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CAMPUS LIFE
When the sun goes down, students gear up for
classes,
community service and
activities galore.
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Generous
Spirits
Nursing studeats.gain a& nnuch
as they give while caring for
those in need.
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Smart Eats
Looking for healthy food on the
run? Dietitian Sharon Rowley
Madalis '92M leads the way
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Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine
T
From the President
community, ranging from math
mentoring at local elementary
schools to volunteer clean-up
Town
efforts at
Park, other public
spaces and private residences during "The Big Event" in the spring.
We're also telling our own story
through the university's website,
www.bloomu.edu;
social media,
including Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube;
my blog; and of course,
Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine. In this issue,
we tell the
who
stories of nursing students
volunteer in Third World countries,
Special University
a sorority honored for efforts at
Danville's Ronald McDonald House
and an anthropology major who
turned a class project into research
that
may bring positive changes to a
local
WHAT MAKES A college town
special? Financial experts will
you
it
is
This perception led the Strategic
tell
the economic dividend from
Planning and Resource Council,
known as SPARC,
to
make
"Fostering and developing a strong
the spending of students, their
shopping mall. All of these
projects benefit the community,
some far beyond our campus.
Our students, with their great
enthusiasm, intelligence and
parents and others. Real estate
agents will
tell
you
is
it
the opportu-
nities for lifelong learning.
officials will tell
you
it
is
"Our students, with their great
enthusiasm, intelligence and
compassion, are making good
news on a daily basis."
Local
the vibrant
downtown business district that
barkens back
to
an
earlier day.
They all are right, of course. But
one important factor is missing from
this
list:
As
effort,
our students.
part of our strategic planning
we asked local residents
for
sense of community" one of the four
our
compassion, are making good news
on a
daily basis.
To me,
that is the
their opinions of Bloomsburg
strategic issues in
University and our future direction.
Impact 2015: Building on the Past,
recurring storyline of a special town
We were pleased with residents'
strong positive images of BU as a
Leadingfor the Future. The goal
directs us to redouble our efforts to
and this special university.
whole. But, quite frankly,
disappointed that others
we were
fail to
strategic plan.
Bloomsburg University's story.
One of our allies in this endeavor
tell
see
WHLM-AM/WHLM-FM, locally
the benefits our students provide
is
through class projects, internships,
student teaching and 62,000 hours
owned and operated for the past
decade by Joe and Nancy Reilly.
of volunteer service each year
Students appear on the
(valued at $20.25 per hour), just to
"Morning Buzz" each month
name
about projects that benefit the
a few.
DAVID
L.
President,
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
AM station's
to talk
For more from President Soltz,
http://bupresident.blogspot.com
see
FEATURES
10
True Grip
Duane Greenly '72 has journeyed
through the manufacturing world,
turning around companies with his
strong leadership. His inventive
know-how converts
ideas into
patented products.
14
Generous
Spirits
Traveling to Third World countries,
Bloomsburg nursing students are
changing the world and their
lives,
one patient at a time.
18
Mental Exercise
Research by Margie Eckroth-Bucher,
associate professor of nursing, shows
what you can do to fight mental aging.
20
Into the Night
The sun may go down, but the campus
never sleeps. See what evening brings
to
BU.
23
Smart Eats
Sharon Rowley Madalis '92M
keep your waistline trim
when you are on the road.
Dietitian
offers tips to
Table
of
Contents
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Winter 2011
IS
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Kenneth M. Jarin, Chiiir
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Vice Chair
B. Altieri III
Matthew
Baker
Marie Conley Lammando
E.
Tom Corbett
Paul
S.
Dlugolecki
Thomas
L.
Gluck
Michael K. Hanna
Vincent J. Hughes
Jamie Lutz
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
Jeffrey E. Piccola
Guido M. Pichini
Harold C. Shields
President,
Thomas M.
David
Sweitzer
Christine J. Toretti
Mackenzie Marie Wrobel
Chancellor, State System
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Bloomsburg University
Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
Charles C. Housenick '60, Vice Chair
Marie Conley Lammando '94, Secretary
Ramona H. Alley
Raylene M. Brill '11
LaRoy G. Davis '67
David Klingennan Sr.
Joseph J. Mowad 'OSH
Nancy Vasta '97/'98M
Patrick Wilson
Bloomsburg University
L. Soltz
Executive Editor
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On the Hill
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Calendar of Events
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Over the Shoulder
Quad
Husky Notes
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Editor
Bonnie Martin
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times a year for alumni, current students' families and
friends of the university. Husky Notes and other alumni
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2011
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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shopping mall capable of holding 50
but with about 20 empty storefronts. This
Imagine a
stores,
is
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the case at the Columbia Mall in Buckhorn,
about four miles from BU's campus.
Curious about
^
why the mall is not more occupied,
Thenapy
VICTORIA SCH4.1EDER STUDIES
HOW
SHOPPING CENTER CAN IMPROVE
and geography double major from Numidia, decided to complete
her ethnographic field methods research project at the
shopping center. With cooperation from the mall's
management. Cedar Shopping Centers Inc., Schlieder 's
research spanned four months in early 2010.
So what did Schlieder's research entail? She set
up a table in the middle of the mall with information
Victoria Schlieder, a senior anthropology
explaining the goals of the project. She created an
anonymous survey and provided a drop box. She
uti-
an Internet survey distributed through Facebook.
And she spent about 20 hours in the mall observing
shoppers. Approximately 460 people responded and
lized
most indicated they want this mall to succeed.
"Shoppers are supportive of the mall. They think of
community place," says Schlieder.
Bloomsburg area shoppers aren't the only ones
interested in this research. Last November, Schlieder
presented her project at the American Anthropological
Association's annual meeting in New Orleans. Her
research is categorized in a growing field known as
it
as a
"retail
anthropology." Retail anthropology looks at
ways
in which retailers, product manufacturers
and public spaces either meet, or fail to meet,
the
customers' needs. According to Schlieder, this type
of anthropology shows
how research can help not
only large companies, but also smaller stores that
don't have a lot of resources.
As
anticipated, participants
of stores, and most
would
want
in the mall. Colette Wintersteen,
at
a larger selection
movie theater
marketing manager
like to see a
the Columbia Mall, says the mall
would
mall because of the
According
demand
for
it,"
to Schlieder, the mall
says Wintersteen.
needs
to
become
a
destination for shoppers, not just a place to go to
like to
continue distributing surveys, using responses to
quickly pick up something.
better serve patrons.
"I think to be more successful the mall needs to bring
something that isn't available elsewhere locally.
Maybe a few more high-end stores or restaurants,"
says Schlieder. Personally, she wants to see an
American Eagle or Old Navy in the mall. •
"We have utilized Victoria's research in the advertising
of what types of stores we are trying to get into the
mall. The leasing department can utilize it to show
companies that people want
to see their store in
our
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2011
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in Training
MASTER'S PROGRAM ACCREDITED
BU'S CLINICAL ATHLETIC training program
is
one of
23 programs nationwide accredited at the entry-level
master's degree
program from the Commission on
Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
(CAATE).
The program prepares students
to serve as health
care providers in the areas of injury prevention,
and treatment.
recognition
Ij^tiowrr left to right areH-atisha
Kiana
Elliott.
j^ayton. Christina Davis. AmbeTMichael.
Joseph Hazzard, assistant professor of exercise
science
and
athletics
and coordinator of the
athletic
i^kameela
j^nd
Sunkett. India Jones. Tierra Foster
Shantia Potter
all
from Philadelphia.
training program, says accreditation recognizes that
the
program meets
all
nationally recognized standards
for entry-level athletic training education established
by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the
National Athletic Trainers' Association.
CAATE
awards accreditation only after extensive self-study
and on-site visits.
"This accreditation means, first and foremost, that
students enrolled in our program have met the requirements to sit for the National Certification Exam, which is
possible only through accredited programs,"
Since
its
Sweet Fundraiser
BAKE SALE BENEFITS HAITI
VICE VERSA raised $200 through a bake sale, one of
many campus fundraisers to benefit the citizens of Haiti
who continue to suffer from the effects of last year's
massive earthquake. The organization, founded in 2006
promote unity, empowerment and diversity through
and performing arts, capped its fundraising
efforts in December with a dance and fashion show that
to
creative
netted $1,200. •
Hazzard says.
inception three years ago, the Geisinger
Medical Center (CMC) Sports Medicine Department
has provided
clinical
education opportunities for
students in the program.
"This accreditation acknowledges Bloomsburg
University's
tion for
its
commitment
to providing the best educa-
athletic training students," says Dr. Daniel
Feldmann, medical director of the program and chief
of sports medicine at
GMC.
•
Shown
Leadership and Service
EXCEPTIONALITY PROFESSOR HONORED
DARLENE PERNER, professor of exceptionality programs, received the Leo D. Doherty
Memorial Award during the 2010
Northeastern Educational Research
Association
(NERA) conference for her
leadership and service in special education. Perner has participated in numerous organizations including the Council
and national levels and United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). •
for Exceptional Children at the state
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SORORITY HONORED FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE
BU's Theta Tau Omega was honored by the Ronald
McDonald House, Danville, for 10 years of volunteer
service to the "home away from home" for families of
young patients
at
Geisinger Medical Center.
The
sorority
prepares dinner for the families each week during the
academic year and
initiated the
awards reception, now
in
its
annual volunteer
sixth year. •
One of 15
SOCIOLOGY PROF SERVES ON
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SOCIOLOGY professor Christopher
"Kip" Armstrong
is
serving a
two-year term on
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the U.S.
on
Commission
PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE GRADUATION RATES
TRiO STUDENT SUPPORT Services (SSS), a program that annually serves
nearly 250 BU students, will receive renewed funding of an estimated
$1.38 million over the next five years from the U.S.
Department of Education.
TRiO Student Support
Civil Rights'
Pennsylvania State
Advisory Committee.
The 15-member
advisory committees
in each state
Funding for Future
and the
District of
Columbia study issues and forward
independent reports which reflect
members' views. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an
independent, bipartisan agency
that monitors federal civil rights
enforcement. •
Seeds of Action
STUDENTS ADD PLANTINGS TO
FERNVILLE PARK
MORE THAN 50 Students from
several BU organizations, includ-
financial
J
1
Services provides academic,
and personal support
to low- income, first-genera-
and disabled students, says Theresa Bloskey, SSS
director. The goal of BU's program, federally funded since
1997, is to increase retention and graduation rates. More
than 80 percent of the students who begin the program remain in SSS
and graduate from BU.
tion
we serve have disabilities, including military
"We always have at least 80 names on a waiting list for
students who want to enroll in TRiO SSS."
TRiO programs began nationwide in the 1960s to provide educational
access to students who are disadvantaged and who, without support, would
most likely not receive a college education. Often high school students who
are part of BU's TRiO Upward Bound program return for their bachelor's
degree and participate in the TRiO SSS program, Bloskey adds. •
"One-third of the students
veterans," she says.
MarCom Winners
Planning Society, Acacia, and
BU MAGAZINE, PUBLICATIONS HONORED
BU'S COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE won a gold award for Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine, a platinum award for the Living and Learning
Community (LLC) booklet and honorable mentions for two other
publications in the Association of Marketing and Communication
nursing students, participated in
Professionals' annual
ing the Political Science Student
Association, H.O.P.
E (Help Our
Planet Earth), Geography and
a global effort to help reduce the
The LLC
MarCom Awards.
booklet, outlining freshman residence hall options based
was among the
carbon footprint as part of the
on majors or
Day of Climate
Action. Students joined Hemlock
Township residents in Fernville
Park to continue work begun by
BU community assistants, planting
more than 30 trees and shrubs.
The worldwide effort became the
platinum award, and Bloomsburg magazine, sent to 55,000 readers
three times each year, was among the 18 percent of entries awarded
International
largest single-day
environmental
event in history. •
Bonus Content
www.bloomu.edu/magazine
Who's
in
the kitchen? Prof looks
at family dining
Video:
Zumba
craze,
BU fundraiser
Survey: Tell us what you think
interests,
15
percent of entries receiving the
the gold. Overall, approximately 5,000 entries were submitted to the
competition. •
Study in Russia
FINANCE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES BU STUDENTS
BU STUDENTS MAY explore economics, business, languages and science
during the three-week Summer School in Moscow program at the Finance
University, Moscow, Russia. The six-credit program runs from June 10 to
July 2 and includes field trips focusing on Russian history, art and culture.
Program fees of $3,300 cover tuition, room and board and field trips;
airfare and visa fees are not included. The application deadline is March 15.
For more information, contact Saleem Khan, professor of economics,
(570) 389-4681 or skhan@bloomu.edu. •
WINTER
2011
ON THE HILL
FOR UP-TO-DATE SCORES AND
COVERAGE, GO ONLINE
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FullHousel
THE BU WRESTLING team faced off against sixth-ranked
Penn State to open the 2010-2011 season in front of a standingroom-only crowd of 2,374 and a live TV audience. Before the
match, BU President David Soltz, right, and athletic director
Mary Gardner rededicated Nelson Field House, which reopened
for fall 2010 after a $13.4 million renovation. The season opener
ended
6
in a 41-3 victory for the Nittany Lions. •
BLOOMSBL'RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
MARTY COYNE,
when
Kicking Cancer
BU's head men's and women's tennis coach, faced
the challenges of heat
and culture
he arrived
in
Egypt
last
summer to run a
He also dis-
BU MEN'S AND women's soccer
teams raised awareness and $1,100
in donations for cancer research
tennis program.
participating in the
covered a place in Cairo that
Cancer program
tugged
at his heartstrings.
Coyne spent
13
ing donations, both
teams supported
the cause by warm-
Christian Athletes at the
Wadi Sports Camp, a 25- acre
sports facility for Muslim and
up before their
games in official Red
Card Cancer shirts. Red
Card Cancer shirts and bracelets
The camp,
and
located between Cairo
were on sale to benefit the Johns
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Currently in its second year, the
program rose to the national level
through a partnership with Major
League Soccer's DC United and the
United States Youth Soccer
Association. To learn more about
Red Card Cancer, visit http://red-
Alexandria, offers tennis,
basketball, soccer,
and
swimming
volleyball.
"I've
had a relationship
with the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (FCA) since
I
was
in college," says
Coyne,
who met his wife at an FCA
meeting in the 1980s. "FCA
asked me to take part in their
international
jumped
camp and
at the
,
ing
Coptic athletes between the
19.
Red Card
last fall.
In addition to receiv-
days working with the Fellowship of
ages of 11 and
cardcancer.org/. •
I
chance. Hearing the
camp was
in
Egypt was even more
exciting since I'd never been to that part of the world."
Shaffer
Honored
Coyne's trip took nearly 27 hours, with delays. And, when he arrived, he
discovered fundamental differences between training in the U.S. and
SOPHOMORE MEN'S
Egypt. "Because daytime temperatures are over 100 degrees, the coaching
Bryce Shaffer was
camp was done from 7 to 9:30
Directors of America
(CoSIDA)/ESPN The
Magazine Academic
would
Coyne
Bibles or with anything that
comments. "Even when we made
presentations, we had to be cautious
about the words we used or the
references
we made."
Along with the Pyramids, the
Cave Churches and other attractions,
Coyne and his fellow staffers visited a part of Cairo most tourists never see.
"We went to a place called Garbage City, where more than a million
people live amid the trash dump for the city of Cairo," he says. "Our
staffers got to work with the kids of Garbage City playing games and
interacting with them. To see them living among this trash was heartwrenching when just a few miles away one of the great wonders of the
world, the Pyramids, stands as one of man's greatest achievements."
Coyne expects to return to the Wadi Sports Camp in 2012. "It was a great
experience but, because it is draining both physically and emotionally, I
want to give myself a year between visits," he says. •
to the
Information
'cooled' off to
identify us as Christians,"
soccer player
named
2010 College Sports
a.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. when it
80 degrees," says Coyne.
Being in a Muslim country and coaching a camp run by the FCA
brought additional challenges. "We were not permitted to travel with our
part of the
by
All-District 2 College
Shaffer
Division
Shaffer
was recognized
achievements on the
first
team.
for his
field, in
the
classroom and in the community.
all
The Gettysburg native started
16 games last fall for the
Huskies
(5-9-2).
Shaffer tallied a
team-high 10 goals and 20 points,
highlighted by a game-winner in a
3-2 victory over
West Chester and
a
pair of goals in Bloomsburg's 2-0
shutout over Chestnut
performance
this
Hill.
His
season followed
four goals and a team-high six
assists last year as a
freshman. •
WINTER
2011
7
ON THE HILL
sports
Kocher Succeeds
Hutchinson
SUSAN KOCHER
'87
head
was named
softball coach,
replacing Jan
Hutchinson
who
retired at the
^
end of
the 2010 season.
Kocher has been
BU wins
during 23 years as an assistant coach
and four years playing for Hutchinson.
While Kocher was the pitching
-^^H
coach,
part of 1,104
BU tossed 32 no-hitters, six
of them perfect games. She coached
eight pitchers to Ail-American
status, including
2010 second-team
Ail-American Shavaun Fisher.
A two-time Ail-American and
THE SMILE ON 5-year-old Katherine Scarborough's face said it all. She
loved the
Well
...
little
princess cottage put
maybe knights
in
up by her knights
in shining armor.
maroon jackets wearing baseball
hats.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia and the Susquehanna Valley
make Katherine's dream of a personalized princess cottage come true.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation delivered the two-story playhouse to her
Abington home in advance. The Huskies raked leaves, spread topsoil to
to
level the spot
Kocher is the only pitcher in school
game and
a no-hitter on the same day. She
was inducted into BU's Athletic
Hall of Fame and the Capital Area
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports
Hall of Fame. •
history to throw a perfect
Seventeen members of BU's baseball team and two coaches joined with
the
three-time All-PSAC selection,
where the playhouse would be positioned and mulched the
area around the playhouse, adding decorations, shrubbery and a stone
Quiteh Honored
path leading to the front door.
"Being involved in community service
as a program.
It is
is
a responsibility that
we have
an essential part of the student-athlete experience,"
Mike Collins.
team involved with Make-A-Wish Foundation after
meeting the Philadelphia chapter's president and CEO Dennis Heron
says head coach
in
Rehobeth Beach, Del. "Dennis is a big baseball fan. We decided to keep in
touch and I offered our services where needed," Collins says.
In addition to the playhouse, Katherine was presented with a few gifts,
including a baseball autographed by the team and coaches. •
BU Hall of Fame
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Franklyn
Quiteh of Tobyhanna was named
first-team Little Ail-American by
the Associated Press and first-team
Collins got his
FIVE ALUMNI and the former assistant athletic director
make up the 29th class of BU's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Honored at last fall's banquet are, left to right, front
row: Jean Buskirk '93, softball; Laura Jones Coen '93,
women's soccer; and Shelley Miller Romano '95, field
hockey and softball; and back row: Burt Reese '03H,
former head tennis coach and assistant men's basketball
coach; Marc Lupinacci '90, men's tennis; Lee Gump '97,
basketball; and BU President David Soltz. •
FRESHMAN TAILBACK
All-American by Daktronics. He
the
first
is
BU player named Little
All-American since 2005 when
and Jamar Brittingham
Jahri Evans
were
selected. •
5r
True Grip
Duane Greenly
has journeyed through the manufacturing
world, turning around companies with his strong leadership,
inventive know-how and patented products.
by
'72
JACK SHERZER
photographs by ERIC
FOSTER
THE LONG-HANDLED spade depicted on a small
down
plaque in Duane R. Greenly's office looks like someone
of preparation, attention to detail and honesty.
But that sharpening notch
designed to cut through roots while digging is the
feature that sets one of Ames True Temper's newest
products apart from other shovels.
"People who prepare, win," Greenly says. "People
who think they can fly by the seat of the pants will
took a bite out of its
tip.
The patent Greenly received
round point" shovel
is
for the "Root cutting
testament to the hands-on
to following core beliefs
about the importance
ultimately crash. That's something
I
believe in."
Greenly was no stranger to the business world
while growing up. His father was a commercial roofing
contractor
who ran a host of side businesses, including
involvement of a leader who, since his arrival in 2002,
has grown the landscaping product company to a
car washes, laundromats and a trampoline center. If
market leader with almost a half billion dollars in
annual sales. The patent also pays tribute to the
money, they earned
60-year-old scientist and product developer
who takes
and applications he helps create to the next
where they are manufactured, shipped and sold
the designs
level,
to customers.
Coatings for fabrics used in shoes and on boats,
quality
hard-wood doors and specialty rubber mounts
Greenly, his sister or two brothers wanted spending
by helping out.
Larry, went to Bloomsburg,
where Greenly majored in chemistry, completed
student teaching, ran track and met his wife, the
former Susan Basar '72,
"It's not hard to work
a special education
it
He and his brother,
The couple has
and daughter.
major.
a son
hard ifyou
like
what
you're doing.'*
dampen vibrations— different products in different
businesses that Greenly '72 had a hand in creating and
selling in a career spanning more than 30 years.
him to pursue math and science. After Bloomsburg,
With a quiet intensity. Greenly talks about how he
turned around Ames True Temper and two earlier
companies. There's been luck, but success comes
he earned a master's degree in organic chemistry from
Morehead University in Kentucky and his science
background led to his first job with the huge textile
that
Greenly credits his
-
father with convincing
Duane Greenly '72
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11
"
manufacturer Deering-Milliken & Co. (now Milliken
Co.) at the
&
company's research center in Spartanburg,
Synthetic fabrics were just coming out
S.C.
and
techniques were being perfected to allow the
At Deering, one of
Greeniys successes was figuring out a way to
irradiate the fabric with a plasma light, giving
the fabric and dye opposite electrical charges
so they would bond. The technique was especially useful for keeping dye fi-om bleeding
when the fabric was exposed to moisture,
important for two of its main uses, the lining
of shoes and canvas boat covers.
fabrics to hold dyes.
When it came time to move the process
from the lab to the factory floor. Greenly
went along, transferring from the research
center to a plant in
like the
New England. "I really
manufacturing, and
years into
my career when
went to the plant manager and said, 'If an opening
ever shows up, I would
I
love to have an opportunity'
I
was three
TRUE INNOVATION:
The Planters Buddy is a
seven-in-one garden
planter tool with a rustresistant stainless steel
blade, ergononnic poly
grip
and hang-up
hole.
What I
started realizing
that, as
much as I liked dealing with things,
I
liked dealing with people better." Soon,
he
manager.
MUliken almost six
BF Goodrich as a senior
engineer. One of Goodrich's clients, Kimberly
Clark, was introducing disposable diapers, and
Greenly worked on the elastic that kept the
diaper close to the baby's leg. Again, he found
himself on the same trajectory as at Milliken—
he developed the technique and then continued
at
years before going to
more
Goodrich, he became a
to oversee the actual production. In
than three years
at
troubleshooter, helping solve various production
problems
at different plants.
Then he got
from a headhunter with
for Newell
Rubbermaid as director of quaUty assurance
and manufacturing engineering. When he
an opportunity
a call
to
work
started in 1981, the Freeport,
111.
it
had
when Greenly left 16 years later. During his
time with Newell he helped bring acquisitions
into the corporate family, sharpening his talents
around problem businesses.
Skilled on the operations side. Greenly forced himself
to learn about marketing and customer relations. "If
you want to truly lead, you have to know all aspects of
in turning
12
to
be comfortable with some
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
if you
avoid the aspects you're uncomfortable with, then
you're probably limiting yourself."
Greenly rose to vice president at one of
NeweU's divisions and had every expectation
of moving higher
when he got a call asking
him if he'd like to be
the
boss of a failing door
manufacturer. Morgan
Door in Oshkosh, Wis.,
was being taken over
by a private equity
firm. It was a chance
''Ifyou want to
to bet on himself
and run his own
truly lead, you
business—just as
his dad had done.
But this was no
have to know
of a
all aspects
business.
sure thing. Private
equity partners. Greenly explains, have
short time frames.
They buy a place with
plans to turn it around within two or three
re-sell.
Top management gets
a piece of the ownership pie— a piece that
becomes very valuable if the turnaround is
successful and the company is sold for
millions more than its purchase price.
Greenly turned Morgan Door around in
two years and then was asked to join another
turnaround effort. This time it was a Boston
company, Barry Controls, which made vibration
dampening mounts, such as rubber fittings to
lessen the vibrations transferred from an engine
to a frame.
Once
company around
and saw his ownership
"a very good payday— I'm
again, he turned the
in less than four years
stake
grow into
was so good."
For about six months before leaving Barry,
Greenly and a colleague from Newell
almost embarrassed,
Rubbermaid, Rich
it
Dell,
had been checking out
Ames True Temper for another equity
partnership, Wind Point Partners. Ames
bought
-based
conglomerate had just three divisions;
19
You tend
aspects and uncomfortable with others. But
years and then
is
was running two projects as a department
Greenly stayed
a business.
its
longtime competitor True Temper
and both were stLU nipping at each
The current owner, U.S.
Industries, wanted to sell the dysfunctional
in 1999
other's heels.
setup that
was slowly losing market share to
lower-priced imported goods.
"They were two businesses that were, all of a
sudden, supposed to play nice with each other and
weren't. There was a headquarters in Parkersburg
...
1
WVa., and a head
quarters in
Camp
Numbers teU the story of the success: Wind
company for $160 million and
Point bought the
sold it to another venture capital firm, Castle
Harlan Partners IV, for $390 million. And in
September 2010, Castle Harlan sold the company to
its current owner. Griffon Corp., a New York-based
manufacturing conglomerate, for $542 million.
"He is an excellent operator," says Bill Pruellage,
Duplication every-
Hill.
where, extra
facilities
and infighting,"
Greenly
recalls.
"The company
was just spinning
its
So
on as
wheels."
in 2002,
co-president of Castle Harlan.
TRUE INNOVATION:
DeU came
Total Control
CEO of Ames True Temper
overseeing sales and marketing;
Wheelbarrow
features a closed-loop handle
with a patent-pending grip for
improved
control.
Gone was the Parkersburg
headquarters. The company started joint ventures in
China to remain competitive and took over competing
businesses to grow market share. In 2008, Dell retired
and Greenly became president and CEO.
THE GREENLY PRINCIPLES
R.
Greenly 72, president and CEO of
Ames True
Temper, the largest supplier of landscaping products
the U.S.,
in
fond of saying that "preparation and perspira-
is
tion beats inspiration."
Greenly returned to Bloomsburg University recently to
share what he's learned from 30 years
part of his presentation
—similar
1
.
Commandments
A team
business.
in
to the advice
during in-house training sessions at
his 12
he gives
—he
Ames
As
offered
of Business.
of motivated players is better than a collection
each other, but don't get
and be mindful of unchecked egos.
of superstars. Challenge
to
if
stop negative attitudes, which can spread quickly
unchecked.
most important
U.
Credibility is the
5.
You improve what you measure. Pick key indicators
individual attribute.
to measure and follow so there are no surprises.
Good results are not happenstance preparation.
You need to be able to laugh at yourself and others.
You get what you expect make expectations clear
and expect a lot.
Mistakes of inactivity are much worse than mistakes of
—
activity.
10.
To be a leader, you need to
Two heads are
—
—
make things happen.
better than one. three are better than
two. but 10 are not better than nine.
Go
to the right
people to figure out problems.
11.
new products by rewarding employees who come
up with new ideas, listening to focus groups of
gardeners and professional landscapers
and seeing what
companies can be
brought into the
Ames True Temper
family to
TRUE INNOVATION:
The Autoboss Snow Shovel
Trunk has an adjustable poly
blade, multiple grips
compact
and a
profile.
grow
market share. He's still very hands-on:
he recently received another patent for
a two-handed, ergonomically designed
snow shovel called the Sno-Boss,
designed to do the work of a conventional snow shovel, pusher and snow
sleigh in one tool. Though the recession
slowed business. Greenly takes pride in not laying
off any employees and continuing to give raises.
talents, I just
Negative attitudes equal negative results. Act quickly
9.
very strong performance and grew
Few people have photographic memories.
Positive attitudes equal positive results.
8.
to
"Bring your brains and a tablet.
2.
3.
7.
he contributed
ultimately, as chief executive officer,
He's also proud of the company's line of products
manufactured completely in the U.S. and the "eco
gardener" line made from recycled steel with solid
handles of bamboo, a quick-growing grass that provides
an alternative to wood.
As for the future? Greenly says he enjoys his work
and plans to "keep working as long as I'm still having
fun and the owners want me."
He takes pride in his company's interaction with the
community, hosting a golf tournament that last year
raised $279,000 for area charities. Greenly also encouraged Castle Harlan to chip in $100,000 for a community
garden he wants to create on a field adjacent to the
Camp HiU headquarters— an idea to help various
groups, as well as show off his company's wares.
"It's not hard to work hard if you like what you're
doing. You have to find what you Uke," Greenly says.
"I consider myself very normal; I don't have any special
into turf battles
6.
And,
Today, Greenly continues what he does best, nurturing
about putting the house in
order.
Duane
operations.
earnings significantly."
Greenly, as chief operating officer,
set
"He did a great job
improving productivity and leading our company
If
you can only
work hard." •
bring one thing, bring the tablet."
12.
Yes-men are not men. Argue your
the decision.
point, but
support
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
native.
He currently lives in Harrisburg.
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2011
13
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY NURSING STUDENTS who
shared their medical skills in Third World countries agree the
care they extended was returned tenfold by the impoverished
patients whose lives they touched.
14
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN
A STATE-RUN
hospital in
4-year-old boy's poverty
death. His single
La Ceiba, Honduras, a
to an early
condemns him
mother cannot afford the six-hour bus
where hospitals may
trip to Tegucigalpa, the capital,
have the technology to diagnose his heart condition. In
America, the boy would likely live a long life. But in
Honduras, without diagnosis and treatment, he will
not survive. That boy opened Jaime Miller's eyes to the
realities of medical care in
Miller
Third World countries.
BU junior Jamie Thomas are no
and fellow
strangers to studying abroad, having completed a
summers ago through
Bloomsburg's Spanish program. But they were not
prepared for what they witnessed during a four-week
six-week program in Spain two
AmeriSpan study abroad program in Honduras that
included two weeks of volunteer work in a hospital.
"I distinctly remember wondering what I'd gotten
myself into," Thomas says of the poverty she saw while
riding the bus from San Pedro Sula, the second largest city
La Ceiba, a port city of 200,000 residents.
"We saw lots of people living in shacks with dirt
floors, no running water and no electricity," Miller adds.
In La Ceiba, Miller and Thomas lived with the director
of the Central American Spanish School and his family
and worked in a state-run hospital 10 minutes away.
in
Honduras,
to
"When I show people pictures of the hospital, they
want to believe me," relates Thomas, who
don't
describes people on
hallways.
Still,
gumeys lining the hospital's
she was impressed by what doctors
there do without technology.
"I'm interested in labor and delivery.
It's
amazing
how they can count contractions with their hands and
feel
heart tones with a stethoscope
— skills that have
gotten lost here with technology."
Both say the experience
"After this experience,
I
will
make them better nurses.
can better relate to an immigrant
or other non-EngUsh speaker who can't communicate about
own health issues," says Thomas of Archbald.
opened my eyes to how others live," says MiUer, a
nontraditional student from Sunbury. "I wish so much
their
"It
Bloomsburg could do what I did
changed my life." continues on next page
that every student at
for just
one
day.
It
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[
GENEROUS SPIRITS
]
'The right spot doing the right things'
Sophomore Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Lee, president of BU's
Nurses Christian Fellowship, saw countless open
wounds and sore backs during a week in Nicaragua,
where many of her patients worked
in the fields cut-
ting crops with machetes for $i a day. "There
lot
were a
of fevers and parasites, too, because the water
sources are so contaminated. At one
work site, we
gave cream to a mother whose baby was covered in
scabies," a contagious skin infection caused
Lee and
15
by mites.
members from her home church, Grace
Lutheran in State College, spent their days distributing
donated medicines to the poor and their nights and
evenings with children in orphanages in Jinotega and
Los Cedros. After dispensing medications, team
members prayed with patients and distributed prayer
shawls made by church members.
While her patients had very Uttle in the way of
material possessions, they were filled with a generous
spirit,
Lee says. "While we were praying for them,
they would be praying for us and our medical team.
Everyone was so grateful for even the smallest thing.
We attended a Lutheran church that had no roof, yet
they served food to our whole group."
Lee has spent her last two spring breaks in
Nicaragua and wiU return this year, looking foi^ard
to once again seeing a special 8-year-old she met at the
orphanage in Jinotega. "It feels like home for me when
I'm in the right spot doing the right things," she says.
IMAGES FROM A WORLD OF SERVICE.
'An experience you can't put into words'
a young child's ankle
Nursing students Katie Raymis ofJim Thorpe and Andrea
Weaver of Landisburg, as well as Jeremi Ronaldo, a senior
exercise science major ft-om Levittown, spent a week in
the slums of Honduras with members of Bloomsburg
Christian Church and World Gospel Outreach.
"Lives were changed— both on our part and those
of the Hondurans," says Raymis.
The 25-member team saw more than 1,000 patients
and addressed dental
.
^,
^o^j
Studeuts get to see the
,
issues, distributed
eyeglasses
and pre-
scribed medications,
"It
privilege and access
thcy'vc bccn granted on
was an experience
you
can't
„
,
.
many IcVCls.
This page. Katie Fredericks treats
Ghana, top. and a mission worker prompts a
young Nicaraguan child to say ah.' Opposite page, left to right, top row:
Andrea Weaver pauses for a moment with a Honduran girl, a Honduran
boy's eyes tell his life story and Katie Raymis helps a patient breathe.
Bottom row: Kayla Efaw plays nutrition games with youngsters and is
featured with a group of volunteers, back row. second from right.
in
Like Raymis, Katie Fredericks
realized
'10
of Bethlehem
how much Americans take for granted while
working at a medical clinic in a fishing village in Ghana.
She traveled to Africa in August 2009 with a team from
Cornerstone Evangelical Church, Easton.
"I
learned
how materially simple life is in Africa. The
Ghana villagers take
material possessions.
pride in their work,
granted," she says. "I definitely plan on returning to Afiica."
put into
^
- Lori Metzger, nursing faculty
.
words, Raymis says.
No cell phones, computers
"The people are extremely loving. They have nothing,
During a six-week work study program
but they are a very giving p)eople."
senior Kayla
Raymis remembers the
day, a
little girl
final patient
with epilepsy
different
and
crying.
didn't feel
I
alone. "I felt so
worthy
she saw one
who told her she felt
broken that
to look
I
started
her in the face
I knew I was going back to America, where
we all have so much."
because
16
more than their
And they don't take anything for
BLOOMSBURG
UN VER
I
.S I
TY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Efaw
in Costa Rica,
visited patients in their
homes,
encouraged regular exercise and
played nutrition games with the younger chUdren. The
program included two weeks of lectures and Spanish
shared healthy
classes, a
week
treats,
in hospitals
and clinics and two weeks
Bolson and Ortega, rural towns where she and her
group held a health fair and worked with diabetics.
in
The Cyprus, Texas, native hopes to work in a Houston
where she'll encounter many Spanish-speaking
patients. She beHeves the study abroad program is a
hospital,
terrific
way to learn about another culture.
The experience also made her more self-reliant in a
culture fi-ee of cell phones, iPods and computers. "All
students— no matter what their major— should try it,"
she says. "It's an awesome experience."
to
be the most impoverished, have no way
to get to the
where care is available.
"Not only do students get to see a diiferent culture
and scenarios in which people have so little, they get to
see the privilege and access they've been granted on so
many levels," says Metzger. "In a Third World country,
cities
a nurse's education rivals that of a physician, so
strengthens their confidence.
it
really
And for some, it changes
them as a person."
True
spirit
of nursing
Metzger says she is continually impressed by
who take advantage of the opportunity.
A medical mission to a Third World country is "a
students
unique experience and a wonderful opportunity for
Bloomsburg nursing students to share their knowledge
with people who literally will stand in Une for hours for
"They could be spending spring break
the opportunity for medical care," says Lori Metzger,
assistant professor of nursing
and co-adviser of Nurses
Christian Fellowship.
Metzger,
or earning extra
Shore
money during the summer to spend
on themselves. Instead, they raise between $1,500 and
$2,000 to go on the trips and then give of their time
and themselves.
"It's
who last year made the same trip to Honduras as
at the
very
to serve
selfless. It's in
a true spirit of nursing care
another person." •
Raymis, Weaver and Ronaldo, says it was a real eye-opener.
While most Third World countries
care, the people
offer public health
who live in the rural areas, which tend
Former newspaper editor Sue A. Beard
is
a freelance
writer based in Greencastle, Pa.
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2011
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FACULTY PROFILE
MENTAL exercise
MARGIE ECKROTH-BUCHER'S research focuses on ways
keep the brain functioning at its best so Baby Boomers
can enjoy their retirement years in their own homes.
to
THE BASICS ABOUT proper physical
known:
fitness are well
a combina-
tion of eating a nutritious diet
and
exercising regularly helps keep the
body
we age. But what
vibrant as
can be done to keep the brain
fit?
intake of Omega-6 fatty acids,
which may contribute to brain
inflammation and also affect
insulin levels.
regimen of
mental aerobics has been shown to
"Additionally, a daily
and strengthen cognitive
That's the question Margie
increase
Eckroth-Bucher, associate profes-
functions.
sor of nursing,
is
trying to answer
It is
important to remain
intellectually active, increase the
through research that focuses on
complexity of activities over time
the effects of cognitive stimulation
and challenge oneself to learn
on brain health.
new things."
"As a result of brain imaging
and genetic technologies,
scientists
Eckroth-Bucher demonstrated
the importance of mental aerobics
two research studies conducted
can observe physical indicators of
in
brain aging in people as young as
with James Siberski of Misericordia
25,"
she explains. "However, cogni-
tive loss
does not have to be an
inevitable consequence of aging."
Eckroth-Bucher says the sooner
University.
Both used a combination
of paper-and-pencil exercises and
computer software
to
determine the
effectiveness of a cognitive remedia-
program on an aging
an individual
tion
begins to focus on
population. Participating
cognition preserva-
in the study
tion, the better the
uals age 55
outcome.
A good
place to start
is
were individand older with
three levels of cognitive
by
abilities:
no impairment,
minimizing high
mild impairment and
stress levels that
severe impairment.
can wear away
at
V/J^^l
brain fitness and
'f^^l
memory
"The
first
was
a small-
er pilot study," Eckroth-
exists that long-term healthy diets
wanted to
would be any
A impact by using computer stimulation and combining that
with other, more traditional kinds
may prevent
of cognitive stimulation activities."
overall
Bucher
performance.
see
Diet also plays a
part.
"Convincing
scientific
future brain aging
and dementia," she
"It is
18
evidence
notes.
especially important to limit
if
says. "I
there
The computer session used two
software programs that enabled
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
hy
KEVIN GRAY
researchers to train various cogni-
were some overall improvements in
tive functions as participants
the different cognitive scores."
matched colors or shapes, found
Findings from the initial study
were published in the American
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and
Other Dementias. The findings
also were used as the basis of a
memory and recall skills class for
people age 55 and older offered at
Maria Joseph Manor, the continuing care community in Danville
where Eckroth-Bucher conducted
her research studies. Data from a
hidden pairs of items, calculated
math problems and identified
patterns and sequences.
The mental stimulation session
was made up of pencil-and-paper
exercises intended to spark specific
functions, such as:
•
Hidden picture drawings to
encourage visual-spatial
processing.
•
Categorization of items to
stimulate deUberation,
interpretation
•
and reasoning.
Recall of sentence completion to
encourage short-term, working
memory.
• Name-face association activities
to trigger recognition memory.
And, the integration session,
which blended mental stimulation
with routine
•
analyzed.
Anagrams— words or phrases
formed by rearranging the letters
of other words or phrases— to
prompt language stimulation.
•
second larger study conducted
during spring 2009 is still being
activities, including:
Problem solving and reasoning
Eckroth-Bucher finds great
satisfaction in helping persons
meet a wide range of mental health
care needs as a nurse. Still, she
says she is most proud of her work
in educating nursing students.
"For a healthy brain it
important to remain
is
intellectually active..,
and challenge oneself
to learn new things.
tasks to address the factors
involved in
making decisions,
such as determining how to
fire at home.
escape a
•
Attention and concentration
activities,
such as looking up
service providers in a telephone
directory
and determining the
best one to contact.
•
"Real-life" procedural
memory
tasks, like writing checks to
pay bills.
The researchers concluded that
"blending computer-based with
traditional cognitive stimulation
activities
shows promise in preserv-
"Students tend to be somewhat
apprehensive about mental health
nursing and have
little
interest in
providing nursing care to the
Eckroth-Bucher says.
rewarding to help students
elderly,"
"It's
discard the myths and build their
knowledge base and the skills
needed to provide quality nursing
care for these patient populations.
By facilitating this growth in
students, I am able to make a
difference in a larger number of
people's lives than
I
can through
my individual work as a registered
nurse." •
ing cognitive function in elders,"
Eckroth-Bucher says. "The results
were certainly positive, and there
Kevin Gray is a fi'eelance writer
based in the Lehigh Valley.
FALL 2010
IS
Brett
22
Simpson
BLOOMSBL RG
is
L
director of BU's Quest program. See
NI\ ERSITV OF
PENNSYLVANIA
more of his photos
at xoww.brettsimpsonphotogropby.com.
ALUMNI PROFILE
]
SMART eats
by
BECKY LOCK
away from home
Healthy choices defeat hunger attacks
EMPLOYEES MAY NOT have a choice when it comes to
spending long hours at a desk or traveling for work,
but they can choose to make healthy choices for meals
and snacks, says registered dietitian Sharon Rowley
Madalis '92M.
"Plan ahead and don't skip meals," says Madalis,
who CO- authored the book
Truck Drivers: Stop Your Job
from Killing You! Published
in June 2010, the g^ide
debuts a series that will address the struggles various
professionals endure regarding lifestyle choices.
"One of the strategies
is, if you're
delay Uke time spent traveling, have
snacks on hand," she says. "Fruit
going to have a
some healthy
something that is so
portable and can cut the edge off hunger a little bit."
Other options include a handful of pretzels, a serving of
is
lowfat cheese and granola or cereal bars that aren't high
in calories.
Take care to decide if it's really hunger that's gnawing
Madalis says. "Dehydration can be mistaken for
hunger. Then there's boredom, stress or eating just
because the food's there." Try drinking a beverage,
at you,
preferably water.
Be sure not to skip meals. When you wait too long
between meals or when you skip breakfast, "your blood
sugar starts to drop
''Access the calorie
and you don't feel
information
it can be
good. During sleep,
an eye-opener - and
keep your meal below
500 calories ifyou can.
The
last fuel you had is
you're fasting.
used up," Madalis
says. "The body
operates at slow speed
becomes a calorie hoarder. It
and metabolism slows."
By the same token, don't wait until you are starving
to refuel. "You can really overeat, and the last thing you
will think
about
is nutrition,"
foods.
and has grilled
selections, instead of all fried
"When ordering, be assertive," Madalis
how many calories, fat and salt the items contain.
"Access the calorie information— it can be an eye-opener
—and keep your meal below 500 calories if you can."
she warns.
In choosing a restaurant, look for one that offers
variety
a healthy main dish ifyou
choose sour cream or shredded
cheese as a topping, but not both,
says Sharon Rowley Madalis '92M.
Chili is
suggests.
Above all, she
"you make the choice."
Geisinger Medical Center, Madalis works with individuals
them what she calls a "plan A, plan B, plan C
making healthy dining choices different options
"Ask for alternatives, such as the vegetable of the day
instead of french fries. Tell your waitress not to put
to give
and dressings on the food; ask for
them on the side. Restaurant owners want to cater
to the customer. They want you to come back."
When dining at fast-food restaurants, be aware of
because change
sauces, gravies
says,
In counseling clients through outpatient clinics at
for
...
isn't easy."
•
Becky Lock is a writer, editor and photographer who
works and lives in Pennsylvania.
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2011
23
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
usky notes
Michael 'sNfuifirooms^
BU doesn't offer a major in mushroom fanning but, for Michael Carlino '86,
*
the career
Carlino
was "ahvays
is
the world,"
in the
there and in the back of mv' mind."
fi-om Kennett Square, the "self-proclaimed
mushroom capital of
where he owns Carlino Mushroom Co., a family business started
mid-i940s
b>'
his gi andfather.
He purchased the business from his
own father 12 years ago.
fann encompasses 70,000 squai-e feet of concrete gi eenhouses.
>'eai-s, he has gi'own just bi'own mushrooms, portabella and
crimini. His crop c>'cle is about 12 weeks, which means he works ever>' day.
"It is a year-round, .365-da>' commitment. The mushrooms grow so fast,
Carlino's
For the past three
there
is
only a slight
them picked," sa\'S Carlino.
mushrooms to wholesalers who resell
fruit markets and food service companies. With only
\\'indo\\' to
get
After harx'esting, Carlino sells his
them to grocery
stores,
mushroom farms in the U.S., Carlino Mushroom Co. is one of 28 gTovvei*s
who exclusively gi'ow brown mushrooms. More than half of all mushrooms
are gi own in Pennsj lvania.
112
Carlino didn't always plan to take o\er the famih' business, but he did
possibility' throughout college "Mushroom fanning was familiar
and I had always done it growing up. I decided I didn't want to sta\' awax'
from it," says Carlino, the only member of his famih' still involved in fanning.
Carlino agi'ees most people either love or hate mushrooms. "Me, pei-sonally,
I enjoy them vei-y much."
Editor's note: See u wiv.bloomii.edii/magazine for a link to recipes courtesy of
Mushroom Council and Mus/jroom info.com.
consider the
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BI.OOMSIll
KC.
lM\KKSITYOF
P
F.
N\
S
Y
LVA
MA
Pottsville,
com-
peted in his 49th consecutive
Championship tournament in
Byham celebrated his
League World Series
Little
broadcast for
BU
1972
Patricia
eight times.
50th
and finance at
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
WRAK radio in
Veach Johnson received a
top sales honor for July 2010 from
Century 21 Alliance, Exton.
Michael Hessling was inducted into
plishments as first-base coach for
Sandra Pfister Brown, Easton,
his Softball
team and
cian at Honesdale
received a 2010
varsity statisti-
High School.
Award from the
1973
Northampton
Douglas N. Yocom, Douglassville,
County Area
president and
Agency on Aging for providing
and assistance to
ed
community organizations.
CEO of Precision
Medical Products
to
Inc.,
was appoint-
a three-year term to the
Albright College Board of Trustees.
I96S
1974
Joseph Schein received a distin-
Stephen A. Andrejack and wife,
guished service award from Bristol
Stephanie, are proud parents of
Township for his dedication to
Mary Andrejack '10, who earned a
education and athletics at his abna
Woodrow Wilson High
BU, and Theresa,
where he taught and
from Drexel University in 2010.
1966
Andrejack, was
Robert Wetzel was inducted into
The Jerry Wohnan— Northern
bom in May 2010.
Citizens
is
chair of
company of
& Northern Bank.
He was head baseball coach at
North Schuylkill High School for
more than 30 years and won a pair
titles.
1975
Joe Rutecki, Virginia, retired
from the state Government
Accountability
1968
Office in
Sandra Clancy Larson, Vero Beach,
chaired the 2010
Remember, which raises funds
of service.
for
The
insurance agency in
Summit HiU,
to the
Government Accountants
Association of Indian River County.
him as its "member who made a
Joseph S. Kowalski, an administrawith the Milton Area School
was inducted into the
Warrior Run High School Hall of
board
tion
certified
obstetrician/g3aiecologist practice
in
WUkes-Barre.
Kile, Wilkes-Barre, is
senior vice president of provider
honored by the Diocese of Scranton
an educator
counselor designa-
by the American Board of
Professional Counselors.
He also
1982
Kevin L. Miller is chief operating
Keystone National
received the designation of diplo-
officer at First
mat of the American Psychotherapy
Bank, Berwick.
He is a retired U.S.
Public Health Service commander.
Barbara Decker Golden, York,
client service
technology teacher,
manager at
tf"
Benefits,
was honored as
high school teacher of the year by
McConkey
Insurance
1984
Sharon K. Norton, a business and
the
&
was a top
^^^^i
five finalist in a
^^f^ Jl^^
national customer
Ocean City (N.J.) School District.
I98S
Marilyn Mikulca Baran, WilkesBarre,
is
a seventh-grade teacher at
by
St.
Insurance Agents and Brokers.
Jude School, Mountain Top.
Mark W. Ranzan is vice president
Wayne
1979
of commercial lending for
Deborah Snyder Servose, Point
Bank
Township, celebrated her 30th
Richard Robbins
anniversary with Danville Child
parapsychologist and associate
Development's Early Years
dean of the College of Arts and
Learning Academy in 2010. She
Sciences at Bucknell University.
is
in
Monroe County.
the preschool supervisor.
a certified
Pamela Shupp,
vice president of
1981
Mark A.
is
Berks Economic
Kelley, assistant vice
Partnership, earned
president/invest-
the designation of
ments with Janney
Montgomery
Scott,
completed the
six-
certified
economic developer
from the International Economic
Development Council.
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David Lezinsky opened an
Gregory G.
Antoinette Coroniti Bosevich was
and the
He is also a chartered retirement
month Accredited
Wealth Management Advisor
Fame in 2010.
1970
University of Pennsylvania
College of Financial Planning.
planning specialist.
selected
1976
in collaboration
with the Wharton School of the
Gene Walters was awarded the
difference" in the last decade.
1969
Blue Mountain
to
program through
Health System's Board of Directors.
Association of
the Alzheimer-Parkinson
School.
who owns an
December
2010 with 35 years
Walk to
for 25 years of service as
Sverchek,
Mark A.
& Northern Corp. Board
of Directors, the parent
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
of Schuylkill League division
certification
Janney University
service competition sponsored
Charles H. Updegraff Jr.
the Citizens
Anthracite Chapter of the
at St. Jude
it
1977
who earned a doc-
Their grandson, Michael Alan
District,
the fact that
toral degree in civil engineering
coached from 1965 to 1996.
tor
me the most about working for this company
was a change of pace for me." she says. "I wanted
work for a company that was small and would allow me to work
in a number of departments, not just marketing."
"What attracted
Association.
degree in business education from
Philadelphia-based contemporary
work involves marketing,
2009. Her
advertising and applying for grants.
was elected
Outstanding Senior
Fla.,
in
Wayne County Sports HaU of
Fame in recognition of his accom-
1959
School,
s Celebrity Artist Series.
dance company
was
the
mater,
BU
lannotti joined the
Williamsport.
leadership
to
Rachel lannotti 06 graduated with dreams of establishing herself in a
career. Last fall, her work led her back to her alma
mater as marketing manager for the Jeanne Ruddy
Dance Company, which opened the 25th season of
2010.
He won the county championship
William
William Gearhart is vice president
for administration
County Amateur Golf
Schuylkill
Dancing back
1971
1953
David Linkchorst,
integration for Blue Cross of
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Synoracki promoted
Daniel
P.
Synoracki '87 recently
was promoted
to
group manager
Rettew's environmental science group. Synoracki,
in
who
has worked for the engineering firm since 1999, has
more than 23 years of experience in project management
and environmental consulting, including natural
resource identification and evaluation, site planning,
stream and wetland encroachment permitting, stream
restoration and wetland mitigation design and construction oversight.
A founding member of the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance.
Synoracki is a member of the Paradise Sportsman's Association.
Synoracki resides in Lancaster
WINTER
2011
Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit\' of Pennsylvania
husky
Helping a brother
Jg
The Delta
Sigma
Pi
Alumni Association (DP5PAA) awarded a
Mark Brajer Randolph. N J., a senior majoring
Pi
SI. 000 scholarship to
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
in
1986
Frank Sheptock, \Mlkes
football coach,
the Penns\
history,
Pontifical Gregorian University
Weekend.
with a degree
Uni\'ersit>'
was inducted
h ania Sports Hall of
Christopher Beagle
Fame in October. He was inducted
the fraternity's vice president
and representative
He also ser\'es on
1987
directors for
Angela Lenker earned a master's
1989
Joining Brajer at the
the boai-d of
CAMP Rehoboth.
presentation
College. Melrose Park.
She
is
Count>' Boai-d of Commissioners.
1991
"grand reunion" in Lancaster attended by 1 A members: another
"grand reunion" is planned for July
For information, visit www.dpspaa.com and
director of finance
and
administration for the Bucks
Montgomery Early Learning
Center of Pottstown.
1
Pauline Kmiecinski Roberts,
has coordinated the
Wesner Vislockj' is a
Alice
http://orgs.bloomu edu/deltapi/index.html or contact Ernest
Lemoncelli. (570) 230-0456.
Toys for Tots program for the
supen isor and program
Susquehanna Detachment of tlie
coordinator for Catholic Social
Shown
Marine Corps League for six years.
Services in Hazleton.
1988
Lori MercatUi Cimino '91M,
W'ilkes-BaiTe,
Ronald IppoUte is head wrestling
(N.J.)
at
Roger Lowry 78. president
an assistant pro-
fessor of speech-language patholo-
\^ashington To\\Tiship
gA" at
Misericordia Uni\ ei-sit\'.
High School. He teaches
Dana Domkoski Bumside,
special education at the Chestnut
Ridge Middle School, Sewell,
\\Tlkes-Barre,
N.J.
Teaching
The
is
Rev. Gerald ShantiUo
is
is
at
Commons and
Bowen 99
ran her
living
will
first
marathon
w on radio station WQLV's local
Hughes\'ille School District.
competition in the 29th Colgate
Marilyn Nork Stewart,
Countr\'
president of Australia
run the marathon every year that
I
\\
as
\'alle\
last fall and. in the
David B. Cooley
Christopher and
principal of Perm
to benefit the
to
curing
of
life
I
am
know that anything
is
possible."
she says.
Picket Fence."
2000
the new
Wood High
first
School-Green A\'enue campus.
The
1
"
P E N N S Y L\
.\
M
of her dissertation
was
Sixth-Grade Students."
Qnthia Cunningham
is
Sulli\'an,
a certified regis-
tered nurse practitioner with the
Geisinger-Cold Spiings
clinic.
2001
MeUssa Snyder Wolf, Wilkes-Barre,
manager for Pai-enteBeard,
was recognized by Pennsyh ania
senior
1996
Institute of Certified Public
retail
Accountants as a 2010-11 "40 under
40:
English, secondary education/history or secondary education/English.
The SAOO scholarship, renewable up to four years, will begin in 201 -1 2.
The scholarship is funded with proceeds from the novel. "A
Soldier's Psalm: An Odyssey of America's Restless Warriors."
co-written by Magill and his daughter Susan, who graduated from BU
in 1971 and lost her life to cancer in 2004 The novel spans 200 years
of American history and reflects on historical figures, including George
Custer Benedict Arnold and other "restless warriors.
For information on establishing a scholarship, contact the
Bloomsburg University Foundation at (570) 389-4524
title
"The Impact of FastForWord on
1995
Huntingdon,
graduate of Wilkes Uni\'ersity's
doctor of education program.
advertising director for Lancaster
remembrance
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
High School
physically able to run. in
John F Magill Jr '48 is remembering his daughter with a scholarship
in her honor The A. Susan Magill '71 Memorial Scholarship will be
awarded, based on financial need, to a student majoring in history.
26
named to the
Showdown performing
her original song, "Behind the
is
Benjamin Miller is
In
\"ice
and New
for
with paralysis.
onier to find a cure for paralysis.
Maria Brugger Kane, Shamokin,
a high school counselor for the
Beth Rogowskj', Dan\ille, was the
Inspired by the plight of another BU alumna's family.
Bowen ran in the ING New York City marathon as a
member of Team Reeve. Gian Gervasio. brother of Lucia Gervasio 01.
sustained a spinal cord injury last year in a swimming pool accident.
After learning of the accident. Bowen contacted the Christopher and
Dana Reeve Foundation and was invited to join Team Reeve.
"I
is
Wall of Fame.
Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated
spinal cord injury and improving the quality
people
1999
Zealand Bank,
Wilkes Uni\ ersitA'.
Running with purpose
process, raised
DPSPAA.
1993
Nicole Graziano, Hughesville,
Shenandoah
Jennifer Madia
of
director of
assistant professor of education
assistant pastor at St. Jude's Parish,
accompanying photo, left to right, are Chuck Ranck '68.
and founding brother: Mark Brajer: Nick Burk: and Earl
the
in
vice president
coach
year s
Delta Pi. founded in April 1967. has more than 700 members and
one of BU's oldest fraternities. DPSPAA formed in 2005 to promote
communications between members, support Greek life at BU and
help brothers who are current students through scholarships and
the "Books for Brothers" program that offsets the cost of textbooks.
The group also holds regular get-togethers including last summer s
is
Pre-K Counts teacher at
last
scholarship recipient. Nick Burk. Chalfont. a senior majoring
finance, who serves as Delta Pi s treasurer
is
Da\'id P. Boscola, Souderton,
a
was
DPSPAA
in
degree in education from Gratz
to the
Interfraternity Council.
Realtore in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Fame in 2007.
Dan\'ille,
and previously served as
sales agent with Pindential Gallo
into the College Football Hall of
Homecoming
Brajer. current
a brother for three years
in 2009.
a real estate
is
during
Delta Pi president, has been
in sacred theolog>' in
2008 and was ordained
into
secondary education and
Mountain Top. He gi-aduated from
New spapei-s Inc. He joined the
compam' in 1996.
1997
Kathy Gemberling Hansel is
\ice president
first
and controller at
Adams Count\- National Bank,
Gettj'sburg.
Members to Watch."
2002
2004
2005
2007
Nathan DiStefano exhibited his
Amanda
Travis T. James was
Jason Skoted
from basic combat training at
named the
Army Contracting Command's
Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., as
outstanding contract
Wilkes-BaiTe.
art at the 8ist Phillips Mill
New Hope, in 2010.
Exhibition,
R.
Art
Lynn Hummel Jr., DuBois, is
assistant principal of Clearfield
Area High School.
a U.S.
F.
Lawler graduated
Army specialist.
Renee Lojewski works
research scientist
Ryan T. Stango is vice president
at
Munitions and Lethality
as a
the Naval
Aerospace Medical Research
Laboratory in Pensacola,
of operations for Citigroup's
Fla.
global transactions division in
Natalie Pacifico joined Stephen
Columbus, Ohio.
James Associates
Chris
Thompson is head coach
of the Reading Express of the
to
financial services in
Lawrence
Jeremy Thompson, Allentown,
is accounting manager with
baseball coach at Lakeland High
PPL Corp.'s
unregulated power
supply segment.
School.
is
Joseph's University.
Shane Mascho is a middle
school guidance counselor with
the Wellsboro
near Wilkes-Barre.
is
working in
League Soccer, FC-Dallas
Division in Frisco, Texas.
Jessica L.
N.J.,
was
New Jersey
Mock was named
work
Champion
teacher at South Fayette High
Foodstock, a food pantry, and
School,
was named
Pennsylvania Senior High
School Student Government
Student Councils.
North
from
'
percent of fin-
ishers in the
ING
Shaylene Mordan
is
director of
programs and development for
Susquehanna VaUey
Chamber of Commerce.
David R. Watson was commisAnny's
101st
Airborne
Division after graduating from
left
officer candidate school at Fort
Benning, Ga.
geography
from the
Dylan Weaver graduated as an
University of
airman
South Carolina.
training at Lackland Air Force
She works for the federal govin
^1
^
U.S.
Felix Yerace, third
Webb earned a
doctoral degree
ernment
r
sioned a second lieutenant in the
Schuylkill School District.
in
Easton, Md.,
He recently
to Europe.
Jennifer J.
math teacher in
the Greater
chaperoned a group of students
at
Michael Dalton, a high school
Advisor of the Year by the
assistant
secondary principal
2009
Philadelphia Half Marathon.
Pennsylvania Association of
is
&
placed in the top
Christian Temchatin,
Conyngham,
Accountants
Camp Hill.
Consultants,
and Deaf Services in Pittsburgh.
for her involvement with
Township
Certified Public
preter at the Center for Hearing
Felix Yerace, a social studies
her work as a fourth-grade
McGeoy is a senior
Michael A.
accountant with Boyer & Ritter
as a staff inter-
Herald "20 Under 40" showcase
School, Branchville, N.J.
District.
Community Charter School,
Pittsburgh.
for her
teacher at Frankford
Area School
He earned a doctoral
Mountain Top, and works as a
school counselor at Bear Creek
degree from the University of
semifinals in 2010.
honored by the
at St.
ship at Rice Elementary School,
Dignity and Respect
Brian Bingaman, Philadelphia,
coach
Luke Haile 'OS/'o8M is an assisFenoim College
tant professor at
onship win in 2009 and reached
Emily Vesper, Milford,
the strength and conditioning
a
AA champi-
2003
is
head
The program achieved
District 2 Class
completed a counseling intern-
public relations with Major
Association.
Piccini Jr.
Renee Rutski 'o8/'loM
Arsenal, N.J.
Jason Minnick
the Philadelphia area.
American Indoor Football
2008
Contracting Center, Picatinny
in Virginia.
perform
senior executive searches in
banking and
specialist.
He is assigned to the Joint
a transportation
is
designer with Borton-Lawson,
first class
from basic
Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Washington, D.C.
Anthony Gianforti graduated
2010
from basic training at Fort
Heather Delp
Sill,
is
the director of
community relations for
Lawton, Okla.
Justin C. Lee wrote the comedy,
Schuylkill United Way.
"Pookie Goes Grenading," which
was read at the 2010 Bay Area
Playwrights Festival, San
Emily
Osbom is a marketing
associate with Williams
Auto
Group, Sayre.
Francisco, Calif.
Cory Raupers
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2006
is
assistant
varsity wrestling coach with
Zachary Soohy is
a secondary
Grove
Alumni Affairs
librarian in the Spring
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
School District.
400 E. Second Street
mation science fi-om Clarion
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815
University.
He received his
James Madison High School,
Vienna, Va., and teaches in
Fairfax
County Schools.
master's degree in library infor-
Tad K. Schantz is a
accountant
at
senior
Baum, Smith &
Clemens LLP, Lansdale.
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2011
husky notes
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
FRIENDS REUNITE: Gathering at Homecoming were friends and Alpha
Sigma Tau sisters, left to right, front row: Wendy Sorum. friend; Morgan
Buehner Decoteau 86; Wendy Lyden Benedict '86: and Kathy Hurley
Donahue '85; and back row; Susan Kantor Pugliese '86 and Gay Gammel
Truehart.
who
attended
BU from
1982
until 1986.
Hershey Spa. Shown
from left to right: Michelle
Garrity Nolan 89. Sherri Shuman Kreisher '89; Monique Manning
Heffner WHOM. Sue Dougherty 89 and Tina LaGreca 89.
AT THE SPA: BU
friends
during their 21
get-together last
st
meet each year
fall
at the
are.
CLASS OF
I960: Fifty-seven
their 50-year reunion during
members
of the
classmates raised $6,100 toward the goal
389-A524
to help the class
reach
its
part of the celebration,
of establishing
scholarship for future generations. Call the
(570)
Class of 1960 celebrated
Homecoming. As
BU
an endowed
Foundation
at
goal.
MASS COMM PROS: Rich Uliasz 97. video editor for CNBC Business
News and BU Alumni Association Board secretary and director speaks
mass communications alumni panel. Other
were Kim Bell '88, vice president and general manager for Blue
Ridge Communications TV-1 3; Dave Marra 91. senior systems engineer
to
students as part of a
panelists
Inc.; Jessica Heller Taub OA. account manager Hale & Hearty:
Jeremy Powlus '97. director of marketing and information technology
manager Siegel Distributing Co.; and Karin Suttman '85. vice president
of media for Oxford Communications. For information on Alumni in the
Classroom programs, visit The Husky Pack at www.bloomualumni.com.
Apple
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o
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X
0.
LAMBDA
CHI ALPHA:
fessor and adviser to
Bill
Aciemo.
Lambda
retired
mass communications
Chi Alpha in the
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fall.
Don Calu 75.
