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Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine
From the President
The Enduring Value of
a
Bloomsburg Degree
AT HOMECOMING, ALUMNI WEEKEND and other events, my conversations
with graduates often turn to their careers and the long-lasting benefits of their
Bloomsburg University degree.
For young alumni, the connection can be a straight
extracurricular activities
time employment. For those
it
may
not be as obvious
to job
...
who have been
how the
line:
from college courses and
shadowing and internship opportunities
in the
working world
for 20,
...
to full-
30 or more years, however,
degree they earned so long ago figures into the career they are
pursuing today.
One way they benefit,
of course,
is
The
their earnings power.
a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn twice as
much
U.S.
Census Bureau says a person with
as a high school graduate during his or her
lifetime.
But what about the benefits beyond dollars and cents?
worker
will
change careers
42 have held as
who,
at
many as
some point
five to
or her
show
that the average U.S.
seven times, stay at each job an average of 4.6 years and by age
10 separate positions.
in his
Statistics also
life,
What
is
the value of a bachelor’s degree to
has forged an entirely
new and,
someone
perhaps, unexpected career
path?
Quite simply, their degree has taught them
in their major, co-curricular activities,
how to
learn.
General education courses and courses
such as undergraduate research and service learning, and
career discovery, from job shadowing and internships to networking with alumni, have given
skill set like
no
other.
a self-assurance that enables
them
to take
a
on new challenges, formulate new ideas and succeed.
In this issue of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine, you will
career changes at midlife and others who, from the
start,
meet alumni who made
pursued
majors. Their Bloomsburg University degrees have served
fields
significant
seemingly unrelated to their
them exceedingly well.
DAVID SOLTZ
President,
Editor's note:
them
Their degree has made them more confident, competitive and competent with
Bloomsburg University
BU President David Soltz regtdarly offers his opinions on issues in higher
education and his vision for Bloomsburg University at bupresident.blogspot.com.
FEATURES
10
Hard Habits
Continuing
Kevin
Ball
in the
Break
to
research tradition at BU,
searches for a drug to shield
addicts from relapse.
12
Reinvent Yourself
Sometimes you just have
first,
app for
14
your own ideas
to put
and thanks to Patty Cara
an
’85, there’s
that.
Well Played
in game technolog}' and
As interest
development skyrockets,
Eric Preisz '00
is
GG
Interactive
CEO
meeting gamer demands
head on, and enjoying every moment of it.
16
Spirited Careers
Five alums on unrelated career paths choose
themselves by stepping out of their
to reinvent
comfort zones and finding their passion.
20
All
the World Loves a Clown
Clowning around might not seem
serious matter, but
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Chancellor, State System
President, Bloomsburg University
of Higher Education
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L. Soltz
Executive Editor
Bloomsburg University
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Laura E. Ellsworth, Vice Chair
Council of Trustees
Editor
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WINTER
2015
1
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
unleash your inner husky
More than
1
20 sophomores were
Foundation
recognized on stage and welcomed
into
the nursing major during Bloomsburg
University’s
first
White Coat Ceremony.
to
support the White Coat
Ceremony. Each sophomore,
junior
and
senior nursing student took the Nightingale
Pledge and received a specially designed
FOSTER
Bloomsburg was one
schools
ERIC
2
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
the
commonwealth and 100
pin
as a reminder
to provide quality care.
Sophomores shown from
left
are sisters
nationwide chosen to receive a $3,000 grant
Yesenia and Yasmeen Mercado, Allison
from the American Association
Lloyd and
of
PHOTO:
in
of three nursing
Nursing and the Arnold
P.
of
Gold
Colleges
Savannah Copson.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Does what you eat
FAST FOOD. FRIED FOOD. Snack
food.
affect
how you learn?
A
in a task that
depended on the hippocampus,
study conducted by a Bloomsburg senior and
but did not have a similar impairment on
her faculty mentor suggests that a high-fat
a task that
diet including foods in these categories
affect
your
The
ability to learn
may
and remember.
the high-fat diet selectively
related brain structures intact.
Michener of Telford and her mentor, Eric
Both projects also suggest that consuming
Stouffer, associate professor of psychology,
rats fed a high-fat diet
likely to learn a
(CCP) task than
CCP
were
a high-fat diet
less
Conditioned Cue Preference
rats
on a low-fat
diet.
The
in the brains of
humans and
other vertebrates important in consolidating
information from short-term to long-term
memory and
in spatial navigation.
stress, often associated
Oxidative
with the effects of
typical aging.
project, Effect of a High-Fat Diet on a
Hippocampus-Dependent Conditioned Cue
Michener and Stouffer theorize that an
impairs the hippocampus, a major
in
earlier than
Michener presented the findings of the
this
increase in oxidative stress from the high-
component
much
would he expected with
research, water served as the rats’ reward.
fat diet
can contribute to a decline
cognitive performance
task requires rats to connect environ-
mental cues with a rewarding stimulus. In
says, that
damaged the
hippocampus while leaving other learning-
researchers, psychology major Paige
found that
was independent of the
hippocampus. This suggested, he
Preference Task, along with previous findings
aging,
is
defined as physiological stress caused
by damage from free
The
Conference
radicals.
research builds on an earlier project
Stouffer conducted with another student. In
that research, he demonstrated that rats fed a
high-fat diet
showed impaired
at the Society for
latent learning
in
Neuroscience 2014
Washington, D.C. Her research
was one of more than 30 projects funded
as part of
Bloomsburg
University’s 2014
Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and
Creative Activity
(URSCA) Awards
summer program.
•
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BOLIG LEADS STEM INITIATIVES
KIMBERLY LAZAR
scholarship
BOLIG
RILEY, a senior health physics major from
is
the
first
BU
recipient of the National
Academy
Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM)
Exelon Nuclear, one of the nation’s leading competitive
Education Center.
selected, students
must have
Responsible for
a
Riley credits BU’s health physics
program
for his success.
Coordinated by David Simpson, nuclear physics and health
physics professor,
BU
is
the only university in Pennsylvania
to offer a baccalaureate degree
“Dr.
Simpson
program
really put the opportunity
Riley says, “And he does that for
all
STEM
all
teachers, counselors and administrators
to ensure the continued success of the
STEM
program and
in health physics.
as an adviser
forward for me,"
and seniors enrolled
Program and
of his students.”
Following graduation, Riley hopes to continue his work
the nuclear power industry doing radiation protection. •
in
at
to the
its initiatives,
serves
high school juniors
STEM Magnet
promotes STEM initiatives
in
the
career and high school events. For
more
information, visit www.bloomu.edu/stem. •
Winning Ways
Lynda
MAGAZINE
PROFESSOR AUTHORS
ONLINE LEARNING COURSE
KARL KAPP,
facets of the
Education Center, she collaborates with
academic performance.
to
first
Technology,
minimum GPA of 3.0 and demonstrate determined work and
It
the
Riley received the scholarship following an internship
power generators. To be
Tell
is
director of BU’s Science,
of Nuclear Training Scholarship.
at
BU
First Director
garners national
Danville,
know what’s on
forward to hearing from you. •
Health physics major
ROBERT
us
let
www.bloomu.edu/magazine and by sending ideas for stories about yourself, other
IN
TOP
17
PERCENT
BLOOMSBURG: THE UNIVERSITY
MAGAZINE won a platinum award in
professor of instructional
technology, authored a course for the online
MarCom Awards 2014
learning company, Lynda.com. His course,
magazine was among the top
Gamification of Learning, focuses on the
of about 6,000 entries received.
benefits of incorporating achievements,
characters, challenges, competition and
MarCom Awards
tion for
is
competition.
The
17 percent
a creative competi-
any individual or organization
other gaming qualities into instruction in
involved in the concept, writing and design
the classroom and in the corporate office.
of print, visual, audio and
Kapp spent
and programs. Entries come from
Carpinteria,
a
week during August 2014
Calif.,
in
to film the course.
His blog, Kapp Notes, has a
full
account
web
materials
marketing and communication
departments, advertising agencies,
of his experience with Lynda.com at
public relations firms, design shops,
karIkapp.com/my-adventure-at-Iynda-com. •
production companies and freelancers. •
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Reaccredited
MIDDLE STATES
COMMISSION
THE MIDDLE STATES
COMMISSION
on Higher Education
accepted BU’s Periodic Review Report
and reaffirmed accreditation. The next
evaluation visit
The Middle
is
scheduled for 2018-19.
Commission on
States
Higher Education
a voluntary, non-
is
governmental, membership association
dedicated to quality assurance and
improvement through accreditation
via peer evaluation. Middle States
accreditation
public confidence
instills
in institutional mission, goals,
performance and resources through
its
rigorous accreditation standards and
their enforcement.
BU
Wall to Wall
The
LOCAL FIRM DONATES CUSTOM CARPET
full
report
is
available at
www.bloomu.edu/middlestates •
.
BLOOMSBURG CARPET INDUSTRIES
in
recently donated carpeting for the lobby and
company produced and donated
entryways of Carver Hall. The maroon
and entrances
carpeting bears the
official
gold and replaces the custom flooring the
for the lobby
AACSB
in 1994. •
university seal
BU’S
Transfer Partners
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS has
been reaccredited
for the
by the Association
to
Schools of Business,
second time
Advance Collegiate
known
as
AACSB
International.
AGREEMENT GUARANTEES
Initially accredited in
ADMISSION TO BU
2004 and
reaccredited in 2010, BU’s College of
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY and
agreement that
transfer to
will
help
agreement,
into
in
an
LCCC graduates
Bloomsburg to complete
bachelor’s degrees.
Business
Luzerne
County Community College entered
is
one of 716 business schools
48 countries and territories -
less
than 5 percent of the world’s business
programs - with
their
Founded
To take advantage of the
LCCC students must complete
is
in 1916,
AACSB accreditation.
AACSB International
the longest serving global accrediting
a dual admissions intent form before
body
completing 30
undergraduate, master’s and doctoral
degree with a
credits,
earn an associate’s
minimum
grade point average
BU within one year of
LCCC graduation. A full-time student who
of 2.0, and enroll at
has completed the appropriate associate’s
LCCC may be able to
a bachelor’s degree at BU within
degree program at
complete
The programs covered under the
art, biology,
P.
Leary, president,
and senior vice president
standing:
for
LCCC, and
academic
Rosana Reyes, dean
Ira
Blake, provost
affairs,
of enrollment
Fletcher, associate vice president
business,
chemistry, communications, computer
science, criminal justice, earth science,
English, geoscience, environmental science,
BU
management
and student development, LCCC; Dana Charles Clark,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, LCCC;
and Tom
degrees in business and accounting.
BU; and
and dean
in
first
offered bachelor’s degrees
business administration in 1934. In
fall
2014. 1,855 undergraduates were
of
enrolled in one of BU’s business majors:
extended programs, BU.
accounting, business education, infor-
geography, geology', history, mathematics
four regular semesters.
agreement include
Thomas
for business schools that offer
and
statistics,
modern languages,
physics,
early childhood education, political science,
psychology, social work, sociology
and
theatre.
Learn more
at
mation and technology management,
finance,
management
or marketing. BU’s
College of Business also offers master's
degrees in accounting, business administration
and business education. •
www.pcicollegetmnsfer.com. •
WINTER
2015
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
Grant Re-awarded
NURSING STUDENTS BENEFIT
48
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING was
BU’S
re-awarded the Advanced
Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Grant from the
Department of Health and Human
U.S.
Services, Health Resources,
and
Services Administration Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship.
Bloomsburg University
country to receive the
BU
first
one of just 65 schools from across the
is
AENT award.
earned the grant of $638,436
for $691,872 will provide tuition, fees
in 2012.
This year’s award
and textbook stipends to
approximately 48 nurse practitioner students over the next two
The two awards represent
years.
Play Time
EVENT ENCOURAGES IMAGINATION
MICHAEL PATTE, professor of education
believes that play in
to
one that
America has
“Children’s lives have
inside
shifted
now predominantly
is
become
it
To address
and child
from
A
life specialist,
a child-initiated activity
adult-directed.
progressively
and outside of school," Patte
implications
says,
“and I’m concerned about the
and his students collaborated
Pop-Up Adventure Playground
to
BU EARNS MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL DESIGNATION
School designation from Victory Media for the
universities
to bring
BU for the first time. Pop-Up
open-minded exploration. Each playground “pops up”
community
environment
setting
where children can enjoy
for a short
time
this self-structured
adults
students
w ere
r
their
able to educate both children and
on the importance of child-initiated
play.
•
and trade schools
their efforts to ensure the
last fail.
in the
country in recognition of
academic success of military service
With more than 200 veterans enrolled
years, including 40 in
service
at
BU in the last three
2014, as well as about 100 veterans
fall
members among faculty and
upon the efforts of the
builds
By hosting the event attended by about 200 area youngsters and
BU
time
members, veterans and spouses.
for free.
parents. Patte and
first
The designation is awarded to the top 20 percent of colleges,
Adventure Playgrounds are composed of loose materials that encourage
in a
Salute
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY EARNED the Military Friendly
more structured both
has for their development as a whole person.”
this issue, Patte
the largest in the history of the
nursing program. •
staff,
and
BU’s recent growth
Office of Military
and Veterans
Resources and the Student Veterans Association. Other services
include a student veterans lounge, lectures by experts on
veterans’ issues and priority scheduling for student veterans. •
Saying Thanks
BU’S
MOST GENEROUS HONORED
BU RECOGNIZED
its
most generous benefactors with the creation
of the Wall of Distinction.
at the center of the
The
wall, located adjacent to the fountain
Academic Quad, displays plaques bearing the
names of donors w'hose contributions
million.
The donors, who
million in
gifts,
to the university
collectively represent
are listed in chronological order:
The Mitrani Family Foundation, Drew 76 and Susan
Jack
J.
L.
’65
Mertz
’42,
and Cecelia Mistal ’66 Toth, Norman
Benner Hudock 75, Robert
’89
6
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
72
Hostetter,
Terry H. 76 and JoAnn Schultz 77 Zeigler,
D.
F.
Watts
Greenly, Michael
’59,
Thomas
Barbara
Warren, Fred G. Smith, Community
Government Association, Barbara Dilworth, Duane
Basar
exceed $1
more than $25
L. ’85
R.
72 and Susan
and Beth Boguski, Stephan M.
and the Degenstein Foundation. •
Pettit
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ON THE HILL
BUHUSKIES.COM
By Scott Eddy
SPORTS ARE FULL OF CLICHES, some
escaped injury when he was thrown from his turret after roadside
of which compare an
competitive drive to the survival instinct of the battlefield.
athlete’s
One Bloomshurg football
knows the
player, redshirt
sophomore Eric Schwartz,
Schwartz began his collegiate football career nearly a decade ago as
a Shippensburg University quarterback.
what
it
he
says, “but that’s not the
took to succeed on the
know how to manage my time
field
"I
way
and
thought
it is
I
done.
I
didn’t
in the classroom.
I
know
he
says, "I
person
I
made
for a tree
knew I could
a route
In October 2009,
He joined the
U.S.
Marine
in the service, serving as a lance corporal
makes you
puts things into
after a tour of duty in the
unit.
With the GI
Bill to
Mediterranean
help with tuition,
he was deployed for nine months
employment of a heavy machine gun
time since midget football, Schwartz’s
over Millersville University and his
first
in a
win
career interception in a
Lock Haven.
This time around, he recognizes the importance of being a well-
balanced student-athlete. Studying exercise science, he
a
minor
in exceptionalities
is
considering
with a career goal of working in special
Now 27 years old.
he has the benefit of hindsight to share
some hard-earned wisdom with teammates.
in Kunjak.
Province, Afghanistan, as an infantry machine gunner.
first
season included a forced fumble and fumble recovery
education.
He
spent his days in direct combat on top of a truck, responsible for the
tactical
home
Playing safety for the
first
he considered
before promotion to corporal.
Helmand
Schwartz returned
Sea with an expeditionary
victory at
began when he followed
Corps and spent four years
It
perspective.”
worked
trimming company. But,
be.”
before receiving a football scholarship.
get back.
shot.
the determination to get back on track and be the
Swartz’s turnaround
when you
we were
Schwartz was ready to return to college and give football another
didn’t
correctly.”
warehouse and
getting shot at even' day,” he remembers. "Losing people
could just major
After academic struggles forced Schwartz out of school, he
in a pipe-fitting
exploded. “During the final parts of the deployment
appreciate what you have
difference firsthand.
in football,"
bombs
to provide direct fire in
“I tell
up. but
I
the guys not to
was able
make
to serve
the mistakes
my country and
perspective not only on football, but
life.”
I
made,” he says.
that gave
“I
me such
messed
a
•
support of his unit.
Danger was ever-present
for
Schwartz and his
unit.
Twice he
Scott
Eddy
is
assistant sports information editor.
WINTER
2015
7
TWO OF THE NEWEST Huskies may not
The
have posted eye-popping statistics on the
but their impact
field,
football
with
and
field
is
Gage,
undeniable. Both the
hockey teams partnered
Team IMPACT
to bring into the fold
is
is
to
team jersey on the
field
and expanding team-based support networks.
was given
There are more than 5,000 participants na-
team’s webpage.
tionwide, including children, siblings, parents,
“official"
a locker
With Sarah
came up
football
in
team reached the national quarterfinals
school history and the
short in the Super Region
1
first
mind, the
for
since 2008. But a valiant rally
Championship Game
at
Callaghan
Stadium, Athens, WVa., as Concord University held on for a 32-26 victory
to
move on
ter
Division
(11-2) rallied
and appeared
(13-0)
NCAY
to the
Bloomsburg
to
have
all
from
the
II
semifinals.
21 points
down
momentum
to tie in the third quar-
before the Mountain Lions
responded to keep their perfect season
alive.
BU’s Eddie Mateo rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries
while quarterback
Tim
Kelly completed 16 of 36 pass attempts for 239
yards and a score, rushing for another.
for 97 yards
D.J.
McFadden caught
five balls
and a score while Chad Hoffman had three catches
for 68
yards.
Senior middle linebacker Justin Shirk earned
tronics Super Region
All-America.
1
PSAC
East and Dak-
Defensive Player of the Year and second team
The Huskies defense
led the nation in turnovers generated
in 2014.
The Huskies
in
8
are
now 3-2
in national quarterfinal
2006. •
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
games,
last
- Sarah,
The Huskies
9,
winning
field
hockey team
no strangers
are
back to the community and,
to children in need.
The
September,
to giving
in particular,
football
donated more than $1,200
team
to the Children’s
Miracle Network at Geisinger Medical
Center
Another National Playoff Run
in
own
and a spot on the
student-athletes and coaches.
time
summer
its
who is also fighting leukemia.
member of the team, Sarah
of Bloomsburg
As an
fifth
in
Hospital in Danville.
hockey “signed”
special recruit this past
quality of life for children facing life-threat-
IN FALL 2014, BU’s
game
and taking donations
go toward Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s
sidelines at
home games.
ening and chronic illnesses by establishing
the
held a “Play for the Cure”
selling pink T-shirts
Huskies raised $1,000 through the event to
several
improve the
has visited
toward pediatric cancer research. The
Huskies
mission
He
and become the team’s biggest fan wearing
illness.
Team IMPACT’S
fighting leukemia.
the team, along with his parents and siblings,
his official
two young “recruits” who are battling serious
team welcomed 7-year-old
football
who
last spring.
•
A Season
Remember
to
THE HUSKIES men’s soccer team
of its finest seasons
last fall,
record for victories while reaching the
Division
II
Tournament
shutouts, also gave the Huskies
Conference (PSAC) competition.
posted one
matching the school
NCAA
Bloomsburg reached the PSAC Championship
Game
for the first time since
for the first time since 2011
and received
several honors. Four players - junior defender
Matt Zima and freshman goalkeeper Jared
1978.
One
of just 35 teams nationwide to earn a bid
to the national
tournament, the Huskies finished
the season with a 13-6-2 overall record and went
first
Roma Loboda
and junior defender Mike Bamford, second
Ott,
who
tied the school record with eight
first
team has received multiple Daktronics
time the
All-
Region honorees. In December, Zima was named
honorable mention Daktronics All-America and
became the
first
player in Huskies history to
receive Daktronics .All-America accolades.
Head coach
team - were accorded All-PSAC accolades. Zima
and
9-2-0 against Pennsylvania State Athletic
team, and senior defender
Ott,
two Daktronics
Region selections, the
All-Atlantic
Paul Payne was
named PSAC
Coach of the Year. •
An All-American
TriFecta
THREE WOMEN’S cross country runners earned
All-American honors as the Huskies finished
14th overall at the
championships
On
rain,
NCAA Division
II
national
in Louisville, Ky.
a course that
was shortened due
to
heavy
Hannah Boudreau. Kate Dodds and Lauren
Lehman earned All-American honors by finishing
35th. 39th
and 40th respectively. The top 40 are
named All-Americans.
Boudreau, a freshman, finished
up
Newest Members
Fame
of the Hall of
Members of the 33rd Athletic Hall of Fame Class were inducted last fall, bringing the number of members
to 158. Shown from left are Erica Miller '01, softball; Michael McFarland, athletic director; Roxann Emerick
Betz ’01, women’s lacrosse; Glen McNamee ’97, football; Tina Wikoski Bartholomew '95, cross country and
track and field; Roger Sanders, former wrestling coach; Julie Bugg ’99, women's soccer; David Soltz, BU
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE Jerrin Toomey,
ter
the most in a single
Champion Scholar
game
(PSAC) Football
prior to the
awarded
is
to the student-athlete with the high-
est grade point average at
23 championship finals
each of the league’s
sites.
enjoyed a strong season on the
field as well as
part of the Huskies secondary, earning an exrole as the season
honored
of the
as the
Week
PSAC
went
on Oct.
25.
The
in 22:04.
As a team the Huskies finished
14th with 358 points, equaling their best previous
NCAA finish
in 2011.
PSAC
Bloomsburg was
also the top
school. •
three interceptions were
game by any Bloomsburg
Toomey continues an
impressive recent
history of Bloomsburg student- athletes earn-
ing the honor of Champion Scholar.
along.
He was
East Defensive Athlete
after intercepting three passes as
part of the Huskies’ 41-10 win over
Women’s
basketball player Nicole Southcott earned
the accolades last March.
A business management major, Toomey
panded
heat
1500 meters of the
finished in nearly a dead
player since 1993.
championship
November. The Champion Scholar
in
final
moving
Tradition Continued
of York, was honored as a 2014 Pennsylvania
State Athletic Conference
over the
Dodds and Lehman
finishing
president; and Dione Somerville, vice president for Student Affairs.
Champion
18 places
race.
in 21:59
player Aubrey Bossert
Women’s
won
lacrosse
the award in
2012 and 2013 while men’s soccer alumnus
Bryce Shaffer received the honor at the 2012
men’s soccer championships and
Tim Dorsch
claimed the award in men’s swimming during
the 2012-13 year. •
West Ches-
WINTER
2015
9
Hard Habits
Break
Statistics
show as many as 75 percent
of people
who try cocaine will become
addicted to
it.
Only one
in four
is
able
to quit without help.
by
TURNS OUT the expression “some
“Food seeking doesn't entail the same
changes
habits are hard to break”
profound change to the brain. Partly
tive
very real sense.
And
true in a
is
the reasons are
evolutionary;
was
biological.
Neuroscientist Kevin Ball
professor of psychology,
research that
may
is
’01,
associate
conducting
provide clues on
to help people kick a
drug or overeating
study the effects of chronic stress on
addicts’ relapse to cocaine seeking
unhealthy
eating habits.
“After addicts
the majority go back to using the drug
Ball.
“Addiction to drugs, like cocaine, heroin
or amphetamines,
is
so difficult to beat
because they cause very big changes to
brain structure and chemistry.”
While drug addiction and maladaptive
food seeking are not the same, “there
is
a lot of overlap in the brain systems
that drive both behaviors,” says Ball.
10
was advantageous
food
to seek
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
memory
also
occur after exposure to addictive drugs,
Ball explains. Addiction, therefore, is
economies, food
maladaptive form of learning that makes
isn’t
scarce anymore.”
as a
addicts vulnerable to relapse for months,
years or a lifetime after treatment.
The chemistry of addiction
When we do
—
something pleasurable
The role of stress
such as eating our favorite foods or
having sex — or are exposed to stimuli
“We know
that chronic stress
many diseases
from
that predict such things, our nerve cells
contributes to
release the neurotransmitter dopamine,
heart disease to cancer,” says
which
studying the role of chronic stress in
is
picked up by dopamine recep-
After a short time, the
reabsorbed by the nerve
dopamine
is
be used
cells to
again.
A similar
thing happens with dieting,” says
When
underlie adap-
sometimes conceptualized
tors.
complete cocaine rehab,
within a few months to a year.
our DNA.
how
Funded by a three-year, $263,271
grant from the National Institutes of
Health, he is using an animal model to
dieters’ relapse to
it
in
in the brain that
forms of learning and
out calorie-dense foods. In advanced
habit.
and
scarce,
it’s
it’s
ERIC FOSTER
relapse because
changes
in
in
it
...
Ball.
“I’m
induces lasting
brain regions implicated
addiction and relapse.”
Acute stress can be adaptive, says
Cocaine and similar drugs hijack our
Ball.
dopamine system by blocking
the reabsorption of the chemical. The
dopamine receptors are stimulated far
mechanism,
longer than normal, creating an intense
cobra sitting on your
chair.
But chronic
not adaptive
when
fight-or-flight
body’s
euphoria.
is
The chemistry of the
brain
altered and, with repeated exposure,
those changes can
lent, setting
It
become more
preva-
the stage for addiction.
appears that
many of the
physical
It
if
activates your body’s fight-or-flight
like
you would experience
you walked into your
stress
is
office to find a
mechanisms are continually
“Today we are exposed
activated.
to stresses that
constantly activate our fight-or-flight
mechanisms. Stress
at
home.
Stress at
Money worries. Information
work.
overload,” he says.
Stress
and cocaine both activate the
dopamine system, but through
mechanisms. And
it
different
turns out that acti-
dopamine system by
vation of the
stress
can reactivate an addictive behavior.
A possible remedy
In his study, Ball
is
investigating
whether a dopamine antagonist
drug
to block
body
— will
stress
on
—
dopamine receptors
a
the
in
reduce the effects of chronic
later relapse vulnerability.
The study
be conducted
will
in
three
stages.
Self-Administration Phase: Rats
•
be given the opportunity to
will
self-
administer cocaine or highly
palatable food pellets.
Extinction Phase:
•
food pellets
will
The cocaine
or
be withdrawn and
a source of stress introduced. This
stressor can entail being confined to
open container
a small
space.
A portion
in a bright
of the rats will be
administered a dopamine antagonist.
Reinstatement Phase: The
•
rats will
have the opportunity to respond to
cocaine- or food-associated cues. This
response
is
the
means
for
measuring
relapse.
The question
to
answer
is
that Ball
is
seeking
whether the dopamine
antagonist, given during the chronic
stress introduced at the extinction
phase, helps to shield the rats from relapsing into the addictive behavior.
And
will
if it
does, perhaps the research
one day lead
man
to a
way
to shield hu-
addicts from relapse. •
A Research
Tradition
THE BEHAVIORAL STUDIES that
Kevin
Ball
is
conducting are part of a
Cohen, with more than 75 publicaand 39 research grants, was the
tions
Ball’s latest
grant
is
his
second from
the National Institutes of Health.
continuing tradition at Bloomsburg
first
University.
sor to be awarded grants from the
MDMA (colloquially known as
National Science Foundation and the
ecstasy)
National Institutes of Health.
of addiction. •
A 2001 BU
graduate, Ball was
tored by Steven Cohen,
2009
after
who
men-
retired in
Bloomsburg University profes-
A
2011 grant focused on the effects of
and neurological foundations
36 years of service.
WINTER
2015
11
skills
she’d developed at the agency,
gathered a creative team.
with graphic designers
worked
“I
knew, sourced
I
the developers, and created the app,
TENideas, from concept
just under a year.”
The
interface
is
do, they find direction
more
ideas,
on a topic that
in
simple, but requires
Once they
users to explore the space.
erate
launch
to
on ways
to gen-
from doing research
interests
them
to think-
ing playfully to thinking deeply about
what they might ask for
granted them one wish.
“For younger users, the
be
filled
a genie
if
list
may
with party ideas or ways to
design their resumes,” Cara says.
“We
also have
some users who are
They use the app
entrepreneurs.
to
list
things they want to invent or
apps they want to develop. Lots of my
friends are writers
Reinvent Yourself
By LAURIE
today
is
AS PATTY CARA
’85
emptied her
went through nearly 30 years of notes.
They held her ideas, some of which
wanted to be involved in the
app world. I was ready for something
new,” she recalls. “And it did coalesce
that
way
in
my mind
- kind of like a
During that
was a now-or-never moment,” she
She could do what she knew which was safe - or she could branch
out. “Because I was a creative director
and came up with ideas for a living, I
decided I would apply all my ideas to
“It
my life
instead of creating things for
clients.
I
moment
who worked
because her husband,
at the
same agency,
lost
on the same day. But Cara
excited, too, about what was next
his job
her
“I
12
felt
in
“I
me
I
10 of her
to get into the digital
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
own
ideas
think what surprised
began by visualizing it as
the equivalent of a task manager. But
that
is
then
I
realized that a task
a recipe for keeping
wanted
to focus
on
life
manager is
way it is. I
the
ideas, rather
than
wasn’t she
—
that voice that whispers that the idea
good enough,
it
will
never
fly,
enough or smart
enough or good enough or disciplined
enough to make things work?
that we’re not strong
“I
decided not to
listen to the
internal editor anymore,” she says. “I
felt
that the internal editor
me
from doing things that
had kept
wanted
I
to accomplish.” •
tasks. ‘To dos’ are tasks you're accus-
to
to doing.
An
idea
is
a
new way
do something.”
And what began as a list soon developed into an idea for an iTunes mobile
app. She visualized a way to give users
become better at genown ideas and, using the
the resources to
life.
wanted
down
every day.
tomed
live that philosophy.”
Scan,', yes,
written
first year,
ever plagued by the internal editor
isn’t
While working at the agency, she’d
says.
and freelancing,
direct result of the job loss.”
perfect storm.”
she’d never put into practice.
Just
my own busi-
app - a game — in the works, a book
proposal being shopped around on
the TENideas system - so I’m doing
all new things for me,” she says. “That
change in philosophy and focus was a
inspired by
‘85,
space,
advertising agency vice president, she
forward to
started
launched a mobile app, have a second
new philosophy.
desk after losing her job as an
decided from that
“I
ness, did consulting
a million mobile apps available
long-forgotten notes and a
and they
Need proof that the app works?
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Among more than
and
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erating their
TENideas
is
available on the iTunes
App
Store in the Productivity section.
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based
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is
a freelance writer
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;
By
LARRY KELLER
“ There
are so
many people
playing video games
students want to learn
how
-
PREISZ
ERIC
OF
COURTESY
PHOTO:
1YLVANIA
to create
Eric Preisz ’00
them
”
games are a positive part
Sixty-four percent of parents believe video
of their children’s
LET'S SAY you have a
lives.
terrific idea for a
video
Alumnus Eric Preisz couldn’t agree more.
to learn
game. But you need a means of meshing the
various bells and whistles into a single piece of
One
software.
you hope,
that,
will
be enjoyed
by legions of devoted video game players.
by
Interactive, led
CEO
GG
teaching
it all
together.
GG
Interactive, formerly
Games,
is
a multi-faceted
known
its
name
game
the games. Preisz also believes the
complete with instruction,
GG
job sounded like a
much
lot
of fun. but the
better. That’s the
job he
took.
“My office was
tests
has created video games in a
room," Preisz
in
the [computer] server
was
recalls. “I
freezing."
moving on
He stav ed
company
and career development, and when
where he worked on 3-D simulations of the
actors,
sound
it
his
company
to a
vehicle assembly building at NASA’s
hired a Los .Angeles film crew
Kennedy
Space Station.
and shot scenes on Hollywood
When
stages.
for autistic children asked
own computer
Preisz started his
programming business
A prototype game
"engine,”
first
second one paid
for five years, before
not in developing
video games, but in producing a
The
learning
variety of areas, including customer service
and
independent video game developers. The
company made
aids,
and grades.
justice course,
in
Vancouver, Wash., that makes software
for
isn’t just in
developed an adventure game for a criminal
as Garage-
company based
how to create
that produced training simulations for soldiers.
them,” he says.
value
games themselves can be valuable classroom
Eric Preisz '00, could be
the source of the missing element that ties
how to create
The educational
in
Orlando, his clients
included the U.S. .Army and Air Force and
youngsters to perform "simple tasks such as
Disney Imagineering. For Disney, his company
Torque, that has evolved into several versions.
matching," he says. “If the student wasn’t able
created two interactive games for visitors as
Simply put, a video game engine takes the
to solve the puzzle,
components of a game, such
give
graphics, and pulls
them
all
as audio
and
together in a
it
would progressively
them bigger and bigger
At the same time, he began teaching a
Regardless of skill levels at video games and
Independent game makers are the primary
simulations, "the key to this kind of work
is
buyers of those engines. “Lots of them have tech
usability testing," says Preisz,
jobs and do this as a hobby," Preisz says. “Others
people to try out a
new product. “The most
important thing
to
employed by v ideo game makers and want
branch out on their own. The
of people will try to
reality
It is
hits.
to
made
engines and
that a lot
make
10
as
opposed
to
is
what
do
often recruits
watch what they're doing
they're telling you."
developed
it
GG
its
Interactive
Torque game
“You have
to
games and hope one
-
Eric Preisz ’00
A little ‘Donkey Kong’?
Preisz’s career
a branch office of
GG
Interactive
to create standards for courses
development,
committee.
to follow, so
it
the location of
- decided
on video game
invited Preisz to
sen e on
He learned there was no
a
curriculum
GG created a prototype of four
high school courses to be taken over two years,
similar to earlier
many people
work
in Florida.
“There are so
plating video games; students want
GG in
2009
in a technical
CEO
and became
taught.
in
January
months, the company has been
effort to build a world-class
entertainment
him from
Meanwhile, he has worked on several projects
with Microsoft, including one that teaches
path was anything but
Bloomsburg native played
"Donkey Kong" and other games
but then he
-
started with
same subject he
says contractual stipulations bar
predictable. Sure, the
the state of Nevada
That led him to
his department's chair.
co-write a book on the
elaborating.
as its future.
When
faster
- at Full Sail University in Florida and
platform for a world-class theme park." Preisz
increasingly to education and entertainment
Educational value
became
- basically,
make games run
involved in the support phase “of a multi-year
hits”
licenses so affordable that
Now the company is looking
or better
2011. In recent
make 10
game optimization
techniques and tools to
He
even the smallest aspiring video game magnate
could buy one.
course on video
sales position
games
That's a do-or-die business.”
not a business model that
emulated. Instead,
is
to
who
to
make money off a game, but
few actually succeed. You have
and hope one
geodesic sphere.
succeeded.”
single piece of software.
are
they exited the ride at Epcot's Spaceship Earth
hints until they
“I
as a youngster,
company," says Preisz.
who manages
projects and products, occasionally writes code
and oversees 13 employees
ily, it
literacy for people in developing
countries. “AYe built cartoon-like stories and
mini-games that teach people how to use their
lost interest.
played video games less than everybody
at this
computer
in
two
cities.
Luck-
turned out playing video games wasn’t a
prerequisite for success in the industry.
mouse, email, productivity
and other functions,” he
tools,
says.
scheduled to be offered in
the Internet,
The program
at least
is
20 languages.
“Everybody has a different way to use game
technology," Preisz says. “I think I’ve got the
coolest job in the world." •
After graduation, he had two job offers: one
Larry Keller
is
a freelance writer based in
from the maker of a Formula One race car game;
Philadelphia.
the other from a Washington, D.C..
company
WINTER
2015
15
The famous quote attributed to Confucius
that you
In 2003,
Adam
like,
Bartles
and you
will
was planning on graduate
school when, burned out on academia, he decided to
return home.
On
a whim, he sent an unsolicited ap-
plication to Appalachian
and unwittingly took
Brewing Co.
in
Harrisburg
the first step toward a
new
Fraternity brothers
Moyer
open
talked for
together.
As
Thomas Yozzo and Chris
20 years of businesses
and spirits exploded five years
on the perfect venture: a
It
they could
the market for hand-crafted beer
ago, the friends agreed
Matthew Hall worked for a beer distributor while
Myrna,
told
counseling psychology when his wife,
him he needed
a
hobby and gave him
a book on winemaking. Fast forward 25 years and
friends, loving the wines
Anderson and a fellow
professor made, convinced the pair
to
open a winery.
Adam
success as a salesman for a large Philadelphia beer
degree.
distributor following graduation.
know
But as he got
the people manufacturing the beer he
was
start at the
appeal for the hands-on side of the busi-
ness grew.
on different career paths, but
they share two key characteristics: the courage
to take a risk
and desire
to forge a career out of
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
still
not sure
ground
why they
at small
called
me
in."
breweries usually
level regardless of experi-
ence, and Bartles was no exception.
in the
All five started
"Em
New employees
to
He began
packaging area, building cardboard beer
cases and helping to run the bottle-labeling
machine.
as
much
He made
it
a point to get involved in
of the operation as he could and within
two months he made
his first batch of beer - a
thousand gallons of ABC’s dark Susquehanna
An unexpected
“I
had decided
school and had
One day
maybe
I
1
Stout.
offer
moved home
to Elizabethtown.
the thought popped into
would
Bartles realized he
wasn't going to graduate
like to
make
my mind
that
beer,” says 34-year-
education to rise
in
would need some formal
the brewing industry and
turned to Chicago’s top-rated Siebel Institute,
where he completed three weeks of coursework.
He then
16
Bartles of his decision to apply to
Appalachian Brewery after earning his English
was 1967 and Myles Anderson had just earned
his doctorate in
old
life.”
earning his business management degree and enjoyed
what they enjoy most.
distillery.
“Choose a job
never have to work a day in your
selling, the
career.
says,
spent six weeks at an independent.
1
“Our story is we had this
idea and worked like craz
to make it happen - it's
the American Dream.”
Chris
>
-
Moyer ’92
apprenticeship included a
room
the brewery
at
and breakfast.
While
in
Germany he
Brewing Co.
applied to Victory
in Philadelphia. "I
knew I could
experience a career with Victory and wouldn’t
have to make another move,” says
started in
2007
as an assistant
Bartles,
who
on the bottling
line.
started
my education
and experience,
1
on the bottom rung. By the end of 2007,
was able to operate
all
the processes.
the equipment and run
all
Then
I
started training other
people," says Bartles, Victory’s director of operations.
"Brewing
You have
a
is
very
much an
apprenticeship.
head brewer and assistant brewers
and you need to work your way through.”
As director of operations, Bartles
is
involved
in all aspects of the
company, which
saw demand
beer grow by 30 percent. The
company
for
is
opened
a
modern
last
year
facility in
building another brew house
Kennett Square. Bartles says he looks forward
to developing
pany continue
“I’ve
"I
its
recently
Parkesburg and
in
During freshman year
at
Bloomsburg, Chris
new beers and helping the comto grow.
Hudson
bag Thomas Yozzo was using and
wanted
been following
my passion," Bartles says.
would turn
out."
is
how things
said,
From
first
two went on
to
become Theta
From
a sales
for Oracle’s business with the
From
of service.
the start, they
from
and other raw
where he
Department of
retired with
older
we would end
up around a campfire, and we would
talk
about
something with our hands," says Moyer,
44.
The
friends started thinking about the explosion in
mark with the
as
us,
we wanted
to get
back
Yozzo, 45.
an agricultural product and the
Their
first
product was vodka.
selling spirit in the country
to age
a
is
going to
be,”
adds.
it.
“It’s
the biggest
and you don’t need
For a small business that has to invest
tremendous amount of money, the thought of
Yozzo approached
police department,
they decided their business venture was
years
On
is
really impossible,"
Moyer
average, the distillery
bottles a
bison farms or golf courses - always doing
and liquors and,
five miles
having to put something aside to age for several
of one day sharing a business.
little
roots,” says
Moyer
in
20 years
The men married, took numerous
“As the kids got a
our
can be, the better your product
manager
family vacations together and started dreaming
the 20-year
and
became
purer you get and closer to the source you
Defense and Yozzo served as a police officer
N.Y.,
N.Y. that
come from farms within
"Spirits are
Moyer working as
Newburgh,
y
distillery.
“That was a goal for
to
in sociology.
there the friends traveled differ-
ent paths:
of the
in 1992,
a degree in accounting and Yozzo
degree
'c
discussion about Moyer’s
service, the
Moyer with
a
Clermont,
Valley Distillers.
materials
with
in
their farm, the barley, rye
that
V-
Yozzo,
to create a natural product using
National Guard experience and Yozzo’s Coast
Guard
Thomas
local ingredients. In addition to apples
"Hey, military?”
craft beers
never would have guessed this
apple orchard
Moyer was doing laundry when he spotted the
duffle
V
-
In July 2013, they bought the small farm
reality
Chi fraternity brothers. Both graduated
“Despite
I
Turning business dreams into
-
left,
Jennifer Moyer and Chris Moyer
;*
family-owned brewery near Munich. His unpaid
*
s^From
month and
says.
makes 1,000
alternates
between making
fruit-based and grain-based liquors. Moyer’s
wife, the
former Jennifer Theiss
in the business
and the
men
’92, also
works
say they would
love to have their children get involved.
now or
never.
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2015
17
If there’s a
men
say
it's
message
what they’ve done, the
in
your dream. "People are
to follow
really intrigued with the notion that
I
knew each other
business. We’ve
had
‘You motivated
me
this idea
pen
-
do
to
and worked
it’s
number
a
Tom and
26 years and started
for
X.’
of people
Our
story
crazy to
like
the American Dream,”
is
make
this
us
tell
ings.
it
hap-
“You need to step out of your comfort zone,”
for
it.”
While
at
Bloomsburg, Matthew Hall worked
for an area beer distributor and, after graduating
in
2007 with
a
degree
in
business management,
he took a sales job with a large Philadelphia beer
wholesaler. Hall had started
making his own
beer during college, and his interest in brewing
grew
“I
as
he
would
visited breweries as part of his job.
talk to the
lot
of competition for open-
Like Bartles, he took a beer-making course
spending time
in
Chicago and
Even
’62,
was hired by the Yards Brewing Co.
position in the packaging department.
money than he made
in
little
to
foreshadow the success to come.
with his parents
in sales
in
College and both dean of students and a vice
president at Gonzaga University
in
Philadelphia, starting in 2010 at an entry-level
less
former Myrna Bassett
.Anderson became dean of students at York
Within two weeks of returning home, Hall,
29,
after his wife, the
gave him a book on winemaking and he
began experimenting, there was
Germany.
move
From home brewer to master brewer
was a
at Siebel Institute,
we had
Moyer says.
Yozzo adds. "Try something new and go
Hall began applying to breweries, but soon
realized there
He made
and had
to
Bucks County, but
faculty at Walla Walla (Wash.)
in 1977.
The
position allowed
his teaching roots
two-and-a-half years, he’s been a brewer.
for
“I can’t
imagine myself doing anything else,”
beer, enjoy
it
this happen.’
my shift I
and think, T was
I
can pour a
a part of
making
many
industries
and
to
Community
him
to return to
found the Institute
Enology and Viticulture
at the
college in 2000. This college
community
program provides
students with hands-on experience in the pro-
duction of grapes, winemaking and wine
sales.
At the community' college, he met Gordy
also love seeing other people en-
joy the product. There are not
Spokane and
College as a counselor and psychology professor
he loved what he was doing. For the past
Hall says. “At the end of
in
Regis College in Denver before joining the
Venneri and the two started making wine
in
where people are excited about what you’re
the Anderson’s backyard,
much
to the delight
doing.”
of their friends. This was
at the
time that the
guys working there, the
wine industry
in
Walla Walla was budding. “We
brewers and the bottling guys, and they were
very excited and very happy about what they
had fun and gave our wine away to friends and
A command performance
acquaintances.
were
doing,” Hall says.
"There was an overall
The world of winemaking wasn’t even
when Myles Anderson
Then people encouraged
to
’62
excitement with the growth of the craft beer
passing thought
industry - they had a product they could stand
graduated from Bloomsburg with a degree
go commercial so they could buy
Anderson
says. "At first
of. I
thought that was the
ultimate connection of labor and love.”
18
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
elementary education and psychology, then
stayed at
we planned
it,”
to
do just
in
a small business
behind and be proud
us
a
BU for another three years to teach.
and not have more than 1,000
cases a year
-
That has
changed.
all
enough
to
pay for our hobby.”
The
winery, Walla
in 1995.
The
first
the operation
bottles
first
year. Today, the
W alla Vintners, opened
were sold
turned a profit
winery
in
Meagan, and
much
seventh
around 6,000
sells
cases of various red wines a year and
family business
1997 and
in its
community' college full-time
until
he says the key
quality
and the customer. The Andersons
wine
for their
50-year reunion at Bloomsburg in 2012.
not just in the wine
who
he retired
pleasure business,” he says.
“We make
stay in touch with our customers
in
basis
is
known
soil
for growing grapes - a fact that has resulted
it
now there
industry.
When Anderson's
was the eighth
are
900
we
and provide beautiful wines they would
else.”
•
for its wines,
Anderson says Washington has incredible
booming wine
sure
on a regular
normally not be able to get anywhere
Although California
to
to never stop paying attention to the
business, we’re really in the relationship and
and
June 2014.
in
is
Anderson. Though the
established,
“We know that w'e’re
a business that’s very expensive
continued to direct the wine program at the
Walla;
is
w'ere delighted to donate the
their son-in-law; Judah, are very
winery opened,
this far," says
w ell
wine
a
is still
- the Andersons’ daughter.
challenging to operate,” says .Anderson, 74,
in a
would go
winery
success
a part of the winery.
“It’s
had no idea when w e started that we
r
“I
in
Walla
in the state,
Jack Sherzer
is
a professional writer and
principal partner with
Message Prose, a
communications and public relations firm
in
Harrisburg.
with 175
Walla Walla alone.
Family Enterprise
For John Braganini, the art and business of
crafting wine
is
a family tradition.
“We grew up thinking of wine
as food,"
says Braganini 75, president of Great Lakes
Insurance Agency Inc. and a
member of BU’s
College of Business Advisory Board.
Today Braganini, along with
members,
founded
part
is
other family
six
owner of St. Julian Winery,
in Ontario,
Canada,
in 1921
by
his
grandfather, Mariano Meconi, and relocated to
Michigan
in the 1930s.
Named
for the patron
saint of the founder’s birthplace in Italy,
Julian
It
is
St.
Michigan’s oldest and largest winery.
produces more than 50 varieties of wine and
ships 150,000 cases annually, as well as another
100,000 cases of beverages, such as non-
champagne.
alcoholic
About 90 percent of the wine
Michigan, but
it is
is
sold in
also available in other
areas of the Midwest. Braganini says sales are
increasing 4 to 6 percent a year, but
"it’s
getting
harder to get on the shelves. You have to either
get bigger or smaller.” In response,
St.
Julian
Winery is pursuing a direct-to-customer
model through
But quantity has not come
of quality.
wines
in
St.
sales
their website, mmstjulian.com.
at the
Julian’s consistently
expense
produces
- both sweet and dry - that win awards
Michigan and throughout the United
Braganini
is
grigio while
typically
variety
States.
particularly fond of his pinot
St. Julian’s
grown
made
in
Albarino, a white grape
in Spain,
is
the
first
of that
Michigan. •
WINTER
2015
19
World Loves a Clown
All the
WILLIE COLON
by
ON AUG. 4. 2014,
‘86
Pastor
Mike Dubbs
walked out of his house
Pines, N.C., eager to
clown mission.
his alter-ego.
regalia
—
Southern
embark on
He was decked
Dubbsy,
black
in
in full
his first
out as
hobo clown
felt hat, thrift store shirt
and pants, hideous brown vest with a
99-cent price tag, red suspenders, mis-
matched
rental
bowling shoes
to help spread a
little
—
ready
laughter, love
and
healing to another continent.
At the Raleigh-Durham Airport, he
was the only clown in town. At JFK in
New York City, he came upon two other
clowns who were going his way. And at
the Jorge Chavez Airport in Lima. Peru,
20
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dubbsy and
corner and
his
clown friends turned
a
“There was nothing but clowns!” he
recalls. “It
It
was
like a
clown explosion.”
sounds spectacularly
consider
this:
from your front door
in character,” he
“They want committed people
who are willing to say, ‘Here’s what I’m
explains.
...
silly,
Nutrition was the
theme
sion to Iquitos, Peru. Organized by the
Gesundheit! Institute, a West Virginiafacility,
”
• • •
hut
of this year’s two-week clown mis-
based alternative health care
doing. I’m a clown.’
“Eclectic” pretty much sums up
Mike Dubbs’ resume and life adventures. This Bloomsburg native and Tau
Kappa Epsilon brother graduated with
a bachelor’s
degree
in
business and
He
has been a
the mission brought together 130 clown
office administration.
volunteers from 16 countries to address
professional photographer and a town-
the high incidence of malnutrition in
ship manager, and says he misses the
10 years he volunteered as the football
the region.
As
for flying to Peru as
“One requirement
is
Dubbsy?
that you travel
game announcer
at
Redman Stadium. “I
game and subs
got a good seat for every
I could see hope in their faces.
had never seen such poverty and such
joy in the same place.”
and
I
He
he’d brought along because the children
and study
workshops
it
and yelling “El
for the volunteers
and
to a village
down
the
Amazon
“And when they found out
me to
pastor, they asked
mental health
who
speaks a
I
local
Spanish.
little
“I
was
makeup."
One
of his biggest take-aways was
the small
ignored for years, he began
down
the
it’s
path that led to his current position as
pastor at
stuff. “I
worried about
Community Congregational
colorful,"
clown
outfit
visit,
learned not to be so
my costume
he
says.
not in
as long as
“The joy
is
in
in
anger and other negative emotions and
Meanwhile, the path that led to
its
Dubbs
would
in college. “I
dress as a gorilla or a clown or a kissing
handit and take balloons to hospitals
and people’s homes,” he
morphed
clowning for
says.
That
Based on his experience, Mike Dubbs
understands
“If
momentary distraction from whatever
problems we might have,” he says. “I
see that at the hospital. And like to
imagine that when the kids in Peru are
having a hard day, they think about the
clowns and
who
told
Gesundheit! Institute
And
in
how accurate my
Willie
Colon
is
a freelance writer
based
Philadelphia.
Humor provides
a
momentary distraction
from whatever problems
we might have”
Institute has
Dr.
Patch
Adams
led a
group of volunteer clowns to the former
Adams promotes an
Dubbs about the
Soviet Union.
—
alternative health care
and the pos-
model that
connects individual health to the health
of going international with his
community and the world.
Robin Williams famously portrayed him
of the family,
• • •
in the
Peru was an incredible experience,
says,
“
when founder
clowning.
Dubbs
smile." •
the
is.”
The Gesundheit!
was a clown friend from
the hospital
sibility
pretty well already.
organized clown missions since 198S,
that one thing often leads to
it
it
nothing else, humor provides a
kids’ parties.
volunteers at a local hospital.
another,
it.”
- Mike Dubbs ’86
into full-on
Today he clowns several times a
month as part of a group of clown
way
it,
origins in a job
had while he was
the
humor get us to the point of
Duncan asks. “We’re looking
and folks like Patch Adams are
“But can
thriving?”
Southern Pines.
clowning had
eventually
helps us deal with sadness,
experiences, she says.
in
Church
more
I
probably that old cliche: Don’t sweat
says.
Humor also
still
dressed as a clown, just without the face
happier
live longer, they’re
helping us understand
says Dubbs,
-
it,”
productive at work, they earn more.”
into
River.
was a
a
correlational evidence
talk to patients
clinic,”
“We have
it
Duncan
growing body of
and measure
it
people tend to
These events provided Dubbs, a self-taught juggler and
clown, a unique chance to improve his
clowning by visiting schools, nursing
homes and prisons and taking a trip
at a
“At this point there’s not a lot of
says.
participants alike.
he
professor. But we’re getting there.
science, so we’re trying to define
The two weeks were packed with
like Balzano’s,”
Mary Katherine
remembers having a hard
time unfurling the Bloomsburg banner
Loho! El Lobo! (The Wolf! The Wolf!).”
After finally heeding a calling he'd
yet, says
Duncan, Bloomsburg psychology
also
kept running up to
from places
Not quite
but the opening day wel-
come parade was
extra special. “That
was the highlight
as the kids’ faces
lit
when they saw the clowns,” he recalls.
“They knew we were there for them.
1998 hit movie. Patch Adams.
There are
six to 10 clown trips every
and they’re meant to create joyful
atmospheres that enhance the well-
year,
up
being of individuals and groups. But
there hard evidence that
humor
is
heals?
WINTER
2015
21
Beth and Mike Bogus
FROM SMALL-TOWN BOY in rural
1997 above a tattoo parlor, Eastern has grown
Wayne County to
from a start-up
president of a workers’
compensation insurance
quartered
in Lancaster,
employs 24S insurance professionals. Eastern
— the education he
went public on the
received, the friendships he
a difference in his career
small-town
feel
says Boguski
ing in 16 states with eight regional offices that
specialist head-
made and
continued alumni involvement
was looking
and
his
'85. “I
it
life.
was an excellent
and an expanded business school. And
was
affordable.
I
funded
it
my college education
with a student loan and a
summer job
as a
including internships, job shadowing and
capstone experiences provided through BU’s
Professional
U
program. The
gift will also
with ongoing efforts for BU’s Science,
assist
continues to serve as the president of Eastern.
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Just as important as the academic
at
Bloomsburg.
“I
was a member
of the Zeta Psi fraternity and involved in
(STEM) Magnet School
immersion program
learned the importance of interpersonal
skills
and developing relationships.
I still
BU
Foundation’s annual fund.
As a first-generation college graduate,
intramural and inter-fraternity council sports.
I
— as well as the Henry Carver Fund,
students
the
— a two-year
for local high school
Boguski
BU
feels a strong
students.
“My
connection to today’s
parents and grandparents
have lifelong Bloomsburg University friends
did not have the opportunity to attend college.
and continue an annual birthday celebration
I
at
trip
much more than a good
Bloomsburg. He found the academic
preparation that provided a foundation for
his career
start
— a journey that led him to the
as Eastern, in 1997. Since
opening
with several Zeta
Psi fraternity brothers.
Bloomsburg University
is
a special place with
special people.”
up of Eastern Alliance Insurance Group,
known
22
a larger publicly
high-impact experiential opportunities,
Boguski found
lifeguard.”
fit
2006 and then
Directors and, with his wife, Beth, committed
$1 million to the Foundation to support
traded company, in January 2014. Boguski
formed
in
business and Bloomsburg had a great reputation
in
preparation were the friendships Boguski
fit,"
planned on majoring
NASDAQ
merged with ProAssurance,
his
— have made
for a university with a rural,
and
company operat-
Michael Boguski says
Bloomsburg University
“I
to a public
in
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
As an alumnus, he serves on the
Bloomsburg University Foundation Board of
was blessed and very fortunate
Bloomsburg
University'.
Even
percent of the students are
Beth and
I
to attend
today, nearly
first
generation.
see an important mission in
supporting these students.”
•
40
Albert Fisher
CPA and
’60s
Larry W. Greenly
’65
won
and
a gold
of Southern Nevada,
for the Arts. Previously,
J.
Fisher Accounting
Behr served
Terry Guers ’77/78M
as
chairman of the Fine Arts
retired after
Department
from Bloomsburg enabled him to
in
Moonbeam
achieve success in the accounting
Pamela, reside on Chincoteague
and education world. He made
Island,
a promise to himself when he
Cottage Collection, a gallery/shop.
Kutztown, Fleetwood and
John C. Olaynick 71 retired from
the Palm Beach County (Fla.)
Water Utilities as an environmental
analyst. He resides in West Palm
Beach where he is a flight
1992,
Children’s
for his nonfiction
Black Fighter Pilot. His
book
Young Adult Book
the 2014 NM/AZ Book Awards.
Dale Hunsinger
'65, principal
in
scholarship.
70s
of
Homestead-Wakefield Elementary
Air,
Md„ was named
Harford County Principal of the
Blair
Year for 2013.
Louis H. and Katherine
by the
Berks County Intermediate Unit,
Va„ and own the Island
while serving schools in the
Brandywine Heights
districts.
In
he became an employee of
the Kutztown Area School District
from which he retired
June
in
2014 after 22 years. Guers
in
Muhlenberg Township
lives
in
instructor.
Reading
S.
Zbinden
Ann Donovan Motsko 72
Community Service Award. The award
John Vanderbeck 77 was
promoted to chief executive
Virginia
received the Ben Franklin
Robert Boose ’6$ was
Ministry and Leadership at Austin
awarded honorary
(Texas) Presbyterian Theological
fellowship in the
Seminary, Austin.
American College
June with 20 years of service as
senior pastor of Preston Hollow
ty Foundation’s
distinction recognizes exceptional
Presbyterian Church
the winner’s choosing.
contributions to dentistry and the
Texas.
dental profession by individuals
was honored by
who do
gift to
of Dentists. This
for 14 years
the
area.
Monie 70 was named the
Distinguished Professor of Pastoral
not hold a dental degree
was employed
his wife,
graduated that he would endow a
also
the Best
He and
He
pathologist in Berks County.
at Girard College
Philadelphia.
in
36 years as a speech-language
Scholarship, Fisher says graduating
certificate in
book, Eugene Bullard: World's First
School, Bel
Commission
the national 2014
Book Awards
won
the Albert
championship tournaments
2000 and 2010.
Virginia
Las Vegas, created
NCAA
led the Yellow Jackets to
is
commissioner to the
emeritus at the College
in
medal
Robert Behr 71
’69,
professor
Upon
He
retired in
in Dallas,
his retirement,
endow
Monie
but have significantly advanced
Distinguished Chair of Homiletics
the profession of oral health.
at
Austin Seminary.
accompanied by a $1,000 grant
Communities, based
in
West
Point.
from the Wayne County Communi-
and
is
Ben Franklin Fund
designated to the charity of
John Mondschein 78
retired after
teaching business and coaching track and field for 36 years at
Parkland High School (PHS), Al-
he
a $2.5 million
the Blair R.
is
officer
of ACTS Retirement-Life
Arthur Luptovvski 73
is
an
lentown.
He was
inducted into the
advance scout with the Detroit
PHS
Pistons of the National Basketball
and
He was previously the
American Internationa] College
head basketball coach where he
inducted into the Whitehall High
Association.
Gifts
athletic hall of
field
fame
as a track
coach and was previously
School athletic hall of fame as a
member of the
1973 football team.
from Daniel Tearpock 70
THE LATE DANIEL TEARPOCK 70, noted geologist,
bequeathed a collection of Native American
arrowheads to the university that
tline
Science Center. Tearpock,
also gave
$50,000
displayed in Har-
is
who
died Feb.
9,
2014,
to the university' in his will.
In 1988, Tearpock founded Subsurface Consultants
& Associates which grew into an
international
consulting and training firm with multiple branch
offices.
He was
a
well-known figure
and gas
in the oil
industry and remained committed to his profession
as a successful oil finder, to educating
and mentoring
the next generation of talent in the geosciences and
to serving his
community.
In recent years,
Tearpock received multiple honors
and awards commemorating his professional
achievements, including the American Association
of Professional Geologists (AAPG) Division of
Professional Affairs’ Heritage Award, the
AAPG
Honorary Member Award and nomination
to the
Advisory Board of Bloomsburg University’s College
of Science and Technology.
WINTER
2015
23
George Antochy 79
retired
John Keegan
from
technology company based
public
’84, a certified
Media. Knox holds an
in
accountant,
tion after 32 years. His last position
officer at
was as manager, client planning
and design, responsible for the
Center of New Jersey.
60,000 administrative computers
speaking with accountants
Allison Straub
nationwide about software and
assistant professor of nursing at
technology. Keegan
Misericordia University.
in
from the
June 2009
U.S.
after
Army
The
the chief financial
Holy Family University and
Surgery
Plastic
He
is
certified Six
also
Reserve
30 years
global
of service.
is
a chartered
and
analysis professional
she was a
certified
’90
is
a Path
program coordina-
to Success
is
worked
at
BBBS
since 1994,
recently as a school-based
Chambersburg YMCA. Christian
mentoring coordinator.
most
assistant director
Bryan Noaker '90 retired
as
principal of the Milton Area
Rodney Zechman
Cameron Smith
School
the Revolution.3 Ironman-distance
District.
'84
competed
in
triathlon in Sandusky, Ohio.
Lake
’80s
in
and 26.2-mile marathon run
on the boards of Juniata Valley
finishers,
Financial Corp. and Juniata
Division for
Valley Bank. Berry
and
the chief
second
men
first in his
He is married
Wood ’86.
executive officer and president
of Solar Renewable Energy and
in
for 23 years
since 2004.
He
at
has more than
reside in Selinsgrove.
Ann DiBernado Clements ’92
received the 2014 Rosalie Kaleda
Scholarship for advanced practice
registered nurses. Clements, a
Dale Sinnott ’89 retired from the
U.S. Air
age group, 50 to 54.
Force concluding more
than 25 years of active military
former Sandi
duty. Sinnott’s last
assignment was
as the chief of the Director of Op’85
and served as principal
wound, ostomy and continence
erations
promoted
Zechman
age 40 and older,
Jane Runey Knox
High
for the district
also oversees security for
in the Master’s
to the
He worked
School.
more than 200
Achieve Energy Solutions, and
owns Berry Group Management.
vice
20 years of bank experience. He
and his fiance, Jennifer Riordan,
10 hours, 48 minutes, he crossed
the line seventh of
a director
is
of The Northumberland National
the bank.
Erie, 112-mile bicycle ride
’88
president of branch administration
Bank.
Completing the 2.4-mile swim
is
Luann Naugle Smith
tor with Big Brothers/Big Sisters
since 2011.
professional.
Arlington Texas Independent
is
is
the executive director of the
was the
kindergarten teacher with the
’83
Maloney ’86M
Carla Shearer Christian '88
information technology
retired after 25 years of teaching.
Douglas Berry
Belt.
management accountant,
corporate financial planning and
last 18 years,
a
of Lancaster County. Smith has
certified treasury professional,
Laura Adolphson Antochy 79
For the
Sigma Green
is
an associate with K2 Enterprises,
used throughout the FAA. Antochy
retired
is
’90s
MBA from
the Federal Aviation Administra-
was
Deployment Requirements
certified nurse at the Williamsport
Regional Medical Center, will use
the funds toward her education to
become
a certified registered nurse
practitioner through
Bloomsburg
University.
