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California University

VOLUME 14, NUMBER 21 SEPT. 10, 2012
READ THE JOURNAL ONLINE: www.calu.edu/news/the-journal

At Convocation, President
Seeks Unity, Collaboration
cting University President Geraldine M.
Jones delivered her first State of the
University address Aug. 28, emphasizing
collaboration and unity at a combined convocation
for both faculty and staff.
“I want to communicate with you and rely on
your help to move this university forward,” she said.
“Cal U must respond to the challenges of a changing
world. Those challenges are real, but not
insurmountable.
“I will try hard not to disappoint.”
Dr. Bruce Barnhart, newly appointed as acting
provost, welcomed the a crowd of nearly 1,000 on the
second day of classes for the 2012-2013 academic
year, then introduced the President.
She thanked the faculty and staff members for
their support since she assumed her current role in
May, and said Cal U’s most valuable asset is “our
human resources.”
“Looking out at you today reminds me of what a
great university Cal U is,” President Jones said. “The
best way to improve our finances and our enrollment
is for each of us to do our job, and do it well.”
She announced three primary goals for the
upcoming year: to focus on the core mission of
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restore the University to sound financial footing by
“instituting financial solvency principles.”
Although figures will not be finalized later in the
semester, Cal U reported a first-day enrollment
decrease of about 9 percent compared to last year, she
reported. The graduate school showed a slight gain in
enrollment, offset by a decrease in undergraduates.
President Jones also outlined measures taken to
improve the University’s financial status. Spending
cuts during the 2011-2012 fiscal year reduced a
projected year-end deficit from $9.7 million to just
$1.1 million by the close of the fiscal year.
Salaries, benefits and other fixed expenses account
for 80 percent of Cal U’s $120 million budget, the
President said, making it difficult to achieve savings.
And a decline in enrollment means the University
will have less revenue from tuition and fees in the
coming year.
Consequently, the original budget projection for
2012-2013 anticipated an $11.8 million deficit, she
reported. But across-the-board cuts in discretionary
allocations, plus manager furloughs, reductions in
athletic spending and other measures, trimmed the
projected deficit to $4.2 million.
“We recognize that we did not get here overnight
— Continued on page 2

Acting President Geraldine M. Jones updates both faculty and
staff at a combined convocation on Aug. 28.

Students Describe Conventions on Constitution Day
ine Cal U students who attended the Republican
and Democratic national conventions will share
their story as part of Cal U’s annual
Constitution Day celebration.
The students rubbed elbows with media figures and
political luminaries while serving as behind-the-scenes
volunteers in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C.
They will share anecdotes about the people they met
and the backstage workings of the conventions during an
informal panel discussion at noon Sept. 17 in the
Performance Center.
“Conventional Wisdom” caps off a series of panel
presentations on topical issues. Cal U faculty and students, plus several special guests, will speak at these
Constitution Day talks:
9 a.m. — “Diversity in Politics: Race, Gender, and
Religion,” Room 215, Watkins Hall
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Room 313, Duda Hall
10 a.m. — “You Can’t Lead If You Don’t Vote,”
Room 303, Duda Hall
11 a.m. —“Incivility in Politics: Meaner than Joe
Greene,” Room 312, Duda Hall
–“Health Care: It’s Serious Business,” Performance
Center, Natali Student Center
Noon — “Conventional Wisdom: Two Candidates,
Nine Students at the National Political Conventions,”
Performance Center

All Constitution Day presentations are free and open
to the public, as well as the campus community.
Beginning at noon, students will conduct a voter registration drive in the Natali Student Center. They also
will be reminding potential voters about the requirements
of Pennsylvania’s new voter identification law.
An annual event mandated at all schools that receive
federal funds, Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The American Democracy
Project at Cal U has organized this year’s program in
partnership with the Linda and Harry Serene Leadership
Institute. Co-sponsors are the Office of the President, the
Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs, the College of
Liberal Arts, the College of Education and Human
Services, and the Eberly College of Science and
Technology.
To see photos from the conventions and read firsthand
accounts reported by Cal U students, visit www.calu.edu .

