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Dr. Lawrence Buck, Michael G. O'Neill and Dr. Eric Brucker National Office Developer Receives Distinguished Performance Award

Michael G. 0 ' eill , chairman of Be creati ve. Be sure that yo u are U ni ve rsity and juris doctorate from Preferred Real Estate Inves tments passionate about your wo rk, and Temple U nive rsity School of Law. (PREI), Inc., received the most impo rtantly, be yo urself. " Facul ty awards presen ted at the ban­ Distingui hed Perfo rmance in The PhiladeltJhia Business J ournal quet included the Di stinguished Manageme nt wa rd at the School o f ranked 0 ' eill' company the sec­ Graduate Teaching Award to Kenn Business Administrati o n's annual o nd largest commercial real estate Tacchino, pro fessor of taxatio n; th e scholarship banque t. This award is William Zahka Di sLin guished developer in the Philadelphia me t­ give n each year to individuals who Professor Award to Pe ter Oe hl ers, ropolitan area. Foll owing PREI's have made a significant contribu­ senio r lecturer of accounting; the success with the redevelopme nt of ti on to the wo rld of busine s. Distinguished Adjunct Teaching the Consho hocke n rive rfro nt, the Awa rd to Lawrence Colfe r, acUunct In his speech at the banque t, Mr. company has embarked o n a plan to pro fessor of ma nageme nt; and, the O 'Neill advised Widener business revitali ze the wate rfront distri ct of J o hn C. Sevi er wa rd for Dedicati o n students in attendan ce to "make Chester with a property call ed the and Service to the School of your greatnes in solving all the Wharf at Ri ve rtown. O 'Neill earned Business Administrati on to Savas problems that paralyze others. hi bachelo r's d egree fro m Vill anova O zatalay, professor of managemen t.

29 FOCUS Richardson Named New Dean Titanic Surfaces in Art Exhibit WHYV Personality Headlines of University College and Presidential Lecture Diversity Celebration

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School of Hospitality Management The 90th annive rsary of the Dr. Dani el Go ttlieb's "The Broken Professor Emily Ri chardson is the Ti tani c's first - and o nly - voyage Mirro r: Costs and Causes of Stigma new dean o f ni ve rsity Coll ege. was celebrated with educati o n and Ali ena ti on" highlighted Pro fessor Ri chardson j o in ed Pro fessor J.Joseph Edgette's The Widener's second-annual Dive rsity Widener in 1989, and came with 11 Widener Family and the Titanic exhib­ Celebra ti o n in February. The host of years of corpo rate experi ence as a it, April 23 to May 18 in the Art \lVHYY's Voices in the Family, a call-in personnel directo r, directo r o f mar­ Gall ery. The exhibit featured photo­ radi o p rogram airing Mo ndays at ke ting and sales and a general man­ graphs, docume n ts, and genuine noon, Go ttli eb disc ussed how label­ ager in the hospi tali ty industry. She and repli ca artifacts of the Wi dener ing and ste reotyping individuals succeeds Dr. Arl ene DeCosmo, who family's connecti o n with th e Titanic. affects society as a whole, preventing is re tiring afte r 15 years as d ean. George Dunton Widener, El eano re growth whil e fostering divisio n. Elkins Widener and H an-y Elkins Ri chardson helped develo p "The intent o f the celebra ti o n is to Widener we re aboard the ship wh en Unive rsity Coll ege's H ospitality highlight the impo rtance of di ve rsity it sunk; o nl y El eano re su rvived . Administra ti o n program in 1994. to the educatio nal programs of the Chairman Eme ritus of the unive rsi­ As dean of Uni ve rsity Coll ege, School of Human Service Professions," ty's Board of Trustees Fi tz Eugene Ri chardson pl ans to implement her said Stephen Wilhite, dean of the Di xon Jr., the grandson of Eleano re, skill s learned in the hospitality School of Human Servi ce Professions, atte nded the gall e ry receptio n fo r industry to an admini trative "s pecifi ca ll y those p rograms which the exhibit. posi ti on that focuses o n the are committed to acti ve ly recruiting adult learner. Dr. Edgette also d eli ve red the bo th studen ts and faculty fro m 38th Presidential Lecture o n the diverse backgro unds. uch dive rsity 'This selecti o n gives me the ame topi c to a standing-room o nly enriches all o f o ur educati o nal oppo rtunity to no t o nl y use those aud ie nce in the Webb Room. programs." management skill s but also my educati o n in adult learni ng Spo nsored by the School of Human and higher administra ti o n," she Service Professions, Widener's said. "It puts the best of both wo rlds Di ve rsi ty Celeb rati o n also i ncl uded togethe r fo r me, while all owin g me the Theatre Wide ne r to remain a part o f Widener." perfo rmance o f "Master H arold and the Boys," by Athol Fugard, a South Afri can pl ayw ri ght.

