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Master StrokeLance Balderson ’61

A Magazine for Wesley College Alumni & Friends SPRING 2012

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This is an extraordinary time in the life of Wesley College. With your help, theCollege is moving into a new era that will result in a greatly enhanced andexpanded learning environment. Having recently experienced excellent accredi-tation visits in Education and Nursing, the College has reaffirmed the quality of

its academic programs. Wesley is alsohaving tremendous success in enhancinganother part of the learning environ-ment, our facilities and infrastructure.

Following many years of planning, theStreetscape project has begun and is tobe completed by early fall. Working withthe City of Dover, the Streetscape projectconverts cross-streets through campusinto a pedestrian-friendly walking mall.It will significantly impact the aesthetics

of campus and safety for our students, faculty, staff and the community. A second project soon to become reality is the conversion of the J. Allen Frear

Federal Building into a Health Sciences Building. It will house the Departmentof Nursing and future health-related majors. This acquisition, at no cost to theCollege, is scheduled to begin this summer. The renovation will enable theCollege to relocate our nursing department out of the ground floor of DulanyHall and into this facility just three blocks from Bayhealth-Kent GeneralHospital. We anticipate the renovation of the new Health Sciences Building willbegin this fall. In addition to these projects, other plans, including a new studentactivity and athletic center, are being developed by the Board of Trustees.

This is Wesley’s time to be bold and take steps to create our future. I am pas-sionate on this topic because I know what the success of these efforts will meanfor the educational opportunity we provide for our students. Your involvementin Wesley’s future is needed, and I encourage you to contact me to discuss waysthat your talents can be put to use to further the mission of Wesley College.With warm regards,

Dr. William N. [email protected]

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Features11 A STROKE OF GENIUSYou can put Lance Balderson ’61 on the listof Wesley College alumni who have achievedgreat success in their careers.

14 THE RETIRING ‘DR. G’Dr. Lucille Gambardella reflects on her legacy to Wesley’s nursing program.

16 Q+A WITH DR. BALLENTINEDr. Howard Ballentine, Dean of EnrollmentManagement, believes Wesley College is on the cusp of something special.

Departments5 HIGHLIGHTS

18 SPORTS

26 CLASS NOTES

29 ADVANCEMENT

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESCharles R. Dashiell, Jr. ChairRobert V.A. Harra, Jr. Vice ChairMr. D. Wayne Holden SecretaryMr. Frank AndrewsRev. Dr. Jonathan Baker ’70Rev. Dr. Sandra Steiner BallDr. William Bazzelle, Sr.Thomas W. Burn, Jr. ’79Ann BurtonRev. Boyd B. EtterRev. Dr. Patricia Bryant HarrisKathleen JenningsRev. W. LeRoy Jones ’53Edward E. “Ted” KaufmanAlan B. LevinDonald L. MastenJane Mattern

Dorothy McLaughlinGregory V. MooreRev. Dr. James T. SeymourWilliam J. StricklandHarry “Skip” D. Willis ’70William H. Willis, Jr. ’66Dr. Rafael Zaragoza

TRUSTEES EMER ITIHonorable Eugene D. BookhammerLillian BurrisDr. Thomas C. Roe ’31Gilbert S. Scarborough, Jr.Bishop Peter D. Weaver

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF D IRECTORSExecutive CommitteeChad Robinson ’05, PresidentKirsten Higgins ’98, Vice PresidentAnne (Pittinger) Buckler ’62, SecretaryKevin Yingling ’96, TreasurerStephanie Smith Christiano ’98, Immediate Past President

Joe Cuccinello ’95Allison (Snyder) Gudeman ’98Brad Gudeman ’95Lynn Schmid Knable ’67Matthew Lindell ’03L. Jane (Kearney) MacDonald ’60Kristi (Wallace) Schultz ’95Courtney Stewart ’04/’06Lisa (Mizell) Taillon ’94/’05Tom Trento ’75

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DR. MALCOLM J . D’SOUZADr. Malcolm J. D’Souza, professor of chemistry, was arecent presenter at the 2nd World Congress onComputer Science and Information Engineering, inChangchun, China; the 43rd IUPAC World ChemistryConference in Puerto Rico; the 4th Northeast RegionalIDeA Meeting in Rhode Island; and the 2012 CluteInternational Academic Conference in Florida. Dr.D’Souza was principal author on seven peer-reviewedarticles in 2011; three that appeared in the last threemonths were in the Chemical Sciences Journal, theCouncil of Undergraduate Research Quarterly, and theInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences. His under-graduate research students in the directed research pro-gram in chemistry continue to excel; three of the nineposters that Wesley students and D’Souza will presentat the 243rd National American Chemical Society (ACS)Meeting in March 2012 were selected to be showcased at Sci-Mix, a large meeting-wide poster event, at the conference. These posters represent the best science andpresentations that the society has to offer.

DR. KATHLEEN JACOBSProfessor of management Dr. Kathleen Jacobs conductedstatistical analysis on issues of concern to women with-in the state of Delaware, compiling data from surveysdistributed between August and October 2011 in formaland informal settings in all three counties. Of the 27concerns identified, the top four were finances, healthcare, crime, and unemployment. Compared to researchconducted in 2008 by Jacobs, the 2011 findings revealedsome differences. For example, crime moved up from15th to third. Other hierarchical shifts were also identi-fied and included. The findings were presented to theDelaware Deputy Secretary of State and the agency’swomen division at Delaware’s Buena Vista StateConference Center in December 2011 to help shape priority topics for workshops and forums to be heldstatewide during 2012-2013. Dr. Jacobs was recentlyreappointed to the Delaware Commission for Women by Governor Jack Markell. She chairs the Commission’sFinance Committee. Her term expires in December 2014.

STUART KNAPPStuart Knapp, associate professor of education, will bepresenting at the Annual Conference of the Associationfor Childhood Education International on March 28 inWashington, D.C. On Jan. 20, he started serving on the National Advisory Council of Educational TestingService. The Council is charged with reviewing and recommending changes to the Praxis I Test, in compli-ance with the federal government requirement that thewidely administered test be restructured every five years.

B ILL KROENOn Oct. 13, Dr. William Kroen, professor of biology, gavean oral presentation entitled, “Authentic EnvironmentalData Can Enhance Science Understanding and ImproveMath Skills,” at the National Association of BiologyTeachers Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. Inaddition, Kroen attended the Section ExecutiveCommittee meeting at the conference and presented twoawards to honorees at the Honors Luncheon.

DR. SUSANNE FOXIn May, Dr. Susanne Fox, professor of history andAmerican studies, took a group of faculty and friends of the college to Sicily, visiting Taorminia, Siracusa,Agrigento, Cefalu, Erice, Palermo and the AeolianIslands to study Sicily’s diverse blend of Greek, Roman,Arab, European and Italian culture. The group stayednear Mt. Etna, as it began one of its recent eruptions.Fox has finalized plans for the history and Americanstudies department’s spring 2012 Italian history and culture travel course to Venice, Tuscany, Florence andRome; 51 students, faculty and friends traveled to Italy in February. Frank Gregory, instructor of history,co-teaches the course with Fox. Fabrizio Belleni, anItalian art historian and their tour escort, will visit theclass before their departure. Fox has also begun plan-ning the 2013 travel courses to Paris, Northern France,Luxembourg, and Belgium in early March and to Sicilyin May. Alumni and friends of the college who are interested in these trips should contact Dr. Fox [email protected]. In January, Fox presented a

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Retiring Strickland leaves legacy of better writers at Wesleyby JANET S. ROSS

CONNIE STRICKLAND RETIRED this winter from WesleyCollege after 17 years of service, but her passion for promoting the Writing Center and teaching English will endure.

“You’re not just a number atWesley,” says Strickland. “Like thestate of Delaware, Wesley is a smallwonder where everybody knows youby name.”

With a Bachelor of Arts degreefrom Swarthmore College and Masterof Arts degree in Education from theUniversity of Denver, Strickland followed her Air Force sweetheart toDover in 1978. She started at Wesleyin 1994 as an adjunct professor ofEnglish and reading, teaching fresh-man-level basic writing and composition, as well as literature. She became coordinator of the WritingCenter in 2001 and a full-time English instructor in 2002.

“The best part was intermingling with studentsand helping them get started in their college careers,”recalls Strickland. “I’m also really proud of the peer

tutors I helped train at Wesley. These are students whoexcel in writing, and are recommended by our faculty –and they’re proud of their work.”

Another highlight was running an experientialSummer Language Institute for students from Japan.“They had a wide range of English language skills, sowe ran fun classes and trips around American experi-

ences like baseball, government andSpence’s Bazaar,” Strickland says.

As assistant director of academicsupport and coordinator of the Wesley College Writing Center and Supplemental Instruction,Strickland’s lasting contribution wasworking individually with students at all levels – from training peer tutorsto helping students meet challengesacross the curriculum.

“We help students who need tobe mentored – which was exciting for me. Our goal has always been

academic excellence for every student,” says Strickland.“We aim to make better writers, not just better papers.”

