May 24,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Ernest Switzer, 1747 Page,
Cleveland, Ohio, was recently named the recipient of a Board of Governors Scholarship.
The Board of Governors Scholarship is offered annually to students who have exhibited
academic promise and who plan to be enrolled full time (12 credits or greater) during the term of
the award. The Board of Governors Scholarship has a maximum value of the cost of tuition.
Ernest is the son of Linda Switzer. He is a student at Shaw High School and plans to
major in engineering at Edinboro.
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May 24,1994

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LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Andre Hall, 55 W. Johnson St.,
Philadelphia, was recently named the recipient of a Board of Governors Scholarship.
The Board of Governors Scholarship is offered annually to students who have exhibited
academic promise and who plan to be enrolled full time (12 credits or greater) during the term of
the award. The Board of Governors Scholarship has a maximum value of the cost of tuition.
Andre is the son of Debbie Hall. He is a student at Valley Forge Military Academy and
plans to major in music education at Edinboro.
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May 24,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSfflP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Mark A. Flanigan was recently
named the recipient of the Alumni Pre-Law Scholarship.
The Alumni Association presents this annual scholarship to an upperclass student who
has exhibited outstanding academic achievement and who has declared his/her intention of
attending law school upon completion of studies at Edinboro University.
Mark is the son of Nancy A. Flanigan of Pittsburgh and John P. Flanigan of Arlington,
Wginia. He is a graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington and a political science
major at Edinboro.
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May 24,1994

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LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Joseph F. Lichtinger, 1484
Sedgwick Road, Waterford, was recently named the recipient of the Michael McAtee Ramsay
Memorial Fund Scholarship.
The Ramsay Memorial Fund provides one annual award to a senior earth science major
who has exhibited high academic achievement to help defray the cost of summer field camp.
This fund was established in memory of Michael McAtee Ramsay who attended Edinboro
University in 1978, by his family and students in the Edinboro University earth sciences
department.
Joseph is the son of \^nce and Deanna Lichtinger. He is a graduate of Fort LeBoeuf High
School, and a geology major at Edinboro.
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May 24,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES HONORS SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Stacy Mott, RD 1, Cambridge
Springs, has been selected as the recipient of a GTE Honors Scholarship.
Annual awards are made available to students who are participating in the University
Honors Program and whose homes are in the GTE service area. Funds for the GTE Honors
Scholarships are made available through contributions made by GTE for the purpose of fostering
academic excellence at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Stacy is the daughter of Donald and Anastasia Mott. She is a graduate of Cambridge
Springs High School and is majoring in pre-pharmacy.
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HEATHER
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HOLMES of Sunset Drive, Girard,
received the 1994 Vira I. Heinz Endowment Award at
WashiAgtoh and Jefferson College. The awaril is pre­
sented each year to a woman in the junior year of col­
lege who has expressed a desire to stucfy other cul­
tures. Holmes is a philosophy major and is studying
ancient Greek culture. She recently spent time in
Greece and Italy and is using her award to travel and
study in Greece and Turkey this summer.
RENAE ZINGELEWICZ of Pin Oak drive received
the Robert C. Wilson Theatre Award, presented to the
senior at Allegheny College who has demonstrated
outstanding achievement in the field of theater and in­
tends to pursue graduate studies in that field.
RICHARD KIDD of Aline Drive, a psychology and
political science major at the University of Buffalo, has
been inducted into the Omicron Chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa there.
AMY HUMBERT of 928 Mon^lier Ave., served as
a member of the one-on-one ministry at Taylor Univer­
sity. She also achieved In the ministiy, the Taylor stu­
dents serve as big sisters and big brothers for grade
school children in the community.
MARILYN KOWALSKI of Knojde Road has been
initiated into the Kent State University chapter of Al­
pha Lambda Delta national freshman honor society.
She is a nursing major at Kent State.
KAREN R COATES of 1003 W. 25th St. has been
initiated into the Kent State University chapter of Al­
pha Lambda Delta national freshman honor society.
She is in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent
State.
MICHAEL R MARSHALL of Cherry Street had a
poem published in a recent issue of Allegheny Col­
lege’s “Allegheny Literaiy Review.” His poem was
“Breaking Through to the Outside.” He is a junior
computer science major and he received the PhiloFranklin Prize during the Allegheny Honors Convoca­

tion. The prize was established to recognize outstand­
ing achievement in speech communications.
JOSEPH F. LICHTINGER of 1484 Sedgwick Road,
Waterford, received the Michael McAtee Ramsay Me^
morial Fund Scholarship at Edinboro University. The
fund provides an annual award to a senior earth sci­
ence major who has exhibited high academic achieve-^
ment and helps defi:^y the of a summer field camp.
^
CAROLYN DZKOWSKI of Erie had been named a
Faculty Scholar at Hartwick College. Faculty Scholars
are rising seniors who are nominated by the faculty of
their major departments on the basis of academic
achievement, leadership and character.
JILL JOHNSTONE of Erie received an Achieve­
ment Award during the 26th annual Indiana University
of Pennsylvania Department of Chemistry Awards
Program.
AMY L. TECONCHUK of 3319 Lynaim Lane, Fairview, has been initiated into the Ohio Northern Univer­
sity chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta scholastic honor­
ary for first year coUege women. She is a pharmacy
major.
ACADEMIC DEGREES were awarded to the fol­
lowing Erie area students at their respective colleges
and universities: Michele Hoffinan, 225 E. Fifth St.,
Waterford, B.S7M.S., magna cum laude, physical
therapy, D Youville College; Steve Heintzel, Erie, Asso­
ciate of Arts, Steriing College; Chester A Schaal, Erie,
BA, painting and sociology, Marlboro College; Daniel
L. Rummer, Erie, B.S., scientific and technic^ commu­
nication, M[icMgan Technological University, James R
Muehl, Fairview, B.S., hospitality Sales and Meeting
Management, Johnson and Wales University;
AT BOWLING GREEN State University; Nicholas
A DiFomo, 6356 Naeff Road, Fairview, BA, cum
laude; William A Vogt, 1013 W. Gore Road, B.S., educa­
tion; Selena G. Osla^ 6915 Finnan Road, B.S., magna
cum laude; and James Kiley, 132 Harrison Drive, Edin­

to study in Greece, Turkey

boro, B.S.
AT LOCK HAVEN UNTVERSnY; Vanessa K Emich, Erie, B.S., special education; Sandra Orlando, Erie,
B.S., si^cial education; and Stephanie L. Mead, BA,
journalism and mass communication.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: John
K Duemmel, 909 Plum St., Master of Business Admin­
istration; Mary Dwyer, 204 Madison Ave., Master of
Social Work; Maya H. Kemenyffy, 4570 Old State Roai
McKean, Master’s of Ihiblic and International Affafrs;
Diane M. Marsh, 6680 KnoUwood Drive, Fairview, Mas­
ter of Physical Therapy; Susan Murawski, 1338 E. Sev­
enth St, M.S.N., primary health care nursing; Cheryl A
Pietrpik, 3815 Sassafras, Master of PhysicS Therapy,
Jennifer L. Rose, 4570 Staeger Road, Master of Physi­
cal Therapy and Amy J. West, 1417 E. 28th St, Master
of Social Work.
ALSO: Stacy L. Ball, 121 Glencoe Road, B.S., nurs­
ing; Carol W. Coates, BA, cum laude, arx:hitectur^l
studies; Michelle L. Bartich, 1441 E. 37th St, B.S., psy­
chology, Catherine A Correll, 370 E. Sixth St, B.S.,
chemistry Ann-Mar^aret Bartosik, 2416 E. 40th St.,
B.S., industrial engineering; Rachel A Crosby, 3016
Wellington Road, B.S., business; Eddie F. Bell II, 752
E. 14th St, BA, administration of justice/legal studies;
Karen M. Cunningham, 621 Young Road, B.S., nursing;
Melissa A Boccio, 4142 Conrad Road, Certificate, Den­
tal Hygiene; David S. Czuwara, 620 E. 14th St, B.S.,
electrical engineering; Mary E. Delano, 3817 Gay
Road, BA, anthropology, Barbara J. Gomo, 10276
Sharp Road, Waterford, B.S., nursing; Rebecca L. Graiziano, 3056 TYee Haven Court, B.S., nursing;, Joseph
Hanke, 1122 W. 25th St, B.S., psychology, Carl K
lanigan, 208 Hillcrest Drive, Edinboro, BA, cum
flaude, theater arts; Matthew J. Harrick, 1318 E. 32nd
jSt., B.S., biology, Douglas A Fronzaglia, 9380 S. Creek
.Road, Girard, AS., nature science; Jeanine M. Hitz, 80
lAgawam St. North East B.S.. nsvcholoev. Danipllf* A

