November 8, 1995

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LOCAL STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announeed that Susan Lee, 439 W. 57th St.,
Erie, was recently named the recipient of a Pre-Healing Arts Book Stipend.
The Edinboro University Alumni Association established this stipend to help one
outstanding junior and one outstanding senior enrolled in a pre-healing arts curriculum to afford
the cost of books. These stipends are awarded annually to students with Q.P.A.’s of 3.30 or
higher.
Susan is the daughter of Dr. Cyrus Lee and Ms. Magdalena Lee. She is a graduate of
McDowell High School and a pre-medicine major at Edinboro.
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November 30, 1995

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS UPDATED HANSEL AND GRETEL OPERA
An old fairy tale will get a new twist when the Opera/Music Theater Workshop at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania presents Hansel and Gretel ‘95, December 8 and 9 at
7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium.
Like bread crumbs on the forest path, the traditional Hansel and Gretel has disappeared
from director David Herendeen’s production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic opera. Hansel
and Gretel are now relocated to a city setting for their encounter with the evil witch.
“Our Hansel and Gretel act differently than the storybook duo,” said Herendeen. “They
are more contemporary. In opr opera they wish for McDonald’s french fries when they are
hungry.”
The story is still much the same. Hansel and Gretel are caught by their mother playing
instead of working. As punishment they are sent out to find food. In the traditional story it is to
pick berries. In Herendeen’s production they are to search the garbage cans.
He points out that many elements of the original story - angry parents, runaway children
and evil individuals tempting children - are just as valid now as they were then. “I am hoping
the positive message the opera delivers is recognized as a reality also,” said Herendeen.
“Children can help themselves, they are not powerless, and good people are out there too.”
Jennifer Bischak and Jennifer Hunt are double cast as Hansel, Tracy Wolstoncroft and
Lori Cordell are double cast as Gretel. Robert Roxby is the witch, Rosina Daintymouth. Jason
Steele and Stephen Reisenauer are double cast as the tipsy father, and the grumpy mother is
played by Lucie Herendeen. The rest of the cast are members of the opera workshop.
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Accompanying the opera production will be an orchestra from the University and community
conducted by Dr. Tim Cordell. Joining the University performers will be singers from the James
W. Parker Middle School. The choreographer and dance captain is C. J. Krahulec, costumes by
Christie Linck, set design by Robert Roxby, lights by Larry Graham.
Both performances are free and open to the public.
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November 29, 1995

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EDINBORO’S LAWLOR SPEAKS ON DISTANCE
LEARNING AT REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Dr. Andrew C. Lawlor, associate vice president for academic programs and dean of the
University College at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, presented the program, “Distance
Learning: There and Back,” at “Training + Quality = Competitive Advantage: The 21st
Century Equation,” the first regional conference of the Erie Tri-State Chapter of the American
Society for Training and Development, held recently at Cross Creek Resort, Titusville, Pa.
Lawlor detailed a collaborative project between Edinboro and Clarion universities and
the Warren/Forest Higher Education Council that demonstrates the delivery of instruction to
rural areas of the state using interactive instructional technology. The project, which was funded
by a $15,000 State System of Higher Education grant, provided for two-way videoconferencing to deliver continuing education units to nursing professionals in rural Warren
County, which has no college or university within its borders. The project also assisted the
hospitals in Warren County, which are among that area’s largest employers, by providing
instructional support not usually available to their staffs.
Lawlor’s presentation also covered issues of faculty and staff training, the partnership
approach to instructional delivery, the communications infrastructure of the regions involved,
and the instructional value of video-conferencing.
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November 28, 1995
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EDINBORO UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECEIVES ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced that Shane McIntyre has been
selected to receive the Erie Engineering Societies Council Louis W. Balmer scholarship for the
1996-97 academic year.
A secondary education-physics major at Edinboro, McIntyre graduated, with honors from
Corry Area High School in 1988. He was a four-year letterman for the swim team, served as
team captain for three years, and was a swimming instructor for the Corry YMCA during high
school.
After graduation, he enlisted in the United States Navy for six years and achieved the
rank of Second Class Petty Officer. He was a qualified nuclear reactor operator on board the
aircraft earner U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and served on board that ship in the Persian Gulf
during the Gulf War.
A sophomore at Edinboro, McIntyre is an officer of the local Elks Lodge and serves on
the Elks’ House Committee. In addition, he is a part-time swim coach at the Corry YMCA.
The Erie Engineering Societies Council (EESC) provides one annual scholarship to a
currently enrolled undergraduate who has an outstanding academic record and is majoring in
engineering or science at Edinboro. The scholarship is named in honor of Louis W. Balmer who
was very instrumental in the creation and continuation of the EESC scholarship program and the
organization of the annual Erie Engineering Week activities.
Shane is the son of Jack McIntyre and Linda Triscari.

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November 28, 1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Damian Bebell, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted
into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological
Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic
achievement in psychology coursework.
Damian is also a member of the Psychology Club and has done bio acoustic research on
the red wing black bird. He is the son of Don and Marie Bebell of Erie.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Melinda L. Byham, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently
inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American
Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding
academic achievement in psychology coursework.
Melinda is also a member of the Psychology Club and participates in a research group
headed by Dr. Legin-Bucell. She is the daughter of William and Marsha Byham of Guys Mills.
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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Linda Davis, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted
into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological
Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic
achievement in psychology coursework.
Linda is also in the University Honors Program and she is a research assistant for
Dr. Ken Milles with Hospice of Metropolitan Erie - H.O.M.E. Family Bereavement Program.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Helen Lamb of Erie, and the late Charles Lamb, Sr. She is the wife
of Roger Davis and the mother of Josh and Adam Davis of Edinboro.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Joie Lynn Griswold, 691 N. 13th St., Franklin, a student at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered
by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their
outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Catherine A. Ferrari, 4867 Daniels Rd., Erie, a student at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered
by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their
outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
James W. Lanegan, 512 W. 29th St., Erie, a student at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered
by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their
outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Robert H. Makrush, 3334 W. 39th St., Erie, a student at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, was recently inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered
by the American Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their
outstanding academic achievement in psychology coursework.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Dawn M. Meiers, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recendy
inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American
Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding
academic achievement in psychology comsework.
Dawn is also the vice president of the Psychology Club, she is in the Student
Government Association - Special Programming Committee, and in the EUP Honors Program.
She is the daughter of Rose Meiers of Pittsburgh.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Julie B. Nelson, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recendy inducted
into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological
Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic
achievement in psychology coursework.
Julie is the daughter of Bruce and Colleen Nelson of Lexington, Ky.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Michelle A. Nelson, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently
inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American
Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding
academic achievement in psychology coursework.
Michelle is the daughter of W. John and Cassie Smith of Carry.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Michael Skelly, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted
into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological
Association, the honorary society recogni2es students for their outstanding academic
achievement in psychology coursework.
Michael is also a member of the Psychology Club. He is the son of A. James and Sharon
Skelly of Erie.
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November 28,1995

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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
John R Smagner, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently
inducted into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American
Psychological Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding
academic achievement in psychology coursework.
John is also a member of the Social Work Club. He is the son of John and Linda Smagner
of Dunkirk, N. Y.
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LOCAL STUDENT INDUCTED INTO HONORARY SOCIETY
Janet Steuart, a student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, was recently inducted
into Psi Chi, the National Honorary Society. Administered by the American Psychological
Association, the honorary society recognizes students for their outstanding academic
achievement in psychology coursework.
Janet is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Larry Smith of Erie.
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MEMO TO:
FROM:

Ms. Patti Loomis
Public Relations Officer
JagieS, Ki.D.
Psi Chi Advisor

DATE:

November 16,1995

SUBJECT:

Request for publicity for students to be inducted into Psi Chi, the National
Psychology Honorary Society

