May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Ernest Switzer, 1747 Page, Cleveland, Ohio, was recently named the recipient of a Board of Governors Scholarship. The Board of Governors Scholarship is offered annually to students who have exhibited academic promise and who plan to be enrolled full time (12 credits or greater) during the term of the award. The Board of Governors Scholarship has a maximum value of the cost of tuition. Ernest is the son of Linda Switzer. He is a student at Shaw High School and plans to major in engineering at Edinboro. -30PSL:bja May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Andre Hall, 55 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia, was recently named the recipient of a Board of Governors Scholarship. The Board of Governors Scholarship is offered annually to students who have exhibited academic promise and who plan to be enrolled full time (12 credits or greater) during the term of the award. The Board of Governors Scholarship has a maximum value of the cost of tuition. Andre is the son of Debbie Hall. He is a student at Valley Forge Military Academy and plans to major in music education at Edinboro. -30PSL:bja ( May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSfflP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Mark A. Flanigan was recently named the recipient of the Alumni Pre-Law Scholarship. The Alumni Association presents this annual scholarship to an upperclass student who has exhibited outstanding academic achievement and who has declared his/her intention of attending law school upon completion of studies at Edinboro University. Mark is the son of Nancy A. Flanigan of Pittsburgh and John P. Flanigan of Arlington, Wginia. He is a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington and a political science major at Edinboro. -30PSL:bja ) May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Joseph F. Lichtinger, 1484 Sedgwick Road, Waterford, was recently named the recipient of the Michael McAtee Ramsay Memorial Fund Scholarship. The Ramsay Memorial Fund provides one annual award to a senior earth science major who has exhibited high academic achievement to help defray the cost of summer field camp. This fund was established in memory of Michael McAtee Ramsay who attended Edinboro University in 1978, by his family and students in the Edinboro University earth sciences department. Joseph is the son of \^nce and Deanna Lichtinger. He is a graduate of Fort LeBoeuf High School, and a geology major at Edinboro. -30PSL:bja May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES HONORS SCHOLARSHIP Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Stacy Mott, RD 1, Cambridge Springs, has been selected as the recipient of a GTE Honors Scholarship. Annual awards are made available to students who are participating in the University Honors Program and whose homes are in the GTE service area. Funds for the GTE Honors Scholarships are made available through contributions made by GTE for the purpose of fostering academic excellence at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Stacy is the daughter of Donald and Anastasia Mott. She is a graduate of Cambridge Springs High School and is majoring in pre-pharmacy. -30PSL:bja Heather Holmes uses awa HEATHER i HOLMES'~bf HOLMES of Sunset Drive, Girard, received the 1994 Vira I. Heinz Endowment Award at WashiAgtoh and Jefferson College. The awaril is pre­ sented each year to a woman in the junior year of col­ lege who has expressed a desire to stucfy other cul­ tures. Holmes is a philosophy major and is studying ancient Greek culture. She recently spent time in Greece and Italy and is using her award to travel and study in Greece and Turkey this summer. RENAE ZINGELEWICZ of Pin Oak drive received the Robert C. Wilson Theatre Award, presented to the senior at Allegheny College who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of theater and in­ tends to pursue graduate studies in that field. RICHARD KIDD of Aline Drive, a psychology and political science major at the University of Buffalo, has been inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa there. AMY HUMBERT of 928 Mon^lier Ave., served as a member of the one-on-one ministry at Taylor Univer­ sity. She also achieved In the ministiy, the Taylor stu­ dents serve as big sisters and big brothers for grade school children in the community. MARILYN KOWALSKI of Knojde Road has been initiated into the Kent State University chapter of Al­ pha Lambda Delta national freshman honor society. She is a nursing major at Kent State. KAREN R COATES of 1003 W. 25th St. has been initiated into the Kent State University chapter of Al­ pha Lambda Delta national freshman honor society. She is in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State. MICHAEL R MARSHALL of Cherry Street had a poem published in a recent issue of Allegheny Col­ lege’s “Allegheny Literaiy Review.” His poem was “Breaking Through to the Outside.” He is a junior computer science major and he received the PhiloFranklin Prize during the Allegheny Honors Convoca­ tion. The prize was established to recognize outstand­ ing achievement in speech communications. JOSEPH F. LICHTINGER of 1484 Sedgwick Road, Waterford, received the Michael McAtee Ramsay Me^ morial Fund Scholarship at Edinboro University. The fund provides an annual award to a senior earth sci­ ence major who has exhibited high academic achieve-^ ment and helps defi:^y the of a summer field camp. ^ CAROLYN DZKOWSKI of Erie had been named a Faculty Scholar at Hartwick College. Faculty Scholars are rising seniors who are nominated by the faculty of their major departments on the basis of academic achievement, leadership and character. JILL JOHNSTONE of Erie received an Achieve­ ment Award during the 26th annual Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry Awards Program. AMY L. TECONCHUK of 3319 Lynaim Lane, Fairview, has been initiated into the Ohio Northern Univer­ sity chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta scholastic honor­ ary for first year coUege women. She is a pharmacy major. ACADEMIC DEGREES were awarded to the fol­ lowing Erie area students at their respective colleges and universities: Michele Hoffinan, 225 E. Fifth St., Waterford, B.S7M.S., magna cum laude, physical therapy, D Youville College; Steve Heintzel, Erie, Asso­ ciate of Arts, Steriing College; Chester A Schaal, Erie, BA, painting and sociology, Marlboro College; Daniel L. Rummer, Erie, B.S., scientific and technic^ commu­ nication, M[icMgan Technological University, James R Muehl, Fairview, B.S., hospitality Sales and Meeting Management, Johnson and Wales University; AT BOWLING GREEN State University; Nicholas A DiFomo, 6356 Naeff Road, Fairview, BA, cum laude; William A Vogt, 1013 W. Gore Road, B.S., educa­ tion; Selena G. Osla^ 6915 Finnan Road, B.S., magna cum laude; and James Kiley, 132 Harrison Drive, Edin­ to study in Greece, Turkey boro, B.S. AT LOCK HAVEN UNTVERSnY; Vanessa K Emich, Erie, B.S., special education; Sandra Orlando, Erie, B.S., si^cial education; and Stephanie L. Mead, BA, journalism and mass communication. