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Profile is published for alumni, parents, friends, faculty 12 THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR BOBCATS WITH and staff of Frostburg State University. HOLLYWOOD DREAMS

President For the Amigos de Garcia Scholarship, creativity is key. Television writer/producer Ronald H. Nowaczyk, Ph.D. Greg Garcia ’92 wanted his scholarship to be a little different from the norm. Vice President for University Advancement John T. Short, Jr., J.D. MBA–ONLINE Editor 16 ENGINEERING STUDENTS PROTOTYPE ULTRAFAST Liz Douglas Medcalf M’17 NANOTUBE FILM HEATER Profile Designer Frostburg engineering undergrads recently “nanomanufactured,” programmed and tested a Colleen Conrad Stump futuristic new type of invisible heating element. Their thin film heater is more energy-efficient, cheaper to produce and quicker to heat and cool than existing products on the market. Additional Design Ann Townsell ’87 (pp. 28-29) Contributing Writers Noah Becker M’06 18 TRADING CLASSROOMS: Shannon Gribble ’98 HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS Candis Johnson Latisha Lewis ’18 Maryland’s diverse geography, populations and cultures offer a microcosm of America. Teacher Charles Schelle candidates who learn to teach in two starkly different Maryland classrooms can thrive at any school. Robert Spahr ’13 That’s the concept behind an innovative collaboration between FSU and Coppin State University. Photographers Get a Frostburg State University MBA – Eli Baker ’10 Noah Becker M’06 26 AFTER YEARS OF STILL WATERS, BOBCAT Shannon Gribble ’98 SWIMMERS ARE MAKING WAVES Simply a Good Business Decision! Josh Hill Brooke Kirchner In 2013, Head Coach Justin Anderson inherited a swim team on life Liz Douglas Medcalf M’17 support. He completely rebuilt the program, leading to dozens of new Frostburg’s Online MBA is designed to: Dave Romero school records, championship appearances and the conference’s prestigious Charles Schelle Male and Female Swimmer of the Year honors! Fit Your Career Goals – For business and non-business majors alike, our AACSB- Joni Smith Robert Spahr ’13 accredited MBA helps advance your career and earning potential. Colleen Conrad Stump Ann Townsell ’87 Fit Your Busy Lifestyle – Balance work and life with 7-week online sessions. Dan Wallace 20 INTRIGUING INTERNSHIPS EXPAND The program is offered full- or part-time and can be completed in 12 to 24 months. Sarah Zetlmeisl THE WORLD FOR BOBCATS From helping weary VIPs in Tel Aviv to preventing immigration marriage fraud, Fit Your Budget –This program is rated a“Best Buy”by GetEd ucated.com and ranks Editorial offices are located in 228 Hitchins, Frostburg from training police dogs to analyzing unappealing flavors of beer, there are among U.S. News & World Report’s “Best MBA Online Programs.” State University, 101 Braddock Rd.,Frostburg, MD few limits to where a Frostburg internship will lead. 21532-2303; phone 301.687.3171. Frostburg State University is a constituent institution of the New concentrations beginning fall 2018: University System of Maryland. FSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution. • Health Care Administration Admission as well as all policies, programs and activities of the University are determined without regard to race, color, religion, DEPARTMENTS • Business Analytics sex, national origin, status as a veteran, age or disability. FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities • Management accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodation 2WS NE through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301.687.4102 or use a Admission test waived for applicants with a 3.65 GPA or higher or 3.25 GPA and Voice Relay Operator at 1.800.735.2258. 6 ALUMNI NEWS two years of relevant management experience. FSU is a smoke-free campus. 10 FOUNDATION NEWS 16 FEATURES 24 SPORTS 30 CLASSNOTES/MILESTONES For More Information: Dr. Nowaczyk 34 IN MEMORIAM FSU Office of Graduate Services 36 THE LAST WORD Phone: 301.687.7053 | Email: gradservices@frostburg. edu www.frostburg.edu/grad | www.frostburg.edu/mba Please recycle me or pass me on to a friend! FROM THE PRESIDENT

This Is a Special Year in Frostburg! I hope 2018 is off to a great start for see how the regional school that started with experiences, including those beyond the everyone. It is here in Frostburg, and this is a 57 students has grown to a state university classroom. I regularly answer the question special year! It is the 120th anniversary of the with students from every Maryland county from parents of prospective students, “Are state authorizing State Normal School No. 2 and 17 other states. While Allegany County there opportunities for internships?” The in Frostburg. I suspect the miners and citizens sends the highest number of students to FSU, answer is yes, and you will read about of this region in 1898 would be surprised and three counties, Baltimore, Montgomery and the varied and valuable experiences some impressed by what Prince George’s, account for nearly 1 in 3 of our students had on recent intern- they helped to create. Frostburg undergraduates. Nearly 49 percent ships. As an aside, please reach out to The physical of our undergraduates are students of color the Alumni Office at alumni@frostburg. campus continues to or international students. Diversity in many edu if you would like to discuss having a flourish with plans for ways is reflected in our approach to learning student intern working with and learning two new buildings, a today, and you will see that in our stories. I from you. residence hall near the hope you are proud that your alma mater is I hope you enjoy reading about the Chesapeake dining preparing students with a global and inclusive successes of our student-athletes, coaches facility and a new perspective. As one example of this approach, and athletic staff. Success comes in the Education and Health I am pleased that we can share the story of our classroom, as well as on the field, court, Dr. Ron Nowaczyk Sciences Building cur- partnership with Coppin State University to track or pool! Be proud of these accom- rently planned to be better prepare future teachers in Maryland and plished student-athletes, and I invite you built between the Cordts Physical Education the region. to attend an event when our students are Center and the Lane University Center. As many of you know, the experiences at competing in your area. While the buildings are one representa- FSU often enhance the confidence of alums As you can tell, Frostburg State tion of Frostburg State University, it is the and shape the direction of their careers and University is going strong due to the efforts people – the faculty, staff, students and personal successes. We continue that com- of those with a vision 120 years ago, as alumni – who make us unique. Those miners mitment, and expect students to explore their well as the faculty, staff and students who and citizens from 1898 would be proud to interests and engage in a variety of educational are here today and those who preceded us over the previous 12 decades.

Go Bobcats!

Cordially,

Ronald Nowaczyk, Ph.D. President

The 2017 Bobcat football squad’s accomplishments were many, including winning the Regents Cup, making it to the NCAA Playoffs and breaking the school record in points.

On the Cover: Stellar Season A jubilant 2017 Bobcat football team hoists the In the end, it took the 2017 national champs, Mount D3football.com spoke with Head Coach DeLane Regents Cup in Sea Gull Stadium following their Union, to halt the Bobcats’ historic championship drive. Fitzgerald, some of his ’17 Bobcats and several victory over in-state rival Salisbury University, just one Along the way, the Bobcats tied a program-record 13 players from the historic ’93 Bobcat squad for a unforgettable moment in a truly historic season! straight wins, scored a school-record 468 total points feature story, comparing and contrasting the two With their 11-2 record, the ’17 Bobcats are officially and spent the entire season nationally ranked in the greatest football teams in Frostburg State history: the winningest football team in FSU history. For only top 20. The 2016 and 2017 seasons are the first back- bit.ly/1993-2017Bobcats. the second time, the Bobcats made the NCAA Playoffs, to-back seasons with 10-plus wins for Bobcat football. where they defeated two of the toughest teams in Read all about this season to remember here: GO BOBCATS! Division III history to earn a spot in the quarterfinals. bit.ly/2017Bobcats.

1 CAMPUS U.S. News & World Report Ranks FSU Online Programs Food Recovery Network Cuts Food Waste and Feeds a Need Four of FSU’s online degree programs appear in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs rankings. About 46 million Americans prepared for students but never FSU’s ranked programs appear on the organization’s lists for rely on food banks to feed them- served. The food court operation Master of Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Business, selves and their families each year. provides a wide variety of freshly Graduate Nursing (Master of Science in Nursing), Graduate Yet the USDA estimates that 30 packaged and cooked single- NEWS Education (Master of Education, special education concentration) to 40 percent of America’s annual serving foods such as salads, fruit and Bachelor’s (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). food production – 133 billion cups, chicken sandwiches, burg- The online graduate programs were ranked on factors of student pounds, or $161 billion worth – ers, soups and more. Frostburg's Accreditation goes to waste. engagement, admissions selectivity, peer reputation, faculty creden- Phi Kappa Phi Chapter “And all it takes is someone Reaffirmed tials and training, and student service and technology. The bach- FSU is now working to picking it up and driving it The Middle States Commission on elor’s program did not include the admissions selectivity metric. Chartered at FSU reduce that disparity in Western somewhere, and suddenly that Higher Education has reaffirmed FSU’s The greatest weight is given to the metric of student engagement, FSU has been accepted to form a Maryland, thanks to the group food is actually going to fulfill its From left, Del. Mike McKay, Veterans Services Director Danielle Dabrowski, Student Veterans of America President Kodi Bowers, President Nowaczyk, Dr. John Bambacus ’70 and institutional accreditation, meaning in which online students have the opportunity to interact readily chapter of the Honor Society of Phi of students behind Frostburg’s purpose,” Ratliff said. chapter of the Food Recovery More than 1,300 pounds of Allegany County Commissioner Bill Valentine cut the ribbon on the new Veterans Center during that the University – including all of with instructors and classmates to create a similar level of engage- Kappa Phi, America’s oldest and most Homecoming Weekend. Network (FRN). The chapter its off-campus sites – continues to ment as in in-person programs. selective collegiate honor society for food were recovered by the end of gained official recognition in the fall semester. meet the requirements put in place by In the MBA ranking list in particular, FSU’s Faculty Credentials all academic disciplines. Founded in September from FRN’s national Previously, that leftover but the Commission in its Characteristics and Training score was 90 out of 100 possible points. 1897, the society inducts about 30,000 organization. untouched food would have To Veteran Students, New Center Means Much More of Excellence. Accreditation from AACSB International (the Association to members from 300-plus colleges and Twice a week, unserved food gone to feed plants. Since 2015, Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), in the case of the MBA universities each year. Frostburg’s Than Extra Space The next evaluation visit will come is collected from Chesapeake Dining Services has composted in the 2024-2025 academic year. program, or the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher chapter will initiate its first members Alumni who are military veterans joined local and campus officials to dedicate Education, in the case of the M.Ed.-Special Education, were Dining Hall and the food court excess food for the sustainable this spring. FSU’s Veterans Center during Homecoming, and they got to hear firsthand from a key elements in the student engagement metric. FSU has both in Lane University Center and greenhouse project Frostburg “The new chapter of Phi Kappa student who is benefiting from the center and the services it provides. accreditations. donated to the Western Maryland Grows, but now that composting Phi at FSU will provide a wonderful Food Bank (WMFB), which will primarily be half-eaten food Kodi Bowers, president of the FSU Student Veterans of America, called the center opportunity for our best students to warehouses and distributes food waste that otherwise would have a “life-saver” that has helped him become more social and integrate into the campus College of Education Nationally Accredited receive the high academic honor that to charities, serving between gone into the garbage. community. Master’s in Applied Computer The College of Education recently received accreditation for they definitely deserve,” said Dr. Gregory 10,000 and 13,000 hungry people The Food Bank’s Amy Moyer “When I first started here, I knew no one. I didn’t really care to be around anyone Science Ranked a “Best Buy” an additional seven years, based on the National Council for Wood, coordinator of the chapter. each month. said FRN’s donations have already that didn’t know or understand the things I had been through,” said the Marine FSU counts several Phi Kappa Kristin Ratliff,president of proven popular among the FSU’s online Master of Science in Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards. NCATE’s veteran and FSU junior. “I spent many hours alone in my car because of that, either Phi members among its faculty and Frostburg’s FRN and a biol- organizations and people WMFB Applied Computer Science has been performance-based accreditation system for teacher preparation working on homework or hanging out between classes.” administration, including President ogy major, first learned of the serves. Trays of cooked food ranked fourth on GetEducated.com’s ensures that teacher candi- Bowers served in Iraq and was awarded the FSU Military Friendly for Nowaczyk. national FRN project from Tracy go to organizations that serve Purple Heart after being injured in combat. newest “Best Buy” list of the nation’s dates are prepared to make Seventh Straight Year a difference in P-12 student “The contacts and opportunities Edwards, geography lecturer and meals directly to people in need. “Having this center has helped me in so most affordable online master’s of FSU is one of only two USM learning. I’ve found through Phi Kappa Phi Sustainability Studies program The freshly prepared vegetables, computer science degrees. many ways, not just giving me a place to go, but “I am proud that FSU is have been an asset throughout my coordinator, in her Sustainability salads, sandwiches and other schools to make the list. “This program represents the future allowing me to interact with people who have continuing its century-long tradition of preparing the best teachers career,” Nowaczyk said. “The society’s 155 class. items also move quickly, as such of online learning, providing students been through what I’ve been through, seen what in the state of Maryland,” said President Nowaczyk. openness to all disciplines results in “A group of us decided that was fresh, ready-to-eat foods are often real-life computer science challenges I’ve seen, felt what I felt. It also made me be “NCATE accreditation confirms the strength of our teacher an intellectually diverse assembly going to be our project, and it’s prohibitively expensive in stores. more social and feel more comfortable to be on in an affordable program,” said Tony taken off from there,” Ratliff said. “It’s definitely making a differ- preparation program,” said Dr. Boyce Williams, interim dean of the of scholars and leaders, all united in campus,” he said. “I can’t express enough how Huffman, president of GetEducated.com. Ratliff’s group presented the ence,” said Moyer. College of Education. “Frostburg has been continuously accredited a mutual commitment to academic grateful I am to everyone involved in the creation “Frostburg’s program ranked fourth in a idea to the staff at Chartwells, – Robert Spahr ’13 by NCATE since 2002, which attests to the consistency of this excellence and service to others.” of this.”  group of over 40 institutions. Not only is FSU’s food service provider, and program." Phi Kappa Phi’s mission is “To it affordable, but alumni of the program found enthusiastic support from recognize and promote academic working at organizations like the FBI, David Glenn, director of Dining excellence in all fields of higher NSA, NASA, Google and Apple attest to FSU Recognized for Student Voter Engagement Services, and Adam Kenney, education and to engage the its quality.” FSU has received a Bronze Seal from the ALL executive chef at FSU. Chartwells IN Campus Democracy Challenge for student community of scholars in service partners with FRN chapters voter engagement, besting the national average. to others,” and its motto is elsewhere. FSU achieved a student voting rate of 55.7 per- “Let the love of learning rule “It’s great to be able to help cent in the 2016 national election, an increase of humanity.”  those in need, especially within 9.6 percentage points over 2012’s 46.1 percent. our own community,” Glenn said. In 2016, 85.5 percent of FSU students were “We do what we can to limit the registered to vote, compared to 81.8 percent in 2012. waste, but when we have over- Students from FSU’s Food Recovery Network, FSU is following a national trend of increased student engage- production, it feels great knowing Dylan Redman and Kristin Ratliff (top), ment, showing that between the 2012 and the 2016 U.S. presiden- something good can come of it.” pass Executive Chef Adam Kenney trays of unserved food from Chesapeake Dining tial elections, student voting nationally went from 45.1 percent of Frostburg’s dining hall donates Hall for donation to the Western Maryland eligible voters in 2012 (69 percent registered) to 48.3 percent in full trays of food that were Food Bank. 2016 (70.6 percent registered). 

