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California University

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 22 SEPT. 17, 2012
READ THE JOURNAL ONLINE: www.calu.edu/news/the-journal

Hall to Bear Scholarship Donor’s Name
Cal U residence hall will be
renamed to honor a former
professor whose $1.95 million
bequest will provide scholarships for
years to come.
At its fall meeting, the California
University Council of Trustees voted
unanimously to rename Residence Hall
A, which houses many Honors Program
students. The building will be
rechristened the G. Ralph Smith II
Honors Hall.
Smith, an assistant professor of
English from 1964-1994, died in 2010.
In his estate, he left $1.95 million to Cal
U, the largest bequest in the school’s
modern history.
The University has placed the funds
in an endowment, and it anticipates
awarding the G. Ralph Smith II General
Scholarships beginning in 2013-2014.
“I recommend that we honor
Professor Smith and recognize his
generosity,” Acting President Geraldine
M. Jones told the Trustees. “His gift will
give many students the opportunity to
receive a college education at Cal U.”
In her report to the Trustees,
President Jones made a point she also

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Residence Hall A will soon be renamed the G. Ralph Smith II Honors Hall in memory of the
former professor, whose $1.95 million bequest is the largest in the school’s modern history.

emphasized during her Aug. 28
convocation address to faculty and staff:
In order to move ahead, the University
must focus on its core mission —
educating Cal U students, stabilizing
enrollment and putting financial
solvency principles into place.

She reported that the leadership
team has made deep spending cuts,
reducing the projected deficit for 20122013 to about $3 million — about $1
million less than the figure reported at
the convocation.
Further cuts are inevitable, she said,

especially because Cal U faces an
enrollment decrease of approximatley 9
percent, compared to last year.
Enrollment totals are not finalized
until later in the semester, but Acting
Provost Bruce Barnhart reported that,
on the seventh day of classes, Cal U’s
headcount of undergraduate and
graduate students was down by 858
students.
“I will not talk only about the good
things here at Cal U — and there are
many — but I will also be open about
the challenges,” Jones told the panel,
which included new members Michele
Mandell and Robert Miner Jr.
The two Cal U alumni replace
previous council members Gwendolyn
Simmons and Leo Krantz.
Jones closed her report by stating
that Cal U’s “human resources, its
employees” remain the university’s
strongest asset.
“If everyone does the best job they
can, we will respond and overcome the
great challenges we face,” she said.
In other business:
• Barnhart’s presentation introduced
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New Pa. Law:
Bring Valid
ID to Polls
The Vulcan Flyer has extended its hours of service between the main and south campuses.

Vulcan Flyer Extends Service
he Vulcan Flyer has extended its operating
hours to meet the needs of late-night and
weekend riders.
The shuttles now are operating from 7 a.m.midnight Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a.m.-11
p.m. Saturdays, and from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Sundays.
The Vulcan Flyer, which carries students, faculty
and staff between the main campus and the south
campus at Roadman Park, started the academic year
on a slightly shorter schedule.
“Based upon ridership numbers gathered over
the last two years, and with … free parking on
campus for faculty and employees, we reduced
service in the early mornings and late nights that
had been put in place to accommodate work shifts,”
said Chris Johnston, director of Parking and
Transportation.
Although the reduced schedule served riders
more efficiently, the need for extended hours
emerged when fall classes got under way.
“The Vulcan Flyer has evolved to become a
dependable form of transportation for students,
faculty and staff,” Johnston said.

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“We found within the first days of the academic
year that students had grown accustomed to riding
the shuttle to Vulcan Village after a long night of
studying in the library, or after leaving one of the
many late-night activities on the main campus.”
Extended hours will give riders more time to
finish their library work or attend events, confident
that they will have reliable transportation to
Roadman Park.
Vulcan Flyer ridership continues to increase,
Johnston said.
Last year, the fleet registered more than 100,000
passenger-rides, compared to 85,400 for the 20122011 academic year.
All Vulcan Flyer shuttles have Wi-Fi hot spots on
board, so passengers can use their mobile devices
and laptops during their ride.
“Our main goal is to keep improving and
provide a quality service,” Johnston said. “Whether
it is through technology upgrades or adjusting the
service hours, we want to provide a safe and reliable
form of transportation for our students, faculty and
staff.”

