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Vol.  20    Number  1 


The  Valley 

Lebanon  Valley  College  Magazine  ^ 


Fall  2002 


Editor: 

Tom  Hanrahan 

Writers: 

Lisa  Christopher 

Lauren  Ciisick 

Ryan  Derfler  '03 

Dr.  John  Hinshaw 

Mary  Beth  Hower 

Jeff  Intoccia  '02 

Lisa  Landis  '04 

Natahe  Hope  McDonald  '97 

Susan  Muma 

Lori  Myers 

Cindy  Progin  '04 

Heather  Robino 

Dr.  Susan  Verhoek 

Designer: 

Connie  Timm 

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Production  Manager: 
Kelly  Alsedek 

Photography: 
John  T  Consoii 
Bill  Johnson 
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Denton  Knisely 
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The  Valley  is  published  by  Lebanon 
Valley  College  and  is  distributed  with- 
out charge  to  alumni  and  friends. 

The  Valley  is  produced  approximately 
five  months  in  advance  of  when  it 
is  received  by  its  readership.  Class  News 
&  Notes  received  after  production 
has  begun  will  be  included  in  the 
next  issue  of  the  magazine. 


Features 

2   A  Friend  Before  a  Teacher 

Catch  up  with  ,i  teacher  who  defines  the 
essence  of  what  it  is  to  be  a  true  educator 

by  Mary  Beth  Howcr 

6     Digital  Communications: 
Thinking  Outside  the  Box 

LVC's  newest  major  blends  the 
liberal  arts  and  technolog)-  seamlessly. 

bv  Lori  Myers 


10  Classroom  Lessons 

LVC  education  students  are  "taught' 
how  to  be  able  to  adapt  to  an  ever- 
changing  classroom  environment. 
Read  how  several  graduates  are 
incorporating  mandated  changes 
into  their  curriculum. 

by  Lisa  Christopher 


Departments 

14  Class  News  &  Notes 
28  Valley  News 

On  the  Cover: 

Photograph  by  John  T.  Consoii 

Left: 

Photograph  by  John  T.  Consoii 


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A  Friend 


by   Mary   Beth   Hower 


ulitzer  Prize-winning  author  Henry 
Brooks  Adams  described  a  teacher  as  someone  who  "affects 
eternity;  he  can  never  tell  where  his  influence  stops. "  These 
words  hold  true  for  Dr.  June  Eby  Herr  '34,  H'97,  associate 
professor  emerita  of  education,  whose  career  at  LVC  has  become 
a  legacy  for  decades  of  the  College's  education  students. 

Were  it  not  for  Herr's  encouragement  and  guidance, 
June  Collier  Beyer  '80  knows  she  would  not  have  become  an 
educator  As  a  first-year  student,  Beyer  chose  to  study  environ- 
mental science,  a  major  that  quickly  proved  to  be  too  intense. 
A  second-semester  switch  to  economics,  which  came  at  the 
recommendation  of  Beyer's  sister,  seemed  like  a  smart  move 
since  women  were  emerging  more  strongly  onto  the  business 
scene.  Still,  Beyer  wasn't  convinced  she  had  found  her  niche. 
It  was  at  the  urging  of  a  friend,  who  just  happened  to  be  an 
elementary  education  major,  that  Beyer  discussed  her  career 
goals  with  Herr  As  a  result  ot  their  conversation,  Herr  agreed 
to  let  Beyer  test  the  waters  by  taking  Social  Foundations  of 
Education,  a  course  usually  reserved  for  education  majors.  One 
class  and  Beyer  knew  she  had  finally  found  her  tocus.  However, 
she  still  had  to  face  the  challenge  of  convincing  her  family. 
There  was  no  shortage  of  teachers  in  the  late  1970s,  and  her 
family  was  concerned  about  her  future  career  plans.  Again, 
Herr  was  there  to  help.  Beyer  recalls  the  summer  between  her 
sophomore  and  junior  year  when  Herr,  while  vacationing  at 


nearby  Cape  May,  N.  J.,  stopped  by  the  family  home  in 
Wildwood  Crest  to  tell  Beyer's  mother  what  a  wonderful  job 
her  daughter  was  doing  as  an  elementary  education  major 

"June  was  very  encouraging,"  recalled  Beyer  "She  built 
confidence  in  each  of  us.  Each  of  her  students  brought  special 
gifts,  and  she  was  ver)'  good  at  finding  that  unique  talent.  You 
couldn't  help  but  excel  and  be  successful." 

Beyer  explained  that  Herr  always  took  the  time  to  write 
personal  notes  on  each  student's  assignments,  and  still  remembers 
one  such  message.  "She  wrote,  'Your  enthusiasm  is  contagious' 
in  beautiful,  perfect  handwriting." 

Now  with  two  children  of  her  own  in  college  and  a  third 
not  much  farther  behind,  Beyer  understands  even  more  just 
how  important  Herr's  guidance  was  in  her  life.  "I  see  my 
teenagers  now  —  so  young  and  just  starting  out.  It  meant  so 
much  to  have  a  mentor  like  June,  someone  so  dedicated.  I  hope 
my  children  will  have  someone  like  that." 

The  fact  that  John  Onofrey  '64  arrived  on  the  LVC 
campus  as  a  part-time,  26-year-old  transfer  student  who  was 
originally  on  the  path  to  the  priesthood,  made  no  difference 
to  Herr.  Maybe  it  was  the  educator's  own  experience  as  a 
student  at  LVC  —  the  fact  that  she  spent  her  first  two  years  at 
West  Chester  University  and,  after  coming  to  Lebanon  Valley, 
switched  majors  from  music  to  education  —  that  helped  her 
relate  well  to  Onofrey. 


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"The  fact  that  I  was  not  a  traditional  student  didn't  matter 
to  Mrs.  Herr.  She  accepted  you  tor  what  you  were,  encouraged 
vou  to  work  hard,  and  gave  to  everyone  a  unique  and  lasting 
love  of  teaching,"  Onofrey  said. 

"She  was  demanding  of  students  in  the  very  best  sense  of 
the  word.  She  wanted  us  to  care  deeply  about  our  students  and 
the  preparation  that  went  into  all  of  our  classes,"  he  recalled. 


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"to  be  creative  —  not  just  regurgitate  lessons  in  books,  but  to 
add  our  own  special  dimension,  and  touch  our  students  in  that 
way. "  In  order  to  accomplish  this,  Onofrey  explained  that  Herr 
had  students  compile  a  poetry  file  that  they  could  use  in  their 
classroom,  as  well  as  a  book  file  on  children's  authors,  an  interest 
he  has  held  to  this  day. 

Onofrey  described  both  Herr  and  Dr.  Cloyd  Ebersole,  late 
professor  emeritus  of  education,  as  individuals  who  "left  an 
incredible,  indelible  impression  on  me."  The  two  educators  also 
had  a  great  amount  of  confidence  in  Onofrey,  and  in  turn 
submitted  his  name  for  a  competition  in  the  master's  degree  in 
education  program  at  the  Harvard  Graduate  School  of 
Education.  As  a  result,  Onofrey  was  awarded  a  fellowship  in 


1966.  "I  never  would  have  had  this  opportunity  if  not  tor  the 
courses  1  had  at  LVC,"  he  said.  "The  background  I  received  was 
marvelous.  It  affected  my  entire  life." 

Onofrey  spent  a  number  of  years  teaching  before  becoming 
principal  at  Cornwall  Elementary  School  in  Pennsylvania,  then 
settling  into  a  position  in  the  educational  publishing  industry 
from  1970-92.  One  of  his  most  memorable  assignments  came 
during  a  year  when  Herr  was  on  sabbatical  and  he  was  asked  to 
lead  her  reading  course.  "It  was  very  humbling  to  be  standing 
in  for  her."  According  to  Onofrey,  Herr  often  encouraged 
former  students  to  participate  in  her  classroom.  "Every  year 
before  Alumni  Weekend  she  would  send  us  a  letter  telling  us 
about  the  department.  She  would  say  how  delighted  she  would 
be  for  us  to  return,  share  our  views  and  talk  about  careers  in 
education  with  current  students.  She  was  marvelously  supportive 
in  that  way." 

For  Mary  D'Anna  Thomas  '68,  Herr  epitomized  the 
family  atmosphere  that  made  LVC  so  appealing.  She  also  credits 
Herr  and  Ebersole  with  creating  a  marvelous  curriculum.  "After 
graduation,  I  looked  at  my  peers  and  realized  that  LVC  gave  a 
superior  program.  No  one  had  a  better  education  or  preparation 
than  I  did,  and  I'm  thankful  for  that. " 

Even  after  decades  of  forming  her  own  theories  about 
teaching,  Herr's  philosophy  has  stuck  with  Thomas.  "She  told 
us  teaching  is  difficult.  There  will  be  days  when  you  will  want 
to  quit.  Take  every  day  as  a  totally  new  day,  no  matter  what 
happened  the  day  before.  Give  yourself  a  fresh  chance  and  give 
your  students  a  fresh  chance,"  Thomas  recalled.  "As  a  teacher, 
I've  found  that's  really  the  only  way  to  look  at  things." 

It  wasn't  only  students  who  felt  Herr's  dedication  to  teaching, 
but  her  own  family  as  well.  As  an  elementary  education  major, 
granddaughter  Elizabeth  Myers  Moyer  '82  had  many  oppor- 
tunities to  view  her  grandmother  both  inside  and  outside  of 
the  classroom,  and  said  it  was  plain  to  see  that  "her  whole  life 
revolved  around  LVC  and  her  work  there." 

Over  1 0  years  ago,  Herr's  daughter,  Carol  Sponaugle,  and 
son,  H.  Lee  Moyer  '62,  formed  a  scholarship  in  their  mother's 
name.  Supported  by  gifts  from  former  students,  friends  and 
family  members,  the  fund  has  grown  over  the  years  and  has 
provided  financial  support  to  more  than  35  education  majors. 
For  Herr's  children,  the  gift  seemed  to  be  the  perfect  way  to 
honor  their  mother.  "What  better  place  is  there  to  put  money 
than  into  the  school  and  the  students?"  asked  Sponaugle. 

Dr.  Michael  Grella,  who  retired  from  the  College  in  2001 
after  some  20  years  as  chair  of  the  Education  Department, 
remembers  Herr  as  a  mentor.  "She  was  an  indefatigable,  daunt- 
less worker.  Nothing  was  ever  too  difficult  for  her,"  Grella  said. 


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"She  had  a  better  knowledge  ot  students  than  anyone  I  knew  at 
the  College."  He  still  marvels  over  the  effort  she  put  into  keeping 
in  contact  with  former  students.  In  addition  to  the  departmental 
newsletter,  she  kept  an  index  file  of  all  graduates.  "It  was  an 
incredible  thing  —  addresses,  phone  numbers,  information  on 
if  thev  were  married,  had  children,  moved.  I  remember  asking 
her  how  she  did  it.  She  just  simply  said  that  she  reviewed  her 
cards  every  year,"  he  said.  "She  kept  an  amazing  kind  of  contact 
with  her  students." 

Despite  her  petite  stature,  Herr  also  maintained  a  strong 
presence  in  the  classroom.  "She  put  together  theory  and  practice 
very  well,"  Grella  said.  "Students  respected  her  for  what  she 
knew,  but  she  was  also  very  open  to  them.  They  sensed  that 
and  responded  favorably."  He  went  on  to  explain  that  students 
felt  verv  comfortable  talking  with  her.  "She  was  there  to  help, 
not  to  let  people  off  the  hook,  but  to  sit  down  and  talk  about 
how  to  accomplish  what  the\'  needed  to  under  the  circum- 
stances." 

Herr  was  also  tireless  when  it  came  to  pursuing  her  own 
personal  and  professional  development.  She  holds  a  master's 
degree  in  teaching  the  gifted  from  Penn  State  University. 
From  1951-78,  she  ser\'ed  the  Pennsylvania  Association  for 
the  Study  and  Education  ot  the  Mentally  Gifted,  holding 
numerous  leadership  positions  from  member  ot  the  board 
to  president.  Many  other  organizations  benefited  from 
her  expertise,  including  the  Pennsylvania  State  Education 
Association,  the  International  Reading  Association  and  the 
Association  of  Childhood  Education  International.  In  addition, 
she  shared  her  teaching  skills  and  musical  talents  with  the 
Palmyra  First  United  Methodist  Church,  and  served  the 
College  as  co-president  of  both  the  Lebanon  Valley  College 
Dames  and  the  Auxiliary.  In  1997,  the  College  recognized 
her  dedication  by  granting  her  the  prestigious  honorary 
doctorate  in  humane  letters. 

Herr  is  quick  to  credit  others  for  her  success  —  colleagties, 
former  professors  and  friends,  such  as  Drs.  Edna  '59,  H'85 
and  Clark  Carmean  'H85;  and  the  students  who  have  given 
back  to  her  all  these  years,  making  the  journey  all  the  more 
worthwhile.  She  still  has  every  letter  students  ever  wrote  to  her, 
tied  in  bundles  according  to  the  year  the  letter  arrived.  The 
communication  has  been  yital  to  Herr,  as  is  clear  from  her  ever- 
growing Christmas  card  list.  "I  suggested  she  use  a  form  letter, 
but  she  wouldn't  hear  of  it,"  said  Sponaugle,  who  has  helped 
her  89-year-oid  mother  organize  the  mailing  for  the  past  five 
or  six  years. 

When  Henry  Brooks  Adams  spoke  of  teachers,  he  must 
have  had  someone  like  Herr  in  mind.  With  several  hundred 


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Christmas  cards  sent  out  last  year,  each  hearing  a  personal  note 
from  Herr,  it's  no  wonder  this  teachers  realm  ot  influence 
seems  to  have  no  end. 


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Mary  Beth  Homer  is  a  freelance  writer  from  Aniiville.  She  is  the 
former  director  of  media  relations  at  Lebanon  Valley  College. 


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-o  one  can  deny  that  the 
world's  technological  landscape  is 
rapidly  changing  and  growing  more 
sophisticated.  With  the  popularin'  of 
the  Internet  and  fierce  competition  in  a 
global  economy,  it  is  no  longer  enough 
to  know  only  the  basics,  such  as  how  to 
send  an  e-mail  attachment  ot  set  up 
a  spreadsheet. 

In  October  2000,  Lebanon  Valley 
College  recognized  that  fact  when  it 
proposed  the  Digital  Communications 
Program  —  a  curriculum  of  computer- 
related  courses  and  projects  adding  up  to 
50  credit  hours  and  leading  to  a  bachelor 
of  science  degree.  Beginning  this  semester, 
the  program  exposes  students  to  the  fun- 
damental principles  of  emerging  digital 
information  technologies  and  emphasizes 
critical  thinking,  creativit)'  and  analysis, 
rather  than  specific  applications  and 
technologies.  After  graduation,  a  student 
with  a  firm  foundation  in  the  program's 
elements  will  find  it  easier  to  evolve 
with  an  ever-changing  technolog)'  and 
be  more  comfortable  interfacing  within 
the  industry. 

Joel  Kline  '89,  assistant  professor 
of  business  administration  and  acting 
director  of  the  program,  stated  that  this 
new  curriculum,  by  being  interdiscipli- 
nary and  integrative,  incorporates  LVC's 
liberal  arts  tradition.  "It  is  a  good  fit  for 
our  institution  and  our  faculty, " 
explained  Kline,  who  has  owned  a  tech- 
nology firm  since  1994.  "We  have  taken 
the  liberal  arts  model  and  applied  it  to 
technology." 

Dr.  Stephen  MacDonald,  vice  presi- 
dent for  academic  affairs  and  dean  of  the 
faculty,  agreed  that  the  new  program 
adheres  firmly  to  LVCs  commitment  to 
the  liberal  arts.  "The  driving  force  is  not 
technology  per  se, "  he  said.  "We  don't 
seek  to  produce  technicians.  We  want 
students  to  analwe  the  world  and  com- 
municate about  the  world. " 


The  idea  for  the  Digital  Communications 
Program  came  about  during  a  lunchtime 
conversation  berween  Dr.  Owen  Moe, 
professor  of  chemistr)',  and  Barry  R.  Hill, 

associate  professor  of  music  and  director 
of  the  Music  Recording  Technology 
Program,  when  both  realized  that  some 
t)'pe  of  technological  offering  w'as  needed 
at  the  College.  "I  wrote  this  up  in  1998 
and  thought  about  it  for  a  couple  of 
years,"  Hill  recalled.  "We  were  both 
thinking  of  something  like  this.  The 
original  thought  was  that  when  people 
get  out  of  school,  what  kind  of  position 
do  they  get?  This  is  the  ultimate  libetal 


arts  degree  program  because  you  learn  a 
little  bit  about  a  lot  of  things.  The  idea  is 
to  break  the  boundaries. " 

Web-based  technologies,  explained 
Hill,  are  a  difYerent  medium  that  has 
opened  up  new  opportunities  and  has 


Joel  Kline  '89  (above, 
standing),  acting  director 
of  the  Digital 
Commit n icatio >is  Program, 
instructs  business  students 
in  the  Vernon  and  Doris 
Bishop  Libra;-): 

Marie  Bongioranni 
{second from  left),  associate 
professor  and  chair  of  the 
English  Depamyient, 
expects  the  neiv  major  to 
receive  a  lot  of  attention. 

Karen  Hendricks  02 
(facing  page)  works  on  an 
.irt  project  in  Pencil  Studio. 


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Kline  (center),  who  has 
owned  a  technology  fmn 
since  1994,  noted,  "We 
have  taken  the  liberal 
arts  model  and  applied 
it  to  technology.  " 


altered  the  way  we  create  and  dissemi- 
nate information.  Why  not  have  LVC 
be  at  the  forefront  of  that  new  and 
exciting  frontier  by  giving  students  the 
tools  and  the  language  to  interact  with 
the  various  professionals  who  design, 
write  and  conduct  business  using  digital 
technology?  "They  are  all  different  ways 
of  getting  your  message  out  there,"  Hill 
said.  "Technology  is  the  instigator  ot  the 
change,  but  it  is  not  the  main  focus."' 

According  to  Kline,  the  idea  was 
enthusiastically  received  and  voted  on 
by  the  faculty.   "It  passed  prett}'  handily," 
he  noted. 

The  program  combines  art,  written 
communication,  computer  science  and 
business  administration.  Each  student 
will  select  one  department  as  a  concen- 
tration area.  The  core  courses,  together 
with  those  in  the  concentration  area, 
will  provide  broad  exposure  to  the 
principles  of  emerging  digital  informa- 
tion technologies  and  explain  how  they 
apply  to  the  creation,  storage,  analysis, 
processing  and  delivery  of  information. 

Starting  with  the  Introduction  to 
Digital  Communications  course,  students 
get  an  overview  of  the  curriculum  that 
combines  writing,  designing  presenta- 
tions, storing,  processing  and  distributing 
information.  The  course  will  also  touch 


on  the  legal,  ethical  and  business  con- 
cerns of  information  management. 

"We  need  people  to  understand  the 
media,"  said  Dr.  Mike  Fry,  chair  and 
professor  of  the  Mathematical  Sciences 
Department.  "The  world  is  more 
dependent  on  the  types  of  communica- 
tion that  need  technological  support.  I 
also  think  we  are  going  to  have  to  learn 
to  be  better  at  communicating  ideas  and 
not  just  focus  on  entertainment  and 
marketing  with  this  electronic  media." 

Fry  is  spearheading  the  computer 
science  cognate  or  area  of  concentration 
in  the  program.  Art,  business  or  English 
are  the  other  three  cognates  from  which 
students  can  choose  their  area  of  con- 
centration. The  technical  sequence  of 
the  program  is  made  up  of  two  courses. 
Introduction  to  Programming  explores 
the  fundamentals  of  programming  as 
they  essentially  apply  to  all  languages 
and  focuses  on  the  correct  design  and 
implementation  of  small-scale  algorithms, 
but  introduces  large-scale  design  tech- 
niques. The  second  course.  Networking 
and  Databases,  examines  the  fundamentals 
of  database  theory,  data  organization, 
and  the  insertion  and  extraction  of  data 
from  a  database.  The  networking  sec- 
tion of  the  course  will  introduce  the 
fundamentals  and  applications  of  net- 


working. Students  study  and  write 
programs  that  access  data  in  databases, 
deliver  that  data,  and  then  process  and 
display  the  content  to  front  ends  such 
as  web  pages. 

"There  are  students  who  have  taken 
computer  science  who  would  have 
liked  to  have  had  a  major  like  this,"  Fry 
remarked.  "The  LVC  graduate  who 
majors  in  digital  communications  will 
be  easier  to  train  on  the  job." 

The  other  courses  are  equally 
intriguing  and  hone  the  skills  of  students 
who  wish  to  actively  participate  in  the 
Web's  exciting  future. 

The  Art  Department  courses  in  the 
digital  design  sequence  are  divided  into 
Design  I  and  II  and  teach  students  still- 
image  creation  and  interactive  media. 
Participants  will  develop  CD-ROMS,  web 
pages  and  other  multimedia  applications. 

Writing  for  Digital  Media  I  and  II 
focuses  on  developing  writing  skills  that 
can  present,  describe,  summarize  and 
explain  information.  Students  will  find 
out  how  news,  information,  advertising 
and  entertainment  content  is  gathered 
and  disseminated  via  digital  media,  and 
then  design  and  develop  their  own 
digital  media  projects.  The  focus  is  not 
only  on  the  Web,  but  on  developing 
those  writing  skills  and  processes  neces- 


8       The  Valley 


Prof.  Barrj'  Hill  (lefi), 
director  of  the  Music 
Recording  Technology 
Program,  along  with 
Dr.  Owen  Moe  (not 
pictured).  Vernon  and 
Doris  Bishop  Professor  of 
Chemistry,  developed  the 
original  idea  for  the 
Digital  Communications 
Program  during  a 
lunchtime  conversation. 


san'  for  designing  and  developing  digital 
media,  which  includes,  but  is  not  limited 
to,  the  Internet.  Digital  media  presents 
opportunities  and  problems  that  the 
more  traditional  media  do  not.  The 
focus  ot  this  class  is  to  explore  these  dif- 
ferences and  account  for  them  in  the 
design  and  development  process. 

The  Business  of  Information  I  and 
II  courses  emphasize  how  business  is 
conducted  on  the  Internet  and  how  the 
use  of  Internet  technolog)'  impacts  the 
internal  workings  of  businesses.  These 
courses  will  help  students  understand 
how  technology  is  utilized  within  and 
between  companies  to  improve  cus- 
tomer relationships,  marketing,  opera- 
tions and  communication. 

Additional  required  courses  include 
Information  Law  and  Ethics,  which 
explores  the  legal  and  ethical  issues  of 
technology,  and  The  Science  of  Inform- 
ation, which  examines  how  humans 
consume  and  process  information  they 
see  and  read  on  the  new  media. 

Students  choose  three  additional 
courses  in  their  cognate  area  in  consulta- 
tion with  their  advisers.  Finally,  seniors 
will  pardcipate  in  the  Project  Management 
Seminar  along  with  the  capstone  project. 
They  will  study  team  management, 
working  with  deadlines,  setting  goals 


and  allocating  responsibilit}'  while 
developing  a  product  to  serve  academic, 
industrial,  civic  or  governmental  clients. 
To  complete  the  program,  seniors  will 
write  a  final  report  and  make  a  public 
presentation. 

Hill  said  that  the  core  courses  along 
with  the  senior-year  project  mirror  the 
real  world  that  students  will  face  after 
graduation.  "In  business,  people  work 
in  teams  and  groups.  You  have  to  inter- 
face with  content  experts,  marketing 
people,  etc.  The\'  will  be  conversing  with 
people  in  different  areas  who  speak 
different  languages." 

Kline  agreed,  saying  "students  can 
manage  and  adapt  to  the  changes  going 
on  in  technolog}'  more  than  someone 
who  is  in  a  trade  school.  We  expect  20 
to  25  students  per  year  to  major  in  this 
program,"  he  added. 

Marie  Bongiovanni,  associate  profes- 
sor .ind  chair  ot  the  English  Depanment, 
said  that  she  expects  the  digital  commu- 
nications major  to  receive  a  lot  of  atten- 
tion. "More  and  more  students  are 
interested  in  how  to  design  Web  pages 
and  how  to  create  content  for  new 
media." 

As  with  any  new  program  of  this 
t}'pe,  there  are  challenges  such  as  cur- 
riculum, required  equipment,  budgets. 


staff  and  resources  that  may  be  needed 
in  the  future.  Kline  said  an  evaluation 
would  be  completed  after  the  program 
is  up  and  running,  but  he  expects  to 
be  flexible  in  terms  of  the  program's 
growth.  "We  would  be  open  to  more 
cognates,"  he  said.  "It  is  organic.  We 
will  see  how  it  fits  with  the  College 
and  the  industry." 

But  Kline  sees  onlv  positives  coming 
out  of  the  digital  communications  course 
ol  studv.  "I  am  reallv  excited  about 
the  program  and  excited  that  it  is  using 
the  liberal  arts  model.  It  will  promote 
critical  thinking  skills,  communication 
skills  and  a  fundamental  knowledge  ot 
technolog\'.  These  are  things  that  are 
missing  in  the  industry." 

MacDonald  is  also  delighted  that 
LVC  has  initiated  this  very  innovative 
program.  "It  will  attract  students  that 
otherwise  would  not  be  coming  here 
and  attract  the  attention  of  students 
already  here." 


Lori  Myers  is  a  Harrishurg-based 
freelivice  writer  who  has  had  articles 
published  in  tiational  and  regional 
magazines,  newspapers  and  on  the 
Internet.  She  is  a  regular  contributor 
to  WITF's  Central  PA  Magazine. 


F..ML  2002    9 


Classroom  Lessons 


by  Lisa  M.  Christopher 


President  Bush's  No-Child-Left-Behind\mxi2it\Yt  redefines  the 
federal  role  in  K-12  education.  The  new  law  mandates  alterna- 
tive teaching  methods  for  students  and  serious  consequences 
for  failing  schools.  Individual  states  set  academic  standards, 
according  to  the  law,  and  local  school  districts  select  curricula 
and  set  policies. 

This  topic  set  the  tone  as  four  educators  from  various  walks 
of  academic  life  gathered  recently  at  Lebanon  Valley  College's 
Kreiderheim  to  discuss  the  far-reaching  effects  of  various  legisla- 
tive acts  and  their  broader  implications  for  all  levels  of  education. 
Participants  included:  Karen  Albert  '88,  a  seventh-grade  life 
science  teacher  at  York  Suburban  School  District;  Dr.  Donald 
Kline  '66,  LVC  professor  of  education;  Jill  Hamilton  Lutz  '92, 
a  first-grade  teacher  in  Lancaster  County's  Cocalico  School 
District;  and  Dr.  Marsha  Zehner  '73,  superintendent  of  the 
Annville-Cleona  School  District.  Dr.  Susan  L.  Atkinson,  profes- 
sor and  chair  of  the  LVC  Education  Department,  moderated  the 
discussion.  Links  to  various  web  pages  are  provided  at  the  end 
of  this  piece  for  those  seeking  further  information  on  the  issues. 
The  descriptive  information  that  precedes  each  topic  is  cited 
from  the  respective  web  site  associated  with  the  topic. 


1 0     The  Valley 


Moderator:  What  is  your  perspective 
on  President  Bush's  No  Child  Left  Behind 
initiative?  [No  Child  Left  Behind  Act  of 
2001:  Reauthorization  of  the  Elementary 
and  Secondary  Education  Act  Legislation 
and  Policies.  On  January  8,  2002, 
President  Bush  signed  into  law  the  No 
Child  Left  Behind  Act  of 2001.  The  Act  is 
the  most  sweeping  reform  of  the 
Elementary  and  Secondary  Education  Aa 
(ESEA)  since  ESEA  was  enacted  in  1965.] 

Zehner:   Under  the  No-Child-Left- 
Behind  liw,  we  will  be  doing  frequent 
assessments.  There  is  no  longer  the 
excuse  that  because  a  child  has  a  poor 
background,  we  should  not  expect  positive 
learning  results.  I  see  it  as  an  enormous 
opportunity  to  really  ensure  that  all 
students  get  a  fair  and  equitable  chance 
at  a  good  instructional  program.  The 
initiative  is  one  that  is  going  to  require 
a  lot  of  work. 