College Clan
Horvath, 3414 Woodhaven Drive, Certificate, market­
ing; Jennifer L. Koch, 3809 Royarm Drive, Fairview,
BA, economics and business, and Certificate, acr
counting; Roger W. Koebe, 2037 Devon Lane, BA, econornics; and Colleen A Kingston, 13001 Kline Road,
Edinboro, BA, cum laude, anthropology.
ALSO: Andrew T. Han, 3226 Berkeley Road, B.S.,
pharmacy Monica L. Lindsey, 3514 Burton, BA,
human relations; Sean D. Linhart, 955 Colony Drive,
B.A, public relations; Paul C. Lombardo, 943 W. 30th
St, B.S., secondary education; Lynn M. Nazarian, 2502
Peppeitree Drive, B.S., cum laude, health information
management; Jon V. Palmer, 531/4 E.Main St, Cony,
B.S., chemistry.; Heather R Mead, 11725 E. Middle
Road, North East, B.S., psychology Sandra Palombizio, 4010 Harvard Road, B.S., pharmacy, Colette L.
Miller, 2507 E. 32nd St, B.S., business/accounting; Ni­
chole M. Parker, 2220 Market St, BA, cum laude, po­
litical sciehce/anthropology, and Certificate, Latin
American Studies; Nicole M. Scalzitti, 707 WyngateS
Drive, B.S., psychology Dana L. Raubenstrauch, 5402
Fox Park Drive, Fairview, BA, magna cum laudej
communication science; Christopher J. Shellito, 3730
Allegheny Road,. BA, philosophy Holly N. Renwicl^
3819 Lake Pleasant Road, B.S., psychology Katherine
Skerlong, 1300 Lord Road, Fairview, B.S., psychology
Reuben J. Smith, 608 Cranberry St., B.A, administra­
tion of justice; Kristin M. Sambuchino, 110 Anderson
Drive, B.S., nursing; Marlind A Stiles, 1022 Lookout
Drive, B.S., magna cum laude, neuroscience; Rebecca^
K Swick, 1102 Mariarma Ave., BA, magna cum laude,
social work; and Tisa T. Williams, 4411 Wayne St, B.S.,'

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May 31, 1994

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VICTORIA INKS LOVETT RECEIVES GRAPHIC ARTS SCHOLARSHIP
Victoria Ines Lovett, a design student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, is the first
recipient of the 1994-95 Bert Benkendorf Scholarship Award in Graphic Design. The $1,000
scholarship is from the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).
Lovett, a senior from Allison Park, Pa., will receive the scholarship toward her 1994-95
academic year and a one-year student membership to AIGA. She is the daughter of Mary Lovett
of Allison Park.
The scholarship was created as part of the Cleveland chapter’s 25th anniversary year
celebration honoring Bert Benkendorf, a leading graphic designer and the founding force of the
chapter.
AIGA/Cleveland is a non-profit organization of more than 200 design and graphic art
professionals in the northeast Ohio area. The chapter conducts education programs, exhibitions,
and projects in the public interest to promote excellence in, and the advancement of, the graphic
design profession.
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May 24,1994

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DENISE BUNNER HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994
Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose
degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a
student speaker was Denise Bunner, a psychology major from Cambridge Springs.
Bunner spoke about her experiences as a non-traditional student and the reasons she was
able to succeed. She gave credit to friends, family and faculty - particularly to history professor
Terra Jenrette and psychology professor Dr. Cynthia Legin-Bucell. Bunner is a member of the
University Honors Program and Psi Chi national honor society, and is the recipient of the 1993
upperclass honors scholarship. In 1993 she received the Dr. John Schell Award as outstanding
junior in psychology, and this year she was selected to receive the Dr. Julia Marshall Award as
outstanding senior in psychology. The mother of four children, she recently completed an
internship at the State Correctional Institution in Cambridge Springs.
During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F.
Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors
Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and
Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated
by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with
disabilities to experience life to the fullest.
In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her
lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to
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help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in
providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream
come true" for Mrs. Dhillon.
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May 24,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MARK FLANIGAN HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994
Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose
degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a
student speaker was Mark Flanigan, a political science major from Pittsburgh.
Flanigan spoke about what it means to be an "officer and a gentleman." He stressed the
need to make our countries and communities better, and to keep alive the ideals of virtue,
knowledge, dignity, kindness and respect. "Chivalry is never dead," he said. Flanigan also paid
respects to his advisor, professor Dan Trainer, the chairman of the political science department
who passed away in April.
During his career at Edinboro, Flanigan was a member of the University Honors Program
and the history and karate clubs. He was a founder of the Young Conservatives of Edinboro
University and served as student representative to the University Senate planning and
development committee. A member of the Army Reserve and advanced ROTC, he completed
ROTC Advance Camp at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, last summer, and is serving as cadet
company commander of the Edinboro ROTC battalion this year. He was awarded a scholarship
to participate in the Edinboro at Oxford summer honors program. He plans to pursue graduate
studies following his army service, in preparation for government work.
During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F.
Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors
Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and
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Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated
by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with
disabilities to experience life to the fullest.
In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her
lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to
help persons suffering from life’s challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in
providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream
come true" for Mrs. Dhillon.
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KATHERINE KARDOHELY HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994
Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose
degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a
student marshal was Katherine Kardohely, an elementary education major from Conneaut, Ohio.
Kardohely is a member of Edinboro's Honors Program, the Future Educators Club, and
the Kappa Delta Pi and Alpha Chi national honor societies. She has served as a University peer
tutor and is now tutoring students at the Walnut Creek Middle School, and is completing student
teaching at Tracy Elementary School. Both schools are in the Millcreek School District.
During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F.
Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors
Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and
Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated
by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with
disabilities to experience life to the fullest.
In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her
lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to
help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in
providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream
come true" for Mrs. Dhillon.