Please send out releases to local & hometown papers for the following students who have been
selected for induction into Psi Chi. The Edinboro University Chapter of Psi Chi was established in
1971. This Honorary Society which is administered by the American Psychological Association
recognizes students for outstanding academic achievements in psychology coursework.
I have listed the students local papers, and their parents names and addresses for your releases. In
addition, I have included any other activities in which they cite participation. Thank you for your
help in this matter.
Enclosure

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November 28, 1995

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EDINBORO PHONATHON SURPASSES GOAL
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s fall 1995 phonathon fund-raising campaign
achieved its fall goal of $125,000 “and then some,” according to University advancement
officials.
Fourteen volunteer student callers staffing 15 phones for 19 nights in October raised the
funds, contacting Edinboro alumni with histories of previous giving, said Mark Carter, assistant
director of development.
“More than 3,700 Edinboro alumni responded positively to the fall phonathon’s
‘Supporting Scholarships’ theme,” Carter said.
The phonathon is held each fall and spring. Carter said, and is one of the contributing
components of the Annual Fund, the year-to-year drive that raises money for student
scholarships and other University programs and initiatives.
Carter said that alumni giving during 1994-95 increased by 20 percent over the previous
year, and that more than half of the donations from the school’s alumni came from gifts and
pledges to the Annual Fund. Most of those came during the two yearly phonathons, he added.
“Supporting scholarships for Edinboro students has been a goal of the Edinboro
University Alumni Association for the past several years,” said John (Jack) E. Martin, associate
vice president for institutional advancement. “Edinboro alumni have continued to embrace the
Association’s initiatives to increase the amount of scholarship funds available to Edinboro
students.”
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Martin said that through giving to the Annual Fund the Association has been able to
create individual scholarship endowments for each of the University’s three undergraduate
schools of study: education, liberal arts, and science, management and technologies. He added
that another $30,000 has been raised to create an admissions scholarship fund to bring top
academic students to Edinboro.
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November 27, 1995

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EDINBORO NURSING FACULTY ATTEND BOSTON CONFERENCE
Drs. Mary Louise Keller and Judith Schilling of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s
department of nursing recently attended the 1995 Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing
Education (NPACE) Primary Care Conference in Boston. More than 1,200 nurse practitioners
from 39 states attended the conference, which was held during Massachusetts Nurse
Practitioner Week.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with advanced education and clinical training
in specialties such as geriatrics, women’s health and pediatrics. They work autonomously, as
well as in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals to diagnose and
monitor clients’ health care needs. In 47 states, nurse practitioners can write prescriptions
independently or when co-signed by a physician.
Session topics at the 1995 Boston conference ranged from cardiology to computerized
nursing resources, and from lipid disorders to leadership in the health care dialogue.
NPACE is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1980 to meet the continuing
education needs of nurse practitioners through national primary care conferences, specialty
conferences, and quality abstract publications.
Edinboro University’s Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
program was approved by the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors in January
1995 in recognition of the increasing need for primary care providers in Pennsylvania’s rural
communities. Program approval was granted earlier by the State Boards of Nursing and

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Medicine. Keller and Schilling, who are both doctorally-prepared nursing faculty, oversee
Edinboro’s Family Nurse Practitioner program, which has been operated as a pilot project for
the State System as well as a model for other System universities.
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November 27, 1995
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS PLANETARIUM SHOW
The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Planetarium will present its annual Christmas
program on Thursday, December 7, at 7:00 p.m. in Cooper Hall room 104.
If you’ve ever wondered why Santa Claus goes south for the winter or why we celebrate
Christmas on December 25, you can find out the answers and see the beautiful winter sky during
this ever-popular show.
Reservations are needed and may be made by calling 814-732-2493.

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November 22, 1995

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EDINBORO TRUSTEES ELECT WILEY, THOMAS, DOMBROWSKI TO TOP POSTS
R. Benjamin Wiley, longtime executive director of the Greater Erie Community Action
Committee (GECAC), was elected to another term as chairperson of the Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania Council of Trustees at the Council’s recent reorganization meeting.
One of the original trustees appointed in 1983 when Edinboro attained university status
under Act 188 of 1982 - the enabling legislation for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education - Wiley previously served two terms as Council vice chairperson before assuming
the chair in 1994.
In July 1995, Wiley was also nominated by Governor Tom Ridge to serve an
appointment as a member of'the Board of Governors of the State System of Higher Education,
an appointment later confirmed by the state Senate.
Most recently, Wiley headed the search committee for the successor to Foster F.
Diebold, who will retire as Edinboro University’s president in June 1996 after 17 years in
office.
Attorney Harry Thomas was elected to a two-year term as Council vice chairperson. A
1963 Edinboro graduate and a trustee since 1990, Thomas is a partner in the Erie law firm of
Knox Graham McLaughlin Gomall and Sennett, and is a past trustee representative to the
Edinboro University Alumni Association Board of Directors. He also chairs the trustee
committee on financial operations and administration, and is the Council’s representative to
Edinboro University Services, Inc.

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Retired Erie educator and administrator Edwin D. “Corky” Dombrowski was elected
Council secretary. An elementary school principal for more than 20 years, as well as a>teacher
of social studies and English, Dombrowski holds degrees from Gannon University and
Allegheny College, and has done graduate work at Edinboro, Case Western Reserve and
Syracuse universities. He has been an Edinboro trustee since 1991 and is the Council’s
representative to the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees (PACT), the organization
of 154 State System university trustees dedicated to volunteer service, advocacy and support for
public higher education in the Commonwealth.
Several new trustee committee assignments also were announced by Wiley. Mrs. Patricia
Barber Heasley will chair the trustee committee for academic and student affairs, as well as
serve as the Council’s representative to the Edinboro University Alumni Association. A 1962
Edinboro graduate, she is currently a teacher at the McKinley Elementary School in Erie.
William C. Schulz of Edinboro and Cambridge Springs, Pa. will chair the trustee
committee on institutional advancement. Schulz previously served as an Edinboro University
trustee from 1983 to 1991, and was Council chairperson for two terms. He is chairman of the
House of Edinboro, a local furniture manufacturer and interior design firm, and co-owner of the
Riverside Golf Course in Cambridge Springs. Active in community affairs, Schulz serves as a
director on a number of local and regional boards.
Trustees at Edinboro University and the 13 other public instimtions in the State System
of Higher Education are nominated and appointed to six-year terms of office by the Governor
of the Commonwealth with the advise and consent of the state Senate. Officers of each
university’s Council of Trustees are elected by the local membership to terms of two years.
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November 22,1995

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LOU PORRECO TO BE HONORED AT EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
At winter Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, December 10, Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold will confer upon Erie businessman and community
leader Louis J. Porreco the degree of Doctor of Public Service - Doctor Beneficiorum
Publicorum, honoris causa.

The honor recognizes Porreco’s leadership, long-standing support of

higher education, commitment to public service and entrepreneurial contributions to the regional
economy.
A lifetime resident of Erie, Porreco graduated from Erie East High School and attended
Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Gannon University.
In 1987, Porreco made the largest single contribution to Edinboro University’s capital
campaign, a 27-acre, $1.1 million estate in Erie’s Millcreek Township. The estate and its 11
buildings have been transformed into the Edinboro University Porreco Extension Center, giving
the University the presence and capability in the greater Erie area to offer both undergraduate
and graduate coursework, as well as continuing education courses. The property’s 12-room main
house, named Mary Porreco Hall in honor of Mr. Porreco’s aunt, is also available as a
conference and seminar facility to business, corporate and civic organizations in the community.
In recognition of his generosity to the University, Edinboro nominated Porreco for the
prestigious Philanthropist of the Year award, a program of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of
the National Society of Fund Raising Executives. He received the award in 1988 at a special
banquet in Pittsburgh.