970s and
1
pro-
980s. signs
life, during the group s
Alumni brothers with Aciemo are Tom Leahy 77 and
the fratemity Ankh. Egyptian symbol for etemal
reunion last
1
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MULTICULTURAL ALUMNI NETWORK: Attending
the Multicultural
Alumni Network reception during Homecoming are: Damet BaileyCharlet 92. Will George 96. Dun-Weah Mayson 92. Rhonda Baker
Whitaker '93. Edna Baker Verdieu 03. Gary Gilcrest 95 and Andre Bailey
'9^/ 01 M. Information on alumni networks is available at
vww.bloomualumni.com.
CELEBRATING FOOTBALL: Two Husky
football
teams -
national
from 2000.
below- were honored during Homecoming 2010. Stephan Pettit '89.
Jack Mulka '66 and Erik Evans '95M. vice president for university
advancement, organized the football celebration.
semifinalists from 1985. above,
and national
finalists
I
FAMILY AFFAIR: Families of BU graduates, including the Blackbums.
gather at the Alumni Homecoming Tent Party. Showing off their BU
colors are. left to right. Chris Blackburn 82 and his parents Edward
Blackbum 60 and Saundra McBride Blackbum '58. More than 600 BU
alumni retumed to campus for Homecoming festivities.
PHOTO. TOM MCGUIRE
FUN AND GAMES: Husky Ambassador Kyle Smith, an economics major
Pa., shows a future BU student how to play a dart game
from Nelson.
during Homecoming.
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Howard Angstadt Jr.
Deana McNett
C.
'92
'88
and Heather Johnston, June 28, 2008
Sharyn Torrisi
Howard Angstadt Jr.
and Todd Burke, May 28, 2010
daughter,
Heather Ireland '98/'99M and Richard J. Pipech Jr., April
'98
24,
2010
and Craig Cartvvright, July 2, 2010
Amanda Gudknecht '00 and Jason
Shannon Brosious
'02/'0S
and Stephen Bilko
Bowden
Gina Marie Mattivi
'03
Jillian E. Lipinski '04
C.
M. Zelinske
Lauren Claffey
Nicole R.
and
Sept.
'01,
2010
'02, Oct. 4,
Zamas, Aug.
'04, July
17,
Lindsy Force '05/'07M and John Maxwell
and David
II,
Courtney A. Peters
'05
Patricia Quinter 'OS
and George Ruth, June
Ryan, a son,
'96,
Barbara
and husband,
'01
Andrew Ralston,
Feb. 25, 2010
2010
2010
10,
Rae, February 2009, and a son, Shea Austin,
September 2010
2010
2010
20,
Bradley Rogers
Kimberly Shadle
Dan
Ehrat '06
'05
a daughter, Lucy, July
R. Paden, July 10, 2010
'01
12,
Rhoads Kuntz
James Kuntz
Courtney Gontz
2010
12,
Juh'
and Edward Long Jr., July 7, 2010
'03, a son,
Michael J. Abda '07 and Dana A. Patchcoski, July
Katlyn E. Boiwka '07 and Seth
2010
McHenrj', March
27,
Erika Vandermark Geary '07 and David E. Reichert
Michelle
Sherman '07 and Matthew Duke
Tiffany M. Simon '07 and Richard
Talia Bartko '08 and
Alessa
L.
P.
'02
and husband,
Hadden, May 21, 2010
'07,
Jennifer Franklin '08 and Jason Armstrong, Aug.
Au.D and Taylor Sessions,
Rachel Kukosky '08 and William
Courtney
2009
2010
2,
Nov.
8,
Cassandra McCarty
and Michael Heaps
2009
7,
Jesica
30
B
M. Mowery
LOO M
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li
L
'10
NN
.S
17,
2010
McGraw Zinser '03 and husband,
Philip, a son,
Luke
Philip, Feb.
5,
Keith, a daughter, Tessa Bea, April
19,
2010
'10,
2009
May 30, 2010
Y LVA N I A
Faith Kehres-Rogers Bell '62
"Bill"
Carolyn Bennett
'64
Goodman '66
McCoy '67
David "Dave" Jones
Nazzareno Ortenzi
Holly Mensch
'62
'64
'68
'68
'71
McAnaU '72
'73
Anthony S. Procopio '73
Robert Eugene Divers '80
GideonJ. Wray'8i
Jenna Vandergroef Sebring '06 and
'06,
a son,
Mark Bradley Bankes '83
Hudsyn
Marv'
Lou Colbum
'84
Mary Beth Stringer Lutz '84
Ronald Stump '06 and wife, Mary Anne, a
May 24, 2010
9,
RobertJ. Eveland'85
Joel E.
Wendi Wert Baker '07 and husband,
a son, Benjamin Metzger, Nov.
2010
Noel C. Krothe
'60
'61
Thomas J. Kubasek
2010
Kristen MUlard Fourspring '04 and husband,
son, Gregory' Ray,
and Stephen J. White, May 22, 2010
P E
Sept.
Rik, Aug. 24, 2010
May 29, 2010
19,
'59
Orband
Wilbur H.
2009
7,
'09, Oct. 10,
Bridy, June
RG UNIVERSITY OF
Lewis
F.
John Wayne Stone Sn
2010
Kennedy Jean,
husband, Seth Sebring
2010
Nov.
Alexandra M. Schmid '09 and Stephen C. Bednarik
Jordann N. Ulceski '09 and Peter J.
Trevor
Larry E. Klouser
and husband,
2010
Newman '07, May 30, 2010
Nicole Sawyer '09 and Clayton Gessner,
'03
'51
'58
Susan Vansickle Bickert
Jaime, a daughter,
Shelia Martin '09 and David Ergott '09, July 24, 2010
'09
Deryl J. Samois '50
June Liddington Gallo
2010
'08, June, 12,
Dalpiaz '08 and James R. Houston
2010
Sarah Kennedy North '03/'o6M and husband,
2009
'08, July 25,
'06, July 24,
Mogavero, June
Edward Stefanowicz
Kristen E. Hunter '08
Edward J. Mitros '50
Marilyn Keefer Carter '59
2010
2010
18,
'49
Beth Hartman Gardner '49
Jacob "Jake" Bluges
Stephen, a daughter, Sadie Rose, July 30, 2010
26,
24,
'47
Weame '48
2010
Stefanie Palmer Noll '03 and husband,
Charles W. Angelo '07M and Lisa A. Mushinsky, July
T.
Leonard R.
'41
'44
Kerr
and husband, Jimmy,
Elijah, a son, Caleb, July 22,
and John Scarinci '07M, July 10, 2010
Joseph Yasinskas '06 and Jennifer Petrovsk>', June
8,
Rebecca Logan Jones
Dawn A. Coe, May 1, 2010
Kasey Pruzinsky '06 and Roger Riddell, May 29, 2010
Daniel B. Meyer '06 and
Jessica Sing '06
Baum
Henrj' A.
and Lindsay ZimbUe, June 5, 2010
'06
Veronica Grohol
Thomas L. Ohl '57
MoUie Conners PryzbUck '02 and husband,
Lawrence Pryzblick '02, a daughter, Olive,
Stefanick, June 30, 2010
and Matthew J. Roulin, June
'39
'42
Carl John "Jack" Persing
Jenn DiMaria Tighe
2010
Benosld
Gillette
George N. Dotzel, Jn
Thompson '01 and husband,
Jeremy Thompson '02, a daughter, Makenna
Alison Zeisloft
2009
1,
Allison Rebarchick '05 and Robert Miller
and Kimberly
Ogden
Florence Traub Matyas
Kim Sweda Gasper '01 and husband, Steve,
a son, Jonathan Stephen, May 27, 2010
Kristin
'05
'39
Mary Hanley McNelis '40
Emily
Sept. 18, 2010
17,
Faith Kehres Bell '35
Jennis Tewksbury
Rogan Sommer, May 25, 2009
Heather Brandt Blake
2010
16,
2010
7,
'34
'34
Louise Durlin Clark
2009
12,
and Thomas J. lacovoni, Aug.
'05
a daughter,
Amy E. Price, May 15, 2010
and Joshua Rood
'05
Combs
'04
Nimmo Merida '98 and husband,
Heidi Mintzer '98/'05M and Clint Smith
Brian G. Walsh Jr. '04 and Emily A. Leombruni, July
Jeffrey
2010
Mae Levan
Vivian Reppert Gladwin '40
and Ryan Thomas Stango
and Michael
Ella, June 18,
Michael, a daughter, Chelsea Margaret,
'99, Oct. 3,
Michael Sheehan '02 and Jodi Young, Aug.
Mildred
Sept. 25, 2010
and Jason "Jake" Reed, May
Jennifer Endruss '02 and Greg
'33
Margaret Munro Smith Dickey
and Jeffrey A. Willoughby, May 29, 2010
'01
Dorothy N. Heller
Olga Pregmon Kundla
Chrissy Mantione Campenni '98 and
Diana
Adam Strzempek '00 and Bilge Ergun, July 3, 2010
Pamela Hudock '01 and Adam Kelchner
Brooke McDonald
wife. Heather, a
2010
9,
Melissa McLaughin '00 and Sean O'Donnell
'01
and
HaUey Lynn, June 8, 2010
husband, Tommy, a dau^ter,
Meisenzahl, Oct.
Raina Lubert '00 and Daniel Evancho, May 29, 2009
Rebecca A. Lynn
Obituaries
'88
2009
Kevin,
Robert
Bauch spies
F.
'88
Purseljr. '90
Edward Stimmler Jr.
'97
Scott D. Fenstermacher '99
Gallagher
Michael
V.
Jeffrey J.
Bubnowski
'01
'07
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CaLEND R
Activities
and Events
Academic Calendar
Celebrity Artist Series
Alumni Events
SPRING 2011
The
Visit
Spring Break Begins
Saturday, March 5
spring 2011 events, listed below,
for details or to register.
be presented in the Haas
Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.
For more information or to
purchase tickets, call the box
office at (570) 389-4409 or visit
For information, contact the
Resume
Monday, March 14
Classes
Celebrity Artist Series'
will
Classes End
the Celebrity Artist website at
Monday, May 2
www.bloomu.edu/cas.
Finals Begin
Tuesday,
May
End
Saturday,
Graduate
Friday,
May
Undergraduate
Saturday,
May
Session
Session
Session
I
Haas Gallery
more infomiation,
hours and reception times
visit http://departmcnts.
March
4, 7
p.m.
Dance Company
Saturday,
March
26, 8
p.m.
18
Student Art Association Annual
Late
March
to
Show
mid-April
Senior Exit
Show
April 26 to
May
Symphony
Quest Climbing Wall,
Saturday, April 30, 6 to 10 p.m.
April
Caldwell Consistory, 150 Market
a.m. to 2 p.m., free
2, 11
Ball
Bloomsburg
BU Music Department,
(570) 389-4289
Theater
Tickets for theatrical productions
Homecoming Weekend
are available at the box office in
Saturday and Sunday,
Haas Center
Oct. 22
for the Arts,
open
noon to 4 p.m. and remaining
open Wednesdays until 7 p.m.
General Admission: $30
when
Spring Awakening
For show times and tickets,
call the Haas Center Box Office,
Friday, April 8, 8 p.m.
General Admission: $30
and 23
Parents and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
classes are in session.
(570) 389-4409.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
Stefon Harris
Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
General Admission: $30
Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 17 to
March
20,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
Concerts
Liz Miller: Installation/Wall Painting
Juried Student Art
p.m
April 2
Contact
bloomu.edu/haasgallery.
March
Bloomsburg
Alumni Awards Luncheon,
to
of Art are open to the public free
Feb. 14 to
of
Mondays through Fridays from
Art Exhibits
gallery
to 3
St.,
Friday,
July 6 to Aug. 12
of charge. For
1
Friday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.
Hot 8 Brass Band
p.m
information.
Drumline LIVE
Commencement
Exhibitions in the
10 a.m. to 4
Downtown Bloomsburg
7
May 23 to Aug. 12
May 23 to July 1
III -
16,
Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 5
Rioult
II -
Upper Campus
Friday through Sunday,
2011
-
or alum@bloomu.cdu for
April
ticket's
General Admission: $25
SUMMER
Saturday, April
holders pay half of the
General Admission: $30
6
to 3
Government Association card-
7
Commencement
1
Quest Open High Ropes Day
Affairs Office at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
BU/Town
change.
May
and Children's Weekend
Friday to Sunday, April
Renaissance Jamboree
Programs and dates are subject
Finals
Alumni
Siblings'
Alumni Weekend
Community
face value for all shows.
3
Special Events
www.bloomualumni.com
Listed events are open to the
public free of charge.
Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
Sunday, March 20, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market St., Bloomsburg
Featuring soprano
in Show Business
Wednesday through Sunday,
Anton
April 13 to
17,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
Wendy Miller
7
Symphony Spring Concert
Sunday, April 3, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Performing Gustav Hoist's
The Planets
Gospel Choir (above): Gospelrama
Sunday,
May
1,
5 P-m.
Kehr Union Ballroom
For the latest information on upcoming events, check the university website, vvww.bloomu.edu.
WINTER
2 0 11
over
the shoulder
A Home for History
^»j;ROBERT
DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
On the third floor of the Harvey A. Andruss Library,
through an archway of Tiffany stained
glass, is the
Bloomsburg University Archives, the repository
entrusted with preserving and
and political organizations, including the
Communist Party USA, Socialist Workers Party and the
United Mine Workers, and the diary of Hessian officer
Johann Ewald dating from the
radical labor
maintaining the institution's
Revolutionary War.
Among the more unusual
and treasures.
Every yearbook and student
historical records
items in the collection
newspaper ever published,
i
nearly 50,000 images, films,
trophies, architectural blueprints
and maps can be found
is
a large
marble stone, which members of
the Class of 1874 inscribed with
their year of graduation
and
placed adjacent to BU's original
in the archives. Established in
dormitory a year before
the early 1970s, the archives
burned. Long forgotten, the
contains the official records of
offices
and academic depart-
resident Harvey Andruss.
left,
and Director of Development Boyd
ments, personal papers of stu-
Buckingham inspect the Class of
S^Wpne in September 1967.
dents and alumni, and photo
Among the archives' notable collections are materidocumenting alumni careers, including the political
service of Mark Schweiker '75. Schweiker, who served
as Pennsylvania's governor and
als
lieutenant governor, chose his
alma mater's archives as the
repository of photographs, video-
and artifacts
which included
tapes, press releases
from
his tenure,
the rescue of nine coal miners
from Quecreek Mine in July 2002.
But the Schweiker collection is
not the only political compilation.
Special collections available for
women s fashion
research include
from 1905
is
illustrated in this
pen and ink drawing by Ruth Hutton
Ancker 1 8.
32
,
,
stone sunk five feet into the
ground near the old Waller
Hall only to be uncovered in
1967 by workers excavating for
new utility lines prior to the
Commons.
albums, scrapbooks and home-
work assignments dating back more than a century.
it
construction of Scranton
Other one-of-a-kind items document the two
Ruth Hutton Ancker '18. A
fashion illustrator for Wanamaker's department store
distinct careers of artist
who later pursued a career as a freelance illustrator
and educator, Ancker shifted her focus mid-career
from fashion to fine arts, exhibiting her sculptures in
New York, Paris and Rome. The archives is home to
her scrapbooks, photographs, books and research.
Of local interest are 20,000 negatives from the
Bloomsburg Morning Press showing the university
and Columbia County from 1936 to 1958. Also housed
in the archives are the programs, posters, production
books and administrative files of the Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble.
The Bloomsburg University Archives and Andruss
Hiore than a thou-
Library Special Collections contain a wealth of material
^^^^ publications
preserving the history
and newsletters or
online collections, see www.bloomu.edu/library/Archives.
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HOT
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Friday,
BRASS BAND
March
4,
7 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
General admission: $25
Often described as successors to the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band,
Hot 8 Brass Band brings Mardi Gras to Bloomsburg. The New Orleans natives,
together for more than a decade, infuse performances with the funk and
high energy that forms the music of their hometown. Hot 8 Brass Band has
released three critically acclaimed recordings and is featured in the Spike Lee
documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine
From the President
interesting proposition for a
university,
such as ours, that
is
located on the fringes of
Pennsylvania's anthracite coal
The new biomass boiler
came online in December 2010
region.
that
reduced our coal consumption by
67 percent, but Bloomsburg
remains one of three universities in
the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education that use coal as
one of its sources of heat.
This issue of Bloomsburg: The
Green Days
you
an alumna who serves as chief of
harbor programs for the Army
Corps of Engineers' New York
District. You'll also meet members
of our campus community who are
University Magazine introduces
to
WHEN DECLARED Green Days in
I
January 2010, 1 could not foresee that
I was ushering in an era of renewed
environmental awareness
at
Bloomsburg University. In the past 16
months, faculty, staff and students
from organizations and departments
across the campus and members of
the local community have united to
focus on environmental issues.
Groups such as BU's Green Campus
Initiative and H.O.P.E., along with
the SOLVE volunteer office and our
living and learning communities, are
leading the
way with the goal of a
"greener" BU.
Environmental
"Our pursuit of a clean and
sustainable environment
ongoing through (various)
initiatives and practices at BU/'
Grants have helped pay for
upgrades in buildings and infrastructure that save both energy
A $500,000 Energy
Harvest grant from the state
and money.
nothing
faculty
who perform environ-
mental analysis. Our pursuit of a
clean and sustainable environment
ongoing through their
efforts
and
other initiatives and practices at BU.
of a biomass boiler that replaced a
58-year-old coal stoker.
$250,000 grant from Pennsylvania's
in Recyclemania, a friendly recycling
Conservation Works! Program
fall's
and
Protection supported installation
efforts are
Day each spring and have participated
Last
involved in environmental initiatives
is
Department of Environmental
new at BU where we celebrate Earth
competition
is
among residence halls.
successful farmers market
will return in September,
once again
connecting local vendors with our
campus community. Other projects
are in the planning stages.
And a
enabled us to replace aging heating,
ventilation, air conditioning
DAVID
lighting systems in several
President,
and
campus
L.
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
buildings.
This spring, the main focus has
been on reduced usage of coal, an
For more from President Soltz, see
http://bupresident. blogspot. com
FEATURES
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A
River
Runs Through
It
BU's Environmental Analysis Group
monitors the Susquehanna River and
the commonwealth's other waterways,
with an eye to keeping them clean
and pure.
14
One. Two. Tree
BU students count the street trees
and
tally their
doUars-and-cents
benefits to property
owners
in the
Town of Bloomsburg.
17
A Greener
Footprint
Students, faculty, staff and the
community step up environmental
efforts.
20
Digging Deep
Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89 balances
an
Army Corps of Engineers project
that
is
equal parts dredging and
environmental cleanup.
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Table
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Contents
spring 2011
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IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
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Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Thomas M.
Kenneth M. Jarin, Chair
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Chancellor, State System
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Matthew
Vice Chair
B. Altieri III
E.
Baker
Jennifer Branstetter
Marie Conley
Lammando
Tom Corbett
Paul S. Dlugolecki
Michael K. Hanna
Vincent J. Hughes
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
Sweitzer
President,
Ronald J. Tomalis
David
Christine J. Toretti
David Klingerman Sr.
Joseph J. Mowad '08H
Nancy Vasta '97/'98M
Patrick Wilson '91
'60, Vice
Eric Foster
Chair
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aplastic
wrap
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and string. With those simple tools, student teacher Ula
Konczewska demonstrated the water cycle to elementary
students at Greenwood Friends School in Millville.
Students poured water into the bowl, placed the empty
cup in the bowl's center, and sealed the top with plastic
wrap and string. Left in the sun, the students later observed,
the water in the bowl will evaporate, then condense on the
plastic wrap, and finally "rain" into the cup.
Konczewska, a native of Poland, earned a bachelor's
BU in 2005 and a master of education degree
in elementary education in May 2011. •
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS
KEVIN BALL
01,
Approximately
i.i
Ecstasy for the
million
first
Americans used
time in 2009, reports
Drug Abuse
the National Institute on
(NIDA).
Some will return to the drug occa-
sionally or never use
the drug will
become an
it
again. For others,
integral part of their lives,
despite repeated
attempts to break the
cycle.
Kevin Ball
'01,
assistant professor of
psychology, wants to
groups apart.
perform a task to receive the drug; success was accompanied by a light and a tone. In the second phase, the
MDMA,
started out as a "club
drug was removed and, without
drug," Ball says.
eventually stopped
"MDMA is a new one
performing the
with relatively
task.
research.
little
The majority
of users are younger
and,
when you are
younger, there's more
chance a drug will cause long-term changes."
mine,
known as methylenedioxymethampheta-
MDMA is a synthetic drug that produces feelings
and emotional warmth
and distorts time, perception and tactile experiences,
according to NIDA. Funded through a $50,000 competitive
grant from the National Institutes of Health/National
Institute on Drug Abuse, Ball is investigating areas of
the brain that control drug addiction and researching
of increased energy, euphoria
how certain cues
rats learned to
extinction
Ecstasy, or
Formally
and relapse. In the first phase,
know what sets these
— perhaps, a sight, a sound, a location,
— regulate drug taking.
a person or a stressful situation
He hopes the results of his research with rats will transimproved drug treatments for humans.
With the same brain regions as humans, rats are the
late into
ideal research subjects. Ball says. His initial research
took rats through three stages of drug use
— acquisition,
However, the
rats again
sought
the drug in the
third phase
the tone
when
and
light
returned.
The rats'
response mirrors
that of humans
who repeatedly
their "reward," the rats
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Ball ts tnvesttgattng
areas of the brain that
control drug addiction
and researching how
certain cues—perhaps,
a sight, a sound, a
location,
a person or
a stressful situation—
regulate drug taking.
grapple with drug use, despite attempts to stop on their
own or through rehabilitation. "The vulnerability to
relapse can be a lifelong problem," Ball says.
In another funded study. Ball currently is researching
regions within the brain's prefrontal cortex to "deter-
mine whether there are neurological bases of addiction."
"Each person has a unique response to drugs,"
Ball says. "Each person has a unique response to the
first exposure based on individual biology. Connecting
the behavior to the biology makes the research
interesting to me." •
SPRING
2011
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
What's different tonight is
that 46 years ago we were
not
free.
free,
Tonight,
we are
but not equal.
We have
learned to survive apart in
small circles.
We must now
learn to live together"
Jackson encouraged the
audience to honor King's
memory with
action,
recalling the civil rights
leader's final birthday spent
planning the Poor People's
Campaign to fight poverty
and working to end the
Vietnam War. "It is not
enough to admire Dr. King,"
he said. "We must follow
him.
him
We are called to follow
intellectually
ically,
Beyond Color
and phys-
not just admire him."
Outlining the issues facing U.S. citizens today,
including poverty, student debt, credit card debt,
today's struggle for economic equality, Jackson told an
unemployment, home foreclosures, a "back-door draft"
and tax cuts for the wealthy, Jackson said he believes
King would be "quite concerned about the disconnect
between the vote and the economic condition."
He encouraged the audience to use the power of the
polls to elect officials who are committed to working
toward parity. "We have the power in our hands to
change the world," he said. "Our mission is to even the
audience of 400 as keynote speaker for BU's 18th annual
playing field for
MESSAGE STRESSES ECONOMIC PARITY
"BEYOND COLOR, beyond culture,
character." This
message
half century ago
when the
his
life's
It is
even
is
the
is
something called
same today
as
it
was
a
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began
work.
character
— the quality of doing what is right,
— that comes into play in
when it is unpopular
all
Americans." •
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Banquet.
And it was character that was at the heart of King's
fight for civil rights.
Jackson, the well-known advocate for empowerment,
peace, civil rights, gender equality and economic and
social justice, was among King's inner circle. As a youth
to
field to
4
Representatives from
BU and Harrisburg Area
Community College recently signed an agreement offer-
Southern Christian
ing
Leadership Conference
childhood education-elementary education program.
The agreement is in effect for students who entered
HACC graduates seamless transfer into BU's early
HACC in fall 2010 and will transfer to BU in fall 2012.
As a program-to-program transfer, HACC students
assassinated outside
graduating with an associate degree in early childhood
the Lorraine Motel in
education-elementary education can transfer
Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. Today, Jackson
continues to work for social change as founder and
president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
"We fought
EASES TRANSFER INTO BU EDUCATION MAJOR
organizer for the
and King's assistant, he
was with the civil rights
leader when he was
democratize democracy," he said of the
1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Agreement with HACC
"We leveled
the playing
make democracy real for all of the people.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
all
credits
Bloomsburg University for their bachelor's degree
and be admitted with full junior status provided they
fulfill all academic requirements of Bloomsburg
to
University. All bachelor's degree requirements can be
completed
at the
Dixon University Center, Harrisburg,
or at BU's campus.
Joe Rado Lobby
Staying On
ALUM SUPPORTS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
JOE RADO '63 doesn't take himself too seriously. On a
warm sunny day, he'll come to work at the company he
BLAKE NAMED PROVOST AND SENIOR VP
owns,
WORLD electronics in Reading, dressed in shorts
and a polo
shirt,
ready for an afternoon of golf His voice
mail greeting ends
with the wish:
"...and
have a
little
fun today."
What he does take
a
seriously
r
^^^^ A '^^^k
is
his role as
president and
his
CEO of
company, a manu-
facturer of industrial
IRA BLAKE, BU's interim provost for nearly two years,
was appointed provost and senior vice president for
Academic Affairs earlier this spring.
"We've seen firsthand Dr. Blake's passion for academic excellence," says BU President David Soltz.
"She is a thoughtful leader who considers all viewpoints when making decisions to further our mission
and assure high academic quality."
Since coming to BU in August 2009, Blake has been
involved in the restructuring of general education, the
further development and
implementation of learning
outcomes assessment and
and his obligation to his 117 employees. "For the
past 25 years," he says, "I have been making changes and
the strategic planning
foreseeing the future. Decisions have not been taken lighdy."
ing strong working rela-
controls,
His business philosophy
is
buUt on one tenet: Form the
habit of doing things other people don't
philosophy, he believes, has served
stage of his professional
life: 11
want to do. That
him well in each
years in education, 13
years in insurance and a quarter-century leading
electronics,
WORLD
whose main business is contract manufacturing,
mainly motherboards for controlling electronics. Services
process,
all
while establish-
tionships across campus,
Soltz says.
Previously, Blake served
the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education
(PASSHE)
as associate vice
chancellor of academic and
include engineering and prototyping.
student affairs, assistant
Through it all, he's maintained a relationship with
Bloomsburg University that began when he was an undergraduate and the student yearbook photographer and
grew while he was a member of the College of Business
Advisory Board and, most recently, the university's Alumni
Board of Directors. It continues today as a benefactor with
his donation of $250,000 to the Bloomsburg University
Foundation, recognized in the naming of the new lobby in
SutliflfHaU, home of the College of Business. In honor of
his generosity, the building will feature "Joe Rado Lobby"
when renovations are completed in August 2011.
Rado says he supports BU as an opportunity to "give a
little back to the college. Teachers were always first-class
and tliey teach you for what you are, not what they want
you to be. They give you a chance and some people need
vice chancellor of academic
a second chance.
BU MAKES TOP-100 LIST
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY is ranked 88th on
...
and student
and
was
affairs
executive intern in the chancellor's office. She
assistant to the president for public engagement,
interim dean of the College of Education and assistant
to the president for
enrollment management
at
Kutztown University and held faculty positions at
Susquehanna University, Columbia University and
Marymount Manhattan College.
Blake earned a bachelor's degree from George
Washington University, master's degree from San
Francisco State University and a doctoral degree from
Columbia University. •
Dollars and Sense
way they do things. It's the history, the culture,
being friendly with no ulterior motives. For nearly 60
years, I could walk on that campus any time of day and
Kiplinger's Personal Finance's 100 Best Values in Public
be with friends."
and afifordabUity,
"I like
the
"Joe has been most generous in his time and his gifts to
Bloomsburg University," says BU President David Soltz,
"and he continues to be a tremendous supporter of the
We are proud to recognize and thank
him for his dedication to Bloomsburg University with the
Joe Rado Lobby in Sutliff Hall."*
College of Business.
The ranking is based on academics
from more than 500
public four-year colleges and universities. Criteria
includes SAT/ACT scores, student/faculty ratio and
admission, retention and graduation rates. Also considered are in-state and out-of-state costs and financial aid.
Colleges, 2010-2011.
starting with data
For 2010-2011, Kiplinger's top-rated institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
is
the
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The Next Level
Playful Solution
NEW MASTER'S PROGRAMS TO BEGIN
TWO NEW GRADUATE programs will begin at Bloomsburg
TOY LIBRARY AIDS LEARNING
BU STUDENTS and faculty have a new resource
University in
fall 2011:
Master of Accountancy and Master
of Arts in Public Policy and
brainchild of Mary Katherine Duncan, associate professor
of psychology, the toy library offers hundreds of toys,
The Master of Accounting
program aims to prepare
games and puzzles
individuals to enter the field of
children with different
public accounting, according to
and styles of
Housed in
the Warren Student
The curriculum is designed to satisfy the American
Institute of Certified Public
Accountants 150 credit hour
designed to teach
abilities
learning.
Services Center's
requirement and prepare students to take the certified
SOLVE volunteer
public accountant (CPA) exam.
office,
The one-year program allows students to begin the
coursework in either the spring or fall semester. Students
should be able to successfully complete all four parts of
the
to
BU Toy Library. The
International Affairs.
Richard Baker, chair of BU's accounting department.
CPA exam by the time they earn their master's degrees,
the library
currently
the
is
available to
campus community'
for use in volunteer
work, service learning,
he adds.
internships and
The Public Policy and International Affairs program,
one-of-a-kind in the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education, will prepare students to pursue
doctoral degrees or careers in global and domestic
practicums, teaching
policy. Possible careers include public policy analysts
lending library was established in the 1930s during
or expert consultants and professionals working
the Great Depression and, since the 1970s, toy lending
and
and clinical work.
While few toy libraries
Duncan
says the concept
known
exist in the
is
United States,
not new. The
first
toy
Government, as well as
inter-govemmental and non-governmental
organizations, says Diana Zoelle, associateprofessor
more than 30 countries.
Students and faculty can use the toys with
of political science.
groups in projects as diverse as teaching skills to a child
in local, state
federal
to assess and evaluate
and outcomes and have a working
Graduates will be prepared
policy processes
knowledge of research methods, needs assessment
and policy evaluation. They will understand cultural
diversity and the theories, concepts and models of
public policy making.
Contact Baker at rbaker@bloomu.edu or (570) 389-4561
or Zoelle at dzoelle@bloomu.edu or (570) 389-4919. •
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libraries,
as "lekoteks," have been established in
all
age
with autism, learning to conduct forensic interviews
with children who have been abused and helping an
elderly stroke victim regain coordination. In addition,
students enrolled in Duncan's upper-division psychology
courses during
fall
2010 helped create a children's
health reference library, which includes
more than 100
books on physical and psychological conditions that
affect children and their loved ones. •
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine received a gold award in the 24th annual
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support and enhance learning - the
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Mercury Awards competition. The magazine was selected from
more than 760 entries from 21 countries. The Mercury Awards competition was
I
established in 1987 to celebrate excellence in communications. •
International
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Every
A
gift
scholarship from the Carver Fund helps
Bryce Shaffer, an honors student and men's
soccer team starter, balance academics,
athletics
and public
service.
Responsible for funding his
own
education,
an academic, as well as
Shaffer
is
And he
still
volunteers
in
the
BU
athletic, all-star.
Food Recovery
Program, which packages dining services leftovers
for local shelters.
The Henry Carver Fund, named
for
Bloomsburg's
first
president,
dedicated to helping students
is
like
Bryce overcome the challenges they
face today. Gifts of every size have
an immediate impact.
When
he
laid
the bricks for Carver Hall
Henry Carver created the foundation
largest,
in
1866,
for today's
most modern and most comprehensive
public university in northeastern Pennsylvania -
Bloomsburg University.
Today's students are building on that foundation
of excellence.
Help them build their future with
a contribution to the Henry Carver Fund.
Learn more about the Henry Carver Fund at
www.bloomu.eduIhcf
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
ANNUAL FUND
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vww.bloomu
or call (570)
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Center, donated
by the family of
Standing
Thomas Pettit, who died in December
2007 when he fell backward onto a
^fall
log while clearing brush.
He led the team in several offensive
that could have
Association),
an annual event at the
with
UT Southwestern Medical Center,
laniero
THESTORYis
one that could have
TV.
A star athlete gets injured but,
with the help of a donated tendon,
able to keep
For Bloomsburg University baseball
player Joey laniero, the story is
all
did not
dream of: say "thank you" directly to
the celebration. "I told
the donor family.
everything," says laniero.
them thanks for
"The tissue
my life, but it
me back to doing everything I
donation did not save
note to the family, although she didn't
got
know which family donated the
wanted to do. Thefr generosity
means a lot to me."
was just given a case
"My recovery has been
great,"
adds. "I had an
Thomas Pettit's son, connected with
ago and the doctors said it was one
of the best recoveries ever" •
While playing baseball for
true.
Rutgers University before transferring to Bloomsburg, laniero ruptured
his
ACL/MCL and meniscus,
laniero's doctor suggested the
efficient
most
way to repair the damage was
surgery to transplant a donor tendon.
"I
wasn't nervous about receiving
Walczu
a donated tendon," says laniero.
told
at
"I
my doctor — Dr. Gregory Fanelli
Geisinger Medical Center
ever he thought
BU RECENTLY honored its five AU-Americans from the fall sports season.
They are Katie Walczuk, junior elementary education major from Long
Valley, N.J., women's soccer; Amanda Riley, junior special
— what-
was best was what I
He assured me this was the
safest and best way to go."
wanted.
education/elementary education major from Tannersville, Julia Rush,
senior health sciences major from Quakertown, and Betsy Renn, junior
The tissue came from the Transplant
accounting major from
Services Center at the University of
Hemdon,
all field
sophomore undeclared from Tobyhanna,
hockey; and Franklyn Quiteh,
football. •
Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical
NEW! SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS
Bloomsburg University
this year.
Also planned are
More information
8
will offer
is
summer
camps
available at
he
MRI a few months
baseman. "Later on Brandon,
me through Facebook, we started
too
down to Dallas
He surprised the Pettit family, who
know he was going to attend
was able to do something
number," says the senior second
playing his favorite sport.
flew
many transplant recipients only
tissue since she
is
I
my mother the week before
Thanksgiving for the dinner"
"My mom had sent a thank you
been pulled from a medical drama on
me and wanted to
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic
been
the end of the story. However, last
at
of 2010, the medical
where the families are honored and
say thank you in person. After
Bloomsburg cleared things with the
for his first season with the Huskies.
November,
fall
know if I could attend this dinner
laniero returned to the baseball field
and
"In the
center contacted
After his successful surgery,
categories
communicating with each other and
have since become good friends.
sports
camps
in
lacrosse and cross country/track for the
first
for football, wrestling, basketball, field hockey, baseball, tennis and
www.BUcamps.com.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
time
swimming.
Payne
Winning Ways
Named
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
President
MEN'S SOCCER coach Paul Payne
was installed as the 63rd president
of the National Soccer
Coaches Association
of America
at its
(NSCAA)
annual meeting
in Baltimore.
He will
serve as president
through the 2012 NSCAA convention in Kansas City.
(NCAA) Division I national championships.
Cleary, women's basketball coach, was selected as the PSAC
Eastern Division Coach of the Year. In his third season, Cleary
posted a record of 22-6, which included a 12-game winning streak,
the third longest in school history.
Division Coach of the Year, Payne
in his 12th season with the
is
Bloomsburg's
season.
time leader in career wins. Before
taking over as the
dent,
He is
NSCAA presi-
Payne served as the organiza-
tion's vice
a
president of education.
member of the
earned the
t'^teary
all-
Division
II
Men's Soccer Committee, chair of
the northeast region and part of
the eight-member national committee overseeing D-II Men's Soccer
and the national championship.
Payne also has published coaching
articles and tips in soccer journals
and Web-based newsletters. •
Cleary and stu-
Collegiate Athletic Association
Athletic Conference Eastern
Huskies and
Bill
were recognized for their winning ways.
Stutzman was named the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL)
Coach of the Year after leading a lineup filled with freshmen and
sophomores to a 14-6 record, including wins over wrestling powers
Northern Iowa and Penn. Bloomsburg finished second at the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championships
and third at the EWL championships and sent two wrestlers to the National
A former Pennsylvania State
is
coaches John Stutzman and
dent athletes Kelsey Gallagher, Dontahe Jordan and Sean Boylan recently
and won
their first
With a mark of 13-1, the Huskies
PSAC East title for the first time since the 2001-02
The team also earned their first NCAA regional ranking
PSAC playoff game since the 2001-02 season.
A member of Cleary's team, Gallagher was named the PSAC Eastern Division
Athlete of the Year in women's basketball. A junior sociology major from East
Stroudsburg, Gallagher finished second on the team in scoring and
was tied for
sixth in the conference with 16.6 points per game.
She scored a career-high 36 points in a showdown
with nationally ranked MiUersviUe and had seven
other games with 20 or more points. With 1,294
career points, Gallagher
all-time scoring
first
in free
list.
is
seventh on the school's
Conference-wide, she finished
throw percentage with 88.3 percent.
Jordan, of WiUiamsport,
was named the PSAC
East Freshman of the Year in men's basketball. The
first
freshman to lead Bloomsburg's team
in scoring
was 11th in the PSAC with 15.8 points per game.
He scored 20 or more points 11 times, including a careerhigh 28 points in a game against Millersville. He also
was fourth in the PSAC in rebounding with 9.1 per
game. Jordan was named the PSAC East Freshman of
since the 1979-80 season, Jordan
Hall of Fame
Nominations
NOMINATIONS ARE
accepted
at
Bloomsburg
University Athletic Hall of Fame.
To nominate a hall of fame candidate,
complete the form found at
www.BUhuskies.com under
"Traditions." To be eligible, the
nominee must be a college graduate
any time
who earned a degree at least 10 years
ago.
The
the
for the
hall of fame
meets annually
committee
to select
members
|f
Week seven times, including five of the last six
weeks of the season.
Another first-year student, Boylan of SeavUle, N.J.,
was chosen as the PSAC Freshman of the Year in
V
wrestling. Boylan posted
_
a record of 20-13 at the
'^jM.-i.
125-pound weight
class.
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""^y
(
He finished second at the
PSAC championships and third at the Eastern
He was 13-7
Wrestling League championships.
and ended the season
winning five of his final six bouts. •
overall in dual completion
for the next class. •
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The
is
quality of Pennsylvania's water
important for the health of the
commonwealth's
12 million residents,
including 3 million who rely on private
wells for their drinking water.
BU's multi-disciplinary Environmental
Analysis Group has taken to the waterways to monitor ongoing cleanup efforts.
jughit
by
JACK SHERZER
WHEN ANTHRACITE COAL was king and provided the
with limestone to capture the metals in ponds and lower
energy that drove American industry and heated
the water's acidity. But while
homes and buildings, Pennsylvania played
in keeping the
its
a key role
country running.
funds to maintain and
monitor the systems hasn't been easy, and a lot of the
From the
1950s,
late 1700s through the
miners toiled in shafts sunk deep
below the
money was available to
install the facilities, finding the
responsibility has fallen to local conservation
groups and volunteers.
Enter Bloom sburg University science
forests of Lackawanna,
Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Schuylkill
professors and their students.
and Northumberland counties as the
For the past few years a multi-disciplinary
group of biology, chemistry, geology and
engineering professors and their students —
known as the Bloomsburg University
Environmental Analysis Group — have
taken to Pennsylvania's waterways to assist
ongoing cleanup efforts.
The group's studies have taken on an
commonwealth
led the nation in coal
production. Water seeping into the
was a constant problem, and
miners dug drainage shafts that emptied
into nearby streams and creeks. Over
tunnels
time the dissolved metals carried in the
water turned once-healthy streams
orange and killed off fish and plant
leaving dead zones in
runoff worked
its
its
way to the Susquehanna
Beginning in the
even greater significance with the advent
life,
wake as the
of deep drilling for natural gas in the area
River.
late 1970s, federal regulations
along the Marcellus Shale. Water quality
cause for concern, since drillers
is
again a
pump thousands of
forced mine operators to minimize the environmental
gallons at high pressure deep into the ground to force
impact of their operations, but
the gas from the rocks, or shale.
it
wasn't until the 1990s
were taken to clean the water responsible
for the so-called "acid mine drainage" flowing from the
honeycomb of abandoned mines. Over the past 20
years, millions in state and federal dollars have gone
toward treatment facilities, which usually divert
streams through specially designed channels lined
that efforts
Though
subject to strict environmental controls
treatment
facilities,
the
drillers are
and have
Bloomsburg group
is
built
providing
invaluable information about current water quality
that can be
used as a reference point
to
ensure
continued gas extraction doesn't begin to harm the
area's natural resources.
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"
Regional Source
"We were really doing our own things,"
Rier, associate professor of biology
group's founders. "The idea
was
to
says Steven
and one of the
come up with a
environmental groups while giving students valuable
experiences that go beyond classroom lectures, Venn
says. Students
working with Venn and the other
professors also learn to prepare detailed written reports
group that could be involved in a lot of projects in the
region and be a resource for everyone, from businesses
to nonprofits to government entities. Students also
get hands-on experience that is going to help them
of their results that they present to faculty committees
in their career."
of Environmental Protection.
The group's formation was encouraged by Robert
Marande, dean of the College of Science and
Technology. Marande recognized the value of bringing
together scientists from multiple disciplines to work on
Venn
Also involved in the group are
real issues, Rier says.
and at professional conferences.
"Our students have gone on to environmental consulting companies; others work at the state Department
says. "If you
Many go to grad school,"
can do geochemistry and environ-
mental monitoring, there are jobs out there right now."
Laura Kaldon, a 2i-year-old chemistry major from
West Chester and May
last
2011 graduate, spent 12
weeks
summer collecting and testing water samples on the
Christopher Hallen, professor of chemistry;
north branch of the Susquehanna River. Working
David Simpson, associate professor of physics and
engineering technology; and Cynthia Venn, associate
professor of geography and geosciences.
Eventually, Rier says, the goal is for the group to
have its own facility on campus with dedicated labs for
research. Helping underwrite the cost, the group hopes
to attract additional funding from sources ranging from
governmental agencies
alongside students in other disciplines, such as biology,
and nonprofits
Wayne Lehman,
county natural
-Cynthia Venn, associate professor,
geography and geosciences
the Schuylkill County
Bloomsburg
District, the relationship
is
a
discipline worked.
monitoring,
there are jobs out
there right now.
in the region.
Conservation
she learned in
students from another
environmental
studying various envi-
resource specialist for
skills
how
you can do
geochemistry and
ronmental issues and
For
the classroom while seeing
''If
to busi-
nesses interested in
problems
enabled her to put together the
tremendous
with
The students and
some of the 25 acid
benefit.
professors help the district monitor
mine drainage treatment systems. Finding out how
existing systems are working is vital, especially since
the county
is
planning to build more.
"Their monitoring helps you understand what
is
happening between the limestone drain and the pond;
before, you'd have a kind of black box, with water going
in and coming out, but you wouldn't know why it was
improving,"
Lehman
says.
Professional Experience
who works with Lehman, recalls how monitoring
by her students uncovered a problem with maintenance
at one of the treatment facilities near Hazleton in
Luzerne County. It turned out workers weren't properly
Venn,
flushing the limestone, allowing
it
to get coated
with
Clockwise from upper
aluminum and lose effectiveness, she says.
Hands-on work completed by students in her
geochemistry course provides information for area
12
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
left:
Recent graduate Kevin Nawrocki tests a water
sample from Roaring Creek. Junior Keith Kinek learns to measure water flow
at an artificial stream on BU s upper campus. Recent graduate Kim Ochal
collects a Susquehanna River water sample to test. Students in a freshwater
biology class inspect sediment from Crystal Lake.
ON THE WATERFRONT LINES
To H.W. "Skip Wieder.
"
it
seemed
obvious. Geisinger Health
System, where he was a senior vice president of development,
was
heavily involved in research, including public health issues.
same time, a number of other institutions in the area
were studying issues pertaining to water quality, specifically
the quality of the Susquehanna River and the streams and
At the
creeks that feed into
Geisinger
"At
We were
human
"I
we
established a Center for Health Research.
interested in environmental issues that impacted
Susquehanna River is a
Wieder says. "We had these
of
our region."
colleges and universities working individually on projects
the watershed, but they weren't talking to each other.
in
We
was a real opportunity to bring everyone together."
And so was bom the Susquehanna River Heartland
Environmental Studies
Coalition for
200A. Since
in
it
formed,
and students from Bloomsburg, Bucknell. Lock Haven
and Susquehanna universities, as well as King s and Lycoming
faculty
colleges, have joined forces to study environmental concerns
Susquehanna River Watershed.
related to the
Geisinger. the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Trout Unlimited and the
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds have signed on
ways
studying
mine drainage
to mitigate acid
from the region s long-abandoned anthracite coal mines, the
coalition recently turned
its
attention to the burgeoning natural
gas
drilling
one
of the organization s founders.
operations along the Marcellus Shale, says Wieder.
water are pumped deep
Thousands
into the earth
of gallons of
as part of the fracking
process that forces the gas from the rock. Studying
water
treated
is
environment
time
"At a
and
and what
when
work
budget
"I
work
think
may have on
now able
to
like this will
for a
state
important."
40 students from the universities do
to
completed
future the coalition
And while
at the individual schools, in the
hopes
to
boast
its
own
facility,
the
near
which
will
serve as both a research center and public education center
The
coalition is taking over
Shikellamy State Park
an abandoned marina
Susquehanna
$4 million
to
River.
at
Union and Northumberland counties,
in
located at the confluence of the west
the
Former
renovate the
site,
Gov.
which
and north branches
of
Ed Rendell set aside
will
be called The
Environmental Research and Education Center
at
Shikellamy
Marina. Wieder said.
If
to
all
this
was
also the
"Getting the questions from everyone reassured me,
I
was able to explain
it
to other people."
High Demand
Dave AUard, director of the Department of Environmental
Protection's (DEP) Bureau of Radiation Protection, looks to
Bloomsburg to provide some of his department's interns
— and potential future hires. He speaks frequently to
Bloomsburg classes and serves as an adviser.
He says one of the potential dangers of fracking
year with the center expected to open by
be brought to the surface with the frack water.
He's familiar with the work of students, such as
Kaldon, who monitor water samples near Marcellus
will
Shale drilling to learn
radiation
and
•
Environmental Studies: www.srhces.org
Shikellamy State Park:
if there's
an increase in
establish baseline information.
experience, he says,
is
The
invaluable for their careers.
one student
in the southeast regional office
and I'm looking to get more," Allard says. "Bloomsburg
is a high-quality program and we're real excited
about the students who come out — they get nabbed by
utilities and government laboratories. A lot of them are
recruited before they're even out of school."
Allard works closely with David Simpson, from
BU's physics and engineering technology department.
This spring Simpson and two students took sophisticated radiation readings in Fishing Creek, close to
where it joins the Susquehanna.
One of those students is junior Michael L. Tomashefski,
21,
who is enrolled in
Bloomsburg's Engineering Science
3+2 program. In the 3+2 program, students study science,
mathematics, pre-engineering and liberal arts subjects
for three years at
at
BU, followed by two years studying
Perm
State University.
At this point the Catawissa native isn't sure what path
hands-on experience will be helpful no matter what direction he chooses. "It's definitely something I'U be putting
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Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition
— is
his career will take, but he's positive this semester's
mid-2012. •
•
—
that natural radioactive elements deep in the earth
engineering
goes as planned, construction bids are expected
go out
It
the
do themselves."
become even more
It
time she gave a public presentation of her findings.
"I've got
moving forward, especially with the
summer 30
is
that
and students, can help compensate
research on behalf of the coalition, he says.
lab
how
state budgets are being cut back, colleges
groups
crisis,
Every
affect the drilling
the agencies are not
Wieder says.
definitely important.
second-guessing yourself," she says.
first
a job tailor-made for the group.
universities, faculty
of
lot
is
is
the use of water to help extract the natural gas
as research partners.
In addition to
think the experience
helps boost your self-confidence so that you don't keep
because
thought this
telltale
held at Bucknell University.
it.
health and, of course, the
prominent part
Kaldon tested for heavy metals that
sign of problems from natural gas
drilling. She didn't find any metals, she says, but she
did establish a baseline, wrote a 20-page report, created
a poster and presented her findings to Bloomsburg
faculty and at a symposium on the Susquehanna River
Specifically,
could be a
for
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/shikellamy.aspx
on resumes and talking about
in interviews,"
he
says. •
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and
Pennsylvania native. He currently lives in Harrisburg.
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by
HAILI SHETLER
'ii
Sure, they're beautiful.
census shows
Bloomsburg's
But. a student
the
Town
of
street trees also provide
worth
more than $U2,000.
financial benefits
AFTER JOSH PROSCENO 'ii gave a presentation to the
Bloomsburg Town Council about the values of street
two local residents voiced concerns. "There were
two guys on the schedule after me," Prosceno says of the
September 2010 meeting. "They were complaining about
how their views of the Susquehanna River were blocked
by newly planted trees in the Town Park. The council
didn't even vote on the issue."
Rather than dwell on perceptions, Prosceno's presentation offered firm data on the benefits of the Town of
Bloomsburg's street trees, the result of a census he led
trees,
throughout
summer 2010 at the request of Cristina
Mathews, associate professor of English and chair of the
Bloomsburg Shade Tree Commission (STC). Mathews
and Jeffrey Brunskill, assistant professor of geography
and geosciences, helped guide Prosceno, a senior environmental planning major from Bloomsburg, and the
other 15 students.
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Any tree located in a planting strip no more than lO
feet
from the road
is
considered a "street
tree."
The census
Three percent were classified as dead or dying. All of
these factors contribute to higher maintenance costs and
inventoried the characteristics of the town's urban forest,
fluctuations in functional benefits.
which included the distribution and age of various tree
species, the health of the street trees and costs associated
with efforts to maintain and improve the current tree
trees provide total financial benefits to the
population.
values.
Knowing the variety of trees the town does and does
not have helps the STC's planning, Mathews explains. It
$78,158 in energy savings, based
However, the census also showed the town's
street
community of
more than $142,469, including $29,398 in increased property
Using i-Tree, the students calculated an estimated
on the
trees' role in
providing shade and reducing energy usage in the summer,
also assists with tree selection, determining the
heat loss in the winter and the effects of high
age of Bloomsburg's urban forest, detecting the
winds. The group also found
parts of town needing the most attention
and
savings of approximately $14, 320, flooding and
identifying trees that need to be removed.
According to Brunskill, the
inventory "really
fit
in nicely"
air quality
erosion savings of about $18,399 and carbon
dioxide storage savings of an estimated $2,194.
street tree
"We really wanted community support for
with the
department of geography and geosciences'
environmental issues and
street trees. I think the
environmental planning concentration. The
community would take better care of them if they
project provided a good example of a problem
knew what the trees are about," explains Prosceno.
scenario the students may encounter in internAlthough the count was conducted during
ships and future employment, he adds.
summer 2010, the groundwork began in fall
The inventory began in early May 2010
2009 as a class project in a senior-level GIS
and data collection was finished three
"My main drive for course. Students developed an inventory
months later. Working 40 hours per week
infrastructure, tested equipment and
the census was to
to finish the census,
Prosceno created a
created
maps of the town. On
would "bUtz" a part of town
to
identify trees. Information collected
height, general condition, characteristics of
and suggestions
for maintaining or
tree health. Overall, the students
through Pennsylvania Community
Forests, a non-profit
organization.
the community.
— Brock Saylor '12
included the species, diameter at breast
tree site
This data helped secure a $3,500 grant
are beneficial to the
town. The project
showed we care about
Fridays,
Prosceno, Brunskill and student volunteers
created a preliminary street tree inventory.
show how street trees
dictionary of all applicable terms and
improving
completed more than
$1,500
urban forestry
An additional grant for
was given
to the students
by
Bloomsburg University's Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs.
Vincent Cotrone, an urban forester with the Penn
State Cooperative Extension Service, trained the students
Handheld GPS were used to
which was then mapped and analyzed with
700 hours of volunteer work.
prior to the data collection.
To successfully log all the data, Prosceno used i-Tree,
a free software program provided by the United States
Department of Agriculture and used by major cities,
such as New York, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh to
manage their urban forests. The software ArcGIS 9.3, a
common Geographic Information System (GIS) program
provided by Environmental Systems Research Institute,
was used to map and study the distribution of the trees'
collect data,
locations collected with the global positioning system
"The quality of what the students did is far above
what we could have gotten without their help," says
Mathews. "They were using software, programs and
units the town could not have afforded. The quality of
the work was clear, and showed that students are sharp,
interested people able to learn from relevant experts and
put knowledge together with hard work." •
(GPS)
units.
"Some people just hate trees," admits Brock Saylor of
GUbertsviUe, a junior environmental planning major and
tree census volunteer. "My main drive for the census was
to show how street trees are beneficial to the town. The
project showed we care about the community."
So what did the census reveal about Bloomsburg's
street trees? Results show the overall population of street
much older than the United States Forest Service's
standards. Of 1,312 identified street trees, approximately
trees is
464 were planted in unfavorable
sites
next to power lines
or buildings or in areas too small for the
16
full -sized tree.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
GIS software.
The completed inventory of street trees provides
specific data the Shade Tree Commission needs when
applying for grants, Mathews says. Prior to the students'
involvement, the
STC tried to organize its own census,
she adds, but the lack of manpower and technology
derailed the project before
HaiU Shetler
lor's
'11,
it
began.
Bloomsburg, recently earned a bache-
degree in mass communications/public relations.
She worked as a communications assistant in BU's
marketing and communications office while studying
toward her degree.
Bloomsburg
But
if
University's official school colors, of course, are
current
movement on campus
also have to add another colon
is
any
maroon and
gold.
might
indication, the administration
GREEN.
Efforts of student groups, faculty/staff/administration
tional opportunity to talk about sources of food
committees and key individuals have bolstered
benefits of buying locally," Brunskill says. "In addition,
Bloomsburg's focus on environmental
some
initiatives in
and the
faculty brought their students to talk with the
recent years, says John Hintz, associate professor of
farmers about food production."
geography and geosciences. Hintz arrived on campus
in 2005 to find the annual Earth Day observance and
attempts to raise recycling awareness and compliance,
but few other explicitly green initiatives.
"But there were substantial things going on behind
Beyond GCI, student organizations such as H.O.P.E.
and the Social Justice and Sustainability Living and
Learning Community are promoting environmental
practices and campus sustainability.
the scenes," Hintz recalls, "such as Professor
Greene's
boilers
Ned
work toward converting one of the heating
from coal
to
biomass, incorporating green com-
lot to a
the mainstream and involve
constituencies
president of H.O.P.E., says one of
is
to alert first -year students to
Bloomsburg. "For the past two years,
all freshmen during orientahe says. "We discuss the impact that each of us
their time at
H.O.P.E. has spoken to
tion,"
has on the environment and the ways students can
green open space."
Hintz says Bloomsburg's more recent efforts have
moved into
'11,
the positive environmental effect they can have during
ponents into each of the major building renovations on
campus and the transformation of our campus center
from a parking
Jaron Nielsen
the organization's goals
reduce their footprints while living on campus."
more campus
and the community. The Green Campus
which Hintz co-chairs with geography
The
delivery of this message
because
it
is
will listen to their
Initiative (GCI),
and geosciences colleague Jeff Brunskill, serves as a
"meeting place," helping to organize and facilitate
activities,
•
such
„_,,
as:
Two Climate Change
Teach-ins,
which each drew hun-
dreds of student participants.
•
"Re-energize BU," n day
and panels about
drew nearly 600 stu-
of talks
clean energy alternatives that
•
-
There are teaching,
awareness and civic
aspects to any of these
environmental projects
1
boundaries of money,
Tours of the Bloomsburg Recycling Center, local organic
campus steam plant and a "green" building
— Mark Tapsak, assistant
professor, chemistry
farms, the
at
the community,
hosted
among campus organizations and
GCI and BU's SOLVE volunteer
office
last fall's inau-
campus farmers
market, set up each
gural
''We COUld USC the
farmers market
Friday behind the
Warren Student
Services Center.
eduCattOfial
The
meats, breads, fruits
opportunity tO talk
on
1
about SOUrceS oj Jood
and vegetables from
and the benefits of
market featured
local farms,
with a
portion of the
proceeds benefitting
,
buying locally.
"
_ j^ff Brunskill, assistant professor,
geography and geosciences
the student environ-
mental organization, Help Our Planet Earth (H.O.P.E.).
Plans are under way to bring an expanded farmers
market to campus this fall.
"The market was a place that students would notice
as they were going by, and we could use it as an educa18
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fellow students far
better than they wiii
listen to the faculty
or administration,"
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Lawrence, associate
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professor ofej,
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former chair of
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Initiative.
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
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that go
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dents in February.
particularly effective
comes from other students. "The students
"This
spring, we've had the BU Beyond Coal organization on
campus and an organizer from the Sierra Student
Coalition. They've worked with H.O.P.E. and they've
had tremendous response because H.O.P.E. is a stu-
dent movement."
Meanwhile, the goal of the Social Justice Living and
Learning Community is to create discussion and action
around social and environmental issues. The community accepts 30 freshmen each year who enroll together
in the Environmental Issues and Choices class and a
composition course that explores elements of sustainability. Community members also go on trips and hear
who address these issues.
"We want to increase retention and improve the
speakers
education of the students," says Julie Vandivere, associ-
and director of the LLC. "We
two goals buUd on one another; a more
engaged, excited group of freshmen makes them more
committed to the university and to their own education."
Strides also have been made in the campus recycling
ate professor of English
find that those
A weekly farmers market
held last
left,
program. Vince DiLoretto,
first
September and October
returns to
Members
campus
in
the
assistant director of facility
fall.
Our
Planet Earth) plant trees and
shrubbery in nearby Fernville.
of H.O.P.E. (Help
services, says the university
began recycling in 1982 with
one material, high-grade
white office paper. "Today, we have 16 targeted materials that we recycle," he says, noting the amount of
items recycled increased by 54 percent from 2008 to
2009 and by 22 percent from 2009 to 2010.
Mark Tapsak,
helped Greene
.
assistant professor of chemistry
start the
BU
who
Biofuels Initiative, says
ways to quantify the progress
Bloomsburg has made. "Some of these green initiatives
there are different
can actually save the campus money," he explains.
"That is the most straightforward reward. The less
no less
important. There are teaching, awareness and civic
aspects to any of these projects that go beyond the
tangible benefits are harder to quantify, but
boundaries of money." •
Kevin Gray is a freelance writer based in the
Lehigh Valley.
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projects often
on the
and environmentalists
on the polar opposite. But in what
align business interests
grow beyond
to
scientist
be in charge.
As supervisor and chief of
New York
District of the U.S. Army Corps of
harbor programs of the
Engineers, Baron oversees the $1.6
billion
dredging of the harbor of
New York and New Jersey.
pollution to our
That's
1609
when he arrived in a ship, the
HalfMoon, which drew only
to sail
is
— Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89 —
happens
feet.
8.5 feet.
up his namesake
river as far
as present-day Albany.
says, are
getting bigger. In the past, shippers
limited themselves to
"Panamax"
But we're also looking
at
opportunities to restore the shorelines
and aquatic
habitat through-
out the estuary."
The harbor covers about 430
square miles. However, dredging
which were the maximum
head west through the
on
the West Coast and transport east
via railroad. The expansion of the
Panama Canal, to be completed in
2014, will accommodate far larger
more cost-efficient
cargo movement between East Asia
and the East Coast.
New York, the largest port on the
East Coast and third largest in the
ships and allow
share of container
traffic.
But
large ships that
mouth of the harbor up the Hudson,
East Coast, this could change. Other
New Jersey.
since ancient times. In fact, the
Sumerians and Egyptians
want
to call
mud dump site was closed.
Instead, contaminated sediments
sites is a
New Jersey factory
produced the defoliant Agent
Orange during the Vietnam War.
The manufacturer spilled toxic
that
dioxins directly into the
Lower
Passaic River, where they remain.
The contamination
throughout
also has spread
much of the harbor.
"There are not a large number of
options to clean up the river," says
is
bound to the sediment, so dredging
and capping are really the main
choices for remediation."
Cleanup of the sediments on the
Lower Passaic River and throughout the harbor
is
a major goal in the
region thousands of jobs, and more.
The plan also calls for restoring lost and degraded wetlands,
"Ships are the cheapest
about 4000 B.C. In the case of New
elsewhere, everything that
22
be highly contaminated
Corps' Comprehensive Restoration
left refer-
dates to the mid-i9th centu-
fail-
New York's shipping
bring in cargo.
it
to
and the
in the late
the sediments were
channels, says Baron, could cost the
ences to the dredging of their canals
York,
on the
East Coast ports are deeper and
ure to deepen
Harbor dredging has been done
found
when
Baron. "The contamination
if it is
ever unable to accommodate the
into
That practice ended
nated
Panama Canal. More recently, the
shipping channels that run from the
Brooklyn and past Staten Island
N.J.
larger Suez Canal or land cargo
through the
focused primarily on deepening the
to
mud removed from the
bottom of the harbor was placed at
Instead, they
fit
United States, gets a significant
is
removed.
were processed and placed at
various locations on land. Often
they were used to cap old landfills
and restore brownfield sites.
How bad is the contamination?
Although the harbor is part of an
urban industrialized environment,
the most famous of the contami-
vessels,
Panama Canal can accommodate.
shipping channels are very important.
it is
1990s
proven so tempting that shippers
are using larger vessels than the
ized estuary and, of course, the
the sediment after
by the end of 2013.
Commercial ships, she
dredging. The program has also
been balanced with numerous
ecosystem restoration initiatives.
around the Statue of Liberty," says
Baron, who majored in biology and
marine biology. "It's a highly urban-
DEALING WITH SEDIMENT
The biggest challenge to dredging
the harbor has been where to put
a site off the coast of Sandy Hook,
cost-efficiency of larger vessels has
tions for the entire 25-mile radius
air."
about 40 to 45 feet deep. Baron's
program will bring them to 50 feet
harbor program includes more than
"Basically, we're evaluating solu-
would
Historically,
Today's shipping channels are
size that could
But the
area's 21 million residents
have to be trucked in, adding
congestion to our roadways and
what Henry Hudson encountered in
currently one of the nation's largest
an environmental
the harbor's natural
depth of less than 20
And it was enough to allow Hudson
"yes!" side
projects,
when steam power and iron-hull
construction allowed ship sizes to
by
If the
way to
ships went
is
used
New York, New Jersey and the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Plan.
fisheries, eelgrass beds,
habitat
and oyster
waterbird
reefs.
"A century ago, locally harvested
"
were a staple
oysters
diets," notes
in residents'
Baron. "But through
scholarship to Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, where she worked
and
overharvesting, poor water quality
as a teaching assistant
and
earned her master's degree.
pollution,
all
of the oyster reefs
have disappeared.
with
We are working
many organizations
to bring
later
There, she advocated for the benefi-
Baron started her professional
career as a biologist at the
Next, Baron went to the New Jersey
Department of Transportation's
Division of Maritime Resources.
Oak
cial
uses of dredged material and
helped form the coalition of agencies
working to clean up and
Lower Passaic River.
"It's one of the most contaminated
back the oysters in the harbor. In
fact, we helped construct five new
Ridge National Laboratory in
that is
Tennessee. The
restore the
pilot oyster reefs last fall."
hundreds of acres of contaminated
facility
monitors
rivers in the United States," says
"The first step in an environmental
cleanup is the investigation. You collect
environmental samples and conduct
biological surveys to determine whether
the receptors are being impacted.
Baron, "with hundreds of polluters
]
and a toxic soup that is one of the
primary sources of contamination
within the harbor."
Among the partners in the
was the Army Corps
Passaic study
— Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89
A CLEAR DIRECTION
It
seems only someone with an
environmental sensibility could lead
the
many facets
of this program.
"Before Bloomsburg and Wallops
Island,
I
didn't
to do," says
know what I wanted
Baron, whose dislike of
needles turned her
away from a
medical career. "But they really
helped shape where
I
am."