Branch, Defense Intelligence Agen-
to chief operating officer
Healthcare Administrative
cy, at
the Pentagon, Washington,
D.C. Sinnott resides in Alexandria,
Partners, a medical data and
Va.,
Angela Taylor
Hummel
’92 has
attained the Senior Professional
and has three children.
Duane Carey honored
DUANE CAREY ’91 was named
Carey joined the chamber
GovConnects, the chamber’s
Howard County (Md.) Chamber
immediately after starting his
of Commerce’s Business Person
business.
of the Year during the chamber’s
years on the board of directors,
member
annual Signature Event. Carey
including one year as chair;
organization that fights child
president at
&
IMPACT
is
Marketing
Public Relations, which started
founding
He
business-to-government
has served eight
is
Carey has
a
member of the Young
Professionals
Network of Howard
member
10 years ago in his basement and
County; and a
now serves
leadership team that launched
clients in six states.
of the
board
for Shari’s Promise,
sexual abuse, and as
the
initiative.
also served as a
an
member of
Howard Hospital Foundation
Board of Directors.
Bob Marquette top CEO
BOB MARQUETTE
Marquette has been involved
70,
president/CEO of Members
1st
Federal Credit Union, was chosen
as
CEO of the Year among credit
unions with more than $250
24
with the credit union
movement
since 1973, working 28 of those
years with
Members
1st
Federal
Credit Union, headquartered in
A member
Credit Union Association, he
serves on the boards of Capital
Region Economic Development
Corp. and the Ronald
House
Charities,
McDonald
and the advisory
boards of the Children’s Miracle
million in assets by the National
Mechanicsburg.
Association of Federal Credit
of the Regulatory Review
Network and the Arc of Cumber-
Unions (NAFCU).
Committee of the Pennsylvania
land and Perry counties.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Human Resources certification.
Hummel is the vice president of
in
human resources at Evangelical
Communin' Hospital. Lewisburg.
Bonnie
Munn Heintzelman ’95
an instructor of nursing
Urban
’92
is
head of the
Ulthera Business Unit, responsible
for
all
of the company’s commerthe
cial activities in
sales,
including
U.S.,
He joined Ulthera
October 2009 as the organization's
first sales
leader and has 21 years of
commercial experience
in the
US.
pharmaceutical and medical device
industries.
Urban earned
his
MBA
Loyola College in Baltimore.
of Nursing,
He
Steven Fahs ’94
is
of .Ally Bank.
He
internal auditor
is
a certified
and
certified
Insti-
Accoun-
director of the Bureau
to
May 2011
w'hen he assumed additional
responsibilities for multiple
facilities.
of Audits with the Pennsy Ivania
Medical Center School
Thomas Jefferson
Shawn Simchock
Office of the Budget.
’02 has entered
University School of Nursing and
into priestly formation for the
the Central Susquehanna Licensed
diocese of Scranton at
Practical
’00s
Nurse Career Center.
sales
McLaughlin
’95
Baltimore.
Kyle Sahd ’01
A certified financial planner, she
was employed
same capacity
at
is
Nicholas Seier
manager
in the
Cole Taylor
an ordained
Jeremy Thompson ’02
is director of power
priest.
at
’01.
CBIZ
a
CPA.
accounting at Public
is
MHM. He
Service Enterprise
provides financial, asset
Mortgage.
securitization and
'95
in
is
manager and senior loan
Mortgage Netw ork Inc.
previously'
Mary’s
St.
Seminary and University
officer at
Gregory Orth
senior vice
is
December 2006
a council
tants.
review's
president and chief internal auditor
is
Pennsylvania
tute of Certified Public
Leslie KufFel
in
’98
Pennsylv ania College of
marketing and commercial
strategy.
at
member of the
Technology. She previously taught
at Geisinger
Patrick
John Kaschak
is
at
on
Group, specializing in
due diligence
warehouse
collateral
derivativ e accounting.
diversified
PSEG
is
a
energy company
New Jersey
lines of credit to the financial
headquartered
of THincBOX, a business
services community, including
and one of the 10
largest electric
dev elopment company, and an
private equity firms,
companies
US.
authorized licensee of Sandler
and venture
is
president
hedge funds
in
in the
,
capital firms.
Jeffrey AVhitenight
’95M was
promoted to senior vice president,
Corporate and Community'
Matthew Funk ’04 is a senior
associate with Quantum Financial
Management in Allentown. Funk,
Relations at Seton Hill University,
a certified financial planner,
financial officer of Harleysville
responsible for loan operations
was chosen
10-y ear veteran of the financial
Savings Financial Corp. and Har-
and branch administration, at
Columbia Bank and Trust Co.
Magazine's 40 Under 40. Selected
from a nomination pool of more
wife, Jackie,
than 225 candidates, the 2014
in New' Tripoli.
auditor of investments and
Training in Lancaster.
Kristofer Smith
derivatives.
M. Shane Michalak
leysville Savings
'94
is
chief
Bank. Michalak
First
previously serv ed as vice president,
controller
and
treasurer.
A CPA
for over 18 years. Michalak
Michael Devaney '98
is
’01.
director of
for Pittsburgh
on
overseeing operations in York,
visibility, diversity
of Certified Public Accountants,
Adams and Northumberland
impact on the region.
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified
counties. Devaney' recently serv ed
Public Accountants and Financial
as the senior district
manager
Waste Management
in Philadel-
Managers
is
a
Institute
Society' of Philadelphia.
He and his wife, LaYonne. have
three children, Jordan.
9;
and Braeden,
7.
11;
M.
Seth,
phia He has a master’s degree
public administration from
He
lives
a
with his
and their son. Levi,
honorees were chosen based
chief
operating officer of Rabbit Transit,
member of the .American
services industry.
is
their passion,
Matthew Sterenczak
commitment,
and overall
James Aurand ’02M
in
Penn
State University.
is
is
the
Easttown Middle School, Berwyn.
Prior to joining
for
’04
assistant principal of Tredyffiin
T
E, Sterenczak
served as acting assistant principal
acting
administrator at Susque-View
for Middle School East
Home Nursing and Rehabilitation
acting principal of Evergreen
Center.
He previously' served
facility
administrator from
as
and as
Elementary' School in the
Perkiomen Valley School
District.
Of Mice and McMenamin
JAMES McMENAMIN
appeared as Whit
Of Mice and Men in Broadway’s Longacre
Theatre. The play, adapted from a novella
‘01
in
by John Steinbeck, starred James Franco
and Chris O’Dowd, and was screened
internationally by National Theatre Live.
McMenamin’s acting credits include TY’s
The Good Wife, Law and Order SVU and
Law and Order; and New York theatre
productions of Ashville. The Bad Guys, Suicide
Inc.,
Middletown, Our Town and
Xaked. as
yvell as
Armed and
regional theatre and
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble.
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1
s
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
huskynotes
Sterenczak received his master’s
Brittany Delaney Brooks '09
degree in educational leadership
a speech language pathologist
and
principal’s certification
He
Lehigh University.
is
from
enrolled
the doctoral program in
in
educational leadership at Lehigh.
Trevor Saylor ’05
principal at
is
assistant
Bermudian Springs
Elementary School
in
at Jersey
in the
April Harris-Snyder ’12M
a children’s
is
therapist at Philhaven,
Shore Hospital. Brooks
began her career
Mount
leading marketing efforts at
career coordinator at Lackawanna
degree
College. Harris-Snyder works with
in professional clinical
counseling/psychology from
all
treating and preventing
LaSalle University
co-curricular experience at the col-
departments to improve the
promote positive community
communication/swallowing
lege,
disorders and voice and cognitive
standards and assist in enforcing
difficulties.
the student code of conduct. She
and her husband, Matthew, have
Browne ’09
is
three sons, Harrison, Everett and
a student in
Henry Snyder.
the Faculty of Medical Sciences at
the University of the West Indies,
Michael Hower 13
Knoebels Amusement Resort.
St.
Elysburg.
goal of becoming a physician.
planner for Juniata County'.
associate director of the Center for
Anthony Smith '09 signed for the
2015 American Indoor Football
women’s basketball coach
Engagement, Service, and Learn-
season as a linebacker with the
Justin
ing at Shippensburg University.
ASI Panthers
tant in the assurance practice at
He
his collegiate career,
James D’Amico ’08/T0M
is
the
previously served as residence
Augustine, Trinidad, with the
in
Smith played
with the Wichita Wild of the
Student Activities.
Champions Professional Indoor
Football League for
’08
is
two seasons.
Erdman T2,
& Young,
a staff accoun-
the assistant
at Saint
Francis University. Oxenrider
Lydia Shedden 13
Erdman met
associate at Cargill Wyalusing, a
BU. Stebila
ball
’10s
is
previously spent one year as an
Philadelphia,
Stebila while student
teaching during his
an international
an associate
completed the Steamtown Marathon in
October 2014 with Mike Stebila ’97.
Ernst
student adviser at Ohio University,
where he is an immigration specialist and advises about 800 international students on immigration
is
Kayla Oxenrider 13
Reading. Following
director and assistant director of
Ryan Geiger
the
Gretna. Groff received her master's
York Springs.
Mary Frances Hynoski Helwig’06M
is
associate dean of students and
Philadelphia area, diagnosing,
Sherrol
is
Brittany Groff 'll
is
coach
is
at
last
a teacher
semester
at
assistant coach at Albright College.
beef processing
is
an operations
facility.
and basketStephanie Winters 14
Selinsgrove Area
High School.
is
a full-time
special education teacher with the
Danville Area Middle School.
compliance, academic concerns
Michael Hamlin TO
and cross-cultural adjustment.
basketball coach with Mansfield
is
an assistant
University.
Nardone acquires
East Bay
Correction
MARIO NARDONE ’99, acquired a wealth
management and investment advisory firm
now known as East Bay Financial Services.
East Bay
is
a Registered Investment Advi-
sor which provides portfolio
and financial advice
management
GER\LD
incorrectly identified in the
Husky Notes
Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue.
Strauss
advisory services to financial professionals.
Nardone’s career began with Vanguard
in Valley
Forge before
before he relocated to Charleston,
S.C.,
to serve as chief investment officer
and chief compliance
Financial Concepts.
officer at
He earned
Morris
the
Chartered Financial Analyst designation
in
2003 and serves
Society'
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
section of
Bloomsburg: The University
to individuals, families
and nonprofits, plus consulting and co-
mutual funds
STRAUSS was
H.
as president of CFA
South Carolina.
is
professor emeritus of
English at Bloomsburg University,
where he was on the
1961 to 1993
as assistant
faculty
from
and served many years
department
regret the error.
chair.
We
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VITAL STATISTICS
Obituaries
Marriages
Alan M. Parker '82 and
and Bryan Kauffman, Nov.
2,
2014
Shari Sanger ’02 and Eric Marderness, Oct.
6,
2013
Jen Barkume
’95
Amanda Babb
2013
Julie Fullerton, Dec. 31,
and Omar Porrata,
’04
Carol
McCloughan
Stephanie Gates ’04 and Nathaniel Harrison
Aug.
'03.
2014
8.
’05
Debra Christoffel
2011
4.
and Charles Snyder, June 21, 2014
Sarah Lepley '05 and Brian
May
Driscoll,
N.
Hill
'06
and Ann
Anthony
Hill,
June
21,
2014
'53
May
Keffer '06 and Jessica Sparkes,
Mary Sabatelle Archer 73
’55
Andrew
Higgins ’56
’06
and Erika Sorgule, June
Meredith Michael ’07 and Thad Neidrick, July
Alyssa Madeira '08 and
Tom
DiSalvatore
Philip
74
Damiter
John McCauley 77
2014
5,
2014
Barbara
Jr. ’05,
Brian Mitterling ’08 and Jeana Robertson, Sept.
7,
2013
A. Louise
2014
’61
Sharon Kintzer
Adam
Lynsi Ulsamer ’08 and Jordan Yohn, July 10, 2014
’61
Judith
Jill
’65
Reardon
’96
Shuminski Donovan ’97
Elizabeth
Rutski ’65
Audrey McClure
’84
Dorothy Smith Loyack ’84
’61
Knapp Thomas
George Pekala
’82
’83
Abraham Simon
'61
Christine Harnish Haehnel ’63
Harry Phillips ’08 and Veronica Bruce, July 19, 2014
Jo Kirchhoff
Richard Kowker ’82
Thomas Hunsinger
Joseph Kleczynski
Sept.
8,
Holly
Charles Housenick ’60
2013
4,
4,
’59
Faye Lee Aumiller Rager
2014
77
Cheryl Kleckner
Laura Niehoff Belber
Matthew Lavinia
72
Kathleen Roarty
Charles Ronald Perry ’59
’06 and Brooke Colgan, on Aug. 22,
Mark Kamenetz
72
Nicholas Kindt
2010
10,
Thomas
Justin
72
Lucille Matter Jolin
Douglas Erickson
John Kosoloski
Ashley Childs ’06 and Kleanthis Daras, Oct.
Charles Hess 71
'51
'52
Carl Hinger ’54
2014
31,
’69
George Geise
’52
John Trisko
'68
Jean Cleaver Stank 70
Francis Bidelspach
Kanyuck
’68
Pamela Evans Martin
Anne Magera Rishe
Richard Keyser ’50
Calvin
Arithe Sorber '04 and Benjamin Kline, June
Hilkert ’45
'49
Carson Whitesell
2014
April 12,
’67
Samuel Hand
David Hildenbrand ’67
Frosini ’45
Louise Garard Frontera '49
Jessica Dunmoyer ’03 and Paul McGinnis
Megan Brewington
Fegely ’37
Enzo
Raub
Tonya Kehler
’05
’07
’66
Steffanie Barnhart ’09 and Nathaniel Kimble. Oct. 12, 2013
Births
Holly Bergin '09 and Brian Pitcavage 09, March 22, 2014
Bridget
Bond
'09 and
Gene Ryerson
2014
09. Aug. 23,
Gregory Chomyn
Kelly Bressi ’09 and
James Lesko
Jena Oley 09 and James Nestico
'12.
’09.
May
31.
2014
Erika Strawn Kuntz '99 and husband, Matt, a daughter, Adelyn Hope,
June 21 201
,
Aug. 23, 2014
Jennifer Jones ’10 and John Haefner, June 21, 2014
Nicholas
Katharine Wennell '10 and Phillip Haberek
Mary Ziegler
Lisa Baier
’10 and Bryan
’11
Gushen, July
’09. Oct. 12,
2013
James
’02,
William, Aug. 23,
Lisa Laboskie
’11
'11
and Matthew Ridner
June
’08.
23,
2012
and Matthew Dooley, June 21, 2014
Ashley M. Furman
’12
and Ezra
S.
Papincak
Kelly
Aug.
'12. July 20,
2013
’12
and Andrew McAteer
Alaina Strouse '12 and
Megan Gurecki
’13
Adam
Johnson,
’12,
May
May
17,
31,
2014
2014
and James Jefferson, June 28, 2014
’14 and Nicholas
Ross
’14, July 19,
3,
2014
’04
and husband,
Carl,
a daughter,
Lillian
Moon,
2014
2,
2014
Jackson William, May
19,
'01,
a son,
2014
Stefanie Patches Sanders ’04 and husband, Keith, a son, Sawyer William,
2014
Elizabeth Patches Nati ’05 and husband, Joe, a son, Brandon James,
11,2014
Ashley Childs Daras
to:
a son, Mason Michael, Aug. 27, 2014
Rachelle Simon Rohner ’04 and husband. Bradley Rohner
April
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wife, Erin,
2014
Brennan Durante
July 17,
Amy Thomas
and
Arithe Sorber Kline ’04 and husband, Benjamin, a son, Charles Lee,
June
Amanda Speck
Lillian
Jessica Dunmoyer McGinnis ’03 and husband, Paul, a son, Nicholas
and Kyle Whitford ’10 June 27, 2014
Janelle Grexon
Seier ’01 and wife, Krystel, a daughter, Eleanour
Alexandria, Aug. 25, 2014
Michael Kohan
2014
12,
’96 and wife, Heather, a daughter, Aibhlinn Marie,
Dec. 16, 2012
’06
and husband. Kleanthis, a daughter,
Ellie
Brooke,
Aug. 30, 2013
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Brittany Costa Fritz ’10 and husband, Dereck Fritz ’10, a daughter,
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Emalyn Lee, May
Waller Administration Building
Janelle Grexon Ridner
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
May
24,
30.
2014
’11
and husband, Matthew Ridner
’08,
a son, Brayden,
2014
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up
the line
SHOE
BIZ: Vincent Ottomanelli
Salvatore Ferragamo
'88,
CEO and regional director of
— The Americas, spoke to two dozen BU art and
marketing students at the flagship store
Trip.
reunions, networking and special events
in
New York City during a Husky Road
The company visit was offered through BU’s Professional U
initiative.
TOGETHER AGAIN: Shown at Lambda Alpha Mu's reunion last fall,
from
left,
are seated: Diane
Danzer
Gill
78, Roseann Finn Luther 77,
Gill Moore 79,
Ann Kapuschinsky
Diane Abruzzesse Fink 77, Sharon Gettel 78, Melanie
Deb Artz Barry
73, Darlene Clarke Amsler 78,
Roslevich '80 and Sharon Sweinhart Jankauskas 79: and standing: Kathy
Eckenroth 79, Karen Moran Mulrooney
'80,
Brenda Myers Monick
Kushnerick
Herman
’82,
'80,
'81,
Cathie Readdy Wienchek
Rebecca Koppenhaver Kline
Pamela Kirk Kraske
'83,
Karen Reinert Wilkinson 78, Cindy NawTocki Dmochowski
Diana Wells Schaffer
HAPPY EVER AFTER:
'63.
married on
May 31,
and Nancy McFerran Rupert Stackhouse
Rosenbaum
The couple
left,
'62, Lisa
Stackhouse Bankus
May 2013 and were
2014, at Eldersburg, Md. Joining in the celebration
were, standing from
28
Gar)- ‘63
seated, reunited at their 50-year class reunion in
Don Rosenbaum
Stackhouse Good
'65,
Joanne Shafer
'62,
'90,
Mary Ellen Goodbrod
Donald Denick
Pileski '64
resides in Forest, Va.
BLOOMSBL RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
'63,
Joan
and Don Poust
'63.
'81.
'80,
Pam Hazen
Nancy
Figard
'83
and
'81,
WITH THANKS: Stanley and Beverly Oberrender of Bloomsburg presented a sculpture to BU’s nursing
department to honor
five students
following a collision near
campus
— now graduates — who came to the rescue when their car burst into flames
in
August 2013. Shown from
President David Soltz. Others
PREVIEW DAY:
District:
Steve Carr
left,
Cheryl Latorre
Brian Case
’97,
’87,
'80,
superintendent, Danville Area School
manager of academic
relations,
PPL
Corp.;
CPA, manager of audit and accounting, Kreisher
and
Miller,
left
are the sculpture artist Jef McGreevy, Stanley
Thomas Machovec ’14 and BU
who assisted were Nicole Slagle 14, Jacob Ribecky 14 and David Arnold.
and Beverly Oberrender, students involved
rescue James Gould T4 and
in the
FRIENDS FROM
’89:
Alumni from the Class of 1989, who have been getting
together every year since graduation, posed for a
from
talked to freshmen about the value of internships and job shadowing
during Welcome Week.
mini-reunion at Lake Hopatcong,
N.J.
From
left
selfie
during their 25th
are Tina LaGreca, Sue
Dougherty, Michelle Garrity Nolan, Monique Manning Heffner and Sherri
Shuman
Kreisher.
HOMECOMING VOLUNTEERS: Alumni and friends of BU who
WELCOME BACK: Among hundreds of alumni attending the Homecoming
volunteered
Tent Party
included, from
Ellzy
last fall
were, from
left,
10 and Stephanie Devaughn
Tiana
10.
Patillo ’09, Asia
Burnett
'09, Felicia
Nori Lewis,
at
the
BU
left,
BU Alumni Association’s Homecoming Tent Party
Diane Steckel; Mark Steckel
Foundation; Barbara Willders
'93; Juli
'83;
Miller '92;
and Mary
Braccilli ’90.
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over THE shoulder
Dancing for a Good Cause
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
FROM 27 COUPLES at its start, two dancers remained on
floor after 86
hours and one minute to win Bloomsburg’s
the
first
Subsequent marathons were typically held
in late
January
or early February and organized around a particular theme.
theme was the United
dance marathon, originally organized as a fundraiser for the
In 1976, for example, the
American Cancer
Bicentennial and the marathon was limited to 50 hours in
Society'.
Breaking the world record of 84.5
hours established by the Guinness Book of World Records, the
exhausted couple,
Manny Santayana and
received $300 and
gifts
from
Sherry Warmkessel,
local merchants, while the
Can-
cer Society’s local chapter received approximately $6,000.
The marathon
was expected
to
that began in
Kehr Union on
end on Sunday, Jan.
26. but
Jan. 24, 1975,
continued on for
two more days. Rules designated each dancer’s body must be
moving
the
The
at all times,
floor,
with only their hands and feet touching
and couples had
definition of dancing
to
dance 50 minutes of every hour.
was
loose, since the contestants
States
duration, one for each state, to avoid serious injuries.
Contestants began the marathon dressed
answered
historical trivia questions
prizes based
on money
raised and
in
costumes. They
and were
number
eligible for
of hours danced.
Dancers received longer breaks than the year before and
could take a shower after 30 hours.
Originally an independent event, the
a service project
marathon became
sponsored by the Program Board. By 1978,
33 contestants completed 50 hours of dancing in front of an
estimated 1,500 spectators
Room and
in
Kehr Union’s Multipurpose
more than $9,000 for the American Diabetes
sometimes played cards or threw a Frisbee. Local bands played
music and Scranton Commons and local businesses provided
Association. In addition to the endurance contests, the
food and beverages.
marathons began
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
raised
to include
one or two 12-hour mini-
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half of the
winning couple,
from
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following the
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many dancers and
hosted
Manny Santayana, was
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marathon
in
spectators.
In
the right foreground are
interviewed by a reporter
Participants
in
1975.
some
records played by the
danced
in
costume
at the
campus
radio station.
1976 Bicentennial-themed marathon held
the Kehr Union.
marathons. The theme of the smaller events
School. Local hands continued to perform, supplemented
The 60s with couples competing
by music from the campus radio
the Frug, Jerk, Limbo,
in contests
Mashed Potato and
in 1978 was
where they danced
A variety of charities benefited from the proceeds over
the years, including the Easter Seals Society in 1979, the
year the marathon was held in Centennial
balloons
in 1980; the
Multiple Sclerosis Fund in 1981, and the American Red Cross
classmates,
maximum
who pledged
Much
of the
5 or 10 cents an
money came from
hour up
and high school students; of the
registrants in 1983, 77
of
in 1985,
ceiling.
the dance marathon was limited
one 10-hour mini-marathon.
20 dancers
Program Board-sponsored event
Participation began to decline, with just
participating in the final
in 1987.
Although interest lessened
marathons held from 1975
In addition to college students, entrants included local
marathon
from the
to 25 hours in length, with
to a
of 20 hours.
residents, senior citizens
fell
Beginning
first
Gym: the Mental
Health Society of Columbia and Montour Counties
- Bloomsburg Chapter in 1982.
station’s large collection
records and, at the completion of each successful marathon,
Twist.
to benefit charitable causes.
171
came from Bloomsburg High
University wanted to
...
and they
at the end, the 13
to 1987 raised
make
The
dance
more than $80,000
students at Bloomsburg
a difference while
having fun
did. •
WINTER
2015
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calendar
Academic Calendar
SPRING 2015
Take 6
Senior Exit
Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
The 25th Anniversary Tour
April
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
Thursday, April 2, 8 p.m.
Reception: April 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Spring Break Begins
Spring Orchestra Concert
Mitrani Hall
Monday, March 9
Sunday, April 12, 2:30 p.m.
$30
Haas Center
adults/$15 children and
&
daisy
Monday, March 16
Guitar Ensemble Concert
Classes End
Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 17,
Haas Center
Carver Hall
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$25
Percussion Ensemble Concert
May 5
Tuesday,
Haas Center
BU
Friday,
7:30
May 9
SUMMER
I:
Session
II:
& BU
June 29 - Aug. 7
III:
at
Concert Band
performances are
Sunday, April 19, 2:30 p.m.
are $6; seniors
Haas Center
$4.
Sunday,
28
Alumni and Students
formances are
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
recommended
Wednesday,
April
Networking Reception
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5
to
7 p.m.
Pine Barn Inn, Danville
BU
7:30 p.m.; Sunday
at
3 p.m. Adult
tickets
All-Athletics
Alumni Day
Saturday, April 18
and non-BU students are
students and
CGA
cardhold-
Performing Arts Box Office, located
Knoebels Amusement Resort
May 18 - June 26
(800) 526-0254
atum@btoomu.edu.
Husky Leadership Summit
students
ers are free. Tickets are available at the
Aug. 7
Affairs office at
to
contact the
Thursday, Friday and Saturday per-
Bloomsburg
St.,
2015
May 18 -
for details
Gross Auditorium
S.
adults/$12 kids
for adult audiences. All
Alumni Weekend
Friday to Sunday, April
25
to
27
in
the lobby of the Haas Center for the Arts,
Pops Concert
Session
Alumni
or
productions are generally
pm
Presbyterian Church,
345 Market
Session
7:30 p.m.
Bloomsburg University Players theatre
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
register. For information,
Saturday, Feb.
Choirs Spring Concert
First
www.btoomuatumni.com
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Friday, April 17,
Commencement
May 8
Graduate
Alumni Events
on these and additional events or
Theatre
May 9
Saturday,
mayhem
Thursday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
End
Finals
students
American musical group
Kenneth
Finals Begin
BU
Visit
Rani Arbo
21 to
for the Arts
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Resume
Monday, May 4
Show
May 9
Women’s Choral Ensemble
Haas Center
Classes
Activities and Events
26, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
or at the door days of the performance.
Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg
www.bloomu.edu/buplayers-current.
BU Community
The Nosemaker’s Apprentice
Special Events
Homecoming Weekend
Concerts
Listed events are
open to the public
Orchestra
Symphony Ball
Saturday, May 2, 6
free of charge. For information
p.m.
March
and
4286.
All
or call
570-389-
programs, dates, times and
locations are subject to change.
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Events
in
the
Haas Center
Thursday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
2014-15
and Carver
Celebrity Artist
Haas Center
Kenneth
S.
Gross
box
office at
570-389-
or visit www.cas.buzz. Programs
St.
123 Market
St.,
Bloomsburg
Haas Center
for
April 1, 2, 6,
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Wednesday,
BU
students
For the latest information on
Fifth
7 p.m.
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
26 and 27
for the Arts
Times
to
be announced
Exhibitions
in
the Haas Gallery of Art are
to the public
and
more information,
free of charge.
gallery hours
Sunday, March 29, 8 p.m.
btoomu.edu/art/haas.html.
Leah Schreiber Johnson, Printmaker
children and
BU
students
Feb. 10 to
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and
reception times, visit http: I/departments.
for the Arts
$45 adults/$22
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
32
upcoming events, check the
Bloomsburg University website
www.bloomu.edu.
Ensemble Dance Minor Concert
For
Husky Singers
Friday, April 10,
Annual Repertory
& Hyde
National Broadway Tour
Mitrani Hall
April 8,
7:30 p.m.
Art Exhibits
children and
Jekyll
Haas Center
Guest Guitar Recital
7,
Lab Theatre/Bookstore Annex
the Arts
Mitrani Hall
Jazz Fest
Haas Center
One-Act Plays
Student-written and -directed projects
open
April 1, all-day event
20
Bloomsburg
Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.
$30 adults/$15
Wednesday,
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to
Mitrani Hall
Argentine tango, Song of Eva Peron
Matthew Lutheran Church,
St.,
Haas Center
Tango Buenos Aires
Sunday, March 22, 2:30 p.m.
Center
Original
April
and dates are subject to change.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Chamber Orchestra
Parents and Family
3 p.m.
1,
Auditorium. For information and to order
4409
Friday, Feb. 27, all-day event
the
in
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall,
Hall,
tickets, call the
Stringposium
7:30 p.m.
Celebrity Artist Series
Series season will be presented
Honors Recital
to 28,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
additional events, see http://departments.
bloomu.edu/music
25
Feb.
Danville Elks
and
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 16 to 18
by Nick Jones and Rachel Shukert
Show
March 26
to April
14
Reception: March 26, 6 to 8 p.m.
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Alzheimer’s:
Not Normal Aging
The
5
million patients,
15.5 million caregivers. Page
toll:
10
ALSO INSIDE
Melody, of Healing
Music’s invisible touch balances mind, body,
spirit.
Page 18
Engine of Opportunity and Growth
BU
dollars
weave through commonwealth’s
fabric.
Page 20
From the President
State of the University
EACH SPRING, I host a breakfast meeting to update local leaders of business,
industry and government on the State of the University. Based on information
from
a recent study
this year
I
was
by Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI),
able to quantify our institution’s positive impact.
The EMSI survey looked
from 2012-13 and found
at figures
in that year alone
to the economy of
And our benefit extends
Bloomsburg University added more than $350 million
Northeastern Pennsylvania. (See story on page 20.)
beyond our region
...
of the state, from helping to create a
attracts
new businesses and
is
more productive workforce
to serving as a
magnet that
industry.
For companies planning to open a
decision
far
and beyond dollars and cents. Bloomsburg University touches every corner
new plant or expand
existing facilities, a crucial part of this
based on which area offers the best workforce. With
this in
mind,
we have partnered
— Lehigh Carbon, Reading Area, HACC and Northampton — to
offer our Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership on their campuses. We also
with four community colleges
welcome
programs
gifted high school students to our
in particular are
we hope will
stay
on
at
campus
for a
head
start
on
their college studies.
Two
meeting the needs of these high-achieving students, many of whom
Bloomsburg to pursue
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
their bachelor’s degrees
— our growing Science,
(STEM) Magnet Program and our dual-admission
Advance College Experience (ACE) program.
We have been encouraged by the renewed commitment to education funding from our new
governor,
Tom Wolf. Although we cannot predict the outcome
way through the legislative
process,
it is
as his
proposed budget makes
refreshing to be part of a discussion that
its
may bring a level
many years.
of funding Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has not experienced in
The
vitality of
here.
our region
relies
Bloomsburg University
is
on the strength of our university and those who study and work
a
tremendous asset
for Northeastern Pennsylvania.
economic impact study confirms what we have known
all
The new
along.
DAVID SOLTZ
President,
Editor's note:
Bloomsburg University
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Alzheimer’s: Not Normal Aging
The
statistics.
Day
’93,
The warning signs.
Claire
senior vice president of the
Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley
Chapter, says there’s no reason to face
age-related dementia alone.
14
Maturing Gracefully
What does it mean to be “elderly?”
Courses on aging help dispel
stereotypes.
17
What Have Learned:
Work and Identity
I
Lowe marvels
Professor Scott
we
18
how
at
define ourselves.
Melody
Healing
of
Played in health care and hospice
musical selections by Terri
settings,
Matkosky Fevang
20
body and
spirit.
Engine
of
’86 balance
mind,
Opportunity
and Growth
It’s
Table of Contents
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Chancellor, State System
President, Bloomsburg University
of Higher Education
David
L.
Soltz
Frank T. Brogan
Executive Editor
Bloomsburg University
Rosalee Rush
Ronald G. Henry. Vice Chair
Council of Trustees
Editor
David M. Maser. Vice Chair
Patrick Wilson '91
Bonnie Martin
Richard Alloway
Mary Jane Bowes, Vice Chair
Photography Editor
Nancy Vasta '9WS8M, Secretary
Eric Foster
of
Governors
Guido M.
Matthew
Chair
Pichini.
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Marie Conley 94
Jane M.
Ramona
Chair
,
H. Alley
Robert
Sarah Galbally
LaRoy G. Davis
Joseph
Garrett
E.
Charles
Phillips
E.
John
E.
A. Rivera
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Johnson
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SPRING 2015
1
Saxophonist Charlie Bryant, a senior music major from Philadelphia,
rehearses with the Bloomsburg University Jazz Ensemble. The
ensemble
— made up of 25 musicians - will perform
in
Stephen Clickard, professor
music and director
for Visual
and Performing
students majoring
in
of
Arts, the Jazz
music and other
Ensemble
49th
of
is
BU’s Center
made up
of
disciplines. To earn the invitation
to perform at the festival, Clickard submitted a
of the group performing.
at the
Switzerland this July. Led by
annual Montreux Jazz Festival
20-minute recording
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Of this World: An
THERE IS BLOOMSBURG, the town.
Bloomsburg, the university.
Bloomsburg, the asterioid.
Thanks
And now,
is
named
for the
Hartline family: Keffer, a 1920
teacher
gested the designation “Bloomsburg”
Astronomical
to the International
of astronomers responsible for the
BNS
who retired in 1935; and his
who also taught at
for
to Bloomsburg University and the
hometown ofH.K. Hartline (1903-
Shepard
1983),
“Asteroids are often
things people
says.
“Those
want
who
named
to honor,”
discover an asteroid
have the right to name
mythology or honor
he
says.
An asteroid
Mauna Kea on
Sept. 14, 2006.
He sug-
name
Ra- Shalom to memorialize the
in
in
2008 with
an asteroid of his own, Mikeshepard.
International Astronomical
Union’s citation states: Michael
female pioneer in planetary science,
for example, carries the
winner of the Nobel Prize
Physiology or Medicine in 1967.
The
scientists,
countries, musicians, artists or
historic events,
citation reads:
Shepard was honored
it.”
the normal school.
discovered the asteroid at Hawaii’s
Asteroid 397279 Bloomsburg’s
earlier this year.
discovered by Eleanor Helin, an early
Joe Masiero, a scientist with the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in California,
not permitted.
The town of
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, is home
mother, Harriet,
Shepard’s friend and colleague
Commercial names and the
monikers of modern politicians are
Israel.
names of objects and features within
the solar system. They approved it
Many asteroid names come from
Bloomsburg Normal School (BNS)
graduate; his father, Daniel, a
known as Bloomsburg
Union, the professional organization
Michael Shepard, chair
of environmental, geographical and
geological sciences, an asteroid was
named in honor of the town, the
university and the hometown of
H. Keffer Hartline, who shared the
1967 Nobel Prize for Medicine. BU’s
to
science building
asteroid
Shepard (b. 1962), a professor of
geology and geosciences at Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania,
specializes in radar
Camp
David Peace Accords signed by
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and
Prime Minister Menachem Begin of
and optical
remote sensing of the minor and the
terrestrial planets. •
SPRING 2015
3
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
New
First
Division
Endowed
Professorship
BREINERS SUPPORT NURSING DOCTORAL PROGRAM
FLETCHER NAMED VICE PRESIDENT
TOM FLETCHER has been
named
vice president for
management and dean of extended
strategic enrollment
programs, leading the university’s
new division,
Strategic
Enrollment Management.
Formerly associate vice
president and dean for extended
programs, Fletcher joined
Bloomsburg
in
2005.
He
previously served in
administrative roles at Lehigh Carbon
Community
College,
Luzerne County Community College and McCann School of
Business and Technology. He earned bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from Penn State.
The new
division
encompasses recruitment and
From
Shaw
left:
’10;
Julie
and Ed Breiner;
A GIFT OF
enrollment, including admissions, financial aid, registrar
and institutional research, as well as distance education and
web-based instruction, extended programs, corporate and
continuing education, off-campus programs, Advance
College Experience (ACE), summer college, winter session
and global and multicultural education. •
their daughter,
$1.9
light coating of snow
hamper the Community Government Associadidn’t
Big Event from having
another record turnout, with
more than
2,275 volunteers
working at 150 job
Edward and Julianne
first endowed
Miller Breiner established the university’s
professorship in support of an exceptional teacher,
mentor and
leader.
The
couple, both
members
of the
Class of 1977, set up the professorship within the
Department of Nursing, specifically in support of
BU’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice.
of Nursing creates a
used for research, conferences,
CHILLY TEMPERATURES
tion’s
Amanda
new
senior faculty position, with additional funding to be
RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS TURN OUT
and a
their niece,
Ficca.
MILLION to the Bloomsburg
University Foundation from
The Breiner Professorship
Really Big Event
Martha Rudi;
and nursing department chairperson Michelle
sites.
Locations included the
Bloomsburg Diner, YMCA,
Fernville Park and about
travel,
software and
equipment or other professional expenses.
“We
gift
talked with university officials about
could make
ways our
BU a stronger university,” says Julie
“With the health profession, there is a
make a huge impact as far as healing
and caring. Nursing really resonated with us.”
Breiner.
potential to
“For Bloomsburg University, there is no stronger
endorsement of our mission and the lifelong impact
we have on our students than the support of our
alumni,” says BU President David Soltz. “The Breiner
Professorship of Nursing enables us to bring in a
member who will
scholarly senior faculty
chores, such as raking, painting, gardening, mulching, debris
Doctor of Nursing Practice, grow the program through
research, teaching and innovation and mentor the next
removal and other spring-cleaning duties.
The
single-day
community service event gives students
the opportunity to say “thank you” to Bloomsburg area
residents and
show appreciation
for their
from home. •
4
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
home away
lead our
new
100 local residences. Student volunteers tackled a host of
generation of nursing professionals.”
The Breiners previously established
for students in the College of Business
Science and Technology. •
four scholarships
and College of
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From
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left,
It’s All
staff, in
100 words
at
or less, to
magazine@bloomu.edu.
Mary Katherine Duncan and BU President David
We
for stories
let
us
know what’s
about yourself, other
BU
look forward to hearing from you. •
Soltz.
Good
MILLERS ESTABLISH DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP
Resource Grant
MARY KATHERINE DUNCAN,
PITT
professor of psychology,
first
is
BU’s
Joan and Fred Miller
Distinguished Professor of Good
Work. The Millers established the
three-year, renewable distinguished
professorship with a blended gift
of $500,000 to the Bloomsburg
University Foundation. Joan Miller
is
a
BU professor emeritus of nursing;
her husband
a physician
“The distinguished professor
will
creatively choose options that will
enhance student and faculty learning
and experiences, enabling faculty
to advance as educators and
encouraging students to advance as
leaders in a chosen profession.”
Miller has been involved in the
Good Work
Initiative at
BU, a project
focused on student excellence, ethics
“Young people entering professional life all aspire to do good work,
and engagement. Duncan, originator
of the BU Toy Library and a member
of the BU Honors Program Advisory
Committee, also is part of the BU
but they find challenges,” says Miller.
Good Work
is
specializing in dermatology.
RESEARCHES
SALAMANDERS’ HABITAT
AMBER PITT, assistant professor of biological and allied health
science,
was awarded
a
Wild
Resource Conservation Grant of
$38,463 from the Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources to examine
the effect of land-use regimes on
hellbender habitat and population persistence in Pennsylvania.
Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis) are large, long-
Initiative. •
lived, aquatic
salamanders that
inhabit highly oxygenated, fast-
Ready
to
Rock
FACULTY, STUDENTS
MAP
GEOLOGICAL FEATURES
AS PART OF the U.S.
Geological
Survey’s StateMap program,
McLaurin
mapping the geology of central
and eastern Pennsylvania. The
associate professor Brett
flowing streams and rivers in the
eastern United States. Hellbend-
sediment
and chemical contamination of
streams, and degrading habitat
has resulted in sharp declines in
population. This research will
ers are sensitive to
silt,
reveal the current distribution of
is
primary objective of the StateMap
program is to establish the geologic framework of areas that are vital to the
welfare of individual states. Recently, McLaurin mapped a 1,000 foot deep
well that was drilled north of Williamsport. He and a group of BU students
brought back to campus a 1,000-foot rock core to describe and catalog for
hellbenders in an area that has
undergone dramatic land use
changes and provide information
that can be used as the basis of
management and conservation
decisions.
the project. •
SPRING 2015
5
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
Black
Steph
America
in
Pettit
Stadium
BU OFFICIALLY DEDICATES
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN BRINGS TOUR TO BU
ON UPPER CAMPUS
FIELD
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, journalist and CNN
personality, brought her Black in
tour to
America
BU for a conversation focused on
how policing impacts lives. Her interactive
presentation included insights from
rights leader
civil
Benjamin Jealous and labor
economist Julianne Malveaux, along with
a
Skype discussion with actress/song-
Carmen
writer
Perez.
“Young people of all colors are more
inclusive in terms of race today,” O’Brien
says.
“But progress has been uneven.
Fewer than half of U.S.
citizens believe
Shown from
left
athletic director;
blacks are fairly treated.” •
and
at the dedication are
BU
Mike McFarland,
President David Soltz; Steph Pettit;
Erik Evans, vice president for university
advancement.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY celebrated a
ASBMB
BAS-TL Times 2
HACC, NORTHAMPTON TO
lifelong
Pettit
All-Athletic
Accreditation
BU
TWO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
THE DEPARTMENT of Chemistry
FIRST
IN
STATE SYSTEM
and Biochemistry received a three-
offer the Bachelor of Applied Science in
year provisional accreditation from
Technical Leadership at their campuses.
the American Society of Biochemis-
HACC,
try
Central Pennsylvania’s
ty College,
Communi-
and Northampton Community
program.
BU is
the
in fall 2015.
State
System of Higher Education
ships for both
to be
awarded an ASBMB
The program, known as BAS-TL, enables community college graduates who
have earned associate’s degrees in applied
BU bachelor’s
degree program at the community college
campus. The degree program provides
the skills and training needed to enter
management positions,
including communication, collaboration,
first
Improvements
“I
ship and educational goals.
ASBMB
evaluators praised the program for
“strong experiential learning and
offer BU’s
BAS-TL
•
and
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
want
all
our coaches and student-
athletes to have the opportunity to
come
BU as well as compete at an outstanding
venue,” says Pettit. “I spent a lot of my time
where
this
stadium stands
when
it
was
a prac-
tice football field, so this area is special to
performance and learning objectives in individual courses.” •
Pettit
founded Clean Earth Systems
me.”
in
1993 and has seen the company grow into a
nationwide distributor of hazardous waste
containers.
Fla.,
6
have a passion for Bloomsburg University
I
extensive lab experiences, excel-
thorough assessment of student
also
to the field
is
to
learning into the curriculum, and
—
facil-
hockey, men’s and women’s
faculty scholar-
management and
Two other community colleges —
wind screens and scoreboard. The
soccer and women’s lacrosse teams.
lent integration of inquiry-based
conflict resolution.
which was
new field
with seating for more than 700 fans,
BU’s biochemistry program was
facilities,
to the stadium,
constructed in 2006, include the
home
rated on factors including research
laboratory
Redman
Stadium.
ity,
accreditation.
also
Campaign and
contributed to the banner project at
university in Pennsylvania’s
leadership, workplace diversity, project
Lehigh Carbon and Reading Area
football for
men and women. He was
co-chair of BU’s First and Goal
turf,
supervisory or
who played
first
member
the Huskies, contributed $1 million toward
and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
for the biochemistry
College will host the program beginning
science to complete the
Pettit, a
stadium improvements and athletic scholar-
BU to
recently entered agreements with
Alumni Day.
of the Class of 1989
OFFER DEGREE PROGRAM
IS
Husky with the dedication of Steph
Stadium during the university’s
The company, based
in
Tampa,
operates 12 warehouses across the U.S. •
ON THE HILL
Senior Rachel Brooker,
left,
and
junior Caroline
sports
Hodgins earned
trips to the
NCAA
Division
II
National
Swimming Championships
this year for the Huskies.
IN THE POOL, Rachel Brooker and Caroline Hodgins
swim different events but share a similar story: neither
200- and 1000-free and earning honorable mention
American in 500- and 1000-free events.
started her collegiate career with the Huskies.
The pair agrees Marvin is a big reason for their success.
“Coach Marvin has a great outlook,” says Brooker, who
graduates this year. “I never wanted to succeed as much
Brooker, a butterfly specialist, began at
New Jersey’s
Rider University, transferring after seeing the success her
sister, Kelsey, had at BU. Hodgins, a freestylist and
daughter of Ted ’89 and Christine O’Rourke Hodgins ’88,
started at Maryland’s Towson University but transferred
older
to
BU looking for a better balance between academics,
athletics
and
social
of Stu Marvin 78.
together,
under the coaching
Now success binds them.
At the recent NCAA Division II Championship meet the
duo broke several school records and earned All-America
honors. Brooker, a psychology major from Stevens, be-
came
someone
had no
like I did for
a two-time All-American after finishing fifth in the
him.
Coming here showed me
I
limits in the water.”
“Rachel and Caroline have been awesome additions
to
our program,” says Marvin, the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
life.
Swimming brought them
for
All-
Women’s Swimming Coach
of the
“Both came away from their previous teams a little
disillusioned with the sport but have found new life here
at BU. They easily transitioned onto the team, primarily
because of their familiarity with the university. Having
that level of comfort allowed Rachel and Caroline to fall in
love with the sport all over again.” •
Year.
200-fly and seventh in the 100-fly. Hodgins, an exercise
science major from Schwenksville, broke two of the oldest
Bloomsburg records, lowering marks
Tom McGuire is sports information director.
set in 1986 in the
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7
Women’s Basketball
Makes Another ‘Sweet’ Run
FOR THE SECOND
Top Coaches
HEAD COACHES Bernie
Empie, women’s cross
country, and Stu Marvin
straight
season, the
women’s basketball
team made
a
’78, women’s swimming,
were named Pennsylvania
deep postseason
State Athletic Conference
run, reaching the national
Sweet
16 of the
(PSAC) Coach of the Year
NCAA
Tournament. It’s
the first time the Huskies have
reached the national Sweet 16
Division
in
The Huskies advanced to the
Champion-
Atlantic Regional
Game
after
NCAA Tourna-
ment wins over Gannon,
81-76,
and Shepherd, 85-69. Bloomsburg battled to the wire in the
regional
falling in
national
title
contest before
its fifth
fin-
Regionals and the PSAC Championships.
Bloomsburg also won the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) D-II Championships
and ranked 21st in the final national D-II poll.
tic
Marvin guided the Huskies
to a second-
place finish at
PSAC
Championships, just
72-69.
five
years after finishing ninth
straight outright Pennsylvania State
at the event.
During the
2014-15 season, the Huskies
finishing the season 26-5.
Seniors Marla Simmons, Lebanon, and Jocelyn Ford, Ithaca,
to the Atlantic
Huskies
— the highest finish for a PSAC school
and tied with the best finish ever for a BU
team — and second at both the NCAA Atlan-
Athletic Conference Eastern Division regular season championship,
were named
after the
NCAA D-II National Champi-
overtime to eventual
champion California University of Pennsylvania,
Bloomsburg won
Empie was honored
ished 14th at the
onships
back-to-back years.
ship
in their sports.
II
posted a dual meet record
N.Y.,
of
Region All-Tournament Team.
8-1,
the team’s best
mark
since the 1992-93 season,
Simmons also was named PSAC East Athlete of the Year and newcomer Camden Boehner, Gettysburg, earned PSAC Freshman of the
Year accolades. Head coach Bill Cleary was named PSAC East Coach
of the Year. Ford picked up Second Team All-PSAC East recognition
established 14 school records and had 46
new
top 10 times. Bloomsburg was also ranked
nationally, earning a No. 13 ranking
from
collegeswimming.com. •
along with redshirt junior Adreana Sadowski, Fleetwood. •
Cleary,
Simmons Earn
WBCA
Honors
THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
COACHES ASSOCIATION (WBCA)
honored head coach Bill Cleary and senior
Marla Simmons for their efforts during
the 2014-15 season.
Cleary was
named WBCA Atlantic
Region Coach of the Year and a finalist for
National Coach of the Year after guiding
the Huskies to a 26-5 overall record and
a 20-2
mark
against
PSAC
competition.
Simmons, who has helped the team to 102
wins in four seasons, was named an honorable mention All-America selection by the
WBCA. She will graduate with the most
victories of any player in program history
after powering the Huskies with a team
high 14.4 points per game this year. •
8
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Strong Start
Southcott Repeats
HANNAH BOUDREAU was named
as Champion Scholar
the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Women’s Cross
Country Freshman of the Year.
Boudreau, of Hampstead, Md., earned
All-American honors after finishing
35th at the NCAA Division II National Championships
in Louisville, Ky. During the season she received NCAA
All-Region honors by finishing sixth at the regional race
and picked up All-PSAC honors with a 15th-place finish
at the PSAC Championships. Boudreau was also sixth
at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Division II Championships, third at the Husky
Invitational and eighth at Slippery Rock University. •
Field
Hockey
Recognized
for
Academics
THE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM was
recognized
excellence
last fall for
academic
— a team GPA of 3.0 or better — by the
National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Bloomsburg
was one of nine Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) schools presented with the Division
Academic Team Award.
II
National
In addition, sophomore Samantha Peters was named
one of the Division II Scholars of Distinction. Players
selected to the team achieved a cumulative GPA of
3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 201415 academic year. Peters, of Yeagertown, was one of 24
student-athletes to receive the award from the PSAC. •
Junior Nicole Southcott,
Chesick, earned
left,
shown with PSAC Associate Commissioner
PSAC Women’s
second consecutive
Basketball
Champion Scholar honors
Carlin
for the
JUNIOR NICOLE SOUTHCOTT earned the title of 2015
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women’s
Basketball
achieved
Champion
Scholar, repeating the
honor she
last season.
The Champion Scholar
is
awarded
to the student-
athlete with the highest grade point average at each of
the league’s 23 championship finals
Downingtown,
Football’s
year.
is
sites. Southcott, from
an early childhood/special education
major.
She continues a Bloomsburg tradition. Other studenthonor are: Jerrin Toomey, football,
2014; Aubrey Bossert, women’s lacrosse, 2012 and 2013;
Bryce Shaffer, men’s soccer, 2012; and Tim Dorsch, men’s
swimming, 2012-13. •
athletes earning the
Winning Season
THE FOOTBALL TEAM had a season to remember
winning another Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) East title and reaching the national
quarterfinals. The Huskies capped their 11-2 season by
receiving the 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC) Lambert Meadowlands Award at the annual
ECAC Awards Banquet at MetLife Stadium in East
in 2014,
Rutherford, N.J.
It marks the third time in school history that the
Huskies have received the Lambert Award, joining
the 1985 and 2000 teams.
Bloomsburg has 142 victories over the past 15 years,
more than any other Super Region One team. Only
three Division II teams nationwide have more wins
during that span. •
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9
:
Alzheimer’s
Not Normal Aging
COLON
By WILLIE
From former President Ronald Reagan and entertainer Glen Campbell to the
fictional Alice Howland portrayed by actress Julianne Moore in the film, Still
Alice Alzheimer’s disease steals a lifetime of memories
,
for oneself.
There
is
disease,”
and don’t wait to get help. Those
are the twin neon-flashing-light
messages that Claire Day ’93 comes
back to again and again when she
to
ways
a
whole commu-
for people to feel supported.
“Alzheimer’s
is
a disease that will
progress to 24-hour care,” she adds.
Americans
“It’s
not something people should
are living with this deadly disease,
take on without a care team.
which mostly affects those 65 and
older. As the Baby Boomer generation
ages, those numbers are projected to
skyrocket. There is no cure, but there
is help. And the sooner you look for
to
help, the better, says Day, the senior
vice president of the Alzheimer’s
Association, Delaware Valley Chapter.
For one thing, there are more
treat-
ment options that can delay the onset
of symptoms for those in the early
stages of Alzheimer’s, a neurodegenerative disease that
makes up 60
to
80
percent of dementia cases.
Early detection also benefits the
estimated 15.5 million caregivers.
“Families tend to say things
‘That’s just
ize,”
Aunt
Jenny.’
Day says. “But
like,
We rational-
early diagnosis
allows for better planning, such as
conversations about future care and
completing a living will.”
Reaching out early can help people
avoid another common problem.
“This can be a very isolating
need
It’s
OK
Day became
interested in
from Bloomsburg. Her
first social
work job was at a continuing care
retirement community in Central
Pennsylvania that bucked the status
quo of the early
by creating a
special unit for those with dementia.
’90s
She also began volunteering for
which trained her to run a monthly
support group. “The more I got
involved as a volunteer, the more I
wanted to advocate for change in the
dementia field,” Day says. “Now I get
do that every
day.”
Her work with the
association also
helped her understand one basic fact:
Alzheimer’s is not normal aging. “We
shouldn’t lose the ability to
between
comb, or the
words,”
a
a car
ability to
tell
the
key and a
use
common
when
woman called, worried that she
might be
disease.
in the early stages of the
Her concern was justified.
“She called because she opened the
freezer and found a tape dispenser,”
Day says. “She spent
10 minutes
on someone else,
but she lived alone and finally
realized, ‘There’s no one who could
have done this but me.’ ”
it
Memory loss and
are
two of the
first
misplacing things
signs that there
could be a problem. Other early
warning signs include difficulty
completing familiar tasks, confusion
with time or place, and changes in
mood
or personality'.
But Day
the Alzheimer’s Association,
difference
staffing the national
Alzheimer’s helpline years ago
trying to blame
help.”
Alzheimer’s soon after graduating
to
Day recalls
Day says. “Caregivers need
know that there’s
nity of people out there, that there are
talks about Alzheimer’s.
5 million
ability to care
no cure.
DON’T GO THROUGH IT ALONE
More than
and the
forgetting
is
quick to note that
where you
left
the car keys
shouldn’t automatically send you
scrambling for the helpline number.
Instead, be alert to changes in an
individual’s
normal behavior.
“If my mother forgets a name, that’s
no surprise to me. She’s never been
good with names,” Day explains. “But
if she can’t do a crossword puzzle,
then I would get worried because
she can finish The New York Times
crossword.”
Day says.
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As the disease progresses, the
initial
person needs more and more help,
such as reminders to do basic tasks
and step-by-step instructions for how
to make a meal. Behavior changes also
are
common, including a potential
for
promise. However, there
is
some optimism surrounding research
on early intervention and treatment
for people
with no symptoms.
is
another bright spot.
wandering and increased aggression
that Day says is often caused by an
unmet need. “The challenge is
figuring out what that need is,”
we do is help people
understand why this needs to be such
she says.
funds, and provides a
“Part of what
a priority,”
Day says. The
association
helps raise awareness and research
wide range
of resources and support tools for
The
statistics
on Alzheimer’s ring
alarm bells on multiple
One
levels.
— or
— have Alzheim-
in nine seniors over 65
roughly
11
percent
Almost two-thirds of Americans
with Alzheimer’s are women, mainly
for a simple reason. “The biggest risk
factor is age,” Day says, “and women
er’s.
But even younger people get
Alzheimer’s: an estimated 200,000
Americans under 65 are living with
the disease.
The strain on the health care system and the nation’s economy is enormous. According to the
New England
Journal of Medicine, Alzheimer’s is
already the nation’s costliest disease.
One
report estimates that, given the
current trajectory,
it
will cost $20.8
over the next 36 years to pay
for care, with Medicare bearing the
trillion
brunt of that
It’s
cost.
also the sixth leading cause of
death in the
U.S., killing
more people
than breast and prostate cancer
combined. Average life expectancy
after diagnosis is about eight to
12 years.
“What typically ends the life of
someone with Alzheimer’s is what the
disease does to other systems in the
body,”
Day explains. For example,
the disease progresses, a person
as
may
lose the ability to control swallowing.
This can lead to fluid build-up in the
lungs, causing
pneumonia and,
often,
death.
So where
is
nately, recent
the hope? Unfortudrug trials for new
treatments are falling short of their
12
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
and
a federal
effectively treat Alzheimer’s
“While
we
don’t have the estimated
$2 billion a year
we need
to get treatment
by 2025,” Day
“we
for research
says,
are seeing that researchers and
more
They are making changes
the government are paying
attention.
we
hadn’t seen in previous decades.”
Of course, everyone
is
Along with its year-round
work, the group organizes the Walk to
End Alzheimer’s, which takes place in
more than 600 locations — including
Bloomsburg — and participates in
brain.
National Alzheimer’s Disease
“I still
Awareness Month, enacted by former
President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
surprised by anything.
caregivers.
In terms of awareness of and
live longer.”
example,
disease by 2025.
The work of the Alzheimer’s
Association
in 2012, for
bipartisan effort that aims to prevent
waiting for
that big breakthrough that will lead
and an answer to the central
mystery surrounding the disease.
to a cure
“We know what’s happening in the
We don’t know why,” Day says.
maintain that
to see the
So
that’s
day when
what
it
won’t be
I
I
I
hope
can
say,
I live
‘Huh.
was.’ ” •
attention to the disease, things are
moving
in the right direction.
The
National Alzheimer’s Plan unveiled
Willie Colon
based
is
a freelance writer
in Philadelphia.
AI^HEIMHpf,
10 early signs and symptoms
1.
Memory
loss that disrupts daily
life
2. Challenges in planning or solving
problems
3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks at
home,
at
work or
at leisure
4. Confusion with time or place
5. Trouble
understanding visual images and spatial relationships
6.
New
7.
Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
8.
Decreased or poor judgment
9.
Withdrawal from work or social
10.
problems with words
Changes
in
mood and
in
speaking or writing
activities
personality
Source: Alzheimer’s Association
WALK TO
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Saturday, Sept. 19,
2015
10 a.m.
ALZHEIMER'S
more information contact:
Krista Somers
570-822-9915
alzheimer’s
ksomers@alz.org
For
Qj) association
Concerned about Alzheimer’s or caring
Call the Alzheimer’s Association
for
someone with the disease?
24-hour helpline: 800-272-3900
Get more information
at alz.org.
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Gerontology: The study
of the aging process
and individuals as they grow from middle age
through later life, including the study of
physical, mental and social changes in older
people as they age; the investigation of the
changes in society resulting from our aging
population; and the application of this knowledge
to policies and programs. As a result of the
multidisciplinary focus of gerontology,
professionals from diverse fields call
themselves "gerontologists."
m
Careers
Aging, published by the Gerontological
Society of America and the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education
“College students generally
feel far
away from
dijficultfor
them
old age.
to
It's
connect
where they are at 20
to
where
they’re going to be at 80.”
Marion Mason,
professor of psychology
Maturing Gracefully
by
AN AMERICAN BORN in 1900 could
expect to
47 years. Today’s
Americans can anticipate living
beyond
live
their 75th birthdays.
A longer — and more vital —
lifespan,
combined with
a
huge
“bubble” of aging Baby Boomers born
between 1946 and 1964, will double
the number of Americans 65 and
over in the next 35 years. In fact, by
2029, more than 20 percent of the
U.S. population will be over 65, and
by 2056, those 65 and over will outnumber people under 18.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SUE A. BEARD
Experts say those older Americans
be healthier than in the past,
translating into an almost limitless
opportunity for development and
delivery of new products and services.
And those careers won’t be limited
to health care. There will be a need
for architects and engineers to design
living space for the aging, ergonomics
specialists, nutritionists, senior advocates, financial planners and wellness
coaches, to name but a few.
also will
To meet
demand, Bloomsburg University expects to add a
that
new multi-disciplinary minor, Aging
Studies and Gerontology
— not to be
confused with “geriatrics,” the study
of diseases of the aging
— by fall 2016.
Psychology professor Marion
Mason chairs the committee that’s
spent two years developing the
expected minor. She has written a
textbook on the subject and teaches
Life Span Psychology, Adulthood and
Aging and Principles of Gerontology.
Her definition of gerontology focuses
on positive aspects of aging, rather
than physical decline.
where they
are at
going to be
at 80.”
20
to
where
they’re
When she asks her students to
brainstorm the term “elderly,” they
draw on negative stereotypes, she
a
says. “But when they get personal
grandmother, for example they get
...
...
another picture.
It’s
Tobey Scharding,
exciting.”
assistant profes-
sor of philosophy, has been including
more
issues related to older people in
her Medical Ethics
class,
which draws
mostly sophomores.
She believes the study of gerontology has dual benefits. Not only will it
help students in their future careers,
it
will give
them
a
new perspective on
make smart lifestyle
they grow older, she says.
aging so they can
choices as
“In an ordinary curriculum, you’re
not exposed to a
aging,”
of life.
lot
Scharding
It’s
of points about
says.
“But
it’s
part
so exciting that we’re
making these changes.”
“I’ve
always been drawn to older
people,” she says, noting her parents
were
born and that she
in their early
40s
is
a
when she was
Baby Boomer
Destroying stereotypes
Ronnie Evans may well personify
the modern senior. An associate
professor of sociology, she will turn
Students weigh in
Mary
McCauley
and
Paige
Campbell
Michener say their part-time jobs
were key to their interest in the field.
Senior psychology majors
herself.
70 in August.
The new minor, she explains,
“pairs well with a number of majors,
who earned her doctorate in
when
she was in her 50s, devel2004
oped a BU course called Social Work
the minor
and Issues of Aging. “In any practice
provided in-home care since she was
in
a career concentration in gerontol-
our students go into, they are going to
interact with aging people,” she says.
“Social work is going to be huge in
ogy established more than 20 years
this field.”
including psychology, business, social
work, nursing, exercise science, allied
health, biology and speech pathol-
ogy and audiology” and will replace
ago.
Where the career concentration
attracted just 61 students primarily
from psychology, social work and
nursing, the minor will draw students
from three of BU’s four colleges —
Liberal Arts, Business, and Science
and Technology — and will expose
far more BU students to the growing
field.
“I’m so excited about this minor,”
Mason
says. “It will
open students’
eyes to the possibility that almost
any major could be intertwined with
gerontology.”
McCauley,
Evans,
She finds many students have
who
interviewed 191
fellow students about their interest in
Mason
is
developing, has
high school. Likewise, Michener
false
stereotypes about seniors. “I think
for them to see how I’m
They see how an active,
positive outlook can help.” Her
it’s
good
aging.
students also interview older friends
members and create a
scrapbook for them as another mythbusting exercise. Many choose field
placements in aging to complete their
or family
internship.
Mason
agrees
it’s
vital to
break
stereotypes. “College students generally feel far
away from old age,” she
them to connect
says. “It’s difficult for
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new tasks
rodents’ ability to learn
and determined those with poor
were unable to learn.
“One reason some students are
not interested in working with
older adults
have
is
“With obesity rising, that could
have a huge impact,” Michener says.
“I entered Bloomsburg not knowing
because they will
to face their
own fear of
what I wanted to do, but the research
has changed my life. I now have a
focus on what I want to do with the
death and disability
- BU senior Mary Campbell McCauley
rest of
my life.”
Michener has been accepted
also
where she will work with Bryan
who was Stouffer’s mentor, in
further research on the aging brain. •
sity,
working with
Devan,
because they will have
older adults
is
to face their
own fear of death and
to
graduate school at Towson Univer-
show “one reason some students
are not interested in
diets
disability.”
Michener
has worked in a nursing
home
since
and
that students
in their lives.
Fort Myers, Fla.
Seminar on the Aging Brain
Working with
Editor’s note: Learn
summer
rats in a
will
Bloomsburg: The
in
University Magazine, Winter 2015.
on older
effects of a high-fat diet
more about Paige
Michener’s research project
research project, she studied the
be a positive time
However, the findings
it
newspaper
for directing her career path.
generally anticipate older age with
the idea that
his
a retired
is
editor and freelance writer based in
associate professor of psychology,
she was a teen.