As she says goodbye to teaching at Wesley,Strickland is looking forward to traveling with her husband and spending quality time with her firstgrandchild, James, who arrived in December 2011. ■

A Lasting Contribution

lecture on the impact of the railroad coming to Delawareat the Laurel Historical Society.

DR. LYNN LOFTHOUSEDr. Lynn Lofthouse, associate professor of speech communications, presented her paper, “FederallyFunded Programs Needing Modification that Will Servethe Purpose of Lowering their Cost while AligningThem with Contemporary Variables,” at the 12th annualmeeting of the International Academy of Linguistics,Behavioral, and Social Sciences in Newport Beach, Calif.This conference partners with the Association forGlobal Business. Lofthouse won the “Best PaperAward” and was given a certificate “in recognition ofexcellence in research as determined by peer evaluation.”This is the third year in a row that Lofthouse has won“Best Paper.”

DR. KAREN L. PANUNTODr. Karen L. Panunto, BSN program director and asso-ciate professor of nursing, was a poster presenter at theNational League for Nursing 6th Annual Technology

Conference held at DukeUniversity in November.Panunto presented her qualita-tive research study entitled"Simulation Technology inNursing Education: StudentPerceptions." Study resultsoffered insight into studentperception of simulation andreal life patient experiences,and have provided valuableinformation for best practicemethods in conducting simulation in a baccalaureatedegree nursing program. As arecognized health informationtechnology scholar (HITS)since 2008 by the NationalLeague for Nursing, Panunto

has presented on the topic of the use of simulation technology in a nursing education program at variousnursing conferences.

VICTOR GRETO Victor Greto, assistant professor of media arts andpolitical science, organized a poetry-fiction-essay read-ing at Wesley featuring six contributing writers of abook published in August, “No Place Like Here: AnAnthology of Delaware Southern Poetry and Prose.”

He read his essay, “A Cigar at Rehoboth Beach,”included in the collection. On Aug. 20, Greto presented

a morning-long seminar at the 4th Annual LewesCreative Artists’ Workshop, “Finding the Real StoryBehind the Person.” In June, Greto also had a profilepublished in Signature Brandywine magazine aboutRita Landgraf, Secretary of the Delaware Departmentof Health and Social Services.

DR. BRUCE ALLISON AND DR. JEFFERY MASKDr. Bruce Allison, professor of environmental studies,along with Dr. Jeffery Mask, professor of religion, philosophy, and American studies, presented at theUniversity of Delaware on sustainability in higher education. Their presentation has been accepted for asustainability conference at King’s College in April 2012.

DR. AGASHI NWOGBAGADr. Agashi Nwogbaga, associate professor of mathematics,had an article titled, “Motivating Math Students withProjects,” published in the fall 2011 issue of theRecorder, a national scholarly journal of Alpha ChiNational Honor Society. On Nov. 19, 2011, Nwogbaga ledmath students presenting at a regional math conferenceof the Mathematical Association of America at BrynMawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. His students, AzureJohnson and Jessica Curry-Keith, presented “AmazingContributions of Women in Mathematics.” Also at theconference, Nwogbaga led discussions on technology inthe classroom in the EPADEL Food for Thought Series.Earlier in the semester, Nwogbaga and math professors,Dr. Frank Fiedler, Dr. Paul Olsen and Dr. DeraldWentzien, led 10 math students to the 2011 Careers inMathematics Conference of the EPADEL section of theMathematical Association of America.

DR. LINDA DEROCHEIn July 2011, Dr. Linda DeRoche, professor of Englishand American studies, presented “The ‘Grand’ Tour:High Times and Hijinks and F. Scott Fitzgerald’sPlayground of the Western World,” at the 11thInternational F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference in Lyon,France. In addition, DeRoche was invited to present“Ain’t We Got Fun: F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age,”for the Delaware Historical Society on Sept. 15. In November, she also presented her paper “WaywardWomen Travelers,” at the South Coastal Library inBethany Beach, Del. During the same month DeRochewas also invited to share her paper, “The Lady Was aSpy: Women Spies of the Second World War,” at theMethodist Manor House in Seaford, Delaware. ■

“From the fields ofchemistry and biologyto environmental stud-ies and mathematics,Wesley College’s facultyaccomplishments arewide-ranging andimpressive. We aredelighted they continueto uphold our traditionof academic excellence.”—DR. JOHNSTON

THOMAS H. DRAPER, one of Sussex County’s mostprominent business leaders, was the guest speaker atWesley College’s winter commencement on Dec.14. During Draper’s 44 years of business experience, hedeveloped the WBOC-TV16/Fox 21 broadcast networkas well as WBOC Interactive. The man behind one ofthe region’s leading media businesses, Draper is basedin Salisbury, Md., with offices in Dover and Milton.

After taking over the operation of a defunct radiostation in the late 1960s, Draper found success in a rapidly growing media field though both hard work anddedication. Draper has been involved in broadcastingfor more than 40 years, working in radio until the early80s and WBOC-TV16/Fox21 and Draper Digital Mediasince that time.

A graduate of Brown University in 1964, Draperwas an All-American and All-Ivy lacrosse player. Hisspeech included a few words of insight and guidanceaccumulated through his own experiences, to helpinspire the young graduates on their own path to personal success. ■

W I N T E R C O M M E N C E M E N T

Paths to SuccessThomas H. Draper deliversWesley College’s wintercommencement speech

Connie Strickland



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in 1982 she received a Master of Science degree in sportstudies. To complete her higher education, Sherbloomheaded west to the University of New Mexico where sheearned a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction in physicaleducation in 1995. Seventeen years later, Sherbloomfound her place at Wesley College.

DR. MASA TERAMOTOAssistant professor of Kinesiology

World-traveler Dr. Teramoto left hishome in Japan to attend Utah StateUniversity, where he received aBachelor of Science degree in physical education in 2003. He thentraveled to the University of Nevada,Las Vegas, where in 2006 he earneda Master of Science degree in exercise

physiology and a Ph.D. in sports education leadershipin 2010, before settling down as an assistant professorof Kinesiology at Wesley College.

REBECCA WALKER, JD, MSN, SANE-AVisiting instructor in nursingA native Delawarean, Walker received her Bachelor of

Science degree in nursing in 2004from Wilmington University inWilmington, Del. One of Wesley’sown, Walker earned a Master ofScience degree in nursing with afocus in CNS community and adulthealth in 2008 from Wesley College.In 2004, Walker received a Juris

Doctor from Widener University School of Law inWilmington, Del. Walker is currently in her thirdsemester working towards her Ph.D. in nursingresearch at the Medical University of Health Policy in Charleston, S.C.

DR. YU TIANAssistant professor in businessDr. Tian comes to Wesley from Tianjin, Peoples Republic

of China, where he received hisBachelor of Engineering in 1997 fromTianjin University. He followed uphis undergraduate degree with aMaster of Business Administrationfrom the Edwin L. Cox School ofBusiness SMU in Dallas, Texas in2003 and a Ph.D. in marketing from

the Candidate School of Management at the Universityof Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas, in the spring of 2011. ■

WelcomeNew Board MemberREV. DR. JONATHAN BAKER ’70 has taken on anew role as a board member after serving as aBoard of Trustee Emeriti for several years. Baker,a Delaware native, graduated from WesleyCollege with honors. He holds a Doctorate ofMinistry from Wesley Theological Seminary. Baker served as a member of the Board of

Governors for the Wesley Theological Seminaryin Washington, D.C. He will be a strong asset tothe board, having a wealth of experience fromhis involvement with boards and committeesboth domestic and international. In 1996, Bakerattended the World Methodist Conference inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a conference represen-tative. He also traveled to Zambia, Africa as ateam leader of a volunteer mission conferenceteam in 1998 and then went back to the Congoin 2004 and 2010. Still an active pastor, Baker and his wife,

Donna, live in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Both ofBaker’s children, Matthew Baker and ElizabethBaker-Zlotkowski, live and work in Bogota,Colombia.

A Bit of Culture

DR. BRANTLEY CRAIGVisiting instructor in English and religion

Dr. Craig acquired his Bachelor ofArts degree in English in 1997 fromStetson University in DeLand, Fla.A true asset to the college, Craigearned his Ph.D. in religion and culture in 2007 from the Universityof Virginia Charlottesville.

DR. AB IGAI L MARTINEZ-SOTELOAssistant professor of SpanishDr. Martinez-Sotelo attended the Universidad deSonora in México in 1998, majoring in Licenciatura en

Literaturas Hispánicas. After movingto the United States, Martinez-Soteloearned a Master of Arts degree inSpanish from the University ofArizona in 2004. She returned to theUniversity of Arizona for her Ph.D.in Spanish in 2009. Martinez-Sotelomajored in 19th, 20th, and 21st

century Latin American literature and culture, withminors in 19th- and 20th-century Spanish literature,Renaissance and Golden Age Spanish literature.

MARGRET O’LEARY MCELLIGOTT, MSN, RN, CCRNInstructor of nursing and simulation coordinatorMcElligott completed her undergraduate studies at the

Catholic University of America inWashington, D.C., with a Bachelor ofScience degree in nursing in 1986.After a full career in nursing,McElligott landed a job at Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del., where she is still employed.McElligott came to Wesley College to

earn her Master of Science degree in nursing in 2006,and stayed to become a member of the teaching staff.