Art Students Pitch in for ‘Blast’
tudents in the Department of Art and
Design got an early jump on community
service by taking an active role in the
seventh annual “Art Blast on the Mon” in
Greensboro, Pa.
The town’s biggest annual event, “Art Blast”
typically attracts nearly 2,000 people.
This year, the family-oriented art, music
and entertainment festival, held Sept. 1-2,
included “Everyone’s Art Show” in the
Greensboro Fire Hall.
Coordinator for the show was Cal U senior
Valerie Herrero, who served as artist-inresidence for Greensboro this summer under
the tutelage of associate professor Maggy
Aston.
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Grant for Water Quality
From left to right: Cal U students Brian Nicholson, Nathan Polen and Andrew
Jinkens take water quality samples from Pike Run. A second grant from the
Dominion Foundation will enable Cal U geology students to continue
environmental monitoring of Pike Run. See story on page 3.

of community service hours, and the ‘Art Blast’
organizers really appreciate all the help they
have had from these students,” Aston said.
In all, 15 Cal U students exhibited artwork,
assisted Herrero with setup or gave
demonstrations during the festival. Among
them were Jordan Wong, who created the “Art
Blast” poster, and Andrew Tishler, Herrero’s
primary setup assistant.
Aston and colleague Todd Pinkham
submitted artworks. Both department chair
Greg Harrison and faculty member Spencer
Norman checked in at the festival, and alumni
from the Art and Design Department staffed
booths, gave demonstrations or served as
judges.
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President:
Collaboration,
Unity Are Key
— Continued from page 1

Dr. Bruce Barnhart, acting provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, introduces Cal U administrators at Faculty­Staff
Convocation.

New Roles for New Semester
t the Faculty-Staff Convocation, Acting
President Geraldine M. Jones announced that a
number of faculty members and administrators
will hold new positions in the 2012-2013 academic year.
Among those in new roles are:
• Dr. Bruce Barnhart, acting provost and vice
president for Academic Affairs. He had served as the
associate provost/associate vice president for Academic
Affairs since 2008.
• Dr. Nancy Pinardi, interim vice president for
Student Affairs. She replaces Dr. Lenora Angelone, who
retired. Pinardi most recently served as associate vice
president for Student Affairs and the University’s liaison
to the Student Association Inc.
• Dr. Stanley Komacek, associate provost and dean
of the School of Graduate Education and Research. He
takes over for Dr. John Cencich, who returns to teaching
in the Department of Justice, Law and Society.
• Dr. Daniel Engstrom, associate provost/associate
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moving to this position, he was the associate dean in the
College of Education and Human Services.
• Dr. Caryl Sheffield, interim associate
provost/acting associate vice president for Academic
Affairs.
• Dr. Stephen Whitehead, interim associate
provost/acting associate vice president for Academic
Affairs.
• Dr. John Kallis, interim dean of the Eberly College
of Science and Technology. He succeeds Dr. Leonard
Colelli, who now is the provost at Potomac State
College in West Virginia.
• Dr. Joseph Schickel, chair of the Department of
Applied Engineering and Technology.
• Dr. Yugo Ikach, chair of the Department of
Music.
• Dr. Richard LaRosa, chair of the Department of
Business and Economics.
• Joseph Schickel, chair of the Department of
Applied Engineering and Technology.

and that we will not remedy our financial situation
overnight,” President Jones said.
“We are working hard to identify additional saving
opportunities within our discretionary budgets before
considering reductions in our fixed expenses. We are
committed to finding these additional savings without
any negative impact to the core mission of the University
— educating our students.”
Every faculty and staff member can play a role in
recruiting new students and encouraging retention, she
added, and all employees have ownership in the
University and its future.
“It is this collectiveness and cohesiveness that will get
us through these difficult times. We will be stronger and
better, I have no doubt about that. I believe we can do
great things together — and we will.”
Before President Jones’ update, Dr. Michael Slavin,
president of APSCUF, urged the faculty to remain
optimistic and to focus on Cal U’s mission as an
academic institution.
Pledging his allegiance to the acting president, he
recognized her appointment as Cal U’s first female and
first African-American leader as a “historic moment” for
the University.
Slavin called for “true shared governance that looks
for a diversity of thought between faculty and staff,” and
offered to serve as the President’s “jester” — not a fool,
but the one person, in a medieval court, who could
speak truth to power without fear of repercussions.
“The faculty and staff are here to help the
administration, and we all must be open and forthright
as we work through these great challenges,” he said.
President Jones concluded the convocation by
announcing a series of budget workshops and stating
that Mission Day, set for Oct. 24, will focus on the new
strategic plan and enrollment initiatives.