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: John K Duemmel, 909 Plum St., Master of Business Admin­ istration; Mary Dwyer, 204 Madison Ave., Master of Social Work; Maya H. Kemenyffy, 4570 Old State Roai McKean, Master’s of Ihiblic and International Affafrs; Diane M. Marsh, 6680 KnoUwood Drive, Fairview, Mas­ ter of Physical Therapy; Susan Murawski, 1338 E. Sev­ enth St, M.S.N., primary health care nursing; Cheryl A Pietrpik, 3815 Sassafras, Master of PhysicS Therapy, Jennifer L. Rose, 4570 Staeger Road, Master of Physi­ cal Therapy and Amy J. West, 1417 E. 28th St, Master of Social Work. ALSO: Stacy L. Ball, 121 Glencoe Road, B.S., nurs­ ing; Carol W. Coates, BA, cum laude, arx:hitectur^l studies; Michelle L. Bartich, 1441 E. 37th St, B.S., psy­ chology, Catherine A Correll, 370 E. Sixth St, B.S., chemistry Ann-Mar^aret Bartosik, 2416 E. 40th St., B.S., industrial engineering; Rachel A Crosby, 3016 Wellington Road, B.S., business; Eddie F. Bell II, 752 E. 14th St, BA, administration of justice/legal studies; Karen M. Cunningham, 621 Young Road, B.S., nursing; Melissa A Boccio, 4142 Conrad Road, Certificate, Den­ tal Hygiene; David S. Czuwara, 620 E. 14th St, B.S., electrical engineering; Mary E. Delano, 3817 Gay Road, BA, anthropology, Barbara J. Gomo, 10276 Sharp Road, Waterford, B.S., nursing; Rebecca L. Graiziano, 3056 TYee Haven Court, B.S., nursing;, Joseph Hanke, 1122 W. 25th St, B.S., psychology, Carl K lanigan, 208 Hillcrest Drive, Edinboro, BA, cum flaude, theater arts; Matthew J. Harrick, 1318 E. 32nd jSt., B.S., biology, Douglas A Fronzaglia, 9380 S. Creek .Road, Girard, AS., nature science; Jeanine M. Hitz, 80 lAgawam St. North East B.S.. nsvcholoev. Danipllf* A College Clan Horvath, 3414 Woodhaven Drive, Certificate, market­ ing; Jennifer L. Koch, 3809 Royarm Drive, Fairview, BA, economics and business, and Certificate, acr counting; Roger W. Koebe, 2037 Devon Lane, BA, econornics; and Colleen A Kingston, 13001 Kline Road, Edinboro, BA, cum laude, anthropology. ALSO: Andrew T. Han, 3226 Berkeley Road, B.S., pharmacy Monica L. Lindsey, 3514 Burton, BA, human relations; Sean D. Linhart, 955 Colony Drive, B.A, public relations; Paul C. Lombardo, 943 W. 30th St, B.S., secondary education; Lynn M. Nazarian, 2502 Peppeitree Drive, B.S., cum laude, health information management; Jon V. Palmer, 531/4 E.Main St, Cony, B.S., chemistry.; Heather R Mead, 11725 E. Middle Road, North East, B.S., psychology Sandra Palombizio, 4010 Harvard Road, B.S., pharmacy, Colette L. Miller, 2507 E. 32nd St, B.S., business/accounting; Ni­ chole M. Parker, 2220 Market St, BA, cum laude, po­ litical sciehce/anthropology, and Certificate, Latin American Studies; Nicole M. Scalzitti, 707 WyngateS Drive, B.S., psychology Dana L. Raubenstrauch, 5402 Fox Park Drive, Fairview, BA, magna cum laudej communication science; Christopher J. Shellito, 3730 Allegheny Road,. BA, philosophy Holly N. Renwicl^ 3819 Lake Pleasant Road, B.S., psychology Katherine Skerlong, 1300 Lord Road, Fairview, B.S., psychology Reuben J. Smith, 608 Cranberry St., B.A, administra­ tion of justice; Kristin M. Sambuchino, 110 Anderson Drive, B.S., nursing; Marlind A Stiles, 1022 Lookout Drive, B.S., magna cum laude, neuroscience; Rebecca^ K Swick, 1102 Mariarma Ave., BA, magna cum laude, social work; and Tisa T. Williams, 4411 Wayne St, B.S.,' EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 31, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VICTORIA INKS LOVETT RECEIVES GRAPHIC ARTS SCHOLARSHIP Victoria Ines Lovett, a design student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is the first recipient of the 1994-95 Bert Benkendorf Scholarship Award in Graphic Design. The $1,000 scholarship is from the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Lovett, a senior from Allison Park, Pa., will receive the scholarship toward her 1994-95 academic year and a one-year student membership to AIGA. She is the daughter of Mary Lovett of Allison Park. The scholarship was created as part of the Cleveland chapter’s 25th anniversary year celebration honoring Bert Benkendorf, a leading graphic designer and the founding force of the chapter. AIGA/Cleveland is a non-profit organization of more than 200 design and graphic art professionals in the northeast Ohio area. The chapter conducts education programs, exhibitions, and projects in the public interest to promote excellence in, and the advancement of, the graphic design profession. -30BKP:bja A member of the State System of Higher Education May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DENISE BUNNER HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994 Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a student speaker was Denise Bunner, a psychology major from Cambridge Springs. Bunner spoke about her experiences as a non-traditional student and the reasons she was able to succeed. She gave credit to friends, family and faculty - particularly to history professor Terra Jenrette and psychology professor Dr. Cynthia Legin-Bucell. Bunner is a member of the University Honors Program and Psi Chi national honor society, and is the recipient of the 1993 upperclass honors scholarship. In 1993 she received the Dr. John Schell Award as outstanding junior in psychology, and this year she was selected to receive the Dr. Julia Marshall Award as outstanding senior in psychology. The mother of four children, she recently completed an internship at the State Correctional Institution in Cambridge Springs. During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with disabilities to experience life to the fullest. In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to -more- DENISE BUNNER HONORED BY EDINBORO, Continued Page 2 help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream come true" for Mrs. Dhillon. -30BKP:bja May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARK FLANIGAN HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994 Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a student speaker was Mark Flanigan, a political science major from Pittsburgh. Flanigan spoke about what it means to be an "officer and a gentleman." He stressed the need to make our countries and communities better, and to keep alive the ideals of virtue, knowledge, dignity, kindness and respect. "Chivalry is never dead," he said. Flanigan also paid respects to his advisor, professor Dan Trainer, the chairman of the political science department who passed away in April. During his career at Edinboro, Flanigan was a member of the University Honors Program and the history and karate clubs. He was a founder of the Young Conservatives of Edinboro University and served as student representative to the University Senate planning and development committee. A member of the Army Reserve and advanced ROTC, he completed ROTC Advance Camp at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, last summer, and is serving as cadet company commander of the Edinboro ROTC battalion this year. He was awarded a scholarship to participate in the Edinboro at Oxford summer honors program. He plans to pursue graduate studies following his army service, in preparation for government work. During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and -more- MARK FLANIGAN HONORED BY EDINBORO, Continued Page 2 Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with disabilities to experience life to the fullest. In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to help persons suffering from life’s challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream come true" for Mrs. Dhillon. -30BKPrbja May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KATHERINE KARDOHELY HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994 Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a student marshal was Katherine Kardohely, an elementary education major from Conneaut, Ohio. Kardohely is a member of Edinboro's Honors Program, the Future Educators Club, and the Kappa Delta Pi and Alpha Chi national honor societies. She has served as a University peer tutor and is now tutoring students at the Walnut Creek Middle School, and is completing student teaching at Tracy Elementary School. Both schools are in the Millcreek School District. During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with disabilities to experience life to the fullest. In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream come true" for Mrs. Dhillon. -30BKPrbja May 24,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOUIS VITALE HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994 Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a student marshal was Louis Vitale, an economics and political science major from Erie. \^tale was awarded the leadership scholarship by the Fund for American Studies for coursework at Georgetown University and an internship at the National Center for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1993. He is a member of the Edinboro University Honors Program, the Young Republicans Club, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Vitale earned a certificate from the Harry Wendelstadt School for Baseball Umpires, and has served as an umpire both locally and in Massachusetts. During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with disabilities to experience life to the fullest. In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream come tme" for Mrs. Dhillon. -30BKPibja NEWS ADVISORY President Foster F. Diebold will host the presidents of three other area colleges and universities as part of Leadership Erie Education Day, Wednesday, May 25, on the campus of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. President Diebold will be joined by Dr. Vtilliam Garvey of Mercyhurst College, Dr. John Lilley of the Behrend Campus of Penn State University, and Msgr. David A. Rubino of Gannon University for a panel presentation at 2:30 in the Reeder Hall lecture hall. The presidents are expected to discuss the significant challenges facing higher education today, and their institutions' responses to those challenges. Dr. Pamela Gwinn, acting deputy director of the Federal Executive Institute, will speak on Leadership as Lifelong Learning, at a luncheon address beginning at 11 a.m. in Van Houten Dining Hall. -30BKP EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 23,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS ERIE BRANCH REUNION Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recently hosted a reunion luncheon at its Porreco Extension Center for graduates of Edinboro’s former Erie Branch, which was located in the Washington School at 21st and Sassafras streets from 1923 to 1931. Attending the reunion were some 20 graduates from the Erie Branch years, as well as several who began matriculating there, but completed their degrees at the main campus of what was then the Edinboro State Normal School after the Erie Branch closed during the Depression. Almost all of the students who attended the Erie Branch went on to become teachers, and a vast majority of them were women. Guest speaker at the luncheon was Dorothy Gray Padden ’32, who gave an update on behalf of the Nelle G. Hudson Memorial Scholarship Committee, which Padden chairs. Nelle Hudson was the director and a faculty member at the Erie Branch, succeeding in 1928 Lyman Van Houten - for whom Edinboro University’s dining hall is named - until 1931, when the Erie Branch closed. In all, she served Edinboro for 18 years, from 1922 until her death in 1940. Serving with Dorothy Padden on the Nelle G. Hudson Memorial Scholarship Committee are: Hermine K. Bauschard ‘27; John ‘32 and Maijorie ‘56 (Bamhardt) Gillespie; Dorothy Hendricks Jadus ‘31; Wilma Hoffman Mong ‘26; Lynette Hoffman Von Korff ‘28; and Emma Arndt Snell ‘33. -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education Page 2 ERIE BRANCH REUNION, Continued Padden told the group that the scholarship fund had exceeded the endowed level of $10,000 and would be available for award to an Edinboro University student in the upcoming academic year. For more information on the Nelle Hudson Scholarship or the many other activities of Edinboro alumni, call the Edinboro University Alumni Affairs Office, 814-732-2715, or 1-800-526-0117. -30WAR:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 23,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO’S PARTNERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS PROGRAM GETS WESTINGHOUSE FOUNDATION GRANT The trustees of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s Westinghouse Foundation have awarded a $15,000 grant to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for its Partnership for Academic Progress (PAP) program, according to a recent announcement by University President Foster F. Diebold. PAP, begun in 1989 with seed money from several business and corporate entities (including Westinghouse) and matching university funds, is a pre-collegiate program designed to provide disadvantaged minority youth with access to higher education. Schools currently participating in the Edinboro program are Central High School in Erie, and Brashear and Westinghouse high schools in Pittsburgh. Program manager Dr. Richard Arnold, Edinboro’s assistant dean of education, said that the program is based on a support system for each student - a “learning community as he terms it — composed of volunteer mentors, faculty, counselors, parents, alumni, and students. In addition to the support system of volunteers, PAP provides participating high school students with transitional activities and campus experiences. Last summer, 32 inner-city students spent a week on the Edinboro University campus learning academic and personal development skills. “Since its inception, the Partnership for Academic Progress has been an excellent example of public higher education and private funding sources working together with an array -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education " PAP PROGRAM GETS GRANT, Continued Page 2 of volunteers in a cooperative, contributive relationship,” Diebold said. “In order for visionary programs of this type to be effective and successful, academic intervention must occur at an early age.” Arnold agrees, and says that the strength of the program lies in its diversity. “Students are exposed to situations, challenges and opportunities they would not experience otherwise,” he said. PAP is now in its fifth year of operation. Over the years, financial support has been provided by Westinghouse, the State System of Higher Education’s Social Equity program, and Edinboro University Services, Inc. More than 30 program graduates have gone on to pursue degrees in higher education. PAP alumni are attending Edinboro University, Clarion University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, and the Community College of Allegheny County. -30WAR:bja May 23,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VILLA SOPHOMORE BESTS 12TH RIDGE ART COMPETITION AT EUP Elizabeth Benson (shown with Congressman Tom Ridge, left, and Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold), a sophomore at Villa Maria Academy, was the grand prize winner in “An Artistic Discovery 1994,” the 12th annual Congressional Art Competition and Exhibition sponsored by U, S. Representative Tom Ridge (R-Pa. 21st Dist.) for intermediate and high school students in the 21st Congressional District. Edinboro University has hosted the weeklong exhibition and closing reception on its campus for the last 12 years. From more than 70 paintings, drawings, prints and collages submitted by student artists in Ridge’s district, Benson’s entry, titled Dilemma and done in color pencil, was judged first place winner. Judges were professors Malcolm Christhilf and Rachael Harper of Edinboro University’s art department. Other winners and their schools were: second place, Nathan Brewer, Mercyhurst Prep; and third place, Jeremy Decker, also of \^lla Maria Academy. Honorable mentions were awarded to: Jose Ayala, Erie Central High School; Daniel Habas, East High School, Erie; Randy J. Harris, Harborcreek High School; Jennifer Klixbull, Mercer Junior/Senior High School; and Brandon Wilson, Fort LeBoeuf High School. Three additional awards, called “jurors’ discretion” by the judges, were awarded to Nate Hrabosky, Hickory High School; Chuck Orloff, Erie Central High School; and