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SPRING 1999

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
E Eugene Dixon

Kim

E. Lyttle,

Jr.,

Chair

Vice Chair

Benjamin Wiley. Vice Chair
Syed R- Ali-Zaidi, Muriel Berman,
R.

Zachary
Daniel

Cattell, Jeffrey

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PASSION

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STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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Secretary

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day

is

done, faculty and staff

interesting hidden talents

and

interests.

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its

is

as

participants.

A SILVER CELEBRATION
OF CARING
In twenty-five years, the nursing department has

Derek '99

Board of Governors' scholars - pg. 6

experienced tremendous growth and change to meet

Kevin M. O'Connor
David

the working

reveal

diverse as

Joseph J Mowad, Chair
A. William Kelly 71. Vice Chair
Robert

When

The Board of Governors' Scholarship Program

COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES

Ramona H.

UNCOVERING HIDDEN

both students' and patients' needs.

Pelrosky

Ted Sluban
James H. McCormick, Ex-OfDcio

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Nursing department

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HUSKY CLUB SCORES
Helping athletics has

its

rewards, on

and

off the field.

Jessica Sledge KozlofT

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VICE PRESIDENT,

UNIVERSrTY

ADVANCEMENT

Anthony M.

laniero

GROWING STRONGER
The Student Recreation Center provides the
facilities

and programming for

the serious,

latest

and

not-

so-serious, athlete.

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EDrTOR
Kathleen

Faculty emeritus foAnne

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Growney

bridges

mathematics and her love of poetry.

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Graphic Communications,

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COMMUNICATION

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ADDING UP TO POETRY

Speaking publicly scares many, but not members of

Paskill

Bloomsburg's successful forcnsics team.

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cultural

haven - pg. 16

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Uncovering
e

know them from

They focus on
winning

a

the business at

hand -

some, these

Bloomsburg have

staff at

Eric Foster

interests

have grown to passions - avocations that

finding Love
in a Bug
J
up Donna in a black, 1960
Volkswagen Beetle. The sunroof is open
and the Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" is
playing on the radio. Until it starts to rain.
Paul picks

They unroll the canvas sunroof to
keep dry and turn the wipers on - the
radio goes out.

work

at the

a love affair

The two

same

-

Studying

time.

thus, in 1966,

- was born.

or two
at

features won't

And

what

is

the graduate students, Paul Cochrane

and

Donna Jillard, soon married. And though
the black Beetle was traded in for a Pontiac,
to

Volkswagens.

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and again

science, collect old

and take them

professor

to

VWs

shows throughout

the Northeast.

They
and go

started

to six or

showing

begin to

cars in

1994

seven shows a year from

April through October.

"We

couldn't

count the number of cars we've

owned," says Donna. "We've gone through
Volvos and

BMWs.

But Volkswagens truly

are the people's car." In addition to the

show

now SUNY Albany

the couple has returned time

Donna Cochrane,

and chair of business education and office
information systems, and Paul Cochrane,
retired professor of mathematics and
computer

and Donna Cochrane

to their official duties.

For others, they're just plain interesting and fun hobbies.

Today,

Paul

thought,

interests outside their

sometimes bring additional perspective and insight
By

human

the history of

field.

game, or job descriptions.

But the teachers and
jobs. For

the classroom, the office, the playing

cars,

both Paul and Donna drive

Volkswagens everyday.
To prepare a car

to

show, Paul does

work - sometimes
rebuilding the entire engine - while Donna
does some cleaning and detailing. Only
the mechanical

serious

bodywork and

farmed

out.

repainting are

Doing Right

At the shows, the assorted Beetles
look better than new. Doors, trunks and

hoods
the

are opened. Mirrors are placed

ground so

5ook *^^^

on

and judges can see
wheel is removed to

visitors

the undercarriage.

show

dl) trie

A

cleanliness of the

wheel

then there are the accessories

well.

And

- vintage

Standing in front of a

to help students

What

determine what
'65

and

collection includes

'67 Beetle convertibles

Karmann-Ghia

and two non-Volkswagens convertible

and

a '61 Austin

But their prize
with

all

TR3

Healy 3000.

Bug"

the amenities. Vintage luggage to

into the spare

tire.

A

A

tool kit that

spare gas can.

A specially designed

fits

Wheel

flower vase for

the dashboard! This past year, the '54

placed
it

first

in every

was awarded

show but

one, where

tool kit isn't strictly

"We stopped many times by the
make repairs on the '54 until we
had the kinks worked out," says Paul. "But
if you get them set up right, they'll run."
for

show.

road to

And

when

class

those expecting "Herbie the

Lovebug" performances are going

to be

is

Steven Hales

containers for intangible thought

An
Hales

is

avid

book

also a skilled bookbinder,

the history of ideas.

And some

in

books since childhood.

from the purchase of

chief bookbinder,

A

monster (or

at least

rebound

two

put

a

hundred books.

dirt

been

carefully

shaved

thin.

And he

take 10 hours of

a

hundred hours.

good

for

an amateur, but pretty

average by professional standards," he

from

decade

air.

means removing tattered covers and
making new ones, wrapped in fine leather

more than

an avocation)

private lessons

to the

and sewing old bindings. He

"I'm

years. In the

book

work. But a complete restoration can take

Frankenstein back together.

since, he's

shadow."

to

in

says Hales, holding

Hales means cleaning

this,

A simple job may

Brown's

Dan Knowlton,

this,"

means tooling those leather covers with
brass and steel punches and gold leaf.

Brown

down

oil

that's

copy of

a tattered

University. Hales tracked

for

own

and

dealers, Hales has

Frankenstein while studying at

more than 500 people

pages in a solution to remove years of

of that

But his passion for repainng them sprang

Knowlton

its

By doing

has to do with books," he says.

The son of antique

who do

a beautifully restored

old. "As a philosopher, I'm interested in

was born. Hales took

can't get out of

"There's not

America

repainng tomes that are often centuries

disappointed, says Donna. "With 36

bug

- books.

collector since college,

horsepower,

this

over, Hales turns

his attention to preserving tangible

been interested

third.

By the way, the

ideas

being
But

a '60

How do we

Where do

right?

is

come from 7

convertible,

a '54 "Oval

is

put on the roof rack.

covers.

still

Steven

understand the

reality?

is

items complete the look.

The Cochranes'

class,

Hales, associate professor of philosophy,

works

intangible.

restored, a '68

^Btp

says modestly.

"I'll

go

a

couple of months

without doing anything. Then
project

and be

at

it

I'll

have a

every night for a week."

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While most of the books Hales

and slipcased the

first

since.

He bound

appreciates a bit of whimsy.

and graduated with honors

three novels in Sue

Grafton's alphabet mystery series. Inset
in the front cover of

each

a

is

In this age of the paperback,

seem

like a lot of

work, but

Haney.

art. "I've

up

had people

say,

paintings?'" says Hales,

in his living

something you have

"It's

Haney

may

to four nights a

is a work
'Why not put

seen a

"I've

lot

surrounded

sport

he shares his

with the community.

he doesn't

his

to the shortstop,

second base, followed by a

first.

and

figures,

his appreciation

"Some people would

Though finicky to grow, these delicatelooking orchid blossoms are among the longest
lasting in the plant world.

still

appreciate

ability,

that way.

It all

even

if

Orchid Passion
Grows from
^

you

comes back

unusual word choice, unless you
that

ball
is

men how

around the baseball

a committed artist

pastel

move a
diamond, Haney
to

- coaching

paint,

"I've

painted and drawn since
"I

went

I

be an

to four

nights a week,

become

was

a

and working into the

to a progressive

wife, Barbara,

up

art

Then one day

"Why

I

didn't just

don't know."

I

The anthropology department
plants since he

morning.

"I've

seen a

lot of sunrises."

I

chair

was

child. "I started

had grandparents who

were gardeners, and
gardens. So

After high school, he gave

life.

a botanist

very young.

art major."

entirely for five years.

David Minderhout may have missed
his calling in

has been growing flowers and other

high school in the '60s that allowed you
to

draws three

starting at about nine

and pencil around the canvas.

kid," says Haney.

paints or

for

When he's

nearly as long as baseball bats.

not showing young

Haney

know

Haney has wielded paintbrushes

Scea

Child hood

an

It's

Tough Flower

orchids.

to what's inside you."

of a successful double play.

to Raise a

fascination in the world's incredible variety of

"Grace," says baseball coach Matt

Haney

Man

Takes a Patient

Anthropology professor David Minderhout finds

at all to their liking,

think you can

work

impressionistic,

still lifes

let that limit

someone's technical
don't

studios
It

own work is

cubism not
1

coached

centers.

for other styles.

but

he's

at private art

including landscapes,

find

to

art

and children

While

Coaching Paint
f
on Canvas

throw

of sunrises."

For the past several years,

and daycare

rifle

about

at

Haney shares his love of
with the young men he coaches,

adults

a quick toss to

week, starting

Just as

room by leather-bound

bouncing grounder

to do."

paints or draws three

nine and working into the morning.

to this

books. "In a way, I'm doing just that."

A

do

not in your control," says

is

Today,

philosopher a well-made book
of

work

letter.

it

in art studio.

try to explain that the drive to

"I

the

wooden

alphabet block revealing the book's

He hasn't stopped creating
He chose Bloomsburg for college

fine paper.

binds are old or serious works, he also

I

loved their

when I was about

parents allowed

me

to

have a

10,

my

little

flower patch," says Minderhout. "They

his

bought him some pens and

got a seed catalog in the winter, and

could pick out

five

I

kinds of seeds to

Playing with Paint

and

plant in the spring."

Pencil

When

That

he's not at the

little

hobby has grown

to

more

baseball coach
Matt Haney can often

than two acres planted with flowers and

be found working

exotic trees at his

field,

his studio.

in

Haney has

been a practicing

in

Buckhorn.

different types

artist

for nearly as long as
he's

home

The garden includes 100

been involved

of roses alone. But spread throughout his

home and nearby greenhouse

with baseball.

bigger surprise

-

is

orchids, nearly

an even

500

in

all.

Attracted by the exotic nature of the
plants,

Minderhout started growing

orchids in 1972 while a graduate student

Georgetown University in Washington,
DC. "When I started, orchids were far
more rare than they are today."
at

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SPRING 1999
Orchids are unusual plants. You

can plant them in shredded bark or even

bowl of broken

a

them

But don't plant

glass.

in soil or they'll die. In the wild,

they grow on other

Parow's passion for physical fitness

Kickboxing
for Balance

didn't

plants, their large

"I

By

Minderhout. "Over watering. People
say
I

I

have a green thumb, but

kill a lot

When

of the plants

I

don't.

try to grow."

I

start.

in

tend to bloom

tropics, so they

from the

November and March and remain

dormant

in the

blossoms

may

summer. While orchid

look delicate, they're

the toughest of flowers.

bloom, you have them

"When
for a

good long

- weeks. Their beauty and

time

have spoiled

And

me

among

they

longevity

for other plants."

the sheer

number

for several lifetimes.

Fran Parow

of different

"Orchids are

believed to be the last evolved of the

determining

how

management

all

more than
and more are

woman's

business

crisp

attire is

the

heart of an athlete

of the time."

six short triathlons

Parow, a certified aerobics

diversity."

David Minderhout has

found his

calling.

Vroom

When

"For me,

numbers, Erik Wynters,
associate professor of mathematics and
computer science, goes for the more physical
thrills of racing motorcycles. He competes in
about a dozen enduro events a year.

to use

my brain,

the physical.

Centennial Gymnasium.

get very tense."
Fran

Parow

workshops

is

I

she find

find

is

I

the

Attitude.

and

I

I

it's

"I

took some

a natural

'I

do

just can't

you have

a lot

lot of

this.'

But most

And when you

more energy

to

do

other things."

Carving at the Kitchen Table

Facts

Ann Diseroad has

people think,

exercise,

movement."

Got the (Tomb)Stone Cold

not possible," says Parow. "A

people can do something.

in kickboxing. For myself,

studied
the history of tombstones for nearly a decade.
She presents her research regularly to the
Association of Gravestone Studies and gives
graveyard tours and talks to community groups.
Library assistant

the time,

"Either putting exercise off or thinking

step aerobics

important, so

punching wasn't

need

biggest obstacle to physical fitness?

wasn't fun anymore," says Parow.

vanety

all

What does

they follow

Parow's quick pace for an intense

felt it

I

I'm just using

If

my brain

"We were doing

but

balance between the mental and

in the

tights,

a stress release

it's

dance studio of

She's
he's not crunching

15 miles of bicycling.

to exercise," says Parow. "I like

Nearly a dozen employees

feel

certainly

to

and aerobic kickboxing

noon

each

a half-mile

swim, 10 kilometer run and 12

time to teach aerobics

anthropologist. Anthropology

human

summer - about

instructor, volunteers her

half-hour workout.

about

started, she didn't

and

competitor. Twice a week,

gather at

to

Parow began running, and
even finished some marathons.
Biking and swimming along
with the triathlons, came next.
Today, she typically competes in

But underneath this

comes to variety, flowers
are no match for humans. "I've always
liked variety. That's probably why I'm an
it

is

Once she

went

started one."

stop.

sweats and

when

workshops and

positions at

25,000

But

aerobics program, so two of us

and

classified.

petite

to

she lived in Indiana, PA,

looking for aerobics. "There wasn't an

the university should be

Clad in sneakers, shorts,

being discovered

human

different staff

flowering plants. There are
different species

a

is

YMCA where

to university employees.

types of orchids can keep any gardener

busy

trade,

the

resources manager responsible for

they do grow, the rewards

can be spectacular. Most orchids are

but she

life,

took charge right from the

Her children grown, Parow went

air.

They can be finicky to grow.
killed the first one I bought," says

sports in high

exercising seriously later in

fleshy roots absorbing moisture directly

from the

grow out of organized

school or college. Instead, she started

far from a block of wood and a knife,
Puhl, associate professor of health,

Never

Ron

physical education

dozens of

and

athletics, creates

wildlife carvings

each year at

his

kitchen table studio.

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A

dot in Upper

was once the door

who ventured
leaders. Some

New York

were dreamers and

faced obstacles,

great success. All

The immigrants

to America.

to this land

Bay, Ellis Island

some achieved

were given a chance.

Today, their descendants are U.S. citizens,
facing their

own

own

struggles, reaching for their

triumphs. These are the leaders of the future.

For the

last

Bloomsburg has helped

body

of students

Until

who

two years

ment

attract a diverse

each year to

program was

largely unstructured, requiring only that

community
work each semester and maintain

requirements. Today, the 60 students in

G.PA.

also take special classes

and

and the university

benefiting from the

new

gives

you

our G.PA.

and

go

He

get involved in

know

I

wouldn't do

mock job
all

of this

service.

if

1

the scholarship qualifications

weren't

who meet

and yearly

requirements. While the program

designed to increase
isn't

and

local

Lambda

need a push into leadership

"A

lot

the only consideration for scholarship

campus

know how

Calvert points out. "But

involved,

students do.

you miss

all

organizations,

to get involved,"
if

you don't

get

kinds of

opportunities."

Because the Board of Governors'

is

racial diversity, race

many

of students are too intimidated

to get involved in

or they don't

tuition for students

at public speaking.

positions but, he says,

I

Board of Governors' scholarships
full

co-president of

also state vice president

is

didn't

in the program."

provide

is

professional business fraternity Calvert

interviews

community

He

president of the Phi Beta

sophomore
"We have to keep up
to

Calvert's

his only outstanding

demonstrates his ease

structure.

goals," says

We

isn't

Bloomsburg's forensics team, where he

are

"The Board of Governors' program

Arrastene Henry.

recipients

in his double major of

and accounting. But

accomplishment.

complete senior scholarly projects. Both
the students

and the

Senior David Calvert will graduate

summa cum laude
finance

program

awarded

first-rate.

specific grade point average (G.PA.)

the

are

incoming freshmen, making

the process competitive

scholarship recipients perform
service

are also taken into account.

Only 15 scholarships

characteristics.

ago, the

community

arts or fine arts,

leadership and high scholastic achieve-

at

demonstrate strong

and academic

leadership

performing

15 years, the Board of

Governors' Scholarship Program

program requires participants
a leadership position for a

awards. Scholarships are also extended to

organization,

first-generation students, regardless of race.

extra

Extraordinary achievement or talent in

and

it

gives

push they need

stay in school.

to

hold

campus

many

students that

to get involved

-

SPRING 199!
"The senior project and community

"The original program was helping
us

attract a diverse

student body, but

service

it

is

our

way

of giving back to the

wasn't helping us keep them," says

community," Quintero notes.

Sydney Howe-Barksdale, director of the
office of social equity and coordinator of

of us get involved in

because

think most

"I

community

service

required by the program, but

it's

we do more than our required hours
we like it. The community and the

the Board of Governors' program.

then

"Students are looking for that other piece

because

-

university really benefit from that."

that support

and

social

network

that

can encourage them and help them make
the

most of

their strengths."

Howe-Barksdale establishes a personal
relationship with each scholar.

Through

regular meetings, special classes
e-mail, the

Senior Board of Governors' scholarship recipients complete scholarly projects
that analyze or address issues affecting

on the Bloomsburg campus.

students

and

For example, one senior,

Board of Governors' scholars

who had

keep in touch with her and keep on track

column

with the program.

that addressed minority issues.

"Sydney

really

fall

let

someone

Howe-Barksdale often works with the

campus

was instrumental

writers.

such subjects

support

networks. Karen Quintero, a junior Board
of Governors' scholar,

it's

organized now,

really gives recipients

up to make them
more competitive
in the work force."

and

done studies about

as personnel policies, cuisine

exercise.

young people who

is

come

in Bloomsburg's

Quintero and

Greek community.

five

others (four of

"I

want

them

to see

how

for a day.

I

Mu

they can be involved,"

Inc., a multicultural sorority.

Armstrong

III is

life,

projects, excel academically.

Some

are

students. Others "maintain

mock

maintain their scholarships.

techniques. "Did

Henry stands out both in the classroom and on the football field. "People say

reflects

me, 'Oh, you're just

a

dumb

fun.

job,

football

to

to

work

challenged
are

Henry.

I'll

do the things

interview over

"I

I

and practiced

and interviewing

learn anything?"

learned a

Now, when I'm ready

them

And I had

lot!

to

look for a

be prepared."
Classes offered through the

program
or time

Also a

that teach critical thinking

management techniques

do prepare these students

senior Julius

future.

But others,

for the

like "History of

Immigration," give them the

opportunity to
"It

was

A

reflect

on

the past.

incredible to learn about the

struggles people

and how

and serve

for other students.

heads up -

Our resumes

their dining etiquette

organizations, Board of

might be

organized now,

anyway."

In a recent

Governors' scholars provide

mentors

well."

competitive in the

dinner, scholars learned

president of

service

it's

I

keep the

to

do

to

The program pushes us

we should do

In addition to involvement in

community

want

G.PA.s well above the requirements to

to

he admits. "But

interviews prepare us for the real thing.

Bloomsburg's Interfratemity Council.

campus

I

a statistic,"

prepared by our sophomore year. Practice

Sigma Upsilon Sorority

leader in Greek

City.

everything in

fit

want

I

"The program, as

Board of Governors' scholars)

founded

to

my grades up,"

hard, because

to get internships.

scholars, in addition to being

Honors Program

tough

force," notes Calvert. "We're

want

ambitiously involved in their organizations

and

and keep

work

"It's

make them more

she explains.

Many

But I'm not going to be

asserts.

really gives recipients the

don't have the

Bloomsburg

to

he

a leader-

opportunity to see a university campus
to

player.'

scholarship and

Quintero s senior project

in

the heads

giving minority students a presence

Charles Lanier (left) and Jamal Stovall gain
perspective on a recent field trip to New York

One wrote and produced

ship day for migrant students.

"The program, as

Getting a View

Another

plays, providing parts for culturally diverse

students. Others have

Multicultural Center to help

own

newspaper

poetry and prose by both famous and

amateur

through the cracks," notes Calvert.

students develop their

in the university

established "Coffee Grounds," a night of

pays attention to

individual students. She won't

an

interest in journalism, established a

far

had

we've

to

go through,

come

since then,"

as

says freshman Stephanie Jones.

scholar

"We've come a long way," agrees

a resident adviser for a

Howe-Barksdale, "but ultimate

residence hall, lead orientation for

Tracking Our Past

inclusiveness

freshmen, or as Karen Quintero has

Members

of the Board of Governors' Scholarship Program and
other Bloomsburg students traveled to New York City to retrace
the steps of yesterday's immigrants as part of an immigrant

working on. The Board of Governors'

experience class taught by Nancy Gentile Ford, associate
professor of history.

move toward

done, incorporate mentoring into a
senior project.

is

something we're

Scholarship Program

is

still

helping us

that goal.

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A small brick building on

Lightstreet Road, classrooms

rented from Bloomsburg Hospital and Columbia-Montour Area
Vocational Technical School, a director and two faculty These

were the humble beginnings of what has grown into one of

Bloomsburg

University's

most successful programs.

This year, the department of nursing observes
anniversary, while the

45 members of

its first

its

25th

graduating

class,

the class of 79, celebrate their 20th.

Yesterday and today...
Top photo: Humble beginnings - the
Next page, lower photo: McCormick

8

original nursing building, previously
v.

writer for

Human

Services

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

is

known

as the Boyer Garage

a state-of-the art teaching

facility.

stills

stands as an apartment building on Lightstreet Road.

