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volume 7 | issue 2 spring/summer 2013 Defining the Wilkes magazine University President Wilkes Experience Dr. Patrick F. Leahy Vice President for Advancement year ago, I became Wilkes University’s sixth Michael Wood president. I anticipated that it would be one of the most fulfilling years Executive Editor Jack Chielli M.A.’08 of my career. Reality has exceeded my expectations. I’ve found Wilkes Managing Editor to be a unique community of alumni, faculty, staff and students. We Kim Bower-Spence are warned to be careful about using the word “unique” too freely, Editor Asince it connotes that something has attributes not found elsewhere. Yet unique is the Vicki Mayk MFA’13 word I’d use to describe Wilkes as I end my first year as president. Creative Services Lisa Reynolds A number of characteristics truly define Wilkes. We are a relatively small Web Services institution with a broad program mix, from traditional majors in the liberal arts to Craig Thomas MBA’11 professional programs in fields such as engineering, nursing, business and pharmacy. Electronic Communications Our size allows students to continue to enjoy their favorite co-curricular activities— Joshua Bonner Graduate Assistant such as playing a sport or participating in student government—while pursuing a Thomas Markley ’11 demanding major. Students can play football Intern while majoring in pharmacy or play field Anne Yoskoski hockey while studying to be an engineer. It’s Layout/Design not unusual for students to participate in their Quest Fore Inc. Printing favorite co-curricular activities while majoring Pemcor Inc. in more than one discipline. That college Editorial Advisory Group experience is unique. Anne Batory ’68 Students are the heart of the matter here. Brandie Meng M’08 Quite simply, there’s a family feeling here that’s Bill Miller ’81 George Pawlush ’69 M.S.’76 hard to find at other institutions. I started this Donna Sedor ’85 President Patrick Leahy chats with job saying I knew I’d joined a community that Alumni RELATIONS STAFF alumni Dave Kaschak ‘71, right, and was totally dedicated to student success. I end his wife, Camille, at Homecoming Director Mirko Widenhorn 2012—one of the many events that my first year believing that more emphatically he enjoyed with the Wilkes than ever. I see it reflected every day, from our Associate Director community during his first year. Bridget Giunta Husted ’05 continuing commitment to serve first-generation Coordinator college students to our ongoing efforts to maintain our beautiful campus. Everyone, Mary Balavage Simmons ’10

from the facilities staff to our faculty, is committed to our students. We can confidently Alumni Association Officers tout our mentoring culture because we know that students will have caring people President to guide them during their Wilkes careers—from the upperclassmen who welcome Tom Ralston ’80 freshmen as part of our award-winning E-mentor Program, to the many faculty and Vice President Cindy Charnetski ’97 staff members who work with them in and out of the classroom. Secretary I need everyone’s help to continue building on all of these great things that Ellen Hall ’71 are hallmarks of the Wilkes experience. Communication among all of our Historian constituencies has been a priority during my first year—and it will continue Laura Cardinale ’72 to be important throughout my time at Wilkes. To help promote communication and involve everyone in what we’re doing at Wilkes,

I’m launching my own Twitter account. This will Wilkes magazine is published three times a year by the Wilkes University Office of Marketing Communications and Government Relations, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, allow me to share what’s happening at Wilkes and my PA 18766, [email protected], (570) 408-4779. Please send change of address to the above address. plans for the University in a very immediate and Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to dynamic way. I hope you’ll consider following me academic and intellectual excellence in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. The university provides its students with the experience and education @patrickfleahy on Twitter.com. necessary for career and intellectual development as well as for personal growth, engenders a sense of values and civic responsibility, and encourages its students I wish you all the very best during to welcome the opportunities and challenges of a diverse and continually changing world. The university enhances the tradition of strong student-faculty interactions the summer of 2013. in all its programs, attracts and retains outstanding people in every segment of the Dr. Patrick F. Leahy university, and fosters a spirit of cooperation, community involvement, and individual Wilkes University President respect within the entire university. 2013 spring/summer 18 Tune gacy of l 18 14 12 contents Features 6

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Wilkes Earns Place on President’s Pentagon Honors Clinical National Service Honor Roll Work of Nesbitt College of Wilkes has been honored with a place on the President’s Higher Pharmacy Team Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor roll highlights Jennifer Malinowski, associate professor of pharmacy annually the role colleges and universities play in serving their practice, and pharmacy students she supervises at communities and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic the Wright Center for Primary Care in Scranton, engagement by awarding recognition to institutions that achieve were recognized by the Health Resource Service meaningful, measurable outcomes in the communities they serve. Administration at the Pentagon. The team was In the past three years, the total number of students who participated recognized with The Transformation Award from in community service was 1,368, and these students logged over 19,000 the Patient Safety Pharmacy Collaborative for hours. Megan Boone Valkenburg, coordinator of civic engagement, its ability to integrate clinical pharmacy services worked with faculty and staff to track the hours students spent in within an inter-professional team. They also received service. Several large projects included the clean up after the 2011 flood The Integrative Medication Management Award in the Wyoming Valley, the veterans oral history project completed by for the development of an innovative medication students in freshman-year foundations courses, and general community reconciliation process to improve patient safety and service from clubs and classes. outcomes. About 18 Wilkes pharmacy students work A special initiative of the Corporation for National and at the site with Malinowski each year as part of their Community Service, the awards go to colleges clinical requirement. and universities that make a profound Malinowski says that the innovative practices impact on their communities. introduced by the Wilkes team included using computers for medication reconciliation. The system Students, from left, Shawn provides a way to leave an integrated note that Carey, Brittany Buddman can be accessed by all team members. Successful and Kyle Henry pitch in for clean up at the outcomes from the medication management and River Common during integrated team included improvements in conditions a community service day—one of many such as high blood pressure and diabetes that were that earned Wilkes a sustained for four months and a year after the place on the National Service Honor Roll. procedures were implemented. Photo by Bryan Calabro

Where Are Our Alumni?

PA 72.0% NJ 5.9% NY 3.6% It’s no surprise that FL % 2.5 you find the most Wilkes alumni making their homes in MD % 1.8 Pennsylvania, with more than 24,000 calling the Keystone VA % 1.8 State home after graduating. No

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Wilkes Engineering Students Eric Danko of Dallas, Pa., and Dustin Hough of Chambersburg, Pa.; chemical Bring Internet to Remote engineering student Suliman Alhojairi of Saudi Arabia; business student Joshua Haag of Bethlehem, Pa.; communication studies student Ryan Wood of Kingston, Bangladesh Village Pa.; and English major Todd Oravic of Ashley, Pa. They were accompanied by Six Wilkes University students traveled halfway around mechanical engineering professor Syed Kalim. Tutella and Alhojairi did not the world to complete a project to bring Internet accompany the group to Bangladesh. access to a school in the underdeveloped village of Wilkes student engineers are required to complete a hands-on senior project that Gush Kande. The students constructed a solar energy solves a real-world problem. The Bangladesh project is the senior project for the students, generator to provide electricity to charge iPads and who designed and installed the system. The students also handled the logistics of getting other devices, making Internet access possible for the the equipment to the remote village after flying into Dhaka, some three hours away. first time to children in the school. Wilkes became involved in the project after a student in its doctor of education The team of students was headed by project program, Ty Frederickson, shared his dream of bringing internet access to Gush leader Christa Tutella, a senior electrical engineering Kande. Frederickson is a teacher at American-British Academy, an international student from Wilkes-Barre. Other student team school in Muscat, Oman. Wilkes offers its doctoral program in education online to a members include mechanical engineering students cohort of teachers at the school. Frederickson has been working with the school in Bangladesh since 2010.

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A slide show of photographs taken by communication studies senior Ryan Wood of the Wilkes student team in Bangladesh shows their experience in the village of Gush Kande. To view the pictures, go to www.wilkes.edu/bangladeshtrip.

Above, students from the Gush Kande Primary School in Bangladesh celebrate the Spring/Summer 2013

installation of a solar generator that will help to bring the Internet to their school. |

The project was a senior project for Wilkes student engineers. Photo by Ryan Wood es Left, students who worked on the senior engineering project in Bangladesh are, front

from left, Suliman Alhojairi, Eric Danko, mechanical engineering professor Syed Kalim Wilk and Christa Tutella. Second row from left are Ryan Wood, Dustin Hough and Joshua Haag. 3 Not pictured: Todd Oravic. Photo by Vicki Mayk on campus

President, Senior Administration Return to Weckesser President Patrick F. Leahy became the sixth Wilkes president to have his office in Weckesser Hall when he moved back into the historic building in April. Leahy and other members of senior administration relocated their offices from the University Center on Main to move closer to the center of campus activity. Leahy’s new office, on the first floor in the front of the building, previously was used as a conference room. It faces South Franklin Street with a view of the main part of campus. A gift from the Davidowitz family helped to underwrite renovations to the building, which included refurbishing floors, painting and other cosmetic improvements. Weckesser was originally the home of Frederick J. Weckesser, director of the F.W. Woolworth Company. This home, built by Charles H.P. Gilbert of New York—the architect of Frank W. Woolworth’s home— was actually the second Wilkes building to carry the Weckesser name. The first was located at 78 West Northampton Street, near Evans Hall.

