on the aCadeMiC FRont School of Health Professions launches
Ripley recognized for teaching excellence professor brian ripley was honored with the 2013 Teaching excellence award, recognized as a master teacher with an
extreme passion for his subject and an extraordinary drive to help both students and colleagues. after earning his doctorate at The ohio state university, he taught at the university of pittsburgh and received the chancellor’s distinguished Teaching
nearly 30 percent of mercyhurst students are interested in careers in the health sector, one of the fastest growing areas of the economy. so this fall the university integrated its health-related programs under one umbrella. The new school of health professions and public health will incorporate programs in public health, sports medicine, physician assistant studies, exercise science, nursing and allied health. public health department chair david dausey, ph.d., is dean of the new school, the sixth at mercyhurst; david hyland, ph.d., professor of biology, and marion monahan, director of health professional programs at north east, are associate deans. health is one of the few felds to escape job declines during the recession. still, a large number of health jobs are going unflled because of the limited number of people with the necessary skills. dausey cited estimates that by 2020 there will be 250,000 unflled jobs in public health. in addition, the nation continues to experience shortages in nursing and other health professions. Mercyhurst debuts new graduate programs mercyhurst unveiled three new graduate programs in fall 2013. The college of graduate studies now ofers master’s degree programs in applied behavior analysis and in organizational leadership with a concentration in sustainability studies, as well as the university’s frst doctoral program, in archaeology. mercyhurst has also applied for accreditation for a new physician assistant studies master’s program. while the review goes on, applications are being accepted for an anticipated summer 2014 launch. Associate degree college named for Catherine McAuley mercyhurst trustees gave the college of associate degree studies a new name this spring, honoring catherine elizabeth mcauley, who founded the sisters of mercy. The mcauley college of associate degree studies, headquartered on the north east campus, serves as the umbrella over associate degree programs at north east, corry and the booker T. washington center, and – starting this fall – on the erie campus.as well. in keeping with its commitment to make education afordable and accessible to all, mercyhurst now ofers associate degrees in accounting, business administration and criminal justice in erie. Tuition is the same afordable rate ofered at mercyhurst’s satellite campuses and programs are designed to be fexible to meet the needs of working adults. students can enroll full or part time.
award after just three years on the pitt faculty. he also earned a 1994 pew faculty fellowship in international afairs from the John f. kennedy school of government at harvard university. he’s taught poli sci at mercyhurst since 1996, except for a three-year term as dean of faculty. ripley’s primary teaching and research interests are international relations, asian politics and foreign policy.
Walker Business School
welcomes new dean rajeev (raj) parikh, ph.d., has been named dean of the walker school of business and communication.
“The walker school has a
diverse array of programs, and i knew it would be a great opportunity to become involved with unique programs like hospitality management and fashion merchandising in addition to traditional business programs,” said parikh. parikh comes to mercyhurst from southern oregon university, where he was the dean of the school of business for four years and a tenured professor of accounting and fnance. he also previously held leadership posts at delaware state university, wilmington university and st. bonaventure university and worked in the corporate world for several years. a native of india, he came to the united states in 1982 to earn his doctorate in accounting, fnance and management science from the university of bufalo-suny.
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