Cal U has added expiration dates to newly issued
CalCards so voters can use them as identification when
they go to the polls.
A new voter ID law takes effect in Pennsylvania
beginning with the Nov. 6 general election. It requires
registered voters to present identification with a photo and a
valid expiration date before they can cast a ballot.
Older CalCards lack the required expiration date, but
the new cards can be presented at the polls as proof of
identity.
Dr. Melanie Blumberg, director of the American
Democracy Project at Cal U and a professor of political
science, stressed the importance of being prepared to vote
in the general election.
“The presidential race is a virtual dead heat in several
battleground states. The presidential election outcome, as
well as results in many Senate and House contests, will be
predicated, in large measure, on voter turnout.”
Faculty, staff and students who need a valid photo ID to
use on Election Day may contact the CalCard office at 724938-4300 for information about obtaining a new card.
Other acceptable forms of identification are:
• A Pennsylvania driver’s license or non-driver’s license
photo ID (valid for voting purposes for 12 months past the
expiration date).
• A valid U.S. passport.
• Photo IDs issued by the federal government or
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (including the Department
of State Voter ID card).
• U.S. military ID, for active-duty and retired military. A
military or veterans ID must have an expiration date or
designate that the expiration date is indefinite. Military
dependents’ IDs must contain an expiration date.
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Faculty, Grant News Among
Highlights for Trustees
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Joe Stefko of the Pennsylvania Game Commission instructs
Rafael De Lao on proper archery techniques at last year’s
Wildlife Family Day. This year’s event takes place from 12:30
p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Wildlife Society
Plans Field Day
he student chapter of The Wildlife Society will
present its seventh annual Family Field Day from
12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in and around the Frich
Biology Building.
The public may attend this free event conducted in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Held rain or shine, the field day includes an archery
demonstration, a fly-tying demonstration and casting
contest, conservation talks featuring live animals, a display
of animal tracks, and displays of pelts from Pennsylvania
fur-bearers, along with information about bluebird box
construction.
Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Dr. Carol Bocetti, the club’s adviser, said all stations
will be open for the duration of the event.
Cal U’s annual Family Day also is taking place this
weekend, so field day activities will be held in a prominent
location, not far from Old Main.
“We are hoping to catch families coming from the
Welcome Center,” said Bocetti, an associate professor in
the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences.
“We are pleased our event is taking place on this
weekend, because it offers Cal U families an enjoyable
learning experience.”
Cal U’s student chapter became a national member of
The Wildlife Society in 1996. The mission of the society is
to represent and serve the professional community of
scientists, managers, educators, technicians, planners and
others who work actively to study, manage and conserve
wildlife and habitats worldwide.
For more information, contact Christopher Frank, president of
the student chapter, at chr8090@calu.edu , or Bocetti at
bocetti@calu.edu .

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two new faculty members: Dr.
Shelly DiCesaro, in the
Department of Health Science,
and Dr. Leandro Junes, in the
Department of Math, Computer
Science and information Systems.
The acting provost also
mentioned a grant-funded project
organized by Michael Amrhein,
director of Outreach and
Integration of TEAMS, that gave
Upward Bound students a chance
to learn robotics principles while
building and racing SeaPerch
underwater robots.
• Robert Thorn, vice president
for Administration and Finance,
reported that the completion of
the Loop Road has made the
accessible On-Campus Loop
shuttle a safer and more
convenient way to travel around
the main campus. An estimated
35,000 riders used the service last
year.
He noted that 76 events were
held in the Convocation Center
this summer, adding that
sponsorship consultants Joyce
Julius & Associates Inc. are
working with the University to
pursue naming rights for the
building.
• Nancy Pinardi, interim vice
president for Student Affairs,
highlighted an Alcohol Education
Grant from the Pennsylvania
Liquor Control Board that will
involve off-campus residents and
community members in a
campaign to combat underage
and dangerous drinking.
Turning to athletics, she
pointed out that Cal U had more
Capital One Academic All-

