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THE      U  N  I  V  E  RSITY      MAGAZINE 

'-  '■  : 

WINTER  2007 


New  EET program  takes  'practical' 
a  step  further,  leading  to  solid  job 
opportunities  for  the  first  graduating 
class.  Page  16. 


It's  a  balancing  act  of  preservation 
vs.  growth  in  Pennsylvania's 
Lancaster  County.  A  BU  Mum  is  right 
in  the  middle.  Page  14. 


From  the  President's  Desk 


'It's  not  easy  being  green.' 


-  KERMIT  THE  FROG 


Anyone  who  reads  my  columns  on  a  regular  basis  knows  I  often  start  with  a 
quotation  that  summarizes  how  I  feel  about  the  subject  at  hand.  Although 
my  research  led  me  to  quotations  about  the  wonder  of  nature  from 
.  Aristotle  ("In  all  things  of  nature,  there  is  something  of  the  marvelous.") 
to  writer  Hal  Borland  ("Knowing  trees,  I  understand  the  meaning  of  patience. 
Knowing  grass,  I  can  appreciate  persistence."),  Kermit  seemed  to  offer  the  wisest 
words  on  being  "green." 

In  this  instance,  "green"  refers  to  BU's  Academic  Quad,  the  open  space  extending 
from  the  Warren  Student  Services  Center  to  the  Andruss  Library.  The  Academic 
Quad,  part  of  BU's  Master  Plan,  has  been  an  invisible  component  of  campus 
construction  during  much  of  the  past  decade.  When  it  is  completed  this  fall,  a 
parking  lot  will  disappear  and  seven  campus  buildings — Bakeless,  McCormick, 
Waller,  Andruss,  Centennial,  Sutliff  and  Warren — will  front  on  a  grassy  lawn  (see 
page  2  for  details). 

In  some  respects,  the  Academic  Quad  is  an  old-fashioned  idea.  We  see  an 
abundance  of  open  space  in  photos  from  the  campus  archives:  the  grove  along 
Lightstreet  Road,  a  playground  where  Kehr  Union  stands  today,  a  lagoon  at  the 
current  site  of  Montour  Hall  and  a  large  lawn  that  extended  from  Perm  Street  to 
North  Hall,  to  name  just  a  few.  The  campus  had  19  acres  of  open  space  and  athletic 
grounds  in  the  1950s  but,  as  new  buildings  improved  students'  lives,  the  amount  of 
green  space  dwindled.  The  Academic  Quad  will  help  us  to  reclaim  it. 

The  quad  will  provide  outdoor  spaces  suitable  for  large  gatherings,  such  as 
commencement,  or  private  conversation  and  studying.  The  campus'  outdoor 
sculpture  will  be  grouped  among  the  plantings,  and  a  historic  fountain,  a  gift  from 
the  Class  of  1940,  will  be  returned  to  a  place  of  prominence  (archivist  Robert 
Dunkelberger  explains  in  "Over  the  Shoulder,"  beginning  on  page  30).  The  quad  will 
also  improve  pedestrian  safety,  as  parking  spaces  and  traffic  are  moved  from  the  heart 
of  the  campus. 

The  short-term  steps  of  being  green  won't  be  easy.  During  the  upcoming  spring 
and  summer  months,  construction  vehicles  will  move  earth  in  the  center  of  campus 
and  create  temporary  obstacles  for  getting  from  place  to  place.  But  when  it  is 
completed  next  fall,  the  Academic  Quad  will  transform  asphalt  to  greener);  an 
environment  where  even  Kermit  would  feel  at  home. 


Jessica  S.  Kozloff 


Bloomsburg  University  of  Pennsylvania  is  a 

member  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  System  of 

Higher  Education 

Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher 

Education  Board  of  Governors 

as  of  December  2006 

Kenneth  E.  Jarin,  Chair 

Kim  E  Lyttle,  Vice  Chair 

C.R.  "Chuck"  Pennoni,  Vice  Chair 

Matthew  E.  Baker 

Marie  Conley  Lammando 

Paul  S.  Dlugoiecki 

Daniel  P.  Elby 

Michael  K.  Hanna 

Vincent  J.  Hughes 

Kyle  J.  Mullins 

Joshua  A.  O'Brien 

Allison  Peitz 

Guido  M.  Pichini 

Edward  G.  Rendell 

JamesJ.  Rhoades 

Christine  J.  Toretti  Olson 

Aaron  A.  Walton 

Gerald  L.  Zahorchak 

Chancellor,  State  System  of  Higher  Education 

Judy  G.  Hample 

Bloomsburg  University  Council  of  Trustees 

Robert  J.  Gibble  '68,  Chair 

Steven  B.  Barth,  Vice  Chair 

Marie  Conley  Lammando  '94,  Secretary 

Ramona  H.  Alley 

Robert  Dampman  '65 

LaRoy  G.  Davis '67 

Charles  C.  Housenick  '60 

A.  William  Kelly  71 

Steven  J.  Knepp  '07 

Joseph  J,  Mowad 

David  J  Petrosky 

President,  Bloomsburg  University 

Jessica  Sledge  Kozloff 

Executive  Editor 

Liza  Benedict 

Co-Editors 

Eric  Foster 

Bonnie  Martin 

Husky  Notes  Editor 

Brenda  Hartman 

Director  of  Alumni  Affairs 

Lynda  Fedor-Michaels  '87/"88M 

Editorial  Assistant 

Irene  Johnson 

Communications  Assistants 

Lynette  Mong  '08 

Emily  Watson  '07 

Agency 

Snavely  Associates,  LTD 

Art  Director 

Debbie  Shephard 

Designer 

Curt  Woodcock 

Cover  Photography 

Eric  Foster 

On  the  Cover 

Biswajit  Ray  is  the  coordinator  of  BU's  electrical 

and  electronics  engineering  technology  program. 

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Bloomsburg  University  is  an  AA/EEO  institution 
and  is  accessible  to  disabled  persons.  Bloomsburg 
University  is  committed  to  affirmative  action  by 
way  of  providing  equal  educational  and  employ- 
ment opportunities  for  all  persons  without  regard 
to  race,  color,  religion,  sex,  age,  national  origin, 
ancestry,  disability  or  veteran  status. 


FEATURES 

Page  6 The  Original  Hot  Mom 

What  started  as  a  joke  between  friends  has  become  a 
club  with  thousands  of  members  across  the  country, 
including  celebrities  like  Britney  Spears.  The  Hot 
Moms  Club,  founded  by  Jessica  Denay  Lahm  '96, 
aims  to  reinvent  motherhood  and  has  been  featured 
in  major  media,  such  as  the  "Today"  show,  CNN  and 
People  magazine. 

Page  8 Coming  Full  Circle 

When  most  college  students  graduate,  they  look 
forward  to  going  off  into  the  world,  but  Lynda  Fedor- 
Michaels  '87/'88M  felt  a  strong  tug  that  still  keeps  her 
connected  to  BU.  As  the  new  director  of  alumni 
affairs,  Fedor-Michaels  is  using  her  passion  for  the 
university  to  connect  current  students  and  alumni. 

Page  10 Pennsylvania  Proud 

Benjamin  Franklin,  Andrew  Carnegie  and  Jeffrey 
Davis  all  have  one  thing  in  common,  Pennsylvania. 
As  an  associate  professor  of  history,  Davis  researches 
Pennsylvania's  rich  history  which  he  captures  in  a 
textbook  for  high  school  students. 

Page  12 Live  and  Learn 


Jessica  Denay  Lahm's  online  support  group  for 
moms  blossomed  into  a  nationwide  movement 
to  change  the  face  of  motherhood. 


Adjusting  to  college  life  can  be  a  difficult  transition  for  students,  but  BU's  Living 
Learning  Communities  aim  to  make  the  transition  a  little  easier.  Students  who 
participate  in  the  communities  are  often  more  motivated  and  obtain  higher  GPAs. 

Page  14 Balancing  Green  and  Growth 

Mike  Domin  '85  understands  the  delicate  balance  between  preservation  and  growth.  He 
has  spent  the  last  20  years  as  the  principal  planner  with  the  Lancaster  County  Planning 
Commission  helping  to  find  that  balance. 

COVER  STORY 

Page  16 Charged  for  Work 

As  a  design  engineer,  Professor  Biswajit  Ray  knows  what  it  takes  to  succeed  in  the 
industry.  In  2000,  he  brought  that  knowledge  to  BU  to  create  an  academic  program 
from  scratch.  Soon  the  electrical  and  electronics  engineering  technology  program  began 
offering  students  hands-on  experience  and  paid  co-ops. 

Page  19 Stage  &  Speedway 

Alumnus  Ralph  Miller  doesn't  believe  a  closed  door  means  a  missed  opportunity.  Miller 
has  used  the  business  knowledge  he  gained  at  BU  to  land  him  in  the  winner's  circle  in 
two  very  different  arenas:  NASCAR  and  regional  theater. 

DEPARTMENTS 

Page  2 News  Notes 

Page  22 Husk}' Notes 

Page  30 Over  die  Shoulder 

Pase  32 Calendar  of  Events 


WINTER      2007 


News  Notes 


Academic  Quad 
culminates  a  decade 
of  preparation 

Green  space  boosts  campus  beauty 

When  the  new  Academic  Quad  opens  this  fall,  a  space  in 
the  center  of  the  lower  campus  now  overrun  with  blacktop 
and  cars  will  be  replaced  by  lawns,  walkways,  an  outdoor 
cafe  and  a  piece  of  BU  history. 

The  Academic  Quad  will  be  the  centerpiece  of  a  decade 
of  expansion  and  renovation  of  many  BU  facilities,  such  as 
Centennial  Hall,  Warren  Student  Services  Center  and 
McCormick  Center,  and  an  improvement  to  the  entrance 
and  parking  behind  McCormick  Center.  These  projects  and 
the  construction  of  Andruss  Library  represent  an  investment 
of  more  than  $28  million  in  BU's  facilities,  according  to 
Colin  Reitmeyer,  assistant  director  of  facilities  for  planning 
and  construction.  The  Academic  Quad  can  be  considered  an 
extension  and  completion  of  these  projects  that  also 
improves  campus  safety  by  removing  traffic  and  parking 
from  its  center. 

"For  the  $8.4  million  Centennial  Hall  renovation  and 
expansion,  the  building  was  redesigned  with  the  facade 
facing  the  interior  of  campus  in  anticipation  of  the  creation 
of  a  quad,"  says  Reitmeyer.  "Similarly,  the  $5.4  million 
expansion  to  McCormick  Center  not  only  adds  the  teaching 
space  we  need,  but  it's  been  located  deliberately  to  complete 
that  side  of  the  Academic  Quad."  Reitmeyer  notes  that  more 


improvements  are  planned  for  the  facilities  in  the  area, 
including  a  $2.75  million  expansion  to  the  Warren  Student 
Service  Center. 

Excavation  of  the  area  will  begin  this  spring.  Highlights 
of  the  approximately  $2  million  project  include: 

•  Reinstalling  a  fountain,  a  gift  from  the  Class  of  1940, 
in  the  center  of  the  quad. 

•  Creating  an  outdoor  cafe  at  the  southwest  comer  of 
Andruss  Library. 

•  Relocating  sculptures  to  more  intimate  and 
attractive  settings. 

•  Grading  the  space  in  front  of  Warren  Student  Services 
Center  to  create  a  natural  amphitheatre  with  a  stage. 

•  Replacing  invasive,  non-native  Norway  maples  with 
more  appropriate  tree  species. 

Reitmeyer  notes  that  all  of  the  parking  spaces  lost  from  the 
Waller  lot  have  already  been  replaced.  When  the  quad  proj- 
ect is  complete,  the  total  number  of  faculty  and  staff  parking 
spaces  on  the  lower  campus  will  increase  from  563  to  648. 


Plans  for  the  Academic  Quad  include  an  outdoor  cafe  near 
Andruss  Library. 


BLOOM  SBURG   THE    UNIVERSITY   MAGAZINE 


Great  Sticks! 

BU  wins  13th  national  field  hockey  title 

The  BU  field  hockey  team  completed  an  undefeated  2006  season 
to  capture  the  Huskies'  13th  national  title  in  the  past  25  years.  The 
title  1-0  win  over  Bentley  College  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  was  played 
as  part  of  the  NCAA  Division  II  National  Sports  Festival  in 
Pensacola,  Fla. 


The  win  was  the  24th  of  the  year  for  the  Huskies,  tying  a  school 
record  for  wins  in  a  season.  It  was  also  the  1 3th  national  title  and 
10th  Division  II  crown  for  head  coach  Jan  Hutchinson. 

Bloomsburg's  senior  class  ends  its  career  with  a  mark  of  86-1 0 
and  three  NCAA  titles. 

Bloomsburg  State  College's  field  hockey  team,  also  coached  by 
Hutchinson,  won  the  first  women's  national  title  in  school  history,  a 
3-2  victory  over  Lynchburg  College  of  Virginia,  in  November  1 981 . 


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The  Academic  Quad  will  feature  a  park-like  setting  in  front  of 
Andruss  Library  that  will  be  home  to  the  campus'  outdoor 
sculpture  (top  left  and  right).  The  fountain  donated  by  the  Class 
of  1940  will  be  reinstalled  in  the  center  of  the  quad. 


Eventful  Listing 


Updates  available  on  campus  entertainment 

Bloomsburg  University  has  a  new  way  of  keeping 
people  in  touch  with  cultural  events  on  campus. 
Anyone  interested  in  knowing  about  concerts,  art 
exhibits,  the  Celebrity  Artist  Series  and  athletics  at 
BU  may  sign  up  to  receive  periodic  e-mail  updates 
at  http://www.bloomu.edu/events.  E-mail  updates 
will  arrive  every  seven  to  14  days. 


WINTER        2007 


News  Notes 


System 
Leader 

BU  student  appointed  to 
PASSHE  board 

Joshua  O'Brien,  Community 
Government  Association  president, 
was  named  to  the  Pennsylvania 
State  System  of  Higher  Educa-         Joshua  O'Brien 
tion's  Board  of  Governors.  He  is 

the  second  BU  student  in  two  years  to  be  named  to  the  board,  and 
he  will  retain  the  position  until  he  graduates.  Students  considered 
for  the  position  are  presidents  of  the  student  government 
association  at  one  of  the  14  universities  in  the  State  System. 
A  Harrisburg  native,  O'Brien  is  a  junior  majoring  in  political 
science  and  communication  studies  and  has  been  involved  with 
CGA  since  his  freshman  year.  He  also  participates  in  the  political 
science  organizations  on  campus  and  the  College  Republicans. 


Positive  Partner 

BU  adds  $121  million  to  local  economy 

BU  is  Columbia  County's  largest  employer,  contributing  $121 
million  to  the  county's  economy  each  year.  The  economic 
benefit  of  BU  and  its  13  sister  institutions  is  outlined  in  a 
report,  "The  Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher  Education: 
Economic  Impact  on  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania," 
prepared  by  West  Chester  University's  Center  for  Social  and 
Economic  Research,  College  of  Business  and  Public  Affairs. 
Other  key  BU  findings  based  on  data  from  2003-04: 

-  BU's  total  statewide  economic  impact  is  more  than 
$357  million. 

-  Spending  by  the  university  and  its  students,  visitors,  fac- 
ulty and  staff  generates  more  than  $  148  million  a  year. 

-  Fifty  percent  of  BU's  approximately  950  employees 
reside  in  Columbia  County;  80  percent  live  in  the 
three-county  area  of  Columbia,  Montour  and 
Northumberland  counties. 

-  Each  dollar  invested  by  the  commonwealth  and 
appropriated  to  BU  yields  a  return  of  $11.25  in  total 
economic  impact. 

-  State  sales  tax  and  individual  income  tax  paid  by 
students,  faculty  and  staff  total  $3.5  million  per  year. 

-  Sixty-six  percent  of  all  faculty  and  staff  volunteer  an 
average  of  4.67  hours  per  month  for  an  estimated 
annual  value  of  $872,879.  BU  students  volunteer  an 
average  of  3.5  hours  each  month. 


Digging  In 

American  Archeology  features  BU  students 


Two  BU  students  participated  in  an 
Ohio  archaeology  dig  that  was 
featured  in  the  fall  2006  issue  of 
American  Archaeology  magazine. 
The  two  BU  anthropology  majors, 
senior  Kitawna  Hoover  of  Middle- 
burg  (top  right)  and  sophomore 
Judith  Steinhilper  of  Bloomsburg 
(lower  right),  spent  three  and  a  half 
weeks  participating  in  excavations  at 
a  Hopewell  moundbuilder  settlement 
site  in  southern  Ohio.  The  Brown's 
Bottom  1  site  excavations  were 
co-directed  by  BU  anthropology 
professor  DeeAnne  Wymer  and  Paul 
Pacheco  of  SUNY-Geneseo. 


Freshman  Father 

New  priest  heads  Catholic  Campus  Ministry 

The  Rev.  Don  Cramer  arrived  at  BU  last 
fall  new  to  Catholic  Campus  Ministry  and 
eager  to  work  with  students.  Proclaiming 
himself  "a  freshman,"  Cramer  looks 
forward  to  building  on  a  tradition  of 
service  at  one  of  the  only  three  college 
programs  in  the  Harrisburg  Diocese  that 
have  their  own  buildings.  He  sees  CCM 
as  a  place  where  students  are  welcomed 
as  family  and  its  headquarters,  the 
Newman  House  on  College  Hill,  as  a 
home  away  from  home. 

After  six  years  of  seminary  and  five  years  as  an  ordained  priest, 
Cramer  holds  two  bachelor's  and  two  master's  degrees.  He  finds  deep 
joy  and  satisfaction  in  his  vocation.  "Every  night,  I  go  to  bed  knowing 
that  I  made  a  difference,"  he  says. 


The  Rev.  Don  Cramer 


BLOOMSBURG 


UNIVERSITY        MAGAZINE 


The  high  ropes  course  on  BU's  upper  campus  is  a  convenient  site  where  working  professionals  learn  to  work  together  and  overcome  fears. 


High  Ropes 


Corporate  Institute  challenges  MBA  students 

Students  pursuing  a  master's  degree  in  business  administra- 
tion aren't  often  asked  to  climb  50  feet  into  the  air  and 
maneuver  around  an  obstacle  course  set  high  in  the  trees. 
But,  for  the  past  three  years,  Joan  Benek-Rivera,  associate 
professor  and  chair  of  the  management  department,  has 
required  students  in  her  Professional  Development  Skills 
class  to  participate  in  a  high  ropes  course,  run  by  BU's  Cor- 
porate Institute.  The  course  on  BU's  campus  requires  partici- 
pants to  climb  up  a  telephone  pole  and  move  through  a 
series  of  obstacles  before  rappelling  to  the  ground. 

"(The  course)  helps  students  overcome  their  fears," 
Benek-Rivera  says.  "We  do  this  in  conjunction  with  our  first 


unit,  which  focuses  on  self-awareness — learning  about  your 
strengths  and  weaknesses.  It  teaches  them  to  deal  with 
uncertainty,  and  these  personal  lessons  transfer  into  their 
professional  lives." 

According  to  Corporate  Institute  Director  Roy  Smith,  the 
high  ropes  course  motivates  individuals  to  think  clearly  in 
unfamiliar  settings,  a  valuable  skill  for  professionals  already 
in  the  workforce.  "I  tell  people  to  remember  their  coping 
mechanisms  when  they  get  up  there,"  Smith  says.  "How  do 
they  deal  with  the  situation?  And  how  can  they  take  that 
and  use  it  in  other  day-to-day  situations?" 

For  information  on  BU's  MBA  program,  contact  Blair 
Staley,  MBA  program  coordinator,  at  (570)  389-4392  or 
astaley@bloomu.edu;  for  information  on  BU's  Corporate 
Institute,  visit  http://www.corporateinstitute.org,  or  contact 
Roy  Smith  at  (570)  389-4323. 


Representing  Students 

Knepp  serves  on  Council  of  Trustees 


Recognizing  Excellence 

BU  Students  Named  to  PA  Academic  Team 


Steven  Knepp,  a  senior  from 
Middleburg  with  a  major  in 
elementary  education,  is  serving 
as  the  student  representative  to 
BU's  Council  of  Trustees.  One  of 
several  students  who  applied  for 
the  position  after  the  previous 
student  Trustee  graduated,  he  was 
interviewed  by  a  screening 
committee  and  by  Judy  Hample, 
chancellor  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  System  of  Higher  Education, 
before  he  was  appointed  by  Gov. 
Ed  Rendell.  While  attending  BU,  Knepp  has  been  active  in 
student  government  and  academic  organizations. 


Steven  Knepp 


Ryan  Geiger  and  William  Katsak 


Three  recipients  of  the 
All-Pennsylvania  Academic 
Team  award — Ryan  Geiger 
of  Danville,  William  Katsak 
of  Plains  and  Angela  Peck 
of  Halifax — enrolled  at  BU 
last  fall.  As  recipients  of  the 
All-Pennsylvania  Academic 
Team  award,  they  are 
eligible  for  a  tuition 


scholarship  to  any  of  the  14  schools  in  the  Pennsylvania  State  System 
of  Higher  Education.  The  awards  recognize  a  group  of  community 
college  students  who  have  achieved  academic  excellence  and 
demonstrated  a  commitment  to  their  colleges  and  communities. 


WINTER        2007 


The  image  of 
the  ideal  mother 
has  been 
personified  by 
TV  characters 
like  June  Cleaver, 
Carol  Brady  and 
Clair  Huxtable. 
Jessica  Denay 
Lahm  '96 
believes  it's  time 
for  a  makeover. 


HSrMtBH 


STORY      BY      MARK      E.      DIXON 


Jessica  Denay  Lahm  '96 
started  the  Hot  Moms  Club 
after  the  birth  of  her  son 
Gabriel  in  2000. 


"Reinventing  motherhood"  is  ambitious,  even  for  a  Bloomsburg  alum.  But  that's  the 
goal  of  Jessica  Lahm  '96  who  has  built  a  business  around  fighting  post-natal  frumpiness. 

Lahm's  Hot  Moms  Club — which  had  almost  300,000  members  in  late  October 
2006 — started  as  a  joke  among  her  new-mom  friends  after  the  birth  of  her  son,  Gabriel, 
in  2000.  Those  in  Lahm's  New  Jersey  suburb  were  mostly  in  their  mid-20s,  but  were 
all  feeling  washed-up  nevertheless. 

"The  climate  for  motherhood  wasn't  what  it  is  now,"  says  Lahm,  who  now  uses  the 
surname  Denay,  her  middle  name.  "There  was  an  image  and  stereotype  around  mothers." 
People  told  her  she  didn't  look  like  a  mother — intending  it  as  a  compliment,  she  sup- 
poses, but  making  her  wonder  why  being  a  mother  had  such  a  negative  connotation. 

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'You  owe  it  to  your  family  to  recharge  yourself.  When  you're 
centered  and  balanced,  tiiat's  when  you  can  be  die  best  mom. 


JESSICA  DENAY  LAHM  '96 


At  first,  Lahm  and  her  friends  fought  back  with 
laughter  and  sarcasm.  They  called  themselves  the  "hot 
moms."  Then,  the  "Hot  Moms  Club."  Then,  Lahm  put 
up  a  Web  site  (www.hotmomsclub.com)  and  wrote  a 
book — "The  Hot  Mom's  Handbook" — to  promote 
the  Web  site. 

Then,  magazines:  People, 
Good  Housekeeping,  Woman's 
Day,  US  Weekly,  Oxygen,  Ebony. 
Then,  TV:  "Entertainment 
Tonight,"  the  "Today"  show, 
"Access  Hollywood"  and  others. 

Then — and  here  is  where 
the  $  comes  in — sponsors  and 
corporate  partners.  There's  a 
clothing  line,  Rockin'  Hot 
Moms,  with  T-shirts  and  jeans.  (The  jeans  are  snug  and 
low  cut,  not  those  infamously  lumpy  "mom  jeans"  once 
satirized  on  "Saturday  Night  Live.")  In  October  2006,  the 
makers  of  Suave  shampoo  kicked  off  a  promotion  tying 
the  company's  products  to  the  idea  of  motherly  heat 
while  also  plugging  Lahm's  Web  site  and  book. 

The  core  of  the  business  is  the  Web  site  which,  says 
Lahm,  "covers  everything  mom-related."  Each  month 
has  a  theme — beauty,  style,  relationships,  parenting, 
fitness  and  health,  sex  and  astrology.  There  are  hot 
products,  "Moms  That  Rock,"  moms  making  a  differ- 
ence, "HotmomPrenuers"  and  celebrity  mom  interviews. 

"It's  amazing  that  it's  becoming  so  profitable,"  says 
Lahm,  who  now  employs  six  people  and  a  couple  of 
part-timers,  "especially  when  it  started  out  as  just  me 
and  a  couple  of  my  friends." 

An  education  major,  Lahm's  first  job  was  in  Paramus, 
N.J.,  at  a  high  school  for  troubled  teens.  "I  wasn't  sure 
how  I  would  like  it,  but  1  really  did,"  she  recalls.  "It  was 
an  intense  experience."  But,  after  several  years,  came 
the  August  phone  call  that  the  state  had  cut  the  school's 
budget.  She  was  unemployed. 

"I  went  into  Manhattan  and  began  teaching  privately 
for  young  performers  on  Broadway  and  young  profes- 
sional athletes,"  says  Lahm.  Among  her  clients  was  actor 
Pierce  Brosnan,  who  traveled  with  his  wife  and  son 
while  filming  "The  Thomas  Crown  Affair."  "I  went  from 
teaching  the  poorest  of  the  poor  to  the  rich  and  the 
famous,"  she  says,  "and  found  that  all  kids  have  the  same 
fears  and  insecurities." 


Mixing  with  the  show-biz  crowd  took  on  a  personal 
dimension  when  she  met  and  married  her  now 
ex-husband,  Bryan  Dattilo,  who  played  Lucas  on  "Days 
of  Our  Lives." 

Lahm  continued  to  teach  for  the  Brosnans  for  about 
three  weeks  after  the  HMC  Web  site  went  up.  By  then, 
it  was  generating  200  e-mails  per  day,  and  she  realized 
that  she  couldn't  teach  and  keep  up  with  her  new  venture. 
"I  told  Pierce  that  I  had  great  news — that  I  was  turning 
the  Hot  Moms  Club  into  a  business,"  she  says.  "And  I  had 
bad  news." 

According  to  Lahm,  being  a  "hot  mom"  really  has 
nothing  to  do  with  appearance.  Rather,  it's  about  eschew- 
ing martyrdom  and  holding  on  to  self-identity. 

"So  many  moms  struggle  with  feeling  guilty  doing 
anything  for  themselves,"  she  says.  "But  you  owe  it  to  your 
family  to  recharge  yourself.  When  you're  centered  and 
balanced,  that's  when  you  can  be  the  best  mom." 

There's  also  some  shrewd  marketing  going  on  here, 
notes  a  Philadelphia  marketing  expert,  Anne  Buchanan  of 
Buchanan  Public  Relations.  As  a  business  model,  she  says, 
the  Hot  Moms  Club  is  an  example  of  how  Corporate 
America  succeeds  by  cutting  its  market  into  thin  slices. 

'What  she  has  here  is  a  group  of  intelligent,  probably 
slightly  affluent  mothers,"  says  Buchanan.  "What  group  of 
advertisers  wouldn't  want  to  talk  to  these  women?" 

According  to  Buchanan,  a  Hot  Moms  Club  probably 
wouldn't  have  succeeded  before  the  Internet,  but  online 
marketing  permits  Lahm — and  advertisers — to  effec- 
tively target  the  smaller  segment  of  women  who  respond 
to  the  idea.  "I  think  she's  onto  something,"  says  Buchanan. 

Lahm  also  had  the  advantage  of  show  business 
contacts.  She  was  able  to  convince  stars  like  Celine  Dion, 
Kelly  Preston  and  Cindy  Margolis  to  wear  "Hot  Mom" 
T-shirts  and  provide  the  endorsements  which  can  make  a 
decisive  difference  in  obtaining  publicity.  When  actors 
Angie  Harmon  and  Forrest  Whitaker  showed  up  at  a 
book  signing  party,  cameras  followed.  And  HMC  got  a 
blurb  in  Star  magazine  when  Britney  Spears  donated 
her  maternity  wear  to  Have  More  Compassion,  an  affili- 
ated charity. 

What's  next  for  the  original  "Hot  Mom"?  A  second 
book,  "Womb  with  a  View,"  for  expectant  mothers,  is 
due  out  in  April  2007,  a  radio  show  is  in  the  works  and 
other  products  undoubtedly  will  follow. 

So  many  mothers.  So  little  time,  b 

Mark  E.  Dixon  is  a  freelance  writer  in  Wayne,  Pa. 


WINTER      2007 


Conning  Full  Circle 


STORY      BY      BONNIE      MARTIN 


"What  is  it  about  this  place?" 
a  father  asked  after  he  toured 
BU  with  his  daughter.  "I  can't 
stop  thinking  about  it."  Lynda 
Fedor-Michaels  '87/'8SM  says 
he's  not  alone.  "It"  brought  her 
to  BU  as  a  student  more  than 
two  decades  ago;  it  continues 
to  bind  her  tightly  to  the 
campus  and  its  people. 


Lynda  Fedor-Michaels  makes  no  secret  of  her  genuine 
enthusiasm  for  BU,  the  hard-to-define  quality  she  calls  "the 
Bloomsburg  experience"  and  what  it  has  meant  to  her  life. 

"Bloomsburg  has  this  way  of  developing  your  potential. . . 
your  perspective,  values  and  skills,"  says  BU's  director  of 
alumni  affairs.  "And,  when  you  leave,  you  stay  the  same 
person,  but  changed  for  the  better." 

BU  may  have  changed  Fedor-Michaels  but,  unlike  most 
graduates,  she  never  left.  She's  been  connected  to  the  campus 
since  1983  when  her  future  sister-in-law,  who  had  earned  a 


Moving  Forward 


bachelor's  degree  in  elementary 
education  a  few  years  earlier, 
encouraged  her  to  check  it  out. 

There  was  never  any  doubt  that 
she'd  attend  college  somewhere, 
Fedor-Michaels  says.  Her  parents, 
who  still  live  in  the  Wilkes-Barre 
home  where  she  grew  up,  empha- 
sized the  importance  of  education 
for  their  six  children,  second  in 
importance  only  to  family. 

"I  grew  up  in  this  group  of 
people  who  put  family  first.  And 
that's  the  type  of  connection  I 
found  at  Bloomsburg,"  she  says. 

Jumping  right  in  to  college  life, 
she  was  involved  in  the  Commu- 
nity Government  Association  and 
the  Student  Education  Society.  She 
served  as  the  student  representa- 
tive to  the  Council  of  Trustees. 
Each  experience  showed  her  the 
possibilities  that  lay  ahead  and, 
although  she  earned  her  bachelor's 
degree  in  education,  she  knew 
when  she  accepted  her  diploma 
in  1987  that  the  classroom  wasn't 
her  future. 

"I  had  faculty  and  staff  mentors 
who  opened  up  a  world  of  oppor- 
tunities," says  Fedor-Michaels, 
crediting  the  late  Jennie  Carpenter, 
who  was  director  of  residence  life 
and  vice  president  for  student 
affairs.  "She  had  a  huge  impact  on 
my  life.  She  was  an  example  of  a 
strong,  capable,  independent 
woman,  one  of  those  women  who 
push  you  to  your  potential." 

So,  instead  of  leaving  BU  to 
become  a  classroom  teacher,  she 
stayed  on  to  earn  a  master's  degree 
in  education,  simultaneously  plan- 
ning her  wedding.  She  became  a 
full-time  residence  hall  director  in 
June  1988  and,  four  months  later 
on  Homecoming  Weekend,  she 
married  Frank  Michaels. 


Lynda  Fedor-Michaels  has  three  main  goals  as  she  expands  on  programs 
established  by  Doug  Hippenstiel  during  his  26  years  in  alumni  affairs: 

Engage  more  alumni  in  BU  by  welcoming  them  to  the  campus  for 
events  like  Alumni  Weekend  (this  year  from  April  1 3  to  1 5)  or  bringing 
the  university  to  them  through  visits  from  faculty,  students  and,  during 
her  last  year  before  retirement,  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff. 

Connect  current  students  with  alumni  through  programs  like 
Alumni  in  the  Classroom.  "Students  need  to  know  who  our  alumni  are 
and  see  what  a  Bloomsburg  education  can  do  for  them,"  she  says. 


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Continue  to  offer  programs  and  services  to  benefit  alumni  and  the 
alumni  association,  such  as  loan  consolidation  and  reduced  rates  on 
insurance  and  travel. 


"He  moved  into  Columbia  Resi- 
dence Hall,  where  we  lived  in  a  tiny 
two-bedroom  apartment  for  four 
years  before  moving  to  Lycoming 
Hall  for  another  four  years,"  she 
remembers.  "As  residence  hall  direc- 
tor, my  job  was  all  about  the  stu- 
dents. Frank  became  a  mentor  to  a 
lot  of  them. 

"Bloomsburg  changed  him,  too. . . 
his  perspectives  on  diversity  and 
people  from  many  walks  of  life.  And, 
for  the  last  three  years,  he's  been 
working  on  campus  as  a  mainte- 
nance repairman  in  the  dorms." 

The  couple  moved  into  their  own 
home  a  few  miles  from  campus  in 
December  1996  after  Fedor-Michaels 
accepted  a  position  in  the  admissions 
office.  In  charge  of  the  freshman  ori- 
entation program,  she  often  was 
among  the  first  to  greet  new  students 
and  their  families.  She's  reconnected 
with  some  of  those  students — now, 
young  graduates — this  year  in  her 
new  position. 

Fedor-Michaels  sees  not  only  a 
similarity  in  BU  students  and  alumni, 
but  also  an  interconnectedness  that 
she's  building  upon  as  director  of 
alumni  affairs.  "Current  students 
need  to  see  what  alumni  are  doing 
and  hear  the  stories  about  'this  is 
what  Bloomsburg  did  for  me.'  It's  a 
people  experience.  Whether  you're 
talking  about  Bloomsburg  with  pro- 
spective students  or  at  the  end  of  the 
experience  after  they've  graduated, 
it's  the  same  connection." 


Although  the  connection 
remains  the  same,  alumni  attitudes 
differ  from  era  to  era  and  some  of 
the  difference  can  be  attributed  to 
sheer  numbers,  she  says.  The  Class 
of  1956,  for  example,  had  120 
members;  50  years  later,  more  than 
1,000  students  graduated  with  the 
Class  of  2006. 

The  definition  of  "school  spirit" 
has  evolved  over  the  years,  as  well. 
"Students  today  are  more  indepen- 
dent, less  likely  to  be  joiners  and 
more  introspective.  They  have  been 
exposed  to  so  much  and  had  a 
variety  of  experiences,"  she  explains. 
"After  they  graduate,  we  have  to 
zero  in  on  where  their  interests 
were,  not  their  class  years." 

As  she  connects  and  reconnects 
with  BU  alumni,  Fedor-Michaels 
is  seeing  the  "Bloomsburg  experi- 
ence" come  full  circle.  Her  niece, 
Catherine  "Katie"  Fedor,  is  a  junior 
at  BU,  majoring  in  nursing.  Katie  is 
also  the  daughter  of  Bonnie  Parker- 
Fedor  78,  the  sister-in-law  who 
introduced  Aunt  Lynda  to  BU  near- 
ly 25  years  ago.  b 

Bonnie  Martin  is  co-editor  of 
Bloomsburg:  The  University  Magazine. 

Editor's  note:  For  information 
on  alumni  events,  news  and 
volunteer  opportunities,  see  the  BU 
Alumni  Online  Community  at 
www.bloomualumni.com. 


WINTER      2007 


Jeffrey  Davis,  associate  profes- 
sor of  history,  grew  up  in  the 
mountains  and  wide  open 
spaces  of  Washington  state.  His 
academic  research,  on  the  other 
hand,  looks  eastward,  focusing  on 
Colonial  Amenca  and  one  of  the 
13  original  colonies,  Pennsylvania. 
Davis'  textbook  for  high  school 
students,  "The  Pennsylvania  Jour- 
ney," was  published  last  year  by 
Gibbs  Smith.  At  nearly  the  same 
time,  he  was  named  the  associate 
editor  for  Pennsylvania  History:  A 
Journal  of  Mid-Atlantic  Studies. 


Pennsylvania 


Iti! 


AN      INTERVIEW      BY      ERIC 


Bloomsburg:  What  interested 
you  in  Pennsylvania's  history? 
Davis:  In  the  early  history  of  the 
country,  Pennsylvania  was,  by  far, 
the  most  diverse  and  vibrant  state 
and  colony.  And  so  much  of  the 
founding  of  the  country 
happened  here.  The  capital  of  the 
United  States  was  Philadelphia  for 
a  while.  If  you  match  up  Pennsyl- 
vania against  the  other  colonies, 
even  in  the  Colonial  period  it  was 
most  like  what  we  are  today,  a  pluralistic  society,  both 
ethnically  and  religiously.  And  it  was  a  hotbed  of  politics 
which  is  what  I  like  about  it.  It  was  the  happening  place. 


Bloomsburg:  What  aspects  of  Pennsylvania  history 
should  make  Pennsylvanians  proud? 
Davis:  There's  a  lot  Pennsylvanians  can  take  pride  in. 
When  you  look  at  William  Perm's  principles  in  founding 
the  colony,  they  were  very  idealistic  principles  of  tolerance 
and  pluralism,  remarkable  in  comparison  to  the  other 
colonies  of  the  time.  Obviously,  the  role  Pennsylvania 
played  in  the  founding  of  the  United  States  with  the 
signing  of  the  Constitution  and  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  in  Philadelphia  was  the  keystone  that  held 
the  republic  together.  And,  in  the  19th  century  during  the 
industrial  revolution,  Pennsylvania  was  a  key  player.  With 
timber,  coal,  steel  and  petroleum  and  all  the 
manufacturing  that  took  place,  Pennsylvania  was  a  huge 
contributor.  Pennsylvania  has  so  many  "firsts"  in  areas  like 
building  roads,  canals  and  railroads. 


The  word  "keystone"  refers  to  the 
central  stone  of  an  arch  that  holds  all 
the  other  stones  in  place.  Pennsylvania 
was  nicknamed  the  Keystone  State 
more  than  200  years  ago  in 
recognition  of  its  important  role  in 
the  economic,  social  and  political 
J~velopment  of  the  United  States. 


ennsylvania  Historical  and  Museum  Commission) 


Bloomsburg:  Does  Pennsylvania  have  a  towering 
historical  figure? 

Davis:  Benjamin  Franklin.  By  far,  he  stands  out  as 
the  preeminent  historical  figure  and  the  most 
recognizable.  This  year  is  his  301st  birthday.  Of  all 
the  founding  fathers,  he  was  probably  the  most  well 
rounded.  He  was  pretty  good  at  everything  he  did — a 
true  Renaissance  man.  On  the  other  hand,  he  was  a 
pretty  good  self-promoter,  too.  He  had  a  good  sense 
of  humor  and  a  practical,  pragmatic  side.  He  got  him- 
self into  positions  which  would  give  him  political 
authority  and  financial  benefit.  He  was  a  scoundrel  at 
times,  and  a  philanderer. 

Bloomsburg:  How  important  was  he  to  the  way  our 
nation  turned  out? 

Davis:  He  was  important  in  many  ways,  especially  for 
his  approach  to  politics  and  his  drive.  He  really  helped 
to  move  Pennsylvania  in  the  Revolutionary  movement. 
In  his  efforts  to  get  France  into  the  war  on  the  side  of 


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the  United  States,  he  was  very  important.  He  was  a  large 
enough  contributor  that  things  could  have  been  very 
different  without  him. 

Bloomsburg:  At  the  other  extreme,  who  is  the 
unknown  figure  who  should  be  better  known? 
Davis:  Andrew  Carnegie.  He  is  well  known,  but 
his  connection  to  Pennsylvania  is  not  as  well  known. 
Richard  Allen,  an  African  American  who  founded  one 
of  the  first  free  African  American  churches  in  Philadel- 
phia. Milton  Hershey,  George  Westinghouse,  John 
Heinz.  We  have  more  than  our  share  of  industrialists. 
John  Morgan  invented  steel  cable  and  was  involved 
with  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  Lee  Iacocca,  Robert  Fulton, 
the  steamboat  inventor. . . 

Bloomsburg:  In  the  19th  century,  what  was  Pennsylva- 
nia's role  in  the  suffrage  and  emancipation  movements? 
Davis:  It  was  a  hotbed,  on  both  counts.  Especially  on 
emancipation.  There  were  abolitionist  movements  and 


societies  throughout  the  state.  The 
Underground  Railroad  came  right 
through  Pennsylvania,  especially 
through  the  areas  of  Lancaster  and 
the  Maryland-Pennsylvania  border. 
The  Susquehanna  River  was  one  of  the 
crossing  points.  Of  course,  the  Mason- 
Dixon  Line  was  the  border  between  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Maryland — between  North  and 
South — and  Pennsylvania  was  a  state  that 
reflected  the  mixed  views  of  the  country. 
There  were  abolitionist  societies,  and  there  were 
anti-abolitionist  societies.  There  were  those  who 
strongly  promoted  abolition  and  those  who 
were  very  ambivalent. 

Bloomsburg:  So  was  it  a  cultural 
border  state  as  well  as  a  geographical 
border  state? 

Davis:  Absolutely.  Many  people  of 
Philadelphia  in  particular  had  strong 
ties,  both  economic  and  family,  to  the 
South.  Philadelphia  had  a  strong  textile 
industry.  Many  people  had  moved  from  the 
South  or  had  family  who  moved  to  the  South.  But, 
once  the  Civil  War  started,  Pennsylvania  was  second 
only  to  New  York  in  its  contributions  in  manpower  to 
the  war.  Once  the  war  started,  Pennsylvanians  rose  to 
the  occasion. 

Bloomsburg:  Coming  from  Washington  state,  is  there 
anything  about  Pennsylvania  culture  that  surprised  you? 
Davis:  My  impression,  coming  from  the  West,  is  that 
Pennsylvania  is  an  Eastern  state.  Very  much  an  East  Coast 
state,  industrialized  and  urban.  But  when  you  come  here, 
you  find  out  that's  not  the  case.  There's  Pittsburgh  and 
Philadelphia,  and  between  them  it's  very  rural  and  very 
agricultural.  There  are  ethnic  communities.  Not  that  you 
don't  have  that  in  the  West,  but  it's  very  different.  In  the 
city  where  I  grew  up,  there's  not  a  Little  Italy  or  German 
community.  It  was  a  mix.  The  West  doesn't  have  the 
same  experience  that  Pennsylvania  has.  But  on  the  East 
Coast,  Pennsylvania  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  states  by 
far,  its  topography  and  terrain,  how  lush  and  green  it  is.  b 

Eric  Foster  is  co-editor  0/ Bloomsburg:  The 
University  Magazine. 


WINTER      2007 


For  freshman  Terrell  Garrett  of  Philadelphia, 
being  part  of  a  living  learning  community  has 
eased  the  transition  from  high  school  to  college. 


Before  he  ever  set  foot  on 
campus,  freshman  Terrell 
Garrett  knew  he  wanted 
to  spend  his  first  year  at 
BU  as  part  of  the  Freder- 
ick Douglass  Institute  Living  Learn- 
ing Community. 

Alumni  from  his  high  school — 
Philadelphia's  Lankenau  High — lit 
the  spark.  "They  all  said  it  was  ben- 
eficial because  you  have  professors 
who  are  willing  to  help  you  and 
give  you  individualized  attention," 
he  says. 

Convinced,  Garrett  came  to 
Bloomsburg  and  lives  with  other 
Frederick  Douglass  students  in 
Luzerne  Residence  Hall.  The  com- 
munity, he  says,  has  kept  him  on 
track  during  his  first  year  of  college. 


"One  of  the  major  reasons  I'm 
doing  well  is  because  we  have  study 
sessions  together  and  can  work,  as  a 
group,  with  our  professors.  I'm 
never  intimidated  to  ask  a  professor 
for  help  because  they  already 
know  who  I  am  and  what  they  can 
do  to  help  me." 

"Anytime  you  can  provide  an 
environment  for  student-faculty 
relationships  to  grow,  it  will  benefit 
them  both,"  says  Jonathan  Lincoln, 
assistant  vice  president  and  dean  of 
undergraduate  education  and  aca- 
demic affairs.  "It  helps  to  build  a 
stronger  sense  of  community,  which 
is  important  at  any  university." 

Living  learning  communities,  or 
LLCs,  allow  freshmen  and  returning 
students  who  share  similar  interests 


Freedom,  new 
friends  and  a  new 
style  of  learning 
can  make  the 
transition  from 
high  school 
to  college  an 
intimidating 
experience.  More 
than  500  BU 
students  weather 
the  transition 
more  easily  by 
participating  in 
living  learning 
"  communities. 


STORY      BY      LYNETTE      M  O  N  G 

to  live  in  the  same  residence  hall  and 
interact  inside  and  outside  of  the 
classroom.  The  environment  helps 
ease  freshmen  into  college  life  while 
allowing  upperclassmen  to  take  on 
mentoring  and  leadership  roles. 
LLCs  also  offer  students  opportuni- 
ties to  interact  with  their  professors 
by  participating  in  special  lectures, 
study  sessions  and  trips. 

"The  great  thing  about  students 
in  the  living  learning  communities  is 
that  they're  motivated,  energized 
and  they  hit  the  ground  running," 
says  Kathy  Kollar-Valovage,  adviser 
to  the  Presidential  Leadership  Pro- 
gram LLC.  "They  see  the  benefit  of 
living  with  like-minded  peers." 

Each  LLC  acts  as  a  close-knit 
community  within  the  university. 


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'The  great  thing  about  students  in  the  living  learning 
communities  is  that  they're  motivated,  energized  and 

they  hit  the  ground  running.'    —  Kathy  Kollar-Valovage 


according  to  students.  Sophomore 
Leah  Hilliard  of  Manheim  says  the 
connections  she  made  in  the  Presi- 
dential Leadership  Program  LLC 
helped  her  adjust  to  college.  The 
community  "became  a  small  family 
right  off  the  bat.  The  upperclass- 
men  in  the  dorm  really  helped  walk 
me  through  my  freshmen  year." 
Sophomore  David  Flynn  of 
Bloomsburg  decided  to  work  as  a 
community  assistant  in  the  Presi- 
dential Leadership  Program  LLC 
because  of  his  positive  experience 
there  as  a  freshman.  "It's  like  a  role 
reversal,"  Flynn  says.  "When  I  was 
a  freshman,  the  upperclassmen  in 
the  dorm  helped  me  out  with  PLP 
and  college  in  general.  Now  the 


Jonathan  Lincoln,  assistant  vice 
president  and  dean  of  undergraduate 
education  and  academic  affairs, 
discusses  new  living  learning 
community  initiatives  with  Linda 
Sowash,  director  of  residence  life. 


freshmen  in  the  dorm  can  come  to 
me  for  advice,  and  I  can  help  them 
out  in  return." 

Gretchen  Bomberger,  a  freshman 
from  Denver,  Pa.,  says  the  Gender 
and  Diversity  LLC  was  "a  welcoming 
community  right  away.  The  support 
of  knowing  people  who  have  gone 
through  many  of  the  same  situations 
as  me  has  been  very  reassuring." 

LLCs  are  a  growing  trend  on 
campuses  nationwide,  according  to 
Kollar-Valovage.  Currendy,  there 
are  seven  living  learning  communi- 
ties at  Bloomsburg,  each  with  a 
unique  focus.  The  oldest,  Sciences 
and  Health  Sciences,  is  housed  with 
the  Education  LLC  in  Columbia 
Residence  Hall;  together,  the  two 
communities  have  more  than  200 
participants.  Civic  Engagement 
and  Gender  and  Diversity,  both 
established  last  fall,  each  house  few- 
er than  20  students  in  Northum- 
berland Residence  Hall.  The  Presi- 
dential Learning  Program  LLC  was 
established  in  1998  and  is  housed  in 
Schuylkill  Residence  Hall;  the  Hon- 
ors and  Frederick  Douglass  LLCs, 
both  housed  in  Luzeme,  were 
established  in  2001. 

"Statistics  show  student  success 
rates  are  higher  in  these  communi- 
ties because  students  are  living  with 
people  who  have  a  similar  focus  and 
motivation.  They  have  higher  GPAs 
and  are  more  successful  in  their 
programs  than  similar  students  who 
aren't  living  in  these  communities," 
says  Madelyn  Rodriguez,  multi- 
cultural center  director. 

Professors  working  within  the 
LLCs  make  it  a  priority  to  get  to 


know  students  outside  of  the  class- 
room. Honors  freshman  Amanda 
Balz  of  Walden,  N.Y.,  says  she  and 
several  friends  went  to  lunch  with 
Stephen  Kokoska,  interim  director 
of  the  Honors  Program,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  semester  to  intro- 
duce themselves  and  leam  more 
about  the  program. 

"You're  not  just  a  number,"  Balz 
says.  "Dr.  Kokoska  is  a  professor 
with  classes  to  teach,  and  yet  he 
still  takes  the  time  to  get  to  know 
the  Honors  kids.  That's  something  I 
really  appreciate." 

To  assist  the  growing  number  of 
students  involved  in  LLCs,  a  Living 
Learning  Community  Center  was 
created  last  fall  in  Columbia  Resi- 
dence Hall.  Staffed  with  a  full-time 
secretary,  the  center  has  office  and 
classroom  space  for  professor  and 
student  use — an  indication,  assis- 
tant vice  president  Lincoln  says, 
that  LLCs  are  becoming  an  increas- 
ingly important  component  of  the 
Bloomsburg  University  community. 

"I  expect  we're  going  to  see 
these  begin  to  develop  even  more," 
Lincoln  says.  "I'd  like  to  get  to 
the  point  where  we  can  tell  all  in- 
coming freshmen  that  they  can 
participate  in  these  communities  if 
they  choose  to  do  so."  B 

Lynette  Mong  '08  is  an 
English/creative  writing  major 
from  Kennewick,  Wash. 