DR. CYNTH IA NEWTONAssistant professor of political scienceOriginally from Massachusetts, Dr. Newton joined the

Wesley College teaching staff with aBachelor of Arts degree in politicalscience and a minor in women’sstudies from Assumption College,having graduated in 1994. She continued her education with a mas-ter’s degree in public administrationfrom Clark University in 2000,

specializing in nonprofit management. In 2004, Dr.Newton earned her Ph.D. in public and internationalaffairs from Northeastern University, specializing inAmerican politics, public policy, public administration,American government, governmental institutions, andcivil liberties.

DR. VALER IE PEREZAssistant professor of psychologyDr. Perez comes to Wesley from the University of

Massachusetts at Dartmouth with aBachelor of Arts degree in psycholo-gy with a minor in philosophy earnedin 2004. She continued her educationat Florida International University byearning a Master of Science degree inpsychology with a concentration inlegal psychology in 2007, and

a Ph.D. in psychology again concentrating in legal psychology in 2010.

DR. PATR ICIA SHERBLOOMAssociate professor and program director of PE K-12After studying at United StatesInternational University in 1977, Dr. Sherbloom received her Bachelorof Science degree. She went on to theUniversity of Massachusetts, where

This year, Wesley College has gained nine new faculty members, including threewho come from abroad, bringing their cultures with them. Dr. Abigail Martinez-Sotelocomes to Wesley from Mexico, Dr. Yu Tian from China and Dr. Masa Teramotofrom Japan. The other six professors also help to broaden the reach of Wesley,having studied, worked and lived all over the United States.



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You can put Lance Balderson ’61 on the list of Wesley Collegealumni who have achieved great success in their careers. But forthe 70-year-old abstract artist and teacher, the path to the top hashad more twists and turns than, well, one of his own paintings.

A Stroke ofGenius

Flora Rememberedby ABIGAIL HILL ’12

WESLEY COLLEGE’S ASSOCIATE professor of LegalStudies, Flora Faith Hessling, passed away suddenly onFeb. 5 at Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital at the age of 65.

Hessling was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and receivedher law degree from Jacob Pucksburg Law Center inHuntington, N.Y. Prior to her time here at Wesley,Hessling worked for Suffolk County Family Court andBrier Cliff College. After moving to Delaware in 1996, shejoined the Wesley College community as the chair of thelegal department.

“Professor Hessling blended humor with profes-sionalism, understanding with demandingness, and highexpectations with tolerance,” said Wesley AssociateProfessor of Speech Communications Dr. Lynn Lofthouse.“She molded students to become educated professionalswith strong ethics and personal integrity, as she nurturedthem to succeed in the Legal Studies program. This evi-dences Professor Hessling’s vision that her students grad-uate with a solid legal background so that they can beshining credits to Wesley College and our society.”

Hessling was a valued member of the faculty andwill be deeply missed by the entire college community. ■

SEVERAL AREAS OF CANNON HALL, Wesley College’sscience building, were recently renovated with fundingfrom three federal grants totaling more than $600,000.Led by Dr. Malcolm D’Souza, professor of chemistry,

the goal was to improvethe cyber-infrastructureand science undergrad-uate research facilitiesin the building, whichwas built in 1965. Thegrants covered renova-tion of Cannon’s lobby,main auditorium, andbiology storage andpreparatory rooms.

Wi-Fi wasinstalled throughout thebuilding, and smart-boards – Internet-con-nected, interactivewhiteboards – were

installed in all Cannon classrooms and three labs. “Smartboard technology allows professors to

teach using a number of different media, which shouldhelp with student comprehension of the material,” saysDr. Kathleen Curran, chair of the science department.

Annie O’Connor, a senior biology major and sci-ence admissions counselor, says she feels that the labo-ratory improvements enable Wesley to compete withlarger schools for quality science students. “I have seena tremendous difference in the way prospective students and their parents perceive Cannon Hall during admissions tours. Prior to the renovations, some rooms were a bit dated,” says O’Connor.

“Newer construction is much more attractive tostudents,” Curran confirms. “They want better facilitiesthan their high school.”

Through the INBRE and EPSCoR programs, thenumber of students conducting undergraduate researchhas increased dramatically. The renovations give studentresearchers the luxury of having their own space, makingresearch more convenient.

Funding came through the IDeA Networks ofBiomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant fromthe National Institutes of Health, and from anExperimental Program to Stimulate CompetitiveResearch (EPSCoR) grant and an ARI R2 grant, boththrough the National Science Foundation. ■More Cannon Hall update photos available on

www.flickr.com/photos/wesleycollege

Smart Scienceby JOY DROHAN

Lance Balderson with a piece titled “Tryst”, which willforever hang in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Wesley College Men’s Basketball Coach Jerry Kobasa ’69was honored for his 100th win at the start of a home gamein January by President Johnston (right). Kobasa, a formerfootball and baseball player for Wesley has been with thebasketball program since 2005.

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Then a two-year junior college, Wesley didn’t evenoffer an art class. But at a small school like Wesley, asBalderson can attest, opportunity can arise at any

moment. That’s exactly what happenedin the spring of 1961 when an Englishand Dramatic Arts professor by thename of Lewis Wells asked Balderson ifhe’d like to lend an artistic hand to theWesley Players, painting scenery fortheir dramatic presentations.

Balderson, then an engineeringmajor, jumped at the chance. He may not have realized it at the time, but it was the first step in what wouldeventually become a long and rewarding career as anartist. “Here’s a man [Wells] that saw something in me,”Balderson says. “He saw something in my artistic talentsso he asked me to do the artwork for some of the plays.”

And that, Balderson says, is just one example ofthe beauty of Wesley College — those special relation-ships forged between faculty and student. “The close-ness of the faculty was nice,” he says. “At a big schoolyou don’t have that. At Wesley you knew your teacheron a first-name basis.”

Even today, more than half a century later,Balderson easily recalls some of those names:Engineering ProfessorRobert Clery, PresidentRobert Parker, and ofcourse, Wells. “'Uncle Lewi’ everybody called him. He was just a uniquehuman being.”

It was in Wells’ honorthat Balderson recently returned to Wesley. During the 2011 Homecoming, the college paid tribute to the distinguished life and career of Lewis Wells (1911-1994),and Balderson wanted to show his support. Balderson’sreturn also coincided with his 50th class reunion, so hejoined 12 of his former classmates in what would be hisfirst visit to the campus since he was a student. “Thewelcome I got when I went back, particularly at thePresident’s luncheon, was wonderful,” he says. “And thepeople that showed up from my class were very friendlyand sociable.”

Balderson says his old classmates are essentiallythe same people they were five decades ago, but the college, and the once-rural town in which it sits, arenow almost unrecognizable. “It’s different, because it’sbuilt up so much since when I was there,” he says. “Thetown’s built up too, the roads into Dover are so differentthat I had a hard time initially finding the college. Back

then it was just a small parcel in the downtown area.But the town has expanded so much, it was an entirelydifferent feeling.”

Balderson’s 50-year journey back to Wesley has included many false starts and diversions. Afterstudying engineering at Wesley, Balderson transferredto Penn State University where he received a degree inarchitecture. That was followed by 12 years as an archi-tect, and then six more as a city planner. Painting forBalderson, while always a passion, was still nothingmore than a hobby.

But that all changed when Balderson – then in hislate 30s – moved from Pennsylvania to South Jersey tochange careers one final time. “So I left my company car,my company job and moved to the Shore and became anartist. And they were the happiest years of my life.”

Since then, Balderson has put together a long andimpressive list of accomplishments. In addition to hisentry into the Philadelphia Museum of Art, you can findBalderson’s paintings hanging at Columbia Universityin New York City, the Curtis Institute of Music inPhiladelphia, Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg,Pa., and at the Ocean City Art Center in New Jersey.

Also, his abstracts, seascapes and landscapes havewon countless awards, earned him exhibitions in

numerous regional galleries and meritedrecognition from the New Jersey StateLegislature. Most recently(Jan. 27 – May 13, 2012), the Noyes Museum of Artin Oceanville, N.J., devoted

an entire gallery to 13 of Balderson’s pieces. Not too shabby for a man who got a bit of a late

start to his true calling. Balderson is a perfect examplethat it’s never too late to follow your passion. Withouthesitation, his advice to Wesley students, and anyoneelse for that matter, would be to do just that. “Yes, followyour passion,” he says. “It’s tough to say when you haveto put bread on the table. But you’ve got to do what yourheart tells you to do.”

Perhaps it was back at Wesley College, all thoseyears ago, that his heart first started to beat for painting.So, to thank his former college and Professor Wells forgiving him that chance, Balderson says he will donateone of his paintings to the school’s permanent collection.Although he spent just two years at Wesley, it appearshis legacy will live forever. “It’ll be nice to be able to goback there some day and say I have a painting hangingat Wesley College,” he says. “Where it all started.” ■

TO BALDERSON’S astonishment, the museum’s Committeeon Modern and Contemporary Art and Board ofTrustees had “enthusiastically” approved one of hispaintings for its permanent collection. The chosen piece,titled “Tryst,” will forever hang on the museum’s hallowed walls as part of a rotating collection — but notuntil the painting’s owners, Philadelphia philanthropistsGerry and Marguerite Lenfest, relinquish it.

