By Jocelyn Visnov, Production Editor/Web Editor Manhattan College has welcomed a new dean to the Jasper community. Marcy Peteroy-Kelly, Ph.D., now serves as the dean of the School of Science and a tenured professor of biology as of July 1, 2022. The search committee for the new Dean of Science was led by the dean of engineering, Tim Ward, Ph.D. As chair of the search … Continue reading Dr. Marcy Peteroy-Kelly Appointed New Dean of Science
By Kyla Guilfoil, Editor-in-Chief Manhattan College faculty called for more representation in decision making at an open forum hosted by the MC Shared Governance Working Group on Feb. 2. Faculty, along with a handful of students and administrators, raised concerns about the lack of communication between high-level administrators and other MC personnel when it comes to decision making. Further, there was an emphasis in their … Continue reading Shared Governance Open Forum Prompts Questions of Representation from Faculty
Kyla Guilfoil and Kelly Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief & Social Media Editor Graham Walker, Ph.D, professor of mechanical engineering, avid researcher, supportive advisor for Manhattan College students, and the 2006 Distinguished Lasallian Educator of the Year, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 17. He was 66. Walker was born on Dec. 31, 1955 in Ellon, Scotland to Christina Reid and James Adam Walker. After receiving his … Continue reading Graham Walker, Beloved MC Professor, Dies at 66
by Jilleen Barrett & Jocelyn Visnov, Asst. A&E & Staff Writer Heading into its fourth week of classes, Manhattan College is teaching its students something it never has before: how to get a higher education during a pandemic. With some on campus and some in remote locations, the student body is adjusting to learning mostly online. But students aren’t the only ones learning. Faculty members, who are usually at … Continue reading Manhattan Faculty Speak on the Return to School
By Natalie Craig and Cathy Goodyear Kiki Kringle contributed reporting The majority of the Manhattan College faculty, staff, and administration maybe aware of the maternity leave policy but never looked at it in depth. Our policy may not be what everyone is looking for. According to thebump.com, a popular pregnancy website and forum, paid maternity leave of at least twelve to fifteen weeks is … Continue reading MC Maternity Leave Still Unpaid
College faculty and administration have been known to have their differences in priorities – not just at Manhattan College. This creates a particularly tough challenge for department chairpersons, who are caught somewhere between being faculty members and administrators. Balancing this dual role is particularly difficult for department chairs – especially Constantine Theodosiou, Ph.D., acting chair of the biology department, and fulltime dean of the School … Continue reading Life as Department Chair
At MC and Across the U.S., Adjunct Professors Push for Collective Bargaining as Administration Pushes Back It always starts the same; disgruntled workers, compounded by economic downturns and the constant fear of illness or termination, and then someone mentions the unthinkable: a union. That’s precisely what adjunct professors at Manhattan College said four years ago, in 2011, when a group of part-time faculty members filed … Continue reading A Unionization Effort
The National Science Foundation has awarded Manhattan College faculty two grants to fund particle physics research and to launch an Engineering Scholars Training and Retention Center at the college. Rostislav Konoplich, Ph.D. and professor of physics will use the funds to conduct further research on the Higgs boson particle, while Sister Mary Ann Jacobs, Ed.D., assistant professor of education and Zahra Shahbazi, Ph.D., assistant professor … Continue reading Two National Science Foundation Grants Awarded to Manhattan College Faculty
Keith Brower, Ph.D., has been hired as the new dean of the School of Arts. Brower joins Manhattan College after serving as associate dean from 2007 to 2014 at the Fulton School of Liberal Arts at his alma mater Salisbury University. “I come to Manhattan with lots of ideas and experience with many of those ideas, and I know the arrts faculty have lots of … Continue reading Manhattan College Names Keith Brower as New Dean of School of Arts
