Clarion University–Venango Campus

Celebrating 50 Years

July 2011

Vol. 58 No. 2

www.clarion.edu

Table of

Contents
Fear the Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The Golden Eagles mascot has a
brawny new look.

Enrique Conterno, a former All-American
swimmer and diver at Clarion, tells how
believing in one’s self makes all the
difference; plus, read previews of the fall
2011 sports season.

Venango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Clarion University—Venango Campus
celebrates 50 years of advancing to meet
the needs of the region.

Inauguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
President Karen Whitney’s inauguration day
in photos.

RCM Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A new financial planning model will guide
the university through challenging times
and into a thriving future.

News Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Extravaganza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Alumni Association’s black-tie
fundraiser gala honors six for their
contributions.

Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Alumnus James Goertel (’11) shares
lessons learned while filming for Dateline
NBC in the days following the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks on America.

President:
Dr. Karen Whitney
Executive Editor:
Tina Horner
Co-Editors:
Rich Herman (sports)
David Love (’86, ’87)

Alumni Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Through innovative teaching, attending
presidential firsts and saving babies’ lives,
alumni Jackie Karenbauer (’89), Jedediah
Millard (’07, ’08) and Dennis Slagle (’01)
are making Clarion proud.

New Board Members. . . . . . . . 24
Angela (Groom ’80) Brown and Adam Ruffner
(’06) join the Alumni Association Board of
Directors.

Homecoming. . . . . . . . . . . 25, 28
Celebrations abound for Clarion University
alumni at Homecoming 2011.

Investing in Clarion. . . . . . . . 26

As Clarion University continues to navigate
through the rough
and tumble waters of our current fiscal state
, I want to express
my heartfelt appreciation for all alumni who
have advocated on
behalf of the university to your friends, neig
hbors and elected
officials. I know that the commonwealth face
s many financial
challenges as we all work to rebuild our econ
omy. We know that
the commonwealth is managing unprecedent
ed state funding
challenges and is pressed to pass on these redu
ctions in state
revenue to public universities.
In early spring, the governor proposed a 54
percent reduction in
the state’s funding of Clarion University. Afte
r several months of
work by lawmakers to restore a portion of that
proposed reduction,
the budget was completed in late June. Our
funding from the state
for 2011-12 will be 18 percent less than the
previous year. This is
better news than earlier this year, but please
be clear that this is a
difficult and challenging time for the universit
y.
For our part at Clarion, we have been working
over the last eight
months to re-engineer our fundamental appr
oach to fiscal
stewardship. We have instituted a highly tran
sparent and engaging
approach to financial planning and financia
l decision making,
which we are calling Responsibility Centere
d Management. In
adopting a focused financial management appr
oach, we will use
our resources to most effectively advance our
vision, mission,
values and strategic directions.
I look forward to updating you further
as we progress.

Al (’74) and Jan Lander are counting on
their investment in three students to yield
a bounty of returns.

Thank You, Clarion. . . . . . . . . 27
Ian Hurbanek (’05) is flying high, thanks to
leadership qualities he honed at Clarion
University.

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Pennsylvania
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Photographers:
Rich Herman, David Love,
George Powers, Jerry Sowden,
Jason Strohm and Brett
Whitling.

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published by the Center for
Advancement for alumni,
families of current students
and friends of Clarion
University. Alumni information
is also located at www.clarion.
edu/alumni.

Cover: West End Pond, Clarion
02 | December ’10
University–Venango
Campus

Dear Golden Eagles,

www.clarion.edu

Clarion University of Pennsylvania is
committed to equal employment and
equal educational opportunities for
all qualified individuals regardless
of race, color, sex, religion, national
origin, affectional or sexual
orientation, age, disability, or other
classifications that are protected
under Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, and other pertinent state
and federal laws and regulations.
Direct equal opportunity inquiries
to the Assistant to the President
for Social Equity, Clarion University
of Pennsylvania, 216 Carrier
Administration Building, Clarion, PA
16214-1232. 814-393-2109.

Karen M. Whitney
President, Clarion University

Go Eagles!
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors
Guido M. Pichini, Chairman,
Marie Conley Lammando,
Vice Chair, Aaron Walton,
Vice Chair, Leonard B. Altieri
III, Rep. Matthew E. Baker,
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education
Jennifer Branstetter (designee
for Governor Corbett), Gov. Tom Corbett, Governor,
Sarah C. Darling, Rep. Michael K. Hanna, Ronald
G. Henry, Sen. Vincent J. Hughes, Kenneth M.
Jarin, Bonnie L. Keener, Jonathan B. Mack, Joseph
F. McGinn, C.R. “Chuck” Pennoni, Sen. Jeffrey E.
Piccola, Harold C. Shields, Robert S. Taylor, Ronald J.
Tomalis, Secretary of Education, Christine J.Toretti

Council of Trustees
R. Lee James (’74, M.B.A. ’83), chairperson,
James L. Kifer (’83), vice chairperson, Howard H.
Shreckengost, secretary, Dr. Syed R. Ali-Zaidi, The
Honorable Ross C. Cioppa, Susanne A. Burns, J.D.

Dunbar (’77, M.S.’79), Christopher Myers, student
trustee, The Honorable Donna Oberlander (’91),
Larry C. Pickett (’77), and Jeffrey J. Szumigale (’82).

Alumni Association Board of Directors
Robert Dandoy (’74), president, David Bailey (’65),
president-elect, Deborah (McNerney ’06, ’07)
Eckelberger, treasurer, Jean (Weaver ’59, ’74) Mills,
secretary, Dr. S. Floyd Barger (’58), Daniel Bartoli
(’81), Angela (Groom ’80) Brown, Kay (Ordiway ’61)
Clark, Merrilyn (Murnyak ’93) Dunlap, Elisabeth
(Sibley ’64, ’80, ’97) Fulmer, Patrick Kahle (’92),
Terri “Tiki” Kahle (‘87), Kraig Koelsch (’95, ’97),
Nancy (Terwilliger ’75) Lendyak, Ronald Lucas
(’82), Richard Malacarne (’63), T.J. McCance (’06,
’08), Paul Palmer (’61), Brian Perkins (’09), John
Pulver (’95), Mary Rose (Vescio ’55) Reno, Adam
Ruffner (’06), Lt. Col. Brian Schill (’88), Ashley
Stroup-McCauley (’06), Annette Johnston, president
of Eagle Ambassadors, and Jessica (Tenfelde ’04)
Zacherl, interim executive director.

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hat does Clarion
University get when
a creative faculty
member combines
yards of brown fur, plastic foam
and oversized tennis shoes with a
generous helping of Eagle pride?
We get a made-over mascot with an
attitude.
As an alumna of Clarion
University and a member of the
theater department faculty, Julie
Findlan-Powell (’03) keeps an eagleeye on her alma mater. When it
came time to give the Golden Eagle
a new look, Findlan-Powell was
eager to lend her expertise.
“I love crafting,” she said. “The
mascot should be the face of the
university.”
Aside from her work with
costumes in the theater
department, Findlan-Powell
has also worked for a costume
company, as well as with the
Pittsburgh Pirates Parrot and other
team mascots.
She took several factors into
account in designing the Golden
Eagle. She worked with Shawn
Hoke, director of the Center for

Leadership
and
Involvement,
the athletics
department
and the Alumni
Association.
“We wanted to go
more toward the golden
eagle look,” she said.
“Shawn and the athletic
department wanted it to
be kid-friendly but to
give off a masculine
personality.”
Through
Findlan-Powell’s
prior experience
with mascots and
costumes, she knows
what scares kids.
“They’re afraid of
certain eye colors, and
they don’t like teeth
showing. They really don’t like it
if they can see the person inside –
that means, ‘This thing swallowed
someone.’”
Findlan-Powell drew several
sketches before coming up with
her final design. That process

Ernie the Eagle

Fear the Bird

took about two weeks.
Constructing the mascot
took about six months,
due to drying
time for the
glue and
waiting for
the fumes
to dissipate
before
someone
could be inside
of the costume.
She used plastic
foam to sculpt the head
and beak. The body
is made of brown fur.
Inside the costume
is a muscle suit,
which has pockets
that hold padding
to build up the
chest, arms
and legs of the
Golden Eagle. The
feet are oversized
tennis shoes. He
is outfitted in an
“Eagletastic” T-shirt.
The bird must be mobile,
able to run up and down steps at
stadiums, bounce a basketball,
throw and catch a football, so
Findlan-Powell took measures to
accommodate those needs.
The costume is hot; she

installed a fan to circulate air in
the head of the mascot. It’s in the
works to buy a cooling vest to help
the person inside the costume stay
comfortable.
The muscle suit is machine
washable; Findlan-Powell cleans
the fur by spraying it with a special
solution and hanging it to dry.
The Golden Eagle just fits
through doorways, she said. She
estimates that the costume weighs
25 to 30 pounds.
The Golden Eagle made his
debut at an April “hatching party,”
where he line-danced with students
and President Karen Whitney, and
he also stood outside of MarwickBoyd Fine Arts Center and
greeted guests before Whitney’s
inauguration. He will begin
appearing at athletic events this
fall.
Two students are currently
trained to be the Golden Eagle.
In addition to someone inside
of the costume, the mascot
needs a handler to help with
communication and navigation.
Findlan-Powell said she and Hoke
are discussing starting a spirit club
to train others to wear the costume
and to serve as a handler.
“We want to see him on campus
more. We can do that if more
people are trained,” she said.

Clarion University Celebrates its Future
by Honoring its Past During Founders’
Day Festivities Sept. 9.
What? You’ve never heard the word “Eagletastic?”
Well that’s about to change.
“Eagletastic” was created at Clarion University earlier this year. The Eagle
Ambassadors, a group of outstanding students devoted to the success of their
university, surveyed their fellow students to find out what one word would fly
in summing up their Clarion University Golden Eagle pride. The choices were
“Eagletastic” and “Eaglerific.”
“Eagletastic” soared to the top. In a show of support for her students, head
Golden Eagle and Clarion University President Karen Whitney promised
to nestle the word into every speech she gives. She kept her word on her
inauguration day, explaining why “Eagletastic” fits the university so well:
“An eagle, as you know, is a large bird of prey, having broad wings and
a strong soaring flight. The second part of the word, ‘tastic,’ comes from
‘fantastic,’ which often means ‘exceptionally good.’ Therefore, ‘Eagletastic’
can refer to individuals, groups, or experiences that possess exceptionally
good ability (the large wing span) and exceptionally good focus and
strength (the strong soaring flight).”

President Karen Whitney started the tradition last year.
“It is most appropriate that we celebrate the courage and conviction which
inspired the founding of this great university,” she
said. “As we move forward in continued
service to the commonwealth and
to northwestern Pennsylvania,
considering our past will help us
define our future.”
Carrier Seminary was founded
Sept. 10, 1867, and evolved
over the next 144 years into
today’s Clarion University of
Pennsylvania.
The university community will
be serenaded with a prelude of
the Clarion University alma mater
and Clarion University fight song played
on the bell tower carillon outside
of Carlson Library. The carillon
is designed to resemble the bell
towers on Seminary Hall, Carrier
Seminary’s second building, which occupied
the lot where Carlson Library now stands.
The day’s primary celebration will center around employees with the annual
employee luncheon. Recognition for years of service will be celebrated.

Eagletastic tees are available at the Clarion University Book Center
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Venango Campus:
A Story of Dedication and Partnerships

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rom its very beginning to the present,
Clarion University–Venango Campus
has been a product of community and
university working together to advance
the needs of the region.
The history of Venango Campus is an
inspiring story of the dedicated efforts of
many people who raised funds for land,
buildings and scholarships, and cut through
miles of bureaucratic and legal red tape
to build the first regional campus in the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education.
It is also a story of partnerships, of finding
ways to join forces with others in the fields of
health care, industry, business and education
to enhance and expand programs, extend
outreach, share resources and meet the
changing needs of the commonwealth and
its workforce in a dynamic and cost-effective
manner.
For 50 years, heroes among us have
changed lives, providing opportunities for
students to achieve their dreams and helping
to keep jobs – and the people who need
them – here in the community.
It began in 1960, when a group of
community leaders envisioned the need for a
higher education presence in Venango County
and advocated the creation of what was to
become Clarion University–Venango Campus.
Inspired by their efforts, the Pennsylvania
superintendent of public instruction approved
a request by then-Clarion State College to
establish the Venango Campus in Oil City in
April 1961.
Community leaders launched a fundraising
drive in May 1961 for the $350,000
needed to acquire land for the campus and
to construct its first building. Within three
months, more than $382,000 had been
pledged by nearly 1,800 individuals, clubs
and organizations, and the building of the
campus commenced.
Venango Campus began in temporary
quarters in the Oil City Trust Building
and saw 119 applicants for the 1961-62
academic year. The campus’ first building,
Richard C. Frame Hall, was opened for
students in January 1962. Course offerings
were expanded from 18 to 47 the following

For 50 years, heroes among
us have changed lives,
providing opportunities for
students to achieve their
dreams and helping to keep
jobs – and the people who
need them – here in the
community.
academic year, and night classes were added
in the fall of 1963.

In fall of 1964, Venango Campus
began offering a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing degree in cooperation with the Oil
City School of Nursing. Prior to this time,
curricula at the campus had focused on
elementary and secondary education and
liberal arts. In 1970, with the dissolution
of the Oil City School of Nursing, Venango
Campus began offering an Associate of
Science in Nursing degree and, subsequently,
other associate degrees.
While the course offerings and student
body at Venango Campus were growing,
the physical plant was also expanding.
Montgomery Hall was completed in 1965 and
housed 210 residential students. Building of
the Robert W. Rhoades Center commenced in
August 1974 and was completed in January
1976. The Charles L. Suhr Library opened in
the summer of that same year.
Clarion University–Venango Campus
began a new chapter in its development when
it opened the first two student apartment
buildings in 2004. A third building opened in
fall 2006, and two additional buildings were
completed in fall 2009. Two more facilities
are planned to complete the seven-building
apartment complex.
West End Pond, a treasured community
landmark and important natural resource, was
restored to its original size, and, to provide
additional recreational and educational
opportunities, lighted walkways, a pavilion to
be used for entertainment, a fire pit, Victorian
clock and other amenities

were added. The project, completed in
2009, was funded by private, corporate and
charitable donations, grants made possible
through the help of state and local legislators
and community leaders, and university
investment.
Clarion University–Venango Campus
remains the associate degree-granting unit
of Clarion University and currently offers
associate degrees in 11 fields, as well as
bachelor of science degrees in nursing,
medical imaging sciences, liberal studies and
rehabilitative sciences with a concentration
in court and community services, and
a Master of Science in Nursing. Many
programs offer multiple concentrations of
study. Clarion’s School of Nursing and Allied
Health, Department of Applied Technology
and Venango Campus Department of Arts
and Sciences have their academic homes at
Venango Campus.
More than $11 million has been raised
in the community for campus scholarships,
programs and facilities within the past
eight years. Bolstered by the support of the
community, campus enrollment has grown
steadily for eight consecutive years, bringing
current campus enrollment to a record level.
Venango Campus’ future is bright and
continues to focus on serving the community
whose vision and support have guided its
growth.

Got Memories of Venango Campus?
Clarion University–Venango Campus is gearing up to celebrate its 50th anniversary
during the 2011-12 academic year. A committee of alumni, students, faculty,
staff and community leaders has been planning a year-long series of events to
mark this important milestone. We are reaching out to Venango Campus alumni
and others who would like to learn more about the festivities and campus news.
We’d also like to hear from alumni and learn about their special memories of
Venango Campus. We plan to include some of those memories and photos in a
special publication of the history of Venango Campus that will be available for
the kick-off celebration in August. We also will post them on the 50th anniversary
page of the Venango Campus website.
If you would like to receive information from Venango Campus, please email Jerri
Gent, director of marketing and university relations for Venango Campus, at jgent@
clarion.edu, or call 814-676-6591, ext. 1215.
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The Inauguration of Dr. Karen M. Whitney

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Dr. Susan Traynor (MBA ’89)
carries the mace.

2. Dr. Todd Pfannestiel watches
as Whitney greets Pennsylvania
State System of Higher Education
Chancellor John Cavanaugh.
3.

Dr. Karen Whitney is installed as
the university’s 16th president.

4. The Inauguration Procession.
5. Whitney at the podium with
Clarion University President
Emeritus Joseph Grunenwald.

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6. Whitney at the Inauguration
Luncheon.
7. Dr. Peggy Apple, Whitney’s
partner and assistant
professor of education at
Clarion.
8. Whitney pauses for a photo
with Clarion University
international students.
(Seated): Poornima
Krishnamurthy (India);
Nina Novichkova (Russia);
Tayursor Zinnah (Liberia);
and Boitumelo Julia Mphatse
(Lesotho). (Standing): Abhijit
Shinde (India); Fon Sheldon
Ekainjoh (Cameroon); Homoud
Alsudiry (Saudi Arabia);
Vincent Lutta (Kenya);
Whitney; Dayan
Edirisinghe (Sri
Lanka); Wafaa Sarhan
(Egypt); and Tobias
Siegler (Germany).

