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President’s Message

Dear Alumni and Friends,As we celebrate the 140th year since the founding of Wesley, it is a good time to reflect onthe College’s past, present and future. It was in 1873 that what we now know as WesleyCollege originated. From humble beginnings as the Wilmington Conference Academy to

a two-year junior college to the four-yearvibrant liberal arts college we havetoday—the name changed along theway, but the mission to maintain the United Methodist traditions andenlighten mind and spirit remains true.

The theme for the year is“Memories and Milestones,” and you’llfind a history timeline in the magazinethat details the journey of WesleyCollege. We were blessed that the Rev.Dr. Jervis Cooke, Wesley’s 13th president,returned to campus to help us launchour “Memories and Milestones” celebra-tion during Founders Day this pastMarch. His tenure involved a great deal

of change, including the move to become a four-year liberal arts college. Improvements continue to be made that help shape the future of Wesley. The new

plazas continue to encourage a greater sense of community on campus, and now withthe Health Sciences Building secured, plans are underway to expand the health and science-related programs. The renovations in that building will start soon, with a projected opening in 2014.

In addition, the College community has made it a priority to improve the retentionrate on campus, an area that most colleges are addressing throughout the country.Armed with 10 recommendations as a result of a two-year study, most suggestions havebeen implemented, helping students in a variety of ways. The improvements include,but are not limited to: more work opportunities on campus, centralizing student servicesincluding the business, financial aid and registrar offices in one area, instituting first-year seminars, and more financial aid review, all aimed at helping our students succeed.

It is our strong commitment to student enlightenment and empowerment thatkeeps us reaching for new opportunities and milestones. We are thankful for the strongfoundation of alumni and other support that has built Wesley and will continue tostrengthen our College. I encourage you to find new ways to connect to your alma mater,visit, and see for yourself the positive changes taking place throughout campus.

With warm regards,

Dr. William N. [email protected](302) 736-2508

Memories & MilestonesA history of Wesley College

MANAGING EDITORJessica L. Cook

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President Bill Johnston (right) and wife, Susan, welcome former president Jervis Cooke to campus.

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Memories & Milestones

In 2013, Wesley College celebrates140 years of impact in the

community and, most importantly,in the lives of students. Our theme for the year is“Memories and Milestones” which captures the historicalevents and the personal stories

that resonate with us all.

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Delaware Sleep Disorder CentersCEO Lyron Deputy helps people get

a good night’s sleep

Departments3 Highlights17 Sports

22 Class Notes25 Advancement

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THE WESLEY COLLEGE MISSION

Wesley College is a United Methodist

institution of higher education that seeks

to be among the finest student-centered

learning communities in the liberal arts

tradition. Consistent with our Methodist

heritage, the College affirms meaning and

purpose in life through justice, compassion,

inclusion and social responsibility that

enhance community life and respect for

the environment. Wesley College exists to

liberate and empower its students with

the knowledge, skills, ethical attitudes

and capacity for critical thinking needed

to achieve personal and professional

goals and to contribute to the local and

global society.

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Dr. William N. Johnston

President

Dr. Howard Ballentine

Dean of Enrollment Management

Dr. Colleen Di Raddo

Interim Dean of Students

Mike Drass

Executive Director of Intercollegiate

Sports and Recreation

Dr. Patricia Dwyer

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Alan Russell, CPA

Interim Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Chris A. Wood

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mr. Robert V.A. Harra, Jr., Chair

Mr. William J. Strickland, Vice Chair

Mr. D. Wayne Holden, Secretary

Mr. Frank A. Andrews

Rev. Dr. Jonathan E. Baker ’70

Bishop Sandra L. Steiner Ball

Dr. William E. Bazzelle

Mrs. Linda S. Broyhill ’71

Mr. Thomas W. Burn, Jr. ’79

Mr. Charles R. Dashiell, Jr.

Rev. Boyd B. Etter (Ex-Officio)

Dr. William N. Johnston (Ex-Officio)

Rev. W. LeRoy Jones ’53

Mr. Alan B. Levin

Mr. Donald L. Masten

Mrs. Jane A. Mattern

Mrs. Dorothy C. McLaughlin

Mr. Gregory V. Moore

Mr. Harry D. Willis ’70

Mr. William H. Willis, Jr. ’66

Dr. Rafael A. Zaragoza

TRUSTEES EMERIT I

Mrs. Lillian Burris

Mrs. Ann L. Burton

Dr. Thomas C. Roe ’31

Rev. Dr. James T. Seymour

Bishop Peter D. Weaver

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF D IRECTORS

Executive Committee

Chad Robinson ’05, President

Kirsten Higgins ’98, Vice President

Courtney Stewart ’04, ‘06, Secretary

Kevin Yingling ’96, Treasurer

Stephanie Smith Christiano ’98,

Immediate Past President

Anne (Pittinger) Buckler ’62

Joe Cuccinello ’95

Allison (Snyder) Gudeman ’98

Brad Gudeman ’95

Lynn Schmid Knable ’67

Matthew Lindell ’03

L. Jane (Kearney) MacDonald ’60

Kristi (Wallace) Schultz ’95

Lisa (Mizell) Taillon ’94, ’05

Tom Trento ’75

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HIGHLIGHTSNews and Views fromWESLEY COLLEGE

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTSSusan Redington Bobby, assistantprofessor of English, chaired a sem-inar titled “The Artemis Archetypein Fiction, Film and Television” at the Northeast Modern LanguageAssociation Conference in March2013. She also presented an essay at the seminar titled “I’m FightingBecause I Don’t Know How to DoAnything Else: Kara ‘Starbuck’Thrace as Artemis Archetype.”Additionally, Bobby was offered a contract for her third book byMcFarland and Company to createan anthology of essays on theArtemis Archetype. Her co-editor,Dr. Eileen M. Harney of Universityof Alaska (Fairbanks), has justsigned the contract for the book,which will be published in 2016.

Dr. Angela D’Antonio, associateprofessor of psychology, and Victor Greto, associate professor of media arts, presented their cross-disciplinary research on media use among college students andpsychological correlates at the 2013Annual Conference of the NationalAssociation of Student PersonnelAdministrators (NASPA). Theirpresentation was recently high-lighted in the online publicationInside Higher Ed. D’Antonio, Greto and Dr. Jack Barnhardtwill present this research at theAssociation for PsychologicalScience 2013 Annual Convention inMay. On April 19, 2013, D’Antoniopresented at an event for mentalhealth professionals, hosted by theFamily Support Center of Delaware

Hospice, Inc. Topics included resil-ience, an increasingly researchedarea of positive psychology, its definition and associated develop-mental factors. In her role as amember of the Delaware Taskforceon hoarding, she is planning astatewide conference on hoardingand continues to provide workshopsand training on this topic. Mostrecently, she offered presentationsfor Delaware’s Division of Agingand Adults with Disabilities and theKent County Division of Inspectionand Enforcement. D’Antonio is alsocurrently mentoring a psychologystudent, Shanna Bryant, who presented her undergraduateresearch on Scholars Day. Last fall,Bryant accompanied D’Antonio at a conference on suicide sponsoredby the Delaware PsychologicalAssociation and is currently conducting a needs assessment for the development of a suicideprevention program on campus.

Dr. Malcolm J. D’Souza, professorof chemistry, is principal author of apeer-reviewed article that appearedin The Journal of College Teaching and Learning. The article describesthe coursework and the substantiveundergraduate research projectspursued by students in the WesleyCollege biological chemistry program. Last fall, a biologicalchemistry senior working on chem-istry research projects in D’Souza’slab earned the Delaware-AmericanChemical Society’s UndergraduateChemistry Award. In March, two of

D’Souza’s sophomore biologicalchemistry students were competi-tively selected to present theirresearch outcomes to Congress at the Council of UndergraduateResearch. In April, D’Souza and 11 science majors presented eightposters at the 245th NationalAmerican Chemical SocietyMeeting in New Orleans.