2 3 CAMPUS New Academic Programs Three New Nursing Programs College of Maryland’s FSU is launching two new registered nurse program. HONORS When they finish, they master’s level nurse practitioner programs and an in-person, will be able to graduate 4-year Bachelor of Science in with both an associate and Lisa Toni Clark Sgt. Thomas Bevan ’07 Dr. Sudhir Singh Jeffrey Pfister Nursing (BSN) program. bachelor’s degree in nursing. Students in the new FSU Sgt. Thomas Bevan ’07 The nurse practitioner pro- , of Singh Named College of nursing curriculum will also University Police, Nonexempt gram, starting in fall 2018, will offer concentrations in family have the option of joining a Employee, was first hired as Business Dean Living-Learning Community, a summer student worker for practice and psychiatric and Dr. Sudhir Singh has been named clustering nursing majors as they the Facilities Department, then mental health practice. the new dean of FSU’s College of Business take courses together, receive became a groundskeeper. In 2010, “FSU’s MSN programs are specialized by Provost Elizabeth Throop. Singh has additional mentoring opportuni- Bevan was hired as a University ideal for the seasoned, experienced courses for served as interim dean since 2015 and registered nurse who already lives ties, attend lunch-and-learns and each concentration. Police Officer I. In addition to shadow nurses on the job within Stephanie Claar was associate dean from 2010 to 2015. He and works in a rural, medically The length of the program will Don Swogger M’01 being evening shift supervisor, Dr. Richard Russo their specialty. he serves as first aid training joined FSU in 1992, with a teaching focus underserved area,” said Assistant remain the same: 36 credits if the FSU’s BSN is accredited by student studied business as an Swogger Named coordinator, helps supervise the Canadian Centre for Research on “Relay For Life is magic on on finance. He has also served as director Professor of Nursing Dr. Kelly the Commission on Collegiate undergraduate major and 42 cred- body-worn camera program and Francophone Communities in Frostburg’s campus, which is of the College of Business’ Center for Rock, the program director. Outstanding Mentor Nursing Education. its for those from other majors, is the Fire Department liaison. Minority Settings, housed in “La what made me fall in love with Leadership Development since 2011. The family nurse practitioner Don Swogger M’01, the direc- with two three-credit “essentials” In 2016, Bevan distinguished Cité universitaire francophone,” a it,” Claar shared with the national “Dr. Singh has a wide expertise in graduate, when licensed, will be tor of the S.A.F.E. office and an courses to provide the background himself working with the Student French-language academic unit of Relay For Life Campus Blog. finance and global business, he has educationally and experientially New MBA Concentrations advisor for BURG Peer Education for the remaining program. Leadership Conference. Through the University of Regina. “Relay is where every single revitalized the College of Business prepared to be a primary FSU has been approved Network for more than 20 “The new concentrations his participation in this initiative, The award allowed Russo to student on our campus can come Advisory Board, and he has been an care provider. to offer concentrations in its years, has been named this year’s prepare our graduates for careers he was able to dispel negative explore the humanities’ role in together for one cause and be integral part of rebuilding the provost’s The psychiatric and mental online Master of Business Outstanding Mentor to recognize in a more discerning knowledge perceptions some students have supporting the cultural spaces one university.” academic leadership team,” Throop said. health nurse practitioner Administration program in his support for students. economy that continues to confer about police officers. He is also a of the minority French-speaking Her passion spurred her to “In addition to his clear pedagogical (PMHNP) will be prepared to health care management and in “I truly believe that Don a premium on specialized educa- volunteer firefighter. population of Saskatchewan. raise $1,475 for the American vision, Dr. Singh is a genuinely kind person seek licensing to be a psychiatric business analytics, in addition Swogger is a real-life definition management tion across a diverse set of work Jeffrey Pfister, Nonexempt/ Russo’s project looked at the Cancer Society during FSU’s who advocates for students, faculty, staff care provider. PMHNPs are the to a concentration and embodiment of servant leader- contexts,” said Dr. Sudhir Singh, Facilities/Maintenance, has been links among books, language, Homecoming Court chari- only other group of health care similar to the current MBA. ship, both here on campus and and alumni. He plays a significant role in dean of the College of Business. a carpenter in the multi-trades place, identity and belonging. table drive, making her the top providers besides psychiatrists FSU consulted two primary within his own community,” wrote the community and represents Frostburg FSU’s MBA is offered com- shop since October 2010. He is Books help create tangible spaces, fundraiser and earning her the who can be credentialed and certi- regional employers to seek input Mark Freeman, a 2011 graduate State University very well.” pletely online, with all classes approachable and always willing such as those created in libraries national title of Relayer of the fied in psychiatry. The program into the curriculum, and both and former member of BURG. As interim dean, Singh spearheaded except the final capstone course to help with whatever needs to and bookstores, as well as sym- Month for October. will help provide a pipeline of agreed that these specialized skill Swogger encouraged students important revisions at the college, offered in six- or seven-week be done. In addition to his fine bolic spaces and narratives. These Claar told the blog that she health care professionals who can sets are needed to keep pace with that he mentored to strive for including a comprehensive reorganization sessions. All FSU business pro- work on campus, Pfister has been spaces help linguistic minorities Relays for her mother Melisa, treat addiction. the growing demand for graduates constant progression in their of the College’s advisory board to foster grams are accredited by AACSB involved in the volunteer fire maintain their identity. whom she lost last April fol- FSU is the only USM institu- with deep analytical skills, given leadership skills, Freeman said. greater connections and interactions International (The Association service for more than 32 years. Russo hopes this research will lowing a seven-year battle tion to offer these MSN programs policy changes in the health care between the experienced business to Advance Collegiate Schools He serves as the assistant fire contribute to a richer understand- with breast cancer. The early as blended options, offered full- field and the dynamic environ- leaders and students. Singh led a series of of Business).  Staff Awards for Excellence chief for the Shaft Volunteer Fire ing of how a threatened linguistic childhood/elementary education and part-time, which allows the ment of management overall. enhancements to the Master of Business working professional to complete The redesigned program, Lisa Toni Clark Department. group’s “textual” side can better major is a member of FSU’s , director of Administration program, including much of the program online, with starting in fall 2018, will add four A STAR! AmeriCorps, Exempt Staff Awards for Excellence have been support its community of speak- Colleges Against Cancer chapter presented for 20 years, honoring 57 new concentrations (see related story at about 5 percent of the program (salaried) category, has been an ers, in this case, French speakers and a regular participant in employees to date. The awards are funded by in Saskatchewan. FSU’s Relay. right) and a seven-week session model spent on campus. employee for 22 years. She serves the FSU Foundation’s Annual Fund. that facilitates timely graduation for as an FSU ambassador, recruiter, Russo blogged about his experience at “I Relay so no one has to working students. IN-PERSON BSN community leader, peace crafter, fulbrightfransaskois.wordpress.com. graduate college without their Singh’s work has been honored The new face-to-face Bachelor Living Green Is Gold for FSU mentor and artist. Clark has served Russo Awarded Fulbright biggest cheerleader being in the by the College of Business and the of Science in Nursing degree, FSU and Western Maryland with Scholarship audience,” Claar told the blog. FSU has once again been included in the The Princeton Review’s “Guide to Student Earns National Relay University System of Maryland. He has established in partnership with 375 Green Colleges: 2017 Edition.” distinction. As one of her letters Dr. Richard A. Russo, “I Relay so that one day no one an asso- Allegany College of Maryland, of support attests – “I have a for Life Honor has to lose their best friend, daily published regularly on business and The Princeton Review selects institutions “... with the most exceptional ciate professor of geography, spent is the only four-year program home, car and a real-life dream Senior Stephanie Claar discov- phone call, role model and hero.” finance throughout his career, including commitments to sustainability based on their academic offerings and career the fall semester as a Fulbright of its kind available in Western because of Mrs. Lisa Clark, and Scholar to the University of ered her passion for Relay For Life FSU’s Relay will be April 27, and has a co-authoring FSU’s 2013 study, “The preparation for students, campus policies, initiatives and activities.” $32,000 goal. Visit www.relayforlife.org/ Maryland. every day when people tell me in the unity she found in FSU’s Economic Impact of Frostburg State College selections were based on “Green Rating” scores. Ratings of 80 or Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. fsumd. In addition to taking courses they are proud of me, I thank annual event. University Upon Western Maryland, higher earned a place. Frostburg’s Green Rating was 87.  He was a Fulbright Canada at FSU, students will take clinical God for introducing me to Lisa the Surrounding Region and the State Visiting Research Chair at the nursing courses through Allegany Toni Clark.” of Maryland.” 4 5 Astronaut Arnold Returning to Space BOBCAT’S FIRST MUSICAL ALUMNI MAKES BROADWAY DEBUT Ricky Arnold Disaster Specialist Keeps a Personal Connection NASA astronaut Television writer and producer Greg ’85 is returning to space in March Garcia ’92 never thought of writing a for a six-month mission on the stage musical, let alone one featuring the to Mission in Devastated Puerto Rico International Space Station as part music of Jimmy Buffett, but fate inter- of NASA’s Year of Education on vened. This spring, Escape to Margaritaville NEWS the Station, an initiative designed ALUMNUS HELPING TO RESTORE ISLAND’S HEALTH CARE STRUCTURE debuts on Broadway. to inspire would-be educators and The project started when Garcia received By Charles Schelle Dr. Peter Marghella ’84 to encourage students to pursue a random call from actor/writer Mike STEM subjects. O’Malley, one of the stars of Garcia’s show, Dr. Peter Marghella ’84 is finding causing logistics issues to this day. Arnold and Astronaut Joe Acaba, Yes, Dear. The two have remained friends. another educator astronaut who Ricky Arnold ’85 He plans to return to Puerto Rico “He asked me if I wanted to write a a renewed sense of purpose amid to help implement the plan. has spent the last six months on the ISS, will present some Broadway musical with him, and I asked of the lessons the late Christa McAuliffe had planned for her tragedy in Puerto Rico. Marghella is The issues he saw on the him if he was crazy. I didn’t know what he ground largely concern the logis- mission in space. The first designated teacher in space and was talking about!” said Garcia. her six crewmates died during the liftoff of the space shuttle used to helping areas plan, respond tics of delivering medical needs Scott Damon M’95 O’Malley like insulin or dialysis equipment. Challenger in 1986. knew of a kis- to and recover from public health Arnold is scheduled to speak live on Monday, April 9, from Seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in his wife’s native Puerto Rico from a helicopter, The core of the immediate Alumnus Leads met connection. Marghella said, “it reminded me of a giant who might take an enormous box of bleached-white the ISS with FSU teacher education students, a conversation crises and natural disasters. He wrote response plan was separating the “Apparently, toothpicks and break them on the floor.” island into nine regions. Using Bridgestone that will be streamed to local middle schoolers and education Jimmy Buffett the United States’ first Catastrophic students at FSU’s University System of Maryland sister institu- a hub-and-spoke concept, they Commercial Group was a fan of My Incident Response Plan for domestic to visit Rincon on the island’s operational medicine in the Navy. use the biggest hospital in each tions, Bowie State University and University of Maryland, Name Is Earl, Like a good set of snow tires, Scott College Park. Watch FSU social media for updates. west coast, where he could look He was able to then earn his region to serve as a one-stop shop Damon M’95 has a firm grip on his road and somebody and nuclear terrorism and the into the eyes of his late wife’s Master of Science in Healthcare – serving as pharmacy, hospital had talked to to success with Bridgestone Americas. National Smallpox Response Plan. family and see a reminder why he Administration at Central and just about anything related to Damon was elevated to president of Mike about does his job. Michigan University, a Master health care. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations’ Teaching Bobcat Pride writing the book for a Jimmy Buffett He’s been to disaster zones all over “If there is anything I could of Arts in National Security and Marghella estimated that commercial group for U.S. and Canada in musical,” Garcia said. O’Malley brought have done to help, I did. This is Strategic Studies from Naval Puerto Rico’s recovery could take Last summer, the Alumni Garcia’s name up with the idea that the the world. the fall. Damon oversees the company’s really important.” War College and a Doctor of 20 years. He encourages Frostburg Association launched the Bobcat two would write it together. commercial tire sales and service Box initiative. Specifically targeting This one was different. Marghella has an extensive Health Sciences in Organizational alumni to give support through Garcia and O’Malley spent about five a trusted nonprofit or volunteer operations in North America. He was alumni who are educators – like resumé with public health and Behavior and Leadership years developing the script, rehearsing, Marguella’s late wife, Zenaida disaster response, maintaining a to help with recovery through most recently president of Firestone Casey Dawson ’02/M’07, right – the from A.T. Still University of refining and preparing the show. Sanchez Marghella, who died position as an adjunct research Health Sciences. participating agencies. Industrial Products and previously was goal was to get FSU memorabilia “It’s been a totally different world than executive director of strategic planning of cancer four years ago, grew scholar at the Potomac Institute “Sometimes the best thing that No matter how long the recov- and information in their classrooms, what I’m used to … but it’s been a lot of ery, Marghella sees the resiliency for Bridgestone Americas Technical up in Rincón, Puerto Rico. She for Policy Studies, as well as being happens in life is when people tell allowing them to show their FSU fun,” Garcia said. of the Puerto Ricans who stayed, Center. was a Frostburg State student a certified emergency manager you no,” Marghella said. pride and inspire future generations of Escape to Margaritaville opened in La from 1980-82, where they met. in the International Association “Scott started his Bridgestone career Bobcats. Jolla, Calif., last summer. It has been Because of Hurricane Maria, he of Emergency Managers and in the commercial organizations, and To date, 442 boxes have been staged in New Orleans, Chicago and had a chance to return to his a lecturer on health policy “I’ve deployed to many, many disasters all over has since gained diversified leadership distributed to Bobcats across the Houston. The New Orleans show turned wife’s home. and management at George experience across the Bridgestone country. into a reunion of family – and Bobcat “I’ve been going with her for Washington University’s Milken the world and on islands. I haven’t seen the portfolio, said Gordon Knapp, CEO and family – for Garcia. 30 years and visiting family and Institute School of Public Health. president of Bridgestone Americas. “We “My family, my wife’s family and a that beautiful island,” he said The path to public health from are eager to bring his talents to such a bunch of my fraternity brothers from in a phone interview from his a history degree from Frostburg extent of devastation as I have seen with this.” pivotal role within the company.” Frostburg came down, and it was a blast! Northern Virginia home. was a winding one for Marghella. – Dr. Peter Marghella ’84 Damon, who earned his Master of We all saw the show and went out to “I’ve deployed to many, many He passionately wanted to be in Business Administration degree from dinner,” Garcia said. “A lot of us listened disasters all over the world and on the Navy, and his physical fitness FSU, is tasked to grow market share; to Jimmy Buffett music when we were islands. I haven’t seen the extent and score on the Armed Services Marghella joined the Puerto taking care of their families to streamline business operations; bring at Frostburg, so to be sitting there in of devastation as I have seen with Vocational Aptitude Battery Test Rico response as part of a contract help with the turnaround. new products, services and technology to any theatre watching this musical, it was this,” he said. made it seem like a sure thing. Witt Global Partners has with “This has become a phoenix market; and develop talent. a trip!” Marghella was appointed as That is, until the mechani- the commonwealth to help plan from the ashes scenario,” he The show has been in previews at the special advisor to the Secretary cal comprehension portion of and respond to what’s called an said.  Marquis Theatre in New York, with an of Health of Puerto Rico to help the test. “emergency of national signifi- official opening of March 15. develop a response and recovery “I was raised by my mom and cance.” They wrote an immediate To learn more, visit www.escapetomargaritavillemusical. plan to address Hurricane Maria’s three sisters,” he said. “I couldn’t response transition and recovery com. destruction and assist the 3.5 tell you where a spark plug is.” plan for the U.S. territory that – Robert Spahr ’13 million Americans on the island. He was told to go the enlisted focuses on medical and public While on the ground, he was able route, and he focused on health infrastructure, which is

6 7 Alumni Connections Celebrating the Last 50 Years, Helping to Ensure the Next 50 Frostburg alumni spread their spirit far and Members of the Class of ’67 gathered in October to mark wide this past summer and fall, proving that 50 years since their graduation and celebrate five decades Bobcat pride doesn’t just live on campus. of friendship. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Gail Tipsword Hahn, Sam Wynkoop, Diana Pennington Schrodel, Marty Hall Kump, Carol Fullenkamp Stovenour, Dee Calhoun Forrester, Carole Hough Swisdak, Kathleen Strother, Carlinda McKenzie Jimerfield, Judy McGuire Mihalka, Bonnie Schupp, Jan Stocklinski, Glenda Norris and Carolyn Smith Roy. In the second row, from left, are Linda Dahl Graham, Sunday Hammett Wynkoop, Sandy Priebe Day, Terry Ward, Marsha Ernest Payne, Sue Thomas Collins ’68, Nancy Kelso, Betty White Holton, Linda Goodrich, Ed Bodmer ’68, Anne Gaskill Forrester and the Rev. Darrell Layman. In the third row, middle of the group, from left, are Angie Phillips Kelly, Genie Zorn Crawford and Jim Holton. More than 65 alumni gathered in August, cheering on the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole In the back row, from left, are Don Hutchinson, Bill Park at Camden Yards during the game, and cheering on members of Phi Mu Alpha Vogtman, Bill Orndorff M’70, Ron Forrester, Clark Sinfonia, who sang the National Anthem before the game. Sharpless ’66/M’72, Terry Diehl M’72, the Rev. Don In September, the Alumni Association hosted the first-ever reunion of Recreation and Parks Forrester, Charlie Grace ’66 and Jack Hahn. Management alumni at Rocky Gap State Park. The Class of ’67 was all smiles in October when they formally named a small breakout room on the second floor of the Gira Center for Communications and Information Technology. Commemorating their Golden Anniversary with an investment in today’s students, the class’ gift of $5,000 supports the academic programs housed in the Gira Center. And because they raised almost twice their initial goal, they made an additional gift of nearly $4,000 to Forever Frostburg, FSU’s scholarship fund for students facing emergency need.

