WINTER 2013

Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine

From the President
abound

Bloomsburg Uni200 organizations

for students.

versity has nearly

where students can pursue their passion, hone leadership skills and make
friendships. Volunteer opportunities

are readily available, with students

annually performing 67,000 hours of

community service worth an estimated $1.3 million. These activities
are an integral part of our
for fulfilling

new model

some general education

requirements through experiential
learning,

known

as

MyCore.

More than 500 dedicated faculty
members teach and mentor students
today, carrying

What do you love

on the tradition of for-

eign language faculty Drs. Eric Smith-

ner and Mary Lou John and others

remembered by

Patrick O'Neill 74.

Nearly 90 percent of our graduates

about Bloomsburg?

find

employment or enter graduate

school soon after graduating, proof of
the high-quality education students
find here.

The Bloomsburg tradition
ues, just as

contin-

our alumni remember,

in

our well-earned reputation for aca-

WE POSED THIS QUESTION to
alumni, faculty, staff and students

learned from devoted faculty and
last

November, expecting

to hear about

the Bloomsburg

Town

Fair,

Park, the

fountain on Market Square and local

business establishments.

We did re-

made dreams come true.
Alumni who graduated over the
past 60 years described the essence of
our institution as it existed while they

we expected, but
we also heard much, much more. Half
of those who responded told us what

were here and as it is today Certainly,
we have grown from the 727 students
who were enrolled in 1953, the year
alumnus Gene Morrison graduated,

they love most about Bloomsburg

to a total of 9,950 in fall 2012.

ceive the responses

in fact,

Bloomsburg

From

is,

University.

across the decades, they

number

of majors

as well, to 56

we

The

offer has

grown,

undergraduate pro-

Bloomsburg
State Teachers College, Bloomsburg
State College and Bloomsburg University. At this location, by any name,

grams,

alumni said they matured, found their

by the Middle States Commission on
Higher Education, as well as many

spoke of experiences

at

career or their true love, participated

five pre-professional

demic excellence and preparation for
a professionally and personally fulfilling life. And, our students continue to
make memories to last a lifetime.

DAVID SOLTZ
President,

and 20 graduate programs, including
the doctor of clinical audiology.

Our
Editor's note:

outstanding programs are accredited

letics,

and ath-

established lifelong friendships,

program-specific accrediting bodies.
Just as in years past, opportunities

The feature. What

We Love

About Bloomsburg, begins on page

18.

To read

What We Love About Bloomsburg University,
see

in extracurricular activities

Bloomsburg University

majors

mvw.bloomu.edu magazine.

10

Etched

in

the Liberal Arts

Able to discuss Beowulf and

woodcarving

in nearly the

same breath,

the dean of BU's College of Liberal Arts

how disciplines join

personifies
to

together

develop the entire person.

12

Growing Tomorrow's Leaders

Sally

Shankweiler Daley '90 credits her

BU

adviser with strengthening her focus

on encouraging girls

become strong

to

leaders.

16

Applied Knowledge

BU's

new Center

for

Community

Research and Consulting transforms
theories taught in liberal arts courses
into real-world value for students

and

the region.

18

We

What

Love About Bloomsburg

Alumni, students, faculty and

staff

express their affection for 'the only

town

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

u nleas h
your inner husky
WHEN

IT

COMES TO BEING

Bloomsburg University

a well-rounded

senior, Christina

"Nina" Hingston has cracked the case wide

open. Aside from pursuing a degree
forensics with minors

in digital

criminal justice

in

and

Spanish, she gives her free time to several
organizations on

personal

campus and

a

to perfecting

talent.

Hingston. from Bath,

is

vice president of BU's

Community Government Association (CGA).
a representative on the Concert Committee

and

in

her second year as an Orientation

Workshop Leader (OWL). On weekends she
can be found performing her

original

music

around the Bloomsburg area, both on campus

and

in

town.

She

recently released her

first

self-produced album, Love Notes, and says
popularity has

been her

life's

greatest

"The mere thought that people are coming

see
truly

me

play humbles

blessed

to

me beyond

its

gift.

words.

I

to

am

connect with so many people

through the songs

I

wrote about

my

personal

experiences," she says.

For Hingston, being a Husky

being a student.
of

"It's

is

more than

just

about making the most

your four years here.

It's

about taking every

chance you are given and running

with

it."

a-

To

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

around THE quad
Everywhere
r
•

a sign

ADAM

DILTZ, junior environmental planning major,

recently completed an internship with the Town of Bloomsburg collecting information about the street signs owned by

the town.

Armed

with a

GPS and

a road

map, he set out on

foot to record observations about each sign,
to create an up-to-date electronic

which he used

data into GIS software called
interactive map.

Although

information

is

it is

often used

valuable in a

variety of settings. "If there's a car accident, investigators

can make sure the signs were correctly posted," he
Additionally, Diltz

dent, contacted associate professor Jeff Brunskill last

this

to track sign maintenance, Diltz explains

map.

John Barton, Bloomsburg's public works superinten-

ArcMap and generated an

produced

tutorials that

says.

show how he

created the database so the town's staff can easily edit and

update the maps electronically, as needed.

spring to plan and organize this project. According to

PennDOT

regulations, inventories

yearly to identify signs that need to be replaced. Diltz,

who completed two geographic

information system (GIS)

courses and assisted with a tree inventory in 2011, took
this

opportunity to gain more experience his

field.

For the inventory, Diltz collected information regarding
several aspects of each sign, including date of installation,

associated with his degree.
in

pursuing a career

valuable

skills

computer

in

He

is

now more

interested

GIS and believes he has learned

along the way. "The project reinforced the

skills

I

learned in

class,

and

time management," Diltz explains.
data entry were

about the

organized." •

sign's

practical

experience and investigate employment opportunities

reflectivity, location

and type of sign, adding comments
condition and visiblity. He entered the

him gain

Diltz says his internship helped

must be completed

"All

my responsibility, so

I

it

taught

me

about

of the planning and
learned to be

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

around the

BU ONE OF 130 MONITORING STATIONS

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY installed an EPA RADNET Air Monitoring
System on top of the Andruss Library last fall, invited by the state government and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to close a gap in radioactive air monitoring across the nation.
"The

station

is

designed to measure radiation levels and collect radioac-

air," says David Simpson, associate professor of physics
and engineering technology. "It's a fixed monitor — meaning that it stays in
one place. It will use air filters and have a data link with the EPA, sending a

tive particles in the

ive feed of radiation levels."

Simpson believes the university was chosen because of its location. "There
was a glaring hole in the middle of Pennsylvania that wasn't being monitored," he explains. "The installation at Bloomsburg closed that hole." This
station, one of about 130 across the nation, is the final one to be installed in
the state.

Simpson says

BU was one of the first locations in

Pennsylvania to report

traces of radioactivity in rain water samples after the accident at the Fuku-

shima reactors
in very,

our

in Japan.

"We detected

it

in

some

very small amounts, of course," he says.

rain

"I

samples from washout

EPA recognized

think the

capability."

and equipment of the air-monitoring system were
EPA asks that samples be collected and
headquarters, which Simpson says offers a chance for students to

Both the

installation

free for the university. In return, the

mailed to

get involved.
"Part of our

agreement

is

that

we

will

the system. We'll be collecting the air

EPA know if there
to see

it

twice a

filters

week and

and monitor
letting the

are any problems," he says. "We'll be taking students over

for class and,

worker helping

change out the

filters

me

during the spring semester,

I

hope

to

have a student

run the system and collect samples." •

Associate professor David Simpson,

second from left, pauses near air
monitoring equipment with, from left,
Marcos Aquino and Cristina and Joe
Schulingkamp,

all

from the

US

Environmental Protection Agency.

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3

Clean

Stream

of Health

Bill

Cleaning
STUDY QUANTIFIES
FLOOD'S AFTEREFFECTS

HRSA GRANT
BU'S

NURSING PROGRAM

a grant of

director of BU's nurse practitioner

received

more than $638,000

programs and the

to

who can

educate nurse practitioners

director.

region of Pennsylvania.

Human

The fund-

Services, Health

Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) Advanced Education

Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Program
will

provide support to 54 nurses over

the next two years.

arships, fees

become

practitioners, says

designed to specifically address the

shortage of primary care providers

Northeast Pennsylvania and the

Greater Susquehanna Valley. Approxi-

the costs of schol-

and textbooks

dents studying to

is

in

The grant covers

AENT

grant program

10-county

ing through the U.S. Department of

Health and

overall goal of the

mately 34 adult nurse practitioners

for stu-

are expected to graduate from BU's

adult nurse

program by spring of 2014. •

Noreen Chikotas,

STEVEN

RIER, associate professor of

biology, received

is to help meet the
growing demand for primary care
providers and preventive health
services, which are anticipated with
the expansion of health care
coverage from the Affordable Care Act
and an aging workforce. BU's grant

provide primary care and preventive services within a rural,

The

grant's project

two grants

— $10,000

from the Degenstein Foundation and
$15,000 from the Foundation for
Pennsylvania Watersheds
to quantify
the effects of "stream cleaning" following

—

the September

2011

floods.

Stream cleaning involves bulldozing
and realigning the channels, creating
dikes with bed materials and removing
large

woody

debris

in

an

effort to

increase the water-carrying capacity.

The

project studies the effects of stream

cleaning on two economically important

"ecosystem services" associated with
natural streams
sport fishing and

—

nitrogen retention.

The goal

to provide

is

data to municipalities, managers and
environmental regulators that establish

whether there are economically
significant tradeoffs

A+ PASS RATE

when these

activities

are allowed to proceed.

BU'S

NURSING PROGRAM

had
on the NaCouncil Licensure Examination

October 2010 through September 2011,

a 98.7 percent pass rate

the highest rate

tional

versities.

(NCLEX)

for the reporting year of

The

among PASSHE

uni-

national and Pennsylva-

nia average for 2011

was 88 percent. •

The grants also support
students

a project by

Rier's Freshwater Biology

in

class that looks at the impact of stream

cleaning on the ability of stream

organisms
source. •

to use leaf litter as

an energy

BU/GEISINGER PARTNERSHIP

BU AND GEISINGER Medical Center

bachelor of nursing program

(GMC)

beginning

are expanding their partner-

ship to provide bachelor's and master's

nursing at CMC's

degree programs

in

Danville campus.

The partnership

in fall

2013 and offer

opportunities for further collaboration

through research and practice. The

will

enable more students to enroll in BU's

goal
for

is

to

meet the increasing demand

primary care providers. •

Moving

Downtown
TO HOUSE
BU FOUNDATION

SITE

THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY

How

Foundation purchased the property
50-54 E. Main St., Bloomsburg,

at

Fast?

formerly Cole's Hardware Store. The

Foundation

PROFESSOR FEATURED ON BBC
REZA NOUBARY,

professor of math, computer

science and statistics,

and TV

was

featured on

BBC

will relocate its staff

operations to the

radio

downtown

Additional office space
for lease.

and

site.

may be

available

•

for interviews related to his statistical

research into how fast a human can run. He
appeared on the radio program More or Less from
WHLM's studio in downtown Bloomsburg. His
interview for BBC World News was conducted via
Skype from BU's studio in McCormick Center. The
interviews were broadcast in conjunction with the
BBC's coverage of the Olympics. •

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around THE
New Assignment
CLAUDIA THRUSH

IS

CLAUDIA THRUSH, assistant vice

presi-

dent of finance, budget and business
vices,

is

ser-

serving as interim vice president

of administration and finance following the

retirement of Richard Rugen. Rugen was

BU's vice president of administration and
finance for the past 10 years.

Thrush, a certified public accountant,
has been employed by

BU

for 14 years.

She previously served

as the

director of finance and business services and the assistant director of

accounting, collections and office management.

The executive search
new vice president. •

firm Witt/Keiffer

is

Drink Coffee,

INTERIM VP

assisting in the hiring of a

Help Environment
CAFE SERVES SOCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE BRAND
BU DINING SERVICES/ARAMARK introduced Eco- Grounds, an environmentally
and socially responsible coffee brand, in
Roongo's Cafe in the Warren Student Services Center. The Eco-Grounds program,
launched by a California-based coffee
company, Java City, is an extensive line
of coffees promoting social and environmental issues, including improvement of
farmers' and workers' standards of living,
sustainable agriculture and rain forest
preservation.

Honoring Excellence
BU AMONG 54 CHAPTERS OF MERIT NATIONWIDE

THE HONOR SOCIETY of Phi Kappa Phi - the nation's oldest and
most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines —

"We are pleased to debut Eco-Grounds
on Bloomsburg's campus and are excited
to offer students responsible coffee options

that will
ic

and

work

economDave Giron,

for environmental,

social betterment," says

manager of dining services. •

district

recognized BU's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi as a Chapter of Merit. The

award is given to chapters that excel in recognizing and promoting academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engaging the community of scholars in service to others. The Chapter of Merit distinction
is a part of the Society's Chapter Recognition Program, which acknowledged 73 chapters with recognition this year, including 54 as a Chapter
of Merit. Thirty-two chapters were recognized in 2011. •

CJnG OT

OUT

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SENIOR EARNS PRESTIGIOUS PASSHE
SCHOLARSHIP
NATALIE WAGNER,
a senior anthropology

Semester

in

Harrisburg

ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR COMPLETES
GABRIELLE VIELHAUER,

THIS'

a junior anthro-

pology major from Pottstown, completed a
15-week internship with the Pennsylvania
Historical and

Museum Commission

as part of

The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS)
program sponsored by the Pennsylvania State
System of Higher Education (PASSHE). She
was one of 15 PASSHE students participating
in THIS, which provides students the opportunity to work in areas of state government while
earning a full semester's worth of credits. Vielhauer attended several
academic seminars during the internship and completed an individual
ized research project. •

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BI.OOMSBl KG

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MVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

and mass communications major from
Milton, was among
four Pennsylvania
State

System of Higher

Education (PASSHE)
students to earn a William D. Greenlee Scholarship for 2012-13.

The competitive S2,500

scholarship honors the former chair of

PASSHE's Foundation Board and founder of
Greenlee Associates, a lobbying and business
strategies firm.

Wagner
working

plans to put her dual major to use

in a

museum. A first-generation

college student, she says the scholarship "really

made

degree." •

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TALENTED
WEBSTER TACKLES SECOND SPORT
SCOUTS IN THE NFL look like
geniuses

gem"

when they

find the "hidden

that turns into a great player.

Of

course, former Huskies standout Jahri

Evans, a multi-year

NFL All-Pro,

prime example. But

a

name

is

a

that has

quickly popped up on draft boards

around the

NFL as the

"hidden gem"

is

Larry Webster.

as a

dominant force who

and had one pass intercep-

13.5 sacks

tion.

Huskies fans know the 6-foot, 7-inch

Webster

He

also scored three

ized he

Webster caught a two-point

conversion for a

playoffs.

in for a score. In

total

my mind,

ever since

I

was

us

of 20 points.

in the

more than 1,000

"But the time commitment to do both
would have been too much. Once I

been

After his basketball-playing days

were

over,

Webster realized he had

one year of athletic
the son of former

eligibility left.

So

NFL and Super Bowl

champ Larry Webster

II

finished basketball

I

went

to

tor)

and

told

him

I

was ready to give

it

40

him took

off.

who was named

to

make.

He can

son of football

played since his senior year in high

the contact," says Webster. "After that,

high jumper.

it

"Who's that?" to "Who's

that!"

He made

was the speed and learning

The

interested

first-team

All-PSAC East, now has a big decision
attend classes part-

time and come back for one more sea-

"The toughest part of my going back
field was the getting used to

plays.

Nearly every team has

in to see him."

in a third sport

went from

and

scouts heard of his time

on the

In just 13 games, Webster

he quickly showed

could be.

(4.5 seconds), their interest

return to football, a sport he hadn't

school.

says.

also very coachable

is

Webster,

a shot.

decided to

in

Coach

Paul Darragh (BU's defensive coordina-

Hale

serious,

"When NFL

got to Blooms-

to give

we thought
"When we real-

picked things up quickly," adds Hale.

burg," says the soft-spoken Webster.

points and blocking a

was

how good he

fensive Player of the Year while scoring

school-record 175 shots.

a joke,"

"Larry

"Playing football has always been on

Webster decided

football another try. "At first
it

to the Pennsylvania State Athletic

his career as the 2011-12

touchdowns,

two of them receiving and one a
addition,

He ended
PSAC East De-

thrilled that

is

blocked punt he took

helped take the men's basketball team

Conference (PSAC)

Bloomsburg Head Coach Danny Hale

39 tackles, including a school-record

next possible

fact that the
is

amazing."

NFL

all

is

the

now

in

2013 or he can dabble
track and field

—

as a

While Huskies fans await Webster's
decision,

NFL scouts

have taken notice.

The outcome remains

to

be seen. •

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Marvin Honoredrfi
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S swim coach
78 was one of six people

Stu Marvin

inducted into the Broward County
Sports Hall of

Fame

(Fla.)

last fall.

During 24 years with the

city of Fort

Lauderdale, Marvin worked 16 years as

manager of the aquatic complex
International

He

Swimming

at the

Hall of Fame.

coordinated 63 national and interna-

tional aquatic

championships

in

swim-

ming, diving, synchronized swimming,
masters swimming and water polo and

more than 400

state, regional

and

local

aquatic events.
In his first four years as BU's

head

coach, Marvin's teams have established

20 new team records, many
set several times.

A

total

set

and

re-

of 110 entries

to the school's all-time top-10 lists have

been added during his tenure, and his
swimmers have recorded more than 450
individual lifetime-best performances.

The Broward Count)' Sports Hall
Fame honors coaches, athletes and
others who have positively affected
of

the county through sports and athletic

involvement •

Shaffer

Honored Again

FOR THE SECOND YEAR

men's soc-

in a row,

cer player Bryce Shaffer of Gettysburg has been

named

to the Capital

NCAA

Division

II

One Academic All-America

Men's Soccer Team, as selected

by the College Sports Information Directors of

America (CoSIDA).
Shaffer, a senior, has a

ness

management

CPA of 3.97 as a busi-

second team All-PSAC for
year.

son
14.

was named
the second consecutive

major. In 2012 he

He was second on

in goals scored,

the Huskies this past sea-

with

six,

and

in points,

with

Shaffer finished his career with 29 goals, tied

for fourth all-time in school history

BU

for 10th in

He was the

only repeat

All-American

lil.OOMSBl

K(i I

and

is

tied

history with nine career assists.

first

member of the Academic

team. •

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National
Spotlight
TWO FOOTBALL PLAYERS
- Franklyn Quiteh and Brian

— were finalists for two

Clarke

of the most prestigious post-

season awards

in Division II

nationwide.

BU

President David Soltz,

Athletic Hall of

left,

and

athletic director

Fame: Edward Mulhern,

front;

Michael McFarland,

and, standing from

left, Irv

right,

welcome

the newest

Sigler, Danielle Faretta

members of the
Meghan Vernon

Trego,

Mozi and Jess Kircher.

New Hall of Fame Class
FIVE

FORMER student athletes,

career as the school's all-time leader
in career

trendsetters in their respective sports,

make up the 2012
Fame class.

Athletic Hall of

Edward Mulhern

one of the
early greats in track and

school's
•

•

field

Meghan Vernon Mozi '95, a standout
in women's lacrosse, who held multiple school records for many years
winner of the

Irv Sigler '99, BU's only

Harlon

Hill

Award

top Division
•

The day

'38,

II

titles,

demic All-American who finished her

an NCAA-first

after the induction cer-

BU's

new Hall

of Fame area in the

Nelson Field House. The area features
plaques dedicated to

all

who have

been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
a former BU athlete
Fame, contact Tom

To nominate
for the Hall of

football player

to four straight

emony, Mulhern cut the ribbon on

as the country's

Danielle Faretta Trego '00, an Aca-

who helped the

hockey team

national

are:

wins for women's tennis

Jess Kircher '00,
field

The newest inductees
•

•

McGuire, sports information
at

Quiteh, a junior, was a
ist

for the

Harlon

second time

for the

seasons.

He

in three

led Division II in

rushing yards per

was second

final-

Award

Hill

game and

in scoring, finish-

ing third in the balloting for
the nation's top Division

Quiteh finished sixth

Harlon

II

As a freshman,

football player.

in the

Hill balloting.

director,

tmcguire@bloomu.edu. •

New Lacrosse Coach
MALLORY POOLE was named
the

women's

the new head coach of
She previously served as an
Stevens Institute of Technology and

lacrosse team.

assistant coach at

Clarke, a senior, was a

Dartmouth College.

As

finalist for

a student athlete at

C.W. Post, Poole helped
the Pioneers to three straight NCAA tournaments
and a national championship. She was a four-time

Award

lineman. Clarke was a key

Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association
(IWLCA) All-American and was named to the NCAA

component

Intercollegiate

for the

offensive line

All-Tournament team three times. She earned
most valuable player honors and was featured in Sports
lllustrated's "Faces in the Crowd."
Division

Gene Upshaw

the

as the nation's top

II

Huskies

which produced

two 1,000-yard rushers

for

the second straight year

—a

Pennsylvania State Athletic
As
the

a senior, Poole

IWLCA

of the

was

a

Tewaaraton Award nominee

for the nation's top player and
She was also the East Coast Conference Player
Lacrosse and WomensLacrosse.com Midfielder of the Year.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Year and the Inside

Conference

first

— and

allowed just eight sacks.
Clarke finished seventh in

Poole inherits a team that

(PSAC) Championship. •

won

the

2012 Pennsylvania

State Athletic Conference

the balloting. •

WINTER

2013

9

Etched in the Liberal Arts
by

BONNIE MARTIN

WORDSWORTH. Shakespeare. Vir-

office

James Joyce. As he ticks
off the names of w ell-known poets and
authors, it's easy to imagine James
Brown teaching literature and com-

Quadrangle testify to Brown's other
side - an only child who grew up as
a Pittsburgh Steelers fan in western
Pennsylvania, the married father

ginia Woolf.

overlooking the Academic

position at Charleston

"The Liberal Arts teach the history of
human error and success. They educate

Southern University.

A bit of the

English

professor remains in

people to lead, to make decisions when

Brown's second year
as

dean of Bloomsburg

University's College

training doesn't apply"
- James Brown, Dean, College of Liberal Arts

vania
It

is

home. The

leaves, the smells.

just clicks."

Brown,

48, didn't set out to

lege administrator.

be a

He earned

col-

a bach-

degree in English and Spanish
from Slippery Rock University and
master's and doctoral degrees from
Ohio State University. At Charleston
Southern, he directed the honors
program and taught courses in British
and American literature and composition before coming to Bloomsburg
elor's

of Liberal Arts, along

University in 2004. For the next five

with posters for events

years,

honoring Joyce, the

Irish

author and

of two,

woodworker and

who

fan of the

couldn't resist an

subject of his doctoral dissertation,

Grateful Dead,

and an overstuffed bookcase, w here
the most visible title belongs to Irish

opportunity to return to his

Maeve Binchy.
Mementos in his Centennial

novelist

10

"I

Hall

BLOOMSBl RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

home

state eight years ago.

loved South Carolina and

he served as assistant, associand interim dean of the College of
Liberal Arts and unit head for teacher
education, leaving BU to become dean
ate

of the Arts and Sciences at Mansfield
I

loved

teaching," BrowTi says, "but Pennsyl-

University.

He

burg two years

returned to Bloomslater.

"Woodworking gives me both

Becoming the dean

tan-

and a time for reflection
hands are working," he says.

The switch from faculty to administration means "you give up being 'on

gible results

what a university does
larger
level,"
he says. "In a posion a
tion like this, you find ways to help
other people promote those same

"Students are successfully complet-

while

stage' to affect

my

ing programs and gaining

passions to prepare

passing the humanities, fine arts

range of

majors, minors and elective courses

within the College "provides different

ways of looking at human behavior,"
Brown says. "The Liberal Arts teach
the history of human error and suc-

seldom means anything good
the
arts give students exposure to the best
of humankind. "The arts separate us
from other animals in a positive way,"
he says. "A person should have some
understanding of what humans are

They educate people to lead, to
make decisions when training doesn't

apply"

Arts prepares graduates for careers

Reinforcing the importance of the
Liberal Arts, a

new three-credit

nar for freshmen entering

BU

semi-

without

a declared major "encourages students
to synthesize English, languages, history,

philosophy

...

to help students

A broad background
in fields

in

ranging from business to the

social sciences, helps

them adapt to

inevitable career changes

and eases

adjustment to ever-evolving

"It

used to be,

if

you were an edu-

Greek," he says. "Now, you have to

a

new

personalized approach

to fulfilling general education require-

ments, called MyCore, emphasizes
the interconnectedness of disciplines,

knowledge and

skills,

and recognizes

the value of learning experiences in
the classroom and through extracurricular leadership opportunities.

Prepared for a career
Brown understands students may not
always see the value of the courses
that

fulfill

their general education re-

quirements.

He was one

of them. But

is

editor of Bloomsburg:

College of Liberal Arts
The

following departments are

included in the College of Liberal

Anthropology
Art and Art History

Communications Studies

Joyce, a candidates' debate or their

Philosophy

Economics
English

History

Languages and Cultures

Mass Communications
Music, Theatre and Dance

discourse on Facebook."

Brown says a motto etched above a
doorway of Ben Franklin Hall — "Wis-

he admits the course that provided

knowledge he uses every

relevant today as

duction to Public Administration, was

Bonnie Martin

keep track of what we've done before,
but today's technology, such as texting
and other social media, means a
broadening repertoire of understanding and means of expression. It's OK
to expand what we understand, but
students shouldn't give up on other
ways of communication. To me, it's
about critical thinking, whether they
are discussing the works of James

dom

day, Intro-

College of Liberal Arts blog,
http://bloomuliberalarts.blogspot.com.

Arts:

make

And

Dean James Brown

technology.

understand

how it goes together to
complete person," he says.

Editor's note:

shares his perspectives through the

the Liberal

cated person, you learned Latin and

a

for a life-

The University Magazine.

capable of at their best."

cess.

them

time of change and growth."

the College of Liberal Arts, encom-

A wide

I

chance to reflect. What all students
need is permission to pursue their

At BU, 13 departments make up

social sciences.

but

a

ideals."

and

skills,

care that they don't give themselves

is

the fruit of reflection"

opened

when

—

is

Political

Science

Psychology

as

Sociology, Social

the building

Work

and Criminal Justice

in 1930.

on

his schedule only because it filled
an empty slot between classes at 8

a.m.

and 10 a.m.

in the

ing.

He believes

today's students will

same

build-

What is MyCore?
MyCore

is

Bloomsburg University's new distinctive model of general

likewise find that spark in a Liberal

education that emphasizes the connectedness of disciplines, knowledge

Arts course.

and

Take

many

fine arts, for

courses dwell

nature"

—

a term,

Where
on "human
example.

Brown

skills,

and recognizes the achievement of general education outcomes

outside the traditional classroom and across university divisions. Learn

more

at bloomu.edu/mycore.

says, that

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11

\

a

kweiler Daley looks over plans

acre Oak Springs camp.

Juliette

Gordon Low started

Girl Scouting in

Savannah, Ga., 101 years ago with just 18

girls.

Today, membership in the U.S. alone totals

more than

3.2 million,

in a council

including 17,000 girls

headed by a

BU

alumna.
JACK SHERZER

by

SALLY SHANKWEILER DALEY
began to doubt her decision to major
in computer science at Bloomsburg
University when she found herself
struggling.

Her

adviser. Professor

Charles Hoppel,
let

now retired, wouldn't

her consider switching majors.

"Studies of women in college have

found that when a female went into a
guidance counselor's office and said,
'I'm having trouble in my major,' the
counselor would

OK,

we'll

"

something else.' Daley
a boy went in, they would
'You need to stay with it.'

put you
says.
say,

say, 'That's

in

"But

if

"They found the barrier

for exit for

women

in college

was much lower

than for men," says Daley,

who gradu-

ated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree
in

computer

science. "It

was a tough

am so grateful to him for
coaching me that way when so many
other women were not getting that."
major, but

As the

I

CEO of the Charlotte,
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12

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

"

me develop
my own sense of who I am"
"Girl Scouting helped

— Montana Drumheller, BU freshman

N.C.-based Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest

— covering eight counties
and serving 17,000 girls — finding the

Council

best ways to motivate
to

young women

be tomorrow's leaders

for Daley.

a priority

is

And ensuring the

tion remains relevant in the

into

what they

of technology,

but lean toward careers that help
people," Daley says. "We need to show
them how technology can help people

organiza-

and

modern

career in

is a continuing focus for Daley
and the entire Girl Scouts organization, which undertook a programwide review in 2004.

find important.

"Girl's aren't afraid

'You

say,

may want to consider

a

this.'

world

Yes, Girl Scouting

is still

about

experiencing the outdoors. But
only the
"Right

that's

start.

now there

gram focus

areas:

are four

The

main pro-

STEM fields

and
math), environmental education and
leadership, community outreach and
community building, and healthy living and well-being," Daley says.
(science, technology, engineering

In the single-sex environment,
girls

can

selves

feel free to

and ask and answer questions

girls may not do with the same
when both genders are learning
together. While much has been made
of how women are underrepresented

shown

ease

hard sciences, Daley says it's
not that girls aren't interested, but
in the

how the

sciences

IT

In 2002, Daley was a vice president
at Wachovia Bank, now Wells Fargo,
where she developed the institution's
customer electronic payment system.
The Hornets' Nest Council had just

secured a three-year, $750,000 grant

from the National Science Foundation for Girls Are IT, a program that
teaches Girl Scouts about information technology and, today, features
a classroom with 12 fully

computer workstations
eled school bus.

express them-

— something, she says, studies have

they have to see

Girls are

equipped
remod-

in a

When the grant

was approved, she left Wachovia to
oversee the program for the council
and rose through the ranks, becoming

CEO four years ago.
"Under

Sally Daley's leadership,

Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest has devel-

oped innovative
such as

STEM programs,

and
IT" says Anna Maria Chavez,

Girl Scout Forensics 101

Girls are

fit

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WINTER

2013

13

"

legendary

CEO,

Girl Scouts of the

USA. "These

programs are not only fun, but get
girls interested in STEM careers and
showcase the kind of leadership Sally
has brought to the council."

Married to Michael Daley, a senior

ter,

Elizabeth,

who

for her stepdaughis

now in college.

mother was her troop leader
while she was growing up in Coplay,
near Allentown. As a scout, Daley
Daley's

Camp Mosey Wood
Poconos — so much so that its

loved going to
in the

close proximity to

Bloomsburg played

a big role in her choosing the uni-

Throughout her time

at BU,
camp, leading girls in activities such as skiing,
snowshoeing, canoeing and kayaking.

versity.

Daley volunteered

at the

Given her love of the outdoors,

it's

one of Daley's significant
achievements as Hornets' Nest's CEO
fitting that

is

the creation of the 700-acre

Springs camp, which she

calls

Oak
her

council's "property of the future."

Made

$2 million

gift,

like to call 'sisters.'

history, in

support of the

the largest in

possible by the sale of three

smaller camps, as well as an ongo-

property's development.

in

2008 and one

day will be able to serve as many as
2,000 girls. The camp will be named
The Dale Earnhardt Environmental
Leadership Campus in honor of the

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Listening to the needs and concerns

of girls and their parents

While

for Daley's council. In an

she's not a part of Daley's

Bloomsburg freshman Mon-

commitment

to the organization.

joined her Catawissa troop

was

She

when she

and has remained active ever
since, prizing the camaraderie and
the sense of accomplishment she gets
from scouting.
5

Drumheller earned the organizaGold Award, the equivalent
of the Boy Scout's Eagle Award. To
achieve the award, she and another
scout designed and landscaped a
butterfly garden at a local church
in honor of a high school classmate
who died of cancer. Drumheller also
created a cancer awareness program
for her Girl Scout troop and, with
her mom, continues to be involved in
tion's

activities,

mas

such as organizing Christ-

gift drives for patients at

the

Geisinger Medical Center's Janet Weis
Children's Hospital in Danville and
cooking meals for those staying at the
nearby Ronald McDonald House.
"Girl

me develop

Scouting helped

my own

sense of who

am,"

I

Drum-

heller says. "It helps girls figure out

what they want

to do;

take leadership roles.
Girl Scouts gives

14

Growing Organization

A Girl Scout on Campus

ing $10 million fundraising effort,

Oak Springs opened

its

tana M. Drumheller shares the same

vice president with Wells Fargo, Daley

was a troop leader

nity to be different and stand out from
everyone else. It also gives you what I

council,

Lifelong Girl Scout

NASCAR driver whose

foundation recently awarded a

you

it

helps girls

The one thing
is

the opportu-

paying off
environment
is

where many organizations are struggling to retain members, Hornets'
Nest experienced 10 percent growth
in the past year,

Daley

"In this economy,

says.

some

families are

having to trim back, and they find that
the Girl Scouts continue to be a great

value for their dollar for the programs
they're getting," Daley says. "Every-

thing we do

is

about developing girl

leadership. Filling that gender equity

gap, that's

what a

obtain leadership

Jack Sherzer

is

of parents want
chance for them to

lot

for their girls, that

skills."