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Porreco’s contributions to the Erie area are well known and go beyond his special gift to
Edinhoro University. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Gannon University and is a
trustee of the Erie Community Foundation. He is also on the Board of Corporators of the Saint
Vincent Foundation for Health and Human Services and is the president of the S.S. Niagara
Museum Corporation.
Seven hundred thirty-two students will be awarded associate, bachelor’s and master’s
degree at the winter Ceremony. With a May graduating class of 732 students, Edinboro granted
approximately 1,464 associate, bachelor's and master's degrees during the 1995 calendar year.
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November 20, 1995

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DIEBOLD NAMES 12 TO EMERITUS STATUS AT EDINBORO
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold recently awarded
emeritus status - one of the most prestigious recognitions in the profession of higher education
- to 12 retired members of Edinboro University’s faculty and administration.
To be named emeriti, the University requires 10 years of exemplary service; retirement
as a faculty member or administrator; and nomination by colleagues in the profession for
excellence in teaching, scholarly research and publication, administration, or service to the
University, community, and to the profession and disciplines of the academy.
Honored for past distinguished service were: Dr. Robert Connors, Edinboro, Pa.;
Clifford L. Cox, Edinboro; Dr. Robert Dowling, Erie, Pa.; Dr. Mary Alice Dye, Edinboro;
Dr. Charles Glendinning, Edinboro; Dr. Jose Gonzalez, Edinboro; Stephen Hazlewood,
Edinboro; Dr. C. Gordon Hitchings, Edinboro; Dr. Myron L. Morford, Edinboro; David M.
O’Dessa, Edinboro; Dr. R. Harriet Phillips, Edinboro; and Christopher Tan, South Burlington,
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DIEBOLD NAMES 12 TO EMERITUS STATUS AT EDINBORO
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold recently awarded
emeritus status - one of the most prestigious recognitions in the profession of higher education
- to 12 retired members of Edinboro University’s faculty and administration.
To be named emeriti, the University requires 10 years of exemplary service; retirement
as a faculty member or administrator; and nomination by colleagues in the profession for
excellence in teaching, scholarly research and publication, administration, or service to the
University, community, and to the profession and disciplines of the academy.
Honored for past distinguished service were: Dr. Robert Connors, Edinboro, Pa.;
Clifford L. Cox, Edinboro; Dr. Robert Dowling, Erie, Pa.; Dr. Mary Alice Dye, Edinboro;
Dr. Charles Glendinning, Edinboro; Dr. Jose Gonzalez, Edinboro; Stephen Hazlewood,
Edinboro; Dr. C. Gordon Hitchings, Edinboro; Dr. Myron L. Morford, Edinboro; David M.
O’Dessa, Edinboro; Dr. R. Harriet Phillips, Edinboro; and Christopher Tan, South Burlington,
Vt.
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November 20, 1995

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DIEBOLD NAMES 12 TO EMERITUS STATUS AT EDINBORO
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold recently awarded
emeritus status - one of the most prestigious recognitions in the profession of higher education
- to 12 retired members of Edinboro University’s faculty and administration.
To be named emeriti, the University requires 10 years of exemplary service; retirement
as a faculty member or administrator; and nomination by colleagues in the profession for
excellence in teaching, scholarly research and publication, administration, or service to the
University, community, and to the profession and disciplines of the academy.
Honored for past distinguished service were: Dr. Robert Connors, Edinboro, Pa.;
Clifford L. Cox, Edinboro; Dr. Robert Dowling, Erie, Pa.; Dr. Mary Alice Dye, Edinboro;
Dr. Charles Glendinning, Edinboro; Dr. Jose Gonzalez, Edinboro; Stephen Hazlewood,
Edinboro; Dr. C. Gordon Hitchings, Edinboro; Dr. Myron L. Morford, Edinboro; David M.
O’Dessa, Edinboro; Dr. R. Harriet Phillips, Edinboro; and Christopher Tan, South Burlington,
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DIEBOLD NAMES 12 TO EMERITUS STATUS AT EDINBORO
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F.
Diebold recently awarded emeritus status — one of the most
prestigious recognitions in the profession of higher education —
to 12 retired members of Edinboro University's faculty and
administration.
To be named emeriti, the University requires 10 years of
exemplary service; retirement as a faculty member or administrator;
and nomination by colleagues in the profession for excellence in
teaching, scholarly research and publication, administration, or

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disciplines of the academy.
Honored for past distinguished service were:

Dr. Robert

Connors, Edinboro, Pa.; Clifford L. Cox, Edinboro; Dr. Robert
Dowling, Erie, Pa.y Dr. Mary Alice Dye, Edinboro;
Dr. Charles Glendinning, Edinboro;

Dr. Jose Gonzalez,

Edinboro; Stephen Hazlewood, Edinboro; Dr. C. Gordon Hitchings,
Edinboro; Dr. Myron L. Morford, Edinboro; David M. O'Dessa, Edinboro;
Dr. R. Harriet Phillips, Edinboro; and Christopher Tan, South
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One of the highlights of Edinboro University’s recent observation of AIDS Awareness Week
was the public recognition given AIDS activist DonPaul Lucas by U.S. Rep. Phil English,
R-21st Dist. English (right) presented Lucas with a Congressional Certificate of Merit for
“his remarkable courage, his commitment to AIDS awareness, and his compassionate
services to those affected by the AIDS virus.” Lucas, a hemophiliac who contracted the HIV
virus from tainted blood products during treatments, accepted the award by thanking “the
people of the community who have joined me in the fight against this terrible disease.” Said
English, “DonPaul Lucas carries an HIV prevention message that has a profound impact
when combined with his personal experience of living with this disease.” The award kicked
off the week-long series of panel discussions, lectures, films and workshops event
coordinator Dr. Jan Kinch described as Edinboro University’s largest-ever observance of
AIDS Awareness Week.

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November 20,1995

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EDINBORO STUDENT WORK IN ART EXHIBITS
Art students from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recently had their work displayed
at the McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Sponsored by Youngstown State
University, the competition was open to student artists enrolled in a college or university within
100 miles of Youngstown.
Edinboro students selected for the show were Greg Harrison (Cambridge Springs), Scott
Dow (Edinboro), Richard Sayer (Meadville), Anthony Montagna (Pittsburgh), Kate Bender, Jim
Walters (Conneautville), and Abe Fotta (Lemont Furnace, Pa.). Walters received a juror’s cash
award for his portraits done in oil, while Fotta had a landscape purchased by the McDonough
Museum for inclusion in their permanent collection.
An exhibition of Edinboro University student artwork was also held at the Hoyt Institute
of Fine Arts in New Castle. The exhibition was part of a program designed to provide college
and university art students with experience in a gallery setting. Students were involved in the
selection and preparation of the art, installation, and publicity.
The students taking part in this year’s program were Thomi Berdine (Sugar Grove),
Atilla Farkas (Erie), Melissa Garcia (Normalville), Patrick Lee (Edinboro), and Mark
McLaughlin (Edinboro).

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DIEBOLD HONORED BY EDINBORO ROTC
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold was the guest of honor
and speaker at the Army ROTC’s recent Pride of Pennsylvania Regimental “Dining In”
ceremony.
Diebold spoke on the leadership value of ROTC training to both military and civilian
careers, saying that ROTC graduates have found that their background and experience in ROTC
and the Army is a valuable asset while on military duty and once they pursue a civilian career.
In the civilian community ROTC is recognized as valuable for its leadership, management and
team-building skills.
“The practical experience ROTC graduates gain by leading people, managing money
and equipment, and making things happen have enhanced their competitiveness for top
management positions in business, industry, government, education and other fields,” he said.
Diebold said also that he considered integrity to be the most important of all the
qualities a leader must have, and cited a survey in which America’s top business and
government leaders unanimously responded that integrity was the quality they thought most
important to their success as leaders.
“It was my belief 17 years ago when I became Edinboro University president that a
university which attempts to teach integrity and ethical responsibility to its students - and not
just ROTC cadets, but all students - must itself be a model of that behavior, and indeed, a
leader.