Baron says her career direction
became clear when she took
marine biology. That led to marine
ecology,
oceanography and,
eventually, to
evaluate the
"The
do
first
damage
that
to plants
human
and animals.
step in an environ-
mental cleanup
is
the investiga-
"You collect environmental samples and conduct
biological surveys to determine
whether the receptors are being
tion," says Baron.
impacted. If there are impacts, then
a decision has to be
whether they are
summers studying
to clean
made about
significant
enough
Or not. Industry employs scientists with the same skills to argue its
she recalls the influence of biology
cant.
professor,
at
Thomas
also taught at
Klinger,
who
Wallops Island.
"We had morning classes," she
"then we were in the field
recalls,
all
afternoon and in the lab
night.
It
all
was wonderful." Through
the program, she got an internship
teaching marine biology to high
school students during her senior
year. After graduation,
her Wallops
Island experience also led to a full
actions have
had no environmental
impact or the impact
Baron knows
joined a
is
not
in
Hudson-Raritan Estuary
Ecosystem Restoration Study. The
study is designed to create a
healthier environment for fish and
wildlife
and provide cleaner
waters, healthier fisheries,
increased flood protection and
recreational opportunities.
She moved to Lopatcong
Township, N.J., last August with
her family — husband, Robert,
who works for candy maker Mars
Oak
—
13, and Olivia, 9
and was promoted to her current
position in December 2010.
children, Jacob,
signifi-
this because,
after several years at
Baron
large-scale projects, including the
Chocolate North America, and
up the site."
Wallops Island,
Va., in a program sponsored by
Bloomsburg and a consortium of
other schools. Two decades later,
marine science
The Corps hired
2007 to manage several
of Engineers.
Superfund sites and it was there
that Baron learned ecological risk
assessment — basically, how to
activities
still
Ridge, she
New Jersey engineering
"I
don't get out in the field as
much
as
I
did in the past," says
Baron. "Now,
spend most of my
I
time in meetings with the Corps'
firm which did exactly that. She
partners and
found herself working on behalf of
major polluters, including the firm
responsible for the Agent Orange in
the Lower Passaic and the harbor.
environmental constituencies. Our
"Many
said
'dark side,'
"
I
worked
she
for the
main goal
all
is to
the different
work with hundreds
of our stakeholders to ensure
we
achieve our vision of a world-class
harbor estuary." •
recalls. "I really
didn't enjoy trying to
polluter's liability."
minimize the
Mark
in
E. Dixon
Wayne, Pa.
is
a freelance writer
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"
i960
1974
Carl Stanitski and his wife,
J.
BU grads
Gregory Kashella, a certified
Deborah, were named honorary
members of the Polish
public accountant,
Orthopaedic and Traumatologic
Give a
Society in recognition of their
Respect to the
work over the past
Undervalued
part of Corbett's leadership
Pennsylvania Gov.
Tom
-JOHN WETZEL
Corbett's executive
98 and PATRICK
team
team includes two BU grads
HENDERSON
96.
Wetzel, selected as secretary of correc-
published
began his career as a prison guard
1989 and. most recently, served as
tions,
15 years
with
Little
More
warden
Former
their Polish colleagues in the U.S.
Compilation Engagement, in the
and throughout Poland. They are
2010 edition of the Pennsylvania
professors emeriti at the Medical
CPA Journal.
2007.
of Mountain View High School,
a
was inducted into
where she coached girls' and boys'
volleyball.
Hamburg Athletic Hall of
Fame for her achievements in
She received the North
the
athletics
Atlantic Conference
Coach of the
Year Award in 1986. She
and coaching.
As secretary
management and
Henderson
ored as a distinguished alumnus
retired educator,
is
County Prison.
Gov. Ed Rendell appointed
him
is
of corrections.
Wetzel
is in
charge
also
to
in
of the overall
operation of Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections.
serving as Pennsylvania's first energy executive, a
senior adviser charged with coordinating the overall state energy
Since 1999. Henderson has been executive director of the Senate
Janice Machell Price was hon-
Ruth Ann Shelhamer Price,
of the Franklin
the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
fall
University of South Carolina.
1963
in
policy.
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. In the newly created
position, he is responsible for ensuring policy is in the best interest of
Pennsylvania's energy and environmental needs.
Replacing Henderson as executive director of the Senate Environmental
Resources and Energy Committee is another BU grad. Adam Pankake 06.
He previously held the same post with the Senate Urban Affairs and
Housing Committee. He joined the Senate in 2007.
a Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic Association
1969
Gail
25-year honoree
Bower Landers, an early
the
childhood educator at
Pennsylvania
Princess Coronation Pageant and
was
Deborah Dell Watson '76M was
promoted
si
to senior
vice president
and chief operating
delegation of 50
Bayhealth Medical
Africa.
Center in Delaware.
She has worked
1970
years and
40 years with the
Antietam School
is
a fellow of the
American College of Healthcare
District, includ-
tary school principal.
owner
1977
the top 100 business people of the
year by Pennsylvania Business
1981
was elected
to a three-year
term
representing the northcentral
region on the Pennsylvania
She
is
is
the aca-
programs
Richard Fetterman retired
from the military
in
administrator of
Columbia
after
1979
the Massachusetts Air National
Guard and the Pennsylvania Air
Guard at Fort Indiantown
Gap, where he was military
National
commander of the 2U Engineering
Squadron from 1997
to 2003.
development
is
a business
officer
with the U.S.
Bank's Small Business
Administration division, serving
Idaho and western Montana from
associate director
of university relations at East
the office in Boise.
a
senior manager in ParenteBeard's
tax services ofBce, Williamsport.
Pennsylvania Department of
was
elected secretary of the Maternal
and Family Health Services
Executive Board.
1986
Scott Bohner, PottsviUe,
is
co-owner of Home Instead, which
senior citizens.
dissertation, "Student Perceptions
Marie Connolly
ofFacebook, an Online Social
Sister Seton
Networking Site, at a Non-Residential,
'86M,
Community Branch
mission integration throughout
College in
Northeastern Pennsylvania:
A
is
executive director of
the Maria Joseph Continuing Care
Community,
1982
1980
Denmark Olar Middle School,
is
district
nurse administrator for the
Danville.
She
is
also a
board-certified chaplain.
ing and computer applications at
1973
1985
Kathleen Finsterbusch,
provides in-home care services for
Phenomenological Study.
Rich Donahue teaches keyboard-
James Wehr, Montoursville,
Brenda Friday,
successfully defended her doctoral
Michael Valenti
serving with the U.S. Air Force,
Evangelical
i^^^H Commimity
Montour Home Health.
Stroudsburg University,
He retired
2004
Wilkes University's
graduate education division.
from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in 2010.
in
finance of
JM^
Health's northeast district,
demic coordinator of technology
1972
IL
^
Hospital, Lewisburg.
Loreen Derr Comstock '8l/'8lM
clinical services for
James Chiavacci '77M
president of
Home, was recognized as one of
Directors.
and 20 years as an elemen-
Installation
"Bill" Williams,
Homecare Association Board of
Executives.
ing 20 years as a sixth-grade
teacher
in
health care administration for 30
Kerry C. Hoffman, Reading,
retired after
William
Central, State College.
officer for
who met with early child-
hood educators in South
1983
James Stopper is chief financial
officer and vice
of Chester C. Chidboy Funeral
part of a national
teachers
Queen's BaU.
PIAA District II Gold Card.
1976
College of
Technology,
(PIAA)
and a recipient of
Denmark,
1988
Randy Yoh, Heidelberg
Township,
is
principal certified
public accountant at Groves
&
Yoh, formerly Richard W. Groves,
S.C.
Myerstown.
Dawn Chandler Hall,
Bloomsburg,
marketing manag-
Rebecca Koppenhaver Wine, a
er of Little
K-3 learning support teacher in the
Baseball
Blue Mountain School
District,
is
sponsorship and
League
and
Softball, Soutii Williamsport.
participated in the Greater
Pottsville
Winter Carnival Senior
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John Reber is executive vice
presi-
dent director of risk
1995
Promoted
management
Lisa BeUcka Keranen, associate
BRENDA SCHREFFLER NICHOLS
Citizens
for
&
?i
Colorado, Denver,
Millville,
published the book,
Scientific
the Northeast Association for
guished service award in 2010.
1991
is
is
vice president
the firm
in
1993.
Quigley returns to PennFuture
JOHN QUIGLEY
81 returned to Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
(PennFuture) as a strategic adviser and consultant.
Previously government relations manager for
chair of Rebuilding Together
^
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PennFuture, an environmental advocacy organization.
Dayton, dedicated to rehabbing
^^^A
Quigley served as secretary of the Pennsylvania
Power and Light Co. He is also
homes at no cost to low-income
Dana Domkoski Bumside
'9i/'93M
1996
Craig Jackson
and treasurer of Dayton (Ohio)
Institutional Research's distin-
She joined
'82, is an audit principal for Parente
Randolph, where he's worked since 1990.
Character.
Michelle Seibert Appel received
In this position,
Her husband, Andrew Nichols
with her husband.
1990
senior vice
departments to ensure accuracy of all financial and tax
information and related reports and compliance with
corporate policies and governmental requirements.
University of
owns Fran's Dairy Bar,
to
Nichols directs the corporate accounting and technology
studies at the
Roschele Wagner Snyder co-
was promoted
Williamsport. earlier this year
director of graduate
WeUsboro.
'85
president/chief financial officer of Larson Design Group.
professor and
Northern Bank,
CFO
to
homeowners.
^
^^V^^ H
^KMt
for
director of teaching
commons and assistant professor
Elizabeth Payne Miller,
of education at Wilkes University.
benefits supervisor with Fulton
Lititz, is
DCNR
career
in
a
in
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
(DCNR) from April 2009 to January 201 1 after working
several capacities, including chief of
nonprofit, public
staff,
Quigley s
and private sectors includes eight years
as mayor of Hazleton.
Financial Corp.
Richelle
is
Erb Kegarise, Manheim,
controller for Landis
Homes,
Lancaster.
Kimberly Conserette
Russell Canevari
is
head coach of
Thomas Speicher, video produc-
the Montrose Area School District
tion developer at Pennsylvania
football
College of Technology, presented
Degrees That Work:
A
Free Career
Exploration Resource at the state
The
marketing manager
for
David J. Manbeck, manager for
Boyer & Ritter CPA,
controller of Upper
Camp Hill, was
Augusta
Township, Northumberland.
recognized by the
Deborah Lonabaugh ShufT, an
Pennsylvania
was named
to the
Robert C. Hershey Jr., Spring
Institute,
&
Co.
Institute of Certified
& Reath,
board of trustees of the Alice Paul
accountant with
dedicated to educating
New Jersey
who authored the Equal
Rights Amendment and founded
Public Accountants as one of its
"40
is
Fellerman
&
Ciarimboli,
Kingston.
a master's of busi-
Women's
Party.
ness administration
1999
is
a regional
Retirement Services, Los Angeles,
Jonathan Kiefer
for
in
Albee
festival
appeared this spring in a two-month run of
Arena Stage. Mead Center for American
Theater, Washington. D.C. The production was part of
the theater's Edward Albee Festival.
His credits include the off-Broadway production of
Thornton Wilder s Our Town. TV s Law and Order and
Law and Order SUV and a regional theater production
of Three Penny Opera.
01
He holds
from Wilkes University and a law
Calif.
26
an associate attorney
new A&E television series.
Hagerstown, Md.
n
is
Breakout Kings.
of St. Ann's Catholic Church,
Zoo
Kutzer, Hanover
Township,
suffragist
sales director with Great -West
at the
2001
Mark A.
appearing in a
The Rev. Martin Nocchi is pastor
Home
for wireless voice
and data products.
at
Jirnmi Simpson
Michael Fennessy
At
region, responsible
Members Under 40" for 2010.
1994
JAMES MCMENAMIN
14-state
the public about the
the National
McMenamin appears
AT&T's
northeastern
1993
City, is principal
David MarcoUa is senior product
Services Rehabilitation, Scranton.
Tony Phillips serves as deputy
Philadelphia,
the firm of MaiUie, Falconiero
account-
program.
attorney with Biddle
School to Career Connection.
is
ing supervisor with Allied
Department of Education conference, Integrated Learning:
2000
1998
1997
degree ft-om
Thomas Jefferson
School of Law, San Diego.
Heidi Ruckno is communication
specialist for the Greater
is
the librarian
Catasauqua High School,
Scranton
Chamber of Commerce.
where he previously was a busi-
2002
ness teacher.
Amber Latsha is an advocate with
The Arc of Delaware County,
at the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVER.SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
responsible for adult, educational
and
social-recreation advocacy.
2003
Honored with Alumni Awards
Five
as chair
of the
BU
adviser to former
ulty
years and
for several
was
The Daily
Review.
Holly Hicks, a
certified public
was promoted
accountant,
fac
in the Pennsylvania
supervisor with Haefele Flanagan,
BU Foundation
Moorestown,
opportunities
in
2005
Awards were:
Agretto. in his 3Mh year as an educator has
Receiving Distinguished Service
-RICHARD AGRETTO
'77:
served as the Bethlehem Area School
District's
director of special education since 1993.
He has
vol-
since 1980 and
build a facility for children
physical
and
managed the probecame
intellectual disabilities to play baseball.
-BEVERLY DONCHEZ BRADLEY
:
effort to
and young adults with
the 2010 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of
'71
He was inducted
Fame
last
into
May.
Following a 30-year career as a
Program
Children's Literacy
non-profit that has as
its
and community through
Cops
n'
literacy.
"
n'
Kids Reading
distribution events
community reading
celebrations.
"40:
Authority, the third-largest public
University.
housing agency in the country.
2006
Megan Sallavanti, earned a mas-
Jennifer Bosset graduated from
ter's in
supporter of
pathology from
HaU University School of
Law and was admitted to practice
law in
Misericordia
New Jersey, New York and
University in
2010.
May
She is
employed as a
at Riverside
Rehabilitation Center.
basic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
Lyndsey Snyder is staff accountant
Room
Krista L. Rompolski
and
director at the
consistent participant
in
is
at
wellness
Chiampou,
Travis,
Besaw &
Kershner, Amherst.
Boyertown Area
YMCA, where she oversees fitness
Coopers and Lybrand. Tilson s
BU and
speech and language
Seton
WiUard CUvik graduated from
more than 35 years, honored her with the Commitment
Award recognizing quality service, individual initiative and teamwork. She retired from the firm, now
PricewaterhouseCoopers. in 1991. An active
for
Marion Rose is asset manager for
The Philadelphia Housing
speech therapist
The award-winning
and organized book
-DOROTHY DERR TILSON
He holds a master's in engi-
Washington
brewer at
2 OO 8
the U.S. Department of
the State of New Jersey.
Kids
program has distributed more than 390.000 free
employer
D.C.
assistant
one of the city's first microbreweries.
program ana
the Lehigh Valley a
in
mission "connecting kids
books, established the Cops
a
the United States District Court for
business educator Bradley helped establish and
currently serves as president of the
lyst for
is
1990. Agretto recently
Northampton County, leading the
of
Eric Hostelley
neering management from George
president of the board of directors for the Miracle
League
2001-2007.
Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia,
Homeland Security, Washington,
unteered with the Northampton County Special
Olympics Program
gram from 1983 to
Guard from
N.J.
Matt Hall is an
China.
& Sunday
He served
r /W- Army National
to
Board and. as a volunteer develops exchange pro-
grams and study abroad
news sections and the
HomeLife pages of
daily
Township accounting firm.
President Jessica Kozloff.
Pomfret currently serves on the
Brian Bishop is copy editor of the
senior
manager of FarenteBeard, a Spring
mathematics, computer science and
department
statistics
is
^aai 2004
named honorary alumnus of the year,
BU s mathematics faculty in 1972. He served
Pomfret.
joined
2007
Jacob Kutz, Reading,
RETIRED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR JAMES POMFRET AND
FOUR ALUMNI RECENTLY RECEIVED AWARDS FROM BU S
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
centers,
group exercise classes and
personal training.
alumni
taught English, geography
activities. Tilson earlier
Latin: worked in the Philadelphia Ordnance
Gage Laboratory during World War and helped
her husband in pursuits related to the performing
and
II:
arts.
She has been involved with Planetary
affiliated
Citizens, a United Nations-
organization that promotes world peace, since 1974.
Also honored
was BRIAN KOVATCH
'96.
who
received the Maroon
and Gold Excellence Award, formerly known as the Young Alumnus
the Year Award. Kovatch leads the Pennsylvania Territory
Team
for Cisco, providing technical direction
of
Commercial
and
LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS: The BU Alumni
business guidance to regional sales and engineer-
awarded
Directors
Association Board of
15 scholarships of $750 each to current students
revenue. His awards include the 2008 Channels
whose parents are alumni. Scholarship winners, who were selected
by random drawing, and alumni board members shown in the
Systems Engineer
accompanying photo
ing
teams and responsible
for
of the Year
$80 million
Award
United States Channels Segment.
Gilbertsville.
YMCA
he
is
a
A
in
annual
for Cisco's
secretary: Tarra
resident of
member of the Boyertown
District
soccer and
back rowTrista Musser
Amy Chronister Scott
Technology Advisory Board and coaches basketball,
softball.
left
1
to right, front
row: Rich Uliasz
and Lauren Kreglow
14.
president:
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board
member at
board president: Lynne Rishel Homiak
Salmon
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board
scholarship
winners: and Lynda Fedor Michaels '87/'88M. alumni director: and
Area
Board of Directors and the Tunkhannock Area
School
are.
Combs
'14.
scholarship winners:
large:
Greg Bowden
01.
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scholarship winner: Kerri Donald Sears "92. board vice
and Anthony Roslevich
'13.
'83.
scholarship winner
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husky
VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Mark German '94 and Hilarie Powers, July 24, 2010
Youmans '96 and Kenneth Weaver Jr., July 17,
Catherine "Katie" Callahan '92 and
Jennifer
Jason
Jill
P.
Seese '97 and Stephanie Youngs, Oct.
Dolinsky '99 and Robert Shayka Jr., May
2010
2009
17,
Obituaries
husband,
Gigi,
Viola
Adam Ruderman, a daughter,
October 2010
Sharon Loeffler '00 and Joseph Panzica, May
Susanne Kane
Nathan Laidacker
'01
and Daphne Dixson, May
Denise DeSantis '02 and
Tiffany Panetta '02
Tracy Zengro
Katie Getz Kilian '98 and husband, Kyle, a
2010
17,
daughter, Kendall Jordyn, Sept.
and Daniel Smith, Oct.
Gina Mattivi
'03
'03
2010
10,
Schofield, April
and John
P.
and Ryan Stango,
Clint
'04
17,
April 23, 2010
III,
and John Roberts, Aug.
Christine DeMelfi '04 and Matthew
Lindsey Zeisloft '04/'o6M and Andrew
Lenore Barr
2010
14,
Karen
B. Fetter '05
and Darren
9,
Eric Hostelley '05 and
Jonathon Novick
Mark
C.
'05
Trautman
Rebecca Yeselski
Karen Barrett
June
and Tiara
Kelly
Dunlap
'08
'07
Katherine Huff '08 and Kyle Noss
P.
Sydney
Faith, Nov.
1,
Aug.
9,
15,
Valerie
2010
Curtis
Hakes Fessler
'05,
'03
and husband,
a daughter, Alice, Feb.
Kendra Branchick Martin
12,
9,
2010
T.
'63
George A. Blasick
William
19,
2011
Gerald J.
'64
"Bill" Derricott '66
"Bill"
Mack
John Dargis
'67
Large '68
'68
'69
2010
Oct.
9,
Kevin Leonard
2010
Kenneth, Jan.
Aug.
19,
a son,
'05,
17,
2011
Noah Anthony,
Palmeter '09 and Bradley E. Grey
'74
2010
husband, Brian Boyce '08M, a son,
Susan Davenport Crisman
2010
Evan
Mary Cordaro McCarthy '75
10,
Charlie, Feb.
12,
2011
Susan Palin
Amy Puntar Shingler '05 and
17,
2010
husband, Jeremy Shingler
6,
Troy William, July
Aug.
7,
2010
'10,
7,
'05,
William
V.
'75
'75
Parker
John M. Welgoss
'83
2010
'83
Richard Thomas Coombs
Tara Freeland
'10
and Ben Smith
'10,
daughter, Bridget Ann, Dec. 23, 2010
a
Ruth Gensel Fedder
McGuire
John M. Berry
'09
'10
Codey D. McDonald
ON THE WEB
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
'87
'92
Diane Ringawa Magagna
Caitlin
May 22, 2010
'75
a son,
2010
Todd M. Wolinsky '09 and Glenyse E. Diltz, June 12, 2010
Michael J. Medvec '10 and Sarah C. Brown, Sept. 10, 2010
Ashley Shellenberger '10 and Jonathan Busada
'72
'74
Clara G. Baldoni
'09,
Nicole Scerbo '09 and Kris Svensson '09, Nov.
Benjamin RusUoski Jr
Jack R. Long
2010
'70
'71
Sara Hagemeyer Boyce 'os/'o8M and
18,
July
Joseph Schultz
John D. Parker
2010
'70
Margaret Boyer Pursell '70
Bekki Callas Leonard '04 and husband,
2010
July 10, 2010
'10,
McHale Kent
and husband,
2010
15,
MUler, Sept.
Phil, a son, Kellan
'03
Linda Heller Telesky
Melissa Miller '09M and Aaron Yoder, July 31, 2010
Georgia
Molvene "Molly" Keiner Knudsen
Robert D.Judd Sn
2010
'08, July 10,
Emily Hubbard '09 and Jesse Strubert
2010
'59
Ann A. Chance '60
Jacqueline
2010
7,
'06, April 24,
Balliet,
'51
',51
Woodrow Rhoads '59
Meghan Frieland Piazza '01 and husband,
Dan Piazza '00, a daughter, JUlian Kathleen,
April Williams '08 and John Yarem, July 24, 2010
Casey Epler '09 and Matthew
Hartzell Jr
2010
William
2010
31,
19,
and Thomas Holdinsky, May
Kelly A. Weikert '08 and Greg
Howard R.
Jan. 10, 2011
Krista L. Johnston '08 and Michael Seldomridge, July
Stacie Riley '08
2011
'45
'05
and Robert Hess Jr.,
and Brock Gaboon
5,
2010
5,
Mitchell, June
Nicole Deitrick '07 and Brock Belles, June
Ashley Leymeister
Parker, Jan.
Eric, a daughter, Eleni Katherine,
Sept. 18, 2010
and Shawn Daugherty, Aug.
'06
II
Noah
Robert L. Watts
Alissa Jo Eaton 'o6/'09M and Charlie Lukasavage, July
Donald Shipe
Kevin, a son,
Lauren Blanzaco Gozzard '00 and husband,
2010
10,
and Kristy Renninger, May
and Jamie Longazel
Melissa Wright Wilson '98 and husband,
Max G. Cooley '50
Nancy Crumb Eves '50
2010
and Rachel Nielsen, July
'05
'05
'06
III,
Eleanore Althoff Lapinski 43
Mary Lou Fenstemaker John
Lena Fisher Shaffer
Amy Gray, July 10, 2010
Katie Leibig '05 and John Muscalus
'40
Rogan Summer Mintzer, May 25, 2009
2010
24,
July
II,
Gavin
Mary Trump Buckley 43
a daughter,
Oliver, a daughter,
Chilcoat, Oct. 23, 2010
Lindsy Force '05/'07M and John Maxwell
'96,
Kimberly Barto Crisp '00 and husband,
2010
2010
Hill,
and Darren Chippi, Aug.
'05
B. Hill '37
John Yeager
Ritter, Oct. 16,
'06, Oct. 16,
Walton
'33
'34
2010
6,
Paul G. Fazio '04 and Cheryl A. Emershaw, Sept.
Jamie Frey '04 and Jim Keller
Smith
2010
Sept. 4, 2010
Keith M. Ayers '04 and Emily Foresman, Nov.
Bogdon
2010
Heidi Mintzer '98/'05M and
2010
11,
Mazzolla, July
Erin Peters '03M and Alexander Kovach
Nicole
10,
'33
Thomas H. Jenkins 40
S. Violet Reilly
Brett Cappel '03 and Elizabeth McCuUoch, Oct. 22, 2010
Andrea M. Kitka
Elwood Hartman
Adam Koser '00, Nov. 20, 2010
and Dan
'02
'31
Naus Munson
Alda Giannini Strazdus
2010
1,
and Joseph Semuta, July 2, 2010
'01
'29
Irene
Dara Rose Pachence '99 and Gregory James Schmick, Nov. 13, 2010
Rob Walton '96 and wife, Barbara, a
Heather Lynn Hollick '00 and David Walter Pfleegor II, Sept. 4, 2010 daughter, Grace Katherine, Feb. 2, 2011
Stadler '24
Florence Fawcett Fowler
2010
30,
M.
Mary Storosko Sweeney
'10
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REUNIONS, NETWORKING, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER:
NEPA NETWORK:
Eric Schaeffer '91, Eric Miller 01 and Alan
Dakey 73. left to right, attend the recent BU Alumni Association s
NEPA Network Mixer at the Backyard Ale House in Scranton. Miller,
who was the quarterback of the Huskies national championship
runner-up football team in 2000. is co-owner of the establishment.
For information on the NEPA Network for alumni living in Northeast
Pennsylvania, go to vmw.bloomualumni.com or contact Alumni
The founding sisters of Phi Sigma
Sigma, all members of the Class of 1990, hold a family get-together
every year Shown left to right, are front row: Jill Winger Jacobs and
Joann DiFrancesco Reesen and back row: Angela Bistline Reighard,
Marganne Nye Hoffman and Stacey Cochran Millheim.
Affairs at (800) 526-025^.
HOOPSTERS REUNITE: Women's
basketball
alumnae attending a
recent courtside reception and cheering as the Huskies took on West
Chester are.
left to right:
Kelly Heierbacher
Greenholt 83. Kathy McGuire-Stoudt
Bulka Caulfield
ALL
THE FAMILY:
Debbie Bentz Metz 90, left, says BU was well
Shown, left to right, are Metz:
her cousin. Ann Bentz Weinsteiger '85; nieces Sarah Bergenstock and
Mandi Baer members of the Class of 2014; and cousin Susan Bentz
McDonald '97 with her husband. Derrick McDonald
IN
represented
Colegrove
'94,
'94,
Michelle
'92.
Tennyson '91 Diane AlfonsI
Debra Artz Barry 73. Careen
.
Simons Dubosky '93, Lesley Seitzinger
and Jamie Kauczka Esgro 06.
Kelly Burkhart 06
at a recent family gathering.
ALUMNI RECRUITERS: Alumni
KELLER WEDDING:BU was
recruiters for the
wedding
retuming to campus as employment
annual Career and Intemship Expo are, left to
right: Austin John 04 and Sara Johansen 07, both with Travelers
Insurance; Bonnie Gregory 03 and Julie Kaszuba 00, both with Lehigh
Valley Health Network; and Kate Johnson 07, Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
1
7th
well-represented at an Oct. 16, 2010,
Boone's Dam. Bloomsburg. Shown, left to
right, are Garrett Lowe 05, Jeremy Frey '12, groom Jim Keller 06,
bride Jamie Frey Keller 04, Katie Leibig Muscalus '05/'10M, Andrea
Falcone Gritman 03 and Jeff Gritman 04/ 05M.
at the
Barn
at
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Safeguarding Mother Earth
^j^ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg State College students ushered in the
first
Earth Day, April
22, 1970,
with a symbolic
rejection of humanity's love for the automobile
and
primary source of air pollution: they
bludgeoned, then buried, a 1965 Ford Falcon, minus
its
role as a
to the construction of a solar collector.
maintenance
Bloomsburg's
and donated it to
the college, which used it to
staff built the collector
David Brooks. Velma Avery, Dave
Keefer and Shelby Treon,
left to
served on the 1970 Earth Day
Art Committee,
generate hot water for the
right,
the engine, in vacant land
former laundry,
as
Simon
Hall.
now known
It
was
between the current
estimated the collector would
Andruss Library and
pay for
Student Recreation Center.
Ten years later, local
groups were working with
those on campus to promote
the ideals of Earth Day. The
Fishing Creek Green
The event contributed
one of the more dramatic
moments of Earth Day at
Bloomsburg since the
national observance began
more than 40 years ago. That
itself in five years.
Alliance sponsored a clean-up
day on April 21, 1990, to
remove garbage along a
20-mile stretch from Benton
Earth Day in April 1970,
coordinated by a group of
first
students with concerns
south to the creek's conflu-
about local air and water
ence with the Susquehanna
pollution,
was
part of Environmental
Awareness Week.
the
overpopulation, air
The club
a
teach-in with lectures
and water pollution
and nuclear power.
The films, Bulldozed
America and Who
Hartline Science Center.
Anniversary celebrations in 1995 and 2000 continued
to raise awareness of environmental issues. The 25th
annual Earth Day observance adjacent to Lycoming
first
celebrations have
appeared
in
occurred to mark
five-
and
the April 22,
Maroon & Gold,
10-year anniversaries. In
1980, for example,
Day Committee composed of students and
an Earth
faculty
planned events that began with an overnight sleep-out
on the site of the current Student Recreation Center.
Earth Day continued with an ecumenical sunrise
and closed with a
House on the upper
campus. Students, faculty and staff were encouraged to
hike, bike or jog to campus, instead of driving.
The Community Government Association provided
$1,300 in financial support, nearly half of which went
service, a concert
and
aimed at decreasing the
warming. Members raised $800 selling
T-shirts and used the money to buy bushes and shrubs
that were planted by the greenhouse next to the
Federation's "Cool It" project
effects of global
were shown.
Since the
1970, issue of the
participated in the National Wildlife
Killed Lake Erie?
observance in 1970,
the largest Earth Day
earth,
members of the campus
on radioactive and
solid waste disposal,
ways humans were abusing the planet included
This cartoon, depicting the polluted
River. Participants, including
community, filled more than 700 bags with trash.
On campus, one of the event sponsors was the
Biology Club, which focused on issues that were not
part of the original Earth Day, such as acid rain, the
greenhouse effect, ozone depletion and deforestation.
Events designed to educate and increase awareness of
tree planting,
sunset service west of Nelson Field
Hall included the sale of plants and tie-dyed T-shirts,
music from the bands Social and The Need and
information on how students could help preserve the
health of the planet and society. Frontiers, the
university's outdoor club, sponsored the event.
Help Our Planet Earth (H.O.P.E.) organized Earth
Day in 2000, with a primary focus on energy conservation.
The event, held again on the Lycoming lawn, featured a
large recyclable "hut," a police car that ran on alternative
fuel and music.
In this decade, Earth Day continues in the tradition
of engagement, with recreational activities, speakers,
panel discussions and tours of environmental projects
in action, all designed to remind us, once again, to
handle Mother Earth with care. •
SPRING
2011
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CaLEND^R
Activities
Academic Calendar
New
SUMMER
Activities
2011
May 23 to Aug. 12
- May 23 to July 1
-
Session
I
Session
II
Session
III -
and Events
Summer Experience,
Sunday, June 26
Summer Freshman
sixth-
New York
Tuesday, July 5
Mets
ninth- through iith-graders;
vs.
Philadelphia Phillies
Act 101/EOP Orientation
through eighth-graders,
and CSI Summer Experience,
Orientation
July 6 to Aug. 12
FALL 2011
Math and Science Camps
Roger Sanders-Era
Alumni Wrestling Reunion
Student
Saturday, July 16
Tuesday, July 5
Pepsi Porch,
Freshman Previews
Monday through Wednesday,
July 11 to 13, and Wednesday
Through Friday, July 20 to 22
Bloom
Citi Field,
New York
Monday to Thursday,
June 27 to 30; for information,
jpolhill@bloomu.edu
or (570) 389-4508.
Classes Begin
Fall
Monday, Aug. 29
Labor Day, No Classes
Monday, Sept. 5
Transfer Orientation
Reading Day
Wednesday and Thursday,
Friday, Oct. 14
Aug. 3 and 4
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, Nov.
Classes
22, 10
p.m.
@ the
Beach
Saturday, Aug.
Seacrets,
6,
Ocean
7 to 9 p.m.
City,
Md.
Fame
Induction
Friday, Oct. 21
Kehr Union
Pre-registration required
Carver Hall Chapter
Homecoming Weekend
Annual Yard Sale
Saturday, Aug. 13
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 7 to 9
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Fenstermaker Alumni House
Alumni Tent Party
Non-Traditional/ ACE Orientation
Saturday, Aug. 27
Weekend
Class of 1956 55-Year Reunion
Parents and Family
Saturday, Oct.
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
1
Resume
Monday, Nov.
28, 8 a.m.
Alumni Events
Classes End
Visit
Saturday, Dec. 10
www.bloomualumni.com for
details
Capital
Network Football
Tailgate
Finals Begin
Monday, Dec.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Alumni
field
End
Friday, Dec. 16
Capital Netv/ork
Graduate
Commencement
Summer
Friday, Dec. 16
Alumni
Picnic
Thursday, June 16
West Shore Elks Picnic Pavilion
Undergraduate Commencement
Cariisle Pike,
Camp Hill
hockey, football, soccer,
swimming,
Special Events
tennis, wrestling,
basketball and,
Affairs office at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
or alum@bloomu.edu.
BU offers summer camps in
the following sports: baseball,
on these and additional
For information, contact the
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Summer Camps
Saturday, Oct. 15
events or to register to attend.
Finals
Athletic Hall of
Reading. Literacy and Learning
Conference (formerly the Reading
and
Conference)
registration info
Thursday and
May 12 and 13
lacrosse.
For dates,
Friday,
visit
www.bucamps.com.
For information:
http://orgs.bloomu.edu/Uc,
dhartman@bloomu.edu
Carver Hall Chapter
Finger Lakes Wine Tour
Trash
to
Treasure
Saturday,
Saturday, June 18
May 21, 9 a.m.
to
noon;
Kehr Union,
Multicultural Center and
early birds, 8 a.m.;
Lehigh Valley Alumni Day
Fireside Lounge; benefits
at Iron Pigs
Sunday, June 26,
Tickets required
For the
latest information
1:35
p.m.
Columbia County United Way.
Call (570) 784-3134.
on upcoming events, check the university website, www.bloomu.edu.
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and contact
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or (570) 389-4092
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FEATURES
10 Driller Instinct
Ed
Breiner
'77 figures
the angles and
top— from rescuing
miners to leading a company through
the economic downturn.
conies out on
14 Market Sense
Wall Street comes to
new Financial
Hall's
BU via Sutliff
Services Lab.
15 Lea n on Me
Students "lean" on each other to
learn theory's practical application.
17 A step Above
Two recent graduates prove campus
involvement
is
a competitive advantage
for first-time jobseekers.
18 Paying Dividends
Dean Michael Tidwell says it's time
for BU's already strong program to
become one of the Northeast's foremost business education schools.
20
BU's
Professional Polish
new Zeigler
Institute for
Professional Development integrates
an alumni couple's philosophy into
the curriculum.
23 Building for Business
The name and the building footprint
are
all
that remains of the I950s-style
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of Higher Education Board
of Governors
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Marie Conley Lammando,
Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
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Vice Chair
B. Aitieri III
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Baker
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Ronald G. Henry
Vincent J. Hughes
Kenneth M.Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
Jeffrey E. Piccola
President,
Harold C. Shields
David
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2011
Bloomsburg University of Pennsyh ania
fres
perspective^
Caring for Japan
When Japan was devastated by an earthquake,
tsunami and nuclear power accident, business
management major Anh Tran from Vietnam did
something to help. Teaming with her fellow international students and the SOLVE and Residence
Life offices, she organized a fund drive. Through
collection cans and at tables where they created
origami for donors, the international students
raised
HI.
more than $900
00 MS 1:1
Ki;
for the
LM\ ERSr
Red Cross.
•
Bloomsburg Unh^ersity of Pennsyh^ania
aroundTHEquad
Passion for Patents
MARK TAPSAK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY,
RECEIVES PATENT FOR GLUCOSE DEVICE
The
United States Patent and Trademark
Office received nearly 520,000 patent appli-
cations in 2010, but fewer than half were
One of those successful patents
Mark Tapsak, associate professor
granted.
went
to
of
chemistn,', the 24th since his career began.
The expert
in
polymer chemistn.- received
his latest
patent for an implantable glucose-monitoring device
that continuously checks diabetics' blood-sugar levels
for
one
year.
Designed
to help diabetics
maintain a
consistent glucose level, the device supplements, but
does not replace, the traditional finger-prick
The implanted monitor,
average-sized
Uke receiver
slightly smaller
USB thumb-drive,
in a pocket or
sticks.
than an
connects to a beeper-
purse to provide continuous
updates via radio frequencies relayed from inside
the patient. Tapsak began
work on
the project with
engineers and other experts while employed by
DexCom,
WTiile
a
San Diego-based company.
number 24 sounds
impressive, Tapsak insists
remains his most special. "A first patent
first love," he says.
Issued in just one \ ear, rather than the t\'pical three
his first patent
is
almost Uke a
to five, his first patent
devised a method to use ultrasonic imagins; dur-
The expert tn polymer
chemistry received his
latest patent for an
implantable glucosemonitoring device that
continuously checks
diabetics' blood -sugar
levels for one year.
research and development company. Medtronic,
which he
The
compam" where I had
m\" first
After a few years, he became the 12th employee of
ing the insertion of
a catheter.
calls "a big
taste of developing technolog\'."
a
new company, DexCom, where he helped
create
process allows
medical devices, as well as streamline products to
doctors to see the
make them more
tubing without
Although Medtronic and DexCom provided the
foundation for all of his patents, Tapsak was drawn
to teaching. "As a teaching assistant, I found teaching
exposing the
patient or doctor
to radiation
which
occurred during
an alternative
process, fluoroscopy. "There was nothing to compare
it to," he says.
Tapsak's career started with a biotechnology
to
be
ver\'
Tapsak,
consistent.
rewarding.
who
It
was
a natural transition," says
taught as an adjunct facultA'
while working in the business
Tapsak has been
at
\N
member
orld.
BU since 2004 and is now
applying for patents on his own. Perhaps number 25
is
on the horizon.
•
FALL 2011
5
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
aroundjHn
J
mlad
Student Affairs
NEW VP NAMED
DiONE SOMERVILLE, former dean
of students at Iowa State University,
joined
BU this summer as vice
president for
Student Affairs.
Somerville
served as dean of
students at Iowa
State University
for
more than four
years, leading the
Academic Success Center, Greek
Affairs, Recreation Services,
Student Assistance, Multicultural
a
^
JJ
Jeremy Rhen, a senior
management major
from Pottstown
i^jjy member
and""""
of Phi Beta
Lambda, deans the
window of downtown
Bloomsburg's Salvation
Army Thrift
Store during
The Big Event.
thanks to the
is
Town of Bloomsburg,"
by BU's Community Government
"a great opportunity to express our
says
Anikka
schools and
Town
Elyria, Ohio; director of student
and
activities at
a
Brill,
immediate past
BU students tackled clean-up
projects at local businesses, churches, homes, the Women's Center, YMCA,
president of CGA. During
Lorain County Community College,
services at the
Ohio
Cleveland; and director of student
CLEAN UP BLOOMSBURG
MORE THAN 900 Students took part in the second annual Big Event,
service project. Sponsored
was director of
College of Podiatric Medicine,
900
Association (CGA), The Big Event
Previously, she
enrollment services/registrar at
affairs
i9
community
Student Affairs and Judicial Affairs.
The Big Event,
Park. Fourteen local businesses donated food, equipment
Ursuline College,
Pepper Pike, Ohio. She earned a
bachelor's degree from Ohio
Northern University, master's
degree from Bowling Green State
University and doctoral degree from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeff Long, assistant vice president
for Student Affairs, led the division
and materials. •
as interim vice president for the
past two years since the death of
Student Trustee
former vice president Preston
NEW COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
MARCUS FULLER JOINS BU's Council of Trustees this fall as its student
Herring. •
member. The junior business management and psychology
dual major from Harrisburg replaces Raylene Brill, who
graduated in May.
"(As Trustee)
students, faculty
be able to act as a liaison between the
and university community, and I can
I'll
bring issues to the forefront that
^gjjj^^^ ^fl
may otherwise be
overlooked," Fuller says.
In addition to the Trustees, Fuller
Kappa Alpha
Psi, secretary
Men of Intelligence,
is
vice president of
of the Intrafratemity Council, a
member of the
and Desire mentorship program and a
participant in the Campus Crusade for Christ/Impact program. He works
in the Kehr Union and is co-director at a summer camp. •
6
Notability
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Record Setter
EMPTY BOWLS RAISES $5,000
FOR FOOD CUPBOARD
THIS SPRING'S Empty Bowls
Banquet
set a record, raising
more
than $5,000 to benefit the
Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. Diners
enjoyed soups from area restaurants
during the ninth annual banquet,
sponsored by the
SOLVE volunteer
More than 125 BU students
participated in Empty Bowls. •
office.
Wimba Wins
AWARD
TEAM GETS DISTANCE
A FOUR-MEMBER team headed by
Sam Slike, who recently retired as
professor of exceptionality pro-
grams, received
the platinum
award
for distance
education during
the
IMS
Global
Learning
Consortium (IMS
Beach,
Calif.
GLC) in Long
The award, the orga-
nization's highest, recognized the
team's success using
known
Wimba, now
as Blackboard Collaborate,
for online courses in education
of the deaf/hard of hearing and
speech pathology. The presentaWork:
tion was titled Wimba
Global Awareness
Improving Access for High-Needs
AN ANONYMOUS $100,000 gift to the Bloomsburg University Foundation
Career Education.
will further international education
@
A total of 30 finalist teams from
competed for the awards.
Also attending the consortium
was John Cavanaugh, chancellor
of the Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education. •
15 countries
and the mission of the Global
Awareness Society International (GASI). GASI, a non-profit academic
and professional organization based at BU, promotes peace by fostering understanding and mutual respect through multicultural and
global education.
The anonymous gift establishes the Dr. and Mrs. Chang Shub Roh
and Family Global Awareness Scholarship Fund which will encourage
BU students to prepare abstracts and make presentations at GASI's
annual conferences, held
Yes to
Noh
faculty
at locations
member, serves as GASI's
Pomfret, a retired faculty
FOR FIRST TIME
Foundation Board of Directors. •
credits
from Bloomsburg
17th year, the
University. In
its
Noh Training
Project (NTP)
intensive, three-week
is
an
in the dance, chant and
instruments of classical Japanese
Noh drama, one of the oldest con-
performed theatre forms
Bloomsburg Theatre
in the world.
Ensemble, established in 1978,
is
current
BU
by vice chair James
member of the BU
Capitol Research
SENIOR PRESENTS POSTER IN D.C.
A SENIOR GEOLOGY and planetary geoscience major presented his research,
and GIS to Map Subzones within
Marsh near Wallops Island, Va.," in Washington, D.C,
last spring. Research by Brian Gulp, a resident of Danville
and native of Grand Island, N.Y., was among 74 presentations chosen from more than 700 reviewed for the Council
of Undergraduate Research "Posters on the Hill" event. BU
faculty members Cynthia Venn and Michael Shepard of
the geography and geosciences department were
co-authors of Gulp's research, which also was featured
during BU's Research Day in late April. •
"Integration of Quickbird Satellite Imagery
summer
program
tinually
worldwide. Roh, a retired
chair, assisted
member and
COLLEGE CREDITS AVAILABLE
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS Summer's
Noh Training Project at Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble could, for the
first time, earn three academic
BENEFITS STUDENTS
a
resident professional acting company
housed in downtown Bloomsburg's
Alvina Krause Theatre. •
a Salt
FALL
2011
7
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
aroundruE uad
NBEA Leader
Brown Returns
FORMER ADMINISTRATOR IS
NEW LIBERAL ARTS DEAN
A FORMER INTERIM dean returned to BU this summer
OLIVO ELECTED PRESIDENT
JOHN OLIVO, chair of business
as dean of BU's College of Liberal Arts. James Brown,
previously dean of Arts and Sciences
technology management, was elected
president of the National Business
and professor of English
Education Association (NBEA).
Mansfield
at
BU for five years as
University, served
assistant dean, associate
NBEA is a professional organization
dean and
interim dean of BU's College of Liberal
Arts.
education and information and
He also headed BU's
teacher edu-
for individuals
and groups involved in
and disseminating
teaching, administering, researching
information for and about business. •
cation unit from 2008 to 2009, coordi-
nating the National Council for
(NCATE)
Accreditation of Teacher Education
reaccred-
itation efforts.
Earlier in his career.
Brown was
a professor of
English at Charleston Southern University, where he
also directed the honors program.
He earned
a bache-
lor's
degree from Slippery Rock University and mas-
ter's
and doctoral degrees from Ohio
Man of Faith
NEW PRIEST JOINS CCM
THE REV. TIM MARCOE began his ministry as Catholic
Campus
Ministry's
dean
for the past
two
priest in June.
Bom in
Tim graduated from
Millersville University in 2001 with a
State University.
bachelor's degree in meteorology
Julie Kontos, professor of psychology, served as the
College's interim
new
Allentown, Father
studied for the priesthood at
years. •
Vincent Seminary, Latrobe.
ordained
and
St.
He was
at St. Patrick Cathedral,
Harrisburg.
First
and Goal
Finding his calling as a student leader
in Millersville's Catholic
EVANS MAKES LEADERSHIP GIFT
role at
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION'S
and Goal," a
$2 million endowed
scholarship campaign
"First
to benefit
is
gift
thanks in
of $500,000 from
Jahri Evans
Campaign
the 'First
with the
and Goal'
are. left to right,
Gerald Frey
71.
BU
campus through spiritual and social activities.
Father Tim says he wants to create a comfortable
place of worship for students and plans to continue the
work of his
predecessor, the Rev. Jeff Thorns.*
more than halfway
part to a leadership
off
'07,
guard
New Orleans
Way withMCGUIRE
Words
COSIDA HONORS
TOM MCGUIRE, BU's
won first place in
(CoSIDA) annual writing contest.
McGuire won in the coach/administrator category for his story on
Huskies athletic trainers Allen
and Roxie Larsen, featured in the
Jahri Evans 07 and Steph Pettit
raised through the
"First
and Goal" campaign
will
make an
additional
$80,000 to $100,000 in scholarship funds available
each year. The leadership committee is led by co-chairs
Gerald Frey
The
and Steph Pettit '89.
Redman Stadium will be named
field at
of Huskies coach
campaign
Danny Hale at
8
the conclusion of the
"First and
the
Bloomsburg University Foundation
Goal" campaign, see www.bloomufdn.org.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
2010 issue of Bloomsburg: The
University Magazine. McGuire's
honor
in spring 2012. •
For information on
and the
fall
'71
in
sports information director,
District 2 in the College Sports
Information Directors of America
and former
Ail-American. Funds
Saints
President
David Soltz, Coach Danny Hale,
Ministry, he sees his
BU football,
to its goal,
Kicking
Campus
BU as bridging the gap between church and
award was presented
at the
CoSIDA Convention
in Florida. •
To reread the winning story, see
www.bloomu.edu/magazine.
ON THE HILL
FOR UP-TO-DATE SCORES AND
COVERAGE, GO ONLINE
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Fame Career
Hall of
BU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MARY GARDNER RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS
MARY GARDNER, a pioneer in women's intercollegiate athletics, retired in June after 23
years leading the Huskies athletic program.
One of the first female athletic
directors in
the country responsible for both the men's
and women's athletics programs, Gardner
was appointed Bloomsburg University's
athletic director in July 1988 after six months
as interim director. Her duties included
overseeing the daily activities of the university's
20 varsity teams, including budget,
personnel,
National Collegiate
facilities,
(NCAA) and
Athletic Association
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) compliance, and summer camps.
Calling her years at
BU "rewarding, both
personally and professionally," Gardner says
she'll
miss the daily contact with student
athletes, coaches
have been
and support
staff.
"There
many changes throughout my
tenure as athletic director. All have been positive for the university
Many challenges lie
and
athletics in general.
ahead, but
I
am confident
our
staff,
will
meet those challenges head-on and conmost competitive
with the administration's support,
tinue to be one of the
schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference.
It
has been an honor to be a part
of Bloomsburg University for the past 37 years."
Prior to heading the athletic department, Gardner
was an
final stage of a project to
In recognition of her achievements, she
assistant professor in BU's exercise science
department and served as associate director of athletics.
She initiated and served as head coach of the women's
(NACDA) athletic director of the year for the
Association of Collegiate
coach, registering a four-year record of 20-12-9.
of the year.
Gardner coached 44 Ail-Americans, several of whom
individual national
During the past
six years,
Gardner had oversight
northeast region in 2001. In 2003, the National
Women Athletics Administrators
(NACWAA) honored her as Division II athletic director
The Hatboro
degrees
titles.
for
the university's $18 million athletic facilities renovations,
including All Sports Stadium, the tennis complex,
Redman Stadium and the Nelson Field House.
Currently, the Danny Litwhiler baseball field is in the
was named
the National Association of Collegiate Directors of
Athletics
swimming and diving program for 14 seasons, posting
an overall record of 88-28, and led the men's program
for one season. She also was BU's first field hockey
won
update bleachers, dugouts,
fencing and walkways.
at
native earned bachelor's
and master's
East Stroudsburg University, where she
was the school's first three-time national champion in
swimming and a varsity letter winner in both field
hockey and swimming. She is a member of both the
Hatboro-Horsham and East Stroudsburg University
halls of fame. •
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9
ON THE HILL
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sports
A Banner Season
BLOOMSBURG HOSTS
IN
10
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ONE YEAR
"NCAA manuals cover every
aspect of operation at one of their
championships," says McGuire.
"They leave nothing to chance,
right
down to the time for the national
anthem. We've hosted so many
times we know much of what's in
manual without reading it."
Sometimes, BU juggles multiple
championships. That happened
the
last
March when
the
PSAC Women's
the Huskies hosted
Basketball
championship on Friday and
Saturday and the EWL Division I
national qualifying tournament on
Sunday.
And that doesn't count a
women's basketball quarterfinal
game on Tuesday and a home
lacrosse game on Wednesday.
It's
HAVE hosted
THE HUSKIESpostseason
matcha
variety of
tions, athletic training
Athletic Association
"When we learn that BU will be
we print tickets, assign
(NCAA)
the host,
field
NCAA foot-
student-workers, get the pre-game
ball playoffs to Eastern Wrestling
music together and make sure
officials have a locker room, among
League (EWL) championships and
a laundry
hockey
final four
lots of Softball.
and
This past year,
all
or part of 10 championships were
Preparation
that's
student-athletes, says
Tom
McGuire, director of sports
operations.
on the visiting
team and the sports information
their counterparts
staff"
infor-
mation, but the length of time available for preparation varies from
event to event. Sites for sports like
and swimming championships are known a
year ahead and Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
game
(PSAC) playoff
locations generally are set a
few months
in advance. In other
sports, however, hosting is deter-
mined by a team's record in conference play and may allow as few as
10
creates programs, builds
Web
pages for fans, writes press releases
and makes arrangements for
coverage by sports reporters from
newspapers, TV and radio.
Hosting an
tennis, wrestling, track
NCAA playoff is
NCAA
more complicated. The
office requires
each school willing
run the game or tournament to
complete forms covering details
including where teams and officials will stay— not in the same
hotel— seating capacity and the
to
restrooms' proximity to the
field.
48 hours for preparation. That's
Wood is responsible for submitting
when three
those forms by deadline.
staffs— athletic opera-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
much fun
SOFTBALL PLAYER LACY MAURO
of Jersey Shore was named firstteam All -American by
the National Fastpitch
Athletic trainers coordinate with
is key to putting on
memorable for the
too
Mauro Honored
of items," says
Kevin Wood, director of athletic
contested at Bloomsburg.
an event
list
It's
watching the Huskies win. •
information— get to work.
ups on the upper campus,
from the National Collegiate
and sports
a lot of work, but there are
no complaints.
Coaches Association
(NFCA). The catcher
capped her college
career with a brilliant
senior season, leading Bloomsburg
in hitting, with a mark of .404,
homers (10), RBIs (35) and hits
(59). She was tied for the team lead
in doubles with 11 and was second
runs scored with 33. Mauro also
led the Huskies with 18 multi-hit
games and had 10 multi-RBI
in
games.
Mauro
also
was named the
2011
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Central
Division Athlete of the Year, the
first-team
All-PSAC Central two
years in a row, first-team All-Atlantic
Region by Daktronics and firstteam All-Region by the NFCA. •
Academic
Champions
COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION
Directors (CoSIDA) recognized
^H^H
three
BU student-
athletes for their
work
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l^^^l
in the
B
3
competition.
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tennis player Laura
classroom and in
Women's
Dingman's
earned second-
Sullivan,
Ferry,
team All-District 2
honors in the at-large
category; she also
was named
Pennsylvania State
Live Coverage
THE HUSKIES GAME at Indiana
broadcast Thursday, Sept.
IWl^J*^JHH
University of Penns\ Ivania will be
15, at
CBS
Sports Netvs^ork (fonnerly
CBS
District 2
College Sports),
and simulcast on wvsw.ncaa.org. Alumni Affairs "watch" parties
are planned across Pennsylvania.
Bloomsburg's football team last appeared on national T\' during
the 2006 season when ESPN2 broadcast the Huskies in the NCAA
II
Coplay, for softball
To be
the
Baseball Recognition
this spring.
Hunter,
was
named PSAC
4-1
East Freshman of the
with a team-best 3.10
which he struck out seven and walked two.
Hunter also tossed a three-hit shutout against Kutztown University
which helped the Huskies move into playoff contention on the season's
final weekend. Hunter had three complete games on the season and
opponents hit just .254 off him. In PSAC East-only games Hunter was
Millersville University in
Inductees Announced
year's inductees are
Splain
'92,
Petersen
to 142.
This
Tracy Price
swimming; Mike
'92,
tennis; Rich Kozicki
swimming; Lori Shelly '91, softball; and Denise Miller Warner '99,
field hockey and softball.
'76,
The Hall of Fame dinner will be
ERA.
held in the Kehr Union Ballroom.
Collins, in his sixth season,
was chosen PSAC Eastern Division Coach
of the Year. In 2011, he guided the Huskies to their first PSAC playoff
berth in 13 years after posting an 11-13 mark in PSAC East action, includ-
BU finished with
PSAC championship tournament. •
ing wins in six of the their final eight division games.
and went
•
THE INDUCTION OF the 30th BU
Athletic Hall of Fame class on
number of honorees
Among his wins was a four-hit shutout
of nationally ranked, PSAC East champ
23-21 record
PSAC Top 10 team.
Friday, Oct. 21, will bring the total
ERA for the
season.
4-0 with a 0.97
CoSIDA
Hall of Fame
BU FRESHMAN PITCHER Kyle Hunter of Lehighton and head baseball
coach Mike Collins were honored by the Pennsylvania State Athletic
I^^^^B i^^^^I^^ Conference (PSAC) for their accomplishments
Year,
eligible for the
A GPA of at least 3.5 is required for
isci:. bloomu.edu/magazinc.
J
and Joey
awards, a student-athlete must
have an overall GPA of at least 3.30.
national semi-finals against North^^ est Missouri State.
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to
Bloomsburg, for baseball.
laniero,
Locations of alumni "watch" parties will be posted, as available, at
i^^^^ I
All-
CoSIDA
honors also went
Shavaun Fisher,
syndicated to regional sports networks and local television stations
Division
Athletic Conference
(PSAC) Spring 10
team. Second team
8 p.m. as part of the six-game 2011
NCAA Division II Football Game of the Week package. The game will
be featured on
to the
2-2 in the
a
Call the
BU sports information
office at (570) 389-4413 for ticket
information. •
For more information on
this year's
inductees, see www.buhuskies.com.
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ALUMNI PROFILE
]
Driller
Instinct
whole world watched
last fall as 33 Chilean miners were pulled from far
below the earth's surface. BU alumnus Ed Breiner '77
had a special interest in the rescue. He leads the
company that manufactured the life-saving drill.
It's
no exaggeration
by
to say the
JACK SHERZER
were considering another drilling option for
main rescue. They projected the rescue would succeed
by Christmas, but Breiner knew there was a faster way.
He was right. The Schramm rig first thought of as "Plan
B" ended up breaking through to the miners and making
the rescue possible by mid-October.
authorities
Initiative.
the
Reacting to news that 33 miners in Chile are trapped
and copper mine and need to be rescued.
in a gold
Running a $125 million drilling rig company as the
economy falls off a cliff. Figuring out the way forward
in the
shaky world that follows.
For Edward J. Breiner, president and
Chester-based
CEO of West
experience in the U.S. and across the world have taught
it
doesn't pay to wait for events to overtake you.
"Take
initiative,
don't wait for
someone to tell you
what to do— if you see a snake, kill it," says Breiner, 55,
who graduated from Bloomsburg in 1977 with a bachelor's
degree in accounting. "In
my career I've never had
someone tell me to stop doing something.
tell
me to start
Initiative.
Schramm Inc., decades of business
had them
doing something, so take initiative and the
I've
world will follow."
As the head of one of the leading manufacturers of
drilling equipment— drilling rigs used all over the world
ground" for anything from minerals
and water to natural gas and oil— Breiner directed his
employees to work on rescue plans as soon as he heard
about the Aug. 5, 2010, Chilean mine collapse that trapped
33 men nearly a half mile under ground. And he started
"to put holes in the
out of the economy. By the fourth quarter of 2008, Breiner
was suddenly looking at $20 million in canceled orders.
"It was clear something was wrong. This was a liquidity
crisis;
it
wasn't like other business recessions.
I
knew we
had to act fast."
IngersoU Rand days
Working in manufacturing came naturally to Breiner.
He grew up in Easton, and his father worked for
IngersoU Rand as a machinist. Though his father had
only finished the 10th grade, he essentially became an
industrial engineer without the formal education, the
go-to
man to solve equipment problems,
Breiner recalls.
In high school and through college, Breiner
worked
for the company in departments ranging from boiler-
without being asked.
Immediately after the coUapse, a
It was the same "kill the snake" attitude that kept
Schramm from going under when the bottom dropped
Schramm rig made
the initial borehole that located the miners, but Chilean
making to inventory control.
Breiner initially enrolled in Shippensburg State
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13
College, but followed his wife-to-be,
the former Julie Miller, to Bloomsburg,
where they graduated together in
1977.
Married for 32 years, they have
three
grown children, two sons and
a daughter.
After graduation, Breiner joined
Ingersoll
Rand as an accountant in
New Jersey before getting the opportunity that
would change the direction
of his life— an opening at the company's drill rig
manufacturing plant in
Garland, Texas. While there, he
earned his
MBA from the University
of Dallas and became certified in pro-
duction and inventory management.
Just as significantly, he
worked in
various jobs, from managing inventory
control to troubleshooting problems.
Accounting taught Breiner discipline
and collaboration with employees at
IngersoU Rand and other companies
nurtured his interest in working with
people.
He also learned about dealing
with change as the company closed
four manufacturing divisions else-
where and brought the work to his plant. "I loved it:
bringing order to chaos. We had fun, and we had people
that worked well together," he says.
He also saw firsthand how technology was making
manufacturing more efficient and reducing the number
of workers needed.
president
He returned to Pennsylvania as vice
and branch manager for equipment sales
Ingersoll Rand's offices in Lewisberry, but
that the
at
he could see
company was continuing to make changes.
Rand sold every division
"This was the industry
I
grew up in and knew best,
and Schramm is a great business," he says. "Seventy
percent of its revenue comes from overseas and you get
to meet people from all over the globe. It was just good
fortune that I had the opportunity to structure a leveraged buyout of a company and become an owner."
Breiner initially became vice president of marketing
and, after demonstrating leadership to the satisfaction of
Richard
Schramm and the company's board of directors,
Eventually, he notes, IngersoU
was named chief operating officer a year after he joined
he'd been involved with, including the drill division in Texas.
the company.
Joining
Schramm
Inc.
Then, in 2000, Richard
about taking over the
Schramm approached Breiner
drill rig
company his family
founded in 1900. The fourth generation to run the
company, Schramm was 65 years old, had no children
and was looking for someone who could take the firm
into the future.
Schramm says he met Breiner at Ingersoll Rand,
him at trade shows and industry committees
and was struck by his natural leadership qualities and
overall knowledge of the business.
talked with
"When he gets in a group of people who have a task
to perform,
sibilities.
he comes up with ideas and takes on respon-
He's just a clear leader," says
Schramm, now the
company's chairman and consultant on various projects.
For Breiner, it was the right opportunity at the
right time.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The timing of the deal also was right. The commodities
market was taking
off, and money the
"Take initiative and
the world willfollow, "
^^P^^^ borrowed
buy Richard
Schramm's majority
stock position was paid off in 18 months. Bookings for
new equipment were flowing in and the company, under
Breiner's direction, started expanding into drilling rigs
for energy exploration. That business, which includes
rigs used for natural gas in Pennsylvania's MarceUus
Shale and Canada's tar sands, accounts for about 40
percent of the company's revenue today.
to
-Ed Breiner '77
When the Great Recession hit, Breiner's careful business planning pulled
Schramm through.
drilling business is cyclical, he'd
Realizing the
planned for a 30 percent
was different and required the quick
action of initial layoffs and careful money management.
slowdown. But
this
own temperature is used for heating and cooling.
"We had no debt going into 2009 and we had no debt
coming out of 2009, but we borrowed in between," he
says, recalling a point when the company was burning
earth's
through $8 million a month with few orders coming in.
The long lead time needed for constructing the huge
within a
drilling rigs
While
he's built his career
on taking the initiative,
Breiner says he also believes in taking
company to
all
sorts of jobs
learn the ropes. "In the middle of
my career, I spent a lot of time moving laterally in an
means materials and parts are ordered
organization.
I
took a
lot
of jobs that weren't promotions;
months in advance. Work continues, even when cancellations come in. "We did make money in 2009," he says. "I
was determined we could but we didn't make much."
Now commodities are on an upswing, and so is
Schramm. Looking ahead, Breiner has been studying
"The end result was I became a generalist. I
recommend anytime you have the opportunity to learn
something new, to go someplace different, take it." •
carbon sequestration, the process of placing the carbon
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
The firm is also
beginning to buUd rigs for geothermal use, in which the
native.
they were side positions to learn something else," he
says.
...
given off as pollution into the ground.
He currently lives in Harrisburg.
The Chilean Mining Accident
When
the walls of a
mine
Copiapo, Chile, caved
Aug.
5,
2010,
in
in
Brothers.
on
began
Edward Breiner
The crew
a
drilling
rescue hole
heard predictions that 33 trapped miners
dubbed as "Plan B"
might not be freed
while efforts using
Christmas.
until
Without being asked or asking, he
team
another
West Chester-based
Schramm Inc. to look for ways to make
the rescue happen sooner
Schramm rigs can be found around
the world. Although one wasn't being
used at the cave-in's site, the crew from
directed his
a nearby mining
Schramm
drillings.
rig to
at
company brought in
make the initial test
Breiner says
rigs are especially
good
holes that were needed
for the kinds of
—the
initial
holes to find the miners and send water
and
nutrition to
large
sent
enough
down
by-one.
them and the
later hole
for the thin rescue capsule
to bring the
Schramm
men
back one-
drilling rigs,
ration, the bits of earth
needed
rescue, a
hole
is
by geologists. For a mine
drill bit
that can carve out a
just what's needed.
As Breiner and
his
team looked
at
Edward Rendell contacted the Chilean
government and offered assistance,
some
was lowered
that
work
we needed
us
to
The 28-inch
Breiner says.
out,"
that they said, 'You tell us
into the hole.
'There were things
what the machine was designed for so
we had to get with the engineers to make
sure
it
of the
could handle
we
reasons
it.
Frankly that's one
sent a technician to
Chile for six
weeks.
machine so
it
We
could pull
had
to adjust the
more
weight."
Finally after 33 days of drilling
—one
to
make
a hole a foot wide and the
second
to get
it
needed
for the
pass
was
to the full
28 inches
rescue capsule
done. Four days
later, all
—the job
min-
of the
ers were rescued.
knew
Francis
of
want
didn't
way
To
CEO
McGuire. president and
P.
Major
to get in the
Drilling
the Canadian
Group
International,
company which, along
ideas being discussed at
Schramm. The Chilean government was
interested, and a Schramm T130XD rig
was brought to the site by Geotec Boyles
it's
an example
Schramm's
"In
put
in
of Breiner
and
like this,
try to
Schramm guys
"
thing about
fit
it
in
very well, and the
it
over"
customer support and overknowledge of the business are the
attention to
all
reasons his company does business
with
Schramm and why
Breiner serves
on his company's board of directors.