Frostburg, FSU Roots Run Deep for First Foundation for Frostburg Scholarship Recipient In September, the University System of Maryland hosted a joint event at SunTrust Park in Rising high school students of culture,” the Foundation for Atlanta to see the Braves play. Joining in the fun were 40 FSU alumni and friends from the from Frostburg now have Frostburg said in a letter to city Atlanta area! another compelling reason to residents. “There is no better continue their education close to way to express our community’s home at FSU, thanks to a new appreciation than to support the Alumni in Southern Maryland gathered in July for an evening of Bobcat spirit at a Bowie Baysox scholarship from the Foundation mission and well-being of FSU game in Prince George’s Stadium. for Frostburg, a nonprofit com- with this series of community- munity organization established driven scholarships.” From left are Dr. Daniel Filer ’04/M’06/M’08, president of the Foundation for Frostburg; Joshua in 1995 to support the Frostburg First-year student Joshua Trenum, the Foundation for Frostburg’s first scholarship recipient; President community and its citizens. Trenum, a Mountain Ridge High Nowaczyk; and Frostburg Mayor Robert Flanigan ’92. The Foundation for Frostburg School graduate, was selected Scholarship at FSU supports as the award’s first recipient this Frostburg residents who choose fall, recognizing his deep familial John F. Roland ’67/M’75, maintain at least a 3.0 GPA. to enroll at the hometown roots with FSU and the city of served as mayor of Frostburg The Foundation for Frostburg university, strengthening a Frostburg. from 1986 to 1992. Scholarship supports full-time long relationship between FSU Joshua’s parents, Gary and The Foundation for Frostburg students who reside in the 21532 In December, music graduates got and the city of Frostburg and Ann Trenum together on campus with some faculty , are both residents Scholarship is intended to sup- ZIP Code, have an overall GPA members. In the photo above, from acknowledging FSU’s contribu- and Frostburg alumni. Ann port four local residents by 2021 of at least 3.0 and graduated from left are Richard Frush ’73, Donna tion to the quality of life in the ’93/M’96 teaches third grade – one in each class, as a new Mountain Ridge High School or It was a summer for baseball! Alumni joined together in July to see the Frederick Keys play in Martin,’78, her husband, the Rev. Mountain City. at Frost Elementary School. first-year recipient will be chosen Bishop Walsh School. Applicants Harry Grove Stadium. John Martin, and faculty member Gary “From its birth in 1898 as Gary ’91 works as a network each year. Previous recipients will must write one brief essay of 150 Phillips. In the photo right, are faculty State Normal School No. 2, this administrator in the Office of continue receiving the award for to 200 words, titled “Why I Love member Dr. Jay DeWire, Jeb Cliber educational institution has been Information Technology at FSU. ’17 and Abigail Hoague. up to four years if they remain My Hometown of Frostburg.” an economic driver and a center Joshua’s maternal grandfather, full-time FSU students and – Robert Spahr ’13 8 8 9 FOUNDATION Jim Anderson's Legacy Grows With NEWS Baseball Locker Room Naming By Robert Spahr ’13

ince 1994, a Homecoming just seeing how many people he Women’s Soccer Locker Room highlight has been the touched who wanted to be there Jim Anderson Memorial to support not just him, but us.” SBaseball Brunch, honoring Tom Corbitt ’79, Anderson’s Naming Honors Nightingales former Bobcat centerfielder Jim fraternity brother and teammate, The Anderson family gathered at Homecoming to dedicate the Baseball Locker Room in Dr. Norman Nightingale joins his granddaughter, Hannah Nightingale, at the locker room Anderson ’79, who succumbed was one of those supporters. memory of Jim Anderson ’79. From left are Brad Anderson; Mark Anderson, Jim’s brother; By Robert Spahr ’13 entrance. Hannah plays for Mary Washington’s soccer team, the Bobcats’ opponents the day of to leukemia in 1984 at just They met playing baseball before Jake Chavez; Jordyn Chavez (in front of Jake); Michael Botsaris; Nicholas Botsaris; Doris the dedication. the age of 27. The brunch has coming to Frostburg, where they Anderson, Jim’s mother; Lauren Chavez; Helen Botsaris, Jim’s sister; and Alex Botsaris. n October, a group of women how important FSU was to the “She understood what the united former players with the would become close friends. soccer players clustered out- Nightingales and the many ways University meant to her grand- current team each fall, having Corbitt has stayed close to the side a newly renovated locker they contributed to the success father, so she was very proud of begun with a series Anderson family. With no time to spare, Corbitt the guys, it’s the relationships, and room in the Cordts Physical of the University. Sadly, Juanita him,” said Brian. “Obviously, she’s of gifts to support “Jim was a great and Botsaris took the lead, calling it’s the stuff that happens on the Education Center, an entire Nightingale passed away in 2016 been told about him all her life, Bobcat baseball from guy. He had a ton of and reconnecting with Anderson’s bus and in the locker room." I Anderson’s mother, friends. He was very fraternity brothers, his teammates It was those relationships that team of Bobcats ... and one Mary prior to the naming event, but how he was a great halfback on Washington University Eagle. not before learning that the locker the soccer team, how that gene Doris Anderson, and personable, very intel- and friends. Anderson formed four decades They were awaiting the formal room would be dedicated in her pool probably carried through to his widow, Susan ligent, well-respected “It was really nice reconnecting ago that have kept his memory so dedication of the new space, the and her husband’s honor. her. … She was very happy that Karlheim ’81, on the baseball team,” with a lot of them that I haven’t fresh at FSU. As his friends and Bobcats because it would be their “Dad’s name will always be he was recognized.”  with the support of Corbitt said. “He was talked to lately. I told them what family reconnected, they shared new home, and the Eagle because there. My mom’s name will then-Head Coach a very good player … was going on, and everyone their memories. it was being named in honor Juanita and Dr. Norman Nightingale always be there. My mom Bob Wells. played as hard as can thought the world of Jim. Former Coach Wells made a of her grandparents, Professor and my dad were partners in For 2017, Jim Anderson ’79 be. He’d run through Everyone wanted to memorialize special return to Frostburg for the Emeritus Dr. Norman W. Brian watched his father’s work everything,” said Brian. “They did Anderson’s friends and the wall for you.” him and thought it was a tremen- dedication and found Jim’s sister Nightingale ’60/M’67 and his continue beyond the classroom everything together. To see both family moved to further preserve The sport was central to dous idea,” said Corbitt. “That’s and mother for an emotional wife, the late Juanita Nightingale. at home as Dr. Nightingale of their names up there was really his legacy, naming the newly Anderson’s life, said his sister, how it got legs.” reunion. Botsaris was awed to Hannah Nightingale, the graded papers into the evenings, something special for my brother renovated Bobcat baseball locker who remembered being “dragged The gifts and pledges came hear him speak about her brother Eagle whose team would play advanced his professional and me.” room in his memory. to all of his games.” Playing in quickly. By July, Corbitt and as if he’d only just passed away. the Bobcats later that day, is the knowledge to stay current in Supporting Bobcat women’s “I think for (our mother) – she collegiate baseball was a pivotal Botsaris had blown past their “He knows Jimmy’s statistics daughter of Brian Nightingale his field and worked summers. soccer is the culmination of sev- is 87 – to have a permanent opportunity for him. goal, ultimately raising about to this day, games where my ’85, who named the room in He would bring his sons and eral factors for Brian, beyond his fixture at the college gave her “He was a middle child, and $35,000 in gifts and pledges from brother’s performance changed honor of his parents and his neighborhood kids to campus to family ties to the University. His peace of mind in the event that he really did walk to the beat nearly 40 donors. the trajectory of the game,” family’s legacy at the University. learn from guest lecturers and feed father was a successful halfback the brunch ends up moving, shift- of his own drummer, but he Following the 2017 Anderson she said. Brian’s father served as a professor them lunch. for the Frostburg varsity men’s ing or not being what it is today,” was seriously dedicated to the Brunch, the attendees moved to Botsaris said her mother was of education at FSU for three “I saw how much time and soccer squad, earning a place New Named Funds said Helen Anderson Botsaris, game of baseball,” she said. “I the Cordts Physical Education very appreciative and absolutely stunned, particularly after so decades until retiring in 1997. effort teachers put into their on the all-South team. Brian’s (as of January 8, 2018) Anderson’s younger sister and a think that it helped focus him, Center to formally dedicate the “As long as I can remember, job that people just don’t daughter played for traveling driving force behind the naming gave him purpose. … I honestly Bobcat Baseball Locker Room: many years. Frostburg State University was see,” said Brian. “I said, this is teams and continues to play as a effort. “I really wanted her to see think baseball was much more In Memory of James “Jimmy” “To know that it still matters, just sort of part of my life. It something that he needs to be Mary Washington student-athlete. Steve Beauregard ‘87 that it’s a permanent dedication important than getting a degree,” Anderson ’79, Sigma Tau not just to her, but to others, to Gamma. have his memory preserved in a was never just my alma mater. recognized for.” While he couldn’t quite persuade Computer Science Scholarship … to give her some peace of mind she laughed. As a kid, I can’t tell you how More than a decade earlier, his daughter to continue in the that he wouldn’t be forgotten.” When FSU announced that it Before the ribbon cutting, permanent way at the college, it many Frostburg sporting events Brian created the Dr. Norman Frostburg footsteps, he was proud Botsaris was in college herself had renovated the baseball locker Head Coach Guy Robertson keeps his memory alive for her.” we went to, even before the PE W. Nightingale Education to support collegiate women’s Dr. William A. Gracie Scholarship when her brother was diagnosed. room, Corbitt and Jim’s eldest addressed why Bobcat baseball Editor's note: Sadly, Doris Anderson center was there,” said Brian, Scholarship to support students soccer at the school that meant so She was astonished at the support brother, Mark Anderson, named makes such a lasting impact on passed away on Feb. 18, shortly before who grew up in Frostburg with in the Department of Educational much to his family. Dr. David A. Ruth he received from his Sigma Tau a locker for Jim. Mark then players, and why the locker room Profile went to press. his brother, Mark Nightingale Professions. The award in his Hannah nonetheless was Math Education Scholarship Gamma fraternity brothers and wondered whether they could was a fitting memorial. ’82. “I went to all the football father’s honor has since helped pleased to see her grandparents Bobcat teammates. name the whole room, and they “This has been a special place To name a room at FSU in memory or games on Saturday. It was just nearly 20 students. recognized at the school that had “During his illness, that’s who approached the FSU Foundation. for us, a place where the guys can honor of a friend or loved one, contact our ritual.” Naming the women’s soccer played such a large role in her was at the hospital 24/7 with They would need to raise get together,” Robertson said. the FSU Foundation at 301.687.4068, or locker room in their honor family’s history. him, with us and supporting $25,000, and to name the room “When (college) is all over and visit www.frostburg.edu/foundation/ offered a concrete testament to his wife,” she said. “That’s really during Homecoming, they would everybody goes back and says ways-to-give/naming-opportunities/. what impacted me the most was have until summer to succeed. ‘What do you miss the most?’ It’s 10 11 FOUNDATION NEWS