Lutz:  Accountability  keeps  coming 
up  over  and  over  again.  Teachers  will  be 
held  accountable  for  students'  progress. 
Traditionally  in  teaching,  teachers  gave 
students  an  assessment  —  a  test  at  the 
end  of  a  unit —  and  the  student  got 
an  A,  or  a  B,  or  a  D,  and  the  teacher 
moved  onto  the  next  unit. 

But  now,  when  a  child  receives  an 
unsatisfactory  score  on  an  assessment, 
the  teacher  re-teaches  using  alternative 
methods  and  keeps  working  on  that  skill 
until  the  child  reaches  a  satisfactory  level. 

Albert:  Assessment  used  to  be  a  test  or 
a  quiz,  but  now  the  assessment  occurs 
throughout  the  unit.  There  are  all  kinds 
of  alternative  assessments. 

However,  since  I've  gone  from  teaching 
elementary-  to  secondary-level  education, 
the  biggest  problem  I  see  with  a  lot  of 
secondary-education  teachers  is  that  they 
aren't  trained  in  a  lot  of  methods  courses. 
I  think  that  is  hurting  many  middle 
school  and  high  school  teachers  because 
they  can't  deliver  some  of  the  things  that 
No  Child  Left  Behind  is  asking  them  to 
do.  They  are  good  people,  but  no  one's 
ever  given  them  these  strategies,  and  all 
of  a  sudden  they  are  supposed  to  be 
implementing  them  in  the  classroom. 


Moderator:  Is  it  possible  that  No  Child 
Left  Behind  li  just  another  swing  in  the 
education  pendulum,  a  panacea  that  is 
supposed  to  cure  all  of  education's  ills? 

Kline:   I've  been  teaching  for  a  long 
time,  and  I  remember  the  old  days  when 
ideas  came  and  went.  One  year,  we'd 
write  our  curriculum  one  way.  The  next 
year,  we'd  write  it  a  different  way.  It  got 
to  be  sort  of  like  the  boy  calling  "wolf" 
all  the  time.  People  grabbed  ideas  and 
ran  with  them  only  to  find  out  they 
didn't  work. 

Zehner:  "We  didn't  have  a  body  of 
research  in  the  field  of  teaching  until  the 
early  1970s.  A  lot  of  methods  employed 
earlier  were  "touchy,  feely  —  I  think 
this  program  is  working."  They  weren't 
research  based. 

Now  we  have  quite  a  few  studies 
that  tell  us  the  best  way  to  approach 
instruction.  We  have  the  tools  all  good 
teachers  should  employ  and  I  believe 
No  Child  Left  Behind  is  here  to  stay.  For 
the  first  time,  I  have  seen  a  concerted 
effort  from  the  federal  level  to  the  state 
level  to  the  districts.  Folks,  we  better  get 
on  the  bandwagon.  As  we  look  across 
the  country  and  see  the  niunber  of 
students  who  can't  read,  who  can't  write 
—  especiJly  in  inner-cit)'  schools  —  we're  in 
big  trouble.  That's  why  we  see  the  federal 
government  suddenly  understanding 
that  education  is  our  future  as  a  country. 

Moderator:   Do  you  feel  it's  a  good 
idea  to  have  inclusive  classrooms? 
[Individuals  with  Disabilities  Act 
(IDEA)  —  Inclusion  of  Students  with 
Exceptionalities.  The  1997  amendments 
to  IDEA  placed  renewed  emphasis  on 
educating  students  with  disabilities  in 
less  restrictive  environments.  In  particular, 
the  law  encourages  opportunities  for 
children  with  disabilities  to  participate  in 
general  education  settings  and  in  ilie 
general  education  curriculum.] 

Zehner:   All  students  should  be 
stretched  and  given  the  opportunity  to 
learn  to  the  best  of  their  potential.  But, 
in  some  cases,  placing  renewed  emphasis 
on  educating  students  with  disabilities 


gone  too  far;  for  example,  the  1997 
amendments  to  IDEA  place  expectations 
that  require  teachers  to  be  superhuman.  I 
think  they  arc  already  superhuman. 

Lutz:   It's  politically  incorrect,  but 
teachers  say  it  privately  to  each  other, 
that  there  are  situations  in  which  it  is 
not  a  good  idea  to  have  certain  students 
included  in  the  classroom.  But,  because 
a  judge  has  said  so,  you  have  no  choice. 

If  you  have  a  child  with  severe 
disabilities  making  noises  or  acting  in  a 
disruptive  manner,  it  is  hard  to  teach. 
It's  hard  for  children  ages  6,  7  or  8  to 
concentrate.  If  a  child  with  disabilities  is 
thrashing  his  or  her  arms  or  making 
noises  because  he  or  she  is  not  able  to 
speak,  it  can  be  frightening  to  a  young 
child.  Many  adults  have  difficulty  work- 
ing with  students  with  severe  disabilities. 
But  a  judge  has  decided  that  child 
belongs  in  a  classroom.  The  judge  has 
not  taken  into  account  the  25  other 
students  and  how  it  impacts  their  ability 
to  learn.  I  think  it  \\\\\  be  interesting  15 
or  20  years  down  the  road,  when  today's 
students  are  adults,  to  see  what  impact  it 
has  had  (m  them  to  have  been  alongside 
children  with  severe  disabilities. 

Moderator:   Do  you  think  it  was  a 
good  idea  for  school  districts  to  control 
special  education  services? 

Zehner:   Fm  going  to  put  m\  superin- 
tendent's cap  on  and  talk  about  cost. 
For  students  with  orthopedic  impairments 
or  students  with  emotional  disturbances, 
it  makes  sense  tor  a  group  of  school 
districts  to  join  together  and  provide  the 
services  and  personnel  the  students  need 
to  be  successful.  It  is  cost  effecti\'e  too. 
But  I  also  think  it  was  a  good  idea 
u  hen  we  started  taking  back  our  students 
w  ith  learning  disabilities  —  kids  who 
might  have  a  bit  of  a  problem  in  math 
or  reading.  Taking  these  classes  back, 
making  these  students  feel  connected  to 
their  home  schools  made  a  difference. 
They  did  better  academically  and  our 
expectations  for  them  went  up  as  well. 
So,  I  think  students  with  mild  disabili- 
ties should  so  back  to  the  school  district. 


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F.-UL  2002     11 


Karen  Albert  '88 


Dr.  Marsha  Zehier  73 


Moderator:  Do  you  think  it  is  a  good 
idea  for  the  state  to  require  training  for 
teachers  to  help  them  adapt  to  a  more 
inclusive  classroom? 

Zehner:   Special  education  has  such 
a  unique  vocabular)'  and  there  are  so 
many  legal  requirements.  What  is  a 
learning  disability?  What  does  it  mean 
to  be  emotionally  disturbed?  What  kind 
of  things  can  a  teacher  expect  when 
those  children  arrive  at  their  doorstep? 
I  think  it  is  a  disservice  tor  any  teacher 
not  to  have  that  basic  understanding 
before  a  child  walks  through  the  door. 
There  are  legal  implications  that  can  get 
teachers  into  lawsuits.  I  feel  strongly  that 
it  should  be  a  critical  part  of  a  teacher's 
training. 

Moderator:  What  is  your  perspective 
on  Writing  Across  the  Curriculum? 
[The  philosophy  of  Writing  Across  the 
Curriculum  as  a  teaching  methodology 
can  be  summed  up  in  the  phrase  "student 
involvement."  Created  to  reinforce  writing 
skills  in  classes  outside  of  English  compo- 
sition, this  academic  movement  engages 
students  directly  in  the  subject  matter 
of  the  course  through  a  variety  of  aaivities 
that  focus  on  writing  as  a  means  of 
learning.] 

Albert:  It  is  an  important  part  of  your 
overall  curriculum.  My  students  will 


write  for  me  in  science  journals  and 
lab  reports.  In  English,  they  are  writing 
narratives.  In  math,  they  are  explaining 
a  geometr)'  or  algebraic  procedure  to 
describe  how  they  arrive  at  an  answer. 
In  history,  they  relate  to  how  the  past  is 
connected  to  the  present.  So,  they  are 
writing  in  all  areas  to  express  themselves. 
It  involves  higher  levels  of  thinking  to 
explain  what  they  are  doing  in  writing. 
That's  important  because  that's  the  way 
they  can  show  their  thought  processes 
and  be  able  to  use  those  higher-level 
thinking  skills  that  connect  oral  and 
written  language.  Plus,  it  teaches  them 
cooperation.  They  see  how  other  students 
arrive  at  different  answers.  It  is  not  that 
their  answer  is  wrong.  It's  just  that  their 
answer  is  different  and  they  have  to  be 
able  to  back  it  up  accurately. 

Lutz:  Writing  Across  the  Curriculum 
really  helps  students  think  about  why 
they  chose  their  answer  because  they 
have  to  back  up  their  reasoning. 

The  way  of  the  world  today  is  that 
job  demands  keep  changing.  So,  we  are 
teaching  kids  to  be  problem  solvers. 
That's  the  most  important  skill  we  can 
give  them  because  we  don't  know  what 
the  future  holds. 

Zehner:  Students  need  to  communicate 
effectively.  It  can  be  orally.  It  can  be  the 
written  word  or  with  technology.  It's 


important  we  don't  pigeonhole  kids  so 
that  they  always  have  a  variety  of  options. 

Moderator:   Has  the  use  of  technology 
enhanced  student  learning?  [The  rapid 
evolution  of  technology  has  changed 
teaching  and  learning  inside  and  out 
of  the  classroom  over  the  past  several 
decades.  Computers  now  fit  in  your 
hand  and  technolog\'  options  are  endless 
and  often  expensive.  For  every  change 
implemented  in  the  classroom,  technology 
is  two  steps  ahead.  Here,  the  participants 
discussed  appropriate  technologies  and 
other  modern  factors  affecting  the  class- 
room.] 

Kline:  Technolog}',  if  used  correctly, 
can  enhance  learning.  Technology  used 
for  the  sake  of  using  technology  can 
detract.  Technology  used  in  a  district 
where  teachers  are  not  prepared  to  use 
it  may  do  more  damage  than  good. 

Moderator:  We  have  to  remember 
that  technology  is  not  just  a  computer, 
but  it  is  anything  that's  going  to  make 
the  job  of"  teaching  easier. 

Lutz:  We  don't  have  to  teach  kids  what 
a  keyboard  or  a  mouse  is.  They  know  all 
that.  I  think  the  biggest  dilemma  we're 
facing  is  getting  teachers  to  understand 
that  the  computer  is  a  tool  to  enhance 
education.  It's  not  to  be  taught  in  isola- 
tion. It's  not  a  substitute  for  books. 


12     The  Valley 


Dr.  Donald  Kline  '66 


Jill  Hamilton  Liitz  '92 


Albert:    Ihe  problem  I  see  is  that  students 
today  use  the  computer  as  a  crutch.  1  have 
to  force  my  students  to  find  hard  book 
resources  tor  reports  in  addition  to  the 
hiternet.  Students  think  that  it  it  is  on 
the  computer,  its  the  law.  They  don't 
understand  that  Joe  Schmoe  can  create  a 
web  site  on  the  West  Nile  virus  and  it  can 
be  tot,dly  incorrect.  The  Internet  has  to  be 
Lised  in  the  correct  way  tor  it  to  be  eftective. 

Kline:  Another  aspect  to  think  about 
is  the  logistics  of  introducing  computers 
into  classroom  use.  It  can  be  a  slow 
process.  Anyone  who  thinks  he  can  go 
into  a  school  district  and  turn  it  into  a 
technology  district  overnight,  well,  it's 
not  going  to  happen.  It  takes  hours  ot 
sitting  in  front  ot  that  machine,  learning 
how  to  use  programs,  planning  the  lessons 
and  doing  all  the  things  that  need  to  be 
done.  It's  not  a  time-saver. 

Zehner:  You  have  to  be  caretul  in  the 
way  that  you  employ  technology.  People 
who  develop  online  courses  will  tell  you 
that  it  takes  a  tremendous  effort  to  do  .so. 

Lutz:  You  .ilso  need  the  technical  support 
—  people  to  help  keep  the  computers 
running  the  way  that  thev  should. 

Zehner:  Nothing  would  be  worse  than 
a  teacher  planning  to  do  a  lesson  and 
having  five  students  say,  "Mv  computer 


doesn't  work."  You  dont  just  take  the 
computer  out  ot  the  box  and  plug  it 
in.  You  have  to  chink  about  all  those 
internal  systems. 

Moderator:  Technolog)'  is  expensive. 
The  actual  cost  is  elusive.  Do  the  bene- 
fits ourweigh  the  costs? 

Kline:  There  is  a  tremendous  hidden 
cost  to  computer  technology  —  printer 
cartridges,  cables,  paper,  monitors  and 
the  cost  ot  replacing  computers  that 
quickly  become  obsolete.  When  I  started 
teaching,  there  was  a  20-vear  turnaround 
time  for  overhead  projectors  —  which 
was  about  the  highest  level  of  technology 
we  had  at  the  time.  Now,  we  ha\e  a  two- 
or  three-vear  turnaround  time  on  some 
computers. 

Moderator:  What  about  distance 
learning?  Will  the  novelty  wear  off  or  is 
it  the  wave  ot  the  future? 

Zehner:  It  has  its  place.  "N'irditional," 
a  combination  of  virtual  and  traditional 
classroom  lessons,  is  popuhir  with  students. 
They  like  the  freedom  of  24/^  to  work 
on  a  project.  But  they  like  the  contact 
with  the  teacher,  too. 

teachers  also  like  the  contact  with 
the  student  whether  by  e-mail,  telephone 
or  b\'  a  student  dropping  into  their  class- 
room.  'X'iiditioiial "  seems  to  work. 


Albert:  Plus,  there  are  different  learning 
styles.  Some  people  learn  b\'  hands-on 
experience  while  others  learn  visually. 
Some  people  can  learn  a  lot  just  from 
a  straight  lecture.  I  use  virtual  online 
dissections  so  students  can  get  the  expe- 
rience. That's  where  technolog\-  can  be 
an  asset.  If  it  is  used  in  the  right  wav.  it 
can  meet  the  needs  ot  all  the  different 
learning  styles. 

For  )norc  information  on  these  and  other 
educational  topics,  please  visit  the  follow- 
ing web  sites:  No  Child  Left  Behind: 
http://ww\v.ed.gov7offices/OESE/esea/; 
Individuals  with  Disabilities  Act  (IDEA): 
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/condition99/ 
indicator-20.html;  and.  Writing  Across  the 
Ciimadwn:  \\•\\^^■.m,^rsh.^ll.eduywac/info.htm 
or  hnp://aw.colostate.edu/ resource_list.htm. 

Editor's  note:  In  the  spri)ig  issue  Dr. 
Cheryl  Ceorge.  LVC  assistant  professor  of 
education,  will  provide  an  alternative  per- 
spective on  the  inclusion  of  students  with 
special  needs  in  the  classroom. 


Lisa  M.  Christopher  is  a  fieelance  writer 
who  writes  for  several  area  newspapers. 
She  recently  completed  a  book  featuring 
historic  towns  of  Lancaster  Count)'.  She 
formerly  served  as  an  adjunct  professor  in 
the  LVC  English  Department. 


F.-\LL  2002     13 


class  news  &  notes 


Inspiring  Literacy 


by  Heather  Robino 


"Our  children  are  our  Commonwealth's  most  precious  resources.  Their  eyes  will,  with 
our  help,  see  the  wonders  of  our  world,  and  help  us  to  discover  an  incredible  future 
filled  with  promise,  enlightenment  and  limitless  opportunity. "  So  declares  the 
Governor's  Office  commendation  extended  to  the  Red  Lion  AARP  for  its  "Reading  Is 
The  Key"  volunteer  tutoring  program,  which  originator  Raymond  Smith  '39  hopes  will 
teach  youngsters  what  their  elders  already  know:  "If  you  can  learn  to  read,  the  doors 
to  the  world  will  open  for  you." 

An  avid  reader  and  former  tutor  with  the  York  County  Literacy  Program,  Smith, 
84,  was  inspired  four  years  ago  to  organize  a  tutoring  program  that  would  pair  senior 
citizens  with  students  at  one  local  elementary  school.  The  fledgling  program  quickly 
took  root,  expanding  to  all  eight  elementary  schools  in  the  Red  Lion  Area  School 
District.  Smith  recruits  at  AARP  meetings,  senior  centers  and  churches,  and  has 
assembled  a  corps  of  90  senior  volunteers  who  commit  to  working  at  least  one  hour 
a  week  with  students  in  kindergarten  through  fourth  grade  —  although,  he  proudly 
stated,  the  seniors  love  it  so  much  that  most  of  them  give  even  more  of  their  time. 

"They  feel  like  they  are  doing  something  important;  they  have  a  reason  to  get  up 
in  the  morning,"  he  explained.  "They  are  not  just  sitting  around  playing  bridge.  They 
look  forward  to  tutoring  and  want  to  help  that  child.  And  when  you're  with  children  of 
that  age,  you  can't  help  but  feel  younger" 

In  his  younger  days.  Smith  spent  40  years  practicing  law,  primarily  as  a  defense 
attorney  In  1965,  he  spent  a  year  volunteering  for  the  Civil  Rights  Commission  in 
Mississippi,  representing  minorities  in  their  battles  for  equality.  Now  Smith  is  dedicated 
to  helping  children  overcome  their  own  individual  challenges.  What  keeps  him 
motivated  is  the  belief  that  if  every  senior  citizen  became  a  volunteer  tutor,  "we 
could  change  the  quality  of  reading  and  life  in  this  country." 

"One  of  the  great  problems  in  education  is  that  elementary  classrooms  have  20 
to  25  students,"  he  stated.  "A  teacher  can  be  excellent,  but  there  are  some  children 
who  need  one-on-one  attention,  which  a  teacher  has  trouble  giving  on  a  regular 
basis.  That  is  where  our  tutors  fit  in  and  are  really  important.  I  tell  them,  'you  don't 
need  a  background  in  education,  you  just  need  to  love  children.  They  feel  that 
attention,  they  feel  that  love.'" 

Heather  Robino  is  a  Downingtown-based  freelance  writer 


Friends  of  the  Valley 

Crista  Ann  Bemat,  assistant  director  of 
LVC's  Suzanne  H.  Arnold  Art  Gallery,  and 
Christopher  Derweiler  were  married  on  June 
8,  2002. 


Pre'30s 


Kathiyn  Nisley  Herr  '25  is  the  last  surviv- 
ing member  of  the  class  of  1925. 


30: 


Luella  Heilman  Myers  '33  is  in  good  health 
and  active  in  her  retirement  home  and  her 
local  church  in  Concord,  N.H. 

Esther  Sraelser  Duke  '34  volunteers  at  her 
church  and  the  Providence  Eldercare  Service 
Group  in  Portland,  Ore. 


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Dr.  Dorothy  Landis  Gray  '44  is  a  board 
member  of  the  Sarasota  (Fla.)  Opera  Guild, 
serving  as  chair  of  the  education  committee. 
During  the  summer  and  fall  months,  Dorothy 
can  be  found  playing  the  piano  at  the  Allen 
Theatre  and  MJ's  Coffeehouse  in  Annville. 

In  December  2001,  Dr.  Bruce  C.  Souders 

'44  was  honored  for  his  volunteer  service  in 
fundraising  by  Shenandoah  University.  He 
co-chairs  the  Evangelical  United  Brethren 
Archives  Endowment  Committee  and  organ- 
izes material  for  the  archives. 

Dr.  Miles  D.  Harriger  '47  is  playing  golf 
and  traveling  now  that  he  is  retired  from  his 
medical  practice. 

Dr.  Harry  H.  Hoffinan  '48  recently  retired 
after  48  years  as  a  family  physician.  Harry 
was  known  for  making  house  calls  and 
spending  time  with  his  patients  tor  however 
long  they  needed  him. 

Bob's  BANDits,  directed  by  Robert  P. 
McCoy  '49,  presented  an  annual  winter  con- 
cert tor  family  and  friends  in  Moorestown, 
N.J.  Organized  in  1991,  the  original  12- 
member  band  has  grown  to  around  65  mem- 
bers ranging  in  age  from  16  to  80+. 


50: 


Edgar  O.  Beck  '50  has  owned  and  operated 
the  Beck  Funeral  Home  in  New  Holland  for 
the  past  50  years  and  is  now  semi-retired. 

Jack  Snavely  '50  lives  on  the  beach  in 
Ft.  Myers,  Fla.,  and  still  performs  on  the 
clarinet  and  saxophone  professionally.  Jack 
enjoys  traveling  and,  this  past  year,  he  took 
getaway  trips  to  Ireland  and  Russia. 

Retired  hematologist  and  internist  Dr.  John 
C.  Hoak  '51  was  in  academic  medicine  for 
30  years.  He  was  the  director  of  hematology- 
oncology  at  the  Universiry  of  Iowa  School  of 
Medicine  and,  before  retiring  in  1994,  he 
spent  five  years  as  the  director  of  the 
Division  of  Blood  Diseases  and  Resources  of 
the  National  Heart,  Lung  and  Blood 


14     The 'Valley 


Institutes  at  the  National  Institutes  of 
Health. 

Dr.  James  S.  Pacy  '52  co-authored 
Diplnmati  Without  a  Countiy:  Baltic 
Diplomacy,  International  Law,  and  the  Cold 
War,  published  by  Greenwood  Press. 

Thomas  H.  Israel  '53  keeps  busy  as  a  substi- 
tute organist  in  various  Lebanon-area 
ehurches. 

Judge  John  A.  Walter  '53  received  the 
Award  of  Merit  during  the  Shrine's  1 27th 
Imperial  Council  Session  in  Las  Vegas,  Nev. 
The  recognition  acknowledged  that  he  "had 
significant  accomplishments  and  made  sell- 
less  contributions  to  the  Shrine  and  Shriner 
Hospitals. " 

In  his  38th  year  of  practice  and  still  making 
house  calls.  Dr.  Lenwood  B.  Wert  '55  was 

named  2001  Family  Practitioner  of  the  Year 
by  the  Pennsylvania  chapter  ot  the  American 
College  ot  Osteopathic  Family  Practitioners. 

Dr.  David  Willoughby  '55  retired  in  June 
2002  as  minister  ot  music  and  director  ot  the 
adult  and  bell  choirs  at  Elizabethtown 
Church  ot  the  Brethren.  McGraw-Hill 
released  the  fifth  edition  of  his  book.  The 
World  of  Music,  this  past  summer.  David  is 
also  the  editor  of  the  College  Music  Society 
newsletter. 

Mildred  Osinski  Teitelman  '56  is  a  social 
worker  with  the  Samaritan  Hospice  in 
Marlton,  N.J. 

After  42  years.  Hazel  A.  Davis  '57  retired 
from  teaching  elementary  instrumental  music 
in  the  Penns  Grove-Carneys  Point  (N.J.) 
School  District. 

Carol  Mark  Wagner  '58  and  Larry  H. 
Killian  were  married  on  October  20,  2001, 
in  Bradford. 


50th  Reunion  for  Sweet  Sixteen  Squad 

They  were  known  as  the  "seven  dwarfs"  50  years  ago  when  they  reached  the  NCAA 
basl<etball  tournament  "Sweet  16."  No  player  on  the  1952-53  team  stood  taller  than 
6-1.  Nonetheless,  the  seven  dwarfs  —  and  some  equally  small  substitutes  —  raced  to 
a  20-3  record  behind  a  fast-breaking  offense  and  a  defense  none  of  their  opponents 
had  ever  seen  —  the  match-up  zone. 

The  result  was  a  stunning  upset  in  Philadelphia's  Palestra  Arena.  Lebanon  Valley,  a 
school  of  fewer  than  450  students  at  the  time,  beat  Fordham  80-67  and  advanced  to 
the  "Sweet  16"  at  Raleigh,  N.C.  There  the  dream  came  to  an  end.  The  Lousiana  State 
University  Tigers,  led  by  6-9  future  NBA  all-pro  Bob  Petit,  beat  the  Flying  Dutchmen, 
89-76.  Petit  had  28  points  for  LSU.  His  Lebanon  Valley  counterpart,  6-1  Leon  Miller, 
answered  with  26. 

The  Valley  lost  in  the  regional  consolation  game  the  next  night  to  Wake  Forest, 
ending  the  season  at  20-3. 

"It  was  the  only  ball  club  I  ever  saw."  said  Dr.  George  "RInso"  Marquette  '48,  coach 
of  the  Flying  Dutchmen  for  that  magic  1952-53  season,  "that  could  run  the 
three-man  break  with  the  ball  never  touching  the  floor  before  it  went  in  the  hoop." 

The  Cinderella  season  came  at  the  start  of  a  highly  successful  era  of  Lebanon  Valley 
College  men's  basketball.  The  Valley  went  on  to  win  four  Middle  Atlantic  Conference 
crowns  and  ran  off  a  45-game  home  winning  streak  in  Marquette's  eight-year  tenure. 

The  teams  from  that  era  were  recently  recognized  during  the  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame 
activities  during  Oktoberfest  Weekend  in  October 


60: 


After  retiring  in  2000,  Dr.  Charles  L.  Arnett 

'61  returned  to  full-time  medical  mission 
work  in  Nigeria. 

William  B.  Hawk  '61  owns  The  Hawk 
Gallen,'  in  Harrisburg.  He  is  a  member  ot  the 
board  ot  Gaudenzia,  an  organization  that 
focuses  on  drug  and  alcohol  counseling.  Bill 
is  also  executive  director  of  the  Dauphin 
Counry  General  Authorit)',  chair  of  the 
Lower  Paxton  Township  Board  ot 
Supervisors,  chair  ot  the  Lower  Paxton 
Republican  Committee  and  a  member  ot  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Association  of  Township 
Supervisors. 


After  relocating  his  art  studio  to  Paducah,  Ky., 
Dr.  William  F.  Renzulli  '61  plans  to  devote 
all  ot  his  time  and  energy  to  his  arrsvork. 

Robert  J.  Brill  '63,  an  entrepreneur  in  the 
agribusiness  sotrware  industry,  was  named 
Milton  Hershey  School's  2002  Alumnus  of 
the  Year.  Bob  is  president  ot  Brilliant 
Alternatives,  Inc.,  a  global  company.  His 
wife,  Sylvia  Laubach  Brill  '65.  is  owner  of 
lively  House  ,\ntiqucs  and  ,^rt.  Thev  live  in 
Norcross,  Cia. 

Dr.  George  R.  Plitnik  '63  received  the 
award  tor  Lxcellence  in  Research,  Scholarship 
and  Creative  Activity  from  the  L'niversir.- 
System  of  Mar\-|and  Board  ot  Regents. 
George,  a  physics  professor  at  Frostburg 
Uni\'ersit)', 


received  the  honor  for  his  research  on 
musical  instruments. 

Olive  Binner  Stoops  '63  retired  after  3-1 
vears  ot  teaching,  29  ot  which  were  with  the 
West  Perry  School  District. 

Loretta  Schlegel  Rittle  '64  retired  in  .-Kpril 
2002.  She  developed  the  family-based  pro- 
gram tor  Cambria  County  Mental  Health/ 
Mental  Retardation.  In  1993.  Loretta  was 
one  of  the  original  project  directors  for  the 
program  in  Pennsylvania.  Her  husband. 
Dr.  Robert  H.  Rittle  '65,  retired  from 
Indiana  L  ni\ersir\'  ot  Pennsvlvania  where 
he  taught  p.svcholog\'  tor  30  vears. 

Note:  All  locations  are  in  Pennsylvania  unless 
otherwise  noted. 


f.Ml  2002     15 


Civil  War  Tour  September  15- is,  2000 

This  trip  to  the  Virginia  Battlefields,  which  included 
alumni  firom  Lebanon  Valley,  Elizabethtown  and  York  Colleges, 
was  such  a  success  it  is  being  repeated  in  April.  See  page  17  for 
more  details. 

Representing  Lebanon  Valley  College  were:  Patricia  Bell  Benfer  '58, 
Elizabeth  "Libby"  Speicher  Glick  '58,  Agnes  Bering,  Joseph  Bering  '52,  JoLynn  Brummer, 
Kate  Gerber,  Jack  J.  Bryson  '51,  Ruth  Shumate  Bryson  '52,  Kathryn  S.  DiJlon,  Ricky  J. 
Dillon  '98,  Marie  Meyer  Goeke  "68,  Lois  Horn,  Doris  Paine,  R.  Howard  Paine  '43,  JefF 
Richard,  Sheri  Strickler  Richard  '99  and  Deborah  B.  'Wescott  '95. 


