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Better Students, Brighter Futures, Thanks to Alumni Networking

Two Shortstops with a Serious Side

Winter, 19SS

Volume XVI, Number 1

Anthropology Unearthed

A Reverence for the Past

William Hassler died in September at the age of eighty. The fifteenth man to be its
chief executive, he presided over the university, as Randy Wells wrote in the Indiana
Gazette, "at a time of nationwide student unrest and in the period when the faculty
first had access to collective bargaining. "

President Hassler's tenure was marked by no small degree of
struggle and dissension, not surprising in an institution new
to university status and growing by leaps and bounds. My
own memory of him is unabashedly fond: as dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, he was kind and generous to a
college junior who transferred from Northwestern Univer-
sity to IUP. (I lost six months of my academic career to ill-
ness yet managed, through Dean Hassler's credit evalua-
tion, to graduate three months behind my original class.)

A research chemist, college professor, and, eventually, a university and col-
lege president, he was also a Civil War historian who wrote three biographies
and many magazine and newspaper articles about the war. Born in Clearfield,
Pa., he died in Winchester, Va., where he had lived close to Civil War history.
A scientist. President Hassler revered the past. That reverence exists at the
university today, in many places. One of them is the archaeology area of
McElhaney Hall, where, as Bob Fulton describes in detail in this issue, pieces
of the past — some of them human — are studied and preserved. While all the
human remains are treated with respect, some are cared for under the guide-
lines of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Adopted
in 1 990, the statute requires federal agencies and museums that receive federal
funds to consult with Indian tribes and other Native
American organizations regarding the proper care and
disposition of Native American human remains,
funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cul-
tural patrimony.

Remains from a site excavated by IUP's Archaeol-
ogy Services in Washington County, where Wood-
land Monongahela Indians had established a village,
come under the protection of the act. Although the
tribe itself was wiped out long ago (the village dates
to before 1400), the remains will be "repatriated" to
an existing tribe, which will rebury them.

Reverence for the more recent past — for what Pres-
ident Lawrence K. Pettit calls "the IUP heritage" — is
at the heart of the recently published President's
Five-Yea r Report. A copy of the report may be
obtained by calling, writing, or e-mailing Ruth
Riesenman, assistant to the president. 223 Sutton
Hall; (412) 357-2232; riesen@grove.iup.edu.

—Karen Gresh

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Winter, 1998
Vol. XVI, No. 1

EDITOR:
Karen < iresh

\ssim I Ml I DITOR:
Regan Housei
VSSISTANT:
Sharon Ken

CONTRIBl MN( , I DITOR:
Bob Fulton

SIM t I AL. ASSISTANT:
Ronald Mabon
s II I )] NT ASSISTANTS:
Michelle Fridg, Gerald Kimmel,
Hilary Staples
DESIGN CONSULTANT:
V, esl Side Sludio. Ine.
Durham, N.C.
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
John Bender. Barry Reeger,
Jim Wakefield

PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY:
Lawrence K. Pettit
VICE PRESIDENT
FOR INSTITUTIONAL
ADVANCEMENT:
Joan M. Fisher

IUP Magazine is published
quarterly by Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, a member of the State
System of Higher Education.

The magazine's address is Publica-
tions Office, 322 John Sutton Hall.
IUP. Indiana, PA 15705-1087
( telephone 4 1 2-357-3062;
fax H2-357-7993; e-mail
kpgres/iG %rove.iup.edu).
Correspondence regarding any
aspect of the magazine should be
directed to this office.

Features

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Introduction to
Anthropology
Even alumni of
IUP's anthropology
department might be
hard pressed to
reeognize the current
curriculum and the
opportunities the
program presents for
undergraduate students.

Staying Connected

Several programs
sponsored by the Office
of Alumni Affairs
make it possible for
alumni to play
important roles in
the day-to-day activities
of the university and
its students.

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Nonstop Shortstops

Focus, discipline, and
hard work aren't
glamorous, but they're
the qualities that set
Molly Carr and Steve
Murray apart from
the rest.

Lifestyles
Lost and Found
Class Notes
Coming Up
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Name Droppers

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dollars is a suggested gift, but any
amount is welcome.

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
is an equal opportunity/affirmative
action employer committed to
excellence through diversity.

FRONT COVER: Skeletal remains
and lithic artifacts provided by
IUP's Department of Anthropology.
Photograph by John Bender.

BACK COVER: Photograph by
John Bender.

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Anthropologists
work with a range
of tools, as
sophisticated as
databases and as
simple as picks,
tweezers, and
discarded
toothbrushes.

By Bob Fulton

Which IUP department includes shovels and chain saws
among the tools of its trade? Keeps a freezer stocked
with road kill? Features Ph.D.s who aren't averse to getting dirt
under their nails? Dispatches undergrads to five continents in
one of the most enterprising internship programs on campus?

A Jeopardy! contestant might correctly reply, "What is
anthropology, Alex?"

What anthropology is is
arguably the most mis-
understood department
on campus. Despite new
surroundings, old misconceptions haunt
the faculty like Halloween ghosts.

"You get some folks who think that
what we do is dig up dinosaur bones.
Of course, we don't deal with dinosaurs
at all," says Phillip Neusius from his
office in renovated McElhancy Hall.
"You get folks who think that anthro-
pologists are off studying half-naked
tribal folks somewhere on a Pacific
island. People don't know what anthro-
pology is."

By definition, it's "the study of
humans, especially of the variety, phys-
ical and cultural characteristics, distri-
bution, customs, social relationships,

etc. of humanity." But that's just Web-
ster's talking.

To truly appreciate anthropology —
especially its remarkable diversity —
shelve the dictionary and consult the
lengthy list of internships available to
anthropology undergraduates. IUP stu-
dents have worked at major archaeo-
logical sites in Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Belize, Ecuador, France, and Jordan; at
the Smithsonian Institution in Washing-
ton, D.C.; with a human rights organi-
zation studying the issue of sweatshops
and immigrant laborers in Pacific Rim
nations; at health clinics in rural Kenya;
at the Seattle Midwifery Center,
researching home births; in the Philip-
pines, studying women's development
issues; and with the Ojibwe Cultural
Foundation, a Native American organi-

Even alumni
of lUP's
anthropology
department
might be hard
pressed to
recognize the
current curricu-
lum and the
opportunities the
program
presents for
undergraduate
students.

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Matthew Rhode, a senior
from Shippenville, Pa., with
a set of calipers. He was
an intern at the Smithsonian
last summer.

Sarah Neusius

studies animal

remains

excavated from

anthropological

sites to

determine the

relationships

between animals

and humans.

To truly

appreciate

anthropology —

especially

its remarkable

diversity —

shelve the

dictionary and

consult the

lengthy list

of internships

available to

undergraduates.

zation in Ontario. That's just the tip of the proverbial

iceberg.

"Internships are a real key to the success of our stu-
dents," says department chair Miriam Chaiken. "They
mean the difference between graduating with your
generic bachelor's degree in anthropology and graduat-
ing with really marketable, concrete work experience.
You can't put a price tag on the value of that. And our
interns have done remarkable things, things that any of
us as professionals would be thrilled to do."

This isn't education in a sterile classroom setting; this
is hands-on learning.

"We want students to be involved in actual research
and work above and beyond the classroom," says Lau-
rence Kruckman. coordinator of the internship program.
"We start training students in the classroom — such as
archaeological research methods — but then they go out
in the field and they practice it. which gives them mar-
ketable skills."

According to IUP Career Services, 75 percent of
anthropology majors find employment in the area for
which they were trained. Twenty-two percent go on to
graduate school. Both figures rank among the highest in
the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Yet. there was a time, a dozen years ago, when the
department was teetering on the brink of extinction.
Two of the four senior anthropologists were about to
retire, and a third would soon follow. The number of
majors had dipped into
single digits. The depart-
ment, it seemed, was des-
tined to fade into oblivion.

"The provost seriously
considered closing anthro-
pology," says Chaiken.
who had not yet arrived at

'The provost
seriously consid-
ered closing
anthropology.
But Larry Kruck-
man, who was at
the time brand-
new to the
department,
made a plea not
to close the
program and to
give us a little
time to change
things around.
We would not be
here today
were it not for
Larry's vision."

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IUP. "But Larry
Kruckman, who was at
the time brand-new to
the department, made a
plea not to close the
program and to give us
a little time to change
things around. We
would not be here
today were it not for
Larry's vision. There's
no question about that.
He had tremendous
insight into how to
make anthropology
more relevant and
more marketable in the
modern world."

The department, like
Lazarus, was resur-
rected. New hires
injected energy and
enthusiasm into the
program. The curricu-
lum, according to

Chaiken. was streamlined and modernized, with more
diverse and more innovative course offerings.

"We instituted a system of three tracks within anthro-
pology." says Chaiken. "so that students have the oppor-
tunity, while still getting just a bachelor's degree, to
actually specialize in applied anthropology, in archaeol-
ogy, or in what we call our general track, which is sort
of a catch-all for people who aren't sure what direction
they'd like to go.

"The way students are trained has changed, and
internships are an example. They were relatively rare
ten or fifteen years ago."

The internship program originated in 1981 when Rus-
sell Losco departed for the Caribbean island of St. Kitts
to study primate behavior.

"Every week he sent me the daily log — what he did
and how he observed these primates," recalls Anja Olin-
Fahle. the senior member of the anthropology faculty,
now in her twenty-eighth year at IUP. "His diary was so
detailed I could imagine what was going on. He also
sent me photographs. It was a terrific study. So that was
a very exciting beginning for our internships. This led
him to a position teaching at Hahnemann Medical
School."

Losco has since switched fields. He's a soil scientist
who runs his own company in West Grove, Pa.

Subsequent interns — especially those who ventured
to the far reaches of the globe — have invariably been
enriched by the experience and, in some cases,
changed forever. A student who worked with
Operation Crossroads, a health organization in
a famine area of rural Kenya, beheld the cycle
of life firsthand, assisting with births and com-
forting the dying. "She came back a totally dif-
ferent person." says Kruckman.

Anja Olin-Fahle, left,
and Miriam Chaiken
represent the past
and present of
the Department of
Anthropology.
The longest-standing
member of the
anthropology faculty,
Olin-Fahle has been
at IUP for twenty-eight
years. Chaiken
serves as chair of
the department.

The interns, upon returning to campus, relate their
experiences to younger anthropology students, whose
appetites are thereby whetted.

"An undergraduate can hear that a junior or senior
has gone to North Africa and done research," says
Kruckman, "and start thinking, 'maybe I can do that.'
So we get students willing to try these things. There's
no urgency to go overseas, that's for sure, but we do
probably more than other programs."

The anthropology internship program has drawn rave
reviews from educators throughout the United States. In
fact, IUP faculty members have twice conducted work-
shops at the annual American Anthropology Association
meetings, recounting for others just how they built such
a flourishing program, one that has effectively prepared
undergraduates for their life's work.

"Our students have been competitive with students all
over the world," says Chaiken. "A couple of years ago,
we had an intern who was working at the University of
Pennsylvania Anthropology Museum, which is a very
large museum in Philadelphia. Her supervisor, who also
had students from Harvard, Penn. and a couple other Ivy
League schools, said that not only did she keep up with
the others, in many ways she was better trained."

Chaiken herself was quoted in a Boston Globe article,
describing the many and varied kinds of organizations
that are looking to hire anthropology graduates. Often,
employment offers are a direct result of internship expe-
riences.

Experiential opportunities are also plentiful through
Archaeological Services, directed by Neusius. Under-
grads regularly accompany faculty to archaeological
digs, lugging shovels and chain saws and getting so
filthy they rival the cartoon character Pigpen.

"Archaeological Services is a public archaeological
program, meaning they will go and bid for and take on
contracts to do archaeological projects that are for the
public good," says Chaiken. "For example, if a road is
being built and it threatens to destroy a known site, our
program, to the extent possible, will excavate and find

what is there before it's all destroyed. Not only does this
program provide research opportunities for the faculty,
it provides a service to the community and very impor-
tantly it provides a link with the educational mission by
giving our students hands-on practical experience."

