Pitt-Bradford Recognizes Professors for Years of Service

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford recognized 10 faculty members who are celebrating service anniversaries at a dinner held Tuesday evening.

Isabelle Champlin, assistant professor of anthropology, was honored for 40 years. She has been teaching at Pitt-Bradford since 1971 and is one of the few faculty members who was a student here first. Besides hiking, gardening and basket weaving, Champlin likes to canoe. She is the director of international studies, leads the Maya spring break trip each year and was the 2005 recipient of the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award.

Dr. Warren Fass, associate professor of psychology, was honored for 30 years. He is the director of the psychology program and enjoys music, especially classic rock. His favorite sport is hockey, and he is a Buffalo Sabres fan. He was the 2007 recipient of the PBAA Teaching Excellence Award.

Honored for 25 years were Dr. Lisa Fiorentino, assistant professor of nursing; Jeffrey Guterman, associate professor of communications; Dr. Ronald Mattis, associate professor of engineering; and Richard Nelson, associate professor of business management.

Fiorentino is the director of nursing and radiological science and is an avid figure skater and former ice hockey player. In addition, she enjoys walking, snowshoeing, cooking, movies and music.

Guterman is the chairman of the Division of Communication and the Arts and the director of the communications program. He was the 2003 recipient of the PBAA Teaching Excellence Award.

Mattis is director of the engineering program and holds a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from Penn State University. He served as a W.C. Foster Fellows Visiting Scholar at the U.S. Department of State in the Verification and Compliance Division, Office of Nuclear Affairs. He lives in Kane.

Nelson teaches business and financial courses. A native of Warren, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has extensive professional experience in business and finance.

Honored for 15 years of service was Dr. Bernie Meyer, associate professor of criminal justice.

Those honored for 10 years of service were Dr. Gillian Boyce, director of the Academic Success Center; Donald Lewicki, associate professor of business management and director of computing, telecommunications and media services; and Klaus Wuersig, assistant professor of engineering.

Pictured, from left, Klaus Wuersig, Dr. Gillian Boyce; Dr. Ronald Mattis; Isabelle Champlin; Jeff Guterman; Richard Nelson and Don Lewicki.
Courtesy of Pitt-Bradford