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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 18 JULY 25, 2011
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Education
Summit
Returns
Tyra Chiaravalle
(left), from
Monessen High
School, and Zach
Zuzak, from
Belle Vernon
High School,
participate in a
group leadership
activity at the
Linda and Harry
Serene
Leadership
Institute’s
weeklong camp.
Dr. Stephen R.
Covey to Speak
at Aug. 3-4 Event
A
t a time when educators are facing
unprecedented challenges, Cal U is
hosting a low-cost, high-impact
conference designed to inspire teachers,
engage school administrators and
demonstrate the power of personal leadership
training for students of all ages.
The Leader in Me Global Education
Summit, presented by FranklinCovey, will be
held Aug. 3-4 on campus. General sessions
will be held live in Steele Hall Mainstage
Theatre, with a simultaneous video feed to
the Performance Center inside the Natali
Student Center.
The conference centers on the leadership
principles described in Dr. Stephen R.
Covey’s bestsellers The Leader in Me and The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People.
Educators will learn how schools have
been transformed through The Leader in Me
leadership process, and how 7 Habits
principles can unite staff members,
strengthen communities and equip students
to be leaders of their own lives.
New this year, nearly a dozen breakout
sessions will be offered to give classroom
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Camp Grooms Student Leaders
H
igh school students gained leadership knowledge
and friends for life during the powerful Leadership
Challenge camp June 19-24 at Cal U.
Sponsored by the Linda and Harry Serene Leadership
Institute, the Leadership Challenge is a weeklong summer
adventure where high school students entering their senior
year partake in leadership education and activities to help
them reach their full potential.
This summer, 35 participants from 17 area high schools
were selected by their schools to participate in the camp.
“It’s a very rigorous event that we put on here at Cal
U,” said Dr. Michael Hummel, director of the Linda and
Harry Serene Leadership Institute.
“The students participate in fantastic team-building,
taking charge, confidence-building and self-esteem-building
exercises from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. over five days.”
This intense schedule is designed to provide a training
experience that lets students not only learn leadership
skills, but also apply them to real-world scenarios.
In the classroom, camp participants learn about
leadership theories, characteristics and styles. Every
evening the groups watch leadership films and engage in a
formal written analysis using the classroom materials and
applying them to films such as Glory.
Hummel teaches many of the classes. He receives help
from Linda and Harry Serene and other volunteers.
This year’s volunteer instructors included Dr. William
Rullo, director of counseling services at Upper St. Clair
High School, and Maj. Andrew Loeb, chair of the Military
Science and Leadership Department at the University of
Pittsburgh.
After learning leadership skills in the classroom,
students have the opportunity to apply those theories at
Outdoor Odyssey in Boswell, Pa. The 500-acre camp offers
wilderness activities designed to challenge and strengthen
teamwork and leadership principles.
Students spend two days at Outdoor Odyssey, working
together to complete scenario-driven obstacle courses,
climbing challenges, ropes courses and other outdoor events.
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Cal U Student
Named to
PASSHE Board
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Dr. Frank Mascara ’72
proudly displays the
2009 Lifetime
Achievement Award he
received from
President Angelo
Armenti, Jr. at a dinner
preceding his lecture
during Cal Pride
Weekend.
In Memoriam: Frank Mascara ’72
T
he campus community was saddened by the
death of former U.S. Rep. Frank Mascara, a
member of the University’s Council of Trustees
from 1973-1999 and one of only five individuals to be
honored with Cal U’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A member of the Class of 1972, Rep. Mascara
received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree
from Cal U in May 1999.
The Belle Vernon native began his political career
as the Washington County controller, then served as
chairman of the Washington County Board of
Commissioners from 1980 to 1994, when he was
elected to Congress. A Democrat, he represented
Pennsylvania’s 20th District through 2002.
Rep. Mascara is remembered as a strong advocate
for the University, as well as for the Southpointe
complex in Canonsburg, the Mon Valley Expressway
and the urban maglev transit project proposed for
Cal U.
He last visited the University in spring 2009,
during Cal Pride Weekend, when he accepted the
University’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.
al U student Bonnie L. Keener has been chosen
to serve on the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Board of
Governors.
Keener, a senior liberal studies major with minors in
leadership and business, will be one of three PASSHE
students on the board.
“I am ecstatic about being part
of the Board of Governors,” said
Keener. “I was not sure if they
would accept my application, but I
am very excited to see how the
other side of the University works.”
Keener was elected president of
Cal U’s Student Government
Association last year. She also
serves on the board of directors for
Bonnie Keener
the Student Association Inc., which
oversees a variety of student activities and business
operations.
In addition to her role in student government, Keener
has participated in numerous campus events and
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Education Summit Returns
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teachers, university professors, professional development
teams and school administrators the opportunity to discuss
topics of interest in small groups led by world-class
educational consultants and practitioners.
Keynote speakers at this year’s event are:
• Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the best-selling author of The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me.
• Sean Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens and The 7 Habits of Happy Kids.
• Muriel Summers, principal of the award-winning
A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School in
Raleigh, N.C.
• Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr., president of Cal U.
• Stone Kyambadde, who has transformed lives for the
past 20 years by using personal leadership principles in his
work with street kids in Uganda.
“The 7 Habits have had a profound impact in corporate
settings around the world, as well as on our own campus,”
President Armenti said.
“With The Leader in Me, Dr. Covey has taken these
leadership principles into the classroom. His ideas are
transforming schools and changing the lives of students
and teachers at all educational levels. Cal U is proud to
share this powerful message with educators and school
administrators from across the country and around the
world.”
This is the third education summit held at Cal U. Last
year, nearly 800 educators from 33 U.S. states and nine
nations attended.
Sponsors of The Leader in Me Global Education
Summit are California University of Pennsylvania,
FranklinCovey and AVI FoodSystems.
Seating for the summit is limited, and registration is
required. Cost is $60 for seating in Steele Hall, or $35 for
seating in the Performance Center.
Overnight accommodations and meals are available on
campus; guests should park in the Vulcan Garage. Act 48
credits and CEU credits will be offered.
For a complete conference schedule, speaker
H
For the third consecutive summer, best-selling author Dr.
Stephen R. Covey will speak at ‘The Leader in Me’ Global
Education Summit, which will be held Aug. 3-4 on campus.
biographies and registration information, visit
www.calu.edu ; look for the link in the “News” carousel at
the bottom of the homepage.