IUP students worked primarily at two sites last sum-
mer, one in Washington County, the other in Bedford
County.

"The site excavated in Washington County was a late
Woodland Monongahela Indian village," says Beverly

Chiarulli, the associate director of
Archaeological Services. "It probably
dates to some time before 1400 A.D.
We found trash pits that had been dug
in the ground and then filled back in
with animal bones, broken pottery,
stone tools and shell beads. We found
patterns where posts had been put in
the ground to create houses. We
found big fire pits that were probably
used for some kind of roasting —
they're bigger than, say, a normal
cooking or heating fire. And we did
find a few human burials."

On a recent afternoon, senior Matt
Rhode, who interned at the Smithso-
nian last summer, carefully brushed
dirt off the mandible of a Mononga-
hela female who was, no doubt, tor-
mented by a massive cavity in a molar. After all, there
were no dentists to provide relief in pre-Columbian
times. Any human remains unearthed during Archaeo-
logical Services projects are repatriated and then buried
respectfully.

IUP students also worked at sites in Jersey Shore and
nearby Smicksburg within the past year. They are detec-
tives in a sense, collecting evidence in an effort to reach
a conclusion — or debunk an established one. A discov-

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The anthropology
internship program
has drawn rave
reviews from
educators throughout
the United States.
In fact, IUP faculty
members have
twice conducted
workshops at
the annual American
Anthropology Associ-
ation meetings.

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Alumni willing to serve as resources for students reg-
ister with the Alumni Office. Then, when a student
expresses an interest in a given field, he or she is linked
with an alumnus or alumna in that field. The length of
the link can range from a one-time telephone conversa-
tion to a lifelong mentoring relationship.

Student Recruitment

Bringing the best and the brightest to IUP is the goal
not only of the university's Admissions Office but of
the university's alumni, as well. This past fall. HJP's
main campus welcomed its largest freshman class ever.
Not only are there more freshmen than before, but they
are more talented: in 1993, the average SAT score for
main campus freshmen was 1049. The figure for this
year's class is 1062. For each of the past five years, the
SAT scores have risen.

Alumni can help to keep the talent flowing by com-
pleting student referral forms (available on the Web and
from the Alumni Office I and sending them by e-mail.

fax, or mail, to the Office of Alumni Affairs. Upon
receipt. IUP literature will be mailed to the designated
student! s), along with an admissions application.

Chapter Activities

IUP Alumni Association chapters in far-flung places
capture the IUP spirit. Chapter activities give alumni the
chance to get together to share memories of the univer-
sity and to help promote it in the cities they call home.

According to the Alumni Office, the ideal area for a
chapter is one with a concentration of four hundred or
more IUP alumni. The office can help determine the fig
ures for the areas in which individual alumni live. To
operate successfully, each chapter should have officers
and a board of directors and/or a steering committee. A
variety of volunteer activities can be suggested by the
Alumni Office.

Alumni interested in starting a chapter are asked to
call or write the Office of Alumni Affairs in Breezedale
(telephone (412) 357-7942) or to complete the form on
the office's Web page.

Governmental Relations

Especially if alumni live in Pennsylvania, they can
lake active roles in a grassroots advocacy campaign to
promote the university's interests in legislative matters.
This may involve as little as contacting one's legislator
once or twice a year on various issues.

Alumni interested in assisting with governmental
relations are urged to write, call, or e-mail Wally Staple-
ton, assistant to the vice president for Institutional
Advancement, in 301 Sutton Hall: (412) 357-5661;
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Staying
Connected

The easiest way for alumni to stay connected with IUP is
through IUP Magazine. Another way — one with even more
immediacy — is to access the Alumni Office's website on the
Internet (http://iup. eduf alumni/).

Left: Howard Russell '89 has
been at tive in career
networking and was also
instrumental in planning a well-
attended alumni rcunum in
Philadelphia last summer.

Inset: A member of the student

Alumni Ambassadors
organization, Kimmy Raymond
and other ambassadors call
prospective students whose SAT
scores make them especially
good candidates for admission
to IUP.

But. (he connection goes both ways: not only
does the university communicate with its
alumni, but the alumni are involved in the life
o( the university. Several programs sponsored
by the Office of Alumni Affairs make it possible for
alumni to play important roles in the day-to-day activi-
ties of the university and its students.

Career Networking

No matter what professional paths they may have
pursued, alumni arc valuable resources for students try-
ing to decide on careers. Alumni can give advice on
class selections, internships, advanced degrees, the cur-
rent job market, and anticipated salaries.

Student Recruitment

Bringing the best and the brightest to IUP is the goal
not only of the university's Admissions Office but of
the university's alumni, as well. This past fall. IUP's
main campus welcomed its largest freshman class ever.
Not only are there more freshmen than before, but they
are more talented: in 1993, the average SAT score for
main campus freshmen was 1049. The figure for this
year's class is 1062. For each of the past five years, the
SAT scores have risen.

Alumni can help to keep the talent flowing by com-
pleting student referral forms (available on the Web and
from the Alumni Office) and sending them by e-mail.

fax, or mail, to the Office of Alumni Affairs. Upon
receipt, IUP literature will be mailed to the designated
student(s), along with an admissions application.

Chapter Activities

According to the Alumni Office, the ideal area for a
chapter is one with a concentration of four hundred or
more IUP alumni. The office can help determine the fig-
ures for the areas in which individual alumni live. To
operate successfully, each chapter should have officers
and a board of directors and/or a steering committee. A
variety of volunteer activities can be suggested by the
Alumni Office.

Alumni interested in starting a chapter are asked to
call or write the Office of Alumni Affairs in Breezedale
(telephone (412) 357-7942) or to complete the form on
the office's Web page.

Governmental Relations

Especially if alumni live in Pennsylvania, they can
take active roles in a grassroots advocacy campaign to
promote the university's interests in legislative matters.
This may involve as little as contacting one's legislator
once or twice a year on various issues.

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Web Watch

eaders who have
delighted in the books of

L the late Edward Abbey
should visit an article penned by
English professor James
Cahalan, who has been commis-
sioned by the University of Ari-
zona to write a biography of
Abbey. The article, called "My
People: Edward Abbey's
Appalachian Roots in Indiana
County" is now accessible on the
World Wide Web at a site dedi-
cated to the author and located at
Imp: -//www. ntsidan.se/abbey/.

Learn to howl and growl for
real by visiting The Searching
Wolf at http://www.iup.edu
/-wolf/wolves. htmlx. Created
and maintained by Biology
Department faculty member Bill
Forbes, the site includes original
photography of wolves, taken
primarily by Forbes, audio clips
of wolf sounds, and a reciprocal
link to Dogs on the Web. a site
that promotes a book of the same
name and features The Searching
Wolf.

Help IUP biologists in
their search for freshwater jelly-
fish by visiting http://www.iup.edu
/-tpeard/jellyfish.htmlx.
Authored by biology faculty
member Terry Peard and gradu-
ate student Michael Thorn, the
site offers descriptions of
Craspedacusta, also known as
the freshwater jellyfish, and car-
ries an electronic form, so that
hikers, fishing enthusiasts, and
others who spend time near
streams can report sitings of the
rare invertebrate.

Beyond Bikes: (at left) On the new
bikeway that winds from Robertshaw
through campus, not all the wheels
are on bicycles.

Learning
Haines's Way

Eliminating the last ves-
tiges of the Iron Curtain
is a lofty goal, but an
Eastern Pennsylvania organiza-
tion is chipping away at leftover
barriers.

Founded by Janet Hoffmaster
Haines '62. Teachers for Tomor-
row has in just seven years
evolved from a one-woman
effort to teach Romanian
students English into a bona fide
nonprofit agency that provides
teachers of several disciplines,
supplies, and other necessities to
children in Romania and. as of
last fall. India.

Haines, the daughter of the
late biology professor Donald
Hoffmaster. and her husband.
Bill, first witnessed the plight of
Romanian children when, as
board members and volunteers
of an adoption agency, they trav-
eled to Romania to help estab-
lish an adoption program. On
that trip, Haines was approached
by a government official to teach
English to area children. Until
the country's revolution in 1989,
English instruction had been
banned.

"Their future depends on their
ability to communicate with the
outside world," Haines said.
She returned to Romania
alone at her own expense the
next summer to provide instruc-
tion for several weeks. Word
spread among colleagues back
home in Doylestown, and by the
following summer, she led a
band of volunteers back. In the
years since then, she and Teach-
ers for Tomorrow have collected
clothing and teaching aids and
have touched the lives of more
than a thousand children, most
of whom are eager to learn of
new cultures. With its incorpora-

tion as an official nonprofit
agency. Teachers for Tomorrow
can now accept charitable dona-
tions, which will help to defray
the traveling expenses of the
teachers, who previously had
paid their own airfare.

"What keeps me going? When
you see the children's faces, you
see that they hang on your every
word. English is a global lan-
guage, and I've seen test scores
going up and up. It's a small
enough world that we must act
globally. And, I'm having a lot
of fun." Haines said.

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Janet Hoffmaster Haines '62 with
students in Hyderabad. India.
Haines 's organization began
working in India last year after
teaching English and other subjects
to Romanian children several
summers in a row. When not
working on behalf of Teachers for
Tomorrow, she can be found in her
English as a Second Language
classroom at William Tennanl High
School in Doylestown. Pa.

IUP MAGAZINE 9

The Company
We Keep

I usical talents Kathy
Mattea and the Neville
I Brothers came to
Fisher Auditorium during the fall
semester, and Bill Cosby pro-
vided two shows. A reception
held in Cosby' s honor generated
funding for scholarships. All
three acts were sponsored by the
Artist Series.

As part of the Gorell Chamber
Music Series, the Ying String
Quartet, pianist Orli Shaham.
and Richard Glazier performed
in Gorell Recital Hall.

Christopher Darden. a mem-
ber of the prosecution team in
the O. J. Simpson trial, spoke on
campus in December as part of
the Ideas and Issues series.

The National Theater for the
Deaf performed Peer Gynt in
Fisher Auditorium as part of the
Performance Plus Series.

Reserve the
Date for Reunion

The Office of Alumni
Affairs is planning now
for Alumni Reunion
Weekend, scheduled for June 1 2
through 14. Activities include a
Saturday night celebration rec-
ognizing the Pioneer Cla^s ol
1948 and special gatherings for
members of the classes of 1953
and 1958.

The University Museum is
organizing a special exhibit. A
Celebration of the '50s, which
will feature works by alumni of
that decade. Artists will include
Ned Wert '58 and John Dropcho
'58.

Beyond the traditional activi-
ties, members of the Class of
1978 are settling on plans for a
special twenty-year anniversary
celebration. Jane Mikulan
McDonald '78 and other com-
mittee members have several
activities in the works, including
a party on June 13.

"We'd like to see you join us,"
stated Joan M. Fisher, vice presi-
dent for Institutional Advance-
ment.

Details can be obtained by-
contacting the Office of Alumni
Affairs at (412) 357-7942.

Opportunities

Celebrating the comple-
tion of his fifth year of
service to IUP, President
Lawrence K. Pettit has issued a
report of the university's
progress. Copies of the Presi-
dent's Five-Year Report may
be obtained by contacting Ruth
Riesenman '64, Office of the
Assistant to the President, at
(4121357-2232.

Bookends

The Ultimate Guide to Home-
schooling bj Debra Joseph Bell
77, M'85 \\ as released by
Tommy Nelson. Bell, a former

teacher who has homeschooled
her own four children, ou ns the
Home School Resource Center
in Hershey. Pa., and is the direc-
tor of the Learning Center, a
homeschool co-op of more than
a hundred children.

The book includes tips for
determining the learning styles
of children, motivating students,
networking with other home-
schoolers, a guide to other
resources, and more.

Other Publications

A Collection Easy Eludes for
Piano, compositions for begin-
ning-level students, has been
published by Dan Gresh M'84, a

piano teacher in Ebensburg. Pa.
The collections are available at
Volkwein's and Musik Innova-
tions in Pittsburgh.