Dr. Linda De Roche, professor of English and American studies,published her essay, “Prohibition in the Age of Jazz,” in the criticalstudy F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context(Cambridge University Press).During the spring 2013 semester, De Roche taught at HarlaxtonCollege in Grantham, England, a Wesley partner institution, where she instructed students from six different universities inShakespeare, the English novel, and international cinema.

Victor Greto, associate professor of media arts, presented at a panelwith Whetstone editor-in-chiefMelissa Boyd at the AssociatedCollegiate Press annual conventionin San Francisco on March 1. The presentation, “How to ReportControversial Stories at PrivateColleges,” focused on theWhetstone’s handling of the fall2012 Dean of Students’ resignation.On a panel at the Northeast ModernLanguage Association conference in Boston, Greto presented a papertitled “Truants to Chivalry” withDr. Jeffrey Gibson, associate


professor of English, on March 22.The paper explored the parallels inthe narrative arcs of Shakespeare’sHenriad and The Godfather films.Greto has also written several freelance articles in 2013 forWomen’s Transportation Seminar, a non-profit organization thatencourages women to enter thetransportation field. He wrote threeprofiles of change agents: “ChangeAgent: Beverly Swaim-Staley, On a Mission to Attract Womenand Minorities to Transportation”on March 4, “Change Agent: Susan Martinovich, Woman with a Vision” on Jan. 16, and“Change Agent: Rina Cutler,Leading the Charge for Change in Transportation” on Sept. 6, 2012.He also wrote two profiles forBrandywine Signature Magazine:“Passion and Pancakes: DebiBrooks Puts Financial Skills toWork for Parkinson’s Foundation”in September 2012, and “CulinaryAdventures: Ezio Reynaud Left the Family Farm to See the World;His Circuitous Path Led toDelaware” in June 2012. Two ofGreto’s articles were also publishedin the Delaware News Journal:“200th Anniversary: Pride &Prejudice,” a Newspapers inEducation article on Jane Austen,on Jan. 16, and a Sunday profiletitled “106 and Counting: MaryMaslar Doesn’t Smoke, Drink orWorry; She Likes Her Food withFat and Butter; and if Heaven is in a Bingo Parlor, She’s Good with That” on Jan. 27.

Dr. Kathleen C. Jacobs, professorof business management, publishedan article in the News Journal’sDelaware Voice section on Oct. 26,2012 as a result of one of herresearch projects focusing ontrends in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) career fields. The article,

titled “Nontraditional FemaleCareer Paths: An AmericanReality,” focused on data resultswhich revealed that not manyfemales are majoring in STEMcourses in academia. The articlealso appeared on the Change the Equation (CTEq) website on Oct. 29, 2012. Jacobs was alsoappointed to serve on the StateBoard of the American Associationof University Women (AAUW) in Delaware through June 2014 and continues her work as a guber-natorial appointee on the DelawareCommission for Women within the Delaware State Department.

On Feb. 13, 2013, Dr. Jessica James,associate professor of sociology and Africana studies, attended the30th annual National Association of African American Studies conference in Baton Rouge, La.James presented her essay, “Race on the Run: Racial Stereotypingand Female Olympic Runners,”which examined the history of race,genetics and athletic performancein general, and in the sport of running in particular. The paperfocused on female athletes and pro-vided a content analysis of Olympiccoverage of women’s track and fieldevents. It also presented researchon the athletic ability of AfricanAmericans, and deconstructedracial stereotypes involving athletics.James also represented WesleyCollege as a moderator for severalsessions at the conference.

Dr. Richard Kashmar, associateprofessor of chemistry and physics,presided over a symposium on“Experiences with NontraditionalFreshman-Sophomore ChemistrySequences” at the 22nd BiennialConference on Chemical Education,held at the main campus of PennState University on July 29, 2012.Kashmar was the co-organizer of

this symposium. He also gave apresentation on his own experi-ences with the chemistry sequenceused at Wesley, titled “Comparisonof Student Performance in a Non-traditional Freshman-SophomoreChemistry Sequence to That in aTraditional Sequence.” In the presentation, he discussed hisupdated statistical analysis of student grades to compare studentperformance in the traditionalchemistry sequence previouslyused at Wesley, to that in the non-traditional sequence now used.

Dr. Yu Tian, assistant professor of business, presented at two conferences over the past year. The first was Global BusinessDevelopment Initiative in LasVegas, where he presented “It’s Shopping Day–A Study ofConsumer Multi-Store ShoppingBehavior” and received Best PaperAward. He also presented “ZeroPrice and Social Norm” at theAcademic Forum in Williamsburg,Va., where he was the session chair.

Dr. Derald E. Wentzien, professorof mathematics, mentored juniormath majors Erich Gillespie andKasey Thompson in the 8thShenandoah UndergraduateMathematics and StatisticsConference on Sept. 29, 2012 atJames Madison University inVirginia. In Gillespie’s presentation,“Athletic Participation and its Time Commitment,” he studied the relationship between athletic participation and academic performance among athletes atWesley College. Thompson’s presentation, “Analysis of theDifference between Perceived and Actual Performance inDevelopmental Math Courses atWesley College,” analyzed the difference between the grades students perceived and the grades

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they were actually earning in developmental math courses. Paul Olsen, associate professor of mathematics, mentoredThompson’s research as well.

Dr. James Wilson, assistant professor of music, was involved in several performances in the pastyear. In 2012, he was the musicaldirector for “Amahl and the NightVisitors,” an opera that was performed at the Schwartz Centerfor the Arts. He also conducted aperformance of Handel's Messiahwith the Delaware Choral Society.In 2013, he sang works by GiovanniBononcini and Agostino Steffani in two performances that were presented by the Wilmington-based chamber music ensembleMélomanie.

New MinorsPresent MajorOpportunitiesBy SKYLAR WEST ’13

WESLEY COLLEGEcontinues to introducenew opportunities for its

undergraduate students to enter theprofessional workplace with ampleexperience in various subjects. Thelist of majors and minors is expand-ing with hopes that students willtake advantage of the opportunityto graduate not only with a major,but with a minor to increase theirknowledge and marketability. Most recently, Wesley has intro-

duced three new academic minors:Africana studies, gender studiesand criminal justice. The Africanastudies courses are classified bythematic tracks, including culturalproduction and expression, socialand structural analysis, and histor-ical investigation. Students choosethree courses to include at least one course from two of the tracks.Available courses include “AfricanAmericans in Film,” “African

American Literature,” “History of Rock-n-Roll,” “History andAppreciation of Jazz,” “Peoples and Cultures of Africa,” “Contem-porary Social Problems,” “Raceand Ethnicity,” “Africans and theMaking of the Atlantic World,”“African History” and “AfricanAmerican History.”A minor in gender studies will

provide students with an under-standing of issues, cultural normsand value systems related towomen and gender. It will alsobenefit students as they explorediverse work environments. Threecourses related to gender studieswill be added: “Introduction toGender Studies,” “Strong Women,Strong Men” and “Seminar inGender Studies.” In addition, students who minor in genderstudies are required to take anadditional nine credit hours (six of which must be at the 300 level or above) from among the followingcourses: “Fairy Tales,” “GenderedRhetoric,” “Women Writers” and“Marriage and Family Life.”Students who minor in criminal

justice will explore the theoreticalaspects of morality, fairness and

justice. They will understand the reality of our criminal justiceprocess from initial contact withlaw enforcement officers throughinstitutional release and/or postrelease supervision. This minorwill be advantageous to any student interested in law school,and it complements any field thatinvolves the study of people andtheir behavior. With the minor’sinclusion, five courses will beadded to the catalogue: “Intro-duction to Criminal Justice,” “Law and Justice,” “JuvenileDelinquency and the Law,”“Criminology” and “Drugs inAmerican Society.” Other coursesassociated with this minor are“Criminal Law,” “Interviewing and Investigation,” “ConstitutionalLaw: Rights” and “ForensicPsychology.”“The more opportunities our

students have for multiculturalexperiences, the better,” said Dr. Patricia Dwyer, vice presidentof Academic Affairs. “Our students will be better equipped to compete and succeed in the marketplace with an understand-ing of diversity.”

