Westminster. Student group travels to warm heart of Africa. PLUS: Dr. Richard H. Dorman begins presidency. College Magazine. Vol.

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1 Wesminser Vol. 28, Issue 1 College Magazine Suden group ravels o warm hear of Africa PLUS: Dr. Richard H. Dorman begins presidency

2 a Message from he Presiden wwesminser College firs came ino my consciousness in he early 1980s while a graduae suden a Penn Sae. A fellow grad suden and alumnus of Wesminser, Tom Richey, shared an office wih me and he exolled he experience and educaion he received as an undergraduae a Wesminser. Lile did I know ha 26 years laer I would have he disinc honor and privilege of serving Tom s alma maer as is 14 h Presiden. During he six monhs prior o my official arrival on campus, I have been engaged in an acive period of discovery o beer undersand he srenghs, challenges and culure of Wesminser. Wha I have found is immensely hearening: a faculy and saff laser-focused on he academic and personal growh of he suden; dedicaed rusees and voluneers highly commied o he College; a beauiful campus wih impressive faciliies; a srong balance shee wih a growing endowmen; and an enormous desire by all o coninue Wesminser s upward rajecory. The srengh of Wesminser is a esamen o he commimen by all consiuencies o consanly improve he insiuion, bu especially he inspired and solid leadership provided by my predecessor, presiden emerius Tom Williamson during his 11-year enure. I am graeful for he suppor he has rendered me during his period of ransiion for he College. As Tom and Jean Williamson begin heir new lives in Virginia, my wife, Bev, and I join each of you in wishing hem well. Bu wha is nex for Wesminser? My overarching goals during my enure as your newes presiden will be o bring regional and naional disinciveness o he College, coninue o improve is srenghening financial condiion, and firmly posiion Wesminser in a highly compeiive posure relaive o he compeiion wihin our higher educaion markeplace. How we accomplish his will be he subjec of he nex sraegic plan, which will be our firs order of business. Collecively, we mus firmly esablish sraegies ha will clearly communicae o hose seeking an ousanding collegiae experience he overwhelming advanages of choosing a Wesminser educaion. We can accomplish his wih everyone joining ogeher in concered suppor of Moher Fair. I look forward o sharing our dreams wih you and inviing your acive paricipaion as I ge o know many of you in he years ahead. Oh, and if you re reading his Tom Richey, give me a call so I can personally ell you wha an ousanding college Wesminser is oday. Dr. Richard H. Dorman Presiden

3 Volume 28, Number 1 Edior Elizabeh Fonaine Hildebrand 92 Senior Direcor, Advancemen Adminisraion Mark A. Meighen Wesminser College Magazine Ediorial Assisans Sandra Chandler Jusin Zackal Design & Producion Deborah L. Parady Priner Prining Conceps, Inc., Erie Pa. Chair, Board of Trusees Debora Swasworh Foser 74 Feaures 2-3 Mee he Presiden Dr. Richard H. Dorman seps ino role as 14 h Presiden Presiden Dr. Richard H. Dorman Vice Presiden for Insiuional Advancemen Gloria C. Cagigas 15 Commencemen 2008 Vice Presiden for Academic Affairs & Dean of he College Dr. Jesse T. Mann Vice Presiden for Finance & Managemen Services Kenneh J. Romig 85 Dean of Sudens Dr. Neal A. Edman Dean of Admissions & Enrollmen Managemen Bradley P. Tokar 91, M 97 Presiden of Alumni Council Melissa R. Ruefle Disinguished Faculy Award winner Dr. Parick McCarhy 20 Ino Africa Trip o Malawi becomes journey of spiri for one suden Wesminser Magazine is published hree imes a year by he Office of Communicaion Services, Wesminser College, New Wilmingon, Pennsylvania Inquiries should be addressed o he Edior. Phone: (724) ; Fax: (724) ; or hildebef@wesminser.edu. Deparmens Wesminser College is relaed o he Presbyerian Church (U.S.A.) hrough he Synod of he Triniy. Wesminser College does no discriminae, and will no olerae discriminaion, on he basis of race, color, naional origin, ehnic origin, sex, sexual orienaion, age, or handicap or disabiliy as hose erms are defined under applicable law, in he adminisraion of any of is educaional programs, aciviies, or wih respec o admissions and employmen. In is employmen pracices, he College may consider he individual s suppor of he philosophy and purposes of Wesminser as saed in he Undergraduae Caalog. Oherwise, Wesminser does no discriminae, and will no olerae discriminaion, on he basis of religion or creed. Inquiries may be direced o he Equal Opporuniy Officer, Wesminser College, New Wilmingon, PA , (724) IFC Message from he Presiden 4-9 Campus Updae Spors Updae Phoo Credis Back Cover Tiffany Wolfe 12 Alumni News Regional Connecions Class Noes

4 Mee he Presiden Dr. Richard H. Dorman assumes role of Wesminser College s 14h Presiden Rick Dorman learned early on he virues of hard work and diligence. As a boy he rose in he early morning hours wih his sepfaher, a milkman in rural New Jersey, o help deliver clanking boles o doorseps. He worked his way hrough college, holding down four jobs while sudying music educaion a Susquehanna Universiy. And hough hese days he no longer ges up a 3 a.m. and he s scaled down his employmen o one job, ha srong work ehic is sill eviden in Dorman, who assumed he role of Wesminser s 14h Presiden on July

5 Hard work, deerminaion, and a love for higher educaion have brough Dorman o Wesminser s presidency, a posiion he calls he ulimae advancemen job. He broke ino higher educaion afer four years as a music eacher a Red Lion High School nearly 30 years ago, doing research for he Penn Sae Alumni Associaion. Alhough he describes his Penn Sae experience as one of he mos fun he s had in his career, he ook a deour from higher educaion for a few years before being recruied o Universiy of Louisville in 1990 as direcor of healh sciences developmen. In 1994 he was named assisan vice presiden for developmen a Louisville. As Dorman logged his hours a Louisville, he kep hoping ha he righ posiion a a smaller insiuion migh come along. Afer working a wo large research faciliies, I longed o ge back ino he radiional undergraduae seing, Dorman said. I love ha milieu. Oerbein, a liberal ars college in Weserville, Ohio, urned ou o be ha seing. There, Dorman spen 12 years a fabulous learning opporuniy as vice presiden for insiuional advancemen. Oerbein experienced is mos successful fundraising years during Dorman s enure. A $35-million comprehensive campaign and a number of renovaion and capial projecs also occurred while Dorman was here. When Dorman learned of R. Thomas Williamson s decision o reire from Wesminser, he decided he was ready for his nex challenge. When he posiion came open, I knew many of he College s values were similar o my own, said Dorman, a member of he Presbyerian Church (USA). This was a good segue, and I was ready o move on. I couldn have been a beer fi. Bu was a small-own boy wih a background in advancemen up o he challenge and demands of Wesminser? An academic presidency is no a job i s a lifesyle. And advancemen work is he bes raining here is, Dorman said. One of Dorman s op prioriies as he 14h Presiden is o begin working on a new 10-year sraegic plan, bu in he meanime, he s enjoying absorbing he culure of Wesminser, learning he grounds, and meeing he people. Wesminser is a very srong school, said Dorman. Clearly he srengh lies in is people and he dedicaion of is rusees faculy, saff, sudens and alumni. Special Mee he Presiden evens will be held hroughou he year. Please say uned for an even happening in your region. The inauguraion of he 14h Presiden will be held Saurday, Oc. 25. When he posiion came open, I knew many of he College s values were similar o my own, Presiden Dorman Wesminser College Magazine 3

6 Campus Updae Sudens recognized for academic excellence Wesminser College celebraed he academic excellence of is sudens a he annual Honors Convocaion April 19 in Orr Audiorium. The ceremony recognizes he academic success of hundreds of sudens, including hose on dean s lis, scholar-ahlees, and inducees ino local and naional honor socieies. Dr. Jesse Mann, vice presiden for academic affairs and dean of he College, presened he presigious McQuison College Service Awards, given o rising senior men and women for unselfish service o he Wesminser communiy during heir college careers, and he Allen P. Splee Leadership and Service Award, given o Caherine Bishop, who has provided sound leadership and selfless voluneerism o he curricular and co-curricular life on he Wesminser campus. Medallions were presened o 16 seniors who successfully compleed he Honors Program. Chemisry sudens will benefi from endowed scholarship Wesminser College recenly received a $1.2 million beques from he esae of Dorohy M. Robins 39 o esablish endowed scholarships for chemisry sudens. We are so appreciaive of Ms. Robins foresigh o include Wesminser in her esae plan, said Gloria Cagigas, vice presiden for Insiuional Advancemen. She suppored he mission of Wesminser College faihfully and generously for 48 years. Because of her gif, fuure generaions will enjoy he benefis of a Wesminser educaion. Ms. Robins grandfaher was a Wesminser professor of classics. Her grandmoher graduaed from Wesminser in he 1880s, followed by Ms. Robins moher, a siser, wo auns, and wo uncles. She earned a bachelor of science degree in chemisry in 1939, and enjoyed a successful career as an indusrial chemis for several major corporaions, reiring from McGean Chemical Company in Cleveland. 4

7 Spring break means voluneer work for many Eigheen Wesminser College sudens and wo saff members joined fellow spring breakers from across he counry in Habia for Humaniy s Collegiae Challenge March Wesminser sudens, hosed by he Macedonia Unied Mehodis Church in Mullins, S.C., worked wih he Marion Couny (S.C.) Habia for Humaniy o build a new one-family home. While many of heir peers are relaxing, hese sudens are puing in hundreds of hours of hard work during Habia s Collegiae Challenge, said Alynn Woodson, associae direcor of Habia s Youh Programs deparmen. By he end of he week, no only have he sudens learned how o build a house, hey ve also seen how heir acions can help improve people s lives by providing safe, affordable sheler hrough a Habia for Humaniy home. Carey Anne M. LaSor 86, assisan o he College chaplain and coordinaor of he Young Presbyerian Scholars Program, and Dr. Jacque King, Wesminser assisan professor of business, accompanied he Wesminser sudens. Habia for Humaniy voluneers, op, break ou he power ools during heir housebuilding assignmen in Souh Carolina. Below, he finished produc. Biochemisry sudens win award for research Naasha Kassim and Nicholas Mizenko, junior biochemisry majors, won he hird place poser award a he sixh annual Inernaional Microwaves in Chemisry conference May in Cambridge, Mass. Their research, Fluorescence Flow Sysem for Near Real-Time Analysis of Proein Conformaional Changes: Effecs of Microwave and Convenional Heaing, was performed under he direcion of Dr. Helen Boylan 94, associae professor of chemisry. Nicholas Mizenko and Naasha Kassim Aending he conference was a grea learning experience, Kassim said. By lisening o presenaions and viewing posers of recen research by op scieniss in he microwave chemisry field, I no only learned more abou he uses and effecs of microwaves, bu also learned abou a variey of research and analyical echniques imporan o academic and indusrial chemisry. To see a scienific communiy come ogeher o presen new ideas and heories, while a he same ime providing suggesions and advice, is a wonderful hing, Mizenko said. Aending he conference was boh an amazing and an inspiraional experience. Travel o he conference was made possible in par by undergraduae research grans from Wesminser s Drinko Cener for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Do you know a prospecive suden who would do well a Wesminser? Conac he Admissions Office a or admis@wesminser.edu Wesminser College Magazine 5