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May 24,1994

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LOUIS VITALE HONORED BY EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recognized its outstanding students at the 1994
Honors Convocation on May 1. Among those honored were more than 150 seniors whose
degrees will be awarded Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude. Serving as a
student marshal was Louis Vitale, an economics and political science major from Erie. \^tale
was awarded the leadership scholarship by the Fund for American Studies for coursework at
Georgetown University and an internship at the National Center for Public Policy Research in
Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1993. He is a member of the Edinboro University Honors
Program, the Young Republicans Club, and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Vitale earned a
certificate from the Harry Wendelstadt School for Baseball Umpires, and has served as an
umpire both locally and in Massachusetts.
During the ceremony, a special citation was presented by Edinboro President Foster F.
Diebold to Sukhbans Dhillon for her many contributions to the University. Prior to the Honors
Convocation, Mrs. Dhillon joined President Diebold to dedicate the Surinder S. Dhillon and
Sukhbans K. Dhillon Education Center in Crawford Hall Gymnasium. The Center was dedicated
by Mrs. Dhillon in memory of her son, Surinder, to enable Edinboro University students with
disabilities to experience life to the fullest.
In accepting the certificate, Mrs. Dhillon said she was honored to be recognized for her
lifelong mission to assist people with physical disabilities. She said it is the duty of everyone to
help persons suffering from life's challenges. She thanked President Diebold for his leadership in
providing facilities for the physically challenged. The dedication of the Center was a "dream
come tme" for Mrs. Dhillon.
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NEWS ADVISORY
President Foster F. Diebold will host the presidents of three other area colleges and
universities as part of Leadership Erie Education Day, Wednesday, May 25, on the campus of
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. President Diebold will be joined by Dr. Vtilliam Garvey of
Mercyhurst College, Dr. John Lilley of the Behrend Campus of Penn State University, and Msgr.
David A. Rubino of Gannon University for a panel presentation at 2:30 in the Reeder Hall
lecture hall.
The presidents are expected to discuss the significant challenges facing higher education
today, and their institutions' responses to those challenges.
Dr. Pamela Gwinn, acting deputy director of the Federal Executive Institute, will speak
on Leadership as Lifelong Learning, at a luncheon address beginning at 11 a.m. in Van Houten
Dining Hall.
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May 23,1994

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS ERIE BRANCH REUNION
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recently hosted a reunion luncheon at its Porreco
Extension Center for graduates of Edinboro’s former Erie Branch, which was located in the
Washington School at 21st and Sassafras streets from 1923 to 1931.
Attending the reunion were some 20 graduates from the Erie Branch years, as well as
several who began matriculating there, but completed their degrees at the main campus of what
was then the Edinboro State Normal School after the Erie Branch closed during the Depression.
Almost all of the students who attended the Erie Branch went on to become teachers, and a vast
majority of them were women.
Guest speaker at the luncheon was Dorothy Gray Padden ’32, who gave an update on
behalf of the Nelle G. Hudson Memorial Scholarship Committee, which Padden chairs.
Nelle Hudson was the director and a faculty member at the Erie Branch, succeeding in
1928 Lyman Van Houten - for whom Edinboro University’s dining hall is named - until 1931,
when the Erie Branch closed. In all, she served Edinboro for 18 years, from 1922 until her death
in 1940.
Serving with Dorothy Padden on the Nelle G. Hudson Memorial Scholarship Committee
are: Hermine K. Bauschard ‘27; John ‘32 and Maijorie ‘56 (Bamhardt) Gillespie; Dorothy
Hendricks Jadus ‘31; Wilma Hoffman Mong ‘26; Lynette Hoffman Von Korff ‘28; and Emma
Arndt Snell ‘33.

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ERIE BRANCH REUNION, Continued

Padden told the group that the scholarship fund had exceeded the endowed level of
$10,000 and would be available for award to an Edinboro University student in the upcoming
academic year.
For more information on the Nelle Hudson Scholarship or the many other activities of
Edinboro alumni, call the Edinboro University Alumni Affairs Office, 814-732-2715, or
1-800-526-0117.
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May 23,1994

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EDINBORO’S PARTNERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS PROGRAM GETS
WESTINGHOUSE FOUNDATION GRANT
The trustees of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s Westinghouse Foundation have
awarded a $15,000 grant to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for its Partnership for
Academic Progress (PAP) program, according to a recent announcement by University President
Foster F. Diebold.
PAP, begun in 1989 with seed money from several business and corporate entities
(including Westinghouse) and matching university funds, is a pre-collegiate program designed to
provide disadvantaged minority youth with access to higher education. Schools currently
participating in the Edinboro program are Central High School in Erie, and Brashear and
Westinghouse high schools in Pittsburgh.
Program manager Dr. Richard Arnold, Edinboro’s assistant dean of education, said that
the program is based on a support system for each student - a “learning community as he terms
it — composed of volunteer mentors, faculty, counselors, parents, alumni, and students.
In addition to the support system of volunteers, PAP provides participating high school
students with transitional activities and campus experiences. Last summer, 32 inner-city students
spent a week on the Edinboro University campus learning academic and personal development
skills.
“Since its inception, the Partnership for Academic Progress has been an excellent
example of public higher education and private funding sources working together with an array
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of volunteers in a cooperative, contributive relationship,” Diebold said. “In order for visionary
programs of this type to be effective and successful, academic intervention must occur at an
early age.”
Arnold agrees, and says that the strength of the program lies in its diversity. “Students
are exposed to situations, challenges and opportunities they would not experience otherwise,” he
said.
PAP is now in its fifth year of operation. Over the years, financial support has been
provided by Westinghouse, the State System of Higher Education’s Social Equity program, and
Edinboro University Services, Inc.
More than 30 program graduates have gone on to pursue degrees in higher education.
PAP alumni are attending Edinboro University, Clarion University, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Lincoln University, and the Community College of Allegheny County.
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May 23,1994

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VILLA SOPHOMORE BESTS 12TH RIDGE ART COMPETITION AT EUP
Elizabeth Benson (shown with Congressman Tom Ridge, left, and Edinboro University
President Foster F. Diebold), a sophomore at Villa Maria Academy, was the grand prize winner
in “An Artistic Discovery 1994,” the 12th annual Congressional Art Competition and Exhibition
sponsored by U, S. Representative Tom Ridge (R-Pa. 21st Dist.) for intermediate and high
school students in the 21st Congressional District. Edinboro University has hosted the weeklong exhibition and closing reception on its campus for the last 12 years.
From more than 70 paintings, drawings, prints and collages submitted by student artists
in Ridge’s district, Benson’s entry, titled Dilemma and done in color pencil, was judged first
place winner. Judges were professors Malcolm Christhilf and Rachael Harper of Edinboro
University’s art department.
Other winners and their schools were: second place, Nathan Brewer, Mercyhurst Prep;
and third place, Jeremy Decker, also of \^lla Maria Academy.
Honorable mentions were awarded to: Jose Ayala, Erie Central High School; Daniel
Habas, East High School, Erie; Randy J. Harris, Harborcreek High School; Jennifer Klixbull,
Mercer Junior/Senior High School; and Brandon Wilson, Fort LeBoeuf High School.
Three additional awards, called “jurors’ discretion” by the judges, were awarded to Nate
Hrabosky, Hickory High School; Chuck Orloff, Erie Central High School; and Jamie
Uhrmacher, McDowell High School.
U. S. Savings Bonds were presented to the three winners by PNC Bank of Erie’s
Edinboro Office, the First National Bank of Pennsylvania, and Northwest Savings Bank of
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Meadville. Edinboro University also gave cash awards to the three winners and five honorable
mentions.
Benson, 16, is the granddaughter of )^^lliam, Sr., and Jeannette Benson of Erie, and the
niece of Jane Benson of Erie. Carrie Tann, art teacher at Villa Maria Academy, accompanied
Benson and \^lla’s other two entrants to the reception at Edinboro’s University Center.
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May 20,1994

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EDINBORO PROFESSOR APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. Mary Margaret (Peg) Bevevino, a professor of education in Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania’s Educational Services Department, has been appointed to the editorial board of
Scholars, a publication of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. She was
recommended for appointment by Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold, and
appointed by State System Chancellor James H. McCormick.
Scholars publishes articles describing the research, instruction, and public service
activities of faculty in Pennsylvania’s 14 State System of Higher Education universities. It is
coordinated by an editorial board of faculty members from System universities and published by
the Office of the Chancellor. Bevevino will serve a three-year term on the Scholars editorial
board beginning July 1.
First published in the fall of 1989, Scholars provided a forum for the exchange of ideas
among System faculty, as well as a means for sharing with a broader public audience part of
what is being taught and explored at the System universities.
Bevevino has been a faculty member at Edinboro University since 1987. She headed the
1991-92 “Thrust Toward Excellence” presidential task force in the University’s School of
Education, and chairs the steering committee of the Institute for Ethics and Values Education,
one of the four institutes located organizationally under Edinboro’s Center for Excellence in
Teaching, which emerged from the recommendations of the “Thrust” task force.
Bevevino has been awarded several grants from the State System’s Faculty Professional
Development Council (FPDC), the most recent, for $4,(XX), funds an intra-System project titled,
“An Examination of Academic Integrity in Higher Education.”
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In 1993, she received a $10,057 FPDC grant for the project, “Creating Community on

