National Honors Continue For Jamie Wolf - Clarion University

National
Honors Continue
For Jamie Wolf
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April 2008 Vol. 55 No. 1 http://news.clarion.edu

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T h a n k Yo u C l a r i o n !
Connie Alexis-Laona (’71) is director of individual giving at Kean University in New Jersey.
“From the excellent theatre training and leadership skills I obtained at Clarion I learned to work hard and
benefit from every work experience. During the time I was at Clarion, students produced many shows. I
started my producing career with our Alpha Psi Omega productions.
“In my current position, I continue to use these skills in my fundraising activities. And, best of all, much of
my work focuses on securing funds for Premiere Stages, our professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean.
“And this is why I am happy to continue my annual support of the Clarion Fund and to remember Clarion
University in my planned gift arrangements.”
Some Questions & Answers:
C & B: What was your first job
Alexis-Laona: When I arrived in NYC in the mid-70’s
my goal was to continue to work in theatre – any theatre.
I was blessed with a series of rewarding jobs at great
theatres. I began as an assistant at NR Productions,
general managers for Broadway shows and moved on
to box office jobs then to general manager of Manhattan
Theatre Club and eventually to managing director of
Circle Repertory Theatre.
C & B: What is your best memory of Clarion University
Alexis-Laona: Every production at Clarion is a great
memory – all the musical revues our Alpha Psi Omega
chapter produced, Dr. Bob Copeland’s production
of “Marat Sade,” the five shows we produced in six
weeks during the summer theatre programs, “Viet
Rock” and the improvisational shows we staged in
May 1970 after the tragic shootings at Kent State. All
were magnificent ventures created by our theatrical
community.
Connie Alexis-Laona (’71) shown receiving her
Applause Leadership Award from John McEwen,
Executive Director of New Jersey Theatre Alliance,
the statewide service organization for professional,
not-for-profit theatre companies.
C & B: Was there one professor who impacted you
the most while at Clarion University
Alexis-Laona: Dr. Adam Weiss was my advisor and my mentor. Whether one was in Dr. Weiss’ theatre
history class or on stage crew under his technical direction, he expected extraordinary effort and superior
results from all his students. Those expectations instilled in me the determination and drive that made me
thrive in my professional theatre career. Years later when I was producing off-Broadway it was a pleasure to
receive his calls about the next Clarion trip to NYC where Dr. Weiss and his current students would visit my
theatre.
C & B: What is your definition of success
Alexis-Laona: Doing good work in a fulfilling career. I had the good fortune to always work at superb
organizations. During my 25-plus years in theatre management in NYC’s not-for-profit theatres I worked with
extremely talented artists and producers in world-class institutions. I was part of some very special theatres
where “A Chorus Line” (NY Shakespeare Festival) was created; when William Hurt and Alec Baldwin came
back to star off-Broadway (Circle Repertory Theatre), and where “Ain’t Misbehavin’” originated in a small
50-seat cabaret theatre (Manhattan Theatre Club).

CLARION AND BEYOND
B a u e r P a c k a g e s T h e W o r l d
P
eople all over the world have touched products
designed by Ed Bauer, a 1970 Clarion graduate.
From Campbell soup cans to Similac baby
formula plastic containers to Bausch and Lomb contact
lens solutions, Bauer has left his mark on the packaging
industry through many of the world’s top products.
Inducted by his peers into the International
Packaging Hall of Fame in 2006 for his
accomplishments, Bauer has extensive contacts in
the plastics, metal can, pharmaceutical, and aseptic
packaging industries in North America, Europe, Asia,
and South America.
The groundwork for his success started at Clarion
in 1965 when he enrolled as a chemistry major, earning
degrees in liberal arts and education.
“I met a great bunch of people and felt I received
a good education as well,” said Bauer. “Just how good
an education was apparent after my first job. I was
competing with other graduates from top schools
and schools that were much larger with high profile
reputations, but it made no difference. I was holding
my own with a Clarion degree and I was able to
compete.”
When he enrolled at Clarion he found he
could get two degrees by taking 18 to 19 credits
each semester. Although he entertained thoughts
about teaching, chemistry led him to his first job
after graduation. The lessons learned from teaching,
however, also guided him through his business success.
“My teaching training at Clarion was a big
benefit,” said Bauer. “Thanks to Clarion I knew how
to get up in front of people and speak. You might have
the best product in the world, but unless you are able
to convince other people it won’t get off the ground. A
critical part of inventing is getting other people excited
and interested about your product. I could do that.”
In addition to his classes, he also learned how to
better relate to people through his membership in the
marching band, concert band, intramurals, and the
TKE fraternity. Bauer still keeps in touch with his
Clarion friends, joining an annual TKE golf outing in
Clarion, with 30 to 40 fraternity brothers.
Cans Are Not Just Cans
“My first job out of Clarion was for Mobil
Chemical in Pittsburgh with Stoner Mudge Packaging
Coatings as a chemist,” said Bauer. “The company got
its start by developing the first metal coatings that made
a beer can possible.” At Mobil, he conducted polymer
design, synthesis and industrial coatings development
for interior and exterior metal decorating applications
which is the industry term for can coatings.
After two years he moved on to Glidden Paints
where he was responsible for coil coatings. Coil
coatings are the paint on the outside of aluminum
siding and steel metal buildings. The use of polymers
in coil coatings is a demanding and high performance
application of technology expected to last from 20 to
30 years when the painted surface is exposed to the
elements. The painted surface is only one thousandth of
an inch thick, so the coating and its components must
be extremely robust. At Glidden, Bauer oversaw all
aspects of formulation and production of Coil Coatings
at five regional U.S. laboratories, two Canadian
laboratories as well as laboratories in Europe and Asia.
He was the youngest technical manager ever in the
field.
His career then took a right turn with Glidden as
he left the lab and detoured into the world of sales and
marketing out of Atlanta. After a year, he moved to
Philadelphia and into metal decorating (can coating)
sales for the whole east coast for Glidden. Sales in
this case are a highly technical sale of specialized
materials for beer, beverage and food cans. It is a highly
competitive environment because coatings are sold in
tank truck and railcar quantities and delivered to bulk
handling systems. It is an all or nothing field where
business cannot be spread among multiple competitors.
Individual sales range from $300,000 to $1 million
each and extend for years.
One of his accounts in sales was Campbell’s and
they enticed Bauer to return to the lab as manager of
organic materials and section head of can coatings.
Mmm, Mmm Good
While most people are familiar with the Campbell
Soup Can as an icon, few realized at the time Bauer
joined the company it was the third largest can
manufacturer in the United States, producing over
seven billion cans each year.
“Campbell was another great opportunity, and
because of my background in polymers and plastics my
group was responsible for packaging for new products,
particularly the development of microwaveable
containers,” said Bauer. Campbell was convinced the
traditional packaging suppliers were not moving fast
enough in the development of packaging to meet
consumer needs. Microwavable packaging in particular
was something that was not available for frozen
dinners. It was during this time that he and his group
developed the plastic microwavable tray for Swanson
“TV dinners,” along with a number of other plastic,
metal, and glass packaging innovations for Campbell
products.
Campbell’s commitment to innovation included
providing the tools needed for industrial development.
Bauer designed, planned and built both Campbell’s
Plastics Center, a first-of-its-kind plastic packaging
development laboratory, and the Campbell’s Plastic
Frozen Food Tray Manufacturing Facility in Modesto,
Calif.
The Plastics Center was unique in that it
concentrated packaging development using multiple
processing technologies in one location to serve all of
Campbell’s product lines. The second facility was the
first large-scale deployment of dual ovenable microwave
packaging in the United States and the world. The
plastic manufacturing facility in Modesto was difficult
because the scale was from a factor of four to a factor of
10, larger than anything that had been done with this
type of plastic manufacturing. “Campbell made a big
bet on me and my group that this idea would work at
commercial scales.”
Campbell’s had over 25 major brands that were
marketed throughout the world. The dual ovenable tray
used for cooking in a microwave or in a conventional
oven for Swanson’s “TV Dinners” replaced the iconic
aluminum tray and was one of his many projects.
Today all frozen dinners are packaged in plastic or
paper dual ovenable packaging.
Campbell’s, despite its diversity, is known for its
soup. One of Bauer’s projects was the development of
the first plastic cans and microwaveable soup bowls.
These containers are still in use today on Campbell’s
Chunky Soups and other ready-to-eat soup packaging.
“Few consumers realize when they buy a container
of soup or food the product was cooked in the sealed
package. The container must protect the product
through its cooking cycle, through the distribution
system and then when customers microwave it. It is
always a technical challenge to develop packaging that
fulfills all of these functions without interacting with
the flavor or customer expectations for the product.
As Director of Packaging Technology at
Campbell’s Soup, Bauer was in the vanguard of
packaging professionals changing the shape of food
packaging and launching most of the microwaveable
packaging we expect and take for granted today.
Infant Formula Gets A New Package
After nine years at Campbell’s, Bauer joined
Abbott Laboratories as director of package engineering
and development in 1990 where he continued his
impressive string of packaging successes, developing
special plastic packaging for products such as Similac
(infant formula) and Ensure (medical nutritional
supplement drinks). During his tenure, Ross Products
Division of Abbott transitioned from metal and glass
packaging to plastic packaging.
Bauer developed and implemented the first aseptic
pediatric and medical nutritional packaging facilities
for infant formula and ready-to-hang hospital enteral
products in the United States. Aseptic packaging
requires the development of processing and packaging
systems that permit the food and the package to be
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FEATURES
Clarion University To Renovate Becht Hall
C
larion University’s Becht Hall is receiving
a 100 th birthday present, a $14.3 million
renovation.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently
approved and Governor Ed Rendell has signed the
awarding of a Department of General Services grant
for the renovation of the century old building.
“We are in the design phase of the project to
turn Becht Hall into the ‘Student Success Center,’”
said Paul Bylaska, vice president for finance and
administration at Clarion University. “The renovation
will allow for moving every student service into that
building. The question now is how to configure the
building to meet the needs.”
The student services projected to call the Student
Success Center home include: registration, admissions,
financial aid, student billing, career services, housing,
orientation, counseling and health services, academic
enrichment, disability support services, student
identification cards, student orientation, student meal
plans, and parking permits. The Honors Program and
International Programs will continue to be housed in
the new center and the possibility of adding a research
and graduate studies office is being examined.
Becht Hall currently serves as a women’s
residence hall and the location of several university
programs and faculty offices. That means the
renovation will not begin until two new residence
suites buildings currently under construction are
completed. Projected to open in 2009, the residence
halls are being constructed on the Ralston flats area,
located above Becht Hall.
“This is the culmination of an idea from
the Clarion University Master Plan, calling for
the centralization of student residences, student
services, and faculty near the center of campus,” said
Bylaska. “These changes will decrease the amount of
automobile traffic in the middle of campus.”
Becht Hall, originally called Navarre Hall after a
region of the same name in Spain, was built in 1908
under the leadership of Clarion University President J.
George Becht. Utilizing a California Mission Revival
style of architecture, the building is a striking contrast
to the “normal-looking” buildings surrounding it.
“We will be preserving some of the historical
aspects of Becht Hall,” said Bylaska. “Its mission
architecture is unique east of the Mississippi River.”
Its pantile roof, Spanish gables, and light-colored
brick are probably similar to the elements of Spanish
architecture, which inspired architects Allison and
Allison of Pittsburgh to design the building. The
bracketing under the eaves and the sash windows,
with their three or four narrow upper panes, reflect
the early 20 th Century “Arts and Crafts” style. James
and David Allison were also the architects of the first
campus of UCLA in 1910.
When it opened, Navarre Hall housed 160
women on the third and fourth floors, a student
infirmary and teacher’s rooms on the other floors, and
a dining hall. It was renamed following Becht’s death
in 1925. During World War II, Becht Hall helped
19 co-eds find their mates as 300 cadets of the Army
Air Corps stayed in the facility during training on
campus.
In 1971, Becht was decommissioned as a
residence hall when Nair and Wilkinson Halls were
completed. Its dining hall had passed away in 1966
when Chandler Dining Hall was opened and the
infirmary moved to Keeling Health Center.
The planned destruction prompted a “Bye-
Bye Becht Bash” from students, but the building
remained and eventually housed 165 students. In
1985-86, Becht was saved for the foreseeable future
from destruction and the hall was refurbished. It was
renovated in 1994, and the red tile roof and light
bricks were repainted and repaired. Those renovations
helped conserve heat and energy.
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Becht Retains California Link
Sally (Sims MSLS ’82) Sokes wrote a feature
article about James Edward Allison and David Clark
Allison, architects of Becht Hall for “California
History” magazine, the journal of the California
Historical Society. The article, “In A Climate Like
Ours: The California Campuses of Allison & Allison,”
was published in the Fall 2007 issue, Volume 84,
Number 4.
“Allison and Allison are the most famous school
architects,” said Stokes. “They designed schools from
kindergarten through college and had a national
reputation.”
In the article, Stokes related James Edward
Allison’s 1903 visit to California and subsequent return
to Pennsylvania in this way:
“Under construction in Hollywood during J.E.’s
1903 California expedition was the A. G. Bartlett
residence, soon to be touted in the Los Angeles
Examiner as “the best sample of the pure Spanish
mission style of architecture to be found in or near
Los Angeles,” and as the “finest of all the palatial
homes in the Cahuenga valley.” J.E. could not have
resisted driving out to Hollywood to have a look at the
Bartlett place. He must have sketched it, photographed
it, or imprinted it upon his memory, for in 1908
Allison & Allison pivoted the westward migration of
popular architectural styles and fetched the essence
of the Bartlett estate back to the wooded Allegheny
Plateau of northwestern Pennsylvania. The result
was Navarre Hall (1908), a “dormitory for young
ladies” at the Clarion State Normal School, a teachertraining
institution on the edge of a forest ninety miles
northeast of Pittsburgh.
“Navarre maintained Clarion’s pattern of adding
individual buildings in the latest fashion, with no
discernible campus plan. The dorm’s pale brick facing,
and even its red tile roof, were common enough in
western Pennsylvania, where the manufacture of clay
products was a major industry. Exposed brackets and
windows consisting of three vertical panes over a full
lower sash typified Arts and Crafts detains popular
in the region. It was the flourish of its gables and
a massing and proportion drawn from the Bartlett
House in Hollywood – that tagged Navarre as
belonging to the last states of mission mania. The
building’s creamy façade and undulating roofline exude
irony: few Allison projects in California would allude
so candidly to mission revival. This residence hall
remains something of an eccentricity while constituting
a defining moment in the Allison’s practice. Navarre
was not only a harbinger of the brothers’ imminent
transfer to the Southland, but a nonchalant “escapade”
the first clear representation from the Allison office
of David’s sense of fun. Now ivy covered and still in
use after nearly a century, it is a playful diversion,
CLARION AND BEYOND
a counterpoint to the stolid presence of the Gothic
and Romanesque revival campus buildings that were
already in place at Clarion when the Allisons were
hired to draft Navarre. Over the coming decades,
David Allison’s perchant for the humoresque would
manifest itself repeatedly in California schools and
colleges.”
Drawn to California’s sunny climes and
picturesque landscapes, J. E. and David Allison left
western Pennsylvania in 1910 to establish a practice
in Los Angeles. New settlements were springing up
throughout the Los Angeles basin. Midwesterners and
Easterners swarmed into California, and they sought
instant communities with an established “feel,” but
with a California flair.
Allison & Allison had designed many institutional
buildings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Their solid experience back East, and their sensitivity
to the Mediterranean flavor of California, served them
well. By 1914, the Allison brothers were recognized as
the premier school and college architects in Southern
California. Between 1910 and 1940, they designed
hundreds of academic buildings, including two beloved
landmarks at UCLA, Royce Hall and Kerckhoff Hall.
Stokes and Susan Richards (M.A. ’80), who
works for the University of Vermont Libraries,
Burlington, Vt., obtained grants and staged an exhibit
of Allison & Allison works, “Defining a Californian
Style: The Architecture of Allison & Allison,” which
toured sites in California in 2002.
Stokes resides in Silver Springs, Md., with her
husband, Samuel, and son, Thomas. She is curator of
the National Trust for Historic Preservation Collection
at the University of Maryland.
Campbell Hall Demolition
Early in March, a crane with attachments made short work of Campbell Hall. The demolition of the 450-student residence hall,
constructed in 1972 and named in honor of Frank M. Campbell, professor of social science, took several days. A wrecking ball was used
to demolish the top two floors. A three-ton sheet of steel was then used in guillotine fashion by the crane to shear the remaining steel
infrastructure. Excavators pulled down the remaining floors. Once the structure was leveled, the steel was cut apart, sheared, or bent to
be placed on trucks to haul away for recycling. A parking lot will occupy the former site of Campbell Hall and could possibly be ready
for use sometime during the Fall 2008 semester.
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FEATURES
Learning Outside The Classroom
Now Part Of University Transcript
W
hether it’s working as a reporter for the
Clarion Call, assisting with the American
Cancer Society, or volunteering with a local
youth group, it can now be part of your “permanent”
record if you are a Clarion University student.
An innovative Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT)
program launched at Clarion gives new graduates the
opportunity of giving potential employers an official
record of the their work beyond the classroom and
still part of their learning experience.
“This is a great idea for anyone planning
further education or looking for a job,” said Aaron
Fitzpatrick, a senior secondary education/English
major from DuBois, Pa. “I think grades only
show one side of your experience. CCT validates
and verifies my activities and will provide a true
representation of my experiences at Clarion.”
Fitzpatrick has been active in many ways at
Clarion from organizations such as the Clarion
Young Democrats and the Political Science
Association to being a member of the homecoming
court and participating in the Mr. CUP competition.
