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Two faculty members in the School of Liberal Arts at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania were
recognized recently for the publication of their books. Dr. Roy P. Stonesifer Jr. (right) of the
history department co-authored a biography of Gideon J. Pillow, a controversial Confederate
General. Titled The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow, the publication received the 1993
Tennessee History Book Award.
Diane Crandall, art department, was recognized for Violent Crime. I Never Thought it Would
Happen to Me, a visual documentation of the recovery process for victims of violent crime. The
first 500 copies of the book will be used by Erie District Attorney William R. “Rusty”
Cunningham for distribution though Victim Witness Services of Erie.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 28, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO TO CELEBRATE HOMECOMING OCTOBER 6-9
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will celebrate its 1994 Homecoming with the
traditional Homecoming parade, Fighting Scots’ football, a benefit golf outing, and a wide range
of social activities for Edinboro students, alumni, employees, and the surrounding community to
enjoy.
Homecoming kicks off on Thursday, October 6, at 8 p.m. at the Gazebo behind the
University Center with the annual bonfire, pep rally, fireworks, and the crowning of the 1994
Homecoming queen and king.
Friday, October 7, begins with a 10 a.m. shotgun start for the Third Annual Alumni
Homecoming Golf Outing at the Culbertson Hills Golf Course in Edinboro. The outing is
sponsored by the Edinboro University Alumni Association’s Board of Directors to benefit the
alumni general scholarship fund and the alumni football players scholarship fund. Greens fees,
cart, refreshments, and prizes are included in the $50 registration fee.
Also on October 7, Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold and the University’s
Student Government Association will hold a ceremony to dedicate Edinboro’s newly renovated
and expanded University Center student union. The $6 million project added 60,000 square feet
to the facility to enhance recreational and administrative space for the student body. The public
is invited to the dedication ceremony which is scheduled for 2 p.m. The facility will be open for
public tours after the brief ceremony.
Culbertson Hills Public Golf Course and Restaurant will also be the site of an alumni
reception at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 7.
The traditional Homecoming parade makes its way through the University campus and
streets of Edinboro beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 8. This year’s parade theme is
“Disney Movies,” and as many as 14 student-made floats are entered.
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Saturday’s events continue with a football game at Sox Harrison Stadium with the
Fighting Scots hosting the Shippensburg Red Raiders. Kickoff at 2 p.m. A special alumni tent at
the stadium will be open for alumni to gather and renew old acquaintances with classmates,
faculty and staff, and to sign up for raffle prizes.
Registration for the third annual Alumni Association-sponsored 5K run begins at 7 a.m.
on Sunday, October 9. Advance registration is $10 for adults and $7 for students, or $12 and $8
on Sunday. The race begins at 8:30 a.m.
The annual “Tot-Trot” will be held immediately after the 5K race. Local “celebrities,”
including Olympic wrestling champion Bruce Baumgartner, will challenge separate age groups
(ages two to eight) in races of various distances. Both races take place at Sox Harrison Stadium.
For more information about alumni events at Edinboro University’s 1994 Homecoming,
call the Alumni Office at 814-732-2715 or 1-800-526-0117.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 28, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO OFFER MINI-COURSE IN
COMPUTER ANIMATION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
If you have seen the prime-time series SeaQuest (NBC), Babylon 5 (FOX), or Robocop
(IND), you may have noticed some impressive movements of submarines and spaceships
through underwater cities or star clusters. These images were 3D computer animations created
with the Emmy award winning NewTek Video Toaster and Amiga computer - the same
technology used by the Art and Media Services Departments of Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania.
The hardware and new 3.5 software used to create these and other effects, TV
commercials, and graphics will be the subject of a mini-course offered through Edinboro
University’s Institute for Research and Community Services on two consecutive Saturdays,
October 15 and 22. The course will be taught by Edinboro professor David Weinkauf.
Introduced about five years ago, the low-cost NewTek Video Toaster is a television
studio in a desktop Amiga computer. It offers a six input switcher with more than two hundred
special switching effects, a paint program, a chroma effects program, a character generator with
close to three hundred postscript fonts, a 3D animation program, and a 3D animation modeler
program. The toaster is used for local video productions and has fast become a standard in highend motion picture and network television production. It was used in the design phase of the
Tyrannosaurus rex sequence in Jurassic Park. Ten shots animated with the technology made it
into the final film prompting Director Steven Spielberg to make a major commitment to the
Video Toaster and Amiga computer for his NBC series SeaQuest.
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Other series and films using the Amiga computer and Video Toaster include Quantum
Leap; Young Indiana Jones Chronicles; Three Men and a Baby; Honey, I Blew Up the Kid;
Unsolved Mysteries; Afterburn; Warlock and the Oscar winning documentary Panama
Deception. Two years ago, the Toaster was awarded an Emmy for outstanding technical
achievement.
This semester’s course will feature new slides, new animations and the newest version of
the software. Through a special arrangement with NewTek, the course will also serve as the
regional unveiling of the Flyer non-linear video editing system. Not yet on the market, the Video
Flyer is a high-end tapeless video editing system making use of the Video Toaster’s many
special effects, fonts, paint and animation programs.
On October 15, the course will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a session called “Toaster
Preferences and Switching.” The emphasis will be on television switching effects, freeze frame,
and luminance keying. At 1:00 p.m., the construction of titles and computer painting will be
demonstrated during a session titled “Character Generation and Painting.” At 4:30 p.m., in a
session called “Chroma FX,” a variety of photographic effects and image modifications will be
demonstrated. At 5:00 p.m., the Video Flyer non-linear editing system will be unveiled and
demonstrated.
The first session on October 22 will feature the Toaster’s highly-praised Lightwave
animation program in a session titled “Lightwave 3D Animation: Building Blocks.” The session
will deal with objects, lights and the camera in three dimensional space. At 1:00 p.m., in a
session titled “Lightwave Modeler,” participants will examine ways to construct three
dimensional objects inside the computer. At 4:00 p.m., during a session titled “Lightwave 3D
Animation: Animation,” participants will learn how the animation for SeaQuest, Babylon 5,
Robocop and other projects was created and recorded on tape and film. The day will end with a
5:30 session on the rotoscoping and real-time animation output features of the Video Flyer.
Four one-hour hands-on sessions are scheduled throughout the course following each of
the major topics. Each session will allow participants to work with Edinboro University’s
toasters to explore ideas or to gain experience with the technology.
The cost for the course is $135 for new participants, and $115 for participants of the
previous Video Toaster courses. No previous video or animation experience is needed to
participate. Seating will be limited, and interested participants are urged to make arrangements
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VIDEO TOASTER COURSE, Continued
for enrollment as soon as possible by contacting Edinboro University’s Institute for Research
and Community Services, 139 Meadville Street, Edinboro 16444, (814) 732-2671 or
800-526-0121.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 27,1994
NEWS ADVISORY:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO HOLD DEDICATION CEREMONY
On Friday, October 7, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will hold a dedication
ceremony for the recently renovated and expanded student union, the University Center.
Mel Perry, president of the University’s Student Government Association, will present
welcoming remarks followed by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold. Dr. James H.
McCormick, chancellor of the State System of Higher Education, is also expected to attend.
Musical selections will be performed by the “Spirit of the Scots” Marching Band.
The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. in the lobby of the University Center, and tours of
the facility will begin immediately following the ceremony.
For additional information, call the Office of Public Information at 814-732-2745.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 26, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO WORKSHOP TRAINS TEACHERS IN NEW STANDARDS PROJECT
Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will be in Edinboro this week
to train teachers in a new program that promises to significantly change the nation’s educational
standards. The New Standards Project is a grass roots partnership of states and urban schools
that is adopting a set of very high national education standards and developing a new kind of
student assessment system.
Workshops in Edinboro and Allentown will train approximately 130 field trial teachers
from school districts all across Pennsylvania. The Edinboro workshop will be held at the
Edinboro Inn on Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29. Standards are being
developed for mathematics. English/language arts, and science for grades K-12.
The New Standards Project is a joint effort of the National Center on Education and the
Economy, and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
The project’s partners are 17 states and school districts in Fort Worth, New York City,
Pittsburgh, Rochester, San Diego and White Plains, New York.
Director of the project, Lauren Resnick, said the development of standards and
assessments is a critical piece of reforming the entire educational system so that it is much more
coherent and is driven by much higher standards. “We are not simply a standards or testing
undertaking; we want standards and assessments to help bring about better student outcomes - a
different quality and higher level of student achievement,” she said.
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is the first higher education institution in
Pennsylvania to collaborate with the project. Attending the workshop from the University will
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be Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, Dr. Susan Criswell, Dr. John Criswell, Dr. Bruce Smith, Dr. Nicholas
Stupiansky, and Maureen Walcavich. Sheerer is the chairperson of the elementary education
department.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 26, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATES MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
You can’t hear Westbrook on the radio yet, but before long you may be listening to the
sweetest sounds this side of Nashville. The sister-brother-wife singing trio of Kristyn Westbrook
Woodrow, Stephen and Amy Westbrook, is about to become this area’s best-known recording
group.
The Edinboro-based group was selected for the nationally-televised Charlie Daniels
Talent Roundup, one of the nation’s largest talent contests. Westbrook competed against 26 other
vocal groups and bands for a $25,000 prize and national recognition. The Nashville Network
(TNN), which is broadcasting the talent show, will not reveal how Westbrook did in the contest
until their first-round appearance is aired on October 29. The winner of that round competes in
the semi-finals on December 17. The final round will be televised on December 24.
Westbrook is also appearing three times on the Dr. James Kennedy television program.
The Florida-based ministry invited the trio to sing at one of its church services this past spring.
They were so well-received they were invited to return for the televised evening service. One of
their performances was broadcast August 14. The dates for two other shows have not been
announced.
Woodrow and her brother Stephen and his wife Amy have been singing together for 12
years since they were teenagers at General McLane High School. The group has its roots in the
teen choir of the Federated Church of East Springfield where Kristyn and brother Stephen
attended. Amy moved to Edinboro from Warren when she was 13 and joined the choir in the
1982-83 school year. At General McLane the three were also active in the school band, choir and
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WESTBROOK, Continued
show choir. They began singing together as a group in 1984 under the name Joy, performing at
churches, fairs and weddings.
