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For more information, contact: Dr. M. Susanne Samson at 610-396-6133 or [email protected] ALUMNI NEWS MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR On the cover: Luminaries glow along the path to the Labyrinth on the evening of the Spring Equinox Festival. “When you care enough to send the very best …” TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Chancellor . .1 allmark used this tag line for years and all of ALUMNI NEWS Class Notes, Response Form . 2 us know the slogan and Blue and White Society Sponsorship Form . 2 believe that Hallmark Calendar of Events . 3 represents the best in greetings cards. Sustainability Tour of Berks Is Theme of HRIM Dinner . .4 HThe idea of being the best has been DEVELOPMENT NEWS replicated in many other advertising Financial Officer “Shows College the Money” . 4 Alumnus Turns Lifelong Love of Trains into Iconic Aart . .5 campaigns … “if you want the best, then buy our product.” Sometimes CONTINUING EDUcatION/OUTREACH NEWS this is conveyed nonverbally through Summer Camp 2008 . 6 Adult Information Session 2008 . .6 images that speak of quality. As I was considering this issue’s greeting, the COLLEGE NEWS Featuring 50 Alumni for 50 Years . 7–9 Hallmark tag line kept floating through my mind and then I Advisory Board Members Help College Reach Goals . .10 realized that we at Penn State Berks live that quality every day. 50th Anniversary Events . 10 I believe that the faculty members we have here at Penn ACADEMIC NEWS State Berks represent the best in higher education. They are Communication Arts and Sciences Degree excellent teachers and researchers and more importantly, Prepares Students for Information Age . 11 they understand that we are here for the students. Our staff is Desjardines Uses Experience To Help Others . .12 Beauty Meets BEIST . .12 unparalleled in quality and their ability to work with the students to meet their needs. They are always going out of their way to STUDENT NEWS Berks Raises $23K for Pediatric Cancer through THON . 13–14 give students richer experiences while here at Penn State Berks. Finally, I have to look at the students; they are the best! This Penn State Berks’ Blue & White is published three times a year by the Office of year, Zachary Karazsia, president of the Student Government University Relations. Association, presented the first SGA State of the College Editor . .Lisa R. Weidman Art Director . Jessica L. Simmons address. Zachary even beat me to using our new teleprompters Photography . Theo Anderson, Kopicki Photography for his address. Zachary understood that we all have to work Contributing Writers . .Heather L. Angstadt, Jane L. Bauman, John A. Gallagher, . Laura L. Harak, Jess M. Krysiuk, Lisa R. Weidman together to find ways to “make life better” for everyone, especially the students. He made me “Penn State proud.” Send correspondence to: Lisa R. Weidman, Penn State Berks, PO Box 7009, Reading, PA 19610-6009 or e-mail [email protected]. Recently, Penn State Berks was given the opportunity once again to reach out to the world through our students when the THIS PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE IN ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ON REQUEST. The Pennsylvania State University is committed to the policy that all persons shall have ROTC program was scheduled to return to the campus after equal access to programs, facilities, admission, and employment without regard to personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications as determined a six-year hiatus. The ROTC program falls under a unique by University policy or by state or federal authorities. It is the policy of the University to designation in that it is taught by members of the military rather maintain an academic and work environment free of discrimination, including harassment. The Pennsylvania State University prohibits discrimination and harassment against any than by our faculty. person because of age, ancestry, color, disability or handicap, national origin, race, religious ROTC had been on our campus for decades but in 2002, creed, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Discrimination or harassment against faculty, staff, or students will not be tolerated at The Pennsylvania State University. Direct when the military was trying to cut costs, they suspended the all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to the Affirmative Action Director, program at Berks. The good news is that in the reinstated form, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802-5901; Tel 814-865-4700/V, 814-863-1150/TTY. U.Ed. BKO 08-69 students can take the full four years of ROTC here rather than having to move to University Park after two years. Once again this gives us the opportunity to train the very best. Chancellor’s Podcasts Keep Alumni So to our alumni, if you have friends, children, or grand- and Friends Informed children who are considering what school to attend, remember, Want to know more about what’s “when you care enough to send the very best,” send them to happening at Penn State Berks? Penn State Berks. We are the best and We Are … Penn State. Now you can hear current information about the college through Chancellor Speece’s monthly podcasts. Podcasts are digital audio recordings that are available on the Internet and can be accessed on Dr. Susan Phillips Speece, Chancellor, Penn State Berks a computer or portable MP3 player. Just visit berks.psu.edu and click on Chancellor’s Podcasts under News & Events. 