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THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
HEY YOU'RE
GUY!
THAT
TV
and on Broadway.
He's in films,
Meet actor J I
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SIMPSON
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ALSO INSIDE
Safe Haven
Professor Babak Mohassel's
fueled by the issue of
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human
life is
rights.
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After the Deluge
No cleanup task was too much
for
and staff after
Storm Lee paid a visit.
students, faculty
Tropical
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16
State's Warden
John Wetzel '98 applies lessons
teamed on the football field to his
The
career
in
corrections.
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From the President
The
total
number of volunteer
hours in 2011
previous
will surely surpass
tallies.
When Tropical
Storm Lee menaced our region
with record flooding in September,
hundreds of students, faculty and
staff responded to the community's
needs.
No job was
our student
others cleared
Faithful
Greeks and
mud from homes'
basements and
Arms
too large as
athletes,
first floors,
removed water-logged floors and
walls, worked at the Emergency
Management Agency's phone bank
and the local American Red Cross
of Volunteers
office,
cared for evacuees' pets at
Annie's Place, the animal shelter
on the Upper Campus, and so much
When classes resumed after
more.
IF
YOU WERE to define the qualities
what traits
would you choose? Topping my list,
in no particular order, would be a
of a vibrant community,
thriving business environment,
outstanding pubUc schools, low
"In 2010, our students, faculty and
staff contributed more than 80,550
hours of community service."
crime rate and compassionate people with both a strong
work
ethic
and a devotion to volunteer service.
The Town of Bloomsburg is such a
community' and contributing to its
vibranc}' are
Bloomsburg University's
students, faculty
Volunteerism
lives of
to take
advantage of
many opportunities
through the
coordinated
SOLVE volunteer
where they can put their
energ}', dedication and leadership
abilities to good use. In honor of
office
our
efforts,
the university's 10-day closure,
projects to benefit the
volunteer efforts continued.
two
so proud of the
BU was recognized
to fight
benefit local service agencies.
In 2010, our students, faculty
and
staff.
integral to the
BU Huskies. We encourage
our students
the
and
is
were three large-scale
community:
hunger and another to
particular note
staff contributed
more than
80,550 hours of community
service,
which the organization
Independent Sector valued
at
hour or more than
$1.65 million for the year. That
impressive amount nearly matches
the Bloomsburg University
$20.51 per
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French author Everett Mamor
said, "The world is hugged by the
arms of volunteers." It is
faculty, staff and students
have the Town of Bloomsburg in a
faithful
clear
our
tight
embrace.
— $1.67 million from Terry '76
and JoAnn
The
the Zeigler Institute for
DAVID
Professional Development.
President,
Roll.
Of
am
campus community represented by
those you will meet beginning on
again last spring with inclusion in
Community Service Honor
I
of our
Foundation's largest donation to
date
President's Higher Education
members
'77 Zeigler to establish
L.
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
FEATURES
10 Hey. You're That
Guy!
Fans recognize Jimmi Simpson '98
from the array of characters he's
portrayed, including Lloyd Lowery
in
A&E's Breakout Kings.
14
Safe Haven
Professor Babak Mohassel brings
human rights from
Department of Homeland Security
passion for
to
BU classroom.
16
After the Deluge
Students, faculty and staff pitch in
to help their Bloomsburg neighbors
after historic flood.
19 Making a Clean Break
A BU alumni couple risked all with
it
move
where they built
a successful business on customer
service and client relations.
a
20
to California
The
Warden
State's
advocates for
John Wetzel
treatment and programs inmates
need for success after prison.
'98
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The Write Stuff
Berwick High School teachers wanted
a student -staffed writing center
and
BU had the expertise to make it
happen. The resulting partnership
benefits students at both institutions.
Table
of
Contents
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Winter 2012
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Guide M.
Pichini, Chair
Marie Conley Lammando,
Vice Chair
Matthew
B.
E.
Vice Chair
Allien
III
Baker
Jennifer Branstetter
Tom Corbett
Sarah C. Darling
Michael K. Hanna
Ronald G. Henry
Kenneth M. Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph
F.
President, Bloomsburg University
Harold C. Shields
Robert S. Taylor
Ronald J. Tomalis
John T. Yudichak
David
Chancellor, State System
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Jeffrey E. Piccola
McGinn
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Bloomsburg University
Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
Charles C. Housenick '60, Vice Chair
Patrick Wilson '91, Secretary
Ramona H. Alley
LaRoy G. Davis '67
Marcus Fuller '13
David W. Klingerman Sr
Joseph J.
Mowad '08H
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What's
in
a
Name?
JOHN WAGGONER EXAMINES PERCEPTION
BASED ON FIRST NAMES
was a genius in the kitchen, but
she do in school? According to
research by John Waggoner, professor of
psychology, teachers today would expect
Julia
how
her
did a study
of students
Child
did
to
do pretty well.
Waggoner
recently
examining future teachers' expectations
based on their first nanne.
Waggoner became
interested in this subject while
reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen
J.
Dubner. In one chapter,
the authors looked at birth
born
between 1980
and 2000. Using information
collected about mothers at the
time of birth, the authors found
correlations between income
and education levels and
certificates for children
in California
name choice.
Although the findings
fasci-
nated him, Waggoner says the most important aspect
is
how the study was conducted. "They had extensive
data where others only had assumptions," he says.
Amy Covin, associate professor of psychology, has
mothers with less education and lower incomes.
Using names from the Freakonomics study, Waggoner's
findings mirrored those of Levitt and Dubner: children
with names associated with higher education and
socioeconomic levels are expected to be successful in
school, but children whose
between
teachers' expectations and students' success and
names
provided her expertise in educational psychology to
Waggoner's research. "The idea that something as
lower education
a long-standing interest in the relationship
simple as a student's
class,
first
name could
and thereby influence
was an
signal social
teachers' perceptions,
interesting possibility," Covill says.
are asso-
ciated with
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Names doti t hold any
magic power, but they could
ifidircctly affect you due to
people's perCCptiOflS.
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and socioeconomic status aren't expected to do as well.
Although the research is something to consider,
Waggoner reminds us that names aren't the only decid-
Waggoner asked undergraduates to
predict how well children would perform based on
their first names. He picked names that are "equally
ing factors in our futures. His study only demonstrates
popular" - for example, Katherine is a common choice
for mothers with higher levels of education and
child to perform poorly in school.
In his study,
incomes, and
Amber is
similarly popular
among
that there
is
a relationship
between name choices and
socioeconomic and education
levels;
it
does not cause a
"Names don't hold any magic power," he says, "but they
could indirectly affect you due to people's perceptions."
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Bringing Books
to Cnildren
PROFESSOR AND ALUMNI WORK TOGETHER
PHILIP TUCKER, associate professor of special education,
has been working with BU alumni to bring books to
children at local schools. Each year, major book publishers
distribute copies of new books to kindergarten through
sixth grade classrooms through the International
Reading Association (IRA). The young students vote
on the books, and the winners are named the children's
choices for the year.
As coordinator for Region
Initiative,
I
of the Children's Choices
Tucker, along with alumni, helped distribute
copies of about 700
new children's titles
-
around 4,000
may keep
new books, giving children access to the literature
individual books. After the project, schools
the
for years to come.
Alumni participating in this effort are Jane Foderaro 'u,
Freeland Elementary School;
reading specialist
at
Hannah
elementary school teacher/reading
Irion
'10,
specialist at Halifax
Yurkanin
'87,
Elementary School;
reading specialist
at
Elementary School; Erin Morath
Kelly Elementary
Wendy Larock
Heights Terrace
'11,
reading specialist
at
and Linntown Intermediate Schools;
and Kevin Schadder '05, instructional support teacher
at McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary School. •
Pichini Visits
BU
Going with the Flow
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
ENCOURAGES INTERACTION
STUDENTS STUDY WATER SYSTEMS
CYNTHIA VENN, associate professor of geography and
GUIDO PICHINI,
geosciences,
chair of the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education Board of Governors,
encouraged students to
become advocates
for the
grant supports the projects of four
summer interns,
commonwealth's public
providing them with experience both in the
universities during his
in the lab.
recent visit BU.
Caitlin Heller, Bloomsburg, biolog>' major, comparing
water chemistries across the Susquehanna River at
Danville, Milton, Shamokin Dam and Watsontown.
The
first
PASSHE
graduate to become chair
of the board, Pichini said
The
Eliza Reed,
interns
and
Shamokin,
field
and
their projects are:
allied health major,
studying
he believes a college education should provide the
skills students need to interact with others and praised
BU students' involvement with the community during
the chemistry of the Susquehanna River downstream
flood recovery efforts.
major, studying the geochemistry of Oneida
PASSHE's Board
of Governors
setting education, fiscal
is
first visit to
responsible for
and personnel
selecting university presidents. This
4
and Chris Hallen, professor of chemistry,
were awarded a $27,500 grant to support research on
the waters of the Susquehanna River watershed. The
BU in his new position.
policies
was
and
Pichini's
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of the confluence of the West and North branches.
Derek Weicht, Hanover, environmental science
mine drainage and
its effect
number 3
on Tomhicken Creek.
Jackie Yamrich, Chalfont, environmental science
major, studying the geochemistry of streams in the
watershed of the West Branch of Little Fishing Creek. •
Not Child's Play
TOYS FOR TOTS HELPS SMALLEST FLOOD VICTIMS
About 50
local children affected
flood received
new
by the September
2011
playthings at the Toys for Tots toy
give-away hosted by
BU volunteers, assisted by stu-
dents from Mansfield University. The toy distribution
was
inspired by a Bloomsburg youngster who, during
flood relief efforts, told a
BU volunteer he'd lost his toy
truck in the flood and asked for help. In addition to
new and gently used toys
and stuffed animals were provided by town residents
and high school athletes competing in the NEPA
Invitational hosted by BU's cross country team. •
donations from Toys for Tots,
Family Affair
A
PROFESSOR FOLLOWS
Debating:
HIS FATHER'S
HARRY
"NEIL" STRINE IV
'93, political
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
FOOTSTEPS
science professor
BU, not only enjoys debates but has the art of argument
running through his veins. His father, Harry Strine III,
professor emeritus, was director for the speech and debate
team during his time at BU. Although he retired in 2004,
he continued to direct the team the following year.
When no one stepped forward to become the new
director, Neil Strine was asked if he would take the
position since he and his wife, Danielle Harris Strine
'96, participated on the forensics team while students at
BU. He has led the team since 2005.
With a Strine as director of forensics for more than
40 years, Neil Strine hopes to continue his father's legacy,
both as an educator and as a competitor. •
at
Shiny Young Stars
BU RECEIVES GRANT FOR SUMMER CAMPS
BU'S COLLEGE OF Science and Technology and the
Bloomsburg University Foundation received a $15,000
grant from the Alcoa Foundation to support this sum-
mer's math and science camps for middle and high
school students.
The Alcoa Foundation
is
dedicated to
Bocce Bash
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS
educating children about the environment and sus-
A total of 236 athletes from 17 counties participated
tainability.
in the
John Polhill, assistant dean of the College of Science
and Technology, and John Karas, assistant director of
development for the BU Foundation, worked together
with local Alcoa representatives at Kawneer Co. to
Special Olympics, sponsored
write the grant.
Past themes for
summer camp
sessions have been
chemical forensics, computer programming, renewable energy
inflatable
and
secret codes. This
summer,
a
new
planetarium will help campers experience
annual Bocce Bash Tournament for the
by BU's Exceptionality
Programs. BU student volunteers from organizations,
including Alpha Sigma Alpha, the women's soccer
club. Education Living and Learning Community,
Students Helping Students, Kappa Sigma,
Pennsylvania State Education Association and
the Student Council for Exceptional Children
worked
full
together to provide participants with a
day (wIRivities. •
the solar system. •
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Transitioning to College
STUDENT WINS FOR RESEARCH
BU EDUCATION MAJOR Brittany Vaszlavik won
prestigious
award
at
the National Collegiate
a
Honors
Council's recent conference in Phoenix for her poster,
Social Support and the College Freshman Experience.
"It has been my goal to identify the groups that
have a hard time
adjusting to college
and and are
most risk for
life
at
feelings of loneliness,
stress
and
isolation,"
says Vaszlavik, a
senior from Vernon,
N.J. "It is my hope
by identifying these
groups those feelings
can be ameliorated."
Also presenting
research at the confer-
ence was Katherine
Zimmerman,
a senior anthropology'
and English
major from Mechanicsburg. Zimmerman discussed a
training module she developed for camp counselors.
Camp Counseling 101: A Guide to Understanding and
Managing Your Camper's Behavior. The training module
be distributed free of charge to
summer camps
Going Underground
will
STUDENTS CLEAN AND EXPLORE CAVES
STUDENTS FROM the Bloomsburg University
R. Kozloff Undergraduate Research Scholarship. •
across the nation, supported by a Jessica
S.
and Stephen
Geoscience Society (BUGS) assisted two chapters of the
National Speleological Society — the York and Franklin
County Grottos — in removing graffiti from caves in
the Shippensburg area. Using drills and brushes,
workers cleaned the walls and then covered the rock
with mud. The group also explored the cave to learn
more about speleology, the study of caves and other
rocky features. Taking part in the project were
students Philip Anzelmo, Denville, N.J., shown in the
accompanying photo, along with Kendi Waltemyer,
Red Lion; Ario D'Amato, Conyngham; John Lenches,
Millville; Matthew Pisanchyn, Clarks Summit; and
Katrina Taylor, Tannersville. •
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Coming in First
PUBLICATIONS ARE WINNERS
TWO PUBLICATIONS designed by
Eric Foster in the
Marketing and Communications Office received
MarCom gold awards as first-place winners. The
publications are the First and Goal case statement for
the football fundraising campaign and the mailer for
the 2011-2012 Celebrity Artist Series. BU's publications
were among
i8 percent of more
received gold awards. •
than 6,000 entries that
Givin
students'
a stron
start
Sophomore Lauren Erdman, an
early
childhood education major, balances
academics, part-time work and a long
list
of volunteer activities.
The
financial boost of the Presidential
Leadership Scholarship supported
through the Henry Carver Fund allows
her do to more.
The scholarship's service requirements are
a natural
fit
for Lauren.
She volunteers
ASPCA and helped establish a
museum in downtown Bloomsburg.
local
at a
history
She also volunteers with Big Brothers/
Big Sisters, helping to give a strong start
to 9-year-old Tara.
You can help
a
Bloomsburg University
student get a strong start through the
Henry Carver Fund. Learn how
at:
www. bloom ufdn. org/hc/why
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Inc.
Bloomsburg University Foundation,
400
East Second Street
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Gridiron Hero
BU JUNIOR HELPS SAVE MOTHER, DAUGHTER
WHEN HE BECAME a firefighter at age 16, Bloomsburg
University' junior
Greg Waters followed
in the footsteps
of his father, currently captain of Churchville's Station
and
83,
his grandfather, a longtime firefighter. That
legacy and several hundred hours of training kicked in
when he and others from his
company helped save a mother and her 4-year-old
nearly two years ago
fire
daughter from their burning home.
On May 25, 2010, Waters recalls, he was hanging out
Richboro with other firefighters when
with possible entrapment in
at the station in
the call
came
in about a fire
neighboring Bucks County community
Ithe
of Upper Southampton. WTien Waters'
Tower 3, arrived on the scene, the
squad was told three people were trapped
on the second floor and they would have to
ventilate the windows. "By ventilating, we completely
smash the window and get the area open so it is easy to
get someone in or out and clear the house of heat and
truck,
smoke," he says.
"My heart was
racing, but
we are trained to get things
done
quickly, but properly," the
man
says.
"We
backup offensive
are always
always
"]Y^
reminded to do things the
nght way, because you can t
help anyone else if you can't
line-
^^^^-^^^^
nght way, because
you can't help anyone
take care of yourself"
The actions of Waters and
else ifyou can't take
the
the others in his squad saved
the
care ofyourself.
woman and her daughter,
although another daughter, an infant, did not survive.
"(The experience) showed me how life can change in an
instant," says Waters.
Waters says his training as a
firefighter
has come into
play as a football player for the Huskies. "Training to do
things the right
way
serves
me well in
criminal justice major. "In both areas
correct way, you'll be successful
more
football," says the
if
you
train the
often than not."
fire, the Lower Bucks County chapter
American Red Cross honored Waters and members
of Rescue 73, Tower 3 and Engine 2 with the Real
Heroes 20U Award for their heroic actions. The companies
were also honored by the Pennsylvania House of
Following the
of the
Representatives for their
8
work
in the rescue effort. •
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shaffer
Honored
BRYCE SHAFFER,
to the first
team
All- America for
from Gettysburg, was named
One Academic
Division II Men's Soccer, as
a junior
of the 2011 Capital
NCAA
by the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA).
selected
was
Earlier in the post-season, Shaffer
selected for
One
the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region second team.
of just 22 soccer
players to be
chosen for the
all-region team,
he led the Huskies
to a
j^^^^^—
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Conference (PSAC)
*
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— '^P^BI^^^^^^^^^B
Bryce Shaffer
accepts the PSAC
Championship
left
appearance, their
PSAC commissioner
third in school
history.
He also was honored by a second team All-PSAC
into the Athletic Hall of
Fame
last fall
President David Soltz, center back. Inductees are.
are
shown
left to right:
with
BU
seated. Denise
Miller Warner 99. field hockey and Softball: Tracy Price Splain '92. swimming:
and Lori Shelly '91. Softball and field hockey: and back. Rich Kozicki 76.
swimming: SoltZ: and Mike Petersen '92. tennis.
and given the PSAC Champion Scholar Award.
selection
Shaffer led the 2011 Huskies with 17 points on eight
goals
30th Class Inducted
Alumni inducted
'^.^mpion Scholar Award from Steve
ly.
Pennsylvania
State Athletic
and one
assist,
game winners. His
with two of his goals coming as
biggest
games came against the
teams in West Virginia Wesleyan, Lock
Haven and Gannon. Shaffer netted two goals in each
of the games and was credited with one assist against
Lock Haven for a total of 13 points. A mid-season injury
region's top
New Face of Athletics
MIKE MCFARLAND'S FIRST fall as BU's athletic director
seemed under attack from Mother Nature — an
earthquake, a hurricane, flooding caused by Tropical
Stonn Lee and a freak October
snowstorm.
A half dozen athletic
events, mostly soccer,
limited Shaffer's playing time. •
had
be
to
rescheduled.
However, the forces of nature
dim McFarland's enthusiasm.
Hockey All-Americans
Field
didn't
THREE BU FIELD hockey players were named to the
"It is
Hockey Coaches Association/
2011 National Field
Longstreth AU-American team.
Amanda
Riley of Tannersville earned
her third, first-team Ail-American honor
in 2011.
The senior
led the Huskies in
goals scored with 14
and
in assists
with
Blandon, earned the
/^^^
American honor
keeper led
^Ra>
f
all
in
of Division
first-team All-
II this fall
work with
and students," he
says.
"While the
few months on the job have presented numerous
I am excited about building on the history
and excellent tradition of Husky athletics."
McFarland came to Bloomsburg in August
2011 after
mark
and event operations and
in
years
At Bucknell, McFarland served as the day-to-day
facility
scheduling.
promotional
of .853.
five
as the Patriot League's associate executive director.
supervisor of athletic
in
and was second
saves percentage with a
to
faculty, staff
challenges,
director for facilities
from
her career. The goal-
goals against average
"
a junior
first,
an honor
six years as Bucknell University's associate athletic
12 for a total of 40 points.
Meghan HoUenbach,
first
truly
such outstanding
facilities
and coordinator of all
He monitored marketing and
activities for all 27
Bison varsity sports
selection in her career.
and handled scheduling, maintenance, preparation
and event management issues for all activities.
Earlier in his career, McFarland was the communi-
fielder
cations director and,
Amber Aulenbach's second team AllAmerican honor is the
first
Ail-American
The junior midfrom Fleetwood was one of
Bloomsburg's top threats finishing with
seven goals and six assists for the year.
Bloomsburg finished with a
19-1 record,
won the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference championship and advanced
to the
NCAA Division II semi-finals.
•
later,
the assistant executive
director of the National Soccer Coaches Association
of America.
A 1991 graduate of Lindenwood University
he earned a master's degree from
Western Illinois University in 1994.
McFarland replaces Mary Gardner, who retired in
June 2011 after 23 years as BU's athletic director. •
in St. Charles, Mo.,
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You're That Guy!
For comedians,
it's
Lyle the Intern from Late Night with
David Letterman. For college students, it's Liam McPoyle
from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. For older TV
viewers, it's Lloyd Lowery from Breakout Kings.
And for movie buffs, it could be Armstrong in
Date Night, Crash in Herbie: Fully Loaded or any
character J I
MM
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SIMPSON
'98 has portrayed in
films over the past decade.
Passersby recognize the
name
but seldom call out
OK with Simpson.
face,
and that's
"They come up to me and say, 'Hey, you're that guy
Simpson says. "Then they ask what I was in."
his
...
by
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BONNIE MARTIN
WINTER
2012
11
NO WONDER PEOPLE RECOGNIZE SIMPSON.
IT'S
His impressive list of credits ranges from summer
stock at Williamstown Theatre Festival to
and
Broadway
TV to films. When he started out, inspecting incom-
ing vehicles at the dock of Newark, N. J., during the day
and pursuing acting at night, he gave himself 10 years
to
He realized he'd beaten his own deadline half a
dozen years ago when income from his acting roles paid
make
all
it.
of his
to get
bills.
by on
"What a great year, to be
fortunate
he
acting, this fanciful career,"
enough
says.
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o
u
£r
o
o
X
Q-
CALL OF THE STAGE
only if he worked hard on the
"The
Originally a business major,
Simpson admits he wasn't
a moti-
vated student in high school or his
He signed up
early college years.
the greatest teachers in the
12
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for
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I
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r R S
I
fii'st
final.
time
I
put
up
in a
grown
household with an apprecia-
tion of the arts. His parents encour-
and
to
senior years as a theatre major.
worked hard the
class,
last
couple
he appeared in
BU Players
aged him and his two older brothers
do "whatever makes you happy,"
he sa\'s. They supported his acting
move
home state of New Jersey to
aspirations, including the
from
his
productions, including his "sick role"
New York, \\'here he could concen-
of John W^ilkes Booth in Assassins,
trate
by
mentor and
directed
his
the late Michael Collins,
friend.
Simpson's previous acting experience was one role in a communit>'
S
theatre production, but he'd
my heart and soul itito it," he recalls.
And he loved "I spent my junior
"I
orld,"
T Y OF P E N N
the
years of college," he says. Outside of
him he could pass the course
BLOOM SB tRG
was
it.
an Introduction to Theatre class at
the end of his sophomore year,
thinking it would be easy: a mass
lecture :lass he could skip \\'henever
he pleased. And that's what he did
untU theatre arts faculty member
Karen Ansebn, who he calls "one of
told
final
Y L\ A N A
I
on
theatrical roles.
"When I got to New York, I had
no expectations," Simpson recalls.
"I had access to Lower Eastside
productions which I would do for
free to see if I could
in those.
I
be
really
Simpson needed
good
to
pursue a
rela-
tionship that, he says, "just clicked."
didn't plan."
Between acting jobs, he and other
worked on their
own projects, forming friendships
that remain strong today. "It's
struggling actors
Married for nearly
five years,
Simpson says their acting commitments often keep them apart. "We
constantly miss each other," he says.
solidifying having nothing together,"
he
says. "I can't
night
I
was
remember a
single
A
CAREER
"nerdy," a personality trait of some
fish-smelling apartment.
tiny,
TWO SIDES OF
Simpson considers himself
sitting alone in that
had a $500 camcorder and it was
an outlet that made us feel like we
were creating."
I
characters he's portrayed. "But
stopped trying to
about
'do'
nerd.
how to play this guy.
what's worked the most
AN AGENT
the person within.
Simpson met
his first agent
by
municating on a
chance. Professional performers
"I
around people who know more
than me. I really love knowledge
and information."
WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN ACTOR
JIMMI SIMPSON '98? PERHAPS...
of a career in stand-up, he took a
An
ing to
by a comedian. His
class taught
one-and-only stand-up routine was
FILM
seen by the comedian's agent,
Date Night
signed him.
"If you're
A
Quiet
working, you're in the
percent of actors," Simpson
says.
"Making it and not making
of Lying
is
Marriage
sadly arbitrary.
Final Draft
you
Zodiac
working, doing
Itty
Seraphim
Falls
fill
was
7
gaps between acting jobs
some
characters on people he has
known. "A screenplay I wrote
It's
little
centerpiece," says the actor,
worked
it
An agent can get
into auditions.
summer stock.
Committee
Bitty Titty
avid reader since he
a
few years ago has a pizza joint as a
of Invention
Little
who
1
top
love being
early in his career, basing
BROADWAY
Intentions
I
years old, Simpson turned to writ-
intentions
The Famsworth Invention
The Mother
human level.
enjoy playing really articulate
people," he adds, "and
One summer, with no
The Invention
finding
about com-
summer internship with
tage of the opportunity to learn.
Good
is
more
It's
For me,
led master classes during his four-
Williamstown (Mass.) Theatre
Festival, and Simpson took advan-
Taking Chances
It's
I
about net-
shows, doing
There's quite an
Pizza,
at
who
Bloomsburg's Napoli
known
as "Naps," for three
years. "A couple of the characters
are strongly inspired in the best
way by people I worked with."
Today, in addition to acting, he
TV pilots and screenplays
working toward getting
element of luck."
writes
ROSE RED
and is
them produced. He plans
Loser
A "lucky" acting role in the 2002
these projects, each one featuring a
TELEVISION
mini-series. Rose
Breakout Kings
Simpson
The Big Bang
Psych
Melanie Lynskey, best
Stay Alive
Loaded
Herbie: Fully
D.E.B.S.
It's
Always Sunny
Party
Rose
in
Philadelphia
Down
"I
in
was
My Name
Is
friends.
in Seattle six
NYPDBlue
The Division
Rose Red
Back
months and,
we became good
in
New York, I couldn't
Then 9/11 happened and as I watched (the scene
at the World Trade Centers) from
my roof, she sent a message: "Are you
OK?" That simple message was all
believes it's important
an actor to stay grounded, work
hard and remain committed. "I'm
constantly stunned that I'm still
working," he says. "Everything is
for
temporary."
stop thinking of her.
Investigation
Earl
Camivale
Cold Case
as
TV's Two and a Half Men.
Virtuality
House M.D.
Crime Scene
Eleventh Hour
known
role for his wife.
Simpson
to his wife, actress
the last month,
CSI:
Red introduced
to direct
rf,
Editor's note:
Jimmi Simpson
talks about his experiences as a
Bloomsburg University student
at
www.bloomu.edti/magazine. •
.
,
Bonnie Martin
is
editor of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
WINTER
2012
13
TifEY SIT ACROSS a table and share
their emotional stories of verbal
and torture.
Babak Mohassel's recounting,
attacks, beatings, rape
In
plight of political refugees
law and
other
countries, abuses
— are blurred
an out-of-focus photograph.
They are applicants seeking political
history,
he listened as
attorneys presented evidence
and
"It
human
and
rights victims with
students and the community,
Mohassel hopes
applicants told their stories.
— names, ages, home
the specifics
like
edge of national security law, asylum
takes a certain degree of
to begin a dialogue
about the issues facing individuals
courage to come in front of a
in other countries
maker who will decide
whether you must return to your
solutions to
decision
and propose
end some of the abuses.
The center offers diverse programming in conjunction with the
asylum in the United States, hailing
from nations as varied as Russia,
Poland and Ethiopia. The vagueness
nation state to face persecution.
— the actions against
—
them
and so emotional," he says.
student club. Institute of Human
of the details
"We needed
recent presentation, the center
vacy. In
is
to protect their pri-
Babak Mohassel's memory,
though, the courage of the applicants
is
in crystalline focus.
For two years as adjudicator with
the Department of Homeland
Security in the Washington, D.C.
area,
Mohassel decided whether
would be granted
these people
asylum or be referred
to the courts.
The issue of human
his
life.
rights drives
Describing himself as both a
is
It
so intense
make
to
sure they got
Rights and Social Justice. For one
recognition for their testimony,
partnered with the Coalition of
and respect
as they shared something so special, so intimate, in an open space.
African Youth to discuss child
"I was impacting lives," he adds.
was determining whether people
could have asylum in the U.S. As
an adjudicator, it was a huge
to
responsibility."
going on there
that they got support
"I
A member of the Washington,
D.C, and
New Jersey bar associa-
Mohassel
slavery in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. "Children are forced
work
in
mines and find minerals
used in cell phones,"
Mohassel says. "There are a
that are
number of human
rights violations
— minerals are
being stolen, children are being
exposed
Human
to
dangerous minerals.
and an attorney, Mohassel
began working with torture victims
and victims of other human rights
abuses before he earned his graduate
and law degrees from SUNY Buffalo
and Georgetown University Law
School. "I decided to become an
attorney in hopes of assisting them
more," he says.
"There were so many gruesome
events happening around the world,
I felt that there needed to be some
movement," says Mohassel, assis-
tions,
expressed a fear of returning to
and others who hear them.
tant professor of criminal justice at
their country during the process,"
people to not just learn the infor-
sociologist
still
accepts the
occasional political asylum case,
bono
for the Georgia Asylum and
Immigration Network (GAIN) and
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).
Last summer, for example, he
The center also hosted
Manhattan attorney Travis Johnson,
Africa.
rights issues, including the abuse
the clients were facing deportation.
and exploitation of children.
Mohassel says he wants these
"The case was expediting their
removal from the U.S., and they
Human rights came in when I start-
the adjudicator."
"I
gave legal counsel
ed learning more about Amnesty
14
with forced movement issues in
who talked about domestic human
he explains.
While an adjudicator with the
Department of Homeland Security,
Mohassel decided the fate of individuals, including unaccompanied
youths under age 18, who feared a
return to their home country would
place them in danger of persecution
based on gender, political opinions
or nationality. Relying on his knowl-
mother and
three cases in Atlanta in which
when the individuals were seeing
and doing this type of
In another program, a
daughter shared their experiences
provided legal consultation to
BU since 2009. "I went to grad
International
criminal to various degrees."
offering his services pro
school to learn about society.
work. That fueled me."
rights violations are
Increasing Awareness
At BU, where he teaches courses in
criminology, criminal justice, and
national security law and terrorism, Mohassel has combined his
passion as a
civil rights
advocate
and experience with political
asylum cases in both the classroom
and the campus' Center for Human
Rights and Social Justice, which he
founded in 2009. By sharing the
stories to resonate
with his students
"I
want
remember what they
want to have this engagement touch them and for them to
become aware and think about it,
mation, but to
heard.
I
not just hear
them
it
in passing. I'd like
to deeply consider
it.
It's
one
thing to gain education and go
through school;
it's
another thing
become educated. I want the
audience to become educated about
to
these
human rights violations."
Sara
Hodon is a
•
freelance writer
and college-level English instructor
from Schuylkill County, Pa.
haven
The news is filled with stories of people
who stand up for freedom and justice in spite
of the danger that may await. BU professor
^ ^ ^
MOHASSEL wants his students to
^
understand basic human rights cannot be taken
for granted and be inspired to take action.
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classes had already been
.
cancelled for a day and a half and most students had
Facilities
returned honne. By the time classes resumed on Sept. 19.
another record was
longest weather-related
set: the
BU s history.
Although some students,
closure
more than
f
in
faculty
and
staff
were
fall,
many were eager to
a helping hand. Student athletes remaining
practices
and contests logged a
in
total of 2.5A2
town
lend
University Police
provideda|^
T
2.300 hours of support to town police and town
work crews. Employees used 18 pieces of university-owned
equipment to clean debris and transport evacuees and
service provider donated food to
the flood victims, and
BU s
Bloomsburg High School
for
hours of
their athletic activities.
BU employees and
volunteer time helping local residents remove water-
logged belongings from their
Management and
helpers to their destinations. Aramark, the university's food
adversely affected by the natural disaster that flooded 25
percent of Bloomsburg last
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vice agency that coordinated flood relief efforts.
homes and shovel mud
members of Greek
Agape
athletic
to
for distribution to
department worked with
provide alternative venues for
A month
after flood
waters receded.
students, along with volunteers from
Mansfield University, provided nearly 50 local children with
from their basements. These athletes,
playthings at a Toys for Tots giveaway and athletes gave
organizations and other students volunteered, although
away
a severe shortage
in
potable water
meant showers were
faculty
and
staff
helping their neighbors, friends and families,
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Bloomsburg
never be the same. But
the affects of Tropical Storm Lee
as
football
will take
a long time to recover from this devastating flood, and
many areas
manned the phone bank at the Emergency
Operations Center: cared for evacuees' pets at the Upper
by
home
Columbia County and the Town
often unavailable.
In addition to
free tickets to the Huskies'
against Shippensburg.
the town are one
community
showed
BU s response
to
the university and
— Bloomsburg.
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MAKING A
CLEAN BREAK
by
SUE BEARD
Although the Ferraros agree it
to wager a guaranteed
paycheck on a well-planned
gamble, Jim says he used the fear
was scary
as "a motivator, a tool to
next sales
call."
commuting or
make the
And instead of
behind a
desk, Jim spent the bulk of his three
sitting
and senior high
children's junior
school years working from home.
The
Ferraros,
who met at the
Fed up with cold
for a business of their
Seven years
later,
gamble has paid
off.
own.
the Ferraros'
Executive
Southern
has grown from 20
employees to more than 100. Each
California,
night, the Ferraros'
out to clean
square
employees fan
more than
1
million
feet of commercial
He's also protective of his employees.
"Ninety- nine percent of our workforce
is
site. I
want
female,
treat
and I inspect every
my employees to feel safe
environment in which they're
I
look for companies that
our employees with respect."
He says he couldn't have done
any of it without his wife. The two
are partners— in life and in business
—with Debbie taking care of the
accounting and payroll and
On a frigid New Jersey Sunday in
wind chill was 20 below
Debbie remembers), the
Ferraros sat in their con do watching the Giants and Broncos vie for
the Super Bowl XXI championship
in Pasadena, Calif "I looked at him
and he looked at me, and we asked
ourselves what we were doing in
New Jersey," she remembers.
zero,"
"We weren't skiers, we weren't
we needed to go to
and
the strong relationship
involved in business decisions.
1987 ("The
Facility Services Inc., their thriving
janitorial service in
up the
is
he develops with his customers.
working.
risked their financial security, trad-
fits
he believes,
in the
corporate ladder.
ing Jim's corporate job with bene-
Jim developed his business model
while earning his MBA from the
University of Phoenix in the late
1990s. "I wanted a business based
on my two strengths: customer
service and client relations," he
says. He found a small janitorial
business for sale, bought a second
and merged the two.
The key to the business' success,
from Catholic high schools in Bucks
County, transferred to Bloomsburg
during their sophomore years. After
graduation, Debbie became a junior
accountant, while Jim started
industrial space.
snow people
The Ferraros, 1984 BU graduates, had three young children by
2004 but Jim admits he was hardly
a hands-on father. "I was on six
California," Jim says of the decision.
...
Within a one-month span in 1988,
they bought their
postal
first
business, a
annex franchise designed to
Advice for future entrepreneurs?
"Know the nuts and bolts of the
product or service you're offering,"
says Jim. "Listen to your clients talk
about their wants and needs before
They may not
know they need what you're offering,
so you may have to educate your
client. And find a mentor who's
been there and done that."
The Ferraros realize that some
you
offer anything.
may
look
tors. "It's
but
it's
down
their noses at jani-
not a glamorous business,
a service that has to be done,"
says Debbie.
planes in three days," he says of
provide supplemental income;
his hectic corporate career with a
purchased their first single-family
you're willing to do
home; and learned they were expect-
don't
school bus provider.
He yearned
to
spend more time with his wife and
children, set his own schedule and
enjoy the family's many outdoor
pursuits, which include running,
sailing and biking.
]
'Picky' about customers
Jersey Shore shortly after graduating
JIM AND DEBBIE Blake Ferraro
were about to turn 40 when they
ALUMNI PROFILE
ing their
first
baby.
The couple sold
Both subscribe
want
to the saying: "If
what other people
way
to do, you'll live the
other people aren't able to
live."
•
the fi^anchise about five years later
when Debbie became a stay-at-home
Sue Beard, the
mom to daughters Chelsea and
Record Herald in Waynesboro,
Jordyn and son Christian.
lives in
retired editor of The
North Fort Myers,
Pa.,
Fla.
WINTER
2012
19
by
JACK SHERZER
STATE'S
Warden
Former offensive lineman and coach JOHN WETZEL '98 says gridiron
lessons came into play as he worked his way up from corrections officer to
warden of the Franklin County Prison and, now, Pennsylvania's Secretary
of Corrections. "Watching game film, you better check your sensitivity at
the door because you're going to be judged on every step you take. At the
Franklin County Prison, we measured ourselves by our own standards,
which were always higher. And, that's what we're instilling here in the
Department of Corrections."
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Corrections says he's
potential to be good, productive citizens.
discovered certain truths during a career that's taken
interest to create
him through
productive,
three county prisons: Lack of a high
school diploma and real job skills are key factors
behind many incarcerations; placing non-violent,
low-risk offenders behind bars is counterproductive;
and society's best bet is to give inmates skills they need
for a
life
"The
that
outside prison.
reality of corrections,
even
at
the state level,
90 percent of the people are going to walk
is
out," says
John Wetzel '98, confirmed as corrections secretary in
May 2011. "The fact is the majority of inmates have the
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and
It's
in
our best
an environment where they can become
through programming, modeling
that's
appropriate behavior and increasing their
skill set."
Wetzel received his bachelor's degree in psychology
from Bloomsburg in 1998, and his corrections career
began to take off. He became warden at the Franklin
County Prison in January 2002 and, five years later,
former Gov. Ed Rendell appointed him
Board of Pardons as the corrections
to the state
expert.
The
appointment, he says, led to his selection as Gov.
Tom
Corbett's corrections secretary.
OF PENNSYLVANIA
1^
As warden at Franklin County Prison, Wetzel initiated
He oversaw the construction
of a new prison while expanding treatment and program
options so jail would be a last resort. And the numbers
John Wetzel, standing third from
left, poses with Huskies teammates.
alternatives to incarceration.
dropped.
When he started as warden, the county had
it had 297 by January 2011.
Wetzel directed the creation of the county's day
322 inmates;
reporting center, where offenders
who are attending
treatment for drug and alcohol abuse or classes to obtain
diploma are monitored while living at
home instead of at the prison. To make it happen, he
worked with the county judges, commissioners, district
attorney and other stakeholders in the community.
their high school
Today, on average, there are 120 offenders in the
county's day reporting center
center,
would be
sitting
— people who, before the
behind bars, says David
S. Keller,
chairman of the Franklin County Commissioners. Keller
credits Wetzel with focusing the county's criminal jus-
system on a more treatment-oriented approach and
tice
coordinating services so someone
who is,
Prison,
for example,
During his break from
continue to receive help after release from prison.
"John never
lost sight of two
safety
and helping people
going
to benefit greatly."
main
to return to
Bloomsburg
goals: public
college,
he played on the
Penn Piranha
two seasons until he tore his right Achilles tendon.
The injury stopped him from playing, but opened the
door to coaching the Chambersburg Cardinals semi-pro
for
get their lives
team and, as a volunteer offensive line coach, the
Shippensburg University Raiders.
William DiMascio, executive director of the
who lives in Chambersburg with his wife
Philadelphia-based inmate advocacy group
and four daughters, readily acknowledges that his
career path has been a bit unusual.
Pennsylvania Prison Society,
He was an indifferent student
whose main interest when he came
to Bloomsburg was playing on the
heartened by Wetzel's belief in
Huskies offensive
line.
He credits
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS
• $1.87 billion
•
27 correctional
"Wetzel has
facilities,
one motivational
boot camp, 14
Eileen Astor-Stetson, for the advice
centers, nearly 40 contract facilities
that
would propel him through
his
career.
"She told
me that I wouldn't be
happy working for someone
that
I
was headed with my
lack
of attention to education," he
More than 51.000 inmates
•
The average time served
turns out she was right."
Wetzel didn't immediately see
recalls. "It
the
wisdom
of his professor's advice.
of graduating, he
left
•
for
Wetzel admits the
inmates
of
an inmate
he has Corbett's backing. "In the
first cabinet meeting, the governor
said it's important to do the right
SOURCE: WWW.COR.STATE.PA.US
A semester short
football sea
to
providing needed programing, but
2010: $32,986
Bloomsburg after the
state's tight
budget presents a challenge
2009 was 50.2 months
Average annual cost
in
be a lot more humanistic than
some of his predecessors."
to
About 16.000 employees
in
he's not of the
"He's a very bright guy and a very
good people person, and he tends
academy
•
released
shown
lock-them-up-and-throw-awaythe-key approach," DiMascio says.
community corrections
•
wasn't as smart as me, but that's
the path
training
is
alternatives to incarceration.
budget
his adviser, psychology professor
and a
to
offensive line for the semi-pro Central
back on track,"
Keller says. "I think if he's given the freedom to set
some goals and the resources to accomplish them in
the way he was in Franklin County, Pennsylvania is
Wetzel,
knowing he wanted
complete his degree.
studying for high school equivalency certification can
things, for the right reasons, right
now. There
may be impediments. My job is
son in 1991 to take a full-time job as a guard in the
impediments out of the way." •
Lebanon County Prison, where he'd previously worked
part-time and his brother works today. A year later, he
became a corrections officer at the Berks County
Jack Sherzer
native.
is
to get the
a professional writer and Pennsylvania
He currently lives in
Harrisburg.
WINTER
2012
21
Ted Roggenbuck. director
of BU s Writing Center left,
discusses ways to improve
student writing with Bob
Calarco. Berwick High
Scfiool English teacher.
BERWICK HIGH scHOOl
adminis-
and English teachers
beHeved the time was right for
trators
student- staffed writing center.
saw
as a natural
it
way
a
They
to increase
and encourage students to spend more time reading
and writing. But, where to start?
Doing his own homework,
Berwick English teacher Bob
literacy skills
Calarco read
A
Guide to Creating
Student-Staffed Writing Centers in
Grades Six through 12 by Richard
Kent.
The book advised contacting
what
local universities to see
resources they
12 miles away,
may have. Just
Calarco found
Bloomsburg University's Writing
where director Ted
Roggenbuck and consultants
Jess Weber and Molly Phelan were
Center,
excited about the possibility of a
collaboration.
Consultants, as
BU Writing
Center student staffers are called,
offer aid to graduate
thewrite
graduate students
and under-
who need help
any stage of the writing process.
"Working in a writing center is one
of the most powerful learning
in
experiences a person will ever
stuff
by
BECKY LOCK
have," says Roggenbuck, assistant
professor of English. "Our job
and one of the things
Berwick High School teachers wanted
a student-staffed writing center and
BU had the expertise to make it happen.
The resulting partnership benefits
students at both institutions.
is
to
help improve writing instruction,
writers
is
that helps
talking about writing.
The more writing centers in the
area, the more prepared students
will be."
The
creation of the high school
center provided internship opportunities for
Phelan and Weber,
neither of whom had experience
with writing centers during their
high school years. Together, they
helped design and establish the
training
program for the high
The Write Place,
school's center,
22
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
which opened
in fall 2011, referring
and researching
other successful models. They created training lessons and hands-on
at
activities for 15
new consultants,
all
Weber also
Maryland's Salisbury University.
Although Weber and Phelan
to Kent's guide
graduated in spring
tion
2011, collabora-
between the two institutions
continues this year with
coming to a peer, they won't be
worried about being judged or
graded and they will take more
risks in their writing."
BU repre-
"The benefits of a university
sented by Michael Sherry, assistant
writing center to the university
administered training in Berwick,
professor of English, and juniors
spending about an hour there each
week for eight weeks.
The pair asked the younger
trainees to write an essay explaining
their own writing process, then
Olivia Rios of Millersville
community are well-documented,"
says James Brown, dean of BU's
high school juniors.
took them on a
field trip to the
university's writing center,
where
they worked with college-age tutors.
and
Caitlyn Connolly of Newtown.
Rios,
who gave a presentation on
College of Liberal Arts. "What's
exciting about this collaboration
the opportunity our university
National Conference on Peer
students had to participate in the
Tutoring in Writing in Miami
last
works to get Berwick teachers
more involved with the center.
fall,
creation of a high school writing
center and in the design and imple-
mentation of training materials for
BU
^
junior Olivia Rios, right, offers wrltinj
feedback
to
|
left:
Samantha^ower.
teach the high school writing
consultants
was how to recognize
Calarco says the high school center,
-:.xdHBK-^'>^''>£.vi.aJi^tal:idH
student writing consultants."
Weber currently
a.m. to 3 p.m. each
school day, aims to "change the
the writing center model for a high
culture of the building in terms
school in Maryland. She and
7:15
is
replicating
the difference between fixing a
of writing awareness." Initial feed-
Phelan both plan to direct their
and helping the writer,
Roggenbuck says. "They have to act
like readers, not experts. With high
school students, the more they act
back just one marking period into
the center's use is positive. "History
own
writer's text
like
an expert, the harder
it
is
for
the student to take responsibility."
Working
at
the center changed
the career plans of Weber
teachers are using the writing center's
services,
and science teachers send
students here to get help with their
lab reports.
I
feel
very optimistic,"
"I
centers one day.
think talking about your writ-
something everyone should
It makes us better
writers," Phelan says. "I've seen
ing
is
be able to do.
how beneficial a writing center is to
college students. Students are facing
Calarco says.
A writing center for high school
and
a pivotal time in high school.
Phelan. They switched their
students
majors to composition language
because
and rhetoric, and both earned
tuition waivers and graduate
at
think they think about audience
Becky Lock
assistantships in the master's pro-
and purpose when they are
photographer
gram
ing,"
in
composition and rhetoric
is
it
"especially important
encourages them to look
writing in a
J
1
/
and Alec Trapane.
.
open from
,
Berwick High School stud^ts
Katie Scopelliti, front
center:
One of the most important lessons Weber and Phelan needed to
is
The Write Place with Weber at the
new way.
Weber says.
"But,
I
if
The
writing center provides everything
I
would have wanted help with." •
don't
writ-
they are
is
a writer, editor
and
who works and lives
in Pennsylvania.
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2012
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Jloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Tship:
Ste{^
TUBE A BUSHY-HAIRED, Socially awkward BU
Sometimes, he acknowledges,
fate pushes you to the
what happened last September when
rains from Trnniral Storm T^p fnii<;pH hnrrl<;hin anrl
freshman" pushing a bin full of belongings into a tripled
rnom in Flwpll Hall Rlnnmchiirtr \/lct\rrnr Flan K'nnri' 'riT
higher
an apt description of himself in fall 2003.
"It's hard for people to visualize that kid when they
see me," he says. "It's easy for people to think, 'He has
confidence, he knows what he's talking about and he's
not afraid to speak to a group.' But those things never
heartbreak for his constituents. Unable to reach his
says
it's
just happen."
Knorr,
who double-majored in political science and
involvement in the Political Science
Student Association, forensics team and University
Democrats with building his confidence. Elected to
history, credits his
Bloomsburg Town Council in 2005, Knorr won his first
term as mayor in 2007 when he was just 21. He credits his
success to pushing himself out of his comfort zone.
"You get to a position and you make some mistakes
and you learn from them," he says. "Once you're confident and you feel you can move onto something bigger,
do it. You'll never truly be ready for something if it's a
higher
level."
level.
That's
own
home, which was untouched by the flood, Knorr held
Emergency Management Association meetings, met with
officials ft-om a local business for updates on an ammonia
leak and circulated through the community to make sure
residents' seemingly never-ending needs were addressed.
The effects of the flood caught up with him as he
stopped by a Saturday night dinner for victims and volunteers at the Caldwell Consistory. "I had been cut off"
from my house and it hit me: I, too, needed a meal from
someplace and a place to sleep for a few hours."
Knorr tried to remain optimistic as he reminded local
residents, "We will get through this. There will be a time
when the water isn't here and we will work through
everything together.
was certainly the biggest test I've faced so far," he
says. "If there was ever a moment when you realize why
you're in this position, that was it." •
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1957
Allen Kessler and his wife,
Betty,
Sowash recognized
David M. Furman, Iowa, was
wedding anniversary in June 2011.
named human resources director
for the Consumer Lending Group
He taught in New Jersey schools
at
of Milton, celebrated their 50th
Linda Zyla
Sowash
ator from
Merck Pharmaceuticals.
as a sixth-grade teacher from
1
after 34 years of service.
Northumberland and
at
Benton high schools and Luzerne
Intermediate Unit
18,
a
PIAA
and
PASSHE schools during construction
Sowash was a founding participant for
the campus' Multicultural Affairs Office and the Women's Resource
Center Several current BU student and alumni affairs staff members
lowest of
1977
Geraldine Stish Shepperson,
Hazleton Area School
District, is
an accomplished baseball umpire,
head of operations
was inducted into the Luzerne
County Sports Hall of Fame last year.
Academy Charter School. She
1968
Mark Goldman,
a senior
human
at the Valley
began their careers under her guidance.
She has received numerous other campus awards, including the
Outstanding Service Award in 2008. She will be honored with a
plaque
at the
Dixon Center
Alumnus named VP
the University of Scranton and a
John Bigelow '76 was recently named senior vice president of business
services at American Water Works Co. Among his new responsibilities.
his focus will be on promoting efficiency and leading
doctoral degree in educational
ment
of Pennsylvania.
some
present a career program for
1978
Wyk is an attorney
Wyk
Consulting. A veteran, he served
Daniel Van
BU
students on social networking.
in the U.S. Air Force during
Desert Storm and continues his
1973
service as a colonel in the Air
Richard Schwanger is an
National Guard.
assistant technical professor of
of Bethel
accounting at King's College.
He holds a master's degree from
programs and entermanagement; chief financial officer, vice
president and treasurer of New Jersey American Water: and director,
treasurer and vice president of New Jersey American Water
Resources Co. He began his career at GPU System Cos.. where he
spent 18 years working
Houston, Texas.
is
in
finance.
Guiffre receives lifetime
1980
is
chief financial
Nick Guiffre
'78.
president and
He is a certified
public accountant, a certified
an assistant technical professor of
management accountant and
education at King's College.
certified treasury professional.
CEO
achievement award
of Bradford
White Corp.. was
Keenan Lifetime Achievement Award during
the American Supply Association (ASA) annual
meeting and member lunch. This award honors
individuals whose contributions and achievements
have improved the plumbing, heating, cooling and
presented the Fred
Lee Morgan Evans '74/'9oM
positions include senior
prise risk
officer of BPZ Resources,
1974
management
vice president of regulatory
VFW Post 6835.
Richard Menniti
Joseph's University.
St.
He is commander
business services
centralized support services.
His other
and consultant with Van
returned to his alma mater to
of
The president of New Jersey American Water
since 2007. Bigelow has a long history with
American Water, which serves approximately 15
million people throughout the U.S. and Canada.
with NASA's
Flight Center,
Harrisburg.
educational counseling from
leadership from the University
Goddard Space
in
holds a master's degree in
resource developspecialist
1
projects valued at $68 million.
formerly superintendent of the
basketball referee for 32 years
Brown
Sowash. who retired as BU s director of residence life, was influential in founding BU s Living
and Learning Communities program, which has
grown to
communities serving about 700 students. She kept housing costs at BU among the
Jean Eck Snook '76/'79M retired
Patrick "Tiger" Denoy, a long-time
educator
S.
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
(PASSHE).
Wells Fargo and Co.
Mifflinburg Area School District
1958
Suzanne
Distinguished Service Award, which honors current and fornner student affairs staff members at universities in the
and later returned to Pennsylvania,
where he retired as a chemical oper-
for service
'7iif76M received the
a
V.
in terms of education,
and industry image.
began working for the Bradford White
piping fields, especially
safety, service
Guiffre
Joseph Lapotsky '74/'79M,
who
taught business education and
a wrestling coach for
30 years,
is
was
more than
now serving on the
Bill
Reineberg is vice president of
risk
management and
nal auditor for Capital Blue Cross.
He has been with the company for
23 years.
1975
Joan Davis Shortall, a
James Ott, principal and president
education teacher,
was
selected
by
her peers as 2011-12 teacher of the
was appointed to the Lacka-
year for the Florence Career Center
wanna College Board of Trustees.
She
is
also one of four
include sales administrator,
Brian Mahlstedt
Ernest Jackson, a
is
senior vice
is
principal of Saint
president of commercial lending
for
BU Alumni
Association Board director,
Wayne Bank.
Michael's School
Complex, Netcong,
honor roll
teachers for the Florence District
One in Florence, S.C.
company
and executive vice president. He also was
honored with the Golden Eagle Award from the Association of
Independent Manufacturers' Representatives in 2003.
vice president of sales
1981
special
AppleTree Management Group
Inc.,
within the
chief inter-
Mount Carmel Borough Council.
for
Corp. after graduation from BU. His former positions
which serves
Jessica Spangler Harris, vice
N.J.,
president of the Houston branch
students from pre-
of the International Dyslexia
Association, received the
kindergarten through eighth grade.
Nancy
LeFevers Community Service
Award for leadership and
Gina Spleen Jaeger, a captain with
the U. S.
Navy Medical Service
contributions in the field of
Corps,
the
dyslexia
and the community.
is
commanding officer
of the Naval Health Clinic in
Corpus
Christi, Texas.
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2012
25
Bloomsburg L
ni\ ersir>
of Pennsylvania
husky
1983
Stephen J. Jones is Air Products'
China president, based
Shanghai.
1988
in
Bait
and Tackle, Manahawkin,
N.J.
A former business teacher
He is also senior vice
president and general manager of
Alumna serves as
Andy Tonnesen owns Tony's
and wrestling coach, he
is
the
Global Tonnage Gases Equipment
fourth generation of his family to
and Energy. He holds a master's
head the business.
degree from Temple University
and a law degree from the
1989
University- of Pennsylvania.
Brenda Dominick DeRenzo
'89/'90M
Abe Simon
is
academic vice prin-
cipal at
Holy Redeemer High
School,
where he is responsible
is
principal of
FogelsviUe Elementary School.
Kevin
L.
Moyer is
for the school's curriculum devel-
senior xdce president
opment, guidance and faculU'
at
Corporate Call
training.
Rebecca Kenvin Warren
first
'88 recently
female
was sworn
DA
as the first
female district attorney in the MontourColumbia Counties Judicial District.
Previously an assistant DA, Warren dedicated her election victory last fall to her
father and brother who were killed in a
2006 car accident. Their deaths motivated
me to seek this position." she says.
"Victims will have a voice."
Warren has been practicing law for 20
years. Before becoming Montour County's
district attorney she was a solicitor for
the prison board and served as an
assistant DA in Columbia County. She
has provided legal council to several towns and businesses in the
area and authored Columbia County's first child abuse protocol.
Warren lives in Danville with her husband. Rick Warren '89.
and their two children.
in
Center, Blue Bell.
1985
Julia Spychalski
Cindy Smith English, formerly
vice president of strategic initiatives for Geisinger
joined Elite
Health Plan,
Group Consulting of
Lewisburg. She
is
a
is
an early
inter-
vention development specialist for
REID Cliildren's Sei-vices, a division of The Amoore Group, King
of Prussia.
Little
1990
*
quality'
assurance and regulatory
Marc A. 'Varano is DanvUle
t«^^B
2MV^
He is an outreach coordinator
Joe Smits
is
LIFE program
Kulpmont.
in
1991
Francine Bebenek Ashby
vice president of
ment
for
is
vice president of fund develop-
business develop-
^^^r
for Geisinger Medical Center's
compliance for Integra, York.
1986
4^
Jl^friB
Rotary's Rotarian of the Year for
2011.
Haney is the director of
League
'91
was promoted
ment
for Albright
Care Services.
Saucon
to vice president of
International Baseball
and
is in
charge
JeffT. Gyurina
Bethlehem.
for
is
^
MontoursvLUe Borough.
academy
Leslie
David Hein
leadership development from
analytics
Pennsylvania State
a senior
of Mount Kilimanja^ in Tanzania, the highest
is
manager of sales
and reporting for
University-.
manager in human
Independence Blue Cross
in
Philadelphia.
resources for Pfizer Inc.
Ann Sieminski Moran was
1987
Loraine Santee Zelna
appointed to the Pennsylvania
is
associate
Historical
professor of medical imaging
at
and Museum
Commission by Gov.
Tom Corbett.
Misericordia University'.
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Michele Rowland Cherry '92 hiked the
freestanding
received a master's degree in
She is
in 1993.
Lynch Smurthwaite
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
PE
NNSY
LVA
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position.
an administrative assistant to the vice president.
Over the years, he has served as director of
regional operations and assistant international tournament director
Wilson, who played Little League baseball when he was a child,
volunteers with organizations, including United Way and Leadership
Lycoming, and has served on the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors and the Williamsport Area Recreation
Commission. He has been a member of BU's Council of Trustees
the police chief
He graduated from the poUce
new
of several Little
since 2009.
Technologies,
operations for
Softball. In his
League regional
centers in the U.S. and abroad and responsible for
coordinating the annual World Series tournaments
in eight divisions of baseball and Softball. He chairs
Little League International's Charter Committee,
Rules Committee and Tournament Committee.
He began working for Little League in 1993 as
he
health insurance executive.
L.
Patrick Wilson
member of the
Academy for Healthcare
Management and a certified
John
Wilson experiences success
on and off the field
mount^ in the world
1992
Jason Wolfe, founder and
CEO
of Wolfe, LLC, received the 2011
Ernst
& Young eCommerce
Entrepreneur of the Year award
for the western Pennsylvania
region. Wolfe started CouponsDirect,
the
Internet
first
coupon
site.
1999
2003
2008
Marissa Barrett earned a mas-
Lois Kirchner O'Boyle completed
James D'Amico 'o8/'loM
a master's degree in biology from
residence director and assistant
ter's degi'ee in historic
tion
preserva-
and regionalism from the
University of New Mexico.
Calista
director of student activities at
She presented the
Juniata College in Huntingdon.
at
results of her
the Joint Meeting of
Ichthyologists
Germany Beyer is princi-
and Herpetologists.
Jennifer Krott Chamberlain
earned a doctorate in physical
pal of Edgewood Elementary
2004
several online companies, including
School in the Pottstown School
Mark Roda is a
University.
MyCoupons.com.
District.
financial adviser
cal therapist at
with Lancaster-
in
1994
Shawn Rosier '00/'02M is a lead
based Sherman
analyst with the Epic computer-
Werst
His firm
is
company of
the parent
Amy Clewell Goodwin is director
Community
of diildren's ministry at
Mennonite Fellowship of Milton.
based training development team
at
Geisinger Medical Center,
1995
McNamara is a
member of the human services
Michaeleen
faculty
and professor of psychology
2001
Katherine
Lomax is director of
therapy from Shenandoah
& Co.
She
is
a geriatric physi-
Fox Rehabilitation
northern Virginia.
JiUiene Huffman, a U.S.
specialist,
2005
Andrew
Danville.
a
the University of West Florida.
research
2000
is
combat training at Fort
B. Cain,
Lititz, is
Army
graduated from basic
Sill,
Okla.
a busi-
ness analyst with Fulton Financial
Amy LoVaUo is a training spe-
Corp.'s information technology
cialist
with Esri in Charlotte, N.C.
department.
David Numberger was promoted
educational services with the
John "Jack" Lydic was named
to grocery
Technology.
Community Education Council of
Elk and Cameron counties.
offensive coordinator at
Food Markets, DownLngtown.
1996
Veronica Bubb Powell completed
he coaches quarterbacks and
Stefanie Pitcavage, Harrisburg,
Jodi Piekarski Loughlin '96M,
her second master's degree in
serves as assistant coordinator
earned a juris doctorate from
of athletic operations.
Widener University School of
John D. Pittenger is an environ-
laude.
at
Pennsylvania College of
manager at Wegmans
Misericordia University, where
Shenandoah,
is
an assistant pro-
tistics
from Virginia Tech and
stais
a
biostatistician
conducting undergraduate reading
Burlington, Mass.
graduate-level course
on profes-
clerk with the
Jones
of marketing and recruitment for
Oil
is
& Gas.
executive
for the
school boys' and
is
the high
girls'
head swun-
director of the Osterhout Free
2002
ming coach for the Parkland
Library in Wilkes-Barre.
Robert Pretopapa, a wealth
School
adviser with NothelferMorrone
earth
1997
Eugeniu Grigorescu, Hanover
passed the certified financial
Township,
planner examination.
is
director of the
Center for Teaching and Learning
Greta Keller Rosier
Scranton.
manager for an
1998
Jessica
Grim
Galle
is
is
operations
District,
where he teaches
and space science.
2009
Korie Dudrich was
the King's College Office of Career
Planning.
Rudy Inaba is director of nutri-
Jesse Cooper
and exercise for Cenegenics
Medical
Institute,
named
internship advising coordinator in
Las Vegas.
is
a defensive back
with the Philadelphia Soul of the
Arena Football League.
surgical unit at Geisinger Medical
John R. Sweeney is
Center, Danville.
agent with Weichert Realtors-
tenant in the U.S. Army, graduat-
Ruffmo Real Estate in Milford.
ed with honors and
account
Douglas A. Snyder is a member
Clemens, a Lansdale accounting
of the York County and
firm.
District of
inpatient medical/
manager at Baum Smith and
and business advisory
Middle
2006
tion
Excellence at the University of
Honorable John E.
the U.S. District Court
Pennsylvania.
Robert Robitaille
Financial Strategies, Allentown,
III in
cum
a federal judicial
Gathering, a subsidiary of Chief
Danville.
Richard C. Miller
is
mental coordinator for Chief
Geisinger Health Systems,
sional contributions.
She
Amy Cechman Wright is manager
courses in children's literature
and reading methodology and a
Law, graduating summa
with rnVentivHealth,
fessor at Misericordia University,
a real estate
David Watson, a second lieu-
his class
2007
from the
at
the top of
101st
Airbome's
Air Assault School. Watson
Pennsylvania Bar associations
Maribeth Brozena '07/'09M
returned from Afghanistan in
and an associate with the firm of
was
May 2011 and is stationed in
Becker & Strausbaugh
University's assistant field
P.C.
selected as Slippery
Rock
hockey
Kentucky.
coach.
WINTER
2012
27
Marriages
2010
Janel Petrovich '09/'ioM,
Shamokin Township,
is
employee assistance program
a
cheerleader with the Philadelphia
Eagles.
added
counselor
at
Red Rock Job Corps.
to the
35-member squad
Kayla
Trumbo was selected as
head volleyball coach
State Schuylkill.
Kaitlyn D'Annibale '09/'ioM
athletic trainer at
Universit}'.
trainer,
Bowie
is
State
A certified athletic
she works
at
She
for
is
Penn
an itinerant
the Schuylldll
Haven Area School
District.
David Hudak
'02
and Nichole
Light,
Pennsylvania
20U
Kristin Kasper '03 and Jeremy Rautzahn, April 30,
and John Bonievncz, Aug.