•

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and principal partner with Message
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travel

FOUNDATION.

Inc.

Student Justin Gonzalez surveys guests
at

the annual Covered Bridge and Arts

Festival at

Knoebels Amusement Resort.

led Knowled
byd SHULTZ

BU's Center for

Consulting

is

Community Research and

grounded on using expertise

COLLECTING AND ANALYZING

have consulting needs and we have

data to benefit the local economy,

students

researching what shelters and agencies

can do to help the rural homeless

and offering real-world experience
to Bloomsburg University students:
BU's Center for Community Research
and Consulting has become a valuable
resource to the town and university
before reaching

its first

anniversary

"The center was created with the
idea to use

all

of the expertise

we have

sets,

are learning these

but can learn so

they can do

on the correct path

in

is

certainly

achieving

its

During the three-day arts and crafts
Knoebels Amusement
Resort, 30 BU students spoke with
visitors one-on-one and completed
340 surveys. While students learned
how to conduct marketing research,

skill

much more

if

for real."

help the visitors bureau target future

The center

received a Presidential

Strategic Planning Grant of nearly

$24,000
ately

in April

went

2012 and immedi-

to work. Already, the center

has collaborated on projects with the

Columbia-Montour

Visitors Bureau.

"The students played

a vital role in

the economic impact assessment of the
Visitors Bureau's 2012

Arts and the center's director. "The

Kurecian

town and surrounding community

director.

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

the fact that the center

the information they gathered will
it

on campus," says Heather Feldhaus,
assistant dean of the College of Liberal

16

their genuine enthusiasm, highlighted

festival at

needs for services.
who

students demonstrated, coupled with

vision."

gained through Liberal Arts courses to
satisfy the region's

T3

and Arts

Festival," says
'82,

"The

Covered Bridge
David "Otto"

the bureau's executive
critical

thinking the

promotional

efforts.

"We exceeded expectations with
number of surveys distributed,"
Feldhaus says. "When the report is

the

finalized, the visitors

bureau

will

have

a clear picture of how far people traveled,

how much money they spent at
how they

the event and in the area and

heard about

it."

The center

also has joined forces

with Sue Dauria, professor of

am

says.

by Steve Berg, vice president for
programs and policy with the National
Alliance to End Homelessness, and
workshops where attendees could investigate specific parts of the problem
and exchange information.

to assist in the collection of oral histo-

Feldhaus. "People think that because

relation to the projects

you don't see homeless people

the center."

anthropology, in a long-term project to

on the economic impact of
the Bloomsburg Fair.

collect data

"We

collected

demographic data

us-

ing surveys and observations," Dauria

"With the help of Dr. Feldhaus
and the center, we selected 10 students
ries at last fall's fair."

The accounts and

stories of attend-

ees will be turned into a theatrical
play, Fair Stories, that will

be produced

next year by the Bloomsburg Theatre

Ensemble (BTE), Dauria
collaboration

says.

came about as

The

the result

tion

"It

goes largely unrecognized," says

area, they don't exist.

in the

The reality is
camp on some

in a

SOLVE Office -

Students Organized to Learn through

Volunteerism and Employment
raise

—

to

awareness of rural homelessness.

The conference included

Being able to apply theory from the

Pelton,

SOLVE's

civic

engage-

coordinator, says, "The overall

is

how the

changing and what they
it."

to

be the greatest benefits to

center has given

professor of sociology, also co-hosted

a presenta-

at

"I have been able to utilize the skills
and education that I have learned
throughout my undergraduate studies
at Bloomsburg University and apply
those skills through various projects,"
echoes Brock Minnich, a senior social
work major from Walnutport. "The

Tim

can do to change along with

co-director Chris Podeschi, associate

we work on

at a time."

Feldhaus and her team, including

an event with BU's

ogy and social
Brehm, a senior sociology major from
Orangeville. "There are real results for
the local surrounding communities in

these students.

situation

Rural homelessness

within

seems

agencies get a better grasp on

professional publication.

falls

community sociolaction," says Weston

the realm of both

somebody's couch for a few weeks

point of the conference was to help

be shared

given an opportunity

farmer's out-of-use field or sleep on

ment

also will

I

and shadow,

classroom to real-world experiences

BTE

and

to observe

that in rural areas, they

of a discussion with Richie Cannady, a
actor,

forms, that

Observe, shadow,
experience
The

make

me the

a difference

ability to

and inspire

change." •

center's student research as-

sistants already see

its

value to their

education and to the community.

"The work that

Dr.

Feldhaus per-

CJ Shultz '13,

a mass communications
major from Hawley, is a student writer
in

BU's Marketing and Communica-

tions Office.

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Small

Town USA.

BLOOMSBURG has always been near and dear to me for many reasons. For one, I was born and pretty much raised
moving only across the river during my earlier school years. After attending Bloomsburg University, I was
employment with the Pennsylvania Downtown Center, a nonprofit organization now located in
Harrisburg. The organization promoted the revitalization of Pennsylvania's downtowns and I began to realize and
appreciate the wonderful town I live in. Several years later, I was asked to serve on the board of directors for Downtown Bloomsburg Inc. This was an opportunity for me to give back to the community I was lucky to grow up in.
here,

fortunate to find

As a child I remember visiting Santa at the Candy Cane Cottage on Main Street, and as a parent I now take my
own child. There are so many exciting events for children, adults and students continuously going on in Bloomsburg.
From the front door of where I work, Bloomsburg University, I can walk downtown and grab lunch, shop, conduct
business, visit my dentist, worship and have somewhere to go for entertainment without having to travel a distance.
Times have changed, but Bloomsburg still has the charm, excitement and energy it had when I was small. I admit,
I still slow down and admire the beautiful fountain right in the heart of Main Street. It is a sight to see, especially at
night.

Bloomsburg is Small Town USA, and

I

don't see myself leaving anytime soon.

— Jennifer Williams '90, Office of the President

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"3*

Home, Harmony

My Favorite Things

and Belonging

The square and

When

I

moved

first

taking

to

Bloomsburg from Texas

in

theme - that

Bloomsburg

itself

and

BU community have

be-

have witnessed many changes on both
grow older have come to believe in a common
the sense of home, harmony and belonging in the

family to me.

as

in

of the

a vacuum. Instead there

stems

my

active participation

retirement from the university

only served as a board and advisory

an

is

in

member

in

intrinsic tie

activities, deliver

our

1996,

in

1

commuhave not

various com-

munity organizations but also currently volunteer

in

our church

food as part of the Meals on Wheels program

(name another place where you can see
game and a view like that at the same

emerging aging issues both

have recently begun focusing on how

locally

to

and

globally,

improve the

I

living in

was

because

moving

(literally)

At the youthful age of 83,

1

years hap-

Bloomsburg. This
of

my

experience

with the university but also the

small town,

in

I

seen

in

a very long time, organizing old

friends to participate

in

alumni events.

—Joe Hilgar 75

seemed

be balance and

to

managed

to get

lives of

our

themselves

will

never forget working on the new

playground
sity
in

Chang Shub Roh,

in

town

in

which the univer-

and town intermixed. Growing up

a small town myself,

and the maturing
while living

in

diversity that

Professor Emeritus

(Shown with faculty emeritus James Pomfret,

right)

me

that

so

that

this

experience

had taken place

Bloomsburg, magnified

began

has helped

to take

me

to

It

was

shape

the

many

I

living in

still

Bloomsburg.

does from what

return; but at the

was
of

were nurtured

gifts that

always had that small-town

It

and

other

my time

during

same

I

can

feel,

when
know

tell

time,

it

I

the place that began an expansion

my

heart to the globalized world

which

—

into!
I

understanding, tolerant, empathetic, and

of

populated college. Between the two,

the composition of the world.

-

life

which existed a diversely

understanding, regardless of what the

and to maintaining a healthy
hope to demonstrate the

benefits of physical exercise, regardless of age.

not just

students

Aging Office called Let Seniors Stay Active, which draws atten-

lifestyle.

my most formative

I

In order to help seniors live healthy and produchave begun a program under the Columbia/Montour

tion to eating right,

of

pened while

senior citizens.
tive lives,

Home-

coming and being surprised by seeing
someone from my era that have not

An Expansion of Heart

there often

and pick up trash as part of the litter crew in our community.
Because of my background in the sociology of aging and
interest in

Field

like

a

Some
this belief

my

Town

Danny Hale

events

community and society

at large.

Since

to Sutliff Hall, the

Park, the view from

friends, attending

I

between the welfare

nity.

browsing campus

Bloomsburg

time), reconnecting with old

I

I

world do not happen

From

hill,

see the changes, the monumental

improvements

later,

like

the foot of the

town seemed so foreign

to

Fair,

the view of Carver Hall from

to

the

fronts but

in

1972, both the college and

me. Now, over four decades

come

fountain at Market and

Main, Steph's Subs, attending the

in

we

live.

Who

in

would have thought

small-town Pennsylvania! Yet,

and my hope

is

that

it

form young people to see and think
cally,

did

criti-

while maintaining differences. With

the presence of the university,
it

it

continues to help

I

believe

allows the town to remain young and

vibrant

and

ing pot

it

to

ever expand into the melt-

was when was
I

there!

within

become more

- Martin Nocchi '94
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19

.

Town

All-American

Where I Live

It's

The Bloomsburg

University

campus

is

Nestled just southwest of the

and the Susquehanna

On

an exceptional place.

vania

a beacon of intelenlightenment, open mindedness and diversity; shunning

top of College
lectual

Hill,

the Carver Hall clock tower

one

is

ignorance and embracing acceptance.

While

I

town

for the majority of

say that
a

life

and

here.

tell

my four years

not just a place

it's
I

I

am

I

a decent dent

my eyes when

is

I

at

as a professor

on a

I'm

rent

tells

me

30th time that

I

his

mark on me and

my

I

may

it.

The Bloomsburg

story or the

for

This town has

Due

my wife

to the fair for her first-ever
in

20

BI.OOMSBL RG

to

school

at the University of Illinois in

Champaign-Urbana. When we walked through lower campus
it

San Francisco,

and San Antonio, then went

35,000+ students

small

in

under 10 min-

We continued to walk downtown

was.
I

I

went

to

loved the town then

I

move back

in

1772.

1

had a McClure

for

a pleasant place

and large parks.

in

and

university students

makes

We

1855,

faculty

seem

to

to live.

especially enjoyed picnicking

artifacts;

was always a

we found

quite a few.

great time of enjoyment

Hill is

the central point of the

the town, provides an excellent education for students,

a small town, and economic

stability.

70

up coming back

Bloomsburg. She grew up

each passing block

James McClure

it.

it

grew up in West Hazleton and graduated from
Bloomsburg University in 1990. A few years

Huntsville

community.

local

She was impressed with how
She was soaking all in and enjoying
was and how nice people were. Everything you could need is
walking distance. The fair actually reinforced that impression and we ended

in

with

how

Tearpock

Assessment
visit to

is

reality.

and the

of small

spirit to

for

It

clean the town

I

utes she laughed at

brings youthful

live.

Bloomsburg, the all-American town.

A Fair

fairgrounds. With

It

Pennsyl-

they were related. With a population of only about

if

which started

a wide variety of sports

—Dan

took

wonder

local population

Fair,

in

which to

plans upon retiring were to

our family, even on a rainy day. The University on the

town.

-CJShultz'13

I

I

The town has a number

here.

afterward

of geology.

My

today.

in

along the river and spending time searching for Indian

roll

couldn't be happier with having

life

it

integrate well together. This certainly

look like an actor

cherish every minute of

spent the best four years of

life

I

love

with a log cabin built by

12,000 people, the

La Fontana, Balzano's

payments. Although

I

town

Bloomsburg. Unfortunately, circumstances precluded our

family from that

The town began

built

probably responsible for singlehandedly

in their

me for the

tells

from Glee, the truth
indelible

one waiter

Larry at the laundromat

cashier at Weis

an

can safely

you what businesses we're passing on the way.

and Applebee's and

left

I

stay during the semester; I've

can walk down Main Street from campus blindfolded

first-name basis with at least

putting

and

at college

down-

in

America where one can see a superb

in

and the

and

I've lived

few places

of the

the 1960s.

to

the town.

is

River, the only true

the quintessential perfect place

Bloomsburg University

makes BU a unique place

truly

the Penobscot Mountain

integration of a university

always enjoy being on campus throughout the week,

what

is

tip of

noticed a change

LM\ HRSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

in

for the fair

to family illness

we

agenda. The protests of
rebuilding

is

1

5 straight years

could not

make

last year's

it

in

until

the horrific flood

2012, but

cancelled

fair

and

it

is

in

201 1

already on our 2013

resilience of this year's

a sign of community strength that can only be experienced

I

will

never understand what she was expecting, but her

subsequent

had taken

visits reinforced all

for granted.

And

that

the great things that
is

why

I

I

first

exposure and

had known

all

along but

love Bloomsburg.

to the

her expression.

first-

hand.

-John M. Makara

'90,

Member ofAlumni Board of Directors 2012-2013

'American

Great Place to
Raise Children

Dream'
Bloomsburg in 2007 as a
and from day one both the
campus and the town fascinated me. Of
first

I

BU

arrived to

When

course at

was new and

everything

first

ex-

I

I

"American Dream." But soon
involved

off

campus my second

on Main Street
in

started meeting people

the university and town

in

moved

I

I

Bloomsburg.

year,

found what today are

I

Phillips

and everything

life,

Hill,

Prana Juice

Bloomsburg. And now that

life in

second home

at the

I

can

events

Bloomsburg

treasure

all

my

and town and,

It

is

Legendary

a big part of

myself a

local,

even

write about

I

my
my

like

I

know a

lot

Bloomsburg has a wonderful park with tennis

movies and

to their hearts

of foreign alumni

from

a charming, beautiful, active

far

little

away,

town,

all

full

just turned 3.

in addition to the summer production geared specifically to children. We have
many happy memories of watching The Christmas Story and A Christmas Carol.

a director of

weekly concerts held

shell for

in

fireworks; the Catawissa Military

who keep

There

over the

is

always something

the summer.

band plays

for families to

friends.

Bloomsburg has been a great place

-Julia Camara-Calvo '09

—Karen

Hicks, Payroll Coordinator

Bloomsburg
Public
trees.

Its

is

small: small

will

enough

come check

sidewalks and alleys

your own. Peonies

plot at

lolling

town.

to invite getting involved; small

enough

that

out your streetlight or water the newly planted
invite

you to wander, to make the whole town

by fences, the scent of mimosas blooming, and bent

tomatoes beside

their

are getting ready: that's a good Bloomsburg walk.

own-maybe just the

neighborhood or the park

then pockets of semi-wild greenery, the
rambling,

autonomous discovery

that

library,

in

many

do

in

Bloomsburg. The diversity of

meet new

to raise our children!

places.

Its

economic base is broad: Milco but also the university; Autoneum but
Kawneer and Speer's Kitchen and the county seat, among

also Bernardi and
others.

It's difficult

to find that kind of class

at

first,

and occupational

diversity in

a

place so small.

And we have a newspaper! A daily! Yes, many a Press Enterprise editorial
makes me mad— not to mention 30 Seconds -but the Press Enterprise publishes

my

letters, too,

and reminds me, as

Kids walk too: to school by themselves, but then after school they can

explore on their

forget the Fourth of July

But Bloomsburg's big enough to be a real town: downtown's a real down-

driveways- maybe a swing by my
the community garden, where my chard has sprouted and my peas

old timers planting

own

existence

Own Town

Works

And who can

to a glorious fireworks display.

indoor and outdoor activities provides the opportunity to be active and

of wonderful

people and unique spots.

Your

courts, walking paths, a youth

baseball complex, a skateboard park, the town pool, basketball courts and a band

for

me,

Virginia

and our daughter had

1

son

found

Examiner.com as a local examiner.
friends and memories from Bloomsburg Univer-

Bloomsburg very close
world.

I

of friends

Barrel, Bella

I

services at Box of Light Studio.

I

businesses

Moose Exchange, where work as

film

sity

call

perfect.

group

Burrito,

Bar... they're all

film

in

Go

getting

felt

at the local

beautiful

Emporium, Karen's Candy

Donna, VanDyke's, Top Drawer, Ready
Comics, College

and

my

and

our family

turned

because was coming from a different country, and it felt like was living the
citing

moved from

more than 20 years ago, our son had not yet
We were new to the area and we were
not sure what the Bloomsburg community had to offer a young family.
We found that the area had numerous preschools and day care centers to
choose from, varying from traditional preschools like Magic Carpet and the YMCA
to day care centers such as Columbia Child Development and University Day Care
Center. We were able to tailor our children's day care and preschool attendance to
meet the needs of our family.
Our children participated in the Story Time at the Bloomsburg Town Library. The
Children's Museum next to the YMCA is a "must see" for area families. The Bloomsburg Area YMCA has numerous family friendly activities.
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble has a Christmas program each holiday sea-

student,

I

and people read them.
read

it

with

my coffee

It

tells

people about each other

every morning, that

I

am

part of a

community.

but

downtown, enjoying a kind

has been scheduled and zoned out

of

—Cristina Mathews, Associate Professor, English

of

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A Warm Embrace

What is

Bloomsburg may be Pennsylvania's only town, but she is a second
mother to me. She nourished me during my prenatal years. Catholic

Bloomsburg?

school

The red sunsets, the cool crisp air,
From here, one's heart is stirred,
For many memories have been made,
From what I've seen and heard.

Columba) and

(St.

public school (Central Columbia)

my first two

well for a spurt of

trimesters.

scaffolding for later growth (higher education).

During

my third

of learning felt

trimester (Bloomsburg University), the proliferation

more

metastasis.

like

pushed outward. So

This big small town or small big town,

but

Has a flavor all its own.
The "locals" and "the college crowd":
From all the seeds are sown.

continual cultivation as the key to

it

my coming
Then, she forced

me

I

I

sought ways

learned to love
its

it;

control

to stop the surge,

cherish

Still

responsibility

was

find

And, yes, the Bloomsburg

-Luke Haile '05/08M

Fair,

more time

(Shown with

I

America

its

at

this place,

best?

And, neighbors

When

about

all

A

hearty group of

They
Just

all

pitch in to help,

like

But why

Because
With

my

folk.

I

really love

it

is

Bloomsburg,

I

son,

her

in

schedule.

me

toward

Samuel)

think the thing

I

like

the most about Bloomsburg

seasons change each

year. In

California,

Cabo San

my

is

the simple beauty of the town as the

career as a journalist

natural beauty of places

I've

in

traveled throughout North America

Lucas, and the strength of American

always looked forward

they bloomed

I

such as the

to returning to

New

British Virgin Islands, northern

- Washington, D.C., New York,
Orleans - all have their attraction.
cities

Bloomsburg

to

see the trees and shrubs as

the spring around houses with Easter decorations on the doors. To witness the

to Fishing

shades as days get longer and warmer.

Creek carrying

their inner

colors of the trees slowly shedding their leaves. To be enveloped

in life,

where God blessed

Kc;

my busy

memory, my parents have guided

tubes for long, lazy treks

downstream on overheated summer afternoons. To watch high school students busily painting
on the downtown business windows with spooky scenes of Halloween haunts and the glowing
in

the

first

snowfall of the

season and hear the profound quiet during an evening walk down a frosted Market

me

lovely wife.

DOMSIil

educators

To see kids as they hurry

-Eric Koetteritz 75

HI

earliest

my

spring greens gradually turning to dark forest
faithful,

a mighty oak.

This special place

to strengthen.

my

Chicago, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, San Diego,

on no matter what

stand strong and

Since

Simple Beauty

But
lives

for

and the Caribbean. The

rivers bring the test.

Bloomsburg

solid.

I

pool,

I

to love

result in

became new role models to emulate. These, the
greatest gifts in my life, are all wrapped in Bloomsburg's warm embrace. She even played
matchmaker for the meeting of my wife. She always welcomes me home, but reminds me to

The streets and parks and downtown shops,
The churches and Market Square,
The trees and flowers, restaurants, too,

The Farmers Market and swimming
The Renaissance Jamboree,
The parades and celebrations,
Make this the place to be.

22

needed real-world stress

Yet, the foundation

accepted

was quite ready. A late
my educational needs. As any infant, had all the
However, the limbs of my intellect needed further nurturing and my

good. From school to school,

through one's heart do race.

What's not

life.

I

of age.

out of her warm, swaddling comfort before

necessities for postnatal

it.

and could even

bloomer, two degrees did not effectuate

And that's what makes this place unique
The people and the place,
The families, friends, and memories,

were

They prepared me
maturation. A necessary infrastructure was laid as

crucial formative stages,

M\ ERSITYOF PENNSYLVANIA

The scenery changes. Each new
each

will

come back

-Tim Pelton,

thing

has

again to Bloomsburg.

Coordinator, Civic

Engagement

its

own

attraction. All will arrive

Street.

and pass. And

fill

1

Lovely and Lively

Simple Stuff

Bloomsburg has the best small town-university town combination.

love the folks that keep

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, The Moose Exchange, as
Balzano's, the Bloom Diner and so many more.

our town lovely and

Brennan's Big

We

I

lively:

Chill,

am

from Lock Haven, born and raised.

Bloomsburg and Lock Haven are facsimi-

well as
les of

one another.

It

was a very easy

transition to attend there for four years.

What

—Toni Bell, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

is

great about each

community

is

really simple:
•

Town

Classic
Bloomsburg

is

such as Steph's Subs, Nap's Pizza, Bal-

Rose Marie's, Brennan's Ice Cream
Shop and La Fontana. These restaurants all

are friendly

The people
and everyone seems to know

each

whether

a great place

other,

to raise

Museum,

Children's

a

We enjoy taking
town park

to play

about

in

one

of

town.

our daughters to the

on the slides and swings

during nice weather or to listen to music on

Wednesday evenings
Concert

during the

the Park series.

in

busy by taking them

girls

We

meets

at the

summer

the old Walmart building.
is

safe and

our

girls to

we

We

came

for toddlers

in

to the playgroup
in

is

currently raising

a new Kidsburg

at the

Town

money

Park.

It

is re-

come

freshing to see the town of Bloomsburg

Our neighborhood

together and enjoy these events.

our backyard.

We enjoy eating

at

—Neil Strine, Associate
Political Science

tattoo parlors.

Four churches. The post

Three banks.

office,

We stop at

the farmers market on the Square for cherry

attire in

the Regional

in

Bloomsburg

is

good

for the

vigorous as any walker wishes or a casual

can count. These are

of the places

I

just

some

pass during lunchtime walks

in

dozen years, my walking buddy
know the route by heart: College Hill,

After a

and

I

East Street,
Street

Fifth Street,

and back up the

Market Street, Main

hill

to

campus.

We

see the seasons change as we pass family
homes and student rentals, restaurants and
bars.

We

stroll

slip into

the

thrift

shop and recycled

It

can be as

when conversation about

day-to-day events takes over.

we have

Bloomsburg.

Great place to

live

and educate

-Rob Emert '83

Lessons

Learned
came

Bloomsburg a hick from a

to

lost

left

with the foundations to

am what am
I

and

of living in

a town.

today because of

this

I

town

university).

—Donald G. Franklin

'65

this path,

a few pounds, worn out a few

pairs of athletic

shoes and nurtured a great

friendship. Judging

we pass

families

On

I

become a pre-medicine physics teacher.
The town gave me an opportunity to
make money to stay in school. Taught
me about how to contribute to a town

and college (now

body and clears the mind.

Courthouse and more pizza and hoagie
I

People who laugh

•

and share the fun

the bridal shop's window.

Walking

Technology Center, the Columbia County

shops than

People who smile

•

summers,

tomatoes and kale and admire the formal

Two

Kindness

•

small town. After four years and two

clothing store looking for bargains.

florist.

Safety

•

Pretty simple stuff.

I

Professor,

downtown restaurants

Lunchtime Walks
One

•

together to build a playground

and

are not worried about allowing

play

Quality education

also

Ensemble at the Alvina Krause Theatre.
The most unique and enjoyable things
about Bloomsburg are the community events,
such as the annual Renaissance Jamboree
in the spring and the annual Cake and Ice
Cream Festival in late summer. The town
recently

also keep our

Bloomsburg Sportsplex

food and customers.

atre

for

that

their

enjoy the productions at the Bloomsburg The-

through church, the

the university, or

the civic organizations

provide friendly customer service and care

family.

is

it

Peaceful

•

zano's,

a classic American town and

Beauty

•

by the number

along our route each day,

of

people

we

aren't

the only ones.

-Bonnie Martin,

For What We Love About

Bloomsburg University,
Editor,

see www.bloomu.edu/magazine.

Bloomsburg: The University Magazine

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2013

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky notes

On the AiA

PHILADELPHIA AREA COUNTRY
music fans who wake up to 92.5 XTU's Doc
andAndie show each weekday morning

may be

surprised that Andie Summers,

known during her BU days
Shone

'96, didn't

was drawn

first, I

Andrea

every year was a different focus

"Literally,

-

as

foresee a career in radio.

to advertising, then

PR, then TV," she says.

She found a direction she

- and

a career

didn't expect

— when she took a job at a

small radio station in Bloomsburg,
"I
it

was a

classic

rock

girl,"

only took one air shift and

country

fan.

It's

WKXP.

she admits, "but
I

became

a

a very personal format, so

the standards for artists are high."

Following graduation, she
to

Froggy

101,

WGGY,

in

moved on

Wilkes-Barre/

Scranton, before accepting a position with
Philadelphia's only country station, 92.5

XTU. After two years on the
beat, she

ing

traffic

report

was invited to co-host the morn-

show

in spring 2001.

Summers' career gives her the opportuwhose music
she plays on the air. She has watched two
of her favorites, Eric Church and Taylor
Swift, rise to fame through years of hard
nity to connect with artists

work. "Taylor

is

an interesting study be-

cause people either love her or hate

Summers

says, "but

and not love

I

her,"

defy you to meet her

her."

When not playing the latest countryhits,

Summers advocates

for charitable

causes close to her heart. Her team in
the

Komen 3-Day For the Cure has

more than $700,000

raised

for breast cancer

research since forming nine years ago,

and

this past holiday

season she broadcast

at a breakfast for families of fallen police

She is also a lector at St. Joseph
Downingtown, where she lives
with her husband, Leonard, and their
children, Victoria, 5. and Leonard III, 1. •
officers.

Church

in

1956

1974

Roland "Rollie" Schmidt Jr. was

Lillian

honored by Wilkes
i£ University last

when

the

fall

new

multi-

purpose athletic

^

*

sta-

dium was named

in his

honor. Schmidt led the Colonels
for

two decades and engineered

the third-longest winning streak
in collegiate football history

winning 32 games

by

Paskevich Briola

occupational therapy from

Chatham
She

is

more than 25

years.

chair of the allied health

department

at

Community

the

College of Allegheny County, as

program director and

well as the

therapy assistant program. She

CCAC

2012 National

the parents of two children.

ers Exchange,

from Mount
in

1980
Richard Donahue

III

is

now
He

certified in driver training.

at

and marketing teacher

Denmark-Olar High School

tional

in

South Carolina.

who

,

retired as BU's director of

alumni

affairs, is

working

time as a sales associate

Hallmark

store,

nia's 17th

'68/ 81IVI,

part-

at

Lycoming

1975

the

Robert Surridge published

Mall.

first

his

book, The Foodways and Social

World of the Ladies of the Presbyterian

1970
Sylvia Silvetti Havlish published

her
a

first

book, Moments Like This,

The

vintage cookbook

Congressional District,

loss of a loved

egates Night of the 58th annual

County Volunteer

Schuylkill

fighter's Association

1977
Brita,

Quantum

Financial

30 years.

Monie received The Each
Matters Award from
Presbyterian Communities and

South Whitehall Township, was

Financial Network Hall of

Fame

in recognition

recognizes compassion and excel-

service in the financial services

lence in daily living, faith, courage

industry. Brita focuses

and

ing investments and insurance for

of 29 years of

on provid-

retirement, business and estate

Fisherville.

1978
Paul Janssen

production at Century 21
ance's

Jr.,

Norristown,

is

director of the Center for Excel-

Veach Johnson 72M was
named agent of the month for
third month in a row for her sales
West Chester

Alli-

office.

lence in Local

and dean of the Bayer School

part of Lists

Government

at

providing training and technical
assistance for local government.

He earned

a master's degree

Duquesne

University.

Fame
The Hall

of Fame recognizes Duquesne
faculty

members whose research

and work has garnered significant

hockey and

Softball teams.

field

She

Props, a Western arts equipment

company which has provided
technical knowledge and materials for

motion pictures,

television,

stage and live action shows.

Christopher Ward

Bureau of Investigation National

1983

Academy, Quantico,

Patrick Kelley

is

superintendent

in

Va.

Conshohocken with

He

lives

his wife,

Sandee, and three children.

1984

1988

Daniel Brewer, Bloomsburg,

Brenda Condusta

was appointed

to the boards of

an associate professor of nursing

directors of Jersey Shore State

at Misericordia University. Pavill

Bank and the bank's holding

earned a doctorate

company, Penns Woods Bancorp

and human development from

Inc. Brewer, a certified public

Marywood

accountant,

Brewer

&

is

principal/owner of

Pavill

'88M

is

American

University, Washington,

in

education

University; family

nurse practitioner and Master of
Science in Nursing degrees from

Co. LLC.

Misericordia University; master's

Matthew Richards was appointed chief of staff of the Army
Col.

Human

Resources

The

Command at

position

third-highest in the

is

the

command

in early

childhood education from

BU; Bachelor of Science

in

Nurs-

ing from Wilkes University and
registered nurse degree from

St.

Agnes Medical Center.

of 4,200 military and civilian

DC.

members.

1989

Sciences, was inducted into the

at

Hall of Fame. She was a four-

year starter for the school's

graduated from the Federal

Fort Knox.

administration from

of Natural and Environmental

Office of Research Hall of

into

ft

Albright College, designing and

in public

David Seybert, a professor

1987

conservation.

United Methodist Church,

Patricia

was

of Shikellamy School District.

Services Foundation. This award

1972

Valley,

Management

inducted into the John Hancock

pastor of Faith

ser-

Leads at www.lvb.com.

in

is

in audit

vices at ParenteBeard,

List,

founder of

years experience in

owns and operates Western Stage
David Zinkler, partner

g

Moment

Ronald Reitz

Convention.

and assurance

Blair

integrity.

Fire-

featured in Behind the

Joseph A.

for

is

the Delaware Valley High School

Fire Chief during Del-

Lehigh

ment counselor

He

a certified financial planner with

County

women.

one. Havlish has been a bereave-

an adviser with

Jo Benson '87M was inducted

book of memories of people who

have experienced

is

Insight Financial Services.

was named Honorary Schuylkill

includes 450 everyday recipes

contributed by 96

Township,

U.S.

Church of Kingston, Pennsylva-

nia in 1907.

MBA

Mary's University

Maryland.

more than 20

representative from Pennsylva-

Excellence Award.

Douglas Hippenstiel

St.

the financial services industry.

Timothy Holden, former

Development Teaching

Build-

he earned an

Kurt Schroeder, Mount Olive
is

Institute for Staff and Organiza-

1968

CEO of Mid Atlantic

ously

a business

professor of the occupational

Signal Association (IMSA). Previ-

She and her husband, Marc, are

University, Pittsburgh.

received the

in a row.

R. Pete

of the International Municipal

of the deaf for

received her doctorate in

Gum is executive director

Board for the past nine years and
has privately tutored oral students

1979
Laurie Johnson Gaylord
perintendent of schools
County,

Fla.

She earned

of science degree

in

is

in

a

su-

Martin

master

speech and

attention and funding, and honors

hearing education for the deaf

their substantial contributions to

from Washington University,

their respective fields.

Louis,

Mo. She has been a

Scott Kinzinger was

1986

inducted into the

i0/f[

David Durofchalk, Downingtown,
is

senior environmental scientist

in

Rettew's natural sciences divi-

sion.

