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SUMMER 2017 HERE, YOU ROAR Kutztown University looks to define its image in a highly competitive market. Page 14 BACK TO CLASS: Dr. Gary Cordner JOYCE KUTZ WEHR ’46 MARK WEAVER ’83 M’85 PB TOWER | Winter 2017 Winter 2017 | TOWER 1 CONTENTS Summer 2017 FEATURES Dr. Carlson Chambliss was awarded the President’s Medal by Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, during the Chambliss 4 A LOOK AT THE KU STUDENT BODY Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony last spring. Chambliss A GIFT FOR THE FUTURE: has been a major supporter of the university for nearly half a century, 10 JOYCE KUTZ WEHR ’46 creating both the Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award and the Chambliss Faculty Award. He came to Kutztown State College AWARDED PRESIDENT’S MEDAL MARK MY WORDS: in 1970, and served as an astronomy professor until his retirement 12 MARK WEAVER, ESQ. ’83, M’85 in 2003. In 2004, he initiated the Chambliss Awards in an effort to recognize the very highest achievement in research and scholarship. 14 A GOLDEN MESSAGE The annual awards include the faculty research award, which is presented in the fall semester, and the student awards, which are presented in 12 12 DEPARTMENTS April. The first Academic Achievement Awards were recognized at the 2004 Spring Commencement ceremony, with one medal each 6 NEWS AND NOTES being awarded in the copper, gold and silver categories. Since then, the ceremony has expanded, with well over 150 outstanding students 16 BACK TO CLASS WITH… being recognized through the years, and dozens of faculty through Dr. Gary Cordner the faculty research awards and Chambliss Lecture. This is the fifth President’s Medal presented since its inception in 2014. 18 CLASS NOTES Photo: L to R: Dr. Anne Zayaitz, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, Dr. Carlson Chambliss, professor emeritus, Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president. 20 IN MEMORIAM 14 10 PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY MARKETING: KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson Jennifer Umberger Tower magazine, issued August 2017, is published by Kutztown University, a member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. The Tower is published twice INTERIM ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY a year, winter and summer. OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING MARKETING/DESIGN & PRINT MEDIA: & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Camille DeMarco ’81, M’01 Address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office of University Relations, Matt Santos M’03 P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 or email [email protected]. DESIGN: Telephone: 610-683-4114 SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Kerry Hoyes Lord ’03 & ALUMNI RELATIONS: Submissions for Class Notes may be sent to [email protected]. Alex Ogeka CONTRIBUTORS: David Johnson, Lisa Mitchell ’01, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY Nikki Murry ’98, Esther Shanahan M’18 RELATIONS/TOWER EDITOR: David Johnson UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER: Andrew Ferguson NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. 2 TOWER | SUMMER 2017 SUMMER 2017 | TOWER 3 A LOOK AT THE KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY STUDENT BODY NONTRADITIONAL MILITARY SERVICE WHAT THEY’RE STUDYING AGED STUDENTS Students who have The following demographics are from the 2016-2017 school year and follow the reporting standards of the Integrated (Ages 25 and Older) Postsecondary Education Data System. served or are serving in TOP TEN UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS Undergraduate 455 a branch of the United BY ENROLLMENT Graduate 554 States military 208 Criminal Justice Communication Studies Leisure and Sport Studies WHERE THEY’RE FROM Business Administration – Management 8, 513 Psychology TOTAL ENROLLMENT OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS 918 Business Administration – Marketing TOP FIVE STATES Social Work GENDER New Jersey 673 Communication Design Female 4,758|55.9% DIVERSITY New York 56 Cinema, Television and Media Production Male 3,755|44.1% White 6,622|77.8% Unknown 167|2% Maryland 45 Business Administration – Accounting Hispanic 662|7.8% Asian 92|1.1% Delaware 41 Black 631|7.4% International 69|0.8% TOP FIVE GRADUATE MAJORS UNDERGRADUATE 7, 718 | GRADUATE 795 Connecticut 12 Multiracial 251|2.9% Pacific Islander8 |0.1% BY ENROLLMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 69 Master of Arts in Counseling – Clinical Mental Health TOP SEVEN COUNTRIES Master of Social Work WHERE THEY’RE FROM IN-STATE STUDENTS 7,526 Master of Education in Instructional Technology South Africa 10 Germany 4 – Digital Classroom Technology China 9 Spain 4 Master of Education – Reading Specialist Certification NUMBER OF IN-STATE STUDENTS India 5 United