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DIEBOLD HONORED BY EDINBORO ROTC, Continued

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“I believed then and now that the university president has a special role to play by
setting the moral and ethical tone across the campus and at home and in the communityj”
Diebold said.
The origin of the U.S. Army Dining In can be traced to the customs and traditions of the
British Army officers mess: a formal gathering of officers and senior noncommissioned
officers to share a meal and foster bonds of fraternity, loyalty and esprit by paying tribute to the
unit’s current and past accomplishments.
Diebold was presented a plaque and certificate at the Dining In for his longstanding
support of Edinboro’s ROTC program. Cadets and cadre from both Edinboro and Gannon
universities attended the 1995 ceremonial event.
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Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold (right) was
accorded special honors at the Army ROTC’s recent Dining In
ceremony. Making the plaque presentation is Army Lt. Col. James
Breckenridge, professor of military science and battalion
commander of ROTC cadets at both Edinboro and Gannon
universities.

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EDINBORO STUDENT INTERNS WITH PENNA COMMISSION FOR WOMEN
Geoffrey Joslin is thoroughly enjoying his last semester at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania even though he is hundreds of miles from campus. Joslin, a 1984 graduate of
Meadville High School, is an intern with the Pennsylvania Commission for Women in
Harrisburg.
Much of his work involves helping people - primarily women - find answers to their
problems and questions. “We’re a resource and reference service,’’ said Joslin. “We handle all
types of calls and requests.”
In addition to directing constituents to the right source, the Commission also helps
women find grants and scholarships to start businesses or fund their education. For one woman
who was starting a business, Joslin found $2 million in loans and $300,000 in grants.
As just one of five staff members in the office, he always has more than enough to keep
him busy - everything from answering the dozens of daily calls to preparing mass mailings to
investigating important legislative issues.
Helping people comes easily for Joslin. Before returning to Edinboro in 1993 to
complete his degree, he served as a social worker supervisor for five years at Bethesda
Children’s Home in Meadville. At Edinboro he was a resident advisor in a dormitory and a
member of the marching band. Even though he is considered an employee at the Commission
he is not paid for his internship and still must pay tuition at Edinboro this semester.
Nevertheless, by his own admission, he is having a blast and would like to continue working in
state government following graduation this December.
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The Commission is a branch of Governor Tom Ridge’s office and its two executive
directors are appointed by him. Joslin learned of the position through his parents, Braci and
Karen Joslin of Meadville, who are active in the Republican Party. He was hoping to become a
liaison for U.S. Senator Rick Santorum between his Washington and Harrisburg offices, but that
position would have required him to be on the road too much to fit in with Edinboro’s
internship program.
He is delighted, however, to be working for the Commission and has been involved in
some timely and important projects. This year is the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage and
the 100th anniversary of women in the legislature. His first day on the job in August happened
to be the rally day for the women’s suffrage anniversary. He worked on many of the events,
including an address by the wife of the lieutenant governor, an ice cream social, and a formal
ball.
The office also coordinated the kickoff in Pennsylvania of a national ad campaign for
young women called “Expect the best from a girl and you’ll get it.’’ All of the local women’s
colleges were represented, and the president and vice president of MTV and aviator Vicki
VanMeter of Meadville were on hand.
Joslin is involved in a research project on rape victims and domestic violence which
may result in legislation. For the project he is talking to hospital and police and rape crisis
counselors. Much needs to be done to improve the treatment of sexual assault victims. “There is
a real inconsistency in the way these incidents are handled,” said Joslin. “People are not
properly trained.”
Another program the Commission is involved in is its Court Appointed Special
Advocacy, where lawyers represent children in court for free. Joslin represents the Commission
on several boards including the local adult literacy board. One of his current projects is
contacting all of the associations the Commission works with, and updating all of their
information which the Commission passes on to its clients.
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TWO EDINBORO FACULTY ELECTED INTO PRESTIGIOUS SOCIETY
Two members of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania faculty - Dr. Kenneth Adams
and Dr. JoAnn Holtz, both of the Educational Services Department in Edinboro’s School of
Education - were recently elected as Fellows in the Society for Values in Higher Education
(SVHE), which is based at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Adams is co-director of Edinboro University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, and
participated in the Society’s 1995 regional conference held on the Edinboro campus in March,
as well as their 1993 annual national conference. Through his committee work on the State
System of Higher Education grant, “The Examination of Academic Integrity,” a joint effort
between Edinboro and Shippensburg universities, he has been involved with State System-wide
matters of ethics and values.
Holtz, a member of the University’s Institute for Ethics and Values Education - one of
the four institutes housed within the Center for Excellence in Teaching - also participated in the
Society’s 1995 regional conference at Edinboro and the August 1995 national conference at
Scripps College in Claremont, California. Holtz chairs the Institute’s subcommittee on the
freshman values audit, and also teaches with the University’s interdisciplinary faculty team in
the general education course offering. Ethics and American Education.
A learned society, the SVHE was founded in 1923 by Yale professor Charles Foster
Kent. Members, who now number some 1,400 internationally, include post-doctoral faculty,
administrators and other professionals in the fields of ethics, philosophy, humanities, theology,
sciences, and the professions,
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EDINBORO FACULTY ELECTED FELLOWS, Continued

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Fellowship in the SVHE involves members in national and regional projects to work at
fulfilling the Society’s mission of promoting classroom teaching that illuminates the moral
issues inherent in serious inquiry, reinforcing engaged teaching and learning, and fostering
community environments conducive to the intellectual fellowship that is the basis of
professional and personal development.

November 17, 1995

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EDINBORO’S FORCUCCI TO RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARD
Dr. Richard A. Forcucci, professor in Edinboro University’s department of speech and
communication studies, is the 1995 recipient of the Honors of the National Student Speech
Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA). The award, the highest bestowed by the
Association, is presented to individuals whose work with students has significantly contributed
to both the Association and the discipline of human communication sciences and disorders.
Forcucci was chosen for the award for his professional training and leadership of
students, as well as for his continued involvement and consistent support of the NSSLHA.
According to the Association’s announcement, his contributions have been of such magnitude
that their impact on the NSSLHA and the discipline is recognized throughout the professional
community.
A 1964 Edinboro graduate with master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of
Illinois, Forcucci is also clinical director of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Cleft Palate Institute
at Hamot Medical Center, and was an NSSLHA consultant-at-large from 1976 to 1982, as well
as a consultant tot the Hamot Department of Physical Medicine, Speech-Language Pathology,
and the Cony Memorial Hospital Department of Speech-Language Pathology.
He is a member of the American Cleft Palate Association, the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, the Pennsylvania Foundation of Cleft Palate Clinics, and the
Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Institute.
Forcucci will be presented the Honors of the NSSLHA next month during recognition
ceremonies at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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SPECIAL TO THE SPECTATOR