McCauley found
Sue A. Beard
credits Eric Stouffer,
Taking Healthy Aging into the Community
SENIORS
IN
COLUMBIA
and Montour
— and Bloomsburg University
students — are benefiting from an intercounties
professional effort launched
The Center
for
in fall
2014.
Healthy Aging was
those two counties, where 17 percent
of the population
The center
faculty
with
offers
is
over the age of 65.
an opportunity
and students
community
The center
is
rather than bring
into the
them
interact
who
a specific
community
BU
Deb Sanders.
departments
nursing, social
Faculty involved
in
the Center for Healthy Aging are, from
left:
Lori
Metzger, nursing; Ronnie Evans, sociology, social work and criminal
justice;
Mary Jo Larcom, psychology; Tom Zalewski, audiology and
speech pathology; Debra Sanders, nursing; and Shiloh
sociology, social
16
work and criminal
Erdley,
justice.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
educational sessions on topics such
as hearing aids, balance and
work and psychology
of the
fall
prevention, diabetic complications,
in
the older
adult population and healthy aging.
the center has reached
between 80 and 90 seniors, according
BU
students participate as part of
example, students
can choose to complete the nursing
program’s 45-hour practicum, part of
the leadership and
— audiology,
work with administrators
needs and
seniors'
their course work. For
students and faculty from four
university
Based on
to Sanders.
to us,” explains
co-directs the center with
fellow nursing faculty
assisted living facilities,
In its first year,
in
Lori Metzger, assistant professor of
nursing,
in
cooking for one, bullying
for
and
seniors.
not housed
“We go
building.
to help
held
according to Metzger.
feedback, the center has presented
born out of the needs of older individuals
in
senior centers, and a few have been
management
course,
with the center.
—
Colum-
The center
2013
initially
was funded by
a
Presidential Strategic Planning
bia/Montour Area Agency on Aging and
Grant totaling $21,000 to be distributed
directors of the counties’ eight senior
over three years.
centers.
The goal
adults on
how
to
is
to
educate older
maintain their health,
“Our approach
it's
remain independent and stay safe. Most
ers added. “After
programs have been offered
with seniors.”
in
the
is
rather unique
in
that
an interdisciplinary approach," Sandall,
we
all
interface
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IF
I
HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING in the almost 28
years that
I
have been
at
Bloomsburg University,
it is
the
importance of my work to my understanding of who I
am. We all fill many roles in life — spouse, parent, friend,
community member,
citizen
— but to the outside world I
present myself as a professor of philosophy. That’s
I
who
am.
I
decided to major in philosophy after that
ductory class showed
interested
me were part of this discipline. Having made
the decision early as an undergraduate,
before
I
first intro-
me the questions and issues that
started asking
it
wasn’t long
my professors what I had to do to
get a job teaching philosophy.
To
their credit, they didn’t tell
field is just
too crowded and
I
me to forget it, that the
my time
shouldn’t waste
I came to Bloomsburg, and have been happily working
something I love ever since.
at
But for current students and recent graduates, the
world has changed. We’ve all heard the statistics about
flux and fluidity in the workplace, that the typical person
changes not just jobs, but careers, multiple times over
his or her work life. And perhaps because of that amount
of flux and change, many younger employees view work
simply as a means to an end, a way to earn a good salary
in order to do the other things in life that they value.
That view of one’s work may well be the rational
Still, I worry
about what is lost in doing so: the sense of belonging to a
profession or occupation and the recognition that work
is an important part of “This is who I am.”
strategy to adopt in these circumstances.
trying for a faculty job. Rather, they patiently explained
I needed to take, and how difficult it
me make my own decision.
the academic path
would
be,
and
let
Perhaps naively, I pursued the path they laid out,
my undergraduate degree in philosophy, and
going on to earn my doctorate. Over 10 years, from the
day I entered college to the completion of my Ph.D., I
thought about how great it would be to teach, to be a
finishing
professor of philosophy.
A year after finishing my degree
Scott C.
Lowe
Professor and Department Chair, Philosophy
Bloomsburg University
SPRING 2015
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CANNER
LARRY
PHOTOS:
Health care
nationwide recognize the healing power of music
facilities
played at a patient’s bedside. As the philosopher Plato said, “Rhythm
and harmony find their way into the inward places of the
THE FIRST TIME Terri Matkosky
who practices in various
Fevang
the University of Maryland Medical
as
Center and Mercy Hospital, both in
Baltimore. She also plays music on
her keyboard at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena, Md. She grew up
playing piano and writing music, but
it wasn’t until she became a therapeutic musician that she found purpose.
music
’86 played
music
for a hospice
patient, she played for the
mother of a
longtime friend.
“We
space.
created this amazing sacred
It’s
a space
where there
no worries; everyone
she says.
normal
are
feels peaceful,”
“It doesn’t really exist in
lives. It
only exists
our
if you’re
able to observe the transitioning of
human life.” Two hours
friend’s
later,
her
mother passed away.
Fevang is
a therapeutic
musician
“Once
I
found
divisions of
this career, every-
my life made sense.
Every note I ever wrote in my life
thing
I
ever did in
made sense,”
says Fevang.
A therapeutic musician is defined
someone who provides one-on-one
for the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ill
and dying, with the
intention of creating a healing
environment. Therapeutic music
from music therapy, which
to physical therapy and
uses music to achieve goals over a
differs
is
more akin
period of time.
Fevang uses the vibration of music
enhance the patients’ physical and
mental states, change heart rates and
oxygen levels, and reduce pain and
to
anxiety.
18
soul.”
mean
“Healing doesn’t necessarily
curing
— it can — but very often it
means balance: balancing mind, body,
and spirit,” Fevangsays. “The music
can serve to create a space where the
person
who
actively dying can feel
is
safe to leave.”
She did an internship with
Maryland Public Television between
her junior and senior years, and met
her future husband, Michael Fevang.
University.
After graduation, she
moved
to
Baltimore to begin her career in
TV
production. Through connections
At the University of Maryland
Medical Center, Fevang
a
is
member
The
of the Integrative Care Team.
with the sound department at the
TV station, she was introduced to
composing music for film and TV
team works under doctors’ orders as
an acknowledged tool used to aid in
imbedded
barest characteristics. In
how I’m going
music to meet the pacan change the key it’s
decide
to interpret the
tient’s
needs.
written
in,
I
play
all
a simple melody.
I
a
CMP
The
certification required
Fevang
to intern in a variety of medical set-
and play 45 hours of bedside
keyboard so she could wheel
around the hospitals.
every
is
cell
the chords, or just
can play
it
One
of
at
intending
in
a peaceful, loving,
healing
Terri
it
of the places she interned was
the University of Maryland Medi-
shock trauma center.
“I
remember thinking, ‘How can I do
this among all this intensity, heartbreak, and pain?’ ” Fevang says. “Then
way”
Matkosky Fevang ’86
my husband said, ‘If you can help, you
“I take
I
become
through the Music for Healing and
Transition Program, a not-for-profit
therapeutic music educational program.
cal Center’s
it
-
something that someone
else has done, but then transform
it into something that will come
through me and reach the patient,”
Fevang says. “Most pieces are written
for orchestras, so I break the music
in
my body. Em
Scrooge.
moment,
(CMP). For the next year and
a half, she studied to
for her
For her musical selections,
the
tioner
music. She had a stand custom built
“Everything I play
Fevang draws inspiration from film
soundtracks. She is a fan of British
composer Richard Rodney Bennett,
Italian composer Ennio Morricone,
and music from the 1970 TV movie
its
Fervang came across an online
posting for a certified music practi-
tings
conventional treatments.
down to
2011,
should help’ and
I
realized, if I could
get past the fear, this could be some-
thing I’m meant to do.” •
and, in the early 1990s, wrote music
for television stations, including PBS.
But
when her children, Graham and
For more information, contact Terri
Fevang at terrifevang@gmail.com.
Georgia, were born in 1996 and 2000,
she realized that the short deadlines
Susan Field T1/’12M
weren’t conducive to family
writer based in Philadelphia.
life.
Re-entering the job market in
is
a freelance
fall
slower
to relax the patient, or faster to
lift
the patient up.”
Music can have great power
if it’s
being used intentionally. “What’s
the difference between hearing your
favorite musician in concert, as op-
posed
to sitting at
home
in
your living
room? In concert, the musician is
intentionally playing to get you to
something. The musician
is
feel
bringing
something to life. It can transform
you and the space you’re occupying,”
Fevang says. “Everything I play is
embedded
in every cell of
I’m intending
it
my body.
in a peaceful, loving,
healing way.”
Background Music
Originally from the village of Peck-
a few miles north of Scranton,
Fevang studied theatre and mass
communications at Bloomsburg
ville,
SPRING 2015
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to.
ByJACKSHERZER
“Ben Franklin once
said, ‘An
investment
in
knowledge pays the best interest.’
He was referring to the best interest for society,” says Mehdi
Haririan,
chair of BU’s economics department. BU’s recent economic impact study
reinforces Franklin’s wise adage.
“FOLLOW THE DOLLAR” has long
whole and
been the catchphrase of financial
sleuths. Trying to figure out the “bang
for the buck” is as old as, well, money
itself. Bloomsburg University graduates and students alike enthusiasti-
“When we talk about economic
impact, we talk about direct and
indirect,” says Mehdi Haririan, who
vania and, on average, they spend
chairs BU’s economics department.
university students. In 2012-13 alone,
to society in general.
“When we do
a study,
we
approximately 10,000 students are
from outside Northeastern Pennsyl$80.3 million during their years as
that spending
look at
came
to
more than $30
cally describe the university’s lasting
four major areas: the demographic,
million for groceries, rent, trans-
impact on their lives. But what is the
impact in dollars and
economic, social and political
portation and other living expenses
impact.”
— money that directly benefited the
university’s
cents?
The
Haririan says that means not only
top-line
number
is
impressive.
university, its students
added more than $350 million
but also looking
economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania, according to a study
by Idaho-
at the
impact,” Haririan says.
people
from taxpayer support for the university’s
operations.
healthier
likely to
more
“We
life
make
so the crime
likely to
be
get involved in the community.”
marketing plans and tackle large
itself.
town
The Big
which this year drew more
One such
and
project
than 2,200 students
is
who
helped with
chores such as raking, painting and
spring cleaning, in spite of a fresh
benefit
20
to
Event,
also
politically active
areas ranging from website design
service projects that benefit the
choices and are less
down. Students are
providing an average of 81,000 hours
Students assist local nonprofits in
see that
are better educated
commit crimes,
rate goes
But that number, large as it is,
doesn’t begin to capture the economic
Bloomsburg University’s
students and alumni bring to the
local community, to Pennsylvania
who
community
of volunteer service each year.
“For instance, there’s a social
International. Just 12 percent of that
— $43 million — came
and visitors,
ongoing impact
of the university’s graduates.
based Economic Modeling Specialists
$350 million
BU’s students are active in the
as well as on campus,
quantifying the direct spending of the
In 2012-13, Bloomsburg University
to the
local region.
Time on campus
as a
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
More than
half of Bloomsburg’s
coating of snow.
EDUCATION LEVEL
Less than
Associate’s
high school
ANNUAL INCOME
INCREASE FROM
PREVIOUS LEVEL
Ask any organization helped by
BU’s students and you’ll hear the
assistance
is
invaluable. In fiscal
terms, that labor equals $18.44 an
“If Bloomsburg University did
not
exist,
come
not only would people not
to the region,
but a
would move out of state
people
pursue
lot of
to
“The
hour, counting the taxes, insurance
opportunities,” Haririan says.
and other costs associated with fulltime workers. Put another way, that’s
$1.5 million worth of volunteer help
university creates jobs and preserves
the
community receives
jobs.
That
where
states are
Read
quantified. •
the full report at
bloomu.edu/economic-impact.
one of the functions of
Higher education
better
In an age
Husky power,
higher education.”
annually.
Beyond graduation
is
Bloomsburg, taxpayers see a 3.2
percent return on the investment.
life
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer
and principal partner with Message
Prose, a communications and public
also leads to
choices. $tatistically,
college graduates are less likely to
incur medical costs associated with
trying to keep their best and brightest,
smoking, alcoholism, obesity, drug
Bloomsburg graduates tend to make
Pennsylvania their home. Thirty-six
students enrolled in 2012-13, Pennsyl-
percent of alumni stay in the region
vania will realize a savings of $153.6
for at least a year, providing $175
million for
abuse and mental disorders. For
BU
unneeded services related
medical care, unemployment
relations firm in Harrisburg.
(Editor’s note:
Economic Modeling Specialists
International’s conservative approach to
economic impact studies considers only the
effects
of students who moved
to the
area to
pursue an education. A study commissioned
million in added income to the local
to
economy. Seventy-four percent put
benefits and the criminal justice
down permanent roots. And their
system. Over the working lives of
Bloomsburg and sister
BU degrees lead to employment
those same students, Pennsylvania
even larger impact when the spending of all
opportunities equaling $3.40 in
can expect to receive $43.4 million
higher wages for every $1 spent
higher tax receipts.
on
tuition
expenses.
and other college-related
Added together, for every $1
money used to support
by Pennsylvania’s State System ofHigher
Education and released
in
students
in late
spring shows
institutions
have an
is tallied.)
in
public
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky notes
The people.
Ask anyone who knows Jim Hollister 78,
assistant vice
president for external relations, and they will
tell
you “the
what brought Hollister to Bloomsburg University
as an undergraduate, brought him back to campus as sports
information director and kept him at the university as
people”
is
communications director and
assistant vice president.
also “the people” that Hollister says
he
summer.
retires this
As
It’s
he will miss most when
assistant vice president for external relations, Hollister
meets with BU’s constituents and connects them with people
at BU. He makes a point of going where they feel
He calls it his “away-game” theory.
and programs
comfortable.
Hollister has a lot of experience with
games, as well. As a student, he was the
represent
away games
first
...
and home
tennis player to
BU at the singles competition at the NCAA national
championships, while winning two Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) singles
first
titles
and one doubles
title.
BU’s
full-time sports information director for 15 years, he
was
inducted into BU’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.
After sports information
came communications
position he held for six years.
official
spokesman and
a
director, a
While working as the university’s
member of the president’s
Hollister says he learned
more about BU than
at
cabinet,
any other time.
He fielded questions from reporters nationwide when a total
of eight students died in two separate fires at off-campus
residences.
As
difficult as
had the most impact on
They
are also the events that he believes
positive changes.
are inspected
fire
those deaths were, Hollister says they
his career.
As a result,
all
prompted the most
off-campus student residences
and must be equipped with smoke detectors and
extinguishers.
Whether in time of tragedy or an ordinary daily event,
Hollister says
BU is filled with people whom he can depend on,
who love the university and who he knows will advance the
university long after he leaves. He will miss them but, he
stresses, that’s
FOSTER
“I
ERIC
not to be confused with regret
am leaving not-at-all sad,” Hollister says, “but very, very
On an absolute high.”
happy.
Because of that, Hollister says
it is
the perfect time to
retire.
PHOTO:
Read more ofJim Hollister’s story at hloomu.edu/magazine.
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BLOOMSBl
RC.
I
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•
’60s
experience as purchasing/personnel officer
Cindy Tarr ’80
and assistant township manager for Frank-
School District after after 33 years in
lin
Larry Greenly ’65
the author of Eugene
trator for
Montgomery Township.
among the top
tural
books
is
listed
James
Padglick
10 multicul-
Magazine.
He
also
including president. She and her husband
F.
and
principal,
74 and
his wife,
reside in Danville and have
77, a retired
Mary Ann Latzgo
Brandon and
was recently
completed a 2,716-mile bicycle
trip
from their
Arizona home to their summer residence
in
Scott Feinstein
’81 is is vice president
Ollie’s
of Writers.
through 10 states and were on the road for 59
joined Ollie’s in 1997.
as an instant replay
many more bicycle
days.
They plan to
trips
throughout the country.
take
70s
at
Bargain Outlet, Harrisburg. Feinstein
Cilurso Feinstein
He and his wife, Vickie
’83, a
reading specialist/
Lower Dauphin High
Hummelstown.
instructional coach at
School, live in
at
Lincoln Financial Field.
Duane Greenly 72 was
sons,
and divisional merchandise manager
Bloomsburg. They bicycled self-supported
communicator during Eagles home games
two
Jared.
accepted into the Poets and Writers Director}'
Dennis Crim ’69 works
positions in
Padglick 76, a retired nuclear power worker,
for 2015 in the
American Library Association Booklist
math support. She held many
the Milton Area Education Association,
Bullard: World’s First Black
Fighter Pilot, which
from the Milton
elementary school classrooms providing
Township, township administrator for
Branchburg, South Brunswick, and adminis-
is
retired
Dorothy Bauman Rhone 75, broker/owner
of Century 21 Covered Bridges Realty, was
Dorothy Masom ’81M received
installed as a district vice president for the
Achievement Award from the International
a Lifetime
Masom, who has
Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. She
Encaustic Artists.
and her husband of 41 years, Rick, have two
her works in solo shows and at museums,
daughters and four grandchildren.
galleries
and
universities, has
exhibited
won numerous
awards for her work in encaustics, a pigment
elected to a three-
year term on Central Penn College’s board of
Gregg Scarlato 75
directors.
charge of business develop-
ment
for the
is
in
WASAHAD
with melted wax. Her book, Encaustic Painting,
outlines the painting process and traces
the history of the medium. As the
first
book
Barbara Ann Scaccia Senapedis 72 was
Group, Wilmington, Del.
published on this subject,
promoted
WASAHAD is an internet
the permanent collection of the
marketing, social media,
Museum and numerous university libraries.
to research analyst
with Johnson
College. She earned a master’s degree
Marywood University and
from
Alan Dakey 73
is
president and
as
president/CEO of Peoples Neighborhood
Bank.
An
J.
Paul Getty'
technology company. Scarlato has two sons,
John Quigley ’81 was appointed
Gregg II and Trevor.
of the Department of Environmental Protec-
CEO at Bank
of Bird-in-Hand. Dakey previously served
included in
cyber security and cloud
a doctoral degree
from Penn State University.
it is
tion
Daniel Confalone
for Sacred
79 is chief financial officer
Healthcare System
in Allentown.
by Gov.
as secretary
Tom Wolf. Quigley served as
secretary of the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources from April 2009
to
Confalone oversees the financial operations of
January 2011. Prior to his appointment,
vania Bankers Association and Pennsylvania
both Sacred Heart Hospital and
Quigley worked for the agency in several
Association of Community Bankers, he
Care System.
a
active participant of the Pennsyl-
member of the
is
Millersburg Area School
Board, West Shore
Chamber of Commerce
and Harrisburg Area
YMCA Board of Direc-
Financial
on the
Health-
Management Association, he serves
editorial
Financial
its
A member of the Healthcare
Management magazine.
and operations, and as chief of staff.
Paul Bass ’82 was inducted into the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame. Bass
Cheri Bohler Rinehart
Joseph McGavin 74
for the Society of
is
publication director
Health and Physical Educa-
(SHAPE America)
more than 35
in Reston, Va.
79 was elected to
a three-year term on Central Penn College’s
his wife, Karen, live in Springfield, Va..
and
are the parents of three children: Linn,
Mag-
is
the head
Westhampton Beach High
School, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
wrestling coach at
board of directors.
He has
years’ experience in journalism
and publications management. McGavin and
gie
initiatives
review board of Healthcare
tors.
tors
capacities, including overseeing strategic
Stephen Jones
Larry Mussoline 79
is
superintendent of
’83
is
president and
CEO
of Covanta Holding Corp., Morristown, N. J.
Downingtown STEM (Science, Technology,
Jones most recently served as senior vice
Engineering and Mathematics) Academy.
president and general manager at Air
Products and Chemicals Inc.
and Colin.
’80s
'I Donato
”l
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gomery Township administrator,
1
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^ JM
y VP
ii
iB
John L. Haney ’85
Nieman 74, Montwas recognized by
adviser with
Richard Donahue ’80 was a speaker
at
South
Carolina’s annual teacher cadet instructor
is
a senior principal
R&Q Solutions, Pittsburgh.
Before joining R&Q, he was the director
of quality assurance and regulatory compli-
the International City and
conference in Myrtle Beach. His program
ance for the surgical instruments division
Count}’ Managers Associa-
focused on standardized test-taking strategies
of Integra LifeSciences, in York.
tion for
more than 30 years
for teenagers.
of public service. All told,
Nieman has more than 35
years public sector
SPRING 2015
23
Pamela Shupp ’85 is president of the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association
global provider of engineer-
John Wetzel
ing and integrated consulting
as Pennsylvania’s secretary
(PEDA) Board of Directors. PEDA
services. Foley previously
wide association of local,
state,
is
the state-
corporate and
served as senior director,
nonprofit economic development professionals.
Shupp
also represents
corporate communications
PEDA on the Team
for Pacific
Pennsylvania Board of Directors.
Co.,
and held communica-
tions leadership roles with
is managing director and
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Gas and Electric
GSI Commerce,
PJM Interconnection
Michael Glovas ’86
Radian International,
financial adviser at
and Progress Energy. Foley
is
a standing
H
’98 continues
of corrections under Gov.
Tom Wolf, who took office
in January. Originally ap-
pointed in 2011 by former
Tom Corbett, Wetzel is
Gov.
management and operations of the Department of Corrections which
houses more than 51,000 inmates. Wetzel also
was named to the Charles Colson Task Force
responsible for the
Management in Easton. He has been with the
member of the
firm since 1994.
Business Communicators and Public Rela-
on Federal Corrections. Created by Congress,
tions Society of America.
the nine-person, bipartisan, task force
Lyndon Yearick
was elected
International Association of
’86
is
responsible for examining challenges in the
to the State
of Delaware’s General
Assembly, representing
the 34th District.
James Stepanski ’90M was appointed to the
Towanda School Board. Stepanski, who owns
the Only the Best pizza shop in Wysox Township, worked 10 years for PTS Learning
federal corrections system
Systems of King of Prussia, teaching
Justice and the president at the
and developing
practical, data-driven policy responses.
task force will present
mendations
The
findings and recom-
its
to Congress, the
Department of
end of 2015.
information technology professionals to set
David Koslosky
of directors at
’87
is
serving on the board
Art Campbell ’99
up networks using Microsoft software.
Downingtown
PRWeb SonaCare Medical, a
manufacturer of medical ultrasound devices.
Eileen Bernhard Dautrich ’93
of TriCounty Area
is
president
Pottstown.
Vanguard’s 11-member senior
James
leadership team, directing
vacancy on the Mount Carmel Area School
the firm’s financial adviser
Board.
services division. For the
Hughes
He
is
was appointed
to
a
fill
an account manager for Baker
was
and data governance director of LNP Fulton
in
is
senior vice president
Financial James of Willow Grove.
1988.
the leader of a
program
at
new life
Stephanie Lordi Heller ’96
is
business
man-
ager of the Wyalusing Area School District.
a 25-year career in the federal corrections
private business and served as a supervisor in
system, advancing from case manager at peni-
the business office of Frontier
New York to
She has more than 18 years’ experience
a
in
Communica-
New York’s
Hudson Valley.
tions in Dallas.
Emmy award for best evening
newscast. Palovick
Brenda DeRenzo Dominick
’89
was ap-
pointed Parkland School District’s director of
is
part of a
journalists staffing Action
on
team of
News Jax,
is
slated to
move into her new position July 1.
for global
Kevin Bledsoe ’04
is
self-storage broker-
property-management and consulting firm.
Julie
Orner Donell
’04
was inducted
into the
at
earned seven varsity
James Strohecker ’96
is
letters
while she was
Oxford, graduating in the class of 1999. She
coached high school track and
field
hockey
and continues to play competitive hockey.
airing
WJAX and WFOX in Jacksonville, Fla.
student services. DeRenzo, currently Fogels-
Elementary School principal,
research and
Dow Chemical Co.,
Maurice Dennis
’05
was promoted
assistant vice president
ville
is
age adviser at Investment Real Estate LLC, a
nell
Jerry Palovick ’96 was awarded a 2014
Suncoast
Hill Einsla ’02
development manager responsible
Oxford High School Sports Wall of Fame. Do-
supervisory U.S. probation and parole officer
covering a five-county area in
responsible for the clinic’s
is
Collegeville.
Barclays Capital.
men who are returning home from Lackawanna County Prison. Long previously had
and
He
innovation strategy at
data integrity standards and controls at
the Employ-
ment Opportunity and Training Center of
Northeast Pennsylvania, centered on assisting
tentiaries in Pennsylvania
director and lead
care.
Melinda
He
previously was vice president and head of
is
is facility
day-to-day operations and quality of patient
David James ’94
Long ’89
Michael Getz ’00
physical therapist at Phoenix Rehabilitation,
Bloomsburg.
in Mill Hall.
European businesses. He joined Vanguard
skills/job readiness
Engineering and Mathematics) Academy.
’OOs
Britt ’94
responsible for managing Vanguard’s U.K. and
Scott
headmaster of the
Chamber of Commerce,
Thomas Rampulla ’87 was
named to a new role on
past seven years, he
is
STEM (Science, Technology,
township manager
of East Lampeter Township. Strohecker has
to
and commercial loan
officer of Wayne Bank. Before joining the
Wayne Bank, Dennis worked as a commercial
credit analyst
been employed by the township since
and
in private
accounting.
He
wife, Karie,
and son, Reese.
lives in
and public
Honesdale with his
February 2002.
’90s
Nancy Lineman ’97
Beth Foley MinkoflF’90
is
executive vice
president and chief communications officer of
Michael Baker International of Pittsburgh, a
24
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ment
is
She resides
in Silver
deputy chief govern-
Montgomery
Spring, Md.
affairs officer for
College.
Jennifer Davis Rarig ’07
is
Columbia Area High School
softball coach.
the Southern
varsity
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Andrea Zimmerman Feeney ’08M
Kaitlyn Schiccatano ’10
is
Brian Hertzog
certified as a
is
cytotechnologist from the Anisa
the communications coordinator at the
I.
Kanbour
’13
and Derek Franchino T4
are featured in the 2014 edition of Careers in
Magee Women’s
Professional Selling. Hertzog
Wilkes-Barre office of Borton-Lawson,
School of Cytotechnology at
an architectural and engineering firm.
Hospital-University of Pittsburgh Medical
ecutive and Franchino
Center. Schiccatano accepted a position with
with Gartner
Meritus Health Medical Center-Trivergent
consulting
Adrienne Mael ’08
of the United
is
the president and
CEO
Way of Columbia County. Mael
previously headed
Downtown Bloomsburg
Health Alliance of Western Maryland
sploops.com
is
a
doctor of
field
coach
at
technology research and
company based
in
Stamford, Conn.
Sean Roth T3 and Paul Rosa T3 launched
Hagerstown.
Victoria Davis T3
nursing practice degree. She
an account ex-
is
an account manager
in
Inc.
Joni Pyle Todhunter ’08 earned
Inc., a
is
is
the head girls track and
last fall to give sports fans
an
outlet to rant about their favorite teams’
Shikellamy High School.
successes or failures.
a nursing
The
develop sploops.com as
pair
began
to
BU students with
instructor at Pennsylvania College of
Joe Fisher
Technology
multimedia journalist for
competitions sponsored by Pennsylvania’s
WAVY-TV 10
State
in Williamsport.
’13 is a
of Portsmouth,
Va. Fisher previously
’10s
at
Samantha Mason ’10 earned
a certificate of
financing from student business plan
reporter/
KSWO-TV,
the
worked
ABC
Zone. They formed the legal partnership,
affili-
ate in
Lawton, Okla./Wichita
Vast Frontier Innovations LLC. Roth works
Falls,
Texas.
in
merit in law practice at the Western Michigan
University’s
Thomas M. Cooley Law
System of Higher Education and the
Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation
supply chain management with Target and
Rosa works in the
School.
office.
New York Yankees front
Their partnership
known
is
as Vast
Frontier Innovations.
Five honored with alumni awards
FACULTY EMERITUS James Cole of Bloomswas named an honorary alumnus during
the BU Alumni Association’s 2015 awards
outstanding service to BU, the
ceremony.
Association or humanity were:
burg
Cole joined BU’s faculty
He was instrumental
in
in
Alumni who were honored
accomplishments
in
for significant
their professions
and
Maroon and Gold Excellence Award:
•
BU Alumni
Gregory
Bowden
'01, Collegeville, financial
adviser and vice president, wealth
ment,
1968.
for
UBS
Financial Services,
held leadership roles at
Distinguished Service Award:
expanding
BU
John Chapin ’85, Aliquippa,
BU Alumni
professor of communications at Penn State
and a volunteer participant
programs
University, president of the board of directors
Institute for Professional
in
•
medical imaging, pre-physical
Women’s Center
Beaver County and
therapy, pre-occupational therapy, pre-
of the
pharmacy and pre-physician assistant. He
served as department chair and retired in 2001
a volunteer at Allegheny County’s Crisis
with
33
years of service. Active
in
the
Center North, Pittsburgh,
honored
commu-
for his
work as
nity,
and personal advocate
for
domestic violence.
Cole also served on the board of directors
Columbia-Montour Home Health, including
terms as president and treasurer. He earned
of
•
who has been
Fla., retired
special agent for the state of California,
Michigan University and a doctoral degree from
is
State University.
who
recognized as a gang expert, teacher and
trainer after a
28-year career
in
in
BU’s Zeigler
Development (ZIPD)
Craig Evans '03, Abington, a certified public
accountant and manager
for victims of
Gary Williams 78, Kissimmee,
Association Board of Directors
Conference and Professional U program.
•
a professional
bachelor’s and master's degrees from Western
Illinois
as a student and
an alumnus, including a six-year term on the
include allied health science with academic
the Department of Biological Sciences to
manage-
who has
of audit
counting at Kreischer
Miller, a
area accounting firm,
who
and ac-
Philadelphia-
volunteers at the
ZIPD Conference, hosts BU students for
job shadowing through the Sophomore
Experiential Learning Program and supports
the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation.
law
enforcement where he fought gang violence.
SPRING 2015
25
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Career preparation focus
Legacy Scholarships awarded
of
A DOZEN STUDENTS whose
parents are
BU
alumni won Legacy Scholarships from the
Bloomsburg University Alumni Association. Each student received an award
for the spring
•
•
2015
of
Alumni presenters
from
of
Connie Weber
Budwash, daughter
Taylor
•
Alexandra Burns, daughter
of
of
300 students participated
Brady ’82
Barbara Mitten Budwash
mock
Anthony James
Roy Dennis, son
•
Danielle Ernes, daughter of Kevin Ernes '83
•
James
of Loretta Connolly
daughter of Jim Hollister
•
Kimberly
•
Abbey Porambo, daughter
Hollister,
of
address by John Wetzel
78
Louis Vining, son of Michelle Sorber Vining '86
•
Andrew
and
Kappel
Kristin Kerlin Hollister '03
for
semester. The
’89,
’98,
Susan Kocher
were recognized
BU Trustee and
’88
and Shawn Rosier ’00
for leadership contributions as
students and alumni.
Wurster, son of Marybeth Bergen '87
The annual Husky Leadership Summit
in
is
sponsored by the Office of Alumni Engagement,
Legacy Scholarships on their children's behalf. Winners are chosen by
December and the scholarship is applied to tuition for the
number of awards and amounts are determined each year.
random drawing
on leadership, alumni
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Corrections. Paul
Roberta Spezialetti Porambo '81
•
Alumni apply
interviews, sessions
students and alumni, opening with a keynote
Dennis '06
son of Nancy Nimmerfron Fazio '90
Jr.,
2015 Husky
panel discussions and a networking lunch for
Caputo, son of Christina Mull Caputo '91
•
in the
Leadership Summit. The day-long event featured
'91
James Burns ’89
•
Fazio
annual Husky Leadership Summit were,
left,
APPROXIMATELY 40 alumni volunteers and
Seth Berry, son of Doug Berry '83
Bryan Brady, son
at the
Rick Rogers 77, Paul Kappel '89, Matti Prima 77, Kerri
Donald Sears '92 and Ted Hodgins '89.
$1,048
semester. Scholarship recipients and their parents are:
•
summit
Center for Leadership and Engagement, and
spring
Community Government Association.
Grads host Husky Career Road
Trip
RICHARD WISNIEWSKI ’82, deputy director of strategic industrial
at Sanofi Pasteur U.S., and other BU graduates hosted
planning
students for a
company in
Husky Career Road Trip at the global vaccine
The students, along with Barry Nolt,
Swiftwater.
assistant professor of biological
and
allied health sciences,
and Eric
Hawrelak, associate professor of chemistry, toured the company,
met with administrators and learned about career opportunities.
The students’ visit included a panel discussion with nine BU alumni
who work at Sanofi Pasteur.
Alumni
who welcomed
Husky Career Road Trips
James
Bill
left,
seated: Adrianna D'Amico Rogers ’07, Joni
Lavelle ’84, Jessica Beyer ’08
Harris ’95,
Rob Lange
and Lindsay Fennell
‘07;
and standing:
’91, Melissa Miller ’04, Joe Gabrielle ’03
Richard Wisniewski ’82.
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students as part of a Husky Career Road Trip at
Sanofi Pasteur are, from
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initiative to
tions,
provide students with opportunities to
meet professionals and learn about career
visit
fields.
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More than 330 members
of the Class of
2015 made
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2015
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Marriages
John Conrad
John
Robin
J.
Jennifer
and Annette Rowe, May 31 201
’81
Lillian
,
Haney
L.
Obituaries
'85
and Bruce
Leavy Bassion
Barkume
Johanna Moss
’95
’02
’88
2014
R. Martin. Aug. 30,
and
Earl
Bartley, Sept. 15,
L.
and Bryan Kauffman. Nov.
and Daniel Kluger, Oct.
2013
2014
2,
Jeffrey Fellman ’06 and Danielle Schatz, Oct.
Thomas
’52
72
73
Richard Donald 75
Walter Fisch 75
John Chiavaroli 76
Douglas Park 78
Joseph Kinder
’55
Dolores Popp Hranitz '80
Robert White
Ryan Kenny
Amy
'07
and Kristen Spirko, Sept.
Dunkelberger
Adam
Smith
’08
'08
and
2014
6,
and Jeremy Bauder, Sept.
Thompson, May
Erin
Bethany Stone
’08
Karli Troisi ’08
and Daniel Phillips
17,
2014
2014
21,
Dec. 20, 2014
Kondash
Megan Kusko
Faith
’09 and
'09
Aug.
'08.
and Murray Douglas, Sept.
and Ryan Quilling
’09
Roland
Jeremy Carl
’09.
9,
2014
13,
2014
’56
Alfred Miller '58
Paul
and Dan Snyder
Sarah Burkhardt
'10
Jason Coyne
and Emily Machovec, Oct. 26, 2014
’10
Rebecca Haley
Hannah Mael
’10
’10
and Matthew
’10. Sept. 27,
and Angelo Melchiorre
Kathryn Mazol ’10 and Christian
Lia Stewart ’10 and
Chad
Lindsey Shemansky
'11
2014
’10, July 4,
2014
2014
Prickett. Sept. 27,
Crispell '09, Sept. 12,
2014
2012
Cancilla, April 27,
2014
and Brandon Horlacher
Emily Worth
Krysta
and James Hammett, Sept. 26. 2014
’11
'11
and David Sunderland, Oct.
Humphrey
’13
18,
and Bradley Travelpiece
David Laubach ’60
Michaela Busker Coulbourn ’86
Lauren Erdman
’14
Timothy Glennon '90
Whitney Steen O'Leary
Virginia Solt Kline ’62
Dugan '93
Christopher Kane ’96
’92
Rita Hall
Harold Andrews '64
Stephen Hartin '64
Jacqueline Burger Pearson
Katharine
’67
Sammon
Jason Claudfelter
William Pontius '68
Galdi ’97
’98
’04
Jane O’Malley Harakal
Robert Probert '68
Births
Shawn McShea ’98 and wife, Anitra, twin daughters, Audrey Morgan and
Brynley Rose, May 9, 2013
Ashley Sorber Lawson ’04/’05M and husband, Tony Lawson '03, a
son, Manning, July 22,
’14.
Lauren Warliga Masino
Jan. 25, 2015
2014
Kayla Stancavage '14 and Dakota Crouse, Oct.
’88
’89
Janice Fedroff Girardi '92
2014
'05
Ratkowski
a son, Tyler Gabriel, Dec.
6,
Woods
Lance Klimowicz
'62
and husband, Joshua, a son,
’05
and Joshua Fadden, May 25, 2014
and Ben Sheeler, Sept.
Nancie Hunt
’61
Bernard Gatski '62
Kristin Gabriel
’14
’83
Michael Yesalavage ’58
2014
June 29, 2014
Amanda Bukoski
’83
’09.
Aug. 1,2014
Sarah Sisock
'58
’82
Bowman
Jean Guzik Davies
E. Lynn Brobyn '84
Laurence Allen
’11, Oct. 25,
Peter
Welkom '81
Dugan '82
Gary Fetter
Eugene Fellin '61
Nancy Donohue McWilliams
Ronald Schock '61
Aug. 16, 2014
Jennifer Ruegner 09 and Jacob Sholder
Linda
’57
Wynn
’81
Kathleen Palubinsky
Richard Kratzer ’57
G. Richard
Danielle Clark '09 and Geoffrey Horton, Oct. 17, 2014
Kelly
'49
Harry Hughes '57
Joseph Jones
2014
and Matthew Bridges, June
’08.
Donald Carey
13,
Lucy Szabo
'49
Gretchen Troback McLain
David
2014
3,
70
Samuel Varano 72
'41
Lois Gruver Gassert ’41
Julia Pichel Sterling '49
2014
'05, Oct. 17,
Margaret Kauffman Candrick
Timothy McTaggart 71
Mary Ruth Tyson Lauck
Christopher Cooper ’04 and Eron Waters. Nov. 23, 2014
Jennifer Mehle ’05 and Glenn Curry
David Herring '69
’39
Marian Creveling Zeiders '46
2014
12,
Robenolt Coldren ’34
Savage Penman
Vivian Frey Payne ’40
Elizabeth Hawk Brown
Betty
11,
and husband, Greg Ratkowski
’05,
2014
5,
Elizabeth Larson Wanttaja 06 and husband,
2014
Silas Michael,
Ryan Wanttaja
’06,
a daughter, Gertrude Jean, Sept. 29, 2014
Lauren Lynch Weber
'06
and husband,
Brian, a daughter,
Savannah
Rae, Dec. 21, 2014
Kristen Barrett
daughter,
Brockman
Samantha Jade,
’07
Amanda Kisenwether Rachau
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Jan. 3,
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and husband, Cody, a son, Enzo
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Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Josephina Ann, Nov.
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Jennifer Rasich Sicinski ’09 and husband, Christopher Sicinski
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
a daughter, Jocelyn Maria, Jan. 23, 2015
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2015
McKeary Rebello
Rose, Jan.
28
a
2015
3,
2015
’10
’08,
and husband, Dave, a daughter, Aubrey
the line
up
reunions, networking and special events
UNIVERSITY CLUB:
More than 70 alumni
and friends attended a
State of the University
reception with
BU
President David L. Soltz
Club of
at the University
Washington, D.C. Shown
from
left
with the
university crest are Kerri
Donald Sears
’92,
past
BUAA president; Marc
Steckel ’93; Soltz; and
Don Phillips
’70,
recent
president of the
University Club.
ALL IN THE GAME: Friends Joe Hilgar ’75, president of
the BU Alumni Association, and Mike Kopp ’74, Allentown
Central Catholic coach and athletic director,
met up at a
game against Kutztown University.
Gabby Maldonado, BU senior point guard
recent Huskies basketball
Shown from left are
Taylor Maldonado, Kopp, Hilgar and Central Catholic senior
Alyssa Mack. Over 38 years in the Lehigh Valley,
coached teams to more than 900 victories
Kopp has
- more than any
other Pennsylvania high school coach. His teams have
five
PIAA titles
won
THUMBS UP: U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, left, met Lauren Erdman
Army of Carlisle. The
community needs with the congressman and
Sheeler T4 while touring the Salvation
staff discussed
how federal and state funds
is
a business associate
help address those needs. Sheeler
with the Salvation Army.
since 2001.
SPRING 2015
.
over THE shoulder
Lamar Blass:
Hall of Fame Athlete and Soldier
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER,
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
is
home to
items documenting the history of the
school and the achievements of alumni.
acquisition
is
a battered
A recent
dog tag that belonged
to
one
Lamar Blass,
during World War II.
of the most celebrated early athletes,
who was killed
in action
grew up
southern Columbia
one year at Lehigh University,
transferred to Bloomsburg State Teachers College in
the fall of 1933. He majored in secondary education
with a concentration in mathematics and served
Blass
County and,
in Aristes in
after
as president of the senior class, although
athletics
where he stood
it
was
in
out.
Blass played football and basketball, but
was the
top all-around performer on four outstanding track
and field teams. He compiled points in the broad
jump, high jump, high hurdles, 100- and 220-yard
dashes, discus, and shot put, setting five school
records in the process. In 1937, he served as captain
for the
second time, and Bloomsburg won the
four consecutive state
first
of
titles in track.
Following graduation, Blass taught
at
Catawissa
two years before moving to New
Holland. Married to Marion Hogeland in August
High School
1941,
for
he entered the
U.S.
Army the following July,
seven months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl
Harbor brought the United States into World War
II. He was sent to officers’ training school and commissioned a second lieutenant in January 1943.
saw combat overseas in North Africa in March 1943, and was
sent to Naples, Italy, in November, after his promoAssigned to the
tion to
first
field artillery, Blass first
lieutenant. His final action occurred at
the Anzio beachhead, south of Rome, in
where his
30
unit, the
May 1944,
68th Armored Field Artillery
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Lt.
Lamar Blass
during World
he was
in
War
a bunker
II,
in Italy
shortly before
killed in action at
age 31
was attached
Battalion,
Armored
The
to the Fifth
Army’s
1st
Division.
on May
when his battery
division began a drive to the north
24. Five days later, Blass
was
killed
came under enemy fire. His commanding officer,
Field Duskin, who was with him when he died, said
of Blass, “Not only was he a superior officer, he was
one of the
finest
gentlemen that
I
have ever known.”
In the 1980s, a scholarship fund was established
honor and in 1991 he was elected to the
Bloomsburg University Athletic Hall of Fame. His
athletic legacy was summed up by the editor of The
Morning Press in 1944 who said, “If ever there was
a man who loved sports and lived by the code of
sportsmanship, it was Lt. Blass.” •
in Blass’
Blass with the trophy awarded to Bloomsburg for
title,
May
15,
1
937.
The trophy
is
now a
its first
part of the
state track
Bloomsburg
Blass with his wife, the former Marion Hogeland,
on
his
life
who donated much
of the material
to the archives.
University Archives.
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calendar
Academic Calendar
50-Year Reunion of the Class of 1965
Saturday, Oct. 17
SUMMER 2015
I:
Session
II:
Session
New
May 18 - Aug. 7
Session
May 18 - June 26
June 29 - Aug. 7
III:
Student Activities
Summer Freshman
Orientation
Friday and Saturday, June
26 and 27
Act 101/EOP Orientation
28
Sunday, June
FALL 2015
Classes Begin
Fall
Monday, Aug. 24
Freshman Preview
Monday through Wednesday,
June 22 to 24
Monday through Wednesday,
Labor Day, No Classes
Monday, Sept. 7
July 13 to 15
Reading Day
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Transfer Preview Days
Thursday and
Thanksgiving Recess
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Classes
Friday,
July 16 and 17
Resume
Welcome Weekend
Orientation
Thursday through Sunday,
Monday, Nov. 30
Aug.
20 through 23
Classes End
Friday, Dec.
4
Special Events
Finals Begin
Monday, Dec. 7
Trash to Treasure
End
Finals
Saturday,
Graduate
May
16; Early Bird,
8 a.m.;
Regular hours, 9 a.m. to noon. Kehr
Friday, Dec. 11
Union Ballroom. Benefits Columbia
County United Way, 570-784-3134
Commencement
Friday, Dec. 11
Undergraduate
Commencement
STEM
Alumni Events
Visit
www.bloomualumni.com
details
the Alumni Affairs office at
800-526-
alum@bloomu.edu.
Evening of Champions
Friday,
Adventure Camps
24
Homecoming Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 16 to 18
Parents and Family
Athletic Hall of
College of Business
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Using technology
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and roadblocks
also focuses
on the needs of each student.
to student success, this advising platform enables
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who say he changed
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FALL 2015
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major from
accompanied Bethany
meetings and other
year. This
Carlisle, returns to
fall,
activities
during the
Robinson, a senior marketing
campus with
her fourth dog, a
The
German shepherd. Robinson shares her experiences with
Seeing Eye at bloomu.edu/magazine.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Where
Jobs
Are
FOSTER
ERIC
PHOTO:
WITHIN A YEAR of graduation,
nearly 90 percent of BU graduates are
employed, serving in the military or
continuing their education. For two
young alumnae,
it
wasn’t just about
20
to
24 with
at least a bachelor’s
group remains steady
finding jobs for themselves. They’ve
for this
started their professional lives helping
at 2.4 percent,
County search
employment through CareerLink’s
residents of Luzerne
for
Hazleton
office.
representative,
according to the
chronological order.
•
•
2015
and Chelsea Carpenter
worked
together since January 2015. They
majored in communication studies
enhance students’ preparation
for
entering the job market. These include
Understand that getting
The most effective way to land
a job
is
to apply for three or four
•
Take advantage of available
internships, career road trips, career
fairs
and on-campus interviews.
local
“We put our degree to use every day,”
says Cooke. “We use public speaking, interpersonal
leadership
skills
communication and
within our daily work.
We get a lot of people back on their feet
in the
working field and change a
lives. It is
lot
of
a great feeling.”
As the economy continues
so does the jobs outlook for recent
college graduates. According to the
National Center for Education Statistics,
the
employment
Many places,
CareerLink
like the
office, offer
shops; have case managers
Tips for jobseekers
help with resumes,
Based on their experiences with
work-
who can
mock interviews
and interview preparation; and
CareerLink, which provides career
supply labor market information
services under the direction of the
and job postings
in
your
area. •
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and
Industry,
to improve,
a job takes
time.
jobs each week.
workshops, job shadowing, academic
BU.
Know the
appearance, attitude and work ethic.
•
resources.
at
interview; an
process. This includes your
Opportunities through BU’s Center
U,
Resumes get you an
dos and don’ts of the interview
Career Experience, such as Professional
14, career navigator, have
sure you are qualified before
interview gets you a job.
state’s
Development and
Make
applying for a job.
Department of Labor and Industry.
for Professional
Erica Cooke 13, business services
in
job to the oldest in descending
degree
was 88.1 percent in 2014, the highest it’s
been since 2008, but still lower than the
peak year of 1990 when it was 93.3 percent. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate
Cooke and Carpenter
offer
these tips for a successful job search:
•
Prepare a well-written resume.
For more information: BU’s Center for
Professional Development
and Career
Experience, bloomu.edu/careers, and
Include only the past 10 years of
Commonwealth Workforce Development
work
System/CareerLink, cwds.pa.gov.
history,
from the most recent
rate for jobseekers ages
FALL 2015
3
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE
New Deans
BU WELCOMES KRUG, ARONSTAM
NEW DEANS assumed leadership of two colleges this
summer
Mary, Virginia Tech and Virginia
College of Business and Robert
Commonwealth University.
as
dean of the College
professor and chair of the
A native of State College,
to BU from Loyola
University New Orleans, where
department of biological
he held the Jack and Vada
director of Missouri
Reynolds Chair in International
Resource Center, a nonprofit
Business and served as associ-
service that provides clones of
ate
worked
dean of graduate programs.
in
banking in Germany and
Austria, held executive positions with Texas Instruments
at the
Aronstam previously was
of Science and Technology.
Krug came
PepsiCo and taught
&
— Jeffrey Krug as dean of the
Aronstam
Earlier in his career, he
Champaign, University of
Munster in Germany, William
and
University of Illinois at Urbana-
sciences at Missouri University
of Science and Technology and
S&T cDNA
human proteins. His varied
experience includes research director and senior scientist
with Guthrie Research
at
Institute, Sayre,
and faculty member
the Medical College of Georgia. •
Virginia
Woolf
in
Bloomsburg
BU HOSTS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Great
STEM
Adventure
CAMPERS EXPLORE ENVIRONMENT,
DNA, PROGRAMMING
NEARLY 250 international scholars attended the 25th annual
International Conference on Virginia Woolf hosted by BU in
early June.
The event
at
venues on campus and
in
town featured
150 research papers focused on Woolf and her female contem-
STUDENTS FROM fifth through 10th grades
poraries, presented
explored science, technology, engineering and
world, as well as by college and local high school students.
mathematics during the weeklong Great
Adventure Camps
at
STEM
Highlights included: an international art exhibit at
BU.
Campers entering fifth and
Gallery at Greenly Center, displaying the
sixth grades studied
the basics of geography and the environment,
seventh- and eighth-graders investigated the
brain and
DNA, and campers
human
entering ninth and 10th
grades use computer and mathematical
skills to
programming, criminal investigation, and
decrypt code. •
4
by professors and scholars from around the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
learn
how to
work of 55
The
artists;
readings by British novelist Maggie Gee and a poet Cynthia
Hogue; theatrical reading of Septimus and Clarissa written by
Ellen McLaughin and performed by the playwright and
members
of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; and a closing
by Woolf’s nephew, Cecil Woolf, and
wife, biographer Jean Moorcroft Wilson. •
banquet with
a talk
his
Jazzed
All
Up
ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT MONTREUX,
UMBRIA FESTIVALS
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY’S Jazz Ensemble
at two major European events in July —
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the
Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Led by Stephen
performed
the
Clickard, professor of music and director of BU’s
Center for Visual and Performing Arts, the Jazz
Ensemble features 25 students majoring in music
and other disciplines.
The ensemble was invited to perform at the
Montreux festival after Clickard submitted a 20minute recording of the group. Major entertainers
at both festivals included Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga,
Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. •
Going Downtown
GREENLY CENTER
IS
DEDICATED
DUANE AND SUE Basar Greenly, members of BU’s Class of 1972,
recently took part in a
in
ceremony to dedicate the Greenly Center
downtown Bloomsburg.
Strengthening BU’s partnership with the community, the
44,700-square-foot center
houses
is
home
to the
BU Foundation. It also
a first-floor art gallery, space for the Office of
and Continuing Education
a 40-seat
computer
lab
future, the third floor
staff,
Corporate
classrooms for BU’s mini-courses,
and a demonstration kitchen. In the
may provide
space for local businesses or
organizations.
Construction on the $8.25 million building was
thanks to a generous $1 million
CGA
gift
made
possible
from the Greenlys. •
Major Focus
Chief
SALLY McAVOY LEADS STUDENT
~
SALLY McAVOY,
r
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is
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MAJOR BEGINS
GOVERNMENT
a senior
double majoring
from Wyomissing who
in early
and special education,
is
childhood
of a product through
for
the 2015-16 academic year. She previously served
IkL'' MIS
as
CGA’s secretary and executive
assistant.
As president, McAvoy hopes to continue to
^ improve student involvement on campus, create
a better awareness of CGA and enhance the relationship between
BU students and town residents. She is building upon her experiences during summer 2014 as the CGA intern working within the
Student Affairs Division.
CGA serves as the bridge between students and administration,
supports more than 300 clubs and organizations, provides scholarships to students, and operates the University Store, the Student
Recreation Center and Honeysuckle Student Apartments. •
this fall. The major,
management process from the creation
Supply Chain Management,
focusing on the
president of the
Community Government Association (CGA)
THE COLLEGE of Business introduced a new major,
its
consumption,
is
directed by
John Grandzol, professor of management.
BU’s program has a sharp focus on operations,
logistics
and sourcing, and prepares students
for
mid- and upper-level career tracks. In addition to
extensive academic experiences,
related
all
students will have
work experience upon graduation.
From this new major comes
the possibility of a
European Union Commerce,
which would allow students to travel between
universities in European Union countries to learn
future specialization,
about supply chain management in foreign settings.
A future new minor,
International Supply Chain,
may soon follow. •
FALL 2015
5
Bloomshurg University of Pennsylvania
around THE
Baltimore Award
BLAKE HONORED BY BLACK CONFERENCE
IRA BLAKE, provost and senior vice president for academic
affairs, was honored with the Pennsylvania Black Conference
on Higher Education’s Mary Baltimore Award for outstanding
service to the organization.
The conference
first
convened
in 1971,
organized by
Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Rep. K. Leroy
aide
Mary Davis
Irvis, his
Baltimore, and black educators from across
the commonwealth. Baltimore carried out a key role in coordi-
nating the
first
The award
individual
and subsequent meetings of the organization.
in Baltimore’s
honor
who demonstrates
is
given each year to an
dedication and
commitment to
achieving the goals of the organization. •
Outstanding Teachers
TRIO SELECTED FOR
AWARD
THREE FACULTY MEMBERS were honored at spring commencement
as the
Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TALE)
Outstanding Teachers for the 2014-2015 academic
is
bestowed annually by BU’s
year.
The award
TALE center to faculty members
nominated by students. This year’s winners are Darrin Kass,
professor of management; Shiloh Erdley, assistant professor of
sociology, social
work and criminal justice; and Mary Katherine
Waibel-Duncan, professor of psychology.
Each winner received a plaque and a $1,000 professional
development stipend sponsored by the Bloomshurg University
Foundation. •
Speaking Up
Best Paper
AN ARTICLE by Shaheen Awan, pro-
PROGRAM RANKED AMONG TOP IN COUNTRY
BU’S SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY graduate pro-
fessor of speech-language pathology,
gram ranked among the top programs
AWAN'S ARTICLE TOPS
IN
SLP
2014
Exploring the Relationship Between
Spectral
and Cepstral Measures of
gathered from more than 70,000
Voice and the Voice Handicap Index
program ranked 16th
(VHI), was selected by Journal of
students representing approximately 1,600 graduate pro-
Voice as the best speech language
grams nationwide.
pathology paper of 2014.
Graduate Programs ranked the University of WisconsinMadison in the top slot, followed by Teachers College at
Columbia University and Georgia State University. Edinboro
The journal received
submissions in 2014.
a record
number
of manuscript
Awan has published
56 papers in
the Journal of Voice over the past 20 years •
in data
University, BU’s sister institution in Pennsylvania’s State
System of Higher Education,
6
in the country in a
survey conducted by Graduate Programs, an online review
resource, between Sept. 1, 2012, and March 31, 2015. BU’s
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
rated 21st. •
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Like Father, Like Son
by SCOTT EDDY
INSIDE THE HOME DUGOUT at
Danny Litwhiler Field stands a plaque
honoring the man who guided
Huskies baseball to more victories
than any other coach in program
history. The late Matt Haney Sr. was
at the helm of Huskies baseball from
1991 to 2005, leading the team to more
than 300 victories and its lone NCAA
Division II
World
Series appearance.
While the plaque dedicated
this
including a pair of wins
last season,
over nationally ranked opponents.
Haney brings
to his
new position
the lessons he learned as he watched
his father coach.
me how to
says.
“My father taught
analyze everything,” he
“His aggressive nature in coach-
ing and the things he did in baseball
We want to force
make decisions. His
translate to soccer.
the other team to
competitiveness and willingness to
past spring serves as a reminder of
win
Haney’s service to the university, the
Matt Haney Sr. turned to coaching
after an injury forced him to make a
name endures on the upper
campus with the arrival of his son,
Matt Haney Jr. ’90, who was named
head coach of the women’s soccer
program in May. He served as an asfamily
coach for both the men’s and
women’s soccer teams last year, helping the men’s team to its first NCAA
sistant
Division II
since 1978,
Tournament appearance
and takes over a women’s
program that posted
a 7-8-3 record
really stuck
career change.
with me.”
He
also hit the class-
room, earning an art degree from BU.
His son would later wear the maroon
and gold as goalkeeper for the 1994
Huskies men’s soccer team after a
playing career at Wilkes University.
Haney,
who served coaching stints
in Division
I,
II
and
III,
“His No.
1
victory
was graduatthem for
ing players and preparing
life,”
he
says.
“He always believed
the student-athletes are here to be
students
first.
my dad fell ill, a number of
former players came back and
shared stories of their time with him,
really proving his point on the
relationships he formed with them.”
“After
his
Now another Haney aims to create
his
own legacy at Bloomsburg. “My
father spent a long period of time
Bloomsburg University Husky
and that was the happiest time of his
as a
life,”
in,
his son recalls. “I put
my time
learned a lot about coaching and
was
able to get this opportunity.
I
am
come back and honor my
memory by following in his
thrilled to
father’s
footsteps at Bloomsburg.” •
also learned
from his father that success goes
beyond wins on the field.
Scott
Eddy is
assistant director of
Sports Information.
FALL 2015
Shirk Signs with Colts
JUSTIN SHIRK T3
signed a free agent
contract with the NFL’s Indianapolis
Colts in July.
Shirk compiled 392 tackles and 18.0
sacks during his four seasons with the
Huskies.
He turned in his
campaign
finest
2014 while pursuing
in
graduate studies, leading the team
with 120 tackles, including 21.5 tackles
for loss
and
11.0 sacks.
Following the 2014 season, Shirk’s
awards included All-America honors
from the Associated Press and
Daktronics.
He was
Cliff Harris
Award
a finalist for the
as the top small
school defensive player in the nation
after earning
Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
(PSAC) East and
The Harrisburg native, who became
first Bloomsburg men’s track and
field national champion in the javelin in
Webster was selected
2012, will try to join three other former
while teammate Matt Feiler was signed
NFL rosters. Jahri Evans,
a fourth-round pick of New Orleans
to a free agent contract
the
Huskies on
in 2006, has
been selected
in the fourth
round of the draft by the Detroit Lions
by the Houston
Texans, spending the 2014 season on the
practice squad before re-signing with
to six
Daktronics Super Region One Defensive
consecutive Pro Bowls with the Saints
Player of the Year honors.
as
one of the best right guards
NFL. Last season, defensive end Larry
the Texans. •
in the
Parker Earns All-Region Softball Honors
SOFTBALL PLAYER Taylor Parker
Division II Conference Commissioners
team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) as a pitcher in 2015,
and PSAC East Freshman of the Year
and second team All-PSAC East as a
Association.
utility
of Dewart was
named second team
All-Atlantic Region
by the Daktronics/
Parker, a sophomore, finished the
year 14-5 with a
1.81
ERA. She had
complete games with
five
12
the 33rd straight season, a conference
shutouts
while striking out 108 and walking 41
in 131 innings.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
She was also named
pitcher in 2014.
Bloomsburg finished 26-16 on the
year and reached the PSAC playoffs for
first
record. •
Saintilus Turns Pro in Italy
ALSSENE SAINTILUS
is
playing
professional basketball for
ASD
Sport
e Cultura Patti in Italy’s National
Series.
camp
The season
in
C
started with training
August and
run through
will
the end of May, including playoffs and
championship
play.
In his final season at BU, he averaged
13.8 points
per game and led the
Huskies’ men’s basketball team in
rebounding with
rebounds per
8.4
contest while shooting over 56 percent
from the
floor. Saintilus
posted seven
double-doubles as a senior and finished
with
his collegiate career
CoSIDA Winner
SCOTT EDDY,
assistant sports
PSAC
Scholar-Athletes
Scholar-Athletes must
maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade
point average while competing in an
intercollegiate varsity sport.
total -
88
PSAC
Scholar-Athlete
women and 46 men - marks
the third straight year that the Huskies
have surpassed the
total
ous year. Find more
at
Class
THE 34th ATHLETIC
of Fame class will be inducted
first
place
Directors
State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Bloomsburg’s
Fame
captured
Information
from the previ-
buhuskies.com. •
(CoSIDA) Fred
Stabley
Sr.
Writing
2. Eddy was honored for
on Huskies football player Eric
Schwartz, who had a tour of duty in Afghan-
Contest District
his story
istan while serving in the Marines. Eddy,
who recently completed his second year at
Bloomsburg, was recognized
zation’s annual
workshop
at
the organi-
in Orlando, Fla.
The winning story appeared
in the
Friday, Oct.
9,
membership
Hall
bringing the
total to 163.
This
year’s inductees are Dale Sullivan
Association
were recognized for the 2014-15
academic year by the Pennsylvania
PSAC
Hall of
information director,
in the College Sports
Scholar-Athletes
A TOTAL of 134 PSAC
34th
1,132 points. •
winter
2015 issue of Bloomsburg: The University
’61,
wrestling; Michelle Martin
Custer
’97, field
Stamm
’96,
hockey;
women’s
Kim
basketball;
Rob Dixon ’99, men’s tennis; and
Marcus Nilsson ’99, men’s tennis.
Learn more about new
members of the Athletic Hall
of Fame atbuhuskies.com. For
information on tickets to the
dinner and induction ceremony,
contact the sports information
office at 570-389-4411. •
Magazine. •
FALL 2015
9
Scott Inch,
left,
and
his
former student Michael Grube collaborated on a project to
MORE THAN 23 million people live
in the Central African
Cameroon. Only one
Republic of
is
recognized as
In Cameroon, cybercrime
officers or lawyers
Cameroon's law enforcement community
with a basic understanding of
digital forensics is
significantly within the next year, thanks
is
police
Inch
in partnership
understand the
BU’s bachelor’s degree program in
is
digital forensics,
which began nearly
A popular undergraduate
contain, says Scott Inch ’86, professor
10 years ago.
of mathematics, computer science and
major, digital forensics
field that
is
an evolving
teaches students to retrieve
out of the country’s courts simply
information from computer hard drives,
because
cell
do not grasp the
technology involved.
But the number of Cameroonian
10
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
“The law hasn’t caught up to
“Cameroon
technology,” Inch says.
in
officials
neighboring nations, with Nigeria as
the worst offender.
Inch developed most of the courses
inner workings of today’s technology
Cases have been thrown
by
with Michael Grube
originating inside the country and in
’13/T5M.
and the potential evidence devices
statistics.
include terrorism, drug violations,
human trafficking and scams
expected to grow
to interactive online training created
a digital forensics expert.
common, but few judges,
officials
train
phones, tablets and other devices
to fight cybercrime
and use
in legal
proceedings. Major crimes in
Cameroon
experiencing a
lot
of cybercrime,
including scams, because people don’t
understand technology. Cameroon
cash culture and citizens wire
make purchases,
card as
is
a
money to
rather than use a credit
we would. There
when their purchases do
is
no recourse
not arrive.”
