RPTM Kudos and Announcements 9-21-06
Congratulations Alums
Gillian Frish ’06 accepted a position as Coordinator of Special Project for United Incentives, an event planning company in Philadelphia.
Craig Fitzgerald ’05 (cfitzgerald@comcas-spectacor.com) accepted a position with the Philadelphia Phantoms Hockey team.
Frank Bazela ’04 (fbazela@pal-tech.com) is at meeting planner at Pal-Tech, Inc. in Arlington, VA for the Department of Health and Human Services www.pal-tel.com/web/abstinenceed
Patrick Collins ’99 (patrick.collins@greenspringwealth.com) made headlines by establishing his own financial planning practice featured in the Baltimore Examiner. www.examiner.com
Congratulations Students
Ranjan Bandyopadhyay (Ranjan.Bandyopadhyay@nottingham.ac.uk) accepted an assistant professor position at San Jose State University.
Congratulations Faculty
Andrew Mowen and Mark Ivy visited and inspected neighborhood parks in the city of New Orleans. The purpose of this trip was to serve as park and recreation technical advisors to a Center for Disease Control funded research project “The Condition of Neighborhood Parks Following Hurricane Katrina.”
Alan Graefe
- was inducted into Academy of Leisure Sciences www.academyofleisuresciences.org/
- is co-author of the article “Toward Understanding Recreation Fees: Impacts on People with Extremely Low Income Levels” which was published in the Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 24(2), 2006.
Congratulations Staff
Brittany Semion, work study student, began working with the department on September 7.
In the News
The PGM web-site has a new look! www.hhdev.psu.edu/rptm/pgm/
Notable Quotes
Tonight’s Student Society Meeting has only reassured why I am in this program. The upcoming plans for the new space and programs is so exciting and I feel very fortunate to be able to be a part of it. Following the meeting our social was amazing. Every upperclassman, whether part of the Executive Board or not went out of their way to be personable, accommodating, and helpful. I (am) pretty sure that I can speak for everyone and say that we had an amazing time. – Jack Davis
*If you have accomplished something you would like to share with the RPTM crew, please notify me. Also, if you are aware of accomplishments or quotes by our alumni, students, or staff, please let me know so I can share the news. Thank you! – John Dattilo, Professor and Department Head jxd8@psu.edu