Byrne, Nov.
20U
6,
2010
6,
Shumway '03
Meredith Moore '04 and Kirk Lehman
Andrea Ballas
'08, Jan. 14, 2011
and Mark Teeters, July 23, 20U
'05
Harrisburg.
Shonda Kevick
and Jeremy Bruner, July
'05
2011
2,
Tiffany Schnure '05 and Timothy Spencer, Jvine u, 20U
Air Guard's
193rd Special Operations Wing,
He is currently
Stacey Halko '06M and Christopher Mears
'06
Abby Neff '06 and
2011
Jennifer
Joshua M. Rose accepted a
20U
'04, July 9,
Jonathan Kline '06 and Kristin Schroeder, June 26, 20U
Marina Miranda
in flight school.
of sales operations at Kiwaii 100
New Zealand Spring
2010
10,
2011
10,
as a pilot with the
College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Water Co., Hellertown.
June
Meredith Leonard '04M and Edward O'DonneU
a medical student at Lake Erie
Percent True
and George Powell, May 29, 2010
'01
Jessica Lightcap '04 and Kristopher
Amy Cortellini, Mount Carmel,
Adam Heffelfinger is manager
2011
sioned as a second lieutenant in
and assigned
at
Veronica Bubb
2011
18,
7,
Andrew Wentz was commisthe U.S. Air Force
Hill.
2011
Jason Helcoski '02 and Nicole Narcavage, July
Thomas Hector '04 and Heidi
Evans '07/McBryan
Seton
Brian Kasarda '00 and Jessica Ervin, June
Alicia Averto '04
Football Clinic.
is
and Ed Everdale, May 21,
'89
and learning support teacher for
summer
camps for youth, including the
Jahri
Marx
Jennifer Warsing '99 and Christopher Hampton, April 20, 20U
Amy Belnap '01 and Richard Clarke, May
She is one of 15 cheerleaders
for 20U.
head
Antoinette
Steve Switzer is a trainee
Shymansky
Hope Swenson
and Matthiew Forgeard- France
Ke\Tn Ream, Oct.
'06
'06 and
2,
'06, Nov. 3,
2010
Rudy Inaba
20U
'06, April 26,
and Adam Pankake, July 23, 20U
position vvdth Select Medical
Andrew Osipower is a water
Joseph Yasinskas '06 and Jennifer Petrovsky, June
Corp., Mechanicsburg.
Kristen Barrett '07 and
polo coach and part-time business
teacher at
School.
Upper Perkiomen High
He also plays for a master's
team in the American Water Polo
Jeremy J. Scheibelhut is a
accountant with the
office of Boyer
& Ritter.
Main Line League.
staff
Camp Hill
Kristin Brovra '07 and
June
'06,
Dana DiSalvatore
Kristie
Gardner
Tara K. Robuck is an elementary'
Kathleen
guidance counselor with the
'07
'07
'07
and Stephen Post
and
Lyons
Elliot
May 7, 20U
'06,
'08, July 30,
and Nicholas Dermes
1,
20U
Oct. 16,
20U
Amanda
an assistant volleyball coach
Penn
at
State Schuylkill.
and Joshua Newport,
Laura Laboskie '08 and Jerrod
Cole, Sept.
20U
3,
Amanda Mills '08 and Brandon Zwalkuski, May 21, 20u
Victoria Yurksza '08 and Casey Lucas, June
Julia
Camara Calvo
Patricia
Hannon
'09
'09
and Dan Acor
and Marcus
C.J.
'10,
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www.bioomualunnni.com
Send information
to:
alum@bloomu.edu or
Alumni Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg Uim^ersity of Pennsylvania
400 E. Second Street, Bloomsbui^g, Pennsylvania 17815
28
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shawn
Amanda Milo '10 and John
Whitney Peachey
Ashley Romanot
Greg Swendsen
'10
'10
Meghan Burrows
Haili Shetler 'u
'10
Hill,
'09,
21,
20U
20U
June u, 20U
June u, 2011
Mot\'ka, Aug. 20, lou
and Matthew Reed
and Mark
'10,
Palubinsky-,
and Shannon KeUy,
'11
2009
Coulter
Roslevich '09 and Stephanie Jo
Lindsay Young '09 and Eric Ewing
12,
Oct.
Kristin Pohle '09 and Steven Codey, Aug. 26,
FIND MORE
20U
15,
Christina Golasa '08 and Daniel Piatt '09, Aug.
Hertlein '08
8,
2011
learning support teacher in the
District, is
20u
McMahon '07 and Sean MaMnmuLk, April 22, 2011
Ashley Shappell, a middle school
Area School
20U
'06, July 16,
Tiffani Corliss '08 and Kyle Bogart, June
Pottsville
2010
20U
Matthew BleUer '05, May 22, 2010
Deirdre Miller '07 and Scott Coup '05/'07M, Oct.
District.
26,
4,
Annette Conigliaro '07 and Darren Adair '07
Karen Hause
Midd-West School
Tim Brockman
April
June
18,
16,
Sept. 30, 2010
and Eric Solomon, June 4, 20U
and Daniel Coombe, Nov.
19,
20U
20u
20U
20u
VITAL STATISTICS
Obituaries
Births
Cathleen Zicari Flynn '93 and husband, Frank, a
daughter, Sarah
Ann, March 8,
2011
Lucy Gergen Bridy
Harriet E.
Samuel Ronald Bashore
'25
Adams '28
Agnes Cotterman Bonham Hayman
Janeen Schrann Sutryk
'93
and husband, Jaime, a
Dorothy Jones Berry
'32
'29
'67
Brumbaugh Mehle
Elaine
Michael Mellinger
William Rowett
'67
'67
'67
son, Michael
Mary Kathryn Moyer Leiby '33
Natalie Clipsham Lucca '97 and husband, Todd, a
daughter, Evelyn,
March
7,
2011
Holly Kapuschinsky Magalengo '97 and husband,
Scott, a daughter,
Tavia Skye, June
20u
12,
Velma Mordan
Kerstetter '35
Edward P. Kupskyjr.
Jimmie
E.
Masich
Daniel "Danny" Litwhiler '38
Richard O. Wilhour
Edna
W. James Kephart
'70
Theodore J. Rynn
'70
Keller
McBride '40
Martha Zehner Brown
Frank M. Taylor
Robert
F.
'43
David G. Moharter
'43
Hartman
'68
'68
'68
'71
Kathleen Tanner Cook
'47
'73
Marissa Barrett '99 and husband, Eric Harvilicz,
a son, Barrett Samuel Harvilicz, Aug.
Irvin R. Yeager
12,
2010
Henry
E.
Crawford
Mark Bohr '99 and wife, Jennifer, a son,
Elroy Dalberg
Alexander Lucas, July
John Purcell
27,
James
'47
2011
a son, Holden Michael, July 26, 2011
Cathy Carr Zavacki
'99
'48
Laurel Traub
Veronica Bubb Powell
'01
18,
and husband, George, a
daughter, Alyssa Marie, Aug.
31,
2011
Sara Eberhard Orozco '02 and husband, Misael,
twins, David
and Abigail, June 28,
2011
Crystal Klinger Eisenhauer '03 and husband,
Heim '75
'75
'51
Gary M. LevWs
'51
'80
Elizabeth McBride Keiser
Robert E. Harris
Susan Motyka Haddick
'53
Marion D. Giangiulio
'56
Susan Radwell Miller
Lundy
'58
John
Ernest "Gene"
Pace
S.
Wendy J. Queen '88/'9iM
Michael A. Medina
'89
William Algatt '60
Mary Miller McGinley '90
Lola Rigel Porter '60
Tracy Lynn Donovan
RoyE.
Gay Foster Meyers
Shif[letJr.'6o
'60
Gina Nork DeVitis '02M
Matthew M.
'61
Bleistein '04
James J. Naglejr.
'62
Susan K. Shade '05M
twin boys, Joseph and Jack, Sept. 20, 2011
John
'63
James
F.
Travis
"T.J."
E.
Rockwell
Robert R.
Jeffrey, a
and husband,
daughter, Lily Marie, Aug.
27,
'64
Nancy Bamett Erway
'64
Justin
Brennan
'06
Olesh
M. Harakel
'07
'08
2011
John
Nichol
Erdman
'93
'95
Carrie Montella Mish '03 and husband, Michael,
'03
'84
'86
OrviUe H. Fine
'59
'81
'84
WilliamJ. Weldon'58
Wilbur G. Person
Rebecca Kinney Peterson
'75
Andrew "Andy" Hasay '78
M. Janice Rider Tyler '52
Edwin J. Zarek
John, a daughter, Abigail Olivia, Sept. 22, 2011
'74
Gina Gonzalez Mannella
Faythe Hackett Puterbaugh
Richard Schwartz
2011
'74
Michael G. Malanga
'49
and husband, Tim, a
daughter, Natalie Marlene, Aug.
Neary
Elaine Kielar Tensa
'48
Thomas McAndrew '50
Jaclyn Janowicz Schaeffer '99 and husband, Wes,
E.
McElwee Reinford '03 and husband, Kent,
P.
Ian Francis O'Malley '08
'64
Milton "Rip" Van Winkle
David
a daughter, Ever Lynn, Aug. 24, 2011
Minalda
'65
WiUiam R Welk 'lo
E. Bassett '66
Ashley Henry Whiteman '04 and husband,
Timothy, twin sons,
Mason and Henry,
Dec.
2,
2010
Jennifer DeFrain Stacknick '05 and husband,
Jason, a son, Levi Elway, Sept.
6,
2011
Victoria Yurksza Lucas '08 and husband, Casey, a
son. Chase, Aug. 18, 2011
WINTER
2012
29
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
TO THE MOVIES: Bob and Wendy Piekos Pflugler both Class of 1988.
won the BU Alumni Association's Homecoming Tent Party grand prize
CLASS OF
1
956:
Shown,
Members
of the Class of
1
of a
home
and
their children.
theater system. They are joined by
BU
President David Soltz
Joshua and Jessica.
956 pose at the 55-year
Barbara Bennett Nichols. Tina
Valente Skiptunis. Lori Deibert Bodenhom. Helene Flecknoe.
Jacqueline Albert-Michehl and Charlotte Rummage Winter: and standreunion.
ing:
left to right,
are. seated:
Harrison Morson. Charles Kwiatkoski. Doris Krzywicki Smith.
Bill
Bunny Bowman Bitner Charles Skiptunis. Mike Homick. Sarae
Uhrich Homick U. Roslyn Verona Pennington. Joanne Hester Gentry.
Bitner.
John Koch and Betty Carvolth Johnston.
CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES: More than 60 alumni celebrated AO
years of Sigma Sigma Sigma during Homecoming 201
Shown in
photo, left to right, are Kerry Snyder Foley '92. Debra Hogan-Byme
'93. Karen Craig Weingarten
Valerie Reilly Metzker
1
92/'94M and Shelly May Smith
WATCHING
national
TV
IN
.
'95.
WARMINSTER: Alumni watched Huskies football on
organized by BU Alumni Association regional
at parties
Among
in Warminster are. left to
and Sue Smith Bednarik '8^; standing, front row: Bill Fonner 71. Melissa Harris Brown '90. Gary
Metarko 71. Alice Kotch Cromwell 66 Hedy Fuchs Davis '82. Rich
Boerner '65 and wife Kathy and Lee Davis '67: Standing, back row:
Bob Beam '70. John Dasch '70. Tom Beier '71. Sandi Wood Smith '86
and Ken Cromwell '66.
networks.
right, front:
those attending a party
Cameron Smith
'84
.
CLASS OF 1961: The Class of 1961 marked its 50-year reunion during
Homecoming 201 Members of the reunion committee, left to right,
are: Argie Zevas Andralis. Mary Ann Kiessling Beasom. reunion chair
1
.
Marti Williams Frey Marjorie Ginnick Stover. Constance Terzopolos
Gail Hurter
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BLOOM.SBURG UNIVER.SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Gerber
and
CaLENDaR
I
Activities
and Events
Academic Calendar
Celebrity Artist Series
SPRING 2012
The following events
Spring Break Begins
Monday, March
12
Resume
March
Classes
Saturday,
8 a.m.
17,
Monday, May
7
to change.
Commencement
May
National Broadway Tour
Celebrating Black History and
Women's History months
18,
8 p.m.
12
Complexions
Featuring
Session
seen on So You Think You Can
Session
Session
III:
July 2 to Aug. 10
Exhibitions in the Haas Gallery
of Art are open to the public free
more infomiation,
hours and reception times,
of charge. For
visit
Jazz Festival
Friday, April
Haas Center
13,
noon
for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
March
departments.bloomu.edu/
art/haas.html.
Jazz saxophone
Concert Band
Sunday, April 15, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Gospelrama
31,
Kehr Union, Ballroom
Women's Choral Ensemble
8 p.m.
to mid-April
Senior Exit Show/
April
1
to
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
phenom
appears with jazz legend
Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
www.bloomualumni.com
for details or to register.
at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
Concert Choir
or alum@bloomu.edu.
Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian
345 Market
St.,
Church,
Bloomsburg
New: Moving to May
Alumni Weekend
Friday through Sunday,
Concerts
Knoebels Amusement Resort
May
Listed events are open to the
"Pops" Concert
Alumni Awards Luncheon
29.
Concert Band,
Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, March 4, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market St. Bloomsburg
Ensemble
Monday, April 30, 7 p.m.,
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross
Auditorium
18 to
Husky Singers
March 30, 7:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Friday,
Mitrani Hall
20
Class of 1962 50-year reunion
Special Events
Husky Leadership Summit
Saturday,
March
Monty's, Upper
Symphony
3
Campus
Ball
May 5,
6 p.m.
Kehr Union, Ballroom
Featuring University-Community
Orchestra
Reservations: (570) 389-4287
May 12
Reception: April
11
Bloomsburg
The Shape of Things
by Neil LaBute
Saturday,
March
St.,
Contact Alumni Affairs
Guitar
Late
Phone
Mitrani Hall
Weather permitting
Show
Cell
Visit
music/Music Events.html.
Juried Student Art
Haas
by Sarah Ruhl
Wednesday, April 25, 7 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
http://departments.bloomu.edu/
a.m. to 2 p.m.
the
Alumni Events
Wind Ensemble
sculpture
11
call
April 18 to 22,
Sunday, April 23^ 2:30 p.m.
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross
Sunday, April
March 19
Reception: March 8,
Dead Man s
226 Center
2 p.m.; Jazz Ensemble, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 17 to
when
show
Feb. 22 to 26,
For information, see
Erik Waterkotte, printmaking
until 7 p.m.
classes are in session. For
Alvina Krause Theatre,
public free of charge.
Feb. 13
Wednesdays
Center Box Office, (570) 389-4409.
Michael Francis Donovan.
Through
Haas Center for the Arts
Box Office, open Mondays
through Fridays from noon to
4 p.m. and remaining open
at the
times and tickets,
Grace Kelly with Phil Woods
Art Exhibits
gallei-y
Desmond Richardson,
Dance
Saturday,
for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Bloomsburg University
Auditorium
Ballet
SUMMER
2012
I: May 21 to Aug. 10
II: May 21 to June 29
7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20
The Color Purple
Saturday, Feb.
10,
Mitrani Hall
11
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
Programs
Friday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.
May 11
Friday,
Haas Center
Philadelphia area
May
Graduate
season will be presented in the
Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani
Hall. For more information and
to order tickets, call the box office
at (570) 389-4409 or visit
Chamber Orchestra
Leading players from the
End
Friday,
Players productions are available
The Philadelphia Virtuosi
Finals Begin
Finals
Tuesday, April
and dates are subject
May 4
Friday,
Tickets for
2011-12 Celebrity Artist Series
www.bloomu.edu/cas.
Classes End
Theatre
Percussion Ensemble
in the
1,
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
University-Community Orchestra
Sunday, April 1, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Parents' and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday,
Sept. 14 to 16
Homecoming Weekend
Friday to Sunday,
Oct. 12 to 14
WINTER
2012
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Keller's
Jungle Killers
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
cized at the time as a legitimate
ceremony, Lowery admitted their
actual wedding occurred two
weeks
earlier in Joliet,
111.,
with
her family in attendance.
The couple continued
to tour
with the wild animals for the next
three years, but the 63-year-old
Keller began to experience health
problems.
He
collapsed in front
of his wife and 3,000 spectators
during a performance in Corpus
Christi, Texas,
Attempts
on Oct.
to revive
14, i960.
him were
unsuccessful.
The
BLOOMSBURG NATIVE
ended his academic
George
Keller was an accomplished artist
career in 1950 to devote his
hired in 1921 to teach fine arts at
attention to performing with his
the Bloomsburg State
Normal
cats.
had another gift —
an outstanding rapport with and
School.
He
Keller
also
The
Killers,
act, Keller's
full
Jungle
appeared as one of the
student body of the state teachers
shows at Disneyland and in
Madison Square Garden with
Ringling Brothers and Barnum
& Bailey Circus. He met singer
Virginia Lowery in 1954 while
college adopted the animal as
touring with the Polack Brothers
love for animals.
In the late 1920s, Keller began
and
raising huskies
in 1933 the
its
However, it was
the gift of a mountain lion a year
earlier that enabled him to have
his own wild animal act, a dream
athletic mascot.
since childhood. For the next 18
years, Keller continued to teach
college students while
circus act with
cats,
many breeds
of big
including lions, mountain
lions, tigers
32
honing his
and leopards.
first
act
continued with Keller's
assistant Bill
Scamihorn
until a
1971 accident in Colorado killed
Lapchak and injured
The remaining
animals were sold, bringing an
end to Keller's Jungle Killers.
In honor of George Keller,
BU's Andruss Library Special
Collections has more than 30
books about circuses and wild
driver Al
several of the cats.
Circus.
animal training, including his
autobiography. Here Keller —
in
Train This. •
The pair became engaged
early 1956 and bought a ranch
together in the Malibu Hills,
northwest of Los Angeles.
Lowery, now 87 years old,
recently talked for the first time
about her years with Keller,
recalling their
on Feb.
wedding ceremony
19, 1957,
in a circus ring in
Cleveland, Ohio. Although publi-
BLOOMSBL'RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Editor's Note: University archivist
Robert Dunkelberger interviewed
Virginia
Lowery
near Agoura
in
August 2011
Hills, Calif.,
for his
upcoming book: Keller's Jungle
Killers: The Story of a College
Professor and His Wild Animal Act.
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LOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
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Often,
it's
the tiny details that go unnoticed, but can
bring back memories of a time or a place. That's the
campus by Prints
"Bloomsburg" and "Huskies"
in architectural and landscaping details. From a winding pathway in the Academic Quad to the zigzag roofline
of Haas Center for the Arts, images in these framed,
matted prints will always remind you of BU's beauty.
The University Store offers hundreds of items
Bloomsburg students and alumni can wear, display
and enjoy. Shop for BU insignia gifts from T-shirts,
sweatshirts and hats to pennants, stadium blankets
and glassware. And remember to stop back often for
the apparel that lets you show your Husky pride in the
latest colors and styles. Can't decide? Gift cards are
available in any amount.
The University Store offers the convenience of shopping
online for hundreds of items at bloomustore.com.
For a traditional shopping experience, the University
Store is open seven days a week, with extended hours
idea behind the images of BU's
for special Saturday events. Stop
Charming
for everything
that spell out
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in
person or online
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
SHAKING
IN
BLOOMSBURG.
ON ANY GIVEN weekend and many week nights,
you'll find
something special
to
do
in
Bloomsburg
— on campus, downtown or both.
Beyond major university events scheduled
months in advance, there are performances by the
community's nationally recognized Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble, gallery exhibits, literature read-
documentary film screenings, intimate music
and the occasional dance extravaganza like
the BU Dance Ensemble Spring Show (pictured).
Check out www.blooinu.edu/arts_culture, find out
what's happening at the university and downtown,
and schedule some fun.
ings,
recitals
Putting on a Clinic
Uninsured, uwderinsured find care at
Volunteers
High
in
Medicine
facility,
page
io
Demand
Motivated students thrive
in
BU s
rigorous nursing program, page i6
Turn down the Volume
Tile beat
goes on
warn, hearing
but,
may
professors
not.
page
22
€1
Bloomsburgi
The University Magazine
From the President
It
means students may define their
interests
and professional goals
through coursework and co-curricular
and extracurricular
it
activities.
signifies the culture,
tools
And
knowledge,
and guidance Bloomsburg
University' provides so students
may
immerse themselves in a particular
field. Unleash Your Inner Husky
Unleash Your
Inner Husky
WE EXPECT TO hear Bloomsburg
when we are sitting in
stands at Redman Stadium
(of)
Huskies"
Field.
Some may be
the
surprised, however, to hear about
Husky — specifically Unleash
Your Inner Husky — in connection
with academics and co-curricular
the
activities.
Archivist Robert Dunkelberger
tells
us professor and animal trainer
George Keller introduced the husky
as Bloomsburg's mascot in 1933, and
the
first
Roongo was a full-blooded
North Greenland husky whose
name was a combination of the
school colors,
have portrayed the Husky
Homecoming 1979.
Our current Roongo, portrayed
most recently by Mike Hall 'uM (see
since
14,
page
9), is
who get
and give back to
campus and the community."
easily
one of the most
popular incarnations. Often
described as "cute," he has
more
A photo feature on page 2 of this
issue of Bloomsburg: The University
than 1,200 Facebook "friends,"
Magazine offers one example of
what it means to Unleash Your
but his appeal extends beyond his
Inner Husky. For alurmia Eileen
appearance and
Albertson
athletic
symbolism.
Bloomsburg students identifS' with
the Husky because he embodies
the qualities they and generations
before them have demonstrated as
who get involved,
Chapman and today's
students. Unleash
Your Inner
Husky' is a celebration of educational
opportunities limited only by a
student's desire, ability
and
imagination.
and give back to the campus
and the communit>'^.
Unleash Your Inner Husky
represents Bloomsburg University's
commitment to creating a supporth^e
lead,
'91,
who you will meet in a stor>' on
page
motivated scholars
motivated scholars
maroon and gold.
Students, including Phil Peterson
and
beyond with excellent, experienced
and dedicated faculty as their
guides and collaborators. It aptly
describes what is often called the
Bloomsburg University Experience.
laboratory, the local community'
involved, lead,
overlooking the newly christened
Danny Hale
who follow
"The Husky embodies the qualities
University referred to as "the
the
stands for students
their passions in the classroom, the
learning environment that meets
DAVID
students" individual academic needs.
President,
L.
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
10
Putting on a Clinic
Medical care awaits Columbia County's
uninsured and underinsured at a
clinic started by BU alumna Bette
Anderson Grey.
14
Applied Medicine
Mixing health care knowledge
with technology, Philip Peterson
'91
provides reference materials doctors,
nurses and pharmacists that can
fit
in a pocket.
16
High
Demand
The program
is
rigorous.
are in high
is selective.
The training
And BU nursing graduates
demand.
19
Tour de
First
impressions are always important.
Campus
No one knows this better than
students
who introduce BU
the
to
prospective students and their
families.
22
Turn Down the Volume
Your tunes may be good for your
soul, but hard on your ears. Is your
iPod hurting your hearing?
Table
of
Contents
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IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Spring 2012
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Guide M.
Pichini, Chair
Marie Conley
Lammando
'94,
Leonard
Matthew
President, Bloomsburg University
Chancellor, State System
Editor
Bonnie Martin
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Harold C. Shields
Robert S, Taylor
Ronald J. Tomalis
John T. Yudichak
Vice Chair
B. Altieri III
E. Bal
Jennifer Branstetter
Tom Corbett
Sarah C. Darling
Michael K. Hanna
Ronald G. Henry
Kenneth M. Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
L. Soltz
Executive Editor
Rosalee Rush
03
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Photography Editor
is
published three
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Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
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friends of the university. Husky Notes and other alumni
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The AGAPE warehouse is stacked with mattresses and beds,
furniture, food supplies. Eileen Albertson
Chapman '67/'69M
created the organization with her late husband,
Billy, to "fill
the
gaps" between people in need and available community services.
Located in the center of Bloomsburg,
clearinghouse for
relief efforts after the
Tropical Storm Lee.
September 2011 flooding from
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AGAPE became the town's
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Perhaps no one better embodies the hard-headedness and
soft-heartedness needed to run an organization like AGAPE than
Chapman. She retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 30 years of ^
service and was the first woman in U.S. history to preside as a military
judge in the Navy and Marines. She's also a lay minister at Lime
Ridge Community Church.
AGAPE's mission goes far beyond flood relief. The organization
sponsors programs ranging from community meals, assistance
for former prisoners transitioning to life after incarceration, and
volunteer home repair and maintenance for the disabled and elderly.
..
Chapman received the Columbia-Montour
Chamber of Commerce's outstanding citizen award. And many
For her leadership,
thanks from residents of her community. •
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around-THE qusid
'ROOM.' a cylindrical space about 8 feet
is completely darkened with the
THE
across,
door closed. The chair looks
be
its
like
it
would
home in the cockpit of a spaceship. But
purpose is very down-to-earth, it's an
at
instrunnent, a rotational chair, used by audiologists to
diagnose balance disorders.
"These types of chairs are sort of atypical," says
Jorge Gonzalez,
BU assistant professor of audiolog>'.
to detecting
movement and
balance," he says.
the patients perform a battery of eye
to
determine
if
pathways that generate eye movements. We look for an
involuntary eye movement called Nystagmus
which is
normal when we rotate a patient in the dark or when
...
we
irrigate the ears
with
generally not normal
By looking at
all
warm
or cool water, but
in the inner ear is off and
is
located in
Bloomsburg
University's Centennial Hall as part of the Speech,
Language and Hearing
As its name
that
—
it
Clinic.
implies, the rotational chair does just
rotates
and moves
at
an average of 60 degrees
per second. By seating a patient in the chair and
monitoring eye movements with high-speed cameras,
Gonzalez
is
able to diagnose balance issues.
A full test
takes four hours to complete.
"Each inner ear has a section or organ that
devoted
causing the balance issues."
Each student in BU's Doctor of Audiology program
spends a semester helping Gonzalez with his research.
During that study, the students gain experience with
the rotational chair and, like Gonzalez appreciate
value.
"It's
this here.
extremely beneficial to have a rare tool
It
its
like
does a tremendous amount to show us
different things about the inner ear's balance function
that
we wouldn't be
More than 200
is
and differwhich organ
the combination of test results
Administration, there are only about 20 across the
of them
is
of the time."
ent measurements, Gonzalez can "pinpoint
One
tests
there are abnormalities in the neural
"Outside the Department of Defense and the Veterans
country."
"We have
movement
in the Speech,
able to detect otherwise."
patients treated for balance problems
Language and Hearing Clinic would agree. •
SPRING 2012
3
Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit>' of Pennsylvania
arouncfTHE^iiistai
BU'S
COLLEGE
of Liberal Arts
throughout the year," says James
Brown, dean of the College of
\Miile art exhibitions, theatri-
dance perfonn-
introduced the Center for \^isual
cal productions,
and Perfomiing Arts
community' earlier this year with an
ances, recitals
afternoon of fi'ee entertainment in
held throughout the academic
plan set by the College of Liberal
most of these events take
place on campus. "We hope that
.Ajts.
the
to the
Moose Exchange in
events,
do\\"nto\vn
featured the Jazz Ensemble, Dance
b\'
Ensemble, Pep Band, Husky
tion
Singers and
Liberal Arts.
This is the first step of a long-term
year,
A Taste of the Arts
Bloomsburg.
all
and other musical
open to the public, are
perfonning
temporary
BU Players, along
\
enue," Bro^vn says,
\\"e hope to find a
permanent location so \ve can
make these showcases more
accessible to the communitv." •
in a central loca-
"hi the fuaire,
more community' members
will enjoy the talent and see the
hard w ork our students put in
with readings and art displays.
"The Moose Exchange is a
Compounding the Problem turki SH RESEARCHER LEARNS TECHNIQUE
WITH THE WORLD honey bee
feeding on their blood, resulting
populations facing
why and how
research on finding out
to fix this
prob-
lem. John Hranitz, professor of biological and allied
health science, studies the bee population, assisted
his
on-campus
'
in
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f Iw^
John Hranitz
levels,
researchers are able to
stress level the bees are
under
subjecting bees to sub-lethal stress," Hranitz says. "So
Nazimye Cunes,
Honey bees play an
although
inte-
gral role in agriculture.
Due
we may
manifests
to
ductivity
itself in
not be
killing
them,
this stress
ways that can cause declines
still
in
pro-
through reproductive or behavioral problems."
This spring, Hranitz and Cunes dissected bees'
pollinate large fields of crops
brains to observe the levels of stress protein that result
continuously throughout the
from mite abatement practices. The researchers met at
the Beekeeping Development-Application and Research
"Humans use
without honey bee
activity
years
could be
detrimental to food production.
pesticides mainly to
manage harmful
bugs and mites," says Hranitz. "Certain mites are ven/
harmful to the honey bee." These mites weaken bees by
MSBI
marker of the
Turkish research partner,
warmer months. A few
Nazimye Gunes
BLOO
establish a
(rightl
with research partner,
4
in
when certain pesticides are applied.
Through the use of these pesticides, we may be
lab during
their social nature, they can
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the recent drop
be damaging to bees. By studying the bee's brain and
reading the stress protein
the spring semester by his
Sw-""
in
the honey bee population. However, pesticides can also
steep losses, scientists worldwide are focusing their
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Uludag University
Cunes research
studied
how
at BU.
A
in
Turkey, which funded
veterinan/ biochemist,
Cunes
Hranitz conducts the stress protein tests
so she can share what she's learned with her colleagues
back home. •
New Trustees
Academic Stand- Outs
GRADUATING SENIOR
IS
FINALIST FOR PASSHE
AWARD
SCHLEGEL, STOLARICK JOIN COUNCIL
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN IS one of two finalists in this year's Syed R.
Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence. The award, sponsored by the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Foundation,
was established by
Ali-Zaidi, a charter
member of PASSHE's Board of
who excel in the pursuit of
Governors, to recognize System students
knowledge. Zimmerman, a special education and elementary education
major, received a $500 award at BU's spring commencement.
BU
CHARLES
E.
Trustees
at the
BU
35 years in the Shikellamy School
District,
where he was Student
Council adviser, athletic
and football
and basketball coach.
He has served on a
left to right, are:
director
President David L. Soltz; finalist Katherine
Zimmerman; Stephen Kokoska, professor of mathematics, computer
science and statistics and honors program director; and Lisa Lapina,
elementary and early childhood education major.
February meeting.
Schlegel taught social studies for
Eric Stouffer, assistant professor of psychology; Jessica Smith, psychology
major; Robbie Soltz and
'60 of
Sunbury and Kenneth Stolarick '77 of
Pine Grove joined BU's Council of
President David Soltz and his wife Robbie hosted a dinner for
graduating seniors nominated for the award. Shown,
SCHLEGEL JR.
number of commissions,
boards and authorities,
including Sunbury City Council,
Sunbury Revitalization Incorporated
and Sunbury Municipal Authority,
and was honored by the Episcopal
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania with
the Spirit of the Diocese
Award and
the Shell Award. His three children
are
BU graduates: businessman
Charles Schlegel
Shikellamy
III '83,
teacher Pamela Schlegel
Lehman
'84
and State Rep. Lynda Schlegel-Culver
'95. The new Trustee fills the unexpired
term of Marie Conley Lammando '94.
Stolarick
is
vice president of
commercial banking for M&T Bank,
Pottsville. He serves as board vice
^1^^
president of Schuylkill
Community Action and
board treasurer of
Schuylkill
YMCA and
Northeast Pennsylvania
Heart of the Matter
BU OFFERS NEW CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY, in cooperation with Bloomsburg Hospital,
is
offering a cardiac rehabilitation exercise
age 18 and older with
known
program for adults
and risk
stable heart disease
factors for heart disease.
According
to
Timothy McConnell, chair of BU's exercise
and director of the program which began
He received the 2011
Milt Sorin
science department
Volunteer of the Year
in January, the sessions are designed to help individuals
the Schuylkill
reduce their risk for heart disease by increasing their level of regular
exercise
Manufacturers and
Employers Association. He also is
a board member of Schuylkill
Economic Development Corp.
and Pine Grove Area Education
Foundation and chair of St. Peter's
Lutheran Church Endowment Fund.
and physical
activity.
In addition, participants will receive
individualized instruction on cardiovascular risk reduction.
For more information on enrollment or
science department at (570) 389-4361. •
fees, contact
BU's exercise
Award from
YMCA.
Stolarick
fills
the unexpired term of Steven Barth.
Additionally, Dr. Joseph Mowad
'08H of Danville and Nancy Vasta'97/
'98M of Langhorne were reappointed
to six-year terms. •
SPRING 2012
5
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Your Classroom?
in
GIFT ESTABLISHES MCDOWELL INSTITUTE
A $2 MILLION commitment to the Bloomsburg University
Foundation by philanthropist Susan McDowell of
Selinsgrove
is
establishing the
McDowell
Institute for
Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support. The
gift is
BU
the largest in the history of the
The McDowell
Foundation.
Institute is designed to equip educators
with strategies, practices and experiences to effectively
support the academic, social and emotional growth of
all
ior
students. Instruction in
methods of positive behav-
support will be incorporated into the curriculum,
beginning with freshman -year introductory courses and
Today, she believes, the need
carrying through to student teaching.
and understanding is with the public school
My hope is that, through the institute,
caring, wise and compassionate
professional, she noticed the children in every troop
people will understand the situations
who were withdrawn,
wanted
to comfort
antisocial or unlikeable
and
them.
"For some children, the only relationship that
in the
is
safe
teachers.
classroom and be effective
teachers." •
technology and electronics engineering technology will
Energetic Faculty
GRANT FUNDS KIOSK
NATHANIEL "NED" GREENE,
develop software for the kiosk.*
professor of physics, and
Jeff Brunskill, associate professor of geography
and
Partnering for BAS Degree
OFFER NEW PROGRAM
geosciences, recently received a $39,900 E2
BU, LCCC, LCTI
Energy to Educate grant from Constellation
Energy to support the BU energy monitoring
kiosk. The grant was one of 14 awarded by
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE System of Higher Education's
Board of Governors approved a new major for Bloomsburg
Constellation Energy.
Science in Technical Leadership. The program
The kiosk
is
the second phase of BU's
University earlier this year - the Bachelor of Applied
first
of its kind in the 14
is
the
PASSHE institutions.
The Bachelor of Applied Science
solar project. In the first phase, a 14-panel, 3.5 kilowatt
in Technical
demand for technical
array was installed on the south-facing slope between
Leadership addresses the growing
Ben Franklin Hall and East Second Street at a cost of
$20,000, supported by a Bloomsburg
University Foundation Margin of
has earned an Associate of Applied Science degree from
Excellence grant, a Presidential Strategic
Planning grant and contributions from
BU's Academic Affairs and Green
5^
~
campus
Initiative.
electrical grid
Generated power
and
eligible for
is
Campus
tied to the
Pennsylvania solar
alternative energy credits.
The second phase of the project, supported by the E2
Energy to Educate grant, is scheduled for 2012-2013. A
structure similar to a bus shelter will be constructed to
house an interactive digital display, energy meters and
a two-axis solar panel that tracks the sun in real time.
Faculty- student teams in computer science, instructional
6
greater than ever.
is
McDowell, a member of the BU Foundation Board
of Directors, is the daughter of teachers in western
Pennsylvania. She saw firsthand her mother's efforts
to help needy students. Later as a Girl Scout leader and
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
skills
a
combined with professional
skills.
community college will build upon
A student who
that degree with
courses in information technology, communications
studies, accounting, business education, information
and technology management and general education.
The program also will be open to those already in the
workforce.
The new BU program is a partnership with Lehigh
Carbon Community College (LCCC) and the Lehigh
Career and Technical Institute (LCTI), both located in
may
LCCC and students enrolled at LCTI
Schnecksville. All bachelor's degree requirements
be completed
at
can enter the program
at the
high school
class will enroll in fall 2012. •
level.
The
first
Every
creates
an
impajCt.
Sebastian Ramirez dreams of
becoming
a medical imager
—
of being able to look inside people,
identify ailments
Thanks
and help them.
to gifts to the
Henry Carver
Fund that gave Ramirez support
through Honors and Presidential
Leadership program scholarships,
that
dream
is
one step closer
to
reality.
Next
fall,
2014,
Ramirez, class of
will
go to the University
of Pennsylvania for the clinical
part of his education.
And he already has begun
own
his
tradition of giving, like
other students
in
the Honors and
Presidential Leadership programs.
He has been an
active volunteer
homeless shelter and the
American Cancer Society.
for a
To learn how you and the Henry I
Carver Fund can help students like
Ramirez,
call
(570) 389-4128.
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Bloomsbur^
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UNIVERSITY
FOUNDATION,
Inc.
sports
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TOM MCGU IRE
Team
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Four
of
SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE COURT NURTURES FRIENDSHIPS
THE PROSPECTS for the BU women's
basketball team
were bleak in the mid-
The team was struggling
numbers
and even fewer
with low
wins. It was time for a change in
strategy and attitude, a transformation that began with the hiring of
head coach Bill Cleary in 2008.
to late-2000s.
In Cleary's
first
season, the pro-
gram showed renewed signs of life
with 11 wins and the conference
Rookie of the Year, guard Kelsey
Gallagher of East Stroudsburg. But
when Cleary recruited Lauren
Ellis
of Bangor, Alyssa Flanagan of
Dana Wieller of Bethlehem
and Kayla Oxenrider of Ashland,
Freeland,
three years ago, the rebuilding
process took
off.
Today, these players
make the Huskies
a
team
seriously, contributing to
this past season.
to
be taken
Success on the court nurtured a
26 wins
friendship off the court for these four
They captured the
players,
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Eastern
the second straight year
the team's
first trip to
title
first
for
recruiting class. "The attrac-
tion for all us
and earned
the
who were part of Cleary's
NCAA
championships in 10 years.
was
that
Bloomsburg
who
is
a great school, has a coach
is
honest with us and the chance to
play right away," says
Flanagan, Wieller and Oxenrider
same
freshman
tripled
year. In
room their
such
tight quarters,
they bonded quickly and, along with
became inseparable on and
off the court. They have roomed
together since their sophomore year,
Ellis,
visited each other's
to
Notre
ball
homes, traveled
Dame University for foot-
games and spent vacation time
the Flanagan family's rental in
at
North Carolina's Outer Banks.
The foursome looks forward
one more year on the court to
continue their winning ways.
to
8
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
P E
N N
S
'S'
LVA
N IA
is
that future team-
mates form strong friendships
like
theirs, friendships to last a lifetime.
"I
think part of the success
we
have had as a team," Flanagan
says, "has come from us being so
close off the court." •
Ellis.
Residence hall assignments placed
in the
Their wish
97 Scholar-Athletes
Honored
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY honored
97 university scholar- athletes during
a recent luncheon. To be selected,
student-athletes
must achieve a grade
point average of 3.25 or higher over
the past two semesters or a cumulative
grade point average of 3.25 or higher.
In addition to the 97 student- athletes,
and transfer students
were honored for achieving a 3.25
CPA. Names of all students honored
can be found at www.buhuskies.com/
25 freshman
scholar-athletei2. •
Roongo Revealed
IT'S BIG,
FURRY AND
BU fan's favorite mascot —
every
Roongo. But inside the furry costume
University student
is
a
Dorsch Recognized
Hall,
'ii
who brings the character to life. For
who portrayed Roongo
from
Academics
Champion Scholar
Award at the men's
swimming champi-
Bloomsburg
the last four years the person
was Mike Hall
for
TIM DORSCH, a senior from Schwenksville, received
the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
The PSAC
Champion Scholar
Awards program hon-
onship.
Danielsville.
who graduates this spring with a master's
degree in curriculum and instruction, came to
ors the student-athlete
Bloomsburg as a swimmer, but an injury forced him out
of the pool. He got the itch to be Roongo after seeing the
mascot in action at a football game and responding to a
posting on BU's website.
Mike :Roongo' Hall
'11. center.- is
shown
with the top grade
point average
who
is
competing at the site
of each of the PSAC's 23 team championship finals.
Dorsch compiled a 3.90 cumulative grade point
average while majoring in secondary education and
German. He is the second BU student-athlete to earn
the honor this academic year, joining Bryce Shaffer of
Gettysburg who was the winner at the men's soccer
championships. •
"I
Hall,
was not scared
the
first
time
I
was Roongo," says
who spent summer 2011 as the backup mascot for
the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Triple
team. "More than anything,
I
I
had never done anything like
it
before or been in front
of 5,000 people. Doing both at the
same time was
unnerving, but about 10 minutes into
game it fell
A baseball
was apprehensive because
slightly
my first football
right into place."
Over the years Hall, a.k.a. Roongo, appeared at alumand Homecoming and fired up the crowd at
Huskies sporting events. A hit with both young and old,
he's lost count of the number of times he posed for photos
at the University Store, Redman Stadium or walking
around campus.
"My best memory as Roongo is impossible to choose,"
says Hall. "Whether it was watching our field hockey
team win their third straight national title at home or our
football team win the PSAC East football title by beating
Kutztown or going crazy in the stands behind the basket
during both men's and women's games, I enjoyed so
many exciting and wonderful moments as Roongo. I will
ni events
be able
tell
stories for the rest of
Champs Remembered
MEMBERS OF
my life.
I
and every time I donned the costume." •
treasured each
women's basketball team
celebrated the 20th anniversary of winning the
the 1991-92
school's only Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) women's basketball championship during
halftime of the Huskies vs. West Chester game earlier
this year.
The 1991-92 team finished with a 22-8 overall record
and won the PSAC title with a victory over Edinboro.
The team was led by head coach Joe Bressi, Bloomsburg's
all-time wins leader with 175. Two team members,
Michelle Simons and Kathy Maguire Stoudt, have
been inducted into BU's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Team members shown
are: Lesley Seitzinger
Kathy Maguire Stoudt, Melissa
'93,
Butterworth
Careen Bulka Caufield '94, Vicki
Eichelberger Souders '93 and Brenda Ryan Hossler '94. •
Colegrove
'94,
SPRING
2 0
12
9
JACK SHERZER
by
Putting on a Clinic
Nearly one-third of Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
In Columbia County, the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic is
meeting the needs of more than 1,500 patients
otherwise could not afford medical care.
LORI REESE CAN'T FORGET the man who came
who
into
the Columbia County Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
looking for a
way to help control his
adult son's high
blood pressure. The man's wife had died and he was the
sole caretaker for his mentally disabled son.
and
struggling financially,
it
He was
soon became clear that
he wasn't able to afford his son's blood pressure
medication or his own.
"They were trying to decide what they could do on
very little income. They actually asked me, 'What
medication do I absolutely have to take and what can I
let go?' Even the ones he needed, he was taking every
other day to stretch them out. Sometimes they would go
a
week without medicine
it
refilled," says Reese,
University in
Reese did a
until they could afford to
have
who graduated from Bloomsburg
December
2011 with a degree in nursing.
shift at the clinic as part
of a class in public
health nursing.
"I
knew there were
Millville.
to skip
"But
I
these problems," says Reese of
never had anyone say they were forced
medications for financial reasons until
the clinic, and
it
really struck
Since opening
its
County Volunteers
I
was
in
home."
doors in early 2007, the Columbia
in
Medicine Clinic has provided
the only option for ongoing health care assistance for
many of the area's uninsured and
underinsured.
The Mifflinville-based clinic was founded by Bette
Anderson Grey '81, who experienced firsthand the
possibility of not
illness.
The
having insurance to help with a serious
setting also provides a unique educational
opportunity for Bloomsburg University's nursing students,
who can choose to spend at least one shift in the clinic
as part of their studies.
SPRING 2012
11
FINANCIAL REALITIES
"I
think
very
it's
much an eye-opening experience
students to see the people that
for
come through; some-
times they are amazed that the people are their peers,
people that haven't had the opportunities that some of
our college students have had and don't have insurance,
says Lori Metzger,
assistant professor of
THE BEGINNING
The clinic is one of 86 such
sites in 25 states affiliated
with Vermont-based Volunteers in Medicine. VIM is a
nonprofit agency that grew out of a clinic Dr. Jack B.
McConnell opened in 1992 in Hilton Head, S.C. When
McConnell realized a large number of working people
in the region were
forced to go without
nursing. "As nurses,
we
medical care because
care for patients
and need
they didn't have insur-
be in
to
front of them.
ance, he recruited
The
volunteer doctors and
students need to see
a real
nurses,
example of
were
many of whom
retired, to help.
someone who is in a
quandary of having to
buy heart medication
clinics follow today.
or groceries that
native, didn't plan
week.
I
can
tell
it,
never
make an impact
it
While the
on
running a clinic, but
she always had an
will
unless they experience
interest in medicine.
it."
plight of Americans
without insurance has received
national attention,
many who
Since the Columbia County Volunteers
Clinic inc.
numbers
of patients
forced to go without care
2011: 2.248 visits
high copays and deductibles.
doors
in
in biology
in
2007. the
seeking care has steadily
visits for the
past three years:
and
general medical treatment, the
offers help to those with depression
In
and
64 had been without insurance
coverage for at least 12 months
as of early 2010, despite the fact
201
1
.
there
were
Center as a respiratory therapist.
But after her husband
clinic
and other
41 patients
who sought
help
supplemental health insurance
from her employment
Community
received mental health counseling.
How
to
Help
at
Sunbury
Hospital.
During her recovery she saw a
from the volunteer dermatologist and 99 patients
who
lost his job
became ill and ultimately needed a hysterectomy.
Luckily, she still had COBRA
mental health issues, as well as skin disorders.
more than 30
from Bloomsburg, she
trained at nearby Geisinger Medical
in 2003, she
2009: 906 visits
In addition to
to the federal Centers
million adults between 18
its
2010: 1.234 visits
because they can't afford
Prevention,
opened
Medicine
grown. Patient
for Disease Control
After earning a bachelor's degree
Visits Increase
have some insurance also are
According
a formula the
Grey, a Berwick
them
about
but
It's
television report about a free clinic
in
New Jersey and called
Volunteers in Medicine for infor-
Donations may be sent to the Columbia County
one in three had an income
mation. She didn't pursue it at the
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Inc., 310 East Third
between $44,000 and $65,000.
time, instead going back to work at
St., Mifflinville, Pa. 18631 or made through
Roughly half suffered from high
the hospital. Then, in August 2004
www.ccvim.org. All donations are tax deductible.
— on the same day the hospital
blood pressure, diabetes or
—
asthma
all conditions which, if left untreated, can
announced it was ending its pulmonary rehab proresult in expensive emergency hospital care.
gram, leaving Grey jobless — she received another call
Sherry Burke's first experience with the clinic was
from VIM asking if she was still interested. She was.
four years ago, when she thought she was having
Grey worked with the Columbia County Commissioners
stomach problems but, after testing at the clinic, found
and human services department and in March 2007
out she was pregnant. More recently. Burke, 35, was
began holding clinic hours one night a week at the
diagnosed with high blood pressure during a routine
Columbia Montour Family Health offices. "The first
checkup. Burke's husband works as a welder and
night we had 10 patients and, of course, there were
insurance isn't available through his temporary jobs.
only five seats in the waiting room," she recalls.
The clinic has helped the Berwick mother of two
Grey had looked at the clinic's current home in
obtain the medication she needs.
Mifflinville, but there was no way the fledgling opera"I don't have a doctor and I can't afford the copays
tion could afford the lease. Fate stepped in again when
and stuff like that," Burke says. "If it wasn't for the
Bloomsburg area businessman Myles Katerman, who
clinic, I don't know where I'd be."
knew McConnell from Hilton Head, offered to buy the
building. At first Grey asked him to only lease the
that
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BLOO.M.SBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENN.SYLVANIA
facility,
But
since she wasn't sure the cHnic
when
the landlord
wanted
would survive.
August 2009,
to sell in
the automobile carpeting executive bought the property.
PAID STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, STUDENTS
The clinic now offers daytime appointments Monday
through Wednesday and evening hours on Thursday.
It employs a receptionist, nurse and physician assistant,
who is able to prescribe a pre-approved list of medications.
A retired Geisinger oncologist. Dr. James Gallagher,
volunteers as the
clinic's
Grants and donations keep the
clinic afloat,
constant struggle, she says.
There's never a shortage of
and Noreen
Chikotas, associate professor of nurs-
working on an arrange-
ing at BU,
is
ment
may give the clinic some
that
staffing assistance. Chikotas, director
of the university's nurse practitioner
program, wants her students
at the clinic as part
the clinic's staff sees are diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, anxiety
and depression.
to help
A needs assessment com-
pleted as part of the process to open the clinic revealed 28
percent of Columbia County's residents were uninsured.
The clinic has also diagnosed cancer in 48 patients.
Some, because they didn't have insurance, only sought
cancers
and Grey is always reaching out to pharmaceutical
and medical equipment companies. Funding is a
patients, however,
Grey estimates that 35 percent of patients come to the clinic for "runny noses and not feeling well," but most have
serious ailments. The most common chronic conditions
help after their
medical director and other
doctors and medical professionals pitch in to see
patients.
THE NEED
we
symptoms became severe. "Some of the
it was unbelievable that the people
saw,
were walking around feeling like this, but they couldn't
go for care," Grey says. "Lots of them live on a shoestring,
minimum wage jobs, and they say, 'Oh, I'll be OK, I'll be
OK,' but the reality is they're not OK."
Susan Kelley, VIM's director of operations, says Grey is not alone in seeing a
real need for their services. "Each year
we hear from our clinics that there is
more demand. Certainly, with the
economic situation, there have been
more people who for one reason or
another no longer have insurance,"
Kelley says. "So there
of their studies.
is
a higher
Because her students already are
demand
nurses, they'll be able to share in the
same time, it is harder to raise funds."
The 52-year-old Grey has come to see
work while they
\
^""^
t
learn.
their
own
practices
with her family. Her son David,
and
prescribe certain medications after
the board of directors
Chikotas
establishing a collaborative agreement
with a doctor,
19,
who often serves as a paid consultant.
Chikotas hopes to help at the clinic under a collaborative
agreement with Dr. Leon Francis
teers at the clinic. (Editor's note:
'77,
who also volun-
At press time,
ment was awaiting state approval, with
and, at the
the clinic as a calling, one she shares
In Pennsylvania, nurse practitioners
may set up
at the clinic level
the agree-
the possibility of
beginning this spring.)
A needs assessment completed
before the clinic opened in
2007
revealed 28 percent of Columbia
County's residents were uninsured.
often brings his guitar to the clinic to
play for patients in the waiting room. Recently, the clinic
began a food pantry.
suddenly wake up to do this. This was not a
life goal, but something happened to put me on this path,"
Grey says. "I look back on all my medical experiences and
everything I've done and it all came to fruition here."
Chris Minnier of Berwick already has an undergraduate biology degree from the University of Pittsburgh
and is taking additional science classes at BU to prepare
also
"I didn't
himself for training as a physician assistant.
most Thursday nights.
never had much patient contact
He volun-
teers at the clinic
"I really
in school, so dealing
before, even
with patients was important to
In addition to providing training for her students,
me," the 25-year-old says. Spending time in the clinic
Chikotas says the effort aHgns with one of the initiatives
has made him appreciate the need for such services.
of the university's strategic plan: fostering
and develop-
ing a strong sense of community. "In our nurse practi-
Columbia
County or the surrounding counties, so they are not
going to move. Most of them will stay and look for practice sites," Chikotas says. "My hope would be that I can
open the eyes of these students so they can see the
needs and become volunteers in the community."
tioner program, these are folks that live in
on
25, is
and son Jeffrey,
"I
was
we
really surprised at
both the range of things
and the range of people that we see,"
Minnier says. "I know it's not the most affluent area and
that
there's
didn't
see
always going to be people in need of help, but
know it was
Jack Sherzer
native.
He
is
I
nearly as dire." •
a professional writer
and Pennsylvania
currently lives in Harrisburg.
SPRING 2012
13
Applied Medicin
by
REBECCA RHODIN
The average user has 65 apps installed on his or her
P)hone and more than three-quarters are used for games
or social networking, according to Flurry, a mobile
.
'
much more than fun and
games, apps developed by Unbound Medicine are a
analytics firm. Suitable for
valuable resource for medical professionals worldwide.
14
BLOOMSBt'RG UNI
ALTHOUGH HE grew up nurtured
personnel and includes the CIA's
the
by
World Factbook with details about
every country on the planet. It
itself
arose from concern for the suffering
costume driving around in a red
and white microbus with "Go
Huskies" painted on it.
At Bloomsburg, Peterson also
computers, Philip Peterson
'91
majored in philosophy at Bloomsburg
and
University,
pinnings of his
it
forms the under-
life
in the business
world. Take, for example, the
list
of skills a major in philosophy
caused by the catastrophic earth-
quake and tsunami
Ocean in 2004.
Peterson says that he and
imparts: critical thinking, problem
communicating
and questioning one's own values
and commitments. Peterson uses
them daily on the job.
effectively
solving,
"I see
philosophy as being
at
the
leading edge of every science," he
much about
says. "It's not so
study-
ing philosophers as about under-
standing what
is
the next question."
Determining what that question
and how to answer it, as well as
ruminating on the big questions of
is
life,
guide Peterson in his role as
in the Indian
Unbound president
served as a residence adviser, worked
Dr. William
are scarce, but doctors can find
He was
chapter of the national fraternity
Theta Chi. After graduation, he
Europe as an international
manager and systems architect
for Ovid Technologies, a provider
of computer search systems for
lived in
sales
answers by mobile phone apps.
Closer to home, simply being
an employer helps a segment of
humanity "to be good people in
their community and beyond,"
"It is
drug store and deejayed at a bar.
part of a group of about
two dozen students that started a
at a
Detmer are "passionate about
solving information needs, which
are greater in some places than
others." Those include African
countries where telephone landlines
Peterson notes.
town and people of Bloomsburg
Oh, yes, and for a time that
was him inside the Husky mascot
health-care institutions.
Dreaming of settling down
farmhouse amid rolling hills,
my thought
when their basic needs
are much more likely to be
in a
Peterson eventually returned to
chief technology officer of Unbound
that people,
Pennsylvania, where he lives with
Medicine, a maker of phone apps
are met,
wife Janice Kirkwood, stepdaughter
for doctors, nurses
and students.
For the "untechnological," apps are
computer tools installed in mobile
phones that let people perform
specific tasks
answer
to a
such as getting the
medical question or
looking up a drug.
Peterson directs Unbound's
software development and product
offerings.
Based
in Charlottesville,
Va., the 12-year-old
company forms
good, loving people than not."
Paige Frey, 20; daughter Haley,
Although he majored in philosophy in college, computer science ran
a close second and, in fact, Peterson
could have double-majored by taking
a few more courses. Growing up in
Newtown, Bucks County, he says
he knew a lot "at the core level"
about computers: "I was reared on
them, probably centering around
and son Aidan,
gaming."
Hopkins University and
develops software to deliver the
information to medical personnel.
Apps such
as Nursing Central,
Medicine Central and The Merck
Manual
needed
and Paris, France, including
Bloomsburg graduates Ralph
Nardell '91 and Dan Kornegay '93.
Va.;
For Peterson, time spent examining one's
"I
that
am lucky to be in an industry
is
am lucky to be in an industry
growing
— health care and
mobile technology," says Peterson,
45, "and fortunate to be able to
have a job that is, at its core, doing
good things for people."
In particular.
Unbound produces
Relief Central, a free
app
that sup-
plies information to disaster relief
philosophically
—
"I
Philip Peterson
had a couple ofjobs in computI would fall asleep in,"
is
hurtles into the
future. Once, mobile
that is growing ... andfortunate to
be able to have a job that is, at its
core, doing good things for people.'*
to help diagnose patients,
answer questions and research
life
tempered by the frenetic pace of
the mobile phone app business as
it
"/
Suite can provide references
information, Peterson says.
company employs
Today, his
people in Media, Pa.; Charlottesville,
partnerships with super- sources
like Johns
14;
11.
'91
phones only made
calls,
but devices
including the original
Palm
Pilot,
iPhone,
iPad,
Amazon's Kindle
Fire,
Blackberry
Playbook, Nokia Lumia and
er science that
Motorola Droid put an end
he says of his days at Bloomsburg,
where he followed his brother Chris
Now, Peterson says, "You can
never stop and look back at what
you did. We're constantly on our
toes. If I'm planning more than
three months out, it's probably
'80,
now an anesthesiologist in
was something like
and converting
them into shipping labels. It was
boring compared to what I was
Lancaster.
"It
taking invoices
doing for fun."
Peterson loved college, embracing
to that.
unrealistic." •
Rebecca Rhodin
is
a freelance
writer based in Wescosville, Pa.
SPRING 2012
1
GRADUATES OF Bloomsburg
University's nursing
assured of a job
Master of Science
program are
when they graduate.
But a nursing degree from
BU
in
Nursing with
concentrations in adult and family
nurse practitioner, adult health cUni-
community
nursing administration and
nurse
cal
specialist,
the master's program,
1985.
first
offered in
With the exception of the nurse
anesthetist program, the typical
graduate student
is
a part-time stu-
dent juggling family and career. The
requires sacrifice, hard work, dedica-
health,
and lots of determination.
"It's a tough and stressfijil program,
but it prepares you for the real world
nurse anesthesia.
120 graduate students are generally
High expectations
in
The
all
tion
of nursing," says Kayla Farr,
who
18-year-old nursing students
Unit at Geisinger Medical Center four
Bloomsburg with a determination not found in most majors,
Ficca says. Freshman year is filled
months before she graduated
with challenging courses in the
landed her current job as a registered
nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Up to 1,000 high
in 2010.
school students,
most from Pennsylvania, apply
each year for admission to the
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
arrive at
or part of their educations. The
nurse practitioner program
Ficca, chair of the department.
nursing students a year to substan-
SUE
A.
This May, the
BEARD
first class will
grad-
which educates nurse anesthetists.
Offered exclusively in conjunction
with Geisinger, the 33-month pro-
gram admitted its first 12 students
chosen from a
field
one of the leading programs of its kind,
offering both undergraduate and graduate
degrees in the ever- advancing profession.
into
of 40 applicants
Students spend the
reflects students' deter-
mination, she adds.
first
nine
months at BU, where they earn 24
core credits. That's followed by 24
months at Geisinger for more classroom work and about 1,500 hours in
operating rooms — nearly three times
the on-the-job training required by
the Council on Accreditation.
"Enrollment
dard grades
—
— in August 2009.
BU's nursing department, which produced
its first 45 graduates in 1979, has evolved
ing to reflect today's explosion of
the
uate from the newest program,
Demand
The curriculum, constantly evolv-
is
draw and its graduates are in
the most demand, Ficca says.
biggest
anatomy, chemistry and psychology.
To advance to the sophomore year,
students must have at least a 2.5
GPA and a minimum grade of C in
all required classes. The fact that BU
generally loses only five freshman
J^J^jJ-^
many cases their employers fund
natural and social sciences, including
program. Less than 10 percent —
between 70 or 80 students — are
admitted, according to Michelle
^j;
and
in school to further their careers
students to the
is
limited to expose
maximum number of
Art Richer, program
and a nurse anesthetist.
"Anything less would dilute the
cases," says
knowledge and technology, has a
reputation for being rigorous, and
Bloomsburg graduates boast a high
riences in nearby hospitals begin in
passage rate on required licensing
in complexity, as
exams. The competitiveness of the
ences that take students to Geisinger
time commitment. "They're either in
application process allows
Medical Center and hospitals in
the operating
Bloomsburg "to take the best of the
Berwick, Bloomsburg, Lewisburg and
and
Shamokin two or three days each week.
"Within three months of gradua-
says Richer, adding students
best," says Ficca,
who has chaired
the department since spring 2011.
The nursing department prepares
undergraduates for a wide range of
Nursing classes with
the
clinical
expe-
sophomore year. Classes increase
do clinical experi-
tion, we're at
100 percent placement,"
Ficca says.
specialties, including critical care,
director
experience students have."
Once a student begins, it's a fuU-
it's
Master's programs
trauma and home care, and offers a
The same placement rate is true for
must
prepare for each case by reviewing
pathology reports, considering drug
interactions, assessing their patients'
health
obstetrics, pediatrics, rehabilitation,
room or the classroom,
a constant learning process,"
and choosing the appropriate
drugs and dosages for the procedure.
Richer says the proximity of
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17
Remembering
a Founder
LAURETTA PIERCE, one
of the founding faculty in
Department, had a
soft spot in
need
Bloomsburg
University's Nursing
her heart for graduate students. So
that Annetta Pierce, a retired
Teaching critical thinking skills is
is fitting
it
secondary educator,
no simple task, yet recent graduate
counselor and administrator, has endowed a
scholarship fund
who
nurses
in
her twin sisters
Farr says the nursing program does a
memory to
aid
terrific job. "Critical
are continuing their educations beyond
The Dr Lauretta Pierce Scholarship
^^^^^^A-
^^^^^H
criteria for the
Nursing
in
$1,000 awards are exemplary character,
scholarship and drive, as well as financial need.
^^^^1
'^^^^^
Lauretta Pierce
was
a trained nurse
who
The challenges
Health care
not
is
immune from cut-
backs in the workforce, and today's
taught at
Harrisburg's Polyclinic Hospital, Wilmington General
Lauretta Pierce
skill I
will
one or more students. The
to
thinking is a
use every day in the NICU," she says.
the baccalaureate level.
be presented each year
be comfortable with decision-
to
making skills," she adds."
Penn State/Hershey Medical Center and the
Bloomsburg faculty in 1974, helping to
nursing curriculum and serving as a pathophysiology and
medical
acutely
facilities
ill
Hospital,
staffers,
are treating
more
patients with fewer
according to Ficca.
University of Pennsylvania before joining the
write the fledgling
research instructor Pierce
and chair
for
two years
was
until
assistant chair of the department from 1988 to 1990
her retirement
in
December
Bloomsburg s graduate nursing program earned its
away Nov. 1. 2009. after suffering a massive stroke.
Annetta Pierce
made
1
initial
991
,
Under her leadership.
She passed
accreditation.
Technological advances
prolonged
bers of patients
care
a S25.000 donation to establish the scholarship
in tribute to
in
her
"
scholarship established
homes and hospitals, but on the well
in
that graduate students will benefit
her honor "She
know what
felt
grad students are committed
their career goals are
and are able
to give
elderly
from a
back very
tered by the Bloomsburg University Foundation. More information
at www.bloomu.edu/aid/bu_scholarships. The recipients will
of the chair of the nursing department
is
is
adminis-
available online
be chosen by a committee
and two nurse
instructors.)
Ever-changing
have to travel to various hospitals to
explosion and impact of technology
they can get
it
all
...
atrics, transplants,
At Geisinger,
obstetrics, pedi-
heart surgery
"
Monica Masemer, a 2006 graduate
of BU's Bachelor of Science in
is
and clinical and technology issues."
