Dr.
Sam R. Thangiah,
computer science, and
computer science majors
Jeremy Palermo, Butler, and Anthony
Pitluga, Slippery Rock, attended the
international joint conference of the
Canadian Operations Research Society
and Institute of Operations Research
and Management Science in May 2004
at Banff, Canada. Dr. Thangiah chaired
a session titled “Metastrategies for
Complex Routing Problems.” Jeremy
Palermo presented a paper titled
“The Pickup and Delivery Problem
with Time Windows.” Jeremy has been
conducting undergraduate research into
solving complex vehicle routing
problems involving the pickup and
delivery of customers. Anthony Pitluga has
been conducting undergraduate research
into solving vehicle routing problems
in which trucks can start from multiple
depots and are restricted in the types of
locations and customers that can be
serviced. Anthony will be presenting his
research work at the Computer-Aided
Scheduling of Public Transport
conference in August 2004.
Government and Public Affairs Department will present its 10th Annual
Holocaust Remembrance Program at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2004
in
Miller Auditorium. This lecture given by Stephen Berk of
Union College will
detail "The Experience of the Hungarian Jews in the
Holocaust." The lecture
is free and open to the public and this year's program is dedicated
to the late
Dr. Sylvan Cohen who initiated SRU's annual remembrance
program.
Computer Science Department -
the computer science programming team
placed fourth in a field of 16 teams in the Carnegie Mellon
Invitational Programming
Contest held at CMU. Congratulations to team members: Megan
Webberking,
Bryan Wilson, and Suneth Rupasinghe.
U.S. Army
ROTC program held their
commissioning ceremony on Saturday,
December 13, 2003 for Roger L. Clancy (Medical Service Corps) and
Candace
J. Sulkowski (Army Nurse Corps). Congratulations!
Computer Science
Department - Dr. Sam Thangiah has been invited to give a
presentation entitled "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Laboratory" at
the University of Malaysia in December 2003. Co-authors are
William
Mennell (SRU alumni), Bryan Wilson and Anthony Pituluga (current
SRU
undergraduate).
Congratulations to the School of Business's American Express Planning
Invitational Team for qualifying for the national finals which will be held
at the company's headquarters in Minneapolis on April 21-24, 2004. Team
members are: Jesse Cline of Somerset, Jim Kuminkoski of Prospect and Joe
Yamrozik of Pittsburgh. For further information please contact the team
advisor, Dr. John Misner, associate professor in the School of Business.
Congratulations go to: Russ Eury, Jeff Fields, Phil Gryskewicz, Laura
Lubinski, Jeremy Linn, N.J. Derrell McBroom, Stephenie Benedict, and Neil
Oberlin of the SRU Army ROTC program. These cadets have graduated
from a 32-day Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps National Advanced
Leadership Camp held at Ft. Lewis, Washington.
Congratulations to the following students for being selected, based on overall QPA, to represent the College of Business, Information, and Social Sciences at Commencement 2003 as Flag Bearer and Student Marshalls: Lyle Holsinger, Jr.(Flag Bearer), Irena Gerasyutina(Student Marshall), and Marisa Steiner (Student Marshall)!
Student's Traveled to Calw, Germany over Spring Break as Part of Class Experience
Dr. Andy Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Marketing, School of Business, accompanied 16 SRU students to Calw, Germany as part of their classroom experience in International Marketing. Students had the opportunity to attend lectures and tour the following sites: Reutlingen University of Applied Science; Daimler Chrysler headquarters at Stuttgart; lecuture on International Marketing Strategies of IBM; Tour of the Black Forest; guided tours of the city and cultural visits were also a part of the trip.
Army ROTC Promotion Ceremony
SRU faculty and staff was invited to attend a promotion ceremony for Captain Weiland (SRU Military Science) who was promoted from Captain to Major. The ceremony took place on Monday, March 3, 2003 in the Alumni House at 300pm.
ROTC Received Liberty Brigade Commander's Certificates
Military Science: The ROTC program
has received two Liberty Brigade Commander's Certificates for
attaining the third-highest mission percentage within the second
brigade. Col. Mark A. Cianchetti, headquartered at Fort Dix, New
Jersey, noted that the SRU unit, led by Lt. Col. Steven Stevens,
left had achieved 164 percent its assigned mission in commissioning
second lieutenants for the year. The ROTC program at SRU is
recognized as being in the top 10 percent in the nation because of
these achievements. The awards included $1,000 in cash to be used
for equipment and cadet travel.
Ninth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program (Part 1)
Prof. Whitney R. Harris, JD, Nuremberg Trial Prosecutor and Creator of the School of Law's Institute for Global Legal Studies Washington University was on campus to present "Nuremberg & The Rule of Law" on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 in Swope Auditorium at 4:30 pm. Prof. Harris is Part I of the Ninth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program. For further information on the speaker and the Holocaust Remembrance Program please call Dr. Rich Martin, Chairperson, Government & Public Affairs Department (724) 738-2075.
Ninth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program (Part 2)
On Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 4:30 pm, in Miller Auditorium, Slippery Rock University will be honored to host a speech by Dr. Christopher R. Browning, entitled "Initiating The Final Solution". (*A lecture explaining how the Nazis came to embark on the path to genocide.)
Dr. Browning currently teaches at the University of North Caroling, Chapel Hill. His best-known work is Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. This lecture will be Part II of the Ninth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Program. For further information on the speaker and the Holocaust Remembrance Program please contact Dr. Rich Martin, Chairperson, Government & Public Affairs Department (724) 738-2075.
Communication Week, March 24 through 29
The Communication Week is host to three speakers; John Righetti, Executive Director, Communications Butler Health System on Tuesday, March 25; Phil Kirzyc, On-Air Personality for WDVE on Wednesday, March 26; Rick Monti, General Manager, Valley News Dispatch on Thursday, March 27. . All speakers begin at 11:30 a.m. in the University Union.