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worked on my story in this issue about some
many ways and to varying degrees at this

involved in

who

university in the last century. People

understood Bloomsburg's mission

you see today. Their efforts make
simply saying they were involved seem so insufficient in explaining their
and helped

establish the university

contributions.

No

better

example

exists

Howard Fenstemaker,

than

His

disciplines, including several languages.

many

outside the classroom as well.

He was

weekly assemblies and,

years, editor of the

No,

I

know what

don't

Men who

recipient of the

honorary doctorate. He taught courses in a number of

university's first

for

45

talents

were shared

organist at the schools

Alumni

mandatory

Quarterly.

Mr. Fenstemaker did in his free time.

held the position of dean of instruction, like

Thomas North and

John Hoch, dealt with students before they came until long

after

they

left.

Admissions, including personal interviews with each applicant, scheduling,
grade processing and record keeping

on campus grew, the

the population

be divided.

Still,

all fell

Stuart Edwards, the university's

assumed many of those duties

He

under

later

served as the

individuals

their watchful eyes.

responsibilities of that position

first

first

As

had

to

director of admissions,

in addition to career placement.

dean of professional

Many

studies.

on our campus equal the involvement and passion of

these four

men and

Elsewhere in

others you'll read about in the story.

this issue, you'll

read about Linda Sowash,

the university's director of residence

life.

She worked as a

graduate assistant in Columbia Hall and, since her return to

her alma mater 24 years ago, has worked her

way

to

heading a

multi-million dollar enterprise, overseeing 11 buildings and the
living

and dining arrangements

Of special

interest, Dr. Kozloff in

her beginnings in higher education

on leadership

in today's society to

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of our honors students.

Somehow

knowing
she'll benefit by maintaining a good understanding of our students. The
students benefit as well, learning from the campus leader.
she managed to

Bloomsburg: The University Magazine is
published twice a year in the fall and

for the student population.

That's
is

the

what

my

company

theory and

it

fit

the Thursday night class into a busy schedule,

father's professional

flourishes

works

for

and the

us too!

philosophy was

clients

all

come away

about.

satisfied.

The end
It's

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Bloomsburg University
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STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

E Eugene Dixon Jr., Chair

Kim
R.

Vice Chair

E, Lyttle,

Benjamin Wiley, Vice Chair

Syed

R. Ali-Zaidi

A

glance at a
century of

Muriel Berman

Zachary

Cattell

I.

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Jeffrey

Daniel

friends

Gomulka

Charles A.

W Hickok

Eugene

who

shaped today's
campus,
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INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

The 20th century was an

exciting time for public

Joy C. Leonard
Shelby A. Linton

education.

E Joseph Loeper

a hundred people who had

Tom

Ridge

A

look back at Bloomsburg's history uncovers
significant

impact on campus

during that time.

David M. Sanko
B.

Michael Schaul

Jere

W Schuler

Patrick

John

DORMS WITH

Stapleton

J.

Thornburgh

K.

Christine

Toretti

J.

ADIFFERLNCE

Consumer
expectations

CHANCELLOR,
STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

drive changes

student life.
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James H. McCormick

In 1969, Linda

in

OF

A. William Kelly 71, Vice Chair

Steven

David

Jr.,

the connection between civil behavior

on

Barth

issues oj diversity in

our

and

equity, discusses

the impact

it

has

society.

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Robert J. Gibble

David

and

OUR FUTURE

Sydney Howe-Barfcsdale, director oj social

LaRoy G. Davis '67
Petrosky

J.

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Joseph

life

Secretary

H. Alley

B.

Bloomsburg as a

THE COMPLEXION

Joseph j. Mowad, Chair

Ramona

at

the director oj residence

has a unique perspective on changing student needs.

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is

,

COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES

Robert

Sowash enrolled

jreskman. Today, she

'02

Ted Stuban
James H. McCormick, Ex-Officio

maroon

Student representatives don

Easily recognized by their trademark polyester

maroon

Wafers, Husky Ambassadors serve on the universttys

blazers

leadership

PRESIDENT,

DRESSED FOR THE
OCCASION

and gain

skills.

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front line as official guides

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and

hosts at special events

on campus.

Jessica Sledge Kozloff

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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university

serves almost 5,000

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and community volunteers and

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to discuss their

Arts and Science Center involves

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DESIGNERS

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in the high-tech field of e-learning. Find out

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This year's Pennsylvania Teacher of 0\e Year

is

Courtesy of Bloomsburg University Archives

one of Bloomsburg's talented graduates.

ADVISORY BOARD
Doug

Hippenstiel '68

Terry Riley

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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

is

"RLOOMSBURG
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MAGAZINE

UNIVtllSITY

THE

Lists of events. Lists oj discoveries. Lists of people.

Even

lists

of

With

lists.

the close of a century, just

about everyone did a

Appropriately, ours

is

a

a difference

and helped

list

of

made

create

the university you see today.
Alphabetically, here are just

of those folks
tions to

and

University.

1972 and communica-

tion studies professor

William

Acierno served as president. Six
other unions

now represent much

of the university's
It

work

it

touched

Coach Danny

during the 1999

Taking over in the centennial

Harrisburg were the

ties

the next

with the U.

30 years

created training
S.

Navy, which

kept the school financially sound

War II.
May Day

during World

The

first

work

of

department.

is

"On

supervisor.

plaza near the Kehr

dedicated in his honor.

the cutting edge" could

not descnbe anyone better than

math

professor Harold

Bailey. His vision

"Hank"

and direction

nology program in 1985,

at

the time, the university's lone

coaching

Jamboree held each spring on

graduate-only program.

Aldinger.

He

initiated basketball

1894 and was

coach from 1894

the football
to 1906, regis-

of

Street,

its first

Many

saw

the crowning

queen, Lyla Anwyl.
of the original collabo-

ration agreements

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Bloom-in-News, the

and the

In

honor of Bloomsburg's

50th year of teacher education,

first

stu-

dent newspaper, was headed by
editor
later

Walter Benninger

'24. It

became Maroon and Gold,

The Campus Voice and, now,
The

Voice.

Huskies' senior

created the instructional techin 1910, a

Oscar Bakeless, 1879,

and student teacher

forerunner to the Renaissance

Main

efforts of

the head of the pedagogy

took 94 years for someone

to surpass the football

Lee

library,

Aumiller, professor of education

Union

He

were

terpieces in the

purchased in 1918 through the

dean of instruction, Harvey

as president.

new

opening of urban student teach-

A sculpture

Andruss spent

list.

ing centers in Philadelphia and

year of 1939 from his role as

force.

record of coach Albert

in

No one

wins.

Hale topped

100

Unionized faculty became
reality in

1

that record until

season.

their contribu-

Bloomsburg

tering 5

of well, just about

everything. We, too, have compiled a

Influential

people. Tens of thousands

list

'89

won

Mark

the university's

Billone

first

and

only national tennis champi-

onship in 1989.

He

finished his

career with a record of 116-42.

Appointed as the

first

director

George

the Louis Tiffany stained glass

of personnel in 1968,

works "Truth" and

Birney administered employee

"Virtue," cen-

SPRING 2000
hiring

Biology professor James Cole

and programs, including
and

payroll

spearheaded the creation of the

benefits.

The Act 101 program
Bloomsburg hired

allied health sciences

at

its first full-

time director, Jesse Bryan, in

careers in health care.

1973. Educational opportuni-

Spending 27 years

students

ties for

who

have been

traditionally under-represented

grew greatly in

The
its

his

26

physical plant

years.

underwent

most dramatic changes during

the tenure of vice president for

Homecoming
Women's

program,

which prepares professionals

for

new heights
Daughtry

in business

first

beyond the
plateau.

ed

'64 head-

many community service

Way drives.

Bernard

Dill?

basketball reached

served as the

business law chairperson.

She became the

,000-career points

1

She was

also a two-time

first

finance

Edson Drake took

In 1970,

(College) of Arts
It

and

Sciences.

included general academic

departments, music, and health

the Huskies.

and physical education. Today,

As

director of the career devel-

opment

center,

Tom

Davies

it

enrolls approximately

al

Boyd
He led

administration

Buckingham
nal

'43.

dean of the school of

graduate studies was Charles

role of

first

he served as interim

president in 1972.
Field

House opened during

his

presidency and construction

began on the Kehr Union
Building.

Winning

—

a lot

—has become

the trademark of Bloomsburg's

men's basketball under head

coach Charles Chronister In

29 seasons,

his

win record

exceeds 66 percent. In 1999, the

Huskies

under

won

for the

500th time

led

employment upon graduation.

and was

He

School (College) of Professional

also

coached baseball and

worked

basketball,

in admissions,

ened" the garnet to the current

during his 29 years.

maroon. Lemon

later

deepened

Accounting instructor James
'57 provided the basics to

students for
to

being

26 years

named

the

to the president in
first

in addition

first

assistant

1964 and

the

director of continuing educa-

palates of countless stu-

dents and

staff

and from

a step forward in

The

first

wireless telegraph

station at a state

benefited for

40 years from the talents
Dominic Cusatis. Dubbed

normal school

which currently

enrolls

approximately 1,950 students.

university's

first

150 years was a

Eda Bessie
'41. The
Edwards
"Beilhartz"

labor of love for

author of Profiles of the Past

A Living Legacy and

its

—

sesqui-

Bloomsburg from

For over 25 years, Bruce

everybody

else.

information

As

officer,

the public

he collected

of

uted them to audiences both

with his breads and pastries and

dean of the

mile radius.

stories

the spreads in the dining hall

first

centennial supplement profiles

nearly

"Tony the Baker," he enhanced

Studies,

also the

allowed contact up to a 500-

"Nick" Dietterick promoted

tion in 1972.

The

to

1911 in Joseph Dennis' science
class.

director of placement

Compiling the history of the

Communication

campus took

in tone as well.

later

became

and supervised student teachers

Creasy

The Nelson

Cope

director

He

helped thousands of students find

discussions in 1912 that "dark-

Carlson. Originally a music professor,

not for natur-

professor J. G. Cope.
the origi-

upper-campus development.
First

if

philosophy and chemistry

'41

Edwards

of admissions in 1958.

the school colors

3,200

students.

assumed the

garnet could be

and

over as head of the School

C. Stuart

Lemon and

A mem-

Ail-American Softball player for

Red Cross and

projects including

United

professor

ber of the faculty for 23 years, he

with Jean Millen

'86.

than half of it as assistant vice

Conard

parades.

female in school history to go

and finance administration, more

president, Paul

39 consecutive

participated in

and photos and

internally

Who

and

distrib-

externally.

could forget the Wall

Street Journal quizzes of finance

its

beginning.

No one showed more care
campus beaut)' than Nevin

for

Englehart 05. For more than

40

years,

he supervised the

maintenance of campus

facilities

as superintendent of buildings

and grounds.
For

many

years.

Howard

Fenstemaker 12 was

the only

his guidance.

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member

among

Spanish and French,

others, in addition to sociolo-

He was

Newly appointed

mi

announced just

princi-

wife Eleanor

for

started the

laude,

25

years, his

the visible

Her paintings include

Courses in

the official portrait of

and

physics, as well as Latin

Howard Fenstemaker

on cam-

professor Clayton Hinkel '40

was

actively involved iiif orga-

Alumni

Her plan obviously worked.

nizations from the

The

Association to the Student

which

received their bachelor of

Christian Association,

science in nursing degrees

he headed for 18 years.

in

May

Griffiths '16

was the

Bloomsburg graduate
elected to the U. S.

Hippenstiel

first

be

to

House

first

Homecoming

queen chosen

in

coach of the

year.

His

year,

on

Olympic

the U. S.

Students and faculty

joined William Housel,

steward and superintendent
of buildings
to

campus,.ttfat

1

air.

The fundraiser provid-

ed enough

'68, director

were served

Bloomsburg

at the IStfl

Doug

and grounds,

prepare turkey dinners

profit to

put a

of alumni affairs since 1980,

clock in the tower of

oversees an organization' that

Carver Hall.

now

of Representatives.

The

alumni events a

three-time national wrestling

on

Attending over 50

During the 1940s, Percy

championships, was also

Committee.

pus, business education

1979.

led his

teams to three national

recognition and three terms

of study for a nursing degree'

class of nurses

Sell '35.

Russ Houk, who

earned him international

in

the alumni center.

In his 33 years

to the delight

sparkling 142-34-4 record

sen in 1974 to plan a courfe

first

"Doc"

and dean of

left

much

She

cum

of her grandfather, Francis

legacy.

higher

'88.

graduated magna

teacher preparation only
all

Louise Horn

Daniel

his students for

all

would be

Gertrude Flynn was cho-

\

who

him

While Ralph Herre, pro-

.

Spanish, were eliminated.

wm

his father,

science
for

men, shared knowledge with

after his

mathematics, chemistry, and
,vJ^K)rWrt

Pennsylvania was Jennifer

named

fessor of history

hiring ih;1920 that
instruction

The current

Hartline,

Charles Fisher

pal

named

Bloomsburg University of

biology department.

honorary doctorate.

first

sion to the newly

H. Keffer Hartline '20

and

received the university's

first

physiology and medicine

building was

Quarterly for 45 years and

1983, the

student to apply for admis-

in 1967.

Alumni

editor of the

1,

earned a Nobel Prize in

for

trigonometry, and history

gy,

On July

The study of vision

of the languages

department, teaching Latin,

lists

more

tharf'

Hired as dean of

45,000

men in

1961, Elton Hunsinger

living alumni.

For 29 years, John Hoch

campus-

tennis, cross country,

became

associate vice presi-

dent for student

Goodman

tor of public relations,

overseeing health and food

her selection in 1966, the

instructor,
to

to representa-

tives of various organizations

including fraternity
"sweethearts."

The

Homecoming took
The

to 1939,

He

also

coached

and was the

services.

school's

town-gown

Bret Hoffmaster

'86, in

blazers, the

Ambassadors help

he started

at

numer-

nial

and

lish the

Husky Club

to support the
letic

program.

in

1974

Huskies ath-

Reviewing everything from

was the committee's

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facil-

academic departments
charge.

degree

coach Jan

'27.

degree-granting privileges,

games than any other

Jenkins was the

women's coach in the coun-

enough

Her 1,146-213-20 record
titles.

Microbiologist Michael

years of service ensuring the

ities to

BSTC

Arthur Jenkins

Hutchinson has won more

chaired the

planning committee in 1973.

first

Bloomsburg was given

Herbert spent part of his 28

long-range

programs.

The

After

ence professor Lee Hopple
first

traveled nationally

Huskies' field hockey and

includes 10 national

friend Al Bush, helped estab-

He

1976 presenting bicenten-

to

family functions.

police Patrick Haggerty,

Warren Johnson

went

try.

sci-

of

early childhood educa-

trustee.

College Nights" to meet

Geography and earth

and

and a long-time university

ous alumni, donor, and

Long-time town chief of

first

Senate

School,

in

annual "Rotary-Kiwanis-

with the community.

member

Ben Franklin

spent 25 years in elementary

Committee on Education

softball

1985. Donning their trade-

mark maroon

from

the

state's

For the past 23 years,

president,

first

life,

tion.

Husky Ambassadors

place

He was

adviser to the

athletic director.

foresight of Francis

led to solid

dean of

the

selected their

relations. Principal

1927

instruction.
football

first

in 1928.

Haas

and coach, prior

becoming

the staff in the

Elementary Laboratory

served as dean of men, direc-

honor went

golf.

Originally a

later

wide elections was Cheryl
'70. Prior to

and

safety of

campus and com-

munity drinking
also

water.

He

coached basketball as

well as

men's and women's

first

to earn

credits for a degree

in education.

The

first

woman

president of the

elected

Community

Government Association was

Mary Lou Fenstemaker
John

'45.

She

later

taught

French and served as director
of cultural affairs

and

national education.

inter-

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First attending the

in 1936,

Ralph Jones

Roy Kindig 15.

Obiter

1958, Lucy

'92

quickly assumed

its title

started the "B" Club,

took a long break, returning

1984

McCammon,

school

on

position

allowed

the front cover

women

in organized sports.

not

awarded a masters in com-

Naming each of the types
of trees on campus nature

munications

walks wasn't the only

with other schools.

to earn a degree in

He was

sociology at age 75.

Dean

of

five

years

later.

Women

skill

of

of the student

instrumental in organizing

department upon the

recognition of student

the local chapter of

ment

American Association of

Hartlme.

Women (AAUW)

in the 1950s.

The student

union building

is

named

A

in

George

Bailey, art instructor

one of only two performgo on

ers to

al

as

dean of

are

player of the year in 1992.

more than 160

years. Roles in student

support services and

development have con-

sumed

stu-

the rest of his 37

years at Bloomsburg.

Then

co-curric-

director of physical

ular student activities.

education, Elna Nelson

When women's

coached the undefeated

to professional

She was the nation-

Softball.

20

life

dents in 1960. Today there

for the

Huskies, Marty Laudato '92
is

A trainer of wild animals,
at one time for Bamum and

McCauslin

was granted
1990,

soccer

varsity status in

Kim McColligan

'94

1934 baseball team, one of

scored two goals for the

plish the feat,

baseball player Daniel

Huskies in their

director of military

for the schools mascot.

Litwhiler '38 also invented

win. The program became

Students selected the

on October

9,

Onward was
the

first

Husky

1933.
the

name

for

yearbook, edited by

Successful major league

first-ever

hundreds of sports-related

the ninth intercollegiate

products, including a

sport for

field

drying agent and a speed

gun

velocity of pitches.

He was

Alumni

in 1948.

An

From 1941
State

efforts to

contin-

grades, set faculty schedules

presi-

on campus and

the school's

Thomas

in 1960,

now

Miller 11.

Martin,

to the

ness education, established

The song was revised again

the original advanced

in 1983.

and elementary

first

education.

The

school's

head

librari-

an from 1923

to

Mason,

have the four

didn't

title

1947, Pearl

physical edu-

1926

to

Following the Spanish-

1963 as the

several

Cuban and Puerto Rican

to

'06.

become

and marching and concert

dean of education

bands. Miller also founded

University of Puerto Rico

Columbia Chorale, a
choir.

stu-

dents came to Bloomsburg,

Osuna

the

The women's

administrative setup.

Osuna went on

community

cation instructor from

changing the school's

including Juan

and 105,000 square

in old Waller Hall.

and Graduate

Miller directed the chorus

resources and books

now. She oversaw

in

Sciences,

music department, Nelson

feet of

two rooms

and

American War,

chairperson of the

stories

that exist

Arts

Studies, dramatically

"Old Bloomsburg."

Appointed

degrees in business education

Studies,

and given

the

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Business, Professional

tune of "Annie Lyle" were
later rewritten

presi-

introduced the plan for four
colleges

J. K.

the former director of busi-

tran-

all

records.

Robert Nossen,

bears his name.

Words

and

dent from 1969 to 1972,

Creating the lyrics to the

alma mater was Mrs.
first

scripts

the

building

also processed

and maintained

enhanced communi-

Donald Maietta

Bloomsburg's special educa-

Named

Thomas

began as Bloomsburg's

campus' communications

director of graduate studies

He

North.

cation

in 1957.

admitted,

dean of instruction

improve

purchase equipment for

program

if

higher education, that he

Navy

tion

all

were given a schedule by

greatly

to start

1955,

met with and,

$100,000 helped renovate
basement and

to

applicants for admission

System of Higher Education,

dent from 1973 to 1983. He

investment of

Hall's

pants in the Navy's V-5 and

James McCormick
ues his

Award

Distinguished Service

and

V-12 programs.

the

As chancellor of the

one of the three inaugural
recipients of an

at

and was

physical fitness for partici-

university.

measured the

that

women

11

only two teams to accom-

fighter of the canine family"

Keller suggested "the fiercest

stu-

dent union for more than

naming of J. Alfred

the

and headed the

project

body and

outside the classroom led to

three-time Ail-

American catcher

her honor.

retire-

of his mentor, Daniel

Hired as director of
student activities in 1968,

John "Jack" Mulka '66 led
the Kehr Union building

The tremendous growth

Kuster 13. He headed the

University

com-

games

petition included

Kimber

biology instructor

Marguerite Kehr was

status in 1974.

Though

at the varsity level,

She achieved Certified

Professional Secretary (CPS)

compete

to

in 1916.

in

years.

which

and an

at

the

internationally

renowned educator.

Named Dean

Marilyn Muehlhof was

of the

the secretary to eight presi-

School (College) of Business

dents and the Council of

in

Trustees for

more than 33

1970 was Emory Rarig.

The school included

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accounting, management,

for the region.

marketing, and finance, as

in 1998.

During

well as the business education courses.

It

now

enrolls

opened

gymnasium. Prior

his 2 1 years

on campus, Cecil Seronsy

nowhere on campus except

Warren. The history profes-

the dining hall.

sor started the

William Boyd

students.

son of the English

began off-campus courses

department and was an

1921. The school's

chairper-

Sutliff

fraternity,

in

700

internationally recognized

of instruction enrolled

Bertha Rich also served as

scholar in Renaissance

in-service teachers in classes

literature.

in surrounding

dean of

Waller Hall.

main jobs

One

at the

keeping the

men

women

in

A

of her

time was

women in theirs.
Robert Rohm '60,
12-time

first

letter

became one

Huskies'

first

the

of the

and

A

'85 regis-

In a time

43 games. He led

when

the

1

semifinals as a senior.

was William Swisher

,000 career-point level

Mary

Gadfly, published

by Lyle Slack

'59.

Tolan, an assistant

dean of women from 1967

'68, first

appeared on campus

to

1971,

is

September 29, 1967. The

establishing "self-regulated

weekly "underground"

hours,"

teacher and coach.

newspaper

tation hours in dormitories

His shorthand students

won

three national

and

titles

the status

that questioned

quo caused more

than one meeting of the

fac-

and administration.

which included

and chairperson of the

saw

tory department for 29

students bested 1,300

years,

other teams.

on the labor

Prior to the school's

naval aviation program,

'40,

beautification.

The

principal at the turn

was Judson
Welsh 1876, and his wife,
Alma, was the school's elocuof the century

tion

department head. The

Waller Long Porch was completed

and

the president's

purchased during his tenure.

The

elected presi-

first

Community

dent of the

a

queen and long-time math

Trudnak

'59

the integration of tech-

nology and
field.

its

impact on her

While

faculty governing organiza-

tion

was in place

that time,

was

it

prior to
the

first

election for the organization.

She was an important

part of the instructional

'28.

combined student/

Although

his biggest

contribution wasn't directly

technology program until

to

her retirement in 1998.

who spent 43 years as a
member of the Board of

When

the demolition of

popular reading conference

Science Hall seemed immi-

on campus

nent,

in 1965,

set

cam-

ing the campus.
Starting the hugely

Mary Eleanor

Beckley Martin Sabota

activities of the

and

for

anthracite region surround-

the lone female aviation

student,

some courses focused

Donald

established

several scholarships

visi-

Former Homecoming
instructor June

professor Walter Rygiel's

He

'37.

Government Association was

With the leadership of
James Sperry as a member
his-

Watts

Thomas Welsko

national finishes before

in 1967. Business

full-time

its first

director in 1974,

female residents.

ulty

title

in 1964.

holding both male and

recorded several high inter-

winning an international

social

Iota

house, Buckalew Place,

credited with

successful high school

baseball,

chose

pus

scores

Bloomsburg basket-

first

first

Sigma

The Alumni Association

didn't reach current heights,

the

"Doc"

up an annual fund

the team to the national

The

he became a

—537

also

on campus.

performer ever to attain

national

standout in football

He

communibegan summer

ball

tackles in

wrestling champions in

1960.