SPRING 1999
In

Bloomsburgs

allied health sciences,

Bloomsburg focus on nursing and

department of nursing

health sciences. Others agreed.

is

a relatively recent

development. In the
'50s,

Bloomsburg

State

Bloomsburgs

first

nursing director,

1974. Flynn, along with Cole, C. Stuart

Teachers College offered

Edwards, dean of the College of

courses in public health

Professional Studies,

nursing and a bachelors

chair of the chemistry department, began

degree in nursing

to prepare the

education (B.S.N.Ed.),

of nursing.

interested in

working in

the public schools.

Then, in 1965,
Pioneers

the

for the

and the

American Nursing

state licensing

The

first

document

Lauretta Pierce

program

in

hematology/oncology

at

Penn

nursing degree (B.S.N.) would become the

Geisinger, attributes her success in the

the nursing

program

at

by

Bloomsburg.

Gunderman, associate
Bloomsburg
teaches future nurses what she

Annette

(Ritz)

professor of nursing at
University,

learned in the program:
feet

thinking

is

critical,

on-your-

first

nurse specialist in rheumatology

degree for entry into nursing practice.

Public health

and B.S.N.Ed. programs

would be converted and hospital-based
diploma programs would be phased out.
These changes were tied

In the early 70s,
clinical
at

Penn

began
that

to

look

would

and

lead graduates to

At the same time, the

practice nurse.

department,

it

Bloomsburg

at the future

was Bloomsburgs
challenging - even difficult - program that
prepped her for her role as an advanced
State Geisinger, says

to the idea of the

professionalization of nursing.

essential.

Cynthia (Kindler) Matzko, a

it

predicted that a bachelor of science

State

profession to the high expectations set

'85 Proposal,"

also

careers

good jobs.

Commonwealth

required each state college to develop a
10-year plan. James Cole, of the biology

now program

coordinator for

by the

college

board of nursing.

in

September 1975, and

became the

look 20 years into the

Dubbed "The

Herman

students were admitted into

verify prescriptions.

future.

new department

the curriculum for approval

the

(Reed) Snyder, a case manager

Barrett Benson,

In January 1975, Alice

Association produced a
that tried to

way

and

joined Flynn. Together they developed

early nursing class learns to use the Medications Kardex. Even in
today's high-tech world, nurses still refer to the printed Kardex to

Dawn

allied

Gertrude Flynn, was hired in September

primarily for nurses

An

suggested that

160-year history, the

third faculty

member. The

IMI

nursing

department

was established
and

a

home

was needed.

gLOOMSBURG
"The program

surveyed one and three years

needed Flynn's

graduating. Their employers are surveyed

strong personality

as well.

in order to gain

after

"Our department may have one of the

support and be

closest

successful."

Alichnie, current chair of the department

In the

of

fall

1984, McCormick

Center for
Services

Human

opened

webbed

faculties," says Christine

of nursing, "because each of our courses

depends on one another.

When

changes

by the industry must be made,
they must be made rapidly And every
reflected

and became the

change made

much-welcomed,

those in the senior year."

affects initial

courses through

consolidated
facility for

nursing.

Faculty offices and

classrooms are
Reporting for Duty

now housed on

From the very beginning, Bloomsburg's nursing students went out into the field
for hands-on experience as part of their nursing practicum. (Photo circa 1980)

one

third-floor

wing, and
Previously

known

as the

Boyer Garage,

the building located across from the steam

plant

had been used

for

maintenance

The construction

conference
practice

room and

home," Pierce acknowledges.

of office walls, a

areas for basic clinical

completed the transformation into

nursing headquarters. Pierce recalls

we

behind schedule and Dr. Flynn

little

was handy with

tools!"

advantages and disadvantages of that
offices

windows and

real

rained, buckets

from the

were needed

ceiling.

first

were private and had

doors. But

when

the start, a

practitioners employers look

bedside doesn't necessarily

for.

mean

And
Model Students
the

bed anymore. Today, nurses are
care anywhere - home, clinic,

hospital

key

to

Models have always played a part in nursing
education, as this class learns in the nursing
department's first home, the Boyer Garage.
(Photo circa 1980)

industrial setting. Service trends are

strongly

community

oriented.

Gunderman, who joined

Early course offenngs included large

to catch drips

The physical separation

meant dashing across a busy Lightstreet
Road - there wasn't a pedestrian bridge
It

-

From

Bloomsburg meant expertly
trained, hands-on nurses. With heavy
emphasis on clinical experience,

it

from the main campus created challenges.

yet

regardless of the setting.

graduates are the skilled bedside

The faculty soon grew to include
Mary Carl, Marie Parnell, Maureen Hare
and Dorette (Dee) Welk. Welk, now a
senior faculty member, remembers
home. "The

The nursing program has always been
dedicated to the role of the practitioner,

B.S.N, from

pitching in with the painting, "because

were a

miles of campus. "As our reputation grew,
so did clinical opportunities closer to

department trucks and shipping and
receiving.

clinical

undergraduates are within 40

sites for

broken down into

12-credit classes

modules. Today, courses range from three
to eight credits.
regularly, to

Curriculum

is

redesigned

adapt to changing trends in

the health care industry. Graduates are

or getting in a car to attend meetings

knowledge in the
of

new

points out,

to

keep up-to-date."
In the '80s,

placements was also challenging. Students

HIV issues caused

faculty traveled as far as Lancaster,

communicable

disease. Gloves, at

time thought insulting

tearful

one

when worn

every patient, are

students, worried about their long drives,

"We

couldn't say, We'll phase this

would be met with

We

is

Flynn's determined

on!"
to

and a new program at
meant competition for faculty,

hospital schools,

equipment and resources," Welk

to say, 'Today

we wear

in.'

gloves.'"

Welk remarks. Health-care changes

"The area was primarily devoted

the college

had

to

now routine.

treat

charge, "Clinical

swift

changes in measures of protection from

Harrisburg and Chambersburg. Invariably,

would snow on Sunday night and

"Whole new generations of

drugs that weren't available six months

In the beginning, coordinating clinical

it

Using the number

field.

medications as an example, she

ago require both students and instructors

or get to class."

and

the faculty

in 1991, describes the explosion of

says.

Caring

A

is

a Constant

maternal and child health experience has been a
feature of the program from the start. Here, early
nursing students wear a unique mortar board cap
distinguishing them as bachelor's degree
candidates. (Photo circa 1980)

LOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

such

as these precipitate revisions,

not only in instruction

itself,

but also

in instructional materials such as

videos, textbooks

and supplies.

SPRING 1999
Christine Alichnie,
chair of the

department of
nursing, sees a

growing demand
for

community

based

services.

community. As part of

their maternal

and child health course, students make
a home visit to a new mother and her
baby within 24 hours of leaving the

hospital.

Other practicums include

care in nursery schools

promotion in housing

at

and health

for the elderly.

The challenge right now is the speed
which people move through the health-

care system. Nurses have to learn to

What can

address tough questions quickly:
I

do during

the brief time this patient

my care? What
The trend toward managed health
care

in nursing education. Recent

is felt

curriculum changes
this.

For example,

it

at the university reflect

offers

an upper-level

course in leadership and management,

which addresses

issues

patients need?

The

kind of teaching do

What

follow-up

practitioner today

that the person

is

no

ill,

in

required?

is

must keep

less

is

my

in

mind

but the

^A Symbol of

circumstances under which they will

become

well again are very different.

Following the industry's thrust

such as finance,

continued advanced practice, the depart-

organization design. Nurses, because of

ment

their diverse

background

in sociology,

psychology and families, as well as the
sciences,

health

fill

the role of

of nursing instituted a master of

1983 which has graduated 43 students.

The B.S.N, program graduates 55
60

a year for a total of

1

"Because nursing

is

Nursing education

147 since 1979.

not education of

at

encourages commitment, teaches

we have

versatility

be

futuristic in

our curriculum

planning," Alichnie says. Trends

increased
service.

demand

for

show

community-based

For example, early hospital

discharge puts the need out in the

and

flexibility,

move forward

with the changes in health care
something

part of that tradition, nursing

symbolic ceremony This pin

at a

ties

to

nurses everywhere.

itself.

Excellent training for excellent practice
it's

As

Bloomsburg graduates professionally

while

challenging the clinician to

nursing profession.

graduates receive a special pin

Bloomsburg

the individual for today but for the future,

vital part in the

to

Today, there are 23 faculty members.

case manager.

to

Tradition has always played a

science in nursing (M.S.N.) degree in

can understand the whole

continuum and

'Tradition

for

economics, staffing patterns and

The

-

to celebrate.

first

nursing pin was

presented in the United States in 1880
at the

Nightingale School of Nursing

at Bellevue Hospital in

Since then, every

new school

nursing has created

Designed by
class of nurses in

New York City

its

own

its first

of

pin.

graduating

1979, Bloomsburg

University's distinctive nursing pin

features the school colors,

maroon

and gold, and a Nightingale flame,

which

signifies

enlightenment,

new

knowledge and new experience.

On

the torch base, below B.S.N.,

bachelor of science in nursing,

is

the

From Veteran to Student
Annette Gunderman, associate professor of nursing and a member of the first graduating class of nurses at
Bloomsburg, demonstrates ventilation to senior Michael Scholtis in the Simulated Learning Lab.

Latin inscription qualitae dedkat

-

dedicated to quality

ILOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

gLOQMSBURG

Go

ahead.

Ask George Yankay

Chances are pretty good

Whether

it's

Stadium or the
Field

At

House

home

official

the press

box

Redman

at

scorers' table in the

arena,

football

Yankay

Nelson

usually there.

is

games, he helps the

When basketball season begins,

and time

details like points, fouls

Yankay

a fervent sports fan

is

because the
view,

all

Bloomsburg

work is

says Yankay. "By being a

Husky Club,

I

school for

the

all

feel

watching the teams

play.

people to work with in

involved

my

my way,"
of the

member

raffles,

efforts,

they did

last

nearly $185,000.

I'm helping a high-

In one

Huskies' games, helping

at

one of

all

the enjoyment

I

many

'We

year

the inner workings of
the auction

or offering

staff

"I

do

as

many

events

if it

a university

member and

at

what

and make

secretary for the

for the last 13 years.

it

happen. I'm over-

whelmed by

the

work they

Ted Kocher, an
director of

do."

assistant

development

at

Bloomsburg, also works

Husky Club.
no typical Husky

closely with the

"There are

all

make

effort

golf

how

goes into

don't

know how hard

genuine relationship

gave

raising.

it is

me

People

to pull

everything together."
Girton and her husband Gary, a big

own

sports fan,

Napoli Pizza, a small

and take-out located on East

restaurant

campus. And while she doesn't
know much about lay ups or

Street near

profess to

penalty corners, she

opportunity

don't
it's

many

jumps

at a

volunteer

don't envy. She likes to

money.

raise

"I

have

was amazed
those events

"It really

an education about fund

Club members," says
Kocher, "but they

takes to

it

happen," says Mary.

development

"They get behind each project

MAGAZINE

and

each event.

Husky Club

a

much

-

couldn't

Bedosky

1TY

experienced first-hand

the teams play."

as

weren't for the volunteers," says Joy

annual fund-raising events

she was an

undergraduate. She

outings and saw

way or another, every Husky
Club member scores. Volunteering at

feel

the school for

Husky Club

through an internship

get from watching

class organization."

I

of the

would not have

a

much

and

Girton got a taste

feel

I

when

the club

raised as

great school,

financial concerns.

I'm giving back to

volunteers

and

would have no

of the

throughout

Without

'97

the scholarship fund

Husky Club,

several other fundraisers

and energy she

Husky Club could be

By being a

It

supporting these

There are great
It's

for the

support

Mary Girton

for

an auction and

the year.

from

get

athletics.

money

tournaments,

I'm giving back to the
I

the enthusiasm

exudes

common

their financial

converted to money,

sponsors golf

member

enjoyment

If

in 1974,

is

teams by

scholarships.

Mills, gets

its

programs.

The Husky Club, founded

a

and

coming

for student-athletes."

raising

rewarding. "From

the benefits are

university contribute to the success of

outs.

Like other members, Yankay, a vice
at

denominator

athletic

committed Husky Club member.
president

with Bloomsburg. The one

funds - these enthusiastic friends of the

supports university

he's the

scorekeeper, keeping track of important

know.

he'll

financial support for athletic scholarship

athletic

timekeeper operate the scoreboard.

for the score.

guess I'm unusual in the sense

mind asking someone

for a

for

worthy cause. For both

I

money,

my

if

SPRING 1999
"1

went

to

my

when was
I

These four members agree that one

first

Bloomsburg game

1959

in

of the

says Wingate.

"My

would bring me

Husky Club

father

to the games.

Magee's Main Street Inn, because

it

board members

to

After missing a few years

down

because of college,

dinner

I

started

attending games again in

1980.

I

joined the Husky
1

wanted

It's

sit

informally with senior athletes. "The
is

an opportunity

you

four years later

see

matured into young

to

help out a good school with

good teams.

gives

to get to

know

away from

these youngsters arrive as freshman,

to all the basketball

Club because

unique chance

is

by

the playing field," says Yankay. 'You see

I

games.

a

the student-athlete in a setting

Now bnng my

daughter

highlights each year

the senior send-off dinners sponsored

nine years old,"

something

that process

is

how

adults.

and

they have

Being part of

definitely rewarding."

I

Keeping Score
enjoy,

Husky Club secretary Joy Bedosky and president

Rob Wingate

and

I

encourage others

to get involved."

track the success of a club event.

Wingate's sales ability

husband and me, Bloomsburg University
athletics is

worthwhile, and we're glad

to help."

"We have
sports,

who

lots of athletes,

from

all

are regulars," says Gary.

"The

nice thing about getting to

know

the

coaches and the athletes

that

now

is

I

consider them friends. That's one benefit
of working for the

Husky Club

that can't

be measured."

Rob Wingate, an insurance broker
in

nearby Danville, serves as president of

the

Husky Club advisory board, which
a

member

for

past six years, Wingate, a

all

profits the club generates, help

provide

than

that.

athletics for

other

approximately $340,000 in scholarships
that

were awarded

to

about 230 students

involved with athletics this year.

"Without the financial support of

Husky Club, we wouldn't be able to
offer as many scholarships as we do
now," says Mary Gardner, the university's
director of athletics. "And the countless
the

hours the volunteers donate each year
is

tremendous."

That support goes both ways,
only the

Columbia

University graduate, has been a fan of

Bloomsburg

a

raffle

drawings. Those proceeds, and

oversees fund-raising events.

Although

makes him

natural for the club's 50/50 or

much

longer

according to Mary Girton. "She [Gardner]
is

dedicated to the total student-athlete.

You can

see she genuinely

team member

makes me

feel

wants each

to earn a degree.

Husky Club Regulars

That

Gary and Mary Girton can be found working
behind the scenes at many Husky Club events.

good about helping."

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Life has

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to

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consider myself

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By David Pearson

As she wipes the sweat from her eyes,
'02 catches her breath and

hopes

one more nice shot

to pull out

to

With a lunge to her right,
she connects on a forehand shot that just

climbers, appropriate equipment and

"We work with people
ranging from total

The Community Government
Association

won

Has she

beginners to serious

the U.S. Open, or the

NCAA championship? Hardly.

This

Bloomsburg University intramural
But don't
event

they've
it

less

Only

when

in before.

they're

They

on the

space for recreational sports.

provide a dramatic increase in available

The

is,

students

who

like to train,

who

compete, but

and possibly

approaching

birthday and has

fast

other universities.

Its

its

become

a

including 6,000 square

David

assists director

tasks.
total

in between," she says.

a great place for people to

come

model

for

facilities,

feet of fitness

equipment and

There's
fitness

to the

Director of the Student Recreation Center

SRC

component. The SRC
These extracurricular

on

varsity

teams

than

its

and a

have access to racquetball, basketball,

teams and groups, such as fencing,

the field of exercise science staff the

SRC.

member of the Huskies'
football team, but when he's not blitzing
quarterbacks, you can find him performing
Scott Dietrich

fitness

is

a

assessments and writing exercise

prescriptions.

"The Rec Center provides a

great opportunity for majors

exercise science

program

experience in our

field,"

from the

to get practical

remarks Dietrich.

facility.

excited about the possibilities

envision

a

"™

of our faeililie:
"1

would

lik

to incorporate athletics

Other unique

and academics

into

our

programs, for example, the university

program without

losing

police-directed Rape Aggression Defense

sight of our focus

on

classes, are also

The

spirit

held

at

the SRC.

providing recreational

and resources of the SRC

have branched out into related

Recently, a fifty-foot climbing wall

opportunities for

our students."

areas.

completed on the upper campus

-r

holistic

approach for fa*

and the dance ensemble,

practice at the

Undergraduate students interested in

and physical

I

"I

Pearson.

miscellaneous athletic equipment.

is

recreational programs.

who

and

to practice

bachelor's degree in health

education al West Chester University.

Pearson

in organized sports. Various

volleyball

He earned

for building on Bloomsburg's existing

activities

compete

dance studio and

Bloomsburg, David

athletics al Princeton University.

also services

variety of activities. In addition, students

volleyball, a

(o

a master's degree in athletics administration

provide opportunities for students
aren't

coming

Before

Pearson was assistant events manager for

intramural and student-directed club
sports.

a

more

David Pearson

"It's

to learn

about exercise and get motivation from

offer a full line of cardiovascular

training

and

everyone around them."

fourth

comprehensive

programming and outstanding

One of Bloomsburg's newest facilities,
SRC provides an ideal home base for

the university's recreational sports offerings.

beginners to serious competitive athletes

and everything

aren't varsity-level

Center (SRC) addresses those needs.
is

teaches aerobics

"We work with people ranging from

athletes? Bloomsburg's Student Recreation

The SRC

Graduate assistant Connie Root

Pearson with daily administrative

what's available for those

question

the

helps organize personal training sessions,

a small percentage of students

and strength

everything in between."

give

still

court.

play for university varsity teams.

rooms,

competitive athletes and

important than any other

competed

their all

are expected to be ready for student

use by spring 2000. These fields will

these competitors that this

tell

any

is

which

is

tennis.

(CGA) has funded four new

recreational fields, complete with lights,

squeaks past her opponent. That's the one
it!

open

time for recreational climbing are available.

seal the victory

she needed. She's done

from experienced

area. Instruction

Debra Frantz

was

to serve

students' outdoor adventure needs.

The

wall adjoins the established high ropes

course to provide a recreational challenge

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eclectic collection of tables

Hot

chairs.

coffee

and

an

early arrivals rearrange

and

tea are seized informally in

playfully

mismatched Fiesta ware, while amicable

banter

is

exchanged among old friends and new

guests.

With a

Emporium,

subtle touch, Phillips

located in the former F.W.

Woolworih building on

Main

is

Street,

Bloomsburg,

transformed into the

FIVE AND DIME CUETURAL CENTER.
JoAnne Growney and Helen

Grirfiih

rounded the Five and Dime

Cultural Center, a non-profit organization, in September 1997. Twice

weekly

Emporium,

at Phillips

it

presents educational and cultural

programs such as poetry readings, an
children's

museum, book

discussions,

art

auction to benefit the local

and

a slide-illustrated

introduction to the rich heritage ol Florentine

art.

Growney, a Bloomsburg professor emerita of mathematics and

computer
Griffith,

and director of the

science,

owner of

the

storefront space for a bookstore.
to

run a business,

"

Growney

"1

events.

remembers,

"I

wanted

first

of using

was more

people
to

approached

some

love a bookstore, but

recalls. "1

social aspect of creating a place for
Griffith

cultural center,

emporium, with the idea

I

of the

didn't

want

interested in the

to gather."

promote the

arts

and

cultural

Our purpose was to answer a need that we perceived was here
The rationale for the. name? "I felt it would be nice to

in this region."
tie

it

into the fact that there

had been

a

dime

store here for so

many

Terry Riley, associate professor of English and director of the

Bloomsburg University writing

center, attends events at the cultural

center as frequently as his schedule permits.

keep us separate." he remarks. "But
there's

an opportunity

to

share similar interests."

"Our work

at the Five

meet people

who

lives too often

and Dime events,

are outside

your

circle,

who

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SPRING 1999
Growney

Author Karen Blomain, a recently
featured reader at the Five

and Dime,

poetry

my

says, "Poetry is enjoying a national

when writing

reflects, "I find

my

mother

is

a great source,

father's death, too, in the

resurgence. People thirst for content, for

mystery associated with

ways of thinking about and sharing

relationships that changed."

their

experiences and hearing from others

on

are

same

the

who

JoAnne,

quest.

who

Without people

like

so generously devotes her

In her junior

it

and the

and senior years of

high school, Growney was inspired by a

flamboyant math teacher

who had

time to bringing writers to Bloomsburg,

attended Vassar. "There were a

such a dialogue would be impossible."

women

Growney modestly
"It's

got to be said that

made

and

sense of the

from

number

of

my class who went on to

credits Gnffith,

my activity has been

possible by Helens generosity."

Before her involvement with the
cultural center, in 1994,

Growney

co-

founded River Poets with Richard Brook,
professor of philosophy at Bloomsburg.

Janet Locke, anthropology department
secretary, serves as the
secretary, treasurer

and

groups

unofficial

With no

historian.

formal organizational structure, they have
established a planning committee that

meets periodically

to schedule readers

and
A Home

for Art
Art students Alex Troychock

events for the second Tuesday of each

month

at

the

emporium.
one of these events
group of individuals -

Participation in
reveals a diverse

(left),

and Cortney Van Jahnke
used Phillips Emporium to stage an art
auction to benefit the Bloomsburg
Alisa Sickora

Children's

Museum.

devoted to exploring ideas. Eighty-year-

all

old Beatrice Ermisch learned of River Poets

through her local newspaper.
could come, so

I

"It

said

you

came," she remembers.