In  June  2002,  Alan  S.  Donaldson  '67 

retired  after  almost  36  years  of  teaching  ele- 
mentary school  in  the  Rose  Tree  Mecha 
School  District  in  Media. 

Robert  J.  Martalus  '67  is  a  corporate  train- 
ing consultant  with  Dale  Carnegie  Training 
of  Central  New  Jersey. 

Janice  Koehler  Richardson  '68  is  chair-elect 
of  the  lexas  Library  Association,  the  largest 
state  library  association  in  the  country,  with 
approximarely  4,000  members. 

J.  Dean  Burkholder  '69  is  president  of 
Human  Services  Planning  Systems  Inc.  in 
Lancaster.  Dean  spoke  about  outcome  results 
at  the  National  Conference  of  Community 
Action  Agencies  in  Kansas  City. 

The  Rev.  Dennis  R.  Snovel  '69  is  the  pastor 
of  Hopeland  United  Methodist  Church  in 
northern  Lancaster  County. 

Dr.  Larry  R.  Taylor  '69  is  the  senior  prod- 
uct manager  for  the  Informatics  Division  of 
Bio-Rad  Laboratories  of  Philadelphia.  Larry 
is  responsible  for  extending  the  current  prod- 
uct line  and  developing  new  products,  as  well 
as  being  the  AIM  consortium  director. 


Barbara  Turkington  Whitney  '69  is  a 

senior  program  development  specialist  for 
the  Universit)'  of  Oklahoma. 

Dr.  Jan  Helmut  Wubbena  '69,  professor  ot 
music,  received  the  Faculty  Excellence  Award 
for  2002  from  John  Brown  University  in 
Arkansas. 


70; 


Robin  A.  Kommeyer  '70  is  corporate  con- 
troller tor  Corn  Products  International,  Inc., 
m  Bedford  Park,  111. 

Joel  S.  Riedel  '70  is  associate  superintendent 
of  Dover  Area  School  District. 

Beverly  Houser  Roche  '70  is  division  manag- 
er tor  EmplovBridge  Search  Group  located  in 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  Rev.  L.  Fitzgerald  Reist  II  '70  is  the 

'Williamsport  district  superintendent  ot  the 
Central  Pennsylvania  Conference  of  the 
United  Methodist  Church. 


Dr.  Henry  D.  Schreiber  '70,  professor  and 
head  of  the  chemistry  department  at  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  received  a  2002 
Outstanding  Faculty  Award  from  the  State 
Council  of  Higher  Education  in  "Virginia. 

Dr.  Priscilla  Roth  Cowan  '71  is  a  clinical 
psycholog)'  fellow  at  the  University  of 
Tennessee  Health  Science  Center  in 

Memphis. 

Jeffrey  J.  Stock  '71  is  controller  of  Briefly 
Stated  Inc.  in  New  York  Ciry. 

David  O.  Wilbur  '71  is  a  research  scientist 
at  the  Universiry  of  Washington  in  Seattle. 

Dr.  Ross  W.  Ellison  '72  developed  a  music 
program  tor  the  department  of  child  psychol- 
ogy at  the  Pennsylvania  State  University 
Milton  S.  Hershey  Medical  Center.  He  also 
served  on  the  planning  committee  for  the 
2002  national  convention  of  the  American 
Guild  of  Organists. 

"William  M.  Jones  '72  has  written  a  third 
novel,  titled  Murder  by  Memoi-y.  Published  by 
1st  Books  Library,  it  can  be  found  online  at 
www.  1  stbooks.com. 

Allison  C.  Smith  '72  teaches  seventh-  and 
eighth-grade  music  at  Boyertown  Junior 
Mgh  School  West. 

Charles  G.  Zerbe  '72  founded  a  quality 
assurance  consulting  company  based  in 
Lewisburg  that  specializes  in  the  food  indus- 
try. 

Patrick  B.  Campbell  '73  is  manager  of 
operations  for  Aventis  Pharmaceuticals  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Judith  VanderVeur  Davis  '73  is  co-pastor  of 
the  York  Foursquare  Church  in  West  York. 

The  Kentucky  Music  Educators  Association 
named  Dr.  Greg  J.  Detweiler  '73  the 

2002  College/Universirv'  Teacher  ot  the  Year. 
Greg  is  the  director  of  choral  activities  at 
Morehead  State  University. 

\  oc.ll  music  teacher  Jean  Redding 
Cunningham  '74  attended  the  2001 
Pennsylvania  Governor's  Institute  for  Arts 
Educators  held  at  Gannon  University  in  Erie. 
Jean,  a  K-8  teacher  at  St.  Anne  School  in 
Bethlehem,  attended  the  week-long  event  by 
means  of  a  full  scholarship. 

Jane  Garlock  NeUl-Hancock  '74  is  a  comput- 
er support  consultant  for  Tecordia 
Technologies  in  Piscataway,  N.J. 

As  part  of  her  executive  coaching  and  devel- 
opment work.  Dr.  Melanie  A.  Wilson  '74 

recently  traveled  to  France  and  Germany,  as 
well  as  London,  New  York  and  Miami,  to 
consult  with  business  executives. 


16     The  Valley 


Louis  J.  Fuller  '76  is  the  associate  director 
ot  the  teacher  preparation  program  at  the 
Camden  campus  of  Rutgers  University  in 
New  Jersey. 

Marian  Melenchick  Rhoads  '76  is  the  direc- 
tor ot  pharmacy  at  St.  Joseph  Medical  Center 
m  Reading. 

Rachel,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Michelle 
Rhen  Allen  '77,  is  a  first-year  student  at 
LVC  majoring  in  allied  health. 

Terry  J.  Bone  '77  lives  in  Norway  where  he 
is  the  music  director  at  Moss  Biblecenter. 
He  is  also  the  Powell  flute  representative  for 
Norway  and  all  of  Scandinavia.  Terry  still 
writes,  perhirms,  guest  conducts,  and  holds 
worship  seminars  throughout  Europe. 

Joanne  R.  Boyer  '77  is  a  nurse  anesthetist 
tor  Huntingdon  Valley  Anesthesia. 

Author  Robert  S.  Frey  '77  had  his  seventh 
book,  Succeaful  Propoiiil  Strategies  for 
Small  Businesses  (Third  Edition),  published 
lin  March  2002  by  Artech  House  in  Boston 
and  London.  That  same  month  Cooper 
Square  Press  in  New  York  published  The 
Silent  and  the  Damned:  The  Murder  of  Mary 
Phagan  and  the  Lynching  of  Leo  Frank,  which 
he  co-authored.  Robert  has  also  written  an 
article,  titled  "Small  Business  Knowledge 
.Management  Success  Story  — This  Stuff 
Really  Works!,"  which  will  be  published  in 
Knowledge  and  Process  Management:  The 
Journal  for  Corporate  Transformation,  by  the 
University  ot  Toronto  and  John  Wiley  & 
Sons  in  the  United  Kingdom. 

Daniel  S.  Sweigert  '77  has  been  appointed 
to  the  senior  advisory  council  of  Lancaster 
Farmland  Trust. 

The  Rev.  Linda  Staples  Alvis  '78  is  the 

new  senior  pastor  at  High  Street  L'nited 
Methodist  Church  in  Franklin,  Va. 
Previously,  Linda  served  as  the  Llnited 
Methodist  campus  minister  at  Longwood 
University  and  Hampden-Sydney  College 
in  central  Virginia. 

ALZA  Corporation  has  promoted  Dr.  Susan 
A.  Engle  '78  to  vice  president  ot  quality 
assurance  at  their  faciliry  in  Vacaville,  Calif 

Jack  L.  Hobaugh  Jr.  '78  is  senior  engineer 
with  Level  ?>  Communications  in 
Broomfield,  Colo. 

Russell  P.  Labe  '78  was  a  member  of  the 
Merrill  Lynch  team  that  won  the  2001  Franz 
Edelman  Award  for  Management  Sciences 
Achievement,  given  by  the  Institute  for 
Operations  Research  and  the  Management 
Sciences  (INFORMS). 


Calling  all  Civil  War  Buffs! 
Toiu'theVirgiiiiaPeninsulaA       •!  n  q 

Join  alumni  from  Lebanon  Valley  and  York  Colleges  as  we  visit  Virginia  and 
explore  the  history  surrounding  the  Peninsula  Campaign  and  the  Battle  of  the 
Ironclads.  Formed  by  the  York  and  James  Rivers,  the  Virginia  Peninsula  was  rec- 
ognized as  an  extremely  strategic  location  by  both  the  Union  and  Confederate 
governments  and  military  leaders.  Discover  how  in  1862  the  Union  Army 
planned  its  avenue  of  advancement  toward  the  rebel  capital  of  Richmond,  and 
how  Confederate  General  "Prince  John"  Magruder  fortified  against  it.  Learn 
about  the  "Battle  of  the  Ironclads,"  the  story  of  the  famous  encounter  between 
the  U.S.S.  Monitor  2,nA  the  C.S.S.  Virginia  (better  known  as  the  Merrimack). 


Monday 
Tuesday 

Wednesday 


Visit  the  Endview  Plantation  Living  History  Museum, 
tour  the  Lee  Hall  Mansion  and  enjoy  an  evening  of 
"dinnertainment"  at  the  historic  Boxwood  Inn. 

Accompanied  by  a  Civil  War  guide,  visit  the  Mariners 
Museum,  lunch  at  Magnolia  House,  take  a  Monitor- 
Merrimack  Harbor  Cruise  and  a  trip  to  the  Waterside 
Festival  Marketplace. 

Explore  Fort  Monroe  and  the  Virginia  War  Museum 
before  making  the  trip  back  to  Pennsylvania. 


Your  package  includes  two-nights  lodging,  luggage  handling,  one  dinner  with  enter- 
tainment, one  lunch,  two  breakfasts,  tax  and  tips,  local  guide  service,  admission  fees 
to  historic  sites,  round-trip  motor  coach  transportation,  and  guide  and  driver  gratuin.'. 

For  a  detailed  itinerary  that  includes  prices,  please  call  the  Alumni  Office  at 
1-800-ALUM-LVC  or  717-867-6320,  or  e-mail  dwescott@lvc.edu. 

Final  payment  is  due  March  L 


Meredith  L.  Young-Nero  '78  is  a  practicing 
naturopath  while  pursuing  a  degree  in 
acupuncture  and  Oriental  medicine. 

The  Rev.  Truman  T.  Brooks  '79,  senior 
pastor  of  Christ  United  Methodist  Church 
in  Lansdale,  is  enrolled  in  a  doctoral  program 
at  Eastern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary. 
His  wite,  Roseann  McGarth  Brooks  '82, 
is  editor-in-chiet  ot  L'nisvs  CAirporanons 
Exec,  a  quarterly  publication  tor  managers. 

Patricia  Debuski  Meister  '79  is  on  the 

adjunct  faculty  at  Delaware  Count)- 
Communit)'  College  in  Media. 

In  September  2000,  the  Rev.  Carrie  Wardell 
Stine  '79  welcomed  a  son,  Luke  Benjamin 
Judah.  Carrie  is  the  pastor  of  Ft.  Washington 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Allenwood. 


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John  D.  Boag  Jr.  '80  has  been  named 
master  ot  the  wheelwright  shop  at  C'olonial 
W  illiamsburg  in  Virginia. 

Jimmie  L.  Pogue  '80  is  chief  operating 
officer  tor  AARP  Insurance  Division  in 
Ft.  Washington. 


Todd  M.  Quinter  '80  is  in  his  l~th  season 
with  the  PhoenLx  Suns  and  1 1th  as  NBA 
Scout.  He  is  a  member  ot  the  governing 
board  of  the  NBA  Scouting  and  Technolog)' 
Group. 

Nancy  Cowan  Berlin  '81  is  the  conference 
manager  for  FDAnews  in  Falls  Church,  Va. 

Marcy  J.  Douglass  '81  was  granted  a  gradu- 
ate assistantship  in  the  counselor  education 
doctoral  program  at  The  College  ot  William 
&:  Man,-  in  Williamsburg,  \'a..  and  began 
full-time  classes  this  fall.  Her  daughter. 
Ariel  Douglass-Devine  '05.  is  in  her  second 
\e.u  .u  1\  C  and  is  majoring  in  psycholog)-. 
.^riel  will  be  studying  in  New  Zealand  during 
the  spring  2003  semester. 

Pamela  Shadel  Fischer  '81  is  the  assistant 
vice  president  ot  public  affairs  tor  the  \A.\ 
New  Jersey  Automobile  Club  in  Florham 
Park  and  an  .AAVcertified  child  pa-ssenger 
safen-  technician.  Pamela  chairs  the  AAA's 
national  public  service  program  —  Seated, 
Safe  &  Secure  —  which  aims  to  ensure  that 
every  child  is  properly  restrained  while 
riding  in  a  motor  vehicle. 


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by  Lisa  Landis  '04 

Hersheypark  happy  Hersheypark  glad.  To  many  of  the  park's  visitors,  these  words 
are  just  part  of  a  catchy  jingle,  but  to  Franklin  R.  Shearer  '69.  they  mean  much 
more.  Shearer's  job,  from  which  he  retired  in  June  2002,  put  him  in  charge  of  the  fun 
at  Hersheypark.  "Where  else  in  the  world  can  you  have  a  job  where  the  number-one 
objective  is  to  put  smiles  on  guests'  faces?"  he  asked  with,  of  course,  a  smile. 

Shearer  and  his  wife,  Lucille  Koch  Shearer  '69.  grew  up  together  in  Berks 
County,  and  attended  LVC  together,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  Shearer's  mother, 
Helen  Main  Shearer  '30,  and  their  brothers  the  Rev.  Dr.  Rodney  H.  Shearer  '66  and 
Robert  F.  Koch  Jr.  '64.  His  education  at  LVC  left  him  well  prepared  for  his  career,  said 
Shearer,  adding.  "The  fact  that  it  was  a  liberal  arts  school  helped  broaden  my  per- 
spectives and  gave  me  differing  points  of  view." 

Hershey  welcomed  Shearer  in  1980,  though  it  wasn't  until  1990  that  he  became 
general  manager  of  Hersheypark.  He  served  in  that  position  until  2001,  adding  the  title 
of  senior  vice  president  of  the  Hersheypark  Group  in  1998. 

Fellow  employees  saw  enthusiasm  and  intensity  constantly  radiating  from  Shearer 
Under  his  direction,  the  park  gained  six  new  roller  coasters,  expanded  its  many  off- 
season programs,  initiated  the  "Comeback  Guarantee"  and  began  stationing  greeters 
near  the  entrance  gates.  He  preferred  to  "manage  by  wandering  around,"  listening  to 
and  being  accessible  to  visitors,  picking  up  trash  and  even  working  at  game  stands. 
While  he  has  ridden  almost  every  ride  in  the  park.  Shearer's  favorite  is  the  Great  Bear 
because  of  its  intensity  and  speed.  He  took  his  first  turn  on  that  coaster  with  then 
Lt.  Gov.  Mark  Schweiker 

He  advocated  what  T  Scott  Gross  calls  P.O.S.,  or  Positively  Outrageous  Service, 
"service  so  extraordinary,  so  spectacular,  that  customers  are  compelled  to  say 
'Wowl'  and  to  tell  the  world."  Hersheypark  reaped  the  benefits  of  this  approach  during 
the  1990s,  enjoying  10  years  of  record  revenue  and  seven  of  record  attendance.  In 
November  of  2000,  Hersheypark  received  the  Applause  Award  at  the  International 
Association  of  Amusement  Parks  and  Attractions'  convention,  an  honor  held  by  only 
10  parks  worldwide.  "When  you  have  achieved  that  distinction,  you  have  achieved 
something  very  significant,"  said  Shearer.  "Really  it's  a  tribute  to  all  of  the  employees." 

Shearer  was  also  able  to  share  life  at  Hersheypark  with  his  family  Lucille,  his  wife 
of  32  years,  was  a  park  greeter;  their  son  Michael,  a  recent  Penn  State  graduate, 
works  for  Get  The  Picture,  the  company  responsible  for  taking  pictures  of  visitors  on 
Hersheypark  rides. 

Despite  being  retired.  Shearer,  55,  remains  busy  with  activities  such  as  chairing 
the  County  of  Lebanon  Transit  Authority  and  occasionally  helping  Skip  Hicks,  a 
former  Hersheypark  greeter  himself,  sell  tickets  at  the  Allen  Theatre  in  Annville.  He 
and  Lucille  also  plan  to  travel  and  have  already  completed  a  month-long  cross-country 
Amtrak  rail  trip.  It  is  a  well-earned  reward  for  someone  who  stayed  12  years  in  a 
position  where  Shearer  knows  most  people  last  an  average  of  seven  years. 

"It  was  my  life.  I  breathed  it,  slept  it,  I  treated  the  park  as  if  it  were  my  very  own," 
he  said.  "I  enjoyed  every  minute  of  it." 

Lisa  Landis  '04  is  an  English  communications  and  political  science  major  Siie  is  the 
features  editor  for  La  Vie  Collegienne  and  is  interning  at  the  Lebanon  Daily  News, 


Franklin  R.  Shearer  '69  (left)  and 
comedian  Weird  Al  Yankovic  have  fiin 
at  Hersheypark. 


Steven  R.  Miller,  Esq.,  '81  was  recently 
appointed  public  services  director  and  assis- 
tant professor  of  law  at  the  Ohio  Northern 
University  of  Law  in  Ada.  Among  his  duties, 
Steven  will  be  teaching  advanced  legal 
research  and  computers. 

Elizabeth  Knowles  Sliwa  '81  is  a  Spanish 
teacher  at  Pinelands  Regional  High  School  in 
Little  Egg  Harbor,  N.J. 

David  E  Buffington  '82  is  a  landscaper 
with  the  Hershey  Gardens. 

Kimberly  Haunton  McSweeney  '82  teaches 
elementary  general  music  in  the  Howard 
County  Schools  in  Columbia,  Md. 

Alec  Puketza  '82  is  the  chief  financial 
officer  for  China  World  Sector,  Inc.,  with 
the  International  Churches  of  Christ. 

The  Rev.  Melanie  Jones  '83  is  pastor 
of  the  Carlisle  Church  of  the  Brethren. 

Rainona  Keefer  Harwick  '83  is  an  RN 

supervisor  for  Healthskil  in  Allentown. 

Marilyn  Parker  Lennox  '83  is  president  of 
A  Novel  Approach,  Inc.,  in  Hershey. 

On  September  26,  2000,  Nick  E. 
Magrowski  '83  and  his  wife,  Suzanne,  wel- 
comed second  son  Max  Nikolaus  into  their 
family. 

Dr.  Jeffrey  S.  Riehl  '83,  associate  professor 
of  music  at  the  University  of  Richmond  in 
Virginia,  is  a  founding  member  and  artistic 
director  of  Voci,  one  of  Richmond's  newest 
chamber  choirs. 

Dr.  David  N.  Blauch  '84  is  an  associate  pro- 
fessor of  chemistry  at  Davidson  College  in 
North  Carolina. 

Louise  Burchill-Mahoney  '84  is  an 

accountant  for  Evergreen  Healthcare  in 
'Vancouver,  "Wash. 

Dorothy  Garling  Plank  '84  is  volunteer 
director  at  the  Joseph  L.  Morse  Geriatric 
Center  in  West  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 

Tammy  K.  Rowe  '84  received  one  of  the 
three  2002  outstanding  young  alumnus 
awards  given  by  Shippensburg  University, 
where  she  received  a  master's  degree  in  1990. 

In  May  2002,  Michael  G.  Cobb  '85 

received  a  master's  degree  in  counseling  psy- 
chology from  Anna  Maria  College  in  Paxton, 
Mass.  He  is  a  behavioral  specialist/dropout 
prevention  coordinator  at  Dillatd  High 
School  in  Ft.  Lauderdale,  Fla.  Before  moving 
to  Florida,  Michael  was  named  a  "hometown 
hero"  by  WBZ-TV  in  Massachusetts  for  his 
work  at  Gardner  High  School  where  he  initi- 
ated Project  Rebound,  a  school-to-work 
dropout  prevention  program  for  high-risk 


18     The  Valley 


students  deemed  likely  to  quit  school.  His 
wife,  former  L\'C  assistant  dean  of  admission 
Cathy  Haxkey  Cobb,  is  senior  director  of 
Interim  Healthcare,  Inc.,  in  Sunrise,  Fla. 

Paul  M.  Gouza  '85  was  promoted  to  treas- 
urer of  Pickering,  Corts  &  Summerson,  Inc., 
a  civil  engineering  firm  in  Newton.  His  wife, 
Laurie  Kamann  Gouza  '87,  is  a  basketball 
and  soccer  mom  to  their  r\vo  daughters. 

Mark  L.  Alexander  '86  is  an  assistant  state's 
attorney  with  the  .-Mlegheny  County  State 
Attorneys  Office  in  Cumberland,  Md. 

On  February  3,  2002,  James  A.  Bryant  '86 

and  his  wife,  Pamela,  welcomed  twins  Justin 
and  Laria  into  their  family. 

Anne  Wise  Marsh  '86  is  a  pharmaceutical 
sales  specialist  for  .'\straZeneca 
Pharmaceuticals  in  Wilmington,  Del. 

Daniel  H.  Rafferty  '86  and  his  wife,  Jill 
Ross  Raffert>'  '89,  welcomed  third  child 
Kcll\-  ■■Vnn  into  their  family. 

Julie  A.  Sealander  '86  and  Arthur  J.  Higgs 
were  married  on  July  22,  2000.  Julie  and 
Arthur  welcomed  daughter  Elizabeth  Rose 
into  their  family  on  October  21,  2001. 

Lt.  Michael  P.  Cackovic,  M.D.,  '87  is  an 

obstetrician/g\necologist  with  the  United 
States  Na\T  stationed  in  Okmawa,  Japan. 

In  May  2002,  Marguerite  M.  Salam,  M.D., 

'87  received  a  masters  degree  in  health 
administration  from  Wilkes  Universin-  in 
Wilkes-Barre. 

Brian  S.  Salldin  '87  is  treasurer/controller  at 
Rhoads  Energy  Corporation  in  Lancaster. 

Amy  Hannah  Agree  '88  is  principal  ot 
\X'illiam  Dick  Elementary  School  in  the 
School  District  ot"  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Christian  S.  Hamann  '88  is  an  assistant 
professor  ot  chemistn-  and  biochemistn.-  at 
.•Mhright  College  in  Reading.  Christian  is  a 
member  ot  Albrights  resident  piano  quartet. 
The  Cecilian  Quartet. 

Kristin  Weible  Heister  '88  and  her  hus- 
band. Ralph  D.  Heister  111  '90.  welcomed 
second  daughter  Susannah  Julia  into  their 
family  on  April  '>.  2002. 

Dawna  Didden  Salldin-Boggs  '88  is  a 

third-grade  teacher  in  the  Charlotte- 
Mecklenburg  Schools  in  North  Carolina. 

Michael  D.  Betz  "89  is  vice  president  ot 
sales  for  Nextel  Communications  in  State 
College. 

Lac  D.  Longson  '89  is  an  actuan.'  with  the 
Department  of  Labor  and  Industn.'  in 
Harrisburg.  In  June  2002,  Lac  and  his  family 
returned  to  Vietnam  for  the  first  time  since 


bOOOll 

LEBANON  VALLEY  COLLEGE 


Show  your  Valley  pride 
wherever  you  go! 

LVC  license  plates  are  available  for  residents 
of  ttne  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  The 
cost  is  $20  and  delivery  takes  approximately 
two  to  three  weeks.  Download  the  application 
form  from  our  web  site  (wwwivc.edu)  or, 
to  have  one  mailed  to  you,  call  the  Alumni 
Office  at  1-800-ALUMLVC  or  717-867-6320, 
Please  be  sure  to  sign  the  form  and  include 
your  check  payable  to  the  "Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania."  Return  the  completed 
form  with  payment  to  the  Lebanon  Valley 
College  Alumni  Office.  101  N,  College  Ave., 
Annville,  Pa,  17003,  and  we  will  take  care  of  it' 


October  1980,  when  his  family  escaped 
from  the  countn.-  on  a  45-foot  boat,  which 
thev  took  across  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

Dr.  Tracy  S.  Shank  '89  is  assistant  superin- 
tendent in  the  South  Eastern  School  District 
in  Fawn  Grove. 


90: 


Richard  L.  Beard  '90,  M'92  and  his  wife, 
Lisa  Henr>'  Beard  '93,  welcomed  daughter 
Emily  Nicole  into  their  family  on  June  2,  2002. 
Rick  is  director  of  the  Arnold  Sports  Center 
and  an  assistant  athletic  director  at  L\'C. 

On  November  1 7,  200 1 ,  Jill  Morrett  Boston  '90 
and  her  husband,  Steve,  welcomed  Kyra 
Ruth  into  the  family.  Jill  enjoys  being  a  stay- 
at-home  mom  for  their  first  child. 

The  Rev.  Christopher  A.K.  Frye  '90  and  his 

wife,  Heidi,  welcomed  son  Gabriel  .\nthony 
into  their  family  on  January  13,  2002. 
Gabriel  hopes  to  be  in  L\'C's  class  of  202-t, 
while  his  sister,  Isabelle,  plans  on  being  in 
LVC's  2021  graduating  class. 

Laura  Judd  Gingrich  '90  and  her  husband, 
Shawn  M.  Gingrich  '90,  '91,  welcomed 
third  child  Christian  Lhomas  into  theit  family 
on  June  1-1,  2002. 


On  December  10,  2001,  Laura  Baird  Henczel 
'90  and  her  husband,  Henry,  welcomed 
daughter  Hannah  .Ann  into  their  family. 

Stefanie  ^X'ilds-Keyte  '90  and  her  husband, 
Steven,  welcomed  second  daughter  Olivia 
Grace  into  their  family  on  October  29,  2001. 
Stefanie  is  the  corporate  human  resource 
manager  for  AMETEK,  Inc.,  in  Paoli.  She  is 
also  a  lecturer  at  Gwynedd-Merc)'  College  in 
Ft.  Washington. 

William  J.  Woodward  '90  and  his  wife, 
Lesley  Laudermilch  Woodward  '92.  wel- 
comed second  daughter  Hannah  .Marie  into 
their  family  on  April  10,  2002.  Bill  is  the 
rollstock  inventor\7scheduling  clerk  for 
Inland  Paperboard  and  Packaging  in 
Biglen'ille.  Lesley  is  a  vocal  music  teacher  in 
the  Gettysburg  Area  School  District. 

Amy  M.  Castle  '91  is  a  marketing  consult- 
ant with  Castle  &  Castle  LLC.  a  real  estate 
company  in  Frederick.  .Md. 

Tammy  Knerr  Ficca  '91  is  an  English 
teacher  in  the  .\lanheim  Township  School 
District. 

Douglas  M.  Mancini  '91  is  the  director  ot 
customer  care  for  webMethods.  a  leading 
provider  of  integration  sofrvvare,  and  lives  in 
Leiden,  Netherlands. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Kristin  S. 
McFerren  '91  and  Jack  M.  Hunter  II  took 
place  on  April  13,  2002.  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  W'avnesboro.  Kristin  is  the  office 
manager  ot  HJG  Medical  .Associates  in 
Hopewell.  N.J. 

On  December  1^.  2001,  Lynn  A.  Smith  '91 

and  .Adam  Tsao  were  married. 

Janeen  Swisher  Stechman  '91  is  a  middle 
school  teacher  in  the  Cocalico  School 
District  in  Denver. 

On  Februan.-  12.  2002.  R.  Douglas  Brown 
'92  and  his  wife.  Guinevere,  welcomed  into 
their  family  a  son.  Douglas.  Doug  Sr.  is  a 
systems  integration  specialist  for  Northrop 
Grumman  in  Baltimore.  .Md. 

Larrj-  W.  Frj-  '92  is  a  sixth-grade  language 
arts  and  social  studies  teacher  in  Beliefonte 
■Area  School  District.  Larr^-  coaches  football 
and  wrestling  while  he  completes  his  certifi- 
cation in  principalship  on  his  way  to  earning 
a  doctoral  degree  in  education  administration. 