NOTICE
More than 700 students will be honored at the winter commencement ceremony on
Sunday, December 10. Commencement marks the height of most students' academic careers, and
some may even be the first in their families to graduate from college. This accomplishment
deserves to be rewarded.
That's what the ceremony is for - to recognize each individual's academic achievements.
You've worked hard. You deserve this kind of recognition.
Please respect your peers and remain seated until the closing of the ceremony. This is
your day to shine! Let's make it enjoyable and rewarding.
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EDINBORO GRAD LEADS PIONEERING LIFE IN ALASKA
If you think there are no more pioneers in late 20th century America, you haven’t met
Dorothea Taylor. For the past 30 years the 1958 graduate of Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania has been crisscrossing the state of Alaska - either as a teacher or, more recently, as
a partner in her husband’s business, Alaska Bush Expeditions. In a state larger than Texas,
California and Montana combined, it would be hard to find a location that Taylor hasn’t hiked
through, boated down or flown over.
She has “adventured” through more physical hardships than most of us would care to
imagine, let alone experience first hand. She has gladly taken on tasks that would try the
patience of Job. Yet she has lived her life exactly as she has wanted, and on her own terms.
The native of Sugar Grove, Pa., almost had her career end before it started. She dropped
out of school in the tenth grade to get married and have two children. The responsibilities of
early marriage and motherhood, however, did not dissuade her from obtaining an education.
Despite the disapproval of people who thought that the public school was no place for a
married woman, especially a teen-aged mother, Taylor returned to Sugar Grove Joint Vocational
School and earned her diploma. She enrolled at Edinboro University, but just prior to graduation
she obtained a teaching job in Tidioute, Pa., in 1956 where she taught for two years on an
emergency certificate. “I was making $3,200 a year,” she said. “I was rich!”
She earned her degree at Edinboro in 1958 and landed a job at Youngsville High School
teaching English and serving as a guidance counselor. After four years, she developed a severe
case of wanderlust. Her daughter, Sandra, had graduated from high school and joined the U.S.
Air Force, and her 17-year-old-son Chip was enrolled for his freshman year at Mansfield State
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College. It seemed like the perfect time to seek adventure in a place she had visited only in her
dreams. She wrote to the school officials in Juneau, Alaska, and received a list of locations
where teachers were needed. So, in the summer of 1962, she and her son drove a new
customized Volkswagen to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where they expected to catch a
ferry to her first teaching assignment in Petersburg, Alaska. Several days passed with no sign of
the ferry. She turned to the town’s mayor for advice. He told her there was no way of knowing
when the ferry would return and advised her to take a plane. The plane turned out to be a PB Y, a
military seaplane left over from World War II.
Taylor rode in what had been the plane’s machine gun turret which aggravated a painful
spinal condition. When she emerged from her cramped position, she was met by the “terrible
stench” of the fish processing plants. For the first time she doubted her decision to come to
Alaska.
“I told my son, ‘If it’s not raining tomorrow, and I can walk down the street without pain.
I’ll go on.’” The next morning dawned overcast and gloomy, but without rain, and she could
walk pain free.
That first year in Alaska was almost too much for Taylor. In addition to teaching a full
schedule of English classes, she was Petersburg’s guidance director, overseeing career days and
testing programs. She returned to the “lower 48” to Jamestown (New York) High School in 1963
for another English teaching position.
It turned out to be a timely decision. On Good Friday, 1964, Alaska was shaken by one
of the strongest earthquakes on record. Anchorage was especially hard hit.
After a year in Jamestown, Dorothea was tom between returning to the challenge and
beauty of Alaska or staying for the great professional experience in Jamestown. She opted for
Alaska and spent the summer attending graduate classes at the University of Alaska while living
in a camper. She felt the mmble of aftershocks nearly every night.
That fall she accepted a position as an English and American government teacher and
guidance director for Fort Yukon, located just above the Arctic Circle. All of the students were
from native Alaskan tribes except the two children of Federal Aviation Administration
employees stationed there.
Although Dorothea escaped the earthquake, she was not lucky enough to miss another
force of nature. Shortly after Thanksgiving, the temperature dropped to 50 below zero and rose
above that mark only once in two months. At times it got down to an unimaginable - not to
mention unbearable - 78 degrees below.
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Taylor lived across from the school in a log cabin without running water. Her bathroom
was an outhouse. Some of her fellow teachers kept a toilet seat near the wood-burning 'stove and
took it with them when they visited the outhouse. Taylor didn’t do that. “I was fast,” she said
simply.
In the fall of 1965 Taylor signed a contract with the Kodiak Independent School District
to teach at the one-room school at Port Wakefield on Raspberry Island in the Kodiak Island
group. Located in what Taylor calls a gorgeous, mountainous area between Kodiak and Afognak
Islands, Port Wakefield was a company town owned by Wakefield Fisheries. Her small
apartment - this one had an indoor bathroom - was directly under the school house. Every
morning she rang the school bell to summon the 15 or so students in grades one through eight.
Big changes took place at Port Wakefield during the summer of 1966. Because of
subsidence problems caused by the 1964 earthquake, the entire town had to be moved on barges
to a new location known as Port Lions. Although the new town was not as nice as Port
Wakefield, it did have a long airstrip. Taylor went down to the airfield to meet the first plane she
saw land there. On board was a student pilot - George Murphy.
“I offered him a piece of spice cake,” said Taylor. ‘Then I had to take him back to my
apartment to bake it!” It must have been good cake; they got married six years later.
She taught at Port Lions Elementary School for a year before taking a year off to attend
graduate school at the University of Alaska. She applied for and received an experienced teacher
fellowship that allowed her to take on a special project in the spring of 1968 at Point Hope,
Alaska. “I wanted to go to the most remote village in Alaska and introduce them to photography
to see if learning a skill like photography would make any difference in school. The money she
got paid for chemicals, film, and cameras. Their darkroom was a mop closet. The project
surpassed all expectations and culminated in a village show of student work.
She returned to teaching in the fall of 1968 at another school in the Kodiak Independent
School District at Larsen Bay. It was a troubled school, to say the least. The people had
physically run off two previous teachers and vandals had broken all the windows and severely
damaged the interior.
By this time, Taylor had developed a well-deserved reputation for making do with
whatever resources were available. She told the people of Larsen Bay that it wasn’t her school, it
was their school. When school opened that fall, the windows had been replaced, and much of the
damage had been repaired.
“We had a good year. Everybody passed, and we had a graduation ceremony.”
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In 1969 she earned her second master’s degree and took an assignment at Whittier,
because she wanted to be closer to George Murphy. Even though it is approximately 70 miles
from Anchorage, there were no roads to Whittier. For Taylor, the only way out of the town was
on foot. It was either an 8- or 14-mile hike from Whittier to the Portage River - depending on
where she was able to cross the river - that included hiking under the mountains through a threemile railroad tunnel and another shorter tunnel. She made the journey every weekend both ways,
rising at 4:00 a.m. on Mondays for the return trip to Whittier.
After a six-year, long-distance courtship, Taylor and Murphy were married in 1972, and
she finally got a teaching job in Anchorage in 1974 at the Ursa Minor Elementary School. She
taught in Anchorage schools until 1983 when she left to complete her doctorate at the University
of Montana. She also taught methods courses at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and
became a mentor teacher in the bush and an educational consultant.
Today she continues to consult, but most of her time is spent helping her husband with
his business. Alaska Bush Expeditions flies customers to remote areas of the state for business or
pleasure. Most are adventurers who want to see and experience one of the world’s great
wilderness areas. Taylor and Murphy plan expeditions for business people and adventurers, as
well as rafting trips down some of Alaska’s many rivers. George is sometimes asked to transport
hunters into remote areas or just fly adventurers to their remote cabins. “We determine what
level of experience and skills they have,” said Taylor. “Most people have never been completely
alone in the wilderness. Often George or I will stay with them.”
One of their busiest times of the year is the first Saturday in March during the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race. As volunteers, they fly people back and forth to the race site. Although the
course is more than 1,150 miles long, Taylor and Murphy know it intimately, having flown over
it many times in their bright yellow 1948 Aeronica Sedan, the classic seaplane used by bush
pilots for years.
At an age when most people are slowing down, Taylor shows no signs of stopping. Just
this past summer she floated the Copper River from Chitna to Cordova. ‘There’s so much left to
see and do,” she said.
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EDINBORO APPOINTS HOLLER DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING
Angela Holler has been named director of purchasing at Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania. Prior to her appointment she was the University’s assistant director of purchasing
for more than seven years. She has been with the department for 18 years.
Holler said her goal for the office is to promote cost savings for the University in all of
its purchases and to serve as a centralized service agency for the entire campus. “We are a costsaving area, not just an order processing department,” said Holler. “We intend to be more
proactive rather than reactive in our efforts to save on costs.”
A resident of Erie, Holler is a member of the National Association of Purchasing
Managers, the National Association of Educational Buyers, the Erie Opportunity Trade Fair
Committee, and the Statewide Joint Purchasing Committee of the State System of Higher
Education.
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Edinboro University President Foster F. Diebold (right) and Chris Adams, president of the
University’s Student Government Association, recently paid a visit to a meeting of the
Miller School Student Council. Both presidents spoke briefly and answered questions.
President Diebold said after the meeting that he found it “refreshing” and that the students
should be applauded for the thoughtful debate which framed their discussions and for their
splendid job handling the meeting overall. Adams told the students that the SGA deals with
many of the same issues they discussed, and advised them to “stay involved” with student
government. During their business meeting, the Miller School students voted in favor of a
new system of bathroom patrols comprised of 3rd and 4th graders; a similar agenda item
concerning bus patrols was tabled for a future meeting.