This fiscal year, the
Development staff has
raised $6.4 million,
which surpassed the
targeted amount
of $5 million.
Americans than any other NCAA
Division II member institution,
with a school-record 13 players
receiving the honor. She also
recognized the 175 Cal U
students who were named PSCA
Scholar-Athletes — the fourth
highest total in the conference.
• Craig Butzine, vice president
for Marketing and University
Relations, highlighted the
redesign of the Cal U homepage.
Instead of a campus map, visitors
now see compelling photos of
Cal U students engaged in handson learning and campus
activities.
Butzine also described Cal
U’s role in the Explorer Series, an
educational effort led by the
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation.
The series’ first installment
brought 500 children and their
parents to CONSOL Energy
Center for a hands-on encounter
with robots. Every child took
home learning materials provided
by Cal U.
• Sharon Navoney, interim
vice president for University
Development and Cal U for Life,
reported that the capital
campaign has reached 91 percent

of its $35 million goal and now
stands at $31.8 million.
This fiscal year, the
Development staff has raised $6.4
million, which surpassed the
targeted amount of $5 million.
• Tom Moore, reporting for
Vice President Charles Mance of
University Technology Services,
told the panel that the “smart”
classroom initiative was
completed on time and within
budget. All 70 classrooms on
campus are now equipped for
high-tech teaching and learning.
UTech Services also has been
upgrading some 3,000 Cal U
computers to run on Microsoft
Windows 7, to enhance
functionality and improve
security at workstations across
campus.
After the Cabinet reports,
Council of Trustees Chairman
Robert Irey stated that the
University’s presidential search is
“in a bit of a holding pattern,”
according to PASSHE officials.
He praised the leadership of
Acting President Jones and said
she has “the confidence of the
Chancellor’s Office” as well as
the Trustees.
The meeting opened with
public comments by Cal U
alumnus Larry Celaschi and by
Dr. Michael Slavin, president of
Cal U’s APSCUF chapter.
Repeating his call for “shared
governance,” Slavin asked that a
report from the faculty union be
included on the Trustees’
quarterly meeting agenda, and he
offered to give the Trustees space
in the faculty newsletter.
“We are all part of our
University family,” he said.

Argentinian Theater Explored
from across the United States.
r. Marianna Pensa, associate
While conducting research in Buenos
professor in the Department of
Aires, Pensa presented an article about
Modern Languages and Cultures,
contemporary Argentinean theater at the
will be among the presenters at the 25th
XXI Congreso Internacional de Teatro
annual Pennsylvania Foreign Language
Iberoamericano y Argentino.
Conference this weekend at Duquesne
Held July 31-Aug. 4, this International
University in Pittsburgh.
Conference on Latin American and
Her article, written in Spanish, focuses
Peninsular Spanish Theater was organized
on a lesser-known Argentinean play, which
she discovered while doing research this
Dr. Marianna Pensa by the University of Buenos Aires. It
attracted participants from Latin America,
summer in a theater library in Buenos
Spain and the United States.
Aires. Written in 1925, the play incorporates themes
“I had the pleasure of sharing my session with
considered taboo in the Argentinean theater of the
colleagues from Argentina, Mexico and Spain,” Pensa
1920s.
said. “This is one of the most prestigious Hispanic
This will be the fifth time that Pensa has
participated in this conference, which attracts scholars theater conferences, and it was a superb experience.”

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TPS Takes Professional Development Program Online
al U’s Teaching with Primary
Sources program collaborated
with Intermediate Unit 1 this
summer to offer its first online
professional development program for
teachers.
TPS instructional specialist Linda
Muller designed and delivered the course
in conjunction with Stevie Kline, and
IU1 technology integrator and teacher
trainer, and school librarian Joyce Mason of the CanonMcMillan School District.
Kline and Mason are TPS Ambassadors who,
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advanced training in the effective use of
primary sources for classroom
instruction.
Teachers and librarians from across
Pennsylvania and from California’s San
Francisco Bay area participated in the
six-week course. They developed lesson
plans and primary source sets for
classroom use and teacher support for
various grade levels and disciplines.
The online course extends the reach of the TPS
program beyond the local service area and aligns with
Cal U’s efforts to expand its online programs.
Another collaborative online offering with IU1 is

scheduled this fall.
“Our collaboration with IU1 has been fruitful and
demonstrates how educational entities can work
together to reach out to teachers beyond the local
service area,” said Dr. Michael J. Brna, Cal U’s TPS
director.
He said the online program will enable teachers
everywhere to learn how the Library of Congress’s vast
collection of digital primary resources fits with the
nationally recognized Common Core standards for
education.
“This keeps Cal U at the forefront of teacher
professional development through its Teaching with
Primary Sources program,” he said.