30 President Emeritus Robert Bruce and his family get going on the MS Walk 2002. Widener Walks for Multiple Sclerosis

Mo re than 100 TEAM Widener With free food and drink, a disc diagnosed in people between tll e walkers do tted the Ridley Creek jockey spinning records and prizes age of 20 and 40 when they de mo n­ State Park trail s Sunday, April 21 for avail able, the day was about more strate symptoms such as numbnes , the 2002 M Walk. Students, facu lty than just a walk fo r chari ty. Al l paralys is and bli ndness. In the 18 and administrators joined Pre ident TEAM Widener walkers received a counties of Pe n nsylvan ia and New Emeritus Robert Bruce and his fami­ Widene r UniversiLY water bottle, J ersey served by the Greate r ly to form the second largest Leam and those who raised more than Delaware Va ll ey MS Chapter, there o n site, and generated mo re than $100 were awarded a commemora­ are some 8,500 cli ents receiving pro­ 5,000 for the cause. tive MS T-sh irt. gram assistance and therapy. Most of the monies raised in the area, More tll an a and much from the national level, third or a million too, come right back to the Greater Americans have Delaware Valley because so many multiple scl ero­ area research hospitals are do in g sis, a d isablin g the work necessary to find a cure for disease of the tho e who suffer with the life-chang­ cen tral nervous ing effects of MS. The MS Walk is sys tem. MS is an annual event that helps fund most often research and support programs.

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Widener Honors Chester Mayor Students Spend Spring Break Building for Humanity

Drs. Cavin (I.) and Buck congratulate Chester Mayor Pileggi. Chester Mayor Dominic Pileggi received th e 2002 Reverend J esse Anderson Sr. iemorial Award April Fifteen vVid ener students spent then a freshman hospitali ty manage­ 18 for his contributio ns to the inter­ their spring break in Fort ment major, who joined the group ests of the students in Widener's Lauderdale, Fla., not in bathing again this year. suits on the beach but in work Project Prepare. Collegiate Chall enge is a year-round clothes and tool belts at a ho me­ program coordinated through the Started in 1969, Project Prepare is a building site in Broward County as Campus Chapters and Youth year-long program that prepares part of the Habitat for Humani ty's Programs de partment at Habitat for high school tuden ts fo r coll ege life Coll egiate Chall enge program. through the use of professio nal Humanity International in counselors, peer counselors and In additi o n to do nating their time Americus, Ga. More than 10,000 stu­ tutors. The program annuall y bene­ and energy to help build the de n ts from more than 450 high fits approximately 245 students who homes, the studen ts raised 2,500 schools, coll eges and unive rsities may not otherwise have an oppo rtu­ lO contribute to the project, and worked at more than 200 sites nil")1 to atte nd coll ege. Previous additional monies to cover their natio nwide for Coll egiate recipients of the award include the travel and some li ving expenses for Chall e nge: Spring Break 2002. late Rev. Leon Sullivan; former the March 3 - 9 trip. Coll ecti vely, these students pl edged more than $1 million for the affili­ Widener President Clarence Mo ll ; "The students who we nt last year so ates with wh ich they are working. Thadde us Kirkland, State H ouse of inspired me w"ith their storie of Represen tati ves; and Widener being able to help, that I wanted to Professor Alo nzo Cavin. be part of thi s," said Kate Hutchison, then a senior social work major. Eight Widener students we nt last year to Winston-Salem, N.C., and helped frame out wa ll s for d eli ve ry to area home building site. "We met so many interestin g peopl e who practicall y 'adopted' us for the week," recalled Matt Rosenthal,

