SPRING 1997 THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Learning from Africa An interview with (ieorge Agbango EDITOR'S VIEW Our university's strongest asset people. Quality people ' l ' i^*i HiJ i!i !ii^iyg' " fill ' l I I M 1 who unequivocally our is genuinely care about others. People offering wisdom from years with us and others joining us with new ideas. People who are growing independently and together using the vast resources our academy of higher education offers. 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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OP PENNSYlVANtA IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 5 BOARD OF GOraRNORS has been awarded a two-year grant from R Eugene Dixon Jr., Chair; Julia B. Ansill, Vice Chair: R. Benjamin Wiley, Vice Chair; Muriel Berman. Christopher J. Cerski, Coy. Daniel R Elby, Richard A. Fino, Jeffrey Glenn Y. Forney, Eugene W. Hickock Jr, R Joseph Loeper, Kim E. Lyttle, Joseph M. W Nespoli, Jere Rocco A. Ortenzio.Tom Ridge, W. Schuler, Andrew H. Shoffner, Patrick 6 NASA to surface of Venus looks like. Classrooms Office Clothing in determine what the by Trina Walker Bloomsburg University has formed partnerships with 2. The New South Africa dozens of employers throughout the J. state to provide opportunities for students to gain workplace as well as classroom experience. one vacancy. Stapleton, Christine J.Toretti, Unveiling the Face of Venus by Eric Foster Geography and earth science professor Michael Shepard STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION CHANCEUOR, STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION 10 James H. McCormick BLOOMSBURG Joseph Mowad, Chair J. R.Adams, Jennifer LaRoy G. Davis '67, First Africa, 7 , 1 Secretary 14 Ramona H. Alley U.N. and the role the United States should Home Mohr Bloomsburg admitted its largest freshmen class ever Learn firsthand how students create a home away from home. this year. Jr. Cope 73 J. Kevin M. O'Connor David Petrosky J. 16 Sister BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY S. '71, Nancy Feher Edv/ards President '70, Vice Carolyn Vernoy Reitz JohnTrathen Anita and the Mohr As Bloomsburg's longest-serving campus minister. McGowan, plays an important role in campus ministry lives of students. Kozloff BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Sandra Rupp Creating Spirit by Kathleen Ted Stuban Doug C. Making a Jr. Robert W. Buehner Jessica tribulations, the by Kathleen James T.Atherton PRESIDENT, its play in African politics. Vice Chair Second Vice Chair A.William Kelly David Learning from Africa: An Interview by Eric Foster Political science professor George Agbango discusses COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY' '5 , 1 6. Classrooms in Ojfice Clothing 19 Finding Hope in the Rustbelt by Eric Foster Economics professor Liz Patch has published a book that President examines the causes and Secretary effects of manufacturing job loss across the nation, including northeastern Pennsylvania. '68, Treasurer Hippenstiel '68, Ex-Officio, Director of Alumni Affairs 20 BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Elbern H,Alkire Victoria Anthony M. Jr., by Scott Leightman Softball and Chair L Mihalik.Vice The Quiet Champion field hockey coach Ian Hutchinson is expected to gain her 1,000 career win this spring, making her the Chair laniero. Executive winningest coach of collegiate women's sports in the country. Director David HilLTreasurer EXECUTIVE EDITOR Joan T. 23 Constructing a Brighter Future 25 Creating Scholarships for Veterans 26 News 3 What's Happening 32 The Lentczner EDITOR Jim Hollister '78 MANAGING EDITOR Briefs Eric Foster COPY EDITOR Kathleen Mohr PHOTOGRAPHERS 16. Creating Spirit David Ashby '92 Last Word by Jessica Keith Haupt. Press-Enterprise S. Kozloff Joan Heifer Sam Bidleman Johnson's Mill Photography '76, Marlin R. Wagner DESIGNER John Lorish Cover photos by Sam Bidleman, Johnson's Mill Photography ART DIRECTOR Janel A. Fry EDITORIAL BOARD Nancy Feher Edwards Lawrence '70 Cover collage design B. Fuller Lentczner by Janel A. Fry, Donna Cochrane The.Lorish Company Joan Doug T. C. Hippenstiel '68 Address comments and questions to: Bloomsburg University Magazine V\^aller Administration Building Bloomsburg University Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301 Internet address: holl@husky.bIoomu.edu Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 Archbishop TUtu: Coming from the New South Africa The man who helped end apartheid in South Africa spoke to University students. "Once we were visiting your military academy West Point," said Tutu. "The BY JOAN LENTCZNER Blootnsburg PHOTOS BY DAVID ASHBY And thanked them. the Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Looking out into the crowd of Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, graduates and families, Tutu urged gave the keynote address at the to recipient of an Bloomsburg said 'The cap is too too small.' No, big.'" opportunities to get acquainted "One of the at Bloomsburg won says. University. vivid recollections Archbishop Tutu Africa, the South Africa," said Tutu, who is President Jessica Kozloff had several two-day visit South commemorate to [Leah] could have been with Archbishop Tutu during his University. Africa, the democratic free and My wife she said 'His head honorary doctorate from you coming from a new South "I greet visit. nice them "make a difference" and "go for it" in making the world "more gentle, more compassionate, more caring." December 1996 commencement convocation and became the 13th me a cap cadets gave KEITH HAUPT & JOAN HELPER his is I have of optimism," she "Obviously, he has strong values and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his strong ideals and wants us to do better. contributions to the pursuit of racial But, justice in man South Africa. He thanked the young people of America "who responded used to come to campuses. this to be sitting sanctions. It is no matter how willing or unwUhng they saying an incredible miracle has happened." South Africa was "on the brink of the most awful bloodbath. We were, as you say "Our up a in this country, really spectacular victory is reas- problems can be white together, to discuss their differences, may be in wanting to was young people who believed that this could be a different kind of world. "I come from a country where the world or dis- solved by people sitting down, black and would out in demonstrations in call for down on campus was suring. His behef that And young people who ought support of our me most about the that he's not beaten "Tutu's presence I visit to be worrying about their grades is couraged by man's inhumanit)' to man." our cause. country and what impresses creek. your victory," He proudly noted hope," says Ir\'in succeed, is a sign of Wright, one of the founders and co-chair of Bloomsburg's The world-renowned leader also delighted the audience with his modesty honorary degree] on behalf of my people against Racial Equity. {See Bloomsburg: Community Working and humor. "I accept [this University-Communit)' Task Force on who have striven one of the most vicious systems A Together) "Tutu once said that 'It's only by down and sitting talking to each other, that we begin to discover each other,'" adds the world has known," said Tutu. "Truly, Wright. "His words and actions challenge the success of one of the graduates in the when you us as Americans to admit to the urgent audience, Lesiba 'Lucky' Mabokela, a out in that crowd, South African and recipient of aid from you Tutu told his audience. the Tutu Foundation and other sponsors. are in a crowd and you stand it is are being carried of others." really only because on the shoulders necessity of working together to create a comfortable and safe society that encourages the inclusion of all people." Bloomsburg UnWersity Magazine SPRING 1 997 3 TUTU spoke with Tutu occasions throughout on reporters several his stay in northeastern Pennsylvania, addressing issues ranging from race was surprised in basement my very first visit to up said. "I In your country, where now know why. it is to be an it specific which about people of color seem to be beating their heads. but I You are a wonderful country, don't think with those Tutu is you have quite many residual dealt when newspapers America — regularly tout — Bloomsburg of Bloomsburg have become leaders in lished the Its Tutu admitted, there would not have and to address is and University working the Town to bridge those the tmiversity and in turn, in the an equal together on basis which we and share staff, can and 101/EOP and He is also in-service program. State of Hate, the Wright Act understanding. educational efforts in 1993 with two- trainiyig participated in 997 citizens, provided at no October 1994, 19 graduates of the a six-day training course bloomsburg University Magazine the annual StreetFest celebration Communication has always been an important part of the Task but that role During times of tension have acted as mediators. cost to the participants. In in collaboration Commimity Fonmi on and ongoing Two-Way Street forums for students of color and town officials to air concerns and build co-chair Force's approach. day diversity training workshops for 140 the thrust behind other programs as with town leaders, a live Force's work, its is The Task Force has sponsored, well. Education and communication are the touchstones of the Task began and Central Columbia School and administrators in an District teachers assistant professor of developmental instruction at Tlie organization staff, and fall business professionals, colleges in the area, churches, Irvin director of the inclusion, espe- University groups participating student newspaper staff, university police health agencies the university. 1 and gender. pated, including middle school students, educators, of Bloomsburg's University-Community Task Force on Racial Equity. the workshops. freshmen. Over 30 community groups have partici- the resources,'' says Irvin Wright, orie of the founders SPRING community have taken so far include: the president's cabinet, managers, secretarial food service celebrated; all agreed to serve as volunteer The forums encourage acceptance of diversity and Education in us out workshop leaders and, are working together to create an open community, one let diversity trainers. Since then, approximately 4,300 participants at problems before they escalate into we he of the criminal justice divisiveness. "In Bloomsburg, qualities, he's glad of the box, that he did this experiment." now the Bloomsburg area; to diversity recognizing that people have in 1994. overt racism at the university, in the community where say, called for sanctions against purpose: To address issues of dis- Town of Bloomsburg and in 4 each other. But, on the whole, he amnesty provi- University-Community Task Force on crimination and including the ways people are cruel to redeeming of racial incidents, town and university leaders estab- Racial Equity. the problems Tutu answered, "Well, I'm sure he cially as related to race series all would have some disappointments. He sees the way people treat each other, would Joining forces in 1992, during a time of tensions that stemmed create a the amnesty process information that was very elusive, chasms. from a his visit: the world new findings of racial in wealth, perceptions system and opportunities at A Community Working Together Bloomsburg: In an era else, South Africa during apartheid, which can grant amnesty to individuals looking we are He would say? Would He be happy or would He be sad?" already discovered that, apart who one point during today with who murdered so-and-so," he said. Tutu, long." at God were to tolerate." Without the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, divides in "If at not going to remain having, what do you think been a negotiated settlement chairperson of South Africa's way for "Some of it is very gruesome. I myself wonder how much truth we wiU be able sion. hates." level.' It's Asked trials, has provided us vfith very considerable, seemed invisible ceiling against for investment. "I'm saying 'invest South Africa while the prices are that said, "If in flames." from anything possible for the sky to be the limit, always of South amnesty program. Tutu "We have the United States, that African-Americans were so angry," he critics in you have that kind of retributive justice. And ashes. South Africa would have gone Committee and amnesty program. "I during apartheid. To you go the route of the Nuremberg Truth and ReconcOiation Africa's stumps Africa's South relations in the United States to who make a full public confession of human rights violations they committed to become initial The group expects in the now becoming more formalized. community. Task Force members A year and half ago, the Task Force began and organizations in the commuan impartial community dispute resolution group. a partnership with nity to establish is in the local leaders to begin providing volunteer mediation services Bloomsburg area as the summer starts. Unveiling the Face df Venus BY ERIC FOSTER PHOTOS BY MARLIN We know that the surface of Venus is torturously hot — We also know that the planet is veOed by a hea\y atmosphere \vith clouds WAGNER Along with colleague Bruce CampbeU of the Smithsonian, Shepard 900 degrees Fahrenheit. of carbon dioxide R. of sulfuric acid. And ^^"e know it has ninety times the atmospheric pressure of Earth. The second planet from the sun has been completely mapped with radar is creating a mathematical formula using statistics to better interpret the radar data of Venus so that scientists can make an educated guess about the texture of the planet's surface. Knowing what the aid in understanding its three times by the Magellan "Planetary geologists try to understand what makes a sateUite. But we stiU don't what Venus Is it kno^v planet work. All these planets really looks Uke. are just big experiments," smooth, Hke a sandy desert? planet looks like wiQ history. says Shepard. Rugged and rocky? Or something in For example, Venus' between? torturous 900-degree surface A Bloomsburg Universit)' temperature has been caused professor aims to discover a by a greenhouse way to contrast. Mercury, paint that picture. Michael Shepard, assistant professor of geography effect. is closer to the sun, has a and surface temperature of only earth science, has been 350 degrees. "One a^varded a $25,500 grant for big question about each of two years from the Venus National Aeronautics and runaway greenhouse is 'What caused this effect?' Another of the unusual Space Administration (NASA) In which for a projert titled things about Venus "A is its Study of the Venusian Surface mountains. The mountains Utilizing a Self-Affine are very reflective of radar, Paradigm." leading scientists to speculate Venus' thick atmosphere makes it impossible to that they map satellite may have more immediate But radar mapping by the applications established the elevation of each part of covered frost." Shepard's research the planet photographically. Magellan may be with a metallic He notes Michael Shepard Venus to within a kilometer. on Earth. that the better we understand planets we might The map remains rough because the radar data viewed the in general, the better planet in hundred-meter-square sections. on our planet, global warming for example. "Some of the techniques I'm using on Venus could be used by oceanographers to map wind speeds by estimating sea roughness," says Shepard. "That's very difficult to do today because to measure wind speeds on the ocean, you have to "About ninet)' percent of the planet is covered by plains. But within those hundred-meter squares, what says Shepard, who Remote sensing is we will understand the problems face is the texture hke?" teaches remote sensing at the university. the gathering of information about a planet, through photographs, infra-red imaging or radar, from a satellite have a ship at that location." Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 5 ^1 % w •f' ^ Wt-f ^ \ «.i Today's employers And want experience. today's students are getting it. With the help of internship programs, and students gain experience, credits, sometimes pay, simultaneously. T^ruf^brte«° BY TRINA WALKER PHOTOS BY MARLIN room window Fabrizio's favorite Tara small with a single The room isn't in own home, but her it is There are tours to guide, news to write, furniture, she apologizes. getting an art history Universit)', internship at the Slifer LevWsburg. No is major at an House Museum longer a rite Folk Art lOce Fabrizio, today's it. in of passage for its and sometimes pay, simultaneously. When Warren Byrum graduates this spring, he will have had four summers of progressively responsible increasingly an integral part of the at a all disciplines. For 20 hours a week, Fabrizio artifacts to students are With the help of internship business majors alone, internships are education of students in releases Symposium programs, students gain experience, cred- at working fall Today's employers want experience. And, Fabrizio, and a to plan for. unmistakable. Wlren she bumps into the Bloomsburg must be years old, mended and preserved. carefully furnishings. care for WAGNER more than 100 is lighting the richly car\'ed walnut Fabrizio's R. selects be displayed in the various rooms of the 1 860s mansion, constructed by a prominent businessman and abolitionist of the time. Clothing, some work experiences major manufacturing firm. Edward "Mark" Williams will have management and trained, hands-on, in human resource positions. And Tara Fabrizio wtII have been exposed to every aspect of operating a museimi. bloomsburg Un'wersit/ Magazine SPRING 1997 7 According to Day, companies choose to sponsor internships for several reasons. Some staff, use interns to support their existing others use the internship as a way to screen candidates for possible fiiture openings. Many companies interns for input about look to the new theories, trends and technology being taught in the classroom. WhUe interns can offer fresh perspectives, professor of accounting Dr. Richard Baker reminds sponsor companies that interns are "work in process." "Employers need to understand that interns are still in the process of their course work. These students offer great insights, ^ I I 1 H I I m I I . i A mployers who look to human current Bloomsburg University resource internship. And, he notes, his internship for lets him see living graduates will find a field of examples of the principles taught in an seasoned candidates, primed organizational behavior for the work force through Interns are required to keep weekly and write a paper about their While interns agree the require- student internships. Nearly 800 journals Bloomsburg students applied activities. their university studies to real ment work environments during the last of '96). That it the forces is overlooked," notes Day. approach to their education," says JoAnne "The journal and papers help students focus on what they are learning and how Day, director of cooperative education it "Students are taking a and academic internships. practical "They realize make applies to the degree they are earning." Relating course work to an They need to discuss ahead of time what the intern wiU need to know and make sure that knowledge is there." Students are generally required by their departments to have completed certain actual internship. The process of searching an internship then simulates a "Sometimes the academic portion of the internship of a college graduate. pre-requisites before taking part in an time consuming, they also them to consider importance of what they are doing. number has increased every year since 1988. more is agree that academic year (faU of '95 through the summer class. but a company should not assume they are getting the equivalent work resumes and interviews. The faculty advisor, student and sponsor determine number of hours to be sen'ed and number of credits to be awarded. the Internships vary according to the them more marketable to employers, and they want to integrate what they are value of their classes. Students doing field internships often approach their course department poHcies, learning in their classes into the real world." work more "Classroom learning ability to is great, but the apply what you've learned what's going to make employer" agrees senior management second internship, Williams is convinced a job in his when it comes to finding field. "Companies are looking for experience," him a background for his is also says Day. Some internships are 10 to 20 hours a week for three credits during a semester. Others are full-time for up to 12 credits. Approximately half president of Internal Audits for Geisinger of Bloomsburg's Health System, Kerestus uses interns internships are nearly every semester as an adjunct to his They example, a course on labor and industrial often of study and product," affirms Kevin Kerestus. As vice you experience relations gave class, "Interns help us to improve our staff. lets how valuable to internship sponsors. continues Williams. "An internship gives in your field, and also you apply what you've studied." For see enriching the learning of classmates. This apphcation of learning in his that his on-the-job learning will be advantageous They and they have experiences to share with the is a difference to an major Williams. Currently working enthusiastically. the class can be applied, "Interns offer fresh perspectives. we may not have offer scenarios we because we're so tied up raise questions thought of, and they might not see with day-to-day operations." done during the summer, while the other half take place either in a spring fall or semester. ^^ather Bo/ich 8 SPRING 1997 B/oomsburg UraVers/ty Mogoz/ne for job search, including telephone contacts, letters, setting gives students a realization of the that training in their fields will real the OFFICE CLOTHING working world Baker supervises an average of nine interns each summer and up semester for the accounting department. "An internship first enviroimient. This worked For an the is a forty-hour many it in time they've has turned out to be the them do what they to BoUch Heather much she'd know how human didn't like of '94. Three weeks after Bolich ship at began her intern- TRW Valve Division in Danville, her supervisor left the company, leaving Bolich alone to run the one-person department. faculty advisor at Bloomsburg gave for stay." Bolich's my internship. decision paid I graduation, she was offered a position, fiall Byrum was national time knows her own internship gave that talented minority students. For four summers, Byrum at Jefferson Philadelphia-based manufacturer. His fourth summer, he earned academic credits for his position as a supervisor on "When you come and by the intern that they begin actively recruiting for our graduates." the plant floor. four interns, including Williams. Bolich program supports academically- Smurfit, a where she has since supervised selected to INROADS program, a worked Upon can be. participate in the me decided to off. skills in high school, "My the option of staying or choosing another company people While resources until her internship fall Byrum learned throu! how critical experience communication and It know if they want to are training to do." in the internship. work week. deciding factor in their education. really helps and business appropriate learning by-products of office first in general skills behaviors are just two of often a student's is work experience Networking to nine each in as a young person are given a lot of responsibility, it's As this semester's graduates march many wOl carry Those who have off with their diplomas, her the insight to help those she supervises. tough to be a friend to someone and something She aims to give interns enough show a completed internships hold worldly responsibility to gain the sense of self- esteem she acquired in her "We try to lot of authority," says Byrum. "You learn quickly how to communicate and own internship. deal with people in a good learn in a classroom." give the interns a overview of everything that goes on in human way that you can't enhance the students' educations, so contacts made resources: increase their chances of successfiil job searches. Ninety percent of Bloomsburg's benefits to interns say they have wiU help them The contract negotiations. made contacts that in future job placement. graduates in diverse organizations around We don't dump the country internship program. Interns often may be due in part to the make monotonous on them. They're not on such a positive impression on a sponsor the sidelines, students take they're actually in the game." Such overall that the at wisdom and practical knowledge. They enter the work force prepared, thanks to and students who experience. realize the value of I We dont dump university's success in placing meaningless, tasks unseen. a partnership of employers, faculty Just as experiences gained from tracking attendance, to else company begins actively recruiting Bloomsburg. Baker notes that his on summer internships throughout Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey and into surrounding states. "These companies may not have heard exposure teaches of Bloomsburg University before the interns about the internship. meaningless, monotonous tasks on them. They're not on the sidelines, they're actually in the game.'' But several are so impressed Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 9 Learning fram Africa An interview with George Agbango BY ERIC FOSTER U.N. PHOTO COURTESY OF GEORGE ABANGO OTHER PHOTOS BY SAM BIDLEMAN He traveled to Bloomsburg University doesn't have a seat at Building in the United Nations New York City. Bloomsburg students do insider's States, But get doctoral degrees, an politics in class academic credentials to his with and mentor as a teacher professor of poHtical science. Bloomsbujg A native of Ghana, Agbango Agbango Ghana National 1979 and served as First in is president of the Science (North America Chapter). In 1995, on a Deputy Majority Chief Whip. In 1981, he was Ghana's delegate his native country, to the United Nations General bestowed a chieftaincy Assembly where he worked Chief Azoka II of Austria and other high-ranking I U.N. people). In a recent interview, Annan of Ghana. Agbango Agbango learned a hard lesson in political science in December of 1981, when a military insurrection left his country with a new government and left him in the cold. "I feO from grace to grass. I had to redefine my career," he says of those days. — 10 SPRING 1997 Bloomsburg University Magazine talked about and the United Nations with the subtle pragmatism of someone who's been there. But when the discussion Africa turned to the future of world, even pragmatism couldn't