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9. Whitney talks with
former Clarion
University presidents
Thomas Bond,
Grunenwald and
Diane Reinhard on the
eve of her installation.

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New Financial Framework Apportions
Responsibility for Unified Success
On July 1, Clarion University began a new chapter in fiscal responsibility when it
implemented the Responsibility Centered Management financial framework.
President Karen Whitney announced in October 2010 as a part of her Presidential
500 Day Plan the establishment of RCM, a strategy that treats individual units and
programs as revenue centers, which control the revenues they generate and are
responsible for financing both their direct and indirect expenses.
RCM was designed to control expense, but it has proven to be an even stronger
driver of revenue.

RCM promotes:
Disciplined financial decision making
• Responsibility centers are responsible for their own bottom line.
Entrepreneurial activity
• Responsibility centers retain the majority of the revenue they generate and
reinvest it in their highest priorities.
Shared fundraising
• The president, vice presidents and deans are actively engaged in fundraising
for college, school and cross-university priorities.

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larion University marked a milestone in its 144year history April 15 when Dr. Karen M. Whitney
was installed as its 16th president.

Students, faculty, administrators, staff and alumni,
along with members of the community and delegates
from other universities, learned societies and accrediting
bodies from across the commonwealth, gathered for the
inaugural activities.
“Today is not simply about putting on regalia, agreeing
to an oath of office, and enjoying punch and cookies on a
Friday afternoon,” Whitney said in her inaugural address.
“It is a day for all of us to come together and affirm
our extraordinarily good ability, focus and strength in
advancing Clarion University and its mission of teaching,
research and service.”
Whitney began her presidential duties at Clarion
July 1, 2010.

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A culture of accountability
• Revenue is distributed in large measure based on course units taught.
• Space charges are directly tied to occupancy and costs.
• Administrative units are funded via transparent algorithms.
• Colleges and schools recognize the full costs of their programs.
The financial framework is expected to move Clarion University, in stages, from
reacting to funding deficits to balancing revenues and expenditures, to investing to
secure the future, and, finally, to thriving, when revenue always exceeds expenditures.
The Budget Review and Implementation Committee was formed to recommend
how to structure and implement RCM at Clarion. BRIC included representation from
the three colleges and Venango Campus, Student and University Affairs, Finance and
Administration and APSCUF, AFSCME and SCUPA unions.
Together they identified 12 academic responsibility centers: College of Arts and
Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Education and Human
Services, Venango Campus, President, Provost, Computing Services, Library,
Enrollment Management, Finance and Administration, Student and University Affairs,
and Intercollegiate Athletics.
Guiding each of the responsibility centers is an attention to three financial
planning priorities: fiscal strength, enrollment strength and employer strength.
Fiscal strength focuses on revenues meeting and/or exceeding expenses.
Enrollment strength is the extent to which enrollment meets the desired results.
Employer strength measures the extent to which graduates become employed or are
accepted into the graduate programs of their choice.
Everyone has a role in making RCM a success. The administration will need to
reduce the bureaucracy and provide cost-efficient and value-added support services.
The students must work hard, stay focused, be determined to graduate and work with
faculty and staff. Faculty’s responsibility will be to offer high-impact educational
experiences and more course options, while streamlining and aligning curricula and
curricula-related requirements and reducing the time to degree completion.
Alumni’s role will be to mentor students, assist students with job placement and
to fund scholarships. Area employers, industry and business will be encouraged to
hire Clarion students while they are students and, upon graduation, provide advice
and fund scholarships and endowments.
The community, too, has a part in ensuring that the university thrives, by
expressing Golden Eagles pride, continuing the long tradition of “Clarion Cares”
about the university students, and continuing and expanding campus and community
partnerships.
“Given our current financial distress, the university is moving as quickly as
possible to ensure that each responsibility center is financially sustainable; that is,
their revenues equal or exceed their expenses,” Whitney said.

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N e w s
News from the Campuses
SBDC Awarded for Service to Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses
Clarion University
Small Business
Development Center
recently received the
2010 Small Business
Administration Award of
Excellence in Training
and the Award of
Excellence in Capital
Formation. The awards
are given annually to
The staff of Clarion University Small Business Development Center:
economic development (back row, left to right) Lucy Ames, business consultant; Matt Sopher
partners that provide
(MBA ’86), information technology/business consultant; Amy Keth
(’91), business consultant; Corry Riley (’04, MBA ’05), business
excellence in service
consultant; Nancy Weaver, fiscal technician; (front row) Cindy Nellis,
to entrepreneurs and
small businesses in the assistant director; Dr. Kevin Roth (MBA ’81), director; and Kate Hall,
business consultant.
region. In 2010, the
Clarion SBDC provided more than 8,000 hours of one-on-one consulting
to 505 clients. The SBDC assisted 63 clients with securing financing for
projects totaling more than $18 million, and a total of 87 clients started
businesses. In addition, the SBDC provided more than 6,000 hours of
training to 1,425 individuals at 111 events. SBDC director Kevin J. Roth
(MBA ’81) and SBDC consultant Corry Riley (’04, MBA ’05) accepted the
awards on behalf of the university at the 2011 Quality Circle Conference
in Seven Springs, Pa.

Accounting Grads Boast Best Cpa Pass Rate
The National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy reports
in the Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination (2010
Edition) that Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination candidates
from Clarion University had the fourth highest pass rates for all
universities and colleges in Pennsylvania for 2009. Candidates from 72
universities and colleges in Pennsylvania took the CPA exam, which tests
a candidate’s knowledge of financial reporting, auditing, tax and business
law regulation, and cost accounting, economics and finance. Clarion
University’s candidates with undergraduate accounting degrees ranked
fourth in passing all four parts of the exam, outperforming all other public
universities in the commonwealth.

New Organizational Structure Focuses on Retention
President Karen Whitney has announced a new organizational structure
within the Division of Academic Affairs, designed to promote student
retention. More emphasis will be given to individual student needs and
moving each student toward graduation in a timely manner. The staff
of this unit will work with faculty and staff from across the university
to significantly increase students’ retention to graduation. Retention
efforts will include the development of a math tutoring lab and expanded
services for veterans and nontraditional students. Dr. Brenda Sanders Dédé,
associate vice president of academic and student affairs, is director of
the unit.

Poetry, Music Performance Commemorate Holocaust
Students, faculty and members of the Clarion community
commemorated the Holocaust through a variety of events hosted by
Clarion University. Joel Lewis, poet and author of “Entropia,” “Palookas
of the Ozone,” “House Rent Boogie” and “North Jersey Gutter Helmet,”
read his Jewish poetry April 2 at Campus Ministry. Bruce Fagan, singer,

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B r i e f s
performed Jewish music, including resistance songs from the Holocaust,
April 11 in Hart Chapel. Fagan has been a performer in the Philadelphia
area since 1968. Jewish music is his area of specialty. The performances
were supported by the Holocaust Remembrance Committee.

Clarion Television Commercials Win Gold CUPPIE
Clarion University’s 2010-11 television commercials received a Gold
CUPPIE Award from CUPRAP, The Association of Communicators in
Education. The “Why Clarion?” campaign showcased the university’s
strengths in the words of current Clarion University students. In the ads,
students singled out Clarion’s nationally recognized academic programs,
the small, supportive environment, a wide range of student organizations
and the variety of housing options. David Love (’86, ’87), director of
marketing and communication, accepted the award on behalf of the
university March 17 at CUPRAP’s annual conference in Hershey, Pa.

Student News
Library Science Students Present to Teacher-Librarians

Nine Clarion University library science students traveled to Hershey,
Pa., April 28-30 where they presented a workshop for professional
teacher-librarians. The students made two presentations, one on lesson
plans for the busy teacher-librarian, and the other focusing on young
adult literature. Students who participated are: Michael Widdersheim,
Strattanville, Pa.; Craig McFeely, Grove City, Pa.; Kylie Barger, Knox,
Pa.; Alyssa Peters, Cochranton, Pa.; Bethany Wojtaszek, Imperial, Pa.;
Catherine Strazzeri, Lake Ariel, Pa.; Jaclyn Wolbert, Shippenville, Pa.; Ellen
Stolarski, Elma, N.Y.; and Kelli Moyer, Allentown, Pa.

Four Students Get Full Ride to Writers’ Festival
Four students received full scholarships to attend the Chautauqua
(N.Y.) Writers’ Festival June 16-19: Hilah Panichelle, Crabtree, Pa.;
Hannah Mitchell, Slippery Rock, Pa.; Natalie Phelps, Titusville, Pa.; and
Jayna Fox, Punxsutawney, Pa. The festival is a four-day, intensive writers’
retreat in which participants study with nationally recognized, awardwinning poets, nonfiction and fiction writers.

Clarion Team is Tops at International Business Conference
Clarion University’s
chapter of the Society
for the Advancement of
Management traveled
to Orlando, Fla., March
30 to April 3 for the
annual SAM International
Business Conference.
Members of the Clarion
chapter presented
research at seminars
and participated in the
Society for the Advancement of Management members (from
27th Annual SAM Case
left) Ryan Ortyl, Lauren Eonta, Jon Catanzarita and Peter
Competition. Four-student Baschnagal won first place for their presentation at the
teams were responsible for annual SAM International Business Conference.
analyzing and presenting
their strategic business plan regarding the future success of Whole Foods
Market. The student team, composed of Lauren Eonta, Ryan Ortyl, Jon
Catanzarita and Peter Baschnagel, was awarded first place.

Nowaczyk Joins Clarion
University as Provost
Bidwell Earns SBDC’s Student Leadership Excellence Award
The Clarion University Small Business Development Center
recently awarded the 2011 Student Leadership Excellence Award to
graduate assistant Tyler Bidwell. This award is given to Bidwell for his
work supporting the Clarion University SBDC mission of promoting
entrepreneurship, assisting business growth and fostering economic
development in Pennsylvania. Bidwell is in the graduate assistantship
program at Clarion University and will graduate with his Master of
Business Administration this summer.

Faculty And Staff News
Brush Honored for Work with Girl Scouts
Diana Brush, interim director of career services
at Clarion University and lifetime member of
Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania, was recently
honored as an Outstanding Volunteer by the
Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Association of
Women Business Owners. She accepted the award
at NAWBO’s 2011 Make the Connection Awards
Gala Dinner on April 20. Brush, one of 30 area
volunteers honored, was selected for her passion
brush
and dedication to the mission of Girl Scouting.
She serves as a volunteer instructor of canoeing and a facilitator of adult
learning for GSWPA. Brush offers enrichment courses in northwestern
Pennsylvania on topics such as leadership essentials, community service,
ceremonies, traditions in Girl Scouting and outdoor skill. She has a
passion for working with adult volunteers who partner with girls to guide
and inspire their growth. Brush’s work ensures an entire generation of
girls will be given the confidence, skills and experience they need to lead.

Lingwall Writes Supplements for Major Textbooks
Dr. Andrew Lingwall, an associate professor in the Department of
Communication, has authored two supplements for major advertising and
marketing textbooks. For the 14th edition of “Principles of Marketing”
by Phillip Kotler, Lingwall wrote the instructor’s manual. For the ninth
edition of “Advertising Principles and Practices” by Sandra Moriarty,
Lingwall produced a set of 20 chapter Powerpoint presentations. The
Kotler and Moriarty texts are published by Pearson Education, Inc. They
are used widely by professors in university advertising and marketing
programs and are considered to be leading textbooks in the discipline.
Pearson Education selected Lingwall to produce the supplements, which
instructors can download for classroom use from the Pearson website.

nowaczyk

Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk joined Clarion
University July 18 as provost, the
culmination of a six-month search
process. Nowaczyk has a 30-year
background in higher education, most
recently serving as dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences and professor
in the Department of Psychology at
the University of New Haven (Conn.),
positions he has held since 2006.

As provost, Nowaczyk is the chief academic officer, responsible
for providing strategic leadership and oversight for Clarion’s
academic programs.
He is excited to be joining a team that is building on the
university’s strengths to ensure future success.
“I am excited about President Whitney’s vision for Clarion and
look forward to working collaboratively with her and the faculty
and staff to achieve that vision,” Nowaczyk said.

Professor, Alumna Collaborate on Book Contribution
Dr. Jeanne Slattery, professor of psychology, published “Meaning
Making and Spiritually Oriented Interventions” with Clarion University
alumna Dr. Crystal Park (’85) in the book, “Spiritually Oriented
Interventions for Counseling and Psychotherapy.” Park, who teaches
at the University of Connecticut, received her undergraduate degree in
psychology from Clarion University in 1985. She earned her doctorate
from University of Delaware in 1993. She received Clarion University’s
Distinguished Achievement Award in 1999. She is former president of
Division 36 of the American Psychological Association (Psychology of
Religion) and recipient of the Margaret Gorman Early Career Award. The
book was published by the American Psychological Association.

14 Retiring Faculty Have Combined 250 Years of Teaching
Fourteen Clarion University faculty members with more than 250
years of teaching experience were recognized during a retirement
reception in Moore Hall on April 28. Finishing their careers were Dr.
Rose Elaine Carbone, Dr. Ishmael Doku, Dr. Soga O. Ewedemi, Dr. Ben
Freed, Dr. Barbara Garland, Dr. Vickie D. Harry (’81, M.Ed. ’86), Dr. Susan
Hilton (’73, M.S. ’78), Randon C. Otte (’73, MBA ’77), Dr. Melanie Parker
(’72, MA ’75), Dr. Darrel Sheraw (’65), Dr. Vincent Spina, Dr. Sylvia W.
Stalker, Susan Traynor (MBA ’89) and Dr. Woodrow W. Yeaney Jr. Clarion
University President Karen Whitney spoke at the reception and thanked her
colleagues for their years of service to the university.

Clark Curates Exhibition at Pittsburgh Gallery
Vicky A. Clark, director of Clarion University Art Gallery, curated
“Donald Judd Remix” in spring 2011 at Fe Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh. The
exhibition included works by Mark Franchino, chair of Clarion University
Department of Art, and Jeremy Boyle, a temporary faculty member in the
art department. “It would take time for artists to assimilate and interpret
this form. So it began: Any use of boxes referred back to Judd,” Clark
said. “I doubt that the four artists in ‘Donald Judd Remix’ based their
work directly on Judd, but there is the acknowledgement of a minimalist
structure. All point to aspects of the originals: serialization, display,
materials, etc. But they include the personal in a variety of ways, leaving
the sterile behind. They add what Judd left out, creating a new kind of
minimalism, or at least expanding the original definition by emphasizing
meaning and the personal and the hand of the artist.”

Fourteen retiring faculty members bid farewell to Clarion University this spring. From left are:
Parker, Hilton, Ewedemi, Freed, Traynor and Carbone. Not pictured: Doku, Garland, Harry, Otte,
Sheraw, Spina, Stalker and Yeaney Jr.

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Extravaganza 2011
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The Clarion University Alumni
Association honored its 2011
Distinguished Award recipients April
16 at Extravaganza, held at the
historic Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh.
Those honored were: Wilma “Wid”
Logue (’32, ’37), Distinguished Service;
Rose Miller (’81), Distinguished
Achievement; Vincent Sands (’78),
Distinguished Alumni; Susan Traynor
(MBA ’89), Distinguished Faculty;
James Thornton, Distinguished
Volunteer; and Samuel Zuck (’74),
Distinguished Alumni–Venango
Campus.
Extravaganza 2011 raised $19,600
to benefit the Alumni Endowment
and the Alumni Association Athletic
Endowment, which provide funding for
student scholarships.

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1. Former Clarion University President
Diane Reinhard, Clarion University
Foundation, Inc. Vice President Wayne
Norris (’65) and Janice Grunenwald.
2. Eagle Ambassador Jon Catanzarita
talks with Alumni Association President

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Bob Dandoy (’74), Alumni Association
Board Member Ron Lucas (’82) and his
wife Debra.
3. Clarion University President Karen
Whitney with Jim (’82) and Lisa
(Salerno ’82) Rothlisberger.

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4. Mark Demich (’79), Alumni Association
Board Member Pat Kahle (’92) and his
wife Diane (Benn ’92).
5. Sands, Miller, Zuck, Traynor and
Thornton. Not pictured: Logue, who
was unable to attend the event.