Camp Helps Students
Practice Leadership
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Elizabeth Forward High School students Kayla
Farrell (left) and Abby Kunkle work together on a
leadership exercise at Outdoor Odyssey.
The challenges also help students form close relationships with
each other in a fun environment.
“The Cal U leadership camp was such an amazing experience,”
says camp participant Lisa Lujetic.
“Not only did I learn so many skills and qualities of leadership,
but I met amazing people who I got to build these skills with — and
I made friendships for life.”
Hummel suggests that building friendships and learning to
respect others is a major part of the camp.
“The camp is not all about learning in a classroom,” he says.
“It is also about learning to build networks, developing their
bearing, perfecting their demeanor and learning how to work with
other people who may be different from you — that leads to a very
powerful and rich learning experience.”
To learn more about the Leadership Challenge and the Linda and Harry
Serene Leadership Institute, visit www.calu.edu/business-community/ or
contact Dr. Michael Hummel at hummel@calu.edu . Photos from this year’s
Leadership Challenge have been posted on the Leadership Institute’s Web page.
Cal U Student Named to PASSHE Board
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activities during her time at Cal U.
An orientation leader and peer
mentor, she has planned and
participated in “The Big Event,” a day
of service where students assists
community residents, as well as the
National Conference on Student
Leadership, convocations and Mission
Day.
“I always wanted to work in higher
education and have participated in
many different activities on campus to
gain experience,” Keener said. “Now I
get to experience more of the
professional side of higher education,
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Upward
Bound Teens
Focus on
Chinese
Language
and hopefully it will help to prepare
me for the future.”
Keener is the recipient of multiple
scholarships, including the Bill and
Candace Booker Student Leadership
Scholarship and the SAI Student
Leadership Scholarship.
She will join Sarah C. Darling,
president of the Student Senate at
Millersville University, on the 20member Board of Governors. Also
serving is student board member
Leonard B. Altieri III, of West
Chester University
The three student members
participate in all discussions and have
the same voting rights as other
members. Once appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the state
Senate, students may serve until they
graduate.
Both newly appointed student
members had the chance to participate
in the board’s quarterly meeting in
June, where Keener’s nomination was
confirmed.
“Everyone is so nice on the Board
of Governors, and it was refreshing to
take part in a fast-paced debate in the
first meeting,” said Keener.
“I am really looking forward to the
opportunity and I will try my best to
successfully represent Cal U, PASSHE
and all students in the State System.”
igh school students in the TRIO
Upward Bound program explored
Chinese language and culture this
summer as they strengthened their academic
skills and prepared to attend college someday.
“Learning Chinese is really fun. The
teacher is amazing, especially for being in the
United States for the first time,” said Cassidi
Sexton, a junior at Brownsville High School.
“I plan to study abroad in the future. If I
study in China, I will be able to use what I
have learned.”
The five-week session for Upward Bound
students typically includes classes exploring
other parts of the world, said Gary Seelye,
director of TRIO Upward Bound at Cal U. In
previous years, classes have focused on the
Middle East, Africa and other regions,
including areas of the United States.
The grant-funded program at Cal U serves
about 130 high school students in Fayette and
Greene counties. Exploring cultural diversity
fulfills a requirement that the program meet
“unaddressed needs” within those counties.
Instructor Bin Hu, whose American name
is Bonnie, teaches English to students in
China. Turning the tables, she traveled from
AIB Polytechnic College, in Guangzhou, to
present classes in her homeland’s language
and culture at Cal U.
“We learned how to greet people, how to
say what country you are from and some of
the cultural differences between the U.S. and
China,” said Josh Yozie, a senior at
Uniontown Area High.
“For example, we leave tips at restaurants
for good food. In China, it is bad to do that.”
Upward Bound participants come from
low-income households or will be the first in
their family to attend college. The year-round
program provides academic instruction and
other support to help them enter and succeed
in post-secondary education.
Each summer, Upward Bound students
spend five weeks living in Cal U’s residence
halls and attending classes. After a week
devoted to career planning activities and visits
to public and private colleges across
Pennsylvania, the teens attend two weeks of
classes in language arts and culture, and two
more weeks in math, lab science and elective
subjects.
“These students make a commitment
when they join the program,” Seelye said.
“They know they are going to be attending
classes for at least five weeks during three of
their summers in high school.”
A philanthropic activity is part of the
program, too. This year, the students held a
“Jump for Joplin” event, jumping rope in
return for pledges. Proceeds from the
fundraiser were sent to the American Red
Cross for relief efforts in tornado-wracked
Joplin, Mo.
“The amount of money we raise is not as
important as the idea that you can give
something back,” Seelye said.
TRIO Upward Bound has been active at
Cal U since the 1960s, and has supported
Fayette County students continuously since
1974. Greene County students joined the
program in 1999. The program is funded
through grants from the U.S. Department of
Education.
TRIO Upward Bound students in the 2011
graduating class have been awarded more than
$381,000 in scholarships, a record for the
program at Cal U.
SEEK Attendance Tops 300 This Year
M
ore than 300 children entering
grades 1-8 experienced the Cal
U campus through SEEK, the
Summer Educational Enrichment for
Kids program.
In its 12th year, SEEK offers two
weeklong sessions that provide learning
experiences that are entertaining, yet
academically challenging.
This year SEEK included more than
30 different classes in such enticing
subjects as Marvelous Math, Edible Art,
Living in Space, the Art of Legos,
Mighty Jungle, Discovering Nature, and
DNA Exposed.
“We always make sure we have an
infusion of new classes, because we get
so many children who come back year
after year,” said Terrie Greene, the
former director of Cal U’s Office of
Lifelong Learning. “They get hooked.
They love to come on campus.”
On SEEK’s first day, Ginya Lombard
emerged from the Chocolate, Chocolate,
Chocolate class with visible traces of the
sweet stuff on her face. A soon-to-be
second-grader at Perryopolis Elementary
School, she was looking forward to
attending both weeklong sessions, just as
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Cal U ‘s Dr. Louise Nicholson (left) looks at a DNA sample of a strawberry with Ashley Eley of
Fayette City, Pa.
she did last year.
“Eww! They made us eat cocoa
(cacao) beans — but they were good
once we put sugar on them,” said Ginya,
the daughter of Amy Lombard, Cal U’s
executive director of Alumni Relations.
“It was cool. I like talking with the
teachers and having lunch with
Momma.”