32 Widener Fraternity Raises Money Governor Schweiker Appoints Widener Celebrates In Honor Of Late Brother Professor to Environmental Women's History Month Justice Advisory Committee Members of the Phi Delta Theta fra­ vVide ner celebrated Women 's ternit"), Pennsylva nia Mu chapter at Pennsylvania Governo r Mark H isto ry Mo nth with a special Widener raised 25,000 to establish Schweiker appo inted Cen ter for presen tati on by th e deputy director the H erman M. Saunders Memori al Social Work Educati o n Profe SOl' of tl1e Governance and Civil Society Scholarship in memo ry of broth er Stephen Kauffman to the U ni t of th e Ford Foundati o n, H erman Saunders, who died in a Pennsylva nia Department of Urvashi Vaid. mo to rcycl e accident in September Environmen tal Protection (DEP) Va id's "Lesbianism and Feminism: 1997 sho rtly after he graduated Envi ronmen tal Justice Advisory Re fl ections o n the Connectio ns and fro m Widener. Board in April. Ka uffman 's year-lo ng Disconnections between Women ' While at Widener, Saunders served appointmen t is based o n his work Li beration and Lesbian Emergence" as pl edgemaster and vice presiden t done in Chester, which includes drew hundreds of guests to Alumni assisting the Chester Board of of the c h a pte l~ was involved in the Aud itorium. H er presen tatio n house and was very we ll liked H ealth and the private citizens focused on the in terrelated strug­ and respected . organizatio n, Concerned Citizens gles for wo men 's righ ts and lesbian for Quali ty Living, in developing righ ts, and how issues of fe minism Though many of th e bro thers who their lead poisoning preventio n and lesbi anism are often unfa irly helped raise th e mo ney from 1997 program in 1999-2000. H e has also equated . to 2001 never met Mr. Saunders, worked closely with the Chester "we felt it was o ur duty to keep H ousing Authori ty and the Chester "The public frequently confuse going," said Mi chael England , social Educati on Foundati on. these issues [offeminism and chairman for the Widener chapter lesbianism ]," said D r. Stephani e of Phi Del ta Th tao "That's the way Schechner, assistan t dean of tl1e we view our brotherhood . It's a Coll ege of Arts and Sciences. "T he bro therhood fo r life, even after­ two parti es may share agendas that wa rds. It wo uld have been a great are commo n to all women, but dishonor to hi m emory had we not gender views, often unnecessarily continued to raise money." may separate women from within." T he first Saunders Scholarshi p will The former d irector of th e ati o nal go to a Widener studen t in financial Gay and Lesbian Task Fo rce, Vaid need with preference give n to cur­ also erved a an attorney with the rent members of Phi Delta T heta. American Civi l Li berties nio n (ACLU), where sh e worked on The Pennsylvania Mu chapte r of Phi behalf of prisoners in the ACLU's Delta Theta was install ed on O ct. Natio nal Pri on Proj ect. 18, 1985. Phi Delta The ta stres es the ideals of sound learning, moral Dr. Stephen Kauffman rectitude and friendship. Al l broth­ "The Advisory Board focuses on the ers are encouraged to acti ve ly parti c­ e nviron mental problems that low­ ipate in scholarship and scho lasti c in come and minority commu nities acti vi ti es. te nd to encoun te r," said Kauffman, "incl uding hazardous waste sites and pollutio n-producing factories. What th e DEP is attempting to do i find ways to provide an exU"a level of protecti on fo r the e communi ties. It's a combination of civil righ ts and environ men tali sm."

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Brodkin, Vatnick Study Acid Rain's Effect on Frogs Center for Education Receives Quarter-Million Dollar Grant

In April, the Ce nter for Education received a $251,000 grant, o ne of only 23 statewide, from the Pennsylvania Department o f Educati o n as part of the Link-to­ Learn: Improving Technology at Coll eges and U nive rsiti es 'program. The funding v.ri ll be used to develop a techno logy instructi onal program to teach , model and me nto r the integrati on of techno logy in to the coll ege and kindergarten-grade 12 cu rricul a. Facul ty, unive rsity supervi­ sors, coo perating teache rs and teacher candidates' effo rts will be suppo rted with training wo rksho ps, updated hardware and software, and Web-based resources. During the 2002 funding peri od , the proposal will directl y erve 24 Mathew Colombo, Emily Piddington and Jamie Andrews meet with higher educati o n faculty, 12 unive r­ U. S. Senator Jon Corzine's (D.-N.J.) aide. sity supervisors, 16 cooperating teachers and approximately 46 Amphibious popula ti o ns aro und the and Vatnick's research shows unde rgraduate students in the earl y wo rld have been decreasing in that the ability of adult Northern childhood/ elemen tary educati o n recent years because of a va ri ety of Leopard Frogs to fi ght diseases program. In addition, two po rtabl e ecological and e nvi ronmental caus­ is greatl y and adve rsely impacted by compute r labs will be established at es - global warming, loss of habi­ acidic environmen ts, and acid rain , Widene r's Pro fessio nal tat, introducti on of exoti c species, therefo re, pl ays a large role in the Develo pmen t School in Lakeview etc. Dr. Marc Brodkin and Dr. ltzick d ecline o f this species of frog Elemen tary, and will be ava il abl e for Vatnick, alo ng with seni or bi ology in the o rth east. Widener practi ce teachers, their stude n ts J aime Andrews and The students presented this supervisors and coope rating teach­ Matthew Colo mbo and seni or sci­ research at Poster o n the Hill, a ers, and fi rst- and second-grad e ence administra ti on stude nt Emily program spo nsored by the Council Lakevi ew stude n ts . Piddingto n, recently received a o n ndergraduate Research, in grant from The Epply Foundatio n Was hingto n, D. C., this past April. fo r Research, Inc., to study another At Posters o n the Hill, studen ts of these causes. Their research from all over the country have the focuses o n the effect o f an acidic oppo rtunity to meet with the environment o n the natural defense re presenta ti ves from their area, mechanisms of the adult Nortllern and then present their research in a Leopard Frog. ve n ue that all ows any in terested It has been kn own for some time congresspersons fro m across the that aquatic enviro nme nts with low country to view it. pH levels due to acid rain can be devastating to frogs in the develo p­ me ntal stages - eggs, larvae o r tadpo les. What isn't as we ll known is the effect a highly acidic environ­ ment has on adult frogs. Brodkin

34 Human Cloning and Stem Cells Pennsylvania Secretary Of Banking Draw Large Crowd Speaks at Widener Finance Lecture for Pew Memorial Lecture Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bi oethics at the U ni ve rsity of Pennsylva nia, answe red the questi o n posed in the title of his lecture, "What is Wrong Dr. Arthur Caplan (if Anything) with Clo ning o f Human Embryos o r Human Beings?," with a ingle wo rd - "Nothing" - at Widener's Pew M mo ri al Lecture April 8.