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Lancaster  County  has  towns  with  names  such  as  Bird-in-Hand, 
Blue  Ball  and  Paradise  and  farmsteads  where  Amish  families  have 
tended  fields  and  livestock  for  generations.  But  there  are  forces 
that  could  change  the  county's  rural  flavor  in  a  New  York  minute. 


Balancing 
Growth  and 


Green 


With  its  acres  of  open  farmland  dotted  with  small  towns 
rich  in  history  and  little  changed  from  Colonial  days,  it's 
no  wonder  that  5  million  people  visit  Pennsylvania's 
Lancaster  County  annually.  The  lure  of  quiet  country 
living,  the  reputation  for  good  schools  and  the  relative 
affordability  of  houses  attract  another  5,000  who  become 


BY       JACK       SHERZER 


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new  permanent  residents.  But  without  careful  planning 
to  strike  a  balance  between  preservation  and  growth, 
the  very  essence  of  what  makes  Lancaster  so  desirable 
could  be  lost  under  waves  of  new  development. 

Enter  Mike  Domin  '85. 

As  a  principal  planner  with  the  Lancaster  County 
Planning  Commission  and  now  working  in  the  agency's 
relatively  new  Heritage  and  Long  Range  Planning 
Division,  Domin  has  spent  the  last  20  years  protecting 
that  essence. 

"It  can  be  a  struggle  and  it  takes  a  lot  of  time,"  Do- 
min says.  "To  try  and  accommodate  the  growth  without 
losing  the  character  of  Lancaster  is  very  challenging." 

Domin,  43,  grew  up  in  neighboring  Chester  County 
and  now  lives  in  Willow  Street,  a  community  about 
five  miles  south  of  Lancaster.  He  says  he  knew  in 
high  school  that  he  wanted  to  do  something  related  to 
the  environment. 

At  Bloomsburg  University,  Domin  initially  studied 
geology  but  then  switched  to  environmental  planning 
when  it  was  offered  his  sophomore  year.  "I  liked  it  be- 
cause it  involved  not  only  the  natural  sciences,  but  also 
the  human  element,  in  working  with  communities  to 
make  a  positive  change  for  the  future,"  says  Domin. 

In  Lancaster,  making  sure  change  is  positive  takes  a 
three-pronged  approach:  keeping  new  development 
close  to  existing  urban  areas  to  avoid  sprawl,  improving 
neighborhoods  with  parks  and  trails  so  people  are  not 
as  insistent  on  living  in  more  rural  areas,  and  buying 
development  rights  to  farms. 

When  Domin  came  to  the  planning  commission 
shortly  after  graduating  from  Bloomsburg,  the  depart- 
ment was  creating  "urban  growth  boundaries." 

These  are  areas  designated  for  residential  and 
commercial  growth  clustered  around  existing  urban 
infrastructure.  The  idea,  Domin  says,  is  to  direct  growth 
in  these  areas  so  it  doesn't  start  gobbling  up  the 
county's  farmland. 

"We  promote  higher  density  or  compact  develop- 
ment and  that's  been  a  battle  because  for  a  long  time 
the  American  dream  has  been  a  house  on  an  acre  of 
land,"  he  says.  The  county  instead  encourages  the  con- 
struction of  diverse  communities  offering  a  combina- 
tion of  apartments,  townhouses,  single-family  homes 
and  some  commercial  development. 

Since  the  early  1980s,  the  county  and  a  nonprofit 
organization  it  helped  to  create,  the  Lancaster  Farmland 
Trust,  have  spent  about  $50  million  buying  the  devel- 


opment rights  to  more  than  70,000  acres  of  farmland. 
The  goal  is  to  eventually  lock  up  the  development  rights 
to  300,000  acres  of  farmland. 

In  that  goal,  the  county  has  been  helped  by  the 
Amish.  Well  known  for  traveling  in  horse-drawn  bug- 
gies and  shunning  the  outside  world,  Domin  says  the 
Amish  are  committed  to  their  farming  lifestyle  and  have 
not  been  interested  in  selling  land  to  builders. 

But  people's  attitudes  and  perceptions  about  where 
they  want  to  live  remains  key  to  land  preservation.  Now 
that  Lancaster  County  and  its  60  municipalities  know 
where  they  want  development  to  occur,  Domin  is 
working  on  ways  to  make  those  growth  areas  attractive 
to  residents  by  creating  parks,  trails  and  other 
recreational  areas. 

The  rule  of  thumb,  Domin  says,  is  to  have  small  two- 
to  five -acre  neighborhood  parks  (think  "tot  lots")  within 
a  quarter-mile  of  all  residents.  Larger  community  parks 
of  about  50  acres,  with  athletic  fields  and  other  recre- 
ation facilities,  should  be  within  10  miles  of  residents. 

"Unless  we  make  the  urban  areas  attractive  places  to 
live,  we're  not  going  to  be  successful  with  our  whole 
growth  strategy,"  he  says.  "Anything  we  can  do  to  en- 
hance the  livability  in  these  urban  centers  is  just  as  im- 
portant as  preserving  the  farmland  outside  of  them." 

Recently,  Domin  and  the  department  celebrated  the 
completion  of  plans  for  the  first  1.2  miles  of  an  urban 
hiking/biking  trail,  called  the  Conestoga  Greenway  Proj- 
ect, that  skirts  the  edge  of  Lancaster  City.  The  hope  is  to 
someday  have  it  stretch  to  about  50  miles,  but  it's  not 
easy — the  first  part  of  the  trail  required  agreements 
from  a  dozen  different  landowners,  he  says. 

Preserving  Lancaster  County's  historic  character  is 
also  part  of  Domin's  role.  About  three  years  ago,  in 
response  to  residents'  concerns,  the  department  created 
the  Heritage  and  Long  Range  Planning  Division.  Now, 
in  addition  to  protecting  open  space,  Domin  helps 
identify  historic  properties  and  works  with  towns  and 
nonprofit  agencies  to  preserve  streetscapes  and  raise 
money  to  save  architecturally  significant  buildings. 

"I  think  my  children  and  my  children's  children  will 
be  able  to  experience  the  same  kind  of  beauty  in  Lan- 
caster County  that  we  have  today  because  of  the  actions 
we  are  taking  now,"  says  Domin,  the  father  of  two  teen- 
agers. "I  feel  proud  to  be  part  of  that."  B 

Jack  Sherzer  is  a  professional  writer  and  Pennsylvania 
native.  He  lives  in  Hanisburg. 


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Charged  for  Work 


STORY      BY      TRACEY      M.      DOOMS 


BU's  new  EET  program  is  graduating  electronics  engineering 
technologists  who  have  the  real-world  experience  that  industry  wants. 


Engineers  design  things.  Engineering  technologists 
make  things  work. 

The  differences  between  the  two  professions 
actually  run  a  little  deeper,  but  the  emphasis  on 
practical,  day-to-day  operations  is  what  sets 
engineering  technology  apart.  Bloomsburg  Univer- 
sity's electronics  engineering  technology  program 
takes  "practical"  a  step  further,  emphasizing  the 
hands-on  experience  that  often  puts  students  in 
jobs  as  soon  as  they  graduate. 

"The  goal  is  to  produce  engineers  who  are 
capable  of  contributing  in  industry  right  away,"  says 
Biswajit  Ray,  EET  program  coordinator.  "They 
don't  need  a  lot  of  training  to  start  their  first  job." 

The  fledgling  program's  first  graduating  class 
proved  that  this  emphasis  on  practical  training 
works.  Of  the  nine  BU  students  who  earned  bache- 
lor's degrees  in  electronics  engineering  technology 
in  spring  and  summer  2006,  one  is  working  on  a 
master's  degree  in  electrical  engineering  at  Perm 
State  University  and  eight  are  working  for  compa- 
nies such  as  Lockheed  Martin  and  PPL  Susque- 
hanna. "If  we  can  get  them  placed  right  away,"  Ray 
says,  "then  we  consider  ourselves  successful." 

Among  those  graduates  is  Meshoppen,  Pa., 
native  Benjamin  Naylor,  now  an  associate  engineer 
with  California  Instruments  in  San  Diego.  "I  came 
out  here  during  spring  break  for  an  interview," 
Naylor  says  of  his  2005  trip  west.  "They  offered  me 


Biswajit  Ray,  far  left,  is  coordinator  of  the  EET  program.  Recent  EET 
graduates  Christopher  Root  of  Danville  (top)  and  Matthew  Dunkelberger 
of  Mohrsville  (bottom)  apply  what  they  learned  in  class  at  paid 
practicians.  In  the  classroom,  students  use  sophisticated  software  to 
design  circuit  boards  (center). 


the  internship,  which  turned  into  a  full-time  job." 
Now  he  helps  design  programmable  power  sources 
that  aircraft  manufacturers  and  the  U.S.  military  use 
to  test  aircraft  electronics.  "1  had  always  been  inter- 
ested in  electronics  and  video  games  and  stuff  like 
that,"  he  says.  "I  had  no  electronics  background, 
but  when  I  started  taking  the  EET  classes,  I  really, 
really  enjoyed  it." 

The  EET  program  made  its  mark  on  Blooms- 
burg's  drawing  board  in  the  late  '90s.  That's  when 
state  officials  asked  the  department  of  physics 
and  engineering  technology  to  work  with  business- 
es in  developing  a  program  to  help  improve  the 
state's  economy,  recalls  professor  James  Moser, 
who  was  head  of  the  department  at  the  time.  He 
used  his  contacts  in  the  electronics  industry  to 
help  get  the  idea  into  development.  Half  a  million 
dollars  in  funding  came  from  Pennsylvania's  Link 
to  Learn  Initiative. 

The  next  task  was  hiring  someone  with  the  right 
combination  of  academic  and  industry  experience 
to  develop  the  curriculum.  "It  was  kind  of  difficult 
to  find  someone  who  fit  the  bill,"  Moser  says — 
until  BU  found  Biswajit  Ray. 

Ray's  practical  bent  was  nurtured  as  a  child  in 
India.  Because  of  the  struggling  economy  there,  he 
says,  "All  the  parents  will  tell  their  kids,  Tou  have 
to  be  an  engineer  or  a  doctor.' "  Ray  didn't  like  biol- 
ogy but  was  good  at  math,  so  he  chose  to  become 
an  engineer. 

Ray  taught  electrical  and  computer  engineering 
at  the  University  of  Puerto  Rico  before  taking  leave 
to  gain  on-the-job  knowledge  in  industry.  "I 
thought  that  teaching  engineering  just  by  the  books 
was  not  a  good  experience,"  he  says.  "My  goal  was 
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to  come  back  to  teaching,  but  with  industry  experi- 
ence." As  a  design  engineer  for  EMS  Technologies  Inc. 
in  Atlanta,  he  designed  electronics  for  space  satellites 
before  signing  on  with  Bloomsburg.  In  2000,  he  and 
his  wife  and  their  two  children  (now  ages  10  and 
14)  left  behind  the  big  city  and  southern  climate  to 
move  to  Pennsylvania,  where  Ray  would  develop  an 
academic  program  from  scratch. 

The  EET  curriculum  that  Ray  created  provides  the 
science,  math  and  technology  foundation  that  students 
need  for  their  culminating  experience — a  six-month, 
paid  co-op  job  in  industry.  Among  the  employers  that 
have  provided  co-op  opportunities  are:  Air  Balancing 
Engineers  Inc.,  Berwick;  Tobyhanna  Army  Depot;  L3 
Communications,  Williamsport,  Pa.;  and  the  Univer- 
sity of  Dayton  (Ohio)  Research  Institute.  In  addition,  a 
very  active  industry  advisory  board  helps  in  co-op 
placement  and  provides  feedback  to  make  sure  the 
EET  program  produces  graduates  who  have  the  skills 
that  industry  needs,  Ray  says. 

The  idea  of  a  new  program  with  "strong  industry 
backing"  attracted  Bloomsburg  native  Jonathan  Wolfe 
when  he  was  a  freshman.  He  was  already  interested  in 
electronics,  since  he  had  studied  the  field  in  a  high 
school  technical  program.  After  his  co-op  experience 
at  PPL  Susquehanna  in  Berwick,  he  continued  to  work 
there  during  his  last  semester  of  classes,  and  then  be- 
came a  full-time  systems  associate  after  his  graduation 
in  May.  Wolfe  is  involved  with  maintaining  the  com- 
puter systems  that  monitor  the  core  at  PPL's  nuclear 
power  plant.  In  fall  2007,  he  plans  to  begin  studying 
for  a  master's  in  business  administration  (probably  at 
BU)  so  he  eventually  can  become  a  project  manager. 

EET  students  at  Bloomsburg  also  gain  hands-on 
experience  through  their  professors'  research  projects. 
For  example,  Ray  recently  completed  designs  for  por- 
table generators  being  tested  by  the  Department  of 
Defense.  "It's  good  for  me  because  I  can  stay  up-to- 
date  professionally,  and  the  students  can  get  involved 
with  actual  research,"  he  says. 

The  EET  program  is  attracting  students  thanks  to 
modem  equipment,  individual  attention  from  profes- 
sors and  the  university's  relatively  low  tuition  and 
student/teacher  ratios,  Ray  and  Moser  say.  "Our  class- 
es are  small,  so  students  have  more  access  to  labs  and 
software,  and  more  faculty  guidance,"  Ray  says. 

All  those  advantages  help  students  advance  their 
knowledge  and  skills  quickly,  according  to  Moser. 
"One  of  the  things  that's  amazing  to  me  is  that  I  hear 


In  labs,  students  work  independently  in  small  teams  as 
professor  Biswajit  Ray  moves  from  team  to  team  to  give 
timely  guidance. 

students  walking  up  and  down  the  halls  in  groups, 
discussing  and  debating  problems  in  engineering,"  he 
says.  "It  doesn't  end  when  class  ends." 

The  biggest  draw,  though,  may  be  the  required — 
and  paid — co-op  experience.  Moser  notes,  "Because  of 
those  co-ops,  when  they  graduate,  students  get  solid 
job  opportunities.  Not  only  do  they  get  a  solid  academ- 
ic education,  but  they  get  experience  in  solving  prob- 
lems." They  also  get  a  four-and-a-half-year  program  for 
the  cost  of  four  years.  (Originally,  two  six-month  co-op 
experiences  were  required,  adding  up  to  a  five-year 
program.  The  requirement  was  lowered  based  on 
industry  feedback  that  students  were  ready  to  join  the 
workforce  after  one  co-op,  Ray  says — and  on  the 
desire  of  students  to  graduate  sooner.) 

Forty-five  students  are  enrolled  in  the  EET  program, 
and  Ray  hopes  that  number  will  grow  to  the  point 
where  20  students  a  year  are  graduating.  "A  lot  of 
people  don't  know  that  we  have  a  program  like  this  at 
Bloomsburg  University,"  he  says. 

Even  industrial  clients  initially  had  to  be  convinced 
of  the  program's  merits.  "When  we  first  spoke  to  PPL, 
they  couldn't  quite  understand  what  we  were  doing," 
Moser  says.  "Now  they're  placing  co-op  students,  and 
they're  really  interested.  It's  taking  a  while  to  build  our 
reputation,  but  once  they  see  what  we're  doing,  they're 
coming  back  for  more. .  .1  think  local  industry  has  been 
really  supportive  and  helpful." 

The  EET  program's  reputation  may  get  a  boost  soon 
from  national  accreditation,  a  process  that  is  now  under 
way.  The  program  couldn't  seek  accreditation  from 
ABET  (Accreditation  Board  for  Engineering  Technol- 
ogy) until  the  first  students  graduated,  Ray  explains. 
However,  BU  has  a  head  start  on  one  of  the  require- 
ments: faculty  members  who  have  both  academic  and 
industrial  experience. 

"1  think  the  program  has  a  bright  future," 
Ray  says.  B 

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Stage  & 
Speedway 


STORY      BY      KEVIN      GRAY 


Whether  running  two  successful  Pennsylvania  theaters 
or  working  on  NASCAR  pit  crews,  alumnus  Ralph  Miller 
credits  BU  with  giving  him  the 
knowledge  and  savvy  to  succeed  in 
whatever  he  has  decided  to  do. 
"Bloomsburg  really  opened  a  lot  of  doors  for  me," 
he  says.  "Once  they  were  open,  I  ran  through  them." 


i  alph  Miller,  a  successful  businessman  and 
avid  NASCAR  fan,  had  just  finished  con- 
struction on  four  homes  in  Daytona,  Fla.,  in  1987 
when  he  sent  a  note  to  Dale  Earnhardt  Sr.  offer- 
ing his  favorite  driver  the  use  of  one  of  his  homes 
during  Speed  Week  at  Daytona  Speedway. 

Much  to  his  surprise,  Earnhardt  called,  ar- 
ranged a  meeting  and  accepted  the  offer.  Thus 
began  another  chapter  in  Miller's  life,  during 
which  he  became  close  friends  with  the  racer 
known  as  "The  Intimidator"  and  part  of  the 
championship  racing  teams  of  both  Earnhardt 
and  Jeff  Gordon. 

That  Miller  took  a  chance  and  things  worked 
out  beautifully  is  not  surprising.  He's  been 
making  things  happen  throughout  his  life.  But 
ask  Miller  if  luck  finds  him  or  if  he  creates  his 
own  luck  and  the  usually  affable  Miller  turns 
dead  serious. 

"I  don't  believe  in  luck  at  all,"  says  Miller,  who 
worked  on  electronics  set-ups  and  as  a  pit  crew 


Ralph  Miller 
kisses  the  bricks 
.  to  celebrate  a 

■L.       victory  at  Indy. 


member  for  both  drivers,  making  150  trips  to  Vic- 
tory Lane.  "I  believe  in  kicking  open  doors.  If  you 
don't  have  the  courage  to  take  chances  and  go  af- 
ter what  you  want,  you  will  be  working  for  some- 
body the  rest  of  your  life." 

Words  to  live  by,  and  Miller  certainly  has.  At 
60,  Miller  is  the  longest-running  owner  of  the  ven- 
erable Bucks  County  Playhouse  in  New  Hope  and 
will  kick  off  his  31st  season  this  spring.  For  more 
than  two  decades,  he's  also  owned  the  Pocono 
Playhouse  in  Mountainhome. 
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WINTER      2007 


'I  believe  in  kicking  open  doors.  If  you  don't  have  the 
courage  to  take  chances  and  go  after  what  you  want, 
you  will  be  working  for  somebody  the  rest  of  your  life.' 

—  RALPH  MILLER 


A  math  major  at  Bloomsburg  in 
the  mid-1960s.  Miller  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Madrigal  Singers,  Men's  Glee 
Club  and  the  Concert  Choir  who 
appeared  in  musicals,  including 
"Carousel."  He  left  school  after 
three  years  to  pursue  other  opportu- 
nities, which  eventually  included 
the  Bucks  County  Playhouse. 

"I  saw  George  C.  Scott  and 
Colleen  Dewhurst  in  'Lion  in  Win- 
ter' there  and  I  fell  in  love  with  the 
place,"  says  Miller,  who  lives  in  Point 
Pleasant,  Pa.  "I  really  just  wanted 
the  chance  to  produce  a  season." 

In  1969,  he  met  with  the  play- 
house's producer  and  offered  to 
work  for  free  "but  the  producer 
literally  threw  me  out  of  the  lobby," 
Miller  recalls.  In  a  scene  that,  itself, 
would  make  great  theater,  Miller 
turned  around  at  the  bottom  of  the 
steps  and  yelled,  "You  ought  to  listen 
to  me  because  one  day,  I'm  going  to 
own  this  place!" 

Seven  years  later,  he  got  his 
chance.  "In  1976,  about  six  weeks 


Ralph  Miller  celebrates  victory  with  a 
traditional  champagne  spray. 


before  the  season  started,  the 
producer  notified  the  playhouse 
that  he  was  bankrupt  and  wasn't 
coming  back,"  Miller  says.  "The 
owners  said  if  I  could  raise  the 
money  for  the  advance  rent  for  the 
summer,  they  would  give  me  the 
theater.  I  told  them  I  could  do  it." 
In  reality,  Miller  walked  out  of 
the  meeting  wondering  where  the 
money  would  come  from.  He 
found  partners  to  lend  him  the 
capital,  and  five  years  later,  he  had 
made  enough  to  buy  them  out.  He 
believes  he  was  able  to  purchase 
the  Bucks  County  Playhouse  at  the 
bargain  price  of  $200,000  because, 
not  only  was  he  the  first  producer 
to  turn  a  profit,  but  fast-food 
giant  McDonald's  was  eyeing  the 
property,  a  prospect  that  horrified 
many  locals. 

When  Miller  took  over  the 
theater,  it  was  predominantly  a 
stock  house — a  playhouse  where 
stars  would  come  during  the 
summer  season  to  try  out 

jj^t new  products. 

"All  of  these  little  stock 
houses  were  sitting  around 
looking  for  product,"  he 
says.  "But  I  saw  that  there 
was  plenty  of  product 
out  there,  and  we  began 
doing  revivals." 

The  new  direction  was 
a  hit.  Miller  more  than 
doubled  the  length  of  the 
playhouse's  season  and 
turned  a  profit,  allowing 
him  to  buy  Pocono 
Playhouse  in  1984.  He 
lets  neither  the  distance — 
about  80  miles  separates 
the  theaters — nor  the 
different  levels  of  success 
sway  his  commitment  to 
both  facilities. 


The  Bucks  County  Playhouse 
appears  today  much  as  it  did  when 
Ralph  Miller  first  walked  through 
the  doors  in  the  1960s. 

"Pocono  Playhouse  could  not 
stand  on  its  own,"  Miller  notes. 
"You're  only  going  to  get  a  10-  to 
12-week  season  there  because,  after 
Labor  Day,  everybody  deserts  the 
Poconos  and  the  ski  crowd  is  going 
to  go  back  to  the  lodge  at  night." 
Miller  makes  it  work  for  art's  sake. 
He  saves  money  by  using  the 
same  production  staff  at  both  the- 
aters, as  well  as  using  computer 
orchestration,  while  presenting 
different  shows. 

During  its  history,  acting  lumi- 
naries such  as  Kitty  Carlisle,  Liza 
Minnelli,  Walter  Matthau,  Grace 
Kelly  and  Robert  Redford  performed 
at  the  Bucks  County  Playhouse. 
More  recently,  the  theater  has  hosted 
the  likes  of  William  Shatner  ("No- 
body realizes  what  a  tremendous 
comedic  actor  he  is.")  and  Don 
Knotts,  who  passed  away  last  year. 

Despite  several  floods  throughout 
the  years,  the  Bucks  County  Play- 
house is  on  solid  ground  three 
decades  after  Miller  took  over.  "I'm 
healthy  and  love  the  work;  they'll 
have  to  carry  me  out  of  there,"  Miller 
says.  "I  do  want  to  eventually  give  it 
to  someone  in  trust  so  that  it  doesn't 
get  sold  for  condos.  1  just  want  to 
make  sure  this  wonderful  theater 
stays  a  theater."  b 

Kevin  Gray  is  a  freelance  writer  based 
in  the  Lehigh  Valley. 


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Katie  McPeek  gets  a  boost  from  friends  Keri  Bachman,  Kristie 
Gardner  and  Danielle  Burke  behind  Carver  Hail  in  the  fall  of  2003. 
McPeek,  a  senior  elementary  education  major  who  was  a  cheerleader 
in  high  school,  has  cheered  for  the  Huskies,  along  with  Burke,  for  the 
past  two  years. 


Generations  of  students  have  come 
to  Bloomsburg  to  pursue  their  dreams, 
from  the  earliest  days  in  1839  to  our 
current  students.  Many  have  helped 
others  who  came  after  them — a  tradition 
of  philanthropy  that  quietly  continues  to 
this  day. 

One  of  the  most  meaningful,  yet 
least  known,  ways  our  alumni  and 
friends  have  helped  us  is  by  providing  a 
gift  to  the  university  through  their  wills. 
Known  as  bequests,  these  gifts  have 
funded  scholarships,  provided  equipment 
to  teach  students,  helped  to  renovate 
buildings  and  enabled  many  things  to 
happen  at  Bloomsburg  University. 

Regardless  of  how  much  money  you 
think  you  have,  if  you  want  to  help  our 
students  and  the  university, you  can. 
We  can  work  with  your  attorney  or 
adviser  to  make  it  easy.  You  will  feel 
great  knowing  that  you  have  provided  an 
opportunity  for  even  more  generations 
of  students  to  come. 

Contact  the  Bloomsburg  University 
Foundation  for  more  information, 
either  through  the  Web  site, 
www.bloomu.edu/giving  (which  has 
more  information  on  giving  through 
your  will),  or  by  phone  at  570-389-4524. 
After  all,  where  there's  a  will,  there's  a 
way... to  help! 


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Quest  extended  trips  bound  for 
destinations  in  U.S.  and  abroad 


Bloomsburg  Universi- 
ty's Quest  program 
offers  extended  trips 
for  BU  alumni  and  friends. 
For  many  of  these  trips,  no 
experience  is  necessary  and 
most  equipment  is  provid- 
ed. Varied  amounts  of  phys- 
ical stamina  are  required. 

Trekking  in  Patagonia, 
Chile,  Feb.  12  to  25:  This 
adventure  in  the  southern 
Patagonian  Andes  of  Chile 
takes  participants  into  one 
of  the  natural  wonders  of 
South  America,  the  Torres 
Del  Paine  National  Park. 
The  leader  is  Dave  Conlan, 
dbconlan@yahoo .  com . 

Costa  Rica  Mountain  Bike 
Ride,  March  9  to  18:  The 
eight-day  mountain  bike 
ride  takes  cyclists  through 
Costa  Rica,  from  Fortuna 
De  San  Carlas  to  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  accompanied  by 
a  Spanish-speaking  guide 
and  support  vehicle.  The 
trip  requires  participants 
to  be  in  satisfactory  physical 
condition.  The  leader  is 
Roy  Smith,  rsmith® 
bloomu.edu. 

Hiking  Joshua  Tree 
National  Park,  California, 

March  10  to  14:  The  Joshua 
Tree  National  Park  offers 
hikers  more  than  585,000 
acres  of  wilderness  to 
explore.  The  group  will  fly 
into  Palm  Springs,  explore 
the  Indian  Canyons  and 
visit  the  internationally 
famous  botanical  museum. 


Roy  Smith,  director,  will  lead  a  Quest  walking  trip  across  northern  England  from  June  22  to  July  4. 


The  hikers  will  go  through 
rock  formations  on  scenic 
trails.  The  leader  is  Alison 
Stone-Briggs,  astone® 
bloomu.edu. 

Rock  Climbing  in  Joshua 
Tree  National  Park,  Califor- 
nia, March  10  to  17: 
Joshua  Tree  is  a  world- 
renowned  climbing  location 
in  Central  California.  The 
trip  will  allow  those  with  no 
prior  climbing  experience 
to  learn  the  fundamentals 
but  still  challenge  advanced 
climbers  on  more  difficult 
lines.  The  leader  is  Brett 
Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu 

Biking  in  Holland,  June  2 

to  13:  This  12-day  tour  along 
the  back  roads  of  Holland 
and  Belgium  is  designed  for 
the  weekend  biker.  The  trip 
will  begin  and  end  in 
Amsterdam,  with  two-  or 
three-day  stops  in  three 


towns.  Participants  may 
travel  between  centers  by 
train  or  bike.  The  leader 
is  Brett  Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu. 

Walking  Across  England, 

June  22  to  July  4:  The  walk 
across  northern  England, 
from  St.  Bee's  on  the  Irish 
Sea  to  Robin  Hood's  Bay  on 
the  shores  of  the  North  Sea, 
begins  in  the  Lake  District 
region  and  finishes  across  the 
North  Yorkshire  moors.  The 
leader  is  Roy  Smith,  rsmith® 
bloomu.edu. 

Mountain  Biking  in  the 
Rockies:  Colorado  Wildflow- 
ers,  Aug.  16  to  23:  Crested 
Butte,  recently  named  the 
wildflower  capital  of  the 
U.S.,  will  be  the  base  for 
this  trip  in  the  Colorado 
Rockies.  The  group  will  bike 
from  Crested  Butte  to  Lake 
City,  Colo.,  often  above  an 
altitude  of  7,000  feet,  as  they 


cross  terrain  ranging  from 
old  logging  roads  to  single 
tracks.  The  leader  is  Brett 
Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu. 

Bike  Tour  through  the  Finger 
Lakes  Wine  Country,  Oct.  6 
to  8:  The  Finger  Lakes 
wineries,  combined  with  the 
unique  glacial  landscape  and 
small-town  charm,  provide 
the  perfect  backdrop  for 
cyclists.  The  group  will  bike 
through  vineyard-covered 
hillsides,  along  country 
roads  and  pastoral  scenes. 
The  tour  will  stop  at  some 
of  the  more  notable  wineries. 
The  leader  is  Roy  Smith, 
rsmith@bloomu.edu. 

For  additional  information, 
including  costs  and  physical 
requirements,  call  (570) 
389-2100,  check  online  at 
www.buquest.org  or  contact 
trip  leaders  at  e-mail 
addresses  provided. 


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5  "2  C.    Daisy  Girton,  90,  celebrated  in  June  with  other 

%J  %J    alumni  of  a  one -room  school  near  Anthony  Town- 
ship, where  she  had  taught  from  1935  until  1941. 


5 £l  El    Robert  Fleck  (right),  Danville, 

vJ  O    received  the  2006  Distinguished  Ser- 
vice Award  from  the  the  Pennsylvania  Association 
of  Realtors.  Owner  of  Coldwell  Banker  Fleck 
Agency,  he  has  been  active  in  regional  and  state 
real  estate  associations  for  many  years  and  will 
serve  as  2007  chairman  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Realtors  Smart  Growth  Advisory  Committee 


}  J^  Q    Mary  Ann  Gordish,  a  speech  therapist  for 

U  O    schools  in  the  Wayne  and  Wallenpaupack  areas, 
retired  in  2006. 

5  j^  f\    Edward  R.  Hess  joined  the  Laurel  Health  System 


'70 


Physician  Team,  Wellsboro. 


Richard  F.  Beierschmitt  is  acting  superinten- 
dent of  Southern  Columbia  Area  School 
District,  Catawissa. 

Thomas  Bistocchi,  superintendent  of  Union  County  (N.J.) 
Vocational-Technical  School  District,  was  honored  by  having  a 
three-story  school  building  dedicated  in  his  name. 

Hugh  Dempsey  (right)  is  deputy  director  of 
the  Pope  John  Paul  II  Cultural  Center  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C 

Suzanne  Menapace  retired  from  the  Mount 
Carmel  Area  School  District. 


'71 


Tom  Blackwell  retired  from  the 
North  Perm  School  District  in  2005. 

Thomas  Brennan  Jr.,  Hamsburg,  is  executive  assistant 
director  of  the  Louisiana  Community  Development  Office  in 
Baton  Rouge. 

Irene  Casari  retired  from  the  Mount  Carmel  Area 
School  District. 

Frank  Jayman  retired  from  the  Mount  Carmel  Area 
School  District. 

Doreen  Kushner  is  principal  of  Transfiguration  Catholic 
School,  Shamokin. 

John  Olaynick  works  as  an  environmentalist  for  Palm 
Beach  County  (Fla.)  Water  Utilities. 

5  ^7'  }    ^y  Nell  's  a  third-grade  teacher  and  grade  level 
/  JmJ   coordinator  for  the  Bangor  Area  School  District. 
Joseph  Quinn  Jr.,  Moosic,  was  named  to  the  Keystone 

College  Board  of  Trustees. 


'73 


A.  Ben  Wagner,  a  librarian  at  the  University  at 


Melanie  Wengrenovich  retired  from  the  Mount  Carmel 
Area  School  District. 


5  ^7/i     Mary  Beth  Lech  was  re-elected  national  vice  presi- 
/   -L    dent,  treasurer  and  board  member  of  the  National 
Contract  Management  Association. 

Clyde  E.  Lowery,  Birdsboro,  is  vice  president  of  the  busi- 
ness-banking group  for  Leesport  Financial  Group. 

5  ^7#^    David  Robinholt,  Nescopeck,  is  retiring  from  Dan- 
/  \J    ville  School  District,  where  he  was  a  school  princi- 
pal for  1 1  years. 

5  ^7^7  Deborah  Iosso  is  principal  of  Center  Grove  School, 
/   /     in  New  Jersey's  Randolf  Township  School  District. 

}  ^7Q    Harry  Warren  is  vice  president  and  general  man- 
/  C3   ager  of  Ecomm's  East  Lampeter  Township  office, 
near  Allentown.  He  was  previously  a  sales  manager. 

5  ^7CJ   ^°^'  George  Antochy  is  serving  in  Iraq  with  the 

/   S    Army  Reserves. 

Rachael  Lohman  '79M  is  eastern  Pennsylvania  regional 
manager  for  American  Education  Services. 

Alan  Lonoconus  is  superintendent  of  Shikellamy 
School  District. 

Donald  Wiest  II  is  executive  vice  president  and  chief 
investment  officer  for  Midwest  Banc,  Melrose  Place,  111. 


}Q/~\  Albert  J.  Manzi  (nght),  Utah,  is 

C3 \J  president  and  chief  executive  officer 
of  Prairie  Mountain  Publishing,  a  newspaper 
management  and  operating  partnership  created 
by  The  E.  W.  Scripps  Co.  and  MediaNews 


Alums  inducted  into  Hall  of  Fame 

The  newest  members  of  BU's  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame,  inducted 
during  Homecoming  Weekend  2006,  are  shown  with  BU 
President  Jessica  Kozloff.  They  are,  left  to  right,  front:  Marty 
Laudato  '93,  Softball;  Janelle  Breneman  '94,  Softball;  and  Kim 
Youndt  Evans  '90,  swimming;  and,  back:  Jim  Browning  '56, 
football  and  track;  Lance  Milner  '90,  men's  tennis;  Kozloff;  and 
Todd  Cummings  '83,  wrestling.  For  complete  information  about 
the  inductees,  visit  http://www.bloomu.edu/sports/hallfame/ 
2006halloffame.shtml. 


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Group.  Concurrently,  he  serves  as  president  and  publisher  of 
the  Daily  Camera,  Boulder,  Colo. 

Rick  Menniti  is  treasury  operations  manager  and  treasurer 
for  Shell  Oil  Co.,  Houston,  Texas.  He  has  worked  for  Shell 
since  1980,  spending  six  years  in  London,  England. 

9  Q  ~|      Ernest  Jackson  is  vice  principal  of  Warwick  Valley 

O  -A.    (N.Y.)  School  District's  middle  school. 
Roseann  Murello  is  assistant  principal  at  Lawrence  High 
School,  Long  Island,  N.Y. 

9Q  ^    Robert  Krupka,  Bethlehem,  is  vice  president  of 

\J^  northern  region  commercial  lending  for  Harleysville 
National  Bank. 

}0  /4    Edward  G.  Caminos  was  promoted  to  vice  presi- 
O'TI  dent  of  finance  and  chief  accounting  officer  for  BPZ 

Energy,  Texas.  He  was  company  controller  since  January  2005 

and  served  as  interim  chief  financial  officer. 

Michael  St.  Clair  is  social  studies  teacher  and  head  football 

coach  at  West  Chester  Rustin  High  School. 

5Q  £~    Wayne  D.  Brookhart,  Danville,  is  assistant  super- 
O  «_/   intendent  of  Tamaqua  Area  School  District. 
Lt.  Col.  Bruce  M.  Smith,  U.S.  Army  Reserves,  424th  Mili- 
tary Police  Detachment,  received  the  Bronze  Star  for  meritori- 
ous service  during  Operation  Iraqi  Freedom. 


?Q/£    Edward  Schicatano  (right),  assistant 

(3  vJ  professor  of  psychology  at  Wilkes 
College,  received  the  Carpenter  Outstanding 
Teacher  Award. 


Classmates  from  '56  celebrate  reunion 

About  70  alumni  and  guests  attended  the  50-year  reunion  of  the 
Class  of  1956  held  at  the  Fenstemaker  Alumni  House  Sept.  15  to  17, 
2006.  Classmate  Bill  Bitner,  Oldsmar,  Fla.,  was  chief  organizer  for 
the  event,  which  included  a  reunion  dinner  and  campus  tours. 
Bitner,  retired  chairman  and  president  of  Evergreen  Bancorp,  is  a 
former  alumni  board  member,  past  recipient  of  the  Distinguished 
Service  Award  and  a  generous  supporter  of  Bloomsburg  University. 
He  and  wife  Wylla  "Bunny"  Bitner,  also  a  1956  graduate,  have 
donated  more  than  S50.000  toward  student  scholarships.  Shown  in 
the  accompanying  photo  are,  left  to  right,  Steve  Kozloff,  BU 
President  Jessica  Kozloff,  Bill  Bitner  and  Bunny  Bitner. 


Snook  heads 

nursing 

association 


Betsy  Snook  '02M  recently 
became  executive  administrator  for  the  Pennsylvania 
Nurses  Association,  based  in  Harrisburg. 
As  the  executive  administrator,  Snook  manages  the 
activities  of  the  association  and  serves  as  the  spokesperson 
and  coordinator  for  professional  issues  and  initiatives  across 
the  state.  She  also  serves  as  chief  executive  officer  of  the 
Nursing  Foundation  of  Pennsylvania.  Snook  has  a  30-year 
background  in  nursing  and  health  care. 

9  Q  ^7  Elizabeth  Williams  Confair  is  a  learning  support 
O  /  teacher  with  the  Intermediate  Unit  9  in  Smethport. 
Mike  Robinson  '87  of  Sinking  Spring  (right),  is 

director  of  group  sales  for  the  Reading  Phillies. 

9  Q  Q    Kathleen  Ewer  retired  after  26  years  of 

O  O   teaching,  including  the  last  2 1  years  at 
Immanuel  Christian  School,  Hazleton. 

Maj.  David  A.  Lesko  was  promoted  to  lieuten- 
ant colonel  in  the  Air  Force  Reserves. 

Army  National  Guard  Maj.  Ronald  T.  Sowal,  a  dentist 
from  Shamokin,  served  in  southern  California  in  support  of 
U.S.  Border  Patrol  efforts. 

9  Q  f\  Brenda  DeRenzo  is  special  education  coordinator  at 
C3  S    Parkland  Schools  in  the  Allentown  area. 
Roger  Nunkester  Jr.,  Berwick,  is  middle  school  principal  at 

Southern  Columbia  Area  School  District.  He  was  named  in  the 

10th  edition  of  "Who's  Who  Among  America's  Teachers,"  the 

third  time  he  has  been  honored. 

V^/"\   L.  Evelyn  Thompson,  a  National  Guard  major, 

S\J   graduated  from  Command  and  General  Staff  College 
at  Fort  Dix,  N.J.  She  works  for  Independence  Blue  Cross  as 
an  appeals  technical  analyst  and  holds  an  MBA  in  health 
care  management. 

9(^"1     Kris  Bautsch,  Limerick,  teaches  second  grade  at 
y  A.    Spring-Ford  School  District  after  receiving  his  teaching 

certificate  in  December  2005. 

Laurie  Churba,  a  costume  designer  for  NBC-TVs  "Saturday 

Night  Live,"  was  costume  assistant  on  the  film  "World  Trade 

Center,"  starring  Nicholas  Cage. 

Lisa  Peterlin  Sanders  teaches  history,  mathematics  and 

science  to  elementary  students  at  Wakefield  Country  Day  School, 

Flint  Hill,  Va. 

}£J^  John  Gabage,  Glenside,  was  ordained  as  a  transitional 

y  j!J  deacon,  the  last  step  toward  becoming  a  Catholic 


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priest.  He  attends  St.  Mary's 

Seminary  and  University. 

president  and  senior  relationship  manager  in  the  commercial 

Carl  C.  Risch,  a  Carlisle 

attorney,  works  as  an  appeals 

banking  group,  responsible 

for  Berks,  Cumberland,  Dauphin, 

adjudication  officer  for  the  U.S.  Citizenship  and 

Lancaster,  Lebanon  and  York  counties. 

Immigration  Services,  Department  of  Homeland 

Lazarus  Kimsal,  a  Miami,  Fla.,  police  officer,  appeared  on 

Security,  Washington,  D.C. 

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gambling  crime  in  Florida. 

^O^    Brett  Gibble  (ri 

jht),  Mohnton, 

Stephanie  Hare  Michaels  is  special  education  supervisor 

y  %J  joined  Wachovie 

i  Corp.  as  vice 

for  the  Shikellamy  School  District. 

Births 

Lisa  Tuthill  Aiderson  '87  and 

Julie  Crossley  Willits  '94  and 

Dian  Taylor  Alleyne  '97  and 

Kara  Nagurney  Feulner  '00  and 

husband,  Edward,  a  daughter, 

husband,  Steve,  a  son,  Tyler 

husband,  Andre  Alleyne  '96, 

husband,  Rob,  a  daughter,  Allison 

Anna  Elise,  March  24, 2006 

Michael,  May  31, 2006 

a  daughter,  Taylor  Paige, 

Rose,  Sept.  27, 2006 

Sharon  Belles  Aiken  '89  and 

Katy  Weber  Abram  '95  and 

May  26, 2006 

Beth  Christman  Fronheiser  '00 

husband,  Martin,  a  daughter, 

husband,  Sam,  a  son,  Samuel  Allen, 

Lori  Clarke  Steiner  '97  and 

and  husband.  Ken,  a  son,  Nathaniel 

Julia,  Feb.  9, 2006 

March  4, 2005 

husband,  Curt,  a  daughter,  Meredith 

Ryan,  March  24, 2006 

Michael  Crane  '89  and  wife, 

Vicki  Muckenthaler  Blevins  '95 

Clarke  Steiner,  June  2, 2006 

Jeni  Musselman  Hassel  '00  and 

Pamela,  a  son,  Michael  Jr., 

and  husband,  Nate,  a  daughter, 

Marlena  Zappile  '97  and  husband. 

husband,  Joseph,  a  son,  Jordan 

Oct.  20, 2006 

Melanie  Anne,  May  19, 2006 

Kirk  Thomas  '98,  a  son,  Noah 

Tyler,  Oct.  18,2006 

Stephanie  Bissaillon  Veach 

Elizabeth  Donovan  Conish  '95 

Anthony,  Dec.  8, 2005 

Alice  O'Brien  '00  and  husband, 

'90  and  husband,  Eddie,  a  son, 

and  husband,  Adam,  a  daughter, 

Maria  Nolter  Grimes  '98  and 

Joe,  a  son,  Gabriel  Joseph, 

Andy  Christian,  Aug.  6, 2006 

Sophie  Elizabeth,  April  20, 2006 

husband,  David,  a  daughter,  Cassidy 

May  1,2006 

Becky  Young  Evans  '91  and 

Jennifer  Rosencrance  Dancy  '95 

Elyse,  July  13, 2006 

Suzanne  Whitehead  Ott  '00  and 

husband,  Gerald,  a  daughter, 

and  husband,  Ahmon,  a  son,  Micah, 

Lisa  Braglio  Mancini  '98  and 

husband,  Stephen  Ott '01,  a 

Jane  Mary,  June  5, 2006 

July  31, 2006 

husband,  Frank,  a  son,  Dominic 

daughter,  Elizabeth,  April  5, 2006 

Jane  Salak  Spera  '91  and 

Amanda  Shepard  Flaska  '95 

Carlos,  March  28, 2006,  born  in 

Kelly  Cornelius  Parlapiano  '00 

husband,  Anthony,  a  daughter. 

and  husband,  Joseph,  a  son,  Tyler 

Guatemala  Sept.  5, 2005 

and  husband,  Joseph  Parlapiano 

Julia  Jane,  Sept.  22, 2005 

James,  Aug.  18,2006 

Joy  Gazzerro  Connelly  '99 

'00,  a  son,  Aiden  Joseph, 

Diane  Dolan  Miller  '92/'05M 

Adam  Fosbenner  '95  and  wife, 

and  husband,  Daniel,  a  daughter. 

June  19, 2006 

and  husband,  Mark  Miller  '91,  a 

Lauren,  a  son,  John  Douglas, 

Grace  Leah,  Oct.  16,2006 

Stephanie  McPherson  Risser  '00 

daughter,  Katherine,  Jan.  6, 2006 

Aug.  29. 2006 

Melissa  Gromis  Feathers  '99, 

and  husband,  Justin,  a  daughter, 

Allison  Tyson  Viola  '92  and 

Tara  Yanick  Kogut  '95  and 

and  husband,  Stephen,  a  daughter. 

Kayla,  Aug.  2, 2006 

husband,  Joe,  a  son,  Ronan 

husband,  Michael  Kogut  '98,  a 

MacyAmylee,  March  20, 2006 

Kelly  Hoover  '01  and  husband. 

Pilling,  April  6, 2006 

son,  Aidan  Michael,  Aug.  18,2006 

Kim  Vetter  Jordan  '99  and 

Malcolm,  a  son,  Ian  Hoover, 

Christopher  R.  Corley  '93  and 

Pat  Lester  '95  and  wife,  Jessica, 

husband,  Mark,  a  daughter,  Brooke 

Feb.  23, 2006 

wife,  Jolly  Foster,  a  daughter, 

a  son,  Cole,  Aug.  30, 2006 

Alexa  Jordan 

Meghan  Friedland  Piazza  '01  and 

Renn,  Sept.  22, 2005 

Hugh  O'Donnell  '95  and  wife, 

Christine  Spalding  Maguire  '99 

husband,  Dan  Piazza  '00,  a  son. 

Cathleen  Zicari  Flynn  '93  and 

Kerri,  a  son,  Thomas  Hugh, 

and  husband,  Daniel  Maguire  '99, 

James  Daniel,  May  11, 2006 

husband,  Francis,  a  son,  Michael 

March  25, 2006 

a  daughter,  Abigail  Elizabeth, 

Matthew  Wagner  '01  and  wife, 

Francis,  March  22, 2006 

Christine  Rihl  Savage  '95  and 

June  3, 2006 

Lisa,  a  son,  Russel  James, 

Stephanie  Hare  Michaels  '93 

husband,  James  Savage  '95,  a 

Karen  Stickle  Ramsay  '99,  and 

March  24, 2006 

and  husband,  Brian,  a  daughter, 

son,  Logan  Gabriel,  April  17, 2006 

husband.  Brad,  a  son,  Joshua  Paul, 

Danielle  Wagner  Koser  02  and 

Lauryn  Elisabeth,  Jan.  12,2006 

Kristin  Snyder  West  '95  and 

July  12, 2006 

husband,  Barton,  a  son,  Maddox, 

Elaine  Bosack  Woods  '93  and 

husband,  Brian  West  '96,  a  son, 

Michelle  Fry  Brozusky  00 

Feb.  15,2006 

husband,  Tim,  a  daughter,  Caitlin 

Jason  Morgan  West,  July  9, 2006 

and  husband,  Victor  Brozusky  '00, 

Jennifer  McCauley  Robinson  '02 

Helene,  April  13,2006 

Tara  Rothenberger  Chauhan  '96 

a  daughter,  Meghan  Hope, 

and  husband,  Preston,  a  son,  Colin 

Matthew  E.  Rhodes  '94  and 

and  husband,  Dipesh,  a  son,  Dylan, 

Oct.  4, 2006 

William,  Aug.  7, 2006 

wife,  Christine,  a  son,  Adam, 

Aug.  24, 2006 

Aimee  Counsman  Bucci  '00  and 

Stefanie  Palmer  Noll  '03  and 

May  5, 2006 

Amy  Bond  Trumbauer  '96  and 

husband,  Paul,  a  daughter,  Isabelle 

husband,  Steve,  a  daughter,  Sara 

Jennifer  Oiler  Shoup  W98M 

husband,  Brian,  a  son,  Charles 

Marie,  May  22, 2006 

Susan,  May  2, 2006 

and  husband,  Irvin,  a  son,  Mark 

Wilson  Phaon,  April  21, 2006 

Kimberly  Bloom  Duffy  '00  and 

Johnetta  Clarke  '04  and  Antonius 

Christopher,  April  21, 2006 

husband,  Sean,  a  son,  Cole  William, 

John  Newman,  a  son,  Anthony  John 

Oct.  1,2006 

Newman,  June  7, 2006 

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Jf\  A    Alison  McPherson  is  a  reading  specialist  at  Swift 

S   A-  Middle  School,  Quarryville. 

Lisa  Subers  Huffman,  Downingtown,  is  marketing  com- 
munications specialist  for  the  Chester  County  (Pa.)  Hospital. 

Patricia  Schall-Ulshafer,  Bethlehem,  was  chosen  among  170 
educators  to  received  Wal-Mart's  State  Teacher  of  the  Year 
Award  for  Pennsylvania. 


'95 


Robert  Galella,  Dunmore,  is  the  principal  at 

Tunkhannock  Area  Middle  School. 
Air  Force  Capt.  Noreen  Kern,  Tunkhannock,  is  a  combat 
stress  specialist  with  the  386th  Air  Expeditionary  Wing  in 
southwest  Asia,  which  conducts  operations  in  Kuwait  and  Iraq. 

Jennifer  J.  Webb,  Danville,  earned  a  master's  in  geography 
degree  from  SUNY-Binghamton,  graduating  summa  cum  laude. 
She  was  awarded  a  graduate  assistantship  and  full  tuition  schol- 
arship in  the  geography  doctoral  program  at  the  University  of 
South  Carolina  at  Columbia. 


}Q/^  Todd  Doebler  (right),  Hatfield,  is 

S\J  head  men's  tennis  coach  at  Perm  State. 
In  2004  and  2006,  he  was  Intercollegiate  Tennis 
Association's  Midwest  Region  Assistant  Coach  of 
the  Year. 

Danay  Gangewere  (right),  Bethlehem,  was 
promoted  to  director  of  computer  services  of 
Northampton  Community  College. 

Michael  Gaskell  is  principal  of  Hammarskjold 
Middle  School,  East  Brunswick,  NJ. 

Debbie  Johnson  was  accepted  as  a  candidate 
in  ministry  by  the  Charleston-Atlantic  Presbytery. 


'97 


Brian  Barchik  is  a  social  studies  teacher  with  the 
Montgomery  Area  School  District. 


