TITUSVILLE, Jan. 8 -- Margaret Peaslee, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Biology at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, has been awarded a Hewlett International Small Grant in the amount of $1,350 for continued research in the Czech Republic.

Peaslee is one of three UPT professors who will conduct a study abroad in the Czech Republic this May.

KIM HUEGEL BOARD

CERTIFIED IN SOCIAL WORK

Kimberly Huegel, Assistant Instructor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, has been recognized as a Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (BCD) by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work.

Certification is based on attaining specified levels of currency of practice, maintaining state licensure in good standing, continuing education, and adhering to ABE’s Code of Ethics.

Huegel conducts a clinical practice in psychotherapy at Craig Psychological Associates, Inc., in Seneca.  Her specialty areas include depression and grief.  She has taught at UPT for nine years.

STEPHANIE THOMAS TO SERVE WITH NACA

Stephanie Thomas, Director of Student Activities at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, was selected to serve as the Graphic Arts Coordinator for the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) for the new Mid-Atlantic region for 2002.

Thomas will be in charge of registering graphic arts, displaying entries, finding judges, and announcing the winners at the 2002 NACA Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, scheduled October 19-22.  She will work closely with schools from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, DC.