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can you hear the CHEER? ONE CELEBRATION softball team in the country. recreational space for local deck. As soon as the new gym simply wasn’t enough. And After classes began, the youth teams, and a dream- was ready for occupancy, so there were two to herald students made the building come-true for students who construction workers began the addition of a student their own with a full-day want to work out before or transforming the old gym activity center to NCC’s “Spartanfest” featuring after class to stay fit. into 11 new classrooms to Main Campus. games, food, music, fun and Three cheers for accommodate the growing The triple gymnasium an NCC victory over Bucks architect Silvia Hoffman of number of students joining that can seat 2,000 people County Community College MKSD Architects, project the lineup at NCC. The had already hosted in the first intercollegiate manager Arif Fazil of classrooms will be ready commencement in the spring. volleyball match held in the D’Huy Engineering, general by spring. And the spacious student new venue. contractor Mark Rizzetto of What a game plan! u lounge had served as the hub Now the Spartan Center Rizzetto Construction, and for new student orientation is busy from morning to NCC’s own physical plant ▲ over the summer. But at the night. It is hard to imagine staff for bringing the building President Dr. Arthur Scott start of the fall semester, the campus without it. in on time and under budget (inset) cutting the net at the Not only does it serve as a and to all the contributors who Spartan Center dedication.
the Spartan Center opened ▲ for everyday use amidst handsome “home base” for helped to make it possible. Students picnic on the considerable fanfare. NCC’s athletic teams, it also And talk about a double lawn outside the Spartan Before classes began, provides the setting for a header: More room for Center during Spartanfest. alumni and the public robust intramural program, teaching and learning is on were invited to try out the 42,750-square-foot facility during an action-packed The Spartan Center is busy from morning dedication ceremony filled with contests, sports fl icks, to night. It is hard to imagine the campus exercise demos and a chance without it. to meet the Lady Spartans — the winningest college
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▲ HAPPY NEWS: Cam- a college that has “come so paign Co-Chair Paul Mack far” and done so much for so talks with a TV reporter about many people. the success of the campaign. ▲ SPEAKING FROM THE ▲ MOM FOWLER: Intro- HEART: On behalf of their duced as a leader who “has fellow students, Clarissa Shet- fueled much positive change” ler and Luis Santiago describe in the community, Marlene the unique paths that led them “Linny” Fowler reflects on to NCC, expressing gratitude her involvement with NCC that the generosity of donors that began almost 30 years is “making it possible for PROMISES KEPT ago, exclaiming that she feels them to achieve goals they a night to remember like a parent in her pride for feared might be out of reach.”
▲ JOB WELL DONE! Members of the campaign leadership group gather for a photo after working shoulder to shoulder to reach the goal. “I am proud of how the leadership hung in there,” says Campaign Co-Chair David Shaffer ’77. “As time passes, volunteer commitment sometimes wavers, but that was not the case with this group.” Shown here (l-r) Tom Tenges, Michael Nagel, Chuck Peischl, Chuck Hannig, Susan Kubik, Co-Chair Paul Mack, President Arthur Scott, Scott Fainor, David Shaffer, Bob Rupel. Not pictured: John ▲ Eureyecko, Mike Krupa, Bruce Palmer, Donna Taggart ’73, Dr. Robert Kopecek, and Honorary Co-Chairs Marcia and Hap Wagner. CULINARY and hotel and Nazareth Bank & Trust, restaurant management stu- proclaimed, “I’ve been as- dents say thanks in the way sociated with the College for A SUDDEN – BUT BRIEF most ambitious fund-raising could raise $8 million,” Paul a new strategic plan, that a ▲ THANKING DONORS for enabling NCC to keep its promises they know best, with a feast many years, and I can hon- — downpour couldn’t campaigns ever attempted by Mack recalled. “We thought committee of volunteers, led to students and to the community, Shaffer harkened back to Robert that was spectacular even estly say I’ve never had a bad dampen the spirits of close any community college in we could do better.” So it by Mack and co-chair David Frost’s famous poem, paraphrasing the closing lines as follows: by NCC standards. Guests meal here.” R&R Provisions to 250 guests who gathered the country. came to pass two years ago Shaffer ’77 took the road less chuckled and nodded their and RRP Direct were credited on the quad earlier this fall “When we did the this fall, as the College inau- traveled and set out to raise “Two roads diverged in a wood, and You – heads in agreement when with providing fixings that to celebrate the successful feasibility study for this cam- gurated its new president, Dr. $13.5 million in a campaign You took the one less traveled by, emcee Scott Fainor, presi- lived up to their slogan: conclusion of one of the paign, the experts said we Arthur Scott, and unveiled called “Promises To Keep.” And you have made all the difference.” dent and CEO of Keystone “The best by far.” u
4 NCC ● FALL 2005 PHOTOS BY RANDY MONCEAUX FALL 2005 ● NCC 5 BriEFs Taking Students To The Next Level ExCEllenCe
EVEN BEFORE PETER JENNINGS’ HONORS PROGRAM death from lung cancer and the startling WILL CHALLENGE THE BEST AND revelation that Dana Reeve – a non- MAKING THE THE BRIGHTEST smoker – had been diagnosed with the disease that kills more Americans than MOST OF THEIR BEGINNING NEXT FALL, potential – a goal we have for any other form of cancer, NCC’s college NCC will expand its offerings all of our students,” says Dr. life committee had reopened discussions to include an honors program. Michael McGovern. about NCC’s smoking policy. Smoking The program is designed To be eligible to enroll has been prohibited in classroom build- to provide an enriched in honors courses, students ings for many years, but concerns about educational environment coming to NCC directly from exposure to secondhand smoke around for the growing number of high school must meet the entrances to those buildings continued DREAM TIMEMORE THAN 60 SENIORS ARE MIA FROM THEIR HIGH high-achieving students who placement requirements for to smolder as did complaints about schools on a regular basis this fall. They are not cutting class. are choosing to complete English I and have a minimum cigarette butts littering the grounds. SOFTWARE Instead, they are getting a head start on their college education their first two years of college grade point average of 3.5 on After hosting forums on the topic at both keeps students on track by taking courses at Northampton Community College. at NCC before going on to a 4-point scale or rank in the the Main and Monroe campuses, the The idea is not new. Some home-schooled students pursue advanced degrees. top 20 percent of their class. college life committee recommended already attend classes at NCC, but high school students seeking A team of faculty and College students who have new guidelines to make NCC 90 percent to challenge themselves with college courses have had to wait staff, led by Assistant Professor earned at least a 3.5 grade smoke-free. Starting this fall, students or IT’S EVERY STUDENT’S see a list of courses they’ve of Philosophy Ken Burak, has point average after 12 credits staff members who smoke may still do nightmare. You just mailed already taken and courses worked for over a year to put of college work may also so, but they must go to the parking lots to your graduation announce- they still need to complete. “The HIGH SCHOOL the plan together. “It’s been enroll. Students who do not light up. ments when you get a notice The customized software also students are expected to very exciting,” Burak says. meet those criteria, but who from the registrar indicating allows students to explore meet the same criteria as “Our goal is to take students present a letter of recommen- BREATHING EASIER that you have forgotten to take different options: “What if I to the next level in terms of dation from a faculty member, smoking is in the news a writing-intensive course. Or change my major to business college students.” thinking critically, creatively counselor or another person speech communications. Or administration?” or “Can I and independently. To do that, knowledgeable about their missed some other require- qualify for a second major in faculty will be using some academic record will also be ment for graduation. fine art?” The answer appears until evening or enroll in classes online. An agreement between innovative teaching tech- considered. Help is available for those who want Fortunately, this doesn’t on the screen. The software NCC and the Bangor, Easton, Nazareth and Wilson school niques. Many honors courses The honors program may to quit. Monies that became available happen often, but when it even takes into account what districts now allows high school seniors in good standing to will also include a service be completed in conjunction from the tobacco companies through the does, it causes considerable year the student entered NCC attend NCC during the school day. Several other districts have learning component that will with any major. Participants