Campus: A Training Model in Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution.” The model program
trains faculty members in a Total Quality Management approach to resolving problems and
conflicts with the intent of fostering a campus climate which encourages positive dialogue and a
stronger sense of community.
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May 19,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

JAMES R. FLYNN SELECTED FOR IDEA FELLOWS PROGRAM
Dr. James R. Flynn, chairperson of the educational services department at Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania, has been selected by the Institute for Development of Educational
Activities, Inc. (IDEA), to participate in the 27th IDEA Fellows Program for outstanding school
administrators. The week-long seminar will be held July 10-16 at Teikyo Loretto Heights
University in Denver.
The theme of this year’s program is “Practices of Consequence: Choices for the Future.”
The 15 topics to be studied will range from the future of technology in the classroom to building
partnerships with business and industry.
The IDEA Fellows Program is the longest continuing inservice program for school
administrators in the nation. Over the years the Fellows Program has provided professional
development for more than 8,000 participants from North America and overseas. Approximately
300 new school administrators are added to this number each year.
IDEA was established by the Kettering Foundation of Dayton in 1965 to encourage
constructive change and excellence in elementary and secondary schools.
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May 19,1994

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY AWARDED $10,000 NEWCOMBE FOUNDATION GRANT
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold has einnounced that the
prestigious Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation of Princeton, N.J., will award a $10,000
scholarship grant to Edinboro University in the 1994-94 academic year for financial aid to
students with physical disabilities. The grant is Edinboro’s fourteenth in 14 years, bringing the
total awarded to $250,000.
Edinboro is one of nine colleges and universities in the northeastern United States to
share $165,000 in Newcombe Foundation scholarships for students with disabilities in 1994-95.
Funds awarded may be used for special expenses related to a student’s disability or for offcampus internships or partial tuition scholarships.
In the last 14 years, the Newcombe Foundation has committed $3.4 million to their
scholarship program, providing aid awards to nearly 5,000 college and university students with
disabilities.
Another $365,000 in 1994-95 Newcombe Foundation grants was awarded to 27 colleges
and universities for scholarship aid to mature, second-career women students.
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Computer programming students from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania meet with thenfaculty advisor Patricia Hillman, left, following their first-place finish in a programming contest
sponsored by PACISE, a Pennsylvania organization of computer science instructors. Adam
Conover (Greenville), Dan Heath (Erie), and Brian Woolstrum (Union City) bested 16 other
schools to take top honors.

May 15,1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO GRADUATES 790 IN SPRING CEREMONY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold, now completing the
15th year of his presidency, conferred master's, bachelor's and associate degrees to some 790
new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies Sunday at the University's McComb
Fieldhouse.
The newest graduates join 870 December 1993 graduates for a total of 1,660 Edinboro
degrees awarded during the 1993-94 academic year.
In his welcoming remarks, Diebold spoke to the Fieldhouse audience of more than 3,000
about a new technology, the "Information Superhighway, which will soon confront each one of
us," Diebold said.
"This unprecedented technological advance will lead to dramatic changes in the way we
live our lives and do our jobs, although, even as I speak, none of us can understand exactly what
or how far-reaching these changes will be," said Diebold.
Diebold predicted that the Information Superhighway will bring to the nation its most
radical social and educational changes since the development of the interstate highway system
during the 1960s.
"As a university president, a new graduate, a continuing student, a member of the faculty,
or just as a citizen of the world, all of us will be faced with a dilemma when confronted with this
new technology and its ready, almost instant, availability," he said.
Diebold spoke of the Internet, the information highway now in popular use, and said that
its user population, which has soared to an estimated 20 million and rises by probably 10 percent
every month, will exceed the population of the world by the year 2000.
"We, as educators, must chart our way on the Information Superhighway and equip
students and graduates with the skills needed to adjust to rapid technological change, and.
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hopefully, to contribute positively to that change," Diebold said. "To turn our backs on these
advances and not prepare them to navigate and travel on this Information Superhighway will
doom them to powerlessness in today's and tomorrow's global village."
Diebold said also that, as the new technology will bring to the classroom resources
previously unthought of, there will be a need to re-think now what teaching and learning will
become.
"The new order of students must have the capacity to become self-teachers and self­
professors, because as the volume of information we must assimilate grows, the rate at which
that information becomes obsolete and even irrelevant grows as well," Diebold said.
"As the focus of teaching and learning moves more toward the student, faculty roles will
also experience change, and new and different methods to assess student learning must follow.
The more traditional lecture-type classroom will give way to the multi-media classroom with
computers and software at every desk."
Diebold said that it was both his hope and his message that Edinboro University had
prepared its newest graduates for their life's travels along the Information Superhighway and
other endeavors they have chosen to pursue.
R. Benjamin Wiley, executive director of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee
(GECAC) and chairperson of Edinboro University's Council of Trustees, was the featured
commencement speaker.
>^^ley, one of the region's most highly regarded social services administrators, chose the
same theme as Diebold - technological change - in his address to the graduating class.
"You are living in a world driven by technology," Wiley said. "You experience more
technological changes in a single year than your grandparents witnessed in a lifetime."
Wiley said that in the 21st century, technological and social change will transform the
way we perform in every facet of life, from education, to business, to healthcare, and the like.
"Technology will change and manage your lives. We know that it is changing the
Edinboro University campus and how President Diebold and the Council of Trustees manage the
institution."
As with Diebold's message to the graduates, >Mley said that technology will force all
institutions of higher learning to re-think their missions and strategies.
"There will be no time for business as usual or education as usual - trust me!" Wiley
said. "You must embrace this technology with a greater commitment than ever before, and be a
part of setting the norm for what will be a rapidly changing society.
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"You must not only influence future technology policy, you must become the policy
makers," Wiley told the new graduates.
An Edinboro trustee since 1983, Wiley has served as the Council's vice chair since 1991
and was appointed chairperson in January of this year. He has been executive director of
GECAC, a non-profit corporation which administers a broad range of community service
programs and activities, since 1969.
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May 11, 1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