He has served in leadership roles in some of his
activities.
“I believe membership is underrated; leadership
is recognized but membership is not recognized for
the many positive things completed,” he evaluated.
“The CCT will benefit those who show great
leadership and volunteerism.”
Similar to an academic transcript, CCT
documents a student’s co-curricular performance in
various activities that are also vital to the learning
experience.
“We think we’re offering something truly unique
for our graduates,” said Dr. Shelley Karp, associate
vice president of academic affairs.
“The CCT and Activities Clearinghouse is one
of the few national programs where the registrar’s
office provides the official form just like they would
provide an academic transcript.”
The program recognizes career experience,
citizenship, leadership, personal growth, and
volunteerism. Recognized activities are verified
by a supervisor and then placed onto an official
CCT which identifies the activity and where it was
performed.
CCT Categories Include:
• Career Experience – activities through which
students gain first-hand experience with a career;
• Citizenship – activities through which students
develop a heightened sense of civic responsibility;
• Leadership – activities through which students
develop their knowledge about leadership and
practice leadership skills;
• Personal growth – activities that expand students’
horizons culturally, emotionally, intellectually,
physically, socially, or spiritually to help them
become well-rounded individuals; and
• Volunteerism – activities through which students
serve others with their time, resources or skills,
without expectation of financial compensation.
Students also write a 150-word professional
statement, which is reproduced at the end of the
CCT. Students are encouraged to work with a
faculty member or other professional on campus to
create their professional statement, which discusses
how their co-curricular experiences have contributed
to their professional growth. The statement may
be modified until the time of graduation when the
CCT is officially closed.
The CCT can be printed in unofficial format by
the student or in an official format by the registrar
following an official request. The CCT is printed on
security paper, bears the university seal, and is signed
by the provost, representing academic affairs, and
the vice president for student and university affairs,
representing the division of student and university
affairs.
Transcript Latest Transition
CCT and Activities Clearinghouse is the latest
addition to the Clarion Transitions program and will
be available to all students during the Spring 2008
semester, with a special emphasis to be placed on
those students who will be sophomores in Fall 2008.
Clarion Transitions is the result of continuous
external research and local discussion and data
gathering involving the entire university communitystudents,
staff, and faculty.
Programming started with the summer of 2002
and continues to expand until it will serve students
from their first day on campus through graduation
and beyond.
The project took nearly two years to complete.
The process involved Clarion University
administrators and faculty along with Clarion
University alumni. The initial focus will be on
sophomores, but all Clarion University students will
have access to CCT and will be encouraged to use it
for all four years of college.
“The amount of hours involved in implementing
this program was immense,” said Jeff Waple,
Transitions co-chair. “Half of our working week for
the past year and one-half was spent on this project.”
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CLARION AND BEYOND
John P. Smith
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CE James Jewelers Job Shadowing – Mktg. Asst.
CE Student PA State Education Association Member
CT Red Cross Blood Drives Donor
LR Student Senate Senator
LR University Activities Board Lecture Chair
PG Clarion University Athletics Softball – First Base
PG Delta Zeta Social Chair
PG Phi Eta Sigma Member
VL Read for the Cure Reader
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-----------------------------------------------2005-2006-----------------------------------------------
CE Clarion Call (Newspaper) Copy Editor
CE Delta Zeta New Member Educator
CE Kids Come to College Day Organizer
CT League of Women Voters Voter Registration
LR Mary Walters Leadership Development Series Participant
LR Student Senate Vice President
LR University Activities Board Lecture Chair
PG Order of Omega Member
PG Clarion University Athletics Softball
PG Kappa Delta Phi Member
PG Panhellenic Council Delegate
PG Phi Eta Sigma New Member Educator
VL Red Cross Blood Drives Walker
VL Special Olympics Mentor
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CE Kids Come to College Day Mentor
CE Mary Walters Leadership Development Series Student Coordinator
CE VMA Accounting Firm Internship
CT BACCHUS GAMMA Event Organizer
LR Order of Omega Secretary
LR Panhellenic Council President
LR University Activities Board Lecture Chair
PG Delta Zeta Recruitment Chair
PG Kappa Delta Pi Member
PG Phi Eta Sigma Member
VL Clarion County Humane Society Animal Behavior Intern
VL Red Cross Blood Drives Walker
VL Special Olympics Mentor
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PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT (MAx. 150 WORDS)
While at Clarion University I have endeavored to develop leadership skills,
character, and discipline. As my co-curricular transcript indicates, I have been
involved with numerous civic, volunteer, and professional activities, often in
leadership roles. These experiences have allowed me to work with and lead
individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures and races. I have
enjoyed the opportunity to develop personal responsibility and a commitment
to community. Through these co-curricular experiences I have used my
creative energies to develop practical talents that will help me to be more
effective working with people in various settings.
Karp explained that several hurdles had to be
overcome before the program could be implemented.
“A major challenge was that this could not be
produced in house,” she said. “We needed top notch
programmers and hired Samaritan Technologies Inc.,
to establish the site. We also needed to bridge the
communication barriers that existed when we tried
to teach Samaritan Technologies about the way that a
university works.”
This is where Joseph Croskey, coordinator of
Transitions services, took over. He explained the
university environment to Samaritan and accelerated
the development of the user end. He is also the
intermediary with the department chairs. Diana
Brush, associate director of Career Services, is the
intermediary with the volunteer agencies that provide
career experience activities for Clarion students.
Shawn Hoke, associate director of Campus Life is the
intermediary for Recognized Student Organizations.
Keeping track of activities
Croskey will also be the liaison with the students
as they create a CCT. This will be completed on-line
at the “My Activities” portion of the CCT on the
university’s web site.
“The process is similar to updating an online
profile, which many students have done before,” said
Croskey. “Students are already familiar with internet
databases similar to this, such as Facebook and My
Space. Through their own efforts they can benefit
“This is a great idea
for anyone planning
further education or
looking for a job.”
~Aaron Fitzpatrick
from what they are already doing and have their
activities transcripted so that these activities help
them in the future.”
CCT and Activities Clearinghouse originated
from a series of 2004 roundtables and focus groups
for faculty, staff, and students. They determined that
the highest retention priority for sophomores was
creating career experiences to include job shadowing,
field experiences, volunteer work, and other
experiences that help students develop transferable
skills and attitudes and that provide students with
experiences related to a chosen career.
Dr. Marite Haynes and Diana Brush, members of
the Transitions team, explored the recommendation
and determined that Clarion University sponsors
hundreds of career experiences through Recognized
Student Organizations, mandated co-curricular
activities related to class assignments or degree
requirements, and affiliations with more than 100
external agencies for whom Clarion’s students provide
volunteer and paid services. The goal became letting
the students know that these opportunities exist and
get them to participate.
Planning for Clarion Transitions began in 1999
and was implemented in 2002 with a goal of helping
students stay in college and develop permanent
ties with Clarion University through co-curricular
programming and activities. Retention rates for
students who complete the Transitions Orientation
and Exploration programs have been shown to be
higher than retention rates for students who do not
complete Transitions programs.
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features
Oprah Made Me Do It:
Clarion Students Help In New Orleans
T
he credit for the idea goes to Oprah.
That’s how Rozlynd Vares and 22 other
members of Clarion University’s Political
Economy Club wound up in New Orleans, La.,
helping with the continuing Hurricane Katrina
recovery.
“I was watching Oprah when she was talking
with Anderson Cooper about what was going on in
New Orleans,” said Vares, a senior economics major
from Kaneohe, Hawaii. “They explained how groups
could help and gave contact information.”
Vares, the president of Clarion University’s
Political Economy Club, relayed that information to
her group. True to its recent recognition, the Club
embraced the opportunity and made it successful.
The Political Economy Club had received the first
Global Citizenship Award at the Fall 2007 Clarion
University Equity Awards Dinner and Awards
Ceremony. The award is presented to an individual
or group, who in spirit of reconciliation, promotes
peaceful coalitions by developing curricula, travel,
or study abroad opportunities that create global
connections and dialogue, and/or implements an
activist project that benefits communities in conflict
zones.
While in New Orleans from Dec. 17-20, the
Clarion group was assigned reconstruction of two
houses. For three days, from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., they
hung installation and dry wall, completing 90
percent of the project.
“It was a huge surprise because we didn’t know
exactly what we were doing,” said Vares. “It was really
gratifying to transform a gutted house. Seeing the
progress from day to day was amazing.”
The Political Economy Club worked in
collaboration with the St. Bernard Project to arrange
their volunteer work. The St. Bernard Project
launched in 2006 and consists of volunteers that are
dedicated to rebuilding the lives of the Hurricane
Katrina victims. Among the other organizations
participating through the St. Bernard Project are
Americorps, United Way, and Habitat for Humanity.
The Clarion group stayed at a site called Camp
Hope, located in the lower fifth ward. The site was
previously an elementary school, now abandoned,
and converted into a volunteer facility. Over 300
volunteers, including the Clarion students, were in
Camp Hope during that week.
“It was a family atmosphere at the camp,” said
Vares. “You cleaned your own dishes and swept the
floor. The food was soup-kitchen style, but the best
part was having the locals come to the site to cook
for us and share stories.”
During the evenings, the Clarion students
toured other devastated districts, the levy, and the
French Quarter.
Vares said several members of the club plan to
make a second trip to New Orleans in the summer of
2008, while others plan on joining Americorps after
graduation.
“Some of the students that went have never
traveled out of the state,” she said. “I think they
were the most affected. It was a real and eye-opening
experience. There were no stores open except for one
dollar store and the line was constantly out the door.
We wore volunteer nametags around and random
people would come up and hug us and tell us thank
you. Overall, the experience was great and I would
do it all over again.”
The Political Economy Club is following the
progress of the houses they worked on through a
newsletter. Their intentions are to organize a drive
and compose a housewarming package to help
furnish the two houses.
The owners of one of the houses being rebuilt
by the Clarion students is living in a FEMA trailer,
which according to recent news stories, could contain
harmful chemicals and formaldehyde. The trailer was
over two hours away from where they are employed.
“These people are not looking for handouts;
they are hardworking people,” said Veres. “They are
paying to have the house rebuilt, but most just don’t
have the time or resources to rebuild. Either you have
money and could rebuild or you have nothing.”
The Political Economy Club trip was financed
through a sum of $2,000 from Clarion University
Student Senate and through fundraising efforts,
such as a benefit concert and weekly bake sales. The
members paid the remaining balance.
ERIE ADMISSIONS DAY
Clarion University alumni joined administration and admissions representatives
at an admissions event at the Bel-Aire Hotel and Conference Center in Erie, Pa.,
on Jan. 29, 2008. Many area high school students and their parents attended to
ask questions about academic majors, accreditations, student life, and admissions
options. Among the speakers that evening was Tim Dunst (’83), vice president and
general manager of WJET- TV in Erie, Pa., who spoke of the opportunities available at
Clarion University for incoming students.
Left to right are: Tim Dunst (’83), Steve Zinram (’85), Cindy (Ricke ’84)
Zinram; President Joseph Grunenwald, and Theresa (Zacherl ’91, ’05) Martin,
director of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund. Not pictured are: Janet Coryell
(’88) and Sheran (Jones ’82) Alexander.
Early 1950s Group
A group of Clarion University alumni gathered at Jioio’s
Restaurant in Greensburg, Pa. Front row from left are: Ron Galli
(’53), Laverne (Haubrich ’59) Dobos, and Roland Dobos
(’62); and back row from left: Isle Yeskey, Ron Yeskey (’55),
Dave Dunn (’53), Dee Dunn, Connie Galli, Evelyn (Mezerski
’59) Lovre, Sylvia (Varrota ’53) Moses, John Loure (’57),
Glenna (Rose’53) Mervosh, Joe Jioio, Jim Cavalancia (’55),
Pete Mervosh (’53), and Pete Caristo (’55).
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CLARION AND BEYOND
Clarion Offers Text Message Alerts
For Students And Employees
A
s many universities throughout the United
States continue to struggle with better
communications in the event of a campus
emergency such as faced by Virginia Tech and other
universities, Clarion has added another way to notify
students and employees for their safety.
Clarion University now offers a notification
system that allows it to send urgent emergency alerts
to students, faculty and staff members’ cell phones.
Once a person signs up for the service, Clarion
University can text that individual’s cell phone with
timely information in the event of an emergency.
Depending on the individual’s personal cell
phone plan, there may be a nominal fee from his or
her carrier to receive text messages, but there is no
charge from Clarion to use the service.
The service is available to all current students,
faculty and staff of Clarion, including its Venango
Campus in Oil City and Pittsburgh Site at West Penn
Hospital. The registration page link can be found on
Clarion’s home page at www.clarion.edu.
The new system, powered by e2Campus, a
national leader in emergency notifications, enables
school officials to send instant alerts directly to
registered subscribers’ mobile phones via SMS
text messages. Those that have registered can also
receive the alerts via RSS, wireless PDA, and their
“My Yahoo”, “My AOL”, or personalized iGoogle
home page.
“It only takes minutes to register for the service,”
said President Joseph Grunenwald in announcing the
new system.
Campus police are urging the entire campus
community to register. “Although e2Campus is an
excellent system that can notify the entire campus
within minutes,” said Paul Bylaska, vice president for
finance and administration, “it only works if you take
a minute to register yourself in the system.”
The notification system will be used to
communicate only important information during
severe campus emergencies and weather emergencies.
The message length is limited but will provide needed
information. The system is currently the quickest
communication method in a crisis and is an effective
way to contact individuals off-campus.
Text messages are only one way Clarion provides
information in an emergency. Clarion will continue
to use e-mail notification, emergency information
on the web, campus and external media, and digital
display units throughout campus.
For more information, contact Ron Wilshire,
assistant vice president for university relations, at
rwilshire@clarion.edu.
FUN IN THE FLORIDA SUN
Alumni In Jacksonville
Louis Dean (’74) and his wife, Bea, welcomed Clarion University alumni and
friends to their home in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 26, 2008. Twenty alumni and friends
from grad. years 1952 through 2000 enjoyed an afternoon of reminiscing and socializing.
The achievements of our many alumni were shared in a presentation by Chuck Desch
(’99) and Ken Nellis (’86) from the Clarion University Foundation, and Pat Kiehl
(’72) spoke about Clarion University swimming and diving. Seth Payne former NFL
player for the Jacksonville Jaguars, brother of Dan Payne (’95) was also in attendance.
On behalf of everyone who attended, “Thank you” Louis & Bea for opening your
home to Clarion University alumni and sharing your Clarion pride!
Fourth Annual Gamma-Ramma
Approximately 40 alumni and friends answered the invitation from the Gamma’s
to join them for a couple days in Punta Gorda, Fla. The Gamma’s hosted a dinner on
January 21 and a golf outing on January 22. The annual Gamma-Ramma is organized
by Jack Bertani (’61), social director and president of the Alpha Gamma Phi
alumni group, and Wayne Norris (’65). For many years, the Gammas have been a
large presence at Clarion University’s homecoming and other various alumni events,
supporting the university in countless ways, but most notably in support of the Gamma
endowment that provides over $3,000 annually in scholarships.
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Equity Awards Honor Individuals And Groups
Five individuals and two groups were honored during Clarion University’s 13 th
Annual Equity Awards Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
The event, which caps Equity Week, included the first presentation of the Global
Citizenship Award. The award presented to a Clarion University/community individual
or group, who in spirit of reconciliation, promotes peaceful coalitions by developing
curricula, travel, or study abroad opportunities that create global connections and
dialogue, and/or implements an activist project that benefits communities in conflict
zones.
Award recipients included: Rev. James Faluszczak, Equity Award; Janice Horn,
Outstanding Community Award; Dr. Vincent Spina, Outstanding Supporter Award;
Cheyenne Patterson of Pittsburgh, Pa., Outstanding Student Award; Dr. Susan
Prezzano, Outstanding Faculty Award; University Art Gallery, Special Group Award; and
Political Economy Club, Global Citizenship Award.
Alumna Superintendent Returns For Students
During a recent class session,
students in Clarion University’s
Education 110 class, Introduction
to Education, received a first-hand
education update from Brenda (George)
Brinker (’73), superintendent of the AC
Valley School District.
Brinker highlighted what school
districts look for when they hire a
teacher and what the students should
think about in preparing to search for
a job. She taught in elementary schools
in the Union School District for 26
1/2 years. She earned her principal’s
certification from Westminster College
in 2001 and was hired as an elementary
principal in the Punxsutawney
School District. She earned her
brinker
superintendent’s certification from Westminster College in July 2005 and
was hired in April as the superintendent of the AC Valley School District.
The 2007 Equity Award was presented to Rev. James Faluszczak (second from
left), pictured with from left: Clarion University President Joseph Grunenwald,
Janice Grunenwald, and Clarion University Trustee Dr. Syed Ali-Zaidi.
Members of the Political Economy Club are pictured with their Global Citizenship
Award. Dr. James Pesek, interim dean of the College of Business Administration,
is at far left. Advisor Dr. Sandra Trejos is at front left and Clarion University
President Joseph Grunenwald is back at right.
Olivas-Luján’s Successful Women Book
Gets Perfect Score In Brazil
The book, “Successful Professional Women of the Americas,” co-edited by Dr.
Miguel R. Olivas-Luján, professor of management at Clarion University, received the
highest possible evaluation granted by the Brazilian Educational System to an edited,
research-based book this year.
The publication is a product of 20 researchers based in nine countries in the
Americas who spent about eight years in a research project that included more than
1,100 surveys and 300 interviews of successful professional women.
Keeling Health Center Receives Re-Accreditation
Clarion University’s Keeling Health Center has received a threeyear
re-accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory
Health Care (AAAHC). Keeling Health Center has been accredited by
AAAHC since 2001.
