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Kutztown University product RyAN VOGElSONG was
a key component to the San Francisco Giants world
championship in October, posting a 1.09 earned run
average in four post season starts. Vogelsong, who
pitched for the Golden Bears from 1996-98, was the
World Series game three winner over the Detroit Tigers.
He also was the winning pitcher twice in the National
league Championship Series against the St. louis
Cardinals. In his junior year with KU, Vogelsong led
NCAA Division II with a 1.41 ERA.
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PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY:F. Javier Cevallos
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:John Green
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT:alex Ogeka
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: Matt santos M ’03
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: david Johnson
Kutztown university Magazine
Tower magazine, issued april 1, 2013, is published by Kutztown University, a member of the Pennsylvania state system of Higher Education. The Tower is published two times a year and is free to KU alumni and friends of the university.
address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office ofUniversity Relations, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, Pa 19530 oremail [email protected]. Telephone: 610-683-4114
submissions for Classnotes may be sent to:[email protected].
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY MARKETING: Jennifer Umberger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY MARKETING/ DESIGN & PRINT MEDIA:Camille deMarco ’81, M’01
DESIGN: Gipson studio, LLC — Linda Gipson
CONTRIBUTORS: sean dallas, Assistant Director, University Relations (2009-2012); Executive Editor, Tower Magazine Esther shanahan M’15, University Relations Editorial Graduate Assistant Kevin Hyde, KU Foundation Ken Mandel Photographers – Hub willson ’71, John secoges, susan angstadt, Jeff Unger
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FEATURES
A MODERN-DAY BREWMASTERCarol stoudt ’71 celebrates a heady career
COLORFUL GENIUSartist dane Tilghman ’79
ALL ThAT GLITTERSLisa Oswald ’82 and sorrelli Jewelry
PIONEER DAY SChOOLJim Leiner ’98 changes lives, one student at a time
DEPARTMENTS
NEWS AND NOTES
BACK TO CLASS WITh ...dr. Joe Piscitelli
KU FOUNDATION UPDATE
CLASSNOTES
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CONSTRUCTION ON SCHAEFFER AUDITORIUM is on schedule to be completed this
summer. The 75-year-old structure is receiving a complete renovation and a
14,000-square-foot expansion. The new space adds classrooms, rehearsal and
storage space for the Department of Music. It will also provide improved loading
areas and a green room for professional productions. For information on opening
activities visit www.kutztownpresents.org.
CoMing attraCtion
Contents
PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY:F. Javier Cevallos
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS:John Green
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT:alex Ogeka
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: Matt santos M ’03
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS: david Johnson
Kutztown university Magazine
Tower magazine, issued april 1, 2013, is published by Kutztown University, a member of the Pennsylvania state system of Higher Education. The Tower is published two times a year and is free to KU alumni and friends of the university.
address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office ofUniversity Relations, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, Pa 19530 oremail [email protected]. Telephone: 610-683-4114
submissions for Classnotes may be sent to:[email protected].
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY MARKETING: Jennifer Umberger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY MARKETING/ DESIGN & PRINT MEDIA:Camille deMarco ’81, M’01
DESIGN: Gipson studio, LLC — Linda Gipson
CONTRIBUTORS: sean dallas, Assistant Director, University Relations (2009-2012); Executive Editor, Tower Magazine Esther shanahan M’15, University Relations Editorial Graduate Assistant Kevin Hyde, KU Foundation Ken Mandel Photographers – Hub willson ’71, John secoges, susan angstadt, Jeff Unger
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12
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FEATURES
A MODERN-DAY BREWMASTERCarol stoudt ’71 celebrates a heady career
COLORFUL GENIUSartist dane Tilghman ’79
ALL ThAT GLITTERSLisa Oswald ’82 and sorrelli Jewelry
PIONEER DAY SChOOLJim Leiner ’98 changes lives, one student at a time
DEPARTMENTS
NEWS AND NOTES
BACK TO CLASS WITh ...dr. Joe Piscitelli
KU FOUNDATION UPDATE
CLASSNOTES
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18
20
23
Spring 2013
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Lisa Oswald ’82 in the Sorrelli flagship store in Kutztown.
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CONSTRUCTION ON SCHAEFFER AUDITORIUM is on schedule to be completed this
summer. The 75-year-old structure is receiving a complete renovation and a
14,000-square-foot expansion. The new space adds classrooms, rehearsal and
storage space for the Department of Music. It will also provide improved loading
areas and a green room for professional productions. For information on opening
activities visit www.kutztownpresents.org.
CoMing attraCtion
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Spelunkers (cave explorers) had attempted to preserve the foot-prints, but couldn’t prevent visitors from disturbing the remains of ancient cave bears, taking bones for “souvenirs,” removing identifying flags and trampling the once-unspoiled imprints.
First discovered in the 1960s, the Ciur Izbuc cave, also known as the “cave of bones,” once housed 400 footprints.
“There were about 200 of them in pretty good condition,” Webb explained. “Now there are only 35, and of those, only one is a very good specimen.”
Webb’s team, which included a graduate assistant and Dr. Oana
Exploring the Cave of Bones
KU Fulbright Fellow in SpainMoldovan, director of the Romanian Academy’s Speleology Institute, documented every trace of the 28,000-year-old footprints.
The explorers had a “total station” – a 3-D mapping device mounted on a tripod. Webb’s group came in with a laser scan-ner for large 3-D objects and connected it to a laptop. After several hours, the total station created a 3-D list of points within the chamber of footprints.
During 3-D mapping, photos are taken every 15 degrees in a sphere. Computer technology can create a virtual model of the chamber, preserving the remain-ing footprints for research and posterity. The group’s efforts in
Romania will ensure that the mysteries of the “cave of bones” will eventually be unearthed.
Back at KU, in an office embellished with exotic artifacts
and skeletal remains, Webb continues with his research, waiting for the next quest to take him to the far reaches of the earth.
Kutztown University has its very own Indiana Jones in DR. DAvID WeBB, professor of anthropology.
Like the character Harrison Ford made famous, Webb aims to preserve the remnants of our ancient fore-fathers. His most recent adventure began with a phone call from his former doctoral adviser, who asked him to travel to Romania and investi-gate ancient footprints left in the Ciur Izbuc cave, located in the Western Carpathians of Transylvania.
The Romanian Academy’s Speleology (study of caves) Institute in Bucharest, Romania, was concerned about tour-ism-driven damage to the ancient footprints in the cave and needed an expert in preservation. enter Webb, anthropologist extraordinaire, fedora and whip at the ready.
4 TOWER | Spring 2013
lINDSEy RAy ’12 lives in the city of Cádiz, on the western coast of
Spain, in an apartment so close to the beach that the ocean breeze
glides through her window.
During a summer internship two years ago, Ray had the opportunity
to study organic synthesis reactions at the University of Cádiz.
Winning the Fulbright Scholarship, which provides yearlong funding
for U.S. students to conduct research or teach in another country,
made it possible for her to continue her education in a town she has
already fallen in love with.
“I can experience a whole different life here,” Ray said. “This year
will open my eyes to other things, and I can grow as a person and a
researcher. It is an amazing experience.”
Ray noted that Kutztown University’s small class sizes and caring
professors were crucial elements for her when she started as an under-
graduate student.
“Being able to directly talk to my professors and get help one-
on-one helped me succeed. At a bigger university, you don’t get that.
Having that direct connection was beneficial,” Ray said. “My adviser,
Dr. (Thomas) Betts, helped me develop my skills in the lab. My physical
chemistry professor, Dr. (Rolf) Mayrhofer, was a great teacher and
made me recognize the potential I had.”
Also integral to her experience at KU was Ray’s involvement
with the cross country and track teams.
“Having meets all of the time helped me set goals for my classes,
and having the support of a team is a great advantage to have at
college,” she explained.
Ray is KU’s second student Fulbright winner this decade. MARIA
(HAVEROVICH) lAZZAREVICH ’05, a dual major in speech
pathology and Spanish, taught English in a small, rural school
district north of Madrid, Spain. like Ray, lazzarevich describes
winning the Fulbright Scholarship as a life-changing opportunity.
“I traveled all over Spain,” lazzarevich said, “but also took advan-
tage of being in Europe, visiting England, Germany, the Netherlands
and Italy. I came home dirt-poor, but the experiences enriched my life
more than anything else could. I came home with a different out-
look on life … more positive and accepting to all circumstances.”
Both Ray and lazzarevich were recipients of scholarships during
their time at Kutztown, and benefitted greatly from the philan-
thropic support of alumni, parents and friends of the university
through the Kutztown University Foundation. Privately supported
scholarships allow students to focus on their goals, and provide
opportunities that enhance the overall student experience at KU.
In addition to Ray and lazzarevich, DR. ANDREA MITNICK,
associate professor of Communication Studies & Theatre,
recently won a Fulbright that allows her to spend spring
2014 at the Budapest College of Communication, Business and
the Arts. She also won a Fulbright in 2007 to work at the
Diplomatic Academy in Moscow.
Lindsey Ray ’12 in front of the Cádiz Cathedral in Cádiz, Spain.
Dr. David Webb (center)
poses with Homo erectus
(left) and Australo-
pithecus africanus (right).
Bottom right: An ancient
footprint in Romania.
Folmar Named KU’s 15th Head Football CoachDREW FOlMAR, who turned the Kutztown University offense into one of the most prolific units in
NCAA Division II over the past four seasons, was introduced January 23 as the Golden Bears new
head football coach. He replaces Raymond Monica, who resigned December 13 to accept the head
coaching position at Arkansas Tech.
Folmar has directed KU’s offense and coached its quarterbacks since 2009. During the last three
years of his tenure, KU has tallied a record of 28-8, the winningest three-year period in the program’s
97 seasons. His offenses have been ranked among the top in the nation and have set numerous team
records. The Golden Bears won the PSAC title in 2011 and advanced to the NCAA playoffs twice.
Folmar was a record-breaking quarterback at Millersville University where he graduated in 2001
with a degree in elementary education and a minor in athletic coaching. Folmar has also had coaching
stints at his alma mater, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and University of New Haven.
Folmar, a native of Chambersburg, Pa., and his wife Heather have two children. The family is
expecting its third child this spring.
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Spelunkers (cave explorers) had attempted to preserve the foot-prints, but couldn’t prevent visitors from disturbing the remains of ancient cave bears, taking bones for “souvenirs,” removing identifying flags and trampling the once-unspoiled imprints.
First discovered in the 1960s, the Ciur Izbuc cave, also known as the “cave of bones,” once housed 400 footprints.
“There were about 200 of them in pretty good condition,” Webb explained. “Now there are only 35, and of those, only one is a very good specimen.”
Webb’s team, which included a graduate assistant and Dr. Oana
Exploring the Cave of Bones
KU Fulbright Fellow in SpainMoldovan, director of the Romanian Academy’s Speleology Institute, documented every trace of the 28,000-year-old footprints.
The explorers had a “total station” – a 3-D mapping device mounted on a tripod. Webb’s group came in with a laser scan-ner for large 3-D objects and connected it to a laptop. After several hours, the total station created a 3-D list of points within the chamber of footprints.
During 3-D mapping, photos are taken every 15 degrees in a sphere. Computer technology can create a virtual model of the chamber, preserving the remain-ing footprints for research and posterity. The group’s efforts in
Romania will ensure that the mysteries of the “cave of bones” will eventually be unearthed.
Back at KU, in an office embellished with exotic artifacts
and skeletal remains, Webb continues with his research, waiting for the next quest to take him to the far reaches of the earth.
Kutztown University has its very own Indiana Jones in DR. DAvID WeBB, professor of anthropology.
Like the character Harrison Ford made famous, Webb aims to preserve the remnants of our ancient fore-fathers. His most recent adventure began with a phone call from his former doctoral adviser, who asked him to travel to Romania and investi-gate ancient footprints left in the Ciur Izbuc cave, located in the Western Carpathians of Transylvania.
The Romanian Academy’s Speleology (study of caves) Institute in Bucharest, Romania, was concerned about tour-ism-driven damage to the ancient footprints in the cave and needed an expert in preservation. enter Webb, anthropologist extraordinaire, fedora and whip at the ready.
4 TOWER | Spring 2013
lINDSEy RAy ’12 lives in the city of Cádiz, on the western coast of
Spain, in an apartment so close to the beach that the ocean breeze
glides through her window.
During a summer internship two years ago, Ray had the opportunity
to study organic synthesis reactions at the University of Cádiz.
Winning the Fulbright Scholarship, which provides yearlong funding
for U.S. students to conduct research or teach in another country,
made it possible for her to continue her education in a town she has
already fallen in love with.
“I can experience a whole different life here,” Ray said. “This year
will open my eyes to other things, and I can grow as a person and a
researcher. It is an amazing experience.”
Ray noted that Kutztown University’s small class sizes and caring
professors were crucial elements for her when she started as an under-
graduate student.
“Being able to directly talk to my professors and get help one-
on-one helped me succeed. At a bigger university, you don’t get that.
Having that direct connection was beneficial,” Ray said. “My adviser,
Dr. (Thomas) Betts, helped me develop my skills in the lab. My physical
chemistry professor, Dr. (Rolf) Mayrhofer, was a great teacher and
made me recognize the potential I had.”
Also integral to her experience at KU was Ray’s involvement
with the cross country and track teams.
“Having meets all of the time helped me set goals for my classes,
and having the support of a team is a great advantage to have at
college,” she explained.
Ray is KU’s second student Fulbright winner this decade. MARIA
(HAVEROVICH) lAZZAREVICH ’05, a dual major in speech
pathology and Spanish, taught English in a small, rural school
district north of Madrid, Spain. like Ray, lazzarevich describes
winning the Fulbright Scholarship as a life-changing opportunity.
“I traveled all over Spain,” lazzarevich said, “but also took advan-
tage of being in Europe, visiting England, Germany, the Netherlands
and Italy. I came home dirt-poor, but the experiences enriched my life
more than anything else could. I came home with a different out-
look on life … more positive and accepting to all circumstances.”
Both Ray and lazzarevich were recipients of scholarships during
their time at Kutztown, and benefitted greatly from the philan-
thropic support of alumni, parents and friends of the university
through the Kutztown University Foundation. Privately supported
scholarships allow students to focus on their goals, and provide
opportunities that enhance the overall student experience at KU.
In addition to Ray and lazzarevich, DR. ANDREA MITNICK,
associate professor of Communication Studies & Theatre,
recently won a Fulbright that allows her to spend spring
2014 at the Budapest College of Communication, Business and
the Arts. She also won a Fulbright in 2007 to work at the
Diplomatic Academy in Moscow.
Lindsey Ray ’12 in front of the Cádiz Cathedral in Cádiz, Spain.
Dr. David Webb (center)
poses with Homo erectus
(left) and Australo-
pithecus africanus (right).
Bottom right: An ancient
footprint in Romania.
Folmar Named KU’s 15th Head Football CoachDREW FOlMAR, who turned the Kutztown University offense into one of the most prolific units in
NCAA Division II over the past four seasons, was introduced January 23 as the Golden Bears new
head football coach. He replaces Raymond Monica, who resigned December 13 to accept the head
coaching position at Arkansas Tech.
Folmar has directed KU’s offense and coached its quarterbacks since 2009. During the last three
years of his tenure, KU has tallied a record of 28-8, the winningest three-year period in the program’s
97 seasons. His offenses have been ranked among the top in the nation and have set numerous team
records. The Golden Bears won the PSAC title in 2011 and advanced to the NCAA playoffs twice.
Folmar was a record-breaking quarterback at Millersville University where he graduated in 2001
with a degree in elementary education and a minor in athletic coaching. Folmar has also had coaching
stints at his alma mater, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and University of New Haven.
Folmar, a native of Chambersburg, Pa., and his wife Heather have two children. The family is
expecting its third child this spring.
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A New Era in Astronomy for KU
a Celestial Journey
Captain Dave Borden ’03
receives the NCAA
Inspiration Award
from KU President F.
Javier Cevallos at the
Honors Celebration in
Grapevine, Texas.
Borden was featured in
the Winter 2009 Tower. Dr. Phill Reed ’03 directs the new Ritchey-Chretien 24-inch diameter telescope into
Grim Observatory for installation.
Kutztown University physics major BeRNARD J. YUHAS ’13 described the long-awaited arrival of Grim Observatory’s latest telescope as a “new era for astronomy here at KU.”
The modern 24-inch reflector telescope system and full-dome digital projection system enhance the KU Planetarium, which is used for intro-ductory astronomy laboratory exercises and the university’s Astronomy Outreach Program.
“The new telescope is going to open up the sky,” said DR. PHILLIP ReeD ’03, professor of physics and
We glance into eternity every
night, at a vast curtain of obsidian
scattered with shimmering
diamonds. JEFFREy DUNN ’04,
supervisor of Mystic Seaport’s
Treworgy Planetarium in
Connecticut, teaches budding
astronomers how to navigate
the mysteries of the heavens.
Dunn, who oversees educational programming at the
planetarium, is excited about its outreach efforts, which include
mini-science instructional units, a “phases of the moon” work-
shop and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
activities related to navigation and astronomy.
Recently, the museum has offered traditional celestial navigation
workshops for educators. Dunn is committed to expanding the
planetarium’s educational programs and has recently led an initia-
tive to tailor astronomy units for individual classroom curriculum,
school groups, home-schooled students and senior centers.
When Dunn began managing the planetarium, he had unchar-
tered terrain to investigate.
“The last director, Don Treworgy, was here for more than
40 years. When people brought things to donate, he kept it all
under a stack of charts,” Dunn explained.
Exploring the piles of documents, artifacts and charts has
yielded some amazing discoveries.
Buried beneath a heap of nautical charts, Dunn discovered
a rare and beautiful Haggart-Aquila six-inch telescope, previously
owned by the original founder and director of the planetarium,
Frederic Keator. The 52-year-old telescope, in its original case
with tripod, accessories, documentation and receipt, was a
significant acquisition for the museum.
“We found countless things like that – treasures squirreled
away in the attic above the dome. Some we were able to sell,
and we raised enough money to purchase a modern telescope
for use in school outreach programs,” Dunn said.
Kutztown University provided Dunn, the first person in his
family to attend a four-year university, with the foundational
skills necessary for his future success.
