EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 FOR RELEASE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29,1994: MEDIA ADVISORY Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will hold a special ceremony at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, May 1, to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and Sukhbans K. Dhillon Physical Education Center at Crawford Hall Gymnasium on the Edinboro campus. Mrs. Sukhbans (pronounced "SUEKWENS") K. Dhillon of Falls Church, Va., will join University President Foster F. Diebold to dedicate the Center, which is part of the project to expand and refurbish Crawford Hall under Pennsylvania's "Operation Jump Start" program. Mrs. Dhillon will dedicate the Center, which will significantly enhance Edinboro's already nationally-acclaimed support and services program for students with disabilities, in memory of her son, the late Surinder S. Dhillon. Edinboro University will also hold its annual Honors Convocation on Sunday, May 1, 1:30 p.m., in the McComb Fieldhouse. President Diebold will again make special recognition of Mrs. Dhillon during the Convocation for her longstanding support of Edinboro University's program for students with disabilities, which is one of the nation's largest and most renowned. Media coverage is invited. -30WAR: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 April 28, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BARON-FORNESS LIBRARY HOSTS AUDUBON DISPLAYS A display of "The Many Facets of the Presque Isle Audubon Society" will open with a reception, Sunday, May 8, at 3 p.m. at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's Baron-Fomess Library. The displays on the first and second floors of the library will include wildflowers, artwork by Audubon members, a presentation on conservation by the Purple Martin Conservation Association, and a presentation on feeding wild birds. Two of the displays will feature books created by the third and fourth graders at the Miller School. Following the reception there will be a nature walk around campus. For further information, contact Lee Ann Reiners at Baron-Fomess Library, 732-2273. -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 April 27,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO HONORS EIGHT FOR ART CONTRIBUTIONS The Edinboro University Alumni Association recently hosted its fourth annual Art Achievement Awards ceremony to recognize the Edinboro alumni, faculty and staff who have given their talents to art and art education. Now in its fourth year, the Art Achievement Awards program at Edinboro has honored an impressive and diverse group of artists and educators. Past award recipients have included painters and sculptors, gallery owners and museum administrators, filmmakers and set designers, and art educators at the elementary, secondary and university levels. The program has become a fitting recognition of Edinboro University's longstanding tradition of excellence in art and art education. The eight artists and art educators honored at the 1994 ceremony were Joe Alexander, Evelyn Askey-Zaleski, William Bahmermann, Alfred Bloch, Beth Linden Cornell, David Gamble, Dom Howlett, and Sam Moses. Alexander ('73), along with his Edinboro classmate and roommate Sam Moses, operates one of the most successful recording studios on the East Coast. KAJEM Studios, located in the original Derringer gun factory in Gladwyne, Pa., has become a world-class operation with a list of clients that reads like a who's who of popular contemporary recording artists and groups. A musician himself, he excels as a recording engineer and producer, using a technique in which he thinks of music as an audio canvas where sounds can be manipulated like images on a painting. His expertise has brought him membership in several professional societies, including the Audio Engineering Society, the Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios, and the National -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO HONORS ART CONTRIBUTORS , Continued Page 2 Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences - the group that produces the Grammy Awards. He is especially proud to be among the voting members for those awards. Askey-Zaleski (79, '82) has taught art to children and adults for more than 20 years, and is currently an art teacher at Fort Le^uel^igh School in Waterford, Pa. She is an active member of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, serving as the Region Two representative, and was awarded the Association's Outstanding Art Educator Award in 1986. As an artist, she has been elected to membership in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, and the Allied Artists of America. Her work has been juried into and won awards in many regional and national exhibitions, including the International Small Painting Exhibition, Rocky Mountain National Exhibition, the Allied Artists of America Exhibitions, the San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, and the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors. Her work is included in private collections throughout the U.S., and in Japan, Germany, and Ireland. She was recently selected by Erie's WQLN-TV/FM to create the image for their 1994 "54 Suite." Bahmermann ('37) enjoyed more than 40 years in dual careers as a fine arts educator and a commissioned portrait painter. While an art teacher in Pennsylvania schools from Bradford, to Bala Cynwyd, to Lower Merion, 125 of his students were recipients of scholarships in the National Scholastic Art Scholarship Award Competition. His highly acclaimed portraits hang in many public, private and corporate collections in the eastern United States, and he has won numerous art awards in local and national exhibits, including the Academic Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Artists International Portrait Competition, and the Annual Art Show held in the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. During his long and distinguished career, he was awarded fellowships to the Vermont Studio Colony and to the Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony for the Arts in New York, and was the recipient of a special citation from the State House of Representatives for his "notable endeavors in the arts." At age 80, he continues to conduct solo and educational art shows, as well as jury others. Bloch ('43) began his 36-year career as an art teacher in Erie schools after service in World War II. He eventually moved to California where he taught art in