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THE UNI
Y-E:R SI
TY
MAGAZINE
WINTER
2006
From the
Executive Editor
As
I
approach
my second anniversary as Bloomsburg University's director
of communications
and executive editor of Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine, I'm meeting more and more devoted
university close to their hearts.
all
of our readers
staff
what's happening
I
hope each
on campus and
alumni
who hold
this
magazine updates
issue of this
in the lives of students, faculty,
and alumni.
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in
on
BU
recall,
we added
the class notes section,
Husky Notes,
to the
2004, and we're pleased with the positive feedback we've received.
fall
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of explanation
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Editor's note: President Jessica Kozlojfs column,
From
the President's Desk, will return in
the spring 2006 issue of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is
member of the Pennsylvania State System
a
of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as of December 2005
Kenneth
E. Jarin,
Chair
Kim E. Lyttle, Vice Chair
CR. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew E. Baker
Mark Collins Jr.
Nathan
Paul
R.
FEATURES
Lammando
Marie A. Conley
Conroy
Beauty and Brains
Page 6
Dlugolecki
S.
Daniel P. Elby
Passersby see an elegant mansion; entrepreneurs
Michael K. Hanna
David
see the latest technology
Holveck
P.
Vincent J. Hughes
Allison Peitz
with BU's Institute for Interactive Technologies.
Guido M. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center
James j- Rhoades
firms the
facilities
Christine J. Toretti Olson
L,
and services they need
Zahorcak
employment
for current students
offers
grow
to
their businesses while creating internships
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
and an abundance of
opportunities arising from a strong relationship
and
and recent
grads.
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
The Super
Page 10
Judy G. Hample
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
When Jim McBride 70 retired
A.William Kelly 71, Chair
from the Air Force
he
Robert J. Gibble '68, Vice Chair
and then
Steven
thought he had found his ideal retirement job.
Secretary
B. Barth,
Ramona H.
Alley
Lammando
Marie Conley
Roben Dampman
LaRoy G. Davis
never expected to lead the
'94
'65
He
Wyoming Department
of Education and be responsible for the education
'67
Charles C. Housenick
of the
'60
state's
78,000 students.
Mowad
Joseph J.
Shymansky
President,
Rising with the
Page 14
David J. Petrosky
Jennifer
a school superintendent position,
Sun
'06
Bloomsburg University
Jessica Sledge Kozloff
Owner of Sun Buick
Pontiac
Lori Guitson '87
the
Women's Retail
Executive Editor
was
Initiative
first
GMC
to
in Moosic, Pa.,
complete GM's
program. Guitson has
learned through sports and professional endeavors
Liza Benedict
Co- Editors
that being successful is not
Eric Foster
her best.
enough; she has to be
Bonnie Martin
Husky Notes Editor
Doug Hippenstiel '68, '81M
COVER STORY
Irene
Husky Heart
Page 16
Editorial Assistant
Johnson
Doug Hippenstiel's
Communications Assistants
Lyneite
Mong '08
his dedication to
Emily Watson '08
collection of
Agency
will retire
Snavely Associates, Ltd
can be seen in
husky memorabilia. Hippenstiel
next
month from his post
of Alumni Affairs, but
Art Director
BU
love for
alumni and his impressive
he'll
'68
as director
remain a Husky
through and through.
Debbie Shephard
Curt
Witness
Page 20
Designer
to History
Woodcock
Most people have seen
Cover Photography
on
Eric Foster
television,
residence
On the Cover
Doug Hippenstiel
retires
next
month
life
McCormack
for administration
10-month tour of duty
after a
the devastation of war
but James
that
and
conflict in Afghanistan
'90/'93M, BU's assistant director of
and technology, saw
put his
skills
it
and training
firsthand during a
to the test.
quarter century as director of Alumni Affairs.
Address comments and questions
Funding the Future
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Husky Notes
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Calendar of Events
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Over the Shoulder
by
way of providing equal educational and employUniversity
is
ment opportunities
to affirmative action
for all
persons without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
ancestry, disability or veteran status.
WINTER 2006
News Notes
Devoted to Benton
Native^ will funds BU scholarship
Thomas
Diltz left Benton, Pa., in the early-
hometown
1940s, but his love for his
lifetime.
As
a
monument
lasted a
to his affection for the
small Columbia County community, Diltz
established a scholarship that will help Benton
residents attend BU.
be awarded in
Diltz willed
fall
The
first
scholarship will
2006.
more than $98,000
Bloomsburg University Foundation
an annual scholarship
for
BU
to the
to establish
freshmen
who
graduate from Benton Area High School. Diltz,
who
earned bachelor's and master's degrees
from the University of Texas,
BU through his brother,
is
connected to
Carl Diltz '43.
Carl Diltz says his brother graduated from
Benton High School in 1941, enrolled in a 10-
week engineering school
in
Bloomsburg and then moved
Thomas
to
Diltz spent time in front of the
camera while working for
the Texas University Extension Program.
He joined the
Navy in 1943, was stationed in New York, Illinois, Iowa
and Oklahoma, and became an aviation cadet.
Philadelphia to study with the Signal Corps.
"Tom and
U.S.
After his discharge, he earned fine arts degrees
University of Texas.
He made
from the
February 2004
He remained in Texas, where he
at the
I
talked with
Carl Diltz says.
Benton, and he liked that he could do something for Benton
films for the Texas University
and
and Wildlife Commission where he worked
until his retirement.
had no children, and
"We discussed how he
could create something for the people of Benton. He loved
Extension Program, moving to the publications department of
the Texas Parks
his wife
him about his will,"
as a
memorial
to
our
folks."
For information on establishing a scholarship
through the Bloomsburg University Foundation,
died in
call
(570) 389-4524.
age of 80.
Business Specialist
BU
hosts Fulbright scholar from Calcutta
Sharmistha Banerjee, a senior lecturer at the
University of Calcutta, helped
professor Ruhul
management
Amin and adjunct
faculty
Steve Hibbard teach three classes
who
last fall. Banerjee,
has 10 years of teaching experience,
one of five faculty from
member
India selected
was
from among
specialist
in
small business
management and
entrepreneurship, Banerjee says that India benefits
from having a relatively large labor pool and citizens
Sharmistha Banerjee,
with a relatively high level of
left,
spent the
fall
for
Americans to
diversity.
3,500 years of heritage," she says.
yet
have
so diverse,
one country. The food, the language and
it is still
the clothing change
Most
"We
"It is
when you
travel
200 miles."
Indians speak three languages, adds
She notes,
language of
India;
and
official
English.
Banerjee and Amin presented a paper, "Comparative
Small Business Effectiveness: Toward a
Model," at the International Business and Economic
semester
teaching at BU. At right
Ruhul Amin, management professor.
is
skills.
is its
Banerjee: a vernacular language; Hindi, the
141 applicants for the fellowship.
A
The most important thing
appreciate about India
however, that
many
of the businesses
in
India are
family-run without records being kept or taxes paid.
BLOOMSBURG
Research Conference. The presentation
nominated
for best
was
paper at the conference.
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Extreme Makeover
Husky mascotgets a, new
BU
look
mascot Roongo's extreme makeover
was revealed
the football
last fall at
game
opening the Huskies' undefeated season.
Here Roongo takes a break from cheering
to
pose with
BU President Jessica Kozloff,
her husband Steve and their children and
grandchildren. Shown,
left
are Kyle Kozloff, his wife
daughter
Lily.
to right, seated
Emme and their
Standing, second row, are
the Kozloffs' grandsons, Ethan Collins
and Cameron
Kozloff. Standing,
back
row, are Becky Kozloff Collins holding
daughter Libby, her husband Jeff Collins,
Roongo and Jessica and
Steve Kozloff.
Applied Chemist
BU
professor contributes to Nobel Prize-winning research
A first-year
professor has
hand knowledge
that
first-
of the research
won the 2005
Nobel
Prize in
chemistry for Robert H. Grubbs of
allows for the creation of
natural polymers, such as
plastics or rubbery materials
and pharmaceuticals.
Morgan,
the California Institute of
Technology. John
P.
Morgan
contributed six papers and five
Grubbs
who worked
more than
for
with
five
years
as a graduate student at
patents to Grubbs' work, which
Caltech, said an important
was
component
recognized for
impact on
its
of the research
environmentally safe chemistry
its
and
chemistry. According to
its
potential uses
medical
in
the
field.
Grubbs' research focused on
creating
compounds
reactions faster and
that
make
more
team
is
John
contribution to green
Morgan
P.
who
chemists
Grubbs' team created could be
theory of chemistry. He
made
degradable. The catalysts
known
in
those theories and
pharmaceuticals without
see and
negative ecological effects.
of chemistry,"
catalysts accelerated reactions
Currently,
by more than one hundred times.
from biological sources.
many drugs come
Morgan
utilize
Currently,
ested
in
became
the field for applying
can also be used to produce
learned N-heterocyclic carbene
effective. His research
cared about the
Morgan, the polymers that
was
able to
the practicality
Morgan
Morgan
is
said.
inter-
using N-heterocyclic
He
use
is
also interested
in
Metals that are used to combat
can have a negative immune
response.
Morgan hopes
carbenes can be used to
disguise the metals so the
immune system
carbenes for ecological and
body's
reactions considerably, but they
teaching him the importance of
medical purposes. Because
combat them.
allowed us to make compounds
applied chemistry.
that
we
Morgan
couldn't
make
said. This
before,"
technology
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came
credits
"When Bob
into this business,
was surrounded by
he
inorganic
they are strong metal binders,
carbenes can be used to clean
up metal from waste streams.
their
diseases, particularly cancer,
Grubbs with
"Not only did they speed up
in
biological organisms.
doesn't
News Notes
Dean
Retiring
Liu retires
from Liberal Arts,
Agbango serves as
Hsien-Tung
Liu,
dean
interim
dean of the College of
Liberal Arts, retired in
January after
14 years at Bloomsburg University.
Liu's
Hsien-Tung Liu
academic background includes a bachelor's
and a master's degree
In his
retirement, he
is
in
English and a doctoral degree
public policy.
in
returning to California.
In his
time at BU, Liu
was an advocate
for liberal arts education,
and the work of
Dean's
ago
Award
faculty.
academic
He
rigor
instituted the
for Excellence several years
to recognize faculty for their teaching
and research.
George Agbango, professor
science,
is
Arts until a permanent dean
to
George Agbango
coming
was
in
elected a
1979.
In
Member of
1981,
to
in
named.
Atlanta.
A native
of Ghana,
Prior
1
990,
Agbango
Parliament of the Ghana National Assembly
Agbango was Ghana's accredited delegate
left
in
at Clark Atlanta University
United Nations General Assembly. Following
Ghana, Agbango
is
Bloomsburg University
Agbango taught
and at Spelman College, both
of political
serving as interim dean of Liberal
Africa in
1
983
to pursue
Brit tingham
Sept. 10
runs through the Red Raider defense during the
match-up that saw
BU beat Shippensburg 49-21.
to the
political instability in
advance studies
United States. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree
Jamar
in
the
in political
Face in the Crowd
Brittingham comes in third for Harlon Hill trophy,
is
featured in SI
science from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, and master's of public
administration degree from Atlanta University.
Sophomore
tailback Jamar
New Trustee
Brittingham of Levittown
Bloomsburg native appointed
Harlon
2005
finished third for the
Hill
Award honoring
NCAA Division IFs college
Bloomsburg native Charles C. "Nick" House-
football player of the year.
nick '60 was appointed to BU's Council of
Brittingham,
Trustees
last fall.
A councilman with the
Town of Bloomsburg for the past
12 years,
Charles 'Nick'
Housenick chaired the town's parking and
Housenick
municipal authorities and
is
a past director of
Bloomsburg Rotary Club, Columbia Montour Chamber
of Commerce and Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth.
the
Professionally, he's
had two
distinct careers: as president
who was
featured
in Sports lllustrated's "Faces
in the
Crowd"
section in late
October 2005, was one of
26 candidates
just the
overall
and
second sophomore
be named
to the top three since 1987.
During the 2005 season, Brittingham led the country in
game with 187.5 and
and general manager of the former Housenick Motor Co. and
as an account executive with the financial planning firms of
with 17.5 points per game.
Hutton and Co., Williamsport, and,
Oppenheimer and Co., Bloomsburg.
Year.
E.F.
Each of the 14
universities in the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education
ees
whose members
approved by the
since 1989, with
are
is advised by a Council of Trustrecommended by the governor and
Jamar Brittingham
to
rushing yards per
He
in scoring average
totaled 2,060 yards rushing
and was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the
He
also earned
PSAC East Player of the Week five
times during the season.
Bloomsburg's only Harlon Hill winner
who won
the
award
is
Irv Sigler '99
in 1997.
state Senate.
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
At the State Level
Volunteer Responder
CGA president joins Board of Governors
Simpson member of state radiation team
BU's
Community Government
was
David Simpson, associate professor of physics and applied
Association president
technology, has joined Pennsylvania's Radiological Assis-
appointed to the Pennsylvania
One of a team of about 40 volunteers across
the state, Simpson may respond to radiological incidents
where he will advise the on-scene commander regarding
issues and hazards. As a member of this team, Simpson has
tance Program.
been issued a
set of radiation
instruments from the state to
use in this response. The team provides the Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Agency with the
calling
on
capability of
radiation safety experts from across the state to
respond as needed to a radiation incident.
System of Higher Educa-
State
tion's
Hm W-i
Board of Governors
last fall.
Nathan Conroy of
Nescopeck, a senior majoring
in secondary education
hold the position
history, will
until
J
--
and
Nathan Conroy
he graduates.
To be
eligible, a
student must be serving as president of
the student government association at one of the 14 State
System universities. The nominee's name works
from the
State
System chancellor's
office to the
Governors and then to the governor
its
way
Board of
for review. After the
governor reviews the students' qualifications, names are sent
to the state Senate for a vote.
Conroy has been involved with the
CGA since his
He also is president of the Orientation
Workshop Leaders, known as OWLs. He serves as chair of
the Kehr Union board and new student organizations
sophomore
year.
committee. Conroy
is
University Democrats,
and
Political
active in the
Democracy
Model United Nations,
Matters, History
Club
Organization for Student Involvement.
As president of CGA, he
also has a seat
on
the Blooms-
burg University Foundation Board of Directors. The
PASSHE Board
of Governors consists of
20 members
that
plan and coordinate development and operation of the
David Simpson
will use these radiation instruments as a volunteer
with Pennsylvania's Radiological Assistance Program.
Artists Unite
Student group raises $742 for
Katrina victims
BU's Student Art Association responded
last fall
to an appeal from Louisiana State University
made
through the National Association for Schools of
Art and Design. The students held an art sale that
raised
$742
to purchase art supplies for
affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Shown
sale are, at right, student Jes Engle,
a ceramic piece by faculty
and, far
right,
member
LSU students
during the
who
Karl
displays
Beamer
Leigh Wetterau, president of the
Student Art Association,
while Nicole Clark and
who
prices
works
Matthew Bonner
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PHOTOS BY ERIC FOSTER
and Brains
Small towns generally aren't seen
latest
technology. Bloomsburg's
as the
hub of the
new Regional Technology
Center aims to change that perception with a partnership
of BU faculty and alumni, entrepreneurs, community
members, and
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and
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government
officials
who have
created a facility where business opportunities are nurtured
while keeping young graduates in the region.
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len talking about what sets the
recently
opened Bloomsburg
Regional Technology Center apart,
Mark T. Burke
points to a wall jack
with three telephone connectionlike ports.
Throughout the
pillared
elegant, white-
mansion, these simple-
looking jacks allow easy access for
computer networking or
cable,
telephone connections.
"We aren't just limited to sitting
someone
in a certain area with
one
computer," says Burke, director of
Keystone National High School, an
accredited provider of distance
learning programs.
month we need
to
a given
"If in
add three
Mark T. Burke '99M shows off the Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center,
home of Keystone National High School.
—no run-
people, we're ready to go
ning wires across the ceiling or
how to
trying to figure out
them
At
was
get
step further
service."
Burke
is
also
quick to point out
preserved historic mansion and
its
blended modern infra-
tenant
only
is
when it opened in July
why at least four others
2005, and
have already followed
Key
according to Burke and others,
is
and graduate students
Bloomsburg University's
tute for Interactive
Insti-
Technologies
and the technology
industry. For
years, the university has
been a
valuable resource for technology
firms,
on
with faculty able to consult
projects
and well-trained
student interns
who
often
prized employees.
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first-class
as well as
space for established
Companies
in the center
expertise afforded
sity,
and
by the univer-
a thriving tech center
could be a catalyst for attracting
become
building," says
is
a marvelous
Tim Phillips,
chair
of the university's Department of
Instructional
also
keep our graduates in the
munity. As
it
grows, the benefits
ripple out, stores benefit, housing
benefits
from
Burke,
it,
but
perfect example.
intern with Keystone in
tum-of-the-century building that
has been reborn."
online course offerings and then
became
a full-time employee.
The company, which serves more
than 25,000 students worldwide,
its
students
faculty.
The
university's Institute for
Interactive Technologies also plans
Attracting companies to the
the
1999
depends on Bloomsburg's technol-
Technology and
all
a
when the company created its
ogy program and
win
is
He started as an
and
a
starts small."
degree in interactive technologies
tive Technologies. "This is a
is
it
who earned a master's
director of the Institute for Interac-
area
area,
keeping that expertise in the com-
from Bloomsburg in 1999,
could benefit from the nearby
"The tech center
the strong relationship between
in
creating a center
other technology firms to the area.
suit.
to the center's success,
the faculty
by
could serve as an incubator for
firms.
pan of the reason
Keystone became the center's first
structure
that
ago the idea
new technology firms,
that the beauty of the carefully
cleverly
least five years
bom to take that relationship a
way around,
Phillips says. "These are the types
of jobs that will attract people
and
to open an office in the center,
which Burke says will further help
companies access the expertise
they need. "The connection
Continued on page 8
is
he
critical for us,"
says,
adding that
from the university work on
interns
everything from marketing to devel-
new online
oping
graphics. "They
animation and
come
know-
in here
we need to get done; drey
have the skills we need, and we
ing what
couldn't
do
it
without them."
The Keystone High School
In addition to Keystone, the
now houses Conveyor Co.,
center
an engineering
BU graduates, left to right:
Kristie
'89r01M, Charles Wachira '99/'03M, Kelly Higgins Millar '99M, Susan Soozie'
office that designs
power plant equipment;
staff includes these
Feola Schaffer '93/'01M, Vanessa Klingensmith '99M, Dorie Dowhower-Henrie
Hummel '76/'82M, Barbara Cotner Laidacker '94M and Ginger Phillips Morgan
RGT
Shaffer '94/'01M.
Associates, a marketing firm that
New
New York and Connecticut;
"When you look at one
helps housing developers in
Jersey,
and Keynetx
provides
biggest reasons
firm that
Inc., a
leave
Web hosting and
area,
it's
because they don't
find the kind of challenging jobs
they are looking for in their
consulting services.
The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center's
an
first
said Seibert,
big step toward
who
field,"
received a master's
from Bloomsburg in
in education
"I'm a believer in technology,
of the
young professionals
I
projects succeed
around the
Gordner
think we'll be very
says. "I
state,"
successful in encouraging recent
graduates to
start
the tech center
new businesses at
and encouraging
becoming a
1978. "Having
existing businesses to set
up
when
brings to the area companies in the
offices in the tech center,
using
high-tech field that can convince
either
reality came in 2002,
members sold their
former lodge on Market Street to the
Elks
Columbia Alliance
for
Growth, a non-profit
Economic
kind of facility
and have
professionals to stay here
of the
affiliate
this
their families here."
Columbia Montour Chamber of
Gordner,
who also sits on Ben
Commerce. The mansion, located
Franklin's board, says
near Market Square, was built by a
intrigued with the idea of harness-
town physician around 1900.
Working with the chamber and
ing the "gem" represented by the
the university were
cials
Bloomsburg
university's technology school
using
offi-
and Ben Franklin Technology
Partners,
state to
it
to influence
development
an organization created
and funded by the
he was
and
economic
off campus.
Gordner helped secure $ 1 million
spearhead
in state capital project funding
had been
by Govs.
(Bloomsburg technology)
Ed Edwards, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Alliance, says the community already
has benefited from the project.
"We wanted
to
preserve
Edwards
its
adding that town
leaders were concerned that the
mansion's architectural significance,
which mixes Greek
Schweiker and Rendell. Additionally,
Victorian styles,
from strong support from Sen. John
he pushed
future generations.
Gordner and Gov. Ed Rendell,
as a
well as from
two Bloomsburg
former Gov. Mark Schweiker
and
state
Rep. David Millard
Ben Franklin, says
sense to build
on
university already
ogy companies.
it
just
recognized
revival
would be
Their efforts paid
was taken
off.
and
lost for
Obvious
in restoring the deep
grads,
program, created under Rendell,
care
75
provides incentives for projects that
wood paneling in the
partner with colleges and universities
entrance area, where visitors find a
to attract industry.
stately fireplace against the far wall
'88.
Larry Seibert, regional manager
for
to get the site
Keystone Innovation Zone. The
to reclaim
community and
architectural features,"
says,
The $4
as
be able
that building for the
that
million project also benefited
satellite
students or graduates."
technology business development.
set aside
and
have seen other incubator-type
made
the relationship the
had with technol-
Firms locating in the Greater
and
Susquehanna Keystone Innovation
One
Zone, which includes the tech
another huge
center,
may be
eligible for tax
credits next year, according to the
Columbia
building's
a grand staircase to the right.
office off the
lobby features yet
fireplace.
A wall-to-wall oriental rag graces
the lobby,
and on the two upper
Alliance.
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Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center
The Greek revival and Victorian mansion was built around 1900 by a
town physician. Before being purchased by the Columbia Alliance for
Economic Growth
in 2002,
it
was
the local Elks lodge.
The
extensive,
$4 million renovation
about technology companies and
preserved the mansion's charm, including
how they work.
woodwork, stained and leaded
windows and original hardwood
original
glass
floors
on
student
18,000 square
on four
feet of leasable
space
floors (including the completely
Dedicated fiber optic trunk to building with
speed connections to each
flexible, secure,
Lisa Verge's career path illustrates
Conference rooms on each floor that can be shared by tenants. Shared
grads in the area. After receiving an
break rooms and a shower and changing
•
Keyless entry system and video surveillance.
•
Tenant control of heating/cooling, which
•
For more information, contact the Columbia Alliance
(570) 784-2522 or on the
—
how local opportunities can keep
Building-wide cable television distribution system.
at
company about what it's like to
work with clients and get a product
out the door that's when they get
high-
office.
•
Growth
is
undergraduate degree in biology
area.
from Bloomsburg
in
1996 and then
a master's in instructional technol-
included in the lease
for
rate.
ogy in 1998, Verge went
Economic
ton, N.J.
Web at www.bloomsburg.org/
creates online instructional courses
for workers, agreed in
up
have been
restored. Plenty of windows
wanted a site close
downtown, hoping to generate
throughout give natural
further
offices
on
floors
all levels,
light to the
even in the
basement, which has been renovated
with wide hallways.
as organizers
economic benefits
was a
factor
to
Technologies, says additional
companies have
He foresees
more technology
moving
firms
to the area,
the void.
the tech center
rooms and
the ability to lease
believes the center will attract big
firms looking to expand
both
test
and smaller
the waters.
Verge says her firm has hired
Bloomsburg technology graduates
and brought on interns. EduNeering.com also has benefited from
the university.
it,
creating
opportunities
who
to stay in the area.
The value of the
"We're very interested in looking
to the future,
beyond what we're
doing today," Verge
says.
(instructional technology)
"The
program
does a good job of
internship opportunities
at the university
with these companies
keeping up to date in a rapidly
cannot be overstated, he
changing industry."
says.
"We can
all
b
talk until
we're blue in the face
and read
fills
With shared conference
consulting with the experts at
close to
want
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difficult at the
and
for graduates
dedication of the Regional Technology Center.
was
into the tech center
more job
State Sen. John Gordncr takes part in the
it
ones looking to
expressed interest in the
tech center.
to set
varying amounts of space, she
assistant
director of the Institute for Interactive
Verge says
and she thinks
district.
Karl Kapp, a professor of instruc-
and
1999
a branch office in Bloomsburg.
time to find suitable office space,
for
Bloomsburg's main business
tional technology
Edwards, a 1973 Bloomsburg
grad, says location also
to
employer EduNeering.com, which
SOURCE: Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth
wooden
to Prince-
Knowing she wanted
return to the Bloomsburg area, her
Alliance/technology_center.
levels, the
not until a
a real understanding."
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assets also include
it's
under the
the president of a small start-up
renovated basement).
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actually
pressure of a deadline or talking to
the upper levels. Building
highlights include:
•
is
we want
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in Harrisburg.
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hed found
Denver.
programs and distance learning
a post that put Jim
Sandi close to their daughter Monique's family in Cheyenne,
But
and
his wife
Wyo.
broke into open warfare between Trent Blankenship, the
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal late in
summer of 2005. Blankenship resigned in the middle of his term, which
state
the
hostilities
He even
his retirement
A back-office job managing
federal
for the
full
Air Force and as superintendent of a
school superintendent, and
officially
ends in January 2007. The leadership was
failing,
badly,
and with
public recriminations.
"Several people inside
me," McBride
recalls.
and outside
"They
I'm not politically connected.
What
really
pushed him
I
the department
had gotten
you put your name
thought I had no chance at all."
said,
'Why
don't
into the ring
describes the department as a very
to
know
in the hat?'
were the nominees. McBride
complex and
difficult organization.
"There
who were just politicians who were talking about running.
They hadn't read No Child Left Behind they couldn't even spell NCLB!"
His wife said, "Why complain? Why not just fix it?"
were people
—
"So here
I
am," he says.
And there went his retirement. Again.
In many ways, it's a dream job. "Wyoming's on the crest of an economic
boom that's going to last another decade. We not only have the ability,
but we have the funds to make this happen. It's going to be a neat ride,"
McBride
says.
Economic boom: Donkey wells plunging and rising filled with oil 24/7,
mile-long trains of coal bound for Cheyenne and points east, tractors
churning up bentonite on "farms" near the Montana border, trains loaded
with soda ash in the southwestern part of the
through sagebrush and wheat
hunting, fishing, fabulous scenery,
dug up, pumped
out, scraped
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state, cattle
spread out
wind energy farms near Laramie,
rumors of opals and gold. If it can be
grass,
off,
harvested, butchered, shot
at,
cast for,
'The thing that's often missing
education
in
leadership.'
is real
—Jim McBride '70
or even looked
Wyoming has it
at,
for sale.
And it's a
that
The state is under a court order to improve its school
facilities
and in its fourth lawsuit over financing
which means spending SI billion or more in school
construction statewide. Thanks to Wyoming's wealth,
McBride doesn't have
he
says,
to
scrounge for the money.
You ought
to
be able to control
Right now, each Wyoming school
architectural firm
school.
and creating plans
"Then they submit the plan
them we
can't
pay
for
One was
it.
and we
to us,
To
end
in the Taj
list
by a Democratic governor. Just weeks
lican appointed
he slashed 5450,000 from the budget, and
bridges as well as tear
"The thing
tell
be a one-
Mahal construction."
a handful of basic plans, along with an a la
of extras that the districts pay for themselves.
for the job in a
deputy
superintendent position, "showing that he can build
leadership,"
military
and
down palaces,"
according to an
Casper Star-Tribune.
missing in education
that's often
he
says. "I've
and
lots
lots
had a
and
is real
experience in the
lot of
lots of practice... and
I
genuinely like people."
avoid that, McBride has suggested the state offer
its districts
carte
that will
A few months into his tenure, McBride had already
editorial in the
four times per square
foot the going rate. If we're not careful, there'll
upsmanship
an
dream
to
and run.
he placed one of his competitors
fis-
costs."
district is hiring
for its
tail
what they have
garnered kudos from just about everyone. He's a Repub-
into his job,
"Even in a boom, you ought to be
cally responsible.
be accredited. He
institutions of higher learning
do, they'll turn
—
Still,
all
believes once the diploma mills see
market.
seller's
So what's next
for
McBrides schools?
windswept Wyoming, where one county can be
as large as Connecticut and have a population of 4,900
In
"A small elementaty, a large elementary, middle schools,
people, where the drive to a full-service grocery store
high schools, maybe even a junior high," he says.
may be 60 miles one way, where "neighbors" sometimes
to help guide the facilities
commission so
that
"I
want
we build
some of these and then when the community is ready,
take them through and say, What's wrong with this?'
We've got to be very careful to develop some criteria."
The state's also sitting on a S440 million trust fund
that will allow free college educations for
students
—Hathaway
scholarships, in
Wyoming
He sees
families to
honor of former
going to happen."
the scholarships as a
children can go to college for
proved graduation
free. "It will
rates, better learning,
development boom
—
it's
Though legislation for
"On any given
we have
about the same number
some
large
urban
have
less
districts.
—more
frontier schools
14
classes of six, 10,
Many of our 48 school
many have numerous
than 350 kids,
rural than 'rural.' Graduating
aren't
is
uncommon," he says. "One
for us to make every effort at
—
in im-
last
That's
the legal decision out
lawsuit says, 'the best the state can provide.'
where computers and video come
there are only seven students in the class
the scholarships won't be
want
staff
rules, writing story-
boards for commercials and hiring
way to honor him?"
One dark cloud over the
says,
'What
better
Wyoming's
reputation for harboring diploma mills. Because of a
legal loophole, the state is the
nominal home of numer-
ous
"colleges" that give out worthless degrees,
that
Hathaway scholarship money provides a
to close that loophole
math
class.
the class that
and only two
Why not hook her up to
and have her teach
way? He's optimistic and excited about
the possibilities.
staff.
scholarships:
to take her
several schools throughout the state
On this snowy October day, he's just returned from
Hathaway's funeral, and he pauses and
in.
Suppose, he proposes, Mrs. Smith teaches math, but
almost pick-a-category."
have already started developing
McBride plans
day,
of kids in school in the entire state (about 78,000) as
of the
an economic
passed until sometime this spring, McBride and his
lure.
enthused about the
equal access and equal education
that their
end
is
computers and distance education.
of the biggest challenges
way to draw young
Wyoming with the knowledge
15 miles apart, McBride
possibilities of
districts
Gov. Stan Hathaway. "That's going to happen," McBride
states. "That's absolutely
live
and
Will McBride run for a
full
term as
state superinten-
when this partial term ends? "I'm not ready to
make that announcement yet." he says, "but I can't
dent
imagine having accomplished everything
in the brief time remaining.
is
a great time to
I
love
what
I
I
want
do,
be in education in Wyoming!"
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to
and
it
truly
b
all
delectable
by requiring
Laurie Creasy, a Pennsylvania native,
in
now
writes
and
edits
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College
down
is like
a four-year driver's education course that prepares
life's
merge onto
expected journey, you may
a road. But, instead of the
an interesting detour. That's what happened to
Sun
the
before deciding
own dealership.
at
STORY BY DAWN LEAS
manager
sales
was time
it
buy her
to
She resigned from
Saturn and entered the
General Motors
Women's
Retail Initia-
program, designed to increase the
tive
presence of women in the automotive
Lori Guitson learned the
word
meaning
industry. For almost
Guitson studied
"drive" long before she
.
.
She learned
it
while
competing and coaching on
diamonds and
hockey
field
two
in
McLean,
Va.,
and worked
in various
dealerships to gain experience in
Softball
and
service, sales
fields.
Guitson graduated from Blooms-
parts.
was the
first
female to get into
burg University in 1987 with a degree
the program,
and
I
in secondary education/math.
to
"I
She
planned, of course, to teach and did
for a short time.
hand
at
She also
tried
was
the
her
my dealership," she explains.
get
owner
of
became the
Sun Buick Pontiac GMC
Marywood University in Scranton
in Moosic, Pa.,
where she led the
crew of 28 employees who
team
to a
24-3 record and an Eastern States
Athletic Conference
service
(ESAC) champi-
there, she
moved on to
Mansfield University.
"I
where she heads
new Buick,
vehicles
make
onship in 1988.
From
and used
says,
I
really care
came back and
but didn't
started
like that as
not just
car.
I
lifetime of cars to
need
member," Guitson
family and friends.
treat the
Guitson,
who
challenge and competitiveness of sell-
from Lehighton
says the
the path to an education career, she
drive
realized that a future in the automotive
Her recent
her
Guitson spent
and served
bucket
like a
1 1
seat.
years at Saturn
as the franchise's sales
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one
to sell a
To
retain business,
customer like a family
ing cars, and after trying to get back on
fit
any
them, plus their
we
She found she liked the
against for a season
Who has most influenced her
my drive and my
success, Jan Hutchinson, my field
career? "As far as
hockey and
drives
to
commute
45 minutes
favorites include a Pontiac
and
BU,"
at
'Winning wasn't enough.
the coach
who,
last fall,
me.
want
ever
I
I
to
need
earned her
"I
guess
throughout
that being successful
I
We had
our best," Guitson says of
to play
be
to
is
I
a Pontiac
G6
coupe.
She believes playing sports prepared her for business by teaching
carry
not enough
my best,
be the best
I
my life,
can be
and
what-
at
am doing."
In Guitson's office, several gates
are strategically placed to confine her
retriever,
Cosmo. Could they
for the hurdles
has overcome to achieve her
Guitson
level
of success? Possibly. But, she defdy
maneuvers around
these, just as she
cleared the hurdles that stood in
her
way as she drove toward buying
ing
its
success,
GMC and cultivat-
b
Moosic each day,
allows her to test
many of the vehicles sold at Sun.
Solstice
coach
Softball
she says.
Sun Buick Pontiac
says.
and
Hockey Championship Team.
that philosophy
simple and
to sell
Softball
BU and still holds
at
GMC
be in business."
area tempted her to veer off the educa-
industry
235 shots
golden
is
to soft-
457 shots against in a career. And she
was a member of the 1984 BU Field
"We believe," she
new direction. A help-wanted ad for
a new Saturn store in the Allentown
tion route.
hockey
be a metaphor
person one
a
field
customer, be honest, be straightforstill
Little
Area High School. She played
and
and
was
at Pittston (Pa.)
1,500th career victory.
"you can take care of your
"My goal
Guitson explains.
Then life's detour led Guitson in
is
and basketball
ball
ward and
much as I liked teaching and coaching,"
a
resonates with values from Guitson's
years with Saturn.
for the area.
vehicles of
play on her
first girl to
League team and then went on
for
and
to substitute,
the
set goals
mediocrity. She
settle for
and
Pontiac and
Sun's philosophy
enjoyed the
but just didn't
sell
or model.
position there coaching field hockey
Softball,
her to be competitive, to
not to
In January 2004, she
coaching, spending a year at
Softball
female
first
complete the program from A to Z
and
find yourself taking
two individual goalkeeping records:
years,
National Auto-
at the
mobile Dealers Association Academy
sold a Saturn. .or a Buick. .or a
Pontiac.
trip
'87.
Guitson
Lori
manager and general
her position
of the
you for the
superhighway. At graduation, you receive your "license" and carefully
Freelance writer
Dawn Leas is the
associate director of admission
for
Wyoming Seminary Lower
School.
She
lives
with her family in
northeastern Pennsylvania.
STORY BY TRACEY M. DOOMS
Doug Hippenstiel '68/'81M has lived
most of his life within a few miles of
Bloomsburg University, so he was a
natural for the post of Alumni Affairs
director. After
almost 26 years at
the helm, he's preparing to retire from
an Alumni Association he steered
into the 21st century.
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step inside Douglas
Husky eyes
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greet
[ippenstiel's
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you from
all
MW
Incomers. Plush Huskies and framed Huskies,
a Husky welcome mat and a Husky footstool, Husky
ornaments and Husky statues. Almost 26 years worth
of Husky collecting lines the shelves, desk, windowsills
and floor of the office of the director of Alumni Affairs
in Fenstemaker Alumni House.
"I can't see anything Husky and not buy it," says
Hippenstiel, who even pondered a real Husky puppy
before realizing he valued his furniture too
take his obsession that
much to
Danville
been a
News
all
had worked part-time
English. At the
for the
as a reporter/photographer,
stringer for the
same
tute teaching to help
During his nine
time, he moonlighted
by
full-time years at the
Association, handling production of
cation.
He became
substi-
support his growing family.
Morning
its
growing publi-
the full-time director of Alumni
1980 following the retirement of Bloomsburg
first
director of Alumni Affairs, retired
me
to apply for the job, saying
it's
a
good job
pointing out that the job has
grown tremendously
He currently travels
about 20,000 miles a year to alumni events
this spring.
whom BU President Jessica Kozloff has
for a
family man," Hippenstiel says with a roll of his eyes,
along with the Alumni Association.
of accomplishments with a special event
—"and
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Maroon and Gold" actually became a Husky
moved into the director's office. He grew
called "Mr.
long before he
up just
a few miles
down the
road in Lightstreet and
enrolled at the university in 1964.
Bloomsburg,
I
"If it
hadn't been for
probably wouldn't have been able to go
to college," says Hippenstiel,
whose
family couldn't
afford expensive tuition.
He enrolled as a history
me
I'd
major, but "everybody told
never get a job teaching history," so he switched
to English.
To
he quips
this day,
that
he doesn't take
any student's choice of major seriously
mencement.
"I
until
com-
comfort parents by saying, This
try to
is
their opportunity to explore.'
After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1968,
Hippenstiel taught English for three years in the Central
Columbia and Danville Area school
signing
on with what was then
now Press Enterprise
—
in
the
before
Morning Press
Bloomsburg
"That was a tough decision because
Hippenstiel
districts
I
as a reporter.
loved teaching,"
recalls.
In the 1960s,
However, he
ence in the
field
also loved journalism,
went back
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and
his experi-
to seventh grade,
when he
Press,
Alumni
school superintendent Donald Watts. "He encouraged
things
Husky ends on March 31, 2006, when he will retire
26 years as director of Alumni Affairs. The Alumni
Association will honor his longtime commitment and
The man
and he had
Morning Press while he taught
Hippenstiel began working part-time for the
University's
after
list
years in college, he
Affairs in
far.
Hippenstiel's professional dedication to
lengthy
began helping with the school newspaper. For two
Doug Hippenstiel was
of Maroon and Gold.
editor-in-chief
that
doesn't count flying."
Most
events are in Pennsylvania,
where 75 percent of
Bloomsburg alumni
live.
Over the past two
decades, the
Alumni
Association has gready
increased the
events
it
number of
sponsors,
now
topping 50 to 60 each year.
Hippenstiel notes that the
total is deceptively
since
Doug Hippenstiel is
shown as a college
low,
homecoming,
for
senior, above,
example, counts as one
event, although
and early
in his career as director
of Alumni Affairs.
it
Together,
encompasses numerous
call
tion
university haven't forgotten
has always emphasized communication.
"When I
ment
and
started as
from an alum," he
and
recalls.
"Except for the publica-
fundraising, there wasn't a lot of
communica-
good
more alumni in the life of the university.
"A lot of alumni welcome the opportunity to
interact with students, " Doug Hippenstiel says.
involve
Today, answering e-mails from alumni often
consumes a
large part of Hippenstiel's
association itself can send an e-mail to
6,000 alumni in a matter of minutes.
number jumps
we
association has
for
been able
to
more alumni
in the
life
of the university,
Hippenstiel says. "A lot of alumni
welcome the opportu-
nity to interact with students." Already, alumni are
acting as mentors to students. .and to other alumni.
.
The "Mentoring" link on the Alumni Association Web
site, www.bloomualumni.com, connects those who
volunteer with those who are looking for a mentor. The
Web site offers information to alumni in a way
the director couldn't have imagined
In addition to the online
tion
bought and renovated
office is
has an online directory of all
advances the
make. 'We've always had
A primary goal for the Alumni Association is to
involve
than 50,000 graduates. Already, the director empha-
Bloomsburg University alumni.
about
good Alumni Board who were very supportive,"
House during Hippenstiel's
sizes, the association
"That's
says.
addresses while compiling a print directory of more
living
many of the
entire
soon, as the association collects e-mail
of.
"It's all
Hippenstiel credits a positive relationship with
more than
that
proud
do," he says.
workday. The
He hopes
the
relationships."
Alumni Board members
he
A primary goal for the Alumni Association is to
and
—an accomplish-
them
that Hippenstiel is particularly
really at the root of what
a really
tion with alumni."
1
that the association
Hippen-
a former English teacher
Alumni Affairs director, we all had typewriters, not computers. Once in a great while, I'd get a
letter from an alum. Once in a while, I'd get a phone
first
of these communication improve-
reporter,
As
stiel
all
ments help alumni know
individual programs.
on
26 years
ago.
home, the Alumni Associa-
its
Fenstemaker Alumni
tenure.
The
director's
the second floor of the stately building, pur-
chased in 1985 from the estate of Dorothy Dillon '24
and named
in
honor of Howard
F.
Fenstemaker 12,
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
As director of Alumni Affairs, Doug Hippenstiel travels more than 20,000 miles a year to
alumni events. Most events are in Pennsylvania, where 75 percent of Bloomsburg alumni live.
who was editor of the alumni
quarterly for
and president of the Alumni Association
45 years
for a decade.
down the
home he shares with his wife
Hippenstiel will retire just a few miles
road, to the Almedia
Son Robert Hippenstiel earned
a business
manage-
ment degree from Bloomsburg in 1998, works for
Weis Markets and lives in Millville. The Hippenstiels
excuse their daughter Joanna Pruden for attending
Miami
Kathy. Although they attended the same high school,
the University of
they didn't start dating until they were at BU, where
since she earned a full-tuition scholarship to the
Kathy earned a degree in elementary education in
Florida school. She lives in Loyalsock
1969. She's already retired from her career as an
teaches
elementary school teacher in the Central Columbia
Technology
School
will
Hippenstiel's
list
of retirement activities
be spending time with Kathy and
their children.
becoming
in Williamsport.
swim and walk
true to your school
Looking for a bigger connection with your alma mater
click
to
"to-read" shelf during his
busy
bought books
1
on "Volunteer." You'll see a
make
list
of
more than 60
contact with other alumni. Opportunities range
committees to the legacy scholarship committee. You
can collect and preserve information about alumni
have served
in
the
armed
Web site
forces, assist with the
or help plan
who
trip
its
start in
1
979,
when
says.
a group of
programs got
New Jersey alumni
began representing the university Admissions Office
at
that involves
had enough of those
three careers,
and
952 to the Class of 2002
one of them," Hippenstiel
It's
I
loved each
says.
his last job, though, that has forged the
relationships
home,
—and
he'll
the
most
most souvenirs. With no room
be getting
rid of
most of the Husky
treasures in his office; his three grandchildren get
dibs
on
their favorites (he'll
youngest grandchild,
a
who was bom in August).
Husky through and through.
relationships."
first
have to choose for the
After
will
all, "It's all
remain
about
b
attend 25 to 30 college fairs a year, says founding
coordinator Dick Lloyd '62,
who
recruited
Bloomsburg
students even before he retired from his alumni relations
position with Rutgers University.
"Bloomsburg was very
important to me," Lloyd says. "As kids and their parents
are walking
down
keep that name
in
the aisle at college fairs.
.
.I
want
to
front of them."
"This really extends the reach of our Admissions
Office,"
adds Douglas Hippenstiel, director of Alumni
Affairs.
"Many
of our out-of-state students are from
New Jersey."
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in
Affairs director. "I've
can honestly say
I
The mementos may go, but Hippenstiel
prospective students find out more about the university.
1
want anything
Alumni
Teacher. Journalist.
had
college fairs throughout the Garden State, helping
Today, alumni from the Class of
don't
my various careers."
at
of the longest-running volunteer
"I
a time clock or deadlines. I've
Alumni
an annual theater
to Stratford, Ontario.
One
could read them," he
Hippenstiel expects to remain
involved with the Alumni Association as a volunteer,
but on his terms:
from the alumni tent at home football games to regional
Association
than
faster
retires,
up on his
career. "I always
www.bloomualumni.com and
events and organizations that allow you to help out and
to
He also
intends to spend lots of time reading the 100-plus
Once he
and fellow alumni? Go
to avoid
a "couch potato" in retirement.
novels and biographies that have built
Be
Township and
Pennsylvania College of
at the
Hippenstiel plans to
District.
Topping
math
rather than Bloomsburg,
Tmcey M. Dooms
is
in State College, Pa.
a freelance writer and
editor living
after
Hurricane
Katrina. But Afghani-
stan
is
skills,
where
his
training
and
dedication were put
to their greatest test.
Invaded by the Soviet
Union
in 1979,
Afghanistan was a
battleground for clashes
between Soviet and Afghan, or
James McCormack
group of BU
is
among
mujahidin, forces for the ensuing
a dedicated
10 years. The withdrawal of Soviet
students and former
staff,
war between
forces led to civil
students
who
leave their everyday routine
behind when their country
PAKIST'
He considers
calls.
various factions,
his
which
in turn
coalesced into a struggle between
the hard-line Islamic fundamentalist
tour of duty in Afghanistan nearly three years ago to be
Taliban and the Northern Alliance.
the greatest test of his skills and training.
The
history of those struggles
was written
in the landscape of
Bagram. As each side captured,
Witness to History
lost
or recaptured territory, they laid
fields of
mines.
For the American troops and the
STORY BY ERIC FOSTER
local Afghanis, the
many fields
of
mines yielded a harvest of death
When Maj. James McCormack
stepped off the transport plane
Bagram Air
Field,
McCormack has
seen
and disfigurement. "There wasn't
computer technology go from the
day that a mine didn't detonate,"
technology,
at
he entered a
specialized
equipment of scientists
country that bore the scars of two
and mathematicians
decades of continuous warfare.
appliances students use every
It
day. In nearly
major combat by U.S. forces in
the military,
Afghanistan had passed.
seen even greater changes.
McCormack
Army engineer like
'90/'93M, the
"It's
work was
around the
airfield
about 35 miles
20 years with
McCormack has
gone from being a
situation
just beginning. Buried in the arid soil
where blue
suiters
didn't talk with green suiters
to
an integrated approach,"
McCormack, now
north of Kabul were more than
says
8 million landmines.
major with the 213th
"Forty-eight hours after
I
was standing
I
arrived,
in a minefield that
had been cleared the day before,"
recalls McCormack. "Mine clearing
doctrine
was being written based on
McCormack.
to the pervasive
was March 2003, and much of the
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trained in
Kansas and Germany, was
on standby
for the first
Gulf War,
Afghan workers
use a
our experience in Afghanistan."
As BU's
dence
20
life
assistant director of resi-
for administration
and
a
constructed playgrounds and walkin northeastern Pennsylva-
ing
trails
nia
and spent
a
week in
Louisiana
hammer and chisel
to carve
doors in steel shipping containers
that were converted into buildings
at the U.S.
compound in Kabul.
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—
a
gone from being a situation where blue
'It's
green suiters to an integrated approach.'
Most of the mines were
anti-
tory. It
seemed
suiters didn't talk with
—James McCormack
that military history
runs in cycles, and
we were
dinner plate and weighing just a few
due
for a conflict.
figured I'd rather
pounds. Fields were cleared with
be a
leader."
personnel devices, smaller than a
armored bulldozers
through the
soil
plowed
that
and detonated the
I
about
So McCormack,
who
from
ground with chain
National Guard as an infantryman.
to set
in 1993, enlisted in the
buried explosives.
After a field
it
flails
would be
checked by
had been
McCormack's tour was supposed
In addition to
managing
tripling of the site's
power
grid
video-teleconferencing center at the
U.S. Embassy.
mines by stepping on the
Getting the
work done
tion fields
fields.
tractors.
and
to
a
common-sense
working with area con-
"Whatever you asked the
Afghan contractors
they could do
After three years,
he
engineering unit. "Engi-
neering spans everything
from destruction
James McCormack,
photo above, poses
right,
shipping containers are stacked
to create a building in Kabul.
The constant warfare
also
mean
says,
Afghan
electrical wiring.
They'd use wire
suitable for a
McCormack.
not nearly heavy enough for the volt-
"That's
the only branch that could keep
me interested."
ages being used.
But
In Afghanistan, after several
weeks of clearing mines,
where he served
called to
McCormack found
as facility engineer
that the
Afghani workers learned quickly.
And what
Kabul
home extension cord
they lacked in technique,
the Afghani workers
made up
"The compound became the
aries
operating post of a two-star general
—
less
is
just 17
and the Office of Military Coopera-
than half that of
tion-Afghanistan," says
citizens.
nothing but war," says McCormack,
who was about the age of the
typical Afghani when he chose to
was
a
sophomore
Bloomsburg, and
was
a major two-lane road, an elementary school
and
"We were
join the military.
it
sand.
at
occurred to
me
a passive observer to his-
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McCormack.
The compound was located in
the hean of the city, nesded between
civilian properties.
separated
by 7
feet of
and earned
—
bound-
respect.
"We were making buildings
of steel shipping containers,
out
and the
doors and windows had to be cut
into them,"
McCormack remembers.
"While some workers cut out the
doors with a torch, others were cutting the openings with a chisel
sledge
and
hammer." b
A 500-pound car bomb would
have taken out half the compound,"
says
in
determination to get the job done
age of an Afghani
"A whole generation knew
I
For example, he
workers took a different approach to
quality that bridged cultural
American
that
what you wanted."
and deputy ganison commander.
years old
"I
McCormack.
show them exact-
more than mark the land.
marked the people. The
stan did
It
to
ly
to do, they'd say
says
construction," says
McCormack was
in Afghani-
it,"
"But you'd have to
transferred to a military
with Afghan workers. Above
required a
broad knowledge of many construc-
edge of
approach
steel
and managed
the construction of a top-secret
soldiers
left in
in the
Kabul compound, McCormack
cleared,
did, set off rogue
fourth from
it
all facility
20 buildings
issues of the
specially trained
piles of soil left at the
overseas;
stretched to a very busy 10 months.
oversaw the
unwary
cleared
months
to last six
electrical
dogs. But
killing
of them."
men with metal
and
and
bus carrying German troops,
"proofed," or
detectors
could,
exploded next to a
arrived, a
earned a
mines. Other machines thrashed the
off the
Two weeks before
bomb
I
I I
master's of business administration
BU
aren't just in Iraq.
McCormack. "And
car
bombs
Eric Foster is co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
A
home's foundation serves as a strong base
and roof above. Just like a footing
of cinder block and concrete, the Bloomsburg
for the walls
University Foundation provides solid support to
BU students, faculty and programs.
The scholarships
also gave her the opportunity of a
—
lifetime
credits
a chance to study in England and earn 12
through a College of Business exchange program.
"Without the scholarships,
I
would have never been
able
to afford the valuable experience," she says.
Lindberg says the Foundation serves as "the broker
who have
between those
the ability to help
and those
who need the help."
and Robert Kessler,
Kessler Memorial Scholarship.
Christine Gasper, center, thanks Diana
sponsors of the Robert
'B J.'
Involved with Lindberg in the
by
directors, chaired
administers both restricted and
Future
Funding the
Donors of restricted
or areas,
gifts target specific
hard work. The Bloomsburg University Foundation
sees these "rewards" as a top priority to offset
costs for
BU
students.
"The Foundation handles
the university,"
donors on planned
university.
all
philanthropic
gifts to
explains Maryann LaCroix Lindberg,
executive director of the
and vehicles
mounting
that
BU
Foundation.
such
gifts,
as
produce income
We handle all
for the
flexibility
and can be used
donor or the
is
to
make
in
8,570 students
aid.
is
among the 90
percent of BU's
Scholarship, the
"The landscape has changed, and the need
budget comes from the
is critical,"
Thirty-eight percent of
state.
who want to come
attend,
to
BU but turn
do so because they
can't afford
teacher,
Gasper is
career as a business education
grateful for the scholarships she
received. "The scholarships helped to ease the massive
burden of college. Every time
I
knew
that
I
would
fewer loans that year," she says.
Memorial
Meyer and Mildred Eaton
down an offer to
scholarship,
She was awarded three scholarships from the
"B.J." Kessler
volunteer programs, to encourage alumni to mentor
financial
who receive some form of financial
Foundation: the Robert
fund
The work of the Foundation goes beyond fund raising and financial management. 'We work in partnership
with alumni and others in the community to develop
As she begins her
for scholarships.
Gasper, the College of Business' top honor graduate
December 2005,
initiatives. Gifts also
to attend."
sure financial donations are used as donors intend.
earmarked
meet university
expenses to national
alumni programming.
prospective students
Foundation, a separate
organization dedicated to supporting BU,
Half of the funds raised are
to
she adds. "Today, only 36 percent of the university's
trusts,
gifts-in-kind."
But the primary role of the BU
departments
students and to establish internships," Lindberg stresses.
"We work with
bequests and
which
gifts.
perhaps purchasing equipment or financing
conferences or recruitment
for
unrestricted
priorities, like scholarships, travel
Senior Christine Gasper sees scholarships as a reward
board of
faculty/student research. Unrestricted gifts provide
more
STORY BY BONNIE MARTIN
effort is a
Victoria Mihalik of Millville,
academic record has been
Levitt
scholarships
fully
have received."
I
I
received a
be able to take out
"I feel
as
though
my
rewarded by the
b
Scholarship and the Walter Rygiel Scholarship.
"The scholarships that
the determination to
I
have received have given
do well
me
in college," says Gasper,
who hails from Beaver Meadows,
near Hazleton.
pushing myself to the
ways believed
in
academically.
The scholarships acted
"I al-
limits, especially
as
my motivation."
Bonnie Martin
is
co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
Editor's note:
To
BU Foundation's
find out
how you can be part of the
efforts, call
(570) 389-4128 or
visit
www.bloomu.edu/giving.
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Husky Notes
Six inducted into
Athletics Hall of Fame Class
2005
graduates were inducted into BU's Athletic
SixHall of Fame as part of the
fall
celebration, bringing the total
to 109.
The newest inductees
2005 homecoming
number of members
are:
Stanley Elinsky '60: Elinsky was a three-sport standout
for the
Huskies earning
and
wrestling,
track
a total of 1 1 letters in football,
and
field.
He taught
in Deposit Central (N.Y.) School for
in 1994,
and
and coached
33
science
years, retiring
football, wrestling,
and track
His coaching successes include 22 tourna-
field.
ment team championships and 210
individual
tournament champions.
Michelle Simons
ball career as the
third)
'92:
Simons finished her
BU basket-
second all-time leading scorer (now
with 1,661 points.
A four-year,
all-conference
player, she ranks as the Huskies' career leader in steals
with 352,
is
sixth in career assists with
296 and seventh
in career blocks with 78. She helped the Huskies to
NCAA and PSAC playoff appearances and one
PSAC championship. Simons played in the Women's
four
Tom Martin '87:
National Basketball League from 1999-2001 and
served as an assistant coach
at East
The Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2005 is shown with
BU President Jessica Kozloff, center. They are, left to right, Tom
Martin '87; Saundra Lewis, widow of Millard Ludwig '48; Stan
Elinsky '60; Kozloff; Jeff Carruthers '79; Michelle Simons '92;
and Gina Lindenmuth Miller '90.
who
Stroudsburg and
Martin was an outstanding football player
finished his career as BU's second all-time leading
He also had 501 yards
and 705 yards in kickoff returns for 3,915 yards
offense. Twice named first-team All-PSAC, he also
rusher with 2,709 yards rushing.
Bucknell universities.
receiving
Gina Lindenmuth Miller
for four seasons,
'90: Miller, a Softball pitcher
earned run average. She struck out 429 batters in 456
of total
earned first-team All-ECAC honors as a senior. He
compiling a record of 55-8 and a 0.80
h
l
several school records
more yards
and
tallied three
innings pitched, while throwing 49 complete games and
or
22 shutouts. In 1990, she was a first-team All-America
year record of 27-6-1 which included one overall
and won
State
the Eleanor
Wray Award
as the top female
senior athlete. Miller helped lead the Huskies to
four
PSAC titles and a third-place
Division
II
Championships
finish in the
rushing. Martin helped the team to a three-
in 1990.
PSAC
Championship, the Lambert Cup as the top team in
Eastern Division
NCAA
set
games with 200
finals in
Millard Ludwig
1948
II
football
and
a trip to the
NCAA semi-
1985.
'48:
Ludwig, a soccer player, graduated
Jeff Carruthers 79: Carruthers, a two-time Ail-American
in
and two-time PSAC champion, holds Bloomsburg high
jump marks both indoor (7-0) and outdoor (7-PA).
He won the PSAC title in 1977 when he jumped 6-10,
Navy during World War
coming back the next year
other goals. After graduation, he served the Millville school
jump
of 6-10y2. At the
to
win
his
second
title
NCAA championships, he
with a
finished
after interrupting his studies to serve in the U.S.
II.
As
a two-year
member
record 6-1-2, while scoring twice and assisting on 11
district as a teacher,
guidance counselor, assistant to the
fourth in the high jump in 1977 and second in 1978.
superintendent, coach and athletic director.
And at
PSAC championships, he had a second-place
finish in the high jump and top-six finishes in the long
jump, the triple jump and the 4 x 400 relay team.
He received the Robert B. Redman Award as the top
three sports for
senior male athlete.
Service
the
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of
the soccer team, he helped the Huskies to a then-school
26 years and,
in 1987,
He coached
was recognized
as
Pennsylvania Athletic Director of the Year. Ludwig was
president of the Bloomsburg College
Alumni Association
from 1973
college's Distinguished
to
1981 and received the
Award. He died in 2001
at the
age of 77.
Husky Notes
50Q George Sharp has
^jO published by
xlibris.com,
Births
written another novel, "Harriet,"
Xlibris
and
available online
through
www.
Kaitlyn Sue, July 6,
www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
'56 Middle
States team that evaluated
High in the Virgin Islands in May 2005.
St.
Juliet Grace, Sept.
Croix Central
1
'87 and
Monte Mingle
McCawley Magel
Laura
Richard Naradko
June
29,
'91
and Frank
'91,
/T Cf Alex Kozlowski and his wife Mary moved
\J
and
J mond,
Va., to
be close
to their three
who
six grandchildren. Alex,
retired
years in sales and sales management,
gifts for
the United
is
'92 and wife, Lauren, a daughter, Sadie Irene,
Matthew Smith
service to children during the fifth
after
31
annual Kids Day
America/International in South Whitehall Township.
As
men's basketball league, the Parkland Elementary Wrestling
A retired Parkland High
School history teacher, he has been active with the
1999
to 2005.
on
He and his wife Carole
the
BU Alumni
Alumni Board from
'04H, are parents of
Tracy Vandervalk Anderson
William, Sept.
'89,
Their granddaughter, Laura,
is
2,
'94 and husband.
Megan Hardisky Estock '94 and
a son.
Jack
husband, David, twins, David
2004
Elizabeth, Feb. 3,
Steve Bucher '95 and
Oct.
Bill,
2005
wife, Pam, a daughter, Abigail Olivia,
10,2005
Jennifer Kraatz Falkoff '95 and husband,
April 8,
Gil,
a son, Alex Joseph,
2005
Allison Paynter Hastings '95 and Ian Hastings
Sarah Lynn, July
14,
'94,
a daughter,
2005
Marsha Wilkinson Kouf '95 and Ronald M. Kouf '94,
Madison
March
Elizabeth,
Justine Boettger
a
a daughter, Katie Marie, June 24,
McCormick '96 and Randy McCormick '96,
2004
Tara Neyer '96 and husband, Len Gnade, a
Oct. 24,
a daughter,
2004
24,
who
is married to Bob Hafner '80.
sophomore at BU.
George Hartna was elected to the Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall
of Fame. He worked for Reader's Digest Association from 1975
to 1996, retiring as a senior vice president. He and his wife,
the former Janet Miller, have two daughters, Jill and Susan, and
Joanne Derricott Hafner
'95, a daughter,
recre-
ation director since 1975, he runs four playground programs, a
Association since 1989 and served
Anna Bauer Smith
married children
Derricott of Allentown was recognized for his
Program, concerts and other events.
'93 and
Katharine Margaret, June 20, 2005
Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg.
Bill
and husband, Douglas, a son,
to Rich-
now director of major
/T /T
'93
Douglas John, Dec. 20, 2004
from IBM Corp.
\J \J
daughter, Raegan Frances,
Jan. 14,2005
and
5
daughter,
and wife, Amie, a son, Nicholas Jack,
Sharon Aukema Lipps
5
'86, a
2005
Oct. 2,
Wills Eye Hospital.
at
Magel
2005
Bruce Rosengrant
the
an operation
daughter,
Leeann, April 23, 2005
35-year teaching career and, after retiring in 2000, regained
his eyesight during
'84, a
'88 and husband, Lewis, a daughter,
Amy Havard Schumaker '92, a
is
a daughter,
Grace Evelyn, April 20, 2004
2005 recipient of Dolly Parton's
V/|" Chasing Rainbows Award. In its fifth year, the award
recognizes someone who overcame life's adversities to be a
successful teacher. Jim was legally blind throughout his
Jim Gallagher
'91.
2005
,
Stephanie Simmons Geyer
'CT("\ Leo Mulhall, a teacher, disciplinarian, coach, athletic
^JJs director and assistant principal at Our Lady of Lourdes
Regional High School for 34 years, has been honored with the
renaming of the school's football and soccer stadium.
VT A
Marley
2005
Robyn Talbot Mingle
Harrison Morson served as co-chair of a 13-member
'85 and Jerry
Susan Ripple Marley
son,
Jake William,
2005
Jane Nolan Schleppy
'96 and her husband, Mark, a daughter,
2004
Reese Marie, July
11,
Michael Stebila
'97 and
four granddaughters.
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Pat Zelner
Kaczmarek
retired in
2004, joining the
Tom Kaczmarek '65.
Montgomery School District and
six years in a private school. They have two children, Kristine
Kaczmarek Hopkins '92, married to Craig Hopkins '91,
\J
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Pat taught for 21 years in the
and Kevin Kaczmarek, married
to
Unit 21.
Melanie Bolkovich Berryman
a son,
Samuel Michael, Sept.
Patty Mullen
Janet, July
5,
Doan
20,
David Berryman
'99,
'99 and husband, Rick, a daughter, Emily
Jean Shingara Spieles
'99 and
March 31 after five years as
executive director of the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate
He holds a doctorate from Perm State University.
will retire
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Donald Spieles Jr.
'93,
a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, June 23, 2005
Shelley Levan Stokes '99 and husband,
Jean Marie, July
7,
Carl, a
daughter,
2005
Colleen Horan '02/'05M and
Frank Ferrari
'99 and
2005
2005
Carly Lynn, July 15,
information services.
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'98, a son,
Stephanie Christian
Kaczmarek '94. They also have four grandchildren.
Deanna Woolcock Robinson, a librarian at Northampton
Community College, was promoted to assistant professor of
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Angela Schaub Stebila
Michael, June 29, 2005
Eric
Kramm, a daughter, Mallory
2004
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Marsha Loeper Hubler '68/'93M published
eight
71*
books
during the past three years, including six that are part of a
Joanne Stubbe
Gary A. Clewell was named to the board
Ambassador Bank, Easton.
horse fiction series for children. Keystone Stables Series.
Sandra Ingram Pascal
retired in
an elementary teacher. For the
Boyertown Area School
25
35 years as
after
9
to the
Hazleton Area Sports Hall of
the Minnesota Vikings.
New York Giants and
He and his wife Janet
for
Nancy Fruehan Bohr
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retired after teaching
mathematics in the Central Dauphin School
District
years.
four with
are parents of a
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and a daughter, Lindsay.
son, Matthew,
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Now a management consultant in New York City, Bob
spent eight seasons with the
of directors for
Lafayette
years, she taught in the
District.
Bob Tucker was elected
Fame.
last
June 2005
Chamock is a senior staff accountant
with the Lyons Companies, Wilmington, Del.
girl/
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Terence Maher
is
superintendent of the Pine Grove
_J Area School District. He and his wife
Margaret have
four children: Megan, Maran, Kathryn and Timothy.
5
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business education for 31 years and substituted for five years.
"7/1 Robert
Beierschmitt is principal of the Northum/ I berland County Area Vo-Tech School.
Halden McClure is serving on the board of Pace Resources
is married to John "Chip" Murray '68, who retired in
1999 from the Steelton-Highspire School District, where he
Inc. of York.
served as assistant to the superintendent. The Murrays have
financial officer of Pace.
She
two sons, Christopher, 35, and Jonathan, 32, and a grandson
Nathan,
Joseph Mushinski
retired after teaching
three children: Christopher, Tia
35
2005,
after
years.
Robert Simons
County.
8,
teaching science in the Mechanicsburg School
District for
at the State
*"7CT Maryjean Cummings Bower won the grand prize in
an online recipe contest for soccer moms, sponsored
/
by Mrs. T's Pierogies.
Sue Jones Davenport, a kindergarten teacher at the
F.L. Garrison Memorial School, Shickshinny, was included
in Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
Sandra Massetti, executive director of
operations at Phoebe Home Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center, Allentown, (right) was
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and Brandon.
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major of unit management
chief
36 years
Honesdale High School. She and her husband Harold have
/
is
and
treasurer
Correctional Institution at Coal Township.
5.
Linda Mroczka Newberry
at
A CPA, he is vice president,
He and
retired after teaching
his wife, the former
35 years in Wayne
Ann
Marie Gilhool, have
a daughter, Bridget.
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elected president
of the board of
BU grad finds closure and
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new beginning in Melbourne
east
(North/North-
Region of
Pennsylvania Association of
60 years, Lawrence Ksanznak
After
'53
found closure
in England.
Ksanznak's brother, Thomas, was a
World War
in
II
pilot
whose plane went down
Melbourne during inclement weather.
Ksanznak spent
six
days
in
England
the Steeple
the
Morden Airfield,
his brother attended
pub where he played
the church
Mass and
darts
and met
local residents.
The Ksanznaks
his sister Patsy
—Lawrence,
his wife
Nan,
—were
and her two daughters
invited to England after a chance meeting
at the
Cambridge American Cemetery and
Memorial. At the gravesite, a
home. He
and
man who
invited the
Ksanznaks to
for six days.
his sister
had
visit
visited their brother's
is
of creative problem-solving
exercises published
just 8- or 9-years-old
when
the plane
down, and learn more about
Lawrence Ksanznak,
went
his brother.
who was in seventh
when Thomas died, believes that
trip brought him closer to both his
grade
his
those memories alive, he presented Thomas'
purple heart to his grandson.
the
author of "Snfbbles," a collection
more about his last days.
At the end of the trip, 250 people
attended an impromptu memorial service
at the site where Thomas' plane crashed.
Ksanznak was able to meet people who
remembered the crash, some who were
to learn
brother and his memories. And, to keep
WINTER 2006
1.
Sutliff Micheletti
grave in the past, their latest trip provided a
Ksanznaks' friend that researchers had
Thomas'
Judy
Services
Her two-year
term began Jan.
Although Ksanznak
flew with Thomas, David Crow, told the
recently recovered wreckage from
Homes and
for the Aging).
Melbourne
chance
retracing his brother's steps at
where
Non-Profit
plane in the front yard of a Melbourne
by Gifted
Education Press of Manassas,
Va. Details can be found at
http://www.giftededpress.com.
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David
E.
Coffman
was elected
secretary
of the South Central Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
David
is
sole proprietor of Busi-
ness Valuations and Strategies
of Harrisburg.
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Paul Ziegenfuss, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine
"I
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Corps, received the Bronze Star Medal for his service
and deputy
as the director
Karen
Ishii joined the Sylvan Learning Center staff in Lewis-
burg. She
is
employed by the Lewisburg School
also
"7 "7 George Bierman won
I
given to the
I
state's
the
2005
amateur
Kelly
best
degree black
won five
belt,
Championships
in
gold medals
a seventh-
is
World Karate
2000 and 2001.
at the
Petersburg, Russia, in
St.
who
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Richard A. DiLiberto Jr.,
Carolyn McMaster Salerno earned a master's degree from
Temple University in summer 2005. A special education
teacher at Spring-Ford High School, she is married to Greg
Salerno 78, who is the general manager of Fred Beans
Volkswagen of Devon.
Young Conaway lawyer
to serve as
"7r~\ Michael Dennen is senior vice president for PNC
/ ^S Bank of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Denise Reed Gross was promoted to the rank of colonel
in the
Army
The
fifth
DTLA president during the
association's 26-year history, DiLiberto earned his juris doctor
from Widener University School of Law. He
Del.,
Newark,
lives in
with his wife Faith and their three daughters.
Linda Anderson Firestone is superintendent of the
Northampton Area School District.
Kevin Kerrigan, a CPA and partner at Wiss & Co., was
presented with a testimonial from the
Accountants
Certified Public
at their
New Jersey Society of
annual convention, citing
his outstanding leadership as vice president
?
Young
a partner with
the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association for 2005-06.
exemplifies athletic achievement, sportsmanship, leadership,
dedication and overall contribution. George,
Iraq.
\D^t Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, is serving as president of
Award,
who
athlete
Communications
District.
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director of the
Information Systems Coordination Center in
and
21 years
his
of service to the society.
Thomas Speakman
is
dean of enrollment
services at
Shippensburg University.
Reserve.
Marriages
Michelle Dupes
'77 and Steve
Karen DeVito
Neas, June 25, 2005
Garrison,
Megan
Christopher Aurand '78 and
Rebecca Lynn, July
8,
2005
E.
Pesavento
and Christopher
Debra Ann Berry
'79 and Frank
Nov. 25, 2005
2005
Brooke Clews
Sept.
3,
Kathleen Hazen '82 and Timothy
Kuhlen
Wendy Jones
2005
Timothy Glowatski
Tammy Linton,
Scott
Hons
'91
April 8,
'91
and
2005
and Sara Booth,
Greg Reimer '92 and Pamela
July 31,
Artl,
David DeFelice, July
2,
2005
Jennifer Bozung '95M and Leo
III,
April 16,
Melody Douglas
Kutch,
2005
'95 and David
May 14,2005
Edward Mullin
and Michael
Munley,May21,2005
Nyree
June
Stoltz '97 and Craig Hack,
18,
Matthew Beaugard, May
Furlong,
2004
Brier,
'97
Suzanne
and Kurt
May 7, 2005
July
9,
'97
Jeremy Powlus
and Gabriel
'97 and
Amy Jo
Moyer, June 25, 2005
June
'97 and Arthur
2005
'95 and Russell
Reinbolt, April 9,
2005
Robin Shappelle
17,
'97 and
Adams, July
'98 and
31,
Stacy Tomczak
McCann, Aug.
26,
12,
Scott, Feb.
Matthew
Black,
May 28, 2005
2005
4,
Michael
'00 and
D'Annunzio, June
2005
4,
'00 and
Dana
Stephen
Blaisse'OO,June18,2005
2005
Jeanette Parry
Christopher
2005
T.
'01,
Thomas Maxwell
Nicole Merkel
Eric
'00 and
Swank '00,
May 28, 2005
1,2003
June
John
2005
'98 and Jeffrey
Dana Chontofalsky
Pierce,
Bill
2005
Jennifer Tursi '98 and
Hengge, March
Christopher Vorce
Zets, April 23,
Doug
'98 and
Adam
11,
'00 and
Wendy Englar '00 and
2004
McCormick
March
2005
Helene Czerniak
2005
Amber Wenckus
Herrlich,
'00 and Steven
2,
May 8, 2004
Christopher Suda, Nov. 27, 2004
'96 and
Rathbone, April
Amy Neitheimer '98 and Adam
Justine Boettger '96 and Randy
Siegel '97 and Paula
2005
Pamela Dower '00 and
Karen Ringo
Frederick
'00 and David
21,
Mason Lunger '98 and Michelle
Benintende, May 5, 2005
Paglione, April 9,
Wisniewski, Aug. 13,2005
Wood, May
Hallowell.May21.2005
Jr. '97
19,
Mark Jordan,
LaMalfa, April 30, 2005
2004
June
Matt Kuntz,
July 15, 2005
Shannon Cobb
'98 and Mario
Kenneth Reichenbach
Erin Sipics,
'99 and
Amy Chisesi
'98 and
Hoyes, July 22, 2005
and
Diane Talarico
Kimberly Cogan
2005
Elia '98 and Heath
Casey Hardy
2005
Heather Sabol
1998
14,
Deborah Davison
26,
'99 and
Strawn
Kim Vetter
'98 and
William Orlowsky, June 25, 2005
June
Ralph
'96
May 28, 2005
Herman
Brian Kistler '97 and Kimberly
Bastress,
Erika
Wes
'99 and
2005
Amy Malloy '99 and
Grosso
2005
Christina
Jaclyn Janowicz
Schaeffer, July 23,
Daniel Pekol
Russell,
'96, Sept. 12,
and Amber
Andrea Campbell
'97 and
Susan Reimer '97 and
'95 and Caroline
'96
18,2003
'98, Oct.
Nicole Paduch
2004
Catherine Laverick '93M and
R.Lewis
'97
Kimberly Mollath
July 23, 2005
'97
Richard Bentrewicz '98 and
Thomas, July
9,
Jason Simms
Bracey, April 20, 2005
Murray,
J.
Jennis
Jr.,
'96 and Grant
May 28, 2005
'99 and
Chad
Jessica Reesman
'00 and
Michael Campbell, June 19, 2005
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5QO Norm Balchunas, who
O ~J War
studies, has
been promoted
to colonel.