Kingdom 4 Master of Education – Student Affairs in Higher BY COUNTY BRADFORD SUSQUEHANNA Nepal 4 Education 50 22 WAYNE 300+ 44 WYOMING 100 – 299 10 LACKAWANNA WHERE THEY LIVE ACTIVITIES 10 – 99 LYCOMING 119 PIKE 24 75 ON-CAMPUS Student Athletes 502 LUZERNE 3,445 124 Intramural Sports Participants 1,096 ENROLLMENT BY MUNICIPAL MONTOUR OFF-CAMPUS/COMMUTER 5,068 7 MONROE Club Sports Participants 781 STATISTICAL AREA COLUMBIA 174 9 Greek Life Participants 626 Philadelphia 2,471 |29% CARBON NORTHUMBERLAND 112 | SNYDER 38 Reading 1,710 20% NORTHAMPTON 12 SCHUYLKILL Lehigh Valley 1,561 |18.3% 264 LEHIGH 528 TOP TEN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS 1,033 FINANCIAL AID Susquehanna Valley 898 |10.5% DAUPHIN BY MEMBERSHIP 137 BERKS BUCKS Students Receiving Financial Aid 7,770 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 253 |2.9% PERRY LEBANON 1,446 Kutztown University Psychology Club 88 15 533 Students Receiving Scholarships from KU 1,863 95 Marching Unit 13 5 American Marketing MONTGOMERY Federal Work Study Student Employees 415 Paws for Love 96 CUMBERLAND 772 Association 86 118 LANCASTER Nonfederal Work Study Student Employees 1,175 CHESTER Gamers of KU 95 Entrepreneurship Club 71 327 390 PHILADELPHIA Humans vs. Zombies 91 ADAMS YORK Black Student Union 68 FRANKLIN 27 179 471 Honors Club 89 30 DELAWARE Accounting Club 56 305 4 TOWER | SUMMER 2017 SUMMER 2017 | TOWER 5 KU APPROVED TO OFFER CFP BOARD CHAMBLISS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS REGISTERED UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM Kutztown University presented 15 Chambliss Academic Achievement Awards in April. The Chambliss Awards are the most distinguished IN FINANCIAL PLANNING awards presented by the university. Kutztown University has registered with and been approved by the GOLD MEDALS Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) to provide a new financial planning undergraduate degree program. “According to Joseph Maugeri, managing director of corporate Brittany Larkin was awarded the medal for her successfully completed research projects. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program in relations for the CFP Board of Standards, there are now more CFP Larkin, a special education/visual impairment major has conducted original research on Cortical finance in the personal financial planning track at KU is accredited by the professionals over the age of 70 than under the age of 30,” said Dr. Visual Impairment. Last year, she presented her research, titled “Effective Practices for Working Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the Association to Jonathan Kramer CFP®, professor of finance and assistant chair, KU with Students Who Have Cortical Visual Impairments,” at The National Council for Exceptional Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Department of Business Administration. “This means that there are Children Conference. An independent certifying organization, CFP Board owns the CFP® abundant opportunities for graduates of CFP Board Registered programs Larkin has served as a student with the Pennsylvania Association for Educational and and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification marks, which like the one at Kutztown University.” Rehabilitation and the National Division on Visual Impairments. Her research and articles have it awards to individuals who meet its education, examination, experience, “There are a lot of lucrative opportunities for young people in the been published in Visual Impairment and Deaf-Blind Quarterly, an invitation-only publication ethics and other requirements. Students completing the financial financial planning profession, but many of them leave the profession on visual impairment studies. planning program at KU will have met the education requirement for because of the difficulty establishing credibility with older, high net CFP® Certification Examination administered by CFP Board. worth clients,” he added. “Having the CFP® certification helps young Margariete Malenda received the award for her successfully completed research projects “CFP Board is pleased to approve the program at Kutztown University people succeed in the profession because it shows that they have the and outstanding service to the Kutztown University community. as a CFP Board Registered Program,” said Blaine Aikin, CFP®, chair, broad educational training and experience necessary to assist clients with Malenda’s road through KU is extraordinary as she has completed five different projects at six CFP Board’s Board of Directors. “As student interest in financial planning complex planning questions.” Brittany Larkin locations in the U.S., resulting in seven research presentations at international conferences. She as a career continues to grow, we anticipate that Kutztown’s program will Kramer and Dr. John Walker, professor, KU Department of Business has co-authored two full-peer reviewed scientific journal