10 IUP MAGAZINE

In Ackerman Hull's Interior Design Resource
Library. Katrina Fischer, right, gets feedback
on an interior lighting class project from
faculty member Christine Kesner.

(Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of
short features about extracurricular opportuni-
ties the university offers for student learning. )

By Marilyn Kukula

There are some things that aren't
learned in the classroom, like how
to position a tall ladder on a slop-
ing auditorium floor or how to
transform a rusted railroad car
into a museum.

That's why Katrina Fischer, an IUP student
from New Bedford, joined the Associated Stu-
dent Designers, a group of interior design

Warm Welcome:
President Lav n m <
k Peltit, left,
greeted U.S.
Senator Kick
Santorum in
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spoke at the I hah
( olli je o) Business
on behalj oj th<
Pittsburgh area 's
Regional
Renaissance
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voters a month
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The Names Project Revisits: For a second time, sections of the Names Proje< I

AIDS Memorial Quilt were displayed on campus. Myriad campus and
community groups sponsored the quilt's ihree-day stay in the multipurpose room
of the Hadley Union Building. Tins panel, created by the 4-H Helping Hands
group of Marion Center to represent Indiana County, recently was donated to
the Names Project. IUP donated its own panel back in 1991.

Beyond the Books

majors who have helped to renovate the Indiana
Theater and decorate the Newman Center, a
Catholic church near campus.

Some members of the group are designing a
stenciled border for the banquet room in Cal-
vary Presbyterian Church in Indiana, while oth-
ers are remodeling a railroad car in Homer City
that is destined to be a visitors' center for the
community.

As president of the group this year. Fischer
hopes to plan a few working "day trips" to help
build Habitat for Humanity homes, a service
project the students have done in the past.

Though she feels all of the projects help her
gain a "better understanding of how things
work." the senior interior design major has
focused her sights on a specialty: commercial
design for children.

One of her professors helped her discover this
career direction two years ago, and she's been

working to build a portfolio ever since by gear-
ing class projects toward her area of interest.

For the past three summers, she's been get-
ting an inside perspective on designing for chil-
dren and young adults with special needs by
serving as a camp counselor and group leader
for the Association for Retarded Citizens' camp
in New Castle.

"That's another major part of interior design,
designing for accessibility." she said, adding
that designers consider the needs of those with
visual or hearing losses and mental illness in
addition to those who are limited to
wheelchairs.

"I notice things." she said. "1 think a lot of
designers make mental notes."

Fischer has had a lifelong interest in interior
design and chose IUP because it offered the
design education she was seeking at a price that
was affordable for her.

"I feel it was a very good choice for me,
because I relate interior design to the human
being and IUP has a people approach." she said.
"Art classes are part of the curriculum, but you
also take business classes, which are really
important, too."

As a senior, Fischer is beginning to plan her
first steps into the job world. She has not yet
found a design firm that focuses completely on
children, but if she can't find one, she may start
one of her own.

"Not immediately, but I could do it." she
said, with a calm confidence gained during her
years at IUP.

IUP MAGAZIN E 11

Farm Day: Twenty-three alumni gathered at the Pennsylvania farm oj Brian
Lang '83 and Tracy Stoyer Lang '83, who live in Darnestown, Mel- Tin group
included Grace Anders '82, TimBintrim '82, PatRuane '82, Bob Spatafore '82
Linda Topoleski '82, Pat Anders '83, Greg Crum 'S3, Sarah Hess Ciiiin '83,
Lisa Sommers Diemert '83, Margit Hotz Neiman '83, Tracy Snelson '83, Karen
Yancosek Dionise '84, Carole Austin Drury '84, Daryl Keeports '84, Jane
Keeports 'S4. Sheron Stoyer Kominos '84, Roy Mills '84, Joe Rodgers '84. Lori
Tallarico Rodgers '84 . Rich Snelson '84, and Leanna Sommei s

A Friend's Anniversary: Friends gathered to celebrate the forty-
fifth anniversary oj June Masters Hoyle and her husband.
Preston. Submitted by Lucille Bowser Klingensmith '51 of West
Leechburg, Pa., the photo shows, seated, from left, Lucille, June,
and Helen Hildebrand Myers '52. Standing are Peggy Ford
Kennedy '51 and Joanne Mauchline Rowley '51.

Up With People: IUP music education major Jennifer Lamberson is spending a
year in places as far-flung as Norfolk Neb., and Kariskrona, Sweden. She is one
oj seven hundred participants m the live international easts fielded each year by
Up With People, an international educational and cultural program that seeks
"to build peaee through understanding among people of different cultures. "
More than eight thousand applicants audition yearly; the average age of those
selected is twenty-one. Lamberson. a keyboard player, is from Altoona. At IUP.
she belongs to the Marching Band. Flute Ensemble, and Delta Omicron music
fraternity, which \he serves as treasurer. She also participated in the music
educators' national conference.

12 I U I' MAGAZINE

IUP

Thank you for President
Pettit's praising
commentary of the study
abroad program ("A Worldly
Education," Spring, 1997).
Reading the account of his trav-
els in Nancy. France, brought to
mind wonderful memories of my
experiences at the Universite de
Nancy in 1978, as I was one of
the students involved in the pro-
gram's first year at Nancy.

Surely, many IUP faculty
members were instrumental in
establishing the Nancy program.
However. I am most grateful for
the efforts and commitment of
Dr. Victor Dreschcr. who was
our IUP faculty representative
abroad. From the moment he met
us at the train station, to coordi-
nating our course studies at the
Universite. to placing us in
internships according to our pro-
fessional interests. Dr. Drescher
was our mentor and helped us to
make this opportunity the very
best cultural and educational
experience.

Thank you for highlighting the
foreign language programs
abroad. As President Pettit so
accurately predicts, our lives are
indeed "richer and fuller" for
having been a part of this inter-
national program.

Katharine Schiller King '79
Chadds Ford, Pa.

I read Regan Housct's Editor's
Page commentary in the Fall.
1997, issue of IUP Maga-
zine. As a long-time editor and
publisher of national magazines,
1 rarely respond to editorials. But
something stirred me.

At first, 1 felt the piece repre-
sented a kind of inverted elitism;
[UP sounded a bit like the hard-
working Pittsburgh Steelers —
my favorite football team — who
are very low on draft choices.
Then I remembered my experi-
ence at IUP was hauntingly close
to what was described.

I was stationed in the Tonkin
Gulf in the very early days of the
Vietnam War, and a Navy heli-
copter delivered my acceptance
from what was then Indiana
State. I had a future in the Navy.
with an appointment to Officer's
Candidate School, but something
drew me to the university.

I have always been grateful to
IUP for taking a chance with me.
I was an immigrant from Eng-
land, a Navy veteran, and hardly
a distinguished student in high
school. But Indiana saw promise
in me. I can't begin to tell you
what it meant for a dirt-poor
immigrant to go to college. And
I can't begin to tell you how
appreciative I am of Professors
Rider. Lucker. Swauger, and
others. I remember the first
theme I ever wrote in college —
what I did last summer. Most
freshmen went to summer camp.
I almost perished in an Asian
typhoon. Dr. Swauger saw a
writer in me early. Little did I
know that would, among other
things, be my career.

In my travels, I have heard
people disparage so-called "state
schools." I praise the schools.

especially IUP, which has had a
profound influence in my life.

IUP has been my bedrock. After
IUP, I went on to earn a Ph.D.,

become a publishing executive,
and in my last incarnation
become a media investment
banker in New York.

I am currently writing a book
for the University of Pittsburgh
Press on magazines and culture
and a book for a New York
house on the world bicycle busi-
ness. I am also studying to be a
Jungian psychologist.

I say with all humility that
IUP gave me the hope,
discipline, and training to realize
my potential.

For that I will be forever
grateful.

Chuck McCullagh 68, M70,
(Ph.D. 14. Lehigh
University)
llellerlown. Pa.

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Tenth for Lawrence Hall's Fifth: Former
residents oj Lawrence Halls fifth floor
gathered for a reunion at the home of
Mh\on Troy Finui '87 and her husband,

Dave M'82. hi the front rovi arc Allison,
who lives in Indian Like, Pa., and Tannnie
Hall Saxton '88 oj Bolivar. Pa. In the
middle are Frieda Han Lemon '88 of
Glendora, N.J.: Randy Fitzsimmons
DeOrio '87ofRoslyn, Pa.: Christine
Benvenuto Ruby '87 ofWilmette, III.; and
Diane Gerhard Darling '87 ofLevittown,
Pa. In the back are Cindy Egli Masters '87
of Conneaut, Ohio, and Tracy Maclean
Brieger '88 of Miami, Fla.

Homecoming Weekend Wedding: Maria

Kozak Krenn '84 writes that the Charlotte.
N.C., wedding oj Kathleen Exler Davis '84,
which occurred at the same time as lUP's
homecoming festivities and Oak Leaf
Festival, brought together friends who
lived in the now-demolished Brown House.
which is now the site of the Mid-Atlantic
Addiction Training Institute at 111 P. From
left are Krenn, Kris Moorhead
Fischerkeller '84, Kathy Nauer Protzman
'84. Davis, Cindy Elliott Keenist '84, and
Mars Mackowick McCorry '84

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iup

30s

In September, the university
received nous of the death of Hester
Munden '38, a former Alumni
Association Executive Bo. ml
member anil recipient <>i a
Distinguished Alumni Award

40s

The Foundation for a Civil Society
has awarded Lenore Koontz
Frontczak '45 a fellowship to teach
Enalish in Bratislava. Slovakia.

50s

Wexford resident Betty Barbour
Tilton '52 is enjoying her retirement

by participating in the Women's
Health Initiative, one of the largest
studies conducted on women's
health issues.

The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,
Thomas Moore '56 has been named
to the board of Lubrizol Corporation.
His other board memberships
include the American Iron and Steel
Institute, the National Mining
Association, the American Iron Ore
Association, the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Fairview Health
System, and Cleveland Tomorrow.

60s

A professor of management at
Winthrop University's College of
Business. Robert Kline '61, M'67

received the 1997 First Union
Teaching Award, an award bestowed
by students.

Manheim Township High School

counselor Michael Kozlosky '62,

M'67 retired in June. He lives in
Lancaster. Pa., with his wife,
Michaline.

The former state director for school
nutrition programs for the Virginia
Department of Education. Jane
Ramsey Logan '63 of Richmond.
Va.. has been appointed executive
director of the National Food
Service Management Institute at the
University of Mississippi.

Karl Johnston '65 writes that in 1993
he returned to the Pittsburgh area

and established a law practice in

Penn Hills.

Indiana resident Ellen Sylves

RuddOCk '66 has been named to the
board of the Athena Foundation, an
international network of business
professionals that support women in
the workplace.

The remains of Robert Young '67
have come home to rest with full
military honors at Edgewood
Cemetery in Saltsburg. Pa. Young, a
captain in the Army, was captured in
1970 after a helicopter crash and had
been held as a prisoner in Cambodia.
Presumed dead, he was
posthumously awarded the Silver
Star and Bronze Star for courage and
leadership he displayed while being
imprisoned. In November, his
daughter. Heather Young of
Gaithersburg, Md., and widow,
Sharon Gritzen Young Nelmes '70 of

Saltsburg. received word of the
identification of his remains, found
approximately 1 25 miles from where
the helicopter was shot down.

Gary Beuke '69 writes that a dinner
reunion, recently held at Bruno's
Restaurant in Indiana, was attended
by several alumni, including David
Bagaley '69, Matthew Dancho '69,
Phyllis Britton Bagaley '70, Jack
Leonard '70, Dennis Presseau 70,
and Patricia Moran Dancho '71.

Pittsburgh area resident Mike Stulak
'69 was promoted to vice president
of sales for CooperVision.

70s

Named executive director of Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Indiana

County. Paulette Weaver
Gulakowski '70 lues in Turtle
Creek. Pa., with her husband, John.
They have three children, one of
whom. Jill, is a senior at IUP.

William Davison 71, M'81 is

president of the Davison Group. Inc,
a management consulting group in
Easton. Pa.

An instructor at Point Park College
in Pittsburgh. Joan Swanderski Hess

71 teaches Spanish and English as a
second language.