Jill  Hamilton  Lutz  '92  is  a  first-grade 
teacher  in  the  Cocalico  School  District. 


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LVC  Lays  a  Strong 
Foundation  for  a  Career 
in  Medicine 


bv  Susan  Muma 


Armed  with  a  biochemistry  degree  from  LVC,  Dr.  Sherry  Scovell  '90  spent  the 
last  decade  building  an  impressive  medical  career  Currently  she  is  director  of 
endovascular  surgery  at  Beth  Israel  Deaconess  Medical  Center  —  one  of  the 
three  Boston  hospitals  affiliated  with  Harvard  University  She  credits  her  under- 
graduate experiences,  both  academic  and  social,  as  an  essential  foundation 
for  her  career  in  medicine. 

Scovell  decided  to  attend  LVC  for  two  main  reasons,  her  father  Dr.  William 
M.  Scovell,  a  cancer  researcher  and  professor  at  Bowling  Green  State 
University  graduated  from  Lebanon  Valley  in  1965;  and  she  received  a  lead- 
ership scholarship  to  the  College.  As  one  of  the  few  students  from  Ohio  on 
campus  at  the  time,  Scovell  arrived  at  LVC  knowing  no  one.  Today,  she  fondly 
recalls  friendships  and  a  number  of  role  models  among  the  academic  staff. 
"Lebanon  Valley  was  a  fantastic  place. The  friendships  on  top  of  the  academic 
experiences  were  wonderful.  I  really  benefited  from  the  individual  attention 
from  my  professors."  She  credits  professors  Dale  Erskine,  Allan  Wolfe,  Richard 
Cornelius  and  Leon  Markowicz  for  fostering  her  interest  in  medicine  and 
leadership. 

Scovell  graduated  from  the  University  of  Cincinnati  College  of  Medicine, 
served  her  surgical  residency  at  the  Graduate  Hospital  in  Philadelphia, 
and  spent  two  years  at  the  Cleveland  Clinic  Foundation  to  hone  her  skills 
in  endovascular  surgery  during  a  vascular  surgical  fellowship. 

An  exciting  new  advancement  in  vascular  surgery  endovascular  surgery 
is  performed  through  two  tiny  incisions  in  the  groin  under  epidural  anesthesia. 
Surgeons  use  X-rays  to  guide  instruments  to  areas  in  need  of  repair.  Recovery 
time  for  patients  opting  for  endovascular  surgery  is  all  but  eliminated.  Traditional 
vascular  surgery  is  performed  under  general  anesthesia  and  recovery  takes 
days,  even  weeks.  Physicians  at  the  Cleveland  Clinic  are  training  surgeons 
in  endovascular  techniques,  and  those  surgeons,  in  turn,  are  creating  endovas- 
cular programs  around  the  country. 

As  a  second-year  resident,  Scovell  was  introduced  to  endovascular  surgery 
and  immediately  knew  it  was  a  fit.  "It  is  exciting  to  be  part  of  a  new  specialty," 
she  says.  Dr  Scovell  has  spent  the  last  few  months  in  Boston  training  residents 
and  fellows,  setting  up  the  program  at  Beth  Israel  Deaconess  Medical  Center, 
seeing  patients,  and  performing  rounds. 

Unfortunately  all  this  work  has  left  little  time  for  Scovell  to  return  to  her 
Lebanon  Valley  roots.  "I  keep  in  touch  with  lots  of  my  friends  from  LVC,  but  my 
work  schedule  has  not  permitted  me  to  return  to  campus."  Scovell  remarks, 
"I'd  love  to  get  back  for  homecoming  sometime." 


Susan  Muma  is  a  freelance  writer  in  Gaitfiersburg,  Md. 


On  April  2,  2001,  Susan  Leonard  McClain 
'92  and  her  husband,  Thomas  J.  McClain 
'92,  M'94,  welcomed  son  Garrett  James  into 
their  family. 

Lori  A.  Nyce  '92  is  a  reference  librarian  at 
the  East  Shore  Area  Libran-,  the  main  library 
of  the  Dauphin  County  Library  System. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Molly  J. 
Rasmussen  '92  and  Michael  Bowden  took 
place  on  November  17,  2001,  in  Dahlonega, 


Ga.  Molly  is  a  French  teacher  at  Loganville 
Middle  School  in  Georgia. 

Keith  K.  Schleicher  '92  and  his  wife, 
Robbi,  welcomed  daughter  Madeline  Grace 
into  their  family  on  June  18,  2002.  Keith  is 
manager  of  operations  analysis  at  Capital 
One  in  Glen  Allen,  Va. 

David  M.  Sullivan  '92  is  deputy  director  for 
the  State  of  Delaware's  Division  of  Revenue 
in  Wilmington. 


Holly  Hendrix  Waddell  '92  and  her  hus- 
band. Bill,  welcomed  son  Jacob  Aaron  into 
their  family  on  July  5,  2002. 

Todd  D.  Beasley  '93  and  his  wife,  Amy, 
welcomed  first  child  Jack  Randolph  on 
March  8.  2002. 

Steven  E.  Carpenter  '93  is  a  district  sales 
manager  with  RadioShack  in  Erie. 

Justine  Haxnilton-Ordona  '93  and  her  hus- 
band, Rogelio,  welcomed  son  Jananda  into 
their  family  on  February  1 1,  2002.  From 
August  1999  thru  September  2001,  Justine 
was  a  member  of  the  Peace  Corps  in  the 
Philippines. 

Lisa  Barlet  Lasky  '93  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Lebanon  School  District. 

On  April  14,  2002,  Kenneth  L.  Lewis  Jr. 

'93  and  his  wife,  Kristina,  welcomed  son 
Kenneth  Alexander  into  their  family. 

Jennifer  Y.  Lowe  '93  is  vice  president  in  the 
corporate  lending  group  of  Chevy  Chase 
Bank  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  notun  elementary 
teacher  as  mistakenly  stated  in  the  last  edi- 
tion of  The  Valle)'. 

Jeffrey  L.  Manning  '93  is  a  sales  and  use  tax 
consultant  for  Dryden  Advisory  Group  LLC 
in  King  of  Prussia. 

Tricia  M.  Mummert  '93  is  accounting 
manager  tor  Hospice  of  North  Central 
Florida  in  Gainesville. 

Capt.  Jennifer  L  Bower  '94  is  attending 
Ohio  State  LIniversity  working  toward  a  master's 
degree  in  cognitive  sciences  engineering  in 
preparation  for  her  appointment  to  West 
Point,  where  she  will  begin  teaching  in  2004. 

Mary  Anne  Yohe  Hinkson  '94  is  a  clinical 
research  scientist  for  Bristol-Myers  Squibb 
Medical  Imaging,  Inc.,  in  Billerica,  Mass. 

Mark  A.  Layser  '94  is  materials  supervisor 
for  RR  Donnelley  in  Lancaster. 

Keith  W.  Murray  M'94  is  president  and 
CEO  of  Help-U-Move  Inc.  in  Jupiter,  Fla. 

Jill  Hulet  Sottile  '94  is  automated  services 
manager  tor  the  Hershey  Federal  Credit 
Union. 

On  June  10,  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony 
of  Crystal  B.  Crownover  '95  and  Joseph 
M.  Doyle  took  place  at  the  Zachan>-  Taylor 
Historic  Site  in  Key  West,  Fla.  Crystal  is  a 
treatment  specialist  II  for  the  Dauphin  County 
Prison  in  Harrisburg. 

Thomas  C.  Feltman  '95  and  Amy  Marie 
Berrier  were  married  on  December  22,  2001. 
Tom  is  an  elementary  teacher  in  the  Juniata 
County  School  District. 


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Alumni  Weeke'^r^      .^    ..       .  ._  ^^^^ 

June  13, 14  and  15,  2003 

Celebrate  reunions  apd  a 

.  ^ t\  of  music 


The  choir  and  band  will  be  performing  Celebrations,  Op.  103 
Do  you  have  a  class  reunion  coming  up?     for  chorus  and  wind  Ensemble  (1966),  text  from  Walt  Whitman,  by 

Philadelphia-born  composer  Vincent  Persictietti  (1915-1987).  Each 
group  will  also  perform  two  or  three  additional  pieces. 
Are  there  College  friends  you  would  like  to  see?    a  registration  tee  win  be  charged  for  the  weekend  to  cover  the  costs  of 

nusic.  postage,  etc.  Members  of  concert  choir  and  symphonic  band  will 
.        ,      ,.  ...  .  ......    be  responsible  for  concert  dress  (white  shirts  or 

Were  you  involved  in  music  during  your  time  at  the  Valley?   biouses/dark  pants  or  skirt).  Participants  should 

plan  to  attend  all  rehearsals  for  their  particular  group. 
_,..  ...,.....■,.         ...  X       X      n     i^he  alumni  office  has  records  of  those 

Did  you  sing  in  the  choir,  play  in  the  band  or  attend  a  concert  or  two?     .^^.^^i  ^.^o  were  music  majors  and 

minois  (education,  recording  tecimoiogy,  perlormance,  sacred),  but  our  records  on 
those  who  participated  in  performing  groups  and  ensembles  are  not  complete.  Please 
call  the  Alumni  Office  at  1-800-ALUMLVC  or  717-867-6320  or  e-mail  Deborah  Wescott 
'95  (dwescott@lvc.edu)  to  add  your  name  to  our  music  mailing  list.  You  will  receive 
information  about  the  weekend  beginning  in  January.  IVIusic  will  be  mailed  to  all 
participants  six  to  eight  weeks  prior  to  the  events.  The  complete  schedule  for  Alumni 
Weekend  can  be  found  on  the  LVC  web  site  at  www.lvc.edu/alumni 

Mark  your  calendars  now  for  LVC's  Alumni  Weekend  2003. 
We  will  celebrate  reunions  and  the  fine  tradition  of  music  at  the  College 

All  music  alumni  (you  do  not  have  to  be  in  a  reunion  class  to  attend)  will  be  invited  to  rehearse  and  perform 
in  one  of  three  groups:  concert  choir,  symphonic  band  or  jazz  band. 


Fall  2002     21 


class  news  &  notes 


On  May  1,  2002,  Kent  E.  Heberlig  '95  and 

his  wife,  Jasmine,  welcomed  first  child  Parker 
Ellsworth  into  their  family. 

Lisa  Hollowbush  Litzenberger  '95  is  pursu- 
ing certification  in  elementary  education  at 
Alvernia  College  in  Reading. 

Gregory  P.  Lieberman  '95  is  a  branch 
manager  for  Citifinancial  Services  Inc.  in 
Camp  Hill. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Scott  A.  Mongo 

'95  and  Diana  Duda  took  place  at  St.  Casimir's 
Church  in  Riverside,  N.J.,  on  May  19,  2001. 
Scott  is  a  teacher  for  the  Delran  Board  of 
Education  in  New  Jersey. 

Andrew  L.  Sensenig  '95  is  a  teacher  at 
Garden  Spot  High  School  in  New  Holland. 

Angie  L.  Shuler  '95  recently  started  Bead  It 
Up,  a  beaded  jewelry  business,  out  of  her 
home  in  Smoketown. 

Claudia  Wehbe  Spiers  '95  is  a  recruiter  for 
the  United  States  Army  in  Metairie,  La. 

Julia  Alandar  Albright  '96  is  a  third-grade 
teacher  in  the  Central  Dauphin  School 
District  in  Harrisburg. 

In  May  2002,  Melissa  Howard  Jimeno  '96 

received  a  master's  degree  in  business  admin- 
istration from  the  University  of  Maryland- 
College  Park.  Melissa  is  a  consultant  with 
Mercer  Human  Resource  Consulting  in 
Baltimore. 

A.J.M.  Johnston  '96  received  an  associate's 
degree  of  applied  science  in  band  instrument 
repair  from  Western  Iowa  Tech  Community 
College  in  Sioux  City.  He  is  a  musical  instru- 
ment repair  technician  at  Menchey's  Music 
Service  in  Hanover. 

In  August  2001,  Richard  Juarbe  '96 

received  a  master's  degree  in  public  adminis- 
tration from  Shippensburg  Universiry. 
Richard  is  master  sergeant  in  charge  of  avia- 
tion operations  at  the  Eastern  Army  Aviation 
Training  Site,  Fort  Indiantown  Gap. 

William  E.  Kesil  '96  is  clinical  data  coordi- 
nator for  Hoffman-LaRoche  Inc.  in  Nutley, 

N.J. 

Kimberly  L.  Kettering  '96  is  a  public  relations 
assistant  for  Luthercare  in  Lititz. 

Kelly  Fisher  McKinney  '96  and  her  hus- 
band, Stephen,  welcomed  second  child 
Rachel  Kathryn  into  their  family  on 
February  28,  2002.  Kelly  is  taking  a  break 
from  her  journalism  career  to  care  for  Rachel 
and  Rachel's  brother,  Sean. 


Lawrence  W.  Moore  '96  teaches  music  theo- 
ry at  Miami-Dade  Community  College  while 
he  works  toward  a  master's  degree  in  media 
writing  and  production  at  the  University  of 
Miami  in  Florida. 

Wally  R.  Popejoy  '96,  M'Ol  and  his  wife, 
Audra  Palopoli  Popejoy  '98,  welcomed  first 
child  Hannah  Elizabeth  on  April  24,  2002. 

Heather  Williard  Reed  '96  is  a  marketing 
associate  with  Sysco  Food  Services  of  Central 
Pennsylvania  in  Harrisburg. 

Benjamin  K.  Ruby  '96  is  assistant  principal 
at  Northeastern  Middle  School  in  Manchester. 

On  July  27,  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony 
of  Jeffrey  L.  Sanno  '96  and  Erin  N.  Schmid 

'98  took  place  in  LVC's  Miller  Chapel.  Jeff  is 
a  middle  school  math  teacher  and  head  base- 
ball coach  at  West  Perry  School  District  in 
Elliottsburg.  Erin  is  an  admission  counselor 
at  LVC. 

Jason  J.  Schibinger  '96  is  an  attorney  with 
the  Buzgon  Davis  Law  Offices  in  Lebanon. 

Anne  V.  Seals  '96  is  an  outpatient  therapist 
for  Pennsylvania  Counseling  Services.  Anne 
recently  received  her  master's  degree  in  social 
work  from  Temple  University. 

Amy  B.  Shollenberger  '96  is  grant  coordina- 
tor for  Johnson  State  College  in  Vermont. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Dr.  Trent  S. 
Snider  '96  and  Katharine  A.  John  took  place 
at  Trinity  Lutheran  Church  in  Lancaster  on 
June  5,  2002.  Trent  is  an  assistant  professor 
of  chemistry  at  King's  College  in  Wilkes- Barre. 

President  of  her  own  company,  journeys 
Inc.,  Susan  A.  Spahr  '96  is  president  ot  the 
Lebanon  Valley  Sertoma  Club,  vice  president 
of  the  Lebanon  Rescue  Mission  Board  and 
a  consistory  member  at  St.  Mark's  United 
Church  of  Christ  in  Lebanon. 

Kimberly  Romania  Tozzi  '96  is  a  teacher 
at  James  1.  Gibson  Elementary  School  in 
Henderson,  Nev. 

On  August  25,  200 1 ,  Jeremiah  L.  Wright 

'96  and  Sara  Wolfe  were  married  at  St.  Paul's 
United  Methodist  Church  in  Pine  Grove. 
Jeremiah  is  an  at-risk  coordinator  for  Philhaven 
Hospital  in  the  York  City  School  District. 

Danielle  E.  Zimmerman  '96  is  customer 
service  manager  for  Farmers  &  Mechanics 
Bank  in  Columbia,  Md. 

Robert  A.  Bednarczyk  '97  travels  between 
Rochester,  N.Y.,  and  Longmont,  Colo., 
performing  computerized  system  validation 
consulting  for  the  pharmaceutical  and 
biopharmaceutical  industries  through 
CimQuest,  Inc. 


Joseph  F.  Bilder  Jr.  '97  is  a  controller  for 
Eastern  Alliance  Insurance  Group  in 
Lancaster. 

Annette  Sanders  Campbell  '97  is  senior 
cost  and  budget  accountant  for  Capital  Blue 
Cross  in  Harrisburg. 

Heather  Moran  Campbell  '97  welcomed 
first  child  Violet  Mackenzie  on  July  7,  2001. 

Sharon  M.  Curtin  '97  is  a  financial  services 
representative  for  Farmers  First  Bank  in 
Lancaster. 

Jennifer  Calabrese  Danko  '97  is  web  site 
coordmator/administrator  for  Johns  Hopkins 
University  School  of  Medicine  in  Baltimore, 
Md. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Yvonne  A.  D'Uva 
'97  and  Josh  E.  Howard  '97  took  place  in 
LVC's  Miller  Chapel  on  September  1,  2002. 
Yvonne  received  a  master's  degree  from  the 
University  of  California-San  Francisco.  She  is 
a  speech  pathologist  at  Temple  University 
and  has  a  fellowship  for  a  doctoral  degree  in 
communication  disorders.  Josh  is  a  bank 
examiner  with  the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance 
Commission  in  Blue  Bell. 

On  February  1,  2002,  Holly  Landis  Ford 
'97  and  Brock  D.  Ford  '98  welcomed  son 
Avery  Lloyd  into  their  family.  Holly  is  a  pro- 
curement analyst  for  Alcoa  Inc.  in  Lancaster. 

Bradley  S.  Harris  '97  is  a  senior  EM  techni- 
cian at  Johns  Hopkins  University  in 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Scott  E.  Henck  '97  is  a  senior  actuary  with 
Caliber  One  in  Yardley. 

Nathan  A.  Hillegas  '97  and  his  wife.  Amy, 
welcomed  daughter  Grace  into  their  family 
on  April  19,  2002.  Nathan  is  a  sergeant  in 
the  U.S.  Army  stationed  at  Ft.  Meade,  Md. 

Fulton  Bank  of  Lancaster  promoted  William 
T.  Kepler  M'97  to  vice  president  of  com- 
mercial development,  relationship  manager 
and  team  leader  in  the  business  financial 
services  center. 

Jason  B.  Kopp  '97  is  a  computer  support 
analyst  at  York  College  of  Pennsylvania.  His 
wife,  Jennifer  Byers  Kopp  '97,  is  a  legal  sec- 
retary at  Laucks  &  Laucks  LLP  in  Red  Lion. 

Sharon  Possessky  Krock  '97  is  senior  staff 
scientist  for  Schnabel  Engineering  Associates, 
Inc.,  in  West  Chester. 

Shelly  M.  Levan  '97  is  a  claims  representa- 
tive for  the  Social  Security  Administration  in 
Lebanon. 


22     The  Valley 


Natalie  Hope  McDonald  '97  is  senior  editor 
at  £-(j<'ar  magazine  in  Philadelphia.  She  also 
writes  for  eDesign.  a  New  York  Ciry-based 
magazine. 

Thomas  C.  McCarty  M'97  is  director  ot 
sales  and  marketing  tor  Kunzler  &:  Co.  Inc. 
in  Lancaster. 

Tina  Marie  Teichman  Shaup  '97  is  an 

intensive  case  manager  for  Schuylkill  Count)' 
Mental  Health/Mental  Retardation  in 
Pottsville. 

In  July  2002,  Corrina  Doerge  Smith  '97 

and  her  husband,  Thomas,  moved  to  Berlin, 
German\',  tor  two  \'ears  where  they  will  teach 
at  the  John  F.  Kennedy  School.  Corrina 
teaches  elementary  band  and  general  music. 

Holly  Stevens  Waser  '97  is  senior  technical 
specialist  tor  Bio  XXTiittaker  in  Vi'alkersville, 
Md. 

Staci  Kowalczyk  Wisniewski  '97  is  a  fifth- 
orade  teacher  in  the  ,\nnville-Cleona  School 
District. 

In  June  2001.  Melissa  J.  Adam  '98  and 
Brian  S.  Crotty  '00  w  ere  married  in 
Reading.  Melissa  is  a  chorus  teacher  at  Exeter 
Township  junior  High  School  in  Reading 
and  Brian  is  an  assistant  buyer  tor  Boscov's. 

1  he  wedding  ceremony  ot  Michael  J. 
Barnes  '98  and  Karen  DePaoli  took  place  on 
April  20,  2002,  at  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church  in  Wallingford,  Conn. 

Keith  K.  Bender  '98  is  an  intormation 
analyst  tor  Electronic  Data  Systems  in  Camp 
Hill' 

Danielle  L.  Boileau  '98  is  coordinator  of 
student  development  tor  Valencia  Community 
College  in  Winter  Park,  Fla. 

On  July  7,  2001,  the  wedding  ceremony  ot 
Brian  D.  Burke  '98  and  Lauren  M. 
Corbett  '99  took  place  at  St.  Andrew's 
Church  in  Westwood,  N.J.  Sarah 
Broadhurst  Farrell  '99  and  Mary-Allyson 
Corbett  '04  were  bridesmaids.  Brian  is  a  his- 
tory teacher  and  tootball  coach  in  the 
Ridgefield  School  District,  and  Lauren  is  an 
elementar)'  science  teacher  in  the  New 
Milford  School  District. 

Robin  L.  Capriotti  '98  is  a  promotional 
analyst  for  Giant  Food  Corporation  in  Carlisle. 

Melissa  L.  Redding  '98  and  Steven  L. 
McElroy  '98  were  married  recently  in 
Willianisport,  Md.  Melissa  is  a  family  sup- 
port worker  with  the  Washington  Count)- 
Health  Department  and  Steven  is  a  business 
analyst  at  AB&C  Group  in  Charlestown,  WVa. 


r\her  my  first  year  at  LVC,  the  same  year  my  sister  died.  I  found  myself 
grappling  with  (the  transition  years  ot  college).  Dante  was  right;  the  forest  was  dark  and 
no  path  seemed  to  present  itself  as  I  had  always  imagined  it  would.  Though  I  slowly 
realized  I  would  not  be  magically  removed  from  my  surroundings.  I  began  to  hack  my 
way  out,  LVC  lent  me  a  10-foot  sickle  in  the  form  of  a  semester  in  Perugia.  Italy 

I  landed  in  Rome  not  knowing  a  single  person,  and  not  speaking  a  sentence  of 
Italian,  I  was  the  obvious  non-Italian  in  a  country  where  being  part  of  the  family  means 
everything.  Horror  stories  of  tourists  being  conned  and  pick-pocketed  by  slick  Italians 
swept  through  my  thoughts.  But  I  decided  my  only  choice  was  to  keep  an  open  mind 
—  and  an  extra  eye  on  my  money  clip, 

I  began  to  adjust  very  quickly  to  la  dolce  vita.  As  my  language  skills  increased, 
so  did  the  respect  I  received  from  the  Italians,  I  remembered  that  stores  close  on 
Sundays  —  every  Sunday  —  and  that  you  don't  mess  with  pasta,  pizza  or  vino.  And. 
beyond  hours  spent  shopping  and  enjoying  Italian  cuisine.  I  began  to  develop  a 
broader  perspective  of  the  world  and  my  place  in  it.  Friends  from  Germany  France. 
Japan  and  Italy  joined  my  circle,  and  each  had  stories  and  recommendations  to  share 
I  spent  many  afternoons  lounging  in  the  piazza  wondering  about  what  a  different 
person  I  was  becoming 

Back  in  beautiful  America  less  than  a  month,  I  had  my  answer  Fresh,  new  rela- 
tionships grew  all  around  me  as  I  shared  my  stories  and  knowledge  of  Italy,  Suddenly. 

I  was  an  expert  on 


A  Road  Unraveled 

by  Ryan  Derfler  '03 

An  excerpt  from  perhaps  one  of  tfie  most  famous  pieces  of 
Italian  literature.  Dante's  Inferno,  reads: 

In  the  middle  of  our  life's  journey 

I  found  myself  in  a  dark  wood, 

Out  of  which  the  straight  way  was  lost. 


Italian  art,  cuisine 
and  geography.  I 
ate  lunch  at  pizza 
joints  just  to  talk  to 
the  owners,  I  never 
felt  better  And, 
before  I  had  time 
to  unpack  my  suit- 
case, I  decided  that 
more  LVC  students 
needed  to  have 
this  experience. 
Naturally  as  a  philosophy  mapr  I  began  to  ask  why  a  majority  of  students 
were  not  signing  up  to  go  abroad  Second,  as  a  business  major  I  started  to  develop 
a  marketing  plan.  Very  soon  my  quest  to  turn  LVC  global  grew  into  a  long-term, 
personal  project 

As  I  take  further  steps  toward  my  goals,  new  ideas  and  excitement  follow.  I 
constantly  meet  wonderful  people  and  truly  learn  something  new  every  day,  I  look 
forward  to  a  time  when  I  can  enjoy  listening  to  the  memories  of  other  students  who 
went  abroad  because  of  my  work.  And  more  than  anything,  I  see  very  clearly  a 
path  that  I  will  be  following  for  a  long  time  So  Dante.  I  offer  you  this  addition  to 
your  passage:  "When  lost  in  the  forest,  take  a  chance  on  a  new  forest  " 

Ryan  Derfler  '03  is  a  ptiilosophy  and  business  major  with  a  minor  in  art.  He  spent  t^^e 
spring  2002  semester  in  Perugia.  Italy.  Derfler  has  written  for  La  Vie  Collegienne  and 
IS  a  former  varsity  athlete  who  plans  to  study  abroad  again.  If  you  want  to  share  your 
thoughts  with  Derfler  you  can  contact  him  at  ryanderfter@hotmail.com. 


Derfler  relaxing  with  some  of  his  new  Italian  friends  on  a  '  r-  :-r  ;  -^ed  bench 
in  Capri.  The  young  woman.  Jenni  Steinberg,  was  studying  with  him  at  Umbria 
Institute  in  Perugia. 


F,\LL  2002     23 


class  news  &  notes 


Jimmy  Ramirez  '02  receives  his  degree  during 
May  graduation  ceremonies.  Ramirez  is  now 
working  with  the  Energy  Intelligence  Group, 
Inc.  with  George  King  '68.  King  has  provided 
interruhips  and  job  opportunities  for  several 
LVC  students  and  graduates. 


Tara  K.  Mehalick  O'NeU  '98  is  a  teacher 
for  the  Berks  Count)'  Intermediate  Unit  in 
Reading. 

Meyer  Packaging  of  Palmyra  promoted 
Alexander  T.  Meyer  '98  to  chief  operating 
officer. 

Melanie  L.  Osbom  '98  is  a  computer 
programmer  for  NOVA  Direct  Marketing 
Services,  Inc.,  in  Lancaster. 

After  graduating  in  May  2002  from  Temple 
University  School  of  Law,  Beth  A.  Paul  '98 
accepted  a  position  as  an  associate  in  the 
business  and  finance  department  of  Reed 
Smith  LLP  in  Philadelphia. 

Melissa-Ann  M.  Pero  '98  is  an  English 
teacher  at  Bermudian  Springs  High  School 
in  York  Springs. 

Tracey  A.  Ross  '98  received  a  masrer's  degree 
in  training  and  development  from  the 
Pennsylvania  State  LInivetsiry  in  2001.  She 
is  a  staff  development  instructor/surgical 
services  for  Lancaster  General  Hospital. 


Joshua  M.  Schucker  '98  is  an  environmen- 
tal chemist  at  American  Westech  Inc.  in 
Harrisburg. 

Kiersten  A.  Shumate  '98  is  a  thitd-grade 
teacher  in  the  Gastonia  County  School 
District  in  North  Carolina. 

Chemistry  teacher  Anthony  J.  Thoman  '98 

achieved  tenure  at  the  Cumberland  Valley 
School  District  in  Mechanicsburg. 

Wendy  A.  Warner  '98,  an  occupational  ther- 
apist in  Brick,  N.J.,  received  a  master's  degree 
from  Thomas  Jefferson  University. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Amy  M. 
Witmeyer  '98  and  Keith  A.  Stoltzfus  took 
place  on  March  9,  2002,  at  Salem  United 
Methodist  Church  in  Manheim.  Amy  is  a 
third-grade  teacher  at  Lancaster  Country 
Day  School. 

Jamie  L.  Cascarino  '99  is  a  third-grade 
teacher  in  the  Warwick  School  District  in 
Lititz. 

Carrie  A.  Champ  '99  is  a  school  psycholo- 
gist in  the  Northern  Lebanon  School  District 
in  Fredericksburg. 