Clarion is one of four Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education members with AAAHC accreditation. AAAHC looks at 24
standards of health care to determine if an organization meets their
standard of care and services. Institutions are then graded compliant,
partially-compliant, or non-compliant in each of the standards.
Bubb Receives President’s Medallion
At Commencement
Professor emeritus Robert G. “Bob”
Bubb received the President’s Medallion
during Clarion University’s Commencement
ceremonies Dec. 15, 2007. The Clarion
University President’s Medallion honors those
who have made outstanding contributions to
the advancement of Clarion University.
Bubb, a professor emeritus of health
and physical education, taught and coached
wrestling at Clarion University from
1967-95. He demonstrated a steadfast
commitment to helping students reach
their full potential as scholars and athletes.
Today, he is an NCAA Division I coaching
legend and national wrestling leader, whose
extraordinary efforts have garnered accolades
for Clarion University and its wrestling program.
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Register Performs In Peru And Chile
Dr. Brent Register, professor of music at Clarion University,
performed as a member of the Camerata Amistad Ensemble on March
10, 2008, at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Cuzco,
Peru. This concert, which musically traces the route of the Spanish
conquistadors, is co-sponsored by the ICPNA bi-national center and the
United States Embassy Cultural Section in Lima, Peru. In addition, he
will be performing with the International Flute Orchestra, in affiliation
with the National Flute Association, on a performance tour of Chile, May
19-30.
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CLARION AND BEYOND
Clarion Honored At Kennedy Competition
Clarion University theatre faculty
member Ed Powers and student Andrew
Roos were honored at the Region II
Kennedy Center/American College
Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) held
in January 2008 at Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ed Powers, associated professor of
theatre, the first Region II KC/ACTF
Gold Medallion for Excellence in Student
Mentorship. Tim Averill, a theatre faculty
member at Muhlenburg College, who cochaired
Region II KCACTF design with
Powers from 2001-04, nominated Powers
for the award.
Roos, a senior theatre major with
a concentration in acting, was recognized as a “Student Leader” for his
work for the National Critics Institute during the festival. Roos served as
assistant to Dr. Ralph Leary, professor of English at Clarion University,
and chair of the National Critics Institute (NCI) and the Student
Dramaturgy Initiative.
Seventeen Clarion University students and six faculty members
attended the KCACTF Region II competition. The students participated
in workshops and competitions in acting and design and attended many
productions from Region II.
Also included at the competition was an invited scene from the
University Theatre production, “The Guys,” directed by Robert Levy,
assistant professor of theatre. Marilouise Michel, chair of the theatre
department,
presented a
workshop, “You
want me to do
WHAT . . . with
WHO Acting and
staging for intimate
scenes.” Rob
Bullington, associate
professor of theatre,
taught a workshop
and served as an
Irene Ryan Acting
Scholarship judge.
KCACTF Region II
includes Delaware,
Maryland, New
York, New Jersey,
powers
roos
Pennsylvania, and
Washington, D.C.
Maintenance Of Aacsb International
Accreditation Achieved
Clarion University’s College of Business Administration has achieved
reaffirmation of accreditation for its bachelor of science in business
administration and master of business administration degree programs by
AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business. The extension of accreditation is for six years.
AACSB International, founded in 1916, is the oldest and most
prestigious business accrediting body in the world. Of the estimated
9,000 business schools worldwide, less than 10 percent, 554 as of Jan. 1,
2008, are accredited by AACSB International.
To maintain accreditation, business programs must meet the
expectations of a wide range of quality standards relating to the
strategic management of resources, student admission and retention
practices, interactions of faculty and students in the educational process,
professional development of faculty, and the assessment of learning
outcomes in degree programs to assure quality. The successful completion
of a maintenance review means that Clarion’s business degree programs
meet AACSB International’s rigorous standards.
Eighteen Inducted Into Beta Gamma Sigma
Clarion University recently inducted 18 of its business students
into the Clarion chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, an international
honor society for the best business students in the world. Induction
into the society is a high honor, with only students ranking in the
top seven percent of their junior class, top 10 percent of their senior
class, and top 20 percent of master’s programs at schools accredited
by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB) eligible for invitation to join this society.
Small Business Center Recognized For Services
The year 2007 was one of recognition for the Clarion University Small Business
Development Center (SBDC). One recognition fell within a wider area of coverage with
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson naming the
Pennsylvania SBDC a 2007 Energy Star Small Business Network Special Award winner.
The award recognized the Pennsylvania SBDC’s Environmental Management Assistance
Program for its success in helping small businesses across Pennsylvania to improve their
energy efficiency, and highlight the program’s commitment to energy savings.
Earlier this year Carl Knoblock, district director of the United States SBDC,
Pittsburgh District, recognized Dr. Woodrow Yeaney, director of Clarion University’s
SBDC, and his Clarion SBDC staff for producing the highest numbers during 2006 in
capital formation and consulting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued two
“Award of Excellence” documents to show their appreciation for the continuous effort of
the Clarion University SBDC to provide a wide range of services to small businesses. The
SBA also commended the Clarion SBDC for tireless dedication and strong commitment
to serve America’s small businesses.
Regional Partnership Receives $250,000 Kiz Grant
A regional partnership of four colleges and universities, including Clarion
University, and four economic development organizations in northwest Pennsylvania,
has received a grant of $250,000 from Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and
Economic Development to establish the Northwest Pennsylvania Keystone Innovation
Zone (NWPA KIZ). The counties involved are Crawford, Mercer, Warren and Clarion.
Clarion Hosting Douglass Graduate Assistants
Seven graduate students from throughout the U.S. and three foreign countries are
working as graduate assistants at Clarion University this year through the Frederick
Douglas Graduate Assistants Program.
The Frederick Douglass Graduate Assistantships help to diversify the racial
composition of Clarion’s graduate student population. The university will offer
assistantships to qualified students at historically Black colleges and universities wishing
to pursue a master’s degree in one of Clarion’s graduate programs. The awards will be
made on an annual basis and will be renewable for a second year.
Dede, Grunenwald Participate In Pbcohe Conference
Dr. Brenda Dede, assistant vice president for academic affairs at Clarion University,
completed her two-year term as president of the Pennsylvania Black Conference on
Higher Education (PBCOHE) when the organization held its 38 th annual conference,
Febrary 27-March 1, 2008, at the Marriot City Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Clarion University President Joseph Grunenwald moderated a presidential forum on
“Back to Basics,” the theme for the conference.
PBCOHE was founded in 1970, when the Honorable K. Leroy Irvis, then minority
leader of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, convened a
conference of African American college presidents, vice presidents, deans, department
chairs, directors, instructors, and other political leaders and professionals to provide
needed input in the formation of a master plan for higher education in Pennsylvania.
PBCOHE’s role is to ensure equal education for African Americans and other underrepresented
groups in the Commonwealth. Irvis became speaker of the house in 1976,
the first Black speaker of a state house in post reconstruction America.
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Fraternities, Sororities Recognized At NGLA
Representatives of Clarion University’s fraternity
and sorority community left the 2008 Northeast
Greek Leadership Association Annual Conference in
Hartford, Conn., with more than just programming
ideas, new organizational management models
and possible change initiatives. This year, they left
with four awards recognizing the community’s
accomplishments in various aspects of operation and
one individual was recognized as a Greek Leader of
Distinction.
The fraternity and sorority community received
Gamma Sigma Alpha National Greek Academic
Honor Society’s Academic Excellence Award for
Spring 2007. This award is presented to the Greek
Community whose GPA is the highest above their
campus undergraduate GPA.
The Panhellenic Council (PHC) received three
Division II Programming Excellence Awards for
Academic Achievement, Continuous Open Bidding
and Philanthropy and Community Service.
“I was very excited that we received these awards,
they are result of a lot of people doing a lot of hard
work,” said Maria D’Ascenzo, PHC President.
“It’s been close to 10 years since Clarion’s Greek
community has received this kind of recognition. I’m
very proud of all we have done.”
Ariel Weaver, immediate past PHC Vice-
President of Recruitment & Public Relations and a
member of Phi Sigma Sigma, was one of 10 students
in the Northeast recognized as a Greek Leader of
Distinction. The Greek Leader of Distinction Award
seeks to recognize outstanding students whom
exemplify the ideals of sorority and/or fraternity
membership in their daily lives. Additional recipients
were from Bryant University, Gannon University,
Lehigh University, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, New York University, the University of
Rhode Island and William Paterson University.
Reacting to her selection, Weaver said “I was so
proud that the Council won awards, I was totally
surprised when my name was called. I had no idea.
I originally joined Phi Sigma Sigma for the more
social aspects and to make friends, but it has become
so much more and provided me with so many
opportunities I never thought I would have. I’m just
very thankful for my experiences.”
Two members of the Office of Campus Life’s staff
were involved with this year’s conference.
Michelle Marchand, Office of Campus Life
Graduate Assistant, was selected to serve as a member
of the conference’s graduate staff and Shawn Hoke,
assistant director of Campus Life, served as a Values
Institute facilitator.
Marchand was also selected to present two
programs, one on the Millennial Generation and one
on recruitment with Weaver.
“I am just so proud of our fraternities and
sororities right now,” said Hoke. “During my
tenure as Greek advisor, the fraternity and sorority
community has faced more than its fair share of
challenges. But the students never gave up and they’ve
never stopped trying to make things better. It’s nice
to see their hard work recognized among the best in
the Northeast.”
NGLA was created in August of 2000 as a result
of a merger between the Northeast Interfraternity
Conference and the Northeast Panhellenic
Conference. NGLA exists to promote the founding
principles and positive traditions of all Greek letter
organizations through opportunities that encourage
learning and leadership for the Northeast region.
Greek Alumni To Work For Headquarters
In a span of just under three months, two
Clarion University alumni have gone to work for
their respective fraternity and sorority headquarters.
Justin Dandoy (’08) is one of the newest Leadership
Consultants for Phi Delta Theta and Jennifer Feicht
(’96) is Phi Sigma Sigma’s first Alumnae Relations
Consultant.
Dandoy recently made a two-year commitment
to Phi Delta Theta and currently serves chapters in
the western United States and Canada. Thus far, he
has visited the University of Kentucky, the University
of Texas El Paso, the University of New Mexico,
Northern Arizona University and California State
University, Northridge.
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“I wanted to join staff because Phi Delta Theta
has done a lot for me and I wanted to give something
back,” said Dandoy. “Despite the 24-hour drive from
Oxford, Ohio, to El Paso, Texas, I’m having a great
time. But even then, I was able to learn Spanish and
Japanese from a 10-disc CD set.”
As an undergraduate, Dandoy served as president,
secretary, warden and new member educator in his
chapter and was president, vice president of risk
management & member education and secretary
of the Interfraternity Council. Additionally, he was
Student Senate President, Mr. CU 2004, and was
recognized as both the Greek Man of the Year and a
Northeast Greek Leadership Association Greek Leader
of Distinction in 2006.
“The experiences I had at Clarion in my chapter,
with the Interfraternity Council and in the classroom
made my transition into this position easy,” said
Dandoy. “But I do miss Clarion and my chapter
brothers.”
Feicht’s new position was created to forge
even stronger ties between Phi Sigma Sigma and its
alumnae membership.
“We are 100 percent committed to providing our
alumnae with a meaningful membership experience
that transcends the college years,” said Michelle
Ardren, Phi Sigma Sigma Executive Director.
“Sisterhood in Phi Sigma Sigma is meant to be
enjoyed at every stage of a woman’s life. That’s why
this new position was created, to help our alumnae
stay connected and take advantage of the man benefit
we have to offer.”
Dandoy
“Alumnae are the foundation upon which Phi
Sigma Sigma is built and I am honored to work
on their behalf,” said Feicht. In addition to her
employment with Phi Sigma Sigma, Feicht also serves
the Chapter Key Advisor for the Gamma Gamma
chapter at Clarion and she currently serves a member
of the University’s Greek Alumni Committee.
“I am thrilled to accept this new role,” she said.
“I welcome suggestions on ways Phi Sigma Sigma can
best serve its alumnae members and ways for Clarion’s
Greek Alumni Committee to get other fraternity and
sorority alumni engaged with the Greek community.”
Dandoy and Feicht join Lisa Bria (’04), Delta
Zeta; Michael Carey (’92), Phi Sigma Kappa; Shawn
Hoke (’95), Kappa Delta Rho; Scott Johnson (’95),
Kappa Delta Rho; Bill Russo (’02), Theta Chi; and
James Spencer (’81), Alpha Chi Rho, as Clarion
University alumni who have worked, or currently
work, for their fraternity or sorority headquarters.
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CLARION AND BEYOND
Heeter: Even My Kitchen
Sink Goes To Clarion University
For retired secretary Roberta “Bobbi” Heeter,
supporting Clarion University is not something
she has to think about, it is something that she
must do. She recently decided to even give her
kitchen sink – and everything connected – to
Clarion.
Having already established a scholarship fund
in her own name, Heeter has decided to add
additional money to the scholarship by willing her
property to Clarion University, to be sold at the
time of her death.
Heeter retired in 2002 concluding a 28-year
career with Clarion University, as executive
associate in the office of the provost. At her
retirement, she created the Bobbi Scholarship
from her unused leave compensation.
The Bobbi Scholarship has already benefited
many Clarion University students, while paying
benefits to Heeter. The gift that created the
scholarship reduced the impact of taxes
she owed on her 2002 income, arranged a
guaranteed annual income for the rest of her life
from that gift, and supported her favorite charity,
Clarion University.
Now in retirement, Heeter continues to help
Clarion University.
“I’ve made arrangements for Clarion
University to receive my property at the time
of my death,” said Heeter. “I have no family
of my own and the property will be sold with
the proceeds going to the Bobbi Scholarship.
I would much rather have the money go to
help students and have my name live on in this
fashion.”
Heeter’s personal experiences drive her to
help Clarion’s students.
“My father passed when I was 14,” recalled
Heeter. “When I went to business college I had
to take out a PHEAA grant and use my father’s
Social Security benefits so I could afford to go
to college. I could have used a scholarship and
I remembered that fact when I had the extra
money at retirement.”
Heeter graduated from DuBois Business
College, DuBois, Pa., in 1969 with a secretarial
degree after starting out in the stenography
curriculum. Prior to graduation she was
recommended for and received an interview
at the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation in
DuBois. They offered her a position and she
joined them in April 1969, working there until
1973, when she was hired at Clarion University.
“I spent over a quarter of a century at Clarion
University,” said Heeter. “I will always have
devotion for Clarion University and its students.
All of what I have done and continue to do will
help students. It makes me feel good to know
that what I have established will continue to help
students into the future.”
The H. Roberta “Bobbi” Heeter scholarship
was established to provide financial support
for Clarion University students who are the
dependent children of widows or widowers.
Candidates must be an incoming freshman,
dependent child of widow or widower, show
financial need, and achieve a good high school
academic credential. It is awarded once every
four years and will continue to support the same
student throughout their undergraduate career
provided they maintain a 2.5 cumulative grade
point average.
“I would much
rather have the
money go to help
students and have
my name live on in
this fashion.”
Bobbi Heeter
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Venango Campus Honors Program
The Honors Program students and Venango Campus
Honors Council kicked off the semester with a breakfast.
Pictured from left to right are: Front row - Thomas Meier,
Debra Carbaugh, Amy Lewis, Dr. David Lott, Gretchen
Cochran, Lori Secor, Katelyn Monrean, and Marvin Wilson.
Back row - Dr. Christopher Reber, Professor Lana Smith,
Professor Renee Bloom, Kay Ensle, Dr. Ellen Foster,
Professor Joyce Keenan, and Professor Rick Steinmann.
In Full Swing
In just its second semester, the Honors Program
at Clarion University–Venango Campus has grown to
14 students and more are joining the ranks. Students
range in age from the traditional college freshman
to the returning adult student who has learned from
experience the value of a college education.
A college Honors Program is designed to enhance
the collegiate experience through special classes and
activities designed to stimulate intellectual interest,
social interaction, and creativity. Students explore
subjects in depth, working closely with faculty on
projects, in classrooms, and in informal settings such
as cultural events that stimulate thoughtful discussions
among the participants.
“The out-of-class interaction of students and
faculty is a key component of an Honors Program,”
said Dr. David Lott, assistant professor of biology and
coordinator of the program. “Because of the diversity
in age of the Venango Campus student population,
we have a distinct advantage in that a broad range of
interests and backgrounds are brought to the table,
allowing for lively and interesting discussions.”
Lori Secor, a 29-year-old nursing major, described
a field trip to a musical performance in Pittsburgh in
the fall semester.
“The show was very good, but the conversation
on the way down and back was the best part of the
trip. The Honors Program gives us a chance to talk to
people of different ages about a wide range of topics.
For instance, I don’t know much at all about politics,
but I am passionate about the environment. Another
student and I got into a great conversation on the trip
home. He taught me a lot I didn’t know about politics,
but I was able to share with him what I’ve learned by
working so closely with my biology professor, Lola
Deets, on my Honors project about recycling. We both
learned something valuable.”
Spring field trips include a performance of the
Broadway musical, “The Big Bang,” in Pittsburgh;
The Who’s ’60s rock-opera, “Tommy,” at the Clarion
campus; and Arthur Miller’s play about the Salem
witch hunt, “The Crucible,” in Cleveland. Students are
also encouraged to take advantage of cultural events
offered on campus, such as the independent film series
and the satellite seminar lecture series offered by Phi
Theta Kappa international honor society.
Acceptance into the Honors Program is based upon
admission to Clarion University, proof of academic
achievement, a written essay, a successful interview
with Honors Committee faculty, and
evidence of academic or intellectual achievements.