While Ficca believes Bloomsburg
go before she graduates from the
on the profession. The 16 fuU-time and
members are
expected to stay current with devel-
opments and share that information.
Ficca says, citing radical evolutions
operating room three or four days a
settings over the last
cases
— and she loves every moment.
"It's
"I've
a
gift to
be a nurse," she
says.
had an amazing career so far. You
have to be selfless and put others before
yourself.
It's
just so rewarding.
school's tough schedule
is
Grad
temporary
compared to saving someone's
life."
The future
Ficca hopes the future includes
community-spedfic health promotion
and disease prevention — "keeping
people well as opposed to treating
them only when they are sick."
She also believes nursing will play
nursing care delivery and inpatient
as she prepares for the next day's
because expectations are getting
in medications, treatment plans,
anesthesia program. She's in the
week — days that begin at 4:45 a.m.
and continue late into the evenings
two decades.
a larger role in the delivery of health
care to the insured, uninsured
we have electronic
medical
records, new
charting and
equipment and the use of human
underinsured.
and mechanical simulations in classrooms and learning labs," she adds.
lations,
"In technology,
"All give students the
opportunity to
enhance their clinical judgment
in a
Since nursing
Bloomsburg is increasing students'
literally is
a Hfe-
and- death career, "our graduates
BLOO.MSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
she says.
And there's the hope that
Bloomsbui-g will one day offer a
doctorate in nursing practice, which
will
safe setting."
and
A challenge specific to
contact with culturally diverse popu-
comply with accrediting standards
and meet the educational needs of
advanced practice nurses. •
Sue A. Beard, the retired editor of The Record Herald, Waynesboro,
18
meeting the challenges, the nursing
higher and higher."
"Nothing is stagnant in health care,"
Nursing program, has about a year
to
Ficca says the biggest challenge
keeping up with the knowledge
22 part-time faculty
...
including theoretical
program can never rest on its laurels.
"The curriculum needs to be fluid
Bloomsburg to Geisinger, eight miles
away in Danville, makes the program
attractive. "At some schools, students
their experiences.
...
perspectives, the latest developments
is
all
services they need.
be knowledgeable about almost
everything
Bloomsburg. the Pierce scholarship
(Editor's note: Like all scholarships at
and the
"We find our graduates need to
to
quickly to their professions." Alichnie says.
get
an increased focus on older
adults, not just those in nursing
more they could do with their lives, Annetta remembers.
was a close friend of Lauretta and says her
former colleague would be pleased
made up
do preventive
Because people are living longer,
there's
Faculty emerita Christine Alichnie
nursing careers,
to
and tend to be more ill when
research work. She really valued education, and she thought the more education
got, the
fail
mean
num-
increasing
they enter the system, Ficca explains.
her sister "Lauretta really got involved with the master s degree students
nurses
lives, yet
Pa., lives in
North Fort Myers,
Fla.
"
"WHAT'S THE FOOD LIKE?"
"How are roommates
BU 's Admissions
staff hears all of these questions and many more from
"What
are the meal plaii options?"
chosen?" "What's in Centennial Hall?"
and their parents. Pro\ iding
answers for visiting families — and making sure each
prospectix e students
\'isitor's first
impression
is
a positive
one
— is the job of
student tour guides.
Meet De\'on Mills, NicoUe Skiemiont, Christina Davis
and Di-eka Williams who talk alxtut their role as student
tour guides and its impact on their owii college e\^)erience.
Devon
Mills.
Senior
Computer Forensics Major/ Criminal Justice Minor
Hometown: Watsontown. Pa.
Bloomsburg Unix ersity stood out
of important wa\ s — her
the famih connecrion (her father
De\ on Mills
to
number
much easier to
know the campus. I know
in a
is
so
''It's
financial aid package,
Philip Mills '9A "96^1)
where everything is now.
all, the fact that the college had intei-preters
accommodate her hearing impairment. .As she started
her senior x ear at BU, Mills w as looking for an oncampus job. "The tour guide was one of the positions
1 applied for because I knew I could do it e\ en witli ni\
and. abov e
to
Mills
was
hired, she read
up on
the important
infonnation she'd be sharing with families and shad-
owed an experienced toiu" guide before she took gi'oups
on her o\\-n. The three \ ears' w orth of BU know ledge
she'd accunudated was also put to good use.
.\ big part of Mills' job is to answer questions over
the course of the tour. One of the most frequenth asked
questions? "People always ask
cars ft-eshman year," she
if
thought
it xx ould be cool to see xvhat goes on," she saj's.
had such an amazing experience mx' fi-eshman x ear. I
XX anted to gix e people an amazing experience like I had."
"I
Skiermont gets manx questions about lix ing on cam"I get questions about meal plans. I also get a lot of
pus.
w eek. She
Mills gi\ es an average of two toiu-s a
sa\ s a
good tour guide "has the abilit\ to adapt to an>- situadon.
is fi-iendh- and open or eas\ -going. imderstands how to
gi\ e good lectures or make it interesting for the audience
and has enough knowledge to answer most of the questions diat the audience ma>' ha\'e." At the same time,
the "perfect" campus visitor "is am one that is interested
in learning aboiu Bloomsburg Uni\ ersity. w ill actualh
listen and asks a lot of questions."
As Mills' college career wraps up. she sa\"s her time
as a tour guide has helped her in man\ wax s. "It has
given me more confidence and helped me become more
x\
1 liked the w ax it looked," she says.
Once at BU, she x\"anted to find a xx-ax' to pax' it fonx-aixl
and share hei- experience xvith others. Skiemiont xvas
an Orientation Workshop Leader (OWL) as a sophomom
and beliex ed she could do ex en more as a tour guide. "I
the\ can bring their
sa\"s.
comfortable with dealing
Nirolle Skiermont
been done,
hearing loss," she explains.
Once
—
ith different
t>
pes of people."
questions about residence
domis
life
—
things like xvhich
are co-ed and can thex' hax'e microxvax^es
and
most families xvant to see a
lecture hall, xx hich is decidedlx different from most
high school classrooms. "I alxvax s trx" to shoxx them
refrigerators."
xvhat
it
looks
She
like,"
sax s
she says.
Skiennont leads an
xx
eek,
and
sax s
ax
erage of three or four tours per
her job has
its
adx antages.
"It's
so
easier to knoxx the campus," she laughs. "I knoxx
ex
er\lhing
is
much
xx
here
noxx."
She also credits die Admissions staff for the w ork diex"
do schediding toure. "The tours are about the pai'ents
and students, but the behind-die-scenes
a good toiu"."
stuff makes for
Nicolle Skiermont. Senior
ChminalJustice Major/Spanish Minor
Christina Davis. Junior
Hometown: Southampton.
Communication Studies Major
As
a
Pa.
high school student looking at colleges. Nicolle
Skiermont says BU had just w hat she w as looking tor.
"It was a medium-sized school and it had m\ major.
I w ent to campus for a tour. Seeing how beautiful and
open it was. and seeing all of the renoxations that had
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Hometown:
Philadelphia. Pa.
For Christina Dax
atmosphere
she says
colleges.
—
is,
BU's small size and friendly
different from home."
— "something totallx
appealed to her w hen she xx as considering
She describes herself as shx b\ nature, xx hich
campus visitors might find hard to believe. Besides
working as a tour guide, Davis is a talented hip-hop
dancer who recently won the "Lens on Talent"
competition sponsored by BET.
Davis says she helps the families feel at ease by simply
being herself "I go with my experiences on campus and
what it's really like to be a student here," she says. "I try
to keep them laughing and smiling."
Davis says
it's
important to find something in
common
starting top
left,
clockwise:
Skiermont talks
with parents and prospective
students in the Warren
Student Services Center
Devon Mills gathers a group
at Northumberland Hall
and Christina Davis leads
visitors along the
passing Waller
with the families on her tours. "Everybody
which
is
what keeps
have anything to
it
say,
interesting.
or
I
is different,
Quad,
home, but the campus is
home in no
That's certainly been true
likely to feel like
time.
for Williams,
because
it
who chose BU
was one of the few
schools that offered her major.
"I wanted to major in optometry,
and BU advertised pre-optomeThat, combined with the beautiful BU
Administration Building.
Some people don't
try,"
crack a joke and they don't
leave
Nicolle
she says.
well-prepared for anything that comes your way and
campus, made choosing a college easy for Williams.
Williams says that she usually "clicks" with out-ofstate students because she understands their fears and
anxieties. "If you are not a people person, or if you
know how to react. Whether it's a parent who asks a
lot of questions or those who don't ask anything, I just
you, because you are really selling the school. If you
go with the type of audience
don't love the campus,
say anything.
I
like families
who have questions,
especially the students."
Davis says she's also learned to be
I
flexible.
"Be
haven't liked your time at BU, this
have."
is
not the job for
you probably won't make a good
tour guide."
Williams' experience as a tour guide has helped put
Dreka Williams. Senior. Pre-med Major
Hometown: Gaithersburg. Md.
Moving to college
is
stressful
enough, but moving to an
out-of-state institution is another level of stress all
remind me
why I chose BU."
helps
—
its
Editor's note:
Maryland, can relate
Bloomsburg University, see www.bloomu.edu/admissions.
It's
a feeling
to
the students she takes on
Dreka Williams
tours
For answers
to
many
questions about
Contact the Admissions Office at buadmiss@bloomu.edu.
who are feeling a bit
nervous about leaving home. Sharing her story helps
reassure
days
Dreka
Williams remembers well.
Williams, originally from
own.
"Going on a tour
own college experience in perspective. "Even on
when I don't feel like doing a tour, going on a tour
helps remind me why I chose BU. When I'm not feeling
my best, it helps give me a pick-me-up, too." •
her
to
them that not only will they do well once they
Sara
Hodon is a freelance writer and college-level
English instructor from Schuylkill County, Pa.
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own an iPod or M
player, Paragon Media Strategies reports. How many are playing their
music much too loud?
More than 75 percent of young people
ROCK
'N'
ROLL and volume,
lots
and
lots of volume, just naturally
Pipe that volume from iPods and other
and
a personal playlist enjoyed today
ages 14 to 24
go together.
MP3 players directly into a listener's ears
may damage
hearing later in
life.
A recent study by students of Pamela Smith and Tom Zalewski, associate
professors of audiology and speech pathology, revealed that nearly
92 percent of 459 Bloomsburg University students surveyed use a personal
listening device,
most often with earbuds, which are placed
directly
into the ear canal.
Earbuds' proximity to the eardrum, coupled with
a practically never-ending supply of music at potentially
loss,
unsafe volume
although
years,
Smith
it
levels,
can lead to hearing
may not be noticed for several
says.
Symptoms
of damage include
ringing in the ears, muffled voices or a sense of
fullness in the ears.
"Headphones ampUfy sound, and new technology is
producing sound-isolating headphones or earbuds,"
Zalewski says. "These tiny devices can produce the
sound levels of a rock concert. When you put the two together
and if you listen to it loud enough for long enough you are
-v
putting yourself at risk for hearing damage. "
^
Two simple steps can reduce the chance of damage — which can
be permanent. First, turn down the volume, Zalewski says. "If you can \^
hold a conversation in a normal level of voice with someone three or four v
v
feet away, then it's usually safe. If you have to speak up or ask the individual
you are speaking with to repeat himself or herself, then it's too loud."
And don't listen for hours at a time. "Take some breaks and walk away from the
sound intensity," he says.
Carolyn K. Novaleski '10 was the student co-chair of the study's research committee.
An iPod user, she prefers loud music, but limits the amount of time she is plugged in to
her device to "maybe one to two hours a week." Novaleski, who earned a bachelor's
degree in speech pathology/audiology and receives her master's degree this spring, is
...
...
representative of others in her
\\
field.
The BU survey showed students in communication-related majors, such as
speech-language pathology/ audiology, education of the deaf and hard of hearing and
American Sign Language interpreters, are less likely to set their iPods at higher volumes
in noisy backgrounds. They also are more likely to believe that manufacturers of MP3
players should build devices to limit audio/volimie level settings, an option available in
current iPod software.
Other major findings
are:
Male students are more likely to listen to iPods
at louder volume levels than females.
• Non-white students are more likely to
listen at louder volume levels than white students.
"Ultimately
our role is an educational one," Smith says of the survey. "If users
have the information they can make an informed decision about their iPod use." •
•
...
Becky Lock is a writer, editor and photographer who works
and lives in Pennsylvania.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
TURN Down
THE VOLUME
by
BECKY LOCK
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Right to
the Point
WITH A GROWING public interest in alternative medicine,
acupuncture work for me was tiie
no wonder acupuncture is appearing in more areas
— the military sometimes uses the technique as part of
a treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). Acupuncturist Todd Trembula '98, co-founder
of Charlotte (N.C.) Acupuncture and Wellness Center,
is pleased with the trend and optimistic about the
me go to school."
it's
future of natural medicine.
"The most common misconception is that it's painfiil,"
Trembula says, explaining the needles used at his
practice are only 0.16 mm thick and come with insertion
tubes. Most patients report very litde or no pain, he adds.
Trembula first heard of acupuncture in a medical
anthropology class he took at BU, although it was a
chance meeting with an acupuncturist in 1999 that
prompted him to explore the field. The doctor invited
Trembula to observe his office on a busy day and, after
hearing about the patients' experiences, "I had a gut
feeling this was what I wanted to do," he says. "Seeing
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While pain management is a common goal of acupunc
can be used to treat a range of ailments.
Trembula often sees patients with digestive problems, and
his partner, Hope Peek, works with patients to overcome
infertility and other reproductive health issues. Treatment
strategies may include herbal medicines and working
ture, the technique
together with other medical professionals.
Trembula hopes
to see the application of acupuncture
integrated into the medical system. "There are a
number
of medical settings where acupuncture can enhance the
effects of the conventional care patients are receiving,"
he says. "It can help stave off" surgery, reduce pain and
inflammation in a post-op rehabilitative setting, help
people come off" meds. Using acupuncture alongside
modem Western treatments would, in the very least,
increase their quality of life and possibly lessen overall
health care costs."*
Melanie Berger Wiscount
1971
won
Jim Berkheiser
New Jersey
a
Poetry Prize honorable mention
poem, Gorgeous, and was
for his
nominated
for a Pushcart Prize
poem, When Dad Harped.
for his
Four honored with alumni awards
'84/'04M, a business and
technology teacher
Larry A. Fry
Palmyra
School District, was one of 50
named a Siemens STEM
Institute Fellow. She also was
teachers
2011
one of 101 teachers
at the
1973
at
who competed
Microsoft Partners in
Learning U.S. Innovative
is
an accounting
Educator Forum.
i-eceived a
was named honorary
101/EOP since 1996,
he served as assistant director from 1977 to 1996.
Wright is actively involved in the University-Community
Task Force on Racial Equity University Committee for
Protected Class Issues, the advisory board for Frederick
Douglass Institute and Bloomsburg Rotary Club.
of the year. Director of Act
Awards were:
Kathleen Shanoski Mulligan 67/'69M. Bloomsburg. the
1985
of
Vicki Morris Benion
Donald Bechtel
Wright, of Bloomsburg.
alumnus
Receiving Distinguished Service
operations manager and vice president of Fulton Financial Coi-p.
Wright, director of BU s Act 101/EOP program, and three alumni
were honored by the Alumni Association.
Irvin
is
executive
curriculum and instruction
School
District
at
and co-founder
the
of the Danville
Town
doctorate of education in leader-
Association of CoUege Stores
Development Center). Active
ship and policy studies from
Foundation.
she served on the Planning Commission
and. last
Virginia Tech University.
1987
Lehigh Valley
at
of Logical Writing Solutions
is
Christian High School.
1979
Inc.,
degrees
I'O^tl
health information technology
group.
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Call
district attorney.
Deborah, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary
is
Anderson Grey 81. Berwick, a registered resand certified pulmonary function technologist. who founded the Columbia County Volunteers
in Medicine Clinic and chairs its newsletter committee.
Bette
to
biology from Bloomsburg.
in 2011.
The Maroon and Gold Excellence Award went
Rich Donahue teaches business
Denmark-Olar middle
and high
schools,
Denmark,
1991
and counselor
Gary Groenheim
joined Bloomberg
Television as com-
mercial director for
Scott
Kevin Reynolds
chair of its government technology
ball
commission.
University.
is
head basket-
to Scranton,
Valley
and Beyond.
A
Visitor's
The Lackawanna
is
Michael
Zeiser '93 recently
C.
is
vice president
and community
assistant
manager of West Milton
Office
Coach of the
experience managing financial and administrative
organizations as CFO of Sytex Inc. and vice president of
business operations for Lockheed Martin s Army-Navy
programs. Prior to entering private industry. Zeiser held public
accounting positions with Kreischer Miller. He lives in Doylestown with
Year.
1992
Quay Hanna,
became senior vice president and chief
MacAu lay- Brown Inc.. an engineering
and technical services company supporting the U.S.
Department of Defense. He has more than 19 years of
financial officer of
He was the 2008-09
author of Bus
his wife,
Rebecca Anderson Zeiser
'94.
and
their three daughters.
America: Revelations of a Redneck,
a speaker for
Shippensburg
University's annual
Michael Loeh
BU s
senior VP/CFO
Zeiser
Conference Western Division
was
1984
in
and Retention, she has held positions at
Shippensburg and Miami universities. She earned a
bachelor's degree in social work from Bloomsburg. a master's in counseling and is pursuing a doctorate in education administration. She is
coach for Slippery Rock
and author of Pennsylvania's
Guide
of
of Diversity
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Northeast Treasures:
Community College
Hong Kong.
TechQuest board of directors and
Lackawanna Heritage
at the
Philadelphia. Previously assistant director
the Asia-Pacific
region, based in
Council of Central Pennsylvania's
Daniel Perry is the chief operating
to
Lynette Luckers 01. Philadelphia, assistant professor
S.C.
McCabe is president of
IMR Digital, Camp Hill. He also
is a member of the Technology
of
clinic has provided free health services
uninsured and underinsured working citizens of
Columbia and lower Luzerne counties (see story page 10). From 200^
to 2010. Grey served on the State Board of Medicine and was the
board's vice president in 2009. She received her bachelor s degree in
1980
classes at
BU
member
a
Since 2007. the
j
'
1990
State Bank.
years
AGAPE
chair of the
Piratory therapist
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Zdzislaw Kordecki and wife,
office
for 20
the Alumni Association s Carver Hall Chapter.
4i
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Schuylkill County's first assistant
Valley
Bloomsburg.
of
special education and communication disorders from
in
co-chair of the Technology
Council of Central Pennsylvania's
William Reiley was named
officer for
was volunteer
and a doctorate from Penn State University Mulligan
If^
matics teacher
fall,
the
in
Center for Flood Relief following Tropical Storm Lee. She holds
Ann Pavkovic Grove, president
Henry Crush, an educator for
more than 20 years, is a mathe-
Daycare
Center for Child Development (now the Danville Child
director of the National
1978
director
first
Bloomsburg Area
March
for
Humanity.
Maillie, Falconiero
Vicki Marold Johannes
1995
1993
Robert Hershey Jr.
is
community office manager for
is
a partner in
and
Co., a
Pottstown accounting firm.
received
He
CPA designation in 1995.
Mitchell
Hanna is communication
manager for Quarryville
Presbyterian Retirement
Community, Lancaster.
The Dime Bank, Hawley.
Lorena Kutza is an
associate
Glenn Haug is girls'
buyer for Cherokee
coach
Pharmaceuticals, Riverside.
School.
at
varsity soccer
Paramus (N.J.) High
He was named coach of
the year after his team finished the
season with a 12-5 record.
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Michael Kwasnoski
is
Maria McGinty-Ferris is an asso-
a lieu-
tenant colonel in the U.S. Air
He commands
Force.
ciate attorney
the 30th
Curtin
Comptroller
&
with
Heefner,
a Bucks County
Alumna
directs state
,
tfie
Squadron
at
law finn.
I
is
California.
ParenteBeard's insurance indus-
community office
manager for Miffiinburg Bank
2002
Trust Co.'s Shamokin
Scott
&
Dam and
New Berlin offices.
is
a partner in
Neuhard '02M, a faculty
member in Pennsylvania College
of Technology's electronics and
1998
computer engineering technology
David Manbeck, manager at
Beyer and Ritter
department,
CPA and
experience
in
Pennsylvania state government, including
Publishing's Who's
Collegiate Faculty.
Who in
series as
Chris Thompson, Ephrata,
He was recognized for outstand-
coach of the Lehigh Valley Steel
ing contributions to his profession
Hawks indoor football team.
and community as part of the
MS Leadership Class.
2003
is
a
Vishal Petigara, attorney and
Northumberland County Career
member of the business and
and Technology Center, Coal
finance department of Obermayer
Township.
Central Bucks
Chamber
Juney Bamett
is
2000
for
and Phelps, a financial advisory
and investment banking firm
Kansas University.
Michael Taylor published a
a talent
manager at Duff
in
New York City.
Race.
1
Monocacy Middle
Amanda Malles is a CT technolo-
2006
gist for Johns
John W. Martin III '06M is business manager for Caldwell,
He teaches language arts at
Frederick,
Heckles and Egan
2007
Construction's
Michael Averto
north branch in
owner of Otreva Design,
MillvLUe.
School,
He is also
an adjunct faculty
Md.
Justin Flock
is
the owner/
a teacher of English as a second
operator of Flook's Landscaping,
language in the Harrisburg area,
Bloomsburg.
first
translations into 10 languages.
founder and
a
Scranton website design and
development company.
Megan Pugh
of Technology, teaching courses in
Josh London
business and computer technology.
solutions executive at Regulatory
Frank Beasley is the head
nology solutions provider in King
Miller,
Conyngham,
assistant wrestling coach at
of Prussia.
joined ParenteBeard as a staff
Binghamton
Mashbum Wiest 'oiM
2004
School Board and an agent for
Joseph Baker
Square Diehl Realty
nator for
Inc.,
Sunbury.
is
a housing coordi-
CMSU-MHMR, serving
Snyder and Union counties.
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Bowman Goshert is a
registered nurse at the Janet
residents of Columbia, Montour,
BLOOMSBURG UNIVER.SITY OF
risk diligence
Sonja Parr Flook
Heather
member of the Shikellamy
is
University.
accountant.
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is
DataCorp, a risk intelligence tech-
childen's book,
Night Noises, which includes
a
Hopkins Bayview
Medical Center in Baltimore, Md.
member at Pennsylvania College
Carole LaPlante 'oiM, Dauphin,
Cheryl
for the Secret
and
bank fraud, counterfeiting and forgery. A graduate of St. John s University
School of Law. she has A years' experience with her own law firm and
Shearman & Sterling, dealing with executive compensation disclosure,
corporate governance issues and other securities taws matters.
young adult book. Survival of the
Fittest: The Last Hope for the Human
the
2001
published her
Norberg served as a special agent
assistant
strength and conditioning coach
is
Earlier in her career.
Service, investigating federal crimes including telecommunications
Hippel, spoke
Economic Forecast 2012 program.
acquisition
Jane Norberg '91 was appointed deputy chief of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower earlier this
year overseeing a program that helps ensure complaints are handled
appropriately and recommends awards for information leading to commission enforcement action. Individuals may receive awards if information they provide helps the SEC identify fraud and other security law violations, minimizing harm to investors and holding accountable those
responsible for unlawful conduct.
Debbi Dobson '03/'04M
1999
is
computer technology instructor at
Melinda Lewis
Governor s Commission on Women Role Model Award and the Governor s
Commission on Latino Affairs Award in Health.
Norberg oversees Whistleblower program
part of the 25th anniversary class.
Rebmann Maxwell
of staff at the
included in the
is
Leadership Harrisburg Area's
Harrisburg
and chief
Pennsylvania Department of Aging
After graduating from BU with a bachelors degree
in business administration, Bucher earned an MBA in
health care administration from Regis University A native of San Juan.
Puerto Rico, Bucher is the first Hispanic to reach the deputy secretary
level in Pennsylvania state government, where she has received the
2011-12 edition of Montclair
Consultants, graduated from
community leadership
AARP members.
Pennsylvania's Executive Council She has more
than 16 years of leadership, policy and management
Jason Jacobs
eight years as deputy secretary
Brian Neitz
is
s 1.7 million
AARP
Force Base,
try practice.
at the
commonwealtfi
Prior to her appointment, she served two years on
Vandenberg Air
FA
AARP
Ivonne Gutierrez Bucher 91 the new state director of AARP Pennsylvania,
is leading advocacy, connmunify outreacti and education work to benefit
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Children's Hospital at Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville.
is
a teacher for
the Millville Area School District.
2008
Nicole
2009
Shoop Shebelskie is
2010
Barbara Caccia
a
is
Brittany Bender
junior sales
associate at Toll Brothers City
research assistant at Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville.
Living,
Horsham. She
is
also a
member of town council in
Lyndsey Snyder Beasley, a certi-
& Associates,
Shawn Clark operates Shawn
Katie Zaccarino
Pennsauken Intermediate School.
Sarah Kline Ryan
is
a middle
Smith
Elizabeth A. Jung is an admissions
Ashley Erdman
director
Dune Energy's board of directors.
The principal/owner of KP Energy since January 201
Keener
previously was managing director of Imperial Capital and principal and
managing director of Petrobridge Investment. He earned a bachelor s
degree in business administration and accounting from BU and a
masters degree in business administration from Loyola University
R.
Keener
'81 is
serving on
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Regan
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f
is
V
ck
J
is
University,
Madison,
N.J.
Zachary Pearce
is
a
member of
the Delaware Valley School Board.
Coombe is a
marketing coordinator with
Shawn
Geisinger Health System.
for ParenteBeard, Reading.
Ziegler
is
an accountant
&
CORRECTIONS
Giuffre receives lifetime
Nick Giuffre
the Fred
V.
customer success VP
responsible for client services, account
and
counselor at Fairleigh Dickinson
'risk'
Mike Regan 78 joined the executive team of Alteryx
Inc. as vice president of customer success, where he
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one of eight
.
Barbara A. Lawless Kressler 77. a 23-year veteran
of the insurance industry, was promoted to vice president of Keystone Insurers Group s Risk Solutions
Division. Kressler who has worked with KIG for
seven years, started her career with Hutchison
Insurance Agency as a commercial account manager
She worked for Briar Creek Mutual for eight years,
joining KIG in 2005 as assistant vice president.
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is
Phillies.
Haili Shetler
Keener named Dune Energy
Michael
Intermediate Unit.
2011
District.
an
Zeigler
Kenis and Co.
Elliott
school counselor for Danville
School
is
Ashby and
services through the Luzerne
Day is senior associate
baUgirls for the 2012 Philadelphia
New Jersey's
Au.D.
'11
Audiology. She also provides
E.
a special
is
McClelland
Sparta, N.J.
Jennifer
Spring, N.J.
Clark Funeral Home, Lansford.
education teacher in
Jill
audiologist for
for
Endicott, N.Y.
man-
Laurel
fied public accountant, joined
Vieira
project
is
ager for Stascom Technologies,
management
training. Previously vice president of operations
Kace, Regan held senior
management
roles at
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at
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global software organizations, startups and growth
78.
president and
CEO
of
achievement award
Bradford White Corp..
was presented
Keenan Lifetime Achievement Award during the American
Supply Association (ASA) annual meeting and member
lunch. This award honors individuals whose contributions
and achievements have improved the plumbing, heating,
cooling and piping fields, especially in terms of education,
safety service and industry image,
Giuffre began working for the Bradford White Corp.
after graduation
company
from BU. His former positions within the
include sales administrator vice president of
sales and executive vice president.
He also was honored with the Golden
Eagle Award from the Association of Independent Manufacturers
Representatives in 2003.
name was misspelled when this story
Winter 2012 issue. We apologize for the error
Editor's note: Nick Giuffre's last
originally
appeared
in the
stage companies, including Portal Software, Siebel,
Sybase, Datasweep and MarketLive. He earned an
MBA
from Lehigh
Wilson promoted
University,
Alteryx
is
a provider of strategic analytics
based
in Irvine, Calif.
Patrick W. Wilson
'91 of
to
senior vice president
vice president of operations
for Little
^
Alumni return with career advice
Conference presenters included: Kristin Mock Austin
'02.
director of Admissions/coordinator of orientation, BU: Scott
'06, digital
Bowden
assistant
Hemmons
marketing project manager Thompson/Reuters: Greg
01, vice
president-investments,
UBS
Financial Services Inc.
and president, BU Alumni Association Board; Phil Ferdinand '82,
managing partner Green Sky Business Development: Paul Kappel '89.
president. Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley: Whitney Purcell '11,
Student Life coordinator Lycoming College: and Kathleen Oatley Mangold
'98, assistant director of Residential Services, Muhlenberg College.
Also participating were former campus leaders: Tom Kresch 10.
Shalanda Gray '96. Lynette Luckers 01, Jennifer Shymansky Inaba 06,
J R. Sperry '89. Dave Marcolla 00 and Jennifer Bosset 06.
And, Rudy Inaba 06, Megan Harter 07, Scott McCabe '80, John
Ludrof 86, Chris Jackson 85, Bill Koch 85, Tristan Zelinka 08, Emily
O Holla 08, Joe Yasinskas 06 and Heather Bowman Goshert 06.
League
International. In his
new
position.
Wilson, previously vice president of operations for
Little
League Baseball and Softball, is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the operations of Little League
Alumni working in careers ranging from law and financial services
to technology and educational administration took part in the fifth
annual Husky Leadership Summit in March, sponsored by BU s Alumni
Affairs Office,
was promoted to senior
and program development
Williamsport recently
International s five regional centers in the United States
and four abroad. Wilson is tournament director for the
'^S?
Little League Baseball World Series and chairman of the
Little League International Charter and Tournament Committees. He
oversees all operations, marketing and communications divisions of
Little League International.
Wilson began working for Little League in 1993 as an administrative
assistant to the vice president. Over the years, he has served as director
of regional operations and assistant international tournament director
Wilson, who played Little League baseball as a child, volunteers with
organizations, including United Way and Leadership Lycoming, and has
served on the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors and the Williamsport Area Recreation Commission. He has
been a member of BU s Council of Trustees since 2009.
Editor's note: Patrick Wilson s
appeared
in the
title
Winter 2012 issue.
was
incorrect
We apologize
when
this story originally
for the error
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Kip McCabe '83 and Angela Belander, July 9, 2011
Thomas Venesky '97 and Kathleen Burt-Salter, Oct.
David Wilson Ashelman Jr.
No\'. 20,
'99
Obituaries
Jennifer R.B.
22, 2011
and Carolyn Joy Sutton,
Adams '98 and husband,
Adams,
Helen Martin Watts
Dec.
2,
2011
Martha
and Stephen Hammond, Nov.
and Sean Shappell, Aug.
'01
Gina Belianca
'01
'02
and Edwin Weidow,
13,
2010
Cara Evangelista DeCicco
'99
and
Feb. 4, 2012
Sept. 10, 2011
'03
and Mariko Kubomi, July 30,
Jacob Hartman '03 and Carolyn Salisbun Hart Eno, July
Alicia Averto '04 and John Boniewicz, Aug.
6,
and Maria Smime, Aug.
Rhiannon Grohol '05M and Robert
Kimberly Hess
'05
'05
2012
May 29,
Oct. 23, 2010
Lauren Casparro '06 and Quinn Conaboy, Dec.
Heather Diener '06 and Seth Cramer, June
John Chruney
2011
John
31,
10,
2011
2011
Becca Mulutzie Beitler '02 and
husband, Ian Beitler
Gage Dan, Nov.
17,
'03,
husband, Greg
Genevieve, Feb.
8,
2012
'07
and
Elliot
Lyons
Liz
'08, July 30, 2011
Melissa Godfrey '07 and Christopher Allen, Sept. 24, 2011
Miriah Matrician '07 and Michael Wascavage, Oct.
Jennifer Pahira '07 and
Damian
Bugg\,',
Ashley Snyder
'07
Julie Stavig '07
and Matthew Stewart
and Jared Schoch
July
15,
'05, Feb.
21,
'02
and
Blackburn
E.
L.
Ronald
fiance,
Baer
Joyce
'65
Aislen Fiona, Dec.
Robert D. Harvey
10,
2011
Joseph
2011
Shirley
'65
'67
Marmo '67
James J. Rosini
12,
25 2011
'05,
F.
William J. Rosini
husband, Tom, a son, Noah, Nov.
2009
'67
McCormick Anspach
William Harris Jr.
Thomas Guzick 'os/'07M and
Fred E. Yohey
Lindsey Nally '08 and Martin Pastor
'69
Maria Pellegrino Vezend>'
8,
2011
'08, July 9,
Oct.
21,
June Culver Hoover
20U
'71
Maryjo Angotti Falbo
Lyndsey Snyder
husband, Joseph, a son,
Brian Hanratty
Julia
Benjamin Joseph, Feb.
L\'lo,
June
25, 2011
'08 and Frank Beasley '06, July 30, 2011
Camara-Calvo '09 and Daniel Acor '10, Oct. 21, 2011
Megan Smith '09M and
Robert Tunon, Aug.
Benshoff '10 and Ryan
13,
9,
Kent T. Baldwin
Amy Puntar Shingler '05 and husband,
and Tom Kresch
May 28, 20U
Amanda Scheno '10 and Michael McHenry Jr. '08, Oct. 8, 2011
Jeremy, a son, Wesley Read, Oct.
Kathryn Schultz
TyLean
'10
'10,
'11
and Matthew Frank,
Sept. 10, 2011
5,
2011
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Online at
www.bloonnualunnni.conn
Send infoiination
to:
alum@blooiiiu.cdii or
E. Nean,- '74
Marilyn Hemstreet Smith '77M
Paisley Polley '06 and
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'70
2011
Jessica Silfies Muller '05 and
Dana Neuhauser '08 and Gregory
Aubree Kann
'68
'69
wife, Sara, a daughter. Piper Elizabeth,
Melissa Gerst '08 and Brian Brannon, Oct.
Kelli
'61
'65
Christopher Ross, a daughter,
Alison Poff Burkholder '05 and
2011
9,
Krewson
2011
'07, Oct. 8, 2011
Rachael Bennington '08 and Gabriel Hutchinson
Nov.
Ronald
Marie Reimensnyder Gray '65
Adam Brua '07 and Ashley Brough, July 16, 2011
Gardner
'59
Thomas M. Wagner '60
Arlan
Lindsay Brior '07 and Matthew Christensen
Kristie
'59
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Herman W. Howard Jn
Bowden '02 and
Bowden '01, a daughter,
Jennifer Endress
Muir 'o6/'o8M and Ke\in Salmon, Nov. 19, 2010
Michelle Wilt '06 and Matthew Vogel, Oct. 22, 2011
Kelly
E. Shaffer Jr. '56
Joseph Fosko
2011
'54
'56
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a son,
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Jonathan Kline '06 and Kristin Schroeder, June 26, 2011
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15,
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and husband, Brian, a son,
2011
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Heather Bowman '06 and Jesse Goshert, June 11, 2011
S.
'51
Robert "Bopper" Plafcan
Stephanie Hontz McLaughlin 'GO
2011
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Rishel,
Mordan
Thurston
13,
and Michael DeAngelis,
and Mark
1,
Evitts Miller
Florence
Bn ne, Nov. 6, 2010
Heidi
Lawrence
Gwenn Gudmundson
Nancy
husband, Dan, a son, Declan Rhys,
Feb.
2011
Thomas Hector '04 and
Piccini Jr. '04
23, 2011
'48
'49
Thomas McAndrew '50
Regan O'Malley Higgins '00 and
2011
'48
Peggy Lewis Keenan
William Homisak
Wendy Teschner '02 and Chris Weatherford, Dec. 30, 2011
Joseph Conroy
'40
'44
Woodhouse '46
Stitzel
Elroy Dalberg
husband, Joseph, a son, Luca Joseph,
2011
27,
'38
Elnora linger Houck
2010
Rachael Semcheski
Laura Shultz
George Sharp
Ga:-y T. Bean, a daughter, Vivienne
BLOOMSBtRG UNIVERSITY OF
P E
.\
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S
Y L VA N I A
M. Harakel
'08
'91
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
CAPITAL AREA NETWORK: Among Harrisburg area alumni attending
networking mixer at McGrath's Pub were A.J. Geiselman 05. Lin
Nester '68 and Mark Roda OA and his wife, Ann.
a
ALUMNI LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS: Twelve students whose parents are
BU alumni were selected by random drawing for $1,060 Legacy
Scholarships. Members of BU Alumni Association Executive Board and
shown left to right are: First row: Lauren Hess U;
alumni board secretary: and Greg Bowden 01. alumni
board president; second row: Danielle Roth '15 and Amy Scott 05.
board member at large: third row: Ashley Jackson 15: Kerri Donald
scholarship winners
Rich Uliasz
Sears
'92.
'97.
board vice president: and Alexa Kirk
Courtney Berger
15.
Thomas
Cimaglia
13: fourth
row: Devan Smith 15: and sixth row: Meredith
'83: fifth
row:
U and Lynne Rishel Homiak
Salmon 'U and
Elaine McCauley 15. Student recipients not present are Aaron Kline 15.
Matthew Wendling 15 and Anthony
Miller
U.
GETTING SOCIAL: Alumni attending
a mixer of the Alumni
Association's Lehigh Valley Network are.
08.
Michael Reed 05 and Megan Verholy
left to right:
Travis Behler
08.
HUSKY WEDDING: When Thomas Kresch 10 and Aubree Kann 10
married in Gettysburg last May BU students and alumni joined in the
celebration. Shown left to right are. front row: Becca Sherman. Jennee
Coombe
Kresch
09.
'8^.
Josh Gross
09.
Bryan Hart
Robert Kresch. Todd
07,
Cummings
groom
'83,
s
mother Debbie
Ginny
Cummings
'82.
Ross OA. Cindy Shultz 87. Ben Shultz '87 and
Amanda Williams 09: and back row: Nicole Baruch 10, Katie Kelly 11,
Jessica Mest 10, Patrick Gilliland. Lucas Wither 10. Matthew Truscott
10. Nicole Truscott 09. Kaity Black 11. Steve Krasucki. bridegroom
Thomas Kresch 10. bride Aubree Kann Kresch 10. groom s father Tom
Kresch '81. Todd Wolinsky 09. Jerome Manley 10. Terrence Haynes 10.
Ryan Donnelley 11. Rachel Rehrig 10. Jamie Heise 11 and Jessica Frey
Alice Carpenter 95, Mike
PENGUIN POWER: The Morgan
family cheered on the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Penguins during the Northeast Pennsylvania Network s
Alumni Night. They are. from left. Jacqui Morgan, children Brendan
and Blake, and Rick Morgan
'81.
SPRING 2012
29
Waller Hall:
Center of Campus Life
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
THERE IS ONE iconic image of
Bloomsburg University that lives
on in the minds of alumni from
years past, it is the Long Porch on
IF
education as a normal school, but a
the facility to the model school,
dormitory was required for the
which provided additional space
for a library, faculty offices and
more dorm rooms. While Carver
Hall held only classrooms and an
Ground was
transformation.
broken
in
summer
the facility
1868,
was completed
the following year, and
the institute
became the
Bloomsburg State
Normal School. But, on
Sept. 4, 1875, the campus'
first
dormitory burned.
The new one
that
began
to rise in its place less
than two months
would
officially
later
be
honoring David J.
Waller Jr., the two-term principal
of the normal school.
the Waller Hall dormitory.
Stretching impressively along
Second
Street, the
porch was lined
with rocking chairs where
socializ-
ing students admired a gorgeous
view looking out over the
Susquehanna River Valley. Many
fond memories were made there,
but
it
was not
the
building on the
was
campus
The first
first
site.
a dormitory that lasted just
The new dormitory, completed
in 1876, contained not
only rooms for male
and female students,
but also the campus
dining room, a kitchen
and apartments for the
normal school principal,
faculty
and
staff.
1891 included a
seven years.
In 1867, several
months
after the
An
addition constructed in
porch
and an enlarged area
room; an
annex completed three
completion of Carver Hall, the
for the dining
Bloomsburg Literary Institute had
an opportunity to offer teacher
years later connected
30
BLOOMSBURG
L'
MVER
.S
I
TY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
.
As the normal
the
first
„
was
the
life.
school and,
state teachers college
later,
grew during
half of the 20th centurj^
numerous improvements updated
the dormitory's appearance and
usefulness, including elevators and
the remodeled dining room and
library.
named Waller Hall in
1927,
auditorium. Waller Hall
center of campus
A large lobby created near
became an active
and Tiffany windows
the west entrance
social area,
were placed in the annex. Many of
the rooms previously occupied by
female students were remodeled in
and during summer
Husky Lounge
was demolished to make
room for Kehr Union. By
1942 to house the male naval
who trained at the college
during World War II. A brick
1971 the
cadets
porch replaced the original
wooden one in fall 1949, and a
fountain
was
1973,
offices
courtyard the following year.
The most profound changes
took place during the building's
last 25
campus landscape
years of existence, as
enrollment continued to grow and
students needed places to congregate. When the president's office
and the business
office
moved
to
And, when the library, now the
Warren Student Services Center,
opened in 1966, the bookstore and
the remodeled Carver Hall in 1954,
additional study space filled in
space opened in Waller for a larger
where the
lobby and social area. Likewise, the
Husky Lounge was born in 1956
when the gymnasium, added to the
building in 1894, was converted to
a place to socialize
snack.
and enjoy a
The function of other spaces
within Waller changed as well. In
1957, after
the College
only a few faculty
remained in
Waller Hall, and the
landmark building
disappeared from the
installed in the
Commons
was completed, the first-floor dining room became the new library.
library
had been
located.
But even before the mid-1960s.
Waller's demise
along with
its
was
in the plans,
replacement: a mod-
Hall the following year.
Although Waller Hall is gone,
more than a memory. The
Andruss Library, which opened in
it
is
1998, sports a portico reminiscent
of the Long Porch; Waller's Tiffany
windows are visible above the por-
looking out over the Academic
ern dormitory. Waller Hall came
tico,
down
Quadrangle. Adjacent
in sections, starting
with the
connection to the former model
make room for
Commons. The last
moved from Waller to
in
January 1975 to be
replaced by Lycoming Residence
library. Dr. Waller's
to the
name graces
school in 1967 to
another structure, the Waller
the Scranton
Administration Building, introducing
students
his legacy to each
Columbia Hall
in
December 1970
new generation
of
students.
SPRING 2012
31
CaLENDaR
and Events
Activities
New Student Activities
Academic Calendar
SUMMER 2012
Summer Freshman
Session
Sunday, July
I:
Monday, May
21 - Friday,
Sunday, July
II:
Monday, May
21 - Friday,
III:
Monday, July
2 - Friday,
Aug. 10
Orientation
to
Treasure
Saturday,
Freshman Preview
Tuesday to Thursday June 26 to 28;
Monday to Wednesday, July 9 to 11
Thursday and Friday, July 12 and
May 19; Early bird, 8 a.m.;
ACE
Orientation
Summer Experience,
sixth-
Visit www.blooinualtimni.com for
dates, details or to register for
or (570) 389-4508
these events and more. Contact
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
Alumni
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 10 p.m.
(800) 526-0254 or alum@bloomu.edu.
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 14 to 16
May
• Alumni Weekend, Friday
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 12 to 14
Classes
Resume
Monday, Nov.
26,
8 a.m.
Affairs at (570) 389-4058,
through Sunday,
May 18
to
Saturday, Dec. 8
Luncheon and Class of 1962
Reunion
Awards
Finals Begin
June
•
Finals
End
Friday, Dec. 14
•
Carver Hall Chapter
Baltimore Day Trip
Inner Harbor Orioles/
Phillies
Graduate
Commencement
•
Friday, Dec. 14
Philly
game
Area Network,
Philadelphia Phillies Outing
Undergraduate Commencement
•
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Outing
•
Capital
Saturday, Dec. 15
Area Network Picnic
August
•
•
•
Seacrets,
Ocean
City,
Summer
Picnic
September
•
Carver Hall Chapter
Annual Yard
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UNIVER
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Md.
Carver Hall Chapter Alumni
Day, Knoebels Amusement Resort
Lehigh Valley Network
Sale
OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Featuring Alumni
Monday, Dec. 10
Parents and Family
Homecoming Weekend
Classes End
hockey, football, soccer,
tennis, wrestling,
basketball, cross country, track
information for each camp,
Tuesday, Nov. 20
Alumni Events
summer camps in
and Fireside Lounge
Benefits Columbia County
United Way, (570) 784-31.34
Reading Day
Labor Day. No Classes
Sept. 3
offers
and
through eighth-graders, and
CSI Summer Experience, ninththrough iith-graders; Monday
through Friday, June 25 to 29
jpohill@bloomu.edu
Saturday, Aug. 25
Monday,
BU
the following sports: baseball,
Regular hours, 9 a.m. to noon
Kehr Union, Multicultural Center
Math and Science Camps
Non-Traditional/
Camps
swimming,
13
Classes Begin
Monday, Aug. 27
Summer Athletic
field
Trash
1
Transfer Orientation
FALL 2012
and Learning Conference
Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18
(Formerly the Reading Conference)
June 29
Fall
Session
Literacy
Orientation
1
Aug. 10
ACT101/EOP
Session
Special Events
Athletic Hall of
Fame
Friday, Nov.
cocktails at 6 p.m.;
dinner
at 7
2;
p.m.
Induction
field,
and
lacrosse. For dates,
fees, registration info
www.bucamps.com.
and contact
visit
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ALSO INSIDE
Power
of Positive
Teach, reinforce proper conduct
before problems begin. That's
Positive Behavior Support. Page 18
The Education Equation
Desire to mentor inspires College
f
Education's
new dean.
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Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine
From the President
arrived nearly five years ago,
covered Bloomsburg had
all
I
dis-
of the
was looking for: committed
and staff,
strong academics and, of course, a
beautiful campus. .A? president, I have
qualities
I
students, dedicated facultv-
experienced firsthand Bloomsburg's
supportive and personal approach
to education. This
is
exemplified by
MyCore, our new model
for
fulfill-
ing general education requirements
through experiential learning oppor-
complement classroom
have welcomed our new
tunities that
learning.
I
Bloomsburg students, who fit in from
and watched as they
grow to their full potential while pretheir first day,
Why
paring for careers that are right for
And I have met many devoted
alumni whose love for Bloomsburg
them.
Bloomsburg?
is
contagious.
more
I
The more
I
know, the
am convinced that this
is
a
special place.
As a reader of Bloomsburg: The
your perception
of BU is based on both your personal
experiences here and the stories of
the students, facultv; staff and alumni
you meet through these pages. What
would you say to convince a prospective student to attend Bloomsburg?
University Magazine,
WHAT SETS BLOOMSBURG
.\PART?
lic
As you would imagine,
Penns> lvania's 14 pub-
universities, 130 four-year institu-
and nearly 270 post-secondary
options, ranging from trade schools to
rions
medical schools,
why should
a student
choose Bloomsburg Universit> ? Or,
for that matter,
any college
believe
ides. According to the
Census Bureau, a college gi-aducan expect to earn about SI mil-
education prov
U.S.
ate
lion
more than
a high school gi'aduate
during his or her lifetime, a financial
benefit to the gi-eater
at all?
Today, institutions in Pennsylvania
I
strongh' in the ad\ antages a college
communitv
gi'aduate possesses the cognitiv^e
among this
fulh'
season's political ads, are
tive
undergraduates. And, for the
first
time in a generation, some national
media and government leaders are
questioning whether the overall value
of a college education is worth the
debt accrued.
sent to
magazine@
in the
newly
designed online magazine, bloomu.
edu magazine, and will help us reach
tomorrow 's Huskies.
taxes paid. Professionally, a college
and elsew here are competing for fewer college-age students. TV, newspaper and radio messages, interspersed
vying for the same pool of prospec-
in
the form of federal, state and local
Comments
bloomu.edu may appear
decision-making
skills to
and
success-
maneuver changing careers and
And personally, colgraduates are more satisfied with
career demands.
lege
and place gi'eat importance
on pursuing volunteer opportunities
and engaging in educational acti\ ities
their jobs
with their children.
But
why Bloomsburg? When
I
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President,
Bloomsburg University
FEATURES
10
The Education Equation
Elizabeth
Mauch
brings a professor's
perspective and mentor's insight to her
new
dean of the College
role as
of Education.
12
The Voice
of
Hands
Students at the Pennsylvania School for
the Deaf and the BU alumni who teach
them form an extended family through
a
shared language.
16
Making the Grade
Jenna Mordan and Carrie Mensch,
top honor graduates in two Colleges,
have more
common
in
than
outstanding CPAs.
18
Power
show
of Positive
students what
reinforce
is
acceptable,
good conduct and reward them
when they
get
right. That's the
it
theory
behind Positive Behavior Support.
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Learning from a Child's Level
Students leave bucolic Bloomsburg for
teaching experience in an urban setting.
Fall
2012
DEPARTMENTS
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Education Board
of Higher
of
Governors
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'94,
C Cavanaugh
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Pichini,
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opportunities to gain experience
and exercise leadership
skills
as he prepares
for
a
career as an elementary teacher.
Fuller, 22, is
now
in
second year as the student
his
representative to the Bloomsburg University Council
of Trustees.
A Board
as vice president
Governors scholar, he serves
of
Kappa Alpha
of
Interfraternity Council,
ex
Psi. president of the
officio with
Government Association and sings
Choir.
He
with 6- to
just
1
completed
Community
BU Gospel
summer working
2-year-olds at the Greater Zion Missionary
Baptist Church's
now
his ninth
the
with the
day camp
in
Harrisburg.
where he
is
co-director.
College wasn't a consideration
when
Dauphin County Technical School
science, but
Huskies
it
all fell
football
into
camp
High School's Glen
to
Fuller enrolled in
study computer
place after he attended a
with his coach. Central
McNamee
'97. Fuller is
Dauphin
majohng
in
elementary education and psychology.
How
"It
has
Fuller benefited from being
has helped
work and
skills,"
to
me to
understand
master people
he says.
"It
skills
makes me
how
a campus leader?
different
people
and communications
hold myself to a higher
standard."
o
O
u.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
play
PUTTING FUN BACK
^
IN
EDUCATION
Michael Patte spent spring and
ing
and researching playwork
summer 2010
at
on a Distinguished Scholar's Fulbright
University
fellowship.
Goals
understand the
work begun
in
of Patte's fellowship
field of
America
in
the
field of
is
to better
playwork and
between BU and
Leeds Metropolitan University leading
of a
were
playwork, build upon the
establish a reciprocal relationship
ment
teach-
Leeds Metropolitan
to
develop-
playwork career concentration. Playwork
defined as creating and maintaining spaces for
children to play freely
IT
WASN'T OBVIOUS AT
FIRST, but a gradual change
in
the approach to child development led Michael Patte to
shift professional gears into
career
move
higher education research
—a
that could add a unique concentration to early
childhood education at Bloomsburg University.
"Today, children spend far
and exploration,"
and secondary
which are not well grounded in
says Patte, professor of educational studies
research, violate long-established principles of child devel-
opment and good
teaching."
As an elementary teacher for more than a decade, Patte
saw the role of play downgraded. Preparation for standardized testing
became
a priority while
many
less structured
student experiences, such as field trips and recess, were
being phased out. This firsthand experience sparked
Patte's
interest in advocating for the child's right to play.
"It
seemed
like the
weren't happening anymore," says Patte.
interested in the societal factors
opportunities for children to get lost
"I
became
happening in America that
were causing teachers and parents
to marginalize children's
play."
Armed with
more time being taught and
tested than they do learning through play
education. "These practices,
in play
months
a Fulbright scholarship, Patte spent five
2010 teaching and researching with Fraser
Brown, professor of playwork at Leeds Metropolitan University, a 29,000-student institution located about 200 miles
north of London. Playwork, with its roots in Europe, focuses
on providing play environments where children may laugh
and cry, explore and experiment, create and destroy, feel excited and be elated. According to Brown, children uniquely
learn and develop through the way they play. Playwork crein
ates a dedicated space
Patte
capped
concentration in
BU
the
first
where children may play
freely.
by conceptualizing a career
playwork that, if approved, would make
his fellowship
school in the country to offer this type
of program. •
FALL 2012
3
around THE
Ji
For Those
Who Follow
ACCOUNTING ALUMNUS, WIFE,
ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP
JOE JACQUES 74 and his wife, Joy, have
estab-
lished a five-year accounting scholarship to help
students fi-om their freshman year through their
master's degree. But the scholarship
at the student at the
scholarship
is
top of the
for students
is
not aimed
class. Instead,
the
who Joe Jacques might
recognize as his younger self
"I
was an
in college,"
OK student in high school, but excelled
he
says.
"Most scholarships are for
students with a 4.0 gi'ade point average. Ours
students
who
are good, hard workers
and
is
for
trying.
We want to give back to kids who may not be as
fortunate as others."
The Joe and Joy Jacques Accounting Scholar$250,000 donation to the
Bloomsburg University Foundation, is actually five
ship, established with a
individual five-year scholarships.
A student who
receives the award for freshman year
may renew it
each year through the master's degree
level if
he or
she shows progi-ess.
A member of BU's College of Business Advisory
is owner and CEO of Jacques Fi-
Board, Joe Jacques
Md. Joy Jacques is an academic
working with dyslexic students. •
nancial, Rockville,
therapist
ing department, the
CCNE FINDS NURSING PROGRAM
IN FULL COMPLIANCE
creditation standards.
nursing program to be
quality
•
in full
The
and effectiveness,
team found BU's
compliance with
all
are:
Mission and governance
•
Institutional
master's programs in nursing received
•
Curriculum and teaching-learning practices
•
Student and faculty outcomes
full
accredi-
from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
(CCNE) Board of Commissioners. The
Education's
accreditations are effective as of Oct.
first
18,
2011, the
day of the program's on-site evaluation, and run
through
fall
2021.
According to Michelle Ficca, chair of BU's nurs-
HI.OOM.SBL KG
LMVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
four ac-
standards, based on progi'am
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY'S bachelor's and
tation
4
CCNE evaluation
Good Health
commitment and resources
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing created CCNE, an autonomous accrediting organization, in
1996.
CCNE
is
the only agency dedicated to the accredi-
tation of bachelor's
tion progi'ams. •
and gi^aduate-degi-ee nursing educa-
Telling TALEs
GREEN, STARMACK HONORED
NATHANIEL
R.
GREENE,
professor
of physics and engineering technology,
and Thomas
J.
Starmack,
associate professor of educational
studies and secondary education,
were selected as BU's Teaching and
Learning Enhancement (TALE) Out-
his achievement.
Greene and Starmack were
nominated for the award by May
graduates. Greene's nominators said
he "knows how to explain things in
many different ways" and motivates
them
to excel in
all
of their classes.
standing Teachers for spring 2012.
Starmack was recognized
Each received a $750 professional
development stipend, sponsored by
the Bloomsburg University Foundation, and a plaque to recognize
quality of his mentorship, counseling
for the
and direction which give students the
"necessary tools" for success following graduation. •
Tops with
TechQuest
INCH
NAMED EDUCATOR
OF THE YEAR
SCOTT INCH,
professor of
mathematics, computer scienceand
statistics,
was named TechQuest
Pennsylvania's 2012 Technology
Educator of the Yean Winners were
recognized
ceremony
in 11 categories
in Harrisburg's
during a
Whitaker
Center for the Arts and Sciences.
More than 100 statewide organizations
Funded for Five
BU'S TRIO UPWARD
BOUND CONTINUES
ties.
at
the application process and supports
school.
BU
has
campuses, learning
Inch developed and teaches the
at
BU
serves students attending target
high schools throughout Columbia,
Northumberland and Schuylkill
counties. •
courses in BU's bachelor's degree
in
computer forensics progi-am.
The program prepares
for careers extracting
students
and analyz-
ing information from computers,
cell
service projects.
TRiO Upward Bound
helped more than 1,100 students,
says Kate Bauman, director. Between
visiting college
BU. Participants take
improve academic performance and earn college credits.
They also go on field trips, attend
cultural events and participate in
at
classes to
college students nationwide navigate
Since 1978, the program at
Fleming, an international
engineering consulting firm.
may attend the Summer
Academy
U.S.
Pennsylvania Tech Awards. Inch's
award was presented by Gannett
abili-
When the academic year ends,
students
Department of Education. The program helps future first-generation
them throughout high
work with
tutors at their high schools to
program TRiO Upward Bound
BU was recently funded for a
by the
for the SAT, students
develop their interests and
THE COLLEGE preparation
additional five years
about financial aid and registering
and individuals submitted
over 200 nominations for this year's
phones and similar devices
involved in criminal
computer forensics
activity.
As
specialists,
may be employed with
they
law enforce-
ment, homeland security agencies,
law firms or private companies. •
FALL 2012
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
j
around THE ua
I
Interim
Dean
EBBS LEADING
COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS FOR
2012-13
WALLACE
IS
CGA PRESIDENT
GEORGE EBBS JR., retired president of Embry-
ASHLEY WALLACE,
president of the
ment Association (CGA)
Community Govern-
been involved in
student government since high school. That involvement
continued at BU where she was elected freshman class president. She joined the CGA executive board during her second
semester and served as its secretary during her sophomore
for 2012-13, has
year.
Riddle University,
pointment
is
serving a one-year ap-
as interim
Business. Ebbs,
who
dean of BU's College of
also taught aviation
ed business courses
at
improve communication
among departments, students and student-run organizations. She encourages students to share their thoughts and
concerns with CGA members and, above all, to participate in
campus
lege,"
to
organizations. "Getting involved
is
beneficial in col-
she says. "There are over 200 clubs and organizations
on campus, so students can find their niche and get
Wallace, of Hawley,
is
a junior early childhood
education major, with a minor
in
active."
and special
audiology and speech-
Columbia University
Graduate School of Business and
Institute of Brooklyn's
As president, Wallace hopes
in Polytechnic
MBA program.
new
assessment and planning for
and professional training
He earned a bachelor's
universities
institutions.
degree from Purdue
from the University
University, a master's degree
of Washington and a doctoral degree from Co-
lumbia University Graduate School of Business.
A national
search
is
under way
permanow dean
Eastern Michigan
for a
nent dean to replace Michael Tidwell,
CGA, she
of the College of Business at
is
historian for the Student Council of Exceptional
(OWL) and
Most
he served as a consultant to the governments of Abu Dhabi and Qatar conducting needs
recently,
language pathology. In addition to her involvement with
Children (SCEC), an orientation workshop leader
and
aerospace leadership at Embry-Riddle, instruct-
University. •
a Board of Governors scholar. •
Re-elected as vice chairs were Marie
Conley
Another Term
BU GRAD CONTINUES
AS VICE CHAIR
GUIDO
M. PICHINI of Wyomissinghas
been elected to a second term as chair of the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors. Pichini, a 1974
graduate of Kutztown University, is the first
PASSHE university alumnus to chair the
board that oversees the State System.
6
BLOOMSBURG LMVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Lammando of Harrisburg,
a 1994
graduate of Bloomsburg University, and
Aaron A. Walton of Allison Park, a graduate
of California University of Pennsylvania.
Pichini
Inc.
and
is
its
president of Security Guards
subsidiaries,
WSK and Associates
Consulting Group and Vigilant Security Services.
Lammando,
a former
Council of Trustees,
is
member of BU's
executive director
of the recently formed Paterno Foundation,
and Walton
for
is
Highmark
a retired senior vice president
Inc.
•
That impact multiplies.
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Bloomsburg University Foundation
from people
like
you help hundred^
of students achieve their
Learn how you can help
at
www.bloomufdn.org
or call (570) 389-4128.
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"After originally signing with BU,
made
a call to
was hard
"I
me
for
asked to be
I
Coach Danny Hale that
to make," says Shirk.
out of my commit-
let
ment so could go to the University
of Oklahoma on a track scholarship.
I
Fortunately, he
me
and wished
was very encouraging
all
the best."
At Oklahoma, Shirk faced
competition
in
stiff
the javelin and missed
the football field so
much
that he
go to any Sooner games. Both
his throwing and his grades were
didn't
coming up
short.
It
was time
to
rethink everything.
"My
motivation level was very low,"
Shirk says.
"I
was not putting
in the
time needed to get better and was not
getting
done
it
talking with
was time
"My
asked
classroom. After
it
come home.
to
first call
if
in the
my parents, we decided
was
Coach Hale.
way I could do
to
there was a
I
both football and track, and he said he
would work
it
out with track Coach
Bernie Empie."
At Bloomsburg, Shirk returned
to the football field
and was named
second team All-PSAC East as a
linebacker. Following football season,
THE NUMBER of hours spent practicing for an event that
seconds
is
is
over in mere
what separates the
aver-
age student-athlete from those
who
become champions. For Justin
Shirk,
the journey began in Harrisburg,
where he first played football at age 5,
and led to Colorado where he became
Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit}''s first NC.A.'V
champion in track and field when he
won
the javelin
Shirk
title in
first tried
May.
track and field as
an eighth-grader as a way to keep
busy in the spring. He quickly learned
running wasn't for him but throw...
throw the javelin
like
had done before and
no one that age
set the national
record for freshmen, a record that
still
for the
stands.
Although he had
gix'at
with the javelin. Shirk's
football, playing for
McNamee
success
first
BU
love was
graduate Glen
'97 at Central
Dauphin
High School, near Harrisburg. He was
looking forward to playing college
football and his coach's alma mater
would be the place.
Then,
at a
meet
in the
spring of
go a javelin
throw that would dramatically change
his senior year. Shirk let
ing a javelin was a different story.
his
school record, and the scholarship of-
coaches describe only as
8
had what
"it."
He
could
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
life.
He
set the national high
fers for track started
coming in.
of his free weekends from
spring football practice, he qualified
The
football quarterback
he turned his attention to the javelin.
And on one
NCAA Championships.
After finishing fourth at the Pennsyh'ania State Athletic Conference
championships. Shirk went to
Colorado,
site
of the
NCAA
championships, and unleashed a 235foot, 11-inch
throw that put him
the Huskies' record book as the
national
"Here
champion
at
in track
Bloomsburg
I
and
ha\ e
in
first
field.
more
opportunities to achieve great things,"
says Shirk. "You
li\
e
and
learn,
and
one time that I learned that
Bloomsburg is the best environment
for me. I couldn't be happier." •
this
is
Back!
It's
DIXON TROPHY RETURNS TO BU
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY won
96.
The trophy
member
is
schools
the Dixon Trophy for 2011-12, the
awarded each year
to the
Bloomsburg won the trophy with 163 points
who needed
a sixth seed,
in
time since 1995-
the 16 full-time
the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
in
women's lacrosse team
the
Shippensburg University the
to outdistance
two-time defending champion, by a five-point margin.
Huskies,
first
among
top athletics program
It
was an improbable
finish for the
conference championship, as
to win the
order to claim the crown.