On  September  23,  2001,  Beth  A.  Curley 
'99  and  G.  Scott  Myers  '99  were  married  in 
the  United  Methodist  Church  of  Gales  Ferry. 
Beth  is  an  internal  marketing  consultant  at 
Lincoln  Financial  Distributors  in 
Philadelphia.  Scott  is  a  staff  accountant  at 
Rosenbluth,  Corsanico  and  Matz  in 
Norristown. 

On  February  22,  2002,  Jared  P.  Fleegal  '99 

and  his  wife,  Sarah,  welcomed  second  son 
Logan  Patrick  into  their  family. 

Gregory  A.  Hamm  '99  and  Mary  S.  Buckley 
were  married  recently  at  Zion's  Blue 
Mountain  United  Church  of  Christ  in  Upper 
Bern  Township. 

On  May  18,  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony  of 
Matthew  J.  Hans  '99  and  Lori  B.  Sweigert 

'00  took  place  in  Baltimore,  Md.  Matt  is 
attending  culinary  school  and  Lori  is  an 
accountant  with  Ernst  &  Young  in 
Baltimore. 

Keri  Lacy  Harrison  '99  is  a  Spanish  teacher 
in  the  Southern  Tioga  School  District  in 
Blossburg. 

Alicia  M.  Harvath  '99  is  a  fiscal  accountant 
with  the  Pennsylvania  Health  Care  Cost 
Containment  Council  in  Harrisburg. 

Heather  Bair  KufFa  '99  is  a  sixth-grade 
teacher  in  the  Susquenita  School  District  in 
Duncannon. 

On  April  3,  2002,  Jerome  A.  Lang  '99  and 
his  wife,  Melanie  Good  Lang  '99,  welcomed 


first  child  Sarah  Elizabeth  into  their  family. 
Jerome  is  a  web  developer  for  Carnegie 
Mellon  University  in  Pittsburgh. 

Tara  L.  Leo  '99  and  Caleb  A.  Auchey  were 
married  on  May  26,  2002,  at  the  Peace 
Church  in  Camp  Hill. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  J.  Lee  Madden 
Jr.  '99  and  Brandie  L.  May  '01  took  place 
on  February  2,  2002,  in  LVC's  Miller 
Chapel.  LVC  Chaplain  D.  Darrell  Woomer 
officiated,  and  Matt  Denbleyker  '99  and 
Amy  M.  Patricelli  '01  were  attendants. 

The  wedding  ceremony  of  Megan  J.  Miller 
'99  and  Christopher  J.  Pugh  '99  took  place 
on  June  8,  2002,  in  LVC's  Miller  Chapel. 
Megan  is  a  fifth-grade  language  arts  teacher 
in  the  Pine  Grove  Area  School  District. 
Christopher  is  a  student  at  Philadelphia 
College  of  Osteopathic  Medicine. 

On  June  15,  2002,  Andrew  J.  Panko  III  '99 

and  Eryn  A.  Smith  were  married  in  St.  Ann's 
Byzantine  Catholic  Church  in  Harrisburg. 
Andy  is  a  professional  basketball  player. 

Kristin  L.  Rager  '99  is  a  school  psychologist 
with  the  Shamokin  Area  School  District  in 
Coal  Township. 

Lisa  M.  Speck  '99  is  an  intensive  mental 
health  case  manager  with  Keystone  Human 
Services  in  Harrisburg. 

Michele  L.  Weber  '99  and  Scort  Kerper 
were  married  on  July  13,  2002. 

Mark  W.  Wells  '99  is  a  family  crisis  therapist 
in  the  Division  of  Family  Services  for  the 
State  of  Delaware  in  Newark. 

Eric  B.  White  '99  is  consumer  communica- 
tions specialist/webmaster  for  Redner's 
Markets,  Inc.  in  Reading. 

Michelle  J.  Zearing  '99  attends  Methodist 
Theological  School  in  Ohio. 


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Jessica  L.  Boyer  '00  is  a  biology  teacher  in 
the  Ephrata  Area  School  Disttict. 

Lisa  A.  Cmkovich  '00  is  a  fifth-grade 
teacher  at  Sacred  Heart  Elementary  School  in 
Lancaster. 

Aubrey  L.  Danilowicz  '00  is  a  child  devel- 
opment specialist  at  the  Bradley  Center  in 
Pittsburgh. 

Laura  A.  DeGrafF'OO  is  a  strategic  planning 
manager  for  Strativa  Marketing  in  Malvern. 


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Ahcr  completing  her  master's  degree  in  music 
education  from  lemple  University,  Heather 
M.  Gateau  '00  began  teaching  middle  school 
music  in  Frederick,  Md. 

Amanda  Seker  Johns  '00  is  a  benefits  repre- 
sentative with  Rite  Aid  Corporation  in 
Harrisburg. 

Mary  A.  Kunkle  '00  is  a  data  conversion 
programmer/analyst  tor  Datatel  Inc.  in 
Fairfax.  Va. 

On  July  20.  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony  of 
David  A.  Light  '00  and  Melissa  A. 
Schneider  '02  took  place  at  Rocherry  United 
Methodist  Church  in  Lebanon.  David  is  a 
technical  specialist  with  the  Lancaster-Lebanon 
Intermediate  Unit  13  in  East  Petersburg. 
Melissa  is  a  personnel  officer  for  the  county  of 
Lebanon. 

Sherri  L.  Popejoy  '00  is  a  program  assistant 
tor  Central  Susquehanna  Intermediate  Unit  in 
Harrisburg. 

Jason  E.  Potten  '00  and  Conni  L.  Augustine 
were  married  August  10,  2002,  in  Rochester, 
N.Y. 

Meghan  E.  Ritzman  '00  is  a  fifth-grade 
teacher  in  the  Palmvra  Area  School  District. 

Tara  A.  Ruhl  '00  is  a  counn,'  case  manager 
with  Lebanon  County  Mental  Health/Mental 
Retardation. 

Lindsay  A.  Shattuck  '00  is  a  middle  school 
band  director  and  assistant  high  school  march- 
ing band  director  in  Manalapan,  N.j. 

Suzanne  M.  Snare  '00  is  serving  as  an 
AmeriC'orps  volunteer  at  Cedar  Crest  College 
in  Allentown. 

Kelly  L.  Sonon  '00  is  catering  sales  manager 
tor  the  Wvndhani  Philadelphia  at  Franklin 
Plaza. 

Angela  J.  Van  Steenvoort  '00  is  a  high  school 
Spanish  teacher  in  Iowa's  Urbandale 
Community'  School  District. 

Kelly  R.  Cooney  '01  is  a  staff  accountant 
with  Boyer  &  Ritter  CPA  in  Camp  Hill. 

Parrish  J.  Fessler  '01  is  an  associate  software 
developer  at  Datatel  Inc.  in  Fairtax,  Va. 

On  May  18,  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony  ot 
Kathleen  E.  Geho  '01  and  Jason  K.  Hocker 

'01  took  place  in  LVC^'s  Miller  C^hapel. 
Kathleen  is  employed  by  Smithers  and 
Southerly,  and  Ja.son  is  employed  by  Datatel 
Inc.,  both  in  Fairtax,  Va. 

The  wedding  ceremony  ot  Michelle  A. 
Hartman  '01  and  Kerry  J.  Bolton  took  place 
on  June  1,  2002,  at  St.  Richard's  Catholic 
Church  in  Mount  Joy. 


Dorene  J.  Heckman  '01  is  a  music  teacher  in 
New  Jersey's  Hillsborough  Township  School 
District. 

Sean  S.  Houseknecht  '01  is  a  science  teacher 
in  the  Elizabethtown  Area  School  District. 

Kimberly  D.  McKinnon  M'Ol  and  Corey  A. 
C^authen  were  married  recently  at  Shiloh 
(Church  ot  God  in  Christ  in  Harrisburg. 
Kimberly  is  a  research  associate  with  the 
Pennsylvania  Housing  Finance  Agency  in 
Harrisburg. 

Jennifer  L.  Scheldt  '01  is  a  research  assistant 
tor  the  section  of  Medical  Genetics  at  the 
Veterinary  Hospital  of  the  University  ot 
Pennsylvania. 

Stacey  A.  Stinson  '01  is  an  administrative 
assistant  at  the  Genetics  &  IVF  Institute  in 
Fairtax,  Va. 

Becky  S.  Tice  '01  is  a  learning  support 
teacher  for  the  Schuylkill  County 
Intermediate  Unit  29. 

Joachim  R.  Townsend  M'Ol  is  contracts  pol- 
icy manager  for  National  Industries  tor  the 
Severely  Handicapped  (NISH)  in  Vienna,  Va. 

On  June  15.  2002,  the  wedding  ceremony  of 
Todd  W.  Travitz  '01  and  Kristi  L.  Bradley 
took  place  at  East  Fairview  Church  ot  the 
Brethren  in  Manheim.  Todd  is  a  high  school 
special  education  teacher  in  the  Oxford 
School  District. 

The  Greater  Harrisburg  Foundation  awarded 
Natalya  Antelava  '02  a  grant  tor  a  rv\o-week 
graduate-credit  course.  Women  in  Development, 
in  Tanzania. 

Charlton  T.  Albright  '02  is  a  civilian  budget 
analyst  with  the  U.S.  Na\T  as  part  ot  a  two- 
year  promotion  and  training  program. 

Cricket  Manley  Gates  '02  is  a  staff  account- 
ant tor  Trout,  Ebersole  &  Groft  in  Lancaster. 

Dnyanoba  "Ken"  Kendre  M'02  is  president 
and  CEO  ot  Fortune  500  Systems  Ltd.,  a 
leading  information  technolog\'  solutions 
companv  in  Harrisburg. 

Jane  E.  Smyser  '02  is  a  high  school  English 
teacher  in  the  Red  Lion  Area  School  District. 

Natalie  A.  Taylor  '02  is  a  recruiting  specialist 
tor  I'hrivent  Financial  Services  tor  Lutherans 
in  'Wyomissing. 

Stacy  Reinhart  Young  '02  is  a  staff  account- 
ant for  Carol  A.  Schreckengaust,  CPA,  in 
Harrisburg. 


In  Memoriam 

Helen  Longenccker  Tilton  '26  died  on 
September  1,  2001,  at  the  age  of  98. 

Eflfie  LeVan  Kostenbauder  '31  died  June  28, 

2001,  at  the  age  of  'M. 

Mr.  Richard  E.  Funk  '33  died  April  29, 

2002,  at  93  years  of  age. 

The  Rev.  Stuart  W.  Werner  '33  died  April  8, 
2002,  at  42  years  of  age. 

Helen  Lane  Karcher  '34  died  May  11 ,  2001 , 
at  the  age  of  88. 

Ruth  Anna  Mark  Klitch  '34  died  March  27, 
2002,  in  Brigantine,  .\ld..  at  89  years  of  age. 

The  Rev.  C.  Willard  Fener  '35  died  July  2, 
2002,  in  Naples,  Fla.,  at  the  age  of  88.  Before 
retiring,  he  served  as  senior  pastor  at  the  First 
United  Methodist  Church  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Philip  Underwood  Jr.  '35  died  May  28, 
2002,  in  Hershey  at  the  age  of  88.  Philip  was 
an  Army  Air  Corps  veteran  of  World  War  II 
and  received  the  American  Defense  Service 
Medal;  the  European,  African  and  Middle 
Eastern  Service  Medals  with  one  Silver  Service 
Star  and  one  Bronze  Star;  and  the  Presidential 
Unit  Citation.  He  was  a  retired  field  represen- 
tative tor  the  Social  Security  Administration. 

Col.  Earl  B.  Fauber  '36  died  April  21,  2002. 
in  Summit,  N.j.,  at  86  years  of  age.  He  was  a 
lieutenant  colonel  in  the  Army  during  World 
War  II  and  a  retired  engineer  with  the  L'.S. 
Army  Corps  of  Engineers. 

Retired  English  teacher  Evelyn  C.  Frick  '36 

died  April  12,  2002. 

Sara  Light  Aungst  '37  died  April  6,  2002.  in 
lopton  at  86  years  ot  age.  Before  retiring  in 
1977,  she  was  the  director  of  vocal  music  at 

Allen  High  School  in  .Allentown. 

Retired  schoolteacher  Jean  Ellen  McKeag  '38 

died  January  18,  2002.  in  Falls  Church.  \a.. 
at  the  .ige  ot  86. 

Helen  A.  Netherwood  '38  died  .March  16. 
2002,  in  Lansdowne  at  the  age  ot  84. 

Retired  music  teacher  Cecil  C.  Oyler  '38  died 
April  2^,  2002,  in  Philadelphia  at  88  years  of 
.ige.  Cecil  taught  instrumental  music  tor  35 
years  and  was  a  L'.S.  Armv  \eteran  ot  World 
War  II. 

Louise  Stoner  Shaffer  '38  died  January'  30, 
2002,  in  Stuart.  Fla..  at  the  age  ot  86.  She  was 
the  wife  of  Dr.  C.  Boyd  Shaffer  '38. 

Dr.  M.  Dale  "Vocum  '40  died  .\pril  19,  2002, 
in  Hershey  at  the  age  of  84.  He  practiced 
medicine  in  Lebanon  for  44  years. 


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FlWjering  CBeffy  Wees^^ 

by  Dr.  Susan  Verhoek 

A  hundred  and  more  years  ago,  plant  hunters  from  Europe  and  America  traveled 
over  chilly,  narrow,  muddy  trails  in  Japan,  Korea  and  China,  searching  for  attractive 
trees  and  shrubs  to  decorate  our  temperate-zone  gardens.  Imagine  the  excitement 
of  the  explorers  who,  on  a  cool  spring  day,  saw  the  first  delicate  cherry  blossoms 
on  a  wintery  hillside.  tWIodern  botanists  are  hunting  there  even  now.  Because  of 
their  discoveries,  spring  flowering  cherry  trees  from  eastern  Asia  are  available  for 
planting  on  the  Lebanon  Valley  College  campus. 

The  College's  landscape  architects,  Derek  &  Edson  Associates,  have  featured 
about  170  Oriental  flowering  cherry  trees  on  the  north  parking  lots  near  the 
Heilman  Center,  at  the  Fasick  Bridge  and  along  the  new  boulevard  on  Sheridan 
Avenue  in  front  of  Miller  Chapel.  LVC  grows  seven  species  with  1 1  varieties  in 
addition  to  the  specimen  trees  already  here. 

Many  of  the  species  were  brought  to  this  country  between  1860  and  1920  from 
the  wilds  and  gardens  of  Japan  and  China.  Since  that  time,  unique  mutants  and 
hybrids  have  been  selected  that  give  the  flowering  cherries  a  wide  span  of  decora- 
tive characteristics. 

Some  of  the  cherries  "weep"  with  drooping  branches,  like  Prunus  subhirtella 
'Pendula,'  the  weeping  rosebud  cherry  planted  near  Garber  in  memory  of  one 
of  the  science  secretaries,  Sally  Rivera.  Others  like  Prunus  sargentii  'Spire,'  stand 
erect  in  the  center  of  Sheridan  Avenue,  raising  their  buds  out  of  the  way  of  the 
trucks  and  tour  busses  that  pass  along  the  roadway  Specimens  of  Prunus  sargen- 
tii 'Columnaris.'  introduced  to  nurseries  in  1890,  stand  tall  in  the  Heilman  parking 
areas.  The  bark  of  these  is  polished  chestnut  brown.  Also  on  the  north  part  of 
campus  is  the  'O/came' cherry,  a  hybrid  with  rosy  pink  blooms  in  early  spring. 

Along  the  verges  of  Sheridan  Avenue  on  the  main  campus  six  varieties  are 
planted.  Eleven  of  the  big  trees  are  Kwanzan  Japanese  flowering  cherries.  These 
are  favorite  ornamentals  because  they  bloom  with  large,  deep  pink,  double  flowers 
and  make  quite  a  show. 

Twenty-seven  of  the  other  trees  are  three  varieties  of  Yoshino  cherry,  Prunus 
X  yedoensis.  This  hybrid  with  pale  pink  or  white  double  flowers  was  introduced  in 
1902  from  Japan.  Many  of  the  Washington,  D.C.,  Oriental  cherries  planted  in  1912 
are  of  this  variety  The  cherry  you  will  probably  notice  first  on  campus,  however,  is 
the  Higan  autumn  flowering  cherry,  P.  subtiirtella  'Autumnalis.' Th\s  tree  produces 
some  blooms  in  the  fall,  enlivens  a  warm  spell  in  winter  with  small  pink  or  white 
flowers,  and  then  puts  on  its  biggest  flower  show  in  early  spring.  The  branches  of 
this  variety  are  delicate  and,  although  they  are  cold  and  heat  tolerant,  tend  to  split 
in  wind  and  ice. 

These  Japanese  landscape  trees  are  especially  chosen  for  their  flowering 
beauty  rather  than  for  their  fruit.  The  fruits,  where  the  trees  are  not  sterile,  are 
small,  blackish  and  astringent.  These  are  not  the  red  cherries  associated  with 
George  Washington.  Our  sweet  and  sour  eating  cherries  are  in  a  different  group 
whose  native  area  is  Europe  and  the  Caucasus.  So  our  campus  flowering  Oriental 
cherries  are  "chust  for  pretty"  -  and  they  will  be  pretty  to  watch  for  next  spring. 


Dr  Susan  Verhoel<  is  a  professor  of  biology  at  Lebanon  Valley  College.  - 


Eleanor  G.  King  '41  died  May  6,  2002, 
eight  days  shy  of  her  96th  birthday.  She  was 
a  former  teacher,  librarian  and  archivist  at  the 
Milton  Hershey  School  in  Hershey. 

George  V.  Kenney  '42  died  March  29, 
2002. 

June  Hollinger  Meek  '42  died  February  1 1 , 
2002,  at  the  age  of  81.  She  was  a  former 
teacher  in  the  Mechanicsburg  Area  School 
Distfict,  a  piano  and  voice  teacher,  and  a 
soprano  vocalist. 

Martha  Crone  Eppley  '43  died  August  2, 
2002,  at  80  years  of  age.  Martha  was  the 
daughter  of  Augustus  Crone,  class  of  1904, 
mother  of  Roberta  Eppley  Biesecker  '75, 
and  the  grandmother  of  Alicia  L.  Biesecker 
'04. 

William  E.  GoUam  Sr.  '43  died  April  13, 
2002,  in  Brighton,  Colo.,  at  81  years  of  age. 
A  retired  newspaper  reporter,  he  was  a  veteran 
of  World  War  II,  having  served  as  a  pharma- 
cist's mate  in  the  NavT. 

Dr.  Warren  B.  Sillman  '43  died  May  5, 
2002,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  at  the  age  of  79. 
Practicing  medicine  from  his  home  office 
since  1949,  he  would  make  house  calls  and 
see  patients  at  all  hours.  Warren  also  served 
as  a  state  medical  examiner  for  over  40  years 
and  served  as  a  captain  with  the  Army  Air 
Force  during  World  War  II. 

The  Rev.  Eugene  Boyer  Wenger  '45  of 

Riverside,  Calif,  died  April  22,  2002,  at  81 
years  of  age. 

Clayton  E.  Hollinger  '47  of  University 
Park,  Fla..  died  April  7,  2002. 

Retited  music  teacher  Thomas  J.  Schaak  '48 

died  April  6,  2002,  in  Hershey  at  the  age  of 
78.  At  one  time,  he  taught  in  both  the 
Lebanon  and  Palmyra  Area  school  districts 
and  gave  private  piano  lessons. 

Organist  Marion  Hackman  Bair  '49  died 
May  15,  2002,  in  Carlisle  at  the  age  of  86. 
She  was  a  retired  teacher  having  taught 
at  Lower  Paxton  Elementary  School  and 
Harrisburg  Academy. 

Henry  C.  Deens  '50  died  May  2,  2002,  in 
Hanover  at  the  age  of  75.  He  was  an  Army 
veteran  who  served  in  the  European,  African 
and  Middle  Eastern  campaigns  of  World  War 
II.  A  retired  engineer,  Henry  worked  in  the 
field  of  semi-conductot  engineeting  and 
research. 

Former  LVC  directot  of  publications  and 
alumni  secretary  (1950-55)  James  W. 
Parsons  Sr.  '50  died  May  28,  2002,  in 
Cornwall  at  82  years  of  age.  He  was  an  Army 
Air  Corps  veteran,  having  served  in  North 
Africa  and  Italy  during  World  War  II.  An 


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avid  traveler,  James  visited  all  50  states,  17 
foreign  countries  and  all  provinces  of  Canada 
during  his  lifetime.  He  was  the  husband  of 
Mary  Jane  Kern  Smith  Parsons  '55. 

George  A.  DeLong  '51  died  on  March  22, 
2002,  in  Lancaster  at  the  age  ot  79.  He  was 
the  husband  ot  Jeanne  Stine  DeLong  '51. 

An  industrial  specialist,  he  was  retired  from 
the  U.S.  Department  ot  Defense.  George  was 
a  Na\T  veteran  of  World  War  II  stationed 
aboard  the  battleship  USS  Oklahomu  on 
December  7,  1941,  when  it  was  attacked  at 
Pearl  Harbor.  He  also  ser\'ed  on  the  USS 
Helena  during  the  battle  of  Guadalcanal,  the 
USS  Crater,  and  the  USS  Dixie  at  the  Bikini 
Atoll  atom  bomb  test. 

New  Cumberland  resident  Gerald  G.  Shupp  '51 

died  on  May  26,  2002,  at  74  years  ot  age. 
He  was  a  retired  vice  president  of  Miller's 
Mutual  Insurance  Company  of  Harrisburg 
and  an  Army  veteran  of  World  War  U. 

Henry  L.  Hoffman  '52  died  February  4, 
2002,  in  York  at  71  years  ot  age.  He  was 
president  ot  J.C.  Hoffman,  Inc.,  building 
contractors,  and  a  senior  master  sergeant  and 
trumpeter  in  the  533rd  Air  National  Guard 
Band.  He  was  the  husband  ot  Florence 
Sauder  Hoffiman  '53,  and  the  tather  of 
Deborah  Hoffman  Risser  '76. 

Vincent  P.  Lupo  '54  died  February  21, 
2002,  on  his  70th  birthday 

The  Rev.  Harry  L.  Nye  '57  died  March  9, 
2002,  in  Hanover  at  the  age  of  73.  He  was 
the  assistant  pastor  of  Har\'est  Time  Temple 
in  Hanover  and  a  Marine  Corps  veteran  ot 
the  Korean  War. 

Martha  Evans  Wargo  '62  died  February  20, 
2002. 

Diana  Nelson  Laul  '65  died  April  25,  2002, 
m  Lebanon  Township,  N.J.,  at  58  years 
of  age.  A  retired  first-grade  teacher,  Diana 
taught  at  the  Valley  View  School  for  the 
Lebanon  Township  Board  of  Education  for 
20  years  and  at  Scotch  Plains  Elementary 
School  in  New  Jersey  tor  five  years. 

The  Rev.  Maria  Lynn  Fenty  '90  died 
February  12,  2002,  at  the  age  of  33.  She  was 
the  clinical  director  at  Car\'er  Community 
Counseling  Services  in  Schenectady,  N.Y.  An 
ordained  deacon  in  the  Episcopal  Church  of 
the  Diocese  of  Albany,  Maria  embarked  on 
two  missionary  journeys  to  the  Sudan,  once 
in  2001  and  again  in  January  of  2002. 

Editor's  Note:  Dr.  Elizabeth  May  "Betty" 

Geffen,  professor  emerita  of  history,  died 
peacefully  in  her  sleep  on  September  8  at  age 
89.  GefFen  was  an  integral  part  of  the  campus 
for  nearly  45  years  and  will  be  ftjrther  remem- 
bered in  the  spring  issue  of  The  Valley. 


GREAT 
EXPECTATIONS 


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M*      A>l 


EDUCATION  AT  THE  VALIEY 


or  more  than  100  years,  Lebanon  Valley  College  has  prepared  some  of  the  Hnest 
teachers  in  the  country.  In  fact,  several  graduates  have  been  named  "Teacher  of  the 
Year"  by  their  states  and  local  school  districts.  Others  have  distinguished  themselves  as 
principals,  superintendents  and  professors  at  colleges  and  imiversities  across  the  country, 
and  as  leaders  in  all  areas  of  the  educational  arena.  Not  content  to  rest  on  their  laurels, 
LVC's  Education  Department  feculty  have  oudined  an  ambitious  ^enda  to  strengthen 
the  teacher  education  program  that  prepares  students  for  the  responsibiUties,  challenges 
and  rewards  of  teaching. 

The  Role  of  the  Great  Expectations  Campaign 

The  Education  Department  feculty,  with  impetus  from  the  Great  Expectations  campaign,  has 
identified  three  areas  that  will  take  this  outstanding  program  to  the  next  level. 

•  Facilities  and  Equipment:  Beginning  with  a  handful  of  students  in  its  early  years,  the 
Education  Department  has  grown  to  over  300  students  enrolled  in  cerdficate  programs  in  ele- 
mentary, secondary  and  special  education.  There  is  a  need  for  the  department  to  have  its  own 
space  to  handle  increased  demand  and  to  model  what  students  can  expect  to  experience  in  their 
future  school  environments. 

•  Endowment:  Gifts  to  the  Education  Department  endowment  provide  permanent  and  stable 
fiinding  for  the  Valley's  education  program.  These  gifts  will  enable  endowed  scholarship  funds, 
resources  to  &miliarize  students  with  the  most  current  materials,  current  technology  for  int^ra- 
tion  in  all  aspects  of  classroom  instruction,  and  an  educational  lecture  series  to  bring  members 
of  the  educational  community  to  campus. 

•  Program  Initiatives:  To  remain  at  the  forefront  of  teacher  education,  two  new  inidatives  have 
been  proposed.  An  Alternative  Life  Experience  Program  would  provide  a  certificadon  program 
for  individuals  wishing  to  enter  the  teaching  profession  from  other  career  paths.  In  addidon,  an 
enhanced  Learning  Assessment  Program  would  give  student  teachers  more  knowledge  to  identi- 
fy and  teach  students  with  learning  disorders. 


GREAT  EXPECTATIONS  as  of  October  31.  2002 

Gifts  to  Date 


Capital  Construction 


Endowment 


Current  Operations 


*Total  Campaign  Contributions 


'including  gifts  to  all  purposes 


$14,637,912 


$10,600,027 


$  7,813,185 


$35,049,684 


Campaign  Goal 
$25,325,000 


$12,675,000 


$12,000,000 


$50,000,000 


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Enrollment  Growth  Continues 

This  fall,  Lebanon  Valley  College  welcomed 
more  students  than  ever  before.  There  are 
approximately  1.540  tull-time  students  regis- 
tered, 17  more  than  last  year,  and  44  percent 
more  than  were  registered  10  years  ago. 
"Continuing  the  momentum  built  over  the 
last  decade,  the  College  is  pleased  to  announce 
another  record  year  for  enrollment,"  said 
William  Brown  '79,  dean  of  admission  and 
tmancial  aid. 

Seven  of  the  new  first-year  students 
received  the  President's  Award,  a  full-tuition, 
merit-based  scholarship  worth  $20,600,  said 
Brown.  One  hundred  ninety-eight  students 
who  were  in  the  top  10  percent  of  their  high 
school  class  have  been  awarded  one-half 
tuition  Vickroy  Scholarships.  Eighry-three 
first-year  students  who  gtaduated  in  the  top 
20  percent  of  their  high  school  class  were 
awarded  one-third  tuition  Leadership  Awards 
and  52  students  who  graduated  in  the  top  30 
percent  were  awarded  one-quarter  tuition 
Achievement  Awards.  There  are  seven  high 
school  valedictorians  and  eight  salutatorians  in 
the  incoming  class. 

Over  80  percent  of  2001-2002  students 
have  been  awarded  one  of  these  scholarships. 
The  425  first-year  students  come  from  15 
states  and  two  countries. 

Eighty-five  percent  of  2001-2002  fitst- 
year  students  are  enrolling  again  this  year  and 
37  transfers  are  coming  to  LVC.  The  College 
also  has  389  students  registered  part  time. 
There  are  105  students  in  the  Master  of 
Business  Administration  Program  and  36  in 
the  Master  of  Science  Education  Program. 

