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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
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PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

July 28, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS SUMMER CLASSES FOR SENIORS
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Research and Community Services
will present the 1994 Summer Seniors Program, August 15-26, at the University’s Porreco
Extension Center, 2951 W. 38 St., Erie. The newly-created program is designed to meet the
educational and leisure needs of the mature adult - a rapidly growing population.
The summer program offers a variety of “major theme” and mini-classes. Major theme
classes include: Armchair and Telescope Astronomy, How to Find the Gold in Your Attic,
Around the World in Five Days: National and International Issues, and Exploring and Writing
Children’s Literature. The mini-classes include: Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Drawing,
Poetry, a Psychegram, There’s More to Your Dreams Than You May Care to Know, The HOLY
in US, Disability Awareness, Discover the Tao, Basics of Successful Investing, Cooking for
Seniors, Retirement Planning and Examining Your Pension Choices, and How to Die
Successfully - Get Your Affairs in Order.
For more information or to register, contact the Institute for Research and Community
Services, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 139 Meadville Street, Edinboro, Pa. 16444, or
call (814) 732-2671 or 1-800-526-0121.
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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s
Institute for Research and Community Services
Presents

1994
Summer
Seniors
Program
August 15 - 26,1994
Porreco Extension Center
Erie, Pennsylvania

July 21, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HELPED BY GE MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has received a $395 check from the General
Electric Foundation’s Corporate Alumni program, according to an announcement made recently
by University President Foster F. Diebold.
Under the program, GE matches dollar for dollar the value of any contribution of cash,
securities or real estate made by a GE employee or retiree, doubling the donation.
GE began the first corporate matching gifts program in 1954 to encourage employees to
give to institutions where they were educated. In the years since, the GE Foundation has
matched more than $50 million in gifts to colleges and universities. In 1993 alone, GE
employees and retirees gave more than $6.8 million to institutions of higher learning through the
corporate alumni program.
Locally last year, GE matched nearly $50,000 in contributions to area cultural and arts
groups, community service organizations, and charities.
Some 1,040 U.S. companies and corporate foundations now match their employees’ gifts
to various non-profit organizations. Colleges and universities - the first non-profits to benefit
from matching gifts - still receive the largest percentage of matching gift monies. Educational
institutions have received more than $1.6 billion through various corporate and foundation
programs over the last 40 years.
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GIFT

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Notes of interest from CASE’S National Clearinghouse for Corporate Matching Gift Information

Winter 1994

Volume 11, Issue 2

Happy Anniversary,
Matching Gifts
Experts address the problems and the
promise ofa $1.8-billion concept
by Ellen Ryan

corporate matching would stimulate
alumni support for educational
institutions. 1 belay, the experiment is a
success. More than 1,040 companies
match their employees’ gifts—and
altogether, after 40 years, corporations
have contributed more than $1.8
billion this way.

t began with one company. In
1954, General Electric brouglit to
life a new concept—employee gift “I expect to see many
matching—and wrought lasting
[compmiies] expand die
change in both corporate philanthropy
and educational fund raising.
scope of tlieir progi’suns
This year employee gift matching
celebrates 40 years as a significant
beyond education.”
form of support for campuses in the
United States and abroad—and,
In 1991-92 alone, higher education
increasingly, for other types of
institutions received $l65 million, or
nonprofits as well.
'I lie pioneers started their progiams
9 5 percent of their corporate support,
through matching gifts. Independent
as an experiment to see whether

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matching gift jiiogram is young (four
years olcl in the United States, three
years old in the United Kingdom, and
two years old in France and Canada).
The program generates $450,000 in
A new expansion in thefield
matched contributions each year from
the company’s 12,500 employees
un Microsystems, a supplier of
worldwide. Sun matches gifts to any
open client-server computing
nonreligious 501(c)(3) organization or
solutions in Mountain View,
foreign equivalent, with a $1,000
California, recently announced
annual limit per employee.
that it has expanded its employee
Nearly three years ago, Mark
matching gift program to its interna­
Vermilion, director of corporate affairs
tional employees and to recipient
at Sun, was considering expanding
institutions abroad. This expansion
Sun’s matching gift program into the
comes with the assistance of Charities
United Kingdom. Vermilion met and
Aid Foundation (CAF) and Charities
discussed tlie concept with David
Aid Foundation America (CAFAmerica). Wickert, director of company services
Nancy Bikson-Joste, general adminis­
at CAF, a U.K.-registered charity that
trator of CAFAmerica, explains how the provides services to donors and
program works.
charities in the United Kingdom and
CASE: How did the ball start rolling
abroad. CAF’s sister organization,
on this project?
CAFAmerica, is a U.S. 501(c)(3)
BFkson-Joste: Sun Microsystems’
organization that provides services to

International
Matched Giving

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schools received $7.2 million—a
whopping 47 percent of their corpo­
rate support. From the beginning,
case’s National Clearinghouse for
Corporate Matching Gift Information
has tracked these trends and more.
But are matching gifts on a per­
petual upswing? And is everyone—
campuses and corporations—making
the most of them? Opinions differ,
even within development offices and
contributions centers. For a sampling,
CASE turned to 11 matching gift
veterans, both on campus and off, for
perspectives on past, present, and
future.
Question 1: ms year marks the
40th anniversaty of thefirst
corporate matching gift program,
lloiv do you think matching gifts
will look at the 50th anniversaty?