TRUSTEES HONOREDTWO LONG-TIME WESLEY COLLEGEBOARD OF TRUSTEES were honored asthey retired from service on May 10. Ann L. Burton (23 years) and Rev. Dr. James T. Seymour (14 years) were each named Trustee Emeritusfor their dedication and commitment to the College.

Pictured (left to right):Board of Trustees ChairRobert V.A. Harra Jr., Seymour, Burton and PastChair Charles R. Dashiell Jr.



HIGHLIGHTS News and Views fromWESLEY COLLEGE

Pictured (left to right): Wesley Campus Minister Steve LaMotte, Associate Professor of Nursing KarenPanunto, Visiting Professor of Nursing Fairuz Lutz,Wesley College President Dr. William N. Johnston,Ashley Pierce, Volleyball Head Coach Juli Greep andAssistant Professor of Nursing Rebecca Benson.

WesleyCares

CAMPUS GROWTHIN FEBRUARY, Wesley invited the public to a sneak peek of the new Health Sciences Building before renovations began. A short program allowed for special thanks andacknowledgement of all those that made the acquisition of the Frear Federal Building possible.

Pictured (left to right):City of Dover MayorCarleton E. Carey, U.S.Senator Thomas R.Carper and U.S. GeneralServices AdministrationRegional AdministratorSara Manzano-Diaz.

WHEN WESLEY STUDENTAshley Pierce’s family homewas destroyed by a fire, her

volleyball teammates stepped up tohelp. They initiated the Wesley Carescampaign as a campus-wide effort tosupport her in her time of need. TheCollege community rallied together tosupport one of their own, providingcash and gift cards so she and her family could replace household goodsand basic resources lost in the fire. The Wesley Cares campaign raised $575 for the Pierce Family while theWesley Nursing Department raisedanother $355 for a total of $930.


In 2013, Wesley College celebrates 140 years of impact in the communityand, most importantly, in thelives of students. Our themefor the year is "Memories andMilestones" which captures the historical events and the personal stories that resonatewith us all—whether we were actually in attendanceor simply seeing and hearingfond recollections. We hope you enjoy the timeline of memories and milestones on the following pages.

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1873Purchased land for school—WilmingtonConference Academy

Rev. James M. Williamsnamed President

1874Women admitted to theAcademy as day scholars

Dedicated Old Main #1

1878Dr. Robert H. Skinner named President

Began Scott Literary Society—Society eventually developed first schoollibrary

1884Dr. William L. Goodingnamed President

1890Contract awarded for construction of 22-bedroom ladies’hall (joined Mainbuilding, faced Bradford St.)

1901Dr. Elmer L. Crossnamed President

1911Dr. Henry G. Buddelected sixth principal

1899First football team organized

Photos courtesy of the Archives at Robert H. Parker Library.Special thanks to Dr. Jamie Whitman-Smitheand Dr. Jessica James for timeline contributions.

1876Four-story Old Main #1burned to the ground

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1912New gymnasiumdedicated

1917Decision was made to change the name of Wilmington Conference Academy to Wilmington Conference Collegiate Institute

1918Principal Budd became President Budd

1873-1942

1922First junior collegecurriculum began

1924Graduated first junior college students

1932Board of Trusteesvotes unanimously to reorganize

1942Dover communityraises $7,500 to support Wesley

1941Plans made for school’s reopeningafter extensive financial restructuring

Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Jackson named President

1926Major Clarence A. Shortnamed President


1944New medical and dentalsecretarial courses addedto curriculum

1951Dr. J. Paul Slaybaughnamed President

1957Wesley fundraisingcampaign successful

1958“Junior” droppedfrom Wesley’s name

1943Rev. Dr. Oler AmmonBartley elected President

1950Name officially changedto Wesley Junior College

Wesley Junior Collegeaccredited by MiddleStates Association ofColleges and Schools

1963New gymnasium and student centercompleted

1954College acquiresRichardson Mansionfor use kitchen/diningroom and dormitory

Board of Trusteesrequest $1.5 million ofPeninsula Conferenceto continue growth and improvements

1960Dr. Robert Parker named President

Track team added to interscholasticsports program

Wesley Players hold first performance in Little Theater of newly built Slaybaugh Hall


A Fresh Vision


1971Old Main razed

1974The Henry Belin duPont College Centerwas dedicated andreplaced Old Main

1975The Second Century FundCampaign surpassed itsfundraising goal andraised $1.8 million dollarsused to purchase land toexpand Wesley College

Dr. William W. Hasslernamed President

1943-1981

1977Dr. R. Jervis Cooke was inaugurated and becameWesley’s 13th president

1980Wesley introduced its third baccalaureate program;Bachelor of Science. Wesleyreceived accreditation for itsMedical Technology Program

1981The Board approves four new baccalaureate programs:the Bachelor of Science degreesin Business Administration,Medical Technology,Environmental Science, and Nursing Anesthesia

1978During Commencement,Wesley granted the baccalaureate degree to seven seniors. Theseseven seniors were thefirst Wesley students toreceive a 4-year degree

1976Wesley began offering a 4-year curriculum thatwould lead to a 4-yeardegree in BusinessAdministration in the fall

The Little Theatre inSlaybaugh Hall wasrenamed and dedicated in honor of Lewis Wells

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1992Jim and Shirley WentworthGymnasium dedicated

1993Wesley offered its first graduate program: The Masterof Science degree. This degree wasspecifically for registered nurses

1997Scott D. Miller becomesWesley College’s 15th president

1983Dr. Reed M. Stewartwas inaugurated asthe 14th president

2001Renovation of theWentworth Gymnasiumwere completed

1988Wesley purchases 4.6 acres of landnear the football field that wouldeventually become the baseball, softball, field hockey and soccer fields

1999Established a Master of BusinessAdministrationDegree and aMaster’s program in EnvironmentalScience

The student center, known asThe Underground, is dedicated

2000Wesley received a one million dollar grant to renovate Parker Library

2002Construction of the WesleyWest Field House completed

Renovations of the ParkerLibrary completed


A Dynamic Future


2004First Founder’s Day

Charles R. Dashiell Jr.amphitheater andGilbert ScarboroughAlumni House dedicated

2003The Honors Houseopened

First WinterCommencement

Started the newBachelor of Science in Nursing degree program

2007Wolverine Stadiumwas re-named Scott D. MillerStadium

The first Scholars Day

1983-2013

2005A new Department ofSports and Recreation was created to include athletics, intramurals/recreations, and wellness programs

The Honors program was established

Malmberg Hall was completed and opens for the first time to students

2009Wesley Societyestablished

2013Wesley’scelebrates its 140th year

2011Wesley unveilsnew brand

2008William Johnstonbecomes the 16th president of Wesley College

The Legacy Continues

2012Wesley Plazas dedicated

Wesley receives keys to Frear Federal Building

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Delaware’sSandman

Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers CEO

Lyron Deputy helps people get a good

night’s sleep

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ALUMNI PROFILE

When Lyron Deputy AS ’99, MSN ’06,first entered Wesley in 1997, he neverimagined he would end up where he istoday: CEO of Delaware Sleep DisorderCenters, a sleep study provider that serves5,000 patients annually. He credits hisexperiences at Wesley with providing theeducational background and especiallythe courage he needed to take the hugestep from staff nurse at a hospital to successful nurse entrepreneur.Deputy came to Wesley knowing that he wanted

to be a nurse, but there were plenty of times along theway when he doubted his ability to succeed in the chal-lenging program while also working to pay his tuition.He says that the support he got from the faculty, and inparticular from nursing professor Dr. Robert Contino,helped him in myriad ways. “At Wesley, the faculty and the whole culture really

opened my eyes to what my capabilities were,” Deputysays. “Dr. Contino was a major inspiration to me, notonly because he was a male nurse back when that wasextremely rare, but also because he saw the potential in me before I did. He always knew how to talk to meand keep me on track. He became a mentor back in my early days as a student and he continues as a mentor to this day.”Wesley’s nursing faculty

also opened Deputy’s eyes tothe many avenues a nurse’scareer could take. After he wasin the workforce for severalyears, they encouraged him toreturn to Wesley to earn hisMSN and obtain certificationas an advanced practice nurse. “If I hadn’t gone to graduate

school at Wesley, I wouldn’t be where I amtoday,” he says. “What Ilearned there about health promotion, the diseaseprocess and how to manage patient care is directlyapplicable to my current business.”