overshadow hopeful ideahsm. by He took name Anonburi (meaning one who loves his chief of KusasUand). the chieftaincy U.N. Secretary General Kofi title (paramount Secretary General Kurt Valdheim such as the current visit to he was personally with then U.N. officials at University, African Association of Political elected to Assembly real Today, in addition to his role George Agbango, associate was and and added world experience. view of United Nations and African the United earned master's ^...MMWM Why should the United States be concerned with Q what happens The United about Africa, A Q in Africa? States doesn't have to it interests. Its vital interest part of that world. the world, Kofi its vital and Africa is better off, so are we in America. But America should also be concerned with Africa because of the historical ties. There are more people of African descent in America than any other part of the world outside On a more practical level, Africa has a lot of of Africa. natural resources that America interested in: is those are bauxite, manganese, cocoa, coffee, limiber, gold and Many of the American oil. depend on materials from Africa Q sisal, where the land mines He is a U.N. insider. are and, therefore, He knows he can steer of danger. Nations' success. Should the United uranium, industries Africa. Therefore, the stability of Q A President Clinton. U.S. vital interests are affected, troops because prevention are some get involved. in did he make? States be sending troops to places like Somalia and Rwanda? Are they doing any good there? Where Ghali attracted a lot of animosit)' from U.S. officials, particularly to this office better prepared than among Former U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros- What mistakes Annan comes pitfalls? He knows where to cut expenses without hurting the United Nations. And having Uved the majority of his career in the United States, he knows how the U.S. political system works, and he will steer clear of that. He's a good choice. He will make sure to cut those areas that are not critical to the United clear in America's interest. is of those Boutros Boutros-Ghali. A is We are interdependent one way or another. of the world If the rest is steer clear be concerned has to be concerned with Annan Will [newly elected U.N. Secretary General] Kofi 1 instances it is we should send better than cure. But there in our best not to interests think that U.S. policy toward Africa should be one which African countries Military when is are supported to establish a Command, based on a certain High number of troops contributed by each country, so they can intervene and solve There A is a saying, "He who pays the piper calls the tune." Boutros Boutros-Ghali should have better — as a known better former vice president of Egypt, he should have — that the United States is not only a partner in the welfare of the United Nations, but it is also a known dominant player among the power- military problems themselves. I think that the United States should desist from giving the impression that problems in the world. It it can solve all has to pick and choose those that are absolutely necessary for direct intervention. We have to learn the lessons of U.S. interv^ention in the Congo during the 1960s and Somalia in the 1990s. hierarchy of the the violence that we see in Rwanda an example of an organization. The United Is about 25 States contributes percent of the U.N. budget and therefore has an economic veto — we're not talk- ing about a poUtical veto that it has on the Security Council. Therefore, he instance where an African coalition of nations would be the best agency to solve the problem rather than U.S. troops? should have steered himself so that even if United he could not say 'yes' to the States, the United States would I A think a coalition of African states that are very distant from way that he has let them down. But he was not able to do that He came across with arrogance. be the ones to send the troops. And have taken positions and they cannot be feel pleased with the open at one point in time, I think his criticism of the conservative vraig of this country about United and their attitude States' obligations to the United Nations was uncalled amounts affairs to of a meddling for. That in the internal member country. the source of the problem should Surrounding countries considered as neutral. neighboring countries territorial interests in may already Some of the may have had Rwanda. I think this is a problem that African nations should solve. What Q are the biggest They American misconceptions about Africa? A Some Americans think that Africa is one country. I'll who may know someone from Kenya. Such a person would want to know if I've met this feUow from Kenya in Africa. I'm from Ghana and he's fi-om Kenya, how run into someone A could we have met. Even lage. It's from Ghana, Ghana if he's a big country. Africa is not a vil- a large continent with over 53 is countries and eight islands. Unfortunately, what negative publicity that many people know about Africa is the gets: famine, AIDS and corruption. it Africa has a lot to offer the rest of the world. Perhaps a day will come when developments in Africa positive publicity as the negative ones will be given equal The also provides the regions. The satisfy the lust energy for heating and cooking Q It those the countries forest. so much food here that we even pay our farmers not to produce. Would it not be wonderful if we had such abundance on the global level? World hunger. Sometimes we have Rather than just donating surplus food to the underdeveloped countries, us help let through technical them increase thefr agricultural yields assistance. read and write, Africa teach the world? level it increases their horizon of awareness. The elimination of illiteracy will enhance democracy, increase personal hygiene and promote global When you look at the rest of the world, we've A become very and very ualistic understanding. individ- materialistic. QWhen I think the extended family system in Africa is make in be self-supportive and halt the destruction and What can of the developed world. transfer of technology will in these regions of the rain South America and Africa are tropical rain forests of being destroyed to When people can now gets. it are doable. In the case of the environment, just transfer technology. what holds the continent despite the poverty decadence I thought about these questions, I was thinking How particularly about China. together, concerned do we have to be with China? and problems. Moral threatening the social fabric is think that China of the developed world. Africa's humility I and the Soviet economic struggles for social, and pohtical justice A provide an may replace Union as our chief adversary. With Hong Kong interesting laboratory for the rest coming under Chinese administration, of the world to investigate. China's that What Q is the significance of Right He is man a did not have to fight for justice, Thomas Moore, Tutu is of the world. Q 1 come out and man for all in many halt the to a global focus, what are environmental degradation. Two, the United States should collaborate with other countries to A eliminate world hunger. Three, the United States can help eliminate global illiteracy. If the United States can do that, be wonderful. Q And Q SPRING all 1 three doable? 997 where China if we will don't handle be another I A But not a nice giant? cannot foresee a nice China communism. From view, there overall, B/oomsburg University Magazine is if it continues to manifest the Western philosophical point of nothing nice about communism. I'm very optimistic that the 21st century will be a century of redemption. During this period, humankind That is why we, technology to Uberate the world. have an obligation to prepare the young ones — them than we do the great game that years ahead of world. For in Are well, giant that will rise to oppose us. be concerned about over the next four years? One, 2 — markets seasons the top international issues that our government ought to see a situation China very but he did. Like a Moving from an African focus 1 has almost monopolized to Japan Third World countries. A will now China — second Archbishop Tutu to the world? Bishop Tutu it economy will grow to the extent become an economic power. will it stakes as well as the cards. is will use as educators, — who have more so they can better serve the being played, Nothing goes on if we we are the leave the table. i 3 Learning from Ate: BY ERIC FOSTER PHOTO BY MARLIN Ekema "Steve" Aghaw, associate professor of English, is a native of Cameroon who has taught at Bloomshurg for the past four years. Here he about the personal meaning that Archbishop talks Desmond Tutu's visit to Bloomshurg had for him, as well as Another Voice his perspective of what the world can learn from Africa. \vho can't WAGNER R. make it — have made us start to realize that support systems in Africa, the extended family, really play a vital role. The communit)', the family, is the primary support system for the individual. The individual cannot depend upon an impersonal nation for support in times of difficulties. Here, I'm not just talking about material support. The more significant For Q )'ou, what's the significance of Archbishop Tutu's to Bloomsburo;? N'isit type of support the individual is is emotional support, whereby the problem of the problem of everybody. community, of family, I A\\'hen Ustened to Bishop Tutu speak during the com vital is fact that for once in Ustened to an African leader my life who The Q I \vas addressing a Western audience and If the Thanking them not Aftica. A South they supported sit-ins and against apartheid that forced the government to you take South Africa, their independence, people are taking own problems. reality I and solve their rest of Africa. WTiat has happened to the rest contribute to the transformation of Africa after 30 or 40 years of of South Africa. independence from coloniahsm Second, he did not ask for amthing. Bishop Tutu leader who dignit)' can respect aid. I think that A What culture has depend on is have not thought Because Western capitalist and materialistic dominated thought patterns all over the it up for themselves to a large extent. Yes, colonialism was evil, own However, — cultural Sj'Stems. I think the effects of Western materialism that we've breakdown of family, the explosion and decline of the welfare state where the state takes over the support of people seen the Africa's was bad, it but Africa also benefited from colonialism. The future must come through an of their come through through an acknowledgment that Africans have messed things American and European models and significance models should come through a kind of soul searching, own become doubtful of the external needs, then the pessimistic. world, indigenous peoples, particularly in Africa, have lost their sense of value and have own There must be a significant break from the way Africans education; many Africans Africa continues to have done business. That break should does Africa have to teach us? that. if without adapting these models to our WTiat lessons can the world learn from Africa? about to have different cultures altogether. we need the mental freedom own our resources. Unfortunately, even problems. European and American communities We don't need as future Q own its meet with the people's needs because and of that as to develop models to solve Those models have been inadequate and address a ^\'est^rn audience without asking for much for — an African come with is unfortunate. Africa has turned outward an example of what an is own think that South Africa wUl be a model for the and finally see those sanctions partially African leader should be ironically African country to obtain last acquired from the outside to define protests American institute sanctions one of is it advantage of other values that they have necessarily for any kind of material support but for the fact that future of Africa, optimism or of pessimism? thanking them for the support they gave to the political transformation in idea of concepts of humanit)' in the 21st century. mencement ceremony, I was very proud. My sense of pride came from the The going to come back as one of the most own examples from integrate them to suit reality. Africans have to do more than ability to take the best some soul searching. Educators much poUticians wiU be instrumental to these kinds of changes. Bloomshurg University Magazine SPRING 1 997 1 Making BY KATHLEEN MOHR PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER This is a day young adults look forward to for years. They have talked about it wdth family and friends. ^Vith eager anticipation been planned carefully for all summer. it has flurr)' of activit)' Now the A brick buildings seeking the elusive trips are many made up and down crowded stairs v^dth overstuffed Excited chatter fills boxes and crates. the haU-svays as a m)Tiad of unfamiliar faces pass each other. discreetly ft'om faces. wave goodbye as cars slowly pull away. — experiment in independence begins An on the Bloomsburg This academic year, Bloomsburg — largest freshmen class ever over 1500 students. For most, first for its it's experience with living on their an extended time, hi their first their own few months away from home, they will meet a number of new challenges. One face is of the biggest challenges living with they'll hundreds of others in a single building. For most, including Jim 14 SPRING 1997 Residence semester, ^ve decided the same. all life this Bloomsburg University Magazine time together." director Linda Sowash housing had to be Now students have options." confirms life] trymg accommodating case, why together in a quad since we're spending [residence University campus. welcomed we Uve Chapman wiped Anxious hands fi-eshmen have arrived first says, "Traditionally, all Then the moment comes. Hugs and kisses are exchanged. Tears are came here and roomed with Jim Shields, a kid knew from high school. That was working out really well. Then we met t\vo kids across the haU, Chad Snyder and Josh Nordmark, and we became real good friends with them. So, toward the don't this year, this. difficult. Cassidy grew up as an only child and admits sharing stuff turned that, at first, and her room- into a problem. But she mate, Kelly Smaltz, great friends, who found have become creative solutions to dilemma. For example, instead of their remaining frustrated \\'ith each other's telephone habits, they estabUshed evening phone hours. This allows each of them to have planned, uninterrupted conversations with out-of-town friends and relatives. She has even discovered some benefits of sharing. No\v that she has estabhshed "They're be more to after although her adjustment to dormitory life was a Utde more a problem. end of the remain on campus Pa., v^dll also Fairless HUls, Pa., this isn't I foUows. Vehicles circle parking spot, doors open and shut, mass communications a "I chosen destination has been reached, emotions are running high. Chapman, major from women in her many wardrobes to choose close friendships with other to student needs." In his doubling up has been a positive hall, she has from daily. "I have 10 sisters wardrobes. They are the arrangement. and 10 sisters I never had." "Our room is always hopping," says Chapman. There's ahvays interaction with other kids in the hall. It makes for a lively, transition to dormitor\' hfe, says Jacci homey atmosphere. Klingerman, a deaf education major from It's really neat to live with a couple of other people." In fact, after considering plan for next semester is says, to a "Our to stay, hopefully, in Elwell [Residence Hall]." Jillian Cassidy, cial ground rules are ke)'s to establishing making a successfijl Folsom, Pa. "This person that you've just moving house off campus. Chapman Communication and an elementary and spe- education major from PhoenixviUe, moved in vnxh is a perfect stranger, you don't know her, and the only way you're going to get to kno^v her is to be open with her and talk with her. You have to certain rules, and that's othenwse there's when things go no bad." set respect AWAY FROM HOME Many freshmen struggle (wth the issue a strict allowance. You of time management. These newcomers differently. have learned quickly that prioritizing you wear your commitments and budgeting time necessary skill at college. a is It seems taking always like there're away. it You have to It's be a little things She has learned she agrees. has to take more responsibility than she did in high school. "You're supposed to know when reminds you. WTien thought to is so ftrst I much to do evepithing and make new friends. If during the day hour there — I got here, do. And you want see everything I utilize it's and trying Like salad and pasta to Bloomsburg add more choices Top 4 suggestions to future freshmen class of you initiative — vsTJling to and take help those who ask questions Cassidy says in her experience "none of them are hard to approach. They'll take time to answer questions," even arrange study groups new essential skill Klingerman, and saved money is another and milestone who for some. conscientiously in high school, says, "I worked thought had so much put away. I didn't think it was possible to spend that much money I in two months." She, Like Chapman and many other students, earns extra spending money by working on campus. But Chapman claims he still must be frugal and it takes effort to keep within the center for and physical activity, too. "I steam and relax and unwind. where you don't have stuff as "One of the you was first time and making their it is making Bloomsburg home away from home. a popular way to common build supportive relationships. you new students feel Town of their transition easy. allows flexibility within the academic schedule, offers activity that demanding time away from dorm and takes the focus off work. "Do something fun that you love. It's a great way to meet new people, make new friends." the Jeffrey Rott, a College\'ille, Pa., Some Chapman interact It reflects. "It with other people made so it much of my really good friends today are people I was That was a great way first grouped with. to get started, get my foot in the door." Cassidy finds the whole town coUegeoriented. She says store owners are fiiendly and they "I She recommends finding an you to get involved. easier. Joining clubs that bring together people with is own important to create some sense of community, interests much freedom things that was really key orientation," and For most students living independently a think things. Don't bring as much decisions, as the university and the Bloomsburg make new I important, especially in college, friends. Cassidy joined the Equestrian Club. if necessar)'. Learning to budget on Despite the challenges they face and Be open to nev/ ideas and for the initiative for their learning. you confidence." gives It relies conquer, most of these sure she and relaxation forces reads the notes, attends class positive energy. Chapman for your has found the best and maintains a near the dorms. Working out you did in high school]." plan to. Just the necessities. attitude. Teachers are available many offers a facility college, in have to do the v/ork. still Take education and meeting the • regularly hang-out for "Not every school to participate in physical activities [as required of all freshmen. make gives 2000: Start preparing in high schooL Even though you have freedoms of administering certain courses to like that that's from the try is students. giving myself time just to blow off some • approach know look forward to going up everyday and bars. and only way the tmiversity can work out the KUngerman to also hkes getting together center, a favorite adjusting to the needs of the is taken for granted is He good It's looking out for you." over to the student recreation all the food life, is is a God on my side, my shoulder and the my soul. Spirit in somebody but he with some friends and going more than adequate (ARAMARK on the students my time students in a single room, which logistics for, it is for survival. Like residence service hundreds of lectures with group meals with that although the food isn't they hoped • mass instant gratification gives to scheduled large most agree smaller high school classes where to by "knowing there compromises being made. However, tough adjusting from is on campus foods on parties, and sense of belonging Holy When demand. on top of things." individual attention finds his strength used to eating their favorite • For some, he looked into joining some other and attended some Jesus looking over — an hour here and an stay Initially clubs Meals seem to present another hurdle campus) I my studying at night, would do I but there No one everything's due. more than once limited choices, grimaces reflect the time-oriented, structured person in order to succeed." Klingerman and for freshmen. Students arrive way very demanding. \'er\' clothes the time, all [before washing]." According to Chapman, "In college you're always so busy. Time is the most valuable commodit)'. Bloomsburg Christian Fellowship (BCF). "You learn to Uve don't eat offer special student discounts. was walking downtown one day and the owner of the Hallmark store noticed my Bloomsburg University sweatshirt and asked if I was a student. He was just how being nice." She remembers comfortable this made her feel — Like she belonged here. Freshmen come to Bloomsburg from aU walks of life for a variety of reasons. freshman from But they studying computer and assert all have a common goal, to some independence and prepare information systems in addition to themselves for the future accounting, found support within the that might — whatever be. Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 IS ^^ ymt Sister Anita McGowcm and campus • • mtmstry BY KATHLEEN MOHR PHOTOS BY MARLIN R. WAGNER SISTER ANITA warm. It's positive. It's inviting. Jt's Professor Stephen Kokoska, department of mathematics and computer sciences, describes it as "a presence on campus." Lisa Thomas, a junior majoring in special education, says, "It me gave first came when a comforting feeling here." What is it I that quietly campus ministry at Bloomsburg University and the enthutouches so many? siastic spirit It's of Sister Anita McGowan. Anita came to Bloomsburg Sister a challenge. is Thomas characterizes Sister 5:30 between 55 the students, facult)' and members of the community greet her wherever she goes, informal, buffet-style dinner. This activity briefly interrupting her enthusiastic local churches, fraternities, sororities, conversation and confirming her community groups. Volunteers sign up to cook, coming up with some creative, statement that "campus ministry exists It is important to her that people understand campus ministry is just for students. house at empt)'. It the like to see it upholstered furniture and lively clergy, Father Amy Today, students have more a recreation center, an expanded student union. As a are volunteer cooks Lynn Fry, Flowers, Sister Anita Julie McGowan, Julie Benner Sardone. Their creation is result, KoUas, offer diverse programs at a variety play keyboard at Mass. Reinforcing Sister of locations on campus, trying to include Anita's feelings, many different sectors of the university population. "We try to stay connected in one the provost's lecture series, the celebrity those to establish who do visit are community, to make friends. But, according to Sister Anita, That is still spirit there. It's very much alive." surrounds the effervescent nun. Keeping up with her quick pace as she exuberantly walks down College Hill to. campus ministry about four years ago when a student asked him to Larry McNeil and Reverend Beth Boyer out And off long Kokoska got involved with ''^yteve every possible area, whether the historic turn-of-the century rooms shared with fewer students can be found just hanging Victorian. a dramatic contrast to is dormitory hallways they return their recreational — apartment-style housing, new student left Father Larry McNeil and friends. and the house on the hUl was home away from home. homey She and two other full-time conversation home. Students who came this by wallpaper, wood, feeling created the cinder block friends "Spirit environment. For some, be the Ufeblood of the campus community. and coming guests into a relaxed, comfortable Shown from out, feel were already connected. They were at preparations to personally welcoming was a place safe, feel at choices members of the community, not She would Anita bounces from helping the COOKING UP A COMMUNITY — hang at an many different groups - students, 353 College Hill was never to for cooks in the kitchen with last-minute mentor, Father Chet Snyder, campus campus ministry was happening, involves Sister for also for years and 75 people gather campus ministry house homestyle meals. Here a casually dressed over the place." all everyone involved with the university and first is handshakes, smiles and hugs from response to an invitation from friend and During her campus ministry programs not your stereotypical nun." Friendly University almost 13 years ago, in priest at the time. building Dollar Dinner Night. Each Tuesday at Anita as a "bundle of positive energy, artist series, sitting it's athletics, down in the Room, walking around from Anita says. "We try to walk through the good times and bad times together." Campus ministry is about student's he life reflects, "If you touch in a positive way, you've done a good job. It makes everything you do worthwhile." Kokoska arriving sees many of today's else students on campus burdened with bag- Pennsylvania gage from dysfunctional families. They office to office," Sister are looking for change, trying to community, a sense of belonging. One of the more popular, community- connections. Campus make ministry, he notes, creates a sense "that they're always there to help in make any way." They work hard to students feel like thev sincerelv care. Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 17 SISTER ANITA okay to question. fhe student assistant for campus Protestant Amos, her "As a freshman, I back on a junior, looks I was not a happy had been involved in home and I didn't know where I was God here. came to Sister Anita and she listened to me spQl my going to find out ever Anita's she is I been helping [campus ministry] Describing since." some of Sister spontaneous outbursts and why affectionately referred to at times as "Crazy Lady," Amos tells attending a Protestant a story Campus about Ministry board meeting as the only student representative. She was a little the meeting, made broke the tension. a sUly face at her Amos says, It's It's okay to be angry about and "She knows it." Anita believes in a holistic work with people experience. to lessons she were much older than I was. the customer was always right. used to bite my tongue. It needs of the individual." know they are loved where at. "It's okay to be confused. would was wonderful experience to learn care first a deal It's enjoyed each other. Both parents Special family feels blessed to today. are a She much have been given so campus that sponsors a programs, speakers and other activities to and friendship at Bloomsburg. Membership is open to all Bloomsburg students, faculty and staff. promote 18 faith SPRING 1997 Bloomsburg University Magazine she gives is and the and foremost first herself She is a smart, and honest cares first and commitment is a and gift. ... to faith She believes lives and spirituality what she believes what she lives." Bloomsburg Christian Fellowship (BCF), Christian Student FeOowship (CSF), Fellowship of Christian Athletes Father Larry McNeil and Sister Anita (FCA), McGowan Fellowship). are available there for personal spiritual counseling. Protestant Campus Ministry provides services fi-om fiEing in for KoUas, variety of worship services, social outreach to the university community. "The to hosting activities at this location. is organization on "marvelous contributions" made The Catholic Campus Ministry (CCM) its office in Kehr Union. Here, Lori Stoner Kappel official praises Sister Anita for the located at 353 CoOege HUl. In addition (PCM) an "/"ith admiration. Father Larry foremost about others. Her deep in the mountains created relationships that is to Anita has heard her sing says she woman. A person who Uke swimming, ice-skating big part of who Sister Anita The is who sensitive, gentle, sincere life." we sang Sister sings like an angel. gift celebrate who is '90 Reverend Beth Boyer currently on leave. In addition to these ministries that cosponsor activities in an effort to promote understanding and respect for all people on campus, there are a number of smaller fellowship groups that try to meet individual needs exploration of faith. for On and satisfaction in planning campus ministry services. And could not have done better to teach us and ministry for she has had two parents who "I as long as how to is Campus music how fortunate she was loved a good time. life. finds pleasure how to have had a wonderfial famOy - a family who of mother the family sing. "She didn't insist learned growing up. Emotionally, Sister to rides, Sister Anita's what we sang anyone Anita remembers played instruments essential part keep from fighting." Today, I But most important are the lessons she and Sunday afternoon picnics they are work had and activities intellectual and music was an to me ever many family members long family was the like that I'd Although none claimed to be a musician, really with the public because it was also during her youth that she It I think that that job helped experience good learned that I She at the university. nurtured her love for music and singing. worked with people who I she wants to be "a sign of hope." learned working at a supermarket her senior year in high school. "It was a some of what give received back to the people she touches through her work that healing comes." it care of the physical, spiritual, emotional People need to It's Anita partially attributes her approach to ministry. "You have to take and and hopes she can okay to be angry, period. with people." how you're feeling and knows what you need when you need Sister nervous and uncomfortable when she glanced over to Sister who, right in the middle of Sister in talking ability to church back guts. I've with God. experience with Sister Anita. initial camper. ministry, Beth worship and These include: Hillel, Kappa Phi (Women's LIZ PATCH Finding New Hope m the Rust Belt PHOTO BY MARUN BY ERIC FOSTER The R. WAGNER cost of the local Ught bill may have a lot to do with the likelihood that an area factor)' will shut down, closures, professor of economics. Patch published her iindings in the book, Plant Closing in Manufacturing: Tlie Role of Local Economic Conditions, which can be found libraries, over 100 research at including those at Harvard, Princeton and Yale. Patch investigated the extent to which local economic factors correlated to plant closings. She "In Pennsylvania, the cost of electricity is regulated," says Patch. "If the cost of electric energy does contribute to plant according to a study by Liz Patch, assistant and Employment Loss industry: examined many variables: the low we want to try to keep the cost of electric energy as as possible. "One of the ways that we can do that is demand companies charge for the actual cost of producing rather than the average cost. set the price By allowing electric utilities to of electric energy based on the average cost of production, the incentive to become more efficient cost of electricit)'; labor costs; the percentage of labor force reduced. If low-cost electric energy reduces the unionized; the percentage of the population with a high school lost degree; the market whether the state demand is for the a "right to product in the local work" state impedes unionization); and overall tax area; (where legislation For large firms (more than 100 employees) the cost of electricit}' • was most because of plant closures, regulatory commissions A significantly correlated with plant closings. For small firms (0 to 19 employees) and medium firms (20 to may wish recent reduction in Pennsylvania's workers' compensation can only help preserve jobs says Patch. "For small firms in particular, the cost Highlights of the research include: may be number of jobs to consider carefully the practice of average-cost pricing." costs rates. that electricity closings. Wage of labor was a significant determinant in plant costs have a lot to do with plant closure." Previous studies found no differentiation by region in plant closure rates. But Patch's investigation found that there were were greater in the northern 99 employees) labor cost was the factor most strongly associated significant differences. Job losses with plant closings. part of the country than in the southern, but only because • Local government expenditures on infrastructure and services (such as roads, police and fire protection) were Tax rates, the percentage of the and the percentage of work work force that is unionized, force with a high school degree were to officials who want to preserve Southern plant closings accounted for a smaller number of jobs lost, overall not significant determinants of plant closings. Her advice — a testament to the enduring might of industry in the northern part of the nation. associated with fewer closings of small plants. • the north has a larger manufacturing industrial base manufacturing "Up but the jobs lost represented a greater proportion of manufacturing employment in the region. to the time I did this study, researchers had not found those differences," says Patch. Bhowsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 19 SUCCESS ON TWO FIELDS Jan Hutchinson triumphs as the nations most successful college coach on two fields . an Hutchinson can't tell how many wins you ofiEhand she has accumulated over her storied coaching career. It's not that she can't count that high, just that the it's important to wins aren't that collecting a wall full of All- American State Athletic field hockey titles. higher than the single Dean Smith, Bobby of the group, Paterno, is fact, the highest first woman words are about the players. done aU done that it," much, been the essence of team sports coach, she wiH really. she said. "They've tell you to me." instantly, pointed out to you, step it's When I think about that, it back and say, 'Whoa.'" II softbaU history and 12th across percentage. In field hockey, she among active three is tops coaches in wins, and more wins will \\'ith be the wdnningest aU-time coach in that sport, too. But being a winner on the all that is field is relationships with the players are just as valued, if not more so. She points out the camaraderie the group "It's is among a large reason for the success. always been a part of our programs Hutchinson our teams are scheduling. says. "We have ver)' close-knit teams 1 997 Bloomsburg University Magazine not important to Hutchinson. Her that SPRING is second across aU divisions in winning can have a good record with creative 20 to Already the winningest coach in only 79 percent. But ask Hutchinson about the success, Any the Conference Knight and Joe Paterno. In kids have it's me makes — moment ,000 career collegiate victories. aU divisions entering the season, she greats Pat Riley, The 1 overwhelming. NCAA trophies, 84 sport winning percentages of coaching first achieve, Division is "I haven't 962 wins and put her on the doorstep of a historical awards and 20 Pennsylvania Her combined winning percentage of and her PHOTOS BY JOAN HELPER "When Her women's softbaU and Bloomsburg student-athletes have given Hutchinson her. teams have traveled across the country, 83.4 percent Thirt)'-eight seasons of BY SCOTT LEIGHTMAN family," in SUCCESS ON TWO FIELDS both sports and that's a big "As far as my knowledge key when you are trying to of the game, play together in a pressure from high school, you can rely on one another. I just want them to enjoy what they're much doing, and she has done for situation, that if realize there I they do, then we're going to perform well and be to and not be takes and now that me for this job. Hutchinson." Breneman is one in a graduate in her 10th long season as assistant touched by Hutchinson softbaU coach with of athletes list during undergraduate Hutchinson, explains time spent playing Hutchinson's approach. Bloomsburg. "The way she her players why she is is successful. better. you and coaching days Bloomsburg, Kocher has to been around Hutchinson She expects you for 13 years. to be the best seems to instill Kocher would success, seem that in you." a fill Those associated with to be a natural to head coaching position elsewhere. She the programs cannot explains remember her stayed. ever yelling or screaming, even when it may have "For the longest time seemed appropriate. "Sometimes I is yell at us, actually worse," says "7 haven senior field hockey player Michelle Martin. have never heard her yeO, although thought she would freshman year. after our only But she just sat us tie I down When she first arrived at Bloomsburg, instructor, as well as a two-sport coach. As the programs began and women's to rise athletics grew, she relinquished her classroom teaching duties, but continued to teach on the "Without going to Bloomsburg, wouldn't be where I am t done that much, really. The have done it. JaneUe Breneman '92, former Ailsoftball didn't feel I would learn so I was many new things [fi'om Jan]," Kocher said. "I'm more like a co-coach than an assistant coach, and reason I'm stiU here. lot that's the I have a I whole lot of input, of our decisions are joint ones. Sure, she has the final say, she coach. learned so feel I've is the head much that would not have learned somewhere I else. Certainly I've stayed because of Jan and They've been the essence the role she has There are let me have gone on to coach level, play." many former players who the high school at and even some who have moved on to the collegiate level. In addition to field. I Stroudsburg University. kids I why she has treated and a of team sports Breneman and Kocher, Kathy Frick '90 is the head field hockey coach at Goucher today," said American shortstop, now head at East all my and asked us what we did wrong and how we could improve for the next time." Hutchinson was an Each year ready. wish she would because the silence With her and Bloomsburg's talents and somehow she player, at She be motivated because you want at Combining her playing deals with a big reason doesn't scream at coach I any better coach than Jan Susan 1987 Bloomsburg "I me couldn't have played for afraid to Kocher, a to as a as a She prepared weD real lose." do didn't thank Jan for everything friend. make mis- was came I I to learn in softbaU. player they're not going afraid to when to me!' College, Jean Buskirk '93 Softball coach at was the interim West Chester and Hutchinson's current Rhomsburg University Magazine field University, hockey SPRING 1997 21 SUCCESS ON TWO FIELDS Staff is made up compete again of former Huskies. In Bloomsburg's in three sports in her field addition, former assistant coach Tracey junior and senior high school seasons programs from Houk is the head despite her ailments. came Division But on hockey coach power Ithaca III it's field not only those to coach who at However, compUcations with her leg College. who have moved appreciate Hutchinson's "Everyone respects her. Just her BuckneO triumph on AprU Her softball win first in a 4-3 softball 13, 1978, her second continued and her playing career ended game while a fi-eshman at East Stroudsburg. At four years not only to win one national that time, coaching first entered her influence. against hockey and scratch. mind at Bloomsburg, and took her only it but win two in one school year. The 1981 field hockey team won the tide, as a profession. presence makes you want to work hard AIAW Division III because everyone wants to gain her and the softbaU team followed with the respect," said starter and in 1993. lot SheUey MQler '95, a field "She is ''Sometimes I softball a very good role model. wish she would accomplishments as a would not have happened were yell at us, because not for the silence an accident Hutchinson suffered in high school. After a full day of diving, she slipped off a 16-foot diving platform feU on the pool for another three months and a body cast months. That injury forced her actually worse.'' to miss a full "I hadn't wanted to be a coach, but when me they told anymore, then I when badly. That's she would have to end her athletic playing physical education But the same intensity and After starting I couldn't play wanted year of high school and doctors suggested career. I [to coach] very decided to major in and coach." up the women's athletic Academy in northwest program brought her back strong enough to New Jersey, Hutchinson virtually buUt SPRING 1997 my career. The each sport, and the fact that first one in we won both in the same year was incredible," said. "It year here and was only we had just my fourth started a It was like a fairy tale, dream for it to happen Like that." As the countdown to 1,000 wins continues, the hard work by the coaching staff and players has paid off not only on Sloomsburg University Magazine at Blair a the field, "I but in the game of life. want sports, competitive drive Hutchinson has today 22 fall softbaU program. and deck, putting her in traction for four exciting times in Hutchinson is in the in the spring. combination of winning the coach it titie look at that as one of the most "I stiU A her for what she has accomplished." All her same championship hockey player of the year of players look up to her and admire national to instill in them a love of honesty and help them grow as individuals. All those characteristics they acquire, I whatever hope, will help them succeed else they do." at Constructing a Brighter Future PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER I f alls now sheath the steel beams of III Bloomsburg's new library. The spaces UJ that will be occupied by windows which once stood on Second are clearly visible. university archives, Long Porch from Old Waller I Although there is much sdU construction of the library for is to be done, scheduled completion by the end of 1997. "Commissioning" the building — as expected, installing computers, months new Harvey A. Andruss Library expected to open for service in library packed with the technology. Computers latest will — and Four levels encompassing 105,000 square feet 1998. • Study seating for more than 1,000 students computer • Stack space for more than 400,000 volumes be available • 20 group study rooms for 6 to 12 students through the internet. • The new library will also feature an outdoor reading area on the fourth level, • 500 public-access connections for personal Computers computers to access the library's overlooking the western hiUs of the online catalog and Bloomsburg databases, area. historic. name will be The retained. from the current Old Waller new it wUl library's original windows saved The levels Word processing/computer printing • Meeting room with rooms on aO levels for audiovisual • exterior of the building win feature an area reminiscent of the CD-ROM and the internet Photocopying rooms on all • library (originally fi-om Hall) will be installed at the location. • Three Tiffany and four Spence stained-glass likely new library Features of the CD-ROM databases and other databases be wiU library building admissions, financial aid and advisement. new While the building wUl be new, new home there, be used for student services including • is mid to access the library's online catalog, also in the for the The In addition to books, magazines journals, students will find the Humanities, wUl find a The current and after that. now located basement of Bakeless Center the books and other materials will take several where Commons stands today. The as well. process of checking that everytliing works transferring Scranton Hall, Street • and facilities television access Intercoms on all levels to circulation and reference desks for queries Browsing collection reading area Steam Line Construction Installation of new steam lines will make much of the lower campus look like a work in progress through the summer and into the fall. Trenches to install new steam lines already center of campus project continues. line the summer of in 1996, the replacement of old and leaking steam lines has been identified as a critical around common sight during the winter for years. lines wiU increase the In addition to steam lines, an eight-foot diameter wiU be the winners Ln the long run. Begun have been a lines and the University Store heating efficiency of the campus. construction brings temporary, albeit significant, inconveniences, students from leaking steam Bakeless Center The new steam wind through the work on the as While the steam rising need on campus for installed 1 ,000 foot-long tunnel being is from the basketball courts in the campus to the end of McCormick Center for Human Services. The tunnel will allow for easier and safer center of maintenance access in future years. I the past 10 years. Rolling banks of steam Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1 997 23 HERO HEROINE etterly fary Gwaiers '33 ''^d"Q>^Q^kire 0lbern Honorary Alumnus Four students each year thank Mary and her Uncommonly committed to higher education, Ed's wisdom husband Ken for the and guidance are actively scholarship they have sought. His varied volunteer been funding since 1991. roles at A a business partnership retired teacher and principal, Mary is in Bloomsburg began with the 1970s and today encom- committed to sharing her suc- pass strategic planning and con- cess with others. tinuous improvement work- shops for the university's top leaders. As chairperson of The Bloomsburg University Foundation, Ed's convictions are supported with his generous donations HEROINE and his company's matching gift program. Q^aria 0. i^ussoniello i^wis 75 When it comes to Bloomsburg Your University, Maria help hard-working students excel gift will and achieve their highest aspirations. and husband Russell dish up more than Clancy Burgers and fries. Owners of Russell's You are invited to join other alumni, parents, and friends and Clancy's Restaurants, they are generous givers from the arts to athletics everything - and who between. in HEROS & HEROINESregularly make gifts to the Bloomsburg University Annual Fund. Send your 997 1 I want to support Bloomsburg University with my Annual Fund ^$45 $20 Enclosed my check or money order made is The Bloomsburg gift of: QSiOO QSISO other $_ I authorize charge Please print: my University Foundation to to the credit card below: MasterCard Discover Name payable to University Foundation. The Bloomsburg gift gift QVisa # Alumna/us, Class of Expiration date. Faculty/Staff Signature Friend Mail to: Parent Name of child attending The Annual Fund BU. The Bloomsburg Class of University Foundation, Inc Development Center, Dept. B Address 400 East Second Street City/State/Zip Phone (Home) Bloomsburg, PA 17815-130! _(Work)_ Phone:717-389-4128 Comments: or I -800-526-0254 Fax:717-389-4945 ^^Bloomsburg University ^^^ FOUNDAngN now. TIME TO GIVE BACK A Capt. Francis A. Hants as a Naval officer and today. Creating Scholarships for Veterans Forty-seven years after graduating from Bloomsburg, alum- nus Capt. Francis A. Hantz, U.S. NaNy his alma mater (retired), returned to to establish a scholarship to help veterans and Fleet Air Intelligence Training Center in Alameda, one of the Naval Washington, D.C. Intelligence Schools in also participated in the Calif., estabhshment of the Turkish Defense He earned a master's same education that has been so helpful to him. "I've worked hard. But I've also been luck)' and r\'e got a lot of what I needed out of life," says Hantz '49. "I attribute a lot of that to Bloomsburg. I learned to speak in front of a group and put Intelligence School in Ankara, Turkey. together a presentation here." To help give back to the school that of Merit (with combat "V"), the Meritorious Servdce Medal, helped him so much, Hantz donated $11,000 to estabUsh an the endowed scholarship to help veterans of the U.S. armed forces attend Bloomsburg University. In honor of his contribution, a painted portrait of Capt. Hantz will be displayed in Na^y HaU. A veteran of World War II, Hantz taught at the Reading Business Institute in Reading, Pa., and in the Baltimore CoimcO Medal, a National Order receive the School System, College (as He it after graduation from Bloomsburg State Teachers was known re-entered the U.S. remained on career took active dut)' him all on over the world. At various times, he was sta- active duty, he served as an instructor management from School in Monterey, Calif., in the U.S. Naval Postgraduate 1969. Capt. Hantz's personal decorations include the Legion Na\7 Commendation Medal, Gallantry (S. (S. the Army Commendation Vietnam) and the Cross of Vietnam). After retfrement from active Naval service, he worked in the Washington, D.C, area as a consultant in information science. His clients included Booz. Allen & Hamilton, Martin Marietta, Planning Research Corporation, UNISYS, Rockwell International and other defense as in '49). Na\y during the Korean confUct and until his retirement in 1973. His Navy tioned in Japan, Turkey and Europe as well as the United States. Wliile degree in at He He contractors. currently Uves in Falls, Pa., where he devotes time to favorite hobby, planting a Japanese garden. residence in Washington, stories" He his also maintains a D.C, where he enjoys "talking sea with old shipmates. - at the Pacific Bloomsburg University Magazine Eric Foster SPRING 1997 25 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS HSHS aaaa HSSffl aniH w Trustees endorse new apartment housing concept The Bloomsburg Measuring the content of rock to purchase the diffractometer. Geography and earth science students ment lead them what minerals are in minerals are present in the at their from the and connected grant for the equipment, which was matched by to a rock and soO with x-rays. approximately 30 geology crystal lattice structure majors of equal The x-rays Lawrence Tanner, associate device measures the various and degrees of x-ray diffraction, degrees. at Bloomsburg with an number of earth majors who wUl use the equipment. for education Bloomsburg University and The authorization from the Office of the Chancellor to develop specific architectural for construction of the apartment complex. The proposed project would accommodate 248 students. She taught in Bloomsburg, Bradford and led to a graduate's the upper campus. designs and cost estimates ALUMNA LEAVES $400,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS A genuine love on science thereby determining which earth science, wrote the grant creating an additional trustees also requested different minerals diffract the by varying December 1996 meeting the concept of apartment housing project university funds. There are National Science Foundation. professor of geography sample. Tanner wrote the computer, bombards powered The rocks and soil samples, thanks to a $50,000 grant new x-ray The armoire- sized device, shielded with now have new equip- available to help find out University Council of Trustees endorsed Montandon An earlier draft of a proposal on campus had been for student apartments before spending 22 years the upper substantial gift to be used for scholarships, (1947-1968) teaching special education in according to Susan Helwig, director of Newark, submitted to the trustees development. The settlement of the estate of Karleen Hoffman of La area ^ '^ are very excited ^ • "needy, deserving students." "We Simon, . Ms. spring. After meetings with until her death in May. who handled Hoffman's financial matters for the Union Bank \ of California. "She often talked of the school and her strong ties to that ) Hoffrnan thought enough of part of the country." "This will become an endowed her alma mater to establish her townsfolk native, attended derived from the used to enhance our Bloomsburg High School and the National recruitment School of Philadelphia prior to receiving a "Currently, almost 80 percent of our efforts," said near the made to the An increased buffer zone wUl be left between the apartments and nearby homes. Parking wlU be clustered The closer to the cost per square foot will decrease gift live significant original proposal. scholarship fund with the income Hoffman, a Bloomsburg who site, changes were road. legacy," said Helwig. last San Diego believed in education," said Denise , assist from 1968 in the proposed resulted in a donation of $400,000 to be used to She resided "She was an educator and strongly ^Bkl^ JoUa, Calif., a 1930 graduate, has N.l. from $96 to $80 per square foot. There wQl be Helwig. four buUdings instead of degree in elementary education from the 26 eight scholarship awards go to upperclassmen, former Bloomsburg State Teachers College. so this will She earned a masters assistance to at Bucknell in 1945. SPRING 1997 %\oom^hurg Urm&n\t/ fill a gap we have in providing incoming freshmen." — and they Wl be air-conditioned. Estimated cost of the apart- ment complex is $8.3 million. N\agazme^ I NEWS SEN. RICK U.S. Senator Rick Santorum commencement on BRIEFS SANTORUMTO SPEAK AT SPRING COMMENCEMENT will be the the controversial featured speaker for Bloomsburg s spring the ceremony, NEWS BRIEFS Saturday, Santorum will May 10. House Bank and eliminating a secret slush fiand in the At congressional budget. He won