See ANNIVERSARY, pa^e 5
American donors who wish to give
internationally, as well as non-U.S.
donors who wish to support U.S.
organizations.
After two years of working with CAF
and CAFAmerica, Sun Microsystems
has now initiated the first international
matching gift program, with
CAFAmerica handling the financial and
tax aspects of the transactions and CAF
handling the administrative activities.
Sun still handles its own U.S.-employee matching gift program.
See INTERNATIONAL, page 2

'TiC'iiUr-k.>.

An Introduction
TO Corporate
Matching Gifts

To help eligible organizations secure matching gifts, we maintain an ex­

What Are Matching Gifts?

matching gift potential and process matching gift forms efficiently. The
Clearinghouse will provide information on matching gifts to any nonprofit

More than 1,040 parent companies and corporate foundations in the Unit­
ed States currently match their employees’ gifts to nonprofit organizations

tensive database of up-to-date information on the guidelines of matching
gift programs at more than 1,040 companies. This data is currently availa­
ble in Matching Gift Details and in four versions of the direct mail leaflet,
“Double Your Dollars.” Additional CASE publications and services help
educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations maximize their

organization that contacts CASE. Call (202) 328-5900 and ask for the
matching gift department.

such as educational institutions, cultural and arts groups, public broad­
casting, hospitals, or other community organizations. Under a corporate

For companies, CASE is available to answer questions on how to start, ex­

matching gift program, gifts made by a company’s eligible employees to

pand, or administer a matching gift program. We provide statistics on na­
tional trends in program guidelines and offer other publications and

the nonprofit organizations that meet the company’s guidelines are
matched with company or corporate foundation funds. Colleges and

services to meet the needs of corporate administrators responsible for

universities were the first nonprofit organizations to benefit from matching

matching gifts.

gifts. They still receive the largest percentage of corporate matching gift
monies, although benefits to other types of nonprofit organizations are
growing rapidly.
Generally, to initiate a matching gift a donor completes the company’s
matching gift form, and sends it along with his or her donation to the
recipient nonprofit organization. The organization completes the form,
certifying that it has received the employee’s gift and that the organiza­
tion is eligible to receive matching gifts under the company’s guidelines,

To further serve both institutions and matching gift corporations, CASE en­
courages communication between the groups through several means.
Case:

Matching Gift Notes,.a quarterly newsletter that updates
Details and includes feature articles, reports on matching gift pro­

□ publishes

grams, and tips on processing procedures;
□ chairs the Joint Task Force on Matching Gifts, a group of institutional
and corporate matching gift administrators who work together to ad­

and forwards the form to the company. After verifying the eligibility of the
donor and the recipient organization, the company sends a check to the

vance communication between the two groups;
□ offers a hotline that administrators may call (collect) for assistance on

recipient organization. Some companies use other procedures that are

ethical concerns regarding matching gifts ((202) 328-5962);
□ organizes an annual conference on matching gifts for both corporate

specified on the company’s matching gift form and in this guidebook.

administrators and gift recipients. The Matching Gift Forum is a unique

The CASE National Clearinghouse for Corporate
Matching Gift information
A predecessor organization to the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education (CASE) began serving as the National Clearinghouse for

opportunity for these two groups to meet and share their matching gift
ideas and discuss concerns.

The History of Matching Gifts
The first corporate matching gift program began at the General Electric

Corporate Matching Gift Information shortly after the General Electric

Company (GE) in 1954. It was the idea of Philip Reed, then chair of the

Company began the first corporate matching gift program in 1954. Today,

company’s board of directors. Reed and his associates wanted to en­

CASE’S Clearinghouse provides a centralized source of information that

courage GE’s employees to give to the institutions that had educated

serves both the companies that give matching gifts and the nonprofit

them. According to Reed’s plan, alumni would be more likely to give to

educational institutions and other organizations that receive them. While

their alma maters if their employers would match their gift. In the 39 year^
since GE established the first matching gift program, educational institu­

CASE’S members are primarily institutional advancement professionals at
colleges, universities, and independent schools, in the area of matching
gifts we serve all types of nonprofit organizations eligible to receive them.

tions have received more than $1.6 billion through corporate matching
gifts.

July 20, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO STUDENT TO INTERN IN HARRISBURG
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania senior Mara Klein, a secondary education/general
science major from Pittsburgh, will participate this fall in The Harrisburg Internship Semester
(THIS), a 15-week program sponsored by the State System of Higher Education to enhance
internship experiences in top policy-making state government offices.
THIS, which operates out of the State System’s Dixon University Center in Harrisburg,
integrates the internship assignments with classroom study and a community service component.
Klein will intern in the Department of Environmental Resources’ Office of Public
Liaison.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
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PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