Frank Sheptock

tered a school-record

winner in

athletics,

ties.

classes

for

the Huskies' football team,

in their

wing of the dormitory and
the

three-time Ail-

American linebacker

Omega,

dean

first

in the training school,

assistant

best

suited for Robert

served as the

first

may be

Fraternities"

to that,

food and drink was allowed

approximately 1,600

In addition to teaching

June Tntdnak

It

John Walker,

vice

Bloomsburg, Paul Wirt,

Trustees,

was

the inventor

of the fountain pen.

The combination of

completed Civilian

Pilot

Margaret Sponseller

president for university

Training (CPT) and

became

headed the

advancement, was the lead-

extended programs, summer

reading clinic for 19 years.

ing proponent for

sessions, international

She began the master's

preserving appropriate

education and non-degree

of education in reading

structures. Distinguishing

programming

and reading supervisor

street

a

member

of the

Women

Air

Force Service Pilots

(WASPS)

in

World War

II.

President of the Board of
Trustees for 37 years,

Zeller

Aman

Schoch oversaw

Commonwealth

and sidewalk lamps

Extended Programs under

part of the curriculum in

The lone two-term chief
executive officer, David

successful "mini-courses"

got their beginning as well.

programs.

Sex education became

the early 1920s with

Waller 1867, returned in

Pennsylvania in 1916 for

professor Sina Stratton.

1906 having previously

$10,000.

A

served as principal from

the

of

Pennsylvania's lieutenant

governor,

Mark Schweiker

led to the

formation of the School of

and signage followed.

certificate

the

purchase of the school by

university's

specialist in

moral

education, she lectured

1877

once a month to students.

member

to 1990.

of the

He was
first

a

gradua-

Richard Wolfe

'60.

Highly

The honor of being
first

woman

the

inducted into

the university's athletic hall

went

of fame

to

Eleanor

women's

tion class after the school

Wray. She

Arlene Superko '45 started

had moved from

intercollegiate athletics with

Ridge of the need for a tech-

a fund-raiser selling soft

downtown

nologically advanced library

drinks in the Noetling Hall

'75,

was instrumental

convincing Governor

in

Tom

Senior class president

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by today's

residence hall standards: visitation

llowed only on

nday evenings.

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"Oh,

yes.

I

think the students today

would be really surprised if they had to
live by some of the rules we had to live
by," Linda (Zyla) Sowash, a 1974 graduate,
As a member of the last
class to live in Bloomsburg University's
Waller Hall, Sowash remembers sitting on
says with a laugh.

the building's "Long Porch," watching the

men walk by.
Much like

the old Waller Hall, those
life

Lycoming

accommodate
modern student.
But

it's

"Years ago, the term 'networking'
figuring out which TV on which
would show which soap opera," says

Hall.

whole

And new

a

new consumer,

Now director of the
the

changed. Residence hall amenities

it's

a

different story."

of Residence Life,

university's Office

Sowash has been

at the

forefront of the changes that are attracting

students to Bloomsburg in the increasingly

not just the regulations that have

microwaves,

meet the demands of

today's student.

Sowash. "With today's technology,

make

residence hall rules have been revised
to

also evolved to

floor

have disappeared.

Waller was demolished in 1974 to
for

television are just the

—and campus meals have

beginning

meant

rules of dormitory

room

and cable

—

carpet,

refrigerators, Internet access

competitive college market. Students

expect and are given more input, more
choices, for

campus

thing.

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But identifying the issues was just the

"Parents view this as 'I'm a consumer,

Tom

says

Kresch, a 1981 Bloomsburg

beginning. Sowash and Kresch realized

graduate and associate director

that today's students have

of residence

lifestyles

life. "If

you don't provide what the customer is
looking for, they'll go somewhere else."
For a short time, they did.

Bloomsburg saw

a slight

who

different

attended college a

decade ago. At that time, preparing
college
radio,

meant packing

and maybe

we

Now, students

shared bedrooms with

siblings,

policies.

its

it

Reversing

negative impact

to adapt

its

opinion that

rooms would have

on student

university equipped each

on

had

long-standing rules and

room with

the floors created community," Kresch
says.

were

if

lucky,

had

and students living
campus weren't buying

halls

cable.

TV lounges

the theory that the

we

and,

a

interaction, the

had one bathroom

vacancies in the residence

off

of

"We had

"Years ago

were

to attract students, the

television cable in

for

a suitcase, a clock

a stereo.

some

need U-Hauls.

decline in enrollment in the
early 1990s. There

than those

much

To continue

university also realized

"We

hesitant

meal plans.

Sowash and Kresch
wanted

to

know why

they were seeing this
trend, so they asked

the students.
five

The top

answers were

visitation rules,
visitation rules,

visitation rules,
:

enou

televisions

in our rooms," says

Kresch. "That doesn't

happen

today. Students rarely

have shared a

bedroom, and they probably had

their

own bath. On move-in

here and

watch them bring

and couches

And

if

days,

televisions,

I sit

computers,

home, imagine how hard it is
them to have two roommates
the dreaded triple.

A

to convince
at

school

fact of college life is

that residence hall space is limited.

The

university sometimes assigns three

students to a

room

to

them because we felt students
rooms with their
computer, TV, and VCR. Now we have to
look at other ways to get students to
to replace

to school."

students lived by themselves at

accommodate

would

stay in their

interact

One
concept

with each other."
plan
to

is

computer

is

Cyber Lounges. The

have lounges with laptop

ports, TV,

a fireplace,

break on the $1,087 per student semester

relax with friends.

cost for a room.)

Compact

loft

systems,

which include computer desks, make way
for more floor space.

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DVD

capabilities,

and

where students can mingle and

everyone. (For that, the student gets a

The

first

one

will

be

summer in Columbia Hall.
Next came the need for Internet

created this

access. In 1997, the university

began

a

—

—

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$4.4 million project to equip the rooms

advisers share rooms.

co-ed

with computer ports

one semester

or floors.

wired

connect students

computer system. By

to the university's

summer

to

of 2001, every building will be

computer

for

moment

too soon.

access.

A

And

not a

1997 student study

showed that about 5 percent of students
had personal computers on campus. This
year,

about half the students brought

know how

to stay

to

ahead of the trends,

keep the next group of

students satisfied,"

Sowash

says.

"One way

to help us

keep track of what students

want

listening to

own

is

by

children.

My

renting an area hotel to house students.

and watching our

12-year-old daughter

does PowerPoint presentations, and

social policies.

2,242 students lived on campus. Today,

sets basic

parameters

with only the addition of Montgomery
Place apartments that house

my

The changes, which Sowash and Kresch
institute, in part,

of the foundation built

because

by the previous

administration

—Jerrold

Griffis,

Robert Norton and Jennie Caipenter
to

have helped bring students to

campus. The residence

halls are packed.

Television lounges have
into additional rooms.

alcohol

students,

live

The

for

prohibited

university

example,

on campus

but each wing or floor determines

own

on

is still

—

its

quality-of-life issues.

campus.

complex on the upper campus. The
environment

will

Montgomery

Place,

which opened
1988, but

all

been transformed

And

resident

living

be similar to

in

248

students housed there
will

have their

own

apartments will have

seemed

380

approximately 2,900 students

by himself."

life

Students determine visitation policies

and other

bedrooms and

student

not separated by wings

Consider that in September 1988,

5-year-old son easily navigates software

have been able to

society,

There are plans for a second apartment

computers with them.

"We have

It got so crowded
Sowash considered

that

the

more of the amenities
the student/consumer

wants, including

air

conditioning.

While physical
amenities have changed, so

has the

way

students

Men and women
door

to

live

each other,

live.

next

in a

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"Instead of a big

what they

can't do,

book

we

telling students

tell

them what they

can do," says Kresch.

apartments are on a meal plan. Even

sessions,

though they have kitchens, they

or participate in social situations.

H. Preston Herring, vice president for
the Office of Student Life, says

changes were

first

often ask, "Are
are going to

"We

still

says. "But

I

when

these

made, parents would

you sure these programs

Currently

some

extent,"

he

think students understand that

move

support

staff is

not going to look the other way."

The goal of residence

some

life is

to allow

of these rule changes, offer

amenities,

and

still

more

provide a serious

developed specialty-living

wings, where students majoring in
»'T-

particular

Honors

for

the

Honors Program

and

staff,

The

goal

and

For $778 a semester, students receive

"If

more

to continue to involve

is

week and two a day on weekends) and
$100 in flex money, which can be spent at
the snack bar, the pizza shop, Monty's on
the upper campus or a convenience store.
"I remember the dining hall experience

student

life,

Kresch

There are also substance-free

where students agree

programs
choose to

when

off

says.

floors,

and

campus. The program started
year,

were four wings with 200 students

a waiting

"Students are coming here from high

bars.

it

making

decisions.

"When we

In Scranton

Commons,

their

money

on."

Residence Life operates

they can choose from

toilet

alone

bill

is

pays for

paper.

about

room. After a $3.

choices

—including

serving.

food-court-style

"We have some

students

know

they'll

downtown

they don't intend

to,

changes are helping Bloomsburg keep pace
with student requests.

The challenge never ends. Sowash and
now must begin to plan to

Kresch say they

and

we're halfway there," says

to do,

renovations of the dining

Kresch. "But we're able to

facility,

Commons. Saving

for

Sowash and Kresch

took about 10 years.

work appears to be
paying off. Of the university's

a

number

full-

and part-time students,
for a

meal plan.

And 60 percent of the students
who live in the college-owned

I

feel

do

it

because of

of people in the office

—

very talented

as talented a

who

group

as

are

we

have ever had."
Fresh ideas aren't hard to

Their

7,500

are

"We're very proud of what we've tried

for

construction projects, such as

4,000 signed up

and

they think the

currently in elementary school.

department puts aside money

say,

never

eateries like

meet the demands of students who

At the same time, the

that project,

who

claim they have never eaten in the

The

a quarter

million dollars a year.

Scranton

Commons

Berrigan's Subs, Sal's Place, or Napoli's,

everything from food service to

maintenance to

for takeout, are

completed, students will have even more

is

replace favorite

charged students for room,

life

Soup and

Bar.

competitive, the university has just

Although, they

money

board, and meal plans. With that

money, residence

Hot

started a delivery service that brings meals

budget that uses no tax
dollars, only the

noodles and

rice,

commons," says Kresch.

$12 million annual

a

Or

choice of sauces from the Pasta Bar.

right to a student's

helps us decide what to

spend

students can get

million expansion of Scranton

involve

students in the process,

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keep one step ahead,"

made-to-order pasta dishes with their

more

helps to have

students involved in

heating

to

prepared while the student waits. To be

Herring says

on

is

which can be wrapped

building," says Sowash.

it

Our job

sandwiches are always options. Meals,

considering an entire

gfe

your third option

schools that had salad bars and snack

several vegetables at the

list.

"Now we're

didn't like those,

the peanut butter sandwich."

says Sowash.

to totally abstain

with 50 students on one wing. Last
there

you

was

staff in

on

where you had two options," says Kresch.

office,

faculty offices to

Luzerne, as well.

faculty

rely

food and carry-out meals.

19 meals a week (three a day during the

from drinking alcohol and smoking, even

academic environment.
So, they've

will transition into a

Program students. Plans have been made
to

campus and

social justice wing,

and housing

quiet/study hall

enforcement. They understand, for
are a dry

be a

year, there'll

we're not relaxing the basic rules and

we

math-science wing
Montour Hall, and
wing in Elwell Hall.

floor of

the health sciences

Next

fast

there's the

on the fourth

and Luzerne Hall

work?"
get that to

example, that

They have group study
and professors come in to teach

live together.

Kresch. Living and working

students guarantees
to

grow old

Kresch

says.

come by,
among

new ideas.

"It's

says

hard

in a university environment,"

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SYDNEY
HOWEBARKSDALE,
director of social equity at

Bloomsburg University

of

Pennsylvania,

is

responsible for making sure historical-

ly

under-represented people have access

to a

good education or equal opportunity
for

employment

at the university.

An interview by

The recruitment and retention
and

students, faculty,

staff are

of minority

part of

Eric Foster

kind of nexus that forms that community.
It's

not just race, which

her responsibilities. She promotes

usually think of

understanding, tolerance, and respect for

It's

others

and works

to create a comfortable

cultural climate that's inviting to people

of

many

different

backgrounds.

perhaps

and

benefits of living civilly in

it's

Here on campus,

Can you

to

even union membership

explain the term

think of a

in the

adding a

a

little

bit of this

and

a

catalyst

When
bit

little

of that, different concoctions percolate.
That's the benefit of diversity.

its

which was

liberal arts colleges,

the

had

When

community

I

think of diversity,

that's

made up

many different and distinct parts
somehow complementary. There

of

foster:

have examples of the

foundation in the idea of pluralistic

ideas were valuable,

come

all

where people would

together like molecules bouncing off

howe-barksdale:

examples. The

I

have three great

first

one

Multicultural Center.

that are

one another. And when somehow these

opened

some

molecules combined in different forms,

safe

is

Do you

impact of diversity in Bloomsburg?

thought. Universities were places where

I

is like

an already bubbling cauldron.

you add

many meanings.

foundation for

"diversity"?

howe-barksdale:

and pluralism

University settings are great centers for
diversity. Liberal thinking,

foster:

Diversity

university setting

a

and non-union membership. Diversity
has

created, better ideas

and change could

created,

happen.

they say diversity.

nomics, or a particular belief about

a diverse world.

new ideas would be
would be

what people

religion, gender, disability, socioeco-

particular subject.

Howe-Barksdale recently discussed the
challenges

when

is

in 1994,

haven

for

it

is

the university's

When

the center

was meant

to

be a

minority populations on

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original goals

its

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create greater dialogue.

it's

was

arguments and disputes could

to

move

accountI

able for multicultural educational

programs and retention

Another example

issues.

I

understand

cases based
all

on

it,

race.

kinds of issues

religion,

want

in

its

is

But

now

they look

University and

at

More

diversity

moral

1

was created

is,

A third

is

don't

education for faculty,

staff,

and

is

make

administration to

a task force

lexicon

different experiences

is

sure our

current regarding

we frame

that's

issues.

all

member's

visit to

Nepal

to

staff of the

And how we

be something

and keeping the flame

reasonable temperature so the mixture

foster:

to

encompass

attendance.
I

all

And

the

what

civility

is.

try to

pluralistic thinking

howe-barksdale:

I

is

the goal.

lively,

And

the bridge that gets us to

that goal.

howe-barksdale: The

when someone
is

facing a changing

tells

us that we're

demographic

that's

going

be more diverse than homogeneous.
diversity

for faculty, staff,

means more education

and administration

to

make sure our lexicon is current regarding
how we frame issues. And how we frame

different experiences

university

first

com-

When we

perspectives.

where they were

university

located.

The

members were committed

a very specific

to

The more information

Second, and more important, we're

moral behavior.

responsible for training our students to

The word "civility" derives from the
word "cities," in which the first universities
were located and with which they were

encouraging

strongly identified. Those

promoting leadership

first

communities of students and scholars
could not have survived in the

cities

work environment,

function in a

civic participation,

moral behavior. That

A university,

they could not
civil.

in effect, requires an

sure that in

emphasis on both

intellectual

broad enough

conduct. Without

civility,

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and moral

the intellectual

skills.

and

In order to

do this properly, we are obliged to prepare
them to work with people who do not

have survived without being

is,

available,

the bigger the benefit.

residence hall activities are geared toward

is

lifestyles,

cauldron. Homogeneity just adds sameness.

opinions,

the classroom the lexicon

we have more

different intellectual currents of the time

and argue about them without harming

is

have different

ingredients for the concoction in the

agree with them,

Making

to a table

of the different

munities were able to accommodate very

everyday challenges. Making sure that

a variety of students, not just those from

coming

much better because

without the commitment to appropriate

the immediate region.

The

when you

expenences and

the city

as challenges.

We're facing the complexion of our future.

Every census projection

and more informa-

accurate,

discussion, organization discussion.

so

on campus, what

them more

more

tion-rich classroom discussion, meeting

have individuals with different opinions or

says "issues" often the connotation
see

are the benefits of

kind of discourse that happens

encourage

think

What

howe-barksdale: The benefits are more

are in

could go on.

list

think that equity
is

who

of those

a plethora of issues.

issues are raised?

More

to

the ingredients in the pot,

doesn't bubble over. That's

foster: Describe that bridge.

to

all

civility?

that civility

Indian restaurant in town. They try to

1

and

kinds of

— from Guatemalan

cooking lessons from the

"problems."

keeping

stirring constantly,

how

frame everyday challenges.

and

migrant workers to religious ceremonies

As you

and

life

civility

think in order for the cauldron not

I

at a

now

the Five

with the center explore

foster:

and

bubble over, there has

to

Cultural Center. People involved

examine

academic

scope.

its

example

to a faculty

city,

intellectuality

conceptually linked. That's the bridge.

to address a particular

type of discrimination

broadening

life,

these pairs are historically

means more

orientation,

disputes.

would be no more

than a pleasant social club.

see them

to classify those issues as unique,

overlap. But the point

Dime

I

more as challenges...

because sometimes these differences

that

"problems."

infancy, the only

—sexual

community

destruction of a community. Without

the civil university

Racial Equity

easily

and violence and the

intense intellectual activity and respect,

"issues" often the connotation

would consider were

cases the group

when someone says

the University-

is

Community Task Force on
As

think

into hate

and
If

life

abilities

we

aren't

who

have different

experiences, appearances

or disabilities than they do.

preparing them to deal with

these differences, we're not completing
their education.

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Few college students would
MISTAKE

A POLYESTER MAROON

BLAZER FOR A TRENDY FASHION
STATEMENT. BUT AT BLOOMSBURG,

THIS SYNTHETIC APPAREL IS

INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE

—THE

Husky Ambassador jacket.

Occasion

For the past 15 years, one

group of Bloomsburg
students has undoubtedly

stood out from the
in part because of

commitment

to excellence
for service to

to its

the university. Since 1985, the

at special

and

Husky

Ambassadors have served on the
line as official guides

rest,

uniform, but mainly

unblemished record

due
its

its

front

and hosts

events on campus.

Wearing
blazers, the

their

customary maroon

Ambassadors have become

familiar faces to university trustees, area
legislators,

and

friends of the university.

They have

also

had opportunities

meet international

dignitaries

to

such as

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and
Slovenia's

Prime Minister Janez Dmovsek.

Yet, for students, a polyester

maroon

blazer

makes an unusual fashion statement.
"Those blazers were both loathed and
revered," admits

Shannon (Strasbaugh)

Harvey, a 1991 Bloomsburg University

alumna and former Husky Ambassador.

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Volunteering on behalf of the school, and
earning recognition as one of the most

respected groups on campus, has generated

a tremendous legacy of

selfless service

that stays with ambassadors long after

they depart campus...

"But,

if

down

you ask most of us,

I

think deep

admit we had pride in them

we'll

even though

we may not have wanted

to

wear them.

much

"As

we

as

ridiculed

and hated

those blazers, they were always

recognized on campus, and

were respected
symbols

for

them.

think

we

like the blazers are really

who

important to students

group

I

think visible

I

Much

belong to a

Ambassadors."

like the

as the

maroon

blazers are the

symbol of the Husky Ambassadors, the
Ambassadors have evolved into
of

Bloomsburg

a

They

University.

symbol

are

representatives of a diverse student

body

who, through hard work and dedication,

Tou

have earned the respect of fellow students,

people today, and they are the Husky

faculty, administrators,
"I

and alumni

always thought the strength of the

I

think that strength

helped us get
still

and

started,

I

it's

the group's strongest asset today," says

Mike Alban

'88,

who

Ambassadors president dunng
year. "I

Husky

served as

most

committed, and fun-loving people

frequently

tell

brainchild of

alumni

affairs

Doug

is

the

Hippenstiel, director of

and the group's
visitors

is

meet

We

tradition established

now, and

As long

students at our open houses for
prospective students that

when

the

first

have a good

new group

as they

Governed

endowment.
is its

that their leadership, interpersonal

to carry

when

do

they are

that,

important thing for them to think about
I

tell

is

on

called

upon.

fulfilling a

them,

with alumni,

dignitaries, prospective students,

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and

and public

have been refined and
their experiences as

Ambassadors.

"Many

of the things

Ambassador

I

am still

I

did as an

doing today in

profession," adds Alban,
at

entirely

in the university's relationship

versatility,

skills

enhanced through

it's

possible

But, the program's true value

impact on the students. Alumni and

speaking

by students, the
Husky Ambassadors are a vital component

looking around campus, the most

the quality of our student body.

way

Library, Mitrani Hall seats, Five

development,

at a

very important mission."
they are

of the

present Ambassadors unanimously agree

adviser.

Husky Ambassador

campus open house.

in the best

parents and

some

most important campaigns:

Friends Memorial and the Alumni House

about.'"

that tradition, representing the university

Bloomsburg President Jessica Kozloff
"I

university's

Andruss

is all

important for each

at

Bloomsburg."

explains,

know

them, get to

campus. In addition, they have

generously supported

our university

Bloomsburg student

his senior

visitors to

them, and you will get a true sense of what

"Often, a

always considered the group

to contain the best, brightest,

to

The Husky Ambassador program

what

is

suspect that

meet some wonderful young

Ambassadors. Talk

alike.

group was the strength of the people
involved.

will

who

my

has worked

Shared Medical Systems' corporate

headquarters in Malvern, PA, since
graduating from Bloomsburg. Today, he

manages the relationship between SMS
and network software

giant Cisco Systems,

SPRING 2000
him in meetings with top-level
management personnel from both

with Ambassadors Jeff Bryant

companies, as well as executives from

and Shawn Roberts from the

health care organizations around the

class of

placing

world.

"I

wouldn't be where

am

I

Slovenia's

prime minister

talks

2000.

today

without the opportunities that

Bloomsburg and the Husky

Ambassadors provided me."
For Lori Clarke

'97,

her tour as an

Ambassador included meeting
Archbishop Emeritus Tutu on the

Adviser to the group: Doug Hippenstiel
Governed entirely by students, the Husky

evening before he delivered the

December 1996 commencement
speech. Her interactions with a variety
of alumni and dignitaries as they visited
the campus certainly prepared her for
life after graduation. As associate
director for the Annual Fund at LaSalle

Ambassadors are a vital component

in

the

university's relationship with alumni, dignitaries.

prospec

University in Philadelphia, Clarke feels

when

at ease

soliciting

business leaders
LaSalle's
"I

most

who

donations from

are

among

visible alumni.

developed leadership

Husky Ambassador

that

skills as a

have helped

me since. Those experiences have made
me much more comfortable now when
I am out there talking to major donors,"
Clarke explains. "When you have
already been in that situation as a
student,

it

makes you

that

much more

adept on the job."

Anna Bauer

'95 concurs.

For the

past four-and-one-half years, she has

the

worked

generated a tremendous legacy of

at Atlantic

City Medical Center.

Currently, she serves as the center's
director of

service that stays with

customer and community

relations, bringing her into contact

after

with

patients from divergent cultures, religions,

and

nationalities.

"The

real

is

Students with

that

you learn

wide variety of people.

interact with a

come

Husky
to work and

education of the

Ambassadors

many

together as Ambassadors to promote

the university," she explains.

"1

always

symbol of the university because we

reflected the diversity of the university.

showed
feel at

that

home

you could
at

find a

We

home and

Bloomsburg."

and earning recognition

Ambassadors long

campus and descend

the university," says senior

marketing major

as president of the

January.

it

do

finished his term

Husky Ambassadors

that for

that

if I

Bloomsburg,

I

am

worthwhile, they've helped establish

as

one of

at

College Park and LaSalle,

at

of Harrisburg

the Gettysburg

Community

College,

in

Maryland and helped found the group

1998 while she was pursuing her

doctorate in higher education
administration.
Clarke, meanwhile, hopes the

ambassador program

become
this

at LaSalle will

a full-fledged organization

September.