He earned

a master's

degree

from East Stroudsburg University.

|HgS9

Wayne Count) Spurts
Hall of Fame. He
has been a leader

local

in

youth sports for 32 years.

In recognition of his service, the

St.

mem-

ber of the Martin County School

Honesdale
tion

Little Baseball Associa-

Grove Street Complex was

renamed

in his

honor.

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky
Institute.

Brigham and Women's

Michael Ksiazek

1991

Hospital and Children's Hospital

1998

of Boston. She earned a doctoral

Craig Davidson ran

Shannon Strasbaugh Harvey,

degree from Penn State and con-

during 2012 - one each month

Gettysburg,
the

is

vice president of

ducted post-doctoral training

HACC-Gettysburg Campus.

at

Harvard Medical School.

as a college

HACC community

for L3 vears.

1995
a doctorate in business administration

Jason Henry, who served

as

Parkland School District coordi-

and Classrooms
coach,

is

for the Future

curriculum supervisor of

secondary education. He earned

He

from Wilkes University.

Richard Matukonis, known

I Mason, was one
'

^^J

j

B

A™
tion, the

award.

Mason has served

'

chief spokesman for

PennDOT

in

New York

in

Business Leaders of America, Tri

City.

Michael Devaney was promoted

manager

partner

Jr. is a

McGowan SpiHanna & Reber,

emy.

He

2003

is

headmaster

tion

He earned

%r

in

RGS

earned a master's

leadership and
at

sity.

School
is

State University
is

Thomas Stone High

Communications,

a full-

School in Maryland.

service advertising and

He

communications

firm.

career with Charles

District. Gilliland

is

and received the

a

CPA.

physics department's outstand-

ing graduate student award.

ger's

Jason Jacobs, a public accoun-

Institute (JFI),

tant,

is

a partner at ParenteBeard's

insurance industry practice at

Lancaster

office.

its

group

at the

Chicago.

He

co-authored a paper

accepted for publication

and then

Susan Dallabrida joined

tific

adviser in

PHT

Consulting Services.
Previously, she

was

a biotechnology
clinical trial consultant

tegic adviser
Idee,

and

DR.

of Podiatric Surgery, Schlorffhas been in private
practice in Jersey Shore, Pa., since 1991.

stra-

on PPMA's board

Scientific.

Podiatrist

Association (PPMA). Certified by the American Board

for seven years

and

He

served

as president in

2009-2010. Schlorflfis a graduate of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine.

Zafgen. Dana Farber Cancer

26

WILLIAM SCHLORFF '85 was named

of the Year by the Pennsylvania Podiatric Medical

and

working with Biogen

Rubin Anders

Alumnus named 'Podiatrist of the Year'

PHT

Corp. as senior scien-

BLOOMSBLRG LMVF.RSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

for

Integrative Science, University of

Schools, starting as a high school

Benjamin Stoddert Middle School.

is

James Franck

Gordon Center

journal. Sanotechnology.

principal of

He

as part of Professor Heinrich Jae-

2001

County Public
social studies teacher

ex-

business

an

Allebach

at

becoming vice

a doctoral

condensed matter

completing postdoctoral research

Laura Rudy Williams

has spent his

in

perimental physics from Kansas
Traci McNeal Gilliland

account executive

principal of

Your Best Coaches.

degree

degree from Penn State Univer-

1997
is

the children's book,

Sean McBride earned

management

Drexel University.

administrator for the Troy Area

1993

recently self-published

doctorate in the educational

1994.

Michael Meiser

M
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pursuing his

theatre director from

-~^B northern New Jersey,

a master's

from Gwynedd Mercy
is

District.

Louisa Luisi, a writer, teacher and

v-^^^n

in educational administra-

College and

Snyder,

Wyalusing Area School

STEM Acad-

Downingtown High

principal of

is

supervisor of special services with

formerly was assistant

degree

an associate

student newspaper. The Eagle's
Perch.

for

Philadelphia Hauling.

nelli

He

and the

Hi-Y, the Class of 2013

School East.

is

Associates.

Northcentral Pennsylvania since

Disney/ABC

Jasons

^ John

Dillsburg.

as the

public information officer and

School where she advises Future

of the Downingtown

Philadelphia.

2012 Star of Excellence

Run High

Davidson, an executive with

Arthur Campbell

with the law offices of Kelley

highest recogni-

an accounting

underserved populations.

1999

1996

PennDOT's

is

Susan Singer Lipsey '03/06M

with his daughter, Jamie.

of 31

Suffolk

School.

teacher at Warrior

resides in Lake Worth, Fla.

employees statewide
to receive

2002
Jennifer Vest

Waste Management, overseeing

Stephen Capriotti

professionally as Rick

Law

homeless and other

to senior district

He

an associate

He graduated from

independence and self-sufficiency

Honor Society in Business,
Management and Administration.
Delta

is

Stark. Lawrenceville.

an

was also inducted into Sigma Beta

a master's degree and principal's
certificate

Feet,

N.J.

&

University

from Nova Southeastern

University, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

nator of educational technology

My

- to benefit Back on

for the

William Lauffer '95/'97M earned

1992

marathons

12

organization dedicated to creating

admin-

Harvey served
istrator for the

with Stark

in

the

Laura

Owen

working toward

is

Mong is

Lynette

an e-commerce

2004

a doctorate in criminology at

site

Michael DelPriore 04/*06M

Arizona State University.

Portland, Ore. Previously, she

Taryn Gilger

worked

interventionist at

is

assistant principal at Solanco

High School. He earned an

2006

educational administration

Christina Foust Engie

manager
phia.

at

She

Engle

is

'05.

KPMG in

Philadel-

who

teaches

Amazon.com

Stacey Minarsky, an orthopedics

Coleman-Header graduated from

X-ray technician at Geisinger

is

basic military training at Lackland

Medical Center, Danville, was

Air Force Base, San Antonio,

part of a Rotary

Texas.

Exchange Team that traveled

a

tail

School District.

School

FNB

Rappold

Richard Kachnoski, Coal
Township,

is

&

Miners Bank.

Michael Levan

MePush

services

is

an IT specialist

Inc., a

company.

computer

He

previ-

at

Innotek Computer

Consulting and as president

2012
Tara Snyder Bloom '12M received
the Grady

is

direc-

YMCA. He

Family

2007.

coaching

2008

College.

staff of

is

at

ShiftGo Business Solutions.

& Mary Roberts Writ-

ing Award from the Pennsylvania

tor of tennis at the Sinking Spring

Yurasits. Serfass has

College Personnel Association.

on the

Bloom

Conrad Weiser

is

assistant director of field

period program and internships at

Keuka College

Samuel Waite

is

marketing and

general manager and personal

social

media coordinator

training director at Tilton Fitness'

Klunk

&

Mays Landing

He completed

facility.

Brones has
for three

program

in

the

personal training director at the

lic

Northfield club.

University.

at

High School

a master's

degree

media management

/•

Newhouse School of Pub-

Communications

at

YWCA of Northcentral Pennsylits

fourth annual Tribute to

Women.
honored

as

The award

Wise
is

Woman

75 was

of the Year.

given to someone with the

compassion, commitment and persever-

Collegeville.

life in

is

is

Center, she earned the

a direc-

and radio, Susquehanna
Health and the Pershing
Advisor Solutions Advisor Council, and a

in its

Chapter

Management
member of the Penn-

named her a member to
"40 under 40" category.
Bower

member of the BU Foun-

The award

and integrity of one committed

Hollick

is

at

Woman of

'jtimF&SSa recognizes leadership,
selflessness and the grace
to the

YWCA.

an audit and tax manager

A

nursing clinical instructor

Bower '04M were

both named a

mission of the

commu-

Department of Health.

Hollick '03 and Jessica

Excellence.

a

consultant for the state

Stephanie McCauley

.

is

nicable disease nurse

dation board for 15 years.

Bixler

ofWVIA public TV

president-

countants, which

watch

Governors's Patron of the Arts Award in

2008. She was a

CEO and

Resources. She

A former director of the

Community Arts

founding partner of

tor

is

sylvania Institute of Certified Public Ac-

quality of

Hudock Moyer Wealth

She

Association and a

northcentral Pennsylvania.

Hudock

for eight years.

Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania

ance to make a more peaceful, productive

community and enhance the

Perkiomen Valley

elect of the Central Pennsylvania

Community

is

swim coach

and Williamsport Lycoming Chamber
of Commerce.

Barbara Benner Hudock

N.J.

High School.

of Healthcare Financial

vania during

Thomas Hayes
at

Syracuse

THREE BU ALUMNAE were honored

First

Woodbridge.

in

assistant

at

worked

former director of the

a business

Millan Advertising Inc.

years and most recently served as

S.I.

is

teacher at Woodbridge Township

YWCA selects Women of Excellence
by the

New York.

in

Nicholas DeLuca
City, N.J., is

been with Tilton Fitness

ously worked as a senior network

engineer

re-

Fidelity Bank, based at the bank's

been employed by the firm since

Paul Brones, Ocean

with

is

School District and Albright

officer

to

Scranton Financial Center.

Ryan Knarr, Robesonia,

vice president/

commercial relationship

Sugarloaf.

administration specialist with

to in-

charge accountant at Campbell,

Bank's Berwick

branch.

at

District.

Jason Serfass was promoted

Group Study

the Philippines.

Logan Hansman,

at

Walk by Faith

Air Force Airman Joseph

Elementary, East Lycoming

manager

assisting in the

from Capella University.

kindergarten teacher at Ashkar

assistant

State

candidate for a doctoral degree

Elementary School, Methacton

is

Penn

Hershey College of Medicine. She

in

is

grade science at Skyview Upper

Andrea Harkleroad

community

a

is

healthy eating and exercise.

Stacey Rine Puterbaugh

fifth-

merchandiser and

2010

a

is

2007

married to Scott

2011

in

research program to encourage

senior

is

Adidas

an

Misericordia University. She

2005

at

Wash.

Seattle,
is

assistant professor of nursing at

Md.

College, Westminster,

as a

editor at

Tracy Hess Colder '06M

from McDaniel

certification

merchandiser

Pennsylvania College

of Technology, she for-

merly worked

in

Susquehanna Health's

inpatient behavioral health unit. She

serves on the board of the Williamsport

Women's Tennis League and the

YWCA

of Northcentral Pennsylvania's board of
directors.

with ParenteBeard LLC, where she has

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky
VITAL STATISTICS

Alums named to
Hazleton Hall of Fame
FOUR BU ALUMNI

recently were in-

Marriages

Ruth Fowler Drake '33
Lisa Breiner '89 and Jonathan Shirvinski

Lorena Kutza

'93

and

L.

David Porzi.

June

'95,

May
May

2012

Kocher '39
Leon Greenly '41

19,

2012

Julia

Richard Hoffman '97 and

of Fame:

Brian Kasarda '00 and Jessica Ervin, June 18, 2011

Lady Panthers, who compiled a 757-163 record, won 24 Suburban One League titles,
four District 1 Class AAAA crowns and two
state championships in his 31-year career.
Schaefer. who began his teaching career in
the Cheltenham Township School District
in 1968, also coached football, baseball,
boys' basketball, tennis, volleyball and

Edward O'Donnell
prolific scorers in

one of the most
Weatherly Area High
'72,

School and Anthracite League basketball history.

O'Donnell, a team leader on

was a basketball
and baseball umpire for more than

YVeatherly's baseball team,

25 years.

79M, who earned

11

West Hazleton High
School during the mid-1970s. Lonoconus
served as the Wildcats' team captain in
cross country, basketball and track and
varsity letters for

He

School

Kathryn Tastremski '00 and Mark

is

superintendent of Great Valley

and the school's all-time leading
Passon, who was named to Bishop

ball star

first

Wall of Fame class in 1998,

Catherine Sedlak Mueller '43

Katie Mooseberger '03 and Jason Stover '07, June

Julia Welliver Driskell '45

Stacey Trump '03 and Tyler Fox, June
Beth Ann Roberts '04 and Robert

Gina DiVizio '05 and

15,

Kelly,

'05

Mary

2012

30.

2012

Jeffrey O'Neill

and

1,

Robert Luchs '51
Mary Anna Wright Kline
John Lenhart '52
Joseph Zahora '53

Jeanne D'Andrea '06 and James Gallione. May 27. 2012
Angela Gould '06 and Eric Weathers '06. July 21 201
.

Alice Socoloskie '59

Sarah Janoff '07 and Jason Balthaser

'07, June 26, 2012
Sara Johansen '07 and William Westhafer. May 26. 2012

'07

Richard Staber '60

David Walker '60
John Long '61

and Anthony DeMuro

'07 and

Kerry Rada
Zachary Herb
May 19. 2012
Stacey Yerrick '07 and Joseph McCormack 06
'09.

Claire Dilley Dale '63

John Grant '64
C. Edward Crim '64
Robert Hensley '64

Holly Davis '08 and David Markowski, July 27, 2012
8, 2010
Jenna Kaehler '08 and Christopher Caracino '09. June 16. 2012
Amanda Kisenwether '08 and Cody Rachau. Sept. 1. 2012
Tara Schultz '08 and Zachary Hales '06
Debra Arnold '09 and Todd Wise. July 7. 2012
Amanda Guito '09 and William Rhinier, May 27. 2012
Matthew Haddle '09 and Angela Kutchera, June 2, 2012
Jessica Hendricks '09 and Patrick Snyder. June 9, 2012
Zachary Weaver '09 and Cara Callanan. July 21 201
Emma Burrage '1 0 and Scott Jabbour '08. Sept 201
Rosanne Cavalluzzi '10 and Joseph Seidler '09. June 30. 2012

Donna Boris Uroskie '66
William Hoffman '66
Charles Rhoades '68
Arwilda

Ryan O'Donnell

Britain

Gazda. Aug.

4,

and Courtney Wehr. July

'11

Frank Spencer '88

2012
7.

'90

Andrew Reed

2012

Willis Riehl '90

Kaitlyn Savner '10 and Brian Smith. June 22. 2012

Denise Pyers '92

Lea Rohrbaugh

'11

Jared Vedro

and

Todd Hitz '93
Jason Ryman

She

is

a teacher in the
District

Hazleton

and an assistant

'11

and Aaron

Price. April 7.

Julie Ottaviani. Nov.

2012

11.2011

Births

Bill

Lady Cougars.
Dawn

MDRF

Giles Vinton '98 and husband. Edward.

a son,
online at

vvww.bloomualumni.com

Camden Edward.

Mark Bohr

'99

and

July 31,

wife. Jennifer,

Tyler Christopher, Nov. 20,

Send information to:
alum@bloomu.edu or
Alumni Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania

400

E.

Second

St.

Bloomsburg, PA 17815

I

M\

ERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

2012

'03

a son. Evan Robert,

a son.

'99

Zamon

4,

2012

Danielle Faretta Trego '00 and husband, Matthew, a

Joseph Michael, Sept.

22.

2012

'03, a son,

Ronald Stump

'06

'03

19.

Eric,

2012

and husband. Kevin

Zachary Sheldon, Aug.

and

wife,

12.

2012

Mary Anne,
3,

2012

Christina Kunkle Stauffer '07 and husband. Josh

Stauffer

2011

and husband,

Andrew, a daughter. Siena Rose. Sept.

May

a daughter, Ella Grace. June

2012

11,

'99

a son, Matthew,

Bridget Smith Johnston '03 and husband.

Rogers

and husband. Ryan.

a son, Christian Henry, Oct.
Christina Hostetter

wife, Beth,

Ashley Behrer Rogers

2012

April 27,

Lynda Colligon Wayne

and

2012

a son, Blake David,

Dara Pachence Schmick '99 and husband, Gregory,

son.

BLOOMSBL RC

Buza

April 15.

FIND IVIWr\r_
illNL/

'07

girls'

basketball coach for the Hazleton Area

HUSKY NOTES

'73

Rosemary Brogan Griebel '76
Mary Ann Wisniewski Dobbins '78
David Hess '78
C. Susan Confield Klingborg '81

.

Ryan Dorkoski '10 and Debra Walter. May 19, 2012
Musser '10 and Leonard Astick, June 30. 2012
and

'68

'71

James DeMara '72
Michele Baker Casey
Norman Richards '74

Alicia

'11

Shoemaker

Dwight Ackerman

Kelly Chester '10 and Wesley Long, Oct. 29. 2011

Kristy Clasen

'52

Robert Cumens '55
David Barnhart '59

Scott Eckert '07 and Alyssa Tomlinson, June 16. 2012

McAndrew

'45

Michael Kollesar '50

Nicole Wright '05 and James Brown, June 23. 2012

Colleen

'45

Coccagna

Charles Harmany '47

2012

Donaldson, July 14, 2012

Kristi

Devitis

Joseph Gulla '45
Laura Schoener Taylor
Edwin Deleski '46

2012

June

Desiree Hackenburg '05 and Nick Vincenzes. Sept.

Chadd Sines

9.

players to eclipse the 1.000-point milestone.

'41

'43

was one of 12 Bishop Hafey basketball

Area School

2X

John Hubiak

'41

Jessica Lapotsky '02 and Matthew Muscella, July 28, 2012
Eric Cleary '03 and Megan Pickett '07. Oct. 22. 2011

1

Hafey's

2012

Altavilla, April 21,

,

District.

Kathleen Nemshick Passon '96/*02M,
former Bishop Hafey High School basketscorer.

Hagenbuch
Howard Williams

Jennifer Franklin '08 and Jason Armstrong, Aug.

Alan Lonoconus

field.

Zinck,

Harriett

Ann Jasnoski '06 and John McArdle, Oct. 1, 2011
Anne Cassel '07 and Michael Nichols '07. July 7. 2012

wrestling.

official

Amy

2012

30.

12,

ducted into the Hazleton Area Sports Hall

Robert Schaefer '68, the former head
coach of the Cheltenham High School

Obituaries
Elvina Picarella Borget '32

'07.

a daughter, Sophia Mae, Dec. 26. 2011

Jennifer Franklin Armstrong '08 and husband,
Jason, a daughter, Kalie Audrey, Oct.

5,

2012

Kelly Chester-Long '10 and husband, Wesley.

a daughter. Carolynn Grace. Sept.

7.

2012

the Lineup
reunions, networking and special events

POSING AT THE STATUE: The Husky

PARENTS AND FAMILY WEEKEND: BU
a

visit

with her parents, Janet

Kyle, during Parents

I

freshman Ashley

and Brad Dix

of Schwenksville,

upper

and her

REUNION AT THE BEACH:

brother,

Several classmates from the speech-language

time since graduation.

Miller.

enjoys

They

for,

Bumbarger

'04,

in

are: Jodi Seip,

SISTERS

Rohrbach

CITY

IN

Peggy

Pictured from

to 41

Rose Dixon

left

'91

,

statue near Carver Hall provides a spot for

Lindsay Wallace

front row: Kelly Gribbin Grimaldi '04,

'03

'03, Kristin

and

Roy

Kelly

'03,

Dinan

'03;

and back row:

Jessica Dunmoyer, McGinnis '03

'02,

OF BROTHERLY LOVE: DEB

(BU Graduating Classes

37

Mashas and

left,

Jamie Ludwig Shaw

Prylucki

Rehoboth Beach,
Nettling

from

Vanessa Lawrence Reeves
and Lisa

Snyder, Kim Kinney Kearney, Joan Cebulka Hauck, Maureen Marks

Sandy Golas

right,

and Family Weekend.

pathology graduate program's 1984-85 class got together
Del., for the first

Dix,

a 'photo op'

of

sisters from

1990-1992) met recently

are Gretchen Wirth

Philadelphia.

Lucy DiBetta Esposito

'90,

Tara Gosling Struckus

Pledge Classes
in

'91
,

Judy Lee Evans

Rupertus '92 and Kristine Kipphut Darmohray

CAREER ROAD

'91
,

Kathy M.

'92.

TRIP:

BU

alumni

who work

Shepherd Rehabilitation Network (GSRN)
and

their

Diana

'90,

in

at

Good

Allentown

colleagues hosted 38 students during a

Career Road Trip sponsored by the Alumni
Office. Taking part are,

from

Affairs

Emily Shotto; Lisa

left,

Seier '07/'09M; Laura Porter, vice president for

resources; Katie Stockinger '01/'03M;

Evans '96/'08M; Ray Smith

'72,

human

Susan Williams

vice president of BU's

Lehigh Valley Alumni Network; Kelly Raub; Nicole
Stevens; Michael Cirba

Denise Stryker
financial officer.

'92;

'81, chief

information officer;

and Dan Confalone

GSRN

'79, chief

helps adults and children over-

come physical and cognitive challenges and achieve
maximum potential for conditions ranging from joint
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lems

to stroke,

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The Early Years of
Women's Athletics
by

ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST

TALENTED FEMALE ATHLETES

began to change in 1926 when
Lucy McCammon was hired to teach
women's physical education classes.
McCammon organized the "B" Club
tice

compete on college fields, courts,
pools and diamonds throughout the
year. But this was not always the case.
The struggle by women for athletic
opportunities at Bloomsburg and
nationwide

so

a story of perseverance

is

also

were limited

at

Bloomsburg

BI.OOMSBl RC

I

MVERSITY OF PEWSYIA \M

club

filled

by Eleanor

who believed strongly that
women should have the same opportunities as

\

male

athletes. At a

on May

16, 1961, she made a motion to
women's
intercollegiate athadopt a
letics program and the motion carried

unanimously.

But

meeting

it

was just the beginning.

Presi-

dent Harvey A. Andruss had to be

convinced of the benefit to the college

and
1958,

Wray,

and

interclass competitions. This prac-

30

The

competed against women from

her position was

to physical education

classes, recreational activity

did.

W hen McCammon retired in

days until the 1920s, athletic oppor-

women

men

other schools in "Play Days."

the Normal School's earliest

tunities for

could reach athletic mile-

tion in sports, as

and determination.

From

women

stones and earn letters for participa-

of the Collegiate Athletic Committee

to female athletes, especially in

terms of cost to the school.
1961,

Wray provided

a

On

Nov.

6,

memo and a 10-

page justification outlining her vision
for

women's

athletics at

State College.

Bloomsburg

3

Women's

Wray's goal was to start small. She
proposed an extramural program
where women's teams from other insti-

basketball continued at BU,
hockey wasn't as fortunate.
The team lost its field following the
1964 season when construction began
at its south end for the new library
building. Without adequate facilities,
field hockey was dropped temporar-

but

would provide the competition,
but not at the same level as the men's
intercollegiate program. She hoped
support would build and athletic opportunities for women would gradually expand. The Athletic Committee
unanimously approved the program
as Wray recommended, and in January 1962, Andruss agreed as well. He
remained concerned about the budget,
however, wanting to avoid an increase
in the $20 student activity fee.
tutions

In

fall

1962,

ily,

returning as an intramural sport in

of 1972,

it

stated edu-

programs receiving federal

cational

financial assistance could not dis-

criminate on the basis of sex. Although

was not mentioned, it soon
that this was the
that would enable women's op-

athletics

became apparent
catalyst

portunities as athletes to grow.

on

hockey team,
with the first game played at Lock
Haven on Oct. 9. Although the Huskies
lost a rain-shortened match, the coach
was pleased with the effort. A basketball team led by another physical
education instructor, Joanne McComb,
began practicing over the winter, and
the first game, also at Lock Haven, was
played on Feb. 1, 1963. This time the
Huskies fared much better, dominating
the Bald Eagles by a score of 35-27.

Amendments

hockey got off to a slow start
when it was reinstated to varsity status
a year later with
fields

home games

played

on the current upper cam-

In

fall

Wray became coordina-

1972,

tor of women's intercollegiate athletics

and soon more opportunities were

pus. Formerly part of a country club,

available for female athletes. After a

the land was purchased in 1962, and

decade of just two varsity women's

the field was the only athletic facility

sports, the first official

on the

field

women at Bloomsburg
and nationwide. Part of the Education

giate sports for

1967.

Field

Wray organized and

coached a varsity

field

hill until

Nelson Field House

opened

in fall 1972. Carol

Frankel

'73,

Bolton

a four-year letter winner,

remembers the

when, as
much as she and her teammates loved
the sport and wanted to win, their
roster came up short. Male students,
primarily soccer players, were recruited to help field a practice squad.
early years

The passage of Title IX 40

years

ago was the major impetus that

spring by tennis. Spring 1977 saw three

more

five

and
on April 13 in matches at BuckUniversity, and track and field
days later. After competing with

the

men

sports inaugurated: lacrosse

softball
nell

for several years, the cross

country team had

its first

independent

season in 1980 and women's soccer had
its first

game

At a time

finally

expanded the number of intercolle-

swim meet was

held Jan. 20, 1973, followed later that

was seen

Sept.

when

as the

pioneers, Lucy

6,

1990.

collegiate athletics

domain of men, two

McCammon and

El-

eanor Wray, were advocates of oppor-

young women. Thanks to
them and others who followed in their
footsteps, nearly 200 female athletes
compete in nine intercollegiate sports
tunities for

at

ABOVE: Lucy McCammon umpires

a

game

during a

in

1938.

RIGHT: Center Barb Donchez Cunningham 75 takes a shot against
6,

1973,

game

in

today. •

women's

physical education class on the lawn near Science Hall

Marywood College during a March

BU

Centennial

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Gym.

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Concert Choir

Carver Hall, Kenneth

SPRING 2013

Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

$29.50/$16.50 Child/$14 BU Student

Spring Break Begins

First

Monday, March 18, 8 a.m.

Resume

Classes

Saturday, March 23,

8 a.m.

Friday, April 5,

7:30 p.m.

University-Community Orchestra

Carver Hall, Kenneth

Pops Concert

$29.50/$16.50 Child/$14 BU Student

May

S.

7:30 p.m.

4,

Hotel Bethlehem

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

8 p.m.

Friday, April 26,

State of the University

Department

$34.50/$19.50 Child/$17 BU Student

and Dance

of Music, Theatre

May

Fenstemaker Alumni House
address, The Healing Power of Music, at

3 p.m.;

5,

Featuring
6,

S.

Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m.

Gross

Nai-Ni Chen with the

Bloomsburg University Players theatre
Friday,

recommended

productions are generally

May

10,

II:

III:

July 1 to Aug. 9

For former and current student leaders

for

8 p.m.

Alumni Night

the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Scranton Penguins

7:30 p.m.; Sunday performances are

at

Saturday,

students are $4.

BU

students and

Concerts

CGA

Performing Arts Box Office, located

at the

open

to the public free

of charge. For information,

see

Art Exhibits
Exhibitions

open

in

With pre-game social

the Haas Gallery of Art are

to the public free of charge. For

Alumni Weekend

more
Friday to Sunday,

in

All

times and locations are subject to change.
Call

(570) 389-4286 to confirm events.

times,

the door days of performance.

haas.html.

visit

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of 1963. True to

Reunion

Flood Stories, Too

Tomiko Jones, photography

by Gerald Stropnicky

Through Feb.

A co-production

Reception: Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

of

Bloomsburg Players

Sunday. March 10, 2:30 p.m.

Alvina Krause Theatre

St.

Matthew Lutheran Church

123 N. Market

St.,

226

Personal Adornment Day and

Makeup Extravaganza

installations
Feb.

Bloomsburg

St.,

20

to

Thursday,

March 15

Haas Center

7,

2:30 p.m.

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Featuring Melissa Marse, piano

Student Art

by Steve Martin
April 17 to

March 26

21

226

Center

Bloomsburg

St.,

Haas Center

Celebrity Artist Series
Events

in

2012-2013

the

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Hall,

Friday, April

12

Haas Center

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Special guests: John Vanore and

Jazz Ensemble performs at noon

Concert Band
Sunday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.

in

the Haas

Kenneth

S.

Gross Auditorium. For more

information and to order tickets,

box

office at

(570)

389-4409

call

the

or visit

the Arts, Mitrani Hall

dates are subject to change.

The National Broadway Tour
Spamalot
Friday, Feb. 8,

to

Bloomsburg

26, 4:30 p.m.

Sutliff Hall

Toshiko Takaezu, ceramics

Featuring presentation on technology

and paintings

business education and tours of

April 17 to

Museum

May

Homecoming
11 a.m. to

Reception: April

17,

Senior Exit

Show

May 8

to

2 p.m.

Friday to Sunday, Oct. 11 to 13

Parents and Family

18

Reception:

May

in

Sutliff Hall

RSVP: along@bloomu.edu.

Exhibition Class

1

Weekend

Friday to Sunday. Oct. 25 to 27
8, 11 a.m. to

2 p.m.

The

Haas Center

Luciana Souza

Choral Ensemble

www.bloomualumni.com

For the latest information on upcoming
for details

these and additional events or to

at

$34.50/519.50 Child/$17 BU Student

Women's

Visit

Sound

Sunday, Feb.

and Husky Singers

Bl.OOMSHl KG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

(570)

389-4058

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Sunday, April 21 2:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Alumni Events
on

register. For

8 p.m.

Choral Concert

32

Friday, April

information, contact the Alumni Affairs office

Haas Center

Featuring

9

www.bloomu.edu/cas. Programs and

Abstract Truth

for

Come Back

Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall, and Carver

Jazz Festival

Haas Center

to April

Presented by

Celebrity Artist

Series season are presented

BU

Show

Reception: March 29, 7 to 9 p.m.

Alvina Krause Theatre

Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.

TBD

Business Education Alumni:

The Underpants
Sunday, April

April 25.

Moose Exchange. Downtown Bloomsburg

Reception: Feb. 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Bloomsburg

University-Community Orchestra

Bloomsburg Luncheon

graduates from the 1930s,

Special Events

to 17

Center

for

1940s and 1950s

Carlie Trosclair, full-scale

March 7

June 2

11

and Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble

Chamber Orchestra

to

Featuring 50-year reunion of the Class

the lobby of Haas Center for the Arts, or at

programs, dates,

May 31

information, gallery hours and reception

http:lldepartwents.bloomu.edu/musicl

Musicjvents.html.

March 23, 7 p.m.

Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre

3

p.m. Adult tickets are $6; seniors and non-

BU

at the Wilkes-Barre/

Wednesday, Thursday,

All

cardholders are free. Tickets are available

Listed events are

Muses
Ahn Trio

Friday and Saturday performances are at

May 20 to Aug. 9
May 20 to June 28

Session

Husky Leadership Conference
Saturday, March, 2; all-day event

$34.50/$19.50 Child/$17 BU Student

SUMMER 2013
Session

Haas

for

Haas Center
adult audiences.

I:

in

Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Free.

Auditorium

The Temptation of the

May 18

President David Soltz; hosted

by the Carver Hall Alumni Chapter

Theatre
Commencement

BU

BU's annual Health Sciences Symposium,

7:30 p.m.

17

Undergraduate

22, 7 p.m.

present the keynote

17

Commencement

Session

will

Wine

and Cheese Reception
Friday, Feb.

Monday, May

May

Saturday,

for the Arts, Mitrani Hall

Kathy Mattea

Carver Hall, Kenneth

Friday,

Lock Haven match

vs.

Lehigh Valley Alumni Network

Monday, May 13

Graduate

BU

Thursday, Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m.

Finals Begin

Friday,

Field

Gross Auditorium

Kathy Mattea
Haas Center

Sunday,

House during

Nelson

Career Connections Reception

Haas Center

End
May

7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15,

Bloomsburg

St.,

Repertory/Dance Ensemble:

Finals

Alumni Wrestling Social

Gross Auditorium

Dala

345 Market

May 10

Friday,

S.

Presbyterian Church

Saturday,

Classes End

and Events

Activities

of Brazil

17,

7:30 p.m.

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alumnus, you

may see Bloomsburg as the place where you earned your degree,
made lifelong friendships. The place to which you

discovered your passion and

remain connected, regardless of time or distance.
be

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of these and, perhaps, more.

Every two years, responses to Bloomsburg: The University Magazine's readers survey reveal your feelings about this institution.
this year's

survey showed they do, indeed,

feel a

The survey gives
alumni

Wayne School

District. In a

'08, a

a

a financial donation.

us tremendous insight, but

Chase Smith

like

made

to

recommended Bloomsburg to

reading this magazine, have attended an event,
potential student or, yes,

The 724 respondents

connection and, as a result of

we most enjoy hearing from

physical science teacher and coach in Western

note to Bruce Wilcox, associate professor of chemistry and bio-

chemistry, Chase said, in part:

Looking back at my time at Bloomsburg I remember fondly your patience with
me despite my occasional laziness and lack of initiative. If I only knew what I know

now about education,

I

would have taken

my college education much more seriously!