The undergraduate business courses Deputy tookalso helped to prepare him to manage the business. He later earned an MBA at Wilmington University.

THE BUSINESS OF SLEEPIt was while working the night shift at Bayhealth-KentGeneral Hospital in Dover that Deputy recognized a business opportunity. Many post-surgical patientsrequired sleep studies, yet back in the early 2000s, there were only a handful of sleep disorder centers inDelaware. Research told Deputy that the market forsleep studies was large, and that sleep disorders were a serious health concern. Ten percent of Americans suffer from some

type of sleep disorder. Half of those with sleeping disorders have obstructive sleep apnea, a serious condition in which a sleeper stops breathing numerous times an hour for seconds or even minutes at a time. Left untreated, it can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. Other commonly diagnosed sleep disorders—

insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, night terrors, and sleepwalking and talking—interrupt normal sleep patterns and leave a person feeling overly tired the next day. “That’s a huge hazard for people in high-risk

professions that require quick reflexes like police,

firefighters and truck drivers,” Deputy says. “But sleepiness can cause problems for anyone, particularly while driving.”

“AtWesley, the faculty and the whole culture reallyopened my eyes to what my capabilities were. Dr. Contino was a major inspiration to me, not only because he was a male nurse back when thatwas extremely rare, but also because he saw thepotential in me before I did. He always knew howto talk to me and keep me on track. He became a mentor back in my early days as a student and he continues as a mentor to this day.”



Deputy began his business in 2004 as DelmarvaSleep Diagnostics, with one location in Middletown,appropriately enough, on Sleepy Hollow Lane. Within a year it had expanded to two sites. But it was in 2007,when the business merged with a few health careorganizations and a group of doctors, that DelawareSleep Disorder Centers really took off. The group soonopened three additional sites, and now has six sitesthroughout Delaware.As CEO, Deputy has an eye on the future of the

business, and that future is changing rapidly as healthcare reform proceeds and the models and capabilitiesfor providing medical care evolves. Thinking both as anurse and as a business owner, Deputy sees the oppor-tunity for Delaware Sleep Disorder Centers to evolve itsmodel from being primarily a sleep-testing lab to moreof a clinical setting. In that model, there would be morefocus on education about treatments as well as ongoingfollow-up to see how those treatments are working. “We’re trying to evolve the role of the advanced

practice nurse to be able to assist the physicians morewith education and follow up, because treatment forsleep disorders is very problematic,” Deputy says.“We’ve been sleeping the same way since birth, for themost part, so it’s definitely a challenge to convince thebody to sleep with the device or to sleep at a differenttime of day.”

WESLEY CONNECTIONREMAINSIn addition to running Delaware Sleep DisorderCenters, Deputy has been an adjunct clinical facultymember at Wesley since 2005, working in the clinicalskills lab to help students practice and refine their skills.At first he thought of the job as a one-year commitmentjust to help out the department, but he soon realizedthat teaching was a calling for him. “It’s my way of being able to pass the baton on to

the next generation,” Deputy says. Just as Contino didfor him, Deputy encourages students if they begin todoubt their ability or when they are having difficultybalancing work or family with schooling.

In the clinical lab, Deputy met Brandon Hoskins ’11,who has worked as an emergency trauma RN atChristiana Care since graduating from Wesley.“Lyron was not only a really good instructor, but he

has also become a great mentor to me,” Hoskins says.“Nursing is a rigorous program to study at Wesley, andhe made sure that I knew all my skills and became sureof myself. Since then he’s become my friend, but aboveall I am thankful to have him as a mentor.”Deputy says that one of the most important lessons

he tries to teach students is always care for theirpatients as they would a family member.

As an alumnus and current faculty member,Deputy is excited about theprojected opening in 2014 ofWesley’s new Health SciencesBuilding. He predicts that the new building and theexpanded opportunities that

come along with it will attract additional well-qualifiedstudents to Wesley.The new building will increase the nursing depart-

ment’s space to 30,000 square feet instead of 5,000 andto four classrooms instead of one, notes Contino, whonow serves as chair of the nursing department. It willalso allow for an expansion of the department’s teachingtechnology, which is vital in the field today. Contino has watched Deputy evolve from an under-

graduate nursing student to a well-respected figure inDelaware’s medical establishment. “He’s a leader in this state, not only as a CEO but

also as an advocate for nursing,” says Contino, whoserves with Deputy on the Delaware Board of Nursing.“When I think of Lyron, I think of the word success not only as a nurse, but as a leader and as a person.”

“If I hadn’t gone to graduate school at Wesley, I wouldn’t be where I am today. What I learned there about health promotion, the disease process and how to manage patient care is directly applicable to my current business.”


SPORTSWOLVERINES News and Highlights

Heather Fuller



Nothing But Net

By STEVEN KRAMER

WITH THE LOSS OF CHRISDOUGLAS AND DARRELLJOHNSON TO GRADUATIONand a slew of newcomers throwninto the fray, not many knew whatto expect from the 2012-13 men'sbasketball team. An impressivesummer trip to Montreal changedall of that as the improvement ofveteran players like David Langan,Eric Selby and Quincy Pettifordwas quite evident. From there, theWolverines knew they might havesomething special as returning All-CAC performer Paul Reynoldsprepared for his senior season.What concluded was Wesley's

first ever 20-win season, a programrecord 11-game winning streak,which included victories over No. 1Virginia Wesleyan, ninth-ranked St. Mary's, and 2011-12 Nationalrunner-up Cabrini. In the midst of the winning streak, head coachJerry Kobasa was named theDivision III National Coach of theMonth for January. Reynolds wasvoted as the CAC and ECAC Playerof the Year and earned All-Americarecognition from three differentpublications.

Reynolds was also selected toplay in the Division III NationalAll-Star Game, where he scored 20points and helped the East All-Starteam to a blowout victory over theWest. Langan also earned FirstTeam All-CAC honors, marking thefirst time that two Wolverine play-ers were named to the First Team.Wesley got quite a boost from

freshman Wayne Lennon, who wasnamed the CAC and Mid-AtlanticRegion Rookie of the Year. Midwaythrough the season, starter JacquardHagan, who averaged over 11.8points, went down with a season-ending injury, allowing Lennon moreplaying time. Lennon subsequentlyearned Freshman All-Americaaccolades at the end of the season.Three straight wins to open

the season, followed by two narrowlosses to ranked teams, gave manyin Dover room for optimism.Reynolds was his usual, highly efficient self early on, but DavidLangan showed that he was also a dominant force, averaging a double-double which included aCAC-record 23 rebounds againstChristopher Newport.