“I worked at the McFarland Student Union information desk
and, later, as the student union building manager,” Dunn
explained. “I was able to acquire a lot of professional life
skills at KU.”
In the classroom, professors supplied encouragement and
intellectual stimulation. Among his influences, Dunn mentions
professor of geography Dr. Richard Crooker, who initially
ignited his interest in physical geography; Professor Emeritus
Dr. Percy Dougherty, who maintained the perfect balance
of learning and laughter in class; and retired professor of
astronomy and planetarium director John loomis, who first
introduced Dunn to the wonders of the night sky.
“you get the tools you need for success at KU; you just need
the perseverance to make it happen,” Dunn said.
For his incredible sacrifice during a tour of duty in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain DAve BORDeN ’03 was honored with the NCAA Inspiration Award as part of the organi-zation’s annual Honors Celebration.
He received his award Jan. 18, while standing on a prosthetic right leg, the result of a suicide bomb and a memento of time served. He smiled while accepting the praise of an appreciative crowd, and he recalled his time in college.
“The award is a reflection on what I got from Kutztown, from my professors and coaches,” Borden said. “What I learned in the classroom and on the football field translated into my ability to overcome any obstacles.”
When Borden graduated from KU, where he caught footballs as a Golden Bears wide receiver and completed a
double major in finance and marketing, he accepted a managerial position at Cintas. However, in January 2006, Borden decided to pursue his dream of joining the Marines and enlisted in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, va. After completing training and earning second lieutenant ranking, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
Put in charge of about 40 men, Borden, along with his platoon, was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in September 2007, with the task of increasing security and safety in the area.
On Jan. 19, 2008, while investigating incidents of small-arms fire, Borden’s unit was struck with a suicide bomb, killing one soldier and injuring Borden and two others.
A long and painful recovery followed, including more than 40 operations. Borden would lose his right leg above the knee and require a prosthetic leg. While relearning how to sit up, get out of bed, stand up and walk, Borden also prepared to redeploy.
“The decision is the same for anybody who’s been severely injured,” said Borden, who fittingly grew up near Gettysburg, Pa. “You recover from your injuries and transition back into the civilian life, or you stay on active duty. I chose active duty. Many people do, but not with the level of injuries that I sustained. I just wasn’t done being in uniform.”
Borden left again for a yearlong assignment in Afghanistan on Jan. 19, 2011, exactly three years to the day he nearly died. He was a commanding officer in charge of 370 Marines and sailors, again focusing largely on their safety and welfare.
Today, Borden attends military career school and awaits his next deployment. In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing and has climbed more than 15,000 feet up Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain peak in North America.
For living his life, he is an inspiration.“You have to overcome life-altering injuries,” he said.
“each day is a challenge, mentally and physically. It comes down to the discipline, work ethic and hardships that you learn from winning and losing on the football field – and what you have to do to overcome those things.”
astronomy. “The old telescope had a mirror diameter of 18 inches. The new telescope has a 24-inch mirror. With that bigger diameter, the
telescope collects more light, and we can see dimmer objects with better accuracy. It should open up thousands of new objects for our students to study in the future.”
KU’s investment in future students ensures that the next generation
of STeM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors can access the latest technology in the field for course work and research projects.
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DR. JANICE GASKER Kutztown University professor of social work, Dr. Janice Gasker,
was named Pennsylvania’s Social Worker of the year by the
Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Social Workers
(NASW). Gasker was honored during ceremonies on Oct. 13, at the
organization’s Annual leadership Meeting in Valley Forge, Pa.
DR. HEATHER FOUNTAIN AND DR. CARRIE NORDlUNDDr. Heather leah Ryerson Fountain (left) and Dr. Carrie Nordlund received awards at the
Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s (PAEA) annual fall conference, on Oct. 6 in Harrisburg,
Pa. Fountain, associate professor of art education and chair of the undergraduate art education
program, is PAEA’s 2012 Outstanding Special Needs Art Educator. Nordlund, associate professor of
art education and an avid scholar, received the Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator award.
KU alumnae PAEA award winners can be found on p. 26 in the Classnotes section.
KU Faculty Recognized for Excellence
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A New Era in Astronomy for KU
a Celestial Journey
Captain Dave Borden ’03
receives the NCAA
Inspiration Award
from KU President F.
Javier Cevallos at the
Honors Celebration in
Grapevine, Texas.
Borden was featured in
the Winter 2009 Tower. Dr. Phill Reed ’03 directs the new Ritchey-Chretien 24-inch diameter telescope into
Grim Observatory for installation.
Kutztown University physics major BeRNARD J. YUHAS ’13 described the long-awaited arrival of Grim Observatory’s latest telescope as a “new era for astronomy here at KU.”
The modern 24-inch reflector telescope system and full-dome digital projection system enhance the KU Planetarium, which is used for intro-ductory astronomy laboratory exercises and the university’s Astronomy Outreach Program.
“The new telescope is going to open up the sky,” said DR. PHILLIP ReeD ’03, professor of physics and
We glance into eternity every
night, at a vast curtain of obsidian
scattered with shimmering
diamonds. JEFFREy DUNN ’04,
supervisor of Mystic Seaport’s
Treworgy Planetarium in
Connecticut, teaches budding
astronomers how to navigate
the mysteries of the heavens.
Dunn, who oversees educational programming at the
planetarium, is excited about its outreach efforts, which include
mini-science instructional units, a “phases of the moon” work-
shop and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
activities related to navigation and astronomy.
Recently, the museum has offered traditional celestial navigation
workshops for educators. Dunn is committed to expanding the
planetarium’s educational programs and has recently led an initia-
tive to tailor astronomy units for individual classroom curriculum,
school groups, home-schooled students and senior centers.
When Dunn began managing the planetarium, he had unchar-
tered terrain to investigate.
“The last director, Don Treworgy, was here for more than
40 years. When people brought things to donate, he kept it all
under a stack of charts,” Dunn explained.
Exploring the piles of documents, artifacts and charts has
yielded some amazing discoveries.
Buried beneath a heap of nautical charts, Dunn discovered
a rare and beautiful Haggart-Aquila six-inch telescope, previously
owned by the original founder and director of the planetarium,
Frederic Keator. The 52-year-old telescope, in its original case
with tripod, accessories, documentation and receipt, was a
significant acquisition for the museum.
“We found countless things like that – treasures squirreled
away in the attic above the dome. Some we were able to sell,
and we raised enough money to purchase a modern telescope
for use in school outreach programs,” Dunn said.
Kutztown University provided Dunn, the first person in his
family to attend a four-year university, with the foundational
skills necessary for his future success.
“I worked at the McFarland Student Union information desk
and, later, as the student union building manager,” Dunn
explained. “I was able to acquire a lot of professional life
skills at KU.”
In the classroom, professors supplied encouragement and
intellectual stimulation. Among his influences, Dunn mentions
professor of geography Dr. Richard Crooker, who initially
ignited his interest in physical geography; Professor Emeritus
Dr. Percy Dougherty, who maintained the perfect balance
of learning and laughter in class; and retired professor of
astronomy and planetarium director John loomis, who first
introduced Dunn to the wonders of the night sky.
“you get the tools you need for success at KU; you just need
the perseverance to make it happen,” Dunn said.
For his incredible sacrifice during a tour of duty in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain DAve BORDeN ’03 was honored with the NCAA Inspiration Award as part of the organi-zation’s annual Honors Celebration.
He received his award Jan. 18, while standing on a prosthetic right leg, the result of a suicide bomb and a memento of time served. He smiled while accepting the praise of an appreciative crowd, and he recalled his time in college.
“The award is a reflection on what I got from Kutztown, from my professors and coaches,” Borden said. “What I learned in the classroom and on the football field translated into my ability to overcome any obstacles.”
When Borden graduated from KU, where he caught footballs as a Golden Bears wide receiver and completed a
double major in finance and marketing, he accepted a managerial position at Cintas. However, in January 2006, Borden decided to pursue his dream of joining the Marines and enlisted in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, va. After completing training and earning second lieutenant ranking, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
Put in charge of about 40 men, Borden, along with his platoon, was deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in September 2007, with the task of increasing security and safety in the area.
On Jan. 19, 2008, while investigating incidents of small-arms fire, Borden’s unit was struck with a suicide bomb, killing one soldier and injuring Borden and two others.
A long and painful recovery followed, including more than 40 operations. Borden would lose his right leg above the knee and require a prosthetic leg. While relearning how to sit up, get out of bed, stand up and walk, Borden also prepared to redeploy.
“The decision is the same for anybody who’s been severely injured,” said Borden, who fittingly grew up near Gettysburg, Pa. “You recover from your injuries and transition back into the civilian life, or you stay on active duty. I chose active duty. Many people do, but not with the level of injuries that I sustained. I just wasn’t done being in uniform.”
Borden left again for a yearlong assignment in Afghanistan on Jan. 19, 2011, exactly three years to the day he nearly died. He was a commanding officer in charge of 370 Marines and sailors, again focusing largely on their safety and welfare.
Today, Borden attends military career school and awaits his next deployment. In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing and has climbed more than 15,000 feet up Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain peak in North America.
For living his life, he is an inspiration.“You have to overcome life-altering injuries,” he said.
“each day is a challenge, mentally and physically. It comes down to the discipline, work ethic and hardships that you learn from winning and losing on the football field – and what you have to do to overcome those things.”
astronomy. “The old telescope had a mirror diameter of 18 inches. The new telescope has a 24-inch mirror. With that bigger diameter, the
telescope collects more light, and we can see dimmer objects with better accuracy. It should open up thousands of new objects for our students to study in the future.”
KU’s investment in future students ensures that the next generation
of STeM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors can access the latest technology in the field for course work and research projects.
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DR. JANICE GASKER Kutztown University professor of social work, Dr. Janice Gasker,
was named Pennsylvania’s Social Worker of the year by the
Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Social Workers
(NASW). Gasker was honored during ceremonies on Oct. 13, at the
organization’s Annual leadership Meeting in Valley Forge, Pa.
DR. HEATHER FOUNTAIN AND DR. CARRIE NORDlUNDDr. Heather leah Ryerson Fountain (left) and Dr. Carrie Nordlund received awards at the
Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s (PAEA) annual fall conference, on Oct. 6 in Harrisburg,
Pa. Fountain, associate professor of art education and chair of the undergraduate art education
program, is PAEA’s 2012 Outstanding Special Needs Art Educator. Nordlund, associate professor of
art education and an avid scholar, received the Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator award.
KU alumnae PAEA award winners can be found on p. 26 in the Classnotes section.
KU Faculty Recognized for Excellence
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Joining former head track and field coach BRIAN MONDSCHEIN (above)
as inductees into the KU Athletic Hall of Fame in November were (left to
right): TIFFANy MATTIUZ KEllER ’96, a multiple All-PSAC and all-region
softball pitcher and record setter; MEGAN SEEFElDT CARSON ’02, KU’s
first PSAC cross country champion and track and field standout; PAUl
SCHMITT ’02, track and field All-American in the pole vault; GlENN
WOOlARD, a record-setting All-American pitcher for the baseball team
and 2002 Rawlings Division II Player of the year; and CyNDI WASIlIUS
’93, an All-PSAC women’s basketball performer and one of the top
scorers in team history.
BRIAN MONDSCHeIN paused during his Kutztown University Hall of Fame induction speech to absorb the moment. He didn’t need to script this part.
“Kutztown was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said with a trembling voice. “I love this school. I love all the kids I’ve coached. One thing I know for certain is that for everything I gave this school, I got back a hell of a lot more.”
Mondschein gave the school plenty during 14 years as head coach of the track and field programs. With few resources, he transformed the Golden Bears into a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) force that captured 18 conference titles and crowned 90 individual conference champions and 38 All-Americans.
He was named the PSAC Coach of the Year 10 times. Mondschein entered the school’s Hall of Fame as the only coach from among the six 2012 inductees.
“I’ve always felt that a list of one’s accomplishments is little more than a list of the situations a person happened to fall into, sort of a right place, right time thing,” Mondschein said. “Coaching is like that. You recruit the right athletes, you train them in a way that they get a little better, and the next thing you know, you’re vying for conference championships.”
Mondschein thanked his own collegiate coaches from the University of Washington and his father, Irv “Moon” Mondschein, who competed in the 1948 Olympics, was the head coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1987 and assisted him with the program at KU.
“I learned the most important thing from my dad,” he said. “The more you give of yourself, the more you get back. I’ve followed my dad’s lead, and it’s taken me really far.”
Through his coaching travails, Mondschein is appreciative of the forces that conspired to bring him to Kutztown.
“I’m a pretty good example that things don’t necessarily go as planned, but all the things that happened to me brought me to Kutztown,” he said. “In 1993, I walked around the campus and knew that I wanted to be a part of KU.”
2012 AThLETIC hALL OF FAME:
Mondschein and KU – a Perfect Match
neWsnotes
an
d
Five Stellar Alumni Round Out Hall of Fame Induction Class
Celebrates a Heady Career
aMeriCa’s First
FemaleModern-day Brewmaster
BY: AmY Biemiller
photogrAphY BY: DAn Z . JohnSon
FEATURE
CAROL STOUDT ’71, could have gone back
to teaching kindergar ten. Instead, she opted f o r an education of
a different kind.
(c o n t i n u e d o n n e x t pag e )
Spring 2013 | TOWER 98 TOWER | Spring 2013
Joining former head track and field coach BRIAN MONDSCHEIN (above)
as inductees into the KU Athletic Hall of Fame in November were (left to
right): TIFFANy MATTIUZ KEllER ’96, a multiple All-PSAC and all-region
softball pitcher and record setter; MEGAN SEEFElDT CARSON ’02, KU’s
first PSAC cross country champion and track and field standout; PAUl
SCHMITT ’02, track and field All-American in the pole vault; GlENN
WOOlARD, a record-setting All-American pitcher for the baseball team
and 2002 Rawlings Division II Player of the year; and CyNDI WASIlIUS
’93, an All-PSAC women’s basketball performer and one of the top
scorers in team history.
BRIAN MONDSCHeIN paused during his Kutztown University Hall of Fame induction speech to absorb the moment. He didn’t need to script this part.
“Kutztown was the best thing that ever happened to me,” he said with a trembling voice. “I love this school. I love all the kids I’ve coached. One thing I know for certain is that for everything I gave this school, I got back a hell of a lot more.”
Mondschein gave the school plenty during 14 years as head coach of the track and field programs. With few resources, he transformed the Golden Bears into a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) force that captured 18 conference titles and crowned 90 individual conference champions and 38 All-Americans.
He was named the PSAC Coach of the Year 10 times. Mondschein entered the school’s Hall of Fame as the only coach from among the six 2012 inductees.
“I’ve always felt that a list of one’s accomplishments is little more than a list of the situations a person happened to fall into, sort of a right place, right time thing,” Mondschein said. “Coaching is like that. You recruit the right athletes, you train them in a way that they get a little better, and the next thing you know, you’re vying for conference championships.”
Mondschein thanked his own collegiate coaches from the University of Washington and his father, Irv “Moon” Mondschein, who competed in the 1948 Olympics, was the head coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1987 and assisted him with the program at KU.
“I learned the most important thing from my dad,” he said. “The more you give of yourself, the more you get back. I’ve followed my dad’s lead, and it’s taken me really far.”
Through his coaching travails, Mondschein is appreciative of the forces that conspired to bring him to Kutztown.
“I’m a pretty good example that things don’t necessarily go as planned, but all the things that happened to me brought me to Kutztown,” he said. “In 1993, I walked around the campus and knew that I wanted to be a part of KU.”
2012 AThLETIC hALL OF FAME:
Mondschein and KU – a Perfect Match
neWsnotes
an
d
Five Stellar Alumni Round Out Hall of Fame Induction Class
Celebrates a Heady Career
aMeriCa’s First
FemaleModern-day Brewmaster
BY: AmY Biemiller
photogrAphY BY: DAn Z . JohnSon
FEATURE
CAROL STOUDT ’71, could have gone back
to teaching kindergar ten. Instead, she opted f o r an education of
a different kind.
(c o n t i n u e d o n n e x t pag e )
Feature
Spring 2013 | TOWER 11
“Iknew I wanted to help my husband with the busi-ness,” she explained, referring to the family’s three enterprises in Adamstown, Pa.: A restaurant, an
antique mall and a beer garden. “But I also wanted some-thing to call my own.” Seeing a need – the beer garden at that time did not produce its own fresh beer – Stoudt began researching how she could begin brewing beer for the restau-rant’s annual beer festival. By 1987, with three years of research, classes and mentorships to her credit, she had become the first female brew master in America since Prohibition and the first woman in the country to oversee the design and development of a microbrewery.
“The idea was to brew the beer for use in the restaurant, but in those days, a brewpub was illegal,” she explained. “I had to establish myself as a microbrewery and sell the beer to my husband.”
It took more than two years, but Stoudt perfected the German-style pilsner, considered the industry’s litmus test for quality brewing practice, as well as the Munich-style Helles lager, Oktoberfest and Honey Double Maibock. In 1987, its first year of operation, Stoudt’s Brewery produced 500 barrels of beer. The enterprise consisted of Stoudt and one other employee.
“I was proud and excited. I had researched and surrounded myself with mentors who helped fan my passion for creating
flavorful, fresh beer,” she explained. “We had the product to use at the festival and in the
restaurant, but there was a stigma attached to locally brewed beer. My beer was com-parable to an import then, and I had to get consumers, retailers, beer salesmen and wholesalers to not only buy into the locally brewed product, but to understand that the taste difference warranted a higher price than a mass-market beer. I had to change the perceptions of a lot of people.”
Stoudt attended as many seminars, tastings and public events as she
could, “trying to get my beer into other people’s mouths,” she said.
“I also had to work to get
While Stoudt has no qualms about the rigors of scien-tific experimentation and fine-tuning to get a brew just right, she struggles with the creative process required to brand a new offering.
“We began naming the beers with the family name and the type of beer,” she explained, referenc-ing the Stoudt’s Pale Ale and Stoudt’s Triple. “But consumers are influenced by product names, so we had to get creative.”
One of the first naming successes was the brewery’s Scarlet Lady.
“We would have traditionally named it by the english term for pale ale, which is called ‘bitter.’ But ‘bitter’ to most people is an unappealing flavor. Instead, we took a cue from the red hue and came up with Scarlet Lady.”