July 20, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO’S PRESIDENT DIEBOLD ADDRESSES NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold was a featured speaker
at the 60th Annual National Conference of the International Management Council (IMC), held in
Cleveland. Speaking on “Developing a Mentoring Program for Your Corporation,” he defined
facilitated mentoring as a structured process in which a manager, as a leader, provides guidance
and evaluates the results of desired behavioral changes of those participating as proteges, or
mentorees. Addressed were the component parts of a facilitated mentoring program, as well as
specific activities in successful mentoring projects, and the ideal qualifications of an effective
mentor. The mentoring program Diebold developed more than a decade ago for Edinboro
faculty, staff and administrators predates much of the mentoring literature, and is recognized as a
model for other universities in the State System of Higher Education.
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EDINBORO - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold (right), and
Dr. Sayed Muzafar Ali Shah, vice chancellor of Mehran University of Engineering and
Technology, sign the agreement extending Edinboro’s academic linkage with Mehran until 1997.
The pact signed during Shah’s June visit to the Edinboro campus continues the terms of the
original linkage agreement Diebold concluded during an earlier trip to Pakistan: exchanges of
students, scholars, library resources, consultations, and provision of faculty and staff expertise.
Mehran University, which is located in the city of Jamshoro, province of Sindh, Pakistan, is one
of the eight institutions in Pakistan with which Edinboro maintains formal academic linkages.

Across the Campus

President Diebold recently welcomed Dr. Syed Ali
(right), vice chancellor of the University of Karachi in
Pakistan, to Edinboro University for discussions on the
academic hnkage agreement he drafted with Ali during
his official visit to Pakistan earlier this year. The agree­
ment Diebold signed with the University of Karachi, the
premier university in one of Pakistan’s largest cities
and a leading university in that country, brought to
eight the number of institutions in Pakistan which now
have formal academic linkage agreements with Edin­
boro University.

Dr. Harry Ausprich, executive director of the Pa.
Humanities Council and a former president of Bloomsburg University, recently visited the Edinboro campus
to lead the workshop, “New Directions in Cultural Pro­
grams: Grants and Special Projects for 1994-95,” which
was sponsored by Edinboro University. Those at the
well-attended workshop and public meeting learned
from Ausprich how to apply for and receive PHC grants
for eligible programs that promote public understand­
ing of the humanities within Pennsylvania. President
Diebold was appointed to the membership of the Penn­
sylvania Humanities Council last year.

Dr. Robert Wortman, principal of the Borton Primary
Magnet School, Tucson, Arizona, and professor at the
University of Arizona, was the keynote speaker at Edin­
boro University’s 1994 Whole Language Reading Con­
ference. The conference theme was “Learning
Communities for the 1990s.” President Diebold wel­
comed this year’s conferees to the day-long series of
workshops that covered a variety of topics, including
active listening, critical thinking, the parent-teacher
connection in literacy learning, and homework across
the curriculum. Wortman, the recipient of numerous
professional awards as both a teacher and administra­
tor, spoke on “Creating and Supporting a Community of
Learners.”

A recent visitor to the Edinboro campus was Dr. Sayed
Muzafar Ali Shah (left), vice chancellor of Pakistan’s
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology,
shown here with President Diebold renewing the aca­
demic linkage agreement Mehran maintains with Edin­
boro University. Mehran University is one of eight
institutions in Pakistan with which Edinboro has for­
mal academic linkage agreements. The others are:
Balochistan University, University of Karachi,
Peshawar University, University of the Punjab, Shah
Abdul Latif University, University of Sindh, and the
Foundation Public School located in Karachi.

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OF

PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

July 14, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

PIANO TUNERS LEARN THEIR CRAFT AT EDINBORO
There are more than 9,000 parts in the average piano, and Art Briggs knows all of them
personally. The resident of Jamestown, N.Y., has been tuning pianos for 41 years and has tuned
the instruments of some of the best known pianists in the world including Van Cliburn, Victor
Borge, Roger Williams and Ferrante and Teicher.
This summer Briggs shared his knowledge of pianos with a dozen aspiring piano tuners
through a course at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. They came from all over the eastern
United States and Canada to learn an ancient skill from one of the masters of the trade. One
student was a native Ukrainian now living in Ontario.
They learned more than piano tuning. They learned how to regulate and repair vertical
and grand pianos. In their workrooms in Edinboro’s Heather Hall, the intricate and complex
mechanisms of several pianos were dissected and disassembled like the bones of so many
dinosaurs. There were keyboards and levers and hammers and strings and bits and pieces of
wood and wire and felt scattered around the room.
The methods Briggs teaches to his students are those he learned in 1953 at the now
defunct Rockwell School of Piano Tuning in Clearfield, Pa. As a youngster he had trained as a
classical musician in violin and viola at Chautauqua and the Oberlin Conservatory. He played
and taught privately from 1946 to 1957. That year he gave up teaching to open his own store Briggs Pianos and Organs - in Jamestown.
For eight years Briggs was resident tuner at the Chautauqua Institution. Since 1953 he
has tuned more than 20,000 pianos and taught piano tuning to more than 200 students. Although
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semi-retired and in his 70s, Briggs tunes regularly and reconditions pianos in a basement
workshop.
Briggs believes piano tuning, which requires little more than a tuning fork and a good
ear, is more of a science than a guessing game. “We are using the physics of sound,” he told his
students. “I always wanted to be an aeronautical engineer,” he said. “In music there are a lot of
engineering principles involved.”
As much as Briggs emphasizes the scientific aspects of piano tuning, he shows little
respect for electronic piano tuning. There is nothing that can replace the human hand and, more
importantly, the human ear. “Each piano is telling you how to tune it.”
As Briggs interacts with his students, it is clear that he is an excellent teacher as well as a
master tuner. Although the three-week course at Edinboro officially ended at 5 p.m. every day,
he usually stayed until 9 p.m. to work with his students. “I’m here to teach; they’re here to
learn,” he said matter-of-factly. “I would not be teaching this course if they didn’t leave here
with a sense of how to tune a piano properly.”
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Piano Tuning Course
At Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania

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Registration Form

Course Director

Piano Ibning Course
June 13 - July 1,1994

Mr. Art Briggs studied at Chautauqua, Oberlin Conserva­
tory and the Rockwell School of Piano Tuning. He owned
and operated a retail piano business in Jamestown, NY, for
30 years, selling and servicing Steinway, Sohmer and
Wurlitzer pianos.
Briggs is aregistered craftsman tuner technician member of
the Piano Technicians Guild, tuning since 1953 in homes,
schools, colleges, universities and as resident tuner for
Chautauqua Institution where he taught in The School of
Piano Tuning.

Registration Deadline: June 6,1994

Name

Social Security Number

Questions pertaining to course content should be directed
to: Mr. Arthur Briggs, 716-665-5699.
•This three week (hands-on) course includes basic piano
tuning, regulating, and repairing vertical and grand pianos.
•Qualified tuners are in demand. The hours are flexible and
compensation is good. Tuning is well worth considering
as a full, part time, or retirement vocation.
•During this course, you will learn to hear the beats and to
use them in tuning unisons, octaves, intervals, and tem­
perament.
•The course will also touch upon building a tuning business,
pricing, advertising, and other related areas.
•You will receive 10.5 Continuing Education Units upon
completion of the course.

Location/Fee
This course will be held in Heather Hall on the campus of
Edinbwo University and will run for three consecutive
weeks, Monday through Friday, beginning 8:30AM and
ending 4:30PM. The fee for this course is $375.(X). You
will be required to purchase a text which will be available
at the campus bookstore. Inquiries regarding the tool kit
will be directed to Mr. Briggs through the Continuing
Education office. Dorm space and meals are available at an
additional cost. For information on lodging, meals, or
should you have a need for special assistance, contact the
Continuing Education Office at 814-732-2671 or 1-8(X)526-0121.

Student Comhients
"Content was excellent. Mr. Briggs geared the course
to meet the needs of individual students on their level
of knowledge.*'
"I have had about 20 years experience in tuning and
still gained much knowledge in regulating!tuning
proofs and general repair."

Home Address

City

State

Zip

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"Group interaction was tremendous, very organized
and enjoyable,"
"Very rewarding...Mr. Briggs has the experience
needed to teach such a course and he expressed by
his actions and attitude that he really cared."

Method of Payment
□ Check enclosed payable to Edinboro University

"Excellent course, excellent instructor."
"Nothing teaches better than experience and that we
have had."

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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Located in a resort community surrounded by picturesque
farmlands and recreational areas, Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania provides an ideal backdrop for an exciting
academic and cultural experience. The classrooms and
dining room are located a comfortable distance from the
dormitories which provide double occupancy rooms and
shared bath facilities. Indoor swimming, outdoor tennis,
concerts and movies are available on campus. The university
is within easy walking distance of downtown shops and
attractions.

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF

PENNSYLVANIA
William A. Reed, Jr.
Assistant Vice President for Public Information
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2956

July 13, 1994

NEWS ADVISORY:

AQUARIUM CONSORTIUM TO MEET AT EUP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host a meeting of the Lake Erie Aquarium and
Science Center (LEASC) Consortium at 10 a.m., Friday, July 15, in room 105, Cooper Science
Hall.
Conceptual talks among area educators, researchers and developers about establishing
the LEASC as a freshwater research and educational center began a year ago. Friday’s meeting
will discuss ongoing development of the LEASC concept.
“The aquarium will have a threefold purpose: education, research and tourism,” said
Dr. Jerry Covert, Edinboro University’s dean of science, management and technologies, and
member of LEASC’s executive board.
“Aquariums have been tourist attractions for communities across the nation since the late
1800s, but for many years, served only the single purpose of tourism,” Covert said. “The plan
for the Lake Erie Aquarium and Science Center takes it beyond the narrow focus of tourism to
include educational and research components, with a vision of being a ‘life center’ to focus
resources on a broader understanding of freshwater ecosystems and an increased appreciation of
the environment.”
Covert said that the aquarium will have broad appeal to not only tourists but to students
of all ages - from preschoolers to college and graduate students - and also to adults and senior
citizens taking continuing education programs.