Jamie Uhrmacher, McDowell High School. U. S. Savings Bonds were presented to the three winners by PNC Bank of Erie’s Edinboro Office, the First National Bank of Pennsylvania, and Northwest Savings Bank of -more- VILLA SOPHOMORE BESTS RIDGE ART COMPETITION, Continued Page 2 Meadville. Edinboro University also gave cash awards to the three winners and five honorable mentions. Benson, 16, is the granddaughter of )^^lliam, Sr., and Jeannette Benson of Erie, and the niece of Jane Benson of Erie. Carrie Tann, art teacher at Villa Maria Academy, accompanied Benson and \^lla’s other two entrants to the reception at Edinboro’s University Center. -30WAR:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 20,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO PROFESSOR APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Mary Margaret (Peg) Bevevino, a professor of education in Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Educational Services Department, has been appointed to the editorial board of Scholars, a publication of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. She was recommended for appointment by Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold, and appointed by State System Chancellor James H. McCormick. Scholars publishes articles describing the research, instruction, and public service activities of faculty in Pennsylvania’s 14 State System of Higher Education universities. It is coordinated by an editorial board of faculty members from System universities and published by the Office of the Chancellor. Bevevino will serve a three-year term on the Scholars editorial board beginning July 1. First published in the fall of 1989, Scholars provided a forum for the exchange of ideas among System faculty, as well as a means for sharing with a broader public audience part of what is being taught and explored at the System universities. Bevevino has been a faculty member at Edinboro University since 1987. She headed the 1991-92 “Thrust Toward Excellence” presidential task force in the University’s School of Education, and chairs the steering committee of the Institute for Ethics and Values Education, one of the four institutes located organizationally under Edinboro’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, which emerged from the recommendations of the “Thrust” task force. Bevevino has been awarded several grants from the State System’s Faculty Professional Development Council (FPDC), the most recent, for $4,(XX), funds an intra-System project titled, “An Examination of Academic Integrity in Higher Education.” -moreA member of the State System of Higher Education PROFESSOR APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD, Continued . Page 2 In 1993, she received a $10,057 FPDC grant for the project, “Creating Community on Campus: A Training Model in Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution.” The model program trains faculty members in a Total Quality Management approach to resolving problems and conflicts with the intent of fostering a campus climate which encourages positive dialogue and a stronger sense of community. -30WARrbja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 19,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JAMES R. FLYNN SELECTED FOR IDEA FELLOWS PROGRAM Dr. James R. Flynn, chairperson of the educational services department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, has been selected by the Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Inc. (IDEA), to participate in the 27th IDEA Fellows Program for outstanding school administrators. The week-long seminar will be held July 10-16 at Teikyo Loretto Heights University in Denver. The theme of this year’s program is “Practices of Consequence: Choices for the Future.” The 15 topics to be studied will range from the future of technology in the classroom to building partnerships with business and industry. The IDEA Fellows Program is the longest continuing inservice program for school administrators in the nation. Over the years the Fellows Program has provided professional development for more than 8,000 participants from North America and overseas. Approximately 300 new school administrators are added to this number each year. IDEA was established by the Kettering Foundation of Dayton in 1965 to encourage constructive change and excellence in elementary and secondary schools. -30BKP:bja A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 19,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY AWARDED $10,000 NEWCOMBE FOUNDATION GRANT Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold has einnounced that the prestigious Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation of Princeton, N.J., will award a $10,000 scholarship grant to Edinboro University in the 1994-94 academic year for financial aid to students with physical disabilities. The grant is Edinboro’s fourteenth in 14 years, bringing the total awarded to $250,000. Edinboro is one of nine colleges and universities in the northeastern United States to share $165,000 in Newcombe Foundation scholarships for students with disabilities in 1994-95. Funds awarded may be used for special expenses related to a student’s disability or for offcampus internships or partial tuition scholarships. In the last 14 years, the Newcombe Foundation has committed $3.4 million to their scholarship program, providing aid awards to nearly 5,000 college and university students with disabilities. Another $365,000 in 1994-95 Newcombe Foundation grants was awarded to 27 colleges and universities for scholarship aid to mature, second-career women students. -30WARrbja A member of the State System of Higher Education Computer programming students from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania meet with thenfaculty advisor Patricia Hillman, left, following their first-place finish in a programming contest sponsored by PACISE, a Pennsylvania organization of computer science instructors. Adam Conover (Greenville), Dan Heath (Erie), and Brian Woolstrum (Union City) bested 16 other schools to take top honors. May 15,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO GRADUATES 790 IN SPRING CEREMONY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold, now completing the 15th year of his presidency, conferred master's, bachelor's and associate degrees to some 790 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies Sunday at the University's McComb Fieldhouse. The newest graduates join 870 December 1993 graduates for a total of 1,660 Edinboro degrees awarded during the 1993-94 academic year. In his welcoming remarks, Diebold spoke to the Fieldhouse audience of more than 3,000 about a new technology, the "Information Superhighway, which will soon confront each one of us," Diebold said. "This unprecedented technological advance will lead to dramatic changes in the way we live our lives and do our jobs, although, even as I speak, none of us can understand exactly what or how far-reaching these changes will be," said Diebold. Diebold predicted that the Information Superhighway will bring to the nation its most radical social and educational changes since the development of the interstate highway system during the 1960s. "As a university president, a new graduate, a continuing student, a member of the faculty, or just as a citizen of the world, all of us will be faced with a dilemma when confronted with this new technology and its ready, almost instant, availability," he said. Diebold spoke of the Internet, the information highway now in popular use, and said that its user population, which has soared to an estimated 20 million and rises by probably 10 percent every month, will exceed the population of the world by the year 2000. "We, as educators, must chart our way on the Information Superhighway and equip students and