RIDGE TO SPONSOR EVENT AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
U.S. Congressman Tom Ridge (R-Pa.), the 1994 Republican candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania, will visit the Edinboro University campus on Friday, May 13, to present awards to
winners from schools in his 21st Congressional District in the 1994 Congressional Art
Competition, a nationwide contest for student artists sponsored by the Congressional Arts
Caucus.
Edinboro University has hosted the event for the past 12 years.
Friday’s ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in Edinboro’s University Center
multi-purpose room. Congressman Ridge and Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold
will be available for comment before and after the award presentations.
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May 11, 1994
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ECLIPSE WATCHERS SHARE THE LIMELIGHT AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
The biggest show during the May 10 annular eclipse was not in the sky but on the
campus of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where a throng of eclipse observers numbering
in the hundreds swarmed in and around the University's solar observatory. At the peak of the
eclipse around 1:20 p.m., every available space inside the observatory and on the observation
roof of Cooper Hall was packed with people hoping to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime
celestial event.
In the weeks prior to the eclipse, the director of the observatory, physics professor Dr.
James LoPresto, had announced that due to space restrictions he would limit reservations to the
first 50 callers. That proved as effective as reserved seating at Woodstock.
The calls themselves were a source of amazement to LoPresto. Apparently, cosmic
encounters tend to bring out a bit of lunacy in people. Almost every caller wanted to know if the
observatory would have mylar glasses available. For some reason, the glasses were a higher
priority than the observatory's 16-inch telescope which was equipped with special solar filters, or
the heliostat, a device which projects an image of the sun onto a wall. The effect of the heliostat
is not unlike watching the eclipse in a movie theater.
Some of the calls bordered on the bizarre. One person wanted to know if the eclipse was
natural or man-made. Another asked if the eclipse could be rescheduled for a day when it was
less likely to be cloudy. The day turned out to be crystal clear, which no doubt contributed to the
big turnout. One lady who was confusing astronomy with astrology asked if the eclipse was a
"bad omen." The strangest call came from someone who wanted to know if the eclipse was
harmful to the environment, and if it was, could something be done to stop it.
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The caller's concern for the welfare of the planet was obviously not shared by the 50 or
so people who crammed into the heliostat room, or the more than 100 people who stood on the
observation deck, or those who climbed the circular stairs to look through the telescope, or the
dozens more gathered on the lawn outside Cooper Hall.
Still, there was that one young man who insisted on turning on the light in the heliostat
room before he took a picture of the eclipse's image with his flash camera.
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EDINBORO GRAD LEADING LIFE OF WORLD EXPLORER
Eric Niemi's friends call him Indiana Jones... and with good reason. A 1969 graduate of
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Niemi is a full-time teacher and a part-time world
explorer. Since 1985 he has spent many of his summers trekking to remote comers of the globe
doing things that most armchair adventurers only dream about.
He has hiked through the rain forests of Latin and South America, lived among the
Aborigines of Australia, and come face to face with tigers in the eastern Himalayas.
A native of Westmoreland County, Niemi has always loved the outdoors and became a
certified scuba diver in 1968 while studying biology at Edinboro. His life as an explorer began
when his sister-in-law introduced him to noted British adventurer and explorer Col. John
Blashford-Snell in England in 1984. After meeting with Blashford-Snell several times, Niemi
became interested in "Operation Raleigh," a four-year around-the-world expedition for young
people sponsored by Prince Charles. Niemi took a sabbatical from his teaching job at Woodland
Hills High School in 1985 and joined Operation Raleigh as an adult leader.
Using his diving experience, Niemi made several expeditions in the Caribbean and
participated in many projects in the rain forests of Central and South America, including the
constmction of an aerial walkway. In all, he was out of the country for more than six months.
In 1987 he had what he considers his most rewarding adventure experience - living with
the aboriginal peoples of Australia's Northern Territory. He was joined by three other adults, two
of whom were Native Americans. This Operation Raleigh project was tied to the problems
within the aboriginal population of petrol sniffing and other social issues. The Native Americans
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had a lot of empathy with the problems faced by the aborigine people. All four members of the
expedition were made members of one of the tribes.
Niemi’s most recent adventure was with a Scientific Exploration Society expedition led
by Blashford-Snell. Its destination was Arunachal Pradesh, an independent state bordering on
India, Bhutan and Tibet. "We were the first westerners in that part of the Himalayas since the
end of World War II," said Niemi.
The exploration party of two Americans, four Britons, and a man from Singapore had
several goals during their two-month trip: explore the territory as much as possible, check on
the status of endangered wildlife, and study local herbal medicines.
For part of the journey Niemi traveled on the back of an elephant through the jungle. He
expected the experience to be fun, but sitting astride the swaying back of an elephant is no
picnic. After awhile, Niemi told the elephant driver, or mahut, that he wanted to walk. Upon
getting down from the elephant his legs were covered with leeches residing on the damp jungle
floor. Niemi was willing to put up with the leeches, which defeated his best efforts to keep them
off his skin, but when he spotted a tiger nearby he retreated to the safety of the elephant's back.
Following the conclusion of the expedition, Niemi continued around the globe with stops in
Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia for a week of diving along the Great Barrier Reef before
returning to the Pittsburgh area.
His most harrowing experience as an adventurer was not the result of an encounter with
the forces of nature, but with man. He and another explorer had completed one mission in Costa
Rica and were returning by foot to the expedition's headquarters in Panama. They were carrying
long-range radio equipment when they attempted to enter Panama from Costa Rica at a remote
border crossing. The Panamanian border guards were suspicious of the equipment, concerned
that the two explorers might be Nicaraguan insurgents.
"They told us we could continue if we left our radio gear behind," said Niemi. "When we
refused they arrested us and put us in a holding area of the local prison. They allowed us one
phone call to our office in Panama City."
For three days nothing happened. The guards suddenly didn't understand English, and
didn't give them any food. All they had between them was two ham sandwiches and a bottle of
rum. "We were petrified," said Niemi.
In the end they were saved by a phone call from General Manuel Noriega himself, who
knew about the expedition and supported its work. The guards remembered how to speak
English, returned the radio equipment to Niemi and his partner, and sent them on their way.
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His experience in exploration has enabled him to become a member of the prestigious
New York Explorers Club. Already he is looking forward to his next trip this summer when he
will spend five weeks on horseback in Mongolia. Mounting an expedition is neither easy nor
cheap. The trip to Mongolia could cost as much as $9,000 per person. Niemi's dream is to
someday lead his own expedition, preferably to Lake Baikal in Russia.
All of his adventures would not be possible without the support and approval of his wife,
Susan, the chief nurse anesthetist at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. Susan doesn't go with her
husband on his travels and doesn't see him for months at a time. "She is unbelievably
supportive," said Niemi. "It probably wouldn't have happened without her."
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canvas coverings for his legs. He jflaced socks
over them, then boots, which he taped shut.
He also covered his legs with rock salt.
However, they still found their why to his
skin.
“They just fill up with blood then they get fat
and fall off.”
Most of the people he encountered on his
journey had never seen a white person before.
The country had been closed since 1946 and
the average life span of the Mongols is 41
years old.
A hereditary trait of these people is that
they don’t have a lot of body hair. The hair on
his arms, Niemi says, often fascinated some
of the people he met.
•^Some of the tribesmen were headhunters as
of 10 years ago. But they seemed very friendly

By Mario Verrilla
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Niemi, who teaches anatomy and physiology
to juniors and seniors at Woodland Hills High
School, spent last spring trekking through a
remote country whose borders have not been
opened since the end of World War 11.
For two months, he and six other members
of the Scientific Exploration Society of Great _
Britain explored Arunachal Pradesh, an
independent state huddled between the coun­
tries of Tibet, Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
His sabbatical was his chance to tap into his
love of exploration, which he does as often as

to us.”
Mostly rudimentary farmers, the villagers
ate rice, fruit and millet. Niemi says the food
was bland and a curry pie for breakfast often
broke the monotony.
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“My sense for adventure and exploration is ^
to get away from newspapers and telephones^”
The group had five goals for the trip: look
the place over for future expeditions, examine
the traditional medicines of the locals, re­
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Bhura lizard.
These quests often took Niemi over treacher­
ous terrain and though wet leech-infested
jungles.
, .
On a trek to discover the grave of a British
soldier whose head was chopped off by villag­
ers in 1909, he had to cross a suspension bridge
— one that was 550 feet above a river and
made of bamboo. After crossing the 1,180-foot
swaying bridge, Niemi stood on the other side,
prematurely grateful the experience was over.
; “I remember getting to the other side and
realizing that I had to come back.”
Another adventure involved riding an
elephant through the jungle.
, .
Three people were on the elephant: the
R mahut, or driver, rode on the elephant’s heck;
a co-explorer rode in the middle; and Niemi
had the unlucky spot on the elephant’s end.

tail and then had to sit astride an animal, so
wide, that his legs began to ache.
“I always thought riding an elephant would be
fun.”
He told the mahut he would get off and walk
awhile. The mahut said fine, but that he should
immediately get back on if he saw a tiger.
Niemi says the minute he got off the elephant
he was covered with leeches due to the wetness
of the jungle floor. He chose to put up with it,though, because of his aching legs.
He only walked for about three minutes before
seeing a tidier, then jumped back on the elephant.
Leeches, he says unflinchingly, are merely a
nuisance!.
In an attempt to avoid them, he wore gators.

the moon.
“It’s a pretty religion relating to nature. It
seems pure.”
He and his cohorts never found the Bhura
lizard, which is rumored to be 8 to 12 feet long,
of a bluish color, and has an appetite for man.
They did run into some four-foot Monitor
lizards, though.
After the two-month adventure, Niemi still
had not quenched his thirst for adventure so
he traveled to Singapore, Malaysia and then
did some diving off Australia’s Barrier Reef.
Coming back to Pittsburgh, he says, is a
psychological adjustment.
“The one thing that keeps me going is that I
know I’m going on another expedition.”
His wife, he says, is supportive and under­
stands his need for adventure.
“Once you get exploring in your blood, it
never leaves.”