Cameroonian expert
content and designed simple online
Inch learned of the scarcity of
knowledge from Ali Joan Beri Wacka,
often referred to as “Cameroon’s digital
forensics expert,” through two years
of email correspondence followed by a
visit to Bloomsburg’s campus. Wacka
training, but
earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees
dergraduate degree in digital forensics
in
computer science from Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi,
Nigeria. However, her efforts to pursue a
doctoral degree in digital forensics were
stymied until she met faculty from BU’s
Institute for Instructional
(IIT),
Technology
who were visiting Cameroon’s
to
he wanted the training
be presented
in a
who could take the project
to the next level:
Mike Grube, whose un-
and studies toward a master’s degree
in instructional
technology
a natural for his required
“She and
I
A native of Easton, Grube came to
computers gained not only through BU’s
who
an adviser for Wacka’s
doctoral studies.
“We
spent the
summer
working on her dissertation and talking
about future projects
we
could work on
together.”
After
Wacka returned home, she and
for training
members
of Cameroon’s
community. Inch created the
game
player and,
a professional online poker player.
admits he took his
BU education
more seriously after the U.S. Department of Justice shut down online poker
in 2011,
but says the
skills
he gained
through gaming taught him to “read
people,” a
clients’
Inch continued to develop the concept
legal
later,
program, but also as
handy talent
in
determining
needs for online training.
Grube “built the interactive modules
upon the foundation of content I
created,” Inch says, determining the
necessary information, writing a
two core courses for
however
digital forensics major,
college credits will not be awarded.
In the final stages of development, the
program should roll out in January 2016,
supported by a government minister’s
financial backing and his endorsement
7
of the partnership with the University
of Buea.
the project with a knowledge of
He
clicked,” says Inch,
as
it
internship.
a professional video
now serves
made
480-hour
match
training contains information similar
BU’s
Inch knew
activities to
self-paced online
to that included in
institution that provides study abroad
BU students. They put
The
with a voice over.
digital forensics
experiences for
and creating
fashion than a PowerPoint presentation
University of Buea, a 12,000-student
her in touch with Inch.
more innovative
storyline
the content.
BU will control the grading
and content and provide the technical
support.
Grube says the project has provided
insights for his career, including
estimate the
requires
this
one
amount of time
— he says he underestimated
— and how to gauge the depth
of training clients need.
most
is
how to
a project
‘What
I
love
being able to use both of my
degrees,”
Grube
says.
“And
to help the
university.”
“And,” Inch adds,
being seen
“Cameroon
loves
at the forefront of technology
in their region.” •
Bonnie Martin
is
editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
FALL 2015
11
L
evening baseball game
THE TENSION in the
at
Camden
Yards, near Baltimore’s famous Inner
neighborhoods was palpable
when reporter Yvonne Wenger
began her
shift at
The Baltimore
Sun on Saturday, April
25.
was two days before the explosive
would shake the city and
the nation, and as Wenger began
It
riots that
writing about the eighth day of
nonviolent protests following Freddie
Gray’s death, the newsroom’s police
scanner started squawking.
That Saturday saw an estimated
1,200 people take to the streets in the
Demonstrators
remained peaceful despite growing
anger as details emerged about
allegations of police mistreatment
causing Gray’s injury and death. That
largest protest to date.
is,
12
until just before the Orioles’ early
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
‘Using language to feel emotion
and connect’
Harbor.
Wenger, The Baltimore Sun’s
marched four miles across the
city from West Baltimore, where
Freddie Gray was arrested, to the
Harbor and there were points where
people were obviously tense,” Wenger
says. “That night, I went back to the
newsroom and was writing the
mainbar when we started hearing
on the scanner that windows were
breaking around the Harbor area.”
“I
A line of police
in riot
gear
hall reporter since
company, she recalls being fascinated
by the authors the company
published.
way you can use language
make people feel emotion and to
“I like the
to
connect with another
ence,”
protesters outside the baseball park
that in writing.
quickly dispersed. As The Sun
nalism
was
an anomaly during an otherwise
peaceful march.”
There was little warning of what
to come.
was
says
word has always held
an attraction for her. Growing up in
southern Lancaster County, where
her father worked for a printing
the written
formed around Camden Yards, and
reported, “the brief flare-up
city
summer 2014,
Wenger
we
human experi-
says. “I like to capture
I
think in print jour-
often have a greater ability
to explore issues in depth.”
Wenger, who graduated from
Bloomsburg in 2002 with a double
major in mass communications and
political science, says
she visited
BU
by
and was hooked. She
pursued broadcast journalism, but her love of the written word
drew her to print journalism. She
became an editor of BU’s student
newspaper, The Voice, and remembers making tough decisions on how
to cover devastating stories, such
as a fraternity house fire in which
three students died and the death
of a young man who collapsed as he
in the fall of ’97
initially
JACK SHERZER
“No matter what newsroom
I’ve
been in — and I’ve sat in newsrooms
with people with Ivy League degrees
— my Bloomsburg degree has served
me well,” she says. “I’ve said to my
cousins, ‘You can go to a big
name
university and get the debt that
comes
with it’ — and yes, there are certain
advantages that come with networking
— but I would put my Bloomsburg
degree against anyone
else’s.”
played flag football.
Wenger worked as a reporter at The
Reading Eagle and The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. The Sun was a
“goal paper” for her — a goal achieved
time
2012 and was hired. One thing
she learned along the way is that she
in
would stack her Bloomsburg training
against any other school.
she didn’t feel scared.
“I
saw broken windows and looted
shops,” says Wenger,
After graduating from Bloomsburg,
after she applied for the third
were talking about this on social
media and we started getting reports
that businesses were planning to close
early,” Wenger says. Rioting began
around 3 p.m. and Wenger was sent to
check out the central business district
and the touristy Inner Harbor area,
both close to The Sun offices. Initially,
she went out alone, and Wenger says
The Baltimore
riot
and
lingering questions
On Monday, April 27, one of the first
warning signs of the riot came when
the newspaper’s education reporter
mentioned teens were talking about
The Purge. The term describes a
society that allows a 12-hour period in
which
“We
all
crime
is
legalized.
started hearing that the kids
some
video. “I
went
who
also shot
into an African
hair braiding shop and the
so upset: her TV,
all
owner was
of her chemicals
and her weaves had been
stolen,
and
the weaves are very expensive.”
She also witnessed acts of good. “An
had been hit. Windows
were broken and people had stolen
liquor. Some construction workers
came by and boarded up the owner’s
Italian deli
windows
for him.”
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FALL 2015
13
Wenger
says she felt afraid only once.
A group of young
when
they saw her
walking quickly in the opposite
direction,” she says. “I suppose I may have been naive
because these young kids were maybe 12 or 13, and I
didn’t expect they could frighten me. It was a large group
and I’m just surprised that they were as aggressive as
they were because they were so young.”
people looting a store threatened her
shooting video.
In the
Were
“I started
wake of the
riots
unanswered questions remain.
the rioters egged on by agitators from outside
Baltimore? (The Sun
is
investigating but, so
majority of those arrested are from the
far,
the
city.)
Did Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake make
the rioting worse by not ordering police to take a
stronger approach to breaking up the riots?
Wenger
says the
she intended to
let
mayor strongly
refutes claims that
the rioters go unchallenged and says
her comments about the city giving space “to those
who wished to destroy” have been
misrepresented. But,
Wenger says, many believe the mayor’s decision not to
take a more combative approach prevented any rioters
or other citizens from being killed.
some ways it’s not surprising that Baltimore
became a powder keg, she says. Before the Gray incident,
In
her newspaper’s investigative series on police brutality
revealed that the city paid out claims of almost $6 million
over four years. At the same time, however, she has no
“Why Baltimore?”
ready answer to the question,
“These are issues that black America has been dealing
with for decades and I don’t know what made
Baltimore the flash point,” Wenger says. “During the
unrest, I received a call every day from Jesse Jackson.
His focus was on the cameras and the fact that people
have smartphones and are videotaping, allowing what
happened to Freddie Gray to go viral.”
She says Baltimore these days
is
safe
and
normal, but there are concerns over what
feels
back to
may happen as
the criminal cases against the officers charged in Gray’s
death move forward. Elected
officials, religious leaders,
academics and nonprofit groups are coming together
to figure out
how to
address the systemic issues
structural racism, poverty, drugs
—
and a lack of jobs
—
that contributed to the unrest.
As
far as
what comes
next,
Wenger
says, “It’s just
impossible to know. These are unpredictable times.”
Editor’s note: See
Yvonne Wenger’s Baltimore Sun
reporting by searching her
name
at baltimoresun.com. •
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and principal
partner with Message Prose, a communications and
public relations firm in Harrisburg.
14
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Nickel Rides
JERRY WEMPLE
by
I.
Back
when your
the days
in
S.
WILLIAM
grandfather’s father,
ILLUSTRATION:
maybe
was
his father,
amusement
young man down
a
make your back
on the
feel like
they
like
my
in
day,
them
call
nickel rides.
up and down, bucking around,
Steel boxes jacking
Back
shore
piers or the scruffy city lots over near
the wrong side of town, they used to
your hips
at the
it
was worked over with crowbar,
was smacked with
a plank.
word was out about those
Philly streets.
was
I
Nickel Rides by Jerry
nickel rides
Wemple
originally
journal devoted to social justice issues.
from the country, hard
in
was published in HEArt online, a literary
Wemple. BU professor of English, is the
author of three poetry collections.
down by
the
and the woods, but even
river
knew what was what. Saw
I
while stretching
waiting
my
between long-run
in
when
enough that
I
needed
to take a
head up another, act
like
I
left,
never
the paddy
jumped
out,
whacking him good with long
noticed,
How It Began
30th Street station
trains,
and four cops jumped
pulled up
enough that one day
clear
legs near the
a
sticks.
I
wagon
man
hardly
I
THE APRIL
figured soon
from
officers
illegal knife
the back of the
in
screech-lurching
to bust the brakes
II.
wagon
down
for a nickel ride.
the street
and run out
First off,
the war on drugs
there's a
war on people.
wars have
All
I
Charm
see
up
flames. Orange tongues of
in
us from brick buildings. The old people say
back
in
the King
nearly
riot,
ain’t
We
store.
had one good
like
a
Now
they were spun off their
Philly,
buried
-
Baltimore, D.C.
change
city of
of luck,
my
in
fifty
and
it’s
it’s
fire
I
own
I'm not
in
and out
nickel rides,
much
German
cemetery
saint’s
it
a limp,
isn’t
in
the
screaming and obviously
in
viral
pain Gray being dragged
The video raised
—
official
But a twist of
in
police headquarters were nonviolent. On April 25, however, a small
group of protesters damaged police vehicles and area businesses
and approached Camden Yards during an Orioles baseball game.
They were quickly dispersed by police.
fate,
Baltimore,
The following Monday, the
Manayunk
began, with news stations
riot
capturing scenes of protesters looting, setting
got a parcel of kin
rocks and other items at police,
section of Philly.
hard to fathom other blood
—
On April 18
the day before Gray's death
the first of what
would be daily protests occurred. Until Saturday, April 25, the
protests in front of the Western District police station, City Hall and
remember
to
could've been. Missed being born
Generation or two before them
medical care as he was taken to the
questions about the arrest and fueled community outrage.
young
I
for
to a police transport van by officers.
was
of focus,
conception, by a few weeks or a month.
the
it
dazed from the experience.
for cities.
on bicycles, who found what was described as an
Shortly after the arrest, video taken by bystanders went
showing
taunt
just as
burnt. Kids too
and focused
riots
District police station, but prosecutors say
years ago. They say
alone Reverend King dodge
let
war on drugs;
atrocities.
changed much since those days.
the neighborhood
Tupac
at once.
wars have casualties,
Baltimore
he was ignored.
From the police station, he was transported to the University of
Maryland Medical Center's R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center,
where he was treated for severe spinal injuries and fell into a coma.
He died on April 19.
Western
Only some wars have winners. Tonight
losers.
City
all
off the
clipped to the inside of his front pants pocket.
Gray repeatedly asked
a concept. There ain’t a
is
All
the gas
all
That unit
the driver wanted
like
touched
According to Baltimore police, Gray acted suspiciously as he ran
nothing, especially
him being cuffed and dumped
a side-vision glance of
it
the nation on the issue of police brutality.
cross the street,
saw
12, 2015, arrest of 25-year-old Freddie Gray should have
been simple. Instead,
Control
kin,
who
was restored by Monday
fires,
and throwing
retreated from the crowd.
night and a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m.
curfew was imposed.
all
those years removed, being sold
in
an auction house
Of course, there's a war on despair, too, though not
and having no spokesperson.
but
is
long going
like
the
It’s
rest.
I
avoid the nickel rides.
I
swampy
D.C.
While the
Likewise, despair too
watch on
my TV
it's
is
city didn’t
see another
against the Chicago White Sox at
often erratic, explosive even,
and so needs a people enemy. And sometimes
Me,
in
official
fifty
miles downriver
in
the next day's Orioles
public because of safety concerns
— the
the ballpark.
held without a crowd
in
game
Yards was closed to the
game was
first
time a major league
a concept,
them, but
in
the end
what's happening
In
it’s
us.
the aftermath of Gray’s arrest and death, six officers were
charged, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the
firing of the city's police chief
one hundred
riot,
Camden
slacked-jawed sorrow.
initiated
and the
U.S.
Department
of Justice
an investigation.
FALL
2015
15
WENZEL/IMPRESSIONS
GORDON
PHOTO:
Champion
for Student Success
By WILLIE
ON THE EVE of his retirement, Irvin
Wright
is
dealing with a serious case
of separation anxiety.
“Today
I
as
I
was leaving for lunch
started to get emotional about this
• ••
“He demanded more from me — he
helped me work harder than I thought
ment. “I was standing at the elevator
and
couldn’t feel
I
my legs. I had to
I needed to.”
“I
came
as a 17 year-old.
my 40s and Dr.
to
Wright
Now I’m
is still
a
in
mentor
me.”
It
its
students,
and
his path
wasn’t an easy transition, howev-
He remembers feeling taken aback
when he arrived at Bloomsburg. “I
“Dr.
Wright became like a father
nothing I do on a daily
figure. There’s
stand up.”
basis that I don’t
owe him for.”
It’s
•
••
be his
Ask former Act
101 students about
Wright, and they talk about the deep
level of
support he provided and
how
he always demanded their best despite the multiple barriers to success
they often faced. For some, he became
part of their extended families, at-
tending weddings and graduation
parties,
said,
‘There are no black people’,” he
recalls.
“The environment was not
very welcoming.”
hold myself steady to continue to
June 25, 2015. The next day will
last on staff. It will be the end
of a professional career that spanned
45 years, 38 of those at Bloomsburg
University working with the Act
101/Equal Opportunity Program, for
which he served as director from
1996 through 2012. The program
provides academic advising, tutoring,
mentorship and a precollege summer
program to students who are at a fi-
program and
was set.
er.
experience,” says Wright, former
associate dean for academic achieve-
COLON
and sometimes advising them
Hired as the Act 101 assistant direche moved to Bloomsburg
and, a year later, married his wife,
Judy, who had trouble getting a job
as a school teacher despite her strong
qualifications. And the couple had
tor in 1977,
to
file
several grievances against a
landlord
who
tried repeatedly to evict
them.
Wright was undeterred, but clearly
was a lot of work to be done.
“Jesse Bryan and I realized that we
needed to create a community that
embraced and supported differences,”
he says.
there
nancial, cultural, social or educational
about wrenching personal
disadvantage.
Their recollections swirl around
one fundamental truth summed up by
Act 101 alumnus Wayne Whitaker Sr.
students from different backgrounds
79, assistant director of diversity and
that Act 101 includes both whites and
Those who know him well describe
Wright as a champion for diversity
and social justice; a tireless administrator
mile
who without fail goes the
extra
— and beyond — for students.
“In 38 years, I’ve only missed
four graduations,” Wright says.
important for
I
me to be there because
know what the
through
“It’s
students have gone
to get to that point.
know how I do this.
because I’m motivated. It’s exciting work because I see the difference
“People want to
It’s
in students
when they get it — what
they need to do to be successful.”
retention at BU:
“He
is
crises.
dedicated to
students. That’s his heart.”
That dedication began in the summer of 1975. Wright was an assistant
football coach at the University of
Toledo when his close friend, Jesse
Bryan, encouraged him to use his
vacation time to work as a guidance
counselor for the Act 101 summer
program. Bryan was BU’s first fulltime director of Act 101.
Wright says he
fell in
Part of that
work involved helping
engage with one another. The
fact
students of color has helped foster a
multicultural environment.
He
also has
worked hard
to counter
the stigma that Act 101 students are
less
deserving of their spot at Blooms-
burg.
“Why bring these
students to
Bloomsburg when you know they
can’t make it?” Wright says, quoting
the attitude of some staff and faculty.
“But that’s not true. Our retention and
graduation rates keep going up.”
love with the
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FALL 2015
17
"
Wright remembers six-year graduation rates for underrepresented
minorities as low as 33 percent. For
the 2008 freshmen cohort, that figure
was
51.1 percent.
Improving retention and gradu-
Force on Racial Equity, the University
Committee for Protected Class Issues
and the Bloomsburg Rotary Club.
“The thing about people
tion
is
that
we have
level.
the committees you can.”
committed
says.
to sup-
porting students, you end up on
all
Wright also has made it a point to
on numerous committees and get
involved in the community. A very
sit
of those activities includes
the University'- Community Task
“He’s a
affairs at Bloomsburg. “He will always be the voice of social justice at
Bloomsburg.”
But while he’s no longer on staff,
is hardly going silent.
that voice
he says with a laugh.
be trying to figure out
what to do with the next chapter of
• ••
Wright
will
says
’95/’98M, director of multicultural
after
Irvin
civil rights trailblazer,”
Act 101 alumna Madelyn Rodriguez
“I’m not planning to do anything
students are the same. You
“Not
have to meet them where they are
in terms of readiness for college,”
Wright explains. “At the same time,
we have cracks that students fall
through and are never heard from
again. What can we do as an institution to help them?”
list
on more
to take
“If you’re really
short
my posi-
than just doing our job,” Wright
ation rates has meant a lot of work
with students and at the institutional
all
in
"
I
retire,”
“Basically,
be sorely missed.
used to go to Dr. Wright’s office
and talk about personal stuff going
on with me,” says Mara Carpenter
‘98. “He was one of the first people I
thought of to invite to my wedding.
Now, I’m a nurse anesthetist and an
“I
I’ll
my life.”
It’s
highly likely that a big part
of that next chapter will involve
Bloomsburg: He has already filled out
the necessary background clearance
forms so he can start volunteering.
Clearly,
he won’t be going far. •
equal opportunity officer in the U.S.
Army. What better way to honor
where I came from?”
Willie Colon
is
a freelance writer
based in Philadelphia.
Former Act 101 students credit
the program — and its longtime director Irvin Wright —
with providing the support and
encouragement they needed to
successfully navigate the aca-
demic, social and cultural
aspects of life at Bloomsburg.
Their testimonies speak to the
enduring impact that Wright
and the program have had on
their lives.
“Act 101 pretty
person. They
much saved me
opened doors
for
other schools didn't accept me.
Wright helped
me be who am
I
as a
me when
And
Dr.
today. He’s
not just an administrator; he's family.
Madelyn Rodriguez ’95/'98M,
Director of Multicultural Affairs,
Bloomsburg University
“What liked so much was that Dr. Wright
he forced me
demanded more from me
I
—
to
perform at a higher level and give back to
the program.
needed out
1
01 so
And he helped me get what
of the program, too.
much
that
it
naturally
love Bloomsburg. For
me Act
101
Mock Austin
Director of
New
is
.
’02, Assistant
Student Orientation,
Bloomsburg University
I
loved Act
made me
synonymous with Bloomsburg
Kristin
I
"
"
PHOTO: GORDON WENZEL/IMPRESSIONS
‘‘Dr.
—
I'd
Wright helped
be
in his office
me
fill
and my
out
all
mom
my forms
would be
on the phone giving him the information
financial aid forms. With his help
a problem getting the forms
Then
I
burg,
and he helped
went back to grad school
from grad student
to
never had
I
in for
for
money.
at
Blooms-
me make the transition
employee. When a
student needs something I’m there because
that’s
what
Marcella
Dr.
Wright did with me.
Woods
’85, Coordinator of
remember the first day of the Act 1 01
summer program when we were all sitting
“I
in
the audience. Dr. Wright said, ‘Look
right.
Now look left. One
won’t graduate.
when
I
said,
’
of these students
That was profound. That's
“I will
graduate.
’
I
decided
"I
would not have been academically
ready
if
not
for
the program.
told
me
I
couldn’t write either.
the level
I
needed
to
be at
Wayne Whitaker
knew that this
was an opportunity and had to make the
Bloomsburg University
do
everything into perspective.
I
came
in
I
was the
perfect candidate! The program got
my very best and really focus on the
academics. That first day helped me put
to
I
knowing I couldn't do math, and then they
Sr.
me to
.
79, Assistant
Director of Diversity and Retention,
I
most of it.”
Minority Affairs, Residence Life,
Nicole Mason ’04, Director of Marketing
Bloomsburg University
Strategy, Macy’s
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Backstage Pass:
Have Bass,
'06
BEAUPRE
Will Travel
TOM
COURTESY
by
ERIC FOSTER
PHOTO:
I
TOM BEAUPRE measures time in tours, rather than years.
ing hours from venue to sold-out venue.
Beaupre has been the bass player for Florida Georgia Line’s
touring band for the past five years. You can almost see him
mentally converting tours to years
when
asked about the number
of shows he’s played with the country duo.
“We
the
did 256 shows in 2013. Last year
first
pre ’06,
66 days of this year,
who married
I
it
his sweetheart, Jessica, last
double platinum and
Composed
last year’s
to 170
Any thing Goes
is
in
Beau-
December.
Good Times
is
already gold.
of Florida-native Brian Kelley and Tyler
of Georgia, the country duo
and
for 57,” says
Florida Georgia Line’s 2012 album Here’s to the
is
Hubbard
burning up highways, as well as
charts.
Nine buses and a handful of semis
20
roll
through the wee morn-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
And when the band
on stage
left in
the lights
and smoke, laying down the bass for crowds numbering in the
thousands.
Beaupre’s love of music comes a long
was 160
was on the road
takes the stage at 9 p.m., Beaupre
and rock (or country) music stardom.
music
fair
where,
among the
It
way from dazzling stages
comes from
a third-grade
trumpets, saxophones and
flutes,
he
saw an upright bass.
“I loved
it,
the feel of it, the sound of it.” Lessons followed. In
middle school, the bass was turned on
the band Green
Day figures
its
side
and
electrified
...
into Beaupre’s recollection of these
years. Guitar lessons followed in high school
and
college.
He went to Bloomsburg to study business, but switched majors
to music, studying jazz, theory and classical guitar. He played
open mics. His pop punk group, William West, won BU’s battle of
©
a©
bucks, gigged on weekends and lived with
the bands one year.
And long before he
played Dirt on the
roommates,
who
good chance
included Brian Kelley
he’s listening to
“Every camp
is
NPR.
different,” says
Beaupre.
and Tyler Hubbard. Hubbard and Kelley
“Camp”
bass for Wagner’s Die Meistersingers with
formed Florida Georgia Line
group of people involved in a particular
the Bloomsburg University-Community
bringing a rock attitude to country music.
Orchestra.
Beaupre had kept
An open mic gave Beaupre the first clue
that this could be a career. “We must have
a natural
country music stage, he played upright
fit
his
in 2010,
chops sharp and was
for backing the
duo
live.
been playing the right covers, because the
summer of 2011, the band
manager said, ‘Get ready to not be home
audience kept calling for more.
much.’ That was the
Teah,
I
could do
I
thought,
“In the
first
time
I
was
paying all of my bills with music.”
this.’
“My professors encouraged me to shoot
Things were happening, and
fast.
for the stars,” says Beaupre. Instead of
Florida Georgia Line opened for well-
looking for recording internships close to
known country artists
home
Luke Bryan (2013) and Jason Aldean
(2014) and 11 dates for singer/songwriter
in Paoli,
he sent dozens of applica-
tions to Nashville,
Emerald
and he landed one
at
Taylor Swift in 2013.
Studios.
After graduation, Beaupre
worked
for
about a year for newspapers in the Paoli
ing their
Jake
Owen (2012),
They began
headlin-
own tours, as well, in 2013.
After the intensity of playing a show, he
area and doing music gigs on weekends.
keeps himself busy in the downtime on
Bigger stages beckoned. Beaupre took a
the road by working out, reading and
chance and moved to Nashville.
He tuned pianos, served lattes at Star-
playing golf, like
If you see
many of his bandmates.
Beaupre with earbuds, there’s a
music industry lingo for the
is
tour.
‘We’ve got a family-oriented setup
here.
No one’s chasing women or doing
drugs. We’re
all
husbands trying to make a
living for our families.
“This
the best of all worlds,” says
is
Beaupre. “Brian and Tyler have so
to
do
much
interviews with media, radio
...
stations
and that
and
is
fans.
to
We’ve got a job
make
to
do
sure those two guys
have a great-sounding band every night.
It’s
a great job.
“I lived
they’re
with them for two years and
awesome, down-to-earth. They’re
my boss and my friends. They’re my
friends
first.”
Eric Foster
•
is
photography editor
The University
for Bloomsburg:
Magazine.
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weekly newspaper
Haven. Also editor of The
Schuylkill News, a
’40s
Bill
in Schuylkill
Selden ’43 received the Historic
Award from the Berwick
Preservation
was
Historical Society. Selden
also
honored for seven decades of service
by the district deputy grand master of
the 35th Masonic District.
Reading Eagle, Deitz coordinates work
between the companies, making Reading
Eagle Co.’s resources available for South
Schuylkill News. Deitz is a past president
of the Pennsylvania Society of
in the district.
graduated from the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.
He was
coordinator of the Allentown
Area Lutheran Parish and Christ Church
in Hazleton.
He has served
as interim
Kevin R. Barr ’76 retired from the Cape
May County (N.J.) Special Services
St.
John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fogelsville.
Bonnie
L,
’63 retired
Hoffman Tyler
from teaching
the end of the 2014-15
academic year. For most
of her career, she taught
in 12-month environments
at
in alternative schools in
New Jersey, working with students who
did not succeed in district public schools.
Tyler
was recognized
for her faith in
public education and individual students
and service to her community during
an awards ceremony for high-achieving
hhh
seniors.
Jerry Walborn ’71 retired as a pilot
from United Airlines with over 25,000
accident-free flight hours.
J.
Dean Giambrone
’73 retired as a
and collections manager from
Henkels & McCoy, Blue Bell.
Harry Deitz ’74 is publisher of South
credit
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Brig. Gen.
Thomas P.
Army
’83, U.S.
^ Reserve, deputyprotection
-
director, force
and counter weapons
of mass destruction, the
Joint Staff, Washington,
D.C., was reassigned to deputy commanding general (operations), Troop
Program Unit, 80th Training Command,
9a
Total
Army
School System,
School District after 39 years teaching
at the middle, high school and post high
Richmond,
school levels. Barr
Christine Kuperavage Zanis ’84
is
a past president of
the district’s staff association, and
was
Va.
Penn Investors Trust
and
Zanis
his wife, Eileen, live in Palermo, N.J.
Richard Simons ’77 is first vice
chairman of The Association for
Manufacturing Technology. Simons,
chairman, president and CEO of
Hardinge Inc., Elmira, N.Y., has led
Hardinge as president and chief
executive officer since
May 2008.
is
vice
president and account officer of National
named Teacher of the Year in 2004. He
pastor at Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Old Zionsville, and
.
Evans
v.-
from Bloomsburg Memorial
Elementary School. Faust taught 30 years
anniversary of his ordination. Trout
v
\
retired
Stanley Trout ’62 celebrated the 50th
University.
Newspaper Editors and the Pennsylvania
Associated Press Managing Editors.
Gail Georgette Gazdick Faust ’75
’60s
Denise Davies Berg ’82 is director of
alumni engagement at Millersville
University. Berg previously worked as
director of alumni relations at Mansfield
Co.,
Allentown.
responsible for managing,
is
expanding and servicing client
relationships in Berks and Schuylkill
counties and parts of Montgomery
County.
Robert Druckenmiller ’85
is
administrator of health care services
at
Masonic
Village, Elizabethtown.
Druckenmiller previously worked as
Dave Williams
’78
was inducted
into
chief financial officer and assistant
the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football
nursing home administrator
Coaches Association (PSFCA) Hall of
Fame. Williams was head coach at four
high schools — Mount Carmel, Shenandoah Valley, Tamaqua and Nazareth
Area — for a total of 16 seasons, posting
Acres Nursing and Rehab.
a career record of 135-53-1.
named PSFCA Coach
Williams was
of the Year three
times and was 1996 Associated Press
at
Pleasant
Jerry Ganz ’85 is vice president of
finance and chief financial officer at the
University of Connecticut Foundation.
He lives
C.J.
and
with his
and their children, Isabella,
in Ellington, Conn.,
wife, Elena,
Olivia.
Small School Coach of the Year.
Greg Kleponis
’85
is
a doctoral candi-
date in conflict studies at the University
of Bolton, United Kingdom. Kleponis
’80s
retired U.S. Air Force colonel
is
who
specialized in security operations and
’80, a
member
antiterrorism plans and programs and
Kappa
Gamma
served in advisory capacities in the
Carol McClain Kruskie
of Sigma Chapter, Delta
International, received an enrichment
Middle
grant from the Alpha Alpha state
resides in Greece.
organization. She will use the grant
money to conduct research.
East, Iraq
and Afghanistan. He
a
Lawrence Medaglia ’85 was appointed
to the Reading Area Community College
Frank Sheptock ’86
is
income group
and in institutional sales and marketing
and served as a portfolio manager with
a volunteer
financial division, fixed
coach at BU under
defensive coordinator Chet Henicle.
assistant football
Board of Education. Medaglia is
serving his fifth, four-year term as the
Berks County register of wills. He
previously was the administrative
supervisor of the Berks County district
Robert Fortuner ’87 is finance director
of Wayne Memorial Community Health
Centers, encompassing 14 medical,
team.
attorney’s office.
dental and specialty health care
professor of business and information
throughout Lackawanna, Pike
and Wayne counties. He previously
technology at
of schools for the Archdiocese of
worked
administration courses.
Washington with oversight for 68
elementary schools, 20 high schools
and seven early childhood programs
Washington, D.C., and suburban and
Carbondale, as the organization’s
Vanguard’s Stable Value Management
Cathleen Golden Ray ’87
offices
William Ryan
’85
superintendent
is
is
assistant
Mount Aloysius
College,
Cresson, where she teaches business
for Quality Perforating Inc.,
southern Maryland. The schools serve
superintendent of the Great Valley
Susan Keim Blake ’88M retired as
Head Start director. Blake
worked at the Danville Head Start
program for 25 years, and spent the
approximately 27,000 students.
School District. Palubinsky, assistant
12 years as director.
chief financial officer.
Danville
in
Regina Speaker Palubinsky ’87M
is
last
superintendent for Phoenixville Area
School District since 2010, was the
special assistant to the Pennsylvania
relations coordinator/spokesperson for
Insurance Co. Bolinger joined the com-
secretary of education and a high
the Pennsylvania Department of
pany as an accounting manager in 1988,
was promoted to vice president/chief
financial officer and elected treasurer.
school science teacher.
Environmental Protection’s Northeast
Brian Bolinger ’86
is
senior vice
president at the Tuscarora
He
is
a
member of the
Wayne
Pennsylvania
blog called “wurdsfromtheburbs” for five
He
recently published a selection
Accountants. Bolinger resides in
of essays, An Atheist for Christ,
Wyalusing with his wife, Valerie, and
children, Ty and Madisyn.
zon for Kindle.
Kelly Cuthbert
director,
Vanguard Europe, Valley Forge,
directing Vanguard’s Financial Advisor
and financial
assets.
adviser.
Brogna named
Services division,
which serves more
than 1,000 financial advisory firms
representing more than $1 trillion in
He
has worked in Vanguard’s
VP
wrote
Katrina: A Novel of New Orleans and
is
working on a sequel to Dead On, a timebending thriller optioned by Hollywood’s
Gold Circle Films.
THE NEW DIRECTOR of
cancer services
advancement and communication
Community Hospital,
at
Evangelical
with Allied Services Integrated
Lewisburg, Andrea Keefer
Health System. Brogna joined
Bertram
’89
is
responsible for
managing strategic planning,
and brings
budgeting, fiscal management,
compliance, productivity, and
in
new role.
reporting for the hospital’s
expanded cancer services program.
certificate in nonprofit
management from
the University of Scranton and
is
completing graduate studies
management
at
Misericordia University.
is
also
What Remained of
AS
communications and professional
Allied Services
Jameson
historical romances.
the award-winning
JIM BROGNA ’92 was named
more than 20 years of experience
in organizational
released
to Spellbound, another in her series of
vice president for corporate
director of development
Brogna earned a
Jameson ’89
Bertram directs cancer services
Allied Services in 1999 as executive
fundraising to his
anchor/reporter at WYOU-TV in
Wilkes-Barre.
Across a Dark Highland Shore, a sequel
Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management, Easton, a group
composed of the firm’s top financial
advisers. Glovas is the managing director
at
community
on Ama-
Thomas Rampulla ’87 is managing
Chairman’s Club
the
Previously she was employed as an
’87 has has written a
years.
to the
is
Regional Office in Wilkes-Barre.
Joseph Pugnetti
Institute of Certified Public
Michael Glovas ’86 was named
Colleen Connolly ’88
the provider of health care and
human
Bertram joined Evangelical’s team
in
2007 to oversee
M. Humphreys
the administrative direction of the Thyra
Center for Breast Health. During her 24-year professional
career, she has
worked with major businesses throughout
services for northeastern Pennsylvanians with disabilities and
the Susquehanna Valley in roles related to development,
chronic
marketing and financial management.
illness.
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Business
’90s
Management
Institute at
’00s
the University of Kentucky.
Bill Shotwell ’95 was promoted to senior
key account manager for Precor, a global
Wendi Achey ’91 was promoted to
company, responsible for direct
and Delaware. He
has been employed with Precor since
2006 and has 20 years in the health and
professor of business marketing at
fitness
Northampton Community College,
Bethlehem. Before coming to NCC,
Achey was marketing manager at B.
Braun and director of marketing and
sales in Pennsylvania
including the
David Marcolla ’00
Paul
several awards,
ADDY Award, which is
J.
Clifford ’96
is
associate vice
president of university advancement at
He lives
the University of Oregon.
Eugene, Ore., with his wife, Jennefer
Boyle Clifford
’96,
in
and their three
children.
’91 of John
Todd Vankirk
state of Delaware.
Elementary School, Sunbury. He
previously was an elementary
Brian Martin ’92 was
named
director of NFL
Football Operations and
’96
is
elementary
principal for Chief Shikellamy
principal for
and served
Midd-West School
as the federal
and Rehab, based in
Montclair, N.J. Over the
he has trained more than
past 20 years,
100
NFL players, including Joe Flacco of
District
Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals.
Craig R. Shuey ’94 serves on the
Governor’s Transportation Funding
Advisory Commission. Shuey joined the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as
government affairs director in 2009 and
was named chief operating officer
in
coordinator.
coach
Jill
Yazwinsky Dougherty
’98
is
the
head of Stratford Friends School, Newtown Square, an elementary school for
students with learning differences.
Previously, Dougherty was the head of
and a reading teacher in the Southeast
Delaware County School District.
Howard Hodder ’98 was named
director of the geomatics service group
Rowland & Grubic Inc., Lancaster.
Hodder previously was geographic
pike Commission, Shuey
group manager.
Dennis Correll ’95M is associate dean
and admissions at
Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Correll has been
employed by Penn
College since 1986 in the areas of
financial aid,
budget and investments,
admissions and institutional
advancement.
He is a graduate of
Leadership Lycoming and the College
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
girls’
in 2015, surpassing
basketball
100
varsity wins.
Keith Glynn ’03
the
Lackawanna
is
business manager of
Trail School District.
Stephanie McCauley Hollick ’03 is
secretary/treasurer of the North Central
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants for 2015-16.
Hollick is senior manager with Baker
Tilly Virchow Krause, Williamsport.
Stephen Glynn ’06
is
the technology
District.
Glynn previously was a system
WBRE-TV. He
Aimee Johnson
to the
director at Forest City Regional School
Wilkes-Barre and was employed
Metrick ’98 was named
for financial aid
basketball, concluded
head
administrator at Kings College,
director of the Senate Transportation
to 2009.
girls’
at
information systems specialty service
Committee from 2001
who has
served as an assistant coach in volleyball,
his eighth year as
January 2011. Prior to joining the Turn-
was executive
AT&T Wireless Home Services.
baseball and
programs
Woodlynde Upper School, a reading
specialist at Springfield High School
the Baltimore Ravens and Patrick
Comcast in
was previously
director of product management for
at
Conroy, a social studies teacher
Business Development for
Parabolic Performance
Communities
Christopher Conroy ’03 won the
Crystal Apple Award, selected by
members of the Shenandoah Valley
Chapter of the National Honor Society.
M.
Clayton Elementary School was named
elementary counselor of the year for the
senior director,
Philadelphia. Marcolla
She earned a master’s degree from
DeSales University.
field.
is
channel marketing for Xfinity
presented to designers in the advertising
Jan Edwards-Bomhardt
service provider.
fitness industry.
advertising at Integrated Biosciences.
Her work garnered
Eric Boughner ’00 is manager of
computer systems for Columbia County.
He was previously affiliated with
EvenLink in Sunbury, an Internet
Washington
under 40. Metrick
is
his wife, Jenna,
and sons, Ryan and Luke.
Michelle Kessler Dangle ’08
Business Journal’s 40
the
vice president of public
Comcast
Cable, overseeing Comcast’s communications throughout key media markets,
including the Washington region.
at
resides in Old Forge with
is
a
certified registered nurse practitioner
at
Susquehanna Health Endocrinology
at
Divine Providence Hospital in
relations for
Williamsport.
Darnell Hayes ’08 is branch executive
director of the Williamsport branch of the
ern Michigan,
of merit in law office
Mama, Eric Bellinger and
Meagan Good. Davis also toured China
YMCA. He previously worked as
was recognized by her peers with a lead-
with major
executive director for the Arcadia Branch
ership award.
of the Ocean
began
Mason earned a certificate
management and
Community YMCA and
his career at the
YMCA. Hayes lives
his wife, Janice,
in
Bloomsburg Area
Williamsport with
Dave Szolna 10
is
employed
probation officer with the
County Adult Probation
and their children,
Dominick and Jianna.
as a
Montgomery
Office.
Szolna
recently received his master’s degree in
artist Lil
artists.
Laura Pape 13 was inducted into the
Sigma Zeta Chapter of the Phi Alpha
National Social Work Honor Society. Pape
is enrolled in the master of social work
program at Marywood University.
criminal justice with a specialization in
Sarah Thompson Maneval ’09 is
community office manager at West
Milton State Bank’s Beaver Springs
Beginning her career
State
Bank
in
at
2010 as a
federal law enforcement.
Office.
West Milton
teller services
David Albertson 12 graduated from
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College
Lydia Shedden 13 is human resources
assistant with Cargill, Wyalusing. She
began employment with Cargill as an
operations associate.
of Law.
Dana Wieller 13
representative, she has held positions as
the assistant
is
women’s
and community banking
officer. Maneval resides in Port Trevorton
with her husband, Jeremy, and their
Seth Arnold 12 is a Lancaster County
Northwest Regional Police officer. Arnold
basketball coach for Flagler College in
previously worked as a police officer at
graduate assistant
four children.
Harrisburg International Airport.
head
teller
completed
his
He
municipal police officer
St.
Augustine, Fla. Wieller served as a
University and
at
East Stroudsburg
was the
director of
basketball operations at Lafayette.
training in 2013.
Kyle Christy 14
’10s
Christina Davis 13 was featured on the
Samantha Mason 10 earned
a
law degree
from the Western Michigan University
Thomas M. Cooley Law School. At West-
at
is
the boys’ tennis coach
Tunkhannock Area High School.
TV show, The Real Dancers ofNorth
Hollywood. She worked with artists such
as
Emmy-nominated Shane Sparks from
So You Think You Can Dance, hip-hop
Four serve on exec committee
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION selected its executive
Other board members are Mary Frew Braccili
committee and new board members for the 2015-16 term,
which began July 1. Serving on the executive committee
Coppa ’00, Claire Day ’93, Todd Givier 10, Ernest Jackson ’81,
Ken Lastowka ’05, John Makara ’90, Stu Marvin 78, James
McMenamin ’78/’83, Marv Meneeley ’85/’87, Juli Herring
Miller ’92, John Nicodem ’86, Donato Nieman 74, Greg Orth
’95, Catherin Reuther ’09/10, Brian Roadarmel ’08/10, Todd
are Joe Yasinskas ’06, president; Barbara Willders ’83, vice
president; Elizabeth
’03, treasurer;
members
and
at large.
Kramer
’84, secretary;
Shawn Booker
Adam Black ’07 and Marc Steckel ’93,
Walker
’87
and Jake Williams
’90,
Michael
’87.
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Alum appears on
Orange
is
New
Black
JAMES McMENAMIN ’01 has joined the cast of
Orange is the New Black as corrections officer Charlie
“Donuts” Coates for the popular show’s third season.
He
also
appeared on the seventh season of Nurse
is filming a movie, The Long Home, with
James Franco and Ashton Kutcher.
Jackie and
His acting credits include TV’s The Good Wife, Law
and Order SVU, Person ofInterest, Unforgettable and
HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge. On stage, he
the
2009 off-Broadway revival of Our
Broadway revival of OfMice and
Men, starring Franco and Chris O’Dowd.
Higley receives Presidential
Award
appeared
in the
Town and
the 2014
Hodgins honored
SUSAN HIGLEY ’08M, a teacher
at
TED HODGINS
Hughesville Junior/Senior High
School,
is
among
the William
108 mathematics
who
Presidential
Award
in
The award
contributions of time and talent.
who
Senior director of customer
earned a master’s
degree in supervision of curricu-
experience for Comcast, Hodgins
lum and instruction and
graduated from
principal
(STEM)
classes to
seventh- through 12th-graders at Hughesville for nine years.
Previously, she taught 12 years in Cecil County,
in
active in
campus
radio stations
WBSC
As an alumnus, he has been involved
which benefits
STEM Partnership Grant and Three Region Partnership in
and helped organize alumni events
Math and Science Grant, which led to teaching NASA’s Summer of Innovation and Web 2.0 initiatives. Her partnership
with NASA’s Remote Sensing Earth Science Teacher Education
During his six-year term
for students to study local
impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. Co-author of NASA publicaYou, Higley
studying toward a doctorate in educational leadership
at
is
Im-
maculata University.
award recognizes outstanding kindergarten
Hodgins, a
TKE’s annual golf
in the Philadelphia area.
and
as an
member of the
Panel, provides job
College of Liberal Arts Advisory
shadowing experiences
at
offers career advice as a presenter for the
communications department and the Zeigler
Comcast
mass
Institute for
Professional Development (ZIPD) conference.
He
resides in Schwenksville with his wife, Christine
O’Rourke Hodgins
receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
Caroline, both
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in
Alumni Affairs board
member, he served as treasurer and vice president and
chaired the technology and awards committees.
through 12th-grade science and mathematics teachers. Winners
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a scholarship for an undergraduate,
event,
workbook Solar Storms and
and
(Bloomsburg University Television) and Tau Kappa Epsilon
(TKE).
Md.
A nationally board-certified teacher, Higley has
program has provided opportunities
BU with a degree
mass communications. He was
participated in the Pennsylvania Multi-Region Math/Science/
presidential
devotion to and
University through volunteer
K-12 from BU, has taught science,
The
given to a graduate
enthusiasm for Bloomsburg
for Excellence
Mathematics and Science
technology, engineering and mathematics
tions, including the
is
who exemplifies
received the
Teaching.
Higley,
was named
Derricott
Volunteer of the Year for 2015.
and science teachers from across
the country
T.
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’88.
They have three
BU seniors, and Sean.
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
'88
Robin Leavy
Amy
Obituaries
and
Earl Bartley, Sept. 15,
2013
Allen '99 and Randy Probst, April 19, 2015
Helen Bond Berk ’30
Ella Knittle
Kathryn Brobst Hartman '36
Gerald Edwards
Kurt Whitmoyer '02 and Kerry Smathers, July 27, 2012
Isabelle
Olah Horvath
Nina Bindie ’05 and Jeffrey Tedesco, Sept. 27, 2014
Dorothy
Mae Grow
Diana G’Angeli ’05 and Kevin
Lisa
Bednar
’06
Ercolani, Oct. 25,
and Jesse Stoudt, July
19,
2014
Ann Brinckman
’07
Rebecca Morrow
’07
and Ryan McDonald
May
Klae Karas ’08 and Douglas Hunter, Aug.
15,
17,
Gloria Mainiero
2014
2014
2014
1,
’76
’76
Robert Grantier ’78
George Gera
’49
Deborah Germain Sponenberg
’50
B. Lois
Barbara Frederick Pentecost
Marissa Petrone ’14 and Paul Jacobs, Nov.
’74
Lawrence Knowles
Gerilyn Washtician
Walter Zorn
Ruth
Jenna
and Brad Lilly, Oct. 25, 2014
Tara Stackhouse '09 and Natalie Page ’10/’12M, June 13, 2015
Alina Yohn '09 and Christopher Wrench ’09, Oct. 10, 2014
Elissa Cook ’10 and Cody Concini ’12, Oct. 11, 2014
Rebecca Haley ’10 and Matthew Cancilla, April 27, 2012
Andrea Kellock ’10 and Tim Marcoe ’08, July 25, 2015
Jennifer Kubilus ’10 and Nicholas Horvath, Oct. 3, 2014
Mary Lorence ’10 and Frederick Schrader ’10, Jan. 3, 2015
Amanda Noll '10 and Timothy Shepherd, April 5, 2015
Nagy Ahmed ’11 and Emily Abraczinskas, June 20, 2014
Debon Berger ’11 and David Kolb ’08. Aug. 20, 2011
Rhiannon Diak ’11 and Brian Rennalls ’11, Oct. 18, 2014
Britni Nowakowski ’11 and Andrew Cenname ’10, May 15, 2015
Kathryn Walczuk ’12 and Kyle Dickerson ’12. Aug. 30, 2014
Brittany Mull ’13 and Andrew Maurer, Oct. 25, 2014
Ryan Lombardo ’14 and Amanda Williams, Aug. 11, 2013
’72
’73
'48
Devin
Peters '09
McHugh
Edward Raney
Jennifer
Kelly
Gavigan McLaughlin
Donald Rishe
Edward Smigelski
Serembus ’08 and Eric Laster, Nov. 12, 2010
Bownes ’09 and Robert Cohick '08. May 18, 2013
Bressi ’09 and James Lesko ’12, May 31, 2014
’46
’48
Dill
’69
’71
Kathleen Murphy Hughes ’74
’46
Mary Longo Pratico
A.
Thomas Ropel
Jean Dickinson Applegate
2014
18,
’07, Oct. 4,
Jennifer Cudzil ’08 and Joshua Abrams,
’43
Ruth Bishop Jones ’44
and Lang Osborne, Sept. 27, 2013
Lauren Maylath ’07 and Anthony Conston, July
Mary
Michael
Mabel Troy Heffelfinger
2014
Camille Richie ’06 and Justin Anderson, Nov. 24, 2014
Kristi
’41
’43
Shoemaker
Thomas
Rebecca
’51
Virginia
'51
'78
Ream
George Rick
Pawloski ’82
’82
Michael Peterman ’83
Schell ’55
Sharon Marie Cameron Toohey
Ellis
’56
Mark Kleback
Roland Schmidt '56
Kemp
Christine
Oshiro ’57
McNamara
Blazier ’86
Darrin Love ’88
Raymond Hargreaves
’58
Russell
Swody
'89
Richard Kressler ’58
Diane Weaver Breech ’90
Adabelle Hartman Shellenberger '60
John
’62
Nancy Glenn Thomas
'63
Isabelle Petrucci Yanni ’94
John Messer ’00M
Thomas Koppenheffer
Manganaro
’64
Janet Emery English '02
’64
Edward Laczkowski
John Woytowich
Ritz ’92
Robert Frankel ’94
William Berry ’64
Sherrill
’83
’85
Charles Bartol '87
Allen Acor ’58
John Ickes
’79
Hueholt ’80
Keeler ’53
Howard Healy
Patricia
Hess
Vincent Serine ’09
’64
Peter Cooke ’10
Carolyn Breznik ’12
’68
Linda Lechner ’69
2014
Births
Benjamin Yagle
15,
'95
and
Jennifer
wife, Brandi, a daughter, Elliotte Denise, Feb.
Serembus Laster
Jodi Merrey Albarano '00/’04M and husband,
Nicole, Aug.
1,
A.J.,
’00
and
wife,
Megan, a daughter, Laughlin Grace, Jan.
2,
Devin
Kurt Whitmoyer ’02 and
wife, Kerry, sons, Kelton,
and Keefer, born
2015
April 23,
born Jan. 13, 2014,
Cichello Miller ’03 and husband,
Bob
Miller ’04, a daughter,
Waugh Bankes
’05
Emersyn Marie, March
3,
III,
Jan.
3,
May
Amanda Brooks
21
,
’08,
a son,
2015
Lindsay Young Ewing ’09 and husband, Eric Ewing
Olivia Grace,
’09,
a daughter,
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Winters ’09 and husband, John, a daughter, Claire
Madelyn, Sept. 29, 2014
Addison Grace, Dec. 22, 2014
and husband, Drew Bankes
’03,
a daughter,
2015
Jolene Bedics Hahn ’05 and husband, Garry, a daughter, Rylee Quinn,
3,
a son, Landon
May 18, 2015
Bownes Cohick ’09 and husband, Robert Cohick
Robert Keith
March
Eric,
Elizabeth,
2015
Kelly
and husband,
Elizabeth Spencer Siffel '08 and husband Sean, a daughter, Brooke
a daughter, Briana
2014
John Monahan
Tammy
’08
Kenneth, March 24, 2015
2015
Erin Heidlauf ’11/’12M, a daughter, Skye Lynn, Feb. 25, 2015
Debon Berger Kolb
David, May 25, 2014
’11
and husband, David Kolb
'08,
a son, Gabriel
2015
Jennifer DeFrain Stacknick '05 and husband, Jason, a daughter,
Maggie
Kristi
Elizabeth, Aug. 16,
2014
Ann Brinckman Osborne
Aryanna Grace, Oct.
9,
’07
and husband, Lang, a daughter,
2014
Jennifer Franklin Armstrong ’08 and husband, Jason, a son, Ryan
Perry,
March
29,
2015
Jennifer Krott Chamberlain ’08 and husband, Cory, a son, Cole
Thomas, Nov.
28
20,
2014
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reunions, networking and special events
A HUSKY WEDDING: When Becky Stitt 14 married
Justin Pierce 12 on June 20, 2015, BU alumni joined in
the celebration.
From
left are,
Nathan Con-
front row:
roy ’06, Tarra Carrathers 11, Justin Pierce 12, Becky
Stitt
14 and Jordyn Koveleski
Pierce 14, Janelle Pratt
Hunsinger Bankus 74, Kristin
Collins 14, Ashley Wallace 14, Kathleen Steinberg 14,
14; second row: Carol
THE KNOW: Attending the Alumni Association Board of Directors
annual retreat
are,
Barbara Willders
from
’83,
left,
front row:
Mary Frew
Keri Donald Sears
’92, Claire
Braccili ’90,
Stephanie Winters 14, Kristal Martinez 14,
Day ’93,
Kern
Kramer ’84, and Catherin Reuther ’09/T0; second row:
Shawn Booker ’03, Jake Williams ’87, Adam Black ’07, Stu Marvin
78, Brian Roadarmel ’08/T0M, Mike Coppa ’00 and Marc Steckel
Elizabeth
11,
Amanda Knauer ’07, Amy Phillips
Phillips ’03;
and third row: Eddie Tarlecky
Reyes ’14M, Garry
Combs
Kristi Barni Heiss
13 and Jennifer Pierce
’02,
Amanda
’96
and Joe
13, Emilio
Reade Carrathers
11,
’96.
’93; and third row: Ted Hodgins ’89, Jim McMenamin ’78/’83M,
Todd Walker ’97, Greg Orth ’95, Joe Hilgar 75 and Joe Yasinskas
’06. The board reviewed accomplishments, set 2015-16 goals and
heard presentations by Lynda Michaels ’87/’88M, assistant vice
president for alumni and professional engagement, and Irvin
Wright, retired associate dean for academic achievement,
who
addressed initiatives on campus diversity and student retention.
PHOTO: TED HODGINS
'89
STAYING CONNECTED:
Getting together at a recent
Alumni Association network event in Philadelphia are,
from left, front row: Ted Hodgins ’89, Scott Hemmons
’06,
John Makara
Jones
’03,
’90,
Colleen Brodbeck
Amanda Schaffer 10 and
and back row: Joseph McDermott
FORE!: About 100 alumni, friends and students attended the 28th
annual TKE Memorial Open at Raven’s Claw Golf Club, Pottstown.
Funds raised from the event, which began
as a
way to honor BU
towka
’05,
Mosley
’83
Justin
Dixon
’06,
’03,
’09,
Kenneth Las-
Clayton Ruley
and Todd Walker
’87.
Rebecca
Natalie Nelson ’09;
’02,
Mark
Find information on
future events at bloomualumni.com.
TKE brothers who have died, provide an annual scholarship to a
current BU student.
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over THE houlder
The Success of Apollo
13:
An example of the American Spirit
by Sue A. Beard
“HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM”
pilot
Jack Swigert, and lunar module
was in the
mission operations control room at
the Johnson Space Center on April 13,
1970, when commander Jim Lovell
pilot
Fred Haise - safely back to earth,
earned a degree in physics and math
put the
uttered those unforgettable words.
from Bloomsburg State College and
accepted a position as an aerospace
eight years later, in 1969, the world
Bernard
R.
Suchocki
’65
As an Apollo astronaut instructor
Kennedy Space
Florida, Suchocki was
a journey of 200,000 miles.
the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in
A Shamokin native, Suchocki
stationed at the
engineer with
Center
Playing catch-up
The space race was sparked when
NASA at the Kennedy
1957 and burgeoned
first
watched
walk on
man
when the USSR
in space in 1961. Just
U.S. astronaut Neil
Armstrong
Space Center, where he trained Apollo
the lunar surface during Apollo
assigned to the Apollo XIII mission
astronauts. In 1973, he transferred to
fulfilling
operations team.
the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
challenge in 1962 to put a
One
in
of two oxygen tanks on board
Texas, to
manage the development
had exploded, and the remaining tank
leaking. Suchocki and his team had
and testing of system software
was
Shuttle Avionics Integration Labora-
to react decisively to bring the three-
tory.
man crew - Lovell, command module
leaving
He
later
earned his law degree,
NASA and becoming a board-
certified trial attorney.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
for the
President John
moon before the end
F.
11,
Kennedy’s
man on the
of that decade.
Suchocki and other
NASA instruc-
tors trained astronauts for Apollo
17, including ArmThey briefed prime and backup
missions 7 through
strong.
The
says
inscription
it
all:
-
Bernie
Thanks
for all of you
crew members on the primary guidance
and navigation system, backup stabilization and control system, and operation
of the command module
computer. And, using a
command
module simulator and a lunar module
simulator set up in the Kennedy Space
Center’s Flight
Crew Training Building,
many inputs and long
service
hours. Working with
you has been a pleasure. Ken
module would be completely
dead: no breathable oxygen, no fuel
cells,
no
electricity,
no potable water, no
squeezed into the
LEM,
designed to
support two astronauts for 49.5 hours.
That scenario —
most dramatic flight
program —
of the two oxygen tanks
Now,
it
would have
to support three
astronauts for nearly twice that long.
During the following days, Suchocki
in the history of the space
coordinated with engineers and
was the
maneuver at
the simulator before it was called up to
the crew. He worked with Ken Mattingly, an original member of the crew who
was sidelined by exposure to measles,
failure
aboard the service module.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
on April
11,
lifted off
1970.
pad 39
Two days
at 1:13 p.m.
nearly 56 hours into the mission, the
unthinkable happened.
An explosion
ruptured oxygen tank 2 in the service
module and its debris caused tank
leak and the spacecraft to tumble.
“This
is
1
to
1
and
2,
new
module with the
And,
finally,
LEM attached.
For 25 years, Suchocki has been
— and some science
—
lessons, too
with others, mainly
school groups.
He estimates he’s made
as many as
PowerPoint presentations to
3,000 people over the years.
Among his most treasured belongings are the autographs of nearly every
Apollo astronaut and items flown in
space and carried to the lunar surface.
He and his wife,
Connie, have been
married for 47 years, and each wears a
wedding band carried aboard the Apollo
13 spacecraft in
an astronaut’s personal
pouch.
Semi-retired from his Forth Worth,
Texas, law firm
— Suchocki, Bulland &
Cummings — he and his wife have two
chidlren and four grandchildren. •
success. Lovell, Haise
and Swigert survived near-freezing
little
water and
ing re-entry to splash
a
harrow-
down in the South
Sue A. Beard
is
a retired
newspaper
editor and freelance writer based in
Fort Myers, Fla. Archivist Robert
Pacific.
a life-threatening situation,” says
Suchocki. “Without tanks
to create a
reentry checklist for a disabled service
temperatures,
when the problem became
flight
controllers to verify every
and other engineers
later, at
Team of about
sharing his story
performance to prepare them for any
led to the
XIII Mission Operations
colleagues hurriedly created a switch
command/service module was properly
powered down. All three astronauts
as part of the training.
Medal of Freedom on the Apollo
Sharing the story
malfunctions and critiquing
which
dential
While Lovell and Haise made their
way into the lunar excursion module, or
LEM, to power it up, Suchocki and his
mission phase, inserting system
But one scenario was not included
dent Richard Nixon bestowed the Presi-
100 people, including Suchocki.
checklist for Swigert to ensure the
might encounter.
Fred Haise, Jim Lovell
propulsion and no altitude control.”
they put astronauts through each
situation they
Mattingly.
Dunkelberger’s column on Bl' history
the
In recognition of their efforts, Presi-
will return in the
next
issue.
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Academic Calendar
FALL 2015
Reading Day
University-Community Orchestra
Broadway Revival
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6,
Haas Center
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$40
7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13,
Thanksgiving Recess
Sons
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Visit
of
from America’s Got
Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Classes End
Percussion Ensemble
Haas Center
$35
Monday, Dec. 7
Guitar Ensemble
End
Commencement
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
students
Company
Haas Center
BU
children and
students
Commencement
Undergraduate
Saturday, Dec. 12
St.,
345 Market
Presbyterian Church,
First
Bloomsburg
Exhibitions
new
the
in
The Gallery
this year,
at
of Art and,
Greenly Cen-
ter,
SPRING 2016
and Women’s Choral Ensemble. Free
to the public free of charge. For
Classes Begin
admission; tickets required. Available at
information, gallery hours and reception
Tuesday, Jan. 19
the Haas Center Box Office.
times,
50
E.
Main
visit
Jazz Ensemble
BU
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m.
Various Media
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Sept. 3 to Oct.
Classes End
Haas Center
Monday, May 2
mparker@bloomu.edu
Saturday,
May
7
Events
Commencement
May 6
Friday,
in
the
Haas Center
and Carver
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
May 7
open
to the public free
and additional
events, see bloomu.edu/music-events or
570-389-4286.
Gross
S.
6
to Nov.
Queering Our World
6
15 and 16
Career Day
Reception: Nov. 6, 4 to 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct.
16
Neal Cox
All
programs, dates,
Haas Gallery
Reception: Nov. 12, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BU
students
Nov. 16 to Jan. 15,
11,
for the Arts, Mitrani Flail
Choral Ensemble,
Husky Singers and the Concert Choir
2016
Greenly Center
17,
4
to
6 p.m.
Show
7:30 p.m.
Various Media
Nov. 18 to Dec. 12
matthaimovitz.com
$25
at
Reception: Nov.
Cellist
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Choral Festival
Women's
children and
adults/$12 children and
BU
Haas
Gallery of Art
students
Reception: Nov. 19, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Woody
Allen’s Bullets Over
Broadway
Terri
Warpinski
Sunday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Fabric
Haas Center
Octuba Fest
Sunday, Oct. 18, noon
for the Arts, Mitrani Flail
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Dec. 17 to Jan. 26,
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$40
adults/$20 children and
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Haas Gallery
2016
of Art
students
Reception: Jan. 26, 3016, 11 a.m. to
2 p.m.
upcoming events, check the
Bloomsburg University website
bloomu.edu.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Senior Exit
Sunday, Oct.
Home
Various Media
Matt Haimovitz,
Saturday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.
For the latest information on
Student Exhibit: Conceptions of
Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.
The Gallery
K.S. Gross Auditorium
of Art
With Mo’ Betta Love
Monday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.
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ZIPD Conference
Friday, Oct.
College of Science and Technology
at Greenly Center
Blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter
Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
Haas Center
9
Thursday and
Ana Popovic
Phoenix Park-Kirn, piano
Featuring
Friday, Oct.
Photography
to change.
Guest-Pianist
Haas Center
20
Induction
570-
Programs
or visit cas.buzz.
Oct.
The Gallery
Haas Center
Fall
8
of Art
Fame
College of Business
$32 adults/$16
Flail,
Athletic Hall of
LGBTQ Show:
times and locations are subject to change.
Carver
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to
Graphics: Mixed Media
Oct. 15 to Nov. 12
of charge. For information
call
Special Events
Various Media
Kenneth
and dates are subject
Monty's
the
in
Auditorium. For more information and
389-4409
Tailgate, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Celebrity Artist
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall,
Hall,
30-Year Reunion
Details at buhuskies.com
to order tickets, call the box office at
Concerts
Listed events are
2015-16
BU Husky Ambassador
Saturday, Nov. 7
Reception: Oct. 8, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Series season will be presented
17,
Hemlock Creek
at
Reunion, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sept. 11 to Oct.
Celebrity Artist Series
Graduate
Reunion Dinner, Saturday, Oct.
7 to 11 p.m., The Links
at Greenly Center
Haas Gallery
End
Chi Alpha Alumni Reunion
1
Margi Weir
May 3
Tuesday,
Lambda
Parents and Family
the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Contact Michael Parker for information,
Finals Begin
Finals
for
more
Reception: Sept. 3, 4 to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m.
Alumni House
Bloomsburg, are open
Faculty
The Gallery
Tuba Christmas
17,
Alumni House Lawn
Monday, March 7
Monday, March 14
St.,
departments.bloomu.edu/art.
Spring Break Begins
Resume
6 to 8:30 p.m.,
Alumni House
Haas Gallery
Featuring Concert Choir, Husky Singers
Classes
17,
7 to 9 p.m.
Art Exhibits
7:30 p.m.