He
is
than 106,000 students across the U.S., Europe and the
His previous assignment was as a B-52 squadron
Pacific.
commander
where he led and flew combat operations over Afghanistan
Palmer
is
and branch manager
Ambassador Bank.
a partner at Sage Communications
vice president
office of Lafayette
Sharon Emick Gallagher
is
Partners in Philadelphia.
Karen Halderman Murray is director of public relations for
Walker Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations in Concord,
N.C. Karen and her husband Arthur
Indian
live in
Trail,
9
more
responsible for 785 Air Force units, 2,000 instructors and
for the
is
senior
managing
director within FTI
Consulting's transaction advisory services group in Chicago.
director of Air Force
is
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. In that capacity, he
and Iraq.
Margaret Miller Gabel
David W. Smalstig
recently graduated from Air
College with a second master's degree in strategic
N.C.
They have four children.
David Rolley was promoted to vice president at Sovereign
Bank. He also serves as community banking manager at the
bank's Broad Street branch in Montoursville.
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Mary Hassenplug received
Prize for Distinguished
New Jersey last May.
rial
the Princeton University
Secondary School Teaching in
Memo-
In 2004, she received a Fulbright
Fund Scholarship
for study in Japan.
She has taught
at
High Point Regional High School for 18 years.
Tina M. Souders joined the faculty at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a clinical assistant professor
and director of the part-time advanced standing master of social
work program in Winston-Salem. Tina was recently elected
to the board of directors of the North Carolina Chapter of the
National Association of Social Workers.
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Holly McCloughan Balatgek was promoted
to
\J -J senior branch-operations administrator with Leesport
Financial Corp.
Kimberly Kitchen Derr is associate counsel and
Del., branch manager for Old Republic National
Title Insurance Co. She earned a law degree from Widener
Wilmington,
University School of Law.
Brynne Richter
'00 and Tucker
Peterson, Sept. 18,2004
Miki Smith
'00 and Chris Furnish
'00 and
Christie Strayhorne
John
2004
Plantarich, Nov. 20,
'02 and Pete
Jessica Dennish
Jonathan Hile
Jamie Hartman
'02 and
Kristin Miller
Renee Klinger
Gene
'02 and
Patricia Kringe
'02M and James
and
Warrington, July
9,
May 21 2005
Karen Miraglia
'02 and Jeffery
Jennifer Albertson
Jeremiah Neuhard,
'01
,
Marissa Campanella
Ryan McFarland,
Amy Hannis
Miskar, June
'01
4,
John Hughes
May
'01
14,
and
2005
and Nicholas
and
Erin Smith,
2005
Walter, July
2,
'02 and
Elizabeth
III,
Melissa Snyder '01 and Mark
2004
Engleman, Oct.
8,
Julia
'02 and Eric
2005
Tina Blessing '02 and Vincent
Timpanelli,
May 29, 2005
II,
June
'03 and
II,
21,
2005
2005
12,
'03
and David
Amy Barrett '03 and
May 7, 2004
Matthew
Kristin
Alan Boop, July
4,
'04 and
2005
Ferris, Sept. 11,
Laura
Themens
Leventry
and Denice
Michael
2003
'04 and Nicole
Morret, Aug. 13,2005
Smith
'04 and
'03, Sept.
Delany, June
4,
2005
Thomas Davis Jr.
'02, Sept. 25,
Kym Brague
Derick
2004
Jessie Burleigh '05 and Gregory
'03
Jared Augustine
2005
Reimer '04 and Courtney
Becky Woodruff '04 and
'03 and
Stephanie Barnes
Naumes,June4,2005
Ross, Oct. 9, 2004
Jessica Torres
2005
Kevin Primerano '04 and Sarah
W.NeillReidy'03and
2005
'03 and Larry
2005
'04 and Saul
Shannon Richmond
Barnhart, Aug. 6,
2004
16,
Kehm,May21,2005
Rasmus '03 and
'02 and Arthur
Banaszewski
Peiffer,
June
'04 and
Maria Maciejewski
Eric
02,
Timothy Staub
Oct. 2,
March
'03 and
2005
Jones, June 24, 2005
Douglas Engles, April
July 2, 2005
Karpovich, July9,
Krebs,
18,
Weidner 02M and
William True
Gerringer
4,
1,2005
'03, Oct.
Makara
Melinda Pytak
Jarrod
Renee Witmer
Kimberly Armstrong
Jamie
'02 and Tara Miller,
Kyle Covill
Wolf, Sept.
Christine
Matthew Harrison
Danielle Ludwig
and
Kristen Heard '04 and Jeffrey
Kelly '03 and Scott
'03
2005
Benjamin Stewart
'01
Mary
21,
Matthew Newhard
and
Heather Kuntz, May 7, 2005
Angela Shearer 02 and
Jennifer Sadowski
James
Coombe'03, May
Frank Ratkiewicz
2004
Russo, April 30, 2005
May 13, 2005
Katie Gresh '04 and
George Harner
Reedy, Sept. 17,2005
DeVitis, Oct. 30,
llya
2005
Gina Nork '02M and Joshua
Kristen Kohler 01
Ross,
'03 and
2,
Nicole Moberly
May 29, 2005
and James
Eberly '04 and
Decker, July 31, 2004
Derek Salmi
'01
Amanda
Tlumach, April
Stamp, July 24, 2004
July 25, 2004
M and Barry
2005
Laura Miles '03 and Jeffrey
Nicholas Puleo
2005
'01
2004
'02, Oct. 30,
18,
Seltenheim
Huston
Bloom, June
2005
'03 and Scott Yerger,
June
Christy Vaughn '00 and John
9,
Kyra Doddy
Ackourey, July 16, 2005
Janelle Mohry-Kirk
Knecht'02, June
Amy Scholl
Dave
11,2004
'05 and
Katelyn Mannion, June
April 30,
11,
1 1
,
2005
'05 and
Joe
2005
'05 and Jesse Rinck,
2005
Emily Varley '05 and Samuel
Shaffer
'05,
July 16, 2005
Husky Notes
won PACCA's Award
band Jim have two
of Excellence in 2003. She
sons, Jacob
and her hus-
and Jackson.
New York.
Paul Nasrani owns the Adirondack Creamery in
Gerald Ganz of Clarks Summit
director of finance for
is
Friendship House.
in the
Allen-Rogowicz
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Lori Barnes Maley of Schuylkill Haven
financial officer
Abbey,
is
and senior vice president
chief
for
—
17 years teaching
at
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their four sons:
Larry
Kagen
is
a kindergarten teacher in the
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officer at
Sheri Nothstein
president
Luzerne National Bank.
Anthony
Harvest Family Markets
is
Inc.,
owner of Country
Palmerton. She was
featured in an article published in the Eastern Pennsylvania
Business Journal. She and her husband Christopher have
three children: Lydia,
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Matthew and Jonathan.
to chairperson of the
is
vice president
2005
edition.
on
off the fitness scene, including finishing
at the
Fame Pro
Championships.
years,
Model World
more than 10
Fitness
A model
for
he also has acted in
MTVs "Slam,"
and "Miami Vice," starring actor
Jamie Foxx. For more information: www.tommybryant.com.
Barbara Meyer Hostetter graduated from Alvemia College
with a master's degree in elementary education last May. She
was selected as the outstanding student teacher among all the
graduate students and accepted a kindergarten position at
McKitrick Elementary School in Lutz, Fla. She and her 5-yearold daughter, Brianna, live in Tampa.
Todd Reichart is a stage, film and TV actor. He married
Bonnie Bassler, a molecular biologist, on Jan. 19, 2002. They
Jennifer Lopez's "South Beach"
live in Princeton, N.J.
Sharon Sperling Watkins
Lori Havrilla Burke
and senior
is
a faculty
member at
Blue Ridge
Elementary School.
account manager of Forge Marketing Communica-
Allentown.
David DeGerolamo
is
corporate development director with
Aqua New Jersey Inc. He lives in Phillipsburg.
Donna Loeb Rickert was promoted to controller
Bank
was promoted
story showcased his accomplishments
second
Yocum Jr. was promoted to assistant vice
and loan operations
5
The
and
inducted into the Endless
/ Mountain Division of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of
is head wrestling coach at Lock Haven University.
Tricia Reilly
and
Bing, assistant professor of business at Lehigh
Valley College,
&r Health Magazine's winter
Matthew,
Fame. He
Haverford Township School
Eric, 7;
Tommy Bryant (left) was featured in Exercise
lives
Michael.
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\J
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Ephrata Middle School.
in Parkesburg with his wife Lisa
Adam, Da\id and
resides in Pottsville
business administration department.
Phil Rudisill began teaching at Octorara Middle School last
after
to assistant
4.
'{~\^ John
ZJ
Berkshire Bank, Wyomissing.
fall
High School. She
with her husband David and children, Cory, 17;
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
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Brown Wapinsky was promoted
principal at Pottsville Area
Robert Schwalm was inducted
t
Jacqueline
at Affinity
of Pennsylvania, Spring Township.
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Cheri Carter Johnson earned a doctoral degree in
family studies at the University of Delaware.
Dan Pszeniczny won the 25th annual Forty Fort Lions Club
Five-Mile Run last May. There were 234 finishers.
James Vopal was named 2005 Somerset County Coach of
by The Newark Star- Ledger, the 2005 Courier-News
Coach of the Year and the Mountain Valley Conference-Valley
Division Coach of the Year.
the Year
Barbush was promoted to associate creative
director at RPA, the largest independent ad agency
headquartered on the West Coast. He lives in Woodland Hills,
Calif., with his wife Lisette and two sons, Alec and Noah.
Sharon Ford Bixler is employed by Lutheran Social
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'94 Matt Rhoads succeeded
his father
Harold as
president of Central Pennsylvania Transportation.
Services of South Central Pennsylvania as the area executive
director for
two continuing care retirement communities
in York.
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Michael Gerard and his family moved
to Raleigh, N.C.,
where he has accepted a position as project manager with Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina.
Mary Mahoney-Ferster joined VR Business Brokers,
Lewisburg, as a sales associate.
Michele Stine Paisley, manager of employee relations at
The Hershey Co., is participating in the Leadership Hazleton
program for 2005-2006.
CT Heather Bennett became
J
the principal of Roosevelt
Elementary School in the Allentown School
October 2005. She joined the Allentown
district in
executive director of the Danville
Center,
is
the president of the
as
first-grade teacher.
Vicki Muckenthaler Blevins completed the Lake Placid
Ironman Triathlon last July in 16:17:51. The Ironman consists
of a 2.4-mile swim, 1 12-mile bike ride and 26-2-mile run.
Robi Hess graduated from officer candidate school at Fort
Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U.S.
Army National
Guard.
He
is
the 515th Regional Training Institute in Santa Fe,
Diana Rose Dixon,
'91 Child
Development
District in
1996
Jeremy Shuler earned
assigned to
N.M.
a master's degree in education at
Wilkes University.
Pennsylvania Child Care Association's board of directors. She
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Oak Grove
Kristin Snyder West, a kindergarten teacher at
Nikki Hlavacek Keller
Elementary School, DeKalb County, Ga., was selected as the
Week for Oct.
Adanta Falcons Staples Teacher of the
She
married to Brian
is
West
2005.
9,
'96.
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Zs \j director of managed care.
fall.
She
is
vice president of
community
Way of Lackawanna County.
Carlos Ojeda Jr. is a professor of management and business
Kutztown University.
Michele Orris Triponey '97M joined Aspen Technology as
senior vice president for global customer support
Jennifer Boyer Hopkinson became the owner of Animal Care
Hospital, Lewisburg, last
is
impact marketing for the United
Kirk
Ream
is
men's basketball coach
'98!Harrisburg. He previously was an
one of three veterinarians
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practicing full-time at the animal hospital. She lives in Lewisburg
at
and
training.
Perm
assistant
State
coach
at
Dickinson College for three years.
with her husband Michael and their son Evan.
Christopher Knarr
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Family Eye Care of NEPA in Honesdale.
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technologist at
Moorestown,
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manager with Rettew
a project
Associates Inc.
CramerSweeney
is
Instructional Design,
nia College of Optometry, has joined the staff of
an intern
ors as
tion Center.
N.J.
Christopher O'Reilly
adviser at Millennium
is
and
assistant vice president
Wealth Management and
at
He
also earned
hon-
the William Feinbloom Vision Rehabilita-
He and his wife
Paige live in Honesdale.
Scott Dietrich received a doctoral degree in physical
financial
education with a specialty in athletic training
Private Banking.
Jane Nolan Schleppy received a master of science in
education from Wilkes University on September 11, 2005.
University
last
May. He
is
an
West Virginia
at
assistant professor in athletic
training at East Stroudsburg University.
Christine Kopistecki Lindsay works for South Eastern
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is
Hospital.
She and her husband
live in
Manomet, Mass.
Dawn Wolcott Maniskas '99M is a
his wife reside in Bloomsburg.
Angela Gerolamo wrote
assigned to a mobile unit at Falmouth (Mass.)
Washington
May/June 2005 issue
the article "Nurse in
Internship Program" that appeared in the
doctoral candidate at
the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology.
She
ofAPNANews.
the founder of Aberdeen Audiology in
is
Wayne. She and
her husband have two children.
Leon O'Neill IV
was awarded
(right)
Deaths
the doctor of osteo-
pathic medicine
Loie C. Bickert '27
Clyde H. Hartman
'50
Barbara Wildermuth Goss
72
degree from
Philadelphia College
Alma
Pullen
Barnum
Marjorie Davis
'28
Homer
Erma Gold Shearer
Lewis Ballantine
'29
'29
Frances Yetter Leisenring '30
Bethia Allen King '33
Hummel
Bessie
Stahl '33
James Kleman
David Hyde
72
of Osteopathic
George Kost 72
'51
Medicine in June 2005. He
Francis V. Perry '51
Dorfred Bussey Large
Dorothy Karschner Steele '52
John Pastuszek 72
Robert Stevenson '53
Lawrence
James
Eleanor Baron Skovronsky '34
'51
B.
Creasy '57
currently
completing an
Medicine and Denistry of New
72
Marian Shaffer Dinger
is
internship at the University of
Jersey, Stratford, N.J.
Phoebe Golden Williams 72
'57
Ramon DeTato
Strohl
72
Dara Pachence has earned
Perm State
73
a master's degree at
Helen Latorre
Tinelii '36
John Shirey
'57
Michael
Drumtra '59
J.
MahalaJr.
73
University, along with certification
73
Dorothy Mensinger
Ellen
Cawthorne '38
Eleanor Morris Williams '59
Lawrence Mohn
74
as a second language teacher.
Ray McBride '39
Dorothy Zanzinger Bangs '60
Timothy Reagan
74
is
Margaret Blecher Hyssong '40
Jerome
A. Levans '61
Jean Moss Davis
Wayne
E.
'41
Mantana Williams Mack
'41
Robert Neary
Dianne Baton/
Miller '61
Mary Louise Thomas Evans
Karl
'62
as a reading specialist
Roxanna Hunsinger Pletchan
Robert Neary '62
Pamela BairPilat
Grace Richardson Buttman '43
Chester Choplick '63
Mary
Kathleen Beltz Rarig '64
Bruce Wallace '88
Violet
Keller Epley '45
Joy Propst Moore '46
Anastasia Gerlak Chipko '48
Norman
Falck '49
'49
James
A.
Susan
Dreibelbis Boyle '50
Krum
She
Dauphin
District, Harrisburg.
Kepner '80
Stella Chilek Loucks '42
Jeanne
a teacher in the Central
School
75
and English
'80
Jenna Bauman has been
'00!:recognized as an outstand-
'81
ing teacher by the governor of
John
"Jack" Zeigler '64
Martin G. Bane '65
Terry
L.
Attivo '68
Doris Miller Molter '68
Patrick
Bussacco 71
Breig Ruland '84
Virginia in response to a letter sent
to his office
David Pysher '89
Marjorie Comrey Titman
by
the parents of
one of
her students. She has been teaching
'91
fifth
grade in the Rocky
Run
Brenda Carlen Zellner '92M
Elementary School, Fredericksburg,
Joseph Makowski '98
for four years.
Kaitlin Brice '03
John Christmas,
a district
man-
ager for Automatic Data Processing
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Charity Martin Castner
Richmond, Va., achieved 100 percent club membership for
sales during ADP's fiscal year 2005. John recently was promoted
to the downtown Richmond territory. John has also competed
in
in triathlons
Jeff
and four marathons
Chrusch wrote
a book, "Amotivational Syntax: Insights,
Former Antidisestablishmentarian
More information can be found at
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special events assistant at
The
Adam live in the
Manayunk section of Philadelphia.
Christina Crecca participated in a
in Australia. She
in the past year.
is
University of the Arts. She and her husband
is
summer
research project
pursuing a doctorate in computational
at the University of Florida.
chemistry
Heather McCarthy
Revelations and Rants from a
Media
head strength and conditioning
\J _J coach for all 23 varsity sports at LaSalle University.
is
math and
a
science teacher at
Tuscarora Junior High School.
Rachel Melnick obtained funding through
www.fiascopresents.com.
a co-operative
Kimberly Barto Crisp is a supervisor at Brown Schultz
Shendan
Fritz of East Pennsboro Township, near Harrisburg.
agreement with the
USDA to continue her doctoral graduate
work
She
She has four years of accounting experience.
Phytopathological Society.
&
Jeffrey Rott began his third year at
Seminary in Philadelphia, studying
priest for the
to
St.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Roman Catholic
He is a first-year
theologian with four years until ordination. Jeff
on
the
is
also serving
BU Alumni Board.
Wynn Shimko is a learning support teacher in
Rhonda
the Selinsgrove Area School District. She
and her husband
is
a
member
of the
American
Brandon Weese joined Auction Inn, an eBay marketing
company in Lancaster, as a marketing manager.
Ryan Yanoshak is sports information director at East
Stroudsburg University. He previously worked as a sports
services
writer
and
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editor for eight years.
Sarah Delaney
is
teaching third grade at
Elementary School in the
District,
Dana
Street
Wyoming Valley West
Forty Fort.
Kyle Hughes was promoted to branch loan and operations
Fulton Financial Advisors.
head coach of the women's swimming team
Neil Yost
is
Mount
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md.
St.
State.
service representative in the insurance division.
Todd Shimko '00 reside in Riverside, with their two children,
Todd and Emma.
Amy Simmons of Lancaster is record-keeping and
at
Perm
Erin Mincavage joined the Zinn Co. as a commercial lines
Charles Borromeo
be a
at
manager
at
Fulton Bank's south York branch.
Stefanie Kline
the
is
head
girls'
basketball coach at
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the firm
produced
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for
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a silver
Heather Mindick accepted
for
was part of a team which
and a bronze
for videos
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Hazleton Area School
Gerald Ott
MMI Preparatory School in Freeland.
administrator of the Shenandoah
Manor
Company Inc.
administrator in late 2004. He
is
a physics teacher at
Lindsay Waros,
University,
2003 and became a licensed
and his wife, the former Abbey Ford
9
'00,
have a daughter,
Michael Smith
is
an
assistant
coach
for the
BU women's
John Nogel
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\J £* all-star recognition for his contributions to the Pioneers
arena football team this past season.
Shannon Fry '02/'04M
is
teaching seventh-grade English
and eighth-grade Integrated Studies and PSSA Preparation
Mountain School District.
Colleen Horan '02/'05M was appointed instructional
technology specialist and computer science instructor at
classes at Line
an intern there in 2003.
is
a staff accountant in Boyer
& Ritter's East
office.
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also
f\ Cf John Holody joined Boyer & Ritter as a staff
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Pennsboro
lacrosse team.
School.
George Washington
interning at the Smithsonian Institution in
is
Washington, D.C. She was
Alyxendria.
Twin Valley High
a graduate student at
Nursing Center. He joined JDK Management
in
a teaching position in the
District.
CPA Group,
a
is
Newark,
a staff accountant
Del.,
with SantoraBaffone
accounting and consulting firm.
Derek Rupert was certified as a personal trainer by the
American College of Sports Medicine. He is employed at the
Williamsport
YMCA.
Kimberly Tohill '05M is a Spanish teacher
Mountain High School in Schuylkill Haven.
at
Blue
DeSales University, Center Valley.
Melissa Scheer completed her master's degree in special
education
at
Long
Island University in 2004. She currently
teaches children with autism, ages 9 to 11, in Huntington, N.Y.
Traci Yoder
in Gainesville,
is
a graduate student at the University of Florida
where she
is
taking an interdisciplinary tract
concentrating on women's and African studies. During the
summer of 2005,
she traveled to Arusha, Tanzania, for seven
weeks of study funded by a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Juliet" Overture;
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Symphony Ball
Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m. to
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Evening of dancing and music
5 p.m.
K.S. Gross Auditorium,
Friday, April 28,
Carver Hall
Kehr Union, Ballroom
16
6 p.m.
9 to July 28
18
23
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9 to July 7
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Chamber Orchestra Concert
Mozart's
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G
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B Minor
Viola Concerto
in
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violinist
Sunday, March 26, 2:30 p.m.
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Requiem." Saturday,
CGA
Undergraduate
Commencement
Saturday, May 13
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for the Arts,
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7:30 p.m. Reserved, $10;
12
2:30 p.m.
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Forensic
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and Rodrigo's
of 'Race?'
Finals Begin
Monday,
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Friday,
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Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
The
Hartline Science Center:
Dedicated to a Love of Learning
Daniel
H. Keffer Hartline
The
dedication of Hartline Science Center's
addition
on Aug. 31, 2005, celebrated the
expanded and modernized academic and
research
days
tion
facility that officially
opened three
Construc-
earlier for the start of the fall semester.
on
the original part of the center began in
the spring of 1967, with classes
first
devoted to the study of science
obvious choice was to dedicate
mark in
the
field:
it
at
for the cen-
Bloomsburg, the
to a family that
the Hartlines. Daniel
S.
made
Hartline
Bloomsburg
He
Normal School (BSNS)
State
1890 and then
Lafayette University.
earn a degree from
left to
returned in 1897 to
start
the
department of biology, which he headed until his
ment
retire-
in 1935.
was an
able scholar
and showed
interest in all areas of science, including
astronomy.
When the time came to choose a name
its
to the
as a teacher in
Hartline
held there on
Jan. 28, 1969.
ter
came
Hartline
S.
He would
take his students
on
the surrounding countryside, sometimes
to see the
mines
at
rock formations
a great
geology and
field trips to
by
trolley car,
Lime Ridge and the iron
at
Buckhorn.
Hartline's wife, Harriet Keffer Hartline, assisted in
teaching the sciences at the normal school,
and
a
their son,
Haldan Keffer
1920 BSNS graduate.
called,
went on
was
Hartline,
Keffer, as
he was
to earn a medical degree
from Johns Hopkins in 1927. After 40
years of research, primarily involving
the physiology of the eye, Hartline
rewarded
the
for his efforts
1967 Nobel
was
with a share of
Prize for Medicine.
While the center
as a
whole was named
for the Hartline family, the first-floor
auditorium was dedicated in honor of a
Kimber
fourth person,
a 1913 BSNS graduate
1935
to
was
returned in
succeed Daniel Hartline as profes-
sor of biology
career
Kuster. Kuster
who
and
the science
He had
retired in
a distinguished
1962
as
chairman of
and math department.
Today's 120,000-square-foot Hartline
Science Center
is
not only a tribute to
the importance of science at
Bloomsburg
Daniel S. Hartline took students on field trips to see rock
University, but also to four remarkable individuals
formations at Lime Ridge and the iron mines at Buckhorn.
made
the study
and teaching of science
their
life's
who
work.
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now cares for animals at
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students' demand for
'elevant
economics
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From the
Desk
President's
When
1
talk to the parents of new students
each summer,
I
can
always count on being asked about career opportunities related
to the student's major.
My answer is a very personal one.
best thing any student can
career,"
I
reassure the parents,
answer
I
well
this
way
for
"is
to study
two reasons.
and graduate with good
grades.
If
do
to prepare for a full
what they love."
our students study what they love,
And,
"The
and rewarding
to
so often in our lifetime that a specific degree
be absolutely honest,
isn't
do
they'll
we change careers
nearly as important as learning
how
to leam.
my own case, I accidentally got into administration because wanted a job
my husband's first medical practice. Following the path away from a full-time
teaching position, I stepped outside of my comfort zone, pursuing opportunities that
In
I
near
eventually led halfway across the country to Bloomsburg University
feel
and a position
I
blessed to occupy
When Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios,
presented Stanford University's
commencement
address
last
June, he advised the
graduates to "find what you love."
"Your
work is going to
be truly
satisfied is to
work is
to love
fill
a large part of your
do what you
believe
is
life,"
great
he
said,
"and the only way to
work. The only way
to
do
great
what you do."
When asked,
I tell
every
BU
student and every
BU
parent that, like Mr. Jobs,
I
too believe the secret to true professional success rests in personal fulfillment and
a passion for the work.
The alumni introduced
in this issue of Bloomsburg:
The
University Magazine personify this theory in the fields of education, public relations,
veterinary medicine
attributed to
you love and
Here
at
and
fitness.
Their
can be described by a quotation
spirit
I've
seen
both entrepreneur J. C. Penney and philosopher Confucius: "Find a job
you'll
BU,
never go to work again."
this "passion for learning" is
every student. Enjoy these
articles
that passion leads to success.
Jessica S. Kozloff
what our
faculty strive to nurture in
about our graduates, our "proof of the pudding"
.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is
member of the Pennsylvania State System
a
of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as of February
Kenneth
Kim
2006
E. Jarin,
Chair
Vice Chair
E. Lyttle,
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew E. Baker
Mark Collins Jr.
Marie A. Conley
Nathan
Paul
Daniel
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Conroy
R.
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S.
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Flexing His Talents
Elby
P.
Michael K. Hanna
Age 35
is
considered almost ancient in the fitness
Holveck
P.
model world, but age
Vincent J. Hughes
hasn't stopped
Tommy
model com-
Allison Peiiz
Bryant
Guido M. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
petition in
James J. Rhoades
spots in Bowflex commercials and fitness magazines.
'92.
Since Bryant's
first fitness
Miami, his winning ways have landed
Christine J. Toretti Olson
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
PR with Heart
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Zahorchak
L.
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
Sharon Emick Gallagher '83 had big dreams
JudyG. Hample
came
graduation, but her dreams
after
when
true only
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
she discovered her true love: public relations for
A. William Kelly 71, Chair
Robert J. Gibble '68, Vice Chair
Steven
Banh, Secretary
B.
Ramona H.
Alley
Lammando
Marie Conley
Robert
'94
non-profit organizations. In
May 2005
honored
one of Pennsylvania's
best
50
for that passion as
she was
women in business.
Dampman '65
LaRoy G. Davis '67
Charles C. Housenick '60
JosephJ.
Think Like an Economist
Page 10
Mowad
Mehdi Haririan believes students need
how
to see
DavidJ. Petrosky
Jennifer
economic theories apply
Shymansky '06
Keeping
Bloomsburg University
President,
to real
that philosophy in
Jessica Sledge Kozloff
by well-known economists
Executive Editor
who
world
situations.
mind, he sponsors
like
visits
Paul Krugman,
often speak to standing-room-only crowds.
Liza Benedict
Co-Editors
For the Love of It
Page 12
Eric Foster
Bonnie Martin
Webster defines avocation as
Husky Notes Editor
Doug Hippenstiel '68, '81M
"a subordinate
occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation,
Editorial Assistant
especially for enjoyment." Three
Irene Johnson
BU's
Communications Assistants
occupations" add to their
community explain what
members
of
their "subordinate
lives.
Deirdre Miller '08
Lynette
Mong '08
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Emily Watson '07
Agency
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Art Director
Debbie Shephard
Jennifer Boyer Hopkinson's day
Designer
not have
Curt
Woodcock
Rx
to the dogs,
for dogs, cats
but
this '96
and small pets
BU graduate would
fills
her day at the
in Lewisburg.
Bienvenido a Guatemala
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Veterinarian Jennifer Boyer
cat
any other way Caring
Animal Care Hospital
Cover Photography
Gordon Wenzel/impressions
On
it
may go
Hopkinson
'96
Address comments and questions
A partnership between the university and the Bucks County Organization for Inter-
and her
Mikie have been together since her days
at
BU.
cultural
Advancement, led by J. Carol Vance
opportunity
to:
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
last fall.
Two
'60, created a
unique student teaching
students traveled to the American School of Guatemala where
they taught second- and third-graders and enjoyed a bit of the Guatemalan countryside.
Waller Administration Building
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg,
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E-mail address: lbenedict@bloomu.edu
Visit
Bloomsburg University on the
Freshmen
Web at
Computer Aided Design and Engineering Graphics, challenging them
The University Magazine is published
three times a year for alumni, current students'
world design projects
families and friends of the university. Husk)' Notes
and other alumni information appear at the BU
alumni global network site, \\ww.bloomualumni.
com. Contact Alumni Affairs by phone,
570-389-4058; fax, 570-389^060;
or e-mail,
and
classroom lectures. Professor James Moser has other ideas for students enrolled in
http:ZAvww.bloomu.edu
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in a 100-level course generally don't stray too far from the textbook
to provide real
and the campus community.
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committed
to affirmative action
ancestry, disability or veteran status.
by
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News Notes
Building the Basics
Saleem Khan and his brother,
center,
BU
economics professor Saleem Khan
education to foster strong market
economies.
international conferences,
Khan has
been particularly involved in economics
education in Russia, where he has been
a consultant to the Russian Finance
Academy in Moscow.
But Khan's
the basics,
latest effort is a
and home. With
return to
founded the Mubarak Learning Founda-
and launched
first
will strive to
make
endow the
who
a non-govern-
it
mental organization and
raise
foundation so
it
are taught
from 7
Urdu, the language of
and basic math
Pakistan, English
is self-
during intensive four-month sessions.
"We will also work to
center, also
50
to 14,
funds
supporting," he says.
The main
six centers is educating
children, ranging in age
year. "If successful,
centers for the
to
in
create
skirls
an aware-
ness of political possibilities," says Khan.
housing the
Mubarak Library, is located in Rahimyar
Khan in central Pakistan with five
Those interested
branches in nearby towns and
skhan@bloomu edu
villages.
more about
Khan by e-mail at
in learning
the effort can contact
.
his brother,
Aslam M. Khan Naru, Saleem Khan
tion
Each of the
personal resources toward funding the
I
A frequent presenter at
M. Khan Nam. seated
literacy centers they are establishing in Pakistan.
Economics professor funds six Pakistani literacy centers
has traveled the globe promoting
A.slani
pose with community leaders and teachers at one of the
six literacy centers in
Best
in
Business
New honor society founded
his native Pakistan.
The need
for the centers is acute, says
Khan. With a rapidly growing population of
160
million, Pakistan has
than half the
number
of people
more
who live
in the U.S. residing in a country one-
tenth
lation
its size.
is
Sixty percent of the
popu-
under the age of 25, and the
literacy rate is
only 40 percent, shrink-
ing to about 12 percent for
women.
The professor has committed
BU's newest honor society inducted
society.
Beta
Gamma
Sigma,
is
its first
members
this spring.
The business honor
the only society affiliated with the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business International, an internationally recognized accrediting
agency
for business
Membership
in
degree programs.
Beta
Gamma Sigma
is
the highest honor a student can receive
in
an
undergraduate or master's business program accredited by AACSB. The society admits the
top
1
percent of the senior class, the top 7 percent of the junior class and the top 20
percent of students studying toward a master's degree
inducted into the society
become
lifetime
in
business administration. Students
members.
his
BLOOMSBURG
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Credit Hours
ACE and dual enrollment programs serve high schoolers
Eighty- four high school students from 12 school districts,
two private high schools and one regional technical school
are enrolled in
—
the
ACE
BU courses
this
spring through two programs
(Advance College Experience) Program and the
state-funded dual enrollment program.
The
ACE program
offers
opportunity to take courses
by paying
locations
high school students the
at the
BU campus
a discounted rate, either
or at
satellite
25 or 50
percent of regular tuition. Students must pay applicable
Through
the dual enrollment program,
state-sponsored grant, students
The
which
may take
courses for a
fee.
income
level within eligible school districts.
By taking courses through
can earn college credits while
is
fees.
funded by a
determined by the
limited
cost for students
is
either
program, students
fulfilling
high school require-
ments, according to James Matta, assistant vice president
and dean of graduate studies and
call
research. For information,
(570) 389-4824.
Luke Haile
Undergraduate Investigator
Student Haile receives research award
Kozloff honored by Black Conference
Findings from research on the exercise abilities of children gained
recognition for
Bloomsburg,
BU
American College
Investigator
exercise science student Luke Haile. Haile, of
was awarded
Sequence on a
is
The PBCOHE
in
his mentor,
BU
how the
children's performances.
The children were
initiatives
its
two groups, and
oxygen consumption test on a treadmill. The only difference between
the
two groups was the order
in
which the tests were performed.
The researchers found that the testing order was
the anaerobic test
was performed
performance on the treadmill
perform the treadmill test
first,
test.
first
it
When
significant.
diminished the children's
However, the children could
treadmill, to
fitness,
"If
be a
without affecting their performance
for tests of aerobic fitness, like
walking a
such as riding a stationary bicycle with resistance.
more convenient
to the tests,
and
minority
minority faculty
and
Past recipients of
this
award include Judy
Hample, chancellor of
the Pennsylvania State
System
for Higher
vice provost for
at
be conducted on a different day than a test of anaerobic
the tests are accurate
lot
its
educational equity
is
it
when conducted on
for parents
who have
the
same
it
could
to drive their children
could reduce costs, as well," says Andreacci.
SPRING 2006
Penn State
and Robert
University;
Hill,
vice chancellor for
day,
award
who
diversity
at BU. During her tenure, the university
Education; Terrell Jones,
on the bicycle.
Current practice
president's
presented to individuals
staff pool.
performed an anaerobic test on a stationary bicycle and a maximal
all
is
student enrollment and
order of exercise tests affects
split into
and programs
has increased
exercise science assistant professor Joseph
Andreacci, Haile studied
award
its
February.
George Agbango, president. Kozloff also has supported
December
currently an exercise science graduate student at BU.
With
president's
in
have significantly enhanced the mission of the organization, says
Achieve Maximal Anaerobic and
Aerobic Power." Haile earned his undergraduate degree
and
during the 36th annual conference
Undergraduate Student
for his research titled "Influence of Testing
Child's Ability to
The Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education (PBCOHE)
honored BU president Jessica Kozloff with
the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the
of Sports Medicine's
Award
State Honor
public affairs at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Jessica Kozloff
News Notes
Tech Support
BU earns
state grants totaling $263,000
Lee Retires
BU was awarded
Grad
a
retires as
dean of
two
$200,000 grant
state grants to
for the Greater
support technology:
Susquehanna Keystone
Innovation Zone and a $63,000 grant for the Pennsylvania
Professional Studies
Center for Computer Forensics Research. The grants were
earlier this year by Gov. Ed Rendell.
The $200,000 Keystone Innovation Zone Grant funds
announced
Ann Lee is retiring at the end
of May after being part of
BU as a student, faculty
member and, currently,
dean of the College of Profes-
"I
never planned to go to
Lee says.
"I
was
and Dad
told
first
me
I
could be
earned a bachelor's degree in
pre-school special education
Bloomsburg and,
after five years,
director of the local Easter Seals center.
new companies.
Grant
Starter Kit
funding will be used to create the Pennsylvania Center for
Computer Forensics Research, equip
becoming dean
Studies 10 years ago.
She returned
computer
forensics
dean of the School of Education
of the College of Professional
The College
exceptionality programs, nursing
new and growing specialty,
focuses
evidence of computer-based crimes. The Pennsylvania Center
for
Computer Forensics Research will support the developing
forensics industry and BU's proposed computer
computer
Winning Ways
Huskies open season
at
JMU
of Professional Studies
The Huskies
and speech pathology
and audiology.
of the
will travel
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south
Mason-Dixon Line
for
XCS^W wU^^rJ
the 2006 season opener,
During her tenure, Lee says she has seen more
rigorous accreditation and performance standards
James Madison
enacted and welcomed the "new ideas and tremendous
40 new
Computer
on obtaining
to
encompasses elementary and secondary education,
energy" of more than
a
research laboratory and support faculty research.
forensics degree program.
became
as assistant professor of special education,
later serving as assistant
before
developing and delivering
The $63,000 Keystone Innovation
class at the Easter Seal Society of Central Pennsylvania's
BU in 1978
for
and educating employees
.
native,
1969. She taught the
facility in
common needs
tance and, where gaps exist, develop
forensics, a
Shamokin
deal with training
Lee
being a dean."
Lee, a
companies. Individuals from local companies
I
my potential.
all
Ann
came here and folks helped me
.that's what the State System
about. And, I've had the privilege of
a nurse or a teacher.
universities are
who
at traditional
e-leaming; the existing e-leaming companies will offer assis-
a
19-year-old single parent
to realize
professionals
will discuss
sional Studies
college,"
will
be used to bring together existing e-leaming companies with
faculty
members.
Two
graduate-level degree programs were introduced
—
the
Last season,
title;
University Saturday, Sept. 2,
BU went
JMU was 7-4
in
1 1 -1
and
won
the
in
Harrisonburg, Va.
PSAC
Eastern Division
2005, a year after capturing the Division l-AA
national championship.
doctor of clinical audiology and master's of curriculum
and
instruction.
certificate
Other innovations were a principals
program and an agreement
that permits
BU bachelor's
students to complete requirements for a
degree in elementary education at
Community
Luzeme County
The
rest of the Huskies
College.
and
between 6 months and 12 years
old.
She hopes to
dog and, with her
husband Lanny, complete American Red Cross disaster
as a therapy
have a
list
a mile long," she says of retirement.
to live to
Oct.
be
1
15 just to
fit
half of
it
in."
KUTZT0WN
at Mansfield
28
at Millersville
EAST STR0UDSBURG
at Cheyney
1
Check www.bloomu.edu/sports
opening
Shippensburg
WEST CHESTER (Homecoming)
Nov. 4
Nov.
response training.
have
CLARION
at
14
Oct. 21
"I
at Edinboro
Oct. 7
being "grammy extraordinaire" to six youngsters
"I'll
CALIFORNIA
Sept. 23
Oct.
dog
is:
Sept. 16
Sept. 30
Lee's retirement plans include travel, crafts
finish training her
schedule
Sept. 9
for details, including
times for the
kickoff.
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Springing to Action
BU athletes assist in hurricane relief efforts
Student Advocate
Agbaw semi-finalist for award
Thirty-one
Steven Ekema Agbaw, professor of English
and founder
Institute for
of BU's Frederick
Douglass
of
athletes,
First-
Houghton
who
Mackin
controlled tents that housed
Transition and
43
Mifflin Co.
Agbaw was nominated
tirelessly to
said
Agbaw
by provost
Steve
James
"We wanted
Ekema Agbaw
50
to
100 volunteers.
to help other people out in their time of
of the
women's soccer team.
Athletes in Action
is
a
worldwide organization of Chris-
develop and implement innovative strategies that help
transition
more than
need," said Becky Ritter, a senior from Phillipsburg and
member
"has worked
Bloomsburg freshmen make the
six student-
2,000 people a day. The students stayed in climate-
the National Center for the First Year
in
The group, which included
volunteered to help clear houses of debris, rebuild
schools and universities, and serve meals to
Year Student Advocate award sponsored by
Experience and Students
of BU's Athletes in Action group spent
New Orleans assisting with the Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts.
Academic Excellence, was one
12 semi-finalists for the Outstanding
members
spring break in
tian athletes
founded in 1966.
from high school to college
and cope with a rigorous academic curriculum."
Second in
18*
Series
'Spirit'
moves
again
Orders are
being accepted
by BU's Super-
Round-
visory
table for the
second of five
train
cars in the "Spirit of
series, the tanker.
Top Value
BU"
BU makes
Proceeds
will benefit student schol-
and Camp HERO
Camp Victory, Millville.
logo and
paw prints and
arships
teams in the Pennsylvania
BU made
at
State Athletic Conference.
featured
The
tanker,
produced
by Weaver Models,
Northumberland,
is
an "O"
gauge, triple track, 1:48
scale
Tankers are available
model with three-rail
and couplers, a
at a
$50 each, plus $4.95
cost of
shipping and handling per
car.
Checks, payable to the
Supervisory Roundtable,
trucks
may be
complete brake system,
Bloomsburg University of
fully detailed
and highly
underframe
detailed styrene
body. Painted Union
sent to Jolene Folk,
Pennsylvania,
St.,
400
E.
Second
Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815.
For more information,
Kiplinger's top 100
lists
call
the top
in
1
00
list
of the best values in public colleges,
the February edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance
magazine. Landing at number 88,
BU
shares the
Chapel
Hill
Kiplinger's
and Michigan State
list
and affordable
are
measures
public colleges
final list
of
University. Schools that
for their
was
academic
to-faculty ratios,
and universities were compared
compiled. Schools
quality,
SAT/ACT
scores, freshman retention and four- to
six-year graduation rates, as well as cost
4042. The deadline for
out-of-state students.
tanker sports the Huskies
orders
SPRING 2006
Sept. 15.
were ranked on
such as admission rates, student-
ladder and lettering, the
is
make
combination of top academics
both in-state and out-of-state students.
yellow with maroon
with schools
costs.
More than 500
before the
known
Tom Patacconi at (570) 389-
Pacific
list
such as Penn State University, University of North Carolina at
and
financial aid for
BU was ranked
68th for
To win the Fitness Model Expo
World Championship,
successful competitors must
have symmetrical and toned
physiques.
Tommy
Bryant's
winning ways have brought the
BU
graduate magazine
spreads,
TV ads and
role in a
major motion
a small
pi
Flexing His
1
Talents
STORY BY GREG BACH
w
ill
Most people return from
Bahamas with
a trip to the
habits
Tommy Bryant came back with a new career.
After
he placed second
competition in Miami
in his
fitness
first
that
model
picked up the tab
World Championship
in Toronto,
who
where he garnered
that
happened, the flood gates flew open and
club in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Bryant, a
company
his doorstep.
splashed in magazine spreads for Exercise and Health
and Men's Workout, among
others,
and
he's
Vice," star Colin Farrell pushes
on a commercial
"One of my
goals
was
ing the Bowflex spot.
him out
way dur-
of the
the top.
It's
the Nike of the
him busy this year with
TV ads.
where he
just never really sets in
on TV," Bryant
I
week with weights
in the
morning and
I
hard on myself and I'm
usually pick myself apart.
commercial
get text messages
airs,
from
I'm
by the success
don't go into
I
it
to
fail,"
"I
to the
There are also a
lot of challenges,
and
just fighting off the cravings to cheat
SPRING 2006
there's
"Competitions are
also runs his
he
at
says.
compe-
getting
is
of people
diet."
"My
off
me a lot of
want
to
be trained
nothing more gratifying than helping
their fitness goals.
It's
good
is
sit
I
teach
and teach
their kids or
going to enhance their quality of life, and
feeling."
also squeezing in
definitely
ing to
Anything
a fitness standpoint, they can take with
some
want
next
acting classes in
in future movies.
and take
my
says. "If you're proactive
you
to get to the big screen
level,"
he
if
not, then you're just go-
back and hope the phone
determination
is
rings."
any indication,
should be ringing for years to come,
his
b
"Any-
Greg Bach
Beach, Fla.
it.
the hardest part
on your
staff
his time.
kind of piggy-backing
which
lot
for the rest of their life
If Bryant's
had
is
can make things happen and,
upper
how much fun I'm having doing
is
says.
growing demand on
hopes of gaining speaking parts
go in to do very well. What's probably
most surprising
me
Bryant
fast.
I've
he
room table."
and workouts, Bryant
Bryant says. "A
talents to the
echelons of the industry remarkably
I
them
that's a
my old
model world, Bryant has ascended
take on,
diet,"
the dining
to offset the
loved ones.
At the age of 35, considered almost ancient in the
because
members
someone from
see yourself
football teammates."
"I'm not surprised
75 percent
Despite a schedule packed with photo shoots, per-
"To
up some weights because I feel I've
to work on this or that. Whenever something airs,
I
it's
someone reach
when you
says. "I'm pretty
satisfied. After the
friends call or
had at competitions because don't
go into it to fail.' -tommy bryant
by the Bowflex guy.
keep
They'll
usually picking
I
I
because
tastes like
not surprised by the success I've
'I'm
clients,"
personal appearances at trade
my own toughest critic so
thing
we just
Bowflex body in shape, Bryant works
his
personal training business
shows, as well as doing print ads.
titions
gets;
in so long."
the exposure I'm getting,
to Portland, Ore.,
spent two 15 -hour days filming
fitness
tough. Fitness
personal training company, which employs two
for Bowflex.
equipment world."
Bloomsburg
To keep
you what pizza
sonal appearances
realized," Bryant says of land-
"It's
Bowflex flew Bryant
got
it
tell
out four days a
"But
On top of all that, he earned a
ing a scene in a club.
I'm never
diet. "It's
same cravings everyone
won and lost at
non-speaking role in the upcoming movie "Miami
"It
and plenty of water.
appeared
MTV programs like "Slam" and "South Beach." In a
fitness
had
on
built
I
His chiseled abs and model agency smile have been
prized spot
get the
is
1992 Bloomsburg grad, wound up dump-
in order to handle the opponunities that were landing
on
now," Bryant says of his
models
His diet
egg whites, green vegeta-
fish,
cardio in the afternoon.
ing his job as a branch manager for a staffing
on
life
cringe.
low-fat diet
strict
much fun in that, but it's just a way of
"There's not
haven't
my whole life changed," says Bryant, perched on a stool
at a fitness
would make most people
couldn't even
a second-place finish.
"Once
an unbelievably
have to use our mind power over our stomach.
Model Expo
for a trip to the Fitness
to
bles, oatmeal, potatoes, rice
him to give it another shot at a competition in the Bahamas - and it's a good thing he listened to his pals.
Besides grabbing top honors, he gained a sponsor
and sticking
foods such as chicken,
encouraged
last year, friends
work
Bryant attributes his success to his dedicated
sunburns, vacation photos and useless souvenirs.
is
is
a freelance writer based
in
West Palm
phone
STORY BY MARK
always nice to be honored for doing what
you love. That's what happened for Sharon
Emick Gallagher last May when the Rendell
administration and five business journals
named her one of Pennsylvania's best 50
women in business. The annual award
It's
recognizes the impact women business
owners and business leaders have
in
creating jobs and building communities.
When Sharon Emick
Gallagher '83 graduated
from Bloomsburg, the
native imagined a
rate
Munq\
dynamic future
Pa.,
in corpo-
communications. Launching products.
Advising movers and shakers. Making a
big impact and pulling
It all
happened. But
be only a prologue
down a
it
fat salary.
turned out to
to the career in
non-
now her
true love. After spending much of the
profit public relations that is
past
20 years working with a
clients,
a
variety of
Gallagher and a partner founded
PR agency devoted
solely to the
needs of
non-profits.
"It
took that long
to get the confidence,"
laughs Gallagher. "Some people
start
businesses in their 20s but, for me,
gaining
all
it
took
that experience for people to trust
us enough." Non-profit execs, she says, are
savvy, not nearly the naive do-gooders one
might expect.
"'Quite often, they're better at
E.
DIXON
communications" than corporate
where she joined another advertising
policy there,
who know their products
but may not understand outside
agency in a job that lasted
politics."
birth of her
perspectives, she says.
in 1991.
leaders,
was
Gallagher started out in 1983
first
until the
daughter, Meghan,
Another daughter, Julia,
bom in
which meant
prod-
Norfolk, Va., chapter of the National
clients,
Multiple Sclerosis Society. "That's
ucts. That, Gallagher confesses,
where
didn't
learned fundraising," she
I
explaining that she organized
recalls,
move
selling
her heart. But she
learned strategy. "Larger clients base
walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons and even
all
read-a-thons to raise money.
PR and media buys on a strategic
Formal training in fundraising
was
plan," she explains. "So,
scarce in those days, so she
learned
it
from the ground up.
would
write proposals with
rience,
but
Gallagher.
had
I
a
good
had
no expe-
boss," says
posals to radio stations, McDonald's,
We were always
looking for sponsors."
Naturally, she also entered those
events. "They're very popular with
Gallagher,
trying to
it
sell
Ironically, says
means
that a
a product can't talk
focus
on the
Take
oil filters.
issue
is
issues in that industry.
A big environmental
disposing of oil correcdy, so
you
talk
that
and why
about the importance of
it's
important to use a
20-somethings," she says. "People
reputable company."
up 20 or 30 friends, spend their
day together on their bicycles and
What
feel that
they've contributed
when
some-
Suddenly, things were
In 1986, partly because of the
clear:
Gallagher wanted to do was to
that,
she realized she needed
a master's degree,
and suddenly
makes
about
policy, she
political
yakking
sense.
Beck, a former journalist, launched
Sage Communications in 2002.
Today,
its
clients include Big
Brothers/Big Sisters,
mentoring services
the Philadelphia
which provides
to
young people;
Neighborhood
Development Collaborative, which
on
focuses
revitalization initiatives in
under-served areas; and Living
Beyond Breast Cancer, which
aids
women after surgery.
In Beck's
mind, what most
qualifies Gallagher for this
work
is
her passion.
"We're working with a nursefamily partnership that sends public
health nurses into low-income
communities
to
work with
teenage
moms," says Beck. The nurses help
help non-profits think strategically.
To do
they are finished."
company
about that product. "You have to
sign
thing
communica-
to link into that plan."
Which means?
"I
"And I would present pro-
Pizza Hut, anyone.
of their marketing, advertising,
tions also
all
to care
Gallagher and partner Barbara
1993.
Both agencies had corporate
organizing special events for the
says,
began
I
Understand
which she received
the mothers get through their
pregnancies and, then, get back on
track to school or work.
"The
stories that
come out
have such passion that
I've
of this
seen
with tears in her
success of those proposals, Gallagher
from the University of Maryland
Sharon
was hired
in 1995.
eyes," says Beck. "She feels a great
by
the
development
as director of
MS Society's Philadelphia
Back in Philadelphia once
again,
deal for the people
she freelanced briefly and joined the
with,
managing events.
More important, there was a whole
well-connected Tiemey agency for
you
new area of fundraising to leam.
"I moved from writing corporate
work for
proposals to writing for foundation
tions, as public affairs officer. In
chapter. She
had
a staff
and was
responsible for
grants," she explains. "That
dealing with people
give
me
$10,000
meant
who would
about a year. In 1997, she went to
2006,
to
to really support
phia
MS only
hired
away by
agency.
a local advertising
Two years later,
her then-husband to Providence,
STRING 2006
R.I.,
largest
founda-
Pew will spend $204
million
research.
cares very
much about civic
engagement," says Gallagher, whose
which pays
who we work
when
off triple-fold
work done."
PR people love their
get to see the
Not
clients,
all
but
it's
obvious Gallagher
does. "The thing that drives us
these organizations serve
ties that
need help," she
is
that
communi-
says.
"They
inspire you."
And
they say thank you. "You
don't hear that
much when you're
b
selling oil filters," she says,
job was to communicate with
officials
she followed
Charitable Trusts,
support environmental, energy
"Pew
18 months, then was
Pew
and public policy
a program."
Gallagher remained with Philadel-
the
one of the nation's
sitting there
and outer policy makers
about the programs
"I
Pew supported.
not only learned about public
Mark
E.
Wayne,
Dixon
Pa.
is
a freelance writer
in
CareerJournal.com reports that the number of economics degrees
awarded
years.
40 percent over the past five
H. Summers, former secretary of the
in the U.S. has increased nearly
The
reason? Lawrence
Treasury, says
it's
because "people are fascinated with applying the
economic mode of reasoning to a wide
variety
of issues."
Think Like an Economist
STORY BY JACK SHERZER
Until the 1980s,
you couldn't
and "marketization" entering
professor in 1982, and his dedication to current
find "privatization" in a
dictionary. Today, with terms like "world
economy"
daily conversation,
it's
research keeps classroom lectures relevant. Far from
no
surprise that the National Center for Education Statistics lists
economics
as
one of the most popular college
majors in the U.S.
As people
globalization
deal with
To
Haririan,
Haririan,
remote
to
BU
it,
Instead,
it's
a
window
standing the world, and that perception
ed him
"I
timely, says
literature
professor of economics.
life.
to the field that
is
texts to get the
message across
field,
students can hear their ideas firsthand.
need
to
be
familiar
and know what's happening
what
don't
under-
research,
it
is
the
same
If you
as a bottle that
is
getting empty."
Among the well-known speakers he's brought to
are New York Times columnist Paul Krug-
attract-
campus
he loves to teach.
never thought about any other job," says Haririan,
who grew up in Tehran. "When I was in high school
do
with the
in order to
have better information for the students.
to
to his
who has worked
inviting many to the univer-
devoted researcher
says Haririan. "You
er,"
economics doesn't deal with theories
everyday
a
"To be a good teacher, you need to be a research-
the study of
and
significant
is
with leaders in the
understand the forces behind
how to
economics becomes more
Mehdi
on dusty
students, he
sity so his
try to
and
relying
I
man; Robert H. Frank, an economist
Graduate School of Management
was reading news from around the world and I was
thinking that what happens in one country affects what
ics
happens
Buchanan Center
in other countries."
The opportunity to work closely with students first
him to Bloomsburg University as an assistant
and Gordon Tullock,
and
Mason
at
at the Johnson
Cornell University;
a professor of law
and econom-
a distinguished research fellow in the James
for Political
Economy
at
M.
George
University.
attracted
10
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New School for Social Research, where he earned a
doctorate in economics. While in graduate school
he met his wife Christine
County Community
who teaches at Luzerne
College.
Haririan has shared his research findings with
students and other professional economists over the
25
years.
He wrote
a
book in 1989
last
that looks at the
economics behind state-owned enterprises and authored
or co-authored
more than 20
articles that
appeared in
professional journals.
His research focuses on the kinds of tasks
makes
it
sense for government to do, rather than the private
sector.
An example
he explains,
Mehdi Haririan bases
his classroom lectures
on current
of an appropriate government task,
providing assistance to workers
lost their jobs, giving the
get
research in the field of economics.
is
back on
their feet.
Currently, Haririan
Many of the
speakers typically charge thousands of
dollars for their appearances,
to convince
them
but Haririan often
to forego their fees
is
able
because of their
who
is
studying the economic reforms
occurring in the central and eastern European countries,
and
the privatization of state-owned enterprises
ization.
With
global-
the ongoing concerns about outsourcing
how the United
of jobs overseas and
professional relationship.
who have
support necessary for them to
States will adjust
changing world economy, Haririan's
and adapt
to the
are involved in the decision making," Haririan says.
research
particularly timely.
"They love when they see somebody speaking on
"When we talk about issues of outsourcing and
offshoring, we talk about comparative advantage,"
"The students are able to
campus who
is
listen to
the author of the
people
book or the paper
Haririan says. "That
they've read."
Haririan was
through his
to the
world of business
who has a
textile
company and real
One
father's footsteps,
tist
exposed
first
father,
estate interests.
is
of his brothers followed in their
and the other became a rocket
working in the defense industry
scien-
in California.
Haririan says that
country
research
is
particularly timely.
the idea that the country that
means
it."
the kind of work one
may have done in the past ends up moving
elsewhere. In the United States, for example, outsourc-
ing has resulted in fewer manufacturing jobs. But,
overall, that doesn't
With ongoing concerns about outsourcing
of jobs and how the U.S. will adapt to the
changing world economy, Mehdi Haririan's
is
can provide a good cheaper should provide
mean
fewer jobs for the U.S., just
different kinds of jobs.
"There are studies showing outsourcing
is
really
not going to create fewer jobs in the U.S. Ultimately,
is
it
going to create more jobs because corporations are
going to expand more," he says.
But for Haririan, teaching exened a bigger pull than
the lure of the family enterprises, and he
knew study-
After earning his undergraduate degree
studies brought
him to
SPRING 2006
the
wave of the
future,
and you
want each of my
from
to
do
that
I
have to
know myself what
is
and then
first
to
to the
Iowa
going on."
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
native.
He lives in Hairisburg.
stu-
them
in Iran, his graduate
the United States,
State University for his master's
is
that," Haririan says. "I
dents to think like an economist, and in order for
ing economics was the path he wanted to follow.
Economics National University
"Globalization
cannot stop
b
FOR THE
When
others define us solely by
career, they miss
the thing
line
as
a
—
vital portion of our psyche
to refresh,
unwind and express
our creativity, the thing known as our avocation.
OF
The
we do
a
what we do
IT
can
blur between
being a teacher and
being a student.
does
for
It
Ervene
Gulley, chair of the
English department,
when she
takes her
seat at the piano.
Gulley joined the
BU
faculty in
after
1970
earning a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Bucknell University
and master's and doctoral
She has taught courses
on modem/contemporary American, British
and
the
and European
literature
works of Shakespeare, but
piano performance.
for
most of her
and
Library of Musical Classics, nur-
"A
tured her talent. She played piano
someone found
to
town
for six
quence of living in a small
started lessons at a
young
area,
I
age."
Her first instructor had studied
become a concert pianist before
moving from Italy to Carbondale,
to
piano
is
a delight."
Playing the piano has offered "a
number of opportunities I wouldn't
have otherwise enjoyed," she
Pursuing choral music during
to the
gift after
BU
and,
later,
instructor John
class
Couch
James Douthit and
enrolling in a
Often asked to accompany
mance
faculty
and senior
perfor-
majors, Gulley has
performed individually and with
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world and
I'm not in charge."
Studying the piano also keeps
her connected to her students.
"I
can always see where
it
could
have been better or should have
been
better," she says. "It helps
me remember what it's like
each semester.
music
love
a completely different
she earned her
She soon began studying
with
says.
my job, but it has its
stressful days. When I play, I'm in
"I
keyboard when her parents
Kunyoung Kim,
students," she says. "As a conse-
play for a half hour," she says.
fine
throughout high school, accompa-
degrees.
a piano teacher
I
commence-
out the Steinway
roll
nying various choral groups.
ing
When I was 6 years old,
who would come
ment, "they
but his discipline, along
gave her a piano as a housewann-
life.
"Our town had fewer than 300
people.
Before each graduate
students, she
her college years, Gulley returned
Piano music has provided the
soundtrack
bands, orchestras and ensembles.
exceeded the
young
with assignments from Schirmer's
she remains a student in another
discipline,
of his
skills
recalls,
degrees in English from Lehigh
University.
Pa. His talents far
a student.
students
.
.how
feel
back with
to
be
a lot of serious
when
they get papers
my comments."
- By Bonnie Martin
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
—
go near a body of water without bring-
can't
"I
^
r
Dang LaBelle, BU's
ing a fishing pole," says
storeroom supervisor and an avid angler. Mount-
ed
fish decorate the walls of his office
fishing trips past line
one storeroom
LaBelle's fascination
with
and photos of
wall.
things fishy began in
all
when he
home
Thailand before he came to the United States
A drainage
was 5 years old.
would overflow
pipe behind his
in the rainy season
pond would team with
and the
resulting
would catch
fish that LaBelle
with an improvised net of screen.
Fishing
is
now an integral part
of LaBelle's
life.
A
weekend in the spring or autumn will find him
wading in a nearby stream or pond. And it's not just
the usual trout and bass that draw LaBelle to the water.
In fact, he prefers angling for more unusual species
typical
various types of panfish or big crappies.
He's also organized trips to fish for salmon in
York with
BU colleagues.
else learn, taking
"1
new people
hooked," says LaBelle.
"It's
New
enjoy watching someone
out, getting people
not
work
for
me.
It's
fun."
A litde bit of fun was what LaBelle expected on a
warm June
afternoon in 1986. Instead, he set a national
record. LaBelle
at
his wife Amy were having a picnic
Dam in Hamburg, Pa., about 60
and
Kaercher Creek
miles southeast of Bloomsburg. Naturally, LaBelle
little fishing so he and Amy set out
row boat. Dang dropped a hook on an
intended to do a
in a 12-foot
8-pound
He
line.
got a bite
—
a big one.
fish across the water.
Dang slowly reeled
Back and
forth
swam
the
Amy maneuvered the boat while
the fish in, careful not to break the
thin nylon filament.
Finally, after
shallows,
it
ashore.
40 minutes, he cornered the
jumped over the
It
was
side of the boat
a muskellunge,
its
mouth
fish in the
and heaved
filled
needle-like teeth, one of which caught LaBelle's
and gashed
it.
No
typical fish, this
weighed 40 pounds
—
muskellunge
a record that put LaBelle's
in the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of
- By Eric Foster
Continued on next page
SPRING 20
6
with
thumb
Fame.
name
FOR THE
OF
IT
Norm Manney a
Give
and
turn
he'll
it
into a
tree
branch,
work
of art.
In his free time, BU's paint shop
foreman
crafts elaborate
walking
sticks.
wooden
Whether
marking the accom
plishments of
veterans or preserving favorite
childhood pastimes,
Manney's walking
sticks
all tell
a story.
Manney's love of woodworking
began dunng
He
Corps.
his time in the
collected sticks
Marine
and
marked them with names and
to record
vice
his
had taken him.
began
tree
where
to carve
dates
23 years of serLater,
walking
Manney
sticks out of
branches and discarded scrap
wood.
When his wife Debra sug-
gested he
sell
his
work, the hobby
turned into a small business.
It
stick,
Manney four
make a walking
takes
weeks
to
from the
first
steps of
shaping the wood, to carving or burning a pattern
and placing the
inlays, to the
final steps of staining
coating
it
it
and
someone comes up with an
with polyurethane.
Manney makes many
of the walk-
see
what
ing sticks for veterans, personalizing
"It's
them with military-themed pins
and carvings. He understands the
and then
I
can do with
it,"
a challenge to look at
try to
make
it."
idea,
he
something
Manney
created one stick using shooter
pride of military service and creates
marbles his customer had played
each stick with the individual vet-
with as a child.
eran in mind. "The sticks
stick sparkle
history of a person.
ferent,"
he
tell
the
Each one's
dif-
aren't limited to the military.
with
another
artificial
Manney receives
40 walking
says.
But Manney's walking sticks
He made
"It's
I
says.
jewels.
orders for about
a fun
hobby,
that's
what
do when
it is.
It's
what I intend
up
my day job,' " he says. He hopes
to
to
one day open a small
his
walking
Manney is
sticks.
I
give
store to sell
For now, though,
content to spend his time
making new walking
ing and perfecting his
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sticks, polishcraft,
b
'08
sticks a year, in addition
to the sticks
he
sells locally.
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As
a
little girl
enjoying nature walks with her grand-
father, Jennifer
birds
Boyer Hopkinson was drawn to injured
and other animals. She wanted
to "fix"
whatever
ailed them.
Today,
this
1996 Bloomsburg University
graduate tends to the needs of up to 40 animals
daily at the
Animal Care Hospital, the
she and her husband Michael
STORY BY KIM BOWER-SPENCE
own in
practice
Lewis-
burg, Pa. She spends her days caring for dogs,
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More than
58.3 percent of U.S. households
own one
or
— American
and "pocket
cats
her husband,
pets," like rabbits
and
who holds a business
ferrets,
while
degree from Lock
Haven University, manages the business end. "I can
focus on the medicine and surgery part of it," she says.
"Ever since third grade
ian," she admits, recalling
"little
I
wanted
how an aunt dubbed her
members'
veterinarian" as she coddled family
and dogs. Long before applying
plunged into the
ing cages
Pa.,
be a veterinar-
to
Hopkinson
work, clean-
her
From BU, Hopkinson went on
to the University of
Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, graduat-
worked
at
animal hospitals in Reading
and Allentown before buying the Animal Care Hospital
October from Dr. Alice Gora,
last
who
remains
at the
As the owner, Hopkinson
chance
relishes the
says.
different
when it's your own practice,"
She admits the
for permission."
opportunity;
it
old son, Evan.
so
was
greatly influenced
"We love
on
In
just
fact, it
was her
30 miles
the region.
a business
their 2-year-
the area," explains Hopkinson.
and the people
a great area to raise children,
much friendlier here
by
than what we're used
affection for
are
"You go into
this profession
because you
drew her back
Hopkinson was accepted both
at
to
BU and at
a private liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania. But
Bloomsburg's reputation and
like ani-
mals, but those animals are attached to people," she
She finds
and deal with
it
critical to
their emotions.
learn to "read" people
"Sometimes the animals
are the easier part of the two," she laughs.
One
and her staff face
of the biggest obstacles she
Care Hospital has
set
up
a fund to help people
and
who
clients
can
return unused animal medications to a bin for others to
use free of charge.
Hopkinson advises students thinking of a career in
veterinary medicine to
work in an animal hospital.
"School can prepare you to an extent, but
to being in the trenches."
it
Beyond
doesn't
biology,
ogy and even speech communications
—
to prepare for
the talks they'll inevitably be asked to present.
"You never
nity will call
realize
how many people in the commu-
and ask you
to
speak
at career
days
or, like
She finds her profession particularly
much more manageable
who put herself
difficult
when
she must euthanize a pet, but tremendously rewarding
when a sick animal is healed and able
to return
home
to its family.
beloved pet
is all
we see an elderly person whose
they have
but it's great when you see
when they are able
just
left. It
puts the pressure on,
how happy the
to take their best friend
amazing what animals can do
people are
home.
It's
for people."
That bond
exists on a personal level for Hopkinson,
companion at the Animal Care Hospital is
price tag appealed to Hopkinson,
whose
through school working three part-time jobs. She
a long-haired black cat
served as a technician at nearby Bloomsburg Veterinary
apartment during her student days in Bloomsburg.
Hospital, held a
and played
Pottsville.
work study job
in a
campus
violin with the Schuylkill
The
violin,
cafeteria
Symphony in
which she began playing in
third
grade, also earned her a scholarship through the university's
music department
as she
performed with the
daily
who moved into her off-campus
Today, he's part of a family that also includes two
rier-mix dogs, Alex
and Kermit, and
Sweet Pea. But, only the
feline
a cockatiel
has his
own cage
Hopkinson
says her
back, she says taking
courses
Bloomsburg education prepar-
for veterinary school
practice.
Looking
more finance and economics
would have helped her
SPRING 2006
and
to better
understand
ter-
named
at
Animal Care Hospital with the handwritten nameplate,
"Mikie Hopkinson."
b
university orchestra.
ed her well
is
helping clients pay their pets' medical expenses. Animal
"All too often,
to."
Bloomsburg, located
east of Lewisburg, that
with
Girl Scout troops, ask for a tour," she says.
family's decision to relocate to
central Pennsylvania wasn't simply based
"It's
she
'You can use the newer drugs or perform some of
newer procedures without asking
the
for dealing
human clients.
students should consider courses in finance, psychol-
to
implement many of the ideas she learned in veterinary
"It's
And human psychol-
ogy courses would have been helpful
compare
practice part-time.
school.
the business aspects of the career.
can't afford the care their pets need,
of "go-fer."
ing in 2000. She
Veterinary Medical Association
reasons.
cats
hometown of Dallastown,
and working her way up to the unof-
at a clinic in
near York,
ficial title
to college,
dirtier side of veterinary
more companion animals.
Kim Bower-Spence is a freelance journalist from
Berwick, Pa.
Two Bloomsburg
education majors found
themselves student teaching at a bilingual school
in Guatemala City last fall and witnessing both
extremes in the country's economic spectrum.
teaching assignment, at Millville Area
Elementary School, and received
her bachelor's degree in early child-
hood and elementary education
"gutsy"
\s\Jz
hen Bloomsburg
environment
University student
Ginamarie
Romano
do student teaching
signed
in
up
to
Guatemala,
people told her she was "gutsy."
After
all,
the only foreign country
she'd ever been to before
ada. At least she
Romano
was Can-
had her high
school Spanish to
fall
contrasted with the upper-class
back on.
at
The American
in
December. Then she made her next
move
—
to Florida,
where
she teaches a gifted second-grade
class in
Opa
Locka, near the Spanish/
School of Guatemala, where stu-
English cultural
dents had chauffeurs and body-
She notes that her well-behaved
guards, plus maids
who carried
their backpacks.
Guatemalan students were much
less of a culture
She taught third-graders
at the
bilingual school, catching a 6:15
a.m. bus to get there before her
On weekends,
mix of Miami.
shock than her Amer-
ican students. "They listened; they
respected you," she says.
Romano was one
BU students
of the
first
two
students arrived.
in a different world. "1
she explored the country, shop-
change program. The program
ping
result of a longstanding relationship
and landed
flew to Guatemala City
know what to expect
when I went down there, although
1 knew I was going to a thirdreally didn't
world country," she
recalls.
Wide-
spread poverty in the city
at village
markets, dipping
her toes in the Pacific Ocean and
climbing a volcano.
When Romano returned to
Pennsylvania in October, she
fin-
ished her second student-
to participate in the exis
between The American School of
the
Guatemala and the Bucks County
The
Organization for Intercultural Ad-
School needed teachers
new partner-
vancement, and their
ship with Bloomsburg University.
private, bilingual
American
who spoke
English as their native language
to serve as speaking
models and
teachers for Spanish-speaking
From Pennsylvania
students; the Pennsylvania educa-
to
Central America
The
tors
relationship goes
1977,
back
Keystone State
Educators Boost
Guatemalan Teaching
to
when a group of adventur-
formed the Bucks County
For almost 30 years, the Bucks County Organi-
Organization for Intercultural
Advancement and helped
fill
Advancement has been
zation for Intercultural
that
using Pennsylvania experience and knowledge
ous educators from Bucks County
traveled to
need through
Guatemala and other
countries to consult
on curriculum
J.
visiting teachers.
Carol Vance '60 got her
taste of
first
Guatemala in the early
and school design and introduce
1990s. She was teaching in the
innovative educational practices.
Southern Lehigh School
to improve education in
Since
its
founding
Guatemala.
1977, the Bucks County
in
Organization has grown to include
District
from across Pennsylvania
and looking
to
make
found
it
a
at
for the
members
- though the name
opportunity
change in her
life.
remains the
She
The American School
of Guatemala, where she
was
Continued on next page
same - and
to promoting literacy
a
rural
its
focus has shifted
among the poor
the
in
areas of Guatemala.
Board
member Vera
Rearick Derk '60, a
former reading supervisor, uses her contacts
with publishers to cultivate book donations.
"To date, we've sent $77,000 worth of books to
Guatemala," says Derk.
"We
recently mailed
3,000 books."
The Bucks County Organization's other
programs include:
Sponsorship of The American School's
satellite
schools
in rural
areas of Guatemala
and public schools that serve the children of
sugar-cane workers and
Mayan
Indians.
schools serve poorer regions, where as
These
many
as 43 percent of first-grade students do not
continue on to second grade.
Professional development assistance for
Guatemalan teachers through the Universidad
del Valle
de Guatemala and other schools.
The American School
is
the
official
labora-
tory school of the university. Bucks County
Organization board
members Jolene Borgese
and Renee Cartier travel to Central America
every year to present seminars to as
400 Guatemalan teachers.
many as
'Once you get into a third-world country and you see
people riding buses
you
realize
resource teacher, observing
for
them
Before she
night long to get to classes,
are.' -
new
to increase their proficien-
knew it,
she was
When Vance returned to the
member of the Bucks County
Advancement. Currently,
she's
president of the organization
substitute teacher in the
and
a
Benton
Area School Distnct.
and
a
Guatemala, paying their
Hock,
Bloomsburg
member of the Bucks County
problem, she learned, because
The American
students and gave workshops.
thought
it
would be an
excellent placement for our student
teachers,"
Ann Lee says,
noting that
Guatemala and Pennsylvania.
student teachers to stay for a
School's cooperative
country's culture, while Pennsylvania regulations require at least half
speaking and a bilingual teacher in
of an education major's semester
to
work
of student teaching be completed
together.
taught second grade with a
within the
state. "It's
kind of
discouraging," she says.
teacher.
The student teacher
who
Lee,
lived in a
retires in
May, hopes
house with other teachers from the
other options materialize. She sees
school and enjoyed traveling
the possibility of the Educator
throughout the Central American
country on weekends.
"It
culture shock," she says.
immersed
culture
was
"We were
in an entirely different
in Pennsylvania,
Exchange Program as a summer
project or as a semester-long
a
student-teaching assignment for
students
and way of life."
Back
the university does not regularly
ditional
Hock
who
follow
up with an ad-
assignment in Pennsylvania.
In the meantime, the Bucks
offer international opportunities for
completed her student teaching at
County Organization
student teaching.
Beaver-Main Elementary School
in other directions with
in
Bloomsburg before receiving her
another was working in the Spanish
month, Natalie Hock Buchhalter
Immersion Program
began teaching
Lehigh School
at a private
Calif.
The
Valley.
area has a large
system makes
to
is
helping her with
it
turns out, the
first
two
at
The American School of Guatemala may also be the
throughout Guatemala while
least for a while, says Lee.
student teaching last
school's
new
director
BLOOMSBURG
Southern
Center
visiting principals
fail,
Vance
it
almost impossible
recalls.
"Once you
get into a third-world
country and you see people riding
city.
