Patrizia Porrini Wins 2004 PEP Faculty of the Year Award

Patrizia Porrini, a resident of Whitestone, NY and assistant professor of management at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, was recently honored by the campus’s Professional Experience and Career Planning (PEP) office with its 2004 Faculty of the Year Award. This honor is bestowed annually by the PEP office to outstanding advocates of its award-winning Cooperative Education Program, which helps students gain work experience prior to graduating from college.

PEP chose to honor Professor Porrini in recognition of her dedication and service to the needs of both the university and its students. "Professor Porrini is a strong proponent of student participation in the PEP program and enthusiastically supports experiential learning, hands-on career training and internship opportunities," said Jeanette Grill, director of C.W. Post’s Professional Experience and Career Planning office. "We admire her dedication to fostering our students’ educational and career goals."

Dr. Porrini has served as a professor of management in C.W. Post’s AACSB-accredited College of Management for four years. In May of 2003, she received the Long Island University College of Management Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Porrini currently serves as director for the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter of Long Island University and received the Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award in May 2004.

In addition to her service to the C.W. Post Campus, Dr. Porrini takes an active role in the professional community. She has delivered papers and chaired symposia at conferences of the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, Eastern Academy of Management, International Conference of Advances in Management, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, M&A Summit, and the Global Conference on Business and Economics. She has served as editorial reviewer for the Academy of Management-Business Policy Division; Eastern Academy of Management; Journal of Business Research; Journal of High Technology Management Research; Academy of Management; and McGraw Hill-Irwin. Dr. Porrini has also authored articles that have appeared in the Journal of Management, Journal of High Technology Management Research, and the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. In addition, her articles have appeared in numerous conference proceedings.

Dr. Porrini’s areas of teaching, research and professional consulting activities focus on mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, high-technology organizations and firm performance. A member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Dr. Porrini holds a Ph.D. in management and finance from the Stern School of Business of New York University, and M.Ph. in statistics from the Stern School of Business, and M.B.A. in finance, management and international business from the Stern School of Business, and a B.S. in finance, management and international business from the Stern School of Business.

PEP provides paid internship opportunities called "co-ops" (which stands for cooperative learning) for students in every major. Through PEP and Co-op, students can gain hands-on work experience, build a resume, receive career counseling, and conduct job searches through on-line databases, which contain thousands of potential employers nationwide. For additional information about PEP or Co-op, call (516) 299-2435 or visit www.liu.edu/pep.