"Why
When
we
like
Schramm
you"re out
in
is really
service.
the middle of Africa,
in
the middle of a jungle, your machine
is
down and
important
it's
to get
costing $10,000 a day
your part
Ik
in
this is a field that
it's
48
to
hours. Ed understands that totally
He
has a
high service component."
In the wake of the Chilean rescue.
Schramm has offered its expertise to
companies about responding
mine rescues. Breiner says the
Chinese, who have a history of coal mine
train other
to
accidents, have purchased
"It
you always
your most-seasoned people. The
Chileans organized
that team,
to taking
McGuire says Breiners expertise,
specifically for
strengths.
cases
what you want
we're part of this team,' as
understands
Breiner did not go to Chile. He
and
to do,
opposed
diameter rescue hole was larger than
with others, drilled to find the miners,
the options, then-Pennsylvania Gov.
including
involved, designing
the rescue capsule
he had good people there, he says,
for
sampling are sent up through the hollow stem so they can be bagged for
later analysis
NASA was
already
being used by other companies in Chile,
were perfect.
The process, called "reverse circulation drilling," uses high-pressure air
and a hollow stem drill bit, Breiner
says. When used for mineral explo-
swing. Even
in full
a
some Schramm
drilling
system were also
use
in
wasn't a no-brainer
drilling job,"
Schramm
rigs
rescue operations.
it
was
a tough
Breiner says of the Chilean
rescue. "The interesting part
was
all
the
collaboration that took place."
very well as part of
For more on Schramm, see
McGuire says. "The good
Schramm and
its
people
is
www.bloomu.edu/magazine.
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[
ACADEMIC INNOVATION
]
MARKET
SENSE
the-minute information.
"Our students
have an
will
how real markets work and how their business
opportunity to see
and investment decisions impact
the performance of their funds
and, ultimately, their organizations,"
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Geyfman
"These practical
enhance the global
competitiveness of our students
and our College."
says.
skills will
hub
and econom-
In addition to serving as a
for real-time financial
ic
information, the
FSL will help
move for-
the College of Business
ward
in
two
strategic areas: stu-
dent professional development and
community outreach, says Michael
Tidwell, dean.
"The FSL will provide a learning
environment where students can
develop
skills that will lead to suc-
cessful careers," Tidwell says.
"They
will create projects to solve real-
world problems and learn
how to
demonstrate the value and benefit
they bring to potential employers."
The
lab
on the
first floor
of
THERE WAS A TIME when only
associate professor of finance.
Sutliff Hall also will provide a
those with the extreme personal
designated space for learning and
wealth of the Vanderbilts or
"The lab will integrate business
theory and practice by providing
Rockefellers paid close attention to
access to current global financial
in the lab will give faculty the tools
the world's financial markets.
information and resources."
Today,
it's
a different story as
Slated to launch with the
economic trends influence each
family's pocketbook and each
reopening of Sutliff Hall, the FSL
business' ledger sheet. Sutliff Hall's
cial topics,
new
strategies, portfolio
Financial Services Laboratory
(FSL) will bridge theory, practice
and research
for students in BU's
College of Business.
"In today's global competitive
will focus
on business and finanincluding investment
oriented opportunities.
"We
are accredited by the
Business must serve as a resource
to the surrounding business
wall with market information and
and
access to financial
16
while opening the door to student-
tickers, digital signage, a trading
stock quotes,
Geyfman,
to help local business leaders
develop their financial literacy
Association to Advance Collegiate
more comprehensive
curriculum enriched by hands-on
learning," says Victoria
service; the technology
management,
financial markets and economic
conditions and trends. Real-time
environment, business schools
strive for a
community
LCD TVs with
news coverage
will help students research and
make decisions based on up-to-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Schools of Business," Tidwell
says.
"Any accredited College of
community through
service learning,
consulting,
and internship
and job placement. FSL
us do just that." •
will help
[
By
IT
FACULTY INNOVATION
]
KEVIN GRAY
LEAN
BEGINS WITH an assembly-line environment where
and
the workers (aka college students) learn the ins
outs of a business process while putting together the
hands, faces, casings and internal mechanisms of
Seven hours later, they walk away with an
understanding of a concept used by businesses around
the world to improve various areas of their operations.
clocks.
Lean Manufacturing.
"Any business or supply chain does things
in excess
of absolute necessity," explains Christian Grandzol,
associate professor of management. "This
means
A
a
customer may pay more, wait longer or tolerate lower
quality than necessary."
The "Lean" manufacturing theory, he says, focuses
on continuous improvement, pursuit of perfection and
elimination of waste. Grandzol believes knowledge of
Lean methodology is valuable to college graduates
entering manufacturing and other fields.
The clock-making exercise has been an
experiential component of Bloomsburg
University's curriculum since 2008
when Grandzol and fellow management
professors Stephen Markell and Pamela
on me
methodology,
"Lean/'
is
known simply as
helping BU students gain
an understanding of concepts used
by businesses around the world to
improve their operations.
Business students
where a
faculty
clocks to
under the direction of faculty members
Stephen Markell. Christian Grandzol and
Pamela Wynn. left to right.
Wynn traveled to Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI),
make simple
learn the theory of Lean Manufacturing
group
received a National Science Foundation
grant to improve collegiate Lean curricula.
The WPI group was assessing schools for
Time Wise Management Systems' Lean
simulation program and members believed
Bloomsburg was a good match.
In BU's simulation conducted outside of
once a semester, students— primarily
from the management department's
Supply Chain Operations course— assemble working clocks while implementing
Lean throughout four assembly rounds.
Grandzol says the simulation is effective
class
because of its experiential component— it
allows students to participate in an actual Lean
transformation.
The students
offer ideas for
Students are
clock
initially
Although, as Grandzol points out, most Bloomsburg
improve-
ments, witness the effects of their decisions and work
with their peers to improve the process.
assigned various roles, such as
hand assembler, material handler or inspector.
graduates won't work for manufacturers and don't
how a methodology with "manufacturing"
name will apply to them, "by the end of the
simulation, students recognize how Lean can be applied
realize, at first,
in
its
"In ensuing rounds, the students can choose to reas-
in service industries, accounting, information systems,
sign individuals to value-adding positions," Grandzol
product design, health care
how to deploy scarce and expensive
such as human resources, is a critical
...
nearly any business." •
says. "Deciding
resources,
management
skill."
Kevin Gray is a fi'eelance writer based
Lehigh
in the
Valley.
FALL 2011
17
&
FIRST
.
A SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN
FOR BLOOMSBURG FOOTBALL
On the
field,
Bloomsburg's football program has
never been better. We're on the cusp of national
success at a
level
unprecedented
in
history. And, just as important, this
been achieved while staying true
school
success has
to our values off
the field.
First
and Goal: A Scholarship Campaign
Bloomsburg Football
will
for
improve on this winning
formula by establishing a $2 million endowed
football scholarship.
We want to
continue "doing
it
right" by preparing
our players for new levels of success on the
field, in their
careers and
in
their lives as sons,
husbands, fathers, volunteers and members
of
their communities.
We're more than halfway to our $2 million goal.
We
need your help
to
make
that final play.
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[
A Step above
STUDENT PROFILE
By HAILI
SHETLER
]
'ii
more competitive job market, college students should actively
participate in campus organizations to enhance their professional qualifications and make contacts in their fields. This involvement was exactly
what Lee Herbert '11 and Megan Miller '11 pursued and promoted at BU.
In today's
AS THE PRESIDENT of the Financial Management
Association (FMA), Herbert led an organization
dedicated to helping students decide
a career in
if
finance sparked their interest. Throughout the academic
year, speakers from financial sectors— like a presenter
from Wells Fargo and a mutual fund manager from
Vanguard— introduced students to their careers and
companies.
BU's
FMA is a "superior chapter," Herbert says, a
designation held by only a few universities. "This status
shows the
level of commitment
members display.
It
and
requires a specific
fortitude our
number of
speakers, financial institution tours and a selection of
other tasks that best
fits
our organization."
Opportunities spawned by
FMA include a recently
working with the Greater
Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone. This program
fosters local job growth by helping entrepreneurs, newly
formed startup companies and mature companies identify
and capitalize on new ideas and opportunities.
established internship
"A goal of FMA is to provide opportunities for students
to further themselves.
Any student motivated and willing
to learn about the finance industry
is
supported," says
Herbert.
Miller, president of the
Student Association for Fraud
Examination (SAFE) for 2010-2011 (see story on page
21),
brought speakers to campus to share expertise, including
FBI agents and professional law enforcement
officers.
SAFE is not only a campus group, it is a student
chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
(ACFE), according to Michael Shapeero, professor of
Accounting Association, is proud of her initiative to
encourage SAFE members to be more active. The gold
and maroon membership policy awards points based
on the number of meetings and activities a member
attends. Gold member status on a resume shows job
recruiters a student
While interviewing for positions
ACFE announced a program to
start student chapters and selected BU as one of two
universities to pilot the program. The BU chapter,
tiatives,
founded by Shapeero and Albert Fundaburk, assistant
tive. If you
professor of business education and information and
two,
accounting. In 2005, the
was the ACFE's first student
was recognized by the university in 2006.
was involved and dedicated to the
organization, she says.
says she
was
internships and extracurricular activities.
"There are so
it
last fall, Miller
consistently asked about three things: ini-
many accounting majors. It's competimember of an organization or
are an active
gives
you an edge." •
technology management,
chapter.
It
Miller,
who also served as president of the
Bloomsburg, earned a bachelor's
degree in mass communications/public relations.
Haili Shetler
'11,
FALL 2011
19
"IT'S
NOT JUST
ABOUT DELIVERING
EDUCATION. IT'S
GIVING STUDENTS
^RAC T I C AL^Smi^S
TO BUILD A CAREE
IN THE BUSINESS
WORLD AND DO
IT
AT A HIGH LEVEL."
—Michael Tidwell, Dean, College of Business
"We have alumni who are partners in some of the
THERE'S A STACK of college magazines, brochures and
pamphlets underneath Michael Tidwell's desk in his
largest accounting firms in the world," Tidwell says.
temporary office
need to reconnect, so we can show our students and others
Waller Administration Building,
in the
each laying claim to being one of the top business schools
The organized clutter not only signifies the move he is
preparing to make as he leads Bloomsburg University's
College of Business into a newly renovated,
modem edu-
and research center, it's a daily reminder of where
the young dean wants the college to be by 2015.
cation
"We know we have a high-quality program, but we
to start letting
who became dean
There
is
in July 2010 after serving as assistant
known universities in
no reason why we should keep
it
initiative,
will launch its third graduate
the College of Business
program
this
fall.
The new
master's degree program in accounting adds value to
two Centers of Excellence, according to Tidwell.
"Graduate programs are very important, because it's
becoming increasingly difficult to get ahead in this world
with just a bachelor's degree," Tidwell says. "Students
everyone else know," says Tidwell,
dean of Clayton State University's School of Business.
"Our education is as competitive, if not better, than that
of some of the best
we have a top accounting program. Here is the proof"
Building on another
in the country.
need
that
"We
see this.
It's
a secret."
It's
giving
the students practical skills to build a career in the busi-
ness world and do
it
at a
high
level."
A top-notch business program that transforms the
lives of its
the country.
not just about delivering education.
"It's
students goes beyond the classroom, he says.
the networks you have. At the Ivy League universities,
you automatically
know the professional network
for example,
PAYING
dividends
JAIME NORTH
when Michael Tidwell arrived at BU a year
ago, Sutliff Hall
renovation.
The
was undergoing a complete
structure,
College of Business,
that's
isn't
because you're sitting in class
next to future presidents of
companies, future executives of
large firms
and the sons and
daughters of highly successful
entrepreneurs."
These
will
intuitive connections
be made
at
BU,
too,
Tidwell
do a better
job connecting our alumni to
our students. We have alumni
says. "We're going to
who are executives of Fortune
500 companies, executives of
banks listed on the New York
Stock Exchange and executives
home of the
the only thing
in
been under construction.
some
of the largest accounting
firms in the world."
Getting his vision in place
Tidwell's vision is simple
much like a
and straightforward,
He
may
appear second nature to Tidwell because the Southern
accounting program; enhancing the curriculum with
CaUfomia native was groomed to be a business leader.
Bom into a family of entrepreneurs, Tidwell leamed firsthand the traits of success fi'om his father, who was a bank
executive before opening two grocery stores.
"I easily developed an appreciation of business,"
Tidwell says. "I have an entrepreneurial spirit at heart,
and I see the job of a dean as being an entrepreneur. It's
not about pushing paperwork but pushing that vision
forward, much like an entrepreneur would."
Every evening before Tidwell leaves Waller, he looks
across the Academic Quad where the "new" Sutliff Hall
is taking shape. It's as if his vision is coming more into
professional development, specifically the Zeigler
focus each day.
succinct business plan.
says the time
is
one of the foremost business education
schools in the Northeast, a program that produces
graduates with the knowledge, skills and ability to be
highly successful in business. And it should be comright to create
pleted within five years, Tidwell says, citing the theory
of his former dean.
Key
to Tidwell's execution plan is the creation of
four Centers of Excellence, each with specific initiatives
to propel the College of Business to higher levels of
performance. Actions include building an even stronger
Institute for Professional
Development
(see story
on
"If you're
going to one of the best in the Northeast,
(page 20); extending the reach of the international
then you will be one of the best in the country," Tidwell
educationprogram; and continuing to develop advanced
degree opportunities.
says.
Jaime North
is
"With the strong faculty we have here, we can
certainly
make that happen."
•
Web writer and editor at Bloomsburg University.
FALL
2011
21
Terry 76
andJoAnn Schultz Zeigler 77 believe
a
new approach to business
education will better prepare students for careers they'll enjoy, equipped
employers seek. From their conviction grew the
^»j;bonnie martin
Zeigler Institute for Professional Development.
with the all-around
skills
YOU SELECT YOUR MAJOR,
earn
stage to receive your diploma.
obtain that
first
at least
With
120 credits and walk across the
great confidence, you interview
and
company and realize,
career you worked so hard
professional position, settle in to a
before you receive your
first
paycheck, that this
something you just don't ... like.
Bloomsburg University's Zeigler Institute for Professional Development
(ZIPD) is being established this fall to make sure this doesn't happen for the
300 to 400 students who earn a degree from the College of Business each year.
Terry '76, president and CEO of Datacap Systems Inc., Chalfont, and his
wife JoAnn Schultz Zeigler '77 have long believed college students should
receive more guidance to make sure they pursue a career that's a good fit.
Students need to learn about careers early on, they say, to see where their
true interests lie and how areas from marketing to management, accounting to finance, work together. That's the idea behind ZIPD.
to achieve
22
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
"
The Zeiglers believe so strongly in the concept
made the largest philanthropic gift in
.
networking opportunities with alumni and executives, and
The end
they recently
portfolio development.
the history of the Bloomsburg University Foundation -
who are well prepared to enter a business career.
$1.67
be graduates
million— to finance the Zeigler Institute for
'When graduates look for a job,
Professional Development within BU's College of
Business.
they shouldfind something they
"When graduates look for a job, they should
find something they really like to do," Terry Zeigler
says,
result will
really like to do. If they do it
well the money willfollow.
based on his experiences during 28 years as a
business owner. "If they do
it
well, the
money
will follow.
"(We need
to)
— Terry Zeigler '76
give students an idea about
opportunities and expectations so they can choose an
Benek-Rivera
education and career path suitable to their skills and
interests.
is
most excited about another compo-
nent: etiquette training. Students will learn, for example,
The primary objective of the institute is to
the difference between "business professional"
"business casual" attire and
present students with a broad view of job opportunities
them for
and teach them how to
employment interviews, networking events, business
in various business disciplines, educate
in
real -world career applications
luncheons and other professional situations.
look for jobs that
fulfill
"They
their individual requirements."
will learn 'business casual'
with a collar and, for an interview,
ZIPD
The
wear a
institute is a "systematic
approach
to
suit."
it
means
is
a shirt
always better to
she says. "Everyone needs to
make a good first impression."
ZIPD will mean changes to another
prepare stu-
dents, across all four years, for success in the business
Communications and
world," says Joan Benek-Rivera, chair of
course, Business
BU's management department and a
Report Writing, says Maggie O'Connor,
member of the ZIPD
start this fall
task force.
associate professor of business education
"It will
and information and technology management. The class,
open to students who have earned at least 50 credits, is a
with the freshman
Introduction to Business, where students
will learn
about the primary areas in
business: marketing, finance, accounting
business major's only required research
and manage-
Starting this
fall,
the research will be
class.
more tightly
focused on a trend or issue related to the student's major.
ment."
ZIPD will build the personal and
ties
and
how to conduct themselves
professional quali-
students need to succeed and help
them understand
The benefit? Students will not only enhance their "soft"
research and writing skills, they also will have an area of
the interconnectedness of the major elements of the
expertise to discuss while networking or interviewing for
business enterprise, adds Michael Tidwell, dean of BU's
an internship or employment.
O'Connor believes the elements of ZIPD will help
students connect faster with a major. "They will be
College of Business.
The curriculum will include an
executive speaker series,
resume and interviewing seminars.
CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
It could be said Megan Miller '11 followed the model of the Zeigler
Development (ZIPD) throughout her four years at BU although it didn't yet exist. President of the
Accounting Association and the Student Association for Fraud Examination. Miller pursued leadership
opportunities on her own. That's one of the reasons accounting professor Mike Shapeero recommended her
as the undergraduate member of the College of Business Strategic Planning Committee for 201 0-201 1
The goal of the strategic planning committee, Miller says, is to make sure students get the best
—
Institute for Professional
Miller
education possible, including the professional polish that
ZIPD
will provide
sional attire, interviewing
"It
was
makes
important benefits for students, especially
and resume
in
recruiters take notice.
She believes
the areas of business etiquette, profes-
writing.
a great experience, hearing what goes on behind the scenes and the College of Business'
plans for the next five to 10 years, she says of serving on the strategic planning committee.
"
it
to
my resume
Based on her job search
last fall. Miller
says leadership
experience and extracurricular involvement. Hired
in
is
one
of the traits recruiters are seeking,
mid-November
ParenteBeard's Wilkes-Barre office this month after studying for the
Editor's note:
"I
added
as another leadership opportunity, because every company has a strategic plan.
201
0.
she
will
along with internship
begin her accounting career with
CPA exam during
the
summer
Learn more about Megan Miller on page 17.
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2 0
1 1
23
groomed very early on to grow in maturity. They will
quickly get on board with their major," she says. "(ZIPD)
is
a structured process to build a competitive advantage
"We knew we needed something like this and had
says.
it
its
market niche, enjoy-
ing 28 years of continued growth and financial success.
Datacap Systems develops and markets electronic payinterfaces that enable cash register and business
system providers to add electronic payments to their
ment
so they are prepared for a career.
started to incorporate
become the leading supplier in
into the curriculum,"
O'Connor
"The Zeiglers had the vision and the passion
to
make a difference."
systems. JoAnn Zeigler and the couple's sons, Justin '06
and Jared, a graduate of Lebanon Valley
College,
work
Datacap Systems. Daughter Jenelle Zeigler Ross, also
a Lebanon Valley graduate, is a biologist with Merck and
Co. working on drug safety protocol.
for
Zeigler says leading a small
company provides a
from big business. "In my world,
people have to be able to execute a wide variety of tasks
different perspective
and be willing to work across department
lines.
Students with a good, well-rounded understanding of
how business
value to a
units interact dramatically increase their
company like Datacap. Increasing students'
personal value to a future employer must be the university's
primary goal."
BU
BU
President David io[{z.
meets with Terry Zeigler 76.
center and JoAnn Schultz
Zeigler 77.
In addition to the professional development program,
a two-room conference suite in the newly renovated
Sutliff Hall
space
President David Soltz
has been named for the Zeiglers. "But the
is ancillary,"
Tidwell says. "The institute
is
successful business owners."
awarded annually
financial need.
The Zeiglers
named to the BU
was in his 20s when he and two partners
Zeigler, recently
of Directors,
Foundation Board
a
with
had the
vision
available within a general business setting.
a student's future success."
is
and the passion
to make a difference.
college with
critical to
to talented business students
''The Zeiglers
Terry Zeigler, a native of Pottstown, remembers entering
no idea of what career opportunities were
During
summers, he worked on a construction crew building
houses and operated machinery at a die-casting plant.
"In those task-oriented jobs, you knew exactly what's
expected and the specific pay rate for what you
produce," he says. "But, what does a career look like
within the other business segments that develop,
administrate, market and support that actual process
of building houses or molding parts? What are those
supporting jobs, what do you actually do each day and
what is the earning potential? It can be hard to grasp.
With a shift from a production economy to an
intellectual asset economy, creating that visibility
ZIPD
endowed scholarship
Terry and JoAnn Zeigler's investment in
"natural sequence" to their
ZIPD means."
be
grateful for the Zeiglers'
"The Zeigler Institute for Professional Development
wiU give our students a distinct advantage," Soltz says.
"They will not only pursue careers that are a good fit for
them personally, but they will acquire the well-rounded
perspective necessary to become valued employees and
about the program. The space reminds students what
will
is
dedication to educating tomorrow's business leaders.
left,
—
Maggie O'Connor, associate professor of business education
and information and technology management
"This
is all
about improving the educational process,"
Zeigler says of ZIPD.
ment
"JoAnn and I don't see our involve-
as merely a donation, but as an investment in help-
ing students to prepare for
economy.
life
in
an
intellectual asset
We want to be able to look back in the coming
years and see that the program has merit and justifies
the investment." •
Editor's note:
Learn more about the Zeiglers and the Zeigler
Institute for Professional Development in the
Bloomsburg
University Foundation's 2010-2011 annual report.
started Datacap Systems. Blending individual expertise
in operations, business
24
and engineering, the firm has
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bonnie Martin is editor of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
[
NEW FACILITIES
SUTLIFF HALL, home
.
]
of the College of Business, is reopening after
more than
a year of renovations.
and an impressive fagade, the $9.5 million project doubles the size of
By haili shetler 'n
a completed total of 52,000 square feet.
After adding a third floor
the original building for
"The current program needs for the
before major renovations or
began employment as an assistant
College of Business, as well as the
replacements are needed,"
Reitmeyer explains. "However, the
to teach arithmetic. Later, Sutliff
needs of academic programs and
infrastructure can make buildings
degrees from Lafayette College. In
vation and expansion project," says
Colin Reitmeyer, assistant director
become obsolete
of facilities.
periods of time. Sutliff Hall
The newly renovated Sutliff
Hall will accommodate classrooms,
laboratories and offices for the
overdue for major changes."
aged condition and worn-out systems
within the building, drove the reno-
College of Business, the instructional
technology department, previously
in
McCormick
Center,
and the
economics department, previously
The two-story
lobby will feature an open staircase
and a Wall of Fame to honor
in
much
received bachelor's and master's
1921,
he was appointed
to a
newly
created position at Bloomsburg,
shorter
dean of instruction, today known as
was
the provost.
Sutliff was the 92-year-old guest
Built in the late 1950s, Sutliff Hall
is named for William Sutliff^, who
was bom in Stillwater in 1867.
of honor at the dedication of the
While teaching in Luzerne County,
he enrolled at Bloomsburg State
Normal School and, after graduation.
1959. Dedication of the
original building's cornerstone in
Hall
is
new Sutliff
planned for spring. •
in Bakeless Center.
A YEAR LATER
who graduated from BU's College of
2010 were employed or attending graduate school a year after receiving
their diplomas. The majors offered in 2009-2010. the number of graduates per
major and the percentage of graduates at work or continuing their education are:
Eighty-nine percent of the 345 students
Business
successful alumni.
Adjacent to the lobby, the
Financial Services Laboratory
is
in
# of Graduates
Major
% Working/Furthering Education
a Wall Street- inspired learning
Accounting
65
91.1
space equipped with the latest
Business Education
12
83.3
3
66.7
financial software, real-time
Business
Systems
Info
Computer
Info
Systems
tickers, digital signage, a trading
Finance
wall with market information and
Info/Technology
stock quotes and
LCD TVs with
access to financial news.
The
Management
Management
Marketing
Management
8
100
38
83.9
2
119
Info
Systems
100
84
1
100
97
96.6
renovation creates a facility that
meets the needs of today's students,
including technologically
advanced classrooms, and new
mechanical and electrical systems.
"Classroom buildings typically
have a lifecycle of 30 to 35 years
of 87.9 percent of last year's 1 .508 graduates from all four colleges were
permanently employed, teaching or continuing their education a year after graduation. In addition to the College of Business' 89.2 percent, the placement rates were
College of Education. 31 1 graduates. 79.3 percent: Liberal Arts, 497 graduates, 86.1
percent; and Science and Technology 355 graduates, 96.2 percent.
A total
-Source:
BU
Career Development Center s Post-Graduation Activities Report
See each step of Sutliff Hall's renovation at ioww.hloomu.edu/magazine.
FALL 2011
25
lloomsburg Universi
'Pennsylvania
notes
Edited For Success
"THE ONLY TIME
I've
Deen," Rich Uliasz
speechless. All
I
been
'97
really star struck is
when I met Paula
says of the Food Network
star. "I
was
could do was just shake her hand."
This says a lot for the seasoned CNBC business news video ediwho has worked with celebrities including TV reporter Geraldo
tor
Rivera, media personality and businesswoman Martha Stewart
and former tennis gi-eat and talk show host John McEnroe.
After choosing BU because of its size and location, Uliasz
gravitated towards mass communications, specifically video
production. Wlien it was time to choose an internsliip, his adviser
presented two options: Uliasz could accept an opportunity with
CNBC or with the newly ci-eated Food Network. The self-proclaimed
"news junkie" chose CNBC, a decision that led to full-time employment beginning a month before graduation.
In addition to working with celebrities, Uliasz has edited major
interviews with Tim Geithner, U.S. Secretary of the Ti-easury, and
Ben Bemanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve. "I am proud ot
of
these interviews because millions of people pay attention, and I
£
.
know they passed through my hands," he says.
Uliasz, who also was an editor for curling events during the
2006 Winter Olympic Games, currently works on Fast Money
and Mad Money with im Cramer.
"I never guessed in a thousand years I'd have the opportunity to
do what I've done. You go down a path you think is best and hope
it works out. I'm lucky it's going extremely well," says Uliasz.
Editors note: To learn
26
11
1.00
Msn
u
more about
Rich Uliasz, see
m; univkksity or
im:
nnsv
www.btoomu edu/magazine./
_
mm.
w
3
-
Susan Ursprung, Lancaster,
1961
1973
William Stevenson, a tax accountant,
penned a children's book,
Ricky's
Dream
Trip through the Solar
System, about a
solar system
boy
who tours the
on a rocket ship with
Dan Brunish and
shop he owns
the sandwich
Pottstown were
in
featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer
grandfather
story. Brunish's
established the shop during the
his grandfather.
Great Depression.
1965
1975
Rocco "Rocky" Forte was
Lynne Mikylychak
inducted posthumously into the
husband,
and
won
WITF/WGAL Great
Award
Dan
Beitler
Beitler
'74.
and
are
Hillsborough High School
proud grandparents of Alexa
Susanne
tion of his contribution as a
28, 2010.
Beitler,
bom on March
won the
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA)
national championship.
branch and
is
retail
Donna Stefanowicz Yanuzzi,
Pittston,
NASA Goddard Space
ming coach
at
FNB Commercial
affiliate
1978
Berret, associate
1983
P
professor of busi-
Lisa Marie Dellinger Smithgall,
Alvemia
Tennessee, vice president for
University, is co-
Women's and
ness
the
at
2011 Centennial Conference
author of the book. Planning in
Men's Swimming Coach of the
Reverse:
During his
career, he's
A
Viable
Approach
Children's Services
to
Athletic Conference
and one Atlantic
awards
States
Swim
Conference award.
Sweitzer,
owner of the
was
*
Anne Shaloka Wilson is superin-
East Tennessee State University.
tendent of Sudbury Public Schools
Her dissertation was titled
in Massachusetts.
Perceptions of maternal stress
single private
and neonatal patient outcomes in a
Cheryl Newton Potteiger
professor and pres-
County Tennis Hall of Fame. At
superintendent of Bellefonte Area
ident of the General
BU, he
Meade
Collegiate singles
and the
Alliance, earned a
doctorate in nursing science ft-om
inducted into the Lancaster
Society of
Mountain
1979
Temple University
the 1974 Eastern
for
States Health
Organizational Leadership.
1980
won
^_
^
Central Penn Tennis Service,
the author of a
Bank
of First National
V
Anthony Waskie, a
is
for
Leasing, an
of Pennsylvania.
Dickinson College
was named
since 1994,
Thomas
f/
senior vice president,
with West Milton State Bank.
Paul Richards Jr., men's swim-
Flight Center.
Philadelphia,
is
and marketing manager
sales
also received seven Capital
Mark Goldman, Baltimore, is a
senior human resource director
specialist at
Young, Lewisburg,
lending administration manager
p,c
Year.
1968
a Difference
Beth Bachman
wrestling coach and athletic
1965
T.
Susan Huhn Light is director
management and regulatory compliance at Lock
Haven Hospital.
of quality
in 1999.
vice president,
Athletic Hall of Fame in recogni-
He was captain of the
Husky wrestling team that
Make
Teachers
MMI
Preparatory School.
assistant administrator, she
the
high school alma mater,
A former teacher
School District.
Stephen
director.
is
superintendent of Donegal
room versus open
room neonatal intensive care unit
is
environment.
School District.
championship
1975 Pennsylvania State
book, Philadelphia and the Civil
Athletic Conference
War: Arsenal of the Union.
doubles
1971
1976
Gayle Thorpe Baar was awarded
Ralph
Michelle
(PSAC)
Yocum
Walker is the
2011
Outstanding
title.
Professional
a grant
from the Carrollton
Farmers Branch Education
P.
Educator for the
Ferrie
is
superintendent
District, Floral Park, N.Y.
Lt. Col.
1977
Kathy Geiger
Library, Irving, Texas.
retired after 34 years in education.
She taught
Billger,
in the
Boyertown,
Nancy Fruehan Bohr and Gail
districts
Stank Kolenda, both Class of
elementary principal and teacher
39 years while Bohr and her
husband, Dennis Bohr
were vacationing
and spent 22 years as an
Owen J.
District,
Roberts School
Onslow
Sheriff's Office,
Jacksonville, N.C.
Kathy Sokoloski, Christopher
Sokoloski. Pea
and Peg Flynn Hayward
right,
1981
Frank Berleth
tion at
Havward
Kathy McDonald Sokoloski,
in
left,
'84,
former resident assistants
Columbia
Hall, reunited over
dinner in Paris. Sokoloski and her
is
director of educa-
McCann School of Business
and Technology's Hazleton
Campus.
Pottstown.
A licensed nursing home
husband, Leo, were visiting their
son, Christopher, center, a junior
math major who studied in Europe
this spring.
administrator, he has been an
'70,
in Arizona.
County
deten-
Boyertown
Area and Red Lion Area school
in the
T. Zabicki, U.S.
(retired), is a
tion officer with the
1972
after nearly
Walter
Marine Corps
and electronic books for the La
Villita Elementary School
were reunited
District.
of Sewanhaka Central High School
Foundation to fund Color Nooks
1972,
Williamsport Area School
H
Maria Herrity
Flannery
is
adjunct instructor since 2006.
tive director of
1982
operations for the
Richard A. DiLiberto Jr., Newark,
St.
Joseph Medical
Group, Towson, Md.
1984
Mark
execu-
Del., received the
Eyer, Boiling Springs,
is
vice
president of operations at Daily
Express Trucking
Inc., Carlisle.
2010 H.James
Conaway Jr. Award for exemplary
pro bono service to the community
Cameron Smith
and the Delaware Bar Association.
Jefferson University, Philadelphia.
is
administrator for
a research
Thomas
He donated the $1,000 award to his
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2
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27
Alumnus named
MICHAEL
R.
GILLESPIE
a
CFO
95. chief
of
was
Pennsylvania CFO
Christopher
recently honored as a Central
Hospitality Trust of Harrisburg,
of the Year The Central Penn
Business Journal award program, given for the
first time this year honors financial executives
who contribute to the success of the region's economic growth and stability.
Gillespie was selected for the Growth Specialist
Award based on his career achievements, the
Impact of his contributions to his company and
leadership in other areas. When Gillespie began
with Hersha six years ago. the company had 27 hotels, total assets of
$256 million and a market capitalization of roughly SI 00 million. Today
the company boasts 77 hotels, total assets of SI. 5 billion and a market
capitalization In excess of SI billion.
Top executives from Adams. Cumberland. Dauphin. Lancaster.
Lebanon. Perry and York counties are eligible for the CFO of the
Year Award.
1992
1985
Michael Boguski
tive officer
is
chief execu-
and president of
Eastern Insurance Holdings
Jennifer
1996
1994
Year
accounting officer for Hersha
'92
"pgM,
Chile Pepper Magazine's
Chile
Lancaster.
Dan
Fickes and his company.
Ocean One Productions.
1995
Elbem "Ed"
Jr.
retired
manage-
'95H, a
ment consultant
and former
Bloomsburg
^^fl
K^^H
f^^l
Trustee,
Alkire
J.
Todd Troxell '96M is senior
\ ice
president, lending
and loan
administration, for the
Northumberland National Bank.
1997
Universit\-
was honored by
Michael J. Day
his
is
head basket-
alma mater, Lafayette College,
ball coach at
for distinguished service, receiv-
School in the Wilkes-Barre Area
ing the college's premier award
School District.
He has
serv ed
CoughlLn High
on
1998
BU's College of Business
Foundation Board.
\\
on an
ser\ es as a director
on the
Bloomsburg Public Libran' Board.
Mary Martino
of Jim Thorpe,
in the
Petrecca, formerh
is
the
owner of
category of inten ie^v discussion
myhometownpa.com. a
program. The \%"inning produc-
based Internet marketing company
The yea- Look of Classical
Christian-
S\Tnphony Orchestra.
1993
1987
officer
Scott
Sondra Wozniak Tumbach '87M
a financial consultant wixh First
Columbia Financial Services, a
Columbia Bank
BloomsburK.
Beamer is chief financial
and din
director finance for
PPG Industries
H
Inc..
Europe.
BU
Ljim M. Benfante is a sales executive for \'anguard in Malvern.
t
Todd M.
Homa,
Exton,
is
Scott Blacker
an enter-
prise anal>
st
w ith
He li\"es
Sailer
is
a partner in
and Mandio,
Bucks Count>. He
s~^iH
^1
degree from
Temple University
Law in 2000 and
in G€ne\'a,
is
a
member
of the
Pennsylvania and Bucks County
for
Relationships, Philadelphia.
firm, Blacker
Inc.
received his law
He
director of devel-
Coundl
QVC
"*
2001.
is
for the
also principal in the
the law firm of Begley Carlin
School of
opment
electronic retailer
joined the firm as an associate in
Middle East and
-Africa.
Scott
^^^^H
ll^^H
based in Lancaster Counr\'.
Music, created w^th the Boston
Co.,
the Florida
Institute.
librarian, is a director of the
Sciences/New England
and Trust
Fla., participated in
Supreme Court Justice Teaching
Advisory Board and the
Academy of Tele\"ision Arts and
division of First
Middle School, Jacksonville,
Golden
Central Cokimbia High School
Enun\ from the National
is
a
history teacher at J.E.B. Stuart
Award for sauces.
Association for 2011-12. She also
is
Shannon StaufTer Mann,
Penns> h-ania School Librarians
Inc..
tion
Fla.,
owns Hot Pepper Dudes, a hot
sauce company w hich earned
fo volunteers.
Dammer Bates
Tampa,
T. Billet,
He is
Web design
Communications.
1999
Dr.
Matthew Corse, optometrist
and co-owner of Comprehensive
Eye Associates, Dingmans Ferrv;
was named a fellow of the
.American Academy of Optometr\'.
He also is a captain in the U.S. Air
Force, serving as chief of optometn- services for the 105th Medical
Group, 105th
-Air
Wing,
New York
National Guard.
bar associations.
S\\itzerland, with his wife, Trao,;
1988
and their three children.
\Mlliam J. Kuzo was elected to the
V
Il^^l
"
4
^1
board of directors
Kathryn
ofUNB Corp. and
Park,
owned
subsidiary. The
Jersey 2011
its \\
holh'
was
selected as a
Fi\"e
New
Star Real Estate
.\gent, Birchler Realtors.
Union National
Bank of Moimt Carmel. He was
also
L. Kelchner, Seaside
N.J.,
named chief executi\'e ofiGcer.
Michael Stepa. Lumberton,
N.J.. is
\ice president of Medical
Equipment Finance. Conestoga
Equipment Finance Corp.
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BLOOMSBLRG LMVERSITY OF
P E N N S Y L V.\ N
I .A
Sugra-Buterbaugh promoted
at
SUSAN SUGRA-BUTERBAUGH
WPMT
89 was promoted to
general sales manager at WPMT F0X43 in York,
where she leads a 10-member advertising sales
team. She joined FOX 43 s staff as an account executive in 2003 and moved to local sales manager in
2008. Sugra-Buterbaugh began her career at
Lancaster Newspapers in 1989 and worked for
Comcast and WGAL-TV before joining FOX 43.
Matthew W. Krapf received
the Lawrence
Jamie Willour earned a master's
2005
Tyson
degree from Lock Haven
Jacob "Jake" MUler traveled
University and
continuing graduate studies in
through Turkey as part of an
assistant at Geisinger Medical
geo-environmental studies
internship
Memorial Scholarship and
at
Mount
St.
is
Jill
2000
Derek
T.
at
Parisi
He
is
a fourth-grade teacher
Abington Avenue School,
Newark,
Melleby wrote the
book, Make College Count.
is
program this summer.
Mary's College.
a physician
Center, Danville.
2008
Patrick S. Brennan 'o8/'09M,
Shamokin,
N.J.
is
teaching secondary
Khuldoon
social studies in the Ibn
2006
the director of the College
is
National School, Bahrain, during
Transition Initiative, a ministry
Rudy Inaba is a nutrition and
of the Center for Parent/Youth
exercise counselor for
2011-12.
Age
Understanding and the Coalition
Management Medicine Group,
Laura Laboskie
for Christian Outreach.
Las Vegas.
nurse
2001
Donald
at
a registered
is
Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville.
Laura Shultz
is
F.
therapist with
a school
MARATHON MEN:
Shipe, a physical
left,
Lycoming
Patricia
Machuzick
is
Physical Therapy, Montoursville,
language pathologist with Spruce
Intermediate Unit in Easton.
presented
Manor Nursing and
2002
Virginia,
Association in
He spoke on
a sales support executive for
New Orleans.
Dynamic Posturography System
Improve Balance
in
is
Jennifer
tions
2003
team
for the
Southern
Nevada Water Authority/Las
Vegas Valley Water
a mental health
is
also
a dance instructor at Fabrege
Four alumni began terms on the
•
Township's
new
recreation director.
filling
the position of her late
husband.
former
board
Bill
Derricott
'66, a
BU Alumni Association
Beth K. Alleman, York,
is
a social
Penn-Mar Human
Services,
is
Pennsylvania Press Club for the
series. Live from Boot
which she wrote as
Camp,
a reporter
for the Daily Local News,
Chester. She
is
now
West
a political
ParenteBeard's Lancaster
office.
'95,
program developer
Jefferson,
•
in
ERNEST JACKSON 81,
Chester Academy
Chester, N.Y., principal
of
•
DONATO NIEMAN
7A, Kendall Park. N.J.,
2011-12 are
Greg Bowden
president; Kerri
'01,
D.C., vice president;
'92,
Ted Hodgins
Washington,
'89,
Schwenksville, treasurer; Rich Uliasz
tary;
and
Lynne Rishel Homiak
'83,
'97,
secre-
member at large;
Amy Chronister Scott '05, Camp Hill, also
member at large.
Completing terms on the board
'94,
president; Richard Lloyd
Lambert Pennella '07M
teaches in the East Lycoming
Schwenksville,
Donald Sears
Christopher Beadling
manager
in the audit practice of
CARRIE DUNN
Alumni serving on the executive board for
Danielle Lynch received a
County Times.
Steven Heintzebnan
98. Hubbardsville. N.Y..
Montgomery Township administrator
reporter at the Delaware
director.
ADAMS
Philadelphia
second-place award from the
Whitehall
R.
with the Drug Information Association
Carole Derricott
South
JENNIFER
District.
Shrewsbury.
is
BU Alumni
assistant dean of students at Colgate University
2007
the
2004
'04H
Lewisburg.
Association Board of Directors in July. They are:
worker and program instructor at
Dance and Tumble.
Follies
Village,
a
VaUey
New members join Alumni
•
therapist at Children's Service
Center of Wilkes-Barre. She
Lutheran
City.
Shymansky is part of the
corporate and visual communica-
Indiantown Gap, Annville.
is
Dickson
is
Buffalo
Board
Fort
at
for Giant Foods,
at
and a
History of Recurrent Near Falls.
an
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Erica Zions
to
speech therapist
an Adult with
Multisensory Dysequilibrium
Ryan Quinn *02/'03M
Jenna Partner 'o8/'ioM
a
is
customer operations manager
Service Business Unit.
Army
top 3 percent.
Wyomissing.
Michael L. McHenry
Computerized
Hewlett-Packard's Enterprise
officer in the
Rehabilitation,
the Pittsburgh
in
Marathon. Stamey finished in the
top 2 percent and Stockley in the
American Physical Therapy
John Amoriello '02/'03M,
is
at the national
Combines Section Meeting of the
graduates, ran
a speech-
psychologist at Colonial
Jake Stamey.
and Jimmy Stockley both 2008
in June
were
Doylestown, past board
'62,
Somerset,
N.J.;
and
Jessica
Joanne Dubbs PUeski
School District, Hughesville.
member may serve up to three two-year terms.
'64,
Bloomsburg. The
BU
Alumni Association has 24 members. Each
She recently received national
board
certification as
an early
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childhood generalist.
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2011
29
2009
2011
Kayla Henry
at
is
a registered nurse
Lancaster General Hospital.
Brian R. Pitcavage
is
Bussanich was
take part
accepted into the
Symposium.
M. Walton is a middle
school teacher at Salome (Ariz.)
the health care field returned to cannpus to
Panelists were:
Dr Kathy Baylor
'83.
1
physician.
Bloomsburg
School for the Deaf: Joseph Agostinelli
04.
Spain's Ministry of Education.
technician. Pro Rehabilitation Services;
As an auxUiar de conversacion
orthodontist:
Dr Douglas Thran 77.
Rhode Island
(conversation assistant), she
Hospital;
Dr Matthew Thran
Peggy Snyder
'84.
'84.
wellness and exercise
anesthesiologist,
speech pathologist, BU's audiology and
is
sharing her knowledge of English
coaches basketball and
and North American culture with
'83,
infusion nurse
case manager. Vitaline Infusion Pharmacy Services: and Dr Frederick
Maue
76, psychiatrist.
students in kindergarten through
2010
12th grade during 2011-12.
Fritz graduated
New
from basic
to the
Foundation
Three alumni recently joined the Bloomsburg University Foundation
combat training at Fort Jackson,
Haili Shetleris
Columbia, S.C.
associate develop-
and CEO
of
Datacap Systems
ment
and CEO
of
Quandel Enterprises; and Michael Gillespie
officer
Board
with
of Directors.
The new members are Terry Zeigler 76, president
Inc.;
Noble "Bud" Quandel
Scott Heilman, former co-captain
the Bloomsburg
accounting officer of Hersha Hospitality Trust. Board
of BU's rugby club, volunteered
University
are responsible for assuring the
with a rugby club from Nashville,
Foundation.
financially
Tenn., to
for
Delaware
'81. audiologist,
speech pathology department: Annette Shalongo
softball.
Health Sciences
Culture Assistants program by
Middle School, where she also
Dereck
in
a panel discussion during the 201
in
Family Care Associates: Kathleen Riley
Language and
Oaks.
visit
Alumni who work
North American
a staff
accountant at Comcast Cable,
Jennifer
Follow-up
Samantha
buUd houses
distributed
for Habitat
BU Foundation
president
'69,
'95,
chief
members
and
sound and ensuring donor funds are received and
in
is
effective
an appropriate manner
Learn more in the Bloomsburg University Foundation's
Humanity.
2010-2OU annual report
Matthew Perry is a therapeutic
staff support
worker with
NHS
Rebecca Koppenhaver Kline
Human Services, State College,
and a graduate student
psychology
at
Argosy
Correction
'80.
a Line Mountain School District
in forensic
University.
Lianna Personeus was named
educator was misidentified in
the Husky Notes section of
Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine's spring issue. She did
Watson named finance veep
JAMES
H.
WATSON
management
Winter Camival pageant.
1161.
She teaches
Fla.,
Chapter
at Saint
Cloud
Middle School.
Amanda Scheno,
audiologist for
'loAu.D.,
is
an
HearUSA in the
president of finance for
company's
and extemal
and asset
facilities
functions.
housing organization. During 10 years with
Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, he was
involved with developing multiple risk sharing programs and responsible
for financial and compliance reporting. Earlier in his career, he worked as
an auditor and consultant with KPMG.
A licensed CPA. Watson earned an
University. Philadelphia.
He
is
MBA
member of the
in
finance from Saint Joseph's
Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs.
TMG Health is a national provider of strategic business process
outsourcing solutions to the government-sponsored health care market.
Scranton area.
Andrew Sibley is a research
chemist with Keystone Industries,
Cherry
to vice
Watson has more than 20 years experience in the
health care industry. He previously was chief financial
officer and chief operating officer for a heath care and
Council for Exceptional
Children, Osceola,
was promoted
Health, overseeing finance, accounting
reporting, as well as the
not participate in the Pottsville
Outstanding Educator by the
'89
TMG
Minishak promoted
FRANK MINISHAK
Hill, N.J.
'84
at
About Group
was appointed
vice president of national sales
About Group, managing the firm's national
advertising sales team. He was vice president of
for the
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sales at Madison Square Garden and regional sales
director for AOL. He also served in advertising sales
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Obituaries
Births
Tracy Cavanaugh
and Michael Downey
'95
Holly Aton '97 and Craig Mclntyre, Oct.
Trevor Woodward
'97
9,
Rosemary Roos-Whitney '91 and husband,
Adam, a daughter, Laura-Rae, Oct. 2, 2009
2010
and Brandi Boruta, Aug.
Stephanie Jepko Menapace '94 and
2010
21,
husband, Aaron Menapace
Jamie Beitz
'99
and Dan Allbeck, March
19,
Jennifer Seely '99 and Jason Beery, March
Ellen
Noah
2011
13,
Patrick,
Aug.
13,
Gertrude Harris Walters
'88, a son,
2010
Ann Nickerson '01 and Michael Cramer, Sept. 12, 2010
Maura Dunleavy
'02
10,
Florence Miskiewicz Rzemien 44
Garrett Patrick, April 26, 2011
Garrity Elijah, April 24,
and Spencer Raynor-Smith,
Oct.
9,
2010
Maureen Gilroy '04 and Ronald Mills, Oct. 23, 2010
Michelle
O'DonneU
'04
and Nate Seymour, Nov.
6,
2010
Sept. 25, 2010
Amber Snyder '05 and Jeffrey Fine, Jan. 22, 2011
Heather
Bowman '06 and Jesse Goshert, June u, 2011
Marlena ZappUe Thomas
Kirk Thomas
'98, a
'97
and husband,
daughter, Kara Helena
Dawn GUes Vinton '98 and husband,
Edward, a daughter, Avery, May 2011
a daughter,
Devon
Victoria, Nov. 3, 2010
Megan
'07
and James Buchman
Mitchell '08 and
Andre Wagner, May 2, 2010
Sheila Martin '09 and David Ergott '09, July 24, 2010
'51
Alton
Williams
E.
S.
Zerby
'02
and
'51
'52
'53
John D. Angus
'55
Walter Stanek
'55
Desmond Epler '56
Walter A. Prokopchak
Thomas J.
Fleck
Patricia Pollock
Pamela DiGiacomo Eisenhart
'57
'59
Krum '59
Willard D. Ziegler Jr
'59
husband, Ryan, a daughter, Carly Joyce,
William E. Algatt '60
March
Mahlon Fritz Sr. '61
Mary "Libby" Hamer Markle '62
24,
20U
Angela Snook-Pearly
Kropa
George
Jacqueline
Wagner '98 and wife, Jennifer,
Ashley Kreischer '06 and Jeffrey Border '03/'07M, June 3, 20U
Kristy
Evans
P.
Patricia Kringe Kotzer
Justin C.
Howard Williard III,
Donald H. King '50
Michael
20U
Anne Sabatelle '04M and Patrick Conflitte, June 19, 2010
Tiffany Bender 'oS and
Murray '46
E. Marjorie Stover
2010
'34
'42
Frank J. McAloose 42
Christopher Knarr '96 and wife, Tia, a son,
Nicholas J. Seier '01 and Krystel R. Hubble, Oct.
Edith E. Bartha
'02
and husband,
Robert, a son, Aiden Michael, Feb.
Joseph A.
13,
Petrilla '62
2011
Gerald E. Malinowski
'63
Barthalmus
'65
Lisa Hunsinger Millard '03 and husband,
George
Lee Millard
Paul M. Krukas
'02, a
daughter, Xira Loren,
T.
'65
Donald "Duggie" Dugan '66/'8oM
May 13, 20U
Joanne Polega O'Connor
Maura Luciano
Irving '04 and husband,
Patrick, a daughter,
April
19,
Maggie Catherine,
2011
Stephen
F
Alice Galbreath Roach '69
Russell Anstead Jr. '70
Drake Baltzley '05 and husband,
Chris, a son.
Gage Ronald, Jan.
S,
2011
Amdt '70
Denise Marcinkevich EUis '70
Jean Cleaver Stank '70
Travis Karabin Boyer '05 and Stephanie
Louise M. Nicholson
Symons, a daughter, Emerson
Joseph Schultz Jr.
April
10,
Slick,
F.
2010
Erin Dumin-Brosious '05 and husband,
Jeremy, a daughter, Courtney Olivia,
'71
'71
Louise Ranck Stroup
Lawrence
Lynne Bauman Greenly '75
Maryann Bailey Conley '79
Susan Motyka Haddick
Lambert PenneUa '07M and
husband, Jeff, a daughter, Quinn Florence,
Jan.
7,
2011
MeUnda
Bonnie G. Tyrrell
Fitzgerald Sweigart '08 and
'07, a son,
'86
'86
Michelle Yarmes '88
Michele Tatvim Farmer
husband, Richard Sweigart
Calen Richard, April
'72
R. Sipe '74
Kathleen Traynor Stover '84
Dec. 10, 2010
Jessica
'68
Foltz '69
Karen Waschak
Valerie
'31
Barbara Straub Hartman 42
Scott Bird '96 and wife, Sara, a son,
2011
Audrey Moore Cohen '29
M. Elizabeth Van Buskirk Booth
Frank J. Golder '31
'92
Bryan J. Melltnger '92
Michael E. Miller
Lucille
'94
Mull Snyder
'94
22, 2011
Gayle Fogelsonger Clark '95M
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LINEUP
REUNIONS, NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
PICNICKING: Jesse and Stephanie Bombay Teitelbaum. both Class of
1997. enjoyed a Harrisburg area alumni picnic. Summer events for BU
graduates included trips to the Philadelphia Phillies and other baseball
games. Bloom@theBeach
WRESTLERS REUNITE: Shown
Conner
at a recent
wrestling reunion are.
row: retired coach Roger Sanders. Todd
right, front
'85
and John Gibas'
87:
Cummings
second row: Gibbes Johnson
in
Ocean
City.
Md..
and regional
picnics.
left to
'83. Phil
'82.
Hamer '85. Ed Fiorvanti '82 and Randy Watts
'75; and back rows, combined: BU assistant coach Scott Owen. Lon
Edmonds Ik. Frank Barbrie '98. Bob Asby '59. Woody Fry '83: Don
Andrew
Poust
Cappelli '80. Mike
'63.
Ernie Jackson
'81.
Dan Burkholder
current wrestler Frank Hickman.
BU
'75.
Dave McCollum
'77.
wrestling coach John Stutzman,
Kevin O'Melia '97 and Don Reese
ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA:
Cheering on the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
during Alumni Day were Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters,
VALUE OF NETWORKING: Former
Pennsylvania Gov Mark Schweiker
spoke on the value of 'The Husky Network' at an
event organized by the BU Alumni Association s Lehigh Valley Network.
Shown, left to right, are: Michael Keller '08. Diane Prywara Tracey 08.
Joe Hilgar '75, Schweiker. Sharon Young Hilgar '75 and Ray Smith '72.
'75,
fourth from
left,
Ann Bilhelmer Case
REMEMBER WHEN: Russ
32
NIckerson. Harold Velie and
CAPITAL AREA RECEPTION: Denise Haluska Aylward '95. Jason
KIrsh '96 and Brian Mullen '99. left to right, were among more than
who
100 attendees at a reception for Harrisburg area alumni hosted by
reunion by local student Dean Laubaugh.
the
BU Alumni
Association's Capital Area Network.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
left to right.
Lynn Bilheimer Purvis '85. Connie Franks
Carol Sargent Facchiano '86 and Marianne Nastasiak Heslin '88.
Joining them was future Husky Chelsea Franks.
'83.
Tom
'85.
Kilroy
received officer training under the Navy V-12 program at
Bloomsburg. back row,
ing the
World War
II
left to right,
were joined
at their
who was
annual
Interested
In
meet-
veterans and hearing about their experiences.
CaLENDaR
Activities
Academic Calendar
and Events
Alumni Events
Celebrity Artist Series
Concerts
FALL 2011
Celebrity Artist Series events are
Listed events are open to the
Reading Day
presented in the Haas Center for
the Arts, Mitrani Hall, and
Friday, Oct. 14
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.
Classes
28, 8 a.m.
Classes End
389-4409 or
at
visit
and dates are
subject to change.
Winner of Season
Saturday, Oct. 29
Mitrani Hall
12
End
COACH
Graduate Commencennent
Story of Marquette basketball
coach Al McGuire starring
Friday, Dec. 16
Undergraduate Commencement
K.S.
It 's
Classes Begin
All
Done With Mirrors
Monday, Jan. 23
One-man show featuring Emmy
winner Anthony Zerbe
Spring Break Begins
Saturday, Nov.
Monday, March
K.
12,
Resume
Saturday, March
S.
12,
8 p.m.
8 a.m.
Classes End
May 4
Finals Begin
End
Friday,
Graduate
Friday,
11
Nutcracker
May
Undergraduate
Saturday,
May
Commencement
Bloomsburg
St.,
p.m.
8, 7:30
after all
game parties
home football games
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Saturday, Oct.
University-Community Orchestra
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
Sunday, Nov.
Mitrani Hall
See back cover or call 800-526-0254
13,
2:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, Nov.
Homecoming Alumni Events
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
16,
7 p.m.
See back cover or
www.bloomualumni.com
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Dec. 2 and
Auditorium
3,
7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian
Church,
345 Market St., Bloomsburg
Free tickets required; available
Symphony
at the
(570)
Mitrani box
office,
389-4409
Tailgate Party
Precedes Huskies vs. West
Chester (2 p.m. kickoff
Saturday, Oct. 22
at West Chester
Special Events
Homecoming Weekend
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Football,
Mitrani Hall
Guitar
The Color Purple
Monday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.
K.S. Gross Auditorium
Ensemble
Huskies
National Broadway Tour
Redman Stadium.
for adults
and $5
senior citizens.
and
Complexions
Featuring
8 p.m.
Ballet
Desmond Richardson,
seen on So You Think You Can
Dance
Saturday,
March
31, 2012,
8 p.m.
Mitrani Hall
For the latest information
on upcoming events, check
the university website.
wwv7.bloomu.edu.
Grace Kelly with Phil Woods
Jazz saxophone
phenom appears
with jazz legend
Friday, April
13,
a valid
Exhibitions in the Haas Gallery
Athletic Hall of
of Art are open to the public free
Friday, Oct. 21
p.m
8,
3:30 p.m.,
Tickets are $10
for students
BU
and
students with
Fame
free.
Induction
of charge. For details, visit
Kehr Union Ballroom
departments.hloomu.edu/art/
Call BU's Sports Information
haas.html.
Office, (570) 389-4413, for ticket
information.
Wendy Kawabata.
sculpture
Sept. 19 to Oct. 14
Parents and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
Eunkang Koh, drawings
Senior Grad Finale
Oct. 28 to Nov. 30
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Kehr Union Ballroom
Senior Exit
Dec. 6 to 17
2012, 7:30
Cheyney
ID are admitted
Art Exhibits
Women's History months
18, 2012,
vs.
Wolves, Saturday, Oct.
12
celebrating Black History
Tailgate
Saturday, Oct. 15
Friday and Saturday,
Virtuosi
Network Football
Jazz Ensemble
Mitrani Hall
Thursday, Feb.
Mitrani Hall
1
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Carols by Candlelight
Philadelphia
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Class of 1956 55-Year Reunion
Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, Nov.
Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestra
11
Market
K.S. Gross
Leading players from the
Commencement
17,
12,
5th Quarter
Capital
Chamber Orchestra
May
Saturday, Nov.
Post-football
Mitrani Hall
Monday, May 7
Finals
Saturday, Sept.
The
Tchaikovsky Russian
Ballet Theatre
The Philadelphia
alum@bloomu.edu.
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
Gross Auditorium
Classes
17,
Affairs at (570) 389-4058
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Gross Auditorium
SPRING 2012
Alumni
or (800) 526-0254, or
Chamber Orchestra
Mitrani Hall
Cotter Smith
Friday, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17
wvjw.bloomualumni.com for
Alumni Association
Board Meetings
Choral Festival
123 N.
Friday, Dec. 16
Friday,
Fall
Visit
details or to register. Contact
Fenstemaker Alumni House
4,
Last Comic Standing
Finals Begin
Monday, Dec.
venues are Haas Center for the
Arts, Mitrani Hall, and Carver
Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
Auditorium.
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2:30 pm.
K.S. Gross Auditorium
Comedian. Josh Blue
Saturday, Dec. 10
Finals
(570)
Campus
www.bloomu.edu/cas. Programs
Resume
Monday, Nov.
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
Auditorium. Call the box office
public free of charge.
Show
Husky Leadership Summit
Saturday,
March
Monty's, Upper
3,
2012
Campus
FALL 2011
33
over
the shoulder
Strike
Upthe Band
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
has long been
Music
of the history of
Bloomsburg
a part
University,
beginning with orchestra concerts
and student recitals in the i8oos
and outdoor performances to
accompany May Day dances in
1910.
A marching band first
appeared on the scene Jan. 8, 1931,
its 30 members performed
two marches at the Rotary-Kiwanis
when
College Night. Faculty
member
Howard Fenstemaker served
as
the band's director.
During spring 1931, the band
energized the atmosphere at basketball games with upbeat music
and dapper uniforms of white
duck trousers and dark maroon
sweaters. That fall, they continued practicing under Russell
34
and
drum
Llewellyn, music director of the
of official uniforms
Berwick School District, and provided accompaniment for college
songs at an assembly on Oct. 23.
major
The next day, the 35-member
band went to the College Field,
located at the site of today's Navy
and Columbia halls, for a home
football game with the California
State Teachers College. The allmale band played during lulls in
the action and serenaded the
crowd at halftime. The game
ended in a 0-0 tie, but newspaper
accounts praised the band saying
it "furnished some real entertainment," "made a fine showing" and
was a "very worthwhile addition
time
field at
to college life."
halftime to entertain fans with
The band continued to grow
and develop with the introduction
their repertoire of contemporary,
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in 1932, female
a
members
in
1937, majorettes in 1939, a flag
squad
in 1946
show
and
a formal half-
at football
games
in
1948. In addition to playing for
sporting events, the band has
performed concerts and marched
in local parades under nine
directors: Fenstemaker, Llewellyn,
Charles Henrie, Nelson Miller,
Stephen Wallace, Valerie Rheude,
Terry Oxley, Stephen Clickard and
current director Gifford Howarth.
This
fall,
the
Maroon and Gold
Band's instrumentalists, silk flags
and twirlers once again take to the
Redman Stadium during
popular and march favorites. •
THE UNIVERSITY
STORE
PICTURE YOURSELF I N
Redman Stadium
on Game Day:
•
The University
The smell of hotdogs and french fries from the
concession stand.
Semester Hours
•
The sound of the Maroon and Gold Band warming up.
The cheers of the crowd as the Huskies take the field.
7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
•
And the convenience of the University Store tent,
•
Store:
where
you'll find
everything
Huskies fans during football season, the holiday
season and year-round!
for
where you shop for Huskies apparel and giftware as
you make your way to the stands for kickoff.
Monday through Thursday:
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon
to 4:30 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY STORE
You'll find staff from the University Store
the tent at each
home football game this
under
with a
variety of apparel and giftware. You'll find an even
greater selection of merchandise at the University
Store on campus, open seven days a week, or online
at bloomustore.com.
fall
Choose from caps, T-shirts and
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg. PA 17815
General Information:
(570)
389-4175
Customer
(570)
Service:
389-4180
sweatshirts, glassware, pennants, stuffed animals
and more.
Gift cards are available, too.
BUSTORE@BLOOMU.EDU
UNIVERSITY
Store
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S.
POSTAGE
PAID
t PERMIT
#12
INDIANA, PA
iBloomsburg
UNIVERSITY
HOMECOMING
2011
MORE INFORMATION AT
WWW.BLOOMUALUMNI.COM
Friday and Saturday. Oct. 7 and 8
ROONGO'S ROCK
N'
ROLL TENT PARTY
With thanks to presenting sponsor. Liberty Mutual
Saturday, noon to 2:30 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
•
Refreshments, including traditional "brew"
•
Guitar Hero competition with great prizes
•
Culinary delights at minimal cost
•
Featured reunions at designated areas:
Classes of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001
Greek Alumni
Friday, 7 to 9 p.m.
Find details and RSVP at www.bloomualumni.com.
Alumni registering online by Oct. 2 will be entered to
win a Wii with Guitar Hero; alumni who sign up for the
Guitar Hero competition by Oct. 2 will be entered twice.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Questions? Call 800-526-0254.
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Reception
Reunion
Saturday, cocktails
Dinner, 7 p.m.
Monty's, Upper
and beverages, 6:30 p.m.;
Campus
$35 per person includes appetizers,
adult beverages and dinner
For
details, call
800-526-0254
Field Hockey
Huskies vs. West Chester Golden
Saturday,
Sports Stadium
Football
Huskies
Alumni Coffee House
Saturday, 9:30 to
11
a.m.
Rams
noon
vs.
Cheyney Wolves
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Redman Stadium
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Multicultural
Homecoming Parade
Saturday,
11
a.m.
Downtown Bloomsburg
Alumni Networking Reception
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Complimentary appetizers, RSVP by Oct. 2
*.
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CAMPUS LIFE
When the sun goes down, students gear up for
classes,
community service and
activities galore.
10
Generous
Spirits
Nursing studeats.gain a& nnuch
as they give while caring for
those in need.
PAGE 14
Smart Eats
Looking for healthy food on the
run? Dietitian Sharon Rowley
Madalis '92M leads the way
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Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine
T
From the President
community, ranging from math
mentoring at local elementary
schools to volunteer clean-up
Town
efforts at
Park, other public
spaces and private residences during "The Big Event" in the spring.
We're also telling our own story
through the university's website,
www.bloomu.edu;
social media,
including Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube;
my blog; and of course,
Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine. In this issue,
we tell the
who
stories of nursing students
volunteer in Third World countries,
Special University
a sorority honored for efforts at
Danville's Ronald McDonald House
and an anthropology major who
turned a class project into research
that
may bring positive changes to a
local
WHAT MAKES A college town
special? Financial experts will
you
it
is
This perception led the Strategic
tell
the economic dividend from
Planning and Resource Council,
known as SPARC,
to
make
"Fostering and developing a strong
the spending of students, their
shopping mall. All of these
projects benefit the community,
some far beyond our campus.