Ermisch eventually overcame her
"bashfulness," emceeing the popular

Dead

Poets reading and delivering a'flawless

Orphan Annie" by
Her involvement
supportive community of writers

recitation of "Little

James Whitcomb
with

this

Riley.

has encouraged her to write her
"so

my two

kind of

life

grandchildren will

we

life story,

know what
Classr

lived," she says.

Mary tsetn bimmons
one of many Bloomsburg faculty who
participate in programs at the Five and
Dime Cultural Center. Here, she makes
a dramatic presentation at the Dead
English instructor

As

a child

growing up on a family

is

farm in rural Indiana, Pennsylvania,

Growney wrote poetry and
"I

wanted

to

be a

short stories.

writer," she recalls,

Poets Reading.

but

she was never

consumed with a passion
to become one. Her family's life took a
dramatic turn when her father, who had
contracted rheumatic fever as a boy and
suffered from an enlarged heart, died

when Growney was

When Daddy

major

in

didn't

know

Growney intended

I

could do

was milk

white tears.

in

math

better than chemistry, so

switched." She

first

leaning close for comfort,
filling the pail with

major
I

I

liked

continued to write. In 1961, while an

undergraduate

the cow,

to

as

chemistry in college, "but,

also

All

we just

math wasn't regarded
women."

that

a discipline for

nine years old.

Died

mathematics, because

at

Westminster, she

won

prize for fiction in the student literary

journal, The Scrawl, for a short

work

entitled, "Nostalgia."

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"The Phillips name goes back to the early 1800s," says Helen
Phillips Griffith,

owner of Phillips Emporium.

believe that

"I

when my

great-grandmother's [Mary Gross Phillips'] father died in a train accident,

she used some of the

own name,

her

Mary
cafe's

buy

insurance to

man

this building.

owned

the building.

gilded inscription

is

She bought

it

in

signing for her, in the spring of 1886."

Phillips operated a cafe, Phillips Cafe

of the time she

the

life

without any

An

and Bakery, during part

antique porcelain pitcher bearing

displayed behind the counter of

its

present

day namesake.

As a

child, Griffith

moved

close ties to Bloomsburg.

to Arlington, Virginia,

began

"I

to help

but she maintained

my mother with the

business,"

was only a real estate aspect at that time - rentals of
student apartments and Woolworth's, which occupied this [storefront]
recalls Griffith, "It

space for sixty years."

economic impact created by
same day my aunt and her children
were mailed a copy of the contract for me to buy their share of the
building, Woolworth's called and said they had changed their mind and
Griffith personally felt the devastating

the retail chain's departure.

were not going

"On

the

to stay."

Griffith fortuitously

opening

Phillips

become

a

kept a comer of the vacant storefront for herself,

Emporium

in October of 1990. Since then,

community resource

for

it

has

such diverse offerings as cultural and

educational programs, gourmet coffee, live music, Birkenstocks footwear,
writing workshops, biscotti, and Scorned

The atmosphere can be

totally non-retail," says Griffith. "I

Growney married
her bachelors degree.

"I

at

at night,

and

that

I

the time
I

go

didn't plan to

"My

to graduate school," she says.

husband

Charlie Brennan, a department

the year she earned

was going

colleague for

to school

could take a couple of courses." The

couple of courses led to a masters degree

solving

children: Kristen, Todd, Eric,

Growney

and Diann.

doesn't hesitate to acknowledge

thing I've ever done." But as her children

became independent, another
she says,
writing,

"I

A doctoral

to write

more."

28 years of teaching, Growney

from Bloomsburg University in

1997. "One of the things

accomplished

at

I

feel like

Bloomsburg

is

I

what mathematical

8

skills,"

student with

Oklahoma and

he

cold

winds howl

says.

geese go south

Growney

innovative teaching strategy. "She

concerned with math majors'

temperatures fall low

says, "to

toboggans slide

ability to

put their problem-solving

sun hides

down

ice coats

sun glows

hillsides

June waits

groundhogs hibernate

wood-fires flame

techniques and strategies into words."

Growney

snowmen grow

ponds freeze

was

write about the mathematical process,"

June waits

nights long

later a colleague at

raspberries ripen

catbird sings

iris

blooms

practiced the principles

she advocated in the classroom, serving
as poetry editor for

days bright

The Humanistic

streams play

June dreams

holiday picnics catch flies

wheat

thrives

crickets chirp

Mathematics Network, an organization
tomato plants climb

which she says

affirms the idea that

streams dance

class,"

literacy connotes."

humanistic manner, paying attention
to all the

June plays

just the needs of the

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December and June

class

catbird sings

she says. "The debate rages in mathematics
as to

poems, Growney

"mathematics should be taught in a

the

development of the math thinking

"It's

emotive components of language.

Bloomsburg, Jim Pomfret describes her

he

spend more time

worn.

look like somebody's home."

blends the logic of mathematics with the

transition

children were grown,"

started to

and wanted

After
retired

my

"The math thinking

ability.

most rewarding

that "being a parent is the

emerged. "Once

years, agrees, citing the

develop problem-solving

at

she also raised four

this to

uses mathematical situations as a vehicle to

Oklahoma.

this time,

want

aptitude directly correlates with problem-

from Temple University and a Ph.D. from

During

Salsa.

In her mathematical

popular misconception that mathematical

thought while he was doing

the University of

27

Woman

affectionately described as gently

1

left

warm*

brain."

to 10, then

10

to 1. into

prime factors. For example,

line six

has phrases of lengths two syllable and three syllables,

SPRING 1999
"Mathematics

poetry, in the

is like

sense of putting a substantial

meaning on

a

amount

of

hundreds of thousands of dollars put

few symbols," Growney

into the

notes.

During her tenure

Growney served

at

Bloomsburg,

as acting provost

the opening of the

and

first

to

June 1984. She was

director of

Bloomsburg

vacancy

Center (T.A.L.E.). "JoAnne created ways

find out

what the needs were," says

to

Riley.

"She elevated T.A.L.E. to a position of

When John

Fetterman began

Bloomsburg, he charged a quarter

and 15 cents

give

him

a

for

in

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Beatrice Ermisch
(left) and
JoAnne Growney
have found

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and Dime

Cultural Center.

old,

he

still

emphatically.

where

1

can't

Jean.

creative projects

include a collection of poetry,

published in 1993. She

is

for

for a general

book

of poetry,

chapbooks - smaller

and two

collections of

approximately 25 pages, typically devoted
to a single theme.
Still

it

convention,

Growney

New

fiction

School in

New

York. She has also applied for admission
to

New York University's

Arts program for the

1994

Master of Fine

a

web

address

[http://www.sunlink.net/~growney/]
links visitors to the Five

and Dime

Cultural Center's current calendar of events

of her poems.

he says

full text retrieval

of several

now

Emporium owner

after living

away

home, near downtown.

on.

town
is

28

for

years.

district celebrated

year

by hosting

'99. Initially

proposed by

Nancy and Don Firestone, the
planning effort was chaired by

Steve

Bevans of the Bloomsburg Theatre
Ensemble, with four committees and
countless volunteers working for two

make

the event a success.

"There's a

Other

of caring about

one of the reasons

says Jean. "Bloomsburg
getting bigger,

It's

getting busier, but

town

FW Woolworth

new

the arrival of the

years to

moving

Dollar General

The downtown

restoration of their historic Fifth Street

is

A

occupies the long-vacant

storefront of the old

Bloomsburg

They've recently completed a

feeling in this

and

building.

returned to Bloomsburg

it still

the

local

developments include

Bloomsburg Public

Library's

expansion and renovation, the
construction of three

new downtown

it's

has the small-

public parking

lots,

and the trend of

popular Main Street restaurants to

feel to it."

The downtown, which

offer diners the seasonal alternative of
is

designated as part of the Bloomsburg

a sidewalk cafe.

Barber John Fetterman springs

has experienced an

Flistoric District,

and provides

"1

fall.

Growney maintains
which

week.

the way, are distant

Griffith),

Perk, the Cloak

Italian Kitchen.

Store

Groner and her husband,

we came back,"

recently completed

an online hypertext poetry and
course through The

in

it,"

Town

Dragon Bookstore, and Balzano's

At 80 years
a

Al's

Sub Shop.

Recent arrivals include Bloomiri
Bagels,

and

Berrigan's

be a sad day."

will

each other. This

refusing to be confined by

now

"When I get to the point
come down here in the

cousins of Phillips

Helen

currently working with three manuscripts:

one

Hardware, Eppleys Pharmacy,

the barber's shave

enjoy every minute' of

Law (who, by

Intersections,

Fetterman

works four days

Jewelry Store, Hess' Tavern, Cole's

Mens Shop, and

him

safety razors, electric shavers,

morning,

Growney s other

years.

in the 1990s, that's

Magee's Main Street Inn, Sneidman's

charges six dollars for a haircut, but

to the annals of the past.

their writing

through the

J.

faithfully for

downtown

by such enduring establishments as

change.

momentarily in a vintage Koken
barber chair-that's served

y

"For a

There are approximately 140

Today, between haircuts, he rests


aesthetic revitalization. Kristy Clausen,

back

program manager and former director

hand. Expertly wielding his black

of the

downtown

division of the

Bloomsburg Area Chamber of

Commerce,

a

approximately four'

rale of

businesses on Main Street, anchored

50-cent piece and expect

10 cents to be returned



profitable

really good."

for a shave.

His post-Depression patrons would

her creative approaches."



afier

Mall,

percent since 1995," notes Clausen.

to

downtown

ply his trade as a barber in

a haircut

prominence on campus through

great

decade

downtown. "Bloomsburg has held

University's

and departments

A

Columbia

and

a vital, diverse

also the

Teaching and Learning Enhancement

of canvassing faculty

in the last 10

Bloomsburg has successfully preserved

vice-president of academic affairs from

July 1983

downtown

years," says Clausen.

says

many

businesses

to his feet,

plastic

another customer

comb and

declares business

silver clippers,
is

belter than

with a mischievous grin.

improvement

getting better at this."

been

he

it's

ever been. "I'm gelling older," he says

have taken advantage of a facade
grant. "There's

at

"I

must be

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Amy Griffin

is

'cheerfully flipping through her small

crooning

through her headphones. Kelly Bordner
all

is

powdered sugar down

would you

freshman history and
major, Blass

is

new

seriousness as she reads her

semester and

presentation, over a tiny chair-

fellow students as

desk, to teammate Brenda Ey.

"Does that sound

and no

barely 8 a.m.,

hours of
weren't

sleep.

up

late

No, they

interpretation

and

morning

finds

Bloomsburg's top-notch forensics

Morgan

State University in

Baltimore for an individual events

tournament, one of about

dozen they
semester.

a half

will participate in this

And

compete -

the

nervous.

we need

to clean

to fellow

Griffin

team member

Rich Blass,
has a

who

trail

of

and

it off. "It's

speak

to

now shows no

a lot

really

evidence of

donut mishap. His teammates approve.

"We were up

until

who

two practicing
major David

has been participating in

forensics competitions since high school.

The co-president of

the team, he

is

smiling and affable, betraying no signs of

nervousness or lack of sleep. In a world

where public speaking

more than

death, these

is

often feared

young people

are remarkably calm.
Griffin, the team's other co-president,
is

you up!" exclaims

how

pieces," says senior finance

they are ready to

almost.

"Oh,

well." His face

his

He

just start talking

and you leam

Calvert,

informative speeches. This
early Saturday

of fun,

partying

they were practicing prose

at

little

I

this

by

introvert.

I'm fine," he says, shrugging

one has had more than four

team

team

to the

an

A

political science

characterized

"Eventually,

she asks.
It's

is

admits to being a

right?"

"Why

his chin.

take a powdered donut?"

also

jitters,

seemingly

immune

to

pre-speech

having participated in countless

events since joining the team as a

freshman.

"I

beforehand.

had no experience
I

just

knew

it

wasn't dead

bodies!" she says.

"When you go out on
we love

of people say, 'Oh,

the circuit, a lot

Bloomsburg!'

We're just a really positive team. We're not
just out for the awards." All the

Calm Before the Competition
David Calvert, co-president of the
forensics team, has learned to stay

cool before a tournament.

team

SPRING 1999
members

Ey hopes her experience

agree that in addition to the

will benefit

her as

practical skills they've learned, they've

she begins the job interview process after

enjoyed their weekend jaunts to other

graduation.

and the new

colleges

Harry Strine

III,

director of forensics,

echoes these sentiments. "Our goal here

Bloomsburg
better

communicators - not just

and win," he

says.

we

Indeed, the Bloomsburg

members
is

lot.

to

is

a

Morgan

State

participating in multiple events,

from

communication

analysis

father at

it

so

is

and debate.

All

complaining. "Since you love

much, you

Calvert.

"It

find time

somehow," says

sometimes gets pretty

office assistant in

hectic."

came

Bloomsburg

to

Hayden

really great

now

'74. "He's terrific.

program up

He

there."

Hayden

is

at

Morgan

State, a
left

testament to

by

Participants in this event are given a

quote

'nice doggie' until

program, and

it
I

between events, Calvert

He

more

which he says went

"Extemp," in forensics parlance,

events.

Speech Tournament, which students
organized and ran the weekend before.

well.

spend

reviewing current

When competition time

comes,

how

in the

are tired but satisfied. Their

tournament, the

won

team award

first

this semester. Individually,

come away with

first-place

awards, including Griffins

impromptu and communication

spend only 30 minutes preparing
minute speech.

extemp performance. The newcomers
also performed extremely well - Blass

a seven-

took

fifth overall

pizza.

partner

also organizes a novice

in the informative

and Ey took

Adam

place

Nichols.

"Although individual accomplish-

ments

interested students get a chance to

see ourselves excel as a

It

first

duo event with

competition each September where

out forensics in a somewhat

of

analysis

speeches. Calvert took third for his

in the dramatic

competitive atmosphere.

number

a

they draw three topics, choose one and

out tournament logistics to finding

try

it, it

they have

did everything from

on donuts and

do

hard work has earned them second place

category,

The team

to

a lot easier," she says.

coaching other students and figuring

the best deal

a rock."

you become

At the end of the day, the Bloomsburg

they've

is

particularly grueling. Competitors

many hours each week

unruffled. "As

is

teammates

financial

the art of saying

is

you find

familiar with

becomes

talks

has just completed an

crisis in Brazil,

is

She

think

really benefits students."

extemporaneous speech on the

Hatter

"Diplomacy

Bloomsburg experience. "They've always

Strine.

This competition comes on the

They then have seven minutes
and present a speech. Griffin's

quotation.

had

a really strong

first

now

is

preparing an impromptu speech.

to prepare

his

having completed her

Griffin,

event, prose interpretation,

casually about his favorite stock picks with

not just to go out
and win."

Team members

runs a

the assistant director of the forensics

In

eommunicators -

own Mad

Keeping Score
Jennifer Stratton tabulates scores at Bloomsburg's
Mad Hatter Speech Tournament.

"Harry was one of my coaches," says
Carl

it

better

for

coach until 1976,

continues to be a quality program.

to help people

heels of Bloomsburg's

1970

in

Then he became

when he was promoted to the director of
the program. He has a long line of fans.

the lasting impression

"Our goal here
at Bloomsburg is

my surrogate

Bloomsburg. Anything you need,

a one-year appointment.

program

become

an

Professor Strine can help."

the events require hours of preparation,

but no one

as

full-time varsity debate

persuasive and extemporaneous speaking
to

who works

the forensics department in addition to her

Strine

tournament

and

coach. "Everyone loves Mr. Strine," says

Each of the 12 team

at the

behind the

their adviser

is

duties as co-president. "He's

get here."

bunch

of the driving forces

forensics team's success

Griffin,

go out

"We've always been

fortunate with the students

motivated

at

become

to help people

is

One

friends they've met.

less

are very valuable,

we want

to

team because

that brings the greatest sense of

was

accomplishment," says Calvert,

certainly a confidence booster for

who sounds just

senior marketing major Brenda Ey,

disappointed with the second-place

and she decided

to join the

team

at

finish.

the beginning of her last semester.
"I

won

first

place in the

"It's

a lot of fun,

are great.

and

There are such a wide

variety of experiences

team

you can

get."

Amy

Griffin (left), forensics

team co-president,

coach and adviser Harry Strine

competing at Morgan

it all,"

leader,

III

for guidance

State, Baltimore.

relies on the team's
and pointers before

close to

he laments. But as

he never loses sight of

what the team

A Winning Team

the people

"We were very

capturing

first

tournament," she says proudly.

the slightest bit

is

about.

"Our main

we

don't want
become the sole priority of
our team - we want to have fun."

goal

is

to

do

well,

but

that to

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and the lesson

Now know

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Leah Weisbeck,

senior majoring in

a

I'll

to

prepare

Bloomsburg University

math and secondary education. Although

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more on-the-job

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Weisbeck

a participant in the

is

Bloomsburg University/ Danville Area
School District Middle School Inclusion
Project,

one of

several innovative

programs

by members of Bloomsburg's
education faculty and funded through

initiated

almost $50,000 in grants from the
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Offices Higher Education Initiatives.

Robert Gates, associate professor of
curriculum and foundations, and assistant

dean

for the

School of Education,

coordinates the project. Others include

Bloomsburg Transition Partners and
Bloomsburg Transition Partners/ Independent
Living, directed

by Cynthia Schloss and

Partners in Leadership Training: Merging
Partners

and Regular Education

Special Education

Administration Programs, administered

by

James Krause. Both Schloss and Krause
are assistant professors in the

department

of exceptionality programs.

Each of these projects enables
faculty

members and

new methods

for

students to explore

to

monitor busing. In other words, they walk

exceptionalities, so the

in teachers' shoes

students

On

all

meet the challenges

day.

Through

by

while offering valuable service to the

wider community.

the grant, the middle school

outside a special education program.

project, as has Scott Mato, the school

to assessment, inclusion,

principal. "This

development

really

need

wanted

school project

third year, the

every day.

through sixth grade,

work with

is

modeled

sixth grade

one developed by Gates several years ago
in cooperation with the Danville School
District's
still

elementary schools. That project

exists

under the direction of Shelly

students
really

Randall, assistant professor, curriculum

and foundations.

to
middle school project

the Danville Area
fall

Middle School

they've lived with teachers

a school, then they

can understand what

means

to be a professional.

are the

ones

day

to

based on

program

Our

isn't theoretical;

real-life experiences.
is

I

it's

think the

a real eye-opener."

Secondary education students

who

it

teachers

who are in the trenches, doing
day. What they offer the

Bloomsburg have no

at

free electives, so

they spend extra time to be involved in

wanted

the project. Elementary education majors

be middle

use their electives, as well as extra time,
to participate. "This says a lot

are

assigned to a teacher or team of teachers

When

undergraduates, students

Bloomsburg students

Bloomsburg education students who
participate in the

school.

it

'We saw a great
need to prepare

after a similar

says. "As

and seen the heartbeat of what happens in

who

middle

comprehensive

don't experience the culture of being in a

be middle school teachers."

to

Now in its

to prepare students

a

introduction to the world of education,"

Mato

middle school teachers," says Gates. "We
a great

is

this

and other topics teachers deal with

certification will cover kindergarten

"Pennsylvania has no certification for

the middle school

management

Elementary education majors, whose

School Project

at

have been enthusiastic supporters of

thematic units, adolescent

saw

The teachers

modules ranging from classroom
cooperative learning, team building,

The Middle

Bloomsburg

special education

always available to education majors

their mentors.

teachers are paid to design 10 teaching

of todays public education system,

work with

students and teachers, an opportunity not

Thursday, the Bloomsburg

students are taught

preparing teachers

and administrators

the Classroom

in

Bloomsburg's education students graduate with plenty of classroom experience, thanks to partnerships
with area schools. Shown from left are Robert Gates, assistant dean for Bloomsburg's School of Education;
Scott Mato, principal of the Danville Middle School; and student teacher Jodi Cramer.

school teachers."

about

their dedication to being good teachers,"

says Gates.

at

After completing a semester at the

for the

middle school, the Bloomsburg students

semester. Every Tuesday, they travel to

Danville where they spend the whole day.

students and teachers; secondary

They prepare lesson

education majors work with the seventh

weeks of

and eighth grades. Grants from Higher

assignments. Gates says, "Student teaching

Education

is

in

plans, teach units,

on team meetings, take lunch or

duty,

sit

in

sit

recess

on parent conferences and

Initiatives target children

return in the spring for the

with

a

new

their

first

eight

16-week student teaching

experience for a lot of education

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students. They're in a

don't

know

new

building.

They

the teachers or the students.

They need some break-in time. Because
our students have had their break-in time,
they're ready to hit the

Out

Gates.

of the seven students

six are

first

now working
and one

teachers

is

as

who

we

in this field.

In the

develop out of

this

expand

are graduating well-

grant to

years,

independent

into the Bloomsburg,

into the Danville Area

her special education classes

at

the university.

The

first

grant funded a program

Schloss sent Bloomsburg special education

majors into Bloomsburg High School to

Successful Transition

work with

After participating in the Transition Partners program,
Cory Stauffer landed part-time employment at the
University Store. Appreciated by fellow workers, he
feels his ability to get along with people and his
dependability are keys to his success.

special

teaching them the
in the

needs students,

skills

necessary to

community and then

finding

work

them

unpaid jobs.

