Carleen F. Maitland

Service

Dr. Maitland's service activities include the following:

University

From 2005 to present Dr. Maitland has served on the application review team of Penn State's Schreyer Honors College. Together the team reviews hundreds of applications to this prestigious program and the high quality of the applicants makes the decision process a difficult one.

Dr. Maitland served on the advisory board of Women in Science & Engineering Institute (WISE) from the fall 2002 until August 2005. WISE is an institute dedicated to increasing the participation and retention of women in science and engineering disciplines. The institute holds a variety of training programs, lectures and other activities for students and staff as well as high school students. They also coordinate the WISE house, a living environment for women science and engineering students.

College of IST

In 2006 Dr. Maitland joined the College's newly formed IST Graduate Recruiting Committee. The committee was able to increase the number and quality of applicants as well as the number of students accepting offers of admission.

In 2006 Dr. Maitland served on the ad hoc committee tasked with writing comprehensive exam questions.

In 2005-2006 Dr. Maitland joined the IST Academic Integrity Committee. The committee's mandate is to enforce the School's and University's Academic Integrity policies, to orient and educate incoming students and faculty members of the School with respect to these policies, and to serve as the hearing board on any alleged violations of the policy.

In 2005 Dr. Maitland joined the IST Scholarship Committee, which is a committee made up of staff from undergraduate advising and IST's development office.  The committee is responsible for reviewing scholarship applications, interfacing with the Penn State financial aid and development organizations, and managing relations with scholarship donors.

In 2004-2005 Dr. Maitland served on IST's Faculty Advisory Committee, which is a committee established to provide advice to the Professor in Charge.

Dr. Maitland has also been involved in several of the College's faculty searches, including our 2005 search for an economist.