MOKING Master Settlement Agreement have made angst. Starting this semester, since that affects graduation expressed interest in extending the opportunity to their seniors. allow students to apply what will be able to select from it possible for NCC’s health center to a feature of NCC’s database requirements. “The high school students are expected to meet the same they are learning in community a variety of honors courses offer an education program called Quit management system can save “The program isn’t criteria as college students,” says Dr. Michael McGovern, service projects.” that are part of the general Smart free of charge to students, faculty students from this fate. perfect,” cautions the registrar, NCC’s vice president for academic affairs. “In doing so, they NCC’s vice president for education core. Students will
S and staff who want to kick the habit. The After logging into Carolyn Moyer, “but used in earn full college credit.” academic affairs is impressed be formally recognized as grant, administered by the Bethlehem Spartan Net, students can conjunction with advising and The agreements reflect a national trend to make senior with the proposal. “The intent honors program graduates if Health Bureau, covers the cost of nicotine simply click on a button the catalog, it is a helpful tool.” year more meaningful for students. “Seniors can take courses is to keep students who are they earn at least 12 credits in replacement patches for individuals who labeled “Degree Audit” to It could even prevent they may not be able to get in high school,” explains NCC’s well prepared academically honors courses and maintain sign up for Quit Smart. Studies have Director of Admissions Jim McCarthy. “It eases their transition intellectually engaged and to an overall grade point average shown that the program has a 48-66 to college by getting them comfortable with the environment, help them to achieve their full of 3.5 or above. u percent success rate. It could be worth a ★ and it helps them learn to work independently and to manage try for those who want to be smoke-free. So simple, even a mouse can do it. their time. Students who want to reduce their course load once No butts about it. u Spartan Net is catching on as students discover the ease of they start college may be able to do so because they will enter To obtain more information about the honors registering for classes on-line. This fall, 2,356 NCC students with college credits,” McCarthy adds. program, or to recommend a student, contact signed up for classes online compared to 1,742 last fall. Priority Seniors interested in participating during the spring ✓ the NCC admissions office at 610-861-5500. registration for spring semester classes will be conducted entirely semester should contact their high school guidance offices or online beginning on Nov. 14. NCC’s admissions office as soon as possible. u
6 NCC ● FALL 2005 FALL 2005 ● NCC 7 T]6P64\T]c The World As A Classroom
standing, took four students during his sabbatical to and their parents from the cross-cultural understanding in 3a EPbX[XZX study community-based eco- children’s preschool years in a variety of ways, 0]PbcPbPZ^bÃb political tourism, specialty agriculture, through early adulthood including a study of Amish science class to Turkey in urban housing and political to determine the effects culture that will include a June. Traveling with Anas- history. While there, he of a wide range of social, field trip to Lancaster. tasakos and with students delivered a guest lecture on economic and family infl u- The summer was full of and faculty from three other “The Geography of the 2004 ences on parenting practices drama for A^]7T]TVWP]. community colleges, 0]SaTf U.S. Presidential Vote: What and child development. A faculty/industry exchange 1dWPh4\X[h2[h\Ta the ‘Red State-Blue State’ Professional develop- program funded by the ?WX[3T0[\TXSPP]S Maps Reveal and Conceal” ment funds made available NCC Foundation enabled :PaT]CaTQXci toured at the University of the West through the NCC Foundation the associate professor of historical and cultural sites Indies and hiked into the made it possible for other communications/theatre to dating back to the Byzantine back country to see the grave Empire. They visit the homes of Kudjo, the rebel leader of Turkish families and met who forced the British to with personnel from the sign a treaty recognizing the Several of the students Turkish embassy to discuss independence of slaves who had never traveled abroad Turkish foreign policy and escaped from plantations relations with the United and established communi- before. The trip “opened States. Several of the students ties in the highlands. He up their minds” regarding had never traveled abroad also successfully completed a country and part of the before. The trip “opened an overnight climb to the up their minds” regarding a summit of Blue Mountain world they knew very country and part of the world Peak. While that may have little about. they knew very little about,” been the literal high point how i spent my Anastasakos reports. A return of his leave, NCC’s popular visit is already in the plan- geography and geology ning stages for next summer professor spent most of faculty to expand their stay active in professional SUMMER VACATION so more students can have his sabbatical creating a academic repertoires. ' =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ( enGaGEment Rising To The Challenge hAppeNiNGs Mark Your Calendar November December S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 for thinking of us,” she wrote. with a program funded by the after the 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The legions of volunteers Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 and workers who headed At press time, 12 students 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 south to aid in recovery efforts had enrolled. 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 included 11 NCC students “Recovery from Katrina STORM in the National Guard, a will take years,” says NCC’s a surge of compassion student and an adjunct president, Dr. Arthur Scott, NOVEMBER 12 Youth Chess Tournament faculty member involved “and we can’t forget the 1 Gourmet dinner Main Campus, 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. with FEMA, an emergency areas hit hard by Hurricane prepared by Chef-in- * To register, call 610-861-4120 services major who serves on Rita. We are committed to Residence Bob Wood & 16-18 Art Exhibit: Still Life not yet met, but within 48 Children’s Center hosted a a search and rescue team, and helping over the long haul NCC culinary students Paintings by Cheryl Hochberg hours, two faculty members lemonade and bake sale that two instructors from NCC’s and are trying to determine Main Campus, 6 p.m. Main Campus organized a fund raising raised $220 for “children who truck driving program who how we can be most effec- * Call 610-861-5519 Weekdays, 8 a.m. — 10 p.m. drive that surpassed a $3,000 got water in their houses.” Vet volunteered to drive an 18- tive.” Some of the ideas under for reservations Saturdays, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. goal, generating $7,000 to tech majors made sure pets wheeler filled with supplies consideration are adopting 5 Fall Craft Show 17 Lecture & Reception, help Second Harvest, the were not forgotten, holding a to the hurricane relief center a college, raising money for Main Campus, starting at 11 a.m. nation’s largest food bank, raffle to benefit animal rescue in Jackson, MS. Members of scholarships and/or housing 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. 