WSEE-TV35 reporter and weathercaster Leila Feinstein, shown here with Edinboro
University’s dean of science, management and technologies, Dr. Michael Mogavero, was
the special guest at Edinboro University’s Project Inquiry 1995, the annual conference the
school sponsors for high school juniors to stimulate interest in the sciences and technologies
and their applications. More than 450 high school students attended the array of free
presentations, demonstrations and tours conducted by Edinboro faculty.

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732 STUDENTS TO GRADUATE AT EDINBORO'S WINTER COMMENCEMENT
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Foster F. Diebold, now in the 17th year of
his presidency, will confer degrees on 732 students at Edinboro's winter Commencement
ceremony on Sunday, December 10, at 2:00 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse. With a May
graduating class of 732 smdents, Edinboro granted approximately 1,464 associate, bachelor's
and master's degrees during the 1995 calendar year.
Twenty-seven undergraduate students will be graduating with summa cum laude honors
(3.80 to 4.00 grade point average) 23 with magna cum laude honors (3.60 to 3.79), and 55 cum
laude

(3.40 to 3.59).
Carrying the ceremonial mace and leading the academic procession at the ceremony will

be Donald James Renn, associate professor and chairperson of the department of chemistry.
Since 1965, Renn has served as a teacher of graduate and undergraduate courses in all levels of
chemistry.
Featured speaker for the ceremony will be Dr. Philip P. Kerstetter, dean of the School of
Education and acting dean of the School of Liberal Arts. Serving in his dual role since October
of this year, Kerstetter is responsible for the overall administrative leadership of both schools. A
native of Danville, Pa., he earned his bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University in 1969, a
master’s from the University of Delaware in 1971, and a doctorate from Gallaudet College
(Washington, D.C.) in 1985.
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November 14,1995

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EDINBORO MARKETING STUDENTS COMPLETE
RESEARCH FOR PENNSYLVANIA AQUARIUM
Marketing research students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania recently completed
a research study for the Pennsylvania Aquarium at the request of Chris Baldwin, chairman of the
Aquarium board, and Dr. Jerry Covert, Aquarium director and president of the Pennsylvania
Aquarium Consortium.
Students conducted a telephone survey of more than 1,300 Erie area residents to find out
what kind of support exists for the proposed Pennsylvania Aquarium, which is slated to be built
on the Erie Bayfront. The survey, which was designed and administered by the students, asked
opinions of randomly selected adults who live within 25 miles of Erie.
The students were supervised by Edinboro professor Latanya Smith, who teaches
marketing research in the business administration and economics department. According to
Smith, the results of the survey were overwhelmingly positive.
"Sixty-eight percent of the respondents indicated that they would be very likely to visit
the new facility," said Smith. "When a cross-analysis was run to determine the percentage of
homes with children under 18 who would be very likely to visit the facility, results ranged from
71 percent to 100 percent."
Another question asked respondents about their likelihood of buying a yearly
membership at the Aquarium. Only 22 percent said they would be very likely to do so. Smith
pointed out this luke-warm response was probably due to the fact that respondents had no idea
how much a membership would cost, nor how often displays would change.
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A key question asked by the survey was whether or not the Aquarium should be financed
in part by taxes. "Over 58 percent of the respondents agreed that a portion of tax dollars should
be allocated to help fund the new facility," said Smith.
The responses ranged from 54 percent to 82 percent in favor, depending on the number
of children in the home. When participants were broken down according to annual household
income, 60 percent of those earning less than $15,000 yearly answered yes. The lowest positive
response (56 percent) came from households earning between $15,000 and $25,000 annually.
Well over 60 percent of households who earn $25,000 to more than $50,000 agreed that tax
funding should be used along with private donations. Many of these residents felt that the
utilization of tax dollars would be more than offset by the additional revenues from the increase
in tourism.
In addition to Smith, who interpreted the data and prepared the final report. Dr. Phillip
Kerstetter and Dr. Michael Hannan assisted in calculating the statistics generated by the survey.
Kerstetter is dean of education and Hannan is assistant chairman of the department of business
administration and economics at Edinboro University.
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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Porreco Extension Center in Erie’s Millcreek
Township was the site of a recent meeting of the Erie County Counselors Association. The
University has traditionally hosted the Association’s first monthly meeting of each new
academic year. Terrence Carlin (pictured), Edinboro’s assistant vice president for
admissions, was the University’s official host, as well as a featured speaker. Some 20
counselors heard Carlin give updates about programs and activities at Edinboro University.

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Porreco Extension
Center in Erie’s Millcreek Township was the site of a recent
meeting of the Erie County Counselors Association. The
University has traditionally hosted the Association’s first
monthly meeting of each new academic year. Terrence Carlin
(pictured), Edinboro’s assistant vice president for admissions,
was the University’s official host, as well as a featured
speaker. Some 20 counselors heard Carlin give updates about
programs and activities at Edinboro University.

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NEWS ADVISORY:

Documentary filmmaker Zev Kedem, who survived the horrors of Auschwitz by being
one of 1,100 Schindlerjuden on businessman Oskar Schindler’s now famous list, will speak at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, November 14, at
8:00 p.m. He will be available to meet with media backstage at 7:30 p.m.
Kedem will speak on the Holocaust, Schindler, and what happened to himself during
World War H. Because of his experiences, he consulted on and appeared in Steven Spielberg’s
Schindler’s List.

A native of Krakow, Poland, Kedem was sent to Auschwitz at the age of eight. By the
time he was freed three years later, he had been in six concentration camps. After liberation in
1945, he was sent to live in a'British orphanage. He received an engineering degree from
Oxford, married and moved to Jerusalem.
His visit is part of Edinboro University’s Concert and Lecture Series.

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November 13,1995

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VICTIM DESCRIBES HIS STRUGGLES AGAINST BULLIES
At one time or another, probably everyone has encountered a bully. For most of us, the
encounter is unpleasant but temporary, and passes with adolescence. For a few others, like
Brandon Wertz, the hurt from severe bullying is deep and long lasting.
Wertz, a freshman at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, became the target of bullies
in grade school because of his weight. The abuse, in the form of verbal insults and taunts,
continued into his teens. As he matured, the pain of isolation and rejection was compounded by
the realization that girls were unlikely to show any interest in him. Loneliness caused him to
contemplate suicide.
Looking back on that period today, Wertz said he wonders why he didn't go through with
it. Now he believes he was not meant to die.
As a victim of bullying, Wertz is not alone. According to the September/October 1995
Psychology Today,