Fearing he would not live long enough to see hiswork on display at the venerable institution, Baldersonasked museum officials if they could make an exception.Once museum officials checked with the owners, hiswish was granted, and in the summer of 2009,Balderson’s piece could be found in the PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art’s American Gallery, alongside the worksof Thomas Eakins, Andrew Wyeth, Mary Cassatt andother American masters.

For Balderson and his family it was the thrill of a

lifetime. “So my first wife and my two daughters [Jodyand Kristy] and all my grandkids went up to the museum,”says Balderson, who lives in Ocean View, N.J. “And that was, without a doubt, the most exciting event inmy life. And I didn’t care if I died tomorrow; at least I’d accomplished something that most artists can onlydream of.”

Did Balderson ever dream he’d be immortalized inone of the world’s premier art museums with the likes ofEdouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and VincentVan Gogh? “Never,” he says. “You don’t even think ofthat. It’s just an awesome feeling.”

It’s a feeling Balderson never would have experi-enced had the museum’s curator not seen “Tryst” hangingin a private residence in Philadelphia and inquired aboutits artist and availability. It was that same combination oftalent and good fortune that got Balderson his first breakas an artist more than 50 years ago at Wesley College.

“Yes, follow your passion, it’s toughto say when you have to put breadon the table. But you’ve got to dowhat your heart tells you to do.”

For Lance Balderson ’61 , the unexpected highlight of his careerhappened about three years ago when he received a letter from thePhiladelphia Museum of Art. Balderson dismissed it as just anothersolicitation from another museum seeking membership dues. But there was something different about this letter. Indeed, theworld-renowned gallery wanted something, but it wasn’t money. It wanted one of his works.



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WHEN DR. LUCILLE GAMBARDELLA first interviewedfor a teaching position at Wesley College in 1984, shethought she might give the school three to five yearsbefore moving on. Twenty-eight years later, the womanstudents and colleagues affectionately call “Dr. G” is stillhere, if only for a short time more.

The former assistant professor of PsychiatricMental Health Nursing (1984-1995) and the current chairof the Department of Nursing and director of graduateprograms in nursing (1995-2012) is retiring at the end ofthe summer to devote more time to her family, with adaughter getting married, and to her consulting business.

Gambardella says what’s kept her here so long isone of the things she’ll miss the most about WesleyCollege: that sense of family among stu-dents and faculty. “I think I always knewWesley was a special place,” she says. “Iloved the fact that you always knew whoyour students were. You knew the otherfaculty. I’ve made a lot of great friendshere over the years, and that’ll be one ofthe difficult things about leaving.”

Gambardella leaves behind a remarkable legacy.Since being elected to her current post, Gambardella hasseen the number of nursing students more than double,from 100 in 1995 to about 245 today. Meantime, the num-ber of full- and part-time professors in that span hasalso increased, from 20 to about 32.

As the student body and faculty have grown dur-ing Gambardella’s time here as chair, so has the nursingschool’s reputation, within the state and nationwide. A2011 U.S. News & World Report survey rated WesleyCollege as having the top graduate nursing program in

Delaware and the 50th best in the United States. “Wewere shocked when we saw that but also very pleased,”Gambardella says. “But we work very hard to meet theneeds of the adult learner and that’s what came out, Ithink, in that survey.”

That leads to what Gambardella believes is hergreatest achievement at Wesley College: the initiation ofthe nursing school’s Master’s Program in 1995. At thetime, the RN to MSN bridge program, which allowsworking nurses to earn their advanced degree withoutmaking them repeat undergraduate classes, was a verynew concept. It meant a student could receive a gradu-ate degree in just three years instead of the more typicalfive or six.

It was a bold move, but Gambardella convincedthe faculty and administration that it was the rightmove. From day one, the program has become a nichefor Wesley in a state with several quality options fornursing students. “We were just blown away by themodel and how appropriate it would be for the nursingworld here in Delaware,” she says. “It cut out all the rep-etition and really focused on the needs of the adultlearner. And I think that’s probably one of the mostexciting things that happened here as a department wasto be able to provide that option.”

Even though Gambardella has spent most of hertime at Wesley working in the nursing department’sbasement home in Dulaney Hall, her presence has beenfelt throughout the campus. Paul Olsen, an associateprofessor of mathematics, has known Gambardella fornearly 30 years. He says there is a lot he and others inand out of the nursing program will miss about her. “Hercooperation, her easy-going nature,” he says. “Her desireto seek good in everybody. She’s a genuine person.”

Awards and accolades are nice, but Gambardellasays she’d prefer to be judged by the accomplishments ofthe vast number of successful Wesley nursing graduatespracticing all over the country. “I could give you threepages of stuff that graduates are doing out there,” shesays. “The wonderful positions that they have found, orthings they’re doing in research. To me, that is the bestreward I can see.”

Gambardella also prides herself on the quality ofthe Wesley nursing student. Her goal as a teacher andadministrator has been to instill in the students and faculty a strong sense of integrity, a commitment to theprofession, and a desire to work with people. “Nursingisn’t a job, it’s a passion,” she says. “It’s part of who youare as a person. And you want the student to be surethat they have that passion, that intensity for what it is

they’re coming into. And it’s interesting because if theydon’t have it they don’t normally last here, or anywhereelse for that matter.”

As the nursing program transitions into a newera, Gambardella says there are many reasons to beexcited. One is the decision to elect her successor, Dr.Robert Contino, whom Gambardella says will do a “fabulous job.” But perhaps the biggest reason, she says,is the College’s unique opportunity to move the nursingdepartment in a different direction – literally – aboutfour blocks south of the main campus.

Thanks to the acquisition of the J. Allen FrearBuilding from the federal government – at no cost to theCollege – the nursing school will soon have a new home.Located at the corner of North and New streets, just ablock-and-a-half from Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital,the 36,000-square foot facility will house the entirenursing school, including new classrooms, offices andstate-of-the-art laboratories.

That’s quite an upgrade, Gambardella says, overthe cozy 5,500-square-foot Dulaney Hall. “Space oncampus has been an issue for a long time,” she says.“We are tight. So [President] Johnston’s option to really go after that building was outstanding. Andbecause of its proximity to Bayhealth we will be able to do more in partnership with them. It’s a superopportunity, it really is.”

Even with a new building and a new leader,Gambardella expects one thing to remain the same atWesley College long after she is gone. “It’s the fact thatthe student feels comfortable enough and not intimidatedby faculty to reach out to them if they need something,”she says. “That’s the kind of environment that’s here.And I think that’s really what kept me here. It’s been agreat 28 years.” ■

“Nursing isn’t a job, it’s apassion, it’s part of who youare as a person. And youwant the student to be surethat they have that passion,that intensity for what it isthey’re coming into.”

The Retiring ‘Dr. G’Dr. Lucille Gambardella reflects on her legacy to Wesley’s nursing programby BILL COOK



Dr. Howard BallentineDean of Enrollment Managementby BILL COOK

DR. HOWARD BALLENTINE believes Wesley College is on the cusp of something special. The college, hesays, is clearly on the move and primed for a big jump in prestige and market share. As Wesley’s new dean ofenrollment management it will be his job to help make sure that vision becomes a reality.Hired in August 2011, Ballentine will oversee the day-to-day operations and long-range planning for admis-

sions and institutional research. Ballentine assumes his new responsibilities at a time of great excitement – anda time of great challenge. The challenge facing Wesley – and colleges across the country – is how to continueto attract talented students in an era of intense competition, rising costs and concerns over student retention.Ballentine comes to Wesley with the education and experience to deal with these and other related issues.

He earned a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in educa-tional leadership and policy studies with a con-centration in higher education and studentaffairs. Most recently, Ballentine worked atJefferson College of Health Sciences inRoanoke, Va., as dean for enrollment manage-ment and planning. There he was in charge ofadmissions, financial aid, institutional research and strategic planning. Ballentine’s background of data-drivenmanagement decisions will help Wesley become more efficient in how it spends its recruiting dollars.President Bill Johnston calls Ballentine a very welcome addition to the college. “I am very pleased to have

Howard, his wife, Lynn Ann, and their two sons [Connor, age 9, and Christopher, age 6] join the Wesley com-munity,” he says. “Dr. Ballentine brings experience and expertise in enrollment management and institutionalresearch that will be extremely helpful to Wesley College.”Recently, Ballentine shared his thoughts and ideas about the college’s enrollment goals and other challenges.

Q. What is the strategy for crafting the next class? Howdo you continue to attract high-achieving students?We have a well-established process for working withpotential students. The process is built on the sameidea of personalized service that we know Wesley stu-dents covet once they are here.