In the meantime, all three went on to college at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Kristyn graduated in 1985 with a nursing degree, and Stephen and Amy finished in 1987 with
degrees in accounting and communications, respectively.
The trio’s forte is contemporary gospel and country music sung in three-part harmony.
One reason they attracted the attention of the Charlie Daniels Talent Roundup is simply the
rarity of country trios. There aren’t many two female/one male trios in pop music, either. The
last such successful group may have been Tony Orlando and Dawn in the 1970s.
Westbrook’s material isn’t limited to country and gospel. For the talent contest they
performed Bridge Over Troubled Water, an original song called At the Westbrook, and The
Water is Wide, a cut from the Thirty Something soundtrack.
“The Water is Wide was a last-minute substitution,” said Amy Westbrook. “The talent
contest did not allow gospel or patriotic songs. We learned it in the car on the way down to
Nashville.”
The trio does its own arranging, and the group rehearses whenever it gets a chance,
which is usually every other weekend. Kristyn and her husband Bob - a 1984 graduate of
Edinboro - live in the Pittsburgh area where they own a health-food store called Joy of Health.
They have a one-year-old son named Thaine. Steve is a CPA for the accounting firm of Maloney,
Reed, Scarpitti and Company in Edinboro. Amy, the former corporate communications
coordinator for First National Bank, spends most of her time at home with their 20-month-old
son Graham. She does free-lance writing and serves on the board of directors of the new Family
First Sports Park.
They are hoping the national television exposure will lead them to bigger things in the
recording industry. In 1986 they cut a tape called Children of Light, and later recorded a tape at
Aircraft Studios in Pittsburgh called Pressing On. Both tapes were made for local distribution.
They also made a handful of radio commercials in the Pittsburgh area. Currently, the group is
choosing songs for a demo tape which will likely include At the Westbrook, In a Perfect World, I
Can’t Say No, Love of the Family and You Gotta Give What it Takes.
They are working with the Corbin, Manner and Lee production agency in Nashville to
represent them when the demo tape is completed. Two of the agency’s members - Corbin and
Manner - have written music for the Oak Ridge Boys, Alabama, Glen Campbell and Don
Williams.
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WESTBROOK, Continued
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Signing a recording contract would be the fulfillment of a dream, but it is secondary to
the music itself. They would turn down a contract if they weren’t able to sing the music they
believe is right for them - music that will make a difference in people’s lives.
“Whatever comes our way professionally,” said Amy, “we want to do it with integrity,
singing positive music with an uplifting message. Most of all, we want to honor God in our
lives.”
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OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 23,1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO’S BRUCE GALLERY TO HOST FACULTY EXHIBIT
The members of the art department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will have
their work on display at the University’s Bruce Art Gallery from Wednesday, October 5, through
Saturday, October 29.
Since the artists/teachers work in many different styles and media, the show features a
wide variety of art forms - from jewelry to photography, furniture to book art, mixed media and
clay to drawing, acrylic and oil paintings to polychromed bronze sculptures. The show also
represents different interests in subject matter, meaning and content. Diane Crandall’s computer
generated work is based on personal experience, while individuality and expressiveness are
demonstrated in the photography and the more traditional media. The functional art works are
equally impressive - Sue Amendolara’s necklace and brooches, Bernard Maas’ furniture stands,
and the porcelain pieces of Lee Rexrode.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Wednesday, October 5, at 7:00
p.m. Bruce gallery is located on the ground floor of Doucette Hall on the Edinboro campus.
Hours are 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to
9:00 p.m. For additional information, call 814-732-2513 or 2406.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 22, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JEAN CARDOT APPOINTED FINANCIAL AID ACCOUNTANT AT EDINBORO
Jean Cardot of Erie has been appointed to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania as
financial aid accountant. She will be responsible for all endowed, restricted and external
scholarship funds, as well as all title IV funds.
Cardot holds bachelor’s degrees in accounting and management with a minor in
marketing from Gannon University. She also received training from the American Institute of
Banking and attended NACUBO accounting and loan seminars and PHEAA financial aid
workshops.
Prior to joining the Edinboro staff she was a loan officer and accountant at Mercyhurst
College, loan coordinator at Villa Maria College/Gannon University, and loan officer and
manager at Integra Bank when it was Security Peoples Trust Co,
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September 21,1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO STUDENT COMPLETES WASfflNGTON INTERNSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania junior Sonya Lee, pictured with Sen. Edward
Kennedy (D-Mass.), recently completed a summer internship at The Washington Center, located
in Washington, D.C., under a scholarship from the Ford Motor Company and additional support
from Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold.
A nursing major from Cherry Hill, N.J., and student member of Edinboro’s Council of
Trustees, Lee interned at Kennedy’s Health Office in the Senate Committee on Health and
Human Resources.
During her internship, she gained first-hand experience participating in the formulation
of Kennedy’s health care bill. Other responsibilities included responding to constituent concerns
and participating in several special interest projects, such as nurse education for the
consolidation of nursing loans with Federal-funded loans, the Senate hearings on Lupus, Sickle
Cell Anemia, and health insurance for American and foreign employees of multinational
companies.
Lee said she spent her free time in Washington taking a class, attending workshops on
peace and conflict resolution, and volunteering at a local church’s Male Youth Project for inner
city boys from single parent households.
Founded in 1975, The Washington Center offers college students the opportunity to live
and work in Washington, D.C., while experiencing the professional world. More than 17,000
students from 700 colleges and universities nationwide have participated in The Washington
Center’s Internship and Seminar programs to complement their classroom work with real-life
applications.
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Dr. Kathleen Ansell, a professor in Edinboro’s department of speech and communication
studies, is coordinator of the University’s internship program. Since its beginning in 1990, the
program has placed more than 2,400 Edinboro University students in internships from the White
House to the Erie Art Museum, from Erie County schools to the Allegheny County District
Attorney’s office, and from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh to the Pennsylvania senate staff in
Harrisburg.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 19, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO HOST WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS
On Thursday, September 29, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s School of Liberal
Arts will host An Interactive Workshop for High School Seniors.
The morning event will include more than 20 concurrent half-hour sessions designed to
acquaint students with such topics as the Civil War, computer animation, electronic music, logic,
poetry reading, psychological research, and eye-witness reporting. In addition, tours will be
conducted of the campus radio station (WFSE-FM), the television studio (ENN), the student
newspaper {The Spectator)^ and various art studios.
Activities will culminate at 11:30 a.m. in the Multi-purpose room of the University
Center with a panel discussion titled “The Impact of Pre-Trial Publicity.” Edinboro professors
Dr. Terry Warburton and James Fisher will join Erie media celebrities Paul Wagner (WICU-TV)
and Tony Pasquale (Erie Times-News) to discuss the nature and influence of pre-trial publicity
on the legal process, specifically the O.J. Simpson case.
For additional information, contact Ms. Linda Lacny, program coordinator, 732-2477.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 16, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATE WINS STATE SYSTEM ESSAY CONTEST
Terri Birchard, a recent graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, won top
honors in this year’s “Best of the State System” essay contest sponsored by the State System of
Higher Education and PNC Bank. Birchard and a student from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania each won $1,500 for sharing first place in the competition. She also won $500 for
winning the Edinboro portion of the contest.
The contest is designed to recognize research and writing talent across the State System
on a topic of general interest to the finance and business communities. The topic for this year’s
competition was: “Transfer of Wealth: Investment Opportunities for Bank Trust Divisions.”
Birchard, a non-traditional student residing in Edinboro, majored in accounting and
graduated in December.
“PNC Bank’s sponsorship of the contest represents an extraordinary effort, one that
demonstrates the support of scholarship and writing among the 14 State System university
student populations,” said State System Chancellor James H. McCormick.
“This partnership demonstrates that business and scholarship can work hand-in-hand. It
has engendered an outstanding spirit of competition,” Chancellor McCormick added. “At the
same time. State System students gain an appreciation of the real-life work ethic.”
The annual contest invites all full-time undergraduate students of the State System
universities to submit essays of up to 5,000 words on a selected topic. The topic for the 1994-95
school year is “Marketing Strategies for Bank Investment Services.”
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EDINBORO GRADUATE WINS ESSAY CONTEST, Continued
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“The ‘Best of the State System’ contest is meant to be an encouragement to scholarship
and writing among the students of the State System,” said James M. Ferguson III, executive vice
president. Investment Management and Trust, of PNC Bank, Pittsburgh. “Over the years, the
winning essays have proven to be both provocative and stimulating. The continuing association
with the students, faculty and administration of the State System has been one we value very
much.”
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Tern Birchard of^Ediriboro State
University of Pennsylvania and Ser
gio Sfakianakis of Indiana University
of Pennsylvania.
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anakis, an Indiana, Pa., resident,
each received $1,500.
Gretchen E. Hoover, a West Ches
ter University of Pennsylvania stu
dent from Norristown, Pa., won the
third-place award of $500.
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performance. Last year he won thin
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The bank has underwritten the
PNC Bank/State System of Higher
Education Essay Competition since
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business community.
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September 15, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS CHICK COREA QUARTET
The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Concert and Lecture Series will open its
1994-95 season with an appearance of the Chick Corea Quartet on Sunday, October 2, at
8:00 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on the Edinboro campus.
On his new GRP album, “Alive,” Corea has taken a break from his Elektric Band and
returned to the acoustic format that earned him enormous success and a 1989 Grammy Award.
What distinguishes Corea’s retrenchment in the acoustic format is the irrepressible electricity he
brings to it. The quartet has simply transferred that power to the acoustic setting, and in the
process, brings an energy more closely associated with jazz fusion.
Born in 1941, Chick Corea began playing piano at the piano at the age of four. Extensive
listening to classical music spurred the compositional instincts that have guided his career, while
his interest in jazz was nurtured by such greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell
and other be-bop and hard-bop icons.
Corea’s music has focused on almost every aspect of contemporary jazz including fusion
and “free” improvisation. He is regarded as a model improvisor and a serious composer and has
become one of the country’s leading exponents of jazz improvisation.