Buchhalter enjoyed traveling
fall.
and
noted that the American school
she says the language she learned
new job and
at
District in
One of the
Spanish-speaking population, so
As
and Natalie Hock
and teachers
December 2005. The following
Bloomsburg student teachers
left,
Educator
lan administrators
her
Romano,
its
Exchange Program. Seven Guatemavisited Pennsylvania schools,
in Guatemala
graduates Ginamarie
continuing
education and getting married in
Monica,
BU
is
bachelor's degree in elementary
Montessori school in Santa
Recent
full
semester to better adjust to the
program placed both an English-
childhood and elementary educa-
Bloomsburg
the Guate-
doesn't speak Spanish. That wasn't
Guatemalan
Arierican School, they explored
Carol Vance '60 heads the
educator exchanges between
at
malan program, even though she
Bonnie Williams, chair of the early
the
J.
abroad and jumped
Hock
at
Hock had
organization that sponsors
Guatemala in January 2005 with
While
Natalie
studying
long been interested in going
each classroom
"We
and
Romano was
who was also
elementary education.
a
of the College of
the possibilities for
own
tuition, travel
Organization board, traveled to
tion department.
two
later,
students were headed for
teaching with
Organization for Intercultural
Professional Studies at
months
'60
living expenses abroad. Student
United States in 1993, she became a
Ann Lee, dean
BU
Bloomsburg
principal of the school.
board
carol vance
j.
Just eight
and modeling lessons
teachers there
cy.
all
how lucky we
last
buses
you
all
night long to get to classes,
realize
she says,
how lucky we are,"
b
two, at
The
would
like
Tracey M.
and
Dooms
is
a freelance writer
editor living in State College, Pa.
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
freshman
Plans
It's
nothing like the real thing" says the 1968 hit by
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. BU's first-year engineering students could sing along as they confront client's
genuine problems and create workable solutions.
'Ain't
a required 100-level course
for all engineering students,
but that doesn't
mean
STORY BY GEOFFREY MEHL
has to
it
be routine.
Computer Aided Design and
Engineering Graphics could
easily
be just a
book
hypotheticals, but profes-
sor James
it
some
series of text-
Moser
real
prefers to give
world
flair.
So
teams of students concentrate
on
actual design projects, with
an emphasis on learning the
client's
needs and coming up
with workable plans to solve
genuine problems.
Moser
non-
invites local
profit organizations
and
the
campus community to make
requests, and then the students, mostly freshmen,
the challenges of "the real thing."
to
modify a building
to create a
face
A local church hopes
new social hall. An an-
Students Brian Micucki, Tabitha Chlubicki, Cathy
Auburger and Crystal Henion take one
—
thropology professor would like to see a Native Ameri-
American anthropology
And BU's Student Health
Center is expanding and needs a new floor plan.
an enormously rewarding experience
can dwelling reconstructed.
Moser explains
resolved. Others
want
some sense
case of the Student Health Center,
of a public university
come
all
into play.
dents a taste of what real projects are
of cost. In the
the requirements
"It
gives the stu-
like,"
he
out the semester, and the course's conclusion
is
whom evaluate the results.
Crystal
Pa.;
N.J.;
Henion of Oley,
classroom exercises
at
Pa.,
and
expected simpler
the onset of their
first
Township, and Fitzgerald Flowers of Upper Darby,
works
at its
Kehr Union home.
was working with
the university's planning
construction office, gaining insight into
institution develops
such
semester
have
to
a great plan," she says.
a recognized expert in archaeology
SPRING 2006
and Native
and
how a major
pleased.
"They
"They were very
what our
Now their plan
withstand the formal review process the
university applies to any construction project,
BU. Instead, they worked with professor DeeAnne
Wymer,
in
projects.
was more than
needs were and solved the problem."
will
at
is
A crucial part of the
impressive, very professional, listened to
Pa.;
the quality
were paired with Lucinda Harris, director of the Stu-
came up with
Tabitha Chlubicki of
Cathy Auburger of Glen Rock,
more depth. Wymer praised
work after hearing the presentation.
In the end, Harris
unexpected. Freshman engineering majors Brian
Mikucki of Delran,
but soon
Josh Picard of Norristown, Mike Kutch of Greenfield
project
a
For many of the students, the challenge was
Wyoming,
first,
that gave the
Pennsylvania residents Brandon Groff of Lebanon,
the
formal presentation of the project not only to the client
to class peers, all of
a bit scary at
dent Health Center, where an expansion project
says.
Half a dozen projects keep students busy through-
but also
of their
goals that are not completely
to get
look at their
basic class a lot
that the projects are not necessarily
Some begin with
simple.
last
plans for reconstructing a Native American dwelling.
Geoffrey Mehl
is
BU's publications
director.
b
Husky Notes
Quest trips designed
for alumni and friends
Bloomsburg University's Quest program offers trips
ranging from a hike in a nearby state park to biking
and trekking through
in Colorado
Ecuador. The following trips are open to
For
friends.
many of these
and most equipment
trips,
the rain forest of
BU
alumni and
no experience
necessary
is
provided. Varied amounts of
is
physical stamina are required.
•
Walking Across
June 19
Ireland,
to 27: Participants
will hike Ireland's long-
distance
some
trails
Aspen Music
is
.
• Lost
through
of the country's most
significant historical
and
Machu Picchu and Peruvian Andes Trek, Aug 12
•
from village
participants into the south-
budding adventurer and
unpaved
em Peruvian Andes to
mountaineer, the
an
explore one of the earliest
includes Ecuador's cloud
rsmith@bloomu.edu.
The adventure brings
indigenous
The leader
Mountain Biking, July 15
civilizations.
is
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo com
.
to 22: Participants will fly
into Gunnison, Colo., with
• Africa's Kilimanjaro
transportation arranged
Safari, Sept. 3 to 17:
to Crested Butte
The group
where
will
Africa's highest
Between Crested Butte and
Kilimanjaro, traveling
through
City, Colo., cyclists
all
from old logging roads
climbing
above
single tracks, often
an
altitude of
The leader
is
7,000
Brett
Simpson,
bsimpson@bloomu.edu.
•
Kili,
participants
on
The adventure begins
Hike
in
the Rockies,
Festival, July
and short day
in remote cloud forests,
whether
group
will hike over
Maroon
Maroon
area, to
The
leader
is
bloomu.edu.
continue as the
from
glacier
is
• Trekking in Patagonia,
Chile, Feb. 12 to 25,
2007:
This trekking adventure
travel to crevasse rescue.
in the southern Patagonian
The
Andes of Chile
trip
concludes with a
soak in natural hot springs.
leader
is
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo.com.
takes the
group into one of the
natural
wonders of South
America, the Torres Del
Paine National Park.
•
Mountain Biking Across
the Roof of Africa,
Dec
28,
leader
is
The
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo.com.
2006, to Jan. 12,
2007: This
24
for those
to
"*
West
through the
Bells
Wilderness
trip is
who
are comfortable
the
Pass,
Aspen. The
to
group learns proper moun-
Aspen
trips,
the nights in villages along
Roy Smith, rsmith®
trail
feet.
equipment and spend
the route.
31: After gradual acclimation
9,000
Cyclists will carry basic
exploration of the lost Incan
Mountains and Music:
Music
roads, often at
altitude of
with a three-day two-night
The
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan® yahoo.com.
leader
and 'Avenue of Volca-
The
will experience the
a multi-day safari.
forest
noes."
tain techniques,
Upon
wilder side of Tanzania
feet.
up
of the planet's
six eco-systems.
trip
to village
then participants choose
volcano,
will ride a variety of terrains,
to
and
venture
they will spend two days.
Lake
that location, they will bike
mainly along pathways and
pubs along the way.
The leader is Roy Smith,
Colorado Wildflowers
of Ecuador,
2007: Designed for the
to 20:
in
Guraghe Highlands. From
Incan Trail and
Mountains
Dec. 27, 2006, to Jan. 13,
cultural regions, eating
•
Festival.
Roy Smith,
rsmi th@bloomu edu
The leader
For additional information,
including costs
and
physical requirements, call
dealing with the
(570) 389-2100, check online
unexpected.
at
Participants will
contact trip leaders at e-mail
travel
from Addis
www.buquest.org or
addresses provided.
Ababa, the capital
visit
coincides with the
of Ethiopia, to the
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5 *y f\ Victor J.
O
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Ferrari and his accomplishments were
recognized
when
the Col. Victor J. Ferrari
Community Family Resource and Learning Center was
dedicated Oct.
7,
2005, in San Antonio, Texas, where he
A veteran of World War II,
1991
he was an Air Force navigator
as former President
George
Stark Fowles retired from
HW Bush's 943rd Point
Illinois State
University
years as assistant director for
from the U.S. Air Force and Pepsi-Cola, he plans
retired
golf,
more than 16
and human resources information systems. Also
benefits
lives.
whose B-24 was shot down over Holland. He joined USAA as
a training director after retiring from the military and worked
as a bank president until he retired from that career in 1988.
Active on the San Antonio Commission on Literacy, the San
Antonio Commission on Elderly Affairs and advisory boards
for school districts, colleges and universities, he was honored
in
Thomas
in January, after
to
volunteer as a bench referee for the ISU Lady Redbird
basketball
and
volleyball teams,
and
participate in the
McLean County.
American Cancer
Society's Relay for Life of
He will
part-time while his wife, Eileen, continues at
also
work
They will
ISU as
a nursing professor.
who
teaching in Poland, and their daughter, Sarah, a law
is
visit their
son, Aaron,
student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
reached
He can be
at tsfowles@ilstu.edu.
of Light.
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Fame.
5 £l
Fred Frey was inducted into the Luzerne County
Chapter, Endless Mountains Region, Sports Hall of
A five-sport star at Tunkhannock High School, he
lettered in football for four years at
and
football at
BU and coached
A
\JTT
He then enrolled
at
BU
and, following graduation, taught business law and medical
Luzerne County
at
Commu-
Thomas Scholvin
Muncy school
Area and
Florida.
conducted
at
BU fostered
her interest in preserving the past.
UU
math
He and
districts,
he earned
Nova Southeastern
his wife, Margaret,
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Nancy
(right)
retired in January after
39 years
E.
Wisdo, former
director of the Office of
States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), became one of three
USCCB in February. A
of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice
Peace from 1996 to 2001 she
,
as a
have three grown children
Domestic Social Development, United
associate general secretaries of the
Jean Booth Gelbaugh
a doctor of
University in
is
and
a candidate for a licentiate in
canon law
at the Catholic University of America.
J^T^y
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Doug McClintock
teacher at Mechanicsburg Middle School,
where she
also ran the after-school
and knitting
day with
last
assistant professor of education at
and four grandchildren.
member
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an
is
Immaculata University. The former superintendent of Octorara
Donna Krothe Goobic, a retired educator and current
drama coordinator at Northwest Area High School, is part of
the Historical and Preservation Society of the Greater
Shickshinny Area, an organization preserving landmarks
through miniature woodcarvings. In a January Times Leader
said student research
Novem-
Future Business Leaders of America.
education degree from
Donna
last
on Northampton County
Council. She plans to retire in June from Northampton High
School where she teaches business/technology and advises the
.A. ber to a four-year term
nity College.
story,
communication
the University of Buffalo,
at
Diane McGeever Neiper was elected
7^T~1
called his experiences during four years of active duty with the
terminology for nearly 25 years
a professor of
and sciences
Speech Language Pathology and Audiology."
Harold Cole was the focus of a veteran profile last
fall in The News of Delaware County. Harold rereservist.
disorders
baseball
Wyoming Valley West.
Marines and two years as a
Rosemary Lubinski,
recently published her fifth textbook, "Professional Issues in
/
5 £l
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V/O
clubs.
math, game
She was honored on her
Cancun, Mexico,
of
Doylestown spent
a
week
as a volunteer in mission
in
with
Discovery Service Projects. The project involved building 18
a full-school assembly.
concrete-block houses in an area devastated by Hurricane
'67
Gretchen
Hummel
Brosius '67/70M started her
second four-year term
as
Wilma. This was Doug's
in January. Gretchen has taught Montessori preschool classes
24 years and currently teaches at the Northumberland Christian School. She and her husband E. Eugene
Brosius, an attorney, have been married for 36 years and have
three grown children.
for the past
7^T r^
/
1th trip abroad with DSP.
Marylou Kempf Alfonso
more Husky Notes online
www.bloomualumni.com.
at
Send information to alum@bloomu.edu
or to Alumni Affairs, Fenstemaker
Alumni House, Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania, 400 E. Second St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815
is
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/ \J
Cyndy Landis Kryder wrote an
The
King's
essay included in
the 316-page anthology, "Stories of Strength."
Thompson
at a
Time" focuses on
close friend
Deb Snyder
'76
and her struggle with a rare, life-threatening
illness. Proceeds from book sales benefit disaster relief
charities, including the Red Cross, Americare and the Salvation
Army. Ordering details are at www.storiesofstrength.com.
Rosa Solines Stroh is vice president/treasurer of the
Hershey Co. She joined the company in 1982 as senior
treasury analyst/pension asset management and held a variety
of positions in the treasury department.
SPRING 200
enrolled at
i_J Seminary, Los Angeles.
"One Breath
Find
1
mayor of Northumberland
Husky Notes
Deborah Dell Watson
Births
of Magnolia, Del, Bayhealth Medical
Donna Osmun Schwartz
Center s vice president of the southern region, was elected to
the
Andrea
American College of Healthcare Executives' Council of
was a health care executive at
Susquehanna Health System and Geisinger Medical Center.
Hara Freireich Kinsey
Paul, Oct.
Mar)' Agnes Kratz was
trustees of Wyoming
School. She
is
named
to the
board of
for the
daughter, Melissa, Nov.
Wyoming Valley
Courtney, Oct.
principal for a year
as assistant
'92 and husband, Mark, a daughter,
Morgan
'92 and husband,
Shawn, a daughter,
Mary-Katherine "Kate" King Welsh
'93 and husband, Greg, a son,
Connor Michael, Sept. 16,2005
West
at
Thomas, a
2005
Christine Girman
middle school
and a half. She has taken courses
and Perm State universities.
6,
'92 and husband,
2005
Aug. 31, 2005
tion in the Donegal School District. She formerly taught in the
25 years and served
8,
Michelle Kochenash Milisits
West School District and president of the Wyoming Seminary
Upper School Parents Association.
Susan Ursprung is supervisor of curriculum and instrucdistrict for
and husband, Andrew, a son, Jonathan
'91
18,2005
Stephanie Campomizzi Malarkey
Seminary College Preparatory
an inclusion teacher
Emma
Zeitler Peters '89 and husband, David, a daughter, Kylie
Grace, Dec. 27, 2005
Regents. She formerly
5^T^T
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'88 and husband, Kevin, a daughter,
Mike Kwasnoski
Chester, Millersville
'95 and wife, Margo, a son,
Noah Andres,
Nov. 11,2005
5^TQ
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Col.
Edward Bezdziecki
recently retired after
26
Shawn
years in the U.S. Air Force. During his career, he
Rachel Wilbur Wacek
was stationed at the Pentagon; Grafenwoehr Army Installation,
Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and air force bases in Florida,
New Hampshire, Maryland, Alabama, Texas and Washington,
D.C.
He earned
tor.
He
previously
was
Connor Robert, July
2005
Condel
'97, a son,
2004
Paul
Wood
'95,
a son, Eric James,
July 22, 2005
manager of Coatesville.
Teri
Gamier Miller '97 and husband.
March
?^7Cj) Becky McNabb Sullivan was recognized in Nurs/ y^ ing Spectrum's Greater Philadelphia edition as
28,
Dec.
2005 nursing excellence award. She is director
and hospital for Montgomery Hospice Medical
9,
Rusty, a son,
Joshua Caleb,
2005
Susan Laughiin Mackey
recipient of the
of home care
15,
Amy Lautermilch Wood '96 and
Norristown's municipal administra-
city
13,
and husband, William, a son, Daniel
'96 and Christopher
Kimberly Kels Condel
a master's degree in business administration
is
'95,
William, Nov. 22, 2005
from Central Michigan University.
Paul G. Janssen Jr.
Laverty '95 and wife, Kimberly, a son, Connor, Dec.
'98 and husband, Philip, a son, Philip
Jr.,
2005
Justin C.
Wagner '98 and wife,
Valentina, October 19,
Jennifer, a daughter, Avary
2005
Center, Norristown.
Crystal Kovaschetz
5
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James
L.
Quinn
Lillian
is
director of fixed operations for
Sloane Automotive Group, Philadelphia.
Kelly Stubbs
He
Ann Pennington
'79, is a special
Q
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'99 and husband, Mike, a daughter, Ridgeley
Corey
Keith, a son,
Alexander, Sept. 29, 2005
Darlene Weihbrecht Steinberger '99 and husband,
Robert, a son,
Michael James, Aug. 26, 2005
Stacey Myslivy Weaver
April
'01
and husband, Bradley, a son, Jacob,
2004
"1
Judy Lutz MacNeal was named senior vice
and sales manager for National Penn
Leasing, a subsidiary of National Penn Bank.
Joseph A. Mayo received a 2005 teaching award from the
Kevin Monroe '02 and wife, Chanell, a son, Casey James,
-A. president
Society for the
Teaching of Psychology.
He earned
Q^
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Annette East Bruno
is
7,
Karczewski Heath
Wilson Area School
assistant professor of
Northampton Community College.
She taught elementary and middle school students in the
education
2005
Dec.
Lori
'03 and husband, Troy, a daughter, Aubrey
Lena, Dec. 27, 2005
master's
and doctor of education degrees from West Virginia University. He has been on the faculty of Gordon College in Georgia
since 1989, serving as department chair from 1993 to 1997.
5
Gerald, a daughter,
2005
Sheila Devine Pogash '99 and husband,
education teacher in the
Lower Merion School District. They have two sons: Matt, a
junior at Lower Merion, where he plays baseball, and Tim, a
sophomore at Harriton High School, where he acts in school
plays and sings in choral groups.
5
Carman
Nicole, on Dec. 21,
continues to play semi-pro baseball. His wife, the former Lee
Wertz '98 and husband,
Grace, Jan. 12,2006
at
BLOOMSBUK.G
District for
more than 20
years.
She also
and Kutztown universities.
Hugh Turner was promoted to vice president of finance
taught
at
East Stroudsburg
with Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City, N.J. Hugh
has more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience
within the casino industry.
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Maternal and Family Health Services Inc. She previously served
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MFHS
director of resource development.
Elizabeth Lees Caramihalis teaches Spanish
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High School, Hampton, N.H. She previously taught at
Sanford High School, Cape Elizabeth High School and Morse
High School, all in Maine.
Jim Griggs was named vice president of finance at Woolrich
Inc. He has been with the firm since 1987.
net
and
trust officer
with
First
Columbia Bank and
Trust Co., Bloomsburg, received her Series 7 and 63 licenses
after
at
Victoria Amici Bartlow, assistant vice president
completing an examination process by the North
American
Securities Administrators Association.
licenses, she is
now a registered representative
Columbia Financial
With
with
the
First
FCBT.
Services, a division of
Edward Caminos is corporate controller of BPZ Energy,
Houston, Texas. Ed has more than 20 years of experience in
senior accounting and finance positions, primarily with
international energy companies.
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Cindy Smith
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English
vice
is
president of underwriting
Shantillo leaves financial officer post
services at Geisinger Health
Plan.
to study for the priesthood
for
She has been with
GHP
18 years. She and her
earning a bachelor's
husband Barry have two sons,
Reuben, 23, and Ryan, 17.
Kimberly Hendricks is
degree in accounting
vice president, finance, for JLG
Fifteen
years after
enrolled
She previously was based
a different type of
at
in
educational institution, a
fall
New York City with Bristol-
Myers Squibb Co., most
seminary in Washington,
D.C. Last
McConnellsburg.
Industries,
from BU, Jerry Shantillo '88
recently as vice president of
he moved one
finance, corporate develop-
step closer to a second career
ment. She earned an
MBA from
as a
Roman Catholic priest
when he began pursuing
New York University.
religious studies at the
professor of marketing
Pontifical
Mark A.
North American
worked
is
and
chairman of the department of
College in Rome.
Shantillo
Mitchell
management, marketing and
law
in
at
Coastal Carolina
the financial side of the
University.
He
healthcare industry before
was on the
faculty of the
entering the seminary. First
University of South Carolina
with Guthrie Healthcare
Upstate.
System, Sayre, and, later with
married and
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financial officer of
United
Michael Gigler was
promoted to senior
vice president at Wachovia
Bank. He has been a senior
relationship manager in
He
earned
Wachovia's Northeast Pennsyl-
Binghamton, N.Y., his
5
titles
C3\J
included controller of Guthrie
Clinic
and
chief operating
Medical Associates.
an
is
has three children.
United Healthcare System,
and
He
previously
MBA from Binghamton
vania Commercial Banking
University in 1991.
Group, responsible
healthcare administration, a field he says
September 2005, he entered seminary
he "greatly enjoyed,"
the Pontifical North
to enter seminary.
studying theology
he enrolled
Gregorian University in Rome.
Theological College at
Catholic University, Washington,
to prepare for theology studies.
D.C,
Then, in
at
American College,
Studying for the Diocese of Scranton,
at
for the
Greater Lehigh Valley.
In 2003, he resigned from
at the Pontifical
expects to remain in
He
Rome for five years
before returning to the U.S.
began
his career in
Meridian Bank.
He
1986
at
He earned
a
master's in business administration at
Moravian College.
Greg Sullivan was inducted
into the West Branch Chapter
of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall
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manager
rehabilitation
at
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center,
he earned a master of science degree in speech pathology in
1989. Chris resides in Royersford with his wife Sue Paluba
He was recognized
of Fame.
at
Hughesville High School and
coached wrestling
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is
of Banking, she
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vice president and
Columbia Bank and
is
2006 Central Atlantic
is
a
member
of
Norm have a son,
her husband
Shane.
of the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association's Profes-
married to Timothy Karas
Sharon Ford Bixler was appointed corporate
and wellness services for Lutheran
J(\f\
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Development Network. She has written articles for PA
Banker Magazine, ABA Marketing Magazine and Financial
is
Deb Manney joined the Susquehanna Valley House
Hope as a secondary education teacher. She and
S
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sional
Services Online. She
as a
three sons, Tyler,
Kyle and Hunter.
for First
Trust, Bloomsburg. Director of the
He and his wife Kim have
senior accountant.
Army.
marketing director
Advanced School
Edwards '88, and their children Nick, 12, and Erin, 8.
Duane Ruch joined Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc.
BU. After graduation, he
at
Michelle Molyneux Karas
C3 /
accomplishments
Montoursville High School.
at
currently a major in the U.S.
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for his wrestling
director of health
Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania in York.
'84.
Sharon
has been with Lutheran Social Services as an area executive
director since October 2004.
Carla Shearer Christian was
'88
Division
youth director
Christian, senior
a
member of the BU Athletic
husband Ric
are
NCAA
Doug Rapson launched
field
is
Hall of Fame. She
enrolled in the master of organizational
is
program
Immaculata University. Promoted
at
his first
weekly podcast, "Geek
Acres," featuring his thoughts about science fiction, tech
and her
the parents of Brooklyn, Cole and Carlin.
Chris Edwards
leadership
at
to the
hockey team.
the Chambersburg YMCA,
25th anniversary
III
named
to
Doug and his wife Debbie have
They live in Mifflinburg.
Michael Tokach was promoted to director of customer care
toys
and
Internet happenings.
a son, Christopher.
at Silberline
company
Manufacturing Co.
He
since 1995.
Inc.
He has been with the
holds a master's degree from College
Marriages
Kit Griffiths
76 and Todd
Kelchner, July
9,
Brian Motz, July 16,
Filomena Costantino
Joseph Covert,
Kristen Yuskoski '96 and
2005
'88 and
2005
Oct. 8,
Aug.
5,
'91
and Gary Taylor,
2005
Petty, Oct. 23,
2005
Demming
Yoniski
III
'92 and David
Oct
7,
Thomas
Kerri
2005
Doll,
Christine Fink '95 and Terry
Turpin, Oct.
15,2005
John Hnatishion
Minahan
Sommers,
Ann
Amanda Shepard
Joseph
Jodi
Jodi Pall '99 and Michael
June
25,
'98 and Brian
2005
Kelly
Ann
'99 and
Jacqueline Curry, July 16, 2005
Phillips
Aaron
15,2005
Dallabrida '00 and
Robert Davis, Sept. 17,2005
Richard Kunkel
Stawiarski,
'00 and
Summer
May 21 2005
,
'00 and
2005
Crystal Varner, Oct. 23,
Kristina
Ashworth
Oct.
Brock Marshalek
Erica Petrushka '98 and
Jeffrey
Reyer '99,
'00 and
Shimkanon
'00
Ryan Wertz, Aug. 13,2005
Alison Burton
'01
and
Daniel Blaney
Marissa Campanella
May
Ryan McFarland,
'01
14,
Andrew Desiderio '01 and
Katie Pearson, May 13, 2005
Sarah Schuman
Joshua Moore,
'01
and
2005
Oct. 8,
Jason Schwass
'01
Larissa Haught, Aug.
and
12,2005
KristySkuntz'Oland
Michael Porambo
and Kristopher Provencher,
Rebecca Stephens
Jan. 14,2006
Richard
Bell,
'01
and
July 23, 2005
Amy Vesnefskie '00 and
Stephanie Anderson '02 and
Peter Loomis, Sept. 17,2005
Domenic Breininger
Chad Shirk
'95 and
David Calvert '99 and Jennilyn
June
Wesner, June
Jill
Flaska, Oct. 22,
2005
Ann Beierschmitt '96 and
Carter Frantz, Sept. 17,2005
Jessica Brackbill
Jill
Gushka
11,
'99 and
2005
'99 and William
Zeruth, Aug. 7,
11,
2005
Barnes, Aug.
6,
'01,
Aug 13,2005
'02 and
Kimberly Armstrong
Yeselavage
Helen Bortner
2005
02,
'00 and Troy
2005
'01
Eric
Engleman, Oct.
JodyKarge
and Justin
8,
2005
'02 and William
McCarty, Sept. 10, 2005
Tara Klach
'96 and Michael
Bethany Hartman
Rubenstein, Aug. 20, 2005
Tarah Kucheruck
'02 and
Peregrim
July 30, 2005
and Timothy Van Schoick,
Amy Bruggeman '01
and
ShaunGuida, Sept.
16,
July 16, 2005
Mark Heisey, June
2005
Jr.,
and
2005
2005
'95 and Michael
April 30,
Bingaman
Joseph Mazaika
'95 and
Marie Augustyn, Aug. 20, 2005
Kelly
'97 and Julie
Peterman, Sept. 10,2005
'93 and
'88,
Jesse Sorber
16,2005
'98, Sept.
Jennifer Cross
Rissmiller '97 and Karen
Robison, Oct. 15,2005
Leanne Shamp
Jill
Gene
'97 and Kimberly
Sarah Burkholder'01 and
2005
Murphy '99 and Matthew
D'Angelo
Urban
'99 and
Schaeffer, July 23,
Gregg Pavlick
Jason Henry
Laura Dean
Wes
Jill
Zimmerman, Nov.
2005
Jaclyn Janowicz
Danielle Esposito '97 and
Truly Walters '90 and Mark
26,
2004
Megan Pesavento
'96
and
'99
Christopher Murray, Nov. 25, 2005
18,
Adrianne
Barnett
BLOOMSBURG
Jr.,
2005
Leiby '02 and Rickey
Sept.
10,2005
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He and his wife Carmella have
Misericordia.
They live
in Beaver
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Laurie
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for
a son, Gabriel.
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costume designer
"Saturday Night Live." For the past nine years,
she has helped dress
some
at
of the biggest stars, including Garth
Brooks, Janet Jackson, Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hilary Swank, Halle Berry, Colin Farrell,
Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Aniston and Donald Trump. She
earned a master's of
fine arts
Mason Gross School
worked on New York
degree from
of the Arts at Rutgers University. She's
theatrical productions, including "Inherit the
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Wind," "The
Meghan,
Michael Kacsmar and
Park, N.J.
and
Comedy of Errors" and "Titanic."
Wagner Kreischer earned a master's of business
administration from BU in May 2005. Liesl lives in Bloomsburg
U.S. Air Force.
with her husband Steve and their children, Zakery and Lexus.
in
"Spunk," "The
Price,"
Todd
Liesl
9,
He and
his family
his wife Beth
moved
to Franklin
have two daughters,
Kelsey, 6.
Miller was promoted to the rank of captain in the
He is
stationed at
Malmstrom
Air Force Base
Montana.
Pat Wilson was promoted to vice president of operations for
Little
League Baseball and
1993, he also
is
With
the organization since
assistant director of the Little
Tournament, chairman of the
International
Committee and
He
committees.
Softball.
a
member
League
Little
League Rules
of the charter and tournament
has volunteered with several local agencies,
including the United
'93
Catherine Noll Alexander
and
Community Hospital. She joined
Way and the Williamsport Area
chief financial officer
Shamokin Area
the hospital staff in 2002.
She and her husband Joseph have
reside in Coal
is
vice president of finance at
a daughter, Elizabeth.
They
Township.
Sherri Derr, a certified registered nurse practitioner, has
joined
Recreation Commission.
OB/GYN Associates
at
Bloomsburg Hospital. She earned
a master's degree at College Misericordia.
2005
Tawnee Klinger '04 and
Swartz, May 7, 2005
YustineSejuit'02andChad
Malinda Lepley 04 and
was promoted to director of emerSunbury Community Hospital where she's
worked for nine years. Recipient of the hospital's 2003
outstanding employee of the year award, she previously
worked as a staff nurse in the emergency department and,
most recently, as the rapid admission nurse.
Kris Vancas is head coach of the Penns Valley High School
Michael DelPriore
softball
Taffi Ross-Johnston
gency services
Kevin Monroe '02 and Chanell
Sink, Feb. 5,
2004
Sickora, Dec. 4,
Sandra Walter
'02 and Brian
Dickinson, July 30,
Christine
Welker '02 and
June
Greblick,
2005
11,
Derek Williams
Schneider
Brian
June
4,
Jr. '04,
Nicole
Mark '04 and Matthew
Magill
'05, Sept.
Stephanie McHale
Michael Bowman, July
'04 and
Themens,
Adrienne Campbell
9,
2005
Christopher Coup, July 23, 2005
Alyssa Haraschak '05 and
Alison Turner '03 and William R
Phillip
Oct. 8,
Smith, July 16, 2005
Deeble
'03
Kristi Siciliano '05
2005
and Brian
Amy Yamrock '03 and
Kerbacher'05,Jan.7,2006
Thomas
Katie Starr '05 and Robert
Ruffner
Maria Digris
'04 and Dr.
Brayford, Sept. 3,
Mark
2005
Kristyn
Hughes
Fox
'04 and
'04, Oct.
6,
a
assistant
at
varsity levels before
coach in 2001.
member of the board
of trustees
proposed Family Choice Charter School
Carli is a science teacher in the
Athens Area
7^t
Stacy Price Linkins
tor
is
a
communications
and internship coordinator
at
instruc-
Immaculata
West Chester University
and Villanova University.
David Maurer was promoted to supervisor in the
audit services group of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher. A resident of
Cumru Township, he earned a master's degree from
University. She formerly taught at
St.
Joseph's University.
M. Abdul Mobin '94M
YargerJr., Aug. 20,2005
and Alongi
Ltd.,
is
a tax senior with Pulakos
Albuquerque, N.M. He has seven years of
accounting experience and previously was a corporate
Shannon English '04M and
Garth Watson, Aug.
Towanda.
in
is
to oversee the
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Adam
III,
formed
'05 and
Bridgette Reish '03 and
Miller
Carli Yeager-Hall
and junior
David Nogle '04 and Melanie
Page, Oct. 15,2005
1,2005
has 12 years of experience, coaching
School Distnct.
Neill Reidy '03 and Laura
April
He
becoming the Lady Rams'
19,2005
2005
15,2005
program.
the seventh-grade, eighth-grade
2005
'02 and Lisa
'03, Oct.
Brian
at
accountant and an operations manager.
2005
Stephen
15,2005
Kimberly Maguire Petrosky of Mountain Top was named
Citizens' Voice's top 100 Wyoming Valley athletes.
teacher at Rice Elementary School and former Crestwood
one of the
A
Nicole Hartranft '04 and
High School
Timothy Rhoads
in three
0.73 ERA.
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softball coach, she played
with the Huskies
NCAA finals and, as a junior, led the country with a
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Andrew Dunning joined
Shannon
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Robert Galella
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at
middle school
is
Tunkhannock Area Middle
was an
assistant
School
District.
assistant principal
School.
He
previously
He
chief accounting officer with
as director,
Gordon was accepted
and
into the
is eligible
to
become a
Jerry Palovick was nominated for two Mid-Atlantic
Hersha
was manager of financial
policy and controls for Tyco Electronics Corp. and a senior
manager with Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP.
Hospitality Trust.
HealthCOM
fellow of Yale University's National Teachers Institute.
Emmy Awards for his work at CN8 (The Comcast
Regional
is
Stauffer
Jacksonville Teachers Institute
high school principal in the Abington Heights
Michael Gillespie
Strategic
account management.
Network). Prior to joining
previously
CN8 six years ago, Jerry was a
WNEP-TV in
photographer, editor and tape coordinator for
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Gina Luscavage Ross is special education supervisor for
North Penn School District in Lansdale. She and her
husband Michael reside in North Wales.
the
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Kimberly Kels Condel began teaching special
education at Pocono Mountain East High School
s\j
in
September 2005.
Todd Doebler
head coach
associate
Dame men's
was promoted
for the University of
head coach
^P
coached
at
Zr
Notre
2004
Tennis Association Midwest
* Region Coach of the Year,
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tennis team. Todd, the
Intercollegiate
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(left)
is
the
first
in Irish tennis history.
associate
He
previously
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Scott Blacker was
named
national
Campaign
Executive of the Year by the Jewish National Fund.
The award was presented by Estee Lauder Chairman Ronald
Lauder at a ceremony in New York. Scott is a partner in
Blacker Communications, a marketing and web design firm.
Sherry Clements joined the Delaware State Chamber of
Commerce as events manager. She is working on a master's
Pepperdine University, Connecticut
degree in public relations
College and Trinity College in Connecticut.
Lori
at
Rowan
University.
Hoose Strimple '98M was promoted
to assistant vice
president for marketing at Jersey Shore State Bank.
of
Penn
A graduate
she had been serving as the bank's marketing
State,
coordinator since 1997.
BEP's new
director of
economic
development
Shupp
is
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Danielle Savage was
Piscataway, N.J. She previously
and Offshore
Shupp
worked
at
Bank
of
New York
Pools.
Jaclyn Janowicz Schaeffer earned a master's degree in
reading education, with honors, from the University of
Scranton in
'or Pamela J.
named On Highway Engine
account manager for Foley, the Caterpillar dealer in
at Jefferson
May
2005. She has been teaching fourth grade
Elementary in the North Pocono School
District
'85,
for six years.
experience in economic
F!
development and
'00
knowledge of the greater
Reading region led
Partnership.
manages
As
to
her
projects
with Berks Economic
programs
greater Reading area,
for
state
and
in
Berks County
the top
working collaboratively
50
business growth.
representatives
belt for
the
a project
manager
at Refinery Inc.,
He
is
one of
also a
of BU's Corporate Advisory Council, an alliance of
from the public and private sectors with the
Institute
for Interactive Technologies.
Bloomsburg, with a concentrations in
Amy Snader Simmons is a retirement account officer with
public administration and urban and regional planning.
She earned
is
Department of Instructional Technology and the
received bachelor's degrees in political science
at
is
interactive agencies in the country.
member
and geography
He
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Carl Seidel
with other economic development agencies to promote
Shupp
arts.
commander, HSC 602d Aviation Support Battalion, Camp
Humphreys, Korea. His wife, Corina, is currendy serving
economic development, she
and administers county,
federal assistance funding
and the
new job
director of
Michael Morella was awarded the tan
U.S. Marine Corps martial
Sterling Financial Trust Co.
certification
from the American
Institute of
Certified Planners.
A native of Reading,
Keith Strohl joined the law firm of Steckel and Stopp,
with locations in Slatington, Schnecksville and Northampton.
Shupp has more than 20 years of
community development,
experience in economic and
He
received his law degree at Western
School of Law in
New England College
May 2005.
including 12 years with the City of Reading. Her most
recent position
for Lancaster
was
vice president of affiliate operations
Redevelopment Corporation.
'01
to
BLOOMSBURG
Heather Critchosin '01M
is
an
assistant technical
professor of education at King's College.
From 2000
2003, she was assistant professor of education and supervi-
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sor of early childhood education at King's. She
director of Educational
Development
is
Jonathan
executive
Specialists Inc., Freeland,
and Country Charm Learning Center Inc., Drums.
Matthew Goslee has been with Century 21 Alliance Drexel
Hill for the past year. He and his wife Kelly have two children,
Madelyn-Jo and Noah. They reside in Holmes.
L.
Sabo accepted
a position with the Pennsyl-
vania State Department of Health as a microbiologist in the
Division of Clinical Microbiology's molecular microbiology
section.
He
worked
previously
and
for Research,
his findings
at Geisinger's
Weis Center
were included in several
scholarly publications.
Erin McArthur received her masters of social work degree
from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. She
Philadelphia,
for
where she
is
lives in
a social worker at Shriners Hospital
Children of Philadelphia.
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Allison Carr received her
first
the Deaf.
WWE Smackdown
Times-Mail, Bedford, Ind. She previously worked at American
,
Jon Trosky '03/ 04M performed on
Velocity on Jan.
on Jan. 3, and on
Eagle Outfitters, Bloomington.
can been seen
Kathryn Soke
Jayne
St.
an advertising representative with the
is
Mary,
a teacher in the East
earned a master's degree
Penn School
Wilkes University. She
at
national interpret-
ing certification from Registry of Interpreters for
District,
WWE
at
WWE.com. While
professional wrestler using the ring
at
10;
both matches
BU, he trained
and in Italy. Jon also teaches Adobe Photoshop
Northampton Community College.
coast
lOth-grade English at
Pocono Mountain West High School. He
is
also
an
Great.
Since graduation, he's performed at venues along the east
lives in
Emmaus.
Wayne Whitaker is teaching
as a
name Supreme Lee
at
classes
assistant
7/"\
varsity football coach.
A
Kim Derhammer is
a partner in
A Simple Plan, a
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Diane Fasold Marro joined the Greater
Susquehanna Valley United Way as the early care
and education coordinator for Northumberland County.
Greg Roskos was a graduate assistant coach for the
University of Toledo football team last fall, working with the
offense. He was linebackers coach at Muhlenberg College in
JL wedding and event planning business in Kingston.
Mark Humphreys joined the sales staff of REMAX River
^f\^
Uw
2003 and defensive backs
assistant
coach
at Lafayette
in 2004.
Valley Realty, Northumberland.
Michelle Lachawiec
at
is
a seventh-grade
math
teacher
Exeter Township Junior High School, Reading.
Larry Piccini Jr. teaches math
at
Lakeland High School,
Jermyn.
A.C. Posey
is
a conservation technician in the erosion
and
sediment pollution control program of the Luzerne Conservation District.
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Catherine Murphy
McHugh 76
Gladys Bundy Krick
77
John Kuntza
'49
Edward Skowronski
Wary
Jessie
She
is
previously
pursuing a master's degree
started his
Ryan Hinton was
Rocco Cherilla '52
Margaret Lewis '28
Jean Allen Doughty
Leonora Austin Heydon '29
Ronald Couch '55
Myrtilla
Elfed
Rood Abbott
Jones
James
H.
Campbell
Lehigh University.
elected to a six-year term
on
the
Pleasant Valley School Board.
'52
Nick Johnston
is
new home
a
sales consultant
and
purchasing assistant for Carriage Manor Builders, Danville.
Shannon Killeen
Patrick Christoff '60
'30
'30
at
own construction company
in Kulpmont.
Stibitz '51
Dorcas Epler Riggs '27
for Beishline Surveying.
Costa is a second-grade teacher at
Lower Milford Elementary School, Coopersburg.
Mike Habowski
'50
worked
£ Emily
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Geneva Schott Traugh Baughman 75
He
is
marketing assistant with Health
New York City.
magazine, based in
'64
Jennifer Soika received a graduate assistantship through
Mary Kuhn Camera
David Yergey '64
'33
Catherine Albertson Fuller Potter '33
E.JeanBoran'71M
Grace Worrall '33
Charles Muskauski
Frank Chudzinski '34
David
Mary Helen Mears Northrop
Florine
Lillian
Moore
Piatt
Simpson
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She
75
Laura Long
Rowe 78
'37
John Touey
Jr.
Robert Miner '42
LeMay
Ashley Watson
a
new home
for Carriage
sales consultant
Manor
and
Builders, Danville.
'81
'85
Martha Anderson Hartman
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Barbara Jean Ryan Ivahnenko '93
Betty Smith Linn '46
Julie Sierer Shaffer '95
Matilda Patrick Dudzinski '48
Lenard Yocum '03
SPRING 2006
is
marketing manager
William Wanich '42
Vincent Friday '49
pursuing a doctoral
'80
Ann Marie Kephart Burke
David
'42
is
degree in anthropology specializing in forensic anthropology.
Jones 78
'37
Yeager Sanger '40
Jean Lantz Smith
F.
the Educational Outreach/Science Advisory Office at the
Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
comes to Bloomsburg:
Juan Jose Osuna at the Normal School
Latin America
Juan Osuna, just 17 years old when he arrived in
Meandering along the edge of campus,
from behind the McCormick Center
all
way to Penn Street, is Osuna Drive,
named in 1985 for Juan Jose Osuna, a
the
native of Puerto Rico
Bloomsburg
to
State
Bloomsburg
traveled
and 1906 graduate of the
Normal School (BSNS). Osuna came
as part of a
group of students
from Latin America
who
to continue their educa-
the U.S. in 1901, originally
students from Puerto Rico needed to be acclimated to
greatly disappointed
homes throughout
member at
War in
graduate,
is
shown surrounded by
by
the turn of events,
he soon
took advantage of a program that placed students in
faculty
Juan Osuna, always the serious student,
Columbia University about 1920.
to the Carlisle
American culture while learning English. Although
tion in Pennsylvania following the Spanish-American
1898.
was sent
Indian School because of the mistaken belief that
saw
the
textbooks. This photo
the state. Oscar H. Bakeless, a
Carlisle
and an 1879 BSNS
young mans
is
potential
and secured
believed to have been taken at
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Rockey
a
young man with teaching experience
in
Puerto Rico, was hired in 1905, and E. Joe Albertson,
a
1901 BSNS graduate
who spent
instructor in the Philippines,
Despite their
in
efforts,
some
five
years as an
was taken on
in 1909.
of the students did not stay
Bloomsburg very long; one of the Puerto Rican
students
left after
only six days, and three others
departed within two months. But, these teachers were
vital in
ensuring that most students succeeded.
The language
barrier prevented
many
of the Latin
American students from joining the campus
societies,
but they participated more
literary
fully in athletics.
number of Puerto Rican and Cuban
members of a football team, and in
1907 and 1908, Cuban students fielded their own
In 1903, a
students were
baseball team.
Of all
these students, Juan
Osuna enjoyed
the
most
distinguished career. After leaving the normal school,
he earned three more degrees
from Perm
State, a divinity
—
a
bachelor of arts
degree from the Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1915 and a doctorate in education from
Columbia University
Between
in 1923.
earning his degrees, he spent two years serving as a
missionary in Puerto Rico with the Presbyterian
The Osuna family poses
in
1935
Puerto Rico. Juan, standing at
at their
right,
home
in Rio Piedras,
the
seated are his wife Margaret and daughter Ann.
him at
that Miss
most
Welsh was second only
influential
was her
person in his
brother,
BSNS
life.
to his
wrote
later
mother
as the
Of equal importance
principal Judson
P Welsh.
Osuna had a practical knowlHe continued to work for the Welsh
In only five months,
edge of English.
family to pay his
own way, and in the
fall
of 1903, he
entered the normal school, graduating with a teaching
on June
certificate
Osuna was one of 45 Puerto Rican students who
came to Bloomsburg between 1900 and 1920 and
one of
1 1
who
graduated.
A large number of Cuban
students also attended the normal school at the same
time, along with others
from
Bolivia,
was
command
faculty
summer school
until
1928 and then
them overcome
their
poor
members who knew
Spanish. Noble
W
as
dean of
the College of Education until 1945. During a visit
to
Bloomsburg in the
relationship
of
fall
of 1940, he lectured
between the United
States
on the
and the nations
North and South America. In 1945, he moved
Washington, D.C., and died in Arlington,
Va.,
to
on
June 18, 1950.
tionally
a greatly respected, interna-
known educator, and in
recognition of his
time of work, a street and three schools are
after
him in
street
on
the
life-
named
his native Puerto Rico, in addition to the
Bloomsburg University campus. His time
much to him
that
he asked to be buried
The headstone in the
Osuna was laid to rest is a
reminder of the impact the Bloomsburg State Normal
School made a century ago on the lives of many young
hills.
Orangeville cemetery where
American
of English, the school employed several
SPRING 2006
of
in his beloved Pennsylvania
difficult at first for the Latin
students to adjust. To help
University of Puerto Rico, where he served as director
here meant so
Costa Rica,
Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.
It
Mira Welsh.
Juan Jose Osuna was
27, 1906.
memories of
to Orangeville to
In 1923, his professional career began at the
the farm of Mira Welsh, located
north of Bloomsburg in Orangeville. Osuna
also continued to hold fond
Bloomsburg area and returned
visit
a place for
He
Church.
holds his son James;
men and women
from Latin America.
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A dire diagnosis spurred an alumna
and her family to get involved in the
search for genetic clues. Page 16.
He spent time
with Michael
rdan and Dennis Rodman.
Now he's hanging with the
{
HusKtes.
Page
12.
From the President's Desk
many
As
of you have heard,
I
recently
announced
that
I
will retire
BU in December 2007. 1 want to take this opportunity to
explain, in my own words, why I've come to this decision.
from
In a way, the seed for
.
one of my mentors even before
to accept the job only
if I
my retirement decision was planted by
accepted the presidency
I
planned
to stay
long enough
"Don't look at this as a stepping stone, but as a
well be your
last job,"
he
to
BU. He urged
at
make
commitment
me
a difference.
that could very
said.
"But, don't stay too long,"
he added, with a smile. "Know when you and the
university are ready for a change."
I've
I'll
come
retire
and
presidency,
the time
close to
to believe that
both the university and
is
as BU's
On the personal side,
second longest-serving president.
right for Steve
and
me
I
believe the time
is
to
move
right for
As we complete the planning
has become clear to
seven years to see
start
are ready for a change.
to
our Arizona retirement home,
both of our married children and our four grandchildren. And,
university,
it
I
having served more than 13 years, twice the national average for a
and
it
finish the
work with
new leadership and energy
our second major fundraising campaign,
me that I must either commit to staying another five to
through or
campaign.
the university
pass the baton to a
for
for the
I
should step aside and
I've
let
someone
else
chosen a retirement date that allows
community
to set
our fundraising
new president who can provide
priorities,
both
me
to
and then
consistent leadership
and
vision during the campaign.
I
as we finish many projects
new president and new
I suspect my last year as president may be my busiest; I know it
eagerly look forward to the next 15
begun during my tenure and
initiatives.
will
be one in which
wonderful university
Jessica S. Kozloff
I'll
relish
months
set the stage for a
each day I'm privileged to be president of this
.
Bloomsburg Univeisity of Pennsylvania is a
member of the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as ofJune
2006
Kenneth
E, jarin,
Kim
Chair
Vice Chair
E. Lytde,
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew
Baker
E.
Lammando
Marie Conley
Paul
FEATURES
Dlugolecki
S.
Daniel P. Elby
Michael K. Hanna
Da\id
The Secret
Page 6
Life of Sharks
Holveck
P.
Vincent J. Hughes
Eric Hoffmayer '97 spends his days fishing for
Allison Peitz
information about sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.
GuidoM. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
Fascinated by sharks since childhood, he believes
JamesJ. Rhoades
ChrisrineJ. Toretti
there
Olson
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
L
is
no better
watching
it
feeling then tagging a shark
and
swim away unharmed.
Zahorchak
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
Page 9
Super Stats
Judy G. Hample
Jan Hutchinson hasn't struck out in her 29 years of
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
Robert J. Gibble
Steven
B.
Marie Conley
Ramona
'68,
Chair
coaching Softball and
Lammando
female coach in
H. Alley
LaRoyG. Davis
Charles
hockey While receiving
more then any other
accolades for her 1,500 wins,
'94, Secretary
Dampman '65
Robert
field
Banh, Vice Chair
NCAA history, she still has a few
elusive goals for her Division
'67
teams.
II
C Housenick '60
Advocate for the Underdog
Page 10
71
A. William Kelly
Steven J. Knepp
Joseph J.
Richard DiLiberto '82
Mowad
David J. Petrosky
President,
is
guilty of
out for the underdog. As a
Bloomsburg University
Wilmington,
Jessica Sledge KozlofI
law firm, he
Del.,
believes in, relying
Executive Editor
on
one
thing: looking
litigation partner in a
truth
fights for the cases
he
and American justice.
Liza Benedict
Retirement Rebound
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Co-Editors
Eric Foster
Bonnie Martin
Ed Rush,
Husky Notes Editor
special teams,
Brenda Hartman
NBA official by returning to a different sport, with a
Director of Alumni Affairs
warm welcome from
BU's assistant football coach for kickers
is
rebounding from his 38 years
long-time friend
as
and
an
BU Coach
Lynda Fedor-Michaets '87/88M
Danny
What
Hale.
Editorial Assistant
Irene
Mong '08
She has written more than 170 professional publications (so
Emily Watson '07
colleagues worldwide
Agency
Snavety Associates,
really
wanted
LTD
do was
Ed Rush
to
Cancer in the Crosshairs
Page 14
Communications Assistants
Lynette
1
trenches and teach." -
Johnson
transformed Lynn
and leads high-level
McCormick
Matrisian
research. But
75 from med
it
far),
was
collaborates with
a personal loss that
tech to major cancer researcher.
Art Director
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Debbie Shephard
Woodcock
Curt
Family Mission
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Evan Kestenbaum
Brenda Shaffer Conger
On
and bleak
the Cover
Brenda Shaffer Conger
Clifford,
who was
78
poses with her son
diagnosed with
knew the
CFC early in
78 and her
forecasts. After
mission wouldn't be
with a bond that keeps them
his childhood.
Address comments and questions
to:
easy,
but they've gained knowledge and strength, along
close.
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family have stuck together in spite of dire statistics
her son, Clifford, was diagnosed with a rare disease, they
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Visit
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leam about
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where they conduct surveys and record
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Bloomsburg
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perceptions of the annual event.
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committed to affirmative action by
way of providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
ancestry, disability or veteran status.
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get
back in the
News Notes
Eric
Pure Research
Hawrelak works
in a glove
explosion-proof stainless
box
in the chemistry department.
steel cabinet, set
up much
like
a beverage tap.
Chemistry prof receives Cottrell Award
Hawrelak
is
how cobalt may be used
researching
to
number of steps needed to synthesize compounds made up of six-sided molecules. These molecules,
reduce the
Research just became easier
- and more pure - for chemistry
department faculty and students, thanks
to
equipment pur-
chased with a $46,500 grant from the Research Corporation,
a foundation for the
advancement of science.
Eric Hawrelak, assistant chemistry professor,
Cottrell College Science
Award
called pyridines, are often
pharmaceutical industry.
"Ideally,
won a
step," says
for his proposal, "Catalytic
Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles Using
found in medicines, making
Hawrelak's research of particular interest to the
we'd
like to
make
Hawrelak, "but,
10-step synthesis
and make
Hawrelak's specialty
is
these
compounds
realistically,
it
eight."
branch he believes
a solvent purification system.
the solutions often change color as they are
"The majority of the solvents
I
work with can't come
into
contact with air or water," says Hawrelak, explaining that the
agents used to dry the solvents are flammable and the sol-
vents themselves could fuel a
fire.
allows five different solvents to be
The
purification system
on hand
in a flame-
and
ideal for student
involvement because
worked upon.
"The student can see something physically happen," he
In his
first
one
take a
transitional metal chemistry, a
Organocobalt Complexes." The award was used to purchase
is
in just
we might
says.
year at Bloomsburg, Hawrelak has been in-
volved in upgrading
labs.
A recendy added oxygen-proof
glove box, for example, allows faculty and student researchers to
work with
air-
and oxygen-sensitive
materials.
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Trustees Chair
Gibble
named
Marchin'
Saints draft Evans
two-year term
to a
paid close attention to this year's
New Orleans
the
named
who
Husky fans
Robert J. Gibble '68 of Sinking
Springs was
In
to
two-
lineman at BU,
in
NFL
draft
saw
Saints select Jahri Evans, former offensive
the fourth round.
He was the 108th
overall pick
year term as chairperson of BU's
in
the draft.
Council of Trustees, succeeding
A. William Kelly
Kingston
as chair.
Evans, a three-year starter
71
of
at offensive tackle for
who served two terms
Other
Bloomsburg,
by
Steven
B.
dominant lineman
RobertJ Gibble
-
and Marie Conley
Lammando
country.
'94 of Harrisburg, secretary.
is
managing partner of Beard
Miller Co.
and
finish the
distinguished service award in 2000, he currently serves
BU
Foundation Board.
He is a
former
member
on
of the
BU
College of Business Advisory Board and former treasurer and
director of the
Fund
for the
Advancement of the
State
in
the
He helped the Huskies
2005 regular season
presi-
dent of Gibble Consulting, both in Reading. Recipient of BU's
the
considered
many to be the most
Barth of Lewisburg,
vice chair,
Gibble
was
officers are
System
unbeaten, which included
winning the PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference)
East
title.
At BU, Evans
two-time first-team
was
a
All-
American selection by the
of Higher Education.
Gibble currently
is
a
member of the Reading Hospital and
Medical Center Board of Directors, the American Institute of
Associated Press and twice
Jahri Evans
earned first-team All-PSAC
Eastern Division honors.
Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
of Business
and
the Pennsylvania
Evans
is
listed
BU number,
a grant from the National
computer
cluster
Bloomsburg's
fall.
civil
to
purchase
have been networked together in a
May 2006
graduates Ben Estes and
program builds on
computer
and
his students
new Beowulf cluster (dubbed Typhon
a fire-breathing
dragon of Greek mythology)
FALL 2006
private
to create
for
computer-based data in
who can
from computers. The new degree
existing courses in mathematics,
science, statistics, business, accounting, ethics
criminal justice, adding several
after
three-dimensional images of asteroids from radar data.
demand
proceedings created a need for individuals
extract useful evidence
their previous experience to
link the computers together. Shepard
for
companies. The increased use of computers to commit
Foundation and matching university funds
Mike Shannon drew upon
wear
The program prepares students
crimes and the growing
that
will
new computer forensics program admitted its
and homeland security agencies, law firms and
Michael Shepard, professor of geography and
use the
Web site,
73.
geosciences, received $45,000 from the National Science
will
was tight end
careers in a variety of settings, including law enforcement
problems that previously required a
Beowulf cluster.
the NFL draft
as a guard on the Saint's
first students this
supercomputer.
20 computers
in
1992 by the San Diego Chargers.
in
21st Century Detectives
BU launches new computer forensics program
Science Foundation and the technical prowess of some
that can solve
school history to be drafted by
Inc.
NSFgrant funds computer cluster
to build a
in
www.neworleanssaints.com. For the 2006 season, he
High-Powered
BU
player
Husky picked
Jonassen, selected
Eric
his
students enabled
fifth
last
Joseph Hospital
Development Corp. and Bomenann Health Services
An enterprising professor,
only the
as president of
the Reading Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs,
St.
is
an NFL team. The
and Industry. He formerly served
Berks County Mental Health Association,
Evans
Chamber
forensics techniques.
new
courses in
and
computer
News Notes
International Connections
BU signs agreements with four Chinese universities
BU expanded its two-decade relationship with Chinese
universities earlier this year when provost James Mackin and
other members of a BU delegation signed exchange agreements with Shenyang Normal University, Datong University,
Shandong University
of Technology
and Shenyang
Institute of Chemical Technology. The agreements allow
each of the universities to send up to 30 students to BU and
for
BU
faculty to teach in China.
BU has had
exchange
agreements with Shenyang University since the 1980s.
Online Resource
Steven D. Hales and William
Alumni Advocacy Council launches
The Pennsylvania State System
the launch of an advocacy
where
Web
friends, family, alumni
Web Site
of Higher Education
site,
announced
and students of the Pennsylvania
important role public higher education plays
may
in
the commonwealth.
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Top Teachers
Hales,
Hudon honored
Two BU
professors
classroom dedication
for
www.passheadvocates.org,
State System of Higher Education can learn more about the
Visitors
V Hudon
were selected as the 2006 TALE Outstanding
Teaching Award recipients. Steven
D. Hales, professor of philosophy,
and William
history,
V.
Hudon, professor of
were nominated by
graduating seniors for the award, sponsored by the Teaching and
Learning Enhancement Center.
Hales
possible by private funds from the State
was nominated
for his ability to
make course
discussions and
materials engaging and understandable. "He has the ability to turn
System Alumni Advocacy Council (SSAAC).
the most complex and convoluted of articles into easily understood
arguments. He cares not only about our understanding of the
Husky to Horned Frog
in
Grad earns full scholarship
Mary Bauman of Plains,
to
Texas Christian University
Hudon was nominated
"I
May 2006 graduate with a 4.0
a student wrote.
grade point average in both of
individual
her majors, Spanish and
for his helpfulness
ended up
in
that office
"What awaited me
there
me
give up."
a plaque
who
refused to
let
and
accessibility outside
many times
The TALE professors received
funded by the BU Foundation, at the
full
student
a nomination.
the classroom.
a
speech pathology, earned a
we think about them," wrote a
arguments, but also about what
was
over the semester,"
a patient and kind
and a monetary award,
May commencement ceremonies.
scholarship to the two-year
bilingual certification
at
Fort Worth.
Sigma
Community
Iota, the international
Bauman
honor
Scholarship and spent the
2006 semester
Bloomsburg Food Cupboard
BU
students contributed $5,900 of unused funds from their Flex
at
accounts to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard at the end of the spring
Mary Bauman
Uni-
versitas Castellae in Valladolid, Spain.
semester. Three hundred twenty-eight students donated Flex funds,
which are a portion of the students' meal plans that can be used at
She was one of three
top honor graduates from the Coflege of Professional Studies
at
to
society,
received the Languag-
and Cultures Study Abroad
spring
Flex
Students contribute $5,900
A member of Phi
foreign language
es
program
Texas Christian University,
campus
dining outlets like cash from a debit card. Over the previous
six years,
students contributed $38,000 to the food cupboard.
undergraduate commencement in May.
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New Dean
Tech Recognition
Martin returns
to
NT wins Ben Franklin Innovation Award
head College of Business
Former professor David G.
Ben
Franklin
summer
Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Technologies
(I
IT)
and business law
and
As
associate professor of finance
prepares students for careers as
instructional designers, e-leaming designers
this
dean of the
as the
College of Business.
Innovation Award, the only college program honored. The Institute
for Interactive
BU
Martin returned to
BU's Institute for Interactive Technologies recently received a
at
interactive
Bloomsburg from 1992
multimedia developers through hands-on and team-oriented
experiences with
management
Web authoring,
tools.
The
I
development and project
played a major role
IT
in
department chair and as
the creation of
coordinator of the master's of
the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone, which
business administration
David
encourages companies to locate near universities to spur
program.
C-
He
economic development.
returned to Bloomsburg after serving as the dean of
the College of Business at Alfred University.
2004, he was director of The William G.
Fabulous Feats
BU to induct 25th hall offame class
and professor of finance
of Business
at
From 2001
King's College.
Martin earned a doctor of finance degree from
Six graduates will be inducted into BU's Athletic Hall of
Illinois
Fame
Post
Friday, Oct. 6, at Monty's,
upper campus. The
brings the
number
of hall of fame
Homecoming Weekend
members to 115. This
year's inductees are:
Jim Browning
and
and
football
'56,
who excelled in both track and
with
1
,607
of
Long
Louis
CW.
Island University.
Alum for
Alums
field
finished his career as the school's all-time
football leader in career yards
St.
Western
University and a bachelor of arts in history at
Campus
to
McGowan School
University, a master of business administration at
induction of the 25th class during
to
2001, Martin also served as
Fedor-Michaels
is
new
director
(now ninth),
earning All-Pennsylvania State Teachers Athletic Conference
honors
in
1953 and 1954.
Lance Milner
tennis
Lynda Fedor-Michaels '87/'88M
'90, a three-time All- American in
who was team co-captain in
was named
men's
1990, the same year he
the senior athlete of the year.
Todd Cummings
Marty Laudato
'83, a four-year letter- winner
who
in late
May.
A
Fedor-Michaels has held several
PSAC place winner.
'93, a three-time Ail-American, Softball's
national player of the year
third director of
longtime resident of Bloomsburg,
served as wrestling team captain in 1981-82 and 1982-83,
compiled 96 wins and was four-time
became BU's
alumni affairs
and PSAC player of the year who
positions within BU's student
office, including
director
life
residence hall
Lynda Fedor-Michaels
and assistant director of
residence
life.
She served as
ended her career with 33 homers, 200 RBI and 161 runs
assistant director of admissions
scored.
and coordinator
Janelle
Breneman
who
starter
was named
'94, a Softball shortstop
and four-year
earned Ail-American honors her senior year and
three times as All-PSAC selection
and twice
as
all-region selection.
Fedor-Michaels
campus and
in
and currently
Kim Youndt Evans
'90,
who
earned four
NCAA
of
new student
orientation for the past
is
years.
1
active on
the community
is
involved
in
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of Columbia
among
others.
She was
recognized three times as
one
of BU's Outstanding
Women
and,
in
the university's
Luther King
Jr.
2005, received
Dr.
Martin
Humanitarian
Service Award.
As
director of
Alumni
Affairs,
ATI-American awards, six
NCAA Ail-American honorable
County and BU's American
Fedor-Michaels follows Doug
mention awards and
PSAC titles, set the 100 backstroke
member of the record-holding
Democracy
Hippenstiel,
five
Project, Presidential
who
retired in
record at nationals and was a
Leadership Scholarship Review
March with 26 years
400 medley
Committee and Academic
and BU's
For
relay team.
ticket information for the hall of
fame banquet,
the sports information office at (570) 389-4413.
call
First-
Year Experience Committee,
first
of service,
alumni affairs
director Donald Watts.
The
Secret —Life of
STORY BY LAURIE CREASY
Just a
few
notes from the
musical
theme
of the 1975
film,
"Jaws,"
still
terrify
beachgoers
today. While
shark attacks
are rare,
researchers
like
Eric
Hoffmayer
'97
know that
a healthy dose
of respect
is
required to
stay out of
harm's way.
Eric
Hoffmayer '97 tags sharks for research before
returning them
unharmed
to the Gulf of Mexico.
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'The inherent fear of sharks
me
fascinated
as a child.'
— ERIC HOFFMAYER '97
Sun,
salt
spray, the cries of sea birds,
against a boat
- it's
a
Hoffmayer '97
Eric
waves lapping
people dream
life
lives
but with a
it,
He
twist.
studies sharks.
"You
definitely
need
to
have a respect
Hoffmayer says of the creatures who,
all
muscle and not happy
you don't
is
the minute
for sharks,"
like snakes, are
"This
be caught. "The minute
very
you
get yourself in trouble."
"Some
Hoffmayer, a researcher
his sharks
satellite tags
the University of South-
at
- or at
least he's getting
acquainted.
is
on
are
Pacific
He's been studying shark physiology and
sharks respond to
to the
stress,
how
but a recent research
trip
Gulf of Mexico sparked an idea for his next
big project.
Out on
30
1
the boat.
The
"I
knew they
know they were
didn't
him
in the Gulf,"
he
says.
read up, but
all
he found was a paper from the
sighting spurred
to
commercial mariners.
feeling,
what more can research
reveal about
mustachio-twirling villain of the deep?
ocean's ecosystem,
which allows us
of fish, shrimp, crabs
the western rim of the
mature,
"We don't have
Hoffmayer
a feeling
says, "but
When each whale shark takes
it's
a short road to extinction.
to enjoy a
bounty
and other seafood. Overfishing of
our food supply.
gather detailed information about whale shark sightings from fishermen, charter boat captains,
Some
oil rig
people, he says, reported
sighting groups of 100; others
water as shallow as 20 to 30
saw
the whale sharks in
feet.
"More people
die from almost anything than shark
University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Re-
search Laboratory.
know if this is a Gulf of Mexico population,
a Caribbean population or a Gulf of
population," Hoffmayer says.
Mexico-Caribbean
And he wonders: Where
all
the
glitz
and glamour. For
example, he points out that on the same day as a 2005
shark attack, a grizzly bear killed
two people
in
Alaska.
But grizzly bears, alas, aren't as "sexy" as sharks.
"The number of shark attacks has been going down,"
"We
we'll never
don't
know why
sharks attack people, and
know the reasons behind
specific attacks,
because usually the animal gets away."
His theory:
tity.
One 2005
that's
Sometimes
it's
a case of mistaken iden-
victim had a pocketful of shrimp, and
where the shark
"There are
But the questions and research have just begun.
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And yet -
he says.
So Hoffmayer and other researchers fanned out to
divers.
Glamour and Fear
the theme from "Jaws" freezes your bones, you're not
sharks in the 1970s and 1980s upset the balance and
don't
to
But shark attacks get
Well, lots more. Experts say sharks balance the
'We
good
attacks," says Eric Hoffmayer, a shark researcher at the
When even the word "shark" can trigger an
workers and
on
are out there,"
not a ton of them."
alone.
1930s with anecdotal information gathered from
affected
to an-
help with shark population
of sharks each year.
Glitz,
If
this
will
too. Villagers
40 years
to
be able
as well as get really
two whale sharks, each about
came up beside
were in the Gulf, but
uneasy
tags, we'll
Continued on next page
the Gulf,
feet long,
30
says.
use whale shark meat, and they harvest large
on how many
there's
we know
he
of kilometers in a fairly
With satellite
More knowledge
numbers
very mobile."
to other fish,"
movements."
"They
concealing environment, and they're
compared
swer some of these questions,
management,
live in a
it
moving thousands
short timespan.
detailed
in putting
lie
the largest fish in the ocean, but
"We know a lot about mammals, reptiles and birds,
we don't know a lot about sharks," he admits.
but
he's convinced,
the sharks.
about
little
prefer shallow or
Warm or cooler? Do they migrate? If so,
when and where?
Some of the answers,
to
em Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory,
knows
do the animals go each day? Do they
deep water?
of.
attacked.
lots of things in
the ocean that can hurt
you more readily and sometimes worse," he says, "but
people treat the ocean as though
they don't realize that
it
it's
a huge pool, and
can be as dangerous as any
other wild environment."
Experts say sharks balance the ocean's ecosystem, producing
a
"You
try to
bounty
offish, shrimp, crabs
and other seafood.
keep the
balance as best you
can,"
"It's
Hoffmayer
says.
panic ecology
- we
do anything
until
don't
they're almost gone.
Then we do everything
we can
to save them."
But panic doesn't
work in
the long run, so
researchers
and others
A research trip
have become more proactive
on protection
issues,
to the
Gulf inspired Hoffmayer to study the movements of whale sharks.
he adds.
came back. He got a degree in
summer at a Wallops Island marine
interest in sharks
How did a Pennsylvania boy become a shark lover?
When he was growing up in Philadelphia, Hoffmayer
biology, spent a
spent time fishing with his father along the Jersey
University of Mississippi professor
shore. "The inherent fear of sharks fascinated me,"
recalls,
drome"
At
remembering
that
biology field program, then searched until he found a
he
researching sharks.
he had "cool animal syn-
the Gulf Coast, but Hoffmayer
While he
for a while.
college,
Then he
what he wanted. The
realized that wasn't
spend
all
his time out in the Gulf
salt
spray,
he
likes the
University of Southern Mississippi because there's a nice
played baseball, describing himself as very competitive.
can't
drives to
was hooked.
enjoying the sun and water and
he majored in physical therapy and
who wanted help
The work involved long
mix of research and other
tasks.
"You have to do a
writing,
and
of
lot
the higher
your position, the more
Katrina's Effects
you're stuck in the office,"
Hurricane Katrina's destruc-
lead to an increase
tion didn't spare the
number
University of Southern
for prey. Early anecdotal
Mississippi,
and
its
long-
term effects on wildlife are
still
bull
more
sharks immediately
of sharks looking
in
the Gulf
and bayou areas now takes
on greater importance
reports from fishermen
because the habitat has
changed. "Most people
The
a lot
Research
the
confirm that theory.
unclear.
"We saw
in
USM
campus
er's office, at
lost
and Hoffmay-
five buildings,
an 18-foot
after the storm," says
elevation, had
researcher Eric Hoffmayer.
water
"The animals were being
much
concentrated because their
feet of
that
may be
some
of benefit to
of the animals."
says.
He does spend four
month on
the water - more in the
summer - and he still
finds his work fascinating.
"You find new things
or five days a
every day that lead to bigger questions," he says.
As they entered the
"It's
awesome
2006 hurricane season, the
and
see these guys, then
wipedouta60-specimen
researchers were using
tag
shark collection, which he
small trailers as labs and
temporarily shrinking.
says will take years to
classrooms for their sum-
swim away. You get a
good feeling when you
That seemed to be a short-
rebuild.
mer
term response; things
luckier than
appeared to be back to
league
normal by November."
ing
available habitat
Because
in fishing,
fish in
was
of the decline
there are more
the water than nor-
mal, he says, which could
in
it.
He
two
aren't going to rebuild on
the water," he says, "so
he
didn't lose
data, but the
Still,
he's
water
much
some. One
col-
lost his entire build-
and more than 30 years
of work. Other researchers
are shifting
related
more
work
to field-
until their
laboratories are rebuilt.
program. With
to
be there
them and watch them
and know
let
the shark go
an underlying sense of
it's
swimming off in
unease, they waited with
good condition and
all
field
residents of the Gulf
unharmed."
B
Coast region to see the
effects of storms
in
their direction.
headed
Laurie Creasy, a Pennsylvania native,
edits in
now writes and
Wyoming.
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W
Y C K O
F
F=
In a realm where
statistics rule,
Jan Hutchinson has amassed
impressive numbers: 29 years as head coach of two spons at one
university.
.
13 National Collegiate Athletic Association champion-
.
more than 1,500 wins in field hockey and Softball
combined, the most of any female coach in NCAA history.
ships. .and
.
"This
year has been overwhelming," she says. "You just do
last
your thing semester by semester, trying
their potential.
late
You
when it
year to year and,
"It"
hall of
to get
your teams
don't look at records or wins as they
all
happens,
it's
just
to reach
accumu-
hard to imagine."
has happened for Hutchinson over the past two years with
fame inductions
for
both the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association and the National Field
Hockey Coaches Association.
She received the U.S. Sports Academy's C. Vivian String Coaching
Award and was
formally honored
of Higher Education
its
Softball field in
by the Pennsylvania
and Bloomsburg
University,
and the Association of Intercollegiate
hockey
title
Softball
championship in 1982, a year
is
and you
different,
each semester, but the year
cial,"
System
her honor six years ago.
Hutchinson's record includes winning both the
"Every team
State
which renamed
NCAA field
Athletics national
that stands out in her
really
become attached
mind.
to the kids
when we won both titles was really spe-
she says.
Following early success in her career, Hutchinson saw opponunities to
advance to the Division
move up
I
level.
"There were chances to
and, as a coach, you look at the success you've had one
place
and
says.
"When 1 weighed
get
tempted
to challenge yourself at another level," she
the pros
wouldn't be practicing what
I've
and cons
I
realized, if
been preaching
all
I left, I
these years.
I was happy, why make a change? I love the school, I love
we have strong academics and this campus is beautiful."
"If
area,
An East Stroudsburg University graduate,
the balance Division
II
lot
the emphasis
on academics and
do
It
Hutchinson knows
institutions provide for student-athletes.
"We've had a
to
the
of Division I-caliber players
athletics.
come here because
of
This level allows students
it all."
may seem as if Hutchinson has done
remains: the Huskies are
still
chasing an
it all,
but one major goal
NCAA Division II Softball
championship.
"We've come close to winning a
thing
"I
I'd really like to
also
need
want
to
be
to
to
but
that's
still
here," she says.
Softball
keep working with teams
meet
their potential."
to get
them where they
b
Lindsey Wyckoff '06 worked in BU's sports information
office before
earning a bachelor's degree in mass communications in May.
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some-
title,
coach a team to while I'm
Advocate for the Underdog
STORY BY MARK
Hard work.
It
got Richard DiLiberto
- where he
is
today, and
Minding
his
own business,
the
his car
when
the stray bullet
window and into his
head.
A
hunter had missed a deer.
The man
lived,
sive doctoring.
-
Jr.