1 Spring 2008 Spring 2008 2 ALUMNI NEWS CLASS NOTES A Gift Wrapped Where Are They Now? in Blue and White 1955 For only $10, you can For less than $1 per month, Walter H. Imboden, B.S. in Mechanical you can open another door Engineering, is a WPI alumnus. He provide a student with has retired at age 77 from a full-time for a Penn State Berks student. technical consulting position in the an extracurricular expe- textile industry after serving as Vice In an effort to extend the benefits of membership in the Blue President of Product Development rience that will create a and White Society to as many first-year students as possible, at three large textile corporations and the Penn State Alumni Association invites you, as a life member previously as Chief Engineer at Textile lifetime of memories. of the PSAA, to sponsor a student’s membership. The Blue and Machine Works in Reading. Imboden is the holder of more than 30 U.S. White Society is a dues-paying student organization that provides and foreign patents. He and his wife, a valuable avenue for social interaction and networking. Johanna, a Penn State alumnus, live in Burlington, NC. Births “The Blue and White Society is entering its second year at 1987 2005 Penn State Berks. We are the largest group on campus and Kristy J. (Knutson) Cross, B.A. in Grant S. Persing ’05 and Nichole with your support we can continue to grow. I have encouraged Advertising, married Robert Cross in Persing, had their third daughter, Emma all students to get involved in the Blue and White Society. September 2006. She works for Noel, on 12/22/07. It’s a great way to meet new friends, become involved in the Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster community, and get connected to alumni.” as an Infrastructure Analyst. She and In Memory – Timothy Hillert, Berks Blue and White Society President her husband reside in Lancaster, PA. Charles E. Dautrich, 90, q WPI Class of ’37 Yes! I would like to sponsor _____ students. Paul W. Foster, 91, Total: $10 x number of students your sponsoring = $_________ WPI Class of ’37 q I have enclosed a check payable to Penn State Daniel Alan Goulden, 39, Class of ’92 OR please charge my: Bernard P. Kase, 83, q MasterCard q Visa q AmEx q Discover WPI Class of ’48 Robert M. Kondrath, 52, Card number Expiration date Class of ’78 William J. Schucker, 69, WPI Class of ’58 Signature on card 1990 Herbert W. Speck, Sr., 82, Please mail form and/or check to: Scott R. Burky, B.A. in Pre-Law, WPI Class of ’48 was recently selected by the Central Penn State Berks Blue and White Society, c/o Heather Angstadt Pennsylvania Business Journal for Kyle Lee Staniszewski, 36, Tulpehocken Road, PO Box 7009 their Forty Under 40 Award, which Class of ’94 Reading, PA 19610-6009 recognizes business leaders under Joseph E. Zdunowski, 89, the age of 40 for their commitment For more information, please contact the Office of Alumni WPI Class of ’40 to professional excellence and their Relations at 610-396-6052 or via e-mail at [email protected]. community. Burky is employed as Vice President of Sales and Customer Class Notes Response Form—Please keep us informed about where you are and what you are doing. Service at D&E Communications in Ephrata. He currently serves on Alumna/Alumnus Name PSU Class Year the Harrisburg Regional Chamber Last (Maiden) First M.I. Board of Directors and the Junior Attended: PSU Berks U.P. Other Degrees: Associate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate Achievement of Central PA Board of Directors. He and his wife, Kay, Discipline (Do Not Abbreviate) reside in Lititz, PA. Spouse’s Name PSU Class Year Last (Maiden) First M.I. Attended: PSU Berks U.P. Other Degrees: Associate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate 1996 Discipline (Do Not Abbreviate) Estelle H. Wynn, B.S. in English, went on to earn a master’s degree in Environmental Studies: Conservation Address City State Zip Biology from Antioch University, New England in November 2004. She works Phone (day) (evening) E-mail as an Easement Manager by Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford. Wynn Place of Employment Title resides in Philadelphia, PA.