"Alumni love talking with students

who

can answer their questions and get them

company."

back in touch with

Husky Ambassador experiences so

Maryland

in

can do

Both Harvey and Clarke considered
their

campus
at

Dave Marcolla,

shows employers

"It

for their

who

Harvey, currently the director of

educational sendees

recognized a need for student involvement

final time.

similar groups at the University of

Volunteering their time on behalf of the
school,

selfless

"Many interviewers are astonished by
what we do and the fact that we do it as a
service. It's not a job, but a commitment to

willing to

thought the Husky Ambassadors were a
great

they depart

College Hill for the

a

backgrounds

different

most respected groups on campus, has

says. "I

want

this

Bloomsburgs.

and

I

think

I

to

want the

that's

Ambassadors

their university," Clarke

group

be just

like

'best of the best,'

what the Husky

are."

respectively.

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Leaders of Bloornsburg's
Institute for Interactive

Technologies
I

frarn

left:

Karl Kapp, assistant

director,

Tim
and

founder,

Hank

director,

Phillips,

retired

They come from

Bailey.

California, Arizona, Texas,

S

Ohio, and Connecticut. Twice

each year executives from highprofile corporations visit

Bloomsburg
attracts

University.

them

What

to this rural

Pennsylvania campus?
"RlAAmchnrff T lni\'orci t\r

houses one of the best-kept secre
in the e-learning industry," says Karl

Kapp,

assistant director of the Institute

for Interactive

Technologies and former

manager of a software
development company.
training

But the word

ttNtfhSW

is

spreading.

Bloornsburg's Institute for Interactive

Technologies (IIT)

is fast

becoming

a

nationally recognized center of excelle
in the high-tech field of e-learning, an

bringing in close to $500,000 a year
grants

Established in 1985 to
the master's
:
*

i

and endowments.

program

^igy (MSIT),
J

-'training

complemen

in instructional

the institute

now

state-of-the-industry web-bas

workshops, e-learning produc

and software -based research and
development for a number of

^

4

Bell Atlantic,
Iganizations such as AT&T,
GNA HealthCare, EduNeering, Inc.,
iifted

Medical Systems, and the

nnsylvania Department of Welfare.

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Teams

work
20 minutes to a

of students present a semester's
in

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y Kathleen

critical

Corporate Rdvisory Council.

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wmmmmmmm

Mohr

The

institute

come
way from
humble

has

economic development program,

a long

designed

its

of business, industry,

development through technology. The

Harold "Hank"

institute also received

Bailey, the

from the Bloomsburg University

IIT, started

first

the

program while he

—an

Foundation

initial

$10,000

purchase equipment and
venture-capital loan

with

later,

which

laurels,

teaching, Bailey began

computers'

educational potential at

personal

computers had limited
capabilities

and were

Bailey applied for

and was

Ben Franklin

to develop laser disc training for

the Geisinger Medical Center.

of Pennsylvania

The

and hopes

for

CIGNA

its

It

its

more

this

to hit the

Why are

skill that

allows

ground running," he

says.

Bloomsburg MSIT graduates

such hot commodities?

its

boundaries,

mind

to hire four to six

"These kids have an incredible

education and level of

Bloomsburg's program distinguishes
itself

stakeholders, the students.

main

from similar programs by requiring

students to take two classes that apply

classroom theory to practical experience.
In the

offers

advanced instructional design

by

teams of students

graduate students opportunities to

class taught

collaborate with faculty/practitioners

go out into the community, find

on

customers, and develop products for those

original technology-based research

directly to outside

the students

companies and

and the community. The

students get a complete piece they can

By the time they graduate, they
skills and experience that

have acquired

are highly desirable to employers.

Phillips,

customers. The finished products benefit

These projects give students

hands-on experiences, linking them

agencies.

Technology Partnership Grant

Ben Franklin Partnership, a

has never rested on

the institute always keeps in

projects.

prohibitively expensive.

vice president of training

and performance consulting

them

but has always reached out beyond

While reaching beyond

technology in

when

new

As technology has evolved, so has
It

fall.

year.

Bailey, "is its

the boundaries."

incorporate

to explore

according to

the program.

to

observe student presentations each spring

four graduates from Bloomsburg's program

mission to stay on the cutting edge. The

content.

one reason

is

members of the IIT's Corporate Advisory
Council (CAC) come to Bloomsburg to

HealthCare in Bloomfield, CT, has hired

royalties.

professors consistently explore

how

$10,000

"The strength of the program and the

department.

desire to teach

a

information systems

Hank Drude,

to

who

understand both technology training and

and

paid back

it

institute,"

students

Commonwealth

$20,000 seed money

was a professor in
the math and
computer science
Motivated by a

a

and economic

beginnings.

director of the

awarded

and education and

stimulate business growth

founder and

a time

Recruiting competent employees

is

bring together representatives

to

So

desirable, in fact, that

Tim

Phillips, the

current director of the

IIT,

boasts a 100

percent job placement

rate.

show to potential employers and the
community receives a multimedia product
they could not otherwise afford.

The capstone course of the program,
managing multimedia projects, is the most
unique aspect of program, and the one

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major players from the

that attracts

environment. All agree

Kapp

e-learning world. In this class,

more about

reveals

requires his students to participate in

team

Many come

a personal interview.

prepared

presentations. For the presentations, each

to offer jobs to graduating students,

team forms an e-learning company and

they also

exercise simulates a

where

work

teams drawing on the individual strengths
of each

hired

his

as

CAC,

of the

campus

travel to

own

twice a year at their

expense

to

day

20-minute presentations.

critique these

MA, and

CAC

have a better understanding

infrastructure in terms of increased
productivity, time savings,

participated

Faculty use the feedback from the

CAC business
enough about

and

conserving financial resources."

conference.

Peters cannot say

I

of the value of investing in a technology

as a technology professional in the three-

watch

meetings

about technology trends and

to hear

software.

manager of Web Ware

Solutions, Foxboro,

representing

CAC

"Attending the

observe applications of state-of-the-art

Technologies for Cookson Performance

well-known companies,

and

alma mater

member.

Members

on

multimedia. This spring, he returned to his

in

education and development for EOreal in

gives our representatives an opportunity

presentation and experience with

working environment

instructional technologists

to leam.

Francis "Chip" Peters '93 based

The

Norris, assistant vice president of

New York.

but

CAC member CIGNA HealthCare

develops a business solution in response to
a specific request for proposal (RFP).

come

Tom

and potential of technology," says

this situation

a student's ability than

meeting that follows the

his

presentations to evaluate the program's

This spnng, the IIT hosted 71
representing

graduate education. "The practical, hands-

visitors,

more than 40 national and

difficult

it's

most

the

corporate environment

he

assignment they've ever

completed. But by the time they've met

"I

as

tell

nervous before or

me

he's

after.

class,"

Kapp

one he did

the

never

Participants

on

amount

often as

much

as

is

nothing

is

for that

100 hours of

and

knowledge

faculty

need

Companies

projects.

One such

project

training for

is

and

one of the gaps

their senior

develop and

is

a three-year

$1,030,000 grant from Pennsylvania's

proposals.

my perspective,

to

support leading-edge instructional

Department of Welfare

"From

many funding

opportunities and provides the

impractical, so they use the students'

for corporations

perform under pressure in a professional

interaction with corporate

professionals translates into

proposals as models or templates for future

the advisory council
to observe students

The

of

find supporting similar efforts in the field

says.

have an opportunity

—

creating detailed proposals.

Now he

benefits of these business-

says.

preparation during the 15-week course

claims any presentation he gives

compared with

very smooth,"

research in addition to class time

technology expertise.

had one student

The mutual

education partnerships are indisputable.

time

a solid business foundation in addition to

been

is

Students spend an incredible

the requirements for the course, they have

their

current business practices and needs.

so the transition from the classroom to a

international companies.

For some students,

curriculum and stay informed about

on experience prepares you academically

managers

they don't understand totally the value

its

to

develop online

caseworkers. This grant,

which funds two additional

instructional

designers and a part-time secretary,
increases the institute's capabilities.

LLUM
UJhen an

e-learning

company had

clifficully recruiting

graduates from Bloomsburg's Master of Science in
.iNcerings

(MSIT) program to relocate to their
New Jersey headquarters, it solved the problem in a unique
way. It opened a satellite office in Bloomshurg and hired
MSIT graduate Lisa Verge to manage it.
As a graduate student in the MSIT program. Verge '98 was required
Instructional Technology

According lo Delamontagne, graduates of the IIT "have a broad
range ol knowledge, from conceptualization lo development to
production. They are well prepared."
Hill

lo present a hypothetical business plan lo the

Council (CAC)
a

week

later,

ol

Corporate Advisory

the Institute lor Instructional Technology (IIT).

Ahot

Delamontagne

she was offered a paid internship as an instructional
"I

designer

at

EduNeering

Inc., a

they seem lo want lo stay

departure from the

leading instructional design and

in a rural

company made

this

to establish an office in

environment. Verges

apparent and convinced

Bloomshurg.

observed a unique relationship between students and

instructors in the

MSIT program," he

says.

"They create

a culture

what our company is trying lo accomplish, ll is an
environment characterized by openness and a leam approach with
that mirrors

computer-based learning systems.
"I

was

commute

excited.

I

in traffic

loved the job and the people, but a 30-rninuie

and higher

living

expenses affected

my

goals and objectives of excellence.''

The

relationship built

on

Eichcrt's

first visit is

a strong one. Recently

happiness," she says.
After about seven

months on the job, Verge decided lo accept
and move back to Bloomshurg.

a job

oiler at Bailey Interactive

.Is.

one intern

I

he

company

alse

tancially

supports

oose to become a

a .semester

EduNeering executives understood Verges decision, but they had been
impressed with her advanced
IIT's

resources

if

skills

and

talent.

How

they couldn't persuade graduates to

could they lap the

move

to

New Jersey?

Robert Delamontagne, chief executive officer of EduNeering, became
involved with the

CAC

through the companysTormcr owner, John

Bloomshurg now employs Verge,
MSIT program, and Kelly
Rokosky, who was referred by another graduate. Delamontagne
says, "Based on current need, sec the Bloomshurg office growing
EduNccring's

satellite office in

Krisia Dewarl, a '95 graduate oflhc

I

Eicherl.

It

seems Eicherl had slopped by the

IIT

during one of his

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His son's enthusiasm and excitement
as

he played with

a

Lego Mindstorms

Robotics Invention System inspired

Tim

Phillips, director of the Institute for

Interactive Technologies.

new

impetus for a

Here was the

graduate course and

a cooperative venture with the

community.
Last

summer, with funding help

from a Pennsylvania Regional Summer
Schools of Excellence Grant the Central

Grants keep the IIT in the forefront
the state-of-the industry.

An

Imperatives

Grant from Pennsylvania's State System of

Higher Education in 1997 allowed the IIT
to

become

a greater competitor in the

world of distance learning. The grant,

headed by Mary Nicholson, associate

Susquehanna Intermediate Unit (CSIU)
and Bloomsburg University's

and National Education Computing

department of instructional technology

Conference (NECC).

offered a

The August 1999

issue of Training

how

it

three-week

produces top graduates

in the field of instructional technology. In

addition, Phillips received the Technology

course, the department co-hosted the

Students using

Mindstorms to
Advance Robotics and

professor of instructional technology and

Council of Central Pennsylvania's Post

Technology Workshop

resident distance learning expert, placed

Secondary Technology Educator of the

(SMART Works).

the IIT three years ahead of industry

Year award for 2000.

standards in the use and promotion of

the IIT

distance learning.

The

CIGNA

The

institute also received

funding from

About 40 highly
capable students from

result of all these efforts is that
is

on

its

way

area middle schools

to the top of the

e-leaming industry. Kapp says,

were bused

"When

to

HealthCare, Ben Franklin

people say they want good instructional

good multimedia developers,

Technology Partners of Northeastern

designers,

Pennsylvania, Get Thinking, Inc.,

and good e-leaming engineers,

EduNeering,

and software from

Inc.,

Bloomsburg University

words mentioned

Click21earn.com.

Helmut

Doll, associate professor of

and international

at

summer

Educational Robotics. As part of that

Magazine featured the IIT program,
explaining

new

graduate course, Lego Mindstorms

will

be the

to participate in the

technology-related inventions. Using

Lego Mindstorms
first

both the national

level."

campus

program, exploring the potential of

kits

under the

mentorship of graduate students, they
experienced firsthand the connection

between classroom lessons and

real-

world applications. Each team of
instructional technology, leads the institute

in the adoption of

One such

Web-enabled databases.

database, the Pennsylvania

Alliance of Higher Education for Research

and Technology

(http://partresources.org),

contains information about regional

academic
to

institutions,

which industry uses

determine areas of expertise. Through

the

site,

businesses

partners ready to

may

locate university

push technology

Students are expected to
prepare business proposals,
which are critiqued by the
Corporate Advisory Council,
that are as professional as

any proposal they mill
present in a business

programmed

built

and

of robots that

they developed problem-solving and

team-building

skills,

and became

familiar with concepts in mathematics,

and computer science.
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a teaching methods that included

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cooperative learning and
constructivism, created
instructional applications

its limits.

Bloomsburg University continues
funds and

new

facilities.

which opened

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in

IIT's

new

November

and
and

lesson plans using robotics,

to

support the IIT by providing operating

facilities,

number

could solve a problem. In the process,

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to

a

science

setting after

graduation.

middle school students

applied their knowledge in a real

classroom emironmeni.

The

reaction to this

the recognition for

its

program and

need has been

1999, provide students with twice as

so positive that the course and

much

workshop not only

lab space

The fund

and a new classroom.

raising

initiatives of the IIT

summer, and

will

this

have not gone

middle-school students.

unnoticed in the industry.

Its

faculty

have

According

will

be funded again

accommodate 60

and technology

to the Pennsylvania

Department of Education representative
represented the university and spoken at

major conferences, such as the American
Society of Training

and Development

who

evaluated the program.

Works

is

SMART

an "excellent workshop" and

"should definitely be continued. The

(ASTD), Association for Educational

project staff

Communication and Technology (AECT),

commended

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to

an outstanding

be
effort."

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The growth and success of the Children's Museum, a community
ago

begun 17 years

effort

Bloomsburg, provides testimony to the power of collaboration among volunteers

in

of varying interests and talents from both the university and the community.
The museum today provides
and learning kits

travelling exhibits

17 school

six-week

offers a

Summer

Science Center that

Arts

to

and

districts in five counties,

and

year served

last

5,000 children and adults. Organizers
are

now

even

to expand the project
by securing a permanent

pushing

further,

location to house the

museums

and provide educational

exhibits

programs year-round.
Since

its

inception, the Children's

Museum has brought together people
from many walks of life. Over 250
community volunteers contribute

to

the effort each year, including artists,
retired teachers, university professors,

students, business owners,

people.

Some

and

crafts

dedicate full-time hours

to the project, while others

donate

Kim

Berry, a

Volunteers

particular exhibit,

run the

and

still

Tom Klinger, work on Berry's museum
Savage painted the background mural.

student intern, and her adviser, biology professor

exhibit, "Cross Section of a Pond."

materials or their expertise for one

Community

Max Coy and Bob Houston

artist Judith

helped design and build the structure.

others help

summer program.
plans.

According

to

Diane Wukovitz

coordinator of the

Summer

Science Center, getting

'96, co-

Over 250 community volunteers

Arts and

community and

university people involved has never

been

difficult.

The

university's

contribute to the effort each

of the

and crafts people.

example, has provided a steady

stream of work-study students and interns.

also

is

extensive collaboration

museum

an example of community-universtiy

director Jean

Downing. "This

great experience for the students.
lot

is

They

a

Summer Arts and

a

work displayed

in

museum. A
Science Center.

museum

"wonderful for their resume,"

among

and work with many

people with

and off-campus.

included a Renaissance

Tom

Onions, a

who works

for

Lori Hunt, a

Keystone

Bloomsburg University work-

and Ann Carol Malcolm, owner of the Wee

Home Shoppe

in Danville,

One
exhibit

different

of Evans' interns

on

fossils this

working on

study student, did research for the exhibit,

taken seriously, and they get an opportunity

is

a story of

Financial in Bloomsburg, built the exhibit.

get a

of guidance, but also their ideas are

to see the results of their

summer program
Danville resident

tell

For example, the 1999

Merchants dollhouse.

collaboration that benefits everyone, says

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exhibits themselves

different talents.

Student involvement with the

the

Evans notes, as well as a good way

The

actively participate.

work with

For the students, developing a
exhibit

Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

furniture.

'62 supervises several

retired teacher, she is also co-coordinator

students, business owners,

through Volunteerism and Employment)

Area high schools and the Central

from Central Columbia

student interns each year as part of her
volunteer

teachers, university professors,

(Students Organized for Learning

office, for

Sandy Evans

year, including artists, retired

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A student

High School made the

with the

a

is

meet

developing an

semester, another

hydroponics project

summer 2000 theme

The students conduct

to

people on

—

to

fit

is

in

"Water."

research, construct

and graphics to
accompany them, and help set them up at
the museum.
the exhibits, develop text

developed the

museum."

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Evans says the students she has

come from

supervised have

a variety of

academic majors, including

communication

studies, education, the

and anthropology. This

sciences, art,

is

perhaps due to the eclectic nature of the

museum
art,

itself,

science,

which

and

strives to integrate

social science.

Wukovitz says the museum committee

some

got

"strange looks"

when

they

The

first

began

to incorporate art objects

among

the

on artist Leonardo DaVinci, while
Dad, Michael, and siblings, Caitlin and Quinn,
developed and built an interactive poetry
corner for last summer's center. Above, they
brainstorm for ideas for this year's
exhibit

science displays. However, Wukovitz, an
artist herself,

and science

says teaching art

concepts together often makes sense. The

1999 summer program,

for

make community service a family
Mom, Cindy, created a four-section

Collins

affair.

contributions.

example,

included exhibits and workshops
dedicated to kites, which can be viewed as
art objects

and used

principles.

An

Vinci, developed

Cindy

on Leonardo da

by Bloomsburg

resident

Collins, contained four separate

sections focused
artist,

to display scientific

exhibit

on da

Vinci's talents as

inventor, journalist,

and

an

scientist.

The summer 2000 museum

will again

be housed in the Caldwell Consistory, a

Masonic Hall located in downtown
Bloomsburg. The

first

floor will be

transformed into a "Susquehanna
Journey." Exhibits will trace the rivers
Elizabeth Strauss,

journey, presenting artifacts from
archeological digs, exhibits

on

1983

Organizations such as the

fish,

North Mountain Art League, the

representations of the river and water

Fishing Creek Watershed

theme. The downstairs area will

Association,

and county water

agencies are involved

exhibits.

developing

Organizations such as the North

District,

"We

in

some

comer, created

summer.

last

year by Michael Collins, a professor in

the

communication studies and

department, and his children,

is

department. Other travelling exhibits,

theatre arts

planned

which include

stations, are

Children's

Museum

the

learning kits that are available for loan

during the school

year.

The

exhibit, "Optical Illusions

was designed

now

in

first

travelling

and Puzzles,"

1984 by Tobias Scarpino,

a professor emeritus in the physics

"Body Works," "Simple

meteorology, local history,

The impetus

to

begin a local children's

by

the office of John McLaughlin
faculty emeritus in the

meeting in

(now

a

department of

exceptionality programs).

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a

Bloomsburg,"

The two women,

that

he had mentioned an

interest in starting a children's

The

initial

museum."

meeting in McLaughlin's

office brought in several more interested
community members, and by 1983 the
museum was incorporated. McLaughlin

consisted of

museum resulted from a conversation in
the summer of 1982 between two women
in a supermarket, followed

like this in

vacation.

be nice to

was taking a course with John

recalls that the

music, energy, and nutrition.

develops and

maintains travelling exhibits and classroom

hands-on

classroom kits introduce topics such as
electricity,

summer program,

all

Machines," and "Magnetism." These

again for this year.
In addition to the

at least 1 5

it

Strauss recalls. "Then Elaine mentioned

McLaughlin and
of

summer

thought, wouldn't

that she

A poetry

an

they had enjoyed with

during

have something

Watershed Association, and county water
of the exhibits.

president from

Everett,

were discussing the

museums

their children

some of the

exhibits for this

Mountain Art League, the Fishing Creek

School

children's

emphasize the physical aspects of water,

agencies are involved in developing

museum

and Elaine

enrichment teacher for Bloomsburg Area

animals, and ecology, as well as artistic

and include many hands-on

to 1995,

budget

for the first year

$20 contributions from

several individuals, as well as

materials for the

first

donated

travelling exhibit.

As new exhibits are added and
summer program grows, the need

the
for a

permanent location becomes more
apparent. Although community members
have been generous in donating storage

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As the Children's

Summer 2000

Museum

evolves,

organizers are also considering a

Art & Science Center Hours
Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg

name

change, perhaps to the Arts and Science
is much more than a
museum," Marande says.

Center. "This

June

1

through July 29

children's

—even

Monday through Saturday

very informative

11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

you can go through
appreciation for

Closed Tuesday, July 4

& Sundays

need

to explore

make

sure the

sustain

Max

shown above with the kaleidoscope
is among many community
volunteers who helped establish the summer art
and science center. Coordinating volunteer efforts
focusing on this year's theme, "Water," are Nancy
Dennis and the program's original coordinators
Diane Wukovitz and Sandra Evans.

Husky Corners owner
Delmar Zeisloft and Magee Industrial
Enterprises, Inc., which gives space in its
space (including

museum

and the

Even

itself.

if

has

Marande

museum

first

in the

"We

and

enthusiasm and the

is

donated,

like renovation,

of

1999 when he

was asked to construct a display on his
hobby of airplane building as part of that
year's "Flight"
is

a

theme.

He

"This

is

says the

museum

wonderful outreach opportunity

ability to

bring

Museum

is

destined to do well.

a very infectious group of people,"

Downing

says. "They're

because they enjoy

got involved with the

summer

ideas can

important predictors of success, then the
Children's

be able to

a building

and have an

new ways

together a huge variety of people are

still

to raise revenue

you have to pay for things
upkeep, and insurance."

Coy,

table he created,

Fifth Street building)

ways

museum will

there

the

"It's

you're an expert,

be expressed."
If

long-range planning committee.

all

if

it.

you have

a very creative

who

new

love

ideas

only doing this

It's

a lot like theater:

group of people

and work together

develop a whole

new scene

while they are

it,

at

each

year.

to

And

they manage to bring

out the best in people."
Additional information about the

for

the academic community, as well as an

Children's

important resource for the region.

site

:

Museum

is

available

on

its

web

http://townha.ll. bafn. org/~childmus/

a year-round office located within the

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office

downtown,

to

there are

Often, exhibits have

logistical difficulties.

be moved from place to place, and

finding

workshop

sites is

a challenge.

kunfjudl®

Organizers have begun efforts to
acquire a permanent place for a year-round
children's

museum, which they

the next logical step.

"It's

believe

is

Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences

very exciting to

see this evolve from bringing exhibits into

schools to a

summer program and on

the possibility of a

many

permanent

"A year-round

Strauss.

—

possibilities

would be

this

special contribution to the

The volunteers

to

A

to

says

Bob Marande is a member of the
museum's long-range planning
committee. Below, he checks out a
product of his hobby, airplane
building, with one of the museum's
founders, Liz Strauss.

so

a very

community."

also realize that

acquiring a permanent

undertaking.

site,"

museum has

I

site is

a major

fund-raising campaign has

be organized, and decisions have to be

made about

a facility

and

staffing needs.

Museum

date, the Children's

To

has survived

on individual donations, foundation
grants,

two annual

contribution

Way

it

fund-raisers,

now

and the

receives as a United

agency.