8 Browne earns award for going green Wesminser s Browne Hall was named he winner of he Ozone Award, a resul of he semeser-long Do i in he Dark energy conservaion compeiion. Sponsored by Wesminser s Sierra Suden Coaliion (SSC) and he Office of Residence Life, he compeiion ran Jan. 30-April 30 wih sudens in Wesminser s 10 residenial buildings aemping o conserve he mos energy. We are excied ha sudens ook iniiaive in reducing heir energy consumpion, boh individually and collecively, said Leanna Si 08, an English and sociology major and SSC presiden. Hopefully, his rend will coninue in he lives of sudens even afer hey leave school. Daa from he energy meers of every residence hall on campus were colleced and compared o he hreeyear average ( ) of energy consumpion for ha residence. Browne Hall residens reduced heir overall consumpion by 13 percen o win $500 and he Ozone Cup. Runners-up were Ferguson Hall and Jeffers Hall, wih reducions of 9.1 percen and 7.8 percen, respecively. Overall, he residence halls reduced energy consumpion by more han 60,000 kilowa hours from he previous hreeyear average. This resuled in a savings of over $7,200 and is a reducion of 35 meric ons of carbon ino he amosphere, said Dr. Neal Edman, dean of suden affairs. Residens unplugged elecronics ha weren in use; ook advanage of naural ligh during he day, raher han using overhead lighing; and only used half of he hallway and lobby lighs a nigh, said Laura Sahar 08, a Chrisian educaion major and Browne Hall communiy adviser. The ineres and response o his compeiion has far exceeded Winning he Ozone Award for greenes dorm is Browne Hall. From lef, Leanna Si, Dr. Neal Edman, Ma Shaffer, Dr. Shahroukh Misry and Laura Sahar. our expecaions, said Dr. Shahroukh Misry, assisan professor of biology and adviser o SSC. This compeiion underscores how a small change in our daily aciviies can resul in subsanial benefis o he communiy. Ma Shaffer, assisan direcor of residence life, worked closely wih SSC and he residence hall saff o coordinae he compeiion. The hree-floor Browne Hall was buil in 1928, and named for Dr. Rober A. Browne, Wesminser s second presiden. Senior Gif The 2008 Senior Class Gif Commiee presens a check for $3, a he senior class brunch on May

9 Alernaive Gif Marke fares well naionwide Wesminser College s Alernaive Gif Marke, sponsored by he campus Young Presbyerian Scholars Program (YPS), has he highes average number of shoppers for any collegiae locaion in he naion, according o Alernaive Gifs Inernaional (AGI). In addiion, Wesminser s marke is he hird-longes running and has raised he hird-highes average in conribuions, behind Davidson College and Yale Universiy. Wesminser s Alernaive Gif Marke has operaed for he pas four years. The markes, held in schools, churches, and service clubs hroughou he U.S. and Canada, are known as supermarkes for he poor and he plane, and are venues for fair rade, said Carey Anne M. LaSor 86, assisan o he Wesminser College chaplain and coordinaor of Wesminser s Young Presbyerian Scholars Program (YPS). Shoppers coming o a gif marke learn abou projecs and agencies worldwide whose work suppors he poor and he environmen. Markes are held o give away global awareness and educaion, as well as o provide real benefi o people living in povery, by purchasing shares in agencies already doing he work, she said. Alernaive Gif Markes were sared in 1980 by Harrie Prichard, direcor of Chrisian educaion a Pasadena (Calif.) Presbyerian Church, as a way o provide affordable, meaningful, alernaive gifs for children o purchase for heir families a Chrismas. The money raised suppored esablished inernaional non-profi developmen and relief agencies. In 2003, Alernaive Gif Markes became AGI. AGI sponsored he Young Peace Builders conference, he firs naional conference of college and universiy Alernaive Gif Marke coordinaors, a he rerea cener of he Archdiocese of Chicago May LaSor represened Wesminser College a he conference. Wesminser s gif marke is run enirely by YPS sudens and includes producs from The Silk Road, a fair rade marke in New Wilmingon, operaed by Wendy Farmerie 91. Sudens o sudy off campus his fall Six Wesminser College sudens will sudy a off-campus locaions ranging from Pisburgh o France, Scoland, and Cosa Rica for he fall 2008 semeser. Zakhoury Adams, a sophomore media ar major, will sudy a he Ar Insiue of Pisburgh. Kenneh Cloonan, a junior French Science groups hos children s workshop Wesminser College hosed The Science Scene, a workshop of hands-on chemisry and biology laboraory projecs for middle school sudens, on April 5. Sixh- hrough ninh-grade sudens from New Casle, Mercer, Hermiage, major, will sudy a Sendhal Universiy in Grenoble, France. Amanda Ehrhard, a senior English major, will sudy a he Universiy of Edinburgh, Scoland. Amanda Myer, a junior Spanish major; Kaie Skemp, a junior inernaional business major; and Erin Tarpey, a senior Sharon, Wilmingon, Buler, Sharpsville, Slippery Rock, and Porersville schools paricipaed. The workshop was coordinaed by Wesminser College sudens Nikki Baey, a sophomore biochemisry major, and Kim Wors, a junior chemisry major. Addiional Wesminser suden assisance was provided by members of he wo science clubs. We conduced some ase-and-smell aciviies for sudens in he sixh and sevenh grades o es heir senses. For he eighh- and ninh-graders, we made DNA necklaces, where sudens used heir own cheek cells and exraced heir own DNA. Spanish major, will sudy a Las Verias Universiy in San José, Cosa Rica. Cerain majors require sudy abroad, such as inernaional poliics, inernaional business, inerculural sudies, and various modern languages. These majors make up he majoriy of sudens who sudy abroad. Chemisry projecs included making snow and revealing a secre wriing mehod using chemical reacions, Wors said. The workshop was sponsored by Wesminser s Drinko Cener for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Chemisry Club, and Bea Bea Bea Biological Sociey. Addiional suppor came from Wesminser s Deparmens of Biology and Chemisry. Dr. Helen Boylan 94, associae professor of chemisry, and Dr. Joshua Corree- Benne, assisan professor of biology, provided faculy suppor, along wih Wesminser Chemical Hygiene Officer Lori Micsky. Wesminser College Magazine 7

10 Journalis, alumnus speaks a Colloquium Wesminser College alumnus and broadcas journalis Eric Burns 67 presened The Real World a he Bleasby Colloquium on April 1. Burns began his career as a corresponden for NBC News. He has been a commenaor for Enerainmen Tonigh ; hos of Ars & Enerainmen Revue on A&E; and is he former hos of Fox News Channel s Fox News Wach. He earned an Emmy for media criicism and was named one of he bes wriers in he hisory of broadcas journalism by he Washingon Journalism Review. Burns is he auhor of five books, including Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fahers and he Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism, which was a 2006 Hisory Book Club selecion. The colloquium was par of he George Bleasby Colloquia, a series of lierary evens presened by Wesminser s Deparmen of English and Public Relaions in honor of he lae Dr. Bleasby, who chaired he Deparmen of English a Wesminser from UrbanPromise direcor offers Chrisy lecure Rob Presowiz, execuive direcor of UrbanPromise in Wilmingon, Del., presened God s Relenless Love: Here I Am, Send Me a he Wayne H. Chrisy Memorial Lecure a Wesminser College s April 13 Vespers service in Wallace Memorial Chapel. A naive of Wilmingon, Presowiz earned an undergraduae degree in chemisry from he Universiy of Delaware. He spen 20 years wih Hercules Inc., a Forune 500 chemical manufacurer, in locaions hroughou he Unied Saes and Brazil, serving in research, sales, produc managemen, manufacuring, markeing, and business managemen. Afer reading a book by pasor and public speaker Tony Campolo, known for challenging Chrisians by showing how heir faih can offer soluions in a complex world, Presowiz became a voluneer and hen a board member of UrbanPromise in Camden, N.J. When Presowiz was asked o oversee he developmen of a new UrbanPromise program in Wilmingon, he made he ransiion from full ime o par ime a Hercules, evenually leaving he company o devoe his energies o he minisry of UrbanPromise. UrbanPromise is a relaionship-based minisry for a-risk urban youh ages 4 o 22. Is mission is o each children and young aduls he skills for spiriual growh, academic achievemen, life managemen, and Chrisian leadership. The Wayne H. Chrisy Memorial Lecure series honors he lae Dr. Chrisy, who was a long-ime faculy member and chair of he Deparmen of Religion and Philosophy a Wesminser College. As Dr. Chrisy dedicaed his life o relaing he heriage of faih o he emerging issues of a changing culure, he lecure series seeks ou men and women who disinguish hemselves by relaing Chrisian faih o issues of conemporary life. Visi for more deails abou hese sories and he laes Wesminser informaion. 8

11 Faculy Making News Koop Michell Bonomo n The arwork of Kahy Koop, professor of ar, was feaured in wo Pisburgh exhibis his spring in conjuncion wih he Naional Council on Educaion for he Ceramic Ars (NCECA) convenion March Three ceramic pieces were on display a he Mancheser Crafsmen s Guild March Table of Elemens celebraed he role ceramics plays in creaing special places and momens. I showcased pracical, decoraive, and expressive works by nearly 100 locally and naionally esablished and emerging ariss and educaors. Two of Koop s pieces were included in Japanese Threads a Morgan Conemporary Glass Gallery March 7-April 28. The common hreads which ied he 22 ariss o Japan s ceramic culure were varied, bu hey shared he Japanese aesheic, which celebraes he beauy of imperfecion, he elegance of simpliciy, and he essence of he naure of clay. Koop has been wih Wesminser since n Dr. Deborah Michell, associae professor of English, has earned he Henderson Lecureship Award. The lecure is scheduled for Wednesday, Oc. 22, in he Wiherspoon Maple Room of he McKelvey Campus Cener. Her lecure will focus on Queen Elizabeh I, he subjec of he final chaper of Royal Biopics: Filming he Lives of Queens. Co-auhored wih Dr. Besy Ford, professor of English emeria, he book is slaed for publicaion in The Henderson Lecure was founded by Dr. Joseph R. Henderson and his wife, Elizabeh, o encourage and recognize original and coninuing research and scholarship among Wesminser College faculy, and o afford he opporuniy for faculy o share heir learning wih he academic communiy. Dr. Henderson is a professor of educaion emerius a Wesminser, having served as chair of he Deparmen of Educaion and as direcor of he Graduae Program. Michell has been wih Wesminser since n Dr. John Bonomo, associae professor of compuer science, served as judge a he World Finals of he Inernaional Collegiae Programming Cones (ICPC) April 5-9 in Banff, Albera, Canada. In addiion o serving as a judge for he sevenh year, Bonomo had wo problems used in he compeiion. One of he problems received eigh submissions (five correc) from conesans; he oher was he only problem o receive no submissions. The final 100 eams a he compeiion were seleced in more han 200 regional coness in which 1,821 universiies from 83 counries compeed. Bonomo joined Wesminser in n Dr. Bryan Rennie, professor and chair of he Deparmen of Religion, Hisory, Philosophy and Classics, is co-edior of Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Sudies Perspecives, recenly published by Rouledge. In ligh of he coninued shadow cas by 9/11 and he subsequen war on error, his volume brings ogeher a group of disinguished scholars o scruinize he link beween religion and violence. A key heme in his collecion is ha boh he violence and he reacions o hose evens were linked o culural and social auhorizing processes ha could be called religious. Rennie has been wih Wesminser since Paaki awarded for diversiy work Dr. Sherri Paaki, assisan professor of psychology, received he Mary Walsh Roh Teaching he Psychology of Women Award for innovaive eaching relaed o diversiy. The award was presened by he American Psychological Associaion a is annual convenion in San Francisco. Paaki received he award based, in par, on a projec in her spring 2007 Psychology of Women class. Wesminser sudens corresponded wih sudens a Kiale Academy Girls School in Kenya abou he role of women in boh counries, and learned he school was saring a women s baskeball eam Through he leadership effors of Nicole Fee 07, who had been a member of Wesminser s women s baskeball eam while a suden, backpacks and Tian eam shirs were donaed for he newly formed eam a Kiale Academy. I spoke abou his projec during his semeser s Marin Luher King remembrance service in Wallace Memorial Chapel, Paaki said. I was very concerned abou he well-being of hese sudens and heir insrucor, Aloys Nyagechi, due o he pos-elecion violence in Kenya. Thankfully, since hen, he poliical leaders in Kenya have signed a peace agreemen, and he Kiale Academy Girls School was able o reopen. Paaki joined he Wesminser faculy in Sudens a he Kiale Academy Girls School in Kenya. n Dr. Camila Bari de López, associae professor of Spanish, aended he Inernaional Conference on Social Sciences and Humaniies in Saniago, Chile. The conference, organized by he Insiue of Advanced Sudies of he Universidad de Saniago de Chile, drew scholars from Chile, Brazil, Argenina, Peru, Mexico, Europe, and he Unied Saes. The conference focused on social sudies wih an emphasis on inerdisciplinary collaboraion. The presenaion by Dr. Rafael Sagredo Baeza, professor of hisory and curaor of he Medina Collecion of firs works published in Lain America, was of high imporance for my preparaion of fuure courses on Lain American culure, López said. I am presenly sudying Prof. Baeza s work on nauralis Claudio Gay and sharing i wih Dr. Marosh Furimsky, assisan professor of biology, in preparaion for a fuure cluser course on he ecosysems and culure of norhern Chile and he Andean region, she said. López joined Wesminser in Wesminser College Magazine 9

