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Worldly Ways Krista Gromalski ’91Launches Newspaperkrista Coal Crackers Creative Alumnifollow Many Writing Publication Pathways Conservation Agency SPRING/SUMMER 2014 Wor l d l y Way s FOREIGN STUDENTS BRING INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR TO WILKES CAMPUS president’s letter VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 2 SPRING/SUMMER 2014 Continuing A Commitment To WILKES MAGAZINE University President First-Generation College Students Dr. Patrick F. Leahy Vice President for Advancement Michael Wood ne of the greatest regrets of my life is that I never met my Grandfather Leahy. Executive Editor He passed away before I was born. I’m told I get my passion for education from Jack Chielli MA’08 him. He cared so deeply about education, in large part because he never had Managing Editor the chance to obtain one. He was a self-educated man – a traveling salesman Kim Bower-Spence who spent his free time reading the classics. Editor Vicki Mayk MFA ’13 He made a commitment that all of the Leahys who came after him would Creative Services obtain a college degree. According to my father, one of the biggest fights he Lisa Reynolds ever had with his father was the day that he told Grandfather Leahy that he Web Services Craig Thomas MBA’11 might not go to college. “Over my dead body,” my grandfather protested. Electronic Communications “If you get an education, you get a chance.” Joshua Bonner He believed that a college degree would open up economic opportunities. Graduate Assistant But, perhaps even more important than that, a college degree was the surest Bill Schneider, MA ’13 Francisco Tutella way to a meaningful life. All of the Leahys subsequently earned college degrees, Layout/Design some even earned graduate degrees, and became lawyers, doctors, business Gatesman+Dave leaders, teachers – even a university president. Printing Why do I feel compelled to share such a personal story? Because the type Pemcor Inc. of transformation that my Grandfather Leahy envisioned – lives transformed EDITORIAL ADVISORY GROUP by education – is still happening at Wilkes. The University has a long history Anne Batory ’68 Brandie Meng MA ’08 of supporting first-generation college students. Indeed, it was founded to serve Bill Miller ’81 these students, and they continue to make up a large part of our population. George Pawlush ’69 MS ’76 At Wilkes, we’re taking that commitment seriously, establishing the First Donna Sedor ’85 Generation Fund to provide more scholarships to enable those students to ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF obtain a first-class Wilkes degree. To raise money for those scholarships, we Director Bridget Giunta Husted ’05 held on June 7 the first of what will be an Associate Director annual event – the Founders’ Gala. Mary Balavage Simmons ’10 The need to provide more scholarships is Alumni Events Manager clear. At Wilkes, 95 percent of our students receive Jacki Lukas ’11 either merit- or need-based financial aid. Among ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS freshmen entering Wilkes last fall, 41 percent were President Cindy Charnetski ’97 eligible for Pell grants, the federal aid program Vice President supporting those with the most economic need. Ellen Hall ’71 And, 54 percent of those freshmen were the first Secretary in their families to seek a four-year degree. Kathy Heltzel ’82 MBA ’85 Historian I’m proud to say that Wilkes continues its Laura Cardinale ’72 commitment to support first-generation college students. As Grandfather Leahy put it, “If you get Student Gregory McFarlane shares an education, you get a chance.” With initiatives a commencement day photo with like the First Generation Fund, we can all have a President Patrick Leahy. Wilkes magazine is published three times a year by the Wilkes University Office PHOTO BY EARL & SEDOR PHOTOGRAPHIC. hand in making it happen. of Marketing Communications, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, [email protected], (570) 408-4779. Please send change of address to the above address. 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 Wilkes University President individual respect within the entire university. 14 12 6 18 contents FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 6 Worldly Ways 2 On Campus Foreign students bring international flavor to the Wilkes campus. 5 Athletics 12 A Passion for Penn’s 20 Alumni News Woods Ellen Ferretti ’78 leads state Foreign students 22 Class Notes bring international flavor conservation agency. to the Wilkes campus. PHOTO BY DAN Z. JOHNSON 14 Publication Pathways Have a story idea to share? Contact us at [email protected] Creative writing alumni follow many or Wilkes magazine, 84 W. South St., avenues to publish. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766. 