DIXON
attorney, former state rep,
started in the
man was driving down a
freeway near Wilmington, Del.,
came through
it all
E.
lots of
And, today, he can walk and
very expentalk again,
that
he had not taken the state-mandated safety
course. (Curiously, Delaware law allows felons to get
the license.
was just
plate in his head.
bill
looked
not
at the case
rich.
though, lawyers
and turned him away. The hunter was
There was nothing
to collect.
Enter Richard DiLiberto Jr.
'82,
Why bother?
who
did a
bit of
licenses.)
Someone
him
sold
a license
anyway.
That insight led DiLiberto to the gun shop that sold
though he has limited use of one hand and a titanium
When the victim sought damages,
basement of Montour Hall.
digging and discovered that the hunter was a felon and
hunting
thanks to luck and
dad
for
The gun shop was
a conversation about
pending in the
hunting
"1 like
insured. After that,
it
numbers. .and, now, a
legislature to
.
make
felons ineligible
licenses.
taking cases where
victim," says DiLiberto,
it is
just a purely innocent
who has practiced law in
Wilmington since 1983, simultaneously serving in
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the state legislature from
1992
to 2002. "In this case,
knew it was going to be a tremendous
amount of work to track down a liable party."
(other lawyers)
DiLiberto has never been deterred by hard work.
Back when he was
realized that
friends
living in BU's
Montour
he
Hall,
in
and
out.
And he
couldn't study in
the library because. .well, ditto.
when
found "the
room
and
DiLiberto and his freshman
- a windowless,
hell hole"
in Montour's basement.
no
several chairs, but
a picture
was
on
the wall,
and
air
it
The
roommate
concrete-block
"hole"
had a
table
conditioning, not even
was damp. In
short,
had
serious injuries
someone
a pleasant place to be," says DiLiberto,
who nevertheless got a
lot
School of Law, he created his
campus apartment by
cum
done and graduated
laude. Later, as a student at the
Widener University
own "hole"
in
an
network
roots
DiLiberto
is
ill
"One of the
placing a desk inside a walk-in
is
things that has always impressed
me
do so many things well at
Widener classmate Francis G.
his ability to
time," says his
tell
you
it's all
you can do
keep your head above water in law school."
Today, DiLiberto
a litigation partner in the
is
Wilmington law firm of Young, Conaway,
Taylor.
He is believed
the Delaware Bar to
to
Stargatt
who
&
be the youngest member of
win a jury verdict
in excess of
$1 million, which he accomplished in 1990
DiLiberto,
at
age 28.
regularly represents the interests of
those injured or killed
by another's negligence,
is
president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association.
Trial lawyers:
Those
are the people everyone
supposedly hates because they win undeserved
ments
for
by
People Over Profits (www.peo-
which bills
itself
as "your grass-
At his
to protect civil justice."
a regular speaker to
level,
community groups
the theme.
now the state's whistleblower law to protect
who discover and report fraud
is
against the state. Whistleblowers also get a reward,
imagined damages and run up the cost of
"Millions of dollars are spent
by
large
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represented a district near Newark, he simultaneously
carried
on
a full-time
law
practice.)
to
speech. Oddly, though Delaware
state
Amendment"
constitution, guaranteeing the right of free
its
- it ratified the
is
the nation's
Constitution in 1787
that
its
first
- nobody
founding document
mention speech.
didn't
Maybe
from the
DiLiberto's concern for the
fact that his
family
little
guy stems
was made up of "little
guys." The son of a man who quit school at 15 to
make shoes and later became a cop, DiLiberto grew
up in Hazleton, Pa. He and his siblings were the first
in their family to graduate
from
DiLiberto remembers calling
day
at
Bloomsburg
sure he could
did.
Now,
to
make
they've
tell
it.
college.
home
after his first
his girlfriend that
She told him to
he wasn't
stick to
it.
He
been married about 20 years and
have three daughters
-9,15 and
played basketball on a
16 -
who each
YMCA teams with dad as
"Our
oldest daughter
is
going to be a senior and on
the championship team," he said.
"I
don't think I've
missed one game."
and powerful
business and insurance industry think tanks to
to get to the jury
who admires DiLiberto's "tireless crusade
is right; when DiLiberto
underdog." (Tireless
for the
coach.
settle-
everything. Propaganda, says DiLiberto.
tempt
like
trying
is
says DiLiberto, in part
line,
had previously noticed
to attend public school.
X. Pileggi. "Most people will
to
should not have
lawyer's association
trial
DiLiberto also wrote Delaware's "First
He graduated cum laude from Widener while
home tutor for
same
someone's negligence have
the jobs of those
off-
holding jobs in the law library and as a
the
to
says, "or that they
pleoverprofits.com),
says Pileggi,
was not
about Rick
he
counter the insurer
what
children too
who have lost loved ones or
In the legislature, notes Pileggi, DiLiberto proposed
DiLiberto considers trial lawyers to be
defenders of liberty for little guys.
closet.
for little guys.
due
national
sponsoring groups
on
it
else's,"
The
justice."
perfect.
"It
says. DiLiberto considers trial lawyers to
don't think those
"I
to
.
That's
he
ever thought their cases were less important than
many
he couldn't study in his room. Too
popping
that way,"
be defenders of liberty
But, DiLiberto insists, that's not work,
b
at-
pool and have people think
Mark
E.
Dixon
is
a freelance writer in Wayne, Pa.
Rush has gone from rush
Ed
hour
slow Sunday
to a
drive. After
38 backbreak-
NBA official,
ing years as an
he's settled into "retire-
ment"
as
Bloomsburg University's
coach
assistant football
and
special teams.
young men
the
He
for kickers
gives these
same advice he
doles out through his motivational
speaking business:
Make
of your time, talent
and
basically
"It's
gifts that
the
most
treasure.
making use of the
you have," Rush
says.
what these exceptional kids
"That's
are doing.
I tell
people
we have
a
sign outside that says 'No prima
donnas allowed.' This
is
for kids
who truly want to be here."
Rush has
certainly
most of his own
past
40
native,
years.
made
the
talents over the
A Philadelphia
he played
varsity football at
Television
boost the
was beginning to
West Chester University before
graduating in 1964 and becoming a
league quickly asked Rush to
teacher and football coach at
he thought would be
Marple-Newton High School in
leave of absence
suburban
Philly.
A former high
switch to full-time.
job to do
so. "I
tendent and said
officiating for the National
this for
on a part-
one
warned me
I
to
my superin-
was going
Rush
to
recalls.
do
"He
that the future of pro-
fessional sports
Chicago Bulls were added as an
and
expansion franchise.
one -year
from his teaching
year,"
time basis in 1966, the year the
I
a
was very precarious
should be very
from
later,
Rush
retired
officiating in
1998
to
become
director of officiating for both the
He took what
went
school basketball player, he started
Basketball Association
2,000 games
NBAs popularity, and the
careful."
Thirty-two years and more than
NBA and the Women's National
Basketball Association
(WNBA).
those years of twisting
and turning
to follow the ball
All
from one end of
had caused
him major back problems, and it
was time for a desk job. For a
while, he was able to teach officiating, but the job eventually became
much more administrative. "The
the court to the other
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thing that
I
really loved,
from," he says.
"I
had
that to other people.
wanted
to
do was
I
got
away
to delegate
What I really
get
back in the
trenches and teach."
That's
what he
when he
calls
Hale,
sity football
gave in to
two decades of "cro-
nyism." That's
Danny
finally
how long his friend
loved the town, and
kids." So, after
coaching,
In 2004,
to Rush.
Rush and his
wife,
teams (and
took on
later
run-
well), while his wife
— when
he's not
hound and
wheaten
many of the team's video-
soft-coated
terrier.
Usually, those jobs involve
Trudy and Ed have four grown
children, one of
whom works with
in his motivational speaking
Rush Hour Seminars.
Coach Rush
people, but
He and his kickers
Bloomsburg.
and running backs gather
couple of minutes before or
goes back to his time as a high
practice to help each other solve
school coach,
when he
did a na-
problems.
and liked what they saw. "My wife
ship of Christian Athletes. Plenty of
with a professor or
banquet speeches followed
what's going to
says.
"We
Rebound
thing,
might be an issue
it
might be
happen over the
throughout his
weekend. We've woven into a
close-knit group," says Rush,
was son Ed Rush
sometimes
Jr.
who pushed
him
to
Now retiring as a
fighter pilot
and
is
"a natural" at
speaking and
making it
second
is
career,
who
says he's impressed with
and coaches have
stars
"if
not more," than
Ed
follows a
remembers
to help
that,
coach
him. "He
right:
at
when he
decided
Bloomsburg,
said,
State?' "
wants
court next to Michael
Jordan or on the
Bloomsburg University
Now let me get this
II level.
Rush
to
to
Can you work
at Perm
be coach
replied that he "just"
be an
assistant.
"Myself and Trudy,
make an impact here.
we can
We can have
a significance in people's lives,"
he
says.
"The
Ed Rush
a passion for sports
NBA
called
You're going to coach at the
Division
Whether on the basketball
NBA
making millions of dollars. He
your way up
football field,
Husky players
as much com-
—
Commissioner David Stem
his
according to
Sr.,
Rush
the dedication the
mitment,
Ed Jr.
who
invites "the kids" over
for a cookout.
go pro.
Marine Corps
I
NBAs big business.
don't see myself
making the
that has played out in a
same kind
of difference there as
lifetime of games.
can here."
b
Tracey M.
Dooms is a freelance writer
and
FALL 2006
it
NBA career, but it
instructor,
lives
after
might be a time man-
"It
agement
he
for a
Rush's public-speaking experience
tional speaking tour for the Fellow-
really excited,"
carries
over his message to his players at
Trudy, stopped by spring practice
was
spending
speaking to groups of business-
taping duties.
Ed
and coach," according
year
basset
special
business,
NBA, you should come back
relaxed schedule of about half
dozen speaking engagements a
and
ning backs as
"when you stop
the
the
a
time with his granddaughter or his
Chester coach, had been saying
this craziness for
Ed Rush became
more
Huskies' assistant coach for kickers
Bloomsburg Univer-
coach and former West
we loved the
38 years away from
I
editor living in State College, Pa.
Cancer in the Crosshairs
STORY BY BONNIE MARTIN
The numbers
are mind-boggling:
two men and one
in every three
diagnosed with cancer.
die
one
in every
women will
be
A half million people
from cancer every year. More than 200
kinds of cancer have been identified, and every
cell in
the
body is capable of developing
But, thanks to research, the outiook
aging. Last year, for the
first
is
Researcher Lynn
at the front of
question:
McCormick
"How many of you
wonders
Back
if
in
encour-
time, fewer cancer
deaths were reported than in the previous year.
75
have never
someone with cancer?" Just one hand
stands
is
known
raised.
She
even that one hand
is
Bloomsburg
second time in 31
years, Matrisian
spoke
Symposium about
cancer.
Matrisian
Kehr Union Ballroom and asks the
for the
a fluke.
at last spring's
the research that
Health Sciences
is
leading to
targeted cancer therapy, treatment that can stop the
growth of specific cancer
cells to
cells
continue growing. Her
while allowing normal
life's
Matrisian has been a faculty
work.
member at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville for two decades. Chair of the department of cancer biology
and
Ingram Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research,
she leads a
14
BLOOMSBURG
15-member laboratory staff that includes
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
graduate students, post-doctoral students, research
faculty, surgeons, a
Long involved
personnel.
join the American Association of Cancer Research,
medical oncologist and technical
an international organization with more than 24,000
American Association
in the
active
members.
Cancer Research, she served as the organization's
president in 2004-05. She travels worldwide up to 40
"It
weeks each year
And it holds a lot
for
to confer, collaborate, consult
and
contribute to cancer research, sometimes accompanied
by her husband
"My job
is
who also works at Vanderbilt.
Paul,
work
to set the vision," she says of her
I
ing in the field and
can say, This
I
and
write the grants,
travel,
I
at
know what is happen-
Vanderbilt. "Because
is
important.'
I
technology degree
met Roger Ladda,
at
for
her
BU medical
Lancaster General Hospital, she
a genetics counselor at M.S.
Hershey
Medical Center. Inspired with a love of genetics by
professor emeritus Philip Farber
and
fascinated
BU
by
tion that coordinates major funding
her
was
there that she
saw
firsthand the "beautiful correlation" in the results of an
experiment and
home in the
knew immediately that
she'd found a
lab.
of Arizona. Then,
armed with language
skills
BU, she moved
at
In very basic terms, Matrisian's research centers
on
communication pathways between cells and their
environment. By identifying a protein that causes a
specific cancer to grow, researchers
ment
gained
to Stras-
completing post-doctoral work in a leading molecular
lab.
Her language
studies
came
in
ing her off-hours, she recalls, but English
handy dur-
was
the
from Great
Early in her career, Matrisian set a goal of writing
70. .and
.
why cancer research? The answer stems from a
personal loss. Matrisian recalls the shock she felt when
cer.
Just 6
months
lost
treatments.
research
drugs
children in their families.
They
lived next
door
to
each
is
to her pursuit of more effective cancer
The challenges
in clinical
fail late
trials
But the successes
path.
And, she
tell
their
"She was very
athletic,
if I
was going
when she
died.
and I remember seeing her
when she couldn't breathe,"
decided
mothers shared parent-
Matrisian remembers.
to grad school,
I
was going
"I
to
study cancer."
Returning from France in 1986, Matrisian was
recruited
than
less
with the next generation of researchers
see
them
start
with a
lot of
percent
1
They
is
on
the right
from working
at Vanderbilt.
questions and hesitation,
is
one-hour seminar they give
introducing them
for their
are so poised, so confident. There's
Ph.D.
such matura-
tion over five years."
In a field with a high level of attrition for
women,
Matrisian doesn't take her accomplishments for granted.
She
credits her
mentor Hal Moses
values the friendships she's
and
with
her the research
ers played together
Holly was just 22 years old
many, she admits. The
gets personal satisfaction
doors for her
tips.
are
both complex and expensive, and most
other in Montgomery, Pa., where their younger broth-
ing
by
.
resulting in successful treatments.
her battle with can-
apart in age, they were the eldest
that total
counting. .she finds herself at 52 years
still
old refining her individual goals while remaining
for the
But,
treat-
highly effective and less toxic
but one of my favorite moments
Britain.
her childhood friend, Holly,
is
100 professional publications. Surpassing
"I
language in the lab where she was supervised by a
scientist
can design a
targeted at the mutation that drives the disease in
therapies," she says.
bourg, France, where she spent two and a half years
biology
grants. In
the
committed
Returning to college full-time, she earned a doctoral degree in molecular biology from the University
while minoring in French
and
cancer research, collaboration
important for setting goals "as a link from bench
clinical genetics lab after graduation, eventually transIt
field of translational
each patient. "The goal
Ladda's work, she accepted a position in Hershey's
ferring to the research side.
of meetings."
to bedside."
Matrisian discovered her passion for research early.
While completing requirements
publishes five scientific journals and a lay magazine.
She serves on advisory committees and working
groups for the National Cancer Institute, an organiza-
is
my team does the execution."
AACR is a forum for interaction," she explains.
"The
- "It was
for
opening
my job to shine," she says - and
made around
the world.
became personal once
father was diagnosed with lung
Earlier this year, the fight
again
when
Matrisian's
cancer. But, unlike
knowledge and
30 years ago, she
tools to help
him
now has
the
receive the treatment
he needs. "My parents are proud of me," she
"They appreciate what I do." b
says.
by Dr. Harold "Hal" Moses, now emeritus
director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Bonnie Martin
professor of cancer biology.
Magazine.
FALL 2006
and
Moses encouraged her to
is
co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University
family, Cliff, Paige, Clifford and Brenda, works as a team for CFC International. The organization helps children
by a rare genetic disorder and provides support for their families.
The Conger
affected
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family
STORY BY SHARON TREGASKIS
Mission
At CFC International's
Web site, www.cfcsyndrome.
org, the abbreviation stands not only for cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, the name given to a rare
medical condition, but also for Caring, Facilitating
and Connecting, the organization's philosophy for
helping affected children and their families. That
philosophy reflects the commitment and concern
of its president, Brenda Shaffer Conger '78.
Clifford Conger wasn't supposed
premature and on a ventilator
to live this long.
for
Bom eight weeks
most of the two months he spent on
the neonatal intensive care unit of a Binghamton, N.Y., hospital, Clifford's
by a sneeze. A
wean him from the
heart rate often slowed to a crawl, only to be jump-started
feeding tube supplied every calorie, and each attempt to
ventilator failed.
Finally, Clifford's parents
Resuscitate order
into their arms.
on
"It
was
to do,
"
hundred children in the world
haye be£n ^
ed
CFC a compl ex
r
of symptoms associated with developmental
delays, congenital heart defects, and skin
and hair abnormalities.
^^
•
outlook was so bleak." But
this time, Clifford
breathing.
"Our
said, 'This is
news,'
"
feelings
his
him
nly a few
says Brenda
Conger 78. The
Shatter
Do Not
turned off the ventilator and took
the
hardest thing we've ever
had
reached the painful decision to sign a
their infant son,
kept
relatives
^
•
^
i
^
wonderful
mother
recalls.
Anticipating the struggles that lay ahead, her
were more complicated. "We
felt
own
trapped and overwhelmed and
just devastated."
Meanwhile, no one could
husband
tell
Conger, a special education teacher, and
Clifford, a small-business
defect in every single area they
mologists, cardiologists,
son's case.
"They knew
and
owner,
why their son was sick.
were looking into," she
ear,
nose and throat doctors
this cluster of defects
"There was a
recalls of the
who
ophthal-
consulted on her
meant something, but what
it
was
they weren't sure." Baby Clifford's kidneys and ureter were malformed; he also
had
cataracts, hearing loss, structural defects in his heart,
cerebellum too small for his gestational age.
Continued on next page
FALL 2006
and
a brain
stem and
i
Family Mission
"You have expectations of what
life
will
be
says Conger. "That you'll have this beautiful
like,"
Brenda Conger
baby who
cares for Clifford
will
grow and
thrive
and
you'll
do
activities together.
as an infant in the
Instead you're doing therapies and running to see
specialists for
intensive care unit.
weekly appointments." Days before
and
Clifford's third birthday,
after ruling
out a host of
degenerative genetic anomalies, specialists finally
syndrome
offered a diagnosis: cardiofaciocutaneous
CFC,
for short.
Only
a
few hundred children in the world have
been diagnosed with CFC,
subjects.
associated with developmental delays, congenital heart
defects,
and skin and hair abnormalities. "CFC
dren are affected in every
bodies," says Conger,
tional, the
cell
chil-
and every organ of their
now president
of CFC Interna-
only patient advocacy group dedicated to
the condition.
"It's
an impairment that
to their health, their
medical
is
challenging
status, their healthy well-
being, their development." Physicians
first
document-
ed the condition in 1986, and by the time of Clifford's
diagnosis a decade
researchers
later,
had
identified a
all
and
to find other families
and
families
researcher.
I
could use as a
They knew
and the phenotype so
well, they
were
For Conger, the Science
article
came
as the culmi-
devoted to bringing together parents, health care pro-
and
researchers.
She puts in about 25 hours a
in the second-floor
nook of her century-old
istrative
CFC International's adminwho shares her
headquarters. Daughter Paige,
the condition, to capture information about research
birthday with Clifford, helps out with household
and treatments, and
chores, newsletter mailings
to
understand their son's long-
term prognosis. In January, 10 years
connected with a fellow
after
CFC parent and
she
four
a
major victory: co-authorship of an
article in
first
months
Paige,
all
the
CFC kids.
lead author Kate Rauen, a University of California/San
who analyzed
and
and
their families collected
Rauen
ford's
a
DNA samples of patients
by CFC
DNA
met Conger when she submitted Cliffor an earlier study. The researcher credits
CFC International vice
runs a
retail ski
operation,
and
speedy responses whenever she sought more
detail
"I
CFC
have a wonderful, supportive hus-
associated with parenting children with special needs.
"He comes home from work and does the growth horinjection. If Clifford has clean-up
to do."
Clifford,
his peers with
taining
CFC,
more independent than some of
pitches in at fundraisers, enter-
younger children and pushing the wheelchairs
who
can't get
spring, Clifford
around on
completed
fifth
elementary special education
on
problems in
the bathroom, he's right in there with whatever he has
of those
president, as article co-authors in appreciation for their
organizational efforts, extensive consultations
International.
Even son
International.
first
her and Molly Santa Cruz,
who
wine-tasting,
member of CFCs board
of directors and assumes much of son Clifford's day-
mone
records
from the Genetic Alliance Biobank. The biobank is
library of clinical records
Cliff,
and
friends volunteer as waitresses.
band," says Conger, noting the 80 percent divorce rate
rectifying misdiagnoses," says
Francisco medical geneticist
and her
to-day care in the hours his wife dedicates to
ing families obtain a definitive diagnosis, clarifying
and
17,
Husband
"The discovery is a great leap forward toward helptentative diagnoses
now
lends his business savvy as a
research journal Science, revealing the genetic path-
way that links
and computer support. At
the annual fundraiser, a dinner party
shy of Clifford's 13th birthday, Conger celebrated
clini-
the patients
nation of a decade of late nights and weekends
farmhouse that constitutes
coping with
that
extremely helpful."
week
—
and information
the tools
cal geneticist
involved or say what caused
it.
what the biobank pro-
—
viders
For Conger and her husband, the diagnosis
that's
who had previously investigated
two syndromes often mistaken for CFC Costello's
and Noonan's. "Brenda and Molly provided me with
vided," says Rauen,
genetic precursor. But they couldn't specify the genes
launched a quest
extremely valuable to have a larger
"It's
cohort of patients, and
complex of symptoms
a
their
own. Last
grade in a public
class,
and
he's
now
attending a regional program for children and
young
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
adults with special needs that focuses
and preparation
for
independent
on
skill-building
living. "Clifford, the
Big Red Dog" remains the boy's favorite book, and he's
Conger had no idea what the future would hold
when she
ated with
nosis.
for
discovered the parent group associ-
CFC in the months
following her son's diag-
The group consisted mainly of a
numbers and an
list
of phone
By 1999, Conger
erratic newsletter.
had taken the helm, generating an
electronic listserv to
speed communications and shepherding the organiza-
paperwork designating
tion through the IRS
profit charity. In April, the
Conger
its
it
CFC board voted
making her
a small salary,
sole employee. Since
a
non-
to grant
the organization's
CFC
inception,
International
has raised $285,000, with $30,500 credited to the
Conger
that
made
Binghamton school
many use
files
off
Conger attended
a hearing aid?'
Conger's desk
for parents
she says. The 100 hanging
"
several inches thick
made
classes
—assembled next
around the world
as they sought answers to
such questions.
As
CFC International's Web presence increased,
Conger
also
began hearing from pediatricians whose
practice suddenly included a child with
each
name
receive the
fessionals
send
specific inquiries, forwards
at a
CFC
International to
participate in a library of linked medical records
launched in October 2004,
the information that
how to
families
cope
But perhaps the most important lesson Conger
was
the value of collaboration with physicians
and research
scientists.
CFC International began host-
ing a biannual conference where specialists diagnosed
children while families got acquainted. She began collecting clinical records
—everything from photos
of the
children as they grew to details of their sleep patterns
Soon
Conger
-
1
Conger and Rauen reconnected, and
after,
invited the scientist to apply for access to the
Access granted, Conger and Santa Cruz
selected a field of prospective subjects, based
bination of detailed clinical records,
child
and
parents,
and
work and
dedication
that
researcher."
I
could use as a
Honoring the
initial
me with all
pair's
clinical
hard
I
The condition
causing baby
44NI
by making them co-authors was an
obvious choice, says Rauen.
"It's
see that these advocacy groups
a
way
for individuals to
and biobanks
are valu-
Cliffords 'cluster
of defects'
finally
was
diagnosed
able to researchers."
And while
son
these
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i
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new findings
for her
third birthday.
benefits for future generations.
Clifford,
be bom, what
"It's
will
offer limited prospects
Conger focuses on the cumulative
days before his
more," she says.
FALL 2006
CFC.
group of kids," says Rauen. "They provided
and information
com-
families so well, they
were extremely helpful in putting together the
geneticist
a
intuition about
characteristic of
"They knew the patients and
on
DNA samples for
and the women's own
which children were most
the tools
-"""
m<
When the Genetic Alliance Biobank
CFC International was a
CFC records.
with CFC.
learned
researchers.
and
by academic
founding member.
draft
Web site and collect
would help other
to the
Genetic Alliance training program, she
D.C.-based coalition of hundreds of advocacy groups
She learned
them
parent insights.
listserv for
biological samples adequate for study
CFC International.
who
CFC mailing and, when such pro-
monthly
by the National Organization of Rare Diseases
(NORD) and the Genetic Alliance, a Washington,
bylaws, raise funds, design a
CFC. She adds
to a database of health care providers
offered
like
to
the collection a valuable resource
learned of an opportunity for
from her job with the
district,
this baby and you wonder, 'Will my child
my child get off a gastrostomy tube? How
—some
Then,
family's efforts.
Using personal days
and equipment
their lives easier.
walk? Will
tractor.
Clifford
medical histories of their surgeries and
diets,
prescriptions, even the technologies
"You have
recently mastered parallel parking the family's John
Deere
and
"It's
not about us any-
about the babies
happen
for them."
who are
b
going to
^
Sharon Tregaskis
is
a freelance writer based
in Ithaca,
NT.
What
keeps 'em coming back to the Bloomsburg
and year out?
Fair year in
find out
through
BU anthropology students
class project.
When most people think
about the Bloomsburg
of Them
Fair,
they envision funnel cakes,
and the
anthropology
STORY BY
DEIRDRE GALVIN
faculty
member Sue
the annual event
is
and
for data collection
Dauria,
Interesting, yet not completely accu-
who were interviewed were already
like
an exotic culture comes
attending the
Bloomsburg every year. Our
culture right here
- without having
project
1999 by Jerry
was introduced
Mitchell, a
the geography faculty.
BU in 2003,
targeted to
in
member of
When he left
Dauria took over, con-
geosciences,
who maps
fair
demographics using a GIS (Geological
comfort
Other findings from surveys
completed
•
Fair included:
Attendance was
down overall
(441,077 in 2005 compared with
509,380 in 2004), a
president Fred
fact that
Trump
pology course and sees the project
attributes to the fair's
challenges
and rewards of data
collection.
Each student brings 20
fair;
•
historically, they
Fair attendees
•
The average person spent $77
the
to participate.
litde
One
of the most interesting, for example,
came from
the
tributed in
2005 and showed that
drawn to the fair not by
visitors are
1
,400 surveys dis-
with
ing slighdy less ($72).
•
And, the biggest spender was
woman who
a
parted with a total of
$1,200, which was $200
more
than her male counterpart,
Deirdre Galvin
ed but by previous experiences and
from Bloomsburg.
The value
at
women spending a
more ($82) and men spend-
fair,
advertising or marketing as expect-
tradition.
were 5 1 percent
female and 49 percent male.
have found most fair-goers willing
surprising results, Dauria says.
crackdown
on free admission.
to introduce the
The surveys have revealed some
Fair.
year at the 151st
last
Bloomsburg
fair
surveys to the
feeling
amid the crowds.
students in her introductory anthro-
good way
showed
sometimes
levels,
self-conscious
Information System) program.
as a
who are at-
Results
who hail from cities varied in their
Dauria gears the assignment to
collect ion
students
fair.
African American students and those
tinuing a collaboration with John
Hintz, assistant professor of geogra-
phy and
BU
new questions last
an open-ended query
year, including
tending the
to fly to Thailand."
The
fair.
Dauria added
students can leam about a different
ment, teaches students about data
she notes, since the people
rate,
of the anthropology department.
to
with an assignment at the Bloomsburg
was not a
to attendance.
experience," says Dauria, 43, chair
"It's
Sue Dauria, chair of BU's anthropology depart-
Findings from the 800 surveys
completed in 2004 concluded flood-
major deterrence
such a cultural
fair is
result
ing from Hurricane Ivan
studies in
cultural anthropology.
"The
Another "surprising"
requires a discerning eye, Dauria
says.
a perfect place
at
Grandstand events, she adds.
games, rides and agricultural
displays. But for
Web site can be
fair's
measured, however, in attendance
is
b
a freelance writer
of advertising
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Create something lasting.
Art student Emily M. Runge sculpts a
swan on the first day of sculpture
lifSJSKTiK
UrcSirJvll
lesson: Creating
As
a
something of value will take work.
BU alum or friend, you too can create something
lasting
— and help students achieve their potential — by
funding a scholarship through the Bloomsburg Universit
Foundation.
Call (570) 389-4128.
Or check the World Wide Web a
iwww.bloomu.edu/giving
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class.
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Quest extended trips
offer unique travel
experiences
Bloomsburg University's Quest program offers
extended
trips for
many of these
most equipment
is
BU alumni and
trips,
no experience
friends.
is
For
necessary and
provided. Varied amounts of physical
stamina are required.
Finger Lakes Wine and
tion, they will bike
Bike Tour, Oct. 6 to
along unpaved roads and
9,
2006: Cyclists will enjoy the
Finger Lakes Region's scenery while riding at a
fortable pace
to
com-
and stopping
sample some of the counbest wines.
try's
are Jim Black,
The
leaders
jimtblack®
gmail.com, and Roy Smith,
rsmith@bloomu edu
.
Mounof Ecuador, Dec 27,
mainly
often at an altitude of 9,000
feet.
Cyclists will carry
basic
the route.
The
leader
Roy Smith, rsmith®
bloomu.edu.
Trekking
in
Patagonia,
Chile, Feb. 12 to 25, 2007:
southern Patagonian Andes
cloud forest and "Avenue of
of Chile takes participants
into
the Torres Del Paine
a three-day, two-night
National Park.
exploration of the lost Incan
Dave Conlan, dbconlan®
Participants then
choose whether
as the
to
continue
group learns proper
mountain techniques, from
glacier travel to crevasse
rescue.
The leader is
is
to 18,
2007:
The eight-day mountain
bike ride takes cyclists
through Costa Rica, from
Dave Conlan, dbconlan®
yahoo.com.
De San
Fortuna
Carlas to
the Pacific Ocean,
accompa-
Mountain Biking Across the
nied by a Spanish-speaking
Roof of Africa, Dec 28,
guide and support vehicle.
2006, to Jan. 12, 2007: This
The
trip is for
those
who
are
trip requires partici-
pants to be in satisfactory
comfonable dealing with
physical condition.
the unexpected. Participants
leader
will travel
from Addis
Ababa, the capital of
Ethiopia, to the
Highlands.
Guraghe
From
that loca-
is
The group
Oregon high
desert
Roy Smith,
for this trip
Colorado Rockies.
Colo., often above
tude of 7,000
all skill levels.
Participants will
camp along
canyon rim with great
central
Oregon Cascades.
is
Simpson,
Brett
bsimpson@bloomu.edu.
in
Holland, June 2 to
from
will bike
Crested Butte to Lake City,
routes for
an
feet as
alti-
they
cross terrain ranging from
old logging roads to single
tracks.
The leader
is
Brett
Simpson, bsimpson®
bloomu.edu.
Walking Across England,
July 7 to 16, 2007: The
13, 2007: This 12-day tour
walk across northern Eng-
along the back roads of Hol-
land,
land and Belgium
Irish
is
designed for the weekend
biker.
The
and end
in
trip will
begin
Amsterdam,
from
St.
Bee's
on
the
Sea to Robin Hood's
Bay on the shores of the
North
Lake
Sea, begins in the
District region
and
with two- or three-day stops
finishes across the
in three towns. Participants
Yorkshire moors. The leader
may
by
is
travel
between centers
train or bike.
Brett
The leader
Simpson, bsimp-
son@bloomu.edu.
Mountain Biking
in
is
the
North
Roy Smith, rsmith®
bloomu.edu.
For additional information,
including costs
The
rsmith@bloomu.edu.
be the base
plateau, offers climbing
Biking
Costa Rica Mountain Bike
March 9
within a 651-acre state park
The leader
leader
yahoo.com.
Ride,
in the
views of sunsets over the
wonders of South America,
Volcanoes," beginning with
trail.
2007: Smith Rock, located
the
one of the natural
The
flower capital of the U.S.,
will
in the
tains
includes Ecuador's
Smith Rock Climbing
Adventure, March 10 to 17,
is
This adventure in the
trip
cyclists to beautiful vistas in the
Colorado Rockies.
the nights in villages along
Lost Incan Trail and
2006, to Jan. 13, 2007: The
mountain biking trip takes
Quest's
equipment and spend
and physical
requirements, call (570) 389-
Rockies: Colorado Wild-
2100, check online at www.
flowers, July 11 to 19,
buquest.org or contact trip
2007: Crested Butte,
recently
named
the wild-
leaders at e-mail addresses
provided
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Mister Twister
For 18
by a
Lanny Lee
years,
'69 has called himself a
But to everyone
twister.
Lee entertains
at
known
else, he's
The Balloon Man.
parties and events throughout
different
title,
Northeast Pennsylvania, "twisting" balloons
and fairy-tale
someone can think of it, Lee can
into animals, insects, cartoons
creatures. If
find a
way to make it.
Lee was a public school speech pathologist
was introduced
to the art of twisting
when he
during a program
church. In fascination, he watched as a
man
transformed a balloon into a small red apple,
later
at his
learning
how to make
the apples himself as rewards for
books and
his students. Step-by-step instructions in
pamphlets showed him the how-to's
complex balloon creations and,
years ago, twisting has
One
become
since his retirement three
a nearly full-time job.
of Lee's most requested balloons
invention - a long-armed
monkey
that
around a person's neck. "You reach
everything you
that
one
I
make
created
is
is
your
Lanny Lee
for increasingly
is
his
Lee the chance to share ideas and techniques with more
own
than a hundred twisters from around the world. Next
can be hung
a point
year, Lee will teach a class at the conference
where
own idea," he says.
held in Austin, Texas, every year. The conference gives
"It's
Lee admits that the best part about twisting balloons
is
sizes
and
colors.
Some
of his
dancer and a
6-foot-tall
more complicated balloons
life-size
Tyrannosaurus Rex - a
is
gift for his
a simple design of a small bear
sleep," says
Ann Lee,
to twist.
"He can do
that
snowman
9 £^ f\ Joseph Johnston was
O
23rd annual York
Zr
and expanding his
and Shout,
Day
Parade.
He was
bom in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
5 /I
£
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Joe Apichella, Bowie, Md.,
you're supposed
is
available
Q
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5 £l
says.
know
but
"People
for kids,
but
it's
for people."
- Lynette Mong
George Chellew, Wilmington,
girls'
Del., retired
'08
from coaching
basketball after a 32-year career.
estate since 1967.
Mary
"My Mother's Cook-
from Amazon.com and other booksellers.
J°y ce Brobst is co-author of "Pelargonium
Herb of the Year."
Bowen Woodward of New Jersey retired in June
Mendham Township Schools, where she served as
director of special services.
wick, gathered the recipes of his mother,
book"
kids' faces,
the looks on faces, period," Lee
make balloons into something just
it's
something you do
from
Tom DeGrazino of Florida, formerly of BerHarrison DeGraziano, into a cookbook.
on
Kathleen
(right)
received the lifetime achievement
He has worked in real
try to
to say the looks
lot.
"I
The Rev. Richard Hartman was named citizen of the
month by the Mount Pleasant Borough Council in April 2006.
award from ReMax earlier this year during the
real estate company's national convention in Las
Vegas.
her in the middle of the parking
a conference
the grand marshal of the
St. Patrick's
for
What's the most rewarding part of his job?
really
repertoire, Lee attends Twist
She
was too embarrassed to ask with the
children, but was wondering if he would make a balloon
for her. He stopped, pulled out a balloon and twisted a
of the College of Professional Studies.
skills
brighter.
an elderly
woman approached him as he walked to his car.
one in his
Lanny's wife and BU's former dean
To continue improving his
little
told Lee that she
holding a flower that uses just two balloons and takes
him less than a minute
make someone's day a
After twisting at a child's party, Lee recalls,
hula
six grandchildren.
His personal favorite
the chance to
a variety of
include a Santa Claus riding a motorcycle, a
the
nice
so very well received."
Most of Lee's creations use balloons in
- "quite
compliment," says Ann.
-
2006
J ames Lavelle
was awarded a master of arts degree
by Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, Conn., in December 2005. Some of his studies were completed in Rome at the Due Sancta Campus of the
5 Si
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in theology
University of Dallas.
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5
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Steve Posavec
'74
Robert Francis Boyer, Macungie,
retired
Saucon Valley School
35
District after
from
He
years.
is
in his fourth season as assistant
women's basketball coach for the Dickinson
College Red Devils. He is a school counselor in the West Perry
School
District.
taught middle school and coached football and swimming.
Linda Perry was honored by her employer, the Exton
office
of Weichert Realtors, for outstanding achievement.
Births
9 ^7 "1 Jim Berkheiser had two poems accepted for
/ J- publication. "The Assignment" appeared in the
Gail Erdley Erickson
August issue of The Edison Literary Review. "Culling"
Jan.
summer 2007
be featured in the
issue of
will
The Paterson
W90M and husband, Stu, a son,
Alissa Grimes Steely '89 and husband, William Steely
Literary Review.
Jay, Oct. 17,
Beverly Donchez Bradley (right), Lower
Saucon Township, received the Bethlehem
Donna Gober Billet '90 and Andrew
YWCA's Golden
Valley's
Cops
'n'
Laurel
Award
for creating
Lehigh
Kids program.
]
Nicole, Sept. 22,
-w
a
*-
^
Melissa Harris Brown
United Way's Douglas C. Hickey Humanitarian Award in
Heather Bodine Wadas
served as executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of North
Donna Adgie Myles
Nathan
Dolan
Billet '92, a daughter, Lauren
'90 and husband, Jim, a son, Michael, Jan. 9,
Graceannjan.21,2006
teacher and supervisor, he also
'89, a son,
2005
James Campbell 72M, Cogan Sta5 '"7
/ Jmd tion, received the Lycoming County
A special education
Tor,
2005
Joyce Bradley Humphrey '90 and husband,
April.
Eli
2006
7,
Philip, Feb.
'91
and husband, Tom, a son, Tommy,
'91
and husband,
2006
Jim, a daughter, Chesney
Mark Wadas
April 5,
'91
,
2006
a son,
1,2006
Christine Conant Gross '92 and husband, Joshua, a son, Zachary David
Central Pennsylvania.
Bill
Johnson
72M retired from Mechanicsburg Area Senior
High School where he taught business.
Dan Rarig 72M is vice president and business development
officer of Business Loan Express, Montandon.
Karen Hendel Sprankle
Jan.
3,
William Brooks
Alan
/ %3
Business,
W. Dakey (right),
board
was
member
elected
Mid Perm Bancorp
an advisory
of BU's College of
chairman of the board of
Inc.
and Mid Penn Bank. He
bank
March
'95 and wife, Denise, a son, Samuel Marsh,
2006
April 15,
Jennifer Chesla
5 P"7 "2
'92 and husband, Ken, a daughter, Krista Ashley,
2006
Moran
'95 and husband, Bruce, a daughter, Jillian Paige,
2006
9,
Scott Bird '96 and wife, Sara, a daughter, Hannah Kayden, July
Tracie Lukas Kisto '96 and husband,
Dec.
2,
6,
2005
Keith, a daughter, Sara Catherine,
2005
will continue in his current positions as
president
Natalie Clipsham Lucca '97 and husband, Todd, a son, Jackson Ryan,
and
chief executive officer.
May
15,
2005
Chrissy Mantione Campenni '98 and husband, Tommy, a daughter,
Samara Rose,
Sept.
14,2005
Bobbi Lynn Monroe Allison
March
28,
'99 and husband, Glen, a daughter, Annika,
2006
Shani Weston Evans '99 and husband Brian Evans
David,
May
12,
Audrey Lantz
Sept. 29,
Kerri
and
Jacob
'99 and husband,
Thad Lantz '00,
a daughter, Sophia,
2005
Erdman Bauer '00 and
Karli
'99, a son,
2006
Emma,
July
8,
husband, Bret, twin daughters, Delani Grace
2005
Shanna Watson Rosser '00 and
husband, Brian, a son, Luke Jaxon,
Jan. 11,2006
Eileen Evert '02M and husband, Scott, a daughter, Madelyn
Classmates return for 75th reunion
April 20,
Kenneth Hawk,
Barbara Lawler '02, a
and Frank Golder page through the 1931 Obiter
class reunion. Hawk and
Golder, 1931 graduates who are now in their 90s, shared memories
about Coach Thornley Booth, basketball games and curfews imposed
on athletes. Hawk, of Bear Creek, retired as the assistant superintendent of Luzerne County Schools, and Golder, of Bloomsburg, retired
as a high school principal in the Bloomsburg School District.
left,
last spring as they
mark their 75th BU
Eileen,
2006
son, Dylan
Kathy Miner McHenry
Edward Lawler, January 2006
'02 and husband,
Jason McHenry '03,
a son,
Andrew, Nov. 11,2003
Heather
Howe '04 and Jason
Rogiani
'04, a son,
Aidan Joseph Rogiani,
Dec. 22, 2005
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
-
'75
Kathleen Andrusisian was one of 12
finalists for
Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. She
is
support teacher
at Dallas
a learning
Middle School, Luzerne County.
Bert Leiby, Montour Township, was promoted to the
position of commercial lender/business development officer
by
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg.
First
Bob De Carolis
?^7V£
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runs until June 201
Drew
will
continue as Oregon State Uni-
versity's director of athletics
1.
He
under a contract
that
has served in the post since 2002.
Hostetter was inducted into the Lancaster County
Tennis Hall of Fame. Currently chief financial
Susquehanna Bancshares
Inc.,
officer for
he was a standout tennis player
Donegal High School and BU.
Take a Bow
Grads hit stage and screen
at
SIO brothers enjoyed a mini reunion in late February. Shown in the
accompanying photo, left to right, are Dan Confalone 79, Greg
Lawrence '80, Al Bowen 79, Glenn Horlacher '80, Jim Roth 79 and
Tom Roth '80. Missing from the photo is Tom Mazzante '80.
John Kehs was promoted
to vice president for finance
and
administration for Shat-R-Shield.
Michael
Thew has returned to the Lincoln
Unit as executive director after serving the
Intermediate
last
two years
at
Eastern York School Distnct.
Devona Van Nest was honored by the Pennsylvania House
Huntingdon County PRIDE
Inc., where she has worked for nearly 30 years.
P^ineus Bantum, the
character portrayed
Jimmi Simpson
last
of Representatives for service to
by
'98 in
spring's thriller
"Stay Alive,"
9 ^T^T Carl J. Kanaskie 77/79M
may think he's
/
simply one of millions of
when
gamers. But
this
/
there's
no way
to restart.
5 ^7
Simpson was one of the
stars
/
movie
theaters
first
attention as
2000
film, "Loser,"
appeared as Crash in
year's "Herbie:
First
last
9
Fully Loaded."
^7Q
McMonagle
and
chief credit officer
390 vocalists who
combined chorus at New York City's
the President's Day weekend concert.
Wallingford, was one of
a
Lockwood was promoted to vice presiKaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn.
Mark Robinson, Wyomissing, was named chief financial
/
Erin
president
as
y
officer at
John
B.
dent/tax of
The Reading Group, Berks County.
and "Cold Case."
Other
'02
24
relations.
Ney is senior vice
Carnegie Hall for
later
been featured in TV
shows such as "24," "NYPD
Millers-
Retiring as
Craig J. Bennett, Bloomsburg, joined
Bob Twaddell,
He's also
Blue"
Q
O
performed as part of
the
and
from
Vartan Bank.
for
gained national
Noah in
news and public
Doris
nationwide in March.
Simpson
retired
December 2004.
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg,
manager of its Scott Township branch.
of "Stay Alive," a horror
film that hit
University in
director of communications, Carl served Millersville for
video
years in
game ends,
ville
BU grads -James McMenamin
and Michael Mergo '05 - have
also
'01,
had
Erin
McMonagle
5
a recent taste of the
big time.
the
McMonagle was
featured in playwright
"Hungry," produced as part of Thicker
Amy Herzog's
Than Water 2006,
a
The Mag-7 at New York's Flea Theatre. Also
The Mag-7 was McMenamin, who performed
in
5
& Order."
Mergo took part in the Playmakers Tour
Studio Theatre of Sarasota.
for the
Young
at the Florida
The tour helped students prepare
Playwrights Festival, a national program for
Q
C3
the play, "Penicillin,"
Maguschak
(right)
won
2006 Lynette Norton Award from
Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on
for continuing
seven plays in
and previously had a guest spot on "Law
Elizabeth A.
the
Women.
Ann Marie Stelma
combination of two one-act plays, and in "Waiting," one of
appearing in
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education
at
is
vice president
Lackawanna
College.
"1
Ernest Jackson graduated in
-A.
New
Paltz University,
May from SUNY
New York,
with a
certificate
of advanced study.
5
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Q^
C3
David
ville, is
E.
Kurecian
(right),
Orange
the executive director of the
Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau.
elementary students.
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}
Q "2
Sabrina McChesney Lucas coaches the cross country
program at Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hamburg,
N.J. She and husband Robert have three children.
Louis Maynard, Lehigh Valley,
financial officer of Lafayette
is
Ambassador Bank of
9
Easton.
}
Q
J^ Henry Haitz (nght) became publisher
State, in
Victoria Amici Bartlow was promoted to vice
/f
O^T
president
Ernie Long
Morning
by
First
Allentown
assistant sports editor at the
is
Herald.
(Fla.)
her husband, David, started the
a non-profit agency serving Luzerne
9
and
counties.
The
Joanne Kachline Trumbauer, Barto, is
president of B&W Machine Works Inc. She and
(right) is the executive
director of Domestic Violence Service Center,
Carbon
of Columbia, S.C.'s newspaper,
May. He previously was publisher of the
Bradenton
Columbia Bank and Trust Co.
Call.
Paula M. Triano
5
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Shawn
C3 /
moted
Gelnett
company
in 1996.
was promanager
minor league
(right)
to assistant general
of the Lancaster Barnstormers, a
baseball team.
£^
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John Haney,
ed
Lancaster,
was promotmanager for Dentsply
to quality assurance site
Professional, York.
Renee Monahan '87M, White Haven,
recently earned a doctorate in audiology
from
the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.
Lisa Himes, Liutz,
is
principal of John Beck Elementary
School in Warwick School
Janet Trimmer, Aspers, director of special education in the
Conewago Valley School District, received her doctorate in
District.
education administration from Immaculata University.
Marriages
Timothy
Mack '93 and
Schweitzer, Oct.
Erika
Vanessa Madeira
Alexandra Reese
Hestor'96,June25,2005
William
'95 and Chris
Darren
T.
McShane
Dietl, Oct. 8,
'95 and Lisa
2005
'96 and
Jessica Secula
Mark
2005
Tracey Halowich
'97 and
Michael Wagner, June 22, 2005
Mitch Parker '97 and Margaret
Rogers-Mendoza,
April 22,
2006
Susan Spitzer '97 and Thomas
Cherundolo, Oct.
9,
2005
Sept. 30,
2005
III,
Angela Preat
'00 and Paul
Oct. 23,
and
Eric
Jr.
Janelle Strenchock
'01
16,
and
2005
'02 and
Matthew Messimer,
Oct. 2,
Stephanie
Kym Brague
Boivin, Oct.
15,2005
Smith
'02 and
Jason
Aaron Wheaton
Jennifer Riley '02 and
Kristin
'00 and Kimberly
Lauren Whitaker
'00 and Daniel
Br, r
Christina
2005
Lentz, Oct.
1,2005
2005
Baron, April 29, 2006
Michael Mitchell
Tanya Addesso
March
Lisa Breiner '03 and Christopher
2005
9,
'04 and
Deann
Yusinski, Sept. 24,
'04 and Bruce
1,2005
'04,
McAllister
Caulfield '01 and Chad
July
Ellis,
'02 and John
Aug. 13, 2005
'98 and Anitra
Johnson
Andrea Mummert
Yancey
Matthew Murgia, Aug.
Shawn McShea
'04 and Brian
Aug. 27, 2005
Kristen Leibig '04 and Matthew
'00, Oct. 29,
Erin
2005
David
11,2004
Laura Tomasetti '02 and Brian
Bull
and Neil Gunter,
2006
Schlichter, Oct.
Jennifer Wright '00 and Joseph
'01
'03, Sept.
'05,
'03 and Robert
2006
Danielle Crane '05 and William
III
Fisher, July,
10,
King, Feb.
11,2006
Melissa Haire '05M and Darren
16,2005
Bennett, June 25, 2005
Katrina Miller '98 and David
Amy Cechman '01
Dvorznak
Wright, March 22, 2006
Adam
David Parker '98 and Katie
Sarah Duncan
Krystal Deily '03 and Jesse
Scott
Glennon. July2. 2005
Heidi Rutter '05 and Justin
Jessica Dunmoyer
Neal
Poliafico,
June
18,
2005
Brandee Faust '99 and
Lloyd,
March
31,
O'Malley, Sept.
26
2,
Brian
'99 and Bernard
2005
'01
and Michael
Wisniewski, Jan. 16,2006
2006
Renee Geoffroy
and Shane
Tiffany
Enama
'01
and
Christopher Maylath
Jennifer Knoll
Terefencko
'01
'02,
and
Adrienne Campbell
July 30, 2005
'03 and
Jennifer Heydt '05 and
Smith
McGinnis
Edward
2005
Dettmer, Feb. 14,2006
Mclntyre, July 22, 2005
Brough
28,
'04 and
Ashley Heagy
Reif
'03 and
Sept. 17,
Shultz '03 and Brett
Machuga, Jan.
McHenry'03,July26,2003
John
2005
Sean Steeber '04,
Grilli '02 and Randal
Kathy Miner
Abbott, June 18, 2005
'03 and
Stephanie Lapinski
Brenda
2005
Danielle Bouchard '98 and
19,
Heather Ivory
Stefanik, July 9,
Holly Sartori '00 and Ryan Poet
White
2005
'01
Jenessa Brouse
Robert Bradley
Shershen
Mumie
Jason Bowman, July
Stephanie Edinger '00 and
Whitcomb, Aug. 13,2005
V. Steggles, Dec. 23,
'99 and
Torrance,
Elliot
Rachel
Stephenson
Jennifer Bedosky '95 and Brad
Tara Markel
'99 and
Christopher Pack
2005
8,
Jr., April
'03 and Paul
22,
Good
'05,
Nov. 12,2005
2006
Keith Glynn '03 and Kristan
Chichilla,
Aug.
6,
2005
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Regis Kohler, associate professor of radiology at
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Pennsylvania College of Technology,
"Who's
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Shaner-Gordner was appointed
Lycoming School Board in April.
Kellie
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has taught
at
for the
is
listed in
second time.
Perm College since 1987.
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South Africa
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law school
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Jeff
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27
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associate
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work
to
who
helped draft a country's
Moon
representative to
the executive committee for the National Association for
constitution, the
opportunity was too
good
Campus Activities.
Debra J. Savage, Watsontown,
for the Williamsport
had the chance
with a justice
'92M, vice president of Auburn
in Delaware,
graduate
Gentilesco, Hazleton, received
in the nursing field for
Hyman
Agency
Ann
YWCA Pearl award earlier this year. She has
Area School
is
human resource
to pass up.
Chris Froelich '00
director
Chris Froelich '00 visits with
children in Soweto, South Africa,
found himself in just
District.
during time away from the
that situation earlier
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O
Mama Antes Cookie Express.com in February.
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Diane Schlenner Barlow was named teacher of the year at
Mendham Township Elementary School, Mendham Township,
N.J., where she teaches fourth grade.
Michael C. Jemo was promoted to a district manager for
Kmart, covering the Reading, Lancaster and West Chester areas.
this year as
one of four
Constitutional Court.
U.S. law school graduates
among 25
South
clerks serving
Africa's Constitutional Court. Froelich,
who
a master's degree in business administration
earned both
and
a
law
degree from Seton Hall, served as clerk to Justice Johann
van der Westhuizen.
"The Constitutional Court
is
South
Africa's highest
on all constitutional matters - roughly equivalent
to our Supreme Court - so I got to work with the
most significant constitutional issues of the day. South
court
markedly from ours, but the
approach one applies in
addressing those issues are often quite similar," he says.
Africa's constitution differs
issues raised
and the
The clerkship
analytical
also allowed Froelich to research
which
international law,
the justices take into account
to resolve constitutional issues,
interprets
and
human rights granted
to see
how the
court
through the constitution.
"What impresses me most about South Africa
is
that
from decades of apartheid to a functional
democracy was a peaceful one," he says. "South Africa
its
transition
has, in a relatively short period of time,
become
a
country dedicated to the promotion of fundamental
human rights. The chance to be
transformation
Froelich notes that learning a
IPPENSTIELDR
of
Retired alumni director
Doug Hippenstiel
'68^81 M.
shown
was honored for more than 26 years of service during alumni
weekend. Hippenstiel received a BL rocking chair, and a
scholarship was established in his honor. A formal portrait,
unveiled during alumni weekend,
now hangs in the
Fenste-
maker Alumni House, which is located along Hippenstiel
Drive, a name conveyed by BUs Council of Trustees. To
contribute to the Douglas C. Hippenstiel Scholarship Fund,
see www.bloomu.edu/giving or call BUls development center,
(570) 389-4128, or alumni office, (570) 389-4058.
FALL 2006
from the U.S. model," he
says.
"Most
my work focused on humanitarian and human rights
issues,
here with alumni association president Sheri Lippowitsch '81,
new legal system was a
challenge. "Several areas of South African jurisprudence
differ significantly
Hippenstiel honored
a small part of that
humbling."
is
to find
and we spent a lot of time on the Court trying
ways to improve the living conditions in some of
these townships."
Froelich saw firsthand the immense poverty and
hunger in the townships, especially Soweto. He also saw
firsthand the positive effects of "Feed South Africa," a
non-profit organization based in Johannesburg that raises
funds to buy food (www.feedsa.co.za/).
Froelich finished his clerkship for van der Westhuizen
in July;
he
is
currently clerking for Justice Jaynee
LaVecchia of the
New Jersey Supreme Court.
Husky Notes
Matt Spicher
is
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inventory manager,
USA Ultrasound SAP
Processes, for Siemens Medical Solutions,
USA.
management office manJL ager for the City of Chandler, Ariz., was one of 20
recipients of the annual CIO Ones to Watch award, sponsored
by CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council.
Tyrone Howard,
project
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Michele Corbin Rudloff, Orwigsburg, was named
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the Frederick J.
the Year for 2006. She
Hobbs Young Republican
was recently elected
to
of
Orwigsburg
Borough Council.
.
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is
chief financial officer for
Bank and Trust.
Stanley Piaskowski and wife Angel own and operate Liquid
is
public affairs officer, planfor the
and Law Enforcement
Bureau of Interna-
at the U.S.
Department
of State.
Cathy Carr earned
a master's degree in education
from
Gratz College. She has taught chemistry at Hillsborough (N.J.)
High School
for the past six years.
director for
Raton,
is
the marketing
The Partners Network, Boca
Fla..
Caryn Sabourin Ward earned
a doctorate
minor in school
psychology from North Carolina State
University at Raleigh in May.
Mifflinburg
Technologies.
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'97
Erik Falkenstein
the
is
chief administrator of
Frenchtown School
District,
Glen McNamee was named head football coach
Dauphin High School in suburban Harrisburg.
5 f\
for Central
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Audrey M. Brosious, Bloomsburg,
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Award
offers
Erin Brough, a teacher in the Baltimore City School System,
"green school" in Baltimore.
Wendy Long has been selected for 'Who's Who Among
American Teachers."
Tara McLoone earned a master's degree in training and
Philadelphia. She
difficult
Fire, for
book
St.
John's University,
at Prudential.
Sciota,
opened a wrestling
club, Ring of
elementary through high school students.
Charles E. Peterson '01M of Williamsport was elected vice
designed to help other parents
president of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business
deal with the effects of teenage
Officials.
School
at
He
is
business manager of the Williamsport Area
District.
Barbara Slatky, Hunlock Creek,
released earlier this year,
is
a kindergarten teacher at
Arlington Heights Elementary, Stroudsburg.
explores myths parents believe
until they are forced to confront
damage their teen's drug use is Kat"y E *y P™6
inflicting on the entire family, Pride says. Inspiration for
the book came from her experience with her son, Matt,
who started to smoke marijuana when he was 15. Each
chapter contains a narrative and four devotional entries
the
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science
Melinda
Hill (nght)
was awarded a
doctorate in macromolecular
and engineering from
March. She plans
to return to
Virginia
Tech in
Los Alamos
National Lab for a two-year, post-doctoral
research appointment.
related to the chapter theme.
and parent educator, serves on
the board of directors of the Susquehanna Valley House
of Hope and is the founder and director of Tapestry
Ministry. She lives in Danville with her husband and four
children. Additional information on her book is available
at www.winningthedrugwarathome.com.
Pride, a writer, speaker
works
Josh Nordmark,
nearly destroyed her
drug use.
"Winning the Drug War
and Family Therapy
academic excellence.
organizational development from
Pride '90 took a
Kathy Ely experience
that
into a
from Evangelical School of Theology in
also received the Marriage
for
received a
and family therapy,
has been working with other educators to create a charter
guidance for conjfronting
teen drug use
it
master's degree in marriage
summa cum laude,
May. She
and turned
'OO/WM is an instructional specialist at
m Pittsburgh.
Verizon
Hunterdon
County, NJ.
Alumna's book
Merrey Baum is a certified X-ray technoloNason Hospital in Roaring Spring.
gist at
Jodi Merrey
Home,"
MBA
in philosophy with a
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Bloomquist
ning and coordination,
Jennifer Seely (right)
£
her
degree at Perm State University (Great Valley).
tional Narcotics
JC^ /i
Tomczak McCann completed
Stacy
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Justin Kobeski
is
an associate attorney with
Law Firm, LCC, York.
Kenneth Marx Jr., Port Carbon,
the Austin
Panther Valley School
Jason McHenry
is
is
business manager of the
District, Lansford.
the closing
manager
for Mr. Z'sAVeis
Markets in Scranton.
Pamela Pheasant graduated from Shenandoah University
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Conservatory in
May with
a master's of science in arts
administration.
Jenny Young opened her own
Mount Holly Springs. She
is
a distributor for Rexair Inc.
Brian Bingaman
5 f\ ^2
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business, Fresh Concepts, in
is
head strength and condition-
U's
ing coach at LaSalle University, Philadelphia.
Albree Boone
is
r~Nste] >ped into a
an account executive with Rose
Consulting, Bloomsburg.
John Kalinoski
is
a business analyst at GSI
Evert is new director of
annual giving
T^ development coordinator
,^^^k,
Commerce
in
as the
.jJM
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giving last June. In her
Eileen Bergan Evert
King of Prussia.
Kathy Miner McHenry is a business teacher at Mountain
View Junior/Senior High School in Kingsley.
Angela Runciman graduated in May with a master of arts
degree in English from Binghamton University/SUNY.
Heather Schreiner received her master of social work
degree in May 2005 and was hired as crisis director for an
Allentown non-profit agency. She has since been promoted to
regional director for Lehigh
and Northampton
B
directs the
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program that supports scholarships
and provides other financial support
to BU. She leads a six-member staff
^^B^^^HB
EUeen Ber «an Evert
responsible for annual fund programs, including
phonathons, database management, donor relations and
gift
processing.
who earned a bachelor's
degree from Alvemia
College, joined BU's development staff as coordinator
Michael G. Weremedic, Ashland, was promoted from
manager of PNC Bank's Bloomsburg branch
fc^
s
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new position,
'02M
annual fund, a major fundraising
Evert,
counties.
new role
JL_./university's director of annual
to officer status.
of the annual fund in
November 1999. She
lives in
Elysburg with her husband Scott and children, Michael
and Madelyn.
Deaths
Charlotte Ferguson Ford '24
Martha Hathaway Starkey
Lenore Sterner Klingler '27
Raymond Popick
Mildred Breisch Hartz '28
Glen Baker '50
Myrtle Hoegg Hayes
Bessie
K.
'29
Francis "Frank"
Tucker '30
'49
Johnson
Francis J.
Viola Wilt Linn '34
Clement Makowski '53
Sarah Ellen Schnure Mack '34
James
Sheehan
'51
Edith Blair Shute '34
Margaret Brinser Donmoyer '58
Robert Reisser '60
Merritt '37
Anne Grosek Maslow
Arthur
Wark
'38
'38
Herbert
L.
Joseph
F.
Jones
district.
\J \J
Elslager, Elizabethtown,
with the National Civilian
AmeriCorps program. Her
first
project
is
serving
Community Corps, an
was hurricane
relief
in Louisiana.
is
coordinator for the
West Chester
Borough recycling program.
Robert J. Handerahan
is
head strength and conditioning
coach for George Mason University.
'60
Myron Zawoiski
7 f\ f^ Serena
Meghan Fogarty
Cuff '58
Varnice Pooley Overdorf '36
Thomas
high school cross country coach in the same
'50
'52
Sara Smith Walter '30
Rosetta
5 f\ /\ Eric Wolfgang is a third-grade teacher at Hayshire
\J JL Elementary in the Central York School District and
assistant
Diane Snyder Shanken
J.
'48
Carol Kupsky is an assistant vice president with First
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg.
Jennifer Miller is working toward a master's degree in the
srimate conservation program at Oxford Brookes University,
'61
Ciochon '62
Elizabeth Parsons '39
John W. McCorkill '64
Walter Woytovich '39
David
Robert A. Linn '40
B.
Ralph Crocamo
'41
George Motsko '70
Mary Sweigart
Miller '41
Mary Louise
Oxford, England. She presented a research poster at the
Marie
Blizzard
Edward Carr
Thomas
'41
'42
Mary Davenport Shope
L.
Force '66
O'Neill
Gary Michael
Mary Jess Hackenberger
'44
Charles Karnes '82
Dorin '84
James
Alda Hunter Richard '46
Donna M. Mayes
Robert Welliver '46
Dennis Reigle '92M
K.
Eleanor
E.
Daniels '47
Haines '48
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Elyce Morring
73
is
a radiological technologist in the medical
imaging department of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
'81
Bernice Gabuzda Clapper '46
Bertha
Anchorage, Alaska, in March.
'81
Frank A. Zanolini
J.
'68
'74
Krill
Joan A. Pulaski
'42
American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings in
Edward Marquardt
'87
Avian DeWire '93
Nicholas Nguyen '03
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Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
A Title on Mount Olympus:
Celebrating the Champions of 1956
Baseball has been played at Bloomsburg University since the 1880s, longer than
sport.
any other
The school has enjoyed many
excellent
seasons and had exceptional players such
as
Danny
Litwhiler
and Matt Karchner who went on
The 1956 squad had just
the pitchers
who
Huda and
threw
play major league baseball, but only three teams
seven pitching victories
captured a conference championship.
pitchers,
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956
Bloomsburg
State Teachers College
team
that earned the
titles
with a perfect 6-0 conference
record and 8-2 overall. These teams were coached
E. Paul
"Doc" Wagner,
who was hired in 1950
education and physical education.
Starr
by
to teach
Wagner got his
Charles Kwiatkoski,
six of the previous seasons'
- three
Bob Dipipi and Jim
- and two
apiece
Starr.
were the only seniors on a
dominated by
roster
the season at
home with
conference wins against Mansfield by a score of 5-1
and then over Lock Haven,
hander Huda pitched a
8-0, as
sophomore
three-hit shutout.
over Wilkes was followed by the
first
road game
Millersville,
Huskies to an overall record of 7-3, 6-1 in the confer-
consecutive win as they scored five runs in the
ence and a
three innings
for the league
title
with Lock Haven.
where the Huskies earned
and Huda pitched
his
left-
A victory
chance to coach the baseball team in 1955 and led the
tie
other
Kwiatkoski and
inexperienced underclassmen.
The Huskies opened
second of back-to-back Pennsylvania State College
Athletic Conference
Chuck Casper and Ed
Shustack, chosen as the team co-captains. Also
returning were John
to
six returning players,
including starting outfielders
at
their fourth
second
first
straight
complete game.
Eight days after an
easy victory over
Lycoming, Bloomsburg
faced their toughest
challenge yet at West
Chester, but the Huskies
rolled to the largest
victory of the season,
Huda
11-0, with
pitching
another shutout.
Although a
College in
trip to
Rider
New Jersey
resulted in the
first
loss of
the year, the seasons high
point
came
in the
finale against
Members of the Huskies' 1956
baseball team
home
Kutztown.
and the coaching staff are shown during the
championship season.
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BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
1956 BSTC Baseball Team Active Roster
Name
Position
Year
Hometown
Graduated
Major
PR
Fr.
Mechanicsburg
1959
Sec. Ed.
Robert Boyle
OF
Soph.
Scranton
1958
Bus. Ed.
Edward Brower
2B,SS
Fr.
Feasterville
1959
Bus. Ed.
Charles Casper
OF
Jr.
Unionville
1957
Spec :.Ed.
In/in
Alexander
2B
Soph.
Mocanaqua
1958
Sec. Ed.
Robert Dipipi
P
Jr.
Old Forge
1957
Sec. Ed.
William Freed
P
Soph.
Pottsville
1958
Sec. Ed.
Daniel
OF,
Fr.
Bloomsburg
1959
Sec. Ed.
Soph.
Hudson
1958
Sec. Ed.
Soph.
Factoryville
1960
Elerr .Ed.
Denoy
Patrick
Fritz
PH
Jonah Goobic
C
Wagner entrusted Huda
with the start that would wrap
up the second straight
John Huda
P,
James Joy
P
Jr.
Bloomsburg
1957
Elerr .Ed.
Charles Kwiatkosk
P
Sr.
Plymouth
1956
Sec. Ed.
conference
Joseph Malczyk
C,
Jr.
Nanticoke
1957
Sec. Ed.
John Oustrich
3B
Soph.
Taylor
1958
Sec. Ed.
struck out 22 batters and led
George
3B,SS
Soph.
Orangeville
1958
Sec. Ed.
Bloomsburg
Joseph Pendal
SS
Fr.
Beaver Meadows
1959
P
Fr.
Lightstreet
—
Elerr .Ed.
Richard Reichart
outright championship in
Edward Shustack
OF
Jr.
Shenandoah
1957
Bus. Ed.
school history
James Snyder
1B
Soph.
Hershey
1958
Bus. Ed.
James
P
Sr.
Williamsport
1956
Elerr .Ed.
1B
Jr.
Johnstown
1957
Spec. Ed.
0F,PH
Jr.
Mifflinburg
1957
Bus. Ed.
Huda
for the Huskies.
title
pitched a no-hitter,
to a 9-1
of Kutztown and the
The
was
at
final
conquest
first
conference
game
Parsell
Starr
Robert Stroup
Lock Haven where the
Huskies earned a perfect league
Charles
Thomas
PH
IB
record with a narrow 5-4 win.
With
the bases loaded
and no one out in the bottom
of the ninth inning, reliever Dick Reichart kept the
Lock Haven Bald Eagles from
scoring, clinching the
victory for the Huskies.
Bloomsburg
loss
lost the
season finale
Wilkes, but the
at
took nothing away from the championship
Huda
season.
led the
team with four wins and struck
out 63 batters in only 44 innings pitched. The leading
hitters for the
Pendal
Huskies included Shustack
at .433,
Caspar
.346. Shustack led the
Pendal had
11
at
at .472,
Joe
.395 and George Parsell at
team with 12 runs scored, and
runs batted
in. Overall,
the team batted
.323 for the 10 games and outscored their opponents
66 runs
to 24.
The 1956 team won with overpowering starting
pitchers, clutch relief work
and a timely and
offense, building a base for
BUs
ments
that continue today
athletic
proficient
accomplish-
1956 BSTC Baseball Team Results
Date
Opponent
Score
Home/Away
April 18
Mansfield
5-1
H
21
Lock Haven
H
25
Wilkes
28
Millersville
May 3
Lycoming
8-0
7-5
6-2
6-0
11
West Chester
11-0
12
Rider
7-8
16
Kutztown
9-1
H
17
Lock Haven
19
Wilkes
5-4
2-3
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Academic Calendar
Fall
2006
Reading Day -No Classes
Friday, Oct.
Vincent Hron
Life:
Paintings, organized by
Museum
Exhibition Class, Nov.
6 to Dec.
1
The
3.
A Guide for the
Saturday,
March
Mid-Term
Events are held
Tuesday, Oct. 17
the Arts, Mitrani Hall, or Carver
in
Hass Center
Hall,
Tuesday, Nov. 21,10 p.m.
For more information, call the box
S.
389-4409 or check
Resume
Trio
www.bloomualumni.com.
with J.D.
Tennis Alumni Reunion
7 p.m., Gross Auditorium,
Friday, Sept.
Reserved, $15;
Web site at
the Celebrity Artist
Walter, Friday, April 27, 2007,
CGA cardholder, $5
27, 8 a.m.
http://orgs. bloomu. edu/arts/
celebrity_list.htm.
Saturday, Dec. 9
Government Association
The concerts listed below are open
to the public free
cardholders pay half of the tickets
of charge unless
Finals Begin
Sunday, Oct.
One Grand Evening
Monday, Dec.
Piano4, Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m..
Finals End
Gross Auditorium, Reserved, $20;
Saturday, Dec. 16
CGA cardholder, $5
Graduate Commencement
A
Friday, Dec.
15
Saturday, Sept. 16, 12:30 p.m.
Karen Brandt,
(570)389-5123
2:30 p.m.
8,
Haas Center for the
1
Country Race
Details:
Homecoming Pops Concert
subject to change.
upper campus
Upper campus
indicated otherwise.
face value for all shows. Dates are
Sunday, Dec. 10
15
New tennis courts,
Alumni and Open 5K Cross
Concerts
Community
Classes End
Reading Day
for information.
Gross Auditorium.
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
office at (570)
alum@bloomu.edu
online community,
Improvisation
Kenneth
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Details also are listed at the alumni
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Monday, Nov.
CGA
$12
cardholder,
Alumni Events
Contact the Alumni Affairs Office at
24, 2007, 7 p.m.,
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $25;
13
Celebrity Artist Series
Classes
Perplexed
Karamazov Brothers,
Flying
Class of 1956 Reunion
Arts,
Friday
Mitrani Hall
and
Chamber Orchestra
and Saturday, Sept.
16,
1
Fenstermaker Alumni
House and other campus
locations
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m.
Night of Super Illusion
St.
Illusionist/magician
Mike Super,
Class of 1966 Reunion
Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market
St.,
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8
Bloomsburg
Fenstemaker Alumni House and
8 p.m.,
Undergraduate
Friday, Oct. 20,
Commencement
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $20;
Fall
CGA cardholder, $10
Sunday, Nov. 12,2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Spring 2007
Ain't Misbehavin'
Electronic Registration
Featuring the music of Fats Waller,
Saturday, Nov. 11,8 p.m.,
Chamber Singers
Jan. 9 to 15
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8.
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $20;
Saturday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m.
Football, Huskies vs.
Orchestra Concert
Haas Center for the
Spring 2007
First
Classes Begin
Spring 2007
Poinsettia
Pops
Friday, Dec.
1,7 p.m., Mitrani
Hall,
Call
St.,
Bloomsburg
p.m.,
$5
2:30 p.m.
3,
Monday, March 5
BU
Auditorium
Saturday,
March 10
Art Exhibits
Exhibits in the
Haas Gallery of
Art are open to the public free
Inflated
Carols by Candlelight
Egos
Jan
19, 2007,
7 p.m.,
and Saturday, Dec. 8 and
CGA cardholder, $5
is
a $2 parking
two hours
before kickoff. There are no
advance sales
for
any games.
Bloomsburg
389-4284.
Parents and Family Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Nov. 3 to 5
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, 8 p.m.,
David Moyer
and handmade books,
Sept. 5 to 30. Reception,
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $25;
CGA cardholder,
For
$12
Wednesday, Sept. 13,11:30 a.m.
A Festival
to 2 p.m.
Tim Farrell/Bradley N. Litwin/
the latest infonnation
on upcoming
events, check the university
of (Guitar) Strings
Web site:
www. bloomu. edu/today
Classical Guitar Trio, Saturday,
Ran Hwang
Mixed media,
Oct. 9 to Nov. 8.
Reception, Wednesday, Nov. 8,
32
for
Now and Forever CATS
of charge.
11 :30 a.m. to
9,
Presbyterian Church,
St.,
:30
students with a valid ID are
donation. Gates open
Free tickets required;
call (570)
Prints
First
345 Market
Mitrani Hall,
Reserved, $15;
Friday
7:30 p.m.,
1
$3 Tor students, $2
admitted free. There
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co.,
Friday,
for adults,
7,
Tickets are
8 to 12 and under 8 admitted free.
Family Presentation:
Spring Break Begins
Redman Stadium.
senior citizens, $1 for children ages
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
(570) 389-4409
West Chester
Golden Rams, Saturday Oct.
Jazz Ensemble
Sunday, Dec.
Free admission, ticket required
Mid-Term
locations
Homecoming Weekend
Presbyterian Church,
345 Market
campus
Special Events
Arts,
Mitrani Hall
CGA cardholder, $10
Tuesday, Jan. 16
other
2 p.m.
March
3,
2007, 7 p.m..