12 SPORTS UPDATE Spors Roundup Brandon Drespling BASEBALL (24-16; 8-4 PAC) Only wo oher eams in school hisory won more games han he 2008 Wesminser College baseball eam. The Tians posed a record of 24-16, he hird mos behind he 1982 (27-8) and 2003 (25-11) eams. The Tians have posed a leas 17 wins in each of he las eigh seasons including four 20-win seasons since Wesminser also qualified for he PAC Tournamen for a second sraigh season, where he second-seeded Tians los wo games and finished in fourh place in he conference sandings afer compiling an 8-4 mark during regular-season league play. Four Tians earned recogniion on he 2008 All-PAC Baseball Team. Senior cener fielder Brandon Drespling earned a firseam selecion, while junior firs baseman John Izzo, junior shorsop Nick Maiorano and senior righ fielder Donnie Womeldorff each received second-eam nods. MEN S BASKETBALL (7-19, 5-7 PAC) The Wesminser men s baskeball eam posed a 7-19 overall record and a 5-7 mark in league games in The Tians finished fifh in he PAC despie beaing evenual conference champion Behany in heir regular-season finale. Though he Tians los 19 games, seven of he losses were eiher in overime or by hree poins or less. Wesminser also ranked sixh in he naion in 3-poin shooing, making 10.5 per game. Senior guard Craig Hannon, he eam s only reurning sarer from he squad ha qualified for he NCAA Tournamen, earned second-eam all-pac and hird-eam D3hoops. com all-region honors by averaging 18.6 poins per game for hird in he league. Hannon, who posed 13 games wih 20 or more poins including hree 30-poin games, became Wesminser s all-ime leading scorer wih 1,717 career poins. Hannon also finished his career as he eam s leader wih poiners. Sophomore forward Ryne Murray also earned second-eam all-pac accolades. Murray led he PAC wih 10.0 rebounds per game while also averaging 17.8 poins. WOMEN S BASKETBALL (17-11, 7-7 PAC) The Wesminser women s baskeball eam won is firs six games, los six sraigh a one poin during he middle of he season, and finished he season winning seven ou of eigh games before losing o he naion s hird-ranked eam, Thomas More, 65-58, in he PAC Championship game. Overall, he Tians finished he season wih a record and a 7-7 mark in league games before finishing as he second-place eam in he PAC for he second sraigh year. Senior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman earned a bevy of posseason honors afer ranking hird in he naion wih a 23.5 scoring average a he end of he regular season. Ackerman became he firs player in eam hisory o receive an honorable menion for he All-America eam. Her school-record 611 poins during he season helped her become he eam s allime leading scorer wih 1,483 career poins. Ackerman, who also averaged 9.5 rebounds per game, posed 15 double-doubles his season, 21 games wih 20 or more poins and six games wih 30 or more poins, including a career-high 37 in a win over Geneva. Emilee Ackerman 10

13 Addiional posseason awards included CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Firs-Team Academic All-America, Firs Team All-PAC and D3hoops.com Firs Team All-Grea Lakes Region. WOMEN S AND MEN S GOLF (Women s 12-17; Men s 45-38) The Wesminser women s and men s golf eams placed second and hird, respecively, in he PAC for he season. The Tian women placed second in four evens and hird in wo evens while compeing in a oal of seven evens during he season, giving hem a record of The Tian men compiled a record of in 10 evens, including hree hird-place finishes and placing in he upper half of he field in four evens. On he women s side, senior Emilee Ackerman was named eam MVP afer shooing a six-round average of Ackerman earned firs-eam all-pac honors by placing sevenh overall in he league wih her bes four rounds of he PAC evens oaling 379, including a 96 in he finals. On he men s side, junior Nick Marzo earned eam MVP honors wih a eam-bes average of 80.6 for 12 rounds, including four 77s during he year, one of which was a hird-place finish a Thiel. Marzo finished 16h overall in he PAC sandings including a pair of 78s in he finals. Junior Ravi Amina placed 17h on he PAC leader board wih a 76 and an 83 in he finals. Amina carded he wo lowes scores of he season wih a 73 a Penn Sae Behrend and a 76 a Carnegie Mellon. SOFTBALL (21-15; 7-7 PAC) The Wesminser College sofball eam proved jus how capable i was as a conender in he PAC when he Tians swep wo laeseason doubleheaders agains he wo bes eams in he league. The Tians also regisered heir fifh-sraigh 20-win season wih a overall record. However, like any young eam, he Tians also fell vicim o inconsisency lae in he season, losing four sraigh conference games and missing he PAC Tournamen wih a 7-7 league record for fifh place. Five Tians earned spos on he all-pac eam including senior shorsop Maria Joseph, sophomore picher/firs baseman Jennifer Emery and sophomore oufielder Addie Parker on he firs eam. Two freshmen earned second-eam all- PAC accolades, including second baseman DiAndra DiBacco and freshman picher/ firs baseman Lis Schulz. TRACK AND FIELD The Wesminser men s and women s rack and field eams produced a breakhrough season under firs-year head coach Tim McNeil. The Tian women s eam enjoyed he mos success having won is firs-ever PAC eam championship and qualifying ahlees for he NCAA Division III oudoor championships for he firs ime in eam hisory. The Wesminser women broke 19 school records during he season, including 12 oudoor records and seven indoor sandards. Senior Jess Cooper became an All- American in he high jump afer placing hird overall a oudoor naionals wih a disance of 1.67 meers, falling jus shy of her own school record ha she se on May 9 a Cooper, who also qualified for indoor naionals a 1.65 meers, was named PAC Women s Field MVP afer winning he PAC ile in he high jump and placing second wih a school-record disance of in he riple jump. Junior Megan Harding also posed a phenomenal season as he eam MVP and he PAC Women s Track MVP. Harding qualified for he naionals wih a school and PAC record ime of in he 100-meer dash a he PAC Championships. She also se new school and PAC sandards by winning he 200 dash a Harding, who enered naionals wih he sixh-bes qualifying ime, ran a a naionals and came up shor of advancing o he finals. Harding also anchored he school and PAC record-breaking 4x100 meer relay eam ha qualified for naionals wih a ime of a PACs. Oher PAC champions for he Wesminser women included junior Rebecca Shiner wih a school and PAC record ime of 2:18.67 in he 800 and he 4x400 relay eam wih a school-record ime of 4: The Wesminser men s eam saw marked improvemen in roser size and improved imes and disances compared o is previous season. Senior Casey Karger, who was named eam MVP, placed hird a he PAC mee in he 400 hurdles and sevenh in he 110 hurdles. He also qualified for he ECAC Division III Championships in he 400 hurdles where he placed ninh. Visi for he laes Tian spors news MEN S TENNIS (3-9; 2-3 PAC) The Wesminser men s ennis eam ied for hird in he PAC for he 2008 season while posing an overall record of 3-9. Wesminser placed eiher second or hird in five flighs a he PAC Championships, including sophomore Fred Romeo placing second a No. 3 singles and second wih senior eammae Dusy Rhodes a No. 3 doubles. Romeo and Rhodes earned secondeam all-pac honors for heir second-place resuls. For a second sraigh season, Romeo led he Tians in singles vicories wih a 10-5 record while also posing a 9-5 record in doubles acion, including an 8-4 mark wih Rhodes. The nex bes singles player on he eam was sophomore Sco Lawrence wih a 6-9 record, mosly a No. 5 singles before moving up o No. 4 where he placed hird overall a he PAC Championships. Lawrence also joined up wih classmae Mark Drabick for a 6-7 doubles mark a No. 2 and a hird-place PAC finish. Jess Cooper Wesminser College Magazine 11

14 ALUMNI NEWS Noes from Wiley House Dear Friends, Many Wesminser alumni recall he pinball machines a The Grille upown. As hey were played, bells sounded and lighs flashed as poins, and more poins, were scored. A successful performance required ha he pinball be kep in play, bouncing from one objec o anoher, wih each hi adding in varying amouns o he overall oal. If he ball did no keep moving around he board, making conacs along he way, one could no score any poins. Similar o a pinball which bounces around he field of play, alumni can score for Wesminser by making conac wih friends and oher alumni. Each ime you invie fellow alumni o an even, sugges o friends ha heir sons or daughers consider Wesminser in a college search, or menion some posiive fac abou Wesminser in casual conversaion, you raise he consciousness of he College. You also demonsrae your personal enhusiasm which spreads among hose around you, who may, in urn, conac ohers in he same way, hereby muliplying he effec of your effors, all for he good of Wesminser. If you live far from campus, hink abou hosing an even for all alumni in your area. If you are in ouch wih classmaes, hink abou organizing a mini-reunion on your own. The alumni office can provide you wih names and addresses of classmaes or alumni in your area. Ask he admissions office for some maerials and brochures and hand hem ou o friends, neighbors, guidance counselors, or coworkers as hey help high school sudens find he righ college. Your willingness o speak up for Wesminser and spread he word abou is programs and qualiies helps o build is repuaion. The more conacs you make, he more you, as a pinball, increase Wesminser s score wih more applicans, paricipaion by alumni, and general goodwill. Peer Herchenroeher 76 Trusee Alumni Council SAA hoss evens The Suden Alumni Associaion (SAA) hosed several winer evens his year, enabling sudens o connec wih Wesminser alumni. Mardi Gras Carnival Wih suppor from he Suden Governmen Associaion and Campus Programming Council, he SAA hosed he 9 h Annual Mardi Gras Carnival. More han 20 campus organizaions displayed carnival boohs, including he SAA mask making booh, welcoming Wesminser and communiy families. Live jazz by he Wesminser Jazz Ensemble, free beads from he Mardi Gras King and Queen, and caricaure skeching were also offered. Jamie Carer 05 shares a few momens connecing wih Wesminser sudens. Connecions in English and Public Relaions Connecions in English and Public Relaions provided an opporuniy for sudens o speed nework wih alumni in English and Public Relaions disciplines. No only did sudens and alumni mee, inernship opporuniies were discussed and business cards were exchanged. Alumni who reurned o campus o connec wih curren sudens were Jamie Carer 05, Sherris Moreira-Byers 97 and Richard Roda 95. SAA shares neworking sraegies SAA members Kelly Corbin 08 and Gene Cunningham 09 aended he February Associaion of Suden Advancemen Programs Disric II Conference in Nor h Bay, Onario. Their presenaion, Speed Neworking & Neworking 101, focused on creaing opporuniies for building connecions beween sudens and alumni. 50h Annual Homecoming Parade Saurday, Ocober 18, 2008 Our parade heme One Fish, Two Fish, Whie Fish, Blue Fish is colored by he spiri of Dr. Seuss. All alumni are welcome o paricipae. Enries may include anyhing wih wheels, floas, anique or classic cars, walking groups - use your imaginaion! To reserve your spo or if you have quesions please conac: Jim Barrie 05, homecoming parade chair, jbarrie83@gmail.com; Sarah Milanovich 06, homecoming parade co-chair a sarah.milanovich@gmail.com; or Linda Wilson, alumni relaions secreary, (724) , lwilson@wesminser.edu. 12