bring to the table, but I have also Garcia encourages students to Amigos de Garcia Scholarship Brings been more critical of my work. chase their dreams, but to be smart You never really know who will be about it. DEDICATING A TREE OF PEACE By Robert Spahr ‘13 looking at what you are doing and “My biggest advice would be, Unique Opportunity for Creative Bobcats who they know in the business.” if you wanted to be a television After graduation, she intends writer, say, to keep writing. … to pursue graduate school and With every script you write, you’re a career in entertainment. Her going to learn something more. “I’M NOT GOING TO LIE, Phipps ’71. (See related story p. work has already impressed one At first, however, many are going it’s a dream come true!” said Greg 31). The Mass Communication entertainment veteran. to stink, and that doesn’t matter,” Garcia ’92 of his career in televi- professor emerita established “She’s very talented,” Garcia he said. “You’re going to keep sion. “To be able to go to work the Marjorie C. Phipps Mass said of Saylor. “Who knows? learning. ... Whatever you want and do what you love – I’m very, Communication Scholarship Maybe one day she’ll come to to do, you need to try to get in very aware of how lucky I am.” and the Dr. Tyra C. Phipps Los Angeles and be a wardrobe that world.” Since moving to California in Scholarship. designer for me.” Yet he also encourages dreamers pursuit of his dreams, Garcia has “She is someone that I look up Garcia recognizes the impor- to have realistic contingency plans. written and produced numerous to and who was very instrumental tance of experiences beyond “I think everyone should go for successful television projects, such in my positive experience at academics on personal and their dreams in a very realistic and as Yes, Dear; My Name Is Earl; Frostburg,” he said. “I knew that professional growth. Especially practical way,” said Garcia, attribut- Members of the Sandhir family, from left, Aneesh Sandhir, Vinay Sandhir, Raising Hope; The Millers and she did it and was inspired to start for writers, Garcia said, experi- ing the caveat to being a dad Dr. Ajai Sandhir, Mrs. Prabhat Sandhir and Dr. Sanjay Sandhir, stand beside The Guest Book. His first stage my own.” ences spark the development of himself. “Let’s go for everything, Frostburg’s new Tree of Peace and Humanity, which the Sandhir Foundation musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Garcia attributes much of his characters, story ideas, scenarios but at the same time, let’s look dedicated last fall on the International Day of Peace. An accompanying plaque debuts on Broadway in March (see success to that experience and the Three-time Amigos de Garcia scholarship recipient Rachel Saylor, a theatre major, submitted and more. for a soft landing place should we is inscribed, “Peace and Humanity: The Sandhir Foundation, 2017.” story p 6). opportunities he found at FSU. her creative costume designs as part of her scholarship application. At FSU, he hosted a show for need it.” The dedication was in connection with a presentation, arranged by Mrs. FSU students now have a “I learned a lot at Frostburg, the campus radio station, which With his own children now Sandhir, about the life work of Mahatma Gandhi, given by Srimati Karuna, unique opportunity to pursue not only in the classrooms but my whole idea to go out to “Man, everyone’s got talent and led to a job working for Tony college-bound, Garcia is encourag- director of the Gandhi Memorial Center. The tree, dedicated to honor Gandhi’s their own Hollywood dreams also just going there and making California,” Garcia said. is working hard,” Garcia said. Kornheiser, the Washington, ing them to look beyond the enduring message of humanity and peace, can be found in the plaza between through Garcia’s Amigos de a lot of great friends who I’m The class required Garcia to sub- Garcia also set the GPA D.C., sports journalist and radio classroom environment to maxi- the Gira Center and the Compton Science Center. Garcia Scholarship. still close with. I met my wife mit a completed television script to requirements for the Amigos de and TV personality. The two mize their experiences. Prabhat Sandhir arrived in Allegany County with her “I’m very fortunate that I’ve at Frostburg (Kimberly Ludke Warner Bros. Entertainment. Garcia Scholarship below that of a formed a friendship that has “There’s just so many opportu- husband in 1972. Her husband’s career as a physician been able to make a decent living Garcia ’93). I took a TV writing “Because of that, people at typical merit-based scholarship. continued ever since. nities of things to do in clubs and doing what I love to do, so the class at Frostburg that started Warner Bros. read my script, and “You don’t have to be an provided a comfortable life for their family, and the “And Tony had friends, activities. … You’re going to learn idea of giving back and helping amazing student to get my couple worked to give back to their community, including a friend who wrote for just as much outside the classroom people trying to do the same scholarship. There are other things forming the Sandhir Foundation in 2004. The Dr. Seinfeld, and when I went to Los as long as you’re willing to go out thing, that’s just something that is “I wanted it to be a little different from your we’re looking at,” Garcia said. Sikander and Mrs. Prabhat Sandhir Education Angeles, I ended up getting notes and do different things.”  very attractive to me,” he said. “Certainly, we do not frown upon Scholarship was established at FSU in 2012. on a script that I had written from He was inspired, in part, by normal scholarship.” good grades, but having a C is – Greg Garcia ’92 Tony’s friend, and that was very two scholarships established by not going to preclude you from helpful,” Garcia said. his former professor, Dr. Tyra getting the scholarship.” Even with that connection, In 2015, Garcia met several of finding success took years of hard that started my whole journey,” he the finalists for his scholarship in work and a fair share of luck, said. Frostburg. as well as a risky leap of faith. Garcia’s scholarship offers a “They got to ask me questions. Garcia said every Hollywood similar opportunity for today’s I got to ask them questions. And success story includes those three students, who submit a creative it was a lot of fun,” Garcia said. elements. work for critical review by a panel At that meeting, Garcia “When I came out here, I was of FSU faculty as part of the selec- announced the award’s primary lucky that I had parents who said, tion process. Some students have recipient for 2015-16: Rachel ‘Go do this. You’ll always kick been fortunate enough to receive Saylor, a theatre major whose yourself if you don’t try it, and Garcia’s professional feedback. costume designs impressed the you can always come back and “I wanted it to be a little differ- faculty panel. Her designs have work here,’” he said. ent from your normal scholarship,” earned her the award twice more. he said. “It was really incredible to meet Some of the types of creativity him and to speak to him about that have been submitted include my work and what I hope to do Meanwhile, Greg Garcia’s work as a creator of popular television sitcoms continues. TBS has poetry, a song that was composed in the future,” Saylor said. “Since One of Rachel Saylor’s early costume projects picked up his anthology series, The Guest Book, for a second season. Garcia wrote all 10 episodes and performed by the student, receiving the scholarship, I have was for the Department of Theatre and Dance’s of the first season and directed two, including the one shown here featuring Jaime Pressly, who a theatrical costume design and learned to be more confident in whimsical 2015 production of the children’s also starred in his series, My Name Is Earl. a play. my design work and in what I musical, “A Year With Frog and Toad.”

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Frostburg alumni, employees and other friends of the University have countless reasons for giving to By Robert Spahr ’13 Some Endowments Start the FSU Foundation, Inc. And they do so in ways that are nearly as varied as their motivation, methods With Dow (Jones) that fit different stages of life, income levels or goals. Dr. Michael Wilt ’69 long hoped to create Some are one-time gifts of cash, checks, property or stocks. Others are smaller, automatically a scholarship award for physics students at FSU, inspired by two former professors. One, recurring gifts that, in time, add up to significant contributions. Still others are planned years in The Power of Matching Gifts: Francis Tam, created a similar scholarship advance, to be realized only upon the donor’s passing. The stories that follow offer several examples. years earlier. Another, the late Dr. Edward The Buster Nelson Scholarship Stepp, mentored him as a student. Both helped prepare Wilt for a career across a variety In July, Bobcat Basketball Hall of Famer “The BSA meant a sense of identity, of of industries.