Top, Paul Adams ’77, vice president for student affairs, in his office, which was formerly the library of Frederick Weckesser. It features leaded glass windows, built-in bookcases, a fireplace and even Mr. Weckesser’s original humidor. Bottom, the fireplace in President Patrick Leahy’s office is the perfect place for photographs. The president’s office faces campus on South Franklin Street. Photos by Lisa Reynolds

E-Mentor Program Receives National Recognition Wilkes was recognized with a 2013 Excellence Award from Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education in recognition of the University’s first-year student E-mentoring program. Wilkes’ E-mentoring program received a bronze award in a category recognizing exemplary programs for orientation, transfer or first-year students. Other winners in the category were Towson University and Wake Forest University. The e-mentor program was developed by Sharon Castano, a coordinator in Wilkes’ student development division. It pairs incoming freshmen and transfers with current Wilkes students to help facilitate their transition to the University. The current students contact and

Spring/Summer 2013 mentor the new students via email, meet them at | summer orientation and continue to mentor them after es they arrive on campus in the fall.

Wilk E-mentor Nimi Patel, front row center, with a group of freshmen during

4 orientation in summer 2012. E-mentors from Wilkes’ award-winning program provide key guidance for incoming students during orientation and fall semester. athletics

Colonels Elite Honors Student Sumoski said that this ceremony is important as Athletes for Academic Achievement part of a tradition he hopes to continue at Wilkes. Wilkes student athletes who not only excel in their respective sports but also The Colonels Elite symbolizes the hard-working in the classroom are now being recognized as members of the Colonels Elite. athletes who deserve to be honored for all they The Colonels Elite recognition program, formed by women’s soccer coach put into their work on and off the court. “I John Sumoski in consultation with the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, wanted to give back to the students and recognize recognizes student athletes that have a cumulative grade-point average of all their hard work.” 3.5 or higher. The athletes must have at least 60 total college credits and be Sumoski says the success of these students lies in of good moral character as determined by the athletic department. Transfer their attainment of measurable goals. “I think that students must have completed at least 30 credits at Wilkes. they know how to prioritize and more importantly The first Colonels Elite ceremony honored 30 student athletes. They how to keep those priorities straight.” included juniors or seniors from various majors and athletic teams. The Colonels Elite selection committee President Patrick Leahy and Vice President of Student Affairs Paul Adams included Sumoski, women’s basketball coach Chris made opening remarks and praised the students for their academic and Heery, men’s basketball coach Jerry Rickrode, athletic achievements. women’s field hockey coach “It is noteworthy enough that you have this GPA,” says Leahy, “and also Mollie Reichard and noteworthy that you are NCAA athletes. The combination of the two is men’s soccer coach something great, and makes me proud to be the president of this university.” Phil Wingert. Adams pointed out that this is history in the making. “You are the first Colonels Elite, and this inaugural ceremony honors your extraordinary talents.”

Right, The special trophies designed for the inaugural group of inductees to the Colonels Elite are displayed at the awards luncheon. Below, The first group of student athletes inducted into the Colonels Elite were honored at a luncheon in the Marts Center. They are pictured, first row, left to right; Kirsten Smith, soccer; Sarah Fillman, cross country; Amanda Holyk, tennis; Ally Kristofco, tennis; Kait Brown, softball; Melanie Nolt, tennis; and Ashley Ream, field hockey; second row, left to right; Scott Skammer, baseball; Michael Daubert, golf; Darren Mensch, golf; Joe Dantas, baseball; Kris Krawchuk, wrestling; Alysha Bixler, softball; Angela Palmerio, basketball; Robert Sperazza, cross country; Nicholas Patricia, soccer; and Tyler Young, soccer; and back row, from left; Bobby Schappell, baseball; William Baker, football; Virginia Edwards, basketball; David Marr, soccer; Michael Shannon, wrestling; Nicholas Dawson, football and wrestling; Jeremy Nolt, golf; Casey Bohan, volleyball; Luke Dombert, soccer; Jason Kieffer, soccer; and Omar Richardson, football. Photos by Thomas Markley ’11 Spring/Summer 2013 |

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Hewas suchacompellingforce; motivation was, tomeetthat andwe tried the day hedied. “But we knew whathis from thedayas aclosefriend they metuntil Wilkes’ whocountedherself board oftrustees refl ects LizSlaughter’68, amemberof students todotheirabsolutebest. character; itwas amatterofchallenging ofaliterary embracing thepersonality of speakingclearly, projecting avoice, the professor, itwasn’t justamatter niece, Alison MillerKovalchik ’79. For beyond theirexpectations, says Groh’s desire not onlytoexcel, but togo gifts: the theabilitytoinstillinothers “I pleadedwith Al tochoosesomeone Because Groh was sodemanding, “It wasn’t always easytowork withhim,” That may have beenoneofhisgreatest participate andneverparticipate beafraid.” helpedthemachieve—toself thatthearts themand theknowledgesupported of roles they were playing, theteamwork that to make studentslookdeeperintothe and thatinteachinghisgoalwas always in himselfthathehadnever envisioned, completing 60missions. tohiscrew,to functionandreturned his crew down, andhe willed himself He was devastated becausehewas letting and was taken off the active-duty roster. . . . After fi ve missions Al was losingit spaceforeight-hourmissions requiring takeoff andaloneinfreezing, oxygen- placetobe:scary locked inplacebefore was gunner. belly turret An unbelievably targets, and Al’s assignmentinhisplane fuelsupplies,German Michelinisays. in Ploesti, Romania, thatwere providing out of Foggia, Italy, to destroy oil refi neries been assignedtoB-17bombingmissions about theirwartime experiences. Groh had unusual teacherandmentor. ” whatmade me understand Al suchan just talk. . . thoseconversations helped atRalstonFieldandsit onthebleachers bottle ofGibbonsorStegmaierbeerand sandwiches atGoldstein’s Delianda dentist. Al andIwouldbeef getcorned I retired and came back to see my Groh fornearly 50years. with Michelini shared aspecialfriendship Groh. Former Wilkes President Francis J. War for experience IIwas alife-altering hisown during fears conquering World “He toldmethathefoundnew depths “These were very heavily defended Sometimes thetwo kindred soulsspoke “Our besttimeswere thevisitsafter Those whoknew himsay that opposite page, from left to right: Al Groh delivers remarks at a university event. the director demonstrates how it should be done for one of his students. trustee emerita esther davidowitz and Joel fischman ’73 talk with Groh at an event. A scene from an April 1977 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’sH.M.S. Pinafore. Bottom, from left: A scene from a 1971 production of Lysistrata, one of many plays that Groh directed. I think he was touched A sampling of programs from Groh’s many productions at Wilkes. the sisters in Fiddler on the Roof prepare to sing about their perfect match in Groh’s 1974 production of the musical. photoS courteSy WilkeS uniVerSity ArchiVeS by this spirit to make his CAREER the ARTS As a youngster, Groh’s nephew insistence on a faith in humanity—as a Christopher Miller ’83 never understood theatre group it drew us together.” and to help his community why his uncle was so intense. Kit McCarty ’75, a registered investment Later, he realized that Groh was “kind advisor, credits her public speaking skills when he came back. of reborn” after having been tested in and “enormous amount of presence” to – Groh’s nephew, World War II. Al Groh. He coached her as a sophomore Christopher Miller ’83 “I think he was touched by this spirit at Wilkes in Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good to make his career the arts and to help his Woman of Setzuan.” McCarty performed community when he came back,” says Miller, challenging roles as the “good” Shen Te and were critiquing,” he says. “He understood who is a marketing and communications her alter ego Shui Ta—a cousin invented how you felt and reacted . . . and would consultant for non-profi t organizations. to perform malevolent deeds. Forty years nudge you along in a nice way. I try to “From him I learned to express myself, later, she cherishes a congratulatory note make that management style part of my to communicate well, to cultivate good from Groh: “You made this theatre never efforts with students today.” relationships that would lift me up in life— see Shui Ta—always Shen Te. Our deepest Phair described his fi rst encounter with and to deliver as best as I could whatever thanks for always being the good woman.” Groh as a disconcerting surprise. As a Wilkes would contribute to the community.” McCarty was not the only Wilkes student undergraduate, Phair was constructing Groh’s lessons were not just about who later used her theatre experience in the annual homecoming display—which theatre arts and expression, but about her career. Wilkes trustee emerita Esther featured 20-to-30-foot high ‘Colonels’ with life itself. He was more than a mentor; Davidowitz recalls, “John Chwalek, who moving arms. The committee needed some his students became beloved friends. handled career placement for Wilkes at that spare parts, and the musical performance Occasionally they would return to reprise time, would make sure that their theatre major knew there was a lumber scrap pile their original roles or otherwise take part experience was positioned as skills they in the theatre storage area. in special events at Wilkes. could use in their careers.” Those skills, “So we snuck over there to ‘borrow’ a “There are so many examples of the Davidowitz says, included clear diction and few pieces, expecting to enter a darkened people who achieved the kind of excellence a professional posture. area at night after school hours. Instead, my uncle cultivated in them. They went on Like many others, Bruce Phair ’73’s Al confronted us and admonished us for to do so much in life and in the community,” relationship with Groh began as a student not following proper procedures. But, in Miller says, citing as examples Nancy Leland and continued in his professional life. As the end, he empathized with our needs.” Frey ’68 and her late husband David ’68, managing/technical director of the Darte Another alumnus who passed along who assisted in forming the Peace and Center, he worked closely with Groh lessons from Groh to his own students Justice Center in the Wyoming Valley. from 1980 to 1987. is James Ruck ’78, retired choral music “Mr. Groh was a person who only “Al never lost sight of the fact that director of Northvale New Jersey Public looked for the best in all of humanity,” you should always take the other person’s Schools. As a music education major at refl ects Slaughter, who is a psychologist. feelings into consideration, even if you Wilkes he took two independent study “It rubbed off on all of us. He was courses from Groh and also ran the there to help, to guide, to theatre box offi ce and wrote give assistance. That Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