Visit clarion.edu/awards
for more information on the
Distinguished Awards

9/11: A Lesson in Humility

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n Sept. 11, 2001, time
seemed to stand still in
America. The day was a
blur, yet most can clearly
remember where they were, and
what they were doing, when
America came under terrorist
attack.
James Goertel (’11), a veteran
videographer, was on assignment
in Dallas with his work partner.
They were setting up for an
interview when they turned on the
television in their hotel suite and
saw the footage of planes striking
New York City’s Twin Towers.
Goertel’s colleague had family
in New York City, including a
nephew who worked in the North
Tower, so the men were anxious to
return. Realizing they wouldn’t be
able to fly, they rented a car and
drove 26 hours to the city.
When they arrived, they got an
assignment from Dateline NBC for
the following day at Ground Zero.
Goertel’s colleague, whose nephew
was at work that morning and
perished, stayed behind to be with
his family.
Television didn’t prepare
Goertel for what he saw.
“Pictures flatten everything
out. It was still smoldering so
intently; there was still debris
floating in the air,” Goertel said.
“(In pictures) you don’t get the
sense of the collateral damage
done to the buildings that were
still standing.”
He learned from the producer
that they were meeting a retired
New York City firefighter who had
hung up his uniform about a year
earlier. He put the uniform back on
and joined his son, also a fireman,
to help with the efforts, but also
to search for his other fireman son
who had responded on the day of
the tragedy.
“It was a highly energized and
emotional atmosphere of chaos,
and just beyond where we were
setting up, we could see the

rescue workers – the fire
department, police, EMTs
– shuttling back and forth,
crawling across debris, dogs
searching out survivors,” he
said.
He recalled interviewing
someone a week prior on the
84th floor of the North Tower.
“All of that was morphed in an
instant.”
Standing in the midst of the
devastation, Goertel turned 360
degrees and was taking it all in
when the producer asked him to
“mike up” the retired firefighter.
In his 20 years as a
videographer, Goertel has put
thousands of microphones on
thousands of people, from Susan
Sarandon, to Robin Williams, to
football players and Shaquille
O’Neal, but when he started to
put the microphone on the retired
fireman, he became immediately
aware of how badly – almost
uncontrollably – his hands were
shaking. It’s a task he normally
did without even thinking, but his
hands would not function.
“The retired firefighter took my
hand in his hand, looked me in
the eye and said, ‘It’s going to be
OK,’” Goertel said.
“Time stopped. Here, where
he’s looking for what turned out
to be his dead son, he realized
my vulnerability and showed
his overwhelming humanity in a
moment that was inhuman,” he
said. “His words were prophetic:
‘It’s going to be OK.’ He was
showing me that we need to be
human, we need to extend, we
need to trust again.”
“We followed them around
as they sifted through rubble
and followed dogs. It would be
days before they could dig out
certain areas. We wandered
into the overwhelmingness of
it and felt about as small and
as inadequate as you could
feel. After that moment, face to
face (with the retired fireman),
it was a blur. I know we did
our job. I know the piece ran.
I probably didn’t watch it,”
Goertel said.
When Goertel and the
film crew left New York, they
traveled to Shanksville, Pa.,

James Goertel completed Clarion University’s master’s in mass
media arts and journalism program this year and now teaches
communication writing at Daemen College near Buffalo, N.Y.

where the passengers of Flight 93,
they would later learn, had taken
control of the plane a week before
and crashed it into the ground,
sacrificing their own lives to save
many others. Goertel said it was
the antithesis of Ground Zero.
“It was a small, sleepy town,
as quiet as it had ever been,” he
said. “People were thoughtful and
reflective of what happened that
day. A couple of people looked into
the sky to see a plane coming nose
down. Many people heard it.”
They videotaped at a distance
from the cordoned-off field.
From there they drove to
Washington, D.C., to film at the
Pentagon, where he said, access
was very restricted. The damaged
part of the building was draped
off. Security was extremely high.
“It went from the unbelievable
spectacle of New York City to the
quiet of western Pennsylvania, to
the lockdown in Washington, which
was completely understandable,”
he said. “In Washington, between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m., there’s quite a
bit of hustle and bustle, but there
was a big-time shutdown. It was
like a ghost town.”
A few weeks after 9/11, when
the stories were coming out about
the heroism of the Flight 93
passengers, Dateline interviewed
a group of loved ones who spoke
about getting those last phone
calls. Goertel was doing audio that
day.
“It’s a really personal
experience. I have the
headphones; I really heard and

felt those stories,” Goertel said.
“They formed me and formed my
life about enjoying every day and
enjoying the people you love. Don’t
go to bed mad, and don’t leave the
house without saying ‘I love you.’
That’s what’s important.”
He hopes that Americans
will always remember about that
day that those were real people
who died – mothers and fathers,
brothers and sisters, daughters,
sons and grandparents – just like
when you walk through the mall or
stop to have a hamburger, or the
people who live next to you.
“They lost their lives on a day
when they thought, ‘I just want
to get done, then I’m going to the
play or to take my wife to dinner,’
and they didn’t get the chance.
They didn’t get a shake beyond
that day. And those of us who are
here and go on get all of those
things. That’s why they’re sweet.
That’s why they mean something.
That’s why they fill our souls.”
Goertel said “humility” is
the word that best sums up his
emotions as he worked on the
9/11 stories.
“I felt humbled in the
presence of real tragedy and real
suffering, and humbled to see
the resilience of people in the
face of such devastating tragedy,”
he said. “I was humbled in the
face of something so awful and
so beautiful in the stories of the
survivors who had to go on and the
humility of knowing this tragedy
didn’t touch me on a personal
level, yet it did.”

“The retired
firefighter took my
hand in his hand,
looked me in the
eye and said, ‘It’s
going to be OK.’”
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‘Believe in Yourself’

Enrique Conterno

Bill Miller, Enrique Conterno, and Mark VanDyke (’80)

“To be successful you need to
believe in yourself.”
Enrique Conterno, president of
Eli Lilly Diabetes since November
2009 and senior vice president for
Eli Lilly and Company, has adhered
to this philosophy while growing
up in Lima, Peru, through his days
at Clarion University and to his
present position. It has served him
well.
Conterno, who attended Clarion
University from 1985 to 1987,
returned to campus March 2-3,
2011, and spent valuable time with
President Karen Whitney, toured
the Gregory Barnes Center for
Biotechnology with former President
Joseph Grunenwald, attended Dr.
Gustavo Barbosa’s global business
leadership class and visited with
other key administrators.
The former All-American
swimmer was eager to visit with
former Golden Eagles swim coach
Bill Miller, current coach Mark
VanDyke (’80) and the swimming
and diving teams.
Conterno, an elite swimmer,
was recruited to Clarion in fall
1985 by Miller. Conterno came to
Clarion with club teammates Sandra
Crousse DeVallongue (’89) and
Oscar Ortigosa (’88) the same year,
and the trio had a big impact on
Clarion’s swimming success.
“Enrique was a dedicated,
hard-working student-athlete
who expected success from
himself, both in the pool and the
classroom,” Miller said. “He was
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“We believe
we can make a
difference in
people’s lives.”
results speak for themselves.”
As a freshman in 1985-86,
Conterno helped lead the Golden
Eagles to their 16th-straight PSAC
team title with first place finishes
in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle
races and set a new PSAC record in
winning the 800 free relay.
Two weeks later at the 1986
NCAA D-II nationals, he was 10th in
the 500 free and 16th in the 200
free, plus was on the seventh-place
800 free relay and ninth-place 400
free relay teams. Clarion finished
fifth as a team at nationals.
In 1987, as Clarion won its 17th
PSAC crown, Conterno won the 200
and 500 freestyle races and again
won the 800 free relay.
At nationals Conterno earned
two more AA honors, helping the
800 free relay to a seventh-place
finish and the 400 free relay to
a ninth-place ending, while the
Eagles placed seventh as a team.
In June 1987, Conterno became
the first Clarion student-athlete
to be named as a first-team GTE/
CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Conterno visits with students in
Dr. Gustavo Barbosa’s Class

Enrolled as a double major in
Clarion’s pre-engineering and
computer science program, he
compiled a 3.94 QPA while earning
six PSAC titles and six NCAA D-II
All-America placards in only two
seasons.
“I really valued my time at
Clarion,” Conterno said. “Bill Miller
was a great coach and I have a high
degree of respect for him. We had
great team spirit and friendship. He
provided an atmosphere for success
– an environment of team spirit and
unity. He believed in giving people a
hand up. I’ve never forgotten that.”
Conterno was highly impressed
with Clarion’s faculty.
“The faculty at Clarion were also
great. They were interested in the
individual and always accessible.
That was considered the norm for
all professors. Dr. Ben Freed sticks
out as a person that was always
willing to help.”
Doing three years of academic
work in only two, Conterno moved
on to Case Western Reserve and
gained his combined degree in
mechanical engineering in 1989.
He also earned an MBA from Duke
in 1992.
Conterno joined Eli Lilly as a
sales representative in 1992 and
worked his way to the top. By 1998,
he was the sales and marketing
director for Lilly’s affiliate in Brazil.
In 2000 he became executive
director of marketing in Japan and
kept moving up the ladder. By 2006
he was named vice president of

Lilly USA’s neuroscience business
unit, then was senior VP of health
care markets for Lilly USA in 2008.
Still an incredibly hard worker
and now dedicated to serving
humanity, it is clear that Conterno’s
drive to continue achieving high
goals are a product of his past.
“First and foremost we want
people to know that at Eli Lilly we
care about people,” Conterno said.
“We have a sacred purpose at Lilly
Diabetes – to work every day to
improve the lives of the people we
touch. That is done with our current
product line and with the valuable
research we conduct every day to try
and develop new products for our
customers. We believe we can make
a difference in people’s lives.”
Conterno has set high goals for
Lilly Diabetes and Eli Lilly as a
whole. The company that was the
first to bring insulin to the market
in 1921 believes its mission is to
continue to improve the lives of
people across the globe.
Believing in yourself – it can
be a powerful tool: just look at
what Conterno has been able to
accomplish in his life with that
philosophy. Success – it’s written all
over him.
Enrique, for the millions around
the world you serve and from your
friends at Clarion, we thank you for
the time you spent at Clarion and
for your dedication to humanity. We
are oh, so Clarion proud.

Eagle Gridders Return 16 Starters and 40 Lettermen

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larion sixth-year head coach Jay Foster
(2009 PSAC-West Coach of the Year)
returns 16 starters and 40 lettermen in
2011 as the Golden Eagles look to have an
exciting gridiron season.
The Eagles were 4-7 in 2010 with a 3-4 mark
in the PSAC-Western Division. The Eagles won
four of their final six contests last year against
Lock Haven (49-6), IUP (21-14), Gannon (1110) and Millersville (49-10), and hope to use
that momentum to springboard into this season.
The 2009 team was 8-3 overall, second in
the PSAC-West with a 6-1 mark and earned an
eighth-place ranking in the NCAA Division II East
Region’s final poll.
Clarion travels to Fairmont State for the
season opener on Sept. 1, then opens
the home campaign against PSAC
power Bloomsburg on Sept. 10.
The offense returns six
starters on a unit that averaged
21.2 points per game and
313.2 yards per game.
Clarion averaged 166.1
rushing yards and
147.1 passing yards
per game.
Sophomore
signal caller Ben
Fiscus is expected
to direct the offense.
Fiscus started the
final six games and
finished the year passing
for 705 yards and 7 TDs,
while rushing for 582
yards and 6 TDs. He will
be pushed by junior Eric
Coxon, who passed for

905 yards and 3 TDs, plus rushed for 109 yards
and 1 TD last year.
Returning to catch passes from Fiscus will
be senior Matt Ward, junior Tarrean Barrett (8
catches, 74 yards), sophomore Anthony Becoate
(15 grabs, 203 yards, 3 TDs) and junior Rob
Irwin. Ward grabbed 28 passes for 277 yards and
1 TD last year and has 67 catches for 704 yards
and 2 TDs in his career.
All-America running back Alfonso Hoggard has
graduated. Junior John Fuhrer (258 yards, 4 TDs
in two seasons), sophomore Godson Tandoh (27
rushing yards) and a bevy of freshmen will likely
battle for Hoggard’s spot.
The “O” line will have three talented starters
returning in center: Vince Bazzone (6-2, 290,
Sr.), and tackles Mike Felker (6-4, 275, So.)
and Elijah Morres (6-5, 285, Sr.). Bazzone and
Morres are three-year starters, while Felker
earned All-PSAC honors last year. Also vying
for time will be Bob Biedl, Andrew Vercelli, Eli
Ruppert and Ryan Barrick.
Defense wins championships, and the Golden
Eagles return nine starters on a defense that
ranked seventh in total defense. Clarion limited
opponents to 326.4 yards of total offense per
game including 143.4 on the ground (eighth
in PSAC) and 183 through the air (seventh in
PSAC).
Up front, senior All-Region defensive end
Barrington Morrison anchors a strong front wall.
Morrison had 40 tackles in 2010 and led the
PSAC with 12 sacks and 4 fumbles caused and
was second in the league with 20 TFLs. He will
be joined up front by John Hackel (54 hits, 8
TFLs – 2009) who missed last season, along
with Braheem Foy (17 stops, 6 TFLs), Ryan Slack
(4 TFLs), Adam Bostick (4 TFLs), Josh Stegena
(15 hits, 2 TFLs) and Sean Motley (9 tackles).

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2011 Football Preview

The linebacking
corps will feature
the return of Reggie
Robinson (20 hits, 5
TFLs), Mike Verdun,
Steven Moyemont (44
hits, 7 TFLs – 2009)
and red-shirt freshman
T.J. McElwaine.
Although AllAmerica safety
Nick Sipes has
graduated, threeyear starter Shawn
Sopic (56 hits, 7
break-ups – 2009)
fiscus
returns after missing
2010 to lead a very
solid secondary.
Also back in the
secondary are sophomore Jay Pettina (37 stops,
3 INTs), junior James Eckels (25 hits - missed
final 7 games with injury), Aaron Gluvna (26
tackles), Chris Wilson (43 jolts, 3 INTs), Brandon
Akins (23 tackles, 1 INT), Andrew Paronish (54
stops, 2 INTs), and Anthony Stimac (15 jolts).
The punting chores will rest with Nathan
Conway, who averaged 37.9 yards per punt in
2009, but missed last season with an injury. The
placekicking chores are up for grabs.
CLARION NOTES: Clarion has a tradition rich
in football: 27 straight non-losing seasons from
1961-87, a 50-year (1961-2010) record of
277-218-6 and 10 PSAC-West titles (1966, ’67,
’69, ’77, ’78, ’80, ’83, ’92, ’96 and 2000).

morrison

Clarion University Golf Classic
Event: Four-person scramble
Lunch: 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Shotgun Start: Noon

Entry Fee: $175
Hole Sponsor: $200

Fee Includes: greens fees, cart, lunch, tee prizes, hole prizes, par three
prizes including hole-in-one and nearest to the pin, team prizes, door
prizes, refreshments, buffet dinner and much more.

Friday,
Sept. 9, 2011
Clarion Oaks Golf Club

Registration Info: Contact A.D. Dave Katis (’85, M.Ed. ’88), 814-393-1997.
Make checks payable to: Clarion University Foundation, Inc.

Sponsored By: PSECU, Pepsi, S&T Bank and Wienken and Associates

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Women’s Soccer Excited for Season

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Alumni, Boosters and Friends of
Clarion University: NCAA Recruiting
Rules You Should Know
Clarion University is committed to full compliance with all NCAA
and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rules and regulations. It
is our responsibility to ensure that boosters are in compliance with the
NCAA guidelines. Please take a moment to read this article carefully. It
is important to Clarion University and its student-athletes.
If Clarion University and/or anyone associated with the university
(e.g., booster, alumnus, faculty or staff member, or coach) violates an
NCAA rule, the following penalties may be applied:
•

The student-athlete may be declared ineligible to represent Clarion
in intercollegiate athletics;

•

Clarion may have to forfeit a conference and/or NCAA title;

•

NCAA may place Clarion on probation
(i.e., ineligible for championship participation).

General Recruiting Rules
Division I (Clarion’s wrestling program): Only coaches are
permitted to be involved in the off-campus recruitment process. No one
else is permitted to contact a prospective student-athlete or members
of his/her family by telephone, letter or in person for the purpose of
encouraging participation in athletics at Clarion University.
Division II (all Clarion programs except wrestling): Only coaches
and certified athletics department staff are permitted to recruit off
campus.
Telephone calls and correspondence from individuals outside the
athletics department must be coordinated by the coaching staff of each
individual program.