and Alumni Board of Directors member connection, and the mentorship,” Nelson Last year, Wilt Raymond “Buster” Nelson ’77 will mark said. “Mr. (William) and Mrs. (Pansye) established the One University: 35 years as owner-operator of a State Farm Atkinson and the students that were there Dr. Michael C. Insurance Agency in Fredericksburg, Va. before me helped me understand how to Wilt Physics A World of Ways to Give Over his career, he has told many clients and adapt to college, classes, the schedule.” Scholarship with employees how instrumental Frostburg was Nelson’s ability to be comfortable regard- a gift of stock, in his development, providing the acumen less of his surroundings proved invaluable allowing him to and cultural skills he needed to thrive in in business. His first job out of college again endow the award business – even the connection that drew placed him in a primarily white setting, but immediately. him to Fredericksburg and State Farm. he was prepared. When he followed two Rather than Set It and Forget It: The Easy Option The Ultimate Gift The eldest child of two blue-collar workers Bobcat basket- Dr. Michael Wilt ’69 selling the stock, With automated giving, anyone can make Money – we can’t take it with us, but, with growing up in the segregated projects of ball teammates paying capital a sizeable difference at Frostburg without foresight, we can choose where it goes, Portsmouth, Va., Nelson almost skipped col- to State Farm in gains taxes and donating the proceeds, Wilt making a large one-time gift. Frostburg including to support a cause we hold dear. lege. Few in his neighborhood had gone. But Fredericksburg donated the stock directly. That method trans- offers several different automated-giving Individuals who plan a gift from their estate to his mother encouraged him, convincing him for a claims ferred the stock’s full value to the endowment. options, including payroll deduction for the FSU Foundation become members of an to skip the Air Force and enroll in college. adjuster posi- “Giving this way, financially, it works out FSU employees. exclusive group: the Old Main Society. His younger siblings would follow him. tion, Nelson’s from that perspective for both the school Bill Mandicott For , assistant vice Jane H. Grindel ’32, who died in 2015 at Recently, using State Farm’s corporate gift- personality and and me,” said Wilt, who was honored with president for Student & Community the age of 103, was an Old Main member who matching program to compound the power business educa- the Alumni Achievement Award in 1992. “I Dr. Lea Buster Involvement (SCI), and his wife made the most of her final act. Outliving her of his giving, Nelson established the tion caught wanted to start a scholarship, and this is a Messman-Mandicott Nelson Scholarship , director of the Lewis close relatives and friends, Grindel decided to for first-generation corporate good way to do it.” J. Ort Library, giving through payroll deduc- business students at FSU. Many employers Dr. Lea Messman-Mandicott and Bill Mandicott leave considerable attention, and Raymond “Buster” Nelson ’77 The scholarship supports physics majors tion became a habit years ago. gifts to two scholar- offer similar programs, in which the busi- he was soon with at least a 3.0 GPA, with a preference for “Civic commitment is the responsibility ships at FSU. ness makes a gift to match part or all of its recruited to operate his own agency. students with financial need. of citizens to make a difference in their Foundation funding has also helped sus- Grindel’s employee’s contribution. Over 35 years as a State Farm agent, he “Physics really trains you to solve problems. community,” Mandicott said. “FSU has been tain the popular Cultural Events Series, host education began The Buster Nelson Scholarship offers pref- has led one of State Farm’s top producing It allows you to look at problems across all at the center of our community for almost student leadership trainings, send students at Maryland State erence to participants in the Black Student agencies, earning every award the company kinds of fields, and how to approach a prob- 30 years, and from day one, we have been on Alternative Spring Break to volunteer in Normal School Alliance or the TRiO Student Support bestows, appearing in State Farm com- lem,” Wilt said. “The ability to solve problems committed to supporting our University, distressed communities and much more. No. 2 (now FSU), Services program, both of which helped him mercials and serving on numerous corporate allowed me to play in a lot of different func- students, colleagues and community.” “As individuals, sometimes you think you spending her first adapt to college life. leadership committees and boards. tional areas.” Over their careers, Mandicott and can’t make a difference,” Mandicott said. eight years in the Frostburg was Nelson’s first exposure to Nelson’s Frostburg degree helped him Wilt’s first leadership experience came Jane Grindel ’32 Messman-Mandicott have given tens of “You’re influencing a project or initiative, campus model a primarily white environment. He was provide a comfortable life for his family, as founder and president of the Society for thousands of dollars to support causes at something that will move the institution school. She returned one of just two African-American business allowing him to show them a much bigger Physics Students at Frostburg, and those les- FSU, including in their own areas and to forward, and there’s power in that that you as a college student to earn her teaching majors at the time. Coming from the South, world than he knew as a child. He knows sons came in handy multiple times throughout support the work of their colleagues. don’t even realize.” certificate in 1932, and became a teacher and he expected to encounter racial friction at what a transformation education can make his career. Dr. Messman-Mandicott’s predecessor, As campus leaders, Mandicott and guidance counselor. She served as president Frostburg, but his experience proved to be in a person’s life, and thanks to matching While creating his scholarship, Wilt David Gillespie , often sang the praises of Messman-Mandicott see another purpose in of the Cumberland and Frostburg chapters different. gifts, he was able to pass on that experi- explored the current physics curricula at FSU the FSU Foundation. She saw the difference their recurring giving: modeling the way for of the American Association of University “It was just like everyone was accepted ence to FSU students sooner than he ever to see how his department had evolved over it made firsthand. students and younger staff. It’s a habit that Women, an organization she was part of for for who they were. We all had one common thought possible. time. “So often, creative initiatives cannot be was modeled for them. seven decades. She was also a member of the goal: to get a college degree,” he said. “So “The number of electives and the range are funded through state funds, so you need Automatic giving is also stress-free. FSU Foundation Board. In 1993, Grindel was race wasn’t an issue.” fascinating in terms of what’s available,” Wilt some other source of financial support,” she “Why give through payroll? Because it’s honored as Frostburg’s Woman of the Year. Still, the culture shock was palpable. said. “There wasn’t anything like that when I Frazer Nelson ’78 said. easy. Because you don’t have to worry about In 2015, Grindel left her estate to support Nelson said his brother, , was at school.” Foundation funds have helped Messman- it,” Mandicott said. “It eases what I call the the American Association of University neatly summarized the experience: “The two Mandicott to reposition the Ort Library ‘giving pain.’ Unless you win $1 million in Women Frostburg Scholarship, which she’d things we learned at Frostburg were lasagna as a community meeting place and partner the lottery, it’s easier just to do it along the helped create in the 1970s, and the Jane H. and lacrosse.” To explore all of the ways to support FSU, review the in educational activities, such as with the way. You don’t always realize what the impact Grindel Endowed Scholarship, which she At Frostburg, BSA helped Nelson feel resources at www.frostburg.edu/foundation/ Harry Potter Book Night, an event held of that is.” established in 1998. The awards had already more comfortable. ways-to-give, or call the FSU Foundation at every February that brings hundreds of local helped dozens of Frostburg students, and children into the library. Grindel’s ultimate gift ensured that her legacy 301.687.4068. will benefit countless generations to come. 14 15 Materials engineering capstone projects provide an opportunity for students to conceive, test and produce a product to Student Engineers Getting a Head Start ready them for their careers. “Teams display and pitch their inven- tions and marketability to an engineering panel of FSU faculty members and on the Future of Manufacturing invited academia and industrial guests, while competing for top honors every May,” Liu said. “Capstone projects serve as the foundation and preparation for most job or internship interviews and Capstone projects provide an opportunity for magine a day when your wintertime flight These students are learning a new wave of isn’t delayed so the airplane can be doused electronics “nanomanufacturing” by pro- may also help shape many engineers’ engineering students to conceive, test and Iwith deicing solution. Or your rear- gramming, building and testing a futuristic career paths.” produce a product. window defroster instantly melts ice without product themselves. Products are now com- visible lines. ing to market for similar inventions, where HOW THIN FILM HEATERS WORK Undergraduate materials engineering thin-filmed materials are placed on airfoils to The magic happens on a microscopic Contact is made with a polyamide film to transmit a temperature reading to a themistor, a resistor used to read temperature. majors are getting hands-on experience in deice a plane without chemicals, along with level, using a zigzag nanocarbon circuit advancing that technology. A team of six applications in automobiles. The undergrad- design with a carbon-based “ink” contain- students created a prototype for a high- uate research shines a light on using low-cost ing carbon nanotubes. The ink is inserted Students programmed an Arduino board CREATING A FUTURE powered, low-voltage heater applied to a materials and supplies for nanomanufactur- into refillable printer cartridges at the FSU to record data for the system and installed The students said they feel more prepared thin plastic film. Working from published ing, said Dr. Zhen Liu, assistant professor of materials engineering laboratory, and the a thermistor, a type of resistor used to read for life after graduation because of their research, they were able to use a desktop physics and engineering. nanotubes are then printed onto polyamide temperature. That data was fed into a pro- experience in this course. inkjet printer that could be purchased from The six students involved in the film through the HP printer. gram called MATLAB to model the film's “The Engineering Department has pre- By Charles Schelle any office supply store. creation, Stacey Acheampong ’17, Jacob “This team further discovered that resistance and temperature at various power pared me for the professionalism and work “The product that we created is Lichtenberg ’17, Garrett Kessell, Javeau carbon nanotube thin-film heaters are more levels. ethic involved in becoming an engineer,” similar to the defroster lines on the Robinson, Jonathan Walton and Witt, were energy-efficient and have far superior heating “This was our analysis for the product Witt said. “I’m hoping after graduation to back of car windows,” said senior participating in their materials engineering properties than current thin-film heaters,” for the different voltages we applied to the continue with a master’s engineering pro- Tucker Witt. “Our applications capstone project. The peer-reviewed project Liu said. “These heaters will be applicable to circuit to see if it worked at different voltages gram or continue in the workforce.” could reach further, as this could was presented at the 2017 Materials Science any system that requires thin-film heaters, and what temperatures we could reach at Acheampong hopes that her time at FSU be a clear heater that could be & Technology conference in Pittsburgh in while being cost-effective.” different voltages,” Lichtenberg said. will lead her to a dream of engineering a applied to glass and low-voltage October. The conference abstract was pub- Quick science lesson: What is a carbon The system was most efficient at 25 volts product that could help reduce automobile electronics.” lished and will be listed as an invited project nanotube? of power passing through 300 printed fatalities. at MS&T’s upcoming proceedings. “Carbon nanotubes – specifically single- carbon nanotube layers, rapidly heating “I love problem solving,” she said. “There’s A Tam Student Science Research Award walled carbon nanotubes – are a graphene up to 125 C and rapidly cooling to room always a problem to solve.” from the FSU Foundation was layer (a single layer of carbon atoms) that temperature. Sometimes, problem solving isn’t presented to Acheampong, are rolled up into cylinder shapes,” said While FSU students used desktop equation-based – it’s how to work on a large Lichtenberg and Lichtenberg, who graduated with his physics inkjet printers, if the concept would ever be group project. Witt to travel degree in spring 2017 and is wrapping up produced at scale for mass production, more “I’ve learned a lot about working with in support of his materials engineering degree. “We use advanced and expensive equipment would people. I’m a very introverted person,” she research and these to produce a highly charged electrical be needed, including a benchtop printer said. “After working with this big group of present at the current that will produce heat.” – at a cost of a new car – which allows for six people, I’ve made really good friends. conference. The current passes through a zigzag printing on full sheets of polyamide film, When you’re an engineer, everyone has a pathway that is designed in such a way that Lichtenberg said. part, and all those parts come together to the current quickly produces a high heat create one result.” and then cools to room temperature almost Lichtenberg, who has accepted a job offer instantly. from Orbital ATK for mechanical design, said he was able to learn a little bit of every- thing involved with engineering at FSU. “I’ve gotten all the different views from the engineering standpoint,” Lichtenberg said, from doing hands-on work, compu- tational tasks and intensive project work, all of which he is sure will show off the kind of skills that Frostburg produces in its graduates. “My experience at Frostburg State has  Tucker Witt Jacob Lichtenberg ’17 Stacey Acheampong ’17 been second to none.” The students were able to adapt a similar invention and adjust it to low-cost materials and supplies, such as a consumer model inkjet printer. 16 17 define standards and expectations of what this would look like. Coppin-Frostburg Partnership Prepares Teachers These one-week internships take place following the education majors’ six-week internship at their home institution’s profes- sional development schools. Students also For All Classroom Environments complete group site visits to partner schools earlier in the process. By Charles Schelle “We tried many different models of people observing and spending time in Baltimore The lessons for these teacher candidates extend to an understanding of their own backgrounds and a much greater chance to improve student classrooms, but we never found a collabora- learning. That was the ultimate goal. We tive model that is so well-coordinated to pro- assumptions and how that affects their teaching, as well as insight into how a student’s environment have a greater goal of inclusive excellence.” vide these students with experiences beyond impacts learning. The challenge was worth pursuing for observation,” Rotruck said. “Now they are Coppin student Kayla Moore, left, assists with an activity in the first-grade classroom of Jennifer Arbogast ’04/M’12, right, at faculty at Coppin and Frostburg to take participating in diverse environments.” Beall Elementary School in Frostburg. hen Brianna Hopkins ’17 needed as diverse across the state as the geography, prospective teachers out of their comfort These teacher candidates examine their a student to behave, she thought and if teacher candidates can figure out how zones to expand their skillset by managing own stereotypes – along with their back- some rural communities and the lack of racial also interned at Route 40 Elementary School staring down the student with a stern to navigate unfamiliar terrain in two starkly classrooms in a different part of the state, ground, upbringing and misconceptions diversity in K-12 schools. in Garrett County, where she opened up the Wlook might do the trick. different Maryland classrooms, they can Rotruck said. about teaching in urban or rural schools – “One of the students’ assumption was eyes of some rural, white children. In Baltimore’s Gwynns Falls Elementary teach anywhere in the country. “FSU instructors believe their students and check them at the door. that African-American students would face “I had kids who were brushing my skin School, it worked flawlessly. At Mount To make this program possible, Coppin need every opportunity to meet the chal- “Until somebody asks you to do it, you economic challenges. In rural areas that are because they thought my skin was going to Savage Elementary School, located in a small and Frostburg – both part of the University lenges of today’s classroom. We want to pro- don’t think about how your culture influences predominately white, poverty is still a major feel different because it was brown. I didn’t Allegany County town, the student giggled. System of Maryland – collaborated to vide as many opportunities for their success,” your instruction and your decision making,” aspect that impacts a student’s life, emotional mind, and I was happy to share with them Lesson learned for Hopkins. redesign curriculum to improve teacher Rotruck said. “This Coppin partnership said FSU Professor of Educational Professions development,” Huang said. “That’s one thing that we’re all humans,” said Hopkins, who “She said, ‘Miss Hopkins, why are you effectiveness and student success. Coppin has definitely changed their perspective and Dr. Janet Mattern, who is the FSU site that they were able to connect to – that is African-American. “We have different looking at me like that? Is there something was awarded a five-year, $3.6 million Teacher allowed them to grow as teachers.” director for P2P. students faced challenges in rural and urban shades of skin, but that doesn’t matter. You in your eye?’” Hopkins said. “I thought that Quality Partnership Grant to develop the Here’s how students identify how their environments.” get hungry; I get hungry. You get thirsty; I it was funny because it was such a culture partnership with Frostburg State. personality and their way of life influence The experiences help teacher candidates get thirsty. If someone says something mean difference.” Dr. Yi Huang, associate dean/associate HOW PATHWAYS 2 PROFESSIONS WORKS their teaching: make adjustments. That could be something to you, it hurts your feelings. The same with That’s the point of a new U.S. professor of CSU College of Arts and To understand how teacher candidates In the first phase, FSU and CSU education as little as enforcing certain classroom rules mine. It was nice to have that experience.” Department of Education grant-funded Sciences and Education, is the author can work outside of a system, it’s important majors conduct site visits at professional like raising a hand to ask or answer a question Hopkins learned how much and how little program implemented through Coppin State and principal investigator of the grant. to know how they work within a system to development schools to observe classrooms or if certain students are more comfortable race is part of the conversation in education. University and FSU: to allow teacher can- Dr. Kim Rotruck M’94, acting associate become a teacher. and gain initial exposure to schools in a with using a tablet instead of pen and paper, Hopkins attended a predominately white didates to be prepared for anything in any dean of FSU’s College of Education, is the Maryland’s Professional Development different part of the state. The first visits took Mattern said. elementary school. She said she had to adjust classroom. It’s called Pathways 2 Professions, co-principal investigator. They designed the Schools, where teacher candidates complete place in October. FSU and CSU students “Until you start unpacking those things, to a different culture in middle school, which or P2P, and it officially launched last fall. program with faculty from both institutions their required 100-day internships, are collaborated on assignments online and you don’t even realize you do it because it’s was more of a diverse melting pot, then adjust Maryland is in many ways a miniature as well as partners with various agencies. affiliated with a higher education institution developed curriculum together. just a part of who you are,” Mattern said. again at a predominately African-American America, with mountains in the west “Teachers are the single most important within their region. In the second phase, which is occurring “The way you were raised influences every high school, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. transitioning to farmland and cities and factor in terms of impacting if a student can FSU, for instance, has partner schools during the spring of 2018, FSU students have interaction you have.” Her schooling background taught her a lot, then to sandy beaches along the Chesapeake learn and improve or not,” Huang said. “By in Allegany County, Washington County, a one-week internship, or residential clinical The program isn’t intended to make teach- but it’s another aspect to teach students accus- Bay and Atlantic Ocean. The population is improving teacher effectiveness, you have western Frederick County and eastern rotation, in an urban professional develop- ers feel like they have to have all the answers, tomed to certain environments. Garrett County. CSU’s network extends to ment school near Coppin. CSU students do said Dr. Boyce Williams, interim dean for The young students Hopkins taught were several Baltimore city schools in a 3-mile the same at an FSU professional development FSU’s College of Education. not fixated on race, she said. radius of the campus. network school. Teacher-candidates must “You give them the tools they need, not “I realized after this internship that children CSU and FSU, both with nationally complete P2P competency-based activities to to be able to solve all the problems children don’t see color unless you make it a big deal. accredited teaching programs, ensure that be part of this experience. come with, but to have been exposed to They just want to be loved, regardless if it’s the schools and teachers they work with in Students who successfully complete best practices and to know that I need to Allegany County or Baltimore City Public these K-12 sites are meeting standards to components of the program are awarded P2P seek help,” such as from a school nurse or Schools,” Hopkins said. “They just want to teach future teachers. Also, it helps that the MicroCredentials that will appear on their psychologist, Williams said. “I’m expected to learn, and they want to be loved.” schools are in a defined area to prevent, for transcripts to show they acquired specialized teach all students, but I can’t be everything That’s the key: that all children deserve to example, a Garrett County teacher having to skills through this unique experience. to all. But I certainly ought to know and be taught and to feel validated. And if teacher drive to Ocean City for a required site visit. identify when there is some type of need, an candidates like Hopkins can recognize that, The multi-layered P2P program provides issue or a challenge, and be able to go to the the program will be a success by improving an additional opportunity within the FROM BIG SAVAGE MOUNTAIN TO BALTIMORE resources for support.” both teachers and students. 100-day internship to practice teaching to When students traded places in a pilot “Brianna will be able to teach anywhere. a different demographic in a contrasting clinical round, their perceptions changed. The idea is that sometimes urban and rural geographical setting. This can happen FSU students learned why Baltimore “THEY WANT TO BE LOVED” schools are very similar but also very differ- because of the support that each university public schools require uniforms, experienced Hopkins, a Baltimore resident, was part of ent,” Huang said. “The idea is now they have provides to the K-12 sites. The Coppin- a city where minorities are the majority and a pilot test of the program before the official the advantage over the typical teacher prepara- Frostburg partnership works because it’s a saw students facing the same issues that launch, teaching at Gwynns Falls Elementary tion program. They actually have that kind of Brianna Hopkins ’17 teaches math to students at Gwynns Falls Elementary School students in Baltimore, where she now defined set of schools, along with college students in Western Maryland face. CSU in Baltimore and at Mount Savage experience.”  teaches full-time. She interned there as part of the pilot test of the new Pathways 2 Professions diversity exchange experience. faculty who already worked together to students could see the effects of poverty in Elementary School, outside of Frostburg. She 18 19 INTRIGUING INTERNS DEMONSTRATE AN ECLECTIC WORLD OF LEARNING LEARNING AN OPERA FESTIVAL’S EXPERIENCES INS AND OUTS By Charles Schelle Sometimes the perks of an internship are reason “Before I came here I didn’t know much enough to say yes. about opera,” Hemphill said. “I saw ‘Pirates Alexandra Hemphill '17 worked as a box of Penzance’ before, and that was it.” Shanna Marcelino, Chemistry Major reat internships enhance what BEFRIENDING THE SHARKS office intern at the Utah Festival of Opera Hemphill received great career experience students learn in the classroom and Musical Theatre in Logan, Utah. The for her theatre major in the acting track and paid internship gave her a behind-the-scenes her minor in marketing. Abiodun Olojo has a plan in place for his career, to better prepare them for their look and training of a professional theatre As the box office intern, she learned FINDING WHAT’S and his internship with boutique creative firm SRB dream jobs. Last summer, more FSU company, both in the box office and on stage. specialized ticketing software, talked to BAD IN BEER Communications solidified that. The world-renowned event is a five-week advertisers and spoke to competition winners. studentsG discovered engaging and interesting The College Park resident wants to become summer festival founded by accomplished She was considered a member of the theatre Shanna Marcelino can’t think of beer the same ways to gain valuable experience. They also a chief marketing officer for a Fortune 500 operatic singer Michael Ballam in the city an company during her internship, which also way ever again. company, and what better place to start demonstrate that anything is possible as hour north of Salt Lake City. gave her free access to classes to learn about Marcelino looked at certain flavor than with an internship in ultra-competitive “It showed me that I know what it takes auditioning, finding a manager and other properties of beer using a gas chromatog- Frostburg students. Washington, D.C.? to be in a professional opera company,” said professional development topics. raphy mass spectrometer at her internship “I knew D.C. was a small pond with big She Abiodun Olojo, Business Administration Major Hemphill, who has appeared at FSU in “It broadened my view of theatre,” she with Shimadzu in Columbia, Md. The “We have the ability to build strong sharks, and there are two ways to survive,” Stoops to Conquer; I Love You, You’re Perfect, said. “It opened up a lot more doors for me. Japanese company manufactures scientific relationships not only with the students, Olojo said. “The first way is to become a guide the client. He was able to specify Now Change; and Seussical. It really helped me understand the whole equipment. This one analyzes and identi- shark. The second way is to befriend a shark, what would and wouldn’t work, some- She’s been so busy with theatre productions finished product to put a show on.” fies compounds. but we’re building strong relationships with and I did that with SRB.” thing he couldn’t have done without his that she hasn’t had the opportunity to partici- She also had opportunities to watch the Marcelino’s beer experiment isn’t one organizations that are interested in taking on Olojo is a business administration major FSU experience. pate in one of the Opera Theatre productions top-notch productions of The Hunchback of where you’d want to do a taste test. Her with a marketing concentration and a graphic “The big thing everyone talks about is the at FSU. The Utah Festival of Opera helped Notre Dame, Madama Butterfly Seussical FSU students,” said Amy Robison Shimko and , supervisor provided an design minor. He put all of those skills difference in the knowledge you learn in the fill that void. the show in which she played Gertrude last IPA and a Shiner ’94, director of Student Development. together to work for a pro bono client at classroom and outside of the classroom. The fall at FSU. “That also meant rubbing elbows Strawberry Blonde his internship, mapping out a logo choice, thing I love about FSU is they cut that differ- with opera stars and hearing advice from that were past their Experiences include learning the legal system website rebranding, newsletters, social media ence – they reduce that margin,” said Olojo. Actors Equity members. best-by dates to examine and a launch party. Olojo’s 32 hours a week at SRB by helping prevent immigration marriage The internship showed Hemphill that she’s the not-so-pleasant side of He wasn’t just handed any client. He Communications was enhanced through on her way to following her dreams. beers, like a metallic taste fraud, fundraising with the Washington had the pressure of doing work for Rodney The Washington Center for Internships and “It’s strengthening my love of theatre and or a skunky aroma. Redskins Charitable Foundation and analyzing Brooks, who is the senior writer and editor Academic Seminars. The experience included shows me that a career in theatre doesn’t have “Anything that is unsatisfy- of SRB Communications, and husband to a Tuesday night course in strategic communi- to be only acting,” she said. “It’s showing me unappealing beer flavors. Other interns ing,” said Marcelino, who is founder and CEO Shelia Brooks. Rodney cation, advising and professional development that I definitely want to do this with my life, also pursuing a concentration in mapped trails, assisted weary travelers at Brooks worked for 30 years as a deputy feedback from his instructor and participation and these are the steps that I have to take to biochemistry. managing editor and personal finance and Alexandra Hemphill ’17, Theatre Major a luxury Tel Aviv hotel, trained police dogs in community service. do it.” The experiment’s aim was to show retirement columnist for USA Today, as well different uses for the gas chromatography or rebranded a marketing client. All of the as a columnist for The Washington Post. Now mass spectrometer. She created a poster students’ experiences allowed them to apply retired from newspapers, he wanted a new about her research for a future expo or look for his freelance and consulting work. the education they had received in their conference. The internship crystalized Olojo’s goals. Marcelino got hands-on experience classrooms. “I found clarity with what I wanted to do,” Working with German Shepherds and Belgian using the gas chromatography mass he said. LAW ENFORCEMENT Malinois, Oakley had to pick up some German to give spectrometer, including troubleshooting. “An internship allows the student to learn so Olojo also absorbed the experience, seeing TRAINING GOING TO commands. It was a world away from playing with his At Frostburg, she was introduced to that how the firm worked with large clients like much more about themselves, what they’re THE DOGS beagle Harley at home. instrument and was taught how to read Exelon, which oversees power “While there were a bunch of commands, it was results on a chromatogram, readying her passionate about and what skills companies like BGE, like learning English – you knew what the words are for the internship. Constellation and Pepco. Growing up, senior Paul Oakley always had a they have gained,” Shimko said. “It dog in his house and always had a passion for law supposed to be,” he said. Marcelino initially had an interest in “Having all of these Oakley’s training for the 18-month-old dogs included forensics before the internship, but that is almost critical in this day and skilled people around enforcement, thanks to his grandfather. obedience training, drug sniffing and retrieval. He might have changed. me and being able to He started putting those pieces together with his Paul Oakley, Law and Society Major age for students to have also was able to go on ride-alongs to see how K9s “I feel like I’d want to work for a scien- walk around and experi- internship at the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office K9 are deployed in the field and received professional tific instrument manufacturing company, hands-on, real-life work ence how they get their Unit. Oakley now plans to apply to the sheriff’s office development advice from deputies. different, being in law enforcement,” Oakley said. because you’d get to do all these different experience,” Shimko said. work done and how their to start his dream job. “You hear that every FSU helped Oakley prepare for the internship applications and any project you’d want to thought process worked was “It’s been something I always wanted to do, a day is going to with his Common Law course and his writing do,” she said. really interesting,” Olojo said. career in law enforcement, and if I could, to have a be different, and classes, to hone his communications skills when The internship taught dog on top of that,” Oakley said about working for his when you’re out writing to law enforcement officers and the public. Olojo how to please and hometown patrol agency. there, every day is 20 21 BUILDING TRUST IN RECREATIONAL THERAPY