18-19 Film: Jeep Presents rush food and water to people groups and donating pet evac- CHARTS (the student radiog- for displaced students, aiding 1-9 Art Exhibit: Warren Miller’s “Higher affected by the storm. Close uation kits they developed raphy club), Student Senate, faculty members who lost Photography by Leigh Kane Ground” Main Campus, 7:30 to half of the total came from after 9-11. Team ACT 101, WNCC, their homes, and replacing & Rick Salafia Main Campus p.m. both days, 3 p.m. on accounting and funeral service The staff in the Alumni Videowaves and two NCC library books, lab equipment Weekdays, 8 a.m. — 10 p.m. November 19 students who recognized the Office moved quickly to try staff members chipped in to and computers that were Saturdays, 9 a.m. — 5 p.m. 20 Admissions Open House urgency of the situation and to contact 48 NCC alumni pay for gas. destroyed in the flooding. 10-19 Touring Production: Main Campus, 10 a.m. — noon responded accordingly. living in states affected by the NCC also reached out Dr. Scott appointed NCC’s “Below the Bard NCC truck driving instructor Norfus Green prepares to drive a tractor- Other students followed hurricane. Pat Tausch Lusk to students from colleges that Service Learning Adminis- – Shakespeare’s Second DECEMBER trailer full of donations to Mississippi with John Bracy, not shown. suit. At the Monroe Campus, ’73 of Maylene, AL, was the could not reopen after the trator Deb Bohr and Maryann Fiddles” Main & Monroe 2 Holiday Concert by the early childhood education first to respond, indicating that hurricane, waiving tuition in Haytmanek, director of the campuses, Southside Center Community Chorus CLASSES HAD BARELY broken lives and levees in her majors collected health and despite wind, rain and tree regularly scheduled distance New Choices/New Options & Ritz Company Playhouse Main Campus, 8 p.m. begun at NCC when Hurri- wake. Professors were just hygiene items and delivered damage, she and her family education classes and in program, to coordinate in Hawley * Most performances 7-10 Play: “Our Lady of cane Katrina bore down getting to know their students. them to the Red Cross. Chil- suffered less than some of courses added specifically for the College’s hurricane at 7 p.m., call 610-861-5524 121st Street” Main Campus on the Gulf Coast, leaving Clubs and organizations had dren from the Hannig Family their neighbors. “Thank you storm victims in conjunction relief efforts. u for schedule 7 p.m. on 12/8-10; noon on 12/7 teCHnoLOgy:LEAPS AND BOUNDS Improving communication has been an important focus for 20th century inventors. Whether you’re a millennial, a member of the silent generation or somewhere in between, chances are the phones and radios in your household today look dramatically different from the ones you remember while growing up. MORSE CODE 1900 1950 1990 TODAY EARLY 1920 1960 1970 1980—1990 1930 1940 1950 LATE 1920 10 NCC ● FALLFALL 2005 ABOVE PHOTO BY LUIS VASQUEZ/TIMELINE PHOTOS BY PHILIP STEIN FALL 2005 ● NCC 11 ZXSbc^SPh teens may be doing a lot better than you thought A DECADE AGO, IN THEIR BOOK TITLED “GENERATIONS,” William Strauss and Neil Howe predicted many of the youth trends America is beginning to see today. In a more recent book, “Millennials Rising,” the authors show how today’s teens are recasting the image of youth from downbeat and alienated to upbeat and engaged. At the beginning of the 2005 school year, Strauss presented his generational research conclusions to faculty and staff at NCC. He claimed that today’s high school and college students — “millennials” — are held to higher standards than adults were at those ages, and even than adults apply to “Neil Howe and I were the only people who forecasted a decline in youth themselves. He presented information showing that today’s millennials are a lot less violent, vulgar, crime and risk taking and an increase in academic achievement. Everybody and sexually charged than teen cultures that preceded them. He spoke about how, over the next else was predicting the opposite by looking at the linear past.” decade, millennials will entirely recast what it means to be young, and how, in time, they could emerge as “the next great generation.” Author William Strauss speaking at Northampton Community College “Where the boomer upheaval focused on issues of self, culture and morals, the millennial upheaval will focus on issues of community, politics and deeds,” Strauss and Howe wrote in “Millennials Rising.” “They will rebel against the culture by cleaning it up, rebel against political cynicism by touting trust, rebel against individualism by stressing teamwork, rebel against adult pessimism by going positive and rebel against societal ennui by actually getting a few things done.” In the pages that follow, Northampton Magazine revisits some key points from William Strauss’ Aug. 25 presentation at NCC. > ! =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ ILLUSTRATION © VEER 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ " À?4A24?C8>=60?Á ★ B4G E8>;4=24Statistics below illustrate the annual number of 8B8C4<10AA0BB8=65>A0C44=064AC>03<8CC>148=60E8A68=. killings by students, K–12, at all U.S. schools 03D;CB)#(B0HÀH4BÁC44=B) (B0HÀH4BÁ ((" $ from 1992 to 2004. To the right, the share of high school students from 1993 to 2003 (($ ★ “The attitude of who reported having carried a weapon ?4A24=C>5<0;47867B27>>;BCD34=CBF7>A4?>AC70E8=6703 young people toward the to school in the last 30 days. ((& B4GD0;8=C4A2>DAB4 (( ! " sexual culture is quite # ( interesting. Back when ((( boomers were young, ' there was more going " ! on than our parents ! " & saw. Now, parents think there’s a lot going on, ! but not much is really.” % William Strauss $ Chart Source: Chart Source: U.S. Centers William Strauss NCC for Disease Control and 2005 presentation # (( ((" (($ ((& ((( ! ! " Prevention (2004) # =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ $ 144AA4;868>=2860A4CC4B ★ Strauss called this the “Beer/Church Index.” Millennials are more traditional 28E820=3B>280; and more health-conscious than several generations that came before them. A 8=E>;E4<4=C national U.S. freshmen survey lists activities done at least “OCCASIONALLY” in the past year. Source: The American Freshman, UCLA (1998-2001) ★ From 1996 to 2004, the number of 18 to 29-year-old voters rose from 14 2>;;4645A4B7<4=BDAE4H438=! A4?>AC43 million to 21 million, and the vot- ( ing rate rose from 35 percent to 52 percent. ' In the 10 most closely contested states of the 2004 presidential elec- ★ PccT]STSRWdaRWX] tion, the voting rate for 18- to 29- & cWT_PbchTPa year-olds was 64 percent. 64=4A0C8>=0;7867;867CB % ★ Ten years ago, in the Gen-X youth ★ SaP]ZQTTaX] era, teenagers were the most cynical WXbc^ahRaTPcTbVT]TaPcX^]b VT]TaPcX^]bRaTPcTWXbc^ah $ cWT_PbchTPa age bracket. Now, in the millennial youth era, teenagers are the least QTRPdbTh^d]VTa_T^_[TPaT QTRPdbT^[STa_T^_[TSXaTRccWT # cynical age bracket. ('" (( ! bWP_TSQhTeT]cb R^dabT^UTeT]cb ★ American students match up ★ Another optimistic trend reported the percentage of high school seniors well against foreign students in who used cigarettes in the last 30 days. Use is again dramatically down. some tests, less well in others. But no students anywhere in the world 64=4A0C8>= 1>A= 278;37>>34A0 2><8=6 >5 064 4A0 4=3>F<4=C 43D20C8>=5>2DB can match American teens for 4E>;E8=6C><44C=4F=443B the breadth and quality of their extracurriculars. ★ 6 8 1901—1924 World War I Great Depression ■ Top-echelon ■ Protect youth According to Strauss, colleges can begin by: Age: 81 — 104 Roaring ’20s World War II ■ Women teachers from corruption ■ A generation of ■ School ■ Social force ★ 03<8BB8>=B) improving youth desegregation ■ Serve civic goal ■ Brace for reductions in foreign applications ■ trends Anti-poverty ■ Personalize admissions, provide feedback programs ■ Generate positive media stories ★ B8;4=C 1925 — 1942 Great Depression American High ■ Multicultural ■ Stay in Age: 63 — 80 World War II education background ★ 20><4A 1943 — 1960 American High Consciousness Standards in Craft idealists ■ Age: 45 — 62 Revolution learning and individualists Address new health and wellness issues ■ A generation of ■ Accountability ■ Resist ■ Support special-ed students worsening youth ■ Zero tolerance authoritarianism ■ Expand student activities infrastructure trends ■ Small learning ■ Provide extracurricular for freshmen communities ★ 64=G 1961 — 1981 Consciousness Cultural Wars ■ School choice ■ Adapt to changes ★ 20A44AB4AE824B) ■ Age: 24 — 44 Revolution High-Tech Boom Home schooling in culture, family ■ ■ ■ Make top priority A generation of