Lycoming College News

Alumnus pens op-ed article for The New York Times

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College alumnus Gene L. Dodaro '73, comptroller general of the United States and the head of the Government Accountability Office, recently penned an op-ed article for The New York Times titled "30 Steps to Better Government."

Dodaro earned a degree in accounting from Lycoming.

The article can be found by clicking here.

Alumnus appears on MSNBC show

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College alumnus Bob Edgar '65, president and CEO of Common Cause, appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show and talked about his organization's concern that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to have had a conflict of interest in the Citizen United case because of his speaking engagements with a wealthy right-wing group.

Edgar earned a degree in history from Lycoming. He appears appoximately 5:20 into the clip.

View the clip of The Rachel Maddow Show here.

Political science professor pens article on student polling

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Visiting scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies to speak Jan. 27

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming College will host Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a visiting scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, for two public lectures on Thursday, Jan. 27. His visit is sponsored by the College, Ohev Sholom Synagogue and the Williamsport Federation of Jewish Charities.

Kedar’s first lecture, “Clash of Values: Gender and Family Issues - Sources of tension between Islam and the West,” will be held from 4-5:15 p.m. in the Academic Center, room C303. From 7:30-8:45 p.m., he’ll present “What is the struggle over Jerusalem all about?” in Heim Building, G-11.

Kedar is an assistant professor and lecturer on Arabic and Islamic studies at Bar-Ilan, where he earned a bachelor’s and doctorate in Arabic and political science. He has served as a lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces - Military Intelligence. Kedar has published and lectured widely on Islam, Islamic movements, Arabic mass media and popular culture and gender issues in Islam. He has appeared on many TV news programs, including the Arabic station Al-Jazeera.

Kedar is also scheduled to speak at the Ohev Sholom Synagogue and the Door Fellowship in Williamsport.

View his full schedule of class visits and public lectures.

Alumnus sworn in to U.S. Congress

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST

Alumnus elected to U.S. House of Representatives

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming College alumnus and Republican Tom Marino has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District. Marino joins 12 other Lycoming alumni who have served in Congress.

A native of Williamsport, Marino graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and education from Lycoming in 1985. He earned a law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pa., and began his career with the law firm of McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall in Williamsport.

Marino served as Lycoming County’s District Attorney 1992 to 2002, when he was selected to serve as a United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He then went to work as a business law attorney for DeNaples Management, a Northeast Pennsylvania company. Marino resigned that position in December 2009 to concentrate on seeking the 10th Congressional seat.

Marino and his wife, Edie, have two children, and reside outside Williamsport in Lycoming County.

Lycoming alumni who have served in Congress:

Joseph McCrum Belford	James Monroe Miller
David Albaugh De Armond	James H. Osmer
Robert Edgar	Charles Emory Patton
James Hall Huling	Robert Fleming Rich
Henry Clay McCormick	Ryan Thomas
Alexander McDonald (U.S. Senate)	Milton George Urner

New poll results on 10th congressional district race

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST

Lycoming's Center for the Study of the Community and the Economy announces poll results

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College announces the results of two polls conducted by the College’s Center for the Study of Community and the Economy.

Carney and Marino in close race, new Lycoming College poll finds

New Lycoming College poll gauges opinion on Marcellus Shale development

This survey was conducted by the Lycoming College Polling Institute, a part of the College’s Center for the Study of Community and the Economy (CSCE). In operation since 2003, CSCE is a public service, applied research organization with a mission to conduct research and provide data analysis and planning on issues related to community and economic development and public policy.

In addition to serving the broader needs of the center, the polling institute provides periodic polling information on political issues of importance to the broader community. The interdisciplinary nature of faculty and staff involved in the center provides an unbiased and complementary approach to the study of the region it serves. The center also provides students with special opportunities to work with faculty in producing original, applied research. As future leaders, students involved in the center’s activities work in a real world laboratory, honing their understanding of the challenges and opportunities they and their communities face.

President Obama nominates alumnus for key administrative post

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College alumnus Gene Dodaro was nominated by President Barack Obama to be comptroller general of the United States, Government Accountability Office. His nomination, announced by the White House on Sept. 22, must be confirmed by the Senate.

Dodaro, who earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Lycoming in 1973, has served as acting comptroller general of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) since March 2008. Dodaro previously served as GAO’s chief operating officer, and, before that, as assistant comptroller general for GAO’s largest unit, the Accounting and Information Management Division. A 37-year veteran of GAO who rose through the agency ranks, Dodaro is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a member of the Association of Government Accountants, and has received recognition from numerous organizations including the National Public Service Award, the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership and the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in the Federal Government.

In March 2009, Dodaro presented a lecture at Lycoming titled “GAO’s Role in Promoting More Accountability and Transparency in Government” as part of the College’s Institute for Management Studies’ James W. Harding Executive Speaker Series.