Gross Auditorium, Reserved, $1
5;
CGA cardholder, $5
FALL 2006
The University Store.
Huskies on T-shirts and sweatshirts,
caps and decals, giftware,
mugs and
pennants. And, on the football field
where the 2006 Huskies have
sights
on
set their
a repeat of last falls
undefeated regular season.
Huskies have been synonymous with
BU
pride since 1933
professor
when art
and wild animal
trainer
George Keller started the tradition
with Roongo, a full-blooded North
Greenland husky whose name was
derived from the school colors of
maroon and gold. Roongo was
followed by Garou and several other
canine "Roongos" before the mascot
was
first
portrayed by Mike
Wasielczyk '82 in 1979. After several
extreme makeovers, todays Roongo
right,
(at
with friends) can be found
and greeting students
and alumni at games and other
campus events. The husky's name can
leading cheers
even be found on the cafe in the
Warren Student Services Center.
The University Store
offers the
convenience of shopping online
at
www.bloomu.edu/store for hundreds of
items Huskies fans of all ages can
wear, display and enjoy as well as
gift
cards in any amount. For a traditional
shopping experience, the University
Store
is
open seven days
a
week
during the academic year. Stop by in
person or online for everything Husky.
Semester Hours
The University Store
Monday through Thursday:
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday:
Noon
to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.
7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Customer Service: (570) 389-4180
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MAGAZINE
WINTER
2006
From the
Executive Editor
As
I
approach
my second anniversary as Bloomsburg University's director
of communications
and executive editor of Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine, I'm meeting more and more devoted
university close to their hearts.
all
of our readers
staff
what's happening
I
hope each
on campus and
alumni
who hold
this
magazine updates
issue of this
in the lives of students, faculty,
and alumni.
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in
on
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recall,
we added
the class notes section,
Husky Notes,
to the
2004, and we're pleased with the positive feedback we've received.
fall
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of explanation
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day of instant
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From
the President's Desk, will return in
the spring 2006 issue of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is
member of the Pennsylvania State System
a
of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as of December 2005
Kenneth
E. Jarin,
Chair
Kim E. Lyttle, Vice Chair
CR. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew E. Baker
Mark Collins Jr.
Nathan
Paul
R.
FEATURES
Lammando
Marie A. Conley
Conroy
Beauty and Brains
Page 6
Dlugolecki
S.
Daniel P. Elby
Passersby see an elegant mansion; entrepreneurs
Michael K. Hanna
David
see the latest technology
Holveck
P.
Vincent J. Hughes
Allison Peitz
with BU's Institute for Interactive Technologies.
Guido M. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center
James j- Rhoades
firms the
facilities
Christine J. Toretti Olson
L,
and services they need
Zahorcak
employment
for current students
offers
grow
to
their businesses while creating internships
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
and an abundance of
opportunities arising from a strong relationship
and
and recent
grads.
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
The Super
Page 10
Judy G. Hample
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
When Jim McBride 70 retired
A.William Kelly 71, Chair
from the Air Force
he
Robert J. Gibble '68, Vice Chair
and then
Steven
thought he had found his ideal retirement job.
Secretary
B. Barth,
Ramona H.
Alley
Lammando
Marie Conley
Roben Dampman
LaRoy G. Davis
never expected to lead the
'94
'65
He
Wyoming Department
of Education and be responsible for the education
'67
Charles C. Housenick
of the
'60
state's
78,000 students.
Mowad
Joseph J.
Shymansky
President,
Rising with the
Page 14
David J. Petrosky
Jennifer
a school superintendent position,
Sun
'06
Bloomsburg University
Jessica Sledge Kozloff
Owner of Sun Buick
Pontiac
Lori Guitson '87
the
Women's Retail
Executive Editor
was
Initiative
first
GMC
to
in Moosic, Pa.,
complete GM's
program. Guitson has
learned through sports and professional endeavors
Liza Benedict
Co- Editors
that being successful is not
Eric Foster
her best.
enough; she has to be
Bonnie Martin
Husky Notes Editor
Doug Hippenstiel '68, '81M
COVER STORY
Irene
Husky Heart
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Editorial Assistant
Johnson
Doug Hippenstiel's
Communications Assistants
Lyneite
Mong '08
his dedication to
Emily Watson '08
collection of
Agency
will retire
Snavely Associates, Ltd
can be seen in
husky memorabilia. Hippenstiel
next
month from his post
of Alumni Affairs, but
Art Director
BU
love for
alumni and his impressive
he'll
'68
as director
remain a Husky
through and through.
Debbie Shephard
Curt
Witness
Page 20
Designer
to History
Woodcock
Most people have seen
Cover Photography
on
Eric Foster
television,
residence
On the Cover
Doug Hippenstiel
retires
next
month
life
McCormack
for administration
10-month tour of duty
after a
the devastation of war
but James
that
and
conflict in Afghanistan
'90/'93M, BU's assistant director of
and technology, saw
put his
skills
it
and training
firsthand during a
to the test.
quarter century as director of Alumni Affairs.
Address comments and questions
Funding the Future
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Over the Shoulder
by
way of providing equal educational and employUniversity
is
ment opportunities
to affirmative action
for all
persons without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
ancestry, disability or veteran status.
WINTER 2006
News Notes
Devoted to Benton
Native^ will funds BU scholarship
Thomas
Diltz left Benton, Pa., in the early-
hometown
1940s, but his love for his
lifetime.
As
a
monument
lasted a
to his affection for the
small Columbia County community, Diltz
established a scholarship that will help Benton
residents attend BU.
be awarded in
Diltz willed
fall
The
first
scholarship will
2006.
more than $98,000
Bloomsburg University Foundation
an annual scholarship
for
BU
to the
to establish
freshmen
who
graduate from Benton Area High School. Diltz,
who
earned bachelor's and master's degrees
from the University of Texas,
BU through his brother,
is
connected to
Carl Diltz '43.
Carl Diltz says his brother graduated from
Benton High School in 1941, enrolled in a 10-
week engineering school
in
Bloomsburg and then moved
Thomas
to
Diltz spent time in front of the
camera while working for
the Texas University Extension Program.
He joined the
Navy in 1943, was stationed in New York, Illinois, Iowa
and Oklahoma, and became an aviation cadet.
Philadelphia to study with the Signal Corps.
"Tom and
U.S.
After his discharge, he earned fine arts degrees
University of Texas.
He made
from the
February 2004
He remained in Texas, where he
at the
I
talked with
Carl Diltz says.
Benton, and he liked that he could do something for Benton
films for the Texas University
and
and Wildlife Commission where he worked
until his retirement.
had no children, and
"We discussed how he
could create something for the people of Benton. He loved
Extension Program, moving to the publications department of
the Texas Parks
his wife
him about his will,"
as a
memorial
to
our
folks."
For information on establishing a scholarship
through the Bloomsburg University Foundation,
died in
call
(570) 389-4524.
age of 80.
Business Specialist
BU
hosts Fulbright scholar from Calcutta
Sharmistha Banerjee, a senior lecturer at the
University of Calcutta, helped
professor Ruhul
management
Amin and adjunct
faculty
Steve Hibbard teach three classes
who
last fall. Banerjee,
has 10 years of teaching experience,
one of five faculty from
member
India selected
was
from among
specialist
in
small business
management and
entrepreneurship, Banerjee says that India benefits
from having a relatively large labor pool and citizens
Sharmistha Banerjee,
with a relatively high level of
left,
spent the
fall
for
Americans to
diversity.
3,500 years of heritage," she says.
yet
have
so diverse,
one country. The food, the language and
it is still
the clothing change
Most
"We
"It is
when you
travel
200 miles."
Indians speak three languages, adds
She notes,
language of
India;
and
official
English.
Banerjee and Amin presented a paper, "Comparative
Small Business Effectiveness: Toward a
Model," at the International Business and Economic
semester
teaching at BU. At right
Ruhul Amin, management professor.
is
skills.
is its
Banerjee: a vernacular language; Hindi, the
141 applicants for the fellowship.
A
The most important thing
appreciate about India
however, that
many
of the businesses
in
India are
family-run without records being kept or taxes paid.
BLOOMSBURG
Research Conference. The presentation
nominated
for best
was
paper at the conference.
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Extreme Makeover
Husky mascotgets a, new
BU
look
mascot Roongo's extreme makeover
was revealed
the football
last fall at
game
opening the Huskies' undefeated season.
Here Roongo takes a break from cheering
to
pose with
BU President Jessica Kozloff,
her husband Steve and their children and
grandchildren. Shown,
left
are Kyle Kozloff, his wife
daughter
Lily.
to right, seated
Emme and their
Standing, second row, are
the Kozloffs' grandsons, Ethan Collins
and Cameron
Kozloff. Standing,
back
row, are Becky Kozloff Collins holding
daughter Libby, her husband Jeff Collins,
Roongo and Jessica and
Steve Kozloff.
Applied Chemist
BU
professor contributes to Nobel Prize-winning research
A first-year
professor has
hand knowledge
that
first-
of the research
won the 2005
Nobel
Prize in
chemistry for Robert H. Grubbs of
allows for the creation of
natural polymers, such as
plastics or rubbery materials
and pharmaceuticals.
Morgan,
the California Institute of
Technology. John
P.
Morgan
contributed six papers and five
Grubbs
who worked
more than
for
with
five
years
as a graduate student at
patents to Grubbs' work, which
Caltech, said an important
was
component
recognized for
impact on
its
of the research
environmentally safe chemistry
its
and
chemistry. According to
its
potential uses
medical
in
the
field.
Grubbs' research focused on
creating
compounds
reactions faster and
that
make
more
team
is
John
contribution to green
Morgan
P.
who
chemists
Grubbs' team created could be
theory of chemistry. He
made
degradable. The catalysts
known
in
those theories and
pharmaceuticals without
see and
negative ecological effects.
of chemistry,"
catalysts accelerated reactions
Currently,
by more than one hundred times.
from biological sources.
many drugs come
Morgan
utilize
Currently,
ested
in
became
the field for applying
can also be used to produce
learned N-heterocyclic carbene
effective. His research
cared about the
Morgan, the polymers that
was
able to
the practicality
Morgan
Morgan
is
said.
inter-
using N-heterocyclic
He
use
is
also interested
in
Metals that are used to combat
can have a negative immune
response.
Morgan hopes
carbenes can be used to
disguise the metals so the
immune system
carbenes for ecological and
body's
reactions considerably, but they
teaching him the importance of
medical purposes. Because
combat them.
allowed us to make compounds
applied chemistry.
that
we
Morgan
couldn't
make
said. This
before,"
technology
WINTER 2006
came
credits
"When Bob
into this business,
was surrounded by
he
inorganic
they are strong metal binders,
carbenes can be used to clean
up metal from waste streams.
their
diseases, particularly cancer,
Grubbs with
"Not only did they speed up
in
biological organisms.
doesn't
News Notes
Dean
Retiring
Liu retires
from Liberal Arts,
Agbango serves as
Hsien-Tung
Liu,
dean
interim
dean of the College of
Liberal Arts, retired in
January after
14 years at Bloomsburg University.
Liu's
Hsien-Tung Liu
academic background includes a bachelor's
and a master's degree
In his
retirement, he
is
in
English and a doctoral degree
public policy.
in
returning to California.
In his
time at BU, Liu
was an advocate
for liberal arts education,
and the work of
Dean's
ago
Award
faculty.
academic
He
rigor
instituted the
for Excellence several years
to recognize faculty for their teaching
and research.
George Agbango, professor
science,
is
Arts until a permanent dean
to
George Agbango
coming
was
in
elected a
1979.
In
Member of
1981,
to
in
named.
Atlanta.
A native
of Ghana,
Prior
1
990,
Agbango
Parliament of the Ghana National Assembly
Agbango was Ghana's accredited delegate
left
in
at Clark Atlanta University
United Nations General Assembly. Following
Ghana, Agbango
is
Bloomsburg University
Agbango taught
and at Spelman College, both
of political
serving as interim dean of Liberal
Africa in
1
983
to pursue
Brit tingham
Sept. 10
runs through the Red Raider defense during the
match-up that saw
BU beat Shippensburg 49-21.
to the
political instability in
advance studies
United States. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree
Jamar
in
the
in political
Face in the Crowd
Brittingham comes in third for Harlon Hill trophy,
is
featured in SI
science from Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, and master's of public
administration degree from Atlanta University.
Sophomore
tailback Jamar
New Trustee
Brittingham of Levittown
Bloomsburg native appointed
Harlon
2005
finished third for the
Hill
Award honoring
NCAA Division IFs college
Bloomsburg native Charles C. "Nick" House-
football player of the year.
nick '60 was appointed to BU's Council of
Brittingham,
Trustees
last fall.
A councilman with the
Town of Bloomsburg for the past
12 years,
Charles 'Nick'
Housenick chaired the town's parking and
Housenick
municipal authorities and
is
a past director of
Bloomsburg Rotary Club, Columbia Montour Chamber
of Commerce and Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth.
the
Professionally, he's
had two
distinct careers: as president
who was
featured
in Sports lllustrated's "Faces
in the
Crowd"
section in late
October 2005, was one of
26 candidates
just the
overall
and
second sophomore
be named
to the top three since 1987.
During the 2005 season, Brittingham led the country in
game with 187.5 and
and general manager of the former Housenick Motor Co. and
as an account executive with the financial planning firms of
with 17.5 points per game.
Hutton and Co., Williamsport, and,
Oppenheimer and Co., Bloomsburg.
Year.
E.F.
Each of the 14
universities in the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education
ees
whose members
approved by the
since 1989, with
are
is advised by a Council of Trustrecommended by the governor and
Jamar Brittingham
to
rushing yards per
He
in scoring average
totaled 2,060 yards rushing
and was named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the
He
also earned
PSAC East Player of the Week five
times during the season.
Bloomsburg's only Harlon Hill winner
who won
the
award
is
Irv Sigler '99
in 1997.
state Senate.
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
At the State Level
Volunteer Responder
CGA president joins Board of Governors
Simpson member of state radiation team
BU's
Community Government
was
David Simpson, associate professor of physics and applied
Association president
technology, has joined Pennsylvania's Radiological Assis-
appointed to the Pennsylvania
One of a team of about 40 volunteers across
the state, Simpson may respond to radiological incidents
where he will advise the on-scene commander regarding
issues and hazards. As a member of this team, Simpson has
tance Program.
been issued a
set of radiation
instruments from the state to
use in this response. The team provides the Pennsylvania
Emergency Management Agency with the
calling
on
capability of
radiation safety experts from across the state to
respond as needed to a radiation incident.
System of Higher Educa-
State
tion's
Hm W-i
Board of Governors
last fall.
Nathan Conroy of
Nescopeck, a senior majoring
in secondary education
hold the position
history, will
until
J
--
and
Nathan Conroy
he graduates.
To be
eligible, a
student must be serving as president of
the student government association at one of the 14 State
System universities. The nominee's name works
from the
State
System chancellor's
office to the
Governors and then to the governor
its
way
Board of
for review. After the
governor reviews the students' qualifications, names are sent
to the state Senate for a vote.
Conroy has been involved with the
CGA since his
He also is president of the Orientation
Workshop Leaders, known as OWLs. He serves as chair of
the Kehr Union board and new student organizations
sophomore
year.
committee. Conroy
is
University Democrats,
and
Political
active in the
Democracy
Model United Nations,
Matters, History
Club
Organization for Student Involvement.
As president of CGA, he
also has a seat
on
the Blooms-
burg University Foundation Board of Directors. The
PASSHE Board
of Governors consists of
20 members
that
plan and coordinate development and operation of the
David Simpson
will use these radiation instruments as a volunteer
with Pennsylvania's Radiological Assistance Program.
Artists Unite
Student group raises $742 for
Katrina victims
BU's Student Art Association responded
last fall
to an appeal from Louisiana State University
made
through the National Association for Schools of
Art and Design. The students held an art sale that
raised
$742
to purchase art supplies for
affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Shown
sale are, at right, student Jes Engle,
a ceramic piece by faculty
and, far
right,
member
LSU students
during the
who
Karl
displays
Beamer
Leigh Wetterau, president of the
Student Art Association,
while Nicole Clark and
who
prices
works
Matthew Bonner
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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
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and Brains
Small towns generally aren't seen
latest
technology. Bloomsburg's
as the
hub of the
new Regional Technology
Center aims to change that perception with a partnership
of BU faculty and alumni, entrepreneurs, community
members, and
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government
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created a facility where business opportunities are nurtured
while keeping young graduates in the region.
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len talking about what sets the
recently
opened Bloomsburg
Regional Technology Center apart,
Mark T. Burke
points to a wall jack
with three telephone connectionlike ports.
Throughout the
pillared
elegant, white-
mansion, these simple-
looking jacks allow easy access for
computer networking or
cable,
telephone connections.
"We aren't just limited to sitting
someone
in a certain area with
one
computer," says Burke, director of
Keystone National High School, an
accredited provider of distance
learning programs.
month we need
to
a given
"If in
add three
Mark T. Burke '99M shows off the Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center,
home of Keystone National High School.
—no run-
people, we're ready to go
ning wires across the ceiling or
how to
trying to figure out
them
At
was
get
step further
service."
Burke
is
also
quick to point out
preserved historic mansion and
its
blended modern infra-
tenant
only
is
when it opened in July
why at least four others
2005, and
have already followed
Key
according to Burke and others,
is
and graduate students
Bloomsburg University's
tute for Interactive
Insti-
Technologies
and the technology
industry. For
years, the university has
been a
valuable resource for technology
firms,
on
with faculty able to consult
projects
and well-trained
student interns
who
often
prized employees.
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first-class
as well as
space for established
Companies
in the center
expertise afforded
sity,
and
by the univer-
a thriving tech center
could be a catalyst for attracting
become
building," says
is
a marvelous
Tim Phillips,
chair
of the university's Department of
Instructional
also
keep our graduates in the
munity. As
it
grows, the benefits
ripple out, stores benefit, housing
benefits
from
Burke,
it,
but
perfect example.
intern with Keystone in
tum-of-the-century building that
has been reborn."
online course offerings and then
became
a full-time employee.
The company, which serves more
than 25,000 students worldwide,
its
students
faculty.
The
university's Institute for
Interactive Technologies also plans
Attracting companies to the
the
1999
depends on Bloomsburg's technol-
Technology and
all
a
when the company created its
ogy program and
win
is
He started as an
and
a
starts small."
degree in interactive technologies
tive Technologies. "This is a
is
it
who earned a master's
director of the Institute for Interac-
area
area,
keeping that expertise in the com-
from Bloomsburg in 1999,
could benefit from the nearby
"The tech center
the strong relationship between
in
creating a center
other technology firms to the area.
suit.
to the center's success,
the faculty
by
could serve as an incubator for
firms.
pan of the reason
Keystone became the center's first
structure
that
ago the idea
new technology firms,
that the beauty of the carefully
cleverly
least five years
bom to take that relationship a
way around,
Phillips says. "These are the types
of jobs that will attract people
and
to open an office in the center,
which Burke says will further help
companies access the expertise
they need. "The connection
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is
he
critical for us,"
says,
adding that
from the university work on
interns
everything from marketing to devel-
new online
oping
graphics. "They
animation and
come
know-
in here
we need to get done; drey
have the skills we need, and we
ing what
couldn't
do
it
without them."
The Keystone High School
In addition to Keystone, the
now houses Conveyor Co.,
center
an engineering
BU graduates, left to right:
Kristie
'89r01M, Charles Wachira '99/'03M, Kelly Higgins Millar '99M, Susan Soozie'
office that designs
power plant equipment;
staff includes these
Feola Schaffer '93/'01M, Vanessa Klingensmith '99M, Dorie Dowhower-Henrie
Hummel '76/'82M, Barbara Cotner Laidacker '94M and Ginger Phillips Morgan
RGT
Shaffer '94/'01M.
Associates, a marketing firm that
New
New York and Connecticut;
"When you look at one
helps housing developers in
Jersey,
and Keynetx
provides
biggest reasons
firm that
Inc., a
leave
Web hosting and
area,
it's
because they don't
find the kind of challenging jobs
they are looking for in their
consulting services.
The Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center's
an
first
said Seibert,
big step toward
who
field,"
received a master's
from Bloomsburg in
in education
"I'm a believer in technology,
of the
young professionals
I
projects succeed
around the
Gordner
think we'll be very
says. "I
state,"
successful in encouraging recent
graduates to
start
the tech center
new businesses at
and encouraging
becoming a
1978. "Having
existing businesses to set
up
when
brings to the area companies in the
offices in the tech center,
using
high-tech field that can convince
either
reality came in 2002,
members sold their
former lodge on Market Street to the
Elks
Columbia Alliance
for
Growth, a non-profit
Economic
kind of facility
and have
professionals to stay here
of the
affiliate
this
their families here."
Columbia Montour Chamber of
Gordner,
who also sits on Ben
Commerce. The mansion, located
Franklin's board, says
near Market Square, was built by a
intrigued with the idea of harness-
town physician around 1900.
Working with the chamber and
ing the "gem" represented by the
the university were
cials
Bloomsburg
university's technology school
using
offi-
and Ben Franklin Technology
Partners,
state to
it
to influence
development
an organization created
and funded by the
he was
and
economic
off campus.
Gordner helped secure $ 1 million
spearhead
in state capital project funding
had been
by Govs.
(Bloomsburg technology)
Ed Edwards, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Alliance, says the community already
has benefited from the project.
"We wanted
to
preserve
Edwards
its
adding that town
leaders were concerned that the
mansion's architectural significance,
which mixes Greek
Schweiker and Rendell. Additionally,
Victorian styles,
from strong support from Sen. John
he pushed
future generations.
Gordner and Gov. Ed Rendell,
as a
well as from
two Bloomsburg
former Gov. Mark Schweiker
and
state
Rep. David Millard
Ben Franklin, says
sense to build
on
university already
ogy companies.
it
just
recognized
revival
would be
Their efforts paid
was taken
off.
and
lost for
Obvious
in restoring the deep
grads,
program, created under Rendell,
care
75
provides incentives for projects that
wood paneling in the
partner with colleges and universities
entrance area, where visitors find a
to attract industry.
stately fireplace against the far wall
'88.
Larry Seibert, regional manager
for
to get the site
Keystone Innovation Zone. The
to reclaim
community and
architectural features,"
says,
The $4
as
be able
that building for the
that
million project also benefited
satellite
students or graduates."
technology business development.
set aside
and
have seen other incubator-type
made
the relationship the
had with technol-
Firms locating in the Greater
and
Susquehanna Keystone Innovation
One
Zone, which includes the tech
another huge
center,
may be
eligible for tax
credits next year, according to the
Columbia
building's
a grand staircase to the right.
office off the
lobby features yet
fireplace.
A wall-to-wall oriental rag graces
the lobby,
and on the two upper
Alliance.
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Bloomsburg Regional Technology Center
The Greek revival and Victorian mansion was built around 1900 by a
town physician. Before being purchased by the Columbia Alliance for
Economic Growth
in 2002,
it
was
the local Elks lodge.
The
extensive,
$4 million renovation
about technology companies and
preserved the mansion's charm, including
how they work.
woodwork, stained and leaded
windows and original hardwood
original
glass
floors
on
student
18,000 square
on four
feet of leasable
space
floors (including the completely
Dedicated fiber optic trunk to building with
speed connections to each
flexible, secure,
Lisa Verge's career path illustrates
Conference rooms on each floor that can be shared by tenants. Shared
grads in the area. After receiving an
break rooms and a shower and changing
•
Keyless entry system and video surveillance.
•
Tenant control of heating/cooling, which
•
For more information, contact the Columbia Alliance
(570) 784-2522 or on the
—
how local opportunities can keep
Building-wide cable television distribution system.
at
company about what it's like to
work with clients and get a product
out the door that's when they get
high-
office.
•
Growth
is
undergraduate degree in biology
area.
from Bloomsburg
in
1996 and then
a master's in instructional technol-
included in the lease
for
rate.
ogy in 1998, Verge went
Economic
ton, N.J.
Web at www.bloomsburg.org/
creates online instructional courses
for workers, agreed in
up
have been
restored. Plenty of windows
wanted a site close
downtown, hoping to generate
throughout give natural
further
offices
on
floors
all levels,
light to the
even in the
basement, which has been renovated
with wide hallways.
as organizers
economic benefits
was a
factor
to
Technologies, says additional
companies have
He foresees
more technology
moving
firms
to the area,
the void.
the tech center
rooms and
the ability to lease
believes the center will attract big
firms looking to expand
both
test
and smaller
the waters.
Verge says her firm has hired
Bloomsburg technology graduates
and brought on interns. EduNeering.com also has benefited from
the university.
it,
creating
opportunities
who
to stay in the area.
The value of the
"We're very interested in looking
to the future,
beyond what we're
doing today," Verge
says.
(instructional technology)
"The
program
does a good job of
internship opportunities
at the university
with these companies
keeping up to date in a rapidly
cannot be overstated, he
changing industry."
says.
"We can
all
b
talk until
we're blue in the face
and read
fills
With shared conference
consulting with the experts at
close to
want
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difficult at the
and
for graduates
dedication of the Regional Technology Center.
was
into the tech center
more job
State Sen. John Gordncr takes part in the
it
ones looking to
expressed interest in the
tech center.
to set
varying amounts of space, she
assistant
director of the Institute for Interactive
Verge says
and she thinks
district.
Karl Kapp, a professor of instruc-
and
1999
a branch office in Bloomsburg.
time to find suitable office space,
for
Bloomsburg's main business
tional technology
Edwards, a 1973 Bloomsburg
grad, says location also
to
employer EduNeering.com, which
SOURCE: Columbia Alliance for Economic Growth
wooden
to Prince-
Knowing she wanted
return to the Bloomsburg area, her
Alliance/technology_center.
levels, the
not until a
a real understanding."
•
assets also include
it's
under the
the president of a small start-up
renovated basement).
•
But
actually
pressure of a deadline or talking to
the upper levels. Building
highlights include:
•
is
we want
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and Pennsylvania
in Harrisburg.
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Wyoming Department of Education,
hed found
Denver.
programs and distance learning
a post that put Jim
Sandi close to their daughter Monique's family in Cheyenne,
But
and
his wife
Wyo.
broke into open warfare between Trent Blankenship, the
Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal late in
summer of 2005. Blankenship resigned in the middle of his term, which
state
the
hostilities
He even
his retirement
A back-office job managing
federal
for the
full
Air Force and as superintendent of a
school superintendent, and
officially
ends in January 2007. The leadership was
failing,
badly,
and with
public recriminations.
"Several people inside
me," McBride
recalls.
and outside
"They
I'm not politically connected.
What
really
pushed him
I
the department
had gotten
you put your name
thought I had no chance at all."
said,
'Why
don't
into the ring
describes the department as a very
to
know
in the hat?'
were the nominees. McBride
complex and
difficult organization.
"There
who were just politicians who were talking about running.
They hadn't read No Child Left Behind they couldn't even spell NCLB!"
His wife said, "Why complain? Why not just fix it?"
were people
—
"So here
I
am," he says.
And there went his retirement. Again.
In many ways, it's a dream job. "Wyoming's on the crest of an economic
boom that's going to last another decade. We not only have the ability,
but we have the funds to make this happen. It's going to be a neat ride,"
McBride
says.
Economic boom: Donkey wells plunging and rising filled with oil 24/7,
mile-long trains of coal bound for Cheyenne and points east, tractors
churning up bentonite on "farms" near the Montana border, trains loaded
with soda ash in the southwestern part of the
through sagebrush and wheat
hunting, fishing, fabulous scenery,
dug up, pumped
out, scraped
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state, cattle
spread out
wind energy farms near Laramie,
rumors of opals and gold. If it can be
grass,
off,
harvested, butchered, shot
at,
cast for,
'The thing that's often missing
education
in
leadership.'
is real
—Jim McBride '70
or even looked
Wyoming has it
at,
for sale.
And it's a
that
The state is under a court order to improve its school
facilities
and in its fourth lawsuit over financing
which means spending SI billion or more in school
construction statewide. Thanks to Wyoming's wealth,
McBride doesn't have
he
says,
to
scrounge for the money.
You ought
to
be able to control
Right now, each Wyoming school
architectural firm
school.
and creating plans
"Then they submit the plan
them we
can't
pay
for
One was
it.
and we
to us,
To
end
in the Taj
list
by a Democratic governor. Just weeks
lican appointed
he slashed 5450,000 from the budget, and
bridges as well as tear
"The thing
tell
be a one-
Mahal construction."
a handful of basic plans, along with an a la
of extras that the districts pay for themselves.
for the job in a
deputy
superintendent position, "showing that he can build
leadership,"
military
and
down palaces,"
according to an
Casper Star-Tribune.
missing in education
that's often
he
says. "I've
and
lots
lots
had a
and
is real
experience in the
lot of
lots of practice... and
I
genuinely like people."
avoid that, McBride has suggested the state offer
its districts
carte
that will
A few months into his tenure, McBride had already
editorial in the
four times per square
foot the going rate. If we're not careful, there'll
upsmanship
an
dream
to
and run.
he placed one of his competitors
fis-
costs."
district is hiring
for its
tail
what they have
garnered kudos from just about everyone. He's a Repub-
into his job,
"Even in a boom, you ought to be
cally responsible.
be accredited. He
institutions of higher learning
do, they'll turn
—
Still,
all
believes once the diploma mills see
market.
seller's
So what's next
for
McBrides schools?
windswept Wyoming, where one county can be
as large as Connecticut and have a population of 4,900
In
"A small elementaty, a large elementary, middle schools,
people, where the drive to a full-service grocery store
high schools, maybe even a junior high," he says.
may be 60 miles one way, where "neighbors" sometimes
to help guide the facilities
commission so
that
"I
want
we build
some of these and then when the community is ready,
take them through and say, What's wrong with this?'
We've got to be very careful to develop some criteria."
The state's also sitting on a S440 million trust fund
that will allow free college educations for
students
—Hathaway
scholarships, in
Wyoming
He sees
families to
honor of former
going to happen."
the scholarships as a
children can go to college for
proved graduation
free. "It will
rates, better learning,
development boom
—
it's
Though legislation for
"On any given
we have
about the same number
some
large
urban
have
less
districts.
—more
frontier schools
14
classes of six, 10,
Many of our 48 school
many have numerous
than 350 kids,
rural than 'rural.' Graduating
aren't
is
uncommon," he says. "One
for us to make every effort at
—
in im-
last
That's
the legal decision out
lawsuit says, 'the best the state can provide.'
where computers and video come
there are only seven students in the class
the scholarships won't be
want
staff
rules, writing story-
boards for commercials and hiring
way to honor him?"
One dark cloud over the
says,
'What
better
Wyoming's
reputation for harboring diploma mills. Because of a
legal loophole, the state is the
nominal home of numer-
ous
"colleges" that give out worthless degrees,
that
Hathaway scholarship money provides a
to close that loophole
math
class.
the class that
and only two
Why not hook her up to
and have her teach
way? He's optimistic and excited about
the possibilities.
staff.
scholarships:
to take her
several schools throughout the state
On this snowy October day, he's just returned from
Hathaway's funeral, and he pauses and
in.
Suppose, he proposes, Mrs. Smith teaches math, but
almost pick-a-category."
have already started developing
McBride plans
day,
of kids in school in the entire state (about 78,000) as
of the
an economic
passed until sometime this spring, McBride and his
lure.
enthused about the
equal access and equal education
that their
end
is
computers and distance education.
of the biggest challenges
way to draw young
Wyoming with the knowledge
15 miles apart, McBride
possibilities of
districts
Gov. Stan Hathaway. "That's going to happen," McBride
states. "That's absolutely
live
and
Will McBride run for a
full
term as
state superinten-
when this partial term ends? "I'm not ready to
make that announcement yet." he says, "but I can't
dent
imagine having accomplished everything
in the brief time remaining.
is
a great time to
I
love
what
I
I
want
do,
be in education in Wyoming!"
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to
and
it
truly
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all
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by requiring
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and
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College
down
is like
a four-year driver's education course that prepares
life's
merge onto
expected journey, you may
a road. But, instead of the
an interesting detour. That's what happened to
Sun
the
before deciding
own dealership.
at
STORY BY DAWN LEAS
manager
sales
was time
it
buy her
to
She resigned from
Saturn and entered the
General Motors
Women's
Retail Initia-
program, designed to increase the
tive
presence of women in the automotive
Lori Guitson learned the
word
meaning
industry. For almost
Guitson studied
"drive" long before she
.
.
She learned
it
while
competing and coaching on
diamonds and
hockey
field
two
in
McLean,
Va.,
and worked
in various
dealerships to gain experience in
Softball
and
service, sales
fields.
Guitson graduated from Blooms-
parts.
was the
first
female to get into
burg University in 1987 with a degree
the program,
and
I
in secondary education/math.
to
"I
She
planned, of course, to teach and did
for a short time.
hand
at
She also
tried
was
the
her
my dealership," she explains.
get
owner
of
became the
Sun Buick Pontiac GMC
Marywood University in Scranton
in Moosic, Pa.,
where she led the
crew of 28 employees who
team
to a
24-3 record and an Eastern States
Athletic Conference
service
(ESAC) champi-
there, she
moved on to
Mansfield University.
"I
where she heads
new Buick,
vehicles
make
onship in 1988.
From
and used
says,
I
really care
came back and
but didn't
started
like that as
not just
car.
I
lifetime of cars to
need
member," Guitson
family and friends.
treat the
Guitson,
who
challenge and competitiveness of sell-
from Lehighton
says the
the path to an education career, she
drive
realized that a future in the automotive
Her recent
her
Guitson spent
and served
bucket
like a
1 1
seat.
years at Saturn
as the franchise's sales
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one
to sell a
To
retain business,
customer like a family
ing cars, and after trying to get back on
fit
any
them, plus their
we
She found she liked the
against for a season
Who has most influenced her
my drive and my
success, Jan Hutchinson, my field
career? "As far as
hockey and
drives
to
commute
45 minutes
favorites include a Pontiac
and
BU,"
at
'Winning wasn't enough.
the coach
who,
last fall,
me.
want
ever
I
I
to
need
earned her
"I
guess
throughout
that being successful
I
We had
our best," Guitson says of
to play
be
to
is
I
a Pontiac
G6
coupe.
She believes playing sports prepared her for business by teaching
carry
not enough
my best,
be the best
I
my life,
can be
and
what-
at
am doing."
In Guitson's office, several gates
are strategically placed to confine her
retriever,
Cosmo. Could they
for the hurdles
has overcome to achieve her
Guitson
level
of success? Possibly. But, she defdy
maneuvers around
these, just as she
cleared the hurdles that stood in
her
way as she drove toward buying
ing
its
success,
GMC and cultivat-
b
Moosic each day,
allows her to test
many of the vehicles sold at Sun.
Solstice
coach
Softball
she says.
Sun Buick Pontiac
says.
and
Hockey Championship Team.
that philosophy
simple and
to sell
Softball
BU and still holds
at
GMC
be in business."
area tempted her to veer off the educa-
industry
235 shots
golden
is
to soft-
457 shots against in a career. And she
was a member of the 1984 BU Field
"We believe," she
new direction. A help-wanted ad for
a new Saturn store in the Allentown
tion route.
hockey
be a metaphor
person one
a
field
customer, be honest, be straightforstill
Little
Area High School. She played
and
and
was
at Pittston (Pa.)
1,500th career victory.
"you can take care of your
"My goal
Guitson explains.
Then life's detour led Guitson in
is
and basketball
ball
ward and
much as I liked teaching and coaching,"
a
resonates with values from Guitson's
years with Saturn.
for the area.
vehicles of
play on her
first girl to
League team and then went on
for
and
to substitute,
the
set goals
mediocrity. She
settle for
and
Pontiac and
Sun's philosophy
enjoyed the
but just didn't
sell
or model.
position there coaching field hockey
Softball,
her to be competitive, to
not to
In January 2004, she
coaching, spending a year at
Softball
female
first
complete the program from A to Z
and
find yourself taking
two individual goalkeeping records:
years,
National Auto-
at the
mobile Dealers Association Academy
sold a Saturn. .or a Buick. .or a
Pontiac.
trip
'87.
Guitson
Lori
manager and general
her position
of the
you for the
superhighway. At graduation, you receive your "license" and carefully
Freelance writer
Dawn Leas is the
associate director of admission
for
Wyoming Seminary Lower
School.
She
lives
with her family in
northeastern Pennsylvania.
STORY BY TRACEY M. DOOMS
Doug Hippenstiel '68/'81M has lived
most of his life within a few miles of
Bloomsburg University, so he was a
natural for the post of Alumni Affairs
director. After
almost 26 years at
the helm, he's preparing to retire from
an Alumni Association he steered
into the 21st century.
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—
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office
step inside Douglas
Husky eyes
blue
greet
[ippenstiel's
I
you from
all
MW
Incomers. Plush Huskies and framed Huskies,
a Husky welcome mat and a Husky footstool, Husky
ornaments and Husky statues. Almost 26 years worth
of Husky collecting lines the shelves, desk, windowsills
and floor of the office of the director of Alumni Affairs
in Fenstemaker Alumni House.
"I can't see anything Husky and not buy it," says
Hippenstiel, who even pondered a real Husky puppy
before realizing he valued his furniture too
take his obsession that
much to
Danville
been a
News
all
had worked part-time
English. At the
for the
as a reporter/photographer,
stringer for the
same
tute teaching to help
During his nine
time, he moonlighted
by
full-time years at the
Association, handling production of
cation.
He became
substi-
support his growing family.
Morning
its
growing publi-
the full-time director of Alumni
1980 following the retirement of Bloomsburg
first
director of Alumni Affairs, retired
me
to apply for the job, saying
it's
a
good job
pointing out that the job has
grown tremendously
He currently travels
about 20,000 miles a year to alumni events
this spring.
whom BU President Jessica Kozloff has
for a
family man," Hippenstiel says with a roll of his eyes,
along with the Alumni Association.
of accomplishments with a special event
—"and
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Maroon and Gold" actually became a Husky
moved into the director's office. He grew
called "Mr.
long before he
up just
a few miles
down the
road in Lightstreet and
enrolled at the university in 1964.
Bloomsburg,
I
"If it
hadn't been for
probably wouldn't have been able to go
to college," says Hippenstiel,
whose
family couldn't
afford expensive tuition.
He enrolled as a history
me
I'd
major, but "everybody told
never get a job teaching history," so he switched
to English.
To
he quips
this day,
that
he doesn't take
any student's choice of major seriously
mencement.
"I
until
com-
comfort parents by saying, This
try to
is
their opportunity to explore.'
After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1968,
Hippenstiel taught English for three years in the Central
Columbia and Danville Area school
signing
on with what was then
now Press Enterprise
—
in
the
before
Morning Press
Bloomsburg
"That was a tough decision because
Hippenstiel
districts
I
as a reporter.
loved teaching,"
recalls.
In the 1960s,
However, he
ence in the
field
also loved journalism,
went back
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and
his experi-
to seventh grade,
when he
Press,
Alumni
school superintendent Donald Watts. "He encouraged
things
Husky ends on March 31, 2006, when he will retire
26 years as director of Alumni Affairs. The Alumni
Association will honor his longtime commitment and
The man
and he had
Morning Press while he taught
Hippenstiel began working part-time for the
University's
after
list
years in college, he
Affairs in
far.
Hippenstiel's professional dedication to
lengthy
began helping with the school newspaper. For two
Doug Hippenstiel was
of Maroon and Gold.
editor-in-chief
that
doesn't count flying."
Most
events are in Pennsylvania,
where 75 percent of
Bloomsburg alumni
live.
Over the past two
decades, the
Alumni
Association has gready
increased the
events
it
number of
sponsors,
now
topping 50 to 60 each year.
Hippenstiel notes that the
total is deceptively
since
Doug Hippenstiel is
shown as a college
low,
homecoming,
for
senior, above,
example, counts as one
event, although
and early
in his career as director
of Alumni Affairs.
it
Together,
encompasses numerous
call
tion
university haven't forgotten
has always emphasized communication.
"When I
ment
and
started as
from an alum," he
and
recalls.
"Except for the publica-
fundraising, there wasn't a lot of
communica-
good
more alumni in the life of the university.
"A lot of alumni welcome the opportunity to
interact with students, " Doug Hippenstiel says.
involve
Today, answering e-mails from alumni often
consumes a
large part of Hippenstiel's
association itself can send an e-mail to
6,000 alumni in a matter of minutes.
number jumps
we
association has
for
been able
to
more alumni
in the
life
of the university,
Hippenstiel says. "A lot of alumni
welcome the opportu-
nity to interact with students." Already, alumni are
acting as mentors to students. .and to other alumni.
.
The "Mentoring" link on the Alumni Association Web
site, www.bloomualumni.com, connects those who
volunteer with those who are looking for a mentor. The
Web site offers information to alumni in a way
the director couldn't have imagined
In addition to the online
tion
bought and renovated
office is
has an online directory of all
advances the
make. 'We've always had
A primary goal for the Alumni Association is to
involve
than 50,000 graduates. Already, the director empha-
Bloomsburg University alumni.
about
good Alumni Board who were very supportive,"
House during Hippenstiel's
sizes, the association
"That's
says.
addresses while compiling a print directory of more
living
many of the
entire
soon, as the association collects e-mail
of.
"It's all
Hippenstiel credits a positive relationship with
more than
that
proud
do," he says.
workday. The
He hopes
the
relationships."
Alumni Board members
he
A primary goal for the Alumni Association is to
and
—an accomplish-
them
that Hippenstiel is particularly
really at the root of what
a really
tion with alumni."
1
that the association
Hippen-
a former English teacher
Alumni Affairs director, we all had typewriters, not computers. Once in a great while, I'd get a
letter from an alum. Once in a while, I'd get a phone
first
of these communication improve-
reporter,
As
stiel
all
ments help alumni know
individual programs.
on
26 years
ago.
home, the Alumni Associa-
its
Fenstemaker Alumni
tenure.
The
director's
the second floor of the stately building, pur-
chased in 1985 from the estate of Dorothy Dillon '24
and named
in
honor of Howard
F.
Fenstemaker 12,
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As director of Alumni Affairs, Doug Hippenstiel travels more than 20,000 miles a year to
alumni events. Most events are in Pennsylvania, where 75 percent of Bloomsburg alumni live.
who was editor of the alumni
quarterly for
and president of the Alumni Association
45 years
for a decade.
down the
home he shares with his wife
Hippenstiel will retire just a few miles
road, to the Almedia
Son Robert Hippenstiel earned
a business
manage-
ment degree from Bloomsburg in 1998, works for
Weis Markets and lives in Millville. The Hippenstiels
excuse their daughter Joanna Pruden for attending
Miami
Kathy. Although they attended the same high school,
the University of
they didn't start dating until they were at BU, where
since she earned a full-tuition scholarship to the
Kathy earned a degree in elementary education in
Florida school. She lives in Loyalsock
1969. She's already retired from her career as an
teaches
elementary school teacher in the Central Columbia
Technology
School
will
Hippenstiel's
list
of retirement activities
be spending time with Kathy and
their children.
becoming
in Williamsport.
swim and walk
true to your school
Looking for a bigger connection with your alma mater
click
to
"to-read" shelf during his
busy
bought books
1
on "Volunteer." You'll see a
make
list
of
more than 60
contact with other alumni. Opportunities range
committees to the legacy scholarship committee. You
can collect and preserve information about alumni
have served
in
the
armed
Web site
forces, assist with the
or help plan
who
trip
its
start in
1
979,
when
says.
a group of
programs got
New Jersey alumni
began representing the university Admissions Office
at
that involves
had enough of those
three careers,
and
952 to the Class of 2002
one of them," Hippenstiel
It's
I
loved each
says.
his last job, though, that has forged the
relationships
home,
—and
he'll
the
most
most souvenirs. With no room
be getting
rid of
most of the Husky
treasures in his office; his three grandchildren get
dibs
on
their favorites (he'll
youngest grandchild,
a
who was bom in August).
Husky through and through.
relationships."
first
have to choose for the
After
will
all, "It's all
remain
about
b
attend 25 to 30 college fairs a year, says founding
coordinator Dick Lloyd '62,
who
recruited
Bloomsburg
students even before he retired from his alumni relations
position with Rutgers University.
"Bloomsburg was very
important to me," Lloyd says. "As kids and their parents
are walking
down
keep that name
in
the aisle at college fairs.
.
.I
want
to
front of them."
"This really extends the reach of our Admissions
Office,"
adds Douglas Hippenstiel, director of Alumni
Affairs.
"Many
of our out-of-state students are from
New Jersey."
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in
Affairs director. "I've
can honestly say
I
The mementos may go, but Hippenstiel
prospective students find out more about the university.
1
want anything
Alumni
Teacher. Journalist.
had
college fairs throughout the Garden State, helping
Today, alumni from the Class of
don't
my various careers."
at
of the longest-running volunteer
"I
a time clock or deadlines. I've
Alumni
an annual theater
to Stratford, Ontario.
One
could read them," he
Hippenstiel expects to remain
involved with the Alumni Association as a volunteer,
but on his terms:
from the alumni tent at home football games to regional
Association
than
faster
retires,
up on his
career. "I always
www.bloomualumni.com and
events and organizations that allow you to help out and
to
He also
intends to spend lots of time reading the 100-plus
Once he
and fellow alumni? Go
to avoid
a "couch potato" in retirement.
novels and biographies that have built
Be
Township and
Pennsylvania College of
at the
Hippenstiel plans to
District.
Topping
math
rather than Bloomsburg,
Tmcey M. Dooms
is
in State College, Pa.
a freelance writer and
editor living
after
Hurricane
Katrina. But Afghani-
stan
is
skills,
where
his
training
and
dedication were put
to their greatest test.
Invaded by the Soviet
Union
in 1979,
Afghanistan was a
battleground for clashes
between Soviet and Afghan, or
James McCormack
group of BU
is
among
mujahidin, forces for the ensuing
a dedicated
10 years. The withdrawal of Soviet
students and former
staff,
war between
forces led to civil
students
who
leave their everyday routine
behind when their country
PAKIST'
He considers
calls.
various factions,
his
which
in turn
coalesced into a struggle between
the hard-line Islamic fundamentalist
tour of duty in Afghanistan nearly three years ago to be
Taliban and the Northern Alliance.
the greatest test of his skills and training.
The
history of those struggles
was written
in the landscape of
Bagram. As each side captured,
Witness to History
lost
or recaptured territory, they laid
fields of
mines.
For the American troops and the
STORY BY ERIC FOSTER
local Afghanis, the
many fields
of
mines yielded a harvest of death
When Maj. James McCormack
stepped off the transport plane
Bagram Air
Field,
McCormack has
seen
and disfigurement. "There wasn't
computer technology go from the
day that a mine didn't detonate,"
technology,
at
he entered a
specialized
equipment of scientists
country that bore the scars of two
and mathematicians
decades of continuous warfare.
appliances students use every
It
day. In nearly
major combat by U.S. forces in
the military,
Afghanistan had passed.
seen even greater changes.
McCormack
Army engineer like
'90/'93M, the
"It's
work was
around the
airfield
about 35 miles
20 years with
McCormack has
gone from being a
situation
just beginning. Buried in the arid soil
where blue
suiters
didn't talk with green suiters
to
an integrated approach,"
McCormack, now
north of Kabul were more than
says
8 million landmines.
major with the 213th
"Forty-eight hours after
I
was standing
I
arrived,
in a minefield that
had been cleared the day before,"
recalls McCormack. "Mine clearing
doctrine
was being written based on
McCormack.
to the pervasive
was March 2003, and much of the
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Kansas and Germany, was
on standby
for the first
Gulf War,
Afghan workers
use a
our experience in Afghanistan."
As BU's
dence
20
life
assistant director of resi-
for administration
and
a
constructed playgrounds and walkin northeastern Pennsylva-
ing
trails
nia
and spent
a
week in
Louisiana
hammer and chisel
to carve
doors in steel shipping containers
that were converted into buildings
at the U.S.
compound in Kabul.
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—
a
gone from being a situation where blue
'It's
green suiters to an integrated approach.'
Most of the mines were
anti-
tory. It
seemed
suiters didn't talk with
—James McCormack
that military history
runs in cycles, and
we were
dinner plate and weighing just a few
due
for a conflict.
figured I'd rather
pounds. Fields were cleared with
be a
leader."
personnel devices, smaller than a
armored bulldozers
through the
soil
plowed
that
and detonated the
I
about
So McCormack,
who
from
ground with chain
National Guard as an infantryman.
to set
in 1993, enlisted in the
buried explosives.
After a field
it
flails
would be
checked by
had been
McCormack's tour was supposed
In addition to
managing
tripling of the site's
power
grid
video-teleconferencing center at the
U.S. Embassy.
mines by stepping on the
Getting the
work done
tion fields
fields.
tractors.
and
to
a
common-sense
working with area con-
"Whatever you asked the
Afghan contractors
they could do
After three years,
he
engineering unit. "Engi-
neering spans everything
from destruction
James McCormack,
photo above, poses
right,
shipping containers are stacked
to create a building in Kabul.
The constant warfare
also
mean
says,
Afghan
electrical wiring.
They'd use wire
suitable for a
McCormack.
not nearly heavy enough for the volt-
"That's
the only branch that could keep
me interested."
ages being used.
But
In Afghanistan, after several
weeks of clearing mines,
where he served
called to
McCormack found
as facility engineer
that the
Afghani workers learned quickly.
And what
Kabul
home extension cord
they lacked in technique,
the Afghani workers
made up
"The compound became the
aries
operating post of a two-star general
—
less
is
just 17
and the Office of Military Coopera-
than half that of
tion-Afghanistan," says
citizens.
nothing but war," says McCormack,
who was about the age of the
typical Afghani when he chose to
was
a
sophomore
Bloomsburg, and
was
a major two-lane road, an elementary school
and
"We were
join the military.
it
sand.
at
occurred to
me
a passive observer to his-
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McCormack.
The compound was located in
the hean of the city, nesded between
civilian properties.
separated
by 7
feet of
and earned
—
bound-
respect.
"We were making buildings
of steel shipping containers,
out
and the
doors and windows had to be cut
into them,"
McCormack remembers.
"While some workers cut out the
doors with a torch, others were cutting the openings with a chisel
sledge
and
hammer." b
A 500-pound car bomb would
have taken out half the compound,"
says
in
determination to get the job done
age of an Afghani
"A whole generation knew
I
For example, he
workers took a different approach to
quality that bridged cultural
American
that
what you wanted."
and deputy ganison commander.
years old
"I
McCormack.
show them exact-
more than mark the land.
marked the people. The
stan did
It
to
ly
to do, they'd say
says
construction," says
McCormack was
in Afghani-
it,"
"But you'd have to
transferred to a military
with Afghan workers. Above
required a
broad knowledge of many construc-
edge of
approach
steel
and managed
the construction of a top-secret
soldiers
left in
in the
Kabul compound, McCormack
cleared,
did, set off rogue
fourth from
it
all facility
20 buildings
issues of the
specially trained
piles of soil left at the
overseas;
stretched to a very busy 10 months.
oversaw the
unwary
cleared
months
to last six
electrical
dogs. But
killing
of them."
men with metal
and
and
bus carrying German troops,
"proofed," or
detectors
could,
exploded next to a
arrived, a
earned a
mines. Other machines thrashed the
off the
Two weeks before
bomb
I
I I
master's of business administration
BU
aren't just in Iraq.
McCormack. "And
car
bombs
Eric Foster is co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
A
home's foundation serves as a strong base
and roof above. Just like a footing
of cinder block and concrete, the Bloomsburg
for the walls
University Foundation provides solid support to
BU students, faculty and programs.
The scholarships
also gave her the opportunity of a
—
lifetime
credits
a chance to study in England and earn 12
through a College of Business exchange program.
"Without the scholarships,
I
would have never been
able
to afford the valuable experience," she says.
Lindberg says the Foundation serves as "the broker
who have
between those
the ability to help
and those
who need the help."
and Robert Kessler,
Kessler Memorial Scholarship.
Christine Gasper, center, thanks Diana
sponsors of the Robert
'B J.'
Involved with Lindberg in the
by
directors, chaired
administers both restricted and
Future
Funding the
Donors of restricted
or areas,
gifts target specific
hard work. The Bloomsburg University Foundation
sees these "rewards" as a top priority to offset
costs for
BU
students.
"The Foundation handles
the university,"
donors on planned
university.
all
philanthropic
gifts to
explains Maryann LaCroix Lindberg,
executive director of the
and vehicles
mounting
that
BU
Foundation.
such
gifts,
as
produce income
We handle all
for the
flexibility
and can be used
donor or the
is
to
make
in
8,570 students
aid.
is
among the 90
percent of BU's
Scholarship, the
"The landscape has changed, and the need
budget comes from the
is critical,"
Thirty-eight percent of
state.
who want to come
attend,
to
BU but turn
do so because they
can't afford
teacher,
Gasper is
career as a business education
grateful for the scholarships she
received. "The scholarships helped to ease the massive
burden of college. Every time
I
knew
that
I
would
fewer loans that year," she says.
Memorial
Meyer and Mildred Eaton
down an offer to
scholarship,
She was awarded three scholarships from the
"B.J." Kessler
volunteer programs, to encourage alumni to mentor
financial
who receive some form of financial
Foundation: the Robert
fund
The work of the Foundation goes beyond fund raising and financial management. 'We work in partnership
with alumni and others in the community to develop
As she begins her
for scholarships.
Gasper, the College of Business' top honor graduate
December 2005,
initiatives. Gifts also
to attend."
sure financial donations are used as donors intend.
earmarked
meet university
expenses to national
alumni programming.
prospective students
Foundation, a separate
organization dedicated to supporting BU,
Half of the funds raised are
to
she adds. "Today, only 36 percent of the university's
trusts,
gifts-in-kind."
But the primary role of the BU
departments
students and to establish internships," Lindberg stresses.
"We work with
bequests and
which
gifts.
perhaps purchasing equipment or financing
conferences or recruitment
for
unrestricted
priorities, like scholarships, travel
Senior Christine Gasper sees scholarships as a reward
board of
faculty/student research. Unrestricted gifts provide
more
STORY BY BONNIE MARTIN
effort is a
Victoria Mihalik of Millville,
academic record has been
Levitt
scholarships
fully
have received."
I
I
received a
be able to take out
"I feel
as
though
my
rewarded by the
b
Scholarship and the Walter Rygiel Scholarship.
"The scholarships that
the determination to
I
have received have given
do well
me
in college," says Gasper,
who hails from Beaver Meadows,
near Hazleton.
pushing myself to the
ways believed
in
academically.
The scholarships acted
"I al-
limits, especially
as
my motivation."
Bonnie Martin
is
co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
Editor's note:
To
BU Foundation's
find out
how you can be part of the
efforts, call
(570) 389-4128 or
visit
www.bloomu.edu/giving.
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Husky Notes
Six inducted into
Athletics Hall of Fame Class
2005
graduates were inducted into BU's Athletic
SixHall of Fame as part of the
fall
celebration, bringing the total
to 109.
The newest inductees
2005 homecoming
number of members
are:
Stanley Elinsky '60: Elinsky was a three-sport standout
for the
Huskies earning
and
wrestling,
track
a total of 1 1 letters in football,
and
field.
He taught
in Deposit Central (N.Y.) School for
in 1994,
and
and coached
33
science
years, retiring
football, wrestling,
and track
His coaching successes include 22 tourna-
field.
ment team championships and 210
individual
tournament champions.
Michelle Simons
ball career as the
third)
'92:
Simons finished her
BU basket-
second all-time leading scorer (now
with 1,661 points.
A four-year,
all-conference
player, she ranks as the Huskies' career leader in steals
with 352,
is
sixth in career assists with
296 and seventh
in career blocks with 78. She helped the Huskies to
NCAA and PSAC playoff appearances and one
PSAC championship. Simons played in the Women's
four
Tom Martin '87:
National Basketball League from 1999-2001 and
served as an assistant coach
at East
The Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2005 is shown with
BU President Jessica Kozloff, center. They are, left to right, Tom
Martin '87; Saundra Lewis, widow of Millard Ludwig '48; Stan
Elinsky '60; Kozloff; Jeff Carruthers '79; Michelle Simons '92;
and Gina Lindenmuth Miller '90.
who
Stroudsburg and
Martin was an outstanding football player
finished his career as BU's second all-time leading
He also had 501 yards
and 705 yards in kickoff returns for 3,915 yards
offense. Twice named first-team All-PSAC, he also
rusher with 2,709 yards rushing.
Bucknell universities.
receiving
Gina Lindenmuth Miller
for four seasons,
'90: Miller, a Softball pitcher
earned run average. She struck out 429 batters in 456
of total
earned first-team All-ECAC honors as a senior. He
compiling a record of 55-8 and a 0.80
h
l
several school records
more yards
and
tallied three
innings pitched, while throwing 49 complete games and
or
22 shutouts. In 1990, she was a first-team All-America
year record of 27-6-1 which included one overall
and won
State
the Eleanor
Wray Award
as the top female
senior athlete. Miller helped lead the Huskies to
four
PSAC titles and a third-place
Division
II
Championships
finish in the
rushing. Martin helped the team to a three-
in 1990.
PSAC
Championship, the Lambert Cup as the top team in
Eastern Division
NCAA
set
games with 200
finals in
Millard Ludwig
1948
II
football
and
a trip to the
NCAA semi-
1985.
'48:
Ludwig, a soccer player, graduated
Jeff Carruthers 79: Carruthers, a two-time Ail-American
in
and two-time PSAC champion, holds Bloomsburg high
jump marks both indoor (7-0) and outdoor (7-PA).
He won the PSAC title in 1977 when he jumped 6-10,
Navy during World War
coming back the next year
other goals. After graduation, he served the Millville school
jump
of 6-10y2. At the
to
win
his
second
title
NCAA championships, he
with a
finished
after interrupting his studies to serve in the U.S.
II.
As
a two-year
member
record 6-1-2, while scoring twice and assisting on 11
district as a teacher,
guidance counselor, assistant to the
fourth in the high jump in 1977 and second in 1978.
superintendent, coach and athletic director.
And at
PSAC championships, he had a second-place
finish in the high jump and top-six finishes in the long
jump, the triple jump and the 4 x 400 relay team.
He received the Robert B. Redman Award as the top
three sports for
senior male athlete.
Service
the
WINTER 2006
of
the soccer team, he helped the Huskies to a then-school
26 years and,
in 1987,
He coached
was recognized
as
Pennsylvania Athletic Director of the Year. Ludwig was
president of the Bloomsburg College
Alumni Association
from 1973
college's Distinguished
to
1981 and received the
Award. He died in 2001
at the
age of 77.
Husky Notes
50Q George Sharp has
^jO published by
xlibris.com,
Births
written another novel, "Harriet,"
Xlibris
and
available online
through
www.
Kaitlyn Sue, July 6,
www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
'56 Middle
States team that evaluated
High in the Virgin Islands in May 2005.
St.
Juliet Grace, Sept.
Croix Central
1
'87 and
Monte Mingle
McCawley Magel
Laura
Richard Naradko
June
29,
'91
and Frank
'91,
/T Cf Alex Kozlowski and his wife Mary moved
\J
and
J mond,
Va., to
be close
to their three
who
six grandchildren. Alex,
retired
years in sales and sales management,
gifts for
the United
is
'92 and wife, Lauren, a daughter, Sadie Irene,
Matthew Smith
service to children during the fifth
after
31
annual Kids Day
America/International in South Whitehall Township.
As
men's basketball league, the Parkland Elementary Wrestling
A retired Parkland High
School history teacher, he has been active with the
1999
to 2005.
on
He and his wife Carole
the
BU Alumni
Alumni Board from
'04H, are parents of
Tracy Vandervalk Anderson
William, Sept.
'89,
Their granddaughter, Laura,
is
2,
'94 and husband.
Megan Hardisky Estock '94 and
a son.
Jack
husband, David, twins, David
2004
Elizabeth, Feb. 3,
Steve Bucher '95 and
Oct.
Bill,
2005
wife, Pam, a daughter, Abigail Olivia,
10,2005
Jennifer Kraatz Falkoff '95 and husband,
April 8,
Gil,
a son, Alex Joseph,
2005
Allison Paynter Hastings '95 and Ian Hastings
Sarah Lynn, July
14,
'94,
a daughter,
2005
Marsha Wilkinson Kouf '95 and Ronald M. Kouf '94,
Madison
March
Elizabeth,
Justine Boettger
a
a daughter, Katie Marie, June 24,
McCormick '96 and Randy McCormick '96,
2004
Tara Neyer '96 and husband, Len Gnade, a
Oct. 24,
a daughter,
2004
24,
who
is married to Bob Hafner '80.
sophomore at BU.
George Hartna was elected to the Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall
of Fame. He worked for Reader's Digest Association from 1975
to 1996, retiring as a senior vice president. He and his wife,
the former Janet Miller, have two daughters, Jill and Susan, and
Joanne Derricott Hafner
'95, a daughter,
recre-
ation director since 1975, he runs four playground programs, a
Association since 1989 and served
Anna Bauer Smith
married children
Derricott of Allentown was recognized for his
Program, concerts and other events.
'93 and
Katharine Margaret, June 20, 2005
Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg.
Bill
and husband, Douglas, a son,
to Rich-
now director of major
/T /T
'93
Douglas John, Dec. 20, 2004
from IBM Corp.
\J \J
daughter, Raegan Frances,
Jan. 14,2005
and
5
daughter,
and wife, Amie, a son, Nicholas Jack,
Sharon Aukema Lipps
5
'86, a
2005
Oct. 2,
Wills Eye Hospital.
at
Magel
2005
Bruce Rosengrant
the
an operation
daughter,
Leeann, April 23, 2005
35-year teaching career and, after retiring in 2000, regained
his eyesight during
'84, a
'88 and husband, Lewis, a daughter,
Amy Havard Schumaker '92, a
is
a daughter,
Grace Evelyn, April 20, 2004
2005 recipient of Dolly Parton's
V/|" Chasing Rainbows Award. In its fifth year, the award
recognizes someone who overcame life's adversities to be a
successful teacher. Jim was legally blind throughout his
Jim Gallagher
'91.
2005
,
Stephanie Simmons Geyer
'CT("\ Leo Mulhall, a teacher, disciplinarian, coach, athletic
^JJs director and assistant principal at Our Lady of Lourdes
Regional High School for 34 years, has been honored with the
renaming of the school's football and soccer stadium.
VT A
Marley
2005
Robyn Talbot Mingle
Harrison Morson served as co-chair of a 13-member
'85 and Jerry
Susan Ripple Marley
son,
Jake William,
2005
Jane Nolan Schleppy
'96 and her husband, Mark, a daughter,
2004
Reese Marie, July
11,
Michael Stebila
'97 and
four granddaughters.
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Pat Zelner
Kaczmarek
retired in
2004, joining the
Tom Kaczmarek '65.
Montgomery School District and
six years in a private school. They have two children, Kristine
Kaczmarek Hopkins '92, married to Craig Hopkins '91,
\J
/ retirement mode of her husband,
Pat taught for 21 years in the
and Kevin Kaczmarek, married
to
Unit 21.
Melanie Bolkovich Berryman
a son,
Samuel Michael, Sept.
Patty Mullen
Janet, July
5,
Doan
20,
David Berryman
'99,
'99 and husband, Rick, a daughter, Emily
Jean Shingara Spieles
'99 and
March 31 after five years as
executive director of the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate
He holds a doctorate from Perm State University.
will retire
BLOOMSBURG
Donald Spieles Jr.
'93,
a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, June 23, 2005
Shelley Levan Stokes '99 and husband,
Jean Marie, July
7,
Carl, a
daughter,
2005
Colleen Horan '02/'05M and
Frank Ferrari
'99 and
2005
2005
Carly Lynn, July 15,
information services.
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'98, a son,
Stephanie Christian
Kaczmarek '94. They also have four grandchildren.
Deanna Woolcock Robinson, a librarian at Northampton
Community College, was promoted to assistant professor of
9/T
Angela Schaub Stebila
Michael, June 29, 2005
Eric
Kramm, a daughter, Mallory
2004
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Marsha Loeper Hubler '68/'93M published
eight
71*
books
during the past three years, including six that are part of a
Joanne Stubbe
Gary A. Clewell was named to the board
Ambassador Bank, Easton.
horse fiction series for children. Keystone Stables Series.
Sandra Ingram Pascal
retired in
an elementary teacher. For the
Boyertown Area School
25
35 years as
after
9
to the
Hazleton Area Sports Hall of
the Minnesota Vikings.
New York Giants and
He and his wife Janet
for
Nancy Fruehan Bohr
w
33
retired after teaching
mathematics in the Central Dauphin School
District
years.
four with
are parents of a
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and a daughter, Lindsay.
son, Matthew,
*7^
/
Now a management consultant in New York City, Bob
spent eight seasons with the
of directors for
Lafayette
years, she taught in the
District.
Bob Tucker was elected
Fame.
last
June 2005
Chamock is a senior staff accountant
with the Lyons Companies, Wilmington, Del.
girl/
"70
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Terence Maher
is
superintendent of the Pine Grove
_J Area School District. He and his wife
Margaret have
four children: Megan, Maran, Kathryn and Timothy.
5
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\J Js Steelton-Highspire School District, where she taught
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business education for 31 years and substituted for five years.
"7/1 Robert
Beierschmitt is principal of the Northum/ I berland County Area Vo-Tech School.
Halden McClure is serving on the board of Pace Resources
is married to John "Chip" Murray '68, who retired in
1999 from the Steelton-Highspire School District, where he
Inc. of York.
served as assistant to the superintendent. The Murrays have
financial officer of Pace.
She
two sons, Christopher, 35, and Jonathan, 32, and a grandson
Nathan,
Joseph Mushinski
retired after teaching
three children: Christopher, Tia
35
2005,
after
years.
Robert Simons
County.
8,
teaching science in the Mechanicsburg School
District for
at the State
*"7CT Maryjean Cummings Bower won the grand prize in
an online recipe contest for soccer moms, sponsored
/
by Mrs. T's Pierogies.
Sue Jones Davenport, a kindergarten teacher at the
F.L. Garrison Memorial School, Shickshinny, was included
in Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
Sandra Massetti, executive director of
operations at Phoebe Home Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center, Allentown, (right) was
}
and Brandon.
'"7/"\ Dennis D. Bohr retired on June
\J
major of unit management
chief
36 years
Honesdale High School. She and her husband Harold have
/
is
and
treasurer
Correctional Institution at Coal Township.
5.
Linda Mroczka Newberry
at
A CPA, he is vice president,
He and
retired after teaching
his wife, the former
35 years in Wayne
Ann
Marie Gilhool, have
a daughter, Bridget.
J
elected president
of the board of
BU grad finds closure and
NOR-PANPHA
new beginning in Melbourne
east
(North/North-
Region of
Pennsylvania Association of
60 years, Lawrence Ksanznak
After
'53
found closure
in England.
Ksanznak's brother, Thomas, was a
World War
in
II
pilot
whose plane went down
Melbourne during inclement weather.
Ksanznak spent
six
days
in
England
the Steeple
the
Morden Airfield,
his brother attended
pub where he played
the church
Mass and
darts
and met
local residents.
The Ksanznaks
his sister Patsy
—Lawrence,
his wife
Nan,
—were
and her two daughters
invited to England after a chance meeting
at the
Cambridge American Cemetery and
Memorial. At the gravesite, a
home. He
and
man who
invited the
Ksanznaks to
for six days.
his sister
had
visit
visited their brother's
is
of creative problem-solving
exercises published
just 8- or 9-years-old
when
the plane
down, and learn more about
Lawrence Ksanznak,
went
his brother.
who was in seventh
when Thomas died, believes that
trip brought him closer to both his
grade
his
those memories alive, he presented Thomas'
purple heart to his grandson.
the
author of "Snfbbles," a collection
more about his last days.
At the end of the trip, 250 people
attended an impromptu memorial service
at the site where Thomas' plane crashed.
Ksanznak was able to meet people who
remembered the crash, some who were
to learn
brother and his memories. And, to keep
WINTER 2006
1.
Sutliff Micheletti
grave in the past, their latest trip provided a
Ksanznaks' friend that researchers had
Thomas'
Judy
Services
Her two-year
term began Jan.
Although Ksanznak
flew with Thomas, David Crow, told the
recently recovered wreckage from
Homes and
for the Aging).
Melbourne
chance
retracing his brother's steps at
where
Non-Profit
plane in the front yard of a Melbourne
by Gifted
Education Press of Manassas,
Va. Details can be found at
http://www.giftededpress.com.
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David
E.
Coffman
was elected
secretary
of the South Central Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
David
is
sole proprietor of Busi-
ness Valuations and Strategies
of Harrisburg.
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Paul Ziegenfuss, a lieutenant colonel in the Marine
"I
\J
Corps, received the Bronze Star Medal for his service
and deputy
as the director
Karen
Ishii joined the Sylvan Learning Center staff in Lewis-
burg. She
is
employed by the Lewisburg School
also
"7 "7 George Bierman won
I
given to the
I
state's
the
2005
amateur
Kelly
best
degree black
won five
belt,
Championships
in
gold medals
a seventh-
is
World Karate
2000 and 2001.
at the
Petersburg, Russia, in
St.
who
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Richard A. DiLiberto Jr.,
Carolyn McMaster Salerno earned a master's degree from
Temple University in summer 2005. A special education
teacher at Spring-Ford High School, she is married to Greg
Salerno 78, who is the general manager of Fred Beans
Volkswagen of Devon.
Young Conaway lawyer
to serve as
"7r~\ Michael Dennen is senior vice president for PNC
/ ^S Bank of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Denise Reed Gross was promoted to the rank of colonel
in the
Army
The
fifth
DTLA president during the
association's 26-year history, DiLiberto earned his juris doctor
from Widener University School of Law. He
Del.,
Newark,
lives in
with his wife Faith and their three daughters.
Linda Anderson Firestone is superintendent of the
Northampton Area School District.
Kevin Kerrigan, a CPA and partner at Wiss & Co., was
presented with a testimonial from the
Accountants
Certified Public
at their
New Jersey Society of
annual convention, citing
his outstanding leadership as vice president
?
Young
a partner with
the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association for 2005-06.
exemplifies athletic achievement, sportsmanship, leadership,
dedication and overall contribution. George,
Iraq.
\D^t Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, is serving as president of
Award,
who
athlete
Communications
District.
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director of the
Information Systems Coordination Center in
and
21 years
his
of service to the society.
Thomas Speakman
is
dean of enrollment
services at
Shippensburg University.
Reserve.
Marriages
Michelle Dupes
'77 and Steve
Karen DeVito
Neas, June 25, 2005
Garrison,
Megan
Christopher Aurand '78 and
Rebecca Lynn, July
8,
2005
E.
Pesavento
and Christopher
Debra Ann Berry
'79 and Frank
Nov. 25, 2005
2005
Brooke Clews
Sept.
3,
Kathleen Hazen '82 and Timothy
Kuhlen
Wendy Jones
2005
Timothy Glowatski
Tammy Linton,
Scott
Hons
'91
April 8,
'91
and
2005
and Sara Booth,
Greg Reimer '92 and Pamela
July 31,
Artl,
David DeFelice, July
2,
2005
Jennifer Bozung '95M and Leo
III,
April 16,
Melody Douglas
Kutch,
2005
'95 and David
May 14,2005
Edward Mullin
and Michael
Munley,May21,2005
Nyree
June
Stoltz '97 and Craig Hack,
18,
Matthew Beaugard, May
Furlong,
2004
Brier,
'97
Suzanne
and Kurt
May 7, 2005
July
9,
'97
Jeremy Powlus
and Gabriel
'97 and
Amy Jo
Moyer, June 25, 2005
June
'97 and Arthur
2005
'95 and Russell
Reinbolt, April 9,
2005
Robin Shappelle
17,
'97 and
Adams, July
'98 and
31,
Stacy Tomczak
McCann, Aug.
26,
12,
Scott, Feb.
Matthew
Black,
May 28, 2005
2005
4,
Michael
'00 and
D'Annunzio, June
2005
4,
'00 and
Dana
Stephen
Blaisse'OO,June18,2005
2005
Jeanette Parry
Christopher
2005
T.
'01,
Thomas Maxwell
Nicole Merkel
Eric
'00 and
Swank '00,
May 28, 2005
1,2003
June
John
2005
'98 and Jeffrey
Dana Chontofalsky
Pierce,
Bill
2005
Jennifer Tursi '98 and
Hengge, March
Christopher Vorce
Zets, April 23,
Doug
'98 and
Adam
11,
'00 and
Wendy Englar '00 and
2004
McCormick
March
2005
Helene Czerniak
2005
Amber Wenckus
Herrlich,
'00 and Steven
2,
May 8, 2004
Christopher Suda, Nov. 27, 2004
'96 and
Rathbone, April
Amy Neitheimer '98 and Adam
Justine Boettger '96 and Randy
Siegel '97 and Paula
2005
Pamela Dower '00 and
Karen Ringo
Frederick
'00 and David
21,
Mason Lunger '98 and Michelle
Benintende, May 5, 2005
Paglione, April 9,
Wisniewski, Aug. 13,2005
Wood, May
Hallowell.May21.2005
Jr. '97
19,
Mark Jordan,
LaMalfa, April 30, 2005
2004
June
Matt Kuntz,
July 15, 2005
Shannon Cobb
'98 and Mario
Kenneth Reichenbach
Erin Sipics,
'99 and
Amy Chisesi
'98 and
Hoyes, July 22, 2005
and
Diane Talarico
Kimberly Cogan
2005
Elia '98 and Heath
Casey Hardy
2005
Heather Sabol
1998
14,
Deborah Davison
26,
'99 and
Strawn
Kim Vetter
'98 and
William Orlowsky, June 25, 2005
June
Ralph
'96
May 28, 2005
Herman
Brian Kistler '97 and Kimberly
Bastress,
Erika
Wes
'99 and
2005
Amy Malloy '99 and
Grosso
2005
Christina
Jaclyn Janowicz
Schaeffer, July 23,
Daniel Pekol
Russell,
'96, Sept. 12,
and Amber
Andrea Campbell
'97 and
Susan Reimer '97 and
'95 and Caroline
'96
18,2003
'98, Oct.
