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Jan 31, 2011 Michael Ignelzi earns Diamond Honoree award SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Michael Ignelzi, a Slippery Rock University associate professor and graduate coordinator of counseling and development, has received a Diamond Honoree award from the American College Personnel Association. Only 17 individuals nationwide received the award, which recognizes leadership and scholarship.
Jan 28, 2011 SRU graduate earns Rising Star Award from PRSA PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Deanna Ferrari, a 2006 Slippery Rock University communication graduate, has been presented the Rising Star Award by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The award was presented at the organization’s annual awards banquet. Ferrari, who had worked as a senior account executive at WordWrite, a Pittsburgh-based public relations firm, is returning to MARC USA, an integrated advertising agency in Pittsburgh, in a newly created social business specialist position. In her new post she will handle all social media operations.
January 27, 2011 State of the Union address – SRU political science professor offers play-by-play comments SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – For at least one Slippery Rock University assistant professor of political science, Tuesday’s State of the Union address by President Barack Obama was “The Super Bowl,” complete with pre-game, offense and defense, highlight reel – and overtime.
Jan 27, 2011 Rock duo take Football Gazette All-America team honors PITTSBURGH, Kan. - Brandon Fusco of Cranberry Township and Akeem Satterfield of Erie, both Slippery Rock University football standouts, have been named to the Don Hansen Football Gazette All-America team. Fusco was also featured in The Sporting News earlier this week.
January 26, 2011 SRU invites girls 5-12 to National Girls, Women in Sports Day SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Girl’s ages 5-12 are invited to learn about women’s sports, including field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, volleyball, track and field, softball and tennis as part of Slippery Rock University’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
January 26, 2011 Middle States Self-Study in the mail; Slippery Rock University awaits visit SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University’s “Middle States Commission on Higher Education Self-Study Report” is in the mail and the nearly 75-member committee that prepared the 100-page document is keeping its fingers crossed that their efforts will result in full approval.
Jan 26, 2011 SRU’s Fusco receives invite to 62nd Senior Bowl Brandon Fusco, Slippery Rock University senior offensive center, has had his status as one of the top collegiate football student athletes in the nation and a bonafide NFL prospect further validated by receiving an invitation to participate in the 62nd Under Armour Senior Bowl.
January 25, 2011 SRU Alumni Association awards $12,000 in scholarships SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University Alumni Association will award more than $12,000 in scholarship aid to 13 SRU students at its annual spring semester scholarship and awards dinner.
January 25, 2011 Chinese scholar shares work with SRU computer science faculty SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –Yan Li, a faculty member and associate dean at China’s South China Normal University, is visiting Slippery Rock University as a research scholar
January 25, 2011 Dance major finds passion, earns prestigious conference invite SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Alicia Garrity said she enrolled at Slippery Rock University intending to become a physical therapist, but found her passion in dance. Garrity’s progress and research on dance styles recently earned her an invitation to present and perform at the March 31-April 2 National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Ithaca College.
January 24, 2011 Grant supports SRU’s ‘Exercise is Medicine’ initiative SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University has received a $13,200 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education grant to launch its version of “Exercise is Medicine,” a health initiative that embraces physical activity as an essential part of human wellness. SRU will implement a walking program for students, faculty and staff and a health care referral system for free personal training provided by trained students Feb. 8.
January 24, 2011 SRU offers Marcellus Shale Basic Well Controls programs SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University’s Division of Lifelong Learning is partnering with the Petroleum College International, a division of the University of Houston, in Victoria, Texas, to bring a Marcellus Shale Basic Well Control program to western Pennsylvania beginning April 12.
January 24, 2011 SRU music therapy graduate is one-woman traveling band Andrea (McClellan) Nuthak, a 2006 Slippery Rock University music therapy graduate, is a one-woman traveling band that is helping Hershey area children with disabilities improve their motor and communication skills, according to ABC Channel 27-TV, WHTM in Harrisburg, York Lancaster and Lebanon.
January 20, 2011 Faculty finds rewriting classics troubling SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a darn,” is not the way Slippery Rock University librarians, faculty and staff want to see literature’s future.
January 20, 2011 SRU names Simmons new police chief SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Michael Simmons, the director of safety and security at the Community College of Allegheny County, has been named director and chief of University Police at Slippery Rock University.
January 20, 2011 Rock graduate stars as cosmetologist in NYC SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Kelly Reed, a 1988 Slippery Rock University graduate, has become a big-time cosmetologist on Broadway. Professional companies have hired her to do the makeup for “Beauty and the Beast,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Producers,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King” and other shows.
January 19, 2011 ‘Shifting Ground’ spotlights student choreography SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Visually rich choreography by eight Slippery Rock University dancers and a dance faculty member will be presented when SRU Dance Theatre offers its annual winter concert “Shifting Ground” at 8 p.m. Feb. 3-5 in Miller Auditorium. Students will also perform “Of the Earth Far Below,” a work by New York City choreographer Doug Varone.
January 19, 2011 Students laud renovated Vincent Science Center SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University’s Vincent Science Center reopened Tuesday following a three-year renovation, transforming the delivery of health and science education. Students described the learning center as the best-looking building on campus and said the work shows the University’s commitment to academic quality.
January 19, 2011 SRU graduate gets lesson on keeping address book up-to-date Keep your address book up-to-date, you never know when it might pay off. The advice rewarded Slippery Rock University’s December graduate Sureni Ranasinghe, an international student from Sri Lanka, with the opportunity to see 33-year-old photographs of her father and the chance to meet one of his long-lost friends.
January 18, 2011 SRU professor receives Fulbright Scholar grant SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Christopher Kreiser, assistant professor of English at Slippery Rock University, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and offer consultation at the Universidad de Cartagena in Cartagena, Colombia, during spring semester.
January 18, 2011 Third-world visit provides life-altering education SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – For Slippery Rock University’s Geraldine Jenny, assistant professor of elementary education and early childhood, winter break provided a “life-altering, deeply affecting, unforgettable experience.”
January 18, 2011 SRU approves physics/engineering agreement with WVU SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University students majoring in physics will be able to transfer to West Virginia University to pursue a degree in engineering following a 3 plus 2 articulation agreement approved by the universities today.
January 18, 2011 2 SRU football standouts earn Football Gazette first-team honors Seniors C.J. Bahr from Boalsburg and Brandon Fusco from Cranberry Township, both Slippery Rock University football players, have been named first-team All-Super Region 1 performers by Don Hansen's Football Gazette.
January 15, 2011 SRU’s Josh Young earns Rising Star political honors SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Josh Young, a 2004 Slippery Rock University graduate and the University’s youngest Council of Trustees chair in history, has been named one of 30 Pennsylvania Rising Stars under the age of 30 by Politics Pa. The online resource for Pennsylvania politics received 300 nominations.
January 7, 2011 SRU fitness center offers tips, programs SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – It is 21 days into your “Lose Weight/Get Fit Resolution for 2011” and you will may be waning. If so, Brain Mortimer, coordinator of wellness at the Russell Wright Fitness Center in Slippery Rock University’s Aebersold Student Recreation Center, has some useful tips and a host of programs to help you stay on the right track.

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