Ultimately I write this email to thank you, and the rest of the chemistry professors that dedicated their time to help
that you do

Chase

is

and the

not alone.

level

me get where I am

of education that

The Husky

I received

today. I

am praising the work
my school.

on a daily basis at

Pride of alumni Steve Carr and Craig Evans

loud and clear in the Career Connections, beginning on page

comes through

18.

Alumni like Steve and Craig find abundant opportunities to share their enthusiasm for
Bloomsburg while giving a career advantage to today's students. Job shadowing and in-

On-campus experiences, including the College of
Development and the College of Science and
Technology's Career Day, give alumni a forum for sharing insights on their professions. And
alumni are welcome to return to campus as their schedule permits to discuss their careers, as
ternships provide real-world knowledge.

Business' Zeigler Institute for Professional

Rebecca (Funk) Campbell

Jimmi Simpson

'83,

president of ABC-Owned Television Stations Group, and actor

'98 did in the recent past.

As our economy continues to rebound,

it is

imperative that our students graduate fully

prepared for their professions. As alumni, you can help make that happen for Bloomsburg's
next generation.

DAVID SOLTZ
President,

(Editor's note:

Bloomsburg University

Find out how you can provide career experiences for today's Bloomsburg University students

at www.bloomualumni.com.)

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Fair,

Honest, Consistent

Over 30 years at BU, Dean of Students
Donald Young has had one focus: to point
students in the right direction.

12 A

Boatman's

Life

Adventure-seeker John Stoner 73 found
his niche as a river guide in the

Grand

Canyon.

16

in the Wings
The Concert Committee and Program

Mentor

Board keep students entertained, with

Jimmy Gilliland,

guidance from

director

of Student Activities.

18 Career Connections
Alumni offer valuable job shadowing and
internship opportunities to give today's

students the tools they need to start their

own

careers.

22

A

Distinct

What do

Advantage

four students majoring in

accounting, anthropology, digital

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A MEMBER
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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Interim Chancellor, State
of Higher Education

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Governors

System

President, Bloomsburg University

David

L.

Soltz

Peter Garland

Executive Editor
Guido M.

Marie Conley

Aaron

Lammando

A. Walton, Vice

Richard Alloway

Matthew

Tom

Bloomsburg University

Chairman

Pichini.

'94, Vice

Chair

Chair

Robert

Dampman

Patrick Wilson

Baker

E.

Ramona

Corbett

'91

LaRoy G. Davis

Laura

Marcus

E. Ellsworth

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'60,

Fuller '13

Mowad

Charles E, Schlegel,

Jr.

Kenneth

77

F.

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CHRIS HALL
not just for his
repairs

'12

has a passion

own

for bicycles.

And

transportation. Hall collects,

and gives bicycles

to

people

who

will

use

them.

A

registered nurse at Geisinger Medical Center.

Danville, Hall reconditioned

more than 100

bicycles

and sent them abroad, where they found new

life

helping their owners get around.

The

project continued last

Hall

donated a number

summer, but with a

of his

Bloomsburg University's Quest program,
for

summer camp

the two-wheelers.

use,

twist:

salvaged bicycles

and helped

to

initially

to recondition

These vehicles are providing

the foundation of Quest's

BU

Bike Project, which

enables students and community members

to rent

bicycles a semester at a time for a nominal fee.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

around THE quad

THE BRIAR CREEK ASSOCIATION for Watershed Solutions

(BCAWS)

is

taking

its first

Researchers also outlined the

and
same time, the project is providing research
opportunities for Bloomsburg University students majoring

quality with a plan that looks at climate, geology, soils

variety of birds,

biology. At the

in

mammals and

The watershed was
each with

at least

quantity and quality.

The

assessments at each

Briar Creek watershed encompasses approximately

33 square miles, spanning parts of Columbia and Luzerne

which

The creek

Susquehanna River,
Chesapeake Bay. By monitoring
aims for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay

flows into the

in turn flows into the

Briar Creek,

BCAWS

"Better quality here

Franek,

One

means

better quality there," says

BCAWS secretary and BU geosciences

Ben

instructor.

of the major contributors to the Briar Creek

Wa-

tershed Coldwater Conservation Plan, Franek outlined
the stream characteristics in four sections: climate, geology, soils

and biology. Research

into climate

is

especially

important, says Franek, since changes in climate affect the
availability of water.

BCAWS compiled data from 1899 to 2010 to come up
with average monthly precipitation and temperature data.

The

geological section focused

types at each monitor-

on the watershed's bedrock

— the solid rock at or near the surface — and the surficial
geology — the unconsolidated solids at or near the surface.

fish.

divided into seven sub-watersheds,

one monitoring

environmental science.

counties.

soil

ing station and discussed the watershed's importance to a

step to improved water

site to assess

both water

BCAWS members conducted
site

biweekly from September 2011

October 2012. Generally pH, electroconductivity and
total dissolved solids levels were acceptable, though water
temperatures were high at times, according to Cold Wato

ter Fishes designation. Findings for the visual assessment

varied from poor to fair and, at times, the creek exceeded

acceptable amounts of lead and nitrate.

The BCAWS team was made up of local volunteers and
BU students, including Samantha Pfister, a senior from Perkasie. Pfister, along with BU faculty members Cynthia Venn
and Christopher Hallen, conducted in-house
water samples for pH, conductivity, turbidity,
total alkalinity and dissolved oxygen.

lab tests

on

total acidity,

The BCAWS prepared the Briar Creek Watershed Coldwater Conservation Plan in conjunction with the Columbia
County Conservation District and funding from the Coldwater Heritage Partnership. For more information,
coldwaterheritage.org. •

visit

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

around the
Family
Ties
STUDENT
DISCOVERS
ANCESTRY
THROUGH DNA
AFTER SIGNING UP for Bloomsburg
University's

Cameroon-Ethiopia Winter

Study Abroad program, junior English

major Sonya Anderson from Millmont
discovered through a

DNA test that

one of her ancestors came from Febe, a
John Huckans, assistant professor
this

summer

in

of

physics and engineering technology, standing,

mentor student researchers

will

small village on the outskirts of Yaounde.

a project funded by an Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (URSCA) award.

Cameroon's capital

Atom Anatomy

URSCA FUNDS STUDENT RESEARCH

ONE OF THE 33 PROJECTS funded by

The URSCA awards program

BU

Bloomsburg University's 2013 Under-

to

graduate Research, Scholarship and

provides up to $6,000 for

(URSCA) award

all

is

city.

The study abroad

group accompanied Anderson to the
lage,

vil-

where she received an enthusiastic

welcome, complete with drumming and

open

undergraduate students and

dancing.

summer

BU

students

who

participate in

the program earn six credits studying at

undergraduate research, scholarship or

the University of Buea, Cameroon, and

enable students to study atoms up close.

creative activity under the guidance of

visiting historical

Physics and engineering technology

faculty mentors. Administered

in Ethiopia. •

Creative Activity

professors

will

John Huckans and Ju Xin

and several students

will

Office of

bring rubidium

atoms to an extremely low temperature

—

100 microKelvin

— where quantum

easily observed.

cooled and held

and magnetic

in

The atoms

place by laser

coils within

will

be

beams

an ultra-high

is

sites

promotes high-

outcomes through

level student-learning

goal

and cultural

Sponsored Research and Grants,

URSCA program

experiences outside the classroom.

mechanical properties of the atoms are

more

the

by the

Biology

The

to establish a university-wide,

sustainable

model

for

Bees

of

undergraduate

research on campus. Students experience

NSF FUNDS

the process of research and scholarship

RESEARCH
PROJECT

vacuum system. Absorption images of
ultracold atom clouds will be captured

as a creative intellectual activity.

with a digital camera at near-infrared

water quality economic impact,

wavelengths.

nity development, Pennsylvania dialects

Other

funded projects cover topics as diverse

and

as

commu-

JOHN HRAMTZ, biology professor and
director of the Office of Undergradu-

clotting. •

ate Research, Scholarship

and Creative

Activity obtained a National Science

homelessness.

Locating
the Homeless
STUDY TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS
RURAL PENNSYLVANIA

ity,

IN

a $14,000 grant to BU's

Columbia-Montour Homelessness

nell University

and Lycoming College

to identify, gather

and evaluate patterns

of homelessness and housing insecurity.

Researchers

will

report on the situation

and collaborate on

a long-term plan to

better measure and track homelessness

Consulting to support a study on rural
in rural

HI.OOMSBl RC UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYIA

collaborating with

Task Force and researchers from Buck-

Center for Community Research and

4

is

the Columbia County Housing Author-

THE CENTER FOR RURAL PENNSYLVANIA provided

BU

Pennsylvania.

Foundation grant of $316,000 to study the
integrative biology of bees this

Hranitz

is

of Central

summer.

partnering with the University

Oklahoma

to study the behavior

of honeybees and solitary bees in natural
pollination systems and their responses
to

environmental

ers

stressors.

Research-

on the eight-week project

and Greece

will

in

Turkey

include faculty from six

universities in three countries, as well as

undergraduate student researchers. •

Powerful
Enterprise
SENIOR PROJECT
TRACKS THE SUN

STUDENTS

IN

THE PHYSICS and

engineering department shot for the sky

when they took on
"Ned" Greene's

Professor Nathaniel

latest project: to build

an automated solar tracker control and
Rebecca Campbell

students during her recent

'83, right, talks with

campus

monitoring system.

visit.

"The core of this work

ABC

Executive

REBECCA CAMPBELL
"YOU HAVE

MADE TV PERSONAL,"

Rebecca (Funk) Campbell
of the

ABC-Owned

'83,

president

Television Stations

Group, told students during her
to

BU since graduating.

television could be

first visit

"For decades,

watched only one way

and audiences had a choice of three channels.

Today, the eight stations that are

part of the
tions

ABC-Owned Television

Group have

including video

phones and

Sta-

a total of 87 platforms,

game

it

TALKS ABOUT TODAY'S MEDIA

'83

consoles, smart

telling

Ghassan Ibrahim.

"We now have

a unit that

is

accessible to

who was
appointed president of the ABC-Owned
Television Stations Group in May 2010.

students to operate on, research on or use

She

completed by four students:

to

draw viewers,

is

said Campbell,

responsible for the company's local

TV stations in New York,

Los Angeles,

for educational purposes."

The system was

Ulshafer.

Houston, Raleigh-Durham and Fresno

in the

and oversees other businesses within the

scale to

group, including ABC National Television
Sales,

The Live Well Network and the

and Michael. •

a senior design project

Adam

Zhengyan Zhou, Joe Crossin and

Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco,

syndicated series, Live with Kelly

tablets."

Regardless of the platform, good story-

and

to the public," says project adviser

associate professor

and relevant information continue

getting the

is

from the sun and presenting

solar data

While these projects are

department, this was the

be

installed

Reedy,

Jeff
typical

first

of this

and manufactured.

"Every year students need to come up
with an industry-like project and then

develop

it,"

says Ibrahim.

"They must use

everything they've learned in their four
years here and also include something

new that they have explored on
their own."

The

students were responsible for

installing the solar panels, controlling

them and tracking the sun
amount of power

to predict the

that can be created

every minute of the day under different

weather conditions. The panels,

installed

outside Benjamin Franklin Hall along

Second

Street, will

kiosk, located

send data to the solar

on the campus side

of the building.

"Other places do solar tracking," says
Ibrahim. "What

made

ours so significant

was that nobody had ever used something
as small as a 100-watt panel to track the

sun and use

How

it

mainly for educational

purposes.

Big?

BU STUDENTS GATHER VISIONS OF KIDSBURG

"Not

many

institutions

have success

predicting the power as accurately as
Nearly two dozen

BU

students visited Central Columbia Elementary School to learn what features the

children would like to see in Bloomsburg Town Park's new Kidsburg. The BU students became involved
through the Center for Community Research and Consulting and education professor Michael Patte. The
original

Kidsburg was ruined

in

the 2011 flood. Learn more at www.kidsburg.org.

did.

The system

predicts the

we

the students built exactly

power

available,

down

to the last watt." •

SPRING 2013

around THE
Magnetized
TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS INITIATE
STEM PROGRAM
TWENTY-ONE ACADEMICALLY
talented high school juniors from

Bloomsburg, Central Columbia and
Berwick Area school districts will
be admitted
in

this fall as the first class

Bloomsburg

University's Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

(STEM) Magnet program.

Students in the program will enroll
together in five courses at

BU

and

earn a total of 15 credits. They
Wayne
for

Whitaker, assistant director of diversity and retention,

marketing and communications, greet

civil

left,

rights leader Julian

and Rosalee Rush, assistant vice president

second year

Bond.

program

History of Race

but also
in

CIVIL

RIGHTS PIONEER SPEAKS AT BANQUET

CIVIL RIGHTS

LEADER Julian Bond,

former chairman of the NAACP, talked
about race,
political

its

role in history

and today's

environment as the keynote

ment

XL tar sands

say race

history are

is

is

race."

Bond's discussion spanned decades -

from

his participation in the

for civil rights

movements

and economic justice

during the 1960s to his observations on
today's political

agenda and

his involve-

to

be successful

tools

in college. •

pipeline at the

Bond,

who

Geisinger Grant

helped establish the Stu-

tee in 1960

who

on engineering,

will give students interested

White House.

Luther King Jr. Commemorative Ban-

"Those

program. The

in a recent protest against the

Keystone

dent Nonviolent Coordinating Commit-

quet.

in the

will focus

math or other sciences the

needed

speaker of the 20th annual Martin

wrong." he said. "History

will

earn 15 additional credits during their

and became the

first presi-

dent of the Southern Poverty

was elected

Law Center,

to four terms in the Georgia

House of Representatives and
in the

six

terms

"The greatest impediment
is

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY received
a

$29,000 grant as a partner in Geisinger

Health System's Weis Center for Research

Georgia Senate.

racial equity

BU PART OF MARCELLUS
SHALE INITIATIVE

to achieving

the narcotic belief that

we

Marcellus Shale

program

already have," he said. •

Initiative.

The

multi-

disciplinary, collaborative research
is

investigating the health of the

region's population, including the potential

health effects of natural gas mining in the

Community Service

Marcellus Shale region of central Pennsylvania and southern

BU AGAIN NAMED TO HONOR ROLL
FOR THE FOURTH consecutive year, Bloomsburg University has been named
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The listing recognizes BU for the role it plays "in solving community problems and
placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing
institutions that achieve meaningful, measureable outcomes in the communities they serve." The national recognition, administered by the Corporation for
National and Community Service, began in 2006. Bloomsburg University has
been named to the list five times since its inception. To be included, applicants
are judged on quantity and quality of the service performed by faculty, staff and
students, as well as the impact their efforts have on the community. •
to the President's

7

6

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

the
ulty

initial

New York.

In one of

collaborative projects,

Heather Feldhaus,

BU

fac-

assistant dean. Col-

lege of Liberal Arts; Christopher Podeschi,
associate professor of sociology: and

John

Hintz, associate professor, environmental,

geographical and geological sciences, will

conduct community focus group studies
with investigators to assess local knowl-

edge and attitudes about Marcellus Shale
drilling.

•

ON THE HILL
by

"I

sports

TIIRR
TOM McGUIRE

LOVE BLOOMSBURG. I love these
it's time in my life that I have

guys. But

to step aside."

With those words during

a Friday af-

I thank Danny
making our football team one of the
most respected programs in the coun-

University community,

and sixth

in his first

try,"

said

BU

President David Soltz.

thank him for

thousands of young

as

20 years of roaming the sidelines

head coach of Huskies

football. Paul

that he's

all

done

men who

For Hale, the decision to step away

named

for everything in life

Hale, one of the winningest coaches

completed

his

and now

a time
is

the

in 2012.

he

said. "I

am

else,"

extremely proud of the

program that has been established

20th

season at Bloomsburg and his 25th year

coaching

is

time to pass the torch to someone

in Division II,

in

for the

played

At Bloomsburg, he

I'll

here.

always be a part of this school."

Hale received numerous awards

holds the school record for most coach-

most proud of his

ing victories. In 25 years as a head

outstanding athletes Hale coached at

(.754)

and, at the end of last season, ranked
in the top five

among active coaches

NCAA Division

II in

in

winning percent-

Bloomsburg are

players.

is

Among the

Irv Sigler, 1997

winner

old man,"

is

...

poised to break Britting-

ham's school and

PSAC

career rushing

NFL star
New Orleans Saints,

Hale also coached current
Jahri Evans of the

who

is

widely regarded as one of the

league's top offensive linemen.

players under Hale were

Nine

named Associ-

ated Press Little All-Americans, earning

Roman, Brandie,
Tyson and Christina, and have 10
ents of four children,

grandchildren.

A national
successor
this year.

search for a permanent

will

be conducted later

•

all-time leading rusher in the history

of the school and the Pennsylvania

who

lowing a yearlong fundraising

the Harlon

"On behalf of the entire Bloomsburg

who
who

turned a 17-year-old boy into a 21-year-

top D-II player; Jamar Brittingham,

when the field at Redman
Stadium was named in his honor foleffort.

praised Hale as "a father figure

of the Harlon Hill Award as the nation's

age and victories. Hale was honored in
April 2012

Hill balloting

Hale and his wife, Diane, are the par-

during his coaching career, but he

mark of 213-69-1

Harlon

three years. Quiteh,

a total of 13 honors.

posted a record of 173-56-1 (.754) and

coach, he had a

in the

mark next year.

was not an easy one. "There

season.

"I

for him."

Darragh, assistant head coach, was
interim head coach for the 2013

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and current standout

Franklyn Quiteh,

who

finished third

SPRING 2013

7

A

Training Olympians
Assistant Coach

Works with Togolese Athletes

FOR ASSISTANT TRACK and field

"Seeing

ings in the classroom teaching lessons

abundance

coach Louise Duffus, professional

and afternoons on the track

summer 2012 was not
about learning a few new techniques at a
resort. Instead, she was among an eightmember group who taught coaches and

tional

how the people live there makes you feel
guilty about having so much here and
realize how much we take for granted,"
says Duffus. "I do feel we made a differ-

development

in

action. In the evenings,

group members

discussed their relationship with God.

United

ence

Action (AIA).

London

sport and the gospel."

"The

says.

fus.

had two purposes," says Duf"We worked with the Togolese Olymtrip

"It

in the

2012 Olympics," Duffus

"They were

all

so eager to learn,

both about their sport and the
At times,

spiritual

we almost

Committee to help train the coaches
and some of their elite-level athletes, as
well as bring them a spiritual component
about becoming not only a better athlete,

aspect of our

but a better person."

was struck by the contrast between
the limited resources in Togo and the

pic

The AIA

representatives spent morn-

BLOOM SliL KC

I

\l\ ERSITY

OF

I.

VAN

I

trip.

had to force them

to take a break

from

practicing."

Duffus, the Huskies' throwing coach,

in

States.

our short time with them and,

was exciting to work with some
of their athletes who got to compete in

athletes in Togo, Africa, through Athletes
in

at the na-

stadium putting those lessons into

in the

hopefully, planted a seed, both with our

In addition to guidance and memories,

the

AIA group

left

reminder of their

behind a tangible

visit

— used running

shoes and spikes. "For us they were just

used shoes or spikes," she says. "For
them, they were the shoes or spikes that

would help them

to be competitive." •

Scholar-Athletes

Recognized
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
HONORED 97 students as 2012-13
To be designated

Scholar-Athletes.

must

a "scholar- athlete," a student

have achieved a grade point average
of 3.25 or higher during the past two

minimum

semesters or have a

cumulative grade point average of
3.25. Additionally,

40 freshmen or

transfer student-athletes

who

posted

a 3.25 grade point average or higher

semester

in their first

BU

at

were

recognized as showing promise to

become

future scholar-athletes. •

PSAC Honors
Marvin, Harner
THE MEN'S SWIM PROGRAM

Wrestling Team Finishes at No. 15
cord, wrestling coach

Stutzman Recognized

honored

Coach of the

finished the 2012-13 season ranked 15th

who completed

in the

country in Division

USA

I,

according to

Today/National Wrestling Coach-

es Association poll.

Bloomsburg was

17-3

EWL

for the third time as the

THE HUSKIES WRESTLING TEAM

the

John Stutzman was

Year. Overall Stutzman,

Bloomsburg, has guided the Huskies to

all-time in career wins.

He

him

third

has coached

on the year and beat three top-20 teams

three

NCAA Division

- Maryland, Pitt and Edinboro.

eight

EWL champions, 76 EWL place

The Hus-

won their first Eastern Wrestling
League (EWL) title and sent six wrestlers

kies also

to the

NCAA Championships.

winners and 33
qualifiers.

He

I

All-Americans,

NCAA Division

also

I

national

was named the

EWL

Coach of the Year following the 2006-07

In recognition of the outstanding re-

with freshman Jake Harner of Philadelphia being

named

the Penn-

sylvania State Athletic Conference

(PSAC) Men's Freshman of the

his eighth season with

a record of 97-56-1, ranking

picked up two post-season honors

and 2010-11 seasons. •

Year and head coach Stu Marvin

honored as the PSAC Men's
Coach of the Year.
'78

During his rookie season, Harner qualified for the

PSAC

in

individual events, posting

seven

two

NCAA "B" cut times and setting
three individual school records and
four school relay records.

Marvin,

who

finished his fifth

season as the Huskies head coach,
led the men's

team

Women's Basketball Claims PSAC
FOR THE FIRST TIME since

Title

onships this season, matching the
Huskies' best finish in 1968.

1992

and just the second time in school
history, BU's women's basketball team
claimed the Pennsylvania State Ath-

Flanagan averaged

rebounds and

10.5 points,

5.5 assists.

seven

Bloomsburg,

which earned an automatic bid to
the NCAA Championships with the

Conference PSAC championship.
They captured the title after beating

victory, finished the year with a

Gannon

Bethlehem, and Kayla Oxenrider, Ashland, earned All-PSAC honors for their
play. Wieller was named first team and

letic

University, 74-57.

Senior captain Alyssa Flanagan,

named the (PSAC)
Championship's Most Valuable Player.
In her two games of the final four,
Freeland, was

to a second-

PSAC champi-

place finish at the

of 24-6.

Two

players,

Dana

Oxenrider second team. •

mark

Wieller,

Marvin arrived
after

in

Bloomsburg

spending 30 years

Lauderdale,

Fla.,

in Fort

where he over-

saw the operation of the aquatic
complex at the International

Swimming Hall

of

Fame and other

aquatic facilities around the

city.

He was

inducted into the Broward

County

(Fla.)

in 2012.

•

Sports Hall of Fame

SPRING 2013

9

Fair,

Honest,
Consistent
by

BONNIE MARTIN

Donald Young's
guiding principle
is

"•I
a*

'We

all

make

mistakes. That does

not

make

people;

it

us bad

makes us

human beings.'
FOR MANY STUDENTS,
Donald Young

is

trouble. They've

on campus or

a meeting with

bad news. They're

in

done something wrong,

in town,

and they may not

be coming back to school

the

flip

side are the students

who

experience.

Students Office.

"We handle

time as a way of saying "thank you" for

a

whole host of issues

and student advocacy and

outreach," says Young,
for

Office."

who were

30 years

who

at

recently was

BU. "The new

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

in the

most serious

trouble:
•

The student who was suspended

BU

for

and was employed

Young's office until he graduated. "He

entered the graduate program here and

•

to

me daily." Young says.
student who was in "a whole

The

host of trouble," suspended and

was so serious he wasn't allowed
on campus, but asked Young

meet him

to share a pizza at lunch-

"There are more of these stories than
not,"

a year, returned to
in

fraction

his guidance.

Young vividly remembers some

jailed for

Young says. "Sometimes, students

need to step back to see what factors are
adversely affecting them. This college

thing

isn't

easy and sometimes they get

We want to point them

sidetracked.

in

The last thing we
separate them from

the right direction.

want

to

do

is

their education."

several months. At the student's request,

Young visited him
Prison and,

adjustment, academic, roommates,

disciplinary

10

Standards

thanks

Whether he meets them through
conversation or through conflict, Young
often becomes more than just an adviser
to the students who visit the Dean of

honored

to set foot

students

meet the dean of students at freshman
orientation or elsewhere on campus, feel
a connection and talk with him weekly
or monthly as they navigate the college

-

for our office, Dean of Students,
makes us much more recognizable than
when we were known as the Student

this semester.

Or ever.

On

name

in

when he

Columbia County

The Right Direction

returned to BU, met

While

with him every week for two years, just
to talk.
in

"He graduated and found success
Young says.

the working world,"
•

And

the former student whose in-

it is

clear

much

of Young's success

comes from

his rapport with students,

added steps

in the university's informal

hearing process reinforce the bond and
provide students with the opportunity

to discuss

He

compliance and concerns

attributes this

change

student

in

'90/'93M, associate director of Residence

and Mark Bauman'95/'OOM, an

about adjustment, academics and living

behavior to technology and reality TV.

Life,

environments.

"Technology — the way students com-

sistant professor,

a

"It

allows us to establish

more open and honest connection," he
"The result is an enhanced role as a

says.

shows

resource for students."

Workshops, both

in

person and online,

covering choices and decision making,

management, civility and related
also have shown a positive impact

issues

easier to do things

and

'Jersey Shore'

roommate

Young credits

issues springs

number

from students

ate assistants for creating an "uplifting

are socially ill-prepared and unable

cope with disagreements and

Over the past three decades, alcohol
infractions have consistently topped the

ing

is

more

extreme."

"When

I first

came

here, there

were

kegs at parties, but students didn't drink
to the

degree they do today.

Now there is

punch and controlled substancThey mix drinks or ingredients to get

liquor in
es.

intoxicated quickly. This leads to fights,

vandalism and sexual

Dean

of

assaults."

Day

in kindergarten,"

his professional staff,

eight student workers and three gradu-

"They must have been absent

today "the degree and severity

his eldest son.

of

increased

'Absent for Sharing Day'

of violated policies, Young says, but

Young as BU students or early in
Young was best man at McCormack's wedding and is godfather to
for

their careers.

arguing, fighting, dealing

He believes the

to

list

TV

with conflict in that way."

who

adds.

it

like 'Survivor'

show people

conflict

on student behavior, he

makes

municate

they wouldn't be doing otherwise.

as-

both of whom worked

conflict.

for Shar-

family atmosphere" that treats students
respectfully.

not

"It's

all

doom and

gloom," he adds.

he quips.

"We

all

want students

to

be successful.

We are known for being fair, honest and
Three Decades Later

consistent and

Young came to Bloomsburg in 1982 to
work in Residence Life after earning his

an education. The support system

here. People around here understand

bachelor's and master's degrees from

what you're going through.

West Chester

State College. Early on,

he

we

always stress getting

"Our responsibility

is

to help students

expected career moves to take him from

find their passion, their purpose,

ample opportunities, a work environment
he enjoyed and strong friendships at BU.
Close friends include Jim McCormack

them have the

college to college. Instead, he found

Students Donald Young, center, shares coffee and conversation with friends Jim McCormack

left,

is

and

let

best experience." •

Bonnie Martin

is

editor of Bloomsburg:

The University Magazine.

and Mark Bauman

WOOM, who previously worked for him.

Tips for College Success
Donald Young, dean of students,

Campus Crusade and the
known as the Iron Club.)

offers these tips for

success at BU:
•

Be open

•

Get involved. Part of being

to activities outside

being engaged in
•

your comfort zone.

in a

community

is

it.

Find your niche in one or more of BU's nearly
200 clubs and organizations. (Young is adviser of

•

Make good

•

Balance your social

He advises

weightlifting club,

decisions to stay out of trouble.
life

and your academic

life.

work as hard as they can academically. "If your best is Cs and Bs, that's OK," Young says. "Make
the best effort you can and utilize campus resources."
students to

SPRING 2013

11

A BOATMAN'S LIFE:
225 Trips Down the Colorado River
by AMY BIEMILLER

ISLOOUSHl KG

LM\ T.KSITY OF I'EWSVLX \M

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I

"

"The wilderness provides a wonderful setting
for personal transformation."
73

Jon Stoner

73

Coatesville native Jon Stoner

started

path as a management trainee and,
store.

Then the

call

from Bloomsburg University with a
newly minted bachelor's degree in
business administration, he went lookto

down

what he hoped would be a career

that included his love for the outdoors.

He

never had to

settle.

"Approximately a month after

VW

likely

down

trip

the Colorado River quickly led

to a second,

which sparked a desire

to take a path less traveled as a river

guide. Now, 225 river trips

years
his

later,

he continues to

and 32
live

dream.

"I

adventure, excitement and personal
renewal," says Stoner,

who

has most

minor

anything can, and does, happen on the

nature and getting back to the basics,"

river.

says. "I truly

the rim and leaving behind

all

the clut-

and the demands of the so-called

details.

Preparation

enjoy venturing below

is

when Stoner was a relativenew river guide, the Colorado River

flooded to an extreme, an event that

on the backs of expe-

rienced boatmen

Learning New Skills
Armed with his sense of adventure,
Stoner began his training as a river

essential because

In 1983,
ly

raises the hairs

who

hear the

tale.

Stoner experienced the white-knuckle

event firsthand.

Melting snowpack and rain had

guide in 1981, a more arduous process

caused runoff to flood into Lake Powell

than most people

behind Glen Canyon Dam. To protect
the dam, engineers had to release massive volumes of water, giving Grand
Canyon boatmen and boatwomen a
challenge not experienced since.

"As a guide,

realize.

one must possess a mul-

titude of skills, including those of the

conservationist, interpreter, whitewa-

get opportunities for exploration,

miles while constantly anticipating the

ing oneself with the intrinsic riches of

real world."

whitewater rafting

operate and maintain the 15-passen-

ger raft over the course of 300 river

to

is

ter

first

"It is a guide's responsibility to safely

something to be said for
the value of quiet places and surround-

"There

wanted to experience the Colorado Rockies and the
Grand Canyon."
His

resist.

unknown and always paying attention

alumnus.

spaces beyond the 100th meridian," he
I

starlit skies

and observing the color play of water
and sandstone than any other BU

I traveled west in a
Super Beetle to explore the wide-open

says. "In particular,

the family hardware

logged more hours hiking side

canyons, sleeping under

he

graduation,

later, in

of the Colorado River grew too loud to

WHEN JON STONER 73 graduated

ing for adventure before settling

on a traditional career

ter guide, geologist, counselor, cook,

mechanic,

logistics

medical tech, to

coordinator and

name

a few," he says.

Of particular concern was
Rapid.

On

Crystal

that day in June, the high
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SPRING 2013

13

"As a guide, one

must possess a multitude of skills,

including those of the conservationist, interpreter,

Whitewater guide, geologist, counselor, cook, mechanic,
logistics

coordinator and medical tech, to

—

Jon Stoner

name a few"

73

water barreled down the canyon into

landscape painter on a 30-day winter

the rapid's boulder delta, causing

trip in the

compressed water to form a wave that
Stoner estimates to have been 30 feet
high.

"We hiked

to a bluff to get a

view of

Grand Canyon.

inner world where passengers can tap

ence areas of the canyon that are

and

to the

commercial
also

over the

river."

Joined by park rangers, Stoner
ing to rocks

out of the

river,

pulling people

evacuating them to

high ground, doing triage, then going

back for more people," he

says.

While Stoner prefers to push that
experience to the back of his mind, he
relishes the trips that give those

who

are less acclimated to river adventure

the opportunity to safely experience
his paradise.

with sensory as

well as physical challenges to experi-

ence the river," he recalls. "It was rewarding to share the camping, boating

and outdoor experience with clients
w ho had muscular dystrophy, Down
syndrome, quadriplegic challenges,
and visual impairments."
Stoner rarely knows in advance
will join

him on

a rafting trip.

who

He gets

meet people from all parts of the
country and the world, and some of his
trips put him in contact with professionals of his own caliber. That was the
case in February 2005 when he guided
to

a Sational Geographic senior staff

photographer and a world-renowned

14

through their

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and

relax, reflect

enjoy."

says. "It

was

artistic perspective."

Looking Ahead
Less of a job and more of a
river

lifestyle,

running has proven to be a great

match

for Stoner,

who

intends to con-

tinue the adventure for as long as he

Old Friends

BU swim

team alumni to come west. "This river
trip was definitely the highlight of my
career," he says. "I got to spend quality
time with people that I met at Bloomsburg and with whom I forged lifetime
friendships. I also was able to share my
love and extensive knowledge of the
Grand Canyon with them."
It was a trip that
he hears often.

said,

comments

elicited

trip several

of them

'We should have done

this river

adventure with you years ago instead
of waiting so

long.'

That always makes

me feel good."
On each river trip,

is

physically able.

30-year goal: to get his fellow

"During the

"One of my most memorable journeys was a 16-day custom-designed
trip to assist clients

he

Last year Stoner achieved a nearly

who were clingand coursing down river.