15 Regional Connecions Wih Cindy Dafler 03 As assisan direcor of alumni relaions for Wesminser College, Cindy Dafler works wih regional alumni groups hroughou he counry o develop and srenghen Wesminser Connecions. April 15 New Wilmingon More han 85 alumni and guess from he Lawrence-Mercer alumni region enjoyed a dinner in he Lakeview Dining Room of he McKelvey Campus Cener prior o he Celebriy Series performance of Evia. Tom and Jean Williamson were special guess for he evening and were inroduced a dinner by Barbara Jamieson Brown 67, co-chair of he Lawrence-Mercer Region Alumni Commiee. From lef are Jill Mossberger Wilson 73, Dennis Miller 72, Bev Whiman Miller 71, Sandy Cebula and Ray Cebula 66. April 27 Chagrin Falls, Ohio Trusee Whiney Fraier Bohan 74 hosed a Fond Farewell Recepion for Tom and Jean Williamson which was aended by 47 alumni and guess of he Cleveland, Akron-Canon and Youngsown regional alumni areas. The Pine Lake Trou Club in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was he locaion for he open house. Everyone enjoyed he beauiful seing of he club and he lovely afernoon! From lef are Seve and Jean Harle and Jean and Tom Williamson. Alumni Council elecs new members Alumni Council Presiden Phil Peraglia 83 expressed a special appreciaion o ougoing council members a he April 12 meeing held on campus. Ougoing members recognized for heir voluneer suppor of heir alma maer were: Mark Allson 74, Marci Bihler Carohers 02, Widgie Miller Carson 86, Preson Dibble 01, Joanne Sone Morrissey 69, Marie Nicholas Peerson 51, Harrie Wrigh Rickard 58, and Jeanne Douhe Wilson 57. Newly eleced council members were also announced a he meeing and are: Jonahan P. Bigley 84 of Duncannon. He is owner/parner of Bigley and Blikle, LLC. Anhony R. Carrabba 96 of Cranberry Township. He is senior direcor of Gian Eagle. Craig W. Cashdollar 57 of Erie. He is a par-ime pasor. Thomas P. Gysegem 81 of Warren, Ohio. He serves as a Warren Municipal Cour Judge. Sharon McCullough 79 of Philadelphia. She is he owner of Exper Evens. Mahew R. Newman 01 of Beaver Falls. He is a band direcor/ music eacher in he Beaver Local School Disric. Rebecca A. Rickard 98 of Pisburgh. She is a group sales/ audience developmen manager for Pisburgh Public Theaer; Wayne W. Snyder 71 of Gilbersville. He is he regional underwriing manager for American Inernaional. Wesminser College Magazine 13

16 May 1 Pisburgh The Rivers Club in downown Pisburgh was he seing for he Pisburgh area alumni Fond Farewell Recepion for he Williamsons. Seveny-eigh alumni and guess were in aendance for he evening. Jim Giel 74, member of he Pisburgh Regional Alumni Commiee, inroduced Tom and Jean Williamson a he recepion. Thank you o Trusee Bill Rankin 61 for he use of he Rivers Club. Alumni enjoyed he opporuniy o exend bes wishes o he Williamsons. Bey Rogers Ridl 42 bids a fond farewell o Presiden Williamson. Also picured are John Baun and Besy Ridl Baun 70. Picured from lef are Jim Giel 74, Becky Rickard 98, Leanne Onorao 98, Barbara Braden Guffey 70, Melissa Ruefle 98, Phil Peraglia 83, and Cindy Dafler 03. June 24 - Pisburgh The Pisburgh Regional Planning Commiee me a Uno Chicago Pizza in Cranberry Township o plan evens for he upcoming year. Commiee members aending were Jim Giel 74, Barbara Braden Guffey 70, Leanne Onorao 98, Phil Peraglia 83, Becky Rickard 98, and Melissa Ruefle 98. Thank you o all of our dedicaed commiee members. Wach for some grea upcoming evens in he Pisburgh area. I s been a busy spring for Regional Connecions! I am hrilled o have he opporuniy o mee and speak wih regional alumni voluneers hroughou he counry. Please wrie me or call me if you are ineresed in making connecions for Wesminser in your area. I d love o hear from you. Cindy Dafler 03 has been a member of he Wesminser College Saff since As assisan direcor of alumni relaions, Cindy is responsible for coordinaing and implemening all evens and aciviies associaed wih advancemen programs including regional alumni evens. For informaion abou an upcoming regional even or if you are ineresed in hosing an even in your area, conac Cindy a or daflercs@wesminser.edu. Upcoming alumni evens Thursday, Sepember 25: Erie Alumni Gahering a he Erie Club o mee Presiden and Mrs. Richard H. Dorman. Wednesday, December 3: Pisburgh Alumni Gahering a The Duquesne Club o mee Presiden and Mrs. Richard H. Dorman. January 6-14, 2009 Concer Choir Tour (enaive schedule): Wednesday, January 7 Lynchburg, Va. Monday, January 12 The Villages, Fla. Thursday, January 8 Jacksonville, Fla. Tuesday, January 13 Tampa, Fla. Friday, January 9 Vero Beach, Fla. Wednesday, January 14 Sarasoa, Fla. Sunday, January 11 S. Peersburg, Fla. 14

17 Commencemen By Elizabeh Fonaine Hildebrand 92 Oudoors or indoors? Those words were undoubedly on Tom Williamson s mind he morning of he 2008 Commencemen. As he day crep closer o noon, he menacing-looking clouds were showing no signs of compassion. One of his final decisions as Wesminser s presiden was going o be a ough one o make: He had o move he radiional lawn ceremony o drier grounds Shorly afer noon, wih gray skies overhead and rain imminen, Williamson made he call o srike he curren se-up a Senior Terrace and go o Plan B: move he ceremony o he Field House. A sanding room only, graduaing seniors, faculy, saff, family members and friends packed he gymnasium o winess he graning of more han 340 bachelor s degrees, 14 maser s degrees and wo honorary docoraes. Wesminser College Magazine 15

18 Receiving an honorary docor of humane leers was Ronald A. Wolk 54. Wolk, chairman of he board of Ediorial Projecs in Educaion, encouraged he Class of 2008 o Be Lucky! Have fun: he fun ha comes from a sense of accomplishmen, a sense of elaion, Wolk said. My bes advice is be lucky. I s he key o having fun and he key o working wih good people, bu i s hard o be lucky wihou aking risks. I s beer o regre he hings you did han he hings you didn do. Williamson, reiring as Wesminser s 13h presiden, received an honorary docor of public service degree. He expressed graiude o hose who shared he honor: My wife, Jean, who has helped me in so many ways; he Trusees; he remarkable faculy and saff; and he Class of I is my honor o be graduaing wih you who have made his a beer place by your presence here, he said. He shared houghs on Trus and Balance. Above, Dr. Jesse Mann, vice presiden for academic affairs and dean of he College, gahers wih sudens receiving summa cum laude honors (op) and graduaes of he Lifelong Learning Program (boom). Below, reiring faculy and saff members include, from lef, Paul G. Wozniak, David Brauigam, Dr. James Perkins, Dr. Parick McCarhy, Dr. Sam Lighner, and Dr. Warren Hickman. Trus is he foundaion of civilizaion and all civilized ransacions and relaionships herein, Williamson said. In life, in love, in all ha is, seek balance. 16

19 Board of Trusees Chair Debora Swasworh Foser 74, righ, congraulaes honorary degree recipiens Ronald A. Wolk 54, cener, and Presiden Williamson. Carl The College also honored reiring faculy Dr. Parick C. McCarhy, biology; Dr. Warren D. Hickman, mahemaics; Dr. G. Samuel Lighner IV, physics; Dr. James A. Perkins, English; and Paul G. Wozniak, accouning. All five earned emerius saus. McCarhy, addiionally, earned he presigious Disinguished Faculy Award (see sory on page 8). Jenna Diorio, an English major from Poland, Ohio, delivered he senior address. The day s evens began wih he Baccalaureae service, held in Orr Audiorium. The Rev. Dr. William J. Carl III, presiden of Pisburgh Theological Seminary, shared You re Somebody. The service included music by Kahryn Davison Miller, Wesminser College organis; a welcome from Dr. Jesse T. Mann, vice presiden for academic affairs and dean of he College; prayers by Faher Phillip Farrell of S. Camillus Church; greeings from Presiden Williamson; and scripure readings by he Rev. James Mohr II, college chaplain. Below, A grinning and proud Thokozani Mbewe, a naive of Malawi, earns his bachelor of science degree. (Hildebrand is edior of Wesminser Magazine.) Wesminser College Magazine 17

20 A differen kind of McCarhyism Respeced professor clinches faculy award By Elizabeh Fonaine Hildebrand 92 While Sco Ferguson 98 was ouring college campuses during his senior year of high school in 1993, he made an imprompu sop a Wesminser one weekend. Wesminser wasn on his shor lis of schools; in fac, i wasn even a consideraion. Bu by he end of he day, Wesminser was his op choice. Wha happened during he course of his visi? He bumped ino Parick McCarhy, his year s Disinguished Faculy Award recipien. McCarhy jus happened o be in his office ha weekend. He offered Ferguson a our of Hoy and he biology deparmen, gave Ferguson s moher a jar of frui flies o share wih her hird-grade class, and, ulimaely, alered he course of Ferguson s life. Lile did I know ha his experience would come full circle 12 years laer when I chose o sudy frui fly developmen during my pos-docoral fellowship, said Ferguson, who oday is a pos-docoral fellow a he Howard Hughes Medical Insiue of Princeon Universiy. Ferguson is one of dozens of former sudens and ohers who recommended McCarhy, who reired in May afer 38 years on Wesminser s faculy, for he honor. His was one of 15 leers of recommendaion including one wih an aached documen feauring 21 addiional signaures delivered o Dean of he College Dr. Jesse Mann, urging McCarhy s selecion. The words menor, friend, enhusiasic, and inspiring were used ime and again. Their sories, and hundreds of ohers unold by hose who have benefied from an associaion wih McCarhy, underscore he reired professor s view of a life well lived. According o McCarhy, living a good life is largely based on he people you mee along he way. Those he me along he way would no doub agree. He has ouched he lives of a remendous number of sudens by being a grea eacher, a caring and knowledgeable adviser, a research menor, and in many cases, a rused friend, wroe Dr. Joe Balczon, chair of he Deparmen of Biology. Sudens love him, and he loves hem in reurn. He nurures hem wih he same care ha he nurured his own children. For McCarhy, i has been his sudens, colleagues, and he good friends he s made a Wesminser ha have kep him here and kep him happy all hese years. He remembers sudens from long ago. I s no jus he names McCarhy recalls as if reading from some aged ledger; he recouns individual sories and is genuinely proud o call many of his former sudens friends. This probably wouldn have happened, McCarhy believes, if he had gone a differen roue and bypassed Wesminser. 18

