Sustaining a Legacy of Achievement Sustaining a Legacy

Wyoming Seminary Journal Spring 2011Founders’ Day event highlights school’s historywith floodsIn September the Upper School restored the tradition of Founders’Day, a celebration of the history of the school and its accomplishments.This year’s ceremony, a special assembly held at the end of September,celebrated those people who have helped Sem overcome tragedy anddisaster, such as fires, the Depression and floods, especially the 1972Tropical Storm Agnes Flood. Levi Sprague Fellows LARISSA BOHN ’11and JACK CARTWRIGHT ’11 read excerpts of Prof. Leroy Bugbee’shistory of Wyoming Seminary which described previous floods, whilePresident DR. KIP NYGREN introduced a video about the ’72 flood,which was narrated by Dean of Admission JACK EIDAM and includedimages of the flood waters and the destruction the campus suffered, aswell as many stories of how students, faculty and administration copedwith the flood. Vice President of Advancement JOHN SHAFER ’71also recounted his experiences as a resident of campus in 1972 whenthe flood occurred. Participants in the Founders’ Day Assembly are,from left: JAY HARVEY ’80, Upper School Dean; John Shafer, JAMESKERSEY, senior faculty member; Kip Nygren, Jack Cartwright, LarissaBohn and REV. CHARLES CARRICK, chaplain. Not present for photo:Jack Eidam.Students receive Merit Scholarship AwardsEight freshmanstudents havereceived UpperSchool MeritScholarshipsfor 2010-11,and two LowerSchool graduatesreceivedHendersonAwards. NADA BADER ’14 received the first place, full tuition, fouryearscholarship, while JAMIE GOLDSTEIN ’14 and ANDREWLEVANDOSKI ’14 received the Henderson Awards. Merit Scholarshiprecipients are, first row from left: Andrew Levandoski, JONATHANZIRNHELD ’14, Nada Bader and Jamie Goldstein. Second row, fromleft: ZACHARY RIEGEL ’14, REILLY BREIG ’14 and SALVADOREDIAZ ’14. Not present for photo: AVA ALEXANDER ’14, NOAHBREWER-HOUGHTON ’14 and MARGUERITE WILES ’14.Noted Tibetan Monk speaks at SemThe Khenpo Lama Pema Wangdak, an internationally recognizedand respected Tibetan Buddhist monk, visited Sem in Decemberto discuss the role of enthusiasm in spiritual practice, as describedin the classic Buddhist text by Shantideva, The Guide to theBodhisattva’s Way of Life. At least 60 people from the Semcommunity and the general public attended.Vojtko, Kaschak receive Methodist teaching honorsBERNARDINE VOJTKO,member of the fine andperforming arts department anddirector and choreographer forthe Dance Company, and DR.BRIAN KASCHAK, historyteacher and coach, have receivedTeaching Excellence Awardsfrom the United MethodistChurch. They received the awards in recognition of their teachingabilities, civility and concern for students and colleagues, commitment toa value-centered education and their service to Sem and its students aswell as to the community.Lower School students tour crime labWyoming Seminary Lower School students in LISA ISKRA’S eighthgradescience class toured a State Police mobile crime laboratory andlearned about state police crime investigation techniques. The studentscompleted a unit on forensic science in which they studied how policeinvestigators gather, study and evaluate evidence. The students also“solved a crime” using forensic tools and simulated reenactments.Seen during the tour of the crime lab are, from left: PATRICKCORCORAN ’15, NICK KRAWCZENIUK ’15, Trooper JohnCorrigan, Troop N Hazleton; CHARLOTTE BRECHER ’15 andMARY LUNDIN ’15.Lower School awards Merit ScholarshipsFour area studentsreceived LowerSchool MeritScholarshipsfor the 2010-11academic year.Seen shortly afterbeginning classesare, first rowfrom left: RILEYCALPIN ’18, REEYA LELE ’17, ANDREW ALDAY ’16 and DEVONCARPENTER ’18. Second row, from left: KATIE CALLAHAN ’88,Director of Lower School Admission; WILLIAM DAVIS, Coordinator ofMiddle-School Division; MARY KOLESSAR, Dean of Middle School;and HEIDI SIMS, Associate Director of Admission.7