. Kremser, Department of Criminal Justice, attended the American Society for Industrial Security annual seminar, Las Vegas, September 2007.

Dr. Pamela McMullin-Messier, Anthropology/Sociology, attended the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in New York City on August 11-14, 2007. Dr. Kim Shively, Anthropology/Sociology, attended the Postmodernism, Culture, and Religion conference on “Feminism, Sexuality and the Return of Religion,” at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY on April 26-28, 2007.

James C. Matejik, RN, MSN, CRNN, Instructor, Department of Nursing, attended the following conferences:
• On Utilizing Human Simulators in Psychiatric Nursing Course, s presented at Kutztown University on October 23, 2007 by Marcia Cook Love, CRNP for the Pennsylvania League of Nursing.
• Rehabilitation: Benefits for the Older Adults with Special Needs, presented by Dr. Barbara Jones, Associate Professor of Nursing, Gwynedd-Mercy College, at The Best Western Motel in Bethlehem, PA on June 15th, 2007.
• Discover and Uncover the facts about Parkinson’s Disease & Parkinson’s Research presented by Dr. Donna Miller, Gerontologist on April 19, 2007 at Westminster Village in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
• Student and Academic dishonesty and cheating presented by Joanne Serenbus, RN, EdD, for the Pennsylvania League of Nursing, District II on April 24, 2007 at De Sales University.

Dr. Marilyn Meder, Department of Nursing, attended the St. John Bosco Conference held at St. Francis University Stuebenville Ohio and completed all course work in Year One of the Advanced Youth Ministry Program.

Prof. Ilene Prokup, Department of Nursing, attended the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington DC on November 4-7, 2007.