Jillian Steinert has seen how building trust included classic water games, arts and crafts, and of Frostburg as part of her classes, as well as the Her time at St. Vincent’s Villa provided her can blossom into an opportunity for children and themed activities for a multicultural day. annual city Easter event. with a wider perspective of children with teenagers. When she provided the children with individual “It helped me become a little more comfortable differing needs. Steinert worked as a recreational therapy intern attention, she saw how they transitioned from being in the field,” she said. “It forced me to go out and “I took this internship because I never worked Cassidy Zagone ’17, Mass Communication Major meet new people and different organizations.” with children with emotional and behavioral at St. Vincent’s Villa in Timonium, where the Catholic disinterested to being eager to join her, while they Amanda Sirleaf, Law and Society Major Charities program provides therapy for children with exercised and had fun. issues before,” Steinert said. “I wanted to broaden GOING FOR THE behavioral and emotional needs. Steinert is in the therapeutic recreation concentration my spectrum with a different population.” HELPING VICTIMS “One thing I learned here that I didn’t learn within her recreation and parks management major. It also helps that she’s found a connection to GOAL IN HER FIELD in a classroom is how to build relationships with Therapeutic recreation has been her calling since she help guide her: Her supervisor at St. Vincent’s, OF FRAUD children, with me becoming closer to the children, volunteered at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Trisha Orndorff Ey ’01, is an FSU alumna! Cassidy Zagone is a diehard Washington Redskins Amanda Sirleaf is familiar with the barriers that and them getting to know me,” Steinert said. Perry Point while in high school. She hopes to work with “Making those connections in a professional fan with a passion for promoting events. Being immigrants face becoming U.S. citizens. As a recreation therapy intern, Steinert led children or veterans as a full-time job. way has really helped me out,” Steinert said. the special events and development intern for the group therapy sessions, conducted assessments While at FSU, she helped play a role in planning Her father is from Liberia and her mother is from Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation felt like a and created summer camp activities. The activities the annual Halloween party and parade for the city Sierra Leone, each of whom had their own journey dream come true. Jillian Steinert ’17, Recreation and Parks Management Major to the U.S., where they met, married and have lived “I think this experience is the best thing I’ve done happily ever since. with my time here at Frostburg,” said Zagone, who Sirleaf’s internship dealt with an aspect of has a concentration in event planning and a minor in SERVING GUESTS AT INTERCONTINENTAL American immigration and marriage that was foreign public relations. VIRTUALLY TRAVELING THE GLOBE to her, and to her parents’ experience. Zagone took an in-depth look at how a charitable TO MAKE MAPS DAVID HOTEL IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL As a legal intern for the nonprofit Victims of foundation attached to a National Football League Immigration Fraud in Frederick, Md., Sirleaf prepared Paul Churchyard traveled all over the country last You can tell Audrey Aron is a people pleaser with “He was very appreciative. We ended up franchise works with players, staff, team alumni, materials for legal cases for American citizens who, summer without leaving his office. her wide smile. having a really great conversation. I helped donors and community organizations during her him get everything he needed, get him situ- with the expectation that they had married an summer at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. That’s because he mapped trails for the That was put to the test to see how the immigrant out of love, found themselves entangled Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s website traillink. recreation and parks management major ated,” she said. “He was very, very grateful for Zagone was tasked with organizing and executing in a fraudulent relationship designed solely to gain com. The Washington, D.C., nonprofit could make guests feel at ease after long that one interaction.” the silent auction for the 56th Annual Welcome Home citizenship. The citizens who were defrauded then has been vital in helping convert unused international flights, wanting to get a good Her duties at the luxury hotel and resort Luncheon, which is the foundation’s biggest event of found it difficult to win their cases. railroads into recreational trails, including the night’s sleep at the InterContinental David included taking care of VIPs’ requests, all with the year. She was tasked with filing regular reports Great Allegheny Passage that runs through Tel Aviv Hotel & Resort in Israel. her limited Hebrew, and making sure airline “We’re trying to help American citizens being and an annual report, doing outreach, acquiring silent crews have everything they need so they can played by our system,” Sirleaf said. Frostburg. Paul Churchyard ’17, Earth Science and Geography Major Aron’s nightly courtesy calls to guests auction items and learning that Excel spreadsheets are “It’s a dream internship that allowed me to (sometimes to every single room in the check in and go straight to sleep. The busy She learned during her internship how dishonest her friend when it comes to staying organized. apply my knowledge in the practical sense,” hotel) were one way she developed quick- tourism season also brought in athletes com- foreign national spouses have made use of a loophole “I really enjoy that they trust me with some of peting in the Maccabiah Games.” in the K-1 Fiancé(e) visa he said. maps and exploring places he’s never been, thinking customer service skills. these bigger projects,” she said. Aron, who practices Judaism, loves Israel. system, exploiting This summer, he mapped trails in several finding a way to navigate areas to help “Being able to resolve problems on your The internship has inspired Zagone to pursue event The internship was facilitated through Masa the protections that states, including the Green Circle Trail in others. feet, being able to deal with different types Israel Journey’s Career Israel, which included planning career opportunities in sports or with a Wisconsin and the C.J. Ramstad/North Shore “You really need to do something of people, it was cool being able to learn the Violence Against a $1,000 scholarship to help offset her travel sports foundation. State Trail in Minnesota, part of an extensive like this to get a view of how you’re different tactics to make sure they’re happy Women Act provides expenses. She fell in love with the artisan “I like that all of our events raise money to benefit snowmobile trail network. actually using what you’re learning in the with what we are providing them,” she said. to help victims of town Tzfat and also toured Jerusalem, the amazing programs in our community,” she said. “I look at satellite imagery and compile classroom and apply it to the real world,” “That can apply to almost any job.” domestic abuse. Western Wall and other holy landmarks. Zagone parlayed her summer internship to information from other sources to create Churchyard said. One day she took matters in her own They make false Being in Israel also allowed her to have a full return as a Game Day intern for the foundation last digital maps of existing trails and new The internship gave him a sense of the hands to help a Canadian man who had a abuse claims, Shabbat experience, when businesses would fall, where she helped with marketing and new trails,” Churchyard said. type of workload and constraints he’d rough travel day. He spent 30 hours on a which allow close each week for Judaism’s day of rest. strategies for the 50/50 raffle, which benefits the Churchyard’s work face in a full-time job, as well as what it flight and was still waiting for his luggage to the accuser “It brought me back to my roots, and it foundation. included layering would be like to continue to take classes arrive at his room 45 minutes after checking to stay in the was really nice to be with people who have Being involved at FSU and having the satellite with a career. He was also part of The in. With no bellhops around in the middle country longer one common ground,” she said. “We’d do a prior internship, also through FSU, imagery with Washington Center for Internships and of the night, she took the bags up to the and avoid the Shabbat meals, and it made me feel at home.” waypoints, Academic Seminars, where every week he guest herself. Aron could see how a small helped prepare her for this high-profile After graduation, Aron plans to find a job consequences such as park- would take a forensic psychology course gesture improved a guest’s experience. opportunity. Zagone is a member of the with an after-school program as a launching of a fraudulent ing lots and and receive advising and career advice. University Programming Council, where pad for her career. Her dream is to create relationship. restrooms, and “One of the assignments required she does event planning, and was in her own program for children in at-risk Sirleaf also learned how to make a using Google us to do two informational interviews charge of planning Greek Week as the vice neighborhoods. Freedom of Information Act request to Maps Streetview with people in D.C. within our field,” president of Greek Council. “It starts with the youth,” Aron said. “It gain access to the records of nonprofit to create the Churchyard said. “It was a good experi- “Working with Coop (FSU Director of makes a huge impact to make sure kids are in organizations that may have helped digital map. ence for networking and to get to know Student Activities Robert Cooper), every little a safe environment, they’re doing everything people to manipulate the system. He had a great time people in the field whom you can lean on thing I experienced with UPC, I took away from and they need to be doing and are on the right “I just learned so much that I diving into online in the future.” used here,” she said. track.” didn’t know existed about the whole Audrey Aron, Recreation and Parks Management Major immigration process,” Sirleaf said.  22 23 BOBCAT Parker Inducted Into the Frederick Soccer Hall of Fame Brian Parker ’92, who completed his 16th season at the helm of the Frostburg State women’s Porter said. That could include soccer program last fall, was inducted into the priority registration for student- Frederick County Soccer Hall of Fame following Alumna Exercises Leadership on NCAA D-III athletes at the institutional level, SPORTS the season. advocating to allow Division I The Hall of Fame honors those whose Student-Athlete Committee graduate students with a year of contributions to the sport of soccer in Frederick eligibility to transfer to a Division County, on and off the field, merit the highest Fall Sports by the Numbers: By Charles Schelle III school or her proudest recognition. accomplishment: leading It’s On 2 All-Americans (football) Parker is Frostburg’s all-time winningest s a freshman, Kayla Porter Capital Athletic Conference and Us, a 2017 national campaign to 1 Academic All-American coach, having guided his Bobcat women to 211 ’17 wanted to find some- Presidents’ Athletic Conference. support sexual assault prevention. wins, eight conference championships and 15 thing in addition to playing She was a liaison for student- “It’s a topic that touches 1 Scholar All-Region Coach Brian Parker ’92 postseason appearances between the NCAA and volleyball to round out her athletes from those universities so many lives and not just 6 All-CAC honorees ECAC Tournaments. time at Frostburg State. to the national committee, in Division III student-athletes, The Grantsville resident found addition to being a spokeswoman 17 All-NJAC honorees Prior to coming to Frostburg, Parker served as the first head coach for the Urbana High School girl’s soccer but everybody on your campus,” team, where he won the school’s first-ever regional championship. During his second year at Urbana, he was her calling after head coach to the media on Division III Porter said. “It really can unite 5 All-Region award winners (football) honored with the Frederick County Coach of the Year award. Becky Fletcher encouraged her to student-athlete issues. Porter everybody.” be on Frostburg’s Student-Athlete previously served as vice chair. 4 All-ECAC selections (football) Parker was also a founder of the Frederick United Soccer Club (now FC Frederick) and served as a director and The athletic training graduate staff for the program. Advisory Committee. Likening it Shouldering those responsi- is in the midst of her internship to an “SGA for athletes,” Porter bilities helped develop her into with Navy Football through May, immediately knew this is what a stronger leader, and in turn, and then she plans to apply to she wanted to do after her first a role model for others as she Hatch Retiring After 2017-18 Season Kayla Porter ’17 spoke at the 2018 NCAA graduate schools to reach her goal meeting. Through the years, navigated legislation, campus to become a physician’s assistant. Prior to the start of his 19th season, Frostburg head men’s basketball coach Webb Convention as national chair of the DIII Porter rose to Frostburg SAAC initiatives, conference calls and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Without Frostburg, Porter Hatch announced that he will retire following the 2017-18 season. president and, on a national four in-person SAAC meetings in doesn’t see how she would have Hatch, who is the longest-serving head coach at Frostburg in any sport, took level, to chair of NCAA Division Indianapolis each year. “I think it’s really easy when had such a memorable time as a over the reins of the Bobcat basketball program in August of 1999. Fast forward 18 III SAAC. “A lot of people look up to me you’re passionate about some- student-athlete. seasons, and Hatch will leave Frostburg with the most basketball wins as well. “I feel like it’s bigger than in the meeting room, especially thing and passionate about mak- “Frostburg has the perfect bal- Hatch and his Bobcat teams have captured 207 wins, including 90 in the yourself. You’re helping younger SAAC members because ing changes that are beneficial to ance between academics, athletics Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference and 36 in seven seasons in the CAC. student-athletes,” Porter said in it’s such an intimidating place to student-athletes,” she said. and extra-curricular activities Christian Walsh Niles Scott Under Hatch’s tutelage, Frostburg has made 12 postseason appearances and 24 Coach Webb Hatch a phone interview from her final be. They look up to me for guid- Topics ran the gamut. that I think is truly unique out of players have earned all-conference honors. SAAC meeting at the NCAA ance and to grow into their own “We discuss things that any other university, especially in Walsh and Scott Earn Following the 2014-15 season, Hatch pushed his career win total to more than 300 and was honored at the Convention in Indianapolis. leadership positions,” Porter said. ultimately are going to benefit Division III,” Porter said. “I’m so National Association of Basketball Coaches National Convention for reaching the milestone. “What I enjoyed the most about “That’s helped me grow myself, the student-athlete and enhance grateful for all of the opportuni- national SAAC is being able to because once you’re a leader, you the student-athlete experience,” ties it gave me.”  All-American Honors be a part of big initiatives such as can help other people become Seniors Christian Walsh (left guard) and Niles It’s On Us, and we’re preparing a leader. That’s when you know Scott (defensive tackle) garnered D3football.com All- for a mental health campaign. you’re doing a good job.” American honors following Frostburg’s historic 2017 Bell Named Academic All-American Those campaigns all touch The leadership at SAAC campaign. Frostburg women’s soccer senior Melanie Bell became the program’s seventh student-athletes in different ways translated into confidence in the Walsh was named to the First Team, while Scott was Academic All-American this fall as the College Sports Information Directors of and encourage them not to be locker room with the Bobcats voted to the Second Team after being named to the America (CoSIDA) named her to the Third Team. afraid of different situations.” Volleyball squad. preseason Second Team. Bell carries a perfect 4.0 GPA and majors in law and society. Nationally, On Division III SAAC, Porter “It’s a real humbling experi- The duo, each of whom was named to she was one of 34 student-athletes named to the three teams represented 20 institutions in the ence, and I think that has defi- the D3football.com All-East Region First and is just one of 13 Academic All-Americans with a nitely given me confidence to Team, helped Frostburg to one of the best perfect 4.0 GPA. be a leader on the court with seasons in school history with an 11-2 She has been named to the Dean’s List in every my team for sure,” Porter overall record. Scott was previously named semester at Frostburg since arriving before the 2014 season. A three- said. to the Associated Press Little All-American time Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) All-Academic award winner, Bell was named a The commitment was a DIII First Team, the first Bobcat so honored since 1993. CoSIDA All-Academic District II First Team selection in early November. practice in time manage- On the offensive line, Walsh started 43 games and Bell has been a four-year starter for the Bobcats and capped her career by ment. In addition to SAAC, classes and playing volleyball, helped the Bobcat offense lead the New Jersey Athletic being named to the All-CAC First Team for the third straight year following the she was a member of the Softball Alums Return to the Field Conference in scoring offense (36.0), first downs (276) ‘17 regular season. FSU President’s Leadership In September, softball alumni strapped on their cleats and took to the field again in a game and third down conversions (46.6) in 2017. Frostburg has had 12 student-athletes earn Academic All- Circle and, following with current Bobcats. Pictured are, front row (kneeling), from left, Rae Harrison ’17 holding The D3football.com All-East Region Defensive Player American honors. graduation, is interning as Kenzie Landrum, Presley Landrum, Selina Matulonis ’17, Taylor Blevins ’16, Mary Ann Moore ’16, Emily McDonough and Emily Moll; second row from left, Olivia Ford (in the of the Year, Scott capped his Bobcat career with 150 – Noah Becker M’06 an athletic trainer for Navy total tackles, including 43 tackles for loss (245 yds.) Porter, with NCAA President Mark Emmert white cap), Megan Tracey ’17, Samantha Gatton, Kaitlyn Griffin and Carly Wirth; Football. While at times it third row, from left, Coach Wes Landrum, Emily Harvey, Cierra Hearn, Kristen Catlin, and 25 sacks (185 yds.). He is third all-time in program was overwhelming, Porter Katherine Treff, Shylo Arneson and Samantha Carver; Jennifer Cook Hall ’08, Andria history in sacks and tied for eighth in tackles for loss. shrugged it off. Cook ’05, Renay Aubel ’16, Brittney Platt, Allison Short and Taylor McCarty. Melanie Bell 24 25 BOBCAT SPORTS