9 10 Wilkes | Spring/Summer 2013 according tohisnephew Miller. not just to those who could afford them, availablearts topeopleinallwalks oflife— from Groh’s long-held desire tomake the Barre’s Public Square. Itscreation stemmed showsart andethnicspecialtiesin Wilkes- music, theatre, strolling performers, juried 58th year, theevent features fourdays of known astheFine Fiesta.Arts Now inits in the of the arts Wyoming Valley now Groh co-foundedtheannual celebration his reach extendedoff-campus, aswell. productions there over fourdecades; but at Wilkes, Groh stagedhundreds of orchestra? How are rehearsalscoming?’” ‘Legally Blonde’ heasked, ‘How’s the to work (withhighschoolstudents)on conversation withhim, whenIwas leaving my work,” he says. my“Even last during videos ofthem, aswell. inNew Jerseyperformances andwatched Groh alsoattended many of Ruck’s student andotheroccasions. dinners Thanksgiving frequent visitshome. shared Their families maintain closecontactwithhismentoron see how thecostumeslooked.” how loud you were, view the sight lines and the steps in the back of the theatre to check work time. Icanremember himfl ying up hour, fl withhispapers ying, we knew itwas galloping into the theatre at 100 miles an late,” Rucksays. “When Al would come work ethicinhisstudents, hesays. publicity materials. Groh instilledastrong kingston,pa.in home their in lampe shoulder.overJane his lookstoZambia,day wedding his on Groh ’69,fromstudentmanda edwin late a the centerdartewhile the oflobby camerathe the in for Grohmugs As founder of the theatre arts programAs founderofthetheatre arts “He loved about tohearthestories A Wilkes-Barre native, Ruckwas able to “We knew to always show up, never be the magazine the of version online new our to Go comment? a leave or Twitter or Facebook on story this share to Want www.wilkes.edu/wilkesmagazineonline. the building where hislegacycontinues. in the words service closedhismemorial Dorothy Center. DicksonDarte Fittingly, theatre,regarding hischerished the affectionately: on page11) To her, heoncewrote of studentsemeritus, in1977. (Seestory them,” shesays. in including thestudentswhoperformed “Everyone looked forward tothoseshows, fund ofthe Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club. shows hestagedtobenefi t thewheelchair championedbysupport Groh, citingthe Center—andforspecialpeople.Darte of the such dedication as of anniversaries the conceiving piecesforspecialoccasions— of poemsforchildren andwas known for creative ideathreads. Hepublished aseries inspired by hislongtimepassionforpenning raising up the community through the arts.” guidance,” says. Kerr “He was devoted to to remind usofourmissionandtoprovide and asfoundingadviser, Al was always there directors atGroh’s invitation in1986. of theFine Fiesta,Arts joineditsboard of Groh wrote thepoemtoright Is adoredby Alfred Groh. And my beloved Jane Kathleen It’s whatshewants toknow For awoman, whenshe’s loved, Longs totellherso A manwholoves awoman Jane Lampe,Groh married Wilkes’ dean Davidowitz recalls othercommunity He also served as the event’s poet laureate, “Everyone worked closelyontheproject, David ’81, Kerr immediatepastpresident Build upon. Images ofmagnifi cence When Iamgone This isthehouse And where tomorrow’s future is Defi ne tomorrow’s future today And actors, musicians, and dancers stayWhere poetsandartists This isthehouse immortalize. The arts A majesticcreation Before anaudience’s eyes..... And comestolifeagainand A characternever dies On thestage In someone’s head. again And begins Performed orread That becomesashow For alifeonthestage Becomes ascript page On theprinted as athought What begins On scenesIwillnotforget. andfalls rises And thecurtain When allcommitmentsare met For wondrous thingstohappen Where thestageisset I have lived inthishouse Always hard-to-please, Genuine, truthful, such asthese With friends I have lived inthishouse In imaginativesources. andunimagined Discover thecreative spirit No longerseparateforces, And actor, director, andcrew, On theboards they’re abox offi ce draw, Gershwin, Menotti, Sondheim— Albee, Beckett, Giraudoux, Shaw, Williams, Wilder,Ionesco, Where tomorrow’s future isalready onitsway. Defi ne tomorrow’s future every day And John Keats EdmondJones andRobert Where stay MillerandPhilipBarry Arthur And whenthey’re intown Where Shakespeare andChekhov play This isthehouse By Alfred S. Groh Portrait ofa Theatre already onitsway. Al Groh and Jane Lampe-Groh devoted to Wilkes and each other By Vicki Mayk his friends and family thought Al Groh was a confirmed recalls the affectionate nicknames they had for one another. bachelor. Jane lampe was the woman who changed that. in private, they became “Alfred Bear” and “pooh Bear.” Groh started dating the new dean of women not long after lampe-Groh agrees that tolerance and acceptance of their she came to Wilkes in 1969, recruited by its first president, differences was central to their relationship. Groh was Jewish eugene farley. and his wife is a practicing catholic. in a lighthearted reference they had things in common, including a love of the theatre. to their religious diversity, lampe-Groh fashioned a needlepoint one of lampe-Groh’s master’s degrees was in speech. So it was proclaiming, “Jewish men make the Best husbands.” it still appropriate that they went to see a show on their first date. hangs in their home. during more than 35 years of marriage, “We went to the pocono playhouse to see ‘the most happy they attended each other’s religious services and observed fella,’ ” lampe-Groh recalls. the holidays of each tradition. in their household, they lit a Although she isn’t sure it was love at first sight, romance menorah for hanukkah and also decorated a christmas tree. quickly blossomed. “When it happened and we were together, we When Groh’s elderly mother, ethel, moved in with them, she knew it was the right person,” lampe-Groh says. often accompanied lampe-Groh to church. After her death at married in 1977 in the kingston home they shared until 102, lampe-Groh continued the tradition of making homemade Groh’s death in february, their relationship was one that came applesauce for an observance at her mother-in-law’s temple. to be admired by many who knew them at the university and not all differences were overcome. lampe-Groh never shared in the surrounding community. her husband’s passion for all kinds of food. “Jane is content with “you don’t find many couples so utterly content with each peanut butter and jelly and oreos. Al loved to eat,” kovalchik other,” says chris miller ’83, Groh’s nephew. his sister, Alison laughs. lampe-Groh also drove more slowly. “Al could be across miller kovalchik ’79 adds, “it was a beautiful love story,” and the market Street Bridge and at campus in three minutes.” individually each will be remembered for their contri- butions to Wilkes. together they’ll be recalled as a couple devoted to one another for more than 30 years. in a 2011 interview in the magazine The Independent, Al Groh was quoted as saying, “my most priceless memory of my time at Wilkes is Jane lampe-Groh.” James ruck ’78, Groh’s former student and a close friend, recalls that on the day of Groh’s funeral his wife sat backstage by her husband’s flag-draped casket for an hour before the service. “that’s where she always was,” ruck says. “By his side.” Spring/Summer 2013

Jane lampe-Groh and Al Groh | ’41, pictured in their home, enjoyed more than three decades as a married couple. Wilkes photo By mArk GolASZeWSki

11 In Tune Jimmy Harnen ’85 Finds Success As Nashville Recording Executive By Bill Thomas ’13 Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