Q. The current enrollment at Wesley College is 2,100.What would you say is the ideal number of students?I don’t think there is an “ideal” number. Obviously wehave built ourselves on being a small college, and I donot see that changing. But I think there are manyopportunities across the campus for growth in bothcurrent programs and new programs.

Q. Is there a fine line between increasing the number ofstudents and maintaining what makes Wesley so attrac-tive, such as a low teacher-student ratio?I think we can grow in programs without overwhelm-ing the students or faculty. We can expand programswhile maintaining the faculty-to-student ratio and alsointroduce new programs that are able to provide ahigh-quality experience for future students.

Q. What are some of your short-term and long-termstrategies for increasing/maintaining enrollment?This year was the first time in a few years that we havetraveled to our feeder high schools, a program set upby Mary-Alice Ozechoski when she was acting asinterim dean.

I support her decision and think it is important tostay connected to the high schools in our region. Thisyear we visited 150 schools and received almost 1,000inquiries during those visits. I hope to continue toexpand this travel to new areas and schools that willhelp increase our name recognition.

Q. What are the biggest challenges in regards to meetingenrollment goals?One of our biggest challenges is competition with otherschools. The average college-bound high school seniorapplies to seven different institutions. Therefore weare competing in many different areas including size,location, money, programs, athletics, and studentexperience.

Q. In these difficult times, is Wesley College pricedappropriately? Is the school offering more financial aidand/or scholarships to students?Wesley is actually a great value compared to other pri-vate colleges. According to the College Board, the aver-age tuition and fees for a private college in 2011-2012totaled $28,500. That is approximately 30 percent morethan Wesley. Add to that room and board and we arewell below average.

Q. How much of a factor is cost as a motivator to attractand then retain a student? Or are other factors – such asacademics, location, and social offerings – more important?Every potential student is different. Cost is a majorfactor not only for attracting but also retaining stu-dents. However, cost concerns can be balanced when apotential student knows that Wesley is the right placefor them.

Q. One of the biggest challenges at small colleges nation-wide is retention of students. Is this a major issue atWesley, and are we addressing those issues?Retention has been a concern in recent years at Wesley.Last year we received a grant to do a comprehensiveretention assessment. We are in the process of imple-menting new programs and processes aimed directlyat increasing retention.

Q. What are the primary reasons students withdraw?There is no single reason why students withdraw. Theretention literature is clear that there is no silver bulletand institutions should look comprehensively at thewhole student experience.

Q. Conversely, why do students stay at a college?Students report they enjoy the relationships with fac-ulty and other students, the personalized attention,and the prospect for future career opportunitiesthrough their academic programs.

Q. What are Wesley’s strongest features that appeal toincoming freshman?Size, location, athletics, and relationship with faculty.

Q. How will the campus additions and improvements,such as the Streetscape project and the renovation of theFrear building, impact enrollment?All of these projects will help energize the campus andlet students know that we are continuing to improve andprovide them with a progressive learning environment.

Q. What kind of value is a Wesley education?Value is one of the hallmarks of a Wesley education.Not only the monetary value, but also the value offriendships, relationships, internships, and experiences.

Q. These are some impressive challenges. Are you excitedabout addressing them?I am excited about addressing these challengesbecause I think it has already begun. I can see a futurewith Wesley fully integrated into a vibrant downtowncommunity. I can see a well-known institution that isseen as a leader in higher education. I can see an envi-ronment that welcomes students and provides themwith the opportunity to discover their path and growinto exceptional adults. ■

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“Value is one of the hallmarks of a Wesleyeducation. Not only the monetary value,but also the value of friendships, relation-ships, internships, and experiences.

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ALREADY RECOGNIZED as a peren-nial power in the East, WesleyCollege continues to make strides toprove they are among the elite col-lege football programs in the coun-try. A third-straight South RegionChampionship and its fifth trip tothe NCAA Semifinals in the lastseven years have done just that.

Wesley cruised to a 9-1 regularseason record, which helped them

earn the fourth seed in the NCAAPlayoffs and the right to utilize oneof the best home field advantages inthe country for the first two rounds.

After defeating Hobart, 35-28,in the opener, Wesley received ascare from Linfield in the secondround. The Wildcats jumped aheadearly and went into the half with a27-7 lead, but Wesley scored 42unanswered points to cap off one of

the greatest comebacks in schoolhistory. However, this victory didnot come without its setbacks asAll-American defensive end ChrisMayes went down with a season-ending injury.

The Wolverines carried thatsecond half momentum into Texasand held on for a 27-24 win at MaryHardin-Baylor in the quarterfinals,giving them a rematch from the2009 season at Mount Union in thesemifinals. The Wolverines held a14-13 lead at the half, making thisthe first time all year that thePurple Raiders trailed at the half,but Mount Union proved too much,ending Wesley’s hopes of a nationaltitle at 12-2.

Despite missing the last twogames, Mayes was recognized asFirst Team All-American by fivedifferent publications, including theAssociated Press, which combinedall players from Divisions II, III andthe NAIA. Five other defensiveplayers, linebackers Jeff Morganand Mike Asiedu, defensive tacklePaul Gilstrop, and defensive backsLeon Jones and Dakevis Howard,also earned All-American honorsby numerous publications.

On the other side of the ball,Shane McSweeny was named aFirst Team All-American by theAFCA and d3football.com and wasalso recognized as the website’sSouth Region Offensive Player ofthe Year after throwing for 3,019yards and 33 touchdowns. The sen-ior quarterback also rushed for 774yards and a team-high 13 scores.

Led by longtime Head CoachMike Drass, the 12-2 Wolverines wererewarded after the season with theirthird-straight Lambert-MeadowlandsTrophy and ECAC Team of the Yearaward in recognition of Easternsupremacy in college football. ■

For all the latest scores and highlights, visitthe athletics website at athletics.wesley.edu

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Gridiron Supremacy

Shane McSweeny


WESLEY BEGAN THE Juli Greep erain 2011 and finished 5-26 on the year.Formerly the head volleyball andsoftball coach at Keystone College inLa Plume, Pa., Greep will have thesame duties at Wesley. Despite sev-eral key injuries on the front lineand playing in less matches than in2010, the Wolverines won threemore sets than they did the previousseason. A Mathematics major fromLewiston, Idaho, junior Carle Axwas named a Second Team CapitalOne Academic All-American,becoming the first Wesley athlete inany sport to receive the accolade. ■


BOTH CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS finished ninth at the CACChampionships with the women getting edged by one point for eighth.The men’s season was highlighted by freshman Richard Feeney, whobecame the ninth fastest runner in school history with a time of 29:52 atthe Hornet Invitational. On the women’s side, a four-sport athlete infield hockey, lacrosse, track & field, and cross country, Tristin Burris,became the second fastest runner in school history by running a19:31.90 at the Hornet Invitational on Oct. 7. A week later, the native ofCamden, Del., won the Delaware State Classic on Oct. 15 in 20:29.82. ■

CROSS COUNTRYIn the Running

VOLLEYBALLBuilding Blocks

MEN’S SOCCERReachingthe Goal

FIELD HOCKEYKeep on WinningYOU CAN ADD ANOTHER winning season to the highly successful WesleyCollege field hockey program under the leadership of longtime head coachTracey Short. The Wolverines fell in the CAC title game for the second-straight year, but earned a bid to the ECAC South Championships, advanc-ing to the quarterfinals. With 12 victories, it marked the 15th consecutive yearthat the Wolverines won at least 11 games.

Following the season, sophomore Madison Leone was named to theEastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Second Team after recording 18goals and 43 points to finish third and fourth in the CAC, respectively.Leone, as well as Sheree Pleasanton, was also named First Team All-Conference while goalkeeper Elizabeth Groom and Dana Keller earned sec-ond team accolades. Additionally, Keller ranked 12th in Division III witheight defensive saves. ■

ONLY ONE OTHER SCHOOL (N.C.Wesleyan) in the nation settled formore ties than the 8-7-5 Wolverinesin 2011. Wesley started the seasonoff with a bang, blowing out CCNY,5-0 in the season opener. Afterfighting Johns Hopkins for 110 min-utes in a 1-1 tie, the Wolverinesscored another five goals in a winover Penn St.-Berks to open theyear 2-0-1. Wesley then droppedthree-straight one-goal gamesbefore going 3-0-4 in its next sevencontests.

Wesley closed out the regularseason with a 5-2 win on Senior Daybefore falling in the first round ofthe Capital Athletic Conference(CAC) Playoffs. The Wolverinesthen heard their name called on theECAC South Championship andthey wrapped up the year with aloss to top-seeded Alvernia.

Three players were laterselected to the All-Conference team,including first team honoreesJoshua Chellah and Nico Scarpato.Kyle Long earned second team

recognition after ranking fifth inthe CAC with seven goals and 18points. He closed out his careerranked in Wesley’s top 10 for goals(21) and points (48). ■

WOMEN’S SOCCERBig TurnaroundDESPITE A ROSTER loaded withunderclassman and just two sen-iors, Wesley, after winning just threegames in 2010, matched its largestincrease in wins by going 7-10 in 2011.The Wolverines won five of their firstsix games before hitting the meat of ahighly-competitive CAC schedule.Following the season, Wesley wasone of 82 schools across all NCAADivisions to receive the NSCAATeam Ethics Award which goes toprograms that accumulate no red

cards and a maximum of five yellowcards for the season.