Campus BRIEFS
Women’s Conference
Begins Friday

Award­winning
poet Katie Wirsing
will perform at 9
p.m. Thursday in
the Convocation
Center courtyard as
part of the
Underground Café.

Underground Café
Season Opens
he Underground Café begins the fall semester Thursday
with a performance by poet Katie Wirsing at 9 p.m.
Weather permitting, the café will be held outdoors, in the
Convocation Center courtyard.
Wirsing’s team won the National Poetry Slam in 2006, and
she was Denver’s city slam champ in 2007. She has represented
the city at the Women of the World Poetry Competition and
appeared twice at the Individual World Poetry Slam
Competition.
Wirsing has appeared on Dyke TV, NPR, Femme Fatale
magazine, the BBC and countless local radio stations. She is the
poetic voice on a national commercial for Kasassa Banking.
The Commuter Center, located next to the Vulcan Theatre in
the Natali Student Center, is transformed into the Underground
Café on Thursday evenings from 9 p.m. until midnight during the
fall and spring semesters. Students and members of the Cal U
community are welcome to attend, or to showcase their own
talents during 15-minute slots each week.

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This Friday and Saturday the PASSHE
Women’s Consortium and the Audrey-Beth
Fitch Women’s Studies Conference will present
Women: Finding a Voice and Leading for Change.
The conference at Cal U will address the
need for female leaders and explore women’s
leadership in the home, the workplace, the
media, the political arena and the community.
Keynote sessions will be held in the
Convocation Center.
Speakers include Ellen Bravo, author of
Taking on the Big Boys, who will discuss workplace issues; Ayana Ledford, of Carnegie
Mellon University’s Progress Center, who will
teach about negotiation and gender awareness;
and Annie Holmes, of Penn State University,
who will discuss the campus climate for
women.
A wide variety of breakout sessions also are
planned on topics such as women in academia,
workplace support for women, sex education,
women’s issues in the U.S. presidential election,
and women in media and professional sports.
The conference is open to public. A link to
online registration and the full conference
schedule is available on the Cal U homepage,
www.calu.edu .
Cost is $60 for members of the PASSHE
Women’s Consortium, $75 for non-members.
The registration fee includes dinner on Friday,
plus a continental breakfast and lunch on
Saturday.
Students with a valid ID pay $20 for conference sessions plus meals; without meals, they
may attend the conference at no charge.

Health Fair Set Wednesday
The 25th annual Health Fair is set for 11
a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday in the Convocation
Center’s south conference wing.
More than 30 representatives of the health
care industry will staff booths addressing health
and wellness topics such as diabetes, smoking
cessation, orthopedics and more.
Blood pressure and blood glucose screenings
will be offered, as well as screenings for skin,
dental and foot problems. Attendees can learn
their body-mass index or, for a fee, receive a flu
shot administered by staff from Centerville
Clinics.
The first 1,000 attendees will receive a soft
backpack, and T-shirts will be distributed randomly throughout the day.
Music and a variety of entertainment events
will take place in the Convocation Center courtyard
For more information, contact nurse practitioner Fran Fayish at 724-938-5922 or e-mail
fayish@calu.edu .

Football on TV
Four Vulcan football games will be shown
live on Pittsburgh’s CW this fall.
The first telecast will be Cal U’s PSAC-West
opening game at Edinboro University this
Saturday at 6 p.m.
Both of Cal U’s 3:30 p.m. home games the
following two weeks will be broadcast live. The
Vulcans will play host to IUP on Sept. 22 and
West Chester on Sept. 29 at Adamson
Stadium’s Hepner-Bailey Field.
The final game on CW will be a 3:30 p.m.
home game against Slippery Rock on Oct. 27.