An early CAC loss to York(Pennsylvania) opened the eyes ofmany players on the Wolverinessquad as students went home forwinter break. The defeat must havebeen a blessing in disguise, asWesley started its record-breakingstreak with a pair of overtime victories over Eastern Mennoniteand Bridgewater (Virginia) on Dec. 14-15. What followed shortlyafter was a win over local rivalWashington College and an upsetvictory over top-ranked VirginiaWesleyan.The Wolverines opened the

2013 calendar year with six straight victories, including a Jan. 2 winover Cabrini, before falling to St. Mary's on the road on Jan. 30.Going 9-3 in the CAC, Wesleyreceived a first-round bye and ahome game against Salisbury in theCAC Semifinals. Double-doubles byReynolds and Langan helped theNavy & White defeat the Sea Gullsfor the 14th time in the last 15 meet-ings before an overtime loss at St.Mary's in the championship game.Defeating Salisbury gave Wesley

its 20th win of the year and theNCAA Selection Committeerewarded the Wolverines with anNCAA Tournament berth and atrip to the No. 7 Williams CollegeEphmen. Despite leading at half-time and a career high 35 points by Paul Reynolds, who was laterreferenced nationally as the“Charles Barkley of Division III,”the Wolverines fell to the Ephs by a single point.Despite losing Reynolds, the

Wolverines’ first all-time rebounderand second leading scorer, thefuture looks bright for Wesley. BothLangan and Lennon return, to gowith a healthy Hagan, as well askey players like Selby, Pettiford andBrandin Youngblood. Wesley is scheduled to open

the 2013-14 season in Baltimoreagainst Mount St. Mary’s College at the Johns Hopkins Universitytournament on Nov. 15.

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FEATURING THE TOUGHESTSCHEDULE in all of NCAADivision III during the 2012 season, the Wesley College footballteam went 10-2 overall, made itseighth-straight NCAA playoffappearance, advancing to theNational Quarterfinals, and finished ranked sixth in the nation.Despite the graduation of severalAll-Americans from the seasonprior, the Wolverines had highexpectations with the return of senior quarterback Justin Sottilare,the 2010 South Region Player of the Year.Sottilare did not disappoint, as

he threw for more than 3,000 yardsand 33 touchdowns, leading one of the most prolific offenses in thenation. Among his more frequenttargets were sophomore SteveKoudossou, with 51 receptions, 747 yards and 10 touchdowns, and senior Matt Barile, with 36 receptions, 572 yards and six touchdowns. Wesley also got solid production in the run game, led bysenior Askia Jahad, who ran morethan 600 yards and scored fivetouchdowns.Defense is where the Wolverines

really stood out, ranking among the nation’s best. With the gradua-tion of four All-Americans, twoeach on the defensive line and linebacker, Wesley prided itself on being a no-name defense.During the year, the Wolverinesproved they were more than just a bunch of names as senior defensive end Devin Hardy, juniordefensive back Jared Morris and sophomore linebacker Sosthene Kapepula were named All-Americans. No longer in the shadow of

all-time great Chris Mayes, Hardydrew constant double teams torecord nearly 50 tackles to go with9.0 tackles for loss. Morris made the

switch from the offensive to thedefensive side of the ball withoutany problem, registering a team-high record six interceptions to gowith 76 tackles and eight for a loss.Morris’ first game as a defensiveplayer also included a Wesley single-game record four picks in the season opener at East TexasBaptist, a 34-14 win.Kapepula, who was later named

the 2012-13 Wesley College MaleAthlete of the Year, proved to be oneof the best defensive players in thecountry in just his second collegiateseason. Leading the team with 120tackles, the most by a Wolverinesince 2004, Kapepula also recorded13 tackles for loss and led the country with four fumble recoveries.With a strong nose for the ball,Kapepula closedout the year with a career-high 18tackles at MaryHardin-Baylor in the NationalQuarterfinals.Following the

season, eightWolverines earnedAll-Region honors,the second-most in school history.Senior offensivetackle BrianCranmer, who was also named an AFCA All-American, as wellas Hardy, Morrisand Kapepula, allreceived first teammention. Seniorcenter Tim Putmanearned secondteam honors whileSottilare, juniordefensive tackleTerence Gavin, andDan Tryon, the

best placekicker in school history, took home third team accolades.Junior Sean Hopkins also receivedAll-America honors after leadingthe nation with an 18.6-yard puntreturn average.Despite the season coming to

an end in Central, Texas, Wesleydemonstrated why it is still one ofthe nation’s best and will be a forceto be reckoned with in the future. The Wolverines will open the

2013 season on Friday, Sept. 6, whenthey host Widener at 6 p.m., thefirst home football game to be heldunder the lights at Scott D. MillerStadium.

Playoff Perennials

Sophomore linebacker Sosthene Kapepulawas named an All-American and the 2012-13Wesley College Male Athlete of the Year.

By STEVEN KRAMER



SPORTS FALL WRAP UP

Field HockeyFive members of the Wesley College field hockey teamearned All-Conference honors, and junior MadisonLeone was named the Capital Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year, helping the Wolverines to a 12-10record in the 2012 season. Wesley advanced to the CAC Championship Game for the third straight seasonand received the top seed in the ECAC Mid-AtlanticRegional Tournament during head coach Tracey Short's16th straight season with at least 11 victories. Needing a strong finish to possibly earn an NCAA Tournamentbid, the Wolverines closed out the regular season withvictories over Moravian and Delaware Valley beforeblanking Frostburg in a CAC Tournament Game andgoing on the road to defeat No. 2 Salisbury in penaltystrokes in the Conference Semifinals. Following the season, head coach Tracey Short, who is among the winningest coaches in all of NCAA Division III, was one of eight individuals recognized at the Delaware Diamond Extravaganza for their outstandingcontributions to women in sports and education.

Cross CountryUnder the leadership of first-year head coach StephenKimes, both men's and women's cross country finished seventh at the Capital Athletic ConferenceChampionships on an extremely hilly Frostburg Statecourse. With several of their top performers from a yearago no longer on the roster, the men's squad saw everyrunner set a personal record while Twila McCrea didthe same on the women's side. Tristin Burris was twicenamed the CAC Runner of the Week after recording a pair of top 10 finishes.

Men’s SoccerAn extremely young Wolverines squad finished 5-11-2but saw a number of freshman record valuable minutesand experience against some of the nation's best teams.Wesley opened the year with a date against No. 4Rutgers-Camden before playing three other nationallyranked teams. The Wolverines held a one-goal leadagainst fifth-ranked Montclair State in Dover beforefalling late in the second half, but an overtime goal by senior Josh Chelleh in his final collegiate game highlighted the season. Chelleh and fellow senior Pat Slinka earned All-Conference honors at the conclusion of the year.

Got Sports?.For all the latest scores and highlights, visit the athletics website at athletics.wesley.edu

By STEVEN KRAMER

Madison Leone

Josh Chelleh


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Women’s SoccerWesley finished the season with an 8-8-2 record, its best year since 2007, when the Wolverines advanced tothe CAC Semifinals. After starting the season at 3-0-1,Wesley suffered a pair of one-goal losses before shock-ing Marymount (Va.), 2-0, which nearly clinched a CACTournament berth, and blanking Cairn in back-to-backgames. The consecutive shutouts helped senior goal-keeper Sydney Kahan earn Player of the Week honors.Advancing to the conference tournament, defenderChelsea Marriner made her collegiate debut in goal and made nine saves, holding York (Pa.) scoreless for110 minutes. Wesley fell in penalty kicks, but both Kelly Edmunds and Chelsi Biener received All-League recognition. The Wolverines also received the NSCAAGold Award for Team Ethics by finishing the entire season without being penalized with a yellow or red card.

VolleyballFreshman Meghan Marshall set the Wesley single-season record for digs in a season, and classmateDanielle Gehr led the CAC in service aces as theWolverines finished the year with a 6-23 mark. With over half of the roster being freshman, Wesleywas expected to experience growing pains in 2012, but the Wolverines fought hard all season and eventook No. 18 Salisbury to the wire in a second set loss.

Women’s Basketball The Wolverines featured a very young roster mixedwith seniors Jazmine Miller and Heather Fuller enroute to a 3-22 mark in the 2012-13 season. Despite the record, Wesley had several individual accomplish-ments: Fuller led the CAC in rebounding at 12.4 pergame and Miller became the 10th player in school history to record 1,000 career points. A native of Dover,Del., Miller leaves Wesley as its fourth leading scorer(1,283) and all-time leader in steals (295) while alsoranking in the top 10 in both assists and rebounding.