21 While pursuing his Ph.D. a Wayne Sae Universiy in Deroi in he lae 1960s, McCarhy oversaw one of he deparmen s inroducory biology labs. Wih 18 secions of laboraories a week and 50 undergraduaes per lab, he was in conac wih nearly 900 sudens. I was jus mass producion, McCarhy said. I go o know only a few sudens here. Here you ge o know almos every one of your sudens and wih some of hem, you make lifelong friendships. Tha wouldn have happened in Deroi, he said. McCarhy lef Deroi for New Wilmingon in 1970 when he joined he Wesminser faculy as he Deparmen of Biology s firs professor specifically rained in geneic research. He and his wife, Pa, immediaely conneced wih New Wilmingon; rural Lawrence Couny jus fel more naural o McCarhy, who, as a boy, spen his days geing his hands diry by playing in he woods in his small homeown of Cadillac, Mich. I was here ha a high school science eacher showed him ha he could coninue o ge his hands diry in he field of biology. I always hough I waned o become a docor, McCarhy said. I hink ha because I said ha quie ofen, my parens encouraged i. I wasn unil he was an undergraduae suden sudying unified science a Wayne Sae, however, ha he discovered a passion for geneics. I had a couple of wonderful professors who jus inspired me, he said. I knew by my senior year ha I would insead go on o ge my maser s and Ph.D. As ime wore on, however, McCarhy found eaching ohers abou his passion o be his rue calling. I hink I discovered I liked he eaching beer han I did he research, he said. I hink ha in eaching here has o be a genuine love for wha hey re doing and he subjec area. I ve been a biologis forever and I m sill enhusiasic abou biology oday, he said. Tha enhusiasm ha has o be here, I hink, o be a good eacher. If you don have ha, I don know how you would convey enhusiasm for he subjec o he sudens. You have o feel so passionae abou i ha you wan o share i wih ohers. Many recall McCarhy s enhusiasm in and ou of he classroom. One alumna from he Class of 2006 recouned her firs meeing wih him during firs-year orienaion when she menioned her ineres in aending veerinary school. Wihou hesiaion, he pulled ou a noepad and pen and immediaely sared planning and organizing wha my schedule would look like over he nex hree years. Having sudens who are ineresed in learning and by and large our sudens a Wesminser are genuinely ineresed in academics only helps in he educaion of he sudens, he said. I s a wo-way sree: I m ineresed and passionae abou he subjec and hey ve go a pure or moivaed ineres, he said. Tha combinaion of hings makes for effecive eaching. I also helps, McCarhy said, o be passionae abou a subjec ha is forever changing. In geneics and molecular biology, here is so much happening all he ime, said McCarhy, who poins ou ha geneics and molecular biology have been acceleraing ever since 1953 when James Wason and Francis Crick discovered he srucure of deoxyribonucleic acid beer known as DNA. I hink from ha ime on, i has jus been an explosion of knowledge and useful applicaions coming ou of wha some call he DNA Biology Age, he said. There is always somehing new. Always. As McCarhy shared his kind of passion in he classroom, he was also able o coninue research by paricipaing in approximaely 30 honors research projecs over he years. All of hose were prey good research on he pars of he sudens, he said. I s been very enjoyable and rewarding o see he sudens develop and learn wha research is all abou and know ha many of hese sudens have a naural inclinaion and curiosiy abou he subjec. Alhough he now carries he ile of professor emerius and can enjoy he pleasures ha come wih reiremen, McCarhy s own naural curiosiy oward biology and his love of eaching won keep him sill for long. He s already signed as an adjunc for he fall 2008 semeser, an arrangemen ha will be welcomed by sudens and colleagues alike. (Hildebrand is he edior of Wesminser Magazine.) Wesminser College Magazine 19

22 Ino Africa Wesminser ravelers immersed in Malawian culure By Elizabeh Fonaine Hildebrand 92 Behany Olson has given many gifs in her lifeime. For holidays, birhdays, and oher special occasions, she s wrapped, ribboned and presened family and friends wih various reasures over he years. Bu i was a simple, booksore-purchased Wesminser blanke, perfumed wih he scen of heavy-duy bug spray ha urned ou o be one of he greaes presens she s ever given. The blanke, Olson s prized possession which accompanied her on her recen rip o Souh Africa, became a paring gif o her Malawian hos moher. I ook various Wesminser iems and hings from [her homeown of] Erie, bu in he end I decided o give somehing from my hear, said he Wesminser senior who was one of a 14 sudens o ravel o Malawi in May. The gif was warmly and enhusiasically received Olson s hos moher promised o wear i o church as a shawl. The warm hear of Africa, as Malawi is ofen referred, was cerainly presen a ha momen. Olson and Wesminser sudens from he spring semeser s African Hisory and Peace Sudies courses augh by Dr. Paricia Clark and he Rev. James Mohr II spen wo weeks in Souh Africa visiing Malawi, wih sops in Johannesburg, Soweo, and he Cradle of Humankind. Bu i was in Malawi a small counry he size of Pennsylvania nesled beween Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia where hey spen mos of heir ime. While he counry is noed as he hird mos impoverished naion on he plane and faces such issues as disease, crime, and a high deah rae, members of he ravel group found i o be rich in culure, spiri, and humaniy. Despie he counry s hardships, members of he ravel cluser hosed by he members of he Pisburgh Parnership, a group formed wihin he Presbyerian Synod of Blanyre weren shelered from he Malawian people. Insead, hey were encouraged o immerse hemselves in he counry s culure. There hey paricipaed in and sang in church worship services, raveled o various mission sies, oured he Mulanje Mission 20

23 Hospial, me sudens from he Zomba Theological College, and go o know he smiling children from hree differen orphan ceners. Each suden also spen ime wih a hos family. And while a journey o Souh Africa would cerainly be incomplee wihou aemping o spo he celebraed Big Five he lion, elephan, rhinoceros, leopard and buffalo as well as he giraffe, zebra, hippo, and wildebees, he Rev. James Mohr II, college chaplain, definiely waned o shif he focus from being on an African safari. My goal was for i no o be a rip where hey wen o he zoo, said Mohr, who helped each he Peace Sudies course. Insead, he sighseeing he really waned his sudens o observe had o do wih he human spiri. I wasn jus abou aking a rip. I waned hem o mee people wih an enirely differen background, gain an undersanding and appreciaion of he culure and he people, and experience worship from an African perspecive, said Mohr. In a counry where here are more han one million orphans mosly due o AIDS/HIV-relaed deahs of heir parens and he life expecancy is roughly 43 years of age, i s difficul o imagine much happiness and a faih. The people of Malawi embrace life. They are fearless in heir faih in God, said Olson. She poined ou ha courage wheher i be in he face of he daily horror of he HIV/ AIDS crisis or he jump from a rocky cliff ino a waerfall s pool is par of daily life in Malawi. We asked hem Isn here anyhing you re afraid of? and hey gave us looks of shock and responded No, why? God is wih us. There is nohing o be afraid of, said Olson. Behany Olson spends ime wih a couple of her new Malawian friends. The srong sense of communiy is also prevalen among he Malawi people, Olson said. I was forced o hink a lo abou his idea of communiy, because in America, i is no uncommon o no know he name of your neighbor. When a family in Malawi ges a new goa, he whole communiy embraces his goa i s he communiy goa. And 60 people for dinner o celebrae he The Rev. James Mohr prepares a sermon for a Harves Sunday service. Sudens and he Rev. James Mohr lead Malawian children in "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes." new goa really is jus a few friends. The group aended one Harves Service, which boh Mohr and Olson recalled as one of he mos overwhelming and enlighening experiences of he visi. Mohr, in fac, was unexpecedly asked o preach he service, which cenered around Ecclesiasics 3:1-8, A Time for Everyhing. Despie he economic sruggles and he need o feed heir own families, despie he poor growing condiions of he land, each person arrived a he Harves Service wih heir gifs of grain, frui and vegeables for God. Their sacrifices were so ouching. This is food hey could use o feed heir children, bu hey were joyful o give i, said Olson. I was so moving o winess. The spiri of God was definiely in ha room. And while Olson said she discovered much abou he African culure, he experience forced her o look wihin and was surprised ha she learned even more abou herself. I lef wih a much broader world view, Olson said. This experience was so imporan o me personally. I allowed me o branch ou and see he world differenly. I helped redefine who I am as a person. Now I ry o ake five-minue showers insead of 15, because I know wha i s like o value fresh waer. Now I m open o rying new foods because in Malawi, if you don clean your plae, i s offensive and waseful, she said. This was a rip of a lifeime. One minue I m seeing hippos and nex minue I m playing wih children and making hem laugh and smile, said Olson. Some may have hough his kind of rip was oo expensive. Bu o me, i was worh every cen. (Hildebrand is he edior of Wesminser Magazine.) Wesminser College Magazine 21

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25 Class Noes 1953 Gerrude Marin s pieces were included in a naional exhibiion of small works of ar a he Naional Associaion of Waercolor Ariss in New York Ciy. Trudy lives in an old dairy barn wih five ar sudios in Woodbury, Conn. Edwin York published Opporuniy Valley: A Hisory of he Delaware River Valley before Edwin and his wife, Marguerie, make heir home in Milford, N.J Richard Erickson and his wife, Renee Sarche Erickson, have reired. Rich coninues o each a Wes Cheser Universiy and Cabrini College; Renee is uoring and eaching a he local Penn Sae campus. Ron Huswi was appoined o he Frank Halliday Chair of Philosophy a The College of Wooser, where he has augh 40 years. In addiion, a scholarship in philosophy was named for him. Ron and his wife, Barbara Johnson Huswi 66, reside in Wooser, Ohio Beverly Michael-Higgins, a mahemaics professor a he Universiy of Pisburgh, is co-auhor of Exploraions in College Algebra, Fourh Ediion. She and her husband, Dan, make heir home in Cheswick Chrisine Carson Filipovich was appoined he firs CEO of he Naional Associaion of Clinical Nurse Specialiss (NACNS). She lives in Harrisburg wih her husband, Dennis Filipovich 65. Dr. Glenn Charlon is direcor of he emergency deparmen of Henderson Emergency Physicians LLC a Maria Parham Medical Cener. He and his wife, Gerry Hooper Charlon 71 M 93, live in Manson, N.C. James Epsein reired as Mercer Couny disric aorney afer serving 22 years. He and his wife, Mary Anne Phillips, live in Sharon. Pamela Goodhar Pulkowski is assisan superinenden in he Wyomissing Area School Disric. She resides in Reading wih her husband, Hank Francine Todd Gedeon, a reired eacher, published My Man s Hear. She lives in Jeffersonville, Ind., wih her husband, Neal Ronald Slaer is an aorney in he legal deparmen of he Inernaional Headquarers of Jehovah s Winesses. Ron and his wife, Kahleen, make heir home in Paerson, N.Y John Shaffer reired afer 31 years of public service wih he Pennsylvania Deparmen of Correcions. He is presiden of Shaffer and Associaes, an independen consuling firm serving public and privae cliens wih echnology soluions for criminal jusice agencies Susan Hodges of Evanson, Ill., is a business wrier and consulan wih Hodges Wries, a communicaions firm Jan Crisman MacMillan is he business coordinaor a Souherland Place, an assised living faciliy in Midlohian, Va. The Rev. Harold Harley III was named senior vice presiden of he Council of Independen Colleges. Hal and his wife, Donna Parker, live in Locus Grove, Va. Lori Kirkwood Proch is vice presiden of Dawson Insurance, Inc. She and her husband, Ron, and wo children reside in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Susan McLaughlin reired afer 31 years wih he Sharon Ciy School Disric as senior guidance counselor, guidance deparmen chair, and varsiy boys and girls ennis coach. Sue is direcor of ennis a Buhl Farm Park and is a privae college consulan. Chrisanne Peepas Hensley is an accounan wih Hargray 62 GEWs Susan McDonell Graham 62, sanding, welcomes her fellow classmaes and GEWS Galbreah Eas Wing residens of 1958 ino her Spring Hill, Fla., home in May 2007 for he group s biennial reunion. In aendance were, from lef, Rhudi Forres Miller, Claudia Sefon Phillips, Sue Ann Beveridge, Kay Wilson Hayes and Debbie Boyer Seele. Communicaions in Hilon Head Island, S.C. Karen Preuss is grans manager a Queens Boanical Garden in Flushing, N.Y. John Robinson hoss a biweekly radio show a WYCE. J.R. and his wife, Sandra Sobie Robinson 80, live in Caledonia, Mich. Tom Tupiza, presiden of Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Senne in Erie and member of he Wesminser board of rusees, received he Everyday Leader Award from he Pennsylvania Bar Associaion for his communiy and professional service Deborah Mahews Spencer of Pisburgh is program direcor wih ASSET Inc., a non-profi professional developmen program for educaors Robin DeWal Wallace earned a maser s of physician assisan from Easern Virginia Medical School and is employed by The Glennan Cener for Geriarics and Geronology. Rober Sreeer is vice presiden, medical affairs a Mercy Medical Cener Merced. Wesminser College Magazine 23