Going  to  great  heights  to  visit  alumna 

BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff,  left,  pauses  with  Ann  Edwards  Blake 
'64  atop  the  mountain  at  Taos  Ski  Valley,  N.M.  Ann  and  her  husband 
Mickey,  a  son  of  Taos  Ski  Valleys  founders,  Ernie  and  Rhoda  Blake, 
own  and  operate  the  resort  along  with  other  family  members.  Jessica 
and  Steve  Kozloff  visited  the  Blakes  last  July. 


Mark  Edwards  is  assistant  professor  of  history  at  Ouachita 
Baptist  University,  Arkansas. 

Thomas  C.  Neugebauer  (right),  Ellicott  City, 
Md.,  a  registered  professional  engineer,  was  pro- 
moted to  associate  at  Morris  &  Ritchie  Associates' 
Laurel,  Md.,  office. 

Carolyn  Wilson  Peters,  Telford,  earned  a 
master's  in  education  degree  from  Gratz  College. 


V^Q    Mike  Devaney  is  the  recycling  and 
>^0  solid  waste  manager  for  Lancaster. 
Dean  Frear  (right),  Bloomsburg,  joined  the 

faculty  at  Wilkes  University  as  assistant  professor 

of  business. 

V^f^  Marcie  Hickey  (right)  is  the  new 
S  S    head  Softball  coach  at  the  University 

of  Vermont. 

Eleanor  "Suzette"  Marine  is  principal  of 

North  Dover  Elementary  School  in  the 

Allentown  area. 


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Nightingale  Award 

Joanne  Zimmerman  Rogers  '83/"95M  of  Elysburg  was 
named  one  of  the  seven  Pennsylvania  Nightingale 
Award  recipients.  The  award  honors  exceptional  nurses 
and  is  intended  to  promote  superior  nursing  care  practices 
statewide.  Rogers  is  a  clinical  nurse  specialist  at  Geisinger 
Medical  Center,  Danville.  The  master  of  ceremonies  for  the 
awards  ceremony  was  Anne  Shannon  '93,  who  anchors  for 
WGAL  News  8.  Shown  in  accompanying  photo  are,  left  to 
right,  seated:  Debra  Wantz-Bucher  '8 1/9  7M,  Jennifer  Beck 
Reese  '83  and  Donna  Albrecht  Reese  '83  and  standing: 
Susan  Bennett  Fetterman  'OO/WM,  Dawn  Reed  Snyder 
79/'93,  Joanne  Zimmerman  Rogers  '83/'95,  BU  President 
Jessica  Kozloff,  BU  Nursing  Department  Chair  Christine 
Alichnie  and  Roxie  Chilson  Shrawder  '83. 


BLOOMSBURG        THE        UNIVERSITY        MAGAZINE 


Marriages 

Judy  Cott  72  and  Martin  Payne, 

Stacy  Pane  '99  and  Stephen 

Danielle  Greer  '02  and  Chad 

Natalie  Kreischer  '04  and 

Aug.  12,2006 

Segal,  Oct.  28, 2006 

Mohr'02,Sept.3,2006 

Randy  Buccat,  June  24, 2006 

Richard  Urick  '81  and  Maria 

Kelly  Stultz  '99  and  Joe  Angelo, 

Jeanine  Haubrich  '02  and  David 

Corynn  Lepley  '04  and  Stephen 

Miscavige,  Aug.  5, 2006 

Sept.  2, 2006 

Clingingsmith,  Oct.  15,2005 

Schreffler,  June  25, 2005 

Daniel  Fickes  '85  and  Kaja 

Jill  Wascavage  '99  and  Michael 

Colleen  Horan  02/05M  and  Eric 

Megan  Maneval  '04  and  Skip 

Schuppert,  May  27, 2006 

Galaida,  Aug.  5, 2005 

Kramm,  June  3, 2006 

Shellenberger,  Dec.  17,2004 

Brenda  Brong  '87  and  Kenneth 

Tami  Bauman  00  and  Patrick 

Amy  Juck  '02  and  Chad  Moser 

Katie  Miller  '04  and  Christopher 

Runshaw,  Aug.  5, 2006 

Wiehe'00,June24,2006 

Michelle  Killian  '02  and 

Ronk,  Oct.  14,2006 

Michael  Casari  '87  and 

Lena  Eplee  '00  and 

Brandon  Long  '02,  June  10, 2006 

Megan  Phaneuf  '04  and  Mark 

Marcela  Fort 

Daniel  McCord 

Angela  Snook  '02  and  Robert 

Jackowski'03,June17,2006 

Traci  Dutko  '90  and  Robert 

Kristi  Gerst  '00  and  Aaron 

Pearly,  July  7, 2006 

Angel  Potter  '04  and  Matthew 

Strungis  Jr.,  June  3, 2006 

Hoffman,  June  10, 2006 

Heather  Sterner  '02  and  David 

Price,  Sept.  17,2005 

Theresa  Nicholson  '91  and 

Angela  Gianforti  '00  and  Joel 

Hudson,  July  1,2006 

Jennifer  Powell  '04  and  Brad 

Brett  Davido,  Sept.  17,2005 

Hocking '98,  July  15, 2006 

Diana  L  Gallant  03  and  Mark 

Lines,  Aug.  28, 2004 

Paula  Schall  '91  and  Joseph 

Erin  Griguts  '00  and  Lawrence 

Novak,  July  8, 2006 

Amy  Buckwalter  '05  and 

Puiizzi  Jr.,  May  27, 2006 

Sinco,  June  10, 2006 

Leanne  Gould  '03  and  Michael 

Brandon  Alter,  July  1,2006 

Charles  Oedemann  '96  and 

Kristy  Houseknecht  '00  and 

Scatton,  July  1,2006 

Jaime  Cloud  '05  and  Ryan 

Carissa  Barnum,  Oct.  22, 2005 

John  Welch  Jr. 

Emily  Hess  '03  and  Michael 

Confer,  May  17, 2006 

Robert  Thomas  '96  and  Janet 

Kathleen  Walsh  '00  and  Russell 

Kessler  '98,  Sept.  25, 2005 

Mindy  Krum  '05  and  Brian 

Truby,  July  8, 2006 

Cripps,  Sept.  10,2005 

Meghan  Hillegas  '03  and 

Toutant,  July  14, 2006 

Laura  Austin  '98  and  William 

Alison  Gallopo  '01  and  Andrew 

Joshua  Maeulen,  Oct.  15, 2005 

Thomas  McCabe  '05  and 

Duffy,  Oct.  15, 2005 

Bileci,  June3, 2006 

Valerie  Laning  '03  and  Michael 

Colleen  Boran,  June  17, 2006 

Erin  McNelis  '98  and  Brian 

Holly  Goldman  '01  and  Lou 

Barna,  May  20, 2006 

John  Pytko  '05  and  Jennifer 

Lutz  '98,  Aug.  6, 2005 

Cipollo '01,  Sept.  16,2006 

Jennifer  Marshalek  '03  and 

Ulinitz,  April  22, 2006 

Brian  Myers  '98  and  Shanna 

Julie  Kulisz  '01  and  Robert 

Thomas  Howell,  June  10, 2006 

Jennie  Roberts  '05  and  William 

Sobolesky,  Oct.  8, 2005 

Nardone.  July  8, 2006 

Kelly  Moore  '03  and  Kyle  Buck, 

Jacobson,  June  24, 2006 

Susan  Reznick  '98  and 

Amy  Merena  '01  and  Robert 

Dec.  17,2005 

Kimberly  Schwalm  '05  and 

Leander  Tice 

Veach,  July  1,2006 

Nikki  Pellegrini  '03  and  Jason 

Brian  Henninger,  Feb.  17, 2006 

Alicia  Bergonia  '99  and  Joseph 

Maggie  Nehrbauer  '01  and 

Laird '02,  May  13, 2006 

Jessica  Trivelpiece  '05 

Slachta,  Aug.  20, 2005 

Steve  Bruno,  July  14, 2006 

Alanna  Burkhart  '04  and  Robert 

and  Brandon  Cunningham, 
June  24, 2006 

Stacey  Cardell  '99  and  Mike 

Carrie  Breyer  '02  and  Robert 

Leicht,  Oct.  8, 2005 

Consentino'98,July13,2002 
Julie  Cerrito  '99  and  Anthony 

Camargo,  July  22, 2005 
Julie  Crocker  '02  and  Daniel 

Jacquelyn  Chilcoat  '04  and 

Jason  Cudzil  '02,  July  29, 2006 

Alison  Wagner  '05  and  Adragel 
Legarda,  Aug.  12,2006 

Cerasoli  '98 

Jonathan  Kiefer  '99  and  Sarah- 

Walker,  June  17, 2006 
Annie  Dougherty  '02  and 

Samantha  Floryshak  '04  and 

Mark  Monroe,  June  3, 2006 

Melissa  Walters  '05  and 

Christopher  Coble,  Aug.  19,2006 

Anne  Reinhart,  June  25, 2006 

Andrew  Clark,  May  28, 2005 

Rashelle  Foust  '04  and  Bradley 

Stacey  Schell  '06  and  Tyler  Dent, 
Aug.  24, 2006 

Amy  Lyba  '99  and  Vincent 

Angela  Glunz  '02  and  Seth 

Koser,May6,2006 

Argenio,  Aug.  13,2005 

Markowitz,  April  29, 2006 

Alison  Klekota  '04  and 
Christopher  Kier  '03, 

August  19, 2006 

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27 


Husky  Notes 


Jennifer  "Lynn"  Smolizer  earned  a  master's  degree  from 
Duquesne  University  and  works  as  marketing  director  for  The 
National  Civil  War  Museum,  Harrisburg. 

J{\(\  Michele  Driscoll,  Perry  Hill,  Md.,  is  an  environmen- 

\J\J  tal  health  physicist  for  Cabrera  Services  Inc. 

Jessica  Marsicano,  Middletown,  is  a  behavioral  support 
specialist  for  autistic  children,  working  for  the  Tri-County 
Youth  Advocate  program  in  Harrisburg. 

Michael  McCullen  is  an  admission  representative  with 
Bryant  and  Stratton  College. 

Michael  Morella  was  appointed  as  Deputy  G4  Support 
Operations  Officer,  Maintenance  Plans  and  Policies,  8th  U.S. 
Army.  He  is  serving  in  Seoul,  Korea. 

Todd  Shinko  opened  his  own  insurance  agency 
in  Mifflinburg. 

J(\  T     Megan  Getz  '01M  earned  a  master's  in  educational 

\J  JL.   administration  from  the  University  of  Scranton. 

Diane  Magagna  '01M,  Scott  Township,  spent  a  year  teaching 
kindergarten  at  the  American  Community  School  in  Beirut. 
She's  been  teaching  abroad  since  2002. 

Tracy  Myers  received  a  full-tuition  scholarship  to  Thurgood 
Marshall  School  of  Law,  Houston,  Texas,  for  the  second  con- 
secutive year  and  is  working  as  a  research  assistant. 

Pamela  Pheasant  graduated  from  Shenandoah  University, 
Winchester,  Va.,  with  a  master's  degree  in  arts  administration. 

Brian  K.  Sims,  an  associate  with  Mark  E.  Seltzer,  P.C.,  was 
appointed  an  associate  editor  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar  Reporter. 
He  holds  a  law  degree  from  Michigan  State  University. 

Kristin  Wulterkens,  a  fifth-grade  teacher,  is  pursuing  a 
master's  in  school  counseling  at  Marymount  University. 

^f\^    Deanna  DeLisle  plays  a  cheerleader  in  the  Tim 
\J*J  Allen  film  "Zoom." 

Rocco  Forgione  (nght)  portrays  one  of 
the  football  players  in  the  2006  movie 
"Invincible." 

Sandra  Greene  earned  a  master's  in 
nursing  degree  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  she  is  now  teaching 
undergraduate  students. 

Colleen  Horan  '02/\)5M,  Bethlehem,  teaches  at  DeSales 
University  and  owns  Kramm  Web  Design. 

Kim  Lathbury  is  an  advertising  account  executive  with 
Yesawich,  Pepperdine,  Brown  &  Russell,  Orlando,  Fla. 

Lee  Millard,  Berwick,  earned  a  master's  degree  from  the 
University  of  the  Arts,  Philadelphia. 

Brian  Kasarda  earned  a  master's  degree  in  business  associa- 
tion with  a  concentration  in  accounting  from  Wilkes  University. 

Derek  Williams,  Northampton,  is  a  police  officer  with 
Whitehall  Township. 

^/^^   Anthony  Camuccio  III  is  dean  of  students  at 
VfO   Shamokin  Area  Middle  School. 


Nicole  Premuto  is  working  for  Rolling  Stone  magazine  in 
the  executive  offices  of  Jann  Wenner  Media. 

Robyn  Rushanan  is  a  senior  staff  accountant  with  Brown, 
Schultz,  Sheridan  &  Fritz  of  East  Pennsboro  Township. 

Ronda  Scirrotto,  Freeland,  joined  the  faculty  of  Hazleton's 
MMI  Preparatory  School  as  a  sixth-grade  teacher. 

^f\  A    Elizabeth  Canada  teaches  at  Southwest  Early 

\J  JL  College,  Colorado. 

Air  Force  Airman  1st  Class  Steven  J.  Coleman  graduated 
from  basic  military  training  at  Lackland  Air  Force  Base. 

Patrick  Daugherty  is  serving  in  Iraq  with  the  U.S.  Marines. 

Laura  Hilbert  earned  a  master's  in  forensic  studies/account- 
ing degree  from  Villa  Julie  College. 

Adria  Lynn  Kowalski  received  a  master's  in  psychology 
degree  from  Millersville  University. 

Brooke  Pope,  Cortland,  NY.,  is  an  accountant  with  Mengel, 
Metzger,  Barr  &  Co. 

Megan  Costa  Vaughan  is  program  coordinator  for  the 
National  Multiple  Sclerosis  Society  in  Binghamton,  NY. 


Spending  a 
lifetime  in 
the  game 


BU  baseball  coach  Mike  Collins, 
left,  talks  with  Danny  Litwhiler. 
Litwhiler  holds  a  radar  gun  that  he 
helped  to  develop.  Behind  them  is 
the  cabinet  Litwhiler  donated  to  BU. 


Danny  Litwhiler  '38 
is  well  known 
in  the  world  of 
baseball,  but  now  his 
story  is  reaching  a  different 
audience  with  his 
memoir,  "Living  the 
Baseball  Dream." 

As  a  former  outfielder  for  BU,  Litwhiler  went  on  to  play 
seven  years  in  the  minor  leagues  and  1 1  years  in  the  majors, 
with  teams  such  as  the  Philadelphia  Phillies,  where  he 
also  coached,  and  the  St.  Louis  Cardinals.  He  went  to  the 
World  Series  twice,  and  in  1942  he  set  a  record  for  151 
consecutive  errorless  games  as  an  outfielder. 

Litwhiler  may  have  finished  his  playing  career  when 
he  was  35,  but  he  continued  in  baseball  as  a  coach  and 
inventor.  He  spent  eight  years  as  head  coach  at  Florida 
State  University  and  18  years  at  Michigan  State  University 
and  was  inducted  into  halls  of  fame  at  Bloomsburg,  Florida 
State  and  Michigan  State  universities;  the  American  Baseball 
Coaches;  and  American  Association  of  Baseball  Coaches. 
He  also  invented  the  radar  gun,  known  as  the  "JUGS  gun," 
which  scouts  use  to  measure  the  speed  of  the  baseball  when 
it  is  released  from  the  pitcher's  hand. 

BU's  baseball  field  was  named  for  Litwhiler  in  1974. 
He  visited  BU  last  fall  on  his  way  to  Philadelphia  for  a 
book  signing. 


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Jf\  P*    Shannon  Killeen  was  promoted  to  promotions 

V/O   coordinator  at  Health  magazine. 

J.C.  Lee  (right)  wrote  a  play  that  pre- 
miered at  the  Williamstown  Theatre  Festival. 

Kevin  Leonard,  Newtown,  is  a  retirement 
specialist  with  Merrill  Lynch. 

Kimberlee  Pedersen  (right),  Allentown,  won 
the  Miss  Pennsylvania  title  of  the  Miss  United 
States  contest. 

Danielle  Strausser  'OS/^M,  Coal  Township, 
teaches  seventh-grade  reading  at  North  Schuylkill 
School  District. 

Melissa  Walsh  is  a  special  education  teacher  with  the 
Hazleton  Area  School  District. 

Ty  Wartman  teaches  social  studies  at  North  Schuykill 
School  District. 


Deaths 

Bertine  Prosser '27 

Helen  Kramer  '28 

Marjorie  Vanderslice  Rosado  '28 

Elma  Morris  Price  '30 

Mar/  Gorham  Wolever  '31 

John  Wood  '31 

Mary  Yeager  '31 

Eugene  Keefer  '33 

Edith  Keefer  Hartman  '34 

Mary  Spence  '34 

Laura  E.  Schell  '35 

Fay  Gehrig  Clark  '40 

Frank!  KocherJr. '40 

Walter  H.Mohr '42 

Betty  Sell  Boyer '43 

Virginia  Lawhead  Fletcher  '43 

William  Hummel  Sr.  '47 

Charles  E.  Roberts  '50 

Louise  Lohr  Wentzel  '50 

Bernard  DePaul  Sr.  '51 

Eugene  "Gene"  Adami  '52 

Peggy  Fitzsimmons  Boltinghouse  '52 

Ronald  P.  Bushick  '52 

Nelson  Kile  '52 

Clyde  Adams  '53 

Marion  Bogardus  Flannery  '54 

Edmund  M.  Longo  '54 

Olive  Hunter  Buynak  '55 

Deanna  M.  Morgan  '58 

William  Staronka  '59 

Jeanerte  Ide  D'Agostino  '60 


William  "Bill"  Thomas  '60 
Richard  Wolfe  '60 
Margaret  Luchun  Armon  '61 
Lena  Mae  Radel  Goehring  '62 
William  Kuhns '62 
Richard  Walter  '63 
Warren  R.  Eldridge  '64 
Thomas  A.  Fetzko  '64 
Devona  Krebs  Preston  '64 
Louis  J.  Ciocca  Jr.  '65 
Judith  Ann  Seguine  Gallagher  '65 
Dorothy  Moyer  Weaver  '65 
E.  Burel  Gum  '66 
Larry  Remley  '67 
Anajane  Helt  '68 
Francis  J.  Verano  '68 
Carolyn  Hugo  Rider  '69 
James  D.  Mott  '70 
Paul  T.  Drozic  71 
Michael  D.  Adams  72 
Karen  Gable  74 
Anne  Clark  Ognosky  74 
May  Prye  Flannigan  75 
Brian  T.  Appleton  Sr.  78 
Larry  Vass  78 
Suzanne  Vastine-Smith  '81 
Lynn  Slattery  Rangitsch  '83 
Robert  F.  Stutzman  '83 
Thomas  V.  Chipley  '85 
Wendy  Wolfe  Pinkney '93 
Rachel  Ann  Sninski  '05 


Friends  for  a  quarter-century 

Friends  who  met  in  fall  1981  in  Luzerne  Hall  get  together  nearly 
every  year.  David  Wiest  '85  says  about  30  adults  are  invited  to  the 
event,  originally  suggested  by  Bill  Voros  '85.  Shown  at  last  year's 
get-together  are,  left  to  right,  kneeling:  future  Huskies  Wesley 
Kuczawa,  Joey  Tona  and  Sarah  Kuczawa;  seated:  Jim  "Skip" 
Robison  '83,  Rich  Kuczawa  '85,  Michele  Langan  Lutzko,  John 
Polak  '85,  Donna  Gruber  Kuczawa  '86,  Diane  Wisniewski  Tona  '86, 
Ken  Ossman  '85  and  Mary  Tona;  and,  standing:  Dave  Wiest  '85, 
Nancy  Weis,  Joe  Ambrose  '84,  Bill  Lutzko  '85  and  Jim  Golden  '85. 

7/"V/£    Kristopher  Armstrong,  Reedsville,  earned  a  full- 

v/vJ  time  job  as  a  production  assistant  after  interning 
with  the  "Dr.  Phil"  show. 

Heather  Breining  '06M  is  teaching  American  government  at 
Patterson  High  School  in  the  Baltimore  (Md.)  School  System. 

Patrick  R.  Burke  '06M  (nght),  a  professional 
engineer  from  Elysburg,  was  promoted  to 
regional  manager  of  northeast/central  operations 
for  Aqua  Pennsylvania  Inc. 

Lindsey  Horn,  Sellers ville,  is  a  nurse  in 
the  Transitional  Trauma  Unit  at  Lehigh 
Valley  Hospital. 

Michelle  Killian  is  a  recruiter  with  GAP  Solutions  Inc., 
Reston,  Va. 

Kate  Lange  teaches  math  at  the  Haverford  High  School. 

Brandon  Long  is  a  third-grade  teacher  at  the  Leesburg 
Elementary  School,  Loudon  County,  Va. 

Gina  Ormont  teaches  10th  grade  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

Dana  Rutkowski  teaches  fourth  grade  at  Shamokin  Area 
Elementary  School. 

Jennifer  Shymansky  received  a  graduate  assistantship  at 
the  University  of  Nevada,  Las  Vegas,  where  she  is  pursuing  a 
master's  degree  in  journalism  and  media  studies. 

Susan  Niehoff  Strausser,  Shamokin,  is  a  registered  nurse 
in  the  labor  and  delivery  department  of  Geisinger  Medical 
Center,  Danville. 


Find  more  Husky  Notes  online  at 
www.bloomualumni.  com. 

Send  information  to  alum@bloomu.edu 
or  to  Alumni  Affairs,  Fenstemaker 
Alumni  House,  Bloomsburg  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St., 
Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815 


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Over  the  Shoulder 


By  Robert  Dunkelberger,  University  Archivist 


Fountains  at  Bloomsburg:  Class  Gifts  to  the  Campus 


One  small  but  significant 
feature  of  the  new 
Academic  Quad,  sched- 
uled for  completion  later 
this  year,  is  a  fountain  that  once 
stood  in  front  of  Carver  Hall.  Not 
only  will  this  gift  from  the  Class  of 
1940  return  to  a  prominent  location 
on  campus,  it  will  also  be  a  remind- 
er of  the  days  when  fountains  were 
a  common  sight  on  campus. 

Fifteen  years  after  the  opening 
of  Institute  Hall,  later  renamed 
Carver  Hall,  the  Class  of  1882 
decided  their  gift  to  the  Blooms- 
burg State  Normal  School  would 
be  a  fountain  on  the  lawn  south 
of  the  building.  The  centerpiece  was  called  "The 
Three  Fishers"  and  consisted  of  the  statues  of  three 
children,  two  of  whom  were  drawing  in  a  net  while  the 
third  had  a  basket  of  fish  on  his  head. 

In  1904,  four  years  after  the  tower  was  added  to 
Institute  Hall,  that  year's  class  chose  to  give  the  school 
another  fountain  that  would  sit  in  front  of  the  building 
as  part  of  the  main  entrance  to  campus.  The  fountain 
was  presented  on  June  28,  1904,  along  with  $188.84  to 
pay  for  the  installation. 

Not  to  be  outdone,  the  Class  of  1908  had  the  most 
ambitious  project  yet,  which  called  for  landscaping  the 
grove  of  trees  to  the  east  of  Science  Hall.  A  total  of  $350 
was  set  aside  to  create  a  park  that  included  a  fountain 
set  in  a  pool  and  a  couple  rustic  bridges  that  crossed  a 
small  stream. 

Even  when  additional  fountains  were  not  being 
added,  existing  ones  needed  to  be  maintained.  By  1912, 
the  first  fountain  had  been  given  a  new  sculpture  and 


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Bloomsburg,  Pa 


The  1904  fountain  consisted 

of  a  raised  bronze  basin  and  a  heron-like  bird  called  a 

bittern.  From  a  circa  1910  postcard. 

its  third  basin,  this  one  octagonal  in  shape.  But  by 
1923,  after  more  than  40  years  as  a  monument  to  the 
Class  of  1882,  the  fountain  was  in  disrepair  and  was 
finally  removed. 

The  1904  fountain,  worn  by  time  and  weather,  was 
taken  out  in  1934.  Six  years  later,  the  Class  of  1940 
decided  the  area  in  front  of  Carver  Hall  again  needed  a 
centerpiece  and  purchased  a  new  bronze  fountain  for 
the  Bloomsburg  State  Teachers  College. 

The  final  area  of  the  campus  to  be  graced  by  a 
fountain  was  the  courtyard  of  the  Waller  Hall 
dormitory.  In  the  fall  of  1950,  the  flower  bed  in  the 
center  of  the  courtyard  was  removed  and  a  circular 
cement  pool  surrounded  by  bricks  was  built  in  its 


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Left:  Female  students  pose  by 
the  grove  fountain  in  1945. 
Originally  just  pipes  spraying 
water  into  the  lagoon,  the 
fountain  was  installed  in 
1933  during  the  Great 
Depression,  paid  for  by 
savings  in  the  college  budget. 

Below:  The  first  fountain  is 
shown  in  1887,  although  the 
child  with  the  basket  seems 
to  be  missing.  The  octagonal 
base  just  above  the  water 
contained  the  carved  names 
of  each  of  the  members  of  the 
Class  of  1882. 


place.  The  Waller  Fountain,  a  gift  from  the  Class  of 
1949,  was  dedicated  on  May  23,  1951,  as  part  of  the 
traditional  Ivy  Day  ceremony 

There  were  once  again  three  fountains  on  campus, 
but  all  would  be  removed  by  the  mid-1970s.  The 
1940  fountain  was  the  first  to  go  when,  in  February 
1955,  the  fountain  and  traffic  circle  on  Perm  Street 
were  taken  out  to  make  way  for  a  new  entrance  and 
parking  spaces.  The  fountain  was  carefully  preserved 
with  the  hope  of  one  day  being  used  again. 

As  the  college  grew,  so  did  the  need  for  additional 
dormitory  rooms.  So,  in  the  spring  of  1963,  the 
fountain,  lagoon  and  part  of  the  grove  were  removed 
for  construction  of  East  Hall,  now  known  as  Montour 
Hall.  And  in  January  1975,  Waller  Hall  and  its 
fountain — the  last  remaining  fountain  on  campus — 
were  taken  out  to  make  way  for  the  final  dormitory  on 
the  lower  campus,  Lycoming  Hall. 

After  more  than  92  years,  the  Bloomsburg  campus 
no  longer  had  a  fountain.  But  soon,  as  part  of 
Academic  Quad,  the  Class  of  1940s  fountain  will  once 
again  beautify  the  campus  and  serve  as  a  visual 
reminder  of  Bloomsburg  University's  heritage. 


The  second  fountain  in  front 
of  Carver  Hall  is  shown  in 
December  1940.  Although  a  gift 
from  the  Class  of  1940,  class 
members  said  they  were  only 
restoring  a  memorial  that  had 
originally  been  given  by  the 
graduates  of  1904. 


WINTER       2007 


Academic  Calendar 

Spring  2007 

Mid-Term 

Monday,  March  5 

Spring  Break  Begins 

Saturday,  March  10 
Classes  Resume 

Monday,  March  19, 8  a.m. 

Spring  Weekend  Begins 

Thursday,  April  5, 10  p.m. 

Classes  Resume 

Monday,  April  9, 6  p.m. 

Reading  Days  -  No  Classes 

Thursday  and  Friday,  May  3  and  4 

Classes  End 

Saturday,  May  5 

Finals  Begin 

Monday,  May  7 

Finals  End 

Saturday,  May  12 

Graduate  Commencement 

Friday,  May  1 1 

Undergraduate 
Commencement 

Saturday,  May  12 

Summer  2007 

Session  I -May  29  to  July  6 
Session  II -June  18  to  July  27 
Session  III  -  July  9  to  August  17 
Session  IV -May  29  to  June  15 
Session  V- June  18  to  July  6 
Session  VI -July  9  to  July  27 
Session  VII -June  18  to  July  27 
Session  VIII  -  May  29  to  August  17 

Art  Exhibits 

Exhibits  in  the  Haas  Gallery  of 
Art  are  open  to  the  public  free  of 
charge.  The  gallery  is  open 
Mondays  through  Fridays  from 
9  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  and  Saturdays 
from  I  to  4 p.m. 

Paintings:  Mark  Mahosky 

Feb.  26  to  March  23 

Student  Art  Exhibit 

April  2  to  28 


Celebrity  Artist  Series 

Events  are  held  in  Hass  Center  for 
the  Arts,  Mitrani  Hall,  or  Carver 
Hall,  KennethS.  Gross  Auditorium. 
For  more  information,  call  the  box 
office  at  (5701 389-4409  or  check 
the  Celebrity  Artist  Web  site  at 
http://orgs.bloomu.edu/arts/ 
celebrity_list.htm.  Community 
Government  Association 
cardholders  pay  half  of  the  ticket's 
face  value  for  all  shows. 

Now  and  Forever:  CATS 

Thursday,  Feb.  15, 8  p.m., 
Mitrani  Hall,  Reserved,  $25; 
CGA  cardholder,  $12 

A  Festival  of  (Guitar)  Strings 
Tim  Farrell/Bradley  N.  Litwin/ 
Classical  Guitar  Trio  of 
Philadelphia 

Saturday,  March  3, 7  p.m.,  Gross 
Auditorium,  Reserved,  $15; 
CGA  cardholder,  $5 

Life:  A  Guide  for  the  Perplexed 
The  Flying  Karamazov  Brothers 

Saturday,  March  24, 7  p.m., 
Mitrani  Hall,  Reserved,  $25; 
CGA  cardholder,  $12 

Improvisation:  Steve  Rudolph 
Trio  with  J.D.Walter 

Friday,  April  27, 7  p.m.,  Gross 
Auditorium,  Reserved,  $15; 
CGA  cardholder,  $5 
Presented  as  part  of  BU's  annual 
Jazz  Festival 

Concerts 

The  concerts  listed  below  are  open 
to  the  public  free  of  charge  unless 
indicated  otherwise. 

Faculty  Recital: 
Kunyoung  Kim,  piano 

Sunday,  Feb.  4, 2:30  p.m.  Haas 
Center  for  the  Arts,  Mitrani  Hall 

Chamber  Orchestra: 
Spring  Concert 

Sunday,  March  25, 2:30  p.m. 
St.  Matthew  Lutheran  Church, 
123  N.  Market  St.,  Bloomsburg 


Bloomsburg  University- 
Community  Orchestra  Concert 

Sunday,  April  1, 2:30  p.m.  Haas 
Center  for  the  Arts,  Mitrani  Hall 
Featuring  Kunyoung  Kim,  piano 

Gospel  Choir 

Saturday,  April  7, 1  p.m. 
Kehr  Union  Ballroom 

Women's  Choral  Ensemble 
and  Husky  Singers 

Thursday,  April  12, 7:30  p.m. 
Haas  Center  for  the  Arts, 
Mitrani  Hall 

Chamber  Singers: 
Spring  Concert 

Saturday,  April  14, 7:30  p.m. 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  345 
Market  St.,  Bloomsburg 

Concert  Band:  Spring  Conceit 

Sunday,  April  1 5, 2:30  p.m.  Haas 
Center  for  the  Arts,  Mitrani  Hall 

Concert  Choir:  Spring  Concert 

Saturday,  April  28, 7:30  p.m. 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  345 
Market  St.,  Bloomsburg 

Knoebels  Amusement  Resort 
Pops  Concert 

Sunday,  April  29,  Concert  Band, 
2  p.m.;  Jazz  Ensemble,  5:30  p.m. 
Weather  permitting 

Bloomsburg  University- 
Community  Orchestra 
Symphony  Ball 

Saturday,  May  5, 6  p.m.  Kehr  Union 
Ballroom,  Reservations  required, 
(570)389-4289 

Special  Events 

Siblings'  and  Children's 
Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  April  13  to  15 

Renaissance  Jamboree 

Saturday,  April  28 


Homecoming  Weekend 

Friday  to  Saturday,  Oct.  19  to  21 

Parents  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  Nov.  2  to  4 

Theater 

Tickets  for  theatrical  productions 
are  available  at  the  Haas  Center 
for  the  Arts  box  office  Mondays 
through  Fridays  from  noon  to 
4  p.m.  Call  the  Program  Board 
Ticket  Office  at  (5701 389-4340 
for  information. 

Urinetown,  The  Musical 

Thursday  to  Saturday,  Feb.  22  to  24, 
8  p.m.;  Sunday,  Feb.  25, 3  p.m. 
Carver  Hall,  Kenneth  S.  Gross 
Auditorium,  Adults,  $12;  senior 
citizens,  $8;  non-BU  students,  $8; 
BU  students,  $2  with  ID 

Bloomsburg  Players:  Picasso 
at  the  Lapin  Agile 

Wednesday  to  Saturday,  April  18  to 
21, 8  p.m.;  Sunday,  April  22, 3  p.m. 
Carver  Hall,  Kenneth  S.  Gross 
Auditorium,  Adults,  $6;  senior 
citizens  and  non-BU  students,  $4; 
BU  students,  free  with  ID 

Alumni  Events 

Contact  the  Alumni  Affairs  Office 
at  (570)  389-4058  (800)526-0254 
or  alum@bloomu.edu  for 
information.  Details  also  are  listed 
at  the  alumni  online  community, 
www.  bloomualumni  com. 

Wrestling  Alumni  Reunion 

Friday,  Feb.  16, 5:30  to  7  p.m., 
Monty's 

Grad  Finale 

Wednesday,  April  11,11  a.m. 
to  6  p.m. 

Alumni  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  April  13  to  15 


For  the  latest  information  on  upcoming 
events,  check  the  university  Web  site: 
www.  hloomu.  edu/ today 


W    INTER 


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The  University  Store  offers  items  with 
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"What  Steve  Rudolph  does  well  is  swing  warm  and  gently." 


—  Cadence  Magazine 


Bloomsburg  University 
Celebrity  Artist  Series  presents 

Improvisation: 
Steve  Rudolph  Trio 
with  J.D.  Walter 


Friday,  April  27,  at  7  p.m. 

Carver  Hall,  K.S.  Gross  Auditorium 

$15 

(570) 389-4409 

One  of  today's  most  innovative  vocalists,  J.D. 
Walter,  joins  the  Steve  Rudolph  Trio  on  piano, 
bass  and  drums  for  an  electrifying  experience 
in  improvised  music,  building  on  their 
collaboration  for  the  recent  CD,  "Dedicated 
to  You."  Presented  as  part  of  BU's  annual 
Jazz  Festival  and  supported  by  Pennsylvania 
Performing  Arts  on  Tour. 


Not 
verve  arte 
J.D.  Wsilt 


eve  Rudolph's  trio.. .full  of 
sive  technical  prowess,  but 
inging  is  entirely  distinctive." 


Don  Williamson,  Jazzreview.com 


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while  preserving  fading  images 
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From  the  President' s  Desk 


It's  a  small  world,  but  I  wouldn't  want  to  paint  it. 

-  STEVEN  WRIGHT,  COMEDIAN 

The  signs  of  our  world's  interconnectedness  are  all  around.  Products,  from 
cameras  to  vacuum  cleaners,  come  with  instruction  manuals  written  in 
at  least  two  languages;  computer  software  and  toll-free  phone  numbers 
require  us  to  choose  a  language  before  we  continue;  and  political 
developments  elsewhere  determine  the  prices  we  pay  for  everyday  goods  in  the 
United  States.  It  is,  indeed,  a  small  world. 

At  Bloomsburg,  we  support  a  variety  of  programs  that  foster  global  perspectives 
and  international  understanding,  programs  that  either  bring  the  world  here  to  our 
students  or  enable  our  students  to  live  and  study  overseas.  We  welcome  nearly  100 
international  students  to  the  campus  each  year,  including  a  group  from  the  Finance 
Academy  in  Moscow,  Russia.  We  also  encourage  our  students  to  take  advantage  of 
opportunities  to  study  abroad  through  official  exchange  agreements  between  our 
International  Education  Office  and  colleges  and  universities  in  a  dozen  countries,  as 
well  as  other  programs.  Our  most  recent  academic  exchange  agreements  were  forged 
with  four  universities  in  China  and  five  universities  in  Ghana,  led  by  Provost  James 
Mackin  and  BU  faculty  members  including  Dr.  George  Agbango  and  Dr.  Jing  Luo, 
two  of  Bloomsburg's  foreign-bom  professors. 

Some  of  our  alumni  have  international  connections  of  their  own.  Lynda 
Fedor-Michaels,  director  of  Alumni  Affairs,  tells  me  that  at  least  190  alumni  list 
foreign  addresses.  Others  are  stationed  overseas  in  the  military  or  retain  a  home  in 
the  U.S.  while  working  long-term  in  another  country.  In  this  issue  of  Bloomsburg: 
The  University  Magazine,  you'll  meet  two  of  our  alumni  who  have  built  careers 
abroad:  Gary  Groenheim  '91,  head  of  marketing  for  CNBC  Europe,  and  Ed  Banaszek 
'80,  an  oil  company  geologist  working  in  Uzbekistan.  You'll  also  leam  about  art 
professor  Vera  Viditz-Ward's  work  documenting  the  history  of  West  African  villages 
through  photography 

My  own  educational  missions  to  Mexico,  China,  Israel,  Italy,  Austria,  Hungary  and 
Russia  showed  me  how,  through  interaction,  we  can  build  goodwill  based  on  all  that 
we  have  in  common.  As  countries  become  more  tightly  entwined,  this  generation 
of  students  will  gain  understanding  from  a  taste  of  another  culture  and  an  ear  for 
another  language. 


Jessica  S.  Kozloff 


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Bloomsburg  University  of  Pennsylvania  is  a 

member  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  System  of 

Higher  Education 

Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher 

Education  Board  of  Governors 

as  oj 'February  2007 

Kenneth  E.  Jann.  Chair 

Kim  E.  Lyttle,  Vice  Chair 

C.R.  "Chuck"  Pennoni,  Vice  Chair 

Matthew  E.  Baker 

Marie  Conley  Lammando 

Paul  S.  Dlugolecki 

Daniel  P.  Elby 

Michael  K.  Hanna 

Vincent  J.  Hughes 

Kyle  J.  Mullins 

Joshua  A-  O'Bnen 

Allison  Peitz 

Guido  M.  Pichini 

Edward  G.  Rendell 

James  j.  Rhoades 

Christine  J.  Torelti  Olson 

Aaron  A.  Walton 

Gerald  L.  Zahorchak 

Chancellor,  Slate  System  of  Higher  Education 

Judy  G.  Hample 

Bloomsburg  University  Council  of  Trustees 

Robert  J.  Gibble  '68,  Chair 

Steven  B.  Banh,  Vice  Chair 

Marie  Conley  Lammando  '94,  Secretary 

Ramona  H.  Alley 

Robert  Dampman  '65 

LaRoyG.  Davis '67 

Charles  C.  Housenick  '60 

A.  William  Kelly  71 

Steven  J.  Knepp  '07 

Joseph  J.  Mowad 

DavidJ.  Petrosky 

President,  Bloomsburg  University 

Jessica  Sledge  Kozloff 

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Co-Editors 

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On  the  Cover 

Vera  Viditz-Ward,  professor  of  an  and  an  history, 

has  spent  two  decades  photographing  the  people 

of  Sierra  Leone. 

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FEATURES 

Page  6 World  of  Difference 

Speaking  a  bit  of  the  local  language  and  recognizing 
the  inherent  danger  in  his  chosen  career  have  been 
invaluable  to  geologist  Edward  Banaszek  '80  as  he 
works  with  a  multinational  crew  exploring  for  oil 
in  Uzbekistan. 

Page  8 My  Best  Day 

What  makes  the  best  day  ever?  Chris  Chappell  'OOM 
created  mybestday.net  to  find  out.  With  the  help  of 
BU  graduate  students,  Chappell  gained  fresh  ideas  for 
his  company  and  the  students  came  away  with 
marketing  and  design  experience. 

Page  10 ACE  of  Grades 

Motivated  high  school  juniors  and  seniors  are 
learning  what  college-level  courses  are  really  like 
while  earning  credits  and  saving  tuition  dollars, 
thanks  to  the  Advance  College  Experience  program. 

Page  12 Delicious  Endeavor 

Renee  Remsky  Antes  '93  not  only  remembers 
the  joy  of  receiving  care  packages  containing 
homemade  cookies,  she  has  turned  that  warm 
feeling  into  Mama  Antes'  Cookie  Express,  an  online 
care  package  business. 

Page  14 Healthy  Lessons 

Each  community  has  its  own  health  risks.  Students  in  the  Community  Health  Nursing 
course  identify  those  risks  and  then  create  plans  to  educate  residents,  developing 
leadership  skills  along  the  way 

COVER  STORY 

Page  16 Life  through  the  Lens 

For  professor  Vera  Viditz-Ward,  the  focus  returns  time  and  time  again  to  Sierra  Leone, 
where  her  camera  has  documented  life  for  two  decades. 

Page  19 At  Home  in  London 

Gray  Groenheim  '91  followed  a  career  path  that  took  him  first  to  media  work  in  New 
York  and  then  to  London  where,  today,  he  is  in  charge  of  marketing  and  advertising  for 
CNBC  Europe. 

DEPARTMENTS 

Page  2 News  Notes 

Page  22 Husky  Notes 

Page  30 Over  die  Shoulder 

Page  32 Calendar  of  Events 


College  memories  are  a  main  ingredient  of 
Renee  Remsky  Antes'  online  business. 


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News  Notes 


Assistant  professor  Mark  Tapsak  holds  1 1  patents,  with  more 
to  come. 

Industrious  Researcher 

Patents  relate  to  medical  devices 


Mark  Tapsak,  assistant 
professor  of  chemistry,  does 
more  than  teach  students  the 
methods  needed  to  conduct 
successful  research.  He's  an 
active  researcher  with  years 
of  industrial  experience  who 
earned  his  1 1th  patent 
last  November. 

"In  the  industrial  world, 
patents  are  king,"  says 
Tapsak,  who  spent  nine  years 
as  a  researcher  for  medical 
device  companies  Medtronic 
and  Dexcom  before  coming 
to  Bloomsburg.  "I  set  a 
personal  goal  many  years 
ago  to  obtain  at  least  one 
patent  per  year.  Between 
September  and  November 
of  last  year,  1  was  issued 
my  ninth,  10th  and  1 1th 
United  States  patents  for 


work  that  I  accomplished  in 
my  industry  positions.  I 
finally  met  my  goal." 

Tapsak,  whose  hobbies 
include  woodworking  and 
metalworking,  was  attracted 
to  the  specific  area  of 
polymer  chemistry  because 
"it's  a  science  where  you  can 
see  things.  It's  easy  to  relate 
the  chemical  structure  to 
something  mechanical." 

His  patents  are  related  to 
implantable  medical  devices, 
such  as  pacemakers  and 
biosensors.  He  explains  that 
among  the  chief  challenges 
of  producing  effective 
implantable  biosensors  is 
working  around  the  human 
body's  own  immune  system. 

"With  any  large  intrusion 
into  the  body,  our  cells  will 


New  Dean 

Dianne  Mark  leads  Professional  Studies 

Dianne  Mark  became  dean  of  BU's 
College  of  Professional  Studies  in 
early  March. 

She  previously  served  as 
associate  dean  of  the  College  of 
Education  and  Human  Services 
at  Central  Michigan  University, 
Mount  Pleasant,  and  was  a 
faculty  member  at  Central 
Michigan  and  at  Drake  University, 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Mark,  considered  an  expert  on 
the  ways  parents  can  help  their  children  with  homework,  earned  a 
bachelor's  degree  from  Michigan  State  University  and  master's  and 
doctoral  degrees  from  SUNY-Buffalo.  She  completed  a  certificate  in 
management  development  from  the  Harvard  Institutes  for  Higher 
Education  and  was  one  of  13  female  participants  in  the  American 
Council  of  Education's  National  Leadership  Forum  in  December  2004. 

She  has  co-written  articles  on  issues  related  to  students  of  color 
and  urban  education  and  is  co-author  of  the  book,  "Cultural  Journey: 
Multicultural  Literature  for  Children  and  Young  Adults." 

Mark  fills  the  vacancy  created  by  the  retirement  of  former  dean 
Ann  Lee. 


Dianne  Mark 


wall  off  the  object  with 
scar-like  tissue,"  says 
Tapsak.  "That  solid  wall  of 
cells  is  what  prevents  most 
implanted  sensors  from 
functioning.  For  decades, 
scientists  have  worked  to 
find  ways  to  work  around 
this  issue." 

Tapsak  was  part  of  a 
team  involved  in  developing 
an  implantable  glucose 
sensor  for  people  with 
diabetes.  His  role  was  to 
create  the  manufacturing 
procedures  for  a  polymer 
membrane  that  encapsulated 
an  enzyme  used  on  the 
sensor.  He  also  helped 
design  a  membrane  having  a 
three-dimensional  structure 
that  prevents  cells  from 
forming  a  solid  wall  around 


it  and,  thereby,  allowing 
glucose  molecules  to  pass  to 
the  sensor  for  detection. 

"The  'membrane  for  use 
with  implantable  devices,'  a 
patent  for  Dexcom,  should 
have  a  big  impact  on  the 
biomedical  industry,"  says 
Tapsak,  adding  that  the 
long-term  implantable 
sensor,  although  not  yet 
available,  has  been  tested  on 
more  than  100  individuals. 

Tapsak  admits  his  1 1th 
patent  probably  won't  be  his 
last.  "It  typicaUy  takes  18  to 
24  months  for  patent  exam- 
iners to  look  at  an  applica- 
tion, and  the  discussion 
period  can  take  years,"  he 
says.  "Right  now,  I  have 
more  than  20  applications 
still  in  the  pipeline." 


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UNIVERSITY        MAGAZINE 


Complex  Plans 

New  apartments  gain  approval 

BU  received  approval  from  the  Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher 
Education  Board  of  Governors  to  begin  construction  of  a  new  student 
apartment  complex  on  upper  campus.  The  Board  of  Governors 
approved  commonwealth  bond  financing  for  the  project,  anticipated  to 
cost  approximately  $32  million,  and  accepted  the  gift  of  1 5  acres  of 


Humanitarian  Awards 

Four  honored  at  MLK  banquet 

Four  individuals  were  presented  with  BU's  Martin 
Luther  King  Jr.  Humanitarian  Awards  at  the  14th  annual 
Martin  Luther  Kingjr.  Banquet.  The  honorees  are,  from 
left,  standing:  Town  of  Bloomsburg  Police  Chief  Leo 
Sokoloski,  who  received  the  community  award;  BU 
SOLVE  director  Jean  Downing,  who  received  the  staff 
award;  and  Sharon  Solloway,  associate  professor  of  early 
childhood  and  elementary  education,  who  received  the 
faculty  award.  Seated  is  student  honoree  Judith  Harry,  a 
senior  biology  major  from  Philadelphia.  Harry  is  a 
member  of  the  Gospel  Choir,  the  A  Club,  a  mentor  and 
the  Student  Organization  of  Latinos. 


land  for  the  apartments  from  the  Bloomsburg  University  Foundation. 

Initial  plans  call  for  the  complex  to  house  approximately  525  to 
575  students  in  four-story  buildings  with  apartments  featuring 
single  bedrooms  and  full  kitchens.  Features  of  the  facility,  which 
also  will  include  a  community  fitness  room,  were  selected  based  on 
results  of  a  comprehensive  marketing  survey.  Studies  also  have 
shown  that  BU  has  an  unmet  on-campus  housing  demand  of  more 
than  700  students. 

"This  project  should  be  seen  as  a  positive  step  for  the  community 
and  the  university,"  says  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff.  "We  know 
that  the  community  would  like  to  see  the  university  house  more 
students.  It  is  clearly  in  the  best  interest  of  our  students  to  provide 
them  safe,  affordable  housing  with  the  amenities  they  want  and 
with  appropriate  supervision  and  co-curricular  programming." 

Construction  is  expected  to  start  in  early  2008,  and  the 
apartments  should  be  ready  for  students  by  the  fall  2009  semester. 


Degree  of  Three 

Master's  in  counseling  begins  this  fall 

BU  will  offer  a  new  master  of  education  degree  in  guid- 
ance counseling  and  student  affairs  beginning  this  fall. 
The  new  graduate  program,  approved  by  the  Pennsylva- 
nia State  System  of  Higher  Education  Board  of  Governors 
earlier  this  year,  will  include  three  areas  of  specialization: 
elementary  education  counseling,  secondary  education 
counseling  and  student  affairs  administration. 

James  Matta,  BU  dean  of  graduate  studies  and 
research,  says  admission  to  the  program,  offered  by  the 
department  of  educational  studies  and  secondary 
education,  will  be  very  competitive.  The  new  master's 
program,  designed  to  meet  the  standards  of  the  Council 
for  Accreditation  of  Counseling  and  Related  Educational 
Programs,  will  require  the  completion  of  a  common  core 
of  33  credits,  plus  an  additional  21  credits  specific  to  an 
area  of  specialization.  Two  distinct  experiences  totaling 
600  hours  in  supervised  practice  also  will  be  provided. 

Lending  a  Hand 

BU  family  gives  of  time 

More  than  135  alumni  and  friends  volunteered  nearly  500  hours 
during  the  first  seven  months  of  2006-07.  Each  year,  alumni  and 
friends  volunteer  for  Homecoming,  the  Bloomsburg  Fair  kiosk,  student 
recruitment  and  high  school  college  nights,  alumni  and  athletic 
events,  university  department-sponsored  programs  and  speaking 
engagements.  Volunteers  contribute  additional  hours  serving  on 
advisory  boards.  For  information  on  volunteer  opportunities,  contact 
BU's  Alumni  Affairs  Office  at  (570)  389-4058  or  alum@bloomu.edu. 


SPRING       2007 


News  Notes 


Democracy 
Matters 

BU  student  sticks 
with  politics 

Emily  Kinkead  of  Williamsport,  a 

junior  with  a  dual  major  in 

political  science  and  marine 

biology,  is  the  new  president  of       Emily  Kinkead 

BU's  chapter  of  Democracy 

Matters.  Involved  in  Democracy  Matters  since  her  freshman 

year,  she  previously  served  as  vice  president. 