Eight-year-old Noah Fike, a first-time
SEEK participant, was engrossed in
building a ramp in the Art of Legos
class.
“This is fun, and we need the ramp
to go all the way down to the floor,” he
said, motioning from a table. “Then we
put the car together, which is really
neat.”
Parents find SEEK an ideal summer
activity for their children.
Marissa Sacco, an English teacher at
Monessen High School, has sent her
children, Milana, 9, and Jack, 7, to
SEEK for the past two summers.
“They are challenged and stimulated
because it is a fun yet structured learning
environment,” she said. “We are lucky to
have such a program nearby.”
Even the instructors find SEEK
rewarding. Susan Molish ’86, a longtime
fourth-grade science and social studies
teacher at Charleroi Elementary School,
has taught SEEK classes for the past 10
years. This summer she organized classes
called It’s a Zoo Out There, Animal Life,
The Art of Legos, and Cooking Around
the World.
“It’s a very good program, and I love
working with the kids,” Molish said. “It’s
a structured setting without the structure
of school, and it gives you more of a
social interaction with the kids.
“I look forward to it every summer.”
With Dinner, Cal U Honors Its Staff
al U honored the hard work and dedication of
more than 100 people who have retired recently
or reached service milestones at the 30th annual
Staff Recognition Dinner.
The event was held June 10 at the Performance
Center.
“This dinner is our formal way of thanking each
and every one of you for what you do on a daily basis,”
said Cal U President Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr. “Your
efforts and contributions have a profound impact on
our University’s success, and they are greatly
appreciated.”
The dinner recognized these employees and recent
retirees:
40 years: Patricia McClain.
30 years: Norman Hasbrouck, Fran Zaph.
25 years: Patti Dziak, Paul Fazio, Joy Folmar,
Robert Houston, Kenneth Howell, Leslie Loase, Cora
Russell, Suzanne Sarra, Nancy Skobel, Belinda Smith,
Jose Taracido, Shawn Urbine, JayR Wheeler, Deborah
Wojcik, Donna Wright, Daniel Zyglowicz.
20 years: Daniel Brierley, Carole Kolowitz, Charles
Kuhn, Patti Lang, Joseph Powers, Joseph Sacane,
Sylvia Sealy, Domenica Stalvey,Timothy Susick,
Jaqueline Thorn, William Yagnich.
Norm Hasbrouck receives his 30-year award at last
month’s Staff Recognition Dinner.
15 years: LaMont Coleman, Georgette Edwards,
David Gilpin, Claire Pizer, Diane Tomi, Heidi
Williams, Paula Vig.
10 years: June Bell, Scott Bowman, Debra Custer,
Mary Kay Dayner, Tammy Derocco Kevin Eggleston,
Deborah Grubb, Emma Jackson Harris, Erin
Kwiatkowski, Rosemary Markovich, Naomi Nesser,
William Staffen, Amy Taracido, Doris Wadsworth,
Terry Wigle.
5 years: Tracie Beck, Michael Brewer, Timothy
Buchanan, Gregory Buretz, Dennis Carson, Kimberly
Cupplo, Robert Curcio, Kristy DeBord, Patrick
DeRienzo, Jeffrey DeRubbo, Debra Durigon, Donna
Gilmore, Kaylee Gmutza, Deborah Hill, Christine
Hudson, Jon Kallis, Melinda Kasper, Ward Kelley,
Noemy Kronander, Daphne Livingstone, Nick
Majerick, Rosemary Mahouski, John Moore, Heidi
Opel-Dolobach, Nicholas Pawuk, Donna Purtell, Debra
Shonts, William Sieffert, Gene Sutton, Shelly Talbert,
Staci Tedrow, Gianna Thomas, Robert Tomi, Jody
Trozzi, Donald Verney.
Retirees: Apryle Alfano, Judy Andresky, William
Binns, Jr., John Booze, Ada Brosky, Debra Cochran,
Anna Coleman, William Deluca, Carol Frey, Peggy
Kutcy, Gary Lenkey, Alonzo Mays, Jr., Barbara
McMillen, Charlene McVay, Valerie Mendola, Carol
Morton, Thomas Price, Beverly Russell, JoLouise Sealy,
Sandy Staley, Louise Stanislaw, Richard Whiting,
Robert Winwood, Janet Woods, Cathleen Wruck.
Campus BRIEFS
McBride a Finalist
for National Award
Dr. Lisa McBride, special assistant to the president
for equal employment and educational opportunity
and University ombudsperson, was one of two
finalists for a national award from the American
Association for Affirmative Action.
The Rosa Parks Award is presented annually to an
individual who has served as a role model and leader
through personal achievements; excellence in a chosen
field; commitment to human rights, civil rights and
social issues; and contributions to the betterment of
society.
This year’s award was presented to Wanda E.
Sloan, the longtime diversity and staff development
specialist at Blackhawk Technical College, Wis.
McBride and Alisha Carter, who works in the
Office of Social Equity and nominated McBride for
the award, attended the AAAA’s Access, Equity and
Diversity Summit and Annual Meeting, held in
Atlantic City, N.J. The nonprofit association’s
New Students Move In Aug. 25
Cal U students Kaylin Abbiatici and Lauren Snyder carry
belongings into Johnson Hall during last year’s Move-In Day.
members are professionals in the areas of affirmative
action, equal opportunity and diversity.
“It’s an honor to even have been nominated for
such a prestigious award,” McBride said. “The way
that I honor Rosa Parks is to pay forward some of the
things she believed in — equality for all persons,
regardless of their color or creed.”
First-year students will move into residence halls
at Cal U from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.
New students whose names begin with letters A
through M are scheduled to arrive at the six residence
halls on Cal U’s main campus between 9 a.m. and
noon. Students whose last names begin with N
through Z will move in between noon and 3 p.m.
Volunteers will greet incoming students and their
families, offer assistance and carry their belongings
into the residence halls.
Returning students will move into campus
residence halls from noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28,
just in time for the start of fall semester classes on
Monday, Aug. 29. Students also will be moving in to
Vulcan Village, the student-housing complex on
Cal U’s south campus, at the end of August. For more
information, call 724-938-8990.
As it becomes available, more information about
Move-In-Day activities will be posted at
www.calu.edu .
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Students Keep Digging at Field School
F
or two decades Cal U students have dug their
summer experience in Anthropology 101,a
hands-on archaeology field school that sends
students outdoors in search of clues to the past.