Bloomsburg netted a league-best 88 points on the women's side and 75 points on the
men's
side,
in field
Softball
'81
David Williams
center,
shown
is
president of
,
tlie IVIal
McFarland, athletic
with, left to right, Mil
Aubrey Bossert and Bryce
director:
Foundation,
members
Shaffer,
tennis,
and had runner-up finishes
and women's basketball. Bloomsburg registered a
fourth-place totals
in
football
place
third
and women's cross country and a
PSAC
titles
men's soccer, wrestling,
in
in
women's
fifth-place total in
tennis,
men's
basketball.
"Winning the Dixon Trophy, after starting the year with Bloomsburg's tragic flood,
ment
SAAC
Along with lacrosse, the Huskies also won
tied for third.
of the
Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC); and Courtney
Fretz,
which
hockey and men's
to the
a testa-
is
hard work, desire to be successful and drive of our student-athletes, coaches
adviser.
and
staff,"
says Michael McFarland, director
of athletics.
A Wish Come True
cess
CEO PLAYED DM TENNIS AT BU
Bloomsburg made the biggest jump from the previous
THE CONNECTION between the Make-A-Wish Foundation
and NCAA Division is a strong one. Since 2003, student-ath-
is
is
only half of the equation: they are accomplished
the true
measure
of this
seventh-place
finish in
was awarded,
1
"Our student-athletes'
in
suc-
field
the classroom, as well, and that
award."
year, climbing six spots from
201 0-1 1 The Huskies took top honors the
first
.
994-95 and
1
its
two years the trophy
995-96, and have eight top-five finishes overall, •
II
letes from Division
have helped raise more than $2
II
million
dollars for the organization.
CEO
The president and
David Williams
'81
,
was
of the
Make-A-Wish organization,
NCAA Divi-
a student-athlete at the
New Coach Hired
As a student
Anderson played
in all
STEPHANIE ANDERSON
seasons, starting
all
is
BU's new
women's soccer coach. Former
sion
level
II
member
as a four-year
ninth all-time
assistant
a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC)
at
a graduate assistant
delivered the
May commencement address
to
BU's 1,297 undergraduates, met with the school's Student
Athlete Advisory
Committee
to
share his career experiences,
as an accountant with Shell
starling
in
four
She ranked
career goals with 32,
was
title
at
earned four
Drury University,
where she earned a master's degree
who
but four.
a three-time, all-conference selection and
was
Bucknell University, Anderson
as a senior.
Williams,
in
Nebraska Wesleyan,
73 games
BU's men's tennis team.
of
coach
He won
athlete at
Oil in the early
letters for the Prairie
Wolves.
As a sophomore, she was named most
in
organizational leadership and change,
valuable offensive player and received the
and assistant coach
at her
honor again as a senior when she was also
Nebraska Wesleyan
University.
alma mater,
named team
MVP
•
He
1980s.
found his true passion working with non-profit agencies: the
Houston Food Bank, Habitat
"It
was
me
great for
for
Humanity and Make-A-Wish.
to learn that
Make-A-Wish had partnered
with the
NCAA," Williams
Division
II
grow.
even
would love
I
in
said. "For that partnership to
was even more
and one
that
I
am
be with
trying to
have more schools get involved with
to
small ways,
special
like
helping
fulfill
us,
how
to
know about winning and
work as a team
to
lete IS
losing,
as well as
accomplish a goal. You have
prepared to handle things
be
to
something a student-ath-
like that,
AUBREY BOSSERT
a junior exercise science major from
Ambler, received the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Champion Scholar Award
at the
women's lacrosse
championship.
a wish."
Williams said he likes to hire former student-athletes. "Former
student-athletes
Bossert Honored
The PSAC Champion Scholar Awards honor
athlete with the top grade point
the site of each of the
average who
the studentis
competing
PSAC's 23 team championship
at
finals.
Bossert has compiled a 3.943 cumulative grade point average.
She
is
BU
the third
already well aware of from his or her playing days."
student-athlete to earn the honor this
During his
commencement speech,
to follow their
Williams urged graduates
own dreams. He advised them
consider a question he
was asked
-
who won
in
at the
"What melts your butter?"
men's soccer championships, and Tim Dorsch
-
afraid to
fail,"
•
who won
Humanity That
means "What
is
your
Winning Story
Directors of America (CoSIDA) writing
contest for the second year
TOM McGUIRE,
what melts your
of Schwenksville,
men's swimming. •
passion, your inspiration?"
"Just figure out
year, joining Bryce Shaffer of Gettysburg,
during his job interview
with Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for
question
to seriously
academic
butter,"
he
said,
"and don't be
assistant director of
winning story
Marketing and Communications and director
of
Sports Information, took
District
II
first
place
College Sports Information
in
the
profile
on
BU
was "Standing
in
a row.
Tall,"
The
an athlete
baseball player Joey laniero,
which appeared
in
the spring 2011 issue of
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine. •
F
\LL
2 0
12
9
The Education Equation
by
SUE
A.
BEARD
FIFTY YEARS AGO,
readin', writin'
and
teachers taught
who
Students
•
the spring, that classroom becomes part
exhibit
professionalism and uphold
'rithmetic. Today,
of their student teaching experience.
they face complicated and, some-
ethical standards.
times, controversial issues including,
have to be professional from Day
but certainly not limited
to.
No
Child
1,"
she says. "If they have a
theft or
of charter schools, an explosion of
on their record,
•
"This
Elizabeth "Beth" Mauch, 41, dean of
dedicated to preparing Bloomsburg
•
engage
new world. Nearly 400 new
•
alumni, graduates of the Bloomsburg
abreast of new developments.
brings a teacher's perspec-
•
She joined
a mathemat-
Students
tive to the dean's position.
the university in 1999 as
ics
professor after earning a doctorate
from Lehigh University. Part of her
focus in the classroom was teaching
students how to teach mathematics
more young
math and science prompted
people in
are able to reflect
Students enrolled in the College of
to
maintain an overall grade-point
average of 3.0. To earn a teaching
certificate,
they also must pass a con-
exam administered by
sylvania
schools.
in
Department of Education or
Learn more about the Easton/Bethlehem
Finally,
No Child Left Behind
Mauch
arts
ing
it
2008 before accepting
the interim dean position with the
College of Education.
"I felt
I
could
impact more kids by mentoring the
faculty and the students I have encountered," she explains.
She was named permanent dean
on May 25 after three years as
interim dean.
says the qualities of an out-
standing teacher go far beyond "book
knowledge."
she says. "But, most of all, we're looking at what is in the hearts and minds
of our students."
five
characteristics in
work
with children. Those interactions
sometimes prompt education majors
to
choose other careers, but
come to that
Mauch says.
to
it's
better
realization early,
is
part of
the freshman year. With guidance, edu-
where they observe
students.
As part of
the experience, they answer a series of
questions and share
Beginning
in the
initial
impressions.
sophomore year and
senior year, students
its
future
choose from varied
"A good example of the 'middle' prois
in the Danville
notes. In the
some
to
6,
fill
will
call-
She
be able
the gap for their daughter, Edith,
she says, but not
all
students are so
fortunate.
She
common complaint
also hears a
among today's
teachers that they must
"teach to the test" to meet the standards
by the No Child Left Behind Law of
The law
requires 95 percent of
in
reading and math by 2014.
While Mauch agrees that standardized tests are necessary to
measure both
teachers' and students' progress, she
takes issue with the high stakes riding
percent
test results. "Ninety-five
proficiency
is
a
good
goal, but
think
I
officials are realizing that, obviously,
not an attainable goal.
teaching to the
ally learning.
test,
They
If
it's
you're only
students aren't re-
don't
wind up valu-
ing lifelong learning.
"The assessment
sarily
tests don't neces-
measure a teacher's
have become a necessary
skills
evil,"
and
she adds.
"Eventually, we'll get back to something
experiences.
gram
in
a "tragedy for our children."
on the
Field experience typically
Mauch
College of Education looks for
main
opportunities to
continuing through the early part of the
"Any educator must be good at the
teaching end and know their content,"
The
many
programs
public school students to be proficient
cation majors choose a school district
Characteristics of a teacher
Mauch
key
BU's College of Education gives
students
athletic
and her husband, James,
2001.
fall
worries about the loss of music,
and
ship with Robert Marande, dean of
ogy, during
during the second semester
student teaching.
set
is
also attend several events
tino dinner. (Editor's note:
the Penn-
similar agency in another state.
Interaction
They
the Bethlehem area, including a La-
her to serve an administrative internthe College of Science and Technol-
an intense, two-week
school districts due to budget cuts,
Education's programs are required
tent
desire to interest
who
and problem-solve.
effectively.
Her
staff.
Those who espouse lifelong
learning and are willing to keep
Normal School.
is
which students are im-
of their senior year, students engage in
administrators and support
ing in the footsteps of BU's earliest
in
mersed in a typically urban setting. A
good example is in Easton/Bethlehem,
where students stay at Lehigh University and assist teachers in the local
endeavors
in collaborative
with fellow teachers,
teachers graduate each year, follow-
Also offered
practicum
practicum on page 22.)
Students with the ability to
University's education graduates
Mauch
21st century America,
is
and our classrooms do not look
like they used to."
the College of Education, leads faculty
State
a school district
may not hire them in four years."
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retail
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knowledge, budgetary cutbacks,
decreases in public funding and the
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Sue A. Beard, the
retired editor of
The
the senior year, students work with a
Record Herald, Waynesboro, lives in
classroom teacher two days a week. In
North Fort Myers,
Fla.
teachers:
FALL 2012
U
Ashley Kleiner '10 teaches a preschool class
at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
that
many children
take for granted
for example, learning to
a
The Voice of Hands
More than 200
ing
students, ages 3 to 21,
a
language of its own. These
or,
sometimes,
tri-lingual world.
Over the past four decades. Bloomsburg University alumni have become
BU
alumni are among their
teachers and principals.
Story and Photos by
is
p or t — are much more
without hearing. And sign-
like
children live in a hi-
attend the Pennsylvania School for the
Deaf
sound
difficult
part of the Pennsylvania School for
the Deaf family as teachers and administrators. Today, the staff includes
more than
ERIC FOSTER
a half dozen
BU graduates,
including elementary and middle
school principal Valerie Houser
who came
BY OUTWARD APPEARANCES,
the combined preschool/elementary
can Sign Language. These students
are deaf or hard of hearing.
school building nestled in tree-lined
suburban Philadelphia
is
like
any
other. Walls outside of classrooms
are decorated with children's
wagons
it's
Red
a
moments, you notice
little
elementary.
quieter than a typical
And
you
hand
in the stairwell
see the painting of a gi-eat blue
— index and pinkie upstretched, center fingers folded
down, thumb
out.
For the students here, the message
clear.
The hand
is
says "Love" in Ameri-
is
is
than a school. The Penn-
sylvania School for the
line the corridor.
After a few
that
art.
For these children, this building
much more
—
pronounce
Deaf campus
an extension of family for students
'84,
to the school as an intern in
1985 and never
left.
Her
office
is
locat-
ed in a building that was part of Gen.
George Washington's camp during the
Revolutionary War, one of the historic
structures the Pennsylvania School
for the
Deaf purchased
in 1984.
Bloomsburg University's history
in
from preschool through high school.
It's where they learn language — to
speak, to communicate. It's where
when
they discover a community that
established the gi-aduate progi'am in
speaks the same language they do.
the education of the deaf and hard of
According to the National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 90 percent of deaf
children have hearing parents. Things
the education of the deaf dates to 1971
faculty emeritus Gerry
hearing.
The
Powers
culture of engagement,
so present at the School for the Deaf,
is
central to Bloomsburg's program,
as well.
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FALL 2012
13
Culminating experiences
Students participate in a camp for the deaf each summer
in nearby Millville. The universitv' also sponsors a summer
mini-camp for deaf and hard of hearing preschool children.
Culminating experiences for the graduate students include
eight weeks of classroom exf>erience, primarily sign language
environments, and another eight weeks of experience with a
certified itinerant teacher of the deaf.
Engagement
is
what motivated Ashley Kleiner '10
to
become
a teacher at the School for the Deaf. Kleiner took a sign lan-
guage course as a high school freshman and fell in love with
it. She studied interpreting, but that wasn't enough.
"With interpreting, you have to step back and deliver the
message," she says. "It wasn't in\ ol\'ed enough for me, so I
went back to school for deaf education." •
photography editor of
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
Eric Foster
BUKJMSBl RO UMVEK
L
is
John
Polhill, assistant
dean of the
College of Science and Technology,
paid the ultimate compliment to
top honor graduates Carrie
and Jenna Mordan:
like Carrie
"I
Mensch
want people
and Jenna teaching
my children and
being role models for my children's
mathematics to
generation."
^
w
Making the Grade
^^^
/jyCHRISTINE HELLER
12
Recent graduates Carrie Mensch, top, and
EARNING a 4.0
work on
in college
is
enough
own. Add a double major,
its
student teaching,
community
service
and a part-time job and achieving such
a high
GPA starts
to
seem
impossible.
This past May, however, two students
rose to the challenge and became top
honor graduates, both earning the
highest gi-ades in two Colleges: the
College of Education and the College
of Science and Technology. Both also
received the National Science Founda-
Jenna Mordan,
tion Scholarship in Science, Technology,
in
Engineering and Mathematics
(S-STEM)
for four years.
And
one-in-a-million story has one
twist:
who
didn't
and Jenna Mordan
Mauch, dean
miles apart,
'12
gi-ew
When they came to BU, the
young women began spending" more
other.
time together, formed a friendship and
became roommates. The
Mensch explains. "We do a lot of things similarly
— we hate the same foods and even
have the same medicine allergy."
cousins only gi'ew closer,
From childhood, both women
knew they wanted to be teachers —
Mordan admits to "demanding" to be
the teacher when she played school.
she considered teaching art
or going into special education, but the
and
I
Mordan
gling with
near Bloomsburg, influenced her to
Mensch
relates to students strug-
explains.
subjects she finds difficult, and that
I
started student teaching,
who was
student
the last test
the
first
I
time
have over
my
failing,"
I
were
excit-
ed to learn she would be coming back
half time as a teacher this fall, while
also teaching at
Columbia Montour
Area Vocational-Technical School.
"I
was
I
can
What's next?
International education has always
been on Mordan's
radar.
When she
learned about International School
in the Philippines,
all
the facility offered,
summer
commualso offers
Mordan something unique.
I
they were recognized
and quickly learned the
importance of maintaining professionalism beyond the school walls. Mordan
acknowledges it can be difficult to
distinguish between being a friend
and being a mentor. "It's hard not to
laugh at students' jokes sometimes,"
"If
make
she admits, "but you need to
the
line clear."
Both young women say they
feel
prepared for their careers and credit
much
of their confidence to their
practicum, an intense course taken
The teaching position
she started this
how often
in public
she was
including a staff dedicated to extracurricular activities and
to improve."
As they prepared for their careers,
by
students."
the student's interest," says Mordan.
student teaching at Central Columbia,
It
saw the influence
needs a substitute,
who completed
had a
I
"We always want
Mensch and Mordan were taken aback
she says. "On
gave, he got a 93.
same decision after having
a good math teacher at Danville High
School. "The teacher has a huge role in
Mensch and Mordan stress that
making connections with students is
just as important as engaging them in
"When
perspective seems to work.
nity service.
the
Another shared family trait pushed
Mensch and Mordan to gain special-
math by remembering
impressed by
says her previous students
the principal investigator on obtaining the grant,
"We're both perfectionists," Mensch
mater.
math program at her alma
Central Columbia High School,
academics. Mensch,
who
workforce or graduate school. Elizabeth
izations outside of their double majors.
she says.
Manila
made
was
really enjoy seeing that bond,"
excellent
concentrate on that subject.
the College of Education, center,
of
STEM
which totaled $600,000.
eventually
Initially,
to enter the
spent the whole semester with them,
Mensch
up just 10
but they seldom saw each
'12
received the National Science Foundation Scholarship
they'd
chosen the same university.
Geographically, Carrie
right,
demonstrate financial need, enabling them
more
know
and Carrie Mensch,
grants to undergraduate institutions to support scholarships for academically talented students
their
these exemplary students are
second cousins
left,
Science, Technology, Engineenng and Mathematics (S-STEM) for four years. The program provides
no one
can go to classes
prior to student teaching that enables
participants to
become
familiar with
how a classroom works by shadowing
an educator
observe different teaching styles and
was the most beneficial experience I had at BU," says Mordan, who
had the opportunity to teach a few les-
environments."
sons during her practicum.
While their programs were similar, the cousins decided on different
concentrations. Mensch minored in
to
as a teacher's aide for the day.
huge learning experience
educational technology;
—
It's
I'll
a
get to
Mordan took
classes in special education
and earned
a concentration in exceptionalities.
"It
being
in front
"I
got used
of the class instead of
in the seat." •
Christine Heller
'12 is a creative writ-
ing major from Nazareth. She enjoys
leisurely walks
and bad puns.
FALL
2
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17
JACK SHERZER
Power of Positive
Philanthropist Susan McDowell's $2 million commitment
to the Bloomsburg University Foundation is establishing
McDowell
Teacher Excellence in Positive
Behavior Support. Teachers and students are benefiting.
the
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN
Institute for
students no longer Just take a class
has
worked as a camp counselor since she
was 16. She is well acquainted with the
frustration a teacher feels
with a child
who
when
concentrating on classroom manage-
ment techniques and move
reinforced throughout
consistently misbe-
and
haves, despite constant scolding
all
of their
methods courses.
instructional
repeated efforts to reason with him.
Helping the faculty figure out
one of her first education classes
at Bloomsburg University, Zimmerman
learned a different approach to preBut
on, but
that the techniques and concepts are
faced
how
elements of Positive
to incorporate the
in
Behavior Support into the curricu-
children only what they're doing
lum is where the McDowell Institute
comes in. Housed in the university's
Navy Hall, a soon-to-be-hired direc-
wrong, teach them about appropriate
tor
behavior long before problems
helping professors work PBS into their
venting misbehavior: Instead of telling
start.
and
staff will
be tasked with both
And, when you do have to address
classrooms and working directly with
misbehavior, keep
students.
tell
it
positive. Don't just
a child to stop doing something
but, instead, redirect her to
what she
should be doing.
"I
found that
was
I
in
it
made
sense to
me
was everything that
the back of my mind; however,
right away.
It
never thought of it
before," says
student
Zimmerman, an honors
who graduated
in
May 2012
with bachelor's degrees in special and
elementary education.
The technique
the 22-year-old
— Positive Behavior Support —
being embraced throughout Blooms-
learned
is
burg's College of Education
focus of the
new McDowell
and
is
the
Institute
Teacher Excellence. It addresses a
problem many new teachers said they
were struggling to overcome.
for
Why PBS?
philanthropist Susan
While recent graduates said they left
BU with a thorough understanding of
their subject material, they reported
struggling with classroom discipline
issues,
in that light
The budding institute
re-
ceived a major boost in February
grade
both
levels.
at the
upper and lower
Bloomsburg's teaching
when
McDowell of
Selinsgrove gave a $2 million
gift to
the
Bloomsburg University Foundation.
Tim
Knoster, chair of the university's
Department of Exceptionality Progi'ams, says teachers
struggled, to
some
have historically
degi'ee,
how
with
graduates are not alone. According
to motivate students to
Department of Education,
more than 60 percent of first-time
teachers report feeling underequipped
to handle the social and emotional
propriate behavior, but these days the
to the U.S.
needs of the students they encounter.
In response, Bloomsburg has taken
comprehensive look at its education
classes in the past year and is injecting Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
methodologies throughout its cura
riculum. In practical terms,
it
means
problem
ingly,
is
there
engage
more complex.
is
in ap-
"Increas-
a greater proportion of
extreme levels of social
and emotional need. That need impedes, or makes virtually impossible,
helping those kids achieve academic
kids with really
outcomes."
It's a problem that cuts across socioeconomic lines at a time when budget
cutbacks
mean
teachers are handling
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FALL 2012
19
between classes or eating lunch in
'i'he teacher then makes
lists of what constitutes proper behavior in a given circumstance and writes
it on posters that are displayed in the
classroom. Now everyone knows what
halls
eagle shaped slip which they take to
the cafeteria,
the office. In return, they receive a
is
expected, and the students them-
The emphasis
placed on acknowl-
is
for regularly
these expectations.
When
meeting
a student
acts out, such as calling out in class,
the teacher not only says what not to
do, but
larger classrooms with less support,
in
who
is
"The basic principle
learn
playing a lead role
skills,
just as the
how we
i'eople help us focus
what we are trying
to learn,
we
all
of BU's
"For some children, the only relationship
al-
and understanding is with the
ready talking about
that
this challenge
public school teachers.
with students.
The
new emphasis
will
is
safe
My hope is that,
wise and compassionate people will
of short, online
understand the situations
training modules
is filled, all the students whose
names are in that row get prizes, such
as movie tickets, school supplies and
board games. The chart then starts
names of all Eagle Award winners
dozen names are drawn
al.so use other PBS methand posters hang in various areas
to remind students of what is expected.
"The key things we talk about here
remember safety and keep trying.
Those core values appear in every area
of the building to show students what's
Peters,
in
says teachers and
—
Philanthropist Susan
McDowell
"Traditional classroom
management
approaches are reactive
in nature,"
you do need
to redirect,
you
do what
are redirecting the student to
he or she should be doing."
In practice in Berwick
when Randy i\'ters, principal of
Orange Street Elementary School
Berwick Area School
part of the approach
is
being
District,
a real
bad behavior, teachers talk with students about what good behavior looks
His school, and the rest of the
and sounds
like,
to describe
what they should be doing
asking the youngsters
example, they are taking
classroom, walking
lil.()f)VI.SBLKC
LM\
KRSITY OF
I'EN
in
a
the
NSYLV AM A
in
came
to
the school seven years ago, there was
proactive. Instead of only responding
to
20
skills
and we receive ongoing reinforcement
in our use of those acquired skills over
time," Knoster say.s.
"With PBS, the emphasis
placed on prevention through teach-
for
were
and 27 out-of-
school suspensions, compared with 26
reinforcement as we learn those
test in the
Award,
Orange
In 2006-07, there
81 discipline referrals
at
The PBS approach
when,
staff" at
Street School have seen a dramatic
referrals
A key
who graduated from Bloomswon the 2011 Na-
1982 and
tional Distinguished i'rincipal
in the
year.
When
says.
ods,
2011-12.
ing.
for special
such as iPods, Peters
academic
is
rows of
of 10
the start of every
says.
in 10
student puts his
improvement.
education major
Knoster
100 squares
is
number on
a
name on a corresponding number and, when a row
10.
burg
classroom and be effective teachers"
that each teacher
complete
A
matches
expected."
through the McDowell Institute, caring,
include a series
will
that
are to be respectful, act responsibly,
education faculty
members were
number
Teachers
on
receive
the curriculum,
many
a
prizes,
helping to incorporate FBS into
says
department, inside the plastic egg
a
is
and pick an egg from
created by the art
are placed in a container and about
class has talked about.
making an already tough situation
more challenging, he says.
Knoster,
by raising
is
ne.st
over. At an end-of-the-year assembly,
reminds the student that the
way to get her attention
his hand to be called on
an eagle's
a chart with
selves helped create the expectations.
edging students
special pencil
problem with student behavior
district,
began using PBS methods.
One way his school emphasizes
good behavior is through Eagle
Awards. Every time students are
"caught being good," they receive an
"It
and only one suspension
was amazing
to
me how
in
quickly
According to the
U.S.
Department of Education,
more than 60 percent of
first- time
teachers report
feeling underequipped to
handle the social and
emotional needs of the
students they encounter.
we had
"Sometimes
positive results," Peters says,
adding that even the most difficult
students showed some improvement.
Connecting with students
Robert
Dampman,
Bloomsburg
home
Universit)' Council
important.
them
because
that's
hired to teach in
and how to best deal with the challenges. New teachers, he says, need
and never pass school," she says. "It's
important to always positively reinforce, even if it's a small 'you're doing
good, you're on the right track, you're
making progi'ess.' That was really
inspiring to them." •
them to
what they need."
who was recently
the New York City
For Zimmerman,
stand what their students are facing
ment because many said other teachthem they would be failures
ers told
to feel a sense
of normalcy and can allow
thrive,
problems and teachers must under-
Jack Sherzer
is
a professional writer
and Pennsylvania
native.
He
currently
lives in Harrisburg.
PBS is an important tool she
camp counselor. In addition
providing training at her camp
schools,
uses as a
to realize that to be effective, they
to
"If a student's
bad, the structure of
safe place helps
Schools are seeing kids with complex
must know how
life is
school and knowing they have a
of Trustees, believes the focus on
is
they need,
to talk to,
proach to the training.
chair of the
classroom management
that's all
someone to
confide in," says McCormick, whose
master's thesis and research on PBS
helped the university set up its apsomeone
to
connect with the
and several others, she
students.
Dampman,
a 1965 Bloomsburg
and former superintendent
in Bensalem School District, cautions
that despite the best teacher and
a training
module
working on
is
that she plans to
offer online.
gi'aduate
administrator efforts, there
much
that can be
time a child
phant
still
in the
going
is
done
room
is
only so
in the lim.ited
at school.
home
is
"The
ele-
(that) the child
to the
same
is
situation
Zimmerman
says she found
PBS
techniques worked, even with chil-
dren
at a juvenile
where she did
detention facility
a student teaching
would
placement. "Right away,
I
build rapport, getting to
know them
try to
and trying to use positive reinforce-
and may come back with the same
bad behavior the next day," he says.
While that's certainly true, Mike
McCormick 'lO/'UM, who teaches
Middle School,
been surprised at how effective PBS is, even with troubled kids.
For some, it marks the first time a
sixth grade at Danville
says he's
teacher has tried to teach appropriate
behavior, build rapport and reason
with them.
FALL 2012
21
Learningfrom the
Child's Level
Story and Photos bv V.RIC
TEACHING
isn't al\\ a\ s
room. Learning
isn't
Libout standing in front
alw a\
s
about silting
our
ol'
FOSTER
the class-
seat. Sixtv-
iiloomsburg
L
iiix
ersitx
students spent two weeks
undergraduate and graduate
threc future teachers found that education is often about
getting dow n to the children's lex el antl working shoulder-
Ma\ in kindergarten through
eighth-grade classrooms across the Bethlehem and Caston
Area sehot)l districts as part of the 2012 Urban l»racricum.
to-shoulder to help them overcome an obstacle, see things
new way or grasp a concept the\ didn't understand a
tant professor of earl\ childhood and adolescent education,
in a
moment ago.
in
\
in
During the practicum, organized by Frank D'Angelo.
assis-
lU students worked with students in one of five Lehigh
'V'al-
if
BU
f
student Kelly Assenza of Lake
Ariel, right,
gives personal attention to a student at Fountain
Hill
Elementary.
Among
others participating
2012 Urban Practicum, shown
from top,
in
photos at
the
in
right
are: Danielle Santoro, Schwenksville;
Frank D'Angelo, assistant professor, with Veronica
Tobin, Wllkes-Barre; Kylie Futterer, Royersford;
and Nicholas Thomas, Shickshinny.
Jj^
and Lincoln elementary schools and Broughal Middle School.
W orking beside experienced
teachers.
BU
students taught
and gained a better understanding of the situations urban schools and students face daily. And when the
school day ended for the children. BU students learned from
education professionals from throughout the Lehigh X alley,
including the superintendents and assistant superintendents
of Easton .\rea and Bethlehem school districts, elementary
lessons
principals
The
and cultural
leaders.
future teachers also engaged with the community,
experiencing Latino culture at a Catholic Mass conducted in
Spanish, a Puerto Rican dinner and a communit\' yard sale
that raised S8.S0 for the schools
The Urban Practicum
BU
students
is
and Latino Center
a specialized field experience for
who want to experience education
in inner-city
schools.
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23
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky notes
NELSON "NELLIE" SWARTS
'63
has
fun volunteering, whether he's behind
the scenes or on the front
line,
so
it
seems
only natural that the Bloomsburg native
received the
first
William
T.
Derricott '66
Volunteer of the Year Award
last spring.
The award honors alumni whose
demonstrate BU's values and
IBM in
When
Swarts became a salesman for
1968 after teaching for
efforts
spirit.
five years.
he learned the company would match
employees' contributions, he wrote letters
to fellow
to
BU
alumni
at
IBM, asking them
donate to the university.
And
a loyal
volunteer was born. Over the years, he has
recruited prospective
BU
students in
New
Jersey and returned to his alma mater
to speak about corporate culture
sales experiences.
and
his
He serves on the Col-
lege of Business Advisory Board (which
he has done for almost 30 years), the
Bloomsburg
Universit>'
Foundation Board
of Directors and the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education (P.^SSHE)
Foundation Board of Directors. Along the
way, two family
path to a
Lunger
BU
'65
Scatigno
members
—
followed his
Susan Swarts
and daughter Karlyn Swarts
degree
sister
'93.
In addition to countless hours devoted
Bloomsburg University, Swarts has been
where he's
lived. A member of BU's first swim team,
he coached swim teams for more than
20 years and currently teaches children's
swim classes at West Shore Country Club
in Camp Hill. He has worked with Hospice
of Central Pennsylvania for 10 years and
to
active in every community'
served on committees at various churches,
most recently
Camp
at Christian Life Assembly,
Hill.
Perhaps what's most fascinating about
Swarts is his attitude - he doesn't consider
himself a hero, just a good guy
his
who loves
hometown, enjoys giving back and
believes the education he received at
enabled him to be successful. •
BU
Dennis
1958
William R. Freed retired
cember
Martin retired from
E.
after
in
De-
54 years as a teacher,
coach, athletic director, principal
and superintendent
Mechanics-
in
39 years
District. Folcroft, after
as a
management and information
Penn
State Harrisburg.
1974
F.
Flock
is
He
Community Foundation and
is
to
2002
in
numerous
and
A teacher
capacities,
district director
of
curriculum.
Phillip
status
Landers received emeritus
He
as professor of business
istration
retired
admin-
and management after
43 years as a faculty
member
Penn College and
predecessor.
its
Williamsport Area
Community
1972
James Magill 75/'82M,
a project
coordinator with Reynolds
from Bloom.sburg, was featured
From
LIS.
he served
in Iraq
and Transition Command,
Communications and
Computers.
of
A
retired
employee of the
Lehigh Valley Health Network
1985
Elder Care, and medical director
John Chapin received
was appointed chief medical
Susquehanna Life Magazine.
in
ficer of
risburg.
Ministries,
served on the Pennsylvania Inde-
delphia College of Osteopathic
pendent Living Council, Magill
Medicine.
poems
a newsletter
Certificate for
by and
Caucus
work on behalf of
victims of crime, the Outstanding
a 1983 gi^aduate of the Phila-
Citizenship
Award
in
recognition
of his service to Beaver County,
Pa.,
number
in a
law enforcement and the Gov-
ernor's Victim Service Pathfinder
of online forums. The Danville
News and
gressional Victims' Rights
is
a board certified family physician
U.S.
the U.S.
House of Representatives Con-
of-
He
and
1979
for
Organizational Capacity Building
Mark Robinson
citizens with disabilities.
Award.
He
is
professor of commu-
is
nications at Penn State Beaver
vice president of
Waltco
William Martin, Mechanicsburg,
sales at
P^^i^H
is
Corp.. Tallmadge,
m
What Liberals
L^^^fl
The Best Progressive
^H^^^
Quotes Ever.
in
editor of the book.
each of the
tial
last
U.S. Air
has
three presiden-
retired after
1980
Michael Harrington returned
Susquehanna Bancshares
at
School,
became
served during Desert Storm and
and
treasurer.
Formerly treasurer and chief
certified in art
investment officer
Patricia Koelsch Stoudt
who
of military service. Van Wyk.
Bloomsburg High School's Aca-
utive vice president
Denmark-Olar High
teacher
to
as exec-
at Fir.st
Niagara
Financial Group, he pre\ iously
34 years
entrepreneur, was inducted into
a senior vice
Richard Donahue, a business
education.
Force-Delaware Air Na-
Guard
is
land National Bank.
Gen. Daniel Van Wyk of the
tional
Stephen Hafer
Ohio,
Believe:
He
Lift
president with the Northumber-
election years.
Brig.
a business
Phoebe
Department of Justice who has
Construction Management, Har-
Duane Greenly,
2()().S,
Control.
of Phoebe Allentown Health Care,
a poet
published quote books
is
to
with the Multi-National Secu-
Thomas Renaldo VS/SIM
at
College.
Linda Cappellano
2004
in
staff positions in
South Korea and the
1978
1975
has published
from the Pennsylvania
College of Technology.
command and
Lehigh Valley Physicians Group,
including as an elementary school
principal
Institute,
rity
a
hanna Communitv Foundation,
from 1973
District
Leonard Wood, Mo, During nearly
30 years of service, he served
UHI.
to the students at
serves as
director of the Central Susque-
and administrator, he served the
Bangor School
training and mobilization at Fort
her commitment and dedication
School Alumni
Association.
102nd Training Division (Maneu-
Wilkes-Barre, in recognition to
senior vice
president of the Selinsgi'ove .Area
Gen. Thomas Evans of the
Army Reserve commands the
deputy commanding general for
from the United Hebrew
land National Bank.
Bangor Area High
U.S.
the excellence in teaching award
1967
award from the
in
1976
Ned
tor
Corbett
Barbara Rodda Welch received
Michael
distinguished educa-
Tom
Brig.
ver Support) and serves as the
president at the Northumber-
Fairchild recei\ ed the
1983
and commendation from
recognition of his service.
and coordina-
tor of principal certification at
VFW Post 683,S,
recently, as director of data
systems.
assistant professor
of
Pennsylvania Gov.
athletic director, principal and,
Camp
For 19 years, he was an
citation
mathematics teacher, coach,
most
commander
received a Pennsylvania House
burg, West Chester, i'ottsviile and
Hill.
is
the Southeast Deico School
worked
'80/81M
for
Susquehanna
earned a doctoral degi ee from
financial officer of the
Liberty University.
bank subsidiary
in
as chief
company's
New Jersey,
demic Hall of Fame, Graduates of
Distinction.
A Bloomsburg native,
Greenly made his mark as owner
of Ames True Temper, a lawn and
garden company
Patricia
Veach Johnson 72 M
was named agent of the month
at
Century
21 Alliance
Alumna named to women's commission
Michele Corbin Rudloff '95 was one of 28
A
Pennsylvanians recently appointed
business that manages Marcellus Shale
Pennsylvania Commission
Gov.
Tom
for
to the
Women
by
Corbett.
Corbin Holdings, a family
gas lease opportunities, Rudloff
in
West
is
active
the Orwigsburg Lions Club, Orwigsburg
Bicentennial Committee and Schuylkill
Rudloff, wtio
Chester's office.
limited partner in
has worked
in
state
goverment
County Republican Party She resides
for
1
6 years,
is
in
assistant director for budget-
Orwigsburg with her husband,
Brett.
ary affairs for Pennsylvania Speaker of the
1973
Timothy Kline
House Sam Smith. She
is
branch man-
ager of the Palmyra office of
is in
her second
The Pennsylvania Commission
term on the Onwigsburg Borough Council
is
and serves as council president.
economic and
committed
to
for
Women
developing and supporting
civic opportunities for
women.
Jonestown Bank and Trust.
FALL 2012
25
Christopher Potash
manager
is
Allentown Art Museum, Le-
at the
He
high Valley.
worked
pre\ iousty
Murray Savitsky
Patricia
of marketing and public relations
\
ance
is
senior
and chief compli-
ice president
TMG Health.
officer for
Dunmore.
sales
at V'iamedia \ertical Creative
Group
a
Diane Szader '90 '97M, director
Bethlehem, where he
in
coordinated video and web-based
of educational technologN- at Wal-
marketing campaigns.
lenpaupack Area School
District,
earned a doctorate of education
president and
chief executive officer of The Liberty Group, spoke
on "Shale Gas
Exploration: Driving an
Resurgence
Our
in
Economic
Nation," as part of Lycoming
senior
vs.
all-star
held in Hershey.
Rickert. a
CPA.
is
superin-
New Lebanon
super\ isor of special ser-
heading special education
Jason Brubaker,
vania Board of Directors.
based independent
How to Make,
HolK-wood-
a
Market
Bryan Fleming is principal of
BriarclifFHigh School in
in
Chester County. She teaches
in
the
.Mountain Lakes,
N.J.
Downingtown Area School
District.
2001
William Fiege
is
vice president
Elizabeth Garrigan-Byerly
of academic affairs at
tor of Friedens United
John Tyler Com-
Christ.
manager
for
is
academic dean
accounting
High Co. A resident
of Mount Joy, he previoush' was
finance
MaxOut
is
regional
manager
Temper
was an
pre\'iously
Randall Hess
Bank.
Tina Magray Trager
pas-
is
Church of
Oley
at
Ames True
Jason Jacobs, a public accountant,
at
Germanna Community'
College,
taught speech communication
at
opment, alumni relations and
Julie Chasser
Lancaster.
Kuzma
is
one of
at
Longwood
Aaron Welles
53 teachers
in
Brown
is
ersit\.
in
Jennifer Sprout Birdsall owns
the consignment shop.
for
Boutique. Hughesville.
new
She has worked
with
chief
human resources
officer.
human resources team
since 1997 as a
generalise operations manager, associate vice presi-
dent and vice president. Prior
to joining Geisinger,
Abloom
2003
Sean Eagan, Pen
of Transportation, adult education instructor at
the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit and adjunct professor
Area Community College. She earned a
master's degree at Ithaca College.
Inc. in
Ryan M. Allen
is
W hitehall Township.
Nicole Premuto-Fountain
Prior to joining First Citizens, he
manager of media
w orked
MetLife Stadium,
as
an accountant for
Allen. Rogers
and Osgood.
New York
tion director of
He
is
special educa-
Pennsbury School
previously was
director of special education and
student serv ices in the Southern
-Area School District.
is
the
relations for
home
to the
football teams, the Gi-
ants and the Jets.
Robert Mehalik
District.
loan
a vice president
with First Citizens National Bank.
Columbia
BLOOMSBtRG UNIVERSITY OF FE.NNSYLVANIA
.\rgyl, is a
independent mort-
gage lender Mortgage Network
1998
she
quality coordinator at the Pennsylvania Depart-
He
managing Key-
responsible for
officer with
Geisinger Health System's
Brayford 91
is
Canada.
Glenside.
Amy
ice
stone National Insurance Co.
director
Amy Brayford is HR chief
\
U'ayne Group of Companies.
University.
1997
SMART
Exemplary Educator Summit
Calgar\-, .AJberta,
of ad\ ancement services
assistant
The Tuscarora
North .\merica
selected to attend the
Melissa Harris
is
president with
is
1990
a partner at ParenteBeard's
Inc.
Strength
Bell.
is
insurance industry practice in
Germanna, and held devel-
teaching positions
Studios in Limerick, Exton and
26
to the Junior
elementary teacher
1994
is
and treasurer of
financial officer
at Harrisburg
& Co.,
munity College. He
executive vice president, chief
Arcadia L ni\
an accoun-
Sugarloaf
Achie\ ement of Central Pennsyl-
award, given to one
District in New
He previously was the
district's
vices,
1989
ment
& A.sbury,
is
tant at JonesKohanski
Without the Middleman.
programs.
was a
CPA and
received the Citadel
Township School
Geisinger's
partner with .\IcKonly
a
Communitv' Bank.
Jersey.
Blue
Autumn Remley Wolfe,
and Sell Your Movie
tendent of the
for
vania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. She
1996
Philip Sallusti officiated at the Big
manager
eastern Chapter of the Pennsyl-
Kelly Lister Colquitt
commercial lend-
33 Football Classic, the Ohio
Aflinit>
software firm.
elected secretary of the North-
ing manager for First National
vice president,
Jason Kornegay
Donna Loeb
resources and training
book. Filmmaking Stujf:
1993
1988
game
and marketing for .Meridian,
human
Desiree Anderson, CPA, was
Heart of Learning
Studies.
Pennsylvania high school
1999
vice president of
filmmaker, published a
is
Manage-
College's Institute for
ment
1992
Joseph Castrogiovanni
Williamsport and
is
was appointed
from Wilkes Universitv.
1987
Dan Klingerman,
1995
John Leh
2004
Giovannini elected to
Shannon Fry Frantz was accepted
Eugene Giovannini 79, president
into Indiana University of Penn-
Community
sylvania's Literature
and Criticism
to the
doctoral progi-am.
of
College, Phioenix, Ariz.,
32-member board
American Association
of
AACC board
GateWay
State University and completed post-doctoral
was
work
elected
Pennsylvania's Whar-
at the University of
ton Institute.
of directors of ttie
Community Colleges
The
AACC
represents nearly
,200 two-year,
1
(AACC). Giovannini's three-year term began
associate degree-granting institutions and more
Jillian
Mead Tweet is an account
manager
July1.
than 13 million students
Credo Reference.
for
Giovannini has led
She works with the company's
GateWay Community
lege since March 2002.
international partners in Asia,
He
a growing number
Col-
Institute
the U.S., as well as
Puerto Rico, Japan, Great
holds a doctoral
degree from Virginia Polytechnic
in
of international
and
Britain,
members
in
Korea and the
United Arab Emirates.
the Middle East and South and
Central America.
2005
M
is
is
an assistant
Maurice Dennis
Bank's
Timothy
tion technology
MePush
Inc., a
Waugh Chapel
company.
He
Daniel Renninger
Jordan Mix, Williamsport,
is
purchasing manager for Con-
Andrea
Ballas Teeters
is
com-
Amanda Kisenwether
regional
12 Edison, N.J., cable
Primerica, where
a video
at
TV
TV news.
she has worked since
2011
2009. She resides in
Taryn Gilger
is
community
a
Penn
interventionist at
Mexico.
State
Hershey College of Medicine. She
Army Spc. Gregory Nyce
returned home after serving 10
is
manager
months
in the
in
is
healthy eating and exercise.
Forward Operating Bases
stan, at
Shinwar and Connolly.
Stacey Minarsky, an orthopedics
X-ray technician
office.
Maurice Flowers-Williams
officer with the
health education department at
an
is
at
Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville, was
part of a Rotary
Allentown Police
Group Study Ex-
change Team that traveled to the
Department.
Hospital.
Walk by Faith
assisting in the
research program to encourage
Nangarhar, Afghani-
practice of ParenteBcard's Allen-
coordinator in the community
Community
is
is
news cameraman
vice president with
counties.
auditing and accounting services
town
munity health and wellness
Evangelical
2010
Joseph M. DiGiacomo
New
Greg Christman
struction Specialties Inc.
group.
editor and
2007
a
She co-chairs the
Bcard's Allentown office.
on Wheels."
ness Solutions.
a
Young Friends membership
ing services practice of Parente-
The company, founded in 1987, is
known as the "Original Body Shop
as president at ShiftGo Busi-
Northamp-
owner
of a Colors on Parade franchise,
gomery and Delaware
at
Innotek Computer Consulting
and
the
park's
Filipovits, a
serving Chester, Berks, Mont-
previously worked
as a senior network engineer
is
Historical Park.
senior in the audit and account-
an informa-
computer services
is
park ranger and media specialist
ton accountant, was promoted to
Crofton, Md.
specialist with
Stephanie Loeb 'OQ/IOM
Hospital.
2008
is
Green Branch,
sion of Wayne Bank, Honesdale.
is
Community
at
with the Valley Forge National
manager of PNC
commercial lending divi-
Michael Levan
2009
communi-
State University.
a credit analyst
is
community
education department
Evangelical
University.
Christopher J. Kolakowski
in the
ty health
wrestling coach at North Carolina
the head football coach at
Binghamton
is
health instructor in the
Frank Beasley
Thomas "Tommy" Dempsey
'05
Ashley Geiser
2006
Philippines earlier this year.
Alumni Association looks to grow regional networks
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD
of Directors
is
enthusiastic about efforts
through volunteering.
•
Twenty-four directors, nominated and
under way to expand regional alumni
elected by graduates, serve on the
networks and provide other professional
Board. Beginning terms on the executive
opportunities for graduates, says Kerri
board for 2012-13
Donald Sears
'92, president.
•
The Alumni Association, which
represents more than 61,000 graduates
worldwide, has active regional networks
in
Bloomsburg, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes-Barre/
•
their
hometown
'92, vice
Resources,
Allentown.
Information about the
its
BU Alumni As-
networks, upcoming events
and alumni contacts may be found
www.bloomualumni.com.
at
Segal Co., Washington, D.C.
Vice president: Ted Hodgins
Secretaiy: Elizabeth
in
director
areas, forge professional
connections and develop marketable
Human
sourcing
'89, se-
Comcast, Philadelphia.
•
Huskies
Donald Sears
'75,
nior director, video product development,
Scranton. These networks allow graduates to connect with other
President: Kerri
Inc.,
sociation,
are:
president and director
The
Alumni
Treasurer: Joseph Hilgar
manager. Air Products and Chemicals
Kramer
member services,
'85,
Pennsylvania
Bar Association.
skills
FALL 2012
27
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
VITAL STATISTICS
New Alumni Board
Annie McKenzie Morgan
members begin terms
Five graduates joined the
Board
24-member Alumni Association
of Directors effective July
1
Elected for two-year
.
Obituaries
Rhea Lee
Marriages
Glicl<,
Lorena Kutza '93rom and
L.
June
Ben Singer
18, 2011
David Porzi,
May
12,
2012
terms are:
Ashley Sorber '04/'05M and Tony Lawson
'03. Sept. 4.
2011
'34
Thompson
William
Darcle Kelsey '90 and Gary
'38
Mary Hess Aikman
'39
Simpson
'43
Rita Kipp
J.
'31
Laf ranee '32
Rosanna Creasy Broadt 48
Mary Hawk-Umanos Shoemaker
Stu Marvin 78, Bloomsburg, head
coach
BU's men's and women's
of
Kelly
Waugh
Megan
'05
and Drew Bankes
'03,
June
11.
2011
Pickett '07 and Eric Cleary '03, Oct. 22, 2011
swim teams.
Dara Frymoyer '08 and Chad Reinford, July
10,
2010
May
19,
2012
Faith Marvin '12 and Michael Potoeski,
Charles
Macedon.
N.Y.. senior
human
associate vice president for
resources at the University of Roch-
and an adjunct
ester, N.Y.,
the
in
Warner School
instructor
Stephanie
Mount
'90,
N.J,, information
technology
with
PHH
retail
Laurel,
Harold Emmitt
'51
'50
'52
Roy Sanders
Jesse, a son,
Teitelbaum '97 and husband,
James Bombay
Teitelbaum, Dec.
7.
2011
Richard Caton '56
James Browning
Anita
Alex Cameron, July
7,
2011
'56
Rose Gurski Vottero
Franklin
Heim
'61
Way
Justine Boer Frantzen '00 and husband. Drew, a
daughter, Leah JoAnn,
May
8th
2012
Ashley Sorber Lawson '04/'05M and husband, Tony, a
May
10,
'61
Redcliff '62
Joyce Michael
William Inch '63
firm.
daughter, Abigail,
'59
Rush Canouse 59
Winifred Donkochik
Mortgage,
mortgage
'51
Margaret Dawson Gearhart '56
Bombay
of Education.
John M. Mal
a national
George Young
Kenneth Hidlay '54
Births
Kristina Kett Fleming '98 and husband, Chris, a son,
manager
Zigmond Maciekowich
William Kline '53
Murphy
"Chucl<"
J.
'83/'86M,
Robert Balent '50
Sandra Jean Rose
'64
Larry Richie '65
2012
Robert Yeager '67
Greg Orth
'95,
strategist with
Alyssa Haraschak Deeble '05 and husband, Phil
Lancaster, sales
Deeble
Henry Rak
Consulting Partners, a subsidiary
of
McKinsey & Co,
'03, twin
seph. July
7,
sons.
Chase
Daniel and Dylan Jo-
2011
Veyda
'68
'69
Stephen Mihaly
Michael Butler '69
Lauren Warliga Masino '05 and husband, Joshua, a
daughter,
Anthony Gallagher
Noelle, Oct. 11, 2011
Drumm
Robert
'69
Ronald Cans 71
Maryjo Falbo Angotti '72
Heather
Bowman
Bloomsburg,
nurse and
Goshert
'06,
Lindsy Force Maxwell '05/'07M and husband. John, a
certified pediatric
member
daughter, Madeline Ann, March
4,
2012
of the
Rodgers
'05
Professional Practice Council at
Crystal Hollednak
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville,
daughter, Cara Lynn, March 23,
and husband, Gary, a
2012
Maurice Cardone '72
Herbert Frederick '73
Roger Renn
Marlin
Amy
Members who completed board
service at the end of
Chronister Scott '05 and husband, Jason, a son,
,
'60,
Rich Uliasz
Amy
'97,
Chronister Scott '05 and Scott Bird
'96.
former board secretary, resigned due to
Dara Frymoyer Reinford
son, Attan Nicholas,
May
Lois
'73
Hokenbrough
Young
'73
'74
Robert Massaker '75
Valene Komorowski Ciesluk '75
Ryan, March 18, 2012
June are former board president Greg Bowden 01 Dale
Krothe
'72
Joseph Royack
'08,
and husband, Chad, a
'77
John Branham
28, 2011
77
Walter Tiffany
other commitments.
Susan Brong Vanderslice
Kenneth Wagner
FIND
."Sr""'""""'
www.bloomualumni.com
Steven Poust
'80
Thomas Hockley
Send information
to:
Sean
alwrKii^bloomu.edu or
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BLOOMSHLKG LMVERSITYOF FENNSYLV.^NIA
'81
Kelly '83
Margaret Sorber Sponauer '83
Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloom.sburg University of Penns\
400
'79
Nancy Bobkoskie
MORE
'78
'79
Sandra Mason Mayo
Loretta
1\
ania
Hugh
Brown
'85
Jaramillo
'91
Kristen Veltri '08
'85
'49
the Lineup
reunions, networking and special events
FRIENDS FROM '52: These members of the Class of 952 get together
summer in the Poconos. They are, left to nght: Barbara Harman Adams,
1
Funk DeMars, Eleanor Young Adams,
Irene Eckert Harrison
every
Geraldine
and Ruth Glidden
Radicchi.
(KINDLE) FIRED UP: Dick Lloyd, chair
won
the grand prize of a Kindle Fire
Hunt, sponsored by the
BU Alumni
statue adjacent to Carver Hall
in
in
of the
Class
Association.
one
of
1962 Reunion Committee,
Weekend Photo Scavenger
Lloyd is shown at the Husky
the Alumni
of his
TRUE TO
BU:
Among
Nancy Lychos, members
SISTERS FROM THE 70S: DEB
for
a mini-reunion
ing 76, Linda
Christine
in
sisters from the 10th to 13th
King of Prussia. They are,
left
to right:
Appel Kennedy 76, Melinda Linn Garrigan 76, Karen Karnes 75,
77 and Sharon
Golf
rial
Geary DeVore 77, Nancy Mowrer Ressler 75, Jan Fetterman Hickey
75, Karen Carpenter Walsh
of the
Class
GOLF BUDDIES FOR A CAUSE:
pledge classes met
Gerry Lahson Down-
Slusser Boyland 77.
who attended
alumni from the 1930s to 1955
Bloomsburg Luncheon during Alumni Weekend were
winning photos.
Tournament were,
left
of 1952.
Playing
to right.
in
Bill
the 12th annual Bonnie Sell
Moul
'68,
Bonacci '69 and Bonnie
Sell's
Souderton Area High School where Mrs.
for
husband. Art
Sell '69.
Memo-
Ron Butfington '69, Jim
The tournament benefits a
memorial scholarship
at
the True to
Maynard Harnng and
Dr.
Sell '70 taught
31 years.
CLASS OF
'62:
Posing
for the
Class
of
1962 reunion photo
are,
left
to right, front row:
Stan Rose, Rose Marie Fisher Rose, Kathy Sinkler Montanye, Melvin Montanye, Myrna
Bassett Anderson, Carol Livingston and Helen Shervanick Vought; second row: Jane
Gilson Foltz,
Susan Katz
Newman, Judy
Lehrich, Sheila Leiter
Wolf,
Ann
Jane Welch Roche,
Sandra Humphrey Johnson, Peggy O'Donnell Demeter and Marilyn Rinehimer Lehew;
third row: Ellen
Handshaw
Baer
Willis,
Mae Clemens,
Margaret Bower
Mary
Ellen
Rosenbaum,
row: William Steinhard, Dick Lloyd,
Petruzzi, David Barbour,
and back
Plotts,
Silverman, Ed Taylor, Kathryn Buggy
row, standing:
Nelson
Sylvia
Stanitski,
Petrie Frie,
Nancy
Ruthann
Knauer Burns and Judy Waite Madden:
Tom Foley
'Nellie'
Barbara Sherts
Hammond, Joan
fourth
Vince Paupers, Robert Cook, Fran Guru
Swarts,
Don Rosenbaum and Ron
Joe Enney Dorothy Anderson Enney
Bill
Petruzzi;
Wiser, Joe Jennings,
Ted Andrewlevich, Myles Anderson, Lloyd Livingston, Fred Freyand Ron Davidheiser.
To learn more about class reunions, contact Alumni
bloomu.edu.
Affairs at
800-526-0254 or alum®
houlder
The Bloomsburg State
Teachers College
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
WHEN ARTHUR JENKINS received
the
first
bachelor's degree in educa-
degree.
Bloomsburg was granted the
authority to offer a bachelor's degree
June 1926.
from Bloomsburg State Teachers College on June 10, 1927, he was
among the first students to complete
The normal school officially became the Bloomsburg State Teachers
the school's four-year teaching
College in
tion
Bloomsburg had focused on
degree.
when
Institute was named a
teacher education since 1869
the Literary
state
normal school and an on-
campus
lished.
training school was estab-
But by the 1920s the
Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania had
begun to standardize course offerings
and move from the two-year normal school certificate to a four-year
30
BLOOMSBLKG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in
education
in
May
1927 and Francis Haas
was named its president later that
yean Over the next 12 years, he led
the school through some of its most
trying times
times of growth and
...
the current Andruss Library.
The
state allocated funds for construc-
and a new
where future teach-
tion of a laundry building
training school
ers could
complete student teaching
requirements.
The Ben
Franklin Training School,
dedicated on Nov.
8,
1930,
was the
fourth and last training school on
campus. The original training school,
hardship.
located in the campus'
Haas' tenure began with significant
development of the physical campus.
In 1929, the college purchased more
than 18 acres of land encompassing
the area from Spruce Street east to
was completed in 1869. After the
building burned in fall 1875, the training school was relocated for 12 years
to a temporary wooden structure.
first
dormi-
tory,
Hemlock
Hall.
The
training school
carpenter shop were completed or
nearing completion. Haas
burg
left
Blooms-
to serve as state superintendent
of public instruction and was replaced
by Harvey Andruss, who had been
serving as dean of instruction.
With the
start of World
War
FAirope, military preparedness
II in
became
important on the national and local
levels.
In 1940, the college began a
program
for training civilian pilots in
conjunction with the local airport, a
program that made Bloomsburg an
ideal location for hosting the Navy V-5
program for flight instructors beginning
in 1942.
The
following year, a
V-12 program for training officers was
started
A young
student
is all
smiles as his classmates sing during a 1955 program
in
the
Ben
Franklin Training Sctiool.
and both programs are credited
with keeping the college open during
the war. Enrollment reached record
then
later
moved to a classroom building,
named Noetling Hall, where it
remained
until the dedication of
Franklin,
now home
ers
and
determined the teachers colwould begin to specialize in certain disciplines and, for Bloomsburg, it
was business education, which began
department.
in 1930.
history, the
to
later.
to grow,
facilities
constructed and, by 1939, a
at 712 full-time
fell
courses in special
government. Athletic
Great Depression. Enroll-
students in 1926
first
thanks to funding from the federal
times in United States
ment that peaked
The
The campus continued
teachers college through one of the
difficult
state
education were offered six years
As president, Haas also led the
most
swelled by returning veterans, and
college's curriculum.
leges
facilities,
statistics
numbers
growth of the
The
Ben
to the university's
mainframe computand the math, computer science
network
but the Depression did not hinder the
were
new
gymnasium, junior high school and
549 by 1934,
at the war's conclusion,
after a brief decline in the early 1950s
the
number of students once again
increased.
To meet the growing demand
for
higher education, a separate dining facility was opened in 1957 and
construction started the following year
on a classroom building, Sutliff Hall,
and a residence hall. New North Hall,
now known as Northumberland. Two
years later, legislation was approved
to expand the curriculum at the state
teachers colleges and introduce graduate programs.
On
Jan.
8,
1960, the
word "Teachers" was dropped and the
school officially became Bloomsburg
State College.
An expanded curriculum
to prepare
students for careers in education and
other professions prompted tremen-
dous growth
population.
in the size
of the student
A school with
ment of 1,600 students
in
an enroll1959 sur-
passed 4,000 a decade later and 10,000
Although Bloomsburg
in fall 2011.
University
is
a
much
different institu-
was 85 years ago when it
grew from normal school to teachers
tion than
college,
to
President Harvey A. Andruss,
in front of
Carver Hall
in
left,
and John
Hocti,
dean
of instruction,
remove the word "Teachers" from the
wall
its
it
its
core of providing education
students and training the teach-
ers of tomorrow has not changed. •
1960, signifying the end of an era.
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Activities and Events
4
Academic Calendar
Choral Concert
Featuring
FALL 2012
Celebrity Artist Series
Women's Choral Ensemble,
Events
Husky Singers and Concert Choir
Reading Day
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov.
20
in
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Featuring Kristen Jelinek,
flute,
and
Resume
St.
St.,
Kenneth
Hall,
to order tickets, call the
389-4409
box
or visit
The Handsome
Saturday, Dec.
present Squirm Burpee
Percussion Ensemble
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
University-Community Orchestra
End
Sunday, Nov.
14
Friday, Dec.
office at
www.bloomu.
Haas Center
11,
Oct.
30 through
paintings
Nov. 27
Reception: Tuesday Oct. 30, 11 a.m.
to
2 p.m.; gallery
talks,
11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Senior Exit
Show
Late November/Early
December,
TBA
Alumni Events
Little Devils
Visit
classic
melodrama
Haas Center
for
on these and additional events
or to register. For information, contact
the Alumni Affairs office at (570)
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50
2:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
www.bloomualumni.com
details
Saturday Sept. 15, 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 10
Finals
Gross
Vaudeville nouveau meets
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.
Finals Begin
S.
Bloomsburg
Classes End
8
Celebrity
be presented
installations
subject to change.
Matthew Lutheran Church
123 N. Market
will
edu/cas. Programs and dates are
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 26, 8 a.m.
and Carver
(570)
Andrea Wittchen, harp
Classes
season
and
Auditorium. For more information and
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 10 p.m.
2012-2013
the
the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani
Hall,
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
in
Artist Series
Sky Kim, drawings,
Child/
4058
526-0254,
or (800)
or
389-
alum@
bloomu.edu.
$17 BU Student
Alumni Board Meetings
Graduate
Commencement
14
Friday, Dec.
Koresh Dance
Jazz Ensemble
Philadelphia troupe
Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20,
Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 15
Haas Center
Carols by Candlelight
and Saturday, Dec.
Friday, Nov. 30,
SPRING 2013
1,
Classes Begin
Husky Singers and Women's
Monday, Jan. 28
Choral Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Featunng Concert
First
345 Market
Monday, March 18, 8 a.m.
Admission
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50
Child/
Saturday Nov. 10
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Alumni Legacy Picnic
Saturday, Sept. 15,
$17 BU Student
11:30 a.m. to
Cirque Chinois
free, free tickets required;
Box
Office,
and
of the
p.m.
their students
Compliments
Fnday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
Association
Haas Center
1
alumni parents
Fenstemaker Alumni House
of
BU Alumni
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Child/
Special Events
$17 BU Student
Saturday, March 23, 8 a.m.
to
People's Republic of China
$34.50/$19.50
Haas Center lobby
Resume
powerful
Open
Bloomsburg
St.,
Saturday Sept. 15
for
8 p.m.
The National Circus
available at Performing Arts
Classes
Choir,
Presbyterian Church
Spring Break Begins
known
stage presence and high-energy style
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditohum
Undergraduate
Company
Parents and Family
Classes End
Friday,
May 10
Theatre
Midtow/n
Bloomsburg University Players theatre
Four original stars from Jersey Soys
productions are generally recommend-
Sunday, Dec.
ed for adult audiences.
Finals Begin
All
Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday perfor-
Monday, May 13
mances
are at 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday
Finals
Friday,
End
May
tickets are $6; seniors
17
students are $4.
cardholders are
Commencement
May 17
Graduate
Friday,
Center
for
7:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50 Child/$17 BU Student
affiliated with nor a
performance
and non-BU
students and
Haas
the Arts, or at the door days
performance.
16
Homecoming Weekend
Fnday
to Sunday, Oct. 12 to 14
See back cover and
www.bloomualumni.com
Fame
Induction
Friday Nov. 2
Art Exhibits
Kehr Union Ballroom
Exhibitions
in
the Haas Gallery of Art
are
open
For
more information,
to the public free of charge.
and reception times,
May 18
Weekend
to Sunday, Sept. 14 to
Athletic Hall of
CGA
free. Tickets are
Office, located in the lobby of
of
9,
Fnday
of the show, Jersey Boys.
available at the Performing Arts Box
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
BU
Haas Center
Not
performances are at 3 p.m. Adult
Men
Call
BU's Sports Information
(570) 389-4413,
Office,
for ticket information.
gallery hours
visit
departments.
For the latest information on
bloomu.edu/art/haas.html.
upcoming events, check the
Twelve Angry Jurors
Concerts
Listed events are
by Sherman
open
to the public
free of charge. For information,
389-4286.
All
32
Serge
Kay Knight,
paintings
Sept. 14 through Oct. 19
Alvina Krause Theatre
Reception: Thursday Oct. 11, 11 a.m.
226
to
Center
programs,
dates, times and locations are subject
to
L.
7 to 11
see
http://departments.bloomu.eclu/music
or call (570)
Nov
change.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PE.NNSYLVANIA
St.,
Bloomsburg
2 p.m.; gallery
talks,
11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
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HEY YOU'RE
GUY!
THAT
TV
and on Broadway.
He's in films,
Meet actor J I
MM
SIMPSON
I
ALSO INSIDE
Safe Haven
Professor Babak Mohassel's
fueled by the issue of
PAGE
human
life is
rights.
14
After the Deluge
No cleanup task was too much
for
and staff after
Storm Lee paid a visit.
students, faculty
Tropical
PAGE
16
State's Warden
John Wetzel '98 applies lessons
teamed on the football field to his
The
career
in
corrections.
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The University Magazine
From the President
The
total
number of volunteer
hours in 2011
previous
will surely surpass
tallies.
When Tropical
Storm Lee menaced our region
with record flooding in September,
hundreds of students, faculty and
staff responded to the community's
needs.
No job was
our student
others cleared
Faithful
Greeks and
mud from homes'
basements and
Arms
too large as
athletes,
first floors,
removed water-logged floors and
walls, worked at the Emergency
Management Agency's phone bank
and the local American Red Cross
of Volunteers
office,
cared for evacuees' pets at
Annie's Place, the animal shelter
on the Upper Campus, and so much
When classes resumed after
more.