Dr. Caplan we nt o n to justi fy hi s Dr. Charles Waldauer, Dr. Cynthia Saltzman, Dr. Eric Brucker and claim and make the case that the re James Kauffman, Pa. Secretary of Banking. is less wrong with human cl o ning J ames B. Kauffman]r., Pennsylva ni a Kauffman was a ppointed for research purposes than peopl e Secretary of Banking, was the guest Pen nsylvan ia Secretary of Ban ki ng m igh t think. speaker fo r Wide ne r's Spring 2002 in Se ptember 2000 by then "The questio n is not sho uld there Banking and Finance Lecture. Governor Tom Ridge. As secretary, be cl ones, because cl o nes occur nat­ In his lecture, "An Update o n State he is a member of the boards of urall y when a cell cl eaves in half and Banking Iss ues," Mr. Kauffman dis­ directo rs of the Confe rence of State makes geneticall y-ide ntical twins," cussed the Department of Banking Bank Supervi sors, the Educati o n said Caplan. "The question is sho uld as a regul ato r, the dual banking Fo unda ti o n of State Bank we make cl o nes artifi ciall y." Capl an system, the legislative process in Supe rvisors, the Pennsylvania concluded by saying that, fo r many state banking and the slatus of the H o using Finan ce Agency, the reasons, clo ning is not safe fo r fin ancial services industry. Pen nsylvania Indusu-iaI humans at this time, but research Develo pment Authori ty and the "During this econ omic d ownturn should continue on the cl o ning of Pennsylvania Minority Bu iness in general, the banking industry has animals. Development Autho ri ty. performed we ll," said Kauffman. In addition to his directo rship of "Banks have continued to experi­ Prio r to j o ining state governmen t, the Center for Bi oethics, Dr. Caplan e nce growth in de posits and Kauffm an spent 29 years working serves as chair of the Departm nt of main tained the u-e nd of being we ll with banks througho ut Pennsylvania, Medical Ethics at tile Unive rsity of capitali zed. They have fairly we ll including Girard Bank in Pennsylvania Medical Cen ter, the weathe red the storm. But we contin­ Philad elphia, H amilto n Bank in Emanuel and Robert H art Professor ue to m onitor the impact of the Lancaster, Me ll on Bank in of Bio thic , pro fessor of molecul ar economy and the impact o f Harrisburg and Keys to ne Bank in and cellular engineering and profes­ Sep tember 11 o n the industry by H o rsham. H e earned his bachelor's sor of philosophy at the U ni ve rsity pl acing mo re emphasis o n credi t degree fro m U rsinus Co ll ege and of Pe nnsylva nia. H e is the autho r o f administrati on and looking mo re completed the Executive Financial Ethics and Organ Transplants and cl o ely at interest rate mism anage­ Management Program at the Am J My Brother's KeejJer? The Ethical men t and as et quali ty." Wharto n School o f Business at Frontiers oj Biomedicine, amo ng Unive rsity of Pennsylvani a. others.

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Widener Professor Authors In New Creative Writing Major, "Wealth Span" Text Students Prepare to Succeed

"The bottom li ne, finan ciall y, i that Write rs come in all shapes and sizes. yo u have to plan much mo re care­ Whe ther a person wa n ts to get fu ll y because you have a fewe r num­ ahead in the busine s wo rld, express ber of years to accumulate and it feeli ngs through poetry or teach has to last longer." children and prepare them for suc­ cessful futures, writing skills and t Wide ner, Dr. Cutler directs thinking skill s are crucial. The Financial Literac), 2000, a research Coll ege of Arts and Science' new program focusing on the impact of maj or in creative writing teaches aging on iss ues of finance, healtll, these skill s. retirement and family care-giving. H e also currently serves as director "vVriting pre pares one for so many of survey research for the ational fie lds, tllat there is almost no limi t Council on the Aging in to what one can do," said Dr. \'Vashington, D.C. Kenneth Pobo, associate professor of English, who developed the Dr. Cutle r previously served as pro­ major along with Dr. Michael fessor of political science and pro­ Cocchiarale, assistant professor of fessor of gerontology at the Engli sh. "Obviously there are things Dr. Neal Cutler, the Boettner/ Gregg U niversity of Southern Cali fornia o ne can do in education o r in pub­ professor of financial gerontology, and as associate director of the lishing. But also, business CEO's recently publi shed Advising MatuTe Andrus Gerontology Center's have stated for a long time that one Clients: The New Science oj Wealth Institute for Advanced Study in o f the criteria for getting ahead in SjJan Planning. Gerontology and Geriatri cs. Cutler business is writing skills. It seems to earned his bachelor's degree from The book looks at the changes over me to be a doorway into all sorts of the University of Southern the last 50 years in the "wealth span" d iffe rent fi elds." California and his master's degree - the fi nancial equiva len t of a per­ The creative writing major is son ' li fe span - and how financial and doctorate from onhwestern University. de igned for stude nts who enjoy planners and geronto logists can u e writing and who wis h to explore it th is knowledge to help their cl ients further than they could with a tradi­ better plan for retirement. J.I(.IJISS/ j'll I f I' ,~ • I, l I " '" I fl tional English major. The program "In previous years, the accumulation is comprised of Engli sh courses that side of the wealtll span - the time present th e history and develop­ when yo u earned money for your ment of various forms of writin g, o ld age - was much longer becau e suppleme nted by creati ve writing- people would start working earli er pecifi c courses in all aspects of and would retire at 65 or 70," said poetry, dram a and fi ction. An Dr. Cutl er. "The expenditure side Engli sh/ creative writing double was relative ly shorter then because major is also avail able. li fe expectancy was horter. But in recent time it has been turned around. People are going to coll ege and possibly graduate school, 0 THE NEW S[IEN[E OF they start accumul ating later. And WEALTH SPAN PLANNIN6 the expenditure side is lo nger now because p ople are retirin g earli er and li ving longer.