In  addition,  77  students  have  enrolled  in 
the  Doaor  of  Physical  TTierapy  Program  and  35 
were  registered  for  the  new  summer-only 
Master  of  Music  Education  Program. 


LVC  Ranked  Among 
Top  Schools  Again 

Lebanon  Valley  College  has  been  named  one 
of  the  nation's  "Great  Schools  at  Gteat  Prices" 
by  U.S.News  &  World  Report  in  its  annual 
America's  Best  Colleges  issue.  Online  ratings  are 
available  at  www.usnews.com.  The  College 


was  also  ranked  in  the  top  tier  of  colleges  and 
universities  in  the  category  of  "Best  Universities 
Master's "  in  the  North.  This  is  the  second  year 
that  Lebanon  Valley  College  has  competed  — 
and  excelled  —  in  the  master's  classification. 

"1  am  extremely  pleased  that  the  Valley  has 
been  recognized  once  again  for  its  academic 
excellence,  and  has  been  named  as  a  best 
value'  as  well,"  said  President  G.  David 
Pollick.  "Out  ot  the  1 ,400  colleges  and 
universities  surveyed  by  U.S.News  &  World 
Report,  only  1 90  schools  in  the  country  were 
recognized  as   Great  Schools  at  Great  Prices, 
and  many  of  those  that  head  the  list  are 
much  larger  institutions  with  huge  endow- 
ments to  help  fund  their  students'  educations 
—  including  Princeton,  Harvard,  Stanford 
and  Yale,"  Dr.  Pollick  pointed  out.  "Lebanon 
Villey  continues  to  offer  a  high  quality  educa- 
tion at  a  price  that  makes  it  accessible  to  many 
families." 

The  College  ranked  28th  in  the  top  tiet  of 
institutions  in  their  category.  That  group  was 
headed  by  Villanova  and  included  schools  that 
oftet  mastet's  degrees,  but  few  if  any  doctor- 
ates. Lebanon  Valley  was  in  the  top  10  in  its 
grouping  for  "Average  Graduation  Rate,"  1 2th 
for  "Freshman  in  the  Top  25%  of  High 
School  Class"  and  among  the  top  20  for 
"Average  Freshman  Retention  Rate,"  a  meas- 
ure of  how  many  first-yeat  students  come 
back  for  their  second  year. 

Opening  Breakfast  Forges 
Ties  to  Local  Community 

Lebanon  Valley  College  continued  its  tradition 
of  celebrating  the  new  academic  year  with  an 
opening  breakfast,  which  brings  togethet  the 
College  family  and  highlights  the  strong 


LVC  President  G.  David  Pollick  (center)  chats 
with  students  (I.  to  r.)  Tara  Krammes  01,  Jennifer 
Wetzel  02,  Eric  Connelly  '01,  Kim  Umbenhauer 
01  and  Shawn  Berwager  '01. 

connections  the  College  has  to  the  latger 
Annville  community.  At  the  breakfast. 
President  G.  David  Pollick  made  three 
separate  financial  contributions  to  Annville 
Township  and  the  Annville-Cleona  School 
District  totaling  $70,150.  He  also  highlighted 
the  College's  accomplishments  in  the  last  year 
and  challenged  the  College  community  to 
spend  the  next  year  exploring  ways  to  help 
develop  students  who  will  be  morally  prepared 
to  shape  a  better  world,  and  not  merely  more 
effective  'users'  of  the  world  they  inherit. 

The  majority  of  the  funds  fot  Annville 
Township,  $50,000,  went  to  The  Greater 
Annville  Committee  for  the  College's  second 
installment  toward  the  Annville  Streetscape 
Project  in  the  vicinity  of  routes  422  and  934. 
The  College  has  pledged  a  total  of  $250,000 
toward  the  project,  which  is  now  being  con- 
structed after  more  than  a  decade  ot  planning. 
It  is  designed  to  encourage  the  preservation  of 
Annville's  architecture,  enhance  the  township's 
economic  development,  and  improve  traffic 
flow  and  pedestrian  safoty.  Keith  Kreamer 
'68,  Annville  Township  secretary,  was  at  the 
breakfast  to  receive  that  check  and  also  another 
contribution  from  LVC  for  $8,150,  that  went 
to  the  Annville  Board  of  Commissioners  to 
use  at  their  disctenon  for  township  operations. 
Dr.  Marsha  Zehner  '73,  superintendent  of 
the  Annville-Cleona  School  District,  was  given 
a  check  for  $12,000  to  benefit  local  school 
children.  For  more  information  on  the  break- 
fast including  excerpts  from  Dr.  Pollick's 
speech,  visit  www.lvc.edu/news-events/news.asp. 


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LVC  Dedicates  Three  Facilities 

Peace  Garden:    l.\'C  President  Et/wntm 
John  A.  Synodinos  H'96  and  his  wife. 
Glenda,  were  recognized  on  October  1 8 
when  the  College's  Peace  Garden  was  dedi- 
cated in  their  honor.  The  Peace  Garden 
was  one  of  the  last  major  design  projects 
Dr.  Synodinos  worked  on  as  LVC  president. 
He  retired  in  1996  after  serving  eight  years, 
but  continues  to  serve  the  College  both  as 
a  trustee  and  as  an  adviser  to  Dr.  G.  David 
PoUick,  the  current  president. 

In  the  last  five  years  of  the  Svnodinos 
presidency,  full-time  undergraduate  enroll- 
ment increased  43  percent  and  Lebanon 
Valley  became  recognized  as  a  national 
trendsetter  in  merit-based  scholarships. 
"John  knew  the  hard  work  of  students  should 
be  rewarded, "  said  trustee  Dr.  Thomas  C. 
Reinhart  '58,  H'85  \\  hen  Synodinos 
announced  his  retirement.  At  the  time,  most 
colleges  and  universities  awarded  only  need- 
based  scholarships.  Lebanon  Valley  College 
pioneered  the  return  to  achievement-based 
scholarships. 

Glenda  Synodinos  taught  fifth  grade  at 
Lancaster  Country  Day  School  for  1 2  years 
and  then  in  1984  became  a  business  partner 
with  her  husband  for  lour  years  in  John  A. 
S\Tiodinos  and  Associates,  ^lien  Dr.  S\Tiodinos 
served  as  president  of  LVC  from  1988  to 
1996,  Glenda  continued  to  work  with  him 
tor  the  College  in  a  varier\-  of  roles.  For 
more  information  on  the  Synodinos  family 
and  their  long-time  support  for  LVC,  visit 
wwvv.lvc.edu/news-events/news.asp. 

Dellinger  Hall:    I'he  Dellinger  family  was 
honored  October  1 9  when  the  College's 
newest  residence  was  named  Dellinger  Hall 
in  memor\-  of  Dr.  Woodrow  Dellinger  '33 
and  Curvin  Dellinger  '38,  brothers  and 
both  longtmie  trustees  and  supporters  ot 
LVC.  Among  the  family  members  on  hand 
to  cut  the  ribbon  to  the  three-ston.-  building 
were  Dr.  Dellinger's  widow,  Ella,  and  her 
son,  Woodrow  S.  "Skip"  Dellinger  Jr.  '62, 
a  distinguished  graduate  ot  LVC,  and 
Curvin's  widow,  Mary,  as  well  as  her  chil- 
dren, among  them  Wesley  T.  Dellinger,  '75, 
a  current  LVC  trustee.  At  least  1 1  members 
of  the  extended  Dellinger  family  are  LVC 
graduates. 

Seventy-two  students  moved  into  the 
newly  completed  Dellinger  Hall  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  tall  semester.  Their  residence  is 
part  of  a  residential  quad  comprised  of 
Marquette  Hall,  completed  in  1999,  and  a 


new  student  social  center.  The  three  build- 
ings surround  a  public  plaza  that  incorporates 
gardens,  a  fountain  and  places  for  students  to 
socialize.  Dellinger  Hall  has  eight  suites,  each 
with  four  single  bedrooms  surrounding  a 
shared  living  area  and  bathroom.  There  are 
kitchens  on  each  floor,  and  snacks  are  available 
in  the  nearby  student  social  center,  which 
was  designed  with  student  input.  It  includes 
an  mdoor/outdoor  cafe,  study  areas,  a  game 
room  and  an  apanment  for  a  resident  director. 
For  more  information  on  the  Dellinger  family 
and  their  long-time  involvement  with  L\'C, 
visit  wvvw.lvc.edu/news-events/news.asp. 
Pictures  ot  Dellinger  Hall  can  be  viewed  at 
w\svv.lvc.edu/progress. 

Herbert  Field:   The  Lebanon  Valley  College 
soccer  field  was  recognized  rwice  in  June:  at 
its  formal  dedication  as  Herbert  Field  on 
Alumni  Weekend  and  when  it  was  featured 
as  the  June  cover  of  Sportsturf  magazine. 
Dr.  Rex  Herbert  '72,  a  Harrisburg  orthope- 
dic surgeon  and  part  owner  of  the  Harrisburg 
Heat  professional  soccer  team,  made  a  gener- 
ous gift  toward  the  field  in  honor  of  his 
late  parents. 

Herbert  Field  was  voted  a  Field  of 
Excellence  in  1999  and  last  year  earned 
the  Sports  Turf  Managers  Association  2001 
Soccer  Field  of  the  Year  Award  in  the 
College/Universiry  Division  (all  NCAA 
Divisions).  In  the  spring  of  2000,  the  U.S. 
L'nder-23  Mens  Olympic  Soccer  Team 
practiced  on  Herbert  Field.  Later  that  year, 
the  LI.S.  "VCbmen's  National  Soccer  Team 
tuned  up  their  skills  at  the  premier  tacilin.- 
as  they  prepared  tor  the  inaugural  women's 
Gold  Cup  Tournament,  which  was  held  at 
Hersheypark  Stadium. 

Advancement  Office 
Wins  CASE  Award 

Ihc  College  won  a  Seal  ot  Excellence  .'\ward 
from  the  Council  for  Advancement  and 
Support  of  Education  (CASE)  in  recognition 
ot  the  College's  work  on  the  Great  Expectations 
campaign,  the  S50  million  fund-raising  effort 
launched  in  May.  The  award  was  given  in 
recognition  of  the  Case  Statement  Review 
Sessions  program  developed  by  the  Colleges 
Advancement  Office. 

The  case  statement  review  sessions 
enabled  volunteers,  including  trustees  and 
friends  ot  the  College,  to  work  together  to 
provide  non-staff  viewpoints  as  to  the  best 
manner  to  convey  the  objectives  of  the 


Great  Expectations  campaign.  During  these 
sessions,  numerous  members  of  the  College 
community'  gathered  for  discussions  and  to 
make  recommendations  concerning  printed 
campaign  materials.  The  exceptional  work  of 
these  volunteers  resulted  in  the  extraordinary' 
printed  case  statement  brochure  that  was 
completed  and  published  earlier  this  year. 
The  Seal  of  Excellence  Award  is  an  interna- 
tional award  that  is  open  to  the  more  than 
3,000  educational  institutions  in  the  United 
States  and  abroad  that  are  CASE  members. 
Only  five  other  schools,  including  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology'  and 
Notre  Dame,  won  awards  in  this  category'. 
For  more  information,  visit  wysvv.case.org/ 
awards. 

Film  and  Symposium  on 
Middle  East  Begin  Year 

In  conjunction  with  the  30th  anniversari'  of 
the  hostage  crisis  at  the  1972  Munich 
Olympics  and  in  keeping  with  current  ten- 
sions in  the  Middle  East  and  terrorism 
abroad,  the  Lebanon  X'allev  College  Student 
Programming  Board  and  the  Allen  Theatre 
in  Annville  opened  the  fall  semester  with 
the  film  Otie  Day  in  September.  The  film 
chronicles  the  Palestinian  terrorist  arrack  at 
the  Summer  Olympics  30  years  ago.  .\fter 
the  screening,  a  symposium  featured  a  I9~2 
Olympic  athlete  who  trained  with  one  ot  the 
Israeli  athletes  who  was  killed  in  Munich,  as 
well  as  a  rabbi  and  an  Islamic  spokesperson. 

LVC  Debuts  Online 
Events  Calendar 

1  he  new,  improved  online  calendar  now 
includes  all  culrural,  social,  academic  and 
athletic  events  held  at  the  College.  This  is  a 
full  events  calendar  and  the  first  source  for 
anyone  interested  in  attending  a  campus 
event  or  activity'.  Alumni  and  friends  can 
see  what  is  happening  on  campus  by  clicking 
on  the  calendar  link  on  the  L\'C  home 
page.  Or  \'ou  can  bookmark  the  calendar  at 
wwyy.lvc.edu/calendars-schedules/cilendar.asp. 

Middle  States  Commission 
Reaffirms  LVC  s  Accreditation 

In  luK",  the  .Middle  States  Commission  on 
Higher  Educarion  formally  notified  the  L\'C 
communit)'  that  the  Commission  had  "acted 
to  reaftlrm  the  accreditation  of  Lebanon 
Valley  College  and  to  commend  the  institu- 
tion for  progress  to  date."  This  accreditation 
is  unconditional  and  good  for  10  years.  LVC 
will  undertake  the  next  self-studv  evaluation 


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in  201 1-12  with  an  interim  periodic  review 
report  due  in  June  2007. 

"The  tact  that  the  College's  accreditation 
was  reafFirmed  unconditionally  by  the 
Commission  strongly  reflects  the  efforts  of 
everyone  on  campus  who  worked  through 
this  critical  selt-evaluation,"  noted  LVC 
President  G.  David  Pollick.  "The  collabora- 
tive nature  of  our  faculty  and  administrative 
team  did  not  go  unnoticed  by  the  visiting 
Middle  States  team." 

Sneak  a  Peak  at  Campus 
Construction 

Now  you  can  get  a  bird's-eye  view  of  what 
is  new  on  campus  without  ever  leaving  your 
computer.  Check  out  the  College's  new 
NetCam  at  www.lvc.edu/progress/  any  time, 
day  or  night. 

"Guests  to  our  web  site  can  view  the 
construction  without  getting  dirty,  and  with 
real-time  video,  you  never  miss  a  second," 
said  David  Shapiro  '99  of  LVC  s  informa- 
tion technology  services,  who  helped  plan 
and  set  up  the  camera.  "The  NetCam  gives 
us  a  chance  to  share  the  growth  of  the 
College  with  anyone,  anj'where,"  Shapiro 
added. 

Awards 

LVC  Trustee  Morton  Spector  H'02  was 

awarded  an  honorary  doctorate  at  the 
College's  Commencement.  Dr.  Spector, 
known  for  his  titeless  volunteer  efforts,  has 
been  a  LVC  trustee  since  1983  and  is  currently 
a  trustee  emeritus.  He  has  served  as  a  board 
member  of  over  20  charities  in  the  past  50 
years.  Spector  has  ser\'ed  in  leadership  posi- 
tions in  organizations  for  the  arts,  youth, 
seniors,  health  care,  urban  issues,  the  needy, 
education  and  the  Jewish  community.  He  is 
also  the  treasurer  and  chair  of  the  board  of 
his  family's  business.  Design  House  Kitchens 
and  Appliances,  LLC,  Harrisburg.  Over  the 
years,  Spector  has  been  recognized  by  many 
groups  for  his  volunteer  work.  His  son, 
Harry,  graduated  in  1 979  from  the  Valley. 

Marie  Bongiovanni,  associate  professor  and 
chair  of  the  English  Department,  was  given 
the  Thomas  Rhys  Vickroy  Award  for 
Distinguished  Teaching  at  Commencement. 
The  prestigious  honor  is  bestowed  annually 
to  a  full-time  faculty  member.  Bongiovanni, 
who  joined  the  College  in  1990,  teaches 
courses  in  travel  writing,  environmental  liter- 


Alyce  and  Dr.  Morton  Spector  H'02  enjoy  a 
moment  at  the  Kreiderheim  reception  that 
was  held  in  their  honor  following  graduation 
ceremonies. 

atute  and  communications.  She  is  experi- 
enced in  journalism,  public  relations  and 
freelance  writing.  Bongiovanni  has  published 
a  book  and  numerous  articles  and  essays  in 
national  magazines.  She  holds  a  bachelor's 
degree  in  journalism/advertising  from  Temple 
LIniversity,  a  master's  degree  in  liberal  arts 
from  the  University  ot  Pennsylvania  and  a 
masters  degree  in  business  administration 
from  Drexel  University. 

Gene  Veno,  adjunct  instructor  in  business 
and  economics,  won  the  Nevelyn  J.  Knisley 
Award  for  Inspirational  Teaching.  The  award, 
presented  at  Commencement,  is  presented 
annually  to  an  adjunct  or  part-time  faculty 
member.  Veno  has  taught  at  the  College 
for  five  years.  He  has  extensive  experience 
in  both  public  and  private  sector  health 
care  administration.  Veno  teaches  courses 
in  business  and  marketing.  He  holds  a 
master's  degree  in  public  administration 
from  Marywood  University,  Scranton. 

Meredith  Ann  McGinley  '02,  a  summa 
cum  //^/(fl'c  graduate  in  psychology,  received 
the  Howard  Anthony  Neidig  Award  during 
Commencement.  The  award  is  the  highest 
honor  bestowed  on  a  member  of  the  senior 
class.  Professor  Emeritus  H.  Anthony 
Neidig  '43  established  the  award  in  1994  to 
recognize  a  senior  from  the  College  who  dis- 
plays academic  achievement,  makes  a  signifi- 


cant contribution  to  the  College  and  shows  a 
concern  for  others.  McGinley,  a  resident 
of  Mahanoy  Plane,  is  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Alpha  Epsilon  honor  society,  and  was  co- 
president  of  the  College  chapter  of  Psi  Chi, 
the  local  branch  of  the  national  honor  society 
in  psychology.  She  was  an  active  participant 
in  the  Cognitive  Studies  Laboratory,  and 
she  presented  her  work  with  other  students  at 
the  2001  meeting  of  the  Eastern  Psychological 
Association.  McGinley  also  earned  the  Jean 
O.  Love  Award  for  Outstanding  Achievement 
in  Psychology,  the  Psychology  Department's 
Leadership  Award,  and  is  listed  in  Who's 
Who  Among  Students  in  American  Colleges 
and  Universities. 

Dr.  John  Synodinos  H'96,  president  emeri- 
tus of  LVC,  received  a  Distinguished  Citizen 
Award  in  May  from  the  Boy  Scouts  of 
America,  Pennsylvania  Dutch  Council.  The 
award  was  presented  in  Lancaster  in  recogni- 
tion oi   Synodmos'  role  in  civic  and  charitable 
organizations  in  Lebanon  and  Lancaster 
Counties.  Dick  Vermeil,  twice  named  the 
National  Football  League's  Coach  of  the  Year, 
was  the  guest  speaker  at  the  event.  In  a 
newspaper  interview  with  the  Lancaster 
Intelligencer  Journal,  Synodinos  said  he  was 
surprised  by  the  honor.  "My  den  mother 
wouldn't  believe  this,"  he  quipped.  Although 
Synodinos  said  he  never  made  it  past  the 
Cub  Scouts,  he  has  been  a  very  active  volun- 
teer for  many  groups  that  support  education, 
the  arts,  museums  and  historic  organizations, 
business,  politics  and  social  causes.  "I've  gotten       j 
a  lot  of  personal  satisfaction  working  with  a 
lot  of  wonderful  people  for  a  lot  of  wonderful 
causes, "  he  said. 

Honored 

Anne  M.  Berry,  vice  president  for  advance- 
ment, was  selected  this  past  summer  to 
ser\'e  a  three-year  term  on  the  Commission 
on  Philanthropy  for  the  Council  for 
Advancement  and  Support  of  Education 
(CASE),  an  organization  for  38,000  advance- 
ment professionals  worldwide.  She  was  one 
of  24  professionals  chosen  from  a  pool  of 
more  than  200  to  serve  on  one  of  CASE's 
three  professional  commissions. 

CASE  works  to  foster  education  world- 
wide by  aiding  those  who  work  in  alumni 
relations,  communications  and  development. 
Its  Commission  on  Philanthropy  ditects 
research  to  evaluate  both  the  professional 
practices  and  ser\'ices  in  development.  The 


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commission  ensures  that  those  practices  reflect 
the  highest  professional  standards. 

Berry  will  serve  with  other  advancement 
professionals  chosen  from  colleges  and 
universities  in  the  U.S.,  Canada  and  England. 
case's  membership  includes  more  than 
3,000  colleges,  universities,  and  independent 
elementary  and  secondary  schools  in  the 
United  States,  Canada,  Mexico  and  42  other 
countries.  It  is  the  largest  nonprofit  education 
association  in  terms  of  institutional  member- 
ship. 

Dr.  D.  Clark  Carmean  H'85,  dean  emeritus 
ot  admission,  celebrated  his  98th  birthday 
May  22  with  staff,  faculty  and  alumni  at  Hill 
Farm  Estate,  the  Annville  retirement  home 
where  he  lives.  He  and  his  friends  enjoyed 
cake  and  ice  cream.  His  long  association  with 
the  College  began  in  1933  when  he  became 
an  instructor  of  music  education  and  string 
instruments.  He  went  on  to  serve  as  dean  of  men 
from  1935  to  1940  and  as  director  of  admis- 
sion from  1949  to  1973. 

Sherri  Pursel  '04  of  Dillsburg  was  selected  by 
the  trusteeship  committee  of  the  LVC  Board 
of  Trustees  to  be  the  new  student  trustee.  The 
other  tA\o  top  candidates  for  the  position  were 
Cassandra  Hoadley  '04  of  Hop  Bottom  and 
Amy  E.  Smith  '04  of  Shamokin.  Chair  ot 
the  Board  Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55  named  both 
Hoadley  and  Smith  to  one-year  terms  as  voting 
members  of  the  advancement  committee  for 
the  upcoming  academic  year. 

Poet  Speaks  on 
Women  Writers 

Loreina  Santos  Silva,  considered  one  of 
the  best  Puerto  Rican  poets  writing  today, 
presented  a  lecture  in  April  at  the  College, 
titled  Women  Writing:  A  Wiy  to  Light.  She  has 
written  1 5  poetry  books  and  countless  articles 
tor  literary  magazines,  anthologies  and  news- 
papers. Her  works  have  been  translated  into 
English,  French  and  Hindu.  She  has 
presented  her  work  in  Europe,  Central  and 
South  America,  and  Asia  in  addition  to 
the  United  States. 


Published 

Dr.  John  Hinshaw,  a.ssistant  professor  of 
history  and  political  science,  has  written  a 
book  on  the  forces  that  shaped  Pittsburgh, 
big  business  and  labor  during  the  city's  rapid 
industrialization  in  the  mid-20th  century. 
Steel  and  Steelworkers:  Raee  and  CLisi  Conflict 
in  Twentieth  Century  Pittsburgh  also  covers 
Pittsburgh's  precipitous  deindustrialization 
toward  the  end  ot  the  20th  century,  and  the 
real  story  behind  its  reinvention  from  "hell 
with  the  lid  off"  to  America's  most  livable  ciry. 
The  320-page  book  was  published  this  year 
by  the  State  University  of  New  York  Press. 
Hinshaw  appeared  on  Pennsyh'ania  Books,  a 
program  on  the  Pennsylvania  Cable  Network. 
The  program  aired  several  times  last  summer. 

Dr.  Michael  G.  Long,  adjunct  instructor  in 
religion  and  philosophv,  has  written  a  book, 
titled  Against  Us.  But  for  Us:  Martin  Luther 
King  Jr  and  the  State,  which  seeks  to  explain 
Martin  Luther  King  Jr. 's  understanding  of 
government.  The  232-page  book,  published 
by  Mercer  Universit\'  Press  in  Macon,  Ca.,  is 
aimed  at  academics  with  interests  in  African- 
American  studies,  theology,  political  science 
and  Southern  history.  Lay  readers  with  a  deep 
interest  in  the  thought  ot  Martin  Luther  King 
Jr.  will  also  find  the  book  thought  provoking. 


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f^,i,-i?  and  Class  Struggle  /n  Twentteth-Century  Pinsburgh 


Dr.  John  Hinshaw,  assistant  professor  of 
history  and  political  science,  has  written  a 
book  on  the  forces  that  shaped  Pittsburgh,  big 
business  and  labor  during  the  city's  rapid 
industrialization  in  the  mid-20th  century. 


Dr.  Salvatore  S.  CuJlari,  professor  and  chair 
ot  psychology,  published  an  article  in  the  June 
2002  i.ssue  of  the  North  American  Journal  of 
Psychology,  titled  "On  Differentiating  Major 
Depression  from  Chronic  Sadness."  Cullari 
also  was  quoted  extensively  in  the  June/July 
issue  of  Women's  Health  &  Fitness  Magazine. 
He  is  interviewed  about  his  1999  study, 
"Body-Image  Perceptions  Across  Age  Groups," 
which  found  that  nearly  all  women  are  dissat- 
isfied with  their  weight  and  develop  a  negative 
body  image. 

Cynthia  R.  Johnston,  lecturer  in  the 
C'hemistry  Department,  wrote  an  article  on 
"Air  Pollutant  Emissions  from  Power  Plants" 
tor  the  summer  2002  issue  ot  i\\t  Journal 
of  Pyrotechnics. 

Dr.  Noel  Hubler,  assistant  professor  of  reli- 
gion and  philosophy,  wrote  an  article,  titled 
"The  Role  of  Aesthetics  in  Plotinus'  ^Ascent  of 
the  Soul,'  that  was  published  in  Neoplatonism 
and  Western  Aesthetics,  edited  by  Aphrodite 
Alexandakis.  The  article  draws  connections 
between  Plotinus'  aesthetics  and  mysticism. 

Dr.  Michael  Day,  professor  ot  physics,  pub- 
lished a  book  review  of  The  One  Culture:  A 
Conversation  about  Science  \>\  Jay  Labinger 
and  Harry  Collins  in  the  May  2002  issue  ot 
Physics  m  Perspective. 

The  re.search  of  Dr.  Carl  Wigal,  professor 
and  chair  of  chemistry,  and  eight  students  was 
highlighted  recently  in  the  latest  issue  ot 
Council  on  Undergraduate  Research  Quarterly. 
The  article  details  the  work  ot  1 1  undergradu- 
ate research  groups  that  have  successfully 
published  articles  in  peer-reviewed  journals. 
The  students  m\ol\ed  in  the  work  \vere: 
Aaron  Aponick  '98,  Ryan  Buzdygon  '02, 
Aleem  Fazal  '00,  Ellen  Shughan  '02,  Robert  J. 
Tomko  '02,  Danielle  McMastcr  '02,  Michael 
M«rs  "01  and  VCTlliam  Pitcockjr.  '03. 

Dr.  Gary  Grieve-Carlson,  professor  ot 
English  and  director  ot  general  education, 
reviewed  Barry  H.  Leeds'  The  Enduring 
X'ision  of  Norman  Mailer  and  Joseph  Dewey's 
i  'nderstanding  Richard  Powers  for  Choice. 
The  monthly  journal  publishes  reviews 
of  Lurrent  scholarly  books  and  electronic 
products  for  librarians  and  faculty  members. 


F.ALL  2002     31 


news 


Organ-Choral  Lectureship 
Marks  50  Years 

The  College's  50th  annual  Organ-Choral 
Lectureship  in  September  celebrated  the 
Valley's  long  tradition  of  outstanding  music. 
The  annual  day-long  workshop  for  music 
educators,  organists,  choir  members,  clergy 
and  church  music  enthusiasts  began  with  a 
hymn  festival  led  by  organist  Dr.  Shelly 
Moorman-Stahlman,  associate  professor  of 
music.  Each  hymn  incorporated  various 
instrumental  ensembles  and  soloists  from 
the  College.  Workshop  participants  sang 
along  to  bring  the  hymns  to  life. 

Members  of  the  LVC  Music  Department 
offered  a  selection  of  workshops.  Moonnan- 
Stahlman  shared  creative  ways  to  entice  a 
congregation  to  sing.  Dr.  Mark  Mecham, 
Clark  and  Edna  Carmean  Distinguished 
Professor  of  Music,  discussed  how  to  maxi- 
mize choral  sound.  Jeffrey  Snyder,  assistant 
professor  of  music  and  assistant  professor  of 
music  recording  technology,  covered  technol- 
ogy and  copyright  law  for  church  musicians, 
including  ways  to  improve  recordings. 
Workshop  participants  had  the  opportunity 
to  experience  the  computer  program  Finale 
in  the  Presser  Gillespie  Room,  a  recently 
dedicated  teaching  facility.  This  state-of-the- 
art  multimedia  resource  room  has  17  Yamaha 
Clavinova  MIDI  stations.  The  MIDIs  notate 
music  as  it  is  played,  creating  a  written 
record  of  the  sounds.  The  day  concluded 
with  a  reading  session  of  anthems  and  organ 
music  that  incorporates  other  instruments. 