"We were exhausted,

trip,"

rewarding to get to know these
talented people and view the canyon

Initiating

helped rescue people

into river time

usually not visited during a regular

would avoid the wall
of water. But we also saw other rafts
coming up on Crystal and people
being catapulted out. People were all
at the rapid

set-

ting for personal transformation, an

extended length and
nature of the trip, I was able to experi-

"Due

the situation and saw that a far right

run

wilderness provides a wonderful

"I

have truly been blessed by a
and explora-

lifetime of adventure
tion.

I

could not write a better story of

personal satisfaction and fulfillment,"

he

says.

Today, Stoner's full-time responsi-

with Arizona River Runners is
warehouse operations manager,
making sure other river guides and
their passengers have everything necessary for a safe and comfortable river
trip. But he still runs two river trips
bilities

as the

each season.

"Each time that I pack out a trip
and journey to the river put-in at Lees
Ferry,

I

return to the place that

I

feel

view of transformation —
whether it is observing changes in the
natural environment he has come to
love, or how that environment changes

most at home," he says. "Grand Canyon
is where I met my wife, Ruthie, and
where some of my most memorable
experiences have happened. You see,
Grand Canyon isn't just a place to me;
it is a way of life and one that I'll really

his passengers.

never

Stoner gets a

bird's-eye

"Many

clients

campers and

may be

rafters,

leave."

•

first-time

but they

come

Amy Biemiller is a writer with the

with a sense of adventure. Others are

LightStream Group.

by their responsibilities in everyday life, or by concerns
for safety in tackling something new,"
he says. "Usually three to four days
into the trip there is a notable change
and passengers begin to blossom. The

rado River journey enjoyed last year by

initially distracted

(Editor's note:

To read about the Colo-

BU swim team alumni, see www.bloomu.
edu/magazine.)

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One

of the perks of being part of the Concert Committee

a chance

is

meet performers. Members danced backstage with Kid Cudi and

to

watched

J.

Cole play basketball before his show.

impressed the students by wearing a
recalls

J.

BU hoodie

Cole further

for his encore,

Gina Stillman 12, who adds, "The crowd went

TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED students
and their friends chatter

in

Nelson Field

activities at
"It's

most want

BU.

a lengthy process

between

select-

House, then the lights suddenly dim.

ing an act. developing promotional

An

tactics,

excited whisper ripples through the

crazy."

organizing Nelson Field House,

crowd, accented by an occasional scream.

taking care of the

Dark shadows creep between musical

selling merchandise." adds

artist's

requests and

Devin Sim-

makes an
do

is

to see.

offer to

Once the committee
an

artist, all

they can

wait for a response.

Unfortunately, chance does not always

work

in the

When the
R&B singerBU in 2002.

committee's favor.

committee sought

to bring

instruments on stage and the noise in

mons, a senior public relations major

the audience grows. Suddenly, the lights

from Flourtown and member of the

her sudden fame got

Concert Committee.

exploded." Gilliland remembers.

Long List of Variables

to visit college

Concerts can be a

Committee

flash

back on, the crowd shrieks and bass

rumbles through the speakers as the
ist

art-

takes the stage.

While the anticipation may seem
unbearable for the spectators, the reward
is

great for

members of BU's Concert

Committee, who began setting up
8 p.m.

concert 12 hours

most people don't

earlier.

realize

is

the

for the

"What
amount

of work that goes into putting on events,"
says

Jimmy Gilliland.

16

BLOOMSBLRG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

director of student

songwriter Alicia Keyes to

But although some

little

trickier to plan

in

the way. "She just

artists get "too big"

campuses, the Concert

successfully

booked famous

than other activities due to the number

performers such as the rock acts O.A.R.

of aspects that must be considered, such

(above).

as artists' availabilities

music.

and

sty les

of

Members of the Concert Com-

Jimmy

Eat World. Paramore,

David Cook and Breaking Benjamin and

even comic actor Adam Sandler "before

mittee investigate which acts are touring

he was making million-dollar movies."

and willing to play college campuses, and

Gilliland adds.

then they discuss

who

students would

"

"The best thing to do

is

to get the act

right before they get big," he explains.

came here in
get him now."

"Kid Cudi
couldn't

fall

2010, but

we

the ability to help students get involved

with projects."

on campus and reap the rewards of their
work, something he enjoyed while at-

ties

tending the College of Steubenville

trips to

Several of BU's most popular activi-

in

were originally students' ideas
major

cities like

New York

bus

and

Ohio. As a student, he was involved in

Baltimore and social events like "Mid-

Program Board, Too

Greek

night Breakfast" which evolved into Mid-

As director of student

served as both a resident assistant and

night Pizza

president of the student government

menu

advises the

activities, Gilliland

Program Board and Concert

Committee, two student groups that plan

campus

events.

He often meets

played intramural sports and

association.

with

— both in groups and individu— to fine-tune existing programs

life,

students

the classroom, as well," he says.

ally

portant to provide a fun social environ-

and help create new ones. While he does

some of the background work, such
as reviewing contracts, checking work
orders and aiding in publicity, Gilliland
says events are student-driven.

ment

for students.

You learn

"It's

Despite his

title

im-

the town and the university

a lot of life

the

BU

Homecoming Parade and

the Renais-

sance Jamboree, a

held each

April.

festival

Both allow him

to

become more

involved in the advanced planning than

of "director," Gil-

liland sees himself as a

two of his favorite an-

nual events are collaborations between

co-curricular activities."

skills in

a student suggested a

Gilliland admits

see the benefits in learning outside

"I

when

change.

he would be with most student

support system

for students rather than their leader. "It

activities.

Ultimately, however, Gilliland prefers

The Program Board is responsible
for many well-known activities around

but students grow by being challenged,"

students. "What's great about college

campus, including the late-night

he explains. "When someone has an

students

party,

would be easier

Midnight Pizza. They collaborate with

my job

other organizations for events such as

to

the History Club's History Bingo and

performances

like

the LGBTA-sponsored

appearance by comedian Renee Santos.

do

to

is

to say,

make

for

Part of what
tion,

Skills

drew

1983,

was

do everything,

to step

idea,

this

ity

happen?'

ogy'

says.

let

they're always

full

of creativ-

"It's

and development." •

was

yourself,'

"Program Board allowed

go and actually

"I

you want someit

is

and enthusiasm and trying to learn

fun to be there for that time of growth

major from Dingmans Ferry, has

benefited from this philosophy.
'if

back and act as a mentor for

about themselves," says Gilliland.

Tricia Forgit, a senior speech pathol-

thing done right, you do

Gilliland to his posi-

which he has held since

to

'Hmm, what do we need

big on the idea that

Learning Life

me

"

Christine Heller

she

based

is

a freelance writer

Bloomsburg.

in

me to let
me

other people help

"I see the benefits in learning

outside the classroom.

important
social

to

It's

provide a fun

environment for students

You learn a

lot

of life

skills in

co-curricular activities"

—

Jimmy

Gilliland,

Director,

Student Activities

SPRING 2013

r

Steve Carr

'97,

Craig Evans '03 and other

alumni gain a certain satisfaction giving
today's

BU students a leg up for future

career success. That's Career Connections.

CAREER
CONNECTIONS
by

THINK BACK. As graduation

will give a

ap-

proached, what resources were available
to help

you land your

position?

first

JACK SHERZER

professional

student an edge over other job

On-campus career counseling?

stitute for Professional

applicants.
In looking at

how to best prepare

Bloomsburg's students for the

real world,

Corporate recruiters? Perhaps a favorite

the answer was clear: Reach out to the

professor? Chances are, regardless of

university's vast pool of successful

your answer, alumni weren't a major part

and

For today's college graduates,

talented graduates.

it's

more
in

Steve Carr '97 and Craig Evans '03

skills" of the work world, such
knowing how to write an effective
resume and prepare for a job interview.

make no

as

burg University. So the managers

MVEKSITY OF l*ENNSYL\ \M

secret of their love for Blooms-

Kreischer Miller enthusiastically agreed

\

later,

Sophomore

Carr and

at their firm

Experiential Learn-

And this October, just one year
ZIPD conference, five Bloomsburg graduates will be among the 10 newperience.
after the

at

Horsham-based accounting firm

Equally necessary are internships that

RC; I

of Business and hold career-building

workshops. Three months

ing (SEL) program, a job shadowing ex-

Jobs on the Horizon

the "soft

BL0OMSBI

alumni meet students from the College

for the

important than ever to be well-versed

Development

(ZIPD) Business Conference, where

Evans hosted four students

of the equation.

IK

to take part in the annual Zeigler In-

accountants the firm

is

bringing on.

Carr and Evans credit

this interaction

'

Bloomsburg University students

Sophomore
Miller. From

participate

far

left,

clockwise, are Steve Carr

and students John Paul Hohenshilt, James

Amber Stack and Nicholas

and other opportunities for paving the

came

way

first

for the firm's

like the feeling

and

I

I

newest employees.

"I

get from giving back

get to see the direct reward, like

in

Experiential Learning at Kreischer

to the Hotel

Ruffin

Parisi.

Bethlehem

for the

Career Connections Reception.

University President David Soltz talked

about the goal of building

a

network

chaels '87/'88M, assistant vice president
for

alumni and professional engagement.

"Our alumni are interested

in

giving stu-

dents that extra edge, to launch students

new hires," Carr says. "The
ZIPD program and everything else

of alumni

Bloomsburg

job shadowing, internships and possible

which enhances the excellent academic

employment. Another reception was

preparation they receive."

these five

is

doing to align the alumni

directly with the students
it's

and vice

versa:

Husky family
making it very easy

great to be back in the

and the university

is

to get involved."

who engage

with students as

mentors and provide opportunities

held this spring at the Comcast Center in
Philadelphia, with
in

more being arranged

other alumni networks.

Earlier this year,

more than

a

125 alumni

V

human endowment that

willing to give back," says

into their careers with applied learning

experiences and a professional toolkit

As Carr and Evans can

is

asset,

ready and

Lynda Mi-

attest,

many

alumni see an added benefit to working
with the students

"Our alumni are our greatest

Career Connections

for

—

identifying great

potential employees.

Daniel C. Confalone, senior vice presi-

dent and chief financial officer for Cood

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Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

in Al-

lentown, says he applauds Bloomsburg's

and was happy to arrange a "CaRoad Trip" that brought 35 students

would have them

efforts

job and,

reer

way,

November

to his center in

thought

"I

it

2012.

would be nice

to help

some students with career planning and
thought they could benefit from seeing what

we have

here," says

Confalone

reflect

on the chal-

lenges they faced in getting their

he

if

first

there had been help along the

how that could have made

says. "If there

is

it

easier,"

an opportunity to

alumni to help students.

their start,

I

think

it's

very important for

the alumni to assist in that process."

Window to the Real World

Chemicals

fit

for us to invite the

speech therapy

students here to meet the therapists and

about their careers."

talk

Good Shepherd has
hosted several students for the SEL

also

job shadowing program.
like

paying

very

it

"It

was almost

forward," he says. "It was

fulfilling for

me to be

able to do that

and have that relationship established."
Confalone encourages alumni to think
back

for

Allentown-based Air Products and
Inc.,

to the early days of their career. "I

volunteered to serve

on BU's Alumni Board about
ago. Hilgar

was an accounting profes-

was president
graduating class. He grew up a

sor and his wife, Sharon,

of their

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

offers.

"I

is

doing to find ways for

believe students at Bloomsburg or

any university need a window

to the real

somebody every once in a
while to shake them up and tell them
what they are doing right and what they

Hilgar took part in the Career Connections at the Hotel

presenter at the
ences.

He

Bethlehem and was a

last

two ZIPD confer-

recently helped an accounting

graduate, Jennifer Geiger

Case

'83

are doing not quite as right," Hilgar
says. "I think we're

moving

in the right

direction and I'm very optimistic about

the Lehigh Valley Alumni Network being
able to help students and support

the university."

Nate Conroy

'06, assistant director

of Alumni Affairs, says the emphasis on

block from Carver Hall.

Brian

20

five years

75 has deep Bloomsburg ties

his father

In the last year.

have

world, need

Joe Hilgar, global sourcing manager

a

didn't yet

the university

phenomenal speech therapy program
that is nationally known. So it was a good

mostly

who

Hilgar said he's excited about the work

part of helping our future leaders with

made up of
Bloomsburg
has
Bloomsburg alumni and
is

best students

reach out to Bloomsburg students and be

79. "Our speech therapy department at

Good Shepherd

company after he visited the
campus and asking the Career Development Center to recommend six of the
with his

'12,

land a job

bringing students and alumni together
is

an ongoing process. "Our goal with

career-related programs and events
to help

is

prepare students for their future

careers and also

tie

alumni back into

the

life

of the university in a

way

meaningful for the alumni and

that

is

critical for

and challenges them
solving

communication

our students."

to use

complex problem-

develop written and verbal

skills,

skills

and employ

Bloomsburg

also developing a

program

designed to help freshman figure out what

ate a job

and

a successful career, this

is

this general desire

Bloomsburg community

"While we can never guarantee a graduis

resources there.

"There

critical

thinking based on data and research.

The Tools

man

some way resonates with

is

about arming them with the tools and an

from the

want to help
others from the Bloomsburg community,"
Case says. "The opportunity to give back in
to

"I

a lot of people.

think everybody realizes the value of a

career path they want to take, Michaels

alumni network so they can be as well-

Bloomsburg education. There

says.

positioned as possible," Michaels says.

group of people there, and to take advan-

Starting this

fall,

Experience, Apply,

LEAD — Learn,
Develop — will offer
Huskies

incoming students a chance
self- assessments

will

to

do career

and develop a plan that

include the appropriate academic

Brian Case, manager of academic rela-

both the students

company PPL

the

Corp., says

years at Bloomsburg as
his

life.

He

finds

it

he looks

at his

some of the

(Editor's note:

courses, along with the kind of internships

and other experiences they should pursue

important help to students.

reer Connections event at the Hotel Beth-

they are on track to meet their career

lehem and frequently

objectives.

talk

Another new

initiative

is

Professional U,

Case, a 1983 graduate, attended the Ca-

campus

What's the value of work

experience? See wwwMoomu.edu/rnagazine.

Alumni, want

meet their goals. As students advance,
Bloomsburg will work with them to ensure

the

a win-win for

best in

satisfying to stay con-

visits

is

a talented

who get experience and
employers who get good talent." •

tions for Allentown-based electric utility

nected with the university while offering

to

tage of that connection

is

to learn

about getting involved?

See www.bloomualumni.com.)

to

with students about potential jobs and

internship opportunities. During 2012, nine

which involves alumni and organizational

students received internships with PPL.

partners in creating career-related, applied-

And

learning experiences for students. Applied

ate Kelly Reynolds '12

learning takes students beyond the classroom

with

internships can lead to jobs.

PPL

as

BU gradu-

now works

in

is

a professional writer and

principal partner with

Message Prose LLC,

www.messageprose.com, a communications

and public relations firm

began her career

an intern and

Jack Sherzer

in Harrisburg.

hu-

SPRING 2013

21

Accounting:

REBECCA

HM

LI

A JOB SHADOWING experience at accounting firm KPMG's
office in

Short

an internship and then a job
Rebecca Lieberman. Her job shadowing, pan of

Hills, NJ.. led first to

offer for senior

the university's

Sophomore Experiential Learning program, inwho soon became her mentor. Mark

troduced her to an alumnus

Thomas "91,

a partner in the firm.

'Mark Thomas got my foot in the KPMG door." says Lieberman. who graduates in May with an accounting degree and
concentration in fraud examination and begins her new position
in October.

Lieberman. from Randolph,

N.J.,

came

to

Bloomsburg both

the accounting program and to play soccer. During her
internship, she calculated the revenue

for

KPMG

on various models

for

company BMW. figured out currency exchange rates for
pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and helped review the quarterly
auto

Security and Exchange

Commission submission

for technology

firm Dialogic.

She also learned that major accounting firms want to hire stuw ho can sit for the certified public examiner exam immedi-

dents

Knowing that, she took

ately after graduation.

and

is

additional courses

graduating with 150 credits instead of the required 120. •

INTERNSHIPS
Anthropology:

GABBY VIELHAUER
GABBY YIELHAl ER

of Pottstown, put her anthropology

into action during an internship last
nia Historical
at

and

fall

skills

with the Pennsylva-

Museum Commission.

Vielhauer, a junior

Bloomsburg, sorted through federal documents that detail

archeological sites in the Allegheny National Forest to help

determine whether they meet

state guidelines for historic

preservation.

The
hauer

government

federal

says,

identifies

She mainly studied old
and was able to identify about 40

cant

sites.

state's
"I

even small findings. Viel-

but the state guidelines recognize only more

archeological

signifi-

and logging operations
that were placed on the

oil rigs

sites

mapping system used by

researchers.

recognize that what they do at the Bureau for Historic

Preservation

is

very important, and

ence." she says. 'But

I

I

appreciated the experi-

I really want the focus of
and be more hands-on."

also learned that

my career to be on education

Vielhauer obtained the internship through

The Harrisburg

Internship Semester, offered by the Pennsylvania State System

of Higher Education. •

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ass Communications:

JOSEPH FISHER
JOSEPH FISHER graduates this spring after completing
dual degrees in mass communications and political science in
three years. But he realized early on that real-world experi-

ence would be as valuable to landing a job as
studies.

He worked on

the

campus

academic

his

TV station, BUTV; was

managing editor of the student newspaper. The

Voice;

and

interned with Bloomsburg's local newspaper, Press Enterprise.

summer Fisher,

Last

KNBC

of Huntingdon Valley, interned with

where he helped produce on-air
the NBC4 News at Noon. As
producer, he scheduled guests and wrote scripts for on-air
personalities, working more than 700 hours from May to
in

Burbank,

Calif.,

segments for Today

in

LA and

August.
In honing his

skills,

ing programs for

Fisher says he's enjoyed produc-

BUTV s In Focus, In Depth,

interview with Rebecca (Funk) Campbell

ABC-Owned Television

Stations Group,

including an

'83.

president of

when she

recently

returned to campus.
"I'm really happy to have that connection," Fisher says of

meeting Campbell. "That's just one example of what every
student could be doing with an alumnus in their major." •

A

Forensics:

igital

YAN AMMERMANN
RYAN AMMERMANN values the experience and connections gained during his 10-week internship last

CNN, Washington,

summer with

D.C.

Ammermann graduates this May with a bachelor's degree
from BU - the study of how to retrieve

in digital forensics

data from computers and smart devices and the

first

program

of its kind in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. In

an internship arranged through the Washington

Center, a liaison that matches students with companies, he

worked on CNN's help desk, assisting staff with computer isand was entrusted with installing 14 new graphic servers
after receiving instruction from his supervisor.

sues,

Ammermann.
him

of Mount Bethel, says his studies prepared

for the job, but there

to put the classroom

is

showed him what to expect
"I

did

make

of people at

no substitute

knowledge
in

to use.

having a chance

for

The

internship also

the corporate environment.

a lot of connections." he says. "There are a lot

CNN who I can now contact and ask questions

about anything.

I

am

connected with them, and

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that's good."

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky notes

IN

THE YEARS since Sept. 11. 2001, more
- 30,000 from
Pennsylvania — put their Chilian lives,

portation, Gross served continuously in the

to

than 850.000 Americans

Army

ensure a positive relationship before,

deployed stateside several times as a team

during and after a deployment cycle.

and careers, on hold to serve their country

leader for mobilization and support opera-

promotes

through the National Guard or Reserves.

tions at Fort Indiantown Gap. Fort Dix

solves conflicts

When they return from deployment, these
women and men are entitled to return to

the Pentagon. As a traditional reservist,

their careers.

functions in a 13-state region. Today, she's

Denise Reed Gross 79 works to make
sure these military personnel are treated
fairly.

She

sylvania

is

the chairperson for the Penn-

Committee of the Employer Sup-

port of the Guard and Reserve program, an
official

Department of Defense volunteer

resources professional working

for the Pennsylvania

24

she had responsibility for

using her

human

Department of Trans-

BLOOMSBIRG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

human

and

resource

resources knowledge

members and their employers to help

and recognizes outstanding

employer support.
"As a whole, our

ombudsmen handle

three to four cases a quarter. Most employers in Pennsylvania are supportive of our

reserve components and

across the state to help her fellow veterans.

and beyond the requirements of the

Federal law entitles service members,
particularly those in the Reserve

and

Guard, to return to their jobs and their

life

after

when they resume

civilian

deployment. Employer Support of

the Guard and Reserve provides resources

It

hiring, educates employers, re-

while leading a team of 140 volunteers

level of seniority

position.

A human

Reserve from 1979 to 2009 and was

many go above
law."

says Gross.

"The cases we handle are primarily due
to the employer's unfamiliarity with the
law.

And they are

usually quickly resolved

through education and mediation." •

{| Margaret

1959

1975

"Peggy"

1984

Ann Smith Vickery and her
husband, Jerry, were named the
Troy Chamber of Commerce's

Paul Richards, head coach of

Goldbach

Keith Boroch

Dickinson College men's and

Schooling 79M

CEO of hospice and home care

women's swim teams, gained

an assistant

services with Barnabas Health

Persons of the Year.

400th collegiate victory

Sally

in a

~

his

is

meet

over Franklin and Marshall College.

1967

The wins

professor of

Hospice and

education

ters

at

combined wins
at

in his 19

1980

Jon Horton '84M

seasons

Dickinson.

the Onslow County (N.C.) Sheriff's

employed by the University

Dame

as a

1978

member of

Office.

the guest services team and an

home

retired

football

Nicholas Giuffre

was selected

games.

from the Pennsylvania

He

is

is

a deputy with

Division.

1981

High School
Achievers Hall of

Bette

Fame's Class of

Anderson Grey,

Stu Marvin, BU's head

distinguished service award from

Upper Perkiomen School

trict.

in

She

came

first

Dis-

to the district

winner

Board member, was named Penn-

has written the

district

by

Tucker has

Giovannini was

Conyngham

appointed presi-

agent

charge of the administra-

individuals and businesses in the

the FBI in 1990,

Wash.

Community

is

register

special

Bureau

ment and economics

at

Alvernia

University.

Conyngham

and

at the

FBI Headquarters

is

Long

held
Island Regional Advisory Council

Rico; Miami; Bogota, Colombia;

He

Heather Cleaver Shivokevich
executive director of the

positions in San Juan, Puerto

on Higher Education
Brook University

in

at

Stony

New

York.

in

Washington, DC.

continues to serve as president
of GateWay

in

at

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle,

an adjunct professor of governis

Washington, DC. Since joining

provide customized technical

training to Arizona employers.

Valley.

senior execu-

is

development

of Investigation's field office in

an entity that
will

Dwayne Hoffman
tive of channel

of wills for Berks County and

tive division of the Federal

corporate college,

more than 38 years of experi-

Lehigh

1982
Colleen

Community
College's new

and audit services for

Sullivan counties.

Clinic.

Eugene

dent of Maricopa
certified public

accountant, opened an accounting

in tax

and business

Lawrence Medaglia

1979

1974
practice in Bethlehem.

Is

Not An Option: A View From A Free

Year.

serving as a substitute teacher.

Robert Tucker,

for 2012,

book Death
Medical

presenting Art Smart lessons and

ence

swimming

June 2010 and has

continued to serve the

retail

throughout Bradford and

service award

coach and Alumni Association

Coach of the

worked with
clients

distinguished

f

sylvania State Athletic Conference

1978 as a substitute teacher,

retired in

and sixth grades.

fifth

lender for the past 17 years, he

BU's alumni
j

houses

lending team. As a commercial

2013.

1970

West, in Fawn Grove, which

JefFery Aeppli joined PS Bank's

Department of Education with 38

Sherry Wray Fasolka received a

principal of

1985

for

the Springfield

is

assigned to the Civil

years of service.

the

in

South Eastern Middle School-

Walter Zabicki

He

Care Cen-

Home
New Jersey.

Care agencies

He

usher for

Palliative

and Barnabas Health

Immaculata University.

raised his career

Board of Education, Lewisberry.

of Notre

president and

record to 401-204-1, with 262

Anthony Tezik is president of
the West Shore School District

is

is

College

while a search for his successor

is

underway.

Niles

Becomes Dean at W&M

SPENCER "SKIP" NILES

76, distinguished

professor and department head for educational psychology, counseling

education at Penn State, will

dean of William
tion this

&

and special

become the

Mary's School of Educa-

summer.

at

William

& Mary, he will be respon-

sible for the overall leadership

graduate programs, 39 full-time faculty,

550 students and

14 centers, institutes

and

projects.

Niles

began

his career as

an elementary

teacher in Rochester, N.Y. He's held teaching

For the past two years, Niles has overseen
two undergraduate, seven master's degree
and five doctoral programs at Penn State. As

dean

of Education, including undergraduate and

of the School

and counseling positions

at

Mansfield State

College, University of Virginia,

and

internationally.

He earned

Penn

State

a master's

degree from Lehigh University and doctorate

from Penn

State.

SPRING 2013

25

township executive position

1986

Todd

in

Union Countv.

Steven Winegardner. a senior
legislative analyst in the

Begley Carlin

Congres-

1992

sional Research Service Depart-

Mark Jobes

ment of The Library of Congress,
was recognized for 25 years of

1994

a specialist

is

home mortgages

Leaders of America adviser

at

services adviser for the

1995

Pocono

from the

National Board for Professional

1991

Teaching Standards. Statewide,

Stacey Kifolo

is

the manager for
just

East Buffalo Township. She

is

1

percent of teachers hold the

the
certification.

woman

to hold a full-time

^3
[Sr....

ACS Honors Stanitski
FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. Conrad Stanitski
outstanding contributions to the

at the high school, higher education
level.

For his

C. Pimentel

efforts. Stanitski

Award

in

"60 has

way chemistry

is

made

taught

and professional

was awarded the George

Chemical Education,

a nationally

recognized honor presented by the American Chemical
Society (ACS).
Stanitski, a \isiting scholar at Franklin

and Marshall

College, began his career as a high school chemistry
teacher, basing his curriculum
for

whom the

award

is

Pimentel as a mentor

named.

on that of George Pimentel.
Stanitski has long

admired

in his career.

"Pimentel led an incredible doctoral and postdoctoral

program

at Berkeley,

but steadfastly taught chemistry

classes because of his passion for teaching." says Stanitski.

who

received the award at this year's annual

meeting

you

26

can't

in

New Orleans. "Fast forward all

imagine what

this

ACS

award means to me."

BLOOMSBL RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV ANIA

national

these years, and

generalist through the

National Board for Professional

Teaching Standards.

and peers

1999
na Bank as a residential mortgage

1997

banker.

Aaron Pavlechko and

own and

his wife.

operate the

Bodywork School of

Stephanie Sarro Shoup was the
Central Susquehanna

LPN

Career

Massage Therapy. State College.

Centers Student of the Month for

Rich L liasz

inate students based

November

one of three Berwick teachers
to earn certification

hood

Jeffrey Matyas joined Susquehan-

Integrative

Jennifer Bedosky Hestor was

region.

first

Attorney" in the area of personal

Leslie,

PNC

and banking

vice president

"Awesome

a business

Jersev Shore Area High School.
is

a 2012

teacher and Future Business

and

law.

Theresa Anthony Yocum

Bank

is

'06M

certification as an early child-

Magazine as

area's top attorneys.

Oden

'98

lected by Suburban

voted online for the Philadelphia

Dolly Gardner

Kendra Day Hare

achieved national board teacher

injury law. Readers

care law with regard to Medicare

1998
&

Mandio. was se-

Life

Lafavette Ambassador Bank.

He writes legislative summaries, among them a
summary of the Obama health

in Social Security, elections

senior vice

is

president, commercial lending for

federal service.

and Medicaid, and

Sailer, a

partner with

editor for

is

On

Bartiromo on

post-production

the

Money with Maria

MSNBC.

2012. Instructors

nom-

on outstand-

ing achievement in the classroom

and above-average performance

on

clinical

nursing exercises.

Christina Hostetter

published her

first

Zamon

cepted a post-doctoral position

book. The Lone

Arranger: Succeeding

with an independent psychological

group

a Small

in

New York.

in upstate

Alumna Speaks
at Commencement

Repository.

2007

2000

Ashley Follmer Bower

Ryan Stetz

is

for Greater

Nanticoke Area High

head

Softball

coach

membership

new

BARBARA BENNER HUDOCK 75,
CEO and founding partner of Hudock

with the Williamsport/Lycoming

Chamber

School.

is

relations coordinator

Moyer Wealth Resources, Williamsport,

of Commerce.

is

2008

2001

the speaker for BU's spring under-

graduate

commencement ceremonies.

Hudock, a former member of the
Bloomsburg University Foundation

Heather Jordan Burke '01/*06M

Danielle Lynch, county govern-

the business manager/board

ment reporter with the Delaware

Board, has

County Daily Times, assisted with

financial services experience. Active

is

secretary for Warrior

Run School

coverage of the tragedy

District.

in

New-

in

town, Conn., for sister newspaper,

Richard Cardamone, owner of

The

Lynch

Register.

is

pursuing

degree

the Padgett Business Services,

a master's of journalism

has opened a location in Archbald

at

offering financial reporting, payroll

Media and Communication.

Temple

University's School of

and tax consulting.

2009

2002

Molly Lorenzen

Stephan Turzanski

opened

a State

agency

in

development

'02/'04IVI

Farm insurance

Scranton Plan, part of the Greater

community and

in professional

a director of WVIA Public

TV and Radio,
Susquehanna Health, Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts and the Pershing Advisor Solutions Advisor
Council. She formerly served on the boards of the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania, Williamsport Lycoming Chamber of Commerce and the Community
Arts Center. Her honors include BU's Young Alumna of the
Year Award, the Governor's Patron of the Arts Award and the
YWCA of Northcentral Pennsylvania's Wise Woman of the
organizations, she

is

Year Award.

Scranton Chamber of Commerce.

Williamsport.

2003

Travis Petty, a full-time student at

Massetti Promoted

Widener Law School, Harrisburg,

Aaron Carter

is

a sports writer

with the Centre Daily Times.

He

focuses on Penn State men's

was appointed to complete an un-

SANDRA MASSETTI 75 was promoted

expired term on Berwick Borough

to executive vice president

Council.

basketball.

He

also

is

the Berwick Area
ciation

2004
Molly Casey
director at

an economic

is

specialist with the

the

more than 36 years of

is

Ambulance Asso-

and member of the Berwick

Fire Department.

Muncie

2010

(Ind.) Civic

Allentown. Massetti,

she oversees

Justin Lockowitz

is

completing an

internship at Pavone Advertising,

Jennifer Wasilisin Burns

istries,

is

Harrisburg.

who

has

been with Phoebe Ministries since 2003,
previously was senior vice president of
health care services. In her

interim artistic

Theatre.

and chief

health care officer with Phoebe Min-

a director for

all

new position,

four Phoebe continuing

care retirement communities, inpatient and outpatient rehab

and at-home services, and assists in developing the
Phoebe Center of Excellence for Dementia Care.

services,

marketing manager with Marketri

LLC,

a business-to-business

mar-

keting consulting company.

2011
Coombe

Haili Shetler

2005

is

a

Gooch Receives
Volunteer Award

mar-

keting specialist with Geisinger

Health System, Danville.

Timothy Barrett joined Wealth
Professionals Inc. as an insurance
specialist.

Casey Fry published a novel,

PARENTEBEARD PARTNER Tim

DeathSpeaker: Hunt, about an assas-

Gooch

sin

Michael Levan

is

MePush
company

chief operating

officer of

Inc., a

services

in

computer

Lewisburg

and

his target

200 years

This book

is

the

Gooch

and Bloomsburg.

Kristen
clinical

degree

Tampa,

Fla.

She

ac-

in

chair of the

PICPA Marcel-

Committee and

is

on the

CPA Journal editorial board. Additionally, he is
treasurer of the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce and

Roxanne Angely Swistock '12M
a

Accoun-

North Central

Pennsylvania

2012

Horan earned

University,

is

lus Shale

psychology from Argosy

the Pennsylvania

Chapter Volunteer Service Award.

first

in a trilogy.

2006

won

tants (PICPA) 2013

the world was nearly destroyed by
a nuclear war.

'83

Institute of Certified Public

after

is

is

on the advisory board of First Citizens National Bank.

an adult nurse practitioner with
J.C. Blair

Memorial Hospital

in

Huntingdon.

SPRING 2013

27

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Leading Next Generation

officer,

Phoebe

officer

and senior adviser

Ministries;

and Nancy Lineman

to the

Maryland

'97,

legislative affairs

state attorney.