"A few properties have been identified
that

would be

ideal for a

museum,"

says

Robert Marande, associate dean of arts and
sciences

and

a

member

of the

museum's

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At

f

glance, Faith Kline

first

is

hard

Anna

to a casual observer, Klines class at

Day Elementary School

Blakiston

from one group
they

And

on the

easily as

unruffled by the commotion,
math game with a handful

life,

people are always interacting,"

work

observes Kline. "They don't
isolation.

They

in

thing at the same time. That's

how

forth, spilling as

the

faced

many obstacles. I used

most out of what

had other

is

options.'

Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award.

student,

Nominated by her

at the

award from

approximately 100 nominees from across

abilities,

honed

at

and

Bloomsburg,

undoubtedly helped her win the award,

which

is

based largely on essays written by

As

the nominee.

children, decided

I

was

other teachers. So

We

need

real-life skills.

come

into

usually

on

getting the
"Faith's

them opportunities
situations and practice

to give

to observe real-life

the

when you
we are not

That means,

my classroom,

same page of the same

same answer," says

inspiration to us

all,"

Pamela Sykes in her nomination.
improve her teaching."

had

is

to start

than

make up

to

She lived only

'Boy, is

first

she

had already

for

started to read

text

eager,'" recalls

to say that

She wasn't afraid

an

"She's a

striving to

teacher

who

to voice

the

2000 Pennsylvania

Lowe. "You
to

didn't

tell

recipient.

have

her opinion

as the

Lowe understood

me

that for

have to hear myself talk

As a student, Kline

first

her to be quiet.

I

also

had

it

a

to

out."

unique

opportunity to see education from a
point of view. She was selected

to participate in

Award

Semester (THIS). Only one student from
each university in Pennsylvania's State

Lowe

learn,

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is

was informed.

"Scott

legislator's

Faith Kline

Teacher of the Year

could always count on Faith

something

a

to discuss

impression of Faith was

Kline remembers

said school principal

bundle of energy, constantly

was going

or ask a question."

Kline.

enthusiasm for teaching

I

I

later in life

start of the semester.

"My

educational experiences that mirror real
life.

a

Scott Lowe, professor of philosophy,
remembers an enthusiastic Kline ringing
his doorbell at home one day before the

for his class.

by giving them

for

lost time."

Teacher of the Year competition in Apnl.

success in the 21st century

driven.

bottom much

the text she

to prepare children for

I've

wish

mother of two

was time
and pursue
it

block away and stopped by

a state winner, she

'I

degree in education. "As a non-traditional

represented Pennsylvania in the National

"We need

to think,

Now I've learned there

her to follow her calling

was

have

my life,

In

a reason for eveiything that happens."

December 1990
graduate of Bloomsburg, received the 2000

the state. Klines exceptional speaking

is.

In 1988, Kline, then the

it

Last October, Kline, a

writing

and her

who

have gotten breaks, but those

made

young

selected for the prestigious

talks

and

lessons, the influences

life's

should be in the classroom."

principal, she

She

slick floor.

"Really successful people are not those

who

I

do the same

don't always

marbles on a

spirit

Her

insight.

expectations for public education.

sits

of students.
"In

words and ideas tumble

floor,

playing a

and her own energetic

driving forces behind her success,

where's

award-winning teacher? She

fateful events

about

to another. Rarely are

acting in unison.

all

their

moving

for

only eight years. But a combination of

have given her tremendous

in

Philadelphia appears to be in a state of
chaos. Students are constantly

The gregarious Kline has taught

to

find in her fourth-grade classroom. In fact,

By Trina Walker

The Harrisburg Internship

System of Higher Education
this prestigious

is

awarded

honor, placing them in

areas of policy in Harrisburg that help

them understand

their

own

career choices.

Kline interned with the Senate Education

Committee.

"Throughout

my life,

I've

wanted

to

hear different perspectives, even those

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kids

wo

re>

solve

think

criticall 1

r

ocusing on

that

a
a

pn
str

oppose mine. Somewhere there

common
common

ground.
ground,

relationship.

And

is

And if we can find
we can establish a

with a relationship,

we can have dialog. With dialog,
we have the ability to improve the

of these things catapulted

me

quickly into a better understanding of
the world

and

led to

my commitment

is

modest about the award.

haven't changed. I'm
thing. Yesterday

still

special

"I

doing the same

nobody knew me. Today

social

understand

why I do what

"Education

is

I

me

do.

about teaching kids to

all feel terrific

think

critically.

worked with Kline

daily

on math

"until

strengths

I

"At Bloomsburg, besides Scott Lowe,

about

be in

my

will

students

remember me,

remember what

my classroom.

That

1

it

was

I

like to

believed in

them

my very best. hope
they will remember my commitment and
think of my profession as an honorable one."

and

was Neil Brown, who taught

to integrate social studies into

and

about focusing on

and overcoming weaknesses,"

"When my
hope they

to talk

It's

Kline continues.

believed in myself.

other curricula. Leroy

and

foundations of education, helped

cooperatively, solve problems,

McNamee, who

me how

And Da-nd

in psychological

work

grade teacher, Mrs.

ideas, there

the theory behind math.

Washburn

learning an

about ourselves." She remembers her sixth

who encouraged me

to teaching."

Kline

who made

adventure and "made us

"Seeing education from a legislative

all

had

Kline cites Miss Cragg, her second

point of view, being a non-traditional
student,

I've

who have inspired me. Aside
from my mom, the people who have really
influenced and shaped me were teachers."
individuals

grade teacher

she says.

situation,"

they do. I'm here because

that

I

gave them

I

Brown taught me

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House, creating

Master Plan

area.

Trustees approve changes

A

a

more intimate quad
would allow

relocated Buckalew

the university president to use the
In the year 2020, students

dodge Frisbees and
cars as they
to the

may have

December by

and practice

last

lot

be replaced by a large quad designed

enhance the campus' beauty and

will result in a lesser grade
visibility for motorists.

be replaced by

lots

Road

behind McCormick Center
of Hartline Science Center,

academic space adjacent

new

A

for in the next

halls to

create a

the one-story extension in

the front of Schuylkill Hall to restore

•

visibility to

open

one of

most distinguished examples of

architecture

on campus, Old Science

Hall.

Creating a grassy miniquad between

Benjamin Franklin and Navy

moving

halls

and

a half basketball court behind

Luzerne or Northumberland

Plans

hall.

also call for replacing the current

ramp

and wall system between Navy and
Benjamin Franklin with a grand stairway

and grassy
•

slope.

Rebuilding Laubach Drive leading

toward Haas Center

for the Arts to create

a formal entrance to the

facility.

Parallel

parking will be retained along Laubach
Drive,
•

which

will

Conducting

end

in a square.

a feasibility study to

determine whether Buckalew Place

be

moved

Kristoffer Z.

to Centennial

or Waller.

Polhemus of Hampton, NJ,
Dunellen, NJ. The

Cliff A. Vail of

three

members

of Tau

fraternity died in

on March

19.

Donations

may be

TKE

Kappa Epsison

an off-campus

sent

may

next to Fenstemaker Alumni

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shown

in

orange while potential

fire

to:

Brothers Memorial

Fund

in care of the Development Center

400

East

Second

St.

bird's-eye-view of changes to the lower campus.

pedestrian walkway.

the

Human

and additional

McCormick

Existing structures are

traffic to

space and give better

to

Marcus C. LaBuda of Hazleton,

spaces along a

Closing the area between Luzerne and

Northumberland residence

Removing

for

university has established

memorial fund in honor of

Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

two decades include:

•

added

a

and

being considered include a parking garage

Hall or

behind Waller.

everyday vehicular

fields.

Services, a 60,000-square-foot expansion

A

and better

visitors'

Other changes planned

•

athletic

Lost parking spaces

road encircling the quad and in

parking

at creating a village -like

Other long-range construction projects

the Council of Trustees, the

relocated entrance along Lightstreet

Remembered
The

Adding upper-campus housing, a long-

environment clustered around the

to the university's facilities

provide space for student recreation.

will

•

term project aimed

Student Services Center.

Waller Administration Building parking

facilities for

special events.

footballs instead of

master plan, approved in concept

to

Alumni House's expanded

walk from the Andruss Library

According

will

to

Friends

new

structures are

shown

in

maroon.

SPRING 2000

Employee Excellence

Cunning Costumes

State honors student

Alumna wins award

How do you

University senior theatre arts major

Michael Pizzi has been

named

masks

for

Pennsylvania Student Employee of the

professional challenge last

Student Administrators.

her inventive solution

works

Award

as a theatre assistant/

production supervisor and

Bloomsburg's Student Employee of
the Year, for

which he

II

Kennedy Center American

As costume designer

$500

will receive a

Kipling's

500 events
Kehr Union and Gross

"This year, there will be

in

The Jungle Book, Sickora choose
masks

created plaster

on

on 490 of those,"

their faces

said his supervisor,

Randall Presswood, director of performing

Bloomsburg. In his

and voices

Sickora

them

to use

for expression.

one of eight regional

who competed

prize at the

20 years of this business, no

is

She

that rested

actors' heads, allowing

winners

nomination of Pizzi, Presswood wrote:

my

Bloomsburg

to represent characters symbolically.

Auditorium. Mike will have had an impact

"In

for a

Theatre Ensemble production of Rudyard

University Foundation.

arts facilities at

her a Barbizon

College Theater Festival.

scholarship from the Bloomsburg

Mitrani Hall,

summer, and

won

for Theatrical Excellence at the

Region

also

is

actors

Alisa Sickora, '99, art, faced this

Year by the Northeast Association of

Pizzi

human

transform

into jungle animals for a live performance?

for a national

Kennedy Center

in

Washington, D.C.

employee has worked more hours and
been more consistent than Michael

Pizzi.

Michael does not believe in doing a job in

any way but the best way
with classes or other
sits

outside

When not busy

activities,

my office with his

Financial Expert

Mike often

VP Meyer joins

A financial

books, making himself available for any

emergency needs

may

that

arise

warning. In a business that
filled

is

No

one

dedication to the job,
that

my facilities are

motivation to
available

and

can

rest

assured

to

me. Mike Pizzi

resources

(left),

welcomes Sharon Meyer to Bloomsburg. Meyer
replaces Robert Parrish

who

recently retired.

retirement of 17-year Bloomsburg veteran

Robert Parrish in December.

Meyer was

in

keep current with

is

human

is

an inspiration

theatrical technicians (student

and

have had the

opportunity

vice president of operations

Golden Gate University

from 1994

Author hired to write history

professional)
I

System Story

at

to

1999 and

A

Mountain College,

former Patriot-News reporter will

Billings,

System of Higher Education.

University of Houston-Clear Lake and the

Harrisburg area author Bern Sharfman,

who

recently completed a history of the

in Houston.

at

any point

Association, has been retained to write

business

about the State System.

to a vice president's post.

Comprised of 14

Beginning her career as a clerk in a

she

state universities,

including Bloomsburg, the State System

was established

nominated him for
the award.

in

1983 and

is

the largest

provider of public higher education in the

Commonwealth.
The
for the

project

is

at the

University of Texas Health Science Center

Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers

Pennsylvania
Student Employee
of the Year,
Michael Pizzi
(right), with
supervisor Randall
Presswood, who

MT, from 1992

She also held positions

to 1994.

work with

my career."

San Francisco

write the history of Pennsylvania's State

to

during

in

vice president of

administration and finance at Rocky

to

in the top 2 percent of

in higher education,

as vice president for

administration in February after the

Margaret Manning, assistant vice president of
administration and director of

good care. Mikes
leam more about what is

technological trends

all

I

began her duties

ease while

demeanor and

reliability,

35 years experience

is

in Mike's presence. Because of his skills,

knowledge,

Sharon K. Meyer, an administrator with

traditionally

is ill at

sharpshooter from Texas has

joined Bloomsburg's administrative team.

without

with anxiety and tension, Michael

always constant.

administration

study

office,

Meyer worked her way up
Along the way,

managed budgets of up to $300
endowments of as much

million and

$30

million.

No

also managed the implementation
more than a dozen computer systems.
At Bloomsburg, Meyer oversees the
university's budget, business and human

Meyer

of

supported by the Fund

Advancement of the

State

System

as

stranger to technology,

of Higher Education, Inc., through a grant

resources offices, as well as the police

from Pepsi-Cola Co.

department and physical

plant.

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THE

Capital Gains
Foundation raises record amounts

The Bloomsburg University Foundation
raised a record $3.6 million in 1999, an 18

percent increase over the $3 million raised
last year.

For the 1998-99

fiscal year,

Bloomsburg

14 universities in

also led the

Pennsylvania's State System of Higher

Education in funds

raised.

The record-breaking year coincides
The

with Bloomsburg University's launch of
its first

comprehensive

campaign,

capital

New Challenges, New Opportunities. As
of May 1, more than $6.6 (or 60 percent)
of the $ 1

1

million capital campaign goal

"Our success has been a

result of

continued support from close friends of
the university

and some very

contributions from

Anthony M.

new

significant

donors," says

Ianiero, vice president for

Margaret

McCern Memorial Scholarships,
memory of McCem, a

honoring the

1954

of the economics faculty from

to 1976.

A

$100,000 bequest from

series.

Organizations, including the Student

Government

Association, were the single

group of contributors

—

the confidence people have in this

$845,623.

providing

Other groups of donors include:
businesses and corporations, $200,180;

alumni

estate gifts,

$211,116; current and

retired

Smith

$73,540; foundations, $42,100; friends of

Robert Warren, and Mildred

Quick Muller designated
scholarships,

for student

and from Jack Mertz

College of Business.

A

for the

$250,000 bequest

from the Richard Sands Estate

will

fund

is

quick to emphasize.

"To be successful,
participation of

employees, $72,942; parents,

the university, $492,800;
gifts

and matching

from companies, $165,214.

Altogether, 13,664 donors contributed
to the university in

gifts,

we need

the

the university's

all

1999, a point that

gifts,

as well as large

are important because they indicate

the strength of

commitment our alumni,

parents and friends have for Bloomsburg."
In addition to Bloomsburgs position as
first

of more than $100,000 each from the Fred
Estate,

operations,

says Hicks. "Small

department lecture

$1.54 million. Alumni contributed

Last year, the foundation received gifts

Susan Hicks, manager of development

constituents in our fund-raising efforts,"

a nursing

relationships with the university indicate

confidence."

above depicts the back of the Alumni
appear after improvements have

the Eleanor Sharadin Faust Estate will

largest

We're very proud of that

will

endow

university advancement. "These

institution.

it

been made.

member

had been received or pledged.

illustration

Center as

among

State

dollars raised,

System universities in

it is

one of the top

System universities

five State

for dollars raised per

alumni of record, alumni participation,
percentage increase in funds raised in
years and

endowment growth

Bloomsburg has the fourth

largest

endowment per full-time equivalent
student among State System universities
more than $1,600 per student.

Changes in Development
From left: Jack Mulka, who has served the university for
32 years, has been named director of major gifts for
New Challenges, New Opportunities: The Campaign
for Bloomsburg University. Having earned a B.S. from
Bloomsburg, a M.Ed, from Ohio University, and a D.Ed,
from Penn State University, Mulka was dean of academic
support services before accepting his new role. Susan
Hicks, who has 18 years service with Bloomsburg, is
manager of development operations. Hicks earned a
B.S. from Bloomsburg, a M.Ed, from Ohio University,
and a Ph.D. from New York University.
Eileen M. Evert has been named coordinator of the
annual fund. A 1994 graduate of the McCann School of
Business and a 1999 graduate of Alvemia College, Evert
was previously employed by the Penn State Geisinger
Health System Foundation where she coordinated the
Children's Miracle Network Telethon. Matt Hutchinson has
been named coordinator of development services. A 1995
graduate of Bloomsburg, Hutchinson previously served
as program associate with the Williamsport-Lycoming
Foundation. At Bloomsburg, he will provide support for
special development appeals, donor stewardship, and
grant-related activities.

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five

in five years.

SPRING 2000

Home Improvements
Alumni House

In addition to the great room, designed

Membership in the Bloomsburg
Alumni Association grows with

University

each

new

graduating

organizations

and other alumni

Home

a

new

entrance

Long joins

area,

two

accessible

student

for receptions, meetings,

gets addition

plans

activities,

home

class.

will

This year, the

expand, as well.

Construction will begin this

summer

on a 2,675-square-foot addition to the
Howard E Fenstemaker Alumni Center.
The highlight of the new construction
will be the Curtis R. English Great Room,
named in honor of an alumnus and
former president

who

foyer

call for

and reception

Coming
life

restrooms, a kitchen, coatroom, and

Improvements

storage area.

structure include an

What can you

to the existing

updated heating and

do with an
anthropology

air-conditioning system.

degree?

The Fenstemaker Alumni House has

If Jeffrey

been the home of the Alumni Association
since 1985,

when

new

the organization

Dorothy John Dillon

Jeffrey

Long

president for student

purchased the 1929 structure from the
estate of the late

Long,

assistant vice

'24.

life, is

—

any indication

quite a

lot.

Long, former dean of students

died in 1999.

the College of

Mount

Cincinnati, joined
in

Saint

at

Joseph in

Bloomsburg University

January following the retirement of

John Trathen, who stepped down after
27 years of service to the university.

Long earned

a bachelors degree in

anthropology/sociology from Bloomsburg
in 1980, a masters degree in anthropology

from the State University of

Albany

New York-

a masters degree in college student

personnel from the College of Saint Rose,
Albany, and a doctorate in counseling and

student personnel services from the
University of Georgia, Athens.

As assistant vice president for student
Long is responsible for the Student
Health Center, Counseling Center, and
drug and alcohol program (DAWN). In

life,

addition, he supervises

departments

all

and programs connected with the

Community Government

Association,

including the Student Recreation Center,
University Bookstore, Kehr Union, Office
Construction of a 2,675-square-foot addition to the
Alumni Center will begin this summer.

Camp Saved

Howard

F.

federal

Camp

Graduate gets grant
bereavement program

for children,

sponsored by Columbia Montour

Home

had

lost a

for children ages

accidents, murder, or suicide,

Courage cared

funding from an area industry and the

first

efforts of a

Bloomsburg University

Loretta

with nursing professor Julia Bucher and the
agency's hospice

program during the 1998-

99 academic year when she learned

that

for

for

who

implemented a

Murphy, Ashland, was working

6

to

14

who

illness,

Camp

40 children during

its

year.

Murphy,

graduate student.

review by the Merck Foundation resulted

parent or sibling through

Health, will resume this May, thanks to

developed and

quality-of-life

instrument

measuring the success of patient care

during her

first

semester, spent part of the

second semester preparing funding
requests.

Her

and Quest.

Merck's Cherokee Plant in Danville, and a

budget cuts signaled the end to
Courage.

Designed

A

of Student Activities,

Fenstemaker

efforts, a staff

in a

$30,000 grant which

camp

will

support the

more than three years.
Jane Gittler, Columbia Montour Home
for

Healths chief executive

officer, says, "1

believe that this project

is

example of Bloomsburg

University, local

industry,

and

a

human

working together
need.

I

am

to

an excellent

service agency

meet a community

especially pleased that the

benefactors are children."

presentation at

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Precious Pachyderm
Alumna works with elephants

but Ellen Wolfe

'98,

M.S. biology, was

overjoyed to learn of a special

new

The 300-pound baby

facilities,

and females

Asian elephant.

State University

"There are two primary problems

when

when females
of estrus. And second,
tell

Asian elephant, Moola, one of Wolfe's

go into the period

subjects during the four years that she

the males are difficult to

so

hard to get

it's

together."

Wolfe researched elephant reproduction
in collaboration with

Wolfe. "One, you can't

the son of

the males

result of the first

breeding elephants in captivity" says
is

require special

successful artificial insemination of an

arrival's

November.

birth last

prevent extinction. The young

effort to

pachyderm was the

She didn't host a baby shower or send a
gift,

researched elephant reproduction in an

work with and

Zoo

in Springfield,

her master's work
early '90s.

Southwest Missouri

and the Dickerson Park

MO,

at

while finishing

Bloomsburg

in the

As part of a 12-member team of

researchers,

Wolfe collected and analyzed

blood samples from the animals, looking
period of estrus.

for clues to predict the

"At that time,

we knew very little

about

elephant reproduction," says Wolfe. "But

we

if

could predict estrus in the elephants,

then

we would know

the males

use

the best times to get

and females together or when

artificial

to

insemination."

Wolfe has fond memories of her time
with the elephants.
"Elephants have

humans," she

life

spans similar to

about

says, "so until they're

13 years old, they're

like

kids.

little

Very

big kids. But, they're very interactive, just a
lot

of fun to be around."

Although her study was finished several
years ago, Wolfe recently

saw

the

new

mother and baby. The saying "elephants
never forget" holds
Southwest Missouri State University researcher ThqmajiitTgrn
Ellen Wolfe and Dickerson Park Z6p_vetertparian Dennis Schmitt visit
- -:-'' ?—- ™"^*-mat^
with baby elephant Haji.
y*:
:

;

"I

she says.

remembered me."

-

-

true,

hadn't seen Moola in years, but she

'

problem on

a Friday and had to cease
work at 5 p.m. the following Monday.
Competing in the Interdisciplinary
Contest, the Bloomsburg team, Marc
Fowler of Milford, Ryan Love of

without question two of the top

students developed an award-winning

Warminster and Scott Savidge of Elsyburg,

playoffs."

solution to just that problem at a recent

was named

international competition.

in the top 18 percent of teams

Weighty Solution
Math students named meritorious

How many elephants are enough?
A team of Bloomsburg University

The MathematicalAnterdisciplinary

a Meritorious

Winner, placing

who

universities in the

world in mathematics,"

he

in perspective, this

said.

"To put

it

into the Sweet 16 of Division

The competition
Consortium

competed. Team advisers were Kevin

Applications

for

is

I

run by The

Mathematics and

Ferland and Scott Inch from the

primarily by the National Science

department of mathematics, computer

Foundation.

This year's problem was to create a model

science

for using a contraceptive dart to control

"This

is

a

first

for us,

and the

the population of elephants in a

competition included teams from some of
the world's

Student teams received information on

said

elephant birth and death rates along with

Bloomsburg's department of mathematics,

over the

on elephants in the park
two years. Time was part of

data

last

the challenge

—they began work on

the

most prestigious

universities,"

Jim Pomfret, chairperson of

computer science and

statistics.

"The meritorious winner category
includes

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MIT and

It

also receives support

the Institute for Operations Research

hypothetical South African National Park.

statistical

Its

(COMAP) and funded

Contest in Modeling asked 495 teams of

statistics.

Beijing University

Industrial

it

basketball

students to solve a mathematical problem.

and

is

roughly an academic version of making

from

and

and Applied Mathematics

(INFORMS),

the Society for Industrial

and

Applied Mathematics, and the

Mathematics Association of America.

More information about

the contest can

Web at:
www. comap .com/undergraduate/contests/
be found on the World Wide

SPRING 2000

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Academic Calendar

Chamber Series

Baseball Golf Tournament

Electronic Registration

Call

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

Mifflinville, PA.

Hesperus
Monday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.. Carver Hall,
Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets

Thursday, Oct.12, Frosty Valley

are $15.

Special Events

Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio

Parents

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.. Carver Hall,
Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets
are $15.

Oct. 7

Tuesday, Aug. 22, through

Monday, Aug.

Husky Club Golf Outing

28.

Classes Begin

Monday, Aug.

Saturday, Oct. 7, Arnold's Golf Course,

28.

Labor Day
Monday, Sept.

4,

NO

CLASSES.

Art Exhibits
Haas Gallery of Art.
Hours are Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information,
contact the art department at

Golf Outings
For

more information,

(570) 389-4646.

call

(570) 389-4663.