Senior Kim Fearnbach ledthe team in scoring with 12 goalsand 27 points while junior SydneyKahan had a solid season in goal.In mid-September, Kahan was rec-ognized as the ECAC South RegionPlayer of the Week for recordingshutout victories over Goucherand CAC rival Marymount (Va.),helping the Wolverines to its beststart since 2007. ■

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Joshua Chellah

Richard Feeney

Carle Ax

Madison Leone

Sydney Kahan


In alphabetical order, the 14 mem-bers of the 2011 class of the WesleyCollege Athletic Hall of Fame are:

James Binder ’93, a four-yearletter winner, was named a FootballGazette National Player of theWeek. He was a standout player onthe ECAC Bowl Championship team.Binder still ranks among theWolverine’s top 10 career leaders in tackles, tackles for loss, andinterceptions.

Lynda Carey ’02was a two-sportathlete at Wesley, earning six varsityletters in field hockey and softball. Atwo-time All-PAC selection, she wasa vital part of the PAC Field HockeyChampionship team. She still holdstop 10 field hockey records for careerpoints, goals, and assists.

Chris Chaffinch ’01, a baseballstandout and PAC TournamentMVP, helped set the Wesley schoolrecord of 26 wins and helped lead

his team to the PAC Championship.He was a three-time All-PACselection and set season records in hits, triples, stolen bases, andbatting average. He left Wesleyholding its career records for hits,runs, games, runs batted in, andhome runs. After his playingcareer, Chaffinch became an assistant coach for the Wolverinesand head coach at St. Andrew’sPresbyterian College. He currentlyserves as the head coach at theGatewood School.

Tim Clark ’00 was among all-time leaders in Wesley lacrosse,setting the Wolverines’ single season assist record. Clark ranksfirst in single season points, thirdin career goals, and top 10 in bothseason goals and point leaders.Holding three varsity letters, he

Wesley Inducts 14 into Hall of FameIn a ceremony held on Oct. 7 at the Schwartz Center for theArts in downtown Dover, Wesley College inducted 14 newmembers into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Theinductees represent nine different sports: baseball, men’sbasketball, women’s basketball, field hockey, football, golf,men’s lacrosse, softball and wrestling. The ceremony washeld as part of Wesley’s Homecoming festivities.

Top Row (L-R): Bruce Reinert ’71, Duane Manson ’01, Duane Martin ’11, Joe Roberts ’04, Derek Hunter ’71, Tim Clark ’00.Bottom Row (L-R): Trevor Holbrook ’98, Craig LaBarbera ’02, Stephen Pound ’66, Lynda Carey ’02, Kim Smith ’02, James Binder’93, Chris Chaffinch ’01

led the team in points for all threeseasons. As a team captain and a member of two ECACChampionship teams, Clark wasalso a President’s List student.

Trevor Holbrook ’98 was amember of the 1996 lacrosse teamthat set the school record for winpercentage. A member of twoECAC Championship teams, hewas a four-year letter winner andstarted every season. As a longstick midfielder, he routinely drewthe opponent’s top scorer. Holbrook,a three-time team captain, was alsoa Dean’s List student.

Derek Hunter ’71 was a talentedbasketball player from the WesleyJunior College era. Selected as anAll-Conference athlete, he scoredmore than 800 career points andscored over 40 points in two games.After being a two-year starter andletter winner, Hunter became astarter at Delta State and played inthe Gulf South ConferenceChampionship, which advanced tothe College Division Elite 8. Aftercollege, he went on to become a suc-cessful high school coach inMemphis, Tenn., winning numer-ous conference championships inmultiple sports and entered the yearas the active wins leader in women’sbasketball among Memphis HighSchool coaches.

Craig LaBarbera ’02, an All-Region Golfer, won seven individualtitles during his time at Wesley. Hewas named a two-time All-Americanand holds four varsity letters. Hehelped lead the Wolverines to theirfirst NCAA Championship. As amember of three PAC Championshipteams, LaBarbera was a three-timePAC Individual Champion and aDean’s List student.

Duane Manson ’01was a stand-out on the gridiron for Wesley.Named ECAC All-Star, FootballGazette All-American, CoSIDA All-American, and All-ACFC at twodifferent positions (defensive backand kick returner), he still holdsWesley’s interception record with 17,interception return yards and longestinterception return (100 yards for aTD). He also ranks second in passbreakups. After being a team captainhis senior year and a four-year letterwinner, Manson served as an assis-tant coach at Wesley.

Duane Martin ’11 tied anNCAA record with a 99-yardtouchdown catch. A FootballGazette All-American, ECAC AllStar, two-time All-Region selec-tion, ECAC Rookie of the Year,Martin was a member of the ACFCChampionship team. A four-yearletter winner, he finished hiscareer as the all-time leader inreceptions, receiving yards andreceiving touchdowns.

Stephen Pound ’66 helped startWesley’s wrestling program. As amember of the first team, he was aTri-State Champion, and took sec-ond place at the NJCCA WrestlingRegional becoming a NJCCANational Wrestling ChampionshipQualifier. Pound was undefeated inthe 152-pound category. A two-yearvarsity letter winner, he was also astarter for the baseball team. Afterhis career at Wesley, Pound wenton to win the 100-meter champi-onship for Western MarylandCollege and played semi-pro base-ball for Catonsville AA.

Earl Passwaters ’71, a two-yearletter winner, was an excellentfootball player from Wesley’sJunior College era. Named an

All-Conference selection, a memberof the JUCO All-Star team and anAll-American, Passwaters was amember of two conference cham-pionship teams. After being aWolverine, he went on to become atwo-year starter at Florida State.

Bruce Reinert ’71 was a two-time football All-Americanand an All-American in wrestling.Reinert, a Wesley Athlete of theYear, was also selected as All-Conference. After his career, hewent on to start at Wake Forestand win the Bill George Award. Hebecame the team captain for theDemon Deacons in his senior year.

Joe Roberts ’04 was a promi-nent member of Wesley’s footballteam. As an All-American and All-ACFC selection, he played in threeECAC Bowls. A four-year varsityletter winner, he was a three-timeteam captain and team MVP.Roberts still ranks in Wesley’s top10 in career tackles. He later becamean assistant coach at Wesley andHead Coach at Cape Henlopen.

Kim Smith ’02 was a threesport standout at Wesley, a two-time All-PAC selection in women’sbasketball and an All-PAC selec-tion in softball and field hockey.Named All Region in field hockey,Co-MVP of the PAC Field HockeyChampionship, and Wesley CollegeCo-Female Athlete of the Year,Smith ranks in the top 20 forassists in field hockey. She ratesamong the women’s basketball pro-gram’s all-time leaders in pointswith over 1,000, rebounds, assists,and steals. A Dean’s List studentand member of the NFHCANational Academic Team, she heldthe career and season records inthree-point shots. ■

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Ben


Coach Drass gathered the teamtogether to explain Ben’s situationbefore they continued on to Canton.His voice cracked as he talked aboutholding Ben, his godson, in his armsas a newborn. Team chaplain andFellowship of Christian Athletesmentor Randy Chambers inspiredthe team with his message and wejoined hands in a prayer for Ben.

That morning at breakfast, thequiet was broken by the sound ofclinking glasses and dishes. To ateam fighting for its seventhstraight berth in the playoffs, sud-denly winning a football game wasnot the most important thing ontheir minds – but it would do a lotto lift the spirits of everyoneinvolved.

The Wolverines got off to a slowstart Saturday afternoon at FawcettStadium trailing 3-0 but rallied for a28-3 victory over Walsh, a formerNAIA member moving to NCAADivision II.

Wolverine quarterback ShaneMcSweeny took a knee to run outthe final seconds as my WDELradio partner Sean Greene shouted,“Wesley wins one for the Knapps!”Shane threw both arms up more ina sense of relief than in triumph andembraced Drass.

“I am proud of the way our teamhas handled this,” Drass told me.“They have shown a lot of maturity,focus and compassion.”

Following the game Saturdayevening, we arrived at PittsburghChildren’s Hospital ahead of theteam buses and met Chip in thelobby. He was upbeat and positiveabout the prospects of Ben’s recov-ery. “I don’t mind telling it,” he toldus. “It keeps my mind occupied. If Ithink about it too much it becomestoo painful. To hear my son, speakagain, that will be like winning 10Stagg Bowls.”

When I went up to visit Ben inthe PICU with coaches Bob Healyand Shawn Plews, who also teach atDover High, Chip encouraged us to

talk to Ben. As we left, Drass andAzzanesi headed in to see Ben.

About 20 minutes later, Knappmet the team in the lobby. Seniorcaptains McSweeny and linebackerMike Asiedu gave their coach thegame ball signed by the entireteam. He thanked them for liftinghis spirits that afternoon, and toldthem he had heard bits and piecesof the game while waiting in thehospital.

