Living and Learning Community Faculty and Staff
Mario Rapetti-Assistant Director of Residence Life
Courtney Kelsey-Area Coordinator
Matthew O'Neill-Area Coordinator
Honors Residential Community (HRC) Staff
This community was founded in the fall of 2007. The HRC has a number of faculty and staff working directly with the students on the floor to aid in their successful transition to College life and to have a more significant educational experience. This hall will be housed on the 2nd Floor of Myer Residence Hall.
Simple Living Hall Staff
This community was founded in the fall of 2007. The Simple Living Hall is a community in conjunction with the Simple Living Seminar taught by Michele Kozimor-King. This is an award winning program with a number of students and Dr. Kozimor-King winning awards during the annual Campus Life Awards Ceremony. The program has been recognized in many local papers. We are excited to be working with Dr. Kozmor-King and this hall again this coming year! This hall will be housed on the 3rd Floor of Myer Residence Hall.
Dr. Michele Kozimor-King-Professor of Simple Living First-Year Seminar
Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor-King is an Assistant Professor of Sociology. She enjoys spending time with her family including her husband, daughter, German shepherd dog, cats, and horse. Dr. Kozimor-King loves to be outdoors in nature including hiking, gardening, and riding her horse. Healthy living is an important part of her life and includes juicing, meditation, exercise, and an organic lifestyle. Dr. Kozimor-King's research interests include work and family issues, environmental problems, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Interestingly, Dr. Kozimor-King graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1993. She received her MA and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. Words of wisdom: There is a reason for everything.
My website for the course (still under construction) is www.freewebs.com/kozimorking
Matthew Myers-Learning Community Assistant
Partners in Engineering (PiE) Hall Staff
The Partners in Engineering (PiE) Hall was founded in Fall 2008. It is Living and Learning Community designed for first-year engineering majors. This is a Hall that is designed for student success and to build a stronger community of students within the engineering department. This hall will be housed in Founders Residence Hall.
Dr. William Stuckey-PiE Faculty Advisor
I began teaching physics as an undergrad lab instructor (Wright State University), then as a graduate teaching assistant (University of Cincinnati). I spent a year as a sabbatical replacement at the University of Dayton before finishing my PhD in physics and starting at E-town College. Altogether, I’ve been teaching college physics for 28 years. My research interests are in general relativity, cosmology and the foundations of quantum mechanics (http://users.etown.edu/s/stuckeym/). I’m looking forward to teaching the first semester of calc-based intro physics again – it’s one of my favorite experiences because the students are challenged for the first time in their academic lives and thereby realize what they are really capable of doing.
Jean Fullerton-PiE Faculty Member
I have only been teaching at Etown for the last four years. Before that, I spent 20+ years working as an engineer. I progressed from being a part of a project team to the project manger of a completely new production facility. My team designed the building (architects & structural engineers), permitting, roads and ground changes (civil engineers), underground and facility utilities (mechanical & electrical engineers) and designed the production processes (chemical, computer & mechanical engineers). My team supported construction, equipment installation and production start-up. This gave me an excellent background in what most disciplines do and how to manage and work in a multidiscipline engineering team.
To aid in my career progression, I received my PE (professional engineering liscense) and obtained Masters degrees in Business and Environmental engineering. I really love engineering and being able to share my experience with the next generation of engineers is a dream come true for me.
Engineering students have to understand that they will need to work hard in school to be a successful engineer. College is much more work than high school and many students fall into the trap of thinking they can "get by" with minimal work like they did in high school. I recommend they consider joining the PIE (Partners in Engineering ) learning community to ensure success during the important freshman engineering foundation courses.
I look forward to meeting them all and starting another year of school.
Ashley Soltis-Learning Community Assistant
GLACTION Community
In fall 2008, the GLACTION community was founded by many of the original members of the previous year's Simple Living Hall. They wanted to make a difference not only in their own communities but in the world. This community will explore issues of global hunger and genocide through service-learning opportunities and community education. This hall will be housed on the 3rd Floor of Myer Residence Hall.
Dr. Michele Kozimor-King-Faculty Advisor
