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FALL 2014 Hunting for Success Nate Hosie ’08 is a World-Class Hunter and Aspiring Musician INSIDE: THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS AT WILKES UNIVERSITY Wilkes_Fall2014_FINAL.indb 1 10/6/14 9:15 PM president’s letter VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 3 FALL 2014 WILKES MAGAZINE University President Strategic Plan Provides Dr. Patrick F. Leahy Vice President for Advancement Michael Wood Gateway to the Future Executive Editor Jack Chielli M.A.’08 ince becoming president of Wilkes, many alumni have heard me say Managing Editor that we can become one of the finest universities, not just in this Kim Bower-Spence region, but in this nation. That can only happen if we have a clear Editor sense of direction and an understanding of how we will get there. Vicki Mayk MFA’13 Creative Services With the completion of Gateway to the Future: The Wilkes University Lisa Reynolds SStrategic Plan 2014-2020, we are ready to continue this journey. Web Services Our new strategic plan focuses on six key themes: Craig Thomas MBA’11 Electronic Communications 1. Foster Excellence in Academic Programs: As a University dedicated Joshua Bonner to student success and lifelong learning, Wilkes must continue to develop Graduate Assistant programs that transform students’ lives. Francisco Tutella Bill Thomas ’13 2. Invest in Our People: Since faculty, staff and alumni are our most important Interns assets in transforming the lives of our students, Wilkes must continue to Shawn Carey invest in these relationships. Alyssa Stencavage 3. Recruit, Retain, Place and Graduate Undergraduate and Graduate Layout/Design Kara Reid Students: As an enrollment-dependent institution, Wilkes must make the Printing most of its opportunities to increase enrollment of undergraduate and Pemcor Inc. graduate students, recruiting these students from an increasingly wide area. EDITORIAL ADVISORY GROUP 4. Improve Our Financial Strength: With the cost of attendance reaching Anne Batory ’68 a tipping point, Wilkes must strengthen and diversify its ability to generate Brandie Meng M’08 Bill Miller ’81 and manage resources. George Pawlush ’69 M.S.’76 5. Strengthen Our Campus Infrastructure: With intensifying competition Donna Sedor ’85 for students, Wilkes must ensure that we have the facilities and resources ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF that our faculty, staff, and students need to excel. Director 6. Support Efforts at Redeveloping Downtown Wilkes-Barre: As an Bridget Giunta Husted ’05 Associate Director anchor in the center of Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes must continue to be a force Mary Balavage Simmons ’10 for positive economic, cultural and social development in its community. Alumni Events Manager This message allows me to provide only the briefest Jacki Lukas ’11 of overviews of this dynamic plan. I invite you to visit ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS www.wilkes.edu and click on “About Wilkes.” Under President Cindy Charnetski ’97 a link for Leadership, you will be able to read the plan Vice President in its entirety. Ellen Hall ’71 It is an ambitious plan. But, as the poet, Goethe, said: Secretary “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move Kathy Heltzel ’82 MSA ’85 the hearts of men.” At Wilkes, Historian Laura Cardinale ’72 we have big dreams, and we’ll need everyone in order to Wilkes magazine is published three times a year by the Wilkes University Office realize them. Please join me in of Marketing Communications and Government Relations, 84 W. South St., Wilkes President Patrick F. Leahy Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, [email protected], (570) 408-4779. Please send shares his vision for the University supporting these efforts. change of address to the above address. at the first Founders Gala. Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. The university provides its students with the experience and education necessary for career and intellectual development as well as for personal growth, engenders a sense of values and civic responsibility, and encourages its students to welcome the opportunities and challenges of a diverse and continually changing world. The university enhances the tradition of strong student-faculty interactions Dr. Patrick F. Leahy in all its programs, attracts and retains outstanding people in every segment of the university, and fosters a spirit of cooperation, community involvement, and individual Wilkes University President respect within the entire university. Wilkes_Fall2014_FINAL.indb 1 10/6/14 9:15 PM FALL 2014 6 12 14 18 contents FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 6 Professional 2 On Campus Prognostications The Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership 5 Athletics marks its 10th anniversary as faculty and alumni contemplate the future of business. 