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goals and 10 points in
2010.
Barbour added
an assist while Miller
was a key player in
the midfield and
Harrison, who will be a
team captain, was an
anchor on defense.
“All four of
these players will be
counted on to increase
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their production from last
year,” Eaton said.
In addition to the returning players, Clarion
is also bringing in a 13-member freshman
class, including three goalkeepers, one of
whom will be asked to step up and replace
goalkeeper Jenna Kulik (Sr., N. Huntingdon/
Norwin), who ranks first in school history with
12 shutouts, and second with 11 wins.
“Our recruiting class is, without question,
a deep and talented group,” Eaton said. “With
so many good freshmen joining the squad,
competition for starting spots will be intense.
We’ll have depth at every position.”

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oming off the best season in school
history with nearly every key player back
and a strong recruiting class, the Golden
Eagles volleyball team is looking to continue
the success that has been generated over the
last decade.
Clarion, which has won at a 73 percent
clip since 2002 with seven NCAA D-II playoff
berths, finished 2010 with a school record 32
wins (32-5) while advancing to the NCAA D-II
Elite Eight for the first time in school history
after winning the school’s first NCAA Atlantic
Region Championship, its second PSAC title
(the first since 1988) and its first PSAC West
crown.
“I definitely feel the expectations are
higher from the team and from the fans,”
said Clarion head coach Jennifer Harrison,
who was the PSAC West and Atlantic Region
Coach of the Year. “The most important thing
we can do is take care of our day-to-day
training in order to best prepare ourselves for
conference play. We must be proud of our past
accomplishments, but it’s a new season, and
it’s a new set of matches that must be played.
We’re going to have to compete and fight for
each point, each game and each match.”
OH Kellie Bartman (Sr., New Eagle/
Ringgold), the reigning Daktronics Atlantic
Region Player of the Year and PSAC West
Athlete of the Year, leads the Golden Eagles.

volleyball

Clarion President Karen Whitney honored national champions
Kayla Kelosky and Logan Pearsall, and presented a special award
to assistant athletic trainer Mike Chesterfield on April 29, 2011
at the Clarion Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Kelosky
won the NCAA D-II one- and three-meter diving titles, and Pearsall
won the three-meter crown in 2011. Both were named NCAA D-II
“Divers of the Year.” Chesterfield rushed to the aid of a visitor
to Tippin Gym in March during the PIAA basketball playoffs and
performed CPR, then used the AED to save the man’s life.

he Golden Eagles women’s soccer team
is looking to build on the success it had
last year when it recorded the most PSAC
wins (4) and most PSAC points (15) in school
history while being in PSAC playoff contention
until the final two weeks of the season.
Second-year head coach Rob Eaton, who was
named PSAC Coach of the Year after helping
Clarion improve 5 ½ games in conference
play last year, is excited about having both key
returning players and a strong recruiting class
coming in for the 2011 campaign.
“We clearly have enough talent to break
every single-season record,” Eaton said. “We
all agree that the first winning season in school
history is our main objective. Anything above
that in terms of playoffs would be icing on the
cake.”
According to Eaton, key returning players
for the Golden Eagles are forward Amanda
Lewis (So., Erie/Villa Maria); midfielders Lauren
Barbour (Jr., Pittsburgh/Shaler) and Crystal
Miller (Jr., Indiana); and defenseman Stephanie
Harrison (Sr., Fenelton/Butler).
Lewis tied Jill Miller, who finished her
career as Clarion’s all-time leading scorer (18
goals, 67 points), for the team lead with five

Also an AVCA HM All-American and the PSAC
MVP, she was third in the PSAC and in kills per
set (3.64).
Libero Rhianon Brady (Sr., Canal Winchester,
Ohio; second at Clarion with 2,014 career
digs) was both an AVCA and Daktronics AllRegion player, and setter Amanda Gough (Sr.,
Chesterton, Ind.; second at Clarion with 3,153
career assists) was an HM AVCA All-Region and
second-team PSAC West selection, as
was Rebecca Webb (Jr., Fallston,
Md.).
All three players
ranked highly in the
PSAC with Brady
second (sixth in D-II)
in digs (6.33 per set),
Gough third in assists
(9.85 aps) and Webb sixth
in blocks (1.02 bps) and
seventh in hitting (.289).
Four additional key returnees
are OH Kaitlyn Anderson
(Sr., Lusby, Md./Patuxent),
MH Corinne Manley (So.,
Olmstead Twp., Ohio/
Olmstead Falls), OH
Hannah Heeter (So., Seneca/
Cranberry) and DS Kayla
Rodak (Canton, Ohio/
Glenoak).
bartman

AND BEYOND
2011-2012 Clarion University Fall and WinterCLARION
Sports
Schedules
FOOTBALL

Coach: Jay Foster
Sept. 1
THU
10
SAT
17
SAT
24
SAT
Oct. 1
SAT
8
SAT
15
SAT
22
SAT
29
SAT
Nov. 5
SAT
12
SAT

at Fairmont State
7 p.m.
BLOOMSBURG
1 p.m.
at Shippensburg
1 p.m.
at California
3:30 p.m.
at Slippery Rock
6 p.m.
LOCK HAVEN (HC)
2 p.m.
INDIANA
3 p.m.
at Edinboro
6 p.m.
GANNON (FD)
1 p.m.
MERCYHURST (SD)
1 p.m.
at Millersville
1 p.m.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Coach: Jennifer Harrison
Sept. 2-3 F-S at Tampa Classic
Sept. 9-10 F-S at WVIAC Crossover (Erie)
9
FRI vs. Ald. Broad. (@ Gannon)
9
FRI vs. UPJ (@ Gannon)
10
SAT vs. Seton Hill (@ Mercyhust)
10
SAT vs. W.V. Wesleyan (@ Mercyhurst)
13
TUE JUNIATA
7 p.m.
16
FRI vs. Kutztown^
2:30 p.m.
16
FRI vs. Cheyney^
5 p.m.
17
SAT vs. West Chester^
1 p.m.
23
FRI at Gannon
7 p.m.
24
SAT at Mercyhurst
TBA
27
TUE at Slippery Rock
7 p.m.
30
FRI EDINBORO
7 p.m.
Oct. 7
FRI vs. Millersville*
12 p.m.
7
FRI vs. Lock Haven*
5 p.m.
8
SAT vs. Shippensburg*
10 a.m.
8
SAT vs. E. Stroudsburg*
3 p.m.
14
FRI CALIFORNIA
7 p.m.
15
SAT INDIANA
12 p.m.
18
TUE at Wheeling Jesuit
7 p.m.
21
FRI GANNON
7 p.m.
22
SAT MERCYHURST
1 p.m.
25
TUE SLIPPERY ROCK
7 p.m.
28
FRI at Edinboro
7 p.m.
Nov. 4
FRI at Indiana
7 p.m.
5
SAT at California
1 p.m.
# - 9th Gannon; 10th – Mercyhurst
^ - PSAC Crossover at IUP
* - Oct. 7th at Millersville; 8th at Shippensburg

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Coach: Rob Eaton
Aug. 29
SUN
Sept. 4
SAT
6
TUE
9
FRI
10
SAT
14
WED
17
SAT
20
TUE
23
FRI
24
SAT

UPJ – (Exh.)
1 p.m.
at Alderson-Broaddus 2 p.m.
WHEELING JESUIT
7 p.m.
at E. Stroudsburg
1 p.m.
at Bloomsburg
2:30 p.m.
at Mercyhurst
4:30 p.m.
GANNON
1 p.m.
at Mansfield
4 p.m.
MILLERSVILLE
3 p.m.
WEST CHESTER
2 p.m.

Oct. 1
2
5
8
11
15
19
22

SAT
SUN
WED
SAT
TUE
SAT
WED
SAT

INDIANA
at Seton Hill
LOCK HAVEN
at Slippery Rock
SHIPPENSBURG
at California
at Edinboro
KUTZTOWN

12 p.m.
12 p.m.
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
1 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY

Coach: D.J. Bevevino
Sept. 3
SAT at Westminster
16
FRI at Slippery Rock
24
SAT at Lock Haven
Oct. 1
SAT UNITED WAY
8
SAT at Carnegie Mellon
22
SAT at PSAC’s (Mansfield)
Nov. 5
SAT at NCAA Reg. (SR)

10 a.m.
5 p.m.
10 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 p.m.
11 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF

Coach: Marty Rinker
Sept. 11-12 S-M HAL HANSEN (Clarion Oaks)
19-20 M-T at Atlantic Region Inv.
(River Greens)
25-26 S-M at Gannon Inv. (Peek’n Peek)
Oct. 2-3 S-M at Vulcan Invitational (Cedarbrook)
10-11 M-T at Robert Morris Inv.
(Shadow Lakes)
15-16 S-S at PSAC’s (Hershey Links)

WOMEN’S GOLF

Coach: Marie Gritzer
Sept. 10-11 S-S at Mercyhurst Inv. – Downing G.C.
18-19 S-M at Gannon Inv. – Peek’n Peak G.C.
24-25 S-S CLARION INVITE –

Clarion Oaks G.C.
Oct. 2-3
at Lake Erie Inv. – Madison C.C.
8-9 S-S Kutztown Inv. – Berkleigh G.C.
15-16 S-S at PSAC’s (Hershey Links)

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Coach: Lori Sabatose
Sept. 17-18 S-S at PSAC’s (Bloomsburg)
22
THU WESTMINSTER
3 p.m.
30
FRI SETON HILL
4 p.m.
Oct. 5
WED ST. VINCENT
4 p.m.
7
FRI vs. Kutztown*
8
SAT at Millersville*
* - at Millersville

WRESTLING

Coach: TBA
Oct. 30
SUN KNIGHT POINT OPEN
Nov. 12
SAT at Okla. Invite – Brockport, N.Y.
20
SUN at Penn Classic – Phila.
Dec. 3-4 S-S at Las Vegas Inv.
10 SAT at PSAC’s (Kutz)
9 a.m.
19 MON EDINBORO
7 p.m.

28
29-30
Jan. 15
21
22
Feb. 3
4
11
12
17
19
25
Mar. 4
15-17

WED
T-F
SUN
SAT
SUN
FRI
SAT
SAT
SUN
FRI
SUN
SAT
SUN
T-S

at Wilkes Inv.
TBA
at Midlands
TBA
at E. Michigan
TBA
at Pittsburgh
7 p.m.
at West Virginia
TBA
at Bloomsburg
TBA
at Ohio U.
7 p.m.
CLEVELAND ST.
1 p.m.
at Princeton/F&M
1 p.m.
KENT STATE
7 p.m.
LOCK HAVEN
2 p.m.
NAT. COLLEGIATE OPEN TBA
EWL’s (CLARION)
9 a.m.
at NCAA’s (St. Louis)
TBA

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Coach: Ron Righter
Nov. 11-12 F-S at PSAC/CIAA (Cal)
11
FRI vs. Virginia Union*
12
SAT vs. Lincoln*
15
TUE HOLY FAMILY
19
SAT at Kutztown
20
SUN at E. Stroudsburg
29
TUE SUSQUEHANNA
Dec. 3
SAT at West Chester
4
SUN at Millersville
7
WED CENTRAL PENN
9
FRI SHIPPENSBURG
10
SAT CHEYNEY
29
THU PSU-DUBOIS
Jan. 6
FRI MANSFIELD
7
SAT BLOOMSBURG
11
WED MERCYHURST
14
SAT INDIANA
18
WED at Lock Haven
21
SAT at Gannon
25
WED CALIFORNIA
28
SAT at Edinboro
Feb. 1
WED SLIPPERY ROCK
4
SAT at Indiana
8
WED at Mercyhurst
11
SAT GANNON
15
WED LOCK HAVEN
18
SAT EDINBORO
22
WED at California
25
SAT at Slippery Rock

6 p.m.
6 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
7 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

TUE
FRI
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT
WED
SAT

at Pitt-Johnstown
MANSFIELD
BLOOMSBURG
MERCYHURST
INDIANA
at Lock Haven
at Gannon
CALIFORNIA
at Edinboro
SLIPPERY ROCK
at Indiana
at Mercyhurst
GANNON
LOCK HAVEN
EDINBORO
at California
at Slippery Rock

7 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

SWIMMING & DIVING

Coach: Mark Van Dyke
Oct. 22
SAT FALL CLASSIC
10 a.m.
23
SUN DIVING INVITE
11 a.m.
28
FRI SHIPPENSBURG
6 p.m.
Nov. 5
SAT at Carnegie Mellon
11 a.m.
12
SAT at Bloomsburg
1 p.m.
Dec. 2-4 F-S at Zippy Inv. (Akron)
10 a.m.
Jan. 2-14 M-S at CSCAA Forum
(Ft. Lauderdale)
TBA
21
SAT EDINBORO/GANNON 1 p.m.
28
SAT at Duquesne (women) 1 p.m.
28
SAT at Wayne State (diving) 11 a.m.
Feb. 4
SAT at Pittsburgh
12 p.m.
5
SUN at Youngstown Inv.
TBA
12
SAT DIVING INVITE
TBA
16-19 T-S at PSAC’s
10 a.m.
Mar. 14-17 W-S at NCAA’S

(Mansfield, Tx.)
10:30 a.m.

INDOOR TRACK

Coach: D.J. Bevevino
Jan. 21
SAT at Edinboro
28
SAT at Geneva, Ohio
Feb. 3
FRI at Oberlin
11
SAT at Bucknell
18
SAT at Kent State
25-26 S-S at PSAC’s (Edinboro)

10 a.m.
10 a.m.
5 p.m.
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
TBA

CLARION UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Coach: Gie Parsons
Nov. 15
TUE TIFFIN
19
SAT at Kutztown
20
SUN at E. Stroudsburg
Dec. 3
SAT at West Chester
4
SUN at Millersville
7
WED W.VA. WESLEYAN
9
FRI SHIPPENSBURG
10
SAT CHEYNEY
29
THU SETON HILL

Jan. 3
6
7
11
14
18
21
25
28
Feb. 1
4
8
11
15
18
22
25

PRESIDENT:

5:30 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

Dr. Karen M. Whitney

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dave Katis
ASSOCIATE A.D.:

Wendy Snodgrass

SPORTS INFO DIR:

Rich Herman

SPORTS INFO PHONE: 814-393-2334
TICKETS:

814-393-2423

WEB:

www.clariongoldeneagles.com

ALL CAPS HOME CONTEST

2011 Clarion Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
The Clarion University Sports
Hall of Fame inducted five
new members April 29 at
ceremonies held at Eagle
Commons dining facility on
campus. Inductees, seated
L-R are: Tamara L. Myers (’91
– women’s tennis) and James
E. Barton (’98 – baseball/
basketball). Standing:
Jack Derlink (’66 – men’s
basketball), Tim Brown (’93 –
football) and Dan Mahony (’60
– football). Founded in 1989,
the Clarion Sports Hall of Fame
celebrated its 23rd induction
class in 2011, bringing the
induction total to 140.

2011 Men’s Basketball Golf Shamble
Men’s Basketball Shamble Winners: L-R John Haddad, Ed Vinay,
Kevin Motta and John Haddad Jr. (5-Star Construction & LLC)
were the winners of the Men’s Basketball Shamble held
Friday, April 29 at Pinecrest Country Club. Directed by Norb
Baschnagel, the fourth annual event raised more than $8,000
for men’s basketball. In four years the Shamble has raised
more than $33,000.
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GOLDEN EAGLEs ATHLETES ENJOY SUCCESS DURING WINTER/SPRING
It was another successful winter and spring sports season for Golden Eagles athletes highlighted by the wrestling team
winning its first PSAC championship in 16 years, a pair of Clarion divers repeating as national champions and a Super
Regional champion golfer.

Swimming & Diving

moore/fleming

johnson

L. Harrison

gerhart

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Clarion and beyond | JULY 2011

In what
has been
an annual
tradition,
the Golden Eagles
dominated the
pearsall
diving events at the
NCAA Division II championships with
Logan Pearsall (Sr., Port Allegany)
defending his three-meter title, while
placing second on one meter and
being named the D-II men’s Diver of
the Year for the second consecutive
season. Pearsall’s four NCAA D-II
titles is a record shared with four
other divers.
Kayla Kelosky (Sr., Ellwood City)
won her third straight title on the
one-meter board while sweeping the
championships with a victory on the
three-meter board, giving her five
championships. She was named the
NCAA Division II Diver of the Year
for the third straight year, while her
score of 511.15 points in the onemeter board broke the NCAA record of
453.75 points held by Clarion alumna
Jamie Wolf (’07).
Dave Hrovat, Clarion’s 21st year
diving coach, swept the men’s and
women’s D-II Coach of the Year honors
for the second straight season and for
the third time in his coaching career
(2002) giving him a total of 21 NCAA
national awards as a head coach.
In the pool, the women’s
team was fourth at the NCAA D-II
championships, thanks in large part to
Kaitlyn Johnson (Sr., Uniontown) who
won seven All-American awards to give
her 28 in her career. Kayla Shull (So.,
Franklin/Rocky Grove) added six A-As.
Behind seven titles from Johnson,
who was named the PSAC Swimmer
of the Meet, the team was also second
at PSACs. Shull took home three
PSAC titles, and the 200 medley
relay, 200 free relay and 800 free
relay teams also won with Gina
Mattucci (Sr., Jeannette/PennTrafford) and Kelly Connolly
(Sr., Cranberry Twp./Seneca
Valley) joining Shull and
Johnson on
both the 200
medley relay
and 200 free relay, and
Megan Burrows (Canton,
Ohio/Jackson) and
Morgan Oberlander (York/
Dallastown) joining
Shull and Johnson
on the 800 free
relay.
Kelosky

The men’s team was second at
PSACs and 15th at NCAAs with
Joseph Ward (So., Johnstown/
Westmont Hilltop) taking fifth
in the 100 freestyle at NCAAs after
winning a pair of PSAC titles. Ben
Appleby (So., York/Suburban) also won
a PSAC title, as did the 200 medley
relay team of Ward, Jon Kofmehl (Sr.,
Johnstown/Richland), Joseph Welch
(So., Erie/Strong Vincent) and Mark
Krchnak (So., Clearfield).