Exhibits are in the

Tai

Woong

Kang, graduate student,

1

Weekend

and

8.

Homecoming
Oct. 28

and

29.

Second Annual John Devlin Memorial
Golf Classic
Saturday, June 3,
Willow Run Golf Course, Berwick, PA.

Paintings

June

Country Club, Danville, PA.

to Aug. 31.

Florence Putterman

Team Golf Outing

Paintings

Wrestling

Sept. 8 to 29.

Saturday, June 10, Arnold's Golf Course,

Wednesday, Sept.

13, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

Mifflinville, PA.

reception; 6:30 p.m., lecture.

Husky Club Golf Outing
Friday, June 23, Fox Hollow Golf Course,
Quakertown, PA.

Gary Cawood
Photography
Oct. 6 to Nov. 16

Wednesday, Oct.

11, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

reception; 6:30 p.m., lecture.

Husky Club Golf Outing
Friday, Sept. 15, Heritage Hills Golf

Resort, York, PA.

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LAS!

fffi

The

coming of

brings with

it

WORD

a

new millennium
we

forward. Certainly,

anticipating the future here at
University,

and have many

The

on looking

a focus

Bloomsburg

social change; the

to reflect

on

hundred

years.

A

the values that have created the special

we know

place

as

This spring,

Bloomsburg

the values that have nourished

my

professional

core of

about

life,

back

me

to the essential

teaching and learning.

classroom, which

Thanks

to

honors program
Springer,

I

had

a

is

where

for Societal

I

I

is all

was in the

began

my

an invitation from our

director, Dr.

Dale

wonderful time sharing

ideas about "Leadership:

Its

Implications

and Organizational

Issues"

with 20 of our honors students.

32

during

what Bloomsburg University

—

career.

University.

took a journey back to

I

I

at

leadership

classroom, because

to

imagined. Being with them in a classroom

has reinforced the positive impressions

see a

I

tremendous
At one

for effective leadership today.
is

called

upon

be a leader.

government leaders and from chatting
with others on campus.

observed

many

of our students

developing into leaders in their

own

right.

They're setting high standards for

themselves and serving as examples for
their peers. They're

to succeed.

And

to

encouraging each other

do

that, to excel

making

hope the students gained some
knowledge from this class. I can tell you

academically, they're

with absolute certainty the professor

even more conviction that Bloomsburg

learned a great deal! As

students give

I

how

thinking about

matenal each week,
qualities

an

I'd
I

I

spent time

present the

was reminded of the

effective teacher

needs

—about

how much preparation goes into each class
and how important it is to examine how
we teach, as well as what we teach. By
stepping into their shoes,
appreciate

we have

more

here

I've also

at

fully the

I've

wonderful faculty

learned something about our

students. They're even brighter than I'd

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decisions about priorities.

Yes,
future.

me

great

I

difficult

can say with

hope

for

our

future.

we should be excited about our
But we should never forget the core

values of our past, reflected in those

teach and study here each day.

\

learned to

Bloomsburg.

I've

gleaned from interaction with our student

I've

particularly enjoyed this return to the

time or another, each of us

depends on cherishing

successful future

how

can solve problems.

need

the values that have sustained this
university for well over a

second half looked

challenges in society and

new academic programs to new facilities.
But a new millennium also gives us an

was designed

about leadership roles in

and theories on leadership and

the world

developments on the horizon, ranging from

—

half of this class

are

exciting

opportunity to look back

first

to teach students

Jessica Sledge Kozlojf

President

Bloomsburg University

who

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By Mike Albright

,

Greg Johnston stands over

'87

a golf ball, looks

rom

green,

ahead

the bag

shoulder. Every weekend, recreational golfers

same thoughts through

Ww&W-lf:

HKil
their next shot, there

on

can be thousands of

1987 Bloomsburg grad

had taken

Scarinzi,

Johnston has been a

charting her return, he

Johnston,

who

Association tour.

"retiring" in

was out of the
hand as manager

Six years ago, Johnston

of Legends Sports Bar in Virginia Beach,

VA. Catering to the hungry lunch crowd,

happy hour masses, and

night barflies carried

little

professional

and he was mulling

a career

change when his phone rang one
afternoon in the

summer

Today, Johnston
successful caddies

is

called that

circuit,

summer

who

think about

it,

but

day.

earlier

me
I

"I

had

in the bar business.

"We

called her

win

all

four of

in her

September, she qualified for

Hall of

Fame by winning

the

summer, Inkster continued

On June 25 she became
woman in 16 years to successfully
her McDonald's LPGA Classic title.

her

stellar play.

the

first

defend

The win, her
major

back the

major tourney,

sixth in a

victories

women

among

for the

tied

most

active golfers.

She also moved into fourth place on

known Greg from
to

me," Inkster

and he

the tour's career

his

really liked

got along really well

ideal caddie."

player to

her with three other

a few days to

days as a caddie,

and suggested him

LPGA

the

Earlier this

tried a 'regular' job,

off,

She said she'd give

LPGA

Grand Slam events

career. Last

day,"

earned a bachelor's

was burned out

"Ralph had

of 1994.

thanks largely to the outstanding play of

who

on

next day to accept."

one of the most

on the LPGA

the tour's

Safeway Golf Championship.

degree in business administration.

I

tournaments and

five

the seventh female golfer to

the fourth

recommended

spent nearly four years

taken three years

won

surpass $5 million in earnings and only

was

"The day Juli called was a good

but

the late-

the tour's top performers. In 1999 alone,
Inkster

1991.

says Johnston,

Since that day, Johnston has been at

became

with tour

Penny Hammels caddie before

the tour as

golf business, trying his

a job

caddie, Ralph

Scarinzi learned Inkster

caddie on the Ladies Professional Golf

Juli Inkster,

local links.

Inksters side, lugging the clubs for one of

while

links. But,

was pregnant, her

When

course: he never swings a club. For 10 of

satisfaction,

those

filter

birth of

standout Dottie Pepper.

from the folks on the nearby public
the past 13 years,

anxious to return to the
Inkster

one other thing that

is

had just celebrated the

Inkster

her second daughter, Cori, and she was

on one of Johnston's

decisions. There

the

his

6SJ

While most weekend duffers may have

separates this

on

111

the occasional dollar "skin" riding

dollars riding

minds on the

their

to the

is

him,

recalls.

the

money

list,

winning

seven tour events, including three majors,
since the opening of the

1999 season.

Johnston has been on board

for nine

of Inkster's 24 career victories, and

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Inkster contends that his preparation

and

consistency are pivotal components to her

though I'm the one making the decision,
really

recent success.

"When

I

"I

always ready to go.

is

He

is

He

is

is

very
in his job

always very positive and he

always prepared," Inkster

relates.

rely

assess

ments, and
is hit,"

on the course, and

conscientious
overall.

Greg

get to the course,

do

on

I

his input," the golfer adds.

"A

lot of

just the

my job

is

psychology, not

Xs and Os of the game,"

all

of the yardage measure-

Johnston adds.

we

discuss every club that

The Sayre, PA, native had rarely
swung a golf club when he accompanied
his college roommate, Pete Woodhouse,

Johnston adds. "Say we are 150

yards out, we'll talk about the wind, club
selection, pin location

where she wants

to

on

the green,

and

be on the green.

It is

to the

Corning Country Club in 1987

and sampled

his first taste of caddie

life.

shown recently with caddie Greg Johnston, became the first rookie to win two major
championships in one season and was named 1984's LPGA Rolex Rookie of the Year. Last year, following her
22nd victory, she was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame and was selected as the Golf Writers Association
of America's Female Player of the Year.

Juli Inkster,

Johnston and Inkster appear

to

have

developed a chemistry that has withstood
six years of

ups and downs.

"I'd classify

brother and

knows

definitely a

that

our relationship as that of a

sister,"

my moods,

team

"You have to

know how

Inkster says. "Greg

with your player. You must

and when

to

I

might take

well

what

club,

and even

it

to get along

know how

make them comfortable and keep

on him, he knows it's not really his fault,
and I'm not really blaming him.
"He knows my game well enough to
to use

am somewhat

on and

well. Juli

and

I

get along

off the course. I've

been

know when
and when to give

knew

"Pete

the caddie master at the

Corning Country Club, and he

up with

them playing

when

I

way

(the frustrations of inconsistent play) out

decide

effort.

lucky, because not every golfer does

my

At his

first

first

tournament in 1987,

Leroux's clubs, and he was hooked. He
would apply for several "real" jobs later
that summer, but nothing would be as

appealing as the job offer from

not to say anything

that winter.

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me

Johnston carried then-rookie Nicki

with her long enough to

her a boost.

set

job," recalls Johnston.

The timing was

finished 12th

on the money

Hammel
Hammel

ideal.
list

in

1988

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won two

and

tournaments during the four

which Johnston was her caddie.
As he's matured and enjoyed success in

years in

his six years with Inkster, Johnston

"Half the guys out there are dying
I'm glad

stayed with

I

Wednesdays pro-am
start on Thursday and
conclude on Sunday providing Inkster
makes the cut. The process begins anew
on Monday.
With lodging and travel expenses and
seven-day workweeks, there is a fine line
between success and failure, financially

in preparation for

it.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
JULI INKSTER

Tournaments

—

coveted caddie jobs on the tour.

my job.

Tuesday usually involves a practice round

event.

understands he has one of the most

for

undulations and possible trouble spots.

I

speaking, in the

"Caddying
he

existence,"
golfer,

golfer

way

a

to go. But,

good

it's

BORN

your

if

6/24/1960 Santa Cruz,

not making the cuts or not

is

making much money,
of a

vagabond

you have

says. "If

a great

it's

of a caddie.

life

definitely a

is

RESIDENCE

not that great

"Being on the road

good and bad.

is

ROOKIE YEAR

I've

August 1983/84

to

STATUS

driven to

I've

Exempt

and seen the whole

country. I'm a big sightseer.

when

been

I've

Korea, France, and England.
a lot of tournaments

tourist things

CA

Los Altos,

lifestyle.

gotten to see a lot of places.

I

do

I

of the

all

CA

CAREER VICTORIES

(LAST)

24 (2000)

get the chance."

MAJORS

The constant travel can also be
and Johnston, who was married

WON

grinding,

October 1999,

in

reasons

—

now

wife Cara

and Bryce, 13

—

to schedule

64

Tyrel, 15,

more

CAREER EARNINGS (RANK)

free

time than he would have considered in

$5,800,787

(4)

LPGA CAREER-HOLES-IN-ONE

the past.

In the off-season, Johnston helps coach
a local high school

basketball
teacher.

ROUND

CAREER- LOW

has three strong

and sons

A

spent his

team and serves

1

PLAYOFF RECORD

boys junior varsity

6-2

as a substitute

EDUCATION

former basketball standout, he

first

two years

at

Bloomsburg

as

San Jose

State University

a varsity reserve for head coach Charlie
Chronister.
"I've

a

more

make

I'll

now.
Bloomsburg alumni from the mid-1980s may
remember basketball not golf as Greg

—

been looking toward teaching on
full-time basis,

I

and

the move. But

I

keep saying

its all

plan to caddie for

on hold

at least

opportunities in golf, although

Johnston's sport of preference.

necessarily see myself

working

I

to feel guilty that

putting

my education

I

was not

to use,

Eagles:

many

Greens

don't

in another

second-guess myself. But
again, I'd

many
I

do

things

got paid to

and

it

the

if I

same way.

I've

and gone so many

do

it.

It is

done so

places,

definitely a

and

unique

different job."

The

typical

workweek

For as long as he stays with

exactly

and I'd
had to choose

have a

it,

he'll

and he has
to

great morals.

I

am very lucky

have him," the Hall of Famer admits.

"He

is

like

him

my younger brother,

and

site

on Monday and walking the course,
pacing off distances and assessing green

I

Academy, West

is

205

(14)

5

(14)

%

(6)

75.7%

(32)

29.29
247.46
70.56

(31)

69.4

in Reg:

Driving Accuracy:
Putting Avg:
Driving Avg:
Scoring Avg:

(5)

(7)
(3)

Inkster, a

member

of the

LPGA

Tour

Hall of Fame, successfully defended

her 1999 McDonalds

LPGA

just the third player to win hack-toback LPGA championships after
winning on the second hole ol sudden

to death."

Mike Albright '87
of media relations

(14)

Championship on the second hole of
sudden death in late June. She became

Johnston

includes arriving at the tournament

31/52
19/52

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the course with Inkster.

"Greg has a great head on his shoulders

love
for

home on

Par:

60s:

Birdies:

area of the golf profession."

used

Rnds under
Rnds in the

another

year," says Johnston. "There are so

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JULY 31, 2000

THROUGH

the associate director

at the U.S. Military

Point,

NY.

death. Earlier in the season Inkster

won

the Lone Drugs Challenge, her 24th
career victory on the LPGA tour.

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1R0DUC

By Troy

Sellers '85

"Are the

dorm rooms warm?" Grace

Valentine

asked a Bloomsburg upperclassman, mentally
calculating the

number

of blankets daughter

Laura would need in her residence hall room.
Valentine

and her husband, Ed, of
full

their oldest

daughter

off to college, just

hundreds of

like

other parents

attended one of three

Days

guess

I

maybe

they'll

think this

For Hughes' parents, Sue and

it

was

a cold

is

Scott,

merely

brought back a flood of emotions. There they
were, standing

on

earlier.

the

same spot where they met

At the time, Sue's

dating Scott's brother,

who was

sister

was

graduating in the

Haas Auditorium.
"This

Preview

didn't

"I

hard in high school because

seeing the lobby of Haas Center for the Arts

New Freshmen
Summer

real

30 years

who

working hard

slap in the face."

of questions as

they prepared to send

is

freshman from Mechanicsburg, PA.

work
easy.

Doylestown, PA, were

me

guess the worry with

"I

enough," said Steve Hughes, an incoming

is

gorgeous," Sue

Hughes

becoming reacquamted with

said after

on

the university

a

campus tour. "The addition to the Kehr Union
since I was here is absolutely beautiful."

in July

While the
Valentines could be

considered rookies
in the college

other son, Chris,

Ironically, the couple's

is

a

student at Lehigh University, dad's alma mater,

while Steve picked Bloomsburg, where Sue

parenting game,

Hughes was

Wtlkes-Barre,

in the late 1970s.

a resident adviser in

Lycoming Hall

Steve Hughes,

top

right,

may

following in
his mother's
footsteps as a

Bloomsburg
University

Margaret and

"Really,

Alan Zellner

they wanted."

were becoming

student, but his

old hands at

resemblance to
clad Scott

That wasn't by design, Sue Hughes

PA, residents

foe

is

"I'm

She

orientation

daughter Kerry

Familyr-Steve,
Scott,

is

and Sue,

their third

child to attend

spent

Zellners'

concerns were a

little

bit different,

"Every parent does (have concerns)," Margaret

"My

thing

is, I

worry

going to get up in the morning
classes.

I

to

Kerry's not

go to her

won't be there to wake her up."

Staying warm. Getting

up on

on

mind.

of the things

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a parent's

time. Just a few

explained.

said, unlike their oldest son, Steve

much

time away from home.

"I

never

don't think

she added.
for

Ed and Grace

Valentine.

but

less serious.

Zellner said.

more worried about me," she

That was also a worry

Naturally, the

said.

They could go anywhere

he'd be homesick, but you worry about that,"

college.

no

influence.

"That empty-nest syndrome."

unmistakable.

The Hughes

no

"Laura stays pretty close to

home

right now,"

Ed said, before adding with a laugh, "then
we may be fooling ourselves."
"We give her all kinds of lectures that
college

is

different than

again,

high school," Grace

Valentine added, "the fact that she's going
to

have so

many tempting

than studying."

things other

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"I

worry about Kerry taking on so

also

much," Margaret Zellner said of her
daughter. "Being

Kerry

is

away from home and

and

ranked

field

hockey

That provides her

Softball teams.

"The coaches kind of keep an eye
her,"

Days, on the other

introduction to the
university.

Margaret said. "I'm hoping that

Alan Zellner found
the session useful.

will help."

College or university orientation can
take

both the

hand, provide a quick

mother with some additional comfort.

on

many

forms.

When the Hughes

family

"Each school
different.

took their oldest son to Lehigh, the parents

know

were given a quick synopsis.

they

"We were son

on our own,"

of

said

the Zellners took their oldest

Tampa, they spent three days on

campus immediately before

added Grace

way

.

students and families

make

transition," explained

Lynda Michaels,
student

Kerry Zellner, freshman

was

a

head

start

on

new friends, getting to know
new home, and becoming

meeting
their

is

expected of

them.

Grace Valentine was able to keep
that in perspective,

knowing her

daughter and countless other sons

orientation coordinator.

The research showed
is

Hughes,

acquainted with what

the

Bloomsburg's assistant director of

new

Valentine.

Laura Valentine, and

orientation

on what other

schools are doing. .how to best help

admissions and the

to focus

that the

new students

like Steve

it.

research

on the things

Bloomsburg

without their parents. That was the

Sue Hughes remembered

how

their

courses," he said.

For

Until about six years ago,

session

things like

number

classes began.

hosted incoming students overnight

"We did some

is

helpful to

students need to know,"

daughter to the University
of

It's

"They seem

Scott Hughes.

When

'We

and the town."
New Freshmen Summer Preview

expected to play on the

university's nationally

said.

them involved in
university community

also try to get

do too much."

trying to

management," she

that a parents'

necessary, Michaels said,

adding that the two-part orientation

and daughters

are

all

in the

same

boat.

"You forget

how

scary

it

can be,"

experience aims to balance academics

she said. "You just keep reminding

and student

her of the hundreds of other kids

The second

affairs.

part of

student orientation takes place for four

days just before the
"That's

and

bolts

when we

—study

starting out as well."

first fall classes.

really get into the nuts

skills,

time

Troy Sellers '85

is

the court reporter for

the Williamsport (PA)

Sun Gazette.

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.

where

him

e

can order a meal. He can

to go.

tell

a cab

But his "tone" just might get

was most

many

into trouble.

Bloomsburg

"I

interested in talking to

who

the people," says Kercsmar,

conversations

—

University's

James Pomfret,

Chinese students during his

approaches the

to the

every aspect of the cultural exchanges.
a

.

.in

words

for

"mother" and "horse," he

explains, can result in embarrassing

tones of the same syllable, a Westerners
subtle error could

be the difference

Just as the difference between these
is

both subtle and

full

of hope for

significant, so are

the changes this ancient nation has affected

me

downside

knows

"The Chinese are anxious to become
part of the larger world,"

he

participation.

democratic government."
initial trip

Luo,

with Pomfret was so

rewarding that Kercsmar signed on for

summers three-week study

tour,

since
last

"Focus on

Confucius," led by Pomfret and Jing Luo,

who

has lived in the United States

1987 when he was

For one of his fellow

travelers,

Although he hoped he'd heard the

John

Kercsmar of Allentown, speaking with
the Chinese,

in English,

who

was

are eager to converse

the highlight of the

cultural exchange.

of the rooster

who awakened him

a.m. each day during his previous

Kercsmar looked forward

at

last

4

visit,

to sharing the

insights of Chinese students,

whose

level of respect lacking in

"Sometimes

subway

shocks

it

Respect

that

is

State

American

me

in a

young people
he

society.

New York

don't give

says.

a cornerstone of the

world's

who
piety

most well-known philosophers,
from 551 to 479 B.C. Filial

lived

—

respect for parents and

—and

hierarchy

American

mankind were

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Penn

teachings of Confucius, one of the

respect for education can astound
instructors.

a

University graduate student, finds that

City

trips.

more, so

adding that he used Bloomsburg

seats to the elderly,"

numerous

much

University pens as rewards for class

says, "but

chair of Bloomsburg's department of

his

so

they just take notes," Pomfret says,

languages and cultures.

and those who have

to this type of

something of the attitude that

the professor

mathematics, computer science, and

accompanied him on

up and

Pomfret

classroom.

in the lives of Pomfret, professor of

statistics,

walked into a

to get ready,"

also sees a

"There's

country and dream of American-style

His

accidental insult.

words

the country's youth are

they're not necessarily yearning for a

between a proper show of respect and an

I

says, are reluctant to interact in the

prosperity.

consequences. Expressed with varying

waited for

He

Kercsmar, an East Stroudsburg

their

time

first

classroom atmosphere. The students, he

University professor of economics, learned

mistake in pronouncing the

"The

classroom, the students stood

marvels.

first visit

country of 1.2 billion people

in 1996.

good-natured way.

A slight

—with

in English

a frequent visitor to China,

challenging language as he approaches

enjoyed

a general love for

part of his value system.

.

FALL 2000

By Mary Therese Biebel

t
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environmelit, Blobmsjbufg

University not only sponsors the

"J^China, but also has sent
ts to

Shenyang Normal

School and^two
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many

Columbia

inpus.

"The master

home,

let

when a youth is
when abroad,
elders. Let him be

said,

him be

respectful to his

only sponsors the

at

trips to

filial;

sent nearly a

men,

let

him

says Luo,

two

all

align himself with the good,"

who

offered a 3-credit course

Chinese thought during the

dozen students

summer

on

trip.

The
welcomed twice

sister institutions.

university has
as

many Chinese

students to

Bloomsburg alumnus Chris

Luo's favorite Confucian teachings

Bowman, who earned

strong moral example.

political science

"If

you govern

the people

in order

by

by laws and

penalties, they will

1998,

prepared for any

feels

hurdles he

a

degree in

may

find in the

avoid the penalties but lose their sense of

American job market

shame," Luo quotes. "But

spending a year in China.

you govern
them by your moral excellence and keep
them in order by your dutiful conduct,
if

they will retain their sense of
also live

up

Differing perspectives

and society

shame and

to the standard."

Bowman

exchanges

taught English to

students and says he

who wanted
language

to practice

with him.

skills

he

greater understanding.

white roommate

our children are going

to

work

recalls,

was

by older people

and, Pomfret believes, ultimately lead to

"All of

after

Chinese elementary school

treated well

on governance

flavor these cultural

"they asked
first."

to people staring at his

he

complexion.

To prepare students

for this global

environment, Bloomsburg University not

Still,

my

And he became accustomed

in a multicultural, global environment,"
says.

its

Columbia County campus.

regard the responsibility of rulers to set a

keep them

to

Shenyang Normal School and

circumspect and truthful and, while
exhibiting a comprehensive love for

summer

China, but also has

"I

told them, Yes,

it is

brown. Yes,

will

not

come

it is

off,' "

real.

he

No,

says.

it

In China, math professor James Pomfret takes
every opportunity to teach, like demonstrating
graphing calculators to college students. Pomfret?
series of demonstrations throughout the country
resulted in an article published in China's Journal
of Mathematics Education.
Above the photo, Chinese characters repeat the
story's title, China Calling.

While

"

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Bowman

Where's the Classroom?

enjoyed weekly soccer games,

exploring mysterious menus, and

What does a Bloomsburg
classroom look like?

.

on what you mean by "classroom."
Increasingly classrooms can

found

in

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take advantage of the university's
international education programs.

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eight students

1992, six to

in

1

Madhav

off-campus internships. As part of

Sharma

Madhav Sharma,

students

United States,

international

requires these international

of international education.

who

to participate in

each

from 56 nations

hail

"Now, 200 students go overseas

each year."

with area elementary

Not only are more Bloomsburg
students going abroad, a greater

way

campus

and another 38

international

students are taking part

in

in today's society.

he

says.

Bowman, who
hard

Economics professor Saleem Khan

to
it

always thought that he would travel
to Russia to learn

economy

"There were so

That

functions.

Instead, he's helping establish

a

U.S-style private university to provide

need

to create

a strong market economy. Last

visit

that, "

first

again.