schools in Redwood City and Sacramento, as well as at Sierra College in Rocklin, where he was named professor emeritus in 1981. Over the years, he also taught students at the University of Hawaii, the -more- EDINBORO HONORS ART CONTRIBUTORS , Continued Page 3 University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University. His versatile career included award-winning work in photography, portraiture, photojournalism, and visual materials production. Bloch, who was unable to attend the Edinboro ceremony asked Dr. James McMurray, a professor in Edinboro University's Art Department, to accept the award in his behalf. Cornell ('68) is the fine arts and humanities adviser for the Pennsylvania Department of Education in Harrisburg. Prior to that, she was chief executive officer of Performing Tree, Inc., a non-profit arts education service organization in Lx)s Angeles. She is the director of education for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and serves on the executive boards of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, Pennsylvania Alliance for Arts Education, Pennsylvania Coalition for Arts Education, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and on the education committees of the Theatre Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. She serves on the Kennedy Center's National Advisory Committee for the National Arts Education Network, and, in 1992, won the Kennedy Center Award for Outstanding Leadership in Arts Education. She has managed the Artists in Schools program for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and led it to national recognition for quality and design, and has been an editorial advisor for Am and Activities magazine since 1986. Gamble ('74, '77) is the national marketing director for American Art Clay Co., Inc., of Indianapolis, as well as a working studio artist. He has developed and taught more than 60 workshops in printmaking and ceramics at schools, universities and art centers throughout the country. His work in his Plainfield, Indiana, studio includes handbuilt, multi-fired ceramic platters, limited edition lithographic prints, drawings, and collages. His work was the subject of a recent solo exhibition at the University of Indianapolis, and has appeared in several books on ceramics. He continues to exhibit his unique work at select galleries and exhibitions nationally, as well as teach summer sessions on drawing and printing on clay at the acclaimed Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Howlett, a professor emeritus at Edinboro University, joined Edinboro's art faculty in 1962 after nine years of teaching and supervising art in Pennsylvania public schools. During his two-decade Edinboro career, he taught courses in art history, art appreciation and art education, and twice served as Art Department co-chairman. He chaired the committee that designed the original master's in art education degree program at Edinboro, and designed and supervised the -more- EDINBORO HONORS ART CONTRIBUTORS , Continued Page 4 art education field experience program in area school systems. In 1982 he was recognized for professional service to the field of art education by being named the first university-level recipient of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s Outstanding Art Educator Award. Known for his work in lettering and calligraphy, he has also exhibited drawings and opaque watercolors both regionally and nationally. During his art career, he was the Art Department's charter adviser to the Student Art League and the Student Chapter of the National Art Education Association, and held professional memberships in the National Art Education Association, Eastern Arts Association, Pennsylvania Art Education Association, the International Society for the Study of Education Through Art, American Society for Aesthetics, and the National Society for the Study of Education. Moses (’72), along with his Edinboro classmate and roommate Joe Alexander, operates KAJEM Studios near Philadelphia. A visual artist with an eye for design and experience in construction, he left a high school teaching position in the General Braddock School District, near Pittsburgh, to join Alexander in the late 1970s at the newly-formed KAJEM Studios. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of the Pittsburgh Filmmakers Group, where he produced a number of independent films, short features and documentaries. One documentary short, "Wheels of the Bus," was shot on location in the hills of West Virginia and was used by the Appalachian Emergency Fund for fund-raising campaigns. His paintings were also chosen by the Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Guild for exhibition in a number of group shows, including Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival. Several of his works from a solo show were purchased by various Pittsburgh-based corporations. Since joining KAJEM Studios, he has produced award-winning advertising campaigns and radio spots for Pepsi, McDonald s and Delta Airlines, and has designed recording studios for internationally-known recording artists. One design earned him the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Philadelphia's Center City Proprietor s Association. A commemorative bronze sculpture, named the "Waldo" for Edinboro art pioneer Waldo Bates, was created for presentation to award recipients by Chuck McCleary, a member of the Edinboro University art faculty. McCleary fashioned the sculpture using a lost wax process and based it on a floral motif to produce an abstracted still life. The original sculpture, along with a complete listing of those who have been honored, is permanently displayed in the University's Doucette Hall, near the entrance to Bruce Gallery. Each award recipient receives a statuette of that sculpture. -more- EDINBORO HONORS ART CONTRIBUTORS , Continued Page 5 The selection committee for the Art Achievement Awards was formed by the Edinboro University Alumni Association five years ago. Committee members are retired Edinboro art professors Henry Katzwinkel ('56) and Russell McCommons, ('25, '27) and a 1991 "Waldo" recipient; 1940 Edinboro graduate Shirley Harrison; university art professors Donna Nicholas and James Vredevoogd; and Janet Bowker ('84), Edinboro University's acting director of alumni affairs. Bowker and David Sheneman ('64), president of the Edinboro University Alumni Association, presented the awards. David O'Dessa ('61), Edinboro vice president for administration and institutional advancement, was