Basketball
The men’s
basketball
team won
at least 15
games for the
16th time in
21 years and
for the 29th
time since
1971 and
finished 1511, including
three heartsherry
breaking onepoint losses
and a fourth defeat in overtime.
Lloyd Harrison (Sr., Detroit, Mich.;
18.2 ppg, 4.8 apg, 2.4 spg; 887
career points in two years) was named
first-team All-PSAC West, and Jamar
Harrison (Sr., Washington, D.C., 19.3
ppg; 956 career points in 2 years)
second team.
Bud Teer (Jr., Cleveland) became
the first Clarion player since 1998 to
average a double-double with 11.8
ppg and a PSAC-leading 10.5 rpg
and he pulled down 23 rebounds in a
win over UDC, the most in a game by
an Eagle since 1977.
Mike Sherry (Sr., Pittsburgh/
Chartiers Valley) scored his 1,000th
career point and finished his
career with 1,064 while hitting
223 three-pointers, the fourth most
ever at Clarion and Paul McQueen (Jr.,
Cleveland, Ohio) gave the Golden
Eagles four players averaging in
double digits at 10.7 ppg.
The women’s team was a young
but exciting team whose top five
scorers were all freshmen. The Golden
Eagles finished with seven wins,
including victories over 20-win West
Chester and 19-win IUP.
Emma Fickel (Fr., Carlisle/
Cumberland Valley) was one of the top
rookies in the country and averaged a
team-leading 13.3 ppg while hitting
89 three-pointers. She was the top

freshmen scorer in the PSAC
and ranked 14th in D-II among
freshman, while her 3.4 threes
per game led the PSAC, ranked
fifth in the nation in NCAA D-II,
was the top mark in the country
among freshmen regardless of
NCAA division, and was the
ninth-best mark in the country
regardless of NCAA division.
Clarion also got solid
rookie seasons from Ann
Deibert (York/West York; 9.6
ppg, 6.2 rpg), Lauren
Savulchak (Pittsburgh/North
deibert
Catholic; 8.9 ppg,
6.0 rpg), Raven
Jones (Philadelphia/Prep Charter;
8.7 ppg, 4.2 apg) and Mackenzie
Clark (Mentor, Ohio; 7.0 ppg) while
Courtney Healy (Jr., Chrinside Park,
Australia; 6.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 34
blocked shots) provided upper-class
leadership.

Wrestling
The 2011 season saw the return
of the Golden Eagles wrestling team
to the pinnacle of PSAC success with
Clarion taking home its first PSAC title
since 1994, outdistancing secondplace Bloomsburg 135.5 to 110.5,
thanks to PSAC championships by
Alex Thomas (So., Seaford, Del.) at
197 pounds, James Fleming (So.,
West Mifflin) at 157 pounds and
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Jr., Tashkent,
Uzbekistan) at 165 pounds. Thomas,
who has won back-to-back PSAC
titles, was named the Outstanding
Wrestler of the championship.
Clarion continued its success at
EWLs, taking fourth place on the
strength of an EWL title by Fleming
at 157 pounds. Fleming was named
the Co-Outstanding Wrestler of the
championship, while Abdurakhmonov
and Quintas McCorkle (Hwt., Jr.,
Alexandria, Va.) added third-place
finishes.
Abdurakhmonov and Fleming,
who finished with an impressive 31-4

thomas

Golden Eagles

2010 – 2011
ATHLETIC AWARDS
Basketball (Men)
Lloyd Harrison – PSAC-West First Team

carter

weitzel

record, advanced to the NCAA
Division I championships in
Philadelphia, and both posted
victories with Abdurakhmonov,
who was 38-11 on the
season, coming within a win
of being an All-American.
At the conclusion of the
season, fifth-year head coach
Teague Moore was honored for
Clarion’s accomplishments
by being named the PSAC
Wrestling Coach of the Year.

In its third season, the
women’s golf team showed
strides and took home a pair
of second-place finishes at
Westminster and Washington
& Jefferson after a sixth-place
PSAC ending in the fall. Top
golfers for Clarion included
Samantha Veights (Jr., Mt.
Lebanon, 15th at PSACs) and
Alyssa Gerhart (So., Meadville,
19th at PSACs).

Women’s Indoor
Track & Field
Alexis Carter (Jr.,
Pittsburgh/Taylor Allderdice)
and Sarah Loughner (Fr.,
Jeannette/Penn-Trafford) both
had strong performances
at the PSAC Indoor
championships with Loughner
tying for seventh in the high
jump and Carter taking eighth
in the 60-meter hurdles.
Five school records were
set during the season with
Carter setting marks in both
the 60 hurdles and the
200-meter dash, Loughner
and Kristine Mellor (Jr.,
Gilbertsville/Boyertown)
sharing the record in the high
jump and the 4x400-meter
relay team of Carter, Kayla
Kohlman (Jr., Pittsburgh/
Taylor Allderdice), Bethany
Naugle (So. DuBois) and Anna
Pfingstler (Fr., DuBois) also
setting a record.

Golf

Jared Schmader (Sr.,
Cooperstown), capped another
successful season by the
Golden Eagles men’s golf
team by winning the NCAA
Division II Super Regional
at Hershey Golf Links.
Schmader’s finish helped
Clarion finish in sixth place,
missing a second straight trip
to the NCAA Championships
by a single stroke. Also
finishing in the top 20 was
Ross Pringle (Jr., Titusville),
who was 19th.

schmader

Women’s Outdoor
Track & Field
Carter had a strong
outdoor season for the Golden
Eagles, scoring 12 points at
the PSAC Championships
while helping Clarion to
a 10th-place ending. She
was third in the 400-meter
hurdles in a school-record
time while taking sixth in
the 100-meter hurdles and
also running a leg on the
school-record-setting 4x400meter relay team that took
sixth. Joining Carter on the
relay team were Kohlman,
Pfingstler and Naugle.
Additional point scorers for
the Golden Eagles included
Allyson Cress (Fr., Butler/
Knoch) in the shot put
(third) and Loughner in the
high jump (fourth). For her
efforts, Cress was named
a USTFCCCA All-Region
performer in the shot put.
In addition to Carter’s
record-setting performances,
Pfingstler set school marks
in the 100-meter dash and
200-meter dash.

COOK

Softball/Baseball
The Golden Eagles
softball team had a pair of
All-Conference performers in
Carlie Cook (Sr., Brookville;
first-team OF for second time
in three years) and Nicole
Lollo (Sr., Callery/Seneca
Valley; second-team 3B for
second time in her career).
Cook hit a team-leading
.371 with five home runs and
16 RBIs and finished her
career with 11 home runs and
63 RBIs while hitting .315.
Since 1993, her home runs
and RBIs are the most at
Clarion.
This season, Lollo led
Clarion with 10 doubles and
hit .338.
The baseball team saw a
six-game improvement in its
PSAC West win total from last
year and found itself in the
PSAC Playoff race in the final
two weeks before finishing
7-15 in the West.
Jerico Weitzel (Jr.,
Ridgway) was the leading
hitter at .274, while Matt
Rossi (Jr., Monroeville) had 15
RBIs and a pair of home runs.
Scott Berkes (Jr., Berwick) led
the staff with three wins and
also had seven runs scored
and six RBIs while playing
third base.

Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis team
had an exciting 9-0 win over
Edinboro during the spring to
highlight the season.

Diving (Men)
Seth Brandenburg – NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
Justin Duncan – NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
Ethan Meritt – NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
Logan Pearsall – NCAA Div. II Champion. NCAA Div. II Male Diver of the Year.
NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
Diving (Women)
Kayla Kelosky – NCAA Div. II Champion (2). NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
NCAA Div. II Female Diver of the Year. B.C.H.O.F. Kadis Award.
Kim Ogden – NCAA Div. II All-American (2).
Football
Alfonso Hoggard – FB Gazette Second Team All-American – FB Gazette First
Team Super Region 1. Daktronics Second Team Super Region 1.
PSAC-West First Team. Cactus Bowl Selection.
Barrington Morrison – FB Gazette & Daktronics Second Team Super Region 1.
PSAC-West First Team.
Jacques Robinson – FB Gazette Third Team Super Region 1.
PSAC-West First Team.
Nick Sipes – ESPN The Magazine First Team Academic All-American.
FB Gazette Third Team All-American. FB Gazette & Daktronics First Team
Super Region 1. ESPN The Magazine First Team District 2 All-Academic.
PSAC Academic Top 10.
Golf (Men)
Ross Pringle – Ping NCAA Div. II All-Region. PSAC-West First Team.
Jared Schmader – Ping NCAA Div. II HM All-American. NCAA Div. II Super Region
1 Champion. Ping NCAA Div. II All-Region. PSAC-West First Team.
Softball
Carlie Cook – PSAC-Central First Team.
Swimming (Men)
Ben Appleby – PSAC Champion.
Jon Kofmehl – PSAC Champion.
Mark Krchnak – PSAC Champion.
Joseph Ward – NCAA Div. II All-American (2). PSAC Champion (3).
Joe Welch – PSAC Champion.
Swimming (Women)
Courtney Bogue – NCAA Div. II All-American.
Megan Burrows – NCAA Div. II All-American. PSAC Champion.
Kelly Connolly – NCAA Div. II All-American (4). PSAC Champion (2).
Kaitlyn Johnson – NCAA Div. II All-American (7). PSAC Championships
Swimmer of the Meet. PSAC Champion (7).
Gina Mattucci – NCAA Div. II All-American (4). PSAC Champion (3).
Morgan Oberlander – NCAA Div. II All-American (3). PSAC Champion.
Kayla Shull – NCAA Div. II All-American (6). PSAC Champion (5). PSAC Top 10.
Rachel Tano – NCAA Div. II All-American (2). PSAC Champion.
Track – Outdoor (Women)
Alexis Carter – PSAC All-Conference.
Allyson Cress – USTFCCCA All-Region.
Volleyball
Kellie Bartman – AVCA HM All-American. AVCA First Team All-Region.
Daktronics Region “Player of the Year”, First Team All-Region. PSAC-West
“Player of the Year” & PSAC-West First Team.
Rhianon Brady – AVCA All-Region. Daktronics First Team All Region. ESPN The
Magazine Second Team Academic All-District 2.
Amanda Gough – AVCA HM All-Region.
Rebecca Webb – AVCA HM All-Region.
Wrestling
Bekzod Abdurakhmonov – PSAC Champion.
James Fleming – EWL Champion. EWL Tournament Outstanding Wrestling.
PSAC Champion.
Alex Thomas – PSAC Tournament Outstanding Wrestler. PSAC Champion.

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COACHING:
Rob Eaton – PSAC Coach of the Year.
Jennifer Harrison – AVCA Atlantic Region & PSAC-West Coach of the Year.
Dave Hrovat – NCAA Div. II Male & Female Diving Coach of the Year.
Teague Moore – PSAC Coach of the Year.
Margaret “Gie” Parsons–Inducted–Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.

Bubb Honored by NCAA

Clarion’s Bob Bubb (r) and NWCA executive director Mike Moyer
at 2011 NCAA Division I Wrestling Nationals.

Legendary Clarion NCAA
Division I wrestling coach
Robert G. “Bob” Bubb (196792), was honored with a
video tribute and an award
at the NCAA Division I
Wrestling Nationals, prior to
the Championship Finals,
March 19 at the Wells Fargo
Center.
A two-minute, 20-second
video honoring his life and
contributions to wrestling
was put together by the
NCAA and the Clarion
Sports Information Office

Parsons Inducted into Western
Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
Clarion women’s
basketball coach Margaret
“Gie” Parsons was inducted
into the Pennsylvania
Sports Hall of Fame –
Western Chapter – May 7
in ceremonies held at the
Sheraton Four Points in
Warrendale.
Attending the induction
ceremonies representing
Clarion University were Paul
Bylaska (vice president for
finance & administration),
former athletic director Frank
Lignelli (’50), current athletic
director Dave Katis (’85, M.Ed.
’88), sports information
director Rich Herman,
assistant sports information
director Chris Rossetti and
about 25 supporters that
included Clarion faculty,
staff, alumni and friends.
Parsons has completed
22 years coaching the Clarion
women’s basketball team
and has 321 wins with the
Golden Eagles. Including
her coaching stint at Thiel,
Parsons has 432 collegiate
victories which currently
ranks her 13th among all
active coaches in NCAA
Division II.
In a five-year stretch from
1991-95 at Clarion, Parsons
was an unbelievable 11733 overall, 50-10 in the
PSAC-West, won five straight
PSAC-West titles, three PSAC
crowns and had two Elite
8 and two Sweet 16 NCAA
Division II finishes.

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parsons

In 2005 Parsons led the
Eagles to a 23-7 record and
made another NCAA D-II
Playoff appearance, while the
Eagles were 18-9 in 2008.
Parsons was named the
PSAC-West “Coach of the
Year” in 2008, 2005, 1992
and 1991 and Russell Region
2 Coach of the Year in 2005.
“I would like to thank
Mr. Frank Lignelli for hiring
me and all of the players,
coaches, administrators,
alumni and friends that have
supported me through the
years. This is an unbelievable
honor that I will cherish
forever,” Parsons said.
CLARION NOTES:
Robert “Tic” Cloherty (’62),
president of the West Penn
Hall of Fame, introduced
Parsons, while the master of
ceremonies was Bill Hillgrove,
voice of the Steelers and Pitt
Panthers.

and played before the
championship finals in front
of 18,000 fans who gave
Bubb a standing ovation.
Along with his 26 years
coaching at Clarion, Bubb
was the secretary rules
editor of all NCAA collegiate
wrestling from 1989-2011.
He is stepping down from
those duties this summer.
Bubb was also executive
director of the NWCA from
1995-99, chair of the
NCAA Wrestling Committee
from 1987-89 and a 2005

inductee of the National
Wrestling Hall of Fame.
He had a record at Clarion
of 322-121-4, with seven
NCAA Division I National
Champions and 27 AllAmericans in his Hall of
Fame career.
Bob, wife Marsha and
daughter Susan were also
brought to center mat. The
award was presented by
NWCA executive director
Mike Moyer.

Clarion’s Herman in Cosida Hall of Fame
Herman was president of Division II
Rich Herman, who has completed 31
Sports Information Directors of America
years as the sports information director
(2009-11) and first vice president
at Clarion University, was inducted into
(2006-2009), along with vice-chairman
the CoSIDA (College Sports Information
of CoSIDA’s Publications Contest
Directors of America) Hall of Fame,
Committee (1990-2011) and was voted
plus received the prestigious Warren
the NCAA Division I Wrestling SID of
Berg Award June 28 at the group’s
the Year in 1999.
annual convention in Marco Island, Fla.
During his presidency Herman
Herman was one of five inductees
developed new and valuable strategic
placed into the CoSIDA Hall
partnerships with the Conference
representing all NCAA and NAIA
Commissioners and Athletic Directors
divisions at the official fala celebration.
Associations, plus the NCAA, including
The Berg Award was presented to
Racy.
Herman at CoSIDA’s Awards luncheon.
“Rich’s leadership skills are
The award recognizes the college
unsurpassed,” Racy said. “He has a
division’s (D-II & D-III) top professional
style that encompasses the entire group
of the year.
and manages each situation and issue
Attending the awards presentations
with a calm assurance that lets each
were Rich’s wife Paula, Clarion athletic
and every person know he can handle
director Dave Katis (’85, M.Ed. ’88),
anything that may arise.”
assistant sports information director
A native of Ellwood City, Pa., and
Chris Rossetti, former staff member
a 1972 graduate of Lincoln High,
Shawn Ahearn (’85), along with NCAA
Herman played baseball at Point Park
Division II vice president Mike Racy.
College and graduated in 1976. Herman
“I’m speechless,” said Herman.
was Clarion’s head baseball coach for
“The Hall of Fame is our organization’s
11 years (1989-99) after being the
Cooperstown – Canton, Ohio – and I’m
assistant coach from 1980-87.
in awe that I have been recognized
among the best to ever be
in our profession.”
Herman is the first SID
in CoSIDA to be named
to the Hall of Fame and
receive the Berg Award at
the same convention.
“Rich deserves all the
accolades he has coming to
him,” said former Clarion
athletic director Frank
Lignelli (’50). “People don’t
realize what he’s done for
both the athletic program
Herman at Hall of Fame Induction. CoSIDA executive director John
and the university.”
Humenik (’74; MBA ’75), Tom Herman, Rich Herman, Chris Rossetti
and Dave Katis (85, M.Ed. ’88)

Alumni Notes
1956

Samuel Rogal published an
essay, “Peter Cartwright and the
Nineteenth-Century Methodist
Narrative,” in the April-June 2011
issue of the Historical Messenger.
He resides in La Salle, Ill., with his
wife, Susan. They have two children,
Geoffrey and James.