The Akoustic Quartet includes saxophonist Bob Berg, bassist John Patitucci, and
drummer Gary Novak.
Tickets for this program may be obtained by calling 814-732-2518, weekdays. Prices are
$5.00 for adults and $4.00 for senior citizens. Tickets are also available at the University Center
and the Music Department on the Edinboro campus.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATE MAKING MARK ON PITTSBURGH TELEVISION NEWS
The next time you run into Jennifer Antkowiak somewhere in Pittsburgh or in her
hometown of Oil City, take a long look at her. There’s a good chance she will not be in western
Pennsylvania for long.
Antkowiak is a news reporter and weekend anchor for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Since
graduating from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1989, she has become one of the hottest
stars in local television.
She broke into Pittsburgh’s media consciousness in dramatic fashion. Antkowiak came to
WPXI in Pittsburgh from WJET-TV in Erie in February of 1993. One week later a blizzard
struck the East Coast, dumping record amounts of snow in the Pittsburgh area. Assigned to the
Pittsburgh airport to interview some of the 5,000 stranded travelers, Antkowiak and her
cameraman became snowbound themselves and ended up doing live shots around the clock for
two days. For a while after, she was known to Pittsburgh viewers as “the lady at the airport.”
Becoming a television reporter has been her lifelong dream. At a very young age she
knew she wanted to work in the news media. In high school she wrote for the school newspaper
and was active in drama groups. At Edinboro she became the feature editor and associate editor
for the campus newspaper, winning a scholarship as its most promising writer. In her junior year
she worked at the University’s radio station as a disc jockey and news reporter, eventually
becoming its news director. During the summers at home in Oil City she hosted a morning talk
show on radio station WKQW.
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JENNIFER ANTKOWIAK, Continued
Although her writing ability would serve equally well at a newspaper or in the electronic
media, she prefers the latter. “The style for broadcast writing is something I like more,” said
Antkowiak. “I like the immediacy of broadcast news.”
As a senior at Edinboro she interned at WJET-TV, hoping to be at the right place at the
right time if an opening developed. The station hired her part time, and following her graduation
in May of 1989, she was promoted to full-time status.
At WJET she was a Jill-of-all-trades, quickly mastering anchoring, reporting and the
weather. During the 1990 presidential campaign she reported live during candidate Bill Clinton’s
stop in Erie. She won the Associated Press and the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
(PAB) spot news award for her coverage of a small plane crash between two houses in an Erie
neighborhood, and for her reporting of a devastating ice storm.
After two years in Erie she felt she needed a greater challenge. Her ambition was to go to
Pittsburgh to work with the newspeople she had watched while growing up in Oil City, but she
had doubts about her ability. Going from the 147th-largest market to the 17th was a big jump.
Her timing was uncanny again. When she called A1 Blinke, news director of the NBC
affiliate, WPXI, he told Antkowiak that he needed a replacement immediately. Antkowiak got
the Job on the spot.
The position was a great opportunity - and a frustrating one. It gave her exposure to the
Pittsburgh audience and experience working in a large-market television newsroom. But, in
Pittsburgh media circles, WPXI is well known for its tabloid approach to news. Sensationalism
runs counter to Antkowiak’s sense of journalism. After seven months working part time at
WPXI, she needed a change.
In August of 1993 she was offered a contract with KDKA-TV.
“It was thrilling. I was star-struck, “ exclaimed Antkowiak. “Working alongside Stacy
Smith, Ray Tannehill, Patti Burns and Patrice King Brown was very intimidating. These were
the people I watched growing up. I was in awe.”
Antkowiak has been primarily a general assignment reporter, but within her first month
at the station she got her first anchoring job as a fill-in.
KDKA’s anchors do not go out on assignment as often as reporters. Antkowiak is
happiest when she is able to do both. In less than a year at the station she has already won the
prestigious PAB award for her series on the town of Apollo where a former nuclear materials
plant was being decommissioned. It was a highly controversial story and a draining assignment.
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Reporting has brought her face-to-face with the harsher side of the news. She has seen
her share of shootings, violence and crime. The station has bullet-proof vests available to its
news teams who expect to be covering a potentially dangerous situation. “There are certain
situations when we will not go into an area. We have a right to say no,” said Antkowiak. “It’s
shocking to see the violence some people are capable of. But you also see the kindness people
can give.”
She has had a couple of close calls. Once, Antkowiak and her photographer were
standing in the middle of a block covering a summer school program when they heard a drive-by
shooting at the end of the block. In other instances people have told her that she wasn’t wanted
in their neighborhood.
All of her life she has had the complete support of her father Michael - an attorney in Oil
City - and her three sisters, Becky, Jessie and Katie. Tragically, Jennifer’s mother died in
September of 1992 at the age of 50. Antkowiak believes her mother is still a big part of her life.
“I think she is looking after me.”
Three months after her mother’s death she married Joe Navarro, who also graduated
from Edinboro and worked at WJET-TV. He is pursuing a career in theater and keeps very busy
with work in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh and KDKA have been very good to Antkowiak. For the first time she is
working in a shop where she can fully develop her journalism skills. She acknowledges it would
be very easy to stay there, but if the opportunity arose to further her career in New York, it
would be tempting to give it a try. “I would like to see how far I can go,” she said. “I’d love to
see if I could get to the networks.”
So, take a good, long look at Jennifer Antkowiak when you meet her. The next time you
see her she may be sitting beside Dan or Connie or Tom or Peter.
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KDKA-TV news reporter and anchor Jennifer Antkowiak
goes over last-minute changes to her story with producer
Chris Jadick prior to an 11 p.m. newscast.
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Ground was broken recently for Edinboro University’s new Alumni Hall on Meadville Street. Participating in the ceremony were, (left to right)
David M. O’Dessa ‘61, vice president for administration and institutional advancement; Jody Gallagher ‘82 and ‘83; Janet L. Bowker 84,
alumni director; Bunny Bucho ‘62; Emily Evans ‘69 and ‘74; David Irlbacher ‘73; Frank Jakovac ‘73; Herm Tomer 71; Roy Strausbaugh,
president. University Services, Inc.; Jim Geronimo ‘86; David Sheneman ‘64, Alumni Board president; University President Foster F. Diebold,
Patricia Diebold ‘82 and ‘91; Mike Zahorchak ‘37; Bill Rohde ‘51, ‘64 and ‘80; Joe Mineo ‘73 and ‘78; Andrea Stevenson-Conner ‘87;
Geneva Bleakley ‘41; Ron Meeder, contractor; Jim Kirk ‘74; Steve Kohler ‘79; Dan Higham ‘70; Dennis Ranalli ‘74; and Bill Daisley 66.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER
GIANT PREHISTORIC FISH IN ERIE COUNTY
Geologists from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania have discovered the fragmentary
fossil remains of a giant armored fish that prowled the sea covering northwestern Pennsylvania
more than 300 million years ago.
Dr. Jeffrey Gryta, Dr. Dale Tshudy and student assistant Joseph Lichtinger were studying
the ancient bedrock of a streambed in southern Erie County when Tshudy made the find. The
fossil has been tentatively identified as Dunkleosteus terrelli, a predatory fish with a massively
armored head and neck that grew to lengths of 20 feet or more.
Dunkleosteus belongs to a large group of armored fish known as arthrodires. Several
types of arthrodires are known from Ohio and western New York. The Cleveland area of Ohio is
well known for arthrodires, including Dunkleosteus, but this is only the third report of
identifiable arthrodire remains in Pennsylvania.
“This fish was the Tyrannosaurus rex of the marine world,” said Tshudy.
At the time of the discovery, the Edinboro geologists were producing the first detailed
geologic map of the bedrock of southern Erie County. The objective of their work, which is
funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, is to determine the ages and specific
origins of the region’s bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist and curator of geology and
paleontology from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg to investigate the find.
Sullivan and his intern, Kesler Randall, excavated the fossil, which turned out to be a curved
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EDINBORO GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER PREHISTORIC FISH, Continued
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bony plate, approximately one foot square and one inch thick. It is now in the collections of The
State Museum where it is being cleaned and reassembled for detailed identification.
The bedrock in which the fossil was found is approximately 350-370 million years old,
which is in the Devonian geologic time period. It was known as the “age of the fishes” because
fish were the largest and most dominant organisms in the world. At that time, only amphibians
existed on land, and plants were very primitive. The Appalachian Mountains were as large as the
Rocky Mountains are today. Sediments eroded from those treeless mountains were deposited in
the seas that covered Erie County and other areas. Over millions of years, hundreds of feet of
sand, silt and mud were deposited on the ocean floor. In time these deposits hardened into
bedrock. Today those bedrock layers are visible in many places along the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County, the bedrock from the Devonian Period is buried beneath a
few feet of soil and many feet of debris brought in by glaciers. The Edinboro geologists made
their find in an area that has been eroded away by a stream, exposing the bedrock.
When Tshudy spotted the fossil it was still under a few inches of water. He and his
colleagues had been noting the many fossils of marine invertebrates such as clams, snails,
sponges, crustaceans, and especially brachiopods - ancient, clam-like organisms. To an
untrained observer, the embedded fossil simply looked like a thin sliver of dark rock. But
Tshudy realized immediately the fossil was something significantly different than the other
smaller and lighter fossil impressions he had been looking at.
He noted that they were fortunate to be looking in that area at that particular time.
Because no rain had fallen for several days, the water level was much lower than usual. If the
Edinboro geologists had been exploring a few days earlier or later, they might never have seen
the fossil sticking out of the bedrock.
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Edinboro University geologists Dr. Dale Tshudy and Dr. Jeffrey Gryta (kneeling) examine the
site where they discovered the fossil remains of a giant armored fish that lived 350-370 million
years ago during the Devonian Period. Looking on are Dr. Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate
specialist and curator of geology and paleontology from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in
Harrisburg, his intern Kesler Randall, and Edinboro graduate student Joseph Lichtinger.
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van rivieren en meren. Ook hun kop was beschermd door
een zwaar pantser, maar een deel van de romp en de staart
was vrij. Ze hadden in plaats van echte tanden beenplaten
in hun mond. Dunkleosteus (Fig. 2), de grootste van de
placodermen, werd meer dan drie meter lang. De meeste
van deze vissen hadden een lengte van ongeveer 30 cm.