IF
YOU WERE to define the qualities
what traits
would you choose? Topping my list,
in no particular order, would be a
of a vibrant community,
thriving business environment,
outstanding pubUc schools, low
"In 2010, our students, faculty and
staff contributed more than 80,550
hours of community service."
crime rate and compassionate people with both a strong
work
ethic
and a devotion to volunteer service.
The Town of Bloomsburg is such a
community' and contributing to its
vibranc}' are
Bloomsburg University's
students, faculty
Volunteerism
lives of
to take
advantage of
many opportunities
through the
coordinated
SOLVE volunteer
where they can put their
energ}', dedication and leadership
abilities to good use. In honor of
office
our
efforts,
the university's 10-day closure,
projects to benefit the
volunteer efforts continued.
two
so proud of the
BU was recognized
to fight
benefit local service agencies.
In 2010, our students, faculty
and
staff.
integral to the
BU Huskies. We encourage
our students
the
and
is
were three large-scale
community:
hunger and another to
particular note
staff contributed
more than
80,550 hours of community
service,
which the organization
Independent Sector valued
at
hour or more than
$1.65 million for the year. That
impressive amount nearly matches
the Bloomsburg University
$20.51 per
page 16.
French author Everett Mamor
said, "The world is hugged by the
arms of volunteers." It is
faculty, staff and students
have the Town of Bloomsburg in a
faithful
clear
our
tight
embrace.
— $1.67 million from Terry '76
and JoAnn
The
the Zeigler Institute for
DAVID
Professional Development.
President,
Roll.
Of
am
campus community represented by
those you will meet beginning on
again last spring with inclusion in
Community Service Honor
I
of our
Foundation's largest donation to
date
President's Higher Education
members
'77 Zeigler to establish
L.
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
FEATURES
10 Hey. You're That
Guy!
Fans recognize Jimmi Simpson '98
from the array of characters he's
portrayed, including Lloyd Lowery
in
A&E's Breakout Kings.
14
Safe Haven
Professor Babak Mohassel brings
human rights from
Department of Homeland Security
passion for
to
BU classroom.
16
After the Deluge
Students, faculty and staff pitch in
to help their Bloomsburg neighbors
after historic flood.
19 Making a Clean Break
A BU alumni couple risked all with
it
move
where they built
a successful business on customer
service and client relations.
a
20
to California
The
Warden
State's
advocates for
John Wetzel
treatment and programs inmates
need for success after prison.
'98
22
The Write Stuff
Berwick High School teachers wanted
a student -staffed writing center
and
BU had the expertise to make it
happen. The resulting partnership
benefits students at both institutions.
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IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Winter 2012
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Guide M.
Pichini, Chair
Marie Conley Lammando,
Vice Chair
Matthew
B.
E.
Vice Chair
Allien
III
Baker
Jennifer Branstetter
Tom Corbett
Sarah C. Darling
Michael K. Hanna
Ronald G. Henry
Kenneth M. Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph
F.
President, Bloomsburg University
Harold C. Shields
Robert S. Taylor
Ronald J. Tomalis
John T. Yudichak
David
Chancellor, State System
Aaron Walton,
Leonard
Jeffrey E. Piccola
McGinn
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Bloomsburg University
Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
Charles C. Housenick '60, Vice Chair
Patrick Wilson '91, Secretary
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LaRoy G. Davis '67
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What's
in
a
Name?
JOHN WAGGONER EXAMINES PERCEPTION
BASED ON FIRST NAMES
was a genius in the kitchen, but
she do in school? According to
research by John Waggoner, professor of
psychology, teachers today would expect
Julia
how
her
did a study
of students
Child
did
to
do pretty well.
Waggoner
recently
examining future teachers' expectations
based on their first nanne.
Waggoner became
interested in this subject while
reading Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen
J.
Dubner. In one chapter,
the authors looked at birth
born
between 1980
and 2000. Using information
collected about mothers at the
time of birth, the authors found
correlations between income
and education levels and
certificates for children
in California
name choice.
Although the findings
fasci-
nated him, Waggoner says the most important aspect
is
how the study was conducted. "They had extensive
data where others only had assumptions," he says.
Amy Covin, associate professor of psychology, has
mothers with less education and lower incomes.
Using names from the Freakonomics study, Waggoner's
findings mirrored those of Levitt and Dubner: children
with names associated with higher education and
socioeconomic levels are expected to be successful in
school, but children whose
between
teachers' expectations and students' success and
names
provided her expertise in educational psychology to
Waggoner's research. "The idea that something as
lower education
a long-standing interest in the relationship
simple as a student's
class,
first
name could
and thereby influence
was an
signal social
teachers' perceptions,
interesting possibility," Covill says.
are asso-
ciated with
...^
.
1
1
1
Names doti t hold any
magic power, but they could
ifidircctly affect you due to
people's perCCptiOflS.
"
and socioeconomic status aren't expected to do as well.
Although the research is something to consider,
Waggoner reminds us that names aren't the only decid-
Waggoner asked undergraduates to
predict how well children would perform based on
their first names. He picked names that are "equally
ing factors in our futures. His study only demonstrates
popular" - for example, Katherine is a common choice
for mothers with higher levels of education and
child to perform poorly in school.
In his study,
incomes, and
Amber is
similarly popular
among
that there
is
a relationship
between name choices and
socioeconomic and education
levels;
it
does not cause a
"Names don't hold any magic power," he says, "but they
could indirectly affect you due to people's perceptions."
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Bringing Books
to Cnildren
PROFESSOR AND ALUMNI WORK TOGETHER
PHILIP TUCKER, associate professor of special education,
has been working with BU alumni to bring books to
children at local schools. Each year, major book publishers
distribute copies of new books to kindergarten through
sixth grade classrooms through the International
Reading Association (IRA). The young students vote
on the books, and the winners are named the children's
choices for the year.
As coordinator for Region
Initiative,
I
of the Children's Choices
Tucker, along with alumni, helped distribute
copies of about 700
new children's titles
-
around 4,000
may keep
new books, giving children access to the literature
individual books. After the project, schools
the
for years to come.
Alumni participating in this effort are Jane Foderaro 'u,
Freeland Elementary School;
reading specialist
at
Hannah
elementary school teacher/reading
Irion
'10,
specialist at Halifax
Yurkanin
'87,
Elementary School;
reading specialist
at
Elementary School; Erin Morath
Kelly Elementary
Wendy Larock
Heights Terrace
'11,
reading specialist
at
and Linntown Intermediate Schools;
and Kevin Schadder '05, instructional support teacher
at McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary School. •
Pichini Visits
BU
Going with the Flow
CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
ENCOURAGES INTERACTION
STUDENTS STUDY WATER SYSTEMS
CYNTHIA VENN, associate professor of geography and
GUIDO PICHINI,
geosciences,
chair of the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education Board of Governors,
encouraged students to
become advocates
for the
grant supports the projects of four
summer interns,
commonwealth's public
providing them with experience both in the
universities during his
in the lab.
recent visit BU.
Caitlin Heller, Bloomsburg, biolog>' major, comparing
water chemistries across the Susquehanna River at
Danville, Milton, Shamokin Dam and Watsontown.
The
first
PASSHE
graduate to become chair
of the board, Pichini said
The
Eliza Reed,
interns
and
Shamokin,
field
and
their projects are:
allied health major,
studying
he believes a college education should provide the
skills students need to interact with others and praised
BU students' involvement with the community during
the chemistry of the Susquehanna River downstream
flood recovery efforts.
major, studying the geochemistry of Oneida
PASSHE's Board
of Governors
setting education, fiscal
is
first visit to
responsible for
and personnel
selecting university presidents. This
4
and Chris Hallen, professor of chemistry,
were awarded a $27,500 grant to support research on
the waters of the Susquehanna River watershed. The
BU in his new position.
policies
was
and
Pichini's
•
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
of the confluence of the West and North branches.
Derek Weicht, Hanover, environmental science
mine drainage and
its effect
number 3
on Tomhicken Creek.
Jackie Yamrich, Chalfont, environmental science
major, studying the geochemistry of streams in the
watershed of the West Branch of Little Fishing Creek. •
Not Child's Play
TOYS FOR TOTS HELPS SMALLEST FLOOD VICTIMS
About 50
local children affected
flood received
new
by the September
2011
playthings at the Toys for Tots toy
give-away hosted by
BU volunteers, assisted by stu-
dents from Mansfield University. The toy distribution
was
inspired by a Bloomsburg youngster who, during
flood relief efforts, told a
BU volunteer he'd lost his toy
truck in the flood and asked for help. In addition to
new and gently used toys
and stuffed animals were provided by town residents
and high school athletes competing in the NEPA
Invitational hosted by BU's cross country team. •
donations from Toys for Tots,
Family Affair
A
PROFESSOR FOLLOWS
Debating:
HIS FATHER'S
HARRY
"NEIL" STRINE IV
'93, political
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
FOOTSTEPS
science professor
BU, not only enjoys debates but has the art of argument
running through his veins. His father, Harry Strine III,
professor emeritus, was director for the speech and debate
team during his time at BU. Although he retired in 2004,
he continued to direct the team the following year.
When no one stepped forward to become the new
director, Neil Strine was asked if he would take the
position since he and his wife, Danielle Harris Strine
'96, participated on the forensics team while students at
BU. He has led the team since 2005.
With a Strine as director of forensics for more than
40 years, Neil Strine hopes to continue his father's legacy,
both as an educator and as a competitor. •
at
Shiny Young Stars
BU RECEIVES GRANT FOR SUMMER CAMPS
BU'S COLLEGE OF Science and Technology and the
Bloomsburg University Foundation received a $15,000
grant from the Alcoa Foundation to support this sum-
mer's math and science camps for middle and high
school students.
The Alcoa Foundation
is
dedicated to
Bocce Bash
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS
educating children about the environment and sus-
A total of 236 athletes from 17 counties participated
tainability.
in the
John Polhill, assistant dean of the College of Science
and Technology, and John Karas, assistant director of
development for the BU Foundation, worked together
with local Alcoa representatives at Kawneer Co. to
Special Olympics, sponsored
write the grant.
Past themes for
summer camp
sessions have been
chemical forensics, computer programming, renewable energy
inflatable
and
secret codes. This
summer,
a
new
planetarium will help campers experience
annual Bocce Bash Tournament for the
by BU's Exceptionality
Programs. BU student volunteers from organizations,
including Alpha Sigma Alpha, the women's soccer
club. Education Living and Learning Community,
Students Helping Students, Kappa Sigma,
Pennsylvania State Education Association and
the Student Council for Exceptional Children
worked
full
together to provide participants with a
day (wIRivities. •
the solar system. •
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Transitioning to College
STUDENT WINS FOR RESEARCH
BU EDUCATION MAJOR Brittany Vaszlavik won
prestigious
award
at
the National Collegiate
a
Honors
Council's recent conference in Phoenix for her poster,
Social Support and the College Freshman Experience.
"It has been my goal to identify the groups that
have a hard time
adjusting to college
and and are
most risk for
life
at
feelings of loneliness,
stress
and
isolation,"
says Vaszlavik, a
senior from Vernon,
N.J. "It is my hope
by identifying these
groups those feelings
can be ameliorated."
Also presenting
research at the confer-
ence was Katherine
Zimmerman,
a senior anthropology'
and English
major from Mechanicsburg. Zimmerman discussed a
training module she developed for camp counselors.
Camp Counseling 101: A Guide to Understanding and
Managing Your Camper's Behavior. The training module
be distributed free of charge to
summer camps
Going Underground
will
STUDENTS CLEAN AND EXPLORE CAVES
STUDENTS FROM the Bloomsburg University
R. Kozloff Undergraduate Research Scholarship. •
across the nation, supported by a Jessica
S.
and Stephen
Geoscience Society (BUGS) assisted two chapters of the
National Speleological Society — the York and Franklin
County Grottos — in removing graffiti from caves in
the Shippensburg area. Using drills and brushes,
workers cleaned the walls and then covered the rock
with mud. The group also explored the cave to learn
more about speleology, the study of caves and other
rocky features. Taking part in the project were
students Philip Anzelmo, Denville, N.J., shown in the
accompanying photo, along with Kendi Waltemyer,
Red Lion; Ario D'Amato, Conyngham; John Lenches,
Millville; Matthew Pisanchyn, Clarks Summit; and
Katrina Taylor, Tannersville. •
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Coming in First
PUBLICATIONS ARE WINNERS
TWO PUBLICATIONS designed by
Eric Foster in the
Marketing and Communications Office received
MarCom gold awards as first-place winners. The
publications are the First and Goal case statement for
the football fundraising campaign and the mailer for
the 2011-2012 Celebrity Artist Series. BU's publications
were among
i8 percent of more
received gold awards. •
than 6,000 entries that
Givin
students'
a stron
start
Sophomore Lauren Erdman, an
early
childhood education major, balances
academics, part-time work and a long
list
of volunteer activities.
The
financial boost of the Presidential
Leadership Scholarship supported
through the Henry Carver Fund allows
her do to more.
The scholarship's service requirements are
a natural
fit
for Lauren.
She volunteers
ASPCA and helped establish a
museum in downtown Bloomsburg.
local
at a
history
She also volunteers with Big Brothers/
Big Sisters, helping to give a strong start
to 9-year-old Tara.
You can help
a
Bloomsburg University
student get a strong start through the
Henry Carver Fund. Learn how
at:
www. bloom ufdn. org/hc/why
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Inc.
Bloomsburg University Foundation,
400
East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
(570) 389-4128
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TOM MCGUIRE
Gridiron Hero
BU JUNIOR HELPS SAVE MOTHER, DAUGHTER
WHEN HE BECAME a firefighter at age 16, Bloomsburg
University' junior
Greg Waters followed
in the footsteps
of his father, currently captain of Churchville's Station
and
83,
his grandfather, a longtime firefighter. That
legacy and several hundred hours of training kicked in
when he and others from his
company helped save a mother and her 4-year-old
nearly two years ago
fire
daughter from their burning home.
On May 25, 2010, Waters recalls, he was hanging out
Richboro with other firefighters when
with possible entrapment in
at the station in
the call
came
in about a fire
neighboring Bucks County community
Ithe
of Upper Southampton. WTien Waters'
Tower 3, arrived on the scene, the
squad was told three people were trapped
on the second floor and they would have to
ventilate the windows. "By ventilating, we completely
smash the window and get the area open so it is easy to
get someone in or out and clear the house of heat and
truck,
smoke," he says.
"My heart was
racing, but
we are trained to get things
done
quickly, but properly," the
man
says.
"We
backup offensive
are always
always
"]Y^
reminded to do things the
nght way, because you can t
help anyone else if you can't
line-
^^^^-^^^^
nght way, because
you can't help anyone
take care of yourself"
The actions of Waters and
else ifyou can't take
the
the others in his squad saved
the
care ofyourself.
woman and her daughter,
although another daughter, an infant, did not survive.
"(The experience) showed me how life can change in an
instant," says Waters.
Waters says his training as a
firefighter
has come into
play as a football player for the Huskies. "Training to do
things the right
way
serves
me well in
criminal justice major. "In both areas
correct way, you'll be successful
more
football," says the
if
you
train the
often than not."
fire, the Lower Bucks County chapter
American Red Cross honored Waters and members
of Rescue 73, Tower 3 and Engine 2 with the Real
Heroes 20U Award for their heroic actions. The companies
were also honored by the Pennsylvania House of
Following the
of the
Representatives for their
8
work
in the rescue effort. •
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shaffer
Honored
BRYCE SHAFFER,
to the first
team
All- America for
from Gettysburg, was named
One Academic
Division II Men's Soccer, as
a junior
of the 2011 Capital
NCAA
by the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA).
selected
was
Earlier in the post-season, Shaffer
selected for
One
the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region second team.
of just 22 soccer
players to be
chosen for the
all-region team,
he led the Huskies
to a
j^^^^^—
|V
Conference (PSAC)
*
'^S^Iitf^^^l
— '^P^BI^^^^^^^^^B
Bryce Shaffer
accepts the PSAC
Championship
left
appearance, their
PSAC commissioner
third in school
history.
He also was honored by a second team All-PSAC
into the Athletic Hall of
Fame
last fall
President David Soltz, center back. Inductees are.
are
shown
left to right:
with
BU
seated. Denise
Miller Warner 99. field hockey and Softball: Tracy Price Splain '92. swimming:
and Lori Shelly '91. Softball and field hockey: and back. Rich Kozicki 76.
swimming: SoltZ: and Mike Petersen '92. tennis.
and given the PSAC Champion Scholar Award.
selection
Shaffer led the 2011 Huskies with 17 points on eight
goals
30th Class Inducted
Alumni inducted
'^.^mpion Scholar Award from Steve
ly.
Pennsylvania
State Athletic
and one
assist,
game winners. His
with two of his goals coming as
biggest
games came against the
teams in West Virginia Wesleyan, Lock
Haven and Gannon. Shaffer netted two goals in each
of the games and was credited with one assist against
Lock Haven for a total of 13 points. A mid-season injury
region's top
New Face of Athletics
MIKE MCFARLAND'S FIRST fall as BU's athletic director
seemed under attack from Mother Nature — an
earthquake, a hurricane, flooding caused by Tropical
Stonn Lee and a freak October
snowstorm.
A half dozen athletic
events, mostly soccer,
limited Shaffer's playing time. •
had
be
to
rescheduled.
However, the forces of nature
dim McFarland's enthusiasm.
Hockey All-Americans
Field
didn't
THREE BU FIELD hockey players were named to the
"It is
Hockey Coaches Association/
2011 National Field
Longstreth AU-American team.
Amanda
Riley of Tannersville earned
her third, first-team Ail-American honor
in 2011.
The senior
led the Huskies in
goals scored with 14
and
in assists
with
Blandon, earned the
/^^^
American honor
keeper led
^Ra>
f
all
in
of Division
first-team All-
II this fall
work with
and students," he
says.
"While the
few months on the job have presented numerous
I am excited about building on the history
and excellent tradition of Husky athletics."
McFarland came to Bloomsburg in August
2011 after
mark
and event operations and
in
years
At Bucknell, McFarland served as the day-to-day
facility
scheduling.
promotional
of .853.
five
as the Patriot League's associate executive director.
supervisor of athletic
in
and was second
saves percentage with a
to
faculty, staff
challenges,
director for facilities
from
her career. The goal-
goals against average
"
a junior
first,
an honor
six years as Bucknell University's associate athletic
12 for a total of 40 points.
Meghan HoUenbach,
first
truly
such outstanding
facilities
and coordinator of all
He monitored marketing and
activities for all 27
Bison varsity sports
selection in her career.
and handled scheduling, maintenance, preparation
and event management issues for all activities.
Earlier in his career, McFarland was the communi-
fielder
cations director and,
Amber Aulenbach's second team AllAmerican honor is the
first
Ail-American
The junior midfrom Fleetwood was one of
Bloomsburg's top threats finishing with
seven goals and six assists for the year.
Bloomsburg finished with a
19-1 record,
won the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference championship and advanced
to the
NCAA Division II semi-finals.
•
later,
the assistant executive
director of the National Soccer Coaches Association
of America.
A 1991 graduate of Lindenwood University
he earned a master's degree from
Western Illinois University in 1994.
McFarland replaces Mary Gardner, who retired in
June 2011 after 23 years as BU's athletic director. •
in St. Charles, Mo.,
WINTER
2012
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10
BLOOM SBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
You're That Guy!
For comedians,
it's
Lyle the Intern from Late Night with
David Letterman. For college students, it's Liam McPoyle
from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. For older TV
viewers, it's Lloyd Lowery from Breakout Kings.
And for movie buffs, it could be Armstrong in
Date Night, Crash in Herbie: Fully Loaded or any
character J I
MM
I
SIMPSON
'98 has portrayed in
films over the past decade.
Passersby recognize the
name
but seldom call out
OK with Simpson.
face,
and that's
"They come up to me and say, 'Hey, you're that guy
Simpson says. "Then they ask what I was in."
his
...
by
"
...'
BONNIE MARTIN
WINTER
2012
11
NO WONDER PEOPLE RECOGNIZE SIMPSON.
IT'S
His impressive list of credits ranges from summer
stock at Williamstown Theatre Festival to
and
Broadway
TV to films. When he started out, inspecting incom-
ing vehicles at the dock of Newark, N. J., during the day
and pursuing acting at night, he gave himself 10 years
to
He realized he'd beaten his own deadline half a
dozen years ago when income from his acting roles paid
make
all
it.
of his
to get
bills.
by on
"What a great year, to be
fortunate
he
acting, this fanciful career,"
enough
says.
rr
(/)
o
u
£r
o
o
X
Q-
CALL OF THE STAGE
only if he worked hard on the
"The
Originally a business major,
Simpson admits he wasn't
a moti-
vated student in high school or his
He signed up
early college years.
the greatest teachers in the
12
\\
for
'
I
.
r R S
I
fii'st
final.
time
I
put
up
in a
grown
household with an apprecia-
tion of the arts. His parents encour-
and
to
senior years as a theatre major.
worked hard the
class,
last
couple
he appeared in
BU Players
aged him and his two older brothers
do "whatever makes you happy,"
he sa\'s. They supported his acting
move
home state of New Jersey to
aspirations, including the
from
his
productions, including his "sick role"
New York, \\'here he could concen-
of John W^ilkes Booth in Assassins,
trate
by
mentor and
directed
his
the late Michael Collins,
friend.
Simpson's previous acting experience was one role in a communit>'
S
theatre production, but he'd
my heart and soul itito it," he recalls.
And he loved "I spent my junior
"I
orld,"
T Y OF P E N N
the
years of college," he says. Outside of
him he could pass the course
BLOOM SB tRG
was
it.
an Introduction to Theatre class at
the end of his sophomore year,
thinking it would be easy: a mass
lecture :lass he could skip \\'henever
he pleased. And that's what he did
untU theatre arts faculty member
Karen Ansebn, who he calls "one of
told
final
Y L\ A N A
I
on
theatrical roles.
"When I got to New York, I had
no expectations," Simpson recalls.
"I had access to Lower Eastside
productions which I would do for
free to see if I could
in those.
I
be
really
Simpson needed
good
to
pursue a
rela-
tionship that, he says, "just clicked."
didn't plan."
Between acting jobs, he and other
worked on their
own projects, forming friendships
that remain strong today. "It's
struggling actors
Married for nearly
five years,
Simpson says their acting commitments often keep them apart. "We
constantly miss each other," he says.
solidifying having nothing together,"
he
says. "I can't
night
I
was
remember a
single
A
CAREER
"nerdy," a personality trait of some
fish-smelling apartment.
tiny,
TWO SIDES OF
Simpson considers himself
sitting alone in that
had a $500 camcorder and it was
an outlet that made us feel like we
were creating."
I
characters he's portrayed. "But
stopped trying to
about
'do'
nerd.
how to play this guy.
what's worked the most
AN AGENT
the person within.
Simpson met
his first agent
by
municating on a
chance. Professional performers
"I
around people who know more
than me. I really love knowledge
and information."
WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN ACTOR
JIMMI SIMPSON '98? PERHAPS...
of a career in stand-up, he took a
An
ing to
by a comedian. His
class taught
one-and-only stand-up routine was
FILM
seen by the comedian's agent,
Date Night
signed him.
"If you're
A
Quiet
working, you're in the
percent of actors," Simpson
says.
"Making it and not making
of Lying
is
Marriage
sadly arbitrary.
Final Draft
you
Zodiac
working, doing
Itty
Seraphim
Falls
fill
was
7
gaps between acting jobs
some
characters on people he has
known. "A screenplay I wrote
It's
little
centerpiece," says the actor,
worked
it
An agent can get
into auditions.
summer stock.
Committee
Bitty Titty
avid reader since he
a
few years ago has a pizza joint as a
of Invention
Little
who
1
top
love being
early in his career, basing
BROADWAY
Intentions
I
years old, Simpson turned to writ-
intentions
The Famsworth Invention
The Mother
human level.
enjoy playing really articulate
people," he adds, "and
One summer, with no
The Invention
finding
about com-
summer internship with
tage of the opportunity to learn.
Good
is
more
It's
For me,
led master classes during his four-
Williamstown (Mass.) Theatre
Festival, and Simpson took advan-
Taking Chances
It's
I
about net-
shows, doing
There's quite an
Pizza,
at
who
Bloomsburg's Napoli
known
as "Naps," for three
years. "A couple of the characters
are strongly inspired in the best
way by people I worked with."
Today, in addition to acting, he
TV pilots and screenplays
working toward getting
element of luck."
writes
ROSE RED
and is
them produced. He plans
Loser
A "lucky" acting role in the 2002
these projects, each one featuring a
TELEVISION
mini-series. Rose
Breakout Kings
Simpson
The Big Bang
Psych
Melanie Lynskey, best
Stay Alive
Loaded
Herbie: Fully
D.E.B.S.
It's
Always Sunny
Party
Rose
in
Philadelphia
Down
"I
in
was
My Name
Is
friends.
in Seattle six
NYPDBlue
The Division
Rose Red
Back
months and,
we became good
in
New York, I couldn't
Then 9/11 happened and as I watched (the scene
at the World Trade Centers) from
my roof, she sent a message: "Are you
OK?" That simple message was all
believes it's important
an actor to stay grounded, work
hard and remain committed. "I'm
constantly stunned that I'm still
working," he says. "Everything is
for
temporary."
stop thinking of her.
Investigation
Earl
Camivale
Cold Case
as
TV's Two and a Half Men.
Virtuality
House M.D.
Crime Scene
Eleventh Hour
known
role for his wife.
Simpson
to his wife, actress
the last month,
CSI:
Red introduced
to direct
rf,
Editor's note:
Jimmi Simpson
talks about his experiences as a
Bloomsburg University student
at
www.bloomu.edti/magazine. •
.
,
Bonnie Martin
is
editor of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
WINTER
2012
13
TifEY SIT ACROSS a table and share
their emotional stories of verbal
and torture.
Babak Mohassel's recounting,
attacks, beatings, rape
In
plight of political refugees
law and
other
countries, abuses
— are blurred
an out-of-focus photograph.
They are applicants seeking political
history,
he listened as
attorneys presented evidence
and
"It
human
and
rights victims with
students and the community,
Mohassel hopes
applicants told their stories.
— names, ages, home
the specifics
like
edge of national security law, asylum
takes a certain degree of
to begin a dialogue
about the issues facing individuals
courage to come in front of a
in other countries
maker who will decide
whether you must return to your
solutions to
decision
and propose
end some of the abuses.
The center offers diverse programming in conjunction with the
asylum in the United States, hailing
from nations as varied as Russia,
Poland and Ethiopia. The vagueness
nation state to face persecution.
— the actions against
—
them
and so emotional," he says.
student club. Institute of Human
of the details
"We needed
recent presentation, the center
vacy. In
is
to protect their pri-
Babak Mohassel's memory,
though, the courage of the applicants
is
in crystalline focus.
For two years as adjudicator with
the Department of Homeland
Security in the Washington, D.C.
area,
Mohassel decided whether
would be granted
these people
asylum or be referred
to the courts.
The issue of human
his
life.
rights drives
Describing himself as both a
is
It
so intense
make
to
sure they got
Rights and Social Justice. For one
recognition for their testimony,
partnered with the Coalition of
and respect
as they shared something so special, so intimate, in an open space.
African Youth to discuss child
"I was impacting lives," he adds.
was determining whether people
could have asylum in the U.S. As
an adjudicator, it was a huge
to
responsibility."
going on there
that they got support
"I
A member of the Washington,
D.C, and
New Jersey bar associa-
Mohassel
slavery in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. "Children are forced
work
in
mines and find minerals
used in cell phones,"
Mohassel says. "There are a
that are
number of human
rights violations
— minerals are
being stolen, children are being
exposed
Human
to
dangerous minerals.
and an attorney, Mohassel
began working with torture victims
and victims of other human rights
abuses before he earned his graduate
and law degrees from SUNY Buffalo
and Georgetown University Law
School. "I decided to become an
attorney in hopes of assisting them
more," he says.
"There were so many gruesome
events happening around the world,
I felt that there needed to be some
movement," says Mohassel, assis-
tions,
expressed a fear of returning to
and others who hear them.
tant professor of criminal justice at
their country during the process,"
people to not just learn the infor-
sociologist
still
accepts the
occasional political asylum case,
bono
for the Georgia Asylum and
Immigration Network (GAIN) and
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).
Last summer, for example, he
The center also hosted
Manhattan attorney Travis Johnson,
Africa.
rights issues, including the abuse
the clients were facing deportation.
and exploitation of children.
Mohassel says he wants these
"The case was expediting their
removal from the U.S., and they
Human rights came in when I start-
the adjudicator."
"I
gave legal counsel
ed learning more about Amnesty
14
with forced movement issues in
who talked about domestic human
he explains.
While an adjudicator with the
Department of Homeland Security,
Mohassel decided the fate of individuals, including unaccompanied
youths under age 18, who feared a
return to their home country would
place them in danger of persecution
based on gender, political opinions
or nationality. Relying on his knowl-
mother and
three cases in Atlanta in which
when the individuals were seeing
and doing this type of
In another program, a
daughter shared their experiences
provided legal consultation to
BU since 2009. "I went to grad
International
criminal to various degrees."
offering his services pro
school to learn about society.
work. That fueled me."
rights violations are
Increasing Awareness
At BU, where he teaches courses in
criminology, criminal justice, and
national security law and terrorism, Mohassel has combined his
passion as a
civil rights
advocate
and experience with political
asylum cases in both the classroom
and the campus' Center for Human
Rights and Social Justice, which he
founded in 2009. By sharing the
stories to resonate
with his students
"I
want
remember what they
want to have this engagement touch them and for them to
become aware and think about it,
mation, but to
heard.
I
not just hear
them
it
in passing. I'd like
to deeply consider
it.
It's
one
thing to gain education and go
through school;
it's
another thing
become educated. I want the
audience to become educated about
to
these
human rights violations."
Sara
Hodon is a
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freelance writer
and college-level English instructor
from Schuylkill County, Pa.
haven
The news is filled with stories of people
who stand up for freedom and justice in spite
of the danger that may await. BU professor
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MOHASSEL wants his students to
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understand basic human rights cannot be taken
for granted and be inspired to take action.
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classes had already been
.
cancelled for a day and a half and most students had
Facilities
returned honne. By the time classes resumed on Sept. 19.
another record was
longest weather-related
set: the
BU s history.
Although some students,
closure
more than
f
in
faculty
and
staff
were
fall,
many were eager to
a helping hand. Student athletes remaining
practices
and contests logged a
in
total of 2.5A2
town
lend
University Police
provideda|^
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2.300 hours of support to town police and town
work crews. Employees used 18 pieces of university-owned
equipment to clean debris and transport evacuees and
service provider donated food to
the flood victims, and
BU s
Bloomsburg High School
for
hours of
their athletic activities.
BU employees and
volunteer time helping local residents remove water-
logged belongings from their
Management and
helpers to their destinations. Aramark, the university's food
adversely affected by the natural disaster that flooded 25
percent of Bloomsburg last
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vice agency that coordinated flood relief efforts.
homes and shovel mud
members of Greek
Agape
athletic
to
for distribution to
department worked with
provide alternative venues for
A month
after flood
waters receded.
students, along with volunteers from
Mansfield University, provided nearly 50 local children with
from their basements. These athletes,
playthings at a Toys for Tots giveaway and athletes gave
organizations and other students volunteered, although
away
a severe shortage
in
potable water
meant showers were
faculty
and
staff
helping their neighbors, friends and families,
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Bloomsburg
never be the same. But
the affects of Tropical Storm Lee
as
football
will take
a long time to recover from this devastating flood, and
many areas
manned the phone bank at the Emergency
Operations Center: cared for evacuees' pets at the Upper
by
home
Columbia County and the Town
often unavailable.
In addition to
free tickets to the Huskies'
against Shippensburg.
the town are one
community
showed
BU s response
to
the university and
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MAKING A
CLEAN BREAK
by
SUE BEARD
Although the Ferraros agree it
to wager a guaranteed
paycheck on a well-planned
gamble, Jim says he used the fear
was scary
as "a motivator, a tool to
next sales
call."
commuting or
make the
And instead of
behind a
desk, Jim spent the bulk of his three
sitting
and senior high
children's junior
school years working from home.
The
Ferraros,
who met at the
Fed up with cold
for a business of their
Seven years
later,
gamble has paid
off.
own.
the Ferraros'
Executive
Southern
has grown from 20
employees to more than 100. Each
California,
night, the Ferraros'
out to clean
square
employees fan
more than
1
million
feet of commercial
He's also protective of his employees.
"Ninety- nine percent of our workforce
is
site. I
want
female,
treat
and I inspect every
my employees to feel safe
environment in which they're
I
look for companies that
our employees with respect."
He says he couldn't have done
any of it without his wife. The two
are partners— in life and in business
—with Debbie taking care of the
accounting and payroll and
On a frigid New Jersey Sunday in
wind chill was 20 below
Debbie remembers), the
Ferraros sat in their con do watching the Giants and Broncos vie for
the Super Bowl XXI championship
in Pasadena, Calif "I looked at him
and he looked at me, and we asked
ourselves what we were doing in
New Jersey," she remembers.
zero,"
"We weren't skiers, we weren't
we needed to go to
and
the strong relationship
involved in business decisions.
1987 ("The
Facility Services Inc., their thriving
janitorial service in
up the
is
he develops with his customers.
working.
risked their financial security, trad-
fits
he believes,
in the
corporate ladder.
ing Jim's corporate job with bene-
Jim developed his business model
while earning his MBA from the
University of Phoenix in the late
1990s. "I wanted a business based
on my two strengths: customer
service and client relations," he
says. He found a small janitorial
business for sale, bought a second
and merged the two.
The key to the business' success,
from Catholic high schools in Bucks
County, transferred to Bloomsburg
during their sophomore years. After
graduation, Debbie became a junior
accountant, while Jim started
industrial space.
snow people
The Ferraros, 1984 BU graduates, had three young children by
2004 but Jim admits he was hardly
a hands-on father. "I was on six
California," Jim says of the decision.
...
Within a one-month span in 1988,
they bought their
postal
first
business, a
annex franchise designed to
Advice for future entrepreneurs?
"Know the nuts and bolts of the
product or service you're offering,"
says Jim. "Listen to your clients talk
about their wants and needs before
They may not
know they need what you're offering,
so you may have to educate your
client. And find a mentor who's
been there and done that."
The Ferraros realize that some
you
offer anything.
may
look
tors. "It's
but
it's
down
their noses at jani-
not a glamorous business,
a service that has to be done,"
says Debbie.
planes in three days," he says of
provide supplemental income;
his hectic corporate career with a
purchased their first single-family
you're willing to do
home; and learned they were expect-
don't
school bus provider.
He yearned
to
spend more time with his wife and
children, set his own schedule and
enjoy the family's many outdoor
pursuits, which include running,
sailing and biking.
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'Picky' about customers
Jersey Shore shortly after graduating
JIM AND DEBBIE Blake Ferraro
were about to turn 40 when they
ALUMNI PROFILE
ing their
first
baby.
The couple sold
Both subscribe
want
to the saying: "If
what other people
way
to do, you'll live the
other people aren't able to
live."
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the fi^anchise about five years later
when Debbie became a stay-at-home
Sue Beard, the
mom to daughters Chelsea and
Record Herald in Waynesboro,
Jordyn and son Christian.
lives in
retired editor of The
North Fort Myers,
Pa.,
Fla.
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by
JACK SHERZER
STATE'S
Warden
Former offensive lineman and coach JOHN WETZEL '98 says gridiron
lessons came into play as he worked his way up from corrections officer to
warden of the Franklin County Prison and, now, Pennsylvania's Secretary
of Corrections. "Watching game film, you better check your sensitivity at
the door because you're going to be judged on every step you take. At the
Franklin County Prison, we measured ourselves by our own standards,
which were always higher. And, that's what we're instilling here in the
Department of Corrections."
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Corrections says he's
potential to be good, productive citizens.
discovered certain truths during a career that's taken
interest to create
him through
productive,
three county prisons: Lack of a high
school diploma and real job skills are key factors
behind many incarcerations; placing non-violent,
low-risk offenders behind bars is counterproductive;
and society's best bet is to give inmates skills they need
for a
life
"The
that
outside prison.
reality of corrections,
even
at
the state level,
90 percent of the people are going to walk
is
out," says
John Wetzel '98, confirmed as corrections secretary in
May 2011. "The fact is the majority of inmates have the
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our best
an environment where they can become
through programming, modeling
that's
appropriate behavior and increasing their
skill set."
Wetzel received his bachelor's degree in psychology
from Bloomsburg in 1998, and his corrections career
began to take off. He became warden at the Franklin
County Prison in January 2002 and, five years later,
former Gov. Ed Rendell appointed him
Board of Pardons as the corrections
to the state
expert.
The
appointment, he says, led to his selection as Gov.
Tom
Corbett's corrections secretary.
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As warden at Franklin County Prison, Wetzel initiated
He oversaw the construction
of a new prison while expanding treatment and program
options so jail would be a last resort. And the numbers
John Wetzel, standing third from
left, poses with Huskies teammates.
alternatives to incarceration.
dropped.
When he started as warden, the county had
it had 297 by January 2011.
Wetzel directed the creation of the county's day
322 inmates;
reporting center, where offenders
who are attending
treatment for drug and alcohol abuse or classes to obtain
diploma are monitored while living at
home instead of at the prison. To make it happen, he
worked with the county judges, commissioners, district
attorney and other stakeholders in the community.
their high school
Today, on average, there are 120 offenders in the
county's day reporting center
center,
would be
sitting
— people who, before the
behind bars, says David
S. Keller,
chairman of the Franklin County Commissioners. Keller
credits Wetzel with focusing the county's criminal jus-
system on a more treatment-oriented approach and
tice
coordinating services so someone
who is,
Prison,
for example,
During his break from
continue to receive help after release from prison.
"John never
lost sight of two
safety
and helping people
going
to benefit greatly."
main
to return to
Bloomsburg
goals: public
college,
he played on the
Penn Piranha
two seasons until he tore his right Achilles tendon.
The injury stopped him from playing, but opened the
door to coaching the Chambersburg Cardinals semi-pro
for
get their lives
team and, as a volunteer offensive line coach, the
Shippensburg University Raiders.
William DiMascio, executive director of the
who lives in Chambersburg with his wife
Philadelphia-based inmate advocacy group
and four daughters, readily acknowledges that his
career path has been a bit unusual.
Pennsylvania Prison Society,
He was an indifferent student
whose main interest when he came
to Bloomsburg was playing on the
heartened by Wetzel's belief in
Huskies offensive
line.
He credits
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS
• $1.87 billion
•
27 correctional
"Wetzel has
facilities,
one motivational
boot camp, 14
Eileen Astor-Stetson, for the advice
centers, nearly 40 contract facilities
that
would propel him through
his
career.
"She told
me that I wouldn't be
happy working for someone
that
I
was headed with my
lack
of attention to education," he
More than 51.000 inmates
•
The average time served
turns out she was right."
Wetzel didn't immediately see
recalls. "It
the
wisdom
of his professor's advice.
of graduating, he
left
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for
Wetzel admits the
inmates
of
an inmate
he has Corbett's backing. "In the
first cabinet meeting, the governor
said it's important to do the right
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A semester short
football sea
to
providing needed programing, but
2010: $32,986
Bloomsburg after the
state's tight
budget presents a challenge
2009 was 50.2 months
Average annual cost
in
be a lot more humanistic than
some of his predecessors."
to
About 16.000 employees
in
he's not of the
"He's a very bright guy and a very
good people person, and he tends
academy
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released
shown
lock-them-up-and-throw-awaythe-key approach," DiMascio says.
community corrections
•
wasn't as smart as me, but that's
the path
training
is
alternatives to incarceration.
budget
his adviser, psychology professor
and a
to
offensive line for the semi-pro Central
back on track,"
Keller says. "I think if he's given the freedom to set
some goals and the resources to accomplish them in
the way he was in Franklin County, Pennsylvania is
Wetzel,
knowing he wanted
complete his degree.
studying for high school equivalency certification can
things, for the right reasons, right
now. There
may be impediments. My job is
son in 1991 to take a full-time job as a guard in the
impediments out of the way." •
Lebanon County Prison, where he'd previously worked
part-time and his brother works today. A year later, he
became a corrections officer at the Berks County
Jack Sherzer
native.
is
to get the
a professional writer and Pennsylvania
He currently lives in
Harrisburg.
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Ted Roggenbuck. director
of BU s Writing Center left,
discusses ways to improve
student writing with Bob
Calarco. Berwick High
Scfiool English teacher.
BERWICK HIGH scHOOl
adminis-
and English teachers
beHeved the time was right for
trators
student- staffed writing center.
saw
as a natural
it
way
a
They
to increase
and encourage students to spend more time reading
and writing. But, where to start?
Doing his own homework,
Berwick English teacher Bob
literacy skills
Calarco read
A
Guide to Creating
Student-Staffed Writing Centers in
Grades Six through 12 by Richard
Kent.
The book advised contacting
what
local universities to see
resources they
12 miles away,
may have. Just
Calarco found
Bloomsburg University's Writing
where director Ted
Roggenbuck and consultants
Jess Weber and Molly Phelan were
Center,
excited about the possibility of a
collaboration.
Consultants, as
BU Writing
Center student staffers are called,
offer aid to graduate
thewrite
graduate students
and under-
who need help
any stage of the writing process.
"Working in a writing center is one
of the most powerful learning
in
experiences a person will ever
stuff
by
BECKY LOCK
have," says Roggenbuck, assistant
professor of English. "Our job
and one of the things
Berwick High School teachers wanted
a student-staffed writing center and
BU had the expertise to make it happen.
The resulting partnership benefits
students at both institutions.
is
to
help improve writing instruction,
writers
is
that helps
talking about writing.
The more writing centers in the
area, the more prepared students
will be."
The
creation of the high school
center provided internship opportunities for
Phelan and Weber,
neither of whom had experience
with writing centers during their
high school years. Together, they
helped design and establish the
training
program for the high
The Write Place,
school's center,
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
which opened
in fall 2011, referring
and researching
other successful models. They created training lessons and hands-on
at
activities for 15
new consultants,
all
Weber also
Maryland's Salisbury University.
Although Weber and Phelan
to Kent's guide
graduated in spring
tion
2011, collabora-
between the two institutions
continues this year with
coming to a peer, they won't be
worried about being judged or
graded and they will take more
risks in their writing."
BU repre-
"The benefits of a university
sented by Michael Sherry, assistant
writing center to the university
administered training in Berwick,
professor of English, and juniors
spending about an hour there each
week for eight weeks.
The pair asked the younger
trainees to write an essay explaining
their own writing process, then
Olivia Rios of Millersville
community are well-documented,"
says James Brown, dean of BU's
high school juniors.
took them on a
field trip to the
university's writing center,
where
they worked with college-age tutors.
and
Caitlyn Connolly of Newtown.
Rios,
who gave a presentation on
College of Liberal Arts. "What's
exciting about this collaboration
the opportunity our university
National Conference on Peer
students had to participate in the
Tutoring in Writing in Miami
last
works to get Berwick teachers
more involved with the center.
fall,
creation of a high school writing
center and in the design and imple-
mentation of training materials for
BU
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junior Olivia Rios, right, offers wrltinj
feedback
to
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left:
Samantha^ower.
teach the high school writing
consultants
was how to recognize
Calarco says the high school center,
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student writing consultants."
Weber currently
a.m. to 3 p.m. each
school day, aims to "change the
the writing center model for a high
culture of the building in terms
school in Maryland. She and
7:15
is
replicating
the difference between fixing a
of writing awareness." Initial feed-
Phelan both plan to direct their
and helping the writer,
Roggenbuck says. "They have to act
like readers, not experts. With high
school students, the more they act
back just one marking period into
the center's use is positive. "History
own
writer's text
like
an expert, the harder
it
is
for
the student to take responsibility."
Working
at
the center changed
the career plans of Weber
teachers are using the writing center's
services,
and science teachers send
students here to get help with their
lab reports.
I
feel
very optimistic,"
"I
centers one day.
think talking about your writ-
something everyone should
It makes us better
writers," Phelan says. "I've seen
ing
is
be able to do.
how beneficial a writing center is to
college students. Students are facing
Calarco says.
A writing center for high school
and
a pivotal time in high school.
Phelan. They switched their
students
majors to composition language
because
and rhetoric, and both earned
tuition waivers and graduate
at
think they think about audience
Becky Lock
assistantships in the master's pro-
and purpose when they are
photographer
gram
ing,"
in
composition and rhetoric
is
it
"especially important
encourages them to look
writing in a
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open from
,
Berwick High School stud^ts
Katie Scopelliti, front
center:
One of the most important lessons Weber and Phelan needed to
is
The Write Place with Weber at the
new way.
Weber says.
"But,
I
if
The
writing center provides everything
I
would have wanted help with." •
don't
writ-
they are
is
a writer, editor
and
who works and lives
in Pennsylvania.
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Jloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Tship:
Ste{^
TUBE A BUSHY-HAIRED, Socially awkward BU
Sometimes, he acknowledges,
fate pushes you to the
what happened last September when
rains from Trnniral Storm T^p fnii<;pH hnrrl<;hin anrl
freshman" pushing a bin full of belongings into a tripled
rnom in Flwpll Hall Rlnnmchiirtr \/lct\rrnr Flan K'nnri' 'riT
higher
an apt description of himself in fall 2003.
"It's hard for people to visualize that kid when they
see me," he says. "It's easy for people to think, 'He has
confidence, he knows what he's talking about and he's
not afraid to speak to a group.' But those things never
heartbreak for his constituents. Unable to reach his
says
it's
just happen."
Knorr,
who double-majored in political science and
involvement in the Political Science
Student Association, forensics team and University
Democrats with building his confidence. Elected to
history, credits his
Bloomsburg Town Council in 2005, Knorr won his first
term as mayor in 2007 when he was just 21. He credits his
success to pushing himself out of his comfort zone.
"You get to a position and you make some mistakes
and you learn from them," he says. "Once you're confident and you feel you can move onto something bigger,
do it. You'll never truly be ready for something if it's a
higher
level."
level.
That's
own
home, which was untouched by the flood, Knorr held
Emergency Management Association meetings, met with
officials ft-om a local business for updates on an ammonia
leak and circulated through the community to make sure
residents' seemingly never-ending needs were addressed.
The effects of the flood caught up with him as he
stopped by a Saturday night dinner for victims and volunteers at the Caldwell Consistory. "I had been cut off"
from my house and it hit me: I, too, needed a meal from
someplace and a place to sleep for a few hours."
Knorr tried to remain optimistic as he reminded local
residents, "We will get through this. There will be a time
when the water isn't here and we will work through
everything together.
was certainly the biggest test I've faced so far," he
says. "If there was ever a moment when you realize why
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1957
Allen Kessler and his wife,
Betty,
Sowash recognized
David M. Furman, Iowa, was
wedding anniversary in June 2011.
named human resources director
for the Consumer Lending Group
He taught in New Jersey schools
at
of Milton, celebrated their 50th
Linda Zyla
Sowash
ator from
Merck Pharmaceuticals.
as a sixth-grade teacher from
1
after 34 years of service.
Northumberland and
at
Benton high schools and Luzerne
Intermediate Unit
18,
a
PIAA
and
PASSHE schools during construction
Sowash was a founding participant for
the campus' Multicultural Affairs Office and the Women's Resource
Center Several current BU student and alumni affairs staff members
lowest of
1977
Geraldine Stish Shepperson,
Hazleton Area School
District, is
an accomplished baseball umpire,
head of operations
was inducted into the Luzerne
County Sports Hall of Fame last year.
Academy Charter School. She
1968
Mark Goldman,
a senior
human
at the Valley
began their careers under her guidance.
She has received numerous other campus awards, including the
Outstanding Service Award in 2008. She will be honored with a
plaque
at the
Dixon Center
Alumnus named VP
the University of Scranton and a
John Bigelow '76 was recently named senior vice president of business
services at American Water Works Co. Among his new responsibilities.
his focus will be on promoting efficiency and leading
doctoral degree in educational
ment
of Pennsylvania.
some
present a career program for
1978
Wyk is an attorney
Wyk
Consulting. A veteran, he served
Daniel Van
BU
students on social networking.
in the U.S. Air Force during
Desert Storm and continues his
1973
service as a colonel in the Air
Richard Schwanger is an
National Guard.
assistant technical professor of
of Bethel
accounting at King's College.
He holds a master's degree from
programs and entermanagement; chief financial officer, vice
president and treasurer of New Jersey American Water: and director,
treasurer and vice president of New Jersey American Water
Resources Co. He began his career at GPU System Cos.. where he
spent 18 years working
Houston, Texas.
is
in
finance.
Guiffre receives lifetime
1980
is
chief financial
Nick Guiffre
'78.
president and
He is a certified
public accountant, a certified
an assistant technical professor of
management accountant and
education at King's College.
certified treasury professional.
CEO
achievement award
of Bradford
White Corp.. was
Keenan Lifetime Achievement Award during
the American Supply Association (ASA) annual
meeting and member lunch. This award honors
individuals whose contributions and achievements
have improved the plumbing, heating, cooling and
presented the Fred
Lee Morgan Evans '74/'9oM
positions include senior
prise risk
officer of BPZ Resources,
1974
management
vice president of regulatory
VFW Post 6835.
Richard Menniti
Joseph's University.
St.
He is commander
business services
centralized support services.
His other
and consultant with Van
returned to his alma mater to
of
The president of New Jersey American Water
since 2007. Bigelow has a long history with
American Water, which serves approximately 15
million people throughout the U.S. and Canada.
with NASA's
Flight Center,
Harrisburg.
educational counseling from
leadership from the University
Goddard Space
in
holds a master's degree in
resource developspecialist
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projects valued at $68 million.
formerly superintendent of the
basketball referee for 32 years
Brown
Sowash. who retired as BU s director of residence life, was influential in founding BU s Living
and Learning Communities program, which has
grown to
communities serving about 700 students. She kept housing costs at BU among the
Jean Eck Snook '76/'79M retired
Patrick "Tiger" Denoy, a long-time
educator
S.
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
(PASSHE).
Wells Fargo and Co.
Mifflinburg Area School District
1958
Suzanne
Distinguished Service Award, which honors current and fornner student affairs staff members at universities in the
and later returned to Pennsylvania,
where he retired as a chemical oper-
for service
'7iif76M received the
a
V.
in terms of education,
and industry image.
began working for the Bradford White
piping fields, especially
safety, service
Guiffre
Joseph Lapotsky '74/'79M,
who
taught business education and
a wrestling coach for
30 years,
is
was
more than
now serving on the
Bill
Reineberg is vice president of
risk
management and
nal auditor for Capital Blue Cross.
He has been with the company for
23 years.
1975
Joan Davis Shortall, a
James Ott, principal and president
education teacher,
was
selected
by
her peers as 2011-12 teacher of the
was appointed to the Lacka-
year for the Florence Career Center
wanna College Board of Trustees.
She
is
also one of four
include sales administrator,
Brian Mahlstedt
Ernest Jackson, a
is
senior vice
is
principal of Saint
president of commercial lending
for
BU Alumni
Association Board director,
Wayne Bank.
Michael's School
Complex, Netcong,
honor roll
teachers for the Florence District
One in Florence, S.C.
company
and executive vice president. He also was
honored with the Golden Eagle Award from the Association of
Independent Manufacturers' Representatives in 2003.
vice president of sales
1981
special
AppleTree Management Group
Inc.,
within the
chief inter-
Mount Carmel Borough Council.
for
Corp. after graduation from BU. His former positions
which serves
Jessica Spangler Harris, vice
N.J.,
president of the Houston branch
students from pre-
of the International Dyslexia
Association, received the
kindergarten through eighth grade.
Nancy
LeFevers Community Service
Award for leadership and
Gina Spleen Jaeger, a captain with
the U. S.
Navy Medical Service
contributions in the field of
Corps,
the
dyslexia
and the community.
is
commanding officer
of the Naval Health Clinic in
Corpus
Christi, Texas.
WINTER
2012
25
Bloomsburg L
ni\ ersir>
of Pennsylvania
husky
1983
Stephen J. Jones is Air Products'
China president, based
Shanghai.
1988
in
Bait
and Tackle, Manahawkin,
N.J.
A former business teacher
He is also senior vice
president and general manager of
Alumna serves as
Andy Tonnesen owns Tony's
and wrestling coach, he
is
the
Global Tonnage Gases Equipment
fourth generation of his family to
and Energy. He holds a master's
head the business.
degree from Temple University
and a law degree from the
1989
University- of Pennsylvania.
Brenda Dominick DeRenzo
'89/'90M
Abe Simon
is
academic vice prin-
cipal at
Holy Redeemer High
School,
where he is responsible
is
principal of
FogelsviUe Elementary School.
Kevin
L.
Moyer is
for the school's curriculum devel-
senior xdce president
opment, guidance and faculU'
at
Corporate Call
training.
Rebecca Kenvin Warren
first
'88 recently
female
was sworn
DA
as the first
female district attorney in the MontourColumbia Counties Judicial District.
Previously an assistant DA, Warren dedicated her election victory last fall to her
father and brother who were killed in a
2006 car accident. Their deaths motivated
me to seek this position." she says.
"Victims will have a voice."
Warren has been practicing law for 20
years. Before becoming Montour County's
district attorney she was a solicitor for
the prison board and served as an
assistant DA in Columbia County. She
has provided legal council to several towns and businesses in the
area and authored Columbia County's first child abuse protocol.
Warren lives in Danville with her husband. Rick Warren '89.
and their two children.
in
Center, Blue Bell.
1985
Julia Spychalski
Cindy Smith English, formerly
vice president of strategic initiatives for Geisinger
joined Elite
Health Plan,
Group Consulting of
Lewisburg. She
is
a
is
an early
inter-
vention development specialist for
REID Cliildren's Sei-vices, a division of The Amoore Group, King
of Prussia.
Little
1990
*
quality'
assurance and regulatory
Marc A. 'Varano is DanvUle
t«^^B
2MV^
He is an outreach coordinator
Joe Smits
is
LIFE program
Kulpmont.
in
1991
Francine Bebenek Ashby
vice president of
ment
for
is
vice president of fund develop-
business develop-
^^^r
for Geisinger Medical Center's
compliance for Integra, York.
1986
4^
Jl^friB
Rotary's Rotarian of the Year for
2011.
Haney is the director of
League
'91
was promoted
ment
for Albright
Care Services.
Saucon
to vice president of
International Baseball
and
is in
charge
JeffT. Gyurina
Bethlehem.
for
is
^
MontoursvLUe Borough.
academy
Leslie
David Hein
leadership development from
analytics
Pennsylvania State
a senior
of Mount Kilimanja^ in Tanzania, the highest
is
manager of sales
and reporting for
University-.
manager in human
Independence Blue Cross
in
Philadelphia.
resources for Pfizer Inc.
Ann Sieminski Moran was
1987
Loraine Santee Zelna
appointed to the Pennsylvania
is
associate
Historical
professor of medical imaging
at
and Museum
Commission by Gov.
Tom Corbett.
Misericordia University'.
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Michele Rowland Cherry '92 hiked the
freestanding
received a master's degree in
She is
in 1993.
Lynch Smurthwaite
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
PE
NNSY
LVA
.\
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A
position.
an administrative assistant to the vice president.
Over the years, he has served as director of
regional operations and assistant international tournament director
Wilson, who played Little League baseball when he was a child,
volunteers with organizations, including United Way and Leadership
Lycoming, and has served on the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of
Commerce Board of Directors and the Williamsport Area Recreation
Commission. He has been a member of BU's Council of Trustees
the police chief
He graduated from the poUce
new
of several Little
since 2009.
Technologies,
operations for
Softball. In his
League regional
centers in the U.S. and abroad and responsible for
coordinating the annual World Series tournaments
in eight divisions of baseball and Softball. He chairs
Little League International's Charter Committee,
Rules Committee and Tournament Committee.
He began working for Little League in 1993 as
he
health insurance executive.
L.
Patrick Wilson
member of the
Academy for Healthcare
Management and a certified
John
Wilson experiences success
on and off the field
mount^ in the world
1992
Jason Wolfe, founder and
CEO
of Wolfe, LLC, received the 2011
Ernst
& Young eCommerce
Entrepreneur of the Year award
for the western Pennsylvania
region. Wolfe started CouponsDirect,
the
Internet
first
coupon
site.
1999
2003
2008
Marissa Barrett earned a mas-
Lois Kirchner O'Boyle completed
James D'Amico 'o8/'loM
a master's degree in biology from
residence director and assistant
ter's degi'ee in historic
tion
preserva-
and regionalism from the
University of New Mexico.
Calista
director of student activities at
She presented the
Juniata College in Huntingdon.
at
results of her
the Joint Meeting of
Ichthyologists
Germany Beyer is princi-
and Herpetologists.
Jennifer Krott Chamberlain
earned a doctorate in physical
pal of Edgewood Elementary
2004
several online companies, including
School in the Pottstown School
Mark Roda is a
University.
MyCoupons.com.
District.
financial adviser
cal therapist at
with Lancaster-
in
1994
Shawn Rosier '00/'02M is a lead
based Sherman
analyst with the Epic computer-
Werst
His firm
is
company of
the parent
Amy Clewell Goodwin is director
Community
of diildren's ministry at
Mennonite Fellowship of Milton.
based training development team
at
Geisinger Medical Center,
1995
McNamara is a
member of the human services
Michaeleen
faculty
and professor of psychology
2001
Katherine
Lomax is director of
therapy from Shenandoah
& Co.
She
is
a geriatric physi-
Fox Rehabilitation
northern Virginia.
JiUiene Huffman, a U.S.
specialist,
2005
Andrew
Danville.
a
the University of West Florida.
research
2000
is
combat training at Fort
B. Cain,
Lititz, is
Army
graduated from basic
Sill,
Okla.
a busi-
ness analyst with Fulton Financial
Amy LoVaUo is a training spe-
Corp.'s information technology
cialist
with Esri in Charlotte, N.C.
department.
David Numberger was promoted
educational services with the
John "Jack" Lydic was named
to grocery
Technology.
Community Education Council of
Elk and Cameron counties.
offensive coordinator at
Food Markets, DownLngtown.
1996
Veronica Bubb Powell completed
he coaches quarterbacks and
Stefanie Pitcavage, Harrisburg,
Jodi Piekarski Loughlin '96M,
her second master's degree in
serves as assistant coordinator
earned a juris doctorate from
of athletic operations.
Widener University School of
John D. Pittenger is an environ-
laude.
at
Pennsylvania College of
manager at Wegmans
Misericordia University, where
Shenandoah,
is
an assistant pro-
tistics
from Virginia Tech and
stais
a
biostatistician
conducting undergraduate reading
Burlington, Mass.
graduate-level course
on profes-
clerk with the
Jones
of marketing and recruitment for
Oil
is
& Gas.
executive
for the
school boys' and
is
the high
girls'
head swun-
director of the Osterhout Free
2002
ming coach for the Parkland
Library in Wilkes-Barre.
Robert Pretopapa, a wealth
School
adviser with NothelferMorrone
earth
1997
Eugeniu Grigorescu, Hanover
passed the certified financial
Township,
planner examination.
is
director of the
Center for Teaching and Learning
Greta Keller Rosier
Scranton.
manager for an
1998
Jessica
Grim
Galle
is
is
operations
District,
where he teaches
and space science.
2009
Korie Dudrich was
the King's College Office of Career
Planning.
Rudy Inaba is director of nutri-
Jesse Cooper
and exercise for Cenegenics
Medical
Institute,
named
internship advising coordinator in
Las Vegas.
is
a defensive back
with the Philadelphia Soul of the
Arena Football League.
surgical unit at Geisinger Medical
John R. Sweeney is
Center, Danville.
agent with Weichert Realtors-
tenant in the U.S. Army, graduat-
Ruffmo Real Estate in Milford.
ed with honors and
account
Douglas A. Snyder is a member
Clemens, a Lansdale accounting
of the York County and
firm.
District of
inpatient medical/
manager at Baum Smith and
and business advisory
Middle
2006
tion
Excellence at the University of
Honorable John E.
the U.S. District Court
Pennsylvania.
Robert Robitaille
Financial Strategies, Allentown,
III in
cum
a federal judicial
Gathering, a subsidiary of Chief
Danville.
Richard C. Miller
is
mental coordinator for Chief
Geisinger Health Systems,
sional contributions.
She
Amy Cechman Wright is manager
courses in children's literature
and reading methodology and a
Law, graduating summa
with rnVentivHealth,
fessor at Misericordia University,
a real estate
David Watson, a second lieu-
his class
2007
from the
at
the top of
101st
Airbome's
Air Assault School. Watson
Pennsylvania Bar associations
Maribeth Brozena '07/'09M
returned from Afghanistan in
and an associate with the firm of
was
May 2011 and is stationed in
Becker & Strausbaugh
University's assistant field
P.C.
selected as Slippery
Rock
hockey
Kentucky.
coach.
WINTER
2012
27
Marriages
2010
Janel Petrovich '09/'ioM,
Shamokin Township,
is
employee assistance program
a
cheerleader with the Philadelphia
Eagles.
added
counselor
at
Red Rock Job Corps.
to the
35-member squad
Kayla
Trumbo was selected as
head volleyball coach
State Schuylkill.
Kaitlyn D'Annibale '09/'ioM
athletic trainer at
Universit}'.
trainer,
Bowie
is
State
A certified athletic
she works
at
She
for
is
Penn
an itinerant
the Schuylldll
Haven Area School
District.
David Hudak
'02
and Nichole
Light,
Pennsylvania
20U
Kristin Kasper '03 and Jeremy Rautzahn, April 30,
and John Bonievncz, Aug.
Byrne, Nov.
20U
6,
2010
6,
Shumway '03
Meredith Moore '04 and Kirk Lehman
Andrea Ballas
'08, Jan. 14, 2011
and Mark Teeters, July 23, 20U
'05
Harrisburg.
Shonda Kevick
and Jeremy Bruner, July
'05
2011
2,
Tiffany Schnure '05 and Timothy Spencer, Jvine u, 20U
Air Guard's
193rd Special Operations Wing,
He is currently
Stacey Halko '06M and Christopher Mears
'06
Abby Neff '06 and
2011
Jennifer
Joshua M. Rose accepted a
20U
'04, July 9,
Jonathan Kline '06 and Kristin Schroeder, June 26, 20U
Marina Miranda
in flight school.
of sales operations at Kiwaii 100
New Zealand Spring
2010
10,
2011
10,
as a pilot with the
College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Water Co., Hellertown.