Closely following that success was Fat Dog, named for the family’s pet Labrador who had a preference for the rich stout.
“As we got more creative with the names, the sales increased,” she said.
With a deep footprint on the eastern seaboard, Stoudt is happy to keep the production at the brewery level and consistently excellent.
“I have no plans to make this any larger than it is,” she said. “I’ve done what I set out to accomplish, and that’s enough. Today, the whole world looks to America as the champion of the craft beer movement. I am proud to have been a part of that.”
wHaT’s in a
name?THE ENTIRE BEER-MAKING PROCESS IS RIFE WITH CREATIVITy, AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING THE BREWS. HERE IS A SHORT lIST OF SOME OF STOUDT’S MORE CREATIVE NAMING ENTERPRISES:
Fat Dog Named for the family pup that
enjoyed the product, this is an
inviting, silky black stout, which
goes great with desserts.
olD abominableThere is nothing beastly about this
full-bodied barley wine-style ale,
which blends American and
English ingenuity.
HeiFer-in-wHeatThis Bavarian-style unfiltered
wheat beer is brewed with
50% malted barley and 50%
malted wheat.
revel reDThis full-bodied ale, available
only from November through
the winter months, is aptly
named for its deep amber color
and the holiday party season.
scarlet laDyThere is nothing sinful about
this reddish-copper ale, except,
perhaps, the delicious taste.
smootH HoperatorThis medium-bodied lager is
a hop lover’s beer with a
great flavor profile.
women interested. Remember, in those days, women typi-cally chose wine over beer, thinking it was a ‘man’s drink’ and that it was fattening.”
Slowly but surely, the fledgling company began to turn the tide. Stoudt’s products, and the concept of microbrew-eries, began to be synonymous with a different attitude and approach to brewing, creative flavors and friendly customer service. Her marketing strategy has come to define that of brewpubs and microbreweries across the country: offer products that compete on the basis of quality and diversity.
Today, still following the strict guidelines of the Reinheitsgebot (the German Purity Law of 1516), Stoudt brews 14 different styles of ales and lagers, which are available in Pennsylvania and nine other states. The brew-ery has the capacity to produce almost 16,000 barrels of beer a year, averaging about 12,000. With 31 gallons to a barrel, that’s a lot of beer.
“Craft beer has come to define affordable luxury,” she said. “We offer a good value and a lot of flavor. Back when we first started the brewery, we were ahead of our time. Today, people want choices and flavor and diversity in everything, including beer. We’re glad to meet that need.”
The brewery not only meets the need, but leads in professional accolades. The Stoudt brand has garnered more than 30 medals from the Great American Beer Festival, World Cup Beer and Beverage Tasting Institute.
Staying true to the esthetic of an industry that is known for creativity and personality does have its challenges.
10 TOWER | Spring 2013
Stoudt’s Brewing Company
is one of the pioneering craft breweries in America.
For more information
on Stoudt’s
Brewery, visit www.
stoudtsbeer.com
The Black Angus
Restaurant and
Pub provides
outstanding food in
a family-friendly
environment.
Feature
Spring 2013 | TOWER 11
“Iknew I wanted to help my husband with the busi-ness,” she explained, referring to the family’s three enterprises in Adamstown, Pa.: A restaurant, an
antique mall and a beer garden. “But I also wanted some-thing to call my own.” Seeing a need – the beer garden at that time did not produce its own fresh beer – Stoudt began researching how she could begin brewing beer for the restau-rant’s annual beer festival. By 1987, with three years of research, classes and mentorships to her credit, she had become the first female brew master in America since Prohibition and the first woman in the country to oversee the design and development of a microbrewery.
“The idea was to brew the beer for use in the restaurant, but in those days, a brewpub was illegal,” she explained. “I had to establish myself as a microbrewery and sell the beer to my husband.”
It took more than two years, but Stoudt perfected the German-style pilsner, considered the industry’s litmus test for quality brewing practice, as well as the Munich-style Helles lager, Oktoberfest and Honey Double Maibock. In 1987, its first year of operation, Stoudt’s Brewery produced 500 barrels of beer. The enterprise consisted of Stoudt and one other employee.
“I was proud and excited. I had researched and surrounded myself with mentors who helped fan my passion for creating
flavorful, fresh beer,” she explained. “We had the product to use at the festival and in the
restaurant, but there was a stigma attached to locally brewed beer. My beer was com-parable to an import then, and I had to get consumers, retailers, beer salesmen and wholesalers to not only buy into the locally brewed product, but to understand that the taste difference warranted a higher price than a mass-market beer. I had to change the perceptions of a lot of people.”
Stoudt attended as many seminars, tastings and public events as she
could, “trying to get my beer into other people’s mouths,” she said.
“I also had to work to get
While Stoudt has no qualms about the rigors of scien-tific experimentation and fine-tuning to get a brew just right, she struggles with the creative process required to brand a new offering.
“We began naming the beers with the family name and the type of beer,” she explained, referenc-ing the Stoudt’s Pale Ale and Stoudt’s Triple. “But consumers are influenced by product names, so we had to get creative.”
One of the first naming successes was the brewery’s Scarlet Lady.
“We would have traditionally named it by the english term for pale ale, which is called ‘bitter.’ But ‘bitter’ to most people is an unappealing flavor. Instead, we took a cue from the red hue and came up with Scarlet Lady.”
Closely following that success was Fat Dog, named for the family’s pet Labrador who had a preference for the rich stout.
“As we got more creative with the names, the sales increased,” she said.
With a deep footprint on the eastern seaboard, Stoudt is happy to keep the production at the brewery level and consistently excellent.
“I have no plans to make this any larger than it is,” she said. “I’ve done what I set out to accomplish, and that’s enough. Today, the whole world looks to America as the champion of the craft beer movement. I am proud to have been a part of that.”
wHaT’s in a
name?THE ENTIRE BEER-MAKING PROCESS IS RIFE WITH CREATIVITy, AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING THE BREWS. HERE IS A SHORT lIST OF SOME OF STOUDT’S MORE CREATIVE NAMING ENTERPRISES:
Fat Dog Named for the family pup that
enjoyed the product, this is an
inviting, silky black stout, which
goes great with desserts.
olD abominableThere is nothing beastly about this
full-bodied barley wine-style ale,
which blends American and
English ingenuity.
HeiFer-in-wHeatThis Bavarian-style unfiltered
wheat beer is brewed with
50% malted barley and 50%
malted wheat.
revel reDThis full-bodied ale, available
only from November through
the winter months, is aptly
named for its deep amber color
and the holiday party season.
scarlet laDyThere is nothing sinful about
this reddish-copper ale, except,
perhaps, the delicious taste.
smootH HoperatorThis medium-bodied lager is
a hop lover’s beer with a
great flavor profile.
women interested. Remember, in those days, women typi-cally chose wine over beer, thinking it was a ‘man’s drink’ and that it was fattening.”
Slowly but surely, the fledgling company began to turn the tide. Stoudt’s products, and the concept of microbrew-eries, began to be synonymous with a different attitude and approach to brewing, creative flavors and friendly customer service. Her marketing strategy has come to define that of brewpubs and microbreweries across the country: offer products that compete on the basis of quality and diversity.
Today, still following the strict guidelines of the Reinheitsgebot (the German Purity Law of 1516), Stoudt brews 14 different styles of ales and lagers, which are available in Pennsylvania and nine other states. The brew-ery has the capacity to produce almost 16,000 barrels of beer a year, averaging about 12,000. With 31 gallons to a barrel, that’s a lot of beer.
“Craft beer has come to define affordable luxury,” she said. “We offer a good value and a lot of flavor. Back when we first started the brewery, we were ahead of our time. Today, people want choices and flavor and diversity in everything, including beer. We’re glad to meet that need.”
The brewery not only meets the need, but leads in professional accolades. The Stoudt brand has garnered more than 30 medals from the Great American Beer Festival, World Cup Beer and Beverage Tasting Institute.
Staying true to the esthetic of an industry that is known for creativity and personality does have its challenges.
10 TOWER | Spring 2013
Stoudt’s Brewing Company
is one of the pioneering craft breweries in America.
For more information
on Stoudt’s
Brewery, visit www.
stoudtsbeer.com
The Black Angus
Restaurant and
Pub provides
outstanding food in
a family-friendly
environment.
FEaTURE
Spring 2013 | TOWER 1312 TOWER | Spring 2013
rooms and offices to original canvases on the walls of Bill Cosby’s and Nelson Mandela’s homes. You’ll recognize his work in the Butler Institute of Fine Art, the University of Pennsylvania and the Baseball Hall of Fame. You’ll also see his paintings on stage sets for Tv shows and in magazine layouts and as murals in Turner Stadium in Atlanta and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
“There’s nothing else I’d rather do to earn a living,” he declared. “I had 26 jobs before I made the commit-ment to go full-out and paint. That was 29 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.”
Tilghman is a prolific artist, averaging 225 paintings a year. Some are commis-sions, like one project he is just starting now for the San Francisco 49ers organiza-tion. Others are simply an answer to the call of his muse, the everyday man.
“I take inspiration from old black and white photos of people doing everyday things,” he explained. “I’ll use that moment in time captured on film as a jumping-off point to illustrate a story.”
Family and family history also serve as inspiration for his work. One of Tilghman’s favorite compositions is that of his extended family caught on camera at a picnic in 1947. entitled “The Last Family Reunion,” the piece captures Tilghman’s father at age 8 and his slightly-older brother waiting for their mother and aunts to finish
the musician depicted in the painting “Before the gig” radiates quiet energy. His clasped hands allude to strength and composure. His face, without detail, emanates soulful anticipation. it is an evocative and vibrant work and one of thousands crafted by an artist who thinks deeply about the personal story of each subject he paints.
“When people look at my work, I want them to be able to connect with the subject in the painting,” said DANe TILGHMAN ’79. “I want them to get a sense of the differ-ence that person made and feel like they know a little piece of that person’s story.”
Just as an author spins a tale using words, Tilghman, one of America’s leading contemporary African American artists, creates with bold brushstrokes of color. He sets the scene with bright acrylic colors and minimal detail: ochre and amber swaths for a farm field; cool arcs of color for a jazz club; emerald and sage strips to define a baseball outfield. His textural, bold paint strokes also breathe character and depth into his subjects, who range from farmers and railroad workers to musicians and baseball legends. His canvases tell a story so well that you feel part of the subject’s moment in time.
“I love a good story, and there’s beauty in the everyday activities of people,” said Tilghman. “I make my art about honoring those people and activities.”
Tilghman practices realism, cubism and impressionism and has also developed his own style, which he calls tall-tale art. This style employs exaggerated perspective and caricature, and although it is very allegorical, it evokes a sense of grace and rhythm.
His work resonates with a diverse audience and takes pride-of-place in collections that range from posters that adorn dorm
setting out the picnic supper. “As a frozen moment in time that
captures my father’s place in the family, this composition has to be my favorite, if I really must choose one,” he joked.
Tilghman, who comes from a long line of watermen working the Chesapeake Bay, considers the eastern Shore the ultimate natural environment in which to immerse himself and paint.
“While I really do take joy in each painting I create, I have a special place in my heart for painting the black watermen,” he said. “To capture their grace and strength in a classic American setting resonates very deeply with me.”
Tilghman also draws on a reserve of inspiration collected from his past profes-sors at Kutztown University, citing, among many, his illustration professor Tom Quirk, his music teacher Charles Scanzello and his sociology professor Sam Westmoreland.
“I was fortunate to have professors who not only taught me the skill I use today, but helped me expand my creativi-ty. Fred Keller, my life drawing teacher, and (the late) Dr. David Dunn, head of the Black Theatre League, were just two of the professors whose mentorship and influence are their legacy to me and, I am sure, to countless other alumni.”
Dane Tilghman’s
paintings: “Sleepy
John” (left),
“Fielding the Long
Ball” (middle),
“Going to Church”
(right).
“ When people look at my work, i want them to be able to connect with the subject in the painting ...”
— dane tilghman ’79by: A m y B i e m i l l e r
pHotograpHy by: D A n Z . J o h n s o n
genius
brushstrokes of
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Spring 2013 | TOWER 1312 TOWER | Spring 2013
rooms and offices to original canvases on the walls of Bill Cosby’s and Nelson Mandela’s homes. You’ll recognize his work in the Butler Institute of Fine Art, the University of Pennsylvania and the Baseball Hall of Fame. You’ll also see his paintings on stage sets for Tv shows and in magazine layouts and as murals in Turner Stadium in Atlanta and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
“There’s nothing else I’d rather do to earn a living,” he declared. “I had 26 jobs before I made the commit-ment to go full-out and paint. That was 29 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.”
Tilghman is a prolific artist, averaging 225 paintings a year. Some are commis-sions, like one project he is just starting now for the San Francisco 49ers organiza-tion. Others are simply an answer to the call of his muse, the everyday man.
“I take inspiration from old black and white photos of people doing everyday things,” he explained. “I’ll use that moment in time captured on film as a jumping-off point to illustrate a story.”
Family and family history also serve as inspiration for his work. One of Tilghman’s favorite compositions is that of his extended family caught on camera at a picnic in 1947. entitled “The Last Family Reunion,” the piece captures Tilghman’s father at age 8 and his slightly-older brother waiting for their mother and aunts to finish
the musician depicted in the painting “Before the gig” radiates quiet energy. His clasped hands allude to strength and composure. His face, without detail, emanates soulful anticipation. it is an evocative and vibrant work and one of thousands crafted by an artist who thinks deeply about the personal story of each subject he paints.
“When people look at my work, I want them to be able to connect with the subject in the painting,” said DANe TILGHMAN ’79. “I want them to get a sense of the differ-ence that person made and feel like they know a little piece of that person’s story.”
Just as an author spins a tale using words, Tilghman, one of America’s leading contemporary African American artists, creates with bold brushstrokes of color. He sets the scene with bright acrylic colors and minimal detail: ochre and amber swaths for a farm field; cool arcs of color for a jazz club; emerald and sage strips to define a baseball outfield. His textural, bold paint strokes also breathe character and depth into his subjects, who range from farmers and railroad workers to musicians and baseball legends. His canvases tell a story so well that you feel part of the subject’s moment in time.
“I love a good story, and there’s beauty in the everyday activities of people,” said Tilghman. “I make my art about honoring those people and activities.”
Tilghman practices realism, cubism and impressionism and has also developed his own style, which he calls tall-tale art. This style employs exaggerated perspective and caricature, and although it is very allegorical, it evokes a sense of grace and rhythm.
His work resonates with a diverse audience and takes pride-of-place in collections that range from posters that adorn dorm
setting out the picnic supper. “As a frozen moment in time that
captures my father’s place in the family, this composition has to be my favorite, if I really must choose one,” he joked.
Tilghman, who comes from a long line of watermen working the Chesapeake Bay, considers the eastern Shore the ultimate natural environment in which to immerse himself and paint.
“While I really do take joy in each painting I create, I have a special place in my heart for painting the black watermen,” he said. “To capture their grace and strength in a classic American setting resonates very deeply with me.”
Tilghman also draws on a reserve of inspiration collected from his past profes-sors at Kutztown University, citing, among many, his illustration professor Tom Quirk, his music teacher Charles Scanzello and his sociology professor Sam Westmoreland.
“I was fortunate to have professors who not only taught me the skill I use today, but helped me expand my creativi-ty. Fred Keller, my life drawing teacher, and (the late) Dr. David Dunn, head of the Black Theatre League, were just two of the professors whose mentorship and influence are their legacy to me and, I am sure, to countless other alumni.”
Dane Tilghman’s
paintings: “Sleepy
John” (left),
“Fielding the Long
Ball” (middle),
“Going to Church”
(right).
“ When people look at my work, i want them to be able to connect with the subject in the painting ...”
— dane tilghman ’79by: A m y B i e m i l l e r
pHotograpHy by: D A n Z . J o h n s o n
genius
brushstrokes of
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For LISA MARINO OSWALD ’82, the world is one large jewelry box.
Inspired by dew-covered gardens, cityscapes of steel or the star-spangled night sky, Oswald trans-lates what delights her into ornaments that bring joy to a very loyal following of fashionistas around the world.
“every woman wants to feel beautiful. It gives me great joy that my jewelry fulfills that desire for so many,” said Oswald, the president and driving creative force behind Sorrelli jewelry designs.
“I love this business. It’s very celebratory,” she proclaims. “Our designs are purchased as gifts, bought as reminders of important achievements or to commemorate special occasions, and given as tokens of love. Who wouldn’t want to be involved with that?”
As in many good stories about how businesses get launched, Sorrelli began out of necessity. In 1983, Oswald and her husband, KeRMIT ’81, were living in a Brooklyn loft. She was working with a costume jewelry designer, and he was framing art and hanging gallery shows in
Manhattan. As recent graduates with degrees in fine art, the couple was delighted by one big perk of Kermit ’s job: They spent weekends at gallery parties, often in the company of celebrities such as Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger.
“It was a heady time for us, but I always had a tiny worry, and that was what would I wear to those parties,” Oswald confessed. “I could make do with a little black dress, but my problem was how to dress it up differently every time,” she explained.
Channeling her artistic talent and love of heir-loom jewelry, she did what any enterprising, creative young woman would: She handcrafted sparkly accessories from bits and pieces of crystal and semi-precious stones.
“I found that I could meld my love for vintage design with the hard-edged look of that time, to put together an eclectic collection of jewelry,” she said.
Her designs captured the eye of other party guests, and soon she was spending more time at her kitchen table crafting jewelry for a growing clientele. By calling in her sisters for help, she was able to keep up with orders. She was also inspired to name her fledgling company Sorrelli, an appropriation
from the Italian word sorrelle, which means “sisters.”
Those days crafting jewelry at her kitchen table are long past. Today, she manages the creative design, and Kermit takes care of production and factory setup for the Sorrelli company, now located in Kutztown. The jewelry is sold in the company’s flagship store in Kutztown, as well as in independent retail boutiques nationwide and in major department stores like Nordstrom, von Maur and Papyrus.