NEAL E. CUTLER, PhD

36 ISS Hosts Sixth Annual International Week Widener Celebrates Black History Month with a Screening of Lumumba

A creening of the award-winning Lumumba aired at Alumni Audito rium as part of Widener's Bl ack Histo ry Month celebra ti o n. Directed by Raoul Peck, the film is a true story depicting Patri ce Emery Lumumba's rise to becoming the first prime minister of the Democrati c Republic of Congo in 1960. Lumumba 's vi io n ofa U nited Africa gained him powerful ene­ mies, eventuall y leading to his exe­ cution inJanuary 1961 by the Ka tanga secessio nist regime . This independent, sma ll budget film was chosen for its depi cti on o f "a leade r that mo t Ame ri cans - black, Two student-led martial arts night, including "Crouching Tiger white, ye llow, brown - have never demonstrations, an interna ti o nal Hidden Dragon" and "Life is heard of," said Center for Social flea market and a visit from Chef Beautiful," we re among the week's Work Education Professor Ri chard Mari etou Fanny headlined high I igh ts. Cooper. "Lumumba was a excep­ In ternational Week 2002, an eight­ ti onal a person as Malcolm X or Dr. The in teracti ve Culture Co mes clay celebration of Widener's Martin Luther King, but because he Alive featured the two martial arts international culture and educatio n is fro m Africa, he re mains an demonstrati ons (one Chine e and spo nsored by Interna ti o nal Student unknown to many people." one J apanese) and the fl ea market, Services. A student-led discus io n, as we ll as Middle Eastern dancers Lumumba - awarded Best Film, Pan "Reli gio ns of the Wo rld," a facul ty and a swo rd demo nstrati o n. Afri can Film Festi va l 2001; Paul forum on international politics led Internati onal Week 2002 came to a Robeson Award, Fespaco 2001 ; Best by professors Martin Goldstein , cl ose with Ivo ry Coast Chef Fanny's Film, Santo Domingo Interna ti o nal Gregory Cermignano and Matthew pre e ntation "Crepes: A Di scuss io n Film Festival 2001; and Best Film by H irsch, and a diffe rent feature­ of the Preparation and History o f a a Foreign Director, Acapulco Black length foreign film shown each Classic Fren ch Dish ." Film Festi va l 2001- gave viewers an insight into the brutal reali ty of internati o nal politic. The docudra­ ma - part docume n tary, part drama - captured a critical pi ece of Afri can history in the 1960's.

"I wanted to get students to think o utsid the box," said Cooper. "I didn 't want to just how a fi ctio n film ; I wanted to get studen ts thinking culturall y, sociall y and po l i ti call y. "

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Middle School Students Display Cities of the Future at Widener Center for Education Hosts Second Literary Conference

The Center for Education's second Literacy Conference, The Many Faces of Assessment, included keynote speeches by Roger Farr of Indiana University and Susan Glazer of Rider University, poster sessions, workshops and a presentation by Judith Schachner, author and illus­ trator of Willie and May, The Grannyman and NIr. Emerson's Cook. Conference attendees were awarded 5.5 hours of Act 48 professional education credits.

More than 120 seventh- and eighth­ Professional engineersjudged the grade students from Pennsylvania, teams on their oral pre entation of ew J ersey, Delaware and Mal)I\and the city, computer design, model, displayed models showi ng their con­ essay and abstract. cepts of c iLi es of the future during Our Lady H elp of Christians in the 2002 Philadelphia Regional bington, Pa., took first place in the Future City Competition, hosted by regional competition and went on the Widener Univers iLY School of to the national competition in Engineering and organized by the Washington, D.C., in February for a Delaware Valley Engineers Week chance to win a trip to U.S. Space Council. Camp in Hun tsvill e, Ala. Team of studen ts from 35 schools, Pottsgrove Middle School in with the help of their teacher and a Pottstown, Pa., and Drexel Hill volunteer engin eer mentor, Middle School in Drexel Hill, Pa., designed their citi es using SimCity took second and third place, respec­ 3000 software. From their computer tively, and Independence blueprint, they then built a 3-D H omeschool in Morrisville, Pa., model of one section of their city, Great Valley Middle School in illustrating futuristic ideas and com­ Malvern, Pa., and St.John the ponen ts. The studen ts also wrote a Evangelist in Morrisville, Pa., were 100-200 word abstract de cribing runners-up. their city and a 300-500 word essay about energy research, exploration, generation and conservation.