Multimedia and society ■ mixed youth trends technologies ■ Advance non- Use parents to get students “attention” ■ ■ Multicultural academic causes Target the sophomore year “melting pot” ■ Publish data and be accountable ■ ★ <8;;4==80; 1982 — ? Cultural Wars War on Terror ■ Unknown ■ Protect and Be practical, hands on Age: 0 — 23 High-Tech Boom enhance children ■ Empower your students ■ A generation of ■ Promote “values” improving youth ■ Serve–or–limit ★ 5DCDA40;D<=8) trends the impact of ■ Build lifelong ties Consciousness ■ Revolution Use technology to stay in touch ■ Target alumni activity more toward women ★ 7><4;0=3 200? — 202? War on Terror Unknown ■ Unknown ■ Unknown ■ Include recent alumni in admissions work ■ Link contributions to student debt relief % =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ PHOTO BY LUIS VAZQUEZ & are very close to their sons and daughters. They speak to them several times a day, often by cell phone, and are intimately involved in their lives. When the child is old enough to start the college process, the parents are right there, helping to choose where to enroll, and later, how to handle the problems they face once they are there. Even though the majority of students at Northampton are commuters, the impact of “helicopter parents” can be felt on campus, from the initial admissions process through graduation. “I’ve definitely seen a difference,” said Mardi McGuire-Closson, vice president for student affairs at Northampton. “We used to see parents in dribs and drabs at student ori- entation. Now, it’s standing room only. The parents are engaged and really communicate with their children. There’s a strong family bond.” According to a report on “60 Min- utes” last fall, the children of baby boom- ers (born in the 1980s and mid-’90s) have (born in the 1980s been doted on and treated like fine, break- children of baby boomers able china for their entire lives. Parents and mid-’90s) have been doted on and personally want to ensure that their chil- treated like fine, breakable china dren have the best, which can lead to over- managing their already stressed offspring. for their entire lives. Closson said the parents are very practical and want to know where their money is going. “They have really started and the college experience. At orienta- to question the ‘value-added,’” Closson tion, parents and students are separated said. “They want a quality-check of an early to attend customized sessions, par- institution, and want to ensure the maxi- tially so students can begin to learn how “College marks the point in time in which mum transferability of skills to a job upon to handle the new state of independence the parent/child relationship evolves into graduation.” afforded them in an academic environ- a relationship between two equal adults,” Additionally, the prevalence of af- ment. They also have the opportunity to said Carolyn Brady, director of counseling fordable technology has given parents and choose their classes. & support services at Northampton. children easy access to each other. Remem- Inevitably, a cell phone will go off in ber the days of the single payphone at the the parents’ session. “I can hear a parent 1A03HA42><<4=3B end of a long, dark hall on each fl oor of a whispering, ‘OK, the dean said not to go C70C?0A4=CB) dorm? That’s no more. Most students ar- down there yet. Just do your best picking ■ Accept the fact that students have full rive on campus with a cell phone attached your courses, and we’ll talk about them responsibility for their lives. to their hip, complete with unlimited family later,’” Closson said. ■ Listen before giving advice. plan minutes. Rather than checking in oc- While Closson feels having parents ■ Ask specific questions, such as, “Have casionally, parents and their kids can shoot more involved is a positive change, she you spoken to your instructor about :=>F0=H74;82>?C4A?0A4=CB. the breeze about anything from homework also wants to make sure that students learn this?” or “Have you gone to the Learning to what they had for lunch. And instant how to handle certain situations them- Center for help?” look around~by sandy stahl messaging via phone or computer provides selves. For example, when a parent calls ■ Keep the lines of communication open, a nearly real-time way to have a short con- her office regarding a problem, she makes but make it very clear that the responsi- versation or send off a quick note. a point to ask why she hasn’t heard from bility for resolving an issue rests with You’ve heard the long-standing joke: A parent drops a “I am noticing more parents coming in the student. Often, a parent will say the the student. child off at college, gives a quick goodbye hug, then with students than I did when I started five student is too busy to make the call. ■ Provide guidance and practical advice. Be rushes right off to convert the child’s former bedroom years ago,” said Mitch Murtha, assistant “I’ll listen, but I make sure to say there to help with the problem solving, into a home spa or fitness center. director of admissions. “Many times, par- that I’m not doing anything until I hear but taking action rests with the student. While there may have been a kernel of truth to that story in the past, it’s becoming a ents will dominate the conversation in an from the student,” she said. Give praise when the student has resolved far less common scenario as the “millennials” go to college. Gone are the days when parents admissions interview. I will ask the student The college experience is a growth an issue in a mature and responsible take their sons and daughters away to college and only see them at Thanksgiving, Christmas a question, and the parent will answer it.” opportunity for both the student and the manner. u and maybe spring break. Today, some parents are doing everything short of moving in to the Because of this phenomenon, staff parent. While staying involved is impor- residence halls alongside their children. members at Northampton have revised tant, students must also learn the skills to “Helicopter parents,” as they are called for their tendency to hover over their children, several aspects of the enrollment process be successful adults on their own. ' =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ ( WE ALL DO IT: Talking on the phone while cooking dinner, listening to music while reading a book or juggling multiple projects at work. Multitasking seems to be the way we do just about everything these days, and advances in technology facilitate a growing need for sensory overload. The experts know that splitting our concentration among several stimuli at a time is inefficient and can slow down our performance. But today’s high-performing students often disagree with those “experts.” millennials becoming better multitaskers, but at what cost? by Beth W. Orenstein AS SOON AS ELIZABETH ARCHIBEQUE SITS DOWN TO he always had a radio on in the room where he learned. study, she pops a CD in her stereo. NCC students who listen to music, watch TV or IM their “I can be very high strung,” says Archibeque, of Bethlehem, friends while studying say they find the second – or third – task a a theater major who will graduate in December. “Not only does benefit, not a distraction. the music help me focus, it’s also a mini stress reliever.” Indeed, Archibeque, who maintains a 3.9 average, says si- Her classmate, Joshua Faturos of Saylorsburg, also a theater lence poses more of a problem for her because it allows her mind major who will graduate in December, has to have music when to wander. The music helps her concentrate. “My head gets in the he is studying as well. way if it’s too quiet,” she says. “I start thinking of all these other Sometimes, too, he will have one eye on his computer, where things than what I’m reading or memorizing.” he is typing a paper, and one on the television in the next room. Faturos says he feels more accomplished when he has writ- “If I hear a good part of a movie coming on, I’ll run out and watch ten a paper or studied his lines for a performance while listening it for a while,” he concedes. to music or watching television or surfing the Net. “The end of Their parents and grandparents who demanded silence the day comes and it’s, ‘Oh, I worked on this paper the whole when they were studying might be appalled. But today, students day,’ but at least you are in a better mood because you listened to fXaTS who multitask when studying like Archibeque and Faturos are or saw something you liked as well.” increasingly common. Some educators believe today’s students