June
Meredith Leonard '04M and Edward O'DonneU
a medical student at Lake Erie
Percent True
and George Powell, May 29, 2010
'01
Jessica Lightcap '04 and Kristopher
Amy Cortellini, Mount Carmel,
Adam Heffelfinger is manager
2011
sioned as a second lieutenant in
and assigned
at
Veronica Bubb
2011
18,
7,
Andrew Wentz was commisthe U.S. Air Force
Hill.
2011
Jason Helcoski '02 and Nicole Narcavage, July
Thomas Hector '04 and Heidi
Evans '07/McBryan
Seton
Brian Kasarda '00 and Jessica Ervin, June
Alicia Averto '04
Football Clinic.
is
and Ed Everdale, May 21,
'89
and learning support teacher for
summer
camps for youth, including the
Jahri
Marx
Jennifer Warsing '99 and Christopher Hampton, April 20, 20U
Amy Belnap '01 and Richard Clarke, May
She is one of 15 cheerleaders
for 20U.
head
Antoinette
Steve Switzer is a trainee
Shymansky
Hope Swenson
and Matthiew Forgeard- France
Ke\Tn Ream, Oct.
'06
'06 and
2,
'06, Nov. 3,
2010
Rudy Inaba
20U
'06, April 26,
and Adam Pankake, July 23, 20U
position vvdth Select Medical
Andrew Osipower is a water
Joseph Yasinskas '06 and Jennifer Petrovsky, June
Corp., Mechanicsburg.
Kristen Barrett '07 and
polo coach and part-time business
teacher at
School.
Upper Perkiomen High
He also plays for a master's
team in the American Water Polo
Jeremy J. Scheibelhut is a
accountant with the
office of Boyer
& Ritter.
Main Line League.
staff
Camp Hill
Kristin Brovra '07 and
June
'06,
Dana DiSalvatore
Kristie
Gardner
Tara K. Robuck is an elementary'
Kathleen
guidance counselor with the
'07
'07
'07
and Stephen Post
and
Lyons
Elliot
May 7, 20U
'06,
'08, July 30,
and Nicholas Dermes
1,
20U
Oct. 16,
20U
Amanda
an assistant volleyball coach
Penn
at
State Schuylkill.
and Joshua Newport,
Laura Laboskie '08 and Jerrod
Cole, Sept.
20U
3,
Amanda Mills '08 and Brandon Zwalkuski, May 21, 20u
Victoria Yurksza '08 and Casey Lucas, June
Julia
Camara Calvo
Patricia
Hannon
'09
'09
and Dan Acor
and Marcus
C.J.
'10,
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shawn
Amanda Milo '10 and John
Whitney Peachey
Ashley Romanot
Greg Swendsen
'10
'10
Meghan Burrows
Haili Shetler 'u
'10
Hill,
'09,
21,
20U
20U
June u, 20U
June u, 2011
Mot\'ka, Aug. 20, lou
and Matthew Reed
and Mark
'10,
Palubinsky-,
and Shannon KeUy,
'11
2009
Coulter
Roslevich '09 and Stephanie Jo
Lindsay Young '09 and Eric Ewing
12,
Oct.
Kristin Pohle '09 and Steven Codey, Aug. 26,
FIND MORE
20U
15,
Christina Golasa '08 and Daniel Piatt '09, Aug.
Hertlein '08
8,
2011
learning support teacher in the
District, is
20u
McMahon '07 and Sean MaMnmuLk, April 22, 2011
Ashley Shappell, a middle school
Area School
20U
'06, July 16,
Tiffani Corliss '08 and Kyle Bogart, June
Pottsville
2010
20U
Matthew BleUer '05, May 22, 2010
Deirdre Miller '07 and Scott Coup '05/'07M, Oct.
District.
26,
4,
Annette Conigliaro '07 and Darren Adair '07
Karen Hause
Midd-West School
Tim Brockman
April
June
18,
16,
Sept. 30, 2010
and Eric Solomon, June 4, 20U
and Daniel Coombe, Nov.
19,
20U
20u
20U
20u
VITAL STATISTICS
Obituaries
Births
Cathleen Zicari Flynn '93 and husband, Frank, a
daughter, Sarah
Ann, March 8,
2011
Lucy Gergen Bridy
Harriet E.
Samuel Ronald Bashore
'25
Adams '28
Agnes Cotterman Bonham Hayman
Janeen Schrann Sutryk
'93
and husband, Jaime, a
Dorothy Jones Berry
'32
'29
'67
Brumbaugh Mehle
Elaine
Michael Mellinger
William Rowett
'67
'67
'67
son, Michael
Mary Kathryn Moyer Leiby '33
Natalie Clipsham Lucca '97 and husband, Todd, a
daughter, Evelyn,
March
7,
2011
Holly Kapuschinsky Magalengo '97 and husband,
Scott, a daughter,
Tavia Skye, June
20u
12,
Velma Mordan
Kerstetter '35
Edward P. Kupskyjr.
Jimmie
E.
Masich
Daniel "Danny" Litwhiler '38
Richard O. Wilhour
Edna
W. James Kephart
'70
Theodore J. Rynn
'70
Keller
McBride '40
Martha Zehner Brown
Frank M. Taylor
Robert
F.
'43
David G. Moharter
'43
Hartman
'68
'68
'68
'71
Kathleen Tanner Cook
'47
'73
Marissa Barrett '99 and husband, Eric Harvilicz,
a son, Barrett Samuel Harvilicz, Aug.
Irvin R. Yeager
12,
2010
Henry
E.
Crawford
Mark Bohr '99 and wife, Jennifer, a son,
Elroy Dalberg
Alexander Lucas, July
John Purcell
27,
James
'47
2011
a son, Holden Michael, July 26, 2011
Cathy Carr Zavacki
'99
'48
Laurel Traub
Veronica Bubb Powell
'01
18,
and husband, George, a
daughter, Alyssa Marie, Aug.
31,
2011
Sara Eberhard Orozco '02 and husband, Misael,
twins, David
and Abigail, June 28,
2011
Crystal Klinger Eisenhauer '03 and husband,
Heim '75
'75
'51
Gary M. LevWs
'51
'80
Elizabeth McBride Keiser
Robert E. Harris
Susan Motyka Haddick
'53
Marion D. Giangiulio
'56
Susan Radwell Miller
Lundy
'58
John
Ernest "Gene"
Pace
S.
Wendy J. Queen '88/'9iM
Michael A. Medina
'89
William Algatt '60
Mary Miller McGinley '90
Lola Rigel Porter '60
Tracy Lynn Donovan
RoyE.
Gay Foster Meyers
Shif[letJr.'6o
'60
Gina Nork DeVitis '02M
Matthew M.
'61
Bleistein '04
James J. Naglejr.
'62
Susan K. Shade '05M
twin boys, Joseph and Jack, Sept. 20, 2011
John
'63
James
F.
Travis
"T.J."
E.
Rockwell
Robert R.
Jeffrey, a
and husband,
daughter, Lily Marie, Aug.
27,
'64
Nancy Bamett Erway
'64
Justin
Brennan
'06
Olesh
M. Harakel
'07
'08
2011
John
Nichol
Erdman
'93
'95
Carrie Montella Mish '03 and husband, Michael,
'03
'84
'86
OrviUe H. Fine
'59
'81
'84
WilliamJ. Weldon'58
Wilbur G. Person
Rebecca Kinney Peterson
'75
Andrew "Andy" Hasay '78
M. Janice Rider Tyler '52
Edwin J. Zarek
John, a daughter, Abigail Olivia, Sept. 22, 2011
'74
Gina Gonzalez Mannella
Faythe Hackett Puterbaugh
Richard Schwartz
2011
'74
Michael G. Malanga
'49
and husband, Tim, a
daughter, Natalie Marlene, Aug.
Neary
Elaine Kielar Tensa
'48
Thomas McAndrew '50
Jaclyn Janowicz Schaeffer '99 and husband, Wes,
E.
McElwee Reinford '03 and husband, Kent,
P.
Ian Francis O'Malley '08
'64
Milton "Rip" Van Winkle
David
a daughter, Ever Lynn, Aug. 24, 2011
Minalda
'65
WiUiam R Welk 'lo
E. Bassett '66
Ashley Henry Whiteman '04 and husband,
Timothy, twin sons,
Mason and Henry,
Dec.
2,
2010
Jennifer DeFrain Stacknick '05 and husband,
Jason, a son, Levi Elway, Sept.
6,
2011
Victoria Yurksza Lucas '08 and husband, Casey, a
son. Chase, Aug. 18, 2011
WINTER
2012
29
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
TO THE MOVIES: Bob and Wendy Piekos Pflugler both Class of 1988.
won the BU Alumni Association's Homecoming Tent Party grand prize
CLASS OF
1
956:
Shown,
Members
of the Class of
1
of a
home
and
their children.
theater system. They are joined by
BU
President David Soltz
Joshua and Jessica.
956 pose at the 55-year
Barbara Bennett Nichols. Tina
Valente Skiptunis. Lori Deibert Bodenhom. Helene Flecknoe.
Jacqueline Albert-Michehl and Charlotte Rummage Winter: and standreunion.
ing:
left to right,
are. seated:
Harrison Morson. Charles Kwiatkoski. Doris Krzywicki Smith.
Bill
Bunny Bowman Bitner Charles Skiptunis. Mike Homick. Sarae
Uhrich Homick U. Roslyn Verona Pennington. Joanne Hester Gentry.
Bitner.
John Koch and Betty Carvolth Johnston.
CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES: More than 60 alumni celebrated AO
years of Sigma Sigma Sigma during Homecoming 201
Shown in
photo, left to right, are Kerry Snyder Foley '92. Debra Hogan-Byme
'93. Karen Craig Weingarten
Valerie Reilly Metzker
1
92/'94M and Shelly May Smith
WATCHING
national
TV
IN
.
'95.
WARMINSTER: Alumni watched Huskies football on
organized by BU Alumni Association regional
at parties
Among
in Warminster are. left to
and Sue Smith Bednarik '8^; standing, front row: Bill Fonner 71. Melissa Harris Brown '90. Gary
Metarko 71. Alice Kotch Cromwell 66 Hedy Fuchs Davis '82. Rich
Boerner '65 and wife Kathy and Lee Davis '67: Standing, back row:
Bob Beam '70. John Dasch '70. Tom Beier '71. Sandi Wood Smith '86
and Ken Cromwell '66.
networks.
right, front:
those attending a party
Cameron Smith
'84
.
CLASS OF 1961: The Class of 1961 marked its 50-year reunion during
Homecoming 201 Members of the reunion committee, left to right,
are: Argie Zevas Andralis. Mary Ann Kiessling Beasom. reunion chair
1
.
Marti Williams Frey Marjorie Ginnick Stover. Constance Terzopolos
Gail Hurter
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BLOOM.SBURG UNIVER.SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Gerber
and
CaLENDaR
I
Activities
and Events
Academic Calendar
Celebrity Artist Series
SPRING 2012
The following events
Spring Break Begins
Monday, March
12
Resume
March
Classes
Saturday,
8 a.m.
17,
Monday, May
7
to change.
Commencement
May
National Broadway Tour
Celebrating Black History and
Women's History months
18,
8 p.m.
12
Complexions
Featuring
Session
seen on So You Think You Can
Session
Session
III:
July 2 to Aug. 10
Exhibitions in the Haas Gallery
of Art are open to the public free
more infomiation,
hours and reception times,
of charge. For
visit
Jazz Festival
Friday, April
Haas Center
13,
noon
for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
March
departments.bloomu.edu/
art/haas.html.
Jazz saxophone
Concert Band
Sunday, April 15, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Gospelrama
31,
Kehr Union, Ballroom
Women's Choral Ensemble
8 p.m.
to mid-April
Senior Exit Show/
April
1
to
Alvina Krause Theatre,
226 Center St., Bloomsburg
phenom
appears with jazz legend
Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
www.bloomualumni.com
for details or to register.
at
(570) 389-4058, (800) 526-0254
Concert Choir
or alum@bloomu.edu.
Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian
345 Market
St.,
Church,
Bloomsburg
New: Moving to May
Alumni Weekend
Friday through Sunday,
Concerts
Knoebels Amusement Resort
May
Listed events are open to the
"Pops" Concert
Alumni Awards Luncheon
29.
Concert Band,
Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, March 4, 2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
123 N. Market St. Bloomsburg
Ensemble
Monday, April 30, 7 p.m.,
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross
Auditorium
18 to
Husky Singers
March 30, 7:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Friday,
Mitrani Hall
20
Class of 1962 50-year reunion
Special Events
Husky Leadership Summit
Saturday,
March
Monty's, Upper
Symphony
3
Campus
Ball
May 5,
6 p.m.
Kehr Union, Ballroom
Featuring University-Community
Orchestra
Reservations: (570) 389-4287
May 12
Reception: April
11
Bloomsburg
The Shape of Things
by Neil LaBute
Saturday,
March
St.,
Contact Alumni Affairs
Guitar
Late
Phone
Mitrani Hall
Weather permitting
Show
Cell
Visit
music/Music Events.html.
Juried Student Art
Haas
by Sarah Ruhl
Wednesday, April 25, 7 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
http://departments.bloomu.edu/
a.m. to 2 p.m.
the
Alumni Events
Wind Ensemble
sculpture
11
call
April 18 to 22,
Sunday, April 23^ 2:30 p.m.
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross
Sunday, April
March 19
Reception: March 8,
Dead Man s
226 Center
2 p.m.; Jazz Ensemble, 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 17 to
when
show
Feb. 22 to 26,
For information, see
Erik Waterkotte, printmaking
until 7 p.m.
classes are in session. For
Alvina Krause Theatre,
public free of charge.
Feb. 13
Wednesdays
Center Box Office, (570) 389-4409.
Michael Francis Donovan.
Through
Haas Center for the Arts
Box Office, open Mondays
through Fridays from noon to
4 p.m. and remaining open
at the
times and tickets,
Grace Kelly with Phil Woods
Art Exhibits
gallei-y
Desmond Richardson,
Dance
Saturday,
for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Bloomsburg University
Auditorium
Ballet
SUMMER
2012
I: May 21 to Aug. 10
II: May 21 to June 29
7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20
The Color Purple
Saturday, Feb.
10,
Mitrani Hall
11
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
Programs
Friday, Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m.
May 11
Friday,
Haas Center
Philadelphia area
May
Graduate
season will be presented in the
Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani
Hall. For more information and
to order tickets, call the box office
at (570) 389-4409 or visit
Chamber Orchestra
Leading players from the
End
Friday,
Players productions are available
The Philadelphia Virtuosi
Finals Begin
Finals
Tuesday, April
and dates are subject
May 4
Friday,
Tickets for
2011-12 Celebrity Artist Series
www.bloomu.edu/cas.
Classes End
Theatre
Percussion Ensemble
in the
1,
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
University-Community Orchestra
Sunday, April 1, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,
Mitrani Hall
Parents' and Family
Weekend
Friday to Sunday,
Sept. 14 to 16
Homecoming Weekend
Friday to Sunday,
Oct. 12 to 14
WINTER
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Keller's
Jungle Killers
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
cized at the time as a legitimate
ceremony, Lowery admitted their
actual wedding occurred two
weeks
earlier in Joliet,
111.,
with
her family in attendance.
The couple continued
to tour
with the wild animals for the next
three years, but the 63-year-old
Keller began to experience health
problems.
He
collapsed in front
of his wife and 3,000 spectators
during a performance in Corpus
Christi, Texas,
Attempts
on Oct.
to revive
14, i960.
him were
unsuccessful.
The
BLOOMSBURG NATIVE
ended his academic
George
Keller was an accomplished artist
career in 1950 to devote his
hired in 1921 to teach fine arts at
attention to performing with his
the Bloomsburg State
Normal
cats.
had another gift —
an outstanding rapport with and
School.
He
Keller
also
The
Killers,
act, Keller's
full
Jungle
appeared as one of the
student body of the state teachers
shows at Disneyland and in
Madison Square Garden with
Ringling Brothers and Barnum
& Bailey Circus. He met singer
Virginia Lowery in 1954 while
college adopted the animal as
touring with the Polack Brothers
love for animals.
In the late 1920s, Keller began
and
raising huskies
in 1933 the
its
However, it was
the gift of a mountain lion a year
earlier that enabled him to have
his own wild animal act, a dream
athletic mascot.
since childhood. For the next 18
years, Keller continued to teach
college students while
circus act with
cats,
many breeds
of big
including lions, mountain
lions, tigers
32
honing his
and leopards.
first
act
continued with Keller's
assistant Bill
Scamihorn
until a
1971 accident in Colorado killed
Lapchak and injured
The remaining
animals were sold, bringing an
end to Keller's Jungle Killers.
In honor of George Keller,
BU's Andruss Library Special
Collections has more than 30
books about circuses and wild
driver Al
several of the cats.
Circus.
animal training, including his
autobiography. Here Keller —
in
Train This. •
The pair became engaged
early 1956 and bought a ranch
together in the Malibu Hills,
northwest of Los Angeles.
Lowery, now 87 years old,
recently talked for the first time
about her years with Keller,
recalling their
on Feb.
wedding ceremony
19, 1957,
in a circus ring in
Cleveland, Ohio. Although publi-
BLOOMSBL'RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Editor's Note: University archivist
Robert Dunkelberger interviewed
Virginia
Lowery
near Agoura
in
August 2011
Hills, Calif.,
for his
upcoming book: Keller's Jungle
Killers: The Story of a College
Professor and His Wild Animal Act.
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in architectural and landscaping details. From a winding pathway in the Academic Quad to the zigzag roofline
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matted prints will always remind you of BU's beauty.
The University Store offers hundreds of items
Bloomsburg students and alumni can wear, display
and enjoy. Shop for BU insignia gifts from T-shirts,
sweatshirts and hats to pennants, stadium blankets
and glassware. And remember to stop back often for
the apparel that lets you show your Husky pride in the
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
SHAKING
IN
BLOOMSBURG.
ON ANY GIVEN weekend and many week nights,
you'll find
something special
to
do
in
Bloomsburg
— on campus, downtown or both.
Beyond major university events scheduled
months in advance, there are performances by the
community's nationally recognized Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble, gallery exhibits, literature read-
documentary film screenings, intimate music
and the occasional dance extravaganza like
the BU Dance Ensemble Spring Show (pictured).
Check out www.blooinu.edu/arts_culture, find out
what's happening at the university and downtown,
and schedule some fun.
ings,
recitals
Putting on a Clinic
Uninsured, uwderinsured find care at
Volunteers
High
in
Medicine
facility,
page
io
Demand
Motivated students thrive
in
BU s
rigorous nursing program, page i6
Turn down the Volume
Tile beat
goes on
warn, hearing
but,
may
professors
not.
page
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Bloomsburgi
The University Magazine
From the President
It
means students may define their
interests
and professional goals
through coursework and co-curricular
and extracurricular
it
activities.
signifies the culture,
tools
And
knowledge,
and guidance Bloomsburg
University' provides so students
may
immerse themselves in a particular
field. Unleash Your Inner Husky
Unleash Your
Inner Husky
WE EXPECT TO hear Bloomsburg
when we are sitting in
stands at Redman Stadium
(of)
Huskies"
Field.
Some may be
the
surprised, however, to hear about
Husky — specifically Unleash
Your Inner Husky — in connection
with academics and co-curricular
the
activities.
Archivist Robert Dunkelberger
tells
us professor and animal trainer
George Keller introduced the husky
as Bloomsburg's mascot in 1933, and
the
first
Roongo was a full-blooded
North Greenland husky whose
name was a combination of the
school colors,
have portrayed the Husky
Homecoming 1979.
Our current Roongo, portrayed
most recently by Mike Hall 'uM (see
since
14,
page
9), is
who get
and give back to
campus and the community."
easily
one of the most
popular incarnations. Often
described as "cute," he has
more
A photo feature on page 2 of this
issue of Bloomsburg: The University
than 1,200 Facebook "friends,"
Magazine offers one example of
what it means to Unleash Your
but his appeal extends beyond his
Inner Husky. For alurmia Eileen
appearance and
Albertson
athletic
symbolism.
Bloomsburg students identifS' with
the Husky because he embodies
the qualities they and generations
before them have demonstrated as
who get involved,
Chapman and today's
students. Unleash
Your Inner
Husky' is a celebration of educational
opportunities limited only by a
student's desire, ability
and
imagination.
and give back to the campus
and the communit>'^.
Unleash Your Inner Husky
represents Bloomsburg University's
commitment to creating a supporth^e
lead,
'91,
who you will meet in a stor>' on
page
motivated scholars
motivated scholars
maroon and gold.
Students, including Phil Peterson
and
beyond with excellent, experienced
and dedicated faculty as their
guides and collaborators. It aptly
describes what is often called the
Bloomsburg University Experience.
laboratory, the local community'
involved, lead,
overlooking the newly christened
Danny Hale
who follow
"The Husky embodies the qualities
University referred to as "the
the
stands for students
their passions in the classroom, the
learning environment that meets
DAVID
students" individual academic needs.
President,
L.
SOLTZ
Bloomsburg University
10
Putting on a Clinic
Medical care awaits Columbia County's
uninsured and underinsured at a
clinic started by BU alumna Bette
Anderson Grey.
14
Applied Medicine
Mixing health care knowledge
with technology, Philip Peterson
'91
provides reference materials doctors,
nurses and pharmacists that can
fit
in a pocket.
16
High
Demand
The program
is
rigorous.
are in high
is selective.
The training
And BU nursing graduates
demand.
19
Tour de
First
impressions are always important.
Campus
No one knows this better than
students
who introduce BU
the
to
prospective students and their
families.
22
Turn Down the Volume
Your tunes may be good for your
soul, but hard on your ears. Is your
iPod hurting your hearing?
Table
of
Contents
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
Spring 2012
SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Board
of Governors
Guide M.
Pichini, Chair
Marie Conley
Lammando
'94,
Leonard
Matthew
President, Bloomsburg University
Chancellor, State System
Editor
Bonnie Martin
of Higher Education
John C. Cavanaugh
Vice Chair
Aaron Walton,
Harold C. Shields
Robert S, Taylor
Ronald J. Tomalis
John T. Yudichak
Vice Chair
B. Altieri III
E. Bal
Jennifer Branstetter
Tom Corbett
Sarah C. Darling
Michael K. Hanna
Ronald G. Henry
Kenneth M. Jarin
Bonnie L. Keener
Jonathan B. Mack
Joseph F. McGinn
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni
L. Soltz
Executive Editor
Rosalee Rush
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Over the Shoulder
Calendar of Events
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Photography Editor
is
published three
Eric Foster
Council of Trustees
Robert Dampman '65, Chair
Charles C. Housenick '60, Vice Chair
Patrick Wilson '91, Secretary
times a year for alumni, current students' families and
friends of the university. Husky Notes and other alumni
Director of Alumni AfTairs
Lynda Fedor-Michaels '87/'88M
information appear at the BU alumni global network site,
wvvw.bloomualunini.com. Contact Alumni Affairs by phone,
Sports Information Director
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Address comments and questions to:
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LaRoy G. Davis '67
Marcus Fuller '13
Editorial Assistant
David W. Klingerman Sr.
Joseph J. Mowad '08H
Charies E. Schlegel, Jr '60
Kenneth E. Stolarick '77
Communications Assistants
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SPRING
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The AGAPE warehouse is stacked with mattresses and beds,
furniture, food supplies. Eileen Albertson
Chapman '67/'69M
created the organization with her late husband,
Billy, to "fill
the
gaps" between people in need and available community services.
Located in the center of Bloomsburg,
clearinghouse for
relief efforts after the
Tropical Storm Lee.
September 2011 flooding from
^
|
-
AGAPE became the town's
^
Perhaps no one better embodies the hard-headedness and
soft-heartedness needed to run an organization like AGAPE than
Chapman. She retired from the U.S. Marine Corps after 30 years of ^
service and was the first woman in U.S. history to preside as a military
judge in the Navy and Marines. She's also a lay minister at Lime
Ridge Community Church.
AGAPE's mission goes far beyond flood relief. The organization
sponsors programs ranging from community meals, assistance
for former prisoners transitioning to life after incarceration, and
volunteer home repair and maintenance for the disabled and elderly.
..
Chapman received the Columbia-Montour
Chamber of Commerce's outstanding citizen award. And many
For her leadership,
thanks from residents of her community. •
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around-THE qusid
'ROOM.' a cylindrical space about 8 feet
is completely darkened with the
THE
across,
door closed. The chair looks
be
its
like
it
would
home in the cockpit of a spaceship. But
purpose is very down-to-earth, it's an
at
instrunnent, a rotational chair, used by audiologists to
diagnose balance disorders.
"These types of chairs are sort of atypical," says
Jorge Gonzalez,
BU assistant professor of audiolog>'.
to detecting
movement and
balance," he says.
the patients perform a battery of eye
to
determine
if
pathways that generate eye movements. We look for an
involuntary eye movement called Nystagmus
which is
normal when we rotate a patient in the dark or when
...
we
irrigate the ears
with
generally not normal
By looking at
all
warm
or cool water, but
in the inner ear is off and
is
located in
Bloomsburg
University's Centennial Hall as part of the Speech,
Language and Hearing
As its name
that
—
it
Clinic.
implies, the rotational chair does just
rotates
and moves
at
an average of 60 degrees
per second. By seating a patient in the chair and
monitoring eye movements with high-speed cameras,
Gonzalez
is
able to diagnose balance issues.
A full test
takes four hours to complete.
"Each inner ear has a section or organ that
devoted
causing the balance issues."
Each student in BU's Doctor of Audiology program
spends a semester helping Gonzalez with his research.
During that study, the students gain experience with
the rotational chair and, like Gonzalez appreciate
value.
"It's
this here.
extremely beneficial to have a rare tool
It
its
like
does a tremendous amount to show us
different things about the inner ear's balance function
that
we wouldn't be
More than 200
is
and differwhich organ
the combination of test results
Administration, there are only about 20 across the
of them
is
of the time."
ent measurements, Gonzalez can "pinpoint
One
tests
there are abnormalities in the neural
"Outside the Department of Defense and the Veterans
country."
"We have
movement
in the Speech,
able to detect otherwise."
patients treated for balance problems
Language and Hearing Clinic would agree. •
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Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit>' of Pennsylvania
arouncfTHE^iiistai
BU'S
COLLEGE
of Liberal Arts
throughout the year," says James
Brown, dean of the College of
\Miile art exhibitions, theatri-
dance perfonn-
introduced the Center for \^isual
cal productions,
and Perfomiing Arts
community' earlier this year with an
ances, recitals
afternoon of fi'ee entertainment in
held throughout the academic
plan set by the College of Liberal
most of these events take
place on campus. "We hope that
.Ajts.
the
to the
Moose Exchange in
events,
do\\"nto\vn
featured the Jazz Ensemble, Dance
b\'
Ensemble, Pep Band, Husky
tion
Singers and
Liberal Arts.
This is the first step of a long-term
year,
A Taste of the Arts
Bloomsburg.
all
and other musical
open to the public, are
perfonning
temporary
BU Players, along
\
enue," Bro^vn says,
\\"e hope to find a
permanent location so \ve can
make these showcases more
accessible to the communitv." •
in a central loca-
"hi the fuaire,
more community' members
will enjoy the talent and see the
hard w ork our students put in
with readings and art displays.
"The Moose Exchange is a
Compounding the Problem turki SH RESEARCHER LEARNS TECHNIQUE
WITH THE WORLD honey bee
feeding on their blood, resulting
populations facing
why and how
research on finding out
to fix this
prob-
lem. John Hranitz, professor of biological and allied
health science, studies the bee population, assisted
his
on-campus
'
in
^
,
f Iw^
John Hranitz
levels,
researchers are able to
stress level the bees are
under
subjecting bees to sub-lethal stress," Hranitz says. "So
Nazimye Cunes,
Honey bees play an
although
inte-
gral role in agriculture.
Due
we may
manifests
to
ductivity
itself in
not be
killing
them,
this stress
ways that can cause declines
still
in
pro-
through reproductive or behavioral problems."
This spring, Hranitz and Cunes dissected bees'
pollinate large fields of crops
brains to observe the levels of stress protein that result
continuously throughout the
from mite abatement practices. The researchers met at
the Beekeeping Development-Application and Research
"Humans use
without honey bee
activity
years
could be
detrimental to food production.
pesticides mainly to
manage harmful
bugs and mites," says Hranitz. "Certain mites are ven/
harmful to the honey bee." These mites weaken bees by
MSBI
marker of the
Turkish research partner,
warmer months. A few
Nazimye Gunes
BLOO
establish a
(rightl
with research partner,
4
in
when certain pesticides are applied.
Through the use of these pesticides, we may be
lab during
their social nature, they can
[/
^\
the recent drop
be damaging to bees. By studying the bee's brain and
reading the stress protein
the spring semester by his
Sw-""
in
the honey bee population. However, pesticides can also
steep losses, scientists worldwide are focusing their
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Center
at
Uludag University
Cunes research
studied
how
at BU.
A
in
Turkey, which funded
veterinan/ biochemist,
Cunes
Hranitz conducts the stress protein tests
so she can share what she's learned with her colleagues
back home. •
New Trustees
Academic Stand- Outs
GRADUATING SENIOR
IS
FINALIST FOR PASSHE
AWARD
SCHLEGEL, STOLARICK JOIN COUNCIL
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN IS one of two finalists in this year's Syed R.
Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence. The award, sponsored by the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Foundation,
was established by
Ali-Zaidi, a charter
member of PASSHE's Board of
who excel in the pursuit of
Governors, to recognize System students
knowledge. Zimmerman, a special education and elementary education
major, received a $500 award at BU's spring commencement.
BU
CHARLES
E.
Trustees
at the
BU
35 years in the Shikellamy School
District,
where he was Student
Council adviser, athletic
and football
and basketball coach.
He has served on a
left to right, are:
director
President David L. Soltz; finalist Katherine
Zimmerman; Stephen Kokoska, professor of mathematics, computer
science and statistics and honors program director; and Lisa Lapina,
elementary and early childhood education major.
February meeting.
Schlegel taught social studies for
Eric Stouffer, assistant professor of psychology; Jessica Smith, psychology
major; Robbie Soltz and
'60 of
Sunbury and Kenneth Stolarick '77 of
Pine Grove joined BU's Council of
President David Soltz and his wife Robbie hosted a dinner for
graduating seniors nominated for the award. Shown,
SCHLEGEL JR.
number of commissions,
boards and authorities,
including Sunbury City Council,
Sunbury Revitalization Incorporated
and Sunbury Municipal Authority,
and was honored by the Episcopal
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania with
the Spirit of the Diocese
Award and
the Shell Award. His three children
are
BU graduates: businessman
Charles Schlegel
Shikellamy
III '83,
teacher Pamela Schlegel
Lehman
'84
and State Rep. Lynda Schlegel-Culver
'95. The new Trustee fills the unexpired
term of Marie Conley Lammando '94.
Stolarick
is
vice president of
commercial banking for M&T Bank,
Pottsville. He serves as board vice
^1^^
president of Schuylkill
Community Action and
board treasurer of
Schuylkill
YMCA and
Northeast Pennsylvania
Heart of the Matter
BU OFFERS NEW CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY, in cooperation with Bloomsburg Hospital,
is
offering a cardiac rehabilitation exercise
age 18 and older with
known
program for adults
and risk
stable heart disease
factors for heart disease.
According
to
Timothy McConnell, chair of BU's exercise
and director of the program which began
He received the 2011
Milt Sorin
science department
Volunteer of the Year
in January, the sessions are designed to help individuals
the Schuylkill
reduce their risk for heart disease by increasing their level of regular
exercise
Manufacturers and
Employers Association. He also is
a board member of Schuylkill
Economic Development Corp.
and Pine Grove Area Education
Foundation and chair of St. Peter's
Lutheran Church Endowment Fund.
and physical
activity.
In addition, participants will receive
individualized instruction on cardiovascular risk reduction.
For more information on enrollment or
science department at (570) 389-4361. •
fees, contact
BU's exercise
Award from
YMCA.
Stolarick
fills
the unexpired term of Steven Barth.
Additionally, Dr. Joseph Mowad
'08H of Danville and Nancy Vasta'97/
'98M of Langhorne were reappointed
to six-year terms. •
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GIFT ESTABLISHES MCDOWELL INSTITUTE
A $2 MILLION commitment to the Bloomsburg University
Foundation by philanthropist Susan McDowell of
Selinsgrove
is
establishing the
McDowell
Institute for
Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support. The
gift is
BU
the largest in the history of the
The McDowell
Foundation.
Institute is designed to equip educators
with strategies, practices and experiences to effectively
support the academic, social and emotional growth of
all
ior
students. Instruction in
methods of positive behav-
support will be incorporated into the curriculum,
beginning with freshman -year introductory courses and
Today, she believes, the need
carrying through to student teaching.
and understanding is with the public school
My hope is that, through the institute,
caring, wise and compassionate
professional, she noticed the children in every troop
people will understand the situations
who were withdrawn,
wanted
to comfort
antisocial or unlikeable
and
them.
"For some children, the only relationship that
in the
is
safe
teachers.
classroom and be effective
teachers." •
technology and electronics engineering technology will
Energetic Faculty
GRANT FUNDS KIOSK
NATHANIEL "NED" GREENE,
develop software for the kiosk.*
professor of physics, and
Jeff Brunskill, associate professor of geography
and
Partnering for BAS Degree
OFFER NEW PROGRAM
geosciences, recently received a $39,900 E2
BU, LCCC, LCTI
Energy to Educate grant from Constellation
Energy to support the BU energy monitoring
kiosk. The grant was one of 14 awarded by
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE System of Higher Education's
Board of Governors approved a new major for Bloomsburg
Constellation Energy.
Science in Technical Leadership. The program
The kiosk
is
the second phase of BU's
University earlier this year - the Bachelor of Applied
first
of its kind in the 14
is
the
PASSHE institutions.
The Bachelor of Applied Science
solar project. In the first phase, a 14-panel, 3.5 kilowatt
in Technical
demand for technical
array was installed on the south-facing slope between
Leadership addresses the growing
Ben Franklin Hall and East Second Street at a cost of
$20,000, supported by a Bloomsburg
University Foundation Margin of
has earned an Associate of Applied Science degree from
Excellence grant, a Presidential Strategic
Planning grant and contributions from
BU's Academic Affairs and Green
5^
~
campus
Initiative.
electrical grid
Generated power
and
eligible for
is
Campus
tied to the
Pennsylvania solar
alternative energy credits.
The second phase of the project, supported by the E2
Energy to Educate grant, is scheduled for 2012-2013. A
structure similar to a bus shelter will be constructed to
house an interactive digital display, energy meters and
a two-axis solar panel that tracks the sun in real time.
Faculty- student teams in computer science, instructional
6
greater than ever.
is
McDowell, a member of the BU Foundation Board
of Directors, is the daughter of teachers in western
Pennsylvania. She saw firsthand her mother's efforts
to help needy students. Later as a Girl Scout leader and
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
skills
a
combined with professional
skills.
community college will build upon
A student who
that degree with
courses in information technology, communications
studies, accounting, business education, information
and technology management and general education.
The program also will be open to those already in the
workforce.
The new BU program is a partnership with Lehigh
Carbon Community College (LCCC) and the Lehigh
Career and Technical Institute (LCTI), both located in
may
LCCC and students enrolled at LCTI
Schnecksville. All bachelor's degree requirements
be completed
at
can enter the program
at the
high school
class will enroll in fall 2012. •
level.
The
first
Every
creates
an
impajCt.
Sebastian Ramirez dreams of
becoming
a medical imager
—
of being able to look inside people,
identify ailments
Thanks
and help them.
to gifts to the
Henry Carver
Fund that gave Ramirez support
through Honors and Presidential
Leadership program scholarships,
that
dream
is
one step closer
to
reality.
Next
fall,
2014,
Ramirez, class of
will
go to the University
of Pennsylvania for the clinical
part of his education.
And he already has begun
own
his
tradition of giving, like
other students
in
the Honors and
Presidential Leadership programs.
He has been an
active volunteer
homeless shelter and the
American Cancer Society.
for a
To learn how you and the Henry I
Carver Fund can help students like
Ramirez,
call
(570) 389-4128.
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of
SUCCESS ON AND OFF THE COURT NURTURES FRIENDSHIPS
THE PROSPECTS for the BU women's
basketball team
were bleak in the mid-
The team was struggling
numbers
and even fewer
with low
wins. It was time for a change in
strategy and attitude, a transformation that began with the hiring of
head coach Bill Cleary in 2008.
to late-2000s.
In Cleary's
first
season, the pro-
gram showed renewed signs of life
with 11 wins and the conference
Rookie of the Year, guard Kelsey
Gallagher of East Stroudsburg. But
when Cleary recruited Lauren
Ellis
of Bangor, Alyssa Flanagan of
Dana Wieller of Bethlehem
and Kayla Oxenrider of Ashland,
Freeland,
three years ago, the rebuilding
process took
off.
Today, these players
make the Huskies
a
team
seriously, contributing to
this past season.
to
be taken
Success on the court nurtured a
26 wins
friendship off the court for these four
They captured the
players,
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Eastern
the second straight year
the team's
first trip to
title
first
for
recruiting class. "The attrac-
tion for all us
and earned
the
who were part of Cleary's
NCAA
championships in 10 years.
was
that
Bloomsburg
who
is
a great school, has a coach
is
honest with us and the chance to
play right away," says
Flanagan, Wieller and Oxenrider
same
freshman
tripled
year. In
room their
such
tight quarters,
they bonded quickly and, along with
became inseparable on and
off the court. They have roomed
together since their sophomore year,
Ellis,
visited each other's
to
Notre
ball
homes, traveled
Dame University for foot-
games and spent vacation time
the Flanagan family's rental in
at
North Carolina's Outer Banks.
The foursome looks forward
one more year on the court to
continue their winning ways.
to
8
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF
P E
N N
S
'S'
LVA
N IA
is
that future team-
mates form strong friendships
like
theirs, friendships to last a lifetime.
"I
think part of the success
we
have had as a team," Flanagan
says, "has come from us being so
close off the court." •
Ellis.
Residence hall assignments placed
in the
Their wish
97 Scholar-Athletes
Honored
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY honored
97 university scholar- athletes during
a recent luncheon. To be selected,
student-athletes
must achieve a grade
point average of 3.25 or higher over
the past two semesters or a cumulative
grade point average of 3.25 or higher.
In addition to the 97 student- athletes,
and transfer students
were honored for achieving a 3.25
CPA. Names of all students honored
can be found at www.buhuskies.com/
25 freshman
scholar-athletei2. •
Roongo Revealed
IT'S BIG,
FURRY AND
BU fan's favorite mascot —
every
Roongo. But inside the furry costume
University student
is
a
Dorsch Recognized
Hall,
'ii
who brings the character to life. For
who portrayed Roongo
from
Academics
Champion Scholar
Award at the men's
swimming champi-
Bloomsburg
the last four years the person
was Mike Hall
for
TIM DORSCH, a senior from Schwenksville, received
the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)
The PSAC
Champion Scholar
Awards program hon-
onship.
Danielsville.
who graduates this spring with a master's
degree in curriculum and instruction, came to
ors the student-athlete
Bloomsburg as a swimmer, but an injury forced him out
of the pool. He got the itch to be Roongo after seeing the
mascot in action at a football game and responding to a
posting on BU's website.
Mike :Roongo' Hall
'11. center.- is
shown
with the top grade
point average
who
is
competing at the site
of each of the PSAC's 23 team championship finals.
Dorsch compiled a 3.90 cumulative grade point
average while majoring in secondary education and
German. He is the second BU student-athlete to earn
the honor this academic year, joining Bryce Shaffer of
Gettysburg who was the winner at the men's soccer
championships. •
"I
Hall,
was not scared
the
first
time
I
was Roongo," says
who spent summer 2011 as the backup mascot for
the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Triple
team. "More than anything,
I
I
had never done anything like
it
before or been in front
of 5,000 people. Doing both at the
same time was
unnerving, but about 10 minutes into
game it fell
A baseball
was apprehensive because
slightly
my first football
right into place."
Over the years Hall, a.k.a. Roongo, appeared at alumand Homecoming and fired up the crowd at
Huskies sporting events. A hit with both young and old,
he's lost count of the number of times he posed for photos
at the University Store, Redman Stadium or walking
around campus.
"My best memory as Roongo is impossible to choose,"
says Hall. "Whether it was watching our field hockey
team win their third straight national title at home or our
football team win the PSAC East football title by beating
Kutztown or going crazy in the stands behind the basket
during both men's and women's games, I enjoyed so
many exciting and wonderful moments as Roongo. I will
ni events
be able
tell
stories for the rest of
Champs Remembered
MEMBERS OF
my life.
I
and every time I donned the costume." •
treasured each
women's basketball team
celebrated the 20th anniversary of winning the
the 1991-92
school's only Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) women's basketball championship during
halftime of the Huskies vs. West Chester game earlier
this year.
The 1991-92 team finished with a 22-8 overall record
and won the PSAC title with a victory over Edinboro.
The team was led by head coach Joe Bressi, Bloomsburg's
all-time wins leader with 175. Two team members,
Michelle Simons and Kathy Maguire Stoudt, have
been inducted into BU's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Team members shown
are: Lesley Seitzinger
Kathy Maguire Stoudt, Melissa
'93,
Butterworth
Careen Bulka Caufield '94, Vicki
Eichelberger Souders '93 and Brenda Ryan Hossler '94. •
Colegrove
'94,
SPRING
2 0
12
9
JACK SHERZER
by
Putting on a Clinic
Nearly one-third of Americans are uninsured or underinsured.
In Columbia County, the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic is
meeting the needs of more than 1,500 patients
otherwise could not afford medical care.
LORI REESE CAN'T FORGET the man who came
who
into
the Columbia County Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
looking for a
way to help control his
adult son's high
blood pressure. The man's wife had died and he was the
sole caretaker for his mentally disabled son.
and
struggling financially,
it
He was
soon became clear that
he wasn't able to afford his son's blood pressure
medication or his own.
"They were trying to decide what they could do on
very little income. They actually asked me, 'What
medication do I absolutely have to take and what can I
let go?' Even the ones he needed, he was taking every
other day to stretch them out. Sometimes they would go
a
week without medicine
it
refilled," says Reese,
University in
Reese did a
until they could afford to
have
who graduated from Bloomsburg
December
2011 with a degree in nursing.
shift at the clinic as part
of a class in public
health nursing.
"I
knew there were
Millville.
to skip
"But
I
these problems," says Reese of
never had anyone say they were forced
medications for financial reasons until
the clinic, and
it
really struck
Since opening
its
County Volunteers
I
was
in
home."
doors in early 2007, the Columbia
in
Medicine Clinic has provided
the only option for ongoing health care assistance for
many of the area's uninsured and
underinsured.
The Mifflinville-based clinic was founded by Bette
Anderson Grey '81, who experienced firsthand the
possibility of not
illness.
The
having insurance to help with a serious
setting also provides a unique educational
opportunity for Bloomsburg University's nursing students,
who can choose to spend at least one shift in the clinic
as part of their studies.
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11
FINANCIAL REALITIES
"I
think
very
it's
much an eye-opening experience
students to see the people that
for
come through; some-
times they are amazed that the people are their peers,
people that haven't had the opportunities that some of
our college students have had and don't have insurance,
says Lori Metzger,
assistant professor of
THE BEGINNING
The clinic is one of 86 such
sites in 25 states affiliated
with Vermont-based Volunteers in Medicine. VIM is a
nonprofit agency that grew out of a clinic Dr. Jack B.
McConnell opened in 1992 in Hilton Head, S.C. When
McConnell realized a large number of working people
in the region were
forced to go without
nursing. "As nurses,
we
medical care because
care for patients
and need
they didn't have insur-
be in
to
front of them.
ance, he recruited
The
volunteer doctors and
students need to see
a real
nurses,
example of
were
many of whom
retired, to help.
someone who is in a
quandary of having to
buy heart medication
clinics follow today.
or groceries that
native, didn't plan
week.
I
can
tell
it,
never
make an impact
it
While the
on
running a clinic, but
she always had an
will
unless they experience
interest in medicine.
it."
plight of Americans
without insurance has received
national attention,
many who
Since the Columbia County Volunteers
Clinic inc.
numbers
of patients
forced to go without care
2011: 2.248 visits
high copays and deductibles.
doors
in
in biology
in
2007. the
seeking care has steadily
visits for the
past three years:
and
general medical treatment, the
offers help to those with depression
In
and
64 had been without insurance
coverage for at least 12 months
as of early 2010, despite the fact
201
1
.
there
were
Center as a respiratory therapist.
But after her husband
clinic
and other
41 patients
who sought
help
supplemental health insurance
from her employment
Community
received mental health counseling.
How
to
Help
at
Sunbury
Hospital.
During her recovery she saw a
from the volunteer dermatologist and 99 patients
who
lost his job
became ill and ultimately needed a hysterectomy.
Luckily, she still had COBRA
mental health issues, as well as skin disorders.
more than 30
from Bloomsburg, she
trained at nearby Geisinger Medical
in 2003, she
2009: 906 visits
In addition to
to the federal Centers
million adults between 18
its
2010: 1.234 visits
because they can't afford
Prevention,
opened
Medicine
grown. Patient
for Disease Control
After earning a bachelor's degree
Visits Increase
have some insurance also are
According
a formula the
Grey, a Berwick
them
about
but
It's
television report about a free clinic
in
New Jersey and called
Volunteers in Medicine for infor-
Donations may be sent to the Columbia County
one in three had an income
mation. She didn't pursue it at the
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Inc., 310 East Third
between $44,000 and $65,000.
time, instead going back to work at
St., Mifflinville, Pa. 18631 or made through
Roughly half suffered from high
the hospital. Then, in August 2004
www.ccvim.org. All donations are tax deductible.
— on the same day the hospital
blood pressure, diabetes or
—
asthma
all conditions which, if left untreated, can
announced it was ending its pulmonary rehab proresult in expensive emergency hospital care.
gram, leaving Grey jobless — she received another call
Sherry Burke's first experience with the clinic was
from VIM asking if she was still interested. She was.
four years ago, when she thought she was having
Grey worked with the Columbia County Commissioners
stomach problems but, after testing at the clinic, found
and human services department and in March 2007
out she was pregnant. More recently. Burke, 35, was
began holding clinic hours one night a week at the
diagnosed with high blood pressure during a routine
Columbia Montour Family Health offices. "The first
checkup. Burke's husband works as a welder and
night we had 10 patients and, of course, there were
insurance isn't available through his temporary jobs.
only five seats in the waiting room," she recalls.
The clinic has helped the Berwick mother of two
Grey had looked at the clinic's current home in
obtain the medication she needs.
Mifflinville, but there was no way the fledgling opera"I don't have a doctor and I can't afford the copays
tion could afford the lease. Fate stepped in again when
and stuff like that," Burke says. "If it wasn't for the
Bloomsburg area businessman Myles Katerman, who
clinic, I don't know where I'd be."
knew McConnell from Hilton Head, offered to buy the
building. At first Grey asked him to only lease the
that
12
BLOO.M.SBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENN.SYLVANIA
facility,
But
since she wasn't sure the cHnic
when
the landlord
wanted
would survive.
August 2009,
to sell in
the automobile carpeting executive bought the property.
PAID STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, STUDENTS
The clinic now offers daytime appointments Monday
through Wednesday and evening hours on Thursday.
It employs a receptionist, nurse and physician assistant,
who is able to prescribe a pre-approved list of medications.
A retired Geisinger oncologist. Dr. James Gallagher,
volunteers as the
clinic's
Grants and donations keep the
clinic afloat,
constant struggle, she says.
There's never a shortage of
and Noreen
Chikotas, associate professor of nurs-
working on an arrange-
ing at BU,
is
ment
may give the clinic some
that
staffing assistance. Chikotas, director
of the university's nurse practitioner
program, wants her students
at the clinic as part
the clinic's staff sees are diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, anxiety
and depression.
to help
A needs assessment com-
pleted as part of the process to open the clinic revealed 28
percent of Columbia County's residents were uninsured.
The clinic has also diagnosed cancer in 48 patients.
Some, because they didn't have insurance, only sought
cancers
and Grey is always reaching out to pharmaceutical
and medical equipment companies. Funding is a
patients, however,
Grey estimates that 35 percent of patients come to the clinic for "runny noses and not feeling well," but most have
serious ailments. The most common chronic conditions
help after their
medical director and other
doctors and medical professionals pitch in to see
patients.
THE NEED
we
symptoms became severe. "Some of the
it was unbelievable that the people
saw,
were walking around feeling like this, but they couldn't
go for care," Grey says. "Lots of them live on a shoestring,
minimum wage jobs, and they say, 'Oh, I'll be OK, I'll be
OK,' but the reality is they're not OK."
Susan Kelley, VIM's director of operations, says Grey is not alone in seeing a
real need for their services. "Each year
we hear from our clinics that there is
more demand. Certainly, with the
economic situation, there have been
more people who for one reason or
another no longer have insurance,"
Kelley says. "So there
of their studies.
is
a higher
Because her students already are
demand
nurses, they'll be able to share in the
same time, it is harder to raise funds."
The 52-year-old Grey has come to see
work while they
\
^""^
t
learn.
their
own
practices
with her family. Her son David,
and
prescribe certain medications after
the board of directors
Chikotas
establishing a collaborative agreement
with a doctor,
19,
who often serves as a paid consultant.
Chikotas hopes to help at the clinic under a collaborative
agreement with Dr. Leon Francis
teers at the clinic. (Editor's note:
'77,
who also volun-
At press time,
ment was awaiting state approval, with
and, at the
the clinic as a calling, one she shares
In Pennsylvania, nurse practitioners
may set up
at the clinic level
the agree-
the possibility of
beginning this spring.)
A needs assessment completed
before the clinic opened in
2007
revealed 28 percent of Columbia
County's residents were uninsured.
often brings his guitar to the clinic to
play for patients in the waiting room. Recently, the clinic
began a food pantry.
suddenly wake up to do this. This was not a
life goal, but something happened to put me on this path,"
Grey says. "I look back on all my medical experiences and
everything I've done and it all came to fruition here."
Chris Minnier of Berwick already has an undergraduate biology degree from the University of Pittsburgh
and is taking additional science classes at BU to prepare
also
"I didn't
himself for training as a physician assistant.
most Thursday nights.
never had much patient contact
He volun-
teers at the clinic
"I really
in school, so dealing
before, even
with patients was important to
In addition to providing training for her students,
me," the 25-year-old says. Spending time in the clinic
Chikotas says the effort aHgns with one of the initiatives
has made him appreciate the need for such services.
of the university's strategic plan: fostering
and develop-
ing a strong sense of community. "In our nurse practi-
Columbia
County or the surrounding counties, so they are not
going to move. Most of them will stay and look for practice sites," Chikotas says. "My hope would be that I can
open the eyes of these students so they can see the
needs and become volunteers in the community."
tioner program, these are folks that live in
on
25, is
and son Jeffrey,
"I
was
we
really surprised at
both the range of things
and the range of people that we see,"
Minnier says. "I know it's not the most affluent area and
that
there's
didn't
see
always going to be people in need of help, but
know it was
Jack Sherzer
native.
He
is
I
nearly as dire." •
a professional writer
and Pennsylvania
currently lives in Harrisburg.
SPRING 2012
13
Applied Medicin
by
REBECCA RHODIN
The average user has 65 apps installed on his or her
P)hone and more than three-quarters are used for games
or social networking, according to Flurry, a mobile
.
'
much more than fun and
games, apps developed by Unbound Medicine are a
analytics firm. Suitable for
valuable resource for medical professionals worldwide.
14
BLOOMSBt'RG UNI
ALTHOUGH HE grew up nurtured
personnel and includes the CIA's
the
by
World Factbook with details about
every country on the planet. It
itself
arose from concern for the suffering
costume driving around in a red
and white microbus with "Go
Huskies" painted on it.
At Bloomsburg, Peterson also
computers, Philip Peterson
'91
majored in philosophy at Bloomsburg
and
University,
pinnings of his
it
forms the under-
life
in the business
world. Take, for example, the
list
of skills a major in philosophy
caused by the catastrophic earth-
quake and tsunami
Ocean in 2004.
Peterson says that he and
imparts: critical thinking, problem
communicating
and questioning one's own values
and commitments. Peterson uses
them daily on the job.
effectively
solving,
"I see
philosophy as being
at
the
leading edge of every science," he
much about
says. "It's not so
study-
ing philosophers as about under-
standing what
is
the next question."
Determining what that question
and how to answer it, as well as
ruminating on the big questions of
is
life,
guide Peterson in his role as
in the Indian
Unbound president
served as a residence adviser, worked
Dr. William
are scarce, but doctors can find
He was
chapter of the national fraternity
Theta Chi. After graduation, he
Europe as an international
manager and systems architect
for Ovid Technologies, a provider
of computer search systems for
lived in
sales
answers by mobile phone apps.
Closer to home, simply being
an employer helps a segment of
humanity "to be good people in
their community and beyond,"
"It is
drug store and deejayed at a bar.
part of a group of about
two dozen students that started a
at a
Detmer are "passionate about
solving information needs, which
are greater in some places than
others." Those include African
countries where telephone landlines
Peterson notes.
town and people of Bloomsburg
Oh, yes, and for a time that
was him inside the Husky mascot
health-care institutions.
Dreaming of settling down
farmhouse amid rolling hills,
my thought
when their basic needs
are much more likely to be
in a
Peterson eventually returned to
chief technology officer of Unbound
that people,
Pennsylvania, where he lives with
Medicine, a maker of phone apps
are met,
wife Janice Kirkwood, stepdaughter
for doctors, nurses
and students.
For the "untechnological," apps are
computer tools installed in mobile
phones that let people perform
specific tasks
answer
to a
such as getting the
medical question or
looking up a drug.
Peterson directs Unbound's
software development and product
offerings.
Based
in Charlottesville,
Va., the 12-year-old
company forms
good, loving people than not."
Paige Frey, 20; daughter Haley,
Although he majored in philosophy in college, computer science ran
a close second and, in fact, Peterson
could have double-majored by taking
a few more courses. Growing up in
Newtown, Bucks County, he says
he knew a lot "at the core level"
about computers: "I was reared on
them, probably centering around
and son Aidan,
gaming."
Hopkins University and
develops software to deliver the
information to medical personnel.
Apps such
as Nursing Central,
Medicine Central and The Merck
Manual
needed
and Paris, France, including
Bloomsburg graduates Ralph
Nardell '91 and Dan Kornegay '93.
Va.;
For Peterson, time spent examining one's
"I
that
am lucky to be in an industry
is
am lucky to be in an industry
growing
— health care and
mobile technology," says Peterson,
45, "and fortunate to be able to
have a job that is, at its core, doing
good things for people."
In particular.
Unbound produces
Relief Central, a free
app
that sup-
plies information to disaster relief
philosophically
—
"I
Philip Peterson
had a couple ofjobs in computI would fall asleep in,"
is
hurtles into the
future. Once, mobile
that is growing ... andfortunate to
be able to have a job that is, at its
core, doing good things for people.'*
to help diagnose patients,
answer questions and research
life
tempered by the frenetic pace of
the mobile phone app business as
it
"/
Suite can provide references
information, Peterson says.
company employs
Today, his
people in Media, Pa.; Charlottesville,
partnerships with super- sources
like Johns
14;
11.
'91
phones only made
calls,
but devices
including the original
Palm
Pilot,
iPhone,
iPad,
Amazon's Kindle
Fire,
Blackberry
Playbook, Nokia Lumia and
er science that
Motorola Droid put an end
he says of his days at Bloomsburg,
where he followed his brother Chris
Now, Peterson says, "You can
never stop and look back at what
you did. We're constantly on our
toes. If I'm planning more than
three months out, it's probably
'80,
now an anesthesiologist in
was something like
and converting
them into shipping labels. It was
boring compared to what I was
Lancaster.
"It
taking invoices
doing for fun."
Peterson loved college, embracing
to that.
unrealistic." •
Rebecca Rhodin
is
a freelance
writer based in Wescosville, Pa.
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1
GRADUATES OF Bloomsburg
University's nursing
assured of a job
Master of Science
program are
when they graduate.
But a nursing degree from
BU
in
Nursing with
concentrations in adult and family
nurse practitioner, adult health cUni-
community
nursing administration and
nurse
cal
specialist,
the master's program,
1985.
first
offered in
With the exception of the nurse
anesthetist program, the typical
graduate student
is
a part-time stu-
dent juggling family and career. The
requires sacrifice, hard work, dedica-
health,
and lots of determination.
"It's a tough and stressfijil program,
but it prepares you for the real world
nurse anesthesia.
120 graduate students are generally
High expectations
in
The
all
tion
of nursing," says Kayla Farr,
who
18-year-old nursing students
Unit at Geisinger Medical Center four
Bloomsburg with a determination not found in most majors,
Ficca says. Freshman year is filled
months before she graduated
with challenging courses in the
landed her current job as a registered
nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care
Up to 1,000 high
in 2010.
school students,
most from Pennsylvania, apply
each year for admission to the
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
arrive at
or part of their educations. The
nurse practitioner program
Ficca, chair of the department.
nursing students a year to substan-
SUE
A.
This May, the
BEARD
first class will
grad-
which educates nurse anesthetists.
Offered exclusively in conjunction
with Geisinger, the 33-month pro-
gram admitted its first 12 students
chosen from a
field
one of the leading programs of its kind,
offering both undergraduate and graduate
degrees in the ever- advancing profession.
into
of 40 applicants
Students spend the
reflects students' deter-
mination, she adds.
first
nine
months at BU, where they earn 24
core credits. That's followed by 24
months at Geisinger for more classroom work and about 1,500 hours in
operating rooms — nearly three times
the on-the-job training required by
the Council on Accreditation.
"Enrollment
dard grades
—
— in August 2009.
BU's nursing department, which produced
its first 45 graduates in 1979, has evolved
ing to reflect today's explosion of
the
uate from the newest program,
Demand
The curriculum, constantly evolv-
is
draw and its graduates are in
the most demand, Ficca says.
biggest
anatomy, chemistry and psychology.
To advance to the sophomore year,
students must have at least a 2.5
GPA and a minimum grade of C in
all required classes. The fact that BU
generally loses only five freshman
J^J^jJ-^
many cases their employers fund
natural and social sciences, including
program. Less than 10 percent —
between 70 or 80 students — are
admitted, according to Michelle
^j;
and
in school to further their careers
students to the
is
limited to expose
maximum number of
Art Richer, program
and a nurse anesthetist.
"Anything less would dilute the
cases," says
knowledge and technology, has a
reputation for being rigorous, and
Bloomsburg graduates boast a high
riences in nearby hospitals begin in
passage rate on required licensing
in complexity, as
exams. The competitiveness of the
ences that take students to Geisinger
time commitment. "They're either in
application process allows
Medical Center and hospitals in
the operating
Bloomsburg "to take the best of the
Berwick, Bloomsburg, Lewisburg and
and
Shamokin two or three days each week.
"Within three months of gradua-
says Richer, adding students
best," says Ficca,
who has chaired
the department since spring 2011.
The nursing department prepares
undergraduates for a wide range of
Nursing classes with
the
clinical
expe-
sophomore year. Classes increase
do clinical experi-
tion, we're at
100 percent placement,"
Ficca says.
specialties, including critical care,
director
experience students have."
Once a student begins, it's a fuU-
it's
Master's programs
trauma and home care, and offers a
The same placement rate is true for
must
prepare for each case by reviewing
pathology reports, considering drug
interactions, assessing their patients'
health
obstetrics, pediatrics, rehabilitation,
room or the classroom,
a constant learning process,"
and choosing the appropriate
drugs and dosages for the procedure.
Richer says the proximity of
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17
Remembering
a Founder
LAURETTA PIERCE, one
of the founding faculty in
Department, had a
soft spot in
need
Bloomsburg
University's Nursing
her heart for graduate students. So
that Annetta Pierce, a retired
Teaching critical thinking skills is
is fitting
it
secondary educator,
no simple task, yet recent graduate
counselor and administrator, has endowed a
scholarship fund
who
nurses
in
her twin sisters
Farr says the nursing program does a
memory to
aid
terrific job. "Critical
are continuing their educations beyond
The Dr Lauretta Pierce Scholarship
^^^^^^A-
^^^^^H
criteria for the
Nursing
in
$1,000 awards are exemplary character,
scholarship and drive, as well as financial need.
^^^^1
'^^^^^
Lauretta Pierce
was
a trained nurse
who
The challenges
Health care
not
is
immune from cut-
backs in the workforce, and today's
taught at
Harrisburg's Polyclinic Hospital, Wilmington General
Lauretta Pierce
skill I
will
one or more students. The
to
thinking is a
use every day in the NICU," she says.
the baccalaureate level.
be presented each year
be comfortable with decision-
to
making skills," she adds."
Penn State/Hershey Medical Center and the
Bloomsburg faculty in 1974, helping to
nursing curriculum and serving as a pathophysiology and
medical
acutely
facilities
ill
Hospital,
staffers,
are treating
more
patients with fewer
according to Ficca.
University of Pennsylvania before joining the
write the fledgling
research instructor Pierce
and chair
for
two years
was
until
assistant chair of the department from 1988 to 1990
her retirement
in
December
Bloomsburg s graduate nursing program earned its
away Nov. 1. 2009. after suffering a massive stroke.
Annetta Pierce
made
1
initial
991
,
Under her leadership.
She passed
accreditation.
Technological advances
prolonged
bers of patients
care
a S25.000 donation to establish the scholarship
in tribute to
in
her
"
scholarship established
homes and hospitals, but on the well
in
that graduate students will benefit
her honor "She
know what
felt
grad students are committed
their career goals are
and are able
to give
elderly
from a
back very
tered by the Bloomsburg University Foundation. More information
at www.bloomu.edu/aid/bu_scholarships. The recipients will
of the chair of the nursing department
is
is
adminis-
available online
be chosen by a committee
and two nurse
instructors.)
Ever-changing
have to travel to various hospitals to
explosion and impact of technology
they can get
it
all
...
atrics, transplants,
At Geisinger,
obstetrics, pedi-
heart surgery
"
Monica Masemer, a 2006 graduate
of BU's Bachelor of Science in
is
and clinical and technology issues."
While Ficca believes Bloomsburg
go before she graduates from the
on the profession. The 16 fuU-time and
members are
expected to stay current with devel-
opments and share that information.
Ficca says, citing radical evolutions
operating room three or four days a
settings over the last
cases
— and she loves every moment.
"It's
"I've
a
gift to
be a nurse," she
says.
had an amazing career so far. You
have to be selfless and put others before
yourself.
It's
just so rewarding.
school's tough schedule
is
Grad
temporary
compared to saving someone's
life."
The future
Ficca hopes the future includes
community-spedfic health promotion
and disease prevention — "keeping
people well as opposed to treating
them only when they are sick."