1957
David Christian is retired from the
United States Navy. He resides
in Festus, Mo. David has two
daughters, Amy and Connie.

1964
Carol (Keltz) Cannan recently retired
from teaching at Apache Junction
Unified Schools in Apache Junction,
Ariz. Carol resides in Coconut Creek,
Fla. She has four children: Carisa,
Amy, Craig and Audra.

1968
Dale Saylor is a web designer for
Finishers Project, Chandler, Ariz. He
resides in Boiling Springs, S.C., with
his wife, Mary Lu.
Dr. Donald Rhoades is the owner of
Don Rhoades Enterprises. He resides
in Brookville, Pa., and has two sons,
Donald II and David.

1969
Donald Adamsky is retired. He resides
in Selinsgrove, Pa., with his wife,
Mary. He has a son, Chris.

1970
Megan Ross recently received a
Bachelor of Science in Nursing from
Northern Arizona University. She is
a registered nurse for DaVita Chinle
Dialysis Center, Chinle, Ariz., where
she resides.

1971
Dennis Martin is retired. He resides
in Clinton, Wash., with his wife,
Annacarin, and children: Kelly, Erik,
Emma and Jessika.

1972
Olie Williams is chairman of the
board and CEO for TAB Capital
Corporation, Richardson, Texas. He
resides in Dallas.

Fran (Yanarella M.S. ’75) McNeely
recently retired. She is now an
active community volunteer serving
as board chair for the Tucson
Community Food Bank. Fran also is
pursuing a new career as an abstract
painter. She resides in Tucson, Ariz.
Ron Wilshire (M.S. ’74) has been
busy after he retired last July
following 32 years at Clarion
University where he was assistant
vice president for university
relations. In addition to starting
a local radio show, “Clarion
Connection,” serving as a
freelance writer, video producer
and Community Action board
member, Wilshire is a candidate
for Clarion County Commissioner in
the November election. At Clarion
University, Wilshire’s areas of
responsibility included marketing,
university spokesperson, Web
development, news, community
relations, alumni relations and
sports information. He also served
as editor of Clarion and Beyond and

its predecessors. As a student, he
worked with The Clarion Call, WCUB
radio, Student Senate and Center
Board. He and his wife, Stephanie
(Morgan ’75), have four children.

1973
Dr. Paula (Faliskie M.S. ’76) Donson
is an associate vice president of
academic affairs at the University of
Alaska, Anchorage. She resides in
Anchorage.

1974
Karen Whitehill is a senior vice
president for Keystone Nazareth
Bank & Trust, a division of National
Penn Bank, in Bethlehem, Pa. Karen
was named 2011 Woman of the
Year by the Bethlehem YWCA. She
received the award in recognition
of her commitment to improving
the lives of others, dedication to
the community and philanthropic
leadership. Karen and her husband,
Terry Murphy, reside in Bath, Pa.

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Sandra Huling recently retired from
teaching first grade after 36 years in
the West Allegheny School District.
She resides in Moon Township, Pa.

1975
Paul Fronczek has been appointed
by the Allegheny County (Pa.)
Democratic Committee to serve as a
committee person representing the
2nd Ward, 2nd District in Avalon, Pa.

1976
Leslie McAllister retired from
teaching after 32 years in the
Altoona Area School District, where
she was a reading specialist. She
resides in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

1979
Mark and Nancy (Lucas ’81) Bartman
reside in Butler, Pa. They have three
children: Zachary, Mary and Ann.
Mark is a senior buyer for Joy Mining
Machinery, Franklin, Pa.

Technology Advances the
Way Students Learn Biology
When North Hills School
District, where Jackie (Voight ’89)
Karenbauer has taught for 19
years, decided to switch some
things around two years ago,
Karenbauer had the opportunity
to provide input about textbooks
for the class, and she decided
she’d rather put the money toward
technology rather than books.
She uses the Blackboard
platform, accessed through
blendedschools.net, to
disseminate information.
“I’m just finishing the second
year. The students like it. I can
tell when they come into class,
they want to get started. They go
right to the computers,” she said.
For her forward thinking,
Karenbauer was recognized as
one of 30 Pennsylvania Teacher of
the Year semi-finalists for 2011.
She earned the Blendedschools.
net Program Innovation Award

in 2010 and the Apple
Distinguished Program
award in 2010 and 2011.
“I’m taking a traditional
classroom, where students
see me every day, but there
is a high emphasis on
technology and creation on
a digital level,” she said.
Jackie Karenbauer uses computer technology to lead students
Karenbauer said
through a biology lesson.
there’s a general interest
that a lot of times you don’t
such an interest in students and
see in biology, because it’s very
like us so much.”
demanding and very difficult.
She notes that the campus
Karenbauer said she sees the
resources were also instrumental
results in more deeply engaged
to her education and to what she’s
students and in better test scores. doing in the classroom today.
She looks back to her time at
“The availability that Clarion
Clarion as an influence on her
had with the technology allowed
success in the classroom.
me to become comfortable using
“Dr. Frank Vento worked in the
technology in education,” she
earth science department, and
said.
he took a few of us under his
Karenbauer lives in Butler with
wing,” she said. “As a student it
her children: Lauren, Matt and
felt good to have a professor take
AJ.
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Keith Macurdy is CFO of FS-Elliott
Co., LLC, in Export, Pa. He resides
in Harrison City, with his wife,
Paula, and children, Jaron and
Meagan.
Kathy (Muller) Fegely is vicepresident for the American
Association of Teachers of German.
She is a trainer for Goethe Institute
and is a German-American
Partnership program coordinator.
Kathy is a German teacher and world
language department chairperson
in the Antietam School District,
Reading, Pa. She resides in Reading
with her husband, Roger. She has a
son, Robert.

1981
George Powers resides in
Punxsutawney, Pa.
Nancy (Lucas) and Mark (’79)
Bartman reside in Butler, Pa. They
have three children: Zachary, Mary
and Ann. Mark is a senior buyer for
Joy Mining Machinery, Franklin, Pa.
J. Swanson Miranda is a pre-K
teacher/webmaster for the El Campo
Independent School District, El
Campo, Texas, where she resides
in El Campo, with her husband,
Duvigen.

Barbara (Clark) Fetterolf resides in
Hortonville, Wis., with her husband,
Michael, and children: Megan, Jay
and Anna.

1982
Valerie (Goldberg) Border is a retired
United States Army colonel. She
resides in Elizabethtown, Ky., with
her husband, Bruce.
Thomas Brobst is a municipal liaison
manager for Puget Sound Energy. He
resides in Silverdale, Wash., with his
wife, Katherine, and children, Kyle
and Kierra.
Pete Raspanti is employed by Iron
City Vending Co., Upper Burrell, Pa.
He resides in Upper Burrell, with his
wife, Robbin, and son, Domenic.

Debbie (Collar) Karels is a speech
language pathologist for the Leon
County School District, Tallahassee,
Fla. She resides in Tallahassee with
her husband, Jim, and sons, Joe and
Ben.

1989
Terri (Repak) Lent was recently
certified in professional development
in SIM content enhancement
routines from the University of
Kansas Center for Research on
Learning. She is a librarian at Patrick
Henry High School in Ashland, Va.
Terri resides in Doswell, Va.

Janice (Savko) Holmes is a broker/
realtor for Re/Max Professionals,
Moses Lake, Wash. She resides
in Moses Lake, with her husband,
Doyle.

Cheryl (Liko) and Edward (’84)
Finnegan reside in Cary, Ill. Edward
recently completed qualification in
the North American P-51 Mustang,
the premier fighter aircraft of
WWII. He is a captain for American
Airlines, Chicago, Ill.

1984

1990

Valerie Retort Golik is executive
director of the Denis Theatre
Foundation. She resides in Wexford,
Pa., with her husband, Mark, and
daughter, Michaela.
Kevin and Mary (Scanlon ’84) Currie
reside in Slippery Rock, Pa., with
their son, Ryan. Kevin is director
of residence life at Slippery Rock
University. He received a Master
of Arts in student affairs in higher
education.

Mary (Scanlon) and Kevin (’82) Currie
reside in Slippery Rock, Pa., with
their son, Ryan. Kevin is director
of residence life at Slippery Rock
University. He received a Master
of Arts in student affairs in higher
education.

Jedediah Millard (’07, ’08)
attended the arrival ceremony for
Her Excellency Dr. Angela Merkel, the
chancellor of the Federal Republic of
Germany, June 7 on the White House
lawn, along with Dr. Eleanor ter Horst,
a professor in the Clarion University
Department of Modern Languages.
Millard completed a minor in
German and a bachelor’s degree in
international business and business
economics in 2007, and a Master of
Business Administration in 2008.
Jedediah Millard attends the arrival ceremony for
He lives in Rockville, Md., and works
German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel with Clarion
as an aide to a council member for
professor Eleanor ter Horst.
Montgomery County, Md.
Merkel was officially welcomed to
Washington, D.C., by President and Mrs. Obama. Her arrival marked the
first official visit and state dinner for a European leader during Obama’s
presidency. In their speeches, both Obama and Merkel stressed the close
economic, strategic and personal ties between the United States and
Germany.
As an American with a strong interest in German culture and
politics, Millard was pleased to attend the arrival ceremony and hear the
affirmations of the vital U.S.-German partnership.

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1983

Edward and Cheryl (Liko ’89) Finnegan
reside in Cary, Ill. Edward recently
completed qualification in the
North American P-51 Mustang, the
premier fighter aircraft of WWII. He
is a captain for American Airlines,
Chicago, Ill.

Millard Witnesses First
in Obama Presidency

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Dan Mahoney was named athletic
director and assistant dean at
Greensburg Central Catholic.

1986
Andrew and Robin (Metzger) Angell
reside in Stow, Ohio, with their
children, Joshua and Brianne.
Andrew is a DBA/Developer for
Cornwell Quality Tools in Wadsworth,
Ohio.

1987
Kelly (Tower) Yoder, a graduate
student at Saint Vincent College
majoring in health services
leadership, has been selected to
present a paper she co-authored,
“Determining the Cost Effectiveness
of a Hospital Health System’s Use of
Reference Laboratories,” at the 16th
annual meeting of the International
Society for Pharmacoeconomics
Outcomes Research in Baltimore,
Md. She is a hematology system
supervisor for Excela Health,
Greensburg, Pa.

1988
Lisa McAdoo is a recreation
specialist for the Department of
Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons,
Philadelphia, Pa. She also owns
and operates More Than Music
DJ Institute. She resides in
Philadelphia.

Ted (B.S. ’00) and Bridget (Flood ’91)
Wells reside in Cranberry Township,
Pa., with their children: Jordan,
Hunter and Cameron. Ted is an
elementary principal for the Butler
Area School District, Butler, Pa.

1991
Elana Gratz is an executive assistant
for Albanese Group, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. She resides in Fort Lauderdale,
with her husband, Christopher.
Bridget (Flood) and Ted (’90 B.S. ’00)
Wells reside in Cranberry Township,
Pa., with their children: Jordan,
Hunter and Cameron. Ted is an
elementary principal for the Butler
Area School District, Butler, Pa.

1992
Shelly Respecki (M.Ed. ’97) is a 2nd
lieutenant in the Army National
Guard in Auburn, N.Y. She resides
in Erie, Pa., where she coaches girls
basketball at McDowell High School.
Tracie (Hess) and Timothy (’96)
Sohyda reside in Bethel Park, Pa.,
with their children, Alyvia and
Luke. Timothy is a teacher and
head football coach for the CanonMcMillan School District.
Megan (Myford) Siple is a parent
educator for Jefferson-Clarion Early
Head Start, Brookville, Pa. She
resides in Punxsutawney, Pa., with
her sons, Zachary and Brock.
Newton Kam resides in Augusta, Ga.

1993
Teresa (Williamson) and Jason (’94)
Delp reside in New Kensington,
Pa., with their sons, Alexander and
Nicholas. Jason is a senior telecom
engineer at Coventry Health Care,
Cranberry Township, Pa.

Eagle Alum is Saving Babies
One of the most joyous days in parents’
lives is when their healthy baby finally makes
its entry into the world. The joy can quickly
turn to despair, however, when the baby arrives
prematurely or with medical problems.
Enter Clarion University alumnus Dr. Dennis
Slagle (’01), physician and neonatology fellow
in the neonatal intensive care units of Childrens
Hospital and Magee-Womens Hospital, both of
Pittsburgh.
Slagle cares for approximately 70 babies at
Magee and about 40 babies at Childrens. The
babies range from 24 weeks gestation to fullterm babies at 42 weeks.
Slagle said those babies often have numerous
medical problems, or just the fact that they were
born premature and are learning to grow. The
babies at Childrens require surgeries. The health
issues run the gamut from respiratory problems
to genetic problems.
He’s also on call to help coordinate transport
and fly with STAT MedVac, flying all over the
United States to get babies that need special
care at Childrens or Magee.
Slagle knew in high school that he wanted to
be a doctor. He was part of Clarion University’s
Upward Bound program, in which high school
students attend college classes and earn college
credits.
“That’s when I met (Clarion biology professor)
Dr. Doug Smith. He got me intrigued by biology.
That’s why I chose to go to Clarion University–

Del and Dawn (Bezilla ’94) Betris
reside in Chambersburg, Pa. Dawn is
a process improvement specialist for
Meritus Health.
Julie Jacobs resides in Falconer, N.Y.

1994
Jason and Teresa (Williamson ’93)
Delp reside in New Kensington,
Pa., with their sons, Alexander and
Nicholas. Jason is a senior telecom
engineer at Coventry Health Care,
Cranberry Township, Pa.
Dawn (Bezilla) and Del (’93) Betris
reside in Chambersburg, Pa. Dawn is
a process improvement specialist for
Meritus Health.

1995
Keenan Shaffer is a self-employed
human performance consultant/
senior instructional systems
designer. He resides in Aliquippa.

through his guidance I realized that was the
best path I could take.”
At Clarion Slagle studied molecular biology
and biotechnology. He spent his summers – two
of them at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland –
working on research projects.
“Little did I know that what I was learning
during the summer months when I would take
on research would be skills that would help me
now,” he said. Part of his fellowship training
requires two years of research.
One of the medical issues that Slagle
encounters in very premature babies is
necrotizing enterocolitis – or NEC – which is
inflammation of the intestines.
“The intestine can get very sick to the point
that it can actually die. It can result in infant
death,” he said. “Right now there is no cure. We
give the babies antibiotics, but sometimes that’s
not enough.”
Slagle has focused his research on NEC. He’s
working with mice, injecting stem cells from
healthy mice into sick ones to see if it will boost
their immune systems and help them get better.
He will present the findings of his research this
fall.
“You can’t go wrong by choosing Clarion,”
Slagle said. “You’re going to get an excellent
education, as well as phenomenal support by the
pre-professional committee in helping to prepare
you for entering medical school.”
He appreciates, too, the scholarships

1996
Dr. Lynn Baluh (M.S.L.S. ’97) is
employed at Radford University,
McConnell Library, in Radford, Va.
She received her Doctor of Health
Sciences from A.T. Still University’s
Arizona School of Health Sciences
in March 2011. She resides in
Christiansburg, Va.
Kim (Goosley) Oakes teaches
kindergarten in the Southern Lehigh
School District, Center Valley, Pa.
She resides in Bethlehem, Pa.,
with her husband, Arthur, and their
daughter, Aubrey.
Timothy and Tracie (Hess ’92) Sohyda
reside in Bethel Park, Pa., with their
children, Alyvia and Luke. Timothy is
a teacher and head football coach for
the Canon-McMillan School District.