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Campus
BRIEFS
Constitution Day
Panels Today

Student Malik
Credie (right)
shares a moment
with his family
last fall. Family
Day is an ideal
way for students
and their loved
ones to get
together and
enjoy the
University.

Cal U Welcomes Families
n one of the highlights of the fall semester, Cal U
students will welcome their families to campus with a
series of special events during the 34th annual Family
Day.
Formerly known as Parents Day, Family Day brings
parents, family members and friends together with their Cal
U student for a full day of fun, including athletic events and
a variety of other activities.
Last year, more than 800 students and family members
participated.
From 4-8 p.m. Friday, free movies will be shown in
Vulcan Theatre, and musicians will perform outdoors at the
Natali Amphitheatre.
Family Day registration begins 8 a.m. Saturday at the
information desk in the lobby of the Natali Student Center.
The Parents Leadership Council will meet at 9 a.m. in the
Kara Alumni House.
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10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Gold Rush dining area inside the Natali
Student Center.
The University Choir will give a free concert at 11 a.m. at
the Emeriti Faculty Fountain, on Third Street.
Other activities are planned from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on the
campus Quad. Faculty members from the Department of Art
and Design, Greek Life groups and the Student Government
Association will be conducting activities. The popular Kid
Zone, sponsored by the Black Student Union, will provide
fun for all ages with games, entertainment and face painting.
Tours and activities also are planned at Vulcan Village, on
the south campus, including a picnic-style lunch for parents
and families. Complimentary shuttle service from the Natali
Student Center will be available.
Family Day activities conclude with the Vulcans’ home
football game against IUP beginning at 3:30 p.m.
For more information or to register, visit the Family Day
website at http://www.calu.edu/events/familyday/ .

Kate Klim Next Up in Café
he Underground Café continues at 9 p.m. Thursday
with a performance by pianist, singer, and songwriter
Kate Klim. Weather permitting, the café will be held
outdoors, in the Convocation
Center courtyard.
A graduate of Berklee
College of Music in Boston,
Klim began her career in
2002 and soon was opening
for artists such as Shawn
Colvin, Lucy Kaplansky,
Richard Shindell and
Ollabelle.
Her emotive use of
words and melody has been
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songwriting contests. She won the 2010 Kerrville New Folk
competition, and was a finalist in the 2005 and 2006
Mountain Stage Newsong contests, the 2006 Mid-Atlantic
Song Contest, the 2007 Kerrville New Folk competition,
and the 2007 Solarfest competition.
Klim’s first studio release, “Up and Down and Up
Again” was created with producer Crit Harmon in
Somerville, Mass., in 2006. She now lives in Nashville,
Tenn.
The Commuter Center, located next to the Vulcan
Theatre in the Natali Student Center, is transformed into
the Underground Café on Thursday evenings from 9 p.m.
until midnight during the fall and spring semesters. In good
weather the café moves outdoors.
Students and members of the Cal U community are
welcome to attend, or to showcase their own talents during
15-minute slots each week.

Award­winning pianist, singer and songwriter Kate Klim will perform Thursday.

New Pa. Law: Bring Valid ID to Polls
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• Employee photo IDs issued by federal, state, county or
municipal governments.
• Photo ID issued by a state-owned care facility.
More information about the new voter identification law,
including how it applies to absentee ballots, is available at
www.votespa.com .
An eligible voter without an acceptable form of
identification should visit PennDOT’s voter ID website —
www.dmv.state.pa.us/voter/voteridlaw.shtml — or call 1-877VotesPA (868-3772) to learn more about obtaining
identification.

Register today
As part of Constitution Day activities, Cal U students will
be conducting a voter registration drive beginning at noon

today in the Natali Student Center.
Several student groups will be conducting additional
registration drives this semester, Blumberg said. Students also
may pick up a paper registration form in the Department of
History and Political Science in Manderino Library, Room
440.
Other registration options — in person, by mail or at
various government offices — are available at
www.votespa.com .
Oct. 9 is the last day to register for the general election;
Oct. 30 is the last day to apply for a civilian absentee ballot,
which is due at the County Board of Elections by 5 p.m.
Nov. 2.
Links to voter registration information for Pennsylvania and outof-state residents are available on the Cal U website. Visit
www.calu.edu and enter the keyword “American Democracy
Project.”