Democracy  Matters  is  a  student-based,  non-partisan 
organization  that  aims  to  increase  awareness  of  the  political 
process  and  reform  campaign  spending.  At  BU,  Democracy 
Matters  sponsors  speakers  and  hosts  events  to  increase 
the  awareness  of  politics  and  the  impact  it  has  on  the  lives 
of  students. 

When  she  came  to  BU,  Kinkead  set  a  personal  goal  of 
becoming  part  of  the  campus  community;  however,  she  found 
that  she  lost  interest  in  organizations  after  a  few  meetings.  "I 
joined  a  bunch  of  groups,  but  nothing  stuck  or  they  just  didn't 
appeal  to  me.  Then,  I  was  at  Constitution  Day  and  I  saw  the 
speakers  and  got  interested  in  the  group,  so  I  went  to  the 
meeting  and  joined.  Democracy  Matters  stuck,"  says  Kinkead. 

As  president  of  Democracy  Matters,  also  referred  to  as 
"campus  coordinator,"  Kinkead  hopes  to  get  the  group  more 
involved  with  the  local  high  schools.  She  wants  to  give  high 
school  students  hands-on  experience  and  show  them  how  they 
can  start  a  chapter. 


Trash  to  Treasure 

Winter  sale  raises  $5,375  for  United  Way 

The  Trash  to  Treasure  sale  held  in  mid-January  raised  $5,375  for 
the  Columbia  County  United  Way.  The  collaborative  effort 
involved  BU  staff  and  faculty  members,  the  United  Way,  the 
Columbia  County  Sheriff's  Department,  WHLM-930,  Press 
Enterprise  and  community  volunteers. 

Trash  to  Treasure  was  established  in  spring  2005  to  raise 
money  for  the  local  United  Way  by  selling  items  donated  by 
students  before  they  leave  campus  and  surplus  university  items. 
The  first  sale  in  May  2005  raised  $2,400;  the  second  sale  a  year 
later  raised  $10,000. 

The  next  Trash  to  Treasure  sale  is  set  for  Saturday,  May  19,  at 
BU's  Upper  Campus. 


William  E.  Beating 


By  the  Numbers 

Study  shows  common  personality  type 

By  trade,  you  would 
expect  accounting 
professor  William  E. 
Bealing  to  be  a  numbers 
guy.  And  he  is.  A 
specialist  in  auditing,  he 
was  awarded  the 
Association  of  Certified 
Fraud  Examiners' 
Certified  Fraud 
Examiner  (CFE) 
designation. 

But  Bealing,  a  faculty 
member  at  Bloomsburg 
since  1999,  is  also 
bringing  his  numbers- 
oriented  perspective  to  a 

study  with  personality.  For  the  past  five  years,  he  and  his 
accounting  department  colleagues  Richard  Baker,  A.  Blair 
Staley  and  Charles  Russo  have  administered  the  Myers- 
Briggs  Type  Indicator  to  incoming  freshmen  accounting 
students.  The  aim  of  the  study  is  to  see  whether  there  is  a 
correlation  between  students'  personality  profiles  and  their 
success  as  accounting  majors.  An  article  written  by  the 
four  faculty  members  and  based  on  the  research  won  the 
Northeast  Decision  Sciences  Institute  award  for  best  paper 
in  education  in  2006. 

"It  turns  out  there  is  a  correlation  between  the 
personality  profile  and  success  in  the  lower  division 
courses,"  says  Bealing,  who  adds  that  there  is  not  enough 
data  to  say  that  a  correlation  exists  for  students  in  upper 
division  courses. 

The  personality  type  correlated  best  with  student 
success  is  labeled  "sensing-judging"  in  the  Myers-Briggs 
scheme.  It's  a  personality  type  of  realistic  decision  makers 
shared  by  most  of  the  accounting  faculty,  says  Bealing, 
who  suspects  that  the  same  personality  type  is  common  to 
many  accountants. 

The  fact  raises  interesting  questions  for  Bealing.  "Is  this 
necessarily  good?  Is  there  self-selection  going  on  in  terms 
of  which  students  choose  to  become  accounting  majors  or 
does  our  teaching  style  favor  a  particular  type  of  student?" 

Bealing,  who  foresees  more  years  of  studying  of 
personality  types  in  accounting,  says  the  results  might 
show  that  self-selection  plays  a  primary  role  in  students 
choosing  accounting.  Or  it  may  suggest  that  teaching 
methods  be  adapted  to  suit  individuaTs  with  different 
personality  types. 


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Power  in  Aging 

Rawson  wins  grant  to  study 
muscle-building  supplement 

Eric  Rawson,  assistant  professor  of  exercise 
science  and  athletics,  is  an  expert  on  creatine, 
a  dietary  supplement  that  athletes  use  to 
increase  muscle  strength  and  boost  their 
performance.  But  Rawson's  research  is 
focused  on  a  group  far  more  common  than 
world-class  athletes. 


Eric  Rawson  is  researching  how  creatine 
may  help  older  Americans. 


He's  been  awarded  a  $208,577  grant 
from  the  National  Institutes  of  Health, 
National  Center  for  Complementary  and 
Alternative  Medicine,  to  fund  research  into 
how  creatine  might  help  older  Americans. 
His  study  is  titled  "Central  Adaptations  to 
Creatine  Supplementation  in  Older  Men  and 
Women,"  and  the  grant  is  the  first  of  its 
kind  for  BU. 

"I've  always  been  fascinated  by 
weightlifting,"  says  Rawson.  "My  interest  in 
creatine  started  with  the  goal  of  building  the 
better  athlete,  but  it  turned  into  something 
more  rewarding. 

"We're  not  all  going  to  be  world-class 
athletes,  but  we  are  all  going  to  get  older," 
he  says.  "So  why  give  creatine  only  to 
the  biggest,  strongest  and  fastest,  when 
you  can  give  it  to  a  group  of  people  who 
have  lost  muscle  mass  and  combat 
aging  nutritionally?" 

Rawson  notes  that  lost  muscle  strength 
diminishes  people's  quality  of  life  as  they 
age.  Cognitive  impairment  due  to  aging 
can  lead  to  slowed  reaction  times  and 
increased  risks  of  falls  and  other  accidents 
that  cause  injuries. 

According  to  Rawson,  creatine  is  a 
naturally  occurring  substance  found  in  food, 
particularly  meat  products,  and  creatine 
supplements  have  been  found  to  be  safe 


and  effective  in  hundreds  of  trials.  While 
Rawson  focuses  on  the  anti-aging  effects  of 
creatine,  other  researchers  are  exploring 
clinical  applications  to  treat  individuals  with 
congestive  heart  failure,  muscular 
dystrophy,  Huntington's  disease  and 
multiple  sclerosis,  he  adds. 

Rawson's  study  will  begin  this  summer. 
Participants  will  take  a  standard  dose  of 
creatine  over  a  six-week  period  and 
undergo  tests  of  strength,  memory  and 
reaction  time.  They  will  also  be  tested  after 
their  six-week  study  ends  to  determine  if 
the  effects  are  lasting.  About  50  individuals 
are  expected  to  participate  in  the  study  over 
several  years,  and  a  portion  of  the  NIH  grant 
will  provide  salary  support  for  undergradu- 
ate students  to  aid  in  the  research. 

Rawson  has  published  five  research 
articles  on  creatine,  including  three  that 
focus  on  the  effects  of  creatine  supple- 
ments in  older  individuals.  He  will  be 
aided  in  the  NIH  study  by  Mehdi  Razzaghi, 
professor  of  mathematics,  computer 
science  and  statistics  and  Mark  Tapsak, 
assistant  professor  of  chemistry. 
Christopher  Still,  director  of  the  Center 
for  Nutrition  and  Weight  Management  at 
Geisinger  Medical  Center,  Danville,  will 
serve  as  the  study  physician. 


Exploring  Math  and  Science 

Summer  programs  planned  for  female  students 

Female  students  in  middle  school  and  high  school  who 
are  interested  in  math  and  science  can  apply  for  a  week- 
long  summer  experience  through  BU's  College  of  Science 
and  Technology. 

Students  who  will  enter  sixth,  seventh  or  eighth  grades  in 
fall  2007  can  apply  for  the  Math  and  Science  Summer 
Experience  for  Young  Women;  students  entering  ninth, 
10th  or  1 1th  grade  in  the  fall  can  apply  for  the  CSI  (Crime 
Scene  Investigation)  Summer  Experience  for  Young 
Women.  Both  programs  will  run  Monday  to  Friday,  June  25 
to  29,  from  9  a.m.  to  4  p.m. 

Both  camps  will  provide  students  with  the  opportunity 
to  explore  different  aspects  of  science  and  math  through 


class  presentations,  hands-on  activities  and  demonstrations. 
Middle  school  students  will  learn  about  computer  forensics, 
secret  codes,  motion  geometry  and  chromatography;  high 
school  students  will  learn  about  computer  forensics,  secret 
codes,  DNA  collection  and  archeological  forensics.  Both 
programs  will  conclude  with  a  panel  session  featuring 
women  in  math-  and  science-related  fields. 

The  cost  of  each  program  is  $175,  and  scholarships  are 
available.  Details  and  applications  may  be  found  at  http:// 
departments.bloomu.edu/MathCompSciStats/summercamp. 
html.  For  information,  contact  Elizabeth  Mauch,  associate 
professor  of  mathematics,  computer  science  and  statistics,  at 
emauch@bloomu.edu  or  (570)  389-4103. 


SPRING       2007 


A  thousand  years  ago,  a  steady  stream  of 
caravans  traversed  the  high  upland  desert  of 
Uzbekistan  as  they  made  their  way  along  the 
Silk  Road,  the  ancient  trading  route  from  China 
to  Western  Europe.  Although  the  Silk  Road  fell 
into  disuse  as  a  major  trade  route  by  the  year 
1400,  it  is  the  site  of  new  activity  today  as 
pack  animals  share  the  road  with  trucks... 
and  traders  are  replaced  by  geologists  and 
engineers  on  the  hunt  for  crude  oil. 


of  Difference 

STORY     BY     ERIC     FOSTER     WITH      EDWARD     BANASZEK     '80 

Edward  Banaszek  '80  is  among  the  new  breed  of  explorers  in 
Uzbekistan,  a  nation  bordered  by  Afghanistan  to  the  south  and 
Kazakhstan  to  the  north.  The  senior  geologist  for  Rosehill  Energy, 
Banaszek  is  responsible  for  determining  the  location  of  new  oil  wells 
and  how  deep  to  drill  them. 

"Once  the  planning  is  finalized  and  drilling  is  underway,  I  go  out 
to  the  well  site  and  examine  the  rocks  as  we  drill  them  to  determine 
if  the  initial  plans  were  correct,"  says  Banaszek.  "If  not,  we  make  any 
modifications  that  are  necessary." 

The  well  site  is  nearly  a  100  miles  from  the  nearest  city,  Karshi. 
Outside  the  cities,  the  land  is  generally  flat,  dry  and  remote.  Donkeys 
are  more  common  than  cars,  and  there's  no  running  water  or  electric- 
ity. But  like  the  traders  of  a  thousand  years  ago,  the  oil  workers 
constitute  a  son  of  multicultural  melange. 

"In  the  field,  translators  are  as  imponant  as  drilling  engineers,"  says 
Banaszek,  who  speaks  a  little  Uzbek  and  Russian.  "At  our  daily  morn- 
ing meetings,  word  flow  goes  from  English  to  Uzbek  to  Russian  to 
Chinese,  and  back.  It  is  a  small  miracle  when  instructions  are  carried 
out  as  originally  intended." 

Banaszek  has  nearly  three  decades  of  experience  in  geology — 
primarily  in  the  oil  industry.  In  June  1980,  less  than  two  weeks  after 
graduation,  he  joined  Exlog,  an  oil  field  service  company.  Since  then, 
his  geologic  career  has  taken  him  around  the  world  to  live  and  work 
at  locations  ranging  from  Windsor,  England,  to  Myanmar,  formerly 
known  as  Burma. 


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'In  the  field,  translators  are  as  important  as  drilling  engineers.  At  our  daily  morning 
meetings,  word  flow  goes  from  English  to  Uzbek  to  Russian  to  Chinese,  and  back. 
It  is  a  small  miracle  when  instiuctions  are  carried  out  as  originally  intended.' 


EDWARD  BANASZEK  '80 


His  work  in  Central  Asia  began  in  1997  when  he 
reviewed  projects  in  Azerbaijan,  the  Republic  of  Georgia, 
Kazakhstan  and  Uzbekistan.  On  location,  he  got  a  first- 
hand look  at  the  oil  and  gas  fields,  analyzed  the  available 
data  and  discussed  potential  opportunities  for  western 
companies  with  government  officials. 

Uzbekistan,  where  Banaszek  is  currently  working,  is 
slightly  larger  than  California  and  one  of  only  five  "dou- 
ble land-locked"  countries  on  the  planet,  meaning  that 
it's  separated  by  two  countries  from  an  ocean.  About  a 
tenth  of  the  land  area  is  cultivated  in  intensely  irrigated 
river  valleys,  making  the  country  the  world's  second 
largest  cotton  exporter.  But  fertilizers  and  pesticides  have 
tainted  water  supplies,  contributing  to  health  problems 
among  the  population,  more  than  half  of  which  lives  in 
densely  populated  villages. 

"It  should  never  be  forgotten  that  this  part  of  the 
world  is  dangerous,"  Banaszek  says.  "Driving  on  the 
roads,  flying  in  old  Russian  jets,  wild  animals  wandering 
the  desert  at  night  and  not  paying  the  right  bribe  to  the 
right  person,  all  of  these  can  put  your  life  in  jeopardy. 

"And  working  around  a  drilling  rig  is  inherently  dan- 
gerous," adds  Banaszek.  "Add  drilling  equipment  of 
dubious  quality,  potential  language  problems  and  Uzbek 
shepherds  now  working  as  rig  hands,  and  the  odds  of 
potential  problems  rise  dramatically." 

Banaszek  says  he's  already  been  involved  in  one 
blowout  in  Uzbekistan — the  uncontrolled  release  of  an 
underground  fluid,  usually  gas,  from  an  oil  well — "and 
the  only  good  thing  about  it  was  no  one  was  killed." 

The  influence  of  the  former  Soviet  Union,  of  which 
Uzbekistan  was  a  part,  continues.  "Russians  drilled  for  oil 
in  the  area  throughout,  the  70s  and  left  the  fields  in 
deplorable  condition  after  better  reserves  were  found  in 
Siberia,"  says  Banaszek.  "The  common  language  in  this 


The  Darlc  Side 

Edward  Banaszek  '80  has  become  sensitive  to  the  hard- 


with  Rosehill  Energy.  "There  is  a  darker  side  to  life  in 
Uzbekistan,"  he  says.  "Anyone  wanting  to  read  about  it 
can  go  to  a  Web  site  created  by  Craig  Murray,  who  was 
the  British  ambassador  to  Uzbekistan.  His  account  of 
business  and  politics  in  Uzbekistan  is  eye  opening."  The 
Web  site  can  be  found  at:  www.craigmurray.co.uk. 


part  of  the  world  is  still  Russian;  however,  Uzbek  is 
spoken  outside  the  major  cities. 

"The  main  ingredient  that  western  personnel  and 
companies  bring  to  this  part  of  the  world  is  a  modem 
mindset  on  how  to  develop  an  oil  field,"  says  Banaszek. 
"Many  times  this  is  completely  at  odds  with  the  old 
Soviet  methods.  Technology  that  is  common  in  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  is  nonexistent  here.  Data  is  confusing  at 
best,  since  many  records  were  falsified  to  conform  to  the 
latest  five-year  plans.  Rosehill's  mantra 
is  believe  nothing,  verify  everything.' " 

Despite  the  danger  of  working  in 
Central  Asia,  Banaszek  loves  the  chal- 
lenges. The  geology  itself  is  fascinating, 
the  area  being  part  of  the  former  Tethy 
Sea,  which  existed  200  million  years 
ago  when  the  continents  were  located 
in  far  different  positions.  But  one  of 
the  greatest  rewards  is  working  with 
people  from  all  over  the  world. 

"I  have  met  some  of  the  most  inter- 
esting people  in  the  petroleum  indus- 
try, from  simple  rig  roustabouts  to  the 
chairman  of  the  board  of  a  Houston- 
based  company,  John  C.  Thrash,  a  man 
who  was  a  mentor  to  me  and  passed 
away  in  November,"  says  Banaszek. 

"In  our  current  operation,  the  project  manager  is 
British;  the  field  manager,  drilling  engineer  and  geolo- 
gist are  American;  one  drilling  supervisor  is  Bulgarian, 
the  other  is  Pakistani;  the  drilling  crew  is  Chinese;  the 
Rosehill  local  staff  are  Uzbek;  the  mud  engineers  are 
Kazakh;  the  cementing  engineer  is  from  Spam;  the  pipe 
inspectors  are  from  Azerbaijan;  our  oil  trader  is 
Tajik.  We  buy  our  pipes  from  a  businessman  from 
Dubai,  and  they  are  trucked  to  the  field  by  Iranians." 

Banaszek  says  he  strives  not  to  be  the  "ugly"  Ameri- 
can. "To  learn  a  few  words  in  the  local  language,  to  live 
and  work  like  they  do,  to  eat  and  drink  what  they  eat 
and  drink,  and  to  talk  to  others  as  equals  is  not  that 
difficult  and  makes  a  world  of  difference,"  he  says. 

And  he  remains  fascinated  by  living  and  working  in 
Uzbekistan.  "The  people  are  friendly  and  very  hospi- 
table," he  says.  "Last  June,  one  of  our  translators  got 
married  and  everyone  from  the  company  was  invited 
to  attend.  The  ceremony  was  traditional,  Uzbek  and 
Muslim,  followed  by  a  great  party  with  over  500  guests 
toasting  the  bride  and  groom."  b 


Edward  Banaszek  studies  a 
rock  sample  at  the  oil  well  site 
(above).  Images  on  the 
opposite  page,  from  top,  show 
Banaszek  in  his  Uzbekistan 
office,  scouting  potential  well 
sites  in  the  field  and  saying 
hello  to  area  children. 


SPRING       2007 


Chris  Chappell's  inspiration  for  mybestday.net  came  from  a 
Maine  vacation  that  included  time  spent  with  his  wife  and 
dog  and  moments  sailing  alone. 


STORY      BY      EMILY      WATSON      '08 

A  quote  from  Aristotle  explains  the 
vision  for  www.mybestday.net: 

"Happiness  is  the  meaning  and 
the  purpose  of  life,  the  whole  aim 
and  end  of  human  existence." 


Bloomsburg  University  graduate-level  students  enrolled 
in  the  Managing  Multimedia  Projects  class  had  worked 
on  the  same  kind  of  projects  for  21  years.  Each  year, 
they  created  proposals  for  a  fictitious  company,  coming 
up  with  a  marketing  plan  and  other  business  details.  In 
1991,  a  Web  site  design  competition  was  added. 

But,  in  fall  2006,  the  class  put  a  new  spin  on  an  old 
idea  when  students  worked  with  an  actual  company 
owned  by  a  BU  alumnus. 

Chris  Chappell  '00M  of  Bloomsburg,  founder  and 
CEO  of  mybestday.net,  contacted  his  former  professor 
Karl  Kapp  for  help  with  his  business.  Chappell  remem- 
bered writing  the  proposals  and  believed  that  working 
for  a  real  company  would  enhance  the  class  project. 

"I  went  through  the  same  rigorous  competition.  I 
remembered  the  good  ideas  that  we  had,  and  I  thought 
it  would  be  a  great  way  to  get  ideas  for  my  business 
while  working  with  the  Institute  for  Interactive  Tech- 
nologies (IIT),"  says  Chappell. 

"He  came  to  me  with  this  business  idea,"  Kapp  says, 
"and  we  decided  to  give  it  to  the  students  and  let  them 
do  the  project.  He  already  had  the  Web  site,  so  we 
worked  on  a  request  for  proposal  to  give  to  students." 


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The  idea  behind  mybestday.net  was  to  discover 
the  roots  of  happiness  by  putting  togedier  stories 
of  the  best  days  people  have  ever  experienced. 


The  idea  for  mybestday.net 
started  about  10  years  ago  but,  at 
that  time,  Chappell  thought  the 
end  result  would  be  a  book  rather 
than  a  Web  site.  The  idea  was  to 
put  together  stories  of  the  best 
days  people  have  had  throughout 
their  lives  to  discover  the  roots 
of  happiness. 

"I  was  on  vacation  in  Maine  in  a 
cabin  right  along  the  water,  and 
every  day  was  perfect.  I  had  unlim- 
ited time,  and  I  was  with  my  two 
favorite  'people':  my  wife  and  my 
dog,"  says  Chappell.  "That's  when 
I  started  to  think  about  what 
makes  a  perfect  day  for  other 
people,  what  leads  to  happiness." 

A  full-time  job  prevented 
Chappell  from  traveling  across  the 
country  to  interview  people  on 
their  best  day,  so  on  the  way  home 
from  vacation  in  2005  the  idea  of 
mybestday.net  was  bom.  It  grew  to 
encompass  both  the  university  and 
the  local  business  community. 


"Chris  came  into  the  class  to 
discuss  the  company  with  the 
students.  He  was  able  to  answer 
questions  and  explain  what  he  sees 
for  the  company,"  says  Kapp,  profes- 
sor of  instructional  technology. 

Students  working  in  four  teams 
met  with  Kapp  each  week  to  discuss 
possible  solutions  to  problems  they 
encountered.  Students  were  expected 
to  come  up  with  interactive  sugges- 
tions and  marketing  ideas  and  were 
permitted  to  change  anything  about 
the  Web  site,  except  the  logo.  After 
completing  the  assignment,  the 
teams  presented  the  proposal  to 
more  than  30  corporate  profession- 
als, who  selected  their  favorite. 

Ryan  Reilly  '06/'07M,  a  native 
of  Yardley  currently  interning  with 
Johnson  &  Johnson,  enrolled  in 
Kapp's  class  as  he  pursues  his 
master's  in  instruction  technology 
degree.  He  knew  that  the  assignment 
would  be  a  challenge  but  believes 
that  working  on  a  real  company 
project  gives  students  more  pride  in 
their  work. 

"It's  a  fantastic  opportunity,  but 
I  would  be  just  as  dedicated  if  it 
weren't  a  real  company,"  says  Reilly. 
"You  have  more  pride  in  your  work 
knowing  people  will  see  it.  It  pushes 
me  more." 

Reilly  believes  gaining  real-world 
experience  was  the  best  part  of  the 
project.  "No  other  class  has  put  me 
through  so  much  so  quickly.  There 
are  team  dynamics,  and  it  really 
challenges  the  individual,"  says 
Reilly.  "It  is,  hands  down,  the  best 
experience  I've  had." 

"Not  only  do  the  students  get 
to  present  their  ideas,"  adds  Kapp, 
"but  the  corporate  professionals 
see  the  students  and  the  learning 


experience  they  receive  from  these 
request  for  proposals." 

With  the  involvement  of  a 
Bloomsburg  area  business,  the 
project  combines  the  efforts  of  the 
Greater  Susquehanna  Keystone 
Innovation  Zone  (GSKIZ)  and  the 
Bloomsburg  Regional  Technology 
Center,  where  the  mybestday.net 
office  will  be  located.  Chappell 
arranged  with  GSKIZ  to  reward 
students  in  the  class  with  gift  certifi- 
cates to  an  online  retailer. 

"This  is  helping  to  seed  the  tech- 
nology center  and  to  grow  local  tech 
businesses,"  says  Kapp.  "It  helps  con- 
tribute to  the  local  economy  and  add 
another  company  to  the  tech  center." 

Kapp  believes  all  students  ben- 
efited from  their  involvement.  "Chris 
will  probably  use  something  from 
every  group,  so  when  these  students 
go  for  job  interviews,  they  have  expe- 
rience with  a  real  company,"  he  says. 

At  the  completion  of  the  project, 
Chappell  started  implementing  the 
ideas  that  were  generated.  He  says 
the  process  will  take  about  a  year  to 
involve  all  the  suggestions  he  plans 
to  use.  "I  thought  of  some  of  the 
same  ideas  that  students  did,  which 
helped  to  validate  what  I  was  think- 
ing. But  some  of  them  pointed  me  in 
a  new  direction,"  says  Chappell. 

Chappell  admits  mybestday.net 
has  become  a  bit  of  a  personal 
mission,  and  he  enjoys  reading  every 
post  that  comes  into  the  Web  site. 

"I'm  very  passionate  about  this.  I 
honestly  believe  it's  a  great  idea,  and 
I'll  do  everything  I  can  to  make  it  a 
success,"  says  Chappell.  b 

Emily  Watson  '08  from  Danville,  Pa.,  is 
majoring  in  economics. 


STRING      2007 


The  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 
reports  that  68.6  percent  of 
2005's  high  school  graduates 
went  on  to  college — the  highest 
percentage  ever  recorded. 
Through  BU's  ACE  program, 
regional  students  can  get  a  head 
start,  completing  high  school 
studies  and  earning  college 
credits  at  the  same  time. 


Chances  are  their  classmates  and  professors  don't 
have  a  clue.  They  enroll  in  one  or  more  BU 
courses,  do  the  reading,  complete  the  projects, 
take  the  tests  and  earn  the  credits.  Just  don't  ask  to  see  a 
high  school  diploma. 

They  are  area  high  school  juniors  and  seniors 
enrolled  at  Bloomsburg  through  the  Advance  College 
Experience  program  (ACE) — anywhere  from  60  to 
100  students  each  semester  and  as  many  as  150  during 
the  summer. 

ACE,  begun  in  2003,  is  the  only  program  of  its  type 
within  the  Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher  Educa- 
tion, says  James  Matta,  assistant  vice  president  and  dean 
of  graduate  studies  and  research.  The  program  enables 


high  school  students  to  take  courses  at  BU's  campus  or  at 
satellite  locations  on  a  space-available  basis.  Students  pay 
a  discounted  rate  of  either  25  or  50  percent  of  regular 
tuition,  based  on  the  class'  location,  and  all  fees.  The  cred- 
its apply  toward  a  degree  at  BU  or  may  be  transferred  to 
another  college  or  university. 

"We  wanted  to  recruit  exceptional  students,"  Matta 
says.  "Bloomsburg  faculty  and  staff  were  the  pioneers 
sending  their  kids  here,  a  few  as  early  as  eighth  grade.  We 
thought  if  it  is  good  for  them,  it  ought  to  be  good  for  the 
rest  of  the  community." 

Shikellamy  High  School  in  Sunbury  has  hosted  BU's 
western  civilization,  general  psychology  and  composition 
courses  as  evening  classes.  "Students  can  take  classes  at 
Bloomsburg's  campus,"  says  Shikellamy  guidance  coun- 
selor Fred  Coleman,  "but  a  lot  of  parents  prefer  they  take 
classes  closer  to  home." 

The  Shikellamy  School  District  limits  students  to  one 
college-level  course  each  semester,  but  pays  all  tuition  and 
fees  with  funds  awarded  through  Pennsylvania's  dual- 
enrollment  grant  program.  "The  students  get  a  feel  for 
what  they'll  be  doing  at  the  college  level,"  Coleman  says. 
"They  really  enjoy  the  challenge  of  learning,  and  they  can 
get  into  their  major  courses  sooner  when  they  enroll  in 
college  as  freshmen." 

Fitting  on-campus  courses  into  a  high  school  schedule 
may  require  a  little  creativity,  says  Bonnie  Girton  from 
BU's  registrar's  office.  "Some  students  go  to  high  school, 
leave  and  go  back.  Some  take  an  evening  class.  Their 
schedule  is  worked  out  on  an  individual  basis,  based  on 
what  they  want  to  take  here  and  their  high  school  require- 
ments. .  .how  much  flexibility  they  have." 

High  school  students  have  enrolled  in  about  two 
dozen  different  courses,  ranging  from  general  education 
classes  like  composition  and  U.S.  history  to  biology,  phys- 
ics and  math.  "We  are  meeting  the  needs  of  these  gifted 
students  who  are  exploring  where  their  interests  lie.  In 
many  cases,  they  have  outrun  the  high  school  curriculum 
and  they  both  need  and  are  ready  to  start  their  college 
careers,"  Matta  says. 

"I  was  ready  to  move  on,"  recalls  Ashli  Yakabovicz  of 
Shickshinny.  "I  was  bored  and  needed  something  more 
challenging."  So,  rather  than  return  to  Northwest  Area 
Senior  High  School  for  12th  grade,  Yakabovicz  moved 
into  Lycoming  Residence  Hall  last  August  and  enrolled 
full-time  at  BU. 

Immediately,  she  found  a  group  of  friends,  thanks  to 
her  trombone  and  the  Maroon  and  Gold  Marching  Band. 
She  formed  other  friendships  within  the  BU  Jazz  Band; 
DASL  (Developing  Ambitious  Student  Leaders),  a 
leadership  program  for  residence  hall  students;  and  the 


Ashli  Yakabovicz  says  she 
was  ready  to  leave  high 
school  behind  when  she 
enrolled  at  BU  through  the 
ACE  program  in  fall  2006. 


Program  Board,  which  plans 
activities  like  films,  concerts 
and  trips.  She  admits  that 
most  of  her  friends  don't  know  she's  technically  still  a 
high  school  student. 

For  the  former  Girl  Scout  who  served  as  treasurer  of 
Northwest's  band  and  president  of  the  school's  biology 
club,  the  extracurricular  involvement  came  naturally,  but 
studying  at  the  college  level  took  more  effort.  "In  high 
school,  I  never  had  to  open  a  book.  Then,  in  chemistry 
class,  the  professor  said  we  had  to  read  the  first  three 
chapters  for  a  test  on  Friday.  I  learned  to  study  through 
group  tutoring  sessions." 

Yakabovicz  says  some  of  her  best  experiences  have 
involved  learning  about  different  cultures.  "In  Shick- 
shinny, I  know  every  person.  Bloomsburg  is  the  whole 
melting  pot  of  diversity.  My  best  friend  here  is  from 
Germany,  and  everybody  has  new  ideas  to  contribute. 

"My  mother  says  I've  matured  a  lot,"  she  adds.  "This 
opened  up  so  many  opportunities  I  wouldn't  have  had." 
Yakabovicz's  positive  first-year  experience  also  convinced 
her  to  stay  on  at  BU  to  pursue  a  pre-med  major. 

Matta  says  introducing  outstanding  students  to  BU  is 
another  plus  of  the  ACE  program.  "Students  see  what  a 
great  place  this  is,  and  we  find  that  they  stay.  They  had  an 
experience  and  became  comfortable.  They  decide  they 
like  the  university  and  want  to  be  a  pan  of  it." 

"The  ACE  program  provides  such  a  wonderful  start  for 
college,"  says  Girton.  "To  be  able  to  enter  college  with  a 
head  start,  plus  the  benefits  of  a  reduction  in  tuition.  How 
can  you  go  wrong?"  b 

Editor's  note:  The  following  schools  and  school  districts 
currently  participate  in  the  ACE  program:  Benton,  BeiyAck, 
Bloomsburg,  Cardinal  Brennan,  Central  Columbia,  Columbia 
County  Christian,  Columbia-Montour  Vo-Tech,  Danville,  East 
Lycoming,  Greater  Nanticoke,  Jersey  Shore,  Lewisburg,  Line 
Mountain,  Midd-West,  Mifflinburg,  Millville,  Montgomeiy, 
Mount  Carmel,  Muncy,  Northwest,  Our  Lady  ojLourdes, 
Phoenixville,  Selimgrove,  Shamolzin,  Shenandoah  Valley, 
Shikellamy,  Southern  Columbia  and  Wanior  Run.  For  details, 
see  www.bloomu.edu/ace. 

Bonnie  Martin  is  co-editor  oj Bloomsburg:  The 
University  Magazine. 


SPRING      2007 


New  Jersey  is  among 
the  top  10  states  with 
the  fastest  growth 
rates  for  women- 
owned  businesses, 
according  to  the 
Center  for  Women's 
Business  Research. 
That's  good  news  for 
an  alumna  and  her 
aunt,  who  co-own  an 
online  business  based 
in  Pitman,  N.J. 


Rente  Remsky  Antes  '93 
remembers  when  she  was  a 
first-year  student  at  Bloomsburg 
University  living  in  Elwell  Resi- 
dence Hall.  Every  few  months, 
she  would  receive  a  package  of 
delicious  homemade  cookies  from 
her  Aunt  Ellen. 

"Before  you  knew  it,  everyone 
would  be  in  my  room,  piled  on  my 
bed  eating  them,"  she  recalls.  "It 
was  especially  nice  that  freshman 
year.  It  always  made  me  feel  a  little 
less  intimidated  to  be  there  alone 
knowing  that  I  had  family  encour- 
aging me  from  home." 


a  cookie  store,"  Antes  says.  "There 
is  something  special  about  receiving 
something  home -baked  with  you 
in  mind." 

Antes  operates  the  business  with 
an  aunt — Kathy  Antes,  the  original 
"Mama  Antes" — from  its  baking 
facility  in  Pitman,  N.J.  Mama  Antes' 
Cookie  Express  offers  14  varieties 
of  cookies  that  are  primarily 
marketed  online. 

"For  the  first  few  months,  the 
only  orders  we  got  were  from 
family,"  Antes  laughs.  "In  fact,  until 
last  September,  we  only  averaged 
about  10  orders  per  month." 


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STORY      BY      KEVIN      GRAY 


And,  then,  there  were  the  "stress- 
relief  packages"  that  parents  often 
send  to  their  sons  and  daughters  at 
the  end  of  each  semester.  "It  was  14 
years  ago,  but  I  remember  that  finals 
was  an  awesome  time  for  a  little  sug- 
ar pick-me-up,"  she  adds. 

Now  a  stay-at-home  mother, 
Antes  took  generous  portions  of 
those  memories,  mixed  in  the  busi- 
ness experience  she  gained  during 
her  career  in  retail  financial  analysis 
and  planning,  and  seasoned  it  with 
a  family  member  known  for  her  bak- 
ing skills.  The  result?  Mama  Antes' 
Cookie  Express  (www.Mamas 
CookieExpress.com),  an  online 
cookie  care  package  business  that 
launched  in  February  2006. 

"Those  college  memories  were 
definitely  an  inspiration  for  develop- 
ing the  company  into  a  cookie  care 
package  company  as  opposed  to  just 


That  month,  however,  Mama 
Antes'  Cookie  Express  received  a 
boost  from  the  Philadelphia-based 
Preston  &  Steve  Morning  Show  on 
radio  station  WMMR. 

"My  husband  works  for  WMMR. 
When  the  show  reached  number 
one  in  the  market,  he  wanted  to  do 
something  nice,  so  he  asked  us  to 
make  some  cookies  for  the  guys," 
Antes  says.  "Whenever  they  raved 
about  the  cookies  on  the  air,  our 
Web  site  would  go  from  getting 
15  hits  a  day  to  1,000." 

The  orders  began  flowing,  along 
with  a  return  appearance  on  the 
show.  Weeks  later,  Renee  and  Kathy 
concocted  six  original  recipes  and 
the  hosts  chose  one  to  become  the 
show's  official  cookie.  The  winner — 
dubbed  the  Preston  &  Steve 
Gadzookie! — was  introduced  on-air 
Nov.  15. 

"After  our  appearance,  I  checked 
my  e-mail  on  my  phone,"  Antes  re- 
calls. "We  had  24  orders,  and  by  the 
end  of  the  day,  we  had  received  120 


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orders.  For  about  a  month,  we  had 
orders  coming  in  constantly." 

A  key  component  of  the  busi- 
ness is  its  commitment  to  support- 
ing local  charitable  organizations. 
Mama  Antes'  Cookie  Express 
donates  20  percent  of  the  sale  of 
the  Gadzookie  to  Philadelphia- 
based  hunger  relief  organization, 
Philabundance,  and  20  percent  of 
the  proceeds  generated  by  the  sale 


of  its  Lip  Smackin'  Lemon  Cookies 
goes  to  the  Alex's  Lemonade 
Stand  Foundation,  which  funds 
childhood  cancer  research. 

In  its  first  year  of  operation, 
Mama  Antes'  cookies  have  been 
enjoyed  by  soldiers  in  Iraq  and 
individual  customers  throughout 
the  United  States.  The  company 
also  has  established  several 
corporate  accounts. 


According  to  Antes,  the 
most  rewarding  aspects  of 
owning  her  own  business  are 
the  time  it  allows  her  to  spend 
with  her  family,  the  good  that 
the  company  is  able  to  do  for 
charitable  organizations  and 
the  feedback  she  receives 
from  grateful  customers. 
She  credits  her  time  at 
Bloomsburg — where  she 
was  a  business  administra- 
tion/marketing major,  a 
member  of  the  Concert 
Committee  and  a  sister  in 
the  Phi  Delta  sorority — with 
helping  her  make  the  transi- 
tion from  her  hometown  to 
the  "real  world." 

"Although  I'm  from 
the  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 
area,  which  isn't  too  far 
from  Bloomsburg,  my  experi- 
ence at  the  university  opened 
me  up  to  a  much  bigger 
world,"  she  explains.  "It 
helped  me  grow  into  an 
independent  person." 

The  positive  professional 
influence  of  Mary  Ericksen, 
formerly  the  head  of  BU's 
marketing  department,  has 
inspired  Antes,  both  during 
her  career  as  a  marketing 
analyst  for  a  division  of  Liz 
Claiborne  Inc.  and  now  as  an 
entrepreneur.  "Professor 
Ericksen  offered  great  advice 
and  was  very  supportive  of 
me.  I  appreciated  that  she  didn't  sugar- 
coat  the  fact  that  you  have  to  work  ex- 
tremely hard  to  achieve  what  you  want." 
Indeed,  as  business  grows  for  Mama 
Antes'  Cookie  Express,  Antes  has 
discovered  that,  at  least  in  the  cookie 
business,  a  little  sugar  coating  can  be  a 
very  good  thing,  b 

Kevin  Gray  is  a  freelance  writer  based  in 
the  Lehigh  Valley. 


SPRING      2007 


STORY      BY      LYNETTE      MONG 


Columbia  County,  Pa.,  is  home  to  nearly  65,000  residents  who  live  in  28,701 
housing  units  across  485  square  miles.  Are  there  health  concerns  they  all  share? 


On  the  first  day  of  their  Community  Health  Nursing 
course  last  August,  30  senior  nursing  students  were 
given  a  syllabus — and  a  county.  Throughout  the 
semester,  the  students  researched  and  analyzed  a 
variety  of  health  factors  affecting  Columbia  County, 
home  of  Bloomsburg  University,  then  used  that 
information  to  educate  the  community  itself. 

Community  Health  Nursing,  a  required  compo- 
nent of  the  nursing  curriculum,  introduces  students 
to  community  resources,  teaches  them  how  to 
interact  with  the  public  and — perhaps  most 
importantly — allows  them  to  act  as  leaders  among 
their  peers. 

Every  semester,  students  research  a  specific 
community,  either  as  a  class  or  in  small  groups. 
Past  communities  include  Danville,  Sunbury, 
Muncy  and  Lewisburg,  with  the  students  in  fall  '06 
extending  the  reach  of  the  project  to  encompass 
all  of  Columbia  County.  The  students  then  use  the 
data  they've  collected  to  determine  the  community's 
greatest  health  risks  and  create  a  plan  to  educate 
residents  about  those  risks. 

Because  students  organize  almost  every  aspect 
of  the  project  as  a  class,  leadership  and  teamwork 


are  important,  says  senior  nursing  student  Anna 
Berd  of  Media,  Pa.  "We  picked  our  own  leaders, 
and  they  set  up  a  timeline  for  the  rest  of  the 
semester,"  she  says. 

"Students  and  professors  met  to  discuss  problem 
areas,  but  most  meetings  and  aspects  of  the  project 
were  student-run  and  organized,"  adds  Candace 
Levengood,  a  senior  from  Harleysville,  Pa.,  who 
served  as  one  of  three  team  leaders. 

As  soon  as  groups  are  formed  and  a  timeline  is 
established,  the  students  begin  researching  the 
assigned  community.  They  gather  statistical 
information  like  behavioral  risk  factors  and  health 
demographics  from  the  Pennsylvania  Department 
of  Health,  but  much  of  their  research  is  firsthand 
and  interactive.  "They  are  involved  in  the  commu- 
nity itself  from  the  very  beginning,  coordinating 
interviews  with  key  informants,  attending  town 
council  meetings,  school  board  meetings — anything 
that  will  give  them  more  information  on  the  com- 
munity," says  Michelle  Ficca,  assistant  chair  of  the 
nursing  department  and  course  faculty  member. 

"Within  the  first  four  weeks  of  the  semester, 
we  expect  all  quantitative  data  to  be  gathered. 


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'We  try  to  dovetail  what  is  already  being  done  in  each  community,  but 
the  scale  of  this  project  is  quite  large,  and  a  variety  of  services  are  involved. 
We  don't  want  to  duplicate  other  programs,  but  expand  on  them.' 

—  Sheila  Hartung,  assistant  professor  of  nursing 


This  allows  students  the  time  to  focus  on  the 
project  itself,"  according  to  Sheila  Hartung,  assistant 
professor  of  nursing  and  the  Community  Health 
Nursing  course  coordinator. 

"Their  goal  then  is  to  analyze  the  information  and 
identify  health  risks  to  the  community,"  Ficca  adds. 

That  is  when  the  real  work  begins.  After  studying 
their  data  and  determining  focus  areas,  the  students 
create  lesson  plans  to  determine  how  they  will  address 
each  topic. 

"Based  on  our  research  in  Columbia  County,  we 
determined  there  was  a  knowledge  deficit  related  to 
heart  disease,"  says  Levengood,  "so  one  team  goal  was 
to  educate  community  members  about  heart  health." 
Other  focus  areas  for  last  fall's  class  included  communi- 
cable diseases,  safety,  community  resources  and 
cancer  prevention. 

At  a  December  health  fair  in  the  Columbia  Mall, 
the  students  distributed  information  on  health  and 
disease  prevention,  led  small  group  discussions, 
performed  health  screenings  and  organized  activities, 
such  as  puppet  shows  for  children. 

Students  contacted  local  vendors  and  health  repre- 
sentatives to  participate  in  the  fair,  including  local  fitness 
clubs,  the  American  Red  Cross,  local  police  and  fire 
departments,  and  Bloomsburg  University's  Drug  and 
Alcohol  Wellness  Network,  known  as  DAWN.  Local 


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Each  semester,  students 
focus  on  a  specific  area's 
health  needs  for  the 
Community  Health  Nursing 
course  taught  by  (opposite 
page)  Michelle  Ficca,  left, 
and  Sheila  Hartung. 


businesses  donated  gift 
cards  to  be  used  as  door 
prizes,  and  students 
organized  all  publicity. 

Although  the  Commu- 
nity Health  Nursing 
course  has  always  been  a 
required  component  of 
the  nursing  program, 
the  scope  of  the  projects 
has  grown  considerably, 
Hartung  says. 

"We  try  to  dovetail 
what  is  already  being 
done  in  each  community, 
but  the  scale  of  this 
project  is  quite  large,  and 
a  variety  of  services  are 

involved.  We  don't  want  to  duplicate  other  programs, 
but  expand  on  them,"  Hartung  says. 

The  project  serves  as  a  valuable  resource  for  the 
community.  Residents  not  only  benefit  from  the  services 
and  information  provided  at  the  health  fairs,  but  some 
communities  have  used  the  statistical  data  collected  by 
students  for  projects  and  grants,  according  to  Hartung. 

Yet  for  the  students,  the  benefits  of  the  project  go  far 
beyond  numbers  and  figures. 

The  chance  to  get  out  of  the  classroom  and  into  the 
community  was  the  most  valuable  aspect  of  the  experi- 
ence for  Berd.  "This  whole  project  makes  you  realize 
how  much  you  have  grown,  even  since  your  sophomore 
year.  This  is  much  more  than  a  classroom  presentation. 
You  have  to  be  professional  at  all  times  because  you  are 
dealing  with  real  people  and  real  situations." 

"I  feel  more  confident  with  myself  in  any  situation 
after  serving  as  a  team  leader,"  Levengood  says.  She 
plans  to  work  in  the  pediatric  intensive  care  unit  at 
Children's  Hospital  of  Pittsburgh  after  graduating  this 
May.  "As  a  nurse,  you  have  to  be  willing  to  make  your- 
self known.  You  can't  be  wishy-washy  in  this  profession. 
This  project  taught  me  to  take  on  that  responsibility."  b 

Lynette  Mong  '08  is  an  English/creative  writing  major  from 
Kennewick,  Wash. 


The  Columbia  Mall  provided  the  setting  for  last 
December's  health  fair. 


SPRING      2007 


STORY      BY      ERIC      FOSTER 


The  images  of  Sierra  Leone  are  indelible.  Scenes  of  daily 
life  in  the  capital  city  of  Freetown,  women  and  children 
in  villages,  chiefs  in  ceremonial  garb.  These  images  of 
Sierra  Leone  are  equally  indelible  in  the  life  of  Vera 
Viditz-Ward,  the  photographer  who  created  them  in  a 
career  that  began  more  than  two  decades  ago. 

Much  has  changed  in  this  West  African  nation  since 
Viditz-Ward  made  her  first  photographs.  A  civil  war 
wracked  the  country  throughout  the  1990s,  and  tens  of 
thousands  of  people  were  killed  in  a  nation  slightly 
smaller  than  South  Carolina.  More  than  2  million  peo- 
ple— a  third  of  the  population — were  displaced  from 
their  homes  by  the  fighting. 

Viditz-Ward,  professor  of  art  and  art  history,  con- 
nected with  Sierra  Leone  long  before  joining  Bloomsburg 
University's  faculty  in  1988.  The  photographer's  journey 
began  in  1976  when  she  was  a  photographer's  assistant 
for  a  publishing  company,  setting  up  lights,  carrying 
equipment.  And  frustrated.  She  had  earned  a  bachelor  of 
fine  arts  in  photography  from  the  University  of  Hanford 


in  Connecticut  two  years  earlier,  and  she  longed  to 
do  some  shooting. 

She  had  to  make  a  change.  So  she  applied  to  the 
Peace  Corps,  a  childhood  ambition  since  President 
John  F.  Kennedy  introduced  the  program  in  the 
early  1960s. 

Her  application  interview  didn't  seem  very 
promising — "The  recruiter  laughed  when  I  said  I 
was  a  photographer" — but  nine  months  later  she 
received  a  surprise  telephone  call.  The  Peace  Corps 
called  with  one  offer  and  one  offer  only.  "They 
needed  a  photographer  and  art  teacher  in  Free- 
town, Sierra  Leone,"  says  Viditz-Ward.  "On  a  plane 
to  Africa,  there  was  an  opera  singer,  a  trumpet  play- 
er and  me  from  the  Peace  Corps.  I  was  the  only  one 
who  stuck  it  out." 

She  received  an  intensive  course  in  Krio,  the 
English-based  lingua  franca  spoken  in  the  Freetown 
area  by  the  descendants  of  four  groups  of  former 
African  slaves,  and  was  assigned  to  the  ministries  of 


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education  and  agriculture.  "They  sent  me  all  over  the 
country,  taking  photos  of  development  projects.  It  was 
six  weeks  in  the  field,  then  back  a  week  for  processing," 
says  Viditz-Ward,  who  continues  to  work  with  tradi- 
tional film  and  chemical  darkroom  techniques  along 
with  digital  imaging. 

In  the  field,  the  travel  and  work  could  be  physically 
grueling.  Viditz-Ward  lived  in  villages  with  families. 
Accommodations  were  sparse,  and  she  often  slept  on 
the  ground,  she  recalls,  but  "the  people  were  so  incred- 
ibly hospitable.  I  was  doing  these  shoots  of  mundane 
things.  But  in  the  process,  I  was  starting  to  make  con- 
nections with  the  chiefs  and  the  villagers." 

Her  term  in  Sierra  Leone  expired  in  1980.  Viditz- 
Ward  returned  to  the  U.S.  and  pursued  her  master  of 
fine  arts  in  photography  at  Indiana  University  Bloom- 
ington,  earning  a  degree  in  1988. 

But  before  she  completed  her  degree,  Sierra  Leone 
pulled  her  back.  She  received  a  Fulbright-Hayes 
Research  Scholar  fellowship,  and  from  1985  to  1987 
she  photographed  the  Paramount  Chiefs  of  Sierra 
Leone.  The  chiefs  were  rarely  photographed  in  their 
tribal  garb,  and  Viditz- Ward's  images  are  among  the 
few  in  existence.  She  continued  to  return  to  Freetown 

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When  she's  not  teaching,  Vera  Viditz-Ward  spends  much 
of  her  time  chronicling  life's  events.  She's  now  involved 
in  a  project  to  help  women  from  20  villages  in  Sierra 
Leone  keep  a  photographic  history  of  their  own  lives. 

Viditz-Ward  first  met  with  the  group  during  her  trip 
last  summer  and  plans  to  return  this  year  to  teach  them 
the  basics  of  photography.  The  project  is  sponsored  by 
the  Mano  River  Union  Women's  Peace  Network,  which 
has  received  numerous  international  grants  and  awards 
for  its  efforts  to  empower  village  women  in  the  after- 
math of  the  recent  war. 

As  part  of  the  project, 
Viditz-Ward  is  seeking  dona- 
tions of  cameras.  Needed  are 
sturdy,  single-lens  reflex  cam- 
eras (film,  not  digital)  with  a 
lens  and  working  light  meter, 
such  as  Nikon  FMs,  Pentax 
K1 000s  or  Canon  F1  s.  For  infor- 
mation, contact  her  at  vviditz® 
bloomu.edu  or  (570)  389-4851. 


in  the  1990s,  even  after  civil  war  broke  out,  to  photo- 
graph the  lives  of  people  in  the  city. 