1997
Todd Freidhoff resides in Johnstown,
Pa., with his wife, Amanda, and son,
Corbin.

Slagle works with a neonatology patient

he earned that completely funded his
undergraduate degree. “I was so very grateful,
knowing that I would have extensive debt with
medical school.”
Slagle earned a doctor of osteopathy degree
from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine. He finished his pediatric residency
June 30, 2009, and the next day he began his
work at Childrens and Magee.
“I absolutely love it. It allows me to work with
families, at the same time caring for their baby,”
Slagle said. “There’s a drive and a passion there
to do all that I can to help their baby get better
and go home.”
Slagle and his wife, Stacey, whom he met
during his residency, are expecting their first
baby in November. Slagle is entering his third
and final year of neonatology fellowship, and
his wife is entering her second year. After
completing their fellowships they plan to remain
in the Pittsburgh area.

Emily (Wilson) Weber is a registered
nurse at St. Clair Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pa. She resides in
Pittsburgh with her husband,
Michael, and children, Gavin and
Violet.
Terri Begenwald is an assistant
controller for KDKA/CBS Television,
Pittsburgh, Pa. She resides in
Glenshaw, Pa.

1998
Renae Kluk Kiehl is the new assistant
corporate secretary for Capital
BlueCross, Harrisburg, Pa. In this
role she supports the corporate
secretary and the board of directors.
Renae is a graduate of the Widener
University School of Law.
Nicole (Flynn M.S. ’00) Mathieson is
a speech language pathologist for
the Riverside Beaver County School
District, Ellwood City, Pa. She
resides in Grove City, Pa., with her
husband, Jeff, and children, Alexis
and Zachary.

1999
James and Mindy (Conley) Gilleland
reside in Saint Johns, Fla., with
their children, Ava and Reese.
Adam Petalino teaches fourth
grade in the Ligonier Valley School
District. He resides in Ligonier, Pa.,
with his wife, Bree, and children,
Jacob and Anthony.
Steven and Stacy (Wigfield ’00)
Nawrocki reside in Erie, Pa., with
their daughter, Lia. Steven teaches
music in the Iroquois School District
in Erie. Stacy is a speech pathologist
for Select Specialty Hospital,
Interim Home Health, in Erie.
Elaine (Ohl) Gregory is an MCA for
Sears, Cranberry, Pa. She resides in
Titusville, Pa.
Laura (Eilenfeld M.S. ’00) and Tab
(’01) Musser reside in Denver, Pa.,
with their children: Jilian, Addison
and Evelyn.

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2000
Stacy (Wigfield) and Steven (’99)
Nawrocki reside in Erie, Pa., with
their daughter, Lia. Steven teaches
music in the Iroquois School District
in Erie. Stacy is a speech pathologist
for Select Specialty Hospital,
Interim Home Health, in Erie.
Jennifer (Roetter) Murphy resides in
Plum, Pa.
Anne (O’Neill) Hudson teaches
eighth grade social studies at
the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter
School, Midland, Pa. She resides in
Hookstown, Pa., with her husband,
Michael, and children, Haley and
William.

2001
Michele Texter is a parenting
education family and community
worker for Achieva, Pittsburgh, Pa.
She resides in Pittsburgh with her
husband, Tom Moore.
Jason and Whitney (Simala ’02) Bell
reside in Hermitage, Pa., with their
daughter, Lainey.
Tab and Laura (Eilenfeld ’99, M.S.
’00) Musser reside in Denver, Pa.,
with their children: Jilian, Addison
and Evelyn.

2002
Whitney (Simala) and Jason (’01) Bell
reside in Hermitage, Pa., with their
daughter, Lainey.
Gary Aughinbaugh Jr. resides in
Frederick, Md., with his wife, Kara,
and son, Owen.
Michael McCormick is a senior
ERP programmer/analyst for PCB
Piezotronics, Inc., Depew, NY. He
resides in Angelica, N.Y.
Melanie Spellen is a registration
specialist for the DuBois Regional
Medical Center, DuBois, Pa. She
resides in DuBois, with her son,
Zachary.
Sarah (Stem) Riggle is a high school
learning support teacher in the
Richland School District, Johnstown,
Pa. She resides in Johnstown with
her husband, Joshua, and daughters,
Alexa and Aiden.

2003
Jessica (Wallace) and Joseph (’05)
Williamson reside in Verona, Pa.

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Jessica is an optician for Insight
Vision Care in Pittsburgh.
Robert (M.S. ’05) Pica Jr. is an
emergency medicine physician
assistant for Lehigh Valley Physician
Group, Allentown, Pa. He resides in
Allentown.
Brooke (Olson) Miller teaches for
the Burrell School District. She
resides in Lower Burrell, Pa., with
her husband, Justin, and daughter,
Channing.
James Minich Jr. teaches math for the
Danville Public Schools. He resides
in Danville, Va., with his wife,
Stephanie.
Bethany (George) Ike resides in
Ligonier, Pa., with her daughter,
Olivia.

2004
Christina Meehan is a paid search
analyst for LSF Interactive,
Conshohocken, Pa. She earned
a master’s degree in internet
marketing from Full Sail University
in Florida. She resides in
Conshohocken.
Lindsay (Brown) Bowser is a speech
pathologist for Winston Salem/
Forsyth County Schools, Winston
Salem, N.C. She resides in Winston
Salem with her husband, Jesse, and
son, Levi.

2005
Joseph and Jessica (Wallace ’03)
Williamson reside in Verona, Pa.
Jessica is an optician for Insight
Vision Care in Pittsburgh.

2006
Ashley Jefferson is manager of the
Burke Branch Library, Alexandria,
Va. She resides in Fairfax, Va.

2007
Stephanie Story resides in Aurora, Ill.
Mallory Bower is an assistant director
of career services at the University
of North Carolina at Pembroke. She
resides in Laurinburg, N.C.
Edward and Katie (Okolish) Streiff
reside in Carnegie, Pa., with their
daughter, Emily.
Jennifer Pavlik earned a Master
of Education in early childhood
from California University of

Pennsylvania. She is an early
intervention teacher with the
Intermediate Unit 1, Washington,
Pa. Jennifer resides in Burgettstown,
Pa.

2008

Marriages
Joseph (’05) and Jessica (Wallace
’03) Williamson, July 3, 2010
Adam (’08) and Andrea (Berger ’08)
Hoffer, Aug. 21, 2010

Virginia (Strutt) Schuetz resides in
Cranberry Township, Pa.

Dr. Dennis (’01) and Stacey Slagle,
Nov. 4, 2010

James Leahy is a database
administrator for the National
Network of Digital Schools. He
resides in Wexford, Pa.

Births

Adam and Andrea (Berger) Hoffer
reside in Port Matilda, Pa. Andrea
is a software engineer for Raytheon,
State College, Pa. Adam is a GIS
Manager for Rex Energy Corporation,
State College.
Ann (M.S. ’10) Walsh is a speech
pathologist for Piedmont Regional
Feeding and Oral-Motor Clinic, LLC.,
Danville, Va. She resides in Danville.

2009
Kayla Rush is a communications
specialist for Bayer Material
Science, Pittsburgh, Pa. She resides
in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
Bradley Burford is a wildlife biologist
for URS Corporation. He resides in
Frederick, Md.

2010
Katelyn Monrean is a radiologic
technologist for MedExpress Urgent
Care, Meadville, Pa. She resides in
Meadville.
Ian Erickson is a copy editor for The
Progress Newspaper, Clearfield, Pa.
He resides in DuBois.
Shanna Bowersox is a graduate student
at Carnegie Mellon University. She
resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Paul (PJ) Harris is an associate
engineer for Bechtel Marine
Propulsion Corporation – Bettis
Atomic Power Laboratory, West
Mifflin, Pa. PJ recently earned a
Bachelor of Science in mechanical
engineering from the University of
Pittsburgh as part of the 3/2 cooperative program. He resides in
Ardara, Pa.
Heather (Good) Hyde resides in
Mill Hall, Pa., with her husband,
Damian.

Nicole (Flynn ’98 M.S. ’00) and Jeff
Mathieson, a son, Zachary James,
May 8, 2009.
Katie (Okolish ’07) and Edward (’07)
Streiff, a daughter, Emily,
March 28, 2010.
Kim (Goosley ’96) and Arthur Oakes,
a daughter, Aubrey, May 12, 2010.
Lindsay (Brown ’04) and Jesse
Bowser, a son, Levi Gregory,
July 27, 2010.
Stacy (Wigfield ’00) and Steven (’99)
Nawrocki, a daughter, Lia Grace,
Sept. 13, 2010.
Emily (Wilson ’97) and Michael
Weber, a daughter, Violet,
Sept. 25, 2010.
Whitney (Simala ’02) and Jason (’01)
Bell, a daughter, Lainey Elizabeth,
May 29, 2010.
Bethany (George ’03) Ike and Todd
Yurasits, a daughter, Olivia,
June 7, 2010.
Bree and Adam (’99) Petalino, a son,
Anthony, June 1, 2010.
Kara and Gary (’02) Aughinbaugh Jr.,
a son, Owen David, Dec. 30, 2010.
Deborah and Scott (’04) Kane, a
daughter, McKenna Hope,
Jan. 24, 2011.
Amanda and Todd (’97) Freidhoff, a
son, Corbin Jackson, Feb. 9, 2011.
Sarah (Stem ’02) and Joshua Riggle,
twin daughters, Alexa Catherine and
Aiden Elizabeth, March 5, 2011.
Laura (Eilenfeld ’99, M.S. ’00) and
Tab (’01) Musser, a daughter, Evelyn
Grace, March 6, 2011.
Brooke (Olson ’03) and Justin Miller,
a daughter, Channing Mae, April 17,
2011.

In Memoriam

Gevienne (Smith ’45) Jackson , Feb. 19, 2011

David Kenneth Himes ’84, April 1, 2011

Alice E. Exley ’59, Feb. 23, 2011

Layton R. Matchulet ’50, April 9, 2011

Charles W. Krepps Jr. ’52, Feb. 27, 2011

Henry F. Shepard ’49, April 11, 2011

Gerald L. Etzel ’56, June 17, 2010

James P. Ross ’66, March 2, 2011

Howard A. Thompson ’51, April 17, 2011

Alan J. Benko ’77, Oct. 7, 2010

Avery John Miller ’50, March 2, 2011

Enrico Papurello ’54, April 20, 2011

Sheila M. Brown ’91, Dec. 7, 2010

Richard B. McGrady ’67, March 5, 2011

Jill T. (Swanson ’83) Clark, Jan. 5, 2011

William A. Howard ’69, March 10, 2011

Isabel M. (Crawford ’36) Hixson Benedick,
May 1, 2011

Kenneth M. McLaughlin ’01, Feb. 7, 2011

Richard M. Gehrett ’55, March 19, 2011

Halley O. Willison ’49, Feb. 9, 2011

Carolyn B. (Teter ’81) Keth, March 25, 2011

Elaine M. (Bova ’53) Salerno , Feb. 3, 2011

Michael E. Amsden ’82, March 26, 2011

William James Bailey ’50, Feb. 3, 2011

Ronald W. Kalup ’64, March 29, 2011

Arthur E. Fleming,
Clarion University Foundation, Inc.,
Board Of Directors
Arthur Eugene
Fleming, 84, of Crops
Corners Road, Knox,
died May 28,
2011, at
the Clarion
Hospital. He
was born May
12, 1927, the
third son of
James M. and
Virginia Detar
Fleming.
Mr. Fleming
was a faithful
member of
the Salem United Church of Christ in
Lamartine. He was also a world traveler,
a successful businessman and a
philanthropist.
Although not a graduate of Clarion
University, Mr. Fleming had a great
love for and was a supporter of the
university. In 2002, he was awarded
the Eberly Award for philanthropy
from the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education. He was a member
of the board of directors of the Clarion
University Foundation, Inc. His portrait
hangs in the Motter-Fleming conference
room in the Seifert-Mooney Center for
Advancement, and his name appears
on plaques at the eagle by Tippin Gym,
the bell tower, Eagle Commons dining
hall, Grunenwald Science Center and the
Miller Community Center at Reinhard
Villages.
He is survived by a sister, Margaret
“Peg” Umstead and her husband, Ralph,
of Cranberry; and eight nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death by his
brothers, Stanley and Paul; and a sister,
Dorothy.

Roland L. Dobos ’62, May 3, 2011
Thomas B. Shreve ’02, May 19, 2011

Dr. Robert G. McElhattan (’53),
Retired Faculty

Harold William Ferguson (’41, ’47),
Alumnus

Dr. Robert G. McElhattan, 87 of Franklin,
Pa., died April 20, 2011. He was born
Sept. 18, 1923, in Saint Petersburg, Pa., to
Robert A. and Twyla Altman McElhattan.

Harold William
Ferguson, 88, died
Dec. 7, 2010. He
was born April 22,
1922, in Pansy, Pa.,
to Myrrell and Nellie
Boyer Ferguson.
He was married
to Jean (Blake ’48)
Ferguson for 47 years.
She preceded him
in death. He later
married Jean Hetrick Ferguson. She survives.
Mr. Ferguson began teaching in 1941 with
an elementary certificate from Clarion State
Teachers College. He taught at two one-room
schools in Cliff and Pansy, both in Beaver
Township, Pa. A World War II veteran, he served
for three years before returning to Clarion to
study science, math and social studies. He
taught high school chemistry for more than 35
years. He spent many summers instructing high
school teachers in the United States, India and
Nigeria.
He was cited with the James B. Conant
Award in 1974 and the Clarion Distinguished
Alumni Award in 1967. He was a varsity letter
winner in wrestling at Clarion State Teachers
College. He formed and coached many wrestling
programs and supported Clarion’s wrestling
program.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Ferguson is
survived by three sons; Jeff, Lynn and Jim; a
daughter, Laurie; two stepsons, Ron and Dave
Hetrick; two stepdaughters, Beverly Harp and
Deborah Young; a sister, Margaret Wright; a
brother, Max; 17 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers,
Delbert and Lawrence Ferguson (’56), grandson
William Ruberg and step-grandson Kirby
Hetrick.

He was married April 1, 1944, to Betty
L. Rhoads, who survives.
Dr. McElhattan was a World War II
veteran. He served in the U.S. Army Signal
Corp. in the European theater from 1943
until 1945.
He graduated from Salem High School
in 1941. He received his bachelor’s degree
from Clarion University and master’s degree
and doctorate in education administration
from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. McElhattan worked in Franklin
School District from 1953 to 1974 as a
teacher, counselor and driver’s ed instructor.
He was superintendent from 1967 to 1974,
then was district superintendent of Sullivan
County (Pa.) School District. After retiring in
1984, he was a student teacher supervisor
at Clarion University from 1987 to 1992.
Dr. McElhattan was a member of Salem
Lutheran Church and Franklin Grace
Lutheran Church. He wrote seven books.
He was a member of the Historic Franklin
Preservation Association, Venango County
Historical Society and Franklin Public
Library.
Survivors include five daughters; Kay
Tansey, June Hetrick, Sally Knipp, Sue
Griffen (’75) and Jane McElhattan; eight
grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two
sisters Rhea Switzer and Mary Sobina; a
brother-in-law, Eugene Rhoads (’51); and
numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by two brothers, John
and Clifford McElhattan; two sisters, Louise
Rodgers and Kathern Linehan; a brother-inlaw, Glenn Rhoads; and a grandson, Terry
(T.J.) Hetrick.

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venango campus

Alumni Information Update
Seifert-Mooney Center for Advancement
840 Wood Street • Clarion PA 16214-1232
814-393-2572; Fax 814-393-1834
e-mail: alumni@clarion.edu
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is for Alumni Office use only and is not for publication.
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Name _________________________________________________
First

M.I.

Last

Maiden

Graduation Year __________ Major ________________________
Birthday _______________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________
City___________________ State ________ Zip______________
Home phone ________________ Cell phone_________________
Preferred email _________________________________________
Spouse’s name_________________________________________
Spouse’s graduation year (if alumni) ______________________
Children’s names, gender, and birth dates __________________
______________________________________________________
Employer’s Name_______________________________________

Two New Members Added to CUAA Board of Directors
Clarion University Alumni Association welcomes two new members to its
board of directors. Angela (Groom ’80) Brown and Adam Ruffner (’06) began
their two-year terms July 1.
Brown graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
business administration and computer science. She
has a long-standing record of volunteerism for the
university and received the Distinguished Volunteer
Award in 2006. Since 2001, she has coordinated
annually the black student reunion during
homecoming. During the past year she has been
active in soliciting donations for the Black Students
Fund from fellow alumni and friends, which has
garnered gifts from many first-time donors. Outside
brown
of Clarion, Brown volunteers for other organizations,
including ChildHelp USA, the Kidney Foundation and the American Cancer
Society. She resides in Fort Washington, Md., and is a manager for IBM,
working from home. She is married to Grafton Brown.
Ruffner holds a bachelor’s degree in biology
and education. He has worked as a sales agent
for Liberty Mutual since 2008. Ruffner was on
campus for homecoming in 2010 as part of his
duties for Liberty Mutual and their affinity program
with the alumni association. He stayed beyond his
scheduled event at the tent reception to attend
Eagle Endzone, which sparked a question about
how he could become more involved with the
university. Ruffner lives in New Castle, Pa., with
ruffner
his wife, Sarah, and sons, Peyton, 7, and Mason, 8
months. In New Castle, he helps with youth sports and local charities as his
work schedule permits.
Also effective July 1, the new executive officers are: president, Robert
Dandoy (’74); president-elect, David Bailey (’65); treasurer, Deborah
(McNerney ’06, ’07) Eckelberger; and secretary, Jean (Weaver ’59, ’74) Mills.