U.S. Paralympic trials in 2016, earning a “I think what people see in our team is that Bretscher Leads VMI Keydets After Years of Still Waters, Bobcat Swimming Making a Splash Again spot on Team USA for the 2017 World Para if you are willing to work hard, we will work Swimming Championships in Mexico City, with you regardless of your background and Swim Program By Robert Spahr ’13 where he earned a bronze medal (see related ability level. If you come in every day and give story, below). He is also Frostburg’s first-ever your all in the pool, we will make it work," Andrew Bretscher M’14 is raising his profile in the In years past, Bobcat swimming made 18 NCAA ECAC Champion, having won the mixed said Anderson. swim coach ranks. Bretscher is in his first season as head coach of Virginia Championship appearances, producing 21 Paralympic 100-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships last March. On the Horizon Military Institute’s NCAA Division I swimming and All-American performances and an NCAA “Swimming here has created so many The team has high expectations moving diving program after leading Norwich University’s swim opportunities for me to travel and swim for programs to 18 school records during his three years at Division III National Champion. Yet when Head forward. Midway through the 2017-18 season, Team USA, and that is an experience I will both squads sit above .500. In the final meet the helm. Coach Justin Anderson arrived in August of 2013, never forget. It’s all because Coach Anderson of 2017, the Bobcats broke nine team records Bretscher spent three years at FSU as a graduate was willing to give me a chance,” Shattuck assistant for the swim team while he earned his master’s he found a program on life support. and set numerous lifetime bests. said. “I hope that what I do helps inspire “It’s exciting for me because it’s a good degree in wildlife biology. Under the leadership of head The team had withered. In a sport where younger kids with dwarfism, disabilities or indication that we are going to be even faster,” coach Justin Anderson, Bretscher assisted the women’s teams can have up to 18 men and 18 women all abilities to compete and strive to reach said Anderson. squad to reach 200-yard medley relay school records at at championship meets, the 2013-14 Bobcats their goals.” He continues to recruit promising high the Capital Athletic Conference Championships for two numbered just 12 swimmers total. Shattuck was joined in Mexico by a fellow school swimmers and spread the word among consecutive years. Bretscher helped the FSU program “We had about a third of what you need to Bobcat, first-year student Connor Gioffreda. high school coaches that Bobcat swimming reach its highest CAC point totals at the time. be competitive,” said Anderson. “So I thought The rest of the Bobcats followed their exploits is ascendant. With each recruit, that job has He also received the prestigious 2014 College the biggest challenge was just going to be via livestream, cheering as their teammates become easier. Swimming Coaches Association of America Jean Freeman represented America against the world. recruiting serious swimmers out of high school “After that first group of kids bought in to Scholarship while at FSU. He was one of only six coaches “They are doing things on the world stage who could really make an impact.” the program, it made it so much easier than in the country to receive that award, and one of only two and national stage that no one else in our When he met his swimmers, Anderson was the year before,” said Anderson. “The athletes NCAA Division III coaches. conference is doing, so that’s been really cool dumbstruck when one FSU’s swim teams took their annual spring training trip to Florida in January, a journey that also helps them bond as a team. are doing most of the actual hard work. It’s for the team and kind of a rallying point The native of Greencastle, Ind., earned his asked if any practices just a matter of getting them here." undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University in that everyone brings something to the table,” Weinberger, the rising senior, is excited to would still be optional. 2010. While in the pool, Bretscher competed at the 2008 He quickly realized history were in that class: Macey Nitchie and Her counterpart on the men’s team, March, set Anderson said. see where that hard work will lead. U.S. Olympic Trials, 2009 World Championships trials and what his biggest chal- Christian March,” said Anderson. numerous records as well. He was FSU’s first That supportive team dynamic speaks to the “The team has gotten stronger every year U.S. National Championships from 2007 to 2009.  lenge was going to be: Nitchie and March, now seniors, were All-CAC Honoree. Last season, March and culture Anderson has been building. that I’ve been here.”  “Establishing a culture respectively honored as the CAC’s Female and Nitchie became the first swimmers at FSU to where the expectation Male Swimmers of the Year for the 2016-17 earn First-Team All-Conference honors. was that you are at prac- season – a program first. With appearances in multiple CAC Coach Justin Anderson tice every single day, you Nitchie said the program’s four pillars Championships and Eastern College Athletic are giving 110 percent helped unite the team. Conference (ECAC) Championships, junior every time you are there and trying to create “A team that has fun gets along well. A Maddie Weinberger is also setting new Bobcat Frostburg Swimmers Hit the Global Stage an environment that was not only competitive team that has integrity usually is honest with records. A former high school club team By Noah Becker M’06 but fun and attractive to other people.” themselves and their teammates. A team that swimmer, she found college swimming to be a has commitment is putting 100 percent in the significant change of pace. The tandem of Zach Shattuck and Connor Individually, Shattuck also took fourth in the Creating a Culture pool every day. Finally, a team with ethics all “The intensity and expectations are higher, Gioffreda represented Frostburg on an 100-meter breaststroke finals and helped the 4x100- Anderson introduced four new “pillars” for have similar goals to achieve and be success- but the rewards are also higher. Coach international scale at the 2017 World Para Swimming meter freestyle relay to fourth place. In the 50-meter the program: Integrity, Commitment, Ethics ful,” she said. Anderson has always pushed us in a way that Championships in Mexico City in early December, and butterfly finals, Shattuck took eighth. and Fun. He laid out nonnegotiable expecta- Since arriving, Nitchie saw her teammates’ he knows will help us achieve our goals,” they posted some impressive results. “Mexico City was awesome and I had an amazing tions: weight training three days a week. confidence improve and times get faster. said Weinberger. “For me personally, he has Shattuck captured a bronze medal as part of the time with my teammates and coaches and really They’d practice in the pool every weekday She attributed her own improvements to believed that I can do great things in and out 4x100-meter medley relay as the team finished enjoyed the overall experience,” noted Shattuck. “It was – twice on Fridays – and again on Saturday if Anderson’s program and her commitment of the water, even when I didn’t believe in in 4:55.79. Team USA finished behind Brazil and really cool to be there with Connor, too. Looking back they weren’t competing. Then he put everyone to it. myself. It’s a great feeling when your coach has Argentina. and being able to say that two kids from a Division III Zach Shattuck and Connor Gioffreda to work. Early on, “I was in no way one of the top your back.” Shattuck and Giofredda, who both have dwarfism, school were at one of the biggest competitions of the In Anderson’s first season, the Bobcat swimmers in the CAC,” said Nitchie. “Coach Another record-breaker had never swum earned their spot among the 10 male athletes year is pretty awesome, and getting to represent your women won seven meets, earning him the Anderson has trained me to be the top swim- competitively before joining the Bobcats competing on Team USA by ranking inside the top 10 country is an honor in itself.” individual medley. He took eighth in the 100-meter mer in the conference by showing me to trust in 2014-15. Then-first-year student Zach Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Women’s in the world in their respective events. “Being able to win a medal is something that means breaststroke finals. the process of it all, and that everything we do Shattuck asked Anderson for some swim- Co-Coach of the Year honors. The men and “Zach and Connor swam incredibly well. Each of a lot. There isn’t a feeling quite like standing on the “In my first World Championship experience I training-wise, and getting our bodies ready for ming tips to help him compete in the Dwarf women both set new school records for total them came away with multiple lifetime bests and podium and watching your flag being raised,” Shattuck had the honor to meet and compete against many competition, has a reason to it.” National Games. Anderson offered some tips. points at CAC Championships. finals swims,” said Frostburg coach Justin Anderson. said. different athletes from across the globe,” said Those early successes helped Anderson By the end of her first season, Nitchie began Then he asked Shattuck to join the team. Gioffreda.  breaking Bobcat records. Midway through her Shattuck soon made waves, setting 30 “They didn’t let the pressure of the moment affect Gioffreda swam to a pair of sixth-place finishes in recruit 19 new Bobcats for 2014-15. them in the slightest.” the finals of the 50-meter butterfly and the 200-meter “Two of the best swimmers in Frostburg senior season, she has now set or reset records Paralympic American records his sophomore for individual and relay events 30-plus times. season. He won four gold medals at the

26 27 oach, Bob Wells, The 2017 Hall of F e, and his wife, Maureen Lavan, join in aseball Team joined their c ame Inductees are Caryn Shear President Ron Nowaczyk, his son, Jak Members of the 1967 B ommemorate the 50th Pierre B er ‘85, Trisha Brown ‘06, Geor enter. ter, at the Hall of Fame dinner to c owery ‘05, Trina Kirsch ‘88/M’90, A ge O’Brien ‘04, on the fun at the Alumni Welcome C front cen lan Sebold ‘99 and Jen Murphy ‘91. anniversary of their historic season.

Dorothy and Dick Pesta are pictured with the recipient of Karen Reidler and Becky Carrington, both retired FSU The Tims family enjoyed a weekend of sharing memories Dr. John Bambacus ’70 and his wife, Karen, both retired their scholarship, John Poole, center, whom they met for employees, enjoyed Homecoming activities. of FSU with their children, future Bobcats! FSU employees, enjoyed the Retired Employee Luncheon the first time during the Leadership Donor Reception. and the chance to catch up with former colleagues. t, are omecoming Court, from lef Members of the H onu, President alyn Brown, King Bentley Uk Princess K e Walter Ameyu Ayana and Princ Nowaczyk, Queen t tes for Homecoming cour Tchougoue. The candida or charities and collected raised a combined $5,370 f toys for Toys for Tots.

For many more Homecoming photos, follow us on Flickr. Search Frostburg Joe Drury ’89, Dwayne Hedrick ’91 and Philip Caruso ’75 Alumni continue to enjoy tailgating year after year and Donna and Ben Barry attended the Leadership Donor Members of the Accounting Association swapped stories were honored during the Jim Anderson Memorial the weather this year was absolutely beautiful! Reception and enjoyed meeting other friends and and asked for professional advice from alumni at the State University Alumni Association. Baseball Brunch. alumni of FSU. Accounting Alumni Reception.