With 22 Cal U students at three excavation sites, this
year’s projects and excavation team were the largest yet,
said Dr. John P. Nass, who has been conducting these
outdoor programs every other year since 1991.
Many of the participants are archaeology or
anthropology majors, but Nass emphasized that
students in any field can take the course as part of the
general education curriculum. The field school is
approved as a lab component, he added, and the
techniques used at the site are applicable to forensic
science, as well.
“Before this (course) was part of the general
education curriculum, a lot of students would have
loved to do this but couldn’t,” Nass said.
Students earn either three or six credits for the field
school, depending on the number of hours they work at
the excavation site.
This year’s field school ran from May 16 through
June 17. Cal U’s excavation team worked in conjunction
with California alumnus Doug Sahady ’93, ’96, a
sociology and anthropology instructor at West Virginia
University, and seven students from WVU.
The excavators explored the home sites of two 19thcentury riverboat captains in Brownsville; searched for
signs of the old Zollarsville “Indian fort” at the edge of
a high cliff above Ten Mile Creek, in rural Washington
County; and used a ground penetrating radar (GPR)
device to investigate a hillside that will be cut for a
parking lot at the Fayette County Historical Society.
Sean Rothaar, a senior history and anthropology
major, also took part in the field school two years ago,
and he noted the challenges newcomers face.
“The first day out here was a real eye-opener for
people as far doing real archaeology work,” he said on a
90-degree day at the Zollarsville site. “The grass was
high, it was pouring down rain and nobody wore boots.
After the first week, everyone got in the right mindset
and we started making good progress.”
Elementary education major Stephanie DeFelice
added anthropology as a minor after conversing with
Nass last fall.
“It’s a passion of mine, and archaeology and
teaching are cool things I can do together,” said
DeFelice, a junior.
“This has been such a learning tool these past two
weeks, and I will be able to bring my experiences out
here into my classroom one day.”
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From left to right:
Dr. John Nass,
Jessica Stanley and
Chelsea
Higinbotham work
on plotting a
section of ground
as they search for
signs of the Old
Zollarsville ‘Indian
fort’ above Ten
Mile Creek in
Washington
County.
Sophomore Danielle Johns worked at both the
Brownsville and Zollarsville sites during her first
summer in the woods. After a slow start, she said, the
field school was a blast.
“The crew is very amusing with our ‘inside’ jokes,
and it’s been … a bonding experience,” said Johns, an
anthropology major with a concentration in
archaeology.
While finding arrowheads, potshards or flakes of
stone can be uplifting, Nass said, careful observation
and properly executing the excavation process are what’s
most important.
Based on the field school’s work, Nass is confident
that the Zollarsville site is the only recorded prehistoric
Indian earthwork in southwestern Pennsylvania.
“When you do the excavation, you don’t find a lot of
artifacts. What we’re looking for is the construction
method,” he said.
Another first-year participant, forensic anthropology
and justice studies major Trish Neiberg, said she doesn’t
mind working for hours to uncover several flakes of
stone — or nothing at all.
“I’ve got a 5-year-old child, so patience doesn’t
bother me,” she said. “This (course) was a requirement,
but it’s been fun, except for the bugs. I didn’t know
anything about layering of soils, and actually seeing it
up close is very interesting.”
This was the first summer the field school was able
to use the GPR, which sends radar pulses into the soil
to create images of what lies underground. Dr. John
Cencich, dean of the School of Graduate Studies and
Research and director of Cal U’s Institute of
Criminological and Forensic Sciences, helped the
University acquire the GPR during the 2009-2010
academic year.
“We use it to get experience,” said Nass. “With all
the different soils in this region, GPR won’t detect a
body, for example, but it will detect a hole dug in the
ground that would hold a body.”
Nass said the program has been supported not only
by Cencich, but also by the College of Liberal Arts,
which has provided supplies and equipment over the
years. Through a Faculty Professional Development
grant this summer, Nass employed two student field
assistants, and consultant Jarrod Burks, of Ohio, was
brought during in the first week to conduct a
magnetometer survey.
Nass has been a tremendous help to others, said
Sahady. During his days as a student, Sahady took part
in the first Cal U field school, and he later assisted Nass
at two others. The Cal U and WVU field schools first
collaborated two summers ago.
“Dr. Nass has been there for us with good advice
since we initiated our field school in 2009,” Sahady said.
“He’s also very knowledgeable in the prehistory of this
area and is just a great resource for these students.”
Three August Seminars Address Legal Topics
he Institute for Law and Public
Policy at California University will
present three seminars in August at
the Cal U Southpointe Center in
Canonsburg, Pa.
• Teacher Dismissal in Pennsylvania:
Let Me Count the Ways will be held
from 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Aug. 25. Intended
for teachers and their representatives,
school administrators, school board
members or school-district attorneys, this
interactive workshop looks at the latest
“for cause” cases involving teacher
dismissal, reviews requirements of due
process, and highlights ways to avoid
complex litigation.
Cost is $99. The program is approved
by PACLE for three hours of Continuing
Legal Education (CLE) credit. Act 48
hours are available for educators.
• The Future of Estate
Administration Practice: Tips, Tricks,
Techniques, Methods, Resources, Expert
Systems, ‘I Didn’t Know That’ and
Other Surprises is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Aug. 26.
A panel of estate specialists will
provide participants with tips and tricks
that are “the best of the best” in the
administration of estates. After
addressing technical issues — and
describing far-fetched estate cases that
nonetheless are true — the panel will
demonstrate tools such as document
scanners, online securities valuation
services and social media that estate
practitioners are using to great effect.
Cost is $169 for attorneys; six hours of
PACLE-approved CLE credit is available.
Paralegals pay $89.
• A Look at Marcellus Shale From
All Sides will be held from 9 a.m.-3:15
p.m. Aug. 30. Presented in partnership
with the Pennsylvania Land Title
Institute, the seminar is open to the
public, as well as to attorneys and
paralegals. Topics include the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) and
environmental views, title search
techniques unique to oil and gas leases,
how to negotiate oil and gas leases on
behalf of the landowner, and a view from
a gas company representative.
Cost is $169 for attorneys; five hours
of PACLE-approved CLE credit is
available. Approval is pending for six CE
credits from the state Insurance
Department. Paralegals and members of
the general public pay $109.
For more information or to register for any
of these programs, call 724-597-7401 or send email to manderino@calu.edu. Find details
and online registration at
http://institutes.calu.edu/ilpp .