reelection in 1992 and earned on the House Ways and Means Committee and served as the Ranking be awarded an honorary doctor of law degree. a seat Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, Member Santorum accepted Minority assignments to the of the Subcommittee Armed on Services Human Committee, the Resources and the Agricultural Subcommittee on Committee, the Oversight. As Rule Committee, chairman of the the Joint GOP Task Force on Economic Sadler edits new edition of MacDonald's stories Committee, the Welfare Reform, Committee on Aging, and the Commission on Security and Santorum authored landmark welfare Cooperation in bachelor's degree in short stories by 19th century Europe political science at Scottish writer Penn MacDonald. Select reform the Helsinki Santorum took first office in 1990, when he was State University, stories He earned an degree at the a district comprised of term was notable because of his first late "Gang MBA and 41 illustrations stories include some of fairy tale parables Jurisprudence degree fi-om the Dickinson known Law by of the period. The MacDonald's best-known in Carlisle. stories, and lesser some of which are suitable for adults Santorum and his wife, Karen Carver Santorum of Penn HQls, have three children. of Seven" which was responsible for closing artists University of Pittsburgh and a Doctorate of School of efforts before Congress as the leader of the collection. Gifts of the campaign of the in Pennsylvania's — The George Child Christ, includes 21 Senator John Heinz. suburban Pittsburgh communities. His the complete fairy tales and he worked on the elected to Congress 18th district published a revised edition of a during which time Commission). Sadler, professor of English, has recently legislation. Santorum earned (also called Glenn and family reading. Sadler edited the original two-volume edition in 1973 and the mass market paper- Cochrane serves as back in 1980. faculty assistant to the president office and preparing reports for the president. Donna Cochrane has been named faculty assistant to the A professor in other faculty committees. She also worked as a conference "It took two years to complete the edition and coordinator during the sum- locate illustrations at the mer for extended programs (now continuing and distance British Library," says Sadler. president. Cochrane's duties ment of business education and office administration for include representing the the past nine years, Cochrane education) fi-om 1983 to 1993. summers. president with internal and has served full-time in her external constituency groups, new position serving as secretary to the president's cabinet, managing operations in the president's the depart- since late August. on She currently serves in an elected position on the "The introduction took two I wanted to make as interesting as possible it and informative because I don't have the opportunity executive board of the think the grievance board as a griev- National Business Education to write another introduction ance coordinator as well as on Association. for this collection." Previously, she served I'll Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 27 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS BLOOMSBURG AFFILIATES WITH JOHNS HOPKINS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING Bloomsburg University with affiliating is at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., to expand This its medicine technology, diagnostic medical offerings in medical imaging. affiliation is Bloomsburg. The competencies include: radiologic technology, nuclear sonography, radiation therapy initiated following the recognition of technology and cross sectional Johns Hopkins Hospital by U.S imaging (MRI and CT). News and World Report hospital Students wiU attend Bloomsburg as the best hospital in the country. The for was among the nation's 10 best in almost every specialty field the Hospital to complete their clinical magazine surveyed. education. Following successful For Bloomsburg radiology students, the Johns Hopkins receive their bachelor of science degree from Bloomsburg ence program that was established affiliation is to be in place in the fall Bloomsburg of 1997. Honorees University, there are currently 135 students in the university's program allows students to select two clinical competencies after Martin Luther King coordinator of aUied health sciences at expected The Johns Hopkins option University. According to James Cole, program track to the present bachelor of sci The com- pletion of the program, students will option represents an alternative in 1979. two years and a summer, then matriculate to Johns Hopkins Hopkins option completing their required course work The Johns be extended to them Four individuals were recently for radiographers. will presented with Bloomsburg as University's well as quaUfying freshmen. King Jr. The award Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Bertelsen largely overlooked. This identifies those capacities and Chesebro offers a critical perspective for addressing, understanding technologies, rather than evaluating those capacities." determinants of human advertisements - may have communication lasting effect understand the world. own and vision, children's of dozens of media researchers material and On the other hand, the critics for the book, giving may be abilities to book "This ably sound evidence that Communication Technologies as Symbolic and Cognitive Systems, pubhshed by there Guilford Publications, Inc. lifestyles The co-author of the book is James W. Chesebro, professor of communication studies at Bertelsen. 28 SPRING 1997 offers reason- is a degree to which communication technologies affect our modes of perception, and values," says "Media systems chil- comprehend abstract visual material. In order to operate effectively in our media-satu- annually individuals to make is presented at a banquet to who King's have strived dream racial justice a reality. from left for Shown are this year's honorees: Margaret Boykin (staff award), director of university police; James Dalton (faculty award), professor of psychology; Isabel Tarr (seated, community award); Tessy G. Infante (student award). Boykin mentor is student organizations. Dalton has been involved with Bloomsburg's Task Force on Racial Equity for Tarr is a many years. member of founding the Task Force on Equity. Infante is Racial a leading member of Students Chesebro suggest that children Alleviating Racial Tension need to become skilled in four modes of communication: oral, literate, generating capacities that are tions and telecommunica- interactive. a for several minorit)' rated society, Bertelsen and themselves have message Bloomsburg University Magazine impaired. may develop improved concerns and research. Analyzing Media: development skills to communication titled of tele- Chesebro draw upon the work of dren book lot comprehend complex written and spoken insights, Bertelsen a broad overview of current recently co-authored a a children's viewing a Dale A. Bertelsen, professor of studies, on cognitive development. As a result of In addition to offering their on Effect of Technology on Communication TV - particularly that watching that shape and For example, the book notes information, are active how we know and Book Focuses and propose that communication being neutral conduits of Bertelsen book Martin Luther Humanitarian Award. and a mentor to school children. Together elementary NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS Currently, the Scholars Program is designed to and Scholars Program member at Bloomsburg history, has translated freshmen and sophomore Dale Springer, associate professor of science, geography and earth wOl become director the in the spring of 1993. "The program of Bloomsburg's Honors and Program beginning summer. Springer suc- program of changes as lot is facing a we make a The Honors Program provides junior and provides translation of works seniors with the opportunity by this ceeds Jeanette Keith, who will complete a three-year term in from two two-year programs into a single, more religious writers of the 16th research with the help of a century faculty mentor. Together, Theatine the two programs serve Order - the Counter Reformation. research specialty integrated, four-year whose for us to bring students in says program," says Springer. f P- on campus," Springer, whose own in is — an order The proposed integrated program would begin in the fall of 1998. "The integrated program v«ll make it easier thinking 4\.. formed a bridge between the Renaissance and after they're related The book Selected Writings. to undertake graduate-level Scholars transition and edited Theatine Spirituality: a year. served as interim director of 6th William Hudon, professor of offerings approximately 100 students for 12 years, 1 and enriched course students. Springer, a faculty translates provide scholarship support for Springer to head Honors Hudon century religious writings While the Renaissance is often thought of as a time of progress and Counter paleontology. Reformation a time of repres- the position. sion, "things aren't as simple ROCKWOOD EDITS COLLECTION OF LAW AND LITERATURE ESSAYS as they seem," says Hudon. His book portrays the Peter Lang, for about five years and did complexity of the time. most of the editing during the summer and fall The book is of 1995. "The The book has won acclaim from leading and literature field. "Skillfully chosen for their variety and appeal," says Richard H. Weisberg, professor volumes of works by Benjamin Cardozo School of Law. the most useful and imaginative anthologies Marion Petrillo, Ervene Guile/, I have ever seen," says Stanley N. Katz, Learned Bruce Rockwood, professor of finance and business law, has edited a book. Literature Perspectives. 16 essays on law and Law and The book includes literature fi^om a book and Rockwood "The and series spiritual writers. has been highly regarded because of interest in says its church Rules." history," Hudon. A specialist in contributed the essay "Abortion Stories: and 'Cider House' religious and seminaries and people who have an In addition to editing the Uncivil Discourse more than 80 includes divinity schools Societies. writing the introduction, It usefulness in classrooms at president of the American Council of and Bruce Rockwood published by PauUst Press of New York. "Bruce Rockwood has assembled one of left: Spirituality," scholars in the law at the From part of a series, Classics of Western history, Hudon religious is also the variety of contributors. Ervene GuUey, professor of English, author of Marcello Cervini "You can use Uterature to study the law and use literary theory to study legal cases," contributed "Dressed in a and Authority: says Rockwood, who has worked in the field of law and literature for more than a decade. Rockwood has been soliciting manuscripts for the book, published by Law as Little Brief Theater in Measure for Measure" and Marion Petrillo, assistant "Law as Nadine Gordimer's The Late pro- Ecclesiastical Government in Tridentine Italy, as well as eleven entries in the fessor of EngHsh, contributed Encyclopedia of the Society: Reformation. Bourgeois World." Bloomsburg University Magazir)e SPRING 1 997 29 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS BLOOMSBURG WELCOMES HRON Bloomsburg University welcomed painter Vincent Hron to the art facult)' last .^^^'\ ^\ fall. Hron's most recent paintings (such as "Cat, 'i^'^'i Duck, Fish" shown here) depict images from playgrounds using saturated color, \'ibrant brush strokes and a distorted sense of space. "I ground series different levels," says I hope the play- many can be appreciated on Hron. "Kids like them. enjoy pondering the 'sociopsychological' content, and formally the subject last fall, Harper, his wife and fellow Omaha, Roh endows scholarship for students to participate offers coming Hron and Cindi endless opportunities." Before Bloomsburg ^ artist, H\'ed in to in Chang Shub Roh, sociology Neb., where both were adjunct art faculty at local colleges and Global Awareness Society yfit universities. ^1 professor emeritus, has estabhshed an to endowment fund a scholarship for Bloomsburg University students to attend Global Order your exclusive Awareness Societ)' International meetings. Bloomsburg University Visa' Card. "This . gift symbolizes contributed toward gifts my retire- ment by the Bloomsburg Universit)' friends Roh my community, and family," says Roh. has presented the universit)' with SI 0,000 to endow the "Chang Shub Roh and M)aing ja Roh [Mrs. Roh] Bloomsburg Universit)' Student Scholarship." The scholarship awarded will be first in the year 2000. Scholarship awards vstH be determined by a scholarship Apply Today! To better and the sene our alumni, students and Bloomsburg Visa Card available through Universit\- MBNA to re-apply for the friends, the committee of faculty Bloomsburg .Alumni Foundation have endorsed the Bloomsburg University Visa Card. Bloomsburg It is tlie University" even' time CaU 1-800-847-7378. 30 SPRING 1997 University' .America. Current Mellon \'isa credit card holders are new Bloomsburg credit card that supports Be sure .Association to use priority code DffiN Bloomsburg Un/versrty Magazine when calling. only you use it! encouraged members who their decision vsiU base upon an essay competition. Semester Golf Outing Student Recital Saturday, Ott. Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., Kenneth Country Club, S. Gross Auditorium, Carver Homecoming Saturday, Park. Annual May Husky Club I. Golf Outing Friday.April 25, Mill Cata>vissa Military Band Kenneth May S. 1 3, 8 p.m.. (717) 389-4128 for information. Carver Hall, Gross Auditorium. Richard Martin, director. S. Gross Auditoriunn. Directed by Wendy Race Golf Course, Benton. Call Sunday.April 20,2:30 p.m., Carver Kenneth Alumni Day Saturday, April 26. Call (717) 389-4058 for more information. Miller. Celebrity Artist Series Call (717) Concert Choir and Husky Singers Spring Gala Saturday, April 26, 8 p.m.. First Saturday, President's May noon to 4 p.m.Tickets Bloomsburg. Concert call (7 preparation 7) 1 Place, required; 389-4705. Music by the University Studio Band and various for their East Coast tour 389-4409 for more information. Buckalew 3, Presbyterian Church, Market Street, in 8. Town permitting. Directed by Stephen Tuesday, 1 Special Events Wallace. Rain date: Tuesday, Chorale Ensemble and Chamber Singers Concert Oct & Alumni 30, 6:30 p.m., Park concert, weather Hall, (717) 389-4128 for information. Hall. "Pops" Concert Bloomsburg Town Women's Frosty Valley Danville. Call Studio Band WednesdayApril Concerts 1, 1 Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Company "Fiesta Flamenco" Saturday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Mitrani Hall, other musical groups. Proceeds go Directed by Eric Nelson. Haas Center for the Arts. to general and music scholarships. Knoebel's Grove "Pops" Concerts Commencement SundayApril 27.Annual park concert, weather permitting, featuring the Friday, Exhibits (6 p.m.). May April 29, Haas Gallery of Art Undergraduate Commencement for the Arts. May Senior Music Major Recital M.A.Thesis Exhibit Fairgrounds. Sunday, April 27,2:30 p.m.. First May Presbyterian Church, Fourth and Haas Gallery of Art streets, Bloomsburg. 1 1 0, Cincinatti Orchestra 0, 33rd Annual Reading Conference May educators.Call (717) 389-4092 by a professional string quartet. for information. Orchestra "Pops" Concert Saturday, Park. Annual Park concert, weather permitting. Nadia Salerno Sonnenberg >vith Featuring Frank Osenbach, tenor, Bloomsburg Town 15 and Wednesday, March Mitrani Hall, Haas 25, 1998,8 p.m., Center for Designed for 16. the Arts. Parents' Day Oct 4. New York City Opera Company's "Daughter of the Regiment" Tuesday, April Town Haas Center Bloomsburg and Debra Bemiller, piano. Assisted Monday,April 28, 6:30 p.m., London Caesar" and "Aristophanes' "Birds," Mitrani Hall, Saturday, through May of Feb. 25-27, 1998. Featuring "Julius Computer artwork,April 9 through I Company performances of Shakespeare's Gary Clark Stephen Wallace and Terry Oxiey direrting. Market Haas 9, Mitrani Hall, Center for the Arts. Studio Band (2:30 p.m.) and Concert Band Aquila Theatre Graduate 14, 1998,8 p.m., Mitrina Hall, Haas Center for the Arts. Conducted by Mark Jelinek. Bloomsburg University Magazine SPRING 1997 31 THE LAST Graduation is a day of pageantry and commencement ceremonies were joined, devote our professional education, this day celebration in the Commencement to celebrate Because our graduate and undergraduate BY JESSICA KOZLOFF celebration. For those of us who lives to WORD all that link the is of the academy. life gives us an opportunity the traditions modern these a joyous and rituals university to its medieval past. With the presence of automobile crash that nearly claimed his life. For days, Jeramy s family and his university firiends might die. and teachers thought he of our department of Kehoe-Forutan, his internship coordinator, the pageantry and ritual was even and Jim more with the details of the monumental task But commencement is more than stands for. It is also Since a day to acknowledge becoming president over three I many actions who we are that and what we show exactly are about. Stories of success and triumph. Stories of team- work and love. None emphasizes they took in this young those more than the one I want to you in this message. At the December 1996 graduation I had the seemed impossible closest to When I realize to what Jeramy and those him and to graduate, Tiffany Marino, to meet with have demonstrated perseverance and com- mitment to their studies In April 1994, as I and to each other. was being appointed president of this university, I was told that Jeramy Williams, a Bloomsburg student, lay in a coma following a horrific 32 SPRING 1997 Bloomsburg University Magazine Carver Hall. I I invited the degree accepted her Their success story goes on in PhOadelphia where Jeramy is and Tiffany Multimedia is working as a his wife. me job hunting Horsham, Pennsylvania. . . . but only for There were 500 its dramatic stories None remarkable intensity. of dedication and sacrifice represented in the graduates. is December of them could have occurred without the support of family and the mentorship of our faculty learned that Jeramy was about share with who times him. attributes opportunity to recognize two students at And Tiffany Marino This yoimg couple's story members go beyond the classroom walls every day, and in this case they man ago. man and the support and assistance they provided. helped a young — Solutions Integrator for Advanta in Faculty have had the good fortune to witness among others, deserve our praise for the special interest the personal achievement of our students. years ago, me LoreUi, his advisor, provided facing Jeramy. They, a undergraduate degree graduate degree fi-om this imiversity. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, day to celebrate what the university his he expected to earn two and a half years geography and earth science, Sandi impressive. life's journey together. Jeramy Marino accepted But he survived. Two members two remarkable young people were able to share another step in their and staff. Bloomsburg University has always been a place where dedicated faculty and staff have empowered students to dream in learned that his story was dreams, to fulfill their potential. This even more remarkable because of the commitment young woman who remained at his side for the past two and a half years, and part of the university's Tiffany, who married him demonstrated on an exciting December appreciation for this past all August. In Tiffany had done for him during his convalescence, Jeramy took her name when they married. to students is an important proud heritage. 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Account number (all digits): Expiration ie of Mark 3omnllini Last mm Second Wm olhlblil mm mi "mi mber afiPenrkylviinii's WXUWWI '•' ',', W* •n ***! >r ft y •V.' • 1 •". rffrfi^:m^^}y. ; f * f ,' - r. i;il'=i;li:^::i^ \t m:: •* •• :::>:<::« J FALL 1997 ^ V >-*«» %>^l Alurrjnus Patrick Brypinflinds Jlfeqnd wonder under ice'of Aoftirctica thre* - EDITOR'S VIEW Individually, achieving feats with others, be it can be gratifying. Teaming family, friends or colleagues, to reach greater heights can provide even more satisfaction. Abbott and Costello, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and yes, even Bert and Ernie have formed great partnerships. We work time we produce an edition of Bloomsburg. is no more evident than in our athletic as a team every And teamwork program where our success has been unparalleled in the State System of Higher Education over the past few years. Success, gained not alone but with each other, on a trust built over time. Our students, faculty depends and staff are building that same kind of trust every day. Because we, too, are a team and partners. Partners with the people, the and surrounding schools. Many community area, the businesses, social agencies and of our programs reach out to the young and old, the healthy and not-so-healthy. In this issue we share just some of those partnerships. Our Speech, Hearing and Language Clinic and Reading Clinic provide help to those obstacles facing them who may not be able to overcome alone. SOLVE extends a hand to and organizations In need of strong minds and TIP provides skills to people looking to improve their employment possibilities. Giving is all part of good teamwork and no better examples of giving exist than former professor "Doc" Warren or David Cope, an alumnus and Trustee, whose commitment to any cause he chooses is unquestionable. PRIDE and Upward Bound give students, who might not otherwise consider pursuing a college degree, an introduction to life on and around campuses. WhUe we explore our growing partnerships close to home, alumnus Patrick Bryan is part of a team that does exploration of another kind at the other end of the world. And, a conversation individuals bodies, while with nursing department chair Christine Alichnie explores the on health care teams in the future. good teamwork. And it works! Enjoy. nurse's role It's Bloomsburg: The University Magazine is published twice a year and spring semesters. A separate pubhcation, "Maroon and Gold," including class notes and alumni news, will be sent twice a year to all alumni in the fall who have made a contribution during the preceding calendar year. Members of the most recent graduating class will receive two free issues of "Maroon and Gold." Others may receive the pubhcation by paying a $10 annual subscription. Checks for subscriptions should be made payable to B.U. Alumni Association, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Information for inclusion in classnotes should be mailed, faxed (717-389-4060) or e-mailed via Internet (alum@husky.bloomu.edu). Visit us on the world wide web at http://www.bloomu.edu the VOL NO. 3 THIS IN 2 U S S E FALL 1997 2 Bloomsburg Family and Fun Make for Home For more than three by Sandra Clinic has helped bring printed BLOOMSBLTIG L-xr\-ERSm' 6 OF PENNSIXVAiNX^ A MEMBER OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF MGHER EDUCATION. A Community word Good Reading decades, the to life Reading uni\'ersit\''s for children and parents. Bridge L<; by Todd Preston Bloomsburg University's SOLVTi office matches student aspirations with communit)' needs, giving students valuable STATE Sl'STEM OF HIGHER EDUCCTTON BOARD OF F. Eugene Dixon GON-ERiN'ORS insights into themselves E LytxIe.Vice Chair: Syed R. Berman. Christopher J. Cersld. Vice Chair: Kim Ali-Zaidi. Muriel Jeffrey W. Coy, Daniel Elby. P. 8 Richard A. Fino, their future careers. Ridge.JereW.Schuler. Andrew H.Shoffner. Stapleton. John K.Thornburgh. J. Opening the Gates of Communication by Eric Foster Each year, nearly 1,000 people turn to Bloomsburg's Glenn Y Forney. Charles A. Gomulka, Eugene W. Hickokjr.. F Joseph Loeper, Rocco A. Ortenzio. Tom and often into Chair; R. Benjamin Wiley. Jr.. Speech, Hearing and Language Clinic for serWces ranging from being 2. Reading Clinic fitted Patrick with hearing aids to overcoming the loss of language due to a stroke. Christine J.Toretd. CHANCELLOR, SKTE JISTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION James H. McCormick 1 2 Joseph Mowad, Chair J. LaRoy G. Davis A. William Kelly "67. First Vice '7 Chair Ramona 15 H. Alley James TAtherton Jr W Buehner David J. Kevin M. David J. changing job market, displaced workers find a The program provides training to help participants land better jobs. Jennifer R, Adams. Secretary Robert Mohr In opportunities in Bloomsburg's TIP program. Second Vice Chair . 1 Today's TIP Leads to Jobs by Kathleen BLOOMSBL-RG L'NTN'ERSm' COL-NCH. OF TRUSTEES Charting the Course from High School to College by Jim Hollister and Eric Foster For years, Bloomsburg has hosted the Jr. Cope '73 PRIDE and Upward Bound programs O'Connor to college. Here, we'll talk to Petrosky the programs. to help at-risk students make it Bloomsburg students who graduated from Ted Stuban PRESIDENT, BLOOMSBLTIG L'NR'ERSm' 16 Exploring the Depths Jessica Sledge Kozloff by Eric Foster .Alumnus Patrick Bn'an researches the strange and BLOOMSBURG UfrnTRSTFY ALL'MNI .ASSOCLATION Nancy Feher Edwards John S. Mulka '70. '66. Vice Sandra Jefferson Rupp President 16. Expbring the wonderful Depths '7 1 . 20 Secretary Anthony M. home. is Generosity Retired histon' professor Robert Warren has given to Uni\'ersity students for over 30 years, both personally and financially. FOLT-TI.ATION Elbem H.AIkire Jr.. Chair L ll'a/A:er Bloomsburg C. Hippenstiel '68. Ex-OfRcio, Victoria Doc's History by Trina Director of Alumni Affairs BLOOMSBLKG L"NI\ERSm' that call the frozen water of Antarctica President John Trathen '68.Treasurer Doug life 22 Mihalik.Vice Chair Director laniero. Executive Issues in by Kathleen Health Care Mohr An interview with Christine Alichnie, chairperson of Bloomsburg's nursing department and chair of the David Hill.Treasurer Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, on what issues most affect EXECLTTAE EDITOR health care in this countn- today. Joan T. Lentczner EDITOR 24 Jim Hollister '78 \LA.