"One of

"1

always wanted to
just to learn

system was

like,

go

what

" says

to participate in

to Russia,

Bloomsburg

in 1998. Risso

And they want a program

His job? "To

their

going

in

with

make sure

Khan.
invited

a 1992 mission

make sure

that they' re

the right direction

Bloomsburg
Economics

and

Professor

that their students are

Saleem Khan,
left and

being prepared to work

International

internationally.

he leapt at the chance.

;

One of 35 professors from around

Finance
University
Rector Alia

Gryaznova cut
the globe selected to participate,

Khan

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the ribbon at
the opening
ceremony of
the institution.

visited the nation's state-run

Finance

Academy

curriculum

to study the

and suggest

improvements.

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who

was teaching

model and our master's of

to Russia.

So when the World Bank
him

mate.

for Peter Risso,

international appeal, " says Khan.

University.

Initially,

life's

"They are trying to emulate the

business administration programs

the International Finance

learned was

Finance University.

the opening of Russia's

private

I

earned an anthropology degree from

for

U.S.

university,

the lessons

a lot of strong friendships

the new, private. International

March, Khan was a ribbon-cutter at
first

the opportunity

study in a foreign land and says he'd do

That was the case

of eight as

he helped develop the concept

for

to

says Khan.

was the

burned

it

more, such as their

how

the expertise Russians

wanted

is

but you get

to breathe,

Bowman, come away with vivid memories
of an adventure, some find something

many fundamental
1

an area of

lived in

by being able to accept differences."
While most visitors to China, like

to Russia

changes taking place.

be a part of

their

morning and

it.

you can make

Economics Professor Brings Expertise

in the

who turned 23 in China.
Bowman is grateful for

12 nations around the world,

1

dirt.

wake up

You kind of adapt."
was time to return to the
United States, he had to wait 17 days in
Beijing before he could find a seat on any
plane. "It was tourist season. The best
thing to do is be patient," says Bowman,

"Pennsylvania firms conduct trade
in

says

When

believes international

importance

China

to dust a layer of soot off everything,"

used to

and high

international understanding.

Sharma

have

fuel. "It is

speaking

understanding continues to gain

to the

campus. Ninety-nine international
students are studying on

year, like

"You'd

Tse-tung.

Bowman

Liaoning Province where coal

school students to promote

number of international students
are finding their

Mao

his year in

irionte*

homelands.

two community

activities

remembers

track of
cfri

director

As he remembers

with unflinching honesty,

went abroad each

semester, " says

of

China, former Chairman

,,.JBr_
Sharma keeps

"When came here

friends,

them Koreans who shared his
dormitory. One of them surprised him
with a hat that resembled those worn by

many

the founder of the Peoples Republic of

hhi

their stay in the

new

celebrating his birthday with

Russia's first

zjA

private
university.

Newlyweds Joanne and

Peter Risso

met

while teaching different 'brands' of English
to Chinese students. Joanne is Australian
and Peter is American.

"

"

FALL 2000

Mexico: His Lifelong Love

conversational English to Chinese freshmen
at

Shenyang in 1999 when he met

his

future wife, Joanne, a native of Australia.

made no

Chinese students
preferring his

secret of

American English

and idioms.

Australian accent

her

to

A high school Spanish

Aleto's lifelong love

there,

and

they're

still

"I

and press

would

three or four thousand years.

last

People

with Mexico.

was completely smitten by the

country.

in

the market have the

It

was

love at

same

faces as carvings from three

thousand years ago.

first sight,

close.

"Other students would come, strangers,
anyone," says Joanne Risso.

he

would be

"I

He's returned

recalls.

And Mexico has called him back

many

times since

college, visiting at least twice

a year

again and again. Aleto lived in

since 1985. Students have

crowd. People would just keep coming.

Mexico City as a college sophomore

accompanied him three times

They'd

in

and

trying to teach,

start

I'd

have an extra

asking questions."

In a crowded country, just as in a large
family,

people sometimes have to be

and

aggressive to learn

found

it

holidays,

thrive. Peter Risso

disconcerting to have to push and

never

felt

1976-77. "That's

ride," says Peter Risso,

"There just

He

room

sounding

as

if

he

for everybody."

museum

in

"I

he

trip in

is

in

he's

2001.

keep the groups small, eight to

people including myself, " says

1

which the

the most

in

handle

and present

groups you can

also get into village

the students a

life.

This gives

more personal and

intimate view of culture.

exist

C, " says Aleto. "On top of

the people

the

dating back to 1500

many places

I

may be

invited to eat with a family.

civilized cultures in

New World,

an introductory anthropology course
to

to archaeological

"You have remnants of one of

B.

leam how

and 1998—and

planning another

simultaneously.

extended stay in a foreign country to take

will

living

1991, 1995,

Aleto. "With small

distant past

offer seats to their elders.

isn't

a

—

could get a

advises visitors planning an

where they

went

For the anthropologist, Mexico

wouldn't recognize Luo's China where

young people

I

On

remembers.

like
I

I

sites in the countryside, "

good about being pushed

or about pushing people so

when became

interested in anthropology.

shove to access public transportation.
"I

living

their ancestors lived for the

future Mrs. Risso took her

class outside, interested passersby

cluster

Tom

professor

still

where

Still,

affair

whenever the

are

trip in

1972 sparked anthropology

that,

the descendants of

who made

these things

ask

if

it'll

be

I

I

can

can bring eight students and
all right.

"Almost to a person, students
either

own

go back

to

Mexico on

Aleto shows how
Aztec sculptures have
been incorporated into
many 16th-century
Spanish houses.

Tom

their

or their chosen careers are

impacted by the

trip,

" says Aleto.

potential culture shock.

"One of the big
is

tenets of anthropology

cultural relativism,"

you

idea that

he

says. "That's the

judge another culture

can't

by your own standards and

ideals.

Jing Luo, associate professor of

languages and cultures, uses
e-mail to keep in touch with
family

and

friends in China.

"That makes a lot of sense in the
classroom, in the text, and in theory. In
practice,
It's

I

found

it

a very difficult ideal.

very easy to dismiss things that are

different

and

strange."

Yet the opportunities to learn
are

says.

Would he go back

answer

is

to

China? His

a simple, unqualified yes.

Mary Therese
the

and share

worth the inconvenience, Peter Risso

Biebel,

a features writer for

Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA, has

written several stories about Bloomsburg
University's Quest

program for

newspaper. This

her first story in

is

that

Chinese elementary students
gain racial understanding while
learning English from Chris

Bowman. Bowman became
accustomed to people staring
at his complexion and told them
'Yes, it is brown. Yes, it is real.
No,

Bloomsburg magazine.

it

will

not come

off.'

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UNDERSTANDING
By Deirdre Galvin

It's 4:30 on
Emily Rupert,
and history,

xiiiiis

a

a

warm afternoon.

sophomore majoring in anthropology

prepares for

a

final

exam in English,

reviewing notes on Emerson and Thoreau between
phone calls at her work/study job on the second

floor of Benjamin Franklin Hall.

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FALL 2000

Bill Davenport believes his maturity brings focus to
secondary teaching certificate.

many

In

on

this day. She's a little

nervous about her English exam, the

and looks forward

of the semester,

last

to a

summer when

slower pace during the

take only a physical education class.

she'll

followed an experience that could have

become

working for
27 years, Rupert found
herself out of work when, first, the store
was sold and then it closed.

She dreams about one day participating in
an archeological
with
sets

at the

for

Adult students

of the people she

is

63

years old.
vast majority of

University's nearly

Bloomsburg

7,000 undergraduates

are traditional students, ages

17 to 24,

but more than 700 are considered "nontraditional," ranging in age

Of these, 46

their

from 25

to 79.

50 years
40s, and 260 are in

students are

141 are in

old,

PH
Ub
HI

raised a family

and

older adult students, Rupert

and held

a job for

many

years

a result, she

is

highly motivated

truly appreciates the experience.

"I

just love

it,"

the

Bloomsburg resident

says. "I

always wanted to go to college.

This

the fulfillment of a dream."

is

add
get

like

observations

marriage and family

a lot to the discussion that

from 18-

you

life

can't

to 22-year-olds," Aleto says.

Another non-traditional student, 39-year-

difficult life

old William Davenport, brings to class his

"learning

tend to be no re intereste d in
than getting
id

a

particular grade...

they look at college as
ege,

pri vi

as a result, often

show

a greater appreci-

ation for the experience, says

many

As

" They

i

Thomas

Aleto, professor of anthropology

not

a

right."

"They tend

to

says.

be more interested in

"And they look

life

he plans

to graduate

a career in education after serving as

39, graduated from college in

1999 and now teaches

Aleto says older students also share

and

A senior,

an

instructor in the Navy. His wife, Sally, also

at college as a

privilege, not a right."

perspectives

far."

December 2000 with a degree in English
and a secondary teaching certificate.
The Berwick resident decided to pursue
in

learning than getting a particular grade,"

he

experiences from "at least a half dozen
careers so

and

Rupert's advisor.

before having the opportunity to attend
college.

comments and

about topics

at least

their 30s.

Like

English with a

adult advisement office, her age

Sophomore Emily Rupert

The

in

works

her apart from most of her classroom

peers.

know how

can be without a college degree and,

dig.

many

But, like

"Their

a nightmare. After

Acme Markets

degree

be beneficial to the whole class, especially
in a course such as cultural anthropology.

Ruperts dream to attend college

ways, Rupert seems like a

typical student

his studies for a bachelor's

experiences that can

at a

summer

Bloomsburg

elementary school.

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Davenport's enthusiasm for learning

Lenhart was once a nontraditional

is

when he is asked
plans. "When I graduate

particularly evident

student herself, entering college

about long-term

"I still

won't be the end of

this year, that

says.

"Even

if it

it,"

mother of

he

teachers to continue their education,

don

Stl 11

know how

four.

I

did

it,"

at

age 37.

says the

"But in the process

I

discovered myself and had the time of

wasn't required for

"I

don't

my life."

I

know

't

hov\

But in the process

myself an d ha d the

t

I

I

did it...

discovered

me of my life."

i

Patricia Lenhart,

would.

coordinator of
the university's
adult advisement

I

.

She graduated in 1986 with a bachelor

don't plan to stop until I'm

dead. .or

I

have a doctorate."

of arts degree in social welfare and, three

Patricia Lenhart, coordinator of the

program and
former

university's adult

years

lack of time. "Most are between 30 and

students take the

They have children or
aging parents to care for and jobs. It can

Seminar taught by Ronald
Digiondomenico, director of academic

be

advisement. The course addresses topics

major issue older students

50 years

demands.

face

is

old.

difficult to

fit

classes into their

hurry

to get

advise

them

done.
to

My job

slow

is

down

had gone to college straight out of
I would have dropped out,"
Davenport shares. "I definitely was not
mature enough or focused enough."
With some of his tuition paid by the
"If I

Davenport shoulders the
costs, a fact that helps

on

no such thing

as

him

off

homework

Lenhart says.

non-

office,

or

ID cards
credits

Concentrating on 18 credits during the

worked pan-

to alternative

—such

ways

about

to earn college

as the College Level

Examination Program (CLEP) exams and
experiential learning credits.

The

Digiondomenico has learned their top two
concerns are time and money. Most, he
says, are attending college in order to get

like

everything from parking regulations and

skipping classes."
spring semester, Davenport

"It's

where they
don't know the language and the rules,"

they're in a foreign country

traditional students find information

to

his studies. "There's

blowing

Also they face the fear that comes from

At the adult advisement

In conversations with older students,

so they can

doing something entirely new.

-credit University

procedures, and choosing a major.

often to

be successful."
high school,

1

such as scheduling, academic policies and

schedules. Also, they tend to be in a

stay very focused

Lenhart recommends nontraditional

finds a

student, helps
adjust to college

remaining

earned a master's degree

nontraditional
older students

G.I. Bill,

later,

in communications.

advisement program,

office

a better job that will provide a higher

standard of living for their families and
themselves.

Many

are single parents.

have strong

ties to

the Bloomsburg region

and

therefore choose majors that will

prepare them for area jobs.

"They are a lot of fun to teach,"
Digiondomenico says. "They are excited
about learning and have an attitude that
is

refreshing.

time while continuing to create portraits

runs a three-hour orientation program

and perform as a bassist and vocalist in the
band, The Big House. His wife sings and

the beginning of each semester featuring

campus," he adds. "You name

information on time management and

done

plays keyboards in the band.

study

volunteering, to being parents."

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skills.

at

Most

"Adult students bring a lot of variety to

—from blue

it

it,

they've

collar jobs, to

FALL 2000

Digiondomenico notes that older

Because she

students often have the odds stacked
against

them

as they strive to succeed.

Some don't make it, but many do.
Guy Massaro is one who made it.

courses tuition-free
as long as space

Last

spring, Massaro earned a bachelors degree

When he was

in social welfare at age 56.

50, Massaro

was forced

into early

retirement, brought about

years. After

some

an

as

by the

electrician for

new

decided to pursue a

summer

28

soul-searching, he
career direction,

and entered Bloomsburg University

in

1995.

had always valued education and
had put both my kids through college.
I thought, 'now it's my turn,' " he recalls.
At first, Massaro was uncertain about
whether he'd be able to do college-level
work, but his confidence grew after he
earned a "B" in an English class during that

summer

semester.

Although he sometimes

felt

"out of the

loop" with traditional students, Massaro

common ground

with fellow

nontraditional students.

He formed

found

to declare a major,

but

interested in

is

and psychology.
Kopf says she is
amazed at how many
hours she needs to
study for each course.
Initially,

she had some

becoming
accustomed to taking
tests

scored by

computer, but overall

He

says,

Younger students have reacted
positively toward her, she adds, after they

surprise turned to curiosity

realize

she

so

far,"

she says. "All of the professors are

tremendous. They are seriously interested

completed

know

my

finally

"The classroom

is

a bi-directional

learning situation," Baird says. "The
older students always raise their hand,

always have an opinion, and always do
their assignments.

"They are here because they want to learn

also took advantage

and because they want to step their lives

advisement program.
don't

and

to admiration.

truly interested in the class

is

and not simply observing.
"It has been a tremendous experience

of the services provided by the adult

"I

but as the semester progressed their

she believes she has adjusted well.

friendships with several faculty members,
something he said was easier for an

older student.

is

She has yet

difficulty

"I

first

available.

physical sciences

downsizing of the Philadelphia company

where he worked

is

over 60, she can take

up to

a

new plateau... They keep instructors

would have

if I

their toes,

on

degree without Pat

Lenhart's help," he adds.

and we learn as much from

them as they do from us."

summer 2000, Massaro took his
education to the next level when he
In

entered Temple University to study for a
master's degree in social work.

Vivian "Jeanne" Kopf, 79, has the
distinction of being

Bloomsburg

University's oldest student.

A

registered

nurse since 1941, Kopf decided to
take college courses after her

husband

died and she found herself with time

in seeing the students

do well and

learn

enormous amount of time."

lives

Nontraditional students bring an
inspirational role

model

to the classroom,

says psychology professor John Baird Jr.

At

first,

"They are here because they want to
and because they want to step their

give an

the traditional-age students

as

surprised to see

to a

new

plateau,"

much from them

Deirdre Galxin

in his Lifespan Psychology class were
in

on her hands.

up

keep instructors on

is

he

their toes,

as they

says.

"They

and we leam

do from

us."

who

lives

a freelance writer

Bloomsburg.

Kopf among them, he

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owns with

restaurant he

shake

off the day.

brother and

his

late. His

It's

have dinner with him while

The orthopaedic surgeon had

to

likes to

finger. He's

dusk and

his

day

been

isn't

tries to

waiting to

18-month-old son

the catering pans.

knee replacement, and
in the operating

a partial

room from

close to being over. But Williams

have dinner with his family and then help get Evan

bed. Afterward,

go back to the

he'll

paperwork. Sometime around
His polo
golf.

is

of the

six surgeries today, including

repair of a fractured wrist, a total

amputation of a

wife

their

makes music by banging on

dawn

room

Williams walks into a back

S.

shirt bears a

This makes

him

'87

By Mike Feeley

1

office to

a.m.

catch

he'll get to

up on

to

the

bed.

country club insignia. Doctors and

laugh. "You know," he says,

"I

haven't

played a round in two years."
Williams, a 1987 Bloomsburg University graduate, has been

keeping

this

pace since he opened his private practice,

Susquehanna Valley Orthopaedic Associates, three years ago

in

Lime Ridge near Bloomsburg. He performs surgeries twice a
week, seeing patients on the other workdays. And, he's on call
24 hours a
Going

day.

Every day.

into private practice straight from residency

is

almost

unheard of these days. The costs of malpractice insurance alone

would be enough

to

make most people

think twice.

Then

there's

the debt from medical school.

Williams and his wife, Tonya, lived in the basement of the
office for

months

after the practice

opened. Tonya was a

waitress at Bassetts, the restaurant Williams co-owns with his
brother,
his wife,

Ty.

She brought

and

sister

home food

were the only

for

them

to eat. Williams,

staff at his practice.

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"We went from

zero patients to 3,700

patients in fewer than three years,

new

we're averaging 100

and

patients a

now
two new

month," says Williams, adding he
has a

staff of

19 including

"We built something from
nothing when people told me it couldn't
doctors.

be done.
because

laugh

1

we

Williams

did
is

now

it

at

those people

a

David

Superdock

T.

Lititz

County, says he had no problem making

jump from Bloomsburg

the

school. In

number

Penn State College of
Medicine who came from Bloomsburg,
joining Randy Rhoads '82 and Debra

of

"I

had

medicine, or another specialty, Bloomsburg

mark

as

While those interviewed agreed

who

a lot of friends

at

orthopaedics, internal medicine, family

"It

and

I

attended

didn't feel

I

was

education at

felt

some

same

of the

first

time

I felt

intimidated

had doubts about my
Bloomsburg and Philadelphia

Osteopathic," says Williams. "Here
'hick'

that these
at a

I

am, a

from Bloomsburg, and I'm trying

compete with these guys.

I

me

and, before

I'm being asked to scrub

in.

to

I

know

Soon the

me

for help

in putting casts on.
"I
'I

came out

don't regret

of that experience saying,

one

bit

going to Bloomsburg,'

pressure going from Bloomsburg into

because, in the end, biochemistry

medicine. But he enjoyed the challenge.

biochemistry no matter where you leam

is

After graduating from Bloomsburg,

medical school was a challenge, they said
the education
at

and opportunities provided

Bloomsburg made them the well-

rounded students medical

"When I was

Whether

colleges seek.

orthopaedics, internal medicine, family medicine, or another

it's

interviewing at Hershey

(Penn State College of Medicine)

I

specialty,

heard

Bloomsburg graduates are making

their

mark

as doctors,

statements that were derogatory toward
state schools," recalls Dr.

Cynthia

Ann

Freeland, a 1988 Bloomsburg University

Williams stayed

graduate and a doctor of internal

graduate school, but

medicine.
I

had

"I

a very

needed was

"Once

I

took offense to

good education, and

.

was

I

I felt

all I

a chance.
in,

I

Cal, Harvard,

finished in the top 10 percent

of the graduating class," Freeland says.

at the university for
left after

a year to

attend Philadelphia College of Osteopathic

Medicine where he earned his medical
degree.

was in with students

from Bucknell, Southern
Yale. .and

that.

was

He

says Philadelphia Osteopathic

interested in

what students did

outside the school environment.
difficult to get in,

"It

but they saw that

was
I was

involved in sports and was a graduate
assistant,"

he

says.

He completed his surgical residency
through Community General Osteopathic
Hospital in Harrisburg

included training

M

—

a residency that

at Polyclinic

Hospital in

Harrisburg, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore,

and Children's Hospital

in Boston.

In Boston, he spent six

months

in the

Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency

Program going

"toe-to-toe" with top

David Superdock '83 says he became a
'I enjoy a challenge
and enjoy people.'
Dr.

family doctor because
I

Harvard Medical School graduates.

-f

to

soon realized

guys put their pants on one leg

time just like

Harvard grads are coming

any disadvantage," says Superdock.
Williams says he

was the

or uneasy and

it,

gone into the medical profession. Whether

doctors.

medical

in his class at

private institutions,

graduates are making their

to

he was one of three people

fact,

Bloomsburg University graduates who has

it's

'83, a physician

Family Practice in Lancaster

Stahl '83.

so well."

one of

Dr.

with the

it."

An operating room monitor provides a detailed view as Williams surgically
replaces a patient's knee. Williams' practice, Susquehanna Valley Orthopaedic
Associates, draws about 100 new patients each month.

That comment comes from
turned

and

down

a scholarship at

a

guy who

Bucknell

West Point and other
colleges. Williams was in high demand as
a standout football player and wrestler
from Central Columbia High School,
offers to attend

near Bloomsburg.

He was

offensive lineman for

part of the

1985 team that went 12-1 and

He

on

the football field

I

get a

He was

like to visualize

come

how

someone's

be Jim Fowler, that

life,"

affect people's quality

of

little

it

from

my

a master carpenter.

things will look,

I

how a

together."

who

practices internal

medicine, says she wanted to be a medical

when she

started college at
later,

she

guy on Mutual of Omaha's 'Wild
Kingdom" whom Marlin Perkins sent out

decided to aim higher.

to wrestle the alligator.

of Medicine in 1993, she spent three years

says.

game when he saw

it

his friend

Dave

right

on

field

and

the field," Williams

"You could hear the knee go back

into place.

Williams, seen here performing surgery to

repair a fractured wrist.

Maybe

grandfather.

do something with

affect

"You directly

says.
life.

to

can

technologist

to

"The doc came out on the

Mark

he

that

Bloomsburg. Just one semester

reduced

Dr.

kind of cool

changed Williams' career path. He says he

Tracy dislocate his knee. Tracy was in agony.

his hands,' says

"It's

your hands

Freeland,

But his career plans changed during a

is

"foot-to-neck" surgery, offering a

had always wanted

football

'A surgeon's most-important tool

it's

challenge every day

joint will

also

wrestled for a year.
In fact, an event

new

of

a starting

Bloomsburg and

finished third in the nation.

Williams says he enjoys orthopaedics
because

any more."

And Dave

wasn't screaming

After graduating from

Perm

State College

in residency at Geisinger Medical Center,

Danville.

years

on

She then served three and a half
staff at Geisinger.

The former Ail-American catcher

for

the university Softball team says sports

and her coach, Jan Hutchinson, helped
her

set

and reach her

goals.

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makes you stay focused," Freeland says
1 was not in season, when I
my
hands, I was less efficient.
more
time
on
had
And Jan just really encourages players and teaches
"Softball

"1

found that when

players

how

Freeland,

medical

She develops your weaknesses

to excel.

into strengths

—

lessons

who

you can take with you

described her

tremendously

field is

sword. The good side

is

field as

"Medicine

fulfilling.

patient care.

in

life."

medicine for adults, says the
a

is

double-edged

However, the health care

environment with health insurance companies and the number of
uninsured people.

.it's

.

really a struggle trying to navigate

through the

HMO jungle to get people the care they need."
Another Bloomsburg graduate, Superdock earned
in

1987 and did

his internship

of South Carolina.

He

and residency

has been with the

at the

Lititz

his medical degree

Medical University

Family

Practice since 1990.

He

says people should not look at the medical

way to make money. "It's a
you must have a dedication to

profession as only a
profession, but

science
says.

and a willingness

"There are a

to care for people,"

lot of easier

ways

I

he

to be financially

secure than going into medicine. But
challenge and

great

I

enjoy a

enjoy people. This seemed to be a

good combination of both."
Sports

is

common

a

thread

among Superdock,

Williams, and Freeland. Superdock was
tennis team, playing the

Number

on

the

1

position during his senior year

and winning the

state

championship. He remains on
the university's

list

of all-time

Top 10 winners.
Williams hopes his busy
schedule will ease as his two
partners

come on

board.