Our students, with their great
enthusiasm, intelligence and
parents and others. Real estate
agents will
tell
you
is
it
the opportu-
nities for lifelong learning.
officials will tell
you
it
is
"Our students, with their great
enthusiasm, intelligence and
compassion, are making good
news on a daily basis."
Local
the vibrant
downtown business district that
barkens back
to
an
earlier day.
They all are right, of course. But
one important factor is missing from
this
list:
As
effort,
our students.
part of our strategic planning
we asked local residents
for
sense of community" one of the four
our
compassion, are making good news
on a
daily basis.
To me,
that is the
their opinions of Bloomsburg
strategic issues in
University and our future direction.
Impact 2015: Building on the Past,
recurring storyline of a special town
We were pleased with residents'
strong positive images of BU as a
Leadingfor the Future. The goal
directs us to redouble our efforts to
and this special university.
whole. But, quite frankly,
disappointed that others
we were
fail to
strategic plan.
Bloomsburg University's story.
One of our allies in this endeavor
tell
see
WHLM-AM/WHLM-FM, locally
the benefits our students provide
is
through class projects, internships,
student teaching and 62,000 hours
owned and operated for the past
decade by Joe and Nancy Reilly.
of volunteer service each year
Students appear on the
(valued at $20.25 per hour), just to
"Morning Buzz" each month
name
about projects that benefit the
a few.
DAVID
L.
President,
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
AM station's
to talk
For more from President Soltz,
http://bupresident.blogspot.com
see
FEATURES
10
True Grip
Duane Greenly '72 has journeyed
through the manufacturing world,
turning around companies with his
strong leadership. His inventive
know-how converts
ideas into
patented products.
14
Generous
Spirits
Traveling to Third World countries,
Bloomsburg nursing students are
changing the world and their
lives,
one patient at a time.
18
Mental Exercise
Research by Margie Eckroth-Bucher,
associate professor of nursing, shows
what you can do to fight mental aging.
20
Into the Night
The sun may go down, but the campus
never sleeps. See what evening brings
to
BU.
23
Smart Eats
Sharon Rowley Madalis '92M
keep your waistline trim
when you are on the road.
Dietitian
offers tips to
Table
of
Contents
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A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Winter 2011
IS
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Kenneth M. Jarin, Chiiir
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Vice Chair
B. Altieri III
Matthew
Baker
Marie Conley Lammando
E.
Tom Corbett
Paul
S.
Dlugolecki
Thomas
L.
Gluck
Michael K. Hanna
Vincent J. Hughes
Jamie Lutz
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
Jeffrey E. Piccola
Guido M. Pichini
Harold C. Shields
President,
Thomas M.
David
Sweitzer
Christine J. Toretti
Mackenzie Marie Wrobel
Chancellor, State System
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Bloomsburg University
Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
Charles C. Housenick '60, Vice Chair
Marie Conley Lammando '94, Secretary
Ramona H. Alley
Raylene M. Brill '11
LaRoy G. Davis '67
David Klingennan Sr.
Joseph J. Mowad 'OSH
Nancy Vasta '97/'98M
Patrick Wilson
Bloomsburg University
L. Soltz
Executive Editor
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24
On the Hill
31
Calendar of Events
32
Over the Shoulder
Quad
Husky Notes
Rosalee Rush
Editor
Bonnie Martin
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine is published three
times a year for alumni, current students' families and
friends of the university. Husky Notes and other alumni
Photography Editor
Eric Foster
Brenda Hartman
information appear at the BU alumni global network site,
vvww.bloomualumni.com. Contact Alumni Affairs by phone,
570-389-4058; fax, 570-389-4060; or e-mail, alum@bloomu.edu.
Director of Alumni Affairs
Lynda Fedor-Michaels 'St/'SSM
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Husky Notes Editor
Address comments and questions
to:
Waller Administration Building
Sports Information Director
400 East Second
Tom McGuire
Bloomsburg,
Editorial Assistant
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Street
17815-1301
E-mail address: bmartin@bloomu.edu
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on the Web at: http://w'Ww.bloomu.edu
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aroundTHEquad
shopping mall capable of holding 50
but with about 20 empty storefronts. This
Imagine a
stores,
is
^l^Mai l
the case at the Columbia Mall in Buckhorn,
about four miles from BU's campus.
Curious about
^
why the mall is not more occupied,
Thenapy
VICTORIA SCH4.1EDER STUDIES
HOW
SHOPPING CENTER CAN IMPROVE
and geography double major from Numidia, decided to complete
her ethnographic field methods research project at the
shopping center. With cooperation from the mall's
management. Cedar Shopping Centers Inc., Schlieder 's
research spanned four months in early 2010.
So what did Schlieder's research entail? She set
up a table in the middle of the mall with information
Victoria Schlieder, a senior anthropology
explaining the goals of the project. She created an
anonymous survey and provided a drop box. She
uti-
an Internet survey distributed through Facebook.
And she spent about 20 hours in the mall observing
shoppers. Approximately 460 people responded and
lized
most indicated they want this mall to succeed.
"Shoppers are supportive of the mall. They think of
community place," says Schlieder.
Bloomsburg area shoppers aren't the only ones
interested in this research. Last November, Schlieder
presented her project at the American Anthropological
Association's annual meeting in New Orleans. Her
research is categorized in a growing field known as
it
as a
"retail
anthropology." Retail anthropology looks at
ways
in which retailers, product manufacturers
and public spaces either meet, or fail to meet,
the
customers' needs. According to Schlieder, this type
of anthropology shows
how research can help not
only large companies, but also smaller stores that
don't have a lot of resources.
As
anticipated, participants
of stores, and most
would
want
in the mall. Colette Wintersteen,
at
a larger selection
movie theater
marketing manager
like to see a
the Columbia Mall, says the mall
would
mall because of the
According
demand
for
it,"
to Schlieder, the mall
says Wintersteen.
needs
to
become
a
destination for shoppers, not just a place to go to
like to
continue distributing surveys, using responses to
quickly pick up something.
better serve patrons.
"I think to be more successful the mall needs to bring
something that isn't available elsewhere locally.
Maybe a few more high-end stores or restaurants,"
says Schlieder. Personally, she wants to see an
American Eagle or Old Navy in the mall. •
"We have utilized Victoria's research in the advertising
of what types of stores we are trying to get into the
mall. The leasing department can utilize it to show
companies that people want
to see their store in
our
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in Training
MASTER'S PROGRAM ACCREDITED
BU'S CLINICAL ATHLETIC training program
is
one of
23 programs nationwide accredited at the entry-level
master's degree
program from the Commission on
Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
(CAATE).
The program prepares students
to serve as health
care providers in the areas of injury prevention,
and treatment.
recognition
Ij^tiowrr left to right areH-atisha
Kiana
Elliott.
j^ayton. Christina Davis. AmbeTMichael.
Joseph Hazzard, assistant professor of exercise
science
and
athletics
and coordinator of the
athletic
i^kameela
j^nd
Sunkett. India Jones. Tierra Foster
Shantia Potter
all
from Philadelphia.
training program, says accreditation recognizes that
the
program meets
all
nationally recognized standards
for entry-level athletic training education established
by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine and the
National Athletic Trainers' Association.
CAATE
awards accreditation only after extensive self-study
and on-site visits.
"This accreditation means, first and foremost, that
students enrolled in our program have met the requirements to sit for the National Certification Exam, which is
possible only through accredited programs,"
Since
its
Sweet Fundraiser
BAKE SALE BENEFITS HAITI
VICE VERSA raised $200 through a bake sale, one of
many campus fundraisers to benefit the citizens of Haiti
who continue to suffer from the effects of last year's
massive earthquake. The organization, founded in 2006
promote unity, empowerment and diversity through
and performing arts, capped its fundraising
efforts in December with a dance and fashion show that
to
creative
netted $1,200. •
Hazzard says.
inception three years ago, the Geisinger
Medical Center (CMC) Sports Medicine Department
has provided
clinical
education opportunities for
students in the program.
"This accreditation acknowledges Bloomsburg
University's
tion for
its
commitment
to providing the best educa-
athletic training students," says Dr. Daniel
Feldmann, medical director of the program and chief
of sports medicine at
GMC.
•
Shown
Leadership and Service
EXCEPTIONALITY PROFESSOR HONORED
DARLENE PERNER, professor of exceptionality programs, received the Leo D. Doherty
Memorial Award during the 2010
Northeastern Educational Research
Association
(NERA) conference for her
leadership and service in special education. Perner has participated in numerous organizations including the Council
and national levels and United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). •
for Exceptional Children at the state
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SORORITY HONORED FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE
BU's Theta Tau Omega was honored by the Ronald
McDonald House, Danville, for 10 years of volunteer
service to the "home away from home" for families of
young patients
at
Geisinger Medical Center.
The
sorority
prepares dinner for the families each week during the
academic year and
initiated the
awards reception, now
in
its
annual volunteer
sixth year. •
One of 15
SOCIOLOGY PROF SERVES ON
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SOCIOLOGY professor Christopher
"Kip" Armstrong
is
serving a
two-year term on
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the U.S.
on
Commission
PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE GRADUATION RATES
TRiO STUDENT SUPPORT Services (SSS), a program that annually serves
nearly 250 BU students, will receive renewed funding of an estimated
$1.38 million over the next five years from the U.S.
Department of Education.
TRiO Student Support
Civil Rights'
Pennsylvania State
Advisory Committee.
The 15-member
advisory committees
in each state
Funding for Future
and the
District of
Columbia study issues and forward
independent reports which reflect
members' views. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an
independent, bipartisan agency
that monitors federal civil rights
enforcement. •
Seeds of Action
STUDENTS ADD PLANTINGS TO
FERNVILLE PARK
MORE THAN 50 Students from
several BU organizations, includ-
financial
J
1
Services provides academic,
and personal support
to low- income, first-genera-
and disabled students, says Theresa Bloskey, SSS
director. The goal of BU's program, federally funded since
1997, is to increase retention and graduation rates. More
than 80 percent of the students who begin the program remain in SSS
and graduate from BU.
tion
we serve have disabilities, including military
"We always have at least 80 names on a waiting list for
students who want to enroll in TRiO SSS."
TRiO programs began nationwide in the 1960s to provide educational
access to students who are disadvantaged and who, without support, would
most likely not receive a college education. Often high school students who
are part of BU's TRiO Upward Bound program return for their bachelor's
degree and participate in the TRiO SSS program, Bloskey adds. •
"One-third of the students
veterans," she says.
MarCom Winners
Planning Society, Acacia, and
BU MAGAZINE, PUBLICATIONS HONORED
BU'S COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE won a gold award for Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine, a platinum award for the Living and Learning
Community (LLC) booklet and honorable mentions for two other
publications in the Association of Marketing and Communication
nursing students, participated in
Professionals' annual
ing the Political Science Student
Association, H.O.P.
E (Help Our
Planet Earth), Geography and
a global effort to help reduce the
The LLC
MarCom Awards.
booklet, outlining freshman residence hall options based
was among the
carbon footprint as part of the
on majors or
Day of Climate
Action. Students joined Hemlock
Township residents in Fernville
Park to continue work begun by
BU community assistants, planting
more than 30 trees and shrubs.
The worldwide effort became the
platinum award, and Bloomsburg magazine, sent to 55,000 readers
three times each year, was among the 18 percent of entries awarded
International
largest single-day
environmental
event in history. •
Bonus Content
www.bloomu.edu/magazine
Who's
in
the kitchen? Prof looks
at family dining
Video:
Zumba
craze,
BU fundraiser
Survey: Tell us what you think
interests,
15
percent of entries receiving the
the gold. Overall, approximately 5,000 entries were submitted to the
competition. •
Study in Russia
FINANCE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES BU STUDENTS
BU STUDENTS MAY explore economics, business, languages and science
during the three-week Summer School in Moscow program at the Finance
University, Moscow, Russia. The six-credit program runs from June 10 to
July 2 and includes field trips focusing on Russian history, art and culture.
Program fees of $3,300 cover tuition, room and board and field trips;
airfare and visa fees are not included. The application deadline is March 15.
For more information, contact Saleem Khan, professor of economics,
(570) 389-4681 or skhan@bloomu.edu. •
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THE BU WRESTLING team faced off against sixth-ranked
Penn State to open the 2010-2011 season in front of a standingroom-only crowd of 2,374 and a live TV audience. Before the
match, BU President David Soltz, right, and athletic director
Mary Gardner rededicated Nelson Field House, which reopened
for fall 2010 after a $13.4 million renovation. The season opener
ended
6
in a 41-3 victory for the Nittany Lions. •
BLOOMSBL'RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
MARTY COYNE,
when
Kicking Cancer
BU's head men's and women's tennis coach, faced
the challenges of heat
and culture
he arrived
in
Egypt
last
summer to run a
He also dis-
BU MEN'S AND women's soccer
teams raised awareness and $1,100
in donations for cancer research
tennis program.
participating in the
covered a place in Cairo that
Cancer program
tugged
at his heartstrings.
Coyne spent
13
ing donations, both
teams supported
the cause by warm-
Christian Athletes at the
Wadi Sports Camp, a 25- acre
sports facility for Muslim and
up before their
games in official Red
Card Cancer shirts. Red
Card Cancer shirts and bracelets
The camp,
and
located between Cairo
were on sale to benefit the Johns
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
Currently in its second year, the
program rose to the national level
through a partnership with Major
League Soccer's DC United and the
United States Youth Soccer
Association. To learn more about
Red Card Cancer, visit http://red-
Alexandria, offers tennis,
basketball, soccer,
and
swimming
volleyball.
"I've
had a relationship
with the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (FCA) since
I
was
in college," says
Coyne,
who met his wife at an FCA
meeting in the 1980s. "FCA
asked me to take part in their
international
jumped
camp and
at the
,
ing
Coptic athletes between the
19.
Red Card
last fall.
In addition to receiv-
days working with the Fellowship of
ages of 11 and
cardcancer.org/. •
I
chance. Hearing the
camp was
in
Egypt was even more
exciting since I'd never been to that part of the world."
Shaffer
Honored
Coyne's trip took nearly 27 hours, with delays. And, when he arrived, he
discovered fundamental differences between training in the U.S. and
SOPHOMORE MEN'S
Egypt. "Because daytime temperatures are over 100 degrees, the coaching
Bryce Shaffer was
camp was done from 7 to 9:30
Directors of America
(CoSIDA)/ESPN The
Magazine Academic
would
Coyne
Bibles or with anything that
comments. "Even when we made
presentations, we had to be cautious
about the words we used or the
references
we made."
Along with the Pyramids, the
Cave Churches and other attractions,
Coyne and his fellow staffers visited a part of Cairo most tourists never see.
"We went to a place called Garbage City, where more than a million
people live amid the trash dump for the city of Cairo," he says. "Our
staffers got to work with the kids of Garbage City playing games and
interacting with them. To see them living among this trash was heartwrenching when just a few miles away one of the great wonders of the
world, the Pyramids, stands as one of man's greatest achievements."
Coyne expects to return to the Wadi Sports Camp in 2012. "It was a great
experience but, because it is draining both physically and emotionally, I
want to give myself a year between visits," he says. •
to the
Information
'cooled' off to
identify us as Christians,"
soccer player
named
2010 College Sports
a.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. when it
80 degrees," says Coyne.
Being in a Muslim country and coaching a camp run by the FCA
brought additional challenges. "We were not permitted to travel with our
part of the
by
All-District 2 College
Shaffer
Division
Shaffer
was recognized
achievements on the
first
team.
for his
field, in
the
classroom and in the community.
all
The Gettysburg native started
16 games last fall for the
Huskies
(5-9-2).
Shaffer tallied a
team-high 10 goals and 20 points,
highlighted by a game-winner in a
3-2 victory over
West Chester and
a
pair of goals in Bloomsburg's 2-0
shutout over Chestnut
performance
this
Hill.
His
season followed
four goals and a team-high six
assists last year as a
freshman. •
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2011
7
ON THE HILL
sports
Kocher Succeeds
Hutchinson
SUSAN KOCHER
'87
head
was named
softball coach,
replacing Jan
Hutchinson
who
retired at the
^
end of
the 2010 season.
Kocher has been
BU wins
during 23 years as an assistant coach
and four years playing for Hutchinson.
While Kocher was the pitching
-^^H
coach,
part of 1,104
BU tossed 32 no-hitters, six
of them perfect games. She coached
eight pitchers to Ail-American
status, including
2010 second-team
Ail-American Shavaun Fisher.
A two-time Ail-American and
THE SMILE ON 5-year-old Katherine Scarborough's face said it all. She
loved the
Well
...
little
princess cottage put
maybe knights
in
up by her knights
in shining armor.
maroon jackets wearing baseball
hats.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia and the Susquehanna Valley
make Katherine's dream of a personalized princess cottage come true.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation delivered the two-story playhouse to her
Abington home in advance. The Huskies raked leaves, spread topsoil to
to
level the spot
Kocher is the only pitcher in school
game and
a no-hitter on the same day. She
was inducted into BU's Athletic
Hall of Fame and the Capital Area
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports
Hall of Fame. •
history to throw a perfect
Seventeen members of BU's baseball team and two coaches joined with
the
three-time All-PSAC selection,
where the playhouse would be positioned and mulched the
area around the playhouse, adding decorations, shrubbery and a stone
Quiteh Honored
path leading to the front door.
"Being involved in community service
as a program.
It is
is
a responsibility that
we have
an essential part of the student-athlete experience,"
Mike Collins.
team involved with Make-A-Wish Foundation after
meeting the Philadelphia chapter's president and CEO Dennis Heron
says head coach
in
Rehobeth Beach, Del. "Dennis is a big baseball fan. We decided to keep in
touch and I offered our services where needed," Collins says.
In addition to the playhouse, Katherine was presented with a few gifts,
including a baseball autographed by the team and coaches. •
BU Hall of Fame
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Franklyn
Quiteh of Tobyhanna was named
first-team Little Ail-American by
the Associated Press and first-team
Collins got his
FIVE ALUMNI and the former assistant athletic director
make up the 29th class of BU's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Honored at last fall's banquet are, left to right, front
row: Jean Buskirk '93, softball; Laura Jones Coen '93,
women's soccer; and Shelley Miller Romano '95, field
hockey and softball; and back row: Burt Reese '03H,
former head tennis coach and assistant men's basketball
coach; Marc Lupinacci '90, men's tennis; Lee Gump '97,
basketball; and BU President David Soltz. •
FRESHMAN TAILBACK
All-American by Daktronics. He
the
first
is
BU player named Little
All-American since 2005 when
and Jamar Brittingham
Jahri Evans
were
selected. •
5r
True Grip
Duane Greenly
has journeyed through the manufacturing
world, turning around companies with his strong leadership,
inventive know-how and patented products.
by
'72
JACK SHERZER
photographs by ERIC
FOSTER
THE LONG-HANDLED spade depicted on a small
down
plaque in Duane R. Greenly's office looks like someone
of preparation, attention to detail and honesty.
But that sharpening notch
designed to cut through roots while digging is the
feature that sets one of Ames True Temper's newest
products apart from other shovels.
"People who prepare, win," Greenly says. "People
who think they can fly by the seat of the pants will
took a bite out of its
tip.
The patent Greenly received
round point" shovel
is
for the "Root cutting
testament to the hands-on
to following core beliefs
about the importance
ultimately crash. That's something
I
believe in."
Greenly was no stranger to the business world
while growing up. His father was a commercial roofing
contractor
who ran a host of side businesses, including
involvement of a leader who, since his arrival in 2002,
has grown the landscaping product company to a
car washes, laundromats and a trampoline center. If
market leader with almost a half billion dollars in
annual sales. The patent also pays tribute to the
money, they earned
60-year-old scientist and product developer
who takes
and applications he helps create to the next
where they are manufactured, shipped and sold
the designs
level,
to customers.
Coatings for fabrics used in shoes and on boats,
quality
hard-wood doors and specialty rubber mounts
Greenly, his sister or two brothers wanted spending
by helping out.
Larry, went to Bloomsburg,
where Greenly majored in chemistry, completed
student teaching, ran track and met his wife, the
former Susan Basar '72,
"It's not hard to work
a special education
it
He and his brother,
The couple has
and daughter.
major.
a son
hard ifyou
like
what
you're doing.'*
dampen vibrations— different products in different
businesses that Greenly '72 had a hand in creating and
selling in a career spanning more than 30 years.
him to pursue math and science. After Bloomsburg,
With a quiet intensity. Greenly talks about how he
turned around Ames True Temper and two earlier
companies. There's been luck, but success comes
he earned a master's degree in organic chemistry from
Morehead University in Kentucky and his science
background led to his first job with the huge textile
that
Greenly credits his
-
father with convincing
Duane Greenly '72
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2011
11
"
manufacturer Deering-Milliken & Co. (now Milliken
Co.) at the
&
company's research center in Spartanburg,
Synthetic fabrics were just coming out
S.C.
and
techniques were being perfected to allow the
At Deering, one of
Greeniys successes was figuring out a way to
irradiate the fabric with a plasma light, giving
the fabric and dye opposite electrical charges
so they would bond. The technique was especially useful for keeping dye fi-om bleeding
when the fabric was exposed to moisture,
important for two of its main uses, the lining
of shoes and canvas boat covers.
fabrics to hold dyes.
When it came time to move the process
from the lab to the factory floor. Greenly
went along, transferring from the research
center to a plant in
like the
New England. "I really
manufacturing, and
years into
my career when
went to the plant manager and said, 'If an opening
ever shows up, I would
I
love to have an opportunity'
I
was three
TRUE INNOVATION:
The Planters Buddy is a
seven-in-one garden
planter tool with a rustresistant stainless steel
blade, ergononnic poly
grip
and hang-up
hole.
What I
started realizing
that, as
much as I liked dealing with things,
I
liked dealing with people better." Soon,
he
manager.
MUliken almost six
BF Goodrich as a senior
engineer. One of Goodrich's clients, Kimberly
Clark, was introducing disposable diapers, and
Greenly worked on the elastic that kept the
diaper close to the baby's leg. Again, he found
himself on the same trajectory as at Milliken—
he developed the technique and then continued
at
years before going to
more
Goodrich, he became a
to oversee the actual production. In
than three years
at
troubleshooter, helping solve various production
problems
at different plants.
Then he got
from a headhunter with
for Newell
Rubbermaid as director of quaUty assurance
and manufacturing engineering. When he
an opportunity
a call
to
work
started in 1981, the Freeport,
111.
it
had
when Greenly left 16 years later. During his
time with Newell he helped bring acquisitions
into the corporate family, sharpening his talents
around problem businesses.
Skilled on the operations side. Greenly forced himself
to learn about marketing and customer relations. "If
you want to truly lead, you have to know all aspects of
in turning
12
to
be comfortable with some
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
if you
avoid the aspects you're uncomfortable with, then
you're probably limiting yourself."
Greenly rose to vice president at one of
NeweU's divisions and had every expectation
of moving higher
when he got a call asking
him if he'd like to be
the
boss of a failing door
manufacturer. Morgan
Door in Oshkosh, Wis.,
was being taken over
by a private equity
firm. It was a chance
''Ifyou want to
to bet on himself
and run his own
truly lead, you
business—just as
his dad had done.
But this was no
have to know
of a
all aspects
business.
sure thing. Private
equity partners. Greenly explains, have
short time frames.
They buy a place with
plans to turn it around within two or three
re-sell.
Top management gets
a piece of the ownership pie— a piece that
becomes very valuable if the turnaround is
successful and the company is sold for
millions more than its purchase price.
Greenly turned Morgan Door around in
two years and then was asked to join another
turnaround effort. This time it was a Boston
company, Barry Controls, which made vibration
dampening mounts, such as rubber fittings to
lessen the vibrations transferred from an engine
to a frame.
Once
company around
and saw his ownership
"a very good payday— I'm
again, he turned the
in less than four years
stake
grow into
was so good."
For about six months before leaving Barry,
Greenly and a colleague from Newell
almost embarrassed,
Rubbermaid, Rich
it
Dell,
had been checking out
Ames True Temper for another equity
partnership, Wind Point Partners. Ames
bought
-based
conglomerate had just three divisions;
19
You tend
aspects and uncomfortable with others. But
years and then
is
was running two projects as a department
Greenly stayed
a business.
its
longtime competitor True Temper
and both were stLU nipping at each
The current owner, U.S.
Industries, wanted to sell the dysfunctional
in 1999
other's heels.
setup that
was slowly losing market share to
lower-priced imported goods.
"They were two businesses that were, all of a
sudden, supposed to play nice with each other and
weren't. There was a headquarters in Parkersburg
...
1
WVa., and a head
quarters in
Camp
Numbers teU the story of the success: Wind
company for $160 million and
Point bought the
sold it to another venture capital firm, Castle
Harlan Partners IV, for $390 million. And in
September 2010, Castle Harlan sold the company to
its current owner. Griffon Corp., a New York-based
manufacturing conglomerate, for $542 million.
"He is an excellent operator," says Bill Pruellage,
Duplication every-
Hill.
where, extra
facilities
and infighting,"
Greenly
recalls.
"The company
was just spinning
its
So
on as
wheels."
in 2002,
co-president of Castle Harlan.
TRUE INNOVATION:
DeU came
Total Control
CEO of Ames True Temper
overseeing sales and marketing;
Wheelbarrow
features a closed-loop handle
with a patent-pending grip for
improved
control.
Gone was the Parkersburg
headquarters. The company started joint ventures in
China to remain competitive and took over competing
businesses to grow market share. In 2008, Dell retired
and Greenly became president and CEO.
THE GREENLY PRINCIPLES
R.
Greenly 72, president and CEO of
Ames True
Temper, the largest supplier of landscaping products
the U.S.,
in
fond of saying that "preparation and perspira-
is
tion beats inspiration."
Greenly returned to Bloomsburg University recently to
share what he's learned from 30 years
part of his presentation
—similar
1
.
Commandments
A team
business.
in
to the advice
during in-house training sessions at
his 12
he gives
—he
Ames
As
offered
of Business.
of motivated players is better than a collection
each other, but don't get
and be mindful of unchecked egos.
of superstars. Challenge
to
if
stop negative attitudes, which can spread quickly
unchecked.
most important
U.
Credibility is the
5.
You improve what you measure. Pick key indicators
individual attribute.
to measure and follow so there are no surprises.
Good results are not happenstance preparation.
You need to be able to laugh at yourself and others.
You get what you expect make expectations clear
and expect a lot.
Mistakes of inactivity are much worse than mistakes of
—
activity.
10.
To be a leader, you need to
Two heads are
—
—
make things happen.
better than one. three are better than
two. but 10 are not better than nine.
Go
to the right
people to figure out problems.
11.
new products by rewarding employees who come
up with new ideas, listening to focus groups of
gardeners and professional landscapers
and seeing what
companies can be
brought into the
Ames True Temper
family to
TRUE INNOVATION:
The Autoboss Snow Shovel
Trunk has an adjustable poly
blade, multiple grips
compact
and a
profile.
grow
market share. He's still very hands-on:
he recently received another patent for
a two-handed, ergonomically designed
snow shovel called the Sno-Boss,
designed to do the work of a conventional snow shovel, pusher and snow
sleigh in one tool. Though the recession
slowed business. Greenly takes pride in not laying
off any employees and continuing to give raises.
talents, I just
Negative attitudes equal negative results. Act quickly
9.
very strong performance and grew
Few people have photographic memories.
Positive attitudes equal positive results.
8.
to
"Bring your brains and a tablet.
2.
3.
7.
he contributed
ultimately, as chief executive officer,
He's also proud of the company's line of products
manufactured completely in the U.S. and the "eco
gardener" line made from recycled steel with solid
handles of bamboo, a quick-growing grass that provides
an alternative to wood.
As for the future? Greenly says he enjoys his work
and plans to "keep working as long as I'm still having
fun and the owners want me."
He takes pride in his company's interaction with the
community, hosting a golf tournament that last year
raised $279,000 for area charities. Greenly also encouraged Castle Harlan to chip in $100,000 for a community
garden he wants to create on a field adjacent to the
Camp HiU headquarters— an idea to help various
groups, as well as show off his company's wares.
"It's not hard to work hard if you like what you're
doing. You have to find what you Uke," Greenly says.
"I consider myself very normal; I don't have any special
into turf battles
6.
And,
Today, Greenly continues what he does best, nurturing
about putting the house in
order.
Duane
operations.
earnings significantly."
Greenly, as chief operating officer,
set
"He did a great job
improving productivity and leading our company
If
you can only
work hard." •
bring one thing, bring the tablet."
12.
Yes-men are not men. Argue your
the decision.
point, but
support
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
native.
He currently lives in Harrisburg.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY NURSING STUDENTS who
shared their medical skills in Third World countries agree the
care they extended was returned tenfold by the impoverished
patients whose lives they touched.
14
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN
A STATE-RUN
hospital in
4-year-old boy's poverty
death. His single
La Ceiba, Honduras, a
to an early
condemns him
mother cannot afford the six-hour bus
where hospitals may
trip to Tegucigalpa, the capital,
have the technology to diagnose his heart condition. In
America, the boy would likely live a long life. But in
Honduras, without diagnosis and treatment, he will
not survive. That boy opened Jaime Miller's eyes to the
realities of medical care in
Miller
Third World countries.
BU junior Jamie Thomas are no
and fellow
strangers to studying abroad, having completed a
summers ago through
Bloomsburg's Spanish program. But they were not
prepared for what they witnessed during a four-week
six-week program in Spain two
AmeriSpan study abroad program in Honduras that
included two weeks of volunteer work in a hospital.
"I distinctly remember wondering what I'd gotten
myself into," Thomas says of the poverty she saw while
riding the bus from San Pedro Sula, the second largest city
La Ceiba, a port city of 200,000 residents.
"We saw lots of people living in shacks with dirt
floors, no running water and no electricity," Miller adds.
In La Ceiba, Miller and Thomas lived with the director
of the Central American Spanish School and his family
and worked in a state-run hospital 10 minutes away.
in
Honduras,
to
"When I show people pictures of the hospital, they
want to believe me," relates Thomas, who
don't
describes people on
hallways.
Still,
gumeys lining the hospital's
she was impressed by what doctors
there do without technology.
"I'm interested in labor and delivery.
It's
amazing
how they can count contractions with their hands and
feel
heart tones with a stethoscope
— skills that have
gotten lost here with technology."
Both say the experience
"After this experience,
I
will
make them better nurses.
can better relate to an immigrant
or other non-EngUsh speaker who can't communicate about
own health issues," says Thomas of Archbald.
opened my eyes to how others live," says MiUer, a
nontraditional student from Sunbury. "I wish so much
their
"It
Bloomsburg could do what I did
changed my life." continues on next page
that every student at
for just
one
day.
It
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15
"
[
GENEROUS SPIRITS
]
'The right spot doing the right things'
Sophomore Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Lee, president of BU's
Nurses Christian Fellowship, saw countless open
wounds and sore backs during a week in Nicaragua,
where many of her patients worked
in the fields cut-
ting crops with machetes for $i a day. "There
lot
were a
of fevers and parasites, too, because the water
sources are so contaminated. At one
work site, we
gave cream to a mother whose baby was covered in
scabies," a contagious skin infection caused
Lee and
15
by mites.
members from her home church, Grace
Lutheran in State College, spent their days distributing
donated medicines to the poor and their nights and
evenings with children in orphanages in Jinotega and
Los Cedros. After dispensing medications, team
members prayed with patients and distributed prayer
shawls made by church members.
While her patients had very Uttle in the way of
material possessions, they were filled with a generous
spirit,
Lee says. "While we were praying for them,
they would be praying for us and our medical team.
Everyone was so grateful for even the smallest thing.
We attended a Lutheran church that had no roof, yet
they served food to our whole group."
Lee has spent her last two spring breaks in
Nicaragua and wiU return this year, looking foi^ard
to once again seeing a special 8-year-old she met at the
orphanage in Jinotega. "It feels like home for me when
I'm in the right spot doing the right things," she says.
IMAGES FROM A WORLD OF SERVICE.
'An experience you can't put into words'
a young child's ankle
Nursing students Katie Raymis ofJim Thorpe and Andrea
Weaver of Landisburg, as well as Jeremi Ronaldo, a senior
exercise science major ft-om Levittown, spent a week in
the slums of Honduras with members of Bloomsburg
Christian Church and World Gospel Outreach.
"Lives were changed— both on our part and those
of the Hondurans," says Raymis.
The 25-member team saw more than 1,000 patients
and addressed dental
.
^,
^o^j
Studeuts get to see the
,
issues, distributed
eyeglasses
and pre-
scribed medications,
"It
privilege and access
thcy'vc bccn granted on
was an experience
you
can't
„
,
.
many IcVCls.
This page. Katie Fredericks treats
Ghana, top. and a mission worker prompts a
young Nicaraguan child to say ah.' Opposite page, left to right, top row:
Andrea Weaver pauses for a moment with a Honduran girl, a Honduran
boy's eyes tell his life story and Katie Raymis helps a patient breathe.
Bottom row: Kayla Efaw plays nutrition games with youngsters and is
featured with a group of volunteers, back row. second from right.
in
Like Raymis, Katie Fredericks
realized
'10
of Bethlehem
how much Americans take for granted while
working at a medical clinic in a fishing village in Ghana.
She traveled to Africa in August 2009 with a team from
Cornerstone Evangelical Church, Easton.
"I
learned
how materially simple life is in Africa. The
Ghana villagers take
material possessions.
pride in their work,
granted," she says. "I definitely plan on returning to Afiica."
put into
^
- Lori Metzger, nursing faculty
.
words, Raymis says.
No cell phones, computers
"The people are extremely loving. They have nothing,
During a six-week work study program
but they are a very giving p)eople."
senior Kayla
Raymis remembers the
day, a
little girl
final patient
with epilepsy
different
and
crying.
didn't feel
I
alone. "I felt so
worthy
she saw one
who told her she felt
broken that
to look
I
started
her in the face
I knew I was going back to America, where
we all have so much."
because
16
more than their
And they don't take anything for
BLOOMSBURG
UN VER
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.S I
TY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Efaw
in Costa Rica,
visited patients in their
homes,
encouraged regular exercise and
played nutrition games with the younger chUdren. The
program included two weeks of lectures and Spanish
shared healthy
classes, a
week
treats,
in hospitals
and clinics and two weeks
Bolson and Ortega, rural towns where she and her
group held a health fair and worked with diabetics.
in
The Cyprus, Texas, native hopes to work in a Houston
where she'll encounter many Spanish-speaking
patients. She beHeves the study abroad program is a
hospital,
terrific
way to learn about another culture.
The experience also made her more self-reliant in a
culture fi-ee of cell phones, iPods and computers. "All
students— no matter what their major— should try it,"
she says. "It's an awesome experience."
to
be the most impoverished, have no way
to get to the
where care is available.
"Not only do students get to see a diiferent culture
and scenarios in which people have so little, they get to
see the privilege and access they've been granted on so
many levels," says Metzger. "In a Third World country,
cities
a nurse's education rivals that of a physician, so
strengthens their confidence.
it
really
And for some, it changes
them as a person."
True
spirit
of nursing
Metzger says she is continually impressed by
who take advantage of the opportunity.
A medical mission to a Third World country is "a
students
unique experience and a wonderful opportunity for
Bloomsburg nursing students to share their knowledge
with people who literally will stand in Une for hours for
"They could be spending spring break
the opportunity for medical care," says Lori Metzger,
assistant professor of nursing
and co-adviser of Nurses
Christian Fellowship.
Metzger,
or earning extra
Shore
money during the summer to spend
on themselves. Instead, they raise between $1,500 and
$2,000 to go on the trips and then give of their time
and themselves.
"It's
who last year made the same trip to Honduras as
at the
very
to serve
selfless. It's in
a true spirit of nursing care
another person." •
Raymis, Weaver and Ronaldo, says it was a real eye-opener.
While most Third World countries
care, the people
offer public health
who live in the rural areas, which tend
Former newspaper editor Sue A. Beard
is
a freelance
writer based in Greencastle, Pa.
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2011
17
FACULTY PROFILE
MENTAL exercise
MARGIE ECKROTH-BUCHER'S research focuses on ways
keep the brain functioning at its best so Baby Boomers
can enjoy their retirement years in their own homes.
to
THE BASICS ABOUT proper physical
known:
fitness are well
a combina-
tion of eating a nutritious diet
and
exercising regularly helps keep the
body
we age. But what
vibrant as
can be done to keep the brain
fit?
intake of Omega-6 fatty acids,
which may contribute to brain
inflammation and also affect
insulin levels.
regimen of
mental aerobics has been shown to
"Additionally, a daily
and strengthen cognitive
That's the question Margie
increase
Eckroth-Bucher, associate profes-
functions.
sor of nursing,
is
trying to answer
It is
important to remain
intellectually active, increase the
through research that focuses on
complexity of activities over time
the effects of cognitive stimulation
and challenge oneself to learn
on brain health.
new things."
"As a result of brain imaging
and genetic technologies,
scientists
Eckroth-Bucher demonstrated
the importance of mental aerobics
two research studies conducted
can observe physical indicators of
in
brain aging in people as young as
with James Siberski of Misericordia
25,"
she explains. "However, cogni-
tive loss
does not have to be an
inevitable consequence of aging."
Eckroth-Bucher says the sooner
University.
Both used a combination
of paper-and-pencil exercises and
computer software
to
determine the
effectiveness of a cognitive remedia-
program on an aging
an individual
tion
begins to focus on
population. Participating
cognition preserva-
in the study
tion, the better the
uals age 55
outcome.
A good
place to start
is
were individand older with
three levels of cognitive
by
abilities:
no impairment,
minimizing high
mild impairment and
stress levels that
severe impairment.
can wear away
at
V/J^^l
brain fitness and
'f^^l
memory
"The
first
was
a small-
er pilot study," Eckroth-
exists that long-term healthy diets
wanted to
would be any
A impact by using computer stimulation and combining that
with other, more traditional kinds
may prevent
of cognitive stimulation activities."
overall
Bucher
performance.
see
Diet also plays a
part.
"Convincing
scientific
future brain aging
and dementia," she
"It is
18
evidence
notes.
especially important to limit
if
says. "I
there
The computer session used two
software programs that enabled
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
hy
KEVIN GRAY
researchers to train various cogni-
were some overall improvements in
tive functions as participants
the different cognitive scores."
matched colors or shapes, found
Findings from the initial study
were published in the American
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and
Other Dementias. The findings
also were used as the basis of a
memory and recall skills class for
people age 55 and older offered at
Maria Joseph Manor, the continuing care community in Danville
where Eckroth-Bucher conducted
her research studies. Data from a
hidden pairs of items, calculated
math problems and identified
patterns and sequences.
The mental stimulation session
was made up of pencil-and-paper
exercises intended to spark specific
functions, such as:
•
Hidden picture drawings to
encourage visual-spatial
processing.
•
Categorization of items to
stimulate deUberation,
interpretation
•
and reasoning.
Recall of sentence completion to
encourage short-term, working
memory.
• Name-face association activities
to trigger recognition memory.
And, the integration session,
which blended mental stimulation
with routine
•
analyzed.
Anagrams— words or phrases
formed by rearranging the letters
of other words or phrases— to
prompt language stimulation.
•
second larger study conducted
during spring 2009 is still being
activities, including:
Problem solving and reasoning
Eckroth-Bucher finds great
satisfaction in helping persons
meet a wide range of mental health
care needs as a nurse. Still, she
says she is most proud of her work
in educating nursing students.
"For a healthy brain it
important to remain
is
intellectually active..,
and challenge oneself
to learn new things.
tasks to address the factors
involved in
making decisions,
such as determining how to
fire at home.
escape a
•
Attention and concentration
activities,
such as looking up
service providers in a telephone
directory
and determining the
best one to contact.
•
"Real-life" procedural
memory
tasks, like writing checks to
pay bills.
The researchers concluded that
"blending computer-based with
traditional cognitive stimulation
activities
shows promise in preserv-
"Students tend to be somewhat
apprehensive about mental health
nursing and have
little
interest in
providing nursing care to the
Eckroth-Bucher says.
rewarding to help students
elderly,"
"It's
discard the myths and build their
knowledge base and the skills
needed to provide quality nursing
care for these patient populations.
By facilitating this growth in
students, I am able to make a
difference in a larger number of
people's lives than
I
can through
my individual work as a registered
nurse." •
ing cognitive function in elders,"
Eckroth-Bucher says. "The results
were certainly positive, and there
Kevin Gray is a fi'eelance writer
based in the Lehigh Valley.
FALL 2010
IS
Brett
22
Simpson
BLOOMSBL RG
is
L
director of BU's Quest program. See
NI\ ERSITV OF
PENNSYLVANIA
more of his photos
at xoww.brettsimpsonphotogropby.com.
ALUMNI PROFILE
]
SMART eats
by
BECKY LOCK
away from home
Healthy choices defeat hunger attacks
EMPLOYEES MAY NOT have a choice when it comes to
spending long hours at a desk or traveling for work,
but they can choose to make healthy choices for meals
and snacks, says registered dietitian Sharon Rowley
Madalis '92M.
"Plan ahead and don't skip meals," says Madalis,
who CO- authored the book
Truck Drivers: Stop Your Job
from Killing You! Published
in June 2010, the g^ide
debuts a series that will address the struggles various
professionals endure regarding lifestyle choices.
"One of the strategies
is, if you're
delay Uke time spent traveling, have
snacks on hand," she says. "Fruit
going to have a
some healthy
something that is so
portable and can cut the edge off hunger a little bit."
Other options include a handful of pretzels, a serving of
is
lowfat cheese and granola or cereal bars that aren't high
in calories.
Take care to decide if it's really hunger that's gnawing
Madalis says. "Dehydration can be mistaken for
hunger. Then there's boredom, stress or eating just
because the food's there." Try drinking a beverage,
at you,
preferably water.
Be sure not to skip meals. When you wait too long
between meals or when you skip breakfast, "your blood
sugar starts to drop
''Access the calorie
and you don't feel
information
it can be
good. During sleep,
an eye-opener - and
keep your meal below
500 calories ifyou can.
The
last fuel you had is
you're fasting.
used up," Madalis
says. "The body
operates at slow speed
becomes a calorie hoarder. It
and metabolism slows."
By the same token, don't wait until you are starving
to refuel. "You can really overeat, and the last thing you
will think
about
is nutrition,"
foods.
and has grilled
selections, instead of all fried
"When ordering, be assertive," Madalis
how many calories, fat and salt the items contain.
"Access the calorie information— it can be an eye-opener
—and keep your meal below 500 calories if you can."
she warns.
In choosing a restaurant, look for one that offers
variety
a healthy main dish ifyou
choose sour cream or shredded
cheese as a topping, but not both,
says Sharon Rowley Madalis '92M.
Chili is
suggests.
Above all, she
"you make the choice."
Geisinger Medical Center, Madalis works with individuals
them what she calls a "plan A, plan B, plan C
making healthy dining choices different options
"Ask for alternatives, such as the vegetable of the day
instead of french fries. Tell your waitress not to put
to give
and dressings on the food; ask for
them on the side. Restaurant owners want to cater
to the customer. They want you to come back."
When dining at fast-food restaurants, be aware of
because change
sauces, gravies
says,
In counseling clients through outpatient clinics at
for
...
isn't easy."
•
Becky Lock is a writer, editor and photographer who
works and lives in Pennsylvania.
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2011
23
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
usky notes
Michael 'sNfuifirooms^
BU doesn't offer a major in mushroom fanning but, for Michael Carlino '86,
*
the career
Carlino
was "ahvays
is
the world,"
in the
there and in the back of mv' mind."
fi-om Kennett Square, the "self-proclaimed
mushroom capital of
where he owns Carlino Mushroom Co., a family business started
mid-i940s
b>'
his gi andfather.
He purchased the business from his
own father 12 years ago.
fann encompasses 70,000 squai-e feet of concrete gi eenhouses.
>'eai-s, he has gi'own just bi'own mushrooms, portabella and
crimini. His crop c>'cle is about 12 weeks, which means he works ever>' day.
"It is a year-round, .365-da>' commitment. The mushrooms grow so fast,
Carlino's
For the past three
there
is
only a slight
them picked," sa\'S Carlino.
mushrooms to wholesalers who resell
fruit markets and food service companies. With only
\\'indo\\' to
get
After harx'esting, Carlino sells his
them to grocery
stores,
mushroom farms in the U.S., Carlino Mushroom Co. is one of 28 gTovvei*s
who exclusively gi'ow brown mushrooms. More than half of all mushrooms
are gi own in Pennsj lvania.
112
Carlino didn't always plan to take o\er the famih' business, but he did
possibility' throughout college "Mushroom fanning was familiar
and I had always done it growing up. I decided I didn't want to sta\' awax'
from it," says Carlino, the only member of his famih' still involved in fanning.
Carlino agi'ees most people either love or hate mushrooms. "Me, pei-sonally,
I enjoy them vei-y much."
Editor's note: See u wiv.bloomii.edii/magazine for a link to recipes courtesy of
Mushroom Council and Mus/jroom info.com.
consider the
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BI.OOMSIll
KC.
lM\KKSITYOF
P
F.
N\
S
Y
LVA
MA
Pottsville,
com-
peted in his 49th consecutive
Championship tournament in
Byham celebrated his
League World Series
Little
broadcast for
BU
1972
Patricia
eight times.
50th
and finance at
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
WRAK radio in
Veach Johnson received a
top sales honor for July 2010 from
Century 21 Alliance, Exton.
Michael Hessling was inducted into
plishments as first-base coach for
Sandra Pfister Brown, Easton,
his Softball
team and
cian at Honesdale
received a 2010
varsity statisti-
High School.
Award from the
1973
Northampton
Douglas N. Yocom, Douglassville,
County Area
president and
Agency on Aging for providing
and assistance to
ed
community organizations.
CEO of Precision
Medical Products
to
Inc.,
was appoint-
a three-year term to the
Albright College Board of Trustees.
I96S
1974
Joseph Schein received a distin-
Stephen A. Andrejack and wife,
guished service award from Bristol
Stephanie, are proud parents of
Township for his dedication to
Mary Andrejack '10, who earned a
education and athletics at his abna
Woodrow Wilson High
BU, and Theresa,
where he taught and
from Drexel University in 2010.
1966
Andrejack, was
Robert Wetzel was inducted into
The Jerry Wohnan— Northern
bom in May 2010.
Citizens
is
chair of
company of
& Northern Bank.
He was head baseball coach at
North Schuylkill High School for
more than 30 years and won a pair
titles.
1975
Joe Rutecki, Virginia, retired
from the state Government
Accountability
1968
Office in
Sandra Clancy Larson, Vero Beach,
chaired the 2010
Remember, which raises funds
of service.
for
The
insurance agency in
Summit HiU,
to the
Government Accountants
Association of Indian River County.
him as its "member who made a
Joseph S. Kowalski, an administrawith the Milton Area School
was inducted into the
Warrior Run High School Hall of
board
tion
certified
obstetrician/g3aiecologist practice
in
WUkes-Barre.
Kile, Wilkes-Barre, is
senior vice president of provider
honored by the Diocese of Scranton
an educator
counselor designa-
by the American Board of
Professional Counselors.
He also
1982
Kevin L. Miller is chief operating
Keystone National
received the designation of diplo-
officer at First
mat of the American Psychotherapy
Bank, Berwick.
He is a retired U.S.
Public Health Service commander.
Barbara Decker Golden, York,
client service
technology teacher,
manager at
tf"
Benefits,
was honored as
high school teacher of the year by
McConkey
Insurance
1984
Sharon K. Norton, a business and
the
&
was a top
^^^^i
five finalist in a
^^f^ Jl^^
national customer
Ocean City (N.J.) School District.
I98S
Marilyn Mikulca Baran, WilkesBarre,
is
a seventh-grade teacher at
by
St.
Insurance Agents and Brokers.
Jude School, Mountain Top.
Mark W. Ranzan is vice president
Wayne
1979
of commercial lending for
Deborah Snyder Servose, Point
Bank
Township, celebrated her 30th
Richard Robbins
anniversary with Danville Child
parapsychologist and associate
Development's Early Years
dean of the College of Arts and
Learning Academy in 2010. She
Sciences at Bucknell University.
is
in
Monroe County.
the preschool supervisor.
a certified
Pamela Shupp,
vice president of
1981
Mark A.
is
Berks Economic
Kelley, assistant vice
Partnership, earned
president/invest-
the designation of
ments with Janney
Montgomery
Scott,
completed the
six-
certified
economic developer
from the International Economic
Development Council.
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David Lezinsky opened an
Gregory G.
Antoinette Coroniti Bosevich was
and the
He is also a chartered retirement
month Accredited
Wealth Management Advisor
Fame in 2010.
1970
University of Pennsylvania
College of Financial Planning.
planning specialist.
selected
1976
in collaboration
with the Wharton School of the
Gene Walters was awarded the
difference" in the last decade.
1969
Blue Mountain
to
program through
Health System's Board of Directors.
Association of
the Alzheimer-Parkinson
School.
who owns an
December
2010 with 35 years
Walk to
for 25 years of service as
Sverchek,
Mark A.
& Northern Corp. Board
of Directors, the parent
Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
of Schuylkill League division
certification
Janney University
service competition sponsored
Charles H. Updegraff Jr.
the Citizens
Anthracite Chapter of the
at St. Jude
it
1977
who earned a doc-
Their grandson, Michael Alan
District,
the fact that
toral degree in civil engineering
coached from 1965 to 1996.
tor
me the most about working for this company
was a change of pace for me." she says. "I wanted
work for a company that was small and would allow me to work
in a number of departments, not just marketing."
"What attracted
Association.
degree in business education from
Philadelphia-based contemporary
work involves marketing,
2009. Her
advertising and applying for grants.
was elected
Outstanding Senior
Fla.,
in
Wayne County Sports HaU of
Fame in recognition of his accom-
1959
School,
s Celebrity Artist Series.
dance company
was
the
mater,
BU
lannotti joined the
Williamsport.
leadership
to
Rachel lannotti 06 graduated with dreams of establishing herself in a
career. Last fall, her work led her back to her alma
mater as marketing manager for the Jeanne Ruddy
Dance Company, which opened the 25th season of
2010.
He won the county championship
William
William Gearhart is vice president
for administration
County Amateur Golf
Schuylkill
Dancing back
1971
1953
David Linkchorst,
integration for Blue Cross of
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Synoracki promoted
Daniel
P.
Synoracki '87 recently
was promoted
to
group manager
Rettew's environmental science group. Synoracki,
in
who
has worked for the engineering firm since 1999, has
more than 23 years of experience in project management
and environmental consulting, including natural
resource identification and evaluation, site planning,
stream and wetland encroachment permitting, stream
restoration and wetland mitigation design and construction oversight.
A founding member of the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance.
Synoracki is a member of the Paradise Sportsman's Association.
Synoracki resides in Lancaster
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2011
Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit\' of Pennsylvania
husky
Helping a brother
Jg
The Delta
Sigma
Pi
Alumni Association (DP5PAA) awarded a
Mark Brajer Randolph. N J., a senior majoring
Pi
SI. 000 scholarship to
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
in
1986
Frank Sheptock, \Mlkes
football coach,
the Penns\
history,
Pontifical Gregorian University
Weekend.
with a degree
Uni\'ersit>'
was inducted
h ania Sports Hall of
Christopher Beagle
Fame in October. He was inducted
the fraternity's vice president
and representative
He also ser\'es on
1987
directors for
Angela Lenker earned a master's
1989
Joining Brajer at the
the boai-d of
CAMP Rehoboth.
presentation
College. Melrose Park.
She
is
Count>' Boai-d of Commissioners.
1991
"grand reunion" in Lancaster attended by 1 A members: another
"grand reunion" is planned for July
For information, visit www.dpspaa.com and
director of finance
and
administration for the Bucks
Montgomery Early Learning
Center of Pottstown.
1
Pauline Kmiecinski Roberts,
has coordinated the
Wesner Vislockj' is a
Alice
http://orgs.bloomu edu/deltapi/index.html or contact Ernest
Lemoncelli. (570) 230-0456.
Toys for Tots program for the
supen isor and program
Susquehanna Detachment of tlie
coordinator for Catholic Social
Shown
Marine Corps League for six years.
Services in Hazleton.
1988
Lori MercatUi Cimino '91M,
W'ilkes-BaiTe,
Ronald IppoUte is head wrestling
(N.J.)
at
Roger Lowry 78. president
an assistant pro-
fessor of speech-language patholo-
\^ashington To\\Tiship
gA" at
Misericordia Uni\ ei-sit\'.
High School. He teaches
Dana Domkoski Bumside,
special education at the Chestnut
Ridge Middle School, Sewell,
\\Tlkes-Barre,
N.J.
Teaching
The
is
Rev. Gerald ShantiUo
is
is
at
Commons and
Bowen 99
ran her
living
will
first
marathon
w on radio station WQLV's local
Hughes\'ille School District.
competition in the 29th Colgate
Marilyn Nork Stewart,
Countr\'
president of Australia
run the marathon every year that
I
\\
as
\'alle\
last fall and. in the
David B. Cooley
Christopher and
principal of Perm
to benefit the
to
curing
of
life
I
am
know that anything
is
possible."
she says.
Picket Fence."
2000
the new
Wood High
first
School-Green A\'enue campus.
The
1
"
P E N N S Y L\
.\
M
of her dissertation
was
Sixth-Grade Students."
Qnthia Cunningham
is
Sulli\'an,
a certified regis-
tered nurse practitioner with the
Geisinger-Cold Spiings
clinic.
2001
MeUssa Snyder Wolf, Wilkes-Barre,
manager for Pai-enteBeard,
was recognized by Pennsyh ania
senior
1996
Institute of Certified Public
retail
Accountants as a 2010-11 "40 under
40:
English, secondary education/history or secondary education/English.
The SAOO scholarship, renewable up to four years, will begin in 201 -1 2.
The scholarship is funded with proceeds from the novel. "A
Soldier's Psalm: An Odyssey of America's Restless Warriors."
co-written by Magill and his daughter Susan, who graduated from BU
in 1971 and lost her life to cancer in 2004 The novel spans 200 years
of American history and reflects on historical figures, including George
Custer Benedict Arnold and other "restless warriors.
For information on establishing a scholarship, contact the
Bloomsburg University Foundation at (570) 389-4524
title
"The Impact of FastForWord on
1995
Huntingdon,
graduate of Wilkes Uni\'ersity's
doctor of education program.
advertising director for Lancaster
remembrance
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
High School
physically able to run. in
John F Magill Jr '48 is remembering his daughter with a scholarship
in her honor The A. Susan Magill '71 Memorial Scholarship will be
awarded, based on financial need, to a student majoring in history.
26
named to the
Showdown performing
her original song, "Behind the
is
Benjamin Miller is
In
\"ice
and New
for
with paralysis.
onier to find a cure for paralysis.
Maria Brugger Kane, Shamokin,
a high school counselor for the
Beth Rogowskj', Dan\ille, was the
Inspired by the plight of another BU alumna's family.
Bowen ran in the ING New York City marathon as a
member of Team Reeve. Gian Gervasio. brother of Lucia Gervasio 01.
sustained a spinal cord injury last year in a swimming pool accident.
After learning of the accident. Bowen contacted the Christopher and
Dana Reeve Foundation and was invited to join Team Reeve.
"I
is
Wall of Fame.
Dana Reeve Foundation, which is dedicated
spinal cord injury and improving the quality
people
1999
Zealand Bank,
Wilkes Uni\ ersitA'.
Running with purpose
process, raised
DPSPAA.
1993
Nicole Graziano, Hughesville,
Shenandoah
Jennifer Madia
of
director of
assistant professor of education
assistant pastor at St. Jude's Parish,
accompanying photo, left to right, are Chuck Ranck '68.
and founding brother: Mark Brajer: Nick Burk: and Earl
the
in
vice president
coach
year s
Delta Pi. founded in April 1967. has more than 700 members and
one of BU's oldest fraternities. DPSPAA formed in 2005 to promote
communications between members, support Greek life at BU and
help brothers who are current students through scholarships and
the "Books for Brothers" program that offsets the cost of textbooks.
The group also holds regular get-togethers including last summer s
is
Pre-K Counts teacher at
last
scholarship recipient. Nick Burk. Chalfont. a senior majoring
finance, who serves as Delta Pi s treasurer
is
Da\'id P. Boscola, Souderton,
a
was
DPSPAA
in
degree in education from Gratz
to the
Interfraternity Council.
Realtore in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Fame in 2007.
Dan\'ille,
and previously served as
sales agent with Pindential Gallo
into the College Football Hall of
Homecoming
Brajer. current
a brother for three years
in 2009.
a real estate
is
during
Delta Pi president, has been
in sacred theolog>' in
2008 and was ordained
into
secondary education and
Mountain Top. He gi-aduated from
New spapei-s Inc. He joined the
compam' in 1996.
1997
Kathy Gemberling Hansel is
\ice president
first
and controller at
Adams Count\- National Bank,
Gettj'sburg.
Members to Watch."
2002
2004
2005
2007
Nathan DiStefano exhibited his
Amanda
Travis T. James was
Jason Skoted
from basic combat training at
named the
Army Contracting Command's
Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., as
outstanding contract
Wilkes-BaiTe.
art at the 8ist Phillips Mill
New Hope, in 2010.
Exhibition,
R.
Art
Lynn Hummel Jr., DuBois, is
assistant principal of Clearfield
Area High School.
a U.S.
F.
Lawler graduated
Army specialist.
Renee Lojewski works
research scientist
Ryan T. Stango is vice president
at
Munitions and Lethality
as a
the Naval
Aerospace Medical Research
Laboratory in Pensacola,
of operations for Citigroup's
Fla.
global transactions division in
Natalie Pacifico joined Stephen
Columbus, Ohio.
James Associates
Chris
Thompson is head coach
of the Reading Express of the
to
financial services in
Lawrence
Jeremy Thompson, Allentown,
is accounting manager with
baseball coach at Lakeland High
PPL Corp.'s
unregulated power
supply segment.
School.
is
Joseph's University.
Shane Mascho is a middle
school guidance counselor with
the Wellsboro
near Wilkes-Barre.
is
working in
League Soccer, FC-Dallas
Division in Frisco, Texas.
Jessica L.
N.J.,
was
New Jersey
Mock was named
work
Champion
teacher at South Fayette High
Foodstock, a food pantry, and
School,
was named
Pennsylvania Senior High
School Student Government
Student Councils.
North
from
'
percent of fin-
ishers in the
ING
Shaylene Mordan
is
director of
programs and development for
Susquehanna VaUey
Chamber of Commerce.
David R. Watson was commisAnny's
101st
Airborne
Division after graduating from
left
officer candidate school at Fort
Benning, Ga.
geography
from the
Dylan Weaver graduated as an
University of
airman
South Carolina.
training at Lackland Air Force
She works for the federal govin
^1
^
U.S.
Felix Yerace, third
Webb earned a
doctoral degree
ernment
r
sioned a second lieutenant in the
Schuylkill School District.
in
Easton, Md.,
He recently
to Europe.
Jennifer J.
math teacher in
the Greater
chaperoned a group of students
at
Michael Dalton, a high school
Advisor of the Year by the
assistant
secondary principal
2009
Philadelphia Half Marathon.
Pennsylvania Association of
is
&
placed in the top
Christian Temchatin,
Conyngham,
Accountants
Camp Hill.
Consultants,
and Deaf Services in Pittsburgh.
for her involvement with
Township
Certified Public
preter at the Center for Hearing
Felix Yerace, a social studies
her work as a fourth-grade
McGeoy is a senior
Michael A.
accountant with Boyer & Ritter
as a staff inter-
Herald "20 Under 40" showcase
School, Branchville, N.J.
District.
Community Charter School,
Pittsburgh.
for her
teacher at Frankford
Area School
He earned a doctoral
Mountain Top, and works as a
school counselor at Bear Creek
degree from the University of
semifinals in 2010.
honored by the
at St.
ship at Rice Elementary School,
Dignity and Respect
Brian Bingaman, Philadelphia,
coach
Luke Haile 'OS/'o8M is an assisFenoim College
tant professor at
onship win in 2009 and reached
Emily Vesper, Milford,
the strength and conditioning
a
AA champi-
2003
is
head
The program achieved
District 2 Class
completed a counseling intern-
public relations with Major
Association.
Piccini Jr.
Renee Rutski 'o8/'loM
Arsenal, N.J.
Jason Minnick
the Philadelphia area.
American Indoor Football
2008
Contracting Center, Picatinny
in Virginia.
perform
senior executive searches in
banking and
specialist.
He is assigned to the Joint
a transportation
is
designer with Borton-Lawson,
first class
from basic
Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Washington, D.C.
Anthony Gianforti graduated
2010
from basic training at Fort
Heather Delp
Sill,
is
the director of
community relations for
Lawton, Okla.
Justin C. Lee wrote the comedy,
Schuylkill United Way.
"Pookie Goes Grenading," which
was read at the 2010 Bay Area
Playwrights Festival, San
Emily
Osbom is a marketing
associate with Williams
Auto
Group, Sayre.
Francisco, Calif.
Cory Raupers
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online at
Send information
to:
www.bloomualumni.com
alum@bIoomu.edu or
2006
is
assistant
varsity wrestling coach with
Zachary Soohy is
a secondary
Grove
Alumni Affairs
librarian in the Spring
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
School District.
400 E. Second Street
mation science fi-om Clarion
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 17815
University.
He received his
James Madison High School,
Vienna, Va., and teaches in
Fairfax
County Schools.
master's degree in library infor-
Tad K. Schantz is a
accountant
at
senior
Baum, Smith &
Clemens LLP, Lansdale.
WINTER
2011
husky notes
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
FRIENDS REUNITE: Gathering at Homecoming were friends and Alpha
Sigma Tau sisters, left to right, front row: Wendy Sorum. friend; Morgan
Buehner Decoteau 86; Wendy Lyden Benedict '86: and Kathy Hurley
Donahue '85; and back row; Susan Kantor Pugliese '86 and Gay Gammel
Truehart.
who
attended
BU from
1982
until 1986.
Hershey Spa. Shown
from left to right: Michelle
Garrity Nolan 89. Sherri Shuman Kreisher '89; Monique Manning
Heffner WHOM. Sue Dougherty 89 and Tina LaGreca 89.
AT THE SPA: BU
friends
during their 21
get-together last
st
meet each year
fall
at the
are.
CLASS OF
I960: Fifty-seven
their 50-year reunion during
members
of the
classmates raised $6,100 toward the goal
389-A524
to help the class
reach
its
part of the celebration,
of establishing
scholarship for future generations. Call the
(570)
Class of 1960 celebrated
Homecoming. As
BU
an endowed
Foundation
at
goal.
MASS COMM PROS: Rich Uliasz 97. video editor for CNBC Business
News and BU Alumni Association Board secretary and director speaks
mass communications alumni panel. Other
were Kim Bell '88, vice president and general manager for Blue
Ridge Communications TV-1 3; Dave Marra 91. senior systems engineer
to
students as part of a
panelists
Inc.; Jessica Heller Taub OA. account manager Hale & Hearty:
Jeremy Powlus '97. director of marketing and information technology
manager Siegel Distributing Co.; and Karin Suttman '85. vice president
of media for Oxford Communications. For information on Alumni in the
Classroom programs, visit The Husky Pack at www.bloomualumni.com.
Apple
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LAMBDA
CHI ALPHA:
fessor and adviser to
Bill
Aciemo.
Lambda
retired
mass communications
Chi Alpha in the
ON THE WEB
28
WWW. BLOOMU.EDU
BLOOMS BURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
fall.
Don Calu 75.
970s and
1
pro-
980s. signs
life, during the group s
Alumni brothers with Aciemo are Tom Leahy 77 and
the fratemity Ankh. Egyptian symbol for etemal
reunion last
1
PHOTO TOM MCGUIRE
MULTICULTURAL ALUMNI NETWORK: Attending
the Multicultural
Alumni Network reception during Homecoming are: Damet BaileyCharlet 92. Will George 96. Dun-Weah Mayson 92. Rhonda Baker
Whitaker '93. Edna Baker Verdieu 03. Gary Gilcrest 95 and Andre Bailey
'9^/ 01 M. Information on alumni networks is available at
vww.bloomualumni.com.