bullying exists in virtually every western culture. It often begins at an early

age but continues into adulthood. Its effects can be traumatic and may last a lifetime. Bullying
can happen anywhere, but is most likely to happen at school - especially on the playground and
in unsupervised areas. Perhaps most surprisingly. Psychology Today reports the ones most hurt
by bullying are the bullies themselves: "Most bullies have a downwardly spiraling course
through life, their behavior interfering with learning, friendships, work, intimate relationships,
income, and mental health. Bullies themselves turn into antisocial adults, and are far more likely
than nonaggressive kids to commit crimes, batter their wives, abuse their children — and produce
another generation of bullies."
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At 15, Wertz and his mother and older brother moved to a new town. He hoped a fresh
start in a smaller school might end his nightmare. It only got worse. The insults began on the
first day and peaked during lunch in the cafeteria. After that he ate his lunch alone - moving
from room to room to avoid the bullies. But his actions just seemed to goad them on, as they
tracked him down and on at least two occasions spit on him. The torment took its toU on Wertz.
He withdrew into his own world, taking solace in computer and video games. His grades
dropped, and he failed tenth grade.
Surprisingly, it wasn't the upperclassmen who picked on Wertz, it was a group of
freshmen. At first, Wertz tried to ignore the taunting, but it didn't work. He complained to the
school office, but got little satisfaction. At no time did he receive any counseling from the
school. Wertz once became so frustrated that he took the principal by the arm and led him to
those who were harassing him. In another, more telling incident, Wertz lashed out at one of his
tormentors by grabbing him by the neck and choking him. Neither he nor his assailant were
disciplined by the school, indicating its failure to take bullying seriously.
With his hope all but exhausted, Wertz found a surprising ally - a television talk show.
Wertz often watched the Leeza Gibbons' show when he came home from school in the
afternoons. In December of 1993, Wertz bared his soul in a letter to Leeza, detailing his life and
the depths of his anguish. Within days he received a response from the show's producer, John
Redmann.
They talked by phone frequently over the next two months. In March, Redmann invited
Wertz and his mother to appear on a show about bullies. There was also a girl from Ohio who
had been the victim of bullies, another girl who was a bully and her mother, and a young man
who was a bully.
The show was a turning point in Wertz's life. Gibbons was a sympathetic ear and a
champion for his cause. "Leeza was so nice," said Wertz. "She is even more glowing in person.
She was very sympathetic to me and pummeled those guests on the show who were the abusers."
By the time he returned home from taping the show in Los Angeles, the bullying was
over. Word of his appearance on the show had gotten around school, even before the show aired.
"Everybody at school knew where I had been," said Wertz. "I wasn't picked on again."
Indeed, not only did the abuse stop, he actually started making friends. One female
classmate, who also now attends Edinboro, started talking to Wertz. "I had no idea who she
was," he said.
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A month after the show aired, Wertz was invited back for a follow-up show. That first
program also led to appearances on the Susan Powter show for a segment on teens who hate
being overweight, and on the Mark Wallenberg show. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked Wertz
to write a piece on weight discrimination. He responded with a column on his experiences and
began a letter-writing campaign to every Pennsylvania senator and representative. He even
contacted the American Civil Liberties Union in hopes of finding legal sanctuary. The ACLU in
effect told him their hands were tied.
The most rewarding thing to come out of his experiences has not been his own salvation,
but what it has meant to others. The Leeza Gibbons' Show has gotten dozens of responses from
people who have been bothered by bullies. "I'm glad other people have been helped," said Wertz.
"I'm so glad to hear that."
So, what can kids do to handle bullies? Psychology Today makes several suggestions:
Avoid the bully when possible - there is nothing to be gained by being picked on. Use humor or
make a joke to defuse the situation. Be assertive by telling the bully to get a life, and then walk
away. Make friends and stick with them.
Among the things parents can do are teach your children to be assertive and have selfconfidence. Ask your children how peers treat them. Increase the social opportunities for all
kids, invite groups of children over to the house. Get your child involved in group activities.
Help your him or her develop a set of clever verbal comebacks. Perhaps most importantly, do
not encourage

your child to fight back. This can be the worst defense.

Because most bullying takes place at school, it is important to get the school involved in
curtailing anti-social behavior. Psychology Today suggests that you ask the school to declare
bullying off-limits. Demand that the school administration transfer bullies to other classes or
schools. Every child has the right to a safe school environment.
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November 10, 1995

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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY PRESENTS GALLERY EXHIBIT
“Southern Landscapes of Memory,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings by
Cincinnati artist Denise Burge, will open at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Bruce
Gallery on Wednesday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m.
As the title suggests, the artwork alludes to personal perception, experience, and
narrative content. It is about memory, space, and light. According to the artist, the work is built
around memories which are of “dusks, heat, and the damp closeness of the dirt and foliage.”
Burge was bom and raised in North Carolina. Her interest in theater and art was
augmented by reading such southern writers as Eudora Welty and Tennessee Williams and by
French writers like Alain Robbe-Grillet and Jean Cocteau. Burge currently teaches at the
University of Cincinnati. In that capacity, and through her art, she states that she is “working to
preserve and interpret memory through the making of images.”
The exhibit can be seen at Bmce Gallery through January 27, except while the Gallery is
closed from December 15 through January 16. Gallery hours are 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
For additional information, call Edinboro University at 814-732-2513 or 2406.

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DRANE DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO DIE
American society seems to be moving towards legalized suicide and euthanasia. Zealots
like Jack Kevorkian claim it will be a more humane and moral America. Will it? Will it make
any difference, and should we care?
Dr. James F. Drane will discuss these topics on Wednesday, November 15, at Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania. His lecture, “The Right to Die: the Kevorkian Solution,” will
address the tangled ethics and dubious morality of assisted suicide in today’s high-tech world.
Drane is the Russell B. Roth professor of clinical medical ethics at Edinboro. Recipient
of the Distinguished Teaching Chair of Pennsylvania, his articles have appeared in publications
such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Progress and the Bulletin of
the Menninger Clinic.