12 immy Harnen ’85 was always meant Time, of course, has a way There was so much for music. He just didn’t know it. of changing things. And just “I was involved in it, but I don’t think I ever as the music industry has I learned at considered it as a profession,” says Harnen, who evolved, so too has Harnen’s Wilkes getting majored in psychology at Wilkes. place within it. “I remember when I was a child and my mom used While at Wilkes, Harnen that degree that I Jto take me to Wilkes-Barre on the bus. The route we took didn’t played in a cover band have a lot of people on it for the first few miles, and the interior called Krysis (“Of course, still use today. of the bus had this way of reverberating sound. I loved the way my we had to spell it differently voice sounded in there. So I was 3 or 4 years old and I would sing on because if we’d spelled it the bus and my mother would let me. If you think about it now, that the normal way, it wouldn’t must’ve been awkward for her, but she never shushed me. I wonder have been cool,” he jokes), but he quickly lost interest in playing if she had, would I have taken a different path?” other people’s music. That led to the creation of pop-rock outfit The path Harnen has followed has been a long one, taking him Synch, which would eventually become known as “Jimmy from his hometown of Plymouth, Pa., to Nashville, Tenn., where Harnen with Synch” after the breakout success of the single he is executive vice president of Big Machine Label Group. The “Where Are You Now,” which climbed to Number 10 on the company comprises Big Machine Records, home of such artists Billboard Hot 100 and Number 3 on the Adult Contemporary as Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and Tim McGraw; subsidiary imprint Chart in 1989. The Valory Music Co., with artists like Reba, Brantley Gilbert Harnen later performed as a solo artist, recording with future and The Mavericks; and Big Machine/Republic Records’ joint “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, Toto guitarist Steve In Tune venture, Republic Nashville, which records artists The Band Perry, Lukather and REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin. Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line and Cassadee Pope. Harnen Always first and foremost a music fan at heart, that experience is also serves as president of Republic Nashville. especially cherished by Harnen. Despite all that country music street cred, Harnen admits “When I was a kid, Kevin Cronin was one of my idols. I grew he didn’t grow up a fan of the genre. Over time, however, the up listening to his music. I remember fighting to get tickets boundaries of both country music and his own tastes have to see his show at the Spectrum. Today, he’s one of my friends. blurred into one another. It’s amazing.” “When I was growing up, I was a big pop and rock and metal Gradually, Harnen transitioned to the executive side of the guy. My parents listened to Kenny Rogers, though, and stuff like industry, something he never really considered, though it was that, and, oddly enough, my mom used to always tell me I should in the back of his mind “I’ve always dreamed of running my get involved with country music. I never did, but then I moved own record label,” he says. That psychology degree hasn’t just [to Nashville],” Harnen says. been collecting dust, however. While psychology and music may “When I first got here, country was a little different than what not seem compatible at first glance, as has been the case with it is now. If you were to tell me that in a few short years I would so many things in musician-turned-executive/rocker-turned- be working on a Darius Rucker country record, or that Sheryl cowboy Harnen’s life, he’s been able to use lessons from his past Crow would be playing country, or that Jessica Simpson would in his current job. be trying to make a country record, I never would’ve believed it.” “I’ve been the artist who was signed. I’ve been the artist who was dropped. I’ve been the artist who was starving. I’ve been the artist who was successful. So what I try to bring to this Jimmy Harnen, Nashville, Tenn. side of the business is all of those emotions and experiences the B.A., Psychology, Wilkes, 1985 artists go through on the other side. I try to be mindful of those Career: Executive vice president of Big Machine Label Group emotions when I’m dealing with an artist,” Harnen explains. “There was so much I learned when I was at Wilkes getting and president of Republic Nashville that degree that I still use today. Life is a contact sport and it’s all Notable: Harnen leads music recording companies whose about how you interact with other human beings.” rosters include Tim McGraw, Reba, The Band Perry and “The Voice” Season 3 winner Cassadee Pope Favorite Wilkes memory: Gathering with friends around a TV in Opposite page left: Jimmy Harnen ’85 relaxes in the Nashville headquarters of Big Machine Label Group, where he is executive vice president, and

the Student Union Building to watch then-new music network MTV Republic Nashville, where he serves as president. Spring/Summer 2013 Photo courtesy Big Machine Label Group |

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Memorable Motivator Les Nicholas ’81 is honored as the country’s top educator for his innovative, inspiring teaching Spring/Summer 2013

| By Geoff Gehman Wilkes

14 If kids know they’re es Nicholas ’81 watches his seventh- Two Wilkes teachers helped grade language-arts students hold a funeral for words Nicholas sharpen his teaching not going to be he thinks deserve to be dead. First they bury the foul tools. He learned about L phrase in a cemetery of foul phrases in a classroom organizing and drilling in ridiculed, they’ll corner. Then they form a conga line of happy grief. The service coaching classes with John Reese, ends with a eulogy from Nicholas, who promises that “a lot” will the University’s wrestling coach keep getting back to be reborn as something better, maybe even “a great deal.” for 42 years. English professor you. The problem The Word Funeral is one of many ways that Nicholas makes Olivia Ayres Frey toughened him learning memorably meaningful at Wyoming Valley West Middle by videotaping him teaching is, we don’t let kids School in Kingston, Pa., his hometown. It’s one of many reasons recently completed lesson plans. that he received a major award in February from the National “She didn’t tell us what we saw; fail. Failure is Education Association Foundation. The $25,000 prize honoring she told us to open our eyes,” he him as the country’s top educator is one of several awards for an says. “She made it real.” fruitful. inspiring and innovative educator nicknamed “Mr. Nick.” Nicholas made it real for – Les Nicholas An afternoon in Mr. Nick’s classroom is a clinic in motivation, journalism students from 1981 to led by a canny coach. Nicholas demonstrates the tricky difference 2008 at his alma mater, Wyoming between “imply” and “infer” by reading dialogue from “The Big Valley West High School. He Bang Theory,” the hit TV show that celebrates the sexiness of taught pupils to write concisely and incisively, reminding them braininess. He commands his students’ attention with everything to “Write like a Spartan,” a reference to the school’s mascot. He from corny jokes to funny chides (“Thank you, Captain urged them to challenge injustice, even if it meant challenging Obvious”). He prepares them for the next day’s assignment, a their principal. Whether advising the school newspaper or the TV/ short report on the importance of their birth names, by reading radio studios he helped build, he made a trade practical and ethical, his own short report on his birth name, Leslie. necessary and noble. A fourth-generation educator, Nicholas jokes that he knew he This devotion to excellence earned Nicholas three prestigious wanted to teach “in the womb.” As a youngster he eavesdropped prizes: the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award (2004), as his grandmother, a teacher, and his father, a high-school the First Freedom Award (2008) and 2009 induction into the principal, discussed the ups and downs of education during National Teachers Hall of Fame. His favorite tributes come from holiday dinners. As he collated copies of his dad’s student protégés who worked for The Boston Globe, The New York Times worksheets, he imagined how cool it would be to improve and other influential publications. student skills and lives.

Les Nicholas, Kingston, Pa. B.A., English, German and education, Wilkes, 1981 Notable: One of five winners of the 2013H orace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence and the winner of National Education Association Award for Teaching Excellence, presented by the country’s largest teachers’ union. Favorite Wilkes places: The Commons and Emerson’s bar Favorite Wilkes memory: A kinesthetic teacher, Nicholas

remembers an unusually kinesthetic demonstration of the Spring/Summer 2013 word “flung” by the lateP hilip Rizzo, professor of literature | and linguistics. First Rizzo flung his jacket into a classroom corner. Then he flung himself out a first-floor window. Wilkes

15 “Write like a Spartan” still guides Nina Elias, an assistant I know it sounds editor for the Web site of corny, but that sparkle Prevention magazine. For her, the mantra means “Out-write of recognition IS all your competition” and “Don’t let me down.” Exceeding aN INcreDIBle Nicholas’ exceedingly high standards, she admits, “is the ruSh. coolest feeling in the world.” Five years ago Nicholas began teaching language arts at Wyoming Valley West Middle School, in the building where he attended high school. He launched livelier exercises to reach students with shorter attention spans and steeper learning curves. One of the liveliest is the Sprinkler Dance. “You’re hot today,” Nicholas will tell a student burning with right answers. Another right answer and he’ll say, “You’re on fire.” That’s the cue for other students to spring from their desks and juke around, waving their arms to cool their peer’s intellectual flames. Nicholas won’t embarrass a student who’s not hot. He tries to give a youngster who answers incorrectly another chance to respond correctly during the same period. “If kids know they’re not going to be ridiculed, they’ll keep getting back to you,” says Nicholas, who is married with a 23-year-old son. “The problem is, we don’t let kids fail. Failure is fruitful.” Like any teacher, Nicholas has days more fruitless than fruitful. He’s bothered most by spoiled potential. Rotting talent makes him quote from a Shakespeare sonnet: “Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.” Nicholas’ faith returns whenever a student gets jazzed by Above, Nicholas responds to a student’s questions. knowledge. “I know it sounds corny,” he says, “but that sparkle Below, the award-winning teacher listens to a student’s answer. of recognition is an incredible rush.” Opposite, Nicholas relaxes during hall duty at Wyoming Valley West Middle School. Nicholas looks forward to holding funerals for words that don’t sparkle. He can’t wait to bury a foul phrase that’s commonly used, like, every third, like, word. He thinks it’s high time to give the old R.I.P. to “She’s LIKE, ‘You’re a jerk!’ ” Spring/Summer 2013