An informal panel discussion
with nine Cal U students who
attended the Republican and
Democratic national conventions
will cap off Cal U’s annual
Constitution Day celebration
today.
“Conventional Wisdom,” at
noon in the Performance Center,
is the final offering in a series of
Constitution Day presentations.
The students will share anecdotes
about the people they met and the
backstage workings of the
conventions. The presentations
are free and open to the public;
the campus community is
encouraged to attend. A schedule
is available at www.calu.edu .
Beginning at noon, students
will conduct a voter registration
drive in the Natali Student Center.
They also will be reminding
potential voters about the
requirements of Pennsylvania’s
new voter identification law.
Organized by the American
Democracy Project, the
Constitution Day program is cosponsored by the Office of the
President, the Office of the
Provost/Academic Affairs, the
College of Liberal Arts, the
College of Education and Human
Services, and the Eberly College
of Science and Technology.

Speaker Series
Continues
Two law enforcement experts
will share their experiences
Tuesday as part of the new
Justice, Law and Society speaker
series.
Kevin Grippo is chief of the
South Connellsville (Pa.) Police
Department. A 15-year veteran of
law enforcement, he has been a
member of the Fayette County
Drug Task Force since 2000.
Grippo is a task force officer with
the FBI through the Pittsburgh
High-Tech Crimes Task Force.
Special Agent Patrick J.
Howley, of the Pittsburgh
Division, Mon Valley Resident
Agency, has been with the FBI for
16 years. His investigative
experiences include financial,
public corruption and bank
robberies. He concentrates on
crimes against children.
The presentations will take
place at 11 a.m. in Eberly Hall,
Room 110.

New Forum
Location
The Cal U Forum, the
University’s governance structure,
has changed its meeting venue.
The monthly meetings will be
held this year in Carter Hall’s
Multipurpose Room G-6
The 2012-2013 meeting dates
are Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, Jan.
29, Feb. 19, March 26, and April
23. All meetings begin at 4 p.m.
Meetings are open to the
University community and the
public. For details, call 724-9381633 or e-mail turcic@calu.edu .

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Roadman Guided Athletics in Changing Times
championships,” said Watkins, a 2000 Cal U Hall of
Fame inductee.
“A president really had to be smart, balanced and
careful in managing the staffing and financing of athletic
programs, and he (Roadman) was good at that. That’s
what it took back then to be successful at
what you were trying to do. You had to be
r. George H. Roadman was Cal
very careful.”
U’s fourth president, serving from
Under Roadman’s leadership, women’s
1968-1977.
sports came under the direction of the
Roadman, who was hired as a social
Athletic Department.
studies professor in 1946, worked at his
Now, 63 student-athletes or coaches
alma mater for 31 years. He also taught
from the Roadman era are members of the
political science and economics before
Cal U Athletic Hall of Fame.
serving as the dean of Faculty and
“I am certain that if you polled those
Academic Affairs from 1957-1968.
athletes, they would overwhelmingly
He became acting president in
support his Hall of Fame induction,” said
November 1968, following the death of
George W. Roadman ’68, son of the
Dr. Michael Duda, president emeritus and
emeritus president.
a 2010 Hall of Fame inductee.
“My dad is probably best remembered
As the University’s leader, Roadman
as a constant fixture at practices and
guided the campus through challenging
games, both home and away, and for all
financial times.
sports. If you were a Vulcan athlete, coach
Athletics was viewed differently in
President Emeritus Dr.
or fan, you knew Doc Roadman.”
Roadman’s day, said Emeritus President
George H. Roadman
Basketball star and 2009 Hall of Fame
Dr. John Pierce Watkins ’53, who followed
was an avid sports
enthusiast, and the
inductee Pat Hobart ’68 would agree.
Roadman and served as President until
Vulcans saw
“Doc Roadman was my man,” he said.
May 1992.
considerable athletic
success during his
“He was a mentor who truly cared and
“The attitude and feeling towards
tenure.
someone who was always there for me. His
athletics at every college and university in
encouragement helped make a man out of
the country is exaggerated now, but that
me, and I will never forget that.”
was not the case back then,” Watkins said.
“In that era budgets were small, and a president had
to work very carefully to sustain an athletic program.
Roadman Park
The whole atmosphere that surrounds athletics now just
In recognition of Roadman’s contribution to the Cal
wasn’t the case back then.”
U community and to Vulcan athletics, the College Farm
Yet Adamson Stadium was built during Roadman’s
sports and recreation complex on the south campus was
presidency. So were the Pollock Building and Azorsky,
named the George H. Roadman Recreational Park on
Keystone, Morgan and Gallagher halls.
Alumni Day 1986.
Cal U 1996 Hall of Fame inductee Dick Majernik
’55 recalled Roadman as a dedicated educator and strong
Athletic success
supporter of athletics.
Roadman was an avid sports enthusiast, and the
“He loved talking sports with the Vulcan studentVulcans saw considerable athletic success during his
athletes on and off the field,” Majenrik said. “The
tenure.
Athletic Department had his fatherly support to aid the
The men’s basketball team won the program’s first of
athletes in all circumstances. The coaches could always
eight PSAC titles in 1970, and the men’s tennis team
count on Doc Roadman to solve problems.”
won consecutive conference crowns in 1971 and 1972.
Roadman is the third president to receive the
There were no athletic scholarship programs then,
University’s highest athletic honor.
Watkins said, and all of the varsity coaches were faculty
“We were serious about it, we enjoyed it, and when
members.
all was said and done, kids who played sports picked up
“We were always competitive and won our share of
Editor’s Note: Cal U will hold its 18th annual Athletic
Hall of Fame Banquet Oct. 12 at the Performance Center in the
Natali Student Center. For reservations, contact Montean Dean
at 724-938-4418. Throughout the fall, The Journal will profile
each of the 2012 Hall of Fame inductees.