Jill Dinsmore Albright 73 of
Greensburg writes thai her son,
Colin, is ten years old and her
daughter, Danielle, is married and
has a daughter.

Michael Basca 73 is the new

general manager of the Baron's Inne
in King of Prussia, Pa.

Pittsburgh resident Paula Traister
Gatchell 73 is a business education
teacher for Northgate High School.

In a new job, Michael Hughes 73 of

West Hollywood, Calif, is
supervising manager with
SBC/Pacific Bell.

Recently named brand operations
director for Cellular One Group in
Dallas. Tex . Jonathan May 73
oversees national programs and
quality standards for over 400
Cellular One wireless markets
throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Jon and his wife, Susan, own thirteen
Morgan horses on their ranch in
Justin, Tex., and in October won two
Grand National Championships in
carriage driving at the 1997 Grand
National Morgan Horse.

The second vice president of the
Reading Music Teachers

Association. Holly Cooper
Altenderfer 74 has more than sixty
private voice and piano students. She
and her husband. Carl, live in
Shillington. Pa.

Based in Milford. Conn . John Hoda
75 has formed Independent Special
Investigations, an insurance fraud
investigation firm that he says w ill
"bridge the gap between independent
adjusters and private investigators."

Wilson College presented its
Outstanding Alumni Award to

Jeanne Campbell Suehr 76, who

received her teaching certification
there. Jeanne teaches chemistry in
the Bcrmudian Springs School
District and lives in Gettysburg.

In a promotion. Jeff Welsh 76 of

Greenville. N.C. was named senior
safety and environmental engineer
for NAACO Materials Handling
Group. Last year, he finished in the
top third of the Western States One
Hundred Mile Endurance Run,
which starts in Squaw Valley, Calif,
and goes through the Sierra Nevada
Mountains, and won the fifty-mile
Gator Gallop in Lake Wacamaw.
N.C.

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A teacher at Sloan Elementary
School in Murrysville. Pa.. Diana
McDonald Ellison 77 was a finalist
in the Pcnnsyhania Teacher of the
Year competition.

At Ohio University. Mary Eicholtz

'78 is pursuing her doctoral degree
in organizational communication.

After ten years of service, .lame
Mikulan McDonald '78, M'92 retired

from IUP in December to devote her
time to her accounting practice. She
will, however, remain the advisor of
the IUP racquetball club.

In her twentieth year of teaching at
Easton (Pa.) Area High School.
Susan Sargent Pagnano '78 was

appointed to coordinator of the
family and consumer science
department. Susan resides in
Allentown w ilh husband. Pat. and
son. Patrick.

Jaci Samson Sloan '78 writes that
she and her friends, Donna Velozo
Abrida '78, Karen Bordas Grzywinski

1G IUP MAGAZINE

'78, and Jamie Cohen, have frequent
"Camefreunions. Jaci and her
husband. Ed Sloan '75, have a

daughter. Liz. and live in Lexington.

Ky.

A new assistant principal in the
Dorchester County Public Schools.

Ginger Yough Roupe '79 resides in

St. Michaels, Md.. with her husband.
Chuck, and son. Nathan.

Coraopolis resident Susan
Hemminger Tarasenkov 79 is

currently employed as vice president
of construction and development for
Marco Contractors.

In a new venture, Ann Marie
Shillenn Yule 79 has begun a home
business, transcribing medical
records for teaching hospitals in the
Boston area. She and her husband.
Frederick, have three children:
Jonathan. Brian, and Robert.

80s

In a promotion. Steven Claudy '80 ol
Butler. Pa., was named manager of
quality systems for Witco
Corporation.

Ann Marie Uhl Robinson '80

received her master's degree in
elementary/middle school education
from Ohio State in the summer. She
is a vocal music instructor in the
Newark City Schools and lives in
Newark. Ohio, with her husband.
Del.

A senior associate actuary at Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Mary land
in Baltimore. Gary Shook '80 has

been named a fellow of the Casualty
Actuarial Society.

Recently promoted to director of
support services-northeast region for
Lanier Worldwide. Inc.. Robert
Ward '80 lives with his wife. Terri,
in Westminster. Md.

A part-time faculty member at
Butler County Community College,
Lauren Wonderly Way '80 is the

public relations specialist for the
Mars Area School District.

An environmental, safety, and health
manager for Samsonite. Sally Hess
Higgins '81 lives in Pine, Colo., with
her husband. James.

Charlene McCall Jackson 81 has

combined her nutrition degree with
work experience and opened her
own child day care center in
Medford. N.J.

Celebrating his ten-year anniversary
as a special agent for the FBI. John
McMurtrie '81 has been transferred
from Newark, N.J., to Nashville.
Tenn.

Now employed by the executive
office of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. Philip Steinbacher '81
has worked for Walt Disney World
in Orlando. Fla.. and as a teacher for
the Wake County Public School
System in Raleigh. N.C He received
his master's degree from the
University of Central Florida.

In a new position. Paul
Fischerkeller '83 sen es as vice
president of sales for the Premium
Group. He and his wife, Kristine
Moorhead Fischerkeller '84, live in
Stowe. Ohio, and have three
children. Matthew. Erika. and
Stephen.

Named national sales representative
for The John Henry Company. David
Litavec '83 covers the southeastern
portion of the country. He and his
wife. Andreja. and daughter. Jessica
Kate, live in Atlanta.

In a fifteen-day trip to the Peoples
Republic of China. Karen Kerner

Sabol '83 and her husband Joseph
adopted their daughter, eleven-
month-old Kimberly Fei.

Scott Cook 84. M'86 lives in
Pawleys Island. S.C.. with his wife.
Cara, and daughters. Sarah,
Stephanie, and Taylor.

Dennis Dydiw '84, M'85 of North
Franklin Township in Washington
County (Pa.) has been named
assistant vice president in consumer
banking for PNC Bank Corp.

In a promotion with Gap. Inc..

Margy Dempsey Quisenberry '84

serves as country manager of
Germany. She and her husband.
David, and son. Scott, live in
Dusseldorf.

Promoted to major. Edward Shock

'84 is the program analysis chief for
the United States Air Force and lives
with his wife, Mary Ann, and their
six children in Burke, Va.

Kim Stoltzfus Becker '85 and Jim
Becker W and children have
relocated to San Jose, Calif,

In July, Cheryl Cain Black '86 started
.1 new position as case manage] al
Chester Count) Hospital, while
Kevin Black '86 is a claim specialist

for State I aim Insurance The) live

in t'oates\ iile. Pa., « ith their
children. Brandon and Sarah.

A resident of Santa Clara, Calif.,
Sheri Busansky '86 is a technical
training coordinator lor KLA-
Tencor.

Bridal party members in the wedding
of Bante Gasbarro 86, M'93 and
Bebra Balsis Gasbarro '93 included
Bill Yates '88 and Kristi Parker '93.

In a new position. Kenna Belrjie
Bridges '87 is manager of product
public u> lor Kellogg Company in
Battle Creek. Mich., and is
responsible for promotions that tie in
with the company's sponsorships of
the NBA. WNBA. NASCAR, and
Major League Soccer.

Brett Coddingtoii '87 manages a
development team for Gannett and
lives in Virginia with his wife and
their children. Kelson. Morgan, and
Fallon.

Eric Conti '87 earned a master's
degree in human resources and
industrial relations recently from St.
Francis College and with his wife.
Linda, celebrated the arrival of their
son, Ethan, on Linda's birthday.

In a promotion, Carolyn Joyce
Kennedy '87 of Columbus. Ohio,
was named division manager of
human resources for U.S. Cargo and
Courier Service and is responsible
for all corporate and station human
resource functions.

Amy Guiliani Renzi '87 and her

husband. Scott, asked Kathy Zinski
'83, Lynette Rathway '87, and
Kristin Nitkulinec '87 to participate
in their wedding.

The voice of the Bedford and
Thunder Valley. Pa., speedways,
Michael Sotosky '87 can be heard on
ESPN2\ "RPM2 Night."

Amy Ashley Cooper '88 of

Wellsboro. Pa., left her position with
Sherwin-Williams to start her own
interior design consultation business.

Maid of honor in the wedding of
Karen Cross Bruce '88 and her
husband. Cameron, was Jenny Keller
'88, M'89. Karen is pursuing a
master's degree in instructional
technology al George Mason
University.

Representing line Insurance Group.

Robert Masters '88 of Pittsburgh is

celebrating six years as owner/
operator of Masters Insurance
Services.

Alter si\ years of practicing law.
Norma Stahl Stone '88 of Tinley

Park. III., is starting her own
business, which will publish the K-9
Calendar, a listing of dog events for
approximately ten thousand
subscribers in the Great Lakes and
Ohio Valley regions.

At the wedding of Cathy Stelbotsky

Willett '88 and Joe Willed of
Pittsburgh. Atmee Hannan Henry '88
and Susan Browning Nagy '88 served
as attendants.

After her employer merged with
Concurrent Technologies
Corporation, Dawn Anchors '89 was

promoted to business and financial
analyst for the company's Pittsburgh
office.

A seven-year veteran of the
Montgomery County. Md.. Police
Department, Joe Onderko '89 lives
in Poolesville with his wife, Ellen,
and daughter, Sarah.

Wendy Wagner Scheel '89 received

her paralegal certification from Penn
State University three years ago and
is now employed as office manager
for NGS Associates, Inc.. Creative
Communications. She and her
husband, Walt, live in Wayne, Pa.

90s

Mark Mahalik '90 oversees
operations of Coast Pump and
Supply's Oldsmar facility, having,
he says, finally made it to the Tampa
Bay area.

Tracy Maruschak '90 writes that it
was Joanie Fredland '90, not Greg

Fredland, who participated in the

wedding of Kimberly Kelley Rogg '92.

Cege's Crowd: Joan Miller Korch '66 of Johnstown, Pa., writes. "Cege
McKinley McGrath '66 had a great thought. She wanted to meet up with friends
site hadn't seen for thirty years. Bringing two friends with her from California,
eleven classmates gathered at Bruno's to relive past experiences. " In the firs!
row. from left are Sandy Hogemyer Anderson '66 of Gibsoniu. Pa.: Leanne
Shober Calvert '73 of Berlin, Pa.: Joan Miller Korch: Susan Kuhn Knupp '67 of
Ventura. Calif: and Cege McGrath. who also lives in Ventura. Standing are
Cathy Puff Johns Dunlop '66 of Shepherdstown, W.Va.; Carol Swick Thirkell
'66 of Johnstown; Sondra Bums Lutz '66 ofClaymont. Del.: Andrea Denisiuk
Rosenberger '66 of Beaver Falls. Pa.; Signe Isenian Smale 66 of Ventura,
Calif; and Suzanne Zipf Fromal '66 of Folsom, Pa.

Employed by the Department of
Justice at the National Drug
Intelligence Center in Johnstown.
David Mastovich '90 has been
promoted to intelligence analyst.

A cartographer and system
administrator with the National
Imagery and Mapping Agency, Jon
Pribicko '90 of Germantown, Md.,
received his master's degree in
geographic information systems and
geodetic science at Ohio State in
1996.

Clearfield, Pa., resident Georgina
Klanica '91 was promoted to
assistant vice president of Marketing
at CSB Bank.

In a new position as a maternal-child
nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in
Allentown, Kimberly Scherer
Spering '91 is a certified critical care

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Heritage and Culture Conference

February 5 through 7

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Commencement

May 16

Festival of Women Composers

March 18 through 21

(4121 357-2390 for information or (412) 357-2227
for registration

Honors Day

March 28

Alumni Activities

(412)357-7942

Alumni Association Executive Board Meeting.

Harrisburg. February 24 and 25
Delivery of IUP Alumni Directory, throughout

March
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner. March 28
Alumni Reunion Weekend, celebrating the classes

of "48. '53. and "58. June 12 through 14
State System of Higher Education Alumni Cruise

to Bermuda. August 15-22
Homecoming and Oak Leal Festival, October 3

Artist Series

(412)357-2315

West Side Stor\: Fisher Auditorium, February 9.