With  her  camera,  Viditz-Ward  has  chronicled  the 
experiences  of  African  immigrants  in  Philadelphia  and 
urban  life  in  Dakar,  Senegal,  West  Africa.  Her  work 
has  been  exhibited  in  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  the 
University  of  Hartford,  the  University  of  Wisconsin  at 
Madison,  the  Print  Center  and  the  Balch  Institute  of 
Ethnic  Studies,  both  in  Philadelphia,  and  throughout 
Europe  and  Africa.  She  wrote  the  first  chapter  for  "The 
Anthology  of  African  Photography,"  published  in 
1998,  which  focused  on  Sierra  Leonean  photogra- 
phers. And  her  photographs  are  featured  among  the 
artwork  hanging  in  the  U.S.  Embassy  in  Freetown, 
selected  after  fonner  Peace  Corps  member  and  current 
U.S.  ambassador  to  Sierra  Leone,  Thomas  N.  Hull,  saw 
them  on  display  at  the  Smithsonian. 

Critics  have  praised  Viditz-Ward 's  photographs  for 
transcending  boundaries  between  art,  sociology  and 
anthropology.  She's  personally  committed  to  avoiding 
cliches  and  photographs  people  on  their  own  terms, 
the  reason  she  turned  down  the  Associated  Press'  offer 
to  work  in  Africa  at  the  end  of  the  '80s.  "The  interna- 
tional press  wants  you  to  photograph  a  riot  or  starving 
children,"  she  explains.  "They're  not  interested  in  a 
ritual  that  may  be  very  important  to  the  people  or  in 
the  everyday  lives  of  Africans." 

Last  summer,  four  years  after  the  civil  war  ended, 
Viditz-Ward  returned  to  Sierra  Leone  to  exhibit  her 
photos  and  locate  artists  who  could  mount  an  exhibit 
of  Sierra  Leonean  work  at  the  U.S.  Embassy.  She  also 
served  as  a  photographic  consultant  at  an  archaeologi- 
cal  excavation  of  an  18th-century  slave  fort. 

"In  the  aftermath  of  the  war,  I  found  some  old 
friends  and  found  some  new  artists,"  she  says.  "But 
there's  a  lot  that's  missing.  When  I  was  there  in  1987, 
there  were  elders.  Now  over  50  percent  of  the  popula- 
tion is  under  35  years  old." 

Also  missing  was  the  connection  between  the 
country's  children  and  its  past.  Her  fluency  in  the  Krio 
language  intact,  Viditz-Ward  found  herself  teaching 
the  traditional  nursery  rhymes  to  children  who  had 
never  heard  them  because  of  war-time  upheavals. 

"People  were  astounded  when  they  heard  a  'Euro- 
pean' speak  their  language."  b 


Eric  Foster  is  co-editor  of  Bloomsburg:  The 
University  Magazine. 


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Visitors  feel  a  connection  to  Westminster  Abbey,  Big  Ben, 
Stonehenge  and  the  Tower  of  London,  then  come  back  to  the  U.S. 

with  photographs,  postcards  and  plans 
to  return  to  Great  Britain  someday.  Gary 
Groenheim  '91  not  only  returned,  today 
he  is  a  dual  British  and  U.S.  citizen. 


At  Home 
London 


STORY      BY      TRACEY      M 


DOOMS 


Gary  Groenheim  '91  has  come  a  long  way — an 
entire  ocean  away — since  he  graduated  from 
Bloomsburg  University. 

For  the  past  year,  Groenheim,  38,  has  been  in  charge 
of  all  marketing  and  advertising  for  London-based  CNBC 
Europe,  the  leading  pan-European  business  and  financial 
TV  channel.  Prior  to  signing  on  with  CNBC,  he  lived  in 
London  for  six  years  while  working  as  a  senior  marketing 
manager  for  Time  magazine. 

He  says  his  decision  to  pursue  opportunities  abroad 
goes  back  to  his  participation  in  an  international  student 
exchange  at  Sheffield  Hallam  University  in  summer  1991. 
"It  was  my  first  time  in  Europe,  and  it  made  quite  an  im- 
pression on  me,"  says  Groenheim,  who  spent  a  month 
after  the  exchange  backpacking  around  the  continent. 

His  choice  of  a  career  in  the  communications  field 
grew  from  a  day  spent  with  an  alumnus  who  worked  in 
magazine  publishing.  A  Husky  Ambassador,  Groenheim 
was  majoring  in  business  administration  without  a  par- 
ticular career  goal  in  mind.  But  after  spending  one  day 
with  Jim  Walter,  an  alumnus  who  worked  at  People  mag- 
azine in  New  York,  he  learned  about  different  areas  within 
the  publishing  business.  That  connection  led  to  media 
work  with  People,  Sports  Illustrated,  Vanity  Fair,  Time. . . 
and  now  CNBC  Europe,  available  in  more  than  100 
million  homes,  1,400  banks  and  financial  institutions, 
and  luxury  hotel  rooms  throughout  Europe,  the  Middle 
East  and  Africa. 

Groenheim  markets  CNBC  Europe  both  to  all  those 
viewers  and  to  advertisers.  He  oversees  everything 
from  advertising  to  broadcast  partnerships  to  communica- 
tion materials. 

"Our  current  audience  consists  of  business  leaders, 
investors  and  those  in  the  financial  services  industry,"  he 
says.  "My  biggest  challenge  is  creating  marketing  messag- 
ing that  reaches  this  time-poor  audience,  establishes 
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'After  seven  years  in  New  York,  I  decided  I  was  either  going 
to  have  to  pursue  this  dream  of  living  in  Europe  or  make  the 
decision  to  forgo  it.  I  decided  to  take  die  risk.' 


-GARY  GROKNHKIM  '91 


CNBC  as  essential,  must-see  TV,  and 
encourages  them  to  spend  more 
time  with  the  channel." 

Marketing  a  product  that  reaches 
across  Europe  gives  Groenheim 
plenty  of  potential  viewers  and 
advertisers — and  creates  a  unique 
challenge.  "Europe  is  made  of  many 
countries  with  different  cultures, 
languages  and  media  outlets,"  he 
says.  "Pan-European  marketing  of  a 
singular  message  to  these  varying 
audiences  differs  dramatically  from 
marketing  to  one  mass  market  in  the 
U.S."  A  successful  campaign,  he 
says,  draws  on  the  strengths  of 
the  channel  as  the  leading  pan- 
European,  English-language  busi- 
ness and  financial  TV  channel. 

In  just  one  year,  Groenheim  has 
pumped  up  CNBC  Europe's  market- 
ing in  numerous  ways.  He's  intro- 
duced a  new  viewer-focused  adver- 
tising campaign  across  Europe. 
He's  guided  the  relaunch  of  the 
CNBC.com  Web  site  for  Europe, 
incorporating  live  streaming  of 
the  TV  channel  plus  a  searchable 
archive  of  on-air  interviews.  And  he 
worked  on  worldwide  programming 
from  the  World  Economic  Forum's 
annual  meeting  last  January  in 
Davos,  Switzerland. 

Originally  from  Baltimore, 
Groenheim  transferred  to  BU  after 


starting  his  studies  at  what  is  now 
Towson  University,  where  his  father 
was  a  psychology  professor.  "After 
going  to  the  same  school  where  my 
dad  was  teaching  and  living  so  close 
to  home,  I  wasn't  getting  the  full 
experience  of  going  away  to  univer- 
sity," Groenheim  recalls. 

He  looked  for  a  school  in  Penn- 
sylvania (his  dad's  a  Perm  State 
alumnus)  with  a  strong  business 
program  and  a  good  swim  team  (he 
swam  backstroke  and  freestyle) — 
and  found  Bloomsburg.  "It  seemed 
to  have  the  best  combination  of 
things,  with  a  great  atmosphere  and 
such  a  beautiful  campus,"  he  says. 
"It  just  felt  right." 

After  graduation  from  BU, 
Groenheim's  earlier  experience  at 
People  led  to  a  job  as  production 
and  office  manager  with  People  and 
Sports  Illustrated  in  New  York.  He 
continued  to  move  up  the  ladder  in 
New  York's  publishing  and  advertis- 
ing world,  but  the  lure  of  Europe 
was  still  there.  "Through  all  these 
experiences,  I'd  always  had  a  long- 
ing to  return  to  Europe,"  he  says. 
"After  seven  years  in  New  York,  I 
decided  I  was  either  going  to  have 
to  pursue  this  dream  of  living  in 


Europe  or  make  the  decision  to 
forgo  it.  I  decided  to  take  the  risk." 

Groenheim  moved  to  Amsterdam 
where  he  had  previously  visited  the 
offices  of  Time  Inc.,  parent  of  People 
and  Sports  Illustrated,  and  accepted 
a  position  as  an  account  manager  for 
ad  agency  Wieden  &  Kennedy.  He 
worked  on  international  accounts 
including  Nike,  Coca-Cola  and  Alta 
Vista.  In  2000,  he  became  a  senior 
marketing  manager  for  Time  Inc. 
and  moved  to  London. 

"It  had  been  a  bit  of  a  culture 
shock  to  live  in  Amsterdam,"  he 
says.  "From  the  time  I  started  work- 
ing in  London,  I  felt  much  more  at 
home.  . .  .1  decided  that  London  was 
where  I  wanted  to  stay." 

Groenheim  says  he  developed  his 
"great  passion"  for  Europe  during 
his  college  semester  abroad.  "I  really 
value  learning  about  different 
cultures — the  food,  the  arts  and 
history,"  he  explains.  He's  been  able 
to  increase  his  knowledge  through 
his  personal  travels  and,  during  the 
past  year,  his  business  trips  through- 
out Europe  and  Asia. 

Recently,  for  example,  his  job 
took  him  to  Barcelona,  Spain,  where 
CNBC  Europe  was  the  official 
broadcaster  for  the  3  GSM  mobile 
telecommunications  trade  show.  The 
next  week,  he  flew  to  New  York  to 
produce  an  event  for  a  European 
advertiser  interested  in  reaching  the 
U.S.  market.  And  the  next  month 
found  him  helping  to  host  the  Euro- 
pean Business  Leaders  Awards  back 
in  London.  It's  a  hectic  schedule, 
but  one  that  appeals  to  Groenheim. 
"I  really  enjoy  working  for  dynamic 
businesses  in  a  multinational 
environment,"  he  says,  b 

Tracey  M.  Dooms  is  a  freelance  writer 
and  editor  living  in  State  College,  Pa. 


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to  lead. 


to  learn 


BU  senior  Lauren  Lewis  talks  with  a 
group  of  students  who  attended  a  program 
sponsored  by  Bloomsburg  University's 
Women's  Resource  Center  last  year. 

— 


to  grow 


In  just  three  years  since  its  opening  in  October  2003, 
Bloomsburg  University's  Women's  Resource  Center  has 
become  a  significant  resource  for  students,  faculty,  staff 
and  prospective  students. 

The  Women's  Resource  Center  sponsors  biweekly 
seminars  and  a  variety  of  workshops  and  serves  as  a 
clearinghouse  for  information  for  men  and  women 
alike  on  issues  ranging  from  anorexia  to  domestic 
violence  and  difficult  relationships. 

Recognizing  the  value  of  this  vital  campus  resource, 
William  and  Wylla  Mae  "Bunny"  Bitner,  both  class  of 
1956,  made  a  contribution  to  the  Bloomsburg  University 
Foundation  to  enhance  the  center  and  its  work. 


To  learn  how  you  can  contribute  to  the  university 
programs  that  are  important  to  you,  contact  the 
Bloomsburg  University  Foundation  online  at 
www.bloomu.edii/giving,  or  by  phone  at  570-389-4524. 
You  too  can  make  a  difference  in  the  lives  of  young  men 
and  women. 


Bloomsburg 

UNIVERSITY 
FOUNDATION,  Inc. 


Husky  Notes 


Quest  extended  trips  bound  for 
destinations  in  U.S.  and  abroad 


Bloomsburg 
University's  Quest 
program  offers 
extended  trips  for  BU 
students,  alumni  and 
friends.  No  experience  is 
necessary  for  many  of 
these  trips,  and  most 
equipment  is  provided. 
Varied  amounts  of  physical 
stamina  are  required. 

Biking  in  Holland,  June  2 

to  13:  This  12 -day  tour 
along  the  back  roads  of 
Holland  and  Belgium  is 
designed  for  the  weekend 
biker.  The  trip  will  begin 
and  end  in  Amsterdam, 
with  two-  or  three-day 
stops  in  three  towns. 
Participants  may  travel 
between  centers  by  train  or 
bike.  The  leader  is  Brett 
Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu. 


Walking  Across  England, 

June  22  to  July  4:  The  walk 
across  northern  England, 
from  St.  Bee's  on  the  Irish  Sea 
to  Robin  Hood's  Bay  on  the 
shores  of  the  North  Sea, 
begins  in  the  Lake  District 
region  and  finishes  across  the 
North  Yorkshire  moors.  The 
leader  is  Roy  Smith,  rsmith® 
bloomu.edu. 

Mountain  Biking  in  the 
Rockies:  Colorado  Wild- 
flowers,  Aug.  16  to  23: 
Crested  Butte,  recently 
named  the  wildflower  capital 
of  the  U.S.,  will  be  the  base 
for  this  trip  in  the  Colorado 
Rockies.  The  group  will  bike 
from  Crested  Butte  to  Lake 
City,  Colo.,  often  above  an 
altitude  of  7,000  feet,  as  they 
cross  terrain  ranging  from 
old  logging  roads  to  single 
tracks.  The  leader  is  Brett 


Hikers  follow  a  path  in  Ecuador  believed  to  have  been  used 
by  the  Incas. 


Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu. 

Bike  Tour  through  the 
Finger  Lakes  Wine  Country, 

Oct.  6  to  8:  The  Finger 
Lakes  wineries,  combined 
with  the  unique  glacial 
landscape  and  small-town 
charm,  provide  the  perfect 
backdrop  for  cyclists.  The 
group  will  bike  through 
vineyard-covered  hillsides, 
along  country  roads  and 
pastoral  scenes.  The  tour 
will  stop  at  some  of  the 
more  notable  winenes. 
The  leader  is  Roy  Smith, 
rsmith@bloomu.edu. 


Riders  pass  through  a 
wildflower  meadow  in 
Colorado's  Rocky  Mountains. 


Lost  Trail  of  the  Incas, 
Ecuador,  Jan.  1  to  12, 

2008:  This  trek  begins  at 
the  Indian  village  Oyaca- 
chi,  high  in  the  Andes,  and 
descends  into  the  Amazon 
Basin,  following  a  long- 
abandoned  trail.  The  route, 
which  descends  more  than 
5,000  feet,  is  believed  to 
have  been  used  by  the 
Incas  and  pre-Incas  as  a 
trade  route  and  by  17th- 
century  Jesuit  priests  to 
service  their  missions. 
The  leader  is  Roy  Smith, 
rsmith@bloomu .  edu . 

For  additional  infounation, 
including  costs  and  physical 
requirements,  call  (570)  389- 
2100,  check  online  at 
www.buquest.org  or  contact 
trip  leaders  at  e-mail 
addresses  provided. 


^/l  f\  Byron  Krapf  serves  as  pastor  of  Grace  United 


Methodist  Church,  Lemoyne. 


}  /I  ^  Tom  Foley  was  appointed  to  his  third  term  as 

\JjLl  vice  chairman  of  the  Dawson  County  (Ga.)  Board 
of  Elections  and  Registrations.  He  was  also  elected  to  the 
Democratic  State  Committee. 

J/C/4   William  W.  Haas,  a  retired  Lewisburg  Area  School 
Ul  District  teacher,  is  serving  as  a  county  commissioner 
for  Union  County  and  is  a  member  of  the  County  Commis- 
sioners Association  of  Pennsylvania. 

5  £~  ^\  Sarah  Kowalski  retired  after  more  than  two 
\J  Jr  decades  in  educational  administration,  mainly  with 

the  Warrior  Run  School  District. 

Ken  Saunders,  Newtown  Township,  retired  in  1999  after 

a  long  career  teaching  biology  and  coaching  track  and  cross 

country  teams.  He  now  spends  his  time  traveling. 

^1*7 C\  Nicholas  Holodick,  Mountain  Top,  was  appointed 
/  \J  vice  president  for  academic  affairs  at  King's  College. 

Holodick,  who  will  retain  the  rank  of  professor  of  education,  is 

the  college's  John  H.A.  Whitman  Distinguished  Professor. 
Mary  Coddington  Umlauf  retired  from  the  North 

Schuylkill  School  District  in  2006. 

9  ^7"0    ^r"  Edward  Krzykwa,  a  chiropractor  for  29  years, 
/  j-*  completed  a  course  of  study  in  optimum  nutritional 
support  for  patients  with  conditions  such  as  colitis,  irritable 
bowel  syndrome  and  arthritis. 

5  ^T *2   Kenneth  Houck  graduated  from  the  Pennsylvania 

/  O  Academy  of  Fine  Arts  in  2005.  He'll  have  his  first 
one-man  gallery  show  in  Exton  in  June. 

Martin  Kleiner,  Lebanon,  has  been  named  to  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Arabian  Horse  Association,  which  has  46,000 
members.  He  breeds,  trains  and  shows  Arabian  horses. 

Pete  Nell  is  employed  by  NEPA  Community  Federal  Credit 
Union,  Stroudsburg.  He  was  Elk  of  the  Year  for  the  Bangor 
Lodge  1106m  2005-06. 

Douglas  Yocom,  president  and  CEO  of  Precision  Medical 
Products  Inc.,  Ephrata,  was  recognized  as  an  outstanding 
business  leader  by  the  Junior  Achievement  Hall  of  Fame. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Bloomsburg  University  Foundation 
Board  of  Directors. 

}^7 /I    Richard  Myron  Linn,  Bloomsburg,  is  a  member  of 

/  A  the  National  Honor  Roll's  Outstanding  American 
Teachers  for  2005-06.  He  teaches  fifth  grade  at  WW.  Evans 
Elementary  in  the  Bloomsburg  School  District. 

5  ^7C   ^au^  Shearn  and  his  wife  Arlene  received  a  Top  10 

/  %J  award  for  2006  from  the  Solano  Association 
of  Realtors,  Vallejo,  Calif.  They  were  one  of  only  two  teams 
recognized  this  year. 


5  ^7^7  ^e8Sy  Bellows  (right)  has  joined  the 

/    /     Richmond  (Va.)  Times-Dispatch  as 
managing  editor.  She  previously  worked  as  editor 
of  The  Forum  in  Fargo,  N.D.  She  began  her  jour- 
nalism career  in  1979. 

Stephen  T.  Young  was  promoted  to  a  vice 
president  with  Sovereign  Bank.  He  is  community  banking 
manager  of  the  Lewisburg  office. 

5  ^7Q  George  Antochy,  a  colonel  in  the  Army  Reserve,  is 

/    7  serving  in  Kuwait. 

Ed  Madalis  is  a  clinical  psych  specialist  with  Geisinger 
Medical  Center,  Danville.  He  is  also  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  Walter  &  Nancy  Madalis  Memorial  Trust  Fund,  a  non- 
profit dedicated  to  improving  the  education  and  health  of 
children  in  the  Mount  Carmel  area. 

Rebecca  Tait  Reilly,  Bucks  County,  displayed  her  art  work 
in  oil  and  pastel  at  the  Howard  Gallery  of  Fine  Art,  New  Hope. 
She  has  been  exhibiting  through  the  Doylestown  Art  League 
after  working  for  many  years  as  an  electronics  engineer  for  the 
U.S.  Navy  and  in  the  private  sector. 

5  Q  f\  Stephen  J.  Bushinski,  Brandonville,  was  admitted 

O  \J  to  practice  before  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court.  A  grad- 
uate of  Widener  University  School  of  Law,  he  is  the  assistant 
chief  counsel,  Department  of  Military  and  Veterans  Affairs, 
Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania. 


Mundy  talks  to  BU  students 

State  Rep.  Phyllis  Mundy  '70,  who  represents  the  120th  district 
in  Luzerne  County,  toured  BU's  campus,  spoke  with  political 
science  students  and  met  with  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff  earlier 
this  semester.  While  on  campus,  Mundy  was  given  a  Bradley 
Shoemaker  print  of  Carver  Hall  to  display  in  her  Harrisburg  office. 
Shown  in  the  accompanying  photo,  left  to  right,  are  Lynda  Fedor- 
Michaels  ^/^M,  BUs  director  of  alumni  affairs;  Mundy;  and  Jim 
Hollister  '78,  BU's  assistant  vice  president  for  university  relations. 


SPRING 


Husky  Notes 


Michael  A.  Incitti,  Mountain  Top,  owner  of  an  investment 
company,  passed  the  securities  law  exam. 

Faith  Ganss  Smeck  received  a  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Office  of  the  Budget,  work  unit/group  award  recogniz- 
ing outstanding  employee  achievement.  Chief  of  the  state's 
public  welfare  client  benefit  system  division,  she  works  in  the 
Public  Health  and  Human  Services  Comptroller  office. 

}  Q  "1     Daniel  Wiest  is  director  of  strategic  planning  and 
CJ  .A.  analysis  for  Tyco  Electronics,  Harrisburg. 

5  Q  ^   Rick  DiLiberto  was  appointed  to  a  three-year  term 
O^^  as  chairman  of  the  Delaware  Commission  on  Italian 

Heritage  and  Culture  by  state  Gov.  Ruth  Ann  Minner.  He  is 

an  attorney  with  Young  Conaway  Stargatt  &  Taylor,  LLP, 

Wilmington,  Del. 

Vicky  Kistler  is  acting  director  for  the  Allentown  Health 

Bureau  after  working  13  years  as  the  bureau's  communicable 

disease  manager. 


'83 


Kevin  L.  Hulsizer,  director  of  internal  audit  for 
KidsPeace,  was  one  of  35  citizens  honored  for 
completing  the  Lehigh  Valley  community  leadership  develop- 
ment program. 


7  Q  JJ*  John  Chapin,  associate  professor  of  communica- 
te %J  tions  at  Penn  State  Beaver,  received  the 
National  Organization  for  Victim  Assistance  2006  Stephen 
Schafer  Award. 

Michael  Harrington  (right)  of  Clarence,  N.Y., 
was  promoted  to  chief  financial  officer  of  both 
First  Niagara  Bank  and  First  Niagara  Financial 
Group.  He  had  been  the  firm's  senior  vice 
president  and  treasurer. 

Karin  Suttmann  (right)  is  director  of  media 
services  for  Oxford  Communications, 
Lambertville,  N.J.  She  also  performs  as  a  flutist 
with  the  Olney  Symphony  Orchestra  and  as  a 
vocalist  and  guitarist  with  the  ensemble  Touch 
the  Sky. 

7Q^^  Christopher  Frederick,  Holmdel,  N.J.,  was 

OU  promoted  to  senior  vice  president  of  worldwide 
marketing,  reimbursement  and  national  accounts  for  Small 
Bones  Innovations  Inc. 


Find  more  Husky  Notes  online  at 
www.bloomualumni.com. 

Send  information  to  alum@bloomu.edu 
or  to  Alumni  Affairs,  Fenstemaker 
Alumni  House,  Bloomsburg  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St., 
Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815 


Kate  Jesberg  Bauman 


'97  grad  directs  BU's 
Upward  Bound 


Kate  Jesberg  Bauman  '97  is  the 
new  director  of  BU's  Upward 
Bound  program.  Previously 
Upward  Bound's  assistant  director, 
Bauman  joined  the  program  in  2005 
as  academic  coordinator.  She  fills  a 
vacancy  created  by  the  retirement  of 
longtime  director  Maureen  Mulligan. 

Bauman  worked  in  residence  life  at  Penn  State  Hazleton, 
admissions  at  Delaware  Valley  College  and  as  director  of 
career  services  at  DeSales  University  before  joining  BU's 
Upward  Bound  staff. 

Upward  Bound  is  open  to  high  school  students  from  low- 
income  backgrounds.  The  program  stresses  academics  and 
diversity  to  prepare  students  to  become  the  first  members  of 
their  families  to  attend  college.  At  BU,  the  Upward  Bound 
started  in  1978  and  currently  serves  students  from  10  area 
school  districts. 


John  J.  Miravich  received  the  distinguished  service  award 
from  the  general  alumni  association  of  Penn  State's  Dickinson 
School  of  Law.  He  is  a  shareholder  with  Stevens  &  Lee,  Read- 
ing, where  he  practices  municipal  and  government  affairs  law. 
He  also  advises  local  governments  and  school  districts. 

7  Q  ^7  Lewis  Correale  HI  is  the  principal  of  West 
CJ  /     Hanover  Elementary  School  in  the  Central 
Dauphin  School  District,  near  Harrisburg. 

Christopher  P.  Ward  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  of  the 
Whitemarsh  Township  Police  Department  in  Montgomery 
County,  Pa.  An  18-year  veteran,  he  works  with  the  district 
attorney's  Internet  Crimes  Against  Children  Task  Force, 
specializing  in  locating  and  prosecuting  online  predators. 
Barbara  Emerick  Wevodau,  Juniata  Township,  has  a 
general  law  practice  in  New  Bloomfield. 

5  Q  Q  Julie  Franchi,  Chambersburg,  is  a  learning 

C3  C3  support  teacher  in  the  Greencastle -Antrim 
School  District. 

Dianne  Haduck  owns  a  dance  studio  in  Taylor. 

Ken  Kirsch  completed  his  first  novel,  "Demon  Alcohol  and 
the  Monstermen." 

David  Lesko  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel  in  the 
Air  Force  Reserve.  The  ceremony  took  place  at  the  Pentagon, 
where  he  is  serving  on  active  duty. 

Gwen  Sheets  Raifsnider  is  a  real  estate  broker  with 
Coldwell  Banker  United,  Charlotte,  N.C 

Steven  M.  Williams,  Mechanicsburg,  joined  the  legal  firm 
of  Cohen,  Seglias,  Pallas,  Greenhall  &  Funnan  as  a  resident 
partner  in  Cohen's  Harrisburg  office. 


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9  Q  f\  David  DeGerolamo,  Phillipsburg,  N.J.,  was 

O  y^  elected  chair  of  the  Delaware  River  Joint  Toll  Bridge 
Commission.  He  is  director  of  corporate  development  for 
Aqua  New  Jersey. 

Karen  Duzick  Kepner,  Shamokin,  was  guest  speaker  at 
the  Women's  Expo  2007,  sponsored  by  the  Brush  Valley 
Foundation  for  Growth  and  Wellness.  A  certified  registered 
nurse  practitioner  for  more  than  three  decades,  she  owns 
AltemaMed  LCC. 

Michael  Moskovitz  is  vice  president  of  health  care  banking 
for  SNB  bank. 

Kelly  Cuthbert  Robinson  is  author  of  the  suspense  novel 
"Dead  On,"  published  by  iUniverse,  Inc.  She  writes  under  the 
pen  name  Ann  Kelly. 

David  Waldman,  Bristow,  Va.,  was  promoted  to  lieutenant 
colonel  in  the  Army.  He  is  an  intelligence  officer  assigned  to  the 
Situation  Room  in  the  White  House,  Washington  D.C. 

}£^/~\  Brenda  Snyder  Fiorenza  was  promoted  to 

Zr  yj  community  office  manager  for  the  Sunbury  branch 
of  Omega  Bank. 


Births 

Patricia  Metzger  Scott  '87  and 

husband,  John  Scott  '86,  a 

daughter,  Delaney,  June  8, 2006 
John  Makara  '90  and  wife, 
Katherine,  a  daughter,  Ruth, 
Dec.  1,2006 

Gina  Vicario  Waring  '90 
and  husband,  Bob  Waring  '91, 
a  daughter,  Alexa  Cameron, 
Jan.  17,2007 

Theresa  Weber  Beadling  '93 
and  husband,  Chris  Beadling 
'94,  a  daughter,  Melissa 
Shannon,  Sept.  20, 2006 
Elizabeth  Godlewsky 
Hendricks  '93  and  husband, 
George,  a  son,  Carter,  May  2006 
Colleen  Evans  Neumayer  '93 
and  husband,  Mark  Neumayer 
'92,  a  daughter,  Blair  Victoria, 
Sept.  7, 2006 

Melissa  Kane  Pagotto  '94  and 
husband,  Chris  Pagotto  '93,  a 
son,  Brogan  James,  Dec.  7, 2006 
Melissa  Repas  '94  and 
husband,  Michel  Piche,  a 
daughter,  Audrey,  May  25, 2006 
Stephen  Carr  '97  and  wife. 
Shannon,  a  daughter,  Morgan 
Noelle,  Dec.  11,2006 


Heather  Sabol  Russell  '97, 

and  husband,  Trigg,  a  son,  Clayton 
Jill  Young  Jacobsen  '99  and 
husband,  David,  a  son,  Peter  David, 
Oct.  29, 2006 

Mike  Montgomery  '99  and  wife, 
Katie,  a  daughter,  Rose  Michael, 
Jan.  22, 2007 

Nicole  Zomerfeld  George  '01  and 
husband,  Dave  George  '02,  a  son, 
Owen,  June  14, 2006 
Rebecca  Gerber  McGeehan  01 
and  husband,  Ryan,  a  son,  Pearse 
Michael,  April  5, 2005,  and  a  son, 
Garett  Ryan,  July  21, 2006 
Kristina  Kamus  Yann  '02  and 
husband,  Stanislav  Yann  '99, 
a  daughter,  Lilianna  Noelle, 
Dec.  25, 2006 

Bethany  Samson  Fluck  '03  and 
husband,  Jason  Fluck  '03,  a  son, 
Samson  Jay,  Aug.  22, 2006 
Lisa  Schneider  Williams  '03  and 
husband,  Derek  Williams  '02,  a 
son,  Matthew,  Dec.  4, 2006 
Jennifer  Kleinfelter  Deiter  '05 
and  husband,  Michael,  a  son,  Blake, 
Aug.  21, 2006 


Tiffane  Maltba,  Leesburg,  Va.,  is  a  senior  recruiter  with 
CreativeSourcing,  serving  clients  along  the  East  Coast. 

L.  Evelyn  Thompson  is  project  manager  for  the  Pennsylva- 
nia Medicaid  Fraud  and  Abuse  Detection  System  in  Camp  Hill. 

Randy  A.  Wolff,  Ridley  Park,  earned  a  master's  of  science 
degree  in  organizational  development  and  leadership  from 
Philadelphia  College  of  Osteopathic  Medicine. 

5  C\  ^   Timothy  A.  Brooks  was  appointed  the  emergency 
S  ^  management  coordinator  for  Hanover  Township, 

Northampton  County,  by  Pennsylvania  Gov.  Edward  Rendell. 

He  continues  to  work  as  a  police  officer  in  Bethlehem. 
Kellyanne  Hagenbuch,  Easton,  is  a  donor  resource 

representative  for  the  Miller-Keystone  Blood  Center. 

Christopher  W.  Lynch,  Athens  Township,  has  rejoined 

Kilmer  Insurance  Agency  Inc.  as  financial  services  manager. 

}£\  O    Eileen  Dautrich,  is  executive  vice  president 

S  \J  of  the  TriCounty  Area  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Pottstown. 

Jf\  A    Christopher  J.J.  Horvath  was  honored  as  the 
S   -L  South  Carolina  Adult  Education  Teacher  of 

the  Year  for  2005-06.  He  works  at  the  Colleton  County 

School  District  and  assists  with  the  English  as  a  Second 

Language  program. 
Jennifer  Oiler  Shoup  '94/'98M,  Catawissa,  is  a  program 

supervisor/special  projects  administrator  for  the  Central 

Susquehanna  Intermediate  Unit,  Division  of  Special  Education, 

where  she  has  worked  for  12  years. 


Alumni  share  work  experiences 

BU  alumni  led  roundtable  discussions  about  their  graduate  school 
and  work  experiences  during  the  recent  Multicultural  Employer 
Exchange.  About  75  BU  juniors  and  seniors  participated  in  the 
event  sponsored  by  BU's  Career  Development  Center  and  Multicul- 
tural Center.  Alumni  presenters  included,  left  to  right,  Ivonne 
Gutierrez  Bucher  '91,  George  Mann  '98,  Lance  Collier  '06,  Maria 
Breen  Billmeyer  '01,  Lynda  Fedor-Michaels  '87/88M,  BU's  director 
of  Alumni  Affairs,  and  Jeff  Beilman  '98. 


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'95  * 


Jennifer  DiMarco  earned  a  master's  of  business 
administration  degree  from  St.  Joseph's  Univer- 
sity. She  works  as  a  compliance  consultant  to  the 
pharmaceutical  industry. 


5  /~\  /I    Fred  Gaffhey  is  executive  director  of  the  Chamber 
y\J  of  Commerce  in  Seneca  County,  N.Y. 

5tf~\^7  Colleen  Lupashunski,  Danville,  is  a  secondary 

S  /     school  learning  support  teacher  in  the  Bloomsburg 
Area  School  District. 

Meredith  Marko,  formerly  of  Hazleton,  earned  a  doctoral 
degree  in  communication  from  the  University  of  Nebraska- 
Lincoln.  She  is  assistant  professor  at  the  State  University  of 
New  York  at  Geneseo  and  specializes  in  interpersonal  and 
family  communication. 

Krissy  Marks,  child  coordinator  with  the  Williamsport 
YMCA,  is  part  of  a  team  overseeing  the  city's  recreation 
programs.  She  helps  plan  and  manage  the  summer 
camps  program. 

Christina  Nordmark  was  inducted  into  the  Luzerne 
County  Sports  Hall  of  Fame.  She  is  a  math  teacher  for 
Wilkes-Barre  Area  School  District's  GAR  High  School. 

Brian  Regnier,  Reading,  was  promoted  to  senior  manager  at 
Beard  Miller  Co.  LLP,  a  financial  services  firm. 


Tri  Sigma  sisters  celebrate  in 
Washington,  D.C. 

A  group  of  Tri  Sigma  sisters,  all  members  of  the  Class  of  1980, 
gathered  in  Washington,  D.C,  for  an  unofficial  reunion  weekend 
last  fall.  Traveling  from  Colorado,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania, 
Virginia  and  North  Carolina,  the  group  shopped,  toured  the  White 
House  and  shared  memories  and  photographs.  They  plan  to  get 
together  next  year  to  celebrate  their  50th  birthdays.  Alumnae  shown 
in  the  accompanying  photo,  from  left  to  right,  are:  front  row — Sue 
Kingeter  Puderbach,  Mindy  McMaster,  Jill  Laylon  Confair  and  Terry 
Mizdol  Giordano,  and  back  row — Marianne  Deska  Braithwaite, 
Nancy  Whitman  Peterson  and  Annie  Silvonek  Dempsey. 


Alumnus  honored 
for  dedication  to 
Bucks  Beautiful 

Christopher  Beadling  '94,  Doylestown,  vice 
president  of  the  Bloomsburg  University  Alum- 
ni Board  of  Directors,  received  the  2006 
Central  Bucks  Chamber  of  Commerce  Laurel  Award, 
recognizing  his  dedication,  commitment  and  volunteer- 
ism  to  Bucks  Beautiful. 

Bucks  Beautiful,  a  non-profit  program  of  the  Central 
Bucks  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  designed  to  promote 
and  extend  the  development  of  gardens  in  communities 
and  at  business  premises  and  private  homes.  Beadling's 
involvement  with  Bucks  Beautiful  began  in  1995  when 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Bucks  Beautiful  Garden 
Fair  Committee;  he  chaired  the  committee  from  2003 
to  2006. 

In  the  accompanying  photo,  Beadling  accepts  the 
2006  Bucks  Beautiful  Laurel  Award  from  2005  recipi- 
ent Denise  Sezack. 


Find  more  Husky  Notes  online  at 
www.bloomualumni.com. 

Send  information  to  alum@bloomu.edu 
or  to  Alumni  Affairs,  Fenstemaker 
Alumni  House,  Bloomsburg  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St., 
Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815 


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Marriages 

Rose  Kosak  '86  and  William 

Stephanie  Minnaugh  '99  and 

Nicole  Buck  '03  and  Charles 

Jesse  Chubb  '05  and  Angela 

Moore,  Oct.  31, 2006 

Stephen  Libhart,  July  8, 2006 

Renz,  June  23, 2006 

Kinsley,  Sept.  16,2006 

Jill  Silvi  '91  and  Troy  Roth,  Oct. 

Michael  Panisak  '99  and 

Jaclyn  DeLeonardis  '03  and 

Elsie  Dressier  '05  and  Adam 

20,  2006 

Shannon  Dolon 

Ralph  Rossi 

Wert,  April  8, 2006 

Carey  Lazevnick  '92  and  Sean 

Neil  Stoddart  '99  and  Kristin 

April  Egli  '03  and  Aaron 

Jonathan  Evans  '05  and  Alissa 

Thomas,  June  16, 2006 

Dent,  June  21, 2006 

Trometter,  July  22, 2006 

Persing,  Aug.  12,2006 

Christina  Baird  '95  and  William 

Kelly  Stultz '99  and  Joseph 

Brandilyn  Fowler  '03  and 

Christine  Gasper  '05  and  Aaron 

Kiessling  II.  May  13, 2006 

Angelo 

Matthew  Krepich 

Russell 

Riquel  Flowers  '95  and  Robert 

Christine  Orefice  '00  and  John 

Lois  Kirchner  '03  and  Robert 

Henry  Sladek  '05  and  Candida 

Hutchinson,  July  15, 2006 

Hopkins,  July  22, 2006 

O'Boyle  Jr.,  April  29, 2006 

Weller,  Oct.  7, 2006 

Robert  Skuba  '95  and  Caroline 

Jamie  Tyson  '00  and  Steven 

Kristi  Malanoski  '03  and 

Jaclyn  Sybesma  '05  and  John 

Brownson,  April  22, 2006 

Miller,  July  22, 2006 

Zachary  Miers  '03,  July  1 5, 2006 

Heilman,  Oct.  7, 2006 

Dan  Miller '96  and  Leslie 

Denise  Zlobik  '00  and  Richard 

Kim  Matlack  '03M  and  Brian 

Erin  Winter  '05  and  Dustin 

McAnallen,  Sept.  3, 2006 

Lienhard,  May  6, 2006 

Benton 

Brouse,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Aimee  Alapack  '97  and  Paul 

Traci  Brown  '01  and  George 

Gina  Bakowicz  '04  and  Mark 

Nicole  Zimmerman  '05  and 

Wolfe,  Nov.  4, 2006 

Clugston  Jr.,  Aug.  5, 2006 

Home,  May  13, 2006 

Jason  Hoover,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Russell  Starke  '97  and  Lisa  Hare, 

Lisa  Sobolesky  '01  and  George 

Allison  Drake  '04  and  Ryan 

Nicole  Albright  '06  and  Joseph 

Aug.  26, 2006 

Hendricks  Jr.,  Oct.  21, 2006 

Beaudry,  Aug.  5, 2006 

Patkalitsky,  Sept.  16,2006 

Denise  Swartz  '97  and  Brian  Hill, 

Kim  Cherry  '02  and  Daniel 

Lindsay  Eck  '04  and  Nathan 

Tennille  Allman  '06  and  Dustin 

June  24, 2006 

Madara  '99,  April  22, 2006 

Mitchell,  Aug.  12,2006 

Mongold,  Oct.  21,2006 

Keri  Abbott  '98  and  Curtis  Pickett, 

Jamie  Hunsinger  '02  and 

Ashley  Henry  '04  and  Timothy 

Erica  Long  '06  and  Daniel 

July  29, 2006 

Matthew  Reiner,  July  1,2006 

Whiteman,  Aug.  19,2006 

Umbel '06,  July  22, 2006 

Sue  Bednar  '98  and  Jim  Del 

Amy  Juck  '02  and  Chad  Moser, 

Teresa  Mercuri  '04  and  Ian  Keck, 

Tricia  Novinger  '06  and  James 

Conte,  Nov.  4, 2006 

June  10, 2006 

July  1,2006 

Morrison,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Katie  Getz '98  and  Kyle  Kilian, 

Denise  Mullen  '02  and  James 

Mary  Schleppy  '04  and  Timothy 

Danielle  Wittig  '06  and  Edward 

Dec.  22, 2006 

Wess,Oct.31,2006 

Stahl,  June  25, 2006 

Mariano  '04M 

Kendra  McCabe  '98  and 

Megan  Paciotti  02  and  Roberto 

April  Wiest  '04  and  Ronnie 

Stephanie  Wood  '06  and 

Christopher  Rooney,  Aug.  26, 2006 

Benevides  '02,  December  2006 

Adley,  May  13, 2006 

Benjamin  Apfelbaum,  Oct.  8, 2006 

Dominica  DiRocco  '99  and 

Andrea  Weaver  '02M  and 

Adria  Andrews  '05  and  Howard 

Steven  Guzzi,  Sept.  29, 2006 

James  Merante,  July  1 ,  2006 

Jones,  Oct.  7, 2006 

?("JQ  D.J.  Cahoone  was 

Zr  C3  unit  for  the  Delaws 

promoted  to  the  house  arrest 

John  Wetzel  was  elected  president  of  the  Pennsylvania 

ire  County  Probation  and  Parole 

County  Corrections  Association. 

Department  where  he  has  worked  since  1999,  most  recently  as 

a  substance  abuse  officer. 

}QQ  Charles  "Chuck" 

Zr   /  earned  certification 

Kovacs  Sr.  '99M,  Wysox,  has 

Jason  Claudfelter,  Readir 

ig,  was  named  senior  manager  at 

in  the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act  from 

Beard  Miller  Co.  LLP,  a  financial  services  firm. 

the  SOX  Institute  in  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Christy  Reed  Rupp  is  a  unit  coordinator  in  the  emergency 

room  at  UPMC  Presbyterian, 

Pittsburgh. 

J(\  f\  Lisa  Brennan  teaches  high  school  social  studies  for 
\J  \J  Baltimore  County  (Md.)  Public  Schools. 

Taryn  Reed  Troutman,  a  special  education  teacher  in  the 

Upper  Dauphin  Area  School  District,  is  a  member  of  the 

Kathleen  Dreisbach,  Harrisburg,  is  an  operations  consul- 

Cambridge Who's  Who  of  Teachers. 

tant  for  Verizon  Wireless. 

Justin  C.  Wagner  earned  the  chartered  financial  analyst 

Dave  Marcolla  was  named  advisory  board  member  of  the 

designation  from  the  CFA  Institute.  He  works  as  a  senior 

Eastern  Montgomery  County 

Chamber  of  Commerce 

investment  analyst  for  Vanguard's  Asset  Management  Services 

Leadership  Program.  He  is  also  chair  of  the  associate  board  of 

in  Malvern. 

Gilda's  Club,  Delaware  Valley 

,  Pa.,  an  organization  providing 

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1  mf^m 

L       •  ■■  i      i  S' 

Vlaryann  Lindberg,  executive  director  of  the  BU  Foundation 
center,  is  shown  with  members  of  the  Delta  Pi/Sigma  Pi 
\lumni  Association  Chuck  Ranck  '68,  left,  and  David 
Jecoteau  '86. 

Brothers  establish 
scholarship 

r    i    "'he  Delta  Pi/Sigma  Pi  Alumni  Association 

has  established  a  scholarship  to  help  brothers 

_1_   currently  attending  BU  while  ensuring 
the  longe\ity  of  one  of  the  university's  oldest 
social  fraternities. 

The  idea  of  an  alumni  group  was  sparked  at  a 
'grand  reunion"  held  in  Lancaster  in  October  2004 
through  the  efforts  of  Ernie  Lemoncelli  77.  More 
than  200  brothers  attended  the  event  and  made  a 
commitment  to  become  more  involved  with  BU  and 
the  brothers  who  are  now  students.  Today,  the  Delta 
3i/Sigma  Pi  Alumni  Association  boasts  more  than 
600  members. 

The  scholarship  is  currently  in  its  second,  or 
uuilding,  stage  with  a  three-pronged  goal:  establish 
the  scholarship  with  initial  funding,  reach  a 
Dalance  of  $10,000  for  endowment  in  less  than  the 
maximum  five  years  and  become  an  annual  award 
available  to  students  who  are  active  Delta  Pi  brothers. 

For  information  on  establishing  a  scholarship 
or  contributing  to  an  existing  scholarship, 
contact  the  Bloomsburg  University  Foundation  at 
(570)  389-4524. 

support  to  cancer  patients.  He  works  as  Eastern  Montgomery 
regional  manager  for  Commerce  Bank. 

Justine  Miller  works  for  Ricoh  Corp.,  N.J.,  as  a  regional 
product  trainer. 

")f\  ~\    Jenn  DiMaria,  Mechanicsburg,  works  for  the 

\J  A.  Pennsylvania  State  Bank. 

Melissa  Groeling,  Hatfield,  is  author  of  the  novel 
"Beauty  Marks." 

Allen  Snook  Jr.,  Easton,  is  assistant  director  of  athletics  at 
Pfeiffer  University. 

lf\^  Jamie  Aurand  is  the  administrator  of  Susque-View 

\J ^  Home,  Lock  Haven.  He  previously  was  vice  presi- 
dent/operations for  Albright  Care  Services,  Lewisburg. 

Mary  Agnes  Brown  was  production  stage  manager  for  the 
Bloomsburg  Theatre  Ensemble's  2007  performance  of  Richard 
Dresser's  "Rounding  Third." 

Danielle  Wagner  Koser  is  a  ninth-grade  English  teacher 
at  the  Line  Mountain  School  District. 

Kristin  Rhoads  is  a  fifth-grade  teacher  for  Loudoun 
County  Public  Schools  and  a  graduate  student  at  George 
Mason  University. 

Jf\/2  Thomas  J.  Brogan  Jr.  has  been  admitted  to  practice 

\J  %J  law  as  a  member  of  the  Maryland  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion. He  earned  a  law  degree  from  Shepard  Broad  Law  Center  at 
Nova  Southeastern  University,  Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. 

Rebecca  Donahue,  Lebanon  County,  was  honored  as  a  top 
listing  agent  with  Century  21  Krall  Real  Estate. 

Craig  Evans,  Willow  Grove,  passed  the  Uniform  Certified 
Public  Accountant  examination. 

Daniel  Frederick  joined  the  accounting  firm  of  Meisel, 
Tuteur  &  Lewis  in  Roseland,  N.J. 

Zachary  Miers  is  head  wrestling  coach  at  Shore  Regional 
High  School,  West  Long  Branch,  N.J. 

Chris  Smith  is  an  assistant  golf  professional  at  Palm-Aire 
Country  Club,  Pompano  Beach,  Fla.  He  was  previously  assistant 
golf  professional  at  The  Architects  Golf  Club,  Phillipsburg,  N.J. 

Peter  Umlauf  is  an  audio  technician  at  PRG  in  Las  Vegas. 


Wrestlers  return 

BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff,  second  from  left,  greets  former  BU 
wrestlers  and  coaches  at  an  on-campus  reunion  earlier  this  year. 
Shown  in  the  accompanying  photo,  left  to  right,  are  Bill  Paule  '65, 
Kozloff,  Don  Poust  '63  and  Roger  Sanders,  former  wrestling  coach. 


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Stelma 
named  vice 
president  at 
Lackawanna 


Ann  Marie  Stelma 


Ann  Marie  Stelma 
WSIM  of  Pittston 
recently  was  named  vice  president  for  continuing 
education  at  Lackawanna  College,  Scranton. 

One  of  the  institution's  four  vice  presidents,  Stelma 
administers  all  facets  of  Lackawanna's  continuing  education 
department,  including  training  programs  designed  to  meet 
the  needs  of  business  and  industry  and  the  institution's 
allied  health,  GED  and  adult  basic  education  programs. 
She  also  oversees  the  college's  satellite  centers  in  Hazleton, 
Honesdale  and  Towanda  and  a  new  Susquehanna  County 
center  that  will  open  in  the  fall. 

Stelma  previously  served  as  Lackawanna's  academic 
development  specialist  and  director  of  developmental 
education.  Earlier  in  her  career,  she  worked  as  an 
instructional  specialist  for  Luzerne  County  Community 
College  and  as  a  reading  specialist  for  the  Tunkhannock 
Area  School  District. 

She  recently  earned  a  doctoral  degree  in  human 
development  with  specialization  in  higher  education 
administration  from  Marywood  University,  Scranton. 


Deaths 

Eva  Thomas  McGuire  '24 
Alice  Machung  Diksa  '29 
Verna  E.  Warren  '29 
Phyllis  Newman  Albertini  '33 
MaryAhearn  Reilly '33 
Roberta  "Bertie"  Conrad  Nevill  '34 
Edna  Stevens  '35 
Irene  BoninWenrich  '39 
Roy  Gunther  '44-45  (Navy  V-1 2) 
Jack  Kuney  '44-45  (Navy  V-1 2) 
Theodore  Pstrak  Sr.  '44-45 
(Navy  V-1 2) 
Donald  Blackburn  '46 
William  Orner '48 
Mary  Rush  '48 
Robert  E.  Williams  Jr.  '50 
Mary  Ann  Martz  Griffiths '54 


Marlin  Home  '57 
Sandra  Goodhart  Atiyeh  '59 
Marjorie  Morgan  Pomicter  '62 
N.  Donald  Young  '63 
Teresa  Barrett  McDonald  '65 
Jack  Lamont  Keller '66 
Joanne  Kugler  Whetstone  '67 
Margaret  Fretz  Conrad  '68 
Joseph  S.  Scala  Sr.  '69 
Lynn  Shaeffer  Dum  70 
Ronald  Meixsell  Sr.  71 
Edith  Romig  Rabuck  73 
Frank  Bosevich  74 
Rosalind  Sanderson  Shelly  74 
Mildred  Belford  75 
Sandra  Massaro  '80 


Jarrett  Austin  Witt,  Bethlehem,  was  promoted  to  regional 
development  manager  in  charge  of  business  recruitment  and 
retention  for  the  Lehigh  Valley  Economic  Development  Corp. 

^f\/i   Lisa  Brown,  York,  is  a  marketing  coordinator  at 

\J  _£.  John  Hilliard  Insurance  Agency  Inc. 

Christine  DeMelfi,  Berwick,  is  vice  president  of  the 
Columbia-Montour  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Maria  Engles  serves  as  the  Young  Lawyers  Division 
coordinator  for  the  Pennsylvania  Bar  Association. 

Jill  Foltz  received  her  white  coat  as  an  audiology  doctorate 
candidate.  She  is  in  clinical  study  with  a  doctor  in  Dubois. 