She also believes nursing will play
nursing care delivery and inpatient
as she prepares for the next day's
because expectations are getting
in medications, treatment plans,
anesthesia program. She's in the
week — days that begin at 4:45 a.m.
and continue late into the evenings
two decades.
a larger role in the delivery of health
care to the insured, uninsured
we have electronic
medical
records, new
charting and
equipment and the use of human
underinsured.
and mechanical simulations in classrooms and learning labs," she adds.
lations,
"In technology,
"All give students the
opportunity to
enhance their clinical judgment
in a
Since nursing
Bloomsburg is increasing students'
literally is
a Hfe-
and- death career, "our graduates
BLOO.MSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
she says.
And there's the hope that
Bloomsbui-g will one day offer a
doctorate in nursing practice, which
will
safe setting."
and
A challenge specific to
contact with culturally diverse popu-
comply with accrediting standards
and meet the educational needs of
advanced practice nurses. •
Sue A. Beard, the retired editor of The Record Herald, Waynesboro,
18
meeting the challenges, the nursing
higher and higher."
"Nothing is stagnant in health care,"
Nursing program, has about a year
to
Ficca says the biggest challenge
keeping up with the knowledge
22 part-time faculty
...
including theoretical
program can never rest on its laurels.
"The curriculum needs to be fluid
Bloomsburg to Geisinger, eight miles
away in Danville, makes the program
attractive. "At some schools, students
their experiences.
...
perspectives, the latest developments
is
all
services they need.
be knowledgeable about almost
everything
Bloomsburg. the Pierce scholarship
(Editor's note: Like all scholarships at
and the
"We find our graduates need to
to
quickly to their professions." Alichnie says.
get
an increased focus on older
adults, not just those in nursing
more they could do with their lives, Annetta remembers.
was a close friend of Lauretta and says her
former colleague would be pleased
made up
do preventive
Because people are living longer,
there's
Faculty emerita Christine Alichnie
nursing careers,
to
and tend to be more ill when
research work. She really valued education, and she thought the more education
got, the
fail
mean
num-
increasing
they enter the system, Ficca explains.
her sister "Lauretta really got involved with the master s degree students
nurses
lives, yet
Pa., lives in
North Fort Myers,
Fla.
"
"WHAT'S THE FOOD LIKE?"
"How are roommates
BU 's Admissions
staff hears all of these questions and many more from
"What
are the meal plaii options?"
chosen?" "What's in Centennial Hall?"
and their parents. Pro\ iding
answers for visiting families — and making sure each
prospectix e students
\'isitor's first
impression
is
a positive
one
— is the job of
student tour guides.
Meet De\'on Mills, NicoUe Skiemiont, Christina Davis
and Di-eka Williams who talk alxtut their role as student
tour guides and its impact on their owii college e\^)erience.
Devon
Mills.
Senior
Computer Forensics Major/ Criminal Justice Minor
Hometown: Watsontown. Pa.
Bloomsburg Unix ersity stood out
of important wa\ s — her
the famih connecrion (her father
De\ on Mills
to
number
much easier to
know the campus. I know
in a
is
so
''It's
financial aid package,
Philip Mills '9A "96^1)
where everything is now.
all, the fact that the college had intei-preters
accommodate her hearing impairment. .As she started
her senior x ear at BU, Mills w as looking for an oncampus job. "The tour guide was one of the positions
1 applied for because I knew I could do it e\ en witli ni\
and. abov e
to
Mills
was
hired, she read
up on
the important
infonnation she'd be sharing with families and shad-
owed an experienced toiu" guide before she took gi'oups
on her o\\-n. The three \ ears' w orth of BU know ledge
she'd accunudated was also put to good use.
.\ big part of Mills' job is to answer questions over
the course of the tour. One of the most frequenth asked
questions? "People always ask
cars ft-eshman year," she
if
thought
it xx ould be cool to see xvhat goes on," she saj's.
had such an amazing experience mx' fi-eshman x ear. I
XX anted to gix e people an amazing experience like I had."
"I
Skiermont gets manx questions about lix ing on cam"I get questions about meal plans. I also get a lot of
pus.
w eek. She
Mills gi\ es an average of two toiu-s a
sa\ s a
good tour guide "has the abilit\ to adapt to an>- situadon.
is fi-iendh- and open or eas\ -going. imderstands how to
gi\ e good lectures or make it interesting for the audience
and has enough knowledge to answer most of the questions diat the audience ma>' ha\'e." At the same time,
the "perfect" campus visitor "is am one that is interested
in learning aboiu Bloomsburg Uni\ ersity. w ill actualh
listen and asks a lot of questions."
As Mills' college career wraps up. she sa\"s her time
as a tour guide has helped her in man\ wax s. "It has
given me more confidence and helped me become more
x\
1 liked the w ax it looked," she says.
Once at BU, she x\"anted to find a xx-ax' to pax' it fonx-aixl
and share hei- experience xvith others. Skiemiont xvas
an Orientation Workshop Leader (OWL) as a sophomom
and beliex ed she could do ex en more as a tour guide. "I
the\ can bring their
sa\"s.
comfortable with dealing
Nirolle Skiermont
been done,
hearing loss," she explains.
Once
—
ith different
t>
pes of people."
questions about residence
domis
life
—
things like xvhich
are co-ed and can thex' hax'e microxvax^es
and
most families xvant to see a
lecture hall, xx hich is decidedlx different from most
high school classrooms. "I alxvax s trx" to shoxx them
refrigerators."
xvhat
it
looks
She
like,"
sax s
she says.
Skiennont leads an
xx
eek,
and
sax s
ax
erage of three or four tours per
her job has
its
adx antages.
"It's
so
easier to knoxx the campus," she laughs. "I knoxx
ex
er\lhing
is
much
xx
here
noxx."
She also credits die Admissions staff for the w ork diex"
do schediding toure. "The tours are about the pai'ents
and students, but the behind-die-scenes
a good toiu"."
stuff makes for
Nicolle Skiermont. Senior
ChminalJustice Major/Spanish Minor
Christina Davis. Junior
Hometown: Southampton.
Communication Studies Major
As
a
Pa.
high school student looking at colleges. Nicolle
Skiermont says BU had just w hat she w as looking tor.
"It was a medium-sized school and it had m\ major.
I w ent to campus for a tour. Seeing how beautiful and
open it was. and seeing all of the renoxations that had
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Hometown:
Philadelphia. Pa.
For Christina Dax
atmosphere
she says
colleges.
—
is,
BU's small size and friendly
different from home."
— "something totallx
appealed to her w hen she xx as considering
She describes herself as shx b\ nature, xx hich
campus visitors might find hard to believe. Besides
working as a tour guide, Davis is a talented hip-hop
dancer who recently won the "Lens on Talent"
competition sponsored by BET.
Davis says she helps the families feel at ease by simply
being herself "I go with my experiences on campus and
what it's really like to be a student here," she says. "I try
to keep them laughing and smiling."
Davis says
it's
important to find something in
common
starting top
left,
clockwise:
Skiermont talks
with parents and prospective
students in the Warren
Student Services Center
Devon Mills gathers a group
at Northumberland Hall
and Christina Davis leads
visitors along the
passing Waller
with the families on her tours. "Everybody
which
is
what keeps
have anything to
it
say,
interesting.
or
I
is different,
Quad,
home, but the campus is
home in no
That's certainly been true
likely to feel like
time.
for Williams,
because
it
who chose BU
was one of the few
schools that offered her major.
"I wanted to major in optometry,
and BU advertised pre-optomeThat, combined with the beautiful BU
Administration Building.
Some people don't
try,"
crack a joke and they don't
leave
Nicolle
she says.
well-prepared for anything that comes your way and
campus, made choosing a college easy for Williams.
Williams says that she usually "clicks" with out-ofstate students because she understands their fears and
anxieties. "If you are not a people person, or if you
know how to react. Whether it's a parent who asks a
lot of questions or those who don't ask anything, I just
you, because you are really selling the school. If you
go with the type of audience
don't love the campus,
say anything.
I
like families
who have questions,
especially the students."
Davis says she's also learned to be
I
flexible.
"Be
haven't liked your time at BU, this
have."
is
not the job for
you probably won't make a good
tour guide."
Williams' experience as a tour guide has helped put
Dreka Williams. Senior. Pre-med Major
Hometown: Gaithersburg. Md.
Moving to college
is
stressful
enough, but moving to an
out-of-state institution is another level of stress all
remind me
why I chose BU."
helps
—
its
Editor's note:
Maryland, can relate
Bloomsburg University, see www.bloomu.edu/admissions.
It's
a feeling
to
the students she takes on
Dreka Williams
tours
For answers
to
many
questions about
Contact the Admissions Office at buadmiss@bloomu.edu.
who are feeling a bit
nervous about leaving home. Sharing her story helps
reassure
days
Dreka
Williams remembers well.
Williams, originally from
own.
"Going on a tour
own college experience in perspective. "Even on
when I don't feel like doing a tour, going on a tour
helps remind me why I chose BU. When I'm not feeling
my best, it helps give me a pick-me-up, too." •
her
to
them that not only will they do well once they
Sara
Hodon is a freelance writer and college-level
English instructor from Schuylkill County, Pa.
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own an iPod or M
player, Paragon Media Strategies reports. How many are playing their
music much too loud?
More than 75 percent of young people
ROCK
'N'
ROLL and volume,
lots
and
lots of volume, just naturally
Pipe that volume from iPods and other
and
a personal playlist enjoyed today
ages 14 to 24
go together.
MP3 players directly into a listener's ears
may damage
hearing later in
life.
A recent study by students of Pamela Smith and Tom Zalewski, associate
professors of audiology and speech pathology, revealed that nearly
92 percent of 459 Bloomsburg University students surveyed use a personal
listening device,
most often with earbuds, which are placed
directly
into the ear canal.
Earbuds' proximity to the eardrum, coupled with
a practically never-ending supply of music at potentially
loss,
unsafe volume
although
years,
Smith
it
levels,
can lead to hearing
may not be noticed for several
says.
Symptoms
of damage include
ringing in the ears, muffled voices or a sense of
fullness in the ears.
"Headphones ampUfy sound, and new technology is
producing sound-isolating headphones or earbuds,"
Zalewski says. "These tiny devices can produce the
sound levels of a rock concert. When you put the two together
and if you listen to it loud enough for long enough you are
-v
putting yourself at risk for hearing damage. "
^
Two simple steps can reduce the chance of damage — which can
be permanent. First, turn down the volume, Zalewski says. "If you can \^
hold a conversation in a normal level of voice with someone three or four v
v
feet away, then it's usually safe. If you have to speak up or ask the individual
you are speaking with to repeat himself or herself, then it's too loud."
And don't listen for hours at a time. "Take some breaks and walk away from the
sound intensity," he says.
Carolyn K. Novaleski '10 was the student co-chair of the study's research committee.
An iPod user, she prefers loud music, but limits the amount of time she is plugged in to
her device to "maybe one to two hours a week." Novaleski, who earned a bachelor's
degree in speech pathology/audiology and receives her master's degree this spring, is
...
...
representative of others in her
\\
field.
The BU survey showed students in communication-related majors, such as
speech-language pathology/ audiology, education of the deaf and hard of hearing and
American Sign Language interpreters, are less likely to set their iPods at higher volumes
in noisy backgrounds. They also are more likely to believe that manufacturers of MP3
players should build devices to limit audio/volimie level settings, an option available in
current iPod software.
Other major findings
are:
Male students are more likely to listen to iPods
at louder volume levels than females.
• Non-white students are more likely to
listen at louder volume levels than white students.
"Ultimately
our role is an educational one," Smith says of the survey. "If users
have the information they can make an informed decision about their iPod use." •
•
...
Becky Lock is a writer, editor and photographer who works
and lives in Pennsylvania.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
TURN Down
THE VOLUME
by
BECKY LOCK
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Right to
the Point
WITH A GROWING public interest in alternative medicine,
acupuncture work for me was tiie
no wonder acupuncture is appearing in more areas
— the military sometimes uses the technique as part of
a treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). Acupuncturist Todd Trembula '98, co-founder
of Charlotte (N.C.) Acupuncture and Wellness Center,
is pleased with the trend and optimistic about the
me go to school."
it's
future of natural medicine.
"The most common misconception is that it's painfiil,"
Trembula says, explaining the needles used at his
practice are only 0.16 mm thick and come with insertion
tubes. Most patients report very litde or no pain, he adds.
Trembula first heard of acupuncture in a medical
anthropology class he took at BU, although it was a
chance meeting with an acupuncturist in 1999 that
prompted him to explore the field. The doctor invited
Trembula to observe his office on a busy day and, after
hearing about the patients' experiences, "I had a gut
feeling this was what I wanted to do," he says. "Seeing
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While pain management is a common goal of acupunc
can be used to treat a range of ailments.
Trembula often sees patients with digestive problems, and
his partner, Hope Peek, works with patients to overcome
infertility and other reproductive health issues. Treatment
strategies may include herbal medicines and working
ture, the technique
together with other medical professionals.
Trembula hopes
to see the application of acupuncture
integrated into the medical system. "There are a
number
of medical settings where acupuncture can enhance the
effects of the conventional care patients are receiving,"
he says. "It can help stave off" surgery, reduce pain and
inflammation in a post-op rehabilitative setting, help
people come off" meds. Using acupuncture alongside
modem Western treatments would, in the very least,
increase their quality of life and possibly lessen overall
health care costs."*
Melanie Berger Wiscount
1971
won
Jim Berkheiser
New Jersey
a
Poetry Prize honorable mention
poem, Gorgeous, and was
for his
nominated
for a Pushcart Prize
poem, When Dad Harped.
for his
Four honored with alumni awards
'84/'04M, a business and
technology teacher
Larry A. Fry
Palmyra
School District, was one of 50
named a Siemens STEM
Institute Fellow. She also was
teachers
2011
one of 101 teachers
at the
1973
at
who competed
Microsoft Partners in
Learning U.S. Innovative
is
an accounting
Educator Forum.
i-eceived a
was named honorary
101/EOP since 1996,
he served as assistant director from 1977 to 1996.
Wright is actively involved in the University-Community
Task Force on Racial Equity University Committee for
Protected Class Issues, the advisory board for Frederick
Douglass Institute and Bloomsburg Rotary Club.
of the year. Director of Act
Awards were:
Kathleen Shanoski Mulligan 67/'69M. Bloomsburg. the
1985
of
Vicki Morris Benion
Donald Bechtel
Wright, of Bloomsburg.
alumnus
Receiving Distinguished Service
operations manager and vice president of Fulton Financial Coi-p.
Wright, director of BU s Act 101/EOP program, and three alumni
were honored by the Alumni Association.
Irvin
is
executive
curriculum and instruction
School
District
at
and co-founder
the
of the Danville
Town
doctorate of education in leader-
Association of CoUege Stores
Development Center). Active
ship and policy studies from
Foundation.
she served on the Planning Commission
and. last
Virginia Tech University.
1987
Lehigh Valley
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of Logical Writing Solutions
is
Christian High School.
1979
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degrees
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health information technology
group.
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district attorney.
Deborah, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary
is
Anderson Grey 81. Berwick, a registered resand certified pulmonary function technologist. who founded the Columbia County Volunteers
in Medicine Clinic and chairs its newsletter committee.
Bette
to
biology from Bloomsburg.
in 2011.
The Maroon and Gold Excellence Award went
Rich Donahue teaches business
Denmark-Olar middle
and high
schools,
Denmark,
1991
and counselor
Gary Groenheim
joined Bloomberg
Television as com-
mercial director for
Scott
Kevin Reynolds
chair of its government technology
ball
commission.
University.
is
head basket-
to Scranton,
Valley
and Beyond.
A
Visitor's
The Lackawanna
is
Michael
Zeiser '93 recently
C.
is
vice president
and community
assistant
manager of West Milton
Office
Coach of the
experience managing financial and administrative
organizations as CFO of Sytex Inc. and vice president of
business operations for Lockheed Martin s Army-Navy
programs. Prior to entering private industry. Zeiser held public
accounting positions with Kreischer Miller. He lives in Doylestown with
Year.
1992
Quay Hanna,
became senior vice president and chief
MacAu lay- Brown Inc.. an engineering
and technical services company supporting the U.S.
Department of Defense. He has more than 19 years of
financial officer of
He was the 2008-09
author of Bus
his wife,
Rebecca Anderson Zeiser
'94.
and
their three daughters.
America: Revelations of a Redneck,
a speaker for
Shippensburg
University's annual
Michael Loeh
BU s
senior VP/CFO
Zeiser
Conference Western Division
was
1984
in
and Retention, she has held positions at
Shippensburg and Miami universities. She earned a
bachelor's degree in social work from Bloomsburg. a master's in counseling and is pursuing a doctorate in education administration. She is
coach for Slippery Rock
and author of Pennsylvania's
Guide
of
of Diversity
Pennsylvania State Athletic
Northeast Treasures:
Community College
Hong Kong.
TechQuest board of directors and
Lackawanna Heritage
at the
Philadelphia. Previously assistant director
the Asia-Pacific
region, based in
Council of Central Pennsylvania's
Daniel Perry is the chief operating
to
Lynette Luckers 01. Philadelphia, assistant professor
S.C.
McCabe is president of
IMR Digital, Camp Hill. He also
is a member of the Technology
of
clinic has provided free health services
uninsured and underinsured working citizens of
Columbia and lower Luzerne counties (see story page 10). From 200^
to 2010. Grey served on the State Board of Medicine and was the
board's vice president in 2009. She received her bachelor s degree in
1980
classes at
BU
member
a
Since 2007. the
j
'
1990
State Bank.
years
AGAPE
chair of the
Piratory therapist
^^|y"^t
Zdzislaw Kordecki and wife,
office
for 20
the Alumni Association s Carver Hall Chapter.
4i
T
Schuylkill County's first assistant
Valley
Bloomsburg.
of
special education and communication disorders from
in
co-chair of the Technology
Council of Central Pennsylvania's
William Reiley was named
officer for
was volunteer
and a doctorate from Penn State University Mulligan
If^
matics teacher
fall,
the
in
Center for Flood Relief following Tropical Storm Lee. She holds
Ann Pavkovic Grove, president
Henry Crush, an educator for
more than 20 years, is a mathe-
Daycare
Center for Child Development (now the Danville Child
director of the National
1978
director
first
Bloomsburg Area
March
for
Humanity.
Maillie, Falconiero
Vicki Marold Johannes
1995
1993
Robert Hershey Jr.
is
community office manager for
is
a partner in
and
Co., a
Pottstown accounting firm.
received
He
CPA designation in 1995.
Mitchell
Hanna is communication
manager for Quarryville
Presbyterian Retirement
Community, Lancaster.
The Dime Bank, Hawley.
Lorena Kutza is an
associate
Glenn Haug is girls'
buyer for Cherokee
coach
Pharmaceuticals, Riverside.
School.
at
varsity soccer
Paramus (N.J.) High
He was named coach of
the year after his team finished the
season with a 12-5 record.
SPRING 2012
25
Michael Kwasnoski
is
Maria McGinty-Ferris is an asso-
a lieu-
tenant colonel in the U.S. Air
He commands
Force.
ciate attorney
the 30th
Curtin
Comptroller
&
with
Heefner,
a Bucks County
Alumna
directs state
,
tfie
Squadron
at
law finn.
I
is
California.
ParenteBeard's insurance indus-
community office
manager for Miffiinburg Bank
2002
Trust Co.'s Shamokin
Scott
&
Dam and
New Berlin offices.
is
a partner in
Neuhard '02M, a faculty
member in Pennsylvania College
of Technology's electronics and
1998
computer engineering technology
David Manbeck, manager at
Beyer and Ritter
department,
CPA and
experience
in
Pennsylvania state government, including
Publishing's Who's
Collegiate Faculty.
Who in
series as
Chris Thompson, Ephrata,
He was recognized for outstand-
coach of the Lehigh Valley Steel
ing contributions to his profession
Hawks indoor football team.
and community as part of the
MS Leadership Class.
2003
is
a
Vishal Petigara, attorney and
Northumberland County Career
member of the business and
and Technology Center, Coal
finance department of Obermayer
Township.
Central Bucks
Chamber
Juney Bamett
is
2000
for
and Phelps, a financial advisory
and investment banking firm
Kansas University.
Michael Taylor published a
a talent
manager at Duff
in
New York City.
Race.
1
Monocacy Middle
Amanda Malles is a CT technolo-
2006
gist for Johns
John W. Martin III '06M is business manager for Caldwell,
He teaches language arts at
Frederick,
Heckles and Egan
2007
Construction's
Michael Averto
north branch in
owner of Otreva Design,
MillvLUe.
School,
He is also
an adjunct faculty
Md.
Justin Flock
is
the owner/
a teacher of English as a second
operator of Flook's Landscaping,
language in the Harrisburg area,
Bloomsburg.
first
translations into 10 languages.
founder and
a
Scranton website design and
development company.
Megan Pugh
of Technology, teaching courses in
Josh London
business and computer technology.
solutions executive at Regulatory
Frank Beasley is the head
nology solutions provider in King
Miller,
Conyngham,
assistant wrestling coach at
of Prussia.
joined ParenteBeard as a staff
Binghamton
Mashbum Wiest 'oiM
2004
School Board and an agent for
Joseph Baker
Square Diehl Realty
nator for
Inc.,
Sunbury.
is
a housing coordi-
CMSU-MHMR, serving
Snyder and Union counties.
F
li
NN
.S
Bowman Goshert is a
registered nurse at the Janet
residents of Columbia, Montour,
BLOOMSBURG UNIVER.SITY OF
risk diligence
Sonja Parr Flook
Heather
member of the Shikellamy
is
University.
accountant.
26
is
DataCorp, a risk intelligence tech-
childen's book,
Night Noises, which includes
a
Hopkins Bayview
Medical Center in Baltimore, Md.
member at Pennsylvania College
Carole LaPlante 'oiM, Dauphin,
Cheryl
for the Secret
and
bank fraud, counterfeiting and forgery. A graduate of St. John s University
School of Law. she has A years' experience with her own law firm and
Shearman & Sterling, dealing with executive compensation disclosure,
corporate governance issues and other securities taws matters.
young adult book. Survival of the
Fittest: The Last Hope for the Human
the
2001
published her
Norberg served as a special agent
assistant
strength and conditioning coach
is
Earlier in her career.
Service, investigating federal crimes including telecommunications
Hippel, spoke
Economic Forecast 2012 program.
acquisition
Jane Norberg '91 was appointed deputy chief of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower earlier this
year overseeing a program that helps ensure complaints are handled
appropriately and recommends awards for information leading to commission enforcement action. Individuals may receive awards if information they provide helps the SEC identify fraud and other security law violations, minimizing harm to investors and holding accountable those
responsible for unlawful conduct.
Debbi Dobson '03/'04M
1999
is
computer technology instructor at
Melinda Lewis
Governor s Commission on Women Role Model Award and the Governor s
Commission on Latino Affairs Award in Health.
Norberg oversees Whistleblower program
part of the 25th anniversary class.
Rebmann Maxwell
of staff at the
included in the
is
Leadership Harrisburg Area's
Harrisburg
and chief
Pennsylvania Department of Aging
After graduating from BU with a bachelors degree
in business administration, Bucher earned an MBA in
health care administration from Regis University A native of San Juan.
Puerto Rico, Bucher is the first Hispanic to reach the deputy secretary
level in Pennsylvania state government, where she has received the
2011-12 edition of Montclair
Consultants, graduated from
community leadership
AARP members.
Pennsylvania's Executive Council She has more
than 16 years of leadership, policy and management
Jason Jacobs
eight years as deputy secretary
Brian Neitz
is
s 1.7 million
AARP
Force Base,
try practice.
at the
commonwealtfi
Prior to her appointment, she served two years on
Vandenberg Air
FA
AARP
Ivonne Gutierrez Bucher 91 the new state director of AARP Pennsylvania,
is leading advocacy, connmunify outreacti and education work to benefit
Y LVAN
I
A
Weis
Children's Hospital at Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville.
is
a teacher for
the Millville Area School District.
2008
Nicole
2009
Shoop Shebelskie is
2010
Barbara Caccia
a
is
Brittany Bender
junior sales
associate at Toll Brothers City
research assistant at Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville.
Living,
Horsham. She
is
also a
member of town council in
Lyndsey Snyder Beasley, a certi-
& Associates,
Shawn Clark operates Shawn
Katie Zaccarino
Pennsauken Intermediate School.
Sarah Kline Ryan
is
a middle
Smith
Elizabeth A. Jung is an admissions
Ashley Erdman
director
Dune Energy's board of directors.
The principal/owner of KP Energy since January 201
Keener
previously was managing director of Imperial Capital and principal and
managing director of Petrobridge Investment. He earned a bachelor s
degree in business administration and accounting from BU and a
masters degree in business administration from Loyola University
R.
Keener
'81 is
serving on
1
Kressler accepts
Regan
"
f
is
V
ck
J
is
University,
Madison,
N.J.
Zachary Pearce
is
a
member of
the Delaware Valley School Board.
Coombe is a
marketing coordinator with
Shawn
Geisinger Health System.
for ParenteBeard, Reading.
Ziegler
is
an accountant
&
CORRECTIONS
Giuffre receives lifetime
Nick Giuffre
the Fred
V.
customer success VP
responsible for client services, account
and
counselor at Fairleigh Dickinson
'risk'
Mike Regan 78 joined the executive team of Alteryx
Inc. as vice president of customer success, where he
_ Jl
one of eight
.
Barbara A. Lawless Kressler 77. a 23-year veteran
of the insurance industry, was promoted to vice president of Keystone Insurers Group s Risk Solutions
Division. Kressler who has worked with KIG for
seven years, started her career with Hutchison
Insurance Agency as a commercial account manager
She worked for Briar Creek Mutual for eight years,
joining KIG in 2005 as assistant vice president.
""^^^
is
Phillies.
Haili Shetler
Keener named Dune Energy
Michael
Intermediate Unit.
2011
District.
an
Zeigler
Kenis and Co.
Elliott
school counselor for Danville
School
is
Ashby and
services through the Luzerne
Day is senior associate
baUgirls for the 2012 Philadelphia
New Jersey's
Au.D.
'11
Audiology. She also provides
E.
a special
is
McClelland
Sparta, N.J.
Jennifer
Spring, N.J.
Clark Funeral Home, Lansford.
education teacher in
Jill
audiologist for
for
Endicott, N.Y.
man-
Laurel
fied public accountant, joined
Vieira
project
is
ager for Stascom Technologies,
management
training. Previously vice president of operations
Kace, Regan held senior
management
roles at
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at
f^BPi*
global software organizations, startups and growth
78.
president and
CEO
of
achievement award
Bradford White Corp..
was presented
Keenan Lifetime Achievement Award during the American
Supply Association (ASA) annual meeting and member
lunch. This award honors individuals whose contributions
and achievements have improved the plumbing, heating,
cooling and piping fields, especially in terms of education,
safety service and industry image,
Giuffre began working for the Bradford White Corp.
after graduation
company
from BU. His former positions within the
include sales administrator vice president of
sales and executive vice president.
He also was honored with the Golden
Eagle Award from the Association of Independent Manufacturers
Representatives in 2003.
name was misspelled when this story
Winter 2012 issue. We apologize for the error
Editor's note: Nick Giuffre's last
originally
appeared
in the
stage companies, including Portal Software, Siebel,
Sybase, Datasweep and MarketLive. He earned an
MBA
from Lehigh
Wilson promoted
University,
Alteryx
is
a provider of strategic analytics
based
in Irvine, Calif.
Patrick W. Wilson
'91 of
to
senior vice president
vice president of operations
for Little
^
Alumni return with career advice
Conference presenters included: Kristin Mock Austin
'02.
director of Admissions/coordinator of orientation, BU: Scott
'06, digital
Bowden
assistant
Hemmons
marketing project manager Thompson/Reuters: Greg
01, vice
president-investments,
UBS
Financial Services Inc.
and president, BU Alumni Association Board; Phil Ferdinand '82,
managing partner Green Sky Business Development: Paul Kappel '89.
president. Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley: Whitney Purcell '11,
Student Life coordinator Lycoming College: and Kathleen Oatley Mangold
'98, assistant director of Residential Services, Muhlenberg College.
Also participating were former campus leaders: Tom Kresch 10.
Shalanda Gray '96. Lynette Luckers 01, Jennifer Shymansky Inaba 06,
J R. Sperry '89. Dave Marcolla 00 and Jennifer Bosset 06.
And, Rudy Inaba 06, Megan Harter 07, Scott McCabe '80, John
Ludrof 86, Chris Jackson 85, Bill Koch 85, Tristan Zelinka 08, Emily
O Holla 08, Joe Yasinskas 06 and Heather Bowman Goshert 06.
League
International. In his
new
position.
Wilson, previously vice president of operations for
Little
League Baseball and Softball, is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the operations of Little League
Alumni working in careers ranging from law and financial services
to technology and educational administration took part in the fifth
annual Husky Leadership Summit in March, sponsored by BU s Alumni
Affairs Office,
was promoted to senior
and program development
Williamsport recently
International s five regional centers in the United States
and four abroad. Wilson is tournament director for the
'^S?
Little League Baseball World Series and chairman of the
Little League International Charter and Tournament Committees. He
oversees all operations, marketing and communications divisions of
Little League International.
Wilson began working for Little League in 1993 as an administrative
assistant to the vice president. Over the years, he has served as director
of regional operations and assistant international tournament director
Wilson, who played Little League baseball as a child, volunteers with
organizations, including United Way and Leadership Lycoming, and has
served on the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors and the Williamsport Area Recreation Commission. He has
been a member of BU s Council of Trustees since 2009.
Editor's note: Patrick Wilson s
appeared
in the
title
Winter 2012 issue.
was
incorrect
We apologize
when
this story originally
for the error
SPRING 2012
27
VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
Births
Kip McCabe '83 and Angela Belander, July 9, 2011
Thomas Venesky '97 and Kathleen Burt-Salter, Oct.
David Wilson Ashelman Jr.
No\'. 20,
'99
Obituaries
Jennifer R.B.
22, 2011
and Carolyn Joy Sutton,
Adams '98 and husband,
Adams,
Helen Martin Watts
Dec.
2,
2011
Martha
and Stephen Hammond, Nov.
and Sean Shappell, Aug.
'01
Gina Belianca
'01
'02
and Edwin Weidow,
13,
2010
Cara Evangelista DeCicco
'99
and
Feb. 4, 2012
Sept. 10, 2011
'03
and Mariko Kubomi, July 30,
Jacob Hartman '03 and Carolyn Salisbun Hart Eno, July
Alicia Averto '04 and John Boniewicz, Aug.
6,
and Maria Smime, Aug.
Rhiannon Grohol '05M and Robert
Kimberly Hess
'05
'05
2012
May 29,
Oct. 23, 2010
Lauren Casparro '06 and Quinn Conaboy, Dec.
Heather Diener '06 and Seth Cramer, June
John Chruney
2011
John
31,
10,
2011
2011
Becca Mulutzie Beitler '02 and
husband, Ian Beitler
Gage Dan, Nov.
17,
'03,
husband, Greg
Genevieve, Feb.
8,
2012
'07
and
Elliot
Lyons
Liz
'08, July 30, 2011
Melissa Godfrey '07 and Christopher Allen, Sept. 24, 2011
Miriah Matrician '07 and Michael Wascavage, Oct.
Jennifer Pahira '07 and
Damian
Bugg\,',
Ashley Snyder
'07
Julie Stavig '07
and Matthew Stewart
and Jared Schoch
July
15,
'05, Feb.
21,
'02
and
Blackburn
E.
L.
Ronald
fiance,
Baer
Joyce
'65
Aislen Fiona, Dec.
Robert D. Harvey
10,
2011
Joseph
2011
Shirley
'65
'67
Marmo '67
James J. Rosini
12,
25 2011
'05,
F.
William J. Rosini
husband, Tom, a son, Noah, Nov.
2009
'67
McCormick Anspach
William Harris Jr.
Thomas Guzick 'os/'07M and
Fred E. Yohey
Lindsey Nally '08 and Martin Pastor
'69
Maria Pellegrino Vezend>'
8,
2011
'08, July 9,
Oct.
21,
June Culver Hoover
20U
'71
Maryjo Angotti Falbo
Lyndsey Snyder
husband, Joseph, a son,
Brian Hanratty
Julia
Benjamin Joseph, Feb.
L\'lo,
June
25, 2011
'08 and Frank Beasley '06, July 30, 2011
Camara-Calvo '09 and Daniel Acor '10, Oct. 21, 2011
Megan Smith '09M and
Robert Tunon, Aug.
Benshoff '10 and Ryan
13,
9,
Kent T. Baldwin
Amy Puntar Shingler '05 and husband,
and Tom Kresch
May 28, 20U
Amanda Scheno '10 and Michael McHenry Jr. '08, Oct. 8, 2011
Jeremy, a son, Wesley Read, Oct.
Kathryn Schultz
TyLean
'10
'10,
'11
and Matthew Frank,
Sept. 10, 2011
5,
2011
HUSKY NOTES
Online at
www.bloonnualunnni.conn
Send infoiination
to:
alum@blooiiiu.cdii or
E. Nean,- '74
Marilyn Hemstreet Smith '77M
Paisley Polley '06 and
'81
Daniel Blackledge '83
Brian D. Gennaria '86
Jan. 18, 2012
Marlene Monichelli Nikoden
Stanle\ R.
Hummel
'92
Alumni Affairs
Alison Slawek Gilmore '00
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Justin
Bloomsburg University' of Pennsylvania
400 E. Second Street, Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania 17815
28
James
'74
'74
William B. Heiss
husband, Jonathan, a son, SOas George,
FIND MORE
'72
'73
Denise Bailey Hanrattj'
2012
2011
Klinger, Sept. 17, 2011
'70
2011
Jessica Silfies Muller '05 and
Dana Neuhauser '08 and Gregory
Aubree Kann
'68
'69
wife, Sara, a daughter. Piper Elizabeth,
Melissa Gerst '08 and Brian Brannon, Oct.
Kelli
'61
'65
Christopher Ross, a daughter,
Alison Poff Burkholder '05 and
2011
9,
Krewson
2011
'07, Oct. 8, 2011
Rachael Bennington '08 and Gabriel Hutchinson
Nov.
Ronald
Marie Reimensnyder Gray '65
Adam Brua '07 and Ashley Brough, July 16, 2011
Gardner
'59
Thomas M. Wagner '60
Arlan
Lindsay Brior '07 and Matthew Christensen
Kristie
'59
'59
Herman W. Howard Jn
Bowden '02 and
Bowden '01, a daughter,
Jennifer Endress
Muir 'o6/'o8M and Ke\in Salmon, Nov. 19, 2010
Michelle Wilt '06 and Matthew Vogel, Oct. 22, 2011
Kelly
E. Shaffer Jr. '56
Joseph Fosko
2011
'54
'56
Robert Corrigan
a son,
25, 2011
Jonathan Kline '06 and Kristin Schroeder, June 26, 2011
'51
'53
Walbum '55
Allen B.
William Thomas, Aug.
15,
Schell
Fulmer
and husband, Brian, a son,
2011
Amanda Ireland '05/'o6M and Adam Quinton '07, Sept.
Heather Bowman '06 and Jesse Goshert, June 11, 2011
S.
'51
Robert "Bopper" Plafcan
Stephanie Hontz McLaughlin 'GO
2011
Mummey
Rishel,
Mordan
Thurston
13,
and Michael DeAngelis,
and Mark
1,
Evitts Miller
Florence
Bn ne, Nov. 6, 2010
Heidi
Lawrence
Gwenn Gudmundson
Nancy
husband, Dan, a son, Declan Rhys,
Feb.
2011
Thomas Hector '04 and
Piccini Jr. '04
23, 2011
'48
'49
Thomas McAndrew '50
Regan O'Malley Higgins '00 and
2011
'48
Peggy Lewis Keenan
William Homisak
Wendy Teschner '02 and Chris Weatherford, Dec. 30, 2011
Joseph Conroy
'40
'44
Woodhouse '46
Stitzel
Elroy Dalberg
husband, Joseph, a son, Luca Joseph,
2011
27,
'38
Elnora linger Houck
2010
Rachael Semcheski
Laura Shultz
George Sharp
Ga:-y T. Bean, a daughter, Vivienne
BLOOMSBtRG UNIVERSITY OF
P E
.\
N
S
Y L VA N I A
M. Harakel
'08
'91
LINEUP
REUNIONS. NETWORKING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS
CAPITAL AREA NETWORK: Among Harrisburg area alumni attending
networking mixer at McGrath's Pub were A.J. Geiselman 05. Lin
Nester '68 and Mark Roda OA and his wife, Ann.
a
ALUMNI LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS: Twelve students whose parents are
BU alumni were selected by random drawing for $1,060 Legacy
Scholarships. Members of BU Alumni Association Executive Board and
shown left to right are: First row: Lauren Hess U;
alumni board secretary: and Greg Bowden 01. alumni
board president; second row: Danielle Roth '15 and Amy Scott 05.
board member at large: third row: Ashley Jackson 15: Kerri Donald
scholarship winners
Rich Uliasz
Sears
'92.
'97.
board vice president: and Alexa Kirk
Courtney Berger
15.
Thomas
Cimaglia
13: fourth
row: Devan Smith 15: and sixth row: Meredith
'83: fifth
row:
U and Lynne Rishel Homiak
Salmon 'U and
Elaine McCauley 15. Student recipients not present are Aaron Kline 15.
Matthew Wendling 15 and Anthony
Miller
U.
GETTING SOCIAL: Alumni attending
a mixer of the Alumni
Association's Lehigh Valley Network are.
08.
Michael Reed 05 and Megan Verholy
left to right:
Travis Behler
08.
HUSKY WEDDING: When Thomas Kresch 10 and Aubree Kann 10
married in Gettysburg last May BU students and alumni joined in the
celebration. Shown left to right are. front row: Becca Sherman. Jennee
Coombe
Kresch
09.
'8^.
Josh Gross
09.
Bryan Hart
Robert Kresch. Todd
07,
Cummings
groom
'83,
s
mother Debbie
Ginny
Cummings
'82.
Ross OA. Cindy Shultz 87. Ben Shultz '87 and
Amanda Williams 09: and back row: Nicole Baruch 10, Katie Kelly 11,
Jessica Mest 10, Patrick Gilliland. Lucas Wither 10. Matthew Truscott
10. Nicole Truscott 09. Kaity Black 11. Steve Krasucki. bridegroom
Thomas Kresch 10. bride Aubree Kann Kresch 10. groom s father Tom
Kresch '81. Todd Wolinsky 09. Jerome Manley 10. Terrence Haynes 10.
Ryan Donnelley 11. Rachel Rehrig 10. Jamie Heise 11 and Jessica Frey
Alice Carpenter 95, Mike
PENGUIN POWER: The Morgan
family cheered on the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Penguins during the Northeast Pennsylvania Network s
Alumni Night. They are. from left. Jacqui Morgan, children Brendan
and Blake, and Rick Morgan
'81.
SPRING 2012
29
Waller Hall:
Center of Campus Life
^jROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
THERE IS ONE iconic image of
Bloomsburg University that lives
on in the minds of alumni from
years past, it is the Long Porch on
IF
education as a normal school, but a
the facility to the model school,
dormitory was required for the
which provided additional space
for a library, faculty offices and
more dorm rooms. While Carver
Hall held only classrooms and an
Ground was
transformation.
broken
in
summer
the facility
1868,
was completed
the following year, and
the institute
became the
Bloomsburg State
Normal School. But, on
Sept. 4, 1875, the campus'
first
dormitory burned.
The new one
that
began
to rise in its place less
than two months
would
officially
later
be
honoring David J.
Waller Jr., the two-term principal
of the normal school.
the Waller Hall dormitory.
Stretching impressively along
Second
Street, the
porch was lined
with rocking chairs where
socializ-
ing students admired a gorgeous
view looking out over the
Susquehanna River Valley. Many
fond memories were made there,
but
it
was not
the
building on the
was
campus
The first
first
site.
a dormitory that lasted just
The new dormitory, completed
in 1876, contained not
only rooms for male
and female students,
but also the campus
dining room, a kitchen
and apartments for the
normal school principal,
faculty
and
staff.
1891 included a
seven years.
In 1867, several
months
after the
An
addition constructed in
porch
and an enlarged area
room; an
annex completed three
completion of Carver Hall, the
for the dining
Bloomsburg Literary Institute had
an opportunity to offer teacher
years later connected
30
BLOOMSBURG
L'
MVER
.S
I
TY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
.
As the normal
the
first
„
was
the
life.
school and,
state teachers college
later,
grew during
half of the 20th centurj^
numerous improvements updated
the dormitory's appearance and
usefulness, including elevators and
the remodeled dining room and
library.
named Waller Hall in
1927,
auditorium. Waller Hall
center of campus
A large lobby created near
became an active
and Tiffany windows
the west entrance
social area,
were placed in the annex. Many of
the rooms previously occupied by
female students were remodeled in
and during summer
Husky Lounge
was demolished to make
room for Kehr Union. By
1942 to house the male naval
who trained at the college
during World War II. A brick
1971 the
cadets
porch replaced the original
wooden one in fall 1949, and a
fountain
was
1973,
offices
courtyard the following year.
The most profound changes
took place during the building's
last 25
campus landscape
years of existence, as
enrollment continued to grow and
students needed places to congregate. When the president's office
and the business
office
moved
to
And, when the library, now the
Warren Student Services Center,
opened in 1966, the bookstore and
the remodeled Carver Hall in 1954,
additional study space filled in
space opened in Waller for a larger
where the
lobby and social area. Likewise, the
Husky Lounge was born in 1956
when the gymnasium, added to the
building in 1894, was converted to
a place to socialize
snack.
and enjoy a
The function of other spaces
within Waller changed as well. In
1957, after
the College
only a few faculty
remained in
Waller Hall, and the
landmark building
disappeared from the
installed in the
Commons
was completed, the first-floor dining room became the new library.
library
had been
located.
But even before the mid-1960s.
Waller's demise
along with
its
was
in the plans,
replacement: a mod-
Hall the following year.
Although Waller Hall is gone,
more than a memory. The
Andruss Library, which opened in
it
is
1998, sports a portico reminiscent
of the Long Porch; Waller's Tiffany
windows are visible above the por-
looking out over the Academic
ern dormitory. Waller Hall came
tico,
down
Quadrangle. Adjacent
in sections, starting
with the
connection to the former model
make room for
Commons. The last
moved from Waller to
in
January 1975 to be
replaced by Lycoming Residence
library. Dr. Waller's
to the
name graces
school in 1967 to
another structure, the Waller
the Scranton
Administration Building, introducing
students
his legacy to each
Columbia Hall
in
December 1970
new generation
of
students.
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and Events
Activities
New Student Activities
Academic Calendar
SUMMER 2012
Summer Freshman
Session
Sunday, July
I:
Monday, May
21 - Friday,
Sunday, July
II:
Monday, May
21 - Friday,
III:
Monday, July
2 - Friday,
Aug. 10
Orientation
to
Treasure
Saturday,
Freshman Preview
Tuesday to Thursday June 26 to 28;
Monday to Wednesday, July 9 to 11
Thursday and Friday, July 12 and
May 19; Early bird, 8 a.m.;
ACE
Orientation
Summer Experience,
sixth-
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May
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8 a.m.
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through Sunday,
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to
Saturday, Dec. 8
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Reunion
Awards
Finals Begin
June
•
Finals
End
Friday, Dec. 14
•
Carver Hall Chapter
Baltimore Day Trip
Inner Harbor Orioles/
Phillies
Graduate
Commencement
•
Friday, Dec. 14
Philly
game
Area Network,
Philadelphia Phillies Outing
Undergraduate Commencement
•
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Outing
•
Capital
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Area Network Picnic
August
•
•
•
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City,
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September
•
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Annual Yard
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and Fireside Lounge
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United Way, (570) 784-31.34
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offers
and
through eighth-graders, and
CSI Summer Experience, ninththrough iith-graders; Monday
through Friday, June 25 to 29
jpohill@bloomu.edu
Saturday, Aug. 25
Monday,
BU
the following sports: baseball,
Regular hours, 9 a.m. to noon
Kehr Union, Multicultural Center
Math and Science Camps
Non-Traditional/
Camps
swimming,
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Classes Begin
Monday, Aug. 27
Summer Athletic
field
Trash
1
Transfer Orientation
FALL 2012
and Learning Conference
Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18
(Formerly the Reading Conference)
June 29
Fall
Session
Literacy
Orientation
1
Aug. 10
ACT101/EOP
Session
Special Events
Athletic Hall of
Fame
Friday, Nov.
cocktails at 6 p.m.;
dinner
at 7
2;
p.m.
Induction
field,
and
lacrosse. For dates,
fees, registration info
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and contact
visit
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Power
of Positive
Teach, reinforce proper conduct
before problems begin. That's
Positive Behavior Support. Page 18
The Education Equation
Desire to mentor inspires College
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Bloomsburg:
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From the President
arrived nearly five years ago,
covered Bloomsburg had
all
I
dis-
of the
was looking for: committed
and staff,
strong academics and, of course, a
beautiful campus. .A? president, I have
qualities
I
students, dedicated facultv-
experienced firsthand Bloomsburg's
supportive and personal approach
to education. This
is
exemplified by
MyCore, our new model
for
fulfill-
ing general education requirements
through experiential learning oppor-
complement classroom
have welcomed our new
tunities that
learning.
I
Bloomsburg students, who fit in from
and watched as they
grow to their full potential while pretheir first day,
Why
paring for careers that are right for
And I have met many devoted
alumni whose love for Bloomsburg
them.
Bloomsburg?
is
contagious.
more
I
The more
I
know, the
am convinced that this
is
a
special place.
As a reader of Bloomsburg: The
your perception
of BU is based on both your personal
experiences here and the stories of
the students, facultv; staff and alumni
you meet through these pages. What
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As you would imagine,
Penns> lvania's 14 pub-
universities, 130 four-year institu-
and nearly 270 post-secondary
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rions
medical schools,
why should
a student
choose Bloomsburg Universit> ? Or,
for that matter,
any college
believe
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Census Bureau, a college gi-aducan expect to earn about SI mil-
education prov
U.S.
ate
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more than
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during his or her lifetime, a financial
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at all?
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I
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fulh'
season's political ads, are
tive
undergraduates. And, for the
first
time in a generation, some national
media and government leaders are
questioning whether the overall value
of a college education is worth the
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And personally, colgraduates are more satisfied with
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FEATURES
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The Education Equation
Elizabeth
Mauch
brings a professor's
perspective and mentor's insight to her
new
dean of the College
role as
of Education.
12
The Voice
of
Hands
Students at the Pennsylvania School for
the Deaf and the BU alumni who teach
them form an extended family through
a
shared language.
16
Making the Grade
Jenna Mordan and Carrie Mensch,
top honor graduates in two Colleges,
have more
common
in
than
outstanding CPAs.
18
Power
show
of Positive
students what
reinforce
is
acceptable,
good conduct and reward them
when they
get
right. That's the
it
theory
behind Positive Behavior Support.
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Learning from a Child's Level
Students leave bucolic Bloomsburg for
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Fall
2012
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your inner husky
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY SENIOR
welcomes
of Harrisburg
Marcus
Fuller
opportunities to gain experience
and exercise leadership
skills
as he prepares
for
a
career as an elementary teacher.
Fuller, 22, is
now
in
second year as the student
his
representative to the Bloomsburg University Council
of Trustees.
A Board
as vice president
Governors scholar, he serves
of
Kappa Alpha
of
Interfraternity Council,
ex
Psi. president of the
officio with
Government Association and sings
Choir.
He
with 6- to
just
1
completed
Community
BU Gospel
summer working
2-year-olds at the Greater Zion Missionary
Baptist Church's
now
his ninth
the
with the
day camp
in
Harrisburg.
where he
is
co-director.
College wasn't a consideration
when
Dauphin County Technical School
science, but
Huskies
it
all fell
football
into
camp
High School's Glen
to
Fuller enrolled in
study computer
place after he attended a
with his coach. Central
McNamee
'97. Fuller is
Dauphin
majohng
in
elementary education and psychology.
How
"It
has
Fuller benefited from being
has helped
work and
skills,"
to
me to
understand
master people
he says.
"It
skills
makes me
how
a campus leader?
different
people
and communications
hold myself to a higher
standard."
o
O
u.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
play
PUTTING FUN BACK
^
IN
EDUCATION
Michael Patte spent spring and
ing
and researching playwork
summer 2010
at
on a Distinguished Scholar's Fulbright
University
fellowship.
Goals
understand the
work begun
in
of Patte's fellowship
field of
America
in
the
field of
is
to better
playwork and
between BU and
Leeds Metropolitan University leading
of a
were
playwork, build upon the
establish a reciprocal relationship
ment
teach-
Leeds Metropolitan
to
develop-
playwork career concentration. Playwork
defined as creating and maintaining spaces for
children to play freely
IT
WASN'T OBVIOUS AT
FIRST, but a gradual change
in
the approach to child development led Michael Patte to
shift professional gears into
career
move
higher education research
—a
that could add a unique concentration to early
childhood education at Bloomsburg University.
"Today, children spend far
and exploration,"
and secondary
which are not well grounded in
says Patte, professor of educational studies
research, violate long-established principles of child devel-
opment and good
teaching."
As an elementary teacher for more than a decade, Patte
saw the role of play downgraded. Preparation for standardized testing
became
a priority while
many
less structured
student experiences, such as field trips and recess, were
being phased out. This firsthand experience sparked
Patte's
interest in advocating for the child's right to play.
"It
seemed
like the
weren't happening anymore," says Patte.
interested in the societal factors
opportunities for children to get lost
"I
became
happening in America that
were causing teachers and parents
to marginalize children's
play."
Armed with
more time being taught and
tested than they do learning through play
education. "These practices,
in play
months
a Fulbright scholarship, Patte spent five
2010 teaching and researching with Fraser
Brown, professor of playwork at Leeds Metropolitan University, a 29,000-student institution located about 200 miles
north of London. Playwork, with its roots in Europe, focuses
on providing play environments where children may laugh
and cry, explore and experiment, create and destroy, feel excited and be elated. According to Brown, children uniquely
learn and develop through the way they play. Playwork crein
ates a dedicated space
Patte
capped
concentration in
BU
the
first
where children may play
freely.
by conceptualizing a career
playwork that, if approved, would make
his fellowship
school in the country to offer this type
of program. •
FALL 2012
3
around THE
Ji
For Those
Who Follow
ACCOUNTING ALUMNUS, WIFE,
ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIP
JOE JACQUES 74 and his wife, Joy, have
estab-
lished a five-year accounting scholarship to help
students fi-om their freshman year through their
master's degree. But the scholarship
at the student at the
scholarship
is
top of the
for students
is
not aimed
class. Instead,
the
who Joe Jacques might
recognize as his younger self
"I
was an
in college,"
OK student in high school, but excelled
he
says.
"Most scholarships are for
students with a 4.0 gi'ade point average. Ours
students
who
are good, hard workers
and
is
for
trying.
We want to give back to kids who may not be as
fortunate as others."
The Joe and Joy Jacques Accounting Scholar$250,000 donation to the
Bloomsburg University Foundation, is actually five
ship, established with a
individual five-year scholarships.
A student who
receives the award for freshman year
may renew it
each year through the master's degree
level if
he or
she shows progi-ess.
A member of BU's College of Business Advisory
is owner and CEO of Jacques Fi-
Board, Joe Jacques
Md. Joy Jacques is an academic
working with dyslexic students. •
nancial, Rockville,
therapist
ing department, the
CCNE FINDS NURSING PROGRAM
IN FULL COMPLIANCE
creditation standards.
nursing program to be
quality
•
in full
The
and effectiveness,
team found BU's
compliance with
all
are:
Mission and governance
•
Institutional
master's programs in nursing received
•
Curriculum and teaching-learning practices
•
Student and faculty outcomes
full
accredi-
from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
(CCNE) Board of Commissioners. The
Education's
accreditations are effective as of Oct.
first
18,
2011, the
day of the program's on-site evaluation, and run
through
fall
2021.
According to Michelle Ficca, chair of BU's nurs-
HI.OOM.SBL KG
LMVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
four ac-
standards, based on progi'am
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY'S bachelor's and
tation
4
CCNE evaluation
Good Health
commitment and resources
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing created CCNE, an autonomous accrediting organization, in
1996.
CCNE
is
the only agency dedicated to the accredi-
tation of bachelor's
tion progi'ams. •
and gi^aduate-degi-ee nursing educa-
Telling TALEs
GREEN, STARMACK HONORED
NATHANIEL
R.
GREENE,
professor
of physics and engineering technology,
and Thomas
J.
Starmack,
associate professor of educational
studies and secondary education,
were selected as BU's Teaching and
Learning Enhancement (TALE) Out-
his achievement.
Greene and Starmack were
nominated for the award by May
graduates. Greene's nominators said
he "knows how to explain things in
many different ways" and motivates
them
to excel in
all
of their classes.
standing Teachers for spring 2012.
Starmack was recognized
Each received a $750 professional
development stipend, sponsored by
the Bloomsburg University Foundation, and a plaque to recognize
quality of his mentorship, counseling
for the
and direction which give students the
"necessary tools" for success following graduation. •
Tops with
TechQuest
INCH
NAMED EDUCATOR
OF THE YEAR
SCOTT INCH,
professor of
mathematics, computer scienceand
statistics,
was named TechQuest
Pennsylvania's 2012 Technology
Educator of the Yean Winners were
recognized
ceremony
in 11 categories
in Harrisburg's
during a
Whitaker
Center for the Arts and Sciences.
More than 100 statewide organizations
Funded for Five
BU'S TRIO UPWARD
BOUND CONTINUES
ties.
at
the application process and supports
school.
BU
has
campuses, learning
Inch developed and teaches the
at
BU
serves students attending target
high schools throughout Columbia,
Northumberland and Schuylkill
counties. •
courses in BU's bachelor's degree
in
computer forensics progi-am.
The program prepares
for careers extracting
students
and analyz-
ing information from computers,
cell
service projects.
TRiO Upward Bound
helped more than 1,100 students,
says Kate Bauman, director. Between
visiting college
BU. Participants take
improve academic performance and earn college credits.
They also go on field trips, attend
cultural events and participate in
at
classes to
college students nationwide navigate
Since 1978, the program at
Fleming, an international
engineering consulting firm.
may attend the Summer
Academy
U.S.
Pennsylvania Tech Awards. Inch's
award was presented by Gannett
abili-
When the academic year ends,
students
Department of Education. The program helps future first-generation
them throughout high
work with
tutors at their high schools to
program TRiO Upward Bound
BU was recently funded for a
by the
for the SAT, students
develop their interests and
THE COLLEGE preparation
additional five years
about financial aid and registering
and individuals submitted
over 200 nominations for this year's
phones and similar devices
involved in criminal
computer forensics
activity.
As
specialists,
may be employed with
they
law enforce-
ment, homeland security agencies,
law firms or private companies. •
FALL 2012
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
j
around THE ua
I
Interim
Dean
EBBS LEADING
COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS FOR
2012-13
WALLACE
IS
CGA PRESIDENT
GEORGE EBBS JR., retired president of Embry-
ASHLEY WALLACE,
president of the
ment Association (CGA)
Community Govern-
been involved in
student government since high school. That involvement
continued at BU where she was elected freshman class president. She joined the CGA executive board during her second
semester and served as its secretary during her sophomore
for 2012-13, has
year.
Riddle University,
pointment
is
serving a one-year ap-
as interim
Business. Ebbs,
who
dean of BU's College of
also taught aviation
ed business courses
at
improve communication
among departments, students and student-run organizations. She encourages students to share their thoughts and
concerns with CGA members and, above all, to participate in
campus
lege,"
to
organizations. "Getting involved
is
beneficial in col-
she says. "There are over 200 clubs and organizations
on campus, so students can find their niche and get
Wallace, of Hawley,
is
a junior early childhood
education major, with a minor
in
active."
and special
audiology and speech-
Columbia University
Graduate School of Business and
Institute of Brooklyn's
As president, Wallace hopes
in Polytechnic
MBA program.
new
assessment and planning for
and professional training
He earned a bachelor's
universities
institutions.
degree from Purdue
from the University
University, a master's degree
of Washington and a doctoral degree from Co-
lumbia University Graduate School of Business.
A national
search
is
under way
permanow dean
Eastern Michigan
for a
nent dean to replace Michael Tidwell,
CGA, she
of the College of Business at
is
historian for the Student Council of Exceptional
(OWL) and
Most
he served as a consultant to the governments of Abu Dhabi and Qatar conducting needs
recently,
language pathology. In addition to her involvement with
Children (SCEC), an orientation workshop leader
and
aerospace leadership at Embry-Riddle, instruct-
University. •
a Board of Governors scholar. •
Re-elected as vice chairs were Marie
Conley
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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors. Pichini, a 1974
graduate of Kutztown University, is the first
PASSHE university alumnus to chair the
board that oversees the State System.
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"After originally signing with BU,
made
a call to
was hard
"I
me
for
asked to be
I
Coach Danny Hale that
to make," says Shirk.
out of my commit-
let
ment so could go to the University
of Oklahoma on a track scholarship.
I
Fortunately, he
me
and wished
was very encouraging
all
the best."
At Oklahoma, Shirk faced
competition
in
stiff
the javelin and missed
the football field so
much
that he
go to any Sooner games. Both
his throwing and his grades were
didn't
coming up
short.
It
was time
to
rethink everything.
"My
motivation level was very low,"
Shirk says.
"I
was not putting
in the
time needed to get better and was not
getting
done
it
talking with
was time
"My
asked
classroom. After
it
come home.
to
first call
if
in the
my parents, we decided
was
Coach Hale.
way I could do
to
there was a
I
both football and track, and he said he
would work
it
out with track Coach
Bernie Empie."
At Bloomsburg, Shirk returned
to the football field
and was named
second team All-PSAC East as a
linebacker. Following football season,
THE NUMBER of hours spent practicing for an event that
seconds
is
is
over in mere
what separates the
aver-
age student-athlete from those
who
become champions. For Justin
Shirk,
the journey began in Harrisburg,
where he first played football at age 5,
and led to Colorado where he became
Bloomsburg Uni\'ersit}''s first NC.A.'V
champion in track and field when he
won
the javelin
Shirk
title in
first tried
May.
track and field as
an eighth-grader as a way to keep
busy in the spring. He quickly learned
running wasn't for him but throw...
throw the javelin
like
had done before and
no one that age
set the national
record for freshmen, a record that
still
for the
stands.
Although he had
gix'at
with the javelin. Shirk's
football, playing for
McNamee
success
first
BU
love was
graduate Glen
'97 at Central
Dauphin
High School, near Harrisburg. He was
looking forward to playing college
football and his coach's alma mater
would be the place.
Then,
at a
meet
in the
spring of
go a javelin
throw that would dramatically change
his senior year. Shirk let
ing a javelin was a different story.
his
school record, and the scholarship of-
coaches describe only as
8
had what
"it."
He
could
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
life.
He
set the national high
fers for track started
coming in.
of his free weekends from
spring football practice, he qualified
The
football quarterback
he turned his attention to the javelin.
And on one
NCAA Championships.
After finishing fourth at the Pennsyh'ania State Athletic Conference
championships. Shirk went to
Colorado,
site
of the
NCAA
championships, and unleashed a 235foot, 11-inch
throw that put him
the Huskies' record book as the
national
"Here
champion
at
in track
Bloomsburg
I
and
ha\ e
in
first
field.
more
opportunities to achieve great things,"
says Shirk. "You
li\
e
and
learn,
and
one time that I learned that
Bloomsburg is the best environment
for me. I couldn't be happier." •
this
is
Back!
It's
DIXON TROPHY RETURNS TO BU
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY won
96.
The trophy
member
is
schools
the Dixon Trophy for 2011-12, the
awarded each year
to the
Bloomsburg won the trophy with 163 points
who needed
a sixth seed,
in
time since 1995-
the 16 full-time
the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
in
women's lacrosse team
the
Shippensburg University the
to outdistance
two-time defending champion, by a five-point margin.
Huskies,
first
among
top athletics program
It
was an improbable
finish for the
conference championship, as
to win the
order to claim the crown.
Bloomsburg netted a league-best 88 points on the women's side and 75 points on the
men's
side,
in field
Softball
'81
David Williams
center,
shown
is
president of
,
tlie IVIal
McFarland, athletic
with, left to right, Mil
Aubrey Bossert and Bryce
director:
Foundation,
members
Shaffer,
tennis,
and had runner-up finishes
and women's basketball. Bloomsburg registered a
fourth-place totals
in
football
place
third
and women's cross country and a
PSAC
titles
men's soccer, wrestling,
in
in
women's
fifth-place total in
tennis,
men's
basketball.
"Winning the Dixon Trophy, after starting the year with Bloomsburg's tragic flood,
ment
SAAC
Along with lacrosse, the Huskies also won
tied for third.
of the
Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC); and Courtney
Fretz,
which
hockey and men's
to the
a testa-
is
hard work, desire to be successful and drive of our student-athletes, coaches
adviser.
and
staff,"
says Michael McFarland, director
of athletics.
A Wish Come True
cess
CEO PLAYED DM TENNIS AT BU
Bloomsburg made the biggest jump from the previous
THE CONNECTION between the Make-A-Wish Foundation
and NCAA Division is a strong one. Since 2003, student-ath-
is
is
only half of the equation: they are accomplished
the true
measure
of this
seventh-place
finish in
was awarded,
1
"Our student-athletes'
in
suc-
field
the classroom, as well, and that
award."
year, climbing six spots from
201 0-1 1 The Huskies took top honors the
first
.
994-95 and
1
its
two years the trophy
995-96, and have eight top-five finishes overall, •
II
letes from Division
have helped raise more than $2
II
million
dollars for the organization.
CEO
The president and
David Williams
'81
,
was
of the
Make-A-Wish organization,
NCAA Divi-
a student-athlete at the
New Coach Hired
As a student
Anderson played
in all
STEPHANIE ANDERSON
seasons, starting
all
is
BU's new
women's soccer coach. Former
sion
level
II
member
as a four-year
ninth all-time
assistant
a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC)
at
a graduate assistant
delivered the
May commencement address
to
BU's 1,297 undergraduates, met with the school's Student
Athlete Advisory
Committee
to
share his career experiences,
as an accountant with Shell
starling
in
four
She ranked
career goals with 32,
was
title
at
earned four
Drury University,
where she earned a master's degree
who
but four.
a three-time, all-conference selection and
was
Bucknell University, Anderson
as a senior.
Williams,
in
Nebraska Wesleyan,
73 games
BU's men's tennis team.
of
coach
He won
athlete at
Oil in the early
letters for the Prairie
Wolves.