The Sorrelli name has become synonymous for boldly beautiful jewelry that may be worn en masse or as single
statement pieces to complement any woman’s outfit and personality. Pieces consist of semi- precious stones, such as jasper, opal, pearl, turquoise, amethyst, jade and coral, as well as faceted Swarovski crystals. Sorrelli rings,
bracelets, necklaces, pins and earrings grace fashion spreads in magazines including Redbook, Glamour and Lucky, and adorn
the fashion conscious as well as the famous.“I still remember when I saw Madonna’s picture
at the American Music Awards in 1987. She was wearing my earrings!” Oswald exclaimed. “And you know what the greatest thing about that was? I didn’t give those to her; she bought them.”
Oswald gives retired Kutztown University art professor, James Carroll, credit for propelling her into her career and helping her stay focused.
“Dr. Carroll made us keep a calendar and record everything we did in 15-minute blocks, every day, all term,” she said. “Now that time really is money for me, I understand how important it is to stay accountable to the business through my actions, even the smallest ones.”
Carroll also promoted internships for his students at a time when it was uncommon for fine art students.
“He prompted me to take on an internship with a costume jewelry designer in New York when I graduated, and that mentoring and exposure to business has continued to serve me well,” she declared.
There have been a number of important accom-plishments for the business, said this high-energy self-starter. In 2000, the Sorrelli line was first featured in Nordstrom, “which really put us on the map,” she proclaimed. In 2006, the Oswalds returned to their roots in Kutztown and opened what would become their flagship store.
“The business is like a child in some ways. I am so proud to nurture it and see it grow,” she said.
That nurturing has recently been focused on relationship building. A new collaboration between Sorrelli and Stacy London, media personality and co-host of “What Not to Wear,” is set to launch a new line of buildable jewelry for the brand.
“There’s no end to the possibilities for the business,” she declared. “Jewelry is timeless, and there is a never-ending supply of inspiration for new and creative designs. I’m just lucky to constantly be inspired.” For more information on Sorrelli, visit www.sorrelli.com.
all that
glitters can mean
business goldby:
A m y
B i e m i l l e r
pHotograpHy by:
D o u g l A s
B e n e D i c t
The Sorrelli name
has become
synonymous with
beautifully designed
signature pieces.
Spring 2013 | TOWER 1514 TOWER | Spring 2013
FEaTURE
For LISA MARINO OSWALD ’82, the world is one large jewelry box.
Inspired by dew-covered gardens, cityscapes of steel or the star-spangled night sky, Oswald trans-lates what delights her into ornaments that bring joy to a very loyal following of fashionistas around the world.
“every woman wants to feel beautiful. It gives me great joy that my jewelry fulfills that desire for so many,” said Oswald, the president and driving creative force behind Sorrelli jewelry designs.
“I love this business. It’s very celebratory,” she proclaims. “Our designs are purchased as gifts, bought as reminders of important achievements or to commemorate special occasions, and given as tokens of love. Who wouldn’t want to be involved with that?”
As in many good stories about how businesses get launched, Sorrelli began out of necessity. In 1983, Oswald and her husband, KeRMIT ’81, were living in a Brooklyn loft. She was working with a costume jewelry designer, and he was framing art and hanging gallery shows in
Manhattan. As recent graduates with degrees in fine art, the couple was delighted by one big perk of Kermit ’s job: They spent weekends at gallery parties, often in the company of celebrities such as Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger.
“It was a heady time for us, but I always had a tiny worry, and that was what would I wear to those parties,” Oswald confessed. “I could make do with a little black dress, but my problem was how to dress it up differently every time,” she explained.
Channeling her artistic talent and love of heir-loom jewelry, she did what any enterprising, creative young woman would: She handcrafted sparkly accessories from bits and pieces of crystal and semi-precious stones.
“I found that I could meld my love for vintage design with the hard-edged look of that time, to put together an eclectic collection of jewelry,” she said.
Her designs captured the eye of other party guests, and soon she was spending more time at her kitchen table crafting jewelry for a growing clientele. By calling in her sisters for help, she was able to keep up with orders. She was also inspired to name her fledgling company Sorrelli, an appropriation
from the Italian word sorrelle, which means “sisters.”
Those days crafting jewelry at her kitchen table are long past. Today, she manages the creative design, and Kermit takes care of production and factory setup for the Sorrelli company, now located in Kutztown. The jewelry is sold in the company’s flagship store in Kutztown, as well as in independent retail boutiques nationwide and in major department stores like Nordstrom, von Maur and Papyrus.
The Sorrelli name has become synonymous for boldly beautiful jewelry that may be worn en masse or as single
statement pieces to complement any woman’s outfit and personality. Pieces consist of semi- precious stones, such as jasper, opal, pearl, turquoise, amethyst, jade and coral, as well as faceted Swarovski crystals. Sorrelli rings,
bracelets, necklaces, pins and earrings grace fashion spreads in magazines including Redbook, Glamour and Lucky, and adorn
the fashion conscious as well as the famous.“I still remember when I saw Madonna’s picture
at the American Music Awards in 1987. She was wearing my earrings!” Oswald exclaimed. “And you know what the greatest thing about that was? I didn’t give those to her; she bought them.”
Oswald gives retired Kutztown University art professor, James Carroll, credit for propelling her into her career and helping her stay focused.
“Dr. Carroll made us keep a calendar and record everything we did in 15-minute blocks, every day, all term,” she said. “Now that time really is money for me, I understand how important it is to stay accountable to the business through my actions, even the smallest ones.”
Carroll also promoted internships for his students at a time when it was uncommon for fine art students.
“He prompted me to take on an internship with a costume jewelry designer in New York when I graduated, and that mentoring and exposure to business has continued to serve me well,” she declared.
There have been a number of important accom-plishments for the business, said this high-energy self-starter. In 2000, the Sorrelli line was first featured in Nordstrom, “which really put us on the map,” she proclaimed. In 2006, the Oswalds returned to their roots in Kutztown and opened what would become their flagship store.
“The business is like a child in some ways. I am so proud to nurture it and see it grow,” she said.
That nurturing has recently been focused on relationship building. A new collaboration between Sorrelli and Stacy London, media personality and co-host of “What Not to Wear,” is set to launch a new line of buildable jewelry for the brand.
“There’s no end to the possibilities for the business,” she declared. “Jewelry is timeless, and there is a never-ending supply of inspiration for new and creative designs. I’m just lucky to constantly be inspired.” For more information on Sorrelli, visit www.sorrelli.com.
all that
glitters can mean
business goldby:
A m y
B i e m i l l e r
pHotograpHy by:
D o u g l A s
B e n e D i c t
The Sorrelli name
has become
synonymous with
beautifully designed
signature pieces.
16 TOWER | Spring 2013 Spring 2013 | TOWER 17
FEATURE
‘student of the month’ award. Another student, who originally presented as aggressive and violent, has been here for one-and-a-half years – now he’s practically a teacher!”
The road to success hasn’t always been easy. At its inception, the Pioneer Day School faced immense budget shortfalls and struggled for four to five years to stay afloat. A grant from the San Diego Foundation came at a crucial moment, and now the school, through the Pioneer Foundation of San Diego, is able to give back to others in need.
“I feel so fortunate,” Leiner said. “I’ve got a great team of people here, and every step along the way, miracles have occurred. Now we can give back.”
As a freshman at KU, Leiner knew that he wanted to make a difference for children with special needs.
“The only thing I ever wanted to do was teach special education,” he explained. “And I learned a lot from my professors. Dr. Dennis Dietrich, my adviser, taught me that a sense of humor is necessary to survive – or thrive – in this field. I also had class with Dr. Debra Lynch, who was an incredible professor.”
The classroom wasn’t the only place where Leiner received an education. A member of the Golden Bears wrestling team and the men’s rugby club, Leiner’s participa-tion in athletics gave him the resiliency to persevere even when the future of his school seemed bleak.
“I gained so much from wrestling and rugby,” Leiner proclaimed. “Wrestling is as much about mental strength as it is physical. The lessons I learned while wrestling helped me hang in there when times were tough. I started playing rugby to improve my leg strength for wrestling, but it also taught me how to network, which turned out to be a valuable skill.”
Leiner’s determination and fortitude are instrumental to the next phase of his vision – implementing a self-funded pilot program in public schools.
“We have a lot of statistically significant results,” he explained. “Some of our findings have been published in medical journals,
When JIM LeINeR ’98 founded the Pioneer Day School, located in San Diego, Calif., he didn’t know that he would spend the next three years without a paycheck.
“The easiest thing to do would have been to quit,” he confided. “I couldn’t pay myself, and I had to survive by tutoring in the evenings and bartending – but I’m glad I did it.”
Leiner’s perseverance paid off. Today, the Pioneer Day School, which enrolls children on the autism spectrum and with special needs, serves as a model for other institutions. In order to provide every student with a holistic educational experience, Leiner and his team of educators begin their assessment on the first day of class.
“For most of our students, coming here is a relief,” he explained. “Maybe at their last school, it was too noisy or bright. Our team works one-on-one with the children to discover what their social, emotional and physiological needs are, before the academic component enters the picture. After a few weeks, students start looking forward to school!”
Leiner served as a teacher when he first
founded at Pioneer Day School. These days, his responsibilities have grown – he is still teaching (music), provides one-on-one support for severe needs students and fulfills adminis-trative duties.
“I do all of the things that need to be done,” he said. “I’ll even scrub a toilet.”
A Pennsylvania native, Leiner moved to San Diego in 2001, where he dreamed of starting a small private school devoted to educating special needs children and teaching them life skills.
“My goal was to create a unique, small community where students can learn behavioral and social skills while emerging academically,” he revealed. “I wanted to open a school that also fostered the development of life skills, like cooking meals and doing laundry.”
The transformations that Leiner has witnessed are a testament to the success of his innovative curriculum.
“One fifth-grader’s parents were told that he would never speak,” Leiner recalled. “He came here and thrived. By 10th grade he enrolled in a public high school and won the
and we received additional grants to continue our research. The pioneer learning model will provide a ‘how to’ manual for working with special needs children that public schools, or everyone, could use.”
As for Leiner, he sees himself one day returning to his Pennsylvania roots.
“I was very fond of my time at KU and really appreciate the east Coast mentality,” he declared. “Someday I would love to come back and work with people who want to work in the special education field.”
Until then, Leiner will continue his work at the Pioneer Day School – changing lives, one child at a time.
by: EsthEr shanahan M’15
“ Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you
help them become what they are capable of being.”
— goetHe, t H e c o r e p r i n c i p l e f o r t H e p i o n e e r d ay s c H o o l
Pioneer Day School
caters to students with
Autism Spectrum
Disorders and other
special needs. Left:
Pioneer students and
teachers working on
sensory activities.
Below: Jim Leiner ’98.
Bottom: Pioneer takes
learning outside of the
classroom.Changing Lives One Student at a Time
16 TOWER | Spring 2013 Spring 2013 | TOWER 17
FEATURE
‘student of the month’ award. Another student, who originally presented as aggressive and violent, has been here for one-and-a-half years – now he’s practically a teacher!”
The road to success hasn’t always been easy. At its inception, the Pioneer Day School faced immense budget shortfalls and struggled for four to five years to stay afloat. A grant from the San Diego Foundation came at a crucial moment, and now the school, through the Pioneer Foundation of San Diego, is able to give back to others in need.
“I feel so fortunate,” Leiner said. “I’ve got a great team of people here, and every step along the way, miracles have occurred. Now we can give back.”
As a freshman at KU, Leiner knew that he wanted to make a difference for children with special needs.
“The only thing I ever wanted to do was teach special education,” he explained. “And I learned a lot from my professors. Dr. Dennis Dietrich, my adviser, taught me that a sense of humor is necessary to survive – or thrive – in this field. I also had class with Dr. Debra Lynch, who was an incredible professor.”
The classroom wasn’t the only place where Leiner received an education. A member of the Golden Bears wrestling team and the men’s rugby club, Leiner’s participa-tion in athletics gave him the resiliency to persevere even when the future of his school seemed bleak.
“I gained so much from wrestling and rugby,” Leiner proclaimed. “Wrestling is as much about mental strength as it is physical. The lessons I learned while wrestling helped me hang in there when times were tough. I started playing rugby to improve my leg strength for wrestling, but it also taught me how to network, which turned out to be a valuable skill.”
Leiner’s determination and fortitude are instrumental to the next phase of his vision – implementing a self-funded pilot program in public schools.
“We have a lot of statistically significant results,” he explained. “Some of our findings have been published in medical journals,
When JIM LeINeR ’98 founded the Pioneer Day School, located in San Diego, Calif., he didn’t know that he would spend the next three years without a paycheck.
“The easiest thing to do would have been to quit,” he confided. “I couldn’t pay myself, and I had to survive by tutoring in the evenings and bartending – but I’m glad I did it.”
Leiner’s perseverance paid off. Today, the Pioneer Day School, which enrolls children on the autism spectrum and with special needs, serves as a model for other institutions. In order to provide every student with a holistic educational experience, Leiner and his team of educators begin their assessment on the first day of class.
“For most of our students, coming here is a relief,” he explained. “Maybe at their last school, it was too noisy or bright. Our team works one-on-one with the children to discover what their social, emotional and physiological needs are, before the academic component enters the picture. After a few weeks, students start looking forward to school!”
Leiner served as a teacher when he first
founded at Pioneer Day School. These days, his responsibilities have grown – he is still teaching (music), provides one-on-one support for severe needs students and fulfills adminis-trative duties.
“I do all of the things that need to be done,” he said. “I’ll even scrub a toilet.”
A Pennsylvania native, Leiner moved to San Diego in 2001, where he dreamed of starting a small private school devoted to educating special needs children and teaching them life skills.
“My goal was to create a unique, small community where students can learn behavioral and social skills while emerging academically,” he revealed. “I wanted to open a school that also fostered the development of life skills, like cooking meals and doing laundry.”
The transformations that Leiner has witnessed are a testament to the success of his innovative curriculum.
“One fifth-grader’s parents were told that he would never speak,” Leiner recalled. “He came here and thrived. By 10th grade he enrolled in a public high school and won the
and we received additional grants to continue our research. The pioneer learning model will provide a ‘how to’ manual for working with special needs children that public schools, or everyone, could use.”
As for Leiner, he sees himself one day returning to his Pennsylvania roots.
“I was very fond of my time at KU and really appreciate the east Coast mentality,” he declared. “Someday I would love to come back and work with people who want to work in the special education field.”
Until then, Leiner will continue his work at the Pioneer Day School – changing lives, one child at a time.
by: EsthEr shanahan M’15
“ Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you
help them become what they are capable of being.”
— goetHe, t H e c o r e p r i n c i p l e f o r t H e p i o n e e r d ay s c H o o l
Pioneer Day School
caters to students with
Autism Spectrum
Disorders and other
special needs. Left:
Pioneer students and
teachers working on
sensory activities.
Below: Jim Leiner ’98.
Bottom: Pioneer takes
learning outside of the
classroom.Changing Lives One Student at a Time
18 TOWER | Spring 2013
After 30 years at KU and a decade of retirement, DR. JOe PISCITeLLI, professor emeritus of biol-ogy, is still demanding questions from his students.
While cell and molecular biology are Piscitelli’s first love, his undergraduate degree in philosophy inspired him to create courses that stretch beyond hard science – for example, Biology and Society, Man and the environment and Bioethics. Today he is teaching biology to both science and nonscience majors at Lehigh Carbon Community College.
“I ask opinion questions and try to get the group thinking about issues that may come into the social arena from the area of biology. They think educa-tion is getting the answers. I think education is knowing how to ask the question, because if you don’t know how to ask the question, you can’t do the research to answer that question.”
Stressing that students need to be engaged citizens, “I tell them in biology they need to get involved in the community, they need to run on school boards and borough councils, because if they don’t, other people will come who won’t have as broad of a perspective as they do.”
Piscitelli continues to question how he can be a better teacher. With disarming modesty, he says he once asked a KU colleague to critique how well he engaged students in the classroom, discovering that he needed to give students more time to think before jumping in with answers. He asks for evalua-tions of every class session.
“evaluations at the end of the course are never helpful to the current students,” he explained.
Additionally, he also participated in a reading apprenticeship program to better teach students how to read a text, attack a chapter and get the most from their text assignments.
Piscitelli is still very much engaged in both the university and local communities. He and his wife, Diane, support the KU scholarship fund they established in 2002 in memory of their late son, Mark, to help students study abroad.
“Mark had a whole new perspective after travel-ing to europe,” Piscitelli said.
Piscitelli loves to travel, recalling such highlights as kissing Diane on the Rialto Bridge in venice and celebrating his 78th birthday amidst whales on an Alaskan cruise.
He will also accompany the KU Jazz ensemble for an Italian tour in 2013. Although he long ago gave up playing, he attends Jazz ensemble practices and emcees performances.
“It is wonderful to watch the progress of individual students. Kutztown is a great school in the arts!”
Still living “10 doors from campus,” Piscitelli is the unofficial chaplain of the rugby team.
“I didn’t pray with them at two away games, and some of the team asked why I wasn’t there since they lost both of those games,” he laughed.
A resigned Roman Catholic priest, he was recently certified to be a hospital chaplain and still performs weddings and baptisms, with all honoraria going to support his son’s scholarship fund.
He is deeply invested in the health of the com-munity and is active in the Kutztown University Borough of Kutztown (KUBoK) neighborhood watch program.
An avid sailor, Piscitelli spends much of his time in the cockpit of a sailboat, thinking about the big questions in life. His question is simply, “Where am I going? I’m trying my darndest to let God be at the wheel,” he said.
Back to class wIth .. .
Joe Piscitelli
Dr. Joe Piscitelli
with Boehm
Science Center in
background.
“THEy WANT ANSWERS. I WANT
THEM TO asK QUEsTiOns!” — joe pisCitelli
still teaCHing, still learning and still engaged.
by: BarBara J . Marshall
pHotograpHy by: Dan Z. Johnson
18 TOWER | Spring 2013
After 30 years at KU and a decade of retirement, DR. JOe PISCITeLLI, professor emeritus of biol-ogy, is still demanding questions from his students.
While cell and molecular biology are Piscitelli’s first love, his undergraduate degree in philosophy inspired him to create courses that stretch beyond hard science – for example, Biology and Society, Man and the environment and Bioethics. Today he is teaching biology to both science and nonscience majors at Lehigh Carbon Community College.