Other alumni participants included: Jennifer Bosset

ALUMNI SHARED life and career experiences with student leaders

analyst, Prudential Real Estate Investors;

and offered one-on-one networking opportunities during the sixth an-

sales area manager,

nual

Husky Leadership Summit.

Presenters

who discussed

career-related topics, like negotiating a

managing personal finances, were: Mark Roda '04, financial
Sherman Werst & Co.; Gretchen Osterman, BU's assistant dean

adviser.

of students; Madelyn Rodriguez
fairs;

Whitney Purcell

'11,

'95,

BU's director of multicultural

Susquehanna

University's assistant director

of career development; Jan Hoffman McAlonan

New Leaf Research;
of admissions

Taylor

'93,

principal owner.

Mock Austin '02, BU's assistant director
and coordinator of new student orientation; and Angela
Kristin

Hummel '92/95M,

Evangelical

af-

Community

director of organizational development,

Hospital.

Serving on the alumni panel were Elizabeth Welsh Robison '88M,

Dan Confalone 79,
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network; Thomas Mulhern 77, director of human resources,
U.S. Department of the Interior; Dr. Thomas Renaldo 78, chief medical
superintendent, Pocono Mountain School District;
senior vice president and chief financial officer,

28

BI.OOMSBL

RCI

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Wormuth

'96,

'05,

compliance
medical

Millennium Laboratories; James D'Amico

assistant director of student activities, Juniata College;

salary and

'06,

Fred Bottone

'08,

Hope Edwards-

director of rehabilitation, Select Medical:

Todd Fay 76,

director of pupil services, Methacton School District: Heather Goshert
'06, registered nurse,

Geisinger Medical Center; Dennis Martin 73,

retired director of data

Stephen Houpt

'05,

Heather Selgrath

management. Southeast Delco School

District:

Houpt Insurance Agency;
school counselor, West Chester School District;

principal/broker,

'01,

Robert Smith 76, director of client relations/business development.

Double

Star;

and Sarah Smith

Susquehanna Intermediate

'12,

senior instructor.

Head

Start, Central

Unit.

Community Government
Husky Ambassadors, Orientation Workshop Leaders,

Student participants represented the
Association,

Resident Advisers/Community Assistants, Presidential Leadership

Program, Program Board, D.A.S.L. and Greek leadership. The summit

was sponsored by the
Student

Affairs.

BU Alumni

Association and the Division of

1

VITAL STATISTICS

Ruth McDonald

Marriages

Doris Price

'31

Margerum

'32

Esther Saylor Lundvall '32

Christopher Potash '85 and Tara Rupert

McCloskey

Obituaries

Mildred Bixler Sharp '33

Jennifer Pisarchick '95 and Steven Drake, Oct. 20, 2012

Re-elected to Board

Matthew Guillaume

'96

Mary Palsgrave
M. Laurentia

and Tami Heyler

'37

Mayan

'39

Helen Brady Jones '40

TIMOTHY
MCCLOSKEY

DR.

Steven Gaa '00 and

J.

Jennifer Wert

'00

April

Grasso, Sept. 21, 2012

and Scott

Gillespie, Oct.

1

Mary Lavelle

201

5,

Elizabeth

Krewson

'02 and Christopher Ross, Jan. 11,

Department of
Pediatric Allergy

Marcie Marquez '02 and David Young, Sept. 29, 2012

and Immunology at Geisinger

Beth Petruzzi '02 and David Mazaika

Brandy Barndt

'03

2013

Robert Pick '49

re-elected to the

board of trustees
of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association

POMA's

he serves as a delegate

POMA and the American Osteopathic

to

Association.

McCloskey

is

a graduate of

Kara Graver '03 and Peter Sensenig, Oct.

2012

12,

He completed an

Joseph
Ashley Mitchell '04 and Bruce Judge
'04,

Aug. 17, 2012

ship at

Mayo

Medicine

Clinic,

in Rochester,

Headquartered
is

the

Graduate School of

Lesho

'05

and Brady Bachman, Sept. 22, 2012

Jennifer Hurchalla '06 and Jason Good, Nov.

official

voice for

POMA

more than 7,000

osteopathic physicians in Pennsylvania.

Shuda

Miller

Phillip

Megan Ridge

'06

and Christopher Morris

'06, Oct. 7,

June

'05,

Elaine Ulsamer

'06

2012

Elizabeth Hansel

'08

'10,

and Shaun Palmer, Oct.

June

6,

29,

Ryan Murray
Lauren

'08 and

Terrell '08

2012

2012

Richard Manley '65

Tyler Yetter, Dec. 7,
13,

'62

Ned Fairchild '67
George Bushta '69

and Robert Rapp, June 23, 2012

Kayla Goss '10 and Marc Docteur, Oct.

'61

Rosemary Tolerico Nardone
Robert Machamer '62
Jerome Snee '62
Jessie Reppy Keker '63
Ann Giering Ritter '64
David Sugarman '64

Johanna Korteweg

Lauren Shilling '09 and

'59

Lockcuff '60

Edwin Kuser

2010

26,

and Michael Rauch, July 28, 2012

Lauren Heagle '07 and Nathaniel Phillips

'56

'58

Richard Connolley '58

John Smaltz

2012

2,

Minn.

in Harrisburg,

Margaret

Lamar Sausser
Kristi

'54

lies '54

Byron Bishop '55

Coleman

internship at

Mercy Catholic Medical Center, residency
Geisinger Medical Center and a fellow-

J. Hill '53

Mary Ann Depaul Duggan

Heather Davis '04 and Francis DePiano, Oct. 27, 2012

Jessica Stein '06 and Robert Gladwin

at

'52

Robert Garrison '54

the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic

Medicine.

Herman

William

(POMA). Chairman of

District 6,

Brown

Harry

Marjorie Ayre Harbert '53

and Scott Szever, Sept. 28, 2012

Kristen Fabricatore '05 and Steven

'52

Albert

Daniel Fitzpatrick '53

Medical Center,

was

'43

Martha Wright

73, head of the

Danville,

'41

Carl Oliver '43

2012

70

Walter Fullmer

Maureen Schaeffer Wagner

2012

'70

Florence Harris '72

Andrew

Line

Up

Sibley '10 and Stephanie Carstens, Aug.

LeeAnna Erway

11,

2012

Linda Fullmer '72
Linda

and Brian Demelo, Nov. 30, 2012

'11

Wagner

'73

Kathleen Keder Pitcavage

Alyssa Zito

and

'11

Erik

Cassandra Leeper

'12

Messner, Sept. 29, 2012

and Zachary

Hostler,

June

16,

Nanci Smith Flynn

2012

Daniel

Donald Golden

Births
Dawn Koons

Yingling

'98,

FIND

Christina Hostetter

Zamon

Siena Rose, Sept.

2012

James, Nov.

YEARS LATER: Two

1979 alumni,

4,

Pennesi and Joe McDonald, got together
last fall for

the

first

time

in

more than

three decades. During the visit in Jupiter,

where Pennesi lives with his wife,
Ginny, and family, the classmates traded
Fla.,

stories of Elwell Hall, East Street,

8,

'00,

and husband, Andrew, a daughter,

Send information to:
alum@bloomu.edu or

Alumni

Danny

Ferguson

online at

www.bloomualumni.com

2012

Killeen

77

MORE

HUSKY NOTES

Bill

Shannon

77

and husband, Mark, a son, Sawyer

2012

Melissa Shelly Saylor '00 and husband, Shawn, a son, Colton

33

75

Wagner 76

Christopher Varndell

Colton, Sept. 20,

74

Sonya Ann Hamulla 75

'05

and husband, Ken Ferguson

'04,

a

daughter, Molly Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 2013

Affairs

Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University
of Pennsylvania

400
Sara Fiscus Parrish
Oct.

5,

'04,

and husband, Sean, a son, Lincoln James,

E. Second St.
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

2012

Kimberly Truppo Haupt '04 and husband, Justin Haupt

Cooper

Justin, Jan. 3,

'04,

a son,

2013

Litwhiler Field and other memories.
Kathryn Rosenow Smitchko
Daniel John, Dec.

5,

'08,

and husband, Nathan, a son,

2012

SPRING 2013

29

over the [^2HS^B
A

View of the Past:

The Morning Press
Negative Collection
by

OF ALL THE ITEMS

within the

Special Collections unit of the
A.

ROBERT DL NKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST

Harvey

Andruss Library, one collection has

The Morning

Press mainly featured

photographs of national news events
during

its first

three decades. These

undoubtedly the strongest personal

wire service photos were joined by

connection to Bloomsburg and Co-

cal

-

images

in 1936,

when

lo-

the newspa-

Although reused occasionally, most
of the images were seen just once and

some negatives were never printed
or published. Even

placed

in

so. all

were saved,

envelopes and stored away.

per began to employ photographers

The

by photographers from The Morning

who

mately 20.000 taken between Janu-

Press.

black-and-white negatives, either 4-by-

ary 1936 and January 1958. eventu-

5 inches or 3-by-4 inches.

ally

lumbia County

First published

RIGHT The

old

the images taken

on March

1,

1902,

Bloomsburg Opera House was

located on Center Street, the current location of

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's Alvina Krause
Theatre

30

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

used cameras that produced large

first set

made

of negatives, approxi-

their

way

to the helicopter

LEFT: Members

on

of

a midget football team

try

uniforms at the Town Athletic Park

their

September 1957. This photograph
a display

at the

in

now part of
remodeled YMCA Field House on
is

Center Street.

BELOW: The members
pose with
a truck

their

of the

Whitmoyer family

few remaining belongings
Pine Township

after their

piled in

home burned

in

February 1951.

hangar of Press Enterprise owner Paul

where they were stored
two filing cabinets and sometimes

Eyerly
in

III,

pulled for use in special publications.
Press Enterprise

is

the successor of

nized by date of publication. After
1946, the

newspaper

to identify the
cally

staff attempted

images more systemati-

and better organize them, but

became

clear that

many were

it

missing,

The Morning Press and the Berwick

sometimes with gaps of several months.

Enterprise.

What was most apparent was

At the same time, as Bloomsburg
University's archivist,

I

noticed unique

images in scrapbooks of articles from
the newspaper and
original negatives

summer 2005,

wondered

still

if

met Press Enterprise
Bill Hughes at the
hangar to examine the contents of the
cabinets. An agreement was worked out
whereby the Press Enterprise would
1

chief photographer

maintain

its

negatives had to be preserved as a
visual record of the area

copyright to the content

from the 1930s

to 1950s.

of the negatives

number

damaged by water.

Those stuck together were placed

in a

negatives could be peeled apart. Most

were

left

could be used. Paper attached to a neg-

from the envelope or newspaper

to negatives.

In addition to this preservation

nightmare,

many of the

envelopes,

especially those containing pre-1946
negatives,

were not

identified and,

although each envelope was given a

unique number, they were not orga-

stuck to the non-image side, humid-

ity

moistened the paper to the extent

Day Run for the Diamonds. The
most recent and largest use of the negatives was in a book covering the last 100
years in Columbia County, published in
ing

undamaged and the images

If

become attached

of Jonestown, the Bloomsburg Moose

Lodge and the Town Athletic Park and

Special Collections.

contained newspaper clippings that had

used the

the winners of the Berwick Thanksgiv-

until the

clipping presented a greater challenge.

each other, and other envelopes

requested a photograph to give to

relatives as gifts. Researchers

come between them

ecules to

ative

to

A member
of the Whitmoyer family, who lost
their Millville-area home to a 1951
tion to the history, as well.

humidity chamber, allowing water mol-

the property of the Andruss Library

Three condition issues quickly

Individuals have a personal connec-

collection to help illustrate the history

of the images but, otherwise, they were

became apparent: some envelopes had
sustained water damage, some negatives were bonded to envelopes and

digital collection.

fire,

Preservation work rescued a

the

existed. In

that these

Bloomsburg Fair. A total of 300 images
documenting the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College from the 1940s and
1950s are online in an Andruss Library

it

March

as part of the county's bicenten-

nial celebration.

The Morning Press images,

like

could be gently wiped off after several

those of any daily newspaper, originally

weeks, uncovering the image beneath.

were created

Hundreds of previously unknown images were identified through scrapbooks
and the newspaper's microfilm.
As restoration work continues, Press
Enterprise has occasionally reprinted a

illustrate

to

do nothing more than

current events. Most likely

early photographers did not foresee the

valuable historic record they were pro-

ducing for the Bloomsburg University

community and area

residents. •

selection of images with their original

captions. Readers have again seen cel-

ebrations of past Halloweens, Christ-

mases and Easters and revisited scenes
from the Bloomsburg Airport and the

(Editor's note:

Images showing Blooms-

burg State Teachers College

in the

1940s

and 1950s may be found at http:/Aibrary.
bloomu.edu/digitization.project.)

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calendar

Activities

and Events

Academic Calendar

Alumni Night

Homecoming Weekend

SUMMER

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Friday to Sunday, Oct. 12 to 13

2013

Thursday, July 18

May 20

Session

I:

Session

II:

Session

III:

May 20
July

Aug. 9

to

to

1 to

Wilkes-Barre

June 28

Fame

Friday, Nov. 1;

6 p.m., Kehr Union,

Induction

Ballroom

Alumni Picnic

Aug. 9

Athletic Hall of

Knoebels Amusement Resort

Summer

FALL 2013

Saturday, July

Classes Begin

Elysburg

BU

New

soccer,

20

Monday, Aug. 26

Student Activities

Summer Freshman

Reading Day

Orientation

Sunday, June 30
Orientation

Wednesday, Nov. 27

Sunday, June

30

each camp,

Fall

Freshman Preview

Saturday through Monday, July 15 to 17

Finals Begin

Transfer Orientation

Monday, Dec. 9

Thursday and

End

Friday, Dec.

Friday, July

18 and 19

13

Special Events

Commencement

Friday, Dec.

13

Literacy

Commencement

Undergraduate

and Learning Conference

Thursday and

May 23 and 24

Friday,

Saturday, Dec. 14

Trash to Treasure
Saturday, June 8; Early Bird 8 a.m.;

Alumni Events
Visit

Regular hours 9 a.m. to noon. Kehr Union,

www.bloomualumni.com

ister.

526-0254,

or

389-4058

Fireside Lounge.

Benefits Columbia County United Way,

For information, contact the Alumni

(570)

and

Multicultural Center

for details

on these and additional events or to reg-

Affairs office at

(570) 784-3134

or (800)

Math and Science Camps

alum@bloomu.edu.

Summer

Experience,

fifth-

through eighth-

Math and Science CSI,

Alumni Night

graders, and

Philadelphia Phillies

through llth-graders;

Monday through

Tuesday, June 18

Friday,

June 17

to 21.

Nanotechnology,

Philadelphia

ninth to 11th graders,

Monday through

Friday,

Alumni Night

June 24

edu or (570) 389-4508

June 28

Parents and Family

Allentown

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Friday to Sunday, Oct.

KCi

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ninth-

to 28. jpolhill@bloomu.

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Friday,

www.bucamps.com.

University website,

June 24
6

field,

upcoming

events, check the Bloomsburg

Monday through Wednesday,
to 26

Classes End

Graduate

visit

For the latest information on

Resume

Monday, Dec. 2

and

fees, registration

information and contact information for

ACT101/EOP

Finals

tennis, wrestling,

and lacrosse. For dates,

26

Thanksgiving Recess Begins

Friday, Dec.

swimming,

basketball, cross country, track

Monday, Sept. 2

Classes

Athletic Camps
summer camps in the follow-

ing sports: baseball, field hockey, football,

Labor Day, No Classes

Tuesday, Nov.

offers

25

to

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The University Store offers items all Bloomsburg graduates
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online for hundreds of items at www.bloomu.edu/store. For a
traditional

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seven days a week during the academic year and Mondays

is

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Scholarship: So Much More
THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY LISTS two definitions for the word
scholarship. Recent economic uncertainty has placed a much needed emphasis
on the second meaning: money awarded to a student to help pay for further

education. Bloomsburg University's core purpose, however,

is

built

on the word's

primary definition: the qualities or learning of a scholar.

A public university, such as Bloomsburg, has unique standing in the educacommunity. We are here to serve the citizens of our region and beyond: to

tional

meet the educational needs of students and the employment needs of business,
government and school districts. As a public institution, our goal is to provide greater
support services and networks to help all of our students be successful.

industry,
access,
I

refer to public higher education and, specifically,

Equalizer.

The

Bloomsburg University

as

The Great

Students enrolled in a public university more accurately reflect today's society.

diverse

makeup of our student body means young people who otherwise might never

meet work together

in class, co-curricular

organizations and athletics. In the process, they

gain a valuable understanding of people from different backgrounds, countries, beliefs and

ways of life.
Recognizing that learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom,
instituted a flexible general education program,
Patricia Beyer, acting assistant

known

as

last fall

we

MyCore, under the leadership of

dean of the College of Science and Technology. MyCore per-

sonalizes the educational experience so students attain the skills and knowledge they need to

become

involvement

lifelong learners. Outstanding faculty

is

key to

this

program's success.

Faculty also are the heart of another Bloomsburg academic success story - collaborative
research. At

most

institutions, this type of intellectual pursuit

dents. At Bloomsburg, faculty

part in their research.

holds

is

reserved for graduate stu-

from an array of disciplines welcome undergraduates

One such

professor

is

the chemistry department's

to take

Mark Tapsak, who

more than two dozen patents and actively involves students in his polymer synthesis
The benefits for our undergraduates are many: conference presentations, published

research.

journal articles and entry into the best graduate programs.

Scholarship in four Colleges
nology.

It's

Education, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Tech-

how Bloomsburg University serves

the

Commonwealth

and, each year, nurtures

thousands of scholars.

DAVID SOLTZ
President,

Bloomsburg University

FEATURES
10

A Shoe

Begins With

Vincent Ottomanelli
'loyalty,
...

'88 tells a story

of

commitment'

honesty, consistency,

and footwear.

14 Summer

By The Numbers

While some think campus
spring
fall

is

commencement and

quiet between

the

classes, there's really a lot

16

first

day of

going on.

Glassblower's Dance

Danger,

and magic. Self-taught

fire

glassblower

Bill

Wise

18

shows that

'69

the 2,000-year-old craft

is

charmed.

Rep

Field

The thought of working an audience
of more than 80,000 may seem daunting
but not to Nicole Premuto Fountain
senior
for

manager of public

-

'03,

relations

MetLife Stadium, host

of Super BowlXLVIII.

20

Boston Trauma

Surgeon Tracey Dechert

'88 tells

'controlled chaos' following the

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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IS A MEMBER
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education
of

Board

Governors

Interim Chancellor, State

System

of Higher Education

President,

David

L.

Bloomsburg University

Soltz

Peter Garland

Executive Editor

Guido M.
Laura

Chairman

Pichini,

E. Ellsworth, Vice

Chair

Ronald G. Henry, Vice Chair

Bloomsburg University
Robert

Dampman

Marie Conley '94

Patrick Wilson '91

Aaron A. Walton

Ramona H

Richard Alloway

Matthew

II

Baker

E.

Tom

Corbett

Joseph

Sara

J.

Bonnie

L.

Jonathan

Joseph

Hanna
Keener

B.

F.

Mack

Chair

Secretary

,

David

F.

Around the Quad

On

the Hill

Husky Notes
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Designer

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Nancy Vasla '97/'98M
Wetzel '98

McGinn

Assistant Vice President,

Alumni and Professional Engagement
Lynda Fedor-Michaels '87/'88M
Sports Information Director

information appear at the

Marketing/Communications Coordinator
Irene

Tomalis

Wolfe

Contact Alumni Affairs by phone. 570-389-4060:

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Alley

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around THE

KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE
GEOGRAPHY PROFESSOR WORKS TO PRESERVE GULLAH CULTURE
DURING A SABBATICAL in the

islands along the coast of South Caro-

spring of 2012, Sandra Kehoe-

lina.

Forutan, professor of environmental,

tions

geographical and geological sciences,

on the

undertook research to

tion

identify, locate

and document cemeteries and burial
sites

on

of the Gullah and other cultures

Helena Island and surround-

St.

Slaves working on the planta-

were buried

island as early as 1785. Planta-

owners

set aside marginal, less

valuable land

language

between

Gullah burial customs and those of
the Torres Strait Islanders of Australia.

The

sabbatical allowed her to look

bury

spoken, but

the customs passed
tradition have

down

been forgotten,

ing a push to keep the culture

plantations,

Island.

Island,

is

once

home

to 55

one of several barrier

sites

were easier to

find,

thanks

to island native Robert Middleton,

as she researched. Since

many of the

cemeteries were located close to the
sites

were vulnerable

dense vegetation. One

man

Each

who served as

a guide.

System (GIS), she was able

Kehoe-Forutan faced challenges

erosion and others were covered in

Helena

which she

initiat-

on

Helena

in

alive.

many of

in the oral

coast,

St.

cemetery

was extensively cataloged
ownership
name,
status, GPS coby
several
other criteria.
ordinates, and
Using a Geographic Information

closer at these Gullah burial customs

St.

Other

Church,

as Gullah. Their native

is still

some

find that the

was buried was inaccessible on land
owned by an agricultural company.

a deacon at the First African Baptist

Carolina.

Carolina, she found parallels

slaves could

Descendants of these slaves are

known today

sures in the "low country" of South

where

their dead.

ing islands along the coast of South

While studying development pres-

many cemeteries

in

the grave of his grandmother, only to

to

asked

Kehoe-Forutan to help him locate

some

site

to

map

burial sites for the first time

and correct the location of others.

The information
to the

was sent

collected

Penn Center

Inc., a historical

preservation organization on the site

of one of the country's
for slaves.

first

schools

•

FALL 2013

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

around THE
The Greenly Center
ALUMNI COUPLE GIVES BACK

BLOOMSBURG NATIVE Duane

R.

Greenly and his wife. Susan Basar Greenly,

members of the

Glass of 1972,

moved

14

times as his career took him from city to
city.

The Town of Bloomsburg became
he says, and soon will become

his anchor,

home

to a building that carries his family's

name.

The Greenlys

are giving back to the area

with a Si million

gift to

The donation from
couple

will establish

on the

site

in

the

BU

Foundation.

the Mechanicsburg

The Greenly Genter

of the former Cole's Hardware

downtown Bloomsburg.
house the

offices of the

executive director of the

BU

Foundation.

munity and the university

"We are
ment in

this

major invest-

offices in the heart of

The 44,700-square-foot Greenly Genter
will

opens the door for tenants from the com-

is

expected

in

residents

presence

David

L.

for the university

want the university

the

when they are

Town

Greenly,

make

of Bloomsburg."

who earned

a master's

degree from Morehead University

Foundation

the staff will be better able to raise funding

June or July 2014.

"We heard overwhelmingly

BU

Board of Directors, Duane Greenly believes

with underground

pleased to

Duane

As a member of the

parking. Completion of the $6.5 million
project

Bloomsburg at The

Greenly Center."

Bloomsburg

University Foundation and other tenants
in a four-story structure

to establish

united in

one building.

in

Ken-

tucky, enjoyed a successful career with

Deering-Milliken

&

Co.,

BF Goodrich.

Newell Rubbermaid, Morgan Door, Barry
Controls and

Ames True Temper and

that local
to

"There

have a
ful

downtown Bloomsburg," says
Soltz, BU president. "This move
in

no

is

finer tribute than a success-

native son giving back to the two

com-

continues to work as a business consultant

and mentor. He and Susan,

a

former special

education teacher, have two children and

munities he loves," says Jerome Dvorak,

one grandson. •

Stamp

Confluence

of Approval

COLLABORATIVE MEDIA

NCATE GRANTS SEVEN-YEAR
REACCREDITATION

INSTALLATION AT

HOME

IN

HAAS

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY'S College of Educa-

NINETEEN BLOOMSBURG

tion received a seven-year, full reaccreditation for

of the Susquehanna River Artists, created 18 individual

the bachelor's-level teacher preparation program

tiles for a

and accreditation

for the master's

degree program

through the National Council for Accreditation of

7-by-62-foot

installation in

area

artists, all

mixed media collaborative

Haas Center

for the Arts.

The

original

piece celebrates the collaboration of the university

Teacher Education (NCATE), a specialized accrediting body for schools,

with the greater Bloomsburg community and depicts

colleges and departments of education.

the growth and activity of a thriving town in the

"The accreditation indicates our programs meet standards related to
knowledge,

skills

qualifications

and professionalism, including

field

experiences, faculty

and resources," says Elizabeth Mauch, dean of the College of

BU's next accreditation

mentioned
addressed

for

in

visit is

for

scheduled for

improvement, related

to

annual reports before the

For more information on

edu coe;

Susquehanna River
Artists
by,

Valley.

who contributed

to the piece are:

Dave Ash-

Sara Baker, Annie Barnhardt, Susan Fulginiti.

Doug

Hopkins, Jeff McGreevy, Larry Ney, Dave Stabley and

Education.

BL

's

fall

2019.

assessment and
visit,

Mauch

Deb

Three areas
diversity, will

be

adds.

College of Education, see www.bloomu.

more information about NCATE, see www.ncate.org. •

Stabley,

all

of Bloomsburg; William Whitmoyer

and Marcia and Richard

Brown and Glen

Lilley, all

of Millville; Robert

Klein, both of Danville;

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Pamela

McHenry Thomas, Cambra; Abigail Smith Kurecian
and Joan McCarty, both of Orangeville; Sarah Mika,
Catawissa; and Sandy Tranor, Benton. •

4

members

New

Trustees

WETZEL, BOWES APPOINTED

Wetzel's career in corrections began in

1989 as an officer at the Lebanon County
Correctional

He

Facility.

transferred to

P.

of Trustees: John Wetzel
nia's

Pennsylva-

secretary of corrections, and Judge

Mary Jane Bowes of the

Trio of

TALEs

DAVIDSON, JOHNSON AND
GRANDZOL RECOGNIZED

FACULTY MEMBERS Jennifer Johnson,

of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania

becoming

Jail in

2002.

spring

commencement

The

trio

were nominated by

BU seniors and graduate students.

in 2011.

assistant professor of school counseling

How

close to

the Wii thing?
GRADUATE STUDENT
HONORED FOR RESEARCH
EXERCISE SCIENCE lends itself to stumany possibilities for

dent research with

testing relevant theories

He and

his wife, Theresa, are the

Bowes was elected
Court

in

and college student

— from compar-

ing the physical fitness of baseball players

in 2011.

Chief Justice

affairs, is

known

class

the Trustees were
Schlegel

Jr.

Sr.

Reappointed to

Ramona Alley,

Charles

and Patrick Wilson. •

burg University Foundation, and

a plaque

to recognize their achievement. •

understands and learns the material

And undergraduates who nomi-

nated Grandzol, professor of management,

him an "outstanding teacher" who

gives students the "tools

when they begin

...

they will need

a job."

TALE outstanding faculty

received a $1,000 professional develop-

ment

stipend, sponsored

by the Blooms-

TALE Outstanding

Faculty for 2012-13 are, from

left,

Davidson, John Grandzol and Jennifer Johnson.

Chapter of the American College of Sports
Medicine's Graduate Student Research

Award

for his collaborative research with

Andrea Fradkin, associate professor of
exercise science.

The

Wii Free Run

Treadmill Running:

vs.

research, "Nintendo

A

Comparison of Physiological and Metabolic Data," looked at

whether exertion on

the Wii fitness stage

equal to traditional

is

treadmill exercise.

Fradkin recently took Brightbill's theory

comparing the physiological

and biomechanics of playing Wii

Tennis with playing traditional hard-court
tennis. Results,

which are

still

being stud-

ied, are

wide: Nintendo Wii.

working to perfect their swings. •

won

as a

and David Klingerman

her way to ensure that each student in her

research on a staple in residences nation-

Brightbill

as

Trustees Charles "Nick" Housenick '60

Johnson's nominators said she "goes out of

effects

who earned

Business in 1997.

students." Assistant professor of psychology

involving body fat percentage and cardiac

degree this spring, focused his

retained for a

She served

"demanding professor" who "challenges her

a step further,

responses. Charles Brightbill,

named

Women in

Wetzel and Bowes succeed former

to the state Superior

November 2001 and

by position to any number of variables

his master's

as secretary of corrections

parents of four daughters.

Each of the
According to her nomination, Davidson,

degree from Georgetown University

and juris doctorate from the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law. She was

called
ers for 2012-13.

Bar Associations, Bowes earned a bachelor's

one of Pennsylvania's Best 50

ceremonies as the Teaching and Learning

Enhancement (TALE) Outstanding Teach-

A member

Pardons' corrections expert in June 2007

provided."
BTJ's

department of an en-

and confirmed

John Grandzol and Denise Davidson were
recognized at

Montgomery and John
in private practice be-

supervisor of treatment services and

a judicial law clerk for state

Superior Court.

was

vironmental management firm.

second 10-year term

state

Hester, and

fore joining the legal

Wetzel was appointed as the state Board of

'98,

and Superior Court Se-

correctional officer, treatment counselor,

warden of the Franklin County

pointed to six-year terms on BU's Council

X. O'Brien

nior Judges Harry

the Berks County Prison, where he was a

training academic director until

TWO NEW MEMBERS have been ap-

Henry

expected to help athletes

who

are

the Mid-Atlantic Regional

FALL

201.?

Denise

A

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

New

Chancellor

BROGAN COMES TO PASSHE FROM FLORIDA SYSTEM

FRANK T. BROGAN, chancellor of the
System of

versity

system to serve

State Uni-

become the

Florida, will

education from the University of Cincinnati and

Higher Education (PASSHE)

Florida Atlantic University.

effective Oct.

1.

He
at

"(Frank Brogan) understands the

the conclusion of a six-month-long search.

plexities

their

lieutenant governor of Florida and Florida's

management

at the

facilities

tion

new vice

Loonan.

says Guido Pichini. chair of

of Governors.

"We

are excited

planning, police, pub-

resources and labor relations,

and right-to-know.

who

retired

from the

New York Army

National Guard with 23 years of service, earned

New

an

president for administra-

and finance.

MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic
a bachelor's degree in accounting

College. Loudonville, N.Y.

As the chief steward of BU's physical and financial resources. Loonan ov ersees the managemillion operating budget.

human

financial aid

and

ment of BUS $1%

state."

PASSHE Board

about him becoming our next chancellor." •

management and

lic safety,

College

University of Albany, State University of

BU's

the

success and in ensuring the economic

of the

business services, procurement and operations,

of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE),

is

public universities

responsible for the budget office, finance and

is

FORMER CNSE EXECUTIVE JOINS BU
JOHN LOONAN. former vice president of

York,

own

vitality

Commissioner of Education. His academic career
began as an elementary teacher in Martin County. Fla.. where he worked his way up through the

New VP

vital role

play both in preparing students for a lifetime of

Brogan was president of Florida Atlantic University,

many com-

and challenges facing public higher

education and the

Prior to serving as chancellor of Florida's

335,000-student public university system.

fiscal

He

chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of

was selected by PASSHE's Board of Governors

finance and

six years as superintendent.

holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in

fourth

He

fills

Institute

from Siena

a vacancy

created by the retirement of Richard Rugen in

December

He

2012. •

Actual vs. Simulation

Seed Money

NSF GRANT FUNDS TEACHING AND
LEARNING RESEARCH

ROSA AND ROTH EARN BACKING FOR SPORTS

KARL

LAPP

M.

in collaboration

FAN VIDEO SITE

with Sinclair

Community

College in

Dayton, Ohio, and the National Office of Project Lead the Way. was

awarded

a

$250,000 grant over three years from the National Science

gator on the project, which will

comes of using hands-on

compare the

testing

is

co-principal investi-

costs

and learning out-

equipment versus online simulation,

with the goal of improv ing outcomes, reducing costs and improving

teaching and learning. Students

in

the Project Lead the

W ay network

ond

v

is

Kapp's second time as co-principal investigator for an

Grant project.

He

is

serving his

last

year of a five-year

gi

tion sponsored by the Central

laboration with Hofstra University) funded by the

in

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MVF.RS1TY OF PENNSYLV

NSF

Discovery

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The

Susquehanna Keystone

the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Business Plan Competition.

The network w ould allow fans to record rants using
web cameras and reply to other fans'

their computers'
v

ideo posts. Rosa and Roth expect sploops.com to draw

many submissions during playoffs, tournaments and
the Super

Research K-12 program. •

IS-sec-

Innov ation Zone and S2.500 as the third-place finisher

NSF

ant for his

where people can post

pair received S3. 000 as the top concept in a competi-

!

project Simulations and Modeling in Technology Education (col-

a site

ideo clips of themselves ranting about sports.