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16 This devotion to excellence earned Nicholas three prestigious prizes: the PeNNSYlvaNIa Teacher oF The Year awarD (2004), The FIrST FreeDoM awarD (2008) aND 2009 INDucTIoN INTo The NaTIoNal TeacherS hall oF FaMe. His favorite tributes come from protégés who worked for The Boston Globe, The New York Times and other influential publications. Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

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19 Wilkes | Spring/Summer 2013 alumni news

Homecoming 2013—October 4, 5 and 6

Homecoming 2013 will be here before we know it, so start • NEW! Dedication of the Cohen Science Center making plans to return to campus now! In a few weeks, you’ll • NEW! Casino Night receive a brochure with the full schedule of events in the mail. • Annual George Ralston Golf Outing In the meantime, you can look forward to these events: • Pints with Professors • 50th Reunion Reception & Dinner • Twist & Stout Downtown Bar Tour SAVE THE DATE • Tailgate Tent • Reunion Celebration WILKES UNIVERSITY • Blue & Gold Breakfast

If you belong to one or more of the following groups, HOMECOMING Homecoming 2013 is the place to be: • Class years ending in 3 and 8 • 1993 Football Team • A-List • Alternative Spring Break • Communication Studies • Engineering class of ’83 • Pharmacy • Political Science • Psychology • Resident Assistants • Sidhu School of Business • Men of Warner Hall from the 60s

The best place to find the latest Homecoming information, including event updates and hotel discounts, is www.wilkes.edu/homecoming. We look forward to OCTOBER 4-6, 2013 seeing you in October! www.wilkes.edu/homecoming

Colonels, Clean Alumni Association Welcomes Out Your Closets! New Board Members Do you have a favorite Wilkes T-shirt that dates At the April meeting of the Alumni Association, Richard Burns ’64, Kathy back to your days on campus? Glassware given out Heltzel ’82, MBA’85, Gabe LeDonne ’05, Chris Sommer ’94, and Lou Steck at a dance from years past? Your frosh sign from ’55 were elected as new board members, starting on June 1. Tom Ralston freshman year? Send a photo featuring your Wilkes ’80 will continue his service as president through May 31, 2014, with Cindy memorabilia to [email protected] and Charnetski ’97 filling the role of vice president of the association. you could see yourself online or in Homecoming If you’re interested in becoming involved with the Alumni Association, Spring/Summer 2013

| materials. Plus, we’ll have contests and prizes for please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at [email protected] or at different categories. (570)408-7787. Wilkes

20 campaign update Family and Football

Brothers Support Coach Sheptock that was used by many alumni. “The effort will give our current players a state-of-the-art locker and Football Program room facility to go along with Schmidt Stadium By Bridget Giunta Husted ’05 and the Ralston Athletic Complex, which is one of the finest venues for small college football. It For Wilkes football head coach Frank Sheptock, the word football is demonstrates the pride, the tradition and standard synonymous with family. For real-life brothers Tony ’00 and Mike ’03 DaRe, of excellence this program has always expected,” this statement was true both on and off the field during their time at Wilkes. says Sheptock. “Playing alongside Tony as a freshman brought our family together in the most Over the past several months, the trio has garnered incredible way. We knew it was special at the time, but understanding how rare of support for the project through a series of events. an opportunity it was becomes clearer with every year that passes,” says Mike. “My favorite part about these events has been seeing The brothers’ relationship deepened at Wilkes, where they were able to play Coach Sheptock stand in front of us again, put on the same team for the first time in their athletic careers. “It was the time in his heart on his sleeve and talk—in a way only he my life when my brother and I became best friends,” says Tony. can—about what we’ve all meant to him and to the The pair includes Coach Sheptock in their family; he has influenced their program,” says Mike. “We know that when we leave lives long after leaving Wilkes. Both brothers say that there is not a day that an event, we not only have gained support for this goes by that they don’t call on the lessons they learned from him. For this project, we have reignited a fire that will keep us all reason, they decided to give back to the program that gave them so much. connected for years and years to come.” When Tony and Mike approached Coach Sheptock about supporting the Mike hopes that current players will see the new football program, he enthusiastically agreed. “I was humbled, appreciative and facility as a symbol of the Wilkes football family. thrilled. They were willing to take the lead, which is something they have “When they walk into this locker room every done since I have known them,” explains Sheptock. day and see some of the names and faces of the Working with their coach to identify a project, they decided to raise money guys from years past, they’ll know they’re part of to renovate the locker rooms at Munson Field House because it is an area something bigger than themselves. That confidence will not only translate into wins on Saturdays but will also help them succeed in whatever they choose to do after they graduate.” Michael DaRe ’03, Hoboken, N.J. Tony DaRe ’00, Easton, Pa. The renovations, which are set to begin this B.A., Communication Studies B.S., Business Administration summer, are just the beginning of the long-term Current Position/Employer: PR Current Position/Employer: support the DaRes hope to cultivate among and Influencer Entertainment/ Agency Principal, BSI football alumni. “Going forward, all football alumni Diageo North America Corporate Benefits, LLC will have multiple opportunities to spend time with their Wilkes family and support the program at the same time. With their participation in this campaign, financially and otherwise, these guys have established themselves as a group that cares deeply about not just Wilkes football, but the University as a whole, and we are here to stay!” says Tony. To learn more about the project and find out how you can help, contact Coach Sheptock at [email protected].

Football alumni gathered at an event organized by Tony ’00 and Spring/Summer 2013

Michael DaRe ’03 to raise money for new locker room facilities. | Pictured standing from left to right, are Tony DaRe ’00, Bryan O’Leary ’04, Brett Trichilo ’05, David DiMartino ’01 MBA ’03 , Jamie Connell ’01, Mike DaRe ’03, Julian Morales ’05 MBA ’09, Steve

Donlin ’06 , Tom Wighard ’03, Tim Yeagley ’10 and Tim Partridge ’10. Wilkes Seated in front is head football coach Frank Sheptock. 21 class notes

1959 Gary Williams received Stephen Poleskie recently the “Outstanding Volunteer released his sixth novel, Sconto Fundraiser” award from the Walaa. Published by Onager Association of Fundraising Editions, the book features a Professionals Northeastern national guardsman recently Pennsylvania Chapter. The returned from service in the award was presented at the 2012 Middle East suffering from National Philanthropy Day post-traumatic stress disorder. luncheon on Nov. 16, 2012. Poleskie, a former Cornell University professor, also is an 1975 artist whose work has been Bob Lehman, a staff engineer featured in collections in The at Honeywell Aerospace State Museum in Lodz, Poland, in Phoenix, Ariz., recently 1992 the Metropolitan Museum and received his third U.S. patent Lee Morrell’s career has gone to the dogs. In December 2012 Morrell joined the Museum of Modern Art in the field of telecommu- Santa Monica, Calif.-based DogVaycay, a company that provides home vacation stays for dogs, as the company’s new director of public relations. Morrell has in New York City, and the Tate nications. He is working on lived in the Los Angeles area for almost 20 years and is married to LeeAnn Gallery and Victoria Albert a new aeronautical Ka-band Morrell. He is the proud father of 9-year-old Sydney. Museum in London. satellite communications system. Bob and his wife, 1964 Melanie, reside in Peoria, Ariz., English/secondary education is employed as a curriculum Gary Einhorn became a near their three children and majors. She also teaches coordinator/data coach for grandfather for the first time six grandchildren. methods courses, medical the Hawaii Department of when his son Noah and humanities, poetry and world Education and part-time as daughter-in-law Gretchen Agnes (Swantek) Cardoni literature and supervises an adjunct for the University welcomed their first child, was awarded tenure and student teachers in the field. of Phoenix College of Eleanor Grace. Einhorn is a promotion to associate Natural Sciences. She lives on business coach in Ashland, Ore., professor at Marywood 1976 Oahu with her husband and and co-facilitates peer discussion University, Scranton, Pa. Barbara Gavlick Hartnett 9-year-old son. groups of business owners. Cardoni spent 33 years in published a children’s book, public education prior to The Poor Little Pumpkin. She 1993 1972 moving to higher education. worked with artist/illustrator Deanna Grietzer Jones, see At Marywood, she serves as a David Corrado. It can be Mick Hall see 1971 1971. program coordinator for the purchased on Amazon or from the publisher, Rosedog 1996 Books of Hazleton, Pa. She Grant Yoder was named is the owner of Costumes by the first head baseball coach Barbara in Luzerne, Pa. in the history of Penn State University-Schuykill campus, 1981 which formed a team in Susan E. Schwab was spring 2013. appointed a U.S. magistrate judge for the Middle District 2000 of Pennsylvania. Donna Talarico Beerman MFA ’10 was a contributor to 1991 Social Works: How #HigherEd Shannon (Doughton) Kam Uses #SocialMedia to Raise

Spring/Summer 2013 recently earned her doctorate Money, Build Awareness, | 1971 Ellen Stamer Hall and her husband, Mick ’93, visited Tom and Deanna in educational leadership from Recruit Students and Get Grietzer ’72 Jones at their home in Arizona. While there, Hall visited the University of Phoenix. She Results. The book was

Wilkes Wilkes’ new Mesa, Ariz., site and chatted with site director Bonnie Culver.