CELEBRATING FOOTBALL: Two Husky
football
teams -
national
from 2000.
below- were honored during Homecoming 2010. Stephan Pettit '89.
Jack Mulka '66 and Erik Evans '95M. vice president for university
advancement, organized the football celebration.
semifinalists from 1985. above,
and national
finalists
I
FAMILY AFFAIR: Families of BU graduates, including the Blackbums.
gather at the Alumni Homecoming Tent Party. Showing off their BU
colors are. left to right. Chris Blackburn 82 and his parents Edward
Blackbum 60 and Saundra McBride Blackbum '58. More than 600 BU
alumni retumed to campus for Homecoming festivities.
PHOTO. TOM MCGUIRE
FUN AND GAMES: Husky Ambassador Kyle Smith, an economics major
Pa., shows a future BU student how to play a dart game
from Nelson.
during Homecoming.
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Howard Angstadt Jr.
Deana McNett
C.
'92
'88
and Heather Johnston, June 28, 2008
Sharyn Torrisi
Howard Angstadt Jr.
and Todd Burke, May 28, 2010
daughter,
Heather Ireland '98/'99M and Richard J. Pipech Jr., April
'98
24,
2010
and Craig Cartvvright, July 2, 2010
Amanda Gudknecht '00 and Jason
Shannon Brosious
'02/'0S
and Stephen Bilko
Bowden
Gina Marie Mattivi
'03
Jillian E. Lipinski '04
C.
M. Zelinske
Lauren Claffey
Nicole R.
and
Sept.
'01,
2010
'02, Oct. 4,
Zamas, Aug.
'04, July
17,
Lindsy Force '05/'07M and John Maxwell
and David
II,
Courtney A. Peters
'05
Patricia Quinter 'OS
and George Ruth, June
Ryan, a son,
'96,
Barbara
and husband,
'01
Andrew Ralston,
Feb. 25, 2010
2010
2010
10,
Rae, February 2009, and a son, Shea Austin,
September 2010
2010
2010
20,
Bradley Rogers
Kimberly Shadle
Dan
Ehrat '06
'05
a daughter, Lucy, July
R. Paden, July 10, 2010
'01
12,
Rhoads Kuntz
James Kuntz
Courtney Gontz
2010
12,
Juh'
and Edward Long Jr., July 7, 2010
'03, a son,
Michael J. Abda '07 and Dana A. Patchcoski, July
Katlyn E. Boiwka '07 and Seth
2010
McHenrj', March
27,
Erika Vandermark Geary '07 and David E. Reichert
Michelle
Sherman '07 and Matthew Duke
Tiffany M. Simon '07 and Richard
Talia Bartko '08 and
Alessa
L.
P.
'02
and husband,
Hadden, May 21, 2010
'07,
Jennifer Franklin '08 and Jason Armstrong, Aug.
Au.D and Taylor Sessions,
Rachel Kukosky '08 and William
Courtney
2009
2010
2,
Nov.
8,
Cassandra McCarty
and Michael Heaps
2009
7,
Jesica
30
B
M. Mowery
LOO M
S
li
L
'10
NN
.S
17,
2010
McGraw Zinser '03 and husband,
Philip, a son,
Luke
Philip, Feb.
5,
Keith, a daughter, Tessa Bea, April
19,
2010
'10,
2009
May 30, 2010
Y LVA N I A
Faith Kehres-Rogers Bell '62
"Bill"
Carolyn Bennett
'64
Goodman '66
McCoy '67
David "Dave" Jones
Nazzareno Ortenzi
Holly Mensch
'62
'64
'68
'68
'71
McAnaU '72
'73
Anthony S. Procopio '73
Robert Eugene Divers '80
GideonJ. Wray'8i
Jenna Vandergroef Sebring '06 and
'06,
a son,
Mark Bradley Bankes '83
Hudsyn
Marv'
Lou Colbum
'84
Mary Beth Stringer Lutz '84
Ronald Stump '06 and wife, Mary Anne, a
May 24, 2010
9,
RobertJ. Eveland'85
Joel E.
Wendi Wert Baker '07 and husband,
a son, Benjamin Metzger, Nov.
2010
Noel C. Krothe
'60
'61
Thomas J. Kubasek
2010
Kristen MUlard Fourspring '04 and husband,
son, Gregory' Ray,
and Stephen J. White, May 22, 2010
P E
Sept.
Rik, Aug. 24, 2010
May 29, 2010
19,
'59
Orband
Wilbur H.
2009
7,
'09, Oct. 10,
Bridy, June
RG UNIVERSITY OF
Lewis
F.
John Wayne Stone Sn
2010
Kennedy Jean,
husband, Seth Sebring
2010
Nov.
Alexandra M. Schmid '09 and Stephen C. Bednarik
Jordann N. Ulceski '09 and Peter J.
Trevor
Larry E. Klouser
and husband,
2010
Newman '07, May 30, 2010
Nicole Sawyer '09 and Clayton Gessner,
'03
'51
'58
Susan Vansickle Bickert
Jaime, a daughter,
Shelia Martin '09 and David Ergott '09, July 24, 2010
'09
Deryl J. Samois '50
June Liddington Gallo
2010
'08, June, 12,
Dalpiaz '08 and James R. Houston
2010
Sarah Kennedy North '03/'o6M and husband,
2009
'08, July 25,
'06, July 24,
Mogavero, June
Edward Stefanowicz
Kristen E. Hunter '08
Edward J. Mitros '50
Marilyn Keefer Carter '59
2010
2010
18,
'49
Beth Hartman Gardner '49
Jacob "Jake" Bluges
Stephen, a daughter, Sadie Rose, July 30, 2010
26,
24,
'47
Weame '48
2010
Stefanie Palmer Noll '03 and husband,
Charles W. Angelo '07M and Lisa A. Mushinsky, July
T.
Leonard R.
'41
'44
Kerr
and husband, Jimmy,
Elijah, a son, Caleb, July 22,
and John Scarinci '07M, July 10, 2010
Joseph Yasinskas '06 and Jennifer Petrovsk>', June
8,
Rebecca Logan Jones
Dawn A. Coe, May 1, 2010
Kasey Pruzinsky '06 and Roger Riddell, May 29, 2010
Daniel B. Meyer '06 and
Jessica Sing '06
Baum
Henrj' A.
and Lindsay ZimbUe, June 5, 2010
'06
Veronica Grohol
Thomas L. Ohl '57
MoUie Conners PryzbUck '02 and husband,
Lawrence Pryzblick '02, a daughter, Olive,
Stefanick, June 30, 2010
and Matthew J. Roulin, June
'39
'42
Carl John "Jack" Persing
Jenn DiMaria Tighe
2010
Benosld
Gillette
George N. Dotzel, Jn
Thompson '01 and husband,
Jeremy Thompson '02, a daughter, Makenna
Alison Zeisloft
2009
1,
Allison Rebarchick '05 and Robert Miller
and Kimberly
Ogden
Florence Traub Matyas
Kim Sweda Gasper '01 and husband, Steve,
a son, Jonathan Stephen, May 27, 2010
Kristin
'05
'39
Mary Hanley McNelis '40
Emily
Sept. 18, 2010
17,
Faith Kehres Bell '35
Jennis Tewksbury
Rogan Sommer, May 25, 2009
Heather Brandt Blake
2010
16,
2010
7,
'34
'34
Louise Durlin Clark
2009
12,
and Thomas J. lacovoni, Aug.
'05
a daughter,
Amy E. Price, May 15, 2010
and Joshua Rood
'05
Combs
'04
Nimmo Merida '98 and husband,
Heidi Mintzer '98/'05M and Clint Smith
Brian G. Walsh Jr. '04 and Emily A. Leombruni, July
Jeffrey
2010
Mae Levan
Vivian Reppert Gladwin '40
and Ryan Thomas Stango
and Michael
Ella, June 18,
Michael, a daughter, Chelsea Margaret,
'99, Oct. 3,
Michael Sheehan '02 and Jodi Young, Aug.
Mildred
Sept. 25, 2010
and Jason "Jake" Reed, May
Jennifer Endruss '02 and Greg
'33
Margaret Munro Smith Dickey
and Jeffrey A. Willoughby, May 29, 2010
'01
Dorothy N. Heller
Olga Pregmon Kundla
Chrissy Mantione Campenni '98 and
Diana
Adam Strzempek '00 and Bilge Ergun, July 3, 2010
Pamela Hudock '01 and Adam Kelchner
Brooke McDonald
wife. Heather, a
2010
9,
Melissa McLaughin '00 and Sean O'Donnell
'01
and
HaUey Lynn, June 8, 2010
husband, Tommy, a dau^ter,
Meisenzahl, Oct.
Raina Lubert '00 and Daniel Evancho, May 29, 2009
Rebecca A. Lynn
Obituaries
'88
2009
Kevin,
Robert
Bauch spies
F.
'88
Purseljr. '90
Edward Stimmler Jr.
'97
Scott D. Fenstermacher '99
Gallagher
Michael
V.
Jeffrey J.
Bubnowski
'01
'07
'.38
CaLEND R
Activities
and Events
Academic Calendar
Celebrity Artist Series
Alumni Events
SPRING 2011
The
Visit
Spring Break Begins
Saturday, March 5
spring 2011 events, listed below,
for details or to register.
be presented in the Haas
Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall.
For more information or to
purchase tickets, call the box
office at (570) 389-4409 or visit
For information, contact the
Resume
Monday, March 14
Classes
Celebrity Artist Series'
will
Classes End
the Celebrity Artist website at
Monday, May 2
www.bloomu.edu/cas.
Finals Begin
Tuesday,
May
End
Saturday,
Graduate
Friday,
May
Undergraduate
Saturday,
May
Session
Session
Session
I
Haas Gallery
more infomiation,
hours and reception times
visit http://departmcnts.
March
4, 7
p.m.
Dance Company
Saturday,
March
26, 8
p.m.
18
Student Art Association Annual
Late
March
to
Show
mid-April
Senior Exit
Show
April 26 to
May
Symphony
Quest Climbing Wall,
Saturday, April 30, 6 to 10 p.m.
April
Caldwell Consistory, 150 Market
a.m. to 2 p.m., free
2, 11
Ball
Bloomsburg
BU Music Department,
(570) 389-4289
Theater
Tickets for theatrical productions
Homecoming Weekend
are available at the box office in
Saturday and Sunday,
Haas Center
Oct. 22
for the Arts,
open
noon to 4 p.m. and remaining
open Wednesdays until 7 p.m.
General Admission: $30
when
Spring Awakening
For show times and tickets,
call the Haas Center Box Office,
Friday, April 8, 8 p.m.
General Admission: $30
and 23
Parents and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
classes are in session.
(570) 389-4409.
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
Stefon Harris
Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
General Admission: $30
Thursday through Saturday,
Feb. 17 to
March
20,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
Concerts
Liz Miller: Installation/Wall Painting
Juried Student Art
p.m
April 2
Contact
bloomu.edu/haasgallery.
March
Bloomsburg
Alumni Awards Luncheon,
to
of Art are open to the public free
Feb. 14 to
of
Mondays through Fridays from
Art Exhibits
gallery
to 3
St.,
Friday,
July 6 to Aug. 12
of charge. For
1
Friday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.
Hot 8 Brass Band
p.m
information.
Drumline LIVE
Commencement
Exhibitions in the
10 a.m. to 4
Downtown Bloomsburg
7
May 23 to Aug. 12
May 23 to July 1
III -
16,
Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 5
Rioult
II -
Upper Campus
Friday through Sunday,
2011
-
or alum@bloomu.cdu for
April
ticket's
General Admission: $25
SUMMER
Saturday, April
holders pay half of the
General Admission: $30
6
to 3
Government Association card-
7
Commencement
1
Quest Open High Ropes Day
Affairs Office at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
BU/Town
change.
May
and Children's Weekend
Friday to Sunday, April
Renaissance Jamboree
Programs and dates are subject
Finals
Alumni
Siblings'
Alumni Weekend
Community
face value for all shows.
3
Special Events
www.bloomualumni.com
Listed events are open to the
public free of charge.
Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
Sunday, March 20, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market St., Bloomsburg
Featuring soprano
in Show Business
Wednesday through Sunday,
Anton
April 13 to
17,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
Wendy Miller
7
Symphony Spring Concert
Sunday, April 3, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Performing Gustav Hoist's
The Planets
Gospel Choir (above): Gospelrama
Sunday,
May
1,
5 P-m.
Kehr Union Ballroom
For the latest information on upcoming events, check the university website, vvww.bloomu.edu.
WINTER
2 0 11
over
the shoulder
A Home for History
^»j;ROBERT
DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
On the third floor of the Harvey A. Andruss Library,
through an archway of Tiffany stained
glass, is the
Bloomsburg University Archives, the repository
entrusted with preserving and
and political organizations, including the
Communist Party USA, Socialist Workers Party and the
United Mine Workers, and the diary of Hessian officer
Johann Ewald dating from the
radical labor
maintaining the institution's
Revolutionary War.
Among the more unusual
and treasures.
Every yearbook and student
historical records
items in the collection
newspaper ever published,
i
nearly 50,000 images, films,
trophies, architectural blueprints
and maps can be found
is
a large
marble stone, which members of
the Class of 1874 inscribed with
their year of graduation
and
placed adjacent to BU's original
in the archives. Established in
dormitory a year before
the early 1970s, the archives
burned. Long forgotten, the
contains the official records of
offices
and academic depart-
resident Harvey Andruss.
left,
and Director of Development Boyd
ments, personal papers of stu-
Buckingham inspect the Class of
S^Wpne in September 1967.
dents and alumni, and photo
Among the archives' notable collections are materidocumenting alumni careers, including the political
service of Mark Schweiker '75. Schweiker, who served
as Pennsylvania's governor and
als
lieutenant governor, chose his
alma mater's archives as the
repository of photographs, video-
and artifacts
which included
tapes, press releases
from
his tenure,
the rescue of nine coal miners
from Quecreek Mine in July 2002.
But the Schweiker collection is
not the only political compilation.
Special collections available for
women s fashion
research include
from 1905
is
illustrated in this
pen and ink drawing by Ruth Hutton
Ancker 1 8.
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,
,
stone sunk five feet into the
ground near the old Waller
Hall only to be uncovered in
1967 by workers excavating for
new utility lines prior to the
Commons.
albums, scrapbooks and home-
work assignments dating back more than a century.
it
construction of Scranton
Other one-of-a-kind items document the two
Ruth Hutton Ancker '18. A
fashion illustrator for Wanamaker's department store
distinct careers of artist
who later pursued a career as a freelance illustrator
and educator, Ancker shifted her focus mid-career
from fashion to fine arts, exhibiting her sculptures in
New York, Paris and Rome. The archives is home to
her scrapbooks, photographs, books and research.
Of local interest are 20,000 negatives from the
Bloomsburg Morning Press showing the university
and Columbia County from 1936 to 1958. Also housed
in the archives are the programs, posters, production
books and administrative files of the Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble.
The Bloomsburg University Archives and Andruss
Hiore than a thou-
Library Special Collections contain a wealth of material
^^^^ publications
preserving the history
and newsletters or
online collections, see www.bloomu.edu/library/Archives.
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WHEN DECLARED Green Days in
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I was ushering in an era of renewed
environmental awareness
at
Bloomsburg University. In the past 16
months, faculty, staff and students
from organizations and departments
across the campus and members of
the local community have united to
focus on environmental issues.
Groups such as BU's Green Campus
Initiative and H.O.P.E., along with
the SOLVE volunteer office and our
living and learning communities, are
leading the
way with the goal of a
"greener" BU.
Environmental
"Our pursuit of a clean and
sustainable environment
ongoing through (various)
initiatives and practices at BU/'
Grants have helped pay for
upgrades in buildings and infrastructure that save both energy
A $500,000 Energy
Harvest grant from the state
and money.
nothing
faculty
who perform environ-
mental analysis. Our pursuit of a
clean and sustainable environment
ongoing through their
efforts
and
other initiatives and practices at BU.
of a biomass boiler that replaced a
58-year-old coal stoker.
$250,000 grant from Pennsylvania's
in Recyclemania, a friendly recycling
Conservation Works! Program
fall's
and
Protection supported installation
efforts are
Day each spring and have participated
Last
involved in environmental initiatives
is
Department of Environmental
new at BU where we celebrate Earth
competition
is
among residence halls.
successful farmers market
will return in September,
once again
connecting local vendors with our
campus community. Other projects
are in the planning stages.
And a
enabled us to replace aging heating,
ventilation, air conditioning
DAVID
lighting systems in several
President,
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campus
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been on reduced usage of coal, an
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Runs Through
It
BU's Environmental Analysis Group
monitors the Susquehanna River and
the commonwealth's other waterways,
with an eye to keeping them clean
and pure.
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One. Two. Tree
BU students count the street trees
and
tally their
doUars-and-cents
benefits to property
owners
in the
Town of Bloomsburg.
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A Greener
Footprint
Students, faculty, staff and the
community step up environmental
efforts.
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Digging Deep
Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89 balances
an
Army Corps of Engineers project
that
is
equal parts dredging and
environmental cleanup.
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Jonathan B. Mack
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David
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Rain
A cup, a bowl, a pit
aplastic
wrap
1
and string. With those simple tools, student teacher Ula
Konczewska demonstrated the water cycle to elementary
students at Greenwood Friends School in Millville.
Students poured water into the bowl, placed the empty
cup in the bowl's center, and sealed the top with plastic
wrap and string. Left in the sun, the students later observed,
the water in the bowl will evaporate, then condense on the
plastic wrap, and finally "rain" into the cup.
Konczewska, a native of Poland, earned a bachelor's
BU in 2005 and a master of education degree
in elementary education in May 2011. •
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PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS
KEVIN BALL
01,
Approximately
i.i
Ecstasy for the
million
first
Americans used
time in 2009, reports
Drug Abuse
the National Institute on
(NIDA).
Some will return to the drug occa-
sionally or never use
the drug will
become an
it
again. For others,
integral part of their lives,
despite repeated
attempts to break the
cycle.
Kevin Ball
'01,
assistant professor of
psychology, wants to
groups apart.
perform a task to receive the drug; success was accompanied by a light and a tone. In the second phase, the
MDMA,
started out as a "club
drug was removed and, without
drug," Ball says.
eventually stopped
"MDMA is a new one
performing the
with relatively
task.
research.
little
The majority
of users are younger
and,
when you are
younger, there's more
chance a drug will cause long-term changes."
mine,
known as methylenedioxymethampheta-
MDMA is a synthetic drug that produces feelings
and emotional warmth
and distorts time, perception and tactile experiences,
according to NIDA. Funded through a $50,000 competitive
grant from the National Institutes of Health/National
Institute on Drug Abuse, Ball is investigating areas of
the brain that control drug addiction and researching
of increased energy, euphoria
how certain cues
rats learned to
extinction
Ecstasy, or
Formally
and relapse. In the first phase,
know what sets these
— perhaps, a sight, a sound, a location,
— regulate drug taking.
a person or a stressful situation
He hopes the results of his research with rats will transimproved drug treatments for humans.
With the same brain regions as humans, rats are the
late into
ideal research subjects. Ball says. His initial research
took rats through three stages of drug use
— acquisition,
However, the
rats again
sought
the drug in the
third phase
the tone
when
and
light
returned.
The rats'
response mirrors
that of humans
who repeatedly
their "reward," the rats
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Ball ts tnvesttgattng
areas of the brain that
control drug addiction
and researching how
certain cues—perhaps,
a sight, a sound, a
location,
a person or
a stressful situation—
regulate drug taking.
grapple with drug use, despite attempts to stop on their
own or through rehabilitation. "The vulnerability to
relapse can be a lifelong problem," Ball says.
In another funded study. Ball currently is researching
regions within the brain's prefrontal cortex to "deter-
mine whether there are neurological bases of addiction."
"Each person has a unique response to drugs,"
Ball says. "Each person has a unique response to the
first exposure based on individual biology. Connecting
the behavior to the biology makes the research
interesting to me." •
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
What's different tonight is
that 46 years ago we were
not
free.
free,
Tonight,
we are
but not equal.
We have
learned to survive apart in
small circles.
We must now
learn to live together"
Jackson encouraged the
audience to honor King's
memory with
action,
recalling the civil rights
leader's final birthday spent
planning the Poor People's
Campaign to fight poverty
and working to end the
Vietnam War. "It is not
enough to admire Dr. King,"
he said. "We must follow
him.
him
We are called to follow
intellectually
ically,
Beyond Color
and phys-
not just admire him."
Outlining the issues facing U.S. citizens today,
including poverty, student debt, credit card debt,
today's struggle for economic equality, Jackson told an
unemployment, home foreclosures, a "back-door draft"
and tax cuts for the wealthy, Jackson said he believes
King would be "quite concerned about the disconnect
between the vote and the economic condition."
He encouraged the audience to use the power of the
polls to elect officials who are committed to working
toward parity. "We have the power in our hands to
change the world," he said. "Our mission is to even the
audience of 400 as keynote speaker for BU's 18th annual
playing field for
MESSAGE STRESSES ECONOMIC PARITY
"BEYOND COLOR, beyond culture,
character." This
message
half century ago
when the
his
life's
It is
even
is
the
is
something called
same today
as
it
was
a
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began
work.
character
— the quality of doing what is right,
— that comes into play in
when it is unpopular
all
Americans." •
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Banquet.
And it was character that was at the heart of King's
fight for civil rights.
Jackson, the well-known advocate for empowerment,
peace, civil rights, gender equality and economic and
social justice, was among King's inner circle. As a youth
to
field to
4
Representatives from
BU and Harrisburg Area
Community College recently signed an agreement offer-
Southern Christian
ing
Leadership Conference
childhood education-elementary education program.
The agreement is in effect for students who entered
HACC graduates seamless transfer into BU's early
HACC in fall 2010 and will transfer to BU in fall 2012.
As a program-to-program transfer, HACC students
assassinated outside
graduating with an associate degree in early childhood
the Lorraine Motel in
education-elementary education can transfer
Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. Today, Jackson
continues to work for social change as founder and
president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
"We fought
EASES TRANSFER INTO BU EDUCATION MAJOR
organizer for the
and King's assistant, he
was with the civil rights
leader when he was
democratize democracy," he said of the
1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Agreement with HACC
"We leveled
the playing
make democracy real for all of the people.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
all
credits
Bloomsburg University for their bachelor's degree
and be admitted with full junior status provided they
fulfill all academic requirements of Bloomsburg
to
University. All bachelor's degree requirements can be
completed
at the
Dixon University Center, Harrisburg,
or at BU's campus.
Joe Rado Lobby
Staying On
ALUM SUPPORTS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
JOE RADO '63 doesn't take himself too seriously. On a
warm sunny day, he'll come to work at the company he
BLAKE NAMED PROVOST AND SENIOR VP
owns,
WORLD electronics in Reading, dressed in shorts
and a polo
shirt,
ready for an afternoon of golf His voice
mail greeting ends
with the wish:
"...and
have a
little
fun today."
What he does take
a
seriously
r
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is
his role as
president and
his
CEO of
company, a manu-
facturer of industrial
IRA BLAKE, BU's interim provost for nearly two years,
was appointed provost and senior vice president for
Academic Affairs earlier this spring.
"We've seen firsthand Dr. Blake's passion for academic excellence," says BU President David Soltz.
"She is a thoughtful leader who considers all viewpoints when making decisions to further our mission
and assure high academic quality."
Since coming to BU in August 2009, Blake has been
involved in the restructuring of general education, the
further development and
implementation of learning
outcomes assessment and
and his obligation to his 117 employees. "For the
past 25 years," he says, "I have been making changes and
the strategic planning
foreseeing the future. Decisions have not been taken lighdy."
ing strong working rela-
controls,
His business philosophy
is
buUt on one tenet: Form the
habit of doing things other people don't
philosophy, he believes, has served
stage of his professional
life: 11
want to do. That
him well in each
years in education, 13
years in insurance and a quarter-century leading
electronics,
WORLD
whose main business is contract manufacturing,
mainly motherboards for controlling electronics. Services
process,
all
while establish-
tionships across campus,
Soltz says.
Previously, Blake served
the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education
(PASSHE)
as associate vice
chancellor of academic and
include engineering and prototyping.
student affairs, assistant
Through it all, he's maintained a relationship with
Bloomsburg University that began when he was an undergraduate and the student yearbook photographer and
grew while he was a member of the College of Business
Advisory Board and, most recently, the university's Alumni
Board of Directors. It continues today as a benefactor with
his donation of $250,000 to the Bloomsburg University
Foundation, recognized in the naming of the new lobby in
SutliflfHaU, home of the College of Business. In honor of
his generosity, the building will feature "Joe Rado Lobby"
when renovations are completed in August 2011.
Rado says he supports BU as an opportunity to "give a
little back to the college. Teachers were always first-class
and tliey teach you for what you are, not what they want
you to be. They give you a chance and some people need
vice chancellor of academic
a second chance.
BU MAKES TOP-100 LIST
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY is ranked 88th on
...
and student
and
was
affairs
executive intern in the chancellor's office. She
assistant to the president for public engagement,
interim dean of the College of Education and assistant
to the president for
enrollment management
at
Kutztown University and held faculty positions at
Susquehanna University, Columbia University and
Marymount Manhattan College.
Blake earned a bachelor's degree from George
Washington University, master's degree from San
Francisco State University and a doctoral degree from
Columbia University. •
Dollars and Sense
way they do things. It's the history, the culture,
being friendly with no ulterior motives. For nearly 60
years, I could walk on that campus any time of day and
Kiplinger's Personal Finance's 100 Best Values in Public
be with friends."
and afifordabUity,
"I like
the
"Joe has been most generous in his time and his gifts to
Bloomsburg University," says BU President David Soltz,
"and he continues to be a tremendous supporter of the
We are proud to recognize and thank
him for his dedication to Bloomsburg University with the
Joe Rado Lobby in Sutliff Hall."*
College of Business.
The ranking is based on academics
from more than 500
public four-year colleges and universities. Criteria
includes SAT/ACT scores, student/faculty ratio and
admission, retention and graduation rates. Also considered are in-state and out-of-state costs and financial aid.
Colleges, 2010-2011.
starting with data
For 2010-2011, Kiplinger's top-rated institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
is
the
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The Next Level
Playful Solution
NEW MASTER'S PROGRAMS TO BEGIN
TWO NEW GRADUATE programs will begin at Bloomsburg
TOY LIBRARY AIDS LEARNING
BU STUDENTS and faculty have a new resource
University in
fall 2011:
Master of Accountancy and Master
of Arts in Public Policy and
brainchild of Mary Katherine Duncan, associate professor
of psychology, the toy library offers hundreds of toys,
The Master of Accounting
program aims to prepare
games and puzzles
individuals to enter the field of
children with different
public accounting, according to
and styles of
Housed in
the Warren Student
The curriculum is designed to satisfy the American
Institute of Certified Public
Accountants 150 credit hour
designed to teach
abilities
learning.
Services Center's
requirement and prepare students to take the certified
SOLVE volunteer
public accountant (CPA) exam.
office,
The one-year program allows students to begin the
coursework in either the spring or fall semester. Students
should be able to successfully complete all four parts of
the
to
BU Toy Library. The
International Affairs.
Richard Baker, chair of BU's accounting department.
CPA exam by the time they earn their master's degrees,
the library
currently
the
is
available to
campus community'
for use in volunteer
work, service learning,
he adds.
internships and
The Public Policy and International Affairs program,
one-of-a-kind in the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education, will prepare students to pursue
doctoral degrees or careers in global and domestic
practicums, teaching
policy. Possible careers include public policy analysts
lending library was established in the 1930s during
or expert consultants and professionals working
the Great Depression and, since the 1970s, toy lending
and
and clinical work.
While few toy libraries
Duncan
says the concept
known
exist in the
is
United States,
not new. The
first
toy
Government, as well as
inter-govemmental and non-governmental
organizations, says Diana Zoelle, associateprofessor
more than 30 countries.
Students and faculty can use the toys with
of political science.
groups in projects as diverse as teaching skills to a child
in local, state
federal
to assess and evaluate
and outcomes and have a working
Graduates will be prepared
policy processes
knowledge of research methods, needs assessment
and policy evaluation. They will understand cultural
diversity and the theories, concepts and models of
public policy making.
Contact Baker at rbaker@bloomu.edu or (570) 389-4561
or Zoelle at dzoelle@bloomu.edu or (570) 389-4919. •
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libraries,
as "lekoteks," have been established in
all
age
with autism, learning to conduct forensic interviews
with children who have been abused and helping an
elderly stroke victim regain coordination. In addition,
students enrolled in Duncan's upper-division psychology
courses during
fall
2010 helped create a children's
health reference library, which includes
more than 100
books on physical and psychological conditions that
affect children and their loved ones. •
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine received a gold award in the 24th annual
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Mercury Awards competition. The magazine was selected from
more than 760 entries from 21 countries. The Mercury Awards competition was
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established in 1987 to celebrate excellence in communications. •
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Every
A
gift
scholarship from the Carver Fund helps
Bryce Shaffer, an honors student and men's
soccer team starter, balance academics,
athletics
and public
service.
Responsible for funding his
own
education,
an academic, as well as
Shaffer
is
And he
still
volunteers
in
the
BU
athletic, all-star.
Food Recovery
Program, which packages dining services leftovers
for local shelters.
The Henry Carver Fund, named
for
Bloomsburg's
first
president,
dedicated to helping students
is
like
Bryce overcome the challenges they
face today. Gifts of every size have
an immediate impact.
When
he
laid
the bricks for Carver Hall
Henry Carver created the foundation
largest,
in
1866,
for today's
most modern and most comprehensive
public university in northeastern Pennsylvania -
Bloomsburg University.
Today's students are building on that foundation
of excellence.
Help them build their future with
a contribution to the Henry Carver Fund.
Learn more about the Henry Carver Fund at
www.bloomu.eduIhcf
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ANNUAL FUND
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by the family of
Standing
Thomas Pettit, who died in December
2007 when he fell backward onto a
^fall
log while clearing brush.
He led the team in several offensive
that could have
Association),
an annual event at the
with
UT Southwestern Medical Center,
laniero
THESTORYis
one that could have
TV.
A star athlete gets injured but,
with the help of a donated tendon,
able to keep
For Bloomsburg University baseball
player Joey laniero, the story is
all
did not
dream of: say "thank you" directly to
the celebration. "I told
the donor family.
everything," says laniero.
them thanks for
"The tissue
my life, but it
me back to doing everything I
donation did not save
note to the family, although she didn't
got
know which family donated the
wanted to do. Thefr generosity
means a lot to me."
was just given a case
"My recovery has been
great,"
adds. "I had an
Thomas Pettit's son, connected with
ago and the doctors said it was one
of the best recoveries ever" •
While playing baseball for
true.
Rutgers University before transferring to Bloomsburg, laniero ruptured
his
ACL/MCL and meniscus,
laniero's doctor suggested the
efficient
most
way to repair the damage was
surgery to transplant a donor tendon.
"I
wasn't nervous about receiving
Walczu
a donated tendon," says laniero.
told
at
"I
my doctor — Dr. Gregory Fanelli
Geisinger Medical Center
ever he thought
BU RECENTLY honored its five AU-Americans from the fall sports season.
They are Katie Walczuk, junior elementary education major from Long
Valley, N.J., women's soccer; Amanda Riley, junior special
— what-
was best was what I
He assured me this was the
safest and best way to go."
wanted.
education/elementary education major from Tannersville, Julia Rush,
senior health sciences major from Quakertown, and Betsy Renn, junior
The tissue came from the Transplant
accounting major from
Services Center at the University of
Hemdon,
all field
sophomore undeclared from Tobyhanna,
hockey; and Franklyn Quiteh,
football. •
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NEW! SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS
Bloomsburg University
this year.
Also planned are
More information
8
will offer
is
summer
camps
available at
he
MRI a few months
baseman. "Later on Brandon,
me through Facebook, we started
too
down to Dallas
He surprised the Pettit family, who
know he was going to attend
was able to do something
number," says the senior second
playing his favorite sport.
flew
many transplant recipients only
tissue since she
is
I
my mother the week before
Thanksgiving for the dinner"
"My mom had sent a thank you
been pulled from a medical drama on
me and wanted to
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic
been
the end of the story. However, last
at
of 2010, the medical
where the families are honored and
say thank you in person. After
Bloomsburg cleared things with the
for his first season with the Huskies.
November,
fall
know if I could attend this dinner
laniero returned to the baseball field
and
"In the
center contacted
After his successful surgery,
categories
communicating with each other and
have since become good friends.
sports
camps
in
lacrosse and cross country/track for the
first
for football, wrestling, basketball, field hockey, baseball, tennis and
www.BUcamps.com.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
time
swimming.
Payne
Winning Ways
Named
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
President
MEN'S SOCCER coach Paul Payne
was installed as the 63rd president
of the National Soccer
Coaches Association
of America
at its
(NSCAA)
annual meeting
in Baltimore.
He will
serve as president
through the 2012 NSCAA convention in Kansas City.
(NCAA) Division I national championships.
Cleary, women's basketball coach, was selected as the PSAC
Eastern Division Coach of the Year. In his third season, Cleary
posted a record of 22-6, which included a 12-game winning streak,
the third longest in school history.
Division Coach of the Year, Payne
in his 12th season with the
is
Bloomsburg's
season.
time leader in career wins. Before
taking over as the
dent,
He is
NSCAA presi-
Payne served as the organiza-
tion's vice
a
president of education.
member of the
earned the
t'^teary
all-
Division
II
Men's Soccer Committee, chair of
the northeast region and part of
the eight-member national committee overseeing D-II Men's Soccer
and the national championship.
Payne also has published coaching
articles and tips in soccer journals
and Web-based newsletters. •
Cleary and stu-
Collegiate Athletic Association
Athletic Conference Eastern
Huskies and
Bill
were recognized for their winning ways.
Stutzman was named the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL)
Coach of the Year after leading a lineup filled with freshmen and
sophomores to a 14-6 record, including wins over wrestling powers
Northern Iowa and Penn. Bloomsburg finished second at the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championships
and third at the EWL championships and sent two wrestlers to the National
A former Pennsylvania State
is
coaches John Stutzman and
dent athletes Kelsey Gallagher, Dontahe Jordan and Sean Boylan recently
and won
their first
With a mark of 13-1, the Huskies
PSAC East title for the first time since the 2001-02
The team also earned their first NCAA regional ranking
PSAC playoff game since the 2001-02 season.
A member of Cleary's team, Gallagher was named the PSAC Eastern Division
Athlete of the Year in women's basketball. A junior sociology major from East
Stroudsburg, Gallagher finished second on the team in scoring and
was tied for
sixth in the conference with 16.6 points per game.
She scored a career-high 36 points in a showdown
with nationally ranked MiUersviUe and had seven
other games with 20 or more points. With 1,294
career points, Gallagher
all-time scoring
first
in free
list.
is
seventh on the school's
Conference-wide, she finished
throw percentage with 88.3 percent.
Jordan, of WiUiamsport,
was named the PSAC
East Freshman of the Year in men's basketball. The
first
freshman to lead Bloomsburg's team
in scoring
was 11th in the PSAC with 15.8 points per game.
He scored 20 or more points 11 times, including a careerhigh 28 points in a game against Millersville. He also
was fourth in the PSAC in rebounding with 9.1 per
game. Jordan was named the PSAC East Freshman of
since the 1979-80 season, Jordan
Hall of Fame
Nominations
NOMINATIONS ARE
accepted
at
Bloomsburg
University Athletic Hall of Fame.
To nominate a hall of fame candidate,
complete the form found at
www.BUhuskies.com under
"Traditions." To be eligible, the
nominee must be a college graduate
any time
who earned a degree at least 10 years
ago.
The
the
for the
hall of fame
meets annually
committee
to select
members
|f
Week seven times, including five of the last six
weeks of the season.
Another first-year student, Boylan of SeavUle, N.J.,
was chosen as the PSAC Freshman of the Year in
V
wrestling. Boylan posted
_
a record of 20-13 at the
'^jM.-i.
125-pound weight
class.
^^^t*f»
""^y
(
He finished second at the
PSAC championships and third at the Eastern
He was 13-7
Wrestling League championships.
and ended the season
winning five of his final six bouts. •
overall in dual completion
for the next class. •
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9
The
is
quality of Pennsylvania's water
important for the health of the
commonwealth's
12 million residents,
including 3 million who rely on private
wells for their drinking water.
BU's multi-disciplinary Environmental
Analysis Group has taken to the waterways to monitor ongoing cleanup efforts.
jughit
by
JACK SHERZER
WHEN ANTHRACITE COAL was king and provided the
with limestone to capture the metals in ponds and lower
energy that drove American industry and heated
the water's acidity. But while
homes and buildings, Pennsylvania played
in keeping the
its
a key role
country running.
funds to maintain and
monitor the systems hasn't been easy, and a lot of the
From the
1950s,
late 1700s through the
miners toiled in shafts sunk deep
below the
money was available to
install the facilities, finding the
responsibility has fallen to local conservation
groups and volunteers.
Enter Bloom sburg University science
forests of Lackawanna,
Luzerne, Columbia, Carbon, Schuylkill
professors and their students.
and Northumberland counties as the
For the past few years a multi-disciplinary
group of biology, chemistry, geology and
engineering professors and their students —
known as the Bloomsburg University
Environmental Analysis Group — have
taken to Pennsylvania's waterways to assist
ongoing cleanup efforts.
The group's studies have taken on an
commonwealth
led the nation in coal
production. Water seeping into the
was a constant problem, and
miners dug drainage shafts that emptied
into nearby streams and creeks. Over
tunnels
time the dissolved metals carried in the
water turned once-healthy streams
orange and killed off fish and plant
leaving dead zones in
runoff worked
its
its
way to the Susquehanna
Beginning in the
even greater significance with the advent
life,
wake as the
of deep drilling for natural gas in the area
River.
late 1970s, federal regulations
along the Marcellus Shale. Water quality
cause for concern, since drillers
is
again a
pump thousands of
forced mine operators to minimize the environmental
gallons at high pressure deep into the ground to force
impact of their operations, but
the gas from the rocks, or shale.
it
wasn't until the 1990s
were taken to clean the water responsible
for the so-called "acid mine drainage" flowing from the
honeycomb of abandoned mines. Over the past 20
years, millions in state and federal dollars have gone
toward treatment facilities, which usually divert
streams through specially designed channels lined
that efforts
Though
subject to strict environmental controls
treatment
facilities,
the
drillers are
and have
Bloomsburg group
is
built
providing
invaluable information about current water quality
that can be
used as a reference point
to
ensure
continued gas extraction doesn't begin to harm the
area's natural resources.
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"
Regional Source
"We were really doing our own things,"
Rier, associate professor of biology
group's founders. "The idea
was
to
says Steven
and one of the
come up with a
environmental groups while giving students valuable
experiences that go beyond classroom lectures, Venn
says. Students
working with Venn and the other
professors also learn to prepare detailed written reports
group that could be involved in a lot of projects in the
region and be a resource for everyone, from businesses
to nonprofits to government entities. Students also
get hands-on experience that is going to help them
of their results that they present to faculty committees
in their career."
of Environmental Protection.
The group's formation was encouraged by Robert
Marande, dean of the College of Science and
Technology. Marande recognized the value of bringing
together scientists from multiple disciplines to work on
Venn
Also involved in the group are
real issues, Rier says.
and at professional conferences.
"Our students have gone on to environmental consulting companies; others work at the state Department
says. "If you
Many go to grad school,"
can do geochemistry and environ-
mental monitoring, there are jobs out there right now."
Laura Kaldon, a 2i-year-old chemistry major from
West Chester and May
last
2011 graduate, spent 12
weeks
summer collecting and testing water samples on the
Christopher Hallen, professor of chemistry;
north branch of the Susquehanna River. Working
David Simpson, associate professor of physics and
engineering technology; and Cynthia Venn, associate
professor of geography and geosciences.
Eventually, Rier says, the goal is for the group to
have its own facility on campus with dedicated labs for
research. Helping underwrite the cost, the group hopes
to attract additional funding from sources ranging from
governmental agencies
alongside students in other disciplines, such as biology,
and nonprofits
Wayne Lehman,
county natural
-Cynthia Venn, associate professor,
geography and geosciences
the Schuylkill County
Bloomsburg
District, the relationship
is
a
discipline worked.
monitoring,
there are jobs out
there right now.
in the region.
Conservation
she learned in
students from another
environmental
studying various envi-
resource specialist for
skills
how
you can do
geochemistry and
ronmental issues and
For
the classroom while seeing
''If
to busi-
nesses interested in
problems
enabled her to put together the
tremendous
with
The students and
some of the 25 acid
benefit.
professors help the district monitor
mine drainage treatment systems. Finding out how
existing systems are working is vital, especially since
the county
is
planning to build more.
"Their monitoring helps you understand what
is
happening between the limestone drain and the pond;
before, you'd have a kind of black box, with water going
in and coming out, but you wouldn't know why it was
improving,"
Lehman
says.
Professional Experience
who works with Lehman, recalls how monitoring
by her students uncovered a problem with maintenance
at one of the treatment facilities near Hazleton in
Luzerne County. It turned out workers weren't properly
Venn,
flushing the limestone, allowing
it
to get coated
with
Clockwise from upper
aluminum and lose effectiveness, she says.
Hands-on work completed by students in her
geochemistry course provides information for area
12
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
left:
Recent graduate Kevin Nawrocki tests a water
sample from Roaring Creek. Junior Keith Kinek learns to measure water flow
at an artificial stream on BU s upper campus. Recent graduate Kim Ochal
collects a Susquehanna River water sample to test. Students in a freshwater
biology class inspect sediment from Crystal Lake.
ON THE WATERFRONT LINES
To H.W. "Skip Wieder.
"
it
seemed
obvious. Geisinger Health
System, where he was a senior vice president of development,
was
heavily involved in research, including public health issues.
same time, a number of other institutions in the area
were studying issues pertaining to water quality, specifically
the quality of the Susquehanna River and the streams and
At the
creeks that feed into
Geisinger
"At
We were
human
"I
we
established a Center for Health Research.
interested in environmental issues that impacted
Susquehanna River is a
Wieder says. "We had these
of
our region."
colleges and universities working individually on projects
the watershed, but they weren't talking to each other.
in
We
was a real opportunity to bring everyone together."
And so was bom the Susquehanna River Heartland
Environmental Studies
Coalition for
200A. Since
in
it
formed,
and students from Bloomsburg, Bucknell. Lock Haven
and Susquehanna universities, as well as King s and Lycoming
faculty
colleges, have joined forces to study environmental concerns
Susquehanna River Watershed.
related to the
Geisinger. the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Trout Unlimited and the
Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds have signed on
ways
studying
mine drainage
to mitigate acid
from the region s long-abandoned anthracite coal mines, the
coalition recently turned
its
attention to the burgeoning natural
gas
drilling
one
of the organization s founders.
operations along the Marcellus Shale, says Wieder.
water are pumped deep
Thousands
into the earth
of gallons of
as part of the fracking
process that forces the gas from the rock. Studying
water
treated
is
environment
time
"At a
and
and what
when
work
budget
"I
work
think
may have on
now able
to
like this will
for a
state
important."
40 students from the universities do
to
completed
future the coalition
And while
at the individual schools, in the
hopes
to
boast
its
own
facility,
the
near
which
will
serve as both a research center and public education center
The
coalition is taking over
Shikellamy State Park
an abandoned marina
Susquehanna
$4 million
to
River.
at
Union and Northumberland counties,
in
located at the confluence of the west
the
Former
renovate the
site,
Gov.
which
and north branches
of
Ed Rendell set aside
will
be called The
Environmental Research and Education Center
at
Shikellamy
Marina. Wieder said.
If
to
all
this
was
also the
"Getting the questions from everyone reassured me,
I
was able to explain
it
to other people."
High Demand
Dave AUard, director of the Department of Environmental
Protection's (DEP) Bureau of Radiation Protection, looks to
Bloomsburg to provide some of his department's interns
— and potential future hires. He speaks frequently to
Bloomsburg classes and serves as an adviser.
He says one of the potential dangers of fracking
year with the center expected to open by
be brought to the surface with the frack water.
He's familiar with the work of students, such as
Kaldon, who monitor water samples near Marcellus
will
Shale drilling to learn
radiation
and
•
Environmental Studies: www.srhces.org
Shikellamy State Park:
if there's
an increase in
establish baseline information.
experience, he says,
is
The
invaluable for their careers.
one student
in the southeast regional office
and I'm looking to get more," Allard says. "Bloomsburg
is a high-quality program and we're real excited
about the students who come out — they get nabbed by
utilities and government laboratories. A lot of them are
recruited before they're even out of school."
Allard works closely with David Simpson, from
BU's physics and engineering technology department.
This spring Simpson and two students took sophisticated radiation readings in Fishing Creek, close to
where it joins the Susquehanna.
One of those students is junior Michael L. Tomashefski,
21,
who is enrolled in
Bloomsburg's Engineering Science
3+2 program. In the 3+2 program, students study science,
mathematics, pre-engineering and liberal arts subjects
for three years at
at
BU, followed by two years studying
Perm
State University.
At this point the Catawissa native isn't sure what path
hands-on experience will be helpful no matter what direction he chooses. "It's definitely something I'U be putting
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Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition
— is
his career will take, but he's positive this semester's
mid-2012. •
•
—
that natural radioactive elements deep in the earth
engineering
goes as planned, construction bids are expected
go out
It
the
do themselves."
become even more
It
time she gave a public presentation of her findings.
"I've got
moving forward, especially with the
summer 30
is
that
and students, can help compensate
research on behalf of the coalition, he says.
lab
how
state budgets are being cut back, colleges
groups
crisis,
Every
affect the drilling
the agencies are not
Wieder says.
definitely important.
second-guessing yourself," she says.
first
a job tailor-made for the group.
universities, faculty
of
lot
is
is
the use of water to help extract the natural gas
as research partners.
In addition to
think the experience
helps boost your self-confidence so that you don't keep
because
thought this
telltale
held at Bucknell University.
it.
health and, of course, the
prominent part
Kaldon tested for heavy metals that
sign of problems from natural gas
drilling. She didn't find any metals, she says, but she
did establish a baseline, wrote a 20-page report, created
a poster and presented her findings to Bloomsburg
faculty and at a symposium on the Susquehanna River
Specifically,
could be a
for
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/shikellamy.aspx
on resumes and talking about
in interviews,"
he
says. •
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and
Pennsylvania native. He currently lives in Harrisburg.
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by
HAILI SHETLER
'ii
Sure, they're beautiful.
census shows
Bloomsburg's
But. a student
the
Town
of
street trees also provide
worth
more than $U2,000.
financial benefits
AFTER JOSH PROSCENO 'ii gave a presentation to the
Bloomsburg Town Council about the values of street
two local residents voiced concerns. "There were
two guys on the schedule after me," Prosceno says of the
September 2010 meeting. "They were complaining about
how their views of the Susquehanna River were blocked
by newly planted trees in the Town Park. The council
didn't even vote on the issue."
Rather than dwell on perceptions, Prosceno's presentation offered firm data on the benefits of the Town of
Bloomsburg's street trees, the result of a census he led
trees,
throughout
summer 2010 at the request of Cristina
Mathews, associate professor of English and chair of the
Bloomsburg Shade Tree Commission (STC). Mathews
and Jeffrey Brunskill, assistant professor of geography
and geosciences, helped guide Prosceno, a senior environmental planning major from Bloomsburg, and the
other 15 students.
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Any tree located in a planting strip no more than lO
feet
from the road
is
considered a "street
tree."
The census
Three percent were classified as dead or dying. All of
these factors contribute to higher maintenance costs and
inventoried the characteristics of the town's urban forest,
fluctuations in functional benefits.
which included the distribution and age of various tree
species, the health of the street trees and costs associated
with efforts to maintain and improve the current tree
trees provide total financial benefits to the
population.
values.
Knowing the variety of trees the town does and does
not have helps the STC's planning, Mathews explains. It
$78,158 in energy savings, based
However, the census also showed the town's
street
community of
more than $142,469, including $29,398 in increased property
Using i-Tree, the students calculated an estimated
on the
trees' role in
providing shade and reducing energy usage in the summer,
also assists with tree selection, determining the
heat loss in the winter and the effects of high
age of Bloomsburg's urban forest, detecting the
winds. The group also found
parts of town needing the most attention
and
savings of approximately $14, 320, flooding and
identifying trees that need to be removed.
According to Brunskill, the
inventory "really
fit
in nicely"
air quality
erosion savings of about $18,399 and carbon
dioxide storage savings of an estimated $2,194.
street tree
"We really wanted community support for
with the
department of geography and geosciences'
environmental issues and
street trees. I think the
environmental planning concentration. The
community would take better care of them if they
project provided a good example of a problem
knew what the trees are about," explains Prosceno.
scenario the students may encounter in internAlthough the count was conducted during
ships and future employment, he adds.
summer 2010, the groundwork began in fall
The inventory began in early May 2010
2009 as a class project in a senior-level GIS
and data collection was finished three
"My main drive for course. Students developed an inventory
months later. Working 40 hours per week
infrastructure, tested equipment and
the census was to
to finish the census,
Prosceno created a
created
maps of the town. On
would "bUtz" a part of town
to
identify trees. Information collected
height, general condition, characteristics of
and suggestions
for maintaining or
tree health. Overall, the students
through Pennsylvania Community
Forests, a non-profit
organization.
the community.
— Brock Saylor '12
included the species, diameter at breast
tree site
This data helped secure a $3,500 grant
are beneficial to the
town. The project
showed we care about
Fridays,
Prosceno, Brunskill and student volunteers
created a preliminary street tree inventory.
show how street trees
dictionary of all applicable terms and
improving
completed more than
$1,500
urban forestry
An additional grant for
was given
to the students
by
Bloomsburg University's Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs.
Vincent Cotrone, an urban forester with the Penn
State Cooperative Extension Service, trained the students
Handheld GPS were used to
which was then mapped and analyzed with
700 hours of volunteer work.
prior to the data collection.
To successfully log all the data, Prosceno used i-Tree,
a free software program provided by the United States
Department of Agriculture and used by major cities,
such as New York, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh to
manage their urban forests. The software ArcGIS 9.3, a
common Geographic Information System (GIS) program
provided by Environmental Systems Research Institute,
was used to map and study the distribution of the trees'
collect data,
locations collected with the global positioning system
"The quality of what the students did is far above
what we could have gotten without their help," says
Mathews. "They were using software, programs and
units the town could not have afforded. The quality of
the work was clear, and showed that students are sharp,
interested people able to learn from relevant experts and
put knowledge together with hard work." •
(GPS)
units.
"Some people just hate trees," admits Brock Saylor of
GUbertsviUe, a junior environmental planning major and
tree census volunteer. "My main drive for the census was
to show how street trees are beneficial to the town. The
project showed we care about the community."
So what did the census reveal about Bloomsburg's
street trees? Results show the overall population of street
much older than the United States Forest Service's
standards. Of 1,312 identified street trees, approximately
trees is
464 were planted in unfavorable
sites
next to power lines
or buildings or in areas too small for the
16
full -sized tree.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
GIS software.
The completed inventory of street trees provides
specific data the Shade Tree Commission needs when
applying for grants, Mathews says. Prior to the students'
involvement, the
STC tried to organize its own census,
she adds, but the lack of manpower and technology
derailed the project before
HaiU Shetler
lor's
'11,
it
began.
Bloomsburg, recently earned a bache-
degree in mass communications/public relations.
She worked as a communications assistant in BU's
marketing and communications office while studying
toward her degree.
Bloomsburg
But
if
University's official school colors, of course, are
current
movement on campus
also have to add another colon
is
any
maroon and
gold.
might
indication, the administration
GREEN.
Efforts of student groups, faculty/staff/administration
tional opportunity to talk about sources of food
committees and key individuals have bolstered
benefits of buying locally," Brunskill says. "In addition,
Bloomsburg's focus on environmental
some
initiatives in
and the
faculty brought their students to talk with the
recent years, says John Hintz, associate professor of
farmers about food production."
geography and geosciences. Hintz arrived on campus
in 2005 to find the annual Earth Day observance and
attempts to raise recycling awareness and compliance,
but few other explicitly green initiatives.
"But there were substantial things going on behind
Beyond GCI, student organizations such as H.O.P.E.
and the Social Justice and Sustainability Living and
Learning Community are promoting environmental
practices and campus sustainability.
the scenes," Hintz recalls, "such as Professor
Greene's
boilers
Ned
work toward converting one of the heating
from coal
to
biomass, incorporating green com-
lot to a
the mainstream and involve
constituencies
president of H.O.P.E., says one of
is
to alert first -year students to
Bloomsburg. "For the past two years,
all freshmen during orientahe says. "We discuss the impact that each of us
their time at
H.O.P.E. has spoken to
tion,"
has on the environment and the ways students can
green open space."
Hintz says Bloomsburg's more recent efforts have
moved into
'11,
the positive environmental effect they can have during
ponents into each of the major building renovations on
campus and the transformation of our campus center
from a parking
Jaron Nielsen
the organization's goals
reduce their footprints while living on campus."
more campus
and the community. The Green Campus
which Hintz co-chairs with geography
The
delivery of this message
because
it
is
will listen to their
Initiative (GCI),
and geosciences colleague Jeff Brunskill, serves as a
"meeting place," helping to organize and facilitate
activities,
•
such
„_,,
as:
Two Climate Change
Teach-ins,
which each drew hun-
dreds of student participants.
•
"Re-energize BU," n day
and panels about
drew nearly 600 stu-
of talks
clean energy alternatives that
•
-
There are teaching,
awareness and civic
aspects to any of these
environmental projects
1
boundaries of money,
Tours of the Bloomsburg Recycling Center, local organic
campus steam plant and a "green" building
— Mark Tapsak, assistant
professor, chemistry
farms, the
at
the community,
hosted
among campus organizations and
GCI and BU's SOLVE volunteer
office
last fall's inau-
campus farmers
market, set up each
gural
''We COUld USC the
farmers market
Friday behind the
Warren Student
Services Center.
eduCattOfial
The
meats, breads, fruits
opportunity tO talk
on
1
about SOUrceS oj Jood
and vegetables from
and the benefits of
market featured
local farms,
with a
portion of the
proceeds benefitting
,
buying locally.
"
_ j^ff Brunskill, assistant professor,
geography and geosciences
the student environ-
mental organization, Help Our Planet Earth (H.O.P.E.).
Plans are under way to bring an expanded farmers
market to campus this fall.
"The market was a place that students would notice
as they were going by, and we could use it as an educa18
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fellow students far
better than they wiii
listen to the faculty
or administration,"
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professor ofej,
English,
h.o.pe. adviser and
former chair of
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Initiative.
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
In a collaboration
.
that go
the
^ beyond
y
1
r
dents in February.
particularly effective
comes from other students. "The students
"This
spring, we've had the BU Beyond Coal organization on
campus and an organizer from the Sierra Student
Coalition. They've worked with H.O.P.E. and they've
had tremendous response because H.O.P.E. is a stu-
dent movement."
Meanwhile, the goal of the Social Justice Living and
Learning Community is to create discussion and action
around social and environmental issues. The community accepts 30 freshmen each year who enroll together
in the Environmental Issues and Choices class and a
composition course that explores elements of sustainability. Community members also go on trips and hear
who address these issues.
"We want to increase retention and improve the
speakers
education of the students," says Julie Vandivere, associ-
and director of the LLC. "We
two goals buUd on one another; a more
engaged, excited group of freshmen makes them more
committed to the university and to their own education."
Strides also have been made in the campus recycling
ate professor of English
find that those
A weekly farmers market
held last
left,
program. Vince DiLoretto,
first
September and October
returns to
Members
campus
in
the
assistant director of facility
fall.
Our
Planet Earth) plant trees and
shrubbery in nearby Fernville.
of H.O.P.E. (Help
services, says the university
began recycling in 1982 with
one material, high-grade
white office paper. "Today, we have 16 targeted materials that we recycle," he says, noting the amount of
items recycled increased by 54 percent from 2008 to
2009 and by 22 percent from 2009 to 2010.
Mark Tapsak,
helped Greene
.
assistant professor of chemistry
start the
BU
who
Biofuels Initiative, says
ways to quantify the progress
Bloomsburg has made. "Some of these green initiatives
there are different
can actually save the campus money," he explains.
"That is the most straightforward reward. The less
no less
important. There are teaching, awareness and civic
aspects to any of these projects that go beyond the
tangible benefits are harder to quantify, but
boundaries of money." •
Kevin Gray is a freelance writer based in the
Lehigh Valley.
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PUBLIC WORKS
projects often
on the
and environmentalists
on the polar opposite. But in what
align business interests
grow beyond
to
scientist
be in charge.
As supervisor and chief of
New York
District of the U.S. Army Corps of
harbor programs of the
Engineers, Baron oversees the $1.6
billion
dredging of the harbor of
New York and New Jersey.
pollution to our
That's
1609
when he arrived in a ship, the
HalfMoon, which drew only
to sail
is
— Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89 —
happens
feet.
8.5 feet.
up his namesake
river as far
as present-day Albany.
says, are
getting bigger. In the past, shippers
limited themselves to
"Panamax"
But we're also looking
at
opportunities to restore the shorelines
and aquatic
habitat through-
out the estuary."
The harbor covers about 430
square miles. However, dredging
which were the maximum
head west through the
on
the West Coast and transport east
via railroad. The expansion of the
Panama Canal, to be completed in
2014, will accommodate far larger
more cost-efficient
cargo movement between East Asia
and the East Coast.
New York, the largest port on the
East Coast and third largest in the
ships and allow
share of container
traffic.
But
large ships that
mouth of the harbor up the Hudson,
East Coast, this could change. Other
New Jersey.
since ancient times. In fact, the
Sumerians and Egyptians
want
to call
mud dump site was closed.
Instead, contaminated sediments
sites is a
New Jersey factory
produced the defoliant Agent
Orange during the Vietnam War.
The manufacturer spilled toxic
that
dioxins directly into the
Lower
Passaic River, where they remain.
The contamination
throughout
also has spread
much of the harbor.
"There are not a large number of
options to clean up the river," says
is
bound to the sediment, so dredging
and capping are really the main
choices for remediation."
Cleanup of the sediments on the
Lower Passaic River and throughout the harbor
is
a major goal in the
region thousands of jobs, and more.
The plan also calls for restoring lost and degraded wetlands,
"Ships are the cheapest
about 4000 B.C. In the case of New
elsewhere, everything that
22
be highly contaminated
Corps' Comprehensive Restoration
left refer-
dates to the mid-i9th centu-
fail-
New York's shipping
bring in cargo.
it
to
and the
in the late
the sediments were
channels, says Baron, could cost the
ences to the dredging of their canals
York,
on the
East Coast ports are deeper and
ure to deepen
Harbor dredging has been done
found
when
Baron. "The contamination
if it is
ever unable to accommodate the
into
That practice ended
nated
Panama Canal. More recently, the
shipping channels that run from the
Brooklyn and past Staten Island
N.J.
larger Suez Canal or land cargo
through the
focused primarily on deepening the
to
mud removed from the
bottom of the harbor was placed at
Instead, they
fit
United States, gets a significant
is
removed.
were processed and placed at
various locations on land. Often
they were used to cap old landfills
and restore brownfield sites.
How bad is the contamination?
Although the harbor is part of an
urban industrialized environment,
the most famous of the contami-
vessels,
Panama Canal can accommodate.
shipping channels are very important.
it is
1990s
proven so tempting that shippers
are using larger vessels than the
ized estuary and, of course, the
the sediment after
by the end of 2013.
Commercial ships, she
dredging. The program has also
been balanced with numerous
ecosystem restoration initiatives.
around the Statue of Liberty," says
Baron, who majored in biology and
marine biology. "It's a highly urban-
DEALING WITH SEDIMENT
The biggest challenge to dredging
the harbor has been where to put
a site off the coast of Sandy Hook,
cost-efficiency of larger vessels has
tions for the entire 25-mile radius
air."
about 40 to 45 feet deep. Baron's
program will bring them to 50 feet
harbor program includes more than
"Basically, we're evaluating solu-
would
Historically,
Today's shipping channels are
size that could
But the
area's 21 million residents
have to be trucked in, adding
congestion to our roadways and
what Henry Hudson encountered in
currently one of the nation's largest
an environmental
the harbor's natural
depth of less than 20
And it was enough to allow Hudson
"yes!" side
projects,
when steam power and iron-hull
construction allowed ship sizes to
by
If the
way to
ships went
is
used
New York, New Jersey and the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Plan.
fisheries, eelgrass beds,
habitat
and oyster
waterbird
reefs.
"A century ago, locally harvested
"
were a staple
oysters
diets," notes
in residents'
Baron. "But through
scholarship to Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, where she worked
and
overharvesting, poor water quality
as a teaching assistant
and
earned her master's degree.
pollution,
all
of the oyster reefs
have disappeared.
with
We are working
many organizations
to bring
later
There, she advocated for the benefi-
Baron started her professional
career as a biologist at the
Next, Baron went to the New Jersey
Department of Transportation's
Division of Maritime Resources.
Oak
cial
uses of dredged material and
helped form the coalition of agencies
working to clean up and
Lower Passaic River.
"It's one of the most contaminated
back the oysters in the harbor. In
fact, we helped construct five new
Ridge National Laboratory in
that is
Tennessee. The
restore the
pilot oyster reefs last fall."
hundreds of acres of contaminated
facility
monitors
rivers in the United States," says
"The first step in an environmental
cleanup is the investigation. You collect
environmental samples and conduct
biological surveys to determine whether
the receptors are being impacted.
Baron, "with hundreds of polluters
]
and a toxic soup that is one of the
primary sources of contamination
within the harbor."
Among the partners in the
was the Army Corps
Passaic study
— Lisa Goldfeder Baron '89
A CLEAR DIRECTION
It
seems only someone with an
environmental sensibility could lead
the
many facets
of this program.
"Before Bloomsburg and Wallops
Island,
I
didn't
to do," says
know what I wanted
Baron, whose dislike of
needles turned her
away from a
medical career. "But they really
helped shape where
I
am."
Baron says her career direction
became clear when she took
marine biology. That led to marine
ecology,
oceanography and,
eventually, to
evaluate the
"The
do
first
damage
that
to plants
human
and animals.
step in an environ-
mental cleanup
is
the investiga-
"You collect environmental samples and conduct
biological surveys to determine
whether the receptors are being
tion," says Baron.
impacted. If there are impacts, then
a decision has to be
whether they are
summers studying
to clean
made about
significant
enough
Or not. Industry employs scientists with the same skills to argue its
she recalls the influence of biology
cant.
professor,
at
Thomas
also taught at
Klinger,
who
Wallops Island.
"We had morning classes," she
"then we were in the field
recalls,
all
afternoon and in the lab
night.
It
all
was wonderful." Through
the program, she got an internship
teaching marine biology to high
school students during her senior
year. After graduation,
her Wallops
Island experience also led to a full
actions have
had no environmental
impact or the impact
Baron knows
joined a
is
not
in
Hudson-Raritan Estuary
Ecosystem Restoration Study. The
study is designed to create a
healthier environment for fish and
wildlife
and provide cleaner
waters, healthier fisheries,
increased flood protection and
recreational opportunities.
She moved to Lopatcong
Township, N.J., last August with
her family — husband, Robert,
who works for candy maker Mars
Oak
—
13, and Olivia, 9
and was promoted to her current
position in December 2010.
children, Jacob,
signifi-
this because,
after several years at
Baron
large-scale projects, including the
Chocolate North America, and
up the site."
Wallops Island,
Va., in a program sponsored by
Bloomsburg and a consortium of
other schools. Two decades later,
marine science
The Corps hired
2007 to manage several
of Engineers.
Superfund sites and it was there
that Baron learned ecological risk
assessment — basically, how to
activities
still
Ridge, she
New Jersey engineering
"I
don't get out in the field as
much
as
I
did in the past," says
Baron. "Now,
spend most of my
I
time in meetings with the Corps'
firm which did exactly that. She
partners and
found herself working on behalf of
major polluters, including the firm
responsible for the Agent Orange in
the Lower Passaic and the harbor.
environmental constituencies. Our
"Many
said
'dark side,'
"
I
worked
she
for the
main goal
all
is to
the different
work with hundreds
of our stakeholders to ensure
we
achieve our vision of a world-class
harbor estuary." •
recalls. "I really
didn't enjoy trying to
polluter's liability."
minimize the
Mark
in
E. Dixon
Wayne, Pa.
is
a freelance writer
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"
i960
1974
Carl Stanitski and his wife,
J.