1

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BU

tions to develop

lPASSHE Student

of 4.215 schools nationw ide will use the results of this project.

2013

graduates, drew financial support from two organiza-

w w w.spIoops.com.

Foundation (NSF) Adv anced Technology Education program.
Kapp. professor of instructional technology,

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THE NELSON FIELD HOUSE renovation completed

in

2010

dramatically changed the look of the building constructed on
the

Upper Campus

has

made

a big

in 1972.

Three years

impact on the building's

later,

another project

interior.

Under the leadership of Michael McFarland, director of
were added to Nelson Field House, as

athletics, identifiers

well as the exterior of

Redman Stadium. Nelson's entrances,
now highlight the achieve-

hallways and conference rooms

ments of past and current student athletes with trophy case
displays, photos outside coaches' offices and plaques featuring
an image and brief biography of each member of the Athletic
Hall of Fame.

On

a smaller scale, photos of

all

BU

athletic di-

rectors are framed and exhibited in a small conference room.

Nearby, large banners on the exterior of

show current

Redman Stadium

athletes in action, alternating with the letters,

H-U-S-K-I-E-S. The stadium banner project was supported

BUHUSKIES.COM

nipprTou
DIRECTOR

by a donation from Steph

Pettit '89.

McFarland says the project was aimed

Bloomsburg

University.

"We wanted

at increasing pride in

to focus

on the history of

Bloomsburg athletics and highlight our current student-athletes," he says. "The concept was for athletes to know where
they are and who they are battling, and to be proud of being
part of

Husky

athletics.

"The project
which stands

aligns perfectly with the RA.S.S.

program

for Pride, Accountability Student-Athlete

rience and Success on and off the

.

Expe-

field."

McFarland says the changes have been well received.
"These

identifiers not only look

amazing, they reflect the

we intended and create a sense of belonging.
The Hall of Fame display also encourages some good-natured
rivalry between our current athletes who tell each other, 'I
sense of pride

will

be there before

you.' "

•

FALL 2013

7

Almand named
freshman

of the year

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hatting w

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mark of .357.

Almand

bases with 78 and

RBI and runs
was second in slugging percentage at
.464 and doubles w ith 12. hitting two home runs and
scored

ith a

totals.

dri\ ing in

\lmand

as well as in

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39 runs, while scoring
s

game

best

39.

of the season was a w in over

Philadelphia I niversitv where he had three hits for

w ith three runs scored and six RBIs. Ic
finished the year going 1" hits for 36 at hats (,4"2) over

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school history, the Hus-

he featured in a nationally televised

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CBS

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Bloomsburg versus Shippensburg
on

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lalloween. Oct.

31.

The game

the top players in Div ision

II

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home

broadcast

starting at S p.m.

will feature

two of

Bloomsburg's Frank-

lyn Quitch, third in last year's Harlon Hill balloting

and the Red Raiders" Zach
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Coyne selected

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2012

1

larlon

inner. •

for Hall of

Fame

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS coach Marty Coyne will be inducted
into the United States Tennis Association Middle States Hall of Fame

during the 20th annual dinner and auction

in October.

As head coach of the men's program for 20 years, Coyne guided the
Huskies to a record of 249-146 and 16 trips to the NCAA championships:
over 19 years leading the women's team, he compiled a mark of 283-106
with the women earning 15 NCAA championship appearances.

A member of BU's Athletic Hall of Fame and
State Athletic Conference

conference

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cn route to All-America honors as a student in

1983.

•

Darragh leads Huskies
A NEW, BUT FAMILIAR, face is on the sidelines
this fall as Paul

Darragh takes over as interim

football coach.

Darragh served

as the Huskies' defensive coor-

dinator for 16 years before head coach

announced

Danny Hale
Under

his retirement earlier this year.

Darragh*s leadership, the Huskies' defense has

ranked

in the

top half of the Pennsylvania State Ath-

letic

Conference (PSAC)

past

11

seasons and

in total

among the

run defense finishing

first

II six

PSAC

in the

top 15 in

in

The

or second five times.

Bloomsburg defense finished
Division

defense seven of the

best in the

NCAA

times since the 2000 season. •

Bossert repeats
as PSAC
champion scholar
AUBREY BOSSERT of Ambler received the
vania State Athletic Conference (PSAC)

Pennsyl-

Champion

Scholar Award at the women's lacrosse champion
ship for the second year in a row.

An

exercise science

major, Bossert earned a 3.94 cumulative grade point

average.

The PSAC Champion Scholar Awards, modeled
after the

NCAA's

Elite 88,

honors the student-athlete

with the top grade point average
at

Honors abound
YICKI
arj

dream

of.

A second-

education history major from

New Ringgold.

named second team 2013

and was
Capital

One

Academic Ail-American for Women's
Track Cross Country. She also earned
U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic
honors and was named a Bloomsburg
University scholar-athlete. At the

BU

athletic department's end-of-the-year

awards ceremony, Davis received the
senior female scholar-athlete award

and was named the Eleanor Wrav

competing

each of PSAC's 23 team championship

finals.

•

Senior Female Athlete of the Year.

On

the track, Davis earned All-

America honors

Davis graduated with

a 3.74 grade point average

is

for Davis

DAMS had a year that many

athletes can only

who

NCAA

Division

in
II

two events

at the

national outdoor

track and field championships: fifth in

the steeplechase finishing in 10:59.05

and eighth

in

the 5,000-meter final in

17:25.37.

As a

senior, Davis ran in three

NCAA championships.
named

She was

the most valuable player of

both the cross country and the indoor

and outdoor track and

field

teams. In

cross country, she was the runner-up
at the

the

NCAA. Atlantic Regional and

PSAC Championships. •

FALL 2013

9

37

SHOE.
by ERIC

FOSTER
NINE-YEAR-OLD

Salvatore Ferraga-

shops

in

Honolulu, and maintains

mo works through the night to make a

relationships with retailers such as

pair of shoes for his sister at her con-

Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus,

firmation.
is

The year

is

1907.

The

place

Bonito, a very small village in the

Campania region of southern

Italy.

Bloomingdale's and, in Canada, Holt

Renfrew.

"Ferragamo

is

a current-day fairy

Twenty years later, Ferragamo, having gone to Hollywood and become
"Shoemaker to the Stars," returns to
Italy and sets up his business in Florence. The seeds for one of Italy's great

on the love of our founder's craft and
from the love the Ferragamo family
has for one another," Ottomanelli says.

luxury fashion houses have been sown.

sion for the business echo those of the

Today, the teller of this story is
Vincent Ottomanelli. president and

Ferragamos.

tale

whose foundation has been

Ottomanelli's

work

ethic

built

and pas-

When founder Salvatore

Inc. Ottomanelli oversees Ferragamo's

Ferragamo passed away in 1962, his
wife, Wanda, carried on the business
and now, in her 90s, she still goes to

39 North American stores, including

the office every day. Ottomanelli's

regional director of Ferragamo

USA

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FALL 2013

workday begins with a 5 a.m. commute
into New York City from his home in
New Jersey and lasts long after the
evening rush.

Vara pump, designed by the founder's
eldest daughter,

Fiamma. He runs

his

hands over the shoe, pointing out the
(and patented)

lining, the signature

bow,

down

to the detailing

on the

story and history.

Vara's

women

in the

fashion and design world were invited
to

sole.

To mark the

35th anniversary, young

customize shoes for profiles on the

company's website and

The

in

an elegant

Natural businessman

"Our motto

A

manship."

raphy, Salvatore Ferragamo: Making a

These are not inexpensive shoes.
There are no shortcuts, no compro-

Dream,

mises

tor

1988 accounting graduate,

Ottomanelli
ing

who

is

a

businessman by

train-

followed in the footsteps of

his father.

"Numbers came

naturally,

accounting came naturally," he

He joined
after college

says.

a major accounting firm

and got an inside look

to join fashion

Hugo Boss

He was

fashion, beauty, crafts-

in materials or

Everything

in

the

invited

houses Coach, then

Talk with Ottomanelli in the show-

Avenue
numbers

City's Fifth

and the ace businessman, a
be a natural
storyteller. The showroom, lined with
shelves of shoes, handbags and silk
scarves, is where buyers from Saks,
Nordstrom and other retailers come
to see the latest models and plan their

guy, reveals himself to

values Ferragamo employs at our

company and those
I

that

passion for the business

is

Ferragamo has expanded both the

number of stores and retail partnerships. The USA region's revenues,
which Ottomanelli

"Salvatore Ferragamo was an

He

picks

is

responsible,

exceed $300 million and represent ap-

the Ferragamo's signature pieces, the

illustra-

window

of the Fifth Avenue store, the

in the world.

love retailing.

pete,"

And

Ottomanelli says.

I

love to

He

com-

also loves

selling beautifully crafted items.

And

"The things that we create, you wear
on your body. It becomes personal.
We are in the business of making you
feel good. This is what you want to
wear to a job interview, a wedding, an
anniversary. We're helping make life
moments." •

proximately 24 percent of worldwide
Eric Foster

is

photography editor

of Bloomsburg: The University

artist,"

up one of

company stores

by noted

he loves the shoes.

says.

paying dividends. In North America,

for

available in

Frank Espinosa. Giant versions of
Espinosa's illustrations dominate the

"I

my family and

share: loyalty, honesty, consistency,

The

is

founder's biog-

location with the highest overall sales

is

revenues for the Ferragamo group.

purchases.

12

"There

absolutely a connection between the

commitment," he

says Ottomanelli.

...

...

at

and, in 2003, Ferragamo.

room on New York

showroom even
is made by

in Italy.

coffee table book.

as a graphic novel

craftsmanship.

the rubber jelly sandal

master craftsmen

businesses ranging from manufacturers to investment firms.

is

The tale continues
The company has been

Magazine.
celebrating

its

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO SHOES ARE FAMOUS

for their original-

and style. But the beauty of his creations is more than skin deep.
Ferragamo researched the anatomy of the foot and was one of the first
shoemakers to emphasize arch support with a hidden steel plate to carry
body weight and relieve stress on the heel and toes. Other innovations
include the wedge sole and the use of patchwork leather.
ity

In his 20s, Ferragamo traveled to Hollywood and

became

a favorite

of stars and filmmakers alike, earning the nickname "Shoemaker to the

His creations were featured in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments and in recent films including Evita, Everafter: A Cinderella
Story and Australia.
Stars."

Ferragamo shoes were favorites of actresses Joan Crawford, Gloria
Swanson, Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Anna Magnani,
Paulette Goddard, Lauren Bacall and Sophia Loren. Marilyn Monroe
(above) wore

them

They remain
Jolie

and Brad

in

Some

Like

it

Hot.

in style today, with
Pitt,

Gerard

Butler,

well-known fans including Angelina
Penelope Cruz and Lady Gaga. •

A

SUMMER

prepare to be amazed. As the weather heats up,

day

to the first

of fall classes. Here's a

NU MBERS

the

BU

glimpse at

buzzes

...

from spring commencement

summer 2013.

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Student Orientation

Human

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John

Polhill.

Summer

College

ACE Program

College of Science and Technology

Human

Resources

Kate Bauman, TRiO Upward Bound

Susan Lawson. Quest

Ranjana Sawhney,

Amanda

Jing Luo, Languages and Cultures

Kevin Wood, Athletic Operations

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Every

donor

makes a
difference.
Whether you give through the Henry Carver
Fund or support a specific scholarship,

program or team, your
Donor

gifts

gift

matters.

funded the Presidential

Leadership Scholarship that enabled speech
pathology major Lauren Hess to do more both
in

classroom and

In

addition to keeping up her grades and

holding
in

down

community

with the

in

the community.

a job, Lauren

is

deeply involved

service. She's a volunteer

women's shelter

in

downtown

Bloomsburg, active with the American Cancer
Society Relay for Life and a

member

Bloomsburg University Concert

Choir.

Learn how you can help students
like

Lauren at www.bloomufdn.org

or call (570) 389-4128.

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3

Glassblowe

fry

WELCOME to the sorcerer's workshop,

and sparks

where

though,

fire

breathes

The furnace

life

into glass.

row

of pipes, and bottles of colored ground
glass sparkle

Watch

on

clear glass onto a blowpipe

work.

The

Right now,

it's

to

and holds

it

He

rolls

the gather

in the glory hole -

an oven that operates

at 2,400 degrees -

to infuse the color into the glass.

it

in-

bench and back, swinging and twirling

the pipe - so the wizard gets no
is

to lose the

rest.

To

shape of the finished

product.

When
he takes

it's

it

exactly the

way he wants

it,

out and shapes the hot glass

glass

but

I

can do

that."

to tell

He went

it

wants what you want, he

will fight you.

This

first

wanted

living,

and began

obstacle:

to experiment. His

he couldn't draw what he

to create.

So he bought coloring

breathing, "beautiful monster" can

books and studied the designs, made pat-

be capricious.

terns from them, and

began

to

honed his skill. He
work with colored glass.

The wizard

But he didn't

The wizard

Wise

glassblower.

is Bill

The

Wise

'69,

a self-taught

Internet abounds with

stainless steel tubes,

work

heavy molten

glass,

and ovens that resemble miniature suns.
Glass has fascinated
his

him

since he and

mother combed through dump

in the

woods

was a

kid.

for pieces of glass

sites

when he

But he didn't begin to work

glass until the 1990s,

when he and

his

wife decided stained glass would look

new

BI.OOMSBLRG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

his wife, "I think

clear glass,

good

wet, and the glass sizzles

festival pieces

home, bought a glasscutter and some

The block

16

wizard

glass.

with a block carved from fruitwood.
is

The expense of arts

prompted the new homeowner

on

with blowtorches and bits of glass, not

looks choreographed,

with the glassblower moving from oven

stop

in the block," the

self-taught glassblowers, but they

Everything about glassblowing
volves motion -

to

little,

"It rides

the consistency of room

temperature honey.
in color

and begins

glass glows light-bulb bright.

shape.

hot

says,

molten

it's

its

explains as he spins and twirls the

The

shelves.

as the wizard gathers

complaint. Little by

in

takes

steam while

waits, the glass in the

crucible white hot. Flames lick at a

it

LAURTE CREASY

in

the long windows of their

in

by Wesley United

Methodist Church early each morning to
prepare himself for the day. His greatgreat-grandfather built the Bloomsburg

church, his great-grandfather built the

education wing, and Wise wanted to

add something of his own. "Something"
grew into a 40-foot-wide stained-glass
window. Church members helped cut the
templates and the pieces of glass and, in
16 months, Wise put together 48 panels
and 5,300 pieces. Thanks to his crew of
volunteers, the window was installed in
just

house.

start small.

liked to stop

two days.

with jacks - pieces of metal that
resemble large tweezers - to cool it

First creations
As much

as

Wise

stained glass, the

wanted

He

to

it

liked

working

in

medium was cold. He

work with

constructed a

hot,

molten

glass.

new building with

him

His

creation: a bowl. Well, that's

first

it

was supposed to

anyway.

be,

It

turned out to be a circular lump of clear
glass with
in

it.

what looked

Undaunted, he

like a

wonky
with

thumbprint

tried again

is

thick, the

he was

- but at the time,

in

in others.

piece

This becomes the "glue" that

will

hold the bowl by the bottom as Wise

works on the

He

top.

attaches the punty

to the bowl, then snaps the top away

from the blowpipe.

Now he works the glass from the other

shape
thrilled

end. Inside the white-hot oven, the bowl

begins to bloom as he twirls

removes

it,

it.

Wise

spins the pipe, and the top

of the bowl opens up and flows into

it.

The

it

is ready to be shaped into
Wise dips an iron rod called a
punty into the furnace filled with molten

and

Now he sees

created a small glass bottle.
the flaws - the glass

The

glass.

build the ovens he needed.

what

places and expand

a bowl.

a

studio attached, and a friend helped

some

fluted edges.

place to learn more, he de-

The only word

was Corning, N.Y. He drove from
Bloomsburg and watched every show

cided,

He

for

it is

magic.

snaps the bowl from the punty,

the glassblowers gave that day, studying

puts on

what they did. Then he went home
and experimented. He went back.

in a

enormous

gloves,

and places

it

900-degree oven, where a computer

controls the cooling. That will take about

and the

Repeatedly.

12 hours. Cool

Finally, he took his helper, 79-year-old
Max, with him. Again they sat through

will explode.

every show, but this time the glassblower

and

on stage noticed them. Between shows,

that several years ago.

he convinced Wise to come up to the

on creating art pieces without the worry
over whether or not they'd sell," he says.

bench and demonstrate

him

glassblower urged

Wise auditioned
- they told

him

to

his skills.

The

of 200 people

go out and do the

too

fast,

glass

He's sold his creations to collectors

to apply for a job.

in front

it

retail galleries,

but stopped doing
"I

wanted

to focus

Yet he sees himself as a craftsman, not

an

artist,

since glassblowing has existed

for 2,000 years.

show - and was offered the job on the
spot. He worked there for seven years,
commuting every day from Bloomsburg.

continue working with hot glass "until

Always twirling

he gave all his studio equipment to a
young man in Bath, N.Y., who plans on
making glassblowing his life's work. "So

Back

in his studio,

Wise coats the yellow

glass with a layer of clear glass,

that in white
in the

ground

glass

then

rolls

and holds

it

oven again, always twirling and

spinning the pipe. As he adds
balance on the blowpipe
heavy, and five

glass,

shifts.

the

Glass

is

pounds on the business

end of the blowpipe may
the end closest to Wise.

feel like 15

He

on

has a trolley

he can move back and forth

in front

of

the ovens to compensate for the differ-

Despite the fact that Wise wants to

shrivel

up and turn

many people helped
want

to help

me," he says.

someone

else get a

"I just

good

start."

He

offers this advice to

young people

planning to do creative things:
"Follow your passion. For sure, follow
your passion. But do it with sense - get
a job, do

what you

like

on the

side,

when you get to where you can do

and
it

full

time, go." •

ence.

Wise swings the

pipe,

and the hot

He breathes gently into
and the glass expands. He touches

I

into dust," this July

Laurie Creasy

and

it,

Bloomsburg.

social

is

a freelance writer

media professional based

glass lengthens.

in

FIELD REP

by

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE
Nicole Premuto Fountain '03 talks

about behind-the-scenes action
at MetLife Stadium, her time at

Bloomsburg University and the
impact of Greek

Life.

JAIME NORTH

Seemingly destined for a career

in the

entertainment industry, Nicole Premuto Fountain '03

Miramax Films and World Wrestling Entertainment and worked

interned with

Rolling Stone/Men's Journal before tackling

FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN to
Jovi and WrestleMania to

Bon

dium website and

Kenny Chesney,

Nicole Premuto Fountain '03 has worked

her

fair

share of big stages and massive

on

face

will

"Commissioner (Roger) Goodell said

NFL

Draft

...

it

we're on the clock,"

manager of public

says Fountain, senior
relations

and communications for MetLife

be watching.

will

It's

going to be

people

lion

right.

is

An

tune

will

game day. As the
home to two NFL

in

only

husband I'm not going to be home

facility that is

Stadium hosts

games

at least 16

and possible

NFL postseason and college

games.

For Fountain, a

member of MetLife

responsibility for

media

all

social

media channels.

"We do this every week," she
a small

staff,

but we're

all

sister will

be right

in the

mi

lota

middle of it.

"We're very excited, not nervous at

all,"

says.

"We have

event-day operations."

"We do this every week. We
realize we're going to have a much bigger
audience, but that's just more motivation
says Fountain.

for us."
to this

Super Bowl

elements, along with
ity to

New York

its

players, fans

in a

will

details

be the

is

just

first

countdown

kickoff.

It's

and halftime entertain-

one of the

dome.

logistical

still

months away -

a

approaching.

is

out," says Fountain,

planning

is

York/

still

being worked

adding the bulk of the

being done by the

NFL and

the

New Jersey Super Bowl Host

Committee.

"It's

be somewhere

their

game. I'm sure

in a social

Fountain says. "Every day

I'll

media command

center monitoring and updating our sta-

is

unique. Each

CCFA Touch Football Tournament

be held

MetLife Stadium

at

specifics are yet to

is

different.

comes with

"When you have 80,000 people

its

catching the

experience.
it

train),"

year,

MetLife

monster trucks and entertainment

You have

the stadium's schedule, Fountain

says she and other staff must be flexible.

way of life.

says.

it's

game-day

to constantly

moni-

come

into

the event and, eventually, as they're going

As Fountain works

in

not a 9-to-5

to

make

Bowl experience memorable

the Super

for fans, she

expects to be distracted from action on the

and

to miss a highlight

"You
ing,"

really

OK with

have to

Fountain says.

didn't enjoy

it."

"I

...

or two or

it.

like

what you're do-

wouldn't do this

if I

•

the entertainment
job,"

Fountain

"During football season, we're here

six to

Jaime North

is

marketing specialist and

Web editor at Bloomsburg University.

seven days a week. Since MetLife

Connect with Nicole Premuto Fountain during the game on Twitter

of

the gates, while they're interacting with

along with college football matchups.

"Anytime you work

lot

says. "Social

before fans arrive, as they

field

industry,

Fountain

really taken over the

three. But she's

a

they have a

this building,

events like the recent WrestleMania 29,

It's

be deter-

questions (about parking, beverage areas,

tor

hosts concerts, international soccer, moto-

like

in October.

nome.

Over the course of the

Much

a prior-

member of the New

— a fundraiser she initiated in 2010 — will

media has

challenges."

cross,

and scenarios being discussed and

"Our specific roles are

annual

Bowl.

Fountain admits she seldom notices.

own

hectic schedule, Fountain

serving as a board

coming into

constant reminder of how quickly the big

Every event

reviewed.

New

Super Bowl XVLIII's

ary,"

and their son,

of what she will be doing during the Super

near Fountain's office

displays a second-by-second

days a week from early April into Janu-

coid-weatner city

ers won't have the protection of a

The weather

be the

close proxim-

City. It will

super liowi piayeu

where

A digital clock

event -

'03

May 2013.

mined, Fountain has a basic understanding

"We're really nonstop here, six to seven

Unique

Around her

in

'Where? How?'

Around the clock

to

That family includes

born

Niles,

Although

And this former Bloomsburg

campus tour guide and

university

Chi

Brecken

my

this

really involved in

ing and communications professionals

experience.

all."

tell

Foundation of America (CCFA). The third

the website and

a stage - an opportunity - few market-

at

I

Jersey Chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis

relations

on

attendance at the stadium.

...

husband Justin Fountain

ity,

and event-day press operations, along with

and

weekend

makes community involvement

and media
It's

That

doesn't include concerts, soccer matches,

online, in addition to the 80,000-plus fans
in

a year.

estimated 160 miltelevision

a holiday or birthday party," she

adds. "There are plenty of times

mean

Fountain

"Your family needs to understand you

may miss

Stadium's marketing team, these events

historic."

Thanksgiving and a Christmas Eve game.

confident approach to

Stadium, host of Super Bowl XLVIII. "The

world

staff from sales to guest ser-

70 full-time

N.J.

opened, we have had two games on

sites."

Fountain says her colleagues - roughly

teams - the Jets and the Giants - MetLife

Feb. 2, 2014.

best at the

media

social

Stadium, East Rutherford,

vices to electricians - will take a simple,

audiences.

But none bigger than the one she

PR at MetLife

for

@MLStadium and on Facebook atfacebook.com/MetLifeStadium.

AFTER WORKING through

the night

Boston Medical Center,

Tracey

at

Dechert was

finally

Dr.

home and

just

thinking

about a nap. Then the trauma surgeon

happened

in

Boston would be

"By the time

I

got to the hospital about

a half hour after the explosions,

we had

and the

already gotten patients.

thumping of helicopters

nearby

ing triage, separating out the ones

didn't

circling

immediately connect

it

with

needed

to

They were do-

who

be treated right away. The

call

the April 15 Boston Marathon going on

had gone out and we had surgeons from

not too far from her house.

all

"One of our residents was on vacation
back

in

saying

New York. She

'Is

everything

sent

OK in

and I'm thinking 'What
about?'

"

graduate

TV.

I

is

recalls.

"Then

thought 'Oh,

I

Boston?'

says. "I

she talking

turned on the

my God' and started

Dechert could think about was

size

running

at the

same

All

She prayed that whatever

Dechert

in so

tors

and

staff"

from the

near the finish

hospital's other

"She was close enough to the

knees were
cally

hit;

Dechert
ing, so

says.

had been injured or whether more

at-

Dechert looked for a patient to treat

tell

talk-

us she didn't feel

pain in her belly [indicating possible
internal

damage] and

other life-threatening

trauma

cases,

didn't

seem

to

have

injuries."

speed

is

the surgeon's

byword. Fix the main problems; stabilize
the patient. Procedures to address nonlife

were

"She was awake and

she could

another day.

how many

one leg was traumati-

severely mangled, almost amputated,"

center to help. In the rush to get the
to treatment, families

bomb

below the

amputated and the other one was

departments flowed into the trauma

scattered and no one was sure

line.

that her lower extremities

In

around was controlled chaos. Doc-

tacks were yet to come.

alive to treat.

on

quickly with such severe injuries."

Trade Center towers

hardly anyone

time,"

where so many patients come

wounded

left

operating

had never seen anything of this

11, 2001. The rush to set up
emergency medical facilities to treat
the wounded. But the collapsing World

Sept.

11

in three different buildings

campus

the

to get dressed."
All

rooms

me an email

the 1988 Bloomsburg University

We were

over.

A woman in
who had been watching the race

and immediately found one:
her 40s

started hearing the wail of sirens

She

dif-

ferent.

threatening problems can wait for

"Your goal

is

to

do what you need

because, after taking a hit like that,

keep them

in

the

OR.

do

you

a long time, they

don't do as well," Dechert says. "So
just took off both legs

to
if

and put her

we
in the

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21

recovery room. You do what you have to

do that

first

day and then you can plan

Boston Medical Center saw 23 patients

were admitted,

17

were

initial

surgeries

"It's

missions a year, Boston Medical Center
the busiest in

New England.

tims from the

bombing were more than

facility

But the

could handle. In

all,

hospitals in the Boston area treated

much

"All

I

in

to the

said to her

know if she
were and

I

realized

how bad her

didn't ask.

not usually like

it is

to die are the
is

trauma someone

on TV;

sadly,

who ask if they're going
ones who die. They are in

shock and seem to know."

will

ask

me

later

says. "I don't
I

story,

it's

Once you

detached."

over the days and weeks

Still,

about her patients as she continued to

vic-

treat them.

"There was a

26

Minnesota who

more

did think that there

woman from

took shrapnel out

I

were a

timed bombings, which

three dead.

members who were

The woman Dechert worked on for
more than two hours was her only opera-

members

was plenty

of work to be done. Her team of seven
other trauma surgeons met with the rest

through a

and the operations and

she was lucky, Dechert caught

the news from quick snatches on a

start hearing

the story,

it's

bombs

—

Tracey Dechert '88

Dr.

"There

it

was pretty

up-tempo," Dechert says. All amputa-

Dechert readily admits trauma surgery

first day,

carries the
a

danger of burnout. You see

That's

lot.

why

it's

important to make

but most

time, don't dwell. "You have to focus

was removing shrapnel from the

wounds and the orthopedic and vascular
surgeons began doing follow-up opera-

and treatment on the amputation
patients the

in

dents on their

emotional, that doesn't

first

day of rotation. You

with

what you

us, this is

the emotion

you don't

do,

"It affected

some who weren't

let

the lives saved.

a

marathon

happen.

It's

...

and

that's

used

...

people lose their legs and the stories

or at least not outwardly."

22

is

on saving lives.

they were think-

BLOOMSBL'Rli LMVERS1TY OF PENNSYLVANIA

we

"It's
all

skills

up

are learning

a horrible thing that

the patients that

she says. "Yes, they

came

lost limbs,

hospital."

A surprising choice

come out

are tragic. But

we

first in

her family to go to college,

the 47-year-old Pottsville native says

she didn't consider a career

and

young

dwell on the sorrow and tragedy. Train-

focus

lived,"

and a

in

medicine.

She earned an undergraduate degree

not supposed

terrible to see

trauma group were not quite as

The

keep their

but everything worked well as a system

The
as

to seeing these kinds of injuries. This

through the door, there's no time to

know what

to

are here,

in.

that

in.

Dechert

could see the horror on their faces but,

When emergency cases are brought

don't

between

surgery,"

from them."

in

"I

when they

here

to

ing kicks

from

surgeons often hang out

trauma centers

and,

tients. If you get

it's

Bottling the horror

a close relationship

happened, but

was hard. The patients were young

entire time."

is

the surgery and taking care of the pa-

As a trauma team, we were

managing all of the

many

to lessons

Dechert says she remains focused on

on

work," she says. "There were medical stu-

patients.

owed

have expanded the knowledge

says. "Military

patients required additional surgeries.

tions

is

trauma and military

sure you get away, take your vacation

Watertown, Mass., house.

"For the next two weeks,

"It

be together."

caused by booby traps and roadside

A resulting gun battle left

were done that

can't

Middle East - and the traumatic injuries

too hard

connection with

Dzhokhar dead. Younger
brother Tamerlan was captured after he
was found hiding in a trailered boat next

tions

and

also

are going

of first responders and trauma teams.

older brother

to a

lot

That

hospital.

when they

Ironically, the fact that so

detached"

to stay

ing for Chechen brother Dzhokhar and

the attack.

same

to the

harder

...

Once you

trauma center TV: Authorities were lookin

also family

in different hospitals

the battlefield. America's wars in the

hours of sleep between

Tamerlan Tsarnaev

it

victims survived

(patients') stories.

treatment yet to come.

stints if

know any of the

"I don't

of the care team and began reviewing

five

and now

- there was no time to try and get family

makes

Catching

in a strange city

of. I

of people

lot

needed surgery. There were

their patients

fol-

lowing the bombings, Dechert learned

who were

tion that first day, but there

start

too hard to stay

than 260 victims from the pair of closely
left

with a

that on purpose because

better not to know.

hearing the

in

how they got shot," Dechert
know any of the stories, and

we do

think

come

my husband may

gunshot wound and

it's

the only people

more than 130,000 emergency
and more than 2,000 trauma ad-

any one

don't

injuries

later.

W ith
visits

didn't say

'We're going to take good care of you.'

is
I

operated on immediately and two others

had their

And she

woman she operated on.

other operations."

that first day; 21

Dechert says of the victims that

ing,"

first day.

communications and took

a market-

ing position with a medical publishing
house. But as she interacted with doc-

in the
tors,

medicine put the hook

in her.

affected,

She hadn't taken any pre-med courses,
but found a program at the University

Dechert says she just
trate

tries to

on the medicine. "A

lot

concen-

of times

of Pennsylvania for people like her

wanted

who

to prepare for medical school. "I

pass chemistry,

figured

if

ing; if

don't pass,

I

I

I'll

I'll

keep go-

stop."

Dechert says Boston has mostly

Aftermath
In the days following the bombings,

Dechert didn't stop and was accepted

Dechert was among a group of doctors

Temple University School of
Medicine. During her third year, when

and

students rotate through various special-

be nice for one person not to have to

to attend

ties,

she

fell in

love with trauma care.

"You make quick decisions.
feeling that
right
I

like the

you could do something

them in an operation.
the immediacy of surgery and the

away

like

I

to fix

fast pace."

al

in gener-

surgery at the Medical College of Vir-

in the

do

it all,"

answered questions from

"We just thought

it

would

she says. "The other hospitals

were showing all of these old white men.

We wanted to show there are women
involved, as well."

was challenging to

It

talk

about the

treatment being provided and, at the

She completed her residency
ginia in

staff who

the media.

Richmond, with her fellowship

Department of Traumatology and

same time, ensure patient confidentiality. They would say, for example, they
had patients ranging

in

age from 7 to

60-something, but were intentionally

Surgical Critical Care at the Hospital of

vague

the University of Pennsylvania. Dechert

tions to safeguard patients' identities.

joined the trauma team at Boston Medical

Center three years ago, attracted to

BMC because
meaning

it is

that, like

a "safety net" hospital,

Temple,

neediest of patients.

it

treats the

in their

answers to follow-up ques-

"The hardest part

is

that

talk like doctors," she says.

much jargon."

took pride in

says, a quiet pride reigns.

When she thinks about the bombings
and the aftermath, Dechert remembers

how everyone worked for the common
"When something like this happens, you look for the good and how the
human spirit cannot be defeated. On

good.

that day,

what

really pulled us

through

was how everyone came together
hospital.