graduates with the skills needed to adjust to rapid technological change, and. -more- EDINBORO GRADUATES 790 IN SPRING CEREMONY, continued page 2 hopefully, to contribute positively to that change," Diebold said. "To turn our backs on these advances and not prepare them to navigate and travel on this Information Superhighway will doom them to powerlessness in today's and tomorrow's global village." Diebold said also that, as the new technology will bring to the classroom resources previously unthought of, there will be a need to re-think now what teaching and learning will become. "The new order of students must have the capacity to become self-teachers and self­ professors, because as the volume of information we must assimilate grows, the rate at which that information becomes obsolete and even irrelevant grows as well," Diebold said. "As the focus of teaching and learning moves more toward the student, faculty roles will also experience change, and new and different methods to assess student learning must follow. The more traditional lecture-type classroom will give way to the multi-media classroom with computers and software at every desk." Diebold said that it was both his hope and his message that Edinboro University had prepared its newest graduates for their life's travels along the Information Superhighway and other endeavors they have chosen to pursue. R. Benjamin Wiley, executive director of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC) and chairperson of Edinboro University's Council of Trustees, was the featured commencement speaker. >^^ley, one of the region's most highly regarded social services administrators, chose the same theme as Diebold - technological change - in his address to the graduating class. "You are living in a world driven by technology," Wiley said. "You experience more technological changes in a single year than your grandparents witnessed in a lifetime." Wiley said that in the 21st century, technological and social change will transform the way we perform in every facet of life, from education, to business, to healthcare, and the like. "Technology will change and manage your lives. We know that it is changing the Edinboro University campus and how President Diebold and the Council of Trustees manage the institution." As with Diebold's message to the graduates, >Mley said that technology will force all institutions of higher learning to re-think their missions and strategies. "There will be no time for business as usual or education as usual - trust me!" Wiley said. "You must embrace this technology with a greater commitment than ever before, and be a part of setting the norm for what will be a rapidly changing society. -more- EDINBORO GRADUATES 790 IN SPRING CEREMONY, continued pages "You must not only influence future technology policy, you must become the policy makers," Wiley told the new graduates. An Edinboro trustee since 1983, Wiley has served as the Council's vice chair since 1991 and was appointed chairperson in January of this year. He has been executive director of GECAC, a non-profit corporation which administers a broad range of community service programs and activities, since 1969. -30WAR:psl EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 11, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RIDGE TO SPONSOR EVENT AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY U.S. Congressman Tom Ridge (R-Pa.), the 1994 Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, will visit the Edinboro University campus on Friday, May 13, to present awards to winners from schools in his 21st Congressional District in the 1994 Congressional Art Competition, a nationwide contest for student artists sponsored by the Congressional Arts Caucus. Edinboro University has hosted the event for the past 12 years. Friday’s ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in Edinboro’s University Center multi-purpose room. Congressman Ridge and Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold will be available for comment before and after the award presentations. -30WARrbja A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 11, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ECLIPSE WATCHERS SHARE THE LIMELIGHT AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY The biggest show during the May 10 annular eclipse was not in the sky but on the campus of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where a throng of eclipse observers numbering in the hundreds swarmed in and around the University's solar observatory. At the peak of the eclipse around 1:20 p.m., every available space inside the observatory and on the observation roof of Cooper Hall was packed with people hoping to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. In the weeks prior to the eclipse, the director of the observatory, physics professor Dr. James LoPresto, had announced that due to space restrictions he would limit reservations to the first 50 callers. That proved as effective as reserved seating at Woodstock. The calls themselves were a source of amazement to LoPresto. Apparently, cosmic encounters tend to bring out a bit of lunacy in people. Almost every caller wanted to know if the observatory would have mylar glasses available. For some reason, the glasses were a higher priority than the observatory's 16-inch telescope which was equipped with special solar filters, or the heliostat, a device which projects an image of the sun onto a wall. The effect of the heliostat is not unlike watching the eclipse in a movie theater. Some of the calls bordered on the bizarre. One person wanted to know if the eclipse was natural or man-made. Another asked if the eclipse could be rescheduled for a day when it was less likely to be cloudy. The day turned out to be crystal clear, which no doubt contributed to the big turnout. One lady who was confusing astronomy with astrology asked if the eclipse was a "bad omen." The strangest call came from someone who wanted to know if the eclipse was harmful to the environment, and if it was, could something be done to stop it. -moreA member of the State System of Higher Education ECLIPSE WATCHERS AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY, continued page 2 The caller's concern for the welfare of the planet was obviously not shared by the 50 or so people who crammed into the heliostat room, or the more than 100 people who stood on the observation deck, or those who climbed the circular stairs to look through the telescope, or the dozens more gathered on the lawn outside Cooper Hall. Still, there was that one young man who insisted on turning on the light in the heliostat room before he took a picture of the eclipse's image with his flash camera. -30- BKPrpsl EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 9,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO GRAD LEADING LIFE OF WORLD EXPLORER Eric Niemi's friends call him Indiana Jones... and with good reason. A 1969 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Niemi is a full-time teacher and a part-time world explorer. Since 1985 he has spent many of his summers trekking to remote comers of the globe doing things that most armchair adventurers only dream about. He has hiked through the rain forests of Latin and South America, lived among the Aborigines of Australia, and come face to face with tigers in the eastern Himalayas. A native of Westmoreland County, Niemi has always loved the outdoors and became a certified scuba diver in 1968 while studying biology at Edinboro. His life as an explorer began when his sister-in-law introduced him to noted British adventurer and explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell in England in 1984. After meeting with Blashford-Snell several times, Niemi became interested in "Operation Raleigh," a four-year around-the-world expedition