18 Coal Crackers Wilkes magazine is available online at Krista Gromalski ’91 launches newspaper www.wilkes.edu/wilkesmagazineonline. written by students in Pennsylvania’s coal region. Spring/Summer 2014 | WILKES 1 on campus Pharmacy Professor KarenBeth Bohan Anne Skleder Joins Wilkes As Receives Fulbright Grant Provost And Senior Vice President Getting out of the classroom and into Africa has helped Wilkes pharmacy Anne A. Skleder has joined Wilkes practice associate professor KarenBeth Bohan develop a greater as its provost and senior vice appreciation for things we take for granted about health care in the president. In the position, Skleder United States. Pharmacy training that includes clinical experience is responsible for leading the in a hospital and the safety and effectiveness of drugs are just two University’s academic programs and differences that Bohan has noted in her work as a Fulbright Specialist initiatives, working with the deans working at Makere University in Uganda. of its five academic schools and Bohan received a Fulbright Specialist Grant in public/global health colleges and its faculty. She also will have a major role in work. The grants pair experts in a variety of fields with organizations implementing initiatives outlined in its strategic plan. and educational projects. The goal is that projects funded by the grants Skleder comes to Wilkes from Cabrini College in Radnor, will be something that the sponsoring institution can continue after Pa., where she served as provost and vice president for the consultant ends his or her work. academic affairs and professor of psychology since July 2010. President Patrick F. Leahy cited Skleder’s more than two decades of higher education experience. “Dr. Skleder “l am working is a dedicated and extremely knowledgeable member of the higher education community who has had many years with professionals of successful experiences as an academic leader,” Leahy says. to develop clinical “She embraces Wilkes’ unique mentoring culture and our belief in the benefits of a liberal arts education.” pharmacy skills...” Skleder was selected for the position following a – Karen Beth Bohan Associate Professor, Pharmacy national search. In speaking about what attracted her to Wilkes, she says, “First and foremost, I felt there was a ‘mission match.’ I am a champion of mentoring, as I have had, and continue to have, amazing mentors who have helped me learn and grow and have pushed me to extend “I am working with professors to develop clinical pharmacy skills, my reach beyond my grasp. I have studied mentoring, and including patient counseling, making dosage recommendations, researching I have tried in as many ways as possible to mentor others. drug interactions and learning how to interact with and talk to health care “Second, I felt there was a match between my background providers,” Bohan explains, adding that training received by Wilkes and experience and the responsibilities and goals of the pharmacy students already emphasizes those skills. position. I am committed to collaborative work, collegial The process to become a pharmacist in Uganda is much different governance, innovation, student success and strategic growth. than in the United States, Bohan explains. Unlike the pharmacy program I saw all of these in the position description.” at Wilkes, which awards students a doctor of pharmacy degree at the end Before joining Cabrini, Skleder was dean of Chatham of six years of study, the pharmacy program at the African university College for Women at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. awards a bachelor’s degree. It provides minimal hands-on experience in She also served Alvernia University in Reading, Pa., hospitals and other health-care settings, primarily emphasizing theory in a number of administrative positions, including vice and classroom instruction. Bohan’s project will expand clinical practice provost, associate vice president for academic affairs and for the Makere students. enrollment management, department chair of psychology, Bohan’s work is an outgrowth of earlier trips to Uganda and Tanzania, director of the honors program, and founding director that began in summer 2011. Since then, she has made several trips with of the Center for Community Engagement. 4 the students. In addition, Wilkes hosted two pharmacists from Uganda Skleder received her doctorate and master’s degree in 201 for eight weeks in November and December 2013, helping them to social and organizational psychology from Temple become certified in advanced pharmaceutical care training. University and her bachelor’s degree in psychology Under the grant, Bohan completed her first trip in March, and from the University of Pittsburgh. will travel two more times to Uganda. Readers can follow her progress Spring/Summer | at her blog, “Out of the Pharmacy Classroom and Into Africa,” by clicking on the blog link on the homepage at www.wilkes.edu.
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