Ze verschenen voor het eerst in het Devoon en stierven
uit in het begin van het Carboon, ongeveer 350 miljoen
jaar geleden.
Vinnen en graten
De kraakbeenvissen (Chondrichthyes), waartoe de haaien,
roggen en draakvissen behoren, treden op vanaf het
vroege Devoon. Ze hadden kaken met benige tanden en
een kraakbeenskelet. Vinstralen uit kraakbeen
ondersteunden de vinnen. Bij bepaalde soorten was de
romp met benige schubben bedekt. Tanden en schubben
werden gans het leven door vervangen. Heel wat modeme
Fig. 2: Dunkleosteus was met zijn lichaamsiengte van drie meter een van de grootste vissen uit de Devoon-periode.
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EDINBOFIO —Geologists from JEdinboro Uni
versity have a fish fossil tale to tell.
They’ve discovered the fragmentary fossil re
mains of a giant armored fish that prowled the sea^
covering northwestern Pennsylvania more than 30
million years ago.
“This fish was the Tyrannosaurus rex of the ma*
rine world,” said geologist Dale Tshudy, who made:
the discovery.
. Tshudy^ Jeffrey Gr5rta cind,student assis^nt Jq^
aeph Uchtlnger were studying the ancient bedrock
of a streambed in southern Erie County when
Tshudy made the find.
The bedrock in which the fossil was found is
about 350 to 170 million years old, dating back tO;
the Devonian geologic time period. It was known as
the “age of the fishes” because fish were the largest
and most dominant organisms in the world.
At that time, only amphibians existed on land,
and plants were very primitive. The Appalachian
Mountains were as large as the Rocky Mountains.
Sediment which had eroded from those treeless
mountains was deposited in the seas covering Erie
County and other areas.
Over millions of years, hundreds of feet of sand,
silt and mud were deposited on the ocean floor. In
time, those deposits hardened into bedrock. Today
those bedrock layers are visible in many places
along the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County, the bedrock from
the Devonian period is burled beneath a soil and
debris brought in by glaciers. The Edinboro geolo
gists made their find in an area that has been
eroded away by a stream, exposing bedrock.
Tshudy said they were in the right place at the
right time. Because no rain had fallen for several
days, the water level was lower than usual. Had
the geologists been out exploring a few days earlier
‘or later, they might never have seen the fossil
sticking out of the bedrock.
When Tshudy spotted the fossil, it was still un
der a few inches of water. He and his colleagues
were making notations on the many fossils of ma
rine invertebrates — such as cl£ims. snails.
Geologists Dale Tshudy and Jeffrey Gryta kneel at tl^ site where they found fossil remains of a giant ar
mored fish that lived aboit 360 million years ago. Alsd pictured are Robert Sulliyan of the State Museum of
Pennsylvania, intern Kesj|r Randall and graduate student Joseph Lichtinger.
sponges, crustaceans ana brachiopods. The latter
were ancient clam-like brfanisms.
To the untrained obsewer, the embedded fossil
looked like a thin sliver oidark rock. But Tshudy
realized it was different tmn the smaller and ligh
ter fossil impressions he| ad been viewing.
The fossil has been te;^ ;atively identified as
Dunkleosteus terrelli, a g edatory fish with a mas
sively armored head and 1 leck that grew to lengths
of,20 feet or more.
Dunkleosteus belongs ;o the large group of ar
mored fish known as arth 'odlres. Several types of
arthrodires are known fr^ n Ohio and western New
York. The Cleveland areatl >f Ohio is well known for
arthrodires, including Dunkleosteus, but this Is
only the third report of identifiable arthrodire re
mains in Pennsylvania.
At the time of the discovery, the Edinbpro geolo
gists were producing the first detailed geologic map
of the bedrock of southern Erie County. The objec-1
tlve of their work — funded by a Pennsylvania Geo-|
logic Survey grant is to determine the ages and |
specific origins of the region’s bedrock layers.
' They called in Robert Sullivan, vertebrate spe
cialist and curator of geology and paleontology
from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harris-^]
burg, to Investigate the find.
^dinboro Geologists] Discover Prehistoric ^Fish in Erie
Geologists irom Edinboro
JlWVersitX-of Pennsylvania have
discovered the fragfmentary fossil
remains of a giant armored fish
that prowled the sea covering
northwestern Pennsylvania
more than 300 million years ago.
Dr. Jeffrey Gryta, Dr. Dale
Tshudy and student assistant
Joseph Lichtinger were studying
the ancient bedrock of a
streambed in southern Erie
County when Tshudy made the
find. The fossil has been
tentatively
identified
as
“Dunkleosteus terrelli,” a
predatory fish with a massively
armored head and neck that
grew to lengths of 20 feet or
more.
Dunkleosteus belongs to a
large group of armored fish
known as arthrodires. Several
types of arthrodires are known
I
from Ohio and western New
York. The Cleveland area of
Ohio is well known for
arthrodires,
including
Dunkleosteus, but this is only
the third report of identifiable
arthrodire
remains
in
Pennsylvania.
This
fish
was
the
Tyrannosaurus rex of the
marine world,” said Tshudy.
At the time of the discovery,
the Edinboro geologists were
producing the first detailed
geologic map of the bedrock of
southern Erie County. The
objective of their work, which is
funded by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey,
is to determine the ages and
specific origins of the region’s
bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert
Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist
PI ,
plains were very primitive. The
and curator of geology and
paleontology from the State Appalachian Mountains were as
Museum of Pennsylvania in large as the Rocky Mountains
Harrisburg, to investigate the are today. Sediments eroded
find. Sullivan and his intern, from those treeless mountains
Kesler Randall, excavated the were deposited in the seas that
fossil, which turned out to be a covered Erie County and other
curved
bony
plate, areas. Over millions of years,
approximately one foot square hundreds of feet of sand, silt
and one inch thick. It is now in and mud were deposited on the
the collections of The State ocean floor. In time these
Museum where it is being deposits hardened into bedrock.
cleaned and reassembled for Today those bedrock layers are
visible in many places along the
detailed identification.
The bedrock in which the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County,
fossil was found is approximately
350 to 370 million years old, the bedrock from the Devonian
which is in the Devonian Period is buried beneath a few
geologic time period. It was feet of soil and many feet of
known as the “age of fishes” debris brought in by glaciers.
because fish were the largest The Edinboro geologists made
and most dominant organisms in their find in an area that has
the world. At that time, only been eroded away by a stream,
amphibians existed on land and exposing the bedrock.
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When Tshudy spotted the
fossil it was still under a few
inches of water. He and his
colleagues had been noting the
many
fossils
of marine
invertebrates such as clams,
snails, sponges, crustaceans and
especially brachiopods, ancient,
clam-like organisms. To an
untrained
observer,
the
embedded fossil simply looked
like a thin sliver of dark rock.
But Tshudy realized immediately
the fossil was something
significantly different than the
other smaller and lighter fossil
impressions he had been looking
at.
He noted that they were
fortunate to be looking in that
area at that particular time.
Because no rain had fallen for
several days, the water level
was much lower than usual. If
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ledogists discover
istoric fish in county
which is funded by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, is to
determine the ages and specific ori
gins of the region’s bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert Sulli
van, a vertebrate specialist and cu
rator of geology and paleontology
fix)m The State Museum of Pennsyl
vania in Harrisburg to investigate
the find. Sullivan and his intern,
Kesler Randall, excavated the fos
sil, which turned out to be curved
bony plate, rou^ly one foot
and
tideone inch thick. It is now in the
collections of The State Museum,
where it is being cleaned and reas
sembled for detailed identificatiMi.
The bedrock in which the fossil
was found is rou^y 350 to 370 mil
lion years old, which is in the Devo
nian ^ofogic time period. It was
known as the “age of the fishes” be
cause fish were the largest and
most dominant organisms in the
world.
At that time, only amphibians ex
isted on the land, and plants were
veiy primitive. The Appfidachian
Mountains were as large as the
Roefy Mountains are today. Sedi
ments eroded from those treeless
mountains were deposited in the
seas that covered Erie County and
other areas.
of Het of sand, silt and mud were
deMsited on the ocean floor. In
these deposits hardened into
befiocl^ Today, those bedrock layer^are visible in many places along
the shore of Lake Erie.
m most areas of Erie County, the
bedrock fi:pm the Devonian Period
is iuried beneath a few feet of soil
ana many feet of debris brought in
by leaders. The Edinboro geolo
gies made their mind in an area
that has been eroded away by a
sfrpam, exposing the bedrock.
When Tshucly spotted the fossil it
wa^ still under a few inches of wa-,
tell He and his coUea^es had been
nixing the many fos^s of marine
inVerteln^tes, such as clams, snails,
sponges, crustaceans, and
chfc^Kls, vdiich are andent, clam^
lUfe oiganisms.
To an untrained observar, toe
embeckfed fossil simply looked like
a thin sliver of dark rock. Tshudy,
htiwever, realized immediately toe Edinboro University of Pennsylvania^ geologists Dr. Dale Tshudy and Dr. Jeffrey Gryta
^sil was something significantly (kneeling) exannine the site where thpy discovered the fossil remains of a giant armored
ferent than toe other smaller and fish that lived 350 to 370 million years ago during the Devonian Period. Looking on are Dr.
iter fossil impressions he had Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist and curator of geology and paleontology from the
^en looking at.
State Museum of Pennsylvania in l^arrisburg, his intern Kesler Randall, and Edinboro
jHe noted that they were forinate to be looking in that area at
graduate student Joseph Lichtinger. |^t the time of the discovery, the Edinboro geologists
were producing the first geologic map of the bedrock of southern Erie County.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MICHAEL SCHMIDT JOINS EDINBORO FACULTY
Michael R. Schmidt has been hired as an assistant professor in the art department at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. In that position he will teach courses in graphic design.
Schmidt earned a bachelor of fine arts from Ohio University and a master’s degree in
graphic design from North Carolina State University. In addition, he completed post-master’s
training in cultural anthropology at North Carolina.
Prior to accepting the position at Edinboro, he was employed by the United Way Services
of Cleveland and Seer Technologies, a company founded by IBM.