Meghan Marshall

Haley Thomas

Kelly Edmunds



Class of ’60Barbara Harris married after her firstyear at Wesley, and chose not toreturn to finish her degree. She andher husband had four sons, John,Don, Ron, and Tom. Barbara sadlyreports that two of her sons havepassed away from lung cancer: John in 2010 and Ron in 2009. She has 11 grandchildren and eightgreat-grandchildren, the youngestbeing a girl born in January 2013. She wishes to say hello to her class-mates and says that Wesley willalways remain in her heart.

Class of ’63Rosemarie (Gimber) Adamietzreports, that she and her husband,Helmut, moved to New Kensington, Pa.(a suburb of Pittsburgh) in 2007 tobe closer to their son and his family.Rosemarie retired in 2002 after 18years at IMS Health as a project manager in the International Division.Prior to that, she spent 19 years atGlaxoSmithKline, in various positions,starting as a secretary and ending asan international market research ana-lyst. Helmut also retired in 2002 aftermore than 40 years in the printingbusiness. She writes, “We still missliving in the Philly area, but wouldn’tgive up being close to our grand-children and participating in all theiractivities. I would like to remind class-mates that our 50th Class Reunionwill be Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 4-6, and I encourage everyone to attend. There will be a variety ofactivities during the weekend. Checkour class page on the Wesley websiteat: www.weare.wesley.edu/1963 forthe scheduled events and check periodically thereafter for updates. If you haven’t been back to Wesleyfor awhile, you’re in for a big surprise.Dover is no longer the single-movie-theater, sleepy little town it was in the early 60s and Wesley is no longerthe small junior college we attended.Come back to Wesley and reconnectwith classmates, relive some of theold memories and make some newones. If you have any questions, feelfree to contact one of us on the com-mittee. Hope to see you in October!”

Class of 1963 Reunion Committee Rosie Gimber Adamietz ([email protected])Lois Butterworth DeFreyre([email protected])Keith W. Gabbett([email protected])

Ellen Pennypacker Jackson([email protected])R. Jim Jones ([email protected])

Keith Gabbett writes, “The Class of1963 50th Reunion is coming up thisfall! How can that be? I am lookingforward to seeing and getting reacquainted with former classmates.Wesley was the start of my collegeeducation and I will always rememberthose first two years.” After graduat-ing from Wesley, Keith continued his college education at AmericanUniversity. He then spent 27 goodyears working with Swiss BankCorporation in various humanresources areas and moved to aJapanese company to work withexpatriates. Keith appreciates that both positions gave him theopportunity to travel abroad. Recentlyhe and his wife Dorothy have beentaking bus trips throughout the western and northeastern parts of the United States, enjoying the country and the travel experience. In the colder seasons, the coupleheads for one of the Caribbeanislands or takes a relaxing cruise. He writes, “Retirement is great.”

Ellen (Pennypacker) Jackson is hap-pily anticipating the 50th Reunion ofthe Class of ’63 Oct. 4-6. She regrets

being unable to come back to Wesleyfor past reunions due to timing anddistance. After graduation, she andher family moved to Tulsa, Okla.,where she met her husband Bill, andthey also lived in Chicago. Businessdrove the couple to Brandon, Miss.(a suburb of Jackon), where theylived for the past 40 years. Ellen sadlyreports that Bill passed away fouryears ago, but she is thankful to livenear her daughter, son-in-law, andthree grandchildren and be able to bea part of their active lives and attendtheir sporting events. Ellen workspart-time, plays team tennis and isvery active in Relay For Life. She andher family have a summer home inChautauqua, Ill., near St. Louis, whereBill spent his summers growing upand she enjoys reconnecting withfriends and family each year. Ellenwrites, “If anyone comes to the ‘DeepSouth’ or Midwest, give me a call!”

The past 50 years have taken R. James Jones around the world–Asia, Europe, South America, Mexico,Canada and all 50 states. He and hiswife Lynn have been married 42 years,raised 3 sons and 2 daughters, andnow have eight grandchildren. With a career in the healthcare industry,Jim was involved with three start-upcompanies and has been running hisown business for the past eight years.In anticipation of his class’s 50thReunion right around the corner, hewrites, “Time goes by too fast. I stillhave wonderful memories of the classof ’63. Some have attended reunionsin the past. Many of you have neverattended a reunion, including myself.Let’s all come together and enjoyeach other’s company and share oldmemories during the first weekend inOctober.” He invites anyone interestedin helping out with locating membersof the class, reunion weekend activities, or collecting photos anddeveloping a reunion booklet to contact Rosie (Gimber) Adamietz,class reunion chair, at [email protected]. or contact him at [email protected]

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Marilyn (Parker) Prota and her husband Neil retired in 1997 from IBM

in Bethesda,Md., andmoved toLittle River,S.C. (outsideMyrtle Beach)to enjoy golf and thebeach. Marilynis strongly

involved in Blue Star Mothers ofAmerica and enjoys scrapping cards.The couple has four grandchildren,whom they call the delight of theirlives. She is very much looking forward to the Class of 63’s 50thReunion in October and writes, “Our journey in this life is gettingshorter; we may not pass this wayagain. It would be wonderful to seeour old friends and classmates.”

Jane (Bowles) Young reports that shereceived an AS degree in veterinarytechnology in 1996 from HarcumCollege in Bryn Mawr, Pa. “I just loveworking with animals,” she writes.When she moved to her current homein Lancaster, Pa., she had trouble getting a job and decided to start apet-sitting business in her home. She has since joined the PamperedChef family, and lives a relatively busy life in retirement.

Class of ’70In November 2012, Eric Mondscheinpublished and presented an articletitled “Sexual Harassment andBullying: Similar, But Not the Same,”with his colleague Ellery Rick Miller, Jr.at the annual Education Law Associa-tion Conference in Hilton Head, S.C.They also presented a webinar withthe same title for the Law andEducation Association. Mondscheinencourages anyone interested in thesubject or receiving a copy to contacthim at [email protected].

Class of ’71Dennis Dougherty retired in June 2011from Thaddeus Stevens College ofTechnology, where he held the rank of professor and taught in the Graphic Communications & PrintingTechnology Department. During hislast year at Stevens, he was the recipient of the Printing Industries of America Education Award ofExcellence presented at Graph Expoin Chicago. He also received theInternational Graphic Arts EducationAssociation’s Fredrick Kagy LifeAchievement Award in July 2012 for his involvement with printing education. Dennis and his wife Elaine,who also retired from teaching in 2011, are the proud grandparents of fourgrandchildren –Alex, Patrick, Riley andStella. They split their time between

Ephrata, Pa. and Thornburg, Va., nearwhere their son and his family live andwhere they keep their RV. Their twodaughters and their families live closeto home in Lancaster County, Pa.

Derek Hunter celebrated his 700thwin as a girls basketball coach atBooker T. Washington High School inMemphis, Tenn. He reached this mile-stone on Nov. 30, 2012 during his 31stseason overall as a coach. A 6-foot-5former center who graduated in 1969 as the first 1,000-point scorer at Highland Falls High School in NewYork, Derek graduated from DeltaState in Cleveland, Miss., after attend-ing Wesley. He planned to play for anOrange County semi-pro team in theEastern League. However, the squadfolded prior to its opening game, andhe ended up returning to Delta Stateto complete his master’s degree inphysical education. Before becomingthe girls basketball coach at Booker T.Washington, Derek coached at nearby Central High in Memphis forsix seasons.

Edwin Moore has recently presentedthree papers at two international conferences and had one published inthe Academy of Management Journal:Cambridge. His publication streamcovers the demographic changes inEurope and the United States and itsimpact on business and public policy.His primary interest is the institutionaleconomics of Eastern Europe.

Class of ’72

Jim “Thurston” Howell, Philip“Smitty” Smith, and Bob Forbesrecently met in New York City.Together, they took in good food,great conversation, the beautiful NYCsights and scenery, and went for amemorable walk on the High Line.

Class of ’99Tim Kalick and his wife Beth arepleased to announce the birth of

their first child, TessaGrace Kalick. She wasborn May 20, 2012,weighing 7 lbs. andmeasuring 21 incheslong. The family lives happily in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Class of ’02Nick Brett is pleased to share that heis now married and he and his wife,Shelby, have an 8 month old baby boy.They are currently living in FairlessHills, Pa.