Gates has received an additional

move

two

assessing their vocational interests,

Lewisburg and Warrior Run School
Districts.

for

Bloomsburg High School

called Bloomsburg Transition Partners.

of 1999, the middle school

fall

and

Schloss has developed curricular materials

trained, confident teachers."

project will

Initiatives grants for the past

three years to provide vocational

students with special needs. In addition,

can say Bloomsburg

We

ask, 'what are

middle school

University students have done extensive

work

we

living skills to

"Then when jobs come up in

middle schools,

job you're

that," says

Schloss has received Higher

Education

a middle school concentration," says

Gates.

do

interests?'"

for use in
to

this is the

don't

Cynthia Schloss. "Instead

your

assistance,

teaching in an

"What we hope

We

year of the project,

elementary school.

is

open, so

going to do.'

ground running."

"Our students are getting calls from
middle schools and getting placed," says
participated in the

we have

local business people, representatives

Undergraduates helped high school

High

from the school

Graduate assistants took high school

Chamber

community to work.
developed a community

"So often in rehabilitation services, the
provider has said, Well, these are the jobs

Schloss also

of

Commerce.

Transition Partners quickly

seniors out into the

Transition
Partners

the local

intermediate unit and the Bloomsburg

School next year.

Bloomsburg

district,

juniors find jobs within the high school.

a success. In the

second

became

year, Schloss

task force to discuss the issues that

received another grant for a program

concern special needs students graduating

called Bloomsburg Transition Partners/

from high school and ways in which that

Independent Living, designed to blend

information could be incorporated into the

skills

special education curriculum at the

she received additional funding to

university

The task

force

is

made up

of

life

with vocational training. This year,

continue the program.

Mary Jo Martini and Kim Soper are
assistants working in the

both graduate

transition program. "We're job coaches,"

says Soper.
learn

how

"We help high school
to get a

support once they find work.

make

initial

seniors

job and then supply

We

also

contacts with employers

and

provide the high school students with
transportation to their jobs."

Martini and Soper stress the

importance of the interest assessment
portion of the program.
of jobs

we have

not what land

"It's

available,

it's

what kind

of

interests the students have," says Soper.

Their students have found jobs at the local
police department, a bank, with the

Scouts and

at a local restaurant.

students have

worked

at a

Boy

Other

horse farm, a

supermarket, a retirement community, the
post
Partners

Cynthia Schloss (left), assistant professor of exceptionality programs, and graduate students Karen Joseph
and Mary Jo Martini, work to bridge the gap from high school to work and independent living for special

needs individuals.

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office,

Bloomsburg Town Hall and the

university Assignments range from

cleaning branches off horse

trails

to filing,

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microfilming, food preparation and a
variety of other tasks.

"Our job," says

Martini,

"is to

make

sure our students understand their jobs.

We

see that they have

we

then

what they need,

Partners in
Leadership
Training

Although unpaid, these are not token

upon

to collaborate.

called

learn as they work. For example, they

several areas of need,

leam

that

they don't

if

might get

to

work, they

program

with basic

component

living

offers students assistance

skills.

and received

a

Initiatives grant to

fired."

The independent
of the

come

for

and

Recognizing

friendships
after

skills the

work
at

together

Bloomsburg

James Krause applied

We're looking

at

core content, curriculum

collaborating with regular education
professionals in the department of

emphasize collaboration

curriculum and foundations."

and provide leadership training in

special

education administration.

In addition to Bloomsburg's
to redefine the

need

competencies taught

to prospective special education

administrators, Krause points to an

increasing shortage of people trained in

to cultivate

this field in

students will need

Krause

Pennsylvania and nationally.
putting together a steering

is

committee of superintendents, building

"So often in special education," says

principals, special education personnel

"we work with individuals

from intermediate

until

end of high school, but we don't

continue after
course

to

is

that.

The purpose of this

on

leadership.

members from

who

teaching and

and finding success

to those

there."

also enables Schloss to

summer workshop

for public

how to

who

says Krause.

across Pennsylvania, will

on "what we should be

how we
will

He

should be teaching

it

soon be administrators,"

also sees the

committee

mechanism for promoting career
awareness and for potential recruitment

high

as a

school teachers and service providers

about

and members of

The committee, drawing

create a prospectus

need assistance getting out into society

The grant

units,

business and industry to contribute ideas

expose special education

majors to special needs young adults

teach a

to

focus and course offerings. We're also

they graduate from high school.

Schloss,

the

-

to

Higher Education

They leam how to find
to set up a bank

and even how

work

leadership that mirrors those requirements.

account, where to find recreation,
transportation,

to

design a program in administration and

how

an apartment,

we need

Krause. "So,

with other departments

regular education administrators are being

jobs, emphasizes Schloss. "The students

we want them

together to meet students' needs," says

Increasingly, special education

easing back."

start

administrators that

develop lesson plans and

of

students into the Bloomsburg program.

curricular matenals to teach vocational

and independent

Looking for Leaders
living skills.

Furthermore, Schloss works with
agencies such as the Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation

and Mental Health/Mental

Retardation. "The

of our

program

is

James Krause, assistant professor of exceptionality
programs, has created a program to identify and
train the

next generation of special education

administrators.

most unique component
Special education administrators

doing

that we're

vocational assessment," Schloss says.

oversee programs and services for

"Once a

students with exceptionalities in the

we

special

needs student graduates,

can provide the outside agency with

that assessment so they don't

duplicate

it.

have

We've come up with

a

to

unique

public schools. In addition to direct

supervision of programs, they

work with

situational assessment instead of the

curriculum coordinators and teachers

standard evaluation done

to

at a sheltered

workshop. This has been done elsewhere,
but

it is

unique

to this area

and

to

make

"The changing

role of public school

program provides

about a need to redesign Bloomsburg's

Bloomsburg's special education majors

post-graduate program in special

with firsthand experience they would

education administration."

not normally receive in a university
setting.

She says, "Through

this course,

the special education teachers leaving

Bloomsburg
transition

will

know how

program

536

sure programs are in place to

effectively assist students.

administrators," says Krause, "has brought

Pennsylvania rehab."
Schloss'

&Z

school principals, superintendents,

to operate a

in a high school."

According

to Krause,

job requirements

and competencies have changed in
field as special

this

education and regular

education have merged over the years.
"We're telling regular and special educatu

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Learning gains
relevance
How

do teachers

light the fire for

learning in their students? For Karson
Kiesinger, a senior English major,

it

was

the opportunity to present a research

paper

at

the International Meeting of the

Joseph Conrad Society of Amenca

Kiplinge
Bloomsburg named
one of the 100 best

S.

public universities

you

If

at

Colgate University.

S.

Ekema Agbaw,

unforgettable experience for the

the conference after collaborating with her

editor of the award-winning student

of Kurtz in

Norman

With Agbaw's support, she

believe us, listen

Rush's Mating."

to others.

shared her expertise with a group of

life

and works of the

writer Joseph Conrad.

of the 100 best

It

my passion

"The conference reignited

people get excited about ideas helped
see the relevance of the

19th century

late

magazine Spectrum.

for learning," says Kiesinger. "To see

professional scholars interested in the

Bloomsburg has

been named one

managing

of English, encouraged Kiesinger to attend

on "The Reincarnation

don't

Ekema Agbaw and Karson Kiesinger

associate professor

and day out

was an

work

I

do day

me
in

as a student."

public universities

by

Finance

Kiplinger's Personal

A good

Magazine.

Based on

statistics

Kiplinger's

Bloomsburg 89th.
determining the
scores of the

"Making
To say that the development

ranked

had

Criteria for

listing

included

1997 freshman

a

good year

in

1998 would be an

SAT

the percentage of applicants granted

and

all

me

because

witnessed

I've

ways the

the wonderful

foundation helps the university," says

new

record and a 65

percent increase over 1997.

Thanks

and computer
the

to

$900,000

In addition, alumni

m

contnbuted

$818,011 and parents contributed
$116,389. "We see the

from students through

Community

strong participation of

library resources. In addition,

five financial factors

-

firsthand

put the

over $3 million was

Frutchey.

gifts

year,

important to

a donation to help

gifts

Foundation - a

percentage of freshmen returning for

sophomore

and we ended the

contributed to the Bloomsburg University

admission, graduate rates, the

their

foundations

office

understatement. More than $3 million was

class,

in

year with $3,000,125."

Giving tops record

from 1,813
colleges and universities in North
America,

more donations came

year

Government

were considered
1

was

measure of

their

undertake a number of

satisfaction

with the work

major projects that

we're doing," says

the university
total cost, affordability for

alumni and parents as a

Association,
able to

residents, percentage of students
financial

need met with

all

will

forms of
directly benefit

Anthony M.

them,

Ianiero, vice

financial aid, percentage of total aid

that

is

including construction of

work-study or loans, and the

average

amount

recreational fields

a student borrows to

graduate pared the

i

president for university

and a

advancement. "That

3

climbing wall on the upper
list

to its to]

campus and renovation

of

schools.

7,313 donors contributed a piece
to the pie, totalling more than
S3 million in donations for 1998!

listed

among the

also

something
of."

been
Other groups of donors

Students not only
leading public

by U.S.
and for the

universities in the north

News and World

is

we're very proud

the University Store.

Bloomsburg has

financial vote of

confidence

Report,

second consecutive
The Student Guide

contributed to the campaign in a big way,

but also in an important small
year

the

wound down, we were just under $3

include: businesses

and corporations

(including matching

gifts),

employees (including

$389,984;

retirees),

$62,661;

year, listed in

million," says
to

way "As

America's 100

Susan Helwig, director of

development. "Two of our work-study

foundations, $43,800; friends of the
university,

$509,615; organizations

Best College Buys.

students, Michelena Smith

Frutchey contributed the
to

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money needed

put us over the $3 million mark.

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(including the

Stacie

A

few

Community Government

Association), $1,059,666. Altogether, there

were 7,313 donors in 1998.

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"There

Record graduate

numbers

added on

degree enough anymore?

Is a bachelor's

may be

Graduating

Schloss, assistant vice president

students learn

how

competitive the

job market can
be.

Many

are

also finding out

that they'll

need

more than four

many

Patrick Schloss

work

chosen

Today, a master's degree

of

field.

needed

speech therapist or

to practice as a

audiologist.

is

in their

By the year 2000, completion

30 graduate

credits

of a master's degree

-

-

the equivalent

will

professionally.

states.

New

opening up

many

Teachers

to seek master's

career paths are also

for

nurses with specialized

graduate training.

And more

fields,

necessary to practice

is

Graduate programs are an

integral part of the service that the

of our students

students than ever are

turning to Bloomsburg to take these

Politics
Some Bloomsburg

work and have

friends fared

well in the latest

Pennsylvania

Many

families,

elections.

Lieutenant

Governor Mark

programs

S.

in the region, like ours, is

important to them."

The

University

graduates and

so the availability of master's degree

Schweiker

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partnered with

Governor

university has responded to

Tom
Phyllis

student needs by developing

new

graduate

second term.

accounting, nurse anesthetist and nurse

Other alumni

practitioner. Altogether, the university

victors included

19 graduate programs in the

offers

sciences, business

arts,

and education.

remote locations
to

working

to

make them

Phyllis

70,

accessible

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Mundy

state

representative
for die

students, offenng entire programs at

Mundy

Ridge to win a

programs, which include exercise science,

professional development throughout
their careers, leading

and technical

Faculty are also taking courses to the

are increasingly required to demonstrate

degrees.

and dean

research. "But in

university provides to the region.

be the

prerequisite for taking the Certified Public

Accountant exam in most

and

health-related

a graduate degree

years of college
to

Turning to

to the curriculum," says Patrick

of graduate studies

quickly

a perception that

graduate programs are a luxury, something

120th

district in the

Wyoming Valley,

professionals.

anditTim u
Holden
i

The Williamsport M.B.A. program
serves over

25 business

of the time

and location of the program,

leaders. "Because

Tim Holden

i

'8<
'80

'80, U.S. representative for the sixth
district,

which includes

Berks,

and parts of Montgomery

upper-level business administrators need

Schuylkill

not leave their positions to obtain the

and Northumberland counties. John

M.B.A. ," says Schloss. "Similarly, practicing

Gordner was re-elected

educators in Bucks County need not

representative for the 109lh district

advanced courses, with graduate school

relocate to

reaching a record enrollment of more

advanced degree and accompanying

than 680 students.

permanent

Bloomsburg

to receive

and Paul Kanjorski

an

term as U.
11th

certification."

won

another

representative for the

S.

district,

as state

both of which include

Bloomsbure.

Kozloff visits Israel

I

President Jessica Kozloff got a

leaders, including

firsthand look at Israeli education,

business and politics during a

visit to

Middle East as part of a delegation of

the
1

American university presidents and
chancellors.

Cosponsored by the

Israel's

Office of

of

its

kind by

a

and Stephen Kozloff with Allen
president of Queens College, Charlotte, NC, at

the Sea of Galilee.

Kozloff and the others
political,

education institutions such as Birzeil
University in Palestine, Tel Aviv
University, the University of Haifa, the

Hebrew
met with

educational and business

and research

projects. Stops included several higher

first

educators.
Jessica

Prime

information about Bloomsburgs

faculty/student exchange

Academic

was the
group of American

Affairs in the U.S., the visit

Israeli

academic programs and pursued

America-Israel Friendship League and
the State of

former

Shimon Peres and Israeli
President Ezer Weizman. She shared
Minister

University and the Technion.

There were also

visits to

Heights, Nazareth

and

the Golan

the Sea of Galilee.

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Governor's

of Trustees. Barth,

Highway

the senior vice

Safety Awards.

president, senior

loan officer and

Recognized in the
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category "Alcohol

But look soon,

Highway

community

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were H. Preston Herring,

Safety"

vice president for student

life,

and

underway, which means the

hammers and
will

be in the

hum

pounding of

of bulldozers, the

for his

work

the s

Barth

State

Tom
who
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term on the Council of Trustees

trustee

The newest

earned his bachelor's degree in

air.

addresses alcohol abuse and implements
prevention, intervention, enforcement

into a

facility is

de

County

District Attorney,

for his assistance

construction could

sta.

checkpoints,

summer.

business administration and economics at

and

Montour

was recognized

University.

and support of sobnety

DUI

patrols

and programs

William

J.

Mowad,

Kelly, vice chair;

Buehner Jr.,

secretary;

chair; A.

Robert W.

Ramona H.

Alley,

David J. Cope, LaRoy G. Davis, Heather

transformation into what could

L.

Derek, Kevin M. O'Connor, David J.

become one of the most active
locations on campus. Architects are
putting the finishing touches on the

new

a master's degree in

Other council members

include Joseph

for youth.

design proposal for the

Lycoming College and

business administration at Bucknell

Nearby, the old library waits lor
its

B.

West Milton (PA)

expires in January 2003.

and town of Bloomsburg. The group

bidding process has be

this

at

Ridge to replace James Atherton Jr.

Barth's

by leaders of the university

educational services. Buehner,

classroom

Steven

office

head

served on council from 1992 to 1998.

as co-chair of

the "Bloomsburg Initiative," a coalition
established

The conversio"

Gymnasium

was honored

division

Bank, was appointed by Governor

university trustee Robert Buehner. Herring
are

of the

;

recognized with the

ears.

Barth

B.

the newest

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university

individuals

Trustee

ftleinr

Petrosky and Ted Stuban.

student

sendees center.

On-campus housing will get a
The new
apartments for approximately 250
boost, but not just yet.

students are just entering the design
phase, so residence

life

®m

folks won't

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SSHE Chancellor James
McCormick,
Leonard Comerchero,
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celebrate the arrival of

new

digs for

a while.

President Jessica

w

However, while these projects

Kozloff,

pen and ink process, the
are back on up™" ^ 01

are in the
tractors

campus

Some mild
allowed a

moved,

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The campus may not De

getting

any bigger in terms of acreage, but

we

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are shaping up.

of dirt to be

are growing.

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philanthropy; and Alkire, chair of the

FhPPllI AlAf SIPff CS

Bloomsburg University Foundation

Leonard Comerchero and Elbern

early winter weather

lot

and construction

:

Jr.

-

Intramural and recreat
the upper

and

Elbern H. Alkire

<

board, received the award for

H. Alkire Jr. were recently presented

volunteerism.

with Eberly Awards for their

the

Fund

contributions to Bloomsburg University

State

and the

is

State

System of Higher

Education. Comerchero,
Industries, received the

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award

The award, sponsored by
Advancement of the

for the

System of Higher Education

named

in

Uniontown

of Milco

of

for

education.

Inc.

honor of the Eberly family
for its

support of higher

SPRING 1999

Greek to Her

It's All

Bloomsburg's

and

fraternities

soronties are in a

time of transition,

and

a

new

leader

is

guiding the change.

Gretchen Osterman
is

in her second

semester as the
university's

mented

several

reuniting

Gretchen Osterman

Greek

Life coordinator.

Osterman has imple-

new programs aimed

and strengthening

at

the system.

Spearheaded by the students, a complete
review of the by-laws governing Greek
is

underway That

life

and increased

project,

adviser involvement, are two of her leading
initiatives.

Osterman earned her

master's

degree in student personnel services from

Edinboro University and has a bachelors
degree from Allegheny College.

the University of Pittsburgh, the University

H. Preston Herring, vice president for

of Scranton, Indiana University of

student

Pennsylvania, Shippensburg University,

Howe, mayor

Lafayette College, the University of

are co-chairs of the

Pennsylvania and

Initiative
an

assist to

help tackle the

problem plaguing

college

number one

campuses

University

Bloomsburg received $15,000
support programs

Bloomsburg University has received

Gannon

drinking.

The

to

to

curb underage

program

to battle alcohol abuse.

Others are Pennsylvania State University,

of Bloomsburg,

"We need

to help students

culture in

which binge dnnkmg
'cool'

community outreach and enforcement

it

This

Initiative, a

$36,000

latest

funding

that the

who do

for those

is

it,

community."

in addition to

Bloomsburg

Initiative

received in the past year to fund

last year.

"Most of these projects are directed
toward changing student

not

Herring. "Irresponsible drinking can have

consequences

and the town

is

thing to do," adds

also impacts the entire

university

Initiative.

develop a

but

partnership established between the

pilot

Town

Bloomsburg

tragic

through the Bloomsburg

Ridge to be partners in his

of the

support projects in the areas of education,

one of nine universities selected by

Tom

Herring and Mary Lenzini-

perceived as a

funds, will be used to

throughout the nation. Bloomsburg was

Governor

life.

attitudes," says

community

projects related to underage

dnnkmg and

alcohol abuse.

Long-Time Friends

The university will miss two long-time friends
who have retired after more than three decades
of service each. Dominic "Tony the Baker" Cusatis
retired Oct. 30, 1998, after 39 years of serving
students. Marilyn Muehlhof retired Jan. 1, 1999,
after 33 years of service in the president's office.

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Of writers and
rabbits
To

illustrate a

point in class,

journalism
professor Walter

Brasch mentioned
the fictional

character Uncle

Remus. He was

met by looks of
bewilderment and
Walter Brasch

the question

"Who?" That experience led to four
and a 100,000-word

years of research

biography, Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and
the 'Cornfield Journalist':

The Tale of Joel

BUSTED

Chandler Hanis.

Some
was

Harris (1846-1908)
journalist and, after

a

newspaper

Mark Twain,

popular writer of the

late

how Remus was

most

19th century.

By the 1950s, Uncle Remus
were often labeled

the

racist, partly

stories

because of

depicted in Disney's

imaginative and talented

students experienced the real world a
little

after

ahead of graduation. The

improvisational theater troupe

Theatrical Education
first

BUSTED

Drama) gave

performances during the

semester.

and

about

The

"The Real World." In the

character and answer questions from
the audience. Future

BUSTED

performances are scheduled for

its

Monday, March 22, and Monday,

fall

three-act musical

real-life issues college

MTVs

third act, the student actors stay in

(Bloomsburg University Student

popular 1946 movie, "Song of the South,"
partly because of Harris' extensive use

- alcohol, roommate conflicts,
establishing an identity - is modeled
face

May

drama

3, at

8 p.m. in the Kehr Union

Ballroom.

students

of American Black English.

However, Brasch,

who

has written

two books about American Black English,
says Harris' reproduction of Black English
"is

remarkably accurate. Those

Harns and

who brand

his writings as racist probably

haven't read his works,

and

are

Harns, in his newspaper editorials

and

fiction,

was a strong voice

Ifs all in the timing

unaware

that

for

Jeff Burrell

human

heard a beat he couldn't

photography major. His photo of a

resist,

street

and

it

led to an

drummer was

award

for the junior

selected for inclusion in the

rights."

The book, Brasch s

11th, will be

published in April by Carolina Academic
Press

(Durham, NC).

1998 Best of College Photography Annual. The annual book of photographs
published in connection

with a contest sponsored by
Photographers Magazine

Nikon. Describing

and

how he

captured the provocative

image while

visiting

Manhattan in the

fall

of

1997, Burrell says,'Tm a

drummer

myself.

heard the sound,

When I
I

ran

across the street to get
the picture."

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SPRING 199!

1^ calendar of events
Academic Calendar
Spring

Weekend

Thursday, April
April 5, 6 p.m.

Chamber

Husky Club Golf Outing

Singers Spring Concert

Saturday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., Wendy Miller directing.
First Presbyterian Church, 345 Market Street,

Baseball Golf Outing

University Concert

Band Spring Concert
Saturday, Oct.

Classes
Saturday,

Final

Sunday, April 25, 2:30 p.m., Terry Oxley directing,
Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

End
May

8

Exams End

Saturday,

May

Concert Choir Spring Concert
Saturday, May 1, 7:30 p.m., Alan Baker directing.