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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 18 JULY 25, 2011
Read the Journal online:
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Education
Summit
Returns
Tyra Chiaravalle
(left), from
Monessen High
School, and Zach
Zuzak, from
Belle Vernon
High School,
participate in a
group leadership
activity at the
Linda and Harry
Serene
Leadership
Institute’s
weeklong camp.
Dr. Stephen R.
Covey to Speak
at Aug. 3-4 Event
A
t a time when educators are facing
unprecedented challenges, Cal U is
hosting a low-cost, high-impact
conference designed to inspire teachers,
engage school administrators and
demonstrate the power of personal leadership
training for students of all ages.
The Leader in Me Global Education
Summit, presented by FranklinCovey, will be
held Aug. 3-4 on campus. General sessions
will be held live in Steele Hall Mainstage
Theatre, with a simultaneous video feed to
the Performance Center inside the Natali
Student Center.
The conference centers on the leadership
principles described in Dr. Stephen R.
Covey’s bestsellers The Leader in Me and The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People.
Educators will learn how schools have
been transformed through The Leader in Me
leadership process, and how 7 Habits
principles can unite staff members,
strengthen communities and equip students
to be leaders of their own lives.
New this year, nearly a dozen breakout
sessions will be offered to give classroom
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Camp Grooms Student Leaders
H
igh school students gained leadership knowledge
and friends for life during the powerful Leadership
Challenge camp June 19-24 at Cal U.
Sponsored by the Linda and Harry Serene Leadership
Institute, the Leadership Challenge is a weeklong summer
adventure where high school students entering their senior
year partake in leadership education and activities to help
them reach their full potential.
This summer, 35 participants from 17 area high schools
were selected by their schools to participate in the camp.
“It’s a very rigorous event that we put on here at Cal
U,” said Dr. Michael Hummel, director of the Linda and
Harry Serene Leadership Institute.
“The students participate in fantastic team-building,
taking charge, confidence-building and self-esteem-building
exercises from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. over five days.”
This intense schedule is designed to provide a training
experience that lets students not only learn leadership
skills, but also apply them to real-world scenarios.
In the classroom, camp participants learn about
leadership theories, characteristics and styles. Every
evening the groups watch leadership films and engage in a
formal written analysis using the classroom materials and
applying them to films such as Glory.
Hummel teaches many of the classes. He receives help
from Linda and Harry Serene and other volunteers.
This year’s volunteer instructors included Dr. William
Rullo, director of counseling services at Upper St. Clair
High School, and Maj. Andrew Loeb, chair of the Military
Science and Leadership Department at the University of
Pittsburgh.
After learning leadership skills in the classroom,
students have the opportunity to apply those theories at
Outdoor Odyssey in Boswell, Pa. The 500-acre camp offers
wilderness activities designed to challenge and strengthen
teamwork and leadership principles.
Students spend two days at Outdoor Odyssey, working
together to complete scenario-driven obstacle courses,
climbing challenges, ropes courses and other outdoor events.
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Cal U Student
Named to
PASSHE Board
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Dr. Frank Mascara ’72
proudly displays the
2009 Lifetime
Achievement Award he
received from
President Angelo
Armenti, Jr. at a dinner
preceding his lecture
during Cal Pride
Weekend.
In Memoriam: Frank Mascara ’72
T
he campus community was saddened by the
death of former U.S. Rep. Frank Mascara, a
member of the University’s Council of Trustees
from 1973-1999 and one of only five individuals to be
honored with Cal U’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
A member of the Class of 1972, Rep. Mascara
received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree
from Cal U in May 1999.
The Belle Vernon native began his political career
as the Washington County controller, then served as
chairman of the Washington County Board of
Commissioners from 1980 to 1994, when he was
elected to Congress. A Democrat, he represented
Pennsylvania’s 20th District through 2002.
Rep. Mascara is remembered as a strong advocate
for the University, as well as for the Southpointe
complex in Canonsburg, the Mon Valley Expressway
and the urban maglev transit project proposed for
Cal U.
He last visited the University in spring 2009,
during Cal Pride Weekend, when he accepted the
University’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.
al U student Bonnie L. Keener has been chosen
to serve on the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Board of
Governors.
Keener, a senior liberal studies major with minors in
leadership and business, will be one of three PASSHE
students on the board.
“I am ecstatic about being part
of the Board of Governors,” said
Keener. “I was not sure if they
would accept my application, but I
am very excited to see how the
other side of the University works.”
Keener was elected president of
Cal U’s Student Government
Association last year. She also
serves on the board of directors for
Bonnie Keener
the Student Association Inc., which
oversees a variety of student activities and business
operations.
In addition to her role in student government, Keener
has participated in numerous campus events and
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Education Summit Returns
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teachers, university professors, professional development
teams and school administrators the opportunity to discuss
topics of interest in small groups led by world-class
educational consultants and practitioners.
Keynote speakers at this year’s event are:
• Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the best-selling author of The 7
Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me.
• Sean Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens and The 7 Habits of Happy Kids.
• Muriel Summers, principal of the award-winning
A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School in
Raleigh, N.C.
• Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr., president of Cal U.
• Stone Kyambadde, who has transformed lives for the
past 20 years by using personal leadership principles in his
work with street kids in Uganda.
“The 7 Habits have had a profound impact in corporate
settings around the world, as well as on our own campus,”
President Armenti said.
“With The Leader in Me, Dr. Covey has taken these
leadership principles into the classroom. His ideas are
transforming schools and changing the lives of students
and teachers at all educational levels. Cal U is proud to
share this powerful message with educators and school
administrators from across the country and around the
world.”
This is the third education summit held at Cal U. Last
year, nearly 800 educators from 33 U.S. states and nine
nations attended.
Sponsors of The Leader in Me Global Education
Summit are California University of Pennsylvania,
FranklinCovey and AVI FoodSystems.
Seating for the summit is limited, and registration is
required. Cost is $60 for seating in Steele Hall, or $35 for
seating in the Performance Center.
Overnight accommodations and meals are available on
campus; guests should park in the Vulcan Garage. Act 48
credits and CEU credits will be offered.
For a complete conference schedule, speaker
H
For the third consecutive summer, best-selling author Dr.
Stephen R. Covey will speak at ‘The Leader in Me’ Global
Education Summit, which will be held Aug. 3-4 on campus.
biographies and registration information, visit
www.calu.edu ; look for the link in the “News” carousel at
the bottom of the homepage.