A native of Euclid, Ohio, Schmidt currently resides in Cambridge Springs, Pa.
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recognized recently for the publication of their books. Dr. Roy P. Stonesifer Jr. (right) of the
history department co-authored a biography of Gideon J. Pillow, a controversial Confederate
General. Titled The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow, the publication received the 1993
Tennessee History Book Award.
Diane Crandall, art department, was recognized for Violent Crime. I Never Thought it Would
Happen to Me, a visual documentation of the recovery process for victims of violent crime. The
first 500 copies of the book will be used by Erie District Attorney William R. “Rusty”
Cunningham for distribution though Victim Witness Services of Erie.
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September 28, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO TO CELEBRATE HOMECOMING OCTOBER 6-9
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will celebrate its 1994 Homecoming with the
traditional Homecoming parade, Fighting Scots’ football, a benefit golf outing, and a wide range
of social activities for Edinboro students, alumni, employees, and the surrounding community to
enjoy.
Homecoming kicks off on Thursday, October 6, at 8 p.m. at the Gazebo behind the
University Center with the annual bonfire, pep rally, fireworks, and the crowning of the 1994
Homecoming queen and king.
Friday, October 7, begins with a 10 a.m. shotgun start for the Third Annual Alumni
Homecoming Golf Outing at the Culbertson Hills Golf Course in Edinboro. The outing is
sponsored by the Edinboro University Alumni Association’s Board of Directors to benefit the
alumni general scholarship fund and the alumni football players scholarship fund. Greens fees,
cart, refreshments, and prizes are included in the $50 registration fee.
Also on October 7, Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold and the University’s
Student Government Association will hold a ceremony to dedicate Edinboro’s newly renovated
and expanded University Center student union. The $6 million project added 60,000 square feet
to the facility to enhance recreational and administrative space for the student body. The public
is invited to the dedication ceremony which is scheduled for 2 p.m. The facility will be open for
public tours after the brief ceremony.
Culbertson Hills Public Golf Course and Restaurant will also be the site of an alumni
reception at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 7.
The traditional Homecoming parade makes its way through the University campus and
streets of Edinboro beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 8. This year’s parade theme is
“Disney Movies,” and as many as 14 student-made floats are entered.
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EDINBORO TO CELEBRATE HOMECOMING, continued
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Saturday’s events continue with a football game at Sox Harrison Stadium with the
Fighting Scots hosting the Shippensburg Red Raiders. Kickoff at 2 p.m. A special alumni tent at
the stadium will be open for alumni to gather and renew old acquaintances with classmates,
faculty and staff, and to sign up for raffle prizes.
Registration for the third annual Alumni Association-sponsored 5K run begins at 7 a.m.
on Sunday, October 9. Advance registration is $10 for adults and $7 for students, or $12 and $8
on Sunday. The race begins at 8:30 a.m.
The annual “Tot-Trot” will be held immediately after the 5K race. Local “celebrities,”
including Olympic wrestling champion Bruce Baumgartner, will challenge separate age groups
(ages two to eight) in races of various distances. Both races take place at Sox Harrison Stadium.
For more information about alumni events at Edinboro University’s 1994 Homecoming,
call the Alumni Office at 814-732-2715 or 1-800-526-0117.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
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September 28, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO OFFER MINI-COURSE IN
COMPUTER ANIMATION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
If you have seen the prime-time series SeaQuest (NBC), Babylon 5 (FOX), or Robocop
(IND), you may have noticed some impressive movements of submarines and spaceships
through underwater cities or star clusters. These images were 3D computer animations created
with the Emmy award winning NewTek Video Toaster and Amiga computer - the same
technology used by the Art and Media Services Departments of Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania.
The hardware and new 3.5 software used to create these and other effects, TV
commercials, and graphics will be the subject of a mini-course offered through Edinboro
University’s Institute for Research and Community Services on two consecutive Saturdays,
October 15 and 22. The course will be taught by Edinboro professor David Weinkauf.
Introduced about five years ago, the low-cost NewTek Video Toaster is a television
studio in a desktop Amiga computer. It offers a six input switcher with more than two hundred
special switching effects, a paint program, a chroma effects program, a character generator with
close to three hundred postscript fonts, a 3D animation program, and a 3D animation modeler
program. The toaster is used for local video productions and has fast become a standard in highend motion picture and network television production. It was used in the design phase of the
Tyrannosaurus rex sequence in Jurassic Park. Ten shots animated with the technology made it
into the final film prompting Director Steven Spielberg to make a major commitment to the
Video Toaster and Amiga computer for his NBC series SeaQuest.
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VIDEO TOASTER COURSE, Continued
Other series and films using the Amiga computer and Video Toaster include Quantum
Leap; Young Indiana Jones Chronicles; Three Men and a Baby; Honey, I Blew Up the Kid;
Unsolved Mysteries; Afterburn; Warlock and the Oscar winning documentary Panama
Deception. Two years ago, the Toaster was awarded an Emmy for outstanding technical
achievement.
This semester’s course will feature new slides, new animations and the newest version of
the software. Through a special arrangement with NewTek, the course will also serve as the
regional unveiling of the Flyer non-linear video editing system. Not yet on the market, the Video
Flyer is a high-end tapeless video editing system making use of the Video Toaster’s many
special effects, fonts, paint and animation programs.
On October 15, the course will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a session called “Toaster
Preferences and Switching.” The emphasis will be on television switching effects, freeze frame,
and luminance keying. At 1:00 p.m., the construction of titles and computer painting will be
demonstrated during a session titled “Character Generation and Painting.” At 4:30 p.m., in a
session called “Chroma FX,” a variety of photographic effects and image modifications will be
demonstrated. At 5:00 p.m., the Video Flyer non-linear editing system will be unveiled and
demonstrated.
The first session on October 22 will feature the Toaster’s highly-praised Lightwave
animation program in a session titled “Lightwave 3D Animation: Building Blocks.” The session
will deal with objects, lights and the camera in three dimensional space. At 1:00 p.m., in a
session titled “Lightwave Modeler,” participants will examine ways to construct three
dimensional objects inside the computer. At 4:00 p.m., during a session titled “Lightwave 3D
Animation: Animation,” participants will learn how the animation for SeaQuest, Babylon 5,
Robocop and other projects was created and recorded on tape and film. The day will end with a
5:30 session on the rotoscoping and real-time animation output features of the Video Flyer.
Four one-hour hands-on sessions are scheduled throughout the course following each of
the major topics. Each session will allow participants to work with Edinboro University’s
toasters to explore ideas or to gain experience with the technology.
The cost for the course is $135 for new participants, and $115 for participants of the
previous Video Toaster courses. No previous video or animation experience is needed to
participate. Seating will be limited, and interested participants are urged to make arrangements
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for enrollment as soon as possible by contacting Edinboro University’s Institute for Research
and Community Services, 139 Meadville Street, Edinboro 16444, (814) 732-2671 or
800-526-0121.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 27,1994
NEWS ADVISORY:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO HOLD DEDICATION CEREMONY
On Friday, October 7, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will hold a dedication
ceremony for the recently renovated and expanded student union, the University Center.
Mel Perry, president of the University’s Student Government Association, will present
welcoming remarks followed by Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold. Dr. James H.
McCormick, chancellor of the State System of Higher Education, is also expected to attend.
Musical selections will be performed by the “Spirit of the Scots” Marching Band.
The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. in the lobby of the University Center, and tours of
the facility will begin immediately following the ceremony.
For additional information, call the Office of Public Information at 814-732-2745.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 26, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO WORKSHOP TRAINS TEACHERS IN NEW STANDARDS PROJECT
Officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will be in Edinboro this week
to train teachers in a new program that promises to significantly change the nation’s educational
standards. The New Standards Project is a grass roots partnership of states and urban schools
that is adopting a set of very high national education standards and developing a new kind of
student assessment system.
Workshops in Edinboro and Allentown will train approximately 130 field trial teachers
from school districts all across Pennsylvania. The Edinboro workshop will be held at the
Edinboro Inn on Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29. Standards are being
developed for mathematics. English/language arts, and science for grades K-12.
The New Standards Project is a joint effort of the National Center on Education and the
Economy, and the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
The project’s partners are 17 states and school districts in Fort Worth, New York City,
Pittsburgh, Rochester, San Diego and White Plains, New York.
Director of the project, Lauren Resnick, said the development of standards and
assessments is a critical piece of reforming the entire educational system so that it is much more
coherent and is driven by much higher standards. “We are not simply a standards or testing
undertaking; we want standards and assessments to help bring about better student outcomes - a
different quality and higher level of student achievement,” she said.
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is the first higher education institution in
Pennsylvania to collaborate with the project. Attending the workshop from the University will
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be Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, Dr. Susan Criswell, Dr. John Criswell, Dr. Bruce Smith, Dr. Nicholas
Stupiansky, and Maureen Walcavich. Sheerer is the chairperson of the elementary education
department.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 26, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATES MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
You can’t hear Westbrook on the radio yet, but before long you may be listening to the
sweetest sounds this side of Nashville. The sister-brother-wife singing trio of Kristyn Westbrook
Woodrow, Stephen and Amy Westbrook, is about to become this area’s best-known recording
group.
The Edinboro-based group was selected for the nationally-televised Charlie Daniels
Talent Roundup, one of the nation’s largest talent contests. Westbrook competed against 26 other
vocal groups and bands for a $25,000 prize and national recognition. The Nashville Network
(TNN), which is broadcasting the talent show, will not reveal how Westbrook did in the contest
until their first-round appearance is aired on October 29. The winner of that round competes in
the semi-finals on December 17. The final round will be televised on December 24.
Westbrook is also appearing three times on the Dr. James Kennedy television program.
The Florida-based ministry invited the trio to sing at one of its church services this past spring.
They were so well-received they were invited to return for the televised evening service. One of
their performances was broadcast August 14. The dates for two other shows have not been
announced.
Woodrow and her brother Stephen and his wife Amy have been singing together for 12
years since they were teenagers at General McLane High School. The group has its roots in the
teen choir of the Federated Church of East Springfield where Kristyn and brother Stephen
attended. Amy moved to Edinboro from Warren when she was 13 and joined the choir in the
1982-83 school year. At General McLane the three were also active in the school band, choir and
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show choir. They began singing together as a group in 1984 under the name Joy, performing at
churches, fairs and weddings.