Nicole Paduch
2004
Catherine Laverick '93M and
R.Lewis
'97
Kimberly Mollath
July 23, 2005
'97
Richard Bentrewicz '98 and
Thomas, July
9,
Jason Simms
Bracey, April 20, 2005
Murray,
J.
Jennis
Jr.,
'96 and Grant
May 28, 2005
'99 and
Chad
Jessica Reesman
'00 and
Michael Campbell, June 19, 2005
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
5QO Norm Balchunas, who
O ~J War
studies, has
been promoted
to colonel.
He
is
than 106,000 students across the U.S., Europe and the
His previous assignment was as a B-52 squadron
Pacific.
commander
where he led and flew combat operations over Afghanistan
Palmer
is
and branch manager
Ambassador Bank.
a partner at Sage Communications
vice president
office of Lafayette
Sharon Emick Gallagher
is
Partners in Philadelphia.
Karen Halderman Murray is director of public relations for
Walker Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations in Concord,
N.C. Karen and her husband Arthur
Indian
live in
Trail,
9
more
responsible for 785 Air Force units, 2,000 instructors and
for the
is
senior
managing
director within FTI
Consulting's transaction advisory services group in Chicago.
director of Air Force
is
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. In that capacity, he
and Iraq.
Margaret Miller Gabel
David W. Smalstig
recently graduated from Air
College with a second master's degree in strategic
N.C.
They have four children.
David Rolley was promoted to vice president at Sovereign
Bank. He also serves as community banking manager at the
bank's Broad Street branch in Montoursville.
Q
Ol
A
Mary Hassenplug received
Prize for Distinguished
New Jersey last May.
rial
the Princeton University
Secondary School Teaching in
Memo-
In 2004, she received a Fulbright
Fund Scholarship
for study in Japan.
She has taught
at
High Point Regional High School for 18 years.
Tina M. Souders joined the faculty at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a clinical assistant professor
and director of the part-time advanced standing master of social
work program in Winston-Salem. Tina was recently elected
to the board of directors of the North Carolina Chapter of the
National Association of Social Workers.
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Holly McCloughan Balatgek was promoted
to
\J -J senior branch-operations administrator with Leesport
Financial Corp.
Kimberly Kitchen Derr is associate counsel and
Del., branch manager for Old Republic National
Title Insurance Co. She earned a law degree from Widener
Wilmington,
University School of Law.
Brynne Richter
'00 and Tucker
Peterson, Sept. 18,2004
Miki Smith
'00 and Chris Furnish
'00 and
Christie Strayhorne
John
2004
Plantarich, Nov. 20,
'02 and Pete
Jessica Dennish
Jonathan Hile
Jamie Hartman
'02 and
Kristin Miller
Renee Klinger
Gene
'02 and
Patricia Kringe
'02M and James
and
Warrington, July
9,
May 21 2005
Karen Miraglia
'02 and Jeffery
Jennifer Albertson
Jeremiah Neuhard,
'01
,
Marissa Campanella
Ryan McFarland,
Amy Hannis
Miskar, June
'01
4,
John Hughes
May
'01
14,
and
2005
and Nicholas
and
Erin Smith,
2005
Walter, July
2,
'02 and
Elizabeth
III,
Melissa Snyder '01 and Mark
2004
Engleman, Oct.
8,
Julia
'02 and Eric
2005
Tina Blessing '02 and Vincent
Timpanelli,
May 29, 2005
II,
June
'03 and
II,
21,
2005
2005
12,
'03
and David
Amy Barrett '03 and
May 7, 2004
Matthew
Kristin
Alan Boop, July
4,
'04 and
2005
Ferris, Sept. 11,
Laura
Themens
Leventry
and Denice
Michael
2003
'04 and Nicole
Morret, Aug. 13,2005
Smith
'04 and
'03, Sept.
Delany, June
4,
2005
Thomas Davis Jr.
'02, Sept. 25,
Kym Brague
Derick
2004
Jessie Burleigh '05 and Gregory
'03
Jared Augustine
2005
Reimer '04 and Courtney
Becky Woodruff '04 and
'03 and
Stephanie Barnes
Naumes,June4,2005
Ross, Oct. 9, 2004
Jessica Torres
2005
Kevin Primerano '04 and Sarah
W.NeillReidy'03and
2005
'03 and Larry
2005
'04 and Saul
Shannon Richmond
Barnhart, Aug. 6,
2004
16,
Kehm,May21,2005
Rasmus '03 and
'02 and Arthur
Banaszewski
Peiffer,
June
'04 and
Maria Maciejewski
Eric
02,
Timothy Staub
Oct. 2,
March
'03 and
2005
Jones, June 24, 2005
Douglas Engles, April
July 2, 2005
Karpovich, July9,
Krebs,
18,
Weidner 02M and
William True
Gerringer
4,
1,2005
'03, Oct.
Makara
Melinda Pytak
Jarrod
Renee Witmer
Kimberly Armstrong
Jamie
'02 and Tara Miller,
Kyle Covill
Wolf, Sept.
Christine
Matthew Harrison
Danielle Ludwig
and
Kristen Heard '04 and Jeffrey
Kelly '03 and Scott
'03
2005
Benjamin Stewart
'01
Mary
21,
Matthew Newhard
and
Heather Kuntz, May 7, 2005
Angela Shearer 02 and
Jennifer Sadowski
James
Coombe'03, May
Frank Ratkiewicz
2004
Russo, April 30, 2005
May 13, 2005
Katie Gresh '04 and
George Harner
Reedy, Sept. 17,2005
DeVitis, Oct. 30,
llya
2005
Gina Nork '02M and Joshua
Kristen Kohler 01
Ross,
'03 and
2,
Nicole Moberly
May 29, 2005
and James
Eberly '04 and
Decker, July 31, 2004
Derek Salmi
'01
Amanda
Tlumach, April
Stamp, July 24, 2004
July 25, 2004
M and Barry
2005
Laura Miles '03 and Jeffrey
Nicholas Puleo
2005
'01
2004
'02, Oct. 30,
18,
Seltenheim
Huston
Bloom, June
2005
'03 and Scott Yerger,
June
Christy Vaughn '00 and John
9,
Kyra Doddy
Ackourey, July 16, 2005
Janelle Mohry-Kirk
Knecht'02, June
Amy Scholl
Dave
11,2004
'05 and
Katelyn Mannion, June
April 30,
11,
1 1
,
2005
'05 and
Joe
2005
'05 and Jesse Rinck,
2005
Emily Varley '05 and Samuel
Shaffer
'05,
July 16, 2005
Husky Notes
won PACCA's Award
band Jim have two
of Excellence in 2003. She
sons, Jacob
and her hus-
and Jackson.
New York.
Paul Nasrani owns the Adirondack Creamery in
Gerald Ganz of Clarks Summit
director of finance for
is
Friendship House.
in the
Allen-Rogowicz
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Lori Barnes Maley of Schuylkill Haven
financial officer
Abbey,
is
and senior vice president
chief
for
—
17 years teaching
at
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and
their four sons:
Larry
Kagen
is
a kindergarten teacher in the
OO
District.
officer at
Sheri Nothstein
president
Luzerne National Bank.
Anthony
Harvest Family Markets
is
Inc.,
owner of Country
Palmerton. She was
featured in an article published in the Eastern Pennsylvania
Business Journal. She and her husband Christopher have
three children: Lydia,
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tions,
Matthew and Jonathan.
to chairperson of the
is
vice president
2005
edition.
on
off the fitness scene, including finishing
at the
Fame Pro
Championships.
years,
Model World
more than 10
Fitness
A model
for
he also has acted in
MTVs "Slam,"
and "Miami Vice," starring actor
Jamie Foxx. For more information: www.tommybryant.com.
Barbara Meyer Hostetter graduated from Alvemia College
with a master's degree in elementary education last May. She
was selected as the outstanding student teacher among all the
graduate students and accepted a kindergarten position at
McKitrick Elementary School in Lutz, Fla. She and her 5-yearold daughter, Brianna, live in Tampa.
Todd Reichart is a stage, film and TV actor. He married
Bonnie Bassler, a molecular biologist, on Jan. 19, 2002. They
Jennifer Lopez's "South Beach"
live in Princeton, N.J.
Sharon Sperling Watkins
Lori Havrilla Burke
and senior
is
a faculty
member at
Blue Ridge
Elementary School.
account manager of Forge Marketing Communica-
Allentown.
David DeGerolamo
is
corporate development director with
Aqua New Jersey Inc. He lives in Phillipsburg.
Donna Loeb Rickert was promoted to controller
Bank
was promoted
story showcased his accomplishments
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Yocum Jr. was promoted to assistant vice
and loan operations
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inducted into the Endless
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is head wrestling coach at Lock Haven University.
Tricia Reilly
and
Bing, assistant professor of business at Lehigh
Valley College,
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Phil Rudisill began teaching at Octorara Middle School last
after
to assistant
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principal at Pottsville Area
Robert Schwalm was inducted
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Cheri Carter Johnson earned a doctoral degree in
family studies at the University of Delaware.
Dan Pszeniczny won the 25th annual Forty Fort Lions Club
Five-Mile Run last May. There were 234 finishers.
James Vopal was named 2005 Somerset County Coach of
by The Newark Star- Ledger, the 2005 Courier-News
Coach of the Year and the Mountain Valley Conference-Valley
Division Coach of the Year.
the Year
Barbush was promoted to associate creative
director at RPA, the largest independent ad agency
headquartered on the West Coast. He lives in Woodland Hills,
Calif., with his wife Lisette and two sons, Alec and Noah.
Sharon Ford Bixler is employed by Lutheran Social
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his father
Harold as
president of Central Pennsylvania Transportation.
Services of South Central Pennsylvania as the area executive
director for
two continuing care retirement communities
in York.
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Michael Gerard and his family moved
to Raleigh, N.C.,
where he has accepted a position as project manager with Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina.
Mary Mahoney-Ferster joined VR Business Brokers,
Lewisburg, as a sales associate.
Michele Stine Paisley, manager of employee relations at
The Hershey Co., is participating in the Leadership Hazleton
program for 2005-2006.
CT Heather Bennett became
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the principal of Roosevelt
Elementary School in the Allentown School
October 2005. She joined the Allentown
district in
executive director of the Danville
Center,
is
the president of the
as
first-grade teacher.
Vicki Muckenthaler Blevins completed the Lake Placid
Ironman Triathlon last July in 16:17:51. The Ironman consists
of a 2.4-mile swim, 1 12-mile bike ride and 26-2-mile run.
Robi Hess graduated from officer candidate school at Fort
Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U.S.
Army National
Guard.
He
is
the 515th Regional Training Institute in Santa Fe,
Diana Rose Dixon,
'91 Child
Development
District in
1996
Jeremy Shuler earned
assigned to
N.M.
a master's degree in education at
Wilkes University.
Pennsylvania Child Care Association's board of directors. She
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Kristin Snyder West, a kindergarten teacher at
Nikki Hlavacek Keller
Elementary School, DeKalb County, Ga., was selected as the
Week for Oct.
Adanta Falcons Staples Teacher of the
She
married to Brian
is
West
2005.
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fall.
She
is
vice president of
community
Way of Lackawanna County.
Carlos Ojeda Jr. is a professor of management and business
Kutztown University.
Michele Orris Triponey '97M joined Aspen Technology as
senior vice president for global customer support
Jennifer Boyer Hopkinson became the owner of Animal Care
Hospital, Lewisburg, last
is
impact marketing for the United
Kirk
Ream
is
men's basketball coach
'98!Harrisburg. He previously was an
one of three veterinarians
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practicing full-time at the animal hospital. She lives in Lewisburg
at
and
training.
Perm
assistant
State
coach
at
Dickinson College for three years.
with her husband Michael and their son Evan.
Christopher Knarr
is
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Family Eye Care of NEPA in Honesdale.
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Rachel Masterson '96/'99M
technologist at
Moorestown,
C\ C\ Matthew Corso, a 2005 graduate of the Pennsylva-
manager with Rettew
a project
Associates Inc.
CramerSweeney
is
Instructional Design,
nia College of Optometry, has joined the staff of
an intern
ors as
tion Center.
N.J.
Christopher O'Reilly
adviser at Millennium
is
and
assistant vice president
Wealth Management and
at
He
also earned
hon-
the William Feinbloom Vision Rehabilita-
He and his wife
Paige live in Honesdale.
Scott Dietrich received a doctoral degree in physical
financial
education with a specialty in athletic training
Private Banking.
Jane Nolan Schleppy received a master of science in
education from Wilkes University on September 11, 2005.
University
last
May. He
is
an
West Virginia
at
assistant professor in athletic
training at East Stroudsburg University.
Christine Kopistecki Lindsay works for South Eastern
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MRI and
is
Hospital.
She and her husband
live in
Manomet, Mass.
Dawn Wolcott Maniskas '99M is a
his wife reside in Bloomsburg.
Angela Gerolamo wrote
assigned to a mobile unit at Falmouth (Mass.)
Washington
May/June 2005 issue
the article "Nurse in
Internship Program" that appeared in the
doctoral candidate at
the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology.
She
ofAPNANews.
the founder of Aberdeen Audiology in
is
Wayne. She and
her husband have two children.
Leon O'Neill IV
was awarded
(right)
Deaths
the doctor of osteo-
pathic medicine
Loie C. Bickert '27
Clyde H. Hartman
'50
Barbara Wildermuth Goss
72
degree from
Philadelphia College
Alma
Pullen
Barnum
Marjorie Davis
'28
Homer
Erma Gold Shearer
Lewis Ballantine
'29
'29
Frances Yetter Leisenring '30
Bethia Allen King '33
Hummel
Bessie
Stahl '33
James Kleman
David Hyde
72
of Osteopathic
George Kost 72
'51
Medicine in June 2005. He
Francis V. Perry '51
Dorfred Bussey Large
Dorothy Karschner Steele '52
John Pastuszek 72
Robert Stevenson '53
Lawrence
James
Eleanor Baron Skovronsky '34
'51
B.
Creasy '57
currently
completing an
Medicine and Denistry of New
72
Marian Shaffer Dinger
is
internship at the University of
Jersey, Stratford, N.J.
Phoebe Golden Williams 72
'57
Ramon DeTato
Strohl
72
Dara Pachence has earned
Perm State
73
a master's degree at
Helen Latorre
Tinelii '36
John Shirey
'57
Michael
Drumtra '59
J.
MahalaJr.
73
University, along with certification
73
Dorothy Mensinger
Ellen
Cawthorne '38
Eleanor Morris Williams '59
Lawrence Mohn
74
as a second language teacher.
Ray McBride '39
Dorothy Zanzinger Bangs '60
Timothy Reagan
74
is
Margaret Blecher Hyssong '40
Jerome
A. Levans '61
Jean Moss Davis
Wayne
E.
'41
Mantana Williams Mack
'41
Robert Neary
Dianne Baton/
Miller '61
Mary Louise Thomas Evans
Karl
'62
as a reading specialist
Roxanna Hunsinger Pletchan
Robert Neary '62
Pamela BairPilat
Grace Richardson Buttman '43
Chester Choplick '63
Mary
Kathleen Beltz Rarig '64
Bruce Wallace '88
Violet
Keller Epley '45
Joy Propst Moore '46
Anastasia Gerlak Chipko '48
Norman
Falck '49
'49
James
A.
Susan
Dreibelbis Boyle '50
Krum
She
Dauphin
District, Harrisburg.
Kepner '80
Stella Chilek Loucks '42
Jeanne
a teacher in the Central
School
75
and English
'80
Jenna Bauman has been
'00!:recognized as an outstand-
'81
ing teacher by the governor of
John
"Jack" Zeigler '64
Martin G. Bane '65
Terry
L.
Attivo '68
Doris Miller Molter '68
Patrick
Bussacco 71
Breig Ruland '84
Virginia in response to a letter sent
to his office
David Pysher '89
Marjorie Comrey Titman
by
the parents of
one of
her students. She has been teaching
'91
fifth
grade in the Rocky
Run
Brenda Carlen Zellner '92M
Elementary School, Fredericksburg,
Joseph Makowski '98
for four years.
Kaitlin Brice '03
John Christmas,
a district
man-
ager for Automatic Data Processing
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Brian Bingaman
is
Charity Martin Castner
Richmond, Va., achieved 100 percent club membership for
sales during ADP's fiscal year 2005. John recently was promoted
to the downtown Richmond territory. John has also competed
in
in triathlons
Jeff
and four marathons
Chrusch wrote
a book, "Amotivational Syntax: Insights,
Former Antidisestablishmentarian
More information can be found at
Misfit."
special events assistant at
The
Adam live in the
Manayunk section of Philadelphia.
Christina Crecca participated in a
in Australia. She
in the past year.
is
University of the Arts. She and her husband
is
summer
research project
pursuing a doctorate in computational
at the University of Florida.
chemistry
Heather McCarthy
Revelations and Rants from a
Media
head strength and conditioning
\J _J coach for all 23 varsity sports at LaSalle University.
is
math and
a
science teacher at
Tuscarora Junior High School.
Rachel Melnick obtained funding through
www.fiascopresents.com.
a co-operative
Kimberly Barto Crisp is a supervisor at Brown Schultz
Shendan
Fritz of East Pennsboro Township, near Harrisburg.
agreement with the
USDA to continue her doctoral graduate
work
She
She has four years of accounting experience.
Phytopathological Society.
&
Jeffrey Rott began his third year at
Seminary in Philadelphia, studying
priest for the
to
St.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Roman Catholic
He is a first-year
theologian with four years until ordination. Jeff
on
the
is
also serving
BU Alumni Board.
Wynn Shimko is a learning support teacher in
Rhonda
the Selinsgrove Area School District. She
and her husband
is
a
member
of the
American
Brandon Weese joined Auction Inn, an eBay marketing
company in Lancaster, as a marketing manager.
Ryan Yanoshak is sports information director at East
Stroudsburg University. He previously worked as a sports
services
writer
and
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administrative officer in the retirement services division of
School
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editor for eight years.
Sarah Delaney
is
teaching third grade at
Elementary School in the
District,
Dana
Street
Wyoming Valley West
Forty Fort.
Kyle Hughes was promoted to branch loan and operations
Fulton Financial Advisors.
head coach of the women's swimming team
Neil Yost
is
Mount
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md.
St.
State.
service representative in the insurance division.
Todd Shimko '00 reside in Riverside, with their two children,
Todd and Emma.
Amy Simmons of Lancaster is record-keeping and
at
Perm
Erin Mincavage joined the Zinn Co. as a commercial lines
Charles Borromeo
be a
at
manager
at
Fulton Bank's south York branch.
Stefanie Kline
the
is
head
girls'
basketball coach at
Bloomsburg High School.
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Kelly
J.
Precision Design, Hazleton,
won two Telly Awards
the firm
produced
Trent Flick
is
for
—
a silver
Heather Mindick accepted
for
was part of a team which
and a bronze
for videos
—
Hazleton Area School
Gerald Ott
MMI Preparatory School in Freeland.
administrator of the Shenandoah
Manor
Company Inc.
administrator in late 2004. He
is
a physics teacher at
Lindsay Waros,
University,
2003 and became a licensed
and his wife, the former Abbey Ford
9
'00,
have a daughter,
Michael Smith
is
an
assistant
coach
for the
BU women's
John Nogel
f\ "^ Rocco Forgione earned Ail-American Conference
\J £* all-star recognition for his contributions to the Pioneers
arena football team this past season.
Shannon Fry '02/'04M
is
teaching seventh-grade English
and eighth-grade Integrated Studies and PSSA Preparation
Mountain School District.
Colleen Horan '02/'05M was appointed instructional
technology specialist and computer science instructor at
classes at Line
an intern there in 2003.
is
a staff accountant in Boyer
& Ritter's East
office.
Valerie Pergolini
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\J _/ accountant in the East Pennsboro office.
Pennsboro
lacrosse team.
School.
George Washington
interning at the Smithsonian Institution in
is
Washington, D.C. She was
Alyxendria.
Twin Valley High
a graduate student at
Nursing Center. He joined JDK Management
in
a teaching position in the
District.
CPA Group,
a
is
Newark,
a staff accountant
Del.,
with SantoraBaffone
accounting and consulting firm.
Derek Rupert was certified as a personal trainer by the
American College of Sports Medicine. He is employed at the
Williamsport
YMCA.
Kimberly Tohill '05M is a Spanish teacher
Mountain High School in Schuylkill Haven.
at
Blue
DeSales University, Center Valley.
Melissa Scheer completed her master's degree in special
education
at
Long
Island University in 2004. She currently
teaches children with autism, ages 9 to 11, in Huntington, N.Y.
Traci Yoder
in Gainesville,
is
a graduate student at the University of Florida
where she
is
taking an interdisciplinary tract
concentrating on women's and African studies. During the
summer of 2005,
she traveled to Arusha, Tanzania, for seven
weeks of study funded by a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Tuesday, Feb. 14,
Matthew
Wednesday, March
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Juliet" Overture;
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Symphony Ball
Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m. to
Sunday, Feb. 19,2:30 p.m.
Evening of dancing and music
5 p.m.
K.S. Gross Auditorium,
Friday, April 28,
Carver Hall
Kehr Union, Ballroom
16
6 p.m.
9 to July 28
18
23
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9 to July 7
-May 10 to Aug.
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Mozart's
Symphony No. 40
in
G
Minor and Handel/Casadesus's
B Minor
Viola Concerto
in
Agnes Maurer,
violinist
Sunday, March 26, 2:30 p.m.
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St.,
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Bloomsburg
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Gospel
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Brahms' "Ein Deutsches
Requiem." Saturday,
CGA
Undergraduate
Commencement
Saturday, May 13
April
for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
7:30 p.m. Reserved, $10;
12
2:30 p.m.
9,
Wednesday,
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Forensic
Anthropological Perspective"
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May
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"The Existence or Non-existence
and Rodrigo's
of 'Race?'
Finals Begin
Monday,
"Romeo and
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Classes End
Friday,
and open
Richard Ganahl
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Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
The
Hartline Science Center:
Dedicated to a Love of Learning
Daniel
H. Keffer Hartline
The
dedication of Hartline Science Center's
addition
on Aug. 31, 2005, celebrated the
expanded and modernized academic and
research
days
tion
facility that officially
opened three
Construc-
earlier for the start of the fall semester.
on
the original part of the center began in
the spring of 1967, with classes
first
devoted to the study of science
obvious choice was to dedicate
mark in
the
field:
it
at
for the cen-
Bloomsburg, the
to a family that
the Hartlines. Daniel
S.
made
Hartline
Bloomsburg
He
Normal School (BSNS)
State
1890 and then
Lafayette University.
earn a degree from
left to
returned in 1897 to
start
the
department of biology, which he headed until his
ment
retire-
in 1935.
was an
able scholar
and showed
interest in all areas of science, including
astronomy.
When the time came to choose a name
its
to the
as a teacher in
Hartline
held there on
Jan. 28, 1969.
ter
came
Hartline
S.
He would
take his students
on
the surrounding countryside, sometimes
to see the
mines
at
rock formations
a great
geology and
field trips to
by
trolley car,
Lime Ridge and the iron
at
Buckhorn.
Hartline's wife, Harriet Keffer Hartline, assisted in
teaching the sciences at the normal school,
and
a
their son,
Haldan Keffer
1920 BSNS graduate.
called,
went on
was
Hartline,
Keffer, as
he was
to earn a medical degree
from Johns Hopkins in 1927. After 40
years of research, primarily involving
the physiology of the eye, Hartline
rewarded
the
for his efforts
1967 Nobel
was
with a share of
Prize for Medicine.
While the center
as a
whole was named
for the Hartline family, the first-floor
auditorium was dedicated in honor of a
Kimber
fourth person,
a 1913 BSNS graduate
1935
to
was
returned in
succeed Daniel Hartline as profes-
sor of biology
career
Kuster. Kuster
who
and
the science
He had
retired in
a distinguished
1962
as
chairman of
and math department.
Today's 120,000-square-foot Hartline
Science Center
is
not only a tribute to
the importance of science at
Bloomsburg
Daniel S. Hartline took students on field trips to see rock
University, but also to four remarkable individuals
formations at Lime Ridge and the iron mines at Buckhorn.
made
the study
and teaching of science
their
life's
who
work.
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From the
Desk
President's
When
1
talk to the parents of new students
each summer,
I
can
always count on being asked about career opportunities related
to the student's major.
My answer is a very personal one.
best thing any student can
career,"
I
reassure the parents,
answer
I
well
this
way
for
"is
to study
two reasons.
and graduate with good
grades.
If
do
to prepare for a full
what they love."
our students study what they love,
And,
"The
and rewarding
to
so often in our lifetime that a specific degree
be absolutely honest,
isn't
do
they'll
we change careers
nearly as important as learning
how
to leam.
my own case, I accidentally got into administration because wanted a job
my husband's first medical practice. Following the path away from a full-time
teaching position, I stepped outside of my comfort zone, pursuing opportunities that
In
I
near
eventually led halfway across the country to Bloomsburg University
feel
and a position
I
blessed to occupy
When Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios,
presented Stanford University's
commencement
address
last
June, he advised the
graduates to "find what you love."
"Your
work is going to
be truly
satisfied is to
work is
to love
fill
a large part of your
do what you
believe
is
life,"
great
he
said,
"and the only way to
work. The only way
to
do
great
what you do."
When asked,
I tell
every
BU
student and every
BU
parent that, like Mr. Jobs,
I
too believe the secret to true professional success rests in personal fulfillment and
a passion for the work.
The alumni introduced
in this issue of Bloomsburg:
The
University Magazine personify this theory in the fields of education, public relations,
veterinary medicine
attributed to
you love and
Here
at
and
fitness.
Their
can be described by a quotation
spirit
I've
seen
both entrepreneur J. C. Penney and philosopher Confucius: "Find a job
you'll
BU,
never go to work again."
this "passion for learning" is
every student. Enjoy these
articles
that passion leads to success.
Jessica S. Kozloff
what our
faculty strive to nurture in
about our graduates, our "proof of the pudding"
.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is
member of the Pennsylvania State System
a
of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as of February
Kenneth
Kim
2006
E. Jarin,
Chair
Vice Chair
E. Lyttle,
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew E. Baker
Mark Collins Jr.
Marie A. Conley
Nathan
Paul
Daniel
FEATURES
Lammando
Conroy
R.
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Dlugolecki
S.
Da\id
Flexing His Talents
Elby
P.
Michael K. Hanna
Age 35
is
considered almost ancient in the fitness
Holveck
P.
model world, but age
Vincent J. Hughes
hasn't stopped
Tommy
model com-
Allison Peiiz
Bryant
Guido M. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
petition in
James J. Rhoades
spots in Bowflex commercials and fitness magazines.
'92.
Since Bryant's
first fitness
Miami, his winning ways have landed
Christine J. Toretti Olson
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
PR with Heart
Page 8
Zahorchak
L.
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
Sharon Emick Gallagher '83 had big dreams
JudyG. Hample
came
graduation, but her dreams
after
when
true only
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
she discovered her true love: public relations for
A. William Kelly 71, Chair
Robert J. Gibble '68, Vice Chair
Steven
Banh, Secretary
B.
Ramona H.
Alley
Lammando
Marie Conley
Robert
'94
non-profit organizations. In
May 2005
honored
one of Pennsylvania's
best
50
for that passion as
she was
women in business.
Dampman '65
LaRoy G. Davis '67
Charles C. Housenick '60
JosephJ.
Think Like an Economist
Page 10
Mowad
Mehdi Haririan believes students need
how
to see
DavidJ. Petrosky
Jennifer
economic theories apply
Shymansky '06
Keeping
Bloomsburg University
President,
to real
that philosophy in
Jessica Sledge Kozloff
by well-known economists
Executive Editor
who
world
situations.
mind, he sponsors
like
visits
Paul Krugman,
often speak to standing-room-only crowds.
Liza Benedict
Co-Editors
For the Love of It
Page 12
Eric Foster
Bonnie Martin
Webster defines avocation as
Husky Notes Editor
Doug Hippenstiel '68, '81M
"a subordinate
occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation,
Editorial Assistant
especially for enjoyment." Three
Irene Johnson
BU's
Communications Assistants
occupations" add to their
community explain what
members
of
their "subordinate
lives.
Deirdre Miller '08
Lynette
Mong '08
COVER STORY
Emily Watson '07
Agency
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Pet
Art Director
Debbie Shephard
Jennifer Boyer Hopkinson's day
Designer
not have
Curt
Woodcock
Rx
to the dogs,
for dogs, cats
but
this '96
and small pets
BU graduate would
fills
her day at the
in Lewisburg.
Bienvenido a Guatemala
Page 18
the Cover
Veterinarian Jennifer Boyer
cat
any other way Caring
Animal Care Hospital
Cover Photography
Gordon Wenzel/impressions
On
it
may go
Hopkinson
'96
Address comments and questions
A partnership between the university and the Bucks County Organization for Inter-
and her
Mikie have been together since her days
at
BU.
cultural
Advancement, led by J. Carol Vance
opportunity
to:
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
last fall.
Two
'60, created a
unique student teaching
students traveled to the American School of Guatemala where
they taught second- and third-graders and enjoyed a bit of the Guatemalan countryside.
Waller Administration Building
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg,
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E-mail address: lbenedict@bloomu.edu
Visit
Bloomsburg University on the
Freshmen
Web at
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The University Magazine is published
three times a year for alumni, current students'
world design projects
families and friends of the university. Husk)' Notes
and other alumni information appear at the BU
alumni global network site, \\ww.bloomualumni.
com. Contact Alumni Affairs by phone,
570-389-4058; fax, 570-389^060;
or e-mail,
and
classroom lectures. Professor James Moser has other ideas for students enrolled in
http:ZAvww.bloomu.edu
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in a 100-level course generally don't stray too far from the textbook
to provide real
and the campus community.
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University
is
committed
to affirmative action
ancestry, disability or veteran status.
by
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News Notes
Building the Basics
Saleem Khan and his brother,
center,
BU
economics professor Saleem Khan
education to foster strong market
economies.
international conferences,
Khan has
been particularly involved in economics
education in Russia, where he has been
a consultant to the Russian Finance
Academy in Moscow.
But Khan's
the basics,
latest effort is a
and home. With
return to
founded the Mubarak Learning Founda-
and launched
first
will strive to
make
endow the
who
a non-govern-
it
mental organization and
raise
foundation so
it
are taught
from 7
Urdu, the language of
and basic math
Pakistan, English
is self-
during intensive four-month sessions.
"We will also work to
center, also
50
to 14,
funds
supporting," he says.
The main
six centers is educating
children, ranging in age
year. "If successful,
centers for the
to
in
create
skirls
an aware-
ness of political possibilities," says Khan.
housing the
Mubarak Library, is located in Rahimyar
Khan in central Pakistan with five
Those interested
branches in nearby towns and
skhan@bloomu edu
villages.
more about
Khan by e-mail at
in learning
the effort can contact
.
his brother,
Aslam M. Khan Naru, Saleem Khan
tion
Each of the
personal resources toward funding the
I
A frequent presenter at
M. Khan Nam. seated
literacy centers they are establishing in Pakistan.
Economics professor funds six Pakistani literacy centers
has traveled the globe promoting
A.slani
pose with community leaders and teachers at one of the
six literacy centers in
Best
in
Business
New honor society founded
his native Pakistan.
The need
for the centers is acute, says
Khan. With a rapidly growing population of
160
million, Pakistan has
than half the
number
of people
more
who live
in the U.S. residing in a country one-
tenth
lation
its size.
is
Sixty percent of the
popu-
under the age of 25, and the
literacy rate is
only 40 percent, shrink-
ing to about 12 percent for
women.
The professor has committed
BU's newest honor society inducted
society.
Beta
Gamma
Sigma,
is
its first
members
this spring.
The business honor
the only society affiliated with the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business International, an internationally recognized accrediting
agency
for business
Membership
in
degree programs.
Beta
Gamma Sigma
is
the highest honor a student can receive
in
an
undergraduate or master's business program accredited by AACSB. The society admits the
top
1
percent of the senior class, the top 7 percent of the junior class and the top 20
percent of students studying toward a master's degree
inducted into the society
become
lifetime
in
business administration. Students
members.
his
BLOOMSBURG
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Credit Hours
ACE and dual enrollment programs serve high schoolers
Eighty- four high school students from 12 school districts,
two private high schools and one regional technical school
are enrolled in
—
the
ACE
BU courses
this
spring through two programs
(Advance College Experience) Program and the
state-funded dual enrollment program.
The
ACE program
offers
opportunity to take courses
by paying
locations
high school students the
at the
BU campus
a discounted rate, either
or at
satellite
25 or 50
percent of regular tuition. Students must pay applicable
Through
the dual enrollment program,
state-sponsored grant, students
The
which
may take
courses for a
fee.
income
level within eligible school districts.
By taking courses through
can earn college credits while
is
fees.
funded by a
determined by the
limited
cost for students
is
either
program, students
fulfilling
high school require-
ments, according to James Matta, assistant vice president
and dean of graduate studies and
call
research. For information,
(570) 389-4824.
Luke Haile
Undergraduate Investigator
Student Haile receives research award
Kozloff honored by Black Conference
Findings from research on the exercise abilities of children gained
recognition for
Bloomsburg,
BU
American College
Investigator
exercise science student Luke Haile. Haile, of
was awarded
Sequence on a
is
The PBCOHE
in
his mentor,
BU
how the
children's performances.
The children were
initiatives
its
two groups, and
oxygen consumption test on a treadmill. The only difference between
the
two groups was the order
in
which the tests were performed.
The researchers found that the testing order was
the anaerobic test
was performed
performance on the treadmill
perform the treadmill test
first,
test.
first
it
When
significant.
diminished the children's
However, the children could
treadmill, to
fitness,
"If
be a
without affecting their performance
for tests of aerobic fitness, like
walking a
such as riding a stationary bicycle with resistance.
more convenient
to the tests,
and
minority
minority faculty
and
Past recipients of
this
award include Judy
Hample, chancellor of
the Pennsylvania State
System
for Higher
vice provost for
at
be conducted on a different day than a test of anaerobic
the tests are accurate
lot
its
educational equity
is
it
when conducted on
for parents
who have
the
same
it
could
to drive their children
could reduce costs, as well," says Andreacci.
SPRING 2006
Penn State
and Robert
University;
Hill,
vice chancellor for
day,
award
who
diversity
at BU. During her tenure, the university
Education; Terrell Jones,
on the bicycle.
Current practice
president's
presented to individuals
staff pool.
performed an anaerobic test on a stationary bicycle and a maximal
all
is
student enrollment and
order of exercise tests affects
split into
and programs
has increased
exercise science assistant professor Joseph
Andreacci, Haile studied
award
its
February.
George Agbango, president. Kozloff also has supported
December
currently an exercise science graduate student at BU.
With
president's
in
have significantly enhanced the mission of the organization, says
Achieve Maximal Anaerobic and
Aerobic Power." Haile earned his undergraduate degree
and
during the 36th annual conference
Undergraduate Student
for his research titled "Influence of Testing
Child's Ability to
The Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education (PBCOHE)
honored BU president Jessica Kozloff with
the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the
of Sports Medicine's
Award
State Honor
public affairs at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Jessica Kozloff
News Notes
Tech Support
BU earns
state grants totaling $263,000
Lee Retires
BU was awarded
Grad
a
retires as
dean of
two
$200,000 grant
state grants to
for the Greater
support technology:
Susquehanna Keystone
Innovation Zone and a $63,000 grant for the Pennsylvania
Professional Studies
Center for Computer Forensics Research. The grants were
earlier this year by Gov. Ed Rendell.
The $200,000 Keystone Innovation Zone Grant funds
announced
Ann Lee is retiring at the end
of May after being part of
BU as a student, faculty
member and, currently,
dean of the College of Profes-
"I
never planned to go to
Lee says.
"I
was
and Dad
told
first
me
I
could be
earned a bachelor's degree in
pre-school special education
Bloomsburg and,
after five years,
director of the local Easter Seals center.
new companies.
Grant
Starter Kit
funding will be used to create the Pennsylvania Center for
Computer Forensics Research, equip
becoming dean
Studies 10 years ago.
She returned
computer
forensics
dean of the School of Education
of the College of Professional
The College
exceptionality programs, nursing
new and growing specialty,
focuses
evidence of computer-based crimes. The Pennsylvania Center
for
Computer Forensics Research will support the developing
forensics industry and BU's proposed computer
computer
Winning Ways
Huskies open season
at
JMU
of Professional Studies
The Huskies
and speech pathology
and audiology.
of the
will travel
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south
Mason-Dixon Line
for
XCS^W wU^^rJ
the 2006 season opener,
During her tenure, Lee says she has seen more
rigorous accreditation and performance standards
James Madison
enacted and welcomed the "new ideas and tremendous
40 new
Computer
on obtaining
to
encompasses elementary and secondary education,
energy" of more than
a
research laboratory and support faculty research.
forensics degree program.
became
as assistant professor of special education,
later serving as assistant
before
developing and delivering
The $63,000 Keystone Innovation
class at the Easter Seal Society of Central Pennsylvania's
BU in 1978
for
and educating employees
.
native,
1969. She taught the
facility in
common needs
tance and, where gaps exist, develop
forensics, a
Shamokin
deal with training
Lee
being a dean."
Lee, a
companies. Individuals from local companies
I
my potential.
all
Ann
came here and folks helped me
.that's what the State System
about. And, I've had the privilege of
a nurse or a teacher.
universities are
who
at traditional
e-leaming; the existing e-leaming companies will offer assis-
a
19-year-old single parent
to realize
professionals
will discuss
sional Studies
college,"
will
be used to bring together existing e-leaming companies with
faculty
members.
Two
graduate-level degree programs were introduced
—
the
Last season,
title;
University Saturday, Sept. 2,
BU went
JMU was 7-4
in
1 1 -1
and
won
the
in
Harrisonburg, Va.
PSAC
Eastern Division
2005, a year after capturing the Division l-AA
national championship.
doctor of clinical audiology and master's of curriculum
and
instruction.
certificate
Other innovations were a principals
program and an agreement
that permits
BU bachelor's
students to complete requirements for a
degree in elementary education at
Community
Luzeme County
The
rest of the Huskies
College.
and
between 6 months and 12 years
old.
She hopes to
dog and, with her
husband Lanny, complete American Red Cross disaster
as a therapy
have a
list
a mile long," she says of retirement.
to live to
Oct.
be
1
15 just to
fit
half of
it
in."
KUTZT0WN
at Mansfield
28
at Millersville
EAST STR0UDSBURG
at Cheyney
1
Check www.bloomu.edu/sports
opening
Shippensburg
WEST CHESTER (Homecoming)
Nov. 4
Nov.
response training.
have
CLARION
at
14
Oct. 21
"I
at Edinboro
Oct. 7
being "grammy extraordinaire" to six youngsters
"I'll
CALIFORNIA
Sept. 23
Oct.
dog
is:
Sept. 16
Sept. 30
Lee's retirement plans include travel, crafts
finish training her
schedule
Sept. 9
for details, including
times for the
kickoff.
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Springing to Action
BU athletes assist in hurricane relief efforts
Student Advocate
Agbaw semi-finalist for award
Thirty-one
Steven Ekema Agbaw, professor of English
and founder
Institute for
of BU's Frederick
Douglass
of
athletes,
First-
Houghton
who
Mackin
controlled tents that housed
Transition and
43
Mifflin Co.
Agbaw was nominated
tirelessly to
said
Agbaw
by provost
Steve
James
"We wanted
Ekema Agbaw
50
to
100 volunteers.
to help other people out in their time of
of the
women's soccer team.
Athletes in Action
is
a
worldwide organization of Chris-
develop and implement innovative strategies that help
transition
more than
need," said Becky Ritter, a senior from Phillipsburg and
member
"has worked
Bloomsburg freshmen make the
six student-
2,000 people a day. The students stayed in climate-
the National Center for the First Year
in
The group, which included
volunteered to help clear houses of debris, rebuild
schools and universities, and serve meals to
Year Student Advocate award sponsored by
Experience and Students
of BU's Athletes in Action group spent
New Orleans assisting with the Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts.
Academic Excellence, was one
12 semi-finalists for the Outstanding
members
spring break in
tian athletes
founded in 1966.
from high school to college
and cope with a rigorous academic curriculum."
Second in
18*
Series
'Spirit'
moves
again
Orders are
being accepted
by BU's Super-
Round-
visory
table for the
second of five
train
cars in the "Spirit of
series, the tanker.
Top Value
BU"
BU makes
Proceeds
will benefit student schol-
and Camp HERO
Camp Victory, Millville.
logo and
paw prints and
arships
teams in the Pennsylvania
BU made
at
State Athletic Conference.
featured
The
tanker,
produced
by Weaver Models,
Northumberland,
is
an "O"
gauge, triple track, 1:48
scale
Tankers are available
model with three-rail
and couplers, a
at a
$50 each, plus $4.95
cost of
shipping and handling per
car.
Checks, payable to the
Supervisory Roundtable,
trucks
may be
complete brake system,
Bloomsburg University of
fully detailed
and highly
underframe
detailed styrene
body. Painted Union
sent to Jolene Folk,
Pennsylvania,
St.,
400
E.
Second
Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815.
For more information,
Kiplinger's top 100
lists
call
the top
in
1
00
list
of the best values in public colleges,
the February edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance
magazine. Landing at number 88,
BU
shares the
Chapel
Hill
Kiplinger's
and Michigan State
list
and affordable
are
measures
public colleges
final list
of
University. Schools that
for their
was
academic
to-faculty ratios,
and universities were compared
compiled. Schools
quality,
SAT/ACT
scores, freshman retention and four- to
six-year graduation rates, as well as cost
4042. The deadline for
out-of-state students.
tanker sports the Huskies
orders
SPRING 2006
Sept. 15.
were ranked on
such as admission rates, student-
ladder and lettering, the
is
make
combination of top academics
both in-state and out-of-state students.
yellow with maroon
with schools
costs.
More than 500
before the
known
Tom Patacconi at (570) 389-
Pacific
list
such as Penn State University, University of North Carolina at
and
financial aid for
BU was ranked
68th for
To win the Fitness Model Expo
World Championship,
successful competitors must
have symmetrical and toned
physiques.
Tommy
Bryant's
winning ways have brought the
BU
graduate magazine
spreads,
TV ads and
role in a
major motion
a small
pi
Flexing His
1
Talents
STORY BY GREG BACH
w
ill
Most people return from
Bahamas with
a trip to the
habits
Tommy Bryant came back with a new career.
After
he placed second
competition in Miami
in his
fitness
first
that
model
picked up the tab
World Championship
in Toronto,
who
where he garnered
that
happened, the flood gates flew open and
club in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Bryant, a
company
his doorstep.
splashed in magazine spreads for Exercise and Health
and Men's Workout, among
others,
and
he's
Vice," star Colin Farrell pushes
on a commercial
"One of my
goals
was
ing the Bowflex spot.
him out
way dur-
of the
the top.
It's
the Nike of the
him busy this year with
TV ads.
where he
just never really sets in
on TV," Bryant
I
week with weights
in the
morning and
I
hard on myself and I'm
usually pick myself apart.
commercial
get text messages
airs,
from
I'm
by the success
don't go into
I
it
to
fail,"
"I
to the
There are also a
lot of challenges,
and
just fighting off the cravings to cheat
SPRING 2006
there's
"Competitions are
also runs his
he
at
says.
compe-
getting
is
of people
diet."
"My
off
me a lot of
want
to
be trained
nothing more gratifying than helping
their fitness goals.
It's
good
is
sit
I
teach
and teach
their kids or
going to enhance their quality of life, and
feeling."
also squeezing in
definitely
ing to
Anything
a fitness standpoint, they can take with
some
want
next
acting classes in
in future movies.
and take
my
says. "If you're proactive
you
to get to the big screen
level,"
he
if
not, then you're just go-
back and hope the phone
determination
is
rings."
any indication,
should be ringing for years to come,
his
b
"Any-
Greg Bach
Beach, Fla.
it.
the hardest part
on your
staff
his time.
kind of piggy-backing
which
lot
for the rest of their life
If Bryant's
had
is
can make things happen and,
upper
how much fun I'm having doing
is
says.
growing demand on
hopes of gaining speaking parts
go in to do very well. What's probably
most surprising
me
Bryant
fast.
I've
he
room table."
and workouts, Bryant
Bryant says. "A
talents to the
echelons of the industry remarkably
I
them
that's a
my old
model world, Bryant has ascended
take on,
diet,"
the dining
to offset the
loved ones.
At the age of 35, considered almost ancient in the
because
members
someone from
see yourself
football teammates."
"I'm not surprised
75 percent
Despite a schedule packed with photo shoots, per-
"To
up some weights because I feel I've
to work on this or that. Whenever something airs,
I
it's
someone reach
when you
says. "I'm pretty
satisfied. After the
friends call or
had at competitions because don't
go into it to fail.' -tommy bryant
by the Bowflex guy.
keep
They'll
usually picking
I
I
because
tastes like
not surprised by the success I've
'I'm
clients,"
personal appearances at trade
my own toughest critic so
thing
we just
Bowflex body in shape, Bryant works
his
personal training business
shows, as well as doing print ads.
titions
gets;
in so long."
the exposure I'm getting,
to Portland, Ore.,
spent two 15 -hour days filming
fitness
tough. Fitness
personal training company, which employs two
for Bowflex.
equipment world."
Bloomsburg
To keep
you what pizza
sonal appearances
realized," Bryant says of land-
"It's
Bowflex flew Bryant
got
it
tell
out four days a
"But
On top of all that, he earned a
ing a scene in a club.
I'm never
diet. "It's
same cravings everyone
won and lost at
non-speaking role in the upcoming movie "Miami
"It
and plenty of water.
appeared
MTV programs like "Slam" and "South Beach." In a
fitness
had
on
built
I
His chiseled abs and model agency smile have been
prized spot
get the
is
1992 Bloomsburg grad, wound up dump-
in order to handle the opponunities that were landing
on
now," Bryant says of his
models
His diet
egg whites, green vegeta-
fish,
cardio in the afternoon.
ing his job as a branch manager for a staffing
on
life
cringe.
low-fat diet
strict
much fun in that, but it's just a way of
"There's not
haven't
my whole life changed," says Bryant, perched on a stool
at a fitness
would make most people
couldn't even
a second-place finish.
"Once
an unbelievably
have to use our mind power over our stomach.
Model Expo
for a trip to the Fitness
to
bles, oatmeal, potatoes, rice
him to give it another shot at a competition in the Bahamas - and it's a good thing he listened to his pals.
Besides grabbing top honors, he gained a sponsor
and sticking
foods such as chicken,
encouraged
last year, friends
work
Bryant attributes his success to his dedicated
sunburns, vacation photos and useless souvenirs.
is
is
a freelance writer based
in
West Palm
phone
STORY BY MARK
always nice to be honored for doing what
you love. That's what happened for Sharon
Emick Gallagher last May when the Rendell
administration and five business journals
named her one of Pennsylvania's best 50
women in business. The annual award
It's
recognizes the impact women business
owners and business leaders have
in
creating jobs and building communities.
When Sharon Emick
Gallagher '83 graduated
from Bloomsburg, the
native imagined a
rate
Munq\
dynamic future
Pa.,
in corpo-
communications. Launching products.
Advising movers and shakers. Making a
big impact and pulling
It all
happened. But
be only a prologue
down a
it
fat salary.
turned out to
to the career in
non-
now her
true love. After spending much of the
profit public relations that is
past
20 years working with a
clients,
a
variety of
Gallagher and a partner founded
PR agency devoted
solely to the
needs of
non-profits.
"It
took that long
to get the confidence,"
laughs Gallagher. "Some people
start
businesses in their 20s but, for me,
gaining
all
it
took
that experience for people to trust
us enough." Non-profit execs, she says, are
savvy, not nearly the naive do-gooders one
might expect.
"'Quite often, they're better at
E.
DIXON
communications" than corporate
where she joined another advertising
policy there,
who know their products
but may not understand outside
agency in a job that lasted
politics."
birth of her
perspectives, she says.
in 1991.
leaders,
was
Gallagher started out in 1983
first
until the
daughter, Meghan,
Another daughter, Julia,
bom in
which meant
prod-
Norfolk, Va., chapter of the National
clients,
Multiple Sclerosis Society. "That's
ucts. That, Gallagher confesses,
where
didn't
learned fundraising," she
I
explaining that she organized
recalls,
move
selling
her heart. But she
learned strategy. "Larger clients base
walk-a-thons, bike-a-thons and even
all
read-a-thons to raise money.
PR and media buys on a strategic
Formal training in fundraising
was
plan," she explains. "So,
scarce in those days, so she
learned
it
from the ground up.
would
write proposals with
rience,
but
Gallagher.
had
I
a
good
had
no expe-
boss," says
posals to radio stations, McDonald's,
We were always
looking for sponsors."
Naturally, she also entered those
events. "They're very popular with
Gallagher,
trying to
it
sell
Ironically, says
means
that a
a product can't talk
focus
on the
Take
oil filters.
issue
is
issues in that industry.
A big environmental
disposing of oil correcdy, so
you
talk
that
and why
about the importance of
it's
important to use a
20-somethings," she says. "People
reputable company."
up 20 or 30 friends, spend their
day together on their bicycles and
What
feel that
they've contributed
when
some-
Suddenly, things were
In 1986, partly because of the
clear:
Gallagher wanted to do was to
that,
she realized she needed
a master's degree,
and suddenly
makes
about
policy, she
political
yakking
sense.
Beck, a former journalist, launched
Sage Communications in 2002.
Today,
its
clients include Big
Brothers/Big Sisters,
mentoring services
the Philadelphia
which provides
to
young people;
Neighborhood
Development Collaborative, which
on
focuses
revitalization initiatives in
under-served areas; and Living
Beyond Breast Cancer, which
aids
women after surgery.
In Beck's
mind, what most
qualifies Gallagher for this
work
is
her passion.
"We're working with a nursefamily partnership that sends public
health nurses into low-income
communities
to
work with
teenage
moms," says Beck. The nurses help
help non-profits think strategically.
To do
they are finished."
company
about that product. "You have to
sign
thing
communica-
to link into that plan."
Which means?
"I
"And I would present pro-
Pizza Hut, anyone.
of their marketing, advertising,
tions also
all
to care
Gallagher and partner Barbara
1993.
Both agencies had corporate
organizing special events for the
says,
began
I
Understand
which she received
the mothers get through their
pregnancies and, then, get back on
track to school or work.
"The
stories that
come out
have such passion that
I've
of this
seen
with tears in her
success of those proposals, Gallagher
from the University of Maryland
Sharon
was hired
in 1995.
eyes," says Beck. "She feels a great
by
the
development
as director of
MS Society's Philadelphia
Back in Philadelphia once
again,
deal for the people
she freelanced briefly and joined the
with,
managing events.
More important, there was a whole
well-connected Tiemey agency for
you
new area of fundraising to leam.
"I moved from writing corporate
work for
proposals to writing for foundation
tions, as public affairs officer. In
chapter. She
had
a staff
and was
responsible for
grants," she explains. "That
dealing with people
give
me
$10,000
meant
who would
about a year. In 1997, she went to
2006,
to
to really support
phia
MS only
hired
away by
agency.
a local advertising
Two years later,
her then-husband to Providence,
STRING 2006
R.I.,
largest
founda-
Pew will spend $204
million
research.
cares very
much about civic
engagement," says Gallagher, whose
which pays
who we work
when
off triple-fold
work done."
PR people love their
get to see the
Not
clients,
all
but
it's
obvious Gallagher
does. "The thing that drives us
these organizations serve
ties that
need help," she
is
that
communi-
says.
"They
inspire you."
And
they say thank you. "You
don't hear that
much when you're
b
selling oil filters," she says,
job was to communicate with
officials
she followed
Charitable Trusts,
support environmental, energy
"Pew
18 months, then was
Pew
and public policy
a program."
Gallagher remained with Philadel-
the
one of the nation's
sitting there
and outer policy makers
about the programs
"I
Pew supported.
not only learned about public
Mark
E.
Wayne,
Dixon
Pa.
is
a freelance writer
in
CareerJournal.com reports that the number of economics degrees
awarded
years.
40 percent over the past five
H. Summers, former secretary of the
in the U.S. has increased nearly
The
reason? Lawrence
Treasury, says
it's
because "people are fascinated with applying the
economic mode of reasoning to a wide
variety
of issues."
Think Like an Economist
STORY BY JACK SHERZER
Until the 1980s,
you couldn't
and "marketization" entering
professor in 1982, and his dedication to current
find "privatization" in a
dictionary. Today, with terms like "world
economy"
daily conversation,
it's
research keeps classroom lectures relevant. Far from
no
surprise that the National Center for Education Statistics lists
economics
as
one of the most popular college
majors in the U.S.
As people
globalization
deal with
To
Haririan,
Haririan,
remote
to
BU
it,
Instead,
it's
a
window
standing the world, and that perception
ed him
"I
timely, says
literature
professor of economics.
life.
to the field that
is
texts to get the
message across
field,
students can hear their ideas firsthand.
need
to
be
familiar
and know what's happening
what
don't
under-
research,
it
is
the
same
If you
as a bottle that
is
getting empty."
Among the well-known speakers he's brought to
are New York Times columnist Paul Krug-
attract-
campus
he loves to teach.
never thought about any other job," says Haririan,
who grew up in Tehran. "When I was in high school
do
with the
in order to
have better information for the students.
to
to his
who has worked
inviting many to the univer-
devoted researcher
says Haririan. "You
er,"
economics doesn't deal with theories
everyday
a
"To be a good teacher, you need to be a research-
the study of
and
significant
is
with leaders in the
understand the forces behind
how to
economics becomes more
Mehdi
on dusty
students, he
sity so his
try to
and
relying
I
man; Robert H. Frank, an economist
Graduate School of Management
was reading news from around the world and I was
thinking that what happens in one country affects what
ics
happens
Buchanan Center
in other countries."
The opportunity to work closely with students first
him to Bloomsburg University as an assistant
and Gordon Tullock,
and
Mason
at
at the Johnson
Cornell University;
a professor of law
and econom-
a distinguished research fellow in the James
for Political
Economy
at
M.
George
University.
attracted
10
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New School for Social Research, where he earned a
doctorate in economics. While in graduate school
he met his wife Christine
County Community
who teaches at Luzerne
College.
Haririan has shared his research findings with
students and other professional economists over the
25
years.
He wrote
a
book in 1989
last
that looks at the
economics behind state-owned enterprises and authored
or co-authored
more than 20
articles that
appeared in
professional journals.
His research focuses on the kinds of tasks
makes
it
sense for government to do, rather than the private
sector.
An example
he explains,
Mehdi Haririan bases
his classroom lectures
on current
of an appropriate government task,
providing assistance to workers
lost their jobs, giving the
get
research in the field of economics.
is
back on
their feet.
Currently, Haririan
Many of the
speakers typically charge thousands of
dollars for their appearances,
to convince
them
but Haririan often
to forego their fees
is
able
because of their
who
is
studying the economic reforms
occurring in the central and eastern European countries,
and
the privatization of state-owned enterprises
ization.
With
global-
the ongoing concerns about outsourcing
how the United
of jobs overseas and
professional relationship.
who have
support necessary for them to
States will adjust
changing world economy, Haririan's
and adapt
to the
are involved in the decision making," Haririan says.
research
particularly timely.
"They love when they see somebody speaking on
"When we talk about issues of outsourcing and
offshoring, we talk about comparative advantage,"
"The students are able to
campus who
is
listen to
the author of the
people
book or the paper
Haririan says. "That
they've read."
Haririan was
through his
to the
world of business
who has a
textile
company and real
One
father's footsteps,
tist
exposed
first
father,
estate interests.
is
of his brothers followed in their
and the other became a rocket
working in the defense industry
scien-
in California.
Haririan says that
country
research
is
particularly timely.
the idea that the country that
means
it."
the kind of work one
may have done in the past ends up moving
elsewhere. In the United States, for example, outsourc-
ing has resulted in fewer manufacturing jobs. But,
overall, that doesn't
With ongoing concerns about outsourcing
of jobs and how the U.S. will adapt to the
changing world economy, Mehdi Haririan's
is
can provide a good cheaper should provide
mean
fewer jobs for the U.S., just
different kinds of jobs.
"There are studies showing outsourcing
is
really
not going to create fewer jobs in the U.S. Ultimately,
is
it
going to create more jobs because corporations are
going to expand more," he says.
But for Haririan, teaching exened a bigger pull than
the lure of the family enterprises, and he
knew study-
After earning his undergraduate degree
studies brought
him to
SPRING 2006
the
wave of the
future,
and you
want each of my
from
to
do
that
I
have to
know myself what
is
and then
first
to
to the
Iowa
going on."
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
native.
He lives in Hairisburg.
stu-
them
in Iran, his graduate
the United States,
State University for his master's
is
that," Haririan says. "I
dents to think like an economist, and in order for
ing economics was the path he wanted to follow.
Economics National University
"Globalization
cannot stop
b
FOR THE
When
others define us solely by
career, they miss
the thing
line
as
a
—
vital portion of our psyche
to refresh,
unwind and express
our creativity, the thing known as our avocation.
OF
The
we do
a
what we do
IT
can
blur between
being a teacher and
being a student.
does
for
It
Ervene
Gulley, chair of the
English department,
when she
takes her
seat at the piano.
Gulley joined the
BU
faculty in
after
1970
earning a bachelor's degree in
mathematics from Bucknell University
and master's and doctoral
She has taught courses
on modem/contemporary American, British
and
the
and European
literature
works of Shakespeare, but
piano performance.
for
most of her
and
Library of Musical Classics, nur-
"A
tured her talent. She played piano
someone found
to
town
for six
quence of living in a small
started lessons at a
young
area,
I
age."
Her first instructor had studied
become a concert pianist before
moving from Italy to Carbondale,
to
piano
is
a delight."
Playing the piano has offered "a
number of opportunities I wouldn't
have otherwise enjoyed," she
Pursuing choral music during
to the
gift after
BU
and,
later,
instructor John
class
Couch
James Douthit and
enrolling in a
Often asked to accompany
mance
faculty
and senior
perfor-
majors, Gulley has
performed individually and with
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world and
I'm not in charge."
Studying the piano also keeps
her connected to her students.
"I
can always see where
it
could
have been better or should have
been
better," she says. "It helps
me remember what it's like
each semester.
music
love
a completely different
she earned her
She soon began studying
with
says.
my job, but it has its
stressful days. When I play, I'm in
"I
keyboard when her parents
Kunyoung Kim,
students," she says. "As a conse-
play for a half hour," she says.
fine
throughout high school, accompa-
degrees.
a piano teacher
I
commence-
out the Steinway
roll
nying various choral groups.
ing
When I was 6 years old,
who would come
ment, "they
but his discipline, along
gave her a piano as a housewann-
life.
"Our town had fewer than 300
people.
Before each graduate
students, she
her college years, Gulley returned
Piano music has provided the
soundtrack
bands, orchestras and ensembles.
exceeded the
young
with assignments from Schirmer's
she remains a student in another
discipline,
of his
skills
recalls,
degrees in English from Lehigh
University.
Pa. His talents far
a student.
students
.
.how
feel
back with
to
be
a lot of serious
when
they get papers
my comments."
- By Bonnie Martin
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
—
go near a body of water without bring-
can't
"I
^
r
Dang LaBelle, BU's
ing a fishing pole," says
storeroom supervisor and an avid angler. Mount-
ed
fish decorate the walls of his office
fishing trips past line
one storeroom
LaBelle's fascination
with
and photos of
wall.
things fishy began in
all
when he
home
Thailand before he came to the United States
A drainage
was 5 years old.
would overflow
pipe behind his
in the rainy season
pond would team with
and the
resulting
would catch
fish that LaBelle
with an improvised net of screen.
Fishing
is
now an integral part
of LaBelle's
life.
A
weekend in the spring or autumn will find him
wading in a nearby stream or pond. And it's not just
the usual trout and bass that draw LaBelle to the water.
In fact, he prefers angling for more unusual species
typical
various types of panfish or big crappies.
He's also organized trips to fish for salmon in
York with
BU colleagues.
else learn, taking
"1
new people
hooked," says LaBelle.
"It's
New
enjoy watching someone
out, getting people
not
work
for
me.
It's
fun."
A litde bit of fun was what LaBelle expected on a
warm June
afternoon in 1986. Instead, he set a national
record. LaBelle
at
his wife Amy were having a picnic
Dam in Hamburg, Pa., about 60
and
Kaercher Creek
miles southeast of Bloomsburg. Naturally, LaBelle
little fishing so he and Amy set out
row boat. Dang dropped a hook on an
intended to do a
in a 12-foot
8-pound
He
line.
got a bite
—
a big one.
fish across the water.
Dang slowly reeled
Back and
forth
swam
the
Amy maneuvered the boat while
the fish in, careful not to break the
thin nylon filament.
Finally, after
shallows,
it
ashore.
40 minutes, he cornered the
jumped over the
It
was
side of the boat
a muskellunge,
its
mouth
fish in the
and heaved
filled
needle-like teeth, one of which caught LaBelle's
and gashed
it.
No
typical fish, this
weighed 40 pounds
—
muskellunge
a record that put LaBelle's
in the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of
- By Eric Foster
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SPRING 20
6
with
thumb
Fame.
name
FOR THE
OF
IT
Norm Manney a
Give
and
turn
he'll
it
into a
tree
branch,
work
of art.
In his free time, BU's paint shop
foreman
crafts elaborate
walking
sticks.
wooden
Whether
marking the accom
plishments of
veterans or preserving favorite
childhood pastimes,
Manney's walking
sticks
all tell
a story.
Manney's love of woodworking
began dunng
He
Corps.
his time in the
collected sticks
Marine
and
marked them with names and
to record
vice
his
had taken him.
began
tree
where
to carve
dates
23 years of serLater,
walking
Manney
sticks out of
branches and discarded scrap
wood.
When his wife Debra sug-
gested he
sell
his
work, the hobby
turned into a small business.
It
stick,
Manney four
make a walking
takes
weeks
to
from the
first
steps of
shaping the wood, to carving or burning a pattern
and placing the
inlays, to the
final steps of staining
coating
it
it
and
someone comes up with an
with polyurethane.
Manney makes many
of the walk-
see
what
ing sticks for veterans, personalizing
"It's
them with military-themed pins
and carvings. He understands the
and then
I
can do with
it,"
a challenge to look at
try to
make
it."
idea,
he
something
Manney
created one stick using shooter
pride of military service and creates
marbles his customer had played
each stick with the individual vet-
with as a child.
eran in mind. "The sticks
stick sparkle
history of a person.
ferent,"
he
tell
the
Each one's
dif-
aren't limited to the military.
with
another
artificial
Manney receives
40 walking
says.
But Manney's walking sticks
He made
"It's
I
says.
jewels.
orders for about
a fun
hobby,
that's
what
do when
it is.
It's
what I intend
up
my day job,' " he says. He hopes
to
to
one day open a small
his
walking
Manney is
sticks.
I
give
store to sell
For now, though,
content to spend his time
making new walking
ing and perfecting his
- By Lynette Mong
sticks, polishcraft,
b
'08
sticks a year, in addition
to the sticks
he
sells locally.
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As
a
little girl
enjoying nature walks with her grand-
father, Jennifer
birds
Boyer Hopkinson was drawn to injured
and other animals. She wanted
to "fix"
whatever
ailed them.
Today,
this
1996 Bloomsburg University
graduate tends to the needs of up to 40 animals
daily at the
Animal Care Hospital, the
she and her husband Michael
STORY BY KIM BOWER-SPENCE
own in
practice
Lewis-
burg, Pa. She spends her days caring for dogs,
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More than
58.3 percent of U.S. households
own one
or
— American
and "pocket
cats
her husband,
pets," like rabbits
and
who holds a business
ferrets,
while
degree from Lock
Haven University, manages the business end. "I can
focus on the medicine and surgery part of it," she says.
"Ever since third grade
ian," she admits, recalling
"little
I
wanted
how an aunt dubbed her
members'
veterinarian" as she coddled family
and dogs. Long before applying
plunged into the
ing cages
Pa.,
be a veterinar-
to
Hopkinson
work, clean-
her
From BU, Hopkinson went on
to the University of
Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, graduat-
worked
at
animal hospitals in Reading
and Allentown before buying the Animal Care Hospital
October from Dr. Alice Gora,
last
who
remains
at the
As the owner, Hopkinson
chance
relishes the
says.
different
when it's your own practice,"
She admits the
for permission."
opportunity;
it
old son, Evan.
so
was
greatly influenced
"We love
on
In
just
fact, it
was her
30 miles
the region.
a business
their 2-year-
the area," explains Hopkinson.
and the people
a great area to raise children,
much friendlier here
by
than what we're used
affection for
are
"You go into
this profession
because you
drew her back
Hopkinson was accepted both
at
to
BU and at
a private liberal arts college in central Pennsylvania. But
Bloomsburg's reputation and
like ani-
mals, but those animals are attached to people," she
She finds
and deal with
it
critical to
their emotions.
learn to "read" people
"Sometimes the animals
are the easier part of the two," she laughs.
One
and her staff face
of the biggest obstacles she
Care Hospital has
set
up
a fund to help people
and
who
clients
can
return unused animal medications to a bin for others to
use free of charge.
Hopkinson advises students thinking of a career in
veterinary medicine to
work in an animal hospital.
"School can prepare you to an extent, but
to being in the trenches."
it
Beyond
doesn't
biology,
ogy and even speech communications
—
to prepare for
the talks they'll inevitably be asked to present.
"You never
nity will call
realize
how many people in the commu-
and ask you
to
speak
at career
days
or, like
She finds her profession particularly
much more manageable
who put herself
difficult
when
she must euthanize a pet, but tremendously rewarding
when a sick animal is healed and able
to return
home
to its family.
beloved pet
is all
we see an elderly person whose
they have
but it's great when you see
when they are able
just
left. It
puts the pressure on,
how happy the
to take their best friend
amazing what animals can do
people are
home.
It's
for people."
That bond
exists on a personal level for Hopkinson,
companion at the Animal Care Hospital is
price tag appealed to Hopkinson,
whose
through school working three part-time jobs. She
a long-haired black cat
served as a technician at nearby Bloomsburg Veterinary
apartment during her student days in Bloomsburg.
Hospital, held a
and played
Pottsville.
work study job
in a
campus
violin with the Schuylkill
The
violin,
cafeteria
Symphony in
which she began playing in
third
grade, also earned her a scholarship through the university's
music department
as she
performed with the
daily
who moved into her off-campus
Today, he's part of a family that also includes two
rier-mix dogs, Alex
and Kermit, and
Sweet Pea. But, only the
feline
a cockatiel
has his
own cage
Hopkinson
says her
back, she says taking
courses
Bloomsburg education prepar-
for veterinary school
practice.
Looking
more finance and economics
would have helped her
SPRING 2006
and
to better
understand
ter-
named
at
Animal Care Hospital with the handwritten nameplate,
"Mikie Hopkinson."
b
university orchestra.
ed her well
is
helping clients pay their pets' medical expenses. Animal
"All too often,
to."
Bloomsburg, located
east of Lewisburg, that
with
Girl Scout troops, ask for a tour," she says.
family's decision to relocate to
central Pennsylvania wasn't simply based
"It's
she
'You can use the newer drugs or perform some of
newer procedures without asking
the
for dealing
human clients.
students should consider courses in finance, psychol-
to
implement many of the ideas she learned in veterinary
"It's
And human psychol-
ogy courses would have been helpful
compare
practice part-time.
school.
the business aspects of the career.
can't afford the care their pets need,
of "go-fer."
ing in 2000. She
Veterinary Medical Association
reasons.
cats
hometown of Dallastown,
and working her way up to the unof-
at a clinic in
near York,
ficial title
to college,
dirtier side of veterinary
more companion animals.
Kim Bower-Spence is a freelance journalist from
Berwick, Pa.
Two Bloomsburg
education majors found
themselves student teaching at a bilingual school
in Guatemala City last fall and witnessing both
extremes in the country's economic spectrum.
teaching assignment, at Millville Area
Elementary School, and received
her bachelor's degree in early child-
hood and elementary education
"gutsy"
\s\Jz
hen Bloomsburg
environment
University student
Ginamarie
Romano
do student teaching
signed
in
up
to
Guatemala,
people told her she was "gutsy."
After
all,
the only foreign country
she'd ever been to before
ada. At least she
Romano
was Can-
had her high
school Spanish to
fall
contrasted with the upper-class
back on.
at
The American
in
December. Then she made her next
move
—
to Florida,
where
she teaches a gifted second-grade
class in
Opa
Locka, near the Spanish/
School of Guatemala, where stu-
English cultural
dents had chauffeurs and body-
She notes that her well-behaved
guards, plus maids
who carried
their backpacks.
Guatemalan students were much
less of a culture
She taught third-graders
at the
bilingual school, catching a 6:15
a.m. bus to get there before her
On weekends,
mix of Miami.
shock than her Amer-
ican students. "They listened; they
respected you," she says.
Romano was one
BU students
of the
first
two
students arrived.
in a different world. "1
she explored the country, shop-
change program. The program
ping
result of a longstanding relationship
and landed
flew to Guatemala City
know what to expect
when I went down there, although
1 knew I was going to a thirdreally didn't
world country," she
recalls.
Wide-
spread poverty in the city
at village
markets, dipping
her toes in the Pacific Ocean and
climbing a volcano.
When Romano returned to
Pennsylvania in October, she
fin-
ished her second student-
to participate in the exis
between The American School of
the
Guatemala and the Bucks County
The
Organization for Intercultural Ad-
School needed teachers
new partner-
vancement, and their
ship with Bloomsburg University.
private, bilingual
American
who spoke
English as their native language
to serve as speaking
models and
teachers for Spanish-speaking
From Pennsylvania
students; the Pennsylvania educa-
to
Central America
The
tors
relationship goes
1977,
back
Keystone State
Educators Boost
Guatemalan Teaching
to
when a group of adventur-
formed the Bucks County
For almost 30 years, the Bucks County Organi-
Organization for Intercultural
Advancement and helped
fill
Advancement has been
zation for Intercultural
that
using Pennsylvania experience and knowledge
ous educators from Bucks County
traveled to
need through
Guatemala and other
countries to consult
on curriculum
J.
visiting teachers.
Carol Vance '60 got her
taste of
first
Guatemala in the early
and school design and introduce
1990s. She was teaching in the
innovative educational practices.
Southern Lehigh School
to improve education in
Since
its
founding
Guatemala.
1977, the Bucks County
in
Organization has grown to include
District
from across Pennsylvania
and looking
to
make
found
it
a
at
for the
members
- though the name
opportunity
change in her
life.
remains the
She
The American School
of Guatemala, where she
was
Continued on next page
same - and
to promoting literacy
a
rural
its
focus has shifted
among the poor
the
in
areas of Guatemala.
Board
member Vera
Rearick Derk '60, a
former reading supervisor, uses her contacts
with publishers to cultivate book donations.
"To date, we've sent $77,000 worth of books to
Guatemala," says Derk.
"We
recently mailed
3,000 books."
The Bucks County Organization's other
programs include:
Sponsorship of The American School's
satellite
schools
in rural
areas of Guatemala
and public schools that serve the children of
sugar-cane workers and
Mayan
Indians.
schools serve poorer regions, where as
These
many
as 43 percent of first-grade students do not
continue on to second grade.
Professional development assistance for
Guatemalan teachers through the Universidad
del Valle
de Guatemala and other schools.
The American School
is
the
official
labora-
tory school of the university. Bucks County
Organization board
members Jolene Borgese
and Renee Cartier travel to Central America
every year to present seminars to as
400 Guatemalan teachers.
many as
'Once you get into a third-world country and you see
people riding buses
you
realize
resource teacher, observing
for
them
Before she
night long to get to classes,
are.' -
new
to increase their proficien-
knew it,
she was
When Vance returned to the
member of the Bucks County
Advancement. Currently,
she's
president of the organization
substitute teacher in the
and
a
Benton
Area School Distnct.
and
a
Guatemala, paying their
Hock,
Bloomsburg
member of the Bucks County
problem, she learned, because
The American
students and gave workshops.
thought
it
would be an
excellent placement for our student
teachers,"
Ann Lee says,
noting that
Guatemala and Pennsylvania.
student teachers to stay for a
School's cooperative
country's culture, while Pennsylvania regulations require at least half
speaking and a bilingual teacher in
of an education major's semester
to
work
of student teaching be completed
together.
taught second grade with a
within the
state. "It's
kind of
discouraging," she says.
teacher.