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Dominion
Grant
Supports
Project at
Pike Run
$25,000 grant from the
Dominion Foundation will
provide more active, real-world
learning opportunities for students in
Cal U’s geology program.
The grant is part of the Dominion
Foundation’s Higher Education
Partnership Program, which has
awarded a total of $1 million in grants
to 15 college and post-secondary
schools across 10 states to help projects
in renewable energy, environmental
studies, engineering and workforce
development.
The grant to Cal U will enable
geology students to continue
environmental monitoring of Pike Run,
a small waterway near campus.
Students will conduct real-time
monitoring of stream flow and water
quality; extend an existing Geographic
Information database to manage the
resulting data; implement a plan for
regular monitoring in the 29-squaremile Pike Run watershed; and
experiment with small-scale
remediation methods to improve water
quality.
The project also will reconfigure the
Pike Run Watershed Association as a
permanent, active membership
organization within the Cal U Geology
Club.
The grant will facilitate ongoing
research by Cal U undergraduates by
providing instrumentation for
monitoring the stream and analyzing
water quality.
“This project will help with careerbuilding by exposing students to field
work and real-world data-gathering
techniques,” said Dr. Kyle Fredrick, an
associate professor in Cal U’s
Department of Earth Science.
“It will help students develop the
analytical, higher-order thinking that is
prized in the workforce. At the same
time, it will provide both a database and
a forum for connecting science with the
broader community.”
The project builds on data-gathering
at Pike Run that began with the support
of a 2011 grant, also awarded by the
Dominion Foundation.
Dominion is one of the nation’s
largest producers and transporters of
energy, with a portfolio of
approximately 28,000 megawatts of
generation.
Dominion operates the nation’s
largest natural gas storage system and
serves retail energy customers in 15
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What’s
Next?
Biology majors
Roger King and
Jessica
Dominiczak
look over a
schedule out­
side of Frich
Hall on the
first day of the
fall semester.

Prior Learning Credit
Now Easier to Obtain
he Pennsylvania State
System of Higher
Education
(PASSHE) has formed an
innovative collaboration
with
LearningCounts.org and
the Council for Adult and
Experiential Learning
(CAEL) that will ensure
prospective students receive credit
for college-level learning they have
gained through their work, military or
other prior learning experiences.
PASSHE universities for years have
recognized prior college-level learning
as demonstrated through assessments
such as the College Board’s College
Level Examination Program (CLEP)
and Advanced Placement (AP)
courses and exams.
This new collaboration will
broaden the opportunities for
prospective students to have prior
learning assessed through a
standardized process. And it will help
prospective students become more
aware of avenues that make earning a
college degree more affordable,
efficient and possible.
“The PASSHE-LearningCounts.
org and CAEL partnership represents
a major step forward in the State
System’s efforts to make it easier for
returning adult students to have
options for obtaining credit for their
prior learning,” said PASSHE
Chancellor Dr. John C. Cavanaugh.
“This partnership is based on
PASSHE having the ability to make
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eligible and can obtain credit for
that learning. It is additional
evidence that PASSHE is
serious about making
more options available
for returning adult
students to complete
their degrees.”
Chari Leader Kelly,
vice president of
LearningCounts.org, said this
collaboration with PASSHE is ground
breaking on many levels.
“This approach means a bettereducated workforce, a higher degree
completion rate and a more affordable
degree for the thousands of adults
who are just starting their degrees, or
have some college, but need to
complete. This better-educated
workforce has the potential to attract
new employers to the state.”
Through this collaboration,
prospective students will be able to
create portfolios that demonstrate
prior learning outcomes obtained
through specific work, military or
other training programs, as well as the
many forms of online content such as
Massively Open Online Courses
(MOOCs).
Prospective students’ portfolios
will have to provide evidence that the
learning outcomes achieved are
comparable to those of a student who
passed the same course in a regular
academic setting.
The LearningCounts.org
collaboration is part of a broader
strategy to make it easier for adults to
complete their college degrees at
PASSHE universities.

Law Enforcement Experts Speak Sept. 18
wo law enforcement experts will share their
experiences Sept. 18 as part of the new Justice,
Law and Society speaker series.
Kevin Grippo is chief of the South Connellsville (Pa.)
Police Department. A 15-year veteran of law
enforcement, he has been a member of the Fayette
County Drug Task Force since 2000. Grippo is a task
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Tech Crimes Task Force.
Special Agent Patrick J. Howley, of the Pittsburgh
Division, Mon Valley Resident Agency, has been with the
FBI for 16 years. His investigative experiences include
financial, public corruption and bank robberies, and he
currently concentrates on crimes against children.
The presentations will take place at 11 a.m. in Eberly
Hall, Room 110.