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Besides Edinboro University, other local colleges and universities - Gannon,
Mercyhurst, Penn State-Behrend - as well as Pitt-Titusville and Clarion and Slippery Rock
universities, have shown interest in consortium membership in the aquarium. Covert said.
Joining Covert as speakers at the July 15 meeting will be Christopher Baldwin of
Baldwin Brothers, Inc., who is chairman of the LEASC non-profit corporate board, and
Edinboro University geosciences professor Paul Knuth.
Serving on LEASC’s executive board with Baldwin and Covert are Robert Chandler of
the Erie Tourist and Convention Bureau, and Dr. Robert Light of Penn State-Behrend.
For more information, contact Dr. Covert at 814-732-2400.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

July 12, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO RUSSIAN STUDENT WINS FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP
Kathryn Wogisch, a Russian major at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is one of
only 13 students in the nation to receive a scholarship from Phi Sigma Iota, the international
foreign language honors society. Wogisch, a senior from Greenville who is also majoring in
psychology, qualified for the scholarship by writing essays in Russian and English while
maintaining a 3.73 grade average.
In January of 1995 Wogisch plans to go to Russia to spend a semester studying there. She
has already participated in two summer study abroad programs and intends to study Russian in
graduate school.
Her nomination for the scholarship was supported by Edinboro foreign language
professors Dr. Janusz Czejdo, who teaches Russian, and Judith Gramley, the faculty advisor to
Phi Sigma Iota.
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Judith Gramley, right, presents a Phi Sigma Iota scholarship to Kathryn Wogisch, a senior
Russian major at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Wogisch is one of only 13 students in the
United States to receive the scholarship. Looking on is Dr. Janusz Czejdo. Gramley and Czejdo
are foreign language professors at Edinboro.

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF

PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-27A5 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621

July 11, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO HOSTS PARTNERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS
High school students from Pittsburgh and Erie recently completed a week-long program
at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania developing their academic and personal skills. More
than 30 inner-city students from Brashear and Westinghouse high schools in Pittsburgh and
Central High School in Erie, took part in the Partnership for Academic Progress (PAP), 1994
Summer Experience.
PAP project manager Dr. Richard Arnold said the Partnership is a pre-collegiate program
designed to enhance higher education opportunities for economically disadvantaged minority
youths. It is based on a learning community of volunteers - mentors, faculty, counselors,
parents, alumni and students.
Edinboro professors Dr. Theresa Thewes, Bob Weber, and Wendy Warren taught classes
in chemistry, computer math and English. Dr. Jerry Jackson of Edinboro’s academic support
services department taught interviewing skills. Dr. John Furcron instructed the students on time
management skills, and professor Ruth Nash-Thompson discussed multicultural education and
African-American heritage. Other hands-on demonstrations involved television production and
electronic music.
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July 11, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

JOINT PROGRAM ENCOURAGES SCIENCE AND MATH FOR GIRLS
More girls may be taking a greater interest in science and math in the future thanks to a
joint program between Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania. Last month, 30 top science and math teachers from Erie, Crawford and Warren
counties - for grades five through nine - were chosen to take part in a two-week course at
Edinboro. The teachers were given resources, activities, and strategies to use in their classrooms
to encourage the participation and achievement of girls in science and mathematics.
The program is supported by a $50,000 federally-funded grant from the Dwight D.
Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program and administered by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education. Teaching the course were Dr. Dale Hunter of Edinboro and
Dr. Patsy Ann Giese of Slippery Rock.
Nationwide research shows that girls are not taking as many advanced math and science
courses as boys, avoiding majoring in math and science in college, and consequently choosing
careers outside of science, engineering and technology. By the year 2000, the American
economy will need more well-educated and highly skilled workers. This will require three times
the number of women scientists. In six years, two-thirds of the new entrants to the work force
and nearly half of the entire work force will be women.
“It is imperative that we start training workers of the future - especially girls in grades
five through 12 - by giving them the skills they will need to obtain jobs in an increasingly
technological global marketplace,” said Hunter.