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DAVID GILLIS JOINS STAFF AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
David Gillis, a native of Rochester, New York, has recently been appointed to the
position of Maintenance Operations Manager at Edinboro University. Gillis oversees the daily
operations of the maintenance department at the University.
Gillis received his bachelor's degree in industrial relations from Le Moyne College in
Syracuse, New York. He is a member of the American Institute of Plant Engineers and has ten
years of experience in commercial facilities management. He worked for five years at Great
Lakes Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie as plant operation manager.
Gillis lives in Erie with his wife Jean and three children, Tim (10), Laura (5), and
John James (4).
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May 6,1994

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS MATH ON SATURDAY CONFERENCE
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will host the first annual "Math on Saturday"
conference, May 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Butterfield Hall. The theme of this year's
conference, which is intended for teachers and administrators in grades K-8, is "Math Under
Construction in Northwest PA: Implications for Teaching/Leaming Mathematics."
The conference is a project of the Edinboro University Regional Mathematics Center for
Teacher Enhancement and Renewal, which was established last year. The long-term goal of the
Center is to establish a common vision of excellence for elementary math education in
northwestern Pennsylvania and to foster a spirit of collaborative partnership among math
teachers.
Another event scheduled this year for math teachers from Erie, Crawford and Warren
counties is the Summer Math Institute - one for grades K-3, June 20-July 8; and for grades 4-8,
July 11-29.
For more information contact Dr. Nicholas Stupiansky at 732-2851, or 732-2905.
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Students from the Miller Research Learning Center on the campus of Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania planted ornamental trees and flowers during an Arbor Day
celebration on Friday, April 29. The students planted two dogwood trees and several
geraniums near their school. Organized with the assistance of English professor Mark
McTague and the Faculty Senate Buildings and Grounds Committee, this was the fifth
annual Arbor Day planting.

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ERIE RESIDENTS ADDRESS NEW STUDENTS AT EDINBORO
Several Erie area residents spoke to high school students at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania during Orientation Days, the school's program to introduce accepted freshmen and
their parents to the campus.
Erie television meteorologist Tim Earl told the students of the importance of obtaining a
good education and getting the most out of their time in college. Earl, a native of Kingston, Pa.,
graduated from Edinboro in 1975 with a degree in biology and general science education. He
also earned an associate degree in electrical engineering technology from Penn State University
in 1971, and has taken graduate courses at Gannon University.
He has been at WSEE-TV in Erie for 10 years. Prior to that, he was at WPXI-TV in
Pittsburgh for 2 years. In addition to reporting Erie's weather, Earl is a member of the
Commodore Perry Chorus and is a tenor in the award-winning quartet, "North Coast Harmony."
Jacqueline Nwokeji, a juvenile detective for the City of Erie, had several messages for
the students. She said their most important goal in attending Edinboro should be to acquire a
strong education. "You have to get it yourself," she said. She encouraged them to develop a
mentoring relationship with a professor or other faculty member. "You need somebody to trust.
You want to have somebody who is interested in your success."
Since going to work for the City of Erie in 1972 as a clerk typist, Nwokeji has received
training in several areas of police work. She joined the Erie Police Department in 1974 as a
patrol officer. In 1976 she received certificates for community crisis intervention, family crisis
intervention, and rape investigation techniques. The latter was from the FBI Academy in
Quantico, Virginia. She graduated from Edinboro in 1993 with a degree in psychology.
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Kathleen Horan, executive director of the Methodist Towers, told the students of the

many good professors she had while at Edinboro and encouraged them to take courses outside
their disciplines to become well-rounded individuals. She told them that the ability to think
logically and clearly is the most important skill that one can attain.
Horan graduated magna cum laude from Edinboro in 1981 with a B.A. degree in political
science. She also completed course work for a master's degree in political science from
Edinboro. She holds certification as a public housing manager from the National Association of
Housing and Redevelopment Officials.
During her career as a housing manager she has worked in several housing properties. In
1982 she became manager of Tandem Townhouses. She had her first stint as executive director
of Methodist Towers from 1985 to 1989, and was general manager of The Regency at South
Shore from 1989 to 1993. At that time she returned to the head position at Methodist Towers.
Kimberly Lynn, a branch claims development analyst for the Erie Insurance Group and a
1991 graduate of Edinboro, attributed her success in college and in the workplace to three things
she did at the University: work, internship, and networking. She encouraged students to sit in
the front row of their classes, ask questions, seek advice from their advisors, learn to manage
their time, and find a job while in college. "You have to care enough about yourself to motivate
yourself to succeed," she said.
Lynn had internships with General Electric in Erie and Charlottesville, Virginia.
Following graduation she became a claims adjuster for the Erie Insurance Group in Columbus,
Ohio, and in 1993 took on her current responsibilities for the company in Erie.
Daniel Schaaf, a designer for Walter J. Greene & Company in Cleveland, told the
students, most of whom will be majoring in art, that it is important to develop a good portfolio of
their art works. "The portfolio is you," he said.
He graduated from Edinboro in 1982 with a BFA in communications/graphics. Since
then he has worked for several companies doing artistic and graphic design. From 1983 to 1988
he worked for Halifax Engineering and Science Applications International in Washington, D.C.
He then went to Cleveland to work for Madison Avenue West and Data Imaging Services
Company before joining Walter J. Greene in 1991. He is a graduate of Academy High School.
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JOANNE DARLING ADDRESSES NEW STUDENTS AT EDINBORO
Joanne Darling, principal at Meadville's East End Elementary School, spoke to a group
of students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania's Orientation Days, the school's program to
introduce accepted freshmen and their parents to the campus.
Darling stressed to the students - most of whom will be education majors - the
importance of what they were about to do. "You have an awesome task ahead of you," she said.
"Much has changed in 20 years. Massive educational reform is taking place in Pennsylvania.
Unborn children are counting on you to be good teachers."
A 1964 graduate of Edinboro, Darling earned additional certification from there in the
areas of guidance and counseling in 1968, secondary school administration in 1982 and
elementary school administration in 1983. She earned a superintendent's letter of eligibility from
Westminster College in 1993.
Her teaching career began in 1965 as a physical science teacher in Meadville Junior High
School. She became a guidance counselor there in 1986, and a year later she became a chemistry
teacher at Meadville Senior High before taking her current position at East End Elementary in
1988.
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on up

Female teachers
ifi area become
administrators
By JANE SMITH
TRIBUNE
1 • Several area women teach­
ers have moved out of the
classroom and Into the ranks of
administration — as prlnclpal§.
' .,
: And. although they are in
the minority in their profes­
sion. two local women are
happy they chose that path.
But another local female
teacher who has supervisory
. credentials; has chosen to reniain in the classroom.
- ' Each has her own reason for
. her career choice.
1
. . Sandra McArdle. nqw In her
third year as orlncloal at CortnsauL Vallev High School
moved up the ranks after eight
years as a teacher.
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. “I must admit it was rriy ;
childhood dream.” she said. '
A former business and En­
glish teacher, |VlcArdle mav be,
-the first female high school,
principal in Crawford County