Michelle  Lachawiec  teaches  mathematics  at  Exeter 
Township  Middle  School  in  Reading. 

Mary  Lou  Mrozinski  Jensen  is  a  kindergarten  teacher 
at  Avis  Elementary  School  in  the  Jersey  Shore  Area 
School  District. 

Ashley  Henry  Whiteman  is  a  speech-language  pathologist 
for  the  Cheshire  Center  in  Greensboro,  N.C 

Jf\  £  Lindsay  Galbraith  is  a  stage  manager  for  the 

\J  \J  American  Family  Theatre  for  Youth.  She  completed 
a  national  tour  managing  "A  Christmas  Carol."  This  year,  she 
will  be  stage  manager  for  "The  Wizard  of  Oz"  during  an 
extended  tour  of  the  southern  U.S. 

Christopher  Gass  is  a  field  technician  with  the  Arizona 
Transportation  Research  Center. 

Matthew  Gerst,  Danville,  is  a  police  officer  with  the 
Mahoning  Township  police.  He  worked  as  a  part-time  officer 
for  the  Danville  police  after  graduating  from  Lackawanna 
College  Police  Academy  in  2005. 

Bethany  B.  Hueholt  passed  her  second-year  candidacy 
exam  at  the  University  of  Virginia  graduate  school  of  chemistry 
in  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Kristina  Knight  is  the  group  sales  manager  in  charge  of 
group  and  hospitality  sales  for  Mandalay  Baseball  Properties, 
Wilkes-Barre. 

MaryBeth  Reisinger  works  for  Personal  Fitness,  Camp  Hill, 
as  a  trainer. 

Dan  Sevison  is  head  coach  of  the  Bloomsburg  High  School 
wrestling  team. 

J(\jC  Meredith  Bertecher,  Boothwyn,  was  inducted 

VJ \J  into  Beta  Gamma  Sigma,  College  of  Business 
Honor  Society. 

Lynn  Freeze  '06M  works  in  the  gastroenterology 
department  at  Geisinger  Medical  Center,  Danville. 

Tracy  Golder,  Bloomsburg,  a  member  of  the  Theta  Sigma 
Tau  Nursing  Honor  Society,  is  working  as  a  health  occupations 
instructor  at  the  Columbia  Montour  Area  Vo-Tech  School. 

Camille  Richie  is  a  victim's  advocate  for  people  with 
disabilities  and  coordinator  for  the  deaf  consumer  advocate  at 
The  Independent  Living  Resource  Center  of  Northeast  Florida, 
Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Bryan  Scruggs  is  an  IT  support  specialist  for  Harrah's 
Entertainment,  Chester. 

Kelly  Smetana  is  a  group  sales  coordinator  for  Mandalay 
Baseball  Properties,  Wilkes-Barre. 


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By  Robert  Dunkelbcrget;  University  Archivist 


A  Celebration  of  Spring:  May  Day  at  Bloomsburg 


May  Day  was  a  European  holiday  celebrat- 
ed for  centuries  to  honor  the  coming 
of  spring.  Bloomsburg  began  its  own 
May  Day  tradition  on  May  2,  1910, 
with  40  more  May  Day  ceremonies  following  over  the 
next  five  decades. 

Most  May  Day  celebrations  were  held  mid-afternoon 
on  the  terraced  lawn  stretching  east  from  Perm  Street  to 
the  current  site  of  Luzerne  Hall.  Crowds  ranged  in  size 
from  several  hundred  to  more  than  3,000  spectators. 
The  Queen  of  May,  always  elected  by  the  students, 
was  crowned  first.  Then,  female  college  students  and 


elementary  students  from  the  campus'  Ben  Franklin 
Training  School  would  often  perform  traditional 
English  or  American  dances  accompanied  by 
the  college  orchestra  and,  later,  the  Maroon  and 
Gold  Band. 

The  final  event  of  the  ceremony  was  the 
winding  of  May  Poles.  Some  years,  nearly  20  poles 
were  hung  with  brightly  colored  ribbons  that  were 
wrapped  in  intricate  patterns.  It  was  an  elaborate 
ceremony,  often  involving  more  than  300  people, 
most  in  full  costume,  who  practiced  for  several 
weeks  before  the  event. 


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The  ritual  surrounding  May  Day  became  less  formal  through  the  decades.  May  Queen  Ann 
Grosek  and  her  attendants  hold  court  by  the  old  gym,  with  the  band  at  left,  on  May  11,  1938 
(opposite  page).  Students  from  the  Ben  Franklin  Training  School  and  college  students  stand 
ready  to  wind  the  brightly  colored  ribbons  attached  to  May  Poles  on  May  8,  1957  (above). 


The  ceremonies  welcomed  each  spring  from  1910 
to  1921,  then  returned  in  1928  after  a  seven-year 
hiatus.  When  the  May  Day  celebration  resumed,  it  was 
primarily  a  training  school  event  with  a  younger 
female  student  as  the  queen.  From  1937  until  1963, 
with  breaks  during  World  War  II  and,  again,  in  the 
mid-1950s  when  no  ceremonies  were  held,  a  college 
student  was  crowned  the  Queen  of  May  every  year. 

By  the  1960s,  times  were  changing.  The  lawn  that 
had  seen  so  many  wonderful  pageants  was  torn  up  to 
allow  for  the  construction  of  Montour  and  Schuylkill 
residence  halls,  and  the  training  school  would  soon  be 


closed.  The  final  ceremony  was  held  at  the  east  end 
of  campus  at  the  current  sites  of  the  Chestnut  Street 
parking  lot  and  the  Andruss  Library 

Former  students  from  the  Ben  Franklin  Training 
School  still  look  back  fondly  on  the  May  Day 
ceremonies.  A  tradition  is  gone  but  for  more  than 
50  years  thousands  of  college  students,  local  children 
and  delighted  spectators  enjoyed  a  spectacle  to 
spring  they  never  forgot. 


SPRING        2007 


Academic  Calendar 

Summer  Session  2007 

Session  I -May  29  to  July  6 
Session  II  -  June  1 8  to  July  27 
Session  III -July  9  to  August  17 
Session  IV  -  May  29  to  June  1 5 
Session  V  -  June  1 8  to  July  6 
Session  VI -July  9  to  July  27 
Session  VII- June  18to  July  27 
Session  VIII  -  May  29  to  August  17 

Fall  2007 

Classes  Begin 

Monday,  Aug.  27 

Labor  Day-  No  Classes 

Monday,  Sept.  3 

Reading  Day-  No  Classes 

Friday,  Oct.  12 

Thanksgiving  Break  - 
No  Classes 

Wednesday  to  Friday, 
Nov.  21  to  23 

Classes  Resume 

Monday,  Nov.  26 

Classes  End 

Saturday,  Dec.  8 

Final  Exams 

Monday  to  Saturday, 
Dec.  1 0  to  1 5 

Graduate  Commencement 

Friday,  Dec.  14 

Undergraduate 
Commencement 

Saturday,  Dec.  1 5 

New  Student  Activities 

Summer  Freshman  Orientation 

Saturday  to  Monday,  June  16  to  18 

Act  101/EOP  Orientation 

Sunday  and  Monday,  June  17 
and  18 

Fall  Freshman  Preview 

Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  June  19 
and  20;  Monday  through  Thursday, 
June  25  to  28 


Transfer  Orientation 

Thursday,  June  21,  and  Monday, 
Aug.  6 

Adull/Non-Traditional 
Orientation 

Saturday,  Aug.  25 

Welcome  Weekend 

Thursday,  Aug.  23,  to  Sunday, 
Aug.  26 

Alumni  Events 

Contact  the  Alumni  Affairs  Office 
at  (570)  389-4058,  (800)  526-0254 
oralum@bloomu.edu  for 
information.  Details  also  are  listed 
at  the  alumni  online  community, 
www.  bloomualumni.  com. 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Harrisburg 

Wednesday,  June  13 

Stratford  Festival  2007 

Monday  to  Saturday,  July  9  to  14 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Montoursville 

Wednesday,  July  1 1 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 

Wilkes-Barre 

Monday,  July  1 6 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Berks  County 

Thursday,  July  19 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Lehigh  Valley 

Thursday,  Aug.  2 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Lackawanna 

Wednesday,  Aug.  8 

Alumni  Summer  Picnic, 
Lancaster 

Wednesday,  Aug.  15 

Reunion,  Class  of  1962 

Saturday,  Oct.  20 


Special  Events 

43rd  Annual  Reading 
Conference 

Thursday  and  Friday,  May  17 
and  18,  Kehr  Union 

Trash  to  Treasure 

Saturday,  May  19,  BU's 
Upper  Campus 

Athletic  Hall  of  Fame  Induction 

Saturday,  Sept.  15, 6  p.m., 
Kehr  Union 

Homecoming  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  Oct.  1 9  to  21 

Parents  and  Family  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  Nov.  2  to  4 

Summer  Camps 

For  more  information  and 
brochures,  call  (570)  389-4371 
or  go  to  www.buhuskies.com. 

Baseball 

Rookie  Camp,  July  9  to  12 
Husky  Day  Camp  I,  July  23  to  26 
Husky  Day  Camp  II, 

July  30  to  Aug.  2 
Father-Son  Weekend  Camp, 

Aug.  3  to  5 

Boys  Basketball 

Day  Camp,  June  18  to  22 
Team  Camp,  July  13  to  15 
Day  Camp,  July  16  to  20 

Girls  Basketball 

Individual  Camp,  June  24  to  28 
Team  Camp,  July  20  to  22 

Field  Hockey 

Team/lndividual/Goalkeepers 

Camp,  July  29  to  Aug.  2 
Team/Goalkeepers  Camp, 

Aug.  5  to  9 


Football 

Youth  Development  Camp, 

June  11  to  13 
Team  Camp,  July  22  to  25 

Soccer 

Girls  and  Boys  Soccer  Plus  Camp; 

Goalkeeper  and  Field  Player 

Academy,  June  23  to  28 
Hat  Trick  Girls  Resident  Camp, 

July  8  to  12 
Hat  Trick  Girls  Day  Camp, 

July  9  to  12 
Boys  UK  Elite  Camp,  July  22  to  26 

Softball 

To  be  announced 

Swimming 

Resident  Camp,  June  1 0  to  1 4 
Day  Camp,  July  9  to  12 

Tennis 

Camp,  June  23  to  27 
Camp,  July  21  to  25 
Camp,  July  28  to  Aug.  1 

Wrestling 

Parent/Child  Weekend  I, 

June  22  to  24 
Parent/Child  Weekend  II, 

June  29  to  July  1 
Big  Brother  Camp,  June  29 

to  July  1 
Senior  High  Team  Camp  I, 

July  9  to  15 
Intensive  Training  Camp, 

July  8  to  14 
Senior  High  Team  Camp  II, 

July  15  to  19 
Junior  High  Team  Camp, 

July  15to  19 
Husky  Training  Camp  Special, 

July  8  to  19 


For  the  latest  information  on  upcoming 
events,  check  the  university  Web  site: 
wwv.  bloomu.  edu/todav 


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The  University  Store. 


Memories.  Bob  Hope  thanked  us  for 
them.  Elvis  Presley  sang  about  them. 
And  BU  graduates  hold  on  to  them. 

The  University  Store  offers  items  all 
Bloomsburg  graduates  can  wear, 
display  and  enjoy  as  they  hold  on  to 
those  special 
college  memories. 
Consider  giftware 
or  clothing,  like 
an  alumni  cap, 
T-shirt,  sweatshirt, 
travel  mug, 
license  plate  frame  or  decal  for  a 
special  graduation  gift.  Or,  perhaps,  a 
diploma  frame,  BU  afghan,  stadium 
blanket  or  chair.  BU  insignia  gifts, 
from  T-shirts,  sweatshirts  and  caps  to 
pennants,  glassware  and  stuffed 
animals,  are  great  gifts  for  all  ages, 
including  the  special  high  school  grad 
who  will  soon  become  a  BU  freshman. 
Can't  decide?  Gift  cards  are  available 
in  any  amount. 

The  University  Store  offers  the 
convenience  of  shopping  online  for 
hundreds  of  items  at  www.bloomu. 
edu/store.  For  a  traditional  shopping 
experience,  the  University  Store  is 
open  seven  days  a  week  during  the 
academic  year  and  Mondays  through 
Fridays  during  the  summer.  Stop  by  in 
person  or  online  for  everything  BU. 


Semester  Hours 

Monday  through  Thursday:  7:45  a.m.  to  8  p.m. 
Friday:  7:45  a.m.  to  4:30  p.m. 
Saturday:  Noon  to  5  p.m. 
Sunday:  Noon  to  4  p.m. 

Summer  Hours 

Monday  through  Friday:  8  a.m.  to  4:30  p.m. 
Closed  on  Saturday  and  Sunday 


The  University  Store 

400  East  Second  Street 

Bloomsburg,  PA  17815 

General  Information:  (570)  389-4175 

Customer  Service:  (570)  389-4180 

bustore@bloomu.  edu 


www.bloomu.edu/store 


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Summer  sports  camps  for  boys  and  girls 
ages  5  to  18.  For  details  on  residential  and 
day  camps,  including  dates,  fees  and  age 
limits,  see  www.buhuskies.com  or  call  the 
summer  camp  office  at  (570)  389-4371. 


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"It  has  been  a  great  privilege." 

Those  were  the  words  that  Sandra  Day  O'Connor  wrote  two  years  ago 
in  her  letter  of  resignation  from  the  United  States  Supreme  Court.  I 
remember  thinking  how  appropriate  that  brief  statement  was.  Those  few 
words  carried  such  emotion. 
As  I  experience  the  last  few  months  of  my  tenure  as  president  of  Bloomsburg 
University,  1  find  myself  thinking  the  same  thing.  How  to  wrap  up  my  feelings  right 
now?  Simply  put,  I'm  so  very  grateful  for  the  privilege  of  serving  this  university 

I  have  mixed  emotions  as  I  contemplate  leaving  BU.  When  people  ask,  "Well, 
how  do  you  feel  with  the  days  winding  down?"  I  usually  respond,  "I  feel  just  like 
our  graduating  seniors — excited  about  a  new  chapter  in  my  life,  but  very  sorry  to  be 
leaving  a  place  I  love  so  much." 

Of  course,  Steve  and  I  are  naturally  excited  about  moving  to  Arizona  and  enjoying 
a  life  with  less  responsibility  and  more  time  with  each  other,  our  children  and 
grandchildren.  We're  looking  forward  to  pursuing  personal  interests  that  have  been 
put  on  hold  for  many  years.  But  there's  no  doubt  we  leave  with  a  tear  in  our  eyes. . . 
and  much  gratitude  in  our  hearts. 
What  is  it  that  we'll  miss  about  BU? 

•  Interacting  with  the  wonderful  folks  who  take  such  pride  in  this  place,  whether 
it  is  the  talented  staff  on  campus  or  alumni  who  we  meet  all  over  this  country; 

•  Watching  students  grow,  both  personally  and  intellectually,  and  knowing  that 
this  university  has  added  value  to  their  lives; 

•  And,  being  a  colleague  of  the  talented  faculty  who  take  teaching  so  seriously, 
even  as  they  continually  pursue  scholarly  and  creative  endeavors. 

On  a  personal  level,  I  know  I'll  miss  getting  up  each  day  excited  to  go  to  work  at 
one  of  the  greatest  public  universities  in  this  country  I  can  honesty  say  that  not  a  day 
has  gone  by  that  I  haven't  felt  both  honored  and  humbled  by  the  opportunity  to  be 
president  of  Bloomsburg  University  of  Pennsylvania.  I  know  that  I'll  continue  to  feel 
privileged  to  have  been  a  part  of  her  history  as  the  years  go  by  and  this  outstanding 
university  grows  ever  stronger. 

Steve  and  I  may  be  enjoying  life  amidst  the  Arizona  Diamondbacks — but  we'll 
always  be  Bloomsburg  Huskies! 


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Jessica  S.  Kozloff 


Bloomsburg  University  of  Pennsylvania  is  a 

member  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  System  of 

Higher  Education 

Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher 

Education  Board  of  Governors 

as  of  July  2007 

Kenneth  E.  Jarin,  Chair 

Kim  E.  Lyttle,  Vice  Chair 

C-R-  "Chuck"  Pennoni,  Vice  Chair 

Matthew  E.  Baker 

Marie  Conley  Lammando 

Paul  S.  Dlugolecki 

Darnel  P.  Elby 

Ryan  Gebely 

Michael  K.  Hanna 

Vincent  j.  Hughes 

Joshua  O'Brien 

Joseph  M.  Pelizer 

Guido  M.  Pichini 

Edward  G,  Rendell 

JamesJ.  Rhoades 

Christine  J.  Toretli  Olson 

Aaron  A.  Walton 

Gerald  L.  Zahorchak 

Chancellor,  State  System  of  Higher  Education 

Judy  G.  Hample 

Bloomsburg  University  Council  of  Trustees 

Robert  J.  Gibble  '68,  Chair 

Steven  B.  Barth,  Vice  Chair 

Marie  Conley  Lammando  '94,  Secretary 

Ramona  H.  Alley 

James  D'Amico  '08 

Robert  Dampman  '65 

LaRoyG.  Davis '67 

Charles  C.  Housenick  '60 

A.  William  Kelly  71 

David  W.  Klingerman  Sr. 

Joseph  J.  Mowad 

President,  Bloomsburg  University 

Jessica  Sledge  Kozlofl 

Executive  Editor 

Liza  Benedict 

Co-Editors 

Eric  Foster 

Bonnie  Martin 

Husky  Notes  Editor 

Brenda  Hartman 

Director  of  Alumni  Affairs 

Lynda  Fedor-Michaels  '87/88M 

Editorial  Assistant 

Irene  Johnson 

Communications  Assistant 

Emily  Walson  '08 

Agency 

Snavely  Associates,  LTD 
Art  Director 

Debbie  Shephard 


Curt  Woodcock 

Cover  Photography 

Dave  Ashby 
On  the  Cover 

BU  President  Jessica  Kozioff  and  her  husband 
Steve  pause  on  the  portico  of  Carver  Hall. 

Address  comments  and  questions  to: 
Bloomsburg:  The  University  Magazine 
Waller  Administration  Building 
400  East  Second  Street 
Bloomsburg,  PA  17815-1301 

E-mail  address:  lbenedict@bloomu.edu 
Visit  Bloomsburg  University  on  the  Web  at 
http://www.bloomu.edu. 

Bloomsburg;  The  University  Magazine  is  published 
three  times  a  year  for  alumni,  current  students' 
families  and  friends  of  the  university.  Husky  Notes 
and  other  alumni  information  appear  at  the  BU 
alumni  global  network  site,  www.bloomualumni. 
com.  Contact  Alumni  Affairs  by  phone, 
570-389-4058;  fax,  570-389-4060:  ore-mail. 
a!um@bloomu .  edu. 

Bloomsburg  University  is  an  AA/EEO  institution 
and  is  accessible  to  disabled  persons.  Bloomsburg 
University  is  committed  to  affirmative  action  by 
way  of  providing  equal  educational  and  employ- 
ment opportunities  Tor  all  persons  without  regard 
to  race,  color,  religion,  sex,  age,  national  origin, 
ancestry,  disability  or  veteran  status. 


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FEATURES 

Page  6 A  Place  for  Pets 

High  waters  in  2006  prompted  people  and  their  furry 
companions  to  start  looking  for  higher  ground.  That's 
when  C.A.R.T.  found  BU.  The  animal  response  team 
and  the  university  combined  their  efforts  to  create 
"Annie's  Place,"  the  largest  emergency  shelter  for 
animals  in  Columbia  County 

Page  8 Faith,  Family,  Football 

Danny  Hale  is  no  stranger  to  the  hard  work  required 
to  produce  a  winning  Division  II  football  program. 
But  it  was  Lady  Luck  who  initially  brought  him  to  BU 
as  coach  15  years  ago. 

Page  11 On  Call  for  BU 

As  a  BU  Trustee,  Dr.  Joseph  Mowad  attributes  the 
institution's  growing  academic  reputation  and 
expanded  facilities  over  the  last  13  years  to  the 
leadership  of  the  university's  first  female  president, 
Jessica  Sledge  Kozioff. 

Page  13 The  Other  Dr.  Kozioff 

Starting  over  isn't  always  easy,  especially  after  20 
years,  but  for  Dr.  Steve  Kozioff  the  decision  to  start 
over  in  Bloomsburg  went  hand  in  hand  with 
supporting  his  wife's  career.  Now,  he's  ready  for  his 
next  big  move  -  to  the  couples  retirement  home  in  Arizona. 

COVER  STORY 
Page  16 The  Kozioff  Presidency 

Jessica  Sledge  Kozioff  hoped  for  at  least  a  decade  at  the  helm  when  she  became 
Bloomsburg  University's  17th  president.  As  she  approaches  retirement  in  December,  she 
shares  her  thoughts  on  the  institution  she's  led  for  13  years,  her  path  to  the  presidency 
and  her  plans  for  the  future. 

DEPARTMENTS 

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Dr.  Joseph  Mowad  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Scranton  but,  as  a  Trustee,  he's  devoted  to  BU. 


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News  Notes 


Fashioning  a  Future 

Grant  funds  project  in  Guatemala 


A  recent  BU  graduate  and 
two  of  her  childhood  friends 
spent  part  of  the  summer 
working  on  a  project 
designed  to  change  the  lives 
of  women  in  Guatemala. 

Julie  Pfromm  '07  of 
Nescopeck,  who  earned  a 
bachelor's  degree  in 
anthropology  in  May, 
traveled  to  Guatemala  to 
work  with  her  friend, 
Danielle  Winter,  Berwick,  a 
junior  majoring  in  Spanish  at 
Bucknell  University.  Another 
friend,  Rachael  Prosseda, 
from  Berwick,  a  Bloomsburg 
senior  majonng  in  anthro- 
pology, documented  the 
experience  on  film  for  an 
anthropology  internship. 

The  idea  for  the 
Guatemala  trip  came  from 
a  poster  Winter  saw  on 
Bucknell's  campus  offering  a 
$10,000  grant  opportunity 


from  the  Kathryn 
Wasserman  Davis'  100 
Projects  for  Peace.  Pfromm 
and  Winter  decided  to 
pursue  the  project  through 
Mi  Refugio,  a  Christian 
school  located  outside 
Guatemala  City  that 
provides  education,  food, 
clothing,  medical  assistance 
and  outreach  services  to 
more  than  250  students 
and  their  families. 

'We  decided  to  do  a 
sewing  co-op  to  get  women 
from  the  Guatemala  Dump 
and  the  surrounding  areas 
involved,"  says  Pfromm. 

The  students  worked 
with  Faith  Wamer,  associate 
professor  of  anthropology  at 
BU,  to  come  up  with  an  idea 
that  fit  the  grant's  goal.  The 
project  had  to  be  sustain- 
able, promote  peace  and  be 
completed  in  one  summer. 


Drop  by  Drop 

BU  saves  water  with  special  shower  valves 

When  students  returned  for  the  fall  semester,  they  were  on 
course  to  use  nearly  a  million  fewer  gallons  of  water  per  month 
than  in  previous  years.  The  savings  are  due  to  the  installation  of 
special  shower  valves  fitted  between  the  shower  arm  and 
shower  head  in  all  of  BU's  residence  halls. 

"The  shower  valves  mix  air  with  the  water  so  that  it  both  looks 
and  feels  like  the  same  amount  of  water  is  being  used,"  says 
George  Shuman  II  of  Pennsylvania  Gardens,  the  environmental 
firm  in  Williamsport,  Pa.,  that  supplied  the  German-engineered 
valves.  BU  is  the  first  educational  institution  in  the  United  States 
to  install  the  water-saving  devices. 

"The  user  does  not  recognize  a  loss  of  shower  comfort,"  he 
says,  adding  that  the  valves  can  also  save  energy  used  to  heat 
the  water. 


Julie  Pfromm  and  Rachael  Prosseda 

"This  project  is  a  good 
example  of  grassroots 
development,"  says  Wamer. 
"I  believe  that  grassroots 
development  projects  do  so 
much  more  than  improve 
the  economic  conditions  of 
people's  lives,  they  truly  do 
promote  peace  and  cross- 
cultural  understanding." 

Students  at  Mi  Refugio 
travel  from  their  homes  in 
the  Guatemala  City  garbage 


dump  to  scavenge  for  food, 
clothing,  recyclables  and 
building  materials.  Pfromm 
hopes  that  teaching  the 
women  to  sew  will  also 
empower  them.  "The 
profits  made  from  the  sale 
of  the  products  will  be 
split.  Half  will  go  to 
renewing  the  resources 
needed  and  the  other  half 
will  go  to  the  women," 
Pfromm  says. 


Charley  Chyko,  BU  plumbing  foreman,  had  the  valves  installed  in 
all  campus  residence  halls  and  apartments  during  academic  breaks 
over  the  past  year.  The  valves  pay  for  themselves  through  water  and 
sewage  savings  in  just  several  months. 

Ed  Valovage,  assistant  director  of  residence  life  for  operations  at 
BU,  admits  that  he  was  skeptical  about  whether  students  would 
accept  the  change.  "We've  tried  water-saving  shower  heads  in  the 
past,"  he  says,  "and  students  just  didn't  accept  them. 

"But  we  had  no  complaints,  and  the  water  savings  were 
phenomenal,"  he  says.  "We've  saved  600,000  to  700,000  gallons  of 
water  a  month,  and  that's  before  all  of  the  campus  halls  had  the 
valves  installed." 

Valovage  estimates  that  the  shower  head  valves  reduce  water 
usage  in  the  residence  halls  by  25  percent  -  an  annual  savings  of 
8  million  gallons  of  water. 


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Forecasts,  Graphs  and  Gauges 

Weather  Den  Web  site  provides  information  for 
■  community 


David  W.  Klingerman  Sr.  James  F.  D'Amico 

New  Trustees 

Klingerman,  D'Amico  appointed  to  council 

David  W.  Klingerman  Sr.  of  Bloomsburg  and  James  F.  D'Amico 
of  Mount  Carmel  were  appointed  to  BU's  Council  of  Trustees  in 
late  spring. 

Vice  president  of  JDK  Management  Co.,  which  operates  nursing 
facilities,  hotels  and  restaurants  and  oversees  land  development 
projects,  Klingerman  has  owned  and  operated  nursing  care  and 
assisted  living  facilities  in  northeast  Pennsylvania  since  1981.  For  the 
past  35  years,  he  has  owned  Klingerman  Farms,  which  produces 
soybeans,  corn,  wheat  and  beef  cattle  on  more  than  800  acres  in 
Columbia  County. 

Klingerman  served  on  the  school  board  for  the  Bloomsburg  Area 
School  District  from  1977  to  1992,  including  two  terms  as  president. 
He  earned  a  bachelor's  degree  in  economics  from  Columbia 
University  and  is  certified  as  a  licensed  nursing  home  administrator. 
Klingerman  and  his  wife,  the  former  Donna  Kline,  have  four  children 
and  nine  grandchildren. 

D'Amico,  the  Council  of  Trustees  student  representative,  is  a  senior 
majoring  in  elementary  education.  While  attending  BU,  he  has  been 
employed  with  Quest  as  a  Web  manager.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
Student  Pennsylvania  State  Education  Association,  senator  for  the 
Community  Government  Association  and  a  member  of  Kappa  Delta  Pi, 
international  honor  society  in  education.  D'Amico  is  active  in  the  Boy 
Scouts,  the  Association  for  Supervision  of  Curriculum  and  Development 
and  the  Association  for  Childhood  Education  International. 

Flex  for  Food 

Students  contribute  $6,400  to  local  facility 

BU  students  contributed  $6,400  of  unused  funds  from  their  Flex 
accounts  to  the  Bloomsburg  Food  Cupboard  at  the  end  of  the  spring 
semester.  Flex  funds  are  a  portion  of  the  students'  meal  plans  that 
can  be  used  at  campus  dining  outlets  like  cash  from  a  debit  card. 
Over  the  previous  seven  years,  students  contributed  $44,000  to  the 
Bloomsburg  Food  Cupboard. 


Locally  collected  weather  information  is  now  available  on  a 
Web  site  created  by  two  BU  professors.  The  Weather  Den 
can  be  found  at  http://weather.bloomu.edu. 

"Bloomsburg  seems  to  fall  between  the  cracks  in  terms 
of  weather  reporting.  I  know  that  people  in  the  community 
could  really  use  a  Web  site  that  organizes  information  and 
directs  them  to  other  Web  sites  to  answer  specific 
questions,"  says  Patricia  Beyer,  associate  professor  of 
geography  and  geosciences. 

Beyer  maintains  the  Web  site,  which  draws  information 
from  the  Weather  Logging  System  8000  (WLS)  located  on 
BU's  campus.  Jeff  Brunskfll,  assistant  professor  of 
geography  and  geosciences,  maintains  the  weather 
monitoring  system,  which  provides  information  on 
temperature,  relative  humidity,  wind  speed  and  direction, 
rainfall  and  solar  radiation.  A  webcam  provides  live-action 
views  of  the  weather.  The  Weather  Den  Web  site  also 
features  links  to  other  weather  services. 

In  addition  to  making  weather  information  available  to 
the  community,  the  Web  site  allows  students  in 
meteorology  and  physical  geography  courses  to  gain 
hands-on  experience  in  monitoring  weather. 


War  and  Rebellion 

History  major  assists  with  journal 

Senior  Roger  Thrash,  of 
Conyngham,  worked 
with  Jeff  Davis,  associate 
professor  of  history  and 
associate  editor  of 
Pennsylvania  History: 
A  Journal  of  Mid- 
Atlantic  Studies,  to 
prepare  a  special 
summer  issue  focused 
on  the  Seven  Years  War 
and  Pontiac's  Rebellion. 

Thrash,  a  transfer 
student,  says  he  was 
inspired  to  attend  BU 
after  hearing  history  department  chair  William  Hudon 
speak  at  commencement  several  years  ago.  He  expects 
to  graduate  in  May  2008  with  a  bachelor's  degree  in 
history  and  minor  in  anthropology. 


Roger  Thrash 


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News  Notes 


Frank  D'Angelo 


Top  Teachers 

Professors  win  TALE  Award 

Two  faculty  members  were 
recognized  recently  for  their 
outstanding  teaching.  Frank 
D'Angelo,  assistant  professor  of 
early  childhood  and  elementary 
education,  and  Janet  Bodenman, 
professor  of  communications 
studies  and  theatre  arts,  were 
selected  as  the  2007  Teaching  and 
Learning  Enhancement  (TALE) 
Outstanding  Teachers. 

Bodenman  was  nominated  for 
her  ability  to  challenge  students 
and  help  them  reach  their  full 
potential.  According  to  one 
nomination,  "Bodenman  reminds 
her  students  that  she  raises  the 
bar  because  she  'knows  we  will 
meet  her  expectations.'" 

D'Angelo  was  nominated  for  his  "energetic  and  inspiring" 
teaching  style,  which  gives  students  "confidence  to  be  who  we  are 
and  speak  up  in  front  of  our  peers."  As  an  early  childhood  and 
elementary  education  professor,  D'Angelo  was  also  credited  for  his 
use  of  up-to-date  and  relevant  resources  when  instructing  students 
on  teaching  strategies. 

D'Angelo  and  Bodenman  were  nominated  by  graduating 
seniors.  They  both  received  a  $750  professional  development 
stipend,  sponsored  by  the  BU  Foundation,  and  a  plaque  to 
recognize  their  achievements. 


Life  Less  Taxing 

Students  help  file  137  electronic  returns 

BU  students  electronically  filed  137  income  tax  returns — 69  federal 
returns  and  68  state  returns — as  part  of  the  BU  Student  Accounting 
Association's  Volunteer  Income  Tax  Assistance  (VITA)  program.  Students 
also  completed  returns  and  forms  that  may  only  be  filed  in  paper  format, 
such  as  returns  for  nonresident  aliens  and  local  income  tax  returns. 

The  BU  Student  Accounting  Association's  VITA  program  offers  free 
tax  help  each  year  for  low-  to  moderate-income  people  and  area 
residents  age  60  and  older  who  cannot  prepare  their  own  federal  income 
tax  returns.  BU  is  the  official  VITA  site  for  Columbia  and  Montour 
counties.  Eric  Gockley,  of  Stevens,  a  senior  accounting  major,  was  VITA 
program  coordinator,  and  A.  Blair  Staley,  associate  professor  of 
accounting  and  MBA  coordinator,  is  faculty  adviser. 


James  W.  Ermatinger 


New  Dean 

Ermatinger  leads  College  of 
Liberal  Arts 


James  W.  Ermatinger  became 
the  dean  of  the  College  of 
Liberal  Arts  in  July. 

Previously  chair  of  the 
history  department  at 
Southeast  Missouri  State 
University,  Ermatinger 
earned  a  doctorate  in  history 
at  Indiana  University, 
Bloomington,  focusing  on 

ancient  Greek  and  Roman  history.  He  earned  a  master  of 
arts  degree  is  history  at  San  Diego  State  University  and  a 
bachelor  of  science  degree  in  biology  at  San  Diego  State. 

Author  of  "The  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire" 
and  a  number  of  other  books,  teaching  publications  and 
articles,  Ermatinger  has  focused  his  research  on  Diocletian's 
economic  reforms,  Roman  geography  and  numismatics,  the 
legacy  of  classic  antiquity  in  revolutionary  America,  trade 
and  transport  in  the  ancient  world,  and  classic  archaeology. 

In  addition  to  Southeast  Missouri  State,  Ermatinger 
taught  at  Lourdes  College  in  Sylvania,  Ohio,  the  University 
of  Nebraska  at  Kearney,  Kearney  State  College,  Wright  State 
University  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  Earlham  College  in 
Richmond,  Ind. 


Grant  for  Nursing 

Department  part  of  state  initiative 

BU's  nursing  department  received  a  $66,620 
Pennsylvania  Clinical  Education  Grant  as  part  of  a 
statewide  initiative  to  increase  the  number  of  nurses. 
Clinical  Education  Grants  totaling  $3.6  million  were 
issued  to  38  recipients  in  47  counties.  The  funding  is 
designed  to  improve  faculty  coordination  and  training 
services,  enable  nursing  programs  to  incorporate 
simulation  technology  into  the  curriculum  and  increase 
the  number  of  students  who  can  enroll  in  nursing 
programs.  BU's  grant,  received  in  conjunction  with  the 
Central  Pennsylvania  Workforce  Investment  Board,  will 
be  used  to  support  a  simulated  learning  lab  supervisor 
position  in  the  nursing  department.  The  grants  are  part 
of  a  $7.5  million  fund  set  aside  in  the  2006-2007  state 
budget  to  ease  the  state's  nursing  shortage. 


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Return  to  the  Rails 

Third  'Spirit  ofBU'  car  available 

Orders  are  being  accepted  by  BU's  Supervisory  Round- 
table  for  the  third  of  six  train  cars  in  the  "Spirit  of  BU" 
series,  a  wood  side  refrigerator  car.  Proceeds  wiLL 
benefit  student  scholarships  and  Camp  HERO  at  Camp 
Victory,  Millville. 

The  metal  die  cast  refrigerator  car,  produced  by 
Weaver  Models,  Northumberland,  is  an  "O"  gauge, 
triple  track,  1:48  scale  model  with  three-rail  trucks  and 
couplers,  a  complete  brake  system,  fully  detailed 
underframe  and  highly  detailed  styrene  body.  It  sports 


the  logo  and  tagline  of  Aramark  Corp.,  BU's  food  service 
provider,  and  the  Husky  logo.  Both  the  C&O  blue  and 
New  UP  yellow  wrap  around  the  entire  car. 

The  wood  side  refrigerator  car  is  available  at  a  cost  of 
$50  each,  plus  $4.95  shipping  and  handling  per  car. 
Checks,  payable  to  the  Supervisory  Roundtable,  may  be 
sent  to  Kim  Schmitz,  Bloomsburg  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St.,  Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815. 
For  more  information,  call  Bob  Wislock  at  (570)  389- 
4529.  The  deadline  for  orders  is  Oct.  15. 


Presidential  Search 

Candidates  meet  with  community,  industry  leaders 

The  candidates  for  BU  president  visiting  the  university  are  meeting 
with  leaders  in  town  and  at  the  campus. 

Candidates  meet  with  the  mayor  of  Bloomsburg,  members  of 
Town  Council,  the  president  of  the  Columbia  Montour  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  leaders  of  local  industries.  They  also  have  sessions 
with  university  leaders,  including  current  BU  President  Jessica 
Kozloff,  the  vice  presidents,  union  representatives  and  faculty  and 
student  leaders. 

The  goal  of  the  presidential  search  committee,  chaired  by  BU 
Trustee  Joseph  Mowad,  is  to  have  a  new  president  appointed  by 
November.  Kozloff  will  retire  in  December.  Updated  information 
about  the  search  for  BU's  next  president  can  be  found  at  www. 
bloomu.edu/president/search. 


Professional  Practice 

Group  checks  hearing  at  Special  Olympics 

Jackie  Davie,  assistant  professor  of  audiology,  and 
four  audiology  doctoral  students — Vicky  Baker  and 
Lynda  Steelman,  both  of  Bloomsburg;  Nicole  Hella, 
of  Troy,  Mich.;  and  Stacie  VanBodegon,  of  Wayne, 
N.J. — volunteered  to  screen  athletes'  hearing  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Special  Olympics  Summer  Games  at 
Penn  State's  University  Park  Campus.  The  Special 
Olympics  Healthy  Athletes  Healthy  Hearing  Program 
is  designed  to  screen  the  hearing  of  athletes,  provide 
corrective  (hearing  aids)  and  preventive  (custom 
swim  earplugs)  services  where  possible  and  study 
the  prevalence  of  hearing  loss  in  Special  Olympics 
athletes.  Davie  and  the  BU  students  tested 
approximately  250  athletes  over  the  weekend. 


FALL       2007 


A  Place  for  Pets 


STORY     BY     LYNETTE     M  O  N  G 


The  number  one  reason  people  don't  evacuate  their  homes  during  an 

emergency  is  because  they  don't  want  to  leave  their  pets  behind,  according 

to  Pennsylvania's  State  Animal  Response  Team  (SART).  Bloomsburg 

University  hopes  to  help  solve  that  problem  in  Columbia  County. 


When  floodwaters  struck  Columbia  County  in  summer 
2006,  Bloomsburg  University  opened  its  doors  to  the 
community.  And  Annie,  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloffs 
9-year-old  Shih-Tzu,  was  on  hand  to  welcome  the 
evacuated  citizens  and  their  pets  with  a  wag  of  her  tail. 

Just  a  few  weeks  later,  BU  teamed  with  the 
Columbia/Montour  County  Animal  Response  Team,  or 
C.A.R.T.,  to  establish  an  official  safe  haven  for  evacu- 
ated pets  during  future  emergencies.  BU  is  now  the 
largest  emergency  shelter  site  in  Columbia  County  and 
one  of  the  first  universities  in  the  state  to  become  a 
designated  resource  location. 

C.A.R.T.  is  a  countywide  organization  that  coordi- 
nates and  trains  volunteers  to  evacuate  household  pets, 
service  animals  and  livestock  in  an  emergency.  When 
residents  are  told  to  leave  their  homes,  county  officials 
mobilize  C.A.R.T.,  which  then  sets  up  designated 


evacuation  sites  where  pets  will  have  food,  shelter  and 
volunteers  to  care  for  them. 

The  Columbia/Montour  branch  of  C.A.R.T.  was 
created  in  April  2005  with  recently  retired  veterinarian 
Larry  Smith  serving  as  coordinator.  C.A.R.T.  immedi- 
ately began  to  organize  resources,  evacuation  sites  and 
volunteers,  and  when  the  2006  flood  struck  Columbia 
County  just  over  a  year  later,  the  organization  was  put 
to  the  test. 

"We  thought  we  were  prepared,  but  the  flood  was 
so  extensive.  Unfortunately,  many  resource  locations 
were  based  in  the  northern  pan  of  Columbia  County 
and  inaccessible  to  us  because  roads  were  closed," 
Smith  says.  "We  needed  a  location  that  was  large  and 
centrally  located." 

When  an  emergency  situation  is  declared  and  peo- 
ple are  instructed  to  evacuate — as  many  had  to  do 


during  the  2006  flood — they  are  often  forced  to  leave 
their  pets  or  livestock  behind.  "The  Red  Cross  will  find 
housing  for  people,  but  they  can't  accept  animals," 
according  to  Cheryl  John,  BU's  facilities  scheduling 
coordinator.  So,  residents  often  must  choose  between 
the  risk  of  staying  in  their  homes  with  their  pets  or 
leaving  their  pets  to  fend  for  themselves. 

"When  it  became  evident  that  there  were  no 
provisions  for  pets,  that  was  when  this  really  took  off," 
Smith  adds. 

Within  several  days  of  opening  its  doors  to  evacu- 
ees, BU  had  approximately  100  people  on  campus. 
And,  because  BU  wasn't  a  Red  Cross  evacuation  site, 
many  residents  brought  pets  with  them. 

Kozloff  began  working  with  C.A.R.T.  to  make  BU 
an  official  emergency  animal  shelter  soon  after  the 
floodwaters  receded.  Cheryl  John  identified  three  sites 
to  be  used  for  shelters,  all  located  on  BU's  upper  cam- 
pus, and  C.A.R.T.  examined  the  sites,  using  a  Global 
Positioning  System  (GPS)  to  map  possible  evacuation 
routes  to  the  campus. 

A  few  weeks  after  the  mapping  process,  both  the 
university  and  C.A.R.T  approved  the  campus  as  an 
official  evacuation  site.  Staff  and  faculty  members 
dubbed  the  shelter  "Annie's  Place,"  in  honor  of 
Kozloff  s  dog  Annie,  BU's  unofficial  mascot. 

In  case  of  emergency,  volunteers  from  both 
C.A.R.T.  and  BU  would  immediately  begin  to  prepare 
the  appropriate  on-campus  sites  for  evacuated 
animals,  based  on  weather  conditions  and  site  avail- 
ability. "BU  volunteers  would  be  involved  in  the 
organization  and  maintenance  aspects  of  the  shelter," 
says  Jean  Downing,  director  of  BU's  volunteer  office. 

Faculty,  staff  or  students  would  organize  the  site, 
check  pets  into  the  shelter,  feed  them  and  clean  up 
after  the  animals  return  to  their  homes.  C.A.R.T. 
volunteers  would  work  with  the  animals  themselves. 

"The  C.A.R.T.  volunteers  are  trained  to  deal  with 
animals  in  distress,"  Downing  adds. 

The  BU  sites  are  equipped  to  accept  household 
animals,  including  dogs,  cats  and  "pocket  pets,"  such 
as  gerbils,  hamsters  and  guinea  pigs,  and  owners 
would  be  allowed  to  visit  their  pets  at  BU's  shelter 
during  designated  visiting  hours.  C.A.R.T.  can  house 
livestock  and  larger  animals  at  additional  facilities 
within  the  county. 

Funded  through  the  U.S.  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture, C.A.R.T.  is  primarily  a  grassroots  organization 
that  depends  on  donations  and  volunteers.  In  non- 


President  Kozloff  and 
Annie  visit  with 
Ashley  Lynn,  a  senior 
math  statistics  major 
from  Riverside,  in  the 
Softball  dugout. 


emergency  situations,  C.A.R.T. 's  primary  role  is  to 
educate  owners  about  precautions  to  keep  their  pets 
safe.  C.A.R.T.  advocates  microchips  as  identification 
tools  and  encourages  all  pet  owners  to  keep  their 
pets  vaccinated,  according  to  Smith. 

"Part  of  our  job  is  to  educate  pet  owners  on  how  to 
be  prepared  for  situations  like  this,"  Smith  says,  b 

Editor's  note:  Annie  passed  away  May  11,  2007,  after 
struggling  with  the  last  stages  of  kidney  disease  for 
nearly  six  months.  As  President  Kozloff  said,  "For  a 
little  dog,  she  made  a  huge  impact." 

Lynette  Mong  '08  is  an  English/creative  writing  major  from 
Kenncwick,  Wash. 


IMo  Pets  Left  Behind 

After  the  Pets  Evacuation  and  Transportation  Standards 
(PETS)  Act  was  passed  in  late  2006,  counties  through- 
out the  country  began  creating  programs  to  account  for 
pets  in  emergency  situations.  The  PETS  Act  requires 
any  county  or  state  filing  for  aid  through  the  Federal 
Emergency  Management  Agency  (FEMA)  to  provide 
information  on  how  they  will  accommodate  household 
pets  and  service  animals. 

"North  Carolina  started  one  of  the  first  programs  in 
1999  after  Hurricane  Floyd.  They  realized  they  needed 
something  in  place  at  the  state  and  county  level," 
says  Larry  Smith,  Columbia  County's  Animal  Response 
Team  coordinator. 

According  to  the  Pennsylvania  State  Animal  Response 
Team  Web  site,  more  than  3  million  domestic  pets  and 
farm  animals  were  lost  during  Floyd.  Since  then,  almost 
every  state  along  the  East  Coast  has  implemented  a 
similar  program. 

The  PETS  Act,  also  known  as  "No  Pets  Left  Behind," 
was  a  bipartisan  initiative  that  came  about  mainly  as  a 
result  of  Hurricane  Katrina.  Smith  says  it  already  has 
created  a  widespread  response.  "Out  of  the  67  counties 
in  Pennsylvania,  57  currently  have  C.A.R.T.  in  place. 
Soon  these  programs  will  be  nationwide." 


FALL      2007 


Faith,  Family,  Football 


STORY      BY      JIM      DOYLE      '72 


Danny  Hale  is  a  man  with  a 
deep  religious  faith.  But  it  was 
fate  as  much  as  faith  that  brought 
him  to  Bloomsburg  University 
where,  as  head  football  coach  of 
the  Huskies,  he  has  built  one  of 
the  most  successful  Division  II 
programs  in  the  country. 


Danny  Hale  walked  away  from  college  coaching  in 
1988  following  five  winning  seasons  as  head  coach  at 
his  alma  mater,  West  Chester  University,  where  he 
compiled  a  40-13  record.  He  and  his  wife  Diane  bought 
a  motel  in  the  Hershey  area,  which  they  ran  while 
Danny  served  for  the  next  four  football  seasons  as  an 
assistant  coach  to  Gump  May  at  Hershey  High  School. 

Then  fate  stepped  in.  Only  a  day  or  two  after  the 
couple  decided  that  Hale  should  return  to  college 
coaching,  he  learned  that  the  head  coaching  job  was 
open  at  Bloomsburg.  Hale  threw  together  his  resume 
and  decided  to  revisit  the  site  of  two  losses  suffered  by 
his  West  Chester  teams. 


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T  T      1  I  '  1  11 

Danny  Hale  made  it  clear  mat  the  experience  at 
Bloomsburg  was  going  to  be  about  more  than  just  football.' 


FORMER  HUSKIES  QUARTERBACK  GLEN  MCNAMEE  '97 


"It  happened  to  be  around 
Thanksgiving  of  1992,"  Hale 
recalls,  "one  of  those  days  when  it 
was  breathtakingly  beautiful  up 
here.  The  campus  and  the  kind- 
ness of  the  people  we  met  struck 
me  big  time." 

One  of  several  dozen  candi- 
dates, Hale  got  the  position  and 
the  task  of  turning  around  a  foot- 
ball program  that  had  suffered 
through  a  1-9  record  the  previous 
season.  His  first  priority  was 
putting  together  an  experienced 
coaching  staff  that  included 
defensive  coordinator  John  Devlin 
and  offensive  coordinator  Bill  Hart. 
The  next  priority  was  his  first 
recruiting  class. 


When  George  Landis  built  a 
Husky  powerhouse  in  the  '80s,  he 
started  the  process  with  his  very  first 
recruit — linebacker  Frank  Sheptock, 
an  eventual  three-time  All-American 
linebacker  and  recent  inductee  into 
the  College  Football  Hall  of  Fame. 
Hale's  first  recruiting  class  also 
helped  rebuild  Husky  football.  That 
class  included  Glen  McNamee  '97,  a 
quarterback  from  Philipsburg,  N.J. 
"Without  Glen  McNamee,  we  would 
have  been  in  serious  hurt.  He  ended 
up  coming  in  and  learning  the  sys- 
tem in  a  short  period  of  time  and 
performing  well  as  a  freshman," 
Hale  says. 

The  Huskies  finished  Hale's  first 
season,  1993,  with  a  5-6  record, 
winning  four  of  their  last  five  games. 
But,  they  started  slowly  the  following 
season.  McNamee  separated  his 
shoulder  in  the  first  quarter  of  a  sea- 
son-opening loss  to  New  Haven  and 
didn't  play  in  a  10-7  loss  at  Ship- 
pensburg.  Hale  thinks  a  one-point 
victory  against  California  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  week  three  turned 
the  season — as  well  as  the  Husky 
program — around. 

"Glen  McNamee  came  back  and 
played  against  California.  That 
shoulder  was  still  hurting,  but  he 
sucked  it  up  and  we  beat  a  team 
that  we  shouldn't  have.  We  went  on 
to  win  eight  games.  If  we  had  lost, 
I'm  not  sure  I  could  have  kept 
them  together." 

McNamee,  now  the  head  coach 
at  Central  Dauphin  High  School, 
near  Harrisburg,  agrees  with  Hale  on 
the  importance  of  that  game.  "After 

Coach  Danny  Hale,  center,  and 
assistant  coach  Brian  McBryan  provide 
guidance  on  the  sidelines. 


that  0-2  start,  I  think  the  idea  had  set 
in  with  some  that  maybe,  at 
Bloomsburg,  we're  doomed  to  fail- 
ure. That  Cal  win  kind  of  created  a 
spark  which  led  to  a  flame  which  led 
to  a  fire." 