In the meantime, all three went on to college at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Kristyn graduated in 1985 with a nursing degree, and Stephen and Amy finished in 1987 with
degrees in accounting and communications, respectively.
The trio’s forte is contemporary gospel and country music sung in three-part harmony.
One reason they attracted the attention of the Charlie Daniels Talent Roundup is simply the
rarity of country trios. There aren’t many two female/one male trios in pop music, either. The
last such successful group may have been Tony Orlando and Dawn in the 1970s.
Westbrook’s material isn’t limited to country and gospel. For the talent contest they
performed Bridge Over Troubled Water, an original song called At the Westbrook, and The
Water is Wide, a cut from the Thirty Something soundtrack.
“The Water is Wide was a last-minute substitution,” said Amy Westbrook. “The talent
contest did not allow gospel or patriotic songs. We learned it in the car on the way down to
Nashville.”
The trio does its own arranging, and the group rehearses whenever it gets a chance,
which is usually every other weekend. Kristyn and her husband Bob - a 1984 graduate of
Edinboro - live in the Pittsburgh area where they own a health-food store called Joy of Health.
They have a one-year-old son named Thaine. Steve is a CPA for the accounting firm of Maloney,
Reed, Scarpitti and Company in Edinboro. Amy, the former corporate communications
coordinator for First National Bank, spends most of her time at home with their 20-month-old
son Graham. She does free-lance writing and serves on the board of directors of the new Family
First Sports Park.
They are hoping the national television exposure will lead them to bigger things in the
recording industry. In 1986 they cut a tape called Children of Light, and later recorded a tape at
Aircraft Studios in Pittsburgh called Pressing On. Both tapes were made for local distribution.
They also made a handful of radio commercials in the Pittsburgh area. Currently, the group is
choosing songs for a demo tape which will likely include At the Westbrook, In a Perfect World, I
Can’t Say No, Love of the Family and You Gotta Give What it Takes.
They are working with the Corbin, Manner and Lee production agency in Nashville to
represent them when the demo tape is completed. Two of the agency’s members - Corbin and
Manner - have written music for the Oak Ridge Boys, Alabama, Glen Campbell and Don
Williams.
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Signing a recording contract would be the fulfillment of a dream, but it is secondary to
the music itself. They would turn down a contract if they weren’t able to sing the music they
believe is right for them - music that will make a difference in people’s lives.
“Whatever comes our way professionally,” said Amy, “we want to do it with integrity,
singing positive music with an uplifting message. Most of all, we want to honor God in our
lives.”
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OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 23,1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO’S BRUCE GALLERY TO HOST FACULTY EXHIBIT
The members of the art department at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will have
their work on display at the University’s Bruce Art Gallery from Wednesday, October 5, through
Saturday, October 29.
Since the artists/teachers work in many different styles and media, the show features a
wide variety of art forms - from jewelry to photography, furniture to book art, mixed media and
clay to drawing, acrylic and oil paintings to polychromed bronze sculptures. The show also
represents different interests in subject matter, meaning and content. Diane Crandall’s computer
generated work is based on personal experience, while individuality and expressiveness are
demonstrated in the photography and the more traditional media. The functional art works are
equally impressive - Sue Amendolara’s necklace and brooches, Bernard Maas’ furniture stands,
and the porcelain pieces of Lee Rexrode.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Wednesday, October 5, at 7:00
p.m. Bruce gallery is located on the ground floor of Doucette Hall on the Edinboro campus.
Hours are 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to
9:00 p.m. For additional information, call 814-732-2513 or 2406.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 22, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
JEAN CARDOT APPOINTED FINANCIAL AID ACCOUNTANT AT EDINBORO
Jean Cardot of Erie has been appointed to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania as
financial aid accountant. She will be responsible for all endowed, restricted and external
scholarship funds, as well as all title IV funds.
Cardot holds bachelor’s degrees in accounting and management with a minor in
marketing from Gannon University. She also received training from the American Institute of
Banking and attended NACUBO accounting and loan seminars and PHEAA financial aid
workshops.
Prior to joining the Edinboro staff she was a loan officer and accountant at Mercyhurst
College, loan coordinator at Villa Maria College/Gannon University, and loan officer and
manager at Integra Bank when it was Security Peoples Trust Co,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO STUDENT COMPLETES WASfflNGTON INTERNSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania junior Sonya Lee, pictured with Sen. Edward
Kennedy (D-Mass.), recently completed a summer internship at The Washington Center, located
in Washington, D.C., under a scholarship from the Ford Motor Company and additional support
from Edinboro President Foster F. Diebold.
A nursing major from Cherry Hill, N.J., and student member of Edinboro’s Council of
Trustees, Lee interned at Kennedy’s Health Office in the Senate Committee on Health and
Human Resources.
During her internship, she gained first-hand experience participating in the formulation
of Kennedy’s health care bill. Other responsibilities included responding to constituent concerns
and participating in several special interest projects, such as nurse education for the
consolidation of nursing loans with Federal-funded loans, the Senate hearings on Lupus, Sickle
Cell Anemia, and health insurance for American and foreign employees of multinational
companies.
Lee said she spent her free time in Washington taking a class, attending workshops on
peace and conflict resolution, and volunteering at a local church’s Male Youth Project for inner
city boys from single parent households.
Founded in 1975, The Washington Center offers college students the opportunity to live
and work in Washington, D.C., while experiencing the professional world. More than 17,000
students from 700 colleges and universities nationwide have participated in The Washington
Center’s Internship and Seminar programs to complement their classroom work with real-life
applications.
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Dr. Kathleen Ansell, a professor in Edinboro’s department of speech and communication
studies, is coordinator of the University’s internship program. Since its beginning in 1990, the
program has placed more than 2,400 Edinboro University students in internships from the White
House to the Erie Art Museum, from Erie County schools to the Allegheny County District
Attorney’s office, and from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh to the Pennsylvania senate staff in
Harrisburg.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 19, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO HOST WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS
On Thursday, September 29, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s School of Liberal
Arts will host An Interactive Workshop for High School Seniors.
The morning event will include more than 20 concurrent half-hour sessions designed to
acquaint students with such topics as the Civil War, computer animation, electronic music, logic,
poetry reading, psychological research, and eye-witness reporting. In addition, tours will be
conducted of the campus radio station (WFSE-FM), the television studio (ENN), the student
newspaper {The Spectator)^ and various art studios.
Activities will culminate at 11:30 a.m. in the Multi-purpose room of the University
Center with a panel discussion titled “The Impact of Pre-Trial Publicity.” Edinboro professors
Dr. Terry Warburton and James Fisher will join Erie media celebrities Paul Wagner (WICU-TV)
and Tony Pasquale (Erie Times-News) to discuss the nature and influence of pre-trial publicity
on the legal process, specifically the O.J. Simpson case.
For additional information, contact Ms. Linda Lacny, program coordinator, 732-2477.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 16, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATE WINS STATE SYSTEM ESSAY CONTEST
Terri Birchard, a recent graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, won top
honors in this year’s “Best of the State System” essay contest sponsored by the State System of
Higher Education and PNC Bank. Birchard and a student from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania each won $1,500 for sharing first place in the competition. She also won $500 for
winning the Edinboro portion of the contest.
The contest is designed to recognize research and writing talent across the State System
on a topic of general interest to the finance and business communities. The topic for this year’s
competition was: “Transfer of Wealth: Investment Opportunities for Bank Trust Divisions.”
Birchard, a non-traditional student residing in Edinboro, majored in accounting and
graduated in December.
“PNC Bank’s sponsorship of the contest represents an extraordinary effort, one that
demonstrates the support of scholarship and writing among the 14 State System university
student populations,” said State System Chancellor James H. McCormick.
“This partnership demonstrates that business and scholarship can work hand-in-hand. It
has engendered an outstanding spirit of competition,” Chancellor McCormick added. “At the
same time. State System students gain an appreciation of the real-life work ethic.”
The annual contest invites all full-time undergraduate students of the State System
universities to submit essays of up to 5,000 words on a selected topic. The topic for the 1994-95
school year is “Marketing Strategies for Bank Investment Services.”
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“The ‘Best of the State System’ contest is meant to be an encouragement to scholarship
and writing among the students of the State System,” said James M. Ferguson III, executive vice
president. Investment Management and Trust, of PNC Bank, Pittsburgh. “Over the years, the
winning essays have proven to be both provocative and stimulating. The continuing association
with the students, faculty and administration of the State System has been one we value very
much.”
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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September 15, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS CHICK COREA QUARTET
The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Concert and Lecture Series will open its
1994-95 season with an appearance of the Chick Corea Quartet on Sunday, October 2, at
8:00 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on the Edinboro campus.
On his new GRP album, “Alive,” Corea has taken a break from his Elektric Band and
returned to the acoustic format that earned him enormous success and a 1989 Grammy Award.
What distinguishes Corea’s retrenchment in the acoustic format is the irrepressible electricity he
brings to it. The quartet has simply transferred that power to the acoustic setting, and in the
process, brings an energy more closely associated with jazz fusion.
Born in 1941, Chick Corea began playing piano at the piano at the age of four. Extensive
listening to classical music spurred the compositional instincts that have guided his career, while
his interest in jazz was nurtured by such greats as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell
and other be-bop and hard-bop icons.
Corea’s music has focused on almost every aspect of contemporary jazz including fusion
and “free” improvisation. He is regarded as a model improvisor and a serious composer and has
become one of the country’s leading exponents of jazz improvisation.
The Akoustic Quartet includes saxophonist Bob Berg, bassist John Patitucci, and
drummer Gary Novak.
Tickets for this program may be obtained by calling 814-732-2518, weekdays. Prices are
$5.00 for adults and $4.00 for senior citizens. Tickets are also available at the University Center
and the Music Department on the Edinboro campus.
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Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
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September 14, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATE MAKING MARK ON PITTSBURGH TELEVISION NEWS
The next time you run into Jennifer Antkowiak somewhere in Pittsburgh or in her
hometown of Oil City, take a long look at her. There’s a good chance she will not be in western
Pennsylvania for long.