3 Widener University Celebrates Memory Of Martin Luther King Jr.

earl y 100 Widener University tu­ the Center for the Blind, the home­ Hospitality Student den ts and facu I ty pai n ted walls, less shelter and Chester High School. Given State Honors picked up trash, organized clothing, "I think it's very important for mem­ cleaned up brush and debris, and Sophomore hospitality management bers of the Widener community to worked with school children during student Christina Banchi was award­ get to know, and to get invo lved in, the City of Chester's Martin Luther ed Student of the Year by Che te r," said Stuart Eimer, assistant KingJr. Day of Service onJan. 2l. Pennsylvania Gove rnor Mark professor of sociology, who partici­ Tens of thousands of Americans Schweiker at the Pennsylva nia pated in the day and e ncouraged his joined in the Day of Service, with To urism and Lodging Association's tudents to participate as well. "It's 30,000 in the greater Philadelphia 2002 annual conference and trade very important that we try to pro­ area alone. show at the Loews Philad elphia vide something to others who per­ H otel. Service work was conducted at sever­ haps are in need . It's our obligation al sites throughout Chester, includ­ as citizens in a democratic society." Banchi, also named Student of the ing the Salvation Army, the YMCA, Year by the Greater Philad elphia The Widener U niversity Black Hotel and Tourism Association, was Studen t n ion and Widener honored for excell e nce in bo th aca­ University chapl ains also celebrated demic and industry performance, as Dr. King's memory with music, per­ we ll as for d emonstrating potential sonal reflections and a candle li ght­ for a career in the lodging industry. ing ceremony during a commemora­ She carri s a 4.0 grade po int aver­ tion program. Featured speakers age and is a front d esk associate at included Rev. Randolph Williamson the Philadelphia Airport Marriott of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Hote l. Swarthmore, and Wide ner profes­ sors Dr. Iqbal Mansur, Dr. Ri cha Chauhan , Dr. Stuart Eimer and Dr. Alonzo Cavin. Widener alumna J oy J o nes sang "Lift Every Vo ice and Sing," followed by selecti ons from the Widener Gospel Choir. Freshman Amanda Sylvester (left) and sophomore Emily Loucks help repaint an office at the Chester Salvation Army. 39 FOCUS

Widener Arts Day Draws Third Graders to Campus Dole Named Director Of Institute For Physical Therapy Education More than 75 third-grade students from Lakevi ew El ementary, wh e re Widene r's Cente r fo r Educati o n conducts its Professional Development School, visited campus April 23 to learn about and expe ri­ ence art fro m Wide ner pro fessors as part of Widener Arts Day. The children were treated to a spe­ cial exhibitio n of Dr. Edgette's The Widener Family and the Titanic, whil e Dr. Pobo led an interactive poetry sessi o n. Dr. Parker (music presen ta­ ti on ) and Dr. Schechne r (drama ti c French fabl es) enlisted student help fo r their pe rformances, while Dr. Ward showed the children the won­ ders of photography. Dr. Robin Dole, assistant professor Widene r Arts Day was the third of phys ical therapy, has been named Lakeview Partne rship Gro up event director of the Insti tute fo r Phys ical held on campus thi acade mi c year; Therapy Education and associate Widener previ o usly hosted a Social dean o f the School of Human Studie Day and a Scie nce Day. The Service Professions. She assumes the eve nts give the yo ungsters an oppo r­ positio n from Dr. Stanley H artgraves tuni ty to vi sit a college campus whil e wh o served as director and associate exposing them to a specifi c subject dean since July 1999. area, such as the arts. Dr. Dole j oined the Wide ner faculty in 1995. She also currently serves as a phys ical th erapist at Crozer­ Keystone H eal th Sys tem 's Springfi eld Hospi tal H ealthplex, Spring fi eld, Pa., and at Austill 's Rehabili ta ti on Se rvi ces, Exton, Pa. Do le's clinical and research interests are in pediatric physi cal the rapy and the rehabilita ti o n of individuals with neurological disorders. Do le is a mem ber of the Ame ri can Phys ical The rapy Associati o n (APTA), the Pediatri c, Education and eurology secti ons o f APTA and the Penn ylva ni a Chapter of APTA. She earned he r bachelor's degree from Ithaca College, N.Y. , her ma ter's degree fro m the U ni ve r ity of Indianapo li s, Ind., and he r docto rate from Nova Southeastern U ni ve rsiLY, Fo rt Laude rdale, Fl a. 40 ATHLETE AND COACH AWARDS HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR WIDENER BOASTS NFL SIGNINGS