15

First

Graduate Commencement
Friday,

May

9,

Arnold's Golf Course, Nescopeck, PA.

Husky Club Golf Outing
Thursday, Oct. 14, Frosty Valley Country Club,
Danville, PA.

Presbyterian Church, 345 Market Street,

Bloomsburg.

7 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts,

14,

Creek Country Club near

Bloomsburg.

10 p.m., through Monday,

1,

Friday, Sept. 17, Cool

York, PA.

Mitrani Hall.

Knoebel's Grove Pops Concert

Provosts Lecture

Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday, May 15, 2:15 p.m., Bloomsburg

Sunday, May 2, 2 and 5:30 p.m. Featuring the
Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble with Terry Oxley
and Stephen Clickard directing. Annual park concert,

Series

weather permitting.

Anita Hill

Fairgrounds.

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, through Monday, Aug. 30

Monday, May

Classes Begin

Friday,

Orchestra Pops
3,

6:30 p.m., Columbia Mall,

Harassment
S.

Gross

Bloomsburg.

M. Joycelyn Elders
Student Recital

Labor Day
6.

26, 2 p.m., "Sexual

Auditorium.

Monday, Aug. 30

Monday, Sept.

March

Legal Interpretations," Carver Hall, Kenneth

Tuesday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S.
Gross Auditorium. Bloomsburg University Music
Students demonstrate their semester

NO CLASSES

Thursday, April 15, 7:30 p.m., lecture; Friday, April 16,
8:30 a.m., workshop. Both events held in conjunction
with the Health Sciences Symposium, Kehr Union,
Ballroom.

accomplishments.

Celebrity Artist

Series
the Celebrity Artist Series box office
at (570) 389-4409 for more information.
Call

Rhythm and

Special Events

emeritus Stephen Wallace directing.

Husky Club Auction

Jessica Suchy-Pilalis,

Harp

Inn,

more information,

call

Siblings'

(570) 389-4128.

Husky Club Golf Outing
Race Golf and Camping Resort,

Renaissance Jamboree

Benton, PA.

Thursday, Sept. 2, 7:30 p.m., Carver Hall,
Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $15.

Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

in

downtown

Bloomsburg. Information about this street festival
is available through the Chamber of Commerce at

Husky Club Golf Outing
Thursday, May 20, Edgewood
Course, Wilkes-Barre.

(570) 784-2522.

the Pines Golf

Concerts

Alumni Day

concerts are free unless otherwise noted. For
more information, call the music department at
(570) 389-4284.
All

Brass Menagerie
Wednesday,

April 7, 8 p.m., faculty emeritus Stephen
Wallace directing. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
Auditorium.

Saturday, June 5, Willow Run Golf Course, Berwick,
PA. For information about this benefit for the
football team, call Jim Monos, (570) 389-4359.

May

1.

For information,

call

(570) 389-4058.

Homecoming
October 9 and

10. For information, call

(570) 389-4346.

Wrestling Golf Outing

Theater

Husky Club Golf Outing
Thursday, June 24, Skippack Golf Course, Skippack,
PA, near Philadelphia.

Women's Choral Ensemble and
Husky Singers
Miller

Saturday,

Golf Classic

Nescopeck, PA.

Sunday, April 11, 2:30 p.m., Mark Jelinek directing,
Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

Wendy

John Devlin Memorial Celebrity

Saturday, June 12, Arnold's Golf Course,

University-Community Orchestra
Spring Concert

Saturday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.,

and Children's Weekend

April 23-25. For information, call (570) 389-4346.

Friday, April 30, Mill

Lyric Consort

(570) 389-4128.

Golf Outings
For

Thursday, Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m., Carver Hall,
Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $15.

and

Alan Baker directing, Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall.

Magee's Main Street
Bloomsburg. For more information, call

Friday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.,

Brass

Monday, June 7, 7:30 p.m., Carver Hall,
Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $15.

The

"Seasoned Sounds"
Friday, May 7, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall. A big band concert with faculty

Mike Berrigan Memorial Golf Outing
Saturday, Sept. 4 (tentative). White Deer Golf
Course, Williamsport, PA.

The Hot

1

Baltimore

A

play by Lanford Wilson, directed by Michael
Collins, April 20 to 24, 8 p.m.; April 25, 2 p.m.;
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets
are $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors
students with a Community

citizens, free for

Activities Card.

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chats with top graduates before last December's comme
and Sciences, Jennifer Shutkufski, College of Professional
Business, and the president.
ff

tudies,

Kelly Smith. College of Arts

At

to

enthusiasm

their

As

I

on

Bloomsburg

dreams and

for their

my five years

I

began

when I came

these student leaders,

goals.

some

of

that

here

I

like

assistants,

students leam from faculty who've
professional

commitment

like research institutions,

also scholars.

our faculty are

to count. They've

more than 67 books and
journals too numerous

authored chapters in

scholarly publications, written creative

compositions and reviewed more than a

hundred books and

first

rank of incoming

class

to

It

meet student needs. In 1997,

Honors Program was

now provides

articles.

four-

is

one of the highest in the

System of Higher Education and our

graduation rate

is

significantly higher

the national average.

- 80

Our placement

percent of each of the

graduating classes found

than
record

last three years'

full

time,

program

collaborating

via distance education.

investing in Integrated

expanded our

freshman year experience that helps us

Technology.

from graduating high school

and involve them

activities

in leadership

on campus.

This

is

campus

recently, I'm

We're

Media Presentation
with the

latest

and we've

Institute for Instructional

just a glimpse of

what we've

been doing. The mission of Bloomsburg
University has changed

If you've been on

the days of

Bloomsburg

somewhat

since

State Teachers

sure you've noticed our magnificent library

College, but our vision remains the same.

and the new Student Recreation Center.

We

We're in the midst of incredible physical

college

change. Centennial

Gymnasium

be transformed into

will

soon

a high-tech classroom

renovation next year.

State

is

with other Pennsylvania universities to

Program, providing scholarships and a

students succeed. I'm pleased to say our
retention rate

department of nursing

Stations, providing faculty

classes

its

The

opportunities beyond our campus.

instructional technology,

instituted the President's Leadership

building.

Bloomsburg

university has

we

has built a record of being a place where

history,

The

distance education videoconference

provide a graduate nurse practitioner

an integrated

The Commons, designed to feed
about 1,700 students and now serving
more than 3,000, will undergo a major

Throughout our

technology applications that enhance

a major research program. Three years ago,

attract leaders

care

yet, we're creating

classroom, which expands learning

means

continually refine our academic

the University's

five years,

articles in scholarly

And

and the average

a

to teaching. But,

Over the past

they've published

our

made

We

about students.

learning experiences.

year experience in which students complete

where undergraduates

by graduate

have talented students.

thrilled to

like to describe

new

revised.

our faculty teach. Unlike major

are often taught

as a

I

in the top half of their high school class,

programs

them with you.

research universities

enviable.

In 1998, 81 percent of those accepted were

we must

Bloomsburg's trademark has always

been

is

Setting high admissions standards

Looking back, I'm

proud of our achievements and would

-

freshmen was in the top 29 percent.

of service as

University's president. Like

had dreams and
to share

We're

listened to

pride for their accomplishments,
to reflect

school within one year

spend some time with the top

scholars from each college.

Bloomsburg

"high-touch, high-tech" university.

professional positions or entered graduate

December commencement
ceremonies, I had an opportunity
the

monies. Pictured from left:
College of

Ann Salsman,

We

have plans to

still

honor the credo of

on

the

hill,"

a place

dedicated faculty help students realize
their dreams.

Bloomsburg

Being president

is

about the possibility of being the
president of the 20th century
of the 21st!

to add a wing to Hartline Science Center.
The old library will become a student

\

services center, offering a convenient place

aid

academic support

and the

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a true privilege. I'm excited

update Navy Hall and Ben Franklin, and

to find

"the friendly

where

Jessica Kozloff
President,

Bloomsburg University

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and the

first

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Whether you remember
positive changes

as a state teachers' college, state college or university,

it

have always found

Bloomsburg. The

their place

among

the traditions at

and wonderful accomplishments of many

tireless efforts

people are key to those changes.

The

last

year has been a time that

achievement.

New heights were

second

is

to

none

tremendous

in terms of

reached and

new

standards set for future

an

elite

group

generations.

My
he

good

won

friend Charlie Chronister joined

his

last

season

when

500th game as the Huskies' head coach of men's basketball. The

"dean" of our coaching

staff is still

on top of his game with

his

29th season

just underway.

Tony

Ianiero,

my boss

and the

university's vice president for

advancement,

doesn't have just one reason to celebrate. .he has three million. Tony, his
.

development team, and

all

of

you who contributed helped Bloomsburg reach

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Anne Shannon's day
seconds.

And

expertise

you

is

measured

in

every few seconds her

must change, although

that she's not really

she'll tell

an expert in

much

of anything.

A

anchor

Harrisburg television station,

for a

Shannon
the job

is

is

reporter

tune into the

knowledge "an inch

affiliate to

get their

fix.

All the while, a

producer

is

talking in

Shannon's earpiece, reminding her about
those precious seconds. Ten seconds

on

deep and a mile wide."

this story, five
"It's

But every second matters in television.

CBS

morning news

and morning

quick to say that the key to

to acquire

words as they scroll and passing
them on seamlessly to the viewers who
the

to

seconds

a lot of practice,

know your

to

and you've got

reading speed," the 1993

She has 10 seconds to welcome viewers,

Bloomsburg University graduate

40 seconds

"The information we're giving

to talk

about an accident on a

major highway leading into the

important and the

gives reports

most beautiful

her head,
it

city. She
on sports and the weather. In

she's editing the

information as

comes across the teleprompter, changing

come

left

commercial.

explains.

may be
package may be the

in the world. But

across as a dimwit,

it's

if

you

not going

to matter."

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Shannon

a rare breed of

is

made
one

anchor

to the

it

Shannon

classmates,

who

chair.

Of

she's

fellow

said she's the only

anchors a broadcast. But that

mean Bloomsburg alumni

doesn't

Shannon

Bloomsburg

mass communications graduates;

aren't in

and video. Whether

two-time

Emmy Award winning editor for

NFL
for

they're a

news photographer, an

Films, a

ABC's "World

News

editor

Tonight," or a

Morning." Off camera,

Bloomsburg graduates

are shaping

what

television viewers see every day.

"At Bloomsburg,

working

we have

for us," says

professor

Dana

several things

mass communications

Ulloth.

"We get highly
we have the

motivated students, and
facilities.

as

good

The production

facilities

here are

or better than, those of any

as,

the

to

she's giving

weather

for a sister radio station

competition every day.

stations in the Harrisburg area, the
largest

a hectic pace.

But

it's

Not

I

could get

my foot in

one

credit shy

that

if I

who was

appearing in a

Jeri

Ryan,

who

plays Seven of Nine, a

favorite character of fans of the sciencefiction

show.

hard news, she says people stories are

the

who

her favorites, such as her piece on a

is

blind and paralyzed Lebanon County

degree from Catholic University in

me

airs

Although Shannon reports on the

from earning a master's

DC.

do a series from the set of
show "Star Trek: Voyager"
on UPN15. There, she
to

Voyager episode. She also interviewed

$4.25 an hour as an assistant producer.
figured

first-

She's also traveled to

"Seinfeld" fame,

right

for someone who walked into the
newsroom four years ago and took a job
working two to three days a week earning

"I

just, well,

interviewed actor Jason Alexander of

bad

door, get access," says Shannon,

most people

the television

which

in the

likes to be.

role,

and do
watch on TV

For her recent feature report on

Hollywood

44th

It's

things

<

gives her a chance to get out

on camera.

news

where Shannon says she

it

9

time skydivers, Shannon took the plunge

for

WHP is one of four

market of the 210

But Shannon says she loves the dual

and

"This

morning show viewers.
Shannon finds herself in tough

Washington,

college in the country."

CBS

and doing voice-over weather reports

country.

producer of a Fox network business show,

anchor numerous two

and news reports

prominent positions behind the scenes in
television

will

seven-minute breaks during

1

"And, they basically told

man who

ran the Marine Corps

Marathon

in

Washington, D.C.

didn't take the job, they

had 100 resumes from people

who

"This job

would."

She worked her way to the

is

assignment desk, then

like filming

a

movie on a really
small scale.

to

weekend producer. When
no other reporter wanted to
get up early to cover then
U.S. Senator Bob Dole's visit

"

to Harrisburg in 1996, she

volunteered to cover

him and

has been reporting ever since.

Shannon is nothing if not motivated.
The 28-year-old Lancaster woman begins
her day around 3:20 a.m.,

when one

three alarm clocks blasts her awake.
can't

be

She

late.

She

laryngitis. "If

no show," she

arrives at the

Harrisburg

at

She

can't call in sick. She's

even worked with
oversleep, there's

of

"I

have

share a
airing 6

5 a.m. to begin gathering
day, she's

my

UPN

think she can

move

growth

stories

from

have been called into

last night's

and rewriting them.

11 p.m. broadcast

on,

I

dedicated to this market.

very clear to her."

checking developments on

The

for

stations

airing a 10 p.m. newscast.

happening in Kosovo and whether any
service. She's

for that,"

manager

news staff and facilities with WHP
and 11 p.m. news shows and

glancing over the wires to see what's

local reserve units

cap to her

WHP and WLYH UPN15.

I

studio in

later.

to tip

says Jerry Trently station

explains.

WHP-TV 21

and writing the news. This

She began morning anchonng
about a year

for

is

think she's

made

also a reporter for the

television stations,

I

I'd like to see

her here, and we've

Shannon

"While

meaning

after

that

two

her

anchoring job ends around 9 a.m.,
for another eight-hour shift

Award-Winning Editor
Bloomsburg graduate
Pete Staman '85 has
won Emmy awards for
his work at NFL films.

many

she's in

days.

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Shannon
around

is

quick

operators, producers,

For his work, Staman has twice

to pass the credit

to her colleagues, the

and

camera

Emmy Awards

editors. They,

"That's exciting,

she says, package the stories presented

oiled machine," the

to the public.

graduate says.

They're the behind-the-camera people,

such

as

who

edits for

short,

the

John

is

NFL

Staman of Pitman, NJ,
Films. Stamans job, in

"Pete"

NFL

to take miles of videotape

season and turn

such as "The Road

to the

it

Superbowl."

That's a massive task, considering

operators shoot

enough

camera

film over the

course of a season to run continuously for

40

days.

It's

owner Steve

what

his boss,

NFL

Films

Sabol, calls "a veritable

flood of film."

but I'm part of a well-

1985 Bloomsburg

"NFL Films has won more

than 90 Emmys over the years. It's not so
much an individual effort as a combined

team

effort."

An employee

from

into features

won

along with other honors.

years,

Staman,

of

like

NFL

Films for 12

Shannon, had

to

He
worked for the company for a month
with no pay just to show he knew what
prove himself to get in the door.

he was doing. At the same time, he was

working

full

time for a Philadelphia

television station as a master control

room operator. He's since worked his way
up the ladder to video editor at the firm,
based in Mount Laurel, NJ.
Along with
edits

NFL work, Staman

music videos

the Black



he's

Crows and

done pieces

—and

Slayer

commercials, including recent

for

edits

work

for Nike.

Bloomsburg knowing

"I left

hitting the

books wasn't going

that just
to

be

enough," says Staman. "Some people

under the misconception

are

graduate,

We

that

someone owes them

if

they

a job.

were taught the importance of

practical experience."

A

fnend of Stamans and fellow 1985

graduate,

Pam Whaley is a videotape
ABC News in New

engineer/editor for
York.

Her job

the day.

It's

is

to edit the top story of

high-pressure editing, cutting

down hours

of footage shot across the

world into short segments.

Students take the controls each week when they go on the
with "BloomNews." Every three weeks assignments
change so all students in Broadcast Journalism become
familiar with a variety of television-related jobs. Photos from
top: Craig Panichella '00 directs talent and cameras from the
control room, while Greg Albert operates the audio board.
Anchors Devon McCandless '00 and Bill Sharkazy '00 provide
viewers with up-to-date news. Chris Ballentine '99 and Mike
Clarke '00 man the cameras. Professor Dana Ulloth offers onair live

the-spot instruction and advice.

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many years, you

"After so

the work," says

be devastating,

whole
If

lot

of stuff from the day."

she has one complaint about the job,

how sometimes

It's

about

sanitized picture of important events, such
as the

bombings

"We do
she said.

might
than

look a

it

little

nicer

airs
1 1

from 5

live

6 p.m. (The

to

p.m.). She

show

back up

finds the video to

the live broadcast.

nothing simple

there's

She has

it.

shots from
since not

all

up

to set

live

over the country,

all

New York.

really is."

appear on the

to

repeats at

But

it

to assess the

is

also writes teases for the

about

pretty nicely,"

people would see more,

We make

stop.

it

up war

CEOs

the

show

in Kosovo.

clean

"If

up

and

the broadcasts present a

simply,

top business stories of the day and line

broadcast that

not the pressure or the hours.

it's

Her job, put

get used to

Whaley "The pictures can
and you have to digest a

CEOs

the

are in

She must schedule

production companies, order
time,

satellite

"The production

and do whatever

it

takes.

is

Steven Firmstone, a 1987

Directly behind the

facilities

here are

who

Bloomsburg graduate

as good as, or

works

for

camera

WNEP-TV

16 in

Moosic, PA. The news

better than, those

photographer also drives and

of any college in
the country.

operates the station's satellite
truck, a sort of mobile

"

newsroom

can broadcast

that

from just about anywhere.
Firmstone said the best

Whaley has a long resume that starts
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre television
stations. She packed up and moved to

at

Colorado without a job, eventually

ABC affiliate in
She moved to New York in

Jennifer Regar

is

who ended up

working

for

in

1990.

New York,

Fox News Channel

associate producer.

as

an

She helps put together

the "Cavuto Business Report," dealing with

CEOs

the top

business

Regar, a

Fox
was

in

to air live

New York
"Our focus

layman.

We

the

who went to
with CNBC,

after three years
first

producer/reporter

updates from the floor of

Stock Exchange for
is

to try

and reach

try to talk so

CNBC.

the

everyone can

understand," says Regar. "The days
really fly by,

and you don't have time

to get bored."

"We

Steve Firmstone '87
operates the satellite

changes every day,

it

truck and remote

camera for on-the-

see the best of society

and you

movie on

is like

a really small scale."

mass communications

Some

faculty

to teach

is

television/video profession

—how

to use

the cameras, editing equipment, etc. Just

he

side, the courses

If

said,

on

and other

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pitfalls



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the theoretical

is

are reporting

for

me

is

that

we

on someone's

can't take that lightly."



Mike Feeley

is

a 1987 mass communications graduate


of Bloomsburg University

for The Patriot

News

of the places

you can find
Bloomsburg mass
communications
graduates working in

students the practical side of the

as important,

scene reports for
WNEP-TV, Moosic, PA.

see

Ulloth says the goal of Bloomsburg's

of the

1993 graduate

1996

on

of the day.

part of the

team
the

in the country

news

that

virtually every minute.

filming a

another Bloomsburg

graduate

is

the worst," said Firmstone. "This job

landing one with an
Boulder.

part of his job

and

is

assistant city editor

affiliates

CNBC
WNEP-TV

16

in Harrisburg.

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Q: Business leaders

and academic leaders

departments have advisory boards. In oth-

sometimes disagree about whether

ers,

we

students should receive a liberal arts

We

are always talking to people within

education or training in a specific

the various disciplines.

Have you encountered

skill.

Education

these differences

Not

ment

you might think.
homecoming, my depart-

as strongly as

Every year

at

invites recent graduates

back

Bloomsburg

is

work

or

between academic pro-

have become

tune with what business leaders are saying.

ing in very technical

You'd think

fields.

too.

anybody would not appreciate
liberal arts education, these people would
that

not

if

—but they

One
we
to

hear from graduates

be able

to

and

They

well.

over, the general ability

message, both verbal and

written, turns out to

feel that

the other

them

general education courses are serving

work

said, "If

it

don't

shows
sound

business

really

want

to

think.

an extreme example,

many

that although

they

like

to

would be

they really

skills,

We have
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you

in the business world, a great course

to take is golf." That's

but

of the nice things about the size of

be very

subjects

related to

careful with skills,

MS-DOS and had

student

bend over backwards, but if a
willing to work, it becomes
educate that student. Students

difficult to

are responsible for their education. Faculty

lead the way. Students find college

Q:

not pre-

Do you

A:

students. We're trying to be

One

of the things we've

well here at Bloomsburg

is

done

pretty

structure cur-

We

have significant expectations of our

will

They need

here.

are relatively easy to initiate. Faculty are

really serious

new

course as an experi-

to

go through the

full

it

actually has

want

to give

up and running

quickly,

but

it

also

maintains a conscientious review process

curriculum courses are

meeting our needs. The faculty as a whole
continually looking at curriculum.

Q:

Do you

think this

the

Oh,

We've completed two major

yes.

surveys of our grads

is

typical of

ourselves.

way on

all

Bloomsburg ahead of

what

little

ahead of the game,

are well thought-out

carefully reviewed.

There are

a

and

number

sorts of skills will serve students five or 10

of proposed courses that are being evalu-

years

ated to

later.

make

sure

we

How

Both surveys indicate quite

and

that

it

Q:

Do you

the road to a successful future.

we

are doing a

good job of preparing them

to enter the

job market.

Do you

A: Usually

who

is

also get feedback

we

hear only

Q: Recently,

find that the abilities of enter-

As

Are students prepared for college more or

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than they have been in the past?