8:00 p.m.
Porgy and Bess. Fisher Auditorium. April 25.

8:00 p.m.

Lively Arts

(412)357-2547

Billy Taylor Trio. Fisher Auditorium. Februarv 25.

8:00 p.m.
Richard Glazier: Playing Gershwin. Gorell Recital

Hall, March 23. 8:00 p.m.
A Gershwin Gala. Fisher Auditorium. April 7.

8:00 p.m.
River City Brass Band. Fisher Auditorium. April

19, 3:00 p.m.

University Museum

(412)357-7930

Works from the Depression Era: Selections from

the Museum's Permanent Collection. February

5 through March 22
Annual Graduate Art Association Juried

Exhibition, March 26 through May 3
Annual Alumni Exhibition Celebrating the Fifties.

June 1 2 through July 3

Athletics

(412)357-2747

Men's Basketball

at Slippery Rock. January 2 1 . 8:00 p.m.
at Pitt-Johnstown. January 24. 7:30 p.m.
at Shippensburg. January 28. 8:00 p.m.
California. January 31, 8:00 p.m.
at Lock Haven, February 4, 8:00 p.m.
at Clarion. February 7. 8:00 p.m.
at Edinboro, February 1 1. 8:00 p.m.
Slippery Rock. February 14. 8:00 p.m.
Ohio Valley, February 16. 7:30 p.m.
Shippensburg. February 18. 8:00 p.m.

Women's Basketball

at Slippery Rock. January 21. 6:00 p.m.
Ohio Valley. January 24. 2:00 p.m.
at Shippensburg. January 28, 6:00 p.m.
California. January 31. 6:00 p.m.
at Lock Haven. February 4, 6:00 p.m.
at Clarion. February 7, 6:00 p.m.
at Edinboro, February 1 1 6:00 p.m.
Slippery Rock. February 14. 6:00 p.m.
Shippensburg, February 18, 6:00 p.m.

registered nurse and a critical care
clinical nurse instructor at Lehigh-
Carbon Community College and has
matriculated in an M.S.N, program
to become a clinical nurse specialist.

Joni Novotny Trovato '91 and her
husband. Sean, asked Patti Miller
Hudson '91 to be in their summer
wedding.

University of Iowa research assistant
Brian Chiu '92 earned his doctoral
degree in epidemiology. He and his
wife, Li-Fang Hung '92, live in Iowa
City with their sons. Andy and
Rudy.

Working at Ketchum Puhlic
Relations in London. Rebecca
Marton '92 earned her master's
degree in international relations at
Boston LIniversity's Paris graduate
center two years ago. Last year, she
ran in the London Marathon.

Recently relocating to Hershey, Pa.,
Jeff McCloud '92 is a reporter for
the Hershey Chronicle, and
Elizabeth Keene McCloud '93 is the
assistant director of financial aid for
Elizahethtown College.

Renee Berka McHugh '92 and her

husband. John, asked Tara
McGroarty '95 to participate in their
wedding two years ago.

Members of the bridal party of
Missy Moore-Hollis '92 and Michael
Hollis of Lake Ridge, Va., included
Julie Swenson '91 , Julie Weimer
'92, and Molly Murphy Scott '93.

Participating in the wedding of
Barbara Wallace Sharek '92 and
Edward Sharek were Terri Doughty
Emler '90, M'91 and Paula Sprowls
Striner '92.

Last March. Onjanette Andrews '93

of Elkhart, Ind., was hired by
Benchmark Plastics to develop a
computerized accounting system and
direct all office functions.

A regulatory compliance manager of
environment, health, and safety for
Molded Fiber Glass Company. Lori

Schweitzer Curtis '93 and her
husband Rodney asked Gregory
Schweitzer '91, Lori Peternay
Schweitzer '91, and Jody
Schweitzer '95 to serve as attendants
in their August wedding.

Serving in the wedding of Christy
Harpster Gampe '93 and her husband
Donald was Lorrie Kelley '93.

The wedding party of Rochester.
NY., resident Susan Marsh Kendall

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'93 .in.l her husband, Charles,
included Cathy Marsh '96.

Melanie Welsh Retherford '93 and
her husband. Steve, were married in
Octobei and live in Middletown, Pa.

Married last spring, Scott Somers
'93 and Stacy Kane Somers '95
asked Nate Welty '93 to participate
in their wedding

Katharine DeMeo Staronka '93 and
Michael Staronka '94 isl ed Mary
Lou Staronka '86, Chris Staronka
'87, and BobKuntz'93 to participate
in their wedding.

In a new music teaching position at
the Scotland School for Veterans'
Children. Steven Barraclnugh '94
has moved to Chambersburg, Pa .
with his wife, Michelle Tiboni
Barraclnugh '93.

At the wedding of Sinking Spring.
Pa., residents Theresa Musheno
Bradburn '94 and Todd Bradburn
'96, the bridal part) included Traci
Panasiti '93, Keri Acquaro '94,
Celese Brown '94, M'97, Heather
Thomas '94, Lora Wasson '94, Eric
Allbee '96, William Burtner '96, and
John Cannavine '97.

Married last summer. Vicki Estes
Doran '94 and her husband. Rob.

asked Penny Paich Hunter '94,
Mario Esgro Wright '94, Shawn
Estes '97, and current student
\ eronica Estes to be members of the
wedding party.

Greg Fennell '94 and his wife. Joy.
asked Ralph Acinapura '94 and
Jason D'Amico '94 to participate in
their wedding.

Pursuing his doctoral degree in
educational psychology at IUP.
Robert Gregory '94, M'96 received

the Boyd Scholarship and
Foundation Scholarship.

In the wedding of Christa Gordish
Mika '94 and Robert Mika. Lorrie
Sodmont '94, Kim Kirsch '95, and

current student Jason Gordish served
as attendants.

Participating in the uedding of
Melissa DiRito Prentice '94 and
Aaron Prentice was Ann FiCCO '95.

Recently promoted to the position of
sales manager. Felicia Cornetta
Musillo '94 now senes as wedding
. oordinatoi foi I op ol the I riangle

in Pittsburgh.

In the 1995 wedding ol Timothy

Cook '95 and his wife. Paige, a
current student Melissa Dill inqer
'96, Michael End '96, l S. L.
Davis '97 served as attendants.

Ed Janison '95, who just received
his MBA. from IIP. is engaged to
Melissa Severa '96.

Heather Lamison '95 has joined the
staff at I'hiel College in Greenville,
Pa., as a publications specialist

Serving as bridemaids in the
wedding oi Chastity Fryman

McGraw '95 and her husband. Doug.
were UP alumnae Beth MoniCh '95,

Christine Kraus '96, April Masten
'96, and Patti Morris '96.

In the Marine Corps. Jason McKee
'95 has reported for duty w ith the
Military Police company in North
Versailles. Pa.

Married last summer. Michele
Raymond '95, M'97 and Nicholas

Rotosky '97 li\e in Raleigh. \ C
Shelly is a speech-language
pathologist at Oak Grove
Elementary School, and Nick is a
personal fitness trainer at the YMCA
of Greater Durham.

In addition to beginning her new
position as a reporter for the Carlisle
Sentinel, Tracy Stellino '95 writes
that she has been elected District II
directoi of Gamma Sigma Sigma
Sorority.

Jodi Barber '96 is a special

education teacher at the Spurw ink
School in Auburn. Md.

Members of the wedding party of
David Cornelius '96 and Kelly
Palmer Cornelius '96 were Carl
Miller '89, Molly Moyer Miller '89,
Brian Behary '96, Kerry Melega '96,
Kim Weber '96, Jennifer Cook '97,
Bekah Petrillo '97, and Chris Cole.

Christine Starkey '97 recently

accepted the position of promotions
director/assistant account executive
for WDAD/Rock 103 in Indiana. Pa.

Lost and Found

Members of Alpha Sigma Tau:
Contact Hollj Geiser, (412) 349
K624 or holberry<& microserv.net.

Members of Alpha Omicron Pi: For

information about a reunion and a
newsletter, please contact Kelly
Schheder, (717) 252-2833 or
kschlieder<& blazenet.net.

Big Brothers Big Sisters from the
Late Eighties: Please contact former

director Scott Cook at
lOsjunkyQ sccoast.net.

Friends from Time Out Christian
Fellowship, 1987 to 1993: Please

contact Robin \\ adding Heckman.
3 3 J North Third Street. Lehighton,
PA 18235.

Women Ages 60 to 79 Interested in
Participating in a Study on
Women's Health Issues: Please
contact Betty Barbour Tilton at
(412)935-3281

Nancy Giaquinto Hobbs: Plea.se
contact LuAnne Buck Mikos. 209
Bomberger Road. Akron. PA 17501.

Carolyn Stiffler Love: Please contact
Pam Men os Rubinstein. 1032
Merion Drive. West Mifflin, PA
15122: i4I2i 466-1035.

Tina Wheeler Stofflet: Please

contact Denise Kot Keim. 104
Augusta Circle. York. PA 17407.

Jennifer Sweeney and Friends from
Whitmyre Hall 1984 to 1987: Please
contact Ann Ashley Cooper. R.R. 7
Box 360C, Wellsboro. PA 1 690 1 .

Births

70s

To Thomas Orolin 75 and Rochelle

Orolin. a daughter. Olivia Rochelle.
June 8. 1997. To Denny Puko '77
and Beth Stein Puko '79, a daughter.
Calli Rose. October 8. 1997. To
Terry Appolonia '79, M'81 and
Janice Quinn Appolonia '80, M'92. a
son, John Thomas. October 3, 1997.

To Nancy Bailey Jacobyansky '79

and Frank Jacobyansky. a son.
Michael Francis. May 25. 1 994. and
a son. Nicholas Edward. September
6. 1997. To Ann Marie Shillenn Yule

'79 and Frederick Yule, a son.
Robert Francis. February 25. 1997.

80s

1 1 1 Christina Fucile Bell '80 and
Robert Bell '82, a daughter. Rebecca

Anne. Jul) 30, 1997. To Marguerite
Leahey Campbell '80 and Shaun

Campbell, a son. Shaun. October 22.

1997. To Steven Claudy '80 and
Sharil Claudy. a son. \\ esley Steven.
Octobers. 1997 I o Cathy Cairns
Andres '82 and Kevin Andres '82, a
daughter. Brianna Rachel.
September 27. 1997. To Bennet
Pettine '82 and Elizabeth Bebout

Pettine '82, a son. Dylan James.
July 25. 1997. Kimberly CaulfielrJ
Vasconez '82 and Oswaldo

! /. a daughter. Mikaela
Brianne. June 4. 1997. To April Kutz
Allegrezza '83 and John Allegrezza,
a son. Jonathan James. September
I 3, 1 994. and a son. Matthew
Thomas. October 22. 1996. To
Charles Harrison '83 and Lisa
Schnelbach Harrison '83, a son.

Sean Walter. August 13. 1996. To
Karen Kerner Sabol '83 and Joseph
Sabol. an adopted daughter.
Kimberly Fei. October 6. 1996. To
James Wincek '83 and Laurie Marlin
Wincek '83, a daughter. Jenna Beth.

June 6. 1997. To Paulette Zedack-
Keck '83 and Brian Keck, a
daughter. Mariah Christina.
November 9, 1996. To Nancy Hobba
Chelgren '84, a daughter. Laura
Marcella. February 21, 1996. To
Scott Cook '84, M'86 and Cara
Cook, tw in daughters. Stephanie
Ann and Taylor Lynn. March 14.

1997. To Debbie Buzzell Dicker '84
and Ted Dicker, a daughter. Alyssa
Lynn. August 17. 1997. To Richard
Hunziker '84 and Patricia Hunziker.
a son. Jacob Edward. June 3, 1997.

To Karen Lenglet Maas '84 and

Jeffrey Maas. a daughter. Rachel
Summer. October 15. 1997. To
William Phillippi '84 and Deborah
Phillippi. a son. Brandon
Christopher. June 29. 1997. To Kim

Stoltzfus Becker '85 and Jim Becker

'87, twin sons. Jason and Matthew.
June 8, 1997. To Lisa Wood Curry
'85 and Glen Curry, a son. Griffin
William. August 6. 1997. To Randy
Evans '85 and Tracy Evans '87, a
daughter. Taylor Lynn. May 5. 1997.