“I ask opinion questions and try to get the group thinking about issues that may come into the social arena from the area of biology. They think educa-tion is getting the answers. I think education is knowing how to ask the question, because if you don’t know how to ask the question, you can’t do the research to answer that question.”
Stressing that students need to be engaged citizens, “I tell them in biology they need to get involved in the community, they need to run on school boards and borough councils, because if they don’t, other people will come who won’t have as broad of a perspective as they do.”
Piscitelli continues to question how he can be a better teacher. With disarming modesty, he says he once asked a KU colleague to critique how well he engaged students in the classroom, discovering that he needed to give students more time to think before jumping in with answers. He asks for evalua-tions of every class session.
“evaluations at the end of the course are never helpful to the current students,” he explained.
Additionally, he also participated in a reading apprenticeship program to better teach students how to read a text, attack a chapter and get the most from their text assignments.
Piscitelli is still very much engaged in both the university and local communities. He and his wife, Diane, support the KU scholarship fund they established in 2002 in memory of their late son, Mark, to help students study abroad.
“Mark had a whole new perspective after travel-ing to europe,” Piscitelli said.
Piscitelli loves to travel, recalling such highlights as kissing Diane on the Rialto Bridge in venice and celebrating his 78th birthday amidst whales on an Alaskan cruise.
He will also accompany the KU Jazz ensemble for an Italian tour in 2013. Although he long ago gave up playing, he attends Jazz ensemble practices and emcees performances.
“It is wonderful to watch the progress of individual students. Kutztown is a great school in the arts!”
Still living “10 doors from campus,” Piscitelli is the unofficial chaplain of the rugby team.
“I didn’t pray with them at two away games, and some of the team asked why I wasn’t there since they lost both of those games,” he laughed.
A resigned Roman Catholic priest, he was recently certified to be a hospital chaplain and still performs weddings and baptisms, with all honoraria going to support his son’s scholarship fund.
He is deeply invested in the health of the com-munity and is active in the Kutztown University Borough of Kutztown (KUBoK) neighborhood watch program.
An avid sailor, Piscitelli spends much of his time in the cockpit of a sailboat, thinking about the big questions in life. His question is simply, “Where am I going? I’m trying my darndest to let God be at the wheel,” he said.
Back to class wIth .. .
Joe Piscitelli
Dr. Joe Piscitelli
with Boehm
Science Center in
background.
“THEy WANT ANSWERS. I WANT
THEM TO asK QUEsTiOns!” — joe pisCitelli
still teaCHing, still learning and still engaged.
by: BarBara J . Marshall
pHotograpHy by: Dan Z. Johnson
20 TOWER | Spring 2013
AfflerbAch ScholArShip A n d t h e cAmpAign for KU kU FoUndatIonUpDAte
O n Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, the Kutztown University Foundation & Alumni engage-
ment held its annual Celebration of Philanthropy dinner to highlight the achievements of students, faculty and alumni and to recognize the philanthropic support of the university’s generous donors. A special video, produced for the occasion, highlighted the remarkable ways that KU students, alumni and faculty are giving back to the university through their time, talent and contributions. The video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/kufoundation.
The evening’s program included faculty and student speakers. Professor vICKI MeLONeY ’93 of the Communication Design Department and professor DAvID WAGAMAN ’80 of the Business Administration Accounting and Finance Department spoke eloquently about the pride they feel in seeing their students succeed both in class and in their careers after college. KU students HeATHeR URBAN ’14 and SAMANTHA KRONSTADT ’12, M’14 shared stories about the impact that scholarship support has had upon their time at the university. Urban’s speech highlighted the importance of the culture of philanthropy at KU:
“Though my time here has been relatively short, my experience at Kutztown has had a very positive impact on my life,” she said.
“I have acquired valuable skills through the community service and leadership activities I participate in, which include serving as a career peer at the Career Development Center and
Afflerbach Scholarship recipients (from left): Janelle Decker ’15, Matthew Haelig ’13, Zachary Gardner
’15, Geert Ruelens ’14, Erika Diffendall ’16, Ethan Wightkin ’13, Doreen Smeck ’14. To read more about
these students, visit: www.give2ku.org/afflerbach Avalanche, the KU mascot, and the KU Marching Unit helped bring the annual Celebration of Philanthropy dinner to a spectacular finish.
This fall, the scholarship was awarded to 16 undergraduates, one of whom is senior DOReeN SMeCK ’14, a dual major in secondary education and music education.
“As a recipient of the Afflerbach Scholarship, I was able to take private organ lessons and accompanied the Kutztown University Choir under the direction of Dr. Dennis Williams,” Smeck said. “Receiving the scholarship was one of the best things to ever happen to me.”
Smeck’s music performance studies also led her to an unexpected competition.
“A few years ago I entered the Rodgers North American Organ Competition, where I competed against 25 organists ranging in ages from 20 to 35,” she recalled. “After several stages, I advanced to the final stage, which was held here at my own university. I went on to win the People’s Choice Award, and there has yet to be a more satisfying experience in my life.”
Philanthropic partnership makes it possible for Kutztown University to provide the types of learning experiences – like Smeck’s – that change lives. Your support helps Kutztown attract talented and diverse students, and through scholarships, the university can offer the KU experience to students who deserve an excellent and accessible education.
Planned gifts are a wonderful way to help KU and may qualify you for membership in The Old Main Society, which is named in honor of Old Main, the most historic building on cam-pus and the heart of the university. The Old Main Society recognizes donors who have designated the Kutztown University Foundation as the ultimate beneficiary of a planned gift. Members of The Old Main Society include alumni, current and emeriti faculty, and friends.
One of the most important benefits you will receive from joining The Old Main Society is the satisfaction derived from making a contribution to KU’s long-term success. Like the Afflerbachs, you, too, can provide enduring support to the university and its students. To learn more about The Old Main Society and planned giving, please visit www.give2ku.org/ plannedgiving.
in 1991, a bequest from the estate of MAMIe H. AFFLeRBACH ’20 established the Calvin
e. and Mamie H. Afflerbach Scholarship at Kutztown University. The Afflerbach Scholarship furnishes need-based support for students regis-tered in music courses at KU. Over the last two decades, the scholarship has provided more than $230,000 to students pursuing degrees in music and has had an incredible impact on the music program at Kutztown.
1 Campaign co-chair Bill
’73 and Joanne (Quinn)
Ribble ’74. 2 Professor
Vicki Meloney ’93 speaks
about her students and her
KU teaching experience.
3 Roger Jackson ’90, chair,
KU Foundation Board of
Directors, and Benjamin
Brooks ’79, president,
Alumni Association Board
of Directors. 4 Presidential
Ambassador and scholarship
recipient Heather Urban ’14.
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acting as a coordinator for the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters program offered on campus. These are all activities I feel really passionate about and love doing,” Urban said.
“This year I was chosen as the recipient of a student scholarship. Receiving this scholarship has alleviated a financial burden on me and my family. I come from a single-parent home, and knowing that there won’t be a financial struggle this year relieves some of the stress I have carried in the past. The generosity of alumni, parents and friends who donate to the university has truly made a difference not just to me, but to my family as well.”
The event was brought to a close with an exciting announcement by BILL RIBBLe ’73, who had some help from Avalanche and the KU Marching Unit. Ribble is the co-chair, along with Peter Knight, of Setting the Stage, The Campaign for Kutztown University, a compre- hensive capital campaign designed to raise funds to enhance the quality of education at KU and contribute to the renovation of Schaeffer.
The campaign entered its public phase with Ribble’s announcement that the foundation had, at the time of the event, raised $11.8 million toward the $15 million campaign goal.
The campaign total now stands at $13 million. If you would like to learn more about the campaign or how you can get involved, please visit the founda-tion’s website at www.give2ku.org/campaign.
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AfflerbAch ScholArShip A n d t h e cAmpAign for KU kU FoUndatIonUpDAte
O n Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, the Kutztown University Foundation & Alumni engage-
ment held its annual Celebration of Philanthropy dinner to highlight the achievements of students, faculty and alumni and to recognize the philanthropic support of the university’s generous donors. A special video, produced for the occasion, highlighted the remarkable ways that KU students, alumni and faculty are giving back to the university through their time, talent and contributions. The video can be viewed at www.youtube.com/kufoundation.
The evening’s program included faculty and student speakers. Professor vICKI MeLONeY ’93 of the Communication Design Department and professor DAvID WAGAMAN ’80 of the Business Administration Accounting and Finance Department spoke eloquently about the pride they feel in seeing their students succeed both in class and in their careers after college. KU students HeATHeR URBAN ’14 and SAMANTHA KRONSTADT ’12, M’14 shared stories about the impact that scholarship support has had upon their time at the university. Urban’s speech highlighted the importance of the culture of philanthropy at KU:
“Though my time here has been relatively short, my experience at Kutztown has had a very positive impact on my life,” she said.
“I have acquired valuable skills through the community service and leadership activities I participate in, which include serving as a career peer at the Career Development Center and
Afflerbach Scholarship recipients (from left): Janelle Decker ’15, Matthew Haelig ’13, Zachary Gardner
’15, Geert Ruelens ’14, Erika Diffendall ’16, Ethan Wightkin ’13, Doreen Smeck ’14. To read more about
these students, visit: www.give2ku.org/afflerbach Avalanche, the KU mascot, and the KU Marching Unit helped bring the annual Celebration of Philanthropy dinner to a spectacular finish.
This fall, the scholarship was awarded to 16 undergraduates, one of whom is senior DOReeN SMeCK ’14, a dual major in secondary education and music education.
“As a recipient of the Afflerbach Scholarship, I was able to take private organ lessons and accompanied the Kutztown University Choir under the direction of Dr. Dennis Williams,” Smeck said. “Receiving the scholarship was one of the best things to ever happen to me.”
Smeck’s music performance studies also led her to an unexpected competition.
“A few years ago I entered the Rodgers North American Organ Competition, where I competed against 25 organists ranging in ages from 20 to 35,” she recalled. “After several stages, I advanced to the final stage, which was held here at my own university. I went on to win the People’s Choice Award, and there has yet to be a more satisfying experience in my life.”
Philanthropic partnership makes it possible for Kutztown University to provide the types of learning experiences – like Smeck’s – that change lives. Your support helps Kutztown attract talented and diverse students, and through scholarships, the university can offer the KU experience to students who deserve an excellent and accessible education.
Planned gifts are a wonderful way to help KU and may qualify you for membership in The Old Main Society, which is named in honor of Old Main, the most historic building on cam-pus and the heart of the university. The Old Main Society recognizes donors who have designated the Kutztown University Foundation as the ultimate beneficiary of a planned gift. Members of The Old Main Society include alumni, current and emeriti faculty, and friends.
One of the most important benefits you will receive from joining The Old Main Society is the satisfaction derived from making a contribution to KU’s long-term success. Like the Afflerbachs, you, too, can provide enduring support to the university and its students. To learn more about The Old Main Society and planned giving, please visit www.give2ku.org/ plannedgiving.
in 1991, a bequest from the estate of MAMIe H. AFFLeRBACH ’20 established the Calvin
e. and Mamie H. Afflerbach Scholarship at Kutztown University. The Afflerbach Scholarship furnishes need-based support for students regis-tered in music courses at KU. Over the last two decades, the scholarship has provided more than $230,000 to students pursuing degrees in music and has had an incredible impact on the music program at Kutztown.
1 Campaign co-chair Bill
’73 and Joanne (Quinn)
Ribble ’74. 2 Professor
Vicki Meloney ’93 speaks
about her students and her
KU teaching experience.
3 Roger Jackson ’90, chair,
KU Foundation Board of
Directors, and Benjamin
Brooks ’79, president,
Alumni Association Board
of Directors. 4 Presidential
Ambassador and scholarship
recipient Heather Urban ’14.
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acting as a coordinator for the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters program offered on campus. These are all activities I feel really passionate about and love doing,” Urban said.
“This year I was chosen as the recipient of a student scholarship. Receiving this scholarship has alleviated a financial burden on me and my family. I come from a single-parent home, and knowing that there won’t be a financial struggle this year relieves some of the stress I have carried in the past. The generosity of alumni, parents and friends who donate to the university has truly made a difference not just to me, but to my family as well.”
The event was brought to a close with an exciting announcement by BILL RIBBLe ’73, who had some help from Avalanche and the KU Marching Unit. Ribble is the co-chair, along with Peter Knight, of Setting the Stage, The Campaign for Kutztown University, a compre- hensive capital campaign designed to raise funds to enhance the quality of education at KU and contribute to the renovation of Schaeffer.
The campaign entered its public phase with Ribble’s announcement that the foundation had, at the time of the event, raised $11.8 million toward the $15 million campaign goal.
The campaign total now stands at $13 million. If you would like to learn more about the campaign or how you can get involved, please visit the founda-tion’s website at www.give2ku.org/campaign.
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The 1950s
Edward Pany ’58 started collecting
atlas Cement Company Museum arti-
facts when the northampton, Pa.,
business stopped production 30 years
ago. Today, he gives museum tours
to cement company employees from
all over the world, including China,
Brazil, Romania, Ukraine and France.
Recently, museum curators from China
invited him on an all-expense-paid
trip to visit a cement museum in
their country.
George Meiser ’59 and his wife,
Gloria, released the 20th volume of
“The Passing scene,” a photographic
history of Berks County.
The 1960s
Barbara Ann (Foley) Beswick ’62 has
just published a customizable children’s
book, “a Christmas Moon,” with Mirror
Publishing Co.
Rosalie (Dragotta) Mancino ’69 has
accepted a position as director of
elementary education with the
Phillipsburg school district in
new Jersey.
Carole (Boblitz) Snyder ’69, former
assistant controller at Met-Ed and its
parent firms, accepted a position as
managing director for the City of
Reading, Pa.
John Wabby ’69, a Kutztown University
hall of fame athlete, serves as vice chair
for KU’s Council of Trustees. in 1986,
wabby became principal of Blue
Mountain High school in schuylkill
Haven, Pa. wabby served as schuylkill
League president and Eastern Football
Conference president, was on the board
of directors for the district 11 Committee
and joined the Piaa board of directors
in 1993. as an athletic administrator, he
began the merging process that led to
the schuylkill League as we know it
today. He was a driving force behind the
creation of the current Piaa football
playoffs and constantly fought for pro-
portional representation in all sports
when it came to state qualifiers.
The 1970s
Nancy Sarangoulis ’70, collections manager
at albright College’s Freedman Gallery in
Reading, Pa., was selected to participate in
the Raghurajpur international art/Craft
Exchange (Ria/CE) artist residency pro-
gram in Orissa, india. sarangoulis joined 15
other artists from around the world during
a five-week exchange from Oct. 11 to nov.
20. Ria/CE is an opportunity for contem-
porary/conceptual artists to study with
master craftsmen. in exchange, the interna-
tional artists will share their ideas about
contemporary art with the villagers, who
can incorporate these ideas into their tradi-
tional art. sarangoulis, of Mount Penn, Pa.,
has been at albright College since 2000.
John Stirling ’70 retired after 40 years in
the financial services industry, stepping
away from his job as senior vice president
for the national Penn investors Trust Co. He
and his wife, nancy wasch, enjoy traveling.
Jacqueline (Greene) Thomas ’71, a fiber
artist for more than 50 years, has been
honored by the Getter Center for Education
in the arts in Los angeles, the national
art Education association, the Pennsyl-
vania alliance for arts Education, the
Pennsylvania department of Education,
the Pennsylvania House of Represen-
tatives and the Pa Council on the arts.
The williamsport, Pa., resident currently
has exhibitions at the nearby Eagles
Mere art Gallery and in williamsport’s
Patinaz Gallery.
John DeVere ’74, M’78, principal at Educa-
tion & Training solutions LLC, assisted
delaware Technical Community College in
designing and equipping their advanced
manufacturing laboratories at the
innovation and Technology Center,
located in new Castle, del.
William Kuntz ’74, M’85 revised his gradu-
ate thesis translation of a soviet science
fiction story, changing the title from
“Bandit over the world” to “‘Fat Man’
Over the world.” His current translation
is now available on a Ukrainian website.
He credits his wife, Sandy (Hambrecht)
Kuntz ’73, M’85, for her assistance with
editing his original thesis.
class noteS
Celebrating a CenturyETHEl FRANCES RINGER RISlEy ’31 celebrated her 100th birthday on December 12,
2012, at the luther Crest retirement community, in Allentown, Pa. In 1931, Risley graduated from
Kutztown State Teachers College. Twelve years later, in 1943, she returned to Kutztown with
her husband, Walter P. Risley Sr., who served as a teacher, coach and athletics director at KU during
his 28-year tenure. After his death in 1971, the original campus gymnasium was named for him.
In 1991, he was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Risley taught kindergarten at Kutztown
Elementary from 1955 until she retired
in 1978. She was active in the university
community as a spouse and alumna,
and in 1992 she served as honorary
chairperson for the first KU Athletics
Fund drive. Risley also endowed a
baseball scholarship to honor her
husband. In Kutztown, she was active
at Trinity lutheran Church, the Kutztown
library, and the Women’s Club.
Risley has two children, Walt Risley Jr.
and linda Risley yoder, five grandchildren,
and eight great-grandchildren. Anyone
who would like to send her greetings can
do so by emailing [email protected].
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Spring 2013 | TOWER 23
The 1950s
Edward Pany ’58 started collecting
atlas Cement Company Museum arti-
facts when the northampton, Pa.,
business stopped production 30 years
ago. Today, he gives museum tours
to cement company employees from
all over the world, including China,
Brazil, Romania, Ukraine and France.
Recently, museum curators from China
invited him on an all-expense-paid
trip to visit a cement museum in
their country.
George Meiser ’59 and his wife,
Gloria, released the 20th volume of
“The Passing scene,” a photographic
history of Berks County.
The 1960s
Barbara Ann (Foley) Beswick ’62 has
just published a customizable children’s
book, “a Christmas Moon,” with Mirror
Publishing Co.
Rosalie (Dragotta) Mancino ’69 has
accepted a position as director of
elementary education with the
Phillipsburg school district in
new Jersey.
Carole (Boblitz) Snyder ’69, former
assistant controller at Met-Ed and its
parent firms, accepted a position as
managing director for the City of
Reading, Pa.