Students complete four courses of Honors coursework,
acquire a set number of hours in the co-curricular
program, and complete a “Capstone Project” that
is an in-depth research assignment that is presented
at Honors Night. Students are also recognized at
graduation and receive the designation “With Honors”
on their college transcripts.
Some students enter the program upon admission,
while others are recommended by their college
professors, but all acknowledge that it is an honor
that challenges them to further achievement.
One of the newest members of the group is John
Hamm, a first-semester applied technology student
from Warren, Pa., enrolled in the electric utility
technology concentration. He was recommended by
his English professor, Dr. Ellen Foster.
“It’s really rewarding to be part of the Venango
Campus Honors Program, and I’m honored that Dr.
Foster thought enough of me to recommend me.
Being in the program encourages me to hold my
standards higher, to come to campus to events and to
meet people, to do things I might not otherwise do.”
Lori Secor agrees. “When I was in high school, I
didn’t get very good grades,” she said. “I was absolutely
ecstatic to be invited to participate in the Honors
Program. It’s a reason to become more involved on
campus and in the community. And graduating with
honors…that will be really cool.”
Other Honors Program students include
respiratory care major Zachary Bernard; nursing
majors Debra Carbaugh, Gretchen Cochran, Joseph
Ion, Amy Lewis, Thomas Meier, Daniele Merryman,
and Virginia Proper; radiologic sciences major Katelyn
Monrean; finance major Tifinie Haber; criminal justice
major Christopher Morgan, and information systems
major Marvin Wilson.
Oversight for the Honors Program is provided
by the Venango Campus Honors Council. Members
are Emily Aubele, Latrobe Barnitz, Professor Renee
Bloom, Kay Ensle, Dr. Carie Forden, Dr. Ellen Foster,
Jerri Gent, Professor William Hallock, Professor Beth
Jackson, Professor Joyce Keenan, Kelly Lander, Dr.
Christopher Reber, Dr. Hallie Savage, Professor Lana
Smith, and Professor Rick Steinmann.
C o n s t r u c t i o n P r o j e c t s A t C l a r i o n U n i v e r s i t y –
Work will soon begin on the restoration and
enhancement of West End Pond. Dating back to
the 19th century, the pond is an important natural
resource for the Venango County area and is a
treasured community landmark.
Over the spring and summer, it will be returned
to its original size and depth and enhanced with
amenities to create recreational opportunities for
students and the community. These will include
lighted walkways, a pavilion, picnic benches, a foursided
Victorian clock, a new bridge, a fire pit, and
landscaping.
Funding for the restoration was raised from
many external sources including the Venango County
Commissioners through the Growing Greener II and
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liquid fuels tax program, the Samuel Justus Charitable
Trust and related trusts, donations from Hank and
Beverly Suhr, Nancy Cubbon, Libby Williams,
National City Bank, and grants from Pennsylvania’s
Department of Community and Economic
Development, the PA Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources (DCNR), and others.
The firm of Herbert, Rowland, & Grubic,
Inc. engineered the project. Chivers Construction
of Fairview is the general contractor, and electrical
construction is being provided by Bronder Technical
Services, Inc., of Butler.
Construction is expected to commence in fall
2008 on the fourth and fifth buildings of the planned
seven-building student apartment complex located
directly across from the campus on West First Street.
A three-story building is made possible by Joyce
and Mike Hughes, who have also funded Edward V.
and Jessie L. Peters Hall and Michael F. and Joyce
I. Hughes Hall. A two-story building is funded by
an anonymous donor. The buildings will be ready
for occupancy in fall 2009. Both facilities, like the
three existing apartment buildings in the complex,
will be fully furnished and handicap-accessible and
will include a kitchen, laundry facilities, four single
bedrooms, and a living room/dining area.
These buildings will bring total Venango student
apartment occupancy to 92. All of the buildings in
the Venango apartment complex are funded through
private donations and are owned and operated by the
Clarion University Foundation, Inc.

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sterilized separately and then combined and sealed in a sterile environment to produce the
finished product.
Pharmaceutical Challenges
American Home Products Corp. (known today as Wyeth) recruited Bauer in 1997
as Senior Director of Packaging Services where he managed all pharmaceutical, overthe-counter,
vaccine, and biologics package development and specification at multiple
sites throughout the world. The position required the integration of separate packaging
groups at Wyeth Laboratories, Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Whitehall Robbins, and Lederle
Laboratories into a single worldwide packaging department.
Working with familiar over the counter products like Robitussin®, Advil®, and
Chapstick®, as well as prescription pharmaceutical products, vaccines, and biologics,
Bauer led efforts in the design, vendor selection, and implementation of all types of
pharmaceutical packaging. His group designed and implemented the first computer-based
distributed, real time specification system in the pharmaceutical industry for American
Home Products (Wyeth) corporate departments and 14 manufacturing locations in
the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada. His group also developed new packages for female
hormone replacement therapy and for new drugs used in organ transplantation. His group
designed the packaging for Enbrel®, a biologic drug used for the treatment of rheumatoid
arthritis and other immune system diseases.
A Clear Vision
Bauer joined Bausch and Lomb Corporation in 2001 as director of global packaging
where he was responsible for all medical device, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaging
worldwide.
Significant developments included the design and qualification of a PET bottle for
contact lens solutions, new closures for contact lens products, new contact lens packaging,
packaging for vitamins worldwide (Ocuvite/Preservision), and the development of
packaging for a drug delivery implant for eye disease.
Retired, But Not Retired
Although he took an early retirement from Bausch and Lomb in 2006, Bauer doesn’t
reflect the traditional retirement. He stays active as a consultant, lecturer, and writes
frequently for professional publications.
“When I got out of Clarion, plastics and polymers technology was held in industry
and not in the university. The wide-scale application of plastics in packaging was just
being developed,” he said. “I was fortunate to have a solid degree in Chemistry from
Clarion that opened the door to this field. It was a tremendous on-the-job education. I
feel very fortunate in looking back at my career.”
He also maintains an interest in his alma mater, returning for both his TKE reunions
and meeting with current students. “I’ve been back a couple of times and met with
students in the American Chemical Society and helped teach a chemistry class. I want
to help students understand the many options they have with a career in chemistry after
graduation.”
His advice is as simple on the surface as his packaging designs.
“Students need to realize that it is up to them to take their education and make
something happen,” continued Bauer. “You have to be committed, work hard, and believe
in your education and yourself”.
V e n a n g o C a m p u s
Clarion University Alumni Calendar
April, 2008
Wednesday, April 16
New Jersey Alumni Event at The Paris
Inn, 1292 Alps Road, Wayne, NJ., 7
p.m.-9 p.m. www.theparisinn.com. Cost
$20.00 per person. For more information
or to RSVP, please contact Brooke
Murray, Asst. Director of Alumni Relations
& Annual Fund at 814-393-2572 or
bmurray@clarion.edu.
Friday, April 18
Men’s Basketball Golf Outing at
Pinecrest Golf Course, Brookville, Pa., 11
a.m. registration; 12 p.m. Shotgun start;
Lunch included. For more information or to
RSVP, please contact Norbert Baschnagel
at 814-226-5098 or nbaschnagel@clarion.
edu.
May, 2008
Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4
Alumni Weekend- Classes being
honored are: 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973,
and 1983. For more information, please
contact Theresa Martin at 814-393-2572
or tmartin@clarion.edu
Tuesday, May 6
CUAA Board of Directors meeting, 4:30
p.m., at Venango Campus
Saturday, May 10
Fran Shope Women’s Golf Classic
For more information, please contact Ken
Nellis, at knellis@clarion.edu or 814-393-
1832.
June, 2008
Saturday, June 28
Fifth Annual TKE Golf Outing
Please contact Bob Dornan at 814-371-
0724 or bobdornan450@hotmail.com to
register or for more information.
June 28 - July 5, 2008
PA State System of Higher Education
Alumni & Friends Canada/New
England
(Cruise and 2-night pre-cruise optional
Montreal land portion). For more
information and reservations, please call
our PASSHE Travel Partners at Cruisin’
Inc./Main Line Vacations at 800-506-
7447 (Craig ext. 103; Christie ext. 107).
CLARION AND BEYOND
August, 2008
Saturday, August 2
1867 Circle Event at Foxburg
By invitation only. For more information,
please contact Brooke Murray at
814-393-1784 or bmurray@clarion.edu.
August 6-16
PA State System of Higher Education
Alumni & Friends Hawaii. Sail aboard
the Pride of America roundtrip from
Honolulu to Kaua’i, Maui, O’ahu and The
Big Island. For more information and
reservations, please call our PASSHE
Travel Partners at Cruisin’ Inc./Main Line
Vacations at 800-506-7447 (Craig ext.
103; Christie ext. 107).
September, 2008
Friday, September 5
Clarion University Athletics Golf
Tournament at Clarion Oaks. For more
information, please contact Dede Van
Epps at 814-393-1997.
Saturday, September 13
Family Day- Clarion Golden Eagles vs.
Mansfield University at 6 p.m.
September 29 - October 11, 2008
PA State System of Higher Education
Alumni & Friends Black Sea/Holy
Lands
Discover the magic of the Mediterranean.
More than 25 centuries of history, art
and culture. For more information and
reservations, please call our PASSHE
Travel Partners at Cruisin’ Inc./Main Line
Vacations at 800-506-7447 (Craig ext.
103; Christie ext. 107).
October, 2008
Friday, October 3
Clarion University Alumni Association
Distinguished Awards Banquet, T.B.A.
Saturday, October 4
Homecoming! Clarion Golden Eagles
vs. California University at 2 p.m.
Friday, October 3-5
Clarion University Black Student
Reunion. For more information, please
contact Angela Groom-Brown at
lashonlashon@earthlink.net
Watch for updates at www.clarion.edu/alumni.edu
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors
Kenneth M. Jarin, chairman, C.R. “Chuck” Pennoni, vice chair, Aaron A. Walton, vice
chairman, Rep. Matthew E. Baker, Marie A. Conley Lammando, Paul S. Dlugolecki, Daniel P.
Elby, Ryan Gebely, Rep. Michael K. Hanna, Sen. Vincent J. Hughes, Kim E. Lyttle, Joshua
A. O’Brien, Joseph M. Peltzer, Guido M. Pichini, Gov. Edward G. Rendell, Sen. James J.
Rhoades, Christine J. Toretti Olson, Gerald L. Zahorchak
Council of Trustees
Syed R. Ali-Zaidi, Susanne A. Burns, H. John Drayer, Richard R. Hilinski, secretary, R. Lee
James, chairperson, James Kifer, Howard Shreckengost, vice chairperson, Jeff Szumigale,
Judy G. Hample, chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, ex-officio,
Aimee Zellers, student trustee.
National City Bank representatives visit West End Pond prior to its restoration.
(Identification, left to right: Kim E. Lyttle, Senior Vice President, National City Bank; Christopher
M. Reber, Executive Dean, Venango Campus; Debra D. Sobina, Director of Finance and
Administration, Venango Campus; Lisa Lynch, Vice President and Oil City Branch Manager,
National City Bank; and Eric Funk, Market President, National City Bank
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Richard Malacarne, president (’63), Patrick Kahle, president-elect (’92), Andrew A. Restauri,
treasurer (’86), Teresa F. Wood, secretary (’95, ’96, ’97), Wendy A. Clayton Gonzalez (’85),
Robert A. Dandoy (’74), Merrilyn Dunlap (’93), Dr. Samuel A. Farmerie (’54), Peggy L. (Norris)
Frye (’67), Susan (Reft) Goble (’80), Terry Koelsch (’64), Lois Linnan (’56), Leif R. Logue (’92,
’96), Rosemary (Cherico) Neiswonger (’91), Paul D. Palmer (’61), Fred S. Port III (’89, ’99),
John T. Pulver (’95), Donald E. Reno (’55), Mary Rose (Vescio) Reno ’55, Dr. Frank Rocco (’62),
Lt. Col. Brian Schill (’88), Christine L. Spencer (’94), and David K. Reed, president of Eagle
Ambassadors.
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alumni notes
1963
William and Alexis (Rutka ’70)
Monzo reside in North Versailles, Pa.
William is an American government
and sociology instructor at University
School in Pittsburgh, Pa., his 44 th year
in education. They visited Central
Europe and Yellowstone National
Park this past summer. They have two
children, Angelo and Tony.
1966
Bernadette (Zacherl) Newlon retired
after teaching 40 years. She taught the
deaf in Los Angeles Unified School
District for 28 years. Bernadette resides
in Sun Valley, Calif., with her husband,
Michael. She has one son, Ilja Magura.
1967
Bob (M.Ed. ’72) and Deborah
(McElhattan ’92) Singer reside in
New Bethlehem, Pa. They have three
children, Amy, Joni, and Chad. Bob is
a retired elementary school principal
from Redbank Valley School District.
He owns Bob Singer Photography.
1970
Alexis (Rutka) and William Monzo
(’63) reside in North Versailles, Pa.
William is an American government
and sociology instructor at University
School in Pittsburgh, Pa., his 44 th year
in education. They visited Central
Europe and Yellowstone National
Park this past summer. They have two
children, Angelo, and Tony.
Karen (Wiesenberger) Holloway
resides in Macungie, Pa. She has
two children, Jason and Marc Shea.
Holloway is a speech language therapist
and also president of Carbon Lehigh
Education Association.
1973
David Catanzaro retired as a special
education teacher after 34 years in
Clearfield and West Branch School
Districts. He resides in Morrisdale, Pa.,
with his wife, Jane. They have three
children, Brian, Jason, and Bethany.
Dianna (Staschak) Markiewicz is
retired after 20 years as an elementary
school nurse in Derry Area School
District, Derry, Pa. She resides in
Latrobe, Pa., with her husband, David.
They have three children, Daniel,
Douglas, and Dawn.
Teresa (Halula) Murphy resides in
Natick, Mass. She is an executive
assistant at Longfellow Benefit, with
business designations in CLU, ChFC,
and CASL for the insurance and
financial service industry. She is an
amateur theatre performer and also
likes to travel.
1978
Bruce Holsopple is president of
Somerset County Oldtimer’s Baseball
Association. He resides in Stoystown,
Pa. He has three children, Todd, Joel,
and Erin.
alumni spotlight
Rogal Edits Lewis Collection
Samuel Rogal (’56) edited and released The Short Stories of
Sinclair Lewis, the first effort to collect the full range of short stories
written by Sinclair Lewis.
The collection begins with three published pieces covering a range
of four and one half decades. Rogal’s purpose for compiling the works
was, “For people to observe the progress and development of a writer
from the morning to the dark night of his or her literary career.”
Rogal is emeritus faculty at Illinois Valley Community College,
Oglesby, Ill., where he was chair of the division of Humanities and Fine
Arts. He is the author of many books and articles, some of the more
recent published works include A 3-Volume Guide to the Characters
in the Novels, Short Stories, and Plays of Sinclair Lewis and his index
to the Biblical References, Parallels, and Allusions in the Poetry and
Prose of John Milton.
Rogal resides in LaSalle, Ill., with wife, Susan, and two sons,
Geoffrey and James.
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1979
Timothy Eayre and his wife, Dawna,
reside in Clarksville, Tenn., with their
children, Ashley and Emily. Timothy
is GS-14 chief, Information Assurance
Division, directorate of information
management, United States Army, Fort
Campbell, Ky.
1981
Elizabeth Manitsas has her master’s
degree in business administration
from Thunderbird School of
Global Management. She resides in
Longmeadow, Mass., with her son,
Niko.
1984
Mary (Daniels) Tarbell works as a
child therapist for Mynd Works, Inc.
She resides in Harrisburg, Pa., with her
husband, Ken, and children, Cris and
Kyle.
1985
Sharon (Lynch) Culotta is a
coordinator for Undergraduate
Programs Department of Animal
Sciences at the University of Arizona.
She resides in Marana, Ariz.
Susan (Reichard) Pyne is a school
psychologist for Suffolk Public Schools
and at Chesapeake Public Schools. She
received her Ed.S. in school psychology
from the College of William and Mary.
Susan resides in Suffolk, Va., with
her husband, Clifford. They have two
children, Robert and Jessica.
1986
Perry Rearick is retired from the U.S.
Army, where he served for 26 years. His
last Army assignment was as professor
of military science at Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania. Perry
resides in Millcreek, Pa., with his wife,
Patricia, and two daughters.
1987
Doris Dick is an assistant director
of administrative operations at the
University of Pittsburgh Office of
Child Development. She resides in
Pittsburgh, Pa., with her spouse,
Sharon Geibel.
Elizabeth (Griffin) Wilson is
a physical therapist assistant at
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital.
She resides in Kittanning, Pa., with
her husband, Michael. She has two
children, Tyler and Danny Quast.
Teryl (Rodkey) Cartwright published
her first fiction novel, A Sensible Match,
on Dec. 30, 2007. She also has a play,
Good Friday Grace, set for release in
2008.
1988
Edward May is the director of
corporate governance for Tyco
International Ltd. He resides in
Stockton, N.J., with his wife, Anne,
and daughters, Caroline, and Sophia.
They own a horse farm, two chocolate
labs, and barn cats.
Michael Hartsell is a retired paramedic
after 23 years. He is currently working
for Bethesda Medical Center as a
monitor technician. Michael is also
going back to school for his RN degree.
He resides in Boynton Beach, Fla.
1989
Jacalynn (Voigt) Karenbauer teaches
science for North Hills School District.
She earned her National Board
Certification for Teachers in Early
Adolescent Science. She resides in
Butler, Pa., with her children, Lauren,
Matthew, and Andrew.