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Dr. George H. Roadman dances with his wife, Betty, who
will return to campus in October for the Hall of Fame
Banquet.

their diplomas at the end of their four years,” Watkins
said.
“I’m certainly not saying there are not many serious
student-athletes today, but back then, if you were an
athlete, you were a student at the college. Period.”
Before returning to the California campus, Roadman
earned four Battle Stars and a Bronze Star during four
years as a field artillery captain in the European Theater
of Operations in World War II.
In retirement, he and his wife of 63 years, the former
Betty Jean Roberts, settled in Virginia Beach, Va.
Roadman died in 2006 at age 85. He is survived by
his wife and three grown children — George W. ’68,
John ’74 and Emmilou ’71 — plus seven grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
“Our family is very proud and honored for this
honor,” said George W. Roadman. “This would have
meant a great deal to him, and this is very special for all
of us.”

Cal Tries for Fourth Coal Bowl Win
fourth consecutive Coal Bowl trophy
will be on the line for the Cal U
football team Saturday when the
Vulcans host rival IUP.
Kickoff at Adamson Stadium’s HepnerBailey Field is set for 3:30 p.m. This year’s
Coal Bowl will be broadcast live by WPCW.
The Coal Bowl trophy, which resembles a
coal miner’s lunch pail, recognizes a football
rivalry that dates to 1918. The winner of
Saturday’s game will keep the trophy on
display until the teams meet again.
The Coal Bowl was conceived by Bob
Lippencott ’66, a 2002 inductee in the Cal U
Athletic Hall of Fame, and his brother Barry,
an Indiana University of Pennsylvania
graduate. Bob Lippencott played linebacker
for the Vulcans, and his brother was a
standout end for the Crimson Hawks.

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Senior linebacker James Carr and the Cal U football team will take on IUP Saturday in
the Coal Bowl.

Both have established endowed football
scholarships.
The Lippencott family, which has a long
history of working in the coal industry, felt
the game would be an excellent platform to
honor their families and the region’s coal
miners.
Once again the Pennsylvania Coal
Association is the presenting sponsor of this
event. Proceeds from the sponsorship will be
split evenly between the two universities to
support scholarships for student-athletes.
The Cal U Vulcan Huddle tent, open to
all fans, will open at 1:30 p.m. This is also
Bring a Kid to the Game day, and all
children younger than 12 accompanied by an
adult will be admitted free of charge. Cal U
students also will be admitted free with a
valid CalCard.

The California Journal is published weekly by California University of Pennsylvania, a member of The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Geraldine M. Jones
Acting University President

Robert Thorn
Vice President for Administration and Finance

Dr. Nancy Pinardi
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs

Dr. Bruce Barnhart
Acting Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

Craig Butzine
Vice President for Marketing and University Relations

Christine Kindl
Editor

Dr. Charles Mance
Vice President for University Technology Services

Sharon Navoney
Interim Vice President for University Development and Cal U for Life

Bruce Wald, Wendy Mackall, Jeff Bender
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