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Stephanie Corey ’95 Brews Small-Business Success With Monster Potions

At first glance, Stephanie Corey ’95 may not resemble a natural ingredients and are made in America by a lab potions master. Her alter ego, Miss Stephanie, is a voodoo specializing in green manufacturing. master mixer who keeps frightening monsters at bay. Corey, who majored in economics at Wilkes, formerly Corey runs her own business, Miss Stephanie’s worked as chief of staff to the general counsel at Potions, from her home in San Jose, Calif. Miss Hewlett-Packard. Going from a high-powered job to Stephanie produces monster repellent potions, body running a business warranted a large learning curve. wash and fairy attraction sprays for children who fear “I was way out of my element,” Corey says. “I realized any type of monster. I had become burned out and discovered I wasn’t happy Corey came up with the idea after her son, Nico, then anymore because I wasn’t helping people. I started 7, wouldn’t sleep because he feared zombies. She put thinking, ‘What can I do that would make me feel good a new label on a bottle of lavender spray, and assured about myself?’ ” Nico spraying it would scare zombies away. That night, Corey still works part-time as a legal operations her son slept on his own for the first time in weeks. consultant for Flextronics, a technology and supply Miss Stephanie’s Potions has been in business since chain management company. It has helped to ease her 2011. The product line includes monster repellents for adjustment to being a small business owner. zombies, werewolves, vampires, generic monsters, and “I was used to the corporate lifestyle where I got closet monsters, a fairy attraction spray and monster feedback on my projects, and, until then, I hadn’t armor body wash. Each realized I had identified monster has its own mascot with that part of my life so character with a backstory much,” Corey says. explaining how they came She has plans to write to work for Miss Stephanie books and license the in the Monster Be Good characters from the Gang. One is Draco, the potions business, which vampire who has Ph.D.s could lead to it becoming a in philosophy and physics full-time venture. “Parents but is afraid of heights can read the bedtime story and flying. Miss Stephanie with the accompanying found him stuck in a tree spray and stuffed animal.” and offered the scholarly vampire a job. — By Anne Yoskoski Stuffed animals and Yoskoski is an English monster repellent T-shirts and communication are also sold to accompany studies major. the sprays. They are available online and in Stephanie Corey ’95, dressed as outlets in California and her alter-ego, Miss Stephanie, Pennsylvania. All of the displays some of the monster and fairy merchandise sold in her products are non-toxic, have business, Miss Stephanie’s Potions. Photo courtesy Stephanie Corey Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

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Andrew Bartlow ’10 and Rachel Curtis ’10 Win NSF Research Fellowships

Two Wilkes biology graduates from the Class of 2010 are Veterinary Medicine at among a select group of early-career scientists chosen to Texas A&M University. receive National Science Foundation Research Fellowships. Her research Andrew Bartlow ’10 and Rachel Curtis ’10 credit the role examines the factors their Wilkes undergraduate experience played in preparing that determine the them for the honor. The NSF receives more than 13,000 transmission of the applications for the fellowships, which carry three years parasite that causes of support, including a $30,000 annual stipend and an Chagas disease, a additional $12,000 annually to cover tuition and fees. debilitating disease Both Bartlow and Curtis worked as post-graduate with no known cure researchers in the Wilkes biology department after earning and no treatments their undergraduate degrees. Bartlow now is a doctoral approved by student at the University of Utah, where he is engaged in the FDA. research in an evolutionary parasitology lab, examining “Chagas disease has always been an important tropical the evolution of parasites and host/parasite interactions. disease, and is found throughout south and central However, his NSF proposal was based on work he started America. However, only recently has it been recognized at Wilkes with biology professor Michael Steele and as being acquired in the United States,” Curtis says. “My post-doctoral research fellow Salvatore Agosta ’98. research focuses on the ecological factors, including the “It is an extension of acorn dispersal and plant/animal disease vector (the kissing bug that spreads the disease), interaction research that I worked on there,” he says. the different sub-types of the parasite, the non-human The research examines weevils, the miniscule insect that animals that can harbor the parasite, and the environmental infects acorns, and the impact on the oak population as conditions. Through taking a whole-system approach to their numbers increase in northern latitudes. “Squirrels studying this disease, we can better understand where feed on the acorns infected with weevils. Changes in humans are most at risk for acquiring it in theU nited States.” weather patterns may see more weevils coming north and Both Bartlow and Curtis credit their research experiences a decrease in acorns as squirrels eat them. As you have at Wilkes with preparing them to compete with other loss of acorns, there is less regeneration of oak trees.” doctoral students for the NSF grants. Bartlow notes that he Curtis is a doctoral student in epidemiology in the is one of four doctoral researchers in his department at the Veterinary Integrative Biology Department of the College of University of Utah to receive the NSF funding. Curtis states, “Wilkes was the perfect place to develop the background I needed to be a successful applicant to this fellowship. NSF specifically looks for applicants with substantial research experiences, which were abundant at Wilkes. Attending Wilkes for my undergraduate degree gave me the research experiences, presentation skills and publications needed for success in the world of science.” — By Vicki Mayk

Top, Rachel Curtis ’10 works in her lab at Texas A&M University, studying Chagas disease and the kissing bug parasite that carries it. Photo courtesy Rachel Curtis Spring/Summer 2013 | Left, Andrew Bartlow ’10’s research at the University of Utah has taken him to the Galapagos Islands, where he is pictured with sea lions during a break in his work. Photo courtesy Andrew Bartlow Wilkes

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edited by higher education 2005 social media guru Michael Julie Melf has joined Stoner. Talarico Beerman’s WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pa., as case study chronicled how a news manager. She previously Elizabethtown College— worked for WBRE-TV in where Talarico Beerman Wilkes-Barre. is integrated marketing manager—and Messiah 2007 College developed a Jennifer (Snyder) Wagman, social media campaign to see 2005 successfully boost giving participation among 2008 young alumni. 2005 Georgina (Robinson) Ferriero, Tim Wagman and Jennifer (Snyder) Wagman ’07 were married on 2001 see photo 2007 Nov. 17, 2012, at the Lancaster Marriot in Lancaster, Pa. Tim is a project manager for Monarch Products Precast Concrete and Jennifer is a senior Sandra Skies Ludwig is a accountant at Rite Aid Corp. They reside in York, Pa. Many fellow Wilkes library technician in the E.S. 2011 alumni were in the bridal party, including: bottom row, left to right, Lynn Snyder, Mark Wagman, Andrew Minarik ’05, Ashley Gibson ’07; middle Farley library on the main Amanda (Lenig) Riedinger, row, Neal Liptak, Christa Liptak, Jen Snyder ’07, Tim Wagman ’05, campus of Wilkes University. see photo 2009 Amanda Snyder ’10, Justin Detig; back row, Stacy Kittrick ’07, Jason Walker, Bill Vacchiano ’05, Alicia Demer Hack ’07.

Kyla Campbell ’03 Reports “You just feel a bit more pressure to make From Our Nation’s Capitol every live shot and story Kyla Campbell ’03 says she is living her dream. A television perfect because more news reporter for Cox Media Group in Washington, D.C., eyes are watching.” her coverage can extend to breaking news anywhere in Since graduating from the world. In one week this past April, she covered the Wilkes with a degree in Boston Marathon bombings, threats from North Korea, communication studies, immigration bill plans, gun control legislation and news Campbell worked as a involving Congress and President Barack Obama. reporter and anchor in Kyla Campbell ’03 is a television news Campbell went to Washington after working as an Utica, N.Y., then as a news reporter in Washington, D.C., for Cox anchor and reporter at WBRE/WYOU Eyewitness News in and sports anchor and Media Group, where her stories regularly take her to the Capitol and White House. Wilkes-Barre. reporter at WJAC–TV, which Photo courtesy Kyla Campbell “Although I love the small-town feel of northeastern serves the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, I also love what larger cities have to offer,” Altoona and State College, Pa., areas. Most recently she worked says Campbell, who lives near Capitol Hill. as weekday morning anchor for WBRE/WYOU. Her days start with a 6:15 a.m. conference call from Campbell says she has reached a new level of satisfaction home. She discusses story ideas and angles with with her job. producers from as many as four television stations before “For the first time in a long time, I really feel like I’m doing heading to the studio. Between 7:30 and 11:30 a.m., she what I’m supposed to be doing with my career at this point does nine live shots for Cox television stations, including in my life. I feel spoiled in so many ways—great company, those in Oakland/San Francisco, Seattle, Tulsa and co-workers, location and stories—and I don’t know what job Jacksonville. After that, she focuses on a story that all 13 could be good enough to take me away from here.” Cox-owned stations can use in their evening newscasts. — By Anne Yoskoski Spring/Summer 2013 The broad reach of her broadcasts can cause extra | Yoskoski is a junior English and communication studies major. stress for Campbell. Wilkes