To Lisa Perry Martinazzi '85 and

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Ron Martinazzi '85, a son.
Alexandra \ incent, August L2,
1997. To Charles Thompson '85 and
Crystal Thompson, a son, Charles
Edward, Augusi 6, 1997 To Bath
Vogt Yedlowskl '85 and I ad
Yedlowska, a daughter, Hunter Vogt.
February 23, 1997. To Janet
Kirchner Balestino 86 and Jim
Balestino '86, a son, Dylan Gregory,
July 3, 1997 l» Daniel Galbraith
'86 ami JoAnn Frick Galbraith '91, a
son. Bradlej Daniel, Ma> 5, 1997.
1 i 1 Elizabeth Bianco Jenkins '86 and

Russell Jenkins, a son. Daniel.
October 28, 1994. and a daughter,
Abigail, April 22, 1996. To Kevin
Johnson '86 and Ann Sedor Johnson
'87, a son. Chase Alexander, April
4, 1997 To Mary Oehmler
McCloskey '86 and Tom
McCloskey, twin sons, Clayton and
Colton, October L2, 1995. To
Jennifer Rohrer Nestler '86 ami
Clay Nestler. a son. Henry Clayton.
September 16. 1997. To Bonnie
Dean Perrotto '86 ami John Perrotto
'87, a son. Cameron Dean. June 7.

1997 To Teresa Talbot Rougeaux

'86 and Jeff Rougeaux, a son, Ross
Jell rej . January 21, 1 997. To Lorrie
Horreil Bucklen '87 and Todd
Bucklen. a daughter. Emily
Elizabeth, May 4. 1997. To Eric
Conti '87 and Linda Conli. a son.
Ethan Gates, August 26, 1996. To

Bruce Kazmierczak '87 and Darla

Kazmierczak, a son. Adam Michael.
October 27. 1997. To Jim Molenan
'87 and Stacy Bores Molenan '88, a
daughter, Marcella Gabrielle.
September 17. 1997. To Leslie

Barilar Constantino '88 and Brad

Constantino '89, a daughter, Jensen
Malora. March 10, 1997. To Rod
Heckman '88 and Robin Wadding
Heckman '89, a son. Brock Aaron.
October 11, 1997. To Kimberly
Loestlein Noble '88 and John Noble,
a son. Joshua Thomas. July 28.

1997. To Candace Kasubick Reed

'88 and Simon Reed, a son,
Alexander Thaddeus. July 30. 1997.
To Gina Gover Steve '88 and Greg

Steve '88, a daughter. Alexandra
Renee, September 28, 1997. To Nora
Brooks Weder '88 and Joe Weder, a
son. Christian Joseph, March 1 1.

1997 To Rheyma Roper Jones '89

and Ronald Jones, a daughter.

Madison Rheyma. June 4. 1997. To

Elizabeth Kovach-Hayes '89 ami

Roger Hayes, a daughter. Olivia
Anne, September 17. 1997. To
Matthew McKernan '89 and Susan
Sherrick McKernan '89, a daughter.
Shannon Elizabeth. June 22. 1997.
To Lisa Ewantis Mears '89 and
Raymond Mears. a daughter,
Samantha Isaella, April 2. 1997. To

Sherri Kislan Paolillo '89 and Mark
Paolillo. a daughter. Caitlyn
Jeannette. August 22, 1997.

90s

To Laurel Pogoda Bukowski '90 and
Timothy Bukowski '90, a son, Noah
Timothy. October 6, 1997. To Lisa
Sheesley Bush '90 and Douglas
Bush, a daughter. Hayley Michelle,
April 10. 1997. To Pattie Booze
Cramer '90 and Luke Cramer, a
daughter. Casey Jo. August 1, 1997.
To Suellen Paronish Donato '90 and

Leonard Donato '91, a daughter.
Lena Catherine, February 15, 1997.
To Lisa Bonatesta Fiore '90 and

Anthony Fiore. a daughter, Monica
Joy. March 3 1 . 1997. To Angela Jo
Franks Grabiak '90 and Dennis
Grabiak. a son, Dennis Albert. June
22, 1994. and a daughter. Megan
Louise. August 28, 1997. To Amy
Mihalko Pribicko '90 and Jon

Pribicko '90, a daughter, Margret
Elizabeth, February 28, 1997. To Joy
Herbst Willner '90 and Jeff Willner.
a son, Brett McKee. June 13. 1997.
To Darla Cornell Yates '90 and
Jonathan Yates '91, a son, William
Anderson, October 6, 1997. To
JoAnn Frick Galbraith '91 and
Daniel Galbraith '86, a son. Bradley

Daniel, May 5. 1997. To Julie
Riggin Love '92 and John Love, a
son. Jacob Michael, September 23.
1997 To Pamela Shandor Myers '92

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No Spouses, No Kids: Just friends
and fun at tins reunion of former
Lawrence Hall roomies <"
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. From
left are Kim Benson '83, Jill
McMaster Deileh '83. Jean Parker
Heacox '82. Teresa Stroz. Yourish
'83. Camille Trunzo Sweger '83, am!
Robin Seaman Winternitz '84.

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Impromptu Reunion: \ !

Skorija '69, who livt s in Orlando,
Flti., sparked a reunion at the home
q) Carvel Markley '71 oj
Mechanicsburg. Pa. Pictured are
Sieve. Carvel, Phil Smith '69, Nancy
Davis Smith '70. Sandy Baer
Thomas '72. Chuck Mack '64. Peach
Ensley \huk '68, Cathy Smith
Sechrist '73. Nancy Beaton Bea '70.
Paul ("Skip") Bea '71. Ken
Matthews '68, Laurie McCandless
Williamson '70. and Cliet
Williamson '70.

and Jeffrey Myers, a daughter.
Taylor Rae, April 8, 1997. To
Kristina Mitchell Eaton '93 and
Norm Eaton, a son. Christopher
Norman. Februarj 4. 1996. To
Donald Miles 93 and Valerie
Lefebure Miles '94, a daughter.
Amarisa Mackenzie, Maj 23, 1997.
I o Joanna Grieb Strous '93 and
Lance Strous. a daughter. Logan
Marie. June 5, 1997. To Timothy
Cook '95 and Paige Cook, a son.
Pierce Edward-Orion. December 18,
1995.

Marriages

70s

Holly Cooper 74 to Carl Altenderfer,
August 5, 1995.

80s

Clare Froehlich Kliber '80 to Robert
Wagner. August 8. 1997. Melanie
Jablonovsky '82 to Dale Clark. July

26. 1997. Andrea Dietz '85 to Philip
Birkett, October 1 1. 1997. Dante
Gasbarro '86, M'93 to Debra Balsis
'93, September 27. 1997 Angle
Fought '87 to Gary Omdorff,
September 13, 1997. Amy Guiliani
'87 to Scott Renzi, March 23. 1996.
Daniel Pajak '87 to Hollie Mahouski,
September 13, 1997. Karen Cross '88
to Cameron Bruce. Julv 5. 1997.

Cathy Stelbotsky '88 to Joseph
Wiliett. April 5. 1997. Wendy
Wagner '89 to Walt Scheel, April 30.

1997.

90s

Roberta Everard '90 to Michael
McDancl. June 14. 1997 Brian Selip
'90 to Michelle Answine '95,
October 25. 1997 Joni Novotny '91
to Sean Trovato, June 14. 1997.
Martin McKee '92 to Robin Dininny.
June 21, 1997. Julie Riggin '92 to
John Love. October 5. 1996 Barbara
Wallace '92 to Edward Sharek.
October 18. 1997 Katharine DeMeo
'93 to Michael Staronka '94, June
29. 1996 Joanna Grieb '93 to Lance

Strous. February 4. 1995. Christy
Harpster '93 to Donald Gampe,
October 1 1. 1997 Susan Marsh '93

to Charles Kendall. Ma) 3. 1997.
Kristie Mitchell '93 to Norm Eaton.
August 26. 1996 Lori Schweitzer
'93 to Rodney Curtis, August Id.
1997 Scott Somers '93 to Stacy
Kane '95, May 3. 1997 Tami
Swidzinski '93 to Jack Coole,
August 30, 1997. Melissa DiRito '94
to Aaron Prentice. September 1 3,
1997. Vicki Estes '94 to Rob Doran.
June 28. 1997 Greg Fennell '94 to

Joy Hitchner. May 17. 1997. Christa
Gordish '94 to Robert Mika. June 14.
1997. Chastity Fryman '95 to Doug
McCiraw. September 13. 1997.
Suzanne Missien '95 to Richard
Stear. June 7. 1997. JoAnn Myers '95
to Troy Sunderland. August 19.

Arlene Beachy 96
Frederick Williams. August 24.
1996 David Cornelius '96 to Kelly
Palmer '96, June 7. 1997. Michele
Raymond M'97 to Nicholas Rotosky
'97, July 5. 1997.

Deaths

1922: Elizabeth Fleming Young.
1923: Ruth Stahl Pender. 1926:
Helen Funk Griffith. 1927: Frances
Luft McDevitt. 1928: Genevieve
Abbaticchic Polliard

1930: Rose Bloom Sandn. 1932:
Margaret Salsgiver Bennett. Beatrice
Bolin Dye. Clara Swanson Neff.
1934: William Beyers. 1936:
Mildred Cline Marshall 1938:
Hester Munden

1940: Richard Sheehe. 1942: John
Pounds. 1945: Man1 Bruno
Recupero. 1948: Frances Peterman
Holhs

1950: Wayne Rankin. 1951: Arlene
Warfel Taddie. 1956: John
Federinko. 1957: Keith Bloom.
1958: Richard Joyce

1975: Jayne Cook Christman

1994: Andrew Langford

Other Deaths

William Hassler, former president of
the university (see Editor's Page),
died September 26. 1997.

James Payne, a geography professor
at IIP for twenty-eight years until
his retirement, died November 6.
1997.

22 I 1 I' \l \(i AZINE

"Where Wife Go to College Matters"

b\ Presldeill Lawrence k. I'ellil

Woven into the fabric of the
American culture are several
strands of sentiment and
belief about the college experience. I
suppose that most of us regard our col-

further to the university's providing
periodic retraining for its graduates as
the alumni assist in career advisement,
internship placement, and job place-
ment for current students.

ice you have
i are thereafter

IUP family. The

ships, technology, renovation of build-
ings, and as seed money for implemen-
tation of creative ideas. We need help in
identifying and attracting the best stu-
dents, in letting the news media know
who we are and how good we are, in
helping our students arrange intern-
ships, and in placing them in good jobs.
And increas-
ingly we are
getting those
forms of help
from our gen-
erous and dedi-
cated alumni
across the
country. It is
this alumni
support that
helps to distin-
guish IUP from
many of our
competitors.
We are grate-
ful, and we will
not let you
down.

Between campus performances in October, comedian Bill Cosby joined Libby and Lar
a special reception that benefited the university's scholarship campaign.

endure
for the rest of
our lives, and
the total uni-
versity experi-
ence stamps us with an identity that
helps to shape our future.

All of this translates into a very com-
plicated relationship between an alum-
nus or alumna and his or her alma
mater. To a large extent, the value of
your intellectual capital depends on the
standing and reputation of your alma
mater. Conversely, the university's rep-
utation depends in part on the reputa-
tion and success of its alumni, and also
on their continuing involvement in the
life of the university through financial
contributions, student recruitment, ser-
vice on boards and committees, promo-
tional activities, and a host of other vol-
unteer efforts. The symbiosis extends

university and its alumni share a
responsibility for each other's success.
Some universities are masterful in how
they capitalize on this relationship. Oth-
ers are just learning what I sometimes
call the "art of managing nostalgia." At
IUP we're not too self-conscious about
it; we just work very hard to make our
alumni proud of their university, and
we are getting a little more assertive in
asking for alumni help. We know that
our alumni, in numbers and talent, are
a powerful base of support.