As a sophomore, she was named most
in
organizational leadership and change,
valuable offensive player and received the
and assistant coach
at her
honor again as a senior when she was also
Nebraska Wesleyan
University.
alma mater,
named team
MVP
•
He
1980s.
found his true passion working with non-profit agencies: the
Houston Food Bank, Habitat
"It
was
me
great for
for
Humanity and Make-A-Wish.
to learn that
Make-A-Wish had partnered
with the
NCAA," Williams
Division
II
grow.
even
would love
I
in
said. "For that partnership to
was even more
and one
that
I
am
be with
trying to
have more schools get involved with
to
small ways,
special
like
helping
fulfill
us,
how
to
know about winning and
work as a team
to
lete IS
losing,
as well as
accomplish a goal. You have
prepared to handle things
be
to
something a student-ath-
like that,
AUBREY BOSSERT
a junior exercise science major from
Ambler, received the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Champion Scholar Award
at the
women's lacrosse
championship.
a wish."
Williams said he likes to hire former student-athletes. "Former
student-athletes
Bossert Honored
The PSAC Champion Scholar Awards honor
athlete with the top grade point
the site of each of the
average who
the studentis
competing
PSAC's 23 team championship
at
finals.
Bossert has compiled a 3.943 cumulative grade point average.
She
is
BU
the third
already well aware of from his or her playing days."
student-athlete to earn the honor this
During his
commencement speech,
to follow their
Williams urged graduates
own dreams. He advised them
consider a question he
was asked
-
who won
in
at the
"What melts your butter?"
men's soccer championships, and Tim Dorsch
-
afraid to
fail,"
•
who won
Humanity That
means "What
is
your
Winning Story
Directors of America (CoSIDA) writing
contest for the second year
TOM McGUIRE,
what melts your
of Schwenksville,
men's swimming. •
passion, your inspiration?"
"Just figure out
year, joining Bryce Shaffer of Gettysburg,
during his job interview
with Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for
question
to seriously
academic
butter,"
he
said,
"and don't be
assistant director of
winning story
Marketing and Communications and director
of
Sports Information, took
District
II
first
place
College Sports Information
in
the
profile
on
BU
was "Standing
in
a row.
Tall,"
The
an athlete
baseball player Joey laniero,
which appeared
in
the spring 2011 issue of
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine. •
F
\LL
2 0
12
9
The Education Equation
by
SUE
A.
BEARD
FIFTY YEARS AGO,
readin', writin'
and
teachers taught
who
Students
•
the spring, that classroom becomes part
exhibit
professionalism and uphold
'rithmetic. Today,
of their student teaching experience.
they face complicated and, some-
ethical standards.
times, controversial issues including,
have to be professional from Day
but certainly not limited
to.
No
Child
1,"
she says. "If they have a
theft or
of charter schools, an explosion of
on their record,
•
"This
Elizabeth "Beth" Mauch, 41, dean of
dedicated to preparing Bloomsburg
•
engage
new world. Nearly 400 new
•
alumni, graduates of the Bloomsburg
abreast of new developments.
brings a teacher's perspec-
•
She joined
a mathemat-
Students
tive to the dean's position.
the university in 1999 as
ics
professor after earning a doctorate
from Lehigh University. Part of her
focus in the classroom was teaching
students how to teach mathematics
more young
math and science prompted
people in
are able to reflect
Students enrolled in the College of
to
maintain an overall grade-point
average of 3.0. To earn a teaching
certificate,
they also must pass a con-
exam administered by
sylvania
schools.
in
Department of Education or
Learn more about the Easton/Bethlehem
Finally,
No Child Left Behind
Mauch
arts
ing
it
2008 before accepting
the interim dean position with the
College of Education.
"I felt
I
could
impact more kids by mentoring the
faculty and the students I have encountered," she explains.
She was named permanent dean
on May 25 after three years as
interim dean.
says the qualities of an out-
standing teacher go far beyond "book
knowledge."
she says. "But, most of all, we're looking at what is in the hearts and minds
of our students."
five
characteristics in
work
with children. Those interactions
sometimes prompt education majors
to
choose other careers, but
come to that
Mauch says.
to
it's
better
realization early,
is
part of
the freshman year. With guidance, edu-
where they observe
students.
As part of
the experience, they answer a series of
questions and share
Beginning
in the
initial
impressions.
sophomore year and
senior year, students
its
future
choose from varied
"A good example of the 'middle' prois
in the Danville
notes. In the
some
to
6,
fill
will
call-
She
be able
the gap for their daughter, Edith,
she says, but not
all
students are so
fortunate.
She
common complaint
also hears a
among today's
teachers that they must
"teach to the test" to meet the standards
by the No Child Left Behind Law of
The law
requires 95 percent of
in
reading and math by 2014.
While Mauch agrees that standardized tests are necessary to
measure both
teachers' and students' progress, she
takes issue with the high stakes riding
percent
test results. "Ninety-five
proficiency
is
a
good
goal, but
think
I
officials are realizing that, obviously,
not an attainable goal.
teaching to the
ally learning.
test,
They
If
it's
you're only
students aren't re-
don't
wind up valu-
ing lifelong learning.
"The assessment
sarily
tests don't neces-
measure a teacher's
have become a necessary
skills
evil,"
and
she adds.
"Eventually, we'll get back to something
experiences.
gram
in
a "tragedy for our children."
on the
Field experience typically
Mauch
College of Education looks for
main
opportunities to
continuing through the early part of the
"Any educator must be good at the
teaching end and know their content,"
The
many
programs
public school students to be proficient
cation majors choose a school district
Characteristics of a teacher
Mauch
key
BU's College of Education gives
students
athletic
and her husband, James,
2001.
fall
worries about the loss of music,
and
ship with Robert Marande, dean of
ogy, during
during the second semester
student teaching.
set
is
also attend several events
tino dinner. (Editor's note:
the Penn-
similar agency in another state.
Interaction
They
the Bethlehem area, including a La-
her to serve an administrative internthe College of Science and Technol-
an intense, two-week
school districts due to budget cuts,
Education's programs are required
tent
desire to interest
who
and problem-solve.
effectively.
Her
staff.
Those who espouse lifelong
learning and are willing to keep
Normal School.
is
which students are im-
of their senior year, students engage in
administrators and support
ing in the footsteps of BU's earliest
in
mersed in a typically urban setting. A
good example is in Easton/Bethlehem,
where students stay at Lehigh University and assist teachers in the local
endeavors
in collaborative
with fellow teachers,
teachers graduate each year, follow-
Also offered
practicum
practicum on page 22.)
Students with the ability to
University's education graduates
Mauch
21st century America,
is
and our classrooms do not look
like they used to."
the College of Education, leads faculty
State
a school district
may not hire them in four years."
Those who embrace diversity.
world of cyberspace.
for this
retail
underage drinking citation
Left Behind mandates, the growth
knowledge, budgetary cutbacks,
decreases in public funding and the
"Our students
School
fall
different."
•
District,"
semester of
Sue A. Beard, the
retired editor of
The
the senior year, students work with a
Record Herald, Waynesboro, lives in
classroom teacher two days a week. In
North Fort Myers,
Fla.
teachers:
FALL 2012
U
Ashley Kleiner '10 teaches a preschool class
at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
that
many children
take for granted
for example, learning to
a
The Voice of Hands
More than 200
ing
students, ages 3 to 21,
a
language of its own. These
or,
sometimes,
tri-lingual world.
Over the past four decades. Bloomsburg University alumni have become
BU
alumni are among their
teachers and principals.
Story and Photos by
is
p or t — are much more
without hearing. And sign-
like
children live in a hi-
attend the Pennsylvania School for the
Deaf
sound
difficult
part of the Pennsylvania School for
the Deaf family as teachers and administrators. Today, the staff includes
more than
ERIC FOSTER
a half dozen
BU graduates,
including elementary and middle
school principal Valerie Houser
who came
BY OUTWARD APPEARANCES,
the combined preschool/elementary
can Sign Language. These students
are deaf or hard of hearing.
school building nestled in tree-lined
suburban Philadelphia
is
like
any
other. Walls outside of classrooms
are decorated with children's
wagons
it's
Red
a
moments, you notice
little
elementary.
quieter than a typical
And
you
hand
in the stairwell
see the painting of a gi-eat blue
— index and pinkie upstretched, center fingers folded
down, thumb
out.
For the students here, the message
clear.
The hand
is
says "Love" in Ameri-
is
is
than a school. The Penn-
sylvania School for the
line the corridor.
After a few
that
art.
For these children, this building
much more
—
pronounce
Deaf campus
an extension of family for students
'84,
to the school as an intern in
1985 and never
left.
Her
office
is
locat-
ed in a building that was part of Gen.
George Washington's camp during the
Revolutionary War, one of the historic
structures the Pennsylvania School
for the
Deaf purchased
in 1984.
Bloomsburg University's history
in
from preschool through high school.
It's where they learn language — to
speak, to communicate. It's where
when
they discover a community that
established the gi-aduate progi'am in
speaks the same language they do.
the education of the deaf and hard of
According to the National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 90 percent of deaf
children have hearing parents. Things
the education of the deaf dates to 1971
faculty emeritus Gerry
hearing.
The
Powers
culture of engagement,
so present at the School for the Deaf,
is
central to Bloomsburg's program,
as well.
CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE
FALL 2012
13
Culminating experiences
Students participate in a camp for the deaf each summer
in nearby Millville. The universitv' also sponsors a summer
mini-camp for deaf and hard of hearing preschool children.
Culminating experiences for the graduate students include
eight weeks of classroom exf>erience, primarily sign language
environments, and another eight weeks of experience with a
certified itinerant teacher of the deaf.
Engagement
is
what motivated Ashley Kleiner '10
to
become
a teacher at the School for the Deaf. Kleiner took a sign lan-
guage course as a high school freshman and fell in love with
it. She studied interpreting, but that wasn't enough.
"With interpreting, you have to step back and deliver the
message," she says. "It wasn't in\ ol\'ed enough for me, so I
went back to school for deaf education." •
photography editor of
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.
Eric Foster
BUKJMSBl RO UMVEK
L
is
John
Polhill, assistant
dean of the
College of Science and Technology,
paid the ultimate compliment to
top honor graduates Carrie
and Jenna Mordan:
like Carrie
"I
Mensch
want people
and Jenna teaching
my children and
being role models for my children's
mathematics to
generation."
^
w
Making the Grade
^^^
/jyCHRISTINE HELLER
12
Recent graduates Carrie Mensch, top, and
EARNING a 4.0
work on
in college
is
enough
own. Add a double major,
its
student teaching,
community
service
and a part-time job and achieving such
a high
GPA starts
to
seem
impossible.
This past May, however, two students
rose to the challenge and became top
honor graduates, both earning the
highest gi-ades in two Colleges: the
College of Education and the College
of Science and Technology. Both also
received the National Science Founda-
Jenna Mordan,
tion Scholarship in Science, Technology,
in
Engineering and Mathematics
(S-STEM)
for four years.
And
one-in-a-million story has one
twist:
who
didn't
and Jenna Mordan
Mauch, dean
miles apart,
'12
gi-ew
When they came to BU, the
young women began spending" more
other.
time together, formed a friendship and
became roommates. The
Mensch explains. "We do a lot of things similarly
— we hate the same foods and even
have the same medicine allergy."
cousins only gi'ew closer,
From childhood, both women
knew they wanted to be teachers —
Mordan admits to "demanding" to be
the teacher when she played school.
she considered teaching art
or going into special education, but the
and
I
Mordan
gling with
near Bloomsburg, influenced her to
Mensch
relates to students strug-
explains.
subjects she finds difficult, and that
I
started student teaching,
who was
student
the last test
the
first
I
time
have over
my
failing,"
I
were
excit-
ed to learn she would be coming back
half time as a teacher this fall, while
also teaching at
Columbia Montour
Area Vocational-Technical School.
"I
was
I
can
What's next?
International education has always
been on Mordan's
radar.
When she
learned about International School
in the Philippines,
all
the facility offered,
summer
commualso offers
Mordan something unique.
I
they were recognized
and quickly learned the
importance of maintaining professionalism beyond the school walls. Mordan
acknowledges it can be difficult to
distinguish between being a friend
and being a mentor. "It's hard not to
laugh at students' jokes sometimes,"
"If
make
she admits, "but you need to
the
line clear."
Both young women say they
feel
prepared for their careers and credit
much
of their confidence to their
practicum, an intense course taken
The teaching position
she started this
how often
in public
she was
including a staff dedicated to extracurricular activities and
to improve."
As they prepared for their careers,
by
students."
the student's interest," says Mordan.
student teaching at Central Columbia,
It
saw the influence
needs a substitute,
who completed
had a
I
"We always want
Mensch and Mordan were taken aback
she says. "On
gave, he got a 93.
same decision after having
a good math teacher at Danville High
School. "The teacher has a huge role in
Mensch and Mordan stress that
making connections with students is
just as important as engaging them in
"When
perspective seems to work.
nity service.
the
Another shared family trait pushed
Mensch and Mordan to gain special-
math by remembering
impressed by
says her previous students
the principal investigator on obtaining the grant,
"We're both perfectionists," Mensch
mater.
math program at her alma
Central Columbia High School,
academics. Mensch,
who
workforce or graduate school. Elizabeth
izations outside of their double majors.
she says.
Manila
made
was
really enjoy seeing that bond,"
excellent
concentrate on that subject.
the College of Education, center,
of
STEM
which totaled $600,000.
eventually
Initially,
to enter the
spent the whole semester with them,
Mensch
up just 10
but they seldom saw each
'12
received the National Science Foundation Scholarship
they'd
chosen the same university.
Geographically, Carrie
right,
demonstrate financial need, enabling them
more
know
and Carrie Mensch,
grants to undergraduate institutions to support scholarships for academically talented students
their
these exemplary students are
second cousins
left,
Science, Technology, Engineenng and Mathematics (S-STEM) for four years. The program provides
no one
can go to classes
prior to student teaching that enables
participants to
become
familiar with
how a classroom works by shadowing
an educator
observe different teaching styles and
was the most beneficial experience I had at BU," says Mordan, who
had the opportunity to teach a few les-
environments."
sons during her practicum.
While their programs were similar, the cousins decided on different
concentrations. Mensch minored in
to
as a teacher's aide for the day.
huge learning experience
educational technology;
—
It's
I'll
a
get to
Mordan took
classes in special education
and earned
a concentration in exceptionalities.
"It
being
in front
"I
got used
of the class instead of
in the seat." •
Christine Heller
'12 is a creative writ-
ing major from Nazareth. She enjoys
leisurely walks
and bad puns.
FALL
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JACK SHERZER
Power of Positive
Philanthropist Susan McDowell's $2 million commitment
to the Bloomsburg University Foundation is establishing
McDowell
Teacher Excellence in Positive
Behavior Support. Teachers and students are benefiting.
the
KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN
Institute for
students no longer Just take a class
has
worked as a camp counselor since she
was 16. She is well acquainted with the
frustration a teacher feels
with a child
who
when
concentrating on classroom manage-
ment techniques and move
reinforced throughout
consistently misbe-
and
haves, despite constant scolding
all
of their
methods courses.
instructional
repeated efforts to reason with him.
Helping the faculty figure out
one of her first education classes
at Bloomsburg University, Zimmerman
learned a different approach to preBut
on, but
that the techniques and concepts are
faced
how
elements of Positive
to incorporate the
in
Behavior Support into the curricu-
children only what they're doing
lum is where the McDowell Institute
comes in. Housed in the university's
Navy Hall, a soon-to-be-hired direc-
wrong, teach them about appropriate
tor
behavior long before problems
helping professors work PBS into their
venting misbehavior: Instead of telling
start.
and
staff will
be tasked with both
And, when you do have to address
classrooms and working directly with
misbehavior, keep
students.
tell
it
positive. Don't just
a child to stop doing something
but, instead, redirect her to
what she
should be doing.
"I
found that
was
I
in
it
made
sense to
me
was everything that
the back of my mind; however,
right away.
It
never thought of it
before," says
student
Zimmerman, an honors
who graduated
in
May 2012
with bachelor's degrees in special and
elementary education.
The technique
the 22-year-old
— Positive Behavior Support —
being embraced throughout Blooms-
learned
is
burg's College of Education
focus of the
new McDowell
and
is
the
Institute
Teacher Excellence. It addresses a
problem many new teachers said they
were struggling to overcome.
for
Why PBS?
philanthropist Susan
While recent graduates said they left
BU with a thorough understanding of
their subject material, they reported
struggling with classroom discipline
issues,
in that light
The budding institute
re-
ceived a major boost in February
grade
both
levels.
at the
upper and lower
Bloomsburg's teaching
when
McDowell of
Selinsgrove gave a $2 million
gift to
the
Bloomsburg University Foundation.
Tim
Knoster, chair of the university's
Department of Exceptionality Progi'ams, says teachers
struggled, to
some
have historically
degi'ee,
how
with
graduates are not alone. According
to motivate students to
Department of Education,
more than 60 percent of first-time
teachers report feeling underequipped
to handle the social and emotional
propriate behavior, but these days the
to the U.S.
needs of the students they encounter.
In response, Bloomsburg has taken
comprehensive look at its education
classes in the past year and is injecting Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
methodologies throughout its cura
riculum. In practical terms,
it
means
problem
ingly,
is
there
engage
more complex.
is
in ap-
"Increas-
a greater proportion of
extreme levels of social
and emotional need. That need impedes, or makes virtually impossible,
helping those kids achieve academic
kids with really
outcomes."
It's a problem that cuts across socioeconomic lines at a time when budget
cutbacks
mean
teachers are handling
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between classes or eating lunch in
'i'he teacher then makes
lists of what constitutes proper behavior in a given circumstance and writes
it on posters that are displayed in the
classroom. Now everyone knows what
halls
eagle shaped slip which they take to
the cafeteria,
the office. In return, they receive a
is
expected, and the students them-
The emphasis
placed on acknowl-
is
for regularly
these expectations.
When
meeting
a student
acts out, such as calling out in class,
the teacher not only says what not to
do, but
larger classrooms with less support,
in
who
is
"The basic principle
learn
playing a lead role
skills,
just as the
how we
i'eople help us focus
what we are trying
to learn,
we
all
of BU's
"For some children, the only relationship
al-
and understanding is with the
ready talking about
that
this challenge
public school teachers.
with students.
The
new emphasis
will
is
safe
My hope is that,
wise and compassionate people will
of short, online
understand the situations
training modules
is filled, all the students whose
names are in that row get prizes, such
as movie tickets, school supplies and
board games. The chart then starts
names of all Eagle Award winners
dozen names are drawn
al.so use other PBS methand posters hang in various areas
to remind students of what is expected.
"The key things we talk about here
remember safety and keep trying.
Those core values appear in every area
of the building to show students what's
Peters,
in
says teachers and
—
Philanthropist Susan
McDowell
"Traditional classroom
management
approaches are reactive
in nature,"
you do need
to redirect,
you
do what
are redirecting the student to
he or she should be doing."
In practice in Berwick
when Randy i\'ters, principal of
Orange Street Elementary School
Berwick Area School
part of the approach
is
being
District,
a real
bad behavior, teachers talk with students about what good behavior looks
His school, and the rest of the
and sounds
like,
to describe
what they should be doing
asking the youngsters
example, they are taking
classroom, walking
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in
a
the
NSYLV AM A
in
came
to
the school seven years ago, there was
proactive. Instead of only responding
to
20
skills
and we receive ongoing reinforcement
in our use of those acquired skills over
time," Knoster say.s.
"With PBS, the emphasis
placed on prevention through teach-
for
were
and 27 out-of-
school suspensions, compared with 26
reinforcement as we learn those
test in the
Award,
Orange
In 2006-07, there
81 discipline referrals
at
The PBS approach
when,
staff" at
Street School have seen a dramatic
referrals
A key
who graduated from Bloomswon the 2011 Na-
1982 and
tional Distinguished i'rincipal
in the
year.
When
says.
ods,
2011-12.
ing.
for special
such as iPods, Peters
academic
is
rows of
of 10
the start of every
says.
in 10
student puts his
improvement.
education major
Knoster
100 squares
is
number on
a
name on a corresponding number and, when a row
10.
burg
classroom and be effective teachers"
that each teacher
complete
A
matches
expected."
through the McDowell Institute, caring,
include a series
will
that
are to be respectful, act responsibly,
education faculty
members were
number
Teachers
on
receive
the curriculum,
many
a
prizes,
helping to incorporate FBS into
says
department, inside the plastic egg
a
is
and pick an egg from
created by the art
are placed in a container and about
class has talked about.
making an already tough situation
more challenging, he says.
Knoster,
by raising
is
ne.st
over. At an end-of-the-year assembly,
reminds the student that the
way to get her attention
his hand to be called on
an eagle's
a chart with
selves helped create the expectations.
edging students
special pencil
problem with student behavior
district,
began using PBS methods.
One way his school emphasizes
good behavior is through Eagle
Awards. Every time students are
"caught being good," they receive an
"It
and only one suspension
was amazing
to
me how
in
quickly
According to the
U.S.
Department of Education,
more than 60 percent of
first- time
teachers report
feeling underequipped to
handle the social and
emotional needs of the
students they encounter.
we had
"Sometimes
positive results," Peters says,
adding that even the most difficult
students showed some improvement.
Connecting with students
Robert
Dampman,
Bloomsburg
home
Universit)' Council
important.
them
because
that's
hired to teach in
and how to best deal with the challenges. New teachers, he says, need
and never pass school," she says. "It's
important to always positively reinforce, even if it's a small 'you're doing
good, you're on the right track, you're
making progi'ess.' That was really
inspiring to them." •
them to
what they need."
who was recently
the New York City
For Zimmerman,
stand what their students are facing
ment because many said other teachthem they would be failures
ers told
to feel a sense
of normalcy and can allow
thrive,
problems and teachers must under-
Jack Sherzer
is
a professional writer
and Pennsylvania
native.
He
currently
lives in Harrisburg.
PBS is an important tool she
camp counselor. In addition
providing training at her camp
schools,
uses as a
to realize that to be effective, they
to
"If a student's
bad, the structure of
safe place helps
Schools are seeing kids with complex
must know how
life is
school and knowing they have a
of Trustees, believes the focus on
is
they need,
to talk to,
proach to the training.
chair of the
classroom management
that's all
someone to
confide in," says McCormick, whose
master's thesis and research on PBS
helped the university set up its apsomeone
to
connect with the
and several others, she
students.
Dampman,
a 1965 Bloomsburg
and former superintendent
in Bensalem School District, cautions
that despite the best teacher and
a training
module
working on
is
that she plans to
offer online.
gi'aduate
administrator efforts, there
much
that can be
time a child
phant
still
in the
going
is
done
room
is
only so
in the lim.ited
at school.
home
is
"The
ele-
(that) the child
to the
same
is
situation
Zimmerman
says she found
PBS
techniques worked, even with chil-
dren
at a juvenile
where she did
detention facility
a student teaching
would
placement. "Right away,
I
build rapport, getting to
know them
try to
and trying to use positive reinforce-
and may come back with the same
bad behavior the next day," he says.
While that's certainly true, Mike
McCormick 'lO/'UM, who teaches
Middle School,
been surprised at how effective PBS is, even with troubled kids.
For some, it marks the first time a
sixth grade at Danville
says he's
teacher has tried to teach appropriate
behavior, build rapport and reason
with them.
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Learningfrom the
Child's Level
Story and Photos bv V.RIC
TEACHING
isn't al\\ a\ s
room. Learning
isn't
Libout standing in front
alw a\
s
about silting
our
ol'
FOSTER
the class-
seat. Sixtv-
iiloomsburg
L
iiix
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students spent two weeks
undergraduate and graduate
threc future teachers found that education is often about
getting dow n to the children's lex el antl working shoulder-
Ma\ in kindergarten through
eighth-grade classrooms across the Bethlehem and Caston
Area sehot)l districts as part of the 2012 Urban l»racricum.
to-shoulder to help them overcome an obstacle, see things
new way or grasp a concept the\ didn't understand a
tant professor of earl\ childhood and adolescent education,
in a
moment ago.
in
\
in
During the practicum, organized by Frank D'Angelo.
assis-
lU students worked with students in one of five Lehigh
'V'al-
if
BU
f
student Kelly Assenza of Lake
Ariel, right,
gives personal attention to a student at Fountain
Hill
Elementary.
Among
others participating
2012 Urban Practicum, shown
from top,
in
photos at
the
in
right
are: Danielle Santoro, Schwenksville;
Frank D'Angelo, assistant professor, with Veronica
Tobin, Wllkes-Barre; Kylie Futterer, Royersford;
and Nicholas Thomas, Shickshinny.
Jj^
and Lincoln elementary schools and Broughal Middle School.
W orking beside experienced
teachers.
BU
students taught
and gained a better understanding of the situations urban schools and students face daily. And when the
school day ended for the children. BU students learned from
education professionals from throughout the Lehigh X alley,
including the superintendents and assistant superintendents
of Easton .\rea and Bethlehem school districts, elementary
lessons
principals
The
and cultural
leaders.
future teachers also engaged with the community,
experiencing Latino culture at a Catholic Mass conducted in
Spanish, a Puerto Rican dinner and a communit\' yard sale
that raised S8.S0 for the schools
The Urban Practicum
BU
students
is
and Latino Center
a specialized field experience for
who want to experience education
in inner-city
schools.
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky notes
NELSON "NELLIE" SWARTS
'63
has
fun volunteering, whether he's behind
the scenes or on the front
line,
so
it
seems
only natural that the Bloomsburg native
received the
first
William
T.
Derricott '66
Volunteer of the Year Award
last spring.
The award honors alumni whose
demonstrate BU's values and
IBM in
When
Swarts became a salesman for
1968 after teaching for
efforts
spirit.
five years.
he learned the company would match
employees' contributions, he wrote letters
to fellow
to
BU
alumni
at
IBM, asking them
donate to the university.
And
a loyal
volunteer was born. Over the years, he has
recruited prospective
BU
students in
New
Jersey and returned to his alma mater
to speak about corporate culture
sales experiences.
and
his
He serves on the Col-
lege of Business Advisory Board (which
he has done for almost 30 years), the
Bloomsburg
Universit>'
Foundation Board
of Directors and the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education (P.^SSHE)
Foundation Board of Directors. Along the
way, two family
path to a
Lunger
BU
'65
Scatigno
members
—
followed his
Susan Swarts
and daughter Karlyn Swarts
degree
sister
'93.
In addition to countless hours devoted
Bloomsburg University, Swarts has been
where he's
lived. A member of BU's first swim team,
he coached swim teams for more than
20 years and currently teaches children's
swim classes at West Shore Country Club
in Camp Hill. He has worked with Hospice
of Central Pennsylvania for 10 years and
to
active in every community'
served on committees at various churches,
most recently
Camp
at Christian Life Assembly,
Hill.
Perhaps what's most fascinating about
Swarts is his attitude - he doesn't consider
himself a hero, just a good guy
his
who loves
hometown, enjoys giving back and
believes the education he received at
enabled him to be successful. •
BU
Dennis
1958
William R. Freed retired
cember
Martin retired from
E.
after
in
De-
54 years as a teacher,
coach, athletic director, principal
and superintendent
Mechanics-
in
39 years
District. Folcroft, after
as a
management and information
Penn
State Harrisburg.
1974
F.
Flock
is
He
Community Foundation and
is
to
2002
in
numerous
and
A teacher
capacities,
district director
of
curriculum.
Phillip
status
Landers received emeritus
He
as professor of business
istration
retired
admin-
and management after
43 years as a faculty
member
Penn College and
predecessor.
its
Williamsport Area
Community
1972
James Magill 75/'82M,
a project
coordinator with Reynolds
from Bloom.sburg, was featured
From
LIS.
he served
in Iraq
and Transition Command,
Communications and
Computers.
of
A
retired
employee of the
Lehigh Valley Health Network
1985
Elder Care, and medical director
John Chapin received
was appointed chief medical
Susquehanna Life Magazine.
in
ficer of
risburg.
Ministries,
served on the Pennsylvania Inde-
delphia College of Osteopathic
pendent Living Council, Magill
Medicine.
poems
a newsletter
Certificate for
by and
Caucus
work on behalf of
victims of crime, the Outstanding
a 1983 gi^aduate of the Phila-
Citizenship
Award
in
recognition
of his service to Beaver County,
Pa.,
number
in a
law enforcement and the Gov-
ernor's Victim Service Pathfinder
of online forums. The Danville
News and
gressional Victims' Rights
is
a board certified family physician
U.S.
the U.S.
House of Representatives Con-
of-
He
and
1979
for
Organizational Capacity Building
Mark Robinson
citizens with disabilities.
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is
professor of commu-
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nications at Penn State Beaver
vice president of
Waltco
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sales at
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editor of the book.
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tial
last
U.S. Air
has
three presiden-
retired after
1980
Michael Harrington returned
Susquehanna Bancshares
at
School,
became
served during Desert Storm and
and
treasurer.
Formerly treasurer and chief
certified in art
investment officer
Patricia Koelsch Stoudt
who
of military service. Van Wyk.
Bloomsburg High School's Aca-
utive vice president
Denmark-Olar High
teacher
to
as exec-
at Fir.st
Niagara
Financial Group, he pre\ iously
34 years
entrepreneur, was inducted into
a senior vice
Richard Donahue, a business
education.
Force-Delaware Air Na-
Guard
is
land National Bank.
Gen. Daniel Van Wyk of the
tional
Stephen Hafer
Ohio,
Believe:
He
Lift
president with the Northumber-
election years.
Brig.
a business
Phoebe
Department of Justice who has
Construction Management, Har-
Duane Greenly,
2()().S,
Control.
of Phoebe Allentown Health Care,
a poet
published quote books
is
to
with the Multi-National Secu-
Thomas Renaldo VS/SIM
at
College.
Linda Cappellano
2004
in
staff positions in
South Korea and the
1978
1975
has published
from the Pennsylvania
College of Technology.
command and
Lehigh Valley Physicians Group,
including as an elementary school
principal
Institute,
rity
a
hanna Communitv Foundation,
from 1973
District
Leonard Wood, Mo, During nearly
30 years of service, he served
UHI.
to the students at
serves as
director of the Central Susque-
and administrator, he served the
Bangor School
training and mobilization at Fort
her commitment and dedication
School Alumni
Association.
102nd Training Division (Maneu-
Wilkes-Barre, in recognition to
senior vice
president of the Selinsgi'ove .Area
Gen. Thomas Evans of the
Army Reserve commands the
deputy commanding general for
from the United Hebrew
land National Bank.
Bangor Area High
U.S.
the excellence in teaching award
1967
award from the
in
1976
Ned
tor
Corbett
Barbara Rodda Welch received
Michael
distinguished educa-
Tom
Brig.
ver Support) and serves as the
president at the Northumber-
Fairchild recei\ ed the
1983
and commendation from
recognition of his service.
and coordina-
tor of principal certification at
VFW Post 683,S,
recently, as director of data
systems.
assistant professor
of
Pennsylvania Gov.
athletic director, principal and,
Camp
For 19 years, he was an
citation
mathematics teacher, coach,
most
commander
received a Pennsylvania House
burg, West Chester, i'ottsviile and
Hill.
is
the Southeast Deico School
worked
'80/81M
for
Susquehanna
earned a doctoral degi ee from
financial officer of the
Liberty University.
bank subsidiary
in
as chief
company's
New Jersey,
demic Hall of Fame, Graduates of
Distinction.
A Bloomsburg native,
Greenly made his mark as owner
of Ames True Temper, a lawn and
garden company
Patricia
Veach Johnson 72 M
was named agent of the month
at
Century
21 Alliance
Alumna named to women's commission
Michele Corbin Rudloff '95 was one of 28
A
Pennsylvanians recently appointed
business that manages Marcellus Shale
Pennsylvania Commission
Gov.
Tom
for
to the
Women
by
Corbett.
Corbin Holdings, a family
gas lease opportunities, Rudloff
in
West
is
active
the Orwigsburg Lions Club, Orwigsburg
Bicentennial Committee and Schuylkill
Rudloff, wtio
Chester's office.
limited partner in
has worked
in
state
goverment
County Republican Party She resides
for
1
6 years,
is
in
assistant director for budget-
Orwigsburg with her husband,
Brett.
ary affairs for Pennsylvania Speaker of the
1973
Timothy Kline
House Sam Smith. She
is
branch man-
ager of the Palmyra office of
is in
her second
The Pennsylvania Commission
term on the Onwigsburg Borough Council
is
and serves as council president.
economic and
committed
to
for
Women
developing and supporting
civic opportunities for
women.
Jonestown Bank and Trust.
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Christopher Potash
manager
is
Allentown Art Museum, Le-
at the
He
high Valley.
worked
pre\ iousty
Murray Savitsky
Patricia
of marketing and public relations
\
ance
is
senior
and chief compli-
ice president
TMG Health.
officer for
Dunmore.
sales
at V'iamedia \ertical Creative
Group
a
Diane Szader '90 '97M, director
Bethlehem, where he
in
coordinated video and web-based
of educational technologN- at Wal-
marketing campaigns.
lenpaupack Area School
District,
earned a doctorate of education
president and
chief executive officer of The Liberty Group, spoke
on "Shale Gas
Exploration: Driving an
Resurgence
Our
in
Economic
Nation," as part of Lycoming
senior
vs.
all-star
held in Hershey.
Rickert. a
CPA.
is
superin-
New Lebanon
super\ isor of special ser-
heading special education
Jason Brubaker,
vania Board of Directors.
based independent
How to Make,
HolK-wood-
a
Market
Bryan Fleming is principal of
BriarclifFHigh School in
in
Chester County. She teaches
in
the
.Mountain Lakes,
N.J.
Downingtown Area School
District.
2001
William Fiege
is
vice president
Elizabeth Garrigan-Byerly
of academic affairs at
tor of Friedens United
John Tyler Com-
Christ.
manager
for
is
academic dean
accounting
High Co. A resident
of Mount Joy, he previoush' was
finance
MaxOut
is
regional
manager
Temper
was an
pre\'iously
Randall Hess
Bank.
Tina Magray Trager
pas-
is
Church of
Oley
at
Ames True
Jason Jacobs, a public accountant,
at
Germanna Community'
College,
taught speech communication
at
opment, alumni relations and
Julie Chasser
Lancaster.
Kuzma
is
one of
at
Longwood
Aaron Welles
53 teachers
in
Brown
is
ersit\.
in
Jennifer Sprout Birdsall owns
the consignment shop.
for
Boutique. Hughesville.
new
She has worked
with
chief
human resources
officer.
human resources team
since 1997 as a
generalise operations manager, associate vice presi-
dent and vice president. Prior
to joining Geisinger,
Abloom
2003
Sean Eagan, Pen
of Transportation, adult education instructor at
the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit and adjunct professor
Area Community College. She earned a
master's degree at Ithaca College.
Inc. in
Ryan M. Allen
is
W hitehall Township.
Nicole Premuto-Fountain
Prior to joining First Citizens, he
manager of media
w orked
MetLife Stadium,
as
an accountant for
Allen. Rogers
and Osgood.
New York
tion director of
He
is
special educa-
Pennsbury School
previously was
director of special education and
student serv ices in the Southern
-Area School District.
is
the
relations for
home
to the
football teams, the Gi-
ants and the Jets.
Robert Mehalik
District.
loan
a vice president
with First Citizens National Bank.
Columbia
BLOOMSBtRG UNIVERSITY OF FE.NNSYLVANIA
.\rgyl, is a
independent mort-
gage lender Mortgage Network
1998
she
quality coordinator at the Pennsylvania Depart-
He
managing Key-
responsible for
officer with
Geisinger Health System's
Brayford 91
is
Canada.
Glenside.
Amy
ice
stone National Insurance Co.
director
Amy Brayford is HR chief
\
U'ayne Group of Companies.
University.
1997
SMART
Exemplary Educator Summit
Calgar\-, .AJberta,
of ad\ ancement services
assistant
The Tuscarora
North .\merica
selected to attend the
Melissa Harris
is
president with
is
1990
a partner at ParenteBeard's
Inc.
Strength
Bell.
is
insurance industry practice in
Germanna, and held devel-
teaching positions
Studios in Limerick, Exton and
26
to the Junior
elementary teacher
1994
is
and treasurer of
financial officer
at Harrisburg
& Co.,
munity College. He
executive vice president, chief
Arcadia L ni\
an accoun-
Sugarloaf
Achie\ ement of Central Pennsyl-
award, given to one
District in New
He previously was the
district's
vices,
1989
ment
& A.sbury,
is
tant at JonesKohanski
Without the Middleman.
programs.
was a
CPA and
received the Citadel
Township School
Geisinger's
partner with .\IcKonly
a
Communitv' Bank.
Jersey.
Blue
Autumn Remley Wolfe,
and Sell Your Movie
tendent of the
for
vania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. She
1996
Philip Sallusti officiated at the Big
manager
eastern Chapter of the Pennsyl-
Kelly Lister Colquitt
commercial lend-
33 Football Classic, the Ohio
Aflinit>
software firm.
elected secretary of the North-
ing manager for First National
vice president,
Jason Kornegay
Donna Loeb
resources and training
book. Filmmaking Stujf:
1993
1988
game
and marketing for .Meridian,
human
Desiree Anderson, CPA, was
Heart of Learning
Studies.
Pennsylvania high school
1999
vice president of
filmmaker, published a
is
Manage-
College's Institute for
ment
1992
Joseph Castrogiovanni
Williamsport and
is
was appointed
from Wilkes Universitv.
1987
Dan Klingerman,
1995
John Leh
2004
Giovannini elected to
Shannon Fry Frantz was accepted
Eugene Giovannini 79, president
into Indiana University of Penn-
Community
sylvania's Literature
and Criticism
to the
doctoral progi-am.
of
College, Phioenix, Ariz.,
32-member board
American Association
of
AACC board
GateWay
State University and completed post-doctoral
was
work
elected
Pennsylvania's Whar-
at the University of
ton Institute.
of directors of ttie
Community Colleges
The
AACC
represents nearly
,200 two-year,
1
(AACC). Giovannini's three-year term began
associate degree-granting institutions and more
Jillian
Mead Tweet is an account
manager
July1.
than 13 million students
Credo Reference.
for
Giovannini has led
She works with the company's
GateWay Community
lege since March 2002.
international partners in Asia,
He
a growing number
Col-
Institute
the U.S., as well as
Puerto Rico, Japan, Great
holds a doctoral
degree from Virginia Polytechnic
in
of international
and
Britain,
members
in
Korea and the
United Arab Emirates.
the Middle East and South and
Central America.
2005
M
is
is
an assistant
Maurice Dennis
Bank's
Timothy
tion technology
MePush
Inc., a
Waugh Chapel
company.
He
Daniel Renninger
Jordan Mix, Williamsport,
is
purchasing manager for Con-
Andrea
Ballas Teeters
is
com-
Amanda Kisenwether
regional
12 Edison, N.J., cable
Primerica, where
a video
at
TV
TV news.
she has worked since
2011
2009. She resides in
Taryn Gilger
is
community
a
Penn
interventionist at
Mexico.
State
Hershey College of Medicine. She
Army Spc. Gregory Nyce
returned home after serving 10
is
manager
months
in the
in
is
healthy eating and exercise.
Forward Operating Bases
stan, at
Shinwar and Connolly.
Stacey Minarsky, an orthopedics
X-ray technician
office.
Maurice Flowers-Williams
officer with the
health education department at
an
is
at
Geisinger
Medical Center, Danville, was
part of a Rotary
Allentown Police
Group Study Ex-
change Team that traveled to the
Department.
Hospital.
Walk by Faith
assisting in the
research program to encourage
Nangarhar, Afghani-
practice of ParenteBcard's Allen-
coordinator in the community
Community
is
is
news cameraman
vice president with
counties.
auditing and accounting services
town
munity health and wellness
Evangelical
2010
Joseph M. DiGiacomo
New
Greg Christman
struction Specialties Inc.
group.
editor and
2007
a
She co-chairs the
Bcard's Allentown office.
on Wheels."
ness Solutions.
a
Young Friends membership
ing services practice of Parente-
The company, founded in 1987, is
known as the "Original Body Shop
as president at ShiftGo Busi-
Northamp-
owner
of a Colors on Parade franchise,
gomery and Delaware
at
Innotek Computer Consulting
and
the
park's
Filipovits, a
serving Chester, Berks, Mont-
previously worked
as a senior network engineer
is
Historical Park.
senior in the audit and account-
an informa-
computer services
is
park ranger and media specialist
ton accountant, was promoted to
Crofton, Md.
specialist with
Stephanie Loeb 'OQ/IOM
Hospital.
2008
is
Green Branch,
sion of Wayne Bank, Honesdale.
is
Community
at
with the Valley Forge National
manager of PNC
commercial lending divi-
Michael Levan
2009
communi-
State University.
a credit analyst
is
community
education department
Evangelical
University.
Christopher J. Kolakowski
in the
ty health
wrestling coach at North Carolina
the head football coach at
Binghamton
is
health instructor in the
Frank Beasley
Thomas "Tommy" Dempsey
'05
Ashley Geiser
2006
Philippines earlier this year.
Alumni Association looks to grow regional networks
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD
of Directors
is
enthusiastic about efforts
through volunteering.
•
Twenty-four directors, nominated and
under way to expand regional alumni
elected by graduates, serve on the
networks and provide other professional
Board. Beginning terms on the executive
opportunities for graduates, says Kerri
board for 2012-13
Donald Sears
'92, president.
•
The Alumni Association, which
represents more than 61,000 graduates
worldwide, has active regional networks
in
Bloomsburg, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
the Lehigh Valley and Wilkes-Barre/
•
their
hometown
'92, vice
Resources,
Allentown.
Information about the
its
BU Alumni As-
networks, upcoming events
and alumni contacts may be found
www.bloomualumni.com.
at
Segal Co., Washington, D.C.
Vice president: Ted Hodgins
Secretaiy: Elizabeth
in
director
areas, forge professional
connections and develop marketable
Human
sourcing
'89, se-
Comcast, Philadelphia.
•
Huskies
Donald Sears
'75,
nior director, video product development,
Scranton. These networks allow graduates to connect with other
President: Kerri
Inc.,
sociation,
are:
president and director
The
Alumni
Treasurer: Joseph Hilgar
manager. Air Products and Chemicals
Kramer
member services,
'85,
Pennsylvania
Bar Association.
skills
FALL 2012
27
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
VITAL STATISTICS
New Alumni Board
Annie McKenzie Morgan
members begin terms
Five graduates joined the
Board
24-member Alumni Association
of Directors effective July
1
Elected for two-year
.
Obituaries
Rhea Lee
Marriages
Glicl<,
Lorena Kutza '93rom and
L.
June
Ben Singer
18, 2011
David Porzi,
May
12,
2012
terms are:
Ashley Sorber '04/'05M and Tony Lawson
'03. Sept. 4.
2011
'34
Thompson
William
Darcle Kelsey '90 and Gary
'38
Mary Hess Aikman
'39
Simpson
'43
Rita Kipp
J.
'31
Laf ranee '32
Rosanna Creasy Broadt 48
Mary Hawk-Umanos Shoemaker
Stu Marvin 78, Bloomsburg, head
coach
BU's men's and women's
of
Kelly
Waugh
Megan
'05
and Drew Bankes
'03,
June
11.
2011
Pickett '07 and Eric Cleary '03, Oct. 22, 2011
swim teams.
Dara Frymoyer '08 and Chad Reinford, July
10,
2010
May
19,
2012
Faith Marvin '12 and Michael Potoeski,
Charles
Macedon.
N.Y.. senior
human
associate vice president for
resources at the University of Roch-
and an adjunct
ester, N.Y.,
the
in
Warner School
instructor
Stephanie
Mount
'90,
N.J,, information
technology
with
PHH
retail
Laurel,
Harold Emmitt
'51
'50
'52
Roy Sanders
Jesse, a son,
Teitelbaum '97 and husband,
James Bombay
Teitelbaum, Dec.
7.
2011
Richard Caton '56
James Browning
Anita
Alex Cameron, July
7,
2011
'56
Rose Gurski Vottero
Franklin
Heim
'61
Way
Justine Boer Frantzen '00 and husband. Drew, a
daughter, Leah JoAnn,
May
8th
2012
Ashley Sorber Lawson '04/'05M and husband, Tony, a
May
10,
'61
Redcliff '62
Joyce Michael
William Inch '63
firm.
daughter, Abigail,
'59
Rush Canouse 59
Winifred Donkochik
Mortgage,
mortgage
'51
Margaret Dawson Gearhart '56
Bombay
of Education.
John M. Mal
a national
George Young
Kenneth Hidlay '54
Births
Kristina Kett Fleming '98 and husband, Chris, a son,
manager
Zigmond Maciekowich
William Kline '53
Murphy
"Chucl<"
J.
'83/'86M,
Robert Balent '50
Sandra Jean Rose
'64
Larry Richie '65
2012
Robert Yeager '67
Greg Orth
'95,
strategist with
Alyssa Haraschak Deeble '05 and husband, Phil
Lancaster, sales
Deeble
Henry Rak
Consulting Partners, a subsidiary
of
McKinsey & Co,
'03, twin
seph. July
7,
sons.
Chase
Daniel and Dylan Jo-
2011
Veyda
'68
'69
Stephen Mihaly
Michael Butler '69
Lauren Warliga Masino '05 and husband, Joshua, a
daughter,
Anthony Gallagher
Noelle, Oct. 11, 2011
Drumm
Robert
'69
Ronald Cans 71
Maryjo Falbo Angotti '72
Heather
Bowman
Bloomsburg,
nurse and
Goshert
'06,
Lindsy Force Maxwell '05/'07M and husband. John, a
certified pediatric
member
daughter, Madeline Ann, March
4,
2012
of the
Rodgers
'05
Professional Practice Council at
Crystal Hollednak
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville,
daughter, Cara Lynn, March 23,
and husband, Gary, a
2012
Maurice Cardone '72
Herbert Frederick '73
Roger Renn
Marlin
Amy
Members who completed board
service at the end of
Chronister Scott '05 and husband, Jason, a son,
,
'60,
Rich Uliasz
Amy
'97,
Chronister Scott '05 and Scott Bird
'96.
former board secretary, resigned due to
Dara Frymoyer Reinford
son, Attan Nicholas,
May
Lois
'73
Hokenbrough
Young
'73
'74
Robert Massaker '75
Valene Komorowski Ciesluk '75
Ryan, March 18, 2012
June are former board president Greg Bowden 01 Dale
Krothe
'72
Joseph Royack
'08,
and husband, Chad, a
'77
John Branham
28, 2011
77
Walter Tiffany
other commitments.
Susan Brong Vanderslice
Kenneth Wagner
FIND
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www.bloomualumni.com
Steven Poust
'80
Thomas Hockley
Send information
to:
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E.
BLOOMSHLKG LMVERSITYOF FENNSYLV.^NIA
'81
Kelly '83
Margaret Sorber Sponauer '83
Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloom.sburg University of Penns\
400
'79
Nancy Bobkoskie
MORE
'78
'79
Sandra Mason Mayo
Loretta
1\
ania
Hugh
Brown
'85
Jaramillo
'91
Kristen Veltri '08
'85
'49
the Lineup
reunions, networking and special events
FRIENDS FROM '52: These members of the Class of 952 get together
summer in the Poconos. They are, left to nght: Barbara Harman Adams,
1
Funk DeMars, Eleanor Young Adams,
Irene Eckert Harrison
every
Geraldine
and Ruth Glidden
Radicchi.
(KINDLE) FIRED UP: Dick Lloyd, chair
won
the grand prize of a Kindle Fire
Hunt, sponsored by the
BU Alumni
statue adjacent to Carver Hall
in
in
of the
Class
Association.
one
of
1962 Reunion Committee,
Weekend Photo Scavenger
Lloyd is shown at the Husky
the Alumni
of his
TRUE TO
BU:
Among
Nancy Lychos, members
SISTERS FROM THE 70S: DEB
for
a mini-reunion
ing 76, Linda
Christine
in
sisters from the 10th to 13th
King of Prussia. They are,
left
to right:
Appel Kennedy 76, Melinda Linn Garrigan 76, Karen Karnes 75,
77 and Sharon
Golf
rial
Geary DeVore 77, Nancy Mowrer Ressler 75, Jan Fetterman Hickey
75, Karen Carpenter Walsh
of the
Class
GOLF BUDDIES FOR A CAUSE:
pledge classes met
Gerry Lahson Down-
Slusser Boyland 77.
who attended
alumni from the 1930s to 1955
Bloomsburg Luncheon during Alumni Weekend were
winning photos.
Tournament were,
left
of 1952.
Playing
to right.
in
Bill
the 12th annual Bonnie Sell
Moul
'68,
Bonacci '69 and Bonnie
Sell's
Souderton Area High School where Mrs.
for
husband. Art
Sell '69.
Memo-
Ron Butfington '69, Jim
The tournament benefits a
memorial scholarship
at
the True to
Maynard Harnng and
Dr.
Sell '70 taught
31 years.
CLASS OF
'62:
Posing
for the
Class
of
1962 reunion photo
are,
left
to right, front row:
Stan Rose, Rose Marie Fisher Rose, Kathy Sinkler Montanye, Melvin Montanye, Myrna
Bassett Anderson, Carol Livingston and Helen Shervanick Vought; second row: Jane
Gilson Foltz,
Susan Katz
Newman, Judy
Lehrich, Sheila Leiter
Wolf,
Ann
Jane Welch Roche,
Sandra Humphrey Johnson, Peggy O'Donnell Demeter and Marilyn Rinehimer Lehew;
third row: Ellen
Handshaw
Baer
Willis,
Mae Clemens,
Margaret Bower
Mary
Ellen
Rosenbaum,
row: William Steinhard, Dick Lloyd,
Petruzzi, David Barbour,
and back
Plotts,
Silverman, Ed Taylor, Kathryn Buggy
row, standing:
Nelson
Sylvia
Stanitski,
Petrie Frie,
Nancy
Ruthann
Knauer Burns and Judy Waite Madden:
Tom Foley
'Nellie'
Barbara Sherts
Hammond, Joan
fourth
Vince Paupers, Robert Cook, Fran Guru
Swarts,
Don Rosenbaum and Ron
Joe Enney Dorothy Anderson Enney
Bill
Petruzzi;
Wiser, Joe Jennings,
Ted Andrewlevich, Myles Anderson, Lloyd Livingston, Fred Freyand Ron Davidheiser.
To learn more about class reunions, contact Alumni
bloomu.edu.
Affairs at
800-526-0254 or alum®
houlder
The Bloomsburg State
Teachers College
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
WHEN ARTHUR JENKINS received
the
first
bachelor's degree in educa-
degree.
Bloomsburg was granted the
authority to offer a bachelor's degree
June 1926.
from Bloomsburg State Teachers College on June 10, 1927, he was
among the first students to complete
The normal school officially became the Bloomsburg State Teachers
the school's four-year teaching
College in
tion
Bloomsburg had focused on
degree.
when
Institute was named a
teacher education since 1869
the Literary
state
normal school and an on-
campus
lished.
training school was estab-
But by the 1920s the
Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania had
begun to standardize course offerings
and move from the two-year normal school certificate to a four-year
30
BLOOMSBLKG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in
education
in
May
1927 and Francis Haas
was named its president later that
yean Over the next 12 years, he led
the school through some of its most
trying times
times of growth and
...
the current Andruss Library.
The
state allocated funds for construc-
and a new
where future teach-
tion of a laundry building
training school
ers could
complete student teaching
requirements.
The Ben
Franklin Training School,
dedicated on Nov.
8,
1930,
was the
fourth and last training school on
campus. The original training school,
hardship.
located in the campus'
Haas' tenure began with significant
development of the physical campus.
In 1929, the college purchased more
than 18 acres of land encompassing
the area from Spruce Street east to
was completed in 1869. After the
building burned in fall 1875, the training school was relocated for 12 years
to a temporary wooden structure.
first
dormi-
tory,
Hemlock
Hall.
The
training school
carpenter shop were completed or
nearing completion. Haas
burg
left
Blooms-
to serve as state superintendent
of public instruction and was replaced
by Harvey Andruss, who had been
serving as dean of instruction.
With the
start of World
War
FAirope, military preparedness
II in
became
important on the national and local
levels.
In 1940, the college began a
program
for training civilian pilots in
conjunction with the local airport, a
program that made Bloomsburg an
ideal location for hosting the Navy V-5
program for flight instructors beginning
in 1942.
The
following year, a
V-12 program for training officers was
started
A young
student
is all
smiles as his classmates sing during a 1955 program
in
the
Ben
Franklin Training Sctiool.
and both programs are credited
with keeping the college open during
the war. Enrollment reached record
then
later
moved to a classroom building,
named Noetling Hall, where it
remained
until the dedication of
Franklin,
now home
ers
and
determined the teachers colwould begin to specialize in certain disciplines and, for Bloomsburg, it
was business education, which began
department.
in 1930.
history, the
to
later.
to grow,
facilities
constructed and, by 1939, a
at 712 full-time
fell
courses in special
government. Athletic
Great Depression. Enroll-
students in 1926
first
thanks to funding from the federal
times in United States
ment that peaked
The
The campus continued
teachers college through one of the
difficult
state
education were offered six years
As president, Haas also led the
most
swelled by returning veterans, and
college's curriculum.
leges
facilities,
statistics
numbers
growth of the
The
Ben
to the university's
mainframe computand the math, computer science
network
but the Depression did not hinder the
were
new
gymnasium, junior high school and
549 by 1934,
at the war's conclusion,
after a brief decline in the early 1950s
the
number of students once again
increased.
To meet the growing demand
for
higher education, a separate dining facility was opened in 1957 and
construction started the following year
on a classroom building, Sutliff Hall,
and a residence hall. New North Hall,
now known as Northumberland. Two
years later, legislation was approved
to expand the curriculum at the state
teachers colleges and introduce graduate programs.
On
Jan.
8,
1960, the
word "Teachers" was dropped and the
school officially became Bloomsburg
State College.
An expanded curriculum
to prepare
students for careers in education and
other professions prompted tremen-
dous growth
population.
in the size
of the student
A school with
ment of 1,600 students
in
an enroll1959 sur-
passed 4,000 a decade later and 10,000
Although Bloomsburg
in fall 2011.
University
is
a
much
different institu-
was 85 years ago when it
grew from normal school to teachers
tion than
college,
to
President Harvey A. Andruss,
in front of
Carver Hall
in
left,
and John
Hocti,
dean
of instruction,
remove the word "Teachers" from the
wall
its
it
its
core of providing education
students and training the teach-
ers of tomorrow has not changed. •
1960, signifying the end of an era.
FALL 2012
31
Activities and Events
4
Academic Calendar
Choral Concert
Featuring
FALL 2012
Celebrity Artist Series
Women's Choral Ensemble,
Events
Husky Singers and Concert Choir
Reading Day
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov.
20
in
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Featuring Kristen Jelinek,
flute,
and
Resume
St.
St.,
Kenneth
Hall,
to order tickets, call the
389-4409
box
or visit
The Handsome
Saturday, Dec.
present Squirm Burpee
Percussion Ensemble
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
University-Community Orchestra
End
Sunday, Nov.
14
Friday, Dec.
office at
www.bloomu.
Haas Center
11,
Oct.
30 through
paintings
Nov. 27
Reception: Tuesday Oct. 30, 11 a.m.
to
2 p.m.; gallery
talks,
11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Senior Exit
Show
Late November/Early
December,
TBA
Alumni Events
Little Devils
Visit
classic
melodrama
Haas Center
for
on these and additional events
or to register. For information, contact
the Alumni Affairs office at (570)
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50
2:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
www.bloomualumni.com
details
Saturday Sept. 15, 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 10
Finals
Gross
Vaudeville nouveau meets
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m.
Finals Begin
S.
Bloomsburg
Classes End
8
Celebrity
be presented
installations
subject to change.
Matthew Lutheran Church
123 N. Market
will
edu/cas. Programs and dates are
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 26, 8 a.m.
and Carver
(570)
Andrea Wittchen, harp
Classes
season
and
Auditorium. For more information and
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 10 p.m.
2012-2013
the
the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani
Hall,
Thanksgiving Recess Begins
in
Artist Series
Sky Kim, drawings,
Child/
4058
526-0254,
or (800)
or
389-
alum@
bloomu.edu.
$17 BU Student
Alumni Board Meetings
Graduate
Commencement
14
Friday, Dec.
Koresh Dance
Jazz Ensemble
Philadelphia troupe
Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20,
Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 15
Haas Center
Carols by Candlelight
and Saturday, Dec.
Friday, Nov. 30,
SPRING 2013
1,
Classes Begin
Husky Singers and Women's
Monday, Jan. 28
Choral Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Featunng Concert
First
345 Market
Monday, March 18, 8 a.m.
Admission
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50
Child/
Saturday Nov. 10
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Alumni Legacy Picnic
Saturday, Sept. 15,
$17 BU Student
11:30 a.m. to
Cirque Chinois
free, free tickets required;
Box
Office,
and
of the
p.m.
their students
Compliments
Fnday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
Association
Haas Center
1
alumni parents
Fenstemaker Alumni House
of
BU Alumni
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Child/
Special Events
$17 BU Student
Saturday, March 23, 8 a.m.
to
People's Republic of China
$34.50/$19.50
Haas Center lobby
Resume
powerful
Open
Bloomsburg
St.,
Saturday Sept. 15
for
8 p.m.
The National Circus
available at Performing Arts
Classes
Choir,
Presbyterian Church
Spring Break Begins
known
stage presence and high-energy style
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditohum
Undergraduate
Company
Parents and Family
Classes End
Friday,
May 10
Theatre
Midtow/n
Bloomsburg University Players theatre
Four original stars from Jersey Soys
productions are generally recommend-
Sunday, Dec.
ed for adult audiences.
Finals Begin
All
Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday perfor-
Monday, May 13
mances
are at 7:30 p.m.;
Sunday
Finals
Friday,
End
May
tickets are $6; seniors
17
students are $4.
cardholders are
Commencement
May 17
Graduate
Friday,
Center
for
7:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$34.50/$19.50 Child/$17 BU Student
affiliated with nor a
performance
and non-BU
students and
Haas
the Arts, or at the door days
performance.
16
Homecoming Weekend
Fnday
to Sunday, Oct. 12 to 14
See back cover and
www.bloomualumni.com
Fame
Induction
Friday Nov. 2
Art Exhibits
Kehr Union Ballroom
Exhibitions
in
the Haas Gallery of Art
are
open
For
more information,
to the public free of charge.
and reception times,
May 18
Weekend
to Sunday, Sept. 14 to
Athletic Hall of
CGA
free. Tickets are
Office, located in the lobby of
of
9,
Fnday
of the show, Jersey Boys.
available at the Performing Arts Box
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
BU
Haas Center
Not
performances are at 3 p.m. Adult
Men
Call
BU's Sports Information
(570) 389-4413,
Office,
for ticket information.
gallery hours
visit
departments.
For the latest information on
bloomu.edu/art/haas.html.
upcoming events, check the
Twelve Angry Jurors
Concerts
Listed events are
by Sherman
open
to the public
free of charge. For information,
389-4286.
All
32
Serge
Kay Knight,
paintings
Sept. 14 through Oct. 19
Alvina Krause Theatre
Reception: Thursday Oct. 11, 11 a.m.
226
to
Center
programs,
dates, times and locations are subject
to
L.
7 to 11
see
http://departments.bloomu.eclu/music
or call (570)
Nov
change.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PE.NNSYLVANIA
St.,
Bloomsburg
2 p.m.; gallery
talks,
11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
Bloomsburg University website,
www.blooivu.edu.
Home of the Huskies
You've seen them on campus
((
and wanted one
for
your own.
Now you can designate your home as a Home of the
You're in luck!
UNIVERSITY
Store
Huskies with banners from the
University Store.
Available in two sizes - 30-by-
40-inch, double-sided banner
4
($24.99) and 13-by-18-inch garden
banner ($12.99) - these
flags are
perfect for letting your friends and
neighbors
know you're
rooting
for the Huskies. Also available are
matching beverage glasses ($9.99
each), magnets ($5.99 each) and
vinyl decals ($3.99 each).
Shop online or
in person for the
newest plush Husky or the
BU fashion,
T-shirts.
Or
latest
including neon bright
more traditional
find maroon and
for
tastes, you'll
gold giftware and clothing, like
HUSKY PROUD
alumni caps, T-shirts, sweatshirts,
travel
mugs and BU
afghans. Can't-.,
decide? Gift cards are available in
any amount.
The
SEMESTER HOURS
Monday through Thursday: 7:45
a.m. to 8 p.m.
University Store: where
you'll find
everything for Huskies
Friday: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
fans during football season, the
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
holiday season and year-round!
Sunday: Noon
to
4:30 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY STORE
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
General Information: (570) 389-4175
Customer Service: (570) 389-4180
bustore@bloomu.edu
BL00MUST0RE.COM
1011050113
Office of Marketing
p.
400 East Second
and Communications
Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
Bloomsburg
UNIVERSITY
MIX
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Paper from
responsible sources
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association presents
ALUMNI supeRHeRoes UNITe
V
HOMCcoMiNe zon
coFFee House
POOTBAU
9to11
Huskies vs.
East Stroudsburg Warriors
3:30 p.m., Redman Stadium
$10 Adults/$5 Students and Senior
a.m.,
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Complimentary continental
breakfast. Depart for campus bus
tours at 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Citizens/Free
BU
students with ID
HOMeCOMINO
PARADg
Huskies
11 a.m., LIghtstreet Road,
4:30 p.m.,
Main and Market streets
Multicultural Alumni Networking
ROONGO'S -MARVefOUS
Reception, 6 p.m., Kehr Union,
Hideaway, RSVP by Oct 2
Noon to 2:30 p.m., Fenstemaker
Alumni House Lawn
• Music, food, beverages and
games for kids and adults
• Featured reunions: Classes of
1972, 1982, 1992 and 2002
• 50th anniversary: Department
of Environmental, Geographical
and Geological Sciences
Find details and register at www.
bloomualumni.com. Alumni registering online by Oct 2 will be entered to
win a 40-inch Samsung LED HDTV.
All kids dressed as superheroes will
receive Husky Heroes gift bags.
Prizes and entertainment compliments of Liberty Mutual, presenting
sponsor of the BU Alumni Association
tent party. Questions?
1
Shippensburg Raiders
BU Sports Stadium,
Free
New THIS yaAR/
MOVie ON THe QUAD:
SUPERHeRO Movie
8 p.m., Academic Quadrangle, Free
Sponsored by BU's Program Board
and the Alumni Association.
Bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Complimentary popcorn and hot
chocolate. Rain location:
Kehr Union Ballroom.
ReUNION OF FORMER
STUDENT
LiPg Le.fipPS"^
Time and Location: TBD
A special reunion is planned for
BU student
former leaders of
organizations including: Resident
Community
Community Government
Assistants and
Assistants;
Association (CGA) members and
leaders, Service Key recipients,
Call 1-800-526-0254.
.KINO
vs.
TOUR
p.m. and 1:15 p.m.
M^N'S socceR
DASL participants, Program
Board members, multicultural
students, student athletes and
student employees and interns.
Greeks,
Huskies vs. Shippensburg Raiders
2 p.m.. Sports Stadium, Free
MORe INFORMATION AT WWW.BL00MUALUMNI.COM