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Faculty in the News
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Students
supervised
by
Dr. John
Benhart
will be
working on
the
Community
Geospatial
Portal
project
during the
2006-2008
academic
years. IUP
Geography &
Regional
Planning
students
will be
producing
digital
geospatial
data as the
basis for an
internet
geographic
information
system (GIS)
that will
enable data
sharing and
access among
Pennsylvania
public and
private
sector
entities.
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Dr. Brian
Okey was
selected to
participate
in the
CONNECT
Seminar in
Ottawa on
July 25-29.
CONNECT is a
program
funded by
the Canadian
Department
of Foreign
Affairs and
International
Trade that
seeks to
encourage
Canadian
studies
through a
mentoring
program for
scholars at
American
universities.
The seminar
featured
presentations
by diplomats
and experts
in the
fields of
Canadian
history,
politics,
and culture,
and included
a meeting
with senior
advisors at
the U.S.
Embassy.
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Dr. Kevin
Patrick's
book "Pennsylvania
Caves and
other Rocky
Roadside
wonders"
was
published by
Stackpole
Books, 2004.
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A
peer-reviewed
article
titled
"Olson's
Stationary-Roving
Bandit
Model: An
Application
to
Zimbabwe's
Land Reform
and
Sustainable
Development,"
by Dr. Smile
Dube,
Department
of
Economics,
California
State
University-Sacramento
and
Dr. Calvin
Masilela,
has been
published in
The
Pennsylvania
Geographer,
Spring/Summer
2004 issue,
as a special
Edition
on Africa.
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A
peer-reviewed
article
titled
"Distance
Decay
Effects: The
Case of a
Small
Pennsylvania
Retail
Flower
Boutique,"
by Jenny L.
Butchko and
Dr. Joseph
W. Bencloski,
will be
published in
the
Fall-Winter
2004 Edition
of The
Pennsylvania
Geographer*.
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IUP awarded
the Ronald
E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate
Achievement
Program by
the US
Department
of
Education.
Principal
Investigator
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Dr. Calvin
Masilela
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