26 1985 Chuck Hayden was named regional sales manager a Learning Tree Inernaional, based in Reson, Va. Laree Schoolmeesers is an assisan professor of nursing a he Presbyerian School of Nursing a Queens Universiy of Charloe, N.C Louis Russell compleed a maser s in organizaional leadership a Souhern New Hampshire Universiy Jacquelyn Kleberg Wimer is a kindergaren paraprofessional in he Monongalia Couny school sysem. She lives in Morganown, W.Va., wih her husband, Brian, and son Amy Phillips Nesbi operaes APN Communicaions, a homebased public relaions firm. She lives in Pisburgh wih her husband, Gerry, and heir wo daughers. (See also New Addiions.) 1990 Lisa George compleed an inensive Pilaes eacher raining program o become a Pilaes Mehod Alliance cerified Pilaes insrucor. A daabase manager/informaion managemen specialis wih he Shaw Group, Lisa eaches Pilaes a Wellspring Sudio in Pisburgh. Jennifer Nygaard Ponzer is a real esae agen specializing in higher marke and lakefron residenial properies. She lives in Erie wih her husband, Parick, and hree daughers. Halle Siffler Solze is a care manager for Aging Services of Washingon Couny (Pa.) Dr. Kerry Reilly is senior orhopedic physical herapis a The Wesern Pennsylvania Hospial in Pisburgh Eric Benson is vice presiden/ porfolio manager wih Naional Ciy Bank s Privae Clien Group. He and his wife, Kelli, and daugher live in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Sheila Bowser Parker earned a maser s in reading educaion from California Universiy of Pennsylvania. Alexander Graziani, execuive direcor of Smar Growh Parnership of Wesmoreland Couny, was eleced o he board of direcors of he Greensburg Communiy Developmen Corporaion. He and his wife, Eva, and five children live in Greensburg. David Lindauer is an informaion echnology specialis and member of Norh of Mason-Dixon (NOMaD), a counry ac working on heir second release. He recenly audiioned and was seleced for a speaking role in The Road, a movie filming in Pisburgh and sarring Viggo Morenson and Charlize Theron Angela Erickson Milliron and her husband, Chad, have moved o Saesville, N.C., where Angela is a high school guidance counselor. Michael Yobe is produc line manager a Cooper Inerconnec, an indusrial manufacurer of elecrical componens. He and his wife, Beh, and son, have relocaed o Goldsboro, N.C. (See also New Addiions.) 1995 John Davis is direcor, consrucion and surey services wih Cassady, Neeser, & Brasseur. John lives in Mishawaka, Ind., wih his wife, Crysal, and son. Amanda Gashel Dillon is senior corporae counsel in he in-house legal deparmen of Diebold, Inc. She and her husband, Michael Dillon, live in Medina, Ohio. Jonahan Pos joined Rober Morris Universiy as direcor of public relaions. He lives in Pisburgh wih his wife, Maggi, and daugher Andrew Erb eaches insrumenal music in he Sharpsville Area School Disric; eaches rumpe and direcs he jazz ensemble a Wesminser; and is a freelance rumpeer. Andy lives in Wes Middlesex wih his wife, Diana, and son. Mahew Esch was licensed by he Commonwealh of Pennsylvania o pracice marriage and family herapy. Chocolae celebraion Four friends from he Class of 1994 go ogeher in Ocober 2007 for a collecive 35 h birhday pary. The group feauring Kara Ezdebski Blasko, Julie Presecan Mollica, Krisin Marko Monani and Ronda Wikowski celebraed by spending he weekend a The Chocolae Spa a The Hoel Hershey in Hershey. He is a menal healh herapis in he family-based menal healh program of Family Resources. He lives in Pisburgh wih his wife, Angela, and wo children. Amy Hancock Scheurman earned a juris docorae from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and is an aorney wih he Deparmen of Homeland Securiy U.S. Immigraion & Cusoms Enforcemen. She lives in Euclid, Ohio, wih her husband, Keih Carrie Dorfield Sheckells earned a maser s in governmen from Johns Hopkins Universiy. She and her husband, Glenn, and wo sons live in Jarresville, Md. (See also New Addiions.) Michele Shuler joined he liigaion clien service deparmen of Graydon Head & Richey LLP in Cincinnai, Ohio. Angelina Yearick earned a juris docorae from Pace Universiy School of Law. Angie is an associae aorney wih Andrews Kurh LLP in New York Ciy. 24

27 1998 Becky Rickard was promoed o group sales and audience developmen manager a Pisburgh Public Theaer; was eleced o he board of he Pisburgh Urban Magne Projec; and helped develop a new show wih Second Ciy Comedy Troupe in Chicago Erin Duddy of Cary, N.C., is adminisraive recruiing manager for Five Sar Saffing & Accouning Recruiers. Sephen Gordon is senior sofware engineer wih Bausch & Lomb. He and his wife, Gina D Angelo, make heir home in S. Louis. William Lucas is direcor of developmen wih Voluneers America Wyoming and Monana, based in Sheridan, Wyo Amy Bruneo Phillips earned an MBA from he Universiy of Pisburgh Kaz School of Business and is a business developmen associae a he universiy. She lives in Norh Versailles wih her husband, Sean. (See also Marriages.) Jerrod Sewar of New Wilmingon is accoun manager a The Overlook Courney Behm of Menor, Ohio, earned an MBA from Cleveland Sae Universiy and is markeing manager for Gilbane Building Company s cenral regional office. Sarah Phillips was promoed o human resources generalis a FRCH Design Worldwide, an archiecure and design firm in Cincinnai, Ohio. Shay Sewar Houser earned a maser s in special educaion from he Universiy of Pisburgh. She is a fourhgrade eacher in he Seneca Valley School Disric. She and her husband, James Houser 02, live in Cranberry Township wih heir daugher. (See also New Addiions.) Amy Melissa Young earned a maser s in communicaion sudies from Monclair Sae Universiy and is direcor of suden aciviies a Berkeley College. She resides in Wood- Ridge, N.J Seven Klebacha earned a maser s in curriculum and insrucion from Penn Sae Universiy. Seve is a Spanish eacher a Sae College Area High School Erin Coccia earned a juris docorae from Capial Universiy Law School and is an assisan public defender in he Franklin Couny (Ohio) public defender s office. Amanda Fond earned a docorae in chemisry from Johns Hopkins Universiy and is a research chemis a he Naional Insiue of Sandards and Technology in Gaihersburg, Md. Andrew Porer earned a degree from he Philadelphia College of Oseopahic Medicine. He will serve an inernship a Delaware Couny Memorial Hospial, and a residency a he Universiy of Maryland Medical Cener in Balimore, Md. Erin Quinlan of Alpharea, Ga., is a eacher a Seles Bridge Elemenary School Jason Cooper is a managemen rainee wih Enerprise Ren-a-Car. His wife, Emily Koegler Cooper, is an assisan manager wih Coach and is pursuing a maser of diviniy degree a Pisburgh Theological Seminary. Lauren Gacesa Klacic is a eacher in he New Brighon School Disric. She lives in Baden wih her husband, David. Kevin Huber earned an MBA from Moun S. Mary s College and is a projec manager wih NV Homes/NVR, Inc. His wife, Sara Ialongo Huber, is a senior associae wih Warschawski, a public relaions firm. The couple makes heir home in Ellico Ciy, Md. Julia Malone Holzhauer earned a maser s in social work from he Universiy of Cincinnai. Holly Tabernik earned a maser s in clinical psychology from Cleveland Sae Universiy and is pursuing a Ph.D. a Sam Houson Sae Universiy in Houson, Texas. Andrew Winner earned a maser s in higher educaion from Geneva College. Andy is adjunc faculy a Geneva and is coordinaor of youh and campus minisry a Slippery Rock Unied Mehodis Church Jaime Carer is direcor of developmen and public relaions wih The Lighhouse Foundaion in Buler. Amy Roh is healh coordinaor/medic a High Trails Oudoor Science School based in Angelus Oaks, Calif. Wesminser Connec connec.wesminser.edu Find your friends, pos your news, build your Wesminser Nework 1. Go o hp://connec.wesminser.edu 2. Click on Firs Time Login in he member login box 3. Ener your las name 4. Click he buon nex o your name on he lis ha appears 5. Ener your User ID (was your suden number) which is a 7-digi number (or numbers, if alumni couple). I is on he op line of he label on he back of his magazine ***************************** XX000 XX MR. JOHN A. DOE 123 WESTmINSTER CIRcLE NEw WILmINGTON, Pa Click Verify and you will land on your user profile 7. Go hrough he profile, updae as needed and creae your user name and password 8. Bookmark he page, visi ofen, and share wih Wesminser friends Wesminser College Magazine 25

28 Tara Timpano received a promoion and special award for her work as an adjudicaor for he Deparmen of Defense in Washingon, D.C Elizabeh Bacheson is a communicaions coordinaor for GlaxoSmihKline Consumer Healhcare in Moon Township. Thomas Heah is an accoun manager in medical sales wih Meyer Disribuing Company in Twinsburg, Ohio. Jessica Holiday is a bilingual associae in cusomer communicaions wih Covenry Healhcare in Moon Township. Benjamin Menzer is a workforce developmen specialis in unemploymen insureance for he Commonwealh of Kenucky Naalie Coccia of Pisburgh is an execuive assisan a Daavibes, a sofware and informaion echnology consuling firm, and is a personal assisan for a professor a he Universiy of Pisbugh. Michele Fenske is serving a cardiovascular perfusion residency wih he Cleveland Clinic. Cailin Pra is a markeing and publiciy assisan wih Penguin Speakers Bureau, an organizaion ha connecs besselling auhors wih evens around he world. Jennifer Rossi eaches fourh grade a Klein Elemenary School in he Harborcreek School Disric in Erie. Need Wesminser gear? Visi Weddings 1996 The Rev. Mark Whisel and Kelly Cole, Jan. 19, 2008, a Union Presbyerian Church in Robinson Township. Kari Cole 07 was a bridesmaid. A number of alumni aended he wedding. The couple resides in Crafon Chrisina Buri and Kevin Cousins. Chrisina is a physician assisan for Desere Family Medicine. The couple lives in Phoenix, Ariz Amy Bruneo and Sean Phillips, Oc. 27, Darcie Yobp 01 served as maid of honor. The couple lives in Norh Versailles. (See also Class Noes) 2001 Nahan Crozier and Kelly Gugan, June 30, 2007, a Wedding Album Navy Pier in Chicago. Alumni paricipaing in he ceremony were Benjamin Tae and Mahew Hanna 00. The couple resides in Chicago. Auumn LaQuay and Joseph Yasher, Sep. 22, 2007, a Sain Valenine Church in Behel Park. Several alumni were in aendance. She is a reimbursemen supervisor a Cenric Healh Resources in Cheserfield, Mo. The couple lives in Sain Charles, Mo. Seh Rice and Krisen McCaskey, Sep. 1, 2007, in Wallace Memorial Chapel a Wesminser. The wedding pary include maron of honor Kimberly McCaskey-Lee 97, Jessica Naples and Dr. Jason Franchi, Aug. 5, Jessica is a kindergaren eacher in Veneia. The couple lives in Pisburgh Lee Peindl and Samanha Hefferon, July 14, 2007, a Daniel Soew Boanical Gardens in Belmon, N.C. Lee is an aorney wih he law firm Mullen Holland & Cooper, P.A., where he pracices primarily in he area of commercial consrucion liigaion. The couple resides in Charloe, N.C. Mark Whisel, 96 and Kelly Cole Jessica Naples, 98 and Dr. Jason Franchi Seh Rice 01 and Krisen McCaskey Sarah Lohr, 02 and Kyle McMullen Kae McKenzie, 02 and Shawn Gao Danielle Perfei, 02 and Andrew Schwessinger Jennifer Hooks and James Lizinger, 03 Sarah Proper and Ralph Ceveo,