master of ceremonies for the event. -30WAR:bja Honored at the Edinboro University Alumni Association's fourth annual Art Achievement Awards ceremony were (from left): David Gamble, Sam Moses, Joe Alexander, Evelyn AskeyZalesky, William Bahmermann, Edinboro art professor Dr. Jim McMurray (accepting for Alfred Bloch), Beth Linden Cornell, and Dorn Howlett. EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 26,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HONORS CONVOCATION SET FOR MAY 1 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host its 1994 Honors Convocation at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, May 1, in McComb Fieldhouse to recognize students who attained academic honors during the 1993-94 academic year. Receiving special recognition will be 32 whose degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude (grade point average of 3.8 to 4.0), 51 at Magna Cum Laude (3.6 to 3.79 grade point average), and 68 recognized as Cum Laude graduates (3.4 to 3.59 grade point average). The University’s Honors Program will honor seven graduates of its program and another 78 students will receive departmental awards for academic excellence from individual faculty departments. Others to be recognized with special Honors Convocation certificates will be freshmen who were on the Dean's List the previous semester, and sophomores, juniors and seniors on the Dean's List for more than half of their consecutive enrollment at Edinboro University. Two graduating seniors will speak at the ceremonies: Denise Bunner (Cambridge Springs) and Mark Flanigan (Pittsburgh). Leading the academic procession will be student marshals Katherine Kardohley (Conneaut, Ohio) and Louis Vitale (Erie). The highlight of this year's Honors Convocation will be a special recognition by President Foster F. Diebold of Mrs. Sukhbans K. Dhillon, a longstanding friend of Edinboro University and champion for the advancement of persons with disabilities. Prior to the Honors Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HONORS CONVOCATION, Continued Page 2 Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center is part of the project to refurbish and expand the Crawford Hall complex under Pennsylvania's "Operation Jump Start" program, and was dedicated by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with disabilities to experience life to the fullest. The annual Honors Convocation, one of Edinboro University's finest traditions, began as a day of commemoration in the mid-1970's. -30BKP:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 25, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS CONCERT OF CHORAL MUSIC Edinboro University will present a concert, ’’Choral Music from the Twentieth Century,” on May 7, at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. Performances by the University Singers and University Chorale will feature composers from all over the world, including Randall Thompson, Pablo Casals, and Gustav Holst. Several student soloists will be featured, along with student conductor Rohna Jones. The University Chorale will perform a vocal jazz set. Both groups are conducted by Dr. Peter van den Honert. The public is invited to attend free of charge. -30PSL: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 April 25, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BEN WILEY TO SERVE AS FEATURED SPEAKER AT EDINBORO'S SPRING COMMENCEMENT R. Benjamin Wiley, executive director of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC) and chairperson of the Edinboro University Council of Trustees, will serve as the featured speaker at Edinboro's spring commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15. An Edinboro trustee since 1983, Wiley has served as the Council's vice chair since 1991 and was appointed chairperson January 1st of this year. Since 1969, Wiley has been the executive director of GECAC, a non-profit corporation which administers provision of a broad cross-section of community services and activities in the general program areas of child and youth development, transportation, housing, food and nutrition, education, employment and training, drug and alcohol abuse clinical services, and multiple services for the elderly. One of the region's most highly-regarded social services administrators, Wiley was named GECAC's Man of the Year several times. In more than two decades of commitment to the citizens of the City and County of Erie, he has been the recipient of many awards. One of the more notable was the 1988 National Child Labor Council's Lewis Hine Award for professional volunteer service to children and youth. He was also last year's recipient of the AFL-CIO Community Services Award from the Erie Central Labor Council and the first recipient of the "Chamber President's Leadership Award for Business and Community Service" by the Erie Chamber of Commerce. In 1989, he was named Employer of the Year by the Business and Professional Women of West Erie County. In 1992, Wiley was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey to serve on the newly-created Commission on African-American Affairs. He was one of 25 distinguished Pennsylvania community leaders, educators, and business and labor leaders named to the panel to advise the state's chief executive on public policy and legislation concerning Pennsylvania's - more A member of the State System of Higher Education BEN WILEY TO SPEAK AT EDINBORO COMMENCEMENT, continued 2 black residents. Statewide problems the commission is charged to address include the growing poverty rate among black citizens, high incidence of black-on-black crime, drug and alcohol addiction, and health care. Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold will confer degrees on 790 students at the spring Commencement ceremony. With a December graduating class of 800 students, Edinboro granted approximately 1,590 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees during the 1993-94 academic year. -30psl EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 22, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY POLICE MARK 20 YEARS ON THE BEAT It was April 1, 1974 when the police department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania began operations. Police chief David Varner, who also began work that day, recently marked the 20th anniversary by recalling the events of the past two decades. "It was a dream opportunity," Varner said. "Not many people get a chance to start their own department." The entire department was housed in a cubicle in the Faculty Annex building where the first few months were spent organizing the department, ordering equipment, and hiring and training officers. From day one, the new campus police were in full uniform with sidearms and marked police cars. It was quite a change. Prior to 1974, the University had relied on a contracted security force of a dozen or so retirees. "There was some apprehension about how we were going to be accepted on a campus that never really had a police department," said Varner. "But there were no protests or demonstrations from students, faculty or anyone." A couple of serious incidents within a 30-day period that first fall may have convinced people that police were needed on campus. Two non-students were arrested and sent to prison for sexual assault. An armed robber>* in Rose Hall resulted in the arrests of three other people. Spurred on by those incidents, the department soon matured into an 18-person department. Of that original group, eight officers are still with the force: Paul Bennetti, James Caldwell, Michael Cardarelli, Ronald Harriger, James Reynolds, Jeffrey Robb, David Zilian and Varner. -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education EDINBORO UNIVERSITY POLICE, Continued Page! Much has changed in college police since 1974. Vamer said students are a different group now. They are more interested in getting an education and there are more non-traditional students. "In spite of what you hear about violent crime in America, we don't see as much violence now as we did 20 years ago. The last four or five years the number of reported crimes at the University has come down. What is really interesting is that a year ago at this time we had 92 reported criminal incidents. This year we have 34. The bottom has dropped out of the market," he said. "If I had stock in crime. I'd sell it." For many of the officers, the most memorable event in the force's history was the arrest of a dormitory arsonist in 1989. "It stands out because it was such a total department and University effort," said Vamer. "When the string of fires began the department went on a sevendays-a-week, 12-hours-a-day schedule. We split the force in half and worked from seven to seven. Officers patrolled the dorms all night, every night. There was total commitment from the administration, student affairs office and the maintenance staff. Maintenance worked overtime on weekends to put up temporary smoke detectors in the dormitories. Anyone who was involved would do absolutely anything we asked of them. That's why it stands out." The break in the case came at the scene of what turned out to be the last, and worst, fire. Two of the police officers tried to put out the flames and had to be assisted out of the building after inhaling too much smoke. As they and other staff people were being treated in the ambulance, a young man appeared who said he also needed treatment. One officer overheard the doctor say, "I don't know why this guy's here, he's fine." The officer immediately became suspicious, because it is common for suspects in cases like this to hide among the victims. The police called the man in for questioning. Varner said everything he learned in 20 years of law enforcement went into that interview. After 2 1/2 hours the suspect confessed. "It wasn't like winning the Super Bowl, but when you have that many people pulling toward a common goal, it's a great relief," Vamer said. During its 20-year existence, the department has continually added to its arsenal of crime prevention services. Operation I-Dent encourages students and staff to mark their valuable personal property with their driver's license number. Engraving guns are available in the dormitories and from the police. Officers conduct crime prevention surveys of University facilities to identify and correct crime conducive conditions such as ineffective locks, poor lighting, overgrown shmbbery and -more- EDINBORO UNIVERSITY POLICE, Continued Page 3 high value equipment in need of additional security. Student officers patrol the campus, lock doors, turn on lights and watch for suspicious activity. A campus-wide intrusion alarm system is connected to a central computer in the University police office and is monitored 24 hours a day. State-of-the-art security cameras are used in various locations on campus to protect people and property. Currently the force is in the process of completing the computerization of everything within the department including parking enforcement. The department hopes to expand the use of technology in the areas of surveillance and intrusion alarms as cost effective ways of providing better police protection. -30BKP:bja April 21,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PUBLIC CAN WITNESS SOLAR ECLIPSE AT EDINBORO OBSERVATORY The solar observatory on the campus of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will be open to the public during the annular eclipse of the sun, Tuesday, May 10,1994. Physics professor and solar astronomer Dr. James LoPresto said the eclipse will last less than four hours with maximum coverage taking place around 1:21 p.m. Observers will have the opportunity to watch the eclipse in complete safety through the use of a heliostat, a mirror device that projects an image of the sun onto a wall. The University's main telescope will also be used with special filters to view the sun direcdy. At its maximum point, 94 percent of the sun will be covered by the moon, leaving only a ring visible in the Erie area. The eclipse will be visible from southern Maine to southern New Mexico, crossing over Erie, Toledo, central Illinois and Missouri, and the panhandle of Texas. It will pass over a major solar observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, near Alamagordo. It will then continue over northern Mexico and central Baja into the Pacific Ocean. Because space is limited at the observatory in Cooper Hall, reservations will be required. To make a reservation, call the observatory at 732-2469. -30BKP:bja President Foster F. Diebold, (left) welcomes Dr. Brian E. Schrag to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for a symposium on political correctness. Schrag, executive secretary for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, is also a senior scholar and adjunct associate professor of philosophy at Indiana University. His visit to Edinboro was sponsored by the University’s Institute for Ethics and Values Education, which is headed by Dr. Peg Bevevino (right), of the University's educational services department. The