We also know that IUP cannot reach
its goals of academic excellence and
leadership without alumni support. We
need philanthropic support for scholar-

(Editor's note: Copies of the President's
Five- Year Report are available from the
Office of the Assistant to the President,
223 Sutton Hall; (412) 357-2232;
riesen @ grove.iup.edu.)

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Impromptu Reunion: \ visit
Skorija '69, who lives in Or
Flu., sparked a reunion at the ho
of Carvel Markley '71 oj
Mechanicsburg, Pa. Pictured are
Steve, Carvel. Phil Smith '69. Nancy
Davis Smith '70, Sandy Baer
Thomas '72. Chuck Mack '64. Peach
EnsleyMack '68, Cathy Smith
Sechrist '73, Nancy Heaton Bea '70.
Paul ("Skip") Bea '71, Ken
Matthews '68, Laurie McCandless
Williamson '70, and Cher
Williamson '70.

jghler.
Taylor Rue. April 8, 1997. To

Kristina Mitchell Eaton '93 and

Norm baton, a son. Christopher
Norman, February 9. 1996. To

Donald Miles '93 ami Valerie
Lefebure Miles '94, a daughter,
Amarisa Mackenzie, May 23. 1997.
To Joanna Grieb Strous '93 and

Lanee Strous, a daughter, Logan
Marie. June 5. 1997. To Timothy
Cook '95 and Paige Cook, a son.
Pieree Edward-Orion. December 18
1995.

Marriages

70s

Holly Cooper 74 to Carl Altenderfer,

August?, logs.

80s

Clare Froehlich Kliber '80 to Robert
Wagner. August S. 1907 Melanle
Jablonovsky '82 to Dale Clark. July
26, 1997 Andrea Dietz '85 to Philip
Birkett. October II. 1947 Dante
Gasbarro '86, M 93 to Debra Balsis
'93, September 27. 1997. Angie
Fought '87 to Gary Omdorff.
September 13. 1997 Amy Guiliani
'87 to Scott Renzi. March 23. 1996.
Daniel Pajak '87 to Hollie Mahouski,
September 13. 1997. Karen Cross '88
to Cameron Bruce, July 5, 1997.

October IS. 1997. Katharine DeMeo
'93 to Michael Staronka '94, June
2^. 1 996. Joanna Grieb '93 to Lance

Strous. February 4. 1945, Christy

Harpster '93 to Donald Gampe,
October 11, 1997. Susan Marsh '93
to Charles Kendall. May 3. 1997.
Kristie Mitchell '93 to Norm Eaton,
August 26, 1996 Lori Schweitzer
'93 to Rodney Curtis, August 16.
1997 Scott Somers '93 to Stacy
Kane '95, May 5. 1997 Tami
Swidzinski '93 to Jack Coole,
August 30, 1997 Melissa DiRito '94
to Aaron Prentice. September 13,
1997 Vicki Estes '94 to Rob Doran.
June 28, 1997. Greg Fennell '94 to

James Payne, a geography prole
at IL'P for twenty-eight years until
his retirement, died November 6.
1997.

22 1 I I' \l \ G A Z I N E

"Where Kite Go to College Matters"

h\ I'resident Lawrence K Peltit

Woven into the fabric of the
American culture are several
strands of sentiment and
belief about the college experience. 1
suppose that most of us regard our col-
lege years as the happiest of our lives;
certainly they are transformative years,
engaging our attention in matters previ-
ously

unknown to
us, acquaint-
ing us with
new lifestyles
and new ways
of making a
living, and
imparting to
us new skills
and knowl-
edge and the
ability to keep
learning for a
lifetime.
Where we go
to college mat-
ters. It is
where most of
us meet our
spouse, it is
where we
form those
friendships
that endure
for the rest of
our lives, and
the total uni-
versity experi-
ence stamps us with an identity that
helps to shape our future.

further to the university's providing
periodic retraining for its graduates as
the alumni assist in career advisement,
internship placement, and job place-
ment for current students.

We like to think that once you have
been a student at 1UP you are thereafter
alwavs a member of the IUP familv. The

ships, technology, renovation of build-
ings, and as seed money for implemen-
tation of creative ideas. We need help in
identifying and attracting the best stu-
dents, in letting the news media know
who we are and how good we are, in
helping our students arrange intern-
ships, and in placing them in good jobs.
And increas-
ingly we are
getting those
forms of help
from our gen-
erous and dedi-
cated alumni
across the
country. It is
this alumni
support that
helps to distin-
guish I UP from
many of our
competitors.
We are grate-
ful, and we will
not let you
down.

Between campus performances in October, comedian Bill Cosby joined Libln
a special reception that benefited the university 's scholarship campaign.

We also know that IUP cannot reach
its goals of academic excellence and
leadership without alumni support. We
need philanthropic support for scholar-

id Larry Pettit and others at

(Editor's note: Copies of the President's
Five- Year Report are available from the
Office of the Assistant to the President,
223 Sutton Hall; (412) 357-2232:
riesen @ grove.iup.edu .)

1 I P \1 \G AZ INE 23

SPORTS

Nonstop Shortstops

By Bob Fulton

Free time? Mention the concept to Molly Carr and she scrunches
up her nose like a kid pondering a plateful of liver and broccoli.

Free time? Speak the words in Steve Murray's presence and he
shrugs his shoulders, as if they were Swahili and he failed to com-
prehend their meaning.

Focus, discipline,

and hard work

aren't glamorous,

but they're the

qualities that set

M oily Carr

and Steve Murray

apart from

the rest.

24 IIP MAGAZINE

Free time? For IUP's nonstop short-
stops, it's as elusive as the Loch Ness
monster. Carr and Murray earned
first-team Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference Western Division honors
last season in, respectively, softball
and baseball, while keeping schedules
that would've drained all the pep from
Richard Simmons.

Fresh off her sophomore season
as a starting guard for the basket-
ball team, Carr sparkled on the
diamond last spring, leading IUP
in batting average, runs, doubles,
triples, home runs, slugging per-
centage, on-base percentage, and
stolen bases. She also maintained
a 4.0 grade-point average in ele-
mentary education.
Her secret?

"It's being able to manage your
time and have enough discipline to
know when you can go out and
have fun and when it's time to hit
the books and study," says Carr, a
junior from St. Marys. "Of course,
there are some days after practice
you go home, and you just want to lie there."

But she resists the urge, as does Murray. Even in the
dead of winter, on mornings so frigid that cars balk when
the ignition key is turned. Murray climbs out of a warm
bed and heads to the batting cage at Zink Hall, where he
labors to refine perhaps the sweetest swing in the confer-
ence.

MURRAY WAS
LIKEWISE A VIRTUAL
UNKNOWN WHEN HE

ARRIVED AT IUP.

COLLEGE RECRUITERS

HADN'T EXACTLY

WORN A PATH

TO HIS DOOR.

Murray's investment in terms of time and energy has
paid the kind of dividends that make stockbrokers sali-
vate like one of Pavlov's dogs. He set school records for
batting average and hits a year ago and also led the Indi-
ans in runs, doubles, and on-base percentage, continuing
his stunning transformation from ordinary high schooler
to extraordinary collegian.

"I think it's the work." explains Murray, a senior edu-
cation major from Shillington. "I
mean, I was always committed to
hard work. I take a huge amount
of swings all the time, every
practice. And practicing all year
round as opposed to high school,
where you have that one season,
really helps me out."

Perhaps that explains Mur-
ray's meteoric rise from nonde-
script .272 hitter as a freshman to
conference batting champion (the
first in IUP history) as a sopho-
more in 1996. He hit .424 and
was named the PSAC West
Player of the Year.

Murray actually improved last
spring, although he fell short in
his bid to win a second consecu-
tive conference batting crown. He hit .435 to eclipse the
school record of .427 set by Mike Sheleheda in 1964.

"Steve does things on our level that a lot of other
guys just can't do," says coach Tom Kennedy. "He can
handle the high fastball, he hits the ball to all fields, he
has some power, and he has good running speed. He has
serious offensive tools."

Despite limited preseason
preparation, Cam hit .366
last season, belted lour home
runs, anchored the infield
defensively, and provided
indispensable leadership.

As does Carr. At her current pace, she'll obliterate
practically every career record in the book, establishing
standards that, like Sheleheda's. might survive more
than three decades.

"It's just amazing what she does, considering she
doesn't practice year-round with us," says coach Sue
Snyder. "For instance, we hit three nights a week all
year long. She doesn't do any of that because of basket-
ball. Last year she joined us
Tuesday the week we were
leaving for Florida. She had
two days of practice, we left
on Friday, and she played ten
ballgames the next week."

Despite limited preseason
preparation. Carr hit .366 last
season, belted four home
runs, anchored the infield
defensively, and provided
indispensable leadership. She
earned a third-team berth on
the GTE College Division
Academic All-America squad
for her efforts. Not bad for a
player who wasn't even
recruited to plav softball.

Then-coach Jan Kiger, who
brought Carr to IUP to play
basketball, relented when
Carr pestered her about trying
out for softball. She stepped
into the starting lineup as a
freshman, to the surprise of
everyone, it seems, but Molly
Carr.

"I had confidence in
myself," she savs. "I've been
around the sport since I was
born, pretty much. I knew if
someone would just give me
a chance. I could do it. That
was the biggest part, just get-
ting the chance."

It came in the spring of 1W6. The team's shortstop
injured her shoulder, forcing Snyder to start the
unknown newcomer.

"I had no idea who Molly Carr was — I hadn't
recruited her," says Snyder. "But we put her at short and
I was pleasantly surprised. She's been there ever since."

Murray was likewise a virtual unknown when he
arrived at IUP. College recruiters hadn't exactly worn a
path to his door.

"1 wasn't much coming out of high school." Murray
says. "I hit for a mediocre average. But I became a bet-
ter player after I got here."

Simply because he attacked workouts the way a sumo
wrestler attacks a buffet. The Zink batting cage became
Murray's second home.

EVEN IN THE DEAD OF

WINTER, ON MORNINGS SO

FRIGID THAT CARS BALK

WHEN THE IGNITION KEY

IS TURNED, MURRAY CLIMBS

OUT OF A WARM BED
AND HEADS TO THE BATTING

CAGE AT ZINK HALL.

WHERE HE LABORS TO REFINE

PERHAPS THE

SWEETEST SWING IN

THE CONFERENCE.

"He was probably the fourth-best player on his high
school team." says Kennedy. "But he took to the instruc-
tion and the work schedule here. He hit the weights, con-
sistently worked hard, and went about his business."

The result? A mediocre hitter blossomed into a .400
hitter.

"But I think I'd give up my two years of hitting .400
for a shot at the playoffs," Murray says. "And hopefully,
this year we'll get that
chance. I mean, it's great
hitting .400, but it would be
more fun if the team was
winning."

Personal achievements
are secondary in importance
for Carr, too. She's less
impressed by the numbers
on the stat sheet than by the
numbers in IUP's won-lost
column. The Indians set
school records for victories
each of the last two seasons
and twice advanced to the
PSAC playoffs, uncharted
territory before Carr's
arrival.

"We're at the point
where we're expected to
win and we're expected to
be in the playoffs." she
says. "Now I want to win a
PSAC championship and a
national championship. Cal-
ifornia last year was the
national champion. I look at
them and think how possi-
ble it is. That could be us."

Sound far-fetched? Not
in a world where unher-
alded freshmen can develop
into two of the most cele-
brated players in school his-
tory. Molly Carr and Steve
Murray — IUP's nonstop shortstops — have toiled cease-
lessly to transform themselves into conference all-stars.
Free time? Their opportunities to kick back and relax
are. like paupers in Beverly Hills, exceedingly rare. And
so is their work ethic. ~^

26 IUPMAGAZIN E

In Good Company: Robert Cook
'64, left, who established the
Honors College, has commis-
sioned paintings for the

Hall in Whit-
myre. He stands before one
of them, which depicts impor-
tant figures in the history
oj science: others will focus on
the humanities and the fine
oris. All an ■ Pitts-

burgher Michael Ho^le '75.
\l \- Ml \ "' U right isa
view from the Great Hall
Inward Gordon. More looks at
the Great Hall will appear
In future magazint

Anthropology

continued from page 5

ery in Ripley, N.Y., for example, compelled an IUP
crew to question conclusions drawn years ago by other
archaeologists.