He

looks

forward to spending more time

at

home, a farmhouse on 83
acres, and with his family. He and

his

his wife are expecting their

second son
"Before

this

my

fall.

partners arrived

hadn't been able to turn

beeper
says.

off for three years,"

"Soon

I

can turn

I

my

off

he
After just one semester at

my

Bloomsburg

beeper and get away from time
to time."

Perhaps the doctor even

will

be

able to get in a few rounds of golf.

Mifce Feeley '87
editor jor

is

assistant city

The Patriot-News

Harrisburg, PA.

in

University,

Cynthia Ann Freeland '88
changed her career goal from
medical technologist to

Dr.

physician.

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MORE THAN 650 TRAFFIC

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WASN'T DRIVING
Kwasnoski,

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ANY OF THEM.

a retired professor of

forensic physics at

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England College in Springfield, MA,

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sit

game ends

in a crash.

unlimited ways.

quarter in and

an expert in the reconstruction of

kit of

"Unless you can do things with your

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hands, and see problems, and solve them,

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what's the use of studying

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answering that question.

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different learning pattern than covering a

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remember what's in it. This is an
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that's

is

used in the classroom, not the

accidents that Kwasnoski

show

worked on

to

teenagers real-world applications of

the concepts they

leam

in various classes.

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National

Highway and

Traffic Safety

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videotapes, police accident

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this tells

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them in a way that doesn't sound like an
adult preaching to them."

easily into existing curricula, are

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officers

important for the kids to see the

connected to the academics and

taking part in the schools without being

simply the cop

sitting in the

parking

lot

giving tickets," he adds.

Government
companies, and
The

and

safety

Fittingly,

it

was mostly by accident

have

for crash!

Governors Highway

trial

in Springfield

where

a collision," he recalls, "but the judge
disqualified the trooper because he didn't

have an undergraduate background in

purchase the materials for the

math or physics or

state's

71 high schools, and Rhode Island high
schools began using the materials this

thanks to funding from Met

Life

Governor's Traffic Safety Office. In

all,

school systems in 15 states have adopted
the project.

Kwasnoski

is

science.

attorney called the college

physics and asked
the report

and

if

passionate about

The

district

where

I

taught

someone could read

testify that

My name

Insurance and the Rhode Island

it

was

accurate.

came up for no
was before I started teaching
anything in forensics. I was the one who
was there that day."
Kwasnoski reviewed the report and told
particular

reason. .this
.

promoting crash! He has addressed

the district attorney "That's physics,

Kiwanis Clubs, Rotary Clubs, police

right.

associations,

and groups of prosecutors

throughout the country and has

a

state trooper had done a reconstruction of

Safety Office, for example, agreed to

fall,

that

Kwasnoski became involved in accident
"There was a

civic organizations

New Hampshire

large corporations

organizations for sponsorship.

reconstruction.

agencies, private

demonstrated their support

approached

It

all

looks okay."

The defendant pleaded

guilty

and

case came to an end. But Kwasnoski's

the
role

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in accident reconstruction

was just

to

The Hampden County district
who had been an undergraduate

attorney,

for

him

to

oppose out-of-town

could read the reports and

help the state police in cases like
said,
"I

Teah,

I

this.

I

prosecutors and students at state police

was the most notorious in
whole town was just torn
To compile evidence
the South Carolina

like that.'

worked on almost 100 vehicular

Kwasnoski

"(The DA) called

and

area

and

he'll

all

the police chiefs in the

you have a homicide,
phone number. Call him and

said, "If

come

to the scene. Just give

whatever he needs.'

It

intimidating because

was

I'd

him

pretty

never been in

The move proved to be so successful
that Kwasnoski was asked to provide a
training session for officers

who responded

apart,"

he

for Smith's

says.

trial,

Law Enforcement

to observe the

testify for the

re-enactment

Several cars were prepared

contents. Divers
vehicle's

marked

path and

its

which nearly
its

the original

resting spot

on the

lake floor.

down

released a test vehicle halfway

the 135-foot

Kwasnoski
exactly

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recalls.

given several different accounts.
figured

if

we

ramp Susan used,"
"We didn't know

where she got out because she had

We

released the cars at the

various points she mentioned, one might

end up in the same area

at the

bottom.

came to rest about
3 feet from where her car was found," he
says. "I thought we should stop because
some of the variables might change but,
"The

after

first test

checking with the prosecutor,

were told
vehicle.
less

vehicle

do the same

to

We

did,

than seven

and

it

test

we

with Susans

missed the mark by

feet.

The reconstruction video, used
sentencing phase of Smith's

prosecution.

matched the Smith vehicle and

"We

police work."

his career. "That

Division recreated the incident, asking

homicides in three years," he remembers.

here's John's

for

For Kwasnoski, the Susan Smith case

"He said Hampden County needed an

who

and,

officers

academies across the country

defense experts.

expert

Kwasnoski and the police

for

today he conducts training courses

engineering major, asked Kwasnoski to

work

automobile accidents. The invitation

cemented the working relationship

beginning.

that the children

trial,

in the

illustrated

were hanging in

their car

seats for six minutes.

"The

first

diver

who came up was

in

was so emotional for those people
to see it happen again. Half the town
wanted her to get the death penalty, and
tears. It

half said she

was

a victim of incest.

very polarized, and
this

town

will

I

recall

It

was

thinking that

never be the same again."

FALL 2000

Charts reconstructing real accidents are an
integral part of the CRASH! kit for school
gives students a look at the
cars can do, and what the

students.

'It

reality of

what

consequences are

when you

capabilities of a car,' says
Auto skid marks

RK 30

ft

LF 33

ft

RR

3

violate the

CRASH!

creator

John Kwasnoski.

1ft

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ft

drag factor 0.78
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P- utility pole
T- traffic Light

S- scrape

Scalet

I

marks from body

inch -

Oft.

Swit St.

Meter St.

ultimately influenced the

Despite his experience in high-profile
cases

and

Kwasnoski
"I

development of crash!

his reputation in the field,
prefers not to testify at

try to stay

away from being

witness," he says.

"What I'm

"My

trials.

notes from their classes always

detailed

a

doing

really

is

he

reading the reports of other experts, either

me:

on the other

of

side or the state police

how

they presented material,"

what I think stuck with
more important to get a sense

says. "That's
it's

what something

is

than to just crank

expert."

out numbers."

When Kwasnoski retired from Western
New England College in August after a

Roger Crosley

two-year leave to develop crash! he was

information and communication at MIT.

named

is

director oj sports

professor emeritus of forensic

physics. His retirement plans include

continued work as an accident
reconstruction specialist and further

promotion of

his favorite project.

Kwasnoski remains

in contact with

one

A promotional

of his favorite professors from his

undergraduate days

Superdock,

who

at

—Dave

Bloomsburg

taught physics (his son

featured in this issues cover story).
believes the teaching styles of

and another

professor,

Herb

He

Superdock

Richart,

is

video and brochure for

crash! the science of collisions

is

available by e-mailing Kwasnoski at

kwasnoski@aol.com. Other information
is

available on the crash!

Web

site:

http://www.legalsciences.com/crash.htm

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Danville in 1998

Taking Care
of Business
Management

1999 survey by the Berwick Chamber

professors survey

of

Tehrani and Pamela

Minoo

professors

retail

Wynn teamed up

into

The two

owners reported
professors surveyed 69 small

that finding capital

not a problem. Top concerns

business owners in Bloomsburg and

Computer Lab

most

businesses. Although

businesses were sole proprietorships, the

to find out.

Morphs

Commerce.

The professors surveyed an equal
number of manufacturing, service, and

small businesses need to

Management

thrive?

'Forum'

their

spring, along with findings of a similar

businesses' needs

What do

and presented

findings to regional entrepreneurs last

was

among

owners included marketing

and

Math department awarded

strategic

planning

expertise.

$300,000 grant
Nearly

Computer

a*-*.;*

new state-of-the-art

reported

laboratory next

recruiting employees.

encountered problems

thanks to a

$304,000 grant

recruiting skilled labor,

from Pennsylvania's Link-To-

adding that they also find
recruitment of semi-skilled

Program.

Combined with matching
from industry and the

labor and professionals to

dollars

Dena and

university, the

in

grant supports conversion of "The

on

the third floor

Human

computer lab
and

department

computer

science,

The new laboratory will include
hardware and software to support

computer networks and

security, electronic

databases,

and

commerce,

parallel

number

of

math and math

education majors.

The funding
revision of the

also supports

and

wins third place in national competition

site a

bronze medal in

its

admissions advertising awards

competition for 1999.

Web

site,

http://www.bloomu.edu, was selected from more than

2,000 entries representing about 900

institutions.

The

university's

Web

was judged among schools with 5,000 to 9,999 students.
Southeast Missouri State University's news and events Web page was

site

gold medallist; the silver medallist was the University of Dayton's

A

few features of Bloomsburg's

•

Campus Commons:
is

upon

Web

the

site.

site:

This page at http://www.bloomu.edu/common/index.shtml

updated daily with the

latest

news about events and

student,

staff,

and

faculty

achievements, as well as menus, weather forecasts, and sports scores.

recommendations from the corporate
advisory board

made up

representatives

from Merck, Oracle,

•

of

Productivity Point, Scientech,

other firms.

Tehrani, second from right,

to

"very" difficult.

Admissions Marketing Report awarded Bloomsburg University's

Web

computer science

curriculum, based

site

The

computing.

The lab will serve more than 130
computer science majors and an
equal

be "somewhat"

Bronze and Beautiful
Web

statistics.

studies in

owners of Two Cousins Fine Furnishings

discuss business survey results with

left,

Services, into a

for the

of mathematics,

Christine Hess,

Bloomsburg, at

management professors Minoo
Pamela Wynn.

room
of McCormick

a large conference

Center for

difficulties in

Owners admitted they

semester,

Forum,"

of the

more employees, but many

majors will use a

Leam

all

businesses expected to hire

science

Speaking of sports:

A link to

Broadcast.com on the university's sports

Web

page,

http://www.bloomu.edu/sports, brings radio broadcasts of the football and men's

and

basketball
•

games

Major university

to fans.

reports: Visitors

may read

on the Campus Commons page.
the largest educational advertising and marketing

the facilities master plan, through links

The Admissions Advertising Awards
awards competition in the country.

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is

the complete text of major reports, such as

FALL 2000

A

Her Own

Field of

Trustees

name

Softball field in

Jan Hutchinson...

claim this accomplishment

in action.

hockey team

honor of

—and her

won an unprecedented

field

four

national championships in a row, starting

Jan Hutchinson

in 1996.

Jan Hutchinson has made an indelible

mark on Bloomsburg

In 1981-82, her fourth season at

Bloomsburg, Hutchinson

coaching

athletics,

and field hockey teams that have
dominated state athletic conference

hockey

competition for more than a decade.

championship

Trustees voted to recognize Hutchinson's

accomplishments in a

new way

—they

sports,

feats

on

sports,

she became the

combined

first

woman

to tally

team

—

17

softball

hockey

titles.

from East Stroudsburg

education program

served as head coach for
basketball,

and

at Blair

Academy and

field

hockey,

softball before

coming

Bloomsburg.

She has been inducted into the Hall of

qualified for the

Fame

national championship tournament every

season since 1981

state

earned bachelor's and

1,000

to

softball

who

last

field

when

a career.

Her

won

University initiated the women's physical

coaching victories in

collegiate

field

softball

competition in both

winning 12 of the

master's degrees

field.

Hutchinson

reached a milestone three years ago

a national

that spring.

Hutchinson,

the

and the

championships and 10

Hutchinson and her teams have

As the coach of two

fall

athletic conference

j

the softball field in her honor.

accomplished amazing

in the

title

Hutchinson's teams have

Last spring, the university's Council of

named

won

championship "double," claiming the

softball

the only school to

at

Warm

creatures.

Reception for
Cold Creatures

School

are the

To the untrained eye, the cold sheets of
as lifeless as anything

planet.

Ocean may
on a distant

naked

an elaborate food chain
far

away

as the

how much

life

there

in these oceans," says Venn.

On

the winter

1998 voyage,

temperatures ranged from about -10

eye.

degrees Fahrenheit to just below freezing,

For the past two years, Cynthia Venn,
assistant professor of

level of

provide clues as to
is

microscopic, others just

barely visible to the

first

draws creatures from as

during the summer. "These creatures

water are pockets teaming with living

—some

Medal

Arctic at the other side of the world to feed

But within the sheets of frozen

organisms

she was presented

tiny organisms living within Antarctic ice

that

seem

efforts,

by the National Science Foundation.The

Medal

ice floating in the Antarctic

For her

the United States Antarctic Service

Geosciences professor receives
Antarctic Service

Cynthia Venn, center, is shown with other
members of her study team. Left to right are
Souhei Nihashi from Hokkaido University in Japan;
Dr. Martin Jeffries, University of Alaska, Fairbanks;
Venn, Dr. Jean-Louis Tison, University Libre de
Bruxelles, and Dr. Marcia M. Gowing, University
of California, Santa Cruz.

New Jersey's Newton High

and Sussex County.

1

30-mph wind
summer voyage,

without considering the

geography and

chill.

On

1999's

geosciences, has voyaged to Antarctica

temperatures briefly topped freezing,

aboard the U.S. Icebreaker Nathaniel

inspiring the icebreaker's crew to

B.

Palmer as part of a team to study these

T-shirts

don

and plenty of sunscreen.

me to see the individual crystals in a
how that rock was formed," says Tanner,

"The microscope allows

Tiny Details

rock,

National Science Foundation funds electron microscope

which can

reveal

leader of the team that applied for the prestigious grant.

He
the

won't be able to

head of

tell

you

how many

angels can dance

on

a pin, but next semester, Larry Tanner, professor

of geography

and geosciences,

in great detail.

A $78,000

will

be able to describe the pin

grant from the National Science

"Biologists use the instrument to see the very fine details ol

organisms. Students will be able to collect specimens in the

and view them the same

Co-authors of the grant proposal were Cynthia Venn, assistant

Foundation, matched by university funds, was used to purchase

professor of geography

an electron microscope

professor of biological

this semester.

Using a focused beam of electrons projected
the electron microscope magnifies objects

The three-dimensional images created by
objects that can

measured

in

up

to

at the

specimen,

200,000 times.

the microscope

show

field

day."

In addition to being
will

and geosciences, and Tom

and

Kfinger,

allied health sciences.

used on campus, the electron microscope

be taken to the Marine Science Center in Wallops Island, VA,

where Bloomsburg

offers

marine biology courses each summer.

microns (.000001 meter or

approximate!)' .000039 inch).

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^kl

He Can Build
NASA asks Michael

Stars in His Eyes

It

Senior conducts research

Shepard to

at

build instrument

What

Vince Urick has been an astronomy

does the surface of a planet or

asteroid really look like

up

close?

NASA

buff since childhood, staying

watch

wants to know, and they've asked Michael
to build a

them find out.
Shepard was awarded

machine

summer,

United

—one

a

was one

$46,000

models

country selected
for a research

is

assistantship at the

we

who
NASA on projects

previously

worked with

instrument allows us to

test

those models

measuring the

looked

I

at solid

rocks and the

were pretty astounding.

light reflected

sensor can be positioned to
reflects light

We

were

test

Observatory, Green Bank,

how the

from a variety of angles.

making assumptions about planetary
surfaces based upon those models that we
no longer make."

automated goniometer can
instrument will

test a

for the entire process.

offer;

the

sample in 30

minutes and he won't have

National Radio

Astronomical

from the

Shepard appreciates the efficiency an

"When I was doing research in

radio telescope, the

light

sample, a rock for example, and then

sample

for accuracy.

Pittsburgh,

at a

sample. Both the light source and light

involving Mars and Venus. "This

of the world's

largest steerable

The goniometer works by beaming

topography of surfaces based upon
reflected light," says Shepard,

results

home

often use mathematical

judge the appearance and

to

The
Shamokin

from across the

automated.

"Right now,

late to

of just eight undergraduates

of only four in the
that

up

telescope.

level.

senior physics major from

and the only one

States,

own

Urick's interest in

grant to construct a photometric

goniometer

fully

through his

astronomy rose to a new

that

will help

NASA

stars

Last

Shepard, associate professor of geography

and geosciences,

observatory

to

new

to

120

be present

The old model

required five hours to test a single sample.

telescope,
rotates

on

WV The radio

100 meters in diameter,
a 200-foot diameter track,

allowing astronomers to view the entire

sky above 5 degrees elevation.
Urick participated in a National
Science Foundation project to track
ionized hydrogen clouds in the core of
the galaxy. Visible only with a radio
telescope, these clouds help
scientists

understand

how

galaxies are formed.

A Mind

the men's 400-meter run, 39.95 and

for

34.3 seconds respectively. He's also

Sports Matter
Professor writes

calculated

how many

book on

will play as well as

sports-math connections

assuming the
Before he

was a mathematician, Reza

Noubary was
enough, in

a soccer player.

fact, to

Good

play for his native Iran's

national youth team.

Now,

the professor of

mathematics, computer science, and
statistics is

writing a

book

that

his passions for sports, math,

"Sports have
life

—

combines

and

statistics.

become a part of everyday
young people," says

especially for

Noubary. "Students can connect with
sports-related

problems and that can help

50 new guards

Publishing

—one

of the world's largest

science publishers. To fine-tune his
theories,

Noubary

is

featuring material

from the book in the course, Mathematics

and

Sports, he is teaching this semester
and the honors course, Statistics and
Sports, scheduled for spring. The book,
as yet untitled, will be available next

theory to sports to calculate, for example,

sports "stats";

the ultimate record for

Michael Jordan (100,

NBA recruits

The book's first draft is completed
and under contract to World Scientific

September.

2050 and

Reza Noubai

a season).

them understand mathematics better."
Noubary has applied mathematical
the year

seasons will

pass before another basketball guard

And Noubary doesn't just write
he

tallies

as a top scorer for

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about

quite a few, too,

an indoor soccer club.

r.

FALL 2000

Alumnus tapped

Electric

It's

Sharp Pencil

Grants support engineering program

for editor post

Bloomsburg students now have the

commencement, Hank Domin

Just four years after

earned the

title

option of studying for an

of editor.

engineering degree.

The 1996 mass communications graduate was named
Bloomsburg Press Enterprise

sports editor of the

A page

designer for the paper since 1995,

awards

for

The

this spring.

and

Domin won

engineering technology

page design from the Pennsylvania Society of

Newspaper Editors

in each of the past

Domin's not entirely

new

to

two

an editors

program

years.

Bloomsburg,

chair; while a student at

State

Cochrane Leads
Business Group

helm of Student Rec Center

Donna Cochrane,

When

Connie Root was named

Center

tour to get acquainted with the

interim director of the center

June

to

August 1998

program and from October

1999

June 2000

after

earning a

Association.

represents

several

salary

faculty

in the physics department,

Students in the

which

will

new

five-year

program

spend two semesters in corporate and

industrial settings to gain real-world

The

knowledge. The program also will rely on
the expertise of

more

up

an advisory board made

of professionals.

students

teachers throughout the United States

While Root conducted

from the

specialized gear.

than 10,000 business education

masters degree.

capital grant

The grants cover the

purchase of high-powered computers and

is

association

exercise

grants support

$350,858 from the

administers the program, as well as the

Business Education

as a graduate

student in Bloomsburg's master of

to

member

of the National

—from

Two

and benefits of an additional

president-elect

Root already served twice as

for

Link-to-Learn Program, and another

State System.

professor of

systems,

facility.

—one

$250,000 venture

information

she didn't need a

last spring,

last spring.

program

state's

business education and office

director of the Student Recreation

System of Higher Education Board of

Governors
the

Exercise science graduate takes

that kicked off this

semester was approved by the

he was editor of the Voice, the campus' weekly student newspaper.

Taking Root

electrical

electronics

may

As many as 125
program over

enroll in the

the next five years.

and Canada.

studies of children's fitness during her

graduate studies, she's

now

responsible

for giving college students the tools

they need to keep
Fitness has
for Root.

fit.

been

a longtime passion

As an undergraduate

psychology student

at Millersville

University of Pennsylvania, she was a

peer health educator. She also served
as

manager of Liebenow

& Torok

Inc.'s

health and fitness facility at Quest
Diagnostics, Collegeville, PA.

Lessons

in Cool

Grammy-winning saxophonist David
Liebman gave more than 200 middle and

school bands performed during the

high school jazz musicians lessons in cool

performance with a small combo and the

at

Bloomsburg's

spring.

first

jazz festival last

day-long event, highlighted by Liebman's

Bloomsburg University Jazz Ensemble.

Nine high school and middle

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Simply the Best
Graduating seniors honor top teachers

When

936 students were awarded

commencement

last

May two

their degrees at

very special professors

were honored with them. As the students were
recognized for learning, these professors were honored

Soaring Stars
Fame

Hall of

for the flip side of the

to induct six

—

education coin

teaching.

Peter Bohling, professor of economics,

and Chuck

Laudermilch, professor of sociology, social welfare,

The Bloomsburg University
Hall of

Fame

Athletic

and criminal justice, received the

will induct six star athletes

month.

later this

first

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center.

by a committee made up of
staff members, this years hall of

Selected
athletics

Outstanding

Teaching Awards sponsored by the university's

Earlier in the semester, students

nominated 50

members for the award. Winners were selected
based on the results of a "blind" review with nominees' names
faculty

fame inductees include:

^ Track and field standout Eric
75,

Koetteritz

who won 56

In their nominations, students praised both Bohling

events

Huskies and

set

one of the

teams best catchers. Twice

Softball

named All-American,
was

One

nine school records.

* Cindy Freeland '88,

and

for applying theory to real-life situations

during his four years with the

Freeland also

disguised.

and Laudermilch

inviting student participation.

student wrote, "This professor was the best teacher

I

had in

my life.

He used examples to explain difficult principles (so) that everyone could
understand. He changed the way I think. He has broadened the way I solve
problems, the way I deal with issues, and has impacted the way I have done
in all of my classes since. He made learning fun."

a standout in the classroom,

earning Academic All-American

honors twice (learn more about

Playing for
the Crowd

Freeland in this issues cover story).
-*-

Wayne
first

Richards 79, the university's

male swimmer

American

status

years, earning the

two
^K-

Grad

honor

Drew

Hostetter 76,

who

on the losing team. But he left each
game feeling just fine, thank you.
As a member of the New York
Nationals this past year, Hauer was
one of the Harlem Globetrotters'
designated opponents. The outcome
of the game was never in question
the Globetrotters always win
but
Hauer still played hard, and he got a

percentage of 81.8 percent.

* Joe Gerst '68, a national champion
in wrestling in 1967. In football,

Gerst gained nearly 1,000 yards for

and scored 10

—

touchdowns.
*-

Karen Hertzler
both

field

'86,

who

hockey and

excelled in

Softball.

two-time All-American in
hockey, she was

named

A

rush from playing in front of a crowd.

"We played 103 games

field

days," says Hauer,

national

player of the year in 1985, helping
the

team

softball,

to

Hauer, '00 history played

basketball six nights a week, always

holds the best all-time winning

his career

trots globe as the opposition

Tom

six times in

events.

Tennis ace
still

to gain All-

each of his four

two national

titles.

In

she also was a two-time All-

American and

hit .345 for

players

spring and summer.
bit of acting and,

on

"It's

the other hand,

A top player for the

her career.

for the fans

and

it's

on

as

106

the Nationals squad last

entertaining.

you play

in

one of just eight

You have

to

do a

little

hard as you can."

Huskies, Hauer scored 1,005 career points, 18th

among

the university's all-time scorers.