Cal U’s active involvement with the
seventh annual ‘Art Blast on the Mon’
festival included an event poster created
by senior Jordan Wong.

Students
Pitch in for
Greensboro
‘Art Blast’
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Associated Artists of Cal U
sponsored “Everyone’s Art Show” and
offer prizes in the “everyone” category,
as well as preschool, elementary, middle
school and high school awards. Viewers
paid a dollar per vote to select the winner
of the People’s Choice Award.
Cal U students were heard, as well as
seen, at the festival. Musicians Seamus
Hutchens, Nick Conti and Rosanna
Paterra all performed.
“We want to be active in promoting
the arts in both the Cal U community
and outside in our regional
communities,” said Herrero. “This was a
perfect opportunity, because the ‘Art
Blast’ needed help, and we had the
resources to pitch in and make the show
better.
“These are the types of things I
believe artists should be involved in,”
added Herrero, who also serves as a
children’s teaching assistant at the
Carnegie Museum of Art.
“The ‘Art Blast’ was an opportunity
to get Cal U involved, and it’s important
that we continue to do more.”

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Cal U Announces
Hall of Fame Class
ive individuals will comprise
California University of
Pennsylvania’s 18th Athletic Hall of
Fame class.
The 2012 inductees are Katie BarkerCollins, Class of 2006 (women’s volleyball);
Lori Burkholder (softball); Thomas “Shot”
Jackson, Class of 1977 (football, wrestling,
track and field); the late President Emeritus
Dr. George H. Roadman, Class of 1941;
and Derrick Scott, Class of 1997 (men’s
basketball).
These former Vulcan standouts will be
inducted officially at the 2012 Cal U
Athletic Hall of Fame dinner, set for 5:30
p.m. Oct. 12 in the Performance Center
inside the Elmo Natali Student Center on
Cal U’s main campus.
The inductees also will be featured on
the scoreboard during the Vulcans’
Homecoming football game against Lock
Haven University the following afternoon.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame dinner are
$30 each. The public may attend.
For reservations, contact Montean Dean
in the Office of Alumni Relations, 724-9384418. Proceeds from the dinner will be used
to establish a Hall of Fame athletic
scholarship.
Each inductee will be profiled in the
Journal. Here are their Hall of Fame
credentials.
Katie Barker-Collins ’06 (Pittsburgh,
Pa./Baldwin HS) was an outside hitter for
the women’s volleyball team from 20022005. She finished her career as the
program’s all-time career leader in kills
(1,895) and digs (1,821), both the secondhighest totals in school history. Her 149
career service aces and 464 games played
currently rank third and fifth, respectively.
In 2004, Barker-Collins’ 641 kills led the
PSAC and ranked ninth in the NCAA’s
Division II. She was a three-time AVCA
All-Region selection, earning first-team
honors her junior and senior seasons. Also
a three-time all-conference and two-time
time CoSIDA Academic All-District
selection, Barker-Collins was named to the
2004 NCAA Atlantic Regional AllTournament team. Cal U competed in the
NCAA post-season each year that she
played for the Vulcans, and she led the team
to its first PSAC title in 13 years during her
2005 senior season.
Lori Burkholder (Carmichaels,
Pa./Carmichaels HS) was a four-year
starting centerfielder for the softball team
from 1990-1993. She remains the program’s
career leader in triples (22) and stolen bases
(73); including a single-season school record
27 in 1990. Burkholder also finished with a
.385 career batting average, which still ranks
sixth in program history. She scored a
record-breaking 56 runs in 1993.
A three-time NFCA All-Region and allconference selection, Burkholder was a
second-team All-American in 1993. She
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the first Cal U women’s team PSAC
championship in 1991. Cal U’s cumulative
record during the Burkholder years was
148-40-1, with a 36-4 PSAC-West mark.
Thomas “Shot” Jackson ’77 (Houston,
Pa./Chartiers-Houston HS) was a threesport star for the Vulcans from 1973-1977,
starring in football, wrestling and track and
field. During his 1976 senior season in
football, the defensive lineman served as cocaptain and was named MVP after
compiling a team-high 139 tackles. He also
received the Andrew Kuzemka Memorial
Award for commendable athletic and
academic success.
Jackson compiled a 52-15 career
wrestling record at 177 pounds and was a
four-time NAIA Tournament qualifier. He
earned second place at the 1977 PSAC
Wrestling Championships after third and
fourth place showings the previous two
years.
He also competed in pole vault and
earned four letters on the track and field
team.
Dr. George H. Roadman ’41
(Merrittstown, Pa./Redstone HS) was Cal
U’s fourth president, serving from 19681977. He previously had been a professor
and then an administrator at California, his
alma mater, for 23 years. He was the
school’s Dean of Academic Affairs from
1957 until being named President.
During Roadman’s presidency, Cal
enjoyed considerable athletic success. The
men’s basketball team won the program’s
first of eight PSAC titles in 1970, and the
men’s tennis team won consecutive
conference crowns in 1971-1972.
The school also expanded its athletic
facilities during Roadman’s tenure,
including the 1970 opening of Adamson
Stadium. In recognition of Roadman’s
contribution to the Cal U community and
to Vulcan athletics, the College Farm sports
and recreation complex on the south
campus was named the George H.
Roadman Recreational Park.
Derrick Scott ’97 (Duquesne,
Pa./Duquesne HS) was a four-year starting
post-player for the men’s basketball team
from 1993-1997. He finished with 1,661
career points and 808 career rebounds,
while shooting over 60 percent from the
floor. He still ranks sixth in career scoring
and fourth in career rebounding.
A three-time all-conference selection,
Scott was named to the 1994 NCAA East
Regional All-Tournament Team. He helped
the Vulcans make three consecutive NCAA
tourney appearances, NCAA Regional title
games and PSAC finals, plus two PSAC
championships. In addition, the team
reached the 1996 NCAA Division II
National Final Four.
Over his first three seasons, the Vulcans
compiled a 75-18 cumulative record and 315 PSAC-West mark. The Vulcans made a
fourth straight PSAC Final Four showing
Scott’s final season.