Grant  Recipients 

Dr.  Angel  T.  Tuninetti,  associate  professor 
of  Spanish,  received  a  faculty  development 
grant  to  participate  in  the  Association  of 
Departments  of  Foreign  Languages  Summer 
Seminar  East  hosted  by  the  University  of 
Maryland,  College  Park,  in  June.  More 
than  70  administrators  and  departmental 
chairs  from  colleges  and  universities 
around  the  country  attended  the  sessions 
on  Internationalization:  Setting  the  Campus 
Agenda. 

Tuninetti  was  also  selected  to  join  more 
than  600  Spanish  educators  from  academic 
institutions  in  the  United  States,  Spain  and 
Latin  America  to  participate  in  the  annual 
reading  and  scoring  of  the  College  Board 
Advanced  Placement  (AP)  Examinations  in 
Spanish.  The  AP  Reading  was  in  June  at 
Trinity  University,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 


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Dr.  Stephen  C.  MacDonald,  vice  president 
for  academic  affairs  and  dean  of  the  faculty, 
addressed  the  largest  graduating  class  in  the 
history  of  the  College  in  May  2002. 


Corinne  Erb  '02,  a  French  and  music  major, 
was  awarded  an  internship  to  spend  the 
month  of  July  at  the  Centre  International 
Culturel  Mixte  de  la  Francophonie  at 
La  Baule  in  Brittany,  France,  with  35  other 
students  of  24  different  nationalities.  She 
was  selected  to  represent  the  United  States 
based  on  her  fluency  in  French  and  her 
musical  talent.  The  theme  for  the  event 
was  Love  and  Friendship  through  French 
Literature  and  Songs. 

Presenters 

Dr.  Stephen  E.  Williams,  professor  of 
biology  and  one  of  the  world's  leading 
experts  on  carnivorous  plants,  presented  a 
keynote  address  at  The  Fourth  International 
Carnivorous  Plant  Conference  in  Tokyo, 
Japan,  in  June.  The  three-day  conference 
at  the  National  Science  Museum,  Shinjuku 
Campus,  attracted  scientists  and  carnivorous 
plant  enthusiasts  from  all  over  the  world. 
Williams'  address  drew  on  over  30  years  of 
research  on  the  movements  of  animal-eating 
plants.  His  lecture  covered  how  Venus  flytraps 
and  sundews,  a  lesser-known  carnivorous 
plant,  are  able  to  capture  insects.  The  emphasis 
of  his  talk  was  on  how  the  Venus  flytrap 
moves  so  quickly. 

As  one  of  the  few  scientists  in  the  world 
who  has  devoted  serious  study  to  the  sensory 
responses  of  plants,  Williams  has  helped  to 
clarify  some  of  the  questions  surrounding 
these  mysterious  carnivores  that  perplexed 


Charles  Darwin.  Working  with  colleagues 
and  students  at  Lebanon  Valley,  Cornell 
University,  Washington  University  in  St. 
Louis  and  elsewhere,  Williams  has  helped 
answer  these  questions:  Fiow  does  the  plant 
"know"  when  to  snap  shut?  What  makes  it 
stay  shut  to  "digest"  an  insect,  but  know  to 
open  again  if  is  doesn't  have  anything  to 
digest?  How  are  carnivorous  plants  related 
to  each  other  and  other  plants? 

He  and  his  co-authors  have  published 
numerous  articles  in  major  scientific  journals, 
including  cover  stories  in  Science  3.nA  the 
American  Journal  of  Botany.  The  conference 
in  Japan  was  sponsored  by  the  International 
Carnivorous  Plant  Society,  Inc.,  in  coopera- 
tion with  the  Insectivorous  Plant  Society 
of  Tokyo. 

Dr.  Diane  Iglesias,  professor  of  Spanish, 
presented  an  in-service  workshop  to  the 
secondary  faculty  of  Lebanon  Catholic 
School  in  March.  The  topic  was  Content 
Area  Competencies:  Individual  Teacher 
Assessment.  She  also  gave  a  presentation  to 
students  at  Hershey  Middle  School  in 
March,  titled  The  Spanish  Teen  Scene:  How 
to  he  Totally  "Guay.  " 

Jean-Paul  Benowitz,  adjunct  instructor  in 
history,  presented  a  paper,  titled  "Jacqueline 
Kennedy  and  Lady  Bird  Johnson:  Transition 
and  Turbulence,  Setting  New  Boundaries 
for  the  Role  of  First  Lady,"  at  the  32nd 
Popular  Culture  and  24th  American  Culture 
Association's  Annual  Conference  in  Toronto, 
Canada  in  March.  At  the  conference,  he 
was  appointed  area  co-chair  for  biography 
and  popular  culture  for  2003  and  will  become 
area  chair  in  2004. 

Joel  Kline  '89,  assistant  professor  of  business 
and  economics  and  acting  director  of  the 
Digital  Communications  Program,  served  as 
a  judge  for  the  annual  Pennsylvania  Cable 
and  Telecommunications  Association  Image 
Awards  in  March.  He  was  on  a  committee 
that  judged  cable  programs  in  the  categories 
of  Local  Programming  and  Educational 
Outreach,  and  served  on  the  committee 
recommending  the  prestigious  Yolanda  C. 
Barco  award,  which  was  presented  to  the 
cable  programmer  demonstrating  significant 
support  of  education  through  the  use  of 
cable  programming/resources.  This  year's 
recipient  was  Comcast  for  providing  volun- 
teers and  a  broadband  Internet  connection 
to  an  inner-city  Boys  Club. 


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Suspend  and  Levitate 


August  30  -  October  13,  2002 

Deborah  Sigel,  Sequence,  2002,  Egyptian  paste  and  steel, 
courtesy  of  the  artist 


Musical  Notes  from  Honore  Daumier 

Prints  from  the  Collection  of  Egon  and  Belle  Gartenberg 
October  25  -  December  15,  2002 

Honore  Daumier,  Paganini  moderne,  se  brulant  le  toupet,  dans  le  feu 
de  I'executioni  (A  modern-day  Paganini,  setting  his  hair  on  fire  in  the  heat 
of  a  performance!),  "Les  Musiciens  de  Paris,"  (The  Musicians  of  Paris), 
no.  4;  published  in  La  Caricature,  November  7,  1841,  and  Le  Charivari, 
February  9,  1843,  23.2  x  17.7  cm. 

Contemporary  African  Art 

January  10  -  February  16,  2003 

Amboua,  African  Scene  #13,  Leopoldville,  Belgian  Congo,  undated  from 
20th  century,  acrylic  on  paper,  approx.  14x16  in.,  unframed,  courtesy  Philip 
and  Muriel  Berman  Museum  of  Art,  Ursinus  College 


Susan  Leopold 

t  Tornado  Tower  and  Other  Eccentric  Spaces,  1992  -  2003 

■      February  28  -  April  1 3,  2003 
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Susan  Leopold,  Tornado,  1992,  mixed  media, 
wooden  construction,  19  x  17  x  17  in. 


Jerome  Hershey 

^  Paintings 

May  22  -  June  29,  2003 

Jerome  Hershey,  Rose  Variation  #6,  2001,  oil  on  museum 
board,  20  x  20  in.,  from  the  collection  of  Ellen  and  Bob  Groff 


Call  717-867-6445  or  visit  www.lvc.edu/galleiyA 

iGallery  Hours:  Thursday-  Friday,  1:00  p.m.  -  4:30  p.m. 

Saturday  -  Sunday,  11:00  a^m.-  5:00  p.m.  and  by^ 


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news 


Ed  Marshall  02  receives  graduation  congrat- 
ulations fimn  Dk  Ross  Fasick  '55,  chair  of  the 
L  VC  Board  of  Trustees. 

Dr.  Noel  Hubler,  associate  professor  ot  religion 
and  philosophy,  presented  a  paper,  titled 
The  Liar  Paradox:  A  Failure  of  Representation, 
at  the  American  Philosophical  Associations 
annual  meeting  in  Seattle. 

Dr.  Robert  Hearson,  professor  of  music, 
presented  a  clinic,  called  Winds  of  Change  — 
Building  a  Wind  Ensemble  Program  in  Your 
School  (oT  music  educators  at  the  PMEA 
Annual  In-Service  Conference  in  Philadelphia 
in  April.  Topics  included  the  evolution, 
philosophy,  instrumentation,  seating,  literature, 
scheduling  and  programming  value  of  the 
wind  ensemble. 

Dr.  Scott  Walck,  assistant  professor  of 
physics,  gave  a  talk,  titled  Quantum  Computers 
and  Quantum  Entanglemein,  at  Muhlenberg 
College  in  April. 

Dr.  Luke  Huggins,  assistant  professor  of 
biology,  presented  a  poster  at  the  43rd 
Annual  Drosophila  Research  Conference  in 
San  Diego,  Calif,  in  April.  The  poster  was 
titled  "A  Dominant  Modifier  Screen 
Identifies  Without  Children  (woe)  as  a 
Potential  New  Component  of  the  Dpp 
Signal  Transduction  Pathway." 


Working  Together 

Dr.  Noel  Hubler,  associate  professor  of  reli- 
gion and  philosophy,  and  Dan  Zelesko  '03, 

presented  a  paper,  titled  "Hegel,  Nietzsche, 
and  the  progress  of  dialectical  philosophy,"  at 
a  student/faculty  research  forum  at  Mount 
St.  Mary's  College  in  Maryland  in  April.  The 
research  grew  out  of  a  term  paper  that 
Zelesko  wrote  for  a  History  of  Philosophy 
course  in  spring  2001. 

Dr.  Allan  Wolfe,  professor  and  chair  of  biolo- 
g)-,  and  Dr.  Stephen  Williams,  professor  ot 
biology,  attended  the  78th  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Science  in 
April  at  Pocono  Manor,  Mount  Pocono, 
along  with  Jason  Suda  '02  and  Abigail 
Stolzfiis  '02.  The  students  created  a  poster 
and  made  a  presentation  with  Williams. 
Wolfe  presented  a  postet  on  his  tesearch  with 
Mark  A.  Kapolka  '92. 

Dr.  Salvatore  Cullari,  professor  and  chair 
of  psycholog)',  had  an  article  accepted  for 
publication  in  the  North  American  Journal  of 
Psychology,  titled  "Body-image  Assessment:  A 
Review  and  Evaluation  of  a  New  Computer- 
aided  Measurement  Technique."  It  was 
co-authored  bv  Michelle  Vosburgh  '01, 
Amber  Shotwell  '02,  Julien  Inzodda  '00 
and  Wendi  Davenport  '00.  This  marked 
Cullari's  50th  professional  publication,  nine 
of  which  have  been  written  in  collaboration 
with  LVC  students  and  alumni. 

Lebanon  Valley  College  hosted  the  66th 
Annual  Intercollegiate  Student  Chemists' 
Convention  in  April.  Undergraduate 
researchers  from  1 5  local  colleges  and  univer- 
sities presented  their  work.  Thirty  LVC 


Dr  Allan  Wolfe  and  Julia  Wolfe  attend  the 
Kreiderheim  ceremony  in  which  Wolfe  was 
recognized  for  receiving  his  outstanding 
teacher  award  from  the  graduating  class. 


chemistry  and  biochemistry  majors,  along 
with  the  entire  chemistry  faculty,  planned, 
attended  and  ran  the  meeting.  The  research 
presentations  of  35  students  from  colleges 
and  universities  in  Pennsylvania,  Maryland 
and  Delaware  were  judged  by  faculty,  as  well 
as  scientists  from  the  Pennsylvania  Department 
of  Environmental  Protection,  the  Penn  State 
College  of  Medicine  and  the  Smithsonian 
Institute  in  Washington,  D.C.  Presenting 
theif  work  were  Tony  Huynh  '03,  Ryan 
Buzdygon  '02,  and  William  Pitcock  '03, 
who  earned  a  second-place  award  for  his 
organic  chemistry  research.  Buzdvgon  and 
Pitcock  were  part  of  Carl  W^gal's  research 
group.  Huynh  worked  with  Dr.  Donald 
Dahlberg  in  collaboration  with  Hetshey 
Foods  on  his  project.  One  highlight  of  the 
dav  was  the  plenary  lecture  given  by  Dr.  Ned 
Heindel  '59,  former  national  president  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society  and  professor 
of  chemistry  at  Lehigh  Universit}-.  Also  on 
hand  was  Heindel's  undergraduate  research 
mentor.  Dr.  Tony  Neidig  '43,  professor 
emeritus  of  chemistry. 

Dr.  Carl  "Wigal,  professor  and  chair  of 
chemistry,  presented  a  paper  in  April  at  the 
National  Meeting  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society  in  Orlando,  Fla.  The  paper,  titled 
"Regioselective  Alkylations  of  1,  4-Quinones 
with  Otganocadmium  Reagents,"  was  co- 
authored  by  Ryan  Buzdygon  '02,  Robert 
Totnko  '02,  Ellen  Schughart  '02,  Danielle 
McMasters  '02  and  William  Pitcock  '03. 
Their  eftorts  were  supported  by  grants 
from  the  National  Science  Foundation  and 
Petroleum  Research  Fund. 

Marie  Bongiovanni,  associate  professor  and 
chair  of  English,  and  Amanda  Neely  '02, 
attended  the  Fourth  Annual  Pennsylvania 
Undergraduate  English  Majors  Conference 
in  April  at  Slipper}-  Rock  University.  Neely 
presented  her  essay,  titled  Whispers,  in  the 
creative  nonfiction  session. 

LVC's  24-member  chaptei  of  Phi  Beta 
Lambda  attended  the  31st  annual  Penns)'lvania 
Phi  Beta  Lambda  State  Leadership  Conference 
in  Harrisburg  in  April.  Phi  Beta  Lambda  is 
the  national  collegiate  level  of  the  Future 
Business  Leaders  of  America  Organization. 
The  Valley  chapter  is  a  business  co-educational 
"fratetnity"  that  participates  in  both  social 
and  professional  events.  Various  state  chapters 
of  Phi  Beta  Lambda  came  together  for  a 
weekend  of  meetings,  workshops  and  academic 


34     The  Valley 


comperitions.  Other  schools  in  attendance 
included  Temple,  Bloomsburg  and  Penn  State 
universities. 

,\ll  LVC  members  who  attended  the  con- 
ference placed  in  the  state's  top  three  positions 
in  their  respective  events,  with  six  first-place 
finishes  and  one  third-place  finish.  The 
team  of  John  Banks  IV  '02,  Patrick  Grant 
'02  and  Nathan  Hengst  '02,  placed  first  jn 
strategic  management  and  business  decision- 
making. Ron  Garcia  '02  placed  first  in 
accounting  for  professionals.  Robert  Perry  '02 
placed  first  in  marketing.  Jamie  Cronin  '02 
placed  first  in  accounting  principles.  Judie 
Leidy  '04  placed  third  in  business  principles. 


Job  Changes 

Jessica  Bostdorf  '99,  formerly  an  admission 
counselor  tor  LVC,  joined  the  development 
staff  in  September  as  the  assistant  director  of 
annual  giving.  She  has  a  degree  in  English 
communications,  and  is  currently  pursuing 
her  master  of  business  administration  degree 
at  the  Valle\-. 

Edward  Pitingolo,  who  taught  accounting 
at  LVC  during  the  last  academic  year,  was 
named  director  of  the  West  Shore  Center. 
Pitingolo  will  be  responsible  for  recruiting, 
staffing  and  developing  course  offerings  at 
the  \(est  Shore  Center  and  other  Contmuing 
Education  locations  in  the  greater  Harrisburg 
area.  Previously,  he  was  president  of  EDP 
Systems,  Inc.,  of  Harrisburg.  He  also  has  ser\'ed 
as  an  adjunct  faculty  member  at  Harrisburo 
Area  Community  College  and  a  corporate 
controller  for  Harman  Stove  Co.  Pitingolo 
has  a  bachelors  degree  in  professional 
accountancy  from  Pennsv'lvania  State  L!ni\'ersin' 
and  a  master  of  business  administration  degree 
from  Kutztown  University.  He  is  a  certified 
management  accountant  (CMA)  and  is  certi- 
fied in  financial  management  (CFM). 

Dr.  Stacy  A.  Goodman  has  been  awarded 
tenure  and  promoted  to  .issociate  professor  of 
biology.  Dr.  Shelly  Moorman-Stahlman  has 
been  awarded  tenure  and  promoted  to  .associate 
professor  of  music.  Dr.  Angel  T.  Tuninetti 
has  been  awarded  tenure  and  promoted  to 
associate  professor  of  Spanish.  Dr.  Paul  A. 
Heise  and  Dr.  Jeanne  C.  Hey  have  been 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  professor  of  economics. 
Dr.  Dale  E.  Summers  has  been  promoted  to 
professor  of  education.  Dr.  Carl  T.  Wigal 
has  been  promoted  to  professor  of  chemistrv 
and  is  serving  as  department  chair. 


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by  Mary  Beth  Hovi/er 


For  members  of  the  LVC  Symphony  Orchestra,  performing  the  works 
of  Mozart  and  Schubert  will  never  be  the  same.  Led  by  Dr.  Johannes  Dietrich, 
the  College's  orchestra  director  and  assistant  professor  of  music,  38  LVC  students 
had  the  unique  opportunity  to  spend  nearly  two  weeks  in  May  touring  and  per- 
forming in  Europe. 

"This  is  something  I've  wanted  to  do  for  a  long  time,"  said  Dietrich.  "I  decided 
that  we  would  go  if  we  had  an  orchestra  worthy  of  traveling,  one  that  would  repre- 
sent the  school  well  and  do  the  music  well,"  With  the  help  of  Music  Celebrations 
International,  a  tour  management  company  based  in  Arizona,  the  orchestra  was 
able  to  perform  as  part  of  the  2002  American  Celebration  of  Music  in  Austria 
and  Italy  The  tour  marked  the  first  international  voyage  for  the  lion's  share  of  the 
students  and  provided  Dietrich  with  an  opportunity  to  return  to  Austria,  where  he 
spent  the  1984-85  academic  year  studying  at  the  Mozarteum  in  Salzburg. 

The  orchestra's  itinerary  included  appearances  in  Austria  at  the  Karlskirche  in 
Vienna,  the  Vigaun  Kurzentrum  in  Salzburg  and  the  Golden  Roof  in  Innsbruck,  as 
well  as  a  performance  at  the  Auditorio  S  Nicolo  in  Chioggia,  Italy  "Acoustically 
the  venues  were  very  different,"  explained  Dietrich,  "from  a  big,  beautiful  old 
church  filled  with  echoes  to  an  outdoor  square  at  the  center  of  Innsbruck,  Despite 
these  polar  opposites,  the  orchestra  really  rose  to  the  occasion  each  time." 

According  to  Dietrich,  the  group  was  very  well  received,  playing  to  packed 
houses  in  Innsbruck  and  Vienna,  and  receiving  standing  ovations  everywhere  — 
even  in  Chioggia,  where  the  turnout  was  small  due  to  an  Italian  Communist  Party 
rally  held  that  same  evening 

"They  were  unbelievably  professional,"  Dietrich  said  of  the  orchestra  members 
He  added  that  the  tour  provided  a  unique  opportunity  for  students  to  bond  as  a 
group,  performing  together  four  times  during  the  two-week  trip  rather  than  just 
the  three  concerts  usually  scheduled  over  the  course  of  an  entire  academic  year 
In  addition  to  performing,  the  students  also  had  ample  opportunity  to  visit  muse- 
ums and  historical  sites.  "Salzburg  is  the  birthplace  of  Mozart,  and  Venice  is  a 
city  that's  incredibly  important  for  musicians."  Dietrich  said,  "To  see  the  venues 
that  so  much  shaped  the  history  of  the  music  we're  doing,  and  to  play  the  music 
of  Mozart  and  Schubert  where  these  musicians  lived  and  played,  was  extraordinary." 

Mary  Beth  Hower  is  a  freelance  writer  from  Annvitle.  S/ie  was  formerly  the  director 
of  media  relations  at  LVC  for  over  a  decade. 


F.ML  2002    35 


Clifford  Manana,  veteran 
trade  unionist,  poses  with 
his  children  in  the  back 
of  his  house,  which  is 
typical  of  black  South 
African  workers. 


A  Note 
from  South 
Africa 

by  Dr.  John  Hinshaw 


1  hanks   to   LVC'S   support,  l  spent  seven  weeks 
this  summer  collecting  interviews  with  South  African  steel  workers.  I  wrote  a 
book  titled  Steel  and  Steelworkers:  Race  and  Class  Struggle  in  Twentietti- 
Century  Pittsburgh  (SUNY,  2002)  and  I  wrote  much  of  it  while  in  South  Africa 
in  1997-98.  So  it  seemed  natural  to  investigate  the  history  of  steel  and  steel 
workers  there.  What  follows  is  a  shorter  version  of  an  e-mail  that  I  sent  to 
the  LVC  community. 

It  is  winter  in  Johannesburg,  which  means  nights  in  the  low  40s,  and 
clear  days  that  might  reach  the  high  60s.  So  if  you  live  in  a  house  with  a 
good  heating  system,  you  don't  really  feel  it.  You  can  lunch  outside,  so 
by  comparison  to  Pennsylvania,  it  is  not  a  real  hardship. 

But  people  do  suffer  in  the  cold,  particularly  the  millions  who  live  in 
South  Africa's  numerous  "informal  settlements."  On  my  drive  to  Vanderbijipark, 
the  steel  city  of  Africa,  I  pass  miles  of  townships,  where  people  at  least 
have  electricity  and  running  water,  and  the  informal  settlements  where 
people  live  in  shacks.  Because  it  is  winter,  people  burn  coal  or  kerosene 
to  keep  warm,  and  a  thick  haze  of  smoke  and  soot  fills  the  air. 

Even  in  the  older  townships,  such  as  Sebokeng,  where  I  went  to  inter- 
view workers,  most  of  the  roads  are  unpaved.  It  is  tragic  that  in  the  most 
industrialized  region  of  Africa,  black  kids  still  play  soccer  in  the  dirt,  even 
though  their  parents  and  grandparents  have  worked  for  60  or  70  years  to 
provide  the  basic  industrial  materials  for  whites  in  South  Africa,  whose  living 
standards  approximate  our  own.  Townships  are  bleak,  dusty,  barren  places 
designed  by  architects  of  apartheid  to  crush  the  spirit  and  impoverish  the 
imagination. 

As  social  spaces,  however,  townships  are  lively  places  full  of  "ubuntu." 
It  is  a  word  with  no  clear  translation  in  English,  meaning  humanity  and 
compassion  combined.  This  deep  well  of  humanity  helps  explain  why  South 
Africa  has  made  its  transition  from  the  most  savage  colonialism  to  a  society 
that  is  trying  to  build  a  non-racial  and  democratic  future, 

Dl  Jotin  Hinshaw  is  an  assistant  professor  in  the  LVC  History  and  Political 
Science  Department  He  teaches  various  courses  on  U.S..  African  and 
South  African  history 


Joelle  L.  Stopkie,  professor  of  French,  was 
awarded  emerita  status.  Jennifer  Liedtka  '92, 

M'OO  has  been  promoted  from  associate 
director  to  director  of  financial  aid,  replacing 
Karin  Right-Nolan,  who  has  been  promoted 
ro  executive  assistant  to  the  president. 

New  Faces 

Gayle  L.  Bolinger  has  been  named  an  assis- 
tant professor  of  accounting.  Bolinger,  former 
director  of  LVC's  West  Shore  Center  in 
Camp  Hill,  is  a  certified  public  accountant 
(CPA)  and  a  certified  valuation  analyst.  She 
ser%'es  as  a  consultant  to  many  area  organiza- 
tions and  teaches  accounting  and  manage- 
ment. Bolinger  was  a  lecturer  at  Dickinson 
College.  She  holds  a  bachelor's  degree  in 
French  and  a  master's  degree  in  management 
from  Purdue  University. 

Dr.  Jean-Marc  Braem  has  been  named  an 
assistant  professor  of  French.  He  specializes 
in  19th-centur}-  literature  and  French  cinema, 
but  is  also  interested  in  secondary  language 
acquisition,  popular  French  and  slang.  Braem 
has  written  on  censorship  in  French  literature 
and  the  instructional  use  of  films  in  French. 
He  graduated  from  the  Universite  Libre  de 
Bruxelles  in  Belgium  and  earned  a  doctorate 
in  romance  languages  and  literatures  from 
Princeton  Universit)-,  where  he  was  also 
an  instructor  of  French.  Braem  has  served 
as  an  assistant  professor  of  French  at  Tufts 
University,  Mary  "Washington  College  and 
Kutztown  University. 

Tchet  Dorman  is  the  new  director  of 
multicultural  affairs.  He  comes  to  LVC  from 
the  Pennsylvania  Institute  of  Technology 
where  he  was  the  coordinator  of  student  sup- 
port services  among  other  leadership  respon- 
sibilities. A  graduate  of  Oberlin  College, 
where  he  majored  in  government  and  black 
studies  and  received  a  minor  in  expository 
writing,  Dorman  holds  a  masters  degree 
from  Temple  University  and  is  currently 
a  doctoral  candidate  there  in  African- 
American  Studies.  He  has  ser\'ed  as  an  assis- 
tant professor  at  Philadelphia  University, 
where  he  taught  classes  on  gender,  race 
and  social  conflict,  and  at  the  Community 
College  of  Philadelphia.  He  has  extensive 
experience  as  a  grant  writer  and  has  presented 
numerous  speeches  and  papers. 

(News  continues  on  page  39) 


36     The  'Valley 


While  the  Valley's  on-field  success  in  athletics 
is  impressive  and  easily  measured,  it  is  often  difficult  to 
measure  the  success  of  LVC  student-athletes  in  the  class- 
room. However,  national  recognition  from  peers  is  one  pos- 
sible barometer.  In  the  past  five  years.  23  current  and  for- 
mer student-athletes  have  earned  Verizon  College  Division 
academic  honors.  These  honors,  voted  upon  by  college 
athletic  officials  regionally  and  nationally,  are  the  highest 
academic  awards  given  to  NCAA  Division  III  athletes. 

A  1  -Student- 
4tmetes 


by  Jeff  Intoccia  '02 


During  this  half  decade,  four  LVC  athletes 
earned  the  national  honor  and  were 
named  Verizon  Academic  All-Americans. 
Additionally,  19  LVC  athletes  were  recog- 
nized regionally  (Pennsylvania,  Maryland, 
Delaware)  and  were  named  to  their 
respective  Verizon  Academic  All-District 
Teams.  The  four  national  honorees  are  pur- 
suing graduate  degrees  in  medicine,  law, 
applied  linguistics  and  physical  therapy 

National  All-Americans  are  placed  on 
one  of  three  teams  with  the  First  Team 
denoting  the  highest  level.  In  the  spring 
of  2002,  Michael  "Mic"  Bender  became 
the  first  LVC  student-athlete  to  be  named 
as  a  Verizon  First  Team  Academic  All- 
American. 

"When  I  look  back,  it  will  stick  out 
because  it  represented  what  I've  tried 
to  stand  for,  to  be  fully  dedicated  to  my 
academics  and  to  have  success  on 
the  tennis  court,"  said  Bender,  who  is 
enrolled  in  a  physical  therapy  doctoral 
program. 

Josh  Shellenberger  '99  and  Casey 
lezzi  '98  set  the  path  for  Bender  when 
they  were  named  Verizon  Second  Team 
Academic  All-Americans  in  1999  and 
1998  respectively 

"Overall,  LVC  was  an  experience  that 
improved  my  mind  through  study,  body 
through  tennis  and  maturity  through  rela- 
tionships with  the  people  that  I  met,"  said 
Shellenberger,  who  is  in  his  fourth  year 
as  a  medical  student. 