John Brion is an assistant clinical
professor at Duke University School of
Nursing. He earned his doctorate from
Ohio State University in March 2007.
He resides in Durham, N.C., with his
partner, Dave Thomas.
Mimi Benjamin (’96) resides in
Ithaca, N.Y. She recently accepted
a new position as associate director
for Faculty Programs in Residential,
Cornell University. She received the
Betty Harrah Manuscript of the Year
Award from the Association of College
and University Housing Officers
International in July 2007.
1990
Joan (Altman) Allio teaches eighth
grade language arts for Cuyahoga Falls
Board of Education. She resides in
Stow, Ohio, with her husband, Brian,
and children, William and Benjamin.
1992
Amy (Vogel) Jones is a business
systems consultant, treasury services
for Wachovia Bank. She resides in

McDowell Authors Book
Earl McDowell
(’65) released a book
entitled, America’s
Great Gun Game:
Gun Ownership vs.
Americans’ Safety.
The book
addresses the popular
topic of gun violence
in America and has
been purchased by
a number of public
and academic
libraries, including
three law libraries.
McDowell has hosted
three book signings,
gained recognition
at numerous
conferences, and
received a great deal
of positive feedback.
“The title was determined after the book was written,”
said McDowell. “This title articulates the essence of the
book. The content of the book is designed to challenge the
reader to be an active reader. I do this by asking readers to
take a pretest on the gun issue. I also ask them to rate their
attitudes toward the Second Amendment, gun movements,
guns and women, guns and children, handguns, conceal
and carry laws, and to take a posttest.”
“The book is written as an informative and persuasive
document. Quotations are used at the beginning of the
chapters and throughout to highlight and reinforce the
differences between gun control advocates and gun rights
supporters. In addition, most chapters begin with a series of
open-ended and/or closed-ended questions to encourage
the reader to think about the topics before reading about
them.”
McDowell is a professor of scientific and technical
communication and the director of graduate studies for
the MS program in scientific and technical communication
at the University of Minnesota. He also is the author of the
award-winning textbook, Interviewing Practices for Technical
Writers.
He has published more than 60 articles in communication
journals.
Gilbertsville, Pa., with her daughter,
Elizabeth.
Becky (Slagle ’93) East teaches fourth
grade for Frederick County Public
Schools. She resides in Martinsburgh,
W.Va., with her husband, Vernie, and
daughter, Kylee-Anne.
Deborah (McElhattan) and Bob
(’67, M.Ed. ’72) Singer reside in
alumni spotlight
New Bethlehem, Pa. They have three
children, Amy, Joni, and Chad. Bob is
a retired elementary school principal
from Redbank Valley School District.
He owns Bob Singer Photography.
Donald Henry resides in Osceola
Mills, Pa., with his wife, Holly, and
daughter, Grace.
Jennifer (Ibach) Wright is a customer
service manager for McKesson High
Volume Solutions. She resides in
Coatesville, Pa., with her children,
Christopher and Naomi.
1993
Denise Little resides in Palmyra, Pa.
She works in a Harrisburg crime lab
as a forensic multimedia specialist for
Pennsylvania State Police.
Noelle (Miller) Matiste is a substitute
for Boardman Schools. She resides in
Youngstown, Ohio with her husband,
Lance, and child, Mason.
Valerie (Zahniser) Ellenberger
teaches preschool for Peppermint Patch
Preschool. She resides in Mercer, Pa.,
with her adopted son, Mathew.
1994
Doug Demosi is a planning director
for Rutherford County Regional
Planning Commission. He passed
the American Institute of Certified
Planners exam in November 2007. He
resides in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with
his wife, Tracey, and children, Kelsie,
Annalise, and Dominic.
Elizabeth (Hagenbuch) Jeffries
teaches kindergarten for Uniontown
Area School District. She resides in
Uniontown, Pa., with her husband,
Keith, and children, Nina, Jesse, and
Jack.
Keli (Raybuck) Kosmiski resides in
Leeper, Pa., with her husband, Jason,
and daughter, Emma.
1995
Brent Lehamann resides in Frederick,
Md. He is an account executive and
mid-Atlantic territory manager for
Fujitsu Corporation of America.
Carrie (Lengauer) Gault is a human
resources coordinator for UPMC
Health System. She resides in Sandy
Lake, Pa., with her husband, Gary, and
children, Calvin and Izabella.
Gregory Clemenson is a chemical,
biological, and radiological nuclear
defense chief for Commandant of the
Marine Corps. He was promoted to
rank of master sergeant and transferred
to the Pentagon to work at HQ
Marine Corps in March 2007. He
received a navy commendation and
navy achievement medal for actions in
operation Iraqi Freedom I and II. He
CLARION AND BEYOND
resides in Quantico, Va., with his son,
Justin.
1996
Andrea (Zottola) and Joseph Clark
(’97) reside in Cranberry, Pa., with
their three children, Jadon, Natalia,
and Kylie. Joseph is a real estate
manager at Millcraft Industries.
Carrie (Wissinger) Short resides in
Brunswick, Ohio, with her husband,
Ben. She has been promoted to
assistant director of financial aid at
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio.
Mark Schmitt is a certified financial
planner and certified public
accountant. He resides in Marvin,
N.C., with his wife, Stephanie, and
children, Kayley and Mackenzie.
1997
Gina (Sleppy) Flebotte is a special
education coordinator at Western
Pennsylvania Child Care. She resides in
St. Petersburg, Pa., with her husband,
Shawn, and child, Brendan.
Joseph and Andrea (Zottola ’96)
Clark reside in Cranberry, Pa., with
their three children, Jadon, Natalia,
and Kylie. Joseph is a real estate
manager at Millcraft Industries.
1998
Alicia (Sprenkle) Miller is the director
of marketing for Rock Commercial
Real Estate. She resides in York, Pa.,
with her husband, Derek.
Jeff Levkulich is a morning and noon
anchor at WKBN-TV 27, the CBS and
Fox affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio. He
resides in Boardman, Ohio, with his
wife, Jennifer, and son, Mason.
Louann (Miller) and Matt Honacki
(’00, ’01) reside in Gaithersburgh,
Md., with their son, Henry. Louann
is a sales and marketing representative
and designer for Stonemark.
Dr. Nicole Roth teaches English,
writing and is research center director
at Bethel Park High School. She also is
an independent consultant curriculum
director for VLN Partners Pittsburgh,
Pa. Nicole earned her master’s and
doctorate degrees in instructional
technology from Duquesne University.
She resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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alumni notes
Smith Named
Outstanding Young
Teacher
Barbara Smith
(’04) of DuBois, Pa.,
a Clarion University
graduate student, and
a teacher at Brookville
Area High School,
Brookville, Pa., received
the Outstanding Young
Teacher Award from
the Pennsylvania
Council of Teachers
of Mathematics. The
award was presented
at the organization’s
annual meeting in King
of Prussia on Nov. 8,
2007.
Smith received her
degree in secondary
education/mathematics
in 2004 and is enrolled
in the master of
education/mathematics
smith
degree program.
Shawna Mukavetz,
a fellow teacher at Brookville, nominated her for the award.
Mukavetz presented the award to Smith at the council’s
banquet.
In her remarks, Mukavetz said, “Barbara is assigned
to work with middle and high school students who have
scored at or below basic on their PSSA test. She develops
individualized plans to remediate and support students in
their mathematics learning. The majority of her students have
a low socio-economic, rural background. I have observed
Barbara working with a group of students who have been
typically unsuccessful in their math classes. They often are
discouraged learners when they arrive in Barb’s classroom.
“By working hard to make a connection with each child,
Barb has ignited a desire to learn in her students. Students
who once hated school now make appointments to stay
after and get help with their homework. Barb also has
encouraged students with attendance problems to come to
school. I have seen them pass by her door each morning to
say, “hello,” and let Barb know they are in school today. She
rewards them sometimes with a pencil, but most importantly
it is her attention that rewards them.
“Barb is passionate about her students and deeply
interested in mathematics. She makes chit-chat with
students about fractals and why leap year is once every
four years. Barb is also an artist, musician, a community
volunteer, and a fabulous cook. She is reflective and childcentered
in her approach to teaching mathematics. She is
a fantastic collaborator with whom to share a lunch period,
and the kind of teacher I would want for my child.”
alumni spotlight
1999
Dani (Konchan) and Alvin Slaughter
reside in Davie, Fla., with their
daughter, Kira.
Lori (Mussler) and Stephen Turos
reside in Aliquippa, Pa., with their
daughter, Addison.
2000
Bobbi (Bothell) Rupp teaches
kindergarten for Freeport Area School
District. In 2007, she completed
her master’s degree in education at
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She
resides in Worthington, Pa., with her
daughter, Kailey.
Eric Guelcher is a health care analyst
at United Healthcare. He resides in
Costa Mesa, Calif.
Matt Honacki (M.B.A. ’01) and
Louann (Miller ’98) reside in
Gaithersburg, Md., with their son,
Henry. Louann is a sales and marketing
representative and designer for
Stonemark.
John Panella is a director of bands
and music instructor for Rochester
Area School District. He resides in
Rochester, Pa., with his wife, Heather.
Kristi (Knott) Moore is a
senior consultant at Ann Green
Communications. She resides in
Harrisburg, Pa., with her husband,
Doug.
Megan (Parks) and Dan Wells (’01)
reside in Erie Pa., with their daughter,
Allison. Megan teaches special
education at General McLane High
School.
2001
William Holmes and Erika (Pidro
’02) reside in New Kensington, Pa.,
with their daughter, Isabella.
Jennifer (Muns) Basinger teaches
sixth grade science at Ft. Meade for
Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
She earned a M.A.E., in middle school
science from University of Maryland
in May 2007. Jennifer resides in
Odenton, Md., with her husband,
Scott.
Dan Wells and Megan (Parks ’00)
reside in Erie Pa., with their daughter,
Allison. Megan is a special education
teacher at General McLane High
School.
2002
Adam Lohr resides in Newville, Pa.,
with his wife, Marsha, and daughter,
Madison.
Bethanie (Crosson) Freeman is
a pediatric coordinator, as well as
a speech language pathologist for
outpatient adult and pediatric clients
at Hanover Hospital Rehab Pediatric
Specialty Therapy. She resides in
Hanover, Pa., with her husband,
Michael, and children, Micah and
Rebekah.
Erika (Pidro) and William Holmes
(’01) reside in New Kensington, Pa.,
with their daughter, Isabella.
Rachael (Foflygen) Caskey is an
administrative assistant for KPMG
LLP. She resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
with her husband, John, and son, Evan.
2003
Ayesha Yousafzai resides in Peshawar,
Pakistan. She is a residence coordinator
at Duke University. She also has her
M.A. in student affairs in higher
education.
Jessica (Hunter) Anthony resides
in Titusville, Pa., with her husband,
Phillip, and children, Peyton and
Bailey. She is a caseworker for Venango
County Children and Youth Services.
2004
Amy (Betush) Epstein resides in
Pittsburgh, Pa., with her husband,
Sean, and son, Mitchell. She is a
speech/language pathologist for Penn
Hills School District.
Laine Mendelson is a high school
learning resource and mathematics
teacher at Salisbury-Elk Lick School
District. She also is preparing to attend
a masters program in special education.
She resides in Somerset, Pa.
Daniel Anderson and Madeline
(Baldizar ’05) reside in Gibsonia, Pa.
Madeline teaches kindergarten for Pine
Richland School District and Dan is a
stock broker.
Marci Pry resides in Sharpsville, Pa.
She is a funeral director for Donaldson-
Mohney Funneral Home. In 2005,
she earned an associates degree in
specialized technology in funeral arts
and sciences.
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2005
Cara Butera is a counselor at Cornell
Abraxas I. She resides in Clarion, Pa.
Emily Sproull is a public finance
associate for Municap Incorporation.
She resides in Curtis Bay, Md.
Jonathan and Jessica (Lowden ’06)
Stiffy reside in Canonsburg, Pa. He
is a laboratory technical manager for
Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. He
became certified as a quality process
analyst by the American Society for
Quality in December 2007.
Kelly Cavanaugh is a child
development specialist at UPMC’s
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She
resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Leah (Schumacher) and Glenn
Lovelace reside in Franklinville, N.Y.
Leslie (Rosano) Dennis resides in
Monaca, Pa., with her husband, Ryan.
Lindsay Brown is a speech language
pathologist/speech therapist for
Winston-Salem Forsyth County School
District. She resides in Winston-Salem,
N.C.
Madeline (Baldizar) and Daniel
Anderson (’04) reside in Gibsonia, Pa.
Madeline teaches kindergarten for Pine
Richland School District and Dan is a
stock broker.
Sherri (Rainelli) and Bob Bowser
reside in Waldorf, Md., with their
daughter, Allison. Sherri is a life
skills special education teacher for
Charles County Public Schools.
She also is a Best Buddies special
education advisor at La Plata High.
2006
Catherine Colligan is a staff accountant
for FSi. She resides in
Nashville, Tenn.
Jeremy Borkowski (M.Ed.’07)
resides in Boyers, Pa. He is a teacher
for gifted students at Moniteau
School District. He also earned his
M.Ed., from Clarion University in
2007.
Jessica (Lowden) and Jonathan
Stiffy (’05) reside in Canonsburg,
Pa. He is a laboratory technical
manager for Washington Penn
Plastic Co., Inc. He became certified
as a quality process analyst by the
American Society for Quality in
December 2007.
2007
Evan Carr resides in DuBois, Pa.
He is a videographer and DuBois
bureau chief for WJAC-TV.
Marriages
Doris Dick (’87) and Sharon
Geibel, May 19, 2007.
alumni spotlight
Karenbauer Earns
Certification
Jacalynn (Voigt ’89) Karenbauer has earned National
Board Certification from the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards.
Karenbauer has successfully completed the rigorous
assessment program, which illustrates advanced teaching
knowledge, skills, and practices. Teachers who choose to
participate in the program improve their teaching, advance
their students’ learning, and increase productivity of schools.
Less than two percent of the nation’s teaching population has
achieved the honor.
She earned a dual teaching certification in earth and space
science and general science from Clarion University. She has
taught ninth grade science at North Hills Junior High School
since 1994.
Karenbauer resides in Butler, Pa., with her husband, Thomas,
and children Lauren, Mathew, and Andrew.
Díaz y Díaz Spotlighted
In Newspaper Article
Marisa Díaz y Díaz (’93) of Whitestone, N.Y., a Spanish
teacher at Valley Stream Central High School, Valley Stream, N.Y.,
was featured in a spotlight article in the Long Island Teacher’s
Newspaper.
Díaz y Díaz, a
two-time nominee of
Who’s Who of American
Teachers, is dedicated
to her students and her
work. She is a LOTE
(Languages Other Than
English) advocate and
a LILT (Long Island
Language Teachers)
member. She has been
a volunteer assistant on
the Student Language
Competition Committee
for the past five years
and is currently the
director of the school’s
Díaz y Díaz
Latin Dance Practice Group. She has previously served as the
advisor of the Language Honor Society.
“Marisa’s daily lessons actively engage students each and
every day,” said her chairperson, Dan Saitta, of Valley Stream
Central High School. “Marisa employs countless techniques that
help students process and master the material, some of which
include cooperative learning, stations, gallery walks, use of
computer lab, use of library, and interviews.”
Díaz y Díaz is the daughter of Clarion University emeritus
faculty member Rafael Díaz y Díaz. She traveled extensively
with her parents to Mexico and Puerto Rico while growing
up. She graduated with a double degree in Spanish and child
psychology from Clarion, spending a summer abroad in Valencia.
As a graduate student, she spent a month in Costa Rica, later
returning to earn 21 credits in Latin American literature.
In 1996, Díaz y Díaz obtained her M.Ed. in Spanish from the
University of Pittsburgh. She moved to New York City and taught
at Syosset High School and H.B. Thompson Middle School
before taking the job at Valley Stream Central.
The article quotes Díaz y Díaz about loving teaching. “It keeps
me young and on my toes,” she is quoted. “I am following in my
parent’s footsteps . . . Dad’s legacy of the love of the language
and teaching. I have no regrets.”
John Panella (’00) and Heather
Stumpf, June 23, 2007.
Leah (Schumacher ’05) and Glenn
Lovelace (’05), June 23, 2007.
Madeline (Baldizar ’05) and Daniel
Anderson (’04), July 21, 2007.
Carrie (Wissinger ’96) and Ben Short,
Sept. 22, 2007.
alumni spotlight
Jennifer (Muns ’01) and Scott
Basinger, Nov. 10, 2007.
Births
Sherri (Rainelli ’05) and Bob Bowser
(’05), a daughter, Allison Rae, Sept.
18, 2007.
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Jennifer (Ibach ’92) Wright, a
daughter, Naomi Kathryn, Feb. 5,
2007.
Andrea (Zottola ’96) and Joseph
Clark (’97), twin daughters, Natalia
and Kylie, Feb. 2006.
Rachael (Foflygen’02) and Jon Caskey,
a son, Evan Grant, March 24, 2007.
Keli (Raybuck’ 94) and Jason
Kosmiski, a daughter, Emma Marie,
May 15, 2007.
Bethanie (Crosson ’02) and Michael
Freeman, a daughter, Rebekah Grace,
May 28, 2006.
Valerie (Zahniser ’93) Ellenberger, an
adopted son, Matthew, July 6, 2006.
Becky (Slagle ’93) and Vernie East, a
daughter, Kylee Anne, July 7, 2007.
Dani (Konchan ’99) and Alvin
Slaughter (’99), a daughter, Kira, Aug.
13, 2007.
Megan (Parks ’00) and Dan Wells
(’01), a daughter, Allison, Sept. 6,
2007.