By Susan E. Fumagalli with Daniel DiPrinzio It is th e d ream of countless football players to "graduate" to the ati o nal Football League after the ir college days are over. For a Divisio n III player, tho ugh, tile chances of making it to the FL are slim at best. In fact, onl y two Division III players heard their name call ed in tllis year 's FL draft, held April 20 and 2l. One wa Widener's Mi chael Coleman. The All-Am e ri ca wide receive r was the first Wide ner pl ayer drafted since To m Deer), in 1982. Chosen by the Atl an ta Falcons, Coleman 's sev­ en th-round selecti on was til e high­ est in school history, fi tting fo r a player whose name is repeatedly mentioned in the Pi o neer record books. Coleman p roduced numbe rs th al rank him fi rst in touchdowns receiv­ ing (44) , second in receiving yards (3,254) , and third in receptio n (139) and all-purpose yards (3,638) . H e also ho lds several o ther game and season records, and cl osed ou t his career as the Middle Atl antic Confe rence co-Most Valuabl e Pl ayer, sharing tile award Witll teammate eventuall y reali zed tll at tllere was a conference record books. His Jim J o nes. good possibili ty of getting drafted." career numbers rank first in recep­ "It's a great oppo rtunity fo r ti o ns (170) and receiving ya rds Al tho ugh J o nes was not drafted, me ... and I can 't wait to get started. I (3,523) , and second in to uchdown Widener's other All-Am erica wide neve r though t this would have been receptio ns (30) and all -purpose receive r signed a free agent deal possible when I fi rs t came to ya rds (4,647). with the Cin cinnati Bengals fo ll ow­ Wide ne r," Coleman said o n the ing th e d raft. Fo ur Widener coaches we re named chances of pl ayi ng professionall y. Middle Atl antic Conference Coach "But th e mo re I pl ayed, the more During his years at Wide ner,J o nes of th e Year in th eir respecti ve sports: confide nce I gain ed in myself, and I j oined Coleman in th e school and Bill Zwaan (football ), Bob Pio tti

41 All -America honors as he finished sixth at the NCAA Division III Championships in the 800. Touey was named the NCAA Regio n Coach of the Year following the 1999 outdoor and 2000 indoor seasons. Steele guided the men 's lacrosse team to a 12-4 record, wi nning the regular season MAC title and the conference tournament before los­ in g in the first round of the CAA playoffs. The team, which finished ranked 23rd in tlle nation and went undefeated in MAC play (9-0) for the fifth time in six years, featured the MAC Pl ayer of tlle Year, J amie Lockard, fi ve first-team and two sec­ ond-team all-conference players. I!l.l

HESS AGAIN HONORED (swimming), Vince Touey (track coach who has not only produced and field) and J amie Steele (men's great football teams, but has also At the risk of appearing repetitive lacrosse). motivated and prepared his players in this section of the magazine, TJ. for success beyond the field. Zwaan He s '02 was ho no red with yet The MAC and Regio n II Coach of was also recogn ized as the American anothe r postgraduate scho larsh ip. the Year for the second consecutive Football Monthly Magazine Coach With his latest award, a $5,000 year, Zwaan guided the Pi o neers to of the Year, and in April received NCAA scho larship given to only 29 their econd straigh t MAC title, the university's R. Kelso Carter male athlete from all three divi­ earning a trip to the NCAA quarter­ award , which goes to a non-alumnus sions, H ess has received $23,000 in finals. H e produced th e first unde­ who has brought honor to the uni­ postgraduate monies. An account­ feated season in 20 years and versity through his acts and in g major who sports a 4.0 cumula­ enj oyed a national ranking of num­ accom pi ishmen ts. tive grade point average, H ess has ber two for five consecutive weeks wo n seven national award, includ­ during the regular season. In his Piotti won his sixth MAC Coach of ing the Division III Woody Hayes five years as head coach, Zwaan has the Year award as the men' wim ational Scholar- thlete Award, compiled a 45-13 record. H e is five team finished the season 10-0, its presented annuall y to the outstand­ wins shy of moving into a tie for first undefeated season in school ing man and woman in each of the third place in school history with history, and captured their eventh three CAA divisions for excell ence George H ans II, and his 77.6 win­ MAC Championship in the last nine in academics, athle ti cs, community ning percentage is tops among years. The men 's team won fi ve gold service and leadership. Pi oneer football coaches. medals, including three relay teams and two individuals. H ess' other awards include being In additi o n to being named MAC named the Verizon Academic AlI­ Coach of the Year, Zwaan, who is Touey led the men's indoor track America of the Year, representing also the university's athletic director, and fi eld team to its sixth straight Coll ege Di vision Football (Divisions was selected as the Tri-State Coach lAC title and its eighth in the last II, III, AIA); the National of the Year at the 65th Annual nine years. The team boasted con­ Defensive Pl ayer of the Year by Don Maxwell Football Club on Feb. 26. ference champions in the men 's 55- Hansen's Football Gazelle; and a first The annual award, now in its fourth meter dash, 800 relay, 3200 relay, team All-America by three outl ets. year of the club's awards program, tripl ejump and we ight throw, and honors the high school or coll ege Will Brownback earned individ ual 42 HIGHLIGHTS

From the pool to the track, Widener's athletic teams garnered countless honors and achievements during the winter and spring campaigns. Following are some notable Pioneer accomplishments.