The student teacher
who
Lee,
lived in a
retires in
May, hopes
house with other teachers from the
other options materialize. She sees
school and enjoyed traveling
the possibility of the Educator
throughout the Central American
country on weekends.
"It
culture shock," she says.
immersed
culture
was
"We were
in an entirely different
in Pennsylvania,
Exchange Program as a summer
project or as a semester-long
a
student-teaching assignment for
students
and way of life."
Back
the university does not regularly
ditional
Hock
who
follow
up with an ad-
assignment in Pennsylvania.
In the meantime, the Bucks
offer international opportunities for
completed her student teaching at
County Organization
student teaching.
Beaver-Main Elementary School
in other directions with
in
Bloomsburg before receiving her
another was working in the Spanish
month, Natalie Hock Buchhalter
Immersion Program
began teaching
Lehigh School
at a private
Calif.
The
Valley.
area has a large
system makes
to
is
helping her with
it
turns out, the
first
two
at
The American School of Guatemala may also be the
throughout Guatemala while
least for a while, says Lee.
student teaching last
school's
new
director
BLOOMSBURG
Southern
Center
visiting principals
fail,
Vance
it
almost impossible
recalls.
"Once you
get into a third-world
country and you see people riding
city.
Buchhalter enjoyed traveling
fall.
and
noted that the American school
she says the language she learned
new job and
at
District in
One of the
Spanish-speaking population, so
As
and Natalie Hock
and teachers
December 2005. The following
Bloomsburg student teachers
left,
Educator
lan administrators
her
Romano,
its
Exchange Program. Seven Guatemavisited Pennsylvania schools,
in Guatemala
graduates Ginamarie
continuing
education and getting married in
Monica,
BU
is
bachelor's degree in elementary
Montessori school in Santa
Recent
full
semester to better adjust to the
program placed both an English-
childhood and elementary educa-
Bloomsburg
the Guate-
doesn't speak Spanish. That wasn't
Guatemalan
Arierican School, they explored
Carol Vance '60 heads the
educator exchanges between
at
malan program, even though she
Bonnie Williams, chair of the early
the
J.
abroad and jumped
Hock
at
Hock had
organization that sponsors
Guatemala in January 2005 with
While
Natalie
studying
long been interested in going
each classroom
"We
and
Romano was
who was also
elementary education.
a
of the College of
the possibilities for
own
tuition, travel
Organization board, traveled to
tion department.
two
later,
students were headed for
teaching with
Organization for Intercultural
Professional Studies at
months
'60
living expenses abroad. Student
United States in 1993, she became a
Ann Lee, dean
BU
Bloomsburg
principal of the school.
board
carol vance
j.
Just eight
and modeling lessons
teachers there
cy.
all
how lucky we
last
buses
you
all
night long to get to classes,
realize
she says,
how lucky we are,"
b
two, at
The
would
like
Tracey M.
and
Dooms
is
a freelance writer
editor living in State College, Pa.
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
freshman
Plans
It's
nothing like the real thing" says the 1968 hit by
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. BU's first-year engineering students could sing along as they confront client's
genuine problems and create workable solutions.
'Ain't
a required 100-level course
for all engineering students,
but that doesn't
mean
STORY BY GEOFFREY MEHL
has to
it
be routine.
Computer Aided Design and
Engineering Graphics could
easily
be just a
book
hypotheticals, but profes-
sor James
it
some
series of text-
Moser
real
prefers to give
world
flair.
So
teams of students concentrate
on
actual design projects, with
an emphasis on learning the
client's
needs and coming up
with workable plans to solve
genuine problems.
Moser
non-
invites local
profit organizations
and
the
campus community to make
requests, and then the students, mostly freshmen,
the challenges of "the real thing."
to
modify a building
to create a
face
A local church hopes
new social hall. An an-
Students Brian Micucki, Tabitha Chlubicki, Cathy
Auburger and Crystal Henion take one
—
thropology professor would like to see a Native Ameri-
American anthropology
And BU's Student Health
Center is expanding and needs a new floor plan.
an enormously rewarding experience
can dwelling reconstructed.
Moser explains
resolved. Others
want
some sense
case of the Student Health Center,
of a public university
come
all
into play.
dents a taste of what real projects are
of cost. In the
the requirements
"It
gives the stu-
like,"
he
out the semester, and the course's conclusion
is
whom evaluate the results.
Crystal
Pa.;
N.J.;
Henion of Oley,
classroom exercises
at
Pa.,
and
expected simpler
the onset of their
first
Township, and Fitzgerald Flowers of Upper Darby,
works
at its
Kehr Union home.
was working with
the university's planning
construction office, gaining insight into
institution develops
such
semester
have
to
a great plan," she says.
a recognized expert in archaeology
SPRING 2006
and Native
and
how a major
pleased.
"They
"They were very
what our
Now their plan
withstand the formal review process the
university applies to any construction project,
BU. Instead, they worked with professor DeeAnne
Wymer,
in
projects.
was more than
needs were and solved the problem."
will
at
is
A crucial part of the
impressive, very professional, listened to
Pa.;
the quality
were paired with Lucinda Harris, director of the Stu-
came up with
Tabitha Chlubicki of
Cathy Auburger of Glen Rock,
more depth. Wymer praised
work after hearing the presentation.
In the end, Harris
unexpected. Freshman engineering majors Brian
Mikucki of Delran,
but soon
Josh Picard of Norristown, Mike Kutch of Greenfield
project
a
For many of the students, the challenge was
Wyoming,
first,
that gave the
Pennsylvania residents Brandon Groff of Lebanon,
the
formal presentation of the project not only to the client
to class peers, all of
a bit scary at
dent Health Center, where an expansion project
says.
Half a dozen projects keep students busy through-
but also
of their
goals that are not completely
to get
look at their
basic class a lot
that the projects are not necessarily
Some begin with
simple.
last
plans for reconstructing a Native American dwelling.
Geoffrey Mehl
is
BU's publications
director.
b
Husky Notes
Quest trips designed
for alumni and friends
Bloomsburg University's Quest program offers trips
ranging from a hike in a nearby state park to biking
and trekking through
in Colorado
Ecuador. The following trips are open to
For
friends.
many of these
and most equipment
trips,
the rain forest of
BU
alumni and
no experience
necessary
is
provided. Varied amounts of
is
physical stamina are required.
•
Walking Across
June 19
Ireland,
to 27: Participants
will hike Ireland's long-
distance
some
trails
Aspen Music
is
.
• Lost
through
of the country's most
significant historical
and
Machu Picchu and Peruvian Andes Trek, Aug 12
•
from village
participants into the south-
budding adventurer and
unpaved
em Peruvian Andes to
mountaineer, the
an
explore one of the earliest
includes Ecuador's cloud
rsmith@bloomu.edu.
The adventure brings
indigenous
The leader
Mountain Biking, July 15
civilizations.
is
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo com
.
to 22: Participants will fly
into Gunnison, Colo., with
• Africa's Kilimanjaro
transportation arranged
Safari, Sept. 3 to 17:
to Crested Butte
The group
where
will
Africa's highest
Between Crested Butte and
Kilimanjaro, traveling
through
City, Colo., cyclists
all
from old logging roads
climbing
above
single tracks, often
an
altitude of
The leader
is
7,000
Brett
Simpson,
bsimpson@bloomu.edu.
•
Kili,
participants
on
The adventure begins
Hike
in
the Rockies,
Festival, July
and short day
in remote cloud forests,
whether
group
will hike over
Maroon
Maroon
area, to
The
leader
is
bloomu.edu.
continue as the
from
glacier
is
• Trekking in Patagonia,
Chile, Feb. 12 to 25,
2007:
This trekking adventure
travel to crevasse rescue.
in the southern Patagonian
The
Andes of Chile
trip
concludes with a
soak in natural hot springs.
leader
is
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo.com.
takes the
group into one of the
natural
wonders of South
America, the Torres Del
Paine National Park.
•
Mountain Biking Across
the Roof of Africa,
Dec
28,
leader
is
The
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan@yahoo.com.
2006, to Jan. 12,
2007: This
24
for those
to
"*
West
through the
Bells
Wilderness
trip is
who
are comfortable
the
Pass,
Aspen. The
to
group learns proper moun-
Aspen
trips,
the nights in villages along
Roy Smith, rsmith®
trail
feet.
equipment and spend
the route.
31: After gradual acclimation
9,000
Cyclists will carry basic
exploration of the lost Incan
Mountains and Music:
Music
roads, often at
altitude of
with a three-day two-night
The
Dave Conlan,
dbconlan® yahoo.com.
leader
and 'Avenue of Volca-
The
will experience the
a multi-day safari.
forest
noes."
tain techniques,
Upon
wilder side of Tanzania
feet.
up
of the planet's
six eco-systems.
trip
to village
then participants choose
volcano,
will ride a variety of terrains,
to
and
venture
they will spend two days.
Lake
that location, they will bike
mainly along pathways and
pubs along the way.
The leader is Roy Smith,
Colorado Wildflowers
of Ecuador,
2007: Designed for the
to 20:
in
Guraghe Highlands. From
Incan Trail and
Mountains
Dec. 27, 2006, to Jan. 13,
cultural regions, eating
•
Festival.
Roy Smith,
rsmi th@bloomu edu
The leader
For additional information,
including costs
and
physical requirements, call
dealing with the
(570) 389-2100, check online
unexpected.
at
Participants will
contact trip leaders at e-mail
travel
from Addis
www.buquest.org or
addresses provided.
Ababa, the capital
visit
coincides with the
of Ethiopia, to the
BLOOMSBURG
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5 *y f\ Victor J.
O
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Ferrari and his accomplishments were
recognized
when
the Col. Victor J. Ferrari
Community Family Resource and Learning Center was
dedicated Oct.
7,
2005, in San Antonio, Texas, where he
A veteran of World War II,
1991
he was an Air Force navigator
as former President
George
Stark Fowles retired from
HW Bush's 943rd Point
Illinois State
University
years as assistant director for
from the U.S. Air Force and Pepsi-Cola, he plans
retired
golf,
more than 16
and human resources information systems. Also
benefits
lives.
whose B-24 was shot down over Holland. He joined USAA as
a training director after retiring from the military and worked
as a bank president until he retired from that career in 1988.
Active on the San Antonio Commission on Literacy, the San
Antonio Commission on Elderly Affairs and advisory boards
for school districts, colleges and universities, he was honored
in
Thomas
in January, after
to
volunteer as a bench referee for the ISU Lady Redbird
basketball
and
volleyball teams,
and
participate in the
McLean County.
American Cancer
Society's Relay for Life of
He will
part-time while his wife, Eileen, continues at
also
work
They will
ISU as
a nursing professor.
who
teaching in Poland, and their daughter, Sarah, a law
is
visit their
son, Aaron,
student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
reached
He can be
at tsfowles@ilstu.edu.
of Light.
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Fame.
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Fred Frey was inducted into the Luzerne County
Chapter, Endless Mountains Region, Sports Hall of
A five-sport star at Tunkhannock High School, he
lettered in football for four years at
and
football at
BU and coached
A
\JTT
He then enrolled
at
BU
and, following graduation, taught business law and medical
Luzerne County
at
Commu-
Thomas Scholvin
Muncy school
Area and
Florida.
conducted
at
BU fostered
her interest in preserving the past.
UU
math
He and
districts,
he earned
Nova Southeastern
his wife, Margaret,
7^T^
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Nancy
(right)
retired in January after
39 years
E.
Wisdo, former
director of the Office of
States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), became one of three
USCCB in February. A
of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice
Peace from 1996 to 2001 she
,
as a
have three grown children
Domestic Social Development, United
associate general secretaries of the
Jean Booth Gelbaugh
a doctor of
University in
is
and
a candidate for a licentiate in
canon law
at the Catholic University of America.
J^T^y
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Doug McClintock
teacher at Mechanicsburg Middle School,
where she
also ran the after-school
and knitting
day with
last
assistant professor of education at
and four grandchildren.
member
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an
is
Immaculata University. The former superintendent of Octorara
Donna Krothe Goobic, a retired educator and current
drama coordinator at Northwest Area High School, is part of
the Historical and Preservation Society of the Greater
Shickshinny Area, an organization preserving landmarks
through miniature woodcarvings. In a January Times Leader
said student research
Novem-
Future Business Leaders of America.
education degree from
Donna
last
on Northampton County
Council. She plans to retire in June from Northampton High
School where she teaches business/technology and advises the
.A. ber to a four-year term
nity College.
story,
communication
the University of Buffalo,
at
Diane McGeever Neiper was elected
7^T~1
called his experiences during four years of active duty with the
terminology for nearly 25 years
a professor of
and sciences
Speech Language Pathology and Audiology."
Harold Cole was the focus of a veteran profile last
fall in The News of Delaware County. Harold rereservist.
disorders
baseball
Wyoming Valley West.
Marines and two years as a
Rosemary Lubinski,
recently published her fifth textbook, "Professional Issues in
/
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V/O
clubs.
math, game
She was honored on her
Cancun, Mexico,
of
Doylestown spent
a
week
as a volunteer in mission
in
with
Discovery Service Projects. The project involved building 18
a full-school assembly.
concrete-block houses in an area devastated by Hurricane
'67
Gretchen
Hummel
Brosius '67/70M started her
second four-year term
as
Wilma. This was Doug's
in January. Gretchen has taught Montessori preschool classes
24 years and currently teaches at the Northumberland Christian School. She and her husband E. Eugene
Brosius, an attorney, have been married for 36 years and have
three grown children.
for the past
7^T r^
/
1th trip abroad with DSP.
Marylou Kempf Alfonso
more Husky Notes online
www.bloomualumni.com.
at
Send information to alum@bloomu.edu
or to Alumni Affairs, Fenstemaker
Alumni House, Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania, 400 E. Second St.,
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is
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Cyndy Landis Kryder wrote an
The
King's
essay included in
the 316-page anthology, "Stories of Strength."
Thompson
at a
Time" focuses on
close friend
Deb Snyder
'76
and her struggle with a rare, life-threatening
illness. Proceeds from book sales benefit disaster relief
charities, including the Red Cross, Americare and the Salvation
Army. Ordering details are at www.storiesofstrength.com.
Rosa Solines Stroh is vice president/treasurer of the
Hershey Co. She joined the company in 1982 as senior
treasury analyst/pension asset management and held a variety
of positions in the treasury department.
SPRING 200
enrolled at
i_J Seminary, Los Angeles.
"One Breath
Find
1
mayor of Northumberland
Husky Notes
Deborah Dell Watson
Births
of Magnolia, Del, Bayhealth Medical
Donna Osmun Schwartz
Center s vice president of the southern region, was elected to
the
Andrea
American College of Healthcare Executives' Council of
was a health care executive at
Susquehanna Health System and Geisinger Medical Center.
Hara Freireich Kinsey
Paul, Oct.
Mar)' Agnes Kratz was
trustees of Wyoming
School. She
is
named
to the
board of
for the
daughter, Melissa, Nov.
Wyoming Valley
Courtney, Oct.
principal for a year
as assistant
'92 and husband, Mark, a daughter,
Morgan
'92 and husband,
Shawn, a daughter,
Mary-Katherine "Kate" King Welsh
'93 and husband, Greg, a son,
Connor Michael, Sept. 16,2005
West
at
Thomas, a
2005
Christine Girman
middle school
and a half. She has taken courses
and Perm State universities.
6,
'92 and husband,
2005
Aug. 31, 2005
tion in the Donegal School District. She formerly taught in the
25 years and served
8,
Michelle Kochenash Milisits
West School District and president of the Wyoming Seminary
Upper School Parents Association.
Susan Ursprung is supervisor of curriculum and instrucdistrict for
and husband, Andrew, a son, Jonathan
'91
18,2005
Stephanie Campomizzi Malarkey
Seminary College Preparatory
an inclusion teacher
Emma
Zeitler Peters '89 and husband, David, a daughter, Kylie
Grace, Dec. 27, 2005
Regents. She formerly
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Mike Kwasnoski
Chester, Millersville
'95 and wife, Margo, a son,
Noah Andres,
Nov. 11,2005
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Col.
Edward Bezdziecki
recently retired after
26
Shawn
years in the U.S. Air Force. During his career, he
Rachel Wilbur Wacek
was stationed at the Pentagon; Grafenwoehr Army Installation,
Germany; Brussels, Belgium; and air force bases in Florida,
New Hampshire, Maryland, Alabama, Texas and Washington,
D.C.
He earned
tor.
He
previously
was
Connor Robert, July
2005
Condel
'97, a son,
2004
Paul
Wood
'95,
a son, Eric James,
July 22, 2005
manager of Coatesville.
Teri
Gamier Miller '97 and husband.
March
?^7Cj) Becky McNabb Sullivan was recognized in Nurs/ y^ ing Spectrum's Greater Philadelphia edition as
28,
Dec.
2005 nursing excellence award. She is director
and hospital for Montgomery Hospice Medical
9,
Rusty, a son,
Joshua Caleb,
2005
Susan Laughiin Mackey
recipient of the
of home care
15,
Amy Lautermilch Wood '96 and
Norristown's municipal administra-
city
13,
and husband, William, a son, Daniel
'96 and Christopher
Kimberly Kels Condel
a master's degree in business administration
is
'95,
William, Nov. 22, 2005
from Central Michigan University.
Paul G. Janssen Jr.
Laverty '95 and wife, Kimberly, a son, Connor, Dec.
'98 and husband, Philip, a son, Philip
Jr.,
2005
Justin C.
Wagner '98 and wife,
Valentina, October 19,
Jennifer, a daughter, Avary
2005
Center, Norristown.
Crystal Kovaschetz
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James
L.
Quinn
Lillian
is
director of fixed operations for
Sloane Automotive Group, Philadelphia.
Kelly Stubbs
He
Ann Pennington
'79, is a special
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'99 and husband, Mike, a daughter, Ridgeley
Corey
Keith, a son,
Alexander, Sept. 29, 2005
Darlene Weihbrecht Steinberger '99 and husband,
Robert, a son,
Michael James, Aug. 26, 2005
Stacey Myslivy Weaver
April
'01
and husband, Bradley, a son, Jacob,
2004
"1
Judy Lutz MacNeal was named senior vice
and sales manager for National Penn
Leasing, a subsidiary of National Penn Bank.
Joseph A. Mayo received a 2005 teaching award from the
Kevin Monroe '02 and wife, Chanell, a son, Casey James,
-A. president
Society for the
Teaching of Psychology.
He earned
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Annette East Bruno
is
7,
Karczewski Heath
Wilson Area School
assistant professor of
Northampton Community College.
She taught elementary and middle school students in the
education
2005
Dec.
Lori
'03 and husband, Troy, a daughter, Aubrey
Lena, Dec. 27, 2005
master's
and doctor of education degrees from West Virginia University. He has been on the faculty of Gordon College in Georgia
since 1989, serving as department chair from 1993 to 1997.
5
Gerald, a daughter,
2005
Sheila Devine Pogash '99 and husband,
education teacher in the
Lower Merion School District. They have two sons: Matt, a
junior at Lower Merion, where he plays baseball, and Tim, a
sophomore at Harriton High School, where he acts in school
plays and sings in choral groups.
5
Carman
Nicole, on Dec. 21,
continues to play semi-pro baseball. His wife, the former Lee
Wertz '98 and husband,
Grace, Jan. 12,2006
at
BLOOMSBUK.G
District for
more than 20
years.
She also
and Kutztown universities.
Hugh Turner was promoted to vice president of finance
taught
at
East Stroudsburg
with Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City, N.J. Hugh
has more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience
within the casino industry.
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Sharon Butler Burke is vice president of cornmunity services and resource development for
Maternal and Family Health Services Inc. She previously served
9
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as the
MFHS
director of resource development.
Elizabeth Lees Caramihalis teaches Spanish
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High School, Hampton, N.H. She previously taught at
Sanford High School, Cape Elizabeth High School and Morse
High School, all in Maine.
Jim Griggs was named vice president of finance at Woolrich
Inc. He has been with the firm since 1987.
net
and
trust officer
with
First
Columbia Bank and
Trust Co., Bloomsburg, received her Series 7 and 63 licenses
after
at
Victoria Amici Bartlow, assistant vice president
completing an examination process by the North
American
Securities Administrators Association.
licenses, she is
now a registered representative
Columbia Financial
With
with
the
First
FCBT.
Services, a division of
Edward Caminos is corporate controller of BPZ Energy,
Houston, Texas. Ed has more than 20 years of experience in
senior accounting and finance positions, primarily with
international energy companies.
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Cindy Smith
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English
vice
is
president of underwriting
Shantillo leaves financial officer post
services at Geisinger Health
Plan.
to study for the priesthood
for
She has been with
GHP
18 years. She and her
earning a bachelor's
husband Barry have two sons,
Reuben, 23, and Ryan, 17.
Kimberly Hendricks is
degree in accounting
vice president, finance, for JLG
Fifteen
years after
enrolled
She previously was based
a different type of
at
in
educational institution, a
fall
New York City with Bristol-
Myers Squibb Co., most
seminary in Washington,
D.C. Last
McConnellsburg.
Industries,
from BU, Jerry Shantillo '88
recently as vice president of
he moved one
finance, corporate develop-
step closer to a second career
ment. She earned an
MBA from
as a
Roman Catholic priest
when he began pursuing
New York University.
religious studies at the
professor of marketing
Pontifical
Mark A.
North American
worked
is
and
chairman of the department of
College in Rome.
Shantillo
Mitchell
management, marketing and
law
in
at
Coastal Carolina
the financial side of the
University.
He
healthcare industry before
was on the
faculty of the
entering the seminary. First
University of South Carolina
with Guthrie Healthcare
Upstate.
System, Sayre, and, later with
married and
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financial officer of
United
Michael Gigler was
promoted to senior
vice president at Wachovia
Bank. He has been a senior
relationship manager in
He
earned
Wachovia's Northeast Pennsyl-
Binghamton, N.Y., his
5
titles
C3\J
included controller of Guthrie
Clinic
and
chief operating
Medical Associates.
an
is
has three children.
United Healthcare System,
and
He
previously
MBA from Binghamton
vania Commercial Banking
University in 1991.
Group, responsible
healthcare administration, a field he says
September 2005, he entered seminary
he "greatly enjoyed,"
the Pontifical North
to enter seminary.
studying theology
he enrolled
Gregorian University in Rome.
Theological College at
Catholic University, Washington,
to prepare for theology studies.
D.C,
Then, in
at
American College,
Studying for the Diocese of Scranton,
at
for the
Greater Lehigh Valley.
In 2003, he resigned from
at the Pontifical
expects to remain in
He
Rome for five years
before returning to the U.S.
began
his career in
Meridian Bank.
He
1986
at
He earned
a
master's in business administration at
Moravian College.
Greg Sullivan was inducted
into the West Branch Chapter
of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall
SPRING
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manager
rehabilitation
at
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center,
he earned a master of science degree in speech pathology in
1989. Chris resides in Royersford with his wife Sue Paluba
He was recognized
of Fame.
at
Hughesville High School and
coached wrestling
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is
of Banking, she
}Q(^
vice president and
Columbia Bank and
is
2006 Central Atlantic
is
a
member
of
Norm have a son,
her husband
Shane.
of the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association's Profes-
married to Timothy Karas
Sharon Ford Bixler was appointed corporate
and wellness services for Lutheran
J(\f\
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Development Network. She has written articles for PA
Banker Magazine, ABA Marketing Magazine and Financial
is
Deb Manney joined the Susquehanna Valley House
Hope as a secondary education teacher. She and
S
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sional
Services Online. She
as a
three sons, Tyler,
Kyle and Hunter.
for First
Trust, Bloomsburg. Director of the
He and his wife Kim have
senior accountant.
Army.
marketing director
Advanced School
Edwards '88, and their children Nick, 12, and Erin, 8.
Duane Ruch joined Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc.
BU. After graduation, he
at
Michelle Molyneux Karas
C3 /
accomplishments
Montoursville High School.
at
currently a major in the U.S.
}
for his wrestling
director of health
Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania in York.
'84.
Sharon
has been with Lutheran Social Services as an area executive
director since October 2004.
Carla Shearer Christian was
'88
Division
youth director
Christian, senior
a
member of the BU Athletic
husband Ric
are
NCAA
Doug Rapson launched
field
is
Hall of Fame. She
enrolled in the master of organizational
is
program
Immaculata University. Promoted
at
his first
weekly podcast, "Geek
Acres," featuring his thoughts about science fiction, tech
and her
the parents of Brooklyn, Cole and Carlin.
Chris Edwards
leadership
at
to the
hockey team.
the Chambersburg YMCA,
25th anniversary
III
named
to
Doug and his wife Debbie have
They live in Mifflinburg.
Michael Tokach was promoted to director of customer care
toys
and
Internet happenings.
a son, Christopher.
at Silberline
company
Manufacturing Co.
He
since 1995.
Inc.
He has been with the
holds a master's degree from College
Marriages
Kit Griffiths
76 and Todd
Kelchner, July
9,
Brian Motz, July 16,
Filomena Costantino
Joseph Covert,
Kristen Yuskoski '96 and
2005
'88 and
2005
Oct. 8,
Aug.
5,
'91
and Gary Taylor,
2005
Petty, Oct. 23,
2005
Demming
Yoniski
III
'92 and David
Oct
7,
Thomas
Kerri
2005
Doll,
Christine Fink '95 and Terry
Turpin, Oct.
15,2005
John Hnatishion
Minahan
Sommers,
Ann
Amanda Shepard
Joseph
Jodi
Jodi Pall '99 and Michael
June
25,
'98 and Brian
2005
Kelly
Ann
'99 and
Jacqueline Curry, July 16, 2005
Phillips
Aaron
15,2005
Dallabrida '00 and
Robert Davis, Sept. 17,2005
Richard Kunkel
Stawiarski,
'00 and
Summer
May 21 2005
,
'00 and
2005
Crystal Varner, Oct. 23,
Kristina
Ashworth
Oct.
Brock Marshalek
Erica Petrushka '98 and
Jeffrey
Reyer '99,
'00 and
Shimkanon
'00
Ryan Wertz, Aug. 13,2005
Alison Burton
'01
and
Daniel Blaney
Marissa Campanella
May
Ryan McFarland,
'01
14,
Andrew Desiderio '01 and
Katie Pearson, May 13, 2005
Sarah Schuman
Joshua Moore,
'01
and
2005
Oct. 8,
Jason Schwass
'01
Larissa Haught, Aug.
and
12,2005
KristySkuntz'Oland
Michael Porambo
and Kristopher Provencher,
Rebecca Stephens
Jan. 14,2006
Richard
Bell,
'01
and
July 23, 2005
Amy Vesnefskie '00 and
Stephanie Anderson '02 and
Peter Loomis, Sept. 17,2005
Domenic Breininger
Chad Shirk
'95 and
David Calvert '99 and Jennilyn
June
Wesner, June
Jill
Flaska, Oct. 22,
2005
Ann Beierschmitt '96 and
Carter Frantz, Sept. 17,2005
Jessica Brackbill
Jill
Gushka
11,
'99 and
2005
'99 and William
Zeruth, Aug. 7,
11,
2005
Barnes, Aug.
6,
'01,
Aug 13,2005
'02 and
Kimberly Armstrong
Yeselavage
Helen Bortner
2005
02,
'00 and Troy
2005
'01
Eric
Engleman, Oct.
JodyKarge
and Justin
8,
2005
'02 and William
McCarty, Sept. 10, 2005
Tara Klach
'96 and Michael
Bethany Hartman
Rubenstein, Aug. 20, 2005
Tarah Kucheruck
'02 and
Peregrim
July 30, 2005
and Timothy Van Schoick,
Amy Bruggeman '01
and
ShaunGuida, Sept.
16,
July 16, 2005
Mark Heisey, June
2005
Jr.,
and
2005
2005
'95 and Michael
April 30,
Bingaman
Joseph Mazaika
'95 and
Marie Augustyn, Aug. 20, 2005
Kelly
'97 and Julie
Peterman, Sept. 10,2005
'93 and
'88,
Jesse Sorber
16,2005
'98, Sept.
Jennifer Cross
Rissmiller '97 and Karen
Robison, Oct. 15,2005
Leanne Shamp
Jill
Gene
'97 and Kimberly
Sarah Burkholder'01 and
2005
Murphy '99 and Matthew
D'Angelo
Urban
'99 and
Schaeffer, July 23,
Gregg Pavlick
Jason Henry
Laura Dean
Wes
Jill
Zimmerman, Nov.
2005
Jaclyn Janowicz
Danielle Esposito '97 and
Truly Walters '90 and Mark
26,
2004
Megan Pesavento
'96
and
'99
Christopher Murray, Nov. 25, 2005
18,
Adrianne
Barnett
BLOOMSBURG
Jr.,
2005
Leiby '02 and Rickey
Sept.
10,2005
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He and his wife Carmella have
Misericordia.
They live
in Beaver
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Laurie
/
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for
a son, Gabriel.
more Husky Notes online
www.bloomualumni.com.
Find
Meadows.
Kohn Churba
is
assistant
Send information to alum@bloomu.edu
or to Alumni Affairs, Fenstemaker
Alumni House, Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania, 400 E. Second St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815
costume designer
"Saturday Night Live." For the past nine years,
she has helped dress
some
at
of the biggest stars, including Garth
Brooks, Janet Jackson, Paris Hilton, Justin Timberlake,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hilary Swank, Halle Berry, Colin Farrell,
Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Aniston and Donald Trump. She
earned a master's of
fine arts
Mason Gross School
worked on New York
degree from
of the Arts at Rutgers University. She's
theatrical productions, including "Inherit the
^
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7(~J
Wind," "The
Meghan,
Michael Kacsmar and
Park, N.J.
and
Comedy of Errors" and "Titanic."
Wagner Kreischer earned a master's of business
administration from BU in May 2005. Liesl lives in Bloomsburg
U.S. Air Force.
with her husband Steve and their children, Zakery and Lexus.
in
"Spunk," "The
Price,"
Todd
Liesl
9,
He and
his family
his wife Beth
moved
to Franklin
have two daughters,
Kelsey, 6.
Miller was promoted to the rank of captain in the
He is
stationed at
Malmstrom
Air Force Base
Montana.
Pat Wilson was promoted to vice president of operations for
Little
League Baseball and
1993, he also
is
With
the organization since
assistant director of the Little
Tournament, chairman of the
International
Committee and
He
committees.
Softball.
a
member
League
Little
League Rules
of the charter and tournament
has volunteered with several local agencies,
including the United
'93
Catherine Noll Alexander
and
Community Hospital. She joined
Way and the Williamsport Area
chief financial officer
Shamokin Area
the hospital staff in 2002.
She and her husband Joseph have
reside in Coal
is
vice president of finance at
a daughter, Elizabeth.
They
Township.
Sherri Derr, a certified registered nurse practitioner, has
joined
Recreation Commission.
OB/GYN Associates
at
Bloomsburg Hospital. She earned
a master's degree at College Misericordia.
2005
Tawnee Klinger '04 and
Swartz, May 7, 2005
YustineSejuit'02andChad
Malinda Lepley 04 and
was promoted to director of emerSunbury Community Hospital where she's
worked for nine years. Recipient of the hospital's 2003
outstanding employee of the year award, she previously
worked as a staff nurse in the emergency department and,
most recently, as the rapid admission nurse.
Kris Vancas is head coach of the Penns Valley High School
Michael DelPriore
softball
Taffi Ross-Johnston
gency services
Kevin Monroe '02 and Chanell
Sink, Feb. 5,
2004
Sickora, Dec. 4,
Sandra Walter
'02 and Brian
Dickinson, July 30,
Christine
Welker '02 and
June
Greblick,
2005
11,
Derek Williams
Schneider
Brian
June
4,
Jr. '04,
Nicole
Mark '04 and Matthew
Magill
'05, Sept.
Stephanie McHale
Michael Bowman, July
'04 and
Themens,
Adrienne Campbell
9,
2005
Christopher Coup, July 23, 2005
Alyssa Haraschak '05 and
Alison Turner '03 and William R
Phillip
Oct. 8,
Smith, July 16, 2005
Deeble
'03
Kristi Siciliano '05
2005
and Brian
Amy Yamrock '03 and
Kerbacher'05,Jan.7,2006
Thomas
Katie Starr '05 and Robert
Ruffner
Maria Digris
'04 and Dr.
Brayford, Sept. 3,
Mark
2005
Kristyn
Hughes
Fox
'04 and
'04, Oct.
6,
a
assistant
at
varsity levels before
coach in 2001.
member of the board
of trustees
proposed Family Choice Charter School
Carli is a science teacher in the
Athens Area
7^t
Stacy Price Linkins
tor
is
a
communications
and internship coordinator
at
instruc-
Immaculata
West Chester University
and Villanova University.
David Maurer was promoted to supervisor in the
audit services group of Reinsel Kuntz Lesher. A resident of
Cumru Township, he earned a master's degree from
University. She formerly taught at
St.
Joseph's University.
M. Abdul Mobin '94M
YargerJr., Aug. 20,2005
and Alongi
Ltd.,
is
a tax senior with Pulakos
Albuquerque, N.M. He has seven years of
accounting experience and previously was a corporate
Shannon English '04M and
Garth Watson, Aug.
Towanda.
in
is
to oversee the
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Adam
III,
formed
'05 and
Bridgette Reish '03 and
Miller
Carli Yeager-Hall
and junior
David Nogle '04 and Melanie
Page, Oct. 15,2005
1,2005
has 12 years of experience, coaching
School Distnct.
Neill Reidy '03 and Laura
April
He
becoming the Lady Rams'
19,2005
2005
15,2005
program.
the seventh-grade, eighth-grade
2005
'02 and Lisa
'03, Oct.
Brian
at
accountant and an operations manager.
2005
Stephen
15,2005
Kimberly Maguire Petrosky of Mountain Top was named
Citizens' Voice's top 100 Wyoming Valley athletes.
teacher at Rice Elementary School and former Crestwood
one of the
A
Nicole Hartranft '04 and
High School
Timothy Rhoads
in three
0.73 ERA.
SPRING
softball coach, she played
with the Huskies
NCAA finals and, as a junior, led the country with a
Husky Notes
Andrew Dunning joined
Shannon
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Robert Galella
y \J
at
middle school
is
Tunkhannock Area Middle
was an
assistant
School
District.
assistant principal
School.
He
previously
He
chief accounting officer with
as director,
Gordon was accepted
and
into the
is eligible
to
become a
Jerry Palovick was nominated for two Mid-Atlantic
Hersha
was manager of financial
policy and controls for Tyco Electronics Corp. and a senior
manager with Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP.
Hospitality Trust.
HealthCOM
fellow of Yale University's National Teachers Institute.
Emmy Awards for his work at CN8 (The Comcast
Regional
is
Stauffer
Jacksonville Teachers Institute
high school principal in the Abington Heights
Michael Gillespie
Strategic
account management.
Network). Prior to joining
previously
CN8 six years ago, Jerry was a
WNEP-TV in
photographer, editor and tape coordinator for
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.
Gina Luscavage Ross is special education supervisor for
North Penn School District in Lansdale. She and her
husband Michael reside in North Wales.
the
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Kimberly Kels Condel began teaching special
education at Pocono Mountain East High School
s\j
in
September 2005.
Todd Doebler
head coach
associate
Dame men's
was promoted
for the University of
head coach
^P
coached
at
Zr
Notre
2004
Tennis Association Midwest
* Region Coach of the Year,
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tennis team. Todd, the
Intercollegiate
—
v
(left)
is
the
first
in Irish tennis history.
associate
He
previously
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Scott Blacker was
named
national
Campaign
Executive of the Year by the Jewish National Fund.
The award was presented by Estee Lauder Chairman Ronald
Lauder at a ceremony in New York. Scott is a partner in
Blacker Communications, a marketing and web design firm.
Sherry Clements joined the Delaware State Chamber of
Commerce as events manager. She is working on a master's
Pepperdine University, Connecticut
degree in public relations
College and Trinity College in Connecticut.
Lori
at
Rowan
University.
Hoose Strimple '98M was promoted
to assistant vice
president for marketing at Jersey Shore State Bank.
of
Penn
A graduate
she had been serving as the bank's marketing
State,
coordinator since 1997.
BEP's new
director of
economic
development
Shupp
is
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Danielle Savage was
Piscataway, N.J. She previously
and Offshore
Shupp
worked
at
Bank
of
New York
Pools.
Jaclyn Janowicz Schaeffer earned a master's degree in
reading education, with honors, from the University of
Scranton in
'or Pamela J.
named On Highway Engine
account manager for Foley, the Caterpillar dealer in
at Jefferson
May
2005. She has been teaching fourth grade
Elementary in the North Pocono School
District
'85,
for six years.
experience in economic
F!
development and
'00
knowledge of the greater
Reading region led
Partnership.
manages
As
to
her
projects
with Berks Economic
programs
greater Reading area,
for
state
and
in
Berks County
the top
working collaboratively
50
business growth.
representatives
belt for
the
a project
manager
at Refinery Inc.,
He
is
one of
also a
of BU's Corporate Advisory Council, an alliance of
from the public and private sectors with the
Institute
for Interactive Technologies.
Bloomsburg, with a concentrations in
Amy Snader Simmons is a retirement account officer with
public administration and urban and regional planning.
She earned
is
Department of Instructional Technology and the
received bachelor's degrees in political science
at
is
interactive agencies in the country.
member
and geography
He
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Carl Seidel
with other economic development agencies to promote
Shupp
arts.
commander, HSC 602d Aviation Support Battalion, Camp
Humphreys, Korea. His wife, Corina, is currendy serving
economic development, she
and administers county,
federal assistance funding
and the
new job
director of
Michael Morella was awarded the tan
U.S. Marine Corps martial
Sterling Financial Trust Co.
certification
from the American
Institute of
Certified Planners.
A native of Reading,
Keith Strohl joined the law firm of Steckel and Stopp,
with locations in Slatington, Schnecksville and Northampton.
Shupp has more than 20 years of
community development,
experience in economic and
He
received his law degree at Western
School of Law in
New England College
May 2005.
including 12 years with the City of Reading. Her most
recent position
for Lancaster
was
vice president of affiliate operations
Redevelopment Corporation.
'01
to
BLOOMSBURG
Heather Critchosin '01M
is
an
assistant technical
professor of education at King's College.
From 2000
2003, she was assistant professor of education and supervi-
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sor of early childhood education at King's. She
director of Educational
Development
is
Jonathan
executive
Specialists Inc., Freeland,
and Country Charm Learning Center Inc., Drums.
Matthew Goslee has been with Century 21 Alliance Drexel
Hill for the past year. He and his wife Kelly have two children,
Madelyn-Jo and Noah. They reside in Holmes.
L.
Sabo accepted
a position with the Pennsyl-
vania State Department of Health as a microbiologist in the
Division of Clinical Microbiology's molecular microbiology
section.
He
worked
previously
and
for Research,
his findings
at Geisinger's
Weis Center
were included in several
scholarly publications.
Erin McArthur received her masters of social work degree
from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. She
Philadelphia,
for
where she
is
lives in
a social worker at Shriners Hospital
Children of Philadelphia.
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first
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Times-Mail, Bedford, Ind. She previously worked at American
,
Jon Trosky '03/ 04M performed on
Velocity on Jan.
on Jan. 3, and on
Eagle Outfitters, Bloomington.
can been seen
Kathryn Soke
Jayne
St.
an advertising representative with the
is
Mary,
a teacher in the East
earned a master's degree
Penn School
Wilkes University. She
at
national interpret-
ing certification from Registry of Interpreters for
District,
WWE
at
WWE.com. While
professional wrestler using the ring
at
10;
both matches
BU, he trained
and in Italy. Jon also teaches Adobe Photoshop
Northampton Community College.
coast
lOth-grade English at
Pocono Mountain West High School. He
is
also
an
Great.
Since graduation, he's performed at venues along the east
lives in
Emmaus.
Wayne Whitaker is teaching
as a
name Supreme Lee
at
classes
assistant
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a partner in
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Susquehanna Valley United Way as the early care
and education coordinator for Northumberland County.
Greg Roskos was a graduate assistant coach for the
University of Toledo football team last fall, working with the
offense. He was linebackers coach at Muhlenberg College in
JL wedding and event planning business in Kingston.
Mark Humphreys joined the sales staff of REMAX River
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2003 and defensive backs
assistant
coach
at Lafayette
in 2004.
Valley Realty, Northumberland.
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at
is
a seventh-grade
math
teacher
Exeter Township Junior High School, Reading.
Larry Piccini Jr. teaches math
at
Lakeland High School,
Jermyn.
A.C. Posey
is
a conservation technician in the erosion
and
sediment pollution control program of the Luzerne Conservation District.
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Wary
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is
previously
pursuing a master's degree
started his
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Margaret Lewis '28
Jean Allen Doughty
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Ronald Couch '55
Myrtilla
Elfed
Rood Abbott
Jones
James
H.
Campbell
Lehigh University.
elected to a six-year term
on
the
Pleasant Valley School Board.
'52
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is
new home
a
sales consultant
and
purchasing assistant for Carriage Manor Builders, Danville.
Shannon Killeen
Patrick Christoff '60
'30
'30
at
own construction company
in Kulpmont.
Stibitz '51
Dorcas Epler Riggs '27
for Beishline Surveying.
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Lower Milford Elementary School, Coopersburg.
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and
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Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
comes to Bloomsburg:
Juan Jose Osuna at the Normal School
Latin America
Juan Osuna, just 17 years old when he arrived in
Meandering along the edge of campus,
from behind the McCormick Center
all
way to Penn Street, is Osuna Drive,
named in 1985 for Juan Jose Osuna, a
the
native of Puerto Rico
Bloomsburg
to
State
Bloomsburg
traveled
and 1906 graduate of the
Normal School (BSNS). Osuna came
as part of a
group of students
from Latin America
who
to continue their educa-
the U.S. in 1901, originally
students from Puerto Rico needed to be acclimated to
greatly disappointed
homes throughout
member at
War in
graduate,
is
shown surrounded by
by
the turn of events,
he soon
took advantage of a program that placed students in
faculty
Juan Osuna, always the serious student,
Columbia University about 1920.
to the Carlisle
American culture while learning English. Although
tion in Pennsylvania following the Spanish-American
1898.
was sent
Indian School because of the mistaken belief that
saw
the
textbooks. This photo
the state. Oscar H. Bakeless, a
Carlisle
and an 1879 BSNS
young mans
is
potential
and secured
believed to have been taken at
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Rockey
a
young man with teaching experience
in
Puerto Rico, was hired in 1905, and E. Joe Albertson,
a
1901 BSNS graduate
who spent
instructor in the Philippines,
Despite their
in
efforts,
some
five
years as an
was taken on
in 1909.
of the students did not stay
Bloomsburg very long; one of the Puerto Rican
students
left after
only six days, and three others
departed within two months. But, these teachers were
vital in
ensuring that most students succeeded.
The language
barrier prevented
many
of the Latin
American students from joining the campus
societies,
but they participated more
literary
fully in athletics.
number of Puerto Rican and Cuban
members of a football team, and in
1907 and 1908, Cuban students fielded their own
In 1903, a
students were
baseball team.
Of all
these students, Juan
Osuna enjoyed
the
most
distinguished career. After leaving the normal school,
he earned three more degrees
from Perm
State, a divinity
—
a
bachelor of arts
degree from the Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1915 and a doctorate in education from
Columbia University
Between
in 1923.
earning his degrees, he spent two years serving as a
missionary in Puerto Rico with the Presbyterian
The Osuna family poses
in
1935
Puerto Rico. Juan, standing at
at their
right,
home
in Rio Piedras,
the
seated are his wife Margaret and daughter Ann.
him at
that Miss
most
Welsh was second only
influential
was her
person in his
brother,
BSNS
life.
to his
wrote
later
mother
as the
Of equal importance
principal Judson
P Welsh.
Osuna had a practical knowlHe continued to work for the Welsh
In only five months,
edge of English.
family to pay his
own way, and in the
fall
of 1903, he
entered the normal school, graduating with a teaching
on June
certificate
Osuna was one of 45 Puerto Rican students who
came to Bloomsburg between 1900 and 1920 and
one of
1 1
who
graduated.
A large number of Cuban
students also attended the normal school at the same
time, along with others
from
Bolivia,
was
command
faculty
summer school
until
1928 and then
them overcome
their
poor
members who knew
Spanish. Noble
W
as
dean of
the College of Education until 1945. During a visit
to
Bloomsburg in the
relationship
of
fall
of 1940, he lectured
between the United
States
on the
and the nations
North and South America. In 1945, he moved
Washington, D.C., and died in Arlington,
Va.,
to
on
June 18, 1950.
tionally
a greatly respected, interna-
known educator, and in
recognition of his
time of work, a street and three schools are
after
him in
street
on
the
life-
named
his native Puerto Rico, in addition to the
Bloomsburg University campus. His time
much to him
that
he asked to be buried
The headstone in the
Osuna was laid to rest is a
reminder of the impact the Bloomsburg State Normal
School made a century ago on the lives of many young
hills.
Orangeville cemetery where
American
of English, the school employed several
SPRING 2006
of
in his beloved Pennsylvania
difficult at first for the Latin
students to adjust. To help
University of Puerto Rico, where he served as director
here meant so
Costa Rica,
Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.
It
Mira Welsh.
Juan Jose Osuna was
27, 1906.
memories of
to Orangeville to
In 1923, his professional career began at the
the farm of Mira Welsh, located
north of Bloomsburg in Orangeville. Osuna
also continued to hold fond
Bloomsburg area and returned
visit
a place for
He
Church.
holds his son James;
men and women
from Latin America.
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Summer Session 2006
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EOP Orientation
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All-Sports
1
9 to July 28
July 21 to 23
Camp, July 31
Sunday, June 18
to Aug. 4
-July 10
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Session
to Aug. 18
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V - June
Monday, June 19
Field
1
Fall
1
June
20, 21, 26, 27,
28 and 29
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Session
VII
Session
VIII
-June
19 to July 28
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8
II,
to Aug. 3
Aug. 6 to 10
Football
Thursday, June 22
Youth Camp, June 12 to 14
Team Camp, July 16
2006
Electronic Registration
Camp
Transfer Orientation
Monday, Aug. 7
Fall
Hockey
Freshman Preview
Camp, July 30
9 to July 7
Adult/Non-Traditional
Team Camp
II,
to 19
July 23 to 26
Orientation
Aug. 22 to 28
Boys Soccer
Wednesday, Aug. 23
Coaching School, July
Classes Begin
Welcome Weekend
Monday, Aug. 28
Labor Day -
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Girls
Soccer
Sunday, Aug. 27
Day Camp, July 10
13
Softball
13
Mid-Term
Friday, Oct. 6, to
Camp, June 25
30
Swimming
Parents' and Family
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, Nov. 21
to
Sunday, Oct. 8
Tuesday, Oct. 17
,
Friday, Nov. 3, to
Weekend
Sunday, Nov. 5
Resident Camp, June
Day Camp, July 10
to
1 1
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10 p.m.
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Camp, June 9
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Reading Day
Sunday, Dec. 10
Finals Begin
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Finals End
to 16
Father/Son Camp, June
Half-Day Camp, June 19 to 23
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Monday, Dec.
to
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to 13
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to
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Team Camp
II,
Graduate Commencement
15
Undergraduate
to
II,
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20
23
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July 14 to 16
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to
1
Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 16
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FALL 2006
A dire diagnosis spurred an alumna
and her family to get involved in the
search for genetic clues. Page 16.
He spent time
with Michael
rdan and Dennis Rodman.
Now he's hanging with the
{
HusKtes.
Page
12.
From the President's Desk
many
As
of you have heard,
I
recently
announced
that
I
will retire
BU in December 2007. 1 want to take this opportunity to
explain, in my own words, why I've come to this decision.
from
In a way, the seed for
.
one of my mentors even before
to accept the job only
if I
my retirement decision was planted by
accepted the presidency
I
planned
to stay
long enough
"Don't look at this as a stepping stone, but as a
well be your
last job,"
he
to
BU. He urged
at
make
commitment
me
a difference.
that could very
said.
"But, don't stay too long,"
he added, with a smile. "Know when you and the
university are ready for a change."
I've
I'll
come
retire
and
presidency,
the time
close to
to believe that
both the university and
is
as BU's
On the personal side,
second longest-serving president.
right for Steve
and
me
I
believe the time
is
to
move
right for
As we complete the planning
has become clear to
seven years to see
start
are ready for a change.
to
our Arizona retirement home,
both of our married children and our four grandchildren. And,
university,
it
I
having served more than 13 years, twice the national average for a
and
it
finish the
work with
new leadership and energy
our second major fundraising campaign,
me that I must either commit to staying another five to
through or
campaign.
the university
pass the baton to a
for
for the
I
should step aside and
I've
let
someone
else
chosen a retirement date that allows
community
to set
our fundraising
new president who can provide
priorities,
both
me
to
and then
consistent leadership
and
vision during the campaign.
I
as we finish many projects
new president and new
I suspect my last year as president may be my busiest; I know it
eagerly look forward to the next 15
begun during my tenure and
initiatives.
will
be one in which
wonderful university
Jessica S. Kozloff
I'll
relish
months
set the stage for a
each day I'm privileged to be president of this
.
Bloomsburg Univeisity of Pennsylvania is a
member of the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
as ofJune
2006
Kenneth
E, jarin,
Kim
Chair
Vice Chair
E. Lytde,
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Matthew
Baker
E.
Lammando
Marie Conley
Paul
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Dlugolecki
S.
Daniel P. Elby
Michael K. Hanna
Da\id
The Secret
Page 6
Life of Sharks
Holveck
P.
Vincent J. Hughes
Eric Hoffmayer '97 spends his days fishing for
Allison Peitz
information about sharks in the Gulf of Mexico.
GuidoM. Pichini
Edward G. Rendell
Fascinated by sharks since childhood, he believes
JamesJ. Rhoades
ChrisrineJ. Toretti
there
Olson
Aaron A. Walton
Gerald
L
is
no better
watching
it
feeling then tagging a shark
and
swim away unharmed.
Zahorchak
Chancellor, State System of Higher Education
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Super Stats
Judy G. Hample
Jan Hutchinson hasn't struck out in her 29 years of
Bloomsburg University Council of Trustees
Robert J. Gibble
Steven
B.
Marie Conley
Ramona
'68,
Chair
coaching Softball and
Lammando
female coach in
H. Alley
LaRoyG. Davis
Charles
hockey While receiving
more then any other
accolades for her 1,500 wins,
'94, Secretary
Dampman '65
Robert
field
Banh, Vice Chair
NCAA history, she still has a few
elusive goals for her Division
'67
teams.
II
C Housenick '60
Advocate for the Underdog
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A. William Kelly
Steven J. Knepp
Joseph J.
Richard DiLiberto '82
Mowad
David J. Petrosky
President,
is
guilty of
out for the underdog. As a
Bloomsburg University
Wilmington,
Jessica Sledge KozlofI
law firm, he
Del.,
believes in, relying
Executive Editor
on
one
thing: looking
litigation partner in a
truth
fights for the cases
he
and American justice.
Liza Benedict
Retirement Rebound
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Co-Editors
Eric Foster
Bonnie Martin
Ed Rush,
Husky Notes Editor
special teams,
Brenda Hartman
NBA official by returning to a different sport, with a
Director of Alumni Affairs
warm welcome from
BU's assistant football coach for kickers
is
rebounding from his 38 years
long-time friend
as
and
an
BU Coach
Lynda Fedor-Michaets '87/88M
Danny
What
Hale.
Editorial Assistant
Irene
Mong '08
She has written more than 170 professional publications (so
Emily Watson '07
colleagues worldwide
Agency
Snavety Associates,
really
wanted
LTD
do was
Ed Rush
to
Cancer in the Crosshairs
Page 14
Communications Assistants
Lynette
1
trenches and teach." -
Johnson
transformed Lynn
and leads high-level
McCormick
Matrisian
research. But
75 from med
it
far),
was
collaborates with
a personal loss that
tech to major cancer researcher.
Art Director
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Debbie Shephard
Woodcock
Curt
Family Mission
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Evan Kestenbaum
Brenda Shaffer Conger
On
and bleak
the Cover
Brenda Shaffer Conger
Clifford,
who was
78
poses with her son
diagnosed with
knew the
CFC early in
78 and her
forecasts. After
mission wouldn't be
with a bond that keeps them
his childhood.
Address comments and questions
to:
easy,
but they've gained knowledge and strength, along
close.
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family have stuck together in spite of dire statistics
her son, Clifford, was diagnosed with a rare disease, they
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leam about
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where they conduct surveys and record
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to the
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Eric
Pure Research
Hawrelak works
in a glove
explosion-proof stainless
box
in the chemistry department.
steel cabinet, set
up much
like
a beverage tap.
Chemistry prof receives Cottrell Award
Hawrelak
is
how cobalt may be used
researching
to
number of steps needed to synthesize compounds made up of six-sided molecules. These molecules,
reduce the
Research just became easier
- and more pure - for chemistry
department faculty and students, thanks
to
equipment pur-
chased with a $46,500 grant from the Research Corporation,
a foundation for the
advancement of science.
Eric Hawrelak, assistant chemistry professor,
Cottrell College Science
Award
called pyridines, are often
pharmaceutical industry.
"Ideally,
won a
step," says
for his proposal, "Catalytic
Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles Using
found in medicines, making
Hawrelak's research of particular interest to the
we'd
like to
make
Hawrelak, "but,
10-step synthesis
and make
Hawrelak's specialty
is
these
compounds
realistically,
it
eight."
branch he believes
a solvent purification system.
the solutions often change color as they are
"The majority of the solvents
I
work with can't come
into
contact with air or water," says Hawrelak, explaining that the
agents used to dry the solvents are flammable and the sol-
vents themselves could fuel a
fire.
allows five different solvents to be
The
purification system
on hand
in a flame-
and
ideal for student
involvement because
worked upon.
"The student can see something physically happen," he
In his
first
one
take a
transitional metal chemistry, a
Organocobalt Complexes." The award was used to purchase
is
in just
we might
says.
year at Bloomsburg, Hawrelak has been in-
volved in upgrading
labs.
A recendy added oxygen-proof
glove box, for example, allows faculty and student researchers to
work with
air-
and oxygen-sensitive
materials.
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Trustees Chair
Gibble
named
Marchin'
Saints draft Evans
two-year term
to a
paid close attention to this year's
New Orleans
the
named
who
Husky fans
Robert J. Gibble '68 of Sinking
Springs was
In
to
two-
lineman at BU,
in
NFL
draft
saw
Saints select Jahri Evans, former offensive
the fourth round.
He was the 108th
overall pick
year term as chairperson of BU's
in
the draft.
Council of Trustees, succeeding
A. William Kelly
Kingston
as chair.
Evans, a three-year starter
71
of
at offensive tackle for
who served two terms
Other
Bloomsburg,
by
Steven
B.
dominant lineman
RobertJ Gibble
-
and Marie Conley
Lammando
country.
'94 of Harrisburg, secretary.
is
managing partner of Beard
Miller Co.
and
finish the
distinguished service award in 2000, he currently serves
BU
Foundation Board.
He is a
former
member
on
of the
BU
College of Business Advisory Board and former treasurer and
director of the
Fund
for the
Advancement of the
State
in
the
He helped the Huskies
2005 regular season
presi-
dent of Gibble Consulting, both in Reading. Recipient of BU's
the
considered
many to be the most
Barth of Lewisburg,
vice chair,
Gibble
was
officers are
System
unbeaten, which included
winning the PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference)
East
title.
At BU, Evans
two-time first-team
was
a
All-
American selection by the
of Higher Education.
Gibble currently
is
a
member of the Reading Hospital and
Medical Center Board of Directors, the American Institute of
Associated Press and twice
Jahri Evans
earned first-team All-PSAC
Eastern Division honors.
Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
of Business
and
the Pennsylvania
Evans
is
listed
BU number,
a grant from the National
computer
cluster
Bloomsburg's
fall.
civil
to
purchase
have been networked together in a
May 2006
graduates Ben Estes and
program builds on
computer
and
his students
new Beowulf cluster (dubbed Typhon
a fire-breathing
dragon of Greek mythology)
FALL 2006
private
to create
for
computer-based data in
who can
from computers. The new degree
existing courses in mathematics,
science, statistics, business, accounting, ethics
criminal justice, adding several
after
three-dimensional images of asteroids from radar data.
demand
proceedings created a need for individuals
extract useful evidence
their previous experience to
link the computers together. Shepard
for
companies. The increased use of computers to commit
Foundation and matching university funds
Mike Shannon drew upon
wear
The program prepares students
crimes and the growing
that
will
new computer forensics program admitted its
and homeland security agencies, law firms and
Michael Shepard, professor of geography and
use the
Web site,
73.
geosciences, received $45,000 from the National Science
will
was tight end
careers in a variety of settings, including law enforcement
problems that previously required a
Beowulf cluster.
the NFL draft
as a guard on the Saint's
first students this
supercomputer.
20 computers
in
1992 by the San Diego Chargers.
in
21st Century Detectives
BU launches new computer forensics program
Science Foundation and the technical prowess of some
that can solve
school history to be drafted by
Inc.
NSFgrant funds computer cluster
to build a
in
www.neworleanssaints.com. For the 2006 season, he
High-Powered
BU
player
Husky picked
Jonassen, selected
Eric
his
students enabled
fifth
last
Joseph Hospital
Development Corp. and Bomenann Health Services
An enterprising professor,
only the
as president of
the Reading Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs,
St.
is
an NFL team. The
and Industry. He formerly served
Berks County Mental Health Association,
Evans
Chamber
forensics techniques.
new
courses in
and
computer
News Notes
International Connections
BU signs agreements with four Chinese universities
BU expanded its two-decade relationship with Chinese
universities earlier this year when provost James Mackin and
other members of a BU delegation signed exchange agreements with Shenyang Normal University, Datong University,
Shandong University
of Technology
and Shenyang
Institute of Chemical Technology. The agreements allow
each of the universities to send up to 30 students to BU and
for
BU
faculty to teach in China.
BU has had
exchange
agreements with Shenyang University since the 1980s.
Online Resource
Steven D. Hales and William
Alumni Advocacy Council launches
The Pennsylvania State System
the launch of an advocacy
where
Web
friends, family, alumni
Web Site
of Higher Education
site,
announced
and students of the Pennsylvania
important role public higher education plays
may
in
the commonwealth.
receive advocacy messages and communi-
sign up to
cate with their legislators through a user-friendly online process.
The
Web site
is
made
Top Teachers
Hales,
Hudon honored
Two BU
professors
classroom dedication
for
www.passheadvocates.org,
State System of Higher Education can learn more about the
Visitors
V Hudon
were selected as the 2006 TALE Outstanding
Teaching Award recipients. Steven
D. Hales, professor of philosophy,
and William
history,
V.
Hudon, professor of
were nominated by
graduating seniors for the award, sponsored by the Teaching and
Learning Enhancement Center.
Hales
possible by private funds from the State
was nominated
for his ability to
make course
discussions and
materials engaging and understandable. "He has the ability to turn
System Alumni Advocacy Council (SSAAC).
the most complex and convoluted of articles into easily understood
arguments. He cares not only about our understanding of the
Husky to Horned Frog
in
Grad earns full scholarship
Mary Bauman of Plains,
to
Texas Christian University
Hudon was nominated
"I
May 2006 graduate with a 4.0
a student wrote.
grade point average in both of
individual
her majors, Spanish and
for his helpfulness
ended up
in
that office
"What awaited me
there
me
give up."
a plaque
who
refused to
let
and
accessibility outside
many times
The TALE professors received
funded by the BU Foundation, at the
full
student
a nomination.
the classroom.
a
speech pathology, earned a
we think about them," wrote a
arguments, but also about what
was
over the semester,"
a patient and kind
and a monetary award,
May commencement ceremonies.
scholarship to the two-year
bilingual certification
at
Fort Worth.
Sigma
Community
Iota, the international
Bauman
honor
Scholarship and spent the
2006 semester
Bloomsburg Food Cupboard
BU
students contributed $5,900 of unused funds from their Flex
at
accounts to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard at the end of the spring
Mary Bauman
Uni-
versitas Castellae in Valladolid, Spain.
semester. Three hundred twenty-eight students donated Flex funds,
which are a portion of the students' meal plans that can be used at
She was one of three
top honor graduates from the Coflege of Professional Studies
at
to
society,
received the Languag-
and Cultures Study Abroad
spring
Flex
Students contribute $5,900
A member of Phi
foreign language
es
program
Texas Christian University,
campus
dining outlets like cash from a debit card. Over the previous
six years,
students contributed $38,000 to the food cupboard.
undergraduate commencement in May.
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New Dean
Tech Recognition
Martin returns
to
NT wins Ben Franklin Innovation Award
head College of Business
Former professor David G.
Ben
Franklin
summer
Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
Technologies
(I
IT)
and business law
and
As
associate professor of finance
prepares students for careers as
instructional designers, e-leaming designers
this
dean of the
as the
College of Business.
Innovation Award, the only college program honored. The Institute
for Interactive
BU
Martin returned to
BU's Institute for Interactive Technologies recently received a
at
interactive
Bloomsburg from 1992
multimedia developers through hands-on and team-oriented
experiences with
management
Web authoring,
tools.
The
I
development and project
played a major role
IT
in
department chair and as
the creation of
coordinator of the master's of
the Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone, which
business administration
David
encourages companies to locate near universities to spur
program.
C-
He
economic development.
returned to Bloomsburg after serving as the dean of
the College of Business at Alfred University.
2004, he was director of The William G.
Fabulous Feats
BU to induct 25th hall offame class
and professor of finance
of Business
at
From 2001
King's College.
Martin earned a doctor of finance degree from
Six graduates will be inducted into BU's Athletic Hall of
Illinois
Fame
Post
Friday, Oct. 6, at Monty's,
upper campus. The
brings the
number
of hall of fame
Homecoming Weekend
members to 115. This
year's inductees are:
Jim Browning
and
and
football
'56,
who excelled in both track and
with
1
,607
of
Long
Louis
CW.
Island University.
Alum for
Alums
field
finished his career as the school's all-time
football leader in career yards
St.
Western
University and a bachelor of arts in history at
Campus
to
McGowan School
University, a master of business administration at
induction of the 25th class during
to
2001, Martin also served as
Fedor-Michaels
is
new
director
(now ninth),
earning All-Pennsylvania State Teachers Athletic Conference
honors
in
1953 and 1954.
Lance Milner
tennis
Lynda Fedor-Michaels '87/'88M
'90, a three-time All- American in
who was team co-captain in
was named
men's
1990, the same year he
the senior athlete of the year.
Todd Cummings
Marty Laudato
'83, a four-year letter- winner
who
in late
May.
A
Fedor-Michaels has held several
PSAC place winner.
'93, a three-time Ail-American, Softball's
national player of the year
third director of
longtime resident of Bloomsburg,
served as wrestling team captain in 1981-82 and 1982-83,
compiled 96 wins and was four-time
became BU's
alumni affairs
and PSAC player of the year who
positions within BU's student
office, including
director
life
residence hall
Lynda Fedor-Michaels
and assistant director of
residence
life.
She served as
ended her career with 33 homers, 200 RBI and 161 runs
assistant director of admissions
scored.
and coordinator
Janelle
Breneman
who
starter
was named
'94, a Softball shortstop
and four-year
earned Ail-American honors her senior year and
three times as All-PSAC selection
and twice
as
all-region selection.
Fedor-Michaels
campus and
in
and currently
Kim Youndt Evans
'90,
who
earned four
NCAA
of
new student
orientation for the past
is
years.
1
active on
the community
is
involved
in
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of Columbia
among
others.
She was
recognized three times as
one
of BU's Outstanding
Women
and,
in
the university's
Luther King
Jr.
2005, received
Dr.
Martin
Humanitarian
Service Award.
As
director of
Alumni
Affairs,
ATI-American awards, six
NCAA Ail-American honorable
County and BU's American
Fedor-Michaels follows Doug
mention awards and
PSAC titles, set the 100 backstroke
member of the record-holding
Democracy
Hippenstiel,
five
Project, Presidential
who
retired in
record at nationals and was a
Leadership Scholarship Review
March with 26 years
400 medley
Committee and Academic
and BU's
For
relay team.
ticket information for the hall of
fame banquet,
the sports information office at (570) 389-4413.
call
First-
Year Experience Committee,
first
of service,
alumni affairs
director Donald Watts.
The
Secret —Life of
STORY BY LAURIE CREASY
Just a
few
notes from the
musical
theme
of the 1975
film,
"Jaws,"
still
terrify
beachgoers
today. While
shark attacks
are rare,
researchers
like
Eric
Hoffmayer
'97
know that
a healthy dose
of respect
is
required to
stay out of
harm's way.
Eric
Hoffmayer '97 tags sharks for research before
returning them
unharmed
to the Gulf of Mexico.
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'The inherent fear of sharks
me
fascinated
as a child.'
— ERIC HOFFMAYER '97
Sun,
salt
spray, the cries of sea birds,
against a boat
- it's
a
Hoffmayer '97
Eric
waves lapping
people dream
life
lives
but with a
it,
He
twist.
studies sharks.
"You
definitely
need
to
have a respect
Hoffmayer says of the creatures who,
all
muscle and not happy
you don't
is
the minute
for sharks,"
like snakes, are
"This
be caught. "The minute
very
you
get yourself in trouble."
"Some
Hoffmayer, a researcher
his sharks
satellite tags
the University of South-
at
- or at
least he's getting
acquainted.
is
on
are
Pacific
He's been studying shark physiology and
sharks respond to
to the
stress,
how
but a recent research
trip
Gulf of Mexico sparked an idea for his next
big project.
Out on
30
1
the boat.
The
"I
knew they
know they were
didn't
him
in the Gulf,"
he
says.
read up, but
all
he found was a paper from the
sighting spurred
to
commercial mariners.
feeling,
what more can research
reveal about
mustachio-twirling villain of the deep?
ocean's ecosystem,
which allows us
of fish, shrimp, crabs
the western rim of the
mature,
"We don't have
Hoffmayer
a feeling
says, "but
When each whale shark takes
it's
a short road to extinction.
to enjoy a
bounty
and other seafood. Overfishing of
our food supply.
gather detailed information about whale shark sightings from fishermen, charter boat captains,
Some
oil rig
people, he says, reported
sighting groups of 100; others
water as shallow as 20 to 30
saw
the whale sharks in
feet.
"More people
die from almost anything than shark
University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Coast Re-
search Laboratory.
know if this is a Gulf of Mexico population,
a Caribbean population or a Gulf of
population," Hoffmayer says.
Mexico-Caribbean
And he wonders: Where
all
the
glitz
and glamour. For
example, he points out that on the same day as a 2005
shark attack, a grizzly bear killed
two people
in
Alaska.
But grizzly bears, alas, aren't as "sexy" as sharks.
"The number of shark attacks has been going down,"
"We
we'll never
don't
know why
sharks attack people, and
know the reasons behind
specific attacks,
because usually the animal gets away."
His theory:
tity.
One 2005
that's
Sometimes
it's
a case of mistaken iden-
victim had a pocketful of shrimp, and
where the shark
"There are
But the questions and research have just begun.
FALL 2006
And yet -
he says.
So Hoffmayer and other researchers fanned out to
divers.
Glamour and Fear
the theme from "Jaws" freezes your bones, you're not
sharks in the 1970s and 1980s upset the balance and
don't
to
But shark attacks get
Well, lots more. Experts say sharks balance the
'We
good
attacks," says Eric Hoffmayer, a shark researcher at the
When even the word "shark" can trigger an
workers and
on
are out there,"
not a ton of them."
alone.
1930s with anecdotal information gathered from
affected
to an-
help with shark population
of sharks each year.
Glitz,
If
this
will
too. Villagers
40 years
to
be able
as well as get really
two whale sharks, each about
came up beside
were in the Gulf, but
uneasy
tags, we'll
Continued on next page
the Gulf,
feet long,
30
says.
use whale shark meat, and they harvest large
on how many
there's
we know
he
of kilometers in a fairly
With satellite
More knowledge
numbers
very mobile."
to other fish,"
movements."
"They
concealing environment, and they're
compared
swer some of these questions,
management,
live in a
it
moving thousands
short timespan.
detailed
in putting
lie
the largest fish in the ocean, but
"We know a lot about mammals, reptiles and birds,
we don't know a lot about sharks," he admits.
but
he's convinced,
the sharks.
about
little
prefer shallow or
Warm or cooler? Do they migrate? If so,
when and where?
Some of the answers,
to
em Mississippi's Gulf Coast Research Laboratory,
knows
do the animals go each day? Do they
deep water?
of.
attacked.
lots of things in
the ocean that can hurt
you more readily and sometimes worse," he says, "but
people treat the ocean as though
they don't realize that
it
it's
a huge pool, and
can be as dangerous as any
other wild environment."
Experts say sharks balance the ocean's ecosystem, producing
a
"You
try to
bounty
offish, shrimp, crabs
and other seafood.
keep the
balance as best you
can,"
"It's
Hoffmayer
says.
panic ecology
- we
do anything
until
don't
they're almost gone.
Then we do everything
we can
to save them."
But panic doesn't
work in
the long run, so
researchers
and others
A research trip
have become more proactive
on protection
issues,
to the
Gulf inspired Hoffmayer to study the movements of whale sharks.
he adds.
came back. He got a degree in
summer at a Wallops Island marine
interest in sharks
How did a Pennsylvania boy become a shark lover?
When he was growing up in Philadelphia, Hoffmayer
biology, spent a
spent time fishing with his father along the Jersey
University of Mississippi professor
shore. "The inherent fear of sharks fascinated me,"
recalls,
drome"
At
remembering
that
biology field program, then searched until he found a
he
researching sharks.
he had "cool animal syn-
the Gulf Coast, but Hoffmayer
While he
for a while.
college,
Then he
what he wanted. The
realized that wasn't
spend
all
his time out in the Gulf
salt
spray,
he
likes the
University of Southern Mississippi because there's a nice
played baseball, describing himself as very competitive.
can't
drives to
was hooked.
enjoying the sun and water and
he majored in physical therapy and
who wanted help
The work involved long
mix of research and other
tasks.
"You have to do a
writing,
and
of
lot
the higher
your position, the more
Katrina's Effects
you're stuck in the office,"
Hurricane Katrina's destruc-
lead to an increase
tion didn't spare the
number
University of Southern
for prey. Early anecdotal
Mississippi,
and
its
long-
term effects on wildlife are
still
bull
more
sharks immediately
of sharks looking
in
the Gulf
and bayou areas now takes
on greater importance
reports from fishermen
because the habitat has
changed. "Most people
The
a lot
Research
the
confirm that theory.
unclear.
"We saw
in
USM
campus
er's office, at
lost
and Hoffmay-
five buildings,
an 18-foot
after the storm," says
elevation, had
researcher Eric Hoffmayer.
water
"The animals were being
much
concentrated because their
feet of
that
may be
some
of benefit to
of the animals."
says.
He does spend four
month on
the water - more in the
summer - and he still
finds his work fascinating.
"You find new things
or five days a
every day that lead to bigger questions," he says.
As they entered the
"It's
awesome
2006 hurricane season, the
and
see these guys, then
wipedouta60-specimen
researchers were using
tag
shark collection, which he
small trailers as labs and
temporarily shrinking.
says will take years to
classrooms for their sum-
swim away. You get a
good feeling when you
That seemed to be a short-
rebuild.
mer
term response; things
luckier than
appeared to be back to
league
normal by November."
ing
available habitat
Because
in fishing,
fish in
was
of the decline
there are more
the water than nor-
mal, he says, which could
in
it.
He
two
aren't going to rebuild on
the water," he says, "so
he
didn't lose
data, but the
Still,
he's
water
much
some. One
col-
lost his entire build-
and more than 30 years
of work. Other researchers
are shifting
related
more
work
to field-
until their
laboratories are rebuilt.
program. With
to
be there
them and watch them
and know
let
the shark go
an underlying sense of
it's
swimming off in
unease, they waited with
good condition and
all
field
residents of the Gulf
unharmed."
B
Coast region to see the
effects of storms
in
their direction.
headed
Laurie Creasy, a Pennsylvania native,
edits in
now writes and
Wyoming.
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W
Y C K O
F
F=
In a realm where
statistics rule,
Jan Hutchinson has amassed
impressive numbers: 29 years as head coach of two spons at one
university.
.
13 National Collegiate Athletic Association champion-
.
more than 1,500 wins in field hockey and Softball
combined, the most of any female coach in NCAA history.
ships. .and
.
"This
year has been overwhelming," she says. "You just do
last
your thing semester by semester, trying
their potential.
late
You
when it
year to year and,
"It"
hall of
to get
your teams
don't look at records or wins as they
all
happens,
it's
just
to reach
accumu-
hard to imagine."
has happened for Hutchinson over the past two years with
fame inductions
for
both the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association and the National Field
Hockey Coaches Association.