20 Alumni News Nate Hosie ’08 is a professional 12 22 Class Notes hunter on the Outdoor Passport to Experience Channel’s “Headhunters TV.” Three Wilkes alumni launch their teaching PHOTO COURTESY “HEADHUNTERS TV” careers at an international school in Malaysia. Have a story idea to share? Contact us at [email protected] 14 Paradise Found or Wilkes magazine, 84 W. South St., Jason Evans ’00 runs his successful video Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766. production company, SilverShark Media, on Maui. Wilkes magazine is available online at 18 Hunting for Success www.wilkes.edu/wilkesmagazineonline Nate Hosie ’08 is a professional hunter and an up-and-coming musician. Winter 2014 | WILKES 1 Wilkes_Fall2014_FINAL.indb 1 10/6/14 9:15 PM on campus Students in Tune With New Marching Band The Marching Colonels—Wilkes’ new marching band—stepped out for the first time at the Sept. 6 home football game. The 32 band members participated in a ten-day band camp prior to the start of classes to get them ready for their unique role as members of the region’s first collegiate marching band. In addition to learning their repertoire of classic rock and roll and practicing their marching moves, one of the highlights of the camp was trying on their uniforms for the first time. The band is directed by associate professor of music Philip Simon. Left, Marching Colonels Sarah Hankey, Lauren McClintock, and Autumn Peck show off their new uniforms during band camp. Right, freshman Lauren McClintock tries on her hat for marching band for the first time. PHOTOS BY STEVE HUSTED Wilkes Receives $3 Million in State Funding for Engineering Labs The future of engineering education at Wilkes received a boost The money will fund renovations to the Stark Learning Center— with a transformative gift from the state of Pennsylvania. Gov. including creation or upgrading of three new high-tech laboratories Tom Corbett announced that the University is receiving a $3 for research and development. The labs are: million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) The Nanotechnology Laboratory will be a multi-disciplinary, grant for engineering labs in the College of Science and state-of-the art-facility to support teaching and research in Engineering. The grant, which requires Wilkes to match the microelectronics and nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, one of the funding, will be used to make $6 million in improvements most cutting-edge areas of research, involves understanding and “The laboratories that we create from this funding will controlling matter at an extremely small scale. The state funding allow us to continue our goal of providing students with the will allow Wilkes to make optimum use of $500,000 in nanotech- facilities and opportunities of a much larger institution in nology equipment already donated to the University by Fairchild the intimate setting of a liberal arts college,” Wilkes President Semiconductor of Mountaintop, Pa. Patrick Leahy said. “It also will allow us to continue our commitment to support the city of Wilkes-Barre and the The Additive Manufacturing Laboratory will be an integral region. We will do that by sharing these facilities with our part of the Applied Manufacturing Center. Additive manufacturing industrial partners.” includes emerging fields like 3-D printing and developing automated Because of the interdisciplinary nature of research, science processes that allow precise manufacturing at high volumes. Fall 2014 | students outside of the engineering major will have opportu- The Bioengineering Laboratory will provide for advanced work nities to use the labs, Leahy said. and research in the fields of microscopy, robotics and computational sciences. Wilkes offers a master’s degree in bioengineering. WILKES 2 Wilkes_Fall2014_FINAL.indb 2 10/6/14 9:15 PM on campus New Director and New Direction In announcing the appointment, President Patrick F. Leahy said that at Allan P. Kirby Center Ridley’s vision for encouraging Wilkes’ Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and entrepreneurial education spanning Entrepreneurship has a new director and a new direction. academic disciplines and his ability Rodney Ridley Sr. is the new director and is also its Allan to build strategic partnerships with P Kirby Jr. Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise and business and industry makes him Entrepreneurship. uniquely suited to his new role. In announcing Ridley’s appointment, the University also “In the five years that Dr. unveiled plans for major new programs that build on the Ridley has been at Wilkes, he has Kirby Center’s mission and expand its offerings. These include become known for his ability to establishing a business incubator in downtown Wilkes-Barre and be an innovative and entrepreneurial thinker,” Leahy said. “Never a technology transfer office at the University. satisfied with the status quo, Dr. Ridley in five years has made a Ridley previously served as director of the Division of significant contribution to engineering education at Wilkes. His Engineering and Physics. vision for a new direction for the Allan P. Kirby Center promises to transform entrepreneurial education at the University and impact the development of new enterprises in the region.” “Never satisfied with the status The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship was established in 1993 with a focus on teaching quo, Dr.