Lori (Mussler ’99) and Stephen Turos
(’99), a daughter, Addison Nicole,
Sept. 16, 2007.
Marsha and Adam Lohr (’02), a
daughter, Madison Elizabeth,
Oct. 31, 2006.
Holly and Donald Henry (’92), a
daughter, Grace Elizabeth,
Nov. 9, 2007.
Jennifer and Jeff Levkulich (’98), a
son, Mason, Dec. 5, 2006.
Elizabeth (Hagenbuch ’94) and Keith
Jeffries, a son, Jack Andrew,
Dec. 7, 2006.
Gina (Sleppy ’97 ’98) and Shawn
Flebotte, a son, Brendan Shawn, 2006.
LouAnn (Miller ’98) and Matt
Honacki (’00, ’01), a son, Henry, Jan.
21, 2007.
Weinzierl
Guest
Speaks,
Hosts
Alumni
Gathering
Mike Weinzierl
Weinzierl
(’80), president and owner
of Professional Graphic Communications in Sewickley, Pa.,
was the guest speaker for the Clarion University American
Marketing Association meeting, Oct. 17, 2007, in Still Hall.
Weinzierl, who resides in Pittsburgh, Pa. with his wife,
Susan, also hosted an alumni gathering on Nov. 15, 2007, in
Cranberry Township at the Pittsburgh Marriot North.
Attending the alumni gathering were: Bob Neibel (’82),
Patrick O’Toole (’79), Chuck Lizik (’69), Mary Louise
Lizik (’70), Brian Schill (’88), Jim Amato (’93), Mike
Waite (’81) and Lisa Waite, Lee Rouse (’60), Rich
Piekarski (’81), Rick Hutton (’79), Tom MacDonald
(’88), Mike Petruska (’51), John Conner (’91),
Shawn (’80) and Jeanne (Deger ’82) McGorry, Dean
Lamanna (’81), Jean (Scott ’86) Wolf, Ken Nellis
(’86), and Dan Kohley (’84).
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alumni spotlight
Semple On Phi Sigma
Kappa Board
Wesley Semple (’66) has been named by Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity to fill a vacancy on the international
fraternity’s governing board, the Grand Council. The
announcement was made by Michael Carey (’92), the
fraternity’s executive director.
Semple was the founding brother of Phi Sigma Kappa’s
Nu Pentaton chapter, which has had a presence at Clarion
since 1964. Semple has taught at Shaler High School since
graduating from Clarion. He also is an adjunct professor at
LaRoche College in Pittsburgh. He holds a master’s degree in
geography from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Semple resides in Pittsburgh, Pa., with his wife, Susan, and
son, Wesley.
Tracey and Doug Demosi (’94), a son,
Dominic, Dec. 3, 2007.
Anne and Edward May (’88), a
daughter, Sophia, 2007.
Deaths
Sandra (Fogelson ’85) Adezio,
Jan. 16, 2007.
Benton Nulph (’48), Jan. 5, 2008.
Gerald Lawrence (’78), Jan. 7, 2008.
Francis Winkler (’67), Feb. 7, 2007.
Richard Wood (’73), Feb. 11, 2007.
Raymond Iadonato (’50),
April 7, 2007.
Patrica (Raskowski ’75) Aggen,
May 10, 2007.
Georiga (Blanchard ’65) Arey,
May 11, 2007.
Charles Valek (’65), June 9, 2007.
Douglas Smith (’85), Aug. 8, 2007.
Barbara (DeShong ’66) Brady,
Aug. 15, 2007.
Charles Herron Jr. (’51),
Aug. 27, 2007.
Melanie (Mummert ’82) Leavitt,
August 2007.
William Bratkovich (’41),
Sept. 10, 2007.
Dalton Barrett (’69), Sept. 25, 2007.
alumni spotlight
Joseph Szymkowiak (’63),
Oct. 4, 2007.
Marion Goodwill (’56), Oct. 17, 2007.
Alice (Crooks ’34) Geary,
Oct. 17, 2007.
Charles Belavic, Jr., (’62),
Oct. 21, 2007.
Rev. Christian Dahlberg (’75),
Oct. 23, 2007.
Jessie (Swarm ’37) Hubauer,
Oct. 29, 2007.
Sandra (Snow ’67) Unger,
Nov. 11, 2007.
Mary (Doverspike ’51) Russell,
Nov. 23, 2007.
George Hoffman (’49), Nov. 25, 2007.
Patrick Fitzgerald (’83), Nov. 27, 2007
Charlotte (Rankin ’73) Atwood,
Nov. 30, 2007.
Myra (Singer ’47) Strickler,
Dec. 19, 2007.
Bernardette (Hugus ’45) Crooks,
Dec. 31, 2007.
Dorthy Urmson, retired employee, 2007.
Earl Chalfant, retired faculty member,
2007.*
Jerry Clemens, retired CSA employee,
2007.
Marion Graham, retired public safety
dispatcher, Dec. 9, 2007.
*see full obituary on pages 21-22

Dr, William Snedegar,
retired faculty, Dec. 9,
2007. *
Regina Sacolic, retired
employee, Dec. 27,
2007.
Dr. Earl Chalfant
Homer Buzard (’49),
Jan. 19, 2008.
Dr. Frank Rocco
(’62), March 5, 2008.*
Walter Myers (’63).
Joy (Helenbrook ’45)
Sparks.
Paula Strogen (’94).
Peter Straub (’73).
Joseph Tutich (’74).
Dr. Earl Chalfant (’50), retired faculty member, died
October 8, 2007. He was a member of the education
department faculty from 1966 until his retirement in 1982.
He taught and served as supervisor of elementary student
teachers.
He was born Jan. 23, 1923, in Knob Noster, Mo., the son of
William Harold and Myrtle Madge Chalfant. He married Wavia
Alma Smeal Dec. 22, 1947. She preceded him in death Sept.
5, 2005.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a
cryptographer in the Signal Corps during World War II, in the
China-Burma-India theater from 1943-1945.
He was a graduate of Knob Noster High School and
attended God’s Bible School and Greenville College. He
received a bachelor’s degree in education from Clarion State
Teacher’s College. He earned his doctorate from Penn State
University.
While an undergraduate student at Clarion, Chelfant was
active in the Geography Club, ACE, The Clarion Call, Alpha Phi
Alpha, and Phi Sigma Pi.
He began his teaching career in the Valley Grove School
District in Franklin as an elementary teacher and later became
a principal in the district, then an elementary supervisor.
Following 16 years with the district, he accepted a position as
professor at Clarion State College.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in
Brookville. He was an active member of the Kiwanis Club
of Franklin and the Oil City Motorcycle Club. He enjoyed
photography, mechanics, woodworking, traveling, antiques,
and nature. He was an avid reader.
He was a nationally recognized expert restorer of antique
Indian motorcycles and invented a special clutch for Indian
Fours. He was president of the Antique Motorcycle Club of
America for one year and served as editor of their magazine
for four years. He also collected stationary steam engines.
He is survived by two daughters, Karen Denise Hogrefe
of Greenwood, Ind., and Rita June Joyce of Oil City; one
brother, Marvin Chalfant of Illinois; one sister, Thelma Chalfant
of Missouri; four grandchildren; and numerous nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by seven brothers and
sisters.
Dr. Frank Rocco
*see full obituary on pages 21-22
Dr. Frank Rocco (’62), 69, a member of the Clarion
University Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2004,
died March 5, 2008, at Community Memorial Hospital, Winona,
Minn.
Rocco earned his bachelor of science degree in elementary
education from Clarion University in 1962. His master’s degree
was from Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; doctorate
from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.; and he
completed postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota.
Licata Co-Owner Of Online
Broadcasting Company
Chuck Licata
(’85) is the business
manager and
co-owner of a
pioneering online
broadcasting
company called
K-MAC Sports
located in Austin,
Texas.
The company
was literally started
from scratch by
Licata and partner,
Kevin McAdams,
but is quickly
growing in popularity
throughout Central
Texas. They are
CLARION AND BEYOND
Chuck Licata (’85) (left), co-owner of K-MAC Sports,
is joined by Kansas City Royals baseball scout Gene
Watson as they co-host “The On-Deck Circle” baseball
on K-MAC Sports.
approaching their fourth anniversary and focused on expansion. In spring
2007, they launched a talk studio, called Studio 19. They also developed
a sister site, K-MAC Talk, which provides an outlet for non-sports-related
programming.
The duo decided to pursue the business because they knew they
could fulfill the job more sufficiently than that of other current sports radio
announcers, while making the broadcasts more meaningful and providing
a useful service to people. They met through AM 1300 The Zone during
high school football season, discovered parallel ambitions, and went on to
pursue their vision.
“The two main differences between us and (traditional) radio is the
broadcast. As opposed to radio where it’s just over the air, and it’s got a
little location, this is worldwide,” said Licata. “The other thing is that we
offer replay at anytime.”
They started with the broadcast of a Westwood High School baseball
game on March 22, 2004. “The actual broadcast went pretty well,” recalled
Licata about their first effort. “When people think back about how they built
a business from scratch, this literally was from scratch.”
K-MAC has experienced explosive growth. In November 2007, the
site recorded 139,532 unique visitors with 342,319 hits on the site, each
assumed to mean that two people are listening in on each hit.
During the past football season the station provided radio coverage of
five high school teams, covered high school baseball, and broadcasted
a number of motor sports events. This has resulted in a need for more
personnel.
“When we started looking at high school sports, we’re thinking, now
this is for the kids, first off,” said Licata. “This is to expose these kids to
opportunities they may not have had. Get them some publicity. Maybe get
a few more scouts looking at them.”
Licata would like to see K-MAC’s influence increase at the high school
level, to provide the opportunity for high school students to experience
what radio is like.
“This is kind of a life-changing thing in the sense that this is the legacy
I want to leave,” said Licata. “I hope K-MAC is always a company that
allows people to have a chance, and take a chance. I hope it continues to
be that opportunity for them that they wouldn’t get otherwise.”
Licata, who received his degree in communication, resides in Austin,
Texas, and is doing stints with Zone rival 1530 AM ESPN Austin.
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His first job following his graduation from Clarion was teaching in the
field of visual impairment at the Society of St. Vincent De Paul and
Sumner High School of St. Louis. He was superintendent at the Iowa
Braille and Sight Saving School, Vinton, Iowa, for three years.
In 1972, he joined the faculty of the special education department
at Winona State University. He retired in May 2007 as professor
emeritus. He completed visiting professorships at the University of
Hawaii; Tianshui Teachers College, Peoples Republic of China; and in
American Samoa.
In addition to serving on the Clarion University Alumni Association
Board of Directors, Rocco also was serving on the boards of the
Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota, Rochester, Minn., and Iowa Braille and
Sight Saving School Alumni.
Rocco was born Feb. 6, 1939, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late
Antonio and Anna (Talarico) Rocco. He is survived by his wife, Joyce
(White), whom he married on Dec. 14, 1963; three daughters, Paige
Olevich of Chicago, Ill., Tegen Kraemer of Stillwater, Minn., and Kristin
Neuman of Chanhassen, Minn.; six grandchildren; a brother, Joseph
(Gerry) Rocco of Pittsburgh; a sister, Cecelia Peroni of Pittsburgh;
and a sister-in-law, Delores Rocco of Mars, Pa.; and many nieces,
nephews, and other relatives.
His parents, three brothers, Dominic, Carmen, and Anthony
preceded him in death.
Memorials may be made to Clarion University.
Dr. William Snedegar
Dr. William Snedegar, 81, professor emeritus
of physics, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007.
Snedegar joined the Clarion University
faculty in 1967 as chair of physics at the urging
of President James Gemmell. He served as
department chair for the next 25 years. He also
served two terms as the APSCUF president for SNEDEGAR
Clarion University. He retired in 1992.
He was born Aug. 31, 1926, in Ward, W. Va., the son of William
Hurst Snedegar and Anna Rowe Neill, a cousin of General Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson. He attended Berea College in Kentucky before
joining the U.S. Army as an infantryman, receiving the rank of private
first class. He served in El Paso, Tex., and White Sands, N.M., where
he observed postwar testing of captured German rockets.
After three years in the U.S. Army, he attended West Virginia
University under the G.I. Bill, earning a master’s degree in physics.
He met his future wife, Barbara Watkins Dent, while attending West
Virginia. Both received their master’s degrees in 1948 and were married
shortly after graduating.
Snedegar’s first job after receiving his master’s degree was
as a physicist for the U.S. government at the National Bureau of
Standards in Washington, D.C. He was the youngest of a party of U.S.
government scientists sent to the island of Eniwetok to observe the
effects of the atomic bomb that was to be used to trigger the hydrogen
bomb.
He went on to earn his doctorate in physics from the University
of Kentucky and was invited by the United States State Department,
under the old International Cooperative Association, to teach in the
University of Indonesia at Bogor, Java. He remained there for four years
before returning to the United States to teach at Eastern Kentucky
College, Richmond, Kent. Four years later, he joined Parson College in
Fairfield, Iowa, as chair of the physics department.
Snedegar is survived by his wife, Barbara, of Clarion, Pa.; two sons,
Robert of Chantilly, Va., and Thomas of Titusville, Pa.; a sister, Virginia
Beran and her husband, Stan, of Greenville, S.C.; and a sister-in-law,
Janice Walls of Vienna, W.Va.

STEVEN P. DARBY
Men’s Swimming
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1993 Clarion University
Graduate-Math/Computer
Science
22-Time NCAA Division II
All-American - Free/Fly
5-Time NCAA D-II
Individual Runner-Up
12-Time PSAC Individual
Champion
1992 and 1993 PSAC “Swimmer Of The Year”
Five Clarion Records-200 Fly, 200 Free, 3 Relays
1993 Clarion Team Captain
1992: Clarion Placed second At NCAA D-II Nationals
1991: Clarion Placed third At NCAA D-II Nationals
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Women’s Basketball
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1994 Clarion University
Graduate-Psychology
1991-94: NCAA D-II
Record Three’s Made - 365
1991-94: NCAA D-II
Record Three’s
Attempted-1,028
1991-93: NCAA D-II Record Cons. Game Three’s-51
1991-94: Clarion second Career Points Scored-1,466
1994: Clarion & PSAC Record Three’s Made-110
1994: NCAA D-I Final Four - three-point shootout
1991-94: Clarion PSAC-West Champions
1991, ’92, ’94: Clarion PSAC Champions
1991, ’94: Clarion NCAA D-II “Elite 8”
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THOMAS D. KURTS
Football
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1968 Clarion University
Graduate-Geography
1964-67 RB/DB/Return
Specialist
1967: PSAC West Champs/
PSAC second place
1966: First Clarion PSAC
Championship (10-0)
1966: First Clarion PSAC-
West Championship
1967: 408 rushing yds, 30 catches, 681 yds, 8 td’s,
18.7 punt ret. avg., 3 interceptions
1964-67: 115 rushes, 808 yards (7.03 p/c), 6 td’s
1964-67: 46 catches, 1,019 yards (22.2 p/c), 12 td’s
1967: PSAC Baseball Championship Team
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CLARION
‘SPORTS HALL
OF FAME’
SET FOR FRIDAY
MAY 2, 2008
The Clarion University “Sports Hall of
Fame” Committee has announced that
six new members will be inducted as
the 20 th “Hall of Fame” Class in 2008.
Induction ceremonies are scheduled
for Friday, May 2, 2008, at Chandler
Dining Hall beginning at 6:30 p.m.
and all are invited to attend. A social
is set for 5 p.m. at Moore Hall (former
President’s residence) on campus.
Ticket orders are being handled by
Associate Athletic Director Wendy
Snodgrass, Room 111 Tippin
Gymnasium. Tickets are $35 per
person and are available by contacting
Snodgrass at 814-393-1989. Checks
should be made payable to Clarion
“Sports Hall of Fame”.
The new inductees include five
athletes and one honorary inductee
who also was an athlete at Clarion.
The five athletes include Steven P.
Darby (men’s swimming), Amy (Coon)
Miller (women’s basketball), Thomas
Kurts (football), Randy J. Miller
(wrestling) and Steve Witte (football).
Honorary inductee is Mary Lou
(Doverspike) Russell (Hall of Fame
Committee/tennis).
“We want to congratulate the new
inductees, as well as the Hall of Fame
Committee on another job well done,”
said third year Clarion Athletic Director
Dave Katis. “This will be another great
class of inductees who made a very
significant contribution to Clarion
Athletics during their time on campus.
We look forward to their induction on
May 2. ”
RANDY J. MILLER
Wrestling
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1981 Clarion University
Graduate-Elementary
Education
1978-81: Starter at
134-pounds
1978-81: Career Record
96-26-2; 29 Pins
1979 NCAA Division I
All-American-seventh
at 134 lbs.
1978, ’80, ’81: PSAC Champion-134 lbs.
1979, ’80: EWL Champion-134 lbs.
Miller Dual Meet Record 45-13-1
Miller 1978 PSAC Championship “OW”
Clarion Team Captain 1980, ’81
Clarion PSAC Champs 1978, ’81; EWL - 1980
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Football
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Grad-Accounting
1992-96: Running Back
1996: Clarion 11-3 Record;
NCAA “Final Four”
1996: Clarion Rushing
Record 1,352 Yds (16 td’s)
1996: 46 Catches, 802
Yards, 6 td’s
1996: Consensus First Team All-American
1996: First Team Academic All-American
1996-97: PSAC “Scholar Athlete of the Year
1992-96: PSAC Record 55 td’s
1992-96: 473 rushes, 2,850 Yards, 41 td’s
1991-96: 149 Catches, 2,050 Yards, 13 td’s
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Honorary (Deceased)
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Graduate-Secondary Education
1950: Lettered on Clarion
University Men’s Tennis Team
1951: Lettered on the Clarion
University Men’s Tennis Team
1951: Posted a 5-3 Record at #6
Singles on Men’s Tennis Team
1951: Lettered on Men’s Doubles Team
Thru 1951-Only Female at Clarion on a Men’s Varsity Team
Earned two Varsity “C:” Letters
1989-2007: Charter Member of Clarion University Sports
Hall of Fame Executive Committee
1989-2007: Hall Selection & Banquet Committees-Hall M.C.