"It's a late prehistoric site which was supposed to
date to 1590." says Sarah Neusius. "It's supposed to be
a hit! ullage site. Our work suggests that that's not cor-
rect. We have radiocarbon dates that put it back into the
1300s. And we don't think it's a village; we think it's a
mortuary encampment. We think they were burying
their dead there. The kind of thing that excites me is
working through the puzzle of what that site is and ana-
lyzing the material and coming to the conclusion that
we need to be saying something different about it than
what was in the published literature."

IUP's archaeologists collect soil at each site in plastic
bags that are tagged to indicate their precise location in
the dig. The bags are transported to the wash lab in
McElhaney, where the contents are emptied into a flota-
tion machine that separates soil from skeletal material,
stone tools, mother-of-pearl, bits of charcoal — anything
that offers a clue about the lives of past inhabitants. The
painstaking process of cataloging and analyzing mate-
rial follows.

"Archaeology is not simply digging up arrowheads —
that's kind of the public impression," says Chaiken.
"There's much more to it than that. It's about trying to
reconstruct human behavior and past human practices.
Even tiny fragments of bone can be important in helping
reconstruct the diet that people were consuming and the
environment in which they were living in ways that I
think most people don't quite appreciate."

Those people likely struggle to appreciate the practi-
cal application of road kill, too, as Sarah Neusius well
knows.

"What I'm interested in in terms of research is look-
ing at the kinds of interactions between humans and ani-
mals that happened in the past," she says. "I'm inter-
ested in what people ate, their hunting strategies, what

the environment was like about them. That can be con-
cluded from looking at the animals. So I'm very inter-
ested in the nonhuman bones that we excavate."

Identifying those bones is much easier if there's a
comparative collection on hand. And so animal skulls,
teeth, minuscule bits of bone, even the scales of a gar
fish clutter Neusius' s faunal lab. A freezer contains road
kill, neatly wrapped in plastic bags. Neusius later thaws
the carcasses in an enclosed fume hood, which elimi-
nates the kind of odors that would otherwise clear
McElhaney faster than a fire alarm. A bug colon) is
then utilized to deflesh the carcass.

Her work, predictably, spawns an endless succession
of jokes and gag gifts at Christmastime. But it's hardly a
frivolous pursuit.

"The scientific purpose is to process them to get com-
parative skeletal material." Neusius says. "It isn't that
I'm interested in road kill. It's just one way to acquire
usable specimens."

Granted. Neusius's work ranks as one of the more
unusual aspects of anthropology. One can just imagine
those Jeopardy! contestants trying to figure where road
kill fits into the scientific equation. Or shovels and chain
saws, for that matter. Or Ph.D.s who play in the dirt
w ith all the enthusiasm of kindergartners. Or undergrads
who travel the world, exploring issues ranging from
sweatshops to home births.

What is anthropology, Alex? At IUP. it's all of the
above. ~^

Bob Fulton '75 is contributing editor of 1\JP Magazine
and a freelance writer for national and regional periodi-
cals. His most recent book. Never Lost a Game: Time
Just Ran Out. examines the career of former IUP foot-
ball coach Chuck Klausing.

IUP students are
detectives in a
sense, collecting
evidence in an
effort to reach a
conclusion —
or debunk an
established one.
A discovery
in Ripley, N.Y.,
for example,
compelled an IUP
crew to question
conclusions drawn
years ago by other
archaeologists.

LP M A G A Z 1 N I. 27

SPORTS

IUP

Name Drop ers

Little has changed in the life
nl Les Pearce 78 since he first
arrived at IUP more than two
decades ago. at least where run-
ning's concerned — he's still
shattering records. Pearce has
established four age-group track
standards in two years of compe-
tition at the Keystone State
Games. Pennsylvania's annual
mini-Olympics. Last summer he
took top honors in the 400-meter
intermediate hurdles with a time
of 1 :00.96. the lowest ever in the
forty-plus age group. "It's excit-
ing, because I'm breaking
records held by guys I knew back
in high school." says Pearce, an
insurance agent who resides in
DuBois. "The guy I beat in the
intermediate hurdles was a state
champ in high school. It's kind
of nice knowing you can still do
what you did twenty years ago."
Pearce was one of coach Lou
Sutton's prized recruits coming
out of Indiana High. He eclipsed
lUP's 1 10-meter high hurdles
record as a freshman and quali-
fied for the NAIA national meet
in Arkadelphia, Ark., where he
finished only five-tenths of a
second behind Charles Foster of
North Carolina Central, the
reigning world record holder.
But bursitis in his hip cut short a
promising collegiate career.
That's not to suggest Pearce
stopped running — or winning.
He has collected five Keystone
Games gold medals and would
undoubtedly have augmented his
haul had he not skipped the 1996
event to attend those other
Games — the ones in Atlanta.
"Back w hen I was running at
IUP one of my goals was to go to
the Olympics." says Pearce. "So

28 I I 1' M \(, \7, INE

I guess my dream sort of came
true."

Former IUP diver Katie O'Con-
nor Leyland '83 missed her alma
mater's homecoming festivities
October 1 8. but she had an
acceptable excuse — husband Jim
was piloting the Florida Marlins
in the first game of the World
Series that night. Eight days
later. Leyland became only the
thirteenth manager in major
league history to win a Series
title in his first season with a
team. He and Katie ha\e been
married for ten years.

The IUP football team, beset
by injuries and inexperience,
failed to post a winning record
for the first tunc since 1983, fin-
ishing 5-5. While there were no
championships for coach Frank
Cignetti '60 to celebrate, two of
his players did capture statistical
titles: Junior Jay Glymph led the
Pennsylvania State Athletic Con-
ference in field goals ( 10) and
freshman Matt Danel ranked first
in punting (38.2 average).

Like his alma mater, Chicago
center Chris Villarrial '96 suffered
through a forgettable fall: His
Bears couldn't win, and he

couldn't play. Villarrial missed
five games due to a broken left
fibula. The former Ail-American
returned to the lineup October
27, when Chicago upended
Miami in overtime.
Unfortunately, that was the only
victory the Bears had posted in
eleven games as IUP Magazine
went to press.

Sean Knapp '84, a former
member of the IUP golf and bas-
ketball teams, enjoyed a block-
buster summer on the links. In
fact, he was honored as the West
Penn Golf Association Player of
the Year for the fourth consecu-
tive time. The highlight of his
season was a victory in the Penn-
sylvania State Amateur. "It's
something I've always wanted to
win," says Knapp, vice president
ol finance at Fuhrer's, Inc.. in
Pittsburgh. "I've been so close
the last eight years I played in the
tournament. I was beginning to
wonder if I was ever going to
win it." Knapp also claimed vic-
tory in the State Mid-Amateur
(for golfers at least thirty years of
age) and played on the Pennsyl-
vania threesome that finished
ninth of fifty-one entries in the
United States Golf
Association State
Team Championship
at Scottsdale. Ariz.

IUP's cross coun-
ts squads challenged

Les Pearce '78 with
his daughters,
Michelle and

Gabrielle

<^ pionshif

^B*"^ sport. I'l

+W>*^r hy Bob Fulton

for top honors at the NCAA
Division II East Region meet,
where the women finished third
and the men fourth. Junior Bren-
dan Buckley placed fifth to pace
the men's team, while junior
Lindsey Rangel led the IUP
women by finishing eighth.
Buckley, Rangel. Kevin Shea,
Shawn Hoch, and Kerri Mclntyre
earned all-conference honors a
week earlier for their
performances at the PSAC meet.

Joanna Tomasino led the
women's soccer team to an 8-10
record in her first year as coach.
Junior Denise Lazor ranked as the
Indians' top scorer with seven
goals and sixteen points.

The field hockey team also
played under a new coach. Missy
Moran guided her charges to a 7-
1 1 season, the program's win-
ningest record since it was rein-
stated as a varsity sport in 1993.
Junior Noelle Bowman led IUP
with eleven goals and twenty-
three points.

Junior Rachel Slade set a pair
of IUP swimming records in an
early-season quadrangular meet
at Clarion, winning the 100-
meter butterfly in 58.2 seconds
and the 200 butterfly in 2:06.28.
Those times were the best in
NCAA Division II as IUP Maga-
zine went to press.

Mark Risko '86 coached Shan-
nock Valley High School to a
PIAA Class AA title in girls vol-
leyball. "It was something that,
certainly for the kids and myself
and the community, we'll
remember for a long time," said
Risko, whose Spartans finished
25-0. "It was the first state cham-
pionship for the school in any
sport. I'm very proud of that."

Youth Is Served

By Boh Fulton

IUPs youngest head coach, fittingly enough,
directs IUP's youngest varsity program.

issy Moran, who turned twenty-
five in November, will guide the
women's lacrosse team through its
inaugural season this spring.
Despite the fact she's scarcely
much older than her players. Moran is no stranger to
the hardships of building a program from scratch.
She was in a similar position a year ago at Virginia
Wesleyan College.

"I had to take fifteen girls who had never played
lacrosse before and teach them the sport," says
Moran. who also coaches field hockey at IUP. "I
think the hardest thing for girls first learning the
sport of lacrosse is learning how to catch the ball.
It's harder than it looks. That's like a major chal-
lenge."

Which pretty much describes what Moran faces
this spring. Her inexperienced team will battle a
succession of established programs, starting with
Lock Haven, the guest for IUP's March 25 coming-
out party at Miller Stadium.

Shippensburg. Millersville. East Stroudsburg,
Bloomsburg. West Chester, Mercyhurst, and Cani-
sius round out the eight-game schedule.

"We're a very young, very new team, so we're
probably going to have a difficult time at first," says
Moran, who graduated from Longwood (Va.) Col-
lege in 1994 with a degree in biology. "My expecta-
tions are just to develop the program, develop the
athletes that I have, and teach them the game, the
rules, the whole nine yards. I want to begin molding
a team that can go out and compete. That's all you
can expect with a first-year program. You can't go
out and expect to win every game. But winning a
couple would be nice."

Moran recruited players in the fall by posting
signs around campus and passing the word through
the local media.

She hoped some of the respondces would actually
have a background in the sport. Fact is, many of her
players required an introductory course in lacrosse,
a Native American game in which players wield
netted sticks with which a hard rubber ball is
caught, carried, and thrown. The objective is to
fling the ball into a six foot-by-six foot net guarded
by a padded goalkeeper.

Moran predicts the fast-paced, offensive-oriented
nature of the sport will appeal to spectators.

"It's a high-scoring game. That's what people want to
see," she says. "Field hockey — and I hear a hundred
million people say it — is an exciting game to play, but
it's not as exciting to watch. It's like soccer — you don't
see much goal-scoring. But in lacrosse you can have
games up to fifteen, twenty points."

Whether IUP will produce such totals, much less win
a game, remains to be seen. But Moran is undeterred by
the challenges ahead. Fact is, she's exhilarated by them.

"This is gonna be so much fun," Moran says. "It's a
chance to start something completely new. It's a chance
for the girls to say, hey, I was on the very first lacrosse
team at IUP. It's so exciting. And given the facilities
and the excellent reputation this school has, I don't
think getting this program off the ground will be very
difficult at all."

Is that the enthusiasm of youth showing through?
Well. yes. but it's also the voice of experience.

Missy Moran might be IUP's youngest coach, but
she's well equipped to build a program from scratch.
After all, she's done it before.

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A Few Important Dates for 1 998:

Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner, March 28

Reunion Weekend, June 1 2-1 4

Homecoming, October 3

Punxsutawney Phil paid a visit to I UP 's

Punxsutawney Campus in the fall, and then he

went to sleep. On February 2, he'll awaken

and look for his shadow. If he doesn 'l see it,

spring will be here. With Phil on the steps of

the campus 's academic building are his good

friend. Bill Dealey. and students Katherine

Pearce. left, and Slwlon Mikelonis. both of

whom are from the Punxsutawney area.

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