1965 50-Year Reunion
Get-together, Friday, Oct. 16,
Thursday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 5,
Friday, Dec. 11
Class of
Saturday, Oct.
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$30 adults/$15
Carols by Candlelight
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 16 to 18
Saturday, Oct.
parsonsdance.org
alum@bloomu.edu.
Alumni Tent Party
Saturday, Dec. 5, 8 p.m.
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
or
Monty’s
Company
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
on
register.
For information, contact Alumni Affairs at
800-526-0254
BSC
BU
adults/$17 children and
with music by East Village Opera
Haas Center
for details
Homecoming Weekend:
Once Upon a Time in Bloomsburg
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Finals Begin
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these and additional events or to
Talent,
8 p.m.
David Parsons Dance
Friday, Dec. 11
students
sonsofserendip.com
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
4
BU
Serendip
Saturday, Nov. 21,
Resume
Monday, Nov. 30
Classes
Graduate
Alumni Events
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
adults/$20 children and
Finalists
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Finals
Ragtime
Faculty Recital
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Friday, Dec.
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The Enduring Value of
a
Bloomsburg Degree
AT HOMECOMING, ALUMNI WEEKEND and other events, my conversations
with graduates often turn to their careers and the long-lasting benefits of their
Bloomsburg University degree.
For young alumni, the connection can be a straight
extracurricular activities
time employment. For those
it
may
not be as obvious
to job
...
who have been
how the
line:
from college courses and
shadowing and internship opportunities
in the
working world
for 20,
...
to full-
30 or more years, however,
degree they earned so long ago figures into the career they are
pursuing today.
One way they benefit,
of course,
is
The
their earnings power.
a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn twice as
much
U.S.
Census Bureau says a person with
as a high school graduate during his or her
lifetime.
But what about the benefits beyond dollars and cents?
worker
will
change careers
42 have held as
who,
at
many as
some point
five to
or her
show
that the average U.S.
seven times, stay at each job an average of 4.6 years and by age
10 separate positions.
in his
Statistics also
life,
What
is
the value of a bachelor’s degree to
has forged an entirely
new and,
someone
perhaps, unexpected career
path?
Quite simply, their degree has taught them
in their major, co-curricular activities,
how to
learn.
General education courses and courses
such as undergraduate research and service learning, and
career discovery, from job shadowing and internships to networking with alumni, have given
skill set like
no
other.
a self-assurance that enables
them
to take
a
on new challenges, formulate new ideas and succeed.
In this issue of Bloomsburg: The University Magazine, you will
career changes at midlife and others who, from the
start,
meet alumni who made
pursued
majors. Their Bloomsburg University degrees have served
fields
significant
seemingly unrelated to their
them exceedingly well.
DAVID SOLTZ
President,
Editor's note:
them
Their degree has made them more confident, competitive and competent with
Bloomsburg University
BU President David Soltz regtdarly offers his opinions on issues in higher
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FEATURES
10
Hard Habits
Continuing
Kevin
Ball
in the
Break
to
research tradition at BU,
searches for a drug to shield
addicts from relapse.
12
Reinvent Yourself
Sometimes you just have
first,
app for
14
your own ideas
to put
and thanks to Patty Cara
an
’85, there’s
that.
Well Played
in game technolog}' and
As interest
development skyrockets,
Eric Preisz '00
is
GG
Interactive
CEO
meeting gamer demands
head on, and enjoying every moment of it.
16
Spirited Careers
Five alums on unrelated career paths choose
themselves by stepping out of their
to reinvent
comfort zones and finding their passion.
20
All
the World Loves a Clown
Clowning around might not seem
serious matter, but
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
unleash your inner husky
More than
1
20 sophomores were
Foundation
recognized on stage and welcomed
into
the nursing major during Bloomsburg
University’s
first
White Coat Ceremony.
to
support the White Coat
Ceremony. Each sophomore,
junior
and
senior nursing student took the Nightingale
Pledge and received a specially designed
FOSTER
Bloomsburg was one
schools
ERIC
2
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
the
commonwealth and 100
pin
as a reminder
to provide quality care.
Sophomores shown from
left
are sisters
nationwide chosen to receive a $3,000 grant
Yesenia and Yasmeen Mercado, Allison
from the American Association
Lloyd and
of
PHOTO:
in
of three nursing
Nursing and the Arnold
P.
of
Gold
Colleges
Savannah Copson.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Does what you eat
FAST FOOD. FRIED FOOD. Snack
food.
affect
how you learn?
A
in a task that
depended on the hippocampus,
study conducted by a Bloomsburg senior and
but did not have a similar impairment on
her faculty mentor suggests that a high-fat
a task that
diet including foods in these categories
affect
your
The
ability to learn
may
and remember.
the high-fat diet selectively
related brain structures intact.
Michener of Telford and her mentor, Eric
Both projects also suggest that consuming
Stouffer, associate professor of psychology,
rats fed a high-fat diet
likely to learn a
(CCP) task than
CCP
were
a high-fat diet
less
Conditioned Cue Preference
rats
on a low-fat
diet.
The
in the brains of
humans and
other vertebrates important in consolidating
information from short-term to long-term
memory and
in spatial navigation.
stress, often associated
Oxidative
with the effects of
typical aging.
project, Effect of a High-Fat Diet on a
Hippocampus-Dependent Conditioned Cue
Michener and Stouffer theorize that an
impairs the hippocampus, a major
in
earlier than
Michener presented the findings of the
this
increase in oxidative stress from the high-
component
much
would he expected with
research, water served as the rats’ reward.
fat diet
can contribute to a decline
cognitive performance
task requires rats to connect environ-
mental cues with a rewarding stimulus. In
says, that
damaged the
hippocampus while leaving other learning-
researchers, psychology major Paige
found that
was independent of the
hippocampus. This suggested, he
Preference Task, along with previous findings
aging,
is
defined as physiological stress caused
by damage from free
The
Conference
radicals.
research builds on an earlier project
Stouffer conducted with another student. In
that research, he demonstrated that rats fed a
high-fat diet
showed impaired
at the Society for
latent learning
in
Neuroscience 2014
Washington, D.C. Her research
was one of more than 30 projects funded
as part of
Bloomsburg
University’s 2014
Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and
Creative Activity
(URSCA) Awards
summer program.
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is
the
first
BU
recipient of the National
Academy
Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM)
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Education Center.
selected, students
must have
Responsible for
a
Riley credits BU’s health physics
program
for his success.
Coordinated by David Simpson, nuclear physics and health
physics professor,
BU
is
the only university in Pennsylvania
to offer a baccalaureate degree
“Dr.
Simpson
program
really put the opportunity
Riley says, “And he does that for
all
STEM
all
teachers, counselors and administrators
to ensure the continued success of the
STEM
program and
in health physics.
as an adviser
forward for me,"
and seniors enrolled
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in
at
to the
its initiatives,
serves
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the
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power generators. To be
Tell
is
director of BU’s Science,
of Nuclear Training Scholarship.
at
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Reaccredited
MIDDLE STATES
COMMISSION
THE MIDDLE STATES
COMMISSION
on Higher Education
accepted BU’s Periodic Review Report
and reaffirmed accreditation. The next
evaluation visit
The Middle
is
scheduled for 2018-19.
Commission on
States
Higher Education
a voluntary, non-
is
governmental, membership association
dedicated to quality assurance and
improvement through accreditation
via peer evaluation. Middle States
accreditation
public confidence
instills
in institutional mission, goals,
performance and resources through
its
rigorous accreditation standards and
their enforcement.
BU
Wall to Wall
The
LOCAL FIRM DONATES CUSTOM CARPET
full
report
is
available at
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BLOOMSBURG CARPET INDUSTRIES
in
recently donated carpeting for the lobby and
company produced and donated
entryways of Carver Hall. The maroon
and entrances
carpeting bears the
official
gold and replaces the custom flooring the
for the lobby
AACSB
in 1994. •
university seal
BU’S
Transfer Partners
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS has
been reaccredited
for the
by the Association
to
Schools of Business,
second time
Advance Collegiate
known
as
AACSB
International.
AGREEMENT GUARANTEES
Initially accredited in
ADMISSION TO BU
2004 and
reaccredited in 2010, BU’s College of
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY and
agreement that
transfer to
will
help
agreement,
into
in
an
LCCC graduates
Bloomsburg to complete
bachelor’s degrees.
Business
Luzerne
County Community College entered
is
one of 716 business schools
48 countries and territories -
less
than 5 percent of the world’s business
programs - with
their
Founded
To take advantage of the
LCCC students must complete
is
in 1916,
AACSB accreditation.
AACSB International
the longest serving global accrediting
a dual admissions intent form before
body
completing 30
undergraduate, master’s and doctoral
degree with a
credits,
earn an associate’s
minimum
grade point average
BU within one year of
LCCC graduation. A full-time student who
of 2.0, and enroll at
has completed the appropriate associate’s
LCCC may be able to
a bachelor’s degree at BU within
degree program at
complete
The programs covered under the
art, biology,
P.
Leary, president,
and senior vice president
standing:
for
LCCC, and
academic
Rosana Reyes, dean
Ira
Blake, provost
affairs,
of enrollment
Fletcher, associate vice president
business,
chemistry, communications, computer
science, criminal justice, earth science,
English, geoscience, environmental science,
BU
management
and student development, LCCC; Dana Charles Clark,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, LCCC;
and Tom
degrees in business and accounting.
BU; and
and dean
in
first
offered bachelor’s degrees
business administration in 1934. In
fall
2014. 1,855 undergraduates were
of
enrolled in one of BU’s business majors:
extended programs, BU.
accounting, business education, infor-
geography, geology', history, mathematics
four regular semesters.
agreement include
Thomas
for business schools that offer
and
statistics,
modern languages,
physics,
early childhood education, political science,
psychology, social work, sociology
and
theatre.
Learn more
at
mation and technology management,
finance,
management
or marketing. BU’s
College of Business also offers master's
degrees in accounting, business administration
and business education. •
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
Grant Re-awarded
NURSING STUDENTS BENEFIT
48
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING was
BU’S
re-awarded the Advanced
Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Grant from the
Department of Health and Human
U.S.
Services, Health Resources,
and
Services Administration Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship.
Bloomsburg University
country to receive the
BU
first
one of just 65 schools from across the
is
AENT award.
earned the grant of $638,436
for $691,872 will provide tuition, fees
in 2012.
This year’s award
and textbook stipends to
approximately 48 nurse practitioner students over the next two
The two awards represent
years.
Play Time
EVENT ENCOURAGES IMAGINATION
MICHAEL PATTE, professor of education
believes that play in
to
one that
America has
“Children’s lives have
inside
shifted
now predominantly
is
become
it
To address
and child
from
A
life specialist,
a child-initiated activity
adult-directed.
progressively
and outside of school," Patte
implications
says,
“and I’m concerned about the
and his students collaborated
Pop-Up Adventure Playground
to
BU EARNS MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL DESIGNATION
School designation from Victory Media for the
universities
to bring
BU for the first time. Pop-Up
open-minded exploration. Each playground “pops up”
community
environment
setting
where children can enjoy
for a short
time
this self-structured
adults
students
w ere
r
their
able to educate both children and
on the importance of child-initiated
play.
•
and trade schools
their efforts to ensure the
last fail.
in the
country in recognition of
academic success of military service
With more than 200 veterans enrolled
years, including 40 in
service
at
BU in the last three
2014, as well as about 100 veterans
fall
members among faculty and
upon the efforts of the
builds
By hosting the event attended by about 200 area youngsters and
BU
time
members, veterans and spouses.
for free.
parents. Patte and
first
The designation is awarded to the top 20 percent of colleges,
Adventure Playgrounds are composed of loose materials that encourage
in a
Salute
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY EARNED the Military Friendly
more structured both
has for their development as a whole person.”
this issue, Patte
the largest in the history of the
nursing program. •
staff,
and
BU’s recent growth
Office of Military
and Veterans
Resources and the Student Veterans Association. Other services
include a student veterans lounge, lectures by experts on
veterans’ issues and priority scheduling for student veterans. •
Saying Thanks
BU’S
MOST GENEROUS HONORED
BU RECOGNIZED
its
most generous benefactors with the creation
of the Wall of Distinction.
at the center of the
The
wall, located adjacent to the fountain
Academic Quad, displays plaques bearing the
names of donors w'hose contributions
million.
The donors, who
million in
gifts,
to the university
collectively represent
are listed in chronological order:
The Mitrani Family Foundation, Drew 76 and Susan
Jack
J.
L.
’65
Mertz
’42,
and Cecelia Mistal ’66 Toth, Norman
Benner Hudock 75, Robert
’89
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
72
Hostetter,
Terry H. 76 and JoAnn Schultz 77 Zeigler,
D.
F.
Watts
Greenly, Michael
’59,
Thomas
Barbara
Warren, Fred G. Smith, Community
Government Association, Barbara Dilworth, Duane
Basar
exceed $1
more than $25
L. ’85
R.
72 and Susan
and Beth Boguski, Stephan M.
and the Degenstein Foundation. •
Pettit
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By Scott Eddy
SPORTS ARE FULL OF CLICHES, some
escaped injury when he was thrown from his turret after roadside
of which compare an
competitive drive to the survival instinct of the battlefield.
athlete’s
One Bloomshurg football
knows the
player, redshirt
sophomore Eric Schwartz,
Schwartz began his collegiate football career nearly a decade ago as
a Shippensburg University quarterback.
what
it
he
says, “but that’s not the
took to succeed on the
know how to manage my time
field
"I
way
and
thought
it is
I
done.
I
didn’t
in the classroom.
I
know
he
says, "I
person
I
made
for a tree
knew I could
a route
In October 2009,
He joined the
U.S.
Marine
in the service, serving as a lance corporal
makes you
puts things into
after a tour of duty in the
unit.
With the GI
Bill to
Mediterranean
help with tuition,
he was deployed for nine months
employment of a heavy machine gun
time since midget football, Schwartz’s
over Millersville University and his
first
in a
win
career interception in a
Lock Haven.
This time around, he recognizes the importance of being a well-
balanced student-athlete. Studying exercise science, he
a
minor
in exceptionalities
is
considering
with a career goal of working in special
Now 27 years old.
he has the benefit of hindsight to share
some hard-earned wisdom with teammates.
in Kunjak.
Province, Afghanistan, as an infantry machine gunner.
first
season included a forced fumble and fumble recovery
education.
He
spent his days in direct combat on top of a truck, responsible for the
tactical
home
Playing safety for the
first
he considered
before promotion to corporal.
Helmand
Schwartz returned
Sea with an expeditionary
victory at
began when he followed
Corps and spent four years
It
perspective.”
worked
trimming company. But,
be.”
before receiving a football scholarship.
get back.
shot.
the determination to get back on track and be the
Swartz’s turnaround
when you
we were
Schwartz was ready to return to college and give football another
didn’t
correctly.”
warehouse and
getting shot at even' day,” he remembers. "Losing people
could just major
After academic struggles forced Schwartz out of school, he
in a pipe-fitting
exploded. “During the final parts of the deployment
appreciate what you have
difference firsthand.
in football,"
bombs
to provide direct fire in
“I tell
up. but
I
the guys not to
was able
make
to serve
the mistakes
my country and
perspective not only on football, but
life.”
I
made,” he says.
that gave
“I
me such
messed
a
•
support of his unit.
Danger was ever-present
for
Schwartz and his
unit.
Twice he
Scott
Eddy
is
assistant sports information editor.
WINTER
2015
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TWO OF THE NEWEST Huskies may not
The
have posted eye-popping statistics on the
but their impact
field,
football
with
and
field
is
Gage,
undeniable. Both the
hockey teams partnered
Team IMPACT
to bring into the fold
is
is
to
team jersey on the
field
and expanding team-based support networks.
was given
There are more than 5,000 participants na-
team’s webpage.
tionwide, including children, siblings, parents,
“official"
a locker
With Sarah
came up
football
in
team reached the national quarterfinals
school history and the
short in the Super Region
1
first
mind, the
for
since 2008. But a valiant rally
Championship Game
at
Callaghan
Stadium, Athens, WVa., as Concord University held on for a 32-26 victory
to
move on
ter
Division
(11-2) rallied
and appeared
(13-0)
NCAY
to the
Bloomsburg
to
have
all
from
the
II
semifinals.
21 points
down
momentum
to tie in the third quar-
before the Mountain Lions
responded to keep their perfect season
alive.
BU’s Eddie Mateo rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries
while quarterback
Tim
Kelly completed 16 of 36 pass attempts for 239
yards and a score, rushing for another.
for 97 yards
D.J.
McFadden caught
five balls
and a score while Chad Hoffman had three catches
for 68
yards.
Senior middle linebacker Justin Shirk earned
tronics Super Region
All-America.
1
PSAC
East and Dak-
Defensive Player of the Year and second team
The Huskies defense
led the nation in turnovers generated
in 2014.
The Huskies
in
8
are
now 3-2
in national quarterfinal
2006. •
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
games,
last
- Sarah,
The Huskies
9,
winning
field
hockey team
no strangers
are
back to the community and,
to children in need.
The
September,
to giving
in particular,
football
donated more than $1,200
team
to the Children’s
Miracle Network at Geisinger Medical
Center
Another National Playoff Run
in
own
and a spot on the
student-athletes and coaches.
time
summer
its
who is also fighting leukemia.
member of the team, Sarah
of Bloomsburg
As an
fifth
in
Hospital in Danville.
hockey “signed”
special recruit this past
quality of life for children facing life-threat-
IN FALL 2014, BU’s
game
and taking donations
go toward Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s
sidelines at
home games.
ening and chronic illnesses by establishing
the
held a “Play for the Cure”
selling pink T-shirts
Huskies raised $1,000 through the event to
several
improve the
has visited
toward pediatric cancer research. The
Huskies
mission
He
and become the team’s biggest fan wearing
illness.
Team IMPACT’S
fighting leukemia.
the team, along with his parents and siblings,
his official
two young “recruits” who are battling serious
team welcomed 7-year-old
football
who
last spring.
•
A Season
Remember
to
THE HUSKIES men’s soccer team
of its finest seasons
last fall,
record for victories while reaching the
Division
II
Tournament
shutouts, also gave the Huskies
Conference (PSAC) competition.
posted one
matching the school
NCAA
Bloomsburg reached the PSAC Championship
Game
for the first time since
for the first time since 2011
and received
several honors. Four players - junior defender
Matt Zima and freshman goalkeeper Jared
1978.
One
of just 35 teams nationwide to earn a bid
to the national
tournament, the Huskies finished
the season with a 13-6-2 overall record and went
first
Roma Loboda
and junior defender Mike Bamford, second
Ott,
who
tied the school record with eight
first
team has received multiple Daktronics
time the
All-
Region honorees. In December, Zima was named
honorable mention Daktronics All-America and
became the
first
player in Huskies history to
receive Daktronics .All-America accolades.
Head coach
team - were accorded All-PSAC accolades. Zima
and
9-2-0 against Pennsylvania State Athletic
team, and senior defender
Ott,
two Daktronics
Region selections, the
All-Atlantic
Paul Payne was
named PSAC
Coach of the Year. •
An All-American
TriFecta
THREE WOMEN’S cross country runners earned
All-American honors as the Huskies finished
14th overall at the
championships
On
rain,
NCAA Division
II
national
in Louisville, Ky.
a course that
was shortened due
to
heavy
Hannah Boudreau. Kate Dodds and Lauren
Lehman earned All-American honors by finishing
35th. 39th
and 40th respectively. The top 40 are
named All-Americans.
Boudreau, a freshman, finished
up
Newest Members
Fame
of the Hall of
Members of the 33rd Athletic Hall of Fame Class were inducted last fall, bringing the number of members
to 158. Shown from left are Erica Miller '01, softball; Michael McFarland, athletic director; Roxann Emerick
Betz ’01, women’s lacrosse; Glen McNamee ’97, football; Tina Wikoski Bartholomew '95, cross country and
track and field; Roger Sanders, former wrestling coach; Julie Bugg ’99, women's soccer; David Soltz, BU
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE Jerrin Toomey,
ter
the most in a single
Champion Scholar
game
(PSAC) Football
prior to the
awarded
is
to the student-athlete with the high-
est grade point average at
23 championship finals
each of the league’s
sites.
enjoyed a strong season on the
field as well as
part of the Huskies secondary, earning an exrole as the season
honored
of the
as the
Week
PSAC
went
on Oct.
25.
The
in 22:04.
As a team the Huskies finished
14th with 358 points, equaling their best previous
NCAA finish
in 2011.
PSAC
Bloomsburg was
also the top
school. •
three interceptions were
game by any Bloomsburg
Toomey continues an
impressive recent
history of Bloomsburg student- athletes earn-
ing the honor of Champion Scholar.
along.
He was
East Defensive Athlete
after intercepting three passes as
part of the Huskies’ 41-10 win over
Women’s
basketball player Nicole Southcott earned
the accolades last March.
A business management major, Toomey
panded
heat
1500 meters of the
finished in nearly a dead
player since 1993.
championship
November. The Champion Scholar
in
final
moving
Tradition Continued
of York, was honored as a 2014 Pennsylvania
State Athletic Conference
over the
Dodds and Lehman
finishing
president; and Dione Somerville, vice president for Student Affairs.
Champion
18 places
race.
in 21:59
player Aubrey Bossert
Women’s
won
lacrosse
the award in
2012 and 2013 while men’s soccer alumnus
Bryce Shaffer received the honor at the 2012
men’s soccer championships and
Tim Dorsch
claimed the award in men’s swimming during
the 2012-13 year. •
West Ches-
WINTER
2015
9
Hard Habits
Break
Statistics
show as many as 75 percent
of people
who try cocaine will become
addicted to
it.
Only one
in four
is
able
to quit without help.
by
TURNS OUT the expression “some
“Food seeking doesn't entail the same
changes
habits are hard to break”
profound change to the brain. Partly
tive
very real sense.
And
true in a
is
the reasons are
evolutionary;
was
biological.
Neuroscientist Kevin Ball
professor of psychology,
research that
may
is
’01,
associate
conducting
provide clues on
to help people kick a
drug or overeating
study the effects of chronic stress on
addicts’ relapse to cocaine seeking
unhealthy
eating habits.
“After addicts
the majority go back to using the drug
Ball.
“Addiction to drugs, like cocaine, heroin
or amphetamines,
is
so difficult to beat
because they cause very big changes to
brain structure and chemistry.”
While drug addiction and maladaptive
food seeking are not the same, “there
is
a lot of overlap in the brain systems
that drive both behaviors,” says Ball.
10
was advantageous
food
to seek
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
memory
also
occur after exposure to addictive drugs,
Ball explains. Addiction, therefore, is
economies, food
maladaptive form of learning that makes
isn’t
scarce anymore.”
as a
addicts vulnerable to relapse for months,
years or a lifetime after treatment.
The chemistry of addiction
When we do
—
something pleasurable
The role of stress
such as eating our favorite foods or
having sex — or are exposed to stimuli
“We know
that chronic stress
many diseases
from
that predict such things, our nerve cells
contributes to
release the neurotransmitter dopamine,
heart disease to cancer,” says
which
studying the role of chronic stress in
is
picked up by dopamine recep-
After a short time, the
reabsorbed by the nerve
dopamine
is
be used
cells to
again.
A similar
thing happens with dieting,” says
When
underlie adap-
sometimes conceptualized
tors.
complete cocaine rehab,
within a few months to a year.
our DNA.
how
Funded by a three-year, $263,271
grant from the National Institutes of
Health, he is using an animal model to
dieters’ relapse to
it
in
in the brain that
forms of learning and
out calorie-dense foods. In advanced
habit.
and
scarce,
it’s
it’s
ERIC FOSTER
relapse because
changes
in
in
it
...
Ball.
“I’m
induces lasting
brain regions implicated
addiction and relapse.”
Acute stress can be adaptive, says
Cocaine and similar drugs hijack our
Ball.
dopamine system by blocking
the reabsorption of the chemical. The
dopamine receptors are stimulated far
mechanism,
longer than normal, creating an intense
cobra sitting on your
chair.
But chronic
not adaptive
when
fight-or-flight
body’s
euphoria.
is
The chemistry of the
brain
altered and, with repeated exposure,
those changes can
lent, setting
It
become more
preva-
the stage for addiction.
appears that
many of the
physical
It
if
activates your body’s fight-or-flight
like
you would experience
you walked into your
stress
is
office to find a
mechanisms are continually
“Today we are exposed
activated.
to stresses that
constantly activate our fight-or-flight
mechanisms. Stress
at
home.
Stress at
Money worries. Information
work.
overload,” he says.
Stress
and cocaine both activate the
dopamine system, but through
mechanisms. And
it
different
turns out that acti-
dopamine system by
vation of the
stress
can reactivate an addictive behavior.
A possible remedy
In his study, Ball
is
investigating
whether a dopamine antagonist
drug
to block
body
— will
stress
on
—
dopamine receptors
a
the
in
reduce the effects of chronic
later relapse vulnerability.
The study
be conducted
will
in
three
stages.
Self-Administration Phase: Rats
•
be given the opportunity to
will
self-
administer cocaine or highly
palatable food pellets.
Extinction Phase:
•
food pellets
will
The cocaine
or
be withdrawn and
a source of stress introduced. This
stressor can entail being confined to
open container
a small
space.
A portion
in a bright
of the rats will be
administered a dopamine antagonist.
Reinstatement Phase: The
•
rats will
have the opportunity to respond to
cocaine- or food-associated cues. This
response
is
the
means
for
measuring
relapse.
The question
to
answer
is
that Ball
is
seeking
whether the dopamine
antagonist, given during the chronic
stress introduced at the extinction
phase, helps to shield the rats from relapsing into the addictive behavior.
And
will
if it
does, perhaps the research
one day lead
man
to a
way
to shield hu-
addicts from relapse. •
A Research
Tradition
THE BEHAVIORAL STUDIES that
Kevin
Ball
is
conducting are part of a
Cohen, with more than 75 publicaand 39 research grants, was the
tions
Ball’s latest
grant
is
his
second from
the National Institutes of Health.
continuing tradition at Bloomsburg
first
University.
sor to be awarded grants from the
MDMA (colloquially known as
National Science Foundation and the
ecstasy)
National Institutes of Health.
of addiction. •
A 2001 BU
graduate, Ball was
tored by Steven Cohen,
2009
after
who
men-
retired in
Bloomsburg University profes-
A
2011 grant focused on the effects of
and neurological foundations
36 years of service.
WINTER
2015
11
skills
she’d developed at the agency,
gathered a creative team.
with graphic designers
worked
“I
knew, sourced
I
the developers, and created the app,
TENideas, from concept
just under a year.”
The
interface
is
do, they find direction
more
ideas,
on a topic that
in
simple, but requires
Once they
users to explore the space.
erate
launch
to
on ways
to gen-
from doing research
interests
them
to think-
ing playfully to thinking deeply about
what they might ask for
granted them one wish.
“For younger users, the
be
filled
a genie
if
list
may
with party ideas or ways to
design their resumes,” Cara says.
“We
also have
some users who are
They use the app
entrepreneurs.
to
list
things they want to invent or
apps they want to develop. Lots of my
friends are writers
Reinvent Yourself
By LAURIE
today
is
AS PATTY CARA
’85
emptied her
went through nearly 30 years of notes.
They held her ideas, some of which
wanted to be involved in the
app world. I was ready for something
new,” she recalls. “And it did coalesce
that
way
in
my mind
- kind of like a
During that
was a now-or-never moment,” she
She could do what she knew which was safe - or she could branch
out. “Because I was a creative director
and came up with ideas for a living, I
decided I would apply all my ideas to
“It
my life
instead of creating things for
clients.
I
moment
who worked
because her husband,
at the
same agency,
lost
on the same day. But Cara
excited, too, about what was next
his job
her
“I
12
felt
in
“I
me
I
10 of her
to get into the digital
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
own
ideas
think what surprised
began by visualizing it as
the equivalent of a task manager. But
that
is
then
I
realized that a task
a recipe for keeping
wanted
to focus
on
life
manager is
way it is. I
the
ideas, rather
than
wasn’t she
—
that voice that whispers that the idea
good enough,
it
will
never
fly,
enough or smart
enough or good enough or disciplined
enough to make things work?
that we’re not strong
“I
decided not to
listen to the
internal editor anymore,” she says. “I
felt
that the internal editor
me
from doing things that
had kept
wanted
I
to accomplish.” •
tasks. ‘To dos’ are tasks you're accus-
to
to doing.
An
idea
is
a
new way
do something.”
And what began as a list soon developed into an idea for an iTunes mobile
app. She visualized a way to give users
become better at genown ideas and, using the
the resources to
life.
wanted
down
every day.
tomed
live that philosophy.”
Scan,', yes,
written
first year,
ever plagued by the internal editor
isn’t
While working at the agency, she’d
says.
and freelancing,
direct result of the job loss.”
perfect storm.”
she’d never put into practice.
Just
my own busi-
app - a game — in the works, a book
proposal being shopped around on
the TENideas system - so I’m doing
all new things for me,” she says. “That
change in philosophy and focus was a
inspired by
‘85,
space,
advertising agency vice president, she
forward to
started
launched a mobile app, have a second
new philosophy.
desk after losing her job as an
decided from that
“I
ness, did consulting
a million mobile apps available
long-forgotten notes and a
and they
Need proof that the app works?
CREASY
one created by Patty Cara
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Among more than
and
use the app to capture and act on their
erating their
TENideas
is
available on the iTunes
App
Store in the Productivity section.
Laurie Creasy
based
in
is
a freelance writer
Bloomsburg.
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;
By
LARRY KELLER
“ There
are so
many people
playing video games
students want to learn
how
-
PREISZ
ERIC
OF
COURTESY
PHOTO:
1YLVANIA
to create
Eric Preisz ’00
them
”
games are a positive part
Sixty-four percent of parents believe video
of their children’s
LET'S SAY you have a
lives.
terrific idea for a
video
Alumnus Eric Preisz couldn’t agree more.
to learn
game. But you need a means of meshing the
various bells and whistles into a single piece of
One
software.
you hope,
that,
will
be enjoyed
by legions of devoted video game players.
by
Interactive, led
CEO
GG
teaching
it all
together.
GG
Interactive, formerly
Games,
is
a multi-faceted
known
its
name
game
the games. Preisz also believes the
complete with instruction,
GG
job sounded like a
much
lot
of fun. but the
better. That’s the
job he
took.
“My office was
tests
has created video games in a
room," Preisz
in
the [computer] server
was
recalls. “I
freezing."
moving on
He stav ed
company
and career development, and when
where he worked on 3-D simulations of the
actors,
sound
it
his
company
to a
vehicle assembly building at NASA’s
hired a Los .Angeles film crew
Kennedy
Space Station.
and shot scenes on Hollywood
When
stages.
for autistic children asked
own computer
Preisz started his
programming business
A prototype game
"engine,”
first
second one paid
for five years, before
not in developing
video games, but in producing a
The
learning
variety of areas, including customer service
and
independent video game developers. The
company made
aids,
and grades.
justice course,
in
Vancouver, Wash., that makes software
for
isn’t just in
developed an adventure game for a criminal
as Garage-
company based
how to create
that produced training simulations for soldiers.
them,” he says.
value
games themselves can be valuable classroom
Eric Preisz '00, could be
the source of the missing element that ties
how to create
The educational
in
Orlando, his clients
included the U.S. .Army and Air Force and
youngsters to perform "simple tasks such as
Disney Imagineering. For Disney, his company
Torque, that has evolved into several versions.
matching," he says. “If the student wasn’t able
created two interactive games for visitors as
Simply put, a video game engine takes the
to solve the puzzle,
components of a game, such
give
graphics, and pulls
them
all
as audio
and
together in a
it
would progressively
them bigger and bigger
At the same time, he began teaching a
Regardless of skill levels at video games and
Independent game makers are the primary
simulations, "the key to this kind of work
is
buyers of those engines. “Lots of them have tech
usability testing," says Preisz,
jobs and do this as a hobby," Preisz says. “Others
people to try out a
new product. “The most
important thing
to
employed by v ideo game makers and want
branch out on their own. The
of people will try to
reality
It is
hits.
to
made
engines and
that a lot
make
10
as
opposed
to
is
what
do
often recruits
watch what they're doing
they're telling you."
developed
it
GG
its
Interactive
Torque game
“You have
to
games and hope one
-
Eric Preisz ’00
A little ‘Donkey Kong’?
Preisz’s career
a branch office of
GG
Interactive
to create standards for courses
development,
committee.
to follow, so
it
the location of
- decided
on video game
invited Preisz to
sen e on
He learned there was no
a
curriculum
GG created a prototype of four
high school courses to be taken over two years,
similar to earlier
many people
work
in Florida.
“There are so
plating video games; students want
GG in
2009
in a technical
CEO
and became
taught.
in
January
months, the company has been
effort to build a world-class
entertainment
him from
Meanwhile, he has worked on several projects
with Microsoft, including one that teaches
path was anything but
Bloomsburg native played
"Donkey Kong" and other games
but then he
-
started with
same subject he
says contractual stipulations bar
predictable. Sure, the
the state of Nevada
That led him to
his department's chair.
co-write a book on the
elaborating.
as its future.
When
faster
- at Full Sail University in Florida and
platform for a world-class theme park." Preisz
increasingly to education and entertainment
Educational value
became
- basically,
make games run
involved in the support phase “of a multi-year
hits”
licenses so affordable that
Now the company is looking
or better
2011. In recent
make 10
game optimization
techniques and tools to
He
even the smallest aspiring video game magnate
could buy one.
course on video
sales position
games
That's a do-or-die business.”
not a business model that
emulated. Instead,
is
to
who
to
make money off a game, but
few actually succeed. You have
and hope one
geodesic sphere.
succeeded.”
single piece of software.
are
they exited the ride at Epcot's Spaceship Earth
hints until they
“I
as a youngster,
company," says Preisz.
who manages
projects and products, occasionally writes code
and oversees 13 employees
ily, it
literacy for people in developing
countries. “AYe built cartoon-like stories and
mini-games that teach people how to use their
lost interest.
played video games less than everybody
at this
computer
in
two
cities.
Luck-
turned out playing video games wasn’t a
prerequisite for success in the industry.
mouse, email, productivity
and other functions,” he
tools,
says.
scheduled to be offered in
the Internet,
The program
at least
is
20 languages.
“Everybody has a different way to use game
technology," Preisz says. “I think I’ve got the
coolest job in the world." •
After graduation, he had two job offers: one
Larry Keller
is
a freelance writer based in
from the maker of a Formula One race car game;
Philadelphia.
the other from a Washington, D.C..
company
WINTER
2015
15
The famous quote attributed to Confucius
that you
In 2003,
Adam
like,
Bartles
and you
will
was planning on graduate
school when, burned out on academia, he decided to
return home.
On
a whim, he sent an unsolicited ap-
plication to Appalachian
and unwittingly took
Brewing Co.
in
Harrisburg
the first step toward a
new
Fraternity brothers
Moyer
open
talked for
together.
As
Thomas Yozzo and Chris
20 years of businesses
and spirits exploded five years
on the perfect venture: a
It
they could
the market for hand-crafted beer
ago, the friends agreed
Matthew Hall worked for a beer distributor while
Myrna,
told
counseling psychology when his wife,
him he needed
a
hobby and gave him
a book on winemaking. Fast forward 25 years and
friends, loving the wines
Anderson and a fellow
professor made, convinced the pair
to
open a winery.
Adam
success as a salesman for a large Philadelphia beer
degree.
distributor following graduation.
know
But as he got
the people manufacturing the beer he
was
start at the
appeal for the hands-on side of the busi-
ness grew.
on different career paths, but
they share two key characteristics: the courage
to take a risk
and desire
to forge a career out of
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
still
not sure
ground
why they
at small
called
me
in."
breweries usually
level regardless of experi-
ence, and Bartles was no exception.
in the
All five started
"Em
New employees
to
He began
packaging area, building cardboard beer
cases and helping to run the bottle-labeling
machine.
as
much
He made
it
a point to get involved in
of the operation as he could and within
two months he made
his first batch of beer - a
thousand gallons of ABC’s dark Susquehanna
An unexpected
“I
had decided
school and had
One day
maybe
I
1
Stout.
offer
moved home
to Elizabethtown.
the thought popped into
would
Bartles realized he
wasn't going to graduate
like to
make
my mind
that
beer,” says 34-year-
education to rise
in
would need some formal
the brewing industry and
turned to Chicago’s top-rated Siebel Institute,
where he completed three weeks of coursework.
He then
16
Bartles of his decision to apply to
Appalachian Brewery after earning his English
was 1967 and Myles Anderson had just earned
his doctorate in
old
life.”
earning his business management degree and enjoyed
what they enjoy most.
distillery.
“Choose a job
never have to work a day in your
selling, the
career.
says,
spent six weeks at an independent.
1
“Our story is we had this
idea and worked like craz
to make it happen - it's
the American Dream.”
Chris
>
-
Moyer ’92
apprenticeship included a
room
the brewery
at
and breakfast.
While
in
Germany he
Brewing Co.
applied to Victory
in Philadelphia. "I
knew I could
experience a career with Victory and wouldn’t
have to make another move,” says
started in
2007
as an assistant
Bartles,
who
on the bottling
line.
started
my education
and experience,
1
on the bottom rung. By the end of 2007,
was able to operate
all
the processes.
the equipment and run
all
Then
I
started training other
people," says Bartles, Victory’s director of operations.
"Brewing
You have
a
is
very
much an
apprenticeship.
head brewer and assistant brewers
and you need to work your way through.”
As director of operations, Bartles
is
involved
in all aspects of the
company, which
saw demand
beer grow by 30 percent. The
company
for
is
opened
a
modern
last
year
facility in
building another brew house
Kennett Square. Bartles says he looks forward
to developing
pany continue
“I’ve
"I
its
recently
Parkesburg and
in
During freshman year
at
Bloomsburg, Chris
new beers and helping the comto grow.
Hudson
bag Thomas Yozzo was using and
wanted
been following
my passion," Bartles says.
would turn
out."
is
how things
said,
From
first
two went on
to
become Theta
From
a sales
for Oracle’s business with the
From
of service.
the start, they
from
and other raw
where he
Department of
retired with
older
we would end
up around a campfire, and we would
talk
about
something with our hands," says Moyer,
44.
The
friends started thinking about the explosion in
mark with the
as
us,
we wanted
to get
back
Yozzo, 45.
an agricultural product and the
Their
first
product was vodka.
selling spirit in the country
to age
a
is
going to
be,”
adds.
it.
“It’s
the biggest
and you don’t need
For a small business that has to invest
tremendous amount of money, the thought of
Yozzo approached
police department,
they decided their business venture was
years
On
is
really impossible,"
Moyer
average, the distillery
bottles a
bison farms or golf courses - always doing
and liquors and,
five miles
having to put something aside to age for several
of one day sharing a business.
little
roots,” says
Moyer
in
20 years
The men married, took numerous
“As the kids got a
our
can be, the better your product
manager
family vacations together and started dreaming
the 20-year
and
became
purer you get and closer to the source you
Defense and Yozzo served as a police officer
N.Y.,
N.Y. that
come from farms within
"Spirits are
Moyer working as
Newburgh,
y
distillery.
“That was a goal for
to
in sociology.
there the friends traveled differ-
ent paths:
of the
in 1992,
a degree in accounting and Yozzo
degree
'c
discussion about Moyer’s
service, the
Moyer with
a
Clermont,
Valley Distillers.
materials
with
in
their farm, the barley, rye
that
V-
Yozzo,
to create a natural product using
National Guard experience and Yozzo’s Coast
Guard
Thomas
local ingredients. In addition to apples
"Hey, military?”
craft beers
never would have guessed this
apple orchard
Moyer was doing laundry when he spotted the
duffle
V
-
In July 2013, they bought the small farm
reality
Chi fraternity brothers. Both graduated
“Despite
I
Turning business dreams into
-
left,
Jennifer Moyer and Chris Moyer
;*
family-owned brewery near Munich. His unpaid
*
s^From
month and
says.
makes 1,000
alternates
between making
fruit-based and grain-based liquors. Moyer’s
wife, the
former Jennifer Theiss
in the business
and the
men
’92, also
works
say they would
love to have their children get involved.
now or
never.
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2015
17
If there’s a
men
say
it's
message
what they’ve done, the
in
your dream. "People are
to follow
really intrigued with the notion that
I
knew each other
business. We’ve
had
‘You motivated
me
this idea
pen
-
do
to
and worked
it’s
number
a
Tom and
26 years and started
for
X.’
of people
Our
story
crazy to
like
the American Dream,”
is
make
this
us
tell
ings.
it
hap-
“You need to step out of your comfort zone,”
for
it.”
While
at
Bloomsburg, Matthew Hall worked
for an area beer distributor and, after graduating
in
2007 with
a
degree
in
business management,
he took a sales job with a large Philadelphia beer
wholesaler. Hall had started
making his own
beer during college, and his interest in brewing
grew
“I
as
he
would
visited breweries as part of his job.
talk to the
lot
of competition for open-
Like Bartles, he took a beer-making course
spending time
in
Chicago and
Even
’62,
was hired by the Yards Brewing Co.
position in the packaging department.
money than he made
in
little
to
foreshadow the success to come.
with his parents
in sales
in
College and both dean of students and a vice
president at Gonzaga University
in
Philadelphia, starting in 2010 at an entry-level
less
former Myrna Bassett
.Anderson became dean of students at York
Within two weeks of returning home, Hall,
29,
after his wife, the
gave him a book on winemaking and he
began experimenting, there was
Germany.
move
From home brewer to master brewer
was a
at Siebel Institute,
we had
Moyer says.
Yozzo adds. "Try something new and go
Hall began applying to breweries, but soon
realized there
He made
and had
to
Bucks County, but
faculty at Walla Walla (Wash.)
in 1977.
The
position allowed
his teaching roots
two-and-a-half years, he’s been a brewer.
for
“I can’t
imagine myself doing anything else,”
beer, enjoy
it
this happen.’
my shift I
and think, T was
I
can pour a
a part of
making
many
industries
and
to
Community
him
to return to
found the Institute
Enology and Viticulture
at the
college in 2000. This college
community
program provides
students with hands-on experience in the pro-
duction of grapes, winemaking and wine
sales.
At the community' college, he met Gordy
also love seeing other people en-
joy the product. There are not
Spokane and
College as a counselor and psychology professor
he loved what he was doing. For the past
Hall says. “At the end of
in
Regis College in Denver before joining the
Venneri and the two started making wine
in
where people are excited about what you’re
the Anderson’s backyard,
much
to the delight
doing.”
of their friends. This was
at the
time that the
guys working there, the
wine industry
in
Walla Walla was budding. “We
brewers and the bottling guys, and they were
very excited and very happy about what they
had fun and gave our wine away to friends and
A command performance
acquaintances.
were
doing,” Hall says.
"There was an overall
The world of winemaking wasn’t even
when Myles Anderson
Then people encouraged
to
’62
excitement with the growth of the craft beer
passing thought
industry - they had a product they could stand
graduated from Bloomsburg with a degree
go commercial so they could buy
Anderson
says. "At first
of. I
thought that was the
ultimate connection of labor and love.”
18
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
elementary education and psychology, then
stayed at
we planned
it,”
to
do just
in
a small business
behind and be proud
us
a
BU for another three years to teach.
and not have more than 1,000
cases a year
-
That has
changed.
all
enough
to
pay for our hobby.”
The
winery, Walla
in 1995.
The
first
the operation
bottles
first
year. Today, the
W alla Vintners, opened
were sold
turned a profit
winery
in
Meagan, and
much
seventh
around 6,000
sells
cases of various red wines a year and
family business
1997 and
in its
community' college full-time
until
he says the key
quality
and the customer. The Andersons
wine
for their
50-year reunion at Bloomsburg in 2012.
not just in the wine
who
he retired
pleasure business,” he says.
“We make
stay in touch with our customers
in
basis
is
known
soil
for growing grapes - a fact that has resulted
it
now there
industry.
When Anderson's
was the eighth
are
900
we
and provide beautiful wines they would
else.”
•
for its wines,
Anderson says Washington has incredible
booming wine
sure
on a regular
normally not be able to get anywhere
Although California
to
to never stop paying attention to the
business, we’re really in the relationship and
and
June 2014.
in
is
Anderson. Though the
established,
“We know that w'e’re
a business that’s very expensive
continued to direct the wine program at the
Walla;
is
w'ere delighted to donate the
their son-in-law; Judah, are very
winery opened,
this far," says
w ell
wine
a
is still
- the Andersons’ daughter.
challenging to operate,” says .Anderson, 74,
in a
would go
winery
success
a part of the winery.
“It’s
had no idea when w e started that we
r
“I
in
Walla
in the state,
Jack Sherzer
is
a professional writer and
principal partner with
Message Prose, a
communications and public relations firm
in
Harrisburg.
with 175
Walla Walla alone.
Family Enterprise
For John Braganini, the art and business of
crafting wine
is
a family tradition.
“We grew up thinking of wine
as food,"
says Braganini 75, president of Great Lakes
Insurance Agency Inc. and a
member of BU’s
College of Business Advisory Board.
Today Braganini, along with
members,
founded
part
is
other family
six
owner of St. Julian Winery,
in Ontario,
Canada,
in 1921
by
his
grandfather, Mariano Meconi, and relocated to
Michigan
in the 1930s.
Named
for the patron
saint of the founder’s birthplace in Italy,
Julian
It
is
St.
Michigan’s oldest and largest winery.
produces more than 50 varieties of wine and
ships 150,000 cases annually, as well as another
100,000 cases of beverages, such as non-
champagne.
alcoholic
About 90 percent of the wine
Michigan, but
it is
is
sold in
also available in other
areas of the Midwest. Braganini says sales are
increasing 4 to 6 percent a year, but
"it’s
getting
harder to get on the shelves. You have to either
get bigger or smaller.” In response,
St.
Julian
Winery is pursuing a direct-to-customer
model through
But quantity has not come
of quality.
wines
in
St.
sales
their website, mmstjulian.com.
at the
Julian’s consistently
expense
produces
- both sweet and dry - that win awards
Michigan and throughout the United
Braganini
is
grigio while
typically
variety
States.
particularly fond of his pinot
St. Julian’s
grown
made
in
Albarino, a white grape
in Spain,
is
the
first
of that
Michigan. •
WINTER
2015
19
World Loves a Clown
All the
WILLIE COLON
by
ON AUG. 4. 2014,
‘86
Pastor
Mike Dubbs
walked out of his house
Pines, N.C., eager to
clown mission.
his alter-ego.
regalia
—
Southern
embark on
He was decked
Dubbsy,
black
in
in full
his first
out as
hobo clown
felt hat, thrift store shirt
and pants, hideous brown vest with a
99-cent price tag, red suspenders, mis-
matched
rental
bowling shoes
to help spread a
little
—
ready
laughter, love
and
healing to another continent.
At the Raleigh-Durham Airport, he
was the only clown in town. At JFK in
New York City, he came upon two other
clowns who were going his way. And at
the Jorge Chavez Airport in Lima. Peru,
20
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dubbsy and
corner and
his
clown friends turned
a
“There was nothing but clowns!” he
recalls. “It
It
was
like a
clown explosion.”
sounds spectacularly
consider
this:
from your front door
in character,” he
“They want committed people
who are willing to say, ‘Here’s what I’m
explains.
...
silly,
Nutrition was the
theme
sion to Iquitos, Peru. Organized by the
Gesundheit! Institute, a West Virginiafacility,
”
• • •
hut
of this year’s two-week clown mis-
based alternative health care
doing. I’m a clown.’
“Eclectic” pretty much sums up
Mike Dubbs’ resume and life adventures. This Bloomsburg native and Tau
Kappa Epsilon brother graduated with
a bachelor’s
degree
in
business and
He
has been a
the mission brought together 130 clown
office administration.
volunteers from 16 countries to address
professional photographer and a town-
the high incidence of malnutrition in
ship manager, and says he misses the
10 years he volunteered as the football
the region.
As
for flying to Peru as
“One requirement
is
Dubbsy?
that you travel
game announcer
at
Redman Stadium. “I
game and subs
got a good seat for every
I could see hope in their faces.
had never seen such poverty and such
joy in the same place.”
and
I
He
he’d brought along because the children
and study
workshops
it
and yelling “El
for the volunteers
and
to a village
down
the
Amazon
“And when they found out
me to
pastor, they asked
mental health
who
speaks a
I
local
Spanish.
little
“I
was
makeup."
One
of his biggest take-aways was
the small
ignored for years, he began
down
the
it’s
path that led to his current position as
pastor at
stuff. “I
worried about
Community Congregational
colorful,"
clown
outfit
visit,
learned not to be so
my costume
he
says.
not in
as long as
“The joy
is
in
in
anger and other negative emotions and
Meanwhile, the path that led to
its
Dubbs
would
in college. “I
dress as a gorilla or a clown or a kissing
handit and take balloons to hospitals
and people’s homes,” he
morphed
clowning for
says.
That
Based on his experience, Mike Dubbs
understands
“If
momentary distraction from whatever
problems we might have,” he says. “I
see that at the hospital. And like to
imagine that when the kids in Peru are
having a hard day, they think about the
clowns and
who
told
Gesundheit! Institute
And
in
how accurate my
Willie
Colon
is
a freelance writer
based
Philadelphia.
Humor provides
a
momentary distraction
from whatever problems
we might have”
Institute has
Dr.
Patch
Adams
led a
group of volunteer clowns to the former
Adams promotes an
Dubbs about the
Soviet Union.
—
alternative health care
and the pos-
model that
connects individual health to the health
of going international with his
community and the world.
Robin Williams famously portrayed him
of the family,
• • •
in the
Peru was an incredible experience,
says,
“
when founder
clowning.
Dubbs
smile." •
the
is.”
The Gesundheit!
was a clown friend from
the hospital
sibility
pretty well already.
organized clown missions since 198S,
that one thing often leads to
it
it
nothing else, humor provides a
kids’ parties.
volunteers at a local hospital.
another,
it.”
- Mike Dubbs ’86
into full-on
Today he clowns several times a
month as part of a group of clown
way
it,
origins in a job
had while he was
the
humor get us to the point of
Duncan asks. “We’re looking
and folks like Patch Adams are
“But can
thriving?”
Southern Pines.
clowning had
eventually
helps us deal with sadness,
experiences, she says.
in
Church
more
I
probably that old cliche: Don’t sweat
says.
Humor also
still
dressed as a clown, just without the face
happier
live longer, they’re
helping us understand
says Dubbs,
-
it,”
productive at work, they earn more.”
into
River.
was a
a
correlational evidence
talk to patients
clinic,”
“We have
it
Duncan
growing body of
and measure
it
people tend to
These events provided Dubbs, a self-taught juggler and
clown, a unique chance to improve his
clowning by visiting schools, nursing
homes and prisons and taking a trip
at a
“At this point there’s not a lot of
says.
participants alike.
he
professor. But we’re getting there.
science, so we’re trying to define
The two weeks were packed with
like Balzano’s,”
Mary Katherine
remembers having a hard
time unfurling the Bloomsburg banner
Loho! El Lobo! (The Wolf! The Wolf!).”
After finally heeding a calling he'd
yet, says
Duncan, Bloomsburg psychology
also
kept running up to
from places
Not quite
but the opening day wel-
come parade was
extra special. “That
was the highlight
as the kids’ faces
lit
when they saw the clowns,” he recalls.
“They knew we were there for them.
1998 hit movie. Patch Adams.
There are
six to 10 clown trips every
and they’re meant to create joyful
atmospheres that enhance the well-
year,
up
being of individuals and groups. But
there hard evidence that
humor
is
heals?
WINTER
2015
21
Beth and Mike Bogus
FROM SMALL-TOWN BOY in rural
1997 above a tattoo parlor, Eastern has grown
Wayne County to
from a start-up
president of a workers’
compensation insurance
quartered
in Lancaster,
employs 24S insurance professionals. Eastern
— the education he
went public on the
received, the friendships he
a difference in his career
small-town
feel
says Boguski
ing in 16 states with eight regional offices that
specialist head-
made and
continued alumni involvement
was looking
and
his
'85. “I
it
life.
was an excellent
and an expanded business school. And
was
affordable.
I
funded
it
my college education
with a student loan and a
summer job
as a
including internships, job shadowing and
capstone experiences provided through BU’s
Professional
U
program. The
gift will also
with ongoing efforts for BU’s Science,
assist
continues to serve as the president of Eastern.
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Just as important as the academic
at
Bloomsburg.
“I
was a member
of the Zeta Psi fraternity and involved in
(STEM) Magnet School
immersion program
learned the importance of interpersonal
skills
and developing relationships.
I still
BU
Foundation’s annual fund.
As a first-generation college graduate,
intramural and inter-fraternity council sports.
I
— as well as the Henry Carver Fund,
students
the
— a two-year
for local high school
Boguski
BU
feels a strong
students.
“My
connection to today’s
parents and grandparents
have lifelong Bloomsburg University friends
did not have the opportunity to attend college.
and continue an annual birthday celebration
I
at
trip
much more than a good
Bloomsburg. He found the academic
preparation that provided a foundation for
his career
start
— a journey that led him to the
as Eastern, in 1997. Since
opening
with several Zeta
Psi fraternity brothers.
Bloomsburg University
is
a special place with
special people.”
up of Eastern Alliance Insurance Group,
known
22
a larger publicly
high-impact experiential opportunities,
Boguski found
lifeguard.”
fit
2006 and then
Directors and, with his wife, Beth, committed
$1 million to the Foundation to support
traded company, in January 2014. Boguski
formed
in
business and Bloomsburg had a great reputation
in
preparation were the friendships Boguski
fit,"
planned on majoring
NASDAQ
merged with ProAssurance,
his
— have made
for a university with a rural,
and
company operat-
Michael Boguski says
Bloomsburg University
“I
to a public
in
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
As an alumnus, he serves on the
Bloomsburg University Foundation Board of
was blessed and very fortunate
Bloomsburg
University'.
Even
percent of the students are
Beth and
I
to attend
today, nearly
first
generation.
see an important mission in
supporting these students.”
•
40
Albert Fisher
CPA and
’60s
Larry W. Greenly
’65
won
and
a gold
of Southern Nevada,
for the Arts. Previously,
J.
Fisher Accounting
Behr served
Terry Guers ’77/78M
as
chairman of the Fine Arts
retired after
Department
from Bloomsburg enabled him to
in
Moonbeam
achieve success in the accounting
Pamela, reside on Chincoteague
and education world. He made
Island,
a promise to himself when he
Cottage Collection, a gallery/shop.
Kutztown, Fleetwood and
John C. Olaynick 71 retired from
the Palm Beach County (Fla.)
Water Utilities as an environmental
analyst. He resides in West Palm
Beach where he is a flight
1992,
Children’s
for his nonfiction
Black Fighter Pilot. His
book
Young Adult Book
the 2014 NM/AZ Book Awards.
Dale Hunsinger
'65, principal
in
scholarship.
70s
of
Homestead-Wakefield Elementary
Air,
Md„ was named
Harford County Principal of the
Blair
Year for 2013.
Louis H. and Katherine
by the
Berks County Intermediate Unit,
Va„ and own the Island
while serving schools in the
Brandywine Heights
districts.
In
he became an employee of
the Kutztown Area School District
from which he retired
June
in
2014 after 22 years. Guers
in
Muhlenberg Township
lives
in
instructor.
Reading
S.
Zbinden
Ann Donovan Motsko 72
Community Service Award. The award
John Vanderbeck 77 was
promoted to chief executive
Virginia
received the Ben Franklin
Robert Boose ’6$ was
Ministry and Leadership at Austin
awarded honorary
(Texas) Presbyterian Theological
fellowship in the
Seminary, Austin.
American College
June with 20 years of service as
senior pastor of Preston Hollow
ty Foundation’s
distinction recognizes exceptional
Presbyterian Church
the winner’s choosing.
contributions to dentistry and the
Texas.
dental profession by individuals
was honored by
who do
gift to
of Dentists. This
for 14 years
the
area.
Monie 70 was named the
Distinguished Professor of Pastoral
not hold a dental degree
was employed
his wife,
graduated that he would endow a
also
the Best
He and
He
pathologist in Berks County.
at Girard College
Philadelphia.
in
36 years as a speech-language
Scholarship, Fisher says graduating
certificate in
book, Eugene Bullard: World's First
School, Bel
Commission
the national 2014
Book Awards
won
the Albert
championship tournaments
2000 and 2010.
Virginia
Las Vegas, created
NCAA
led the Yellow Jackets to
is
commissioner to the
emeritus at the College
in
medal
Robert Behr 71
’69,
professor
Upon
He
retired in
in Dallas,
his retirement,
endow
Monie
but have significantly advanced
Distinguished Chair of Homiletics
the profession of oral health.
at
Austin Seminary.
accompanied by a $1,000 grant
Communities, based
in
West
Point.
from the Wayne County Communi-
and
is
Ben Franklin Fund
designated to the charity of
John Mondschein 78
retired after
teaching business and coaching track and field for 36 years at
Parkland High School (PHS), Al-
he
a $2.5 million
the Blair R.
is
officer
of ACTS Retirement-Life
Arthur Luptovvski 73
is
an
lentown.
He was
inducted into the
advance scout with the Detroit
PHS
Pistons of the National Basketball
and
He was previously the
American Internationa] College
head basketball coach where he
inducted into the Whitehall High
Association.
Gifts
athletic hall of
field
fame
as a track
coach and was previously
School athletic hall of fame as a
member of the
1973 football team.
from Daniel Tearpock 70
THE LATE DANIEL TEARPOCK 70, noted geologist,
bequeathed a collection of Native American
arrowheads to the university that
tline
Science Center. Tearpock,
also gave
$50,000
displayed in Har-
is
who
died Feb.
9,
2014,
to the university' in his will.
In 1988, Tearpock founded Subsurface Consultants
& Associates which grew into an
international
consulting and training firm with multiple branch
offices.
He was
a
well-known figure
and gas
in the oil
industry and remained committed to his profession
as a successful oil finder, to educating
and mentoring
the next generation of talent in the geosciences and
to serving his
community.
In recent years,
Tearpock received multiple honors
and awards commemorating his professional
achievements, including the American Association
of Professional Geologists (AAPG) Division of
Professional Affairs’ Heritage Award, the
AAPG
Honorary Member Award and nomination
to the
Advisory Board of Bloomsburg University’s College
of Science and Technology.
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2015
23
George Antochy 79
retired
John Keegan
from
technology company based
public
’84, a certified
Media. Knox holds an
in
accountant,
tion after 32 years. His last position
officer at
was as manager, client planning
and design, responsible for the
Center of New Jersey.
60,000 administrative computers
speaking with accountants
Allison Straub
nationwide about software and
assistant professor of nursing at
technology. Keegan
Misericordia University.
in
from the
June 2009
U.S.
after
Army
The
the chief financial
Holy Family University and
Surgery
Plastic
He
is
certified Six
also
Reserve
30 years
global
of service.
is
a chartered
and
analysis professional
she was a
certified
’90
is
a Path
program coordina-
to Success
is
worked
at
BBBS
since 1994,
recently as a school-based
Chambersburg YMCA. Christian
mentoring coordinator.
most
assistant director
Bryan Noaker '90 retired
as
principal of the Milton Area
Rodney Zechman
Cameron Smith
School
the Revolution.3 Ironman-distance
District.
'84
competed
in
triathlon in Sandusky, Ohio.
Lake
’80s
in
and 26.2-mile marathon run
on the boards of Juniata Valley
finishers,
Financial Corp. and Juniata
Division for
Valley Bank. Berry
and
the chief
second
men
first in his
He is married
Wood ’86.
executive officer and president
of Solar Renewable Energy and
in
for 23 years
since 2004.
He
at
has more than
reside in Selinsgrove.
Ann DiBernado Clements ’92
received the 2014 Rosalie Kaleda
Scholarship for advanced practice
registered nurses. Clements, a
Dale Sinnott ’89 retired from the
U.S. Air
age group, 50 to 54.
Force concluding more
than 25 years of active military
former Sandi
duty. Sinnott’s last
assignment was
as the chief of the Director of Op’85
and served as principal
wound, ostomy and continence
erations
promoted
Zechman
age 40 and older,
Jane Runey Knox
High
for the district
also oversees security for
in the Master’s
to the
He worked
School.
more than 200
Achieve Energy Solutions, and
owns Berry Group Management.
vice
20 years of bank experience. He
and his fiance, Jennifer Riordan,
10 hours, 48 minutes, he crossed
the line seventh of
a director
is
of The Northumberland National
the bank.
Erie, 112-mile bicycle ride
’88
president of branch administration
Bank.
Completing the 2.4-mile swim
is
Luann Naugle Smith
tor with Big Brothers/Big Sisters
since 2011.
professional.
Arlington Texas Independent
is
is
the executive director of the
was the
kindergarten teacher with the
’83
Maloney ’86M
Carla Shearer Christian '88
information technology
retired after 25 years of teaching.
Douglas Berry
Belt.
management accountant,
corporate financial planning and
last 18 years,
a
of Lancaster County. Smith has
certified treasury professional,
Laura Adolphson Antochy 79
For the
Sigma Green
is
an associate with K2 Enterprises,
used throughout the FAA. Antochy
retired
is
’90s
MBA from
the Federal Aviation Administra-
was
Deployment Requirements
certified nurse at the Williamsport
Regional Medical Center, will use
the funds toward her education to
become
a certified registered nurse
practitioner through
Bloomsburg
University.
Branch, Defense Intelligence Agen-
to chief operating officer
Healthcare Administrative
cy, at
the Pentagon, Washington,
D.C. Sinnott resides in Alexandria,
Partners, a medical data and
Va.,
Angela Taylor
Hummel
’92 has
attained the Senior Professional
and has three children.
Duane Carey honored
DUANE CAREY ’91 was named
Carey joined the chamber
GovConnects, the chamber’s
Howard County (Md.) Chamber
immediately after starting his
of Commerce’s Business Person
business.
of the Year during the chamber’s
years on the board of directors,
member
annual Signature Event. Carey
including one year as chair;
organization that fights child
president at
&
IMPACT
is
Marketing
Public Relations, which started
founding
He
business-to-government
has served eight
is
Carey has
a
member of the Young
Professionals
Network of Howard
member
10 years ago in his basement and
County; and a
now serves
leadership team that launched
clients in six states.
of the
board
for Shari’s Promise,
sexual abuse, and as
the
initiative.
also served as a
an
member of
Howard Hospital Foundation
Board of Directors.
Bob Marquette top CEO
BOB MARQUETTE
Marquette has been involved
70,
president/CEO of Members
1st
Federal Credit Union, was chosen
as
CEO of the Year among credit
unions with more than $250
24
with the credit union
movement
since 1973, working 28 of those
years with
Members
1st
Federal
Credit Union, headquartered in
A member
Credit Union Association, he
serves on the boards of Capital
Region Economic Development
Corp. and the Ronald
House
Charities,
McDonald
and the advisory
boards of the Children’s Miracle
million in assets by the National
Mechanicsburg.