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informally.

if it's

Bloomsburg University

want today?
it

from

an employer.

keep in touch with what business leaders

we do

happy with their
them a long

takes

That solid data indicates

was reaccredited by

is

does Bloomsburg

the State

offer quality

programs.

As you mention, the business world

—one by

System of Higher Education and one by

Q:

at

a sense of the serious-

Are Bloomsburg grads prepared to work?

employers?

change and look

are

We

Q:

come through

As educators, we

them

clearly that graduates are

game?
think we're a

we

A:

processes, so the curriculum changes that

skills.

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early that

ness of our educational process.

education,

universities, or is

leam

to

about academic work.

review process. That

procedure provides an avenue for getting
things

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be expected of them once they get

riculum change so experimental courses

mental course twice before

more

entious about informing students of what

make

A: Mostly,

a

be improved?

quite frankly. We've really defined our

always changing.

a lot

is

that student percep-

curriculum changes?

tion can

A:

graduates successful are those that

way

see a

Once you have this dialogue, are there
ways you can address needs through
Q:

generally? Ultimately, the qualities that

Q:

skills

isn't

pared them to work with computers more

anticipate

study

habits as they did, say, 10 years

lot harder.

is

Windows. We were
working with MS-DOS. What would have
happened if we had trained our students

must

also feel they

work

to share

weren't working with

transcend specific

We

level of

and they come back

faculty,

that ensures the

are.

For example, 10 years ago we

specifically in

same

more work than they ever expected and

allowed to offer a

well, too.

One person

our

know

A:

be enormously im-

They mostly

portant.

real

it's

this university is that students get to

comments

about the need

is

communicate

to articulate a

in

keep in contact with our graduates,

One

but

experiences after they have graduated.

do.

of the most consistent

find that, over

We

this is true,

writing

any

ago. That's pretty troubling for us. We're

from the department of mathematics,

work-

work

willing to

are

much more

they're less

skills:

don't have

I

skill deficiencies.

nursing students and faculty are in the

essential.

statistics are

basic

don't have the

We

basic

it is

perception that incoming freshmen have

constantly

grams and the professional world

would say

think faculty

hard data to say

outside academia. Most of the alumni

computer science and

I

prepared. Part of

with educators; the same with nursing

hospitals. Links

to

us what their experiences have been

tell

at

A:

and mathematics.

The School of

placing students in other schools to

of opinion?
A:

with outside professionals.

interact

chair of the Middle States Self-Study

you were involved

in Bloomsburg's two-year review process.

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we are doing. I think all of us for
many years have felt very good about
what we do here, because we are conscisay

Outcomes assessment puts a
on what we do so the external

entious.

structure

money

stakeholders can see that the

being spent
spent

Q:

being

at the university is

effectively.

How

does one go about assessing

outcomes?

ways of

A: There are several different

assessing outcomes. For example, teachers,

and CPAs can use national

nurses,

exams

measurements of knowledge.

as

But in other
as

much

doesn't

fields, a test

make

sense. In the case of a theater

major, perhaps a portfolio

is

a

more

appropriate measurement.
We'll also be surveying recent graduates,

although

we have

to

be cautious

because often students don't understand
the impact of their college experiences

have had some time away from

until they

campus. Trying to synopsize what hap-

pens in the education of 7,000 students
But we're working on putting

is difficult.

all

of the information into

that

we have

one package so

a formal report to present to

external stakeholders.

Q:

What do you

think the overall mission

of higher education

is

today? And, do you

think you're succeeding?
A:

The mission of higher education

intellectual

That's
that

my personal

we

think

the

is

development of its students.
opinion.

really believe

I

And

are here to develop minds.

what we

that's exactly

That doesn't sound

like

a focus

it's

I

are doing.

on

preparing for the workplace, but in

reality

you think about students who are
what's their work life
currently enrolled

it is. If



going to be

Can you
about

tell

me what Bloomsburg learned

in the Middle States self-

itself

ness,

evaluation?
A:

The

also

self-study

is

actually

an intensive

spnng

process that began in the

of

we

we

are pretty healthy,

anticipated.

We

which

to

were

a

be doing

what

didn't expect to see

major problems, though we did
there

is

For example,

any

know

few things that we would
better.

and we found

a bit of a

that to

be

true.

weakBut

we

found that some problems we thought

we had were just

like

in a rapidly
al ability;

it's



changing world?
a

mind

that

it's

hard to

able to function
It's

intellectu-

can tackle

situations.

It's

not

a particular set of skills.

Q:

Even

You mentioned "outcomes assessment."

What does

that

How do

roles in

they

ble

guess these measurements are tangi-

means

we

are

doing what

come

into play.

The stronger

we

a

person

is

a

set of skills

the base of

knowledge and background, the

of demonstrating to external

stakeholders that

the world weren't changing, our

it

tomorrow, so a vastly different

apply to higher education 7
I

if

would be. The person who
programmer today will be a manager

term and "competency-

based education" mean?

A:

we knew

20 years

What makes one

imagine.

problems in a variety of

misperceptions.

1997

and culminated in our reaccreditation in
March of this year. Basically, we learned
that

outcomes assessment was

like in

better off

is.

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to

of Elvis. Not history professor

Jeanette Keith. She

nearby

visits the

Shelby County Archives, where she
peruses dusty old records, the written

some research

kind, for
One way

she's doing.

seem

or another, most of Keiths travels

research.

A visit with

between

trips to the Library of

family in Tennessee last

to involve

summer was sandwiched

Congress and the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill to check out papers for her fourth book.

For Keith, and scholars
laboratories are as

much

And sometimes just

like her, the visits to libraries, archives, or

a part of their lives as

shopping

Real-life scholarship isn't often as exciting as the

cinema

scientists

for groceries.

as ordinary.

who

swashbuckling of

single-handedly defeat the inevitable alien or

discover lost treasure. But these quests into libraries, archives, and
labs have their

classroom



own

prizes for professors to bring

back

to the

prizes of knowledge, experience, craft.

WALKING THE WALK
Research and scholarship are a part of every academic
discipline.

Advances have been made in computers, education,
and even history.

science, business, health care,

History, including the old stuff, changes like everything else.
"If

you're not being scholarly,

the field," says Keith,

who

you won't

stay up-to-date in

and grant
tell if someone
Ronald Reagan won

regularly reviews papers

proposals from faculty across the country. "You can
hasn't kept

informed of change.

It's

as

if,

the election."

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Change is universal, and sometimes it
means reversing what we thought was fact.
For example,

when psychology

Connie Schick began teaching
burg

professor

Blooms-

at

in 1973, psychologists believed that

people had to think about something in
order to have an emotional response to

But within the past

it.

research has

five years,

suggested that emotion comes

Before

first.

an individual thinks about something
consciously, that person has already

had

some emotional response

new

to

it.

This

says anthropology professor

Wymer, who

Dee Anne

leads students in field

research each summer.

Wymer's
her,

specialty

is

archaeology. For

walking the walk means carefully

where the digging will be,
by layer, and making
sure that artifacts from one layer aren't
mixed with items from another. Tedious
work and in one way or another, part
plotting a grid

removing

soil layer



of every discipline.
In history,

it's

knowledge has far-reaching implications

documents; in biology and the natural

that fuel class discussion.

sciences,

and

who

'Faculty

it's

long hours

in psychology,

"When our

are

talk the talk

research

how
If

you

something, then you have a tendency

want

to

Schick.

to learn

more about

it,"

to

different publishing

companies, and

I've

those books, I've had to bring the

authors

up

to date."

More than enabling

professors to

provide their students with the

developments in a particular

latest

field,

being

active researchers allows professors to

answer the all-important question:

How

do you gather the information?

"Faculty

who

all

are researchers can talk

the talk because they walk the walk,"

back and

of a

forth

how

especially

say,

on

data.

'Now

with Keith. She wanted

"I

two dozen students

own

is

a year ago," says

using her research

graduate school

at

Shippensburg

you

can even submit your proposal, you have

show

you have the background. I
be aware of what
information was already out there."
to

may

more than

who

University of Pennsylvania. "Before

research.

"For a paragraph, you

started

skills in

psychology conferences each

their

to analyze

that listed violations.

Handerhan,

where about 10 of them present

she

early 19th century to today. Handerhan
met with Keith weekly for advice and to
give updates on her finds, which included

to take statistics.'"

year,

when

19th century factory inspection reports

I

Schick and her fellow department
also take

firsthand

sweatshops in the United States from the

the

all

skill

completed an honors independent study

ground doing



sudden they

know why I have

to regional

read six different chapters on emotion. In
all

to hit the

History student Alexis Handerhan
learned the

help them understand

measure and analyze the

members

says

review textbooks for four

"I

microscope;

conducted so they gain

is

interaction

Then
"Take learning, for instance.

at the

the statistics.

basic skills," says Schick. "There's this

because they
walk the walk."

like

We

research.

it's

students go to graduate

need

school, they

researchers can

Students from Dee Anne Wymer's archaeology
class dig through a prehistoric village found on
Zehner's farm near Nescopeck, PA.

poring over old

read 50

had

documents or three books," adds Keith.
"This is one of the things you have to
teach. You can have 10 note cards for
one sentence. I'm not teaching the
memorization of facts. I want students
to think and act like historians. I'm
teaching a skill and a craft that I practice
myself. If you don't do the craft yourself,
you lose the skill."

that

to research just to

WATCH OUT FOR THOSE
ABSOLUTE CERTAINTIES
Of course, many students never
conduct a study or write a research paper
again after college. But for these students,

exposure to research and researchers
still

is

invaluable.

THE BRASS RING
Keith has been awarded a National

Faculty in every department are involved in
scholarship. Researching, writing, publishing.

But

this

year the history department has seized

the brass ring twice.

Jeanette Keith

and

Two members,

professor

assistant professor

Woody

Holton have been awarded prestigious
fellowships supported

Endowment

by

for the Humanities.

the achievements "the top of the top.

don't

do

for

The award

just

is

three granted annually nationwide,

and

one of

the

College Teachers and Independent Scholars,

only one awarded to a young professional
scholar.

is

open

to scholars

from institutions

Fellowship.

The

her with an

office at Yale University

Yale fellowship will provide

renowned

and access

to the university's

You

research draft resistance, including economic
causes, in the South during

He

too will use the fellowship to

on a book,

without graduate programs in their

calls

that teaching a full-course load

recognized by their peers."

current academic year.

Humanities Fellowship

which

unless you have incredible determination.
It's

for the

department, and a Yale Agrarian Studies

the National

Department chair William Hudon

Endowment

library. She'll

World War

I.

The Creation of the

purpose
story of

is

U.S. Constitution.

to inject

how

this

common

nation was founded.

with the opportunity to bring the raw material
into the classroom to

and

written

American Antiquarian Society

what our people do."

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for the

The book's

people into the

"Doing primary research provides faculty

Holton has been awarded a fellowship from
the

work

Republics of Hope, Empire oj Despair:

show how history is
Hudon. "That's

rewritten," says

FALL 1999
"Research promotes

critical thinking.

the pursuit of a critical understanding

It's

and

of things

what education

it's

university level

is all

at the

BUILDING

A

BIGGER KIW

about," says

So the professor
and allied

William Hudon, chair of the history

of biological

department. "Beware of any courses that
provide absolute certainty. The

health sciences decided

human

to

about the past are always more

realities

complicated than they appear.

If

they

appear simple, then you don't have

make

a bigger hardy
To accomplish

kiwi.

Davis harvested

this,

DNA before

the kiwi's

all

the plants

were

harvested from their vines this summer.

the information."

"One of the

"You've got to check your precon-

ceptions

door," he adds. "This

at the

requires professional honesty. You're

searching for historical realities and not
searching for information that backs

up

your preconceptions."
Determining what those

and

in the sciences

critically.

him one

of his best

approach. "He

the

sure he agrees with Holton's
tries to

down

break

people, which

"Great," says provost

don't think

I

Wilson Bradshaw,

the highest academic officer

on campus.

"We're interested in students thinking

Bradshaw knows how being

challenged can ignite a passion for

knowledge. As a student, he
he "couldn't believe

it

my

it

recalls that

when my

me

ology teacher told

that

that

actions today.

my
I

psych-

past

THE TRUTH
For scholars,

my interest

a

new

IS

OUT THERE

there's a thrill of
fact is

discovery

uncovered. "You

couldn't sustain your doctoral studies
that," says

and

if

some

basic research."

facet of that process will

identifying

chromosome markers

be
in the kiwi

the available diminutive fruit, about the

so different varieties of plant can be identified

"I thought it'd be nice
were bigger. The small size limits the
commercial viability of the kiwi in the

accurately

size of a large grape.

AND

—even

as seedlings.

"There are dozens of

Some

named

varieties.

them with distinct names
probably the same plant."
of

are

BETTER SCALLOP...

A

Many

Working with

of us are familiar

with scallops as those

Group,

yummy little

Pugh

sea creatures

that taste really

good with

the

Waterworks

a non-profit organization,

will

spend the next year

identifying scallops that are

melted butter.

,
.

Unfortunately, water

m

,

resistant to pollution

,

,

^le "r

'

and mapping

6enes
The Waterworks Group is
currently raising bay scallops in a

PB

t

'•

-

Massachusetts warehouse.

in bays along the East Coast

When

of the United States that today, most bay

Pugh and

scallops are imported from China.

pollution-resistant scallops, they'll select

Chemistry professor Michael Pugh is
hoping to make it possible for scallops to

hoping

flourish once again in the Atlantic waters.

genes to the native population.

the Russian revolution found a

they could meet for lunch.

Hickey,

his colleagues find the

most

individual shellfish for release into the wild,
they'll

pass their pollution-resistant

whose research has taken him

"I

to

was

wooden

floor.

Her hands were blackened

Russia four times to search for documents

with grime flipping through volumes of

in often crumbling archives.

wills

Hudon, an expert

in Christian

and

mousy

and

Renaissance history, has been through the

they'd

learned

is

with such singular
recalls the

if

come up
moments. Then she

hard-pressed to

courthouse in Cookville,

estates.

been chewed," she says. "But I
how debts were calculated and

people gave more property to their

eldest sons."
"It

was

a

good

says wryly. "This

of the old brick building. She needed a

is

touching something touched by two of the

skeleton key to unlock the cobweb-

covered

attic

room with

the dusty

day.

1

got

enough

material for a page of manuscript," she

Tennessee. She'd spent a day in the tower

leaders of the Russian revolution," says

"The place had a

smell and things looked like

Vatican and Florentine archives and read

But Keith

handwritten note from Trotsky to Lenin
asking

when he saw

handwritten 16th-century documents.

Hudon.

Michael Hickey an expert in Russian
history

One

evolved.

had an

in psychology."

without

the process, do

it

know now

does. But that sparked

whenever

sometimes-harsh weather.

into the scallop population

A former researcher and psychobiology

on

"The goal is to promote this crop as a
viable crop species in Pennsylvania. And in

pollution has cut so deeply

critically."

effect

gooseberry from which

the

should collapse."

professor,

kiwi grower to purchase hardy kiwi

class to battle

between the heroes of history and

common

a larger

plants that can bear Pennsylvania's

northeast," says Davis.

with him over certain topics." But

walls

making

is to

stories to class," says

Truempy, "and allows the

isn't

at

if it

students. "Holton brings excellent

Truempy

a commercial

But he was underwhelmed

Holton, assistant professor of

examples and

grow kiwis

to

the humanities, can

Lucas Truempy has been challenged.

history, considers

to

home. So, he went

realities are,

challenge students to think

Woody

George Davis wanted
his

strategies of

double the number of
chromosomes," explains Davis. "For example,
the fuzzy kiwi has a chromosome count
double that of the smaller Chinese
plant

isn't

often dramatic, this

work. Sometimes, the best day of

being a scholar

is

when

you're finished

with a project.

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The room located to the
In

the center of the room

draperies flank

a

right of

Magee

the entranceway to the

a long oval table surrounded by

is

large picture

window

Center

that overlooks the carefully manicured yard. Beautifully

"natural for classrooms." These

G. Michael Vavrek, Bloomsburg

dean of continuing and

considerations

community

room." His subtle reference reveals his

Magee

the residential features

wishes that

family's

and

integrity of the

be retained. The Frank

entire building

and

built

once the

and

by

1947, was

a Lancaster firm in

home

of the late Harry

his wife, Alice.

The

made when

request,

Dentremont

architect Paul

the

Foundation gave the

L.

activities that

include taking

leadership roles in scouting, United Way,

and Bloomsburg Hospital

projects, notes

with obvious delight that the administra-

Lloyd Wright-inspired structure, designed

by Philadelphia

the decision a

Magee, a longtime supporter of

comfortable space simply as "the living

attention to the

made

logical one.

distance education, refers to the

tion accepted his family's offer after just a

few days of consideration. He
university's choice to

name

feels the

the building

Magee

second

family's

Magee

home

to

Bloomsburg University in 1988,

was

that the building

a public service

be used as

facility.

not easy to persuade members

It's

of one of Bloomsburg's oldest

most generous

and

families to talk about

their bequests to the

community. They

don't believe in "blowing their

own

horn" says Joanne Katerman, daughter
of the venerable couple. But with a bit

of prodding, she

family

what

and

is

the "Magee Center"

three other

members agreed

to talk

arguably their greatest

about

gesture
a

gift to

know

Enterprises, Inc. until his retirement in

be

1993, says that donating the spacious,

real

9,000-square-foot house to the university
in part, for practical reasons.

emphasizes the
in

good

family's desire to

repair

He

keep the

and observes the

generous-sized rooms seemed to be

is

was a generous

satisfied his family

made

decision.

"You see

James A. (Jim) Magee, son of Harry and
Alice and president of Magee Industrial

home

and

sound

the region.

was done,

spacious and welcoming.

plush office seating. Elegant flowered

pictures dot the soft beige walls.

University's

is

it's

lots of cars

parked

there.

being put to good use. This

You
is

one of those things that you think might

good idea and

a

it

turns out to be a

winner," he says.

Vavrek says, "What we've tried to do
maintain the original house as
possible but

A

still

have

it

much

as

be functional."

close look at the center yields

evidence that not only has the dual goal

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framed

H

FALL 1999

What was once the Magee
family indoor

swimming pool,

elaborately decorated with

imported

tile, will

soon be

transformed into a multipurpose, telecommunication-

equipped auditorium, thanks
to the generosity of the

Magee

Foundation. Displaying the
architect's

drawing of the

renovation are John Abell,

Michael Vavrek, Mike Katerman

and Drue Magee.

Jim

Mag ee

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been

realized,

but that a

lot

more

happening there than the serene decor

The room where the Magees used
kick back and enjoy each others

technical support necessary to transmit

and data from Bloomsburg

suggests.

voice, video,

to

just about any location

company now houses

the latest in video-

sessions are able to

on

the planet,

force

work

world. Video cameras, television monitors,

document cameras, microphones, and

the driving

each has been

flower wreaths decorate walls

and the

bathrooms and

recreation room remains intact. A quilt
made by one of the centers instructors
graces its entrance. And framed

room, freezer room, recreation

bedrooms have been reborn

as a

photographs of the rooms as they looked

conference room, art studio, reception
storeroom, 10-station computer

area,

was

rooms were earmarked

the

original tiling in the

room, breakfast nook, and various

communicate with the

practicality

decorated to be people-friendly. Dried-

The dining room, laundry room,
sitting

when

for various activities,

to

and

vice versa.

conferencing equipment. Community,

government, and business groups that
gather there for meetings and

Though

studio-quality lighting comprise the

is

in another era,

when

the

Magees

lived in

li

The fact that every room *|
Ci

in

the house

is

!

them, are hung -near the doorways. These
artful

being used

touches lend a "that was then, this

now" kind

Like Jim Magee, his
is

validation of

many happy

recalls

an idea

Though married
the time the

that looked promising

when

plans

were

lab,

A

classrooms, and offices.

headquarter

the university's extended

Myles Katerman by

home was

Memorial Day

built,

parties,

she vividly

which

hands-on cooking

New Year's

classes. Visiting

groups and caterers also use

it

to

prepare and serve refreshments. The

family picnics, echoes each

Magee

summer

Eve celebrations that her

parents hosted there.

Mrs. Katerman, a trustee of the family
foundation, says she sometimes feels sad

when

she passes by the center, thinking

with the carefree squeals of the children

about her mother's

who

beloved home. But she

participate in Adventures in Science

day camps. And the spectacular

room

that

tiled

once housed an indoor pool

being renovated to serve as a multi-

purpose, telecommunications-equipped

there.

Joanne,

coincided with Jim's birthday, and the

is

programs

recalls

to

sister,

times in the home.

appointed kitchen accommodates

courtyard, once the scene of

made to

well-

auditorium



the largest technologically-

sophisticated facility of this type in
central Pennsylvania.

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is

of ambiance.

last

years in her
is

pleased that the

university maintains the property so

meticulously.

One

who was

of the people

home

to the

university, she is gratified that so

many

instrumental in gifting the

area residents benefit from the center.

"People are appreciative.

them

a place to

I

think

it

gives

have outreach meetings.