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2007 Michael Ferriero wed Georgina (Robinson) Ferriero ’08 on June 30, 2012, in Selinsgrove, Pa. They celebrated their union with more than 25 Wilkes alumni. Georgina is employed as a physician assistant at Evangelical Community Hospital. Michael is employed by Susquehanna University as a football coach. Wilkes alumni at their wedding are pictured, top row, left to right, Annie Serfoss ’09, Michael Ferriero ’07, Georgina (Robinson) Ferriero ’08, Kerry Battersby ’09, Adrienne Richards ’07, Becca Duttry ’08, Lauren Cirilli ’09, Bethany Head Pharm. D. ’10, Elizabeth Pauly ’08, Christina Waldele ’07, Vincent Abbott ’07, Tommy Andreopoulos ’07; and bottom row, Justin Rogers ’07, Bryan Vivaldo ’07, Jillian Friedler ’08, Jessica Gannon ’09, Kiara Kasa ’07, Kristi Barsby ’07, Carlos Proano ’05. Other alumni in attendance included Erika Barletta ’08, Michael Bridy ’06, Matthew Archey ’09, Chris Fellin ’87, Diane Fellin ’83, Deanna Woodward ’07, Lauren Verduchi ’07, and Cassie VanLuvender ’05.

Graduate 2009 Barb Taylor MA has signed Students to publish her novel Sawdust 2007 Trails with Kaylie Jones Books, Laurie Loewenstein MA the new imprint established will publish her novel at Akashic Books by Wilkes Unmentionables as the first graduate creative writing book published by Kaylie faculty member Kaylie Jones. Jones Books, the new imprint The novel is the first in a established by Wilkes graduate trilogy about the Morgan creative writing faculty family of Scranton. Taylor is an member Kaylie Jones. It is English teacher in the Pocono an imprint of Akashic Books. Mountain School District. Loewenstein has been chosen to participate in the Heartland 2012 Fall Forum in Chicago, the Christopher Barrows MS has midwest’s largest annual joined New York University convention for independent as its social media and mobile bookstores. product coordinator.

2009 Kyle Riedinger and Amanda (Lenig) Riedinger Pharm.D. ’11 were wed on Oct. 6, 2012, in Wilkes-Barre. The couple met on their work-study jobs at the Wilkes admissions office. After maintaining a long-distance relationship while Amanda finished her degree, they married and moved to Kingston, Pa. The couple is pictured outside of Chase Hall, where they met. Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

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In Memoriam

1938 1949 Paul Huff, St. Clair, Mo., 1956 Ernest Weisberger, Kingston, Leonard J. Shetline, Ravenna, died Jan. 30, 2011. During Dean R. Malkemes, Pa., died Jan. 27, 2013. Ohio, died Dec. 7, 2012. most of his working years he Hanover Township, Pa., died Weisberger served in the Shetline was a veteran of was employed as a machinist Jan. 9, 2013. Malkemes was U.S. Army Air Corps as a the U.S. Army and chairman for Boeing in St. Louis, Mo., employed by Modern Floor captain in World War II. He of the math department at retiring after 37 years. Co., Wilkes-Barre, until his was president and founder of Jefferson Township High retirement. Marvell Kitchens Inc. until his School in Oak Ridge, N.J. 1951 retirement in the early 1990s. Peter J. Banos, West Pittston, 1957 Irene (Smith) Moon, Pa., died Jan. 10, 2013. Banos Robert (Bud) F. Price, Marjorie (Shapiro) Leffler, Endicott, N.Y., died June was the owner and operator Kingston, Pa., died Dec. 2, Oakland, Calif., died May 16, 2012. Moon worked for of Pittston Shoe Repair and 2012. Price was a member of 1, 2010. Leffler taught at a Binghamton General and Hat Cleaning. Banos served the Marine Corps since 1948. middle school in Alameda, Wilson hospitals for more in the U.S. Navy during the Price worked for the Marine Calif., for 25 years before than 20 years. Korean War. Corps and then the Nicholson retiring and developing a Division of Datron Systems, library at Alameda’s 1950 William Lewis Evans, Inc., where he retired as vice Temple Israel. Robert D. Barber Sr., Washington Twp., N.J., died president of marketing. Tunkhannock, Pa., died March 12, 2012. Evans served 1944 Dec. 27, 2012. He worked in World War II as an airman. 1960 Clarice (Pearson) Smith, as the vice president of He worked at Dupont in Lyle Kenneth King Jr., Forty Fort, Pa., died Dec. 9, Sordoni Construction Co. Deepwater, N.J., for more than Lake Township, Pa., died 2012. Smith was an educator at and retired as treasurer of 30 years. He had numerous March 3, 2013. King served in Hanover Area School District. Commonwealth Telephone publications and patents in the the U.S. Army in the Korean Co. Barber served in the U.S. field of chemistry. conflict. King retired from 1945 Navy during World War II. Proctor & Gamble Paper Alphonse Dervinis, Wayne, 1952 Products in 1990. Pa, died Dec. 28, 2012. Dr. Theodore L. Piczak, Michael Henry Gustave, Dervinis worked in research Plymouth, Pa., died Jan. 8, Aberdeen, Md., died Nov. 1964 at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2013. He practiced podiatric 30, 2012. He worked as a Leslie G. (Stone) Peltan, Philadelphia, Pa. medicine for more than 40 mathematician in the Ballistic Bensalem, Pa., died July 7, years in Kingston, Pa. Piczak Research Laboratories for 2012. Peltan was a third-grade 1948 served in the U.S. Air Corps 31 years, and then retired to teacher at Pollock Elementary Leonard Kuchinskas, West during World War II. become a consultant with School until retirement. Wyoming, Pa., died Jan. 6, various defense contractors. 2013. Kuchinskas served in Stephen Polakoski, Nutley, 1965 World War II in the U.S. N.J., died Sept. 23, 2012. A 1953 Joseph F. Wydra, Hanover Army. After his deployment, veteran of the U.S. Army in Charles A. Giunta, Exeter, Township, Pa., died Dec. 27, he was an electrician until his World War II, Polakoski was Pa., died Jan. 3, 2013. Giunta 2012. He was employed as retirement. later employed as a chemist served in the U.S. Army in the principal of Jonas Salk with Picatinny Arsenal in World War II and later the Middle School and the Carl Dover, N.J. Korean Conflict. He operated Sandburg Middle School in the Flat Iron Hotel and New Jersey. Charlie’s Supper Club. Spring/Summer 2013 | Wilkes

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In Memoriam

Anthony John “Tony” 1974 1978 Parulis, Glen Burnie, Md., Ronald A. Noyalis, Dallas, Edward F. Gallagher, Friends of Wilkes died Nov. 19, 2012. Parulis Pa., died Jan. 10, 2013. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., died Robert A. (Bob) Fortinsky, was a member of the U.S. Noyalis worked at the VA Dec. 6, 2012. Gallagher’s Kingston, Pa., died Dec. 27, Air Force and a fifth-grade Medical Center in Scranton career as a counselor and 2012. Fortinsky founded teacher at Glendale as a social worker. He therapist included positions Fortune Fabrics in 1949 Elementary School. served in the U.S. Air Force, at Misericordia University, and worked there until stationed in Southeast Asia, Children’s Services and retirement. He was president 1968 and was awarded the Vietnam Saint Michael’s School. of Temple Israel and the Rose M. (Novroski) Gula, Service Medal. Jewish Community Center as Dallas, Pa., died Jan. 26, 2013. 1982 well as many other organi- Gula was a business teacher at 1976 Ralph Lavere Schobert, zations. He served in the U.S. Meyers High School. Joseph J. Warmus, Hanover Old Forge, Pa., died Aug. Army as a second lieutenant. Township, Pa., died Jan. 5, 11, 2012. Schobert was He was a trustee emeritus 1969 2012. Warmus served in the most recently employed of Wilkes. Angela B. (Chatrone) U.S. Army in the United at Salerno’s Café in Old McNicholas, Scranton, States and Europe. He was Forge. Faculty Pa., died Oct. 11, 2010. employed by the Pennsylvania James J. Bohning, McNicholas was a registered Department of Labor and 1984 Bethlehem, Pa., died Sept. nurse at the Scranton State Industry for 31 years. Brenda C. Kocher, 2, 2011. Bohning, professor General Hospital and taught Warrior Run, Pa., died emeritus, was department nursing at Wilkes. 1977 Oct. 20, 2012. She was a chair of chemistry and then Edward J. Pupa, Pittston social worker for Luzerne environmental science in 1972 Pa., died Jan. 8, 2012. He County Children and his 31-year-career at Wilkes. Mary Catherine Petroziello, was employed as a science Youth Services. After his retirement, he Duryea, Pa., died Dec. 28. teacher for the Pittston Area continued to teach and 2012. Petroziello was a teacher School District for 25 years. 1985 participate as director of oral in Pittston Area High School. Pupa served in the U.S. Navy Michael W. Ortalano, history for the Chemical during World War II. Vienna, Va., died Jan. 2, Heritage Foundation and 1973 2013. Ortalano worked as a science writer for the Amy Lyn (Pouser) Webb, Thomas J. Ohl Jr., Dallas, Pa, a software engineer with American Chemical Society Dallas, Pa., died Nov. 29, 2012. died Feb. 4, 2013. Ohl was the the American Association News Service. She was a schoolteacher for nursing supervisor at the State of Rhodes Scholars after many years before becoming a Correctional Institution at receiving his doctorate Ronald G. Mortimer, mother and homemaker. Dallas, Pa., until his retirement from the University Pittston, Pa., died Jan. 9, in 2005. He recently was of Delaware. 2013. Mortimer taught at St. employed by Geisinger Paul’s School in Scranton, Home Health and Hospice. Pa., and Pittston Area High School. After retirement, Mortimer was an adjunct professor at Wilkes. Winter 2013 | Wilkes

