Donald George Ernakovich, University administrator. Recipient Campus Reflector award for distinguished service Shippensburg U., 1964, Earle H. Schaeffer Class of 1980 Scholarship award, 1964, John Jay Nispel Scholarship award, 1964, Maxwell D. Taylor award outstandinggrad. United States Defense Language Institute, 1957.
Education
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude in English, Shippensburg U., 1964;
postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1964-1965;
Master of Education, Temple University, 1968;
postgraduate, Pennsylvania State University, 1974-1975;
postgraduate, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1984;
postgraduate, Vanderbilt University, 1990.
Career
Teacher, Control Dauphin Joint School District, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1965;
director alumni affairs, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1965-1968;
assistant dean admissions, assistant Professor of English/speech, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1965-1970;
executive director centennial, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1970-1971;
affirmative action officer, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1974;
executive director foundation, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1977-1978;
executive secretary trust, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1967-1978;
assistant to president, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1970-1983;
director institutional planning and research and assistant to president, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1976-1983;
executive assistant to president for planning, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1983-1985. Executive assistant to president planning and university relations Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) U., since 1985, executive director university relations, since 1988. Director governmental relations Pennsylvania State Sys.
Higher Education, Harrisburg, 1987, public relations county chair, governmental rels.adv. committee.
Membership
Member comprehensive planning committee Borough of Shippensburg. Member Shippensburg Area Regional Planning Committee. Advising committee Capital Region Economics Development Corporation.
Member of advisory committee postsecondary education research Pennsylvania Department Education. Project advisor Dauphin County (Pennsylvania) Library. Sys.; consultant strategic planning Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence, 1989, chair advising committee WUTF-television/FM Channel 33 Public television, 1976-1981, member capital campaign committee, 1982.
Higheredn. advising committee Pennsylvania Public television NEtwork, 1976-1981. With United States Air Force, 1956-1960. Member Public Rels. Society American, American Management Association, Society College and University Planning (member program planning committee 1981-1982), Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Pennsylvania Public Rels.
Society, College and University Public Rels. Assn.of Pennsylvania (board directors since 1993), Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Chambersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Capital Region Chamber of Commerce (government affairs committee), Pennsylvania StateChamber of Business and Indusltry, Association College State Orgns. (treasurer 1971-1972), American Association University Adminstrs.
(board directors 1976-1979).