Camp Helps Students
Practice Leadership
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Elizabeth Forward High School students Kayla
Farrell (left) and Abby Kunkle work together on a
leadership exercise at Outdoor Odyssey.
The challenges also help students form close relationships with
each other in a fun environment.
“The Cal U leadership camp was such an amazing experience,”
says camp participant Lisa Lujetic.
“Not only did I learn so many skills and qualities of leadership,
but I met amazing people who I got to build these skills with — and
I made friendships for life.”
Hummel suggests that building friendships and learning to
respect others is a major part of the camp.
“The camp is not all about learning in a classroom,” he says.
“It is also about learning to build networks, developing their
bearing, perfecting their demeanor and learning how to work with
other people who may be different from you — that leads to a very
powerful and rich learning experience.”
To learn more about the Leadership Challenge and the Linda and Harry
Serene Leadership Institute, visit www.calu.edu/business-community/ or
contact Dr. Michael Hummel at hummel@calu.edu . Photos from this year’s
Leadership Challenge have been posted on the Leadership Institute’s Web page.
Cal U Student Named to PASSHE Board
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activities during her time at Cal U.
An orientation leader and peer
mentor, she has planned and
participated in “The Big Event,” a day
of service where students assists
community residents, as well as the
National Conference on Student
Leadership, convocations and Mission
Day.
“I always wanted to work in higher
education and have participated in
many different activities on campus to
gain experience,” Keener said. “Now I
get to experience more of the
professional side of higher education,
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Upward
Bound Teens
Focus on
Chinese
Language
and hopefully it will help to prepare
me for the future.”
Keener is the recipient of multiple
scholarships, including the Bill and
Candace Booker Student Leadership
Scholarship and the SAI Student
Leadership Scholarship.
She will join Sarah C. Darling,
president of the Student Senate at
Millersville University, on the 20member Board of Governors. Also
serving is student board member
Leonard B. Altieri III, of West
Chester University
The three student members
participate in all discussions and have
the same voting rights as other
members. Once appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the state
Senate, students may serve until they
graduate.
Both newly appointed student
members had the chance to participate
in the board’s quarterly meeting in
June, where Keener’s nomination was
confirmed.
“Everyone is so nice on the Board
of Governors, and it was refreshing to
take part in a fast-paced debate in the
first meeting,” said Keener.
“I am really looking forward to the
opportunity and I will try my best to
successfully represent Cal U, PASSHE
and all students in the State System.”
igh school students in the TRIO
Upward Bound program explored
Chinese language and culture this
summer as they strengthened their academic
skills and prepared to attend college someday.
“Learning Chinese is really fun. The
teacher is amazing, especially for being in the
United States for the first time,” said Cassidi
Sexton, a junior at Brownsville High School.
“I plan to study abroad in the future. If I
study in China, I will be able to use what I
have learned.”
The five-week session for Upward Bound
students typically includes classes exploring
other parts of the world, said Gary Seelye,
director of TRIO Upward Bound at Cal U. In
previous years, classes have focused on the
Middle East, Africa and other regions,
including areas of the United States.
The grant-funded program at Cal U serves
about 130 high school students in Fayette and
Greene counties. Exploring cultural diversity
fulfills a requirement that the program meet
“unaddressed needs” within those counties.
Instructor Bin Hu, whose American name
is Bonnie, teaches English to students in
China. Turning the tables, she traveled from
AIB Polytechnic College, in Guangzhou, to
present classes in her homeland’s language
and culture at Cal U.
“We learned how to greet people, how to
say what country you are from and some of
the cultural differences between the U.S. and
China,” said Josh Yozie, a senior at
Uniontown Area High.
“For example, we leave tips at restaurants
for good food. In China, it is bad to do that.”
Upward Bound participants come from
low-income households or will be the first in
their family to attend college. The year-round
program provides academic instruction and
other support to help them enter and succeed
in post-secondary education.
Each summer, Upward Bound students
spend five weeks living in Cal U’s residence
halls and attending classes. After a week
devoted to career planning activities and visits
to public and private colleges across
Pennsylvania, the teens attend two weeks of
classes in language arts and culture, and two
more weeks in math, lab science and elective
subjects.
“These students make a commitment
when they join the program,” Seelye said.
“They know they are going to be attending
classes for at least five weeks during three of
their summers in high school.”
A philanthropic activity is part of the
program, too. This year, the students held a
“Jump for Joplin” event, jumping rope in
return for pledges. Proceeds from the
fundraiser were sent to the American Red
Cross for relief efforts in tornado-wracked
Joplin, Mo.
“The amount of money we raise is not as
important as the idea that you can give
something back,” Seelye said.
TRIO Upward Bound has been active at
Cal U since the 1960s, and has supported
Fayette County students continuously since
1974. Greene County students joined the
program in 1999. The program is funded
through grants from the U.S. Department of
Education.
TRIO Upward Bound students in the 2011
graduating class have been awarded more than
$381,000 in scholarships, a record for the
program at Cal U.
SEEK Attendance Tops 300 This Year
M
ore than 300 children entering
grades 1-8 experienced the Cal
U campus through SEEK, the
Summer Educational Enrichment for
Kids program.
In its 12th year, SEEK offers two
weeklong sessions that provide learning
experiences that are entertaining, yet
academically challenging.
This year SEEK included more than
30 different classes in such enticing
subjects as Marvelous Math, Edible Art,
Living in Space, the Art of Legos,
Mighty Jungle, Discovering Nature, and
DNA Exposed.
“We always make sure we have an
infusion of new classes, because we get
so many children who come back year
after year,” said Terrie Greene, the
former director of Cal U’s Office of
Lifelong Learning. “They get hooked.
They love to come on campus.”
On SEEK’s first day, Ginya Lombard
emerged from the Chocolate, Chocolate,
Chocolate class with visible traces of the
sweet stuff on her face. A soon-to-be
second-grader at Perryopolis Elementary
School, she was looking forward to
attending both weeklong sessions, just as
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Cal U ‘s Dr. Louise Nicholson (left) looks at a DNA sample of a strawberry with Ashley Eley of
Fayette City, Pa.
she did last year.
“Eww! They made us eat cocoa
(cacao) beans — but they were good
once we put sugar on them,” said Ginya,
the daughter of Amy Lombard, Cal U’s
executive director of Alumni Relations.