\.AGING Common Touch to the Council of Trustees EDITOR by Jim Hollister Alumnus David Cope has devoted his Eric Foster as a high school teacher, a principal, COPY EDrroR Kathleen Bringing a university's Mohr 22. Issues in Health and now as a life to education, member of the Council of Trustees. Care PHOTOGR.APHERS Marlin R_ Wagner 26 News 3 What's Happening Briefs Jim Mastro Joan Heifer I Eric Foster DESIGNER 32 John Lorish The Last Word b)' Jessica ART DIRECTOR Sledge Kozloff, president, Bloomsburg University Janel A. Fry EDITORLAL BO.ARD Nancy Feher Edwards Lawrence Joan T. '70 B. Fuller Cover photos by Jim Mastro Lentczner Donna Cochrane Doug C. Hippenstiel '68 Address comments and questions Bloomsburg University- to: Magazine Waller Administration Building Bloomsburg University* Bloomsburg, PA 17815-l'301 Internet address: holl@husky'.bloomu.edu Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 I GOOD READING Family and Fun Make for Good Reading For children struggling in reading, Bloomsburg University's Reading Clinic offers a helping hand BY SANDRA HORNE /t's Saturday. Chattering children scamper up the granite venerable Navy Hall. A drizzle faOs to dampen Sharon and her husband, concerned that Jacob persistent stigmatized by this remedial assignment. the enthusi- parents or the graduate students The campus to their reading skills at Bloomsburg University's Reading Clinic. The tutorials are offered on twelve Saturday mornings each fall and spring semester. Among the group are Sharon Miller and her ten-year-old son, Jacob. They depart coming to their home in rural session. The just over drive to Bloomsburg an hour. Jacob has one grade level behind in the language arts portion of his school work, and fallen up do scenario repeated is itself in a common one that has the lives of hundreds of otherwise diverse families. Parents grow increasingly distraught when struggling academically. clinic, often speaking a child is takes in to relief The shared and optimism skill level. at the prospect them by On the average, one hundred children are enrolled each more severe learn- ing problems are tutored individually during the week. The clinic office characters soothing frustration of finding help. conveys a cordial from children's literature and jittery nerves. Giant plastic crayons dwarf the scale of the room. Black and white magnetic words chng haphazardly to the side of a metal cabi- anonymous composition. The Reading Chnic was founded by Gilbert Selders in 1957. With the arrival of Margaret M. SponseUer as director in net, inviting In addition to providing free tutoring for children who are having difficulties in school, the Reading Clinic functions as a clinical practicum for graduate evaluator has recom- students in the master's mended program that he be and television populate the bookshelves, to secretary Deborah Kocher, who has served the chnic for 17 years. free warmth. Stuffed reproductions of famous is They contact the first conduct enter the program, grouping semester. Chents with she can for her son. their school district placed in a learning as assistants evaluations of the children before they age, grade to the of the lack of available resources gives way AUenwood before 8 a.m. every Saturday the clinic can't leave everything much as improve from "We school," says Miller, determined to their who await their arrival. are The graduate Parviii, are may be permanently steps of asm of these youthful commuters, The children PHOTOS BY MARUN RWAGNER ANDTHE GLEN EDWARDS STUDIO in reading. 1964, it underwent a shift in instructional philosophy and began targeting its services to children at risk, those who are having academic difficulties in school. support group. PERSONAL ATTENTION Graduate student reading clinician helps Suzanne Urick Corey Brady with a difficult passage. GOOD READING beach means to stimulate critical Eddy opens a history text revealing ball as a thinking. Reading Conference a Resource is and Beyond for tlie State a full-page illustration of the Revolutionary War, their topic for the day. The beach ball is covered with who, what, when, where and how questions. The ball room and the is tossed across the recipient must develop a relevant question beginning with the Ed Poostay, director of Bloomsburg University Reading word that rests under his or her thumb. The game becomes more challenging as the questions become increasingly difficult. Laughter is pimctuated by periods of Clinic. came out with Pennsylvania Cyndee Moy of Catawissa spends three day home-schoohng her certification for reading specialists, to five hours a Margaret Sponseller helped to put those twelve-year-old son, Michael standards together," says Edward Poostay, clinic director since 1981. clinic receives its fiinding university been evaluated J. The the Reading Conference. Poostay working first Jr. He has for individual attention was a factor in his mother's decision to critical home- school. Bloomsburg later, when program would be to ask if he /n retire, make and whole language techniques. Planning for this event takes months. ofputting something makes people feel good at the the definition of reading. disciplines'' commitment was to parents and the incentive behind the First Clinicians Shelly Pyle (left) and Marilyn Hoffman prepare to work with their addition, Poostay serves as at wasfimded by a grant from the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit interested in apply- young clients. #16, in combination with the Reading Clinic. Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton, who appeared at coordinator of the graduate pro- professional storytellers gram the reading conference, captivated a general and is responsible and organizing of the in reading, The Reading assume an tutoring. tutorials for Clinic insists that parents active role in their children's Its philosophy is students can must become independent and learners. This cooperative process can be challenging, but can be fun. Sharon and Jacob Miller are among The children and this their parents are actually being encouraged to play ball indoors. Clinicians Eddy have their son at the Saturday two years. have selected a Compare-Contrast strategy that shows students words longer like how to use known "can" and "her" to pronounce unknown words like "scanner." the Moys, the Reading Clinic has For become a trusted source for other substantive Laughter erupts from classroom 224. lot. Cyndee's husband, Michael, has been working with On this particular day, clinicians Tricia Ulrich and Amy Selfe Reading Conference each year. Blaine classroom, vocabulary development conference she called Poostay university's prestigious merry 13 state universities and Thirty sessions were offered throughout the two-day conference. Session children GETTING READY - for planning also units, states. Annual Parent-Child Conference held Bloomsburg University last May. The ing for the job. it mediate seven Poostay's in reading. Years Sponseller began to preparations to reading specialists and school administrators; from other to a member from the University of Georgia who promptly recruited him for doctoral annual conference drew over 1,100 educators, Y/e've always tried to bring in people faculty its over two hundred people. Last May, the 33rd who expands for additional supervisory him Ed Poostay drew just end" Poostay says. "I'm looking for someone enrolled at course work. She introduced 1965. In 1981, the year arrived, the conference together that met Sponseller while He Conference, which she started in "I love the challenge as a reading specialist/supervisor in public schools. a living - the Reading legacy to the university topics included storytelling literature in the having difficulty in processing auditory information. Michael's need through the and proceeds generated from as director, the late Sponseller, left representing 190 school districts, 16 inter- intense concentration. "When Former clinic Margaret M. Aimee Papola and selected a comprehension strategy called Question-Starters, using a approaches. Each student least one strategy study, vocabulary, reading. "Our is taught at in decoding, goal is to combine our techniques with their school materials and incorporate their parents into the mix," explains Poostay. of over 300 children in Carver Hall Offstage, oral Martha Hamilton explained the subtle but significant difference between reading a story and storytelling. "When you're reading a story, you've got that hook as a barrier between she says. you and the audience," "When you put the book down something and tell that happened tale, the connection with the audience them a much more word- comprehension or session story, to whether it's you or whether intimate." it's a folkis so The free one-day conference also featured smaller sessions with age-appropriate activities for children and informative for parents. resource sessions A second Parent- Child Conference is scheduled forNov.8,1997.U Bloonnsbung University Magazine FALL 1 997 3 GOOD READING "If people speak well of the conference or the me clinic, it's not they're talking about. They're talking about all of the people, all of my students, who have contributed to it." Unpretentious, Poostay defers most praise, "If people speak well of the conference or the clinic, me they're not it's talking about. They're talking about aU of the people, all of my students, contributed to It's who have it." almost implausible to imagine Poostay in another profession, but INVOLVING FAMILIES -At Bloomsburg University's Reading so they can help their children at home. At a session last spring, Bates (left) works with Amy Clinic, parents participate in tutoring sessions graduate student reading and Greg Heindel while their mother, Diane, and younger someone had once tried to talk sister, Katie, observe. of teaching. At a height of almost 6 inches, his physical stature tributed to The Reading narrow In Poostay 's Clinic also offers a condensed program during the summer. office, a small black "I and white photograph of a middle-aged I Clinicians meet with clients twice a week for five weeks. Associate professor Chris Cherrington directs the Unlike the sessions, the fall summer and spring Saturday summer clinic remains centered on reading structured it is more The focus strategies, means the students interested in reading. to keep "We read a lot of poetry," Cherrington says. "It's short, easy, immediate and the children success." The and clothing century. Poostay identifies the MaxweD pioneer in the Fernald (1879-1950), a field realize chents, she of remedial teaching. In Fernald's book, Remedial Techniques meet kid's needs." Poostay acknowledges that he identifies who are tutored at the He tells his graduate students, "You are not talking to a person who was a 4.0 [Q.P.A.] student all his life. I know what it's like to have a 4.0, and I know of the individual child, achieve up all children the school subjects." Poostay is is to do with 4 FALL 1 had nothing my ability in most cases." 997 me into coaching, he said, rather than go into teaching. 'You emotion would probably be more There is no discernible in Poostay 's voice, but remembers he clearly that exchange. "I'm doing what I want to be doing an^'thing else." love to do," he says. "I wouldn't what children need to succeed a better plan. The human touch that Poostay brings is what impresses Jennifer to the clinic who degree in reading while teaching English 1 .6. It told should go all Bates, Uke to have a who I an advocate cUnic. it's else, would to their mental age level in with the children what in college inteDigently adapted to the idiosyncrasies fi-equently, instruction to had a professor should do something this of what Fernald discovered decades ago; are skilled at adjusting their con- unsolicited career advice. way: "If educational methods were more advanced course work of the "They feet 3 may have sum- marized the findings of her research beUeves, derive a unique benefit from the clinicians. some successful.'" woman as in Basic School Subjects, a colleague informally, hi lieu of school materials, the clinicians use children's literature as a coiffiare hint of a vintage after the turn of the Grace does not require parental participation. but session. woman occupies a prominent spot on his buUetin board. Her him out clinician Jennifer is pursuing a master's fuU time in the Benton School District. "He cares imiversity BRINGING STORIES TO LIFE about the reputation of the storytellers Mitch and the captivated the attention of says Bates, and "he [graduate] program," takes a personal interest in his students." - Professional Weiss and Martha Hamilton more than 300 children and parents at the First Annual Parent- Child Conference held on campus last May. Bloomsburg University Magazine I HERO and HEROINE ©#r. and ©#rs. HEROINE (§/oung '36 (^•ances ^iggs Each year since 1 obert 2'. O^^ll er Daughter, Lizabeth, 989, a scholarship funded by Frances "Libby's received a and her husband Bernard, education. We're happy with who was what took place.The value also a 1 936 graduate. of Bloomsburg's education devoted their professional comes through to the advancement of in Illinois Bloomsburg. Bernie and HERO and HEROINE ^lobert and Q^nna I met ©^ry - Libby's practicum this summer teacher and library technician and he as a professor and dean of education. "I have a clearly ' value for the cost paid. and Wisconsin - she as a language an extension of her is education that will help her make the transition to the real world." there." HEMS HERWS AMONG c^^ager Bob and fans. good Both Frances and Bernard lives Avid sports a senior interpreter training major. education soft spot for is student has received a Anna Mary, wearing their BU sweatshirts, may be found cheering the Huskies at many athletic contests.As a member of the BU Husky Club for 5 years, Bob graciously U Your S help hard-working students gift will excel and achieve their highest aspirations. You are invited to join other alumni, 1 parents and friends contributes time, talent and - treasure, to help ensure the who success of various club projects and activities. "Everyone We is so good to HEROS & HEROINES' regularly make BU to the Bloomsburg University Annual Fund. us... 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B Address City/State/Zip 400 East Second Street Bloomsburg, PA - Phone (Home)- 1 78 1 .(Work)Phone:717-389-4128 Comments: or 1-800-526-0254 Fax:717-389-4945 5- 1 30 ^'Bloomsburg University ^g^FOUNDATIgN A Community Bridge University office matches student aspirations with community needs BY TODD PRESTON PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER O^ 'ara Shepard always thought she a teacher. wanted to be Now she knows for sure. The sophomore elementary education major is one of a growing number ofBloomsburg students who contribute their time and knowledge through volunteerism. In return, these students gain valuable the local Habitat for Humanity chapter or working with migrant farm worker community. The life and experience, a sense of satisfaction, the office also serves as a central location for students to find part-time jobs or off-campus often work-study positions. like Shepard, insights into their chosen career. community service is becoming a more From grade school through graduate school, many institutions are requiring some degree of community service. \n general, the aim of the community Across the country, integral part of the learning experience. A visit to Bloomsburg University's Students Organized to Learn through Volunteerism and Employment (SOLVE) led to Shepard becoming a tutor. For the office four semesters, she last service requirement is to develop a well-rounded experience for has helped local middle school students improve their grades the student, and at the same time, bring the worlds of academe through SOLVE's Students Helping Adolescents Reach and the Excellence "Students are making important information," says education a is to decisions to get that information. is I It can give students also seeing her class it's work come to life really neat to see learned in the classroom happening in the real world." SOLVE offers university students the opportunity to participate in nearly 50 on-going volunteer programs, along with a variety of one-time volunteer opportunities. SOLVE students can be found tutoring in local schools, working with the elderly in nursing homes, building low-income housing with 6 FALL 1 997 together. Bloomsburg University Maga2ine an undergraduate degree, she beheves important to encourage it, "What's been exciting to model and offer it. me," says Downing, "is the Children's academic ha\'ing the initiatives in phenomenally successful endeavors Museum and Camp Victory." hi the year, 2,113 it is it opportunity to support some incredible volunteer this region, including decision." through them. "As an education student, Each semester, community ty service as part of Shepard and her students obviously enjoy spending time together, Shepard what on very Htde of their future career, providing them with the tools make a more informed WhOe life SOLVE director Jean Downing, "and experiential one way real-life taste larger Although Downing doesn't recommend mandating communi- (SHARE) program. like 1996-97 Bloomsburg students contributed 13,145 hours of volunteer service to the community through SOLST:. At the current minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, this translates into more than $67,500 worth of donated manpower. Whatever the task or the motivation for volunteering, both university and community benefit from the exchange. The SOLVE office was established in 1990, with the help of a federal Community Service Learning grant When the government § Ft BnlH all 1 , sft^P^^-'^ JT ^P^^H f '' i^3ff" made funds available, university financial aid director m% community service programs under one roof. "Creating SOLVE," says Lyons, "was really just a way of bringing together a number of different efforts we were already doing as a university." The result, he hoped, would be a effective single oflSce that would serve as an conduit both to and from the community. Since 1992, the SOLVE office 2 1^2! Tom Lyons saw the possibility of consolidating the school's various Bloomsburg student Mucio Godoy of Philadelphia led a session ^^^^Br - about the importance of education with high-school-aged children of migrant workers. has been located at the foot of Town Hall and who comes onto this College HUl, across the street from Bloomsburg within a block of campus. "Every student campus is going to walk past SOLVE," says Lyons, "and every who comes into this town is going to see SOLVE." Downing has directed SOL\T: since 1994, and Lyons serves on the advisory board, which includes Bloomsburg's mayor. Downing and secretary Jodie Roth are the only full-time staff person members, while graduate students supplement "Often SOLVE's to continue role," sa)'s something they've been doing in thefr hometowns and then engaging students their academic Shepard their efforts. Downing, "is encouraging the freshmen is in community service through studies." a typical example. In her hometown, she had already worked with church groups and candy striped Working with SOLVE was a natural. at the local hospital. Of her volunteer experiences, SHARE program, can't be a bump on a log." from painting a school to participating in the Shepard says, "I've learned you Although tutoring idea of what personal satisfaction. "I've tutored the same the program was SHARE program, and was their tutor again." Colace, also an avid participant in the systems major. Although her major has volunteer work, Colace finds "I just opportunities. children, I it a SHARE program, welcome bearing on her diversion from her it so much that I looked for something Uke it spending time with the young to know them know you," says Colace, "kind of like a brother/ office, to the course syllabus, to acquaint "The teachers are happy with the program, the kids I fits that student's interests. According "The purposes of [community you with aspects of community life your previous life experiences, to provide service] are different you with ence for application of the concepts you learn in the elderly, for example, gained real-life class, from experi- and to broaden who chose to new perspectives on nursing homes. While some students reaffirmed given career, others cited the because it are think everyone benefits," says Colace. thefr decision to community service "It's pursue a as a hfesaver helped them see what career tracks they they don't want to follow. expected," says Dalton. sister relationship." learning in a fim way; on an individual. community service. Through Dalton has each student choose a community requires ten hours of SOLVE work with "You get to work with the same kids and get while they get to Psychology professor James Dalton's community psychology course examines the deep effect service can have Student response has been profoimd. Those did volunteer service in high school working with and I Kked community their students. your vision of the problems and possibilities of community Hfe." walked in SOLVE's door to check out the here." Like Shepard, Colace enjoys students. littie on service placement that best way they'd come back to if I the program through professor James Dalton's class. Professors are also discovering the eye-opening effect The course year in the in psychology major, plays with Park Village Recreation Program. giving her a better Kke to work with has just completed her freshman year as a computer information academics. got involved she says. Shepard has also gained a sense of the Shannon is Griffiths, a senior summer Town community psychology really they said the only Downing Griffiths service has all Brenda children at SOLVE's young children, her initial reason for joining the program was quite different. "It was a way to meet people with similar interests," kids Jean it is SUMMER FUN — now know never quite what the students "The students get to see the hidden complexities of various settings that they might otherwise miss." For Sara Shepard, the real experience that she gained as a become much more outgoing. I've learned so much about myself, other people and the town. I've enjoyed having so many opportunities to do so many different things T never thought I volimteer has already subtiy brought out the teacher in her. \vould be doing." "I've seen "I've so exciting SHARE; its when I give them the certificates they earn "It's from such a positive experience for everyone," she says. my students growing up, and I'm so proud of them." Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 7 ^ T«! -^ GETTING THE WORDS OUT .^peecfi pathology professor Dianne Angelo practices speech with year-old. Chris Gable. six- Gvemm ^ ales a Communication PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER BY ERIC FOSTER The clients may be infants, or elderly, or any age in between. They seek services ranging from overcoming stuttering to overcoming the loss of language due to a stroke. They may need to be fitted with hearing aids or learn to Hp read. Like a doctor's office, Bloomsburg University's Speech, Hearing and Language Clinic operates 12 months a year, five days a week, eight hours a day. It serves nearly 1 ,000 people each year. "Part of our workload is service to the says Richard Angelo, clinic director calls it in a very consistent way. If me and says I need help. I is it," with service to the my patient right now, me has a hearing loss. It's my due to aging. But Hearing loss it whether or not they have insurance. Fees are based upon their ability to pay. "I don't care how much money you have," says can occur for dozens of reasons. Exposure to head trauma, tumors on the auditory nerves or brainstem, and even drugs used to treat potentially deadly diseases can reduce hearing. Each audiology undergoes a battery of tests to determine what from many causes - including obstruction of the ear drum, damage to the hair cells that turn sound vibrations into nerve impulses or tumors on the nerves that carry sound sensations from the ear to the brain. Angelo estimates that of the more than 500 audiology cUents who come to Angelo. "I'm not going to drop you." service that the clinic offers is both wide-ranging and complex. The eight faculty and two dozen graduate students serve these cHents come from two - different disciplines the clinic each year, only about 20 percent are referred to other medical professionals. at the clinic. In most cases, the with hearing aids in one or both ears. Like eyeglasses, a aid diagnose and evaluate hearing problems. Speech pathologists needs to work properly. "A hearing aid of language. But linked by a problems both about speaking and the use two faces of a coin, the disciplines core - improving communication. like the common are must be configured to the hearing loss," says The majority are served treatment involves being audiology and speech and language pathology. Audiologists are concerned with might be natural, might be a tumor." dislocated bones in the ear, Clients are served without regard to their ability to pay or who to type of hearing loss they are experiencing. Hearing loss can stem just like a hospital." The who comes client at the clinic one of my patients go to see "Every patient responsibility to find out why," says Angelo. "It excessive noise, childhood diseases, and professor of audiology. "We've taken education and paralleled community, community. This Overcoming the Barrier of Silence individual's hearing loss that's fitted hearing and too loud can cause Angelo. who need glasses, "people vidth hearing loss sometimes slow to seek help because they don't know what Unlike people Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 are 997 9 COMMUNICATION they're missing," says Angelo. become isolated. Its such have become isolated." When a hearing aid hearing loss of the "When you loss, you realize you have a hearing a gradual process, you don't Rawool and Angelo than hearing loss alone. must not only alleviate the but also suit their lifestyle. Newly how to re-introduced to sound, clients also have to learn out the sounds they want to hsten to, spouses is "One of the hearing loss. loss," between biggest sources of disagreement We are involved with studying the sociol- ogy of the problem." Hearing aids can be very expensive, costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars. To help clients who "I have some clients here," says Angelo. who is can often be fitted with specialized Reopening the well of language when children have hearing loss that the disciplines of audiology and speech language pathology work most closely I've been clients. to The great- Bloomsburg's about 10 years to have her hearing checked and hearing if they do not hear, children wiU have difficulty acquiring language vidthout outside help. While audiologists to maximize the hearing the child does have, speech language ability. "People bring their child here because someone has noticed a Shaheen Awan, speech and lan- communication problem," "When something goes wrong v«th my hearing aids, I call," says Billig. "They are wonderful here. Some of the professors treat guage pathology professor. "An evaluation me like I'm their mother." totally Billig's hearing loss overcome with hearing aids. is severe At the and can- clinic, she has commonly referred to as lip reading. Vishakha Rawool, who shares responsibility for the audiologi- learned speech