John Wabby ’69, a Kutztown University
hall of fame athlete, serves as vice chair
for KU’s Council of Trustees. in 1986,
wabby became principal of Blue
Mountain High school in schuylkill
Haven, Pa. wabby served as schuylkill
League president and Eastern Football
Conference president, was on the board
of directors for the district 11 Committee
and joined the Piaa board of directors
in 1993. as an athletic administrator, he
began the merging process that led to
the schuylkill League as we know it
today. He was a driving force behind the
creation of the current Piaa football
playoffs and constantly fought for pro-
portional representation in all sports
when it came to state qualifiers.
The 1970s
Nancy Sarangoulis ’70, collections manager
at albright College’s Freedman Gallery in
Reading, Pa., was selected to participate in
the Raghurajpur international art/Craft
Exchange (Ria/CE) artist residency pro-
gram in Orissa, india. sarangoulis joined 15
other artists from around the world during
a five-week exchange from Oct. 11 to nov.
20. Ria/CE is an opportunity for contem-
porary/conceptual artists to study with
master craftsmen. in exchange, the interna-
tional artists will share their ideas about
contemporary art with the villagers, who
can incorporate these ideas into their tradi-
tional art. sarangoulis, of Mount Penn, Pa.,
has been at albright College since 2000.
John Stirling ’70 retired after 40 years in
the financial services industry, stepping
away from his job as senior vice president
for the national Penn investors Trust Co. He
and his wife, nancy wasch, enjoy traveling.
Jacqueline (Greene) Thomas ’71, a fiber
artist for more than 50 years, has been
honored by the Getter Center for Education
in the arts in Los angeles, the national
art Education association, the Pennsyl-
vania alliance for arts Education, the
Pennsylvania department of Education,
the Pennsylvania House of Represen-
tatives and the Pa Council on the arts.
The williamsport, Pa., resident currently
has exhibitions at the nearby Eagles
Mere art Gallery and in williamsport’s
Patinaz Gallery.
John DeVere ’74, M’78, principal at Educa-
tion & Training solutions LLC, assisted
delaware Technical Community College in
designing and equipping their advanced
manufacturing laboratories at the
innovation and Technology Center,
located in new Castle, del.
William Kuntz ’74, M’85 revised his gradu-
ate thesis translation of a soviet science
fiction story, changing the title from
“Bandit over the world” to “‘Fat Man’
Over the world.” His current translation
is now available on a Ukrainian website.
He credits his wife, Sandy (Hambrecht)
Kuntz ’73, M’85, for her assistance with
editing his original thesis.
class noteS
Celebrating a CenturyETHEl FRANCES RINGER RISlEy ’31 celebrated her 100th birthday on December 12,
2012, at the luther Crest retirement community, in Allentown, Pa. In 1931, Risley graduated from
Kutztown State Teachers College. Twelve years later, in 1943, she returned to Kutztown with
her husband, Walter P. Risley Sr., who served as a teacher, coach and athletics director at KU during
his 28-year tenure. After his death in 1971, the original campus gymnasium was named for him.
In 1991, he was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Risley taught kindergarten at Kutztown
Elementary from 1955 until she retired
in 1978. She was active in the university
community as a spouse and alumna,
and in 1992 she served as honorary
chairperson for the first KU Athletics
Fund drive. Risley also endowed a
baseball scholarship to honor her
husband. In Kutztown, she was active
at Trinity lutheran Church, the Kutztown
library, and the Women’s Club.
Risley has two children, Walt Risley Jr.
and linda Risley yoder, five grandchildren,
and eight great-grandchildren. Anyone
who would like to send her greetings can
do so by emailing [email protected].
classnoteS
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Barbara (Smith) Schafer ’74 retired after
33 years of teaching elementary school.
Her first year of teaching was for the
allentown school district and the next
32 years were spent with the southern
Lehigh school district. schafer was rec-
ognized in 1992 for teaching excellence by
who’s who among america’s Teachers.
Marietta (Brazell) Dantonio-Fryer ’75 is
an artist, art educator, healing arts and
art therapy interventionist, and a com-
munity outreach project organizer. Her
artwork was featured in the independent
film “Raw visions: The art of survival,”
which is based on the survivor art
Foundation’s mission of healing
through art. dantonio-Fryer is head of
the Fine arts department at Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania.
Carol Oldenburg ’77 participated in one
of three “artists Conversations” held at
the state Museum of Pennsylvania.
Oldenburg, a painter and york resident,
provided museum goers with an
insightful insider’s tour of the 2012 “art
of the state” exhibition currently on
view. Oldenburg has two paintings in
“art of the state,” one of which was
chosen as a state Museum Purchase
award and will become part of the
museum’s permanent collection.
Thomas laudenslager ’79 works out
of a Flint Hill studio in Coopersburg,
Pa. He focuses primarily on incor-
porating bonsai design elements into
stoneware or porcelain clay. His
work was exhibited at the Jewish
Community Center in allentown, Pa.;
at the 42nd annual Peters valley Fine
Craft Fair in augusta, n.J.; and at the
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
Holiday show in Lancaster, Pa.
The 1980s
Margaret (Margerison) Calvario ’80
became a board member for the non-
profit Professional women’s Round-
table organization, which is based in
Philadelphia. she is a leader, trainer and
facilitator for PwR’s monthly roundta-
bles. Calvario also serves on the Patient
Family Centered Care advisory Council
for the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Debra (Stanley) lapic ’81 is director of
the Berks County and Reading Marbles
tournament, which is the oldest continu-
ously running marbles tournament in the
United states. it celebrated its 90th
annual tournament this year. Lapic gives
presentations on marbles and also teaches
children in the Reading school district
and several local scout groups how to play.
lieutenant Colonel John Felins ’82
retired after 28 years of service in
the air Force Medical service Corp.
Felins held many positions during
his career with the air Force, includ-
ing facilities management, patient
administration, aeromedical evacua-
tion and medical readiness, and as
resource manager, administrator,
squadron commander and chief
(medical readiness division). He also
served in Operation desert storm
in 1991 and later in Mogadishu,
somalia, during a deployment.
Paul Wensel Jr. ’82 of north wales,
Pa., is the former owner of The
Hickory Pit restaurant. wensel was
diagnosed with aLs (Lou Gehrig’s
disease) in 2010, and an annual golf
tournament in his honor is held
every september.
Stephen Bohlinger ’85 accepted a
position as publisher of Eating well
magazine. Bohlinger most recently
served as the associate publisher for
Food network magazine, a Hearst
publication. Before joining the Food
network in May 2011, he was vice presi-
dent and publisher of Cooking Light
magazine. Under his guidance, Cooking
Light was ranked no. 4 on advertising
age’s “a-List” in 2010. Prior to his role
leading the Cooking Light sales team,
Bohlinger was vice president and pub-
lisher of Cottage Living magazine, a
position he held from the magazine’s
launch in 2003 until its closure in 2008.
Gary Maurer ’85 was promoted to senior
vice president, corporate services, at
Lafayette ambassador Bank, a local divi-
sion of Fulton Financial Corp. Maurer
also serves as treasurer of the Historic
Bethlehem Partnership and is a member
of the Bethlehem Rotary Club, where he
has served as treasurer.
Gregory Kuritz ’86, vice president and
branch claims manager for the Erie
insurance Group, completed a Manage-
ment development studies program at
Cornell University.
Debra (Glass) Harris ’89 has been working
as a freelance writer, videographer and
producer since 1993. in 1999 she produced
and directed “The Chinese acupressure
Facelift” video. Harris is also an actress
who has appeared in local and regional
theatre. “dance of the Butterfly” is her
first full-length screenplay adaptation,
and she is currently working on an origi-
nal screenplay entitled “P.J.’s Reply.”
The 1990s
Amanda (Bassler) Emig ’93 is a graphic
artist and promotions manager at the
James v. Brown Library in williamsport,
Pa. she started a pet portrait business
and designs specialty items such as photo
boxes, bookmarks, calendars, note paper
and Christmas ornaments. Emig also
donates artwork to the Lycoming County
society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
animals, the williamsport Riding Club
and the James v. Brown Library.
Tracy (Simmons) Flail ’93 accepted a
position as marketing strategist for
wellstar Health system in Marietta, Ga.
Jonathan Frazier ’93 continues to
enjoy recognition for his ongoing
Skyline Drive painting exhibition.
Recently, a piece was selected for
the annual juried show at Lebanon
valley College; another is in the
washington County Museum of Fine
art’s juried show in Hagerstown, Md.;
and another is in the Art of the
State: Pennsylvania 2012 exhibition at
The state Museum of Pennsylvania,
in Harrisburg.
John Moninger ’93 joined Eaton vance
Corp. as director of retail sales. He will be
responsible for relationship management
and leading all sales for Eaton vance’s
brokerage and independent channels.
A multi-talented performer, historic interpreter and former college
professor, RICHARD PAWlING ’73 has forged a career bringing the
past back to life and creating historical reenactments of coal miners,
ironworkers, loggers, canal men, old-time baseball players and others
instrumental to the making of early America.
Developing an authentic historical character is a labor of love that
includes studying culture, dialects, phrases and costume design.
“I try to paint with words, illustrate with emotion and put life into the
past to make history come alive,” Pawling said. “Roots are extremely
important. They’re a part of who I am.”
Those roots began at Kutztown, where his father was a professor of
art education for more than 30 years. Pawling’s wife, DIANE (REINHART) ’74, received her bachelor’s degree in library science from KU.
Over the summer, Pawling performed taps at the grave of the first
soldier buried in Arlington National Cemetery for
the 150th anniversary of the war anthem. He
credits his time at Kutztown University for his
prolific musical ability.
“Kutztown taught me how to understand tech-
nique and read music. Marching band gave me
the confidence to stand up in front of others and play,” he said.
KU also had a profound influence on the formation of his educational
ethics and pedagogical methods.
“While student teaching at the lab school (the College of Education’s
former early learning center), (the late) Dr. Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Moyer and
former KU professor Dr. (Ted) Rabold encouraged me to develop a teach-
ing style that incorporated living history. This empowered me to begin
Richard Pawling ’73 doesn’t just enter a room – he transforms it. teaching classes on Civil War dressed in period costume,” he explained.
Dr. lynn Sprankle, a KU professor emeritus, taught Pawling that knowl-
edge of geography is integral to understanding history, and Dr. David
Valuska, also a KU professor emeritus, encouraged Pawling to develop
his unique teaching style.
“That’s the beauty of Kutztown,” Pawling said. “The professors are
here to teach you.”
At Penn State Berks, where Pawling taught for 22 years, he drew
upon the lessons he learned at Kutztown to give students “a view of the
present through the past.” While there, Pawling brought in retirees from
Bethlehem Steel and world champion bull rider Adriano Moraes as guest
speakers to give students context for classroom discussions.
His thrilling career includes a stint with the National Park Service, for
which he received the 1989 Freeman Tilden Award, which honors excellence
in interpretation and education. Pawling is also the owner and
educational specialist of History Alive!, which features period perfor-
mances of early-American working-class heroes and the music that
energized their lives.
Pawling is the recipient of the Kutztown University 1999 Rothermel
Alumni Award and was named one of KU’s 100 Most Distinguished
Alumni of the 20th Century in 2000.
“ I TRy TO PAINT WITH WORDS, IllUSTRATE WITH EMOTION AND PUT lIFE INTO THE PAST TO MAKE HISTORy COME AlIVE.” —riCHard pawling ’73
classnoteS
Spring 2013 | TOWER 2524 TOWER | Spring 2013
Barbara (Smith) Schafer ’74 retired after
33 years of teaching elementary school.
Her first year of teaching was for the
allentown school district and the next
32 years were spent with the southern
Lehigh school district. schafer was rec-
ognized in 1992 for teaching excellence by
who’s who among america’s Teachers.
Marietta (Brazell) Dantonio-Fryer ’75 is
an artist, art educator, healing arts and
art therapy interventionist, and a com-
munity outreach project organizer. Her
artwork was featured in the independent
film “Raw visions: The art of survival,”
which is based on the survivor art
Foundation’s mission of healing
through art. dantonio-Fryer is head of
the Fine arts department at Cheyney
University of Pennsylvania.
Carol Oldenburg ’77 participated in one
of three “artists Conversations” held at
the state Museum of Pennsylvania.
Oldenburg, a painter and york resident,
provided museum goers with an
insightful insider’s tour of the 2012 “art
of the state” exhibition currently on
view. Oldenburg has two paintings in
“art of the state,” one of which was
chosen as a state Museum Purchase
award and will become part of the
museum’s permanent collection.
Thomas laudenslager ’79 works out
of a Flint Hill studio in Coopersburg,
Pa. He focuses primarily on incor-
porating bonsai design elements into
stoneware or porcelain clay. His
work was exhibited at the Jewish
Community Center in allentown, Pa.;
at the 42nd annual Peters valley Fine
Craft Fair in augusta, n.J.; and at the
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
Holiday show in Lancaster, Pa.
The 1980s
Margaret (Margerison) Calvario ’80
became a board member for the non-
profit Professional women’s Round-
table organization, which is based in
Philadelphia. she is a leader, trainer and
facilitator for PwR’s monthly roundta-
bles. Calvario also serves on the Patient
Family Centered Care advisory Council
for the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Debra (Stanley) lapic ’81 is director of
the Berks County and Reading Marbles
tournament, which is the oldest continu-
ously running marbles tournament in the
United states. it celebrated its 90th
annual tournament this year. Lapic gives
presentations on marbles and also teaches
children in the Reading school district
and several local scout groups how to play.
lieutenant Colonel John Felins ’82
retired after 28 years of service in
the air Force Medical service Corp.
Felins held many positions during
his career with the air Force, includ-
ing facilities management, patient
administration, aeromedical evacua-
tion and medical readiness, and as
resource manager, administrator,
squadron commander and chief
(medical readiness division). He also
served in Operation desert storm
in 1991 and later in Mogadishu,
somalia, during a deployment.
Paul Wensel Jr. ’82 of north wales,
Pa., is the former owner of The
Hickory Pit restaurant. wensel was
diagnosed with aLs (Lou Gehrig’s
disease) in 2010, and an annual golf
tournament in his honor is held
every september.
Stephen Bohlinger ’85 accepted a
position as publisher of Eating well
magazine. Bohlinger most recently
served as the associate publisher for
Food network magazine, a Hearst
publication. Before joining the Food
network in May 2011, he was vice presi-
dent and publisher of Cooking Light
magazine. Under his guidance, Cooking
Light was ranked no. 4 on advertising
age’s “a-List” in 2010. Prior to his role
leading the Cooking Light sales team,
Bohlinger was vice president and pub-
lisher of Cottage Living magazine, a
position he held from the magazine’s
launch in 2003 until its closure in 2008.
Gary Maurer ’85 was promoted to senior
vice president, corporate services, at
Lafayette ambassador Bank, a local divi-
sion of Fulton Financial Corp. Maurer
also serves as treasurer of the Historic
Bethlehem Partnership and is a member
of the Bethlehem Rotary Club, where he
has served as treasurer.
Gregory Kuritz ’86, vice president and
branch claims manager for the Erie
insurance Group, completed a Manage-
ment development studies program at
Cornell University.
Debra (Glass) Harris ’89 has been working
as a freelance writer, videographer and
producer since 1993. in 1999 she produced
and directed “The Chinese acupressure
Facelift” video. Harris is also an actress
who has appeared in local and regional
theatre. “dance of the Butterfly” is her
first full-length screenplay adaptation,
and she is currently working on an origi-
nal screenplay entitled “P.J.’s Reply.”
The 1990s
Amanda (Bassler) Emig ’93 is a graphic
artist and promotions manager at the
James v. Brown Library in williamsport,
Pa. she started a pet portrait business
and designs specialty items such as photo
boxes, bookmarks, calendars, note paper
and Christmas ornaments. Emig also
donates artwork to the Lycoming County
society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
animals, the williamsport Riding Club
and the James v. Brown Library.
Tracy (Simmons) Flail ’93 accepted a
position as marketing strategist for
wellstar Health system in Marietta, Ga.
Jonathan Frazier ’93 continues to
enjoy recognition for his ongoing
Skyline Drive painting exhibition.
Recently, a piece was selected for
the annual juried show at Lebanon
valley College; another is in the
washington County Museum of Fine
art’s juried show in Hagerstown, Md.;
and another is in the Art of the
State: Pennsylvania 2012 exhibition at
The state Museum of Pennsylvania,
in Harrisburg.
John Moninger ’93 joined Eaton vance
Corp. as director of retail sales. He will be
responsible for relationship management
and leading all sales for Eaton vance’s
brokerage and independent channels.
A multi-talented performer, historic interpreter and former college
professor, RICHARD PAWlING ’73 has forged a career bringing the
past back to life and creating historical reenactments of coal miners,
ironworkers, loggers, canal men, old-time baseball players and others
instrumental to the making of early America.
Developing an authentic historical character is a labor of love that
includes studying culture, dialects, phrases and costume design.
“I try to paint with words, illustrate with emotion and put life into the
past to make history come alive,” Pawling said. “Roots are extremely
important. They’re a part of who I am.”
Those roots began at Kutztown, where his father was a professor of
art education for more than 30 years. Pawling’s wife, DIANE (REINHART) ’74, received her bachelor’s degree in library science from KU.
Over the summer, Pawling performed taps at the grave of the first
soldier buried in Arlington National Cemetery for
the 150th anniversary of the war anthem. He
credits his time at Kutztown University for his
prolific musical ability.
“Kutztown taught me how to understand tech-
nique and read music. Marching band gave me
the confidence to stand up in front of others and play,” he said.
KU also had a profound influence on the formation of his educational
ethics and pedagogical methods.
“While student teaching at the lab school (the College of Education’s
former early learning center), (the late) Dr. Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Moyer and
former KU professor Dr. (Ted) Rabold encouraged me to develop a teach-
ing style that incorporated living history. This empowered me to begin
Richard Pawling ’73 doesn’t just enter a room – he transforms it. teaching classes on Civil War dressed in period costume,” he explained.
Dr. lynn Sprankle, a KU professor emeritus, taught Pawling that knowl-
edge of geography is integral to understanding history, and Dr. David
Valuska, also a KU professor emeritus, encouraged Pawling to develop
his unique teaching style.
“That’s the beauty of Kutztown,” Pawling said. “The professors are
here to teach you.”