Employer Address ______________________________________
City___________________ State ________ Zip ______________
Employer Phone________________________________________
Position/Title___________________________________________
Military Service

q Currently Active

q Formerly Served

Military Branch_________________________________________
Military Rank___________________________________________

Fifth Annual Homecoming
Collector Coffee Mug
The Clarion University Book Center is offering
a free limited edition coffee mug to Clarion
University alumni. Coupons for the mug can
be obtained upon registration at the alumni
tent reception. Coupon must be presented at
the book center, while supplies last.

Years of Military Service__________________________________
Comments_____________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Signature (required)_____________________________________

Submit your update online at
www.clarion.edu/alumni-update
We need your preferred email address in order for our communication to
reach you in a timely manner. Please send your preferred email address,
along with your name, to alumni@clarion.edu or update your record
using the form above.

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Clarion University Alumni Calendar
Oct. 7-8
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
Oct. 8 -- Clarion Golden Eagles vs. Lock
Haven University at 2 p.m.

Oct. 29
Family Day
Clarion Golden Eagles vs. Gannon University
at 1 p.m.

Oct. 10, 4:30 p.m.
CUAA Board of Directors Meeting
Seifert-Mooney Center for Advancement
For more information, contact Jessica
(Tenfelde ’04) Zacherl at 814-393-1776 or
jzacherl@cuf-inc.org.

April 14, 2012
Extravaganza & Distinguished Awards
Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.
For more information, contact Jessica
(Tenfelde ’04) Zacherl at 814-393-1776 or
jzacherl@cuf-inc.org.

Watch For Updates at www.clarion.edu/alumni

2011
Homecoming and Reunion
Weekend Schedule of Events

Friday, Oct. 7

welcome back reception

Seifert-Mooney Center for Advancement,
2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Stop by the alumni center on your way
into Clarion and leave your legacy by
signing your yearbook for the permanent
collection. Light refreshments will be
provided.

class of 1961 reception

Exclusive Event for the Class of 1961
The President’s Residence,
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Enjoy an early cocktail or tea while
getting to know Dr. Whitney before the
banquet. Leave your car on campus. The
shuttle will be there to take you to the
president’s house. (RSVP REQUIRED)

Hart Chapel parking lot,
10 a.m.-noon

Come one, come all, kids BIG and
small! This year’s parade reception will
be filled with tons of activities for the
family! There will be a bounce house
for the kids, a fun photo opportunity,
a chance to meet the new mascot, live
music and more. Visit with the various
alumni groups, academic departments
and campus groups at their tables.
Commemorative event pins, free snacks
and drinks will be given away. Don’t
forget to check out the History Club’s
open house in Founders Hall. (RSVP)

Free Shuttle to Memorial Stadium
Hart Chapel,11a.m.-6p.m.

autumn leaf parade

Alumni Banquet

Clarion University Campus,
6 p.m.-8 p.m., $30/person
Enjoy dinner as we honor the Class of
1961. Alumni and significant others
invited. (RSVP REQUIRED)

Homecoming Headquarters
Holiday Inn Courtyard,
6 p.m.-10 p.m.

alumni association
parade reception

NEW!

Stop by as you get into town
and use this as your meeting place for
your affinity groups and friends to catch
up and remember great times. There will
be free snacks, cash bar and giveaways.

saturday, Oct. 8
brunch

Eagle Commons Dining Facility,
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
All you can eat, $6.50 per adult and
$3.99 kids 6-12, children under 5 eat
free. All payable at the door.

Planning a Reunion During Homecoming?
Let us know! Many successful reunions have been building
around majors, sports and geographic locations of alumni.
The possibilities for affinity group reunions are endless, as
these groups continue to grow at Homecoming and Reunion
Weekend. If your group is making plans, contact the alumni
office at alumni@clarion.edu or 814-393-2572 to add your
activities to the calendar.

Alumni & Friends Oldies Dance
Boogie the night away at Clarion’s Second Annual Alumni Oldies Dance at
7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Holiday Inn Ballroom with 50s and 60s music. After
9:30 p.m. it will open to all music requests. All Clarion alumni and guests
are welcome. Admission is $10 per person at the door and is your ticket to
fun with a local DJ, cash bar, raffles and prizes. All proceeds benefit the
“Dare to Dream” scholarship for the Golden Eagles football team.

Black Student Reunion
Celebrate “The Magic” of Clarion during the following
Black Student Reunion events:
Oct. 7 – Welcome Reception (7 p.m.)
Oct. 8 – Dinner Buffet (7 p.m.)
Oct. 9 – Farewell Prayer Service (10:30 a.m.)
For more information, contact Angela (Groom ’80) Brown,
lashonlashon@earthlink.net or 301-292-6105.

Phi Sigma Epsilon
This year the brothers of Phi Sigma Epsilon will be hosting their annual
hospitality suite at the Holiday Inn both the evenings of Oct. 7 and 8.
For more information, contact Larry McElwain ’62 at phisigsclarion@aol.
com or 706-258-7831.

Downtown Clarion, noon

Alpha Gamma Phi

Class of 1961 float in parade (RSVP)
Exclusive Event for the Class of 1961

All Fraternity and Sorority alumni are invited to join the Gammas as they
host their annual golf scramble Oct. 7. The event will take place at the
Hi-Level Golf course in Kossuth, Pa. Shotgun start at 9 a.m.; $45 fee per
golfer includes: 18-holes, golfcart for each pair of golfers, food and drinks.
A hospitality center will be set up Oct. 6-8 in room 101 at The Holiday Inn.
Meet up with the Gammas at 10 a.m. Oct. 8 at Hart Chapel to ride with
the brothers of Alpha Gamma Phi in the ALF parade. For More information,
contact Wayne Norris ’65 at wnorris@dura-bond.com or 724-327-0280.

Eagle Endzone
Alumni Party

Memorial Stadium, 1 p.m.
Step off of the shuttle and get the party
started at Eagle Endzone. Join fellow
alumni to cheer the Golden Eagles on to
victory. Get a bird’s eye view from the
field as each play unfolds. Live radio
broadcasts, prizes and free tailgating
snacks will make this the place to show
off your Clarion pride. (RSVP)

golden eagles Football
vs lock haven
Memorial Stadium, 2 p.m.

Reserve your tickets in advance for pickup at “Will Call” the day of the game for
$9/person. (RSVP)

(RSVP) Complete the Registration form on Back Cover

Sigma Tau Gamma/Sigma Tau
Make plans to attend Sig Tau’s Fourth Annual Homecoming gathering! Sig
Tau will join in the Gamma’s annual golf scramble at Hi-Level Golf Course
in Kossuth, Pa. Shotgun starts Oct. 7 at 9 a.m.; $45 fee per golfer includes
18 holes, golf cart for each pair of golfers, food and drinks. The Sig Tau
hospitality suite will be open following the tournament in the Cook Forest
Room at the Clarion Holiday Inn. The hospitality suite will reopen Saturday
at 5 p.m. Food and drinks will be available in the room throughout the
weekend. For more information, contact Paul Palmer ’61 at ppalmer@isd.
net.

Sigma Sigma Sigma
The Alpha Pi chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma would like to invite all Tri
Sigma alumni to gather at “Homecoming Headquarters” at 6 p.m., Oct. 7,
at The Holiday Inn Courtyard, Clarion. For further details, please contact
Shannon (Fitzpatrick ’92) Thomas at s.fitzpatrick@rcn.com or 610-7216472. “Like” Clarion University of Pennsylvania on Facebook to see who
else is attending and join the “Homecoming Headquarters” event.

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Investment of a Lifetime

Everyone wants to make a sound
investment. That’s why there’s a whole
industry of men and women who
serve as investment advisors. They
provide charts and analysis and make
recommendations.
Thoughtful investors want to support
solid organizations with a good track
record of profits. They want to see growth
and success. No one wants to lose money.
Supporting Clarion University is
much like making an investment. But
in this case, the returns pertain not to
the investor’s pocket, but to the success
of the university. Donors “invest” their
charitable dollars in Clarion because
they believe we will continue to yield
handsome returns in the community and
society at large.
We who work on behalf of the
university are investors, too. We are
investing our lives in this organization
because we believe it is sound and
successful in fulfilling its worthy mission
in the world. In fact, all of the volunteers
who give of their time and energies are
investors as well.
Our development team is comprised
of investment advisors who communicate
program results and recommend that
prospective donors plan their gifts
thoughtfully to support our mission. Our
“investment tools” include charitable
gift annuities, endowment funds, will
bequests and a variety of charitable
trusts.
Throughout Clarion’s history there
have been a host of satisfied investors
who, like Al (’74) and Jan Lander
have made significant commitments
to our university. They have achieved
outstanding returns through the
accomplishments of our students
and alumni, faculty and staff and the
university community at large.
You probably have several financial
investments you monitor along the way.
Well, our “investors” monitor the work
of Clarion as well. We want them to,
because we feel responsible for
their charitable contributions and
for ongoing results.
If you would like to learn more
about planned giving and how you
can make “the investment of a
lifetime,” please contact us at 814393-2572 or giving@clarion.edu.

Consider Your Clarion Legacy
by Investing in Our Future!
Whether the time to invest is right now,
or later by way of a bequest, you will
experience the satisfaction of making a
sound investment and achieving lasting
returns.

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Clarion and beyond | JULY 2011

Investment Yields Stronger Students,
Community and University
Al Lander (’74) says he doesn’t make
donations. He makes investments in people.
Three Clarion University students are among
the people in whom Lander and his wife, Jan,
have made their most recent investment, through
the new Clarion University Civic Engagement
Scholarship, which the Landers initiated.
Erin Stovich of Clarion, Shannon Prentiss of
Pittsburgh and Maurice James of Philadelphia
will have their tuition and necessary fees paid
for the fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters
through the scholarship, but they have to make
an investment themselves, into Clarion County.
The scholarship is based on civic
involvement.
“In the world in which we live, the most
valuable resource is the human resource. The
only thing that distinguishes one company from
another is the people,” Lander said. “That’s
also true of communities and universities. What
I see is a wealth of talent at the university and
a wealth of talent in the community. If we can
bring those together, I see a synergy in which the
whole will be greater than the sum of the parts.”
Civic involvement is an area of focus in
Clarion University President Karen Whitney’s plan
of action.
“As a publicly engaged university, preparing
Clarion University graduates to contribute to
the economic and civic life of our communities
provides a rich learning and often life-changing
experience for our students,” Whitney said. “We
are most thankful for Al and Jan’s philanthropic
spirit and their passion for public service.”
When Lander, who serves on the board of
directors of Clarion University Foundation,
Inc., approached the foundation about the
scholarship, it was initially proposed as a
reward of sorts, for community service already
performed.
Lander wanted it done differently. He believes
in people, and he believes if you invest in them,
they’ll do the right thing.
“It’s based on need, so if the student is in
need of the money to be able to
continue at the university, we have to
trust the student to be able to
bring about a positive result
in the community. We need
to advance the money and
work with the students,”
he said.
“What I see,
especially in
the business
community, is
investing of money
and resources.
Investments are
James and stovich

managed and supervised to
earn a rate of return,” Lander
said. “If we’re looking at
investing in students, we are
looking at not just spending
money, we are looking at a
positive outcome, a rate of
return. If we look at it in that
respect, and if we develop
prentiss
the program in that respect,
we’ll have far greater results than if we’re just
looking at giving money to students who can’t
otherwise afford to go to college.”
Applicants must submit a plan for the type of
civic involvement on which they wish to focus.
It can be for any agency in Clarion County. The
community service is to be performed within the
academic year covered by the scholarship.
Stovich, a senior secondary education/biology
major with a minor in environmental education,
plans to implement a program to tutor secondarylevel students in science. Prentiss, a junior
medical technology major, wants to recruit 10 to
15 Clarion University seniors to serve as mentors
to high school students interested in particular
majors. James, a sophomore communication
major concentrating in film, will work with
children ages 12 to 17 on social issues such as
self-esteem and bullying.
At the end of the year, the three will make
a presentation describing the outcomes of the
individual projects and what they’ve learned and
how they’ve grown through the service. Lander
anticipates many positive stories being told.
“I want to take the idea, show that it will
work and come back to the community and
other would-be donors and ask them to help
expand the program and make it grow,” Lander
said. “I believe this program can be a catalyst
to strengthen the university and the community
together.”
The Landers put up the initial sum to
cover tuition and fees for the three students.
The foundation will be working to endow the
scholarship.
“This is a pilot year, so it allows us time to
really define a successful program,” said Laura
King (’09), development officer for the Clarion
University Foundation, Inc.
Clarion University Center for Leadership and
Involvement will be working this year to identify
community needs to serve as a guide to students
seeking future service projects.
“I’m excited about it,” Lander said. “I think
we have a good group of people at the university
who are committed to it and who will supervise
it. I think we have some very good candidates.
I am committed to making sure that we give it
every chance of success.”

Thank You, Clarion!
Ian Hurbanek (’05)

Education: Bachelor’s degree in communication
Career: Captain, Pennsylvania National Guard
Home: Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pa.
Fly, Eagle, Fly

Hurbanek joined Pennsylvania National Guard, 171st Air Refueling Wing,
Coraopolis, when he was 18, before he began his college career. In his 11 years
with the National Guard, he has been deployed overseas five times. Hurbanek is
an aircraft commander, pilot and flight safety officer. His unit is responsible for
in-flight refueling, making sure that fighter jets have fuel to support ground troops
in combat.

Learning to Lead

Hurbanek said the bachelor’s degree in communication he earned at Clarion
University in 2005 has helped him get his foot in the door for a career with the
National Guard, but it was the leadership opportunities at Clarion that gave him
an edge. At Clarion, Hurbanek served as vice president of Student Senate and
president of the Interfraternity Council. He also served on various committees.

Helping Hands

Hurbanek was awarded the Mass Media Arts and Journalism Department Endowed
Scholarship in 2004 and 2005 and the Dean James D. Moore Scholarship in
2004. “It truly meant a lot to receive both scholarships,” Hurbanek said. “As
somebody who was paying my own way through college, it made achieving my
dreams just that much easier.”

A Place in His Heart

Hurbanek considers the greatest gift from Clarion to be meeting his wife, Jenna
(Agostino ’08). “Clarion has a special place in our hearts,” he said. The couple
resides in Cranberry Township, Butler County.

Alumni Association Awards Scholarships to Six Students

S

BOYLES

CLAY

ix Clarion University
students will receive
Alumni Association
Scholarship and Leadership
Awards for the 2011-12
academic year.
Nicole Boyles,
Rimersburg, Pa., a junior
rehabilitative sciences and
gerontology major, will
receive $500. She is a
daughter of Ken and Valerie
Boyles and a graduate
of Redbank Valley High
School.
Michelle Clay, Prospect,
Pa., a sophomore molecular
biology/biotechnology
major, will receive $600.

She is a daughter of
Thomas and Linda Clay and
a graduate of Slippery Rock
Area High School.
Joan Cullen, Lancaster,
Pa., a junior biology and
Spanish major, will receive
$600. She is a daughter
of James and Mary Anne
Cullen and a graduate of
J.P. McCaskey High School.
Regina Finelli, Milford,
Pa., a senior speechlanguage pathology major,
will receive $1,000. She is
a daughter of Stanley and
Lori Finelli and a graduate
of Delaware Valley High
School.

Whitney Lewis,
Emporium, Pa. a senior
elementary education
major, will receive $800.
She is a daughter of
Patrick and Andrea Platt
and a graduate of Cameron
County High School.
Amanda Platt,
Pittsburgh, a sophomore
secondary education/social
studies major, will receive
$400. She is a daughter
of David and Donna Platt
and a graduate of North
Allegheny Senior High
School.

CULLEN

FINELLI

LEWIS

PLATT
WWW.CLARION.EDU

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