“It was cool. I like talking with the
teachers and having lunch with
Momma.”
Eight-year-old Noah Fike, a first-time
SEEK participant, was engrossed in
building a ramp in the Art of Legos
class.
“This is fun, and we need the ramp
to go all the way down to the floor,” he
said, motioning from a table. “Then we
put the car together, which is really
neat.”
Parents find SEEK an ideal summer
activity for their children.
Marissa Sacco, an English teacher at
Monessen High School, has sent her
children, Milana, 9, and Jack, 7, to
SEEK for the past two summers.
“They are challenged and stimulated
because it is a fun yet structured learning
environment,” she said. “We are lucky to
have such a program nearby.”
Even the instructors find SEEK
rewarding. Susan Molish ’86, a longtime
fourth-grade science and social studies
teacher at Charleroi Elementary School,
has taught SEEK classes for the past 10
years. This summer she organized classes
called It’s a Zoo Out There, Animal Life,
The Art of Legos, and Cooking Around
the World.
“It’s a very good program, and I love
working with the kids,” Molish said. “It’s
a structured setting without the structure
of school, and it gives you more of a
social interaction with the kids.
“I look forward to it every summer.”
With Dinner, Cal U Honors Its Staff
al U honored the hard work and dedication of
more than 100 people who have retired recently
or reached service milestones at the 30th annual
Staff Recognition Dinner.
The event was held June 10 at the Performance
Center.
“This dinner is our formal way of thanking each
and every one of you for what you do on a daily basis,”
said Cal U President Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr. “Your
efforts and contributions have a profound impact on
our University’s success, and they are greatly
appreciated.”
The dinner recognized these employees and recent
retirees:
40 years: Patricia McClain.
30 years: Norman Hasbrouck, Fran Zaph.
25 years: Patti Dziak, Paul Fazio, Joy Folmar,
Robert Houston, Kenneth Howell, Leslie Loase, Cora
Russell, Suzanne Sarra, Nancy Skobel, Belinda Smith,
Jose Taracido, Shawn Urbine, JayR Wheeler, Deborah
Wojcik, Donna Wright, Daniel Zyglowicz.
20 years: Daniel Brierley, Carole Kolowitz, Charles
Kuhn, Patti Lang, Joseph Powers, Joseph Sacane,
Sylvia Sealy, Domenica Stalvey,Timothy Susick,
Jaqueline Thorn, William Yagnich.
Norm Hasbrouck receives his 30-year award at last
month’s Staff Recognition Dinner.
15 years: LaMont Coleman, Georgette Edwards,
David Gilpin, Claire Pizer, Diane Tomi, Heidi
Williams, Paula Vig.
10 years: June Bell, Scott Bowman, Debra Custer,
Mary Kay Dayner, Tammy Derocco Kevin Eggleston,
Deborah Grubb, Emma Jackson Harris, Erin
Kwiatkowski, Rosemary Markovich, Naomi Nesser,
William Staffen, Amy Taracido, Doris Wadsworth,
Terry Wigle.
5 years: Tracie Beck, Michael Brewer, Timothy
Buchanan, Gregory Buretz, Dennis Carson, Kimberly
Cupplo, Robert Curcio, Kristy DeBord, Patrick
DeRienzo, Jeffrey DeRubbo, Debra Durigon, Donna
Gilmore, Kaylee Gmutza, Deborah Hill, Christine
Hudson, Jon Kallis, Melinda Kasper, Ward Kelley,
Noemy Kronander, Daphne Livingstone, Nick
Majerick, Rosemary Mahouski, John Moore, Heidi
Opel-Dolobach, Nicholas Pawuk, Donna Purtell, Debra
Shonts, William Sieffert, Gene Sutton, Shelly Talbert,
Staci Tedrow, Gianna Thomas, Robert Tomi, Jody
Trozzi, Donald Verney.
Retirees: Apryle Alfano, Judy Andresky, William
Binns, Jr., John Booze, Ada Brosky, Debra Cochran,
Anna Coleman, William Deluca, Carol Frey, Peggy
Kutcy, Gary Lenkey, Alonzo Mays, Jr., Barbara
McMillen, Charlene McVay, Valerie Mendola, Carol
Morton, Thomas Price, Beverly Russell, JoLouise Sealy,
Sandy Staley, Louise Stanislaw, Richard Whiting,
Robert Winwood, Janet Woods, Cathleen Wruck.
Campus BRIEFS
McBride a Finalist
for National Award
Dr. Lisa McBride, special assistant to the president
for equal employment and educational opportunity
and University ombudsperson, was one of two
finalists for a national award from the American
Association for Affirmative Action.
The Rosa Parks Award is presented annually to an
individual who has served as a role model and leader
through personal achievements; excellence in a chosen
field; commitment to human rights, civil rights and
social issues; and contributions to the betterment of
society.
This year’s award was presented to Wanda E.
Sloan, the longtime diversity and staff development
specialist at Blackhawk Technical College, Wis.
McBride and Alisha Carter, who works in the
Office of Social Equity and nominated McBride for
the award, attended the AAAA’s Access, Equity and
Diversity Summit and Annual Meeting, held in
Atlantic City, N.J. The nonprofit association’s
New Students Move In Aug. 25
Cal U students Kaylin Abbiatici and Lauren Snyder carry
belongings into Johnson Hall during last year’s Move-In Day.
members are professionals in the areas of affirmative
action, equal opportunity and diversity.
“It’s an honor to even have been nominated for
such a prestigious award,” McBride said. “The way
that I honor Rosa Parks is to pay forward some of the
things she believed in — equality for all persons,
regardless of their color or creed.”
First-year students will move into residence halls
at Cal U from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.
New students whose names begin with letters A
through M are scheduled to arrive at the six residence
halls on Cal U’s main campus between 9 a.m. and
noon. Students whose last names begin with N
through Z will move in between noon and 3 p.m.
Volunteers will greet incoming students and their
families, offer assistance and carry their belongings
into the residence halls.
Returning students will move into campus
residence halls from noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28,
just in time for the start of fall semester classes on
Monday, Aug. 29. Students also will be moving in to
Vulcan Village, the student-housing complex on
Cal U’s south campus, at the end of August. For more
information, call 724-938-8990.
As it becomes available, more information about
Move-In-Day activities will be posted at
www.calu.edu .