At Penn State Berks, where Pawling taught for 22 years, he drew
upon the lessons he learned at Kutztown to give students “a view of the
present through the past.” While there, Pawling brought in retirees from
Bethlehem Steel and world champion bull rider Adriano Moraes as guest
speakers to give students context for classroom discussions.
His thrilling career includes a stint with the National Park Service, for
which he received the 1989 Freeman Tilden Award, which honors excellence
in interpretation and education. Pawling is also the owner and
educational specialist of History Alive!, which features period perfor-
mances of early-American working-class heroes and the music that
energized their lives.
Pawling is the recipient of the Kutztown University 1999 Rothermel
Alumni Award and was named one of KU’s 100 Most Distinguished
Alumni of the 20th Century in 2000.
“ I TRy TO PAINT WITH WORDS, IllUSTRATE WITH EMOTION AND PUT lIFE INTO THE PAST TO MAKE HISTORy COME AlIVE.” —riCHard pawling ’73
26 TOWER | Spring 2013
Dr. William Ziegler ’93, principal of
Pottsgrove Middle school in the Potts-
grove school district, was named
president-elect of the Pennsylvania
association of Elementary and secon-
dary school Principals, headquartered
in summerdale, Pa. He resides in
Boyertown, Pa., with his wife, Kim, and
their two children, ages 12 and 14.
Douglas Brewer M’97 was appointed
senior vice president and chief develop-
ment officer of select Medical. in this
senior leadership role, Brewer will facili-
tate strategic growth through new joint
venture partnerships, acquisitions and
other business relationships.
Maria McDonnell ’97 is Berks County’s
fifth poet laureate. she began her two-
year appointment Oct. 2, 2012, during a
ceremony in the Miller Center for the arts
at Reading area Community College.
“Maria had the spark and soul of a poet
when she was a student in KU’s English
department and constructed a handmade
book of poems as a study project,” said
dr. Heather Thomas, Mcdonnell’s former
professor at KU. “Berks County is lucky
to have another poet laureate who not
only writes poetry, but lives it.”
Dr. Scott Weiland M’97 was recently
appointed assistant professor of mass
communications at King’s College in
wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Jill (Rowlands) Atkinson ’98 is a special
education teacher in schuylkill County
and serves as a volunteer coach for the
Minersville softball league and the
Minersville area youth Basketball
association. atkinson was recently
inducted into the allen-Rogowicz
Chapter of the Pennsylvania sports Hall
of Fame. she resides in Minersville, Pa.,
with her husband Bill; three sons, dylan,
Bryce and Ty; and two stepdaughters,
Kylie and Kelsey.
yu Kanazawa ’98 was promoted to asso-
ciate professor of art at Jamestown
Community College, a state University of
new york. a JCC faculty member since
2003, he also serves as coordinator of
the art program and director of visual
and performing arts.
Joe Emrick M’99 is a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
for the 137th district. Emrick ran a grass-
roots campaign, in which he knocked on
6,670 doors in his 13-municipality,
73,000-constituent district. in the past
two years, Emrick has worked with his
colleagues to eliminate a $4 billion state
deficit. He also has held an annual senior
health fair in Forks, Pa., and legislative
breakfasts in Forks and nazareth, Pa.
Seth Miller ’99 was sworn into the
Carbon County Bar association by
President Judge Roger n. nanovic. Miller
practices law with the firm of william G.
schwab and associates, in Lehighton, Pa.
He previously worked as a legal intern
with schwab’s practice for the past three
years while attending law school.
Shawn Proctor ’99 has published in
several literary journals and anthologies,
including Storyglossia, Our Washington
Pastime, Think Journal, Schuylkill
Valley Journal and Our Haunted World:
Ghost Stories from Around the Globe.
His writing has appeared in The
Philadelphia inquirer, Main Line Today,
CityPaper’s Critical Mass Blog and
ale street news. He holds an MFa in
creative writing from Rosemont
College, where he was nominated for
Best new american voices and earned
the Creative writing award for most
outstanding thesis. Proctor blogs on
nerd Caliber, Geekadelphia and
CultureMob and recently completed a
superhero novel, featuring former
college classmates who must fight for
their lives when the world’s only super-
hero is murdered.
The 2000s
Christopher Barnes ’01 is entering his
sixth year as an English teacher in the
northern Lehigh school district, after
working for seven years in the field of
journalism. He self-published his first
novel, “180 days,” and is the proud
parent of a little boy, ike Thomas, who
was born in June 2011.
Wendy Krisak M’02 was appointed
the new victim assistance coordinator
for the diocese of allentown. Krisak
is a licensed professional counselor
with a private practice in Bethlehem
and has been the director of counseling
at desales University since 2003.
Randy Artz ’04 graduated from the
University of Maryland with a master’s
degree in business administration. He is
currently a contracting officer for the
U.s. department of the interior in
washington, d.C.
Shannon Barr ’05 was recently hired as
a regional sales manager for Bar-Ray,
the world’s largest manufacturer of
radiation protective garments and
vinyls. Barr will oversee business
development efforts for Bar-Ray in
the mid-atlantic region including
delaware, washington, d.C., Maryland,
northern virginia and southeastern
Pennsylvania.
classnoteS
Seven alumnae and two faculty received awards at the
Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s (PAEA) 2012 fall
conference. From left to Right: CONCETTA M. MATTIONI
’88; JACKIE THOMAS ’71; KRISTEN TUERK ’84, ’94, M’09;
HEATHER FOUNTAIN (faculty); MARy KATE BERGH ’13,
WENDy SWEIGART ’90; lISBETH M. BUCCI ’77 and
MElISSA GAllAGHER ’79, M’84. Missing from photo:
CARRIE NORDlUND (faculty).
Spring 2013 | TOWER 27
Misa’s Fugue Tells story of Holocaust survivorJENNIFER GOSS ’02 and her students at Fleetwood
Area High School in Fleetwood, Pa., reached across decades
of history to piece together the remnants of Holocaust
survivor Frank Grunwald’s life.
A social studies teacher, vice chair of the Pennsylvania
Holocaust Education Council and teacher
fellow with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, Goss led her students in conducting
historical research that utilized the valuable
archival resources made available by the
museum, located in Washington, D.C.
Fleetwood students and teachers worked
with a team of industry professionals for
nearly 22 months to produce the documentary
film Misa’s Fugue. The project, which explores Grunwald’s
triumphant survival, gave Goss a lot of hope for the educa-
tional process.
“It was really an awesome experience to be involved in
something so historically significant,” she said. “And for a
lot of the students, it brought the learning out of the text-
book and let them realize the Holocaust affected a person
who was, in many ways, similar to them.”
Over the course of shooting the documentary, the
students were able to reunite Grunwald with one of his
liberators. They also organized a donation to the museum –
a letter written by Grunwald’s mother shortly before
she was killed at Auschwitz.
A history education major, Goss was inspired by
Kutztown University professor of history Douglas lea,
who encouraged her to grow and explore other areas
of interest.
“Another of my favorite teachers was Dr. John Delaney,
who was a phenomenal professor. The environment at KU
really fostered learning and helped me discover what
interested me in life – it was a great place to start my
academic career,” Goss said.
Misa’s Fugue united Goss with other KU alumni:
DIANE CHISDAK ’85, M’91; SEAN GASTON,
who received his teaching certification from KU; and
ZACHARy HOUP M’06.
“The expertise of these partners really helped the
project grow,” Goss declared. “It was a really enjoyable
experience to be able to bring so many knowledgeable
educators together and see what came of it.”
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts – Partners in the
Arts program and the Berks Arts Council recently awarded
Misa’s Fugue a grant to subsidize the cost of film distribu-
tion and entries to film festivals. The documentary began
its festival tour in October 2012 with screenings at the
Philadelphia Film Festival and the
Greater Reading Film Festival.
Upcoming plans for the film
include submitting it for the 2014
Academy Award nominations.
Goss continues to work tirelessly
to design educational materials
for teaching about the Holocaust.
She is developing a webinar in
propaganda for the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum and working on
the world memory project, which
is a large online repository of
millions of documents available
for Holocaust research.
Above: Current KU
student and Fleetwood
Area High School
graduate Margariete
Malenda ’15 created a
visual representation
of the concentration
camp number assigned
to Frank Grunwald.
Jennifer Goss ’02 (second from right, middle row), Diane Chisdak
’85, M’91 (second from left, middle row) and Sean Gaston (first on
left, last row), with Fleetwood Area High School students involved
with the film’s production..
KU Dominates Awards at PAEA Conference
26 TOWER | Spring 2013
Dr. William Ziegler ’93, principal of
Pottsgrove Middle school in the Potts-
grove school district, was named
president-elect of the Pennsylvania
association of Elementary and secon-
dary school Principals, headquartered
in summerdale, Pa. He resides in
Boyertown, Pa., with his wife, Kim, and
their two children, ages 12 and 14.
Douglas Brewer M’97 was appointed
senior vice president and chief develop-
ment officer of select Medical. in this
senior leadership role, Brewer will facili-
tate strategic growth through new joint
venture partnerships, acquisitions and
other business relationships.
Maria McDonnell ’97 is Berks County’s
fifth poet laureate. she began her two-
year appointment Oct. 2, 2012, during a
ceremony in the Miller Center for the arts
at Reading area Community College.
“Maria had the spark and soul of a poet
when she was a student in KU’s English
department and constructed a handmade
book of poems as a study project,” said
dr. Heather Thomas, Mcdonnell’s former
professor at KU. “Berks County is lucky
to have another poet laureate who not
only writes poetry, but lives it.”
Dr. Scott Weiland M’97 was recently
appointed assistant professor of mass
communications at King’s College in
wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Jill (Rowlands) Atkinson ’98 is a special
education teacher in schuylkill County
and serves as a volunteer coach for the
Minersville softball league and the
Minersville area youth Basketball
association. atkinson was recently
inducted into the allen-Rogowicz
Chapter of the Pennsylvania sports Hall
of Fame. she resides in Minersville, Pa.,
with her husband Bill; three sons, dylan,
Bryce and Ty; and two stepdaughters,
Kylie and Kelsey.
yu Kanazawa ’98 was promoted to asso-
ciate professor of art at Jamestown
Community College, a state University of
new york. a JCC faculty member since
2003, he also serves as coordinator of
the art program and director of visual
and performing arts.
Joe Emrick M’99 is a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
for the 137th district. Emrick ran a grass-
roots campaign, in which he knocked on
6,670 doors in his 13-municipality,
73,000-constituent district. in the past
two years, Emrick has worked with his
colleagues to eliminate a $4 billion state
deficit. He also has held an annual senior
health fair in Forks, Pa., and legislative
breakfasts in Forks and nazareth, Pa.
Seth Miller ’99 was sworn into the
Carbon County Bar association by
President Judge Roger n. nanovic. Miller
practices law with the firm of william G.
schwab and associates, in Lehighton, Pa.
He previously worked as a legal intern
with schwab’s practice for the past three
years while attending law school.
Shawn Proctor ’99 has published in
several literary journals and anthologies,
including Storyglossia, Our Washington
Pastime, Think Journal, Schuylkill
Valley Journal and Our Haunted World:
Ghost Stories from Around the Globe.
His writing has appeared in The
Philadelphia inquirer, Main Line Today,
CityPaper’s Critical Mass Blog and
ale street news. He holds an MFa in
creative writing from Rosemont
College, where he was nominated for
Best new american voices and earned
the Creative writing award for most
outstanding thesis. Proctor blogs on
nerd Caliber, Geekadelphia and
CultureMob and recently completed a
superhero novel, featuring former
college classmates who must fight for
their lives when the world’s only super-
hero is murdered.
The 2000s
Christopher Barnes ’01 is entering his
sixth year as an English teacher in the
northern Lehigh school district, after
working for seven years in the field of
journalism. He self-published his first
novel, “180 days,” and is the proud
parent of a little boy, ike Thomas, who
was born in June 2011.
Wendy Krisak M’02 was appointed
the new victim assistance coordinator
for the diocese of allentown. Krisak
is a licensed professional counselor
with a private practice in Bethlehem
and has been the director of counseling
at desales University since 2003.
Randy Artz ’04 graduated from the
University of Maryland with a master’s
degree in business administration. He is
currently a contracting officer for the
U.s. department of the interior in
washington, d.C.
Shannon Barr ’05 was recently hired as
a regional sales manager for Bar-Ray,
the world’s largest manufacturer of
radiation protective garments and
vinyls. Barr will oversee business
development efforts for Bar-Ray in
the mid-atlantic region including
delaware, washington, d.C., Maryland,
northern virginia and southeastern
Pennsylvania.
classnoteS
Seven alumnae and two faculty received awards at the
Pennsylvania Art Education Association’s (PAEA) 2012 fall
conference. From left to Right: CONCETTA M. MATTIONI
’88; JACKIE THOMAS ’71; KRISTEN TUERK ’84, ’94, M’09;
HEATHER FOUNTAIN (faculty); MARy KATE BERGH ’13,
WENDy SWEIGART ’90; lISBETH M. BUCCI ’77 and
MElISSA GAllAGHER ’79, M’84. Missing from photo:
CARRIE NORDlUND (faculty).
Spring 2013 | TOWER 27
Misa’s Fugue Tells story of Holocaust survivorJENNIFER GOSS ’02 and her students at Fleetwood
Area High School in Fleetwood, Pa., reached across decades
of history to piece together the remnants of Holocaust
survivor Frank Grunwald’s life.
A social studies teacher, vice chair of the Pennsylvania
Holocaust Education Council and teacher
fellow with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, Goss led her students in conducting
historical research that utilized the valuable
archival resources made available by the
museum, located in Washington, D.C.
Fleetwood students and teachers worked
with a team of industry professionals for
nearly 22 months to produce the documentary
film Misa’s Fugue. The project, which explores Grunwald’s
triumphant survival, gave Goss a lot of hope for the educa-
tional process.
“It was really an awesome experience to be involved in
something so historically significant,” she said. “And for a
lot of the students, it brought the learning out of the text-
book and let them realize the Holocaust affected a person
who was, in many ways, similar to them.”
Over the course of shooting the documentary, the
students were able to reunite Grunwald with one of his
liberators. They also organized a donation to the museum –
a letter written by Grunwald’s mother shortly before
she was killed at Auschwitz.
A history education major, Goss was inspired by
Kutztown University professor of history Douglas lea,
who encouraged her to grow and explore other areas
of interest.
“Another of my favorite teachers was Dr. John Delaney,
who was a phenomenal professor. The environment at KU
really fostered learning and helped me discover what
interested me in life – it was a great place to start my
academic career,” Goss said.
Misa’s Fugue united Goss with other KU alumni:
DIANE CHISDAK ’85, M’91; SEAN GASTON,
who received his teaching certification from KU; and
ZACHARy HOUP M’06.
“The expertise of these partners really helped the
project grow,” Goss declared. “It was a really enjoyable
experience to be able to bring so many knowledgeable
educators together and see what came of it.”
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts – Partners in the
Arts program and the Berks Arts Council recently awarded
Misa’s Fugue a grant to subsidize the cost of film distribu-
tion and entries to film festivals. The documentary began
its festival tour in October 2012 with screenings at the
Philadelphia Film Festival and the
Greater Reading Film Festival.
Upcoming plans for the film
include submitting it for the 2014
Academy Award nominations.
Goss continues to work tirelessly
to design educational materials
for teaching about the Holocaust.
She is developing a webinar in
propaganda for the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum and working on
the world memory project, which
is a large online repository of
millions of documents available
for Holocaust research.
Above: Current KU
student and Fleetwood
Area High School
graduate Margariete
Malenda ’15 created a
visual representation
of the concentration
camp number assigned
to Frank Grunwald.
Jennifer Goss ’02 (second from right, middle row), Diane Chisdak
’85, M’91 (second from left, middle row) and Sean Gaston (first on
left, last row), with Fleetwood Area High School students involved
with the film’s production..
KU Dominates Awards at PAEA Conference
classnoteS
Richard Adams ’11 graduated from
basic military training at Lackland
air Force Base, Texas.
Jhoselis Brioso ’11 graduated from
basic combat training at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, s.C.
Christina Clark ’11 was hired as a
public relations specialist at sylvia
Marketing & Public Relations
located in King of Prussia, Pa. she
resides in denver, Pa., with her
boyfriend, alex, and their minia-
ture pinscher, Peanut.
Samantha Miller ’11 was awarded
the Benjamin Franklin/Fontaine
Fellowship for Early american
studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. The award provides
full tuition and a stipend for five
years. Miller plans to study Penn-
sylvania German history with
an emphasis on 17th and 18th-
century religious immigration.
Anna (Mealey) Picchini ’11 was
selected as a guest speaker for
the Prince william County, va.,
annual Excellence and Equity in
Education Conference. Picchini,
who is a first-year teacher, pre-
sented a selection of lesson plans,
strategies and techniques she
uses in her career in special
education. she also organized
a workshop to demonstrate her
teaching methods.
28 TOWER | Spring 2013 Spring 2013 | TOWER 29
Jenna Casaldi ’06 is a master of
arts candidate in art education at
Marywood University in scranton, Pa.
she is currently an art teacher at
Lake-Lehman Junior/senior High
school in Lehman, Pa.
Jessica (Kiscadden) Slish ’06 received
her master’s degree in quality assur-
ance from the California state
University, dominguez Hills campus.
Sergeant Raymond Max Harris ’07
launched a new website designed to
assist combat veterans with post-
traumatic stress disorder. He also
blogged for the Huffington Post and
appeared in an HBO documentary
entitled “wartorn: 1861-2010.” Harris
currently resides in Pennsylvania with
his wife and daughter.
Daniel Roe ’07 is the director of edu-
cation for the york County Heritage
Trust, a nonprofit historical institution
that operates five museums, a library
and archives in york, Pa. He previously
served as the trust’s museum edu-
cator and coordinator of public
programming.
Jaclynn (Klush) Kendzor ’08 was united
in marriage to Michael Kendzor on Oct.
1, 2011, at skytop Lodge in skytop, Pa.,
by the Rev. Roger E. Griffith. she is
employed as a recruiter for GUaRd
insurance Group, wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
and he is employed as a help desk
supervisor at C3i, wilkes-Barre, Pa.
They reside in yatesville, Pa.