BU grads
Gregory Kashella, a certified
Deborah, were named honorary
members of the Polish
public accountant,
Orthopaedic and Traumatologic
Give a
Society in recognition of their
Respect to the
work over the past
Undervalued
part of Corbett's leadership
Pennsylvania Gov.
Tom
-JOHN WETZEL
Corbett's executive
98 and PATRICK
team
team includes two BU grads
HENDERSON
96.
Wetzel, selected as secretary of correc-
published
began his career as a prison guard
1989 and. most recently, served as
tions,
15 years
with
Little
More
warden
Former
their Polish colleagues in the U.S.
Compilation Engagement, in the
and throughout Poland. They are
2010 edition of the Pennsylvania
professors emeriti at the Medical
CPA Journal.
2007.
of Mountain View High School,
a
was inducted into
where she coached girls' and boys'
volleyball.
Hamburg Athletic Hall of
Fame for her achievements in
She received the North
the
athletics
Atlantic Conference
Coach of the
Year Award in 1986. She
and coaching.
As secretary
management and
Henderson
ored as a distinguished alumnus
retired educator,
is
County Prison.
Gov. Ed Rendell appointed
him
is
of corrections.
Wetzel
is in
charge
also
to
in
of the overall
operation of Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections.
serving as Pennsylvania's first energy executive, a
senior adviser charged with coordinating the overall state energy
Since 1999. Henderson has been executive director of the Senate
Janice Machell Price was hon-
Ruth Ann Shelhamer Price,
of the Franklin
the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
fall
University of South Carolina.
1963
in
policy.
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. In the newly created
position, he is responsible for ensuring policy is in the best interest of
Pennsylvania's energy and environmental needs.
Replacing Henderson as executive director of the Senate Environmental
Resources and Energy Committee is another BU grad. Adam Pankake 06.
He previously held the same post with the Senate Urban Affairs and
Housing Committee. He joined the Senate in 2007.
a Pennsylvania Interscholastic
Athletic Association
1969
Gail
25-year honoree
Bower Landers, an early
the
childhood educator at
Pennsylvania
Princess Coronation Pageant and
was
Deborah Dell Watson '76M was
promoted
si
to senior
vice president
and chief operating
delegation of 50
Bayhealth Medical
Africa.
Center in Delaware.
She has worked
1970
years and
40 years with the
Antietam School
is
a fellow of the
American College of Healthcare
District, includ-
tary school principal.
owner
1977
the top 100 business people of the
year by Pennsylvania Business
1981
was elected
to a three-year
term
representing the northcentral
region on the Pennsylvania
She
is
is
the aca-
programs
Richard Fetterman retired
from the military
in
administrator of
Columbia
after
1979
the Massachusetts Air National
Guard and the Pennsylvania Air
Guard at Fort Indiantown
Gap, where he was military
National
commander of the 2U Engineering
Squadron from 1997
to 2003.
development
is
a business
officer
with the U.S.
Bank's Small Business
Administration division, serving
Idaho and western Montana from
associate director
of university relations at East
the office in Boise.
a
senior manager in ParenteBeard's
tax services ofBce, Williamsport.
Pennsylvania Department of
was
elected secretary of the Maternal
and Family Health Services
Executive Board.
1986
Scott Bohner, PottsviUe,
is
co-owner of Home Instead, which
senior citizens.
dissertation, "Student Perceptions
Marie Connolly
ofFacebook, an Online Social
Sister Seton
Networking Site, at a Non-Residential,
'86M,
Community Branch
mission integration throughout
College in
Northeastern Pennsylvania:
A
is
executive director of
the Maria Joseph Continuing Care
Community,
1982
1980
Denmark Olar Middle School,
is
district
nurse administrator for the
Danville.
She
is
also a
board-certified chaplain.
ing and computer applications at
1973
1985
Kathleen Finsterbusch,
provides in-home care services for
Phenomenological Study.
Rich Donahue teaches keyboard-
James Wehr, Montoursville,
Brenda Friday,
successfully defended her doctoral
Michael Valenti
serving with the U.S. Air Force,
Evangelical
i^^^H Commimity
Montour Home Health.
Stroudsburg University,
He retired
2004
Wilkes University's
graduate education division.
from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in 2010.
in
finance of
JM^
Health's northeast district,
demic coordinator of technology
1972
IL
^
Hospital, Lewisburg.
Loreen Derr Comstock '8l/'8lM
clinical services for
James Chiavacci '77M
president of
Home, was recognized as one of
Directors.
and 20 years as an elemen-
Installation
"Bill" Williams,
Homecare Association Board of
Executives.
ing 20 years as a sixth-grade
teacher
in
health care administration for 30
Kerry C. Hoffman, Reading,
retired after
William
Central, State College.
officer for
who met with early child-
hood educators in South
1983
James Stopper is chief financial
officer and vice
of Chester C. Chidboy Funeral
part of a national
teachers
Queen's BaU.
PIAA District II Gold Card.
1976
College of
Technology,
(PIAA)
and a recipient of
Denmark,
1988
Randy Yoh, Heidelberg
Township,
is
principal certified
public accountant at Groves
&
Yoh, formerly Richard W. Groves,
S.C.
Myerstown.
Dawn Chandler Hall,
Bloomsburg,
marketing manag-
Rebecca Koppenhaver Wine, a
er of Little
K-3 learning support teacher in the
Baseball
Blue Mountain School
District,
is
sponsorship and
League
and
Softball, Soutii Williamsport.
participated in the Greater
Pottsville
Winter Carnival Senior
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John Reber is executive vice
presi-
dent director of risk
1995
Promoted
management
Lisa BeUcka Keranen, associate
BRENDA SCHREFFLER NICHOLS
Citizens
for
&
?i
Colorado, Denver,
Millville,
published the book,
Scientific
the Northeast Association for
guished service award in 2010.
1991
is
is
vice president
the firm
in
1993.
Quigley returns to PennFuture
JOHN QUIGLEY
81 returned to Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
(PennFuture) as a strategic adviser and consultant.
Previously government relations manager for
chair of Rebuilding Together
^
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PennFuture, an environmental advocacy organization.
Dayton, dedicated to rehabbing
^^^A
Quigley served as secretary of the Pennsylvania
Power and Light Co. He is also
homes at no cost to low-income
Dana Domkoski Bumside
'9i/'93M
1996
Craig Jackson
and treasurer of Dayton (Ohio)
Institutional Research's distin-
She joined
'82, is an audit principal for Parente
Randolph, where he's worked since 1990.
Character.
Michelle Seibert Appel received
In this position,
Her husband, Andrew Nichols
with her husband.
1990
senior vice
departments to ensure accuracy of all financial and tax
information and related reports and compliance with
corporate policies and governmental requirements.
University of
owns Fran's Dairy Bar,
to
Nichols directs the corporate accounting and technology
studies at the
Roschele Wagner Snyder co-
was promoted
Williamsport. earlier this year
director of graduate
WeUsboro.
'85
president/chief financial officer of Larson Design Group.
professor and
Northern Bank,
CFO
to
homeowners.
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for
director of teaching
commons and assistant professor
Elizabeth Payne Miller,
of education at Wilkes University.
benefits supervisor with Fulton
Lititz, is
DCNR
career
in
a
in
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
(DCNR) from April 2009 to January 201 1 after working
several capacities, including chief of
nonprofit, public
staff,
Quigley s
and private sectors includes eight years
as mayor of Hazleton.
Financial Corp.
Richelle
is
Erb Kegarise, Manheim,
controller for Landis
Homes,
Lancaster.
Kimberly Conserette
Russell Canevari
is
head coach of
Thomas Speicher, video produc-
the Montrose Area School District
tion developer at Pennsylvania
football
College of Technology, presented
Degrees That Work:
A
Free Career
Exploration Resource at the state
The
marketing manager
for
David J. Manbeck, manager for
Boyer & Ritter CPA,
controller of Upper
Camp Hill, was
Augusta
Township, Northumberland.
recognized by the
Deborah Lonabaugh ShufT, an
Pennsylvania
was named
to the
Robert C. Hershey Jr., Spring
Institute,
&
Co.
Institute of Certified
& Reath,
board of trustees of the Alice Paul
accountant with
dedicated to educating
New Jersey
who authored the Equal
Rights Amendment and founded
Public Accountants as one of its
"40
is
Fellerman
&
Ciarimboli,
Kingston.
a master's of busi-
Women's
Party.
ness administration
1999
is
a regional
Retirement Services, Los Angeles,
Jonathan Kiefer
for
in
Albee
festival
appeared this spring in a two-month run of
Arena Stage. Mead Center for American
Theater, Washington. D.C. The production was part of
the theater's Edward Albee Festival.
His credits include the off-Broadway production of
Thornton Wilder s Our Town. TV s Law and Order and
Law and Order SUV and a regional theater production
of Three Penny Opera.
01
He holds
from Wilkes University and a law
Calif.
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an associate attorney
new A&E television series.
Hagerstown, Md.
n
is
Breakout Kings.
of St. Ann's Catholic Church,
Zoo
Kutzer, Hanover
Township,
suffragist
sales director with Great -West
at the
2001
Mark A.
appearing in a
The Rev. Martin Nocchi is pastor
Home
for wireless voice
and data products.
at
Jirnmi Simpson
Michael Fennessy
At
region, responsible
Members Under 40" for 2010.
1994
JAMES MCMENAMIN
14-state
the public about the
the National
McMenamin appears
AT&T's
northeastern
1993
City, is principal
David MarcoUa is senior product
Services Rehabilitation, Scranton.
Tony Phillips serves as deputy
Philadelphia,
the firm of MaiUie, Falconiero
account-
program.
attorney with Biddle
School to Career Connection.
is
ing supervisor with Allied
Department of Education conference, Integrated Learning:
2000
1998
1997
degree ft-om
Thomas Jefferson
School of Law, San Diego.
Heidi Ruckno is communication
specialist for the Greater
is
the librarian
Catasauqua High School,
Scranton
Chamber of Commerce.
where he previously was a busi-
2002
ness teacher.
Amber Latsha is an advocate with
The Arc of Delaware County,
at the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVER.SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
responsible for adult, educational
and
social-recreation advocacy.
2003
Honored with Alumni Awards
Five
as chair
of the
BU
adviser to former
ulty
years and
for several
was
The Daily
Review.
Holly Hicks, a
certified public
was promoted
accountant,
fac
in the Pennsylvania
supervisor with Haefele Flanagan,
BU Foundation
Moorestown,
opportunities
in
2005
Awards were:
Agretto. in his 3Mh year as an educator has
Receiving Distinguished Service
-RICHARD AGRETTO
'77:
served as the Bethlehem Area School
District's
director of special education since 1993.
He has
vol-
since 1980 and
build a facility for children
physical
and
managed the probecame
intellectual disabilities to play baseball.
-BEVERLY DONCHEZ BRADLEY
:
effort to
and young adults with
the 2010 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of
'71
He was inducted
Fame
last
into
May.
Following a 30-year career as a
Program
Children's Literacy
non-profit that has as
its
and community through
Cops
n'
literacy.
"
n'
Kids Reading
distribution events
community reading
celebrations.
"40:
Authority, the third-largest public
University.
housing agency in the country.
2006
Megan Sallavanti, earned a mas-
Jennifer Bosset graduated from
ter's in
supporter of
pathology from
HaU University School of
Law and was admitted to practice
law in
Misericordia
New Jersey, New York and
University in
2010.
May
She is
employed as a
at Riverside
Rehabilitation Center.
basic military training at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
Lyndsey Snyder is staff accountant
Room
Krista L. Rompolski
and
director at the
consistent participant
in
is
at
wellness
Chiampou,
Travis,
Besaw &
Kershner, Amherst.
Boyertown Area
YMCA, where she oversees fitness
Coopers and Lybrand. Tilson s
BU and
speech and language
Seton
WiUard CUvik graduated from
more than 35 years, honored her with the Commitment
Award recognizing quality service, individual initiative and teamwork. She retired from the firm, now
PricewaterhouseCoopers. in 1991. An active
for
Marion Rose is asset manager for
The Philadelphia Housing
speech therapist
The award-winning
and organized book
-DOROTHY DERR TILSON
He holds a master's in engi-
Washington
brewer at
2 OO 8
the U.S. Department of
the State of New Jersey.
Kids
program has distributed more than 390.000 free
employer
D.C.
assistant
one of the city's first microbreweries.
program ana
the Lehigh Valley a
in
mission "connecting kids
books, established the Cops
a
the United States District Court for
business educator Bradley helped establish and
currently serves as president of the
lyst for
is
1990. Agretto recently
Northampton County, leading the
of
Eric Hostelley
neering management from George
president of the board of directors for the Miracle
League
2001-2007.
Yards Brewing Co., Philadelphia,
Homeland Security, Washington,
unteered with the Northampton County Special
Olympics Program
gram from 1983 to
Guard from
N.J.
Matt Hall is an
China.
& Sunday
He served
r /W- Army National
to
Board and. as a volunteer develops exchange pro-
grams and study abroad
news sections and the
HomeLife pages of
daily
Township accounting firm.
President Jessica Kozloff.
Pomfret currently serves on the
Brian Bishop is copy editor of the
senior
manager of FarenteBeard, a Spring
mathematics, computer science and
department
statistics
is
^aai 2004
named honorary alumnus of the year,
BU s mathematics faculty in 1972. He served
Pomfret.
joined
2007
Jacob Kutz, Reading,
RETIRED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR JAMES POMFRET AND
FOUR ALUMNI RECENTLY RECEIVED AWARDS FROM BU S
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
centers,
group exercise classes and
personal training.
alumni
taught English, geography
activities. Tilson earlier
Latin: worked in the Philadelphia Ordnance
Gage Laboratory during World War and helped
her husband in pursuits related to the performing
and
II:
arts.
She has been involved with Planetary
affiliated
Citizens, a United Nations-
organization that promotes world peace, since 1974.
Also honored
was BRIAN KOVATCH
'96.
who
received the Maroon
and Gold Excellence Award, formerly known as the Young Alumnus
the Year Award. Kovatch leads the Pennsylvania Territory
Team
for Cisco, providing technical direction
of
Commercial
and
LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS: The BU Alumni
business guidance to regional sales and engineer-
awarded
Directors
Association Board of
15 scholarships of $750 each to current students
revenue. His awards include the 2008 Channels
whose parents are alumni. Scholarship winners, who were selected
by random drawing, and alumni board members shown in the
Systems Engineer
accompanying photo
ing
teams and responsible
for
of the Year
$80 million
Award
United States Channels Segment.
Gilbertsville.
YMCA
he
is
a
A
in
annual
for Cisco's
secretary: Tarra
resident of
member of the Boyertown
District
soccer and
back rowTrista Musser
Amy Chronister Scott
Technology Advisory Board and coaches basketball,
softball.
left
1
to right, front
row: Rich Uliasz
and Lauren Kreglow
14.
president:
FIND MORE
Online at
www.bloomualumni.com
'13
05.
and Tom Cimaglia
board
member at
board president: Lynne Rishel Homiak
Salmon
HUSKY NOTES
'1
'14.
'97.
board
scholarship
winners: and Lynda Fedor Michaels '87/'88M. alumni director: and
Area
Board of Directors and the Tunkhannock Area
School
are.
Combs
'14.
scholarship winners:
large:
Greg Bowden
01.
board treasurer Meredith
scholarship winner: Kerri Donald Sears "92. board vice
and Anthony Roslevich
'13.
'83.
scholarship winner
Send information to: alum@bloomu.edu or Alumni Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
400 E. Second Street, Bloomsburg, Permsylvania 17815
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husky
VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Mark German '94 and Hilarie Powers, July 24, 2010
Youmans '96 and Kenneth Weaver Jr., July 17,
Catherine "Katie" Callahan '92 and
Jennifer
Jason
Jill
P.
Seese '97 and Stephanie Youngs, Oct.
Dolinsky '99 and Robert Shayka Jr., May
2010
2009
17,
Obituaries
husband,
Gigi,
Viola
Adam Ruderman, a daughter,
October 2010
Sharon Loeffler '00 and Joseph Panzica, May
Susanne Kane
Nathan Laidacker
'01
and Daphne Dixson, May
Denise DeSantis '02 and
Tiffany Panetta '02
Tracy Zengro
Katie Getz Kilian '98 and husband, Kyle, a
2010
17,
daughter, Kendall Jordyn, Sept.
and Daniel Smith, Oct.
Gina Mattivi
'03
'03
2010
10,
Schofield, April
and John
P.
and Ryan Stango,
Clint
'04
17,
April 23, 2010
III,
and John Roberts, Aug.
Christine DeMelfi '04 and Matthew
Lindsey Zeisloft '04/'o6M and Andrew
Lenore Barr
2010
14,
Karen
B. Fetter '05
and Darren
9,
Eric Hostelley '05 and
Jonathon Novick
Mark
C.
'05
Trautman
Rebecca Yeselski
Karen Barrett
June
and Tiara
Kelly
Dunlap
'08
'07
Katherine Huff '08 and Kyle Noss
P.
Sydney
Faith, Nov.
1,
Aug.
9,
15,
Valerie
2010
Curtis
Hakes Fessler
'05,
'03
and husband,
a daughter, Alice, Feb.
Kendra Branchick Martin
12,
9,
2010
T.
'63
George A. Blasick
William
19,
2011
Gerald J.
'64
"Bill" Derricott '66
"Bill"
Mack
John Dargis
'67
Large '68
'68
'69
2010
Oct.
9,
Kevin Leonard
2010
Kenneth, Jan.
Aug.
19,
a son,
'05,
17,
2011
Noah Anthony,
Palmeter '09 and Bradley E. Grey
'74
2010
husband, Brian Boyce '08M, a son,
Susan Davenport Crisman
2010
Evan
Mary Cordaro McCarthy '75
10,
Charlie, Feb.
12,
2011
Susan Palin
Amy Puntar Shingler '05 and
17,
2010
husband, Jeremy Shingler
6,
Troy William, July
Aug.
7,
2010
'10,
7,
'05,
William
V.
'75
'75
Parker
John M. Welgoss
'83
2010
'83
Richard Thomas Coombs
Tara Freeland
'10
and Ben Smith
'10,
daughter, Bridget Ann, Dec. 23, 2010
a
Ruth Gensel Fedder
McGuire
John M. Berry
'09
'10
Codey D. McDonald
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
'87
'92
Diane Ringawa Magagna
Caitlin
May 22, 2010
'75
a son,
2010
Todd M. Wolinsky '09 and Glenyse E. Diltz, June 12, 2010
Michael J. Medvec '10 and Sarah C. Brown, Sept. 10, 2010
Ashley Shellenberger '10 and Jonathan Busada
'72
'74
Clara G. Baldoni
'09,
Nicole Scerbo '09 and Kris Svensson '09, Nov.
Benjamin RusUoski Jr
Jack R. Long
2010
'70
'71
Sara Hagemeyer Boyce 'os/'o8M and
18,
July
Joseph Schultz
John D. Parker
2010
'70
Margaret Boyer Pursell '70
Bekki Callas Leonard '04 and husband,
2010
July 10, 2010
'10,
McHale Kent
and husband,
2010
15,
MUler, Sept.
Phil, a son, Kellan
'03
Linda Heller Telesky
Melissa Miller '09M and Aaron Yoder, July 31, 2010
Georgia
Molvene "Molly" Keiner Knudsen
Robert D.Judd Sn
2010
'08, July 10,
Emily Hubbard '09 and Jesse Strubert
2010
'59
Ann A. Chance '60
Jacqueline
2010
7,
'06, April 24,
Balliet,
'51
',51
Woodrow Rhoads '59
Meghan Frieland Piazza '01 and husband,
Dan Piazza '00, a daughter, JUlian Kathleen,
April Williams '08 and John Yarem, July 24, 2010
Casey Epler '09 and Matthew
Hartzell Jr
2010
William
2010
31,
19,
and Thomas Holdinsky, May
Kelly A. Weikert '08 and Greg
Howard R.
Jan. 10, 2011
Krista L. Johnston '08 and Michael Seldomridge, July
Stacie Riley '08
2011
'45
'05
and Robert Hess Jr.,
and Brock Gaboon
5,
2010
5,
Mitchell, June
Nicole Deitrick '07 and Brock Belles, June
Ashley Leymeister
Parker, Jan.
Eric, a daughter, Eleni Katherine,
Sept. 18, 2010
and Shawn Daugherty, Aug.
'06
II
Noah
Robert L. Watts
Alissa Jo Eaton 'o6/'09M and Charlie Lukasavage, July
Donald Shipe
Kevin, a son,
Lauren Blanzaco Gozzard '00 and husband,
2010
10,
and Kristy Renninger, May
and Jamie Longazel
Melissa Wright Wilson '98 and husband,
Max G. Cooley '50
Nancy Crumb Eves '50
2010
and Rachel Nielsen, July
'05
'05
'06
III,
Eleanore Althoff Lapinski 43
Mary Lou Fenstemaker John
Lena Fisher Shaffer
Amy Gray, July 10, 2010
Katie Leibig '05 and John Muscalus
'40
Rogan Summer Mintzer, May 25, 2009
2010
24,
July
II,
Gavin
Mary Trump Buckley 43
a daughter,
Oliver, a daughter,
Chilcoat, Oct. 23, 2010
Lindsy Force '05/'07M and John Maxwell
'96,
Kimberly Barto Crisp '00 and husband,
2010
2010
Hill,
and Darren Chippi, Aug.
'05
B. Hill '37
John Yeager
Ritter, Oct. 16,
'06, Oct. 16,
Walton
'33
'34
2010
6,
Paul G. Fazio '04 and Cheryl A. Emershaw, Sept.
Jamie Frey '04 and Jim Keller
Smith
2010
Sept. 4, 2010
Keith M. Ayers '04 and Emily Foresman, Nov.
Bogdon
2010
Heidi Mintzer '98/'05M and
2010
11,
Mazzolla, July
Erin Peters '03M and Alexander Kovach
Nicole
10,
'33
Thomas H. Jenkins 40
S. Violet Reilly
Brett Cappel '03 and Elizabeth McCuUoch, Oct. 22, 2010
Andrea M. Kitka
Elwood Hartman
Adam Koser '00, Nov. 20, 2010
and Dan
'02
'31
Naus Munson
Alda Giannini Strazdus
2010
1,
and Joseph Semuta, July 2, 2010
'01
'29
Irene
Dara Rose Pachence '99 and Gregory James Schmick, Nov. 13, 2010
Rob Walton '96 and wife, Barbara, a
Heather Lynn Hollick '00 and David Walter Pfleegor II, Sept. 4, 2010 daughter, Grace Katherine, Feb. 2, 2011
Stadler '24
Florence Fawcett Fowler
2010
30,
M.
Mary Storosko Sweeney
'10
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LINEUP
REUNIONS, NETWORKING, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER:
NEPA NETWORK:
Eric Schaeffer '91, Eric Miller 01 and Alan
Dakey 73. left to right, attend the recent BU Alumni Association s
NEPA Network Mixer at the Backyard Ale House in Scranton. Miller,
who was the quarterback of the Huskies national championship
runner-up football team in 2000. is co-owner of the establishment.
For information on the NEPA Network for alumni living in Northeast
Pennsylvania, go to vmw.bloomualumni.com or contact Alumni
The founding sisters of Phi Sigma
Sigma, all members of the Class of 1990, hold a family get-together
every year Shown left to right, are front row: Jill Winger Jacobs and
Joann DiFrancesco Reesen and back row: Angela Bistline Reighard,
Marganne Nye Hoffman and Stacey Cochran Millheim.
Affairs at (800) 526-025^.
HOOPSTERS REUNITE: Women's
basketball
alumnae attending a
recent courtside reception and cheering as the Huskies took on West
Chester are.
left to right:
Kelly Heierbacher
Greenholt 83. Kathy McGuire-Stoudt
Bulka Caulfield
ALL
THE FAMILY:
Debbie Bentz Metz 90, left, says BU was well
Shown, left to right, are Metz:
her cousin. Ann Bentz Weinsteiger '85; nieces Sarah Bergenstock and
Mandi Baer members of the Class of 2014; and cousin Susan Bentz
McDonald '97 with her husband. Derrick McDonald
IN
represented
Colegrove
'94,
'94,
Michelle
'92.
Tennyson '91 Diane AlfonsI
Debra Artz Barry 73. Careen
.
Simons Dubosky '93, Lesley Seitzinger
and Jamie Kauczka Esgro 06.
Kelly Burkhart 06
at a recent family gathering.
ALUMNI RECRUITERS: Alumni
KELLER WEDDING:BU was
recruiters for the
wedding
retuming to campus as employment
annual Career and Intemship Expo are, left to
right: Austin John 04 and Sara Johansen 07, both with Travelers
Insurance; Bonnie Gregory 03 and Julie Kaszuba 00, both with Lehigh
Valley Health Network; and Kate Johnson 07, Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
1
7th
well-represented at an Oct. 16, 2010,
Boone's Dam. Bloomsburg. Shown, left to
right, are Garrett Lowe 05, Jeremy Frey '12, groom Jim Keller 06,
bride Jamie Frey Keller 04, Katie Leibig Muscalus '05/'10M, Andrea
Falcone Gritman 03 and Jeff Gritman 04/ 05M.
at the
Barn
at
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PI
over
the shoulder
!
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Safeguarding Mother Earth
^j^ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
30
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg State College students ushered in the
first
Earth Day, April
22, 1970,
with a symbolic
rejection of humanity's love for the automobile
and
primary source of air pollution: they
bludgeoned, then buried, a 1965 Ford Falcon, minus
its
role as a
to the construction of a solar collector.
maintenance
Bloomsburg's
and donated it to
the college, which used it to
staff built the collector
David Brooks. Velma Avery, Dave
Keefer and Shelby Treon,
left to
served on the 1970 Earth Day
Art Committee,
generate hot water for the
right,
the engine, in vacant land
former laundry,
as
Simon
Hall.
now known
It
was
between the current
estimated the collector would
Andruss Library and
pay for
Student Recreation Center.
Ten years later, local
groups were working with
those on campus to promote
the ideals of Earth Day. The
Fishing Creek Green
The event contributed
one of the more dramatic
moments of Earth Day at
Bloomsburg since the
national observance began
more than 40 years ago. That
itself in five years.
Alliance sponsored a clean-up
day on April 21, 1990, to
remove garbage along a
20-mile stretch from Benton
Earth Day in April 1970,
coordinated by a group of
first
students with concerns
south to the creek's conflu-
about local air and water
ence with the Susquehanna
pollution,
was
part of Environmental
Awareness Week.
the
overpopulation, air
The club
a
teach-in with lectures
and water pollution
and nuclear power.
The films, Bulldozed
America and Who
Hartline Science Center.
Anniversary celebrations in 1995 and 2000 continued
to raise awareness of environmental issues. The 25th
annual Earth Day observance adjacent to Lycoming
first
celebrations have
appeared
in
occurred to mark
five-
and
the April 22,
Maroon & Gold,
10-year anniversaries. In
1980, for example,
Day Committee composed of students and
an Earth
faculty
planned events that began with an overnight sleep-out
on the site of the current Student Recreation Center.
Earth Day continued with an ecumenical sunrise
and closed with a
House on the upper
campus. Students, faculty and staff were encouraged to
hike, bike or jog to campus, instead of driving.
The Community Government Association provided
$1,300 in financial support, nearly half of which went
service, a concert
and
aimed at decreasing the
warming. Members raised $800 selling
T-shirts and used the money to buy bushes and shrubs
that were planted by the greenhouse next to the
Federation's "Cool It" project
effects of global
were shown.
Since the
1970, issue of the
participated in the National Wildlife
Killed Lake Erie?
observance in 1970,
the largest Earth Day
earth,
members of the campus
on radioactive and
solid waste disposal,
ways humans were abusing the planet included
This cartoon, depicting the polluted
River. Participants, including
community, filled more than 700 bags with trash.
On campus, one of the event sponsors was the
Biology Club, which focused on issues that were not
part of the original Earth Day, such as acid rain, the
greenhouse effect, ozone depletion and deforestation.
Events designed to educate and increase awareness of
tree planting,
sunset service west of Nelson Field
Hall included the sale of plants and tie-dyed T-shirts,
music from the bands Social and The Need and
information on how students could help preserve the
health of the planet and society. Frontiers, the
university's outdoor club, sponsored the event.
Help Our Planet Earth (H.O.P.E.) organized Earth
Day in 2000, with a primary focus on energy conservation.
The event, held again on the Lycoming lawn, featured a
large recyclable "hut," a police car that ran on alternative
fuel and music.
In this decade, Earth Day continues in the tradition
of engagement, with recreational activities, speakers,
panel discussions and tours of environmental projects
in action, all designed to remind us, once again, to
handle Mother Earth with care. •
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CaLEND^R
Activities
Academic Calendar
New
SUMMER
Activities
2011
May 23 to Aug. 12
- May 23 to July 1
-
Session
I
Session
II
Session
III -
and Events
Summer Experience,
Sunday, June 26
Summer Freshman
sixth-
New York
Tuesday, July 5
Mets
ninth- through iith-graders;
vs.
Philadelphia Phillies
Act 101/EOP Orientation
through eighth-graders,
and CSI Summer Experience,
Orientation
July 6 to Aug. 12
FALL 2011
Math and Science Camps
Roger Sanders-Era
Alumni Wrestling Reunion
Student
Saturday, July 16
Tuesday, July 5
Pepsi Porch,
Freshman Previews
Monday through Wednesday,
July 11 to 13, and Wednesday
Through Friday, July 20 to 22
Bloom
Citi Field,
New York
Monday to Thursday,
June 27 to 30; for information,
jpolhill@bloomu.edu
or (570) 389-4508.
Classes Begin
Fall
Monday, Aug. 29
Labor Day, No Classes
Monday, Sept. 5
Transfer Orientation
Reading Day
Wednesday and Thursday,
Friday, Oct. 14
Aug. 3 and 4
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, Nov.
Classes
22, 10
p.m.
@ the
Beach
Saturday, Aug.
Seacrets,
6,
Ocean
7 to 9 p.m.
City,
Md.
Fame
Induction
Friday, Oct. 21
Kehr Union
Pre-registration required
Carver Hall Chapter
Homecoming Weekend
Annual Yard Sale
Saturday, Aug. 13
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 7 to 9
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Fenstermaker Alumni House
Alumni Tent Party
Non-Traditional/ ACE Orientation
Saturday, Aug. 27
Weekend
Class of 1956 55-Year Reunion
Parents and Family
Saturday, Oct.
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
1
Resume
Monday, Nov.
28, 8 a.m.
Alumni Events
Classes End
Visit
Saturday, Dec. 10
www.bloomualumni.com for
details
Capital
Network Football
Tailgate
Finals Begin
Monday, Dec.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Alumni
field
End
Friday, Dec. 16
Capital Netv/ork
Graduate
Commencement
Summer
Friday, Dec. 16
Alumni
Picnic
Thursday, June 16
West Shore Elks Picnic Pavilion
Undergraduate Commencement
Cariisle Pike,
Camp Hill
hockey, football, soccer,
swimming,
Special Events
tennis, wrestling,
basketball and,
Affairs office at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
or alum@bloomu.edu.
BU offers summer camps in
the following sports: baseball,
on these and additional
For information, contact the
12
Summer Camps
Saturday, Oct. 15
events or to register to attend.
Finals
Athletic Hall of
Reading. Literacy and Learning
Conference (formerly the Reading
and
Conference)
registration info
Thursday and
May 12 and 13
lacrosse.
For dates,
Friday,
visit
www.bucamps.com.
For information:
http://orgs.bloomu.edu/Uc,
dhartman@bloomu.edu
Carver Hall Chapter
Finger Lakes Wine Tour
Trash
to
Treasure
Saturday,
Saturday, June 18
May 21, 9 a.m.
to
noon;
Kehr Union,
Multicultural Center and
early birds, 8 a.m.;
Lehigh Valley Alumni Day
Fireside Lounge; benefits
at Iron Pigs
Sunday, June 26,
Tickets required
For the
latest information
1:35
p.m.
Columbia County United Way.
Call (570) 784-3134.
on upcoming events, check the university website, www.bloomu.edu.
BLOOM.S BURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
fees,
and contact
information for each camp,
or (570) 389-4092
Saturday, Dec. 17
new this year,
cross country, track and field
"DO NOT GO where the path may lead; go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail," said Ralph Waldo
Emerson, American poet and essayist. Written to inspire
individuality and leadership, these words can be applied
to the journey graduates will face coming out of college.
So why not blaze a trail with BU clothing and insignia?
The University Store offers items all Bloomsburg
graduates can wear, display and enjoy as they hold on to
warm college memories. Consider giftware or clothing,
like
an alumni cap,
license plate
mug,
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experience, the University Store
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Gift cards are available in
any amount.
The University Store offers the convenience of
shopping online for hundreds of items at
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Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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ages, including the special high school
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From the Provost
The second phase of hard work
begins this fall— the translation of
the general education goals into
specific student learning outcomes.
A second team of faculty and staff
will review
proposed courses and
co-curricular learning experiences,
such as internships, leadership roles
and
service learning, for their
viability in providing learning
opportunities that support student
achievement. In addition, each
proposal must incorporate assess-
Modeling General
ment, identifying
outcomes. The
Education
THE PAST YEAR
has Seen
"The goal is to enhance
University community, including
educational opportunities
steps in university-wide
initiatives to
address our
new general educa-
program is scheduled to begin
for incoming freshmen in fall 2012.
The campus is still buzzing with
energy and a collective commitment
to ensuring Bloomsburg University
tion
signifi-
cant changes for the Bloomsburg
first
how to determine
student achievement of the learning
new
for all students."
strategic plan, Impact 201$: Building
on the Past, Leadingfor the Future.
Collaborative energy and commit-
readiness and effective citizenship
ment abound as innovative ideas
are implemented, faculty and
in the 2ist century.
administrators create inter-
Bloomsburg University continues
disciplinary learning opportunities
to offer students a
and others
identify
ways
to
secure
a fiscal future that is less affected
we experienced in
One of the new strategic plan's
main goals focuses on our core
purpose: to enhance educational
all
students.
A
We strive for continuous improvement
in achieving our mission and
meeting the evolving needs of
today's students.
personal and professional success.
work
led
to approval of a transformative
general education model.
the last two years.
opportunities for
meaningful
provides the best education possible.
education that prepares them for
In spring 2011, their
by the kinds of budgetary
uncertainties
principal objective
The team's
was to ensure
The
IRA
BLAKE
model identifies goals vital to a
comprehensive university experi-
Provost and Senior Vice President for
ence that supports the acquisition
Academics, Bloomsburg University
K.
of knowledge, skills and personal
BU President David
fundamental to a
deeper understanding of and
Editor's note:
appreciation for the world,
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laid the groundwork, conducting
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characteristics
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FEATURES
10 Driller Instinct
Ed
Breiner
'77 figures
the angles and
top— from rescuing
miners to leading a company through
the economic downturn.
conies out on
14 Market Sense
Wall Street comes to
new Financial
Hall's
BU via Sutliff
Services Lab.
15 Lea n on Me
Students "lean" on each other to
learn theory's practical application.
17 A step Above
Two recent graduates prove campus
involvement
is
a competitive advantage
for first-time jobseekers.
18 Paying Dividends
Dean Michael Tidwell says it's time
for BU's already strong program to
become one of the Northeast's foremost business education schools.
20
BU's
Professional Polish
new Zeigler
Institute for
Professional Development integrates
an alumni couple's philosophy into
the curriculum.
23 Building for Business
The name and the building footprint
are
all
that remains of the I950s-style
SutUffHall.
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of
Contents
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IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Fall 2011
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
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Marie Conley Lammando,
Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Matthew
Vice Chair
B. Aitieri III
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Baker
Tom Corbett
Sarah C. Darling
Michael K. Hanna
Ronald G. Henry
Vincent J. Hughes
Kenneth M.Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
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President,
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FALL
2011
Bloomsburg University of Pennsyh ania
fres
perspective^
Caring for Japan
When Japan was devastated by an earthquake,
tsunami and nuclear power accident, business
management major Anh Tran from Vietnam did
something to help. Teaming with her fellow international students and the SOLVE and Residence
Life offices, she organized a fund drive. Through
collection cans and at tables where they created
origami for donors, the international students
raised
HI.
more than $900
00 MS 1:1
Ki;
for the
LM\ ERSr
Red Cross.
•
Bloomsburg Unh^ersity of Pennsyh^ania
aroundTHEquad
Passion for Patents
MARK TAPSAK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY,
RECEIVES PATENT FOR GLUCOSE DEVICE
The
United States Patent and Trademark
Office received nearly 520,000 patent appli-
cations in 2010, but fewer than half were
One of those successful patents
Mark Tapsak, associate professor
granted.
went
to
of
chemistn,', the 24th since his career began.
The expert
in
polymer chemistn.- received
his latest
patent for an implantable glucose-monitoring device
that continuously checks diabetics' blood-sugar levels
for
one
year.
Designed
to help diabetics
maintain a
consistent glucose level, the device supplements, but
does not replace, the traditional finger-prick
The implanted monitor,
average-sized
Uke receiver
slightly smaller
USB thumb-drive,
in a pocket or
sticks.
than an
connects to a beeper-
purse to provide continuous
updates via radio frequencies relayed from inside
the patient. Tapsak began
work on
the project with
engineers and other experts while employed by
DexCom,
WTiile
a
San Diego-based company.
number 24 sounds
impressive, Tapsak insists
remains his most special. "A first patent
first love," he says.
Issued in just one \ ear, rather than the t\'pical three
his first patent
is
almost Uke a
to five, his first patent
devised a method to use ultrasonic imagins; dur-
The expert tn polymer
chemistry received his
latest patent for an
implantable glucosemonitoring device that
continuously checks
diabetics' blood -sugar
levels for one year.
research and development company. Medtronic,
which he
The
compam" where I had
m\" first
After a few years, he became the 12th employee of
ing the insertion of
a catheter.
calls "a big
taste of developing technolog\'."
a
new company, DexCom, where he helped
create
process allows
medical devices, as well as streamline products to
doctors to see the
make them more
tubing without
Although Medtronic and DexCom provided the
foundation for all of his patents, Tapsak was drawn
to teaching. "As a teaching assistant, I found teaching
exposing the
patient or doctor
to radiation
which
occurred during
an alternative
process, fluoroscopy. "There was nothing to compare
it to," he says.
Tapsak's career started with a biotechnology
to
be
ver\'
Tapsak,
consistent.
rewarding.
who
It
was
a natural transition," says
taught as an adjunct facultA'
while working in the business
Tapsak has been
at
\N
member
orld.
BU since 2004 and is now
applying for patents on his own. Perhaps number 25
is
on the horizon.
•
FALL 2011
5
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
aroundjHn
J
mlad
Student Affairs
NEW VP NAMED
DiONE SOMERVILLE, former dean
of students at Iowa State University,
joined
BU this summer as vice
president for
Student Affairs.
Somerville
served as dean of
students at Iowa
State University
for
more than four
years, leading the
Academic Success Center, Greek
Affairs, Recreation Services,
Student Assistance, Multicultural
a
^
JJ
Jeremy Rhen, a senior
management major
from Pottstown
i^jjy member
and""""
of Phi Beta
Lambda, deans the
window of downtown
Bloomsburg's Salvation
Army Thrift
Store during
The Big Event.
thanks to the
is
Town of Bloomsburg,"
by BU's Community Government
"a great opportunity to express our
says
Anikka
schools and
Town
Elyria, Ohio; director of student
and
activities at
a
Brill,
immediate past
BU students tackled clean-up
projects at local businesses, churches, homes, the Women's Center, YMCA,
president of CGA. During
Lorain County Community College,
services at the
Ohio
Cleveland; and director of student
CLEAN UP BLOOMSBURG
MORE THAN 900 Students took part in the second annual Big Event,
service project. Sponsored
was director of
College of Podiatric Medicine,
900
Association (CGA), The Big Event
Previously, she
enrollment services/registrar at
affairs
i9
community
Student Affairs and Judicial Affairs.
The Big Event,
Park. Fourteen local businesses donated food, equipment
Ursuline College,
Pepper Pike, Ohio. She earned a
bachelor's degree from Ohio
Northern University, master's
degree from Bowling Green State
University and doctoral degree from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Jeff Long, assistant vice president
for Student Affairs, led the division
and materials. •
as interim vice president for the
past two years since the death of
Student Trustee
former vice president Preston
NEW COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
MARCUS FULLER JOINS BU's Council of Trustees this fall as its student
Herring. •
member. The junior business management and psychology
dual major from Harrisburg replaces Raylene Brill, who
graduated in May.
"(As Trustee)
students, faculty
be able to act as a liaison between the
and university community, and I can
I'll
bring issues to the forefront that
^gjjj^^^ ^fl
may otherwise be
overlooked," Fuller says.
In addition to the Trustees, Fuller
Kappa Alpha
Psi, secretary
Men of Intelligence,
is
vice president of
of the Intrafratemity Council, a
member of the
and Desire mentorship program and a
participant in the Campus Crusade for Christ/Impact program. He works
in the Kehr Union and is co-director at a summer camp. •
6
Notability
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Record Setter
EMPTY BOWLS RAISES $5,000
FOR FOOD CUPBOARD
THIS SPRING'S Empty Bowls
Banquet
set a record, raising
more
than $5,000 to benefit the
Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. Diners
enjoyed soups from area restaurants
during the ninth annual banquet,
sponsored by the
SOLVE volunteer
More than 125 BU students
participated in Empty Bowls. •
office.
Wimba Wins
AWARD
TEAM GETS DISTANCE
A FOUR-MEMBER team headed by
Sam Slike, who recently retired as
professor of exceptionality pro-
grams, received
the platinum
award
for distance
education during
the
IMS
Global
Learning
Consortium (IMS
Beach,
Calif.
GLC) in Long
The award, the orga-
nization's highest, recognized the
team's success using
known
Wimba, now
as Blackboard Collaborate,
for online courses in education
of the deaf/hard of hearing and
speech pathology. The presentaWork:
tion was titled Wimba
Global Awareness
Improving Access for High-Needs
AN ANONYMOUS $100,000 gift to the Bloomsburg University Foundation
Career Education.
will further international education
@
A total of 30 finalist teams from
competed for the awards.
Also attending the consortium
was John Cavanaugh, chancellor
of the Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education. •
15 countries
and the mission of the Global
Awareness Society International (GASI). GASI, a non-profit academic
and professional organization based at BU, promotes peace by fostering understanding and mutual respect through multicultural and
global education.
The anonymous gift establishes the Dr. and Mrs. Chang Shub Roh
and Family Global Awareness Scholarship Fund which will encourage
BU students to prepare abstracts and make presentations at GASI's
annual conferences, held
Yes to
Noh
faculty
at locations
member, serves as GASI's
Pomfret, a retired faculty
FOR FIRST TIME
Foundation Board of Directors. •
credits
from Bloomsburg
17th year, the
University. In
its
Noh Training
Project (NTP)
intensive, three-week
is
an
in the dance, chant and
instruments of classical Japanese
Noh drama, one of the oldest con-
performed theatre forms
Bloomsburg Theatre
in the world.
Ensemble, established in 1978,
is
current
BU
by vice chair James
member of the BU
Capitol Research
SENIOR PRESENTS POSTER IN D.C.
A SENIOR GEOLOGY and planetary geoscience major presented his research,
and GIS to Map Subzones within
Marsh near Wallops Island, Va.," in Washington, D.C,
last spring. Research by Brian Gulp, a resident of Danville
and native of Grand Island, N.Y., was among 74 presentations chosen from more than 700 reviewed for the Council
of Undergraduate Research "Posters on the Hill" event. BU
faculty members Cynthia Venn and Michael Shepard of
the geography and geosciences department were
co-authors of Gulp's research, which also was featured
during BU's Research Day in late April. •
"Integration of Quickbird Satellite Imagery
summer
program
tinually
worldwide. Roh, a retired
chair, assisted
member and
COLLEGE CREDITS AVAILABLE
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS Summer's
Noh Training Project at Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble could, for the
first time, earn three academic
BENEFITS STUDENTS
a
resident professional acting company
housed in downtown Bloomsburg's
Alvina Krause Theatre. •
a Salt
FALL
2011
7
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
aroundruE uad
NBEA Leader
Brown Returns
FORMER ADMINISTRATOR IS
NEW LIBERAL ARTS DEAN
A FORMER INTERIM dean returned to BU this summer
OLIVO ELECTED PRESIDENT
JOHN OLIVO, chair of business
as dean of BU's College of Liberal Arts. James Brown,
previously dean of Arts and Sciences
technology management, was elected
president of the National Business
and professor of English
Education Association (NBEA).
Mansfield
at
BU for five years as
University, served
assistant dean, associate
NBEA is a professional organization
dean and
interim dean of BU's College of Liberal
Arts.
education and information and
He also headed BU's
teacher edu-
for individuals
and groups involved in
and disseminating
teaching, administering, researching
information for and about business. •
cation unit from 2008 to 2009, coordi-
nating the National Council for
(NCATE)
Accreditation of Teacher Education
reaccred-
itation efforts.
Earlier in his career.
Brown was
a professor of
English at Charleston Southern University, where he
also directed the honors program.
He earned
a bache-
lor's
degree from Slippery Rock University and mas-
ter's
and doctoral degrees from Ohio
Man of Faith
NEW PRIEST JOINS CCM
THE REV. TIM MARCOE began his ministry as Catholic
Campus
Ministry's
dean
for the past
two
priest in June.
Bom in
Tim graduated from
Millersville University in 2001 with a
State University.
bachelor's degree in meteorology
Julie Kontos, professor of psychology, served as the
College's interim
new
Allentown, Father
studied for the priesthood at
years. •
Vincent Seminary, Latrobe.
ordained
and
St.
He was
at St. Patrick Cathedral,
Harrisburg.
First
and Goal
Finding his calling as a student leader
in Millersville's Catholic
EVANS MAKES LEADERSHIP GIFT
role at
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION'S
and Goal," a
$2 million endowed
scholarship campaign
"First
to benefit
is
gift
thanks in
of $500,000 from
Jahri Evans
Campaign
the 'First
with the
and Goal'
are. left to right,
Gerald Frey
71.
BU
campus through spiritual and social activities.
Father Tim says he wants to create a comfortable
place of worship for students and plans to continue the
work of his
predecessor, the Rev. Jeff Thorns.*
more than halfway
part to a leadership
off
'07,
guard
New Orleans
Way withMCGUIRE
Words
COSIDA HONORS
TOM MCGUIRE, BU's
won first place in
(CoSIDA) annual writing contest.
McGuire won in the coach/administrator category for his story on
Huskies athletic trainers Allen
and Roxie Larsen, featured in the
Jahri Evans 07 and Steph Pettit
raised through the
"First
and Goal" campaign
will
make an
additional
$80,000 to $100,000 in scholarship funds available
each year. The leadership committee is led by co-chairs
Gerald Frey
The
and Steph Pettit '89.
Redman Stadium will be named
field at
of Huskies coach
campaign
Danny Hale at
8
the conclusion of the
"First and
the
Bloomsburg University Foundation
Goal" campaign, see www.bloomufdn.org.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
2010 issue of Bloomsburg: The
University Magazine. McGuire's
honor
in spring 2012. •
For information on
and the
fall
'71
in
sports information director,
District 2 in the College Sports
Information Directors of America
and former
Ail-American. Funds
Saints
President
David Soltz, Coach Danny Hale,
Ministry, he sees his
BU football,
to its goal,
Kicking
Campus
BU as bridging the gap between church and
award was presented
at the
CoSIDA Convention
in Florida. •
To reread the winning story, see
www.bloomu.edu/magazine.
ON THE HILL
FOR UP-TO-DATE SCORES AND
COVERAGE, GO ONLINE
bjTOM MCGUIRE
A
BUHUSKIES.COM
Fame Career
Hall of
BU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MARY GARDNER RETIRES AFTER 23 YEARS
MARY GARDNER, a pioneer in women's intercollegiate athletics, retired in June after 23
years leading the Huskies athletic program.
One of the first female athletic
directors in
the country responsible for both the men's
and women's athletics programs, Gardner
was appointed Bloomsburg University's
athletic director in July 1988 after six months
as interim director. Her duties included
overseeing the daily activities of the university's
20 varsity teams, including budget,
personnel,
National Collegiate
facilities,
(NCAA) and
Athletic Association
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) compliance, and summer camps.
Calling her years at
BU "rewarding, both
personally and professionally," Gardner says
she'll
miss the daily contact with student
athletes, coaches
have been
and support
staff.
"There
many changes throughout my
tenure as athletic director. All have been positive for the university
Many challenges lie
and
athletics in general.
ahead, but
I
am confident
our
staff,
will
meet those challenges head-on and conmost competitive
with the administration's support,
tinue to be one of the
schools in the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference.
It
has been an honor to be a part
of Bloomsburg University for the past 37 years."
Prior to heading the athletic department, Gardner
was an
final stage of a project to
In recognition of her achievements, she
assistant professor in BU's exercise science
department and served as associate director of athletics.
She initiated and served as head coach of the women's
(NACDA) athletic director of the year for the
Association of Collegiate
coach, registering a four-year record of 20-12-9.
of the year.
Gardner coached 44 Ail-Americans, several of whom
individual national
During the past
six years,
Gardner had oversight
northeast region in 2001. In 2003, the National
Women Athletics Administrators
(NACWAA) honored her as Division II athletic director
The Hatboro
degrees
titles.
for
the university's $18 million athletic facilities renovations,
including All Sports Stadium, the tennis complex,
Redman Stadium and the Nelson Field House.
Currently, the Danny Litwhiler baseball field is in the
was named
the National Association of Collegiate Directors of
Athletics
swimming and diving program for 14 seasons, posting
an overall record of 88-28, and led the men's program
for one season. She also was BU's first field hockey
won
update bleachers, dugouts,
fencing and walkways.
at
native earned bachelor's
and master's
East Stroudsburg University, where she
was the school's first three-time national champion in
swimming and a varsity letter winner in both field
hockey and swimming. She is a member of both the
Hatboro-Horsham and East Stroudsburg University
halls of fame. •
FALL 2011
9
ON THE HILL
=H|t
sports
A Banner Season
BLOOMSBURG HOSTS
IN
10
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ONE YEAR
"NCAA manuals cover every
aspect of operation at one of their
championships," says McGuire.
"They leave nothing to chance,
right
down to the time for the national
anthem. We've hosted so many
times we know much of what's in
manual without reading it."
Sometimes, BU juggles multiple
championships. That happened
the
last
March when
the
PSAC Women's
the Huskies hosted
Basketball
championship on Friday and
Saturday and the EWL Division I
national qualifying tournament on
Sunday.
And that doesn't count a
women's basketball quarterfinal
game on Tuesday and a home
lacrosse game on Wednesday.
It's
HAVE hosted
THE HUSKIESpostseason
matcha
variety of
tions, athletic training
Athletic Association
"When we learn that BU will be
we print tickets, assign
(NCAA)
the host,
field
NCAA foot-
student-workers, get the pre-game
ball playoffs to Eastern Wrestling
music together and make sure
officials have a locker room, among
League (EWL) championships and
a laundry
hockey
final four
lots of Softball.
and
This past year,
all
or part of 10 championships were
Preparation
that's
student-athletes, says
Tom
McGuire, director of sports
operations.
on the visiting
team and the sports information
their counterparts
staff"
infor-
mation, but the length of time available for preparation varies from
event to event. Sites for sports like
and swimming championships are known a
year ahead and Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
game
(PSAC) playoff
locations generally are set a
few months
in advance. In other
sports, however, hosting is deter-
mined by a team's record in conference play and may allow as few as
10
creates programs, builds
Web
pages for fans, writes press releases
and makes arrangements for
coverage by sports reporters from
newspapers, TV and radio.
Hosting an
tennis, wrestling, track
NCAA playoff is
NCAA
more complicated. The
office requires
each school willing
run the game or tournament to
complete forms covering details
including where teams and officials will stay— not in the same
hotel— seating capacity and the
to
restrooms' proximity to the
field.
48 hours for preparation. That's
Wood is responsible for submitting
when three
those forms by deadline.
staffs— athletic opera-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
much fun
SOFTBALL PLAYER LACY MAURO
of Jersey Shore was named firstteam All -American by
the National Fastpitch
Athletic trainers coordinate with
is key to putting on
memorable for the
too
Mauro Honored
of items," says
Kevin Wood, director of athletic
contested at Bloomsburg.
an event
list
It's
watching the Huskies win. •
information— get to work.
ups on the upper campus,
from the National Collegiate
and sports
a lot of work, but there are
no complaints.
Coaches Association
(NFCA). The catcher
capped her college
career with a brilliant
senior season, leading Bloomsburg
in hitting, with a mark of .404,
homers (10), RBIs (35) and hits
(59). She was tied for the team lead
in doubles with 11 and was second
runs scored with 33. Mauro also
led the Huskies with 18 multi-hit
games and had 10 multi-RBI
in
games.
Mauro
also
was named the
2011
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Central
Division Athlete of the Year, the
first-team
All-PSAC Central two
years in a row, first-team All-Atlantic
Region by Daktronics and firstteam All-Region by the NFCA. •
Academic
Champions
COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION
Directors (CoSIDA) recognized
^H^H
three
BU student-
athletes for their
work
^^y^l
l^^^l
in the
B
3
competition.
^
fl
tennis player Laura
classroom and in
Women's
Dingman's
earned second-
Sullivan,
Ferry,
team All-District 2
honors in the at-large
category; she also
was named
Pennsylvania State
Live Coverage
THE HUSKIES GAME at Indiana
broadcast Thursday, Sept.
IWl^J*^JHH
University of Penns\ Ivania will be
15, at
CBS
Sports Netvs^ork (fonnerly
CBS
District 2
College Sports),
and simulcast on wvsw.ncaa.org. Alumni Affairs "watch" parties
are planned across Pennsylvania.
Bloomsburg's football team last appeared on national T\' during
the 2006 season when ESPN2 broadcast the Huskies in the NCAA
II
Coplay, for softball
To be
the
Baseball Recognition
this spring.
Hunter,
was
named PSAC
4-1
East Freshman of the
with a team-best 3.10
which he struck out seven and walked two.
Hunter also tossed a three-hit shutout against Kutztown University
which helped the Huskies move into playoff contention on the season's
final weekend. Hunter had three complete games on the season and
opponents hit just .254 off him. In PSAC East-only games Hunter was
Millersville University in
Inductees Announced
year's inductees are
Splain
'92,
Petersen
to 142.
This
Tracy Price
swimming; Mike
'92,
tennis; Rich Kozicki
swimming; Lori Shelly '91, softball; and Denise Miller Warner '99,
field hockey and softball.
'76,
The Hall of Fame dinner will be
ERA.
held in the Kehr Union Ballroom.
Collins, in his sixth season,
was chosen PSAC Eastern Division Coach
of the Year. In 2011, he guided the Huskies to their first PSAC playoff
berth in 13 years after posting an 11-13 mark in PSAC East action, includ-
BU finished with
PSAC championship tournament. •
ing wins in six of the their final eight division games.
and went
•
THE INDUCTION OF the 30th BU
Athletic Hall of Fame class on
number of honorees
Among his wins was a four-hit shutout
of nationally ranked, PSAC East champ
23-21 record
PSAC Top 10 team.
Friday, Oct. 21, will bring the total
ERA for the
season.
4-0 with a 0.97
CoSIDA
Hall of Fame
BU FRESHMAN PITCHER Kyle Hunter of Lehighton and head baseball
coach Mike Collins were honored by the Pennsylvania State Athletic
I^^^^B i^^^^I^^ Conference (PSAC) for their accomplishments
Year,
eligible for the
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isci:. bloomu.edu/magazinc.
J
and Joey
awards, a student-athlete must
have an overall GPA of at least 3.30.
national semi-finals against North^^ est Missouri State.
^
to
Bloomsburg, for baseball.
laniero,
Locations of alumni "watch" parties will be posted, as available, at
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All-
CoSIDA
honors also went
Shavaun Fisher,
syndicated to regional sports networks and local television stations
Division
Athletic Conference
(PSAC) Spring 10
team. Second team
8 p.m. as part of the six-game 2011
NCAA Division II Football Game of the Week package. The game will
be featured on
to the
2-2 in the
a
Call the
BU sports information
office at (570) 389-4413 for ticket
information. •
For more information on
this year's
inductees, see www.buhuskies.com.
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ALUMNI PROFILE
]
Driller
Instinct
whole world watched
last fall as 33 Chilean miners were pulled from far
below the earth's surface. BU alumnus Ed Breiner '77
had a special interest in the rescue. He leads the
company that manufactured the life-saving drill.
It's
no exaggeration
by
to say the
JACK SHERZER
were considering another drilling option for
main rescue. They projected the rescue would succeed
by Christmas, but Breiner knew there was a faster way.
He was right. The Schramm rig first thought of as "Plan
B" ended up breaking through to the miners and making
the rescue possible by mid-October.
authorities
Initiative.
the
Reacting to news that 33 miners in Chile are trapped
and copper mine and need to be rescued.
in a gold
Running a $125 million drilling rig company as the
economy falls off a cliff. Figuring out the way forward
in the
shaky world that follows.
For Edward J. Breiner, president and
Chester-based
CEO of West
experience in the U.S. and across the world have taught
it
doesn't pay to wait for events to overtake you.
"Take
initiative,
don't wait for
someone to tell you
what to do— if you see a snake, kill it," says Breiner, 55,
who graduated from Bloomsburg in 1977 with a bachelor's
degree in accounting. "In
my career I've never had
someone tell me to stop doing something.
tell
me to start
Initiative.
Schramm Inc., decades of business
had them
doing something, so take initiative and the
I've
world will follow."
As the head of one of the leading manufacturers of
drilling equipment— drilling rigs used all over the world
ground" for anything from minerals
and water to natural gas and oil— Breiner directed his
employees to work on rescue plans as soon as he heard
about the Aug. 5, 2010, Chilean mine collapse that trapped
33 men nearly a half mile under ground. And he started
"to put holes in the
out of the economy. By the fourth quarter of 2008, Breiner
was suddenly looking at $20 million in canceled orders.
"It was clear something was wrong. This was a liquidity
crisis;
it
wasn't like other business recessions.
I
knew we
had to act fast."
IngersoU Rand days
Working in manufacturing came naturally to Breiner.
He grew up in Easton, and his father worked for
IngersoU Rand as a machinist. Though his father had
only finished the 10th grade, he essentially became an
industrial engineer without the formal education, the
go-to
man to solve equipment problems,
Breiner recalls.
In high school and through college, Breiner
worked
for the company in departments ranging from boiler-
without being asked.
Immediately after the coUapse, a
It was the same "kill the snake" attitude that kept
Schramm from going under when the bottom dropped
Schramm rig made
the initial borehole that located the miners, but Chilean
making to inventory control.
Breiner initially enrolled in Shippensburg State
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13
College, but followed his wife-to-be,
the former Julie Miller, to Bloomsburg,
where they graduated together in
1977.
Married for 32 years, they have
three
grown children, two sons and
a daughter.
After graduation, Breiner joined
Ingersoll
Rand as an accountant in
New Jersey before getting the opportunity that
would change the direction
of his life— an opening at the company's drill rig
manufacturing plant in
Garland, Texas. While there, he
earned his
MBA from the University
of Dallas and became certified in pro-
duction and inventory management.
Just as significantly, he
worked in
various jobs, from managing inventory
control to troubleshooting problems.
Accounting taught Breiner discipline
and collaboration with employees at
IngersoU Rand and other companies
nurtured his interest in working with
people.
He also learned about dealing
with change as the company closed
four manufacturing divisions else-
where and brought the work to his plant. "I loved it:
bringing order to chaos. We had fun, and we had people
that worked well together," he says.
He also saw firsthand how technology was making
manufacturing more efficient and reducing the number
of workers needed.
president
He returned to Pennsylvania as vice
and branch manager for equipment sales
Ingersoll Rand's offices in Lewisberry, but
that the
at
he could see
company was continuing to make changes.
Rand sold every division
"This was the industry
I
grew up in and knew best,
and Schramm is a great business," he says. "Seventy
percent of its revenue comes from overseas and you get
to meet people from all over the globe. It was just good
fortune that I had the opportunity to structure a leveraged buyout of a company and become an owner."
Breiner initially became vice president of marketing
and, after demonstrating leadership to the satisfaction of
Richard
Schramm and the company's board of directors,
Eventually, he notes, IngersoU
was named chief operating officer a year after he joined
he'd been involved with, including the drill division in Texas.
the company.
Joining
Schramm
Inc.
Then, in 2000, Richard
about taking over the
Schramm approached Breiner
drill rig
company his family
founded in 1900. The fourth generation to run the
company, Schramm was 65 years old, had no children
and was looking for someone who could take the firm
into the future.
Schramm says he met Breiner at Ingersoll Rand,
him at trade shows and industry committees
and was struck by his natural leadership qualities and
overall knowledge of the business.
talked with
"When he gets in a group of people who have a task
to perform,
sibilities.
he comes up with ideas and takes on respon-
He's just a clear leader," says
Schramm, now the
company's chairman and consultant on various projects.
For Breiner, it was the right opportunity at the
right time.
14
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The timing of the deal also was right. The commodities
market was taking
off, and money the
"Take initiative and
the world willfollow, "
^^P^^^ borrowed
buy Richard
Schramm's majority
stock position was paid off in 18 months. Bookings for
new equipment were flowing in and the company, under
Breiner's direction, started expanding into drilling rigs
for energy exploration. That business, which includes
rigs used for natural gas in Pennsylvania's MarceUus
Shale and Canada's tar sands, accounts for about 40
percent of the company's revenue today.
to
-Ed Breiner '77
When the Great Recession hit, Breiner's careful business planning pulled
Schramm through.
drilling business is cyclical, he'd
Realizing the
planned for a 30 percent
was different and required the quick
action of initial layoffs and careful money management.
slowdown. But
this
own temperature is used for heating and cooling.
"We had no debt going into 2009 and we had no debt
coming out of 2009, but we borrowed in between," he
says, recalling a point when the company was burning
earth's
through $8 million a month with few orders coming in.
The long lead time needed for constructing the huge
within a
drilling rigs
While
he's built his career
on taking the initiative,
Breiner says he also believes in taking
company to
all
sorts of jobs
learn the ropes. "In the middle of
my career, I spent a lot of time moving laterally in an
means materials and parts are ordered
organization.
I
took a
lot
of jobs that weren't promotions;
months in advance. Work continues, even when cancellations come in. "We did make money in 2009," he says. "I
was determined we could but we didn't make much."
Now commodities are on an upswing, and so is
Schramm. Looking ahead, Breiner has been studying
"The end result was I became a generalist. I
recommend anytime you have the opportunity to learn
something new, to go someplace different, take it." •
carbon sequestration, the process of placing the carbon
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and Pennsylvania
The firm is also
beginning to buUd rigs for geothermal use, in which the
native.
they were side positions to learn something else," he
says.
...
given off as pollution into the ground.
He currently lives in Harrisburg.
The Chilean Mining Accident
When
the walls of a
mine
Copiapo, Chile, caved
Aug.
5,
2010,
in
in
Brothers.
on
began
Edward Breiner
The crew
a
drilling
rescue hole
heard predictions that 33 trapped miners
dubbed as "Plan B"
might not be freed
while efforts using
Christmas.
until
Without being asked or asking, he
team
another
West Chester-based
Schramm Inc. to look for ways to make
the rescue happen sooner
Schramm rigs can be found around
the world. Although one wasn't being
used at the cave-in's site, the crew from
directed his
a nearby mining
Schramm
drillings.
rig to
at
company brought in
make the initial test
Breiner says
rigs are especially
good
holes that were needed
for the kinds of
—the
initial
holes to find the miners and send water
and
nutrition to
large
sent
enough
down
by-one.
them and the
later hole
for the thin rescue capsule
to bring the
Schramm
men
back one-
drilling rigs,
ration, the bits of earth
needed
rescue, a
hole
is
by geologists. For a mine
drill bit
that can carve out a
just what's needed.