• Basketball star Chaz Williamson j oined Coleman,J o nes and Lockard as one of fo ur Widene r student-athletes to be named MAC Player of the Year in his respective sport. William o n was also named to th e Mid-Atlantic Regio n first team as we ll as the H erb Good All-Area team fo r the third con ecutive sea o n. • The women's indoor track and fi eld team pl aced second at th e MAC Champio nships, its highest fi nish si nce 1994. • Widener produced six Ve ri zon Academic All-Americas during 2001-02, including five in the spring. J oining H ess as a first team ho noree was J oe Dawkins, baseball. J enny Garell , at-large fi eld hockey, Shamus Keele r, at­ large swimming, and Robert Ward, cro s country/ track and fi eld, we re named to th eir respecti ve second teams, and Brian KJi ck, cross country/ track and fi eld, was named to th e third team. • J eff Flynn led Widener's golf team to a second-place finish­ the team 's highest ever-at the MAC Championships. Flynn was crowned the individual champio n, shooting 11 3 over tll e 27-h ole course at Shawnee­ on-Delaware.

• J eremy Dami a earned All-Ameri ca ho nors when he placed fo urth in the javelin at the track and fi eld na ti o nal champi­ o nships with a sc hool record th row of 206 feet, 11 inche .

43 • Outdoor track and fi eld athletes J e remy Damia, j avelin, Mike Ruff, hammer th row, T im Callinan, 10,000, Matt Doumaux, 1500, and Will Brownback, 800, qualifi ed fo r th e nati o nal cham­ pio nships, as did the wo men 's 400 relay o f Nicole Day, Renee Fortune, Mo nique Gaillard and Wi ll iametta Simmo ns. At th e MAC championships, An tho ny Gi les wo n fo ur gold medals (100, 200,400 and 1600 relays) and was named the confe rence's Most Outs tanding Perfo rmer. • TJ. H ess, football , and Robert Ward, indoor track and fi eld, we re each recipie n ts of the MAC Fall and Win ter Scholar­ Ath lete Awards. • At the athle ti c senio r banquet, Coleman, Mandy J oachim, basketball / lacrosse, and Garell we re selected as the men 's and co-woman 's Most Outs tanding Athletes. Mike Siuchta, ba ket­ ba ll , and Kim Burke, occer, received the Coaches ' Awards fo r commitme nt and con tribu­ tio n to Widener ath leti cs, and Keeler and Burke we re recipien ts of the Studen t-Athlete Advisory Committee Sportsmanship wa rd.

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Brucker, Business Alumni Meet In New York Russell T. Bullitt, direclor oj planned School oj Business Administration alumni gathered at The Union gifts, jJrocures gift and endowmenls from League in New York City on AjJ1il 24 to meet the School's new dean, those individuals who wish lo recognize Dr. Eric Brucker (second from right). The Teception, hosted by Widener through their eslales. BeJore Timothy P Speiss '83, '89 (second Jrom left), a partner at KPMG LLP, joining Widener, Bullitt provided ervices gave alumni the chance to meet DI: Brucker and hear about his plans lo the non-profit health caTe and education Jor the School. Also jJictured, Vito Verni '61 (leJI), and markels Jor Cores tales/First Union Bank. josejJh Rosetti '55 (right). H e earned hi M. B.A. at Temple University. The School oj Business Administration Building jJroject received a gift from Sam Paddison '72, who committed $50,000. Paddison heads First Union's investment operation in Philadelphia.

Ken H ealy, director oj major gifts, is responsible Jor lhe accumulation oj major gifts JOT the university. Before joining the Golden Alumni Meet Near Campus university, H ealy served as the director oj the cajJital campaign Jor Iona College Gathered Jor the May 2002 Golden Alumni R eception at D'Ignazio 's in New York. H e earned his bachelor's :townhouse in A1edia, Pa., were graduales who have reached or sur­ degree Jrom MaT/st College in New York, jJassed the 50th anniversary oj their commencement; Jrom left, sealed: and his masler's degree from FOTdham Wil Plomi '51, Fred Shahadi '49, j ohn Norris '42, H eb Butler '4 9, University in New York George Corse '49, Fred Reel '50, Harvey Howard '49; from left, slanding: 4.1 DeLeo '50,jim Bowen '49, Bill Graham '51, Gil Kelley '51, Bob jagganl '51, Oliver Armitage '49, Frank Boyle '50, Ted Locke '42, .\'unzio Lomanto '51 jacl! Downs '43 and Rick H earns '49. 45