29 Wedding Album Heaher Klink, 04 and Charles Harmon Abby Ball and Dan Prokop 07 Chrisopher Hall, and Jacob Smih. Seh is an aorney a he law firm of Babs Calland and Krisen is a professional developmen coordinaor wih he Allegheny Inermediae Uni. The couple resides in Pisburgh Beh Bucheri and Mahew Crvelin, Jan. 26, 2008, a Firs Unied Mehodis Church in Norh Tonawanda, N.Y. Alumni in aendance were Andrea Bean, Lisa Joyce 03, and Nikki Pencak 05. Beh is coordinaor of suden services a Rocheser Insiue of Technology. The couple lives in Tonawanda, N.Y. Sarah Lohr and Kyle McMullen, Sep. 8, 2007, a Duihl Unied Mehodis Church, Cranberry. Maid of honor was Jessica Torick. Sarah works in he Office of Alumni Relaions a Carnegie Mellon Universiy and Kyle is a graphic aris in Green Tree. The couple lives in Pisburgh. Kae McKenzie and Shawn Gao, Dec. 29, 2007, a he Kayla Dennis, 05 and Bill Fader Courney Turek and Tanner Larson 07 Sarah McKain and Ian Durham, 05 Besy Nolan and William BJ Sieg 06 Duquesne Universiy Chapel. Alumni in he bridal pary were Mark McKenzie 99, Angela Seck Lansberry, Desiree Henry, Laura Julian, and Jacquelyn Selznick. Kae is financial aid counselor wih Rober Morris Universiy. The couple resides in M. Lebanon. Danielle Perfei and Andrew Schwessinger, Nov. 3, 2007, a McDaniel College in Wesminser, Md. Alumni paricipaing were bridesmaids Corrine Gaglia Durisko, and Heaher Ferry Faler 04. The couple resides in Wesminser Jennifer Hooks and James Lizinger, July 14, Alumni paricipaing in he bridal pary were Bryan Hooks 01, maid of honor Alyssa Leavy, and bridesmaids Janeen Griffih and Shana Johns. Jennifer and James are boh eachers in Beaver Couny. The couple lives in Beaver Falls. Briana Palko and Lukas Proudfoo, June 30, 2007, a he Presbyerian Church of Wes Middlesex in Wes Middlesex. Meghan Wilson, 05 and Joseph Cowar Share your phoos online a Wesminser Connec hp://connec.wesminser.edu Wesminser Connec connec.wesminser.edu Alumni in he wedding pary were Erin Remai Palko 98, Tammy Bugher, and Kelly Schmid Campbell. Briana is a daa analys a Benefifocus and Luke is an engineer for Bechel Beis Inc. The couple resides in Moncks Corner, S.C. Sarah Proper and Ralph Ceveo, March 26, 2005, in Warren, Ohio. They live wih heir daughers, Rebecca and Barbi, in Warren Heaher Klink and Charles Harmon, Nov. 24, Alumni aendans were Jessica Henninger Resifo and Nicole Poocnak Medjesky. The couple resides in Jefferson, Ohio Kayla Dennis and Bill Fader, June 9, 2007, a Foxburg Inn in Clarion. Alumni paricipaing in he wedding were Rachel Varine and Jessica Pei. Alumni in aendance were Ian Durham, Sarah McKain Durham, Melissa Graham Rorabaugh, Adam Hadbavny 06, and Professor Parick Kranz. Kayla is a second grade eacher. The couple lives in Sewell, N.J. Sarah McKain and Ian Durham, Aug. 4, 2007, a Covenan Presbyerian Church in Ligonier. Kaylan Lehosky 06 was a bridesmaid and Marcus Corvino was a groomsman. Many oher alumni aended. The couple resides in Ligonier. Meghan Wilson and Joseph Cowar, June 29, 2007, a Firs Bapis Church in New Casle. Alumni in he wedding pary were Allyson Wilson Garre 06 and Eddie Pagley. Meghan is a kindergaren eacher in he Mohawk School Disric. The couple resides in New Casle Abby Ball and Dan Prokop 07, Aug. 4, 2007, in M. Vernon. Abby is Hillside/ Jeffers residen direcor a Wesminser College and Dan is he direcor of marke communicaions for R.E.Whiaker Co. in New Casle. The couple resides in New Wilmingon. Courney Turek and Tanner Larson, Aug. 4, 2007, a S. Michael Church in Canfield, Ohio. Ryan Aleski 05 paricipaed in he ceremony. The couple resides in Boardman, Ohio Besy Nolan and William BJ Sieg 06, Sep. 22, 2007, in Talmadge, Ohio. Alumni in he wedding pary were Buddy Thornon 06, groomsman Seh Senior 08, and bridesmaids Emily Nolan Machi 97, Sephanie Cornicelli, and Amy Cook Carroll 08. Several alumni and a faculy member aended. The couple resides in Harrisburg where Besy works for Commerce Bank and BJ works for he Pennsylvania Senae. Wesminser College Magazine 27

30 Tian TOs Jordan Cecelia Dunham Lauren Jean Mancini Thomas Peer Saikaly Ian Cecil Glendenning Noah Seven Masry Finnian James Sauriol Amelia Jane Gaes Dillon James Brunner Alyssa Marie DiMarco Mallory Meghan Kunz Isabella Kaye Gula Megan Elizabeh Blasko Leyon Baird Moreau Lily Grace Beecrof New Addiions 1989 Elizabeh Dawes Lynch and her husband, Rober: a daugher, Caherine Claire, on Dec. 29, The family lives in Irvingon, N.Y. Amy Phillips Nesbi and her husband, Gerry: a daugher, Sophia, in She joins a siser, Hannah, a home in Pisburgh. (See also Class Noes.) 1991 Amy Dillon Gargiulo and her husband, Frank: a daugher, Olivia Noelle, on Dec. 6, She joins Ava Francesca, 2, a home in Hermiage. Danielle Marscio Call and her husband, David Call 93: a son, Adam Clyde, on Feb. 3, He joins Morgan Chrisine, 7, Maddox Douglas, 5, and Luke David, 2, a home in Wooser, Ohio. David is a physician wih Cleveland Clinic Kahryn Dunham Loy and her husband, Michael: a daugher, Jordan Cecelia, on Oc. 10, She joins Connor a home in Williamsburg, Va. Lori Hively Thomas and her husband, Seve: a daugher, Josephine Noelle, on May 2, She joins Evan, 11, Madelyn, 9, and Jillian, 6, a home in Murrysville. Sheri Mancini and her husband, Kenneh: a daugher, Lauren Jean, on Oc. 12, She joins Hannah Joyce, 3. Sheri and her husband are laparoscopic surgeons. The family resides in Gasonia, N.C. Sany Saikaly and his wife, Sephanie: a son, Thomas Peer, on March 17, Sany is a fraud invesigaor officer/ assisan vice presiden in he Naional Ciy Bank invesigaions deparmen. The family lives in Wexford Anoinee Cwynar Glendenning and her husband, Kenneh: a son, Ian Cecil, on Nov. 13, He joins a broher, Joey, a home in Emmaus. Basel Masry and his wife, Paricia: a son, Noah Seven, on May 4, He joins siblings Sydney and Owen a home. The family lives in Moon Township. Allison Urlaub DiMarco and her husband, Richard: a daugher, Alyssa Marie, on Nov. 21, She joins Isabella Brooks, 2, a home in Rocheser, N.Y Sacy Adams and her husband, Kris Sauriol: a son, Finnian James, on March 1, The family lives in Alana. Sean Cauvel and his wife, Kelly: a son, Chrisian Brech, on Dec. 13, The family lives in Los Angeles. 28

31 Tian TOs Eric Shawn Calos: Meredih Susan Gross Isabelle Marie Engleka Micah Black Orion Anhony Paglia Anhony James Lazzini Olivia Virgin Adeline Green Peerson Brynn Alouise Houser Kae Marie Chupak Madeline Faih Devlin Marin Dominic Mikulas Avery Lynn Conger Mallory Marie Vereb Michael T. Yobe and his wife, Beh: a son, Ian Michael, on March 10, The family lives in Goldsboro, N.C. (See also Class Noes.) 1995 Amy Byrd Kunz and her husband, Michael: a daugher, Mallory Meghan, on March 10, She joins Logan, 5, and Nahan, 3, a home in Behel Park. Mahew Schulz and his wife, Elizabeh: a daugher, Anna Reese, on Dec. 10, She joins James, 7, and Andrew, 3, a home in Waerown, N.Y., where Ma and Elizabeh serve as pasors Emily Baldwin Gaes and her husband, Chris: a daugher, Amelia Jane, on Nov. 7, She joins Abbie, 2, a home in Eusis, Fla. Emily is an inervenion specialis resource eacher in he Orange Couny Public Schools in Orlando, Fla. Kerry Fero Wason and her husband, Doug: a son, Zachary Wesley, on Jan. 10, He joins Emilie, 4, and Benjamin, 2, a home in Norh Huningdon. Gwendolyn Myron Brunner and her husband, James: a son, Dillon James, on Aug. 20, The family lives in Pisburgh. Jennifer Roccia Moreau and her husband, Larry: a son, Leyon Baird. He joins Graham, 4. Annie Silhanek Sofran and her husband, Adam: a son, Tobias Joseph, on Jan. 2, He joins Benne Charles, 1, a home in Boardman, Ohio. Annie is a markeing public relaions specialis wih Humiliy of Mary Healh Parners in Youngsown, Ohio. Leigh-Ann Volpe Canciello and her husband, James Canciello 98: a son, Dane James, on Nov. 11, He joins Anonia Leigh, 6, and Gianna Lynn, 4, a home in New Casle. Leigh- Ann is a eacher a Laurel Elemenary School and James is a eacher a Wilmingon High School Lonnie Gula Isenberg and her husband, Mark: a daugher, Isabella Kaye, on Oc. 5, The family lives in Warren, Ohio. James Delsandro and his wife, Megan: a son, James Terry, in James is a mah eacher and boys golf coach a General McLane High School. The family lives in Erie. Carrie Dorfield Sheckells and her husband, Glenn: a son, Henry Howard, on July 29, He joins a broher, Waler Alan, 2. The family lives in Jarresville, Md. (See also Class Noes.) Jennifer McMichael Blasko and her husband, Michael: a daugher, Megan Elizabeh, on Oc. 10, She joins Michael, 5, a home in New Casle. Jennifer is a Tile I reading specialis a Reynolds Elemenary School in Greenville. Anson Miedel and his wife, Hannah: a son, Aaron Thomas, on Aug. 9, He joins Sarah Elizabeh, 4, a home in Wooser, Ohio. Anson is an ophhalmologis a he Wooser Eye Cener. Wesminser College Magazine 29