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East End Elementary School Prihcipal Joanne Darling takes time away from her usual dally;dutiei to
heip students prepare for picture day. V
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serving In that POsmQH.Qn..A
permanent basis.
‘1= !: McArdle said she , helleves
she can do more for students
as a principal thari[ as a
teacher.
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“As a teacher you Cem reach
a certain point where' your
hands are-tied and you can’t

help the student,” she said. "As.
a principal you are, Able to di-ri
rect students to recelye help.’{|;
A principal ckn start pro-'
grams to assist students that a ,
teacher doesn’t have the au-j
thority to do. Although she!
doesn’t have students in a*
class all day. she, makes Indl-I

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’ vidual Cbntact with students.
I; “1 treat therh (students) like I'
.! would, want somebody to treat
I my . child.,; !, treat'! them like I
' 5 would like, to be treated," she
said. ”1 smile and they smile
} back.”
, j -; Please sec WOMEN, Pa^e A-7

is not a ‘men

By JANE SMITH
TRIBUNE

is a woman’s place in the classroom 1_
not in the administrative offices in local
' schools?
11The '»three
western . Crawford County
school districts follow the national trend: the
I'majority of teachers are female) but very few
t have climbed the ranks to principal or adrhinistrator.
in the 1992-93 school year, only four of
the 27 principals in Crawford Central. ConJieaul
?Qh,Qoi.districts ,were
women.
A total of 847 teachers are employed in
three county school districts. Of those, 554
— 65 percent — are women. Crawford Cen­
tral has 340 teachers, of which 67 percent or
230 are women. In Pennerest, the ratio is a

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For Darling, the job was a
continuation of her career. She
describes herself as "histori­
cally a lifelong learner.” Several
years ago she felt the need to
further her education. She had '
been teaching for 18 years as a
junior high science teacher and
a senior high chemistry teacher
and guidance counselor.
She returned to school to re­
ceive her dual certification, al­
lowing her to be an elementary
or secondary principal. She;
also has completed require­
ments which vdll allow her to
be an assistant superintendent
or a superintendent.. For the
past five years,’ she has been
principal at Meadvllle’s East

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Five' years ago when sh legan ^er adlittle more even. Fifty-two percent or 150 of'
vanced
certification work, , e: ratio was at
the 304 teachers are female. Conneauts ra-,
tio is much higher. Of the 203 teachers, 165, j. least 3-1 in favor of the men. At her last con­
ference sthife spring, the ratio was more like
or 81 percent, are women.
i
;50-50g>!,
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^
In Crawford Central, three of the 11 prln- .
tipal^' of Assistants are women. Penhefest' • ; Iri hii-Al areas; such as Crawford Covinty,
has no Wbmeri principals among its staff of,, i further-ScHooilhg ofteri’lhvolves a lot of trav­
eling. And. agaih; that jinvolves hioife time
nine. Only one woman serves as princlpa.1 \n
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Conneaut School District, Where there are., ■ away frprri the childreh;
Darling ^d she se^ the trend changing
six principals and one assistant.
f v’'
In order to serve as principal, teachers' a little, particularly vdth women now waiting
until they are older!to have children — or de­
need additional certification. And that alone
ciding hot to have children. ^, v *
*
may tell the story about why men may move
Although the statistics shlf , favor men in
up in the ranks more than women.
the higher’ranks of ^e educahonal system,
Joanne Darling, principal at East End El­
in
ementary School, agrees. She said only TCf i ("'she .belicyMlpeOhie'^iiSebJa^
cently has the ratio of male to female admin- :, those statistic? in the. future as more women
istrators started to change. '
1 ^ ‘ chbdseitia Aeek higher le>feld of educatlony

End Elementary School.
She said she is not sorry she
switched from teaching to ad­
ministration. After teaching for
18 years she said she was
ready to “move into' another
phase of my life.” ,
)
As an elementary principal.
Darling said She can spend
more time “doing curricula
type of things as opposed to all
problem solving.” Many times,
secondary principals or assis­
tants are assigned to: specific
areas, such as discipline.
For that reason, she' is
pleased to be an elementary,
principal. She also has more
direct Involvement- with par­
ents and staff. Her staff num­
bers about 35, which Includes
both professional and support
staff.
The most difficult part of the
job is "trying to strike a,balance

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husband who said she could, ; >'™h“,‘f>'e (b always use it In the future. Al-ftfi bhe.^ald...
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SS."" “his'^rS ^pchooUfor.pfter-s^ool aCUyPbull said her husband has heen
g6 io the'open Houses
supporUveofherandofheradr ,,
teachers) and
vanced schooling.'Without his, . .still have time for my child. 1
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY HOSTS MATH IMAGINATION DAY
Dozens of elementary and college students got together recently at Edinboro University
of Pennsylvania for an afternoon of games, puzzles and contests featuring math. The
University's second annual Math Imagination Day brought together 140 college students with
the same number of students from the Miller School in Edinboro and Emerson-Gridley
Elementary School in Erie.
The college students created math activities for the elementary students including
matching shapes, playing bingo, creating toys, and other fun things that involved math.
Dr. Nick Stupiansky, who organized the event, said the purpose was to benefit the college
students as well as the elementary students, bring more fun to math as a subject, and stimulate
interest in math. "It gave our math education students the opportunity to share with elementary
children a variety of teaching aids, math manipulatives, math centers and math games which
they constructed in their methods course," said Stupiansky. "It also encourages elementary
children to have fun with math as they interact with the materials and provide valuable feedback
to the Edinboro students."
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David Taylor, left, a third grader at Erie's Emerson-Gridley Elementary School, and
Jamison Carr, a fourth grader at Edinboro University's Miller School, work out a problem
during the Miller School's Math Imagination Days. Taylor and Carr have become friends
since first writing to each other as pen pals last September. Taylor is taught by Janet
Plavcan and Carr is taught by Sandra Waite-Stupiansky and Jinny DiRaimo.

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold
(left) welcomes Dr. Syed Ali, vice chancellor of the University of
Karachi in Pakistan, to Edinboro University for discussions on the
academic linkage agreement Diebold drafted with Ali during the
Edinboro president's recent visit to Pakistan.

The agreement Diebold

signed with the University of Karachi, the premier university in one
of Pakistan's largest cities and a leading university in the country,
brought to eight the number of institutions in Pakistan which have
formal linkage agreements with Edinboro.

The agreements generally

call for exchanges of students and scholars, library resources,
communications links, goodwill visits, and the provision of faculty
and staff expertise.

Edinboro is also linked academically with school

in China, Morocco, and Cuba.
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President Diebold recently welcomed Dr. Syed Ali
(right), vice chancellor of the University of Karachi in
Pakistan, to Edinboro University for discussions on the
academic linkage agreement he drafted with Ali during
his official visit to Pakistan earlier this year. The agree­
ment Diebold signed with the University of Karachi, the
premier university in one of Pakistan’s largest cities
and a leading university in that country, brought to
eight the number of institutions in Pakistan which now
have formal academic linkage agreements with Edin­
boro University.

Dr. Robert Wortman, principal of the Borton Primary
Magnet School, Tucson, Arizona, and professor at the
University of Arizona, was the keynote speaker at Edin­
boro University’s 1994 Whole Language Reading Con­
ference. The conference theme was “Learning
Communities for the 1990s.” President Diebold wel­
comed this year’s conferees to the day-long series of
workshops that covered a variety of topics, including
active listening, critical thinking, the parent-teacher
connection in literacy learning, and homework across
the curriculum. Wortman, the recipient of numerous
professional awards as both a teacher and administra­
tor, spoke on “Creating and Supporting a Community of
Learners.”