Association of Federal Credit
of the Regulatory Review
Network and the Arc of Cumber-
Unions (NAFCU).
Committee of the Pennsylvania
land and Perry counties.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Human Resources certification.
Hummel is the vice president of
in
human resources at Evangelical
Communin' Hospital. Lewisburg.
Bonnie
Munn Heintzelman ’95
an instructor of nursing
Urban
’92
is
head of the
Ulthera Business Unit, responsible
for
all
of the company’s commerthe
cial activities in
sales,
including
U.S.,
He joined Ulthera
October 2009 as the organization's
first sales
leader and has 21 years of
commercial experience
in the
US.
pharmaceutical and medical device
industries.
Urban earned
his
MBA
Loyola College in Baltimore.
of Nursing,
He
Steven Fahs ’94
is
of .Ally Bank.
He
internal auditor
is
a certified
and
certified
Insti-
Accoun-
director of the Bureau
to
May 2011
w'hen he assumed additional
responsibilities for multiple
facilities.
of Audits with the Pennsy Ivania
Medical Center School
Thomas Jefferson
Shawn Simchock
Office of the Budget.
’02 has entered
University School of Nursing and
into priestly formation for the
the Central Susquehanna Licensed
diocese of Scranton at
Practical
’00s
Nurse Career Center.
sales
McLaughlin
’95
Baltimore.
Kyle Sahd ’01
A certified financial planner, she
was employed
same capacity
at
is
Nicholas Seier
manager
in the
Cole Taylor
an ordained
Jeremy Thompson ’02
is director of power
priest.
at
’01.
CBIZ
a
CPA.
accounting at Public
is
MHM. He
Service Enterprise
provides financial, asset
Mortgage.
securitization and
'95
in
is
manager and senior loan
Mortgage Netw ork Inc.
previously'
Mary’s
St.
Seminary and University
officer at
Gregory Orth
senior vice
is
December 2006
a council
tants.
review's
president and chief internal auditor
is
Pennsylvania
tute of Certified Public
Leslie KufFel
in
’98
Pennsylv ania College of
marketing and commercial
strategy.
at
member of the
Technology. She previously taught
at Geisinger
Patrick
John Kaschak
is
at
on
Group, specializing in
due diligence
warehouse
collateral
derivativ e accounting.
diversified
PSEG
is
a
energy company
New Jersey
lines of credit to the financial
headquartered
of THincBOX, a business
services community, including
and one of the 10
largest electric
dev elopment company, and an
private equity firms,
companies
US.
authorized licensee of Sandler
and venture
is
president
hedge funds
in
in the
,
capital firms.
Jeffrey AVhitenight
’95M was
promoted to senior vice president,
Corporate and Community'
Matthew Funk ’04 is a senior
associate with Quantum Financial
Management in Allentown. Funk,
Relations at Seton Hill University,
a certified financial planner,
financial officer of Harleysville
responsible for loan operations
was chosen
10-y ear veteran of the financial
Savings Financial Corp. and Har-
and branch administration, at
Columbia Bank and Trust Co.
Magazine's 40 Under 40. Selected
from a nomination pool of more
wife, Jackie,
than 225 candidates, the 2014
in New' Tripoli.
auditor of investments and
Training in Lancaster.
Kristofer Smith
derivatives.
M. Shane Michalak
leysville Savings
'94
is
chief
Bank. Michalak
First
previously serv ed as vice president,
controller
and
treasurer.
A CPA
for over 18 years. Michalak
Michael Devaney '98
is
’01.
director of
for Pittsburgh
on
overseeing operations in York,
visibility, diversity
of Certified Public Accountants,
Adams and Northumberland
impact on the region.
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified
counties. Devaney' recently serv ed
Public Accountants and Financial
as the senior district
manager
Waste Management
in Philadel-
Managers
is
a
Institute
Society' of Philadelphia.
He and his wife, LaYonne. have
three children, Jordan.
9;
and Braeden,
7.
11;
M.
Seth,
phia He has a master’s degree
public administration from
He
lives
a
with his
and their son. Levi,
honorees were chosen based
chief
operating officer of Rabbit Transit,
member of the .American
services industry.
is
their passion,
Matthew Sterenczak
commitment,
and overall
James Aurand ’02M
in
Penn
State University.
is
is
the
Easttown Middle School, Berwyn.
Prior to joining
for
’04
assistant principal of Tredyffiin
T
E, Sterenczak
served as acting assistant principal
acting
administrator at Susque-View
for Middle School East
Home Nursing and Rehabilitation
acting principal of Evergreen
Center.
He previously' served
facility
administrator from
as
and as
Elementary' School in the
Perkiomen Valley School
District.
Of Mice and McMenamin
JAMES McMENAMIN
appeared as Whit
Of Mice and Men in Broadway’s Longacre
Theatre. The play, adapted from a novella
‘01
in
by John Steinbeck, starred James Franco
and Chris O’Dowd, and was screened
internationally by National Theatre Live.
McMenamin’s acting credits include TY’s
The Good Wife, Law and Order SVU and
Law and Order; and New York theatre
productions of Ashville. The Bad Guys, Suicide
Inc.,
Middletown, Our Town and
Xaked. as
yvell as
Armed and
regional theatre and
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble.
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
huskynotes
Sterenczak received his master’s
Brittany Delaney Brooks '09
degree in educational leadership
a speech language pathologist
and
principal’s certification
He
Lehigh University.
is
from
enrolled
the doctoral program in
in
educational leadership at Lehigh.
Trevor Saylor ’05
principal at
is
assistant
Bermudian Springs
Elementary School
in
at Jersey
in the
April Harris-Snyder ’12M
a children’s
is
therapist at Philhaven,
Shore Hospital. Brooks
began her career
Mount
leading marketing efforts at
career coordinator at Lackawanna
degree
College. Harris-Snyder works with
in professional clinical
counseling/psychology from
all
treating and preventing
LaSalle University
co-curricular experience at the col-
departments to improve the
promote positive community
communication/swallowing
lege,
disorders and voice and cognitive
standards and assist in enforcing
difficulties.
the student code of conduct. She
and her husband, Matthew, have
Browne ’09
is
three sons, Harrison, Everett and
a student in
Henry Snyder.
the Faculty of Medical Sciences at
the University of the West Indies,
Michael Hower 13
Knoebels Amusement Resort.
St.
Elysburg.
goal of becoming a physician.
planner for Juniata County'.
associate director of the Center for
Anthony Smith '09 signed for the
2015 American Indoor Football
women’s basketball coach
Engagement, Service, and Learn-
season as a linebacker with the
Justin
ing at Shippensburg University.
ASI Panthers
tant in the assurance practice at
He
his collegiate career,
James D’Amico ’08/T0M
is
the
previously served as residence
Augustine, Trinidad, with the
in
Smith played
with the Wichita Wild of the
Student Activities.
Champions Professional Indoor
Football League for
’08
is
two seasons.
Erdman T2,
& Young,
a staff accoun-
the assistant
at Saint
Francis University. Oxenrider
Lydia Shedden 13
Erdman met
associate at Cargill Wyalusing, a
BU. Stebila
ball
’10s
is
previously spent one year as an
Philadelphia,
Stebila while student
teaching during his
an international
an associate
completed the Steamtown Marathon in
October 2014 with Mike Stebila ’97.
Ernst
student adviser at Ohio University,
where he is an immigration specialist and advises about 800 international students on immigration
is
Kayla Oxenrider 13
Reading. Following
director and assistant director of
Ryan Geiger
the
Gretna. Groff received her master's
York Springs.
Mary Frances Hynoski Helwig’06M
is
associate dean of students and
Philadelphia area, diagnosing,
Sherrol
is
Brittany Groff 'll
is
coach
is
at
last
a teacher
semester
at
assistant coach at Albright College.
beef processing
is
an operations
facility.
and basketStephanie Winters 14
Selinsgrove Area
High School.
is
a full-time
special education teacher with the
Danville Area Middle School.
compliance, academic concerns
Michael Hamlin TO
and cross-cultural adjustment.
basketball coach with Mansfield
is
an assistant
University.
Nardone acquires
East Bay
Correction
MARIO NARDONE ’99, acquired a wealth
management and investment advisory firm
now known as East Bay Financial Services.
East Bay
is
a Registered Investment Advi-
sor which provides portfolio
and financial advice
management
GER\LD
incorrectly identified in the
Husky Notes
Magazine’s Fall 2014 issue.
Strauss
advisory services to financial professionals.
Nardone’s career began with Vanguard
in Valley
Forge before
before he relocated to Charleston,
S.C.,
to serve as chief investment officer
and chief compliance
Financial Concepts.
officer at
He earned
Morris
the
Chartered Financial Analyst designation
in
2003 and serves
Society'
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
section of
Bloomsburg: The University
to individuals, families
and nonprofits, plus consulting and co-
mutual funds
STRAUSS was
H.
as president of CFA
South Carolina.
is
professor emeritus of
English at Bloomsburg University,
where he was on the
1961 to 1993
as assistant
faculty
from
and served many years
department
regret the error.
chair.
We
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VITAL STATISTICS
Obituaries
Marriages
Alan M. Parker '82 and
and Bryan Kauffman, Nov.
2,
2014
Shari Sanger ’02 and Eric Marderness, Oct.
6,
2013
Jen Barkume
’95
Amanda Babb
2013
Julie Fullerton, Dec. 31,
and Omar Porrata,
’04
Carol
McCloughan
Stephanie Gates ’04 and Nathaniel Harrison
Aug.
'03.
2014
8.
’05
Debra Christoffel
2011
4.
and Charles Snyder, June 21, 2014
Sarah Lepley '05 and Brian
May
Driscoll,
N.
Hill
'06
and Ann
Anthony
Hill,
June
21,
2014
'53
May
Keffer '06 and Jessica Sparkes,
Mary Sabatelle Archer 73
’55
Andrew
Higgins ’56
’06
and Erika Sorgule, June
Meredith Michael ’07 and Thad Neidrick, July
Alyssa Madeira '08 and
Tom
DiSalvatore
Philip
74
Damiter
John McCauley 77
2014
5,
2014
Barbara
Jr. ’05,
Brian Mitterling ’08 and Jeana Robertson, Sept.
7,
2013
A. Louise
2014
’61
Sharon Kintzer
Adam
Lynsi Ulsamer ’08 and Jordan Yohn, July 10, 2014
’61
Judith
Jill
’65
Reardon
’96
Shuminski Donovan ’97
Elizabeth
Rutski ’65
Audrey McClure
’84
Dorothy Smith Loyack ’84
’61
Knapp Thomas
George Pekala
’82
’83
Abraham Simon
'61
Christine Harnish Haehnel ’63
Harry Phillips ’08 and Veronica Bruce, July 19, 2014
Jo Kirchhoff
Richard Kowker ’82
Thomas Hunsinger
Joseph Kleczynski
Sept.
8,
Holly
Charles Housenick ’60
2013
4,
4,
’59
Faye Lee Aumiller Rager
2014
77
Cheryl Kleckner
Laura Niehoff Belber
Matthew Lavinia
72
Kathleen Roarty
Charles Ronald Perry ’59
’06 and Brooke Colgan, on Aug. 22,
Mark Kamenetz
72
Nicholas Kindt
2010
10,
Thomas
Justin
72
Lucille Matter Jolin
Douglas Erickson
John Kosoloski
Ashley Childs ’06 and Kleanthis Daras, Oct.
Charles Hess 71
'51
'52
Carl Hinger ’54
2014
31,
’69
George Geise
’52
John Trisko
'68
Jean Cleaver Stank 70
Francis Bidelspach
Kanyuck
’68
Pamela Evans Martin
Anne Magera Rishe
Richard Keyser ’50
Calvin
Arithe Sorber '04 and Benjamin Kline, June
Hilkert ’45
'49
Carson Whitesell
2014
April 12,
’67
Samuel Hand
David Hildenbrand ’67
Frosini ’45
Louise Garard Frontera '49
Jessica Dunmoyer ’03 and Paul McGinnis
Megan Brewington
Fegely ’37
Enzo
Raub
Tonya Kehler
’05
’07
’66
Steffanie Barnhart ’09 and Nathaniel Kimble. Oct. 12, 2013
Births
Holly Bergin '09 and Brian Pitcavage 09, March 22, 2014
Bridget
Bond
'09 and
Gene Ryerson
2014
09. Aug. 23,
Gregory Chomyn
Kelly Bressi ’09 and
James Lesko
Jena Oley 09 and James Nestico
'12.
’09.
May
31.
2014
Erika Strawn Kuntz '99 and husband, Matt, a daughter, Adelyn Hope,
June 21 201
,
Aug. 23, 2014
Jennifer Jones ’10 and John Haefner, June 21, 2014
Nicholas
Katharine Wennell '10 and Phillip Haberek
Mary Ziegler
Lisa Baier
’10 and Bryan
’11
Gushen, July
’09. Oct. 12,
2013
James
’02,
William, Aug. 23,
Lisa Laboskie
’11
'11
and Matthew Ridner
June
’08.
23,
2012
and Matthew Dooley, June 21, 2014
Ashley M. Furman
’12
and Ezra
S.
Papincak
Kelly
Aug.
'12. July 20,
2013
’12
and Andrew McAteer
Alaina Strouse '12 and
Megan Gurecki
’13
Adam
Johnson,
’12,
May
May
17,
31,
2014
2014
and James Jefferson, June 28, 2014
’14 and Nicholas
Ross
’14, July 19,
3,
2014
’04
and husband,
Carl,
a daughter,
Lillian
Moon,
2014
2,
2014
Jackson William, May
19,
'01,
a son,
2014
Stefanie Patches Sanders ’04 and husband, Keith, a son, Sawyer William,
2014
Elizabeth Patches Nati ’05 and husband, Joe, a son, Brandon James,
11,2014
Ashley Childs Daras
to:
a son, Mason Michael, Aug. 27, 2014
Rachelle Simon Rohner ’04 and husband. Bradley Rohner
April
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wife, Erin,
2014
Brennan Durante
July 17,
Amy Thomas
and
Arithe Sorber Kline ’04 and husband, Benjamin, a son, Charles Lee,
June
Amanda Speck
Lillian
Jessica Dunmoyer McGinnis ’03 and husband, Paul, a son, Nicholas
and Kyle Whitford ’10 June 27, 2014
Janelle Grexon
Seier ’01 and wife, Krystel, a daughter, Eleanour
Alexandria, Aug. 25, 2014
Michael Kohan
2014
12,
’96 and wife, Heather, a daughter, Aibhlinn Marie,
Dec. 16, 2012
’06
and husband. Kleanthis, a daughter,
Ellie
Brooke,
Aug. 30, 2013
magazine@bloomu.edu
Brittany Costa Fritz ’10 and husband, Dereck Fritz ’10, a daughter,
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Emalyn Lee, May
Waller Administration Building
Janelle Grexon Ridner
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
May
24,
30.
2014
’11
and husband, Matthew Ridner
’08,
a son, Brayden,
2014
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up
the line
SHOE
BIZ: Vincent Ottomanelli
Salvatore Ferragamo
'88,
CEO and regional director of
— The Americas, spoke to two dozen BU art and
marketing students at the flagship store
Trip.
reunions, networking and special events
in
New York City during a Husky Road
The company visit was offered through BU’s Professional U
initiative.
TOGETHER AGAIN: Shown at Lambda Alpha Mu's reunion last fall,
from
left,
are seated: Diane
Danzer
Gill
78, Roseann Finn Luther 77,
Gill Moore 79,
Ann Kapuschinsky
Diane Abruzzesse Fink 77, Sharon Gettel 78, Melanie
Deb Artz Barry
73, Darlene Clarke Amsler 78,
Roslevich '80 and Sharon Sweinhart Jankauskas 79: and standing: Kathy
Eckenroth 79, Karen Moran Mulrooney
'80,
Brenda Myers Monick
Kushnerick
Herman
’82,
'80,
'81,
Cathie Readdy Wienchek
Rebecca Koppenhaver Kline
Pamela Kirk Kraske
'83,
Karen Reinert Wilkinson 78, Cindy NawTocki Dmochowski
Diana Wells Schaffer
HAPPY EVER AFTER:
'63.
married on
May 31,
and Nancy McFerran Rupert Stackhouse
Rosenbaum
The couple
left,
'62, Lisa
Stackhouse Bankus
May 2013 and were
2014, at Eldersburg, Md. Joining in the celebration
were, standing from
28
Gar)- ‘63
seated, reunited at their 50-year class reunion in
Don Rosenbaum
Stackhouse Good
'65,
Joanne Shafer
'62,
'90,
Mary Ellen Goodbrod
Donald Denick
Pileski '64
resides in Forest, Va.
BLOOMSBL RG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
'63,
Joan
and Don Poust
'63.
'81.
'80,
Pam Hazen
Nancy
Figard
'83
and
'81,
WITH THANKS: Stanley and Beverly Oberrender of Bloomsburg presented a sculpture to BU’s nursing
department to honor
five students
following a collision near
campus
— now graduates — who came to the rescue when their car burst into flames
in
August 2013. Shown from
President David Soltz. Others
PREVIEW DAY:
District:
Steve Carr
left,
Cheryl Latorre
Brian Case
’97,
’87,
'80,
superintendent, Danville Area School
manager of academic
relations,
PPL
Corp.;
CPA, manager of audit and accounting, Kreisher
and
Miller,
left
are the sculpture artist Jef McGreevy, Stanley
Thomas Machovec ’14 and BU
who assisted were Nicole Slagle 14, Jacob Ribecky 14 and David Arnold.
and Beverly Oberrender, students involved
rescue James Gould T4 and
in the
FRIENDS FROM
’89:
Alumni from the Class of 1989, who have been getting
together every year since graduation, posed for a
from
talked to freshmen about the value of internships and job shadowing
during Welcome Week.
mini-reunion at Lake Hopatcong,
N.J.
From
left
selfie
during their 25th
are Tina LaGreca, Sue
Dougherty, Michelle Garrity Nolan, Monique Manning Heffner and Sherri
Shuman
Kreisher.
HOMECOMING VOLUNTEERS: Alumni and friends of BU who
WELCOME BACK: Among hundreds of alumni attending the Homecoming
volunteered
Tent Party
included, from
Ellzy
last fall
were, from
left,
10 and Stephanie Devaughn
Tiana
10.
Patillo ’09, Asia
Burnett
'09, Felicia
Nori Lewis,
at
the
BU
left,
BU Alumni Association’s Homecoming Tent Party
Diane Steckel; Mark Steckel
Foundation; Barbara Willders
'93; Juli
'83;
Miller '92;
and Mary
Braccilli ’90.
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over THE shoulder
Dancing for a Good Cause
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER, UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
FROM 27 COUPLES at its start, two dancers remained on
floor after 86
hours and one minute to win Bloomsburg’s
the
first
Subsequent marathons were typically held
in late
January
or early February and organized around a particular theme.
theme was the United
dance marathon, originally organized as a fundraiser for the
In 1976, for example, the
American Cancer
Bicentennial and the marathon was limited to 50 hours in
Society'.
Breaking the world record of 84.5
hours established by the Guinness Book of World Records, the
exhausted couple,
Manny Santayana and
received $300 and
gifts
from
Sherry Warmkessel,
local merchants, while the
Can-
cer Society’s local chapter received approximately $6,000.
The marathon
was expected
to
that began in
Kehr Union on
end on Sunday, Jan.
26. but
Jan. 24, 1975,
continued on for
two more days. Rules designated each dancer’s body must be
moving
the
The
at all times,
floor,
with only their hands and feet touching
and couples had
definition of dancing
to
dance 50 minutes of every hour.
was
loose, since the contestants
States
duration, one for each state, to avoid serious injuries.
Contestants began the marathon dressed
answered
historical trivia questions
prizes based
on money
raised and
in
costumes. They
and were
number
eligible for
of hours danced.
Dancers received longer breaks than the year before and
could take a shower after 30 hours.
Originally an independent event, the
a service project
marathon became
sponsored by the Program Board. By 1978,
33 contestants completed 50 hours of dancing in front of an
estimated 1,500 spectators
Room and
in
Kehr Union’s Multipurpose
more than $9,000 for the American Diabetes
sometimes played cards or threw a Frisbee. Local bands played
music and Scranton Commons and local businesses provided
Association. In addition to the endurance contests, the
food and beverages.
marathons began
30
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
raised
to include
one or two 12-hour mini-
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the right foreground are
interviewed by a reporter
Participants
in
1975.
some
records played by the
danced
in
costume
at the
campus
radio station.
1976 Bicentennial-themed marathon held
the Kehr Union.
marathons. The theme of the smaller events
School. Local hands continued to perform, supplemented
The 60s with couples competing
by music from the campus radio
the Frug, Jerk, Limbo,
in contests
Mashed Potato and
in 1978 was
where they danced
A variety of charities benefited from the proceeds over
the years, including the Easter Seals Society in 1979, the
year the marathon was held in Centennial
balloons
in 1980; the
Multiple Sclerosis Fund in 1981, and the American Red Cross
classmates,
maximum
who pledged
Much
of the
5 or 10 cents an
money came from
hour up
and high school students; of the
registrants in 1983, 77
of
in 1985,
ceiling.
the dance marathon was limited
one 10-hour mini-marathon.
20 dancers
Program Board-sponsored event
Participation began to decline, with just
participating in the final
in 1987.
Although interest lessened
marathons held from 1975
In addition to college students, entrants included local
marathon
from the
to 25 hours in length, with
to a
of 20 hours.
residents, senior citizens
fell
Beginning
first
Gym: the Mental
Health Society of Columbia and Montour Counties
- Bloomsburg Chapter in 1982.
station’s large collection
records and, at the completion of each successful marathon,
Twist.
to benefit charitable causes.
171
came from Bloomsburg High
University wanted to
...
and they
at the end, the 13
to 1987 raised
make
The
dance
more than $80,000
students at Bloomsburg
a difference while
having fun
did. •
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2015
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calendar
Academic Calendar
SPRING 2015
Take 6
Senior Exit
Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
The 25th Anniversary Tour
April
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
Thursday, April 2, 8 p.m.
Reception: April 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Spring Break Begins
Spring Orchestra Concert
Mitrani Hall
Monday, March 9
Sunday, April 12, 2:30 p.m.
$30
Haas Center
adults/$15 children and
&
daisy
Monday, March 16
Guitar Ensemble Concert
Classes End
Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 17,
Haas Center
Carver Hall
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$25
Percussion Ensemble Concert
May 5
Tuesday,
Haas Center
BU
Friday,
7:30
May 9
SUMMER
I:
Session
II:
& BU
June 29 - Aug. 7
III:
at
Concert Band
performances are
Sunday, April 19, 2:30 p.m.
are $6; seniors
Haas Center
$4.
Sunday,
28
Alumni and Students
formances are
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
recommended
Wednesday,
April
Networking Reception
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 5
to
7 p.m.
Pine Barn Inn, Danville
BU
7:30 p.m.; Sunday
at
3 p.m. Adult
tickets
All-Athletics
Alumni Day
Saturday, April 18
and non-BU students are
students and
CGA
cardhold-
Performing Arts Box Office, located
Knoebels Amusement Resort
May 18 - June 26
(800) 526-0254
atum@btoomu.edu.
Husky Leadership Summit
students
ers are free. Tickets are available at the
Aug. 7
Affairs office at
to
contact the
Thursday, Friday and Saturday per-
Bloomsburg
St.,
2015
May 18 -
for details
Gross Auditorium
S.
adults/$12 kids
for adult audiences. All
Alumni Weekend
Friday to Sunday, April
25
to
27
in
the lobby of the Haas Center for the Arts,
Pops Concert
Session
Alumni
or
productions are generally
pm
Presbyterian Church,
345 Market
Session
7:30 p.m.
Bloomsburg University Players theatre
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
register. For information,
Saturday, Feb.
Choirs Spring Concert
First
www.btoomuatumni.com
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Friday, April 17,
Commencement
May 8
Graduate
Alumni Events
on these and additional events or
Theatre
May 9
Saturday,
mayhem
Thursday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
End
Finals
students
American musical group
Kenneth
Finals Begin
BU
Visit
Rani Arbo
21 to
for the Arts
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Resume
Monday, May 4
Show
May 9
Women’s Choral Ensemble
Haas Center
Classes
Activities and Events
26, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
or at the door days of the performance.
Knoebels Amusement Resort, Elysburg
www.bloomu.edu/buplayers-current.
BU Community
The Nosemaker’s Apprentice
Special Events
Homecoming Weekend
Concerts
Listed events are
open to the public
Orchestra
Symphony Ball
Saturday, May 2, 6
free of charge. For information
p.m.
March
and
4286.
All
or call
570-389-
programs, dates, times and
locations are subject to change.
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Events
in
the
Haas Center
Thursday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
2014-15
and Carver
Celebrity Artist
Haas Center
Kenneth
S.
Gross
box
office at
570-389-
or visit www.cas.buzz. Programs
St.
123 Market
St.,
Bloomsburg
Haas Center
for
April 1, 2, 6,
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Wednesday,
BU
students
For the latest information on
Fifth
7 p.m.
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
26 and 27
for the Arts
Times
to
be announced
Exhibitions
in
the Haas Gallery of Art are
to the public
and
more information,
free of charge.
gallery hours
Sunday, March 29, 8 p.m.
btoomu.edu/art/haas.html.
Leah Schreiber Johnson, Printmaker
children and
BU
students
Feb. 10 to
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
March 12
Reception: Feb 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Student
7:30 p.m.
and
reception times, visit http: I/departments.
for the Arts
$45 adults/$22
Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium
32
upcoming events, check the
Bloomsburg University website
www.bloomu.edu.
Ensemble Dance Minor Concert
For
Husky Singers
Friday, April 10,
Annual Repertory
& Hyde
National Broadway Tour
Mitrani Hall
April 8,
7:30 p.m.
Art Exhibits
children and
Jekyll
Haas Center
Guest Guitar Recital
7,
Lab Theatre/Bookstore Annex
the Arts
Mitrani Hall
Jazz Fest
Haas Center
One-Act Plays
Student-written and -directed projects
open
April 1, all-day event
20
Bloomsburg
Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 p.m.
$30 adults/$15
Wednesday,
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to
Mitrani Hall
Argentine tango, Song of Eva Peron
Matthew Lutheran Church,
St.,
Haas Center
Tango Buenos Aires
Sunday, March 22, 2:30 p.m.
Center
Original
April
and dates are subject to change.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Chamber Orchestra
Parents and Family
3 p.m.
1,
Auditorium. For information and to order
4409
Friday, Feb. 27, all-day event
the
in
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall,
Hall,
tickets, call the
Stringposium
7:30 p.m.
Celebrity Artist Series
Series season will be presented
Honors Recital
to 28,
Alvina Krause Theatre,
additional events, see http://departments.
bloomu.edu/music
25
Feb.
Danville Elks
and
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 16 to 18
by Nick Jones and Rachel Shukert
Show
March 26
to April
14
Reception: March 26, 6 to 8 p.m.
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Alzheimer’s:
Not Normal Aging
The
5
million patients,
15.5 million caregivers. Page
toll:
10
ALSO INSIDE
Melody, of Healing
Music’s invisible touch balances mind, body,
spirit.
Page 18
Engine of Opportunity and Growth
BU
dollars
weave through commonwealth’s
fabric.
Page 20
From the President
State of the University
EACH SPRING, I host a breakfast meeting to update local leaders of business,
industry and government on the State of the University. Based on information
from
a recent study
this year
I
was
by Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI),
able to quantify our institution’s positive impact.
The EMSI survey looked
from 2012-13 and found
at figures
in that year alone
to the economy of
And our benefit extends
Bloomsburg University added more than $350 million
Northeastern Pennsylvania. (See story on page 20.)
beyond our region
...
of the state, from helping to create a
attracts
new businesses and
is
more productive workforce
to serving as a
magnet that
industry.
For companies planning to open a
decision
far
and beyond dollars and cents. Bloomsburg University touches every corner
new plant or expand
existing facilities, a crucial part of this
based on which area offers the best workforce. With
this in
mind,
we have partnered
— Lehigh Carbon, Reading Area, HACC and Northampton — to
offer our Bachelor of Applied Science in Technical Leadership on their campuses. We also
with four community colleges
welcome
programs
gifted high school students to our
in particular are
we hope will
stay
on
at
campus
for a
head
start
on
their college studies.
Two
meeting the needs of these high-achieving students, many of whom
Bloomsburg to pursue
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
their bachelor’s degrees
— our growing Science,
(STEM) Magnet Program and our dual-admission
Advance College Experience (ACE) program.
We have been encouraged by the renewed commitment to education funding from our new
governor,
Tom Wolf. Although we cannot predict the outcome
way through the legislative
process,
it is
as his
proposed budget makes
refreshing to be part of a discussion that
its
may bring a level
many years.
of funding Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education has not experienced in
The
vitality of
here.
our region
relies
Bloomsburg University
is
on the strength of our university and those who study and work
a
tremendous asset
for Northeastern Pennsylvania.
economic impact study confirms what we have known
all
The new
along.
DAVID SOLTZ
President,
Editor's note:
Bloomsburg University
BE President David Soltz regularly offers his opinions on issues in higher
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Alzheimer’s: Not Normal Aging
The
statistics.
Day
’93,
The warning signs.
Claire
senior vice president of the
Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley
Chapter, says there’s no reason to face
age-related dementia alone.
14
Maturing Gracefully
What does it mean to be “elderly?”
Courses on aging help dispel
stereotypes.
17
What Have Learned:
Work and Identity
I
Lowe marvels
Professor Scott
we
18
how
at
define ourselves.
Melody
Healing
of
Played in health care and hospice
musical selections by Terri
settings,
Matkosky Fevang
20
body and
spirit.
Engine
of
’86 balance
mind,
Opportunity
and Growth
It’s
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Chancellor, State System
President, Bloomsburg University
of Higher Education
David
L.
Soltz
Frank T. Brogan
Executive Editor
Bloomsburg University
Rosalee Rush
Ronald G. Henry. Vice Chair
Council of Trustees
Editor
David M. Maser. Vice Chair
Patrick Wilson '91
Bonnie Martin
Richard Alloway
Mary Jane Bowes, Vice Chair
Photography Editor
Nancy Vasta '9WS8M, Secretary
Eric Foster
of
Governors
Guido M.
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Chair
Pichini.
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Ramona
Chair
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H. Alley
Robert
Sarah Galbally
LaRoy G. Davis
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Phillips
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SPRING 2015
1
Saxophonist Charlie Bryant, a senior music major from Philadelphia,
rehearses with the Bloomsburg University Jazz Ensemble. The
ensemble
— made up of 25 musicians - will perform
in
Stephen Clickard, professor
music and director
for Visual
and Performing
students majoring
in
of
Arts, the Jazz
music and other
Ensemble
49th
of
is
BU’s Center
made up
of
disciplines. To earn the invitation
to perform at the festival, Clickard submitted a
of the group performing.
at the
Switzerland this July. Led by
annual Montreux Jazz Festival
20-minute recording
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Of this World: An
THERE IS BLOOMSBURG, the town.
Bloomsburg, the university.
Bloomsburg, the asterioid.
Thanks
And now,
is
named
for the
Hartline family: Keffer, a 1920
teacher
gested the designation “Bloomsburg”
Astronomical
to the International
of astronomers responsible for the
BNS
who retired in 1935; and his
who also taught at
for
to Bloomsburg University and the
hometown ofH.K. Hartline (1903-
Shepard
1983),
“Asteroids are often
things people
says.
“Those
want
who
named
to honor,”
discover an asteroid
have the right to name
mythology or honor
he
says.
An asteroid
Mauna Kea on
Sept. 14, 2006.
He sug-
name
Ra- Shalom to memorialize the
in
in
2008 with
an asteroid of his own, Mikeshepard.
International Astronomical
Union’s citation states: Michael
female pioneer in planetary science,
for example, carries the
winner of the Nobel Prize
Physiology or Medicine in 1967.
The
scientists,
countries, musicians, artists or
historic events,
citation reads:
Shepard was honored
it.”
the normal school.
discovered the asteroid at Hawaii’s
Asteroid 397279 Bloomsburg’s
earlier this year.
discovered by Eleanor Helin, an early
Joe Masiero, a scientist with the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in California,
not permitted.
The town of
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, is home
mother, Harriet,
Shepard’s friend and colleague
Commercial names and the
monikers of modern politicians are
Israel.
names of objects and features within
the solar system. They approved it
Many asteroid names come from
Bloomsburg Normal School (BNS)
graduate; his father, Daniel, a
known as Bloomsburg
Union, the professional organization
Michael Shepard, chair
of environmental, geographical and
geological sciences, an asteroid was
named in honor of the town, the
university and the hometown of
H. Keffer Hartline, who shared the
1967 Nobel Prize for Medicine. BU’s
to
science building
asteroid
Shepard (b. 1962), a professor of
geology and geosciences at Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania,
specializes in radar
Camp
David Peace Accords signed by
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and
Prime Minister Menachem Begin of
and optical
remote sensing of the minor and the
terrestrial planets. •
SPRING 2015
3
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
New
First
Division
Endowed
Professorship
BREINERS SUPPORT NURSING DOCTORAL PROGRAM
FLETCHER NAMED VICE PRESIDENT
TOM FLETCHER has been
named
vice president for
management and dean of extended
strategic enrollment
programs, leading the university’s
new division,
Strategic
Enrollment Management.
Formerly associate vice
president and dean for extended
programs, Fletcher joined
Bloomsburg
in
2005.
He
previously served in
administrative roles at Lehigh Carbon
Community
College,
Luzerne County Community College and McCann School of
Business and Technology. He earned bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from Penn State.
The new
division
encompasses recruitment and
From
Shaw
left:
’10;
Julie
and Ed Breiner;
A GIFT OF
enrollment, including admissions, financial aid, registrar
and institutional research, as well as distance education and
web-based instruction, extended programs, corporate and
continuing education, off-campus programs, Advance
College Experience (ACE), summer college, winter session
and global and multicultural education. •
their daughter,
$1.9
light coating of snow
hamper the Community Government Associadidn’t
Big Event from having
another record turnout, with
more than
2,275 volunteers
working at 150 job
Edward and Julianne
first endowed
Miller Breiner established the university’s
professorship in support of an exceptional teacher,
mentor and
leader.
The
couple, both
members
of the
Class of 1977, set up the professorship within the
Department of Nursing, specifically in support of
BU’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice.
of Nursing creates a
used for research, conferences,
CHILLY TEMPERATURES
tion’s
Amanda
new
senior faculty position, with additional funding to be
RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS TURN OUT
and a
their niece,
Ficca.
MILLION to the Bloomsburg
University Foundation from
The Breiner Professorship
Really Big Event
Martha Rudi;
and nursing department chairperson Michelle
sites.
Locations included the
Bloomsburg Diner, YMCA,
Fernville Park and about
travel,
software and
equipment or other professional expenses.
“We
gift
talked with university officials about
could make
ways our
BU a stronger university,” says Julie
“With the health profession, there is a
make a huge impact as far as healing
and caring. Nursing really resonated with us.”
Breiner.
potential to
“For Bloomsburg University, there is no stronger
endorsement of our mission and the lifelong impact
we have on our students than the support of our
alumni,” says BU President David Soltz. “The Breiner
Professorship of Nursing enables us to bring in a
member who will
scholarly senior faculty
chores, such as raking, painting, gardening, mulching, debris
Doctor of Nursing Practice, grow the program through
research, teaching and innovation and mentor the next
removal and other spring-cleaning duties.
The
single-day
community service event gives students
the opportunity to say “thank you” to Bloomsburg area
residents and
show appreciation
for their
from home. •
4
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
home away
lead our
new
100 local residences. Student volunteers tackled a host of
generation of nursing professionals.”
The Breiners previously established
for students in the College of Business
Science and Technology. •
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and College of
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look forward to hearing from you. •
Soltz.
Good
MILLERS ESTABLISH DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP
Resource Grant
MARY KATHERINE DUNCAN,
PITT
professor of psychology,
first
is
BU’s
Joan and Fred Miller
Distinguished Professor of Good
Work. The Millers established the
three-year, renewable distinguished
professorship with a blended gift
of $500,000 to the Bloomsburg
University Foundation. Joan Miller
is
a
BU professor emeritus of nursing;
her husband
a physician
“The distinguished professor
will
creatively choose options that will
enhance student and faculty learning
and experiences, enabling faculty
to advance as educators and
encouraging students to advance as
leaders in a chosen profession.”
Miller has been involved in the
Good Work
Initiative at
BU, a project
focused on student excellence, ethics
“Young people entering professional life all aspire to do good work,
and engagement. Duncan, originator
of the BU Toy Library and a member
of the BU Honors Program Advisory
Committee, also is part of the BU
but they find challenges,” says Miller.
Good Work
is
specializing in dermatology.
RESEARCHES
SALAMANDERS’ HABITAT
AMBER PITT, assistant professor of biological and allied health
science,
was awarded
a
Wild
Resource Conservation Grant of
$38,463 from the Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources to examine
the effect of land-use regimes on
hellbender habitat and population persistence in Pennsylvania.
Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis) are large, long-
Initiative. •
lived, aquatic
salamanders that
inhabit highly oxygenated, fast-
Ready
to
Rock
FACULTY, STUDENTS
MAP
GEOLOGICAL FEATURES
AS PART OF the U.S.
Geological
Survey’s StateMap program,
McLaurin
mapping the geology of central
and eastern Pennsylvania. The
associate professor Brett
flowing streams and rivers in the
eastern United States. Hellbend-
sediment
and chemical contamination of
streams, and degrading habitat
has resulted in sharp declines in
population. This research will
ers are sensitive to
silt,
reveal the current distribution of
is
primary objective of the StateMap
program is to establish the geologic framework of areas that are vital to the
welfare of individual states. Recently, McLaurin mapped a 1,000 foot deep
well that was drilled north of Williamsport. He and a group of BU students
brought back to campus a 1,000-foot rock core to describe and catalog for
hellbenders in an area that has
undergone dramatic land use
changes and provide information
that can be used as the basis of
management and conservation
decisions.
the project. •
SPRING 2015
5
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around
Black
Steph
America
in
Pettit
Stadium
BU OFFICIALLY DEDICATES
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN BRINGS TOUR TO BU
ON UPPER CAMPUS
FIELD
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, journalist and CNN
personality, brought her Black in
tour to
America
BU for a conversation focused on
how policing impacts lives. Her interactive
presentation included insights from
rights leader
civil
Benjamin Jealous and labor
economist Julianne Malveaux, along with
a
Skype discussion with actress/song-
Carmen
writer
Perez.
“Young people of all colors are more
inclusive in terms of race today,” O’Brien
says.
“But progress has been uneven.
Fewer than half of U.S.
citizens believe
Shown from
left
athletic director;
blacks are fairly treated.” •
and
at the dedication are
BU
Mike McFarland,
President David Soltz; Steph Pettit;
Erik Evans, vice president for university
advancement.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY celebrated a
ASBMB
BAS-TL Times 2
HACC, NORTHAMPTON TO
lifelong
Pettit
All-Athletic
Accreditation
BU
TWO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
THE DEPARTMENT of Chemistry
FIRST
IN
STATE SYSTEM
and Biochemistry received a three-
offer the Bachelor of Applied Science in
year provisional accreditation from
Technical Leadership at their campuses.
the American Society of Biochemis-
HACC,
try
Central Pennsylvania’s
ty College,
Communi-
and Northampton Community
program.
BU is
the
in fall 2015.
State
System of Higher Education
ships for both
to be
awarded an ASBMB
The program, known as BAS-TL, enables community college graduates who
have earned associate’s degrees in applied
BU bachelor’s
degree program at the community college
campus. The degree program provides
the skills and training needed to enter
management positions,
including communication, collaboration,
first
Improvements
“I
ship and educational goals.
ASBMB
evaluators praised the program for
“strong experiential learning and
offer BU’s
BAS-TL
•
and
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
want
all
our coaches and student-
athletes to have the opportunity to
come
BU as well as compete at an outstanding
venue,” says Pettit. “I spent a lot of my time
where
this
stadium stands
when
it
was
a prac-
tice football field, so this area is special to
performance and learning objectives in individual courses.” •
Pettit
founded Clean Earth Systems
me.”
in
1993 and has seen the company grow into a
nationwide distributor of hazardous waste
containers.
Fla.,
6
have a passion for Bloomsburg University
I
extensive lab experiences, excel-
thorough assessment of student
also
to the field
is
to
learning into the curriculum, and
—
facil-
hockey, men’s and women’s
faculty scholar-
management and
Two other community colleges —
wind screens and scoreboard. The
soccer and women’s lacrosse teams.
lent integration of inquiry-based
conflict resolution.
which was
new field
with seating for more than 700 fans,
BU’s biochemistry program was
facilities,
to the stadium,
constructed in 2006, include the
home
rated on factors including research
laboratory
Redman
Stadium.
ity,
accreditation.
also
Campaign and
contributed to the banner project at
university in Pennsylvania’s
leadership, workplace diversity, project
Lehigh Carbon and Reading Area
football for
men and women. He was
co-chair of BU’s First and Goal
turf,
supervisory or
who played
first
member
the Huskies, contributed $1 million toward
and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
for the biochemistry
College will host the program beginning
science to complete the
Pettit, a
stadium improvements and athletic scholar-
BU to
recently entered agreements with
Alumni Day.
of the Class of 1989
OFFER DEGREE PROGRAM
IS
Husky with the dedication of Steph
Stadium during the university’s
The company, based
in
Tampa,
operates 12 warehouses across the U.S. •
ON THE HILL
Senior Rachel Brooker,
left,
and
junior Caroline
sports
Hodgins earned
trips to the
NCAA
Division
II
National
Swimming Championships
this year for the Huskies.
IN THE POOL, Rachel Brooker and Caroline Hodgins
swim different events but share a similar story: neither
200- and 1000-free and earning honorable mention
American in 500- and 1000-free events.
started her collegiate career with the Huskies.
The pair agrees Marvin is a big reason for their success.
“Coach Marvin has a great outlook,” says Brooker, who
graduates this year. “I never wanted to succeed as much
Brooker, a butterfly specialist, began at
New Jersey’s
Rider University, transferring after seeing the success her
sister, Kelsey, had at BU. Hodgins, a freestylist and
daughter of Ted ’89 and Christine O’Rourke Hodgins ’88,
started at Maryland’s Towson University but transferred
older
to
BU looking for a better balance between academics,
athletics
and
social
of Stu Marvin 78.
together,
under the coaching
Now success binds them.
At the recent NCAA Division II Championship meet the
duo broke several school records and earned All-America
honors. Brooker, a psychology major from Stevens, be-
came
someone
had no
like I did for
a two-time All-American after finishing fifth in the
him.
Coming here showed me
I
limits in the water.”
“Rachel and Caroline have been awesome additions
to
our program,” says Marvin, the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
life.
Swimming brought them
for
All-
Women’s Swimming Coach
of the
“Both came away from their previous teams a little
disillusioned with the sport but have found new life here
at BU. They easily transitioned onto the team, primarily
because of their familiarity with the university. Having
that level of comfort allowed Rachel and Caroline to fall in
love with the sport all over again.” •
Year.
200-fly and seventh in the 100-fly. Hodgins, an exercise
science major from Schwenksville, broke two of the oldest
Bloomsburg records, lowering marks
Tom McGuire is sports information director.
set in 1986 in the
SPRING 2015
7
Women’s Basketball
Makes Another ‘Sweet’ Run
FOR THE SECOND
Top Coaches
HEAD COACHES Bernie
Empie, women’s cross
country, and Stu Marvin
straight
season, the
women’s basketball
team made
a
’78, women’s swimming,
were named Pennsylvania
deep postseason
State Athletic Conference
run, reaching the national
Sweet
16 of the
(PSAC) Coach of the Year
NCAA
Tournament. It’s
the first time the Huskies have
reached the national Sweet 16
Division
in
The Huskies advanced to the
Champion-
Atlantic Regional
Game
after
NCAA Tourna-
ment wins over Gannon,
81-76,
and Shepherd, 85-69. Bloomsburg battled to the wire in the
regional
falling in
national
title
contest before
its fifth
fin-
Regionals and the PSAC Championships.
Bloomsburg also won the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) D-II Championships
and ranked 21st in the final national D-II poll.
tic
Marvin guided the Huskies
to a second-
place finish at
PSAC
Championships, just
72-69.
five
years after finishing ninth
straight outright Pennsylvania State
at the event.
During the
2014-15 season, the Huskies
finishing the season 26-5.
Seniors Marla Simmons, Lebanon, and Jocelyn Ford, Ithaca,
to the Atlantic
Huskies
— the highest finish for a PSAC school
and tied with the best finish ever for a BU
team — and second at both the NCAA Atlan-
Athletic Conference Eastern Division regular season championship,
were named
after the
NCAA D-II National Champi-
overtime to eventual
champion California University of Pennsylvania,
Bloomsburg won
Empie was honored
ished 14th at the
onships
back-to-back years.
ship
in their sports.
II
posted a dual meet record
N.Y.,
of
Region All-Tournament Team.
8-1,
the team’s best
mark
since the 1992-93 season,
Simmons also was named PSAC East Athlete of the Year and newcomer Camden Boehner, Gettysburg, earned PSAC Freshman of the
Year accolades. Head coach Bill Cleary was named PSAC East Coach
of the Year. Ford picked up Second Team All-PSAC East recognition
established 14 school records and had 46
new
top 10 times. Bloomsburg was also ranked
nationally, earning a No. 13 ranking
from
collegeswimming.com. •
along with redshirt junior Adreana Sadowski, Fleetwood. •
Cleary,
Simmons Earn
WBCA
Honors
THE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
COACHES ASSOCIATION (WBCA)
honored head coach Bill Cleary and senior
Marla Simmons for their efforts during
the 2014-15 season.
Cleary was
named WBCA Atlantic
Region Coach of the Year and a finalist for
National Coach of the Year after guiding
the Huskies to a 26-5 overall record and
a 20-2
mark
against
PSAC
competition.
Simmons, who has helped the team to 102
wins in four seasons, was named an honorable mention All-America selection by the
WBCA. She will graduate with the most
victories of any player in program history
after powering the Huskies with a team
high 14.4 points per game this year. •
8
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Strong Start
Southcott Repeats
HANNAH BOUDREAU was named
as Champion Scholar
the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) Women’s Cross
Country Freshman of the Year.
Boudreau, of Hampstead, Md., earned
All-American honors after finishing
35th at the NCAA Division II National Championships
in Louisville, Ky. During the season she received NCAA
All-Region honors by finishing sixth at the regional race
and picked up All-PSAC honors with a 15th-place finish
at the PSAC Championships. Boudreau was also sixth
at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Division II Championships, third at the Husky
Invitational and eighth at Slippery Rock University. •
Field
Hockey
Recognized
for
Academics
THE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM was
recognized
excellence
last fall for
academic
— a team GPA of 3.0 or better — by the
National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Bloomsburg
was one of nine Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
(PSAC) schools presented with the Division
Academic Team Award.
II
National
In addition, sophomore Samantha Peters was named
one of the Division II Scholars of Distinction. Players
selected to the team achieved a cumulative GPA of
3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 201415 academic year. Peters, of Yeagertown, was one of 24
student-athletes to receive the award from the PSAC. •
Junior Nicole Southcott,
Chesick, earned
left,
shown with PSAC Associate Commissioner
PSAC Women’s
second consecutive
Basketball
Champion Scholar honors
Carlin
for the
JUNIOR NICOLE SOUTHCOTT earned the title of 2015
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women’s
Basketball
achieved
Champion
Scholar, repeating the
honor she
last season.
The Champion Scholar
is
awarded
to the student-
athlete with the highest grade point average at each of
the league’s 23 championship finals
Downingtown,
Football’s
year.
is
sites. Southcott, from
an early childhood/special education
major.
She continues a Bloomsburg tradition. Other studenthonor are: Jerrin Toomey, football,
2014; Aubrey Bossert, women’s lacrosse, 2012 and 2013;
Bryce Shaffer, men’s soccer, 2012; and Tim Dorsch, men’s
swimming, 2012-13. •
athletes earning the
Winning Season
THE FOOTBALL TEAM had a season to remember
winning another Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) East title and reaching the national
quarterfinals. The Huskies capped their 11-2 season by
receiving the 2014 Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC) Lambert Meadowlands Award at the annual
ECAC Awards Banquet at MetLife Stadium in East
in 2014,
Rutherford, N.J.
It marks the third time in school history that the
Huskies have received the Lambert Award, joining
the 1985 and 2000 teams.
Bloomsburg has 142 victories over the past 15 years,
more than any other Super Region One team. Only
three Division II teams nationwide have more wins
during that span. •
SPRING 2015
9
:
Alzheimer’s
Not Normal Aging
COLON
By WILLIE
From former President Ronald Reagan and entertainer Glen Campbell to the
fictional Alice Howland portrayed by actress Julianne Moore in the film, Still
Alice Alzheimer’s disease steals a lifetime of memories
,
for oneself.
There
is
disease,”
and don’t wait to get help. Those
are the twin neon-flashing-light
messages that Claire Day ’93 comes
back to again and again when she
to
ways
a
whole commu-
for people to feel supported.
“Alzheimer’s
is
a disease that will
progress to 24-hour care,” she adds.
Americans
“It’s
not something people should
are living with this deadly disease,
take on without a care team.
which mostly affects those 65 and
older. As the Baby Boomer generation
ages, those numbers are projected to
skyrocket. There is no cure, but there
is help. And the sooner you look for
to
help, the better, says Day, the senior
vice president of the Alzheimer’s
Association, Delaware Valley Chapter.
For one thing, there are more
treat-
ment options that can delay the onset
of symptoms for those in the early
stages of Alzheimer’s, a neurodegenerative disease that
makes up 60
to
80
percent of dementia cases.
Early detection also benefits the
estimated 15.5 million caregivers.
“Families tend to say things
‘That’s just
ize,”
Aunt
Jenny.’
Day says. “But
like,
We rational-
early diagnosis
allows for better planning, such as
conversations about future care and
completing a living will.”
Reaching out early can help people
avoid another common problem.
“This can be a very isolating
need
It’s
OK
Day became
interested in
from Bloomsburg. Her
first social
work job was at a continuing care
retirement community in Central
Pennsylvania that bucked the status
quo of the early
by creating a
special unit for those with dementia.
’90s
She also began volunteering for
which trained her to run a monthly
support group. “The more I got
involved as a volunteer, the more I
wanted to advocate for change in the
dementia field,” Day says. “Now I get
do that every
day.”
Her work with the
association also
helped her understand one basic fact:
Alzheimer’s is not normal aging. “We
shouldn’t lose the ability to
between
comb, or the
words,”
a
a car
ability to
tell
the
key and a
use
common
when
woman called, worried that she
might be
disease.
in the early stages of the
Her concern was justified.
“She called because she opened the
freezer and found a tape dispenser,”
Day says. “She spent
10 minutes
on someone else,
but she lived alone and finally
realized, ‘There’s no one who could
have done this but me.’ ”
it
Memory loss and
are
two of the
first
misplacing things
signs that there
could be a problem. Other early
warning signs include difficulty
completing familiar tasks, confusion
with time or place, and changes in
mood
or personality'.
But Day
the Alzheimer’s Association,
difference
staffing the national
Alzheimer’s helpline years ago
trying to blame
help.”
Alzheimer’s soon after graduating
to
Day recalls
Day says. “Caregivers need
know that there’s
nity of people out there, that there are
talks about Alzheimer’s.
5 million
ability to care
no cure.
DON’T GO THROUGH IT ALONE
More than
and the
forgetting
is
quick to note that
where you
left
the car keys
shouldn’t automatically send you
scrambling for the helpline number.
Instead, be alert to changes in an
individual’s
normal behavior.
“If my mother forgets a name, that’s
no surprise to me. She’s never been
good with names,” Day explains. “But
if she can’t do a crossword puzzle,
then I would get worried because
she can finish The New York Times
crossword.”
Day says.
CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE
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11
As the disease progresses, the
initial
person needs more and more help,
such as reminders to do basic tasks
and step-by-step instructions for how
to make a meal. Behavior changes also
are
common, including a potential
for
promise. However, there
is
some optimism surrounding research
on early intervention and treatment
for people
with no symptoms.
is
another bright spot.
wandering and increased aggression
that Day says is often caused by an
unmet need. “The challenge is
figuring out what that need is,”
we do is help people
understand why this needs to be such
she says.
funds, and provides a
“Part of what
a priority,”
Day says. The
association
helps raise awareness and research
wide range
of resources and support tools for
The
statistics
on Alzheimer’s ring
alarm bells on multiple
One
levels.
— or
— have Alzheim-
in nine seniors over 65
roughly
11
percent
Almost two-thirds of Americans
with Alzheimer’s are women, mainly
for a simple reason. “The biggest risk
factor is age,” Day says, “and women
er’s.
But even younger people get
Alzheimer’s: an estimated 200,000
Americans under 65 are living with
the disease.
The strain on the health care system and the nation’s economy is enormous. According to the
New England
Journal of Medicine, Alzheimer’s is
already the nation’s costliest disease.
One
report estimates that, given the
current trajectory,
it
will cost $20.8
over the next 36 years to pay
for care, with Medicare bearing the
trillion
brunt of that
It’s
cost.
also the sixth leading cause of
death in the
U.S., killing
more people
than breast and prostate cancer
combined. Average life expectancy
after diagnosis is about eight to
12 years.
“What typically ends the life of
someone with Alzheimer’s is what the
disease does to other systems in the
body,”
Day explains. For example,
the disease progresses, a person
as
may
lose the ability to control swallowing.
This can lead to fluid build-up in the
lungs, causing
pneumonia and,
often,
death.
So where
is
nately, recent
the hope? Unfortudrug trials for new
treatments are falling short of their
12
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
and
a federal
effectively treat Alzheimer’s
“While
we
don’t have the estimated
$2 billion a year
we need
to get treatment
by 2025,” Day
“we
for research
says,
are seeing that researchers and
more
They are making changes
the government are paying
attention.
we
hadn’t seen in previous decades.”
Of course, everyone
is
Along with its year-round
work, the group organizes the Walk to
End Alzheimer’s, which takes place in
more than 600 locations — including
Bloomsburg — and participates in
brain.
National Alzheimer’s Disease
“I still
Awareness Month, enacted by former
President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
surprised by anything.
caregivers.
In terms of awareness of and
live longer.”
example,
disease by 2025.
The work of the Alzheimer’s
Association
in 2012, for
bipartisan effort that aims to prevent
waiting for
that big breakthrough that will lead
and an answer to the central
mystery surrounding the disease.
to a cure
“We know what’s happening in the
We don’t know why,” Day says.
maintain that
to see the
So
that’s
day when
what
it
won’t be
I
I
I
hope
can
say,
I live
‘Huh.
was.’ ” •
attention to the disease, things are
moving
in the right direction.
The
National Alzheimer’s Plan unveiled
Willie Colon
based
is
a freelance writer
in Philadelphia.
AI^HEIMHpf,
10 early signs and symptoms
1.
Memory
loss that disrupts daily
life
2. Challenges in planning or solving
problems
3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks at
home,
at
work or
at leisure
4. Confusion with time or place
5. Trouble
understanding visual images and spatial relationships
6.
New
7.
Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
8.
Decreased or poor judgment
9.
Withdrawal from work or social
10.
problems with words
Changes
in
mood and
in
speaking or writing
activities
personality
Source: Alzheimer’s Association
WALK TO
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Saturday, Sept. 19,
2015
10 a.m.
ALZHEIMER'S
more information contact:
Krista Somers
570-822-9915
alzheimer’s
ksomers@alz.org
For
Qj) association
Concerned about Alzheimer’s or caring
Call the Alzheimer’s Association
for
someone with the disease?
24-hour helpline: 800-272-3900
Get more information
at alz.org.
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Gerontology: The study
of the aging process
and individuals as they grow from middle age
through later life, including the study of
physical, mental and social changes in older
people as they age; the investigation of the
changes in society resulting from our aging
population; and the application of this knowledge
to policies and programs. As a result of the
multidisciplinary focus of gerontology,
professionals from diverse fields call
themselves "gerontologists."
m
Careers
Aging, published by the Gerontological
Society of America and the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education
“College students generally
feel far
away from
dijficultfor
them
old age.
to
It's
connect
where they are at 20
to
where
they’re going to be at 80.”
Marion Mason,
professor of psychology
Maturing Gracefully
by
AN AMERICAN BORN in 1900 could
expect to
47 years. Today’s
Americans can anticipate living
beyond
live
their 75th birthdays.
A longer — and more vital —
lifespan,
combined with
a
huge
“bubble” of aging Baby Boomers born
between 1946 and 1964, will double
the number of Americans 65 and
over in the next 35 years. In fact, by
2029, more than 20 percent of the
U.S. population will be over 65, and
by 2056, those 65 and over will outnumber people under 18.
14
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SUE A. BEARD
Experts say those older Americans
be healthier than in the past,
translating into an almost limitless
opportunity for development and
delivery of new products and services.
And those careers won’t be limited
to health care. There will be a need
for architects and engineers to design
living space for the aging, ergonomics
specialists, nutritionists, senior advocates, financial planners and wellness
coaches, to name but a few.
also will
To meet
demand, Bloomsburg University expects to add a
that
new multi-disciplinary minor, Aging
Studies and Gerontology
— not to be
confused with “geriatrics,” the study
of diseases of the aging
— by fall 2016.
Psychology professor Marion
Mason chairs the committee that’s
spent two years developing the
expected minor. She has written a
textbook on the subject and teaches
Life Span Psychology, Adulthood and
Aging and Principles of Gerontology.
Her definition of gerontology focuses
on positive aspects of aging, rather
than physical decline.
where they
are at
going to be
at 80.”
20
to
where
they’re
When she asks her students to
brainstorm the term “elderly,” they
draw on negative stereotypes, she
a
says. “But when they get personal
grandmother, for example they get
...
...
another picture.
It’s
Tobey Scharding,
exciting.”
assistant profes-
sor of philosophy, has been including
more
issues related to older people in
her Medical Ethics
class,
which draws
mostly sophomores.
She believes the study of gerontology has dual benefits. Not only will it
help students in their future careers,
it
will give
them
a
new perspective on
make smart lifestyle
they grow older, she says.
aging so they can
choices as
“In an ordinary curriculum, you’re
not exposed to a
aging,”
of life.
lot
Scharding
It’s
of points about
says.
“But
it’s
part
so exciting that we’re
making these changes.”
“I’ve
always been drawn to older
people,” she says, noting her parents
were
born and that she
in their early
40s
is
a
when she was
Baby Boomer
Destroying stereotypes
Ronnie Evans may well personify
the modern senior. An associate
professor of sociology, she will turn
Students weigh in
Mary
McCauley
and
Paige
Campbell
Michener say their part-time jobs
were key to their interest in the field.
Senior psychology majors
herself.
70 in August.
The new minor, she explains,
“pairs well with a number of majors,
who earned her doctorate in
when
she was in her 50s, devel2004
oped a BU course called Social Work
the minor
and Issues of Aging. “In any practice
provided in-home care since she was
in
a career concentration in gerontol-
our students go into, they are going to
interact with aging people,” she says.
“Social work is going to be huge in
ogy established more than 20 years
this field.”
including psychology, business, social
work, nursing, exercise science, allied
health, biology and speech pathol-
ogy and audiology” and will replace
ago.
Where the career concentration
attracted just 61 students primarily
from psychology, social work and
nursing, the minor will draw students
from three of BU’s four colleges —
Liberal Arts, Business, and Science
and Technology — and will expose
far more BU students to the growing
field.
“I’m so excited about this minor,”
Mason
says. “It will
open students’
eyes to the possibility that almost
any major could be intertwined with
gerontology.”
McCauley,
Evans,
She finds many students have
who
interviewed 191
fellow students about their interest in
Mason
is
developing, has
high school. Likewise, Michener
false
stereotypes about seniors. “I think
for them to see how I’m
They see how an active,
positive outlook can help.” Her
it’s
good
aging.
students also interview older friends
members and create a
scrapbook for them as another mythbusting exercise. Many choose field
placements in aging to complete their
or family
internship.
Mason
agrees
it’s
vital to
break
stereotypes. “College students generally feel far
away from old age,” she
them to connect
says. “It’s difficult for
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new tasks
rodents’ ability to learn
and determined those with poor
were unable to learn.
“One reason some students are
not interested in working with
older adults
have
is
“With obesity rising, that could
have a huge impact,” Michener says.
“I entered Bloomsburg not knowing
because they will
to face their
own fear of
what I wanted to do, but the research
has changed my life. I now have a
focus on what I want to do with the
death and disability
- BU senior Mary Campbell McCauley
rest of
my life.”
Michener has been accepted
also
where she will work with Bryan
who was Stouffer’s mentor, in
further research on the aging brain. •
sity,
working with
Devan,
because they will have
older adults
is
to face their
own fear of death and
to
graduate school at Towson Univer-
show “one reason some students
are not interested in
diets
disability.”
Michener
has worked in a nursing
home
since
and
that students
in their lives.
Fort Myers, Fla.
Seminar on the Aging Brain
Working with
Editor’s note: Learn
summer
rats in a
will
Bloomsburg: The
in
University Magazine, Winter 2015.
on older
effects of a high-fat diet
more about Paige
Michener’s research project
research project, she studied the
be a positive time
However, the findings
it
newspaper
for directing her career path.
generally anticipate older age with
the idea that
his
a retired
is
editor and freelance writer based in
associate professor of psychology,
she was a teen.
McCauley found
Sue A. Beard
credits Eric Stouffer,
Taking Healthy Aging into the Community
SENIORS
IN
COLUMBIA
and Montour
— and Bloomsburg University
students — are benefiting from an intercounties
professional effort launched
The Center
for
in fall
2014.
Healthy Aging was
those two counties, where 17 percent
of the population
The center
faculty
with
offers
is
over the age of 65.
an opportunity
and students
community
The center
is
rather than bring
into the
them
interact
who
a specific
community
BU
Deb Sanders.
departments
nursing, social
Faculty involved
in
the Center for Healthy Aging are, from
left:
Lori
Metzger, nursing; Ronnie Evans, sociology, social work and criminal
justice;
Mary Jo Larcom, psychology; Tom Zalewski, audiology and
speech pathology; Debra Sanders, nursing; and Shiloh
sociology, social
16
work and criminal
Erdley,
justice.