Institute is part of Edinboro's Center for Excellence in Teaching. EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 20, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 790 STUDENTS TO GRADUATE AT EDINBORO'S SPRING COMMENCEMENT Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold, now completing the 15th year of his presidency, will confer degrees on 790 students at Edinboro's spring Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15, at 2:00 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse. With a December graduating class of 800 students, Edinboro granted approximately 1,590 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees during the 1993-94 academic year. Carrying the ceremonial mace and leading the academic procession at the ceremony will be Dr. James MacCluskie, professor in the department of Educational Services. With a 30-year career at Edinboro, he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in educational foundations and provides supervision and evaluation of education majors serving field experiences throughout northwestern Pennsylvania. MacCluskie received a bachelor of science degree in science from Millersville University of Pa. in 1958. He earned a master's in secondary education/botany from Penn State in 1962 and complete his doctorate in secondary education at Penn State in 1969. In addition, he has completed numerous National Science Foundation seminars on such topics as Internet, French, Spanish, and programming in ADA. Through the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit and other educational organizations, MacCluskie has presented many workshops and seminars on such topics as word processing, computer programming and literacy, college algebra, and statistics. Thirty-two undergraduate students will be graduating with summa cum laude honors (3.80 to 4.00 grade point average) 52 with magna cum laude honors (3.60 to 3.79), and 69 cum laude (3.40 to 3.59). In addition, seven students will be graduating as part of the University's nationally-recognized Honors Program. A member of the State System of Higher Education April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Karen S. Finley, 7738 Fairlane Dr., Fairview, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She and her husband Richard have two children, Carolyn and Emil John. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Opatich of Erie. -30PSLibja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Karen M. Huels, 55 Broad St., Sandy Lake, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She has one child, Michelle. She is the daughter of Mary D. Frantz of Stoneboro and Walter R. Frantz of Hueytown, Alabama. -30PSLrbja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Janice Lynn McKinney, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ken Wilson, RD 3, Meadville. -30PSLrbja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Amanda L. Mitchell, a criminal justice major at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for thenoutstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She is the daughter of Ms. Dorothy Mitchell, RD 1, Seneca. -30PSLibja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Carolyn S. Rea, 10044 S. Meadville St, Cranesville, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for thenoutstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Collins, RD 1, Ninevah, New York. -30PSL:bja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Nicole M. Ropchock, 200 Dundee Dr., West Mifflin, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeWayne Swift, 22669 Titusville Rd., Pleasantville. -30PSLrbja April 18,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY Joseph M. Yeager, 1532 Lehigh Street, Erie, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework. Joseph is a member of the Psychology Club. -30PSLrbja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 14, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO ANIMATION GRADUATE JOINS WIL VINTON STUDIOS Steve Carpenter, a 1993 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, has accepted a position with the Wil Vinton Studio in Portland, Oregon, as a systems administrator/animator. Carpenter will be leading the studio's computer animation efforts, and his first project will be a commercial for Coca Cola's Fanta soft drinks in the Latin America market. The Wil Vinton Studio is best known for creating the California Raisins commercials using claymation. Carpenter said its computer animation department is just starting to blossom. "It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to work for a well-known studio," he said. "It will be an excellent experience to work with cutting-edge technology." Carpenter, a native of Smethport, may be one of the few people in the industry to hold degrees in animation and computer science — both of which he obtained at Edinboro. Since graduating last year, he has been a free-lance animator for Tal advertising in Erie, working on projects for Fisher Scientific, Westinghouse and General Electric. At the Wil Vinton Studio he hopes to complete an animation piece he began at Edinboro and enter it in the student Academy Awards. Carpenter's ultimate dream is to write and direct his own animated feature films. -30BKPibja A member of the State System of Higher Education April 13,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS "WAITING TO EXHALE" Edinboio University of Pennsylvania will present "Waiting to Exhale," a play based on Ae 1992 best seller by Ms. Terry McMUlian. The performance will be held in Memonal Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 29. The cost for admission is $1.00. The novel reveals the life of four women friends who struggle with passion, family, and work as they search for the "real thing." Tliis production explores the issues of love and pain, joy and sadness, and fear and faith within the African-American experience. It wiU address sue issues as youth violence, family values, and the direction and future of the Afhcan-Amencan The production is sponsored by Edinboro University's Minonty Students United, additional information, call the Office of Intercultural Relations at 814-732-2912. -30- psl Waiting To Exhale sponsored by Minority Students United (MSU) for more information call 732-2912 Friday, April 29, 1994 Memorial Auditorium 8:00 p.m. Admission $1.00 A play based upon the 1992 Best Seller "Waiting to Exhale" by Ms. Terry McMillian This production explores, within the African American Experience, the issues of Love & Pain, Joy & Sadness, and