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Part of the problem is the inequality of education in the classroom. A report by the
American Association of University Women said girls are not receiving the same education as
boys, even in the same classroom. Girls receive significantly less attention and esteem building
encouragement from teachers than do boys. As early as preschool, educators tend to choose
classroom activities which appeal to boys’ interests. When girls leave high school they do not
have the same degree of self-esteem and confidence as boys.
The course at Edinboro was designed to specifically address these issues. Teachers were
given teaching materials including nine textbooks and a graphing calculator, as well as
information on activities and presentation formats known to encourage the participation and
achievement of girls.
The importance of the course can be seen in the number of teachers who applied for the
program: 106. The grant has been renewed for next year and the course will be taught at
Slippery Rock University in the summer of 1995 for teachers from Butler, Lawrence and Mercer
counties.
For further information, teachers may contact Dr. Hunter in the Department of Biology
and Health Services at Edinboro University, 814-732-2500.
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July 11, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY’S BRUCE GALLERY PRESENTS THREE ARTIST SHOW
Bruce Gallery of Edinboro University will conclude its summer exhibition season with a
show of jewelry, prints, pastels and drawings which opens Wednesday, July 20, at 7 p.m. Three
area artists - Suzanne Amendolara, William Mathie, and Robert Werder are highlighted in the
exhibition titled “Recent Work.”
Suzanne Amendolara creates jewelry pieces “that have a sense of fantasy, beauty, and
femininity.” Her sources of inspiration are often found in plant life. The more recent pieces are
based on a trip taken in the spring of 1993 to the rain forest of the Amazon River Basin in
Ecuador.
Amendolara combines materials in her jewelry to create a feeling of preciousness and to
accentuate elegance. Her functional objects and jewelry have an intimate relationship to people “The objects I make,” she said, “are intended for use in very special or romantic occasions.”
William Mathie’s major concern is with the human figure. His purpose is to capture life
situations that seem important to him. His newer work has a focus on objects - fruit - as a way
to investigate ideas about composition, although an allusion is made to people - “to the person
who cut and/or placed the fruit.” A favored medium is pastel which is used with water to build
strong exciting color.
Robert Werder’s color lithographs and prints utilize figurative imagery to explore
personal and public issues in a narrative format. These issues range from the frustrations of job
hunting to racial problems and questions of spirituality and faith. The element of hope that can
be found in his work relates to his own faith experiences. His themes grow out of his
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background as a husband, father, teacher, and former social worker. Mr. Werder is an educator
with the Millcreek Township School District.
“Recent Work” will be on display at Bruce Gallery through August 10. Summer Gallery
hours are 2 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Additional information is available by calling
814-732-2513 or 2406.
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July 8, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO PRESIDENT HELPS STUDENT WITH STUDY ABROAD IN ITALY
An honors student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will be spending two weeks in
Italy this summer thanks to Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold. Matt Brown, a junior
accounting major and defensive end on the Fighting Scots football team, will be taking part in
the University’s Summer Study Abroad Program in Italy because he asked President Diebold for
help.
Last year Brown saw a brochure for the Italy program and set a goal to make the trip in
1994. During breaks from Edinboro he worked in construction near his home in Chagrin Falls,
Ohio, to earn money for the adventure. He realized earlier this year, however, that he would not
have enough money to cover his out-of-state tuition and the cost of the program. That’s when he
decided to write directly to President Diebold.
“I sent him a letter, and a week later I was meeting with Ted Atkinson, the director of the
Honors Program. He talked to the President, and the President decided to help me out
personally,” said Brown.
Diebold agreed to provide support for the project, and the Honors Program covered the
cost of the travel. As part of the arrangement, Diebold asked Brown to represent the University
at the National Collegiate Honors Conference which will be held this fall in San Antonio. He
and another Edinboro student will make a presentation on their experiences with the study
abroad programs.
“I was bowled over,” said Brown. “Not only was the President helping me go to Italy, he
was sending me to a national conference to represent Edinboro.”
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During his two weeks in Italy, Brown is looking forward to seeing Florence and Rome,
taking in an Italian opera, visiting the Vatican and worshipping in a Latin mass. As an
accounting major. Brown is also interested in the course which will be taught by Edinboro
professor Janice Stamm on international business law. The students will have the opportunity to
visit Italian corporations.
Brown’s personal goals are to take the CPA exam after graduating in May of 1996, and
eventually work for one of the big six accounting firms and possibly go on to law school.
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July 8, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DR. KATHLEEN ANSELL CHOSEN FOR WOMEN AS LEADERS SEMINAR
Dr. Kathleen Ansell, coordinator of internships and professor in the department of speech
and communication studies at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was one of only 14 faculty
members in the United States chosen for the tenth annual Women As Leaders seminar held
recently in Washington, D.C.
The two-week seminar brought together 200 of the finest women student leaders in the
nation to meet with high-ranking government, education, communication and business leaders.
Sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company and The Washington Center, the seminar gave
women the opportunity to celebrate their many achievements, gain leadership skills, study a
variety of issues, ideas and theories, and learn more about themselves as individuals and
potential leaders.
Ansell was chosen to serve as a faculty leader to a group of 15 students. She lived with
them for two weeks in a dormitory on the campus of Trinity College and taught classes on the
campus of George Washington University.
“These are the best and brightest students in our nation,” said Ansell. “They are all
leaders on their campuses. I was amazed at what they have already accomplished in their
lifetimes as far as being agents of change. I felt like I have stood still, compared to what they
have done to make the world better.”
The women students ranged in age from 19 to 44. One, a 28-year-old mother of four,
decided to go to college to be an inspiration to her children. Ansell was particularly impressed
by two Native American students, both of whom live on reservations. She said the two stood in
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line for four hours to get tickets to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. “They invited me to
go with them; I was honored. The native women felt a kinship to the victims of the Holocaust
because of the similar atrocities their people have experienced in this country,” Ansell said.
Among the national leaders who met with the students were senators Nancy Kassebaum
and Kay Bailey Hutchinson; Madeline Kunin, deputy secretary of the Department of Education;
Dr. Anita O’Connor of the Food and Drug Administration; Rosemary Torres of the Women’s
Health Office of the National Institute of Health; and Elizabeth Volk Long of Time Magazine.
The seminar included sessions on women and the media, skill building workshops,
women in business, health care issues, women and violence, and women in the arts.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co. to sponsor Washington Center^s 10th Annual
"Women as Leaders" Seminar

Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL), left, and Representative Susan
Molinari (R-NY), right, will serve as honorary co-chairwomen of the
tenth annual "Women as Leaders" seminar being held at The Wash­
ington Center, May 16-28,1994.