Stephanie Allen ’09 graduated from
west Chester University, with a mas-
ter’s degree in English. she was hired
as the TRiO retention advisor for
Central Maine Community College in
auburn, Maine, where she will work
with socioeconomically disadvan-
taged community college students
and assist them in completing their
education.
laura Beckmann ’09 graduated from
st. Joseph’s University with a master’s
degree in instructional technology.
she is currently teaching alternative
education in Philadelphia and inspir-
ing underprivileged children.
John Mark Pruitt ’09 is engaged to
laura leinbach ’10. Pruitt is employed
as an instructor at Lehigh valley
Martial arts in Emmaus, Pa., and
Leinbach is employed by Liquid
interactive in Breinigsville, Pa.
a wedding is planned for June.
Ashley Rushatz ’09 is an elementary
education art teacher in the southern
york County school district. she is
currently pursuing an M.Ed. in art
education from KU and is engaged to
alexander Gonzalez, a Baltimore City
police officer. a wedding is planned
for July 2014 at the Roxy Theater.
Brandon St. Clair ’09 is engaged to
Christina ann Cousino. Both are
employed by Loudon County Public
schools in virginia. a wedding is
planned in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
inm
emo
ry
Sarah (Serfass) Schmoyer ’31 • 8/26/2012Ruth Ash ’33 • 8/27/2012Dorothy lewis ’33 • 5/20/2011Margaret (Sherman) Wills ’33 • 11/15/2012Grace (Weber) yocom ’33 • 9/15/2011Kathryn (Early) Newbern ’36 • 4/23/2012Frances (Moore) Thompson ’36 • 3/2/2012Wayne Wessner ’37 • 6/27/2011Catharine Sheidy ’38 • 3/20/2012Edith (Kuhns) Prendergast ’40 • 10/17/2011Mary (Ent) Honicker ’41 • 3/22/2012Paul Schucker ’41 • 10/1/2011Verna Wolfe ’42 • 7/1/2012Arlene leas ’43 • 8/31/2011
Mildred Ruttenberg ’43 • 6/12/2012Elizabeth (Mountz) Bauer ’44 • 8/8/2012Sylvia (Angstadt) Bell ’44 • 11/26/2012Helen (Redline) Farrell ’45 • 3/31/2012Virginia-lou (Austin) McKeown ’46 • 10/28/2012Thomas Regan ’49 • 5/20/2012Robert Doney ’50 • 5/7/2012Sally (Edwards) Jolly ’52 • 10/24/2012Jewel (Schock) MacWilliam ’52 • 11/16/2012Edward Watson ’52 • 9/9/2011Edward Griffin ’54 • 6/23/2012Kathryn Rau ’54 • 10/28/2012Richard Berger ’55 • 12/22/2011
Eleanor (Gehris) Botsford ’55 • 5/21/2012Robert Wolfskill ’55 • 9/14/2012Ruth Petrowicz ’58 • 3/22/2012Carol (Bruton) Blangsted ’60 • 8/20/2012lynne (Chelius) Cadmus ’61 • 5/14/2012Roland Richards ’61 • 7/2/2011Phyllis (Stump) Althouse ’63 • 7/9/2012Richard Gattone ’64 • 3/14/2012John McCloskey ’64 • 4/9/2012David Denick ’65 • 5/31/2012Dennis Green ’66 • 9/12/2012Frances Keever ’66 • 9/18/2012Wayne Schaltenbrand ’66 • 9/30/2012Curtis Jurey ’67 • 5/11/2012
Barbara Reese ’67 • 5/20/2012Dennis Hauck ’68 • 9/3/2012Frederick Sponenburg ’68 • 11/6/2012Stephen Brunda ’69 • 10/22/2011Donald Campbell ’69 • 7/20/2011C. Edward Crim ’69 • 9/22/2012Eileen (Klonsky) Singer ’70 • 7/17/2012Margaret Horne ’71 • 10/6/2012Adele Bryan ’72 • 7/8/2012Paul Goldbach ’72 • 5/30/2012Ernest Orphanos ’72 • 7/23/2012Walter March ’73 • 4/14/2012William Houtz ’74 • 6/11/2012Kathleen (Sedmak) Schlaffer ’74 • 6/14/2012
Barbara (Bomberger) Apelian ’75 • 6/17/2012Nancy (Braun) Beitler ’75 • 10/16/2012Samuel liddle ’75 • 10/25/2011Maureen Blewitt ’76 • 12/1/2011James Fronk ’76 • 6/4/2011Russell Troxell ’77 • 9/8/2012C. linda Smith ’81 • 4/28/2012Steve Wilson ’82 • 8/13/2012Ronald Pringle ’84 • 6/17/2012Sharon Defassio ’87 • 1/9/2012Michele Honochick ’88 • 6/25/2012Carol Umphrey ’88 • 9/21/2012Robin (Zeigler) Mammola ’92 • 3/16/2012
Jayne Eidle ’96 • 10/15/2012Shannon Torola ’98 • 4/10/2011Beth (Pearson) Williams ’99 • 5/7/2012Jennifer Brown ’03 • 11/14/2012Tim lewis ’05 • 10/10/2012Matthew Bortz ’07 • 12/5/2012Matthew Steiner ’10 • 3/13/2012D. Seth Fuoti ’13 • 12/5/2012Alfred Huff • 1/7/2012 former KU trusteeFrederick Giorgi • 2/18/2012 Karen Blomain • 8/15/2012 EmeritaStephen Justham • 10/21/2012 EmeritusPeter Miller • 12/1/2012 EmeritusDavid Haas • 12/14/2012 Emeritus
aluMninetWorking series 2012
1 Heilman Herd breakfast at KU. 2 The Reading event was hosted by Susan (Young) M’91 and Olin Marth at Berkshire Country Club. 3 Alumni at a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game. 4 Washington D.C. area alumni gathered at the German American Heritage Center. 5 The many KU alumni who work at Vanguard in Malvern, Pa.
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classnoteS
Richard Adams ’11 graduated from
basic military training at Lackland
air Force Base, Texas.
Jhoselis Brioso ’11 graduated from
basic combat training at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, s.C.
Christina Clark ’11 was hired as a
public relations specialist at sylvia
Marketing & Public Relations
located in King of Prussia, Pa. she
resides in denver, Pa., with her
boyfriend, alex, and their minia-
ture pinscher, Peanut.
Samantha Miller ’11 was awarded
the Benjamin Franklin/Fontaine
Fellowship for Early american
studies at the University of
Pennsylvania. The award provides
full tuition and a stipend for five
years. Miller plans to study Penn-
sylvania German history with
an emphasis on 17th and 18th-
century religious immigration.
Anna (Mealey) Picchini ’11 was
selected as a guest speaker for
the Prince william County, va.,
annual Excellence and Equity in
Education Conference. Picchini,
who is a first-year teacher, pre-
sented a selection of lesson plans,
strategies and techniques she
uses in her career in special
education. she also organized
a workshop to demonstrate her
teaching methods.
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Jenna Casaldi ’06 is a master of
arts candidate in art education at
Marywood University in scranton, Pa.
she is currently an art teacher at
Lake-Lehman Junior/senior High
school in Lehman, Pa.
Jessica (Kiscadden) Slish ’06 received
her master’s degree in quality assur-
ance from the California state
University, dominguez Hills campus.
Sergeant Raymond Max Harris ’07
launched a new website designed to
assist combat veterans with post-
traumatic stress disorder. He also
blogged for the Huffington Post and
appeared in an HBO documentary
entitled “wartorn: 1861-2010.” Harris
currently resides in Pennsylvania with
his wife and daughter.
Daniel Roe ’07 is the director of edu-
cation for the york County Heritage
Trust, a nonprofit historical institution
that operates five museums, a library
and archives in york, Pa. He previously
served as the trust’s museum edu-
cator and coordinator of public
programming.
Jaclynn (Klush) Kendzor ’08 was united
in marriage to Michael Kendzor on Oct.
1, 2011, at skytop Lodge in skytop, Pa.,
by the Rev. Roger E. Griffith. she is
employed as a recruiter for GUaRd
insurance Group, wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
and he is employed as a help desk
supervisor at C3i, wilkes-Barre, Pa.
They reside in yatesville, Pa.
Stephanie Allen ’09 graduated from
west Chester University, with a mas-
ter’s degree in English. she was hired
as the TRiO retention advisor for
Central Maine Community College in
auburn, Maine, where she will work
with socioeconomically disadvan-
taged community college students
and assist them in completing their
education.
laura Beckmann ’09 graduated from
st. Joseph’s University with a master’s
degree in instructional technology.
she is currently teaching alternative
education in Philadelphia and inspir-
ing underprivileged children.
John Mark Pruitt ’09 is engaged to
laura leinbach ’10. Pruitt is employed
as an instructor at Lehigh valley
Martial arts in Emmaus, Pa., and
Leinbach is employed by Liquid
interactive in Breinigsville, Pa.
a wedding is planned for June.
Ashley Rushatz ’09 is an elementary
education art teacher in the southern
york County school district. she is
currently pursuing an M.Ed. in art
education from KU and is engaged to
alexander Gonzalez, a Baltimore City
police officer. a wedding is planned
for July 2014 at the Roxy Theater.
Brandon St. Clair ’09 is engaged to
Christina ann Cousino. Both are
employed by Loudon County Public
schools in virginia. a wedding is
planned in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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emo
ry
Sarah (Serfass) Schmoyer ’31 • 8/26/2012Ruth Ash ’33 • 8/27/2012Dorothy lewis ’33 • 5/20/2011Margaret (Sherman) Wills ’33 • 11/15/2012Grace (Weber) yocom ’33 • 9/15/2011Kathryn (Early) Newbern ’36 • 4/23/2012Frances (Moore) Thompson ’36 • 3/2/2012Wayne Wessner ’37 • 6/27/2011Catharine Sheidy ’38 • 3/20/2012Edith (Kuhns) Prendergast ’40 • 10/17/2011Mary (Ent) Honicker ’41 • 3/22/2012Paul Schucker ’41 • 10/1/2011Verna Wolfe ’42 • 7/1/2012Arlene leas ’43 • 8/31/2011
Mildred Ruttenberg ’43 • 6/12/2012Elizabeth (Mountz) Bauer ’44 • 8/8/2012Sylvia (Angstadt) Bell ’44 • 11/26/2012Helen (Redline) Farrell ’45 • 3/31/2012Virginia-lou (Austin) McKeown ’46 • 10/28/2012Thomas Regan ’49 • 5/20/2012Robert Doney ’50 • 5/7/2012Sally (Edwards) Jolly ’52 • 10/24/2012Jewel (Schock) MacWilliam ’52 • 11/16/2012Edward Watson ’52 • 9/9/2011Edward Griffin ’54 • 6/23/2012Kathryn Rau ’54 • 10/28/2012Richard Berger ’55 • 12/22/2011
Eleanor (Gehris) Botsford ’55 • 5/21/2012Robert Wolfskill ’55 • 9/14/2012Ruth Petrowicz ’58 • 3/22/2012Carol (Bruton) Blangsted ’60 • 8/20/2012lynne (Chelius) Cadmus ’61 • 5/14/2012Roland Richards ’61 • 7/2/2011Phyllis (Stump) Althouse ’63 • 7/9/2012Richard Gattone ’64 • 3/14/2012John McCloskey ’64 • 4/9/2012David Denick ’65 • 5/31/2012Dennis Green ’66 • 9/12/2012Frances Keever ’66 • 9/18/2012Wayne Schaltenbrand ’66 • 9/30/2012Curtis Jurey ’67 • 5/11/2012
Barbara Reese ’67 • 5/20/2012Dennis Hauck ’68 • 9/3/2012Frederick Sponenburg ’68 • 11/6/2012Stephen Brunda ’69 • 10/22/2011Donald Campbell ’69 • 7/20/2011C. Edward Crim ’69 • 9/22/2012Eileen (Klonsky) Singer ’70 • 7/17/2012Margaret Horne ’71 • 10/6/2012Adele Bryan ’72 • 7/8/2012Paul Goldbach ’72 • 5/30/2012Ernest Orphanos ’72 • 7/23/2012Walter March ’73 • 4/14/2012William Houtz ’74 • 6/11/2012Kathleen (Sedmak) Schlaffer ’74 • 6/14/2012
Barbara (Bomberger) Apelian ’75 • 6/17/2012Nancy (Braun) Beitler ’75 • 10/16/2012Samuel liddle ’75 • 10/25/2011Maureen Blewitt ’76 • 12/1/2011James Fronk ’76 • 6/4/2011Russell Troxell ’77 • 9/8/2012C. linda Smith ’81 • 4/28/2012Steve Wilson ’82 • 8/13/2012Ronald Pringle ’84 • 6/17/2012Sharon Defassio ’87 • 1/9/2012Michele Honochick ’88 • 6/25/2012Carol Umphrey ’88 • 9/21/2012Robin (Zeigler) Mammola ’92 • 3/16/2012
Jayne Eidle ’96 • 10/15/2012Shannon Torola ’98 • 4/10/2011Beth (Pearson) Williams ’99 • 5/7/2012Jennifer Brown ’03 • 11/14/2012Tim lewis ’05 • 10/10/2012Matthew Bortz ’07 • 12/5/2012Matthew Steiner ’10 • 3/13/2012D. Seth Fuoti ’13 • 12/5/2012Alfred Huff • 1/7/2012 former KU trusteeFrederick Giorgi • 2/18/2012 Karen Blomain • 8/15/2012 EmeritaStephen Justham • 10/21/2012 EmeritusPeter Miller • 12/1/2012 EmeritusDavid Haas • 12/14/2012 Emeritus
aluMninetWorking series 2012
1 Heilman Herd breakfast at KU. 2 The Reading event was hosted by Susan (Young) M’91 and Olin Marth at Berkshire Country Club. 3 Alumni at a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game. 4 Washington D.C. area alumni gathered at the German American Heritage Center. 5 The many KU alumni who work at Vanguard in Malvern, Pa.
1 2
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4 5
Spring 2013 | TOWER 3130 TOWER | Spring 2013
10:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.
Interactive fan entertainment located on the DMZ includes giveaways, games and inflatables, food, campus tours, and more!
Contact the KU Alumni Engagement
office to reserve a reunion table (610-683-4110).
6 President Cevallos
(bottom left) joined
Alumni Association board
members in the photo
booth to capture the day’s
fun. 7 Norma Castellucci,
wife of Arthur Castellucci
’58, and their grandson (a
future Golden Bear?) show
their KU spirit at the party.
1 Alumni, families, and students joined Fan-Fest activities under the tent on the
DMZ. 2 KU fans come in all species, including Mack the bulldog. 3 Crowds filled the
stands and cheered on the Golden Bears at University Field. 4 Quarterback
Kevin Morton’s ’12 family and friends gathered to tailgate before the big game.
5 The popular 5th Quarter Party in South Dining Hall again provided good food,
entertainment and the opportunity to reconnect with classmates.
2013
2013save the date
Homecoming SAT., OCTOBER 26, 2013
1
2
ALUMNI TAILGATE RECEPTION
Student Recreation Center 11 a.m.– 3 p.m.
Great food and a great view of the football game from the
Rec Center patio.
Cost: $15 per person Space is limited to the first 125 guests.
KU FOOTBALL VS. ESUCHEER ON yOUR GOlDEN BEARS!
University Field • 1:05 p.m.
Tickets available at the gate.
“ThE 5Th QUARTER” ALUMNI PARTY
South Dining Hall • 4– 6 p.m.
Plenty of fun and food is in store at this annual after-game party.
Please check www.give2ku.org regularly for an updated list of events and to register.
2012Homecoming
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5
4
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COME CHEER On THE KU RUGBy sEvEns
For tickets and information, visit
http://www.kutztown.edu/events/ collegiate-rugby-championship.htm
JUNE 1-2, 2013PPl PARK IN PHIlADElPHIA
COLLEGIATE RUGBY
ChAMPIONShIP
Spring 2013 | TOWER 3130 TOWER | Spring 2013
10:30 a.m.– 1 p.m.
Interactive fan entertainment located on the DMZ includes giveaways, games and inflatables, food, campus tours, and more!
Contact the KU Alumni Engagement
office to reserve a reunion table (610-683-4110).
6 President Cevallos
(bottom left) joined
Alumni Association board
members in the photo
booth to capture the day’s
fun. 7 Norma Castellucci,
wife of Arthur Castellucci
’58, and their grandson (a
future Golden Bear?) show
their KU spirit at the party.
1 Alumni, families, and students joined Fan-Fest activities under the tent on the
DMZ. 2 KU fans come in all species, including Mack the bulldog. 3 Crowds filled the
stands and cheered on the Golden Bears at University Field. 4 Quarterback
Kevin Morton’s ’12 family and friends gathered to tailgate before the big game.
5 The popular 5th Quarter Party in South Dining Hall again provided good food,
entertainment and the opportunity to reconnect with classmates.
2013
2013save the date
Homecoming SAT., OCTOBER 26, 2013
1
2
ALUMNI TAILGATE RECEPTION
Student Recreation Center 11 a.m.– 3 p.m.
Great food and a great view of the football game from the
Rec Center patio.
Cost: $15 per person Space is limited to the first 125 guests.
KU FOOTBALL VS. ESUCHEER ON yOUR GOlDEN BEARS!
University Field • 1:05 p.m.
Tickets available at the gate.
“ThE 5Th QUARTER” ALUMNI PARTY
South Dining Hall • 4– 6 p.m.
Plenty of fun and food is in store at this annual after-game party.
Please check www.give2ku.org regularly for an updated list of events and to register.
2012Homecoming
3
5
4
6 7
COME CHEER On THE KU RUGBy sEvEns
For tickets and information, visit
http://www.kutztown.edu/events/ collegiate-rugby-championship.htm
JUNE 1-2, 2013PPl PARK IN PHIlADElPHIA
COLLEGIATE RUGBY
ChAMPIONShIP
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championship in October, posting a 1.09 earned run
average in four post season starts. Vogelsong, who
pitched for the Golden Bears from 1996-98, was the
World Series game three winner over the Detroit Tigers.
He also was the winning pitcher twice in the National
league Championship Series against the St. louis
Cardinals. In his junior year with KU, Vogelsong led
NCAA Division II with a 1.41 ERA.
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