“If I knew my son was going tohave a heart attack, I’d have wantedto be right next to him and have agreat person like Coach Azz rightnext to me who knows CPR. I’dwant him to be in this great hospi-

tal,” Chip told the team, adding thathe was grateful that Ben had comeon the trip instead of staying homealone, where he might not have hadmedical help. “There’s little miracleshappening. Keep praying, and thankyou,” he said.

At the end of team huddles, atthe end of practices and games, theWolverines break with a shout of“Together!” That day, they crowd-ed around Chip, Cindy and theiryounger daughters Ellie andEmma. Everyone threw in an armand shouted in unison: “BenKnapp!”

During the last few months, thequestion I get asked the most by stu-dents, coworkers and family is,“How is Ben doing?”

Though he is still hospitalized,Chip says Ben is in good spirits,

watching Netflix and ComedyCentral, and playing “name thatcomposer” with the classical musicon his iPod. He’s making somevocalizations, turning his head,indicating yes and no and spellingout words and phrases.

“Mentally, he’s all there and ithasn’t seemed to affect his memory.I know that because he laughs at mybad jokes,” Chip says. “Every day isanother little step. Sometimes it ishard for us to notice them due to theamount of time we spend with him.But the doctors notice.”

Ben’s motor skills seem to havebeen affected the most, and he isrelearning how to talk and standon his own. Chip says one doctormentioned that Ben was makingthe best recovery thus far fromthis type of trauma that he hadever seen, adding that the first sixmonths are the most critical indetermining his long-term prog-nosis.

The next steps include bringingBen home to Dover. Nick Drass,Mike’s father, spent years running aconstruction business before pass-ing it on to his youngest son Rocky.They are planning alterations to theKnapp home that will allow Ben tocome home and continue his recov-ery more comfortably.

“Cindy and I, our whole family,we’ve just been overwhelmed by thekindness of people in the communi-ty, at Wesley, Dover High and somany other places. We can’t begin toexpress our thanks and apprecia-tion,” Chip says.

And though the Wolverines’quest to win a NationalChampionship for Ben fell short inAlliance, Ohio with a 28-21 loss toMount Union in the Division IIIsemifinals, the team discovered thatthere are much more importantthings in life than winning a footballgame. ■

Jason Bowen writes the Around theSouth column for D3football.com.

NOW IN THE MIDST of a long, slowrecovery, Ben is much missed by hismany friends at both Dover Highand Wesley College, where I ampart of the Wolverines coachingstaff along with Ben’s father Chipand head coach Mike Drass. Since1993, Mike and Chip, his associatehead coach and offensive coordina-tor, have turned the Wesley pro-gram into one of the most success-ful in Division III.

That weekend in October, theteam left Thursday on a long bustrip from Dover to Canton, Ohio,stopping for the night at a hotel inBreezewood, Pa. Ben took a day offfrom school to travel with the team,and he was also looking forward toseeing his grandparents, aunts,uncles and cousins in nearby Kent,Ohio, his dad’s hometown. Thatnight, he bunked with his dad andWesley receivers coach SteveAzzanesi.

Somewhere between 4 and 4:30a.m. Friday, Chip woke to the soundof his son making strange noises.Thinking Ben was having a baddream, he tried to wake him. Hecouldn’t. Chip woke Azzanesi, aDewey Beach lifeguard for 15 years,and went for help while Steve per-formed CPR till paramedics arrived.On Friday, Ben was transferred toPittsburgh Children’s Hospital,where he was placed into aninduced medical coma.

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by JASON BOWEN

BenWinning one forBEN KNAPP is among the most intelligent students I have had in my12 years of teaching public school in Delaware. He’s the type of kidwho is friends with the starting quarterback and the lead in theschool play. His friends will tell you about his great sense of humorand how he has an inside joke with each of them. They’ll mentionthat he plays the piano with passion and flair and though he can’tsing very well, he’s always whistling. That Ben is such a well-roundedyoung man is no surprise if you know his parents, Chip and CindyKnapp – and I do. He has his father’s dry sense of humor and hismother’s warm heart.For the past couple of years, Ben has been one of the first stu-

dents I see in the morning and one of last I see in the afternoon atmy job as a science teacher at Dover High School. Though I haven’thad him as a student since ninth grade Honors Biology, his big bluebackpack full of his baseball equipment always sat in my classroom– until last October.That’s when the 16-year-old National Honor Society student, left-hand-

ed baseball pitcher and friend-to-everybody suffered a sudden anddebilitating heart attack while traveling with the Wesley Wolverines foot-ball team for an out-of-town game.

Ben Knapp


’44Virginia (Geyer) Miles joined a groupof alumni at a luncheon in Sarasota,Fla. A classical music enthusiast,Virginia is a patron of the arts in thesouth Florida region.

’54Dave Allison reports that he is still“alive and kicking.” After seeing formerclassmate Charlie Geitz and himselfpictured in the last magazine under theLewis Wells 100th Anniversary article,he decided to meet up with his oldfriend in Southold, Long Island.

’61Kay (McTyre) Hart and Kathy(Barclay) Pickering along with theirspouses, enjoyed meeting other alumniat a luncheon in Sarasota, Fla. Theyshared stories of their experiences atWesley College while hearing aboutsome new initiatives on campus.

’67Matt Sellitto and Marlyn Della Portawere recently reconnected in Naples,Fla. at the home of Matt and his wife,Loreen. They enjoyed sharing news offellow classmates and reliving theirWesley College days.

’69John McNemar and his wife Donna(Parris) ’70 report that they celebrat-ed their 40th wedding anniversarywith a trip to Europe, visiting London,Paris and Rome. On a rainy day at theColiseum they had their picture takenwith their “We are Wesley - stay con-nected” umbrellas. The Roman Forumruins were amazing! John and Donnaeven had real Italian pizza at a side-walk cafe.

’71Susan (Watts) Miller reports that afterbeing married to her husband, Kirk, for39 years, they have two wonderfulsons. One currently lives in VirginiaBeach and the other is touring Europewith a rock band based out ofRichmond, Va. After working at GeorgeMason University for several years,Susan is now a high school specialeducation teacher.

’74

A group of classmates from the classof 1974 got together in Ocean City,N.J. The girls included Patti (Griffeth)Scharff, Joan (McQuade) Piermani,Michelle Pileckas, Lori (Schreuders)Rossi, and Gail (Puckhaber)Robertson.

David Louie announces the adoptionof his daughter. David, now 59, alwayswanted a daughter, so in November2007, he adopted a seven-month-oldinfant from China. His only son is now27 years old.


CLASS NOTESTo post your latest news, visit the alumni websiteat weare.wesley.edu/classnotes or include withthe return envelope provided.

From left: Cathy Nosel, Bill Hart, Kay(McTyre) Hart ’61, Virginia (Geyer) Miles’44, Kathryn (Barclay) Pickering ’61,Charles Pickering, Chris Wood.

From left: Chris Wood, Cathy Nosel, Marlyn Della Porta ’67, Loreen Sellitto and Matthew Sellitto ’67.

John McNemar and his wife Donna (Parris) ’70. Continued on next page



DURING THE JUNIOR CollegeAthletic Alumni Brunch atHomecoming Reunion Weekendthis year on Oct. 8, former coachesBob Andrus and Jim Wentworthwere both presented with LifetimeWesley Society Awards which recognizes individuals and organi-zations who believe in the missionof Wesley College.

Robert “Bob” Andrus coachedfootball at Wesley from 1967 to 1987and continues to attend as manyfootball games as he can, sitting inthe “Bob Andrus section.”

Andrus led the Wolverines tothe Tri-State Conference champi-onship his first two seasons. In 1970the team won their first CoastalConference championship. They

won again in 1976 and appeared inthe Sterling Silver Bowl inHutchison, Kansas, where theWolverines ended the season as thesecond-ranked junior college foot-ball team in the nation.

Andrus was named CoastalConference “Coach of the Year” in1970 and 1976, in addition to beingthree-time head coach of theCoastal Conference All-Star game.Andrus coached until 1987 andended with an overall record of 97-98-3.

Jim Wentworth retired in2000-2001 after 40 years withWesley College’s athletic depart-ment. He served as head coach ofWesley’s men’s basketball teamfrom 1960 to 2000, winning 502

basketball games. He also servedas Wesley’s athletic director for 11years, as well as coaching baseballtwo years, track two years andfootball as an assistant for fiveyears.

Wentworth’s coaching legacyincludes mentoring and moldingyoung men. Ten of his players wenton to coach at the college level andnine coach at high schools.

In 1992, Coach Wentworthand his late wife Shirley were hon-ored when the Wesley College gym-nasium was renamed the Jim andShirley Wentworth Gymnasium.

Both Coach Andrus andCoach Wentworth were inductedinto the Athletic Hall of Fame in2006, in honor of their extraordi-nary commitment to furthering themission of Wesley College. ■

ADVANCEMENT

Thirty-seven years after graduatingfrom Wesley College, NancyCosgrove recently finished her mas-ters in education at Fairfield University.She reports that it feels strange thatshe is starting a second career asmost her classmates are retiring.