Fear & Faith. ... a must see for anyone interested in the plight of American Youth. Bonnie McAndrew ... shows the passion and dignity of the African American Experience. Rfgi Spencer ... and excellent chronicle of faith in the face of fear! Lisa R. Brown April 13,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DR. JAMS NORMAN HEADS EDINBORO'S ART EDUCATORS CONFERENCE Noted art educator Dr. Janis Norman will be the guest speaker at the Design Connection, the biennial art educators conference at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, April 22. Norman is the chairperson of the art education department of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is also a primary consultant for the Getty Arts Center for Education. At the conference she will speak on Design as Creative Learning Process. "My research, experience and study have convinced me that the concepts and skills learned in art are critical keys to learning all disciplines, and that the perceptual development gained through an artcentered education will ultimately enhance a student's proficiency in many areas previously thought to be unrelated," said Norman. Norman has been an art educator for more than 25 years. She was founder and president of the Art Education Connection of Greater Kansas City - a bi-state consortium of art institutions, artists and educators - and has taught art and directed district programs. She currently directs the Design as Creative Learning Process Institute, which instructs area teachers in interdisciplinary design-based humanities education. "I have spent the last 20 years looking for alternatives to humanize education and, in my thinking, the arts are the key to making that work," said Norman. "They truly are the most human thing that we do, and I believe whole-heartedly that arts education and the arts are a catalyst for interdisciplinary learning." 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Z3 CO O c O 0 n D CO © CO Q © > o g "5 o D O c 0 g E o O a E E gd) g Q. D c "g c o "D c o gd) CD c ■g d gd 3 o biennial a r educators conference CO CO0 - Q. OO CO -t 0 c=5 C E E 9 o 1^ o -o Q- E 0 oC Q j t: E < O 0 > c O ZD 0 g D 25 5i >■ < 0 01 Annual Edinboro University Student Art Exhibition Bruce Gallery, Doucette Hall O 2:00 - 2:45 UO!}EJlSj60J0Jcj X) T3 0 C 0 April 12,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "SPEAKING AS A WOMAN" TOPIC OF EDINBORO LECTURE The cultural, psychological and familial forces that silence women in a patriarchal culture will be the topic of a lecture on April 21, at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sharon O'Brien, a professor of American culture and English at Dickinson College, will present "Speaking as a Woman: Questions of Silence, Questions of Voice," at 8 p.m. in the Reeder Hall lecture room. "Since in various ways women's voices are silenced in our culture, for a woman to define the self means to create a voice," said O'Brien, "a difficult process since women often shape their voices and selves to the needs of others." In addition to discussing the forces that silence women, she will also discuss the forces that can liberate women into speech. She will focus on those forms of creativity that allow women to develop voices - gossip, conversation, letter-writing, journals and diaries, memoirs and autobiography, as well as poetry and fiction. Following her remarks will be a question and answer period. A reception for O'Brien will be held immediately after the event. A graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard University, O'Brien has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Philosophical Society. She received a Fulbright Lectureship at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and was honored with the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. She holds the John Hope Caldwell Chair of American Culture at Dickinson College. Her visit to Edinboro is funded by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and is sponsored by the University's English and humanities club. -30BKP:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 12, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT WORKSHOPS FOR DIETITIANS Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will present a workshop series for dietitians and dietary managers in long-term care, beginning April 27 and running through August 17, 1994, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Edinboro Inn. Participants can choose to attend any or all of the five programs in the series. Topics for the series will address major areas of concern in the administration of food service and nutrition care. Each workshop includes case-studies and projects, so participants will learn how to apply the concepts covered in the lectures. Applications have been submitted for approval of a total of 30 continuing education units for registered dietitians and 30 clock hours for dietary managers. The instructor for the series is Diane DeBaise, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian with more than 10 years experience in long-term care. As a consultant dietitian, she has worked extensively in the development of continued quality improvement, interdisciplinary nutrition care planning, and food service management programs and clinical nutrition standards of care for intermediate and skilled nursing facilities. DeBaise has a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a master's in biology with a concentration in allied health from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The workshop series begins Wednesday, April 27, with "Menu Planning for Long-Term Care: A Simplified Approach," followed by "Pro-Active Management in the Dietary Department" to be held Friday, May 20. The third workshop in the series, "Continued Quality Improvement in the Dietary Department," is scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, followed by -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education WORKSHOP FOR DIETITIANS, Continued Page 2 "Interdisciplinary Nutrition Careplanning in the Long-Term Care Setting" to be held Friday, July 22. The last program in the series, "Common Nutrition Problems in the Elderly Nursing Home Residents," will be held Wednesday, August 17. Registration will be accepted up to one week in advance of each program. The fee for each workshop is $60 and includes lunch and materials. A discount for registering for all five workshops is available. For more information or to register, contact the Institute for Research and Community Services, 139 