can successfully A study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, released juggle MP3 or CD players and e-mail and television with learn- earlier this year, found that 26 percent of kids ages 8 to 18 multi- ing at the same time. “They seem to be able to do it so easily,” task their way through much of their day. That’s up from 16 percent Hendriksen says. who said they did when a similar study was conducted in 1999. Hendriksen says, personally, she couldn’t concentrate on If in high school, students listen to music, watch television whatever else she was doing if she had earphones on her head. or instant message (IM) their friends while doing their homework, But whenever she spies students with headphones and asks about C>;40A= their study habits are likely to follow them to college. it, they say the music helps them focus. “All we know is what “They are coming into college with multitasking skills,” they tell us, and they say they’re fine with it,” she says. says Sharon Hendriksen, director of the College’s learning cen- Other educators worry that students who multitask are mak- ter. “It seems to be pretty widespread. Not so much among older ing learning more difficult. Some are concerned that by multi- students but younger students in particular.” tasking, students are jeopardizing their ability to focus on any Archibeque remembers listening to music while studying as one thing for any length of time. far back as middle school. Faturos, who was home schooled, says “To me, multitasking is not a good thing,” says Mario Acerra, ! =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ PHOTOS BY PHILIP STEIN 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ! “Humans may think they can multitask, but they really can’t.‘Multitask’ is a computer term ... people don’t ‘multitask,’ they do one thing after another.” who directs and teaches in the radio/TV program at NCC. “It’s not Township, who graduated in August, agrees it’s a generation some cool thing that has developed.” thing. “In our generation, everyone can be online, instant mes- Mario says humans may think they can multitask, but they saging and also working,” Hartman says. “We’re just so used really can’t. ‘Multitask’ is a computer term that comes from the to having computers and being able to access so much informa- ability of a computer to do several things at once or to do them so tion all the time.” fast that it appears they are doing more than one thing at a time. Because today’s younger students are so accustomed to be- But people don’t ‘multitask,’ they do one thing after another.” ing bombarded with information, Donna has found she has had Anne Reese of Bethlehem, an adjunct professor of studio art to change the way she teaches. She cannot show a video in class and art history, worries that students are shortening their attention without requiring the students to fill in study sheets while they spans by trying to do too much at once. are watching it. “If I just play a video, they are going BD?5!C2< “I just wonder how damaging to concentra- to put their heads down and be bored,” she says. tion and absorption of the material it is,” she “I make study sheets so they can write and says. “I see it as distracting [so] how can listen and keep focused on the ideas I want you be learning?” them to pull out of the video.” Learning is a slow process, Reese Some younger students say mul- says. “No matter what, learning takes titask studying isn’t a choice, it’s time.” Reese is afraid students could a necessity for their busy lives. “I the inside scoop to millennial shorthand become so used to jumping from one think the way our culture is going, thing to the next that they don’t take we have to multitask,” Faturos says. the time they need to understand and “We have 10,000 things to do in a retain the material. day, and if you want to buy anything, As a communications professor, you have to have a job. The time you Donna Acerra worries that students have for your schoolwork is getting ST are not listening effectively when they smaller and smaller. So you multitask are multitasking. “I worry that some- [because it] is the best way to get done the 2>ST thing is missing,” she says, “or something things you want to in one day.” is being left behind because they have so many Hartman, who is continuing her studies at channels they have to be concerned with.” the University of South Florida in Tampa, agrees: However, evidence is telling her otherwise. Donna “I feel like I have so many things to get done, I always finds today’s students seem to be able to handle the onslaught of have to go from one task to another quickly.” information and multimedia. “I have teenagers, 16 and 18,” she Students who multitask when studying also know sometimes says, “and, as a teacher, I watch how they study. It baffl es me they must turn off the music and concentrate. that they can listen to their iPods and IM and write a paper at the Christopher West of Easton, who will graduate in the spring, CTgc\TbbPVX]VP]SX]bcP]cRWPcWPeTcPZT]R^\\d]XRPcX^]c^P]^cWTa[TeT[^UT]Rah_cX^] same time and, when I read those papers, they are well written. usually does something else while he studies – he listens to music 1T[^fPaTb^\T_^_d[PaPRa^]h\bcWPc^]RTZT_ch^dR[dT[Tbb They’re very good.” or chats with friends online. “I’ve even studied with a friend over Donna hasn’t seen any research on young people’s mul- the phone a couple of times,” he says. 1#,ÀQTU^aTÁ 77>:,ÀWPWP^][hZXSSX]VÁ BD< ,Àb^\T^]TÁ titasking abilities, but she theorizes it comes from their not But when he took a history course that required a lot of mem- 11; ,ÀQTQPRZ[PcTaÁ 8==F ,ÀXU]^c]^ffWT].Á C0B ,ÀcPZX]VPbW^fTaÁ knowing any other way. The Acerras don’t keep the television orization, he changed his tune some. He would shut everything 1 2,ÀQTRPdbTÁ 8>7 ,À8Ã\^dccPWTaTÁ CCD;,ÀcP[Zc^h^d[PcTaÁ or radio on in their house all the time, but she has been in many and everyone else out while studying his dates and events. Says 13 ,ÀQXVSTP[Á 9 2 ,ÀYdbcRWTRZX]VÁ FFH. ,ÀfWTaTfTaTh^d.Á households where some media is playing almost 24/7, even if West: “I couldn’t do that with any distractions.” 12=D,À8Ã[[QTbTTX]Vh^dÁ 90< ,ÀYdbcP\X]dcTÁ F,ÀfXcWÁ no one is watching or listening. “The world is asking them to Beth W. Orenstein, of Northampton, PA, is a freelance writer. 1A1,ÀQTaXVWcQPRZÁ :?2 ,ÀZTT_X]V_PaT]cbR[dT[TbbÁ F5,ÀfPhUd]Á multitask,” she says. During baseball season, she writes whenever possible with the 2<,ÀRP[[\TÁ => ,À]^^]TÁ F:=3,ÀfTTZT]SÁ One of Donna’s students, Jena Hartman of Bethlehem Phillies game on the radio. u 2D,ÀbTTh^dÁ =D55 ,ÀT]^dVWbPXSÁ F >,ÀfXcW^dcÁ 2B; ,ÀRP]Ãcbc^_[PdVWX]V >82,À^W8bTTÁ G;=C,ÀTgRT[[T]cÁ 2D;'A ,ÀbTTh^d[PcTaÁ >C? ,À^]cWT_W^]TÁ HBF ,ÀhTPWbdaTfWPcTeTaÁ Donna Acerra cannot show a video in class without requiring the students 5!C,ÀUaTTc^cP[ZÁ ?>B ,À_PaT]c^eTabW^d[STaÁ III ,Àb[TT_X]VQ^aTScXaTSÁ to fill in study sheets while they are watching it. “If I just play a video, 6A',ÀVaTPcÁ ?D,ÀcWPcbcX]ZbÁ ) ,À8Ã\WP__hÁ 7',ÀWPcTÁ AD>:,ÀPaTh^d^Z.Á ) ^,À8Ã\bda_aXbTSÁ they are going to put their heads down and be bored.” 70: ,ÀWdVbP]SZXbbTbÁ BD?,ÀfWPcÃbd_Á ) ,ÀbPSUPRTÁ !! =22ņ●ņ50;;! $ ILLUSTRATION © VEER 50;;! $ņ● =22ņ!" 6XeTXcPbW^c 0]bfTacWTU^[[^fX]V `dTbcX^]bP]SbTTYdbcW^fUPa^dc^U ✓c^dRWh^dPaT >ah^d\XVWcQT_[TPbP]c[h bda_aXbTScWPch^dRP]W^[Sh^da^f]fXcW cWTQTbc^UÂT\ By Sandy Stahl LINGUISTS TELL US THAT THERE ARE 2 A college student comes up to you and says, “Wow – your pants 6,000 languages in the world. At least one ma- are tight!” You: jor camp in the linguistic field says that human a) Say thank you – someone noticed! beings have an innate capacity for language; we b) Quietly sob. You were hoping that the extra donut you had a few CWP]Zbc^^da=22\X[[T]]XP[bU^acWTVaPUUXcXX[[dbcaPcX^]QT[^f are wired for it, they say, and if we don’t have days ago didn’t deposit itself on your thighs so quickly. one, we’ll make one. Yet, as our world grows smaller, through 3 You’re sitting by yourself at a diner. The waiter, a young man who has globalization and urbanization, people move served you before, greets you with, “Hey there. Where’s your homey?” toward a smaller core of politically dominant You say: languages; once a generation is not raised in a a) “My home-y is in Bethlehem. Right down the street actually.” given language, it no longer survives except in b) “Oh, he’s out of town. I expect to catch up with him this weekend. writing. Indeed, it is estimated that Maybe we’ll stop by for a quick bite.” an astounding 5,500 of the world’s languages alive to- 4 You’re talking to a high school-aged daughter, who is clearly ignoring you day will no longer be spoken because she’s fl ipping through a teen magazine. Suddenly, she exclaims, by 2100. “Look at that -- bling!” You respond: One undeniable aspect of language is that a) “Is that your cell phone ringing?” it is never at rest. All languages are always, b) “Yeah, those celebrities are a little showy with their diamonds.” however gradually, in the process of changing and evolving into something slightly different. 