As Breiner and
his
team looked
at
Edward Rendell contacted the Chilean
government and offered assistance,
some
was lowered
that
work
we needed
us
to
The 28-inch
Breiner says.
out,"
that they said, 'You tell us
into the hole.
'There were things
what the machine was designed for so
we had to get with the engineers to make
sure
it
of the
could handle
we
reasons
it.
Frankly that's one
sent a technician to
Chile for six
weeks.
machine so
it
We
could pull
had
to adjust the
more
weight."
Finally after 33 days of drilling
—one
to
make
a hole a foot wide and the
second
to get
it
needed
for the
pass
was
to the full
28 inches
rescue capsule
done. Four days
later, all
—the job
min-
of the
ers were rescued.
knew
Francis
of
want
didn't
way
To
CEO
McGuire. president and
P.
Major
to get in the
Drilling
the Canadian
Group
International,
company which, along
ideas being discussed at
Schramm. The Chilean government was
interested, and a Schramm T130XD rig
was brought to the site by Geotec Boyles
it's
an example
Schramm's
"In
put
in
of Breiner
and
like this,
try to
Schramm guys
"
thing about
fit
it
in
very well, and the
it
over"
customer support and overknowledge of the business are the
attention to
all
reasons his company does business
with
Schramm and why
Breiner serves
on his company's board of directors.
"Why
When
we
like
Schramm
you"re out
in
is really
service.
the middle of Africa,
in
the middle of a jungle, your machine
is
down and
important
it's
to get
costing $10,000 a day
your part
Ik
in
this is a field that
it's
48
to
hours. Ed understands that totally
He
has a
high service component."
In the wake of the Chilean rescue.
Schramm has offered its expertise to
companies about responding
mine rescues. Breiner says the
Chinese, who have a history of coal mine
train other
to
accidents, have purchased
"It
you always
your most-seasoned people. The
Chileans organized
that team,
to taking
McGuire says Breiners expertise,
specifically for
strengths.
cases
what you want
we're part of this team,' as
understands
Breiner did not go to Chile. He
and
to do,
opposed
diameter rescue hole was larger than
with others, drilled to find the miners,
the options, then-Pennsylvania Gov.
including
involved, designing
the rescue capsule
he had good people there, he says,
for
sampling are sent up through the hollow stem so they can be bagged for
later analysis
NASA was
already
being used by other companies in Chile,
were perfect.
The process, called "reverse circulation drilling," uses high-pressure air
and a hollow stem drill bit, Breiner
says. When used for mineral explo-
swing. Even
in full
a
some Schramm
drilling
system were also
use
in
wasn't a no-brainer
drilling job,"
Schramm
rigs
rescue operations.
it
was
a tough
Breiner says of the Chilean
rescue. "The interesting part
was
all
the
collaboration that took place."
very well as part of
For more on Schramm, see
McGuire says. "The good
Schramm and
its
people
is
www.bloomu.edu/magazine.
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[
ACADEMIC INNOVATION
]
MARKET
SENSE
the-minute information.
"Our students
have an
will
how real markets work and how their business
opportunity to see
and investment decisions impact
the performance of their funds
and, ultimately, their organizations,"
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Geyfman
"These practical
enhance the global
competitiveness of our students
and our College."
says.
skills will
hub
and econom-
In addition to serving as a
for real-time financial
ic
information, the
FSL will help
move for-
the College of Business
ward
in
two
strategic areas: stu-
dent professional development and
community outreach, says Michael
Tidwell, dean.
"The FSL will provide a learning
environment where students can
develop
skills that will lead to suc-
cessful careers," Tidwell says.
"They
will create projects to solve real-
world problems and learn
how to
demonstrate the value and benefit
they bring to potential employers."
The
lab
on the
first floor
of
THERE WAS A TIME when only
associate professor of finance.
Sutliff Hall also will provide a
those with the extreme personal
designated space for learning and
wealth of the Vanderbilts or
"The lab will integrate business
theory and practice by providing
Rockefellers paid close attention to
access to current global financial
in the lab will give faculty the tools
the world's financial markets.
information and resources."
Today,
it's
a different story as
Slated to launch with the
economic trends influence each
family's pocketbook and each
reopening of Sutliff Hall, the FSL
business' ledger sheet. Sutliff Hall's
cial topics,
new
strategies, portfolio
Financial Services Laboratory
(FSL) will bridge theory, practice
and research
for students in BU's
College of Business.
"In today's global competitive
will focus
on business and finanincluding investment
oriented opportunities.
"We
are accredited by the
Business must serve as a resource
to the surrounding business
wall with market information and
and
access to financial
16
while opening the door to student-
tickers, digital signage, a trading
stock quotes,
Geyfman,
to help local business leaders
develop their financial literacy
Association to Advance Collegiate
more comprehensive
curriculum enriched by hands-on
learning," says Victoria
service; the technology
management,
financial markets and economic
conditions and trends. Real-time
environment, business schools
strive for a
community
LCD TVs with
news coverage
will help students research and
make decisions based on up-to-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Schools of Business," Tidwell
says.
"Any accredited College of
community through
service learning,
consulting,
and internship
and job placement. FSL
us do just that." •
will help
[
By
IT
FACULTY INNOVATION
]
KEVIN GRAY
LEAN
BEGINS WITH an assembly-line environment where
and
the workers (aka college students) learn the ins
outs of a business process while putting together the
hands, faces, casings and internal mechanisms of
Seven hours later, they walk away with an
understanding of a concept used by businesses around
the world to improve various areas of their operations.
clocks.
Lean Manufacturing.
"Any business or supply chain does things
in excess
of absolute necessity," explains Christian Grandzol,
associate professor of management. "This
means
A
a
customer may pay more, wait longer or tolerate lower
quality than necessary."
The "Lean" manufacturing theory, he says, focuses
on continuous improvement, pursuit of perfection and
elimination of waste. Grandzol believes knowledge of
Lean methodology is valuable to college graduates
entering manufacturing and other fields.
The clock-making exercise has been an
experiential component of Bloomsburg
University's curriculum since 2008
when Grandzol and fellow management
professors Stephen Markell and Pamela
on me
methodology,
"Lean/'
is
known simply as
helping BU students gain
an understanding of concepts used
by businesses around the world to
improve their operations.
Business students
where a
faculty
clocks to
under the direction of faculty members
Stephen Markell. Christian Grandzol and
Pamela Wynn. left to right.
Wynn traveled to Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI),
make simple
learn the theory of Lean Manufacturing
group
received a National Science Foundation
grant to improve collegiate Lean curricula.
The WPI group was assessing schools for
Time Wise Management Systems' Lean
simulation program and members believed
Bloomsburg was a good match.
In BU's simulation conducted outside of
once a semester, students— primarily
from the management department's
Supply Chain Operations course— assemble working clocks while implementing
Lean throughout four assembly rounds.
Grandzol says the simulation is effective
class
because of its experiential component— it
allows students to participate in an actual Lean
transformation.
The students
offer ideas for
Students are
clock
initially
Although, as Grandzol points out, most Bloomsburg
improve-
ments, witness the effects of their decisions and work
with their peers to improve the process.
assigned various roles, such as
hand assembler, material handler or inspector.
graduates won't work for manufacturers and don't
how a methodology with "manufacturing"
name will apply to them, "by the end of the
simulation, students recognize how Lean can be applied
realize, at first,
in
its
"In ensuing rounds, the students can choose to reas-
in service industries, accounting, information systems,
sign individuals to value-adding positions," Grandzol
product design, health care
how to deploy scarce and expensive
such as human resources, is a critical
...
nearly any business." •
says. "Deciding
resources,
management
skill."
Kevin Gray is a fi'eelance writer based
Lehigh
in the
Valley.
FALL 2011
17
&
FIRST
.
A SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN
FOR BLOOMSBURG FOOTBALL
On the
field,
Bloomsburg's football program has
never been better. We're on the cusp of national
success at a
level
unprecedented
in
history. And, just as important, this
been achieved while staying true
school
success has
to our values off
the field.
First
and Goal: A Scholarship Campaign
Bloomsburg Football
will
for
improve on this winning
formula by establishing a $2 million endowed
football scholarship.
We want to
continue "doing
it
right" by preparing
our players for new levels of success on the
field, in their
careers and
in
their lives as sons,
husbands, fathers, volunteers and members
of
their communities.
We're more than halfway to our $2 million goal.
We
need your help
to
make
that final play.
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A Step above
STUDENT PROFILE
By HAILI
SHETLER
]
'ii
more competitive job market, college students should actively
participate in campus organizations to enhance their professional qualifications and make contacts in their fields. This involvement was exactly
what Lee Herbert '11 and Megan Miller '11 pursued and promoted at BU.
In today's
AS THE PRESIDENT of the Financial Management
Association (FMA), Herbert led an organization
dedicated to helping students decide
a career in
if
finance sparked their interest. Throughout the academic
year, speakers from financial sectors— like a presenter
from Wells Fargo and a mutual fund manager from
Vanguard— introduced students to their careers and
companies.
BU's
FMA is a "superior chapter," Herbert says, a
designation held by only a few universities. "This status
shows the
level of commitment
members display.
It
and
requires a specific
fortitude our
number of
speakers, financial institution tours and a selection of
other tasks that best
fits
our organization."
Opportunities spawned by
FMA include a recently
working with the Greater
Susquehanna Keystone Innovation Zone. This program
fosters local job growth by helping entrepreneurs, newly
formed startup companies and mature companies identify
and capitalize on new ideas and opportunities.
established internship
"A goal of FMA is to provide opportunities for students
to further themselves.
Any student motivated and willing
to learn about the finance industry
is
supported," says
Herbert.
Miller, president of the
Student Association for Fraud
Examination (SAFE) for 2010-2011 (see story on page
21),
brought speakers to campus to share expertise, including
FBI agents and professional law enforcement
officers.
SAFE is not only a campus group, it is a student
chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
(ACFE), according to Michael Shapeero, professor of
Accounting Association, is proud of her initiative to
encourage SAFE members to be more active. The gold
and maroon membership policy awards points based
on the number of meetings and activities a member
attends. Gold member status on a resume shows job
recruiters a student
While interviewing for positions
ACFE announced a program to
start student chapters and selected BU as one of two
universities to pilot the program. The BU chapter,
tiatives,
founded by Shapeero and Albert Fundaburk, assistant
tive. If you
professor of business education and information and
two,
accounting. In 2005, the
was the ACFE's first student
was recognized by the university in 2006.
was involved and dedicated to the
organization, she says.
says she
was
internships and extracurricular activities.
"There are so
it
last fall, Miller
consistently asked about three things: ini-
many accounting majors. It's competimember of an organization or
are an active
gives
you an edge." •
technology management,
chapter.
It
Miller,
who also served as president of the
Bloomsburg, earned a bachelor's
degree in mass communications/public relations.
Haili Shetler
'11,
FALL 2011
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"IT'S
NOT JUST
ABOUT DELIVERING
EDUCATION. IT'S
GIVING STUDENTS
^RAC T I C AL^Smi^S
TO BUILD A CAREE
IN THE BUSINESS
WORLD AND DO
IT
AT A HIGH LEVEL."
—Michael Tidwell, Dean, College of Business
"We have alumni who are partners in some of the
THERE'S A STACK of college magazines, brochures and
pamphlets underneath Michael Tidwell's desk in his
largest accounting firms in the world," Tidwell says.
temporary office
need to reconnect, so we can show our students and others
Waller Administration Building,
in the
each laying claim to being one of the top business schools
The organized clutter not only signifies the move he is
preparing to make as he leads Bloomsburg University's
College of Business into a newly renovated,
modem edu-
and research center, it's a daily reminder of where
the young dean wants the college to be by 2015.
cation
"We know we have a high-quality program, but we
to start letting
who became dean
There
is
in July 2010 after serving as assistant
known universities in
no reason why we should keep
it
initiative,
will launch its third graduate
the College of Business
program
this
fall.
The new
master's degree program in accounting adds value to
two Centers of Excellence, according to Tidwell.
"Graduate programs are very important, because it's
becoming increasingly difficult to get ahead in this world
with just a bachelor's degree," Tidwell says. "Students
everyone else know," says Tidwell,
dean of Clayton State University's School of Business.
"Our education is as competitive, if not better, than that
of some of the best
we have a top accounting program. Here is the proof"
Building on another
in the country.
need
that
"We
see this.
It's
a secret."
It's
giving
the students practical skills to build a career in the busi-
ness world and do
it
at a
high
level."
A top-notch business program that transforms the
lives of its
the country.
not just about delivering education.
"It's
students goes beyond the classroom, he says.
the networks you have. At the Ivy League universities,
you automatically
know the professional network
for example,
PAYING
dividends
JAIME NORTH
when Michael Tidwell arrived at BU a year
ago, Sutliff Hall
renovation.
The
was undergoing a complete
structure,
College of Business,
that's
isn't
because you're sitting in class
next to future presidents of
companies, future executives of
large firms
and the sons and
daughters of highly successful
entrepreneurs."
These
will
intuitive connections
be made
at
BU,
too,
Tidwell
do a better
job connecting our alumni to
our students. We have alumni
says. "We're going to
who are executives of Fortune
500 companies, executives of
banks listed on the New York
Stock Exchange and executives
home of the
the only thing
in
been under construction.
some
of the largest accounting
firms in the world."
Getting his vision in place
Tidwell's vision is simple
much like a
and straightforward,
He
may
appear second nature to Tidwell because the Southern
accounting program; enhancing the curriculum with
CaUfomia native was groomed to be a business leader.
Bom into a family of entrepreneurs, Tidwell leamed firsthand the traits of success fi'om his father, who was a bank
executive before opening two grocery stores.
"I easily developed an appreciation of business,"
Tidwell says. "I have an entrepreneurial spirit at heart,
and I see the job of a dean as being an entrepreneur. It's
not about pushing paperwork but pushing that vision
forward, much like an entrepreneur would."
Every evening before Tidwell leaves Waller, he looks
across the Academic Quad where the "new" Sutliff Hall
is taking shape. It's as if his vision is coming more into
professional development, specifically the Zeigler
focus each day.
succinct business plan.
says the time
is
one of the foremost business education
schools in the Northeast, a program that produces
graduates with the knowledge, skills and ability to be
highly successful in business. And it should be comright to create
pleted within five years, Tidwell says, citing the theory
of his former dean.
Key
to Tidwell's execution plan is the creation of
four Centers of Excellence, each with specific initiatives
to propel the College of Business to higher levels of
performance. Actions include building an even stronger
Institute for Professional
Development
(see story
on
"If you're
going to one of the best in the Northeast,
(page 20); extending the reach of the international
then you will be one of the best in the country," Tidwell
educationprogram; and continuing to develop advanced
degree opportunities.
says.
Jaime North
is
"With the strong faculty we have here, we can
certainly
make that happen."
•
Web writer and editor at Bloomsburg University.
FALL
2011
21
Terry 76
andJoAnn Schultz Zeigler 77 believe
a
new approach to business
education will better prepare students for careers they'll enjoy, equipped
employers seek. From their conviction grew the
^»j;bonnie martin
Zeigler Institute for Professional Development.
with the all-around
skills
YOU SELECT YOUR MAJOR,
earn
stage to receive your diploma.
obtain that
first
at least
With
120 credits and walk across the
great confidence, you interview
and
company and realize,
career you worked so hard
professional position, settle in to a
before you receive your
first
paycheck, that this
something you just don't ... like.
Bloomsburg University's Zeigler Institute for Professional Development
(ZIPD) is being established this fall to make sure this doesn't happen for the
300 to 400 students who earn a degree from the College of Business each year.
Terry '76, president and CEO of Datacap Systems Inc., Chalfont, and his
wife JoAnn Schultz Zeigler '77 have long believed college students should
receive more guidance to make sure they pursue a career that's a good fit.
Students need to learn about careers early on, they say, to see where their
true interests lie and how areas from marketing to management, accounting to finance, work together. That's the idea behind ZIPD.
to achieve
22
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
"
The Zeiglers believe so strongly in the concept
made the largest philanthropic gift in
.
networking opportunities with alumni and executives, and
The end
they recently
portfolio development.
the history of the Bloomsburg University Foundation -
who are well prepared to enter a business career.
$1.67
be graduates
million— to finance the Zeigler Institute for
'When graduates look for a job,
Professional Development within BU's College of
Business.
they shouldfind something they
"When graduates look for a job, they should
find something they really like to do," Terry Zeigler
says,
result will
really like to do. If they do it
well the money willfollow.
based on his experiences during 28 years as a
business owner. "If they do
it
well, the
money
will follow.
"(We need
to)
— Terry Zeigler '76
give students an idea about
opportunities and expectations so they can choose an
Benek-Rivera
education and career path suitable to their skills and
interests.
is
most excited about another compo-
nent: etiquette training. Students will learn, for example,
The primary objective of the institute is to
the difference between "business professional"
"business casual" attire and
present students with a broad view of job opportunities
them for
and teach them how to
employment interviews, networking events, business
in various business disciplines, educate
in
real -world career applications
luncheons and other professional situations.
look for jobs that
fulfill
"They
their individual requirements."
will learn 'business casual'
with a collar and, for an interview,
ZIPD
The
wear a
institute is a "systematic
approach
to
suit."
it
means
is
a shirt
always better to
she says. "Everyone needs to
make a good first impression."
ZIPD will mean changes to another
prepare stu-
dents, across all four years, for success in the business
Communications and
world," says Joan Benek-Rivera, chair of
course, Business
BU's management department and a
Report Writing, says Maggie O'Connor,
member of the ZIPD
start this fall
task force.
associate professor of business education
"It will
and information and technology management. The class,
open to students who have earned at least 50 credits, is a
with the freshman
Introduction to Business, where students
will learn
about the primary areas in
business: marketing, finance, accounting
business major's only required research
and manage-
Starting this
fall,
the research will be
class.
more tightly
focused on a trend or issue related to the student's major.
ment."
ZIPD will build the personal and
ties
and
how to conduct themselves
professional quali-
students need to succeed and help
them understand
The benefit? Students will not only enhance their "soft"
research and writing skills, they also will have an area of
the interconnectedness of the major elements of the
expertise to discuss while networking or interviewing for
business enterprise, adds Michael Tidwell, dean of BU's
an internship or employment.
O'Connor believes the elements of ZIPD will help
students connect faster with a major. "They will be
College of Business.
The curriculum will include an
executive speaker series,
resume and interviewing seminars.
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LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
It could be said Megan Miller '11 followed the model of the Zeigler
Development (ZIPD) throughout her four years at BU although it didn't yet exist. President of the
Accounting Association and the Student Association for Fraud Examination. Miller pursued leadership
opportunities on her own. That's one of the reasons accounting professor Mike Shapeero recommended her
as the undergraduate member of the College of Business Strategic Planning Committee for 201 0-201 1
The goal of the strategic planning committee, Miller says, is to make sure students get the best
—
Institute for Professional
Miller
education possible, including the professional polish that
ZIPD
will provide
sional attire, interviewing
"It
was
makes
important benefits for students, especially
and resume
in
recruiters take notice.
She believes
the areas of business etiquette, profes-
writing.
a great experience, hearing what goes on behind the scenes and the College of Business'
plans for the next five to 10 years, she says of serving on the strategic planning committee.
"
it
to
my resume
Based on her job search
last fall. Miller
says leadership
experience and extracurricular involvement. Hired
in
is
one
of the traits recruiters are seeking,
mid-November
ParenteBeard's Wilkes-Barre office this month after studying for the
Editor's note:
"I
added
as another leadership opportunity, because every company has a strategic plan.
201
0.
she
will
along with internship
begin her accounting career with
CPA exam during
the
summer
Learn more about Megan Miller on page 17.
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23
groomed very early on to grow in maturity. They will
quickly get on board with their major," she says. "(ZIPD)
is
a structured process to build a competitive advantage
"We knew we needed something like this and had
says.
it
its
market niche, enjoy-
ing 28 years of continued growth and financial success.
Datacap Systems develops and markets electronic payinterfaces that enable cash register and business
system providers to add electronic payments to their
ment
so they are prepared for a career.
started to incorporate
become the leading supplier in
into the curriculum,"
O'Connor
"The Zeiglers had the vision and the passion
to
make a difference."
systems. JoAnn Zeigler and the couple's sons, Justin '06
and Jared, a graduate of Lebanon Valley
College,
work
Datacap Systems. Daughter Jenelle Zeigler Ross, also
a Lebanon Valley graduate, is a biologist with Merck and
Co. working on drug safety protocol.
for
Zeigler says leading a small
company provides a
from big business. "In my world,
people have to be able to execute a wide variety of tasks
different perspective
and be willing to work across department
lines.
Students with a good, well-rounded understanding of
how business
value to a
units interact dramatically increase their
company like Datacap. Increasing students'
personal value to a future employer must be the university's
primary goal."
BU
BU
President David io[{z.
meets with Terry Zeigler 76.
center and JoAnn Schultz
Zeigler 77.
In addition to the professional development program,
a two-room conference suite in the newly renovated
Sutliff Hall
space
President David Soltz
has been named for the Zeiglers. "But the
is ancillary,"
Tidwell says. "The institute
is
successful business owners."
awarded annually
financial need.
The Zeiglers
named to the BU
was in his 20s when he and two partners
Zeigler, recently
of Directors,
Foundation Board
a
with
had the
vision
available within a general business setting.
a student's future success."
is
and the passion
to make a difference.
college with
critical to
to talented business students
''The Zeiglers
Terry Zeigler, a native of Pottstown, remembers entering
no idea of what career opportunities were
During
summers, he worked on a construction crew building
houses and operated machinery at a die-casting plant.
"In those task-oriented jobs, you knew exactly what's
expected and the specific pay rate for what you
produce," he says. "But, what does a career look like
within the other business segments that develop,
administrate, market and support that actual process
of building houses or molding parts? What are those
supporting jobs, what do you actually do each day and
what is the earning potential? It can be hard to grasp.
With a shift from a production economy to an
intellectual asset economy, creating that visibility
ZIPD
endowed scholarship
Terry and JoAnn Zeigler's investment in
"natural sequence" to their
ZIPD means."
be
grateful for the Zeiglers'
"The Zeigler Institute for Professional Development
wiU give our students a distinct advantage," Soltz says.
"They will not only pursue careers that are a good fit for
them personally, but they will acquire the well-rounded
perspective necessary to become valued employees and
about the program. The space reminds students what
will
is
dedication to educating tomorrow's business leaders.
left,
—
Maggie O'Connor, associate professor of business education
and information and technology management
"This
is all
about improving the educational process,"
Zeigler says of ZIPD.
ment
"JoAnn and I don't see our involve-
as merely a donation, but as an investment in help-
ing students to prepare for
economy.
life
in
an
intellectual asset
We want to be able to look back in the coming
years and see that the program has merit and justifies
the investment." •
Editor's note:
Learn more about the Zeiglers and the Zeigler
Institute for Professional Development in the
Bloomsburg
University Foundation's 2010-2011 annual report.
started Datacap Systems. Blending individual expertise
in operations, business
24
and engineering, the firm has
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bonnie Martin is editor of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
[
NEW FACILITIES
SUTLIFF HALL, home
.
]
of the College of Business, is reopening after
more than
a year of renovations.
and an impressive fagade, the $9.5 million project doubles the size of
By haili shetler 'n
a completed total of 52,000 square feet.
After adding a third floor
the original building for
"The current program needs for the
before major renovations or
began employment as an assistant
College of Business, as well as the
replacements are needed,"
Reitmeyer explains. "However, the
to teach arithmetic. Later, Sutliff
needs of academic programs and
infrastructure can make buildings
degrees from Lafayette College. In
vation and expansion project," says
Colin Reitmeyer, assistant director
become obsolete
of facilities.
periods of time. Sutliff Hall
The newly renovated Sutliff
Hall will accommodate classrooms,
laboratories and offices for the
overdue for major changes."
aged condition and worn-out systems
within the building, drove the reno-
College of Business, the instructional
technology department, previously
in
McCormick
Center,
and the
economics department, previously
The two-story
lobby will feature an open staircase
and a Wall of Fame to honor
in
much
received bachelor's and master's
1921,
he was appointed
to a
newly
created position at Bloomsburg,
shorter
dean of instruction, today known as
was
the provost.
Sutliff was the 92-year-old guest
Built in the late 1950s, Sutliff Hall
is named for William Sutliff^, who
was bom in Stillwater in 1867.
of honor at the dedication of the
While teaching in Luzerne County,
he enrolled at Bloomsburg State
Normal School and, after graduation.
1959. Dedication of the
original building's cornerstone in
Hall
is
new Sutliff
planned for spring. •
in Bakeless Center.
A YEAR LATER
who graduated from BU's College of
2010 were employed or attending graduate school a year after receiving
their diplomas. The majors offered in 2009-2010. the number of graduates per
major and the percentage of graduates at work or continuing their education are:
Eighty-nine percent of the 345 students
Business
successful alumni.
Adjacent to the lobby, the
Financial Services Laboratory
is
in
# of Graduates
Major
% Working/Furthering Education
a Wall Street- inspired learning
Accounting
65
91.1
space equipped with the latest
Business Education
12
83.3
3
66.7
financial software, real-time
Business
Systems
Info
Computer
Info
Systems
tickers, digital signage, a trading
Finance
wall with market information and
Info/Technology
stock quotes and
LCD TVs with
access to financial news.
The
Management
Management
Marketing
Management
8
100
38
83.9
2
119
Info
Systems
100
84
1
100
97
96.6
renovation creates a facility that
meets the needs of today's students,
including technologically
advanced classrooms, and new
mechanical and electrical systems.
"Classroom buildings typically
have a lifecycle of 30 to 35 years
of 87.9 percent of last year's 1 .508 graduates from all four colleges were
permanently employed, teaching or continuing their education a year after graduation. In addition to the College of Business' 89.2 percent, the placement rates were
College of Education. 31 1 graduates. 79.3 percent: Liberal Arts, 497 graduates, 86.1
percent; and Science and Technology 355 graduates, 96.2 percent.
A total
-Source:
BU
Career Development Center s Post-Graduation Activities Report
See each step of Sutliff Hall's renovation at ioww.hloomu.edu/magazine.
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25
lloomsburg Universi
'Pennsylvania
notes
Edited For Success
"THE ONLY TIME
I've
Deen," Rich Uliasz
speechless. All
I
been
'97
really star struck is
when I met Paula
says of the Food Network
star. "I
was
could do was just shake her hand."
This says a lot for the seasoned CNBC business news video ediwho has worked with celebrities including TV reporter Geraldo
tor
Rivera, media personality and businesswoman Martha Stewart
and former tennis gi-eat and talk show host John McEnroe.
After choosing BU because of its size and location, Uliasz
gravitated towards mass communications, specifically video
production. Wlien it was time to choose an internsliip, his adviser
presented two options: Uliasz could accept an opportunity with
CNBC or with the newly ci-eated Food Network. The self-proclaimed
"news junkie" chose CNBC, a decision that led to full-time employment beginning a month before graduation.
In addition to working with celebrities, Uliasz has edited major
interviews with Tim Geithner, U.S. Secretary of the Ti-easury, and
Ben Bemanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve. "I am proud ot
of
these interviews because millions of people pay attention, and I
£
.
know they passed through my hands," he says.
Uliasz, who also was an editor for curling events during the
2006 Winter Olympic Games, currently works on Fast Money
and Mad Money with im Cramer.
"I never guessed in a thousand years I'd have the opportunity to
do what I've done. You go down a path you think is best and hope
it works out. I'm lucky it's going extremely well," says Uliasz.
Editors note: To learn
26
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1.00
Msn
u
more about
Rich Uliasz, see
m; univkksity or
im:
nnsv
www.btoomu edu/magazine./
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3
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Susan Ursprung, Lancaster,
1961
1973
William Stevenson, a tax accountant,
penned a children's book,
Ricky's
Dream
Trip through the Solar
System, about a
solar system
boy
who tours the
on a rocket ship with
Dan Brunish and
shop he owns
the sandwich
Pottstown were
in
featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer
grandfather
story. Brunish's
established the shop during the
his grandfather.
Great Depression.
1965
1975
Rocco "Rocky" Forte was
Lynne Mikylychak
inducted posthumously into the
husband,
and
won
WITF/WGAL Great
Award
Dan
Beitler
Beitler
'74.
and
are
Hillsborough High School
proud grandparents of Alexa
Susanne
tion of his contribution as a
28, 2010.
Beitler,
bom on March
won the
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA)
national championship.
branch and
is
retail
Donna Stefanowicz Yanuzzi,
Pittston,
NASA Goddard Space
ming coach
at
FNB Commercial
affiliate
1978
Berret, associate
1983
P
professor of busi-
Lisa Marie Dellinger Smithgall,
Alvemia
Tennessee, vice president for
University, is co-
Women's and
ness
the
at
2011 Centennial Conference
author of the book. Planning in
Men's Swimming Coach of the
Reverse:
During his
career, he's
A
Viable
Approach
Children's Services
to
Athletic Conference
and one Atlantic
awards
States
Swim
Conference award.
Sweitzer,
owner of the
was
*
Anne Shaloka Wilson is superin-
East Tennessee State University.
tendent of Sudbury Public Schools
Her dissertation was titled
in Massachusetts.
Perceptions of maternal stress
single private
and neonatal patient outcomes in a
Cheryl Newton Potteiger
professor and pres-
County Tennis Hall of Fame. At
superintendent of Bellefonte Area
ident of the General
BU, he
Meade
Collegiate singles
and the
Alliance, earned a
doctorate in nursing science ft-om
inducted into the Lancaster
Society of
Mountain
1979
Temple University
the 1974 Eastern
for
States Health
Organizational Leadership.
1980
won
^_
^
Central Penn Tennis Service,
the author of a
Bank
of First National
V
Anthony Waskie, a
is
for
Leasing, an
of Pennsylvania.
Dickinson College
was named
since 1994,
Thomas
f/
senior vice president,
with West Milton State Bank.
Paul Richards Jr., men's swim-
Flight Center.
Philadelphia,
is
and marketing manager
sales
also received seven Capital
Mark Goldman, Baltimore, is a
senior human resource director
specialist at
Young, Lewisburg,
lending administration manager
p,c
Year.
1968
a Difference
Beth Bachman
wrestling coach and athletic
1965
T.
Susan Huhn Light is director
management and regulatory compliance at Lock
Haven Hospital.
of quality
in 1999.
vice president,
Athletic Hall of Fame in recogni-
He was captain of the
Husky wrestling team that
Make
Teachers
MMI
Preparatory School.
assistant administrator, she
the
high school alma mater,
A former teacher
School District.
Stephen
director.
is
superintendent of Donegal
room versus open
room neonatal intensive care unit
is
environment.
School District.
championship
1975 Pennsylvania State
book, Philadelphia and the Civil
Athletic Conference
War: Arsenal of the Union.
doubles
1971
1976
Gayle Thorpe Baar was awarded
Ralph
Michelle
(PSAC)
Yocum
Walker is the
2011
Outstanding
title.
Professional
a grant
from the Carrollton
Farmers Branch Education
P.
Educator for the
Ferrie
is
superintendent
District, Floral Park, N.Y.
Lt. Col.
1977
Kathy Geiger
Library, Irving, Texas.
retired after 34 years in education.
She taught
Billger,
in the
Boyertown,
Nancy Fruehan Bohr and Gail
districts
Stank Kolenda, both Class of
elementary principal and teacher
39 years while Bohr and her
husband, Dennis Bohr
were vacationing
and spent 22 years as an
Owen J.
District,
Roberts School
Onslow
Sheriff's Office,
Jacksonville, N.C.
Kathy Sokoloski, Christopher
Sokoloski. Pea
and Peg Flynn Hayward
right,
1981
Frank Berleth
tion at
Havward
Kathy McDonald Sokoloski,
in
left,
'84,
former resident assistants
Columbia
Hall, reunited over
dinner in Paris. Sokoloski and her
is
director of educa-
McCann School of Business
and Technology's Hazleton
Campus.
Pottstown.
A licensed nursing home
husband, Leo, were visiting their
son, Christopher, center, a junior
math major who studied in Europe
this spring.
administrator, he has been an
'70,
in Arizona.
County
deten-
Boyertown
Area and Red Lion Area school
in the
T. Zabicki, U.S.
(retired), is a
tion officer with the
1972
after nearly
Walter
Marine Corps
and electronic books for the La
Villita Elementary School
were reunited
District.
of Sewanhaka Central High School
Foundation to fund Color Nooks
1972,
Williamsport Area School
H
Maria Herrity
Flannery
is
adjunct instructor since 2006.
tive director of
1982
operations for the
Richard A. DiLiberto Jr., Newark,
St.
Joseph Medical
Group, Towson, Md.
1984
Mark
execu-
Del., received the
Eyer, Boiling Springs,
is
vice
president of operations at Daily
Express Trucking
Inc., Carlisle.
2010 H.James
Conaway Jr. Award for exemplary
pro bono service to the community
Cameron Smith
and the Delaware Bar Association.
Jefferson University, Philadelphia.
is
administrator for
a research
Thomas
He donated the $1,000 award to his
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Alumnus named
MICHAEL
R.
GILLESPIE
a
CFO
95. chief
of
was
Pennsylvania CFO
Christopher
recently honored as a Central
Hospitality Trust of Harrisburg,
of the Year The Central Penn
Business Journal award program, given for the
first time this year honors financial executives
who contribute to the success of the region's economic growth and stability.
Gillespie was selected for the Growth Specialist
Award based on his career achievements, the
Impact of his contributions to his company and
leadership in other areas. When Gillespie began
with Hersha six years ago. the company had 27 hotels, total assets of
$256 million and a market capitalization of roughly SI 00 million. Today
the company boasts 77 hotels, total assets of SI. 5 billion and a market
capitalization In excess of SI billion.
Top executives from Adams. Cumberland. Dauphin. Lancaster.
Lebanon. Perry and York counties are eligible for the CFO of the
Year Award.
1992
1985
Michael Boguski
tive officer
is
chief execu-
and president of
Eastern Insurance Holdings
Jennifer
1996
1994
Year
accounting officer for Hersha
'92
"pgM,
Chile Pepper Magazine's
Chile
Lancaster.
Dan
Fickes and his company.
Ocean One Productions.
1995
Elbem "Ed"
Jr.
retired
manage-
'95H, a
ment consultant
and former
Bloomsburg
^^fl
K^^H
f^^l
Trustee,
Alkire
J.
Todd Troxell '96M is senior
\ ice
president, lending
and loan
administration, for the
Northumberland National Bank.
1997
Universit\-
was honored by
Michael J. Day
his
is
head basket-
alma mater, Lafayette College,
ball coach at
for distinguished service, receiv-
School in the Wilkes-Barre Area
ing the college's premier award
School District.
He has
serv ed
CoughlLn High
on
1998
BU's College of Business
Foundation Board.
\\
on an
ser\ es as a director
on the
Bloomsburg Public Libran' Board.
Mary Martino
of Jim Thorpe,
in the
Petrecca, formerh
is
the
owner of
category of inten ie^v discussion
myhometownpa.com. a
program. The \%"inning produc-
based Internet marketing company
The yea- Look of Classical
Christian-
S\Tnphony Orchestra.
1993
1987
officer
Scott
Sondra Wozniak Tumbach '87M
a financial consultant wixh First
Columbia Financial Services, a
Columbia Bank
BloomsburK.
Beamer is chief financial
and din
director finance for
PPG Industries
H
Inc..
Europe.
BU
Ljim M. Benfante is a sales executive for \'anguard in Malvern.
t
Todd M.
Homa,
Exton,
is
Scott Blacker
an enter-
prise anal>
st
w ith
He li\"es
Sailer
is
a partner in
and Mandio,
Bucks Count>. He
s~^iH
^1
degree from
Temple University
Law in 2000 and
in G€ne\'a,
is
a
member
of the
Pennsylvania and Bucks County
for
Relationships, Philadelphia.
firm, Blacker
Inc.
received his law
He
director of devel-
Coundl
QVC
"*
2001.
is
for the
also principal in the
the law firm of Begley Carlin
School of
opment
electronic retailer
joined the firm as an associate in
Middle East and
-Africa.
Scott
^^^^H
ll^^H
based in Lancaster Counr\'.
Music, created w^th the Boston
Co.,
the Florida
Institute.
librarian, is a director of the
Sciences/New England
and Trust
Fla., participated in
Supreme Court Justice Teaching
Advisory Board and the
Academy of Tele\"ision Arts and
division of First
Middle School, Jacksonville,
Golden
Central Cokimbia High School
Enun\ from the National
is
a
history teacher at J.E.B. Stuart
Award for sauces.
Association for 2011-12. She also
is
Shannon StaufTer Mann,
Penns> h-ania School Librarians
Inc..
tion
Fla.,
owns Hot Pepper Dudes, a hot
sauce company w hich earned
fo volunteers.
Dammer Bates
Tampa,
T. Billet,
He is
Web design
Communications.
1999
Dr.
Matthew Corse, optometrist
and co-owner of Comprehensive
Eye Associates, Dingmans Ferrv;
was named a fellow of the
.American Academy of Optometr\'.
He also is a captain in the U.S. Air
Force, serving as chief of optometn- services for the 105th Medical
Group, 105th
-Air
Wing,
New York
National Guard.
bar associations.
S\\itzerland, with his wife, Trao,;
1988
and their three children.
\Mlliam J. Kuzo was elected to the
V
Il^^l
"
4
^1
board of directors
Kathryn
ofUNB Corp. and
Park,
owned
subsidiary. The
Jersey 2011
its \\
holh'
was
selected as a
Fi\"e
New
Star Real Estate
.\gent, Birchler Realtors.
Union National
Bank of Moimt Carmel. He was
also
L. Kelchner, Seaside
N.J.,
named chief executi\'e ofiGcer.
Michael Stepa. Lumberton,
N.J.. is
\ice president of Medical
Equipment Finance. Conestoga
Equipment Finance Corp.
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SUSAN SUGRA-BUTERBAUGH
WPMT
89 was promoted to
general sales manager at WPMT F0X43 in York,
where she leads a 10-member advertising sales
team. She joined FOX 43 s staff as an account executive in 2003 and moved to local sales manager in
2008. Sugra-Buterbaugh began her career at
Lancaster Newspapers in 1989 and worked for
Comcast and WGAL-TV before joining FOX 43.
Matthew W. Krapf received
the Lawrence
Jamie Willour earned a master's
2005
Tyson
degree from Lock Haven
Jacob "Jake" MUler traveled
University and
continuing graduate studies in
through Turkey as part of an
assistant at Geisinger Medical
geo-environmental studies
internship
Memorial Scholarship and
at
Mount
St.
is
Jill
2000
Derek
T.
at
Parisi
He
is
a fourth-grade teacher
Abington Avenue School,
Newark,
Melleby wrote the
book, Make College Count.
is
program this summer.
Mary's College.
a physician
Center, Danville.
2008
Patrick S. Brennan 'o8/'09M,
Shamokin,
N.J.
is
teaching secondary
Khuldoon
social studies in the Ibn
2006
the director of the College
is
National School, Bahrain, during
Transition Initiative, a ministry
Rudy Inaba is a nutrition and
of the Center for Parent/Youth
exercise counselor for
2011-12.
Age
Understanding and the Coalition
Management Medicine Group,
Laura Laboskie
for Christian Outreach.
Las Vegas.
nurse
2001
Donald
at
a registered
is
Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville.
Laura Shultz
is
F.
therapist with
a school
MARATHON MEN:
Shipe, a physical
left,
Lycoming
Patricia
Machuzick
is
Physical Therapy, Montoursville,
language pathologist with Spruce
Intermediate Unit in Easton.
presented
Manor Nursing and
2002
Virginia,
Association in
He spoke on
a sales support executive for
New Orleans.
Dynamic Posturography System
Improve Balance
in
is
Jennifer
tions
2003
team
for the
Southern
Nevada Water Authority/Las
Vegas Valley Water
a mental health
is
also
a dance instructor at Fabrege
Four alumni began terms on the
•
Township's
new
recreation director.
filling
the position of her late
husband.
former
board
Bill
Derricott
'66, a
BU Alumni Association
Beth K. Alleman, York,
is
a social
Penn-Mar Human
Services,
is
Pennsylvania Press Club for the
series. Live from Boot
which she wrote as
Camp,
a reporter
for the Daily Local News,
Chester. She
is
now
West
a political
ParenteBeard's Lancaster
office.
'95,
program developer
Jefferson,
•
in
ERNEST JACKSON 81,
Chester Academy
Chester, N.Y., principal
of
•
DONATO NIEMAN
7A, Kendall Park. N.J.,
2011-12 are
Greg Bowden
president; Kerri
'01,
D.C., vice president;
'92,
Ted Hodgins
Washington,
'89,
Schwenksville, treasurer; Rich Uliasz
tary;
and
Lynne Rishel Homiak
'83,
'97,
secre-
member at large;
Amy Chronister Scott '05, Camp Hill, also
member at large.
Completing terms on the board
'94,
president; Richard Lloyd
Lambert Pennella '07M
teaches in the East Lycoming
Schwenksville,
Donald Sears
Christopher Beadling
manager
in the audit practice of
CARRIE DUNN
Alumni serving on the executive board for
Danielle Lynch received a
County Times.
Steven Heintzebnan
98. Hubbardsville. N.Y..
Montgomery Township administrator
reporter at the Delaware
director.
ADAMS
Philadelphia
second-place award from the
Whitehall
R.
with the Drug Information Association
Carole Derricott
South
JENNIFER
District.
Shrewsbury.
is
BU Alumni
assistant dean of students at Colgate University
2007
the
2004
'04H
Lewisburg.
Association Board of Directors in July. They are:
worker and program instructor at
Dance and Tumble.
Follies
Village,
a
VaUey
New members join Alumni
•
therapist at Children's Service
Center of Wilkes-Barre. She
Lutheran
City.
Shymansky is part of the
corporate and visual communica-
Indiantown Gap, Annville.
is
Dickson
is
Buffalo
Board
Fort
at
for Giant Foods,
at
and a
History of Recurrent Near Falls.
an
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Erica Zions
to
speech therapist
an Adult with
Multisensory Dysequilibrium
Ryan Quinn *02/'03M
Jenna Partner 'o8/'ioM
a
is
customer operations manager
Service Business Unit.
Army
top 3 percent.
Wyomissing.
Michael L. McHenry
Computerized
Hewlett-Packard's Enterprise
officer in the
Rehabilitation,
the Pittsburgh
in
Marathon. Stamey finished in the
top 2 percent and Stockley in the
American Physical Therapy
John Amoriello '02/'03M,
is
at the national
Combines Section Meeting of the
graduates, ran
a speech-
psychologist at Colonial
Jake Stamey.
and Jimmy Stockley both 2008
in June
were
Doylestown, past board
'62,
Somerset,
N.J.;
and
Jessica
Joanne Dubbs PUeski
School District, Hughesville.
member may serve up to three two-year terms.
'64,
Bloomsburg. The
BU
Alumni Association has 24 members. Each
She recently received national
board
certification as
an early
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childhood generalist.
FALL
2011
29
2009
2011
Kayla Henry
at
is
a registered nurse
Lancaster General Hospital.
Brian R. Pitcavage
is
Bussanich was
take part
accepted into the
Symposium.
M. Walton is a middle
school teacher at Salome (Ariz.)
the health care field returned to cannpus to
Panelists were:
Dr Kathy Baylor
'83.
1
physician.
Bloomsburg
School for the Deaf: Joseph Agostinelli
04.
Spain's Ministry of Education.
technician. Pro Rehabilitation Services;
As an auxUiar de conversacion
orthodontist:
Dr Douglas Thran 77.
Rhode Island
(conversation assistant), she
Hospital;
Dr Matthew Thran
Peggy Snyder
'84.
'84.
wellness and exercise
anesthesiologist,
speech pathologist, BU's audiology and
is
sharing her knowledge of English
coaches basketball and
and North American culture with
'83,
infusion nurse
case manager. Vitaline Infusion Pharmacy Services: and Dr Frederick
Maue
76, psychiatrist.
students in kindergarten through
2010
12th grade during 2011-12.
Fritz graduated
New
from basic
to the
Foundation
Three alumni recently joined the Bloomsburg University Foundation
combat training at Fort Jackson,
Haili Shetleris
Columbia, S.C.
associate develop-
and CEO
of
Datacap Systems
ment
and CEO
of
Quandel Enterprises; and Michael Gillespie
officer
Board
with
of Directors.
The new members are Terry Zeigler 76, president
Inc.;
Noble "Bud" Quandel
Scott Heilman, former co-captain
the Bloomsburg
accounting officer of Hersha Hospitality Trust. Board
of BU's rugby club, volunteered
University
are responsible for assuring the
with a rugby club from Nashville,
Foundation.
financially
Tenn., to
for
Delaware
'81. audiologist,
speech pathology department: Annette Shalongo
softball.
Health Sciences
Culture Assistants program by
Middle School, where she also
Dereck
in
a panel discussion during the 201
in
Family Care Associates: Kathleen Riley
Language and
Oaks.
visit
Alumni who work
North American
a staff
accountant at Comcast Cable,
Jennifer
Follow-up
Samantha
buUd houses
distributed
for Habitat
BU Foundation
president
'69,
'95,
chief
members
and
sound and ensuring donor funds are received and
in
is
effective
an appropriate manner
Learn more in the Bloomsburg University Foundation's
Humanity.
2010-2OU annual report
Matthew Perry is a therapeutic
staff support
worker with
NHS
Rebecca Koppenhaver Kline
Human Services, State College,
and a graduate student
psychology
at
Argosy
Correction
'80.
a Line Mountain School District
in forensic
University.
Lianna Personeus was named
educator was misidentified in
the Husky Notes section of
Bloomsburg: The University
Magazine's spring issue. She did
Watson named finance veep
JAMES
H.
WATSON
management
Winter Camival pageant.
1161.
She teaches
Fla.,
Chapter
at Saint
Cloud
Middle School.
Amanda Scheno,
audiologist for
'loAu.D.,
is
an
HearUSA in the
president of finance for
company's
and extemal
and asset
facilities
functions.
housing organization. During 10 years with
Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, he was
involved with developing multiple risk sharing programs and responsible
for financial and compliance reporting. Earlier in his career, he worked as
an auditor and consultant with KPMG.
A licensed CPA. Watson earned an
University. Philadelphia.
He
is
MBA
member of the
in
finance from Saint Joseph's
Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs.
TMG Health is a national provider of strategic business process
outsourcing solutions to the government-sponsored health care market.
Scranton area.
Andrew Sibley is a research
chemist with Keystone Industries,
Cherry
to vice
Watson has more than 20 years experience in the
health care industry. He previously was chief financial
officer and chief operating officer for a heath care and
Council for Exceptional
Children, Osceola,
was promoted
Health, overseeing finance, accounting
reporting, as well as the
not participate in the Pottsville
Outstanding Educator by the
'89
TMG
Minishak promoted
FRANK MINISHAK
Hill, N.J.
'84
at
About Group
was appointed
vice president of national sales
About Group, managing the firm's national
advertising sales team. He was vice president of
for the
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sales at Madison Square Garden and regional sales
director for AOL. He also served in advertising sales
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Obituaries
Births
Tracy Cavanaugh
and Michael Downey
'95
Holly Aton '97 and Craig Mclntyre, Oct.
Trevor Woodward
'97
9,
Rosemary Roos-Whitney '91 and husband,
Adam, a daughter, Laura-Rae, Oct. 2, 2009
2010
and Brandi Boruta, Aug.
Stephanie Jepko Menapace '94 and
2010
21,
husband, Aaron Menapace
Jamie Beitz
'99
and Dan Allbeck, March
19,
Jennifer Seely '99 and Jason Beery, March
Ellen
Noah
2011
13,
Patrick,
Aug.
13,
Gertrude Harris Walters
'88, a son,
2010
Ann Nickerson '01 and Michael Cramer, Sept. 12, 2010
Maura Dunleavy
'02
10,
Florence Miskiewicz Rzemien 44
Garrett Patrick, April 26, 2011
Garrity Elijah, April 24,
and Spencer Raynor-Smith,
Oct.
9,
2010
Maureen Gilroy '04 and Ronald Mills, Oct. 23, 2010
Michelle
O'DonneU
'04
and Nate Seymour, Nov.
6,
2010
Sept. 25, 2010
Amber Snyder '05 and Jeffrey Fine, Jan. 22, 2011
Heather
Bowman '06 and Jesse Goshert, June u, 2011
Marlena ZappUe Thomas
Kirk Thomas
'98, a
'97
and husband,
daughter, Kara Helena
Dawn GUes Vinton '98 and husband,
Edward, a daughter, Avery, May 2011
a daughter,
Devon
Victoria, Nov. 3, 2010
Megan
'07
and James Buchman
Mitchell '08 and
Andre Wagner, May 2, 2010
Sheila Martin '09 and David Ergott '09, July 24, 2010
'51
Alton
Williams
E.
S.
Zerby
'02
and
'51
'52
'53
John D. Angus
'55
Walter Stanek
'55
Desmond Epler '56
Walter A. Prokopchak
Thomas J.
Fleck
Patricia Pollock
Pamela DiGiacomo Eisenhart
'57
'59
Krum '59
Willard D. Ziegler Jr
'59
husband, Ryan, a daughter, Carly Joyce,
William E. Algatt '60
March
Mahlon Fritz Sr. '61
Mary "Libby" Hamer Markle '62
24,
20U
Angela Snook-Pearly
Kropa
George
Jacqueline
Wagner '98 and wife, Jennifer,
Ashley Kreischer '06 and Jeffrey Border '03/'07M, June 3, 20U
Kristy
Evans
P.
Patricia Kringe Kotzer
Justin C.
Howard Williard III,
Donald H. King '50
Michael
20U
Anne Sabatelle '04M and Patrick Conflitte, June 19, 2010
Tiffany Bender 'oS and
Murray '46
E. Marjorie Stover
2010
'34
'42
Frank J. McAloose 42
Christopher Knarr '96 and wife, Tia, a son,
Nicholas J. Seier '01 and Krystel R. Hubble, Oct.
Edith E. Bartha
'02
and husband,
Robert, a son, Aiden Michael, Feb.
Joseph A.
13,
Petrilla '62
2011
Gerald E. Malinowski
'63
Barthalmus
'65
Lisa Hunsinger Millard '03 and husband,
George
Lee Millard
Paul M. Krukas
'02, a
daughter, Xira Loren,
T.
'65
Donald "Duggie" Dugan '66/'8oM
May 13, 20U
Joanne Polega O'Connor
Maura Luciano
Irving '04 and husband,
Patrick, a daughter,
April
19,
Maggie Catherine,
2011
Stephen
F
Alice Galbreath Roach '69
Russell Anstead Jr. '70
Drake Baltzley '05 and husband,
Chris, a son.
Gage Ronald, Jan.
S,
2011
Amdt '70
Denise Marcinkevich EUis '70
Jean Cleaver Stank '70
Travis Karabin Boyer '05 and Stephanie
Louise M. Nicholson
Symons, a daughter, Emerson
Joseph Schultz Jr.
April
10,
Slick,
F.
2010
Erin Dumin-Brosious '05 and husband,
Jeremy, a daughter, Courtney Olivia,
'71
'71
Louise Ranck Stroup
Lawrence
Lynne Bauman Greenly '75
Maryann Bailey Conley '79
Susan Motyka Haddick
Lambert PenneUa '07M and
husband, Jeff, a daughter, Quinn Florence,
Jan.
7,
2011
MeUnda
Bonnie G. Tyrrell
Fitzgerald Sweigart '08 and
'07, a son,
'86
'86
Michelle Yarmes '88
Michele Tatvim Farmer
husband, Richard Sweigart
Calen Richard, April
'72
R. Sipe '74
Kathleen Traynor Stover '84
Dec. 10, 2010
Jessica
'68
Foltz '69
Karen Waschak
Valerie
'31
Barbara Straub Hartman 42
Scott Bird '96 and wife, Sara, a son,
2011
Audrey Moore Cohen '29
M. Elizabeth Van Buskirk Booth
Frank J. Golder '31
'92
Bryan J. Melltnger '92
Michael E. Miller
Lucille
'94
Mull Snyder
'94
22, 2011
Gayle Fogelsonger Clark '95M
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LINEUP
REUNIONS, NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
PICNICKING: Jesse and Stephanie Bombay Teitelbaum. both Class of
1997. enjoyed a Harrisburg area alumni picnic. Summer events for BU
graduates included trips to the Philadelphia Phillies and other baseball
games. Bloom@theBeach
WRESTLERS REUNITE: Shown
Conner
at a recent
wrestling reunion are.
row: retired coach Roger Sanders. Todd
right, front
'85
and John Gibas'
87:
Cummings
second row: Gibbes Johnson
in
Ocean
City.
Md..
and regional
picnics.
left to
'83. Phil
'82.
Hamer '85. Ed Fiorvanti '82 and Randy Watts
'75; and back rows, combined: BU assistant coach Scott Owen. Lon
Edmonds Ik. Frank Barbrie '98. Bob Asby '59. Woody Fry '83: Don
Andrew
Poust
Cappelli '80. Mike
'63.
Ernie Jackson
'81.
Dan Burkholder
current wrestler Frank Hickman.
BU
'75.
Dave McCollum
'77.
wrestling coach John Stutzman,
Kevin O'Melia '97 and Don Reese
ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA:
Cheering on the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
during Alumni Day were Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters,
VALUE OF NETWORKING: Former
Pennsylvania Gov Mark Schweiker
spoke on the value of 'The Husky Network' at an
event organized by the BU Alumni Association s Lehigh Valley Network.
Shown, left to right, are: Michael Keller '08. Diane Prywara Tracey 08.
Joe Hilgar '75, Schweiker. Sharon Young Hilgar '75 and Ray Smith '72.
'75,
fourth from
left,
Ann Bilhelmer Case
REMEMBER WHEN: Russ
32
NIckerson. Harold Velie and
CAPITAL AREA RECEPTION: Denise Haluska Aylward '95. Jason
KIrsh '96 and Brian Mullen '99. left to right, were among more than
who
100 attendees at a reception for Harrisburg area alumni hosted by
reunion by local student Dean Laubaugh.
the
BU Alumni
Association's Capital Area Network.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
left to right.
Lynn Bilheimer Purvis '85. Connie Franks
Carol Sargent Facchiano '86 and Marianne Nastasiak Heslin '88.
Joining them was future Husky Chelsea Franks.
'83.
Tom
'85.
Kilroy
received officer training under the Navy V-12 program at
Bloomsburg. back row,
ing the
World War
II
left to right,
were joined
at their
who was
annual
Interested
In
meet-
veterans and hearing about their experiences.
CaLENDaR
Activities
Academic Calendar
and Events
Alumni Events
Celebrity Artist Series
Concerts
FALL 2011
Celebrity Artist Series events are
Listed events are open to the
Reading Day
presented in the Haas Center for
the Arts, Mitrani Hall, and
Friday, Oct. 14
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 10 p.m.
Classes
28, 8 a.m.
Classes End
389-4409 or
at
visit
and dates are
subject to change.
Winner of Season
Saturday, Oct. 29
Mitrani Hall
12
End
COACH
Graduate Commencennent
Story of Marquette basketball
coach Al McGuire starring
Friday, Dec. 16
Undergraduate Commencement
K.S.
It 's
Classes Begin
All
Done With Mirrors
Monday, Jan. 23
One-man show featuring Emmy
winner Anthony Zerbe
Spring Break Begins
Saturday, Nov.
Monday, March
K.
12,
Resume
Saturday, March
S.
12,
8 p.m.
8 a.m.
Classes End
May 4
Finals Begin
End
Friday,
Graduate
Friday,
11
Nutcracker
May
Undergraduate
Saturday,
May
Commencement
Bloomsburg
St.,
p.m.
8, 7:30
after all
game parties
home football games
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Saturday, Oct.
University-Community Orchestra
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
Sunday, Nov.
Mitrani Hall
See back cover or call 800-526-0254
13,
2:30 p.m.
Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, Nov.
Homecoming Alumni Events
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
16,
7 p.m.
See back cover or
www.bloomualumni.com
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Dec. 2 and
Auditorium
3,
7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian
Church,
345 Market St., Bloomsburg
Free tickets required; available
Symphony
at the
(570)
Mitrani box
office,
389-4409
Tailgate Party
Precedes Huskies vs. West
Chester (2 p.m. kickoff
Saturday, Oct. 22
at West Chester
Special Events
Homecoming Weekend
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7 and 8
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Football,
Mitrani Hall
Guitar
The Color Purple
Monday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.
K.S. Gross Auditorium
Ensemble
Huskies
National Broadway Tour
Redman Stadium.
for adults
and $5
senior citizens.
and
Complexions
Featuring
8 p.m.
Ballet
Desmond Richardson,
seen on So You Think You Can
Dance
Saturday,
March
31, 2012,
8 p.m.
Mitrani Hall
For the latest information
on upcoming events, check
the university website.
wwv7.bloomu.edu.
Grace Kelly with Phil Woods
Jazz saxophone
phenom appears
with jazz legend
Friday, April
13,
a valid
Exhibitions in the Haas Gallery
Athletic Hall of
of Art are open to the public free
Friday, Oct. 21
p.m
8,
3:30 p.m.,
Tickets are $10
for students
BU
and
students with
Fame
free.
Induction
of charge. For details, visit
Kehr Union Ballroom
departments.hloomu.edu/art/
Call BU's Sports Information
haas.html.
Office, (570) 389-4413, for ticket
information.
Wendy Kawabata.
sculpture
Sept. 19 to Oct. 14
Parents and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30
Eunkang Koh, drawings
Senior Grad Finale
Oct. 28 to Nov. 30
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Kehr Union Ballroom
Senior Exit
Dec. 6 to 17
2012, 7:30
Cheyney
ID are admitted
Art Exhibits
Women's History months
18, 2012,
vs.
Wolves, Saturday, Oct.
12
celebrating Black History
Tailgate
Saturday, Oct. 15
Friday and Saturday,
Virtuosi
Network Football
Jazz Ensemble
Mitrani Hall
Thursday, Feb.
Mitrani Hall
1
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Carols by Candlelight
Philadelphia
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Class of 1956 55-Year Reunion
Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, Nov.
Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestra
11
Market
K.S. Gross
Leading players from the
Commencement
17,
12,
5th Quarter
Capital
Chamber Orchestra
May
Saturday, Nov.
Post-football
Mitrani Hall
Monday, May 7
Finals
Saturday, Sept.
The
Tchaikovsky Russian
Ballet Theatre
The Philadelphia
alum@bloomu.edu.
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
Gross Auditorium
Classes
17,
Affairs at (570) 389-4058
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Gross Auditorium
SPRING 2012
Alumni
or (800) 526-0254, or
Chamber Orchestra
Mitrani Hall
Cotter Smith
Friday, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17
wvjw.bloomualumni.com for
Alumni Association
Board Meetings
Choral Festival
123 N.
Friday, Dec. 16
Friday,
Fall
Visit
details or to register. Contact
Fenstemaker Alumni House
4,
Last Comic Standing
Finals Begin
Monday, Dec.
venues are Haas Center for the
Arts, Mitrani Hall, and Carver
Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
Auditorium.
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2:30 pm.
K.S. Gross Auditorium
Comedian. Josh Blue
Saturday, Dec. 10
Finals
(570)
Campus
www.bloomu.edu/cas. Programs
Resume
Monday, Nov.
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross
Auditorium. Call the box office
public free of charge.
Show
Husky Leadership Summit
Saturday,
March
Monty's, Upper
3,
2012
Campus
FALL 2011
33
over
the shoulder
Strike
Upthe Band
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
has long been
Music
of the history of
Bloomsburg
a part
University,
beginning with orchestra concerts
and student recitals in the i8oos
and outdoor performances to
accompany May Day dances in
1910.
A marching band first
appeared on the scene Jan. 8, 1931,
its 30 members performed
two marches at the Rotary-Kiwanis
when
College Night. Faculty
member
Howard Fenstemaker served
as
the band's director.
During spring 1931, the band
energized the atmosphere at basketball games with upbeat music
and dapper uniforms of white
duck trousers and dark maroon
sweaters. That fall, they continued practicing under Russell
34
and
drum
Llewellyn, music director of the
of official uniforms
Berwick School District, and provided accompaniment for college
songs at an assembly on Oct. 23.
major
The next day, the 35-member
band went to the College Field,
located at the site of today's Navy
and Columbia halls, for a home
football game with the California
State Teachers College. The allmale band played during lulls in
the action and serenaded the
crowd at halftime. The game
ended in a 0-0 tie, but newspaper
accounts praised the band saying
it "furnished some real entertainment," "made a fine showing" and
was a "very worthwhile addition
time
field at
to college life."
halftime to entertain fans with
The band continued to grow
and develop with the introduction
their repertoire of contemporary,
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in 1932, female
a
members
in
1937, majorettes in 1939, a flag
squad
in 1946
show
and
a formal half-
at football
games
in
1948. In addition to playing for
sporting events, the band has
performed concerts and marched
in local parades under nine
directors: Fenstemaker, Llewellyn,
Charles Henrie, Nelson Miller,
Stephen Wallace, Valerie Rheude,
Terry Oxley, Stephen Clickard and
current director Gifford Howarth.
This
fall,
the
Maroon and Gold
Band's instrumentalists, silk flags
and twirlers once again take to the
Redman Stadium during
popular and march favorites. •
THE UNIVERSITY
STORE
PICTURE YOURSELF I N
Redman Stadium
on Game Day:
•
The University
The smell of hotdogs and french fries from the
concession stand.
Semester Hours
•
The sound of the Maroon and Gold Band warming up.
The cheers of the crowd as the Huskies take the field.
7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
•
And the convenience of the University Store tent,
•
Store:
where
you'll find
everything
Huskies fans during football season, the holiday
season and year-round!
for
where you shop for Huskies apparel and giftware as
you make your way to the stands for kickoff.
Monday through Thursday:
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon
to 4:30 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY STORE
You'll find staff from the University Store
the tent at each
home football game this
under
with a
variety of apparel and giftware. You'll find an even
greater selection of merchandise at the University
Store on campus, open seven days a week, or online
at bloomustore.com.
fall
Choose from caps, T-shirts and
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg. PA 17815
General Information:
(570)
389-4175
Customer
(570)
Service:
389-4180
sweatshirts, glassware, pennants, stuffed animals
and more.
Gift cards are available, too.
BUSTORE@BLOOMU.EDU
UNIVERSITY
Store
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S.
POSTAGE
PAID
t PERMIT
#12
INDIANA, PA
iBloomsburg
UNIVERSITY
HOMECOMING
2011
MORE INFORMATION AT
WWW.BLOOMUALUMNI.COM
Friday and Saturday. Oct. 7 and 8
ROONGO'S ROCK
N'
ROLL TENT PARTY
With thanks to presenting sponsor. Liberty Mutual
Saturday, noon to 2:30 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
•
Refreshments, including traditional "brew"
•
Guitar Hero competition with great prizes
•
Culinary delights at minimal cost
•
Featured reunions at designated areas:
Classes of 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001
Greek Alumni
Friday, 7 to 9 p.m.
Find details and RSVP at www.bloomualumni.com.
Alumni registering online by Oct. 2 will be entered to
win a Wii with Guitar Hero; alumni who sign up for the
Guitar Hero competition by Oct. 2 will be entered twice.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Questions? Call 800-526-0254.
Class of 1961 50-Year Reunion
Reception
Reunion
Saturday, cocktails
Dinner, 7 p.m.
Monty's, Upper
and beverages, 6:30 p.m.;
Campus
$35 per person includes appetizers,
adult beverages and dinner
For
details, call
800-526-0254
Field Hockey
Huskies vs. West Chester Golden
Saturday,
Sports Stadium
Football
Huskies
Alumni Coffee House
Saturday, 9:30 to
11
a.m.
Rams
noon
vs.
Cheyney Wolves
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Redman Stadium
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Multicultural
Homecoming Parade
Saturday,
11
a.m.
Downtown Bloomsburg
Alumni Networking Reception
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Complimentary appetizers, RSVP by Oct. 2
*.