She received the U.S. Sports Academy's C. Vivian String Coaching
Award and was
formally honored
of Higher Education
its
Softball field in
by the Pennsylvania
and Bloomsburg
University,
and the Association of Intercollegiate
hockey
title
Softball
championship in 1982, a year
is
and you
different,
each semester, but the year
cial,"
System
her honor six years ago.
Hutchinson's record includes winning both the
"Every team
State
which renamed
NCAA field
Athletics national
that stands out in her
really
become attached
mind.
to the kids
when we won both titles was really spe-
she says.
Following early success in her career, Hutchinson saw opponunities to
advance to the Division
move up
I
level.
"There were chances to
and, as a coach, you look at the success you've had one
place
and
says.
"When 1 weighed
get
tempted
to challenge yourself at another level," she
the pros
wouldn't be practicing what
I've
and cons
I
realized, if
been preaching
all
I left, I
these years.
I was happy, why make a change? I love the school, I love
we have strong academics and this campus is beautiful."
"If
area,
An East Stroudsburg University graduate,
the balance Division
II
lot
the emphasis
on academics and
do
It
Hutchinson knows
institutions provide for student-athletes.
"We've had a
to
the
of Division I-caliber players
athletics.
come here because
of
This level allows students
it all."
may seem as if Hutchinson has done
remains: the Huskies are
still
chasing an
it all,
but one major goal
NCAA Division II Softball
championship.
"We've come close to winning a
thing
"I
I'd really like to
also
need
want
to
be
to
to
but
that's
still
here," she says.
Softball
keep working with teams
meet
their potential."
to get
them where they
b
Lindsey Wyckoff '06 worked in BU's sports information
office before
earning a bachelor's degree in mass communications in May.
FALL 2006
some-
title,
coach a team to while I'm
Advocate for the Underdog
STORY BY MARK
Hard work.
It
got Richard DiLiberto
- where he
is
today, and
Minding
his
own business,
the
his car
when
the stray bullet
window and into his
head.
A
hunter had missed a deer.
The man
lived,
sive doctoring.
-
Jr.
DIXON
attorney, former state rep,
started in the
man was driving down a
freeway near Wilmington, Del.,
came through
it all
E.
lots of
And, today, he can walk and
very expentalk again,
that
he had not taken the state-mandated safety
course. (Curiously, Delaware law allows felons to get
the license.
was just
plate in his head.
bill
looked
not
at the case
rich.
though, lawyers
and turned him away. The hunter was
There was nothing
to collect.
Enter Richard DiLiberto Jr.
'82,
Why bother?
who
did a
bit of
licenses.)
Someone
him
sold
a license
anyway.
That insight led DiLiberto to the gun shop that sold
though he has limited use of one hand and a titanium
When the victim sought damages,
basement of Montour Hall.
digging and discovered that the hunter was a felon and
hunting
thanks to luck and
dad
for
The gun shop was
a conversation about
pending in the
hunting
"1 like
insured. After that,
it
numbers. .and, now, a
legislature to
.
make
felons ineligible
licenses.
taking cases where
victim," says DiLiberto,
it is
just a purely innocent
who has practiced law in
Wilmington since 1983, simultaneously serving in
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the state legislature from
1992
to 2002. "In this case,
knew it was going to be a tremendous
amount of work to track down a liable party."
(other lawyers)
DiLiberto has never been deterred by hard work.
Back when he was
realized that
friends
living in BU's
Montour
he
Hall,
in
and
out.
And he
couldn't study in
the library because. .well, ditto.
when
found "the
room
and
DiLiberto and his freshman
- a windowless,
hell hole"
in Montour's basement.
no
several chairs, but
a picture
was
on
the wall,
and
air
it
The
roommate
concrete-block
"hole"
had a
table
conditioning, not even
was damp. In
short,
had
serious injuries
someone
a pleasant place to be," says DiLiberto,
who nevertheless got a
lot
School of Law, he created his
campus apartment by
cum
done and graduated
laude. Later, as a student at the
Widener University
own "hole"
in
an
network
roots
DiLiberto
is
ill
"One of the
placing a desk inside a walk-in
is
things that has always impressed
me
do so many things well at
Widener classmate Francis G.
his ability to
time," says his
tell
you
it's all
you can do
keep your head above water in law school."
Today, DiLiberto
a litigation partner in the
is
Wilmington law firm of Young, Conaway,
Taylor.
He is believed
the Delaware Bar to
to
Stargatt
who
&
be the youngest member of
win a jury verdict
in excess of
$1 million, which he accomplished in 1990
DiLiberto,
at
age 28.
regularly represents the interests of
those injured or killed
by another's negligence,
is
president of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association.
Trial lawyers:
Those
are the people everyone
supposedly hates because they win undeserved
ments
for
by
People Over Profits (www.peo-
which bills
itself
as "your grass-
At his
to protect civil justice."
a regular speaker to
level,
community groups
the theme.
now the state's whistleblower law to protect
who discover and report fraud
is
against the state. Whistleblowers also get a reward,
imagined damages and run up the cost of
"Millions of dollars are spent
by
large
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represented a district near Newark, he simultaneously
carried
on
a full-time
law
practice.)
to
speech. Oddly, though Delaware
state
Amendment"
constitution, guaranteeing the right of free
its
- it ratified the
is
the nation's
Constitution in 1787
that
its
first
- nobody
founding document
mention speech.
didn't
Maybe
from the
DiLiberto's concern for the
fact that his
family
little
guy stems
was made up of "little
guys." The son of a man who quit school at 15 to
make shoes and later became a cop, DiLiberto grew
up in Hazleton, Pa. He and his siblings were the first
in their family to graduate
from
DiLiberto remembers calling
day
at
Bloomsburg
sure he could
did.
Now,
to
make
they've
tell
it.
college.
home
after his first
his girlfriend that
She told him to
he wasn't
stick to
it.
He
been married about 20 years and
have three daughters
-9,15 and
played basketball on a
16 -
who each
YMCA teams with dad as
"Our
oldest daughter
is
going to be a senior and on
the championship team," he said.
"I
don't think I've
missed one game."
and powerful
business and insurance industry think tanks to
to get to the jury
who admires DiLiberto's "tireless crusade
is right; when DiLiberto
underdog." (Tireless
for the
coach.
settle-
everything. Propaganda, says DiLiberto.
tempt
like
trying
is
says DiLiberto, in part
line,
had previously noticed
to attend public school.
X. Pileggi. "Most people will
to
should not have
lawyer's association
trial
DiLiberto also wrote Delaware's "First
He graduated cum laude from Widener while
home tutor for
same
someone's negligence have
the jobs of those
off-
holding jobs in the law library and as a
the
to
says, "or that they
pleoverprofits.com),
says Pileggi,
was not
about Rick
he
counter the insurer
what
children too
who have lost loved ones or
In the legislature, notes Pileggi, DiLiberto proposed
DiLiberto considers trial lawyers to be
defenders of liberty for little guys.
closet.
for little guys.
due
national
sponsoring groups
on
it
else's,"
The
justice."
perfect.
"It
says. DiLiberto considers trial lawyers to
don't think those
"I
to
.
That's
he
ever thought their cases were less important than
many
he couldn't study in his room. Too
popping
that way,"
be defenders of liberty
But, DiLiberto insists, that's not work,
b
at-
pool and have people think
Mark
E.
Dixon
is
a freelance writer in Wayne, Pa.
Rush has gone from rush
Ed
hour
slow Sunday
to a
drive. After
38 backbreak-
NBA official,
ing years as an
he's settled into "retire-
ment"
as
Bloomsburg University's
coach
assistant football
and
special teams.
young men
the
He
for kickers
gives these
same advice he
doles out through his motivational
speaking business:
Make
of your time, talent
and
basically
"It's
gifts that
the
most
treasure.
making use of the
you have," Rush
says.
what these exceptional kids
"That's
are doing.
I tell
people
we have
a
sign outside that says 'No prima
donnas allowed.' This
is
for kids
who truly want to be here."
Rush has
certainly
most of his own
past
40
native,
years.
made
the
talents over the
A Philadelphia
he played
varsity football at
Television
boost the
was beginning to
West Chester University before
graduating in 1964 and becoming a
league quickly asked Rush to
teacher and football coach at
he thought would be
Marple-Newton High School in
leave of absence
suburban
Philly.
A former high
switch to full-time.
job to do
so. "I
tendent and said
officiating for the National
this for
on a part-
one
warned me
I
to
my superin-
was going
Rush
to
recalls.
do
"He
that the future of pro-
fessional sports
Chicago Bulls were added as an
and
expansion franchise.
one -year
from his teaching
year,"
time basis in 1966, the year the
I
a
was very precarious
should be very
from
later,
Rush
retired
officiating in
1998
to
become
director of officiating for both the
He took what
went
school basketball player, he started
Basketball Association
2,000 games
NBAs popularity, and the
careful."
Thirty-two years and more than
NBA and the Women's National
Basketball Association
(WNBA).
those years of twisting
and turning
to follow the ball
All
from one end of
had caused
him major back problems, and it
was time for a desk job. For a
while, he was able to teach officiating, but the job eventually became
much more administrative. "The
the court to the other
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thing that
I
really loved,
from," he says.
"I
had
that to other people.
wanted
to
do was
I
got
away
to delegate
What I really
get
back in the
trenches and teach."
That's
what he
when he
calls
Hale,
sity football
gave in to
two decades of "cro-
nyism." That's
Danny
finally
how long his friend
loved the town, and
kids." So, after
coaching,
In 2004,
to Rush.
Rush and his
wife,
teams (and
took on
later
run-
well), while his wife
— when
he's not
hound and
wheaten
many of the team's video-
soft-coated
terrier.
Usually, those jobs involve
Trudy and Ed have four grown
children, one of
whom works with
in his motivational speaking
Rush Hour Seminars.
Coach Rush
people, but
He and his kickers
Bloomsburg.
and running backs gather
couple of minutes before or
goes back to his time as a high
practice to help each other solve
school coach,
when he
did a na-
problems.
and liked what they saw. "My wife
ship of Christian Athletes. Plenty of
with a professor or
banquet speeches followed
what's going to
says.
"We
Rebound
thing,
might be an issue
it
might be
happen over the
throughout his
weekend. We've woven into a
close-knit group," says Rush,
was son Ed Rush
sometimes
Jr.
who pushed
him
to
Now retiring as a
fighter pilot
and
is
"a natural" at
speaking and
making it
second
is
career,
who
says he's impressed with
and coaches have
stars
"if
not more," than
Ed
follows a
remembers
to help
that,
coach
him. "He
right:
at
when he
decided
Bloomsburg,
said,
State?' "
wants
court next to Michael
Jordan or on the
Bloomsburg University
Now let me get this
II level.
Rush
to
to
Can you work
at Perm
be coach
replied that he "just"
be an
assistant.
"Myself and Trudy,
make an impact here.
we can
We can have
a significance in people's lives,"
he
says.
"The
Ed Rush
a passion for sports
NBA
called
You're going to coach at the
Division
Whether on the basketball
NBA
making millions of dollars. He
your way up
football field,
Husky players
as much com-
—
Commissioner David Stem
his
according to
Sr.,
Rush
the dedication the
mitment,
Ed Jr.
who
invites "the kids" over
for a cookout.
go pro.
Marine Corps
I
NBAs big business.
don't see myself
making the
that has played out in a
same kind
of difference there as
lifetime of games.
can here."
b
Tracey M.
Dooms is a freelance writer
and
FALL 2006
it
NBA career, but it
instructor,
lives
after
might be a time man-
"It
agement
he
for a
Rush's public-speaking experience
tional speaking tour for the Fellow-
really excited,"
carries
over his message to his players at
Trudy, stopped by spring practice
was
spending
speaking to groups of business-
taping duties.
Ed
and coach," according
year
basset
special
business,
NBA, you should come back
relaxed schedule of about half
dozen speaking engagements a
and
ning backs as
"when you stop
the
the
a
time with his granddaughter or his
Chester coach, had been saying
this craziness for
Ed Rush became
more
Huskies' assistant coach for kickers
Bloomsburg Univer-
coach and former West
we loved the
38 years away from
I
editor living in State College, Pa.
Cancer in the Crosshairs
STORY BY BONNIE MARTIN
The numbers
are mind-boggling:
two men and one
in every three
diagnosed with cancer.
die
one
in every
women will
be
A half million people
from cancer every year. More than 200
kinds of cancer have been identified, and every
cell in
the
body is capable of developing
But, thanks to research, the outiook
aging. Last year, for the
first
is
Researcher Lynn
at the front of
question:
McCormick
"How many of you
wonders
Back
if
in
encour-
time, fewer cancer
deaths were reported than in the previous year.
75
have never
someone with cancer?" Just one hand
stands
is
known
raised.
She
even that one hand
is
Bloomsburg
second time in 31
years, Matrisian
spoke
Symposium about
cancer.
Matrisian
Kehr Union Ballroom and asks the
for the
a fluke.
at last spring's
the research that
Health Sciences
is
leading to
targeted cancer therapy, treatment that can stop the
growth of specific cancer
cells to
cells
continue growing. Her
while allowing normal
life's
Matrisian has been a faculty
work.
member at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville for two decades. Chair of the department of cancer biology
and
Ingram Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research,
she leads a
14
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15-member laboratory staff that includes
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graduate students, post-doctoral students, research
faculty, surgeons, a
Long involved
personnel.
join the American Association of Cancer Research,
medical oncologist and technical
an international organization with more than 24,000
American Association
in the
active
members.
Cancer Research, she served as the organization's
president in 2004-05. She travels worldwide up to 40
"It
weeks each year
And it holds a lot
for
to confer, collaborate, consult
and
contribute to cancer research, sometimes accompanied
by her husband
"My job
is
who also works at Vanderbilt.
Paul,
work
to set the vision," she says of her
I
ing in the field and
can say, This
I
and
write the grants,
travel,
I
at
know what is happen-
Vanderbilt. "Because
is
important.'
I
technology degree
met Roger Ladda,
at
for
her
BU medical
Lancaster General Hospital, she
a genetics counselor at M.S.
Hershey
Medical Center. Inspired with a love of genetics by
professor emeritus Philip Farber
and
fascinated
BU
by
tion that coordinates major funding
her
was
there that she
saw
firsthand the "beautiful correlation" in the results of an
experiment and
home in the
knew immediately that
she'd found a
lab.
of Arizona. Then,
armed with language
skills
BU, she moved
at
In very basic terms, Matrisian's research centers
on
communication pathways between cells and their
environment. By identifying a protein that causes a
specific cancer to grow, researchers
ment
gained
to Stras-
completing post-doctoral work in a leading molecular
lab.
Her language
studies
came
in
ing her off-hours, she recalls, but English
handy dur-
was
the
from Great
Early in her career, Matrisian set a goal of writing
70. .and
.
why cancer research? The answer stems from a
personal loss. Matrisian recalls the shock she felt when
cer.
Just 6
months
lost
treatments.
research
drugs
children in their families.
They
lived next
door
to
each
is
to her pursuit of more effective cancer
The challenges
in clinical
fail late
trials
But the successes
path.
And, she
tell
their
"She was very
athletic,
if I
was going
when she
died.
and I remember seeing her
when she couldn't breathe,"
decided
mothers shared parent-
Matrisian remembers.
to grad school,
I
was going
"I
to
study cancer."
Returning from France in 1986, Matrisian was
recruited
than
less
with the next generation of researchers
see
them
start
with a
lot of
percent
1
They
is
on
the right
from working
at Vanderbilt.
questions and hesitation,
is
one-hour seminar they give
introducing them
for their
are so poised, so confident. There's
Ph.D.
such matura-
tion over five years."
In a field with a high level of attrition for
women,
Matrisian doesn't take her accomplishments for granted.
She
credits her
mentor Hal Moses
values the friendships she's
and
with
her the research
ers played together
Holly was just 22 years old
many, she admits. The
gets personal satisfaction
doors for her
tips.
are
both complex and expensive, and most
other in Montgomery, Pa., where their younger broth-
ing
by
.
resulting in successful treatments.
her battle with can-
apart in age, they were the eldest
that total
counting. .she finds herself at 52 years
still
old refining her individual goals while remaining
for the
But,
treat-
highly effective and less toxic
but one of my favorite moments
Britain.
her childhood friend, Holly,
is
100 professional publications. Surpassing
"I
language in the lab where she was supervised by a
scientist
can design a
targeted at the mutation that drives the disease in
therapies," she says.
bourg, France, where she spent two and a half years
biology
grants. In
the
committed
Returning to college full-time, she earned a doctoral degree in molecular biology from the University
while minoring in French
and
cancer research, collaboration
important for setting goals "as a link from bench
clinical genetics lab after graduation, eventually transIt
field of translational
each patient. "The goal
Ladda's work, she accepted a position in Hershey's
ferring to the research side.
of meetings."
to bedside."
Matrisian discovered her passion for research early.
While completing requirements
publishes five scientific journals and a lay magazine.
She serves on advisory committees and working
groups for the National Cancer Institute, an organiza-
is
my team does the execution."
AACR is a forum for interaction," she explains.
"The
- "It was
for
opening
my job to shine," she says - and
made around
the world.
became personal once
father was diagnosed with lung
Earlier this year, the fight
again
when
Matrisian's
cancer. But, unlike
knowledge and
30 years ago, she
tools to help
him
now has
the
receive the treatment
he needs. "My parents are proud of me," she
"They appreciate what I do." b
says.
by Dr. Harold "Hal" Moses, now emeritus
director of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Bonnie Martin
professor of cancer biology.
Magazine.
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and
Moses encouraged her to
is
co-editor of Bloomsburg:
The University
family, Cliff, Paige, Clifford and Brenda, works as a team for CFC International. The organization helps children
by a rare genetic disorder and provides support for their families.
The Conger
affected
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family
STORY BY SHARON TREGASKIS
Mission
At CFC International's
Web site, www.cfcsyndrome.
org, the abbreviation stands not only for cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome, the name given to a rare
medical condition, but also for Caring, Facilitating
and Connecting, the organization's philosophy for
helping affected children and their families. That
philosophy reflects the commitment and concern
of its president, Brenda Shaffer Conger '78.
Clifford Conger wasn't supposed
premature and on a ventilator
to live this long.
for
Bom eight weeks
most of the two months he spent on
the neonatal intensive care unit of a Binghamton, N.Y., hospital, Clifford's
by a sneeze. A
wean him from the
heart rate often slowed to a crawl, only to be jump-started
feeding tube supplied every calorie, and each attempt to
ventilator failed.
Finally, Clifford's parents
Resuscitate order
into their arms.
on
"It
was
to do,
"
hundred children in the world
haye be£n ^
ed
CFC a compl ex
r
of symptoms associated with developmental
delays, congenital heart defects, and skin
and hair abnormalities.
^^
•
outlook was so bleak." But
this time, Clifford
breathing.
"Our
said, 'This is
news,'
"
feelings
his
him
nly a few
says Brenda
Conger 78. The
Shatter
Do Not
turned off the ventilator and took
the
hardest thing we've ever
had
reached the painful decision to sign a
their infant son,
kept
relatives
^
•
^
i
^
wonderful
mother
recalls.
Anticipating the struggles that lay ahead, her
were more complicated. "We
felt
own
trapped and overwhelmed and
just devastated."
Meanwhile, no one could
husband
tell
Conger, a special education teacher, and
Clifford, a small-business
defect in every single area they
mologists, cardiologists,
son's case.
"They knew
and
owner,
why their son was sick.
were looking into," she
ear,
nose and throat doctors
this cluster of defects
"There was a
recalls of the
who
ophthal-
consulted on her
meant something, but what
it
was
they weren't sure." Baby Clifford's kidneys and ureter were malformed; he also
had
cataracts, hearing loss, structural defects in his heart,
cerebellum too small for his gestational age.
Continued on next page
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and
a brain
stem and
i
Family Mission
"You have expectations of what
life
will
be
says Conger. "That you'll have this beautiful
like,"
Brenda Conger
baby who
cares for Clifford
will
grow and
thrive
and
you'll
do
activities together.
as an infant in the
Instead you're doing therapies and running to see
specialists for
intensive care unit.
weekly appointments." Days before
and
Clifford's third birthday,
after ruling
out a host of
degenerative genetic anomalies, specialists finally
syndrome
offered a diagnosis: cardiofaciocutaneous
CFC,
for short.
Only
a
few hundred children in the world have
been diagnosed with CFC,
subjects.
associated with developmental delays, congenital heart
defects,
and skin and hair abnormalities. "CFC
dren are affected in every
bodies," says Conger,
tional, the
cell
chil-
and every organ of their
now president
of CFC Interna-
only patient advocacy group dedicated to
the condition.
"It's
an impairment that
to their health, their
medical
is
challenging
status, their healthy well-
being, their development." Physicians
first
document-
ed the condition in 1986, and by the time of Clifford's
diagnosis a decade
researchers
later,
had
identified a
all
and
to find other families
and
families
researcher.
I
could use as a
They knew
and the phenotype so
well, they
were
For Conger, the Science
article
came
as the culmi-
devoted to bringing together parents, health care pro-
and
researchers.
She puts in about 25 hours a
in the second-floor
nook of her century-old
istrative
CFC International's adminwho shares her
headquarters. Daughter Paige,
the condition, to capture information about research
birthday with Clifford, helps out with household
and treatments, and
chores, newsletter mailings
to
understand their son's long-
term prognosis. In January, 10 years
connected with a fellow
after
CFC parent and
she
four
a
major victory: co-authorship of an
article in
first
months
Paige,
all
the
CFC kids.
lead author Kate Rauen, a University of California/San
who analyzed
and
and
their families collected
Rauen
ford's
a
DNA samples of patients
by CFC
DNA
met Conger when she submitted Cliffor an earlier study. The researcher credits
CFC International vice
runs a
retail ski
operation,
and
speedy responses whenever she sought more
detail
"I
CFC
have a wonderful, supportive hus-
associated with parenting children with special needs.
"He comes home from work and does the growth horinjection. If Clifford has clean-up
to do."
Clifford,
his peers with
taining
CFC,
more independent than some of
pitches in at fundraisers, enter-
younger children and pushing the wheelchairs
who
can't get
spring, Clifford
around on
completed
fifth
elementary special education
on
problems in
the bathroom, he's right in there with whatever he has
of those
president, as article co-authors in appreciation for their
organizational efforts, extensive consultations
International.
Even son
International.
first
her and Molly Santa Cruz,
who
wine-tasting,
member of CFCs board
of directors and assumes much of son Clifford's day-
mone
records
from the Genetic Alliance Biobank. The biobank is
library of clinical records
Cliff,
and
friends volunteer as waitresses.
band," says Conger, noting the 80 percent divorce rate
rectifying misdiagnoses," says
Francisco medical geneticist
and her
to-day care in the hours his wife dedicates to
ing families obtain a definitive diagnosis, clarifying
and
17,
Husband
"The discovery is a great leap forward toward helptentative diagnoses
now
lends his business savvy as a
research journal Science, revealing the genetic path-
way that links
and computer support. At
the annual fundraiser, a dinner party
shy of Clifford's 13th birthday, Conger celebrated
clini-
the patients
nation of a decade of late nights and weekends
farmhouse that constitutes
coping with
that
extremely helpful."
week
—
and information
the tools
cal geneticist
involved or say what caused
it.
what the biobank pro-
—
viders
For Conger and her husband, the diagnosis
that's
who had previously investigated
two syndromes often mistaken for CFC Costello's
and Noonan's. "Brenda and Molly provided me with
vided," says Rauen,
genetic precursor. But they couldn't specify the genes
launched a quest
extremely valuable to have a larger
"It's
cohort of patients, and
complex of symptoms
a
their
own. Last
grade in a public
class,
and
he's
now
attending a regional program for children and
young
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adults with special needs that focuses
and preparation
for
independent
on
skill-building
living. "Clifford, the
Big Red Dog" remains the boy's favorite book, and he's
Conger had no idea what the future would hold
when she
ated with
nosis.
for
discovered the parent group associ-
CFC in the months
following her son's diag-
The group consisted mainly of a
numbers and an
list
of phone
By 1999, Conger
erratic newsletter.
had taken the helm, generating an
electronic listserv to
speed communications and shepherding the organiza-
paperwork designating
tion through the IRS
profit charity. In April, the
Conger
its
it
CFC board voted
making her
a small salary,
sole employee. Since
a
non-
to grant
the organization's
CFC
inception,
International
has raised $285,000, with $30,500 credited to the
Conger
that
made
Binghamton school
many use
files
off
Conger attended
a hearing aid?'
Conger's desk
for parents
she says. The 100 hanging
"
several inches thick
made
classes
—assembled next
around the world
as they sought answers to
such questions.
As
CFC International's Web presence increased,
Conger
also
began hearing from pediatricians whose
practice suddenly included a child with
each
name
receive the
fessionals
send
specific inquiries, forwards
at a
CFC
International to
participate in a library of linked medical records
launched in October 2004,
the information that
how to
families
cope
But perhaps the most important lesson Conger
was
the value of collaboration with physicians
and research
scientists.
CFC International began host-
ing a biannual conference where specialists diagnosed
children while families got acquainted. She began collecting clinical records
—everything from photos
of the
children as they grew to details of their sleep patterns
Soon
Conger
-
1
Conger and Rauen reconnected, and
after,
invited the scientist to apply for access to the
Access granted, Conger and Santa Cruz
selected a field of prospective subjects, based
bination of detailed clinical records,
child
and
parents,
and
work and
dedication
that
researcher."
I
could use as a
Honoring the
initial
me with all
pair's
clinical
hard
I
The condition
causing baby
44NI
by making them co-authors was an
obvious choice, says Rauen.
"It's
see that these advocacy groups
a
way
for individuals to
and biobanks
are valu-
Cliffords 'cluster
of defects'
finally
was
diagnosed
able to researchers."
And while
son
these
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i
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new findings
for her
third birthday.
benefits for future generations.
Clifford,
be bom, what
"It's
will
offer limited prospects
Conger focuses on the cumulative
days before his
more," she says.
FALL 2006
CFC.
group of kids," says Rauen. "They provided
and information
com-
families so well, they
were extremely helpful in putting together the
geneticist
a
intuition about
characteristic of
"They knew the patients and
on
DNA samples for
and the women's own
which children were most
the tools
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m<
When the Genetic Alliance Biobank
CFC International was a
CFC records.
with CFC.
learned
researchers.
and
by academic
founding member.
draft
Web site and collect
would help other
to the
Genetic Alliance training program, she
D.C.-based coalition of hundreds of advocacy groups
She learned
them
parent insights.
listserv for
biological samples adequate for study
CFC International.
who
CFC mailing and, when such pro-
monthly
by the National Organization of Rare Diseases
(NORD) and the Genetic Alliance, a Washington,
bylaws, raise funds, design a
CFC. She adds
to a database of health care providers
offered
like
to
the collection a valuable resource
learned of an opportunity for
from her job with the
district,
this baby and you wonder, 'Will my child
my child get off a gastrostomy tube? How
—some
Then,
family's efforts.
Using personal days
and equipment
their lives easier.
walk? Will
tractor.
Clifford
medical histories of their surgeries and
diets,
prescriptions, even the technologies
"You have
recently mastered parallel parking the family's John
Deere
and
"It's
not about us any-
about the babies
happen
for them."
who are
b
going to
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Sharon Tregaskis
is
a freelance writer based
in Ithaca,
NT.
What
keeps 'em coming back to the Bloomsburg
and year out?
Fair year in
find out
through
BU anthropology students
class project.
When most people think
about the Bloomsburg
of Them
Fair,
they envision funnel cakes,
and the
anthropology
STORY BY
DEIRDRE GALVIN
faculty
member Sue
the annual event
is
and
for data collection
Dauria,
Interesting, yet not completely accu-
who were interviewed were already
like
an exotic culture comes
attending the
Bloomsburg every year. Our
culture right here
- without having
project
1999 by Jerry
was introduced
Mitchell, a
the geography faculty.
BU in 2003,
targeted to
in
member of
When he left
Dauria took over, con-
geosciences,
who maps
fair
demographics using a GIS (Geological
comfort
Other findings from surveys
completed
•
Fair included:
Attendance was
down overall
(441,077 in 2005 compared with
509,380 in 2004), a
president Fred
fact that
Trump
pology course and sees the project
attributes to the fair's
challenges
and rewards of data
collection.
Each student brings 20
fair;
•
historically, they
Fair attendees
•
The average person spent $77
the
to participate.
litde
One
of the most interesting, for example,
came from
the
tributed in
2005 and showed that
drawn to the fair not by
visitors are
1
,400 surveys dis-
with
ing slighdy less ($72).
•
And, the biggest spender was
woman who
a
parted with a total of
$1,200, which was $200
more
than her male counterpart,
Deirdre Galvin
ed but by previous experiences and
from Bloomsburg.
The value
at
women spending a
more ($82) and men spend-
fair,
advertising or marketing as expect-
tradition.
were 5 1 percent
female and 49 percent male.
have found most fair-goers willing
surprising results, Dauria says.
crackdown
on free admission.
to introduce the
The surveys have revealed some
Fair.
year at the 151st
last
Bloomsburg
fair
surveys to the
feeling
amid the crowds.
students in her introductory anthro-
good way
showed
sometimes
levels,
self-conscious
Information System) program.
as a
who are at-
Results
who hail from cities varied in their
Dauria gears the assignment to
collect ion
students
fair.
African American students and those
tinuing a collaboration with John
Hintz, assistant professor of geogra-
phy and
BU
new questions last
an open-ended query
year, including
tending the
to fly to Thailand."
The
fair.
Dauria added
students can leam about a different
ment, teaches students about data
she notes, since the people
rate,
of the anthropology department.
to
with an assignment at the Bloomsburg
was not a
to attendance.
experience," says Dauria, 43, chair
"It's
Sue Dauria, chair of BU's anthropology depart-
Findings from the 800 surveys
completed in 2004 concluded flood-
major deterrence
such a cultural
fair is
result
ing from Hurricane Ivan
studies in
cultural anthropology.
"The
Another "surprising"
requires a discerning eye, Dauria
says.
a perfect place
at
Grandstand events, she adds.
games, rides and agricultural
displays. But for
Web site can be
fair's
measured, however, in attendance
is
b
a freelance writer
of advertising
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a
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offer unique travel
experiences
Bloomsburg University's Quest program offers
extended
trips for
many of these
most equipment
is
BU alumni and
trips,
no experience
friends.
is
For
necessary and
provided. Varied amounts of physical
stamina are required.
Finger Lakes Wine and
tion, they will bike
Bike Tour, Oct. 6 to
along unpaved roads and
9,
2006: Cyclists will enjoy the
Finger Lakes Region's scenery while riding at a
fortable pace
to
com-
and stopping
sample some of the counbest wines.
try's
are Jim Black,
The
leaders
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rsmith@bloomu edu
.
Mounof Ecuador, Dec 27,
mainly
often at an altitude of 9,000
feet.
Cyclists will carry
basic
the route.
The
leader
Roy Smith, rsmith®
bloomu.edu.
Trekking
in
Patagonia,
Chile, Feb. 12 to 25, 2007:
southern Patagonian Andes
cloud forest and "Avenue of
of Chile takes participants
into
the Torres Del Paine
a three-day, two-night
National Park.
exploration of the lost Incan
Dave Conlan, dbconlan®
Participants then
choose whether
as the
to
continue
group learns proper
mountain techniques, from
glacier travel to crevasse
rescue.
The leader is
is
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De San
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Carlas to
the Pacific Ocean,
accompa-
Mountain Biking Across the
nied by a Spanish-speaking
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2006, to Jan. 12, 2007: This
The
trip is for
those
who
are
trip requires partici-
pants to be in satisfactory
comfonable dealing with
physical condition.
the unexpected. Participants
leader
will travel
from Addis
Ababa, the capital of
Ethiopia, to the
Highlands.
Guraghe
From
that loca-
is
The group
Oregon high
desert
Roy Smith,
for this trip
Colorado Rockies.
Colo., often above
tude of 7,000
all skill levels.
Participants will
camp along
canyon rim with great
central
Oregon Cascades.
is
Simpson,
Brett
bsimpson@bloomu.edu.
in
Holland, June 2 to
from
will bike
Crested Butte to Lake City,
routes for
an
feet as
alti-
they
cross terrain ranging from
old logging roads to single
tracks.
The leader
is
Brett
Simpson, bsimpson®
bloomu.edu.
Walking Across England,
July 7 to 16, 2007: The
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walk across northern Eng-
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land and Belgium
Irish
is
designed for the weekend
biker.
The
and end
in
trip will
begin
Amsterdam,
from
St.
Bee's
on
the
Sea to Robin Hood's
Bay on the shores of the
North
Lake
Sea, begins in the
District region
and
with two- or three-day stops
finishes across the
in three towns. Participants
Yorkshire moors. The leader
may
by
is
travel
between centers
train or bike.
Brett
The leader
Simpson, bsimp-
son@bloomu.edu.
Mountain Biking
in
is
the
North
Roy Smith, rsmith®
bloomu.edu.
For additional information,
including costs
The
rsmith@bloomu.edu.
be the base
plateau, offers climbing
Biking
Costa Rica Mountain Bike
March 9
within a 651-acre state park
The leader
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yahoo.com.
Ride,
in the
views of sunsets over the
wonders of South America,
Volcanoes," beginning with
trail.
2007: Smith Rock, located
the
one of the natural
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flower capital of the U.S.,
will
in the
tains
includes Ecuador's
Smith Rock Climbing
Adventure, March 10 to 17,
is
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trip
cyclists to beautiful vistas in the
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Mister Twister
For 18
by a
Lanny Lee
years,
'69 has called himself a
But to everyone
twister.
Lee entertains
at
known
else, he's
The Balloon Man.
parties and events throughout
different
title,
Northeast Pennsylvania, "twisting" balloons
and fairy-tale
someone can think of it, Lee can
into animals, insects, cartoons
creatures. If
find a
way to make it.
Lee was a public school speech pathologist
was introduced
to the art of twisting
when he
during a program
church. In fascination, he watched as a
man
transformed a balloon into a small red apple,
later
at his
learning
how to make
the apples himself as rewards for
books and
his students. Step-by-step instructions in
pamphlets showed him the how-to's
complex balloon creations and,
years ago, twisting has
One
become
since his retirement three
a nearly full-time job.
of Lee's most requested balloons
invention - a long-armed
monkey
that
around a person's neck. "You reach
everything you
that
one
I
make
created
is
is
your
Lanny Lee
for increasingly
is
his
Lee the chance to share ideas and techniques with more
own
than a hundred twisters from around the world. Next
can be hung
a point
year, Lee will teach a class at the conference
where
own idea," he says.
held in Austin, Texas, every year. The conference gives
"It's
Lee admits that the best part about twisting balloons
is
sizes
and
colors.
Some
of his
dancer and a
6-foot-tall
more complicated balloons
life-size
Tyrannosaurus Rex - a
is
gift for his
a simple design of a small bear
sleep," says
Ann Lee,
to twist.
"He can do
that
snowman
9 £^ f\ Joseph Johnston was
O
23rd annual York
Zr
and expanding his
and Shout,
Day
Parade.
He was
bom in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
5 /I
£
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Joe Apichella, Bowie, Md.,
you're supposed
is
available
Q
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5 £l
says.
know
but
"People
for kids,
but
it's
for people."
- Lynette Mong
George Chellew, Wilmington,
girls'
Del., retired
'08
from coaching
basketball after a 32-year career.
estate since 1967.
Mary
"My Mother's Cook-
from Amazon.com and other booksellers.
J°y ce Brobst is co-author of "Pelargonium
Herb of the Year."
Bowen Woodward of New Jersey retired in June
Mendham Township Schools, where she served as
director of special services.
wick, gathered the recipes of his mother,
book"
kids' faces,
the looks on faces, period," Lee
make balloons into something just
it's
something you do
from
Tom DeGrazino of Florida, formerly of BerHarrison DeGraziano, into a cookbook.
on
Kathleen
(right)
received the lifetime achievement
He has worked in real
try to
to say the looks
lot.
"I
The Rev. Richard Hartman was named citizen of the
month by the Mount Pleasant Borough Council in April 2006.
award from ReMax earlier this year during the
real estate company's national convention in Las
Vegas.
her in the middle of the parking
a conference
the grand marshal of the
St. Patrick's
for
What's the most rewarding part of his job?
really
repertoire, Lee attends Twist
She
was too embarrassed to ask with the
children, but was wondering if he would make a balloon
for her. He stopped, pulled out a balloon and twisted a
of the College of Professional Studies.
skills
brighter.
an elderly
woman approached him as he walked to his car.
one in his
Lanny's wife and BU's former dean
To continue improving his
little
told Lee that she
holding a flower that uses just two balloons and takes
him less than a minute
make someone's day a
After twisting at a child's party, Lee recalls,
hula
six grandchildren.
His personal favorite
the chance to
a variety of
include a Santa Claus riding a motorcycle, a
the
nice
so very well received."
Most of Lee's creations use balloons in
- "quite
compliment," says Ann.
-
2006
J ames Lavelle
was awarded a master of arts degree
by Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, Conn., in December 2005. Some of his studies were completed in Rome at the Due Sancta Campus of the
5 Si
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in theology
University of Dallas.
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5
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Steve Posavec
'74
Robert Francis Boyer, Macungie,
retired
Saucon Valley School
35
District after
from
He
years.
is
in his fourth season as assistant
women's basketball coach for the Dickinson
College Red Devils. He is a school counselor in the West Perry
School
District.
taught middle school and coached football and swimming.
Linda Perry was honored by her employer, the Exton
office
of Weichert Realtors, for outstanding achievement.
Births
9 ^7 "1 Jim Berkheiser had two poems accepted for
/ J- publication. "The Assignment" appeared in the
Gail Erdley Erickson
August issue of The Edison Literary Review. "Culling"
Jan.
summer 2007
be featured in the
issue of
will
The Paterson
W90M and husband, Stu, a son,
Alissa Grimes Steely '89 and husband, William Steely
Literary Review.
Jay, Oct. 17,
Beverly Donchez Bradley (right), Lower
Saucon Township, received the Bethlehem
Donna Gober Billet '90 and Andrew
YWCA's Golden
Valley's
Cops
'n'
Laurel
Award
for creating
Lehigh
Kids program.
]
Nicole, Sept. 22,
-w
a
*-
^
Melissa Harris Brown
United Way's Douglas C. Hickey Humanitarian Award in
Heather Bodine Wadas
served as executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of North
Donna Adgie Myles
Nathan
Dolan
Billet '92, a daughter, Lauren
'90 and husband, Jim, a son, Michael, Jan. 9,
Graceannjan.21,2006
teacher and supervisor, he also
'89, a son,
2005
James Campbell 72M, Cogan Sta5 '"7
/ Jmd tion, received the Lycoming County
A special education
Tor,
2005
Joyce Bradley Humphrey '90 and husband,
April.
Eli
2006
7,
Philip, Feb.
'91
and husband, Tom, a son, Tommy,
'91
and husband,
2006
Jim, a daughter, Chesney
Mark Wadas
April 5,
'91
,
2006
a son,
1,2006
Christine Conant Gross '92 and husband, Joshua, a son, Zachary David
Central Pennsylvania.
Bill
Johnson
72M retired from Mechanicsburg Area Senior
High School where he taught business.
Dan Rarig 72M is vice president and business development
officer of Business Loan Express, Montandon.
Karen Hendel Sprankle
Jan.
3,
William Brooks
Alan
/ %3
Business,
W. Dakey (right),
board
was
member
elected
Mid Perm Bancorp
an advisory
of BU's College of
chairman of the board of
Inc.
and Mid Penn Bank. He
bank
March
'95 and wife, Denise, a son, Samuel Marsh,
2006
April 15,
Jennifer Chesla
5 P"7 "2
'92 and husband, Ken, a daughter, Krista Ashley,
2006
Moran
'95 and husband, Bruce, a daughter, Jillian Paige,
2006
9,
Scott Bird '96 and wife, Sara, a daughter, Hannah Kayden, July
Tracie Lukas Kisto '96 and husband,
Dec.
2,
6,
2005
Keith, a daughter, Sara Catherine,
2005
will continue in his current positions as
president
Natalie Clipsham Lucca '97 and husband, Todd, a son, Jackson Ryan,
and
chief executive officer.
May
15,
2005
Chrissy Mantione Campenni '98 and husband, Tommy, a daughter,
Samara Rose,
Sept.
14,2005
Bobbi Lynn Monroe Allison
March
28,
'99 and husband, Glen, a daughter, Annika,
2006
Shani Weston Evans '99 and husband Brian Evans
David,
May
12,
Audrey Lantz
Sept. 29,
Kerri
and
Jacob
'99 and husband,
Thad Lantz '00,
a daughter, Sophia,
2005
Erdman Bauer '00 and
Karli
'99, a son,
2006
Emma,
July
8,
husband, Bret, twin daughters, Delani Grace
2005
Shanna Watson Rosser '00 and
husband, Brian, a son, Luke Jaxon,
Jan. 11,2006
Eileen Evert '02M and husband, Scott, a daughter, Madelyn
Classmates return for 75th reunion
April 20,
Kenneth Hawk,
Barbara Lawler '02, a
and Frank Golder page through the 1931 Obiter
class reunion. Hawk and
Golder, 1931 graduates who are now in their 90s, shared memories
about Coach Thornley Booth, basketball games and curfews imposed
on athletes. Hawk, of Bear Creek, retired as the assistant superintendent of Luzerne County Schools, and Golder, of Bloomsburg, retired
as a high school principal in the Bloomsburg School District.
left,
last spring as they
mark their 75th BU
Eileen,
2006
son, Dylan
Kathy Miner McHenry
Edward Lawler, January 2006
'02 and husband,
Jason McHenry '03,
a son,
Andrew, Nov. 11,2003
Heather
Howe '04 and Jason
Rogiani
'04, a son,
Aidan Joseph Rogiani,
Dec. 22, 2005
BLOOMSBURG THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
-
'75
Kathleen Andrusisian was one of 12
finalists for
Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year. She
is
support teacher
at Dallas
a learning
Middle School, Luzerne County.
Bert Leiby, Montour Township, was promoted to the
position of commercial lender/business development officer
by
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg.
First
Bob De Carolis
?^7V£
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runs until June 201
Drew
will
continue as Oregon State Uni-
versity's director of athletics
1.
He
under a contract
that
has served in the post since 2002.
Hostetter was inducted into the Lancaster County
Tennis Hall of Fame. Currently chief financial
Susquehanna Bancshares
Inc.,
officer for
he was a standout tennis player
Donegal High School and BU.
Take a Bow
Grads hit stage and screen
at
SIO brothers enjoyed a mini reunion in late February. Shown in the
accompanying photo, left to right, are Dan Confalone 79, Greg
Lawrence '80, Al Bowen 79, Glenn Horlacher '80, Jim Roth 79 and
Tom Roth '80. Missing from the photo is Tom Mazzante '80.
John Kehs was promoted
to vice president for finance
and
administration for Shat-R-Shield.
Michael
Thew has returned to the Lincoln
Unit as executive director after serving the
Intermediate
last
two years
at
Eastern York School Distnct.
Devona Van Nest was honored by the Pennsylvania House
Huntingdon County PRIDE
Inc., where she has worked for nearly 30 years.
P^ineus Bantum, the
character portrayed
Jimmi Simpson
last
of Representatives for service to
by
'98 in
spring's thriller
"Stay Alive,"
9 ^T^T Carl J. Kanaskie 77/79M
may think he's
/
simply one of millions of
when
gamers. But
this
/
there's
no way
to restart.
5 ^7
Simpson was one of the
stars
/
movie
theaters
first
attention as
2000
film, "Loser,"
appeared as Crash in
year's "Herbie:
First
last
9
Fully Loaded."
^7Q
McMonagle
and
chief credit officer
390 vocalists who
combined chorus at New York City's
the President's Day weekend concert.
Wallingford, was one of
a
Lockwood was promoted to vice presiKaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn.
Mark Robinson, Wyomissing, was named chief financial
/
Erin
president
as
y
officer at
John
B.
dent/tax of
The Reading Group, Berks County.
and "Cold Case."
Other
'02
24
relations.
Ney is senior vice
Carnegie Hall for
later
been featured in TV
shows such as "24," "NYPD
Millers-
Retiring as
Craig J. Bennett, Bloomsburg, joined
Bob Twaddell,
He's also
Blue"
Q
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performed as part of
the
and
from
Vartan Bank.
for
gained national
Noah in
news and public
Doris
nationwide in March.
Simpson
retired
December 2004.
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg,
manager of its Scott Township branch.
of "Stay Alive," a horror
film that hit
University in
director of communications, Carl served Millersville for
video
years in
game ends,
ville
BU grads -James McMenamin
and Michael Mergo '05 - have
also
'01,
had
Erin
McMonagle
5
a recent taste of the
big time.
the
McMonagle was
featured in playwright
"Hungry," produced as part of Thicker
Amy Herzog's
Than Water 2006,
a
The Mag-7 at New York's Flea Theatre. Also
The Mag-7 was McMenamin, who performed
in
5
& Order."
Mergo took part in the Playmakers Tour
Studio Theatre of Sarasota.
for the
Young
at the Florida
The tour helped students prepare
Playwrights Festival, a national program for
Q
C3
the play, "Penicillin,"
Maguschak
(right)
won
2006 Lynette Norton Award from
Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on
for continuing
seven plays in
and previously had a guest spot on "Law
Elizabeth A.
the
Women.
Ann Marie Stelma
combination of two one-act plays, and in "Waiting," one of
appearing in
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education
at
is
vice president
Lackawanna
College.
"1
Ernest Jackson graduated in
-A.
New
Paltz University,
May from SUNY
New York,
with a
certificate
of advanced study.
5
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C3
David
ville, is
E.
Kurecian
(right),
Orange
the executive director of the
Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau.
elementary students.
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Sabrina McChesney Lucas coaches the cross country
program at Wallkill Valley Regional High School, Hamburg,
N.J. She and husband Robert have three children.
Louis Maynard, Lehigh Valley,
financial officer of Lafayette
is
Ambassador Bank of
9
Easton.
}
Q
J^ Henry Haitz (nght) became publisher
State, in
Victoria Amici Bartlow was promoted to vice
/f
O^T
president
Ernie Long
Morning
by
First
Allentown
assistant sports editor at the
is
Herald.
(Fla.)
her husband, David, started the
a non-profit agency serving Luzerne
9
and
counties.
The
Joanne Kachline Trumbauer, Barto, is
president of B&W Machine Works Inc. She and
(right) is the executive
director of Domestic Violence Service Center,
Carbon
of Columbia, S.C.'s newspaper,
May. He previously was publisher of the
Bradenton
Columbia Bank and Trust Co.
Call.
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company
in 1996.
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baseball team.
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Lancaster,
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Renee Monahan '87M, White Haven,
recently earned a doctorate in audiology
from
the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.
Lisa Himes, Liutz,
is
principal of John Beck Elementary
School in Warwick School
Janet Trimmer, Aspers, director of special education in the
Conewago Valley School District, received her doctorate in
District.
education administration from Immaculata University.
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Timothy
Mack '93 and
Schweitzer, Oct.
Erika
Vanessa Madeira
Alexandra Reese
Hestor'96,June25,2005
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'95 and Chris
Darren
T.
McShane
Dietl, Oct. 8,
'95 and Lisa
2005
'96 and
Jessica Secula
Mark
2005
Tracey Halowich
'97 and
Michael Wagner, June 22, 2005
Mitch Parker '97 and Margaret
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April 22,
2006
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Cherundolo, Oct.
9,
2005
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2005
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'00 and Paul
Oct. 23,
and
Eric
Jr.
Janelle Strenchock
'01
16,
and
2005
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Oct. 2,
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Kym Brague
Boivin, Oct.
15,2005
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Jason
Aaron Wheaton
Jennifer Riley '02 and
Kristin
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Lauren Whitaker
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2005
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March
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Yusinski, Sept. 24,
'04 and Bruce
1,2005
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McAllister
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July
Ellis,
'02 and John
Aug. 13, 2005
'98 and Anitra
Johnson
Andrea Mummert
Yancey
Matthew Murgia, Aug.
Shawn McShea
'04 and Brian
Aug. 27, 2005
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'00, Oct. 29,
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2005
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11,2004
Laura Tomasetti '02 and Brian
Bull
and Neil Gunter,
2006
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Jennifer Wright '00 and Joseph
'01
'03, Sept.
'05,
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11,2006
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Dvorznak
Wright, March 22, 2006
Adam
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Krystal Deily '03 and Jesse
Scott
Glennon. July2. 2005
Heidi Rutter '05 and Justin
Jessica Dunmoyer
Neal
Poliafico,
June
18,
2005
Brandee Faust '99 and
Lloyd,
March
31,
O'Malley, Sept.
26
2,
Brian
'99 and Bernard
2005
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and Michael
Wisniewski, Jan. 16,2006
2006
Renee Geoffroy
and Shane
Tiffany
Enama
'01
and
Christopher Maylath
Jennifer Knoll
Terefencko
'01
'02,
and
Adrienne Campbell
July 30, 2005
'03 and
Jennifer Heydt '05 and
Smith
McGinnis
Edward
2005
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Mclntyre, July 22, 2005
Brough
28,
'04 and
Ashley Heagy
Reif
'03 and
Sept. 17,
Shultz '03 and Brett
Machuga, Jan.
McHenry'03,July26,2003
John
2005
Sean Steeber '04,
Grilli '02 and Randal
Kathy Miner
Abbott, June 18, 2005
'03 and
Stephanie Lapinski
Brenda
2005
Danielle Bouchard '98 and
19,
Heather Ivory
Stefanik, July 9,
Holly Sartori '00 and Ryan Poet
White
2005
'01
Jenessa Brouse
Robert Bradley
Shershen
Mumie
Jason Bowman, July
Stephanie Edinger '00 and
Whitcomb, Aug. 13,2005
V. Steggles, Dec. 23,
'99 and
Torrance,
Elliot
Rachel
Stephenson
Jennifer Bedosky '95 and Brad
Tara Markel
'99 and
Christopher Pack
2005
8,
Jr., April
'03 and Paul
22,
Good
'05,
Nov. 12,2005
2006
Keith Glynn '03 and Kristan
Chichilla,
Aug.
6,
2005
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Lycoming School Board in April.
Kellie
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for the
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second time.
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representative to
the executive committee for the National Association for
constitution, the
opportunity was too
good
Campus Activities.
Debra J. Savage, Watsontown,
for the Williamsport
had the chance
with a justice
'92M, vice president of Auburn
in Delaware,
graduate
Gentilesco, Hazleton, received
in the nursing field for
Hyman
Agency
Ann
YWCA Pearl award earlier this year. She has
Area School
is
human resource
to pass up.
Chris Froelich '00
director
Chris Froelich '00 visits with
children in Soweto, South Africa,
found himself in just
District.
during time away from the
that situation earlier
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Diane Schlenner Barlow was named teacher of the year at
Mendham Township Elementary School, Mendham Township,
N.J., where she teaches fourth grade.
Michael C. Jemo was promoted to a district manager for
Kmart, covering the Reading, Lancaster and West Chester areas.
this year as
one of four
Constitutional Court.
U.S. law school graduates
among 25
South
clerks serving
Africa's Constitutional Court. Froelich,
who
a master's degree in business administration
earned both
and
a
law
degree from Seton Hall, served as clerk to Justice Johann
van der Westhuizen.
"The Constitutional Court
is
South
Africa's highest
on all constitutional matters - roughly equivalent
to our Supreme Court - so I got to work with the
most significant constitutional issues of the day. South
court
markedly from ours, but the
approach one applies in
addressing those issues are often quite similar," he says.
Africa's constitution differs
issues raised
and the
The clerkship
analytical
also allowed Froelich to research
which
international law,
the justices take into account
to resolve constitutional issues,
interprets
and
human rights granted
to see
how the
court
through the constitution.
"What impresses me most about South Africa
is
that
from decades of apartheid to a functional
democracy was a peaceful one," he says. "South Africa
its
transition
has, in a relatively short period of time,
become
a
country dedicated to the promotion of fundamental
human rights. The chance to be
transformation
Froelich notes that learning a
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Retired alumni director
Doug Hippenstiel
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shown
was honored for more than 26 years of service during alumni
weekend. Hippenstiel received a BL rocking chair, and a
scholarship was established in his honor. A formal portrait,
unveiled during alumni weekend,
now hangs in the
Fenste-
maker Alumni House, which is located along Hippenstiel
Drive, a name conveyed by BUs Council of Trustees. To
contribute to the Douglas C. Hippenstiel Scholarship Fund,
see www.bloomu.edu/giving or call BUls development center,
(570) 389-4128, or alumni office, (570) 389-4058.
FALL 2006
from the U.S. model," he
says.
"Most
my work focused on humanitarian and human rights
issues,
here with alumni association president Sheri Lippowitsch '81,
new legal system was a
challenge. "Several areas of South African jurisprudence
differ significantly
Hippenstiel honored
a small part of that
humbling."
is
to find
and we spent a lot of time on the Court trying
ways to improve the living conditions in some of
these townships."
Froelich saw firsthand the immense poverty and
hunger in the townships, especially Soweto. He also saw
firsthand the positive effects of "Feed South Africa," a
non-profit organization based in Johannesburg that raises
funds to buy food (www.feedsa.co.za/).
Froelich finished his clerkship for van der Westhuizen
in July;
he
is
currently clerking for Justice Jaynee
LaVecchia of the
New Jersey Supreme Court.
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USA Ultrasound SAP
Processes, for Siemens Medical Solutions,
USA.
management office manJL ager for the City of Chandler, Ariz., was one of 20
recipients of the annual CIO Ones to Watch award, sponsored
by CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council.
Tyrone Howard,
project
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Michele Corbin Rudloff, Orwigsburg, was named
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the Frederick J.
the Year for 2006. She
Hobbs Young Republican
was recently elected
to
of
Orwigsburg
Borough Council.
.
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is
chief financial officer for
Bank and Trust.
Stanley Piaskowski and wife Angel own and operate Liquid
is
public affairs officer, planfor the
and Law Enforcement
Bureau of Interna-
at the U.S.
Department
of State.
Cathy Carr earned
a master's degree in education
from
Gratz College. She has taught chemistry at Hillsborough (N.J.)
High School
for the past six years.
director for
Raton,
is
the marketing
The Partners Network, Boca
Fla..
Caryn Sabourin Ward earned
a doctorate
minor in school
psychology from North Carolina State
University at Raleigh in May.
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Technologies.
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Erik Falkenstein
the
is
chief administrator of
Frenchtown School
District,
Glen McNamee was named head football coach
Dauphin High School in suburban Harrisburg.
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Audrey M. Brosious, Bloomsburg,
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Award
offers
Erin Brough, a teacher in the Baltimore City School System,
"green school" in Baltimore.
Wendy Long has been selected for 'Who's Who Among
American Teachers."
Tara McLoone earned a master's degree in training and
Philadelphia. She
difficult
Fire, for
book
St.
John's University,
at Prudential.
Sciota,
opened a wrestling
club, Ring of
elementary through high school students.
Charles E. Peterson '01M of Williamsport was elected vice
designed to help other parents
president of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business
deal with the effects of teenage
Officials.
School
at
He
is
business manager of the Williamsport Area
District.
Barbara Slatky, Hunlock Creek,
released earlier this year,
is
a kindergarten teacher at
Arlington Heights Elementary, Stroudsburg.
explores myths parents believe
until they are forced to confront
damage their teen's drug use is Kat"y E *y P™6
inflicting on the entire family, Pride says. Inspiration for
the book came from her experience with her son, Matt,
who started to smoke marijuana when he was 15. Each
chapter contains a narrative and four devotional entries
the
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Melinda
Hill (nght)
was awarded a
doctorate in macromolecular
and engineering from
March. She plans
to return to
Virginia
Tech in
Los Alamos
National Lab for a two-year, post-doctoral
research appointment.
related to the chapter theme.
and parent educator, serves on
the board of directors of the Susquehanna Valley House
of Hope and is the founder and director of Tapestry
Ministry. She lives in Danville with her husband and four
children. Additional information on her book is available
at www.winningthedrugwarathome.com.
Pride, a writer, speaker
works
Josh Nordmark,
nearly destroyed her
drug use.
"Winning the Drug War
and Family Therapy
academic excellence.
organizational development from
Pride '90 took a
Kathy Ely experience
that
into a
from Evangelical School of Theology in
also received the Marriage
for
received a
and family therapy,
has been working with other educators to create a charter
guidance for conjfronting
teen drug use
it
master's degree in marriage
summa cum laude,
May. She
and turned
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m Pittsburgh.
Verizon
Hunterdon
County, NJ.
Alumna's book
Merrey Baum is a certified X-ray technoloNason Hospital in Roaring Spring.
gist at
Jodi Merrey
Home,"
MBA
in philosophy with a
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Justin Kobeski
is
an associate attorney with
Law Firm, LCC, York.
Kenneth Marx Jr., Port Carbon,
the Austin
Panther Valley School
Jason McHenry
is
is
business manager of the
District, Lansford.
the closing
manager
for Mr. Z'sAVeis
Markets in Scranton.
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administration.
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Mount Holly Springs. She
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Brian Bingaman
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is
head strength and condition-
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ing coach at LaSalle University, Philadelphia.
Albree Boone
is
r~Nste] >ped into a
an account executive with Rose
Consulting, Bloomsburg.
John Kalinoski
is
a business analyst at GSI
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annual giving
T^ development coordinator
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King of Prussia.
Kathy Miner McHenry is a business teacher at Mountain
View Junior/Senior High School in Kingsley.
Angela Runciman graduated in May with a master of arts
degree in English from Binghamton University/SUNY.
Heather Schreiner received her master of social work
degree in May 2005 and was hired as crisis director for an
Allentown non-profit agency. She has since been promoted to
regional director for Lehigh
and Northampton
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responsible for annual fund programs, including
phonathons, database management, donor relations and
gift
processing.
who earned a bachelor's
degree from Alvemia
College, joined BU's development staff as coordinator
Michael G. Weremedic, Ashland, was promoted from
manager of PNC Bank's Bloomsburg branch
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new position,
'02M
annual fund, a major fundraising
Evert,
counties.
new role
JL_./university's director of annual
to officer status.
of the annual fund in
November 1999. She
lives in
Elysburg with her husband Scott and children, Michael
and Madelyn.
Deaths
Charlotte Ferguson Ford '24
Martha Hathaway Starkey
Lenore Sterner Klingler '27
Raymond Popick
Mildred Breisch Hartz '28
Glen Baker '50
Myrtle Hoegg Hayes
Bessie
K.
'29
Francis "Frank"
Tucker '30
'49
Johnson
Francis J.
Viola Wilt Linn '34
Clement Makowski '53
Sarah Ellen Schnure Mack '34
James
Sheehan
'51
Edith Blair Shute '34
Margaret Brinser Donmoyer '58
Robert Reisser '60
Merritt '37
Anne Grosek Maslow
Arthur
Wark
'38
'38
Herbert
L.
Joseph
F.
Jones
district.
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Elslager, Elizabethtown,
with the National Civilian
AmeriCorps program. Her
first
project
is
serving
Community Corps, an
was hurricane
relief
in Louisiana.
is
coordinator for the
West Chester
Borough recycling program.
Robert J. Handerahan
is
head strength and conditioning
coach for George Mason University.
'60
Myron Zawoiski
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Meghan Fogarty
Cuff '58
Varnice Pooley Overdorf '36
Thomas
high school cross country coach in the same
'50
'52
Sara Smith Walter '30
Rosetta
5 f\ /\ Eric Wolfgang is a third-grade teacher at Hayshire
\J JL Elementary in the Central York School District and
assistant
Diane Snyder Shanken
J.
'48
Carol Kupsky is an assistant vice president with First
Columbia Bank and Trust Co., Bloomsburg.
Jennifer Miller is working toward a master's degree in the
srimate conservation program at Oxford Brookes University,
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Ciochon '62
Elizabeth Parsons '39
John W. McCorkill '64
Walter Woytovich '39
David
Robert A. Linn '40
B.
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'41
George Motsko '70
Mary Sweigart
Miller '41
Mary Louise
Oxford, England. She presented a research poster at the
Marie
Blizzard
Edward Carr
Thomas
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'42
Mary Davenport Shope
L.
Force '66
O'Neill
Gary Michael
Mary Jess Hackenberger
'44
Charles Karnes '82
Dorin '84
James
Alda Hunter Richard '46
Donna M. Mayes
Robert Welliver '46
Dennis Reigle '92M
K.
Eleanor
E.
Daniels '47
Haines '48
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Elyce Morring
73
is
a radiological technologist in the medical
imaging department of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
'81
Bernice Gabuzda Clapper '46
Bertha
Anchorage, Alaska, in March.
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Frank A. Zanolini
J.
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Krill
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Over the Shoulder
By Robert Dunkelberger, University Archivist
A Title on Mount Olympus:
Celebrating the Champions of 1956
Baseball has been played at Bloomsburg University since the 1880s, longer than
sport.
any other
The school has enjoyed many
excellent
seasons and had exceptional players such
as
Danny
Litwhiler
and Matt Karchner who went on
The 1956 squad had just
the pitchers
who
Huda and
threw
play major league baseball, but only three teams
seven pitching victories
captured a conference championship.
pitchers,
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1956
Bloomsburg
State Teachers College
team
that earned the
titles
with a perfect 6-0 conference
record and 8-2 overall. These teams were coached
E. Paul
"Doc" Wagner,
who was hired in 1950
education and physical education.
Starr
by
to teach
Wagner got his
Charles Kwiatkoski,
six of the previous seasons'
- three
Bob Dipipi and Jim
- and two
apiece
Starr.
were the only seniors on a
dominated by
roster
the season at
home with
conference wins against Mansfield by a score of 5-1
and then over Lock Haven,
hander Huda pitched a
8-0, as
sophomore
three-hit shutout.
over Wilkes was followed by the
first
road game
Millersville,
Huskies to an overall record of 7-3, 6-1 in the confer-
consecutive win as they scored five runs in the
ence and a
three innings
for the league
title
with Lock Haven.
where the Huskies earned
and Huda pitched
his
left-
A victory
chance to coach the baseball team in 1955 and led the
tie
other
Kwiatkoski and
inexperienced underclassmen.
The Huskies opened
second of back-to-back Pennsylvania State College
Athletic Conference
Chuck Casper and Ed
Shustack, chosen as the team co-captains. Also
returning were John
to
six returning players,
including starting outfielders
at
their fourth
second
first
straight
complete game.
Eight days after an
easy victory over
Lycoming, Bloomsburg
faced their toughest
challenge yet at West
Chester, but the Huskies
rolled to the largest
victory of the season,
Huda
11-0, with
pitching
another shutout.
Although a
College in
trip to
Rider
New Jersey
resulted in the
first
loss of
the year, the seasons high
point
came
in the
finale against
Members of the Huskies' 1956
baseball team
home
Kutztown.
and the coaching staff are shown during the
championship season.
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1956 BSTC Baseball Team Active Roster
Name
Position
Year
Hometown
Graduated
Major
PR
Fr.
Mechanicsburg
1959
Sec. Ed.
Robert Boyle
OF
Soph.
Scranton
1958
Bus. Ed.
Edward Brower
2B,SS
Fr.
Feasterville
1959
Bus. Ed.
Charles Casper
OF
Jr.
Unionville
1957
Spec :.Ed.
In/in
Alexander
2B
Soph.
Mocanaqua
1958
Sec. Ed.
Robert Dipipi
P
Jr.
Old Forge
1957
Sec. Ed.
William Freed
P
Soph.
Pottsville
1958
Sec. Ed.
Daniel
OF,
Fr.
Bloomsburg
1959
Sec. Ed.
Soph.
Hudson
1958
Sec. Ed.
Soph.
Factoryville
1960
Elerr .Ed.
Denoy
Patrick
Fritz
PH
Jonah Goobic
C
Wagner entrusted Huda
with the start that would wrap
up the second straight
John Huda
P,
James Joy
P
Jr.
Bloomsburg
1957
Elerr .Ed.
Charles Kwiatkosk
P
Sr.
Plymouth
1956
Sec. Ed.
conference
Joseph Malczyk
C,
Jr.
Nanticoke
1957
Sec. Ed.
John Oustrich
3B
Soph.
Taylor
1958
Sec. Ed.
struck out 22 batters and led
George
3B,SS
Soph.
Orangeville
1958
Sec. Ed.
Bloomsburg
Joseph Pendal
SS
Fr.
Beaver Meadows
1959
P
Fr.
Lightstreet
—
Elerr .Ed.
Richard Reichart
outright championship in
Edward Shustack
OF
Jr.
Shenandoah
1957
Bus. Ed.
school history
James Snyder
1B
Soph.
Hershey
1958
Bus. Ed.
James
P
Sr.
Williamsport
1956
Elerr .Ed.
1B
Jr.
Johnstown
1957
Spec. Ed.
0F,PH
Jr.
Mifflinburg
1957
Bus. Ed.
Huda
for the Huskies.
title
pitched a no-hitter,
to a 9-1
of Kutztown and the
The
was
at
final
conquest
first
conference
game
Parsell
Starr
Robert Stroup
Lock Haven where the
Huskies earned a perfect league
Charles
Thomas
PH
IB
record with a narrow 5-4 win.
With
the bases loaded
and no one out in the bottom
of the ninth inning, reliever Dick Reichart kept the
Lock Haven Bald Eagles from
scoring, clinching the
victory for the Huskies.
Bloomsburg
loss
lost the
season finale
Wilkes, but the
at
took nothing away from the championship
Huda
season.
led the
team with four wins and struck
out 63 batters in only 44 innings pitched. The leading
hitters for the
Pendal
Huskies included Shustack
at .433,
Caspar
.346. Shustack led the
Pendal had
11
at
at .472,
Joe
.395 and George Parsell at
team with 12 runs scored, and
runs batted
in. Overall,
the team batted
.323 for the 10 games and outscored their opponents
66 runs
to 24.
The 1956 team won with overpowering starting
pitchers, clutch relief work
and a timely and
offense, building a base for
BUs
ments
that continue today
athletic
proficient
accomplish-
1956 BSTC Baseball Team Results
Date
Opponent
Score
Home/Away
April 18
Mansfield
5-1
H
21
Lock Haven
H
25
Wilkes
28
Millersville
May 3
Lycoming
8-0
7-5
6-2
6-0
11
West Chester
11-0
12
Rider
7-8
16
Kutztown
9-1
H
17
Lock Haven
19
Wilkes
5-4
2-3
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2006
Reading Day -No Classes
Friday, Oct.
Vincent Hron
Life:
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Museum
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6 to Dec.
1
The
3.
A Guide for the
Saturday,
March
Mid-Term
Events are held
Tuesday, Oct. 17
the Arts, Mitrani Hall, or Carver
in
Hass Center
Hall,
Tuesday, Nov. 21,10 p.m.
For more information, call the box
S.
389-4409 or check
Resume
Trio
www.bloomualumni.com.
with J.D.
Tennis Alumni Reunion
7 p.m., Gross Auditorium,
Friday, Sept.
Reserved, $15;
Web site at
the Celebrity Artist
Walter, Friday, April 27, 2007,
CGA cardholder, $5
27, 8 a.m.
http://orgs. bloomu. edu/arts/
celebrity_list.htm.
Saturday, Dec. 9
Government Association
The concerts listed below are open
to the public free
cardholders pay half of the tickets
of charge unless
Finals Begin
Sunday, Oct.
One Grand Evening
Monday, Dec.
Piano4, Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m..
Finals End
Gross Auditorium, Reserved, $20;
Saturday, Dec. 16
CGA cardholder, $5
Graduate Commencement
A
Friday, Dec.
15
Saturday, Sept. 16, 12:30 p.m.
Karen Brandt,
(570)389-5123
2:30 p.m.
8,
Haas Center for the
1
Country Race
Details:
Homecoming Pops Concert
subject to change.
upper campus
Upper campus
indicated otherwise.
face value for all shows. Dates are
Sunday, Dec. 10
15
New tennis courts,
Alumni and Open 5K Cross
Concerts
Community
Classes End
Reading Day
for information.
Gross Auditorium.
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
office at (570)
alum@bloomu.edu
online community,
Improvisation
Kenneth
(5701 389-4058, (800j 526-0254 or
Details also are listed at the alumni
for
Steve Rudolph
Monday, Nov.
CGA
$12
cardholder,
Alumni Events
Contact the Alumni Affairs Office at
24, 2007, 7 p.m.,
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $25;
13
Celebrity Artist Series
Classes
Perplexed
Karamazov Brothers,
Flying
Class of 1956 Reunion
Arts,
Friday
Mitrani Hall
and
Chamber Orchestra
and Saturday, Sept.
16,
1
Fenstermaker Alumni
House and other campus
locations
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m.
Night of Super Illusion
St.
Illusionist/magician
Mike Super,
Class of 1966 Reunion
Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market
St.,
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8
Bloomsburg
Fenstemaker Alumni House and
8 p.m.,
Undergraduate
Friday, Oct. 20,
Commencement
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $20;
Fall
CGA cardholder, $10
Sunday, Nov. 12,2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Spring 2007
Ain't Misbehavin'
Electronic Registration
Featuring the music of Fats Waller,
Saturday, Nov. 11,8 p.m.,
Chamber Singers
Jan. 9 to 15
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8.
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $20;
Saturday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m.
Football, Huskies vs.
Orchestra Concert
Haas Center for the
Spring 2007
First
Classes Begin
Spring 2007
Poinsettia
Pops
Friday, Dec.
1,7 p.m., Mitrani
Hall,
Call
St.,
Bloomsburg
p.m.,
$5
2:30 p.m.
3,
Monday, March 5
BU
Auditorium
Saturday,
March 10
Art Exhibits
Exhibits in the
Haas Gallery of
Art are open to the public free
Inflated
Carols by Candlelight
Egos
Jan
19, 2007,
7 p.m.,
and Saturday, Dec. 8 and
CGA cardholder, $5
is
a $2 parking
two hours
before kickoff. There are no
advance sales
for
any games.
Bloomsburg
389-4284.
Parents and Family Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Nov. 3 to 5
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, 8 p.m.,
David Moyer
and handmade books,
Sept. 5 to 30. Reception,
Mitrani Hall, Reserved, $25;
CGA cardholder,
For
$12
Wednesday, Sept. 13,11:30 a.m.
A Festival
to 2 p.m.
Tim Farrell/Bradley N. Litwin/
the latest infonnation
on upcoming
events, check the university
of (Guitar) Strings
Web site:
www. bloomu. edu/today
Classical Guitar Trio, Saturday,
Ran Hwang
Mixed media,
Oct. 9 to Nov. 8.
Reception, Wednesday, Nov. 8,
32
for
Now and Forever CATS
of charge.
11 :30 a.m. to
9,
Presbyterian Church,
St.,
:30
students with a valid ID are
donation. Gates open
Free tickets required;
call (570)
Prints
First
345 Market
Mitrani Hall,
Reserved, $15;
Friday
7:30 p.m.,
1
$3 Tor students, $2
admitted free. There
Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co.,
Friday,
for adults,
7,
Tickets are
8 to 12 and under 8 admitted free.
Family Presentation:
Spring Break Begins
Redman Stadium.
senior citizens, $1 for children ages
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
(570) 389-4409
West Chester
Golden Rams, Saturday Oct.
Jazz Ensemble
Sunday, Dec.
Free admission, ticket required
Mid-Term
locations
Homecoming Weekend
Presbyterian Church,
345 Market
campus
Special Events
Arts,
Mitrani Hall
CGA cardholder, $10
Tuesday, Jan. 16
other
2 p.m.
March
3,
2007, 7 p.m..
Gross Auditorium, Reserved, $1
5;
CGA cardholder, $5
FALL 2006
The University Store.
Huskies on T-shirts and sweatshirts,
caps and decals, giftware,
mugs and
pennants. And, on the football field
where the 2006 Huskies have
sights
on
set their
a repeat of last falls
undefeated regular season.
Huskies have been synonymous with
BU
pride since 1933
professor
when art
and wild animal
trainer
George Keller started the tradition
with Roongo, a full-blooded North
Greenland husky whose name was
derived from the school colors of
maroon and gold. Roongo was
followed by Garou and several other
canine "Roongos" before the mascot
was
first
portrayed by Mike
Wasielczyk '82 in 1979. After several
extreme makeovers, todays Roongo
right,
(at
with friends) can be found
and greeting students
and alumni at games and other
campus events. The husky's name can
leading cheers
even be found on the cafe in the
Warren Student Services Center.
The University Store
offers the
convenience of shopping online
at
www.bloomu.edu/store for hundreds of
items Huskies fans of all ages can
wear, display and enjoy as well as
gift
cards in any amount. For a traditional
shopping experience, the University
Store
is
open seven days
a
week
during the academic year. Stop by in
person or online for everything Husky.
Semester Hours
The University Store
Monday through Thursday:
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday:
Noon
to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 4 p.m.
7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
General Information: (570) 389-4175
Customer Service: (570) 389-4180
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