Our physical chemist's most recent move was that of his office library to his home for the stay-at-home order toward the end of the spring semester. But Professor Marmorino had a much bigger move at the beginning of the past fall semester when he took the role of chairperson for the department. In fact, this academic year has been very nice to Marmorino with a promotion to full professor and a Trustee's Teaching Award, both in the spring semester. He has tough acts to follow as chair, however, as for the past 18 years either Professor Feighery or Anderson has been chair and they were experienced professionals in this capacity. Adapting the department to teaching in online format and with social distancing guidelines this summer and upcoming fall semester is only possible with the combined effort of the entire department. We have a great group of full-time and adjunct faculty with excellent support staff in the laboratory and our campus's information technology center. While the pandemic is making education a challenge, we are trying out best to turn the challenge into an opportunity.