Class of ’04Courtney Stewart and James

Pennewell were married on New Year’sEve in Ocean City, Md.Many Wesley friendswere in attendanceincluding: Jen(O'Mara) Parkes '03and Adrian Parkes ’06,Kathleen (McDade)Testa '07, Lindsay

Dukes '07, Christine McGrathMcDermott ’98 and Kevin McDermott’99, Krystal (Scherer) Barbano,Brittany Haberek ’07 and Lee Shipe’03. Kristen (Stewart) Jones ’07, M’08was the maid of honor and JamilHumes ’08 DJ'd.

Nicole (Pagano) Kingand her husband Eddie King are happyto announce the birthof their new baby girl, Ingrid King, bornJanuary 2. She weighed8 lbs., 3 oz. and meas-ured 21 inches long.

Jennifer Racz is currently attendingveterinary school at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Once she graduates, she will become a veterinary surgeon (same as Doctorof veterinary medicine in the US).

Class of ’05Stephen Fatula and his fiancé ErikaOlsen ’09 proudly announce thearrival of their daughter, CadenceElizabeth Fatula, born March 30. The family currently lives in California.Stephen and Erika will be married in Cambridge, MD on Sept. 21, andWesley faculty member Dr. Jeff Maskwill be officiating. Stephen is an attorney in the firm McCoy|fatula, LLP, which he started with a fellowattorney. He also co-founded theLumenaris Group, Inc., which designsand makes innovative, educationaland fun products for families.

James Sacra and his wife Roshini are pleased to announce the birth oftheir new baby girl,Naomi Adele Sacra,who arrived onFeb. 26. Naomi waswelcomed by herolder brothers andsister, Mark, Judeand Lydia. Thefamily resides inDover, Del.


Class of ’07Kristen (Stewart) Jones and husbandChad Jones were blessed with a

gorgeous baby girl on June 18, 2012. She arrived the sameday as Kristen andChad's first weddinganniversary. Reaganwill become a big sister this July.

Class of ’08Lynda Grace Stanleyand Mark DavidRutter were marriedon Sept. 7, 2012 atThe Waterfall inClaymont, Del. Lyndais currently employedas an investigator for the DelawareDivision of FamilyServices and is pursuing her master'sdegree in mental health counseling.The Rutters reside in Newark, Del., withtheir two Yorkies, Kirby and Roxi, andare expecting their first child in July.

Abigail Greenwood is currentlyemployed in the quality controldepartment at Medical DiagnosticLaboratories, LLC in New Jersey.

Jake McKoskey was recently namedthe WJBR Teacher of the Month forFebruary. He is a health, physical edu-cation and AVID teacher at NewarkHigh School in Newark, Del., and alsocoaches the men’s lacrosse team.

Class of ’09Rachael (Onorato) Mears is now thedirector of Capital Resources for theDelaware Economic DevelopmentOffice. In this role, she manages thefinancial arm of the agency. She also is a board member of the NextGeneration – Southern Delaware (a part of the Delaware CommunityFoundation), a Leadership fellow inthe current class of 2014, and is aninstructor at Club Fitness in Dover.

Shannon Carter is currently enrolledin the Ph.D. program in environmentalsoil chemistry at the University ofDelaware.

Class of ’11Reggie Milner, former defensive back for the Wolverines, has recently won the Rookie Teacher of the YearAward at Mendenhall Middle School in Greensboro, N.C. Reggie teaches 7th grade math at Mendenhall.

Class of ’12Megan Condon was accepted toUniversity of Hull in Yorkshire, England.She plans to complete a master’sdegree in modern and contemporaryliterature, and she will teach whileworking on her doctorate afterward.

Joe Guarino reports that he recentlytook the GRE and is applying to graduate schools for video game writing/design or creative media writing. He is currently living inNewark, Del.

IN MEMORIAMJeanne Lindeman ’51Donald W. Grier ’56Harry M. Warren ’57Cordell M. Page ’58Edward T. McGee ’58W. Jerome Sterling ’60Joshua A. Messick ’63Gary R. Gsell ’73John W. Blair ’75Eugene D. Bookhammer (trustee emeritus)


HAVING A BALLWESLEY SOCCER ALUMNI gathered in record numbers on Saturday, March 23 at Fado Irish Pub &Restaurant in Philadelphia, Pa. Ed Muntz and Steve Clark, head coaches of the women’s and men’s soccerteams respectively, partnered with the Office of Alumni Relations to host the event. It allowed former playersof both programs and their spouses or guests to come together and socialize, while recounting Wesley memories. Approximately 60 alumni attended the social, making this among the largest off-campus alumnievent in recent years. For more pictures, please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesleycollege

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MY WIFE DEBBIE and Itraveled to California inMarch where we met up

with Wesley Hall of Fame CoachDick Smith and his wife Nancy. We had a wonderful visit that alsoincluded former player RichardBrown ’64 and his wife Mary. Wereminisced about the years from1961 to 1966 when Coach Smith was the football coach at Wesley.

I presented him with a signaturefootball from the 1963 undefeatedseason to add to his Wesley memo-rabilia. Dick coached both the 1962 and 1963 teams to unbeatenseasons. The Wolverines wereranked 5th in the country in 1962and 2nd in the country in 1963.These were the only years Wesley’sfootball team was undefeated anduntied. Richard was a startingmember of both perfect seasons,and he still values Coach Smith’ssignificant influence on his life today.

Coach Smith was always a mentor to me. He was a natural atturning individualism into a true team commitment. Those years spentwith him had a profound effect onme as I was just starting the coach-ing profession. His method of moti-

vating players to work diligentlyserved as a foundation upon whichmy own coaching career was built.

Getting to see Coach Smith after 40 years was one of the mostfulfilling experiences of my life.Over the years I have had the pleasure of visiting with formerplayers and always find it reward-ing to see that the place I cherishalso had a positive impact on theirlives. I will treasure the memoriesfrom this reunion and hope that others will reach out to

Coach Smith, myself and other players to continue our special bond.

I would also encourage formerplayers, if they are ever in the SanDiego area, to visit Coach Smithand Nancy and share the differencehe made in your life. If you are notable to visit in person, I’m sure hewould love to hear from you byemail at [email protected].

I give thanks to God for mywonderful life at Wesley Collegewhere so many of my friendshipsbegan including Coach Smith. I am a strong believer in giving backand supporting education; yoursupport is vital to the continuedsuccess of Wesley College.

Back row, left to right: Richard Brown ’64 and wife Mary, Debbie Wentworth and Nancy Smith; seated, left to right: Coach Dick Smith and Coach Jim Wentworth.

Mentor for Life

I am a strong believer in giving back and supporting education; your support is vital to the continued success of Wesley College.

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Q.What is your vision foralumni relations?

A.I would like to see more alumni come back to campus forreunions and/or attend the regionalevents that we hold each year.Wesley alumni have great storiesfrom their time as students. Lastyear the class of 1962 had their 50threunion, and the connection they all still had with each other wasamazing even though most of themhadn’t seen each other for decades.The stories never ended—theylaughed all weekend long! We allget busy with our lives but collegememories are so special. My visionis to get more alumni to participatein events and to provide moreopportunities for them to volunteer.I would like to continue the effortsthat Amanda Downes and theAlumni Board have started to get

more alumni involved as ambassa-dors with the Admissions Office, to have them return to campus for“Meet the Professionals Night” andto expand the Alumni AssociationCommittee structure so that thereare more volunteer opportunitiesavailable.

Q.What experience do youbring to the position?