That  fire  continues  to  bum  in  the 
Bloomsburg  University  football  pro- 
gram. Starting  with  that  victory  over 
California,  the  Huskies  have  won 
113  games  against  only  33  losses  and 
one  tie.  They  have  won  eight  shared 
or  outright  Pennsylvania  State  Ath- 
letic Conference  (PSAC)  East  titles 
and  have  a  21 -game  regular  season 
winning  streak  against  PSAC  oppo- 
nents going  into  the  2007  season. 
Hale's  Huskies  have  earned  five 
National  Collegiate  Athletic  Associa- 
tion (NCAA)  postseason  playoff 
berths,  reaching  the  Division  II 
national  title  game  in  2000  and  the 
national  semifinals  last  season. 
Husky  standout  players  include  run- 
ning back  Irv  Sigler,  who  in  1997 
won  the  Harlon  Hill  trophy  awarded 
to  the  nation's  best  Division  II  player; 
current  senior  tailback  Jamar  Brit- 
tingham,  who  was  third  in  the  ballot- 
ing for  that  award  in  2005;  and  All- 
American  offensive  lineman  Jahri 
Evans,  who  started  every  game  last 
season  as  a  rookie  with  the  New 
Orleans  Saints. 

Last  season  Hale  finished  in  the 
top  10  of  the  Liberty  Mutual  Coach 
of  the  Year  competition  and  was  fea- 
tured on  an  ABC  television  special 
narrated  by  Keith  Jackson.  He  was 
named  the  national  coach  of  the  year 
in  2000;  regional  coach  of  the  year 
four  times,  including  last  season;  and 
coach  of  the  year  in  the  PSAC  East 
10  times  overall,  including  eight 
times  as  BU's  coach. 

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FALL      2007 


The  celebrating  begins  for  the 
coach  and  his  team  after  a 
Huskies  victory. 


Perhaps  the  most  remarkable 
game  in  Hales  tenure  at  Bloomsburg 
was  the  Huskies  59-49  win  at  the 
University  of  California,  Davis,  in  the 
2000  national  semifinal.  Playing 
3,000  miles  from  home  on  the  home 
field  of  the  number  one-ranked  team 
in  the  nation,  Bloomsburg  trailed  by 
19  points  after  three  quarters  before 
staging  one  of  the  biggest  comebacks 
in  school  history. 

BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff  wit- 
nessed the  historic  victory  firsthand. 
"Our  relationship  has  been  excel- 
lent," Hale  says  of  Kozloff,  who 
became  BU's  president  after  his  first 
season.  "She  backed  me  on  a  couple 
of  big  issues  early  on.  I  found  that 
she  was  a  person  of  her  word." 

Kozloff,  who  served  two  terms 
on  the  NCAA  Division  II  President's 
Council,  has  led  the  cheers  for  the 
Huskies  as  they  made  their  way  onto 
the  field  at  Redman  Stadium  and 


offered  encouraging  words  on  the 
charter  flights  to  playoff  games.  Of 
Kozloffs  impending  retirement, 
Hale  says,  "I  will  miss  her.  She  and 
her  husband  Steve  were  two  of  our 
biggest  supporters,  not  only  of  foot- 
ball, but  athletics  as  a  whole." 

Victories  on  the  field  and  good 
relationships  off  of  it  have  character- 
ized Hale's  14  years  at  Bloomsburg, 
but  there  has  been  adversity,  as  well. 
Defensive  coordinator  John  Devlin 
passed  away  in  1998.  And  Hale's 
son,  Tyson,  was  diagnosed  with 
T-cell  lymphoblastic  lymphoma,  an 
aggressive  cancer,  when  he  was  only 
1 1  years  old  and  was  given  a  50/50 
chance  of  survival.  With  the  help  of 
doctors  who  treated  his  illness  and  a 
large  family  that  lifted  his  spirits, 
Tyson  not  only  survived,  but  he 
became  the  Huskies'  starting  full- 
back before  graduating  in  2005. 

Danny  Hale  says  his  family's 
deep  religious  faith  was  extremely 
important  in  getting  them  through 
Tyson's  ordeal.  "Knowing  full  well 
that  God's  in  charge,  that  bad  things 
do  happen  to  good  people,  but  you 
deal  with  it. .  .my  belief  prepared  me 
to  handle  it." 

That  belief  manifests  itself  in 
other  aspects  of  Hale's  life.  Before 
each  game,  players  may  choose  to 
attend  a  chapel  service  led  by  play- 
ers or  guest  speakers;  Jahri  Evans  led 
the  service  last  fall  when  he  came  to 
the  Huskies'  game  at  Mansfield  on  a 
bye  week  for  the  Saints.  Hale  is  also 
involved  in  a  prison  ministry  at  the 
Dallas  (Pa.)  Correctional  Institute. 

While  faith  and  football  are  a  big 
part  of  Hale's  life,  so  is  his  family. 
Danny  praises  Diane's  role  in  raising 
their  family,  which  includes  four 
children,  Roman,  Brandie,  Tyson 
and  Christina,  and  nine  grandchil- 


dren. "It's  hard  to  be  a  coach's  wife 
at  any  level,"  he  says.  "She  has  to 
have  an  independence  about  her. 
She  has  to  be  flexible." 

Hale  first  got  the  coaching  bug 
while  serving  in  the  Marines  after  an 
injury  forced  him  to  the  sidelines, 
but  his  motivation  goes  well  beyond 
victories  and  Xs  and  Os.  "If  you're  a 
coach,  you  have  a  great  impact  on 
those  lives  you're  dealing  with,"  he 
says.  "I  believe  I  have  affected  in  a 
positive  way  quite  a  few  people." 

Count  Glen  McNamee  among 
those  people  Hale's  coaching  has 
positively  affected.  "He  made  it  clear 
that  the  experience  at  Bloomsburg 
was  going  to  be  about  more  than 
just  football.  He  made  it  clear  that 
academics  were  important.  We 
had  a  good  deeds  program  where 
he  encouraged  us  to  get  involved 
and  help  others  in  the  community. 
He  truly  led  by  example.  He's  had 
an  enormous  influence  not  only  on 
my  coaching,  but  in  all  aspects  of 
my  life." 

So  how  much  longer  will  Hale 
be  influencing  young  men  as  a  head 
football  coach?  He  turned  60  last 
December,  celebrating  his  birthday 
by  having  both  knees  replaced. 

Hale  says  he  has  no  timetable.  "I 
take  it  one  year  at  a  time.  I  truly  like 
Bloomsburg.  It's  a  great  place  where 
the  quality  of  life  is  concerned — the 
town,  the  people  you  work  with.  It's 
been  a  fantastic  14-year  experience. 
I'm  looking  forward  to  the  15th."  b 

Jim  Doyle  12  retired  after  teaching 
at  Southern  Columbia  High  School  for 
32  years.  He  is  the  radio  play-by-play 
voice  for  Bloomsburg  University 
football  and  men's  basketball  on 
WHIM-AM. 


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On  Call  for  BU 


Each  of  the  14 
universities  in 
the  Pennsylvania 
State  System  of 
Higher  Education 
is  governed  by  a 
Council  of  Trustees 
whose  members  are 
recommended  by 
the  governor  and 
approved  by  the 
state  Senate.  The 
term  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Mowad's  dedicated 
service  as  a  BU 
Trustee  has  spanned 
the  presidency  of 
Jessica  Kozloff. 


STORY     BY     MARK     E.      DIXON 


Educators  don't  often  use  the 
word  "bargain"  to  praise  an 
institution  of  higher  learning. 
But  Bloomsburg's  return  on  invest- 
ment is  among  the  top  reasons  that 
Dr.  Joseph  Mowad  serves  as  one  of 
its  Trustees — and  why  he  regards 
the  13-year  presidency  of  Jessica 
Kozloff  so  highly. 

She  made  Bloomsburg  a 
better  bargain. 

"She's  enhanced  the  lives  of  our 
students,"  says  Mowad,  a  urologist 
who  is  also  a  senior  vice  president 
of  Geisinger  Health  System  in 
Danville  and  the  Geisinger  Founda- 
tion, the  philanthropic  entity. 

Mowad,  who  joined  the  Trust- 
ees about  the  same  time  that 
Kozloff  arrived,  can  tick  off  her 
accomplishments  as  if  naming  his 
children:  "We've  done  tremendous 
things,"  he  says.  "The  campus  has 
been  almost  totally  renovated.  We 
started  a  new  college,  a  new  degree 
program — a  doctorate  in  clinical 


audiology.  We've  added  a  College 
of  Science  and  Technology.  During 
our  tenures,  the  number  of  appli- 
cants has  increased.  SAT  scores 
have  increased." 

And  here's  the  part  about  which 
Mowad  is  equally  fond:  Tuition 
remains  low  in  comparison  to  simi- 
lar institutions.  Mowad  and  his 
children  graduated  from — well, 
from  other  schools — where  annual 
tuition  is  now  $30,000  or  more. 

"These  kids  are  going  to  school 
for  about  a  third  of  that,"  he  says. 

A  native  of  Scranton,  Mowad  is 
the  child  of  parents  who  were  not 
college  educated.  After  he  joined 
the  Trustees,  that  background 
contributed  to  a  strong  sense  of 
affinity  for  Bloomsburg's  students 
and  their  families. 

"What  I  liked  immediately  was 
that  almost  50  percent  of 
Bloomsburg  graduates  were  the  first 
in  their  families  to  graduate  from 
college,"  says  Mowad.  "It  almost 


brings  tears  to  my  eyes  at  gradua- 
tion when  I  hear  these  mothers  and 
fathers  scream  out,  That's  my  kid!' " 

Appointed  a  Trustee  by  former 
Gov.  Robert  Casey  in  1994,  Mowad 
has  practiced  in  Danville  since 
1968,  when  he  came  to  Geisinger  as 
an  associate  in  the  urology  depart- 
ment. Now  emeritus  director  of 
urology,  he  was  educated  at  the 
University  of  Scranton,  earned  his 
medical  degree  from  Creighton 
Medical  School  in  Omaha  and 
completed  his  residency  at  the 
University  of  Maryland. 

Mowad  is  actively  involved  in  a 
number  of  professional  associations. 
He  has  chaired  the  Governor's  Renal 
Disease  Advisory  Committee  and 
served  on  the  boards  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Danville  and 
Fulton  Financial  Corp.  He  has  also 
been  active  on  the  boards  of  several 
Montour  County  groups  focused  on 

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FALL      2007 


11 


'What  I  liked  immediately  was  that  almost 
50  percent  of  Bloomsburg  graduates  were  the 
first  in  their  families  to  graduate  from  college.' 


-  Dr.  Joseph  Mowad,  Trustee 

providing  recreational  opportunities, 
treating  drug  and  alcohol  problems 
and  providing  child  welfare  services. 

When  Mowad  took  his  seat  as  a 
BU  Trustee,  he  recalls,  some 
buildings  were  in  poor  condition. 
The  library  had  limited  seating  and 
just  a  handful  of  computers  linked 
only  by  a  local  area  network  (LAN). 
Workout  facilities  were  lacking. 
The  outdated  cafeteria  was  a  serious 
recruiting  deficit.  Residence  halls 
were  crowded,  pushing  many 
students  into  often-substandard 
off-campus  housing. 

All  that  has  changed.  In  1998,  a 
new  105,000-square-foot  library 
was  completed,  which  offers  seating 
for  1 ,000  students,  more  than  200 
computers  and  wireless  Internet  for 
all.  The  57,000-square-foot  Student 
Recreation  Center,  opened  in  1995, 
has  since  been  expanded  with  a 
17,000-square-foot  addition  that 
doubled  the  size  of  its  cardio  and 
weight  rooms  and  added  a  35-foot 
climbing  wall,  plus  another  full- 
sized  basketball  court.  The  old 
3,000-square-foot  Monty's  dining 
hall  was  replaced  by  a  16,000- 
square-foot  version  with  multiple 
serving  stations  and  choices  of 
cuisine.  Scranton  Commons  got  a 
similar  makeover  in  1999-2000. 

On-campus  and  affiliated  hous- 
ing has  grown  with  the  construc- 
tion, in  2001,  of  the  Mount  Olym- 
pus Apartments  on  upper  campus 
and,  in  2005,  of  Honeysuckle  Apart- 
ments, owned  by  the  Community 
Government  Association.  In  addi- 
tion, the  university  leased  and  now 
operates  the  privately  owned  Kile 
Apartments  adjacent  to  campus. 

"We're  working  very  hard  to  get 
more  housing,"  says  Mowad,  noting 
that  the  newest  residence  halls  — 


which  feature  suites 
of  four  rooms 
around  a  central 
living  area — are 
much  different  from 
what  he  and  the 
parents  of  most 
students  experi- 
enced. Even  so, 
safety,  not  luxury,  is 
his  top  concern. 
Increasingly,  he 
says,  parents  are  expressing  a  desire 
that  their  children  be  safely  housed 
on  campus,  and  Bloomsburg  is 
trying  to  accommodate  them. 

Paralleling  all  the  construction 
has  been  a  strong  emphasis  on 
academics.  In  2003,  BU's  College  of 
Business  was  accredited  by  the  Asso- 
ciation to  Advance  College  Schools 
of  Business  (AACSB),  a  process  that 
took  more  than  a  decade.  Also  that 
year,  the  university  expanded  its 
30-year-old  master's-level  audiology 
program  with  a  doctoral  program  to 
educate  professionals  for  careers  in 
an  area  the  U.S.  Bureau  of  Labor 
Statistics  lists  as  one  of  the  country's 
30  fastest-growing  fields. 

"It  was  hard  to  get  that  AACSB 
accreditation,"  Mowad  says,  adding 
that  it  was  earned  only  after  the 
College  of  Business  met  about 
30  standards  related  to  the  caliber 
of  faculty,  curriculum,  students 
and  the  educational  level  achieved 
by  students. 

Perhaps  the  biggest  challenge  for 
Kozloffs  replacement — and  one 
Mowad  sees  as  vitally  important — is 
fundraising.  Pennsylvania's  legisla- 
ture once  provided  60  percent  of 
Bloomsburg's  funding  but  now  pro- 
vides only  about  40  percent.  The 
difference  is  made  up  by  tuition  and 
financial  gifts  to  the  university. 


Dr.  Joseph  Mowad,  second  from 
right,  tours  the  addition  to  the 
McCormick  Center  for  Human 
Services  with  BU  President  Jessica 
Kozfoff,  ieft,  and  Trustee  LaRoy 
'Lee'  Davis. 


And  that,  says  Mowad,  means  BU 
now  pursues  a  more  active  and 
consistent  quest  for  philanthropic 
support,  which  has  been  successful 
in  large  part  due  to  Kozloff,  who  led 
the  university's  first  comprehensive 
capital  campaign  in  1998.  Prelimi- 
nary estimates  at  the  time  suggested 
that  the  university  might  collect 
$8  million,  but  the  end  result  was 
much  more. 

Fundraising  expertise  isn't  the 
only  criteria,  says  Mowad,  who  leads 
the  search  committee.  His  team  is 
also  searching  for  an  educator  who  is 
committed  to  advancing  academic 
standards  and  bridging  the  town- 
gown  divide — both  areas  in  which 
Kozloff  has  excelled. 

It's  clear  Mowad  believes  the  next 
president  has  big  shoes  to  fill.  Kozl- 
off returns  the  compliment  of  a 
Trustee  whom  she  describes  as 
"always  there,  always  participating. . . 
and  devoted  to  BU."  b 

Mark  E.  Dixon  is  a  freelance  writer  in 
Wayne,  Pa. 


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ozloff 


STORY      BY      JACK      SHERZER 


Researcher  John  Gottman  has 
found  that  romance  is  strongest  in 
a  marriage  where  partners  respect 
and  care  for  each  other  in  ordinary 
ways.  For  Dr.  Steve  KozlofF, 
respect  and  care  were  at  the  heart 
of  his  willingness  to  move  to 
Bloomsburg  as  "first  spouse." 

Dr.  Steve  Kozloff  laughs  when  asked  about  his 
willingness  to  uproot  his  successful  obstetrics 
and  gynecology  practice  in  Colorado  and  follow 
the  other  doctor  in  the  house  to  Bloomsburg. 

Yes,  he  knew  his  wife  Jessica  was  being 
actively  courted  by  headhunters  who  were  offer- 
ing jobs  all  across  the  country.  And  yes,  they 
had  talked  about  her  interest  in  potentially — 
potentially,  that  is — taking  on  something  new. 

In  1994,  Jessica  Kozloff  was  vice  president 
for  academic  and  student  affairs  for  the  State 
Colleges  of  Colorado.  Steve's  practice  was  going 
well.  They  loved  the  outdoor  life  and  shared  a 
skiing  condo  with  three  other  families.  So. . . 

"When  I  look  back  on  it,  I  don't  know  that  I 
ever  really  thought  it  was  going  to  go  as  far  as  it 
did,"  Steve  Kozloff  says,  adding  that  Jessica 
received  some  offers  from  places  where  he  had 
no  interest  in  living.  "I  told  her  that  I  couldn't 
move  to  those  places,  and  she  pulled  out  of  the 
searches.  But  I  never  hesitated  about  a  move  that 
would  be  good  for  both  of  us." 

Then  the  call  came  about  the  presidency  at 
Bloomsburg  University.  This  one  was  different. 
"When  it  came  to  Bloomsburg,  I  said,  'I  think  I'd 
like  it  here,' "  Steve  says. 

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A  brother  in  Harrisburg,  another  brother  in  New 
Jersey  and  cousins  living  nearby  made  the  move  easier 
for  Steve,  a  Pennsylvania  native.  He  secured  an  ob-gyn 
position  with  Geisinger  Medical  Center  in  Danville 
where,  for  the  last  three  years,  he  also  taught  residents 
at  an  outpatient  clinic. 

Still,  Steve  readily  admits,  making  a  big  life  change 
is  no  easy  thing.  "Initially,  it  was  tough  because  I  left  a 
practice  of  20  years  and  all  my  friends,"  he  says. 
"You've  left  your  security,  and  you're  in  your  mid-50s 
and  starting  something  new.  But  it  didn't  take  long 
until  I  adjusted." 

At  the  root  of  that  adjustment  was  Steve's  willing- 
ness to  support  Jessica,  which  he  sums  up  with  one 
word:  Respect.  Respect  for  his  wife,  for  her  career  and 
an  understanding  that  she  had  worked  with  him  as  he 
pursued  medicine. 

"I  think  you  have  to  treat  each  other  equally  and 
with  respect.  It's  also  true  that  some  positions  are  eas- 
ier to  get  than  others  - 1  can  be  a  physician  anywhere, 
but  you  can't  be  a  university  president  anywhere,"  he 
says.  "Husbands  and  wives  have  to  juggle  those  deci- 
sions depending  on  job  opportunities.  They  have  to  be 
open  about  things  like  that." 

Mutual  respect  has  been  a  constant  in  their  rela- 
tionship, he  says. 

"She  knew  ahead  of  time  that  when  you  marry  a 
physician,  there  are  going  to  be  times  when  problems 
will  arise,"  he  says.  "There  was  never  one  time  when 
she  complained  that  I  was  devoting  too  much  time 
to  medicine." 

Steve  says  he  has  enjoyed  his  time  at  Bloomsburg, 
where  the  Kozloffs  live  on  campus  in  Buckalew  Place, 
the  official  president's  residence  since  1926. 

"I  enjoyed  the  students,  I  enjoyed  mingling  with 
them,"  he  says.  "I  especially  enjoyed  going  to  the  Rec 
Center  and  doing  my  workouts." 


Steve  and  Jessica  Kozloff  pose  with  their  children 
Rebecca  and  Kyle  when  they  were  youngsters,  left,  and 
earlier  this  year. 


Jessica  and  Steve  Kozloff  take  their  first  steps  together  as 
husband  and  wife. 


Whether  working  out  or  accompanying  his  wife  to 
many  university  events,  Steve  has  become  a  familiar 
presence  at  BU,  although  at  first,  he  says,  it  did  feel  a 
little  funny  to  be  the  "first  spouse." 

"It  was  the  first  time  I  wasn't  numero  uno.  Someone 
would  say  Hey,  Dr.  Kozloff,'  and  I  would  turn  around, 
but  they  weren't  calling  me,  they  were  calling  her," 
he  says. 

Steve  met  Jessica  when  he  was  doing  postgraduate 
work  at  the  University  of  Nevada  in  1962.  He  was  actu- 
ally dating  her  roommate,  but  the  spark  was  there,  and 
he  and  Jessica  began  dating. 

In  1964,  Jessica  followed  Steve  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  went  to  medical  school  at  Jefferson  and  she 
began  a  doctoral  program  in  political  science  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  After  Steve's  first  year  in 
medical  school,  they  married. 

Steve  says  he  decided  to  pursue  obstetric  medicine 
because  it  offered  him  a  "happy  practice." 

"I  wanted  to  take  care  of  the  healthy  part  of  some- 
one's life,"  he  says.  "I  liked  the  surgery  and  the  office 
practice,  and  in  ob-gyn  you  can  combine  everything  in 
one  specialty." 

The  couple  didn't  stay  in  one  place  for  long.  After 
Steve  graduated  from  Jefferson  in  1968,  they  again  trav- 
eled west,  where  he  did  a  four-year  residency  at  the 
University  of  Colorado.  After  that,  as  the  Vietnam  War 
continued  and  doctors  were  required  to  serve  the  mili- 
tary, the  couple  moved  to  California,  where  Steve  prac- 
ticed ob-gyn  at  Beak  Air  Force  Base. 

"When  I  got  out  of  the  Air  Force  in  74,  the  big  ques- 
tion was  where  I  would  practice.  I  could  have  gone  any- 


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where."  The  couple  liked  northern  Colorado  from 
Steve's  residency,  and  the  presence  of  Colorado  State 
fulfilled  Jessica's  desire  to  be  near  a  university. 

So  it  was  Greeley,  Colo.,  about  50  miles  north  of 
Denver,  until  Bloomsburg  came  calling. 

When  Jessica  wrote  about  Steve  for  the  spousal  trib- 
ute he  recently  received  from  the  American  Association 
of  State  Colleges  and  Universities,  she  recalled  how 
some  of  her  friends  warned  her  that  marrying  a  doctor 
would  mean  she  couldn't  have  her  own  career. 

"Well,  I'm  here  to  say  right  now  that  I'm  glad  I  didn't 
listen!"  Jessica  wrote,  pointing  out  how  Steve  kept  her 
needs  in  mind  while  choosing  where  to  start  his  prac- 
tice. "Steve  turned  down  any  opportunities  that  didn't 
include  a  graduate  school  for  me  within  commuting 
distance."  (Editor's  note:  See  the  entire  tribute  at  right.) 

Steve  chuckles  when  asked  whether  he  recalls  Jessi- 
ca's friends  warning  her  about  the  pitfalls  of  being  a 
doctor's  wife.  No,  he  doesn't  remember  that,  he  says, 
but  he  does  remember  that  his  own  friends  were 
surprised  at  his  decision  to  uproot  a  successful  practice 
13  years  ago. 

The  Kozloffs  will  move  once  again  at  the  end  of  this 
year.  They  plan  to  retire  to  Arizona  where  they  own  a 
house  on  a  golf  course  in  Rio  Verde,  about  10  miles 
from  Scottsdale.  While  Jessica  may  do  some  consulting, 
Steve  says,  at  67,  he's  looking  forward  to  not  working. 

Now,  he  says,  he  wants  to  spend  time  with  their 
daughter,  Rebecca  Collins,  who  lives  in  Phoenix;  son, 
Kyle,  in  Brentwood,  Calif;  and  their  four  grandchildren. 
Perhaps  taking  a  page  out  of  his  father's  book  as  the 
supportive  spouse,  Kyle,  a  Wharton  grad,  is  currently  a 
stay-at-home  dad  while  his  wife  works  in  the  financial 
investment  field;  daughter  Rebecca  is  a  successful  attor- 
ney balancing  family  and  career. 

When  asked  what  advice  he  would  give  to  couples 
trying  to  manage  family  and  career  as  he  and  Jessica 
have  done,  his  answer  comes  down  to  one,  well  actu- 
ally, two  words. 

"I  guess  it  is  to  love  and  respect  each  other,"  Steve 
says,  stressing  that  he  always  looked  at  marriage  as  a 
true  partnership.  "I'm  not  any  better  than  she,  and  she's 
not  any  better  than  me,  and  we  tried  to  work  together 
and  be  on  an  equal  footing  with  each  other. 

"Respect.  It  takes  time,  that's  why  our  marriage  has 
done  well,"  he  says.  "We  just  work  well  together.  She 
followed  me  for  the  first  20  or  25  years,  now  it  was  my 
turn  to  follow  her."  B 

Jack  Sherzer  is  a  professional  writer  living  in  Hanisburg,  Pa. 


Promises  Made...and  Kept 


van  Association  of 
State  Colleges  and  Universities '  spousal  tribute.  The  following  is  the  text  of 
BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff's  tribute  to  her  husband. 

Sometimes,  we  just  shouldn't  listen  to  our  friends! 

When  I  was  dating  Steve,  he  was  in  medical  school  and  I  had  begun  my 
doctoral  work.  We  wanted  to  get  married,  but  finances  were  very  tight.  Actu- 
ally, we  were  downright  poor!  I  decided  to  temporarily  drop  out  of  graduate 
school  and  took  a  teaching  job  at  a  local  high  school  while  he  finished  his 
program.  "Your  time  will  come,"  Steve  promised. 

That's  where  my  1 960s  feminist  friends  chimed  in  with  lots  of  advice.  I 
heard  every  story  in  the  book  about  women  who  submerged  their  careers  for 
husbands,  only  to  be  divorced  for  a  younger,  prettier  woman.  Besides,  they 
argued,  even  if  our  marriage  was  a  great  one,  I'd  never  finish  the  degree. 

Well,  I'm  here  to  say  right  now  that  I'm  glad  I  didn't  listen!  He  has  proven 
that  advice  wrong  in  so  many  ways.  After  Steve  finished  medical  school  and 
his  ob-gyn  residency,  we  began  looking  for  places  to  begin  his  practice.  Steve 
turned  down  any  opportunities  that  didn't  include  a  graduate  school  for  me 
within  commuting  distance.  Then,  the  real  work  began.  By  this  time  we  had 
two  wonderful  children.  While  I  was  commuting  an  hour  each  day  to  attend 
classes,  he  was  the  primary  parent  who  attended  special  events  or  picked  up 
sick  children  at  school. 

I  was  lucky  enough  to  get  my  first  university  teaching  job  in  the  same 
community  where  Steve  practiced.  The  pace  of  life  became  much  more  rou- 
tine. But  another  opportunity  presented  itself,  an  American  Council  on  Educa- 
tion fellowship  in  academic  administration  that  required  travel  away  from 
home  for  weeks  on  end.  Once  again,  Steve  willingly  took  over  the  supervision 
of  two  active  teenagers  while  their  mom  traversed  across  the  country. 

Life  again  settled  down  to  a  dull  roar.  The  children  were  off  to  college.  I 
became  a  vice  president  for  academic  affairs.  Steve's  practice  was  thriving. 
We  lived  in  Colorado,  a  place  we  loved,  and  life  was  good.  One  fateful  day  in 
1 994, 1  innocently  answered  the  phone  to  hear  a  search  firm  consultant 
describe  an  opportunity  that  was  "just  the  perfect  fit"  for  me.  Would  I  apply 
for  the  presidency  of  Bloomsburg  University  in  Pennsylvania? 

You  can  imagine  the  dinner  conversation.  Should  I?  Could  I?  Steve's 
answer:  "You've  patched  you  career  around  mine  for  the  last  25  years.  Now 
it's  your  turn.  Go  for  it!" 

With  the  move  to  Bloomsburg,  Steve  transitioned  from  the  private  prac- 
tice he  loved  to  teaching  in  the  residency  program  at  a  major  training  hospital 
nearby.  I  was  so  very  proud  when  a  few  years  ago  he  won  the  outstanding 
faculty  award  from  the  residents! 

Our  almost  13  years  in  Bloomsburg  have  been  an  incredible  experience. 
As  we  make  plans  to  retire  and  return  to  the  west  where  our  children  and 
grandchildren  await  us,  we  reflect  on  how  lucky  we've  been. 

We've  both  been  so  fortunate  to  have  found  professions  that  enriched  our 
lives  and  to  have  experienced  such  personal  happiness.  And  I've  been  abso- 
lutely blessed  to  have  the  love  of  a  man  who  never  forgot  his  promise! 


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The  Kozloff 
Presidency 

STORY      BY      TRACEY      M.      DOOMS 

How  does  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff 

want  to  be  remembered?  "I  hope  that  people 

say,  'She  left  this  institution  stronger  than 

she  found  it,'"  Kozloff  says.  "I  think  that's 

what  every  president  wants  to  leave  behind." 


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In  her  13  years  as  presi- 
dent of  Bloomsburg 
University,  Jessica 
Sledge  Kozloff  has  forged  a 
decisive  path  that  has  led  to 
rising  enrollment,  an  im- 
proved physical  campus 
and  a  growing  academic 
reputation.  The  road  that 
led  her  here,  though,  was 
anything  but  direct,  as  she 
detoured  from  her  original 
destination  of  high  school 
teacher. 

"1  took  that  first  admin- 
istrative position  because  I 
was  trying  to  patch  my  ca- 
reer around  my  husband's," 
she  says.  "In  my  mind,  be- 
ing in  the  classroom  was 
the  ultimate  aspiration. 
In  fact,  I  felt  sorry  for 
administrators." 

Soon,  however,  Kozloff  gained  a  different  perspec- 
tive. She  not  only  found  that  being  an  administrator 
was  satisfying,  she  discovered  that  she  "liked  being  able 
to  influence  decisions  that  could  impact  a  broader 
group  of  students." 

Today,  Kozloff  s  decisions  directly  impact  more  than 
8,700  students  annually. .  .plus  thousands  more  who 
will  benefit  from  her  legacy  in  the  years  following  her 
retirement  at  the  end  of  2007. 

The  path  to  the  presidency 

Growing  up,  Kozloff  knew  she  wanted  to  work  in 
education.  She  frequently  tagged  along  with  her  father, 
who  was  superintendent  of  a  small  rural  school  district 
in  Texas.  "1  always  saw  myself  as  a  teacher,"  she  recalls. 

Two  powerful  mentors  reinforced  her  dream: 
Kozloff  s  high  school  drama  teacher,  who  inspired  her 
love  of  theater  and  made  her  realize  how  much  a  strong 
faculty-student  relationship  could  mean,  and  a  college 
political  science  faculty  member,  who  encouraged  her 
to  think  about  teaching  at  the  postsecondary  level. 

With  a  bachelor's  degree  in  education  and  master's 
in  political  science  from  the  University  of  Nevada-Reno 
(and  later  a  doctorate  in  political  science  from  Colorado 


Courtney  Robinson  '05  interviews  BU  President  Jessica 
Kozloff  for  BU-TV  before  the  Homecoming  Parade. 


State  University),  Kozloff  moved  to  Colorado  where 
husband  Steve  established  his  career.  She  taught  politi- 
cal science  courses  at  the  University  of  Northern  Colo- 
rado until  her  pan-time 
position  was  eliminated.  "I 
loved  teaching  and  was 
absolutely  devastated 
when  that  door  was  shut," 
she  says. 

"I  tell  students  that 
sometimes  a  very  big  dis- 
appointment can  turn  out 
to  be  a  very  positive  influ- 
ence in  life,"  says  Kozloff. 
She  was  asked  to  apply  for 
a  position  as  an  assistant 
dean  of  students  at  UNC, 
where  she  had  just  lost 
her  teaching  job.  "I  really 
missed  teaching,  but  soon 


President  Kozloff,  right,  is  shown 
with  Trustee  Bill  Kelly  '71,  left,  and 
faculty  emeritus  Robert  'Doc' 
Warren.  BUs  Student  Services 
Center  is  named  in  Warrens  honor. 


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Jessica  Sledge  Kozloi 

Jessica  Sledge  Kozloff  became 
president  of  Bloomsburg  University 
on  July  1, 1994.  Before  that,  she 
was  vice  president  for  academic  and 
student  affairs  for  the  State  Colleges 
of  Colorado,  a  system  of  four 
regional  campuses  serving  26,000 
students.  Previously,  she  held 
several  administrative  positions  at 
the  University  of  Northern  Colorado 
in  Greeley. 

Kozloff,  66,  has  taught  under- 
graduate courses  in  political  science 
at  the  University  of  Nevada-Reno, 
Colorado  State  University  in  Fort 
Collins,  the  University  of  Northern 
Colorado  and  Metropolitan  State 
College  of  Denver  and  was  a 
member  of  the  graduate  faculty  at 
the  University  of  Northern  Colorado. 

An  author,  lecturer  and  consultant, 
she  earned  a  doctorate  in  political 
science  from  Colorado  State 
University.  She  completed  master's 
work  in  political  science  at  the 
University  of  Nevada-Reno,  where 
she  also  earned  a  bachelor's  degree 
in  education. 

Active  in  organizations  on  the 
local,  national  and  international 
levels,  Kozloff  is  chair  of  the  Middle 
States  Commission  on  Higher 
Education  and  just  completed  a 
term  on  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  American  Association  of 
State  Colleges  and  Universities. 


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The  Kozloff  family  poses  with  Roongo  in  fall  2005.  Seated,  left  to  right,  are  Kyle  Kozloff,  his 
wife  Emme  and  their  daughter  lily.  Standing,  second  row,  are  the  Kozloffs'  grandsons,  Ethan 
Collins  and  Cameron  Kozloff.  Standing,  back  row,  are  Becky  Kozloff  Collins  holding  daughter 
Libby,  her  husband  Jeff  Collins,  Roongo  and  Jessica  and  Steve  Kozloff. 


She  serves  on  the  Presidents 
Leadership  Group  of  the  Higher 
Education  Center  for  Alcohol  and 
Other  Drug  Prevention  and,  locally, 
on  the  Geisinger  Health  Plan  and  the 
Geisinger  Indemnity  Insurance  Co. 
board  of  directors  and  the  Geisinger 
Health  System  Community  Advisory 
Council.  She  served  on  the  National 


Collegiate  Athletic  Association 
Presidents  Commission  and  con- 
tinues to  serve  on  task  forces  for 
the  commission. 

She  and  her  husband,  Dr.  Stephen 
Kozloff,  are  the  parents  of  two  married 
children  and  have  four  grandchildren. 
Both  Kozloffs  enjoy  music  and  theater, 
as  well  as  biking,  hiking  and  golfing. 


learned  that  I  enjoyed  having  an  impact  on  students  in 
a  different  environment." 

Even  today,  her  philosophy  is  a  modification  of 
the  old  saying  that  "success  comes  from  doing  what 
you  love." 

Instead,  Kozloff  says,  "Success  comes  from  always 
finding  something  to  love  in  what  you  do.  Follow  your 
heart  and  do  what  you  love,  of  course,  but  sometimes 
to  get  to  do  what  you  love,  you've  got  to  leam  to  love 
what  you're  doing." 

The  watershed  moment  in  Kozloffs  career  came  in 
1985-86  when  she  served  as  an  American  Council 
on  Education  fellow,  working  with  both  the  National 
Governors  Association  and  the  Education  Commission 


of  the  States  on  improving  undergraduate  education. 
"That  experience  really  opened  my  mind  to  the  possibil- 
ity that  I  could  go  much  further  in  my  administrative 
career  than  I  had  anticipated,"  she  says. 

While  serving  as  vice  president  for  academic  and  stu- 
dent affairs  for  the  State  Colleges  of  Colorado,  Kozloff 
received  a  call  from  an  executive  search  firm  that  wanted 
to  present  her  as  a  candidate  for  university  presidencies. 

"I  have  an  incredibly  supportive  husband  who  said, 
'Let's  try  it,' "  she  says.  Because  Steve's  family  is  from 
Pennsylvania,  the  chief  job  at  Bloomsburg  was  appealing 
and,  on  July  1,  1994,  she  became  the  17th  president  of 
Bloomsburg  University. 

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'Success  comes  from  always  finding 
something  to  love  in  what  you  do.' 

-  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff 


"Students  will  frequently  ask  me,  'How  does  one 
become  a  president?' "  Kozloff  says.  "Most  presidents 
that  I  know  didn't  set  out  to  become  a  president.  I 
tell  students,  'Prepare  as  best  you  can  in  whatever 
job  you  do.  Be  the  best  you  can,  and  be  open  to 
new  possibilities.' " 

Accessible  but  decisive 

Not  only  was  Kozloffs  path  to  the  presidency 
influenced  by  her  early  moves  to  support  her  husband's 
career,  but  her  presidential  style  is  affected  by  her 
gender,  she  says. 

"I  can't  speak  for  all  female  presidents,  but  I  think  I 
am  probably  seen  as  more  accessible  than  the  tradi- 
tional image  of  a  president,"  she  says.  "That  may  be 
because  I  came  from  the  West,  where  the  style  and  cul- 
ture are  more  open  and  informal.  But  a  lot  of  what  I 
bring  to  the  position  is  grounded  in  my  life  as  a  mother 
and  my  experiences  as  a  marriage  partner. 

"While  Steve  was  so  busy  establishing  his  practice,  I 
made  the  decision  to  put  my  career  on  hold  until  the 
children  were  ready  for  school,"  she  says.  "I'm  so  proud 
of  them  and  have  never  regretted  making  that  decision. 
Besides,  1  learned  a  lot  about  patience  and  decision 
making  from  those  full-time  parenting  days." 

Kozloff  views  her  accessible  image  as  a  double- 
edged  sword.  "There  are  times  when  I  have  to  make  an 
unpopular  decision,  and  the  reaction  is  stunned  sur- 
prise," she  says.  "Sometimes  1  think  people  are  a  little 
taken  off  guard  when  the  tough  side  comes  out. 

"I  have  tried  to  model  myself  after  leaders  who  listen 
and  welcome  differing  viewpoints  before  they  make  a 
decision. .  .but  who  understand  that  ultimately  a  deci- 
sion has  to  be  made." 


Former  Pennsylvania  Gov.  Mark  Schweiker  '75,  left, 
chats  with  BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff  at  a  field 
hockey  game. 


One  of  Kozloffs  most  difficult  decisions  involved 
the  policy  to  arm  university  police.  Her  decision  to 
recommend  doing  so  came  in  the  wake  of  the  1999 
Columbine  High  School  tragedy  and,  in  2001,  the 
Sept.  1 1  terrorist  attacks  and  a  major  bomb  scare  on 
the  Bloomsburg  campus.  When  she  brought  the  issue 
to  BU's  Council  of  Trustees  for  approval,  police  offi- 
cers were  armed  at  many  of  the  14  institutions  in  the 
Pennsylvania  State  System  of  Higher  Education.  "The 
decision  was  not  popular  with  a  very  vocal  part  of  the 
community,"  she  recalls,  "but  you  just  have  to  go 
ahead  and  make  that  decision." 

Although  making  unpopular  decisions  comes  with 
the  territory,  she  says  she  tries  to  get  consensus  on  as 
many  issues  as  she  can,  a  tie-in  with  the  political 
science  theory  she  learned  in  college.  That  theory 
differentiates  between  primary  and  secondary 
interests.  A  primary  interest  is  one  that  is  absolutely 
vital  for  the  well-being  of  an  organization;  arming  the 
police  was  one  such  issue  for  her. 


President  Kozloff  meets  with  students  in  the  atrium  of 
the  Warren  Student  Services  Center. 


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A  secondary  interest  is  an  objective  a  person  would 
like  to  accomplish,  but  isn't  absolutely  essential.  She 
remembers  several  years  ago  when  she  suggested 
moving  the  husky  statue  from  a  spot  where  it  is  less 
visible  to  a  prominent  location  near  a  new  brick  walk- 
way through  the  heart  of  the  campus.  "Some  folks 
started  a  drive  to  'Save  the  Husky,'  "  she  recalls.  "I  just 
said,  'Hey,  forget  it;  the  husky  stays  where  it  is.'" 

Lasting  legacy 

Over  the  past  13  years,  Kozloff  has  been  tempted  with 
offers  of  other  higher  education  positions,  but  never 
followed  through.  "When  Steve  and  I  made  the 
decision  to  come  here,  it  was  with  the  understanding 
that,  if  it  worked  out,  we  would  stay  here,"  she  says.  "I 
hoped  that  1  would  be  able  to  stay  at  least  10  years. 
Plus,  I  had  fallen  in  love  with  the  place." 

When  she  retires  on  Dec.  31,  2007,  Kozloff  will 
have  the  longest  tenure  of  any  Bloomsburg  University 
president  since  Harvey  A.  Andruss  (1939-1969). 
Already,  a  few  candidates  for  the  position  she  is 
vacating  have  called  her  for  information  about 


Bloomsburg.  "I  tell  them  that  they  would  be  incredibly 
lucky  to  get  this  job,"  she  says.  "This  is  a  jewel." 

The  retiring  president  is  proud  to  note  that  all 
three  former  Bloomsburg  provosts  whom  she  has 
worked  with  have  gone  on  to  become  presidents 
themselves.  Just  as  mentors  helped  further  her  career, 
she  focuses  on  mentoring  others.  "What  I  try  to  do 
with  all  the  people  who  work  for  me  is  encourage 
them  to  be  innovative,  to  be  self-starters,"  she  says. 
"I  try  not  to  micromanage." 

Kozloff  is  exploring  her  options  for  retirement, 
ranging  from  consulting  to  teaching  at  the  doctoral 
level.  "I'm  not  ready  to  completely  give  up  being 
involved  with  higher  education,"  she  says.  "I  think  I 
still  have  something  to  give." 

Regardless  of  what  she  chooses,  the  focus  of  her  life 
will  be  different.  "Both  Steve  and  I  have  been  involved 
in  professions  where  we  have  had  to  put  our  personal 
lives  second,"  she  says.  "It's  time  to  put  our  marriage 
and  family  on  the  front  burner." 

Still,  the  Kozloffs  won't  be  leaving  Bloomsburg 
University  entirely  behind.  Already  they  have  donated 
$50,000  to  help  fund  an  endowment  for  the  Kozloff 
Undergraduate  Research  Awards.  The  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation is  matching  any  additional  contributions  to  the 
endowment,  up  to  $25,000  from  alumni  who  gradu- 
ated during  her  tenure.  Each  award  will  provide  a 
stipend  for  a  student  to  work  with  a  particular  faculty 
member  on  a  joint  creative  or  scholarly  project. 

"When  I  try  to  describe  the  essence  of  Bloomsburg 
University,  that  close  faculty-student  relationship 
comes  to  mind,"  Jessica  Kozloff  says.  "I  have  been  so 
fortunate  during  my  career  to  have  people  mentor  me 
and  to  help  me  see  greater  possibilities  for  myself. 
Steve  and  I  would  like  to  be  remembered  here  as 
helping  that  to  happen. 

"I  think  that's  an  obligation  that  all  of  us  have,  to 
pass  on  to  the  next  generation."  b 

Tracey  M.  Dooms  is  a  freelance  writer  and  editor  living  in 
State  College,  Pa. 


New  Orleans  Saints  offensive  guard  Jahri  Evans  returns  to 
BU  in  May  2007  to  get  his  diploma  and  pose  with  the 
university  president. 


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Husky  Notes 


Quest  sponsors  trips  on  bike  or  on  foot 


Bloomsburg 
University's  Quest 
program  offers 
extended  trips  for  BU 
students,  alumni  and 
friends.  No  experience  is 
necessary  for  many  of 
these  trips,  and  most 
equipment  is  provided. 
Varied  amounts  of 
physical  stamina  are 
required.  Participants 
travel  to  destinations  in 
the  commonwealth, 
across  the  U.S.,  and  in 
Africa,  South  and  Central 
America  and  Europe. 

Finger  Lakes  Bike  and 
Wine  Tour,  Oct.  6:  The 
Finger  Lakes  wineries, 
combined  with  the 
unique  glacial  landscape 
and  small-town  charm  of 
Central  New  York,  pro- 
vide the  perfect  backdrop 
for  cyclists.  The  group  will 
bike  through  vineyard- 
covered  hillsides,  along 
country  roads  and  pasto- 
ral scenes.  The  tour  will 
stop  at  some  of  the  more 
notable  wineries.  The 
leader  is  Roy  Smith, 
rsmith@bloomu .  edu . 

Costa  Rica:  Coast  to  Coast 
Mountain  Biking  Adven- 
ture, Dec.  29,  2007  to  Jan. 
8,  2008:  Participants  will 
cross  high-altitude  cloud 
forests,  towering  volca- 
noes, pristine  beaches, 
raging  Whitewater  rivers 
and  dense  tropical  rain 
forests  on  mountain  bikes. 


Iceland  is  the  destination  of  a  Quest  biking  trip  from  July  17  to  27,  2008. 


The  160-mile  trip  covers  the 
country's  interior,  from  the 
bustling  streets  of  San  Jose 
and  the  pipeline  waves  of 
Quepos  on  the  Pacific  Coast 
to  the  canopies  of  virgin  trop- 
ical rainforests.  The  leader  is 
Brett  Simpson,  bsimpson® 
bloomu.edu. 

Lost  Trail  of  the  Incas,  Ecua- 
dor, Jan.  1  to  12,  2008:  This 
trek  begins  at  the  Indian  vil- 
lage, Oyacachi,  high  in  the 
Andes,  and  descends  into  the 
Amazon  Basin,  following  a 
long-abandoned  trail.  The 
route  descends  more  than 
5,000  feet  and  is  believed  to 
have  been  used  by  the  Incas 
and  pre-Incas  as  a  trade  route 
and  by  17th-century  Jesuit 
priests  to  service  their  mis- 
sions. The  leader  is  Roy 
Smith,  rsmith@bloomu.edu. 

Backpack  the  Grand  Canyon, 

March  8  to  16,  2008:  Hikers 


will  explore  the  Grand  Can- 
yon on  foot,  descending  from 
the  rim  into  its  inner  reaches. 
This  trip  will  challenge  the 
heartiest  of  backpackers,  but 
will  offer  something  for  every- 
one. The  leader  is  Brett  Simp- 
son, bsimpson@bloomu.edu. 

Walking  Across  Ireland:  The 
Dingle  Way,  June  17  to  26, 

2008:  The  Dingle  Way  is  one 
of  Ireland's  most  scenic  long- 
distance walking  trails  along 
low-lying  peat  bogs  and 
farms,  beaches,  cliffs  and 
mountains.  Located  in  the 
southwest  of  Ireland,  the  walk 
completes  a  circuit  of  the  Din- 
gle Peninsula,  starting  and 
finishing  in  the  town  of  Tralee 
in  the  County  of  Kerry 
Accommodations  include  bed 
and  breakfast  inns  and  guest- 
houses. The  leader  is  Roy 
Smith,  rsmith@bloomu.edu 


Iceland  Biking:  Northern 
Adventure,  July  17  to  27, 

2008:  Iceland  is  a  geologi- 
cally and  volcanically  rich 
country  with  a  population 
density  of  eight  people  per 
square  mile.  The  bike  route 
begins  and  ends  in  the 
capital  of  Reykjavik,  travel- 
ing north  and  west  of  the 
city,  mainly  on  paved 
roads.  Accommodations  are 
in  farm  cottages  and  guest- 
houses. The  leader  is  Roy 
Smith,  rsmith@bloomu.edu. 

In  addition  to  the  programs 
listed  above,  Quest  also 
conducts  day  trips  on  most 
weekends  and  custom-designs 
teambuilding  and  other 
experiences  to  meet  groups' 
needs.  For  additional  informa- 
tion, contact  Quest  at 
quest@bloomu.edu  or 
(570)  389-2100  or  check 
online  at  www.buquest.org. 


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Virtual  career  center 
free  to  alumni 


Three  BU  departments  have  teamed  up  to  bring 
the  services  of  a  virtual  career  center  to  students 
and  alumni  free  of  charge. 

The  partnership  of  BU's  Alumni  Affairs  Office,  Career 
Development  Center  and  College  of  Business  allows 
alumni  and  students  to  use  career  management  services 
available  through  CareerBeam.  Described  as  a  virtual 
career  success  center,  CareerBeam  provides  tools  to 
research  companies  and  industries,  look  for  current  and 
upcoming  job  openings,  create  a  personal  career  profile, 
build  a  resume  and  write  cover  letters. 

The  program's  database  technology  allows  the  user 
to  research  a  company  and  receive  information  from 
"job  triggers,"  criteria  that  indicates  a  company  may 
be  moving  into  the  hiring  mode,  according  to  Lynda 
Fedor-Michaels,  director  of  Alumni  Affairs. 

To  use  the  free  service,  BU  alumni  must  register  at  the 
alumni  online  community,  www.bloomualumni.com. 

BU's  Career  Development  Center,  housed  in  the 
Warren  Student  Services  Center,  provides  career 
counseling  and  planning  assistance  to  all  students 
and  alumni.  Director  Carol  Bamett  says  CareerBeam's 
features  "serve  as  an  excellent  complement  to  other 
services  already  offered  to  students." 

Barnett  says  David  G.  Martin,  dean  of  the  College 
of  Business,  first  introduced  CareerBeam  at  BU.  The 
College  of  Business  is  integrating  the  use  of  this  career 
management  tool  into  the  curriculum.  "CareerBeam  will 
allow  us  to  reinforce  the  process  of  career  development 
to  our  students  and  to  use  this  as  a  device  to  help  our 
students  achieve  their  maximum  potential,"  Martin  says. 

Current  students  may  access  CareerBeam's  services 
through  the  Web  sites  of  BU's  Career  Development 
Center,  www.bloomu.edu/departments/cardev/pages/ 
CDCmrnf.html,  or  College  of  Business,  http://cob. 
bloomu.edu.  Registration  is  required. 


5  "2  Q  George  Sharp  has  completed  the  third  book  in  his 

*3C3  trilogy,  "Jonathon  Nicholas,  American  Entrepre- 
neur." Sharp,  92,  a  teacher  in  Folcroft  and  Chester  for  34 
years,  began  writing  and  publishing  in  retirement. 

^/f  Q  John  Magill,  Millerstown,  and  his  late  daughter 

JLC3  Susan  Magill  Reynolds  71  are  co-authors  of 
"A  Soldier's  Psalm,  an  Odyssey  of  America's  Restless  Warriors, 
Books  1-IV,"  Trafford  Publishing. 


5^~|    Bob  Sickinger,  New  York  City,  has  released  "Topsy 
*J  .A.  Turvy  Loves,"  an  adaptation  of  Gilbert  &  Sullivan's 
musical  based  on  W.S.  Gilbert's  play,  "Engaged." 