for young people sponsored by Prince Charles. Niemi took a sabbatical from his teaching job at Woodland Hills High School in 1985 and joined Operation Raleigh as an adult leader. Using his diving experience, Niemi made several expeditions in the Caribbean and participated in many projects in the rain forests of Central and South America, including the constmction of an aerial walkway. In all, he was out of the country for more than six months. In 1987 he had what he considers his most rewarding adventure experience - living with the aboriginal peoples of Australia's Northern Territory. He was joined by three other adults, two of whom were Native Americans. This Operation Raleigh project was tied to the problems within the aboriginal population of petrol sniffing and other social issues. The Native Americans -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO GRAD WORLD EXPLORER, Continued Page 2 had a lot of empathy with the problems faced by the aborigine people. All four members of the expedition were made members of one of the tribes. Niemi’s most recent adventure was with a Scientific Exploration Society expedition led by Blashford-Snell. Its destination was Arunachal Pradesh, an independent state bordering on India, Bhutan and Tibet. "We were the first westerners in that part of the Himalayas since the end of World War II," said Niemi. The exploration party of two Americans, four Britons, and a man from Singapore had several goals during their two-month trip: explore the territory as much as possible, check on the status of endangered wildlife, and study local herbal medicines. For part of the journey Niemi traveled on the back of an elephant through the jungle. He expected the experience to be fun, but sitting astride the swaying back of an elephant is no picnic. After awhile, Niemi told the elephant driver, or mahut, that he wanted to walk. Upon getting down from the elephant his legs were covered with leeches residing on the damp jungle floor. Niemi was willing to put up with the leeches, which defeated his best efforts to keep them off his skin, but when he spotted a tiger nearby he retreated to the safety of the elephant's back. Following the conclusion of the expedition, Niemi continued around the globe with stops in Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia for a week of diving along the Great Barrier Reef before returning to the Pittsburgh area. His most harrowing experience as an adventurer was not the result of an encounter with the forces of nature, but with man. He and another explorer had completed one mission in Costa Rica and were returning by foot to the expedition's headquarters in Panama. They were carrying long-range radio equipment when they attempted to enter Panama from Costa Rica at a remote border crossing. The Panamanian border guards were suspicious of the equipment, concerned that the two explorers might be Nicaraguan insurgents. "They told us we could continue if we left our radio gear behind," said Niemi. "When we refused they arrested us and put us in a holding area of the local prison. They allowed us one phone call to our office in Panama City." For three days nothing happened. The guards suddenly didn't understand English, and didn't give them any food. All they had between them was two ham sandwiches and a bottle of rum. "We were petrified," said Niemi. In the end they were saved by a phone call from General Manuel Noriega himself, who knew about the expedition and supported its work. The guards remembered how to speak English, returned the radio equipment to Niemi and his partner, and sent them on their way. -more- EDINBORO GRAD WORLD EXPLORER, Continued Page 3 His experience in exploration has enabled him to become a member of the prestigious New York Explorers Club. Already he is looking forward to his next trip this summer when he will spend five weeks on horseback in Mongolia. Mounting an expedition is neither easy nor cheap. The trip to Mongolia could cost as much as $9,000 per person. Niemi's dream is to someday lead his own expedition, preferably to Lake Baikal in Russia. All of his adventures would not be possible without the support and approval of his wife, Susan, the chief nurse anesthetist at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. Susan doesn't go with her husband on his travels and doesn't see him for months at a time. "She is unbelievably supportive," said Niemi. "It probably wouldn't have happened without her." -30BKP:bja Area teacher explores remote lands canvas coverings for his legs. He jflaced socks over them, then boots, which he taped shut. He also covered his legs with rock salt. However, they still found their why to his skin. “They just fill up with blood then they get fat and fall off.” Most of the people he encountered on his journey had never seen a white person before. The country had been closed since 1946 and the average life span of the Mongols is 41 years old. A hereditary trait of these people is that they don’t have a lot of body hair. The hair on his arms, Niemi says, often fascinated some of the people he met. •^Some of the tribesmen were headhunters as of 10 years ago. But they seemed very friendly By Mario Verrilla staff writer eeches, elephants, tigers and former headhunters — Eric Niemi has seen L them all. , . • i Niemi, who teaches anatomy and physiology to juniors and seniors at Woodland Hills High School, spent last spring trekking through a remote country whose borders have not been opened since the end of World War 11. For two months, he and six other members of the Scientific Exploration Society of Great _ Britain explored Arunachal Pradesh, an independent state huddled between the coun­ tries of Tibet, Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh. His sabbatical was his chance to tap into his love of exploration, which he does as often as to us.” Mostly rudimentary farmers, the villagers ate rice, fruit and millet. Niemi says the food was bland and a curry pie for breakfast often broke the monotony. ' They practice either Hinduism or Buddhism but one religion he found particularly beauti­ ful — Don Polo — the religion of the sun and ll0 CHtl “My sense for adventure and exploration is ^ to get away from newspapers and telephones^” The group had five goals for the trip: look the place over for future expeditions, examine the traditional medicines of the locals, re­ search the country’s endangered wildlife, study the culture and hunt for the mythical Eric Niemi Bhura lizard. These quests often took Niemi over treacher­ ous terrain and though wet leech-infested jungles. , . On a trek to discover the grave of a British soldier whose head was chopped off by villag­ ers in 1909, he had to cross a suspension bridge — one that was 550 feet above a river and made of bamboo. After crossing the 1,180-foot swaying bridge, Niemi stood on the other side, prematurely grateful the experience was over. ; “I remember getting to the other side and realizing that I had to come back.” Another adventure involved riding an elephant through the jungle. , . Three people were on the elephant: the R mahut, or driver, rode on the elephant’s heck; a co-explorer rode in the middle; and Niemi had the unlucky spot on the elephant’s end. tail and then had to sit astride an animal, so wide, that his legs began to ache. “I always thought riding an elephant would be fun.” He told the mahut he would get off and walk awhile. The mahut said fine, but that he should immediately get back on if he saw a tiger. Niemi says the minute he got off the elephant he was covered with leeches due to the wetness of the jungle floor. He chose to put up with it,though, because of his aching legs. He only walked for about three minutes before seeing a tidier, then jumped back on the elephant. Leeches, he says unflinchingly, are merely a nuisance!. In an attempt