Meadville Street, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pa., 16444, or call 814-732-2671 or 1-800-526-0121. -30PSLibja April 12,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS COMMUNICATION SEMINAR Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will present a Professional Secretaries Day seminar, "Conflicts and Confrontations: Managing Communication Problems in the Office" on Monday, April 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Porreco Extension Center in Erie. The differences between male and female communication styles often lead to conflict and confrontation in the office. Women may sometimes feel they are misunderstood by thenmale colleagues or managers, causing unnecessary stress. These misunderstandings are often the result of miscommunication. Issues such as harassment and confrontation create many stressful situations in the office. During this seminar, you will learn to understand the gender gap between men and women. Through many practical exercises in communication, you can learn skills to lessen conflict and increase understanding. Participants will have the opportunity to hear specific ways to communicate more effectively with less stress from the owners of an international management development firm which specializes in using each person's individual strength to lessen work place stress. The fee for the program is $50, which includes all materials, luncheon buffet, and .6 continuing education units. For more information or to register for the seminar, contact the Institute for Research and Community Services, 139 Meadville Street, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro Pa., 16444, or call 814-732-2671 or 1-800-526-0121. -30PSL:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745or2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 11, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO GRADUATE PRESERVING HISTORY AT GERMANTOWN ACADEMY Part of Pennsylvania's early history might have gone unnoticed for several more decades if Edwin N. Probert II hadn't opened an unmarked door at Germantown Academy. Three years ago, Probert, an English teacher and drama coach at the Academy, found a 20' x 60' room in the basement of the administration building that was full of trunks, boxes and dilapidated filing cabinets. When he asked a secretary what it all was she replied: "That's where we put all the stuff we don't know what to do with." What Probert had stumbled upon was the Academy's heritage - nearly 230 years of records, documents and artifacts from the earliest days of the school and the nation. "I was dumfounded," said Probert. "I said, 'Somebody should do something about it.’ And they said to me, 'Why don't you?"' A graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Probert took up the challenge and began a three-and-a-half year project just to sort through all of the material. Among the board minutes, headmasters' reports and other mundane records, Probert discovered a significant collection of George Washington memorabilia including the telescope he used at the battle of Germantown. President Washington and his cabinet fled Philadelphia to Germantown during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The cabinet met at the school, and Washington later enrolled his adopted son, George Washington Parke Custis, as a student. The most valuable part of the archives is probably the McCook Collection, a complete set of signatures of all U. S. Presidents. PYobert said the collection has been valued at $25,000, -more- A member of the State System of Higher Education Page 2 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY, Continued and its most prized signatures are not those of Washington, Jefferson, or Lincoln, but rather of presidents William Henry Harrison and James Garfield who died after less than a year in office. The archives also has a small collection of fine and decorative arts including antique tables, a Lukens grandfather clock built in 1834, and what Probert described as a beautifully written charter for the school's founding. Probert knew nothing about running an archives four years ago but has become a selftaught archivist and has been named the school’s collections control manager. One of the first things he did was obtain a grant from the Berra Foundation to have the collection evaluated. A second grant allowed Probert to catalog and re-house the collections. As the collections manager, he spends two hours a day with the archives. The Academy remodeled the basement into an archives facility and purchased a computer to assist in cataloging. A native of the Philadelphia area, Probert graduated from Edinboro in 1965 and taught for two years in Delaware before joining the faculty at Germantown Academy. He teaches English and literature courses and was the school's drama coach for 17 years. He also earned a master's degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania and recently became a certified archivist. Presently he is earning a degree in art history from Cambridge University. In addition to organizing and preserving the archives, Probert also mounts in-house exhibits and displays much of the fine and decorative arts in public areas and is working to make the archives available to the scholarly community. With very little publicity, the archives are already visited by about 10 researchers a year. Through his work with the archives, Probert was able to play historical detective and ferret out some of the school's greatest myths. He recently authored a monograph on one of the names long associated with Germantown Academy — A. Bronson Alcott, probably best known as the father of Louisa May Alcott. Probert's article describes how the Academy's history was rewritten on more than one occasion to suit the changing views of Alcott's role. Germantown Academy opened its doors in August of 1761 as the Germantown Union School. Its early history has many connections to the founding of the United States. The school bell, for example, was cast in England and brought over on the tea ship Polly in 1774. Because of the unrest in Philadelphia at that time, the Polly returned to England without unloading the bell. It was not until ten years later that the bell was returned and placed in the bell tower. The school building was used as a hospital by British troops during the Battle of Germantown. The British also used the school's playing fields for the first cricket match played in America. -more- Page 3 GERMANTOWN ACADEMY, Continued In addition to George Washington's