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Geneva receives technology kudos
 R&D Magazine selected the Coal Dust Explosibility Meter, developed through a partnership between Geneva College and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace this year.
In 2006 the Mine Safety and Health Administration reiterated the importance of rock dusting to reduce the risk of coal dust explosions. To prevent such explosions, miners spray rock dust to cover the mine floor, walls and roof surfaces with a sufficient quantity of inert limestone dust to render the coal dust non-explosive. The meter was developed to measure the explosibility of the mixture of coal and rock dust, rapidly gauging the level of explosion protection throughout active mine areas.
Dr. Jack Pinkerton, professor of engineering; David Clark, engineer; Henry Perlee, CEO of H&P Prototyping Inc.; J. Edmund Hay, senior researcher for Geneva College Center for Technology Development; and Tyler Anderson, senior electrical engineering student, worked in collaboration with Michael Sapko, inventor and principal developer at NIOSH.
The winning research and development teams will be published in the September issue of R&D Magazine.
The CDEM, a handheld, battery operated electro-optical device, will be manufactured and marketed by H&P Prototyping Inc. For more information about the meter, contact H.E. Perlee, CEO, at heperlee1@version.net or Michael Sapko at msapko@cdc.gov. For R&D information, contact Dr. Pinkerton at jep@geneva.edu.
New human services major holds promise
 Geneva College established a new major in human services in its Degree Completion Program (DCP). Classes for the new major begin Sept. 11 in Pittsburgh and Sept. 12 in Beaver Falls.
The field of human services continues to grow as new government programs and nonprofits seeking to meet the increasing social needs in communities. Many of these organizations require employment skills that a college degree in human services provides. Geneva's emphasis on servant-leadership and academics provides human service agencies with a solution.
The human services major offers faith perspective courses in social welfare, developmental psychology, family services and field experience. Students will receive the theoretical and practical framework needed to address both individual and community needs. In addition to classroom instruction, students will complete a 270-hour internship at a human service agency. The internship benefits both students and nonprofit agencies.
The DCP is designed for adults who are seeking to finish their bachelor's degree in one of four majors: human resources, community ministries, organizational development or human services. Students in the DCP meet one night a week for 20 months or 48 credits as a cohort to complete the classes in their major. The flexible structure of the program allows working adults to conveniently complete their degree while maintaining their busy schedules. Students can attend Geneva close to home or work because the DCP offers classes in 15 locations in western Pennsylvania.
For more information on the new human services major or the DCP, call 800-576-3111 or visit the Web site at http://www.geneva.edu/page/dcp.
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