Dr. Harry Ausprich, executive director of the Pa.
Humanities Council and a former president of Bloomsburg University, recently visited the Edinboro campus
to lead the workshop, “New Directions in Cultural Pro­
grams: Grants and Special Projects for 1994-95,” which
was sponsored by Edinboro University. Those at the
well-attended workshop amd public meeting learned
from Ausprich how to apply for and receive PHC grants
for eligible programs that promote public understand­
ing of the humanities within Pennsylvania. President
Diebold was appointed to the membership of the Penn­
sylvania Humanities Council last year.

A recent visitor to the Edinboro campus was Dr. Sayed
Muzafar Ali Shah (left), vice chancellor of Pakistan’s
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology,
shown here with President Diebold renewing the aca­
demic linkage agreement Mehran maintains with Edin­
boro University. Mehran University is one of eight
institutions in Pakistan with which Edinboro has for­
mal academic linkage agreements. The others are:
Balochistan University, University of Karachi,
Peshawar University, University of the Punjab, Shah
Abdul Latif University, University of Sindh, and the
Foundation Public School located in Karachi.

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EDINBORO GRADUATE TONY BUBA PREMIERES NEW FILM
Tony Buba, a 1971 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, will premier his
new feature-length film, No Pets, Sunday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in Pittsburgh’s Fulton Theatre. It
stars John Amplas, Lori Cardille and features Larry John Meyers.
Buba said No Pets is about work and love and animals. "It's about the end of the age,
mythical or real, when a job was a job, love was true, and everybody had a dog. It's about selling
your heart to a machine, or a marriage, and it's about wanting it back."
Buba is an active independent filmmaker and lifelong resident of Braddock, Pa. His
works have won awards at the American Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Sinking Creek
Film Festival and Three Rivers Film Festival. His first feature film. Lightning Over Braddock:
A Rustbowl Fantasy, was nominated as best first feature film by Independent Feature Project
West, and was voted best film at the Birmingham International Film Festival in England. In 1985
Buba was honored as Pennsylvania's Media Artist of the Year.
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EDINBORO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH HAVANA UNIVERSITY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold announced recently that
he has signed on behalf of Edinboro University a cooperative academic agreement with the
Center for the Study of the United States at Havana University, Havana, Cuba.
Signing for Havana University was Dr. Esteban Morales, a professor of economics in the
Cuban university's Center for the Study of the U.S., which is known there by its acronym (taken
from the Spanish), CESEU.
The cooperative agreement, which Diebold terms a "mini-linkage," calls for an academic
partnership between the two universities formed through the exchanges of upperclass and
graduate students, scholars and researchers, educational tests, and other instructional materials,
all for the purpose of promoting knowledge of the respective countries and a mutual
understanding of the two academic communities. Diebold said that he favored the cooperative
arrangement as a vehicle to bring to Edinboro University students a better understanding of
U.S.-Cuba relations.
The agreement was signed during Morales' recent visit to the Edinboro University
campus, and was facilitated by Dr. Max Azicri, an Edinboro political science professor. Azicri
holds two degrees from Havana University.
"Dr. Azicri is Edinboro University's foremost expert on Latin American affairs, and is
widely recognized within Pennsylvania and across the nation for his scholarly research and
writings on Latin American government and politics," Diebold said. "Max has been working
with Dr. Morales since his [Morales'] first visit to Edinboro University in 1991 to bring forth the
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sort of cooperative arrangement that will enhance our students' knowledge and understanding of
the hemisphere in which we live."
Morales is currently a visiting scholar at Indiana University in Terre Haute working on
an academic exchange program similar to those Havana University has with Johns Hopkins
University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Texas, and now, of course, with
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Morales, who is also a member of the Latin American Studies Association, lectured
several classes and student organizations during his most recent visit to Edinboro University.
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EDINBORO HOSTS lOTH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Dr. Jerlean Daniel, president-elect of the National Association for the Education of
Young Children, will be the keynote speaker for the 10th annual Early Childhood Education
Conference, May 19-20, at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
The theme of Daniel's address will be "Reflecting on Quality in Early Childhood: Acting
on What We Know." She will discuss how to attain the vision of providing access to high-quality
early childhood programming for every child.
Daniel is an assistant professor of child development/child care at the University of
Pittsburgh, where she earned a master's degree in child development/child care, and a doctorate
in education. She has nearly two decades of experience as director of child care centers and was
director of the University of Pittsburgh's Child Care Development Center from 1984 to 1992.
Her two-year term as president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
begins in October.
Conference co-coordinator Ruthanne Atkinson said the event regularly attracts 200 early
childhood educators from Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania. The first day of the event will
focus on preschool and kindergarten; the second day will cover kindergarten and primary grades.
The conference is sponsored by Edinboro's elementary education department, the Center for
Excellence in Teaching, and the Institute for Research and Community Services.

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Raised in Sacramento, California, Dr. Daniel came to
Pittsburgh with the idea of becoming a lawyer. After
graduating in political science, she worked with the
Department of Public Welfare before joining the city's
public schools as a pre-school teacher. She went on to
earn a Master's Degree in Child Development/Child
Care and a doctorate in Education, both from the
University of Pittsburgh.

Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, President Elect National-Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC)
"The Pen nsylvania Departmen t of Education.
Division of Early Childhood and Family Education is
proud of its association with Dr. Jerlean Daniel.To
be the president elect of NAEYC, the nation's largest
early childhood association, brings tremendous honor
to the state of Pennsylvania. PVe salute you. Dr.
Daniel, we pledge you our support, and we thank

Randall S. Bauer, Chief
Division of Early Childhood & Family Education
Jerlean Daniel was a University of Pittsburgh graduate,
unsure of what to do with her bachelor’s degree in
political science and with her future, when she answered
a public call for pre-school teachers put out by the
Pittsburgh Board of Education more than two decades
ago.
The job became a career that today finds Daniel, now Dr.
Daniel, nationally recognized in the field of child
development and the President-Elect of the 85,000member National Association for the Education of
Young Qiildren.
NAEYC is the nation's largest early childhood
association, offering professional development
opportunities to early childhood educators designed to
improve the quality of services to children from birth to
age eight.
"I enjoyed the children", said Dr. Daniel, Assistant
Professor of Child Development/Child Care at the
University of Pittsburgh. "That was the whole reason for
getting involved. I enjoyed the challenge of keeping the
children interested and helping them to become problem
solvers."

Dr. Daniel has mixed academic work with
administrative work in the field, spending 18 years as a
director of child care centers. Most recently, she was
director of the University of Pittsburgh's Child
Development Center from 1984-1992. "Being a child care
center director was something I thoroughly enjoyed," Dr.
Daniel said. "I could be a pro-active advocate of
children, I could be involved at the^centej with the
teaching staff, and I could be involved in significant
ways with the lives of children."
Her current teaching position at the University, she said,
allows for time to "think, reflect, and write" -- time that
was unavailable to her as a director of child care centers,
a job she described as "dawn to dusk, always on call." In
addition to her University work. Dr. Daniel is involved
in community organizations, serving as Co-Chair of the
Advisory Board of Family Foundations, and as a
member of the Allegheny Co. Police Council, and
chairwoman of its Early Childhood Task Force.
Her two-year term as President of the National
Association for the Education of Young Children begins
October, 1994, when she replaces Lillian Katz of the
University of Illinois, Champaign. As president, she will
be the chief spokesperson for the organization whose
members include pediatricians, parents, and
professionals involved in early childhood, pre-school,
elementary school, child care. Head Start, and other
education related programs.
Dr. Daniel said she is concerned with several issues,
some within the profession, such as the low
compensation of child care professionals and others
related to the overall functioning of families. She also is
an advocate of greater cooperation among those in the
child development field and those in other disciplines.
"We have reached a point where we really need
interdisciplinary efforts to make significant headway,"
Dr. Daniel said. "We need to pool our knowledge to
arrive at some solutions to our problems."
Taken from Developinent, Dec., 1993, Volume 7, #4.
Published by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of
Child Development