From May 16 to May 28 of 1994, 200 of the nation's
most promising college leaders will gather in Washing­
ton, D.C., to celebrate the many achievements of
women, gain leadership skills, study a variety of
issues, ideas and theories and learn more about them­
selves as individuals and potential leaders.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the
"Women as Leaders" seminar and the second anniver­
sary of Sears, Roebuck serving as the exclusive spon­
sor. Through the generosity of Sears, seminar partici­
pants' tuition and housing expenses will be fully
covered. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL) and
Representative Susan Molinari (R-NY) are serving as
honorary co-chairwomen. Molinari served as co-chair
last year and Moseley-Braun acted as an intern mentor.
The seminar seeks students of uncommon skills and
abilities who are prepared to meet the challenges,
responsibilities and opportunities of tomorrow.
Through the seminar, students will be challenged to
realize their full potential, examine their personal
pursuits and aspirations, and consider the societal
implications of gender-specific issues. Participants will
hear from nationally recognized women leaders from
all walks of life and points of view. A very popular
feature of the seminar will be the "Mentor for a Day"

where students will spend a full work day alongside a
prominent women leader.
Past speakers and mentors have included Sarah
Brady, president and founder of Handgun Control, Inc.;
Katharine Graham, The Washington Post Company;
Patricia Ireland, executive director. National Organiza­
tion for Women; Shelly Lazarus, president, Ogilvy &
Mather Advertising; Judy Woodruff, CNN anchor;
Brigadier General Wilma Vaught, president. Women in
Military Service for America Foundation, Inc.; Dr.
Bernadine Healy, former director of the National
Institutes of Health.
Three women from each state, the District of Colum­
bia and Puerto Rico will be selected to participate in
this year's seminar. An additional 44 women will be
chosen on a national at-large basis. Finalists will be
chosen on their leadership performance both on and off
campus. An endorsement from their college or univer­
sity president will also be required. In
addition, when participants return to
their campuses, they will be required
to address a campus or community
organization on the topic of leader­
ship.
Applications must be received
by The Center no later than
^ February 15,1994. Applications
are available through most
Sears, Roebuck and
Companies. For more
information or
an application
land brochure,
I please contact
jLaura
Hudson,
director of
academic
seminars, at
11(800)486-8921.
A group of Fall Semester 1993 interns gather on the
steps of the Capitol Building. Ninety-five institutions
were represented by over 200 students in the Fall class.

For Imeniikips and
.Academic Semanars
Spring 1993

Rhodes Scholarship
Awarded to Former
i'/lLF? Student
Scott Bear Don't Walk, a Summer 1SS2 partici­
pant in The Washington Center's Minority
Lrac'ers Feilov/ship Program and a senior at the
L niversily of Montana, was one of 32 American
i• s: .dents named as a 1993 Rhodes Scholar. He
w begin his studies at Oxford University this
. C Oder where he plans to pursue a second
bachelor's degree in history.
The Rhodes selection committee looks
:r potential leaders of society who exhibit talents
n many areas and those who offer the promise of
idective service to the world in the decades
a^ead.
Scott's leadership qualities and a
:-f Tionstrated concern for his fellow Native
!
-ericans were just two of the factors upon
, ..•■:ch The Washington Center's selection comm-:ee based their decision when they chose him
■: ce a-1992 Fellow.
As a volunteer for the Indian Health
Board in Billings (MT), he assisted in the
arrangement of conferences on health care,
.'.rote proposals for the Montana Committee for
:r..e Humanities, and produced a cable television
crow focusing on Native American health and
community issues.
While a student, Scott was a founding
member of the Antigone Project (a Native
- ■ :erican theatre group), served as a peer/
~r.ntor counselor for Native American students,
ar.a tutored minority and nontraditional students
m mathematics. He is a member of the Univerof Montana Honors College Steering
’-c.mmittee and a student faculty evaluator for the
Department of Liberal Arts.
During his term in Washington, Scott
.vas an intern with Americans for Indian Opportu; 'iry (AlO). His duties included attending
; "eetings of various organizations as a represen■ t:ive of AlO, assisting with a fundraiser for the
:(■ -tional Museum of the American Indian, helping
::ordinate Quincentenary and Indian Heritage
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), left, and Representative Susan Molinari (R-NY), right, are serving as
honorary co-chairwomen of the ninth "Women as Leaders" seminar being held at The Washinaton
Center this May.

Sears Grant Awarded to Women as Lesders
Sears, Roebuck and Co. has awarded a
substantial grant to The Washington Center to
underwrite program and housing costs for its
annual Women as Leaders Seminar.
Two students from each state and the
District of Columbia have been selected to
participate in the seminar. Finalists were chosen
based on their leadership performance both on
and off campus. An endorsement from their
college or university president was also required.
In addition, when participants return to their
campuses, they will be required to address a
campus or community organization on the topic
of leadership.
Sehator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and
Representative Susan Molinari (R-NY) are
serving as honorary co-chairwomen presiding
over a committee of congresswomen from
throughout the country that includes Rep. Patricia
Schroeder (D-CO), Rep. Constance Morelia (RMD), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Olympia
Snowe (R-ME), Rep. Jolene Unsoeld

(D-WA). Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Rep. Marcy
Kaptur (D-OH), Rep. Patsy Mink (D-HI), and Rep.
Marge Roukema (R-NJ).
The seminar, which is being held from
May 17 through May 29,1993, will include
workshops on various topics relating to women in
leadership, lectures by nationally prominent
female leaders, the 'Mentor for a Day' program
(which allows students to observe a typical day of
a professional v/oman), and intensive small grouo
discussions.
Past speakers or mentors have
included Molly Yard, past president of the
National Organization for Women; Brigadier
General Wilma Vaught, USAF (Ret.); Dr. Anne
Bryant, executive director of the American Asso­
ciation of University Women; Judy Woodruff, cor­
respondent, MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour; Harriett
Woods, president of The National Women's
Political Caucus; Barrie Christman, president &
CEO of Mellon Bank; and. Judge Norma
Johnson, U.S. District Court.

