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April, 2008 - Lu approved for sabbatical project
During spring semester 2009, Dr. George Lu will be on a sabbatical leave to conduct research and experiments about using hands-on approaching to enhance online courses. The study will also address some of the following issues: interactivity and multimedia, academic integrity, assessment methods, and the methodology of online education. Due to Delaware Valley College’s commitment to hands-on instruction, this research study will offer valuable implications to faculty members who want to develop and teach online courses.
April 28, 2008 - McGowan receives Greek Advisor of the Year
Professor Veronica McGowan received a plaque for Greek Advisor of the Year from the Student Government Board at Monday's Student Government Award Banquet. McGowan is the advisor for the Sigma Alpha Soritory - Alpha Lambda chapter. Sigma Alpha is a professional soritory committed to the advancement of women in the field of agriculture.
April 25-27, 2008 - AITP participates in A-Day Event
Members of the AITP club volunteered their time to inform the community about the AITP club and the Computer and Business Information Systems Department at the 60th Annual A-Day Event. The club rented arcade games and also distributed flyers describing the Computers 4 Kids program.
April 27, 2008 - McGowan participates in Ag in the Classroom Event
Professor Veronica McGowan taught three sessions about the creation of an agricultural database at the first Ag in the Classroom Event held during the 60th Annual A-day Event. Over 60 teachers from Pennsylvanian public and private schools received instruction during this new partnership between the Department of Agriculture and schools with agricultural interests.
April 5, 2008 - DelVal Cyber Aggies Participated in PACISE Programming Competition
Juniors Thomas Trycieki of Mechanicsville, PA, and Bryce Nooyen of Seymour, WI, represented DelVal in the student programming competition against 21 other teams at the 23rd Annual Spring Conference of the Pennsylvania Computer and Information Science Educators at Kutztown University. Advisor Veronica McGowan accompanied them. DelVal was proud to be the only private school participating in this first year that private schools were invited to the competition!
February 17, 2008 - AITP Computer 4 Kids Program
AITP club members Shawn Carelli (AITP President), Dan Shute, Tom Trycieki, Dom McGraw and Jason Palmer (DelVal Technology Services) along with their advisor Andrew Levin, met to begin preparing computers for the Computers 4 Kids project. The Computers 4 Kids project is where we refurbish donated desktops with the Ubuntu operating system and OpenOffice Office suite in order to donate to underprivileged children in PA.
The AITP club is going beyond mere donations in that we will hold classes for the children to acclimate themselves to the computer's hardware and software. By giving the children instruction on the computer, fear is reduced and the children are encouraged to immediately use the computer. We are working with the Legacy Program of DelVal to get the children to our college from Philadelphia. As an added benefit of this project, Segal 004 was rearranged to make better use of the space. Now, students in Segal 004 have two workspaces each at their disposal, one workspace with a new computer and the other for experimenting on older machines.
February 1, 2008 - Donation to the CBIS Program
Ms. Carly Harris, a representative from the Ivory Tower Group, presented a donation to Dr. George Lu, CBIS Chair. 
The Ivory Tower Group is a software development firm driving offshore development onshore through partnering universities and colleges with professional industry leadership. Their innovative model leverages a student-based workforce in tandem with strong program and project management practices, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies and quality-assurance testing processes. Please visit their website at http://www.ivorytower-group.com/ for more information.
Spring '08 - Office 2008 installed on campus labs
The newest version of Office has been installed in the Feldman and Allman labs, as well as the Commuter Lounge and most of the Library.