reading, cal component of the client who was tumors on clinic with Angelo, worked with another aware that he was losing his hearing because of his auditory nerve. While the client could Rawool provided him with suggestions on how hearing loss, stUl hear, to cope with total including practice with speech-reading. She also informed him of surgical procedures that could help him hear after the tumors were removed. and language pathologists work to help the child catch up in their aids adjusted. not be is problems. work one of those longtime grandmother fi"om Catawissa has been coming clinic for there These individuals Vishakha Rawool together. For cost. have been here as long as "Twenty years." Lydia Ruth Billig when noise. hearing aids to alleviate those specific It is which are reconditioned and provided to needy cUents at very low they're muffled or background cannot afford to pur- chase a hearing aid, the clinic works with the Bloomsburg JCiwanis to collect used hearing aids indi- have difficulty recognizing words when a process called aural "We're also concerned with the family affect of hearing Some ing (tinnitus) in their ears. Others pick rehabilitation. says Angelo. work with viduals suffer fi-om bothersome ring- is fitted, it client, also needing help with issues other clients uncover hearing as well as says Physical problems affecting speech which a clients head often, Awan and the whose problems injury, brain may may involve the way in or forming sounds in the client breathes, the vocal cords, mouth. More at the clinic speech problems." are more graduate students work with subtle. Because of a stroke, a tumor, or even reasons unknown, the has difficulty in turning the ideas in their mind client into speech. Children, in particular, sometimes experience delayed speech development without any discernible reason. Sometimes, the parents' concerns are imfounded. Children learn how to say different sounds at different ages. Typically, vowels and sounds Kke "m" and "n" are acquired early by children. Sounds such as "r" and "s" saying "w" for "r", five is therapy. That's normal are acquired most is a child of four or not going to for children at that age," says child of five or six can only say vowels their speech later. "If likely we're less intelligible and recommend Awan. "If a and a few consonants, they're going to have a hard time being understood. Then we're going to look at therapy." Therapy, which consists of drills to allow the chent to practice they need to improve, can weeks, months or even those skills years. Graduate students conduct the sessions under the supervision of faculty last members Dianne Angelo, Robert Lowe, Ronald Champoux and Awan. Therapy for a child chent offen involves spending hour-long sessions twice a week working on speaking a single word at a time. becomes more The As the child progresses, therapy elaborate. sessions are tailored to the needs of the chent. In the case of Chris Gable, a six-year-old boy with autism, that meant offering 1 FALL 1 997 Bloomsburg University Magazine COMMUNICATION therapy four days a week when Leamiiig lliroiig^ senice classes are in session. "\^^len Chris started therapy [three years ago] the only speech he had was babbUng," says his that he uses deUberately and spontaneously. He'D to drink. when he wants Now he's start- ing to specify soda." THE FRONTIER -Audiology Richard Angelo shows client Lydia Rutli Billig how the latest a computer digital is abilit)' used to program fits," Chris' time at the cHnic has His first and had blown. This past year, he \sT0te it at the didn't do that before." same time. He also at bubbles the Adults, such as people timiors or strokes, also distracted, outside his Our goal who come is abilities to their able to communicate," com- Audiology students have access to the latest testing equipment program the most modem digital hearing aids. These hearing aids can be programmed to adapt to the different emdronments in which the user wiU wear it so it Awan are used to has created computer programs which help to analyze the different aspects of a cUent's voice. He has also created a device which measures the amount of nasal source of many voice disorders. Angelo has extensive experience in Shaheen Awan to get to a point where the maximum," Awan. says client "I see the can their native tongue. r A Bbom^ntr^s speedx pathology and audiology programs A speech dime -was established in 1938. In the 40s, Sloomsbttrg received state cert^icatton in speedi correction. differed audiology became an increasing is in my class, and I get to see how well their voice real people," says Rawool. nothing more exciting than a person's when they hear their real voice Particularly those cases sound quality for the first time. when, within half an hour, people hear and they say, "That's my real voice. That's what I Kke." M have ^Ktr roots in a course offered in 1932 calkd "speech In 1962, a master's degree in speech correction was same students For Awan, there expression improve the quality of human clinic. they are applying what they learned with overcome stuttering or learn how to say Throu^ £?K 1970s, But technology does not overwhelm the of the to the clinic for speech therapy. sounds that are found in English, but not in problems." of these petent manner." Gable. sa\'S have suffered head trauma, brain serves adults \\'ho wish to their speaking voices, None that directly monitors the neural activity of patients imdergoiag someone's had a stroke, they may never have normal The cUnic It's surgery to remove tumors firom the brainstem. "He is on the road toward being use their service. interoperative monitoring, a process crvdng. speech again. is When a parent sends a child to have students will leave here until they are ready to do that in a qualit)' in a voice, a name called Mcki Gable "mom" spelled out his WMe the clinicians had to maintain their composure so Chris wouldn't become mother %\'as "Now he been fuU of milestones for the Gables. words were, "pop pop" while pointing for the first time. "If He commitment. amplification. says Vicki Gable. problems. He's relating to people now. not homework," stresses Angelo. "This their hearing checked, they expect the best of care. would have me what he wants. We very rarely have the temper able to teU is provides the proper level of sound changes. hearing aids. sensory overload and screaming clinician also brought beha\ioral "Before, he is to communicate has professor But "this a professional and computers, which For the Gables, Chris' increasing an integral a cUnic, school or hospital outside the university. "Now Chris has a good 15 to 20 words say 'drink' clinic is part of their education. Each graduate student spends several semesters working with clients before they serve an extemship at mother Vicki Gable of Catawissa. For the graduate students in Bloomsburg's audiology and speech and language pathology programs, the Todq^ speedipaAology artd audiology is one offour con^onents of ^department of communication disorders and special educatiotu The odter dtree components are cf Shearing impaired and special education, education nterpre ter training for 0ie deaf. TogeAer, i rfie two graduate programs enroU c^pradmateiy 50 students. mpottatU component of^ speech correction curricidum i utttil a separate master's program was offered. Bkxjmsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 I I T 1 P Today's TIP BY KATHLEEN MOHR PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER Confidence. Self-esteem. Pride. Former students and staff members agree, these are some of the most program \\ith an T can do with," claims it' attitude that they Sandy Washburn. And she twent)'-five years later, she the job market But with rusty teaching skills? 1 997 knew at left her two sons and manage a household. 2 FALL A few weeks later, she gathered her courage, ignored her fear and enrolled in TIP, an intensive school in Tucson, Arizona, in the 60s. She 1 Washburn ans\vered an ad in and technolog)' training skills for quahfied indi\'iduals. should know. Washburn had been a teacher nology desperate, Processing at Bloomsburg University. "Graduates leave TIP ended little valuable benefits of Training for Information didn't start the raise Nervous, and a the ne'svspaper that offered office an elementary her profession to When her marriage she would have to re-enter how could she land a competitr\'e position skills and almost no ofiSce management or tech- She needed a dependable income and health Bloomsburg University Magazine benefits. 16-week course designed to teach basic language, math and computer skills, while emphasizing goal setting and interpersonal communication. Today, ^^'ashbum tative for is employed as a customer service represen- Phoenix-based Telesoft Corporation, a long distance pro\ider with an office on Bloomsburg's campus. Her success stor)', \dsion and similar to those told and office effort by other graduates, is a tribute to the of John OLivo, professor of business education information svstems. « T I P In 1983, Peggy Bailey, then director of grants, heard about federal money available through "Sometimes you have the Job Training Partnership to face false leads, Act (JTPA) tor specific job training programs. She remembered Olivo developed a government-funded program to teach processing alma mater, Michigan skills at his word rejection. Just keep on networking. State University, and approached him about writing a grant proposal for Connections happen when you least expect Bloomsburg. In January 1984, the first class of the program, originally Technology Occupations, met in called Training for Office Dont shut any doors for yourself" them to. Various faculty from the department of business education students who and $3,275 tuition prohibitive. The grant allowed Olivo to purchase equipment, approximately 10 dedicated word processors. SutlifF Hall classrooms. office administration students shared teaching responsibilities, and moved from one classroom whatever space was to another, occupying available. Olivo developed curriculum, scheduled faculty Initially, are eligible and motivated "We don't to enroll in want the cost, TIP find the which includes books, reference materials and supplies they keep, to be a hindrance to students who want are able to to come." Deborah Shoemaker was divorced and trying to support two and screened and accepted students. He remembers, "The first year was a logistical nightmare, young sons by waiting trying to coordinate everything." But his dedication to owned her own small restaurant when she began looking for fiiU-time work with regular hours and a steady income, but she and facilities, helping people train for new jobs persisted. Thirteen years and 310 graduates sophisticated TIP. later, TIP operates a modern the technologically office simulation facOity in a self-contained building on Bloomsburg's upper campus, thanks in part to the university's on-going support. Two part-time faculty and a part-time project coordinator oversee the program, which is a model for similar programs in other locations. Olivo's role is now one of adviser and facilitator. "I them what they need, how I can empower my people. I They do most of the ask help. work," he says. Karen Hicks has been project coordinator for the past years. Besides creating marketing strategies, recruiting and students, supervising the required internship, following five assessing up on each gradual, and managing the budget. Hicks works with regional funding agencies to provide tuition assistance. Lorene Carswell receives a congratulatory hug from her son. Many tables at irregular Shoemaker had done found her skills were job light industrial specific when she discovered work and had even hours and not easily transferable to the kind of position she desired. She was frustrated because she knew what she didn't want to do, but she wasn't sure what she wanted her career path move to be. Employment some direction. Here, she learned of the Equal Opportunity Center (EOC) where she could receive job counseling and interest assessment. When she met her EOC counselor. Shoemaker asked, "What are my possibilities? What am I suited to do?" Her concerned counselor recommended TIP and referred her to JTPA where she qualified for ftmding. Shoemaker was on her way to a successfiil career she had never dreamed of. As manager of Uniforce Staffing Services, an employment Eager to forward, Shoemaker visited the Security Job Center seeking placement firm, she closely identifies with her applicants. She Sandra Washburn shares her TIP experience with new students. Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL i 997 1 T now offers I P advice she heard at TIP. "Sometimes you have to face false leads, rejection. Just happen when you yourself." Frequendy, keep on networking. Connections expect least them Shoemaker to. helping place TIP graduates. "Deb is Don't shut any doors for back to the program by gives an invaluable resource who spreads good wiU about our program," says Hicks. Shoemaker, Uke Washburn, exudes enthusiasm about the program. The probably the best experience you'U ever have. "It's self-esteem skills, and confidence you build prepare you to handle almost any situation." When she enrolled in TIP, committing herself to Monday through Thursday from from 9 noon to ment and and Friday on a computer. was bruised, and she was unsure. for 16 weeks, she couldn't even turn She admits that her self-esteem wth many graduates that She agrees classes 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. advice are the group support, encourage- most important benefits. "Sonja and made us believe in ourselves." Westover and HoDy McAnall are TIP's energetic faculty. Although they chuckle about how differently John Olivo watches Lorene Carswell address her classmates during graduation ceremonies. HoUy's 'Yes, you can!' attitude Sonja complementary team efforts. "Sonja and FioDy are so positive and encoiuraging. They will do anything students," says Washburn. instructs word literacy, office who choose it, for their procedures and the while McAnall processing, keyboarding, business math and who me feel good about what I percent job placement rate community, take Westover teaches computer legal specialization for those makes says, 'I my new job!' love McAnall. do," reflects Having the publicly recognized program that boasts an 89 they approach their teaching tasks, students praise their a Student at the grocery store the as well. Local on TIP individuals. on campus employers they interns or graduates, they are getting well-trained Although TIP has priority for use, first serves as a computer training center programs. It offers its location and for special faculty And regional businesses take advantage of distance education. who come the resources by contracting for specific staff instruction. into this non-traditional classroom with a wide variety flexibility and ual needs and learning patience. Westover says, st\des. "We have each student." Westover and McAnall do on a one-to-one to assess individ- We have to adapt explanations for basis, trying to much of their teaching maintain a technologically up-to- date learning setting that approximates a typical office environment In addition to providing learning leadership, both teachers cotmsel students through personal crises and issues. Those life management "Going But situations often present the biggest challenges. watching students overcome obstacles and succeed to a graduation and thank you is rewarding. and having a mother or father come over for helping their son or daughter, or bumping into Gary Suit doesn't use TIP. However, he directiy feels that aspects of his training to the office all he borrows make him Pa., Suit has even been called upon as office Suit for 12 years when for a local paper it make coffee, a duty week he or she acts manufacturing company outplacement computer services. sldUs. It's They both who were offering applied, primarily to learn a decision he doesn't regret. of the most valuable pieces of information Suit stumbled the rigorous program wasn't found in any of his him options. "Before right away, that permanent position I took the training, getting a full-time job at one of the have applied for the post office job 4 FALL 1 997 Bloomsburg University Magazine off. It's that he might want to look all I at other was thinking about was factories. I because it probably wouldn't was temporary, and accepted the part-time position that has led to better opportunities. "I'm so 1 employee. went out of business. He and a co-worker part-time." Instead, he applied for handle almost any situation." at all II and confidence you build prepare you to to heard about TIP firom imion representatives appealed to self-esteem effective from manager. had worked that he might not find a full-time, skills, he learned pieces books. In an informal conversation, one of his teachers suggested probably the best experience you The more skills and required of each TIP student duriag the on during ever have. a bits In his current position as a United States postal clerk in Berwick, One 'It's staff classrooms for the division of continuing and medical specialization. Both recognize teaching adult students, of educational and social backgrounds, requires a great deal of and benefits the tmiversity know when a better match," he says confidentiy. much better Charting the Course from High School to College Upward Bound Building Friends with Helps Students Adjust to Campus PRIDE Upward Bound program The been a road map at Bloomsburg University has offered guidance and experience formed PRIDE program, she knew she wanted Upward college. that helped her choose Infante English and theatre major. At crucial points in her Bound life, the right path for her. Upward Bound provides tutoring through- schools in a four-coimty region. receive coaching about career college admissions and They also financial aid. during an intensive six- week session During guidelines meet of classes. and be a potential federal income first-generation all of our students University, but over the Jennifer Boicsr come to Bloomsburg 20 years that we've been on campus, we've probably had about a third of our students enroll here," says Upward Bound director Maureen Mulligan. "They feel confident when they arrive. I have Upward Bound students who come in as freshmen and they help other freshmen become acclimated to campus." Boxer came to Bloomsburg's campus for three summers as a student from Mahanoy Area High School. "Upward Bound got me to where I knew I wanted to go to college," says Boxer, who grew up in Gilberton, Pa., a small town where her high school had a graduating class of 80. "Today, this from life at Bloomsburg helped her family," she says. "I "face going away gained some of the best friends of my through Upward Bound." jump right into campus life. In addition to being active in the Bloomsburg Players, Boxer is a campus theatre group. The member of the Concert Choir and Women's Choral Ensemble. . was initiated in 1992 by Responsibility In Developing Mary Harris, associate and foundations, the Harrisburg School District. in conjunction with The program, fiinded through corporate and State System of Higher Education grants, introduces students, beginning in the sixth grade, to academic skills, ways of boosting their motivating them to stay in school and eventually attend college. Fourteen of the Freytes, are enrolled at colleges and universities throughout the country. Weekly programs in Harrisburg, facilitated by local teachers during the academic year, are enhanced by the summer on-campus portion pride's of efforts including classroom activities, field trips, sports, career planning, challenges outdoor and more. Not only benefit, but Bloomsburg students like FRIBMDS (left) FOUND -Jezebel Freytes wMi friends l>bi^aret Boyfcln, director of university police, and Tessy Infiuite, a PRIDE program counselor. BaykJn has been a Infante get real experience assistants, mentor to both Bloomsburg students. mentors and resident counselors. Professors from many disciplines share in the career exploration. "We encourage everyone to stay in school, graduate and to college," says Harris. possibility." Freytes, Boxer has gained the confidence to set lofty goals. She's "They gain an understanding major with a Spanish minor, adds, the program. law or run for public friends, people I'll office. have very strong opinions," she says. "I'm a good PHOTO BY MARLIN R.WAGNER that go on is a an elementary education/early childhood campus before BY ERiC FOSTER much always there for us, fiinny, energetic, thinking about going to law school, perhaps to practice corporate "I always participating as teaching When Boxer did come to Bloomsburg as a freshman, she was ready to . do high school students place feels like home," she says of the campus. The summers is original 18 graduates, including college student. "Not . more of a friend than a counselor." PRIDE, an acronym for Personal professor in curriculum life To qualify for the program, students must exhibit academic potential, Tessy was like that Excellence, possibilities, the summer, participants experience college Linda Burgos of Harrisburg. "She me and taught me the importance of strong friendships. there for out the school year to students from 13 high Tessy my mom almost everyday, she is my best friend," Freytes says of her mother, says Boxer. to go to Where was the question. Meeting PRIDE counselor helped make her decision easier. "I call "My decision to come to Bloomsburg had a lot to do with Upward Bound," Five years ago, when Jezebel Freytes got involved in the newly sophomore for Jennifer Boxer, a like "I was never on a The best part is I've college made more know forever." fighter." BY JIM HOLLISTER PHOTO BY MARLIN R, WAGNER Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 I M 16 FALL 1997 Bloomsburg University Mngazine Bloomsburg alumnus Patrick Bryan thought he would be doing ocean research in the Gulf of Mexico in the fall of 1993. Instead, he found himself working in what might as well be another world BY ERIC FOSTER PHOTOS BY JIM MASTRO The young Unlike the sunny, colorful Gulf, the Antarctic landscape rock and ice is black and white - colored only by bits of blue sky reflected in the and by small ice - Antarctica. clusters of researchers clad in bright red parkas. scientist's journey to Antarctica began as a student at Bloomsburg. he first A native of Nanticoke, Pa., enrolled as a biology student. in a class in invertebrate zoology During Antarctic - It was the study of animals without backbones - that he summers (which are winter months in discovered his passion for marine biology. Pennsylvania) the temperature averages "I wasn't interested at about minus 30 degrees all Centigrade - though Bryan. "But it in those animals," says I found that can drop to minus 70 more than 90 percent of degrees or colder. In June the animals in the world and is July, are invertebrates. They're the icy continent really unique, veiled in perpetual dark. From October And many inverte- March, the sun never completely Patrick Bryan stands sets. Entering Antarctica overlooking on McMurdo a fill Station, the like stations on Antarctica. going through an airlock. First stop is New Zealand, where Bryan is issued his bright red parka weather gear. McMurdo From home and cold he goes on to station, the largest of three U.S research stations is there, on the continent, which to about 1,000 researchers at a given time. brates, such as starfish, and snails, call ocean home. The the ocean environment gives jellyfish is largest of three U.S. research achieved in steps, and they live in every environment." to scientists opportunities to in a way not possible on "In a land environment, undisturbed areas," says observe nature land. it's hard to find Bryan. "Under the ocean, you can find pristine areas to study animals. That's putting marine science on the forefront of biology." Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 1 COVER the prolific young scientist (he first-authored five major In the fall of '93, papers in peer-reviewed journals as a graduate student] experted to be doing An research in the Gulf of Mexico. open- came up on a research team headed to Antarctica, and Bryan was chosen for the spot. The trip was followed by a return journey with McChntock in 1996-97. The focus of Br\'an's research is chemical ecolog)' - the study of how animals use ing And Antarctica is his chemicals to sundve. perfect laboratory'. While the environment of Antarctica may seem extreme adapted to minus •ivater at and it to there live humans, it is ver,' 1.9 degrees to sea-Hfe balmy salt Centigrade - never changes. "The communit)' \v'hole structured is only through biological interactions," says RED, WHITE AND BLUE - Researchers in red parkas stand out in the white landscape of Antarctica, in the snow and ice. During Antarctic summers, the temperature colored by blue sky reflected — though averages about minus 30 degrees Centigrade it Brs'an. "They're can drop to minus 70 degrees or colder. For example, move on can't That Marine Bn'an Small research projects at Bloomsburg single zoolog)' class led to a course taught Biolog\' \vas became Wallops Island at the \\'ith was presented a passion that conference, t)'pifies his career. Klinger remembers Bn'an as the excellent student desperately interested in the marine sciences. more Bryan's doesn't surprise Klinger at later "For from Pennsylvania, the ocean whole in forest li%^es, WTien you put them in the ocean, it's chemicals into the in Birmingham and was imme- -svater that kill the cells of the intruding creature. Chemicals sen'e these animals in other \s'ays as ^s'ell. "In general, a lot of animals in the ocean communicate through chemical signals," sa\'s Bryan. "Chemicals can help locate food or tell when a predator or mate is nearby." To study these animals, Brs'an enters their world by di\'ing through the sea ice through a hole and drilled into the cold water. is and farmlands so they don't notice signed on as a diately recruited into the doctoral track. something new," says Klinger. "Many of their put to use as a researcher. Army ser\'ice, he would overgrow them? They release student, the U.S. Army. chemical officer - experience he Alabama all. noticed. After ROTC animals own. They may be attached to a rock. Ho\\' do they defend graduate student at the University of students at a time. Enthusiasm like them have been him used the time to further his expertise After than 20 years old, which has about 30 students He as a no%s' got fulfilled his obligation to would Klinger coordinates the university's marine science program, it graduation, Bryan, an Bloomsburg biology professor Thomas starfish at a regional scientific and many marine their themselves from another animal that larger investigations. His undergraduate research of brittle Center in Virginia, and hooked not competing against em'ironment, only with each other." ''For it. a moment, you forget you and you feel very like re in the water, you're hovering over land!' exciting. Exotic." Bryan returned to Wallops Island for several summers tained the aquatics as a student, Bryan remain close. Bryan returned to diver. KUnger and This past summer, Wallops Island - this time to teach. 