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Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine Winter 2016 Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2016 Communications & Marketing Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Liberal Studies Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Communications & Marketing, "Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2016" (2016). Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine. 7. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag/7 This open access book is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2016 Description From the President Janet Morgan Riggs '77 Table of Contents Science Woman to Women: Scholarships for Aspiring Scientists (Judith Keyes Guss-Nelson ’60, P’89; Kirsten A. Guss ’89; Kayla Britt '17) Julia Hendon: Anthropology and Director of the Johnson Center for Creative Teaching and Learning Professor Julie Hendon There is No Orange Without Blue Candace Connors Vorhaus ’80 The 411: Bill Heyman '74, P'13 (Bill Heyman '74, P'13) According to You: Alumni Survey Results G-burg Interns Stand Out (Len Gemma ’81) Binational Bio (Samantha Siomko ’17; Prof. Paula “Alex” Trillo) Gettysburgreat: The Campaign for Our College Sounding a Chord of Hope (Margaret Selby ’81; Thomas George ’67) Frank Arbogast '16 Career Explorations Multiply Conversations At the Heart of It (Michael Cain ’71; Blase Carabello ’69; Arthur Feldman ’70) No More Marcus Welbys (Blase Carabello '69) Flipping the Classroom (Michael Cain '71) Patient Focused (Arthur Feldman '70) G-burg's Bio DNA: Prof. Ralph Cavaliere The Business of Making a Better World (Linda Zweizig Rentschler ’86; Frank Martin ’63; Lawrese Brown ’10; Chris Simard ’11; Alan ’02 and Victoria Anderson Manning ’01; Kim Davidson) Voices of Experience: Making the Most of LinkedIn (Katherine Cornock Terhune ’07) What Students Do: Developing a Curator's Eye (Kathya Lopez ’18) Work that Makes a Difference: "The Missile Better Work" (Rick Edwards ’78) What Makes Gettysburg Great: Focusing on Leadership, Service, and Civic Engagement (Fred Fielding ’61) This book is available at The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag/7 Save the Dates Class Notes Becker, Stevens, Birkner, and Me: Is the Past Really the Past? (Prof. Michael Birkner ’72, P’10; Michael Karpyn ’97) Keywords Alumni Magazine, Gettysburg College Disciplines Education | Higher Education | Liberal Studies Publisher Gettysburg College This book is available at The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag/7 Winter 2016 oranTHERE IS NO ge WITHOUT blue From the president Volume 107 • No. 1 • Winter 2016 hroughout the year, an area where alumni can be of me, this is truly inspiring. Your Inside I meet and hear from tremendous help! ThePrinceton gifts every year, no matter what many alumni and always Review recently ranked Gettysburg their size, not only enhance welcome their ideas and thoughts College among the top 20 colleges the quality and reputation of 14 At the heart of it 2 News@Gettysburg about Gettysburg College. and universities in the nation for our College, but also make a Three top cardiologists—all Gettysburgians—are shaping the 12 Conversations To learn more about what our internship experiences. We have profound difference in the lives future of the field by training the next generation of doctors. alumni think, we sent a survey, also been profiled in the book of our students. 28 Do Great Work co-promoted with the Alumni Colleges that Create Futures: 50 Speaking of which—what 20 The business of making a better world 30 Bulletins Association’s Board of Directors, Schools that Launch Careers by about today’s students? Ambitious and persistent, social entrepreneurs are driven to all of those Gettysburg alumni Going Beyond the Classroom. We According to the Princeton to do good while doing well. 31 Class notes for whom we had an email depend on our alumni, parents, , Gettysburg is among the Review 46 In memory address. The survey reached seven and friends to assist with this top 20 colleges and universities 26 Making the most of LinkedIn decades of Gettysburgians, and effort. I encourage any of you in the country for students who Standing out in the LinkedIn crowd can be challenging, 48 Parting shot nearly 3,500 alumni responded. I who have career experiences or study the hardest—and students but there is a Gettysburg College insider to help. thank those of you who took the opportunities you would like to who are the happiest! That is a time to complete the survey, and share to be in touch with our great combination! The support Cover photo by Shawna Sherrell I would like to point out some Center for Career Development you provide helps us to create an Photo of Lincoln statue by Miranda Harple key findings. (For some additional (www.gettysburg.edu/career). environment at Gettysburg that Editor: Sue Baldwin-Way. highlights, please see pages 6–7.) Our alumni also expressed is quite distinctive. Gettysburg Contact [email protected] First, those aspects of a desire to support us with students are highly engaged, Address changes: Communications & Marketing, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Gettysburg College that alumni recruiting students and promoting and they are truly enjoying Box 422, Gettysburg, PA 17325 consider to be most important the College to others. This, the experience. Gettysburg College assures equal employment are the College’s reputation and too, is wonderful news since I Again, thanks to all who and prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, value; history and tradition; consider our alumni to be our responded to our alumni survey, as sexual orientation, or disability. Printed in accomplishments of students; greatest ambassadors. I encourage well as those who have contributed U.S.A. © Gettysburg College 2016. and campus aesthetics. Most you to talk about Gettysburg to Gettysburg College through For additional content related to this issue, visit www.gettysburg.edu/links or contact importantly, our alumni report in your communities and in our Gettysburg Great campaign. [email protected] that their Gettysburg education your workplaces. Feel free to Your voice and generosity prepared them well for their recommend Gettysburg to a high are invaluable! President Abraham Lincoln Signing the personal and professional lives. school student! By promoting Wishing you all the best this Emancipation Proclamation by sculptor Stanley Watts, a gift to the College from We continue to be dedicated to Gettysburg in this way, you will winter season! Trustee Emeritus Scott Higgins ’67, P’12, advancing that goal with today’s help us to expand our reach. was installed near Stevens Hall. Photos and video of the installation and students, preparing them for Finally, nearly all who Sincerely, dedication ceremony, including fulfilling careers and lives of responded shared a sense of remarks by Bruce Gordon ’68, civic engagement. pride about Gettysburg College. former NAACP president, are online. I was pleased that so many of Sometimes that pride translates our alumni conveyed an interest into giving financially. About in discussing career planning half of those surveyed include and job opportunities with Gettysburg in their top three-to- Janet Morgan Riggs ’77 students, especially since this is five philanthropic priorities. To President From the president Volume 107 • No. 1 • Winter 2016 hroughout the year, an area where alumni can be of me, this is truly inspiring. Your Inside I meet and hear from tremendous help! ThePrinceton gifts every year, no matter what many alumni and always Review recently ranked Gettysburg their size, not only enhance welcome their ideas and thoughts College among the top 20 colleges the quality and reputation of 14 At the heart of it 2 News@Gettysburg about Gettysburg College. and universities in the nation for our College, but also make a Three top cardiologists—all Gettysburgians—are shaping the 12 Conversations To learn more about what our internship experiences. We have profound difference in the lives future of the field by training the next generation of doctors. alumni think, we sent a survey, also been profiled in the book of our students. 28 Do Great Work co-promoted with the Alumni Colleges that Create Futures: 50 Speaking of which—what 20 The business of making a better world 30 Bulletins Association’s Board of Directors, Schools that Launch Careers by about today’s students? Ambitious and persistent, social entrepreneurs are driven to all of those Gettysburg alumni Going Beyond the Classroom. We According to the Princeton to do good while doing well. 31 Class notes for whom we had an email depend on our alumni, parents, , Gettysburg is among the Review 46 In memory address. The survey reached seven and friends to assist with this top 20 colleges and universities 26 Making the most of LinkedIn decades of Gettysburgians, and effort. I encourage any of you in the country for students who Standing out in the LinkedIn crowd can be challenging, 48 Parting shot nearly 3,500 alumni responded. I who have career experiences or study the hardest—and students but there is a Gettysburg College insider to help. thank those of you who took the opportunities you would like to who are the happiest! That is a time to complete the survey, and share to be in touch with our great combination! The support Cover photo by Shawna Sherrell I would like to point out some Center for Career Development you provide helps us to create an Photo of Lincoln statue by Miranda Harple key findings. (For some additional (www.gettysburg.edu/career). environment at Gettysburg that Editor: Sue Baldwin-Way.