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sports
24 | April ’08
F
ormer Clarion University seven-time NCAA
Division II Diving National Champion and
2007 NCAA Woman of Year Finalist Jamie
Wolf (’07) of South Park, received the prestigious
NCAA Top VIII Award, Jan. 13, 2008, in Nashville,
Tenn.
Wolf received the award as part of the 2008
NCAA Honors Celebration, which was held during
the NCAA’s Annual National Convention. She is
the first student athlete from the PSAC to receive
the NCAA Top VIII Award since the NCAA started
the award in 1973. Former Emmy and Peabody
Award winner Jack Ford served as emcee for the
ceremonies.
Wolf was honored along with Rachel Buehler
(Stanford), Robert Castro (Georgia Tech), Dennis
Dixon (Oregon), Sarah Pavan (Nebraska), Ben
Wildman-Tobriner (Stanford), Lisa Winkle
(Calvin) and Sarah Zerzan (Willamette), as the
most outstanding student-athletes in the NCAA
recognizing athletic success, academic achievement
and community service.
The Honorable John H. Glenn Jr. received
the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor
the NCAA bestows, while Jim MacLaren (NCAA
Inspiration Award), Doug Zembiec and Emily Perez
(Award of Valor Honorees), Robin Roberts and Anne
Donovan (Silver Anniversary Award), and James
Frank (Gerald R. Ford Award) were also recognized.
“The entire Clarion University community is
tremendously proud to have Jamie Wolf named to
the NCAA Top Eight. She is simply an outstanding
student, record-setting athlete, and a wonderful
person,” said Clarion University President Dr.
Joseph Grunenwald. “All of us who had the privilege
of attending the NCAA Honors Celebration in
Nashville with her were thrilled by the recognition of
such an outstanding student-athlete. I am absolutely
convinced that Jamie will continue to make us proud
as she continues her doctoral education and moves
into her chosen profession as a molecular geneticist.”
Wolf graduated from Clarion University in
May, 2007 with a 4.0 QPA in molecular biology.
Just this year alone she was selected by CoSIDA
as the ESPN The Magazine NCAA Div. II & III
All-America of the Year (Scholar Athlete of the
Year), the PSAC’s Pete Nevins Award as the PSAC
Scholar Athlete of the Year, the NCAA Division II
Conference Commissioners Association Award as
its Scholar Athlete of the Year presented by Disney’s
Wide World of Sports, and most recently, was one
of nine finalists for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the
Year Award.
“Words honestly can’t express how thankful
I am for the great experience I had at Clarion,”
said Wolf. “I’d like to thank the NCAA for this
prestigious honor, my family, teammates and
everyone at Clarion University for helping me
achieve this award.
“My parents have always been there for me
and have given me the drive and motivation to be a
success. They helped me set my goals on being strong
academically and athletically. At Clarion my coaches,
especially coach (Dave) Hrovat, inspired me to be a
championship caliber athlete.”
In her career Wolf set a new NCAA D-II
record winning seven of a possible eight Division II
National Championships. She won both the oneand
three-meter titles as a freshman in 2004, and in
2005, earning NCAA Division II Female “Diver of
the Year” honors in the process. In 2006 she won the
three-meter title, but placed second on one-meter. In
2007 she won both titles again and set a new NCAA
record in wining the one-meter crown with a score
of 453.75 points, topping the old NCAA record by
18.10 points. She also won the three-meter in 2007
with a score of 499.15, which won by 70 points.
She was again named the 2007 NCAA D-II Female
Diver of the Year.
“I would also like to thank the honors
program and all of my Clarion professors,” reflected
Wolf. “They not only provided a great learning
environment, but they pushed me to the next level,
showed me that you can never learn enough, and
truly inspired me to get my doctorate and teach
someday. The Clarion professors are special and put
me on the right road to succeed academically.
“I want to thank President Grunewald for
being so dedicated to Clarion and truly caring
about everyone associated with the University. I also
applaud the Clarion athletic department for striving
to teach all athletes that academic success is the
school’s mission, while also striving to win athletic
championships. We’ve proven for years that you can
succeed in both areas and I’m proud to be a Clarion
graduate.”
Said Clarion Athletic Director Dave Katis,
“It was a very rewarding, exciting and humbling
experience to be in Nashville on Sunday, watch all of
the awards ceremonies, and see Jamie Wolf honored
with such elite company. Jamie’s commitment to
personal excellence is evident in everything she
does and is an example for all athletes to model
themselves after. She is the epitome of the term
scholar/athlete and we congratulate her on this great
accomplishment.”
CLARION NOTES: Wolf is currently attending
Ohio State University on an NCAA Post-Graduate
Scholarship. She is majoring in Molecular Genetics.
Clarion’s contingent at the NCAA Honors
Celebration included President Grunenwald, V-P
Harry Tripp, Coach Dave Hrovat, Katis, Associate
A.D. Wendy Snodgrass, Faculty Rep Dr. Kevin
Roth, Athletics Business Manager Dede VanEpps
and Wolf’s family including her parents Patricia and
Patrick Wolf of South Park, her sister Jaclyn and boy
friend Matt Jackel. She also has two brothers, Justin
and Jason. She was a graduate of South Park High
School. Other awards at Clarion include her being
named the Female Athlete of the Year 3-times (2007,
’05, ’04) and the PSAC Academic Top Ten Award
three times (2007, ’06, ’05).

CLARION AND BEYOND
Scholar-Athletes Honored
The women’s The women’s basketball team team scholar-athletes
and coaches with
with their Carlson coaches Cup. and the Carlson Cup.
One hundred and four scholar-athletes were recognized, Trudi Tedjeski was
named faculty member of the year, the women’s basketball team was named the
winner of the Carlson Cup, and Edward Baumcratz was honored during the 18 th
Annual Clarion University Bob Carlson Scholar-Athlete Luncheon.
The 104 athletes recognized represent 34 percent of Clarion University’s studentathletes.
Student-athletes are recognized by either achieving a cumulative qualitypoint
average of 3.20 or higher, or had two consecutive semesters of 3.2 GPA or
higher in the spring and fall 2007 semesters. Freshmen and transfer students who
achieve a 3.2 GPA or higher in Fall 2007 also are eligible to receive the award.
The student-athletes are asked to bring a guest, who has influenced their
university life in some fashion. They introduce that person when they receive their
certificate.
Ashley Grimm, Student Athletic Association Council (SAAC) President,
announced Trudi Tedjeski, a counselor in the Counseling Center, as the Faculty of the
Year. SAAC members vote on the award.
“What an honor, I am surprised and thrilled by the support of the student
athletes,” said Tedjeski, who has been invited to the last three luncheons by an athlete.
“It is wonderful to be invited to attend and have students say nice things about you.
This is awesome.”
Previous winners of this award are Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin, Dr. Brian Dunn,
Dr. Doug Smith, Dr. Kevin Roth, Dr. Iseli Krauss, Dr. Brian McGuire, Dr. Rebecca
Leas, Dr. Richard Taylor, and Dr. Todd Pfannestiel.
Athletic director Dave Katis presented the Bob Carlson Academic Team Award
to women’s basketball coach Margaret “Gie” Parsons. Seven members of the women’s
basketball team were honored at the luncheon. The women’s tennis team was the
2007 recipient of the award.
The award was initiated to recognize the most improved athletic team GPA.
Points were awarded for team ranking based on team GPA, GPA equal to or greater
than team GPA, and improvement of the team GPA compared to the previous year’s
GPA. The Carlson Cup and the scholar athlete luncheon are both named in honor of
retired Clarion University athletic director Bob Carlson, who served at Clarion from
1987-2005.
Baumcratz, a member of the maintenance staff working in Tippin Gymnasium,
received a plaque recognizing his support for Clarion University athletes and coaches.
He presented the certificates to the athletes during that portion of the luncheon.
“Eddie works behind the scenes,” said athletic director Dave Katis, who
presented the award. “He is such a good friend to the athletes. The athletes meet him
early on and he is an indication that Clarion provides nothing but the best.”
“This is a wonderful thing for me,” said Baumcratz. “I enjoy working with the athletes
and the coaches.”
President Joseph Grunenwald provided remarks; Dr. Kevin Roth, faculty athletic
representative, welcomed the athletes and their guests to the luncheon and introduced
Clarion University administration in attendance; and Katis introduced several
corporate sponsors of Clarion University athletics who attended the luncheon.
From left: President Joseph Grunenwald, Edward Baumcratz, and
Athletic Director Dave Katis.
From left: Athletic Director Dave Katis, Faculty of the Year Trudi
Tedjeski, and President Joseph Grunenwald.
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alumni on the road
CLARION UNIVERSITY
SUMMER SPORT CAMPS 2008
Baseball
June 30-July 2 – Venango Camp
July 7-11 – Youth baseball camp
July 14-18 – High School camp
Cross Country
July 24-27 – Boys & Girls Camp
July 27-31 – Boys & Girls Camp
Football
April 18 – High School Coaches Clinic
June 9-13 – Kids Day Camp
(Main Campus)
June 16-20 – Introductory Midget Day
Camp (Venango Campus)
June 23-25 – Youth League Camp
June 25-27 – Jr./Sr. High Defensive Back
Camp/Team Camp
July 19 – 7 on 7 Passing Tourney
Men’s Basketball
June 2-6 – Day Camp
June 9-13 – Venango Camp
July 13-17 – Individual Camp
July 18-20 – Team Camp
July 20-24 – Individual Camp
Soccer
June 16-20 – Half/All Day Camp
June 20-21 – Goal Keeping Camp
June 23-27 – Half Day Venango Camp
July 27-31 – Team/Elite Camp
Softball
July 23-25 – Pitchers and Catchers
July 30-August 2 – Individual Camp
Swimming & Diving
June 8-12 – Week 1
June 15-19 – Week 2
June 22-26 – Week 3
June 29-July 3 – Week 4
July 13-17 – Week 5
Tennis
June 23-26 – Tennis/Swim Camp
June 27 – Day Camp
June 28 – Tennis Tournament
August 8 – Day Camp
August 9 – Tennis Tournament
Women’s Basketball
July 13-17 – Elite Position Camp
July 13-17 – Individual Camp
July 11-13 – Sr. High Team Camp
July 11-13 – Jr. High Team Camp
July 20-24 – Individual Camp
July 25-27 – Sr. High Team Camp
Wrestling
June 22-26 – Jr/Sr High Team Camp
June 27-29 – Father/Son 1
June 29 – July 3 – Specialized Technique
June 29– July 10 – Elite Athlete Training
July 6-10 – Specialized Technique
July 11-13 – Father/Son 2
Volleyball
June 8-13 – Evening Clinics
July 27-29 – Individual Camp
July 30-31 – Setters/Hitters Clinics
August 1-3 – Team Camp
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For more information:
Call 814-393-1997 or visit www.clarion.edu

A charitable gift annuity may be the answer.
CLARION AND BEYOND
Many questions to which there may be the same answer
Wondering…
what to do with that maturing CD
what your next investment should be
how to increase your retirement income
how to lower your income taxes
how to help Clarion University
There’s rarely been a better time to obtain a charitable gift annuity
from Clarion University Foundation, Inc. Low interest rates and rollercoaster
markets are causing people to think twice about their financial
decisions, and to consider the benefits of our gift annuity program.
For a personalized gift illustration, call Carol Roth
at 814-393-2572 or e-mail giving@clarion.edu.
*Note: Rates are slightly lower when the annuity is for two people.
Also, like most charitable organizations, Clarion University Foundation, Inc.,
uses the rates recommended by the American Council on Gift Annuities.
1. Attractive Rates.
When you compare our gift annuity rates with what you might receive from
a certificate of deposit, you will likely be pleasantly surprised. For example,
the rate of a 70-year senior is 6.5 percent. At age 80, the rate is 8 percent,
and if you are 90 or older, you would receive 11.3 percent. In other words, a
$100,000 gift annuity would provide an 80-year-old person $8,000 every year.*
2. Regular Payments.
When you establish your gift annuity, you decide how often you want to
receive your payments. While most annuitants receive their checks or direct
deposits every quarter, some choose semi-annual payments and some oncea-year
payments. Whichever you choose, receiving your regular payments
on a specific, predetermined date is comforting and also helpful for planning
purposes.
3. Fixed Income.
Your payment rate will be locked in at the time you obtain your gift annuity. It
will not rise or fall with the economy. Instead, it will be the same amount every
year — and that can mean a lot in uncertain times.
4. Lifetime Benefit.
Gift annuities are for life. No matter what your age as an annuitant or how
long you live, your payments will continue right to the very end. And if you
have a two-life gift annuity, when one person dies the other can continue to
receive the same amount for the rest of his or her life. This benefit of ongoing
payments can provide security for each spouse as they enter their older years.
5. Dependable Source.
Clarion University Foundation, Inc. stands behind all of its gift annuities.
We have a reserve fund set aside to meet our obligations and, what’s more,
we back up our annuity obligations with the full financial assets of our
organization. We want you to feel safe and secure and to have confidence that
your payments will continue without fail.
6. Relief From Taxes.
Since part of your contribution for a gift annuity is considered a charitable gift
by the IRS, you will receive an income tax charitable deduction to apply on an
itemized return. Also, during your life expectancy, you will be able to claim part
of the annuity payment as tax-free income.
7. Simple Process.
Obtaining a gift annuity from Clarion University Foundation, Inc. is much easier
than most people think. We provide you with a tailor-made illustration so you
can see how it all works with your age and contribution amount included. We
provide materials you can share with your family and advisor(s).
Another benefit is the enormous satisfaction you will receive for making
a charitable gift in this manner. Every time you receive a payment, you
will be reminded that your gift annuity will eventually benefit Clarion
University.
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Development news
‘Building Clarion’ Receives Two Major Gifts
The “Building Clarion: One Gift at A Time”
campaign has received two major gifts, helping the
Clarion University Foundation Inc. make steady
progress toward its goals on two major construction
projects.
“As a public institution of higher education,
Clarion University is inextricably linked to the
region and communities it serves, and is proud of its
leadership role in regional economic development,”
said Rika Beckley, associate vice president for
development. “Clarion University is also playing a
key role in the establishment of a regional technology
agenda.”
Science and Technology Building
An alumna from the 1970s stepped forward
with a $100,000 gift to challenge others to make a
leadership investment by the end of June 2008 in
the construction of the new science and technology
building. Construction began in May 2007 and is
expected to conclude in 2009.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania awarded
$33.7 million toward the construction of a new
science and technology center. Clarion University’s
challenge to raise $3 million in private contributions
to acquire the state’s funding. As of December 2007,
$1.2 million has been secured from corporations,
foundations and individuals. The importance of this
new facility is significant on many levels.
• Clarion University’s ability to prepare top science
and math teachers to address a recognized national
shortage, and prepare technologically trained
professionals to enter other areas of the workforce is
hampered by the current science building, which is
outdated and too costly to repair.
• The education that will take place in the science and
technology center will prepare Clarion graduates
to help make an economic impact on the area.
As a result there will need to be jobs available for
graduates. The university will be part of the solution
in economic development that will help bring highpaying
jobs that migrate from the region because
there is not a significant technology agenda in the
area.
Biotechnology Business Development Center
A gift of $600,000 was received to name the
Biotechnology Business Development Center
(BBDC), now nearing completion at Trinity Point.
The BBDC will house local economic support
organizations and provide space for business
incubation of newly formed biotechnology and
nanotechnology companies whose ownership and
management are committed to Pennsylvania and its
northwest region.
By linking research taking place in the new
science and technology center with the development
of the BBDC, Clarion University will further its vision
for economic development in the region.
Green is the Key
Both the science and technology center and
BBDC are designed to achieve LEED (Leadership
in Environmental Energy and Design) certification.
These new “green” buildings will teach young people,
and the entire community, the value of sustainable
energy and conservation.
Everyone Can Help
The success of the “Building Clarion: One Gift at
a Time” campaign is credited to committee members
Ernie Aharrah, Floyd Barger, Sue Burns, Larry Cirka,
Mark Demich, Jane France, Jan Fuellhart, Gail Grejda,
Chuck Leach, Jean Mills, Truman Mills, Wayne
Norris, Frank Pici, John Tedeschi, Jackie Thomas, and
Merv Strickler. They have worked to spread the word
about and raise funds for these projects, and urge all
alumni and friends to consider investing in the science
and technology center project.
For more information about
contributing to these projects and
naming opportunities, contact Rika
Beckley, associate vice president for
development at Clarion University,
814-221-0755 or rbeckley@clarion.edu.
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Did you answer the call from a current
Clarion University student last fall
If you did, you were one of a
growing number of alumni, parents and
friends whose gift to the Clarion Fund
is supporting programs and projects
currently underway at Clarion University.
The fall semester yielded results that
show Clarion pride is still very strong
among our alumni and friends. Twice as
many recent graduates gave back as
compared to fall ’06; the overall pledge
rate was up nine percent; and nearly 375
alumni and friends made their first gift to
Clarion. At the end of the semester, over
$143,000 was raised for the Clarion Fund
and other areas of interest.
Twenty student callers are back on
the phones again this semester asking
for support to department funds, special projects for
departments and organizations, the Clarion Fund, and
support for the Science and Technology Center. The
students will also be calling to survey our alumni, update
alumni records and share news about Clarion.