1 8 FALL 1 997 McCHntock, describes him catch. facilities at Bloomsburg's biolog}' department, and became an experienced "The water Bryan's doctoral adviser, James main- Bloomsburg University Magazine "He He ^vas as a "man'elous a stellar graduate student." sees the big picture. He's got insights," says McChntock, who in\ited Bryan to good also has work with him on post- suit that is so cold, you have to wear a keeps you completely dry and a couple inches of thermal undenvear under the dn' suit," says Br\'an, ^v'ho has dived under Antarctic to an hour for a doctoral research. "Quite frankly, he's wearing been very productive." you is so ice nearly 100 times for single dive. "The up sttjtf you're warm, you're sweating. Unless get into the water quick, you overheat" STORY "The ice itself is amazingly beautiful to look at- the bizarre, surreal setting!' Scientists contain have found animals that fi-om the extra harmful The dives are anxious. first three-foot hole is the only A small, way out if something goes wrong. But the water is crystal clear, visibility, with up to 800 feet and anxiety gives way of wonderment. "You forget about the anxiety. behavior to protect themselves from Andreas He both observes the animals in and collects specimens to sea snail (pteropod) produces a chemical world where the that in the tropics, there's only about 50 feet of and you hovering over land. feel like Some you're people almost ice, color A type of small shrimp (amphipod) and Hfe abounds. "When you start to look at the ice from below, its amazing how blue it looks," says Bryan. "Once you get to the bottom, explored a continuation of the San fault under the Pacific using the world's deepest ship, the Sea Cliff. Ocean manned diving But someday, he'U "Once people actually get to the - even people who say I'm never going back - they find their way Antarctic back," says Bryan. "It's very rare that people go once and never go back." their advantage. "I know a few people who dove down there and they were upset that it the snails ruined diving for them. The trait and uses it to The shrimp grab hold of and use them as a shield to avoid being eaten themselves. have a feeling of vertigo." Below the That has discovered this "For a moment, you forget you're in the water, isolated before. chemical makes the snail distasteful to fish. visibility." had not been there are other return to the fi-ozen South Pole. lab. don't think there's anywhere else in the visibUit)' is as clear. E\'en And oceans to explore. Already, Bryan has For example, he has discovered that a I next year. He'll search for a university Much of Bryan's research focuses on how these animals use chemicals and be analyzed in the and compounds as "They produce their o\vn antibiotics." Bryan won't return to Antarctica this teaching position. their habitat, start to see all these things, you start to has marketed these One a natural sunscreen in Australia. attack. to advanced UV^ radiation caused by the ozone hole over the pole. scientist "Many primitive organisms don't have immune systems," says Bryan. compounds that protect them He has also studied how these ocean animals protect themselves firom infection. bizarre, surreal setting. to dive anywhere ice itself is - the They don't want amazingly beautiful to look at else." it's not what anyone would expect. The bot- tom is amazingly rich with animals. Some of them are really brUhant, bright colors." The animals are often gigantic to their counterparts that compared roam more temperate water. Sea spiders are 15 inches across instead of the size of a fhimib. Sea whose diameter stars, is normally mea- sured in inches, can be measured in feet. Beauty is only an added benefit to the dives. The "This is real purpose is research. one of the marine habitats where people can discover new says Bryan. things," The knowledge gained finds appHcations in unexpected ways. Fish that Hve there have a protein in their blood that, hke antifreeze, keeps ice crystals ft-om forming in the bloodstream. The and the gene the protein has been protein has been isolated, which creates inserted into plants to finiits make frost resistant THE GATEWAY- A tfiree-foot study the ocean life hole drilled through the sea Ice Is the gxuwsf Patrick Bryan uses to of Antarctica. and vegetables. Bloomsbupg University Magazine FALL 1 997 1 DOC Almost HISTORY daily during the school year, retired histor)' professor Dr. Robert in "Doc" Warren drops on Bloomsburg University's student union. Over lunch and a backgammon, he catches game of up on the of the fraternit)' he adNises, acti\'ities to resolve tries any problems and lends the listening ear that has earned him the title of friend, confidant and mentor. For more than 30 years, Warren has been giNdng - both personally and financially - to Bloomsburg Universit)'. His generosity has touched countless Hves. Since he began teaching histon' at Bloomsburg in 1964, Warren has opened home to students, offered financial assistance and established scholarships his to help students in need. His "hobby" of placing the stock market is one way "Warren explains give. his abilit\' to When he's not traveling or \isiting the campus, Warren monitors the stock market on CNBC. He modestly acknowl- edges that his "hobby" has turned out to be as lucrative as it is pleasing. DOC'S HISTORY BY TRINA WALKER IS PHOTOS BY MARLIN R.WAGNER For more than 30 years, Warren has been giving to Bloomsburg University. 20 FALL 997 1 Bloomsburg University Magazine A 1 GENEROSITY IS And Warren makes annual contributions to the university and has provided for in his wOl. it He has He feels that one of his classroom." so, greatest contributions to the imiversity has been his service as an adviser to Sigma also College in South CaroHna, and Omega fraternity. summer of 1964, a group of young men wanting to start a fraternity Appalachian State University in North approached Warren to help organize the Carolina. group and serve established scholarships at two of his Iota alma maters: Spartanburg Methodist But the financial gifts In the he makes are tion only a part of Warren's contributions. Tim Iota brother and close friend, says without "Doc has made "It's setting them the fact that I "I guess it to school. I ties I went made couldn't have it who is "He me through grad of all by persuading me my graduate exams, me get a many times, that to many Warren commonplace that he himself forgets has forgotten to more most people do week on the in I've him telephone," says had a major decision my life, I've called Doc." Poff teaches in the health department at and physical education Lock Haven University and "Doc always took the time to to get to know he has done than "The from alumni," notes fraternity is his family." At a recent surprise birthday party, more than 20 SIO alumni and their spouses said thank you to Warren. Now corporate executives, bankers and school teachers, success. are many credit Warren with their These dear and personal friends what Warren means when he "giving is a two-way street." says To Warren, these friendships are the valuable return on his and setting them on investments. the right path!' Some he never even met. students personally and to keep in touch He often opened the doors to his own home to house students. "There has been a whole string of people who have Hved here, rent free, when I felt they needed it. Some for a semester, some for longer," with them. Warren comments. years. stressed the importance of looking beyond yourself and helping others," notes to donations made at least ten people millionaires just by being there when they needed him Warren admits he has helped more students than he can count. Some "Doc has always and he ''Doc has in a lifetime," asserts Casey. he has helped anonymously. open Casey. talk to I at social events. many of which are fraternity brothers, my my adviser and has been attends it him about them. "Doc that Warren 20 my adult life. He of their meetings and puts in a has established several scholarships for Bloomsburg alumnus who "Whenever make of course. His acts of just a matter generosity are so has proved to be as "Doc was at age 75, fraternity's adviser. "He's a valuable adviser to SIO, coaches the university wrestling team. graduate assistantship." is life a usually once a Poff. to go, then by making contacts to help Casey says Warren has helped so remains the Bloomsburg. Warren's friends with throughout are today if not for Warren. permanent first Bloomsburg, paving than 13 years ago, Warren, the Kehr Union in years ago as a history major. adviser then then by paying for people so is he and others would not be first activi- valuable as his monetary contributions. Wilmington, Del, believes that personally put at on perspective became a high school later "cameo" appearance development Carl Poff Casey, guidance counselor in school, of the fraternity he advises on the over lunch and a game of backgammon. back." where they Retired history professor all without the help of others. I'm just giving some of it KEEPING IN TOUCH - goes back to was helped when and (SIO), the the Dr. Robert "Doc" Warren catches up true that I've helped people," improvement became Sigma way for other similar groups. Though he retired from teaching more at least ten right path." Warren concedes. away him and they needed on the Omega social fraternity at people millionaires - just by being there when The organiza- as adviser. as the "social organization," Casey, a former student, fraternity exaggeration, began Sue Helwig, director of with I try to follow his my own students." Warren taught and example at In return, he has Bloomsburg for 19 a half years, serving as chairperson of the history department for almost 12 His years of distinctive service earned him the Yet, title of faculty emeritus. Warren's philosophy Warren has invested is that "much time, his personal interests in money and Bloomsburg. made Hfelong friends and created a legacy for the future. Though Warren may have forgotten some of the personal through the remember this help he has given years, others will long the Hfetime contributions of noble professor. H of learning goes on outside of the Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 2 I'^f^iff'-y ,;gwM*y'?y^'wg Issues in Health Care An Interview with Christine Alichnie BY KATHLEEN MOHR PHOTO BY MARLIN R.WAGNER Almost 800 undergraduates are in of Health Sciences University. Most at Bloomsburg care because there are gaps in Timeliness in treatment is important. When someone calls in a crisis or are receiving up-to-date, hands-on experience managed regard to health assessment and care. enrolled in programs in the School emergency, there in cooperative may not be time to A practitioner who educational ventures with regional health give a detailed history. care providers. has seen the same individual for a long As and time would chair of the department of nursing assistant On the other hand, managed care has Sciences, Christine Alichnie, Ph.D., R.N., must monitor these know the background, call may not whereas a practitioner on dean of the School of Health absorbed some of the extravagance that programs and remain informed of local, regional and national occurred in the '60s and '70s when, changes in health care. She was recently regardless of whether or not elected chair of the Pennsylvania State battery of tests, The fourth issue is the relationship Board of Nursing, whose primary purpose is to ensure safe services and competent nursing by monitoring nursing practices, reviewing regulations and responding to shifts in public health care. issues and the impact they have on nursing education. five most in^rtant heahh caie issues aie today? The issue of cost containment at the risk of decreasing the quality of health care is a major one. The second is in all fields of health care practitioners and the restrictions that each individual may place on support. Another issue relates to tele-health care, And the fifth issue actually deals vidth cost of delivery ajfifected and and develop- takes dollars e With managed care organizations you have a group of physicians or practitioners working together in a established. really last wiU be. knowledge has proliferated twenty years. As technology escalates in complexity, the was is Scientific over the heaMi caie delivery? between patient and private practitioner information It technology into practice, the higher the patients via telephone, fax, computer, state lines? Technology. cents for scientific research for health care are higher. communicating with home-bound What happens when ^^ rights as consumers. Their expectations more aware of their rotation. In the past, a relationship provided across ^Vhat is the siug^ bluest &ctor ment of technological advances. And, of course, the more it costs to put the educated. They're or health care professionals etc. \^ education, \^ How has the move toward managed life future. practice or disciplinary actions. care treatments, such as transplants or cost contributing to escal^ing healdi care and perform advanced technological some because of the issues related to individual jurisdictions Technological advances raise ethical ability to Health care or not we have lost something along the way will need to be evaluated in the near the increase in technology. financial questions that relate to the it. costs escalated out of control, so on their background and expertise? There is a push for a national licensure versus the consumer groups. They're better ^y you needed a the greatest benefit fi-om individuals based jurisdiction \^ Miat do you tiimk the receive received containment became necessary. Whether state licensure In an interview, Alichnie talked about contemporary health care among practitioners. How can we you The private practitioner understood each family as a unit. need for more equipment, education and training increases. In turn, educational costs also increase. o Cost-efifective mergers are taking place thioug^ut the health care industry. What is the future for smaller providers? This relationship needs to be reconsidered \^ iO^ Imib iLi Vi^i JM ^^ Well, I don't have a crystal ball. There are concerns in the health care may not may arena that the smaller enterprise be in existence in the future. Or they be satellites of the conglomerate or the major mergers. You can see that happening urban in the settings where there emergency care centers on the Too many federal regulations dictating to inventors The polio creators can hinder progress. vaccine might not have been developed, had federal regulations So you need if tied Salk's hands. to have a blending of both in health care practitioners, hospitals and institutions established in the United who can deal with societal issues and more complex psychological aspects of aire, the baccalaureate and higher degrees and order for us to benefit from the excellent are outskirts of from the suburbs the city so people private entrepreneurship. States. are increasing across the nation. But there wUl always be a need o for technical nurses monitoring the patient. at the bedside, Can you describe the role of the nurse in the delivery of health care today? or the rural areas can receive assessment and urgent care before being referred or transported to a major medical center. Perhaps that's ^29 What do you see as key elements to what will happen to the smaller hospitals. They may become an Private practitioners, I it will be hard for them to maintain individual practices and managed care environments because of be able to get into the cost containment reimbursement. are developing and the elements of practices, think that which are a mini form of managed care. — Some people you can have a paradox, but is both. Active participation providers Many private practitioners group ^^ Balancing quality of care and cost not override quality of care. believe, will always exist in rural areas. But still total patient care. containment, so cost containment does iatermediate unit. among all the the business managers, the consumers, the insurers — is essential. Without input from each, there will not be e family practitioner or internist in a dollars for research, to fund institutions such as the National Institute of Health that do research on leading causes of iUnesses and treatment modalities, and to of those is tasks. So the role of a nurse today probably one of an expert clinician as well as an advocate and consultant other health care providers. to They provide them through the mazes of the health care delivery system. Nurses are also the leaders The need for specialized As gatekeeper, the Yes. managed o and the managers on the floor So there from a How has nursing education been affected by health care changes? care system refers individuals to specialized practitioners only if necessary. is a shift in providing health care specialist to a generalist format. There needs to be a balance between the generalists and the shift ^^ The emphasis on health care and managed care actually relates more to community-based education. Because hospitalization time has decreased, outpatient education has increased. specialists. There also needs to be a initiate national health policies. and accountable for their tasks and ftdiiUment who actually coordinate patient care. care has decreased. effort. licensed practitioners are responsible o ^j^ There needs to be a joint delegated to a source of reference for individuals to of healdi care? ' is unlicensed assistant persoimel. Yet, help get What is an appropriate ide fijr tiie federal govenunent to pl^ in ifae ddiyerjr The federal government is able to provide Now, much of the traditional patient care a balance. Have the dianges in health caie changed the need for practitioners? o ^1^ In my day, a nurse's major role was one of clinician. Registered nurses did health care reforms? between Today, nurses need to be flexible enough who are episodic, acute care who really to nation. In a series of reports, the govern- deal with holistic aspects of chronic care. to ment Those patients take more time to Now our students need a great deal more The national government should set the also agenda for the health care of a established certain goals objectives for the care citizens. and of United States There are benchmark outcomes that they measure to determine whether or not health care providers are those goals and missions. With fulfilling these reports, there are indicators that are reviewed to establish a trend line. Thus, funding for research or technology meets demands of the citizens. Having said that, the only way things the needs or care can improve or develop is through physicians providers versus practitioners more care, more education, see, more mainte- go from pre-admission, which a is clinic-based type of practice, to acute care, home care, which is community-based. in assessment skills, in understanding the nance. Mid-level providers such as nurse pathophysiological processes of a disease practitioners are appropriate to care for in order to plan care. Baccalaureate those individuals who are healthy. Health education has had to change for that We have many more community- promotion and health maiatenance are reason. appropriate levels of client care for based education courses and practices, advanced prepared nurses. So there shift in is a nursing education. Diploma education is decreasing. Because of the complexity of the care and the need for more because of the need. In addition, today's nurses have to be proficient in health care economics and healtli care management principles. diverse practitioners ity Magazine FALL 1 997 23 DAVID COPE David Cope Brings Common Touch TO Council of Trustees BY Imagine 1 1 JIM HOLLISTER PHOTOS BY JOAN HELPER elderly, well-established, conservative, men and v^omen in powdered in high involvement - although back chairs on a lofted and students. This makes all the decisions to the university's council of trustees increased his a four- it's hour drive from home. bench, overlooking an audience of Gubernatorial approval faculty, staff tribunal to Bloom," says Cope. His appointment wigs wearing long black robes. They sit have always had a deep com- "I mitment common-thinking required for a at on the member to is gain a the university, and none will be seat questioned. the state-owned universities. OK. Maybe it to reahty years ago than today says David Cope 73, who his third year as one of 1 1 is made are to the governor by legislators from closer is body of one of Recommendations really wasn't ever that way. But the picture ruling districts throughout the Commonwealth. Cope, who returned to Bloomsburg with starting members the of Bloomsburg University's blessing of Council of Trustees. Tom Ridge, believes the system works. "We have "While a very diverse board. incumbent Governor politics play a part in Business people, educators and these appointments, other professionals, coming from person wide who bring expertise interests lot to the board," says Cope. "This university board is is Cope has always been committed to education. he knew what subject he would teach - knew that Bloomsburg was He decided to and has been there Cope social studies. And he first directed 22 senior plays and even married a fellow teacher, Karen, and found himself his move to a His desire to regain the "wow" he got from seeing students him back to the classroom. "AH I ever wanted to in a small town," says the Berwick native. Cope's interest in Bloomsburg University has never flagged. Since his first day on the job, symbols of the university seal 24 FALL 1997 institution, the and a photo of campus landmark Carver have decorated his classroom. Bloomsburg University Magazine means a endow a university, successful in the eyes on stiU serve is the wide range of topics presented to a great and him and Hall, his recalls lively discussion. understanding of finances. Mr. Buehner. I refer On the other hand, come from public education and see students and come here. We may have a better idea on issues Uke drug and alcohol education because we've seen some of those problems more up close than others." Recommending the appointment of and evaluating imiversity I leave high school notoriety. do a very presidents are the tasks for which trustees probably gain the principal's role for five years. succeed drew cites colleagues at quarterly meetings Mr. Davis and directed his 15th produrtion of the team teaching American Cultures with her before was teach also does not have a Common people can get on this type of board and make specifically to colleagues like 15 musicals at the high school. He it an impact" "We have people with teaching job in since. Summer Theatre. He has important. Cope the only place he wanted to go to col- graduation, he accepted his This past summer. TitusviUe of money to maybe not who council of trustees. That be a teacher when he was in the second grade. By fourth grade, TitusviUe, Pa., me, of many people, can very diversified, and the reflects that." lege. After like However, the guidelines established most university's ability to function within the by the State System and the Commonwealth falls squarely on the trustees' shoulders. Trustees make recommendations to the president on standards of admission and disciphne, as well as changes in room and board, fees, appointees and budget expenditures. Another expectation of the is helping the president develop strong relations COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES between the institution and the public, including representing the university at official "We shouldn't says Cope. "That activist Commonwealth deal with the daily running of the university," is the president's role. However, board. We're very vocal. we role is I We both come my education, my worked all through my college years. It are compatriots in this. families that struggled. didn't come easy. I "Our sole university We do not focusing the on the future. endorse the past or endorse stagnation but force the ment. "We have to is prepare We trustee focus - is to give perspective. focus "We need affordable. on things We force the administration to that are important." to provide the absolute best education that Mr. Stuban [trustee and former member is what we have to be about. Too often employment agencies." While he may don a black robe for a graduation ceremony or even a powdered wig for one of his stage productions, when it comes is of the for a lifestyle. If we teach students how to study, they gain this great basic knowledge base. And they know how to search [information] out and work with it. And they cooperate with others. That role of the the driving force behind his involve- them we're seen as own little narrow focuses. The paid half of top-notch, education." university to look to the future. Education can be very parochial. tend to have our I We have to have affordable, but absolutely the His interest in students rest." simplifies the expectations of the trustees. Cope think Ted and I from parents paid half and are an We don't always agree, and we We need to keep this institution two steps don't rubber-stamp. ahead of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives] speaks to this constantly, and functions. he just wants to be David Cope - husband, to being a trustee, father, teacher and ordinary guy. Council of Trustees What do you get when you put a a former in the legislator and LaRoy the media School. all same room? At Bloomsburg University the answer is is a social studies is He is from Feasterville. 