J/^  2   Don  Poust,  Langhome  (right),  was 

\_J*3  inducted  into  the  Muncy  High  School 
Athletic  Hall  of  Fame.  While  at  Bloomsburg,  he 
won  the  Pennsylvania  State  Athletic  Conference 
(PSAC)  wrestling  title  at  177  pounds  and  was  a 
silver  medalist  twice  at  National  Association  of 
Intercollegiate  Athletics  (NAIA)  tournaments. 


J/£(\  Jack  Mascioli,  a  former  BU  basketball  team  captain 

UV/  who  coached  high  school  and  college  squads,  was 
inducted  into  the  Luzerne  County  Sports  Hall  of  Fame.  He  is  a 
retired  educator. 

}/£  ^7  Marcia  Bryan  teaches  part-time  at  the  Little  Lambs 

\J  /    Nursery  School,  Dublin.  She  also  works  with 
individuals  with  developmental  disabilities. 

1/1  Q  Joyce  E.  Brobst  participated  in  an  Oxford  Univer- 
vJC3  sity  Roundtable  on  science  and  religion  in  March. 
An  educator,  she  presented  a  paper  on  teaching  evolution. 

David  Bo  wen,  Frackville,  is  a  public  relations  and 
marketing  consultant  who  serves  as  volunteer  coordinator  for 
the  Brush  Valley  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Shamokin.  He  was 
recently  named  the  chamber's  member  of  the  year. 

W.  John  Strong,  a  retired  high  school  business  teacher  who 
teaches  part-time  at  Springhouse  Computer  School,  was 
honored  by  the  Octorara  Community  Education  Foundation. 

1/CC^k  Joanne  Jackson,  a  teacher  at  East  Hills  Middle 
\J  /   School  in  the  Bethlehem  area,  serves  on  the 

Allentown  School  Board.  She  co-chairs  the  Allentown  Safety 

Task  Force. 

Michael  L.  Smith,  Newport,  a  wrestling  coach  and  official, 

was  inducted  into  the  National  Wrestling  Hall  of  Fame.  Smith 

is  the  owner  of  a  sportswear  company. 


Hail  to  the  Chiefs 

BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff '07H,  second  from  left,  is  shown  with 
past  presidents  of  the  Alumni  Board  during  Alumni  Weekend. 
The  past  presidents  are,  left  to  right,  John  Scrimgeour  '53,  Sheri 
Lippowitsch  '81,  Mary  Anne  Majikas  Klemkosky  '59,  Nancy  Lychos 
'52,  Sandra  Jefferson  Rupp  '71  and  Pat  McAndrew  '70. 


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Husky  Notes 


5^7/"\  Al  Silveri,  Berks  County,  a  high  school  football  and 

/  \J  wrestling  coach  for  many  years,  was  inducted  into 
the  Pennsylvania  Sports  Hall  of  Fame. 

5^7 ~I    John  Thompson  spoke  at  the  Hazleton  Area 
/    A.  Center  for  Slavic  Studies.  He  is  vice  president 

and  senior  trust  officer  at  First  Columbia  Bank  and 

Trust  Co.,  Bloomsburg. 

Scott  Heffelfinger  is  director  of  human  resources  and 

affirmative  action  at  Reading  Area  Community  College. 

7^T  "2  R°Dert  Tabachini  Jr.  was  named  superintendent 
/  xj  for  the  Northeastern  School  District,  where  he  has 

served  the  last  four  years  as  assistant  superintendent. 
Richard  J.  Ward  is  a  trustee  of  the  Village  of  Larchmont, 

NY.  and  senior  vice  president,  resources  and  energy,  at  HSBC 

Corporate  and  Investment  Banking  in  New  York. 

5^7/i     Steven  P.  Keifer  is  superintendent  of  the  Hamburg 
/  TT  Area  School  District.  He  previously  was 

supenntendent  of  Danville  schools,  where  he  had  earlier  been 

a  principal  and  teacher. 

Mary  Catherine  Weisskopf  McGarvey,  Norristown,  is 

director  of  the  Free  Library  of  Springfield  Township. 
Joe  Micko,  a  former  Husky  football  player  and  wrestler,  was 

inducted  into  the  Carbon  County  Sports  Hall  of  Fame. 

7  ^7*2  Emory  Guffrovich,  an  admissions  officer,  professor 

/  %J  and  golf  coach  at  Penn  State  Lehigh  Valley,  was 
presented  with  the  2007  Student  Appreciation  and 
Recognition  Award. 

7^7  C  Susan  Haas  Mademann,  Statesville,  N.C.,  is  lead 
/  %J  teacher  and  special  educator  for  alternative  school 

programs  in  Davie  County,  N.C. 

Paul  Shearn  and  wife  Arlene  have  been  recognized  as  one 

of  RE/MAX  of  California  and  Hawaii's  top  50  residential  sales 

teams  for  year-to-date  productivity  for  2007. 

J^7j£  Leo  O'Donnell  was  honored  for  30  years  of  teaching 
/  \J  at  St.  John  Neumann  School,  Palmerton. 
Bemie  Miller,  Media,  retired  after  30  years  with  the 
Delaware  County  Intermediate  Unit.  He  is  director  for 
education  services  with  the  Pennsylvania  State  Education 
Association  and  serves  on  the  Gasldn  Advisory  Panel  as  a 
Pennsylvania  Department  of  Education  appointee. 


Find  more  Husky  Notes  online  at 
www.bloomualumni.com. 

Send  information  to  alum@bloomu.edu 
or  to  Alumni  Affairs,  Fenstemaker 
Alumni  House,  Bloomsburg  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St., 
Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815 


BU  alumnus  Woolrich's 
new  president 


j 


ames  Griggs  '83  was  named  presi- 
dent of  Woolrich  Inc.  earlier  this 
year,  following  the  death  of  former 

president  and  CEO  Roswell  Brayton  Jr. 
Griggs  has  held  various  positions  in 

finance  and  accounting  since  joining 

the  company  in  1987.  A  Williamsport 

native,  he  became  vice  president  of 

finance  in  2005  and  was  named  to  the  Woolrich  board  of 

directors  in  2006. 


M 

James  Griggs 


7^TQ  Tom  A.  Gill  (right)  is  director  of 

/  C3  purchasing  and  materials  management 
for  the  Masonic  Villages  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  is  past  president  of  the 
Tamaqua  Area  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
volunteers  for  the  Sellersville  Theater  for  the 
Performing  Arts. 


7^70  Laurie  Johnson  Gaylord  chairs  the  Martin  County 

/    /  School  Board  in  Florida,  where  she  lives  with 
husband,  Marc,  and  their  two  children.  She  has  a  private 
practice  as  a  certified  auditor)'- verbal  therapist. 

Duane  L.  Wickard  Jr.  is  principal  of  Upper  Perldomen 
Middle  School  in  East  Greenville.  His  wife  Eileen  Callahan 
Wickard  '80  is  a  reading  specialist  and  teacher  of  gifted 
students  at  Palisades  Middle  School  in  Kintnersville.  Their  son, 
Evan,  is  majoring  in  secondary  education/English  at  BU. 
Lynda  Wiest  was  named  among  Nevada's  Women  of 
Achievement.  She  is  an  associate  professor  of  mathematics 
education  at  the  University  of  Nevada,  Reno. 

7  Q  f\  David  W.  Mcllwaine,  president  and  CEO  of  HVAC 
C3 \J  Distributors  Inc.,  received  the  Small  Business  Person 
of  the  Year  Award  from  the  Lancaster  County  Chamber  of 
Commerce  &  Industry. 

7  Q  "I    Garry  Benfer,  Mifflinburg,  was  promoted  to  senior 

O  -1-  vice  president,  loan  administration,  for  Mifflinburg 
Bank  and  Trust. 

Peggy  Kemp  Fry  was  recognized  by  Wells  Fargo  Bank, 
where  she  works  as  vice  president  in  marketing  for  the 
consumer  credit  group. 

Ernest  Jackson  was  head  wrestling  coach  of  a  youth  folk- 
style  team  that  placed  seventh  out  of  564  entries  in  a  national 
tournament  at  the  University  of  Northern  Iowa. 

Barbara  Hornberger  Keihm  is  director  of  human  resources 
for  Wintellect,  a  Microsoft  gold  partner  technical  consulting 
firm  in  Atlanta,  Ga. 


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Wendy  Woolcock,  a  speech  pathologist  for  23  years,  was  a 
guest  speaker  at  an  annual  autism  event  in  the  Sunbury  area. 

Christopher  Malocu,  West  Mahanoy  Township,  retired 
from  teaching  after  26  years  with  Schuylkill  Intermediate 
Unit  No.  29. 


'89 


Suzanne  Killian  is  assistant  director  of  the  Federal 
Reserve  System's  board  of  governors  in  Washington 
D.C.  This  is  her  third  position  with  the  Federal  Reserve. 

Andrew  Vincent,  Hampton,  Va.,  was  inducted  into  the 
Benton  Area  School  District's  academic  hall  of  fame.  He 
trained  fighter  pilots  before  retiring  from  the  Air  Force  and 
now  develops  satellite-guided  weapons  and  instruments  for 
the  military. 

5Q  "2  Erik  J.  Chuss  is  vice  president  of  business  operation 
OO  for  SMS/800  at  Database  Service  Management  Inc., 

Piscataway,  N.J.  He's  a  member  of  the  Forks  Township 

Planning  Commission. 

Lorna  Locascio  Clause,  Pen  Argyl,  earned  a  master's  in 

human  resources  from  the  University  of  Phoenix  Online. 


Births 


She  is  the  rural  service  director  for  Turning  Point,  a  non- 
profit organization  that  provides  services  to  domestic 
violence  victims. 

5  Q  A   Michael  A.  Galantino,  Berwyn,  is  director  of 

C5  A  private  client  group  for  Boenning  &  Scattergood 
Inc.  He  serves  on  the  marketing  board  of  the  Philadelphia 
Stock  Exchange. 

5  Q  £*  Jeffrey  Barr  was  named  a  principal  of  Miers 
C3  %J  Insurance,  Allentown.  He  has  been  with  the 

company  for  12  years. 

Dave  "Slim"  Laslo,  retired  Navy/Air  Force  Reserves  C-130 

pilot,  works  for  Frontier  Airlines  in  Denver,  Colo.,  and  owns  a 

residential  cleaning  business. 

Larry  Medaglia  is  the  register  of  wills  for  Berks  County,  a 

position  he  has  held  for  12  years. 


'86 


Michelle  A.  Benner  is  a  team  director  at  Turner 
Investment  Partners,  Berwyn. 


Donna  Hartranft  Holt  '86  and 

husband,  Matthew,  a  son,  Jett 
Kang,  Dec.  14,2006 
Kathryn  "Kate"  Valvardi 
Peters  '90  and  husband, 
Thomas  Peters  '91,  a  son, 
Sean  Thomas,  Nov.  8, 2006 
Joseph  F.  Ciccarone  '93 
and  wife,  Dawn,  a  son,  Franco, 
Nov.  9, 2006 

Jean-Marie  Manfredonia 
Zarzaca  '94  and  husband, 
Anthony  J.  Zarzaca  '94,  a  son, 
Anthony  Joseph,  Nov.  11,2006 
Michael  Elgin  '95  and  wife, 
Rachel,  a  daughter,  Katelynn, 
March  3, 2007 

Danielle  Barkasy  Gowarty  '95 
and  husband,  Edward,  a  daughter, 
Sophia  Rose,  Oct.  5, 2006 
Meghan  Vernon  Mozi  '95  and 
husband,  Patrick,  a  daughter, 
Hailey  Lynn,  April  10,2007 
Dennis  Murri  '95  and  wife, 
Stephanie,  a  daughter,  Sydney 
Diane,  March  27, 2007 
Kelly  Minahan  Sommers  '95 
and  husband,  Mike,  a  son 
Michael  Patrick,  Feb.  2, 2007 


Christina  Murphy  Sweeny  '95, 

and  husband,  Charles,  a  son, 

Ethan  Murphy,  May  12, 2004, 

and  a  daughter,  Katelin  Ann, 

June  5, 2006 

Susan  Dresher  Cunningham  '96 

and  husband,  Steve,  a  son.  Carter 

Joseph,  March  2, 2006 

Nicole  Hower  Jurgill  '96  and 

husband,  Edward,  a  son,  Eric, 

September  2006 

Christy  Shaffer  Lusk  '96  and 

husband,  Christopher  Lusk 

'95/"98M,  a  son,  Tadd  Timothy, 

Oct.  2, 2006 

Jane  M.  Nolan  Schleppy  '96 

and  husband,  Mark,  a  son,  Nolan 

Stephen,  Feb.  24, 2007 

Lesley  Yeselavage  Hess  '97  and 

husband,  Tim,  a  daughter,  Caitlyn, 

Nov.  7, 2006 

Maggie  Jara  Heyer  '97 

and  husband,  Joe,  a  daughter, 

Jacqueline  Elizabeth, 

March  24, 2007 

Carolyn  Wilson  Peters  '97  and 

husband,  David,  a  son,  Braedon 
Scott,  Feb.  8, 2007 


Michele  Homay  Schlicher  '97 

and  husband,  Mike,  a  daughter, 
Abbie  Paige,  March  5, 2007 
Katrina  Miller  Dvorznak  '98  and 
husband,  David,  a  daughter, 
Makenzie  Georgia,  Jan.  9, 2007 
Vicky  Edinger  Nguyen  '98 
and  husband,  Michael 
Nguyen  W02M,  a  daughter, 
Kayley,  March  21, 2007 
Julie  Guisewhite  Novia  '98 
and  husband.  Marc,  a  daughter, 
Adelaide  Charlotte, 
March  29, 2006 

Angela  Gilby  Tobey  '98  and 

husband,  Joseph,  a  son,  Daniel 
Joseph,  Oct.  17,2006 
Dawn  Koons  Yingling  W03M 
and  husband,  Mark,  a  son,  Brady 
Keith,  Jan.  23, 2007 
Vanessa  Klingensmith 
Chappell  '99M  and  husband, 
Christopher  Chappell  '00M, 
a  son,  Everett,  April  23, 2007 
Valerie  Chapman  Lill  '99M  and 
husband,  Frank,  a  son,  Brendan 
Michael,  Oct.  27, 2006 
Sara  Duh  Lutcavage  '99  and 
husband,  Jason  Lutcavage  '99, 
a  daughter,  Molly  Grace, 
Jan.  10,2007 


Tom  Murray  '99  and  wife, 
Christine,  a  son,  Evan  Thomas, 
March  7, 2007 

Stacey  Williams  Snyder  '99  and 
husband,  Garrett,  a  son,  Curtis 
John,  Feb.  16, 2007 
Darlene  Weihbrecht 
Steinberger'99and  husband, 
Robert,  a  son,  Andrew  Joseph, 
March  12, 2007 

Amy  Lynn  Burkel  Tucci  '99  and 
husband,  Tony,  a  daughter,  Alyssa 
Rose,  Dec.  30, 2005 
Jennifer  Marinari  Kiley  '00  and 
husband,  Bill,  a  son,  Noah  Patrick, 
July  18, 2005 

Stephanie  Hontz  McLaughlin 
'00  and  husband,  Brian,  a  son, 
Jack  Ryan,  Dec.  3, 2006 
Tracy  Draper  Kuehner  '01  and 
husband,  Ryan  Kuehner  01,  a 
son,  Myles  Gehrig,  Feb.  27, 2007 
Kimberly  Armstrong  Engleman 
'02  and  husband,  Eric,  a  son,  Ethan 
James,  June  21, 2006 
Amanda  Eberly  Tlumach  '04 
and  husband,  llya,  a  son,  Elijah, 
Dec.  13, 2006 


Husky  Notes 


Angela  DiTommaso  is  contracts  and  compliance 
manager  for  the  roofing  and  building  maintenance  dhision  of 
Tremco  Inc. 

Michael  Dubbs  earned  a  master's  of  divinity  degree  from 
Wesley  Theological  Seminary  in  Washington,  D.C.  He  is  a 
United  Methodist  pastor  in  the  Mount  Union/ 
Allenport  area. 

Victor  Koons  (right),  owner  of  a  Danville 
graphic  design  firm,  received  the  2006  Silver 
Addy  Award  at  the  Northeast  Pennsylvania  Addy 
Awards  banquet. 

5  O  ^T  Anthony  "Rocky"  Bonomo  is  in  his  fifth  season  as 

O  /    head  wrestling  coach  at  Lock  Haven  University. 

Christine  Ford  is  regulatory  affairs  specialist  for  B.  Braun 
Medical  Inc. 

Michelle  Karas,  Dushore,  spoke  at  the  American 
Community  Bankers  national  sales  and  marketing  conference 
in  Orlando,  Fla. 

Karla  Ketwitz,  director  of  laboratory  sendees  at  Pardee 
Hospital,  earned  certification  as  a  diplomat  in  laboratory 
medicine  from  the  American  Society  for  Clinical  Pathology. 

9  Q  Q  Kevin  Kem,  a  project  manager  with  Dun  & 
O  O  Bradstreet,  is  the  boys'  basketball  coach  at  Central 

Catholic  High  School  in  the  AUentown  area. 

Alice  Stauffer  earned  a  master's  in  health  administration 

degree  from  A.T.  Still  University,  Kirksville,  Mo. 

JC\{\  Gene  C.  Briggs  Jr.  joined  Arro  Consulting  Inc.  as  a 
S  \J  planner  in  the  firm's  Montgomery  County  office. 
Gretchen  Wirth  (right)  is  regional  associate 
director,  strategic  sales,  for  Verizon  Wireless  in 
Dallas-Fort  Worth.  She  has  worked  with  the 
company  for  more  than  nine  years. 

Kevin  Kotch  (right)  is  an  associate  in  the 
litigation  department  of  Obermayer  Rebmann 
Maxwell  &  Hippel  LLP.  He  spoke  about  loss  or 
theft  of  customer  data  at  a  meeting  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Bar  Association's  business  law  section. 


'91 


Brenda  Brewer  is  the  women's 
lacrosse  coach  at  Susquehanna 
University,  Selinsgrove. 

Ann  Brown  is  deputy  warden  of  operations  at  the  Berks 
County  Prison,  where  she  has  worked  since  1992. 

Regis  Kohler  (right),  associate  professor  of 
radiography  at  Pennsylvania  College  of 
Technology,  will  be  listed  in  'Who's  Who  in 
.American  Education  2007-08."  He  has  taught  at 
Perm  College  since  1987. 

^Q\  ^y  Bridgette  R.  Collier  is  a  financial 

S  %J  consultant  for  six  Lancaster-area  branches  of 
M&T  Securities. 


Shirley  Smeltz  Brosius 


Brosius'  book 
features  inspirational 
biographies 


Shirley  Smeltz 
Brosius  '62  is  the 
author  of  "Sister- 
hood of  Faith:  365 
Life-Changing  Stories 
About  Women  Who 
Made  a  Difference," 
published  last  year  by 
Howard  Books,  a  divi- 
sion of  Simon  & 
Schuster.  The  book 
features  biographical 
sketches  of  inspira- 
tional women,  includ- 
ing Mother  Teresa, 
Dale  Evans,  Florence  Nightingale,  Elizabeth  Dole  and 
Lisa  Beamer,  along  with  related  Scripture. 

Brosius  has  written  for  a  number  of  secular  and  reli- 
gious publications,  such  as  Harrisburg's  Patriot-News, 
Angels  on  Earth,  Country  Journal,  Farm  and  Ranch  Liv- 
ing, Living  With  Teenagers  and  Pennsylvania  Magazine. 
She  speaks  at  conferences,  retreats  and  women's  ministry 
events  and  is  one  of  three  women  ministering  as  Friends 
of  the  Heart. 

After  earning  a  master's  degree  in  Christian  education 
from  the  Evangelical  School  of  Theology,  Brosius  served 
10  years  as  a  director  of  Christian  education.  She  received 
the  alumni  of  the  year  award  from  the  theology  school 
earlier  this  year. 

She  lives  in  Millersburg  with  her  husband  Bill.  The 
couple  has  two  sons  and  five  grandchildren. 


Jf\  /I   Lee  Dorf  is  director,  capital  asset  valuation, 
S   A  for  Marshall  &  Stevens,  Philadelphia. 
W.  Scott  Krzywicki  is  finance  director  of  Asia  Pacific 

operations  for  Albemarle,  Richmond,  Va. 

Anthony  Zarzaca  is  a  national  sales  representative  with 

Lutron  Electronics,  Coopersburg. 

}/~\  P*  Jacquelyn  Giles  Dillersberger  was  named 
Zf  O  Pleasant  Grove  Elementary 's  Teacher  of  the  Year. 

She  has  taught  second  and  third  grade  at  the  Florida  school  for 

nine  years. 

Kathryn  Yurchak,  Muncy,  has  written  'Where  Wigwams 

Stood,"  a  book  that  tells  of  the  struggles  of  early  setders  along 

Muncy  Creek. 


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Marriages 


David  Ferris  '88  and  Hanna  Clark, 
May  27, 2006 

Sherri  Whipple  '90  and  Kenneth 
Berkheimer,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Lynn  Nesgoda  '95  and 

DerrekCummings 

Tiffany  Timpko  '97  and  James 
West,  Oct.  28, 2006 

Bill  ie  Jo  Heintzelman  '98  and 

Joseph  Leisse,  Oct.  28, 2006 

Jeffrey  Acconzo  '99  and  Nicole 
Badway,  Sept.  15,2006 

Angela  Bovard  '00  and  Donald 
Fure,  June  24, 2006 

Lindsey  Harris  '00  and  Justin 
DiGiondomenico  02M 

June  17, 2006 

Jennifer  laniero  '00  and  Jason 
Natow,  Oct.  28, 2006 

Carin  Kessler  '00  and  Eric 
Williams,  Oct.  14, 2006 

Jason  Lagowy  '00  and  Angela 
Wolfe 

Kristen  Mance  00  and 

Michael  Verba 


Heather  Matthews  '00  and 

Michael  Yanoff,  Oct.  14, 2006 

Lindsay  Affeldt  '01  and  Thomas 
Bulawa  '02,  May  5, 2007 

Jessica  Bentley  '01  and  Joseph 
Sassaman,  Sept.  2, 2006 

Robert  Metzger  III  '01  and 

Megan  Kime,  Oct.  14,2006 

Tori  Miller  '01  and  Stacy  Adams, 
Dec.  2, 2006 

Daren  Moran  '01  and  Kimberly 
Wenner,  Sept.  23, 2006 

Kent  Strohecker  '01 M  and 

Sherry  Yoder,  Nov.  20, 2006 

Amy  Burkat  '02  and  Wayne 

Whitaker'01,June30,2006 

Audrey  Goodyear  '02  and 

Andrew  McCarthy,  June  24, 2006 

Hillary  Gudikunst '02  and 
Stephen  Gancar  III  '95 

Kari  Kauffman  '02  and  Tim  Nye, 
Sept.  23, 2006 

Lauren  Morrison  '02  and 

Brian  Richardson 

Greg  Roskos  '02  and  Rebecca 
Dyer,  July  1,2006 


Michelle  Taylor  '02  and  Ryan 
Sweigert,  June  24, 2006 

Andrew  Ulitchney  '02  and 

Colleen  Smith,  Sept.  9, 2006 

Jennifer  Wolfe  '02  and  Wayne 
Daniels,  July  8, 2006 

Rebecca  Young  '02  and 

Matthew  Resnick,  Aug.  12, 2006 

Kathleen  Connors  '03  and  Mark 
Filardi  '02,  May  5, 2007 

Sara  Cornish  03  and 

Keith  Perrigo 

Teena  Edwards  '03  and  Timothy 
Curnow.Oct.21,2006 

Doug  Ratchford  '03  and  Maria 
Mikulski,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Megan  Burrows  '04  and  Michael 
Eisenhower,  Oct.  14,2006 

Shanna  Fritz  '04  and  Jeremy 
Hess,  July  22, 2006 

Natalie  Moriano  '04  and 
Santino  Ferretti  '03, 

Nov.  11,2006 

Luke  Reynolds  '04  and  Lisa 

Mantione,  Sept.  16,2006 


Amy  Souter  '04  and  Brian  Brinser, 
Sept.  16, 2006 

Sarah  Delong  '05  and  John 
Graf  III,  July  8, 2006 

Michael  Hackenberg  05  and 

Heather  Blank,  Sept.  9, 2006 

Jennifer  Kleinfelter  '05  and 

Michael  Deiter,  Nov.  5, 2005 

Sarah  Levering  '05  and  Robert 
Conety  '05,  June  24, 2006 

Laura  Mack  '05  and  Joshua 
Gnall,  Sept.  16,2006 

Lauren  Ritz  '05  and  Francis 
Novak,  July  8, 2006 

Leslie  Starna  '05  and  John 
Widdick  III,  June  17, 2006 

Amber  Bilbay  '06  and  William 

Schon,  Oct.  21 ,  2006 

Kathryn  Ergott  '06  and  James 
Rebilas,  Aug.  5, 2006 

Sara  Graybill  '06  and  Andrew 
Mathews,  Sept.  30, 2006 

Danielle  Kramer  '06  and  Scott 
Gray,  Dec.  2, 2006 

Katharine  Walsh  '06  and  Scott 
Stine,  April  14, 2007 


JC\^7  Nancy  Vasta  is  a  product  development  director 
S  /    for  CIGNA  Healthcare,  Philadelphia. 

Jf\  Q  Chris  Achuff  is  defensive  line  and  strength  and 

y  O  conditioning  football  coach  at  University  of 
Tennessee  at  Martin.  Achuff,  a  former  Huskies  outside 
linebacker,  started  his  coaching  career  as  a  student  assistant 
atBU. 

Jeffrey  Beilman  is  a  financial  adviser  for  Ingargiola  Wealth 
Management  Group,  Dunmore. 

Lynn  Benfante  completed  a  master's  in  business  adminis- 
tration degree  from  Drexel  University.  She  is  manager  of 
defined  benefit  services  for  Vanguard,  Malvern. 

Michelle  Heffher,  Bethlehem,  was  admitted  to  practice  law 
by  the  Pennsylvania  Supreme  Court  in  December  2006. 

Michael  S.  Helveston  is  a  financial  planner  with  Rodgers  & 
Associates,  Lancaster. 


}Q£J  Dr.  Scott  Dietrich  presented  original  research, 

S  /  "Investigating  and  Improving  Athletic  Training 
Program  Coherence,"  at  the  2007  athletic  training  conference 
in  Texas. 

Dr.  Leon  Frederick  O'Neill  IV,  Flourtown,  attended 
medical  school  at  Philadelphia  College  of  Osteopathic 
Medicine  and  is  currently  an  internal  medicine  resident  at  the 
University  of  Medicine  and  Denistry  of  New  Jersey. 

Heather  Hintzen  is  the  lead  stereotactic  biopsy 
technologist  and  a  CAT  scan  and  mammography  technologist 
at  an  outpatient  radiology  center  in  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Jeremy  Kipp  is  men's  and  women's  assistant  swimming 
coach  at  the  University  of  Southern  California. 

Mike  Montgomery  received  a  master's  in  business 
administration  degree  from  Millersville  University. 

Ryan  Morgan  is  principal  of  Memorial  Elementary 
School,  Bloomsburg. 


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Husky  Notes 


Rinehart 

completes 

national 

nursing 

fellowship 


Cheri  Bohler  Rinehart 


c 


heri  Bohler 
Rinehart  79, 
vice  president 
for  The  Hospital  &  Healthsystem  Association  of  Penn- 
sylvania (HAP),  has  completed  a  three-year  Robert 
Wood  Johnson  (RWJ)  Executive  Nurse  Fellowship. 

The  award  included  a  $30,000  grant  for  a  leadership 
project.  For  her  project,  Rinehart  implemented  an 
ongoing  initiative  to  help  Pennsylvania  hospitals  avoid 
crowding,  improve  patient  flow  and  reduce  emergency 
department  diversion.  Partners  were  the  Institute 
for  Healthcare  Improvement,  Joint  Commission, 
the  national  RWJ  Urgent  Matters  project,  insurers, 
physicians  and  hospital  administrators. 

Rinehart's  project  included  a  statewide  survey  of 
hospital  capacity  management  practices,  an  audiocon- 
ference  attended  by  more  than  600  hospital  represen- 
tatives and  a  hospital  capacity  management  summit. 

A  graduate  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rural  Leadership 
Program,  Rinehart  is  a  founding  president  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Rural  Health  Association,  a  member  of 
the  National  Rural  Health  Policy  Board  and  a  board 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Emergency  Health 
Services  Council  and  the  American  Trauma  Society. 

Earlier  this  year,  she  received  the  Outstanding 
Contribution  to  Emergency  Medicine  in  Pennsylvania 
award  from  the  state's  chapter  of  the  American  College 
of  Emergency  Physicians.  She  is  the  third  recipient  of 
this  award. 


Find  more  Husky  Notes  online  at 
www.  bloomualumni.  com. 

Send  information  to  alum@bloomu.edu 
or  to  Alumni  Affairs,  Fenstemaker 
Alumni  House,  Bloomsburg  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  400  E.  Second  St., 
Bloomsburg,  Pa.  17815 


Tom  Murray  is  director  of  counseling  and  disability 
services  for  the  North  Carolina  School  of  the  Arts,  Winston- 
Salem,  N.C.  He  earned  a  doctoral  degree  in  marriage  and 
family  therapy,  counselor  education  and  supervision,  from 
the  University  of  Florida. 

}f\£~\  Stephen  Bransfield  earned  a  doctorate  from  Johns 

\J\J  Hopkins  University,  where  he  conducted  research 
on  environmental  catalysis.  He  works  in  northern  Virginia 
as  a  consultant. 

Kenneth  Marx,  Port  Carbon,  is  business  manager  for  the 
Panther  Valley  School  District. 

J(\  ~1    Susan  Berryman  earned  a  master's  of  science  degree 

\J  _£_  in  nursing  education  from  Villanova  University. 

Pamela  Brennan  was  promoted  to  corporate  communica- 
tions officer  for  Omega  Bank  after  serving  as  a  branch  manager. 

Eric  Eichhorst  was  promoted  to  sales/marketing  coordi- 
nator at  Princeton  Windows  Retirement  Community  in 
Pnnceton,  NJ. 

Daren  Moran,  Enola,  is  an  accountant  for  the  Capital  Area 
Intermediate  Unit. 

Jeffrey  Piazza,  director  of  admissions  and  recruitment  for  the 
Wilkes-Barre  Vo-Tech  School,  is  also  owner  of  Gelpia'z 
Restaurant,  Kingston. 

Matthew  Resnick  is  a  senior  accountant  at  Resnick  Group, 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Jamee  Wilkas  graduated  from  Immaculata  University  with  a 
master's  degree  in  counseling  psychology. 

^f\^  Kimberly  Armstrong  Engleman,  Shillington,  passed 

\J \*U  the  CPA  exam.  She  is  an  auditor  with  Leesport 
Financial  in  Reading. 

Lauren  Morrison  Richardson,  Schwenksville,  is  a  senior 
quality  assurance  regulatory  specialist  for  Biorexis  Pharmaceuti- 
cals, King  of  Prussia. 

J(\^y  Elizabeth  Healy  graduated  from  Syracuse  University 

v/O  College  of  Law  with  a  juris  doctorate  in  May  2007. 
While  in  law  school,  she  worked  for  the  Onondaga  County 
district  attorney's  office. 

Tanya  McAllister,  Manheim  Township,  was  promoted  to 
business  development  coordinator  for  Horst  Insurance. 

Amy  Snyder  is  an  agent  with  the  Danville  office  of  ERA 
Classic  Realty  Inc. 

Jennifer  Webb,  a  doctoral  student  at  the  University  of  South 
Carolina,  attended  a  summer  workshop  on  teaching  about 
terrorism  at  the  University  of  Maryland. 

5  f\  A  Ken  Hemmler  is  boys'  basketball  coach  at  Western 

\J^t  Wayne  High  School.  He  is  a  fourth-grade  teacher  in 
the  Western  Wayne  School  District. 

Heather  Ogozaly  is  employed  by  Syracuse  University, 
College  of  Law,  as  an  assistant  extemship  coordinator. 

Christine  Snyder  works  for  the  Interboro  School  District 
in  Lansdale. 

Robert  Michael  Drum  is  a  manager  of  Burroughs  and 
Chapin  Corp.'s  South  Beach  Resort  in  Myrtle  Beach. 


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Christine  Vamer  is  a  licensed  real  estate  agent  in  Maryland 
and  Virginia,  working  for  Long  &  Foster  Real  Estate  Inc. 

?/~\  F*  Lindsy  Force  earned  a  master's  in  education  degree 

\J  *_/  in  curriculum  and  instruction  and  a  certification  in 
English  from  BU.  She  teaches  French  and  English  at  Muncy 
High  School. 

Sarah  Delong  Graf  is  employed  as  a  learning  specialist  at 
Burr  and  Burton  Academy  in  Manchester,  Vt. 

Stephen  Major,  Elysburg,  is  a  science  teacher  at  Shamokin 
High  School  and  is  pursuing  a  master's  degree  at  BU. 

Kimberlee  Pedersen  is  attending  a  master's  program 
in  international  policy  studies  at  La  Trobe  University, 
Melbourne,  Australia. 

Jennifer  Petro  is  membership  development  coordinator 
with  the  Charleston,  S.C.,  Metro  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


Deaths 

Thelma  Gordon  Harrison  77 
Mary  Heintzelman  78 
Ruey  Kenworthy  Nygren  78 
Teresa  Arcarese  '30 
Ruth  Herman  '32 
Gertrude  Strein  Howells  '33 
Dorothy  Lloyd  Lewis  Rice  '33 
Thelma  Evans  Williams '33 
Freda  Shuman  Laubach  '34 
Sam  Cohen  '36 
Margaret  Hogendobler  '38 
Victor  J.  Ferrari  '39 
Sara  Dersham  Laubach  '39 
Jean  Shuman  Zehner '39 
Fern  McBride  Whitebread  '40 
Mary  Keesler  Sherwood  '41 
Howard  Tomlinson  '41 
Peter  Podwika  '42 
Stewart  C.  Yorks  '42 
Mary  Wagner  Hoffman  '45 
Clair  Baum  '47 
Theodore  Jurasik  '47 
Billy  N.  Dugan  '49 
Wilmer  Kester  '49 
Josephine  Padula  White  '49 
Patrick  J.  Flaherty '50 
Paul  E.  Ulrich  '50 
Alice  Jacques  Grimes  '51 
Thomas  J.  Reed '52 
Donald  Blyler  '53 


Meade  Shuman  '56 

Leonard  Kapochus  '57 

Loren  J.  Bower  '59 

Renee  Terzopolos  '59 

Jean  Ann  Fenstermacher  '60 

Kenneth  Thomas  '60 

Beatrice  Bums  Comeau  '61 

Annetta  Rohrbach  '61 

George  E.  Molnar  '63 

Kenneth  Musselman  '64 

Gladys  Bingaman  '66 

Wayne  Marek  '66 

Joy  Whiting  Musselman  '66 

Glen  H.  Book '67 

Kenneth  Weaver  '68 

Margaret  Phillips  Jarosiewicz  '69 

Marlin  Walsh  70 

Lawrence  Carl  71 

Frank  J.  Monaghan'71 

Patricia  McCreary  Young  71 

Brian  K.  Bower  72 

Joseph  Doria  74 

Susan  McMinn  Snyder  74 

Robin  Olson  Krzysik  77 

Mark  McGee  78 

Melanie  Apple  Williams '81 

Margaret  Robbins  Perkins  '84 

Donna  Seile  Farley  '99 

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Derek  Rupert.  Montoursville,  is  a  fitness  specialist  at 
Capital  One  Corporate  Headquarters.  Tysons  Comer,  Va. 

Kimberly  Wagner  joined  the  accounting  firm  of 
JonesKohanski  &  Co.,  working  from  the  company's 
Sugarloaf  office. 


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Timothy  Brockman  is  an  analytical  chemist  in 
quality  control  for  GlaxoSmithKline. 

Angela  Furca  is  an  emergency  services  nurse  at  Shamokin 
Area  Hospital. 

Marlin  L.  Smith  II  is  a  police  officer  in  \YiTJiamsport. 


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was  named 
secretary  of  the  Maryland 
Department  of  Disabilities 
earlier  this  year. 
She  began  her 
career  as  a  speech  and 
language  therapist  at  a 
Pennsylvania  iristitution 
for  people  with 
intellectual  disabilities 
after  earning  bachelor  s 


and  master's  degrees  from  BU.  She  also  worked  as  a 
speech  therapist  in  a  Pennsylvania  school  district  and 
served  as  executive  director  for  United  Cerebral  Palsy 
of  Wyoming  Valley. 

Raggio  moved  to  Maryland  to  become  executive 
director  of  United  Cerebral  Palsy  of  Prince  George's 
County  and  later  served  as  associate  director  and  then 
executive  director  of  the  Maryland  Developmental 
Disabilities  Council.  After  a  five-year  stint  as  an 
independent  contractor  working  on  projects  involving 
people  with  disabilities,  she  founded  and  served  as 
executive  director  of  Independence  Now,  the  center 
for  independent  living  serving  Montgomery  and  Prince 
George's  counties  in  Maryland. 

With  the  support  of  state  agencies  and  individuals, 
Raggio  established  the  Maryland  Youth  Leadership 
Forum  in  1999.  The  MD-YLF  is  a  four-day  program 
held  each  summer  for  high  school  students  with 
various  disabilities  which  emphasises  leadership, 
independence  and  personal  and  career  goal  setting. 


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Calendar  of  Events 


Academic  Calendar 

Fall  2007 

Reading  Day-  No  Classes 

Friday,  Oct.  12 

Thanksgiving  Break  - 
No  Classes 

Wednesday  to  Friday,  Nov.  21  to  23 

Classes  Resume 

Monday,  Nov.  26 

Classes  End 

Saturday,  Dec.  8 

Final  Exams 

Monday  to  Saturday,  Dec.  1 0  to  1 5 

Graduate  Commencement 

Friday,  Dec.  14 

Undergraduate 
Commencement 

Saturday,  Dec.  15 

Spring  2008 

Classes  Begin 

Monday,  Jan.  14 

Martin  Luther  King  Jr.  Day  - 
No  Classes 

Monday,  Jan.  21 

Spring  Break  Begins 

Saturday,  March  8 

Classes  Resume 

Monday,  March  17, 8  a.m. 

Reading  Day  -  No  Classes 

Thursday  and  Friday,  May  1  and  2 

Classes  End 

Saturday,  May  3 

Finals  Begin 

Monday,  May  5 

Finals  End 

Saturday,  May  10 

Graduate  Commencement 

Friday,  May  9 

Undergraduate 
Commencement 

Saturday,  May  10 


Art  Exhibits 

Exhibits  in  the  Haas  Gallery  of  Art 
are  open  to  the  public  free  of 
charge.  More  information  about 
shows  is  available  at  http:// 
departments,  bloomu.edu/art/ 
gallery.html 

Connie  Wolfe 

Mixed  media,  Aug.  27  to  Sept.  21 

Art  ot  the  Alumni:  Juried  Studio 
Art  Alumni  Exhibition 

Oct.  1  to  26 

Karl  Beamer 

Ceramics,  organized  by  the 
Museum  Exhibition  class, 
Nov.  5  to  30 

Studio  Art  Senior  Exit 
Exhibition 

Dec.  3  to  15 

Dylan  Vitone 

Photography,  Jan.  14  to 
Feb.  15, 2008 

Yoshiko  Shimano 

Printmaking,  Feb.  25  to 
March  28, 2008 

Juried  Student  Art  Exhibition 

April  7  to  25, 2008 

Celebrity  Artist  Series 

Events  are  held  in  Haas  Center  for 
the  Arts,  Mitrani  Hall,  or  Carver 
Hall,  Kenneth  S.  Gross  Auditorium. 
For  more  information,  call  the  box 
office  at  (5701 389-4409  or  check 
the  Celebrity  Artist  Web  site  at 
h  ttp://orgs.  bloom  u.  edu/arts/ 
celebrity_list.htm.  Community 
Government  Association 
cardholders  pay  half  of  the  ticket's 
face  value  for  all  shows.  Programs 
and  dates  are  subject  to  change. 

Family  Entertainment:  Cashore 
Marionettes 

Saturday,  Sept.  15, 2  p.m. 
Gross  Auditorium,  $15 


Queen  Meets  the  Classics:  East 
Village  Opera  Company 

Friday,  Oct.  5, 8  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $20 

Broadway  at  Bloomsburg: 
The  Producers 

Monday,  Oct.  29, 7:30  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $25 

Do  Your  Parents  Know?: 
Illusionist  Mike  Super 

Parents  Weekend  Special  Event 
Saturday,  Nov.  3, 7  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $20;  $10  for  parents 
and  siblings  of  BU  students 

Holiday  Concert 
Poinsettia  Pops 

Friday,  Dec.  7, 7  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  Free  admission 

Swing,  Daddy-o:  Big  Bad 
Voodoo  Daddy 

Saturday,  Feb.  16,2008,8  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $20 

Dreams  in  Motion:  Paul  Taylor 
Dance  Company 

Saturday,  April  5, 2008, 8  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $20 

Broadway  at  Bloomsburg:  Evita 

Monday,  April  13, 2008, 8  p.m. 
Mitrani  Hall,  $25 

Wonderful  Sound:  Ninth 
Annual  BU  Jazz  Festival 
Bobby  Zankel  &  The  Warriors 
of  Wonderful  Sound 

Friday,  April  25, 2008,  noon 
Mitrani  Hall,  $5 

Alumni  Events 

Contact  the  Alumni  Affairs  Office 
at  (570)  389-4058,  (800)  526-0254 
or  alum@bloomu.  edu  for 
information.  Details  also  are  listed 
at  the  alumni  online  community, 
www.bloomualumni.com. 

Alumni  and  Open  5K  Race 

Saturday,  Sept.  8 

Contact:  Karen  Brandt,  cross 

country  coach,  (570)  389-5123 


Tennis  Alumni  Reunion 

Saturday,  Sept.  1 5 

Reunion,  Class  of  1962 

Friday  and  Saturday,  Oct.  1 9  and  20 

Informal  Reunion,  Class  of  1987 

Saturday,  Oct.  20 

Chili  'n'  Brew 

Saturday,  Oct.  20,  following 
Homecoming  football  game 
Fenstemaker  Alumni  House  lawn 

Grad  Finale 

Tuesday,  Nov.  6 

Alumni  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday, 
April  11  to  13, 2008 

Special  Events 

Athletic  Hall  of  Fame  Induction 

Saturday,  Sept.  15, 6  p.m. 
Kehr  Union 

Homecoming  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  Oct.  19  to  21 
Dedication  of  Academic  Quad. 
Football,  Huskies  vs.  Millerville 
Marauders,  Saturday,  Oct.  20, 
1:30  p.m.,  Bedman  Stadium. 
Tickets  are  $8  for  adults  and  $3 
for  students  and  senior  citizens. 
BU  students  with  a  valid  ID  are 
admitted  free.  Gates  open  two 
hours  before  kickoff. 

Parents  and  Family  Weekend 

Friday  to  Sunday,  Nov.  2  to  4 


For  the  latest  information 
on  upcoming  events, 
check  the  university 
Web  site: 
www.  bloomu.  edu/today 


FALL        2007 


Over  the  Shoulder 


By  Robert  Dunkelberga;  University  Archivist 


The  Search  for  a  Leader: 
BU  Finds  a  President 

In  May  1993,  Bloomsburg  University  President 
Harry  Ausprich  announced  that  he  was  leaving  to 
become  executive  director  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Humanities  Council.  Curtis  English,  a  1956 
Bloomsburg  State  Teachers  College  graduate,  agreed 
to  lead  the  university  on  an  interim  basis  during  the 
search  for  the  university's  17th  president. 

Four  candidates  were  invited  to  campus  early  in 
1994  to  interview  for  the  position.  The  first,  Jessica 
Sledge  Kozloff,  vice  president  for  academic  and 
student  affairs  for  the  State  Colleges  of  Colorado,  was 
interviewed  on  Monday,  Feb.  7. 

Kozloff  spoke  at  an 
open  forum  in  Mitrani 
Hall  that  day  and  was 
asked  about  her 
priorities  if  she  became 
president.  "The  reason 
we  are  here  is  for  the 
students,"  she  answered. 
"My  strength  is  that  I  am 
student-oriented." 

In  March,  the 
Presidential  Search 
Committee  endorsed 
Kozloff  as  one  of  three  candidates  whose  names 
were  recommended  to  the  Council  of  Trustees.  After 
approval  by  the  Trustees,  the  names  were  forwarded 
to  James  McCormick,  who  was  chancellor  of  the 
State  System  of  Higher  Education,  and  the  Board 
of  Governors. 


Jessica  Kozloff  talks  with 
students  at  a  reception  in  her 
honor  on  April  22, 1994. 


BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff  introduces  herself  to  students 
on  her  first  day,  July  1,  1994. 

The  boards  executive  committee  voted  in  early 
April  to  offer  the  position  to  Kozloff.  She  accepted, 
stressing  once  again  her  connection  to  students  and 
adding,  "I  feel  on  top  of  the  world.  I'm  filled  with  a 
sense  of  awesome  responsibility  and  a  wonderful 
feeling  regarding  my  good  fortune." 

One  day  after  Kozloff  was  formally  hired  on 
Apnl  21,  1994,  she  and  her  husband  Dr.  Stephen 
Kozloff  were  guests  at  a  reception  in  BU's  Haas  Center 
for  the  Arts,  attended  by  more  than  500  faculty,  staff 
and  students. 

Friday,  July  1,  1994,  was  Kozloff  s  first  day  as 
Bloomsburg  University's  first  female  president. 
Although  filled  with  meetings  and  the  job  of  moving 
into  her  new  office,  the  day's  events — from  planning 
for  the  new  library  to  touring  the  construction  site 
of  the  Student  Recreation  Center — served  as  an 
indication  of  the  work  she  would  face  in  the  years 
ahead.  And,  as  improvements  to  the  physical  campus 
have  continued  during  her  tenure,  Kozloffs  number 
one  priority  has  always  been  the  students,  like  those 
who  joined  her  for  lunch  that  first  day  to  discuss 
their  concerns. 

During  her  interview  13  years  ago,  Kozloff  said 
she  assumed  her  first  presidency  would  be  her  last. 
It  was.  She  will  retire  in  December  with  the  second- 
longest  tenure  of  any  Bloomsburg  president  since 
the  normal  school  became  a  college  in  1927  and  with 
a  legacy  of  growth  and  achievement  that  will  be 
difficult  to  match. 


BLOOMSBURG        THE        UNIVERSITY 


MAGAZINE 


The  University  Store. 


What's  better  than  a  pat  on  the 
back?  A  Husky  paw  on  the 
back  of  soft  hooded  sweatshirt! 

The  University  Stores  bestseller 
comes  in  maroon,  gold, 
graphite  and  black  in  adult 
sizes  small  to  3X  and  youth 
sizes  small  to  extra  large.  At  just 
$37.99,  the  Paw  Hood  makes  it 
easy  to  show  your  Husky  pride, 
just  like  a  dozen  alumni  did  at 
Homecoming  2006  when  they 
purchased  gold  Paw  Hood 
sweatshirts  and  put  them  on 
before  posing  for  photos  with 
one  of  Roongos  biggest  fans, 
BU  President  Jessica  Kozloff. 

Positively  perfect  for  students, 
their  parents  and  alumni,  Paw 
Hoods  make  great  holiday  gifts. 
In  fact,  hundreds  of  giftware 
items  and  BU  apparel,  as  well  as 
gift  cards  in  any  amount,  are 
available  for  holiday  or 
commencement  gifts  or  as  an 
anytime  reward  for  yourself  at 
the  University  Store,  open 
seven  days  a  week,  and  online 
at  www.bloomu.edu/store. 


Paws?  Positively! 


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Shown  in  Paw  Hoods  are  students  Tim  Sones,  a  junior  business  administration/finance  major  from 
White  Haven,  left,  and  Corey  Lombardo,  a  senior  secondary  education  and  English  major  from  Nescopech. 


Hours: 

Monday  through  Thursday:  7:45  a.m.  to  8  p.m. 
Friday:  7:45  a.m.  to  4:30  p.m. 
Saturday:  Noon  to  5  p.m. 
Sunday:  Noon  to  4  p.m. 


The  University  Store 

400  East  Second  Street 

Bloomsburg,  PA  17815 

General  Information:  (570)  389-4175 

Customer  Service:  (570)  389-4180 

bustore@bloomu.  edu 


www.bloomu.edu/store 


Thank  retiring  BU  President  Jessica  Kozlofffor 

13  wonderful  years  with  your  gift  to  the  Jessica  S.  and 

Stephen  R.  Kozloff  Undergraduate  Research  Scholarship. 

Drs.  Jessica  and  Steve  Kozloff  established  the 
550,000  endowed  scholarship  to  recognize  the  strong 
faculty-student  relationship  that  exists  at  BU  and  to 
inspire  continued  collaboration.  This  scholarship  is  awarded 
direcdy  to  BU  students  involved  in  scholarly  or  creative  work. 

The  Alumni  Association  is  offering  a  $25,000  challenge  grant 
to  match,  dollar  for  dollar,  all  contributions  made  by  alumni 
who  attended  BU  during  Dr.  Kozloff 's  tenure.  This  match  gives 
members  of  the  classes  of  1994  to  2007  the  opportunity  to  double 
their  gifts  to  this  scholarship  and  to  BU. 


Dr.  Kozloff  guided  Bloomsburg  University  as  it  became  the 
thriving  university  it  is  today.  Ensure  that  her  commitment  to 
excellence  will  continue  long  after  her  retirement  by  supporting 
the  Jessica  S.  and  Stephen  R.  Kozloff  Undergraduate  Scholarship. 

For  more  information  about  this  scholarship  fund  or  matching 
gift  program,  please  call  800-526-0254  or  visit  the  Alumni 
Association  Web  site  at:  www.bloomualumni.com. 


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