"As  a  student-athlete  at  LVC,  I  felt 
very  lucky  to  be  part  of  a  talented  field 
hockey  team  and  also  to  have  excellent 
professors,  who  took  an  active  interest  in 
my  academic  and  professional  develop- 
ment," said  lezzi,  who  is  pursuing  a 
doctoral  degree  in  applied  linguistics. 

Steve  Horst  '01  rounds  out  this  list  of 
distinction.  He  was  named  a  Verizon  Thiird 
Team  Academic  Ail-American  in  2001 , 

"The  honor  was  just  something  I  wanted 
to  be  recognized  for,  not  just  as  another 
athlete,  but  as  a  well-rounded  student- 
athlete,"  said  Horst,  the  former  LVC  bas- 
ketball star,  who  is  in  his  second  year  of 
law  school, 

LVC's  19  Verizon  Academic  All-District 
Team  members  represent  various  athletic 
teams.  Baseball  leads  the  way  witti  four 
of  these  honorees.  Shawn  Berwager  '01 
is  the  only  two-sport  member  of  this  list 
(baseball  twice  and  football)  and,  in 
2001-02,  Robyn  LaRosa  '02  became  the 
first  women's  soccer  player  to  earn  a  spot 
on  this  team. 

"It  took  a  lot  of  hard  work,  a  lot  of 
dedication,  and  your  fieart  really  had  to 
be  in  it,"  said  LaRosa,  a  learning-support 
teacher  for  second  and  third  grade  in 
the  Lower  Dauphin  School  District. 

LVC  student-athletes  measure  up  just 
fine. 

Jeff  Intoccia  '02  is  a  sports  correspondent 
for  tfie  Tri  County  Record.  Intoccia  is  a 
former  La  Vie  Collegienne  sports  writer 


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A  Student's  Letters  Home 


Wednesday,  October  8  was  no  ordinary  day  in  1941, 
Usually  Marian  Ulmer  Cams  '45  went  to  math  and  hygiene 
classes.  She  would  eat  cold  cuts  in  the  cafeteria  and  study 
Odysseus  before  falling  asleep  in  South  Hall.  But  this  night,  the 
campus  staged  a  murder,  a  mystery  game  that  Involved  high 
drama,  unsuspecting  freshmen,  gunfire  and  farce. 

"I  just  swallowed  it  hook,  line  and  sinker,"  admitted  Cams 
from  her  home  In  Phoenlxville,  Now  79,  she  explained  that  for 
the  first  two  years  she  attended  LVC  as  a  math  education  major, 
upperclassmen,  in  cooperation  with  Annvllle  residents,  set  up  fake 
murders  that  caused  panic  among  naive  first-year  students  who 
were  unaware  that  the  high  jinks  were  fiction.  Fortunately,  the  mys- 
teries staged  during  Cams'  tenure  at  LVC  have  been  preserved 
"I  would  write  a  few  letters  and  send  them  to  my  mother  each 
week,"  she  explained.  Her  mother  kept  the  correspondence  in 
spiral  books  that  have  since  been  passed  onto  Cams'  eldest 
granddaughter,  Nicole  Connors  '97 

The  two  volumes  of  handwritten  letters,  now  yellowed  and  frag- 
ile, depict  daily  College  life  during  one  of  the  most  turbulent  eras 
in  the  20th  century  The  letters  also  tell  more  typical  stories  of  life 
in  Annvllle,  including  accounts  of  lunches  with  friends  at  Hot  Dog 
Frank's,  writing  thesis  papers  she  didn't  always  enjoy  attending 
field  hockey  practice  with  girlfriends  and.  of  course,  the  murders 

Connors  explained,  "When  I  started  my  freshman  year  at  LVC, 
Grammy  told  me  about  the  murder  mystery  used  to  induct  the 
freshmen.  The  effort  they  went  to  just  to  scare  them  was  impressive." 

Connors  sister  Sarah  '01  agreed:  "I  think  It's  amazing  that  the 
town  and  the  students  could  come  together  like  that.  It  is  some- 
thing that  I  wish  could  be  reintroduced."  But  that  was  before 
September  1 1  and,  in  retrospect.  World  War  II  was  looming  in  the 
distance  while  LVC  students  created  distractions  at  home. 

On  Wednesday  September  23,  1942,  Cams  described  one 
such  murder  mystery  in  a  letter  home  to  her  mother: 

"She  and  I  are  to  come  in  and  tell  about  Hans  [Hans  Uberseder 
'43]  being  shot.  About  9:35,  she  and  I  go  out  on  the  campus  and 
wait  for  the  shots  While  we  are  waiting,  a  kid  [freshman]  from 
N.H,  [North  Hall]  comes  running  over  for  Miss  Henderson  to  calm 
E.C.  IVIIIIer  down.  She's  having  a  tantrum.  After  that,  a  girl  from 
West  Hall  comes  over  In  a  tither  Finally  we  hear  the  shots,  and  run 
like  blazes  back  to  S.H.  [South  Hall].  We  announce  that  Hans  has 
been  shot,  and  things  happen  fast.  Fi  Fi  [Lizette  Fisher  Knorr 
'45]  faints  and  I  run  up  to  help  carry  her  down.  We  go  to  take  her 
In  the  room,  and  I  have  to  kick  a  chair  out  of  my  way  and  in  so 
doing  I  almost  scare  Punch  [Phyllis  Snyder  Boyer  '46]  to  death. 
We  get  Fi  Fi  on  the  bed  and  the  freshmen  are  sent  out  all  over 
town.  Finally  Hans  comes  back  to  say,  'See  you  tomorrow,  fresh- 
men.'" 

Once  young  veterans  started  returning  from  the  Pacific  and 
Europe,  shell-shocked,  the  play-acting  tradition  ended.  In  fact, 
based  on  Cams'  own  correspondence,  the  climate  of  the  campus 
changed  drastically  following  the  bombing  of  Pearl  Harbor  as  the 
College  and  community  began  contributing  to  the  war  effort. 


by  Natalie  Hope  McDonald  '97 

One  letter  described  male  students  registering  for  service  after 
December  7:  "They  lined  up  at  the  post  office,"  she  wrote.  Still 
other  reminders,  like  blackouts  and  rationing  continued  at  LVC 
through  1944. 

Cams  said,  "In  December  of  1941 ,  we  took  a  whole  bunch  of 
fellows  from  the  College  to  the  train  station  "  They  were  sent  off 
as  new  recruits  with  a  band  playing  and  people  cheering.  "The 
biggest  effect  was  that  we  lost  a  lot  of  those  fellows,"  she  remem- 
bered. "There  were  not  many  on  campus;  enrollment  dwindled." 
Looking  back,  she  is  surprised  that  her  graduating  class  had 
even  100  people  —  and  most  of  them  were  women. 

But  the  war  efforts  were  stepped  up  as  more  International  news 
reached  Annvllle.  On  Thursday  February  26,  1942,  the  sophomore 
wrote,  "Met  with  Vi  [Viola  Snell  '42]  and  Thelma  [Thelma  KIntzel] 
concerning  the  blackout  coming  next  week."  She  noted  that  the 
campus  went  through  drills  when  each  dorm  would  shut  down 
and  students  would  evacuate.  She  herself  was  a  campus  air-raid 
warden  and  Red  Cross  volunteer  who  would  wrap  bandages  and 
stage  drills.  "At  10:05  we  had  a  dorm  blackout...  we  all 
got  downstairs  in  less  than  a  minute,"  she  reported  Thursday, 
March  5,  1942. 

Connors  remembered,  "Grammy  worked  at  Hersheypark  one 
summer  and  talked  about  chocolate  being  rationed  during  the 
war"  While  Cams  was  still  a  student  —  the  youngest  in  her  family 
and  the  first  to  pursue  higher  education  —  she  lost  two  brothers 
in  Italy.  Added  Connors,  "It  is  not  mentioned  In  the  journals  — 
there  are  just  large  gaps  in  time  between  entries." 

Serious  notes  about  the  war  years  are  Interspersed  among  the 
whimsical  glimpses  of  college  life.  Cams  tells  her  granddaughters 
that  first-year  students  were  subjected  to  constant  ribbing.  "The 
freshmen  were  given  dinks,  which  were  beanies  with  'LVC 
embroidered  on  them,"  she  said 

Connors  explained,  "They  had  to  wear  them  whenever  they 
were  out  and  about  on  campus  so  everyone  knew  that  they  were 
freshmen  and  they  were  not  to  be  speaking  to  anyone  of  the 
opposite  sex.  They  also  had  an  early  curfew.  It  is  hard  to  imagine 
a  curfew  of  7  p.m." 

These  days.  Cams  continues  to  correspond  with  10  of  her  former 
South  Hall  dorm  mates.  "We  have  a  Round  Robin  that's  still  going," 
she  said,  "One  of  us  writes  a  letter  and  passes  It  on  to  the  next 
person  She  adds  her  letter  and  passes  it  on,"  Eventually  there  is 
a  letter  from  each  alumna  circulating  among  the  others.  "When  it 
gets  back  to  you,"  she  added,  "you  take  out  the  old  letter  and 
write  a  new  one." 

A  few  of  her  friends  have  passed  away  Cams  said.  Others  tend 
to  ailing  husbands  or  have  relocated,  making  their  reunions  more 
difficult  to  attend.  But  in  February  of  1942,  Cams  summed  up  her 
experiences  as  a  student  in  a  letter  to  her  mother  from  Main  Street, 
"I  had  a  wonderful  time.  And  I  danced  practically  every  dance." 

Natalie  Hope  McDonald  '97  is  senior  editor  of  E-Gear  magazine,  a 
newsstand  publication  based  in  Philadelphia.  She  is  a  former  edi- 
tor of  La  Vie  Collegienne. 


38     The  Valley 


Michael  Downey  M'Ol  begins  his  fourth 
season  as  an  assistant  football  coach  and  his 
first  as  a  full-time  assistant  coach.  He  will 
serve  as  the  special  teams  coordinator  as  well 
as  the  offensive  line  coach.  He  was  the 
captain  of  the  football  team  at  Lycoming 
College  and  was  a  two-time  Division  111 
All-American.  While  at  Lycoming,  Downey 
played  in  the  NCAA  Division  III  quarter- 
finals and  semi-finals.  He  was  a  First-Team 
A11-^L^C  selection  from  1993-1996  and  was 
the  team's  Co-MVP  in  1995.  Downey  earned 
his  bachelor's  degree  at  Lycoming  and  his 
master's  degree  in  business  administration  at 
Lebanon  Valley.  He  also  served  as  the  assistant 
to  the  executive  direaor  of  the  Middle  Adantic 
States  Collegiate  Athletic  Corporation  from 
1999-2002. 

Dr.  Tia  Malkin-Fontecchio  has  joined  the 
History  and  Political  Science  Department 
as  an  assistant  professor.  Her  concentration 
is  in  19th-  and  20th-centun'  Latin  America, 
especially  Brazil,  Me.xico  and  Chile.  She 
graduated  from  the  L'niversit)'  ot  California 
at  Berkeley  with  degrees  in  both  Latin- 
American  Studies  and  Spanish/Portuguese. 
As  a  senior,  Malkin-Fontecchio  earned  the 
school's  top  honor  in  Spanish  and  Portuguese. 
She  went  on  to  become  a  teaching  assistant 
at  Brown  University  until  she  earned  her 
doctoral  degree  at  the  school.  Malkin- 
Fontecchio  was  awarded  a  Fulbright  Grant 
to  conduct  dissertation  research  on  popular 
education  in  northeast  Brazil.  She  also  won 
se\eral  other  awards  to  complete  her  doctorate 
that  allowed  her  to  travel  to  Brazil  to  conduct 
research  in  state  and  local  archives,  take  courses 
in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil,  and  to  study  at  the  John 
F.  Kennedy  Presidential  Librarv  in  Boston. 

Dr.  Barry  Friedman  has  joined  the 
Psychology  Department  as  an  assistant  pro- 
fessor. His  teaching  interests  include  evolu- 
tionary- and  experimental  psychologv-,  as  well 
as  the  psychology  of  human  mating  and  sex. 
Friedman's  research  focuses  on  the  e\'olved 
psychological  mechanisms  that  underlie 
romantic  relationships.  He  is  also  interested 
in  the  evolution  and  development  of 
menopause  and  the  psychological  changes 
that  accompany  it.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the 
State  University  of  New  York's  Binghamton 
Univetsit)'  and  recently  earned  his  doctoral 
degree  from  the  University  of  Texas  at  Austin. 


Sharon  Horst  '01  has  been  appointed  a 
nurse  in  rhe  College's  Shroyer  Health  Center. 
She  will  work  with  Julie  Wolfe,  who  has 
been  the  College  nurse  for  27  years.  Horst  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Lancaster  General  Hospital 
School  of  Nursing  and  earned  a  bachelor's 
degree  in  health  care  management  from  LVC 
last  year. 

Dr.  Raymond  "Tony"  Maynard  came  to 
LVC  ftom  Franklin  &  Marshall  College, 
where  for  the  last  two  years  he  taught  eco- 
nomics as  a  visiting  professor.  He  is  serving 
LVC  as  an  assistant  professor  of  economics 
and  specializes  in  a  range  of  areas  including 
natural  resource  economics,  international 
finance  and  international  trade.  Maynard  has 
published  in  r!tvt  journal  of  Economic  Issues, 
where  he  also  serves  as  a  referee.  He  earned 
his  bachelor's  degree  from  the  University  of 
Sussex  in  England  and  his  doctorate  from 
the  University  of  Tennessee.  He  won  awards 
tor  excellence  in  economics  at  both  universities. 
Maynard  has  also  taught  at  Millersville  and 
Buckncll  LIniversities. 

Dr.  Roger  Nelson  has  been  named  a  professor 
and  chair  of  the  Physical  Therapy  Program. 
Nelson  ser\'ed  for  1 1  years  as  the  chair  of  the 
physical  therapy  program  at  Thomas  Jefferson 
Universitv'  in  Philadelphia,  from  1990-2001, 
and  he  is  an  experienced  physical  therapist 
and  educator.  His  teaching  interests  include 
electro  diagnosis  as  well  as  patient  care  man- 
agement, patient  satisfaction  and  outcomes. 
Nelson  earned  his  bachelor's  degree  from 
New  York  Universitv',  his  master's  degree  from 
Boston  Universirv  and  his  doctoral  degree 
from  the  Univetsit)-  of  Iowa.  He  has  taught 
at  numerous  institutions  including  'V('est 
Virginia  University,  Stanford  Universit\',  the 
L'niversity  of  Pennsvlvania  and  the 
University  of  Marv-land.  Nelson  is  a  visiting 
professor  at  the  L'niversin-  of  Health  Science 
in  Nijmegen.  Netherlands. 

Dr.  Renee  Lapp  Norris  has  joined  the 
Music  Department  as  an  assistant  professor. 
She  is  a  music  historian  who  specializes  in 
American  music  history  and  19th-centurv 
American  music.  Norris  was  a  piano  major  at 
'West  Chester  Univetsit)-  and  also  earned  a 
master's  degtee  in  piano  at  the  Universin-  of 
Mar)-land.  Norris  holds  a  doctorate  in  musi- 
cology,  which  is  the  studv  ot  the  structure  of 
music,  from  the  LIniversir)-  ot  Maryland, 
where  she  was  named  a  distinguished  teach- 
ing assistant. 


Michael  Pittari  has  been  named  assistant 
professor  of  art.  He  is  recognized  as  both 
an  artist  and  a  ctitic.  Pittari  will  teach  courses 
in  drawing  and  painting,  as  well  as  printmaking 
and  concepts  in  visual  arts.  After  earning 
a  bachelor's  degree  in  drawing  from  the 
University  of  Florida,  he  received  a  master's 
degree  in  painting  from  the  Universir)-  of 
Tennessee.  He  served  as  adjunct  facult)-  at 
The  Atlanta  College  of  .A.rt  and  Georgia  State 
Universin,-,  and  was  editor-in-chief  of  ^rr 
Papers  magazine.  Pittari  has  won  awards  as 
an  artist  and  as  a  magazine  editor. 

Dr.  Jeffrey  Ritchie  has  joined  the  English 
Department  and  Digital  Communications 
Program  as  an  assistant  professor.  He  w-ill 
teach  British  litetature,  as  well  as  courses 
in  technical  writing  and  digital  communica- 
tions. Ritchie  has  published  on  British 
literature  and  currently  serves  on  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Modern  Language 
Association  Scottish  literature  discussion 
group.  After  graduating  with  a  dual  major 
in  marketing  and  English  from  Indiana 
Uni\-ersit)-,  he  went  on  to  earn  two  masters' 
degrees,  one  in  English  from  the  University 
of  South  Carolina  and  one  in  educational 
media  and  computers  from  Arizona  State 
University-,  where  he  also  recei\ed  a  doctorate 
in  English. 

Dr.  Jeffrey  Robbins  has  been  named  an 
assistant  professor  ot  religion  and  philosophy. 
His  book.  Between  Faith  and  Thought:  An 
Essay  on  the  Ontotheological  Condition,  will 
be  published  in  2003.  Robbins'  area  ot 
specialization  is  the  continental  philosophy 
of  religion;  other  interests  include  the  problem 
of  evil  and  contemporar)-  ethical  theor)-. 
He  graduated  from  Baylor  Universit)-  with 
a  degree  in  histon.-  and  went  on  to  earn  a 
master's  degree  in  theolog)-  from  Texas 
Christian  L'niversit)-  and  a  master's  degree 
in  religion  from  Syracuse  L'niversin-,  where 
he  also  earned  his  doctorate  in  religion. 
Robbins  has  served  as  an  adjunct  instructor 
at  Syracuse  as  well  as  Ca)-uga  Community- 
College  and  LeMovne  College,  .and  was  a 
lecturer  at  St.  Bonaventure  L'niversin.-. 

Erin  N.  Sanno  '98  has  joined  the 
.•\dmission  and  Financial  ,-\id  Office  as  a 
counselor.  She  gniduated  from  the  \'allev 
with  a  degree  in  psychology-. 

Scott  Schweigert,  a  specialist  in  Renaissance 
and  Baroque  art  and  architecture,  has  been 


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features  a  film 


series,  lectures,  panel  discussions  and  an  art  extiibition.  Througtiout  ttie  fall  semester,  colloquium  events 
tiave  examined  Africa  from  a  variety  of  perspectives,  including  history,  art,  politics,  music  and  economics. 
Tfie  colloquium  will  continue  in  ttie  spring  semester.  "The  College's  colloquium  seeks  to  answer  a  question 
posed  by  the  African-American  poet  Couniee  Cullen:  'What  is  Africa  to  me?'"  explained  Or.  Gary  Grieve- 
Carlson,  professor  of  English  and  chair  of  the  committee  that  plans  colloquium  events.  "Perhaps  no  other 
continent  is  as  loaded,  in  the  Western  mind,  w/ith  ignorance,  stereotype  and  misperception  as  is  Africa," 
Grieve-Carlson  said. 

The  events  began  in  September  with  a  lecture  by  keynote  speaker  Dr.  Manthia  Diawara,  a  distinguished 
professor  of  film  and  comparative  literature  at  New  York  University,  vKhere  he  is  also  the  director  of  the 
Institute  of  African-American  Affairs  and  Africana  Studies.  Diawara  spoke  about  his  book,  titled  In  Search  of 
Africa,  which  the  Washington  PostBool<  IVoaW  described  in  1999  as  "a  smart  rewarding  study  by  a  native- 
born  African  attempting  to  recapture  the  mystique  of  a  distant  past." 

The  colloquium  lectures  continued  in  October  with 

"Race  and  Democracy  in  the  U.S.  and  South  Africa"  by 

.  I       I — I    II    I     II     I    If  1  I         Dr.  John  Hinshaw,  assistant  professor  of  history. 

I  I       '—I     '^^     I     1—1/  1  I        Then  Dr.  Johannes  Dietrich,  associate  professor  of 

D  I      Iv     R    ■     I     ,ri   U  1        '^^^"''  9^^^  ^  ragtime  piano  performance  during  which 

he  also  lectured  on  the  contribution  African  music  has 
made  to  American  culture. 

The  October  lectures  concluded  with  "African  Practices 
of  Colonial  Pennsylvania  Blacks"  by  Donald  Scott,  a 
scholar/researcher  for  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  and 
fvluseum  Commission  and  instructor  of  English  at  the 
Community  College  of  Pennsylvania.  His  presentation 
covered  archeological  evidence,  diaries  and  historical 
documents  indicating  that  17th-  and  18th-century 
blacks  in  Philadelphia  retained  various  aspects  of  their 
African  heritage,  including  rituals  and  customs. 

In  November,  Dr.  Lisa  Franit  used  videotape 
to  illustrate  her  talk  on  "Black  Africa  in  the  White 
Imagination."  Dr.  Frank  holds  a  doctorate  in  government 
from  Princeton  University  and  is  currently  public  rela- 
tions director  for  the  United  Electrical  Workers  Union. 

A  fall  film  series  at  the  nearby  Allen  Theatre  included 
roundtable  discussions  at  the  theatre's  coffeehouse 
following  the  screenings.  The  series  included  both  mainstream  Hollywood  movies  such  as  Out  of  Africa  and 
lesser-known  recent  feature  films  created  by  Africans  and  not  widely  seen  in  the  United  States. 

The  series  kicked  off  with  The  Gods  IViustBe  Crazy,  a  highly  original  comedy  about  cultural  clashes  in 
rural  Botswana,  which  has  been  praised  as  extremely  funny  and  thought  provoking,  and  criticized  as  racist 
and  violent.  It  played  to  rave  reviews  in  this  country  in  the  mid-1980s. 

The  series  continued  with  Daresalam,  a  film  created  two  years  ago  and  the  first  African  feature  film  to 
focus  on  the  civil  wars  on  that  continent.  Daresa/sm  explored  the  nature  of  an  African  civil  war  poisoned  by 
rumor,  betrayal  and  posturing. 

Next,  Out  of  Africa  depicted  an  epic  love  story  between  the  unhappy  wife  of  a  Kenyan  coffee  plantation 
owner  and  a  British  adventurer.  It  captured  the  beauty  of  Africa  and  won  seven  Academy  Awards,  including 
best  picture,  when  it  was  released  in  1985. 

On  Tip  Toe:  Gentle  Steps  to  Freedom  told  the  inspiring  story  of  Ladysmith  Black  Mambazo,  which  intro- 
duced South  African  choral  music  to  the  world.  The  2000  movie  was  a  joint  venture  between  filmmakers  in 
the  United  States  and  Africa. 

Karmen  Ge/is  a  reworking  of  Bizet's  opera  Carmen  in  contemporary  Senegal.  This  African  movie  featured 
French  and  Wolof  with  English  subtitles.  African  music,  dance  and  costumes  plunged  the  viewer  into  the 
chaotic  urbanity  of  an  African  city 

The  fall  series  concluded  with  Hollywood's  1988  Gorillas  in  the  f\/lisl  which  told  the  story  of  primatologist 
Dian  Fossey  who  was  transformed  by  her  devotion  to  a  vanishing  breed  of  Rwandan  mountain  gorillas  and 
her  hatred  of  those  who  threatened  them. 

More  colloquium  events  are  on  tap  for  the  spring  semester,  including  a  Contemporary  African  Art  Exhibit  at 
the  Suzanne  H.  Arnold  Art  Gallery  which  will  feature  many  pieces  from  the  collection  of  Obai  F.  Kabia  73, 
who  came  to  LVC  from  Sierra  Leone  and  is  now  a  political  affairs  officer  at  the  United  Nations.  Check  the  LVC 
web  site  at  www.lvc.edu  for  more  information  on  this  and  other  colloquium  events. 


Lebanon  Valley  College 
2002-2003  Colloquium 


named  tTie  new  director  of  die  Suzanne  H. 
Arnold  Art  Gallery  at  the  College.  He  will 
also  ser\'e  as  an  assistant  professor  in  the  Art 
Department. 

Schweigert  came  to  the  Arnold  Gallery 
from  the  University  of  Virginia  School  of 
Architecture,  where  he  was  a  visiting  assistant 
professor  of  art  and  architectural  history. 
He  also  held  a  fellowship  at  The  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art  in  New  York  Cit^-.  In  1999 
and  2000  he  was  awarded  grants  to  complete 
his  dissertation  research  in  Italy,  and  was  a 
graduate  fellow  at  the  National  Gallery  of  Art 
in  Washington,  D.C.,  where  he  presented  a 
series  of  eight  gallery  talks  based  on  new 
interpretations  of  works  in  the  permanent 
collection  ranging  from  Old  Masters  to  works 
ot  the  20th  century. 

Schweigert  has  taught  at  Shippensburg 
University  and  Penn  State,  where  he  was 
also  a  research  assistant  while  working  on  his 
doctorate,  which  he  e.xpects  to  complete  this 
year.  He  graduated  from  Dickinson  College 
in  Carlisle  with  a  double  major  in  art  history 
and  English,  and  holds  a  master's  degree  in 
art  history  from  The  George  Washington 
Univetsit)'  in  Washington,  D.C.  He  has 
presented  numerous  lectures  at  conferences 
and  galleries  around  the  countp.'. 

Braden  Snyder  '00  is  the  Valley's  new  sports 
information  director.  Snyder  retutns  to  LVC 
after  completing  sports  information  intern- 
ships at  Towson  and  Bucknell  Universities.  An 
English  communications  major,  he  was  the 
sports  editor  of  La  Vie  Collegienne  and 
a  sports  correspondent  at  the  Lehayjon  Daily 
News.  He  was  also  a  four-year  member  of 
LVC's  cross  countrv-  and  track  and  field  teams. 

Dr.  Dennis  Tulli  '69,  retired  superintendent 
of  the  Lebanon  School  District,  has  joined 
the  College  for  a  year,  serving  a  special 
appointment  as  an  assistant  professor  of 
education.  He  is  teaching  the  social  science  of 
secondary  schools  and  supervising  student- 
teachers.  Tulli  has  been  active  in  the  community 
as  both  an  educator  and  a  volunteer,  serving 
as  chair  of  the  Communit)'  Health  Council  of 
Lebanon  County  and  on  the  board  ot  directors 
for  United  Way  of  Lebanon  County,  the 
Lebanon  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Lebanon 
Family  YMCA  and  the  Lebanon  Valley 
Education  Partnership.  He  ser\'es  as  treasurer 
of  the  Pennsylvania  League  of  Urban  Schools. 
After  graduating  from  the  Valley  in  1969, 
Tulli  earned  a  master's  of  education  degree 
from  Shippensburg  University  and  a  doctorate 
in  education  from  Temple  University. 


40     The  V.alley 


This  fall  Lebanon  Valley  College  welcomed  425  special  people 
to  campus — the  Class  of  2006.  1 


This  group  joins  with  thousands  of  alumni  who  have  come  before,  seeking  an 
educational  experience  as  unique  as  the  Valley  itself  Who  are  they?  Among  their  number 
you  will  find: 


7  Valedictorians 

8  Salutatorians 
12  Eagle  Scouts 

3  Girl  Scout  Gold  Award  recipients 

4  Class  presidents 


92  Members  of  marching  bands 

129  Youth  group  members 

7  children  of  alumni 

2  Sets  of  twins 

340  Scholarship  recipients 


Your  gift  to  the  Valley  Fund  helps  LVC  attract  outstanding  students  like  these  and  pre- 
pares them  to  become  alumni  of  achievement. 

Help  Lebanon  Valley  College  continue  to  stand  for  excellence  in  education.  Make  your 
gift  today. 


To  make  your  Valley  Fund  gift,  please  use  the  enclosed  envelope,  go  online  to  www.ivc.edu, 


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Royal  Caribbean's  newest  Super  Ship  the  Navigator  of  the  Seas. 

The  seven-day  cruise  will  embark  from  Miami 

and  visit  the  following  Ports  of  Call:   Labadee,  Hispaniola  .  Ocho  Rios, 

J^iSfe^-^^°''S^  "^°w"'  ^r^nd  Cayman  .  Cozumel,  Mexico 


:  Travel  with  President  C.  David  Pollick  on  a  British  Isles  and 
Norwegian  Fjords  Cruise  aboard  Celebrity  Cruises  Constellatioi 

July  i8  to  August  2,  2003 

Jf^,\jt       '^^^  H-night  cruise  will  visit  Dover,  England  . 
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(Glasgow),  Scotland  .  Ceiranger,  Norway  • 
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^^  Copenhagen,  Denmark  •  Zeebrugge 

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