18th year on the council, he In his a is former chair and currently serves as the Council of Trustees. The university's ruling body G. Davis teacher at Bensalem Township High a student, doctor, lawyer, educators, council first vice chair. appointed by the Governor A. William Kelly is the president of Pennsylvania and makes decisions ofWVIA-TV and WVIA-FM, that affect the lives of more than northeastern Pennsylvania's public 8,000 students, faculty and staff at Bloomsburg. It is community, and the 1 1 and television a diverse university radio stations. Kelly from Kingston, members of second vice chair, and the current council reflect that: second year. Jennifer R. Adams, a senior management major at Bloomsburg vice president of the is the group's student representative and serves as practice. in left Standing from office is from Berwick and to left Petrosky, James H. her family's medical She Seated from right: Ted Stuban, Joseph Education), to right: T. Atherton Jr. is McCormick (Chancellor of the LaRoy G. in his sixth He is a former is in his 16th year David J. Petrosky is is an attorney with the firm of James, Mihalik, Buehner and Leipold Buehner, a former chair, in his 18th year is resides in Titusville and is in Bloomsburg. on the council. a social studies teacher M. O'Connor is on the in his is from director of Plains. A council. the executive director of the Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit and Robert W. Buehnerjr., a Danville resident, He is as chair. R.Adams. he senior on the council and serves County Intermediate Unit 18 and chair, is Penn State resides in Danville. third year Kevin year on the council. Mowad, M.D., J. J. State System of Higher the Luzerne in his is Geisinger Health System Foundation and is Wilkes-Barre. David J. Cope H. Alley, Cope, David J. Davis, James T. Atherton Jr, Jennifer guidance counselor at Bishop Hoban High School. Currently, he lives in Mowad, Ramona Jr, A. William Kelly. Kevin M. O'Connor, David a former council chair in her 14th year. James J. President Jessica Kozloff, Robert W. Buehner council secretary. Ramona H. Alley is an manager Joseph is serves as council is from Moscow. He is in his second year on the council. Ted Stuban is a retired auctioneer and former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, having served eight terms. He is from Berwick and in his second year on the council. at Titusville Area Senior High. Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 25 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS College of Business ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR SHOOTS FOR ACCURACY new minors offers four now have Students the option of choosing from four new minors in the CoUege of Business. During the spring semester, Wilson Bradshaw, provost and vice president for academic approved affairs, new minors in accounting, computer and t information systems, management, and marketing. The Bloomsburg University curriculum Dick Baker can be described shooter" An - as a "straight a parking lot on a hot margms of ^^cto^y literally. accounting professor. Baker competes in committee recommended the summer day. The bench rest approval of the shooting Each minor narrow that even the deflection of are so credits in bench rest rifle shooting, a sport in the difference between winning which and not can won often enough to become a member grass field can be a "The trick air currents is to shoot through the same each time," says Baker. "Or compensate. At 300 yards on a ^\'indy day, Bench rest rifle shooters fire their weapons from a bench to a target 100, 200 you can be mined not by who est The contest is deter- hitting the buUseye, but shoots their five bullets into the small- to enhance upon it boils down right to beheve that you're going to win. Once the shot is fired, there is it. on the wall in his ofiSce. One looks graduation. Students nothing you can do to The next shot is a whole new now. "We are very pleased to offer these four to students were like it fact, outside the CoUege of of his youth plinldng cans and hunting entered shooting first competition in 1977. In 1978, he first won national championship. In 1979, he set (the record has since to won enough be mducted into been broken). By 1989, national competitions tlie Hall of Fame. To become a champion, a shooter must learn to compensate for and two light deflection, also variables: wind caUed mirage. Light deflection can easily be observed over 26 FALL 1 997 Bloomsburg University Magazine It's a trait that Baker says apphes to accounting as give amount be an accountant. You give additional skills and experience well. "It takes a fair to broaden their career options," Da^dd Long, dean of the CoUege of Business. The new minors join a says people advice; you'd better be Though Baker competes right." often today less because of his involvement \sath the Boy general business his the world record in 300-yard competition he had We wanted to adventure." of confidence to fired into the target. A Milton native who spent the summers groimdhogs, Baker new minors both within and students opportunities to gain has been pierced by a single shot. In five bullets to their job readiness Business. Baker keeps several old targets hanging both business can declare the new minors any competition," says Baker. "You have change grouping. to and non-business majors talking feet." "Confidence, that's what in by of course work and wiQ be open of the Bench Rest Rifle Hall of Fame. or 300 yards away. minors. critical factor. be measured in thousandths of an inch. He's from heat over a light new consists of 18 Scouts as an assistant Scout Master, his accurac}' is still impro\'ing, as is the level of competition. "When I win, I'm shooting groups now." He much stresses that the petitors use have changed very past 20 years. "As much as little smaller in the it's competitors pushing each other to higher levels." 1994. There are 1 10 sttidents in the general business minor. guns com- amthing, minor \\'hich has been in existence since NEWS B R r NEWS E F S important," says Jim Dutt, Francis B. commerce chairperson of computer and to speak at winter information systems. commencement in the new lab Electronic A new computer laboratory, activities designed specifically to meet machine the computer information systems and The Electronic The Commerce and The Dutt, computer information faculty, student lab features 10 IBM professional workstations as well as several PCs. will use the lab among The each semester. was created with lab "Computer mediated business is becoming extremely Truhe of Cambridge Technology Partners. funding support from IBM. began his in 1951 as a member of counsel at McNees, & Nurick Attorneys at became a of the firm. member LAW State System of Higher Education and Widener University signed a new partnership agreement tliat provides special who want rank and Law School Admissions and satisfying and students wUl receive Campus of the Widener approximately $300,000 in renewable scholarships to The agreement, which Bloomsburg assist with tuition Titled University students, of the of the Harrisburg Widener made Eugene Dixon qualified graduates of to Jr., chairman of percent of the annual tuition fee for selected tlieir bachelor's degree and then the usual seven, through a 3 Admission Program. Admission -I- 3 Early criteria for the programs include attaining a required students. Up to 56 Dixon Scholars may be University School of Law has campuses hi Wilmington, Del, and Harrisburg. elder Haas (1927-1939), progress was made in the teacher education program, including the left new degree Bloomsburg to return education and certification in the department of public instruction for Pennsylvania. Haas selected each year. The Widener Under the of the bureau of teacher The partnership wOl a Juris Doctor degree in six years, rather president, Dr. Francis B. Haas. He Governors, these scholarships wUl offset 30 students to earn law to his post as superintendent through an Express Admission Program. System later received his F. the State System's Board of also allow State 1999. program, in business education. Pennsylvania by the State System's 14 universities December of addition of a contributions University School of Law for costs. "Dixon Scholars" in recognition assures admission to from Haas is the son of former Bloomsburg University attend the Harrisburg includes retired Pennsylvania. Additionally, eligible University School of Law. He 1995 and became a degree at the University of fitness. to he degree at Bucknell University Widener University School of Law admission and later Haas earned a bachelor's requirements relating to character admission and scholarships for State System students class Test (LSAT) score, and School board, where he wUl serve until During the summer, representatives of the Law in Pa., managing partner his firm in PARTNERSHIP WITH WIDENER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 13. Haas Harrisburg, subsidiaries. Williams, and alumnus William R. commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. Wallace Approximately 60 students goods, transfer funds and share information Amie the internet. soft- the business world today to Jinn on Jr. wiU be the featured speaker legal career marketing goods, firom books ware currently being used in systems includes field also Attorney Francis B. Haas undergraduate sums of sharing inventory to mortgages, work with the latest hardware and money or Jr. for Bloomsburg's winter to corporations information electronically. allows students to sell MAC last spring. Lab, located in Sutliff Hall, Harold Frey includes such as using a transferring large management information systems programs, opened commerce card to get cash from a the needs of students in left are: Haas Students practice electronic age in Shown from BRIEFS Jr., along with his father, will have served in public education for the entire 20th century. Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 27 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS BRIEFS COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING HELPS UNIVERSITY MANAGE CHANGE Mathematics and computer science professor Clint Oxenrider pro\'ided the on training initial physical plant CAD for Bloomsburg's staff. Since that time, a computerized entire tlie map of campus, including buildings and has been created, and most utilit)' lines, building floor plans are also on the computer Draftsman Gary Hilderbrandt and facility' (sho\\Ti at planner Colin Reitmeyer now \\'ork to (right) keep the computerized drawings up to date as changes are made across campus. They've also scamied maps into tlie computer. The plans serve much more than many old who Maintenance workers and contractors purposes. Buried need floor plans of buildings on campus get fast service at Bloomsburg. The plans are on available with a couple of keystrokes computers in the construction projects The office, and keep imiversit)^'s planning and imiversit)''s helping to speed 158-\'ear-old (CAD) to dra^v years ago, utUitv' lines criss-cross computer terminal, building Maps of campus, floor sho^sdng any none first at all, "We impromptu speaking di\'ision. The- 27th annual utilities, or "That saves the architects," says Reitmeyer. universit)' the State System of Higher Education to up adopt computerized drafting. have to pay to compile at Ball Muncie, Ind., At the national tournament, Bloomsburg's team placed can be printed. and State Universit}', in April. provide construction drawings to contractors universin^ in in the tournament was held a combination of imderground the the Gephart finished 9th out of 239 competitors From at will. for projects seven Championship Tournament national championship planning and construction becommg archival campus. Buildings have been costs doxsTi. maps as a national semifinalist at the Forensic Association's renovated time and again over the years. began using computer-aided drafting office and communication major, placed political science last spring. plans, in large or small scale, can be printed up nationally for speaking Ryan Gephart, a senior s)'stem. left) Gephart ranked 9th money and speeds project start times. Other universities this information." 14th overall. Over the past 20 years, Bloomsburg's forensic team has had several national quarterfinahsts, but the Gephart is first semifinalist. Kozloff honored by two universities Electronic loan transfers up mean fewer Without the electronic lines for students have fewer lines to wait in to sign for financial aid checks this year, thanks to a new program implemented by the recently received 1996, the universit)' implemented an electronic which allows students using the system to make only two trips a semester to the business office to pick 997 may was have to make four to six trips affiliated \\'ith prior to coming a semester to the business office, since two honors from universities she to Bloomsbtrrg. Universit)' of each individual The Nevada- Reno, where she received her aidprogram requires university's During the summer of transfer system, recei\ing financial aid federal business office. 1 President Jessica Kozloff transfer system, students Many students \vill 28 FALL financial aid refund checks. and master's the student to personally sign bachelor's each check awarded. degrees, featured her in their The system alumni magazine. She was electronic transfer is growing popularity. Louann in Louann Laidacker commencement According to Laidacker, fiscal assistant in the business office, last fall, in^^ted to deUver the 3,098 loans were processed electronically, while this fall \vill more than 4,200 loans be processed electronically. Uni-\'ersit}' also August address at the of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she began her college teaching career. Bloomsburg University Magazine I NEWS Jones receives international recognition for NEWS BRIEFS work BRIEFS STUDENTS MAKE REAL FIND WHILE PRACTICING ARCHAEOLOGY in early childhood education tlie Sheila Dove professor of disorders surface was dated at 4,250 years old Jones, associate while a slightly deeper piece was dated at communication 5,250 years old. At about two feet under- and special ground, samples were dated education, was recognized work internationally for her old in fall, stiU, at at 8,530 years 8,720 years old. sample of what appeared to be from a wooden post, found 2 feet, four inches below the surface, was dated at Lastly, a the field of early childhood intervention. Last and deeper she was awarded the International 8,820 years old. Division for "The dates are exactly what I predicted. nice and surprising to be that close," says Early It's Childhood Wymer. "There of the dates this early that Council for meaning that are very few radiocarbon eire in good context, you know how deeply they Exceptional were found in the soU column. This Children's beautiful stratography. DIGGING FOR KNOWLEDGE - President's Kate Mehl Award for many years commitment, caring. confers with at the Streater dig site. Merit for International for her (right) of service Her most DEC archaeology course during the at Bloomsburg as an fall, found below the more recent university's summer while still layers site has were undisturbed, and the older materials were Dee Anne Wymer Mehl took the high school student.This and Student The a really perfect, a textbook materials. It's site." she started studies anthropology major. recent project, Thirteen Bloomsburg "Preparing Early Childhood students made a Professionals for Family significant archaeological Centered and Inclusive discovery in the Environments," focuses on summer of 1996 when preparing future educators to work effectively that have they excavated with families a suspected former young children with Native American disabOities. Students enrolled in a class related to the trading center along the ^'^ohS; program Susquehanna River near are spending time in family the university. homes as well as schools day care centers. The and Ihc project was part of an anthropology three-year field project was funded through a $20,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Her next school class. Hundreds of objects were is a five- year study of the effectiveness of the Danville Head Start Waggoner are also involved in that study. The study is funded charcoal from campfires, to the remains of house posts. And anthropology professor Dee Anne intersects K Wymer Wymer has taught the field school for estimated that the deepest layers they many summers. uncovered showed signs of human Previous field more than schools have been 8,000 years ago. Radiocarbon dating of samples of wood, completed this past Wymer was right, summer, revealed of charcoal found that humans were indeed present in the area 8,000 years ago. State field near the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. the objects were old. by grants fi'om the university and Pennsylvania's was in a farm where Fishing Creek settlement and John site with the Susquehanna River Program. Psychology faculty Eileen Astor- Stetson dig uncovered, ranging from spearpoints, to Judging from the spearpoints and tools, project The of Streater's Nursery, located at A piece about one foot below held at the Great Circle site in Ohio, one of the most important sites in North America. System of Higher Education. Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 29 NEWS NEWS BRIEFS UNIVERSITY NAMED BEST BUY IN BRIEFS Professor practices RECENT BOOK economics of giving Bob Obutelewicz, assistant professor of economics, turned a personal gift for loss into a future students. Recognizing the importance of student scholarships, Obutelewicz saw an oppormnit)to help the university after the death of Bloomsburg has been included in America's 100 Best College Buys: 1997To be considered for and universities had to this and 1998. 100 institutions rated as a best buy. The book, colleges meet pubhcation points out that Bloomsburg several ven,' based on results from specific requirements and universities examined, Bloomsbvug was one of only private, coDeges Uni%'ersit\' is a teaching institution his parents. In their memor\', he established The Joseph and Savannah Obutelewicz Memorial Scholarship. The whose scholarship "academic programs have kept pace with the annual national sun^ey conducted by fall Institutional Research Out of and a senior 1,784 tsvo-year and four-year, public educational opportunities for today's world." awarded each for the spring semester to the times, offering current, relevant E\'aluation, Inc. is with the top grade point average in economics. Obutelewicz has been teaching at Bloomsburg for 15 HOW TO ENJOY THE f_ wanted HB HH ^^ fei|fl B^fe^ wU llf'^ mPw :,5«7m/O0; 00/00/00 >? HBjsi^^". "^ for a while, and I'm glad put off any longer," says it I didn't my depart- ment, and while I'm they are people |T7sr| VISA had do something goes to people in ^^2| ; to Obutelewicz. "The scholarship ^'t^Wy^ - gets to see his scholarship at work. "I VIEW FROM THE TOP. poomsbum " UNIVERSITY and now years I still here, know." Obutelewcz has also been on many governance (^p active committees, including The Bloomsburg University Preferred and Gold Visa' cards provide you with more than just about any other credit card you • 5.9% lntroductor\' balance may be savings, more benefits, and more services the planning carrying. Annual Percentage Rate (APR). Take advantage of this low APR on cash advance checks and transfers, available for • Issued free of an annual tee. • Higher line of credit, gives a limited time onlyl up to $50,000, if eligible. "At Bloomsburg, many facult)' and Q2J7 when you ^ universit)' f liilancE|sl11asa:Aiad|injan "Through annual is issued and |n^^ (usuat to ic8RS8. ©!9S7»iBNAAsHiraBaAKA 997 V.T gifts, bequests and planned gi\'ing, alumni and staff help the imiversity afenslBralbrWIUAgeiQBaA chanplatier that data Fa {Hie onenirtomatiiitcalll-ailW-TMheNAAgHiQisayei!^ 1 advancement. VahEf]^^ kioniEtiQn (fedosuss aoo^T^nyi^ Boisy ofdEfs, t)€s. lodEiy oiss. en] casino gaoiog difE is 2% ot eadi sudi ptidiass 30 FALL members laniero, \ice president of c3^a()eDcesis2%ie DeS. or «^ ^ [niDotJonal (^ eipires. wtidi?^ ocan fir^l yotf Affl a bo^ the we are are active in our fund-raising TTi' users, call: 1-800-833-6262. Please be sure to use priority code [isvig first-hand knowl- extremely grateful that so 1-800-847-7378 c^oiaiH] him edge of the imiversity's needs. CALL TODAY! )No ^mjal and budget committee, a position %vhich :r;-i-i- JI)3-AAUV7,37 to strengthen and grow." Bloomsburg University Magazine 1 WHAT'S HAPPENING Conna Craig Art Exhibits Exhibits are Art. in the Haas Gallery of Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.nn. to 4 p.m. For Bloomsburg University Chamber Wednesday, Nov. Orchestra, Mark Jelinek, conductor president of the Institute for Featuring more Dn John Couch, piano. 2. 1 Craig is Children, a non-profit group that advocates "assignment adoption." Music by Mozart. information, contact the art department at (717) 389-4646. Catherine Angel Photocollage, Oct. 8 to Nov. Reception, Monday, Nov. 3, 3. Semester Derrici< Bell Student Recital Thursday, Feb. Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m., fessor and well-known scholar. Bell Kenneth noon. Carver Concerts S. Gross Auditorium, a position at Harvard University left to protest the school's failure to hire Hall. and tenure Vera Viditz- Ward Photography, Nov. 1 to Dec. Reception, Wednesday, Nov. Concerts are free unless otherwise For more information, specified. call 2. (717)389-4284. 1 9, Homecoming Pops Concert Hall, office at (717) Haas Center for the Arts. Concert Choir, Women's Choral Call the Celebrity Artist Series box 389-4201 for more Ensemble, and Husky Singers, Alan Baker and Wendy performances are Mitrani Hall, Haas at 8 p.m. Center for the Arts. Saturday, Nov. 1 , 2:30 p.m. Featuring area Suzuki Violinists, Kenneth Carver S. Gross Auditorium, Hall. Church, p.m.). First Presbyterian Baker, directing. Women's Choral Ensemble, Wendy Miller, directing. Annual concert of classical traditional, and popular holiday music. Husky Club Fail Concert Sunday, Nov. Carlota Santana Spanish Dance Hall, Golf Outing Concert Saturday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9, Country Club, Danville. Call (717) Frosty Valley Kehr Union Ballroom. Bloomsburg 389-4128 for information. University-Community Orchestra Singers, 18. Special Events and the University Chamber Grease Oa. Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. (repeated Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:30 Poinsettia Pops Suzuki Recital Saturday, "The Joy of Miller directing. information. All faculty of Bloomsburg. Concert Choir,Alan Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m., Mitrani Celebrity Artist Series women color Christmas" Concert Friday, noon. I998.A law pro- 12, 1 6, Mark Jelinek and Wendy Miller directing. Light refreshments, 2:30 p.m., Mitrani Haas Center for the Arts. Bloomsburg University-Community a carol sing-a-long, and a visit from Santa Claus.A family-oriented Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Friday, for Oct. more 1 7. Call 1-800-526-0254 information. evening at a nominal cost. Also, a Company "Fiesta Orchestra, Mark Jelinek, conductor. music scholarship event. For Homecoming Flamenco" Featuring Benton native Michael ticket information, contact the Saturday, Oct. 18. Saturday, Nov. 8. Caesar performed by Aquila Theatre Company Milnarik,tuba. Music by LoPresti, Development Center Vaughan Williams, Kamen, and Clark. 717-389-4128. at Theatre Julius Friday, Feb. 27, Classics Concert Sunday, Nov. 23, 2:30 p.m., Kehr 1998 On Thursday, Feb. 26, a Holiday special performance of Aristophanes' "Birds" will be given for Bloomsburg University students and area schools. Union Ballroom. year to First welcome the Singers, Wendy Miller, Nadia Salerno Sonnenberg Wednesday, March 25, 1998. S. in Carver Hall, Gross Auditorium. Lectures are free and open to the announced. For more information, (717) 389-4199. A Midsummer Night's Dream By William Shakespeare, Oct. 10, 11,17, 18,8 p.m.; Oct. 5 and 12, Cincinnati vy^ith Kenneth public.Times and places are to be call director. Symphony Orchestra performances are concert of the holiday season. Featuring the Bloomsburg University Chamber Tickets are required. All Provosfs Lecture Series Chamber Morris Dees Orchestra Concert Monday, Oct. 20.The founder of the Sunday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for the Arts. 2 p.m. Southern Poverty Law Center, Dees has written three books rights and racially on civil motivated Square Peg Bali By Justin Robert!, Nov. p.m.; 1 9-20, Nov. 23, 2 p.m. crimes. Bloomsburg University Magazine FALL 1 997 3 k THE LAST Shown from Kozloff. left: Volunteer co-coordinator of Children's Museum Sandra Evans, WORD SOLVE director Jean Downing, volunteer Ginger Hess, President Jessica and student Andrea Bogetti. Many of the stories in this expertise to help their fellow BY JESSICA SLEDGE KOZLOFF edition of Bloomsburg beings. PRESIDENT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY and that staff community. In strive to knowledge human provide students know how to with the wisdom to have focused on the ways students, faculty We also apply to help others. Students wisdom in a variety of ways - estimated the annual university's gain that community service contributions at 34,980 hours! Our students spend indirectly explains thousands of hours during the year in experience of internships and cooperative students and our schools, libraries, child care centers to the area businesses. Students have surveyed participate in service to the the photo above, Sandra Evans, volunteer co-coordinator of the Children's Museum, how Bloomsburg University SOLVE office contributed museum's second annual Summer Art and Science Center. The occasion was a reception honoring Jean SOLVE Downing, director, for providing space for the construction of dinosaurs and other museum. Nine flood-affected Columbia County cooked chicken at and mentoring programs for "at-risk" students, the office during the spring semester. only in Bloomsburg and surrounding Other students worked as volunteers and communities, but throughout the contributed to fund raising for the Art many of their hometowns. had their summer enriched because of these efforts. I am proud of the many hours that Bloomsburg University students devote to community service. You may be surprised to know that the SOLVE 32 FALL 1997 office has Bloomsburg University Magazine through volunteer I university students developed projects in and Science Center. The children of Bloomsburg and our surrounding area education, and by helping people directly service. am proud of the many hours that run recreation/ and constructed dinosaurs and caves for the Children's Museum. They work not exhibits for the traveling Bloomsburg University students devote to community service. state in Bloomsburg University has been "the friendly college Students also contribute to the on the hiU." our students come off the service projects give students a chance to true significance to the words, practice their chosen profession. resource." I'm very But more importantly, serving others teaches students the true purpose of - to acquire the skills and all real most and presence is so called However, much more when community through services offered to on our campus. In many cases, our the public education professors' residents, the Mental Health Association's barbecue, by hearing of their experiences, during the hands-on hill and give "community proud of them, and appreciative of the outstanding faculty staff them. who encourage and mentor GIFTS GALORE FROM THE BU BOOKSTORE CALL MON.-FRI.9AM-5 PM (717) 389-4180 • UNIVERSITY STORE, 400 $3.95 15. $2.95 16. 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