The

hall of

fame dinner

Oct. 27, at Magee's

Bloomsburg. For

Main

will

be Friday,

Street Inn,

ticket information, call

the alumni office at (570) 389-4058.

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"This

is

something

I'll

remember

for the rest of

my life,"

says Hauer,

who

plans to play with the Nationals again this spring in the Globetrotters U.S. tour.
"I've

me

gotten to see places

later

on

in

life

I've

never seen before. The whole experience will help

no matter what

I

go

into."

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5

1

FALL 2000

alendar of Events
Academic Calendar

The Canadian Brass

Chamber

A

Saturday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m.,

Thanksgiving Recess Begins

Wednesday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.

Church, Market

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 10 p.m.

Tickets are $25.

Student Recital by Todd Egger

Classes

Resume

show

London City Opera
Bizet's "Carmen"

Monday, Nov. 27, 8 a.m.

Reading Day

Friday

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001,

8 p.m.

S.

Theatre

Graduate Commencement
Friday,

Dec.

Finals

University Players. Tickets are required.

1

Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday, Dec.

Exhibits are displayed in the

Monday through

comedy

Haas Gallery of
Friday,

art

389-4646.

at (570)

Through Thursday, Nov. 16

Wednesday, Oct.

1 1

reception, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,

,

S.

1

to 4, 8 p.m., Carver Hall,

6:30 p.m.

of the 1920s

was banned by

Friday,

Dec.
1 1

1,

7, to Friday,

Dec. 8

Matthew Lawrence
Friday, Jan. 26, to

Monday, Feb 26, 2001

Jan. 31,

2001, reception, 4:30 to

6:30 p.m., and lecture, 6:30 p.m.

Athletic Hall of

Children's Theatre provides a collection of

Friday, Oct. 27,

short plays to entertain children

Bloomsburg.

ages 3 and

(570)

older.

Silver

Series
Performances are presented
Arts, Mitrani Hall. For

in

Haas Center for the

more information, contact

the series box office at (570) 389-4409

The Capitol Steps
Election night program of musical
political satire
7,

Tickets are $15.

8 p.m.

alumni office

Call the

389-4058

An

Inn,

at

for information.

Friday to Sunday, Oct.
17,

Feb. 18, 2001, 2 p.m.,

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

Fame Banquet

Magee's Main Street

Homecoming Weekend

"Raised in Captivity"

27 to 29.

game matches

the Huskies

2001, 8 p.m.,

Saturday's football

Haas Center

against the Millersville University Marauders.

comedy

absurdist

with dramatic undertones, "Raised

in

Provost's Lecture Series

Captivity"

discusses thought-provoking issues.

Concerts are free and open to the public, unless
otherwise noted.

Ward

Churchill, Native American
Rights Activist
Native Americans: Conquest and
Colonization

Wednesday, Nov.

1.,

Ballroom. Free and

Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2:30 p.m.,

Celebrity Artist

Gross Auditorium.

Special Events

Concerts

Computer Graphics

S.

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.

By Nicky

Wednesday, Nov. 29, reception, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.,
and lecture, 6:30 p.m.

Hall,

Stalin.

7 p.m., and Saturday,

and Sunday,

Tuesday, Nov.

the

call

389-4128.

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, 2:30 p.m., Carver

a.m. and 2 p.m., Haas Center

Sculpture

Wednesday,

office at (570)

Children's Theatre

Tuesday to Saturday, Feb. 13 to

1

Kenneth

Hall,

Faculty Trio Recital

Gross Auditorium. This dark Russian

James Agard
Friday, Nov.

development

Kenneth

Dec. 2,

Gary Cawood
Photography

lecture,

Wednesday

Art.

9 a.m. to

4 p.m. For more information, contact the

and

7:30 p.m., Carver

5,

Gross Auditorium.

Tickets required. For information,

p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m.; and

Kenneth

Art Exhibits
department

First

Bloomsburg.

1

to Saturday, Nov.

Hours are

7:30 p.m.,

2,

Street,

Saturday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m., Kehr Union, Ballroom.

Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 26 to 28,

8

and

Community Orchestra and
Chamber Singers

"The Suicide"
By Nikolai Erdman

Saturday, Dec. 16

1

Market

Poinsettia Pops Concert
Featuring the University-

Performances presented by the Bloomsburg

End

Presbyterian

Student Recital
Tuesday, Dec.

Finals Begin
1

and Saturday, Dec.

Presbyterian Church,

Tickets are $20.

Monday, Dec.

First

Bloomsburg.

Carols by Candlelight

"Driving Miss Daisy"

Sunday, Dec. 10

Street,

Sunday, Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the

Tickets are $25.

10 p.m.

9,

Singers

Arts, Mitrani Hall.

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001, 8 p.m.

Classes End
Saturday Dec.

holiday

7:30 p.m., Kehr Union,

open to the

public.

Career and Internship Expo
St. Paul's

Episcopal

Wednesday, Nov.

Church, East Main Street, Bloomsburg.

8,

noon to 3

p.m.,

Kehr Union, Multipurpose Rooms

University-Community Orchestra
Fall Concert Featuring Motown Hits

A and

office at (570)

389-4070.

Sunday, Nov. 12, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the

Sankofa Conference

Arts, Mitrani Hall.

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2001, Kehr Union.

Jazz Ensemble and Seasoned

Sponsored by the Multicultural Center.

Sounds

For information,

Friday,

Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., Carver

Kenneth

S.

Gross Auditorium.

B.

For information, contact the career development

call

(570) 389-4510.

Hall,

For the latest information

on coming

events, check the university
at

Web site

http://www.bloomu.edu/common

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T

ADMINISTRATORS AT EVERY COLLEGE

independence of off-campus

and university

meet the demand, we broke ground

in this country face the

How much independence

same dilemma:
is

the right

who

are

amount

on

with each

visit

I

To

venture, the distnct justice provides

this

an $8.4 million apartment

house 248 students in

for the first time?

Bloomsburg alumni

for

complex on the upper campus

for college students

own

their

summer

living.

fall

that will

2001. Six

students will live in each of the

information on violations directly to

our student conduct

permitting

office,

university officials to follow

up

immediately.

And

air-

this

fall,

we

are sponsoring

fire

Homecoming remember a day,
seemingly not so long ago, when society's

conditioned apartments, and sprinkler

safety

systems will be installed as Pennsylvania's

medical technicians, code enforcement

mores established standards few

Uniform Construction Code

questioned. Students lived in gender-

next year.

year at

with housemothers as

specific dormitories

surrogate parents. Curfews were enforced,

and guests were required

Alumni from

goal of providing

In response to
fire

of Trustees set a

on-campus housing

half of our students

to sign in.

Baby Boom

the

Our Council

will require

by 2007.

last

m the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, we've

Generation have different memories. As

redoubled our

housing in the community, working

24-hour

resulting

for change.

The

in cooperation

and co-ed

visitation

now

their children

by

Even

—

certainly

relaxed than during

residence hall

life

—

make
many

to

fails

of our

Bloomsburgs

campus housing. In

Ed Gunshore, project
manager, left, and
President Jessica

Kozloff envision the

complicated challenge of keeping them

end

result of

an $8.4

million construction

from various

perils while, at the

same

We know firsthand

that

fire is

who

the gravest dangers facing students
live

on- or off-campus. Twice in the past

six years,

our campus community

mourned

students

who

project that will

provide upper-campus

one of

housing for 248
students next fall.

The air-conditioned
apartments, complete
with a

fire sprinkler

system, are being built
in

perished in

response to results

of a student survey.

off-campus

fires.

Bloomsburg
tremendous

isn't

alone;

fire

every college.

at

risk

is

A report

from

the United States Fire Administration
estimates 1 ,700

campuses each

fires

year,

occur

at college

with most

extinguished long before they spread

beyond the point where they
Unfortunately,

report

on

the

USFA

started.

officials aren't able to

number

of

fires

in off-campus

housing, but they perceive students are

at

greater risk because living conditions are

beyond the

college's supervision.

Results of a survey

response to the 1994

we conducted in
show students

fire

want on-campus housing

that mirrors the

t

%

police,

campus and members

We

at

and others

certified

who

of fraternities

Bloomsburg University

committed
knowledge.

to providing

live

on-

and

We

feel

officers

them

to

to

secure to pursue

pledge to respect our

this cooperative

we encourage

adopt a safe and healthy

\

keep

off-

are

an atmosphere

students' independence as

of

We initiated a new procedure

students live off-campus, presenting the

time, respecting their independence.

campus

safety training. Students

officials.

my

attractive to

students. Sixty percent of

safe

Town

us informed of safety violations in

this set of standards

undergraduate days

and other

live at college

campuses nationwide.

much more

with the

fire

where students

ensure safe

Bloomsburgs code enforcement

residence hall policies set the standards

which

efforts to

officers,

in

sororities are required to attend.

springs off-campus

students in the late 1960s and 1970s, the

"Boomers" pushed

for

awareness programs by emergency

Jessica S. Kozloff

President

lifestyle.

2"H

Challenges

~

NEW.
Opportunities
.

PDATE

The Campaign for
Bloomsburg University

University Tr

and 1

many alumni and friends

are thrilled

with the response
the campaign.

to the success of

New

to

It is

New

Opportunities:

Campaign

for

contri."

Challenges,

The

Bloomsburg

evident that

many

University. While the goal

individuals

and

ambitious, I

know

is

that we will

organizations from

exceed our dreams.

the private sector

countless gifts from our university

ecognize the

Because of the

family, Bloomsburg will continue

challenges faced by

tradition of being

an academic

higher education.

Thank you for

Their commitment

future for students of this great

today, will
students,

helping to ensure the

institution.

most of

whom we
know,

allow

its

leader.

will never

—Barbara Benner Hudock

to benefit

75

Campaign Chair

from the opportunities we are creating for tomorrow.

On a more personal
chose to give our

parents.

note,

campaign

We feel

that this

my husband and I

gift in
is

memory of Steve's

a wonderful ivay

to

With

remember them, with gratitude, while at the same

New

time investing in the future of Bloomsburg
University.

Thank you for joining

more than one year remaining

a little

Opportunities:

The Campaign for Bloomsburg

of the $11 million goal has been committed.

for

New

Challenges,

99 percent
Announced publicly in
University,

us in this

October 1999, the campaign opened with

initial gift

commitments

important endeavor.

of $6.6 million. Gifts and

commitments

However, goals remain unmet
-Jessica

S.

for a

to date total $10.9 million.

number of specific

Kozloff,

President,

campaign

Bloomsburg University

projects.

raising efforts

As a

result, the university

is

focusing

its

fund-

on completing — and exceeding — project goals within

these four broad areas: Capital, Opportunities for Excellence,

Scholarships, and

Annual Fund.

UNMET CAMPAIGN GOALS TOTAL $1,456,924

I

I

Student Services Center

|

Arts and Sciences

J

Ptesidential Leadership

|

College of Business Funds for Faculty Excellence

$149,900

|

Campus Climate Endowment

$148,999

|

College of Business Visiting Scholats

|

JVJ

Libtaty Collection
Sutliff Hall

$374,613

Endowment

$287,039

Endowment

Enhancement

Refutbishment

$253,098

Endowment

$99,899
$94,577

$48,799

All totals as of 7 117 100

'

CAPITAL
A

$3,500,000

major focus of

campaign

is

Kenneth

comprehensive

this

S.

'75, Williamsport,

former Andruss Library building into a

KawneerlAlumax Foundation

modern student

Alex M. Kozlowski

services center. Gifts

PA

Gross '74, Bryn Mawr,

Barbara B. Hudock

the renovation of the

Laux

'65,

PA
PA

Wayne,

to the Student Services Center of

Richard

$15,000 or more, which qualify for
room-naming opportunities have come

Patricia McDowell-Goulstone '87 (H),

from these donors.

Marilyn Muehlhof '93 (H), Berwick,

PA

Emmaus.PA

Taubel Rieder Estate,

PA

Norristown,

William H. Seldenjr.

Bloomsburg University Community

PA

Corporation

Mary

(2)

Elbern H. Alkirejr. '95 (H),

'52, Dallas,

Bloomsburg,

PPL
Anonymous Gifts

F.

PA

'43, Berwick,

PA
computer lab at Bloomsburg Vwvers,

Government Association

(H) honorary

degree status

Magee Center demonstrated

Class of 1999

to nurture, empower,

—a

Class of 2000

S.

Corson '73, Bloomsburg,

Barbara Dilworth
First

&

Trust

,

We

First Federal Charitable Foundation.

PA

were delighted

PA

Estate, Bloomsburg,

Columbia Bank

those

natural fit with the

our communities

Columbia County Farmers National Bank

Joan

the appo

and promote

to respond.

Company

-Shown from

left

are (seated)

Gatski, First Federal senior
This illustration shows the new main

president for special projects; Lee

entrance for the Student Services Center.

Beard, First Federal chief executive
officer.

Standing are Michael

Goal

Commitments

% Of Goal

Student Services Center

$1,900,000

$1,525,387

$1,000,000

$1,459,578

80%
146%

distance education, and Jessica

University Store

114%
105%

president.

Vavrek, dean of continuing and

Kozloff,

Bloomsburg University

Upper Campus
$600,000

Recreation Facilities

$683,298

TOTAL

S3,668,263

OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCELLENCE

$1,400,000
Commitments
$12,961

4%

SutliffHall Refurbishment

$150,000

$101,201

67%

College of Business Funds for Faculty Excellence

$150,000

$100

Campus Climate Endowment
Magee Center Auditorium

$150,000

$1,001

0%
1%

$130,000

$125,000

College of Business Scholarships

$100,000

$200,000

Endowment

College of Business Visiting Scholars
Library Collection

Alternative

Center For

Communication

New

Endowment

Enhancement

& Treatment

$100,000

$101

$100,000

$5,423

$55,000

$55,001

$50,000

$50,001

Center

and Emerging Technologies

$32,051

48%

$50,321

$38,000

$39,500

Education Computer Lab

$32,000

Magee Family Foundation, Bloomsburg, PA

Anonymous

— Alternative

support the academic mission of the

Communication

&

university. Regardless of major, every

Treatment Center

student will benefit ftom one or more

First Federal Charitable Foundation

— Magee

of these initiatives. These donors have

made commitments

of $10,000 or

James

Magee, Bloomsburg,

Center Auditorium

— Magee
Merck

&

Center Auditorium

Company,

Inc.

— SutliffHall

Refurbishment

Mildred Quick Midler

Center Auditorium

& Audrey
— Magee

0%
5%

$672,661

$45,000

Physiology Lab Renovation

Opportunities for Excellence priorities

96%
200%

100%
100%
112%
104%
100%

Wellness Center

TOTAL

more.

% Of Goal

Goal
$300,000

Arts and Sciences

PA

—

'34, Verona,

NJ

College of Business Scholarships

I

SCHOLARSHIPS

$2,100,000

for

Bloomsburg

University,
to

and I

continue

have a deep affection for

M

it.

y

experiences at

Bloomsburg were wonderful

and provided me

the

foundation for the career I

have today.

Now I have

the opportunity to serve

and to

give back to

Bloomsburg.

-Sharon Gettel Olff

78
Bloomsburg University

Principal,

highly trained

Jonestown

eventually as employees.

Elementary School

is

an

asset to our organization because

and prepared students
It

makes

sense for Kleerdex to support

through the scholarship we recently established.

It's

and a positive for Bloomsburg

University students.

-From

H. Klein,

to right: Victor

left

of the

that come to us as interns, or

a

Bloomsburg

positive for Kleerdex

vice president of engineering;

Phil Pelletier, vice president of administration; and James

Medalie, vice president of manufacturing.

Honors Scholarship Endowment
Presidential Leadership

Endowment

Goal

Commitments

% Of Goal

$1,000,000

$1,004,200

$600,000

$346,902

100%
58%
259%
126%

$500,000

University-Wide Scholarship

$1,293,319

TOTAL

$2,644,421

Bloomsburg University's mission
focuses on

C. Stuart

making higher education

Edwards

John

'41 Estate,

PA —

Bloomsburg,

Scholarship for Presidential

and capable students. Scholarships

Leadership

more

will be

Hazleton,

-

The

following scholarships of $10,000 or

PA
Bank

Scholarship

Bloomsburg University Athletic

Kleerdex Company, Bloomsburg,

K. Hostetter '76, Lancaster,

-

-

Betty Jo Rost Women's

Lacrosse Scholarship

Adaline Burgess '21

— C.H.

Estate,

PA

Presidential Leadership

Awards

Ellen G. Davis '28 Estate,

&

Ellen

Jessica

P.

PA - Matthew

Gray

Degenstein Foundation -Joseph

—John Devlin
Barbara Dilworth

AZ

S.

Research

Award
'63,

PA

PA

John

Ray

C. Rost, Greenville,

KY

DE

- Honors

Estate, Lewisburg,

PA -

Stanley C.

&

Estate, Catawissa,

PA

Veda M.

Stewart Memorial Scholarship

McDowell

Basketball

PA

Scholarship

Dick C. S trine

Endowment

& Susan

Betty Jo

- Margaret McCern Memorial

-

N.A.,

PA -

Rost Women's Lacrosse Scholarship

Veda M. Stewart '35

L. Ill '81 (H),
Selinsgrove,

PA

& Mary Linnet Memorial

Richard W. Sands

Bards town,

W & Susan Joy Lewis

Scholarship

Football Scholarship

Estate, Bloomsburg,

Bloomsburg,

Kozloff Undergraduate

-Jessica

Wilmington,

Michael R. Devlin, Phoenix,

Foundation, Catawissa,

Scholarship

& Steven Kozloff,

MBNA America Bank,

Scholarship

PA

Sharon Gettel Olff Scholarship

-John

Scholarship

Mowad

PA

Scranton,

Roaring Creek Valley Scholarship

PA

Kleerdex College of Business

- Earl

G.

Scholarship

PA - Mulka-Matzko

C. Murtha '31 Estate,
- Alumni Scholarships

-

Reese Scholarship

Earl W. Lewis

'68 Mulka,

Sharon Gettel Olff 78, Hummelstown,

PA

Scholarship

Wyoming,

Burgess Scholarship for

Edwardsville,

Anna

PA

Baseball Scholarship

Drew

- Burt

PA

Endowed Scholarship

First Federal

- Tom Davies

& [Catherine

Bloomsburg,

Robert J. Gibble '68, Sinking Springs,

awarded to deserving

Bethlehem,

M. Smith Memorial

Scholarships

John '66

Awards

students.

Department

-Jeffrey

First Federal Charitable Foundation,

a friend or relative help the university

attract the brightest scholats.

& Cheryl Motko,

Edwards

affordable and available to motivated

established to honor and/or memoriahze

—

and

-

'57,

Football

Whispering Pines,

Robert D. Warren '95 (H), Danville,

— Barbara M. Dilworth

Non-Traditional Student

-

Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships

Scholarship

NC

Endowed Scholarship

Presidential Leadership

PA

ANNUAL FUND $4,000,000
During the campaign, alumni, parents,
faculty, staff, retirees,

graduating

CIGNA

Health Care

Barbara Dilworth

students and friends contributed more

than $4,280,000 to the annual fund.

EduNeering

Far beyond financial contributions, an

Eleanor

annual fund donation

is

a personal

expression of commitment to the
university

—

and

Alumni donations

goals.

its

from corporations

Barbara B. Hudock
Williamsport,

Melba Hyde

'33,

&

Trust Company,

PA
'75,

PA

Wawa, PA

FL

and foundations. Every contribution to

Jack Mertz

the annual fund, no matter the

Mitrani Family Foundation,

amount,

is

vital to the university's

overall financial health.

These

'42, Venice,

Bloomsburg,

PA

PepsiCo Foundation,

made

Anna G.

$10,000 or more.

Inc.

Harold J. '00 (H)
Bloomsburg,

John

& Linda

Bailey,

PA

L. '75

&

FL

Rhonda '76

Frederick,

PA

to all

L. Wells

Foundation, Mechanics burg,

Mechanicsburg,

Bloomsburg University Community

PA

PA

and competitive

sportin

of this in a friendly, small-town

environment.

new Student

In personally supporting the
Services Center, 1

also supporting current

know

and future

I

am

students

at Bloomsburg University.

PA

Eugene L. Wolf, San Jose,

-Patricia McDowell-Goulstone '87 (H)

CA

Judith A. Wolf '62, Freemont,

Government Association
'72, Collegeville,

& Ruth

—outstanding educational

Students at Bloomsburg are exposed

events.

The Whitaker Foundation,

The Bloomsburg Hospital

institution

opportunities, exciting cultural

entertainment,
Viola,

MD

The Franklin H.

Bloomsburg Carpet Industries

John Choyka

PA
PA

Robert D. Warren '95 (H), Danville,

Bell Atlantic Foundation

Muriel Berman, Allentown,

based on the knowledge I have about the

'43, Berwick,

Eleanor Seward, Venice,

AT&T Company

Bloomsburg University's campaign was

Scott '21 Estate, Lewisburg,

William H. Seldenjr.

AMR Inc.

M y decision to contribute to
PA

Regis Morris '27 Estate, Holland,

contributors to the annual fund have
gifts of

PA

PA

Columbia Bank
Bloomsburg,

annual fund help position the university
to secure funding

Bloomsburg,

Faust '38 Estate,

S.

Middleburg,
First

students, programs,
to the

Inc.,

Estate,

PA

Bloomsburg,

Community Volunteer

CA

PA

I'd like to receive information about

New Challenges, New Opportunities: The Campaign for Bloomsburg University
Please check area(s) of interest:

Student Services Center

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Annual Fund

Opportunities for Excellence

Athletics

Scholarships

Other

Name:

Detach and mail

to:

Bloomsburg University Foundation,

400 East Second
Street, Apt./Box:

City, State, ZIP:

Telephone (Home):

E-mail:

Bloomsburg,

PA 17815-1301

or contact us

at:

E-mail:

Inc.

Street

foun@bloomu.edu

Call:

570-389-4128 or 1-800-526-0254

Web

Site:

www.bloomu.edu/giving

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Store

1.

Huskies cap,

2.

Jansport alumni sweatshirt,

white or maroon

maroon or

$13.95

gray, sizes

S-XXL

.

.

$29.95

Cotton Exchange gray athletic-cut

3.

sweatshirt,
sizes

S-4XL

$37.50

Khaki twill, bar-design cap
by The Game

4.

13.

$15.95

S-XXL .... $13.95
Husky banner, 28"x 44"
$25.95

Alumni mug

$4.95

16.

Diploma frame, mahogany
with maroon and
navy mat

$69.95

17.

BU

Black faux leather portfolio with

7.

university seal medallion.

.

.

$39.95

Faux leather pad holder
with university seal medallion,

8.

black or burgundy

BU wool

9.

$29.95

S-XXL

11. Jansport

maroon

Item#

$5.95

Carver Hall mug with history
of Carver on back
$5.95

19. Carver Hall ornament,

$19.50

maroon

Cotton Exchange gray hooded sweatshirt,
sizes

needlepoint

stocking ornament
18.

cap

with back embroidery
10.

$3.95

15.

gray or white, sizes
6.

$9.95

14. License plate

Jansport arch-design T-shirt,

5.

Huskies license
plate frame

$39.95

alumni

12.

$6.75

Dad snowman ornament ....

$8.95

21.

Mom wreath ornament

$7.95

cranberry, navy,

T-shirt,

or gray, sizes S-XXL.

.

.

$39.95

or hunter green

$13.95

Description

Qty.

Carver Hall afghan, 50"x72",

or white

20.

Color

Price

Size

Total

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Phone: (570) 389-4180

•

Fax: (570)

389-2200

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UNIVERSITY STORE
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to:

400 East Second St.
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
(no C.O.D. orders accepted)
(Attach separate sheet for additional items.)

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A Member of Pennsylvania's
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Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301

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