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Students Keep Digging at Field School
F
or two decades Cal U students have dug their
summer experience in Anthropology 101,a
hands-on archaeology field school that sends
students outdoors in search of clues to the past.
With 22 Cal U students at three excavation sites, this
year’s projects and excavation team were the largest yet,
said Dr. John P. Nass, who has been conducting these
outdoor programs every other year since 1991.
Many of the participants are archaeology or
anthropology majors, but Nass emphasized that
students in any field can take the course as part of the
general education curriculum. The field school is
approved as a lab component, he added, and the
techniques used at the site are applicable to forensic
science, as well.
“Before this (course) was part of the general
education curriculum, a lot of students would have
loved to do this but couldn’t,” Nass said.
Students earn either three or six credits for the field
school, depending on the number of hours they work at
the excavation site.
This year’s field school ran from May 16 through
June 17. Cal U’s excavation team worked in conjunction
with California alumnus Doug Sahady ’93, ’96, a
sociology and anthropology instructor at West Virginia
University, and seven students from WVU.
The excavators explored the home sites of two 19thcentury riverboat captains in Brownsville; searched for
signs of the old Zollarsville “Indian fort” at the edge of
a high cliff above Ten Mile Creek, in rural Washington
County; and used a ground penetrating radar (GPR)
device to investigate a hillside that will be cut for a
parking lot at the Fayette County Historical Society.
Sean Rothaar, a senior history and anthropology
major, also took part in the field school two years ago,
and he noted the challenges newcomers face.
“The first day out here was a real eye-opener for
people as far doing real archaeology work,” he said on a
90-degree day at the Zollarsville site. “The grass was
high, it was pouring down rain and nobody wore boots.
After the first week, everyone got in the right mindset
and we started making good progress.”
Elementary education major Stephanie DeFelice
added anthropology as a minor after conversing with
Nass last fall.
“It’s a passion of mine, and archaeology and
teaching are cool things I can do together,” said
DeFelice, a junior.
“This has been such a learning tool these past two
weeks, and I will be able to bring my experiences out
here into my classroom one day.”
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From left to right:
Dr. John Nass,
Jessica Stanley and
Chelsea
Higinbotham work
on plotting a
section of ground
as they search for
signs of the Old
Zollarsville ‘Indian
fort’ above Ten
Mile Creek in
Washington
County.
Sophomore Danielle Johns worked at both the
Brownsville and Zollarsville sites during her first
summer in the woods. After a slow start, she said, the
field school was a blast.
“The crew is very amusing with our ‘inside’ jokes,
and it’s been … a bonding experience,” said Johns, an
anthropology major with a concentration in
archaeology.
While finding arrowheads, potshards or flakes of
stone can be uplifting, Nass said, careful observation
and properly executing the excavation process are what’s
most important.
Based on the field school’s work, Nass is confident
that the Zollarsville site is the only recorded prehistoric
Indian earthwork in southwestern Pennsylvania.
“When you do the excavation, you don’t find a lot of
artifacts. What we’re looking for is the construction
method,” he said.
Another first-year participant, forensic anthropology
and justice studies major Trish Neiberg, said she doesn’t
mind working for hours to uncover several flakes of
stone — or nothing at all.
“I’ve got a 5-year-old child, so patience doesn’t
bother me,” she said. “This (course) was a requirement,
but it’s been fun, except for the bugs. I didn’t know
anything about layering of soils, and actually seeing it
up close is very interesting.”
This was the first summer the field school was able
to use the GPR, which sends radar pulses into the soil
to create images of what lies underground. Dr. John
Cencich, dean of the School of Graduate Studies and
Research and director of Cal U’s Institute of
Criminological and Forensic Sciences, helped the
University acquire the GPR during the 2009-2010
academic year.
“We use it to get experience,” said Nass. “With all
the different soils in this region, GPR won’t detect a
body, for example, but it will detect a hole dug in the
ground that would hold a body.”
Nass said the program has been supported not only
by Cencich, but also by the College of Liberal Arts,
which has provided supplies and equipment over the
years. Through a Faculty Professional Development
grant this summer, Nass employed two student field
assistants, and consultant Jarrod Burks, of Ohio, was
brought during in the first week to conduct a
magnetometer survey.
Nass has been a tremendous help to others, said
Sahady. During his days as a student, Sahady took part
in the first Cal U field school, and he later assisted Nass
at two others. The Cal U and WVU field schools first
collaborated two summers ago.
“Dr. Nass has been there for us with good advice
since we initiated our field school in 2009,” Sahady said.
“He’s also very knowledgeable in the prehistory of this
area and is just a great resource for these students.”
Three August Seminars Address Legal Topics
he Institute for Law and Public
Policy at California University will
present three seminars in August at
the Cal U Southpointe Center in
Canonsburg, Pa.
• Teacher Dismissal in Pennsylvania:
Let Me Count the Ways will be held
from 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Aug. 25. Intended
for teachers and their representatives,
school administrators, school board
members or school-district attorneys, this
interactive workshop looks at the latest
“for cause” cases involving teacher
dismissal, reviews requirements of due
process, and highlights ways to avoid
complex litigation.
Cost is $99. The program is approved
by PACLE for three hours of Continuing
Legal Education (CLE) credit. Act 48
hours are available for educators.
• The Future of Estate
Administration Practice: Tips, Tricks,
Techniques, Methods, Resources, Expert
Systems, ‘I Didn’t Know That’ and
Other Surprises is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4
p.m. Aug. 26.
A panel of estate specialists will
provide participants with tips and tricks
that are “the best of the best” in the
administration of estates. After
addressing technical issues — and
describing far-fetched estate cases that
nonetheless are true — the panel will
demonstrate tools such as document
scanners, online securities valuation
services and social media that estate
practitioners are using to great effect.
Cost is $169 for attorneys; six hours of
PACLE-approved CLE credit is available.
Paralegals pay $89.
• A Look at Marcellus Shale From
All Sides will be held from 9 a.m.-3:15
p.m. Aug. 30. Presented in partnership
with the Pennsylvania Land Title
Institute, the seminar is open to the
public, as well as to attorneys and
paralegals. Topics include the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP) and
environmental views, title search
techniques unique to oil and gas leases,
how to negotiate oil and gas leases on
behalf of the landowner, and a view from
a gas company representative.
Cost is $169 for attorneys; five hours
of PACLE-approved CLE credit is
available. Approval is pending for six CE
credits from the state Insurance
Department. Paralegals and members of
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