Antkowiak is a news reporter and weekend anchor for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Since
graduating from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1989, she has become one of the hottest
stars in local television.
She broke into Pittsburgh’s media consciousness in dramatic fashion. Antkowiak came to
WPXI in Pittsburgh from WJET-TV in Erie in February of 1993. One week later a blizzard
struck the East Coast, dumping record amounts of snow in the Pittsburgh area. Assigned to the
Pittsburgh airport to interview some of the 5,000 stranded travelers, Antkowiak and her
cameraman became snowbound themselves and ended up doing live shots around the clock for
two days. For a while after, she was known to Pittsburgh viewers as “the lady at the airport.”
Becoming a television reporter has been her lifelong dream. At a very young age she
knew she wanted to work in the news media. In high school she wrote for the school newspaper
and was active in drama groups. At Edinboro she became the feature editor and associate editor
for the campus newspaper, winning a scholarship as its most promising writer. In her junior year
she worked at the University’s radio station as a disc jockey and news reporter, eventually
becoming its news director. During the summers at home in Oil City she hosted a morning talk
show on radio station WKQW.
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JENNIFER ANTKOWIAK, Continued
Although her writing ability would serve equally well at a newspaper or in the electronic
media, she prefers the latter. “The style for broadcast writing is something I like more,” said
Antkowiak. “I like the immediacy of broadcast news.”
As a senior at Edinboro she interned at WJET-TV, hoping to be at the right place at the
right time if an opening developed. The station hired her part time, and following her graduation
in May of 1989, she was promoted to full-time status.
At WJET she was a Jill-of-all-trades, quickly mastering anchoring, reporting and the
weather. During the 1990 presidential campaign she reported live during candidate Bill Clinton’s
stop in Erie. She won the Associated Press and the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
(PAB) spot news award for her coverage of a small plane crash between two houses in an Erie
neighborhood, and for her reporting of a devastating ice storm.
After two years in Erie she felt she needed a greater challenge. Her ambition was to go to
Pittsburgh to work with the newspeople she had watched while growing up in Oil City, but she
had doubts about her ability. Going from the 147th-largest market to the 17th was a big jump.
Her timing was uncanny again. When she called A1 Blinke, news director of the NBC
affiliate, WPXI, he told Antkowiak that he needed a replacement immediately. Antkowiak got
the Job on the spot.
The position was a great opportunity - and a frustrating one. It gave her exposure to the
Pittsburgh audience and experience working in a large-market television newsroom. But, in
Pittsburgh media circles, WPXI is well known for its tabloid approach to news. Sensationalism
runs counter to Antkowiak’s sense of journalism. After seven months working part time at
WPXI, she needed a change.
In August of 1993 she was offered a contract with KDKA-TV.
“It was thrilling. I was star-struck, “ exclaimed Antkowiak. “Working alongside Stacy
Smith, Ray Tannehill, Patti Burns and Patrice King Brown was very intimidating. These were
the people I watched growing up. I was in awe.”
Antkowiak has been primarily a general assignment reporter, but within her first month
at the station she got her first anchoring job as a fill-in.
KDKA’s anchors do not go out on assignment as often as reporters. Antkowiak is
happiest when she is able to do both. In less than a year at the station she has already won the
prestigious PAB award for her series on the town of Apollo where a former nuclear materials
plant was being decommissioned. It was a highly controversial story and a draining assignment.
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Reporting has brought her face-to-face with the harsher side of the news. She has seen
her share of shootings, violence and crime. The station has bullet-proof vests available to its
news teams who expect to be covering a potentially dangerous situation. “There are certain
situations when we will not go into an area. We have a right to say no,” said Antkowiak. “It’s
shocking to see the violence some people are capable of. But you also see the kindness people
can give.”
She has had a couple of close calls. Once, Antkowiak and her photographer were
standing in the middle of a block covering a summer school program when they heard a drive-by
shooting at the end of the block. In other instances people have told her that she wasn’t wanted
in their neighborhood.
All of her life she has had the complete support of her father Michael - an attorney in Oil
City - and her three sisters, Becky, Jessie and Katie. Tragically, Jennifer’s mother died in
September of 1992 at the age of 50. Antkowiak believes her mother is still a big part of her life.
“I think she is looking after me.”
Three months after her mother’s death she married Joe Navarro, who also graduated
from Edinboro and worked at WJET-TV. He is pursuing a career in theater and keeps very busy
with work in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh and KDKA have been very good to Antkowiak. For the first time she is
working in a shop where she can fully develop her journalism skills. She acknowledges it would
be very easy to stay there, but if the opportunity arose to further her career in New York, it
would be tempting to give it a try. “I would like to see how far I can go,” she said. “I’d love to
see if I could get to the networks.”
So, take a good, long look at Jennifer Antkowiak when you meet her. The next time you
see her she may be sitting beside Dan or Connie or Tom or Peter.
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KDKA-TV news reporter and anchor Jennifer Antkowiak
goes over last-minute changes to her story with producer
Chris Jadick prior to an 11 p.m. newscast.
Bfbf
Ground was broken recently for Edinboro University’s new Alumni Hall on Meadville Street. Participating in the ceremony were, (left to right)
David M. O’Dessa ‘61, vice president for administration and institutional advancement; Jody Gallagher ‘82 and ‘83; Janet L. Bowker 84,
alumni director; Bunny Bucho ‘62; Emily Evans ‘69 and ‘74; David Irlbacher ‘73; Frank Jakovac ‘73; Herm Tomer 71; Roy Strausbaugh,
president. University Services, Inc.; Jim Geronimo ‘86; David Sheneman ‘64, Alumni Board president; University President Foster F. Diebold,
Patricia Diebold ‘82 and ‘91; Mike Zahorchak ‘37; Bill Rohde ‘51, ‘64 and ‘80; Joe Mineo ‘73 and ‘78; Andrea Stevenson-Conner ‘87;
Geneva Bleakley ‘41; Ron Meeder, contractor; Jim Kirk ‘74; Steve Kohler ‘79; Dan Higham ‘70; Dennis Ranalli ‘74; and Bill Daisley 66.
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 1, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER
GIANT PREHISTORIC FISH IN ERIE COUNTY
Geologists from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania have discovered the fragmentary
fossil remains of a giant armored fish that prowled the sea covering northwestern Pennsylvania
more than 300 million years ago.
Dr. Jeffrey Gryta, Dr. Dale Tshudy and student assistant Joseph Lichtinger were studying
the ancient bedrock of a streambed in southern Erie County when Tshudy made the find. The
fossil has been tentatively identified as Dunkleosteus terrelli, a predatory fish with a massively
armored head and neck that grew to lengths of 20 feet or more.
Dunkleosteus belongs to a large group of armored fish known as arthrodires. Several
types of arthrodires are known from Ohio and western New York. The Cleveland area of Ohio is
well known for arthrodires, including Dunkleosteus, but this is only the third report of
identifiable arthrodire remains in Pennsylvania.
“This fish was the Tyrannosaurus rex of the marine world,” said Tshudy.
At the time of the discovery, the Edinboro geologists were producing the first detailed
geologic map of the bedrock of southern Erie County. The objective of their work, which is
funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, is to determine the ages and specific
origins of the region’s bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist and curator of geology and
paleontology from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg to investigate the find.
Sullivan and his intern, Kesler Randall, excavated the fossil, which turned out to be a curved
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EDINBORO GEOLOGISTS DISCOVER PREHISTORIC FISH, Continued
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bony plate, approximately one foot square and one inch thick. It is now in the collections of The
State Museum where it is being cleaned and reassembled for detailed identification.
The bedrock in which the fossil was found is approximately 350-370 million years old,
which is in the Devonian geologic time period. It was known as the “age of the fishes” because
fish were the largest and most dominant organisms in the world. At that time, only amphibians
existed on land, and plants were very primitive. The Appalachian Mountains were as large as the
Rocky Mountains are today. Sediments eroded from those treeless mountains were deposited in
the seas that covered Erie County and other areas. Over millions of years, hundreds of feet of
sand, silt and mud were deposited on the ocean floor. In time these deposits hardened into
bedrock. Today those bedrock layers are visible in many places along the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County, the bedrock from the Devonian Period is buried beneath a
few feet of soil and many feet of debris brought in by glaciers. The Edinboro geologists made
their find in an area that has been eroded away by a stream, exposing the bedrock.
When Tshudy spotted the fossil it was still under a few inches of water. He and his
colleagues had been noting the many fossils of marine invertebrates such as clams, snails,
sponges, crustaceans, and especially brachiopods - ancient, clam-like organisms. To an
untrained observer, the embedded fossil simply looked like a thin sliver of dark rock. But
Tshudy realized immediately the fossil was something significantly different than the other
smaller and lighter fossil impressions he had been looking at.
He noted that they were fortunate to be looking in that area at that particular time.
Because no rain had fallen for several days, the water level was much lower than usual. If the
Edinboro geologists had been exploring a few days earlier or later, they might never have seen
the fossil sticking out of the bedrock.
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Edinboro University geologists Dr. Dale Tshudy and Dr. Jeffrey Gryta (kneeling) examine the
site where they discovered the fossil remains of a giant armored fish that lived 350-370 million
years ago during the Devonian Period. Looking on are Dr. Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate
specialist and curator of geology and paleontology from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in
Harrisburg, his intern Kesler Randall, and Edinboro graduate student Joseph Lichtinger.
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van rivieren en meren. Ook hun kop was beschermd door
een zwaar pantser, maar een deel van de romp en de staart
was vrij. Ze hadden in plaats van echte tanden beenplaten
in hun mond. Dunkleosteus (Fig. 2), de grootste van de
placodermen, werd meer dan drie meter lang. De meeste
van deze vissen hadden een lengte van ongeveer 30 cm.
Ze verschenen voor het eerst in het Devoon en stierven
uit in het begin van het Carboon, ongeveer 350 miljoen
jaar geleden.