’76 Debbie (Freund) Neely is retiring thisyear after 25 years of teaching. Debbieand her husband of 31 years now planto spend every winter in Jupiter, Fla.

’04After graduating from Wesley, Mary E.Boggs earned her Ph.D. in biology in2011 from the University of Delawarewhere she is now employed as aresearch associate.

’08Since graduating from Wesley, StaceyGottschall has been employed atQPS Pharmaceutical Services inNewark, Delaware.

Jessica Johns married Sean Boots onSept. 24, 2010 at Renault WineryResort and Golf in Egg Harbor City,N.J. Since graduation, Jessica hasbeen working at Maxium Healthcareservices in their human resourcesdepartment. Sean is currently workingat Enterprise Rental Car. The couplejust purchased their first home inAugust 2011 in Mays Landing, N.J.They are anxiously awaiting the arrivalof their first child in early April.

’09Colleen McElwee married DavidPrimavera Jr. of Riverton, N.J. on Nov.5, 2011 at Christ Episcopal Church in

Riverton. ThePrimaveras live inRiverton with theirson, two-year oldDavid PrimaveraIII. Since gradua-tion Colleen hasbeen working at

GEICO Insurance Company handlingpersonal injury protection claims.

Kevin Shuman has joined the Ph.D.biology program at University ofDelaware.

Stefan Hailey earned his M.S. in biol-ogy at the University of Delaware in2011. He now works at UPenn HealthSystem as a lab medical specialist inflow cytometry.

Shannon Carter is now in the Ph.D.program in soil and environmentalstudies at University of Delaware.

’10Anthony Darrington is currentlyenrolled at the Indiana UniversitySchool of Medicine.

Jordan Wheatley is currently teachinghigh school science at Seaford High.

’11After graduation, GarrettKaczmarczyk took a job as a salesconsultant for Winner Ford AutomotiveGroup.

IN MEMORIAMEdna L. (Layton) Curry ’47Suzanne M. (Carbonneau) Snapp ’50Jean A. (Miller) Akeson ’52Elizabeth M. (Butler) Barber ’52William H. Rieck ’54Jack L. Marine ’55Jean M. (Von Hagel) Churn ’56Ian W. Warrender ’58Robert R. Emerson ’60Theodore C. Boyer ’61Roberta L. (Stevenson) Herb ’61Judith L. (Wood) Kifferly ’61Helena C. Macintire ’61Robert E. Sylvester ’64 Paul M. Wiegand ’65Patricia A. (Sanders) Reynolds ’67Earl H. Passwaters ’71Joanne (Muldowney) Reese ’77Teresa Lardizzone ’88Elanie T. Stewart ’95Jonathan R. Kelley ’98Flora Hessling (faculty)Ralph A. Leitner (former employee)Alice Rasmussen (former employee)Allen B. Clark (former trustee)

Two CoachesTwo Lifetime Wesley Society Awardsby CATHY ANDERSON

Sean and Jessica (Johns) Boots ’08.

Correction:The previous issue of Wesley magazine incorrectlyidentified one of the alumni featured in the We AreWesley advertisement on the back page. It is Carol(McDowell) McCoy ’66 who should have been named.She is pictured in the center of the photo below andin the yearbook photo. We apologize for the error.

From left: Diane (Virtue) Morton ’66, Carol (McDowell) McCoy ’66 and Mary Beth(Poctner) DiEleonora ’66 on a recent vacation together.

SGA Supports Campus WiFi WESLEY COLLEGE Student Board ofGovernors (SGA) President TannerPolce and SGA Vice President BryanZarou present a $62,000 check toWesley College President Dr. WilliamJohnston and Board of Trustees ChairCharles “Chip” Dashiell. The dona-tion will help increase WiFi locationsthroughout the campus and helpwith several planned student-cham-pioned safety initiatives. From left:Johnston, Dashiell, Zarou and Polce.

Back row left to right: Vice President forInstitutional Advancement, Chris Wood,Debbie Wentworth and Director ofDevelopment Cathy Anderson. Front row:Jim Wentworth and Bob Andrus.



BLUE CROSS Blue Shield ofDelaware recently gave a $239,220BluePrints for the CommunityFund grant to Wesley College. Thegrant will be used for the College’snew health sciences building to behoused at the J. Allen Frear FederalBuilding in downtown Dover.Wesley College has been awardedthis building by the GeneralServices Administration followingthe decision to decommission it.

The grant money will sup-port three different categoriesincluding technology infrastruc-ture, a “Sim Man 3G,” and securityfor the exterior of the building toensure a safe learning environ-ment. The technology infrastruc-ture includes wireless Internet,smart boards and other teachingaids in the classrooms, labs andnursing faculty offices. The grantmoney also will be used to pur-chase and maintain a “Sim Man

3G” for the nursing lab, an essentialstate-of-the-art assessment toolused in lab simulations. Theanatomically correct “manikin”includes proven software thatallows learners to practice emer-gency treatment of patients.

“We are so thrilled to havethis support from Blue Cross BlueShield,” said Wesley CollegePresident Dr. William N. Johnston.“The outpouring of communitysupport we have received is directlyresponsible for helping us bringthis vision to fruition. The growthof the nursing program will helpincrease our capacity to teach newhealth care professionals, signifi-cantly increasing the number ofbaccalaureate and master’s degreesin the field of nursing from Wesley.”

The Blue Cross Blue ShieldBlueprints for the Communitygrant program supports initiativesthat address the health care needs of Delaware’s uninsured,underinsured and low-incomefamilies in addition to programsthat recruit and train health careprofessionals. ■

ADVANCEMENTADVANCEMENT

ON JAN. 7 members of the WesleySociety and their guests gatheredfor an evening of socializing, finedining, and student interaction.During their annual reception anddinner at the Duncan Center, soci-ety members celebrated the secondfull year of the Wesley Society.Current Wesley College studentsplayed an integral part in theevent. During the reception, guestswere able to mingle and meet eightoutstanding students who wereselected to share their campusactivities and scholastic accom-plishments outlined on posters.During the program, the 112 guests

were treated to tworiveting vocal per-formances by formerstudent JulianneMorris, accompa-nied on piano byWesley College’sAssistant Professorof Music, Dr. JamesWilson.

The evening’sfeatured speakerswere current student WesleyDessesow ’13 followed by alumnusLinda S. Broyhill ’71.Dessesow sharedthat he chose WesleyCollege for its smallsize, which hasgiven him opportu-nities to hold leader-ship positions oncampus and to excelin his studies. LindaBroyhill, now a suc-cessful bankruptcy

attorney with Reed Smith LLP inVirginia, expressed her gratitudeto Wesley (Junior) College formaking her “what she is today.”

College President WilliamJohnston made remarks during the program, revealing thevision for Wesley College’sgrowth and giving accolades to Trustee Bill Strickland of L & WInsurance Agency.Strickland will be steppingdown from his role aspresident of the WesleySociety in order to serve aschair for the upcoming

“Campaign for Wesley.” TrusteeGregory Moore of Becker MorganGroup graciously accepted the roleas president of the Wesley Society.

Members of the Societylearned of exciting plans for thegrowth of Wesley College. The din-ner was offered to Society membersas an appreciation event, and thecosts were fully underwritten byseven individual and corporatesponsors. The generous sponsorsincluded Linda S. Broyhill, BeckerMorgan Group, Eric Nelson, MSKPartners, Wilks, Lukoff &Bracegirdle, LLC –Attorneys atLaw, Whisman Giordano &Associates LLC, and Delta Dental.

The Wesley Society is com-prised of individuals and organiza-tions who believe in the mission of Wesley College and pledge tobecome partners with the Collegein transforming lives of students.Society members are committed toadvancing Wesley College throughpersonal involvement and financialsupport of $1,000 or more annually.For more information about theSociety, contact Cathy Anderson,Director of Development,[email protected] or 302-736-2410. ■

Streetscape Taking Shape

Shared SuccessStudents and Wesley Society Members ShareAccomplishments at Annual Galaby CATHY ANDERSON

A Helping HandBlue Cross Blue Shield of DelawareSupports New Health Science Building

James Peditto ’13 shares his Wesleystory with Robert Brittingham ’54

From left: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware Assistant Vice President Darelle Riabov,Wesley College Board of Trustees Bill Willis, Vice President for Institutional AdvancementChris Wood and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware President Tim Constantine.

WESLEY COLLEGE STUDENT ambassador ChardineyWoods, Alumni Association President Chad Robinson,Wesley College Board of Trustees Chair Charles “Chip”Dashiell, Student Government Association (SGA)President Tanner Polce, SGA Vice President BryanZarai, Wesley College President William Johnston andstudent ambassador Nicole Oyola braved the snow onFeb. 11 to break ground on the “Streetscape Program.”The project will convert cross-streets through campusinto a pedestrian-friendly walking mall. ■

The outpouring of communitysupport we have received isdirectly responsible for helpingus bring this vision to fruition.—DR. JOHNSTON

Featured speaker Linda Broyhill ’71addresses the Wesley Society members.

From left: Woods, Robinson, Dashiell,Polce, Zarou, Johnston, Oyola.


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