Register Now for
Teaching and Learning
Conference
egistration is under way for
the Berger Fellowship
Conference, Celebrating
Excellence in Teaching and Learning,
set for 9 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Oct. 6 in
the Convocation Center.
Designed for classroom
teachers, reading specialists, preservice teachers and other
educators, this affordable
conference focuses on achieving
excellence in education.
Keynote speaker is Dr. Richard
L. Allington, a professor of
education at the University of
Tennessee and an internationally
recognized literacy researcher. A
past president of the National
Reading Conference and the
International Reading Association,
he is the author of more than 100
articles, chapters, monographs and
books, many dealing with effective
instruction and teaching reading to
students with learning disabilities.
Allington will hold a book
signing after his keynote address,
which will address “raising the bar”
in teaching. For an additional $20
fee, a limited number of attendees
may register to join him at an
informal, interactive luncheon.
In addition to the keynote talk,
educators from southwestern
Pennsylvania will present 15
workshop sessions at the
conference. Attendees can choose
among topics such as “Enrichment

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and Intervention,” “Class-wide Peer
Tutoring,” “Motivating Students
Through Authentic Learning
Experiences” and teaching 21stcentury learners using iPads,
archival photographs or graphic
novels.
The conference is affordably
priced at just $30, thanks to
generous support from the Jeff and
Beverly Berger Faculty Fellowship
in Education at Cal U. To promote
their participation in this
substantive learning experience,
undergraduate students at
California University will be
admitted free of charge.
The registration fee includes a
continental breakfast and light
refreshments. Act 48 credits are
available for education
professionals.
Online registration closes Oct.
1. Seating is limited; if the
conference is filled, no onsite
registration will be available.
To register with a check or
money order, make checks payable
to the Foundation for California
University of Pennsylvania, and
write “Berger Fellowship
Conference” on the memo line.
Send payment to the Foundation at
P.O. Box 668, California, PA 15419.
For a complete conference
schedule, keynote speaker’s
biography and other details, visit
www.calu.edu .

Read All About It
Taking advantage of the shade provided by nearly 500 trees on Cal U’s 96­acre main
campus, geology major Andrew Dieffenbach catches up on his reading in between
classed during the first week of the semester.

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