to avoid them, he wore gators. the moon. “It’s a pretty religion relating to nature. It seems pure.” He and his cohorts never found the Bhura lizard, which is rumored to be 8 to 12 feet long, of a bluish color, and has an appetite for man. They did run into some four-foot Monitor lizards, though. After the two-month adventure, Niemi still had not quenched his thirst for adventure so he traveled to Singapore, Malaysia and then did some diving off Australia’s Barrier Reef. Coming back to Pittsburgh, he says, is a psychological adjustment. “The one thing that keeps me going is that I know I’m going on another expedition.” His wife, he says, is supportive and under­ stands his need for adventure. “Once you get exploring in your blood, it never leaves.” EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 6,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DAVID GILLIS JOINS STAFF AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY David Gillis, a native of Rochester, New York, has recently been appointed to the position of Maintenance Operations Manager at Edinboro University. Gillis oversees the daily operations of the maintenance department at the University. Gillis received his bachelor's degree in industrial relations from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. He is a member of the American Institute of Plant Engineers and has ten years of experience in commercial facilities management. He worked for five years at Great Lakes Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie as plant operation manager. Gillis lives in Erie with his wife Jean and three children, Tim (10), Laura (5), and John James (4). -30JMC:bja A member of the State System of Higher Education May 6,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS MATH ON SATURDAY CONFERENCE Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host the first annual "Math on Saturday" conference, May 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Butterfield Hall. The theme of this year's conference, which is intended for teachers and administrators in grades K-8, is "Math Under Construction in Northwest PA: Implications for Teaching/Leaming Mathematics." The conference is a project of the Edinboro University Regional Mathematics Center for Teacher Enhancement and Renewal, which was established last year. The long-term goal of the Center is to establish a common vision of excellence for elementary math education in northwestern Pennsylvania and to foster a spirit of collaborative partnership among math teachers. Another event scheduled this year for math teachers from Erie, Crawford and Warren counties is the Summer Math Institute - one for grades K-3, June 20-July 8; and for grades 4-8, July 11-29. For more information contact Dr. Nicholas Stupiansky at 732-2851, or 732-2905. -30BKP:bja , \K r ANNOUNCING ^ ■ Aj; h'H , __ mi-, REGISTRATION ifI, i ''S'' iuP vhif for ;' /.{i. « FIRST ANNUAL MATH ON SATURDAY CONFERENCE (for Grade K-8 Teachers & Administrators) May 21,1994 8:30 am - 3:30 pm Edinboro University, Butterfield Hall Cost of Conference - $3.00 't ■ '-JJ f'SlS' Keynote Speaker Attend up to 5 Math Presentations Anticipate between 50 to 75 presentations from which to choose with this year’s theme being: a? 1st i '-'UfSV ; math under construction in northwest PA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING/LEARNING MATHEMATICS MEET OTHER MATH TEACHERS FROM THE TRI-COUNTY AREA SHARE IDEAS & CLASSROOM ACnvmES DISCOVER EXCITING AND FUN WAYS TO TEACH MATH pr Conference Registration Information on Reverse Side Project funded by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Postsecondary Math and Science Federal Grant Program and Edinboro University pA ‘pi, ' . "(5 Vf Students from the Miller Research Learning Center on the campus of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania planted ornamental trees and flowers during an Arbor Day celebration on Friday, April 29. The students planted two dogwood trees and several geraniums near their school. Organized with the assistance of English professor Mark McTague and the Faculty Senate Buildings and Grounds Committee, this was the fifth annual Arbor Day planting. EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 6,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ERIE RESIDENTS ADDRESS NEW STUDENTS AT EDINBORO Several Erie area residents spoke to high school students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania during Orientation Days, the school's program to introduce accepted freshmen and their parents to the campus. Erie television meteorologist Tim Earl told the students of the importance of obtaining a good education and getting the most out of their time in college. Earl, a native of Kingston, Pa., graduated from Edinboro in 1975 with a degree in biology and general science education. He also earned an associate degree in electrical engineering technology from Penn State University in 1971, and has taken graduate courses at Gannon University. He has been at WSEE-TV in Erie for 10 years. Prior to that, he was at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh for 2 years. In addition to reporting Erie's weather, Earl is a member of the Commodore Perry Chorus and is a tenor in the award-winning quartet, "North Coast Harmony." Jacqueline Nwokeji, a juvenile detective for the City of Erie, had several messages for the students. She said their most important goal in attending Edinboro should be to acquire a strong education. "You have to get it yourself," she said. She encouraged them to develop a mentoring relationship with a professor or other faculty member. "You need somebody to trust. You want to have somebody who is interested in your success." Since going to work for the City of Erie in 1972 as a clerk typist, Nwokeji has received training in several areas of police work. She joined the Erie Police Department in 1974 as a patrol officer. In 1976 she received certificates for community crisis intervention, family crisis intervention, and rape investigation techniques. The latter was from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. She graduated from Edinboro in 1993 with a degree in psychology. -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education ERIE RESIDENTS SPEAK AT ORIENTATION DAYS, Continued , Page 2 Kathleen Horan, executive director of the Methodist Towers, told the students of the many good professors she had while at Edinboro and encouraged them to take courses outside their disciplines to become well-rounded individuals. She told them that the ability to think logically and clearly is the most important skill that one can attain. Horan graduated magna cum laude from Edinboro in 1981 with a B.A. degree in political science. She also completed course work for a master's degree in political science from Edinboro. She holds certification as a public housing manager from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. During her career as a housing manager she has worked in several housing properties. In 1982 she became manager of Tandem Townhouses. She had her first stint as executive director of Methodist Towers from 1985 to 1989, and was general manager of The Regency at South Shore from 1989 to 1993. At that time she returned to the head position at Methodist Towers. Kimberly Lynn, a branch claims development analyst for the Erie Insurance Group and a 1991 graduate of Edinboro, attributed her success in college and in the workplace to three things she did at the University: work, internship, and networking. She encouraged students to sit in the front row of their classes, ask questions, seek advice from their advisors, learn to manage their time, and find a job while in college. "You have to care enough about yourself to motivate yourself to succeed," she said. Lynn had internships with General Electric