The author of Becoming a Good Doctor, Drane provides educational

programs and clinical consultations for Pennsylvania hospitals and nursing homes.
Edinboro University’s Technology and Human Values Committee is sponsoring Drane’s
lecture. The lecture will be held from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in Cooper Hall, room 102.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT “PROJECT INQUIRY”
On Friday, November 10, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s School of Science,
Management and Technologies will host Project Inquiry, an annual conference for high school
juniors and their teachers to stimulate student interest in the sciences and technologies and their
applications.
More than 25 presentations, demonstrations and tours will be conducted by Edinboro
University faculty between 9:30 a.m. and noon. Activities will range from demonstrations of
robotics and Hubble space telescope images, to nutrient analyses of fast food and group
participation in stress reduction, to tours of the University’s planetarium.
One presentation, “Business Buzzwords and Alphabet Soup,” will explain many of
today’s popular business terms. Another, “Streptococcus and Other Critters That Make You
Sick,” will demonstrate techniques used by clinical microbiologists to identify infectious
agents.
The day’s activities will close with a prize drawing and an address at noon by special
guest Leila Feinstein of Erie’s WSEE-TV35.
Admission to Project Inquiry is free. Registration is from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in rooms 101
and 102 of Cooper Science Hall. For more information, contact the office of Dr. Michael
Mogavero, dean of science, management and technologies, at 814-732-2400.
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SALLY STANFORD AMONG fflGHEST RATED WRESTLING OFFICIALS
Sally Stanford is a world traveler. Several times a year she and her husband John take
off to some exotic location. They have been to Finland, France, Spain, Sweden, Hungary,
Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Poland, Norway, Bulgaria, Japan, and Russia. She is neither a travel
agent, a secret agent nor international business executive. In fact, both she and John are
teachers at Meadville Senior High School.
It’s her part-time job that takes her all over the globe. She is one of the most respected
and highest rated wrestling officials in the world. She is one of only five people in the United
States - and one of only two women in the world - to hold the “Exceptionelle” or “E” rating
given by FILA, the international wrestling federation.
Since officiating her first kids’ tournament in Meadville in 1979, Stanford has
participated in just about every major wresthng event around the globe.
The 1965 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania did not plan to become a
wrestling official. She fell into it because of her two sons, Douglas and Keith, who are now in
their mid 20s. As youngsters, they were involved in everything - soccer, swimming, diving, and
wrestling - since they were in grade school. As dutiful parents, Sally and John got involved too.
“Every weekend we went somewhere,’’ said Stanford. “They really loved wrestling and
they stuck with that.’’
As with many sports for children, it was difficult to find good wrestling officials. “They
were always having trouble finding people to keep score or to keep time. So when the kids
were 9 or 101 started helping at the table,” said Stanford.
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The idea of becoming an official did not come to her until she saw two women officials
at a freestyle tournament in Shippensburg. It suddenly occurred to her that she could do it too.
She wrote to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and told them she
was interested in officiating kids’ tournaments. They sent her the rule books, and she attended a
meeting of officials in Erie. It felt strange to be the only woman among all those male officials,
but they were friendly and helpful.
In her first year she officiated a couple of junior high tournaments and some kids’
tournaments. In the spring of 1980 their oldest son turned 13, becoming eligible to wrestle
freestyle. So Stanford began officiating freestyle tournaments. Within a year she was doing
varsity tournaments for the PIAA.
From there her involvement with wrestling “just grew and grew.” In the mid 1980s she
began officiating for the NCAA and has worked at Allegheny, Gannon, Lock Haven, Slippery
Rock, Oklahoma State, the University of St. Louis and Youngstown State in addition to
Edinboro University. She became state chairperson for USA Wrestling in 1982 and has been an
official or clinician at national tournaments since then. By the time her oldest son graduated
from high school she was working PIAA matches four or five nights a week.
In USAW, all officials start out as category III, and can work up to category II and I.
Category I officials are permitted to work national tournaments and may apply to be an
international official with FILA, the organization which sanctions wrestling in the rest of the
world. Then they start over as a category III and work their way up again.
Stanford earned her FILA membership in 1984 and became a category III in 1985,
category II a year later, and category I in 1988. She earned the exclusive category Exceptionelle
ranking in 1992 and has maintained it every year since.
To advance from one category to the next, officials continually have their performance
at international tournaments evaluated. At the end of the year all of the evaluations for each
official are accumulated by FILA in Lucerne, Switzerland. At its annual commission meeting,
every official in the world is evaluated. All of the paperwork for each official is projected onto
a big screen to be voted on. Some maintain their rating, others are promoted, and a few are
demoted.
Stanford said she is required to officiate at least two world tournaments a year - such as
the World Championships, the Olympics, or the World Cups. Officials with an “E” rating like
herself are the only ones who can work those events. And those are the only tournaments where
Es are evaluated.
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She participated in the World Championships in Atlanta earlier this year where Edinboro
wrestling coach and Olympic gold medalist Bruce Baumgartner retained his heavyweight
crown. There she was on the mat 20 times, and a judge 20 times. At no time in those 40
matches was she involved in a protest.
Avoiding protests is a big incentive to wrestling officials. It’s about the only way they
can lose their ranking. If an official’s call is overruled because of a protest, the entire threeperson group of mat official, judge and chairperson may be dropped to a lower category.
In 1995 she also officiated in the World Cup in Chattanooga and the Women’s World
Championship in Moscow in September. Last year she did the Greco-Roman World
Championships in Finland and the Women’s World Championship in Sophia, Bulgaria.
The only major tournament she has yet to work is the Olympics, where officials must
try out just like the athletes. The World Championships in Atlanta and the Greco-Roman
Championships in Prague were the first-round tryout sites. From those two events some 50
officials will go to Budapest for the European championships next year. At Budapest about 35
will be chosen for the Olympics. Stanford believes she did well enough in Atlanta to be selected
for Budapest. But she will not know until next spring if she made the final cut for the
Olympics.
It’s an honor to be considered among the best in the world in one’s field, but what is it
that makes Stanford a standout in an almost exclusively male environment? “As you can see by
my tournament record, I work” said Stanford matter-of-faculty. “I referee all the time. And you
can’t help but get better if you work a lot. I’ve worked at it and gone to all the clinics, and now
I give clinics myself It’s just years and years of work.”
Sally and John agree that the greatest rewards from officiating are the friends they have
made all over the world. They estimate they know about two-thirds of the international officials
well. “We get invited to their homes for dinner,” said Sally. “We exchange letters and gifts all
the time. It’s really great - it’s just like a family.”
Things haven’t always gone smoothly for a woman in a traditionally man’s sport,
especially in America. “I was so happy to do the World Championships in this country because
I wanted people here to see that I really belonged here, and I can do as well as everybody else
because in this country we are a little bit chauvinistic. They ask, ‘what do you teach, phys ed?’
No, I teach secondary math. It’s just a concept people have that if you are a woman and you do
something like this there must be something wrong.”
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Stanford discovered that Europeans have a different attitude toward women. “They
don’t care if you are a woman or a man on the mat, as long as you do the job and do if right.
“The first international tournament I did was in Scandinavia. A coach came up after the
tournament and said, ‘when we first saw you we thought you couldn’t be an official - too
pretty. But soon, we didn’t notice - good official.’”
At the most, Stanford has 10 more years of officiating before she will be required to
retire. She will be able to look back at having achieved the highest rank in her field. “I don’t do
it to get where I am. I do it because I enjoy it and it’s challenging. I didn’t have any intention of
going international. I didn’t know anything about international. I just wanted to be a good
official.”
And that she certainly is.
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VARNUM ADDRESSES COLLEGE CULTURAL DIVERSITY
What steps should a college or university take in establishing a multicultural
environment? Once established, what can be done to sustain that ambience? In the sixth of its
Visiting Scholars Program in Psychology, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has invited Dr.
Dwight L. Varaum to address these and other questions.
Vamum will present “Examining Multicultural Education and Various Stages and Steps
in the Diversity Process” on Friday, November 10, at Edinboro. The lecture will focus on the
various steps and stages a university must take to create and sustain a multicultural
environment. Vamum will also discuss such issues as recmitment and retention of minority
students and faculty in higher education. The program will begin at 3 p.m. in Doucette Hall,
room 119.
Currently an assistant professor of education at Texas Tech University, Varnum received
his Ph.D. in curriculum, instruction, and professional development, with a minor in educational
administration/higher education and black studies. He also serves as a mentor to AfricanAmerican students and minority faculty at the Lubbock campus of texas Tech.
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EDINBORO UNIVERSITY NAMED TO
RUGG’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON COLLEGES
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has been included in the 1995 edition of Rugg’s
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as one of author Frederick E. Rugg’s “One Hundred

Colleges ... Just Dam Godd Schools.”

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Higher Education university on the list of 100 in Rugg’s 12th annual edition.
Besides Edinboro University, the other Pennsylvania schools named to Rugg’s list of
100 were Allegheny College, Haverford College, Juniata College, Moravian College, University
of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Susquehanna University, and Washington &
Jefferson College.
Rugg, a former secondary school college counselor, said in his foreward that his staff of
20 polled students at the 715 quality four-year colleges and universities chosen for the study.
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“I’ve always found that if you want a straight answer, the young folks seldom waver, so
we began a campaign asking college students what departments at their college they would
recommend md|t to high school seniors,” Rugg said.
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campuses, always questioning smdents,” said Rugg who publishes from California.
Rugg said thab 10,000 smdents were contacted with a minimum of 12 smdents queried
per college and that student input represented 70 percent of his recommendations, with 20
percent divided between Secondary school counselor input and college personnel participation.
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“The remaining 10 percent came from unsolicited tips from many individuals,
frequently parents, some who have spent hundreds of hours studying and visiting colleges and
trying to decide,” said Rugg.
For the special list of 100, the list on which Edinboro University appeared, Rugg said
that he also asked more than 900 secondary school counselors to respond to the question,
“What colleges do you believe offer students the best opportunity to maximize their
education?”
“The list of 100 good schools is the most valuable list in the book,” said Rugg. “I hear
more nice things about these schools than any others.”
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