5 A group of students are gathered in a mall concourse talking about their In fact, a language that is not weekend. One of them exclaims, “My date looked so hot on Saturday changing is one most likely night.” She probably means: on the verge of extinction. a) Her date looked extremely attractive. New words come in, old words fade out, we b) Her date was extremely sweaty. borrow from other languages, others borrow from ours. 6 You overhear your son and his friends in your livingroom: “John has a Slang, informal, nonstandard words and great stereo system at his house. And that subwoofer – wow! Let’s kick it phrases, is one of the vehicles through which there after school tomorrow.” You think to yourself: languages change and become renewed; its a) Maybe I should call John’s parents and warn them that his friends liveliness and color enriches our daily speech. are preparing to destroy his property. Those kids today don’t have Slang usually originates in subcultures of a respect for anything! society, including youth, sports, minorities, the b) Hmmm, I’ve been looking to upgrade my stereo equipment. Maybe armed forces, even citizens-band radio broad- I should ask John’s parents what they have. It must be state of the art! 2>>; casters and religious denominations. A knowl- 7 One teen is showing another something that was in his pocket. You’re too edge of slang, the “in” language, contributes to far away to see what it is. One of the teens suddenly shouts, “Whoa – that’s our sense of group identity. The more popular dope!” You: slang expressions seem to be heard falling from a) look over your shoulder for the narcotics police. everyone’s lips overnight; but they may just b) figure that one of the teens must have just gotten one of those tiny as quickly become dated, and if you don’t pay new MP3 players. They’re getting smaller every day! attention, you might embarrass yourself by being @D>CX4=C “outdacan,” or completely unoriginal. u By James Johnson 7>FH>DA0C4>=C742>>;502C>A? 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It is estimated Grieshaber’s role in the relocation to South Carolina because the patients waiting that 5 percent of the popula- clinic was to be the “mama.” — especially the lack of outside the building would tion of 8.5 million Rwandans It came easily to the mother snow there. AFRICA crowd around the windows is infected with the deadly of three who traveled with Women on a mission – literally. By Rebecca Hess to see what was going on virus. Birney likened treating her husband, Ken, on the trip. Design Tech/CAD inside. Most had never seen a the patients to “spitting in the (They celebrated their 25th 1987-Shelly Christman stories, interactive American doctor, had never seen a blood wind.” Because clean drink- wedding anniversary of Kempton is an admissions games and songs, and doing pressure cuff nor had their ing water is scarce, the chance in Rwanda.) specialist at KidsPeace art projects with the children temperature taken.” for a recurrence of water- Mama Grieshaber would Children’s Hospital. of Kigali, the country’s capital Birney, a 1976 graduate borne diseases patients were hold babies and talk to mothers. city. Although the team had a of NCC’s registered nurs- treated for is high, she says, The mothers were grateful Early Childhood plan for reaching as many for the medical staff, and joy- 1999-Susan Frey Ward children as possible, Grie- ous when told their child was and her husband, Tom Ward, shaber says interacting with healthy and strong. Grieshaber met on the Internet. They the people became more im- “We think they are poor would help hydrate infants were married in Quakertown portant than following a set who were close to death. last year and spent their plan. She says her studies in because they don’t have the “It was something tan- honeymoon in Hawaii. child psychology, both in col- material things that we have gible,” she says. “You could Susan has been busy since lege classes and on her own, here. In many ways, they are literally see the baby plump leaving NCC in 1999. She were probably the skills that up. Many times they were so has done volunteer work for served her best. richer than most Americans weak, we had to use a medi- her church, been involved in “We saw immediately because they don’t have cine dropper and feed them Head Start, took a class in that the way the children those things.” liquids drop by drop.” caring for older people and learned in Rwandan schools Grieshaber hopes to attended two work camps. Lynn Birney cares for a young mother and her son (with the help of her translator, Chris) in the was very different than in return to Kigali someday and She and her husband come town of Kigugu, just outside the capital Kigali, Rwanda. American schools,” she says. help in the United Methodist back to Pennsylvania every “They are not used to having ing program, is now a nurse adding that the team was only orphanage and school. Birney year to visit family and many choices, so even the practitioner, having earned a equipped with basic supplies says her connection to the friends. They reside in Spring FOR 14 DAYS IN JULY, women in a way they couldn’t life expectancy in the country simplest tasks, like choosing B.A. in biology and a B.S. in and medication. When the people is one that will not be Valley, CA. Northampton Community have imagined. is about 47 years, and the aver- which crayon color to use, nursing from Cedar Crest Col- reality that long-term results broken. She would like to see College graduates Cindy “These people are filled age annual income is less than were sometimes overwhelming lege, followed by an M.S. in couldn’t be achieved in a few a public health nurse program 1999-Amanda Wieder Grieshaber and Lynn White- with such joy, such inner joy,” $400. Additionally, the country for the children, and even the nursing from the University of days became burdensome, started in the country and has received a bachelor’s house Birney joined nine other says Grieshaber. “We think is recovering from devastating adults who became part of the Pennsylvania and post masters team member Bill Bond, an would love to be a part of it. degree in early childhood Lehigh Valley missioners from they are poor because they wounds: In the spring of 1994, classes. So, we had to learn to certification as a nurse prac- emergency room physician “They are a people full education from East Wesley United Methodist don’t have the material things nearly one million Rwandan watch what the children were titioner. She and her husband at Lehigh Valley Hospital, of joy, and God is a huge part Stroudsburg University on Church in Bethlehem to offer that we have here. In many people, mostly native Tutsis doing and then decide what Allan live in Coopersburg. would remind the team that of their lives,” says Birney. May 7. Amanda is a lead humanitarian aid to the recov- ways, they are richer than most and moderate Hutus, were the next logical step would be. After almost 30 years by treating the children and “We think happiness lies in teacher at Community ering country of Rwanda, a Americans because they don’t massacred. The genocide They were so eager to learn as a health professional using decreasing the parasites in the things we have, but the Services for Children, Inc. tiny country in Africa. have those things.” occurred as the rest of the and so happy we were there.” hi-tech, state-of-the-art equip- their systems, they were buy- people we encountered in Ki- in Allentown. She and her They both went because The “Land of a Thou- world looked on. After teaching class in the ment, Birney says treating ing time — time for the child gali know how little it takes husband, Scott, reside in they had been looking for a sand Hills,” Rwanda is lush A resident of Bethlehem morning, the educators would the 500 patients the team saw to grow stronger so that next to have a rich life. They are Catasauqua with their 1- way to help those who were with vegetation. More than Township, Grieshaber earned assist at a makeshift clinic in in six clinic days in Rwanda time maybe they wouldn’t joyous in