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July 8, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO STUDENT AWARDED PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION GRANT
The Anna M. Smith Art Scholarship Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation has again
awarded a $500 grant to Lora Mazer, an art education major at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania. The grant is the final payment on a $2,000 scholarship originally approved for
Mazer by The Pittsburgh Foundation.
Mazer, a second semester junior at Edinboro University, is the daughter of Luella Mazer,
217 Bernardi Drive, Pittsburgh.
The Pittsburgh Foundation administers more than 425 charitable endowments,
established by individuals, families, organizations, and businesses throughout western
Pennsylvania. Annually, The Pittsburgh Foundation awards nearly $7 million to some 425
charities and other non-profit entities.
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July 6, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS PLANETARIUM SHOW
The Edinboro University Planetarium will present Cosmic Catastrophes on Friday, July
15 at 7:00 p.m. Learn more about the collision that will take place July 16-22 when the comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9 slams into Jupiter. Have collisions of this sort occurred on Earth?
A discussion of the collision on Jupiter and a laser show will follow the presentation. The
program is free of charge and open to the public.
For additional information, call the Edinboro University planetarium at 732-2493.
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July 6, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO HOST THE BALMORAL
SCHOOL OF PIPING AND DRUMMING
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host the 16th annual Balmoral School of
Piping and Drumming from July 10-July 23. The central focus of the Balmoral School is to
provide high-quality piping instruction for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. The
students will have the opportunity to receive highly-focused instruction from master pipers. This
year’s school will feature the musical and instructional talents of pipe major Ian Morrison, and
bagpipe musicians Jimmy Anderson, Mike Cusack, and John McDougall.
Pipe major Ian Morrison, of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, once served as a boy
piper in the Lovat Scouts before joining the Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1963. Morrison
studied under Donald MacLeod while completing the Pipe-Major’s course at Edinburgh Castle
in 1968. He won the Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 1969. From 1975 until
1980 Morrison served as Pipe Major of the 1st BN Queens Own Highlanders. In the 80’s he
served as Pipe Major of the Scottish Division School of Music at Aberdeen where he was
responsible for training all young pipers before they joined their regiments. Morrison has won
most of the major Scottish Piping Championships. As well as being a talented composer,
Morrison currently teaches more than 70 students on the Isle of Lewis.
Jimmy Anderson, Master of the Scottish Smallpipes, hails from Larbert, Scotland. He
began his training as a Highland piper with Bob Hardie and served with the Muirhead Pipe Band
for 12 years, winning the world championship with them three times. As a professional pipe
instructor, he taught the Oman Public Pipe Band for three years in the mid ‘80’s. He also worked
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for many years with local schools. Anderson started playing the Small and Lowland pipes
almost 20 years ago. For nine years he performed with the Scottish folk group Clutha. He is
currently a full-time Small and Lowland pipe maker and instructor.
Mike Cusack teaches the pipes at St. Thomas Episcopal School in Houston, Texas, where
he is also currently band director. Under his directorship the band won the 1985 Juvenile World
Pipe Band Championship. Cusack’s individual record includes winning the St. Andrews Society
of Philadelphia Gold Medal for Open Piobaireachd three times. He is also the first American to
win major solo piping championships in Scotland including the Dunvegan Medal at Skye in
1983, the Gold Medal at Oban in 1984 and 1989, and the Gold Medal at Inverness in 1987. At
the Glenfiddich Invitational in 1987, Cusack also won the March, Strathspey, and Reel
Competition.
John McDougall, from Kincraig, Scotland, has been the winner of the Inverness and
Oban Gold Medals and Gold Clasps. He has received the Braemar Gold Medal three times, the
Silver Chanter twice, the Dunvegan Medal, and the Oban five times. McDougall served as a
piper with the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders and then joined the Edinburgh Police Pipe
Band as well as the Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. He regularly broadcasts as a soloist on the
BBC piping programs. McDougall currently is the piping instructor for ten schools in the
Badenoch area of Inverness-shire.
The director of the Balmoral Schools is George Balderose of Pittsburgh. Balderose
founded the program in 1978 and brought it to Edinboro in 1979 where it has been held every
summer since then. The school attracts piping students from the United States and Canada for up
to two weeks of intensive training.
The annual highlight of the school is the free public concert sponsored by Edinboro
University and The Balmoral School of Piping. This year’s concert will feature solo
performances by the instructors of the school, four of the world’s most renowned Bagpipe
musicians. The concert will be held on Thursday, July 21, at 8 p.m. in the University Center on
the Edinboro campus.
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