A.My experience in higher education began in career serviceswhere I have worked in a numberof different environments thatinclude a liberal arts college as wellas small to large state universities.After several years of working instudent affairs, I migrated over toalumni and annual giving mostlydue to the event planning experi-ence I had gained over the years. Ihave also worked in the non-profitsector, which involved fundraising

and community partnerships withother agencies.Prior to coming to Wesley,

I was the associate director of alumni relations and annual givingat McDaniel College (formerlyWestern Maryland College) formore than five years. Obviously,that position is most directly relatedto my new role at Wesley. However,the diversity of my experienceshelps me to better understand thatall departments are interrelated andeach has an impact on the successof the College.

Q.Are there any advantagesto being both the annual fundand alumni relations person?

A.I don’t know if I would term itan advantage but more that it is alogical merger of these two func-tions. In most cases, when alumnilook back on their experience at

&QACathy NoselDIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONSAND ANNUAL GIVING

WITH

Since developing an institutional strategic plan five

years ago, Wesley College has remained committed

to following through on initiatives that will help grow

its resources and support. To that end the Office of

Institutional Advancement has reorganized its team

of professionals to better meet the challenges ahead.

One of the changes includes Cathy Nosel’s new

role as director of alumni relations and annual giving.

After managing the annual giving efforts for

almost four years she will now add alumni relations

responsibilities. As the new liaison with the Alumni Association, she looks forward to serving the needs

of Wesley graduates and took a few minutes to answer some questions about her background and

objectives to further alumni engagement.


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college they remember relationships.Whether it is friendships, partner-ships or faculty mentorships, alumni connect with people, notbuildings. When making gifts, people consider their connection to the organization. Therefore, itmakes sense that it is the commonconnection that drives giving. It ismy hope to keep alumni connectedto Wesley so that they take pride intheir alma mater and want to help it succeed. We always hear alumnifrom all the decades comment thatWesley gave them a chance and was integral to their success aftercollege. With almost 50 percent of

our current students being the first in their family to attend college, financing their education is the prominent concern. We hope alumni will reflect on theirexperience and how Wesley helped them and then pay it forward to help students achievetheir dream of attaining a college degree.

Q.What do you see as thebiggest challenge?

A.To increase alumni awarenessof what is going on at Wesley and to be considered a resource for ouralumni. The online community and

Facebook are both easy ways tokeep up to date on news and events.Just by updating their emailaddress with the online community,alumni receive the monthlynewsletter. Whether online or at a Wesley event, alumni can find fellow alums who could help with a job search, relocation to anotherarea, or get career advice from people who share their experiences.I encourage all alumni to updatetheir profiles with the online com-munity at www.weare.wesley.eduand to like Wesley College onFacebook—that would be a great start!

WESLEYcelebrated its 140year history at Founders Dayon March 20 at the SchwartzCenter for the Arts in Dover. A tradition for the College,Founders Day celebratesscholarship and service in theWesley Community. This yearone of the speakers for theevent was Dr. R. Jervis Cooke,Wesley College past president (1977-1983).

Recipient of the Joseph and Mary BellmeyerAward is Melinda Daniel. Pictured (left to right)Rev. Walter Everett, Daniel and Nancy Everett

Recipient of the Harry PalmerScholarship is Tiffany McDowell.Pictured (left to right) MildredPalmer and McDowell

Recipient of the Andrew Joseph GeyerScholarship is Chelsie Rogers. Pictured (left toright) Dale Jarrell, Gladys Geyer and Rogers

Recipient of the Rogin-Knipe Scholarshipis Melody Dimerson. Pictured (left to right)Jim and Marina Rogin and Dimerson

Recipient of the Mona Lynn Casey EnvironmentalScholarship is Kyle Frame. Pictured (left to right)Susan Casey, Terry Higgins, Frame and Loretta Moik

Founders Day



A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE attended the fourth annualArts in the Parlor event at the Schwartz Center for the Arts on April 20. The fundraiser was a celebration in support of Wesley College scholarships, raising more than $33,000 this year.The 150 guests were treated to culinary delights and a plethora of musical

acts including the Wesley College Symphonic Band, Contemporary Ensemble,Choir, and Gospel Choir. There were also performances by First State Brass,Wesley adjunct professor Britania Redington, and students DaShaunna Harris,Julianne Morris and Marissa Richardson.The attendees enjoyed a poetry reading by Wesley Society member James

Rogin and a variety of visual arts fromWesley students, faculty, alumni andlocal artists. The art mediums includedhandmade baskets, photography, oilpaintings, and sculptures.”Interest in Wesley College and

support for the arts at Wesley was evident at Arts in the Parlor,” saidWesley College President Dr. WilliamN. Johnston. “I am amazed with thetalents of our students, faculty andstaff and greatly appreciate the fundsdonated to provide scholarship assistance to deserving students.”

Kyle ’08 and Sarah (Bower) ’09 Bullock

Bob and Jane (Kearney) ’60 MacDonald

Kristi (Wallace) '95 and Bill Schultz

Wesley College Vice President for Institutional Advancement Chris Wood, Wesley student Marissa Richardson,Wesley Adjunct Faculty Britania Redington, Wesley student Wesley Dessesow, Joan Bennett ’60, Chris Mayka,Wesley Associate Professor of Music Dr. David Laganella and Wesley Assistant Professor of Music Dr. James Wilson.


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Pictured (left to right):Wesley CollegePresident Dr. William N. Johnston, VicePresident for the Matthew C. SellittoFoundation, Matthew T. Sellitto ’67 andWesley College Vice President forInstitutional Advancement Chris Wood

Sellitto Endowment

THE MATTHEW C. SELLITTOFOUNDATION recently awardeda grant of $100,000 to WesleyCollege. The donation will be usedas an endowed fund to provide support to underprivileged stu-dents from urban environmentsattending Wesley College.Sellitto (9/30/77 – 9/11/01) was

only 23 years old when his life wastragically cut short in the largestterrorist attack on American soil.His dream of working in financecame true in February 2001, whenhe was hired by Cantor Fitzgerald,one of the world’s foremost capitalmarket investment banks. The company location was the WorldTrade Center (Tower One) in New York City. Choosing to focus on his life

rather than his death, Sellitto’smany friends and family estab-lished the Matthew C. SellittoFoundation in 2002 to honor his lifeand continue his legacy. While atSeton Hall Prep in West Orange,N.J., Sellitto volunteered withunderprivileged students nearby.For many young people living inurban environments who lackedeconomic resources, Sellittostepped in to mentor them in order

WESLEY SOCIETY GALAWESLEY COLLEGE showed its appreciationto its most generous contributors on January 12,with a reception and dinner held at the Sheraton Dover Hotel.Approximately 130 guests attended to celebrate the third year for theWesley Society, which recognizes high-level donors. College officialsannounced that the Wesley Society membership has more than tripledsince its inception in late 2009, with 210 current members.

Pictured (left to right):Dr. William N. Johnston,Susan Johnston, LarryMercardante ’67 and MaryJane and Bill Willis ’66

transform lives in keeping withtheir son’s legacy. "The work Wesley is doing

exemplifies the mission of the foundation,” the Sellittos added. In addition to the support of WesleyCollege, the Matthew C. SellittoFoundation is making additionalinvestments to carry on Sellitto’slegacy. “It is an honor for our foundation to also support the 9/11Tribute Center and Facing Historyin presenting a two-day profession-al workshop to assist educators in developing relevant units sur-rounding the events of 9/11 and the impact of these events on ourfuture,” said Loreen Sellitto. “Wesee this not only as an opportunityto honor the 9/11 victims, firstresponders, rescue and recoveryworkers but also as a chance to inspire a call to service of individuals, businesses, schools and organizations.”

to unlock and encourage theirpotential. A person of faith in Godand conviction to his principles, hebelieved strongly in giving back.His determination to change livescontinues through the foundation.“Matthew was an inspiration

to others, and we are privileged tocontinue his legacy,” said WesleyCollege President William N.Johnston.Sellitto’s father, Matthew T.

Sellitto, graduated from WesleyCollege in 1967. The College played a significant role in his life, andconsequently, in the life of his family. He and his wife, LoreenSellitto, who both serve as vicepresidents of the foundation, haveconfidence in Wesley’s ability to


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