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I've had friends take courses there. It's
worked out fine," she says.
Drue Magee, daughter of Jim and
Audrey Magee, and also a trustee of the
Magee Foundation, fondly remembers her
grandmother's greenhouse and garden. She

home with beautiful flowers
there. And she is happy about

going

recalls

after visits

topics such as workers' compensation,

OSHA-prescribed

Magee

reincarnated as the

"We

subjects,

from

getting

more

lifestyle

have been possible without the generosity

courses to

Anthony M.

workforce development, in order to

of the Magees.

serve the broadest possible audience,"

president of university advancement,

says Vavrek.

says that

of the courses are non-credit,

public need.

wwm

is

This diversity of programs would not

broad array of

but the eclectic program mix

\MM

our business

advanced, more technical, and more
sophisticated," he says.

try to offer a

Many

Center.

as

and

sales techniques.

the educational opportunities that have

blossomed since the home was

safety training,

From

the

their

its

to the

community. And, although the family

of

1998 through the spring of 1999,

foundation also supports

approximately 2,000 people took

university's athletic

mini-courses and an additional 1,900

and

others used the center for meetings,

undoubtedly the shining

and video-conferencing.

receptions,

home

Magee family demonstrated
continuing commitment to the

university, the

a

fills

summer

by donating

Ianiero, vice

capital

and

many

of the

cultural events

campaigns, the center

fabric of that

is

star in the

enduring loyalty

Pffip

I The

Magee

living

room as

being used so much.

"It's

was then

it

I

was on

the

Bloomsburg University Foundation
Board
It's

at

the time the house

was

in the

gifted.

know

a very nice feeling for us to

it's

hands of people who care about

it

so much," she says.

The
is

fact that

being used

is

every

room

in the

looked promising

when

plans were

to headquarter the university's

programs
"It

community

new

made

extended

It

In particular, the centers offerings
benefit a

very close

Magee

like a

service

good fit to run our
program out of this

encouraged us

to generate

programs," says John Abell, associate

ties to

Rieter

the

education.

The son of Joanne and Myles,
Katerman explains why the center

the notion of

new

grounds are "the

Magee Center in July 1989.
"I remember it well. I felt that
world of opportunity

is

such an important educational resource

Ianiero.

valuable regional resource. Today, courses

for

"We

among

are offered in everything
to

money management

from

floral

to yoga.

design

And

business groups can attend workshops on

Rieter.

see an ongoing

need with the advancements
technology

to further

workforce.

We

He

dignitaries, at the dedication of the

is

programs, the center has become a

Magee

largest in-kind gift

was present, along with Magee family
members, then Bloomsburg University
President Harry Ausprich and other

Magee Center
The company pays half the

tuition costs, as long as the subject

development

the university has ever received."

the opportunity to attend

job-related.

on

its

of the

company, says employees there are given

classes.

established the

program in 1984, says the home and

Automotive Systems. Mike

CEO

who

university's existing

Magee family

dean of continuing and distance
Zeroing-in

Ianiero,

Bloomsburg company with

Katerman, president and

there.

seemed

location.

house

validation of an idea that

in

who
is

a

have a stake in the Magee

that

it

continues a Magee

and Bloomsburg University

need additional education

was

Without exception, the sentiment
those

Centers future

educate our

it

for this university," says

tradition

providing valuable services to the region.

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By Jim Doyle

He knows renowned coaches Bobby Knight and
Chuck Daly personally. He reveres legends like John
Wooden and Dean Smith. But, ultimately, he credits

college

roommate

man

the best

an

assistant

era.

at East

at his

coach

And he was

Stroudsburg and

wedding.

He

has been

for the entire Chronister

the person responsible for

Chronister getting the head coaching job

philosophy professor for his teams' successes.

a

in the

first

place.

roommates graduated

After the

Charlie Chronister, Bloomsburg

coach and

University's men's basketball

one of the

nation's winningest, explains,

"When 1 was an undergraduate
Stroudsburg State College,
to



have a good professor

was
all

I

a very

dynamic

fortunate

He

Dr. Powers.

teacher.

the different philosophies

We

studied

and philoso-

phers, but pragmatism grabbed



the less reliance

on

I

talk

the better the package,
luck.

Bloomsburg

a

is

very good package."

An

at East

was

about

that

age

is

integral part of Bloomsburg's pack-

Athletic Director

Mary Gardner.

Gardner respects Chronister's coaching

for

reasons beyond his winning percentage.
"Charlie has always

done an excellent job

my

attention at the time. Idealistically, you'd
like to

do

certain things, but that doesn't

always work, so you have to find a
to get

way

Since that time, Chronister and Reese

coaching has served him well for the past
years.

During

have made

that time, his basketball

Bloomsburg have won 505
games. The milestone 500th win came at
home last season on Feb. 13, a 73-67 win
over his alma mater, East Stroudsburg. His
teams

at

teams have reached the
seven times,

won

seven

expects certain

consistent. Charlie's also a real innovative

East

titles,

feels he's just

one

at the right place at the

good

players, capable

assistant coaches, the supportive

people

those things aren't

always in your control. So

it's

the package

He has

thinker on offense and defense.

way

of staying very current

'01

is

Bloomsburg's top returning

scorer for the 99-00 season.

ensuring that

we have

We

they don't

come

to
If

when

on or

know

they

what's going on, they're

Chronister appreciates the fact that

Reese helped bring

never have to worry

about them stepping out of line

When

not going to play."

student athletes

are representing the university

practice, they

they

off

and

that

him

Bloomsburg,

to

he has remained a

vital part of the

Huskies' success story. "Burt and

the court."

throwbacks. We're unusual, but

Continue looking inside the package
and you find Burt Reese. Reese, the assistant athletic director, was Chronister's

we're smart enough to

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a

and getting

have to pay attention.

the kids involved.

Shawn Munford

of their role.

Bloomsburg University
tremendous amount of luck in
like

—and

He

PSAC

has a vehicle

around you

head coach. "He takes a hard

with the kids.

things,

involved in his program that are respectful

right time, recruiting

cess as a
line

part of a successful package. "Not everyone

—being

cites a

of reasons for Chronister's suc-

NCAA tournament

achievements, Chronister

coaching

Reese

a terrific team.

number

and they respond to the things he
expects. Over the years, he's been very

and a PSAC championship. The Huskies,
under Chronister, have been a model of
consistency, with 27 winning seasons in 28
years and an average of 18 wins a season.
While justifiably proud of his teams'

There's a

Twenty-nine -year-old Chronister

soon became the new head coach.

Chronister's pragmatic approach to

28

and coaching jobs. Later, Chronister
became assistant basketball coach at
Gettysburg College, while Reese was the
tennis coach and assistant basketball coach
at Bloomsburg State College. When the
Huskies' head basketball coach, Earl Voss,
quit before the 1971-72 season, Reese was
offered the job. As it turns out, he didn't
want it because of his commitments with
the tennis program. So, he called his former roommate and suggested that he
apply.

done."

it

in

1963, both accepted high school teaching

when we

see

it.

We

know

like

it

a

I
I

are

guess

good thing

here.

We

have

our differences, but they're always com-

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The Huskies, under Charlie Chronister,
have been a model of consistency,
with 27 vinniiu seasons in 28 years

fortable differences. We're best friends,

when you

that helps

get in

some

and

profes-

sional situations."

When

Chronister took over as head

coach, he inhented a

staff that

not only

included Reese but also Michael "Doc"
Herbert, a retired biology professor

was

who

program for 28 years until
he gave it up in 1995. "Doc contnbuted
tremendously to this program and to me
personally. It was a loss when he decided
part of the

to retire."

Considering Chronister's
long tenure,

he's

had few
Ray

full-time assistants.

was an assistant
to 1988 before
becoming head coach
Ricketts

from 1986

Photo courtesy of
The Press Enterprise

at Albright. Bill

Whitney,

who

is

now

the

and head basketball coach
at Paramus High School in New Jersey, followed Ricketts.
Whitney
athletic director

appreciates his

experience

coaching under Chronister. "He gave you
a lot of freedom.
ideas.

He

let

He

listened to your

you grow

as a coach. Charlie's

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been coached by former Huskies

DaRe

of Central

of Bloomsburg

—Tony

Columbia and Lee

consistency has to be a part of

Gump

High School.

is

DaRe has a unique perspective because
he had already completed his freshman
year at Bloomsburg State College

when

a

young, confident coach took over the

mens

DaRe play

seasons, he later

served as
Kevin
Reynolds
'91

a

volunteer

I

pan

he's

of the reason he's

Gump came

think he

always had. I'm sure

to

still

Coaching

now

coaching."

Bloomsburg

University in 1992 after leading
Pittsburgh's Carlynton

High

to a state

championship. He's seventh on the

Gump, who was

list.

a student assistant for

Chronister after four years of playing for
the Huskies, credits the program for

nearby Central

ing

him

a successful

mak-

high school coach.

successful in his

"Everything

own

come from the collegiate level. Sometimes
when I'm in practice, and I'm teaching

right,

DaRe

compares the 1971
Huskies coach with
the

1999

version.

don't see a

whole

of difference.

you look

the kids,

find myself repeating

I

word

word

thing

lot

Chronister told me."

When

programs,

for

that

some-

Coach

Chronister proteges have also
their

mark

made

in the collegiate coaching

Luptowski 73 is the head
American International College

ranks. Artie

coach

Rlnnntchiivi

learned in basketball has

I

"I

at success-

ful athletic

looks like the success

be true to a

part,

Huskies' all-time career scoring

Columbia and

It

may

most

seasons in the mid-

at

think

think that

assistant for three

80s.

rif

I

has the edge

Lee

for Chronister for three successful

with age.

degree, but for the
still

I

it.

The enthusiasm
People might say he's mellowed a
that intensity.

is still

there.

bit

that's

Not only did

basketball program.

there

at

in Springfield,

an assistant

at

MA. Kevin Reynolds '91
Drake University, and

is

University men's basketball will continue
Into the next millennium.
Terry Conrad '83

an

is

not afraid to accept

new ideas." The

assistant coach. Rich Mills,

is

current

University. All

beginning his

three were point

tenth year at Bloomsburg. Mills under-

how

stands

guards, a position

Chronister has maintained a

for

"He

consistently successful program.

always gets the kids geared into

is.

particularly high

How

standards.

wearing that uniform, averaging 18
wins a year, going to tournaments, being
it

feels

successful.

when it's

He

important.

I've

learned so

What he does

and defensively just works.
able

how

he does

The number
ers

who

as his

much

Conrad knows

offensively

because he
wanted someone on the floor
to understand exactly what
he's trying to do and understand what the whole picture
is
-just like he's doing from
why.

unbeliev-

it."

of Chronister's former play-

high school or collegiate

count twenty,

number

In the

Class

tough on his
point guards, and

are involved in coaching basketball

at either the
at last

It's

of wins.

Bloomsburg

area, the District

AA high school basketball

4

champi-

onship teams of the past two seasons have

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"Basically,



level,

almost as remarkable

is

He

has always been

gets the kids to play well

from his system.

which

Chronister holds

how

important Bloomsburg basketball

assistant at

Bucknell

Captain Terry

the sideline."

Conrad '83 and
Coach Chronister

Recruiting
of

is

the lifeblood

any successful basketball

program, and

it's

obvious that

.

Chronister and his

on

reflects

season's

staff

have done a great

terrific players.

job of recruiting

PSAC

19

MILESTONES

Chronister

few of them, including

a

L L

last

Eastern Division Player of

end of a
you gave him the ball, something good usually happened. We've had
great individuals like Mike Ellzy '97, the
all-time leading scorer. Jerry Radocha '77
was maybe the best all-around basketball
player we've ever had. Artie Luptowski
and Jon Bardsley '82 were maybe the most
charismatic. You don't accomplish the
the Year, Jeff Benson. "At the

possession,

if

State
East Berlin,

High School:

PA

Bermudian Springs
East Stroudsburg '63

Coaching Experie

things our teams have over the years with-

Head Coach:

out having people that can really play."

Hanover High School, PA

Supportive families backed up most of

1964-67

Overall Record: 59-8

those great players, a situation Chronister

can

relate to.

His mother and

Mildred and Merv,
trip

from

Berlin to

childhood

Charlie's

Bloomsburg

home game, and

make

still

for

they

Assistant Coach:

father,

the two-hour

home

almost every

make

it

some

to

road games as well. Chronister also recog-

made by his wife, Carol,
two daughters, Lee and Caryn.
"You can't survive sanely doing what
you're doing without the support of people who are closest to you. I've been
nizes sacrifices

and

A

Head Coach:
Bloomsburg University

1971 -Present

Overall Record: 505-257 (.661)

PSAC

East Record: 237-117 (.669)

Kozloff.

Home

court

more spacious Nelson
upper campus. And
as well.

Field

styles

House on

have changed

wasn't crazy about hair styles

"I

when John Willis and Jerry Radocha had
hair down to their shoulders. Now,
where's the hair?

Guys

are shaving their

been cosmetic

changes over the years, Chronister doesn't

much change in the athletes' desire to
win. He uses last season's co-captain Tom
Hauer as an example. "Can anyone tell me
that Tom Hauer didn't want to win any
more than Paul Kuhn did? Those were
two of our best competitors. Kuhn was
here when first got here and was one of
see

I

the fiercest competitors

was out of

we

had. Hauer

same mold."
When it comes to the subject of retirement, there is good news for the
followers of Bloomsburg University basketball

the

—Chronister

considering

when

58, adds,

I

"I

relatively

it.

"I

was

is

was

not even

fortunate.

I

29." Chronister,

don't feel that old.

good.

I've

have

a

good

assistant

and

a

good

coach.
offer,

I

feel like I've

and

it's still

got something to

this season.

Although Hauer and Jeff Benson, two key
starters, graduated and had to be
replaced, everyone else returned. Add
three talented players

coming

got the

who

is

My health

always said as long

127-67

vs.

Baptist Bible

STtfl 2-5-77

63-62

vs.

Cheyney

EIH 1-18-83

77-67

vs.

Md.-Balt. Co.

11-19-88 80-76

vs.

Walsh

76-62

vs.

Cheyney

73-67

vs.

E.

EfEl

fun."

That fun should continue

off redshirt

dim 1-13-94
EMU 2-13-99

Stroudsburg

NCAA Tournament Appearances
Yea

years and another solid recruiting class,

Record



1973-74

22-6

1980-81

23-7

1981-82

24-7

1982-83

23-10

Bloomsburg University men's basketball

1988-89

27-5

continue into the next millennium.

1994-95

18-9

1995-96

21-7

and the Huskies should once again

heads," says Chronister.
But, while there have

I

point guard, I'm going to continue to

moved when cozy
Gymnasium gave way to the

Centennial

Career Wi
as

have changed in 28

lot of things

seasons.

is

Following the 98-99 season, Charlie Chronister
received a Pennsylvania House of Representatives
resolution, honoring him for his 500 victories.
With him are State Rep. John Gordner, who
presented the citation, and President Jessica

his

fortunate that way."

job

1967-71

Gettysburg College

in East

lenge for the

won

the last

East

title

they have

two seasons.

looks like the success of

It

will

PSAC

chal-

Chronister will

tell

you the reasons

for

that success include a university with a
solid

academic reputation,

campus

a beautiful

both students and

that impresses

E
si

[
i

]

1

parents alike, a supportive administration

and community, and many other

factors

that he fondly calls the

"whole package."

But, his colleagues will

add

a big part of

head coach
that is old-school when it comes to discipline and modern when it comes to
strategy. It is a coach who continues to
that

package of success

is

on

hi

r-

Division

1980-81

23-7

(9-3)

1983-84

19-11

(11-3)

1988-89

27-5

(10-2)

1990-91

19-9

(9-3)

1995-96

21-7

(9-3)

a

use the pragmatic philosophy he learned
in a classroom, not

1

1

997-98

1998-99

9-9

(11-1)

21-8

(11-1)

1

a basketball court.

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when

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leaders to create a catchy
its

title



biggest challenges ever

vate dollars

New

—they had

Challenges,

New

little

first

one of

raising effort. "To continue as

of high quality" explains

an institution

Anthony

Ianiero,

advancement,

raising pri-

vice president for university

trouble.

"Bloomsburg University must seek 'margin

Opportunities: The

Campaign for Bloomsburg
Bloomsburgs

for

University

is

comprehensive fund-

of excellence' dollars to supplement tuition, fees,

To continue

Americas leading public

to

be one of

universities,



projects that

we

need the support of our donors, includ-

Private funds allow

to

with additional resources. Individual
contributions give the university
opportunities to create

In recent years, the state appropri-

operating budget has steadily

responsible for contributing a

new

programs,

and most important,

and the brightest students
The generosity of others will
university shape its future and

faculty.

help the
is

projects,

attract the best

and

ation portion of Bloomsburg's total

realize its strategic goals.

"A campaign

like this, in this stage of

percentage of the cost for each capital

the university's development,

and deferred maintenance project

eye-opener for administration,

it

and

staff

resources and what can be achieved

enhance

now

Bloomsburg

accomplished with current

and foundations."

Bloomsburg

fully

Pennsylvania.

ing alumni, individuals, corporations,

declined. In addition,

were once

funded by the Commonwealth of

bridge the gap between what can be

and the appropriation from the

state legislature.

undertakes

is

a real

faculty,

1

staff,

and students,

The answers

as well as alumni,"

says Ianiero.

"Many

fund raising

at

to these

and many other

questions helped identify key projects

are not familiar with

ago, President Jessica Kozloff enlisted the

of interest, which would become
components of the comprehensive
campaign. Once it was determined that
a campaign was feasible, the university
prioritized projects and entered what
development operations call the

help of deans, department chairs, and

"quiet phase."

new

public institutions.

It's

a

venture."

To shape a campaign that would

embrace

all

objectives

faculty

areas of the university,

needed

to

be

its

academic

a variety of preliminary
identified,

qualitative

A

Over two years

Each group suggested

projects for

were

set.

feasibility

to

A

priority

From

phase. Typically, fund-raisers

before

university.

study followed.

With

Its

making

a public

Would

at least half the

that the

funds pledged during

show

Was there interest in a visiting
scholars endowment for the College of
Business? Was a Student Services Center

in

would

excite givers?

"We

believe

what you're doing." As the quiet phase

of Bloomsburg's
a

others

chosen campaign projects are

important. Their support says,

project that

this

want 50

donors support funding a Wellness
Center?

more than 250 guests

entertainment by award-winning

composer and

Many

pianist

of the guests

financial

like the

is

announcement.

the quiet phase, donors help

determine constituent

interest before soliciting support.

campaign's potential success

percent of the campaign goal pledged

to the

of the campaign,

enjoyed a strolling dinner and

Marvin Hamlisch.

had already pledged

support and partially or

funded some of the campaign

gauged by the monies raised during

these,

campaign goals

each crucial

growth of the

purpose was

area.

At an elegant kick-off event in
October, announcing the public phase

campaign drew

to a close,

a

fully

priorities,

conversion of the old library into

Student Services Center. Others had

contributed toward scholarships. The

Community Government
(CGA) funded

University Store and

Recreation

The

Association

the renovation of the

Upper-Campus

Facilities.

university development

along with the deans and

staff,

members

of the

campaign steering committee, continues
to solicit

support from alumni of specific

$6,600,000, or 60 percent, of the $1

colleges for particular

million goal had been raised.

For example, the College of Business

campaign

projects.

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boasts three endeavors: funds for faculty
excellence, visiting scholars,

and student

Other alumni are interested in giving
directly to students

through scholarships.

The Honors Scholarship Endowment

scholarships.

Some alumni

prefer to pledge their

support for capital projects. They want

can

to give to enterprises they

see, touch,

Alumni many times are
projects where they understand

helps the university attract the best and
the brightest students through

40 annual

awards of $1,250 each. In addition, the

Endowment

students are very active. They're outgoing, and they're involved.
into

campus when they

they're likely to stay.

I

think

drawn

bring students with outstanding academic

here,

campus through
year. The University-Wide Scholarship Endowment

the time they graduate."

the need firsthand. Those

who

attended

school here in the past 30 years are
familiar with

campaign
a

new

A

Treasury oj Ideas, the

to raise

library.

funds to help build

That campaign was

successful because so

many alumni had

experienced the need for expanded
library facilities. Similarly,

many alumni

and leadership

abilities to

25 awards of $1,000 each
gives

alumni an opportunity

a scholarship in their

someone they wish

"When

to establish

own name

or

the university sends a

message that these are the kinds of
Bloomsburg,

agree that a Student Services Center,

students that

centralizing offices such as admissions,

other prospective students with strong

financial aid, registrar,
services,

accommodative

academic support services, and

developmental instruction,

is

essential to

abilities give

to

our school

a serious look,

too," says Ianiero.

says, "If there

student satisfaction.

makes Bloomsburg unique,

is

An

and they forge

when

a strong

they're

bond by

additional aspect of the compre-

hensive campaign

This funds a

is

the

number

Annual Fund.

of ongoing programs

such as student research and faculty

one particular
it's

trait that

that our

for

unrestricted gifts continues, regardless of
the university's involvement in other

campaigns.

New Challenges, New Opportunities is
already

making

a difference at

Bloomsburg,

putting the university out there in that

Chris Keller, director of admissions,

providing greater service and increasing

school, they get involved

development. Annual Fund solicitation

to honor.

come

why
when

they leave. They were involved in high

Presidential Leadership

to

that's

people are so loyal to Bloomsburg

or walk through.

helps

They plug
and

get here,

margin of excellence.

"

FALL 1999

Campaign Steering
Committee

To secure a successful future

...

Kozloff

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urg University

dent for University Advancement

IH Ianiero '97 (H)

"I've

witnessed

firsthand the

nsburg University

commitment

to

excellence that
BlooTiisburg

npaign Chair
irbara B.

possesses.

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Hudock 75

First Vice President

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Bloomsburg

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position of

Rodney

B. Keller

in

Hudock.

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1975 With i degree

graduated

from

Barbara's service on the foundations (xrard has confirmed what she realized

as a student

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began narking for Merrill Lynch and rose 15 her current

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where she manages iwi'

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educated aboui possible h'mtneial choices and, therefore, can make more

Barbara

informed decisions."