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
educational sessions on topics such
as hearing aids, balance and
work and psychology
of the
fall
prevention, diabetic complications,
in
the older
adult population and healthy aging.
the center has reached
between 80 and 90 seniors, according
BU
students participate as part of
example, students
can choose to complete the nursing
program’s 45-hour practicum, part of
the leadership and
— audiology,
work with administrators
needs and
seniors'
their course work. For
students and faculty from four
university
Based on
to Sanders.
to us,” explains
co-directs the center with
fellow nursing faculty
assisted living facilities,
In its first year,
in
Lori Metzger, assistant professor of
nursing,
in
cooking for one, bullying
for
and
seniors.
not housed
“We go
building.
to help
held
according to Metzger.
feedback, the center has presented
born out of the needs of older individuals
in
senior centers, and a few have been
management
course,
with the center.
—
Colum-
The center
2013
initially
was funded by
a
Presidential Strategic Planning
bia/Montour Area Agency on Aging and
Grant totaling $21,000 to be distributed
directors of the counties’ eight senior
over three years.
centers.
The goal
adults on
how
to
is
to
educate older
maintain their health,
“Our approach
it's
remain independent and stay safe. Most
ers added. “After
programs have been offered
with seniors.”
in
the
is
rather unique
in
that
an interdisciplinary approach," Sandall,
we
all
interface
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IF
I
HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING in the almost 28
years that
I
have been
at
Bloomsburg University,
it is
the
importance of my work to my understanding of who I
am. We all fill many roles in life — spouse, parent, friend,
community member,
citizen
— but to the outside world I
present myself as a professor of philosophy. That’s
I
who
am.
I
decided to major in philosophy after that
ductory class showed
interested
me were part of this discipline. Having made
the decision early as an undergraduate,
before
I
first intro-
me the questions and issues that
started asking
it
wasn’t long
my professors what I had to do to
get a job teaching philosophy.
To
their credit, they didn’t tell
field is just
too crowded and
I
me to forget it, that the
my time
shouldn’t waste
I came to Bloomsburg, and have been happily working
something I love ever since.
at
But for current students and recent graduates, the
world has changed. We’ve all heard the statistics about
flux and fluidity in the workplace, that the typical person
changes not just jobs, but careers, multiple times over
his or her work life. And perhaps because of that amount
of flux and change, many younger employees view work
simply as a means to an end, a way to earn a good salary
in order to do the other things in life that they value.
That view of one’s work may well be the rational
Still, I worry
about what is lost in doing so: the sense of belonging to a
profession or occupation and the recognition that work
is an important part of “This is who I am.”
strategy to adopt in these circumstances.
trying for a faculty job. Rather, they patiently explained
I needed to take, and how difficult it
me make my own decision.
the academic path
would
be,
and
let
Perhaps naively, I pursued the path they laid out,
my undergraduate degree in philosophy, and
going on to earn my doctorate. Over 10 years, from the
day I entered college to the completion of my Ph.D., I
thought about how great it would be to teach, to be a
finishing
professor of philosophy.
A year after finishing my degree
Scott C.
Lowe
Professor and Department Chair, Philosophy
Bloomsburg University
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CANNER
LARRY
PHOTOS:
Health care
nationwide recognize the healing power of music
facilities
played at a patient’s bedside. As the philosopher Plato said, “Rhythm
and harmony find their way into the inward places of the
THE FIRST TIME Terri Matkosky
who practices in various
Fevang
the University of Maryland Medical
as
Center and Mercy Hospital, both in
Baltimore. She also plays music on
her keyboard at Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena, Md. She grew up
playing piano and writing music, but
it wasn’t until she became a therapeutic musician that she found purpose.
music
’86 played
music
for a hospice
patient, she played for the
mother of a
longtime friend.
“We
space.
created this amazing sacred
It’s
a space
where there
no worries; everyone
she says.
normal
are
feels peaceful,”
“It doesn’t really exist in
lives. It
only exists
our
if you’re
able to observe the transitioning of
human life.” Two hours
friend’s
later,
her
mother passed away.
Fevang is
a therapeutic
musician
“Once
I
found
divisions of
this career, every-
my life made sense.
Every note I ever wrote in my life
thing
I
ever did in
made sense,”
says Fevang.
A therapeutic musician is defined
someone who provides one-on-one
for the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ill
and dying, with the
intention of creating a healing
environment. Therapeutic music
from music therapy, which
to physical therapy and
uses music to achieve goals over a
differs
is
more akin
period of time.
Fevang uses the vibration of music
enhance the patients’ physical and
mental states, change heart rates and
oxygen levels, and reduce pain and
to
anxiety.
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soul.”
mean
“Healing doesn’t necessarily
curing
— it can — but very often it
means balance: balancing mind, body,
and spirit,” Fevangsays. “The music
can serve to create a space where the
person
who
actively dying can feel
is
safe to leave.”
She did an internship with
Maryland Public Television between
her junior and senior years, and met
her future husband, Michael Fevang.
University.
After graduation, she
moved
to
Baltimore to begin her career in
TV
production. Through connections
At the University of Maryland
Medical Center, Fevang
a
is
member
The
of the Integrative Care Team.
with the sound department at the
TV station, she was introduced to
composing music for film and TV
team works under doctors’ orders as
an acknowledged tool used to aid in
imbedded
barest characteristics. In
how I’m going
music to meet the pacan change the key it’s
decide
to interpret the
tient’s
needs.
written
in,
I
play
all
a simple melody.
I
a
CMP
The
certification required
Fevang
to intern in a variety of medical set-
and play 45 hours of bedside
keyboard so she could wheel
around the hospitals.
every
is
cell
the chords, or just
can play
it
One
of
at
intending
in
a peaceful, loving,
healing
Terri
it
of the places she interned was
the University of Maryland Medi-
shock trauma center.
“I
remember thinking, ‘How can I do
this among all this intensity, heartbreak, and pain?’ ” Fevang says. “Then
way”
Matkosky Fevang ’86
my husband said, ‘If you can help, you
“I take
I
become
through the Music for Healing and
Transition Program, a not-for-profit
therapeutic music educational program.
cal Center’s
it
-
something that someone
else has done, but then transform
it into something that will come
through me and reach the patient,”
Fevang says. “Most pieces are written
for orchestras, so I break the music
in
my body. Em
Scrooge.
moment,
(CMP). For the next year and
a half, she studied to
for her
For her musical selections,
the
tioner
music. She had a stand custom built
“Everything I play
Fevang draws inspiration from film
soundtracks. She is a fan of British
composer Richard Rodney Bennett,
Italian composer Ennio Morricone,
and music from the 1970 TV movie
its
Fervang came across an online
posting for a certified music practi-
tings
conventional treatments.
down to
2011,
should help’ and
I
realized, if I could
get past the fear, this could be some-
thing I’m meant to do.” •
and, in the early 1990s, wrote music
for television stations, including PBS.
But
when her children, Graham and
For more information, contact Terri
Fevang at terrifevang@gmail.com.
Georgia, were born in 1996 and 2000,
she realized that the short deadlines
Susan Field T1/’12M
weren’t conducive to family
writer based in Philadelphia.
life.
Re-entering the job market in
is
a freelance
fall
slower
to relax the patient, or faster to
lift
the patient up.”
Music can have great power
if it’s
being used intentionally. “What’s
the difference between hearing your
favorite musician in concert, as op-
posed
to sitting at
home
in
your living
room? In concert, the musician is
intentionally playing to get you to
something. The musician
is
feel
bringing
something to life. It can transform
you and the space you’re occupying,”
Fevang says. “Everything I play is
embedded
in every cell of
I’m intending
it
my body.
in a peaceful, loving,
healing way.”
Background Music
Originally from the village of Peck-
a few miles north of Scranton,
Fevang studied theatre and mass
communications at Bloomsburg
ville,
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to.
ByJACKSHERZER
“Ben Franklin once
said, ‘An
investment
in
knowledge pays the best interest.’
He was referring to the best interest for society,” says Mehdi
Haririan,
chair of BU’s economics department. BU’s recent economic impact study
reinforces Franklin’s wise adage.
“FOLLOW THE DOLLAR” has long
whole and
been the catchphrase of financial
sleuths. Trying to figure out the “bang
for the buck” is as old as, well, money
itself. Bloomsburg University graduates and students alike enthusiasti-
“When we talk about economic
impact, we talk about direct and
indirect,” says Mehdi Haririan, who
vania and, on average, they spend
chairs BU’s economics department.
university students. In 2012-13 alone,
to society in general.
“When we do
a study,
we
approximately 10,000 students are
from outside Northeastern Pennsyl$80.3 million during their years as
that spending
look at
came
to
more than $30
cally describe the university’s lasting
four major areas: the demographic,
million for groceries, rent, trans-
impact on their lives. But what is the
impact in dollars and
economic, social and political
portation and other living expenses
impact.”
— money that directly benefited the
university’s
cents?
The
Haririan says that means not only
top-line
number
is
impressive.
university, its students
added more than $350 million
but also looking
economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania, according to a study
by Idaho-
at the
impact,” Haririan says.
people
from taxpayer support for the university’s
operations.
healthier
likely to
more
“We
life
make
so the crime
likely to
be
get involved in the community.”
marketing plans and tackle large
itself.
town
The Big
which this year drew more
One such
and
project
than 2,200 students
is
who
helped with
chores such as raking, painting and
spring cleaning, in spite of a fresh
benefit
20
to
Event,
also
politically active
areas ranging from website design
service projects that benefit the
choices and are less
down. Students are
providing an average of 81,000 hours
Students assist local nonprofits in
see that
are better educated
commit crimes,
rate goes
But that number, large as it is,
doesn’t begin to capture the economic
Bloomsburg University’s
students and alumni bring to the
local community, to Pennsylvania
who
community
of volunteer service each year.
“For instance, there’s a social
International. Just 12 percent of that
— $43 million — came
and visitors,
ongoing impact
of the university’s graduates.
based Economic Modeling Specialists
$350 million
BU’s students are active in the
as well as on campus,
quantifying the direct spending of the
In 2012-13, Bloomsburg University
to the
local region.
Time on campus
as a
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
More than
half of Bloomsburg’s
coating of snow.
EDUCATION LEVEL
Less than
Associate’s
high school
ANNUAL INCOME
INCREASE FROM
PREVIOUS LEVEL
Ask any organization helped by
BU’s students and you’ll hear the
assistance
is
invaluable. In fiscal
terms, that labor equals $18.44 an
“If Bloomsburg University did
not
exist,
come
not only would people not
to the region,
but a
would move out of state
people
pursue
lot of
to
“The
hour, counting the taxes, insurance
opportunities,” Haririan says.
and other costs associated with fulltime workers. Put another way, that’s
$1.5 million worth of volunteer help
university creates jobs and preserves
the
community receives
jobs.
That
where
states are
Read
quantified. •
the full report at
bloomu.edu/economic-impact.
one of the functions of
Higher education
better
In an age
Husky power,
higher education.”
annually.
Beyond graduation
is
Bloomsburg, taxpayers see a 3.2
percent return on the investment.
life
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer
and principal partner with Message
Prose, a communications and public
also leads to
choices. $tatistically,
college graduates are less likely to
incur medical costs associated with
trying to keep their best and brightest,
smoking, alcoholism, obesity, drug
Bloomsburg graduates tend to make
Pennsylvania their home. Thirty-six
students enrolled in 2012-13, Pennsyl-
percent of alumni stay in the region
vania will realize a savings of $153.6
for at least a year, providing $175
million for
abuse and mental disorders. For
BU
unneeded services related
medical care, unemployment
relations firm in Harrisburg.
(Editor’s note:
Economic Modeling Specialists
International’s conservative approach to
economic impact studies considers only the
effects
of students who moved
to the
area to
pursue an education. A study commissioned
million in added income to the local
to
economy. Seventy-four percent put
benefits and the criminal justice
down permanent roots. And their
system. Over the working lives of
Bloomsburg and sister
BU degrees lead to employment
those same students, Pennsylvania
even larger impact when the spending of all
opportunities equaling $3.40 in
can expect to receive $43.4 million
higher wages for every $1 spent
higher tax receipts.
on
tuition
expenses.
and other college-related
Added together, for every $1
money used to support
by Pennsylvania’s State System ofHigher
Education and released
in
students
in late
spring shows
institutions
have an
is tallied.)
in
public
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky notes
The people.
Ask anyone who knows Jim Hollister 78,
assistant vice
president for external relations, and they will
tell
you “the
what brought Hollister to Bloomsburg University
as an undergraduate, brought him back to campus as sports
information director and kept him at the university as
people”
is
communications director and
assistant vice president.
also “the people” that Hollister says
he
summer.
retires this
As
It’s
he will miss most when
assistant vice president for external relations, Hollister
meets with BU’s constituents and connects them with people
at BU. He makes a point of going where they feel
He calls it his “away-game” theory.
and programs
comfortable.
Hollister has a lot of experience with
games, as well. As a student, he was the
represent
away games
first
...
and home
tennis player to
BU at the singles competition at the NCAA national
championships, while winning two Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) singles
first
titles
and one doubles
title.
BU’s
full-time sports information director for 15 years, he
was
inducted into BU’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.
After sports information
came communications
position he held for six years.
official
spokesman and
a
director, a
While working as the university’s
member of the president’s
Hollister says he learned
more about BU than
at
cabinet,
any other time.
He fielded questions from reporters nationwide when a total
of eight students died in two separate fires at off-campus
residences.
As
difficult as
had the most impact on
They
are also the events that he believes
positive changes.
are inspected
fire
those deaths were, Hollister says they
his career.
As a result,
all
prompted the most
off-campus student residences
and must be equipped with smoke detectors and
extinguishers.
Whether in time of tragedy or an ordinary daily event,
Hollister says
BU is filled with people whom he can depend on,
who love the university and who he knows will advance the
university long after he leaves. He will miss them but, he
stresses, that’s
FOSTER
“I
ERIC
not to be confused with regret
am leaving not-at-all sad,” Hollister says, “but very, very
On an absolute high.”
happy.
Because of that, Hollister says
it is
the perfect time to
retire.
PHOTO:
Read more ofJim Hollister’s story at hloomu.edu/magazine.
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BLOOMSBl
RC.
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•
’60s
experience as purchasing/personnel officer
Cindy Tarr ’80
and assistant township manager for Frank-
School District after after 33 years in
lin
Larry Greenly ’65
the author of Eugene
trator for
Montgomery Township.
among the top
tural
books
is
listed
James
Padglick
10 multicul-
Magazine.
He
also
including president. She and her husband
F.
and
principal,
74 and
his wife,
reside in Danville and have
77, a retired
Mary Ann Latzgo
Brandon and
was recently
completed a 2,716-mile bicycle
trip
from their
Arizona home to their summer residence
in
Scott Feinstein
’81 is is vice president
Ollie’s
of Writers.
through 10 states and were on the road for 59
joined Ollie’s in 1997.
as an instant replay
many more bicycle
days.
They plan to
trips
throughout the country.
take
70s
at
Bargain Outlet, Harrisburg. Feinstein
Cilurso Feinstein
He and his wife, Vickie
’83, a
reading specialist/
Lower Dauphin High
Hummelstown.
instructional coach at
School, live in
at
Lincoln Financial Field.
Duane Greenly 72 was
sons,
and divisional merchandise manager
Bloomsburg. They bicycled self-supported
communicator during Eagles home games
two
Jared.
accepted into the Poets and Writers Director}'
Dennis Crim ’69 works
positions in
Padglick 76, a retired nuclear power worker,
for 2015 in the
American Library Association Booklist
math support. She held many
the Milton Area Education Association,
Bullard: World’s First Black
Fighter Pilot, which
from the Milton
elementary school classrooms providing
Township, township administrator for
Branchburg, South Brunswick, and adminis-
is
retired
Dorothy Bauman Rhone 75, broker/owner
of Century 21 Covered Bridges Realty, was
Dorothy Masom ’81M received
installed as a district vice president for the
Achievement Award from the International
a Lifetime
Masom, who has
Pennsylvania Association of Realtors. She
Encaustic Artists.
and her husband of 41 years, Rick, have two
her works in solo shows and at museums,
daughters and four grandchildren.
galleries
and
universities, has
exhibited
won numerous
awards for her work in encaustics, a pigment
elected to a three-
year term on Central Penn College’s board of
Gregg Scarlato 75
directors.
charge of business develop-
ment
for the
is
in
WASAHAD
with melted wax. Her book, Encaustic Painting,
outlines the painting process and traces
the history of the medium. As the
first
book
Barbara Ann Scaccia Senapedis 72 was
Group, Wilmington, Del.
published on this subject,
promoted
WASAHAD is an internet
the permanent collection of the
marketing, social media,
Museum and numerous university libraries.
to research analyst
with Johnson
College. She earned a master’s degree
Marywood University and
from
Alan Dakey 73
is
president and
as
president/CEO of Peoples Neighborhood
Bank.
An
J.
Paul Getty'
technology company. Scarlato has two sons,
John Quigley ’81 was appointed
Gregg II and Trevor.
of the Department of Environmental Protec-
CEO at Bank
of Bird-in-Hand. Dakey previously served
included in
cyber security and cloud
a doctoral degree
from Penn State University.
it is
tion
Daniel Confalone
for Sacred
79 is chief financial officer
Healthcare System
in Allentown.
by Gov.
as secretary
Tom Wolf. Quigley served as
secretary of the Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources from April 2009
to
Confalone oversees the financial operations of
January 2011. Prior to his appointment,
vania Bankers Association and Pennsylvania
both Sacred Heart Hospital and
Quigley worked for the agency in several
Association of Community Bankers, he
Care System.
a
active participant of the Pennsyl-
member of the
is
Millersburg Area School
Board, West Shore
Chamber of Commerce
and Harrisburg Area
YMCA Board of Direc-
Financial
on the
Health-
Management Association, he serves
editorial
Financial
its
A member of the Healthcare
Management magazine.
and operations, and as chief of staff.
Paul Bass ’82 was inducted into the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame. Bass
Cheri Bohler Rinehart
Joseph McGavin 74
for the Society of
is
publication director
Health and Physical Educa-
(SHAPE America)
more than 35
in Reston, Va.
79 was elected to
a three-year term on Central Penn College’s
his wife, Karen, live in Springfield, Va..
and
are the parents of three children: Linn,
Mag-
is
the head
Westhampton Beach High
School, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
wrestling coach at
board of directors.
He has
years’ experience in journalism
and publications management. McGavin and
gie
initiatives
review board of Healthcare
tors.
tors
capacities, including overseeing strategic
Stephen Jones
Larry Mussoline 79
is
superintendent of
’83
is
president and
CEO
of Covanta Holding Corp., Morristown, N. J.
Downingtown STEM (Science, Technology,
Jones most recently served as senior vice
Engineering and Mathematics) Academy.
president and general manager at Air
Products and Chemicals Inc.
and Colin.
’80s
'I Donato
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gomery Township administrator,
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John L. Haney ’85
Nieman 74, Montwas recognized by
adviser with
Richard Donahue ’80 was a speaker
at
South
Carolina’s annual teacher cadet instructor
is
a senior principal
R&Q Solutions, Pittsburgh.
Before joining R&Q, he was the director
of quality assurance and regulatory compli-
the International City and
conference in Myrtle Beach. His program
ance for the surgical instruments division
Count}’ Managers Associa-
focused on standardized test-taking strategies
of Integra LifeSciences, in York.
tion for
more than 30 years
for teenagers.
of public service. All told,
Nieman has more than 35
years public sector
SPRING 2015
23
Pamela Shupp ’85 is president of the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association
global provider of engineer-
John Wetzel
ing and integrated consulting
as Pennsylvania’s secretary
(PEDA) Board of Directors. PEDA
services. Foley previously
wide association of local,
state,
is
the state-
corporate and
served as senior director,
nonprofit economic development professionals.
Shupp
also represents
corporate communications
PEDA on the Team
for Pacific
Pennsylvania Board of Directors.
Co.,
and held communica-
tions leadership roles with
is managing director and
Morgan Stanley Wealth
Gas and Electric
GSI Commerce,
PJM Interconnection
Michael Glovas ’86
Radian International,
financial adviser at
and Progress Energy. Foley
is
a standing
H
’98 continues
of corrections under Gov.
Tom Wolf, who took office
in January. Originally ap-
pointed in 2011 by former
Tom Corbett, Wetzel is
Gov.
management and operations of the Department of Corrections which
houses more than 51,000 inmates. Wetzel also
was named to the Charles Colson Task Force
responsible for the
Management in Easton. He has been with the
member of the
firm since 1994.
Business Communicators and Public Rela-
on Federal Corrections. Created by Congress,
tions Society of America.
the nine-person, bipartisan, task force
Lyndon Yearick
was elected
International Association of
’86
is
responsible for examining challenges in the
to the State
of Delaware’s General
Assembly, representing
the 34th District.
James Stepanski ’90M was appointed to the
Towanda School Board. Stepanski, who owns
the Only the Best pizza shop in Wysox Township, worked 10 years for PTS Learning
federal corrections system
Systems of King of Prussia, teaching
Justice and the president at the
and developing
practical, data-driven policy responses.
task force will present
mendations
The
findings and recom-
its
to Congress, the
Department of
end of 2015.
information technology professionals to set
David Koslosky
of directors at
’87
is
serving on the board
Art Campbell ’99
up networks using Microsoft software.
Downingtown
PRWeb SonaCare Medical, a
manufacturer of medical ultrasound devices.
Eileen Bernhard Dautrich ’93
of TriCounty Area
is
president
Pottstown.
Vanguard’s 11-member senior
James
leadership team, directing
vacancy on the Mount Carmel Area School
the firm’s financial adviser
Board.
services division. For the
Hughes
He
is
was appointed
to
a
fill
an account manager for Baker
was
and data governance director of LNP Fulton
in
is
senior vice president
Financial James of Willow Grove.
1988.
the leader of a
program
at
new life
Stephanie Lordi Heller ’96
is
business
man-
ager of the Wyalusing Area School District.
a 25-year career in the federal corrections
private business and served as a supervisor in
system, advancing from case manager at peni-
the business office of Frontier
New York to
She has more than 18 years’ experience
a
in
Communica-
New York’s
Hudson Valley.
tions in Dallas.
Emmy award for best evening
newscast. Palovick
Brenda DeRenzo Dominick
’89
was ap-
pointed Parkland School District’s director of
is
part of a
journalists staffing Action
on
team of
News Jax,
is
slated to
move into her new position July 1.
for global
Kevin Bledsoe ’04
is
self-storage broker-
property-management and consulting firm.
Julie
Orner Donell
’04
was inducted
into the
at
earned seven varsity
James Strohecker ’96
is
letters
while she was
Oxford, graduating in the class of 1999. She
coached high school track and
field
hockey
and continues to play competitive hockey.
airing
WJAX and WFOX in Jacksonville, Fla.
student services. DeRenzo, currently Fogels-
Elementary School principal,
research and
Dow Chemical Co.,
Maurice Dennis
’05
was promoted
assistant vice president
ville
is
age adviser at Investment Real Estate LLC, a
nell
Jerry Palovick ’96 was awarded a 2014
Suncoast
Hill Einsla ’02
development manager responsible
Oxford High School Sports Wall of Fame. Do-
supervisory U.S. probation and parole officer
covering a five-county area in
responsible for the clinic’s
is
Collegeville.
Barclays Capital.
men who are returning home from Lackawanna County Prison. Long previously had
and
He
innovation strategy at
data integrity standards and controls at
the Employ-
ment Opportunity and Training Center of
Northeast Pennsylvania, centered on assisting
tentiaries in Pennsylvania
director and lead
care.
Melinda
He
previously was vice president and head of
is
is facility
day-to-day operations and quality of patient
David James ’94
Long ’89
Michael Getz ’00
physical therapist at Phoenix Rehabilitation,
Bloomsburg.
in Mill Hall.
European businesses. He joined Vanguard
skills/job readiness
Engineering and Mathematics) Academy.
’OOs
Britt ’94
responsible for managing Vanguard’s U.K. and
Scott
headmaster of the
Chamber of Commerce,
Thomas Rampulla ’87 was
named to a new role on
past seven years, he
is
STEM (Science, Technology,
township manager
of East Lampeter Township. Strohecker has
to
and commercial loan
officer of Wayne Bank. Before joining the
Wayne Bank, Dennis worked as a commercial
credit analyst
been employed by the township since
and
in private
accounting.
He
wife, Karie,
and son, Reese.
lives in
and public
Honesdale with his
February 2002.
’90s
Nancy Lineman ’97
Beth Foley MinkoflF’90
is
executive vice
president and chief communications officer of
Michael Baker International of Pittsburgh, a
24
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ment
is
She resides
in Silver
deputy chief govern-
Montgomery
Spring, Md.
affairs officer for
College.
Jennifer Davis Rarig ’07
is
Columbia Area High School
softball coach.
the Southern
varsity
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Andrea Zimmerman Feeney ’08M
Kaitlyn Schiccatano ’10
is
Brian Hertzog
certified as a
is
cytotechnologist from the Anisa
the communications coordinator at the
I.
Kanbour
’13
and Derek Franchino T4
are featured in the 2014 edition of Careers in
Magee Women’s
Professional Selling. Hertzog
Wilkes-Barre office of Borton-Lawson,
School of Cytotechnology at
an architectural and engineering firm.
Hospital-University of Pittsburgh Medical
ecutive and Franchino
Center. Schiccatano accepted a position with
with Gartner
Meritus Health Medical Center-Trivergent
consulting
Adrienne Mael ’08
of the United
is
the president and
CEO
Way of Columbia County. Mael
previously headed
Downtown Bloomsburg
Health Alliance of Western Maryland
sploops.com
is
a
doctor of
field
coach
at
technology research and
company based
in
Stamford, Conn.
Sean Roth T3 and Paul Rosa T3 launched
Hagerstown.
Victoria Davis T3
nursing practice degree. She
an account ex-
is
an account manager
in
Inc.
Joni Pyle Todhunter ’08 earned
Inc., a
is
is
the head girls track and
last fall to give sports fans
an
outlet to rant about their favorite teams’
Shikellamy High School.
successes or failures.
a nursing
The
develop sploops.com as
pair
began
to
BU students with
instructor at Pennsylvania College of
Joe Fisher
Technology
multimedia journalist for
competitions sponsored by Pennsylvania’s
WAVY-TV 10
State
in Williamsport.
’13 is a
of Portsmouth,
Va. Fisher previously
’10s
at
Samantha Mason ’10 earned
a certificate of
financing from student business plan
reporter/
KSWO-TV,
the
worked
ABC
Zone. They formed the legal partnership,
affili-
ate in
Lawton, Okla./Wichita
Vast Frontier Innovations LLC. Roth works
Falls,
Texas.
in
merit in law practice at the Western Michigan
University’s
Thomas M. Cooley Law
System of Higher Education and the
Greater Susquehanna Keystone Innovation
supply chain management with Target and
Rosa works in the
School.
office.
New York Yankees front
Their partnership
known
is
as Vast
Frontier Innovations.
Five honored with alumni awards
FACULTY EMERITUS James Cole of Bloomswas named an honorary alumnus during
the BU Alumni Association’s 2015 awards
outstanding service to BU, the
ceremony.
Association or humanity were:
burg
Cole joined BU’s faculty
He was instrumental
in
in
Alumni who were honored
accomplishments
in
for significant
their professions
and
Maroon and Gold Excellence Award:
•
BU Alumni
Gregory
Bowden
'01, Collegeville, financial
adviser and vice president, wealth
ment,
1968.
for
UBS
Financial Services,
held leadership roles at
Distinguished Service Award:
expanding
BU
John Chapin ’85, Aliquippa,
BU Alumni
professor of communications at Penn State
and a volunteer participant
programs
University, president of the board of directors
Institute for Professional
in
•
medical imaging, pre-physical
Women’s Center
Beaver County and
therapy, pre-occupational therapy, pre-
of the
pharmacy and pre-physician assistant. He
served as department chair and retired in 2001
a volunteer at Allegheny County’s Crisis
with
33
years of service. Active
in
the
Center North, Pittsburgh,
honored
commu-
for his
work as
nity,
and personal advocate
for
domestic violence.
Cole also served on the board of directors
Columbia-Montour Home Health, including
terms as president and treasurer. He earned
of
•
who has been
Fla., retired
special agent for the state of California,
Michigan University and a doctoral degree from
is
State University.
who
recognized as a gang expert, teacher and
trainer after a
28-year career
in
in
BU’s Zeigler
Development (ZIPD)
Craig Evans '03, Abington, a certified public
accountant and manager
for victims of
Gary Williams 78, Kissimmee,
Association Board of Directors
Conference and Professional U program.
•
a professional
bachelor’s and master's degrees from Western
Illinois
as a student and
an alumnus, including a six-year term on the
include allied health science with academic
the Department of Biological Sciences to
manage-
who has
of audit
counting at Kreischer
Miller, a
area accounting firm,
who
and ac-
Philadelphia-
volunteers at the
ZIPD Conference, hosts BU students for
job shadowing through the Sophomore
Experiential Learning Program and supports
the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation.
law
enforcement where he fought gang violence.
SPRING 2015
25
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Career preparation focus
Legacy Scholarships awarded
of
A DOZEN STUDENTS whose
parents are
BU
alumni won Legacy Scholarships from the
Bloomsburg University Alumni Association. Each student received an award
for the spring
•
•
2015
of
Alumni presenters
from
of
Connie Weber
Budwash, daughter
Taylor
•
Alexandra Burns, daughter
of
of
300 students participated
Brady ’82
Barbara Mitten Budwash
mock
Anthony James
Roy Dennis, son
•
Danielle Ernes, daughter of Kevin Ernes '83
•
James
of Loretta Connolly
daughter of Jim Hollister
•
Kimberly
•
Abbey Porambo, daughter
Hollister,
of
address by John Wetzel
78
Louis Vining, son of Michelle Sorber Vining '86
•
Andrew
and
Kappel
Kristin Kerlin Hollister '03
for
semester. The
’89,
’98,
Susan Kocher
were recognized
BU Trustee and
’88
and Shawn Rosier ’00
for leadership contributions as
students and alumni.
Wurster, son of Marybeth Bergen '87
The annual Husky Leadership Summit
in
is
sponsored by the Office of Alumni Engagement,
Legacy Scholarships on their children's behalf. Winners are chosen by
December and the scholarship is applied to tuition for the
number of awards and amounts are determined each year.
random drawing
on leadership, alumni
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Corrections. Paul
Roberta Spezialetti Porambo '81
•
Alumni apply
interviews, sessions
students and alumni, opening with a keynote
Dennis '06
son of Nancy Nimmerfron Fazio '90
Jr.,
2015 Husky
panel discussions and a networking lunch for
Caputo, son of Christina Mull Caputo '91
•
in the
Leadership Summit. The day-long event featured
'91
James Burns ’89
•
Fazio
annual Husky Leadership Summit were,
left,
APPROXIMATELY 40 alumni volunteers and
Seth Berry, son of Doug Berry '83
Bryan Brady, son
at the
Rick Rogers 77, Paul Kappel '89, Matti Prima 77, Kerri
Donald Sears '92 and Ted Hodgins '89.
$1,048
semester. Scholarship recipients and their parents are:
•
summit
Center for Leadership and Engagement, and
spring
Community Government Association.
Grads host Husky Career Road
Trip
RICHARD WISNIEWSKI ’82, deputy director of strategic industrial
at Sanofi Pasteur U.S., and other BU graduates hosted
planning
students for a
company in
Husky Career Road Trip at the global vaccine
The students, along with Barry Nolt,
Swiftwater.
assistant professor of biological
and
allied health sciences,
and Eric
Hawrelak, associate professor of chemistry, toured the company,
met with administrators and learned about career opportunities.
The students’ visit included a panel discussion with nine BU alumni
who work at Sanofi Pasteur.
Alumni
who welcomed
Husky Career Road Trips
James
Bill
left,
seated: Adrianna D'Amico Rogers ’07, Joni
Lavelle ’84, Jessica Beyer ’08
Harris ’95,
Rob Lange
and Lindsay Fennell
‘07;
and standing:
’91, Melissa Miller ’04, Joe Gabrielle ’03
Richard Wisniewski ’82.
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are part of the university’s ProfessionalU
students as part of a Husky Career Road Trip at
Sanofi Pasteur are, from
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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initiative to
tions,
provide students with opportunities to
meet professionals and learn about career
visit
fields.
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More than 330 members
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Marriages
John Conrad
John
Robin
J.
Jennifer
and Annette Rowe, May 31 201
’81
Lillian
,
Haney
L.
Obituaries
'85
and Bruce
Leavy Bassion
Barkume
Johanna Moss
’95
’02
’88
2014
R. Martin. Aug. 30,
and
Earl
Bartley, Sept. 15,
L.
and Bryan Kauffman. Nov.
and Daniel Kluger, Oct.
2013
2014
2,
Jeffrey Fellman ’06 and Danielle Schatz, Oct.
Thomas
’52
72
73
Richard Donald 75
Walter Fisch 75
John Chiavaroli 76
Douglas Park 78
Joseph Kinder
’55
Dolores Popp Hranitz '80
Robert White
Ryan Kenny
Amy
'07
and Kristen Spirko, Sept.
Dunkelberger
Adam
Smith
’08
'08
and
2014
6,
and Jeremy Bauder, Sept.
Thompson, May
Erin
Bethany Stone
’08
Karli Troisi ’08
and Daniel Phillips
17,
2014
2014
21,
Dec. 20, 2014
Kondash
Megan Kusko
Faith
’09 and
'09
Aug.
'08.
and Murray Douglas, Sept.
and Ryan Quilling
’09
Roland
Jeremy Carl
’09.
9,
2014
13,
2014
’56
Alfred Miller '58
Paul
and Dan Snyder
Sarah Burkhardt
'10
Jason Coyne
and Emily Machovec, Oct. 26, 2014
’10
Rebecca Haley
Hannah Mael
’10
’10
and Matthew
’10. Sept. 27,
and Angelo Melchiorre
Kathryn Mazol ’10 and Christian
Lia Stewart ’10 and
Chad
Lindsey Shemansky
'11
2014
’10, July 4,
2014
2014
Prickett. Sept. 27,
Crispell '09, Sept. 12,
2014
2012
Cancilla, April 27,
2014
and Brandon Horlacher
Emily Worth
Krysta
and James Hammett, Sept. 26. 2014
’11
'11
and David Sunderland, Oct.
Humphrey
’13
18,
and Bradley Travelpiece
David Laubach ’60
Michaela Busker Coulbourn ’86
Lauren Erdman
’14
Timothy Glennon '90
Whitney Steen O'Leary
Virginia Solt Kline ’62
Dugan '93
Christopher Kane ’96
’92
Rita Hall
Harold Andrews '64
Stephen Hartin '64
Jacqueline Burger Pearson
Katharine
’67
Sammon
Jason Claudfelter
William Pontius '68
Galdi ’97
’98
’04
Jane O’Malley Harakal
Robert Probert '68
Births
Shawn McShea ’98 and wife, Anitra, twin daughters, Audrey Morgan and
Brynley Rose, May 9, 2013
Ashley Sorber Lawson ’04/’05M and husband, Tony Lawson '03, a
son, Manning, July 22,
’14.
Lauren Warliga Masino
Jan. 25, 2015
2014
Kayla Stancavage '14 and Dakota Crouse, Oct.
’88
’89
Janice Fedroff Girardi '92
2014
'05
Ratkowski
a son, Tyler Gabriel, Dec.
6,
Woods
Lance Klimowicz
'62
and husband, Joshua, a son,
’05
and Joshua Fadden, May 25, 2014
and Ben Sheeler, Sept.
Nancie Hunt
’61
Bernard Gatski '62
Kristin Gabriel
’14
’83
Michael Yesalavage ’58
2014
June 29, 2014
Amanda Bukoski
’83
’09.
Aug. 1,2014
Sarah Sisock
'58
’82
Bowman
Jean Guzik Davies
E. Lynn Brobyn '84
Laurence Allen
’11, Oct. 25,
Peter
Welkom '81
Dugan '82
Gary Fetter
Eugene Fellin '61
Nancy Donohue McWilliams
Ronald Schock '61
Aug. 16, 2014
Jennifer Ruegner 09 and Jacob Sholder
Linda
’57
Wynn
’81
Kathleen Palubinsky
Richard Kratzer ’57
G. Richard
Danielle Clark '09 and Geoffrey Horton, Oct. 17, 2014
Kelly
'49
Harry Hughes '57
Joseph Jones
2014
and Matthew Bridges, June
’08.
Donald Carey
13,
Lucy Szabo
'49
Gretchen Troback McLain
David
2014
3,
70
Samuel Varano 72
'41
Lois Gruver Gassert ’41
Julia Pichel Sterling '49
2014
'05, Oct. 17,
Margaret Kauffman Candrick
Timothy McTaggart 71
Mary Ruth Tyson Lauck
Christopher Cooper ’04 and Eron Waters. Nov. 23, 2014
Jennifer Mehle ’05 and Glenn Curry
David Herring '69
’39
Marian Creveling Zeiders '46
2014
12,
Robenolt Coldren ’34
Savage Penman
Vivian Frey Payne ’40
Elizabeth Hawk Brown
Betty
11,
and husband, Greg Ratkowski
’05,
2014
5,
Elizabeth Larson Wanttaja 06 and husband,
2014
Silas Michael,
Ryan Wanttaja
’06,
a daughter, Gertrude Jean, Sept. 29, 2014
Lauren Lynch Weber
'06
and husband,
Brian, a daughter,
Savannah
Rae, Dec. 21, 2014
Kristen Barrett
daughter,
Brockman
Samantha Jade,
’07
Amanda Kisenwether Rachau
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Jan. 3,
'06,
'08
and husband, Cody, a son, Enzo
Zechariah, Sept. 28, 2014
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Kelly Ziegler Lisachenko ’09 and husband, Gregory, a daughter,
Bloomsburg: The University Magazine
Josephina Ann, Nov.
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400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
a daughter, Jocelyn Maria, Jan. 23, 2015
Kaitlin
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McKeary Rebello
Rose, Jan.
28
a
2015
3,
2015
’10
’08,
and husband, Dave, a daughter, Aubrey
the line
up
reunions, networking and special events
UNIVERSITY CLUB:
More than 70 alumni
and friends attended a
State of the University
reception with
BU
President David L. Soltz
Club of
at the University
Washington, D.C. Shown
from
left
with the
university crest are Kerri
Donald Sears
’92,
past
BUAA president; Marc
Steckel ’93; Soltz; and
Don Phillips
’70,
recent
president of the
University Club.
ALL IN THE GAME: Friends Joe Hilgar ’75, president of
the BU Alumni Association, and Mike Kopp ’74, Allentown
Central Catholic coach and athletic director,
met up at a
game against Kutztown University.
Gabby Maldonado, BU senior point guard
recent Huskies basketball
Shown from left are
Taylor Maldonado, Kopp, Hilgar and Central Catholic senior
Alyssa Mack. Over 38 years in the Lehigh Valley,
coached teams to more than 900 victories
Kopp has
- more than any
other Pennsylvania high school coach. His teams have
five
PIAA titles
won
THUMBS UP: U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, left, met Lauren Erdman
Army of Carlisle. The
community needs with the congressman and
Sheeler T4 while touring the Salvation
staff discussed
how federal and state funds
is
a business associate
help address those needs. Sheeler
with the Salvation Army.
since 2001.
SPRING 2015
.
over THE shoulder
Lamar Blass:
Hall of Fame Athlete and Soldier
by
ROBERT DUNKELBERGER,
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST
THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
is
home to
items documenting the history of the
school and the achievements of alumni.
acquisition
is
a battered
A recent
dog tag that belonged
to
one
Lamar Blass,
during World War II.
of the most celebrated early athletes,
who was killed
in action
grew up
southern Columbia
one year at Lehigh University,
transferred to Bloomsburg State Teachers College in
the fall of 1933. He majored in secondary education
with a concentration in mathematics and served
Blass
County and,
in Aristes in
after
as president of the senior class, although
athletics
where he stood
it
was
in
out.
Blass played football and basketball, but
was the
top all-around performer on four outstanding track
and field teams. He compiled points in the broad
jump, high jump, high hurdles, 100- and 220-yard
dashes, discus, and shot put, setting five school
records in the process. In 1937, he served as captain
for the
second time, and Bloomsburg won the
four consecutive state
first
of
titles in track.
Following graduation, Blass taught
at
Catawissa
two years before moving to New
Holland. Married to Marion Hogeland in August
High School
1941,
for
he entered the
U.S.
Army the following July,
seven months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl
Harbor brought the United States into World War
II. He was sent to officers’ training school and commissioned a second lieutenant in January 1943.
saw combat overseas in North Africa in March 1943, and was
sent to Naples, Italy, in November, after his promoAssigned to the
tion to
first
field artillery, Blass first
lieutenant. His final action occurred at
the Anzio beachhead, south of Rome, in
where his
30
unit, the
May 1944,
68th Armored Field Artillery
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Lt.
Lamar Blass
during World
he was
in
War
a bunker
II,
in Italy
shortly before
killed in action at
age 31
was attached
Battalion,
Armored
The
to the Fifth
Army’s
1st
Division.
on May
when his battery
division began a drive to the north
24. Five days later, Blass
was
killed
came under enemy fire. His commanding officer,
Field Duskin, who was with him when he died, said
of Blass, “Not only was he a superior officer, he was
one of the
finest
gentlemen that
I
have ever known.”
In the 1980s, a scholarship fund was established
honor and in 1991 he was elected to the
Bloomsburg University Athletic Hall of Fame. His
athletic legacy was summed up by the editor of The
Morning Press in 1944 who said, “If ever there was
a man who loved sports and lived by the code of
sportsmanship, it was Lt. Blass.” •
in Blass’
Blass with the trophy awarded to Bloomsburg for
title,
May
15,
1
937.
The trophy
is
now a
its first
part of the
state track
Bloomsburg
Blass with his wife, the former Marion Hogeland,
on
his
life
who donated much
of the material
to the archives.
University Archives.
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Session
May 18 - June 26
June 29 - Aug. 7
III:
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Orientation
Friday and Saturday, June
26 and 27
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Monday through Wednesday,
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Reading Day
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Transfer Preview Days
Thursday and
Thanksgiving Recess
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Classes
Friday,
July 16 and 17
Resume
Welcome Weekend
Orientation
Thursday through Sunday,
Monday, Nov. 30
Aug.
20 through 23
Classes End
Friday, Dec.
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Monday, Dec. 7
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Finals
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16; Early Bird,
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County United Way, 570-784-3134
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Friday, Dec. 11
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College of Business
Oct. 15
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Friday, Oct.
Induction
9
and 16
Career Day
Friday, Oct.
16
Lambda Alpha
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and 17
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one-on-one attention for their success (see story on page 16).
The Student Success Collaborative
Using technology
to study trends
(SSC),
new this fall,
and roadblocks
also focuses
on the needs of each student.
to student success, this advising platform enables
faculty advisers to individualize the guidance they provide, creating a specific
pathway to
graduation and a career for each student.
Each student’s needs and
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individual choice and gives students the opportunity to pursue their interests in the classroom and
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the Bloomsburg
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community who influenced
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and inspired them, caring staff who connected with them, alumni
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dream job
as a reporter
landed her
with The
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would be
at
would challenge the
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nation’s conscience.
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in love
fell
with BU’s Act 101 program. As he
retires,
he leaves a legacy of students and
alumni
who say he changed
their lives.
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FALL 2015
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to classes, club
2014-15 academic
major from
accompanied Bethany
meetings and other
year. This
Carlisle, returns to
fall,
activities
during the
Robinson, a senior marketing
campus with
her fourth dog, a
The
German shepherd. Robinson shares her experiences with
Seeing Eye at bloomu.edu/magazine.
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE quad
Where
Jobs
Are
FOSTER
ERIC
PHOTO:
WITHIN A YEAR of graduation,
nearly 90 percent of BU graduates are
employed, serving in the military or
continuing their education. For two
young alumnae,
it
wasn’t just about
20
to
24 with
at least a bachelor’s
group remains steady
finding jobs for themselves. They’ve
for this
started their professional lives helping
at 2.4 percent,
County search
employment through CareerLink’s
residents of Luzerne
for
Hazleton
office.
representative,
according to the
chronological order.
•
•
2015
and Chelsea Carpenter
worked
together since January 2015. They
majored in communication studies
enhance students’ preparation
for
entering the job market. These include
Understand that getting
The most effective way to land
a job
is
to apply for three or four
•
Take advantage of available
internships, career road trips, career
fairs
and on-campus interviews.
local
“We put our degree to use every day,”
says Cooke. “We use public speaking, interpersonal
leadership
skills
communication and
within our daily work.
We get a lot of people back on their feet
in the
working field and change a
lives. It is
lot
of
a great feeling.”
As the economy continues
so does the jobs outlook for recent
college graduates. According to the
National Center for Education Statistics,
the
employment
Many places,
CareerLink
like the
office, offer
shops; have case managers
Tips for jobseekers
help with resumes,
Based on their experiences with
work-
who can
mock interviews
and interview preparation; and
CareerLink, which provides career
supply labor market information
services under the direction of the
and job postings
in
your
area. •
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and
Industry,
to improve,
a job takes
time.
jobs each week.
workshops, job shadowing, academic
BU.
Know the
appearance, attitude and work ethic.
•
resources.
at
interview; an
process. This includes your
Opportunities through BU’s Center
U,
Resumes get you an
dos and don’ts of the interview
Career Experience, such as Professional
14, career navigator, have
sure you are qualified before
interview gets you a job.
state’s
Development and
Make
applying for a job.
Department of Labor and Industry.
for Professional
Erica Cooke 13, business services
in
job to the oldest in descending
degree
was 88.1 percent in 2014, the highest it’s
been since 2008, but still lower than the
peak year of 1990 when it was 93.3 percent. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate
Cooke and Carpenter
offer
these tips for a successful job search:
•
Prepare a well-written resume.
For more information: BU’s Center for
Professional Development
and Career
Experience, bloomu.edu/careers, and
Include only the past 10 years of
Commonwealth Workforce Development
work
System/CareerLink, cwds.pa.gov.
history,
from the most recent
rate for jobseekers ages
FALL 2015
3
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
around THE
New Deans
BU WELCOMES KRUG, ARONSTAM
NEW DEANS assumed leadership of two colleges this
summer
Mary, Virginia Tech and Virginia
College of Business and Robert
Commonwealth University.
as
dean of the College
professor and chair of the
A native of State College,
to BU from Loyola
University New Orleans, where
department of biological
he held the Jack and Vada
director of Missouri
Reynolds Chair in International
Resource Center, a nonprofit
Business and served as associ-
service that provides clones of
ate
worked
dean of graduate programs.
in
banking in Germany and
Austria, held executive positions with Texas Instruments
at the
Aronstam previously was
of Science and Technology.
Krug came
PepsiCo and taught
&
— Jeffrey Krug as dean of the
Aronstam
Earlier in his career, he
Champaign, University of
Munster in Germany, William
and
University of Illinois at Urbana-
sciences at Missouri University
of Science and Technology and
S&T cDNA
human proteins. His varied
experience includes research director and senior scientist
with Guthrie Research
at
Institute, Sayre,
and faculty member
the Medical College of Georgia. •
Virginia
Woolf
in
Bloomsburg
BU HOSTS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Great
STEM
Adventure
CAMPERS EXPLORE ENVIRONMENT,
DNA, PROGRAMMING
NEARLY 250 international scholars attended the 25th annual
International Conference on Virginia Woolf hosted by BU in
early June.
The event
at
venues on campus and
in
town featured
150 research papers focused on Woolf and her female contem-
STUDENTS FROM fifth through 10th grades
poraries, presented
explored science, technology, engineering and
world, as well as by college and local high school students.
mathematics during the weeklong Great
Adventure Camps
at
STEM
Highlights included: an international art exhibit at
BU.
Campers entering fifth and
Gallery at Greenly Center, displaying the
sixth grades studied
the basics of geography and the environment,
seventh- and eighth-graders investigated the
brain and
DNA, and campers
human
entering ninth and 10th
grades use computer and mathematical
skills to
programming, criminal investigation, and
decrypt code. •
4
by professors and scholars from around the
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
learn
how to
work of 55
The
artists;
readings by British novelist Maggie Gee and a poet Cynthia
Hogue; theatrical reading of Septimus and Clarissa written by
Ellen McLaughin and performed by the playwright and
members
of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble; and a closing
by Woolf’s nephew, Cecil Woolf, and
wife, biographer Jean Moorcroft Wilson. •
banquet with
a talk
his
Jazzed
All
Up
ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT MONTREUX,
UMBRIA FESTIVALS
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY’S Jazz Ensemble
at two major European events in July —
Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the
Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. Led by Stephen
performed
the
Clickard, professor of music and director of BU’s
Center for Visual and Performing Arts, the Jazz
Ensemble features 25 students majoring in music
and other disciplines.
The ensemble was invited to perform at the
Montreux festival after Clickard submitted a 20minute recording of the group. Major entertainers
at both festivals included Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga,
Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. •
Going Downtown
GREENLY CENTER
IS
DEDICATED
DUANE AND SUE Basar Greenly, members of BU’s Class of 1972,
recently took part in a
in
ceremony to dedicate the Greenly Center
downtown Bloomsburg.
Strengthening BU’s partnership with the community, the
44,700-square-foot center
houses
is
home
to the
BU Foundation. It also
a first-floor art gallery, space for the Office of
and Continuing Education
a 40-seat
computer
lab
future, the third floor
staff,
Corporate
classrooms for BU’s mini-courses,
and a demonstration kitchen. In the
may provide
space for local businesses or
organizations.
Construction on the $8.25 million building was
thanks to a generous $1 million
CGA
gift
made
possible
from the Greenlys. •
Major Focus
Chief
SALLY McAVOY LEADS STUDENT
~
SALLY McAVOY,
r
yP*
is
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MAJOR BEGINS
GOVERNMENT
a senior
double majoring
from Wyomissing who
in early
and special education,
is
childhood
of a product through
for
the 2015-16 academic year. She previously served
IkL'' MIS
as
CGA’s secretary and executive
assistant.
As president, McAvoy hopes to continue to
^ improve student involvement on campus, create
a better awareness of CGA and enhance the relationship between
BU students and town residents. She is building upon her experiences during summer 2014 as the CGA intern working within the
Student Affairs Division.
CGA serves as the bridge between students and administration,
supports more than 300 clubs and organizations, provides scholarships to students, and operates the University Store, the Student
Recreation Center and Honeysuckle Student Apartments. •
this fall. The major,
management process from the creation
Supply Chain Management,
focusing on the
president of the
Community Government Association (CGA)
THE COLLEGE of Business introduced a new major,
its
consumption,
is
directed by
John Grandzol, professor of management.
BU’s program has a sharp focus on operations,
logistics
and sourcing, and prepares students
for
mid- and upper-level career tracks. In addition to
extensive academic experiences,
related
all
students will have
work experience upon graduation.
From this new major comes
the possibility of a
European Union Commerce,
which would allow students to travel between
universities in European Union countries to learn
future specialization,
about supply chain management in foreign settings.
A future new minor,
International Supply Chain,
may soon follow. •
FALL 2015
5
Bloomshurg University of Pennsylvania
around THE
Baltimore Award
BLAKE HONORED BY BLACK CONFERENCE
IRA BLAKE, provost and senior vice president for academic
affairs, was honored with the Pennsylvania Black Conference
on Higher Education’s Mary Baltimore Award for outstanding
service to the organization.
The conference
first
convened
in 1971,
organized by
Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Rep. K. Leroy
aide
Mary Davis
Irvis, his
Baltimore, and black educators from across
the commonwealth. Baltimore carried out a key role in coordi-
nating the
first
The award
individual
and subsequent meetings of the organization.
in Baltimore’s
honor
who demonstrates
is
given each year to an
dedication and
commitment to
achieving the goals of the organization. •
Outstanding Teachers
TRIO SELECTED FOR
AWARD
THREE FACULTY MEMBERS were honored at spring commencement
as the
Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TALE)
Outstanding Teachers for the 2014-2015 academic
is
bestowed annually by BU’s
year.
The award
TALE center to faculty members
nominated by students. This year’s winners are Darrin Kass,
professor of management; Shiloh Erdley, assistant professor of
sociology, social
work and criminal justice; and Mary Katherine
Waibel-Duncan, professor of psychology.
Each winner received a plaque and a $1,000 professional
development stipend sponsored by the Bloomshurg University
Foundation. •
Speaking Up
Best Paper
AN ARTICLE by Shaheen Awan, pro-
PROGRAM RANKED AMONG TOP IN COUNTRY
BU’S SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY graduate pro-
fessor of speech-language pathology,
gram ranked among the top programs
AWAN'S ARTICLE TOPS
IN
SLP
2014
Exploring the Relationship Between
Spectral
and Cepstral Measures of
gathered from more than 70,000
Voice and the Voice Handicap Index
program ranked 16th
(VHI), was selected by Journal of
students representing approximately 1,600 graduate pro-
Voice as the best speech language
grams nationwide.
pathology paper of 2014.
Graduate Programs ranked the University of WisconsinMadison in the top slot, followed by Teachers College at
Columbia University and Georgia State University. Edinboro
The journal received
submissions in 2014.
a record
number
of manuscript
Awan has published
56 papers in
the Journal of Voice over the past 20 years •
in data
University, BU’s sister institution in Pennsylvania’s State
System of Higher Education,
6
in the country in a
survey conducted by Graduate Programs, an online review
resource, between Sept. 1, 2012, and March 31, 2015. BU’s
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
rated 21st. •
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Like Father, Like Son
by SCOTT EDDY
INSIDE THE HOME DUGOUT at
Danny Litwhiler Field stands a plaque
honoring the man who guided
Huskies baseball to more victories
than any other coach in program
history. The late Matt Haney Sr. was
at the helm of Huskies baseball from
1991 to 2005, leading the team to more
than 300 victories and its lone NCAA
Division II
World
Series appearance.
While the plaque dedicated
this
including a pair of wins
last season,
over nationally ranked opponents.
Haney brings
to his
new position
the lessons he learned as he watched
his father coach.
me how to
says.
“My father taught
analyze everything,” he
“His aggressive nature in coach-
ing and the things he did in baseball
We want to force
make decisions. His
translate to soccer.
the other team to
competitiveness and willingness to
past spring serves as a reminder of
win
Haney’s service to the university, the
Matt Haney Sr. turned to coaching
after an injury forced him to make a
name endures on the upper
campus with the arrival of his son,
Matt Haney Jr. ’90, who was named
head coach of the women’s soccer
program in May. He served as an asfamily
coach for both the men’s and
women’s soccer teams last year, helping the men’s team to its first NCAA
sistant
Division II
since 1978,
Tournament appearance
and takes over a women’s
program that posted
a 7-8-3 record
really stuck
career change.
with me.”
He
also hit the class-
room, earning an art degree from BU.
His son would later wear the maroon
and gold as goalkeeper for the 1994
Huskies men’s soccer team after a
playing career at Wilkes University.
Haney,
who served coaching stints
in Division
I,
II
and
III,
“His No.
1
victory
was graduatthem for
ing players and preparing
life,”
he
says.
“He always believed
the student-athletes are here to be
students
first.
my dad fell ill, a number of
former players came back and
shared stories of their time with him,
really proving his point on the
relationships he formed with them.”
“After
his
Now another Haney aims to create
his
own legacy at Bloomsburg. “My
father spent a long period of time
Bloomsburg University Husky
and that was the happiest time of his
as a
life,”
in,
his son recalls. “I put
my time
learned a lot about coaching and
was
able to get this opportunity.
I
am
come back and honor my
memory by following in his
thrilled to
father’s
footsteps at Bloomsburg.” •
also learned
from his father that success goes
beyond wins on the field.
Scott
Eddy is
assistant director of
Sports Information.
FALL 2015
Shirk Signs with Colts
JUSTIN SHIRK T3
signed a free agent
contract with the NFL’s Indianapolis
Colts in July.
Shirk compiled 392 tackles and 18.0
sacks during his four seasons with the
Huskies.
He turned in his
campaign
finest
2014 while pursuing
in
graduate studies, leading the team
with 120 tackles, including 21.5 tackles
for loss
and
11.0 sacks.
Following the 2014 season, Shirk’s
awards included All-America honors
from the Associated Press and
Daktronics.
He was
Cliff Harris
Award
a finalist for the
as the top small
school defensive player in the nation
after earning
Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
(PSAC) East and
The Harrisburg native, who became
first Bloomsburg men’s track and
field national champion in the javelin in
Webster was selected
2012, will try to join three other former
while teammate Matt Feiler was signed
NFL rosters. Jahri Evans,
a fourth-round pick of New Orleans
to a free agent contract
the
Huskies on
in 2006, has
been selected
in the fourth
round of the draft by the Detroit Lions
by the Houston
Texans, spending the 2014 season on the
practice squad before re-signing with
to six
Daktronics Super Region One Defensive
consecutive Pro Bowls with the Saints
Player of the Year honors.
as
one of the best right guards
NFL. Last season, defensive end Larry
the Texans. •
in the
Parker Earns All-Region Softball Honors
SOFTBALL PLAYER Taylor Parker
Division II Conference Commissioners
team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) as a pitcher in 2015,
and PSAC East Freshman of the Year
and second team All-PSAC East as a
Association.
utility
of Dewart was
named second team
All-Atlantic Region
by the Daktronics/
Parker, a sophomore, finished the
year 14-5 with a
1.81
ERA. She had
complete games with
five
12
the 33rd straight season, a conference
shutouts
while striking out 108 and walking 41
in 131 innings.
8
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
She was also named
pitcher in 2014.
Bloomsburg finished 26-16 on the
year and reached the PSAC playoffs for
first
record. •
Saintilus Turns Pro in Italy
ALSSENE SAINTILUS
is
playing
professional basketball for
ASD
Sport
e Cultura Patti in Italy’s National
Series.
camp
The season
in
C
started with training
August and
run through
will
the end of May, including playoffs and
championship
play.
In his final season at BU, he averaged
13.8 points
per game and led the
Huskies’ men’s basketball team in
rebounding with
rebounds per
8.4
contest while shooting over 56 percent
from the
floor. Saintilus
posted seven
double-doubles as a senior and finished
with
his collegiate career
CoSIDA Winner
SCOTT EDDY,
assistant sports
PSAC
Scholar-Athletes
Scholar-Athletes must
maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade
point average while competing in an
intercollegiate varsity sport.
total -
88
PSAC
Scholar-Athlete
women and 46 men - marks
the third straight year that the Huskies
have surpassed the
total
ous year. Find more
at
Class
THE 34th ATHLETIC
of Fame class will be inducted
first
place
Directors
State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Bloomsburg’s
Fame
captured
Information
from the previ-
buhuskies.com. •
(CoSIDA) Fred
Stabley
Sr.
Writing
2. Eddy was honored for
on Huskies football player Eric
Schwartz, who had a tour of duty in Afghan-
Contest District
his story
istan while serving in the Marines. Eddy,
who recently completed his second year at
Bloomsburg, was recognized
zation’s annual
workshop
at
the organi-
in Orlando, Fla.
The winning story appeared
in the
Friday, Oct.
9,
membership
Hall
bringing the
total to 163.
This
year’s inductees are Dale Sullivan
Association
were recognized for the 2014-15
academic year by the Pennsylvania
PSAC
Hall of
information director,
in the College Sports
Scholar-Athletes
A TOTAL of 134 PSAC
34th
1,132 points. •
winter
2015 issue of Bloomsburg: The University
’61,
wrestling; Michelle Martin
Custer
’97, field
Stamm
’96,
hockey;
women’s
Kim
basketball;
Rob Dixon ’99, men’s tennis; and
Marcus Nilsson ’99, men’s tennis.
Learn more about new
members of the Athletic Hall
of Fame atbuhuskies.com. For
information on tickets to the
dinner and induction ceremony,
contact the sports information
office at 570-389-4411. •
Magazine. •
FALL 2015
9
Scott Inch,
left,
and
his
former student Michael Grube collaborated on a project to
MORE THAN 23 million people live
in the Central African
Cameroon. Only one
Republic of
is
recognized as
In Cameroon, cybercrime
officers or lawyers
Cameroon's law enforcement community
with a basic understanding of
digital forensics is
significantly within the next year, thanks
is
police
Inch
in partnership
understand the
BU’s bachelor’s degree program in
is
digital forensics,
which began nearly
A popular undergraduate
contain, says Scott Inch ’86, professor
10 years ago.
of mathematics, computer science and
major, digital forensics
field that
is
an evolving
teaches students to retrieve
out of the country’s courts simply
information from computer hard drives,
because
cell
do not grasp the
technology involved.
But the number of Cameroonian
10
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
“The law hasn’t caught up to
“Cameroon
technology,” Inch says.
in
officials
neighboring nations, with Nigeria as
the worst offender.
Inch developed most of the courses
inner workings of today’s technology
Cases have been thrown
by
with Michael Grube
originating inside the country and in
’13/T5M.
and the potential evidence devices
statistics.
include terrorism, drug violations,
human trafficking and scams
expected to grow
to interactive online training created
a digital forensics expert.
common, but few judges,
officials
train
phones, tablets and other devices
to fight cybercrime
and use
in legal
proceedings. Major crimes in
Cameroon
experiencing a
lot
of cybercrime,
including scams, because people don’t
understand technology. Cameroon
cash culture and citizens wire
make purchases,
card as
is
a
money to
rather than use a credit
we would. There
when their purchases do
is
no recourse
not arrive.”
Cameroonian expert
content and designed simple online
Inch learned of the scarcity of
knowledge from Ali Joan Beri Wacka,
often referred to as “Cameroon’s digital
forensics expert,” through two years
of email correspondence followed by a
visit to Bloomsburg’s campus. Wacka
training, but
earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees
dergraduate degree in digital forensics
in
computer science from Abubakar
Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi,
Nigeria. However, her efforts to pursue a
doctoral degree in digital forensics were
stymied until she met faculty from BU’s
Institute for Instructional
(IIT),
Technology
who were visiting Cameroon’s
to
he wanted the training
be presented
in a
who could take the project
to the next level:
Mike Grube, whose un-
and studies toward a master’s degree
in instructional
technology
a natural for his required
“She and
I
A native of Easton, Grube came to
computers gained not only through BU’s
who
an adviser for Wacka’s
doctoral studies.
“We
spent the
summer
working on her dissertation and talking
about future projects
we
could work on
together.”
After
Wacka returned home, she and
for training
members
of Cameroon’s
community. Inch created the
game
player and,
a professional online poker player.
admits he took his
BU education
more seriously after the U.S. Department of Justice shut down online poker
in 2011,
but says the
skills
he gained
through gaming taught him to “read
people,” a
clients’
Inch continued to develop the concept
legal
later,
program, but also as
handy talent
in
determining
needs for online training.
Grube “built the interactive modules
upon the foundation of content I
created,” Inch says, determining the
necessary information, writing a
two core courses for
however
digital forensics major,
college credits will not be awarded.