spite of the hard- year-old daughter, Arica. considered less fortunate by 90 percent of the population her associate degree in early the local church, where Birney represented the closest thing be so ill. ships they suffer. Connecting many. But what they found in is involved in agriculture childhood education in 2000. was part of the medical team. to “pure medicine” she had It was at those times, brings the world closer to 2000-Kristan Rhine and the Maryland-sized country – mainly for subsistence. She planned to use her pro- To say it was a clinic was ever experienced. Birney says, that the team was us. If you’ve ever thought of Keith Beloso are happy to surprised them. The beauty of Nearly every home has a veg- fessional skills as part of the stretching the truth, Birney Most of the patients seen the strongest. “Sometimes all offering aid of any kind, just announce their marriage on the Rwandans, both internal etable garden. However, looks three-member Christian edu- says. “There were two rooms in the clinic were women and we could do was pray for the open your heart and do it. It July 9, in Reading. They are and external, touched both can be deceiving. The average cation team, teaching Bible with mud walls. No running children. Thousands of men people,” she remembers. “But will change your life.” u continued on page 33 28 NCC ● FALL 2005 PHOTO BY CAROLYN DAVIS FALL 2005 ● NCC 29 ALumNi prOFiLe Making It BIG! Pennsylvania rock band “The discovered his passion. that they became friendly. their education at NCC for Badlees,” for which the studio Krycia and Tiedeman are Spotting in each other much of their success. “The won an Aegis Award (an honor in the process of producing persistence and a passion for professors and the equipment that recognizes achievements their own full-length horror the media industry, they pooled are top notch,” says Krycia. Media Hounds in video and film production); film, “Hell’s Half Acre,” an their resources to start their own “Professor Mario Acerra [who a video documentary for an over-the-top action flick featur- studio. “We’re both highly mo- runs the radio/TV program] By Emily Eider Rising young stars. enhanced CD to accompany ing local talent and venues. tivated,” says Tiedeman. “Scott works in the field and tells you “Lit Riffs,” a book produced They even burned down a was the only person I had met how it is in the real world. He by MTV, which features short house (with the fire department who seemed to want success in also knows what equipment the THE WALLS OF [K] stories inspired by song lyrics; monitoring the action) to bring this business as much as I did.” professionals are using. It took Studios in Allentown are lined and a music video for a song authenticity to the project. with celebrity photos, record from the soundtrack of “Every- When they are not at work jackets, book covers and other thing’s Jake,” a film starring on projects in the music and “It took us years to build a mementos of clients, from Ernie Hudson, Lou Rawls and entertainment industry, the part- author Stephen King to pop Debbie Allen. ners still choose assignments studio with equipment as singer Vanessa Carlton. But Krycia and Tiedeman are that interest them personally advanced as we were using owners Scott Krycia ’95 and especially proud of their role and professionally. One of their at NCC.” Sean Tiedeman ’95 are about as in producing two segments for top clients is The Collegiate down to earth as you can get. Bravo network’s “100 Scari- Empowerment Company, This energetic duo met as est Movie Moments.” They which offers services designed At first the two kept their 9 to us years to build a studio with radio/TV majors at Northamp- interviewed Stephen King at to enhance the learning experi- 5 jobs, coming into work after equipment as advanced as we ton and formed their multi- his home in Bangor, ME, and ence for college students. “We a full day, and occasionally were using at NCC.” media company in 1998. They director George Romero don’t take on projects based on staying up all night to get their Located on Hamilton do all of the writing, video (famous for “Night of the money,” Tiedeman says. “We projects done. Krycia recalls Street in downtown Allentown, and film editing, camera work Living Dead” and “Creep- need to believe in what we are an occasion where he ended the studio has an ideal location and Web design for a host show”) in Pittsburgh. The working on.” up sleeping in his car between to attract business from New of clients, from small local five-hour documentary was the The success of the studio jobs because he didn’t have York and Philadelphia, as well businesses to media giants network’s second-highest rated in attracting customers has time to go home. as the Lehigh Valley. The name, such as MTV. Their success is series in its history. come without advertising – the [K] Studios was built [K] Studios, has its origins in garnering plenty of acco- Tiedeman has been a fan partners rely on word of mouth with sweat and creativity. And Krycia’s work as a volunteer lades: in addition to receiving of the horror genre since he and satisfied customers to fuel Krycia and Tiedeman love firefighter for the Leithsville video industry awards, they was a child. He once borrowed their burgeoning business. Re- their creation. “I would never fire department, where he is were recently named to the Radio/TV grads Scott Krycia (left) and Sean Tiedeman have worked with clients a VHS camera and made “a ferrals from clients like George want to go back to working for deputy chief and vice presi- Eastern Pennsylvania Business that include MTV and the WB and Bravo networks. cheesy horror film that every- Romero and the Badlees have someone else,” Krycia says. “ I dent. Since one of the other one liked.” Since that time, he led to additional business. “The wouldn’t be happy.” firefighters is also named Scott, sion. Hosted by WZZO’s Chris has aspired to a career in the best way to advertise is through “There were definitely his nickname became “K.” The partners also credit their education at NCC Line, the show has featured film industry. He was especially a high-quality product,” says several points when we won- Krycia smiles. “Putting the K in for much of their success. “The professors and interviews with such celebri- excited to work with two of his Tiedeman. dered why we were doing brackets just looked cool.” ties as Daryl Hall and John idols. About Stephen King, Tie- Hard work – 12 hour days, this,” adds Tiedeman. “But it’s The partners say they en- the equipment are top-notch,” says Krycia. Oates, Weird Al Yankovic, deman says, “[He] rarely lets six days a week, doing every- different now. This work has joy living in the Lehigh Valley “Professor Mario Acerra [who runs the radio/TV Good Charlotte and 3 Doors people into his office; it was an thing from creating their own become my life – all I know is and value their local clients. program] works in the field and tells you how Down. In a hectic produc- honor that he welcomed us, and props to copywriting – is also this.” After about four years, the But a move to Hollywood tion schedule, the partners he was great to work with.” what makes [K] Studios tick. pair began to turn a profit and would not be out of the ques- it is in the real world.” shoot 40 episodes a year of Krycia’s interest in the It’s this work ethic that actually were able to devote themselves tion, if their filmmaking efforts “The Stage,” which received media production field came led Krycia and Tiedeman to full time to [K] Studios. “Scott bear fruit. Journal’s “20 Under 40” list of when they talk about their earliest jobs were working on a Telly award for best locally later. After floundering as each other. While students at and I create everything from And the music business rising young stars. work in the music and enter- music videos for local artists. produced television show. a student taking computer NCC, they were acquainted, but the ground up,” Tiedeman also beckons. “We would love They produce commer- tainment industry. For the past several years, the Other high-profile classes at NCC, he decided it wasn’t until after graduation, continues. “If we fail, it’s our to make more music videos cials, corporate training videos Both partners played in duo has produced “The Stage,” projects in the music business to try the radio/television when they kept running into fault. But we’ve earned what and to direct more,” says Kry- and Web sites, but Krycia and bands before launching their a weekly half-hour show that have included work on a WB program because “it sounded each other at various shoots we’ve built.” cia. “We have the ideas, and Tiedeman really get animated business, and some of their airs on Service Electric televi- network special featuring the interesting.” It was there he working for other companies, The partners also credit we have the vision.” u 30 NCC ● FALL 2005 FALL 2005 ● NCC 31 DoNOr prOFiLe Building Relationships continued from page 29 is currently working on a both currently serving in master of research with a the U.S. Air Force and are concentration in history stationed at Barksdale Air at Andover Newton, and Force Base in Shreveport, an advanced diploma/MA relationships,” explained on employees with a strong LA. They reside in Bossier during the summer at the Fazil. “Many of our current licensed expertise, advanced City, LA. University of Cambridge engagements are with custom- degrees and a willingness to in England. A tradition of ers with whom we’ve been view learning as a lifelong Education doing business for years.” process,” said Fazil. “Profes- 1970-Robert Keiber 2005-Karla Lee Erdman ENGINEERING excellence In 30 years of business, DEI sionals who view themselves, of Easton received a is a full-time student at Filling a niche. By Michael E. Nagel has not had a project go over their work, family and com- bachelor’s degree from Moravian College pursuing a the established operating munity as a work in progress Millersville University in bachelor’s degree in English budget, missed a completion also understand that change 1972 and a master’s degree with a teacher certification. date or become entangled in for the better is every person’s from Kutztown University Karla graduated from litigation. Fazil attributes this professional and moral re- in 1974. He is a teacher/ NCC with a 4.0 g.p.a. and WHEN IT COMES TO as problem-solvers, which to the diligence and exper- sponsibility.” department co-chair at is a member of Phi Theta businesses developing niche caused a client to invite us tise of the excellent team of For the Fazil family, Easton Area High School Kappa. She and her husband, markets, some may be easier to in at the beginning, instead professionals that make up the Northampton’s reach goes in Easton. Donald, reside in Bethlehem find than others. The average of later when it was time D’Huy team. beyond community; it is and have two children, person might never think about to deal with a crisis,” Fazil DEI also contributes to also personal. Fazil and his 1970-Weda M. Mosellie Karanda and Joshua. the specialized work D’Huy explained. “The project man- the College – perhaps not a wife, Donna, have both taken of Phillipsburg, NJ is a Engineering, Inc. does, but the agement part of the business surprise given the business courses at Northampton, and retired Phillipsburg High Electronics service it provides has signifi- just grew from there.” School English teacher. Technology cant impact on institutions we Ronald Carr, the other Weda enjoys cooking and 1979-Ethan Kern is an all rely on every day. principal of the firm, oversees baking. Her recipe for engineer at Agere Systems in D’Huy Engineering structural design and forensic swordfish shrimp kabobs Allentown. He and his wife, (DEI) fills a gap between engineering. The firm has “we act as the customer’s won runner-up honors in the Michele, reside in Nazareth two immovable objects: the done projects throughout the cooking magazine, “Taste with a son, Tyler and a spending restrictions placed United States and abroad, advocate regarding quality of of Home.” stepson, Justin. on nonprofit organizations including structural design for work, meeting deadlines and involved in capital projects the Spring Garden Elementary staying within budget.” 1995-Ambie Hower 1996-Marc Fanelli of and the public demand for School and the Foy Concert received a bachelor’s degree Stroudsburg is an electronics quality results. Hall at Moravian College in in elementary education technician at Weiler “We specialize in Bethlehem, facilities design from the University of North Corporation in Cresco. working with public entities, for all the Bethlehem Area Carolina at Wilmington in especially for project manage- School District’s 26 facilities, May 2003. She is a first Food Service ment,” explained M. Arif Fazil, the Saucon Valley School relationship. But, to Fazil, their daughters, Adriana and grade teacher at Heyward C. 1987-Teresa LeDonne one of two principals of the District’s education campus, the gift is about much more Stella, attended the College’s Bellamy Elementary School. of Morristown, NJ, is the firm. “As publics, our clients the Easton Middle School than business; after all, DEI Horizons for Youth summer Ambie and her husband, director of programs, events are required to bid projects and campus and Nazareth Area has many and varied clients programs. Fazil has been Ron, along with their two and communications at the engage contractors at the low- School District. beyond the College, many known to take an HVAC children, Kelly and Tim, Morris County Chamber est price. As project manager, DEI has also performed a of whom are also engaged in technician’s course at NCC reside in Wilmington, NC. of Commerce. we act as the customer’s advo- number of forensic engineer- serving the community. “simply to become a more cate regarding quality of work, ing investigations ranging from “When you think effective project manager.” 2001-Jessica Ehrhardt Funeral Service DEI’s Arif Fazil inspects mid-project progress at Northampton meeting deadlines and staying the collapse of an interstate about our base, we provide “The DEI/Northampton of Easton is a benefits 1980-David Cable of Community College’s Spartan Center. within budget.” highway bridge in Montgom- services to many public relationship is built on and associate at MCS Industries. Hellertown received a Established in 1976, DEI ery County, NY, to a structural schools. Updated and/or new sustained by core values and She is pursuing a psychology bachelor’s degree from West specializes in structural design the college, the relationship tions to College Center and to analysis of Yankee Stadium. facilities are a cornerstone respect, commitment and sup- degree at Albright College. Chester University in 1976. and facilities engineering. DEI evolved to a point where DEI the former Discovery Center Fazil, a native of Kenya from which education can be port of quality higher educa- has long been a part of the often acts as the College’s building now owned by who now resides in Beth- offered more efficiently and tion for all,” said Fazil, “When 2003-Felipe Claudio 1990-Jill Snyder development of Northampton project manager, recently Northampton on Bethlehem’s lehem, joined the firm after effectively. Consider as well people ask me why we support of South Lancaster, MA Lazar of Gordon is a Community College. First completing the construction Southside. graduating from Lehigh Uni- that Northampton and DEI Northampton Community received a bachelor’s degree funeral director with hired to provide a variety of the Spartan Center and “Over the years, we versity. “We pride ourselves are somewhat similar; both College, we can only and obvi- in history from Atlantic Etzweiler Funeral Home.She of engineering services to currently working on renova- developed a solid reputation on establishing long-term entities survive and thrive ously say, why not!” u Union College in July. He was one of the top five pre- 32 NCC ● FALL 2005 PHOTO BY PHILIP STEIN FALL 2005 ● NCC 33 need counselors from across extremely happy. Thank you a bachelor’s degree in presidential ambassador, and received a bachelor’s degree as a sales associate and is a bachelor’s degree in continued from page 25 the United States honored by Northampton!” clinical psychology summa a member of the science club from Penn State University. seeking an internship at a electronic media from Monumental Life Insurance cum laude and a master’s and Phi Theta Kappa. He is an exclusive agent at local environmental center. Kutztown University in 2003. Company at a Pre-need 6T]TaP[4SdRPcX^] degree in cardiac rehab and Allstate Insurance Company One of her goals is to use her She is a promotions editor for National Sales Meeting held (' 6[PShb=XVa^]T exercise physiology at East ! " 1TRZh;XTQTa\P] in Pottstown. Jose and his writing skills and biology the Sinclair Broadcast Group in Berkeley, CA, in April. of Bethlehem received a Stroudsburg University. She of Pen Argyl graduated wife, Mary Ann, reside knowledge to educate and in Hunt Valley, MD. 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