Alex M. Kozlowski '65

Ihroughoui her successes

in life,

helped her gel to where she

IBM

university

is

Barbara basal forgotten the university
today She

i.s

a

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one of 450.000 graduates of the

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of

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thai

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major contributor lo the

and has served as a member of the

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tbeir

intellectual growth while at tbeir university. Contact

any Slate System university today to begin

University Foundation since 1991

out your success

living

story.

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Robert "Doc"

Easi Stroudsburg

'95 (H)

chair,

Barbara

Hudock, was featured

in a

Faculty Emeritus

series ot ads tor the State
Bloomsburg University

System of Pennsylvania.

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Y2K

Fixing these programs was

"The people creating

made

programs in the 60s and

Are we ready?

70s simply never thought
It's

as simple as

two

little

spaces. That

sums up all this fuss over what we have
come to know as the Y2K problem.
In the early years of technology devel-

opment, cost was a major

factor

computer disk storage was

at a

they would

and

premium.

dropped

that price

had

to $400. Today, that space costs

COBOL programs

of

computer

be rewritten by

this time."

specific jobs.

was developed,

After three years of

preparation, Bieber says the university
will

be ready

when

that the

oped on campus over the
past 20 years to perform

services. "It

the ball drops in

Times Square, signaling the

start of

year

for the administrative systems

and Mark

mold

"compiled software" that

is

used by a

computer. In order to change

how

software operates, programmers need
that source

to four digits.

sometimes been
the university

—which works

for a metal part, creating the

Raynes redefined the database from two

Sounds easy enough. But

As the software
staff carefully

archived the source code
like a

made

the "19" in front of the year in dates.

right

university uses were devel-

about a buck. Therefore, a decision was

two spaces carrying

fact that

Bloomsburgs director

2000. Jim Gessner spearheaded the project

to eliminate the

by the

had done things

in the past. All of the various

was expected they would

disk storage (or one million characters) cost
later,

last this long,"

easier

says Glenn Bieber,

For example, in 1963, one megabyte of

$2,000. Eight years

folks

code

—something
lost at

that's

other institutions,

says Gessner.

has more than 1,800 individual computer

programs written in 1.8 million

computer language COBOL.

lines of the

A single

system, such as student scheduling, could
entail

together.

Jim Gessner, right, and Glenn Bieber test software
on the mainframe to ensure Y2K compliance.

notice the

rare.

human

LouAnn

assistant,

resources

if

it

was

the people

When

you

you have one

Tarlecky works with

people every day. But

things.

eat,

She's also collected

life.

Tarlecky went to Russia and Belarus for
last

January as a

You

don't see

down

end-to-end will stretch

—enough

113.6 miles

Bloomsburg

to get

you from

to Lancaster.

litter

member

of

mission sponsored

you use

half a napkin,

dozen churches and commun-

transformed her

Carelift, a

be

Since the mission, Tarlecky has talked
to nearly a
ity

Operation

will

at all."

she met halfway around the globe that

two weeks

code

in Russia, because paper products are so

Journey benefits Russian youth
In her job as a

little

line of

four inches long. Those 1.8 million lines
of code laid

Globe Trotter

of

Set in type that runs 10 characters to

an inch, the average

dozens of individual programs

working

How long are 1.8 million lines
COBOL computer code?

organizations about what she saw.

hundreds of

articles

of children's clothing to send to the

orphanages she

visited.

come back and do

"You just

can't

nothing."

by Josh McDowell

Ministries. She and
500 fellow volunteers distnbuted food,

medicine, clothing, and Christian

What

literature.

she found was

heartrending.
"In

one

district [the equivalent of a

An Annual

county] there were 22 orphanages with an
,

average of
Tarlecky.

200 children

in each," says

"The children's clothes were worn

through and there wasn't always heat.
certainly

we

made me aware

It

of the things that

have in abundance," she

says.

"You

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Treat

Each year, more than 1,200 trick-or-treaters and
their families visit residence halls looking for treats

and delighting students. Approximately 80 costumed guides led small groups of candy seekers
through decorated hallways, while 20 Alpha Sigma
Phi fraternity members helped out as crossing
guards throughout campus. More than 450 rooms
participated in this popular annual event.

FALL

VP Honored

While serving as
Ianiero

Ianiero selected for hall

Anthony

and

Ianiero, vice president for

university advancement,

inducted into The College of

New Jersey

(TCNJ, formerly Trenton State College)

Alumni

Athletic Hall of

Ianiero,

who

assistant director of

from 1976

named

was recently

1977

head coach

to 1978. In

alumni

"I

New

1978, he was

Alumni

to

for

football

Wg',

coach

at

Trenton before

being promoted to
assistant

head

career.

That

is

that is

most

gratifying

for

me

increased capability of being

programmed for up to 10 years.
The recorded bells chime every

personally"

coach and defensive

Bloomsburg

of development in

his seven years as

and was named

both the

team and his defense

sound and a wider variety
The system also has the

of songs.

the part

coordinator in 1977. In

quarter hour, just like the
bells of England's

Westminster Abbey,

as director

1984

and each hour
counted with

vice

is

tolls.

president for university

At 4:30 p.m., one of

advancement in 1995.

two versions of the alma

were nationally ranked,

mater

winning two conference

6:30 p.m., you'll hear

titles

and compiling

The new

provide listeners with higher

quality

Ianiero joined

football

assistant coach,

CDs

persons professional

and baseball

uses digital

of 8-track tape cartridges.

award honors not only what

was achieved on the playing field, but also
what was achieved in a

served as assistant

now

recordings on compact discs, instead

Athletic Hall of Fame," says

a four-year letter winner in both football

he

proved electronic system that chimes

TCNJ's

Ianiero. "This

baseball. Later,

tunes are ringing from the

from the tower
be selected

degree in 1974 and a master's in 1975, was

and

tunes

Carver tower these days. The im-

and from

he was assistant director of

am honored

new

Ringing

affairs

director of alumni affairs,

to 1983,

9 9

Carver Bells

director

college development.

Fame.

earned his undergraduate

assistant

was sports information

19

is

played. At

a couple of extra

a

Tony Ianiero was assistarv
head football coach and

record of 47-19-2.

songs.

Who

selects

which pieces

defensive coordinator at
Trenton State College (now
The College of New Jersey)
from 1977 through 1983.

will,

be

heard? Randall

Presswood, director
of performing
arts facilities.

New

Gear

Chris Hallen stands next

to the Nuclear Magnetic

What's that molecule?

The Y2K

crisis

was

a

boon

Resonance spectrometer,
which was donated
to the university by
Merck & Company, Inc.

to

Bloomsburg in one important way.
Because of

it,

instrument will

and research

in their classes

rainforest plant

cancer.

scientists

if

The

they've

compound

in

the lab.

"This instrument

means

that

we can

Hallen, associate professor of chemistry.

world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

"In the past,

& Company, Inc. in Danville has

we had

Delaware and

to ship

samples to

New York."

The instrument works by bombarding

donated a used Nuclear Magnetic

Resonance (NMR) spectrometer, worth

a

almost $100,000 new, to the university.

those you hear over your stereo), and

Merck contributed

it

longer print the proper year on
a federal requirement that the

must meet. But

will

no

equipment

work

and
it

compound
or help

just fine.

What does

powerful magnet cooled by liquid helium

test results,

company
will

a

NMR do?

diagnostic tool that can
physicists exactly

how

It's

tell

a powerful

chemists and

the atoms in a

to

To do the job, the instrument requires a

for practical application in

the classroom, the

sample with radio frequencies (similar

measuring which frequencies are absorbed.

the instrument to the

university because, after 1999,

get

publication quality results," says Chris

one of the

as

tell

duplicated that natural

chemistry and physics

students can use the same equipment

Merck

may discover a
compound that prevents
scientists

are connected to

them determine

the identity of a

molecule. This information
for

determining

if

a

one another

is

important

compound has been

prepared accurately. For example,

liquid nitrogen. After being installed,

week

takes about a

cool

enough

magnet

is

to

for the

ready,



it

on your

it

to

you'd better take the

wallet out of your pocket

with

magnet

do the job. Once the

will erase the

when working

magnetic strips

credit cards.

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^1

same day In

Five Stars
Alums inducted

had a

addition, she

record of 71-13 and a career

into hall

career

ERA

of 0.47.

She struck out 485 batters and threw eight

As

a group, they

combined

for six All-

no-hitters, including

An Associated

American awards, 13 All-PSAC honors and

numerous school and conference records.
The group is the 1999 class of the Athletic
Hall of Fame. Those honored this year are

Teachers'
Technology

softball star

Exploring frontiers of education

Keeping up with developments in
chasing after a speeding train on

Bloomsburg has
Technology and

for

Teacher Education. Located on the

McCormick Center

floor of

Services, the center has

A

foot.

To help teachers remain up-to-date with
formed The Center

'87, football

DeDea '88, basketball star
Glenn Noack '86, and wrestling greats and
brothers Anthony "Rocky" '87 and Richard
"Ricky"

the world of computers can be like

the latest technology,

Susan Kocher

standout Jay

is

two-time All-American and a threesoftball,

Kocher

the only pitcher in school history to

throw

first

new and

a no-hitter

and a

career pass attempts, career completions,
total plays-career,

He

perfect

game

in the

Noack
scoring
points.

is

list

third

for

is

changing

at

such a

school

make technology decisions,"
Raymond Pastore, the center's

districts to

says

director.

"The center gives teachers an

opportunity to explore the

latest

technology learning solutions for

He was

first

team

The Technology Center is one
component of the project "Integrating

all-time

ECAC

the

Co-Rookie of

PSAC

two-time Player of the

All-Star,

Year at Bloomsburg University, two-time

and

NABC

East Region

first

All-Star as a senior.

Rocky Bonomo was
American

a two-time All-

finishing fourth

and eighth

at

NCAA championships.
He was also a three-time EWL and PSAC
126 pounds

at the

champion. Rocky
all-time

win

list

is

fourth

on

the Huskies'

with a record of 110-19, a

.853 winning percentage.

Ricky

the classroom."

on the Huskies'

men's basketball with 1,504

the Year as a freshman, two-time

team

difficult for

NCAA

record of 27-10-1 during his career.

ECAC All-Star,

it's

total offense-career.

and the PSAC

national semifinals,

resources for teachers.

"Technology

and

helped the Huskies to the 1985

emerging hardware and software

rapid rate,

Mention

DeDea was also a finalist for
the Harlon Hill Award in 1987, finishing
fifth. He is the school record holder for

All-American,

championship, as well as accumulating a

'92.

time All-PSAC selection in

Human

for

Bonomo

two perfect games.

Press Honorable

Bonomo

is

the Huskies'

most

decorated wrestler in school history. Three

Technology into Teacher Preparation,"

times he was an NCAA, EWL and PSAC
champion at 118 pounds. He put together

which has been funded by

a career record of 116-12-3, third best in

a

$408,500

grant from Pennsylvania's Link-to-Leam

school history. Ricky also

program. Other components of the

and

project include developing an

advanced

technology curriculum for students

prepanng

to

be teachers, creating

technology workshops for working
teachers

and university

faculty,

and

forming partnerships with technology

companies and school

districts.

Created

in partnership with sixteen school
districts,

the project will involve 76

student teachers, 50 university faculty,

80 practicing

teachers,

and 2,000

students in grades kindergarten

through

12.

Ray Pastore demonstrates some of
the latest technology designed
specifically for teaching.

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won

three

PSAC

EWL Wrestler of the Year Awards.

FALL 199'

Stepping into Leadership

Creative Leftovers

Under the
guidance of

Flex feeds the hungry

Roy Smith,
director

Small change. Leftovers. But

of Quest,
Presidential

of students contributed the

Leadership

their

and Board
of Governors

maybe

unused

campus meal accounts

at the

lifesavers.

over from
end of the spring semester.

By doing so, they were able to purchase $2,700
the Bloomsburg and Catawissa food banks. Not

scholarship
recipients

were pocket change

participate

a leadership
retreat. Here,
in

Hundreds

flex dollars left

either.

A

in food for

donations

all

few were close

to

$90, and there were several $20
contributions. This

they learn group
dynamics as they
try to get each

was

second year that the

which



v

member of
a team across

1

^xlk*?

'"

a bridge without falling.

^^SS^L^^k

is

the

drive,

organized by the

student government
association,

was

held.

Net Gaines
Huskies go global

The Huskies have gone

No

That's right.

need

fans

to

be in Bloomsburg to

to the football or

mens

away on the

listen

basketball

now

games. The games are
click

global!

longer will Huskies

a

mouse

Internet through

Broadcast.com.

Anyone who wants

to listen to the

games should go

to the

University sports

web page

Bloomsburg
at

www.

bloomu.edu/sports. Click on the
Broadcast.com logo and follow the
instructions. Real Audio, the

program

needed

free

to

hear the games,

takes just 15 minutes to
a standard

you

are in the world.
is

installed,

you

games no matter where

listen to the

"This

and

download with

modem. Once

can

our fans to

is

President elected to higher ed post

Bloomsburg University President

all

games," says Sports

Information Director

Tom

McGuire.

"There are just a handful of Division

Jessica Kozloff has

been elected

II

Commission on Higher Education,
major accrediting organization

games on the web, so we

and

are

one of the

"Another nice feature of our
association with Broadcast.com

McGuire. "Fans

even

if

at their

they attended

it

very excited about this

our

web

site."

will

is

that

be able

convenience,

in person. We're

new

chairing at least one accreditation team
the

a year.

for colleges

aspect of

Jan.- 1,

2000, and she

may be

The purpose of the Commission

is

to

adopt standards for the accreditation of
educational institutions, provide a forum

among 100 nominees,

Kozloff begins her three-year term

each game will be archived for one

game

20

meetings, serving on committees, and

universities in the Mid-Atlantic states.

Selected from

leaders in this area.

to listen to a

Four represent

responsibilities include attending

as

commissioner for the Middle States

institutions nationwide that are airing

year," says

position.

the general public, while the other

are higher education professionals. Their

a great opportunity for
listen to

and professional

Kozloff Chosen

important issues, and

for discussion of

give assurance of institutional integrity to

reelected

to a single additional term.

the public. Accreditation certifies to other

The Middle States Commission is
composed of 24 members. Commissioners,
elected by the 500 colleges and universities who are members of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and

educational institutions and to the public

Universities, are

chosen according

that the institution has

and

is

achieving

Commission

its

also

been evaluated

own

goals.

The

meets periodically with

representatives of state departments of

higher education and federal agencies to

to

geographic distribution, institution type,

exchange ideas and information.

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On the Job
Learning beyond the classroom
Holding down a job can be
of the growing
college.

Each

up

a big part

that takes place during

approximately 1,400

year,

Bloomsburg students

work

find

right

on

campus, earning more than $2.3 million.
"Besides helping students pay for their

campus jobs (workleam about time
management, customer service, and
education, these

study) help students

teamwork," says Pat Stockaiis of the

"They can also use the

financial aid office.

process of applying for a work-study job
to practice the

interviewing

resume-writing and

skills

they need after

graduation."

And

not

all

work-study positions are

on campus. Students who
federal

Lieutenant Governor Honored
exhibition room on the first floor of the Harvey A. Andruss Library has been named for alumnus
Mark Schweiker, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor. Attending the dedication ceremony were, from
left, Joseph Mowad, chair of the Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees, Schweiker, President
Jessica Kozloff, and James McCormick, Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education.

An

work-study

may

qualify for

also take

work-

Former President Dies

study positions in off-campus, non-profit
organizations such as the

Women's

Bloomsburg

Curtis R. English,

Center.

In addition to the intrinsic rewards of

—pride and gaining new

working hard

knowledge



the university also offers an

extrinsic reward.

August 19, 1993,

home

A Montoursville,

PA, native, English

had been president of FLiwassee

awards a scholarship to the top student

College, Madisonville,

to

Jacqueline Stephen, a senior elementary

education major.

TN,

since July

1996, and formerly had served as

1,

which went

June 30, 1994,

in Tennessee.

worker. Last year, 23 students were
for the award,

to

died Saturday, Nov. 13, at his

Each spring, The

Bloomsburg University Foundation

nominated

Bloomsburg

alumnus and interim president from

vice president for finance

and

administration for East Stroudsburg

and Cheyney

universities.

When he came
he knew

to

Bloomsburg,

state policy prevents

an

interim president from becoming a

candidate for the permanent position
of president.

"He was a very

special person to

us," said President Jessica Kozloff.

things about Curt that

immediately for

me

come

to

are his selflessness

and the tremendous gratitude

what he did

for

He
in

"The

mind

1

have

as interim president.

set the stage for the

next chapter

Bloomsburgs history"
English graduated from Bloomsburg

in 1956, earned a masters degree from

the University of

Oklahoma and a

Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University

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Academic

jClayjton Merrill

Haas Gallery of Art.
and reception L
the gallery Monday,

Jan. 28 to Feb. 28,

A

Electronic Rcgist -ation
11,

by

^aint>ings|

Calendar
Tuesday,

HMSi

Exhibits

through Monday,

Tickets are S25.

slide presentation

will

be held

Feb. 28, at

rfh

Pir afor:

Thursday, March 30, 8 p.m., Haas
Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

1

in

p,mX

Theater
more information, contact the
heater department at (570) 389-4287.

For

Classes Jegiii

Celebrity Artis

Tuesday, Jan 18
hito the

Series

SpriigJJreai
Saturday, March 4, 10 p.m
Sunday, March 12

,

through

Call

i

A

the Celebrity Artist Series box office
more information.

at (570) 389-4409 for

[Woods

musical by Steven Sondheim, directed

by Ross Genzel, Mitrani

Hall, Feb.

10-12

8:00 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for

the Arts. Alan Baker, musical director,

Spring

ond on City Ope

Weekend

Thursday, April 20, 10 p.m. thro
Monday, April 24, 6 p.m.
,

Concerts
All

concerts are free unless otherwise

notejcTTFi >r

mbre Information,

ca lithe

music department at (570) 389 4284.
Faculty itecital

James Douthit, Sunday, Feb. 27,
2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall.

idlil
Saturday, March 11, 2 30 p.m.,

Carver Hall, Kenneth
Auditorium.

S.

Gross

Unh ersity

F cull y Tiio
Sunday, March 19, 2:30 p.m.. First
Presbyterian Church, Market Street,

Bloomsburg

Chambe- Or

:

hes:ra

Sunday, March 26, 2:30 p.m., F rst
Presbyterian Church, Market Street,
loomsbu
Bloomsburg.

Events
Sveni
Mamn liuth(
ther King
Friday, Feb.

1 1,

Jr.

Etenqu ^

6 p.m. Kehr Union

Ballroom

SanKofaj Confereiice
Saturday, Feb. 19, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m

followed by a dance. For more
information,

call

(570) 389-4510.

t

a,

The Magic Flute

and Terry Oxley, orchestra conductor.

Saturday, Feb 19, 8 p.m., Haas Center

Tickets are 56 for adults, S4 for students

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets

and senior

are $25.
y/.s.

Community

.

citizens, free

with

Activities Card.

WORD

*HE LAST

i

k

Bloomsburg University
where the
deep and

many
I

spirit of

true.

on

Bloomsburg students accounted

a place

am moved by

commitment

instances of

see here

I

is

generosity runs
the

to others

a daily basis. Recently,

sorority

was the top

spirit of generosity.

and

his family face

son battle cancer.

A

simple request to

the university's Supervisory

inspired a

wave

achieving

much more

Round

Table

of heart-felt activity,

than anyone

could have dreamed.

Robert "Doc" Warren, faculty emeritus,

office of

planning and construction,

chaired the annual

AIDS Walk

Columbia and Montour
virus

university

was

example of the Bloomsburg
Since he began teach-

ing history at Bloomsburg in 1964,

Her

the motivation that helped

and community walkers, along

Doc

ically, financially,

by

and emotionally. His

his philosophy that

"much

first

Bloomsburg launched

comprehensive

hope
five

capital

years

—an ambitious

campaign of

lives

We
first

people like Doc

of learning

me

Round

Table team convince

goal

very attainable. Generosity has

is

that this

always been an important part of

goes on outside of the classroom," taking

Bloomsburgs

opportunities whenever he can to interact

kindness are an integral part of the char-

Its

not unusual to find him

involved in a friendly

mon in the

game

of

backgam-

student union or having a

Sigma

Iota

As we move

into a

\
photograph above, Doc and

greeting Presidential Leadership

I

are

and Board

Jessica Sledge Kozloff

President

generous endowment will benefit students

Bloomsburg University

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century, the

very good university into a great one.

years.

In the

new

generosity will help us turn a

(SIO), the fraternity he has advised for

35

These acts of

acter of the people at this university.

spirit of

Omega

tradition.

(CCFA), exceed

goal.

goal for our

this kind. Yet,

of Governors scholarship recipients. His

$22,000

its

to raise $1 1,000,000 over the next

with Caring Communities for AIDS
their

campaign.

Warren, Cheryl John, and the Supervisory

has consistently helped students academ-

casual conversation at

for

counties.

passion for helping those infected with the

HIV

yet another

with students.

Cheryl John, project manager in the

to

Presidential Leadership Program.

In October,

fund-raiser,

bringing in more than $1,800 in pledges.

is

the challenge he

chosen

Warren

Omega

$12,000

helping their not quite two-year-old

as they are

and the group representing Alpha Phi

and colleagues of custodial staff
member Bobby Coombe raised close to
help defray costs related to

come,

receive financial awards from the Robert

friends

to

for years to

for

approximately 50 percent of the walkers,

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