You see that

in the

this terribleness, there are

can't say

I

ever

felt

in the

midst of all

good people.

anything quite

I

at that

magnitude." •

Jack Sherzer

"You realize

principal partner with

people aren't understanding some of the

too

ings, the city's residents

being "Boston Strong." Now, Dechert

we always

things you're saying, that you're using

re-

turned to normal. Following the bomb-

is

a professional writer and

Message Prose

LLC, www.messageprose.com, a communications and public relations firm

in

Harrisburg.

FALL 2013

23

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky notes

DURING W ORLD WAR II.
men were

called

on

millions of

to serve their country

health," says

Hannah Karena Jones

who wrote and published an

said

11,

account of the

by her paternal grand-

overseas, but conscientious objectors (COs)

hospital. Inspired

who

parents, both former employees of Trenton

to

refused were given alternative duties:

work

for the U.S.

government

duration of the war, for

free.

for the

Of the non-

Psychiatric Hospital, Jones says,

hearing stories about

"I

grew up

'We think that book should

Would you

like to write it?'"

the contract in

March 2012

exist, too.

Jones signed
as a part of

the Images ofAmerica series. Byberry State
Hospital

my grandpop's work

was published May 20, 2013.

Being primarily a picture book, Jones

as an occupational therapist." Jones, an as-

faced

sistant editor at Transaction Publishers in

sions for the photographs and with the

institutions, including Philadelphia State

New Jersey, got a book deal through a post

writing

Hospital at Byberry. Conditions exposed

on her blog The (Writer's) Waiting Room.

thing about this picture and you've only got

combative

duties,

thousands of COs were

assigned to be attendants at state mental

by COs during the war inspired a reform

movement

in

mental health care across the

country.
"I've

24

always been interested

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF

"I

ing

had done a random post one day

...

there's this hospital

there was a book about
in

mental

by me,

it."

An

I

say-

wish

editor

Arcadia Publishing "stumbled across

it

and

difficulties

itself.

little

with getting permis-

"You want to explain every-

100 words to do
a

from

some

creative."

it,"

•

says Jones,

"I

had

to get

buyer

1943

for Kathleen's Collectibles,

Drums.

William H. Selden

Jr.,

who

served

previously served as associate

he oversees the

dean of the College of Education

affairs

at

as supervisor of business educa-

Dr.

Department of

Edward

J.

Krzykwa of Chiro-

Much

Boise State University.

Coil's

of

career and research have fo-

firm's financial

and serves as

consultant

a

to clients in the areas of tax plan-

ning;

employee

benefits, including

practic Family Practice, Vicks-

cused on educational psychology

health and pension plans;

burg, was elected to the Clinical

and counseling,

agement accounting; succession

ducted into Berwick High School's

Leaders Council of the Elisa/Act

overlap with student development

Academic Hall of Fame. He wrote

Biotechnologies Laboratory.

at all levels.

tion at the state

Education for 32 years, was

more than 100

in-

articles for

Robert Traugh

business and professional

for

Elementary School

teacher manuals and keys

many

retired after a 40-

year career as a teacher at Salem

magazines, co-authored eight
books, helped prepare job sheets,
tests,

Area School

publications and wrote

in

District.

Berwick

He

plans

to continue volunteering in the

curriculum guides. Selden served

sociation Board of Directors and

BU

three terms on the

Rooms

1975

Founda-

Deborah Lugg Hartzell, associate
professor at Lackawanna Col-

in Sutliff Hall

and Warren Student Services
Center are named

in his

lege, received the

honor.

1984

Bette Anderson Grey, director

associate professor of counseling

and founder of the Columbia

at

County Volunteers

College, and colleague, Stephen

in

Medicine

was inducted into Berwick

1963
in

owner of Bowl Arena

Hall,

of English, gave a presentation

on The Bookshelf Project, a

distinguished service award in

laborative literacy initiative they

2012 and the Columbia-Montour

developed, at the 35th annual

Citizen

a 1998 inductee in the

kies' Athletic Hall

lence in Austin, Texas.

Educators' award for outstand-

Gina Spleen Jaeger retired

ing service to developmental

30 years of service

students.

Navy.

after

in the U.S.

Karen McCabe Rose

Susan Rimby

Haven

1972

was

is

dean of Lock

University's

Liberal Arts

new

College of

member

at

in 1992,

Ship-

David Shatto

and recently served as

Berger Family Dealerships. Benyo

pal in

first

female princi-

Kenneth Coll

Slatington and Weatherly Area
schools.

She

is

the

.lersev

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h' lim

I

Seminary,

I

Paul. Minn.,

May

chief financial

19.

St.

on

2013.

officer at the

He earned

Harrisburg

degree

law firm of

and leadership. He and

Skarlatos-

Karen, live outside Lock Haven.

in

the Doctor of Ministry

congregational mission
his wife,

With 30 years
is

dean of the

of accounting

College of Education at the

owner of and

Church,

Shore, graduated

Zonarich.

1978

Nesquehoning, Lansford,

is

John

St.

Lutheran

~

Kk|*

dean of arts and sciences.

Athena Award, sponsored by

assistant

^

tax collector for nearly 13 years.

Shippensburg's interim associate

Hazleton Chamber of Commerce

is

(r
r ~"

Township, where she served as

and Education. She

a faculty

Rev. Kerry Aucker, pas-

township manager for Kingston

pensburg University, beginning

72/82M

received the 2013 Greater

served as the

1987
tor of

1982

1976

Hus-

of Fame.

Kathleen Molnar Benyo

International Conference on

The

Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

col-

Teaching and Leadership Excel-

West Hazleton, was inducted

is

A. Housenick, assistant professor

Fame. She received BU's alumni

of the Year award in 2013.

into the District 4 Wrestling

Hall

Luzerne County Community

High School's Academic Hall of

Association of Developmental

Robert

planning; and business valuations.

Maryann M. Kovalewski '84M,

Chamber of Commerce's

Pennsylvania

man-

1981
Clinic,

school.

two terms on BU's Alumni As-

tion Board.

specialties that

University of Nevada, Reno.

experience,

He

Hostetter Finalist for Award
DREW HOSTETTER 76, executive vice
president and
shares, Inc.,
tral

CFO of Susquehanna

was a

Pennsylvania

Hostetter,

who

finalist for

Banc-

the 2013 Cen-

CFO of the Year Award.

serves on the

Bloomsburg

University Foundation Board of Directors,

was nominated in the category of a
a public company.
Hostetter plans to retire in
after 18 years with

CFO of

December

Susquehanna Banc-

shares where, as CFO, he

is

responsible

for corporate accounting and reporting,
bank accounting and reporting, cor-

porate finance, corporate treasury and
investments, and investor relations. He
began his career as an auditor at Price
Waterhouse before entering the banking
industry.

The

Central Pennsylvania Business

Journal's

CFO

of the Year awards honor

financial executives

land,

from Adams, Cumber-

Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry

and York counties.

Finalists are selected

based on career achievements, impact
of contributions and leadership in other
areas of management.

FALL 2013

25

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Mogel and

Loraine Santee Zelna, associate

days,

professor of medical imaging,

home

was honored with the Judge Max

and her

and

Tillie

Rosenn Excellence

team

built a

quality and regulator}' consultant

mother

for

The

five children.

Worldwide

commencement ceremony
The

1998

FDA-regulated companies.

Michael Kogut

project

was sponsored and co-funded by

in

Teaching Award during the 87th
annual

his

for a Haitian single

Village, a nonprofit

1994
John Bresney

Haitian charitable organization.

is

Bloomsburg

High School's head
is

football coach.

of Misericordia University.

senior vice presi-

1999

award recognizes outstanding

dent, application

Dana Creasy

delivery services,

of broadcasting at Jamestown

for Selective Insur-

(N.D.) College.

contributions to student learning

1991

and development. Zelna teaches

Thomas C. Gross

is

a registered

classes in radiographic proce-

INVEST

dures, clinical education, patient

Financial Corp.

training and servicing

customers

John Pszeniczny,

a broadcast de-

member of the

sen ices team

at

Man land

ment

Kelly Saegar Rosario

Programs.

Segments or Promotional Pieces
consisted of opening segments

and graphic

style

Harrisburg attorney, was selected

programmer

sened

by the Pennsylvania Supreme

Court to sen e as the second ex-

as vice

president business relationship

ecutive director of the Interest on

director for personal lines.

Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA)

Mary Theresa Gronsky Floyd was

1988, allows Pennsylvania lawyers
to raise

Board. IOLTA, established in

Public

competition. Pszeniczny's entry'

TV

trainee and

and. most recently,

Luzerne and Mon-

roe counties.

for art direction in the 2013

the category for

in

Stephanie Minnaugh Libhart, a

in

1994 as a manage-

creative

Television, earned a Silver Telly

in

FNCB

is

Park-

land School District's director

promoted

of curriculum, instruction and

the Air Force during a ceremony

professional development. She

at the

was director of professional

morial

development

in

the Allentown

School District, where she worked

development

to lieutenant colonel in

legal

New Mexico Veterans Me-

Lori Shelly was inducted into the

Manheim Manheim

1990

athlete in field hockey, basketball,

raised

in

$20,000

to take a

Michael Miguelez,

CEO and

founder of OPTiMO-IT, hosted

in

Albuquerque. She was

1995
first

a reporter with

1992

winter to build a house. In six

won

III.

is

self-employed

s a

a Greater Susque-

in

2008

in

the

Bloomsburg Regional TechnologyCenter. Within three years, the

He was

firm had three offices,

for his series tracking

more than

20 employees and generated more

the Geisinger Health System. The

Jeanne Kron

anniversary.

fifth

company, started

the 2013 Keystone Press

honored

honor of the

company's

hanna Keystone Innovation Zone

place in new s beat report-

in

a celebration in

OPTiMO-IT,

Michael Lester,

Awards. Division

to Haiti

poor

and mother-in-law.

ing

Softball.

team of

Germania home builders
last

and

Park City, Utah,

state's

pinned by her husband, mother

Press Enterprise, Bloomsburg.

of Fame. She was a three-sport

Craig Mogel, owner of Germania
Construction

Central Hall

to provide civil

residents.

for 21 years.

MotorWeek.

money

senices to the

and disadvantaged

MPT's national production,

for

assistant professor

He

joined Selective

is

Wealth Management Services

1988

Award

He

responsible for developing branch

care and image evaluation.

signer and

ance Group.

financial representative of

is

than S7 million

in gross

revenue.

Business of Geisinger.

Homiak is the second recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award,
is named for the late William "Bill" Derricott, Class of 1966.

Alumni Honored

which

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS were conferred on five BU graduates

(Editor's note:

Read more about alumni award

recipients at

www.bloomualumni.com.)

during the spring awards luncheon.

Two school

administrators, Jon

Worcester County Public Schools
assistant principal of

M. Andes 75,
in

retired superintendent of

Maryland, and

Highland High School

in

Thomas

New Jersey,

E. Storer 73,

received the

Distinguished Sen-ice Award in recognition of significant contributions
to their profession. Kristin

Mock Austin

'02,

coordinator for

New Student

Orientation and assistant director of Admissions at BU, and Michael Smith
'01,

advanced practice academic

Danville,

liaison for Geisinger

honors the achievements of alumni

And
to

Health System

in

were awarded the Maroon and Gold Excellence Award, which

who graduated

the William T. Derricott Volunteer of the Year

Lynne Homiak

BU Alumni

'83, '00,

in

the last 15 years.

Award was presented

Geisinger Health System finance manager and

Association Board director, w ho contributed the most hours of

any volunteer

in 2012.

Lynda Michaels '87/*88M. assistant vice president
left,

and

Ira

Blake,

Jon Andes 75.
is Kerri

26

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

BU

Kristin

Donald Sears

provost,

Mock
'92.

second from

left,

of

join

Alumni and Professional Engagement,
alumni award recipients

Austin '02, Michael Smith

BU Alumni Association

"01

Tom

Storer 73.

and Lynne Homiak '83/'00M. At

Board president.

right

Pleistocene Evolution of Glacial

his silver

wings with an aeronauti-

cal rating

of pilot

2000

2007

Lake

Jodi Merrey Albarano '00/'041VI

Tyler Geist graduated from Cali-

Source to the Channeled Scabland.

The son of Michael

fornia University of Pennsylvania

He earned

Christina Mallozzi

with a master's degree in literacy

palaeoglaciology from Simon

he earned his Federal Aviation

and a certification as a reading

Fraser University, Vancouver, Brit-

Administration private pilot license

an instructional designer with

is

Shcctz

Inc.,

Altoona.

specialist.

2001
Sheri Cyrts

Ashman '01M

vice president

is

senior

is

a second-grade

ish

Potential Floodwater

a master's degree in

Columbia, and

is

studying for a

doctorate

District.

mental change on a Vice Chancel-

2009

of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern

lor

Susquehanna Bank.

A

teacher in South Fayette School

and group leader for

marketing innovations and analytics for

He

Purcell:

in

at

quaternary environ-

Scholarship at the University

\

*

County

Brandon Bendigo was promoted

Funk, lead

Adult Probation
Officer

Financial

He

of Fogelsville,

membership

in the
in

the Million Dollar

Roundtable(MDRT.) The

the College for Financial Planning.

to

lieutenant in the Air Force.

Academy.

2012

Air Force 2nd Lt.

an adult

Hope McLaughlin

Andrew Wentz,
a member of the

Maricopa County Adult

is

a care coor-

dinator with Berwick CareGivers

America.

Probation Department's Northwest

193rd Special

Regional Center in Glendale, Ariz.

Operations Wing,

Jared Peters won

Guard, Harris-

Pennsylvania Air

leading insurance and investment

their clients through

first

retirement planning counselor by

MDRT

an international network of

services professionals

is

(Ariz.)

probation officer

qualified for

is

has been designated as a chartered

Matthew A.

1"

financial adviser

with Janney Montgomery Scott,

2010

ent

the Bloomsburg Airport during

Adam Shelp, a

the Maricopa

adviser with Cli-

and

Wentz 79,

2011

Ireland.

graduated from

^ftk

the Air Force.
'80

his senior year at BU.

David Hilsdorf

2004

in

who serve

a Starkey-Robin-

son Award, the Canadian Associa-

burg, graduated

award for the

from Specialized Undergraduate

tion of Geographers

exemplary

knowledge, performance, service

Training

Columbus

top dissertation or thesis. Peters

Pilot

was recognized

Force Base, Miss Wentz received

for his thesis.

Lake

at

Air

and the highest standards of ethics.

Directors'

Terms Begin
SIX
the
tors

GRADUATES BEGAN two-year terms on
BU Alumni Association Board of Direcon July

Adam

1:

resides with her family in the Allentown area.

Black '07 of Weehawken,

N.J., is

an

attorney. After earning a bachelor's degree in
political science

the

from BU, he graduated from

Thomas M. Cooley Law School.

Jennifer Bosset '06, also a
torney,

is

BU

a compliance analyst for Prudential

and criminal justice from

and received a juris doctorate from Seton

Hall University School of Law.

Mary Frew Braccili
tor at

'90,

at

Luzerne

lege chapter of

honor

society.

Pi,

col-

a national

She graduated from

a degree in education
in

community

Kappa Delta

BU.

He

skills

has coached high school soccer,

served on the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's

Board of Trustees and participated

community and
Juli

son's Global

in

religious organizations.

Herring Miller '92

is

vice president,

Johnson

& John-

Surgery Group. She has 20 years

BU with

and earned a master's

geography from Temple University. She

including clinical research, regulatory
strategic planning,

marketing and

She earned a bachelor's degree
administration from

worked
lives

for

in

affairs,

insights.

business

BU and previously

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

Blue Eagle

of Dimes and the

Brian Roadarmel '08/TOM

is

a

manager

of capital planning with an international

of experience in the health care industry,

County Community College, where she
started Pennsylvania's first

at

global business insights, for

an adjunct instruc-

BU, previously taught

Penitentiary in Lewisburg, has been an

adjunct instructor in reading and study

New Jersey at-

Real Estate Investors. She holds degrees in
political science

Jim McMenamin 78/'83M, a Bloomsburg
resident and retired teacher from the Federal

March
Swim Team

volunteers with the

Miller

athletic footwear

and apparel

retailer.

He

received a bachelor's degree in business eco-

nomics from BU, returned
degree

toward an

He

to earn a master's

business education and

in

is

working

MBA in finance and management.

resides in

Camp

Hill.

Voting for Alumni Board members

is

held during the annual Alumni Association

meeting, part of the spring awards luncheon.
Directors

may serve up

to three consecutive

two-year terms. Completing terms

were Eugene Walker
'83,

Joe Rado

Dunn

'95

and

'63,

'98,

in

June

Lynne Homiak

Mizan Rahman

'94,

Carrie

Bill Schlorff'85.

with her family in Nazareth, where she

FALL 2013

27

I

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

husky

the line

up

reunions, networking and special events

T^BM
~

IP

Jt^t^^mt

y,

B
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«w

CLASS OF 1963: A 50-year reunion during Alumni Weekend brought
together members of the Class of 1963. They are. from left, seated

FRIENDS FROM

'49:

Members of the Bloomsburg State

Teachers College Class of 1949
are,

from

left,

who get together each

Crawford. Bloomsburg: Betty Bolig Slipetz, Endwell,
Charlotte

Young Frederick,

N.Y.;

Mifflinburg; and Eloise Noble

Fasshauer, Honesdale.

CLASS OF

year

Janet Page Hartt, Susquehanna: Alberta Funk

on bench: Liz Pingar Dudinyak and Dottie Stanton Differ; first row,
seated: Hazel Grain Anthony. Pat Biehl Cranford, Bonnie Fisher
Painter, Ann Olskey Kester, Ruth Ann Shelhamer Price and Pat Klatch
Shenyo; second row: Dick Rohrer, Lanny Miller, Nancy McFerran Rupert, Don Poust, Bernie Donegan, Jered Hock, William Keller, Joanne
Kaczmarek Slade and Lee Jackson; third row: Gary Stackhouse, Wayne
Hoch, Don Denick, Dale Anthony, Paul Bingaman. Gary Schell, James
McManus, Paul Styer and John Sills: and back row: Ron Cranford. Bob
Hall, William Garson, John Knorr, Dennis Reiter, Frederick Minnick.
Tom Nawrocki, Ron Miller and Emil Kasarda.

who reunited during Alumni
June Long Gulliver, June Pichel Cook, Betsy
Baer Schukis. Nellie Swartz Byham and Bill Byham; and second row: John
Scrimgeour, Gene Morrison, Larry Ksanznak, Ben Duke, Charlie Brennan, Dave

Weekend

1953:

are,

Members of the

from

left,

Class of 1953

front row:

Linkchorst and Claude Renninger.

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DISNEY ADVENTURE: Amy Hunter Wukovitz
Susan Goetz '99, Lynda Colligon Wayne '99
and Jen Ditchkus Starkey '99, from left, show their
'98,

Huskv Pride

at

Disnevland.

VITAL STATISTICS

Obituaries
Helen Bangs Ritchie

Marriages

Jane Dyke

Ryan

Erin Jeffers '00 and Kevin Hetman, March 23, 2013

Jodi Merrey

'31

Mary Louise Wildoner Fisher

Rachelle More '03 and Matthew Furman

'01, April 26,

'41

Helen Dixon Karns

W04M and Anthony Albarano, April 13, 2013

Ruth Brodbeck Mellinger

Joyce Lohr Hunter '43

Victoria Collins '05 and Stephen Schenker, Nov. 11, 2012

June Oplinger Wandrus
Erin Ingalsbe '05 and Matthew Derby, Oct.

6,

and Jordan Mix

'09

'46

'05, Sept. 29,

2012

James

Hantjis '49

Marlin Smith '06 and Jessica Engelman, June 23, 2012

Andrew Paterson

Kathleen Jackson '07 and Shawn Venesky, Oct.

6,

Ned Knarr

Ashley Graybill '09 and Thadeus Waters,

2012

Oct. 3,

2012

Hudock

'09

'50

'51

Marie Yozviak Borton '52
Olive

Allison

and Ryan Rostocki

Mouery Green

Joseph Kwak

'56

Rachelle Lee '09 and Matthew Mallets

Joseph Costa

'59

Megan

Jean Lawton Funk

Taylor '09

Patricia

and Richard Seymore, June 30, 2012
'12

Zartman

Lynn Olszewski

'14

'52

'59

Robert Lesko '59

and Brandon Zimmerman, Nov. 24, 2012

and Mark Shannon

'43

2012

Stephen Hotz

Samantha Kahler

'41

'42

H. Burnis Fellman

2013

'33

'41

Milton Lutsey '59
Jr. '11,

Nov. 17,

2012
Craig Yeanish '59

Frank Bendinsky '60

WELCOME BACK: Isabelle Olah Horvath
'41

represented the earliest class attend-

ing Alumni

Weekend

2013.

Jean Rothermel

Births
Howard Angstadt

Jr.

'88

and

wife, Heather,

George Graeber

a daughter, Hayden

Edwin

Correction
reporter with the

from Bloomsburg University

was incorrect

in 2007.
in the

Husky

Donald Kleckner

Lauren Konarski Polinski

'02

Wendy Teschner
pher, Dec.

'02

and husband, Joe Polinski

'99,

apologize for the error.

We

Nicholas Vinciguerra '65
Lois

and Chris Weatherford, a son, Colin Christo-

Newman

Clifford '68

Vicki Culton '68

21,2012

David Forney '68
Nicole Premuto Fountain '03 and husband, Justin Fountain
son, Brecken Niles,

May

20,

'03,

a

Ruth Messner '68

2013

James Sterba
Katie Hershour

McMahon

'04

daughter, Annabelle Katherine,

MORE

'64

'65

Daniel Rice '65

a

2013

son, Daniel Joseph, Feb. 28,

Notes section of the spring 2013 issue of
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine.

FIND

Bielski '64

and husband, Mark, a son, Logan

Sharon Frasier

DANIELLE LYNCH,

class year

Milisits '92

Mark, March 1,2013

Delaware County Daily Times, graduated

Her

Kochenash

'63

Herbert Leeper '63

Brooke, Oct. 23, 2012

Michelle

'61

Marjorie Ginnick Stover '61

and husband, Brian

May

18,

McMahon

2013

Alison Clewell Brooker '05 and husband, Scott Brooker
son, Aiden William,

June

3,

'02,

a

'69

Richard Beierschmitt

70/76M

Linda Krupovich '70
'05,

a

2013

Edward Gormley
Larry Beaver

'71

73

Mary Shriver Hannaman 74
Julie

Jakubowski Stone

April 10,

'07

and husband, Ragon, a son, Nolan,

Barbara Beth Ross

74

2013

Joseph Anthony Lewullis 75

Bova 78

Daniel

Paula

Summers 79

Chris Cusatis '82

Douglas Rogers '83

HUSKY NOTES

online at

www.bloomualumni.com

Blaine

House

Patricia

'85

'87

Ann Hoch Smith

Daniel Derwin '88

Send information to:
alum@bloomu.edu or

Alumni Affairs
Fenstemaker Alumni House
Bloomsburg University

Brent Swartz '93

Amandy Ash Strzempek
Jill

'00

Bidelspach Rouse '03

James Connolley

'05

of Pennsylvania

400

E. Second St.
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Max Weaver

Tammy

'08

Mistishin Franks '10

FALL 2013

29

over the

de

fQff
,f>c

In

1948 while a

member of the Cincinnati Reds,

Litwhiler

fecial

and Kehqiout

kA

ATHLETIC FACILITIES

posed with Jackie Robinson as

part of a

campaign

on the

the Student Council and was president
of the North Hall

Hutchinson, E.H. Nelson and Robert

butions in the college's sporting

Redman, but only one was an

He

athlete,

Litwhiler, Class of 1938.

Born on Aug.

31, 1916, in

Ringtown,

Schuylkill County, Litwhiler enrolled
at

the Bloomsburg State Teachers

College (BSTC) in
brothers were
in

1923 and

fall

1934. His older

BSTC graduates, Archie

Truman

in 1930;

another

Woodrow, was a junior at
BSTC. While at Bloomsburg, Litwhiler
earned money working in the kitchen
and sweeping the gym. He served on
brother,

30

to better race relations.

Legend

ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST

Upper Campus carry the names of
Bloomsburg University sports legends.
Four were coaches, Danny Hale, Jan

Danny

Co**'**"

Relit* 1"

Danny Litwhiler: A Baseball
by

Uixk^^

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Government As-

Earning a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education, Litwhiler

began playing professional baseball

sociation.

Litwhiler

made

his greatest contrilife.

participated on the junior varsity

basketball and football teams and

the

summer of 1936.

the Philadelphia Phillies organization,

he made

his

major league debut on

Sept. 16, 1940.

Over an

11-year career

the National League, he also played

threw the javelin on the track and

in

was on the baseball
diamond where he truly excelled. A
four-year starter in the outfield, he
helped lead the team to an overall re-

for the St. Louis Cardinals,

field

team, but

it

cord of 34-13, including an undefeated
12-0 season in 1935. Outstanding at bat

and on the

field,

component of an

Litwhiler was a key
offense that averaged

nine runs per game.

in

Eventually part of

Boston

Braves and Cincinnati Reds.

A member

of the Cardinals 1944 World Series

Championship Team, he played

in the

1942 All- Star game, enjoyed a 21-game
hitting streak during his rookie year

and

set a

major league record with 187

consecutive errorless games.
Last April's release of the film 42:

The Jackie Robinson Story brought back

leaguers that toured during the

memories of one of Litwhiler's most

season, often

moments off the field.
member of the Cincinnati

off-

coming to Bloomsburg

He coached

coach and produced a number of major
leaguers, including Dick Howser, Steve

Garvey and Kirk Gibson. He developed

unforgettable

for exhibition games.

In 1948, as a

basketball team, the Valley Shawnees;

Diamond

served as physical education direc-

wet

and basketball and track coach at
Ringtown High School; and spent 1945
in the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, Wash.

he was awarded the

Reds, he was asked to pose for a photo-

graph with Jackie Robinson,

who had

broken the major league color barrier
the preceding season

when he

signed

tor

with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Warren
Giles, president

and general manager

a

In 1948, Litwhiler and his wife, Dorothy,

moved

to

Bloomsburg, where he

substance used to dry
and the Jugs radar gun for
measuring the speed of pitches.
Grit, a

fields,

In recognition of his achievements,

ciation's

BU Alumni Asso-

Distinguished Service Award

in the first

year

it

was presented, 1948,

of the Reds, and representatives of the

operated several small businesses and

and was inducted into the

Mayor's Friendly Relations Commit-

unsuccessfully ran for county sheriff

of the Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.

first class

show of support would

following his retirement from profes-

Litwhiler passed away on Sept. 23, 2011

encourage the Cincinnati fans to wel-

sional baseball in 1951. His second ca-

at the

come Robinson when he came

reer began in 1955,

tee

hoped

this

to

town

when he was

for the first time that season. Litwhiler

as

was invited to pose, he said, because he
was a college graduate.

moving to Michigan
of the Big Ten in 1963.

During

his

major league career,

Litwhiler organized teams of major

head baseball coach

hired

at Florida State

University,

State

Before retiring in 1982, Litwhiler

won

a

combined 677 games

as

head

age of 95.

From

player to coach, educator to

was one of the
most talented athletes in Bloomsburg
innovator, Litwhiler

history. It

is

compete on
his honor.

fitting that today's

a baseball field

Huskies

named

in

•

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calendar
Academic Calendar
FALL 2013
Reading Day

Wind Ensemble

Celebrity Artist Series

Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.

Celebrity Artist Series season will

Haas Center

be presented

the Arts,

for

Mitrani Hall

Tuesday, Nov.

Activities

the

in

for the Arts, Mitrani

26

Alumni Events

Haas Center
Hall, and

Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross

Thanksgiving Recess

Jazz Ensemble

Auditorium. For more information

Wednesday, Nov. 27

Dec. 3, 7 p.m.

and

Haas Center

office at

Resume

Classes

for the Arts,

Mitrani Hall

Monday, Dec. 2

and Events

to order tickets, call the box

(570) 389-4409 or visit
www.bloomu.edu/cas. Programs
and dates are subject to change.

Visit

www.bloomualumni.com

details on these

events or to
tion,

for

and additional

register. For

informa-

contact the Alumni Affairs

(570) 526-0254 or

office at

alum@bloomu.edu.
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Northeast Pennsylvania

Classes End
Friday, Dec.

Guitar Ensemble

6

Finals Begin

Monday, Dec. 9

Dec. 4, 7 p.m.

Motown & More

Carver Hall,

Featuring Souled Out

K.S. Gross Auditorium

Friday, Oct. 11,

Haas Center
End

Finals

Graduate

Featuring Concert Choir, Husky

Commencement

Friday, Dec. 13

Undergraduate

Women's

Singers and

Commencement

Ensemble
Dec. 5 and
First

Saturday, Dec. 14

345 Market

Concerts
open

Listed events are

to the

7:30 p.m.

6,

Bloomsburg

St.,

Theatre
Bloomsburg University Players

information, see httpV/depart-

theatre productions are generally

ments.bloomu.edu/music or

call

All

for adult audi-

Wednesday, Thursday,

Friday and Saturday performanc-

es are at 3 p.m. Adult tickets are

subject to change.

$6; seniors and non-BU students
BU students and CGA

are $4.

Choral Concert
Featuring

recommended
ences.

Women's

cardholders are

free. Tickets are

7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
345 Market St., Bloomsburg

Box

Office, located in the lobby

Haas Center

for

the Arts, or

Oct. 19,

Chamber Orchestra
2:30 p.m.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
123 N. Market St., Bloomsburg
Oct. 27,

Percussion Ensemble
7,

7:30 p.m.

Haas Center

Campus

$35/$17 Child/BU Student

at the

door days of the perfor-

the Stars, American Idol and

So You Think You Can Dance
Saturday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,

Nov. 7 to 10

at 1 p.m.

Career Connections Reception

6

to

8 p.m.

Homecoming Alumni Tent

Party

Alumni House

Mitrani Hall

Career Connections Reception

$35/$17 Child/BU Student

Carver Hall Chapter

Oct. 12,

Nov.

7,

6

noon

to

8 p.m.

Pine Barn Inn, Danville

Sara Gazarek
Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist
Friday, Dec. 6,

8 p.m.

Special Events

for the Arts,

Parents and Family

Weekend
25 to 27

Friday to Sunday, Oct.

Homecoming Weekend

Alvina Krause Theatre

Bloomsburg

St.,

Exhibitions
of Art are

in

the Haas Gallery

open

to the public

free of charge. For
of

Monday, Dec.

Mitrani Hall

Friday to Sunday, Oct. 11 to 13

Art Exhibits

10-Minute Plays

Student-directed projects
for the Arts,

Kutztown football game
Kutztown University

The Graduate
With LA Theatre Works
Friday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,

by David A. Miller

An Evening

2:30 p.m.

$30/$15 Child/BU Student

Avenue Q

Center

tour at

Harrisburg Area Network

Mitrani Hall

226

Reunion

to 3 p.m.

Sept. 21, before Huskies vs.

Oct. 3,

$45/$22 Child/BU Student

Haas Center

mance.

1

Lehigh Valley Network Tailgate

Ballroom with a Twist
A combination of Dancing with

available at the Performing Arts

of

8 p.m.

Alumni House

Choral

Ensemble, Husky Singers and
Concert Choir

Nov.

for the Arts,

Mitrani Hall

public and free of charge. For

(570) 389-4286. All programs,
dates, times and locations are

Sept. 21,

Choral

Presbyterian Church

to

Interpreter Graduates

8 p.m.

Mitrani Hall

Carols by Candlelight

Friday, Dec. 13

6

Sept. 11,

2,

7:30 p.m.

tion, gallery

and

more informa-

Athletic Hall of

Fame

Induction

6 p.m., Kehr
Union, Ballroom
Friday, Nov. 1;

hours and reception

times, visit http-. IIdepartments,
bloomu. edu/art/haas. html.

Theatre Lab, University

Bookstore Annex

University-Community Orchestra
Nov. 10, 2:30 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts,

An Evening

of

One-Act Plays

Student-directed projects
Mitrani Hall
Friday, Dec. 6,

Sage Dawson,

installations

on upcoming events, check

Reception: Tuesday, Sept. 10,

the Bloomsburg University

11 a.m. to

2 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Theatre Lab, University

Garret Hansen, photographs

Bookstore Annex

Oct.

23 through Nov. 22

Reception: Wednesday, Oct. 23,
11 a.m. to

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Sept. 10 through Oct. 11

2p.m.

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