visits to the school, the Marquis de Lafayette was given a reception there where he was introduced to the student Fernando Bolivar, nephew and adopted son of Simon Bolivar. The Academy's colors were red, white and blue until the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, when they were changed to red, blue and black. The most significant change in the school's history came in September of 1965 when it moved ten miles to an all-new facility on 160 acres in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and, for the second time in its history, became a coed institution. Today, the Academy has tripled its enrollment since 1965 to 1,100 students in grades pre-school through 12th. -30- BKP:bja EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OFPENNSYLVANIA Office of Public Information and Publications Edinboro, PA 16444 (814) 732-2745 or 2929 Fax (814) 732-2621 April 8, 1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EDINBORO UNIVERSITY ART STUDENT EXHIBITION OPENS APRIL 13 A show of new art by students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will open Wednesday, April 13, in Bruce Gallery. This year's exhibition is juried by Texas artist Susan Galey. It features art that is largely figurative and often large in scale. Students submitted works in painting, drawing, graphic art, clay work, jewelry, sculpture, and film and video. Gallery director Dr. William Cox said the result is an exhibition that is expressive and dynamic. "What is evident is a concern for the making of art and the nature of art - with the question of what constitutes good art work," he said. Cox said some of the art is enigmatic and invites viewer speculation, other pieces are humorous, and some work focuses on traditional kinds of art subjects and content. There is a mix of references to popular culture and to personal individual content. The exhibition opens with a public reception Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. Gallery hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9. The University Art Student Exhibition concludes May 7. For further information call 732-2513 or 2406. -30BKPrbja A member of the State System of Higher Education April 7,1994 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: STAND-UP COMEDIAN BRETT LEAKE TO PERFORM AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY Stand-up comedian Brett Leake will perform at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in the University Center. Leake, a professional comedian since the summer of 1983, is noted as being an enthusiastic performer with a unique sense of humor that deals with events that can happen to anyone on a daily basis. He believes humorous situations that have a universal appeal never fail. During a show, Leake works his audience by keeping them in stitches while he dives into the outer limits of human imperfection and uses that aspect as comedy. Leake writes jokes about subjects that are interesting to him. "If it's interesting to me, even if it's not funny at all. I'll work on it." Despite having muscular dystrophy, Leake works 40 weeks a year with his shows lasting anywhere from thirty to forty-five minutes. He feels that he would be no funnier if he were not disabled. "When I first started doing comedy I felt defensive on stage, like I owed the audience something. 'I'd better explain myself... because they won't give me a chance ...' I realized that isn't really the case... I talk about the things I talk about with my friends." Leake claims to feel rejuvenated every night he gives a performance, despite the fact that his muscular dystrophy has gotten worse since he began as a comedian. "It just pumps me full. I feel terrific. I don't have any aches and pains. I've got a good life ahead of me. I just hope to keep doing stand-up as long as I can." -more- COMEDIAN BRETT LEAKE TO PERFORM, Continued Page 2 Some of the comedians that Leake has opened for include Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Paula Poundstone, Gilbert Gottfried, Emo Phillips, and Rita Rudner. His television appearances include The Tonight Show, Comic Strip Live, Comedy Central, and the Jerry Lewis Telethon. The event is open to the public and is free of charge. Anyone wishing further information may contact the University Programming and Activities Office at (814) 732-2842. -30JMCrbja Review , Brett Leake tN 3 D *2 1/ 3 i (/? o t if by David Graham ON Brett Leake entertained - a modest crowd in the AdCN w tninistiation Building audi•S torium last Wednesday, o * Leake possessed a unique ^ sense of humor that dealt ■ with events that happen to‘ each ofus every day.-That is Ji the sense ofhumor that I feel 2 is the strongest.#Humoroussituations which have a uni-* % versal appeal can never fail.^ I felt that Leake really O ^ pleased the audience when he poked fun at the college , and the town of Glenville, all good naturedly, ofcourse. He' worked the audi-* ence well; and his energy and charisma proved he has had experience being a standup comedian. No handiccp for laughs By Doug James If you miss the first and last minute ot Brett Leake's comedy, you might not even realize he has muscular dystrophy. The 460-year-oi cry, silly things, my parems.rtiRathes standard topics but I think the jokes ar^ unusual... they show some patience. V ‘"How come, ” he asks for example, "my grandparents are hard of hearing but they’re the first ones to know when something’s too loud?” Or: "Next time someone tells you you’re not yourseif today, ask them: ‘So why are you telling me?” Or: "What do you do if you’re writing and the pen stops working? Try it on another piece of paper . . . it’s just a. paper malfuncnon.' ’ 2 • ‘‘I write jokes about things that are# t interesting to me,i’ he says. ■‘If it's in-* , teresdng to me, even if it's aoc funny at, » ail. I’ll work on it. For instance. I’m working on a bit right now about hat sizes. I thought it was amazing what a hat size means. It's ±c number chat’s plugged into pie R squared to get the circimference of your head. I chink it's unbdievable chat we went to aU chat trouble co get a hat size, I don't have anything funny about chat yet but I’m writing about it every day and then I’m taking it up on stage to see if they chink it's funny.” Whai can other performers do chat he • can't? ► ‘‘I just have co consider ail my movements. Other people can sit on a chair and not worry about how they get up. Before I sit down, I have co figure out how I’m gonna get back up. .My legs are rather weak so when I stand up on stage J have co keep my '