32 1998 Nicole Phillips Porer and her husband, Jeremy: a son, Jordan Samuel, on May 30, He joins Carson, 3, a home in Hubbard, Ohio. Briany Royer Beecrof and her husband, Sean: a daugher, Lily Grace, on Feb. 8, She joins a siser, Olivia, a home in Follansbee, W. Va. Aimee Saginaw Engleka and her husband, Joel: a daugher, Isabelle Marie, on Nov The family lives in Gibsonia. Kelly Williams Black and her husband, Timohy: a son, Micah, on Aug. 24, The family lives in Valrico, Fla Kimberly Chase Paglia and her husband, Tony: a son, Orion Anhony, on Aug. 12, Kimberly is children s programming coordinaor for Keysone Blind Associaion in Sharon. The family lives in Mercer. Allison Culver Calos and her husband, Shawn Calos: a son, Eric Shawn, on Feb. 12, He joins Drew, 2, a home in Circleville, Ohio. Jenny Shifler Gross and her husband, Brad Gross: a daugher, Meredih Susan, on Nov. 29, The family lives in Pisburgh. Jackie Wes Grisse and her husband, Ryan Grisse 00: a daugher, Adlee Noelle, on Aug. 17, She joins Elise, 4, and Ehan, 2, a home in New Casle Kimberly Davis Kladiis and her husband, Andrew: a son, Nikolos Paul, on Jan. 14, He joins Andrew, 2, a home in New Casle. Heaher Lazzini Barhors and her husband, Nahan: a son, Anhony James, on Jan. 5, The family resides in Minser, Ohio. Heaher is assisan direcor of admissions a he Universiy of Dayon Jim Peerson and his wife, Rebecca: a daugher, Adeline Green, on April 10, She joins Mackenzie Ann, 2, a home in Norfolk, Va. Shay Sewar Houser and her husband, James Houser 02: a daugher, Brynn Alouise, on Feb. 10, The family lives in Cranberry Township. (See also Class Noes.) 2002 Dyan Chupak Sowers and her husband, Jess: a daugher, Kae Marie, on July 23, The family resides in Mercer. Jamie Freund Virgin and her husband, Ma: a daugher, Olivia, on July 5, The family resides in Pleasan Hills. Heidi Krieger Filber and her husband, Ma: a daugher, Kinsey Eileen, on June 22, Lisa Raidel Devlin and her husband, Karl: a daugher, Madeleine Faih, on Feb. 20, The family lives in Ausinown, Ohio. Jaime Sell Mikulas and her husband, Marin Mikulas: a son, Marin Dominic, on Aug. 15, The family resides in Canon, Ohio Keri Conger Merklin and her husband, Theodore Merklin: a daugher, Avery Lynn, on Aug. 30, Samanha O Toole Vereb and her husband, Parick Vereb: a daugher, Mallory Marie, on Nov. 10, Samanha is a kindergaren eacher for Penn Hills School Disric. Pa is erriory manager for Donjoy Orhopedics. The family lives in Monroeville. Jennifer Polish Changoway and her husband, Andrew Changoway 05: a daugher, Lily Elizabeh, on Jan. 30, The family lives in New Casle Pamela Onderko and her husband, Joseph Onderko 00: a daugher, Alison Jean, on Jan. 17, She joins Erin, 7, and Lauren, 4, a home in New Wilmingon. Wan your news published? us your class noes a: alumni@wesminser.edu or submi your news online a: Or fax us a: (724) or mail us a leer a: Office of Alumni Relaions Wiley Alumni House Wesminser College New Wilmingon, Pa Phoos: We are happy o publish phoos of alumni and fuure Tians. Please follow hese guidelines when submiing phoos for publicaion. Phoographic prins: We accep all sizes of phoographs, bu prefer hem o be a leas 4x6 inches in size. Boh color and black and whie prins are accepable. Digial Phoos: To submi a digial phoo, aach i o an message addressed o alumni@ wesminser.edu. Please noe ha we require high-resoluion files (a minimum of 300 pixels per inch or 300 dpi). Phoos ha have a lower resoluion are usually no accepable. Digial phoos should be saved in JPEG or TIFF forma. Deadlines: Class Noes prined in his issue were received prior o Dec. 30, Because Wesminser Magazine is a quarerly publicaion requiring significan lead ime, please allow a leas wo monhs before your news is published. Class Noes received prior o April 14, 2008, will appear in he nex issue. 30

33 In Memory Word has reached us of he passing of he following alumni and friends of Wesminser College. To submi informaion for he In Memory secion, please provide a complee obiuary noice (if available) o he Office of Alumni Relaions. Please be sure o include he names and class years of any surviving Wesminser alumni relaives William A. McCreery of Marion Cener and Indiana, March 2, During his career he served as a high school eacher, high school principal, and chief school adminisraor in Marion Cener unil his reiremen in A school in Marion Cener, he W.A. McCreery Elemenary School, was named in his honor. He belonged o Graysone Presbyerian Church Dorohy Thompson Ligo of New Wilmingon, Jan. 11, Dorohy sared her eaching career a Ligo School, a one-room schoolhouse in Mercer Couny. She augh mah in New Wilmingon schools during he 1960s. She was a member of he Neshannock Presbyerian Church. Survivors include a daugher; a son; a siser; wo grandsons; and six greagrandsons Paul V. Barger of Sewickley, Oc. 29, Lois Greer Lashaw of Delona, Fla., March 11, She was a reired eacher and church organis. Survivors include several nieces and nephews Jane Sonerod Lauerbach of Pisburgh, Feb. 1, She earned an MBA from he Universiy of Pisburgh in When her husband, Bob 39, was saioned in Washingon, D.C., during World War II, she ook on a posiion as a saisician for he governmen. The couple laer relocaed o he Pisburgh area. In 2003 she received he Wesminser Ousanding Service Award. Survivors include hree children; six grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial conribuions can be made o he Rober E. and Jane S. Lauerbach Academic Scholarship Fund a Wesminser Florence Menoher Gaskin of Ligonier, Jan. 13, Ausa Marie Hojer Howren of Youngsown, Ohio. Prior o her sudies a Wesminser, she earned her degree as a regisered nurse. During her college years, she worked as Wesminser s only nurse. Laer she was a supervisor and augh obserics a Margare Hague Women s Hospial in Newark, N.J. She reurned o Youngsown in 1945 and became direcor of obserics a Norhside Hospial and laer a supervisor in he nursing office. She reired in 1987 as a surgical floor nurse. She was a member of he Firs Covenan Church. Survivors include wo daughers; a son; one broher; seven grandchildren; and hree grea-grandchildren Pauline Brown Manning of Caaraugus, N.Y., Oc. 17, Harrie Jackson M. Sarver 36 of New Wilmingon, April 6, She augh mah a Oakdale High School in Allegheny Couny. During World War II she also augh he subjec in he Army Suden Training Program. For many years she was an office manager for Dr. Larry Shaffer and Dr. John Mansell. In 2002 Wesminser College honored her wih an Alumni Ciaion Award. She served for more han four decades as an adviser o Wesminser s Chi Omega sororiy. She was an acive member of New Wilmingon Presbyerian Church, where she served as deacon, elder and rusee. Survivors include wo sons, including David A. Sarver 73; wo sisers; and four grandchildren. Memorial conribuions can be made o he Harrie Jackson Sarver Scholarship Fund a Wesminser. Joseph Demoise of Tucson, Ariz. Louise Buler Gilkey of New Casle, Feb. 27, She had been a secreary a New Casle News. She was a member of Moun Jackson Presbyerian Church and is Women s Club. Survivors include her husband, George; a broher; wo nieces and a nephew Norma Nighingale Hope of Greensburg, March 7, She was a member of Derry Presbyerian Church. Survivors include hree sons and several grandchildren Myra Reichard Kuhn of Indianapolis, Nov. 8, She was an elemenary school eacher in Ohio, California, New York and Vermon for several years. She was a member of Second Presbyerian Church in Indianapolis. Survivors include her husband, Rober; a daugher; a son; a siser; and hree grandchildren. George L. McMunn of Allison Park, Feb. 23, He served wih he U.S. Navy during World War II and was a reired eacher from Allegheny High School. Survivors include his wife, Coral McWilliams McMunn 50; hree sons; one broher; and hree grandchildren. Eva Jane Smih of Buffalo, N.Y Alice C. Coyer of Grove Ciy, Dec. 21, James A. Walker of Apollo, Jan. 24, He served in he U.S. Navy as a gunnery officer on he USS Des Moines in he Medierranean. He had been an indusrial engineer a Allegheny Ludlum, Brackenridge and Leechburg; a manager for Naional Maerial Seel Warehouse in New Kensingon; and a salesman for he Brue Indusrial Seam Cleaner Co. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lee; a daugher; a son; hree granddaughers; wo sisers, including Marjorie Walker, former faculy member; one broher; wo nephews and one niece. Memorial conribuions can be made o he Burry Memorial Sadium Fund a Wesminser. Wesminser College Magazine 31

34 1956 Harold E. Hal Greenlee of Lakeland, Fla., Feb. 5, He is survived by his wife, Nancy Brown Greenlee George Skiba of New Casle Richard A. Calkins of Winnsboro, S.C., Feb. 3, He reired as a foreign suden adviser a he Universiy of Akron. He served in he U.S. Navy. He was a member of Sion Presbyerian Church where he had been a deacon, choir member and Sunday school eacher. Survivors include hree daughers, including Susan Calkins Ellio 76; one broher; and four grandchildren. Marcus E. Seanor Jr., of Boulder, Colo., Dec. 13, He was an indusrial engineer and during his 43-year career in manufacuring, he worked for U.S. Seel, Coninenal Can, Tin Plae Parners, and Ball Corp. He reired in 2004 as Ball s direcor of seel purchasing packaging. While a suden a Wesminser, he was capain of he fooball eam. Survivors include his wife, Jean; hree sons; a siser; and six grandchildren Anne Wimer Wensel of Delray Beach, Fla., March 28, Before her reiremen she was propery manager for 13 years a Hampon Financial in Pompano Beach, Fla. She was acive wihin he Presbyerian Church (USA) and was a summer voluneer a he church s naional conference ceners in Monrea, N.C., and Sony Poin, N.Y. Survivors include a siser, Mabel M. Wimer 64; and one niece. Memorial conribuions may be made o Wesminser College David R. Cochran of Las Vegas, Sep. 9, He was a reired pharmaceuical sales represenaive for Wyeh Pharmaceuicals. He is survived by his wife, Sharyn Len Cochran Dr. Cynhia Moury Farr of Erika, Papua New Guinea, Jan. 15, A linguis and Bible ranslaor, she was a commissioned missionary of he Evangelical Congregaional Church and a member of he Wycliffe Bible Translaors since She was commied o sharing he Bible wih he indigenous people of Papua New Guinea. She and her husband began heir ranslaion work in Papua New Guinea in 1972; in 1984 hey compleed he Korafe-Mokorua New Tesamen. In 1989 hey began working among he Baruga people, and he Baruga New Tesamen is nearing compleion. Her work on he Korafe dicionary was compleed jus days before her deah. She earned a docorae in linguisics from Ausralian Naional Universiy. Survivors include her husband, James; her parens; a son; a siser; wo brohers; and wo grandchildren Deborah Biner Wes of Annapolis, Md., Sep. 10, Debbie began her eaching career in Mounain Lakes, N.J. She augh kindergaren for 17 years a he Counry School in Eason, Md., and for he las 13 years she was he lower school coordinaor a he Summi School in Edgewaer, Md. She was a founding member of he Wes Annapolis Yach Club. Survivors include her husband, Davenpor Davey Wes 74; one daugher; a siser, Jody Biner Treadwell 73; and several nieces and nephews. Informaion Updae Have you moved, changed phone numbers, or do you have some news abou yourself or your family ha you wan o share wih oher Wesminser alumni? Fill ou he form below and reurn i o he Wiley Alumni House Updaes, Wesminser College, New Wilmingon, PA , or submi updaes online a Name Class Today s Dae Address Ciy Sae Zip Social Securiy Number I.D. Number (see mailing label) Occupaion Name of Employer Ciy Sae Zip Home Telephone Business Telephone Cell Phone Spouse s Name Spouse s Wesminser Class Children s Names and Birh Daes Here s my news: For Office Use Only This is an address change. This is new informaion which I have no submied before. *Please sae your zip + 4. Refer o your uiliy bills for his number. 32

35 For our Fuure This is her momen. Now is your momen. We re no jus planning For Our Fuure. We re planning for his. Deerminaion, he dream of success, and scholarship funding made his momen possible. Righ now you can help creae his momen for anoher Wesminser suden by considering an endowed scholarship. Make he mos of your momen. To learn more abou how you can begin he process o endow a scholarship fund, please conac Sue Rudloff a or rudlofse@wesminser.edu.

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