In the final stages of development, the
program should roll out in January 2016,
supported by a government minister’s
financial backing and his endorsement
7
of the partnership with the University
of Buea.
the project with a knowledge of
He
clicked,” says Inch,
as
it
internship.
a professional video
now serves
made
480-hour
match
training contains information similar
BU’s
Inch knew
activities to
self-paced online
to that included in
institution that provides study abroad
BU students. They put
The
with a voice over.
digital forensics
experiences for
and creating
fashion than a PowerPoint presentation
University of Buea, a 12,000-student
her in touch with Inch.
more innovative
storyline
the content.
BU will control the grading
and content and provide the technical
support.
Grube says the project has provided
insights for his career, including
estimate the
requires
this
one
amount of time
— he says he underestimated
— and how to gauge the depth
of training clients need.
most
is
how to
a project
‘What
I
love
being able to use both of my
degrees,”
Grube
says.
“And
to help the
university.”
“And,” Inch adds,
being seen
“Cameroon
loves
at the forefront of technology
in their region.” •
Bonnie Martin
is
editor of Bloomsburg:
The University Magazine.
FALL 2015
11
L
evening baseball game
THE TENSION in the
at
Camden
Yards, near Baltimore’s famous Inner
neighborhoods was palpable
when reporter Yvonne Wenger
began her
shift at
The Baltimore
Sun on Saturday, April
25.
was two days before the explosive
would shake the city and
the nation, and as Wenger began
It
riots that
writing about the eighth day of
nonviolent protests following Freddie
Gray’s death, the newsroom’s police
scanner started squawking.
That Saturday saw an estimated
1,200 people take to the streets in the
Demonstrators
remained peaceful despite growing
anger as details emerged about
allegations of police mistreatment
causing Gray’s injury and death. That
largest protest to date.
is,
12
until just before the Orioles’ early
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
‘Using language to feel emotion
and connect’
Harbor.
Wenger, The Baltimore Sun’s
marched four miles across the
city from West Baltimore, where
Freddie Gray was arrested, to the
Harbor and there were points where
people were obviously tense,” Wenger
says. “That night, I went back to the
newsroom and was writing the
mainbar when we started hearing
on the scanner that windows were
breaking around the Harbor area.”
“I
A line of police
in riot
gear
hall reporter since
company, she recalls being fascinated
by the authors the company
published.
way you can use language
make people feel emotion and to
“I like the
to
connect with another
ence,”
protesters outside the baseball park
that in writing.
quickly dispersed. As The Sun
nalism
was
an anomaly during an otherwise
peaceful march.”
There was little warning of what
to come.
was
says
word has always held
an attraction for her. Growing up in
southern Lancaster County, where
her father worked for a printing
the written
formed around Camden Yards, and
reported, “the brief flare-up
city
summer 2014,
Wenger
we
human experi-
says. “I like to capture
I
think in print jour-
often have a greater ability
to explore issues in depth.”
Wenger, who graduated from
Bloomsburg in 2002 with a double
major in mass communications and
political science, says
she visited
BU
by
and was hooked. She
pursued broadcast journalism, but her love of the written word
drew her to print journalism. She
became an editor of BU’s student
newspaper, The Voice, and remembers making tough decisions on how
to cover devastating stories, such
as a fraternity house fire in which
three students died and the death
of a young man who collapsed as he
in the fall of ’97
initially
JACK SHERZER
“No matter what newsroom
I’ve
been in — and I’ve sat in newsrooms
with people with Ivy League degrees
— my Bloomsburg degree has served
me well,” she says. “I’ve said to my
cousins, ‘You can go to a big
name
university and get the debt that
comes
with it’ — and yes, there are certain
advantages that come with networking
— but I would put my Bloomsburg
degree against anyone
else’s.”
played flag football.
Wenger worked as a reporter at The
Reading Eagle and The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. The Sun was a
“goal paper” for her — a goal achieved
time
2012 and was hired. One thing
she learned along the way is that she
in
would stack her Bloomsburg training
against any other school.
she didn’t feel scared.
“I
saw broken windows and looted
shops,” says Wenger,
After graduating from Bloomsburg,
after she applied for the third
were talking about this on social
media and we started getting reports
that businesses were planning to close
early,” Wenger says. Rioting began
around 3 p.m. and Wenger was sent to
check out the central business district
and the touristy Inner Harbor area,
both close to The Sun offices. Initially,
she went out alone, and Wenger says
The Baltimore
riot
and
lingering questions
On Monday, April 27, one of the first
warning signs of the riot came when
the newspaper’s education reporter
mentioned teens were talking about
The Purge. The term describes a
society that allows a 12-hour period in
which
“We
all
crime
is
legalized.
started hearing that the kids
some
video. “I
went
who
also shot
into an African
hair braiding shop and the
so upset: her TV,
all
owner was
of her chemicals
and her weaves had been
stolen,
and
the weaves are very expensive.”
She also witnessed acts of good. “An
had been hit. Windows
were broken and people had stolen
liquor. Some construction workers
came by and boarded up the owner’s
Italian deli
windows
for him.”
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13
Wenger
says she felt afraid only once.
A group of young
when
they saw her
walking quickly in the opposite
direction,” she says. “I suppose I may have been naive
because these young kids were maybe 12 or 13, and I
didn’t expect they could frighten me. It was a large group
and I’m just surprised that they were as aggressive as
they were because they were so young.”
people looting a store threatened her
shooting video.
In the
Were
“I started
wake of the
riots
unanswered questions remain.
the rioters egged on by agitators from outside
Baltimore? (The Sun
is
investigating but, so
majority of those arrested are from the
far,
the
city.)
Did Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake make
the rioting worse by not ordering police to take a
stronger approach to breaking up the riots?
Wenger
says the
she intended to
let
mayor strongly
refutes claims that
the rioters go unchallenged and says
her comments about the city giving space “to those
who wished to destroy” have been
misrepresented. But,
Wenger says, many believe the mayor’s decision not to
take a more combative approach prevented any rioters
or other citizens from being killed.
some ways it’s not surprising that Baltimore
became a powder keg, she says. Before the Gray incident,
In
her newspaper’s investigative series on police brutality
revealed that the city paid out claims of almost $6 million
over four years. At the same time, however, she has no
“Why Baltimore?”
ready answer to the question,
“These are issues that black America has been dealing
with for decades and I don’t know what made
Baltimore the flash point,” Wenger says. “During the
unrest, I received a call every day from Jesse Jackson.
His focus was on the cameras and the fact that people
have smartphones and are videotaping, allowing what
happened to Freddie Gray to go viral.”
She says Baltimore these days
is
safe
and
normal, but there are concerns over what
feels
back to
may happen as
the criminal cases against the officers charged in Gray’s
death move forward. Elected
officials, religious leaders,
academics and nonprofit groups are coming together
to figure out
how to
address the systemic issues
structural racism, poverty, drugs
—
and a lack of jobs
—
that contributed to the unrest.
As
far as
what comes
next,
Wenger
says, “It’s just
impossible to know. These are unpredictable times.”
Editor’s note: See
Yvonne Wenger’s Baltimore Sun
reporting by searching her
name
at baltimoresun.com. •
Jack Sherzer is a professional writer and principal
partner with Message Prose, a communications and
public relations firm in Harrisburg.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Nickel Rides
JERRY WEMPLE
by
I.
Back
when your
the days
in
S.
WILLIAM
grandfather’s father,
ILLUSTRATION:
maybe
was
his father,
amusement
young man down
a
make your back
on the
feel like
they
like
my
in
day,
them
call
nickel rides.
up and down, bucking around,
Steel boxes jacking
Back
shore
piers or the scruffy city lots over near
the wrong side of town, they used to
your hips
at the
it
was worked over with crowbar,
was smacked with
a plank.
word was out about those
Philly streets.
was
I
Nickel Rides by Jerry
nickel rides
Wemple
originally
journal devoted to social justice issues.
from the country, hard
in
was published in HEArt online, a literary
Wemple. BU professor of English, is the
author of three poetry collections.
down by
the
and the woods, but even
river
knew what was what. Saw
I
while stretching
waiting
my
between long-run
in
when
enough that
I
needed
to take a
head up another, act
like
I
left,
never
the paddy
jumped
out,
whacking him good with long
noticed,
How It Began
30th Street station
trains,
and four cops jumped
pulled up
enough that one day
clear
legs near the
a
sticks.
I
wagon
man
hardly
I
THE APRIL
figured soon
from
officers
illegal knife
the back of the
in
screech-lurching
to bust the brakes
II.
wagon
down
for a nickel ride.
the street
and run out
First off,
the war on drugs
there's a
war on people.
wars have
All
I
Charm
see
up
flames. Orange tongues of
in
us from brick buildings. The old people say
back
in
the King
nearly
riot,
ain’t
We
store.
had one good
like
a
Now
they were spun off their
Philly,
buried
-
Baltimore, D.C.
change
city of
of luck,
my
in
fifty
and
it’s
it’s
fire
I
own
I'm not
in
and out
nickel rides,
much
German
cemetery
saint’s
it
a limp,
isn’t
in
the
screaming and obviously
in
viral
pain Gray being dragged
The video raised
—
official
But a twist of
in
police headquarters were nonviolent. On April 25, however, a small
group of protesters damaged police vehicles and area businesses
and approached Camden Yards during an Orioles baseball game.
They were quickly dispersed by police.
fate,
Baltimore,
The following Monday, the
Manayunk
began, with news stations
riot
capturing scenes of protesters looting, setting
got a parcel of kin
rocks and other items at police,
section of Philly.
hard to fathom other blood
—
On April 18
the day before Gray's death
the first of what
would be daily protests occurred. Until Saturday, April 25, the
protests in front of the Western District police station, City Hall and
remember
to
could've been. Missed being born
Generation or two before them
medical care as he was taken to the
questions about the arrest and fueled community outrage.
young
I
for
to a police transport van by officers.
was
of focus,
conception, by a few weeks or a month.
the
it
dazed from the experience.
for cities.
on bicycles, who found what was described as an
Shortly after the arrest, video taken by bystanders went
showing
taunt
just as
burnt. Kids too
and focused
riots
District police station, but prosecutors say
years ago. They say
alone Reverend King dodge
let
war on drugs;
atrocities.
changed much since those days.
the neighborhood
Tupac
at once.
wars have casualties,
Baltimore
he was ignored.
From the police station, he was transported to the University of
Maryland Medical Center's R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center,
where he was treated for severe spinal injuries and fell into a coma.
He died on April 19.
Western
Only some wars have winners. Tonight
losers.
City
all
off the
clipped to the inside of his front pants pocket.
Gray repeatedly asked
a concept. There ain’t a
is
All
the gas
all
That unit
the driver wanted
like
touched
According to Baltimore police, Gray acted suspiciously as he ran
nothing, especially
him being cuffed and dumped
a side-vision glance of
it
the nation on the issue of police brutality.
cross the street,
saw
12, 2015, arrest of 25-year-old Freddie Gray should have
been simple. Instead,
Control
kin,
who
was restored by Monday
fires,
and throwing
retreated from the crowd.
night and a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m.
curfew was imposed.
all
those years removed, being sold
in
an auction house
Of course, there's a war on despair, too, though not
and having no spokesperson.
but
is
long going
like
the
It’s
rest.
I
avoid the nickel rides.
I
swampy
D.C.
While the
Likewise, despair too
watch on
my TV
it's
is
city didn’t
see another
against the Chicago White Sox at
often erratic, explosive even,
and so needs a people enemy. And sometimes
Me,
in
official
fifty
miles downriver
in
the next day's Orioles
public because of safety concerns
— the
the ballpark.
held without a crowd
in
game
Yards was closed to the
game was
first
time a major league
a concept,
them, but
in
the end
what's happening
In
it’s
us.
the aftermath of Gray’s arrest and death, six officers were
charged, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the
firing of the city's police chief
one hundred
riot,
Camden
slacked-jawed sorrow.
initiated
and the
U.S.
Department
of Justice
an investigation.
FALL
2015
15
WENZEL/IMPRESSIONS
GORDON
PHOTO:
Champion
for Student Success
By WILLIE
ON THE EVE of his retirement, Irvin
Wright
is
dealing with a serious case
of separation anxiety.
“Today
I
as
I
was leaving for lunch
started to get emotional about this
• ••
“He demanded more from me — he
helped me work harder than I thought
ment. “I was standing at the elevator
and
couldn’t feel
I
my legs. I had to
I needed to.”
“I
came
as a 17 year-old.
my 40s and Dr.
to
Wright
Now I’m
is still
a
in
mentor
me.”
It
its
students,
and
his path
wasn’t an easy transition, howev-
He remembers feeling taken aback
when he arrived at Bloomsburg. “I
“Dr.
Wright became like a father
nothing I do on a daily
figure. There’s
stand up.”
basis that I don’t
owe him for.”
It’s
•
••
be his
Ask former Act
101 students about
Wright, and they talk about the deep
level of
support he provided and
how
he always demanded their best despite the multiple barriers to success
they often faced. For some, he became
part of their extended families, at-
tending weddings and graduation
parties,
said,
‘There are no black people’,” he
recalls.
“The environment was not
very welcoming.”
hold myself steady to continue to
June 25, 2015. The next day will
last on staff. It will be the end
of a professional career that spanned
45 years, 38 of those at Bloomsburg
University working with the Act
101/Equal Opportunity Program, for
which he served as director from
1996 through 2012. The program
provides academic advising, tutoring,
mentorship and a precollege summer
program to students who are at a fi-
program and
was set.
er.
experience,” says Wright, former
associate dean for academic achieve-
COLON
and sometimes advising them
Hired as the Act 101 assistant direche moved to Bloomsburg
and, a year later, married his wife,
Judy, who had trouble getting a job
as a school teacher despite her strong
qualifications. And the couple had
tor in 1977,
to
file
several grievances against a
landlord
who
tried repeatedly to evict
them.
Wright was undeterred, but clearly
was a lot of work to be done.
“Jesse Bryan and I realized that we
needed to create a community that
embraced and supported differences,”
he says.
there
nancial, cultural, social or educational
about wrenching personal
disadvantage.
Their recollections swirl around
one fundamental truth summed up by
Act 101 alumnus Wayne Whitaker Sr.
students from different backgrounds
79, assistant director of diversity and
that Act 101 includes both whites and
Those who know him well describe
Wright as a champion for diversity
and social justice; a tireless administrator
mile
who without fail goes the
extra
— and beyond — for students.
“In 38 years, I’ve only missed
four graduations,” Wright says.
important for
I
me to be there because
know what the
through
“It’s
students have gone
to get to that point.
know how I do this.
because I’m motivated. It’s exciting work because I see the difference
“People want to
It’s
in students
when they get it — what
they need to do to be successful.”
retention at BU:
“He
is
crises.
dedicated to
students. That’s his heart.”
That dedication began in the summer of 1975. Wright was an assistant
football coach at the University of
Toledo when his close friend, Jesse
Bryan, encouraged him to use his
vacation time to work as a guidance
counselor for the Act 101 summer
program. Bryan was BU’s first fulltime director of Act 101.
Wright says he
fell in
Part of that
work involved helping
engage with one another. The
fact
students of color has helped foster a
multicultural environment.
He
also has
worked hard
to counter
the stigma that Act 101 students are
less
deserving of their spot at Blooms-
burg.
“Why bring these
students to
Bloomsburg when you know they
can’t make it?” Wright says, quoting
the attitude of some staff and faculty.
“But that’s not true. Our retention and
graduation rates keep going up.”
love with the
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17
"
Wright remembers six-year graduation rates for underrepresented
minorities as low as 33 percent. For
the 2008 freshmen cohort, that figure
was
51.1 percent.
Improving retention and gradu-
Force on Racial Equity, the University
Committee for Protected Class Issues
and the Bloomsburg Rotary Club.
“The thing about people
tion
is
that
we have
level.
the committees you can.”
committed
says.
to sup-
porting students, you end up on
all
Wright also has made it a point to
on numerous committees and get
involved in the community. A very
sit
of those activities includes
the University'- Community Task
“He’s a
affairs at Bloomsburg. “He will always be the voice of social justice at
Bloomsburg.”
But while he’s no longer on staff,
is hardly going silent.
that voice
he says with a laugh.
be trying to figure out
what to do with the next chapter of
• ••
Wright
will
says
’95/’98M, director of multicultural
after
Irvin
civil rights trailblazer,”
Act 101 alumna Madelyn Rodriguez
“I’m not planning to do anything
students are the same. You
“Not
have to meet them where they are
in terms of readiness for college,”
Wright explains. “At the same time,
we have cracks that students fall
through and are never heard from
again. What can we do as an institution to help them?”
list
on more
to take
“If you’re really
short
my posi-
than just doing our job,” Wright
ation rates has meant a lot of work
with students and at the institutional
all
in
"
I
retire,”
“Basically,
be sorely missed.
used to go to Dr. Wright’s office
and talk about personal stuff going
on with me,” says Mara Carpenter
‘98. “He was one of the first people I
thought of to invite to my wedding.
Now, I’m a nurse anesthetist and an
“I
I’ll
my life.”
It’s
highly likely that a big part
of that next chapter will involve
Bloomsburg: He has already filled out
the necessary background clearance
forms so he can start volunteering.
Clearly,
he won’t be going far. •
equal opportunity officer in the U.S.
Army. What better way to honor
where I came from?”
Willie Colon
is
a freelance writer
based in Philadelphia.
Former Act 101 students credit
the program — and its longtime director Irvin Wright —
with providing the support and
encouragement they needed to
successfully navigate the aca-
demic, social and cultural
aspects of life at Bloomsburg.
Their testimonies speak to the
enduring impact that Wright
and the program have had on
their lives.
“Act 101 pretty
person. They
much saved me
opened doors
for
other schools didn't accept me.
Wright helped
me be who am
I
as a
me when
And
Dr.
today. He’s
not just an administrator; he's family.
Madelyn Rodriguez ’95/'98M,
Director of Multicultural Affairs,
Bloomsburg University
“What liked so much was that Dr. Wright
he forced me
demanded more from me
I
—
to
perform at a higher level and give back to
the program.
needed out
1
01 so
And he helped me get what
of the program, too.
much
that
it
naturally
love Bloomsburg. For
me Act
101
Mock Austin
Director of
New
is
.
’02, Assistant
Student Orientation,
Bloomsburg University
I
loved Act
made me
synonymous with Bloomsburg
Kristin
I
"
"
PHOTO: GORDON WENZEL/IMPRESSIONS
‘‘Dr.
—
I'd
Wright helped
be
in his office
me
fill
and my
out
all
mom
my forms
would be
on the phone giving him the information
financial aid forms. With his help
a problem getting the forms
Then
I
burg,
and he helped
went back to grad school
from grad student
to
never had
I
in for
for
money.
at
Blooms-
me make the transition
employee. When a
student needs something I’m there because
that’s
what
Marcella
Dr.
Wright did with me.
Woods
’85, Coordinator of
remember the first day of the Act 1 01
summer program when we were all sitting
“I
in
the audience. Dr. Wright said, ‘Look
right.
Now look left. One
won’t graduate.
when
I
said,
’
of these students
That was profound. That's
“I will
graduate.
’
I
decided
"I
would not have been academically
ready
if
not
for
the program.
told
me
I
couldn’t write either.
the level
I
needed
to
be at
Wayne Whitaker
knew that this
was an opportunity and had to make the
Bloomsburg University
do
everything into perspective.
I
came
in
I
was the
perfect candidate! The program got
my very best and really focus on the
academics. That first day helped me put
to
I
knowing I couldn't do math, and then they
Sr.
me to
.
79, Assistant
Director of Diversity and Retention,
I
most of it.”
Minority Affairs, Residence Life,
Nicole Mason ’04, Director of Marketing
Bloomsburg University
Strategy, Macy’s
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husky notes
Backstage Pass:
Have Bass,
'06
BEAUPRE
Will Travel
TOM
COURTESY
by
ERIC FOSTER
PHOTO:
I
TOM BEAUPRE measures time in tours, rather than years.
ing hours from venue to sold-out venue.
Beaupre has been the bass player for Florida Georgia Line’s
touring band for the past five years. You can almost see him
mentally converting tours to years
when
asked about the number
of shows he’s played with the country duo.
“We
the
did 256 shows in 2013. Last year
first
pre ’06,
66 days of this year,
who married
I
it
his sweetheart, Jessica, last
double platinum and
Composed
last year’s
to 170
Any thing Goes
is
in
Beau-
December.
Good Times
is
already gold.
of Florida-native Brian Kelley and Tyler
of Georgia, the country duo
and
for 57,” says
Florida Georgia Line’s 2012 album Here’s to the
is
Hubbard
burning up highways, as well as
charts.
Nine buses and a handful of semis
20
roll
through the wee morn-
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
is
And when the band
on stage
left in
the lights
and smoke, laying down the bass for crowds numbering in the
thousands.
Beaupre’s love of music comes a long
was 160
was on the road
takes the stage at 9 p.m., Beaupre
and rock (or country) music stardom.
music
fair
where,
among the
It
way from dazzling stages
comes from
a third-grade
trumpets, saxophones and
flutes,
he
saw an upright bass.
“I loved
it,
the feel of it, the sound of it.” Lessons followed. In
middle school, the bass was turned on
the band Green
Day figures
its
side
and
electrified
...
into Beaupre’s recollection of these
years. Guitar lessons followed in high school
and
college.
He went to Bloomsburg to study business, but switched majors
to music, studying jazz, theory and classical guitar. He played
open mics. His pop punk group, William West, won BU’s battle of
©
a©
bucks, gigged on weekends and lived with
the bands one year.
And long before he
played Dirt on the
roommates,
who
good chance
included Brian Kelley
he’s listening to
“Every camp
is
NPR.
different,” says
Beaupre.
and Tyler Hubbard. Hubbard and Kelley
“Camp”
bass for Wagner’s Die Meistersingers with
formed Florida Georgia Line
group of people involved in a particular
the Bloomsburg University-Community
bringing a rock attitude to country music.
Orchestra.
Beaupre had kept
An open mic gave Beaupre the first clue
that this could be a career. “We must have
a natural
country music stage, he played upright
fit
his
in 2010,
chops sharp and was
for backing the
duo
live.
been playing the right covers, because the
summer of 2011, the band
manager said, ‘Get ready to not be home
audience kept calling for more.
much.’ That was the
Teah,
I
could do
I
thought,
“In the
first
time
I
was
paying all of my bills with music.”
this.’
“My professors encouraged me to shoot
Things were happening, and
fast.
for the stars,” says Beaupre. Instead of
Florida Georgia Line opened for well-
looking for recording internships close to
known country artists
home
Luke Bryan (2013) and Jason Aldean
(2014) and 11 dates for singer/songwriter
in Paoli,
he sent dozens of applica-
tions to Nashville,
Emerald
and he landed one
at
Taylor Swift in 2013.
Studios.
After graduation, Beaupre
worked
for
about a year for newspapers in the Paoli
ing their
Jake
Owen (2012),
They began
headlin-
own tours, as well, in 2013.
After the intensity of playing a show, he
area and doing music gigs on weekends.
keeps himself busy in the downtime on
Bigger stages beckoned. Beaupre took a
the road by working out, reading and
chance and moved to Nashville.
He tuned pianos, served lattes at Star-
playing golf, like
If you see
many of his bandmates.
Beaupre with earbuds, there’s a
music industry lingo for the
is
tour.
‘We’ve got a family-oriented setup
here.
No one’s chasing women or doing
drugs. We’re
all
husbands trying to make a
living for our families.
“This
the best of all worlds,” says
is
Beaupre. “Brian and Tyler have so
to
do
much
interviews with media, radio
...
stations
and that
and
is
fans.
to
We’ve got a job
make
to
do
sure those two guys
have a great-sounding band every night.
It’s
a great job.
“I lived
they’re
with them for two years and
awesome, down-to-earth. They’re
my boss and my friends. They’re my
friends
first.”
Eric Foster
•
is
photography editor
The University
for Bloomsburg:
Magazine.
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husky
weekly newspaper
Haven. Also editor of The
Schuylkill News, a
’40s
Bill
in Schuylkill
Selden ’43 received the Historic
Award from the Berwick
Preservation
was
Historical Society. Selden
also
honored for seven decades of service
by the district deputy grand master of
the 35th Masonic District.
Reading Eagle, Deitz coordinates work
between the companies, making Reading
Eagle Co.’s resources available for South
Schuylkill News. Deitz is a past president
of the Pennsylvania Society of
in the district.
graduated from the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.
He was
coordinator of the Allentown
Area Lutheran Parish and Christ Church
in Hazleton.
He has served
as interim
Kevin R. Barr ’76 retired from the Cape
May County (N.J.) Special Services
St.
John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fogelsville.
Bonnie
L,
’63 retired
Hoffman Tyler
from teaching
the end of the 2014-15
academic year. For most
of her career, she taught
in 12-month environments
at
in alternative schools in
New Jersey, working with students who
did not succeed in district public schools.
Tyler
was recognized
for her faith in
public education and individual students
and service to her community during
an awards ceremony for high-achieving
hhh
seniors.
Jerry Walborn ’71 retired as a pilot
from United Airlines with over 25,000
accident-free flight hours.
J.
Dean Giambrone
’73 retired as a
and collections manager from
Henkels & McCoy, Blue Bell.
Harry Deitz ’74 is publisher of South
credit
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Brig. Gen.
Thomas P.
Army
’83, U.S.
^ Reserve, deputyprotection
-
director, force
and counter weapons
of mass destruction, the
Joint Staff, Washington,
D.C., was reassigned to deputy commanding general (operations), Troop
Program Unit, 80th Training Command,
9a
Total
Army
School System,
School District after 39 years teaching
at the middle, high school and post high
Richmond,
school levels. Barr
Christine Kuperavage Zanis ’84
is
a past president of
the district’s staff association, and
was
Va.
Penn Investors Trust
and
Zanis
his wife, Eileen, live in Palermo, N.J.
Richard Simons ’77 is first vice
chairman of The Association for
Manufacturing Technology. Simons,
chairman, president and CEO of
Hardinge Inc., Elmira, N.Y., has led
Hardinge as president and chief
executive officer since
May 2008.
is
vice
president and account officer of National
named Teacher of the Year in 2004. He
pastor at Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Old Zionsville, and
.
Evans
v.-
from Bloomsburg Memorial
Elementary School. Faust taught 30 years
anniversary of his ordination. Trout
v
\
retired
Stanley Trout ’62 celebrated the 50th
University.
Newspaper Editors and the Pennsylvania
Associated Press Managing Editors.
Gail Georgette Gazdick Faust ’75
’60s
Denise Davies Berg ’82 is director of
alumni engagement at Millersville
University. Berg previously worked as
director of alumni relations at Mansfield
Co.,
Allentown.
responsible for managing,
is
expanding and servicing client
relationships in Berks and Schuylkill
counties and parts of Montgomery
County.
Robert Druckenmiller ’85
is
administrator of health care services
at
Masonic
Village, Elizabethtown.
Druckenmiller previously worked as
Dave Williams
’78
was inducted
into
chief financial officer and assistant
the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football
nursing home administrator
Coaches Association (PSFCA) Hall of
Fame. Williams was head coach at four
high schools — Mount Carmel, Shenandoah Valley, Tamaqua and Nazareth
Area — for a total of 16 seasons, posting
Acres Nursing and Rehab.
a career record of 135-53-1.
named PSFCA Coach
Williams was
of the Year three
times and was 1996 Associated Press
at
Pleasant
Jerry Ganz ’85 is vice president of
finance and chief financial officer at the
University of Connecticut Foundation.
He lives
C.J.
and
with his
and their children, Isabella,
in Ellington, Conn.,
wife, Elena,
Olivia.
Small School Coach of the Year.
Greg Kleponis
’85
is
a doctoral candi-
date in conflict studies at the University
of Bolton, United Kingdom. Kleponis
’80s
retired U.S. Air Force colonel
is
who
specialized in security operations and
’80, a
member
antiterrorism plans and programs and
Kappa
Gamma
served in advisory capacities in the
Carol McClain Kruskie
of Sigma Chapter, Delta
International, received an enrichment
Middle
grant from the Alpha Alpha state
resides in Greece.
organization. She will use the grant
money to conduct research.
East, Iraq
and Afghanistan. He
a
Lawrence Medaglia ’85 was appointed
to the Reading Area Community College
Frank Sheptock ’86
is
income group
and in institutional sales and marketing
and served as a portfolio manager with
a volunteer
financial division, fixed
coach at BU under
defensive coordinator Chet Henicle.
assistant football
Board of Education. Medaglia is
serving his fifth, four-year term as the
Berks County register of wills. He
previously was the administrative
supervisor of the Berks County district
Robert Fortuner ’87 is finance director
of Wayne Memorial Community Health
Centers, encompassing 14 medical,
team.
attorney’s office.
dental and specialty health care
professor of business and information
throughout Lackawanna, Pike
and Wayne counties. He previously
technology at
of schools for the Archdiocese of
worked
administration courses.
Washington with oversight for 68
elementary schools, 20 high schools
and seven early childhood programs
Washington, D.C., and suburban and
Carbondale, as the organization’s
Vanguard’s Stable Value Management
Cathleen Golden Ray ’87
offices
William Ryan
’85
superintendent
is
is
assistant
Mount Aloysius
College,
Cresson, where she teaches business
for Quality Perforating Inc.,
southern Maryland. The schools serve
superintendent of the Great Valley
Susan Keim Blake ’88M retired as
Head Start director. Blake
worked at the Danville Head Start
program for 25 years, and spent the
approximately 27,000 students.
School District. Palubinsky, assistant
12 years as director.
chief financial officer.
Danville
in
Regina Speaker Palubinsky ’87M
is
last
superintendent for Phoenixville Area
School District since 2010, was the
special assistant to the Pennsylvania
relations coordinator/spokesperson for
Insurance Co. Bolinger joined the com-
secretary of education and a high
the Pennsylvania Department of
pany as an accounting manager in 1988,
was promoted to vice president/chief
financial officer and elected treasurer.
school science teacher.
Environmental Protection’s Northeast
Brian Bolinger ’86
is
senior vice
president at the Tuscarora
He
is
a
member of the
Wayne
Pennsylvania
blog called “wurdsfromtheburbs” for five
He
recently published a selection
Accountants. Bolinger resides in
of essays, An Atheist for Christ,
Wyalusing with his wife, Valerie, and
children, Ty and Madisyn.
zon for Kindle.
Kelly Cuthbert
director,
Vanguard Europe, Valley Forge,
directing Vanguard’s Financial Advisor
and financial
assets.
adviser.
Brogna named
Services division,
which serves more
than 1,000 financial advisory firms
representing more than $1 trillion in
He
has worked in Vanguard’s
VP
wrote
Katrina: A Novel of New Orleans and
is
working on a sequel to Dead On, a timebending thriller optioned by Hollywood’s
Gold Circle Films.
THE NEW DIRECTOR of
cancer services
advancement and communication
Community Hospital,
at
Evangelical
with Allied Services Integrated
Lewisburg, Andrea Keefer
Health System. Brogna joined
Bertram
’89
is
responsible for
managing strategic planning,
and brings
budgeting, fiscal management,
compliance, productivity, and
in
new role.
reporting for the hospital’s
expanded cancer services program.
certificate in nonprofit
management from
the University of Scranton and
is
completing graduate studies
management
at
Misericordia University.
is
also
What Remained of
AS
communications and professional
Allied Services
Jameson
historical romances.
the award-winning
JIM BROGNA ’92 was named
more than 20 years of experience
in organizational
released
to Spellbound, another in her series of
vice president for corporate
director of development
Brogna earned a
Jameson ’89
Bertram directs cancer services
Allied Services in 1999 as executive
fundraising to his
anchor/reporter at WYOU-TV in
Wilkes-Barre.
Across a Dark Highland Shore, a sequel
Morgan Stanley
Wealth Management, Easton, a group
composed of the firm’s top financial
advisers. Glovas is the managing director
at
community
on Ama-
Thomas Rampulla ’87 is managing
Chairman’s Club
the
Previously she was employed as an
’87 has has written a
years.
to the
is
Regional Office in Wilkes-Barre.
Joseph Pugnetti
Institute of Certified Public
Michael Glovas ’86 was named
Colleen Connolly ’88
the provider of health care and
human
Bertram joined Evangelical’s team
in
2007 to oversee
M. Humphreys
the administrative direction of the Thyra
Center for Breast Health. During her 24-year professional
career, she has
worked with major businesses throughout
services for northeastern Pennsylvanians with disabilities and
the Susquehanna Valley in roles related to development,
chronic
marketing and financial management.
illness.
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Business
’90s
Management
Institute at
’00s
the University of Kentucky.
Bill Shotwell ’95 was promoted to senior
key account manager for Precor, a global
Wendi Achey ’91 was promoted to
company, responsible for direct
and Delaware. He
has been employed with Precor since
2006 and has 20 years in the health and
professor of business marketing at
fitness
Northampton Community College,
Bethlehem. Before coming to NCC,
Achey was marketing manager at B.
Braun and director of marketing and
sales in Pennsylvania
including the
David Marcolla ’00
Paul
several awards,
ADDY Award, which is
J.
Clifford ’96
is
associate vice
president of university advancement at
He lives
the University of Oregon.
Eugene, Ore., with his wife, Jennefer
Boyle Clifford
’96,
in
and their three
children.
’91 of John
Todd Vankirk
state of Delaware.
Elementary School, Sunbury. He
previously was an elementary
Brian Martin ’92 was
named
director of NFL
Football Operations and
’96
is
elementary
principal for Chief Shikellamy
principal for
and served
Midd-West School
as the federal
and Rehab, based in
Montclair, N.J. Over the
he has trained more than
past 20 years,
100
NFL players, including Joe Flacco of
District
Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals.
Craig R. Shuey ’94 serves on the
Governor’s Transportation Funding
Advisory Commission. Shuey joined the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as
government affairs director in 2009 and
was named chief operating officer
in
coordinator.
coach
Jill
Yazwinsky Dougherty
’98
is
the
head of Stratford Friends School, Newtown Square, an elementary school for
students with learning differences.
Previously, Dougherty was the head of
and a reading teacher in the Southeast
Delaware County School District.
Howard Hodder ’98 was named
director of the geomatics service group
Rowland & Grubic Inc., Lancaster.
Hodder previously was geographic
pike Commission, Shuey
group manager.
Dennis Correll ’95M is associate dean
and admissions at
Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Correll has been
employed by Penn
College since 1986 in the areas of
financial aid,
budget and investments,
admissions and institutional
advancement.
He is a graduate of
Leadership Lycoming and the College
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
girls’
in 2015, surpassing
basketball
100
varsity wins.
Keith Glynn ’03
the
Lackawanna
is
business manager of
Trail School District.
Stephanie McCauley Hollick ’03 is
secretary/treasurer of the North Central
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants for 2015-16.
Hollick is senior manager with Baker
Tilly Virchow Krause, Williamsport.
Stephen Glynn ’06
is
the technology
District.
Glynn previously was a system
WBRE-TV. He
Aimee Johnson
to the
director at Forest City Regional School
Wilkes-Barre and was employed
Metrick ’98 was named
for financial aid
basketball, concluded
head
administrator at Kings College,
director of the Senate Transportation
to 2009.
girls’
at
information systems specialty service
Committee from 2001
who has
served as an assistant coach in volleyball,
his eighth year as
January 2011. Prior to joining the Turn-
was executive
AT&T Wireless Home Services.
baseball and
programs
Woodlynde Upper School, a reading
specialist at Springfield High School
the Baltimore Ravens and Patrick
Comcast in
was previously
director of product management for
at
Conroy, a social studies teacher
Business Development for
Parabolic Performance
Communities
Christopher Conroy ’03 won the
Crystal Apple Award, selected by
members of the Shenandoah Valley
Chapter of the National Honor Society.
M.
Clayton Elementary School was named
elementary counselor of the year for the
senior director,
Philadelphia. Marcolla
She earned a master’s degree from
DeSales University.
field.
is
channel marketing for Xfinity
presented to designers in the advertising
Jan Edwards-Bomhardt
service provider.
fitness industry.
advertising at Integrated Biosciences.
Her work garnered
Eric Boughner ’00 is manager of
computer systems for Columbia County.
He was previously affiliated with
EvenLink in Sunbury, an Internet
Washington
under 40. Metrick
is
his wife, Jenna,
and sons, Ryan and Luke.
Michelle Kessler Dangle ’08
Business Journal’s 40
the
vice president of public
Comcast
Cable, overseeing Comcast’s communications throughout key media markets,
including the Washington region.
at
resides in Old Forge with
is
a
certified registered nurse practitioner
at
Susquehanna Health Endocrinology
at
Divine Providence Hospital in
relations for
Williamsport.
Darnell Hayes ’08 is branch executive
director of the Williamsport branch of the
ern Michigan,
of merit in law office
Mama, Eric Bellinger and
Meagan Good. Davis also toured China
YMCA. He previously worked as
was recognized by her peers with a lead-
with major
executive director for the Arcadia Branch
ership award.
of the Ocean
began
Mason earned a certificate
management and
Community YMCA and
his career at the
YMCA. Hayes lives
his wife, Janice,
in
Bloomsburg Area
Williamsport with
Dave Szolna 10
is
employed
probation officer with the
County Adult Probation
and their children,
Dominick and Jianna.
as a
Montgomery
Office.
Szolna
recently received his master’s degree in
artist Lil
artists.
Laura Pape 13 was inducted into the
Sigma Zeta Chapter of the Phi Alpha
National Social Work Honor Society. Pape
is enrolled in the master of social work
program at Marywood University.
criminal justice with a specialization in
Sarah Thompson Maneval ’09 is
community office manager at West
Milton State Bank’s Beaver Springs
Beginning her career
State
Bank
in
at
2010 as a
federal law enforcement.
Office.
West Milton
teller services
David Albertson 12 graduated from
Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College
Lydia Shedden 13 is human resources
assistant with Cargill, Wyalusing. She
began employment with Cargill as an
operations associate.
of Law.
Dana Wieller 13
representative, she has held positions as
the assistant
is
women’s
and community banking
officer. Maneval resides in Port Trevorton
with her husband, Jeremy, and their
Seth Arnold 12 is a Lancaster County
Northwest Regional Police officer. Arnold
basketball coach for Flagler College in
previously worked as a police officer at
graduate assistant
four children.
Harrisburg International Airport.
head
teller
completed
his
He
municipal police officer
St.
Augustine, Fla. Wieller served as a
University and
at
East Stroudsburg
was the
director of
basketball operations at Lafayette.
training in 2013.
Kyle Christy 14
’10s
Christina Davis 13 was featured on the
Samantha Mason 10 earned
a
law degree
from the Western Michigan University
Thomas M. Cooley Law School. At West-
at
is
the boys’ tennis coach
Tunkhannock Area High School.
TV show, The Real Dancers ofNorth
Hollywood. She worked with artists such
as
Emmy-nominated Shane Sparks from
So You Think You Can Dance, hip-hop
Four serve on exec committee
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION selected its executive
Other board members are Mary Frew Braccili
committee and new board members for the 2015-16 term,
which began July 1. Serving on the executive committee
Coppa ’00, Claire Day ’93, Todd Givier 10, Ernest Jackson ’81,
Ken Lastowka ’05, John Makara ’90, Stu Marvin 78, James
McMenamin ’78/’83, Marv Meneeley ’85/’87, Juli Herring
Miller ’92, John Nicodem ’86, Donato Nieman 74, Greg Orth
’95, Catherin Reuther ’09/10, Brian Roadarmel ’08/10, Todd
are Joe Yasinskas ’06, president; Barbara Willders ’83, vice
president; Elizabeth
’03, treasurer;
members
and
at large.
Kramer
’84, secretary;
Shawn Booker
Adam Black ’07 and Marc Steckel ’93,
Walker
’87
and Jake Williams
’90,
Michael
’87.
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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
husky
Alum appears on
Orange
is
New
Black
JAMES McMENAMIN ’01 has joined the cast of
Orange is the New Black as corrections officer Charlie
“Donuts” Coates for the popular show’s third season.
He
also
appeared on the seventh season of Nurse
is filming a movie, The Long Home, with
James Franco and Ashton Kutcher.
Jackie and
His acting credits include TV’s The Good Wife, Law
and Order SVU, Person ofInterest, Unforgettable and
HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge. On stage, he
the
2009 off-Broadway revival of Our
Broadway revival of OfMice and
Men, starring Franco and Chris O’Dowd.
Higley receives Presidential
Award
appeared
in the
Town and
the 2014
Hodgins honored
SUSAN HIGLEY ’08M, a teacher
at
TED HODGINS
Hughesville Junior/Senior High
School,
is
among
the William
108 mathematics
who
Presidential
Award
in
The award
contributions of time and talent.
who
Senior director of customer
earned a master’s
degree in supervision of curricu-
experience for Comcast, Hodgins
lum and instruction and
graduated from
principal
(STEM)
classes to
seventh- through 12th-graders at Hughesville for nine years.
Previously, she taught 12 years in Cecil County,
in
active in
campus
radio stations
WBSC
As an alumnus, he has been involved
which benefits
STEM Partnership Grant and Three Region Partnership in
and helped organize alumni events
Math and Science Grant, which led to teaching NASA’s Summer of Innovation and Web 2.0 initiatives. Her partnership
with NASA’s Remote Sensing Earth Science Teacher Education
During his six-year term
for students to study local
impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. Co-author of NASA publicaYou, Higley
studying toward a doctorate in educational leadership
at
is
Im-
maculata University.
award recognizes outstanding kindergarten
Hodgins, a
TKE’s annual golf
in the Philadelphia area.
and
as an
member of the
Panel, provides job
College of Liberal Arts Advisory
shadowing experiences
at
offers career advice as a presenter for the
communications department and the Zeigler
Comcast
mass
Institute for
Professional Development (ZIPD) conference.
He
resides in Schwenksville with his wife, Christine
O’Rourke Hodgins
receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
Caroline, both
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
in
Alumni Affairs board
member, he served as treasurer and vice president and
chaired the technology and awards committees.
through 12th-grade science and mathematics teachers. Winners
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WBUQ, BUTV
a scholarship for an undergraduate,
event,
workbook Solar Storms and
and
(Bloomsburg University Television) and Tau Kappa Epsilon
(TKE).
Md.
A nationally board-certified teacher, Higley has
program has provided opportunities
BU with a degree
mass communications. He was
participated in the Pennsylvania Multi-Region Math/Science/
presidential
devotion to and
University through volunteer
K-12 from BU, has taught science,
The
given to a graduate
enthusiasm for Bloomsburg
for Excellence
Mathematics and Science
technology, engineering and mathematics
tions, including the
is
who exemplifies
received the
Teaching.
Higley,
was named
Derricott
Volunteer of the Year for 2015.
and science teachers from across
the country
T.
’89
’88.
They have three
BU seniors, and Sean.
children,
James and
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are
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for the needs that
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most relevant when your
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received.
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Deputy Director, Complex Financial
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the same time, you’ll be helping a
new generation
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VITAL STATISTICS
Marriages
'88
Robin Leavy
Amy
Obituaries
and
Earl Bartley, Sept. 15,
2013
Allen '99 and Randy Probst, April 19, 2015
Helen Bond Berk ’30
Ella Knittle
Kathryn Brobst Hartman '36
Gerald Edwards
Kurt Whitmoyer '02 and Kerry Smathers, July 27, 2012
Isabelle
Olah Horvath
Nina Bindie ’05 and Jeffrey Tedesco, Sept. 27, 2014
Dorothy
Mae Grow
Diana G’Angeli ’05 and Kevin
Lisa
Bednar
’06
Ercolani, Oct. 25,
and Jesse Stoudt, July
19,
2014
Ann Brinckman
’07
Rebecca Morrow
’07
and Ryan McDonald
May
Klae Karas ’08 and Douglas Hunter, Aug.
15,
17,
Gloria Mainiero
2014
2014
2014
1,
’76
’76
Robert Grantier ’78
George Gera
’49
Deborah Germain Sponenberg
’50
B. Lois
Barbara Frederick Pentecost
Marissa Petrone ’14 and Paul Jacobs, Nov.
’74
Lawrence Knowles
Gerilyn Washtician
Walter Zorn
Ruth
Jenna
and Brad Lilly, Oct. 25, 2014
Tara Stackhouse '09 and Natalie Page ’10/’12M, June 13, 2015
Alina Yohn '09 and Christopher Wrench ’09, Oct. 10, 2014
Elissa Cook ’10 and Cody Concini ’12, Oct. 11, 2014
Rebecca Haley ’10 and Matthew Cancilla, April 27, 2012
Andrea Kellock ’10 and Tim Marcoe ’08, July 25, 2015
Jennifer Kubilus ’10 and Nicholas Horvath, Oct. 3, 2014
Mary Lorence ’10 and Frederick Schrader ’10, Jan. 3, 2015
Amanda Noll '10 and Timothy Shepherd, April 5, 2015
Nagy Ahmed ’11 and Emily Abraczinskas, June 20, 2014
Debon Berger ’11 and David Kolb ’08. Aug. 20, 2011
Rhiannon Diak ’11 and Brian Rennalls ’11, Oct. 18, 2014
Britni Nowakowski ’11 and Andrew Cenname ’10, May 15, 2015
Kathryn Walczuk ’12 and Kyle Dickerson ’12. Aug. 30, 2014
Brittany Mull ’13 and Andrew Maurer, Oct. 25, 2014
Ryan Lombardo ’14 and Amanda Williams, Aug. 11, 2013
’72
’73
'48
Devin
Peters '09
McHugh
Edward Raney
Jennifer
Kelly
Gavigan McLaughlin
Donald Rishe
Edward Smigelski
Serembus ’08 and Eric Laster, Nov. 12, 2010
Bownes ’09 and Robert Cohick '08. May 18, 2013
Bressi ’09 and James Lesko ’12, May 31, 2014
’46
’48
Dill
’69
’71
Kathleen Murphy Hughes ’74
’46
Mary Longo Pratico
A.
Thomas Ropel
Jean Dickinson Applegate
2014
18,
’07, Oct. 4,
Jennifer Cudzil ’08 and Joshua Abrams,
’43
Ruth Bishop Jones ’44
and Lang Osborne, Sept. 27, 2013
Lauren Maylath ’07 and Anthony Conston, July
Mary
Michael
Mabel Troy Heffelfinger
2014
Camille Richie ’06 and Justin Anderson, Nov. 24, 2014
Kristi
’41
’43
Shoemaker
Thomas
Rebecca
’51
Virginia
'51
'78
Ream
George Rick
Pawloski ’82
’82
Michael Peterman ’83
Schell ’55
Sharon Marie Cameron Toohey
Ellis
’56
Mark Kleback
Roland Schmidt '56
Kemp
Christine
Oshiro ’57
McNamara
Blazier ’86
Darrin Love ’88
Raymond Hargreaves
’58
Russell
Swody
'89
Richard Kressler ’58
Diane Weaver Breech ’90
Adabelle Hartman Shellenberger '60
John
’62
Nancy Glenn Thomas
'63
Isabelle Petrucci Yanni ’94
John Messer ’00M
Thomas Koppenheffer
Manganaro
’64
Janet Emery English '02
’64
Edward Laczkowski
John Woytowich
Ritz ’92
Robert Frankel ’94
William Berry ’64
Sherrill
’83
’85
Charles Bartol '87
Allen Acor ’58
John Ickes
’79
Hueholt ’80
Keeler ’53
Howard Healy
Patricia
Hess
Vincent Serine ’09
’64
Peter Cooke ’10
Carolyn Breznik ’12
’68
Linda Lechner ’69
2014
Births
Benjamin Yagle
15,
'95
and
Jennifer
wife, Brandi, a daughter, Elliotte Denise, Feb.
Serembus Laster
Jodi Merrey Albarano '00/’04M and husband,
Nicole, Aug.
1,
A.J.,
’00
and
wife,
Megan, a daughter, Laughlin Grace, Jan.
2,
Devin
Kurt Whitmoyer ’02 and
wife, Kerry, sons, Kelton,
and Keefer, born
2015
April 23,
born Jan. 13, 2014,
Cichello Miller ’03 and husband,
Bob
Miller ’04, a daughter,
Waugh Bankes
’05
Emersyn Marie, March
3,
III,
Jan.
3,
May
Amanda Brooks
21
,
’08,
a son,
2015
Lindsay Young Ewing ’09 and husband, Eric Ewing
Olivia Grace,
’09,
a daughter,
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Winters ’09 and husband, John, a daughter, Claire
Madelyn, Sept. 29, 2014
Addison Grace, Dec. 22, 2014
and husband, Drew Bankes
’03,
a daughter,
2015
Jolene Bedics Hahn ’05 and husband, Garry, a daughter, Rylee Quinn,
3,
a son, Landon
May 18, 2015
Bownes Cohick ’09 and husband, Robert Cohick
Robert Keith
March
Eric,
Elizabeth,
2015
Kelly
and husband,
Elizabeth Spencer Siffel '08 and husband Sean, a daughter, Brooke
a daughter, Briana
2014
John Monahan
Tammy
’08
Kenneth, March 24, 2015
2015
Erin Heidlauf ’11/’12M, a daughter, Skye Lynn, Feb. 25, 2015
Debon Berger Kolb
David, May 25, 2014
’11
and husband, David Kolb
'08,
a son, Gabriel
2015
Jennifer DeFrain Stacknick '05 and husband, Jason, a daughter,
Maggie
Kristi
Elizabeth, Aug. 16,
2014
Ann Brinckman Osborne
Aryanna Grace, Oct.
9,
’07
and husband, Lang, a daughter,
2014
Jennifer Franklin Armstrong ’08 and husband, Jason, a son, Ryan
Perry,
March
29,
2015
Jennifer Krott Chamberlain ’08 and husband, Cory, a son, Cole
Thomas, Nov.
28
20,
2014
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reunions, networking and special events
A HUSKY WEDDING: When Becky Stitt 14 married
Justin Pierce 12 on June 20, 2015, BU alumni joined in
the celebration.
From
left are,
Nathan Con-
front row:
roy ’06, Tarra Carrathers 11, Justin Pierce 12, Becky
Stitt
14 and Jordyn Koveleski
Pierce 14, Janelle Pratt
Hunsinger Bankus 74, Kristin
Collins 14, Ashley Wallace 14, Kathleen Steinberg 14,
14; second row: Carol
THE KNOW: Attending the Alumni Association Board of Directors
annual retreat
are,
Barbara Willders
from
’83,
left,
front row:
Mary Frew
Keri Donald Sears
’92, Claire
Braccili ’90,
Stephanie Winters 14, Kristal Martinez 14,
Day ’93,
Kern
Kramer ’84, and Catherin Reuther ’09/T0; second row:
Shawn Booker ’03, Jake Williams ’87, Adam Black ’07, Stu Marvin
78, Brian Roadarmel ’08/T0M, Mike Coppa ’00 and Marc Steckel
Elizabeth
11,
Amanda Knauer ’07, Amy Phillips
Phillips ’03;
and third row: Eddie Tarlecky
Reyes ’14M, Garry
Combs
Kristi Barni Heiss
13 and Jennifer Pierce
’02,
Amanda
’96
and Joe
13, Emilio
Reade Carrathers
11,
’96.
’93; and third row: Ted Hodgins ’89, Jim McMenamin ’78/’83M,
Todd Walker ’97, Greg Orth ’95, Joe Hilgar 75 and Joe Yasinskas
’06. The board reviewed accomplishments, set 2015-16 goals and
heard presentations by Lynda Michaels ’87/’88M, assistant vice
president for alumni and professional engagement, and Irvin
Wright, retired associate dean for academic achievement,
who
addressed initiatives on campus diversity and student retention.
PHOTO: TED HODGINS
'89
STAYING CONNECTED:
Getting together at a recent
Alumni Association network event in Philadelphia are,
from left, front row: Ted Hodgins ’89, Scott Hemmons
’06,
John Makara
Jones
’03,
’90,
Colleen Brodbeck
Amanda Schaffer 10 and
and back row: Joseph McDermott
FORE!: About 100 alumni, friends and students attended the 28th
annual TKE Memorial Open at Raven’s Claw Golf Club, Pottstown.
Funds raised from the event, which began
as a
way to honor BU
towka
’05,
Mosley
’83
Justin
Dixon
’06,
’03,
’09,
Kenneth Las-
Clayton Ruley
and Todd Walker
’87.
Rebecca
Natalie Nelson ’09;
’02,
Mark
Find information on
future events at bloomualumni.com.
TKE brothers who have died, provide an annual scholarship to a
current BU student.
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over THE houlder
The Success of Apollo
13:
An example of the American Spirit
by Sue A. Beard
“HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM”
pilot
Jack Swigert, and lunar module
was in the
mission operations control room at
the Johnson Space Center on April 13,
1970, when commander Jim Lovell
pilot
Fred Haise - safely back to earth,
earned a degree in physics and math
put the
uttered those unforgettable words.
from Bloomsburg State College and
accepted a position as an aerospace
eight years later, in 1969, the world
Bernard
R.
Suchocki
’65
As an Apollo astronaut instructor
Kennedy Space
Florida, Suchocki was
a journey of 200,000 miles.
the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in
A Shamokin native, Suchocki
stationed at the
engineer with
Center
Playing catch-up
The space race was sparked when
NASA at the Kennedy
1957 and burgeoned
first
watched
walk on
man
when the USSR
in space in 1961. Just
U.S. astronaut Neil
Armstrong
Space Center, where he trained Apollo
the lunar surface during Apollo
assigned to the Apollo XIII mission
astronauts. In 1973, he transferred to
fulfilling
operations team.
the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
challenge in 1962 to put a
One
in
of two oxygen tanks on board
Texas, to
manage the development
had exploded, and the remaining tank
leaking. Suchocki and his team had
and testing of system software
was
Shuttle Avionics Integration Labora-
to react decisively to bring the three-
tory.
man crew - Lovell, command module
leaving
He
later
earned his law degree,
NASA and becoming a board-
certified trial attorney.
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BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
for the
President John
moon before the end
F.
11,
Kennedy’s
man on the
of that decade.
Suchocki and other
NASA instruc-
tors trained astronauts for Apollo
17, including ArmThey briefed prime and backup
missions 7 through
strong.
The
says
inscription
it
all:
-
Bernie
Thanks
for all of you
crew members on the primary guidance
and navigation system, backup stabilization and control system, and operation
of the command module
computer. And, using a
command
module simulator and a lunar module
simulator set up in the Kennedy Space
Center’s Flight
Crew Training Building,
many inputs and long
service
hours. Working with
you has been a pleasure. Ken
module would be completely
dead: no breathable oxygen, no fuel
cells,
no
electricity,
no potable water, no
squeezed into the
LEM,
designed to
support two astronauts for 49.5 hours.
That scenario —
most dramatic flight
program —
of the two oxygen tanks
Now,
it
would have
to support three
astronauts for nearly twice that long.
During the following days, Suchocki
in the history of the space
coordinated with engineers and
was the
maneuver at
the simulator before it was called up to
the crew. He worked with Ken Mattingly, an original member of the crew who
was sidelined by exposure to measles,
failure
aboard the service module.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
on April
11,
lifted off
1970.
pad 39
Two days
at 1:13 p.m.
nearly 56 hours into the mission, the
unthinkable happened.
An explosion
ruptured oxygen tank 2 in the service
module and its debris caused tank
leak and the spacecraft to tumble.
“This
is
1
to
1
and
2,
new
module with the
And,
finally,
LEM attached.
For 25 years, Suchocki has been
— and some science
—
lessons, too
with others, mainly
school groups.
He estimates he’s made
as many as
PowerPoint presentations to
3,000 people over the years.
Among his most treasured belongings are the autographs of nearly every
Apollo astronaut and items flown in
space and carried to the lunar surface.
He and his wife,
Connie, have been
married for 47 years, and each wears a
wedding band carried aboard the Apollo
13 spacecraft in
an astronaut’s personal
pouch.
Semi-retired from his Forth Worth,
Texas, law firm
— Suchocki, Bulland &
Cummings — he and his wife have two
chidlren and four grandchildren. •
success. Lovell, Haise
and Swigert survived near-freezing
little
water and
ing re-entry to splash
a
harrow-
down in the South
Sue A. Beard
is
a retired
newspaper
editor and freelance writer based in
Fort Myers, Fla. Archivist Robert
Pacific.
a life-threatening situation,” says
Suchocki. “Without tanks
to create a
reentry checklist for a disabled service
temperatures,
when the problem became
flight
controllers to verify every
and other engineers
later, at
Team of about
sharing his story
performance to prepare them for any
led to the
XIII Mission Operations
colleagues hurriedly created a switch
command/service module was properly
powered down. All three astronauts
as part of the training.
Medal of Freedom on the Apollo
Sharing the story
malfunctions and critiquing
which
dential
While Lovell and Haise made their
way into the lunar excursion module, or
LEM, to power it up, Suchocki and his
mission phase, inserting system
But one scenario was not included
dent Richard Nixon bestowed the Presi-
100 people, including Suchocki.
checklist for Swigert to ensure the
might encounter.
Fred Haise, Jim Lovell
propulsion and no altitude control.”
they put astronauts through each
situation they
Mattingly.
Dunkelberger’s column on Bl' history
the
In recognition of their efforts, Presi-
will return in the
next
issue.
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Reading Day
University-Community Orchestra
Broadway Revival
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6,
Haas Center
Haas Center
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$40
7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13,
Thanksgiving Recess
Sons
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Visit
of
from America’s Got
Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Classes End
Percussion Ensemble
Haas Center
$35
Monday, Dec. 7
Guitar Ensemble
End
Commencement
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
students
Company
Haas Center
BU
children and
students
Commencement
Undergraduate
Saturday, Dec. 12
St.,
345 Market
Presbyterian Church,
First
Bloomsburg
Exhibitions
new
the
in
The Gallery
this year,
at
of Art and,
Greenly Cen-
ter,
SPRING 2016
and Women’s Choral Ensemble. Free
to the public free of charge. For
Classes Begin
admission; tickets required. Available at
information, gallery hours and reception
Tuesday, Jan. 19
the Haas Center Box Office.
times,
50
E.
Main
visit
Jazz Ensemble
BU
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m.
Various Media
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Sept. 3 to Oct.
Classes End
Haas Center
Monday, May 2
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7
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May 6
Friday,
in
the
Haas Center
and Carver
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday,
May 7
open
to the public free
and additional
events, see bloomu.edu/music-events or
570-389-4286.
Gross
S.
6
to Nov.
Queering Our World
6
15 and 16
Career Day
Reception: Nov. 6, 4 to 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct.
16
Neal Cox
All
programs, dates,
Haas Gallery
Reception: Nov. 12, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BU
students
Nov. 16 to Jan. 15,
11,
for the Arts, Mitrani Flail
Choral Ensemble,
Husky Singers and the Concert Choir
2016
Greenly Center
17,
4
to
6 p.m.
Show
7:30 p.m.
Various Media
Nov. 18 to Dec. 12
matthaimovitz.com
$25
at
Reception: Nov.
Cellist
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
Choral Festival
Women's
children and
adults/$12 children and
BU
Haas
Gallery of Art
students
Reception: Nov. 19, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Woody
Allen’s Bullets Over
Broadway
Terri
Warpinski
Sunday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Fabric
Haas Center
Octuba Fest
Sunday, Oct. 18, noon
for the Arts, Mitrani Flail
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Dec. 17 to Jan. 26,
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2016
of Art
students
Reception: Jan. 26, 3016, 11 a.m. to
2 p.m.
upcoming events, check the
Bloomsburg University website
bloomu.edu.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Senior Exit
Sunday, Oct.
Home
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Matt Haimovitz,
Saturday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.
For the latest information on
Student Exhibit: Conceptions of
Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 p.m.
The Gallery
K.S. Gross Auditorium
of Art
With Mo’ Betta Love
Monday, Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m.
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ZIPD Conference
Friday, Oct.
College of Science and Technology
at Greenly Center
Blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter
Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
Haas Center
9
Thursday and
Ana Popovic
Phoenix Park-Kirn, piano
Featuring
Friday, Oct.
Photography
to change.
Guest-Pianist
Haas Center
20
Induction
570-
Programs
or visit cas.buzz.
Oct.
The Gallery
Haas Center
Fall
8
of Art
Fame
College of Business
$32 adults/$16
Flail,
Athletic Hall of
LGBTQ Show:
times and locations are subject to change.
Carver
Weekend
Friday to Sunday, Sept. 18 to
Graphics: Mixed Media
Oct. 15 to Nov. 12
of charge. For information
call
Special Events
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and dates are subject
Monty's
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in
Auditorium. For more information and
389-4409
Tailgate, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Celebrity Artist
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall,
Hall,
30-Year Reunion
Details at buhuskies.com
to order tickets, call the box office at
Concerts
Listed events are
2015-16
BU Husky Ambassador
Saturday, Nov. 7
Reception: Oct. 8, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Series season will be presented
17,
Hemlock Creek
at
Reunion, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sept. 11 to Oct.
Celebrity Artist Series
Graduate
Reunion Dinner, Saturday, Oct.
7 to 11 p.m., The Links
at Greenly Center
Haas Gallery
End
Chi Alpha Alumni Reunion
1
Margi Weir
May 3
Tuesday,
Lambda
Parents and Family
the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Contact Michael Parker for information,
Finals Begin
Finals
for
more
Reception: Sept. 3, 4 to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m.
Alumni House
Bloomsburg, are open
Faculty
The Gallery
Tuba Christmas
17,
Alumni House Lawn
Monday, March 7
Monday, March 14
St.,
departments.bloomu.edu/art.
Spring Break Begins
Resume
6 to 8:30 p.m.,
Alumni House
Haas Gallery
Featuring Concert Choir, Husky Singers
Classes
17,
7 to 9 p.m.
Art Exhibits
7:30 p.m.
1965 50-Year Reunion
Get-together, Friday, Oct. 16,
Thursday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 5,
Friday, Dec. 11
Class of
Saturday, Oct.
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
$30 adults/$15
Carols by Candlelight
Friday to Sunday, Oct. 16 to 18
Saturday, Oct.
parsonsdance.org
alum@bloomu.edu.
Alumni Tent Party
Saturday, Dec. 5, 8 p.m.
Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
or
Monty’s
Company
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
on
register.
For information, contact Alumni Affairs at
800-526-0254
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BU
adults/$17 children and
with music by East Village Opera
Haas Center
for details
Homecoming Weekend:
Once Upon a Time in Bloomsburg
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Finals Begin
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Talent,
8 p.m.
David Parsons Dance
Friday, Dec. 11
students
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Carver Hall, K.S. Gross Auditorium
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Serendip
Saturday, Nov. 21,
Resume
Monday, Nov. 30
Classes
Graduate
Alumni Events
for the Arts, Mitrani Hall
adults/$20 children and
Finalists
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Finals
Ragtime
Faculty Recital
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Friday, Dec.
of
8 p.m.
phoenix-ent.com/productions/ragtime
Tracey Schmidt-Jaynes, flute
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