in Erie and Charlottesville, Virginia. Following graduation she became a claims adjuster for the Erie Insurance Group in Columbus, Ohio, and in 1993 took on her current responsibilities for the company in Erie. Daniel Schaaf, a designer for Walter J. Greene & Company in Cleveland, told the students, most of whom will be majoring in art, that it is important to develop a good portfolio of their art works. "The portfolio is you," he said. He graduated from Edinboro in 1982 with a BFA in communications/graphics. Since then he has worked for several companies doing artistic and graphic design. From 1983 to 1988 he worked for Halifax Engineering and Science Applications International in Washington, D.C. He then went to Cleveland to work for Madison Avenue West and Data Imaging Services Company before joining Walter J. Greene in 1991. He is a graduate of Academy High School. -30BKP:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-27A5 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 May 5,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JOANNE DARLING ADDRESSES NEW STUDENTS AT EDINBORO Joanne Darling, principal at Meadville's East End Elementary School, spoke to a group of students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's Orientation Days, the school's program to introduce accepted freshmen and their parents to the campus. Darling stressed to the students - most of whom will be education majors - the importance of what they were about to do. "You have an awesome task ahead of you," she said. "Much has changed in 20 years. Massive educational reform is taking place in Pennsylvania. Unborn children are counting on you to be good teachers." A 1964 graduate of Edinboro, Darling earned additional certification from there in the areas of guidance and counseling in 1968, secondary school administration in 1982 and elementary school administration in 1983. She earned a superintendent's letter of eligibility from Westminster College in 1993. Her teaching career began in 1965 as a physical science teacher in Meadville Junior High School. She became a guidance counselor there in 1986, and a year later she became a chemistry teacher at Meadville Senior High before taking her current position at East End Elementary in 1988. -30BKP:bja A member of the State System of Higher Education on up Female teachers ifi area become administrators By JANE SMITH TRIBUNE 1 • Several area women teach­ ers have moved out of the classroom and Into the ranks of administration — as prlnclpal§. ' ., : And. although they are in the minority in their profes­ sion. two local women are happy they chose that path. But another local female teacher who has supervisory . credentials; has chosen to reniain in the classroom. - ' Each has her own reason for . her career choice. 1 . . Sandra McArdle. nqw In her third year as orlncloal at CortnsauL Vallev High School moved up the ranks after eight years as a teacher. - ,• . “I must admit it was rriy ; childhood dream.” she said. ' A former business and En­ glish teacher, |VlcArdle mav be, -the first female high school, principal in Crawford County ‘*''bHRlSH6RNER/Tribune East End Elementary School Prihcipal Joanne Darling takes time away from her usual dally;dutiei to heip students prepare for picture day. V 4- serving In that POsmQH.Qn..A permanent basis. ‘1= !: McArdle said she , helleves she can do more for students as a principal thari[ as a teacher. ' , ' ^ “As a teacher you Cem reach a certain point where' your hands are-tied and you can’t help the student,” she said. "As. a principal you are, Able to di-ri rect students to recelye help.’{|; A principal ckn start pro-' grams to assist students that a , teacher doesn’t have the au-j thority to do. Although she! doesn’t have students in a* class all day. she, makes Indl-I r-Y. ■ ’ vidual Cbntact with students. I; “1 treat therh (students) like I' .! would, want somebody to treat I my . child.,; !, treat'! them like I ' 5 would like, to be treated," she said. ”1 smile and they smile } back.” , j -; Please sec WOMEN, Pa^e A-7 is not a ‘men By JANE SMITH TRIBUNE is a woman’s place in the classroom 1_ not in the administrative offices in local ' schools? 11The '»three western . Crawford County school districts follow the national trend: the I'majority of teachers are female) but very few t have climbed the ranks to principal or adrhinistrator. in the 1992-93 school year, only four of the 27 principals in Crawford Central. ConJieaul ?Qh,Qoi.districts ,were women. A total of 847 teachers are employed in three county school districts. Of those, 554 — 65 percent — are women. Crawford Cen­ tral has 340 teachers, of which 67 percent or 230 are women. In Pennerest, the ratio is a WiJTijen Continued from Page A-3 For Darling, the job was a continuation of her career. She describes herself as "histori­ cally a lifelong learner.” Several years ago she felt the need to further her education. She had ' been teaching for 18 years as a junior high science teacher and a senior high chemistry teacher and guidance counselor. She returned to school to re­ ceive her dual certification, al­ lowing her to be an elementary or secondary principal. She; also has completed require­ ments which vdll allow her to be an assistant superintendent or a superintendent.. For the past five years,’ she has been principal at Meadvllle’s East 9-19-93 Five' years ago when sh legan ^er adlittle more even. Fifty-two percent or 150 of' vanced certification work, , e: ratio was at the 304 teachers are female. Conneauts ra-, tio is much higher. Of the 203 teachers, 165, j. least 3-1 in favor of the men. At her last con­ ference sthife spring, the ratio was more like or 81 percent, are women. i ;50-50g>!, ;F ' ^ In Crawford Central, three of the 11 prln- . tipal^' of Assistants are women. Penhefest' • ; Iri hii-Al areas; such as Crawford Covinty, has no Wbmeri principals among its staff of,, i further-ScHooilhg ofteri’lhvolves a lot of trav­ eling. And. agaih; that jinvolves hioife time nine. Only one woman serves as princlpa.1 \n -' ■ ■ ‘ ' Conneaut School District, Where there are., ■ away frprri the childreh; Darling ^d she se^ the trend changing six principals and one assistant. f v’' In order to serve as principal, teachers' a little, particularly vdth women now waiting until they are older!to have children — or de­ need additional certification. And that alone ciding hot to have children. ^, v * * may tell the story about why men may move Although the statistics shlf , favor men in up in the ranks more than women. the higher’ranks of ^e educahonal system, Joanne Darling, principal at East End El­ in ementary School, agrees. She said only TCf i ("'she .belicyMlpeOhie'^iiSebJa^ cently has the ratio of male to female admin- :, those statistic? in the. future as more women istrators started to change. ' 1 ^ ‘ chbdseitia Aeek higher le>feld of educatlony End Elementary School. She said she is not sorry she switched from teaching to ad­ ministration. After teaching for 18 years she said she was ready to “move into' another phase of my life.” , ) As an elementary principal. Darling said She can spend more time “doing curricula type of things as opposed to all problem solving.” Many times, secondary principals or assis­ tants are assigned to: specific areas, such as discipline. For that reason, she' is pleased to be an elementary, principal. She also has more direct Involvement- with par­ ents and staff. Her staff num­ bers about 35, which Includes both professional and support staff. The most difficult part of the job is "trying to strike a,balance ■.'S:■f' t >0 . has her supervisory and cerUfleate In ^admlnlstra^ 'Uon for spoclal education. But,' she Remains In the classtoom. ;-", J S She alsojlkes^b^ng tad , She completed her advancedijA .h^ ;0«n i?<>f.- Y husband who said she could, ; >'™h“,‘f>'e (b