Vinnen en graten
De kraakbeenvissen (Chondrichthyes), waartoe de haaien,
roggen en draakvissen behoren, treden op vanaf het
vroege Devoon. Ze hadden kaken met benige tanden en
een kraakbeenskelet. Vinstralen uit kraakbeen
ondersteunden de vinnen. Bij bepaalde soorten was de
romp met benige schubben bedekt. Tanden en schubben
werden gans het leven door vervangen. Heel wat modeme
Fig. 2: Dunkleosteus was met zijn lichaamsiengte van drie meter een van de grootste vissen uit de Devoon-periode.
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EDINBOFIO —Geologists from JEdinboro Uni
versity have a fish fossil tale to tell.
They’ve discovered the fragmentary fossil re
mains of a giant armored fish that prowled the sea^
covering northwestern Pennsylvania more than 30
million years ago.
“This fish was the Tyrannosaurus rex of the ma*
rine world,” said geologist Dale Tshudy, who made:
the discovery.
. Tshudy^ Jeffrey Gr5rta cind,student assis^nt Jq^
aeph Uchtlnger were studying the ancient bedrock
of a streambed in southern Erie County when
Tshudy made the find.
The bedrock in which the fossil was found is
about 350 to 170 million years old, dating back tO;
the Devonian geologic time period. It was known as
the “age of the fishes” because fish were the largest
and most dominant organisms in the world.
At that time, only amphibians existed on land,
and plants were very primitive. The Appalachian
Mountains were as large as the Rocky Mountains.
Sediment which had eroded from those treeless
mountains was deposited in the seas covering Erie
County and other areas.
Over millions of years, hundreds of feet of sand,
silt and mud were deposited on the ocean floor. In
time, those deposits hardened into bedrock. Today
those bedrock layers are visible in many places
along the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County, the bedrock from
the Devonian period is burled beneath a soil and
debris brought in by glaciers. The Edinboro geolo
gists made their find in an area that has been
eroded away by a stream, exposing bedrock.
Tshudy said they were in the right place at the
right time. Because no rain had fallen for several
days, the water level was lower than usual. Had
the geologists been out exploring a few days earlier
‘or later, they might never have seen the fossil
sticking out of the bedrock.
When Tshudy spotted the fossil, it was still un
der a few inches of water. He and his colleagues
were making notations on the many fossils of ma
rine invertebrates — such as cl£ims. snails.
Geologists Dale Tshudy and Jeffrey Gryta kneel at tl^ site where they found fossil remains of a giant ar
mored fish that lived aboit 360 million years ago. Alsd pictured are Robert Sulliyan of the State Museum of
Pennsylvania, intern Kesj|r Randall and graduate student Joseph Lichtinger.
sponges, crustaceans ana brachiopods. The latter
were ancient clam-like brfanisms.
To the untrained obsewer, the embedded fossil
looked like a thin sliver oidark rock. But Tshudy
realized it was different tmn the smaller and ligh
ter fossil impressions he| ad been viewing.
The fossil has been te;^ ;atively identified as
Dunkleosteus terrelli, a g edatory fish with a mas
sively armored head and 1 leck that grew to lengths
of,20 feet or more.
Dunkleosteus belongs ;o the large group of ar
mored fish known as arth 'odlres. Several types of
arthrodires are known fr^ n Ohio and western New
York. The Cleveland areatl >f Ohio is well known for
arthrodires, including Dunkleosteus, but this Is
only the third report of identifiable arthrodire re
mains in Pennsylvania.
At the time of the discovery, the Edinbpro geolo
gists were producing the first detailed geologic map
of the bedrock of southern Erie County. The objec-1
tlve of their work — funded by a Pennsylvania Geo-|
logic Survey grant is to determine the ages and |
specific origins of the region’s bedrock layers.
' They called in Robert Sullivan, vertebrate spe
cialist and curator of geology and paleontology
from The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harris-^]
burg, to Investigate the find.
^dinboro Geologists] Discover Prehistoric ^Fish in Erie
Geologists irom Edinboro
JlWVersitX-of Pennsylvania have
discovered the fragfmentary fossil
remains of a giant armored fish
that prowled the sea covering
northwestern Pennsylvania
more than 300 million years ago.
Dr. Jeffrey Gryta, Dr. Dale
Tshudy and student assistant
Joseph Lichtinger were studying
the ancient bedrock of a
streambed in southern Erie
County when Tshudy made the
find. The fossil has been
tentatively
identified
as
“Dunkleosteus terrelli,” a
predatory fish with a massively
armored head and neck that
grew to lengths of 20 feet or
more.
Dunkleosteus belongs to a
large group of armored fish
known as arthrodires. Several
types of arthrodires are known
I
from Ohio and western New
York. The Cleveland area of
Ohio is well known for
arthrodires,
including
Dunkleosteus, but this is only
the third report of identifiable
arthrodire
remains
in
Pennsylvania.
This
fish
was
the
Tyrannosaurus rex of the
marine world,” said Tshudy.
At the time of the discovery,
the Edinboro geologists were
producing the first detailed
geologic map of the bedrock of
southern Erie County. The
objective of their work, which is
funded by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey,
is to determine the ages and
specific origins of the region’s
bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert
Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist
PI ,
plains were very primitive. The
and curator of geology and
paleontology from the State Appalachian Mountains were as
Museum of Pennsylvania in large as the Rocky Mountains
Harrisburg, to investigate the are today. Sediments eroded
find. Sullivan and his intern, from those treeless mountains
Kesler Randall, excavated the were deposited in the seas that
fossil, which turned out to be a covered Erie County and other
curved
bony
plate, areas. Over millions of years,
approximately one foot square hundreds of feet of sand, silt
and one inch thick. It is now in and mud were deposited on the
the collections of The State ocean floor. In time these
Museum where it is being deposits hardened into bedrock.
cleaned and reassembled for Today those bedrock layers are
visible in many places along the
detailed identification.
The bedrock in which the shore of Lake Erie.
In most areas of Erie County,
fossil was found is approximately
350 to 370 million years old, the bedrock from the Devonian
which is in the Devonian Period is buried beneath a few
geologic time period. It was feet of soil and many feet of
known as the “age of fishes” debris brought in by glaciers.
because fish were the largest The Edinboro geologists made
and most dominant organisms in their find in an area that has
the world. At that time, only been eroded away by a stream,
amphibians existed on land and exposing the bedrock.
V
When Tshudy spotted the
fossil it was still under a few
inches of water. He and his
colleagues had been noting the
many
fossils
of marine
invertebrates such as clams,
snails, sponges, crustaceans and
especially brachiopods, ancient,
clam-like organisms. To an
untrained
observer,
the
embedded fossil simply looked
like a thin sliver of dark rock.
But Tshudy realized immediately
the fossil was something
significantly different than the
other smaller and lighter fossil
impressions he had been looking
at.
He noted that they were
fortunate to be looking in that
area at that particular time.
Because no rain had fallen for
several days, the water level
was much lower than usual. If
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ledogists discover
istoric fish in county
which is funded by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, is to
determine the ages and specific ori
gins of the region’s bedrock layers.
They called in Dr. Robert Sulli
van, a vertebrate specialist and cu
rator of geology and paleontology
fix)m The State Museum of Pennsyl
vania in Harrisburg to investigate
the find. Sullivan and his intern,
Kesler Randall, excavated the fos
sil, which turned out to be curved
bony plate, rou^ly one foot
and
tideone inch thick. It is now in the
collections of The State Museum,
where it is being cleaned and reas
sembled for detailed identificatiMi.
The bedrock in which the fossil
was found is rou^y 350 to 370 mil
lion years old, which is in the Devo
nian ^ofogic time period. It was
known as the “age of the fishes” be
cause fish were the largest and
most dominant organisms in the
world.
At that time, only amphibians ex
isted on the land, and plants were
veiy primitive. The Appfidachian
Mountains were as large as the
Roefy Mountains are today. Sedi
ments eroded from those treeless
mountains were deposited in the
seas that covered Erie County and
other areas.
of Het of sand, silt and mud were
deMsited on the ocean floor. In
these deposits hardened into
befiocl^ Today, those bedrock layer^are visible in many places along
the shore of Lake Erie.
m most areas of Erie County, the
bedrock fi:pm the Devonian Period
is iuried beneath a few feet of soil
ana many feet of debris brought in
by leaders. The Edinboro geolo
gies made their mind in an area
that has been eroded away by a
sfrpam, exposing the bedrock.
When Tshucly spotted the fossil it
wa^ still under a few inches of wa-,
tell He and his coUea^es had been
nixing the many fos^s of marine
inVerteln^tes, such as clams, snails,
sponges, crustaceans, and
chfc^Kls, vdiich are andent, clam^
lUfe oiganisms.
To an untrained observar, toe
embeckfed fossil simply looked like
a thin sliver of dark rock. Tshudy,
htiwever, realized immediately toe Edinboro University of Pennsylvania^ geologists Dr. Dale Tshudy and Dr. Jeffrey Gryta
^sil was something significantly (kneeling) exannine the site where thpy discovered the fossil remains of a giant armored
ferent than toe other smaller and fish that lived 350 to 370 million years ago during the Devonian Period. Looking on are Dr.
iter fossil impressions he had Robert Sullivan, a vertebrate specialist and curator of geology and paleontology from the
^en looking at.
State Museum of Pennsylvania in l^arrisburg, his intern Kesler Randall, and Edinboro
jHe noted that they were forinate to be looking in that area at
graduate student Joseph Lichtinger. |^t the time of the discovery, the Edinboro geologists
were producing the first geologic map of the bedrock of southern Erie County.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Office of Public Information and Publications
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-2745 or 2929
Fax (814) 732-2621
September 1,1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MICHAEL SCHMIDT JOINS EDINBORO FACULTY
Michael R. Schmidt has been hired as an assistant professor in the art department at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. In that position he will teach courses in graphic design.
Schmidt earned a bachelor of fine arts from Ohio University and a master’s degree in
graphic design from North Carolina State University. In addition, he completed post-master’s
training in cultural anthropology at North Carolina.
Prior to accepting the position at Edinboro, he was employed by the United Way Services
of Cleveland and Seer Technologies, a company founded by IBM.
A native of Euclid, Ohio, Schmidt currently resides in Cambridge Springs, Pa.
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