28 Mark Your Calendars for the Dedication of the Cohen Science Center

The entire Wilkes community is eagerly anticipating the completion of the new Cohen Science Center this summer. By the first day of classes for the fall 2013 semester, the building will be in full operation. All are invited to a special dedication ceremony at Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, at 4 p.m. Mark your calendar now to be part of Wilkes history! There is still time to make a gift in support of science at Wilkes by going to www.wilkes.edu/achieve.

Many thanks to the following contributors who pledged their support between December 1, 2012 and April 10, 2013:

Ms. Judith Adams-Volpe ’67 Mrs. Gail MacIntyre Dohrn ’76 Mrs. Joan Domarasky Luksa, Mr. John Sapiego ’60 & Mary Regalis Althauser, Ph.D. ’63 & Eugene S. Farley Jr., M.D. R.N., B.S.N. ’76 Mrs. Carol Emanski Sapiego ’60 Mr. William Althauser Mrs. Elizabeth Faint Fell ’45 Mrs. Patrice Walsh Lyons, LCSW-C ’69 Mr. Thomas R. Sarnecky ’55 Mr. David G. Arrigoni ’80 Ellen M. Field, M.D. ’78 Dr. Lynn E. Maelia ’80 Ms. Deborah A. Sears ’77 Mr. Robert M. Babskie ’72 Mr. Walter S. Fisher ’58 Mr. Robert A. Martin ’61 Samuel Shugar, Ed.D.’56 Mrs. Christine Tondrick Baksi ’98 Robert S. Gardner, Ed.D. ’67 & Dr. Ruth McDermott-Levy ’82 Mr. Wayne Sittner ’68 Mr. Stephen M. Baloga Jr. ’76 Judith A. Gardner, Ph.D. ’71 Mr. William Melnyk ’48 Mr. James W. Smith ’95 & Ann M. Bartuska, Ph.D. ’75 Greg and Paula Gentilman Gaughan ’00 Dr. Gary E. Michael ’81 Mrs. Rosaria Tammaro Smith ’96 Doris Gorka Bartuska, M.D. ’49 Mr. John E. Gorski ’48 Mr. Scott Michenfelder ’87 Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Smith ’90 Mrs. Kathleen M. Warakomski Lt. Col. Mary E. Gould, USAF ’91 Mr. W. Lee Miller ’74 Mr. David A. Soboleski ’84 Benjamin ’77 David Greenwald, M.D. ’66 & Carol Mr. James Morrash ’49 Mr. John E. Squeri ’70 & Mr. Raymond Best ’77 & Saidman Greenwald, M.S., N.C.C. ’66 Mrs. Joanne Harding Murphy ’80 Mrs. Barbara Morrison Squeri ’70 Mrs. Joan Chemnitius Best ’77 Mr. John Gresh Jr. ’51 Dr. Wendy Marek Murphy ’08 Thomas D. Stine, M.D. ’51 Mr. Joshua Bowen ’07 & Mr. James A. Gribb ’72 Mrs. Vani P. Murthy ’96 & Mrs. Christina Rubillo Swanson ’04 Monica Gehret Bowen, Pharm.D. ’09 Mrs. Zdzislawa Paciej Harms ’68 Dr. Prahlad N. Murthy Mrs. Beverly Munson Swift ’63 Mr. Norbert J. Braun ’00 Mr. Richard Havard III ’83 Mr. Richard J. Myers Sr. ’60 & Mr. William Tarbart ’70 Mr. Frederick Brown ’68 Mr. Edward J. Heltzel ’58 & Mrs. Lois Tremayne Myers ’57 Stephen C. Thomas, D.D.S. ’53 Mr. Michael V. Burke ’04 Mrs. Kathleen Layaou Heltzel ’82 Cap. David A. Nazarek ’82 & Mrs. Barbara Perry Tokarz ’71 Mrs. Beverly J. Shamun Carey ’68 Mr. David Allen Hines ’95 Mrs. Sharon Martin Nazarek ’82 Dr. James Tricarico ’94 & Mrs. Debra Prater Chapman ’81, Ms. Judith Hopkins ’55 Mr. Barry Niziolek ’78 & Dr. Lisa Wrubel Tricarico ’94 M’84 & Family Mr. Stanley R. Houpt Jr. ’68 Mrs. Jean Niziolek Anastasios Tsolakis, Ph.D. ’78 Dr. Carl M. Charnetski ’90 Mr. Bruce Alan Huggler ’90 Rockin’ Rich Nordheim ’80 Dr. Lester J. Turoczi Cynthia Charnetski, O.D. ’97 & Mrs. Carol Pashchuk Huggler ’78 Stelios Patsiokas, Ph.D. ’75 Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Elias Valadja Mr. Harry Collier ’62 Mr. Kenneth L. Humiston ’76 Mr. Douglas Phillips ’81 & Dr. William Urosevich ’76 & Mr. Eugene Colosimo ’93 Dr. Joseph N. Ishley ’71 Mrs. Valerie VanDyke Phillips ’82 Mrs. Patricia Reilly Urosevich ’77 Mr. Christopher R. Connolly ’88 & Mr. George D. Kaye ’55 & Mr. John D. Phillips ’60 Ms. Sandra A. VanLuvender ’93 Mrs. Karen Donohue Connolly ’90 Mrs. Elaine Kaye ’60 Dr. Kimberly Whipple Pietropola ’05 Mrs. Melanie O’Donnell Wade ’93 & Robert E. Conway, D.D.S. ’62 Mr. E. William Kaylor Jr. ’66 Mr. Robert J. Pitel ’59 & Mr. Christopher Wade Mr. Thomas A. Costanzo ’72 & Mr. Glen ’68 & Mrs. Nancy Klinger Mrs. Vera Wroble Pitel ’58 James C. Weaver, Ph.D. ’71 Mrs. Marilyn Rabel Costanzo ’70 Mr. George H. Knezek Jr. ’71 & Ms. Marilyn C. Querci ’88 Joseph Weinkle, CLU ’63 Norman E. Cromack, Ph.D. ’51 Mrs. Barbara Roman Knezek ’71 Mr. Thomas N. Ralston ’80 Dr. Terese M. Wignot Mr. Francis E. Crowley III ’88 Ms. Stephanie Kramer ’96 Mr. Robert R. Rees Jr. ’89 Mrs. Martha Hall Yohe ’73 Mr. Joseph C. Damiano ’74 Mr. Joseph J. Kropiewnicki ’53 Mr. Roger Rolfe ’63 & Mrs. Amy Rolfe Donna Whitmore Zimmer, R.N. ’80 Mr. Mark J. Dechman ’97 Mr. Charles D. Lengle ’70 Mr. Raymond R. Russ ’92 Mrs. Karen Miller Zingale ’85 & Philip A. Defranco Jr., Pharm.D. ’05 Marc M. Levey, Esq. ’69 & Mrs. Chia In Irene Wang Rutkowski ’52 Mr. Lance Zingale Ms. Sheila Denion ’72 & Mrs. Janie Kirshner Levey ’77 Dr. Brett Sachse ’97 & Dr. Kathleen Mr. Thomas Eysmans Mr. Brian L. Lubenow ’00 Terrenoire Sachse ’00 Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766

calendar of events

June 1-Sept 1 Sordoni Art Gallery: Permanent Collection Exhibition 10-Aug. 16 Summer Class Sessions 23-27 Maslow Faculty Reading Series, Graduate Creative Writing Program July 12 Admissions Open House 22-Aug. 1 Education Department Reading Academy for Elementary School Students August 12 Graduate Studies Information Session 26 Fall Semester Begins 27-Oct. 20 Sordoni Art Gallery: The Art of Balliet September 8 Summer Commencement October 4 Dedication of the Cohen Science Center 4-6 Homecoming Weekend 10-14 Fall Recess November 27-Dec. 2 Thanksgiving Recess

For details on times and locations, check www.wilkes.edu and www.wilkes.edu/alumni or phone (800) WILKES-U.