When a phonathon student calls you this semester,
we hope you will take the time to speak to him/her about
life at Clarion and all the exciting projects in which our
students and faculty are involved. Our students are here
to help you stay connected with Clarion as the university
continues to move ahead as a leader in education while
maintaining the foundation built by our over 44,000
alumni and friends. If you missed your call from the
phonathon this semester and would like to make your gift
to Clarion, please call 814-393-2572. Thank you for your
continued support.

CLARION AND BEYOND
Getting More Than An Education At Clarion
For All We Know, Love May Grow
L
ove. It comes in many forms and levels of intensity.
Many Clarion University alumni grow to love their alma
mater through memories of a favorite professor or class,
bonds created through membership in an organization, or
friendships developed.
Then there are many Clarion University alumni who found
the passion of their life–their spouse–while attending Clarion,
making their college experience all the more special. Almost 12
percent of Clarion alumni are married to alumni, leading to a
wide variety of stories and experiences.
Four couples representing four decades agreed to share
their stories about how a meeting on a campus they grew to love
blossomed into lifelong commitments to one another.
1950s
Merle “Stuch” (’63) and Linda (Baker ’63) Stuchell
“Stuch” and Linda met at the corner of Main
St. and Eighth Ave., just as classes were beginning
for their sophomore year. After a couple of years
enjoying movies and meals at the Clarion Diner,
they decided to elope. On May 20, 1962, they were
married in Clymer, N.Y.
The Stuchell’s became parents to three children,
Greg, Joli, and Heather, and are now grandparents of
six.
Linda works as a substitute teacher and a
reading tutor, while “Stuch” stays busy doing
contract work for Jefferson Wells. In addition to
playing golf in their home state of Texas, they still
enjoy catching a movie together, even after 45 years
of marriage.
1970s
1960s
Dave (’73) and Debbie (Johnson ’73) Osikowicz
A freshman anthropology class was the meeting place
for Dave and Debbie, although it took another year for
them to actually begin dating. They were married the
summer before their junior year, on Aug. 28, 1971, at
Grace United Methodist Church, Punxsutawney, Pa. As
newlyweds, they lived in a “cute little house” along Route
68 in Williamsburg, and enjoyed dinners at the Wayside
Inn.
Making their home in Punxsutawney, they became parents
of three children: Nicole, Seth, and Patrick.
Debbie is employed with Made-Rite Concrete,
Corp., and Dave is the owner of Original Fuels, Inc. They
enjoy skiing and spending time with grandsons Samuel
and Lucas. In 2007, the Osikowicz’ ventured back to the
Wayside Inn to celebrate their anniversary.
Jim (’58) and Marilyn (Ginkel ’59) Demski
Jim and Marilyn’s memories of how they met at Clarion
all those years ago are a bit fuzzy. They remember “seeing
each other around campus,” and figure they probably ended
up together since they were both taller than most of the other
students. As a couple, they enjoyed time away from campus
with picnics and swims at Cook Forest State Park.
Married on May 29, 1959, in a ceremony at Srader
Grove United Presbyterian Church, Freeport, Pa., they
raised two daughters, Barbara and Brenda, and are now
grandparents to three grandchildren and one greatgrandparents
to great-grandchild.
Both entered the education profession, Marilyn as a
fourth grade teacher and Jim as a professor of plant pathology
at the University of Georgia. Since retiring, they enjoy
golfing together in their home state of Georgia. They still feel
a connection to Clarion University and appreciate the place
where they met more than 50 years ago.
Gregg (’82) and Annemarie (Hackett ’82) Wagner
Few actually believe they’ll meet the love of their
life the first week of freshman year, but it happened to
Gregg and Annemarie, who crossed paths between backto-back
accounting labs and ran into each other at the
Forest Manor convenience store. Gregg was even named
“Sweetheart” of her sorority, Alpha Sigma Tau.
The Wagner’s were married on March 31, 1984,
in Wayne Pa. They added three children to the family,
Abigail, Augustin, and Sophie, who is following in her
parent’s footsteps as a current sophomore at Clarion
University.
Now living in eastern Pennsylvania, Gregg is a
banking executive and Annemarie works as a realtor.
They enjoy traveling together, especially to Europe, and
spent Valentine’s Day 2008 in Ireland. They are already
planning a 25 th anniversary celebration for 2009, which
is sure to include their friends from Clarion.
1980s
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scholarships
Shreckengost Scholarship
Endowment Established
Clarion University Foundation, Inc., announced the
establishment of the Janet Shreckengost Scholarship
Endowment.
The Janet Shreckengost Scholarship Endowment was
established by Mr. Howard Shreckengost, university trustee,
in honor of his wife Janet, a native of Clarion County. It is the
wish of the family to share with others Janet’s appreciation
of music, as well as her concern for continued growth and
excellence in the field of health sciences.
This award will be used to recruit and retain students
demonstrating positive interpersonal values and a strong
commitment toward using their acquired skills to enhance
the lives of others. Preference for the awards will be given to
students pursing studies in the fields of music and nursing.
Eligible candidates must meet admissions requirements
for enrollment or requirements for achieving academic
progress; must demonstrate financial need; and must be
pursuing studies in music or nursing. The scholarship would
be renewable for a second year, providing the student meets
requirements for achieving academic progress.
Panasonic Ideas For Life
Scholarship Established
A $25,000 endowment was
recently established by Panasonic
System Solutions Company to
fund an annual scholarship for
an incoming freshman student at
Clarion University.
Frank DeFina, a 1975 and
1976 graduate of Clarion University,
is President of Panasonic System
Solutions Company (PSSA),
a leading supplier of video
DEFINA
surveillance systems, medical
imaging products, restaurant point of sale systems, retailTV
digital signage and Astrovision® large screen displays.
“The Panasonic Ideas for Life Scholarship recognizes the
potential of students enrolling at Clarion and their role in the
rapidly expanding world of technology,” said DeFina.
Frank is active in the professional electronics industry
through several board positions, including the Executive
Board of Security Industry Association (SIA), International
Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA), the New York Friar’s
Club Foundation, and the Paley Center for Media in New
York City. In his 26 years with Panasonic, Frank has gained
broad experience from various sales and executive positions.
Frank’s passion outside the office is playing classic rock and
tending to his guitar collection.
Panasonic System Solutions Company, Unit of Panasonic
Corporation of North America, is a world leader in analog and
IP video surveillance solutions through its Panasonic Security
Systems division.
30| April ’08
McElhattan Memorial
Scholarship Established
Clarion University has
announced the establishment
of the David M. McElhattan
Memorial Scholarship.
Family and friends
established the scholarship
when an untimely illness
and death took a friend
of young people in the
Franklin-Rocky Grove
area. Through this fund,
scholarships may be
granted to seniors or recent
graduates from Franklin and Rocky
Grove High Schools who display the
same principles of good sportsmanship,
compassion, love, and respect for others that
were so important to McElhattan.
“In his memory, we wanted to give
back to young people, particularly those in
the Franklin and Rocky Grove areas,” said
his father, Dr. Glenn McElhattan (’56),
emeritus professor of chemistry, Clarion
University–Venango Campus. “We wanted
the scholarship to be at Clarion University
in part because of my long career at Clarion
University, including serving as scholarship
chair at Clarion University–Venango
Campus, and because of the ties his mother,
sister, son, and daughter have to Clarion.”
Those qualifying for the scholarship
must be full-time undergraduate students at
Clarion University or Clarion University–
Venango Campus, whose academic
achievements are above average as measured
by the admission file including QPA, class
rank, SAT or ACT scores, and high school
transcripts; displays evidence of involvement
in sports, music, the arts, or other social
activities as a “team player,” or display the
quality of caring for others, either at the high
school or community level; are seniors or
recent graduates of Franklin or Rocky Grove
High Schools; and have financial need as
determined by the selection committee.
“David did so much for young people,”
said Glenn McElhattan. “He had a nice
personality, was friends with everyone,
and was loved by everyone. He was very
big on Clarion and scholarships, so this
was a natural match. It is a way of giving
something back.”
David McElhattan, a native of
Franklin, Pa., spent most of his adult life as
MCELHATTAN
Donors and others may make additional
contributions to the fund at any time. They may be sent
to: Clarion University Foundation Inc., Seifert-Mooney
Center for Advancement, 840 Wood St., Clarion, Pa.
16214. For additional information telephone 814-393-
2572 or e-mail giving@clarion.edu.
All scholarship funds are administered by the
Clarion University Foundation, Inc. The Clarion
University Foundation, Inc., organized in 1969, is a
friend, confidant, supporter, and coach
of many young people of the Franklin
and Rocky Grove areas. He and his
wife, the former Shelley Snyder,
are both Rocky Grove High
School graduates. He attended
Behrend College of Penn State
University and was employed by
Kay Jewelers, A. Crivelli Auto
Sales, and for many years by
Conair.
He enjoyed time spent with his
family in a number of activities,
including water sports, travel, fishing, and
playing guitar. His real passion was organized
sports, especially those that involved his son,
Dustin, and his daughter, Jessica.
He was well-known in the Franklin area
for coaching T-ball, minor league and Little
League baseball, Franklin YMCA biddy
basketball, and girls softball. His wife would
always be the chief cheerleader in the stands.
Often after games they would be involved
with the young people on the teams, and
sometimes with other parents, in a cookout
or a pizza party.
David McElhattan cared deeply for those
who played on his teams, instilling principles
of good sportsmanship over a high winning
percentage. The young people, who played
on his teams, recalled that he went out of his
way to know each team member and to see
that each was treated fairly, with the poorest
player getting time on the field or on the
court. He made sure that a girl on a team
of mostly boys was treated fairly and with
respect. He coined unique and endearing
nicknames for many of those on his teams
that they will, no doubt, remember all of
their lives.
His ties to Clarion University were many.
In addition to his father, his mother Mary
(Master ’72, ’76), and sister, Brenda Sturtz
(’79) are Clarion graduates.
Brenda is a long-time employee of Clarion
University – Venango Campus library.
At the time of David’s death, his son,
Dustin, was a junior pre-med major, a
member of the Honors Program with a 4.0
GPA, and president of the Clarion University
Student Senate; and his daughter, Jessica
was a junior honors student at Franklin
High School with plans to attend Clarion
University.
not-for-profit corporation. The Foundation was formed
to promote educational purposes in connection with or
at the request of Clarion University. It is the organization
designated to receive and manage private sector gifts
provided for the support of the activities and programs
of the University. Such gifts are generated through
contributions from alumni, faculty and staff, business
and industry, retired faculty members, and other friends
of Clarion University.

CLARION AND BEYOND
Clarion University Foundation, Inc., Hires Two New Employees
Truitt: Clarion University Foundation Annual Funds Officer
Steve Truitt has joined the Clarion University
Foundation, Inc., as an annual funds officer.
“I am excited to be here and I can’t wait to be
100 percent involved in my new position,” said
Truitt. “Initially, I am concentrating on the Phone-
A-Thon, raising money for the Clarion Fund. I am
involved with other fundraising aspects that include
students, alumni, faculty and staff participation,
and events like Alumni Weekend.”
Truitt is a native of the New Bethlehem
and Limestone areas, graduating from Clarion-
Limestone High School. He earned his
undergraduate degree in communication from
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2001.
“I was interested in communication
truitt
because I loved music,” said Truitt about his choice of college major. “I wanted to be a
disc jockey. I learned there was a lot more to it. Interaction with people grew on me. My
communication degree has opened up more horizons for me more than I ever thought it
would.”
Following graduation, he spent time in Norfolk, Va. He returned to Clarion County,
working at Sealy Mattress, the Clarion OnIzed Federal Credit Union, and as an on-air
personality with Clarion County Broadcasting on C-93 and Radio 13.
“This is a great opportunity for me to use my degree,” said Truitt about accepting the
new position. “My initial goal is to learn and fully understand my surroundings. Long
range I would like to set new records for fundraising each semester.”
Truitt also wants to make Clarion University’s current students more aware of
the culture of giving and of the work of the Clarion University Foundation, Inc., the
university’s fundraising arm.
“I would like them to be more involved,” he said. “Students are very important to
what we do along with alumni, friends, parents, administration, faculty, and staff.”
Truitt, his wife, Hillary, and their pets live in Shippenville.
Murray: Clarion University Foundation Assistant
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund
Brooke Murray has joined the Clarion University Foundation,
Inc., as the assistant director of Alumni Relations and Annual
Fund. Murray’s focus will be on educating and promoting the annual
fund, the 1867 Circle, and Clarion University alumni chapters and
affinity groups.
Murray graduated from Allegheny College in 2002 with a B.A. in
environmental studies and a minor in biology.
“Allegheny appealed to me because it was a small school with a new
science building,” said Murray. “I loved studying science, but discovered
the field of fundraising through my course work and its importance in
the success of non-profit organizations.”
Prior to her current position, Murray was employed in the
education department of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
in Pittsburgh, where she served as the group sales and reservations
coordinator. Murray gained additional experience through her college
sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
She was president of Pittsburgh’s
alumni association, and continues
to serve as an adviser for college
chapters. Murray was also a
volunteer for many years at a local
animal shelter in Pittsburgh.
Murray, who grew up in
DuBois, is the daughter of Nanette
Ivoska of DuBois and Greg Murray
of DuBois. She currently resides in
Clarion with her three cats, Ellie,
Annabelle, and Rosie.
murray
An Invitation to Join the Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors
Richcard
Malacare ’63
president
Patrick
Kahle ’92
President-Elect
Andrew
Restauri ’86
treasurer
Terri Wood
’95, ’63, ’63
secretary
You are invited to contribute your time and talent to Clarion University.
The Clarion University Alumni Association (CUAA) board of directors is currently
accepting nominations from alumni leaders interested in serving their alma mater.
The CUAA board of directors is a volunteer board consisting of alumni from various
class years, who promote alumni programming and support the university’s mission by
enhancing relationships between alumni and the University.
If you have a desire to support the University and would like to be considered for a
term beginning June 2008, you are invited to submit an application to the nominating
committee.
Applications are available online at www.clarion.edu/alumni, or by contacting the
alumni relations director at 814-393-2572. A term on the board of directors is for two
years and provides a rewarding opportunity to volunteer your time in support of Clarion
University.
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May 2-4, 2008
alumni weekend
2008
Alumni Weekend Registration Form
events for everyone
Saturday, May 3, 2008
r Continental Breakfast, Reunion Time,
and Alumni Luncheon
Gemmell Student Complex, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
# reservations _______ X $35 per person = $_______
events for your Class
1958 1963
Friday, May 2
Friday, May 2
r Afternoon social gathering, r Social gathering, Hospitality
Hospitality room at Holiday Inn room at the Hampton Inn
4 p.m. - noon
3 p.m.- 6 p.m.
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# reservations _______
r Dinner at V.F.W.
7 p.m.
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r Evening social gathering,
Hospitality room at Holiday Inn
9 p.m. -
# reservations _______
r President’s reception at the
President’s Residence
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
# reservations _______
1968
Saturday, May 3
r Social gathering
at Captain Loomis Restaurant
3 p.m. -
# reservations _______
r Social gathering at Captain
Loomis Restaurant
8:30 p.m.
# reservations _______
1973
Friday, May 2
r Welcome gathering and
hors d’oeurves at Michelle’s Cafe
8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
# reservations _______
X $10 =________
Please indicate events you will be attending and the
number of reservations. Cut the registration form out
and return to Alumni Relations
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Seifert-Mooney Center for Advancement
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or e-mail: RSVP@clarion.edu
Make checks payable to Clarion University Foundation, Inc.
Name
Address
Telephone
Guests
Saturday, May 3
r Social gathering, Hospitality
room at the Hampton Inn
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
# reservations _______
r Social gathering and buffet dinner
at Captain Loomis Restaurant
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
# reservations ____ X $25 =_____
Sunday, May 4
r Social gathering, Hospitality
room at the Hampton Inn
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
# reservations _______
1983
Friday, May 2
r Social gathering
at Captain Loomis Restaurant
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
# reservations _______
rsvp by april 18, 2008
Class
Welcome Home Eagles
Friday May 2, 2008
6:30 p.m. Sports Hall of Fame Banquet:
Location to be announced. For more information
or to RSVP, contact Associate Athletic Director
Wendy Snodgrass at 814-393-1989.
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Tom Kurts (’68)-Football
Steve Witte (’96)-Football
Amy (Coon) Miller (’94)-Basketball
Randy Miller (’81)-Wrestling
Steven Darby (’93)-Swimming
Mary Lou Russell (Deceased) (’51)-Honorary,
Men’s Tennis, Sports Hall of Fame Committee
Saturday May 3, 2008
9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Reunion time:
Gemmell Student Complex Rotunda area
9:30 a.m.- Greek Life:
10:30 a.m. Remember your time as a Greek by visiting the
Campus Life table.
10:30 a.m.- Nostalgia Room- Reminisce in the Gemmell
noon Rotunda area with Dr. Todd Pfannestiel, Clarion
Univeristy professor of history and head of the
Clarion University History Project. Browse
yearbooks and other Clarion University
memorabilia.
10:30 a.m. Class Reunion Breakout Sessions: Enjoy time
reminiscing with classmates.
11:30 a.m. Class Photos
12:15 p.m.- Alumni Luncheon:*
2 p.m. Multi-Purpose Room, Gemmell Student Complex
Continental Breakfast, Reunion time, and Alumni
Luncheon cost $35 per person
Presentation of reunion diplomas for the Class of
1958, their induction into the Half-century Club,
and class speaker. Recognition of other
classes in attendance.
*Alumni, family and friends, and university representatives
are invited to attend.