July 2013 Vol. 60 No. 2 www.clarion.edu CONTENTS 4 3 Spirit Research Ernie the Eagle is sporting a new look with renewed spirit to match. 4 Cold case Dear Golden Eagles, Criminal justice graduate Ethan Fritz is starting his career working on a cold case. Research endeavors distinguish a university. 6 News briefs Research, frankly, makes a university a university. 8 Development It was not long ago that conducting research, Benefactors pay it forward to current Clarion pursuing the truth and creating original pieces students. of scholarly work were the exclusive realm of the 10 Extravaganza faculty and perhaps the occasional stellar graduate Distinguished awardees and an elegant atmosphere student. make for a memorable night at Extravaganza 2013. 11 Planned giving Today, undergraduates with passion, curiosity and 8 Giving was part of Wid Logue’s life, and now it’s part the ethic of hard work, along with the mentorship of of her legacy. dedicated faculty, are making significant discoveries of their own. I am proud to tell you that Clarion 12 Academic excellence University students are involved in research projects Clarion University students reap the benefits of research. that make a real difference in our lives. 14 To be, or not to be? Translating research to practice is one way Clarion Faculty member Mel Michel is using her sabbatical to draw parallels between yoga and acting. University transforms lives and communities. 12 15 Homecoming preview Pull open the doors to the past and see what Go Eagles! memories await at Homecoming 2013. 14 16 Sports 23 Alumni notes 27 Thank you, Clarion Alumnus Terrance Vaughns appreciates how his Karen M. Whitney Clarion University experiences still help him on his President, Clarion University career path. President: Dr. Karen Whitney Address comments and questions to: Clarion University of Pennsylvania is Clarion and Beyond Magazine committed to equal employment and Pennsylvania State System of Higher Milissa Bauer (’84), Susanne A. 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Lee James (’74, M.B.A. ’83), chairperson, Brian Schill (’88), Ashley Stroup-McCauley (’06), murder. James L. Kifer (’83), vice chairperson, Howard Meredith Sepesy, president of Eagle Ambassadors, 02 | December ’10 H. Shreckengost, secretary, Dr. Syed R. Ali-Zaidi, and Laura King (’09), executive director. Clarion Ernie sports a new look Spirit fter two years of dancing, cheering and According to Shawn Hoke, director of the performers who wore the all-around spiriting, Ernie the Eagle Center for Leadership and Involvement, costume found the A was looking a little worse for though, structural and oversized head to wear. Fortunately, after some functional challenges be challenging to reconstructive surgery, began to take their toll. wear,” Hoke said. Clarion University’s “A significant amount “So we decided to proud mascot is leaner, of wear and tear was pursue a new suit.” meaner and more put on the costume Designed by pumped up than ever. in that BAM! Custom Mascot Ernie’s previous two-year Creation and Design, getup – designed by period, the new Ernie takes former theatre faculty and after the university’s member Julie Findlan- many “strutting eagle” Powell – served the of the logo. bird well through six According athletics seasons. to Zack Rosen, one of Ernie’s student handlers, the bird’s new digs come with a fresh attitude. “We’re going for a new look and a new image to promote a new, younger side of Clarion,” Rosen said. Clarion’s proud mascot is leaner, meaner and more pumped up than ever. Rosen and the rest of the mascot’s team are hoping to develop Ernie as a campus icon. To support his superstar status, Ernie is becoming a larger part of campus life, often attending university-related events. When he’s not rallying the troops at a football game or lending a feathered-hand at Community Service Day, though, Ernie can occasionally be spotted strutting around the university grounds. Apart from his on-campus role, Ernie will 2009 2004 serve as one of the university’s community ambassadors. “We want to strengthen the ties between campus and the community,” Rosen said. So far, it looks like Ernie is the right bird for the job. Ernie Eagle WWW.CLARION.EDU 3 COLD CASE 101 A full-time emergency medical technician, finally solving the case,” Fritz said. said. “I wanted Ethan to understand and volunteer firefighter and member of the U.S. Klenowski recommended Fritz for Clarion experience the very strong emotional and Army Reserves, 20-year-old Ethan Fritz of University Honors Program, in which the psychological component to this type of work; Falls Creek lives his life doing things that most student must take an honors class or it does impact one’s life, whether you want it 20-year-olds don’t do. The summer 2013 complete an honors project. Fritz opted to to or not.” graduate of Clarion University’s associate do a project, and as they discussed ideas, Klenowski said working on the cold case degree program in criminal justice, who is Klenowski suggested that Fritz consider gives Fritz the unique opportunity to apply applying to the Pennsylvania State Police when he reaches the minimum age of 21 in September, is also doing something many law enforcement personnel never get the opportunity to do: work to solve a cold case homicide. Fritz is assisting Dr. Paul Klenowski, assistant professor and director of the criminal justice program at Venango College, in his volunteer work as a criminologist with the Ohio Valley Cold Case Task Force. Fritz, Klenowski and other task force members are re-examining evidence to try to solve a decades-old murder case. This unique task force is completely comprised of volunteer members, many of whom are retired federal, state and local investigators and detectives. Aside from retired officers, a number of criminologists and investigative journalists have offered to volunteer their time and skills to assist the task force in their attempt to solve a number of cold case homicides in the greater Ohio Valley area. The textbook definition of a cold case, according to Fritz, is “any unsolved crime; a crime in which all potential leads have gone ‘cold.’” It usually refers to homicides. After some time “A lot of (law enforcement personnel) Dr. Paul Klenowski and Ethan Fritz goes by with no new leads, can spend their whole career in the law enforcement personnel what he has learned in the classroom to a real field and not get to be involved (in must discontinue the life case. According to Klenowski, roughly a cold case investigation). I’m just investigation in order to 19,000 people are murdered in the U.S. a student and I have already been pursue investigative leads every year. Of that number, nearly 5,000 of exposed to this experience.” on current cases. It’s the these cases become cold cases due to the task force’s objective to lack of significant evidence. Many cities and open it back up and attempt to solve the crime. joining the volunteer efforts of the task force’s states simply do not have the funds or the Fritz said in some instances, his role was investigation as his final project.