28 Alpha Phi Alpha – 40th Anniversary Reunion Women’s Lacrosse Alumni Game FSU ceramic alumni exhibition, “All Fired Up” Men’s Basketball Alumni Game 29 MILESTONES CLASSNOTES University. He previously taught in the Courtney Thomas-Winterberg is the 2005 Dr. Ainsley Raley recently completed Books by Alumni ClassNotes listed are those received 1982 corporate world and served as a quality director of Allegany County Department of her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Karen Kamauff DeVore M’99 was Brandon Butler was appointed Allegany Long-Term Care: as of Jan. 10, 2018. control auditor and technical consultant Social Services. Virginia-Maryland Regional College of appointed executive director of Curriculum, County administrator, effective March 1, What You Need to Know for the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Cassandra Moser Weaver was Veterinary Medicine (Virginia Polytechnic Instruction and Administration for Garrett 2018. He was formerly the deputy assistant By Dr. Tyra Phipps ’71 for publishing companies requiring certifi- appointed to the Smithsburg, Md., Town Institute), and accepted a position at LaVale County, Md., Public Schools. secretary for the Maryland Department of Professor Emerita of Mass cations. He lives in Cumberland, Md., Council in September 2017. She is the Veterinary Hospital. 1972 Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division Communication Anthony Futyma, an instructor, coun- enjoys fishing and traveling and volunteers executive director of Fahrney-Keedy Senior of Workforce Development and Adult A cautionary selor and coach – middle school football, 1983 for the Maryland Department of Natural Living Community in Boonsboro. Learning. Join the 2013 tale for anyone wrestling and baseball – for Prince William Edward Wildesen was inducted into the Resources. Whitney Glotfelty is residential direc- County, Va., Public Schools, retired after 44 Garrett College Athletic Hall of Fame. tor at Maryland Salem Children’s Trust in considering a years of service. He was on the faculty of Conversation! 2000 2006 long-term care 1988 Dr. Sara Beth Garrett County, Md. George Mason University, where he earned Elizabeth Barry Stahlman M’13 was facility for a loved Capt. Bob Schug, USNR M’98 was Join Shannon Gribble ‘98 and Brooke James Bittinger his M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling, 1984 named the Western Maryland Jaycees 2017 one, the book offers recently promoted to the rank of navy Kirchner via Facebook for Thursday Night D’17 was honored and taught at Shenandoah University. He Billie Boddie Wilson, with more than Outstanding Young Professional. Elizabeth 2014 must-ask questions captain in the Navy Reserves. His current LIVE from the Alumni Center at 7 p.m. on by the University of mentored 12 teacher and counselor interns 20 years’ coaching experience in the DMV is the director of Community Development Dr. Tyra Phipps ’71 assignment is the Reserve deputy chief of the last Thursday of each month. Delaware in and must-know and was president of the local American area, was named assistant coach for the for the city of Frostburg. staff of Naval Operations Fleet Readiness Newark, Del., as a information. Based on the author’s Federation of Teachers and National Towson University women’s basketball Ask questions, share comments or just and Logistics at the Pentagon. Distinguished firsthand experiences in assisted Education Association. He lives with his two team. She resides in Upper Marlboro, Md., watch for an update on what’s going on Young Alumna for outstanding professional 2007 living facilities, the book offers an grandsons in Woodbridge, Va. with her three children. at FSU. and community accomplishments in ser- Hollie eye-opening look at the nursing 1990 vice and leadership. McKenzie Robert L. Edmonson II was promoted shortages, untrained staff, paternalistic 1977 1987 Lynch M'09, attitudes, elder law and eviction issues Prof. Ron to the rank of brigadier general in the Kathleen Silvis Eirich M’00 is assis- education coor- Linda Lewis, a teacher at Cash Valley that residents may face, as well as Bertolina, a retired U.S. Army in August 2017. He is the com- 1998 tant supervisor of Special Education for dinator for the Dr. Jamie Frank graduated from the Elementary School in Cumberland, was Allegany County Public Schools. She lives recommendations on dealing with professor of com- mandant of the U.S. Army Signal School. Dr. Jesse Ketterman, Jr. M’98/M’01, Chesapeake University of Maryland School of Medicine selected as the 2017 You Raise Me Up award in Cumberland with her husband, Todd puter science – He earned master’s degrees in informa- joined the West Virginia Wesleyan College and Ohio Canal in May 2017 with a doctorate in physi- them. recipient in the Certified Employee category. ’82, and their three children. graphic web design tion resource management from Central Board of Trustees. He is president of the National Historical cal therapy. She is employed as a physical All book proceeds will support the and business appli- Michigan University and in national secu- Alumni Council for the Buckhannon, W.Va., Park, received the therapist with Carroll County, Md., Public Dr. Tyra C. Phipps Scholarship at FSU. 1980 cations – tenured at rity strategy from the National Defense college. 2001 2017 Freeman Tilden Award, the National Schools. The book is available at createspace. Dr. Patrick Garrett College, has educated more than University. Park Service’s highest honor for excellence Adam Shively, founder and lead agent of Daniel James was appointed to serve as Martin Proulx M’17 is Agriculture com or amazon.com. Murphy received 2,500 students in the course of 15 years. He in interpretation and education. Lynch was 4 State Real Estate in Charles Town, W.Va., top prosecuting attorney in Morgan County, Business Development manager for Charles his master’s pioneered a two-year A.A.S. degree in recognized for her role in developing and 1991 was chosen as a Distinguished Real Estate W.Va. He graduated from Western Michigan County, Md. He is responsible for devel- Contemplation: Imagery, Sound & degree in audiol- graphic web design, started a Microsoft implementing innovative curriculum-based Kathryn Roland Buskirk M’96 is Professional based on peer reviews and rat- University Cooley Law School in 2005. oping, implementing and administering Form in Lyricism ogy from the Office Specialist certification program and park programs for 200 schools in Maryland, supervisor of English Language Arts and ings, recognitions and accomplishments, initiatives to promote, enhance and market By Candace University of holds MOS certifications. He chaired the Ricardo Trujillo was promoted to part- West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. World Languages for the Allegany County and was invited to join the Expert Network the county’s agricultural industries. Virginia and his Curriculum and Academic Standards ner in the Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman Meredith ‘08 Board of Education. as a result. doctorate in Committee, was elected by students to mul- CPA firm in Bethesda, Md., in January The author’s audiology from tiple editions of Who’s Who Among 2018. As partner, he will be responsible for 2008 2015 debut book of A.T. Still University. He has been in private America’s Teachers and published techni- 1995 1999 all aspects of client service and engagement Ashli Mazer Workman was named John Bone M’15 was granted tenure at poetry captures administration in addition to expanding the new director of Tourism for Allegany practice as an audiologist in Doylestown, cal articles for the graphic arts industry. He Wood Street, Inc., a web design and devel- David Morris Allegany College of Maryland, where he has moments, the firm’s Information Technology Audit County effective July 2017. She was intro- Pa., since 1987. He writes on topics con- has taught as an adjunct professor at FSU, opment firm in Frederick, Md., co-founded M’99 was named been a faculty member since 2011. He is an objects, places practice. duced into the field of tourism in 2007 and cerning hearing loss, amplification and Kaplan University at Hagerstown and by Jon-Mikel Bailey ’95 and Jamie head coach for the assistant professor and program director of and ideas, as possesses regional tourism project experi- related issues. Potomac State College of West Virginia Stup ’97, is celebrating 15 years in Evergreen State multimedia technology. well as the ence for rural regions. business. College women’s 2004 Mary Beth Moore M’15 accepted emotions they soccer team. He Stephanie Sfrisi’s thesis study, “The a position at West Virginia University engender, bringing them to life and takes over the Brent Stum ’01/M’04, left, and 1997 Investigation of the Learning Style 2010 Potomac State College in Keyser, W.Va., as preserving them in lyrical moments on Leonard Rickett ’00 received the Geoducks program Preferences and Academic Performance of Blake Walker M’13 was honored with instructor of computer information systems. the page. in Olympia, Wash., Simon A. McNeely Honor Award Elementary Students with ADHD,” was pub- the Lilian T. Moffat Award for the 2017 Andrew Richardson won three awards Available at www. following his most recent coaching stint at at the annual convention of the lished in the summer 2017 edition of The session by the Maryland Banking School. from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Green Mountain College in Vermont. ctupublishinggroup.com and online Maryland Association of Health, Excellence in Education Journal. Blake is the commercial relationship man- Association for his work with the Maryland Physical Education, Recreation and booksellers.  John Durst, Jr., was awarded the 2017 Dr. Ryan Kentrus M’07 earned his ager for First United Bank & Trust. Independent newspaper. Dance in October 2017. This award Chairman’s Award from LabCorp. The com- is presented to individuals who have Doctor of Management Degree from Brenda Smith, executive director of The pany’s most prestigious award was presented demonstrated active involvement University of Maryland University College. 2012 Greater Cumberland Committee, received a to 71 employees out of 65,000 world- in school and community affairs, His dissertation was titled, “Do Mentoring Amanda Kerstetter was selected by gold award as part of Leadership Maryland’s Amy Kelsch Bielski is the founder and wide. He serves as the supervisor of Special along with outstanding teaching Programs Really Work? Attributes and her peers as the 2017 Social Worker of the 25th anniversary celebration for her role in 2016 and service in the field of physical CEO of Ripple Effect Communications, Inc., Coagulation. Samantha Truax M’16 was appointed Implementation Strategies of Mentoring Year at the Allegany County Department nonprofit leadership. education. in Rockville, Md., which was ranked as one Dr. Amber Stuver joined the faculty at Programs in Support of Employee of Social Services. She is responsible for the assistant principal at Eagle School of the nation’s fastest-growing private com- Villanova University in Villanova, Pa., as an Engagement Outcomes.” He is a lecturer in providing a variety of social work services Intermediate in Martinsburg, W.Va., for the panies by Inc. 5000. It took the 595 spot assistant professor of physics in fall 2017. the FSU Department of Management. and is pursuing her master’s in social work 2017-2018 school year.  overall and ranked number 10 in Maryland. from West Virginia University. 30 31 MILESTONES Providing National Public Radio programming

daughter, Elizabeth Kelly Lanson, on July to the Western Maryland region for 20 years! 2017 8, 2017. CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2001

APRIL 7 MAY 3 Alumni Association Board of Faculty & Staff Alumni Event Directors Meeting 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Savage River Lodge FSU Campus By Invitation Only Adam Fitzpatrick and his wife, Robin, Gabby Garner married Robert announce the birth of their son, Reece Alumni Awards Banquet Newton ’15 on Oct. 14, 2017. The MAY 5 Michael, on Sept. 25, 2017. 5:00 p.m. The Gira Center courtyard was the backdrop for wedding photos when Monique Kimble ’12 two were high school sweethearts whose Bobcat Helping Hands (Alumni married Justin Bittner ’12 on June 24, 2017. Gira Center love grew while spending many years in Service Project Day) 2005 Always Good Company! By Invitation Only Frostburg. Various Locations APRIL 14 JUNE 8-9 Marriages Field Hockey Alumni Football Golf Outing & Reunion Births Game & Reception 2000 For a full program schedule, call 301.687.4143 Rocky Gap Casino & Golf Resort 10:00 a.m. 1975 or visit www.wfwm.org Game: Bobcat Stadium Claudia Gattis Martin and her hus- JUNE 16 Reception: Hall of Fame Room band, Al ’75, welcomed their grandson, Find us at Facebook.com/WFWMradio Alumni Association Board of Caleb Michael Beach, on Sept. 16, 2017. Directors Meeting Public Radio from Frostburg State University Men’s Lacrosse Alumni 9:30 am. An Affiliate Member of National Public Radio Reception 1998 USM Hagerstown Rose Jackson married Michael Speiser at 1:00 p.m. the Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Md., Justin Andrews and his wife, Jen, Hospitality Suite, Bobcat on June 10, 2017. announce the birth of their first child, Stadium Emmett William, on July 10, 2017. sons Riley and Zander, the couple now has SAVE THE DATES FOR Charley Briskey M’04, married Derek 2014 triplet daughters, Mackenzie, Bailey and APRIL 27 HOMECOMING! Edwards ’97 on Aug. 31, 2017. Zuri, born Jan. 30, 2018. Read their story at Children’s Literature Spring bit.ly/FSUtriplets. 2018 – October 25-28 Festival – Alumni Meet & 2019 – October 3-6 and his wife, Greet Peter Forno Coty Warn- 2020 – October 1-4 Forno ’06, welcomed their son, Dominic 2009 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Lawrence, on Nov. 2, 2017. Lane University Center Kathryn McNealy Truitt and her hus- 2000 band, Isaac, announce the birth of their For more information, please visit the University Master son, Wyatt, on Aug. 30, 2017. Calendar on our website at www.frostburg.edu. Dr. Melody Hanna Kentrus and her Victoria Suess married Nicholas husband, Dr. Ryan Kentrus ’04/M’07, To RSVP for any event above or to get more information, Finagin ’14 on Oct. 15, 2016. please call 301.687.4068 or email [email protected]. Dr. Shannon Rexrode M’01, right, announce the birth of their son, Sullivan married Kara Little on Oct. 28, 2017. Christian, on Sept. 5, 2017. Meredith Martin Clancy M’11 and her husband, Brendan ’09, announce the 2007 birth of their son, Logan, in January 2017. 2008 Dr. Sara Beth James Bittinger D’17 PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH! Daniel Weatherholt married the Rev. and her husband, Zach, announce the birth 2010 Elizabeth-Anne Sipos on July 29, 2017. of their daughter, Lavada Lizrose, on Aug. YOUR alumni association wants to recognize your personal and professional 3, 2017. successes and make sure the voices of all alumni are heard and represented. We encourage you to contact us at [email protected] with your 2011 questions, concerns and suggestions. Shonna Ferree married Jay Hemmis ’13 on Sept. 23, 2017, at The Back Farm on Snail mail: The Office of Alumni Relations,Frostburg State University, Kelly Bean married Meredith Miller Piney Run in Frostburg. Talia Warsaw D’Adamo and her hus- ’09/NceePhotography Cooper Nicole 101 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532-2303 ’14 on Oct. 21, 2017. band, Ed, announce the birth of their son, CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Arturo Joseph “AJ,” on June 8, 2017. 2008 Carlie Zoubek Hart M’10 and her hus- Parenthood is the gift that keeps on giving band, Jake, welcomed Calvin Keith Hart on Oct. 11, 2017.  Lucinda Stendera Lanson and her for Robert Tolbert ’08 and his wife, husband, Nick ’00, welcomed their Nia. After the birth of son Shai, then twin 32 33 MILESTONES

Mr. Harris W. LeFew M’73 1997 Pauline L. DeWitt Bittinger* Freda M. Garlitz Minick* is survived by his husband, Kerry years and was active with the Boy Award and a Chesapeake Bay award Farewell and In Memoriam Jan. 12, 2018 Oct. 7, 2017 Jan. 11, 2018 Richard, and his daughters Hannah Scouts, his church, Emmanuel from the Izaak Walton League Charles H. Orme James T. Lewis M’00 Richard B. Murray Deprey-Severance ’12 and Sarah Episcopal in Keyser, W.Va., and and DuPont. He was a pioneer in Thank You Alumni July 15, 2017 Dec. 27, 2017 Aug. 3, 2017 Deprey-Severance ’16. the American Legion Farrady Post conservation education who placed 1944 Ruby O. Byers M’69 Alan J. Roby 1998 Christopher M. Pero M’98 Carol L. Sterling Myers 24. Al served his country in the strong emphasis on Chesapeake Bay Frostburg State University wishes the Dec. 17, 2017 Nov. 9, 2017 Dec. 27, 2017 Jan. 6, 2018 Dr. Jason Edwards, who died on U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 to ecology and conservation. He is following faculty and staff the best of luck in their retirements: 1945 Maxine Agnew Jackson T. Edward Smith M’73 2000 Rosemary G. Hansen E. Susan James Orndorff Sept. 17, 2017, had lived with 1958. He is survived by his wife survived by a daughter and a grand- Oct. 6, 2017 Oct. 12, 2017 Dec. 21, 2017 Aug. 26, 2017 ALS for more than a year and a Sarah Decoster Crall ’82, professor daughter. The Rev. Alva D. Tice 2001 Lorelee Millard Farrell M’01 David L. Pumphrey half. He was on the faculty of the emerita of computer science; a son, Richard Albright, stationary engi- 1946 Helen M. Kreiling Watson Dr. Todd Rosa, Oct. 24, 2017 July 14, 2017 Nov. 8, 2017 July 10, 2017 Department of Psychology since Stewart Crall ’86; daughters, Sarah neer, joined FSU in 2011. who died Feb. 4, 1974 Linda C. Eyler Krista R. Spiker McKenzie Dean Peterson* 1998. Jason taught in the under- Christine Reiser, Deborah Crall and 1951 William C. Sonnenberg 2018, was a fac- Victoria Lynn Davis, administra- Aug. 5, 2017 Nov. 26, 2017 M’03/M’04* Jan. 25, 2018 graduate and graduate psychology Penelope Crall Gillett ’95; and six ulty member in tive assistant in the Admissions Office, 1953 T. Carolyn Browning Harry W. Grove, Jr. M’80 Jan. 29, 2018 John R. Reckley program, focus- grandchildren. the Department joined FSU in 1976. Brouillard Jan. 8, 2018 2002 Mary Jane Gorge Roush Oct. 14, 2017 ing on child and Don A. Emerson, who died on Jan. of Educational Jan. 21, 2018 Diana L. James April 22, 2016 Robert E. Simmons family psychol- Dr. Joseph Hoffman, dean of the 17, 2018, was a professor emeritus Professions. He 1955 Mary A. Winters Greise July 31, 2017 2004 Matthew T. Farasy Nov. 18, 2017 ogy and fam- Dr. Todd Rosa College Liberal Arts and Sciences, of biology. He served in the U.S. joined FSU in Nov. 17, 2017 Janet E. Stollenmaier Oct. 28, 2017 Herbert G. Smith* ily therapy. He joined FSU in 1981. Navy during 2008, working as undergraduate Marian M. Coonts Hill March 9, 2017 2009 Matthew D. Cole Nov. 25, 2017 was a recipient World War II. He secondary program coordinator, so- Anne Marie McLane, housekeeper, July 9, 2017 1975 Jeffery L. Athey Oct. 21, 2017 Margaret Grefe Smith of the Faculty taught at FSU for cial science major coordinator, clini- joined FSU in 2007. 1958 Jean Browning Kimble July 1, 2017 2016 Mr. Brandyn R. Boyle-Smith Dec. 16, 2017 Dr. Jason Edwards Achievement 25 years, retiring cal supervisor for undergraduate Nov. 23, 2017 1976 Dr. Harold C. Carl II M’76 Jan. 17, 2018 Leon G. Snyder Award for Academic Achievement Deborah Markel, groundskeeper, in 1981. Don social studies and a faculty member 1959 Arthur D. Hugglestone Nov. 16, 2017 2017 Andrew B. Burns Dec. 15, 2017 and the Institute for Service joined FSU in 1994. served on com- in the secondary undergraduate Oct. 4, 2017 Brian J. Matthews Oct. 22, 2017 Albert R. Spataro* Learning Unsung Hero Award, Dr. John Neral, professor in the missions under program, secondary MAT program Patsy J. Kerns July 9, 2017 Alexander V. George Dec. 10, 2017 and he was co-director of the FSU Department of Economics, joined FSU Don Emerson four Maryland and the Ed.D. program. He was a Aug. 14, 2017 1977 Stephen E. Steinle Dec. 4, 2017 David T. Speidel Center for Children and Families. in 1986. governors, in- veteran of the U.S. Army and, while Anne Creegan Schlereth Nov. 14, 2017 Oct. 14, 2017 He was a gifted teacher, enthusiastic cluding the Department of Water completing his dissertation, a sec- John Ninesteel, geographic infor- Dec. 2, 2017 William P. Zentz M’77 Friends of the University Perette St. Clair about advancing knowledge in his Doris L. Anderson Resources and Environmental ondary school teacher in Baltimore mation specialist in the Department Shirley J. Durst Wilson Dec. 20, 2017 June 23, 2017 field, active on-campus and off. He Feb. 18, 2018 Education. He advocated and City before coming to FSU. His of Geography, joined FSU in 2001. Sept. 19, 2017 1978 John R. Kayajanian Dorothy M. Savage Thomas is survived by his wife, Susan Keller, 1961 John G. Stallings March 14, 2017 Olen J. Beitzel Aug. 5, 2017 promoted the establishment of research interests include Cold War David Rose, vice president for June 23, 2017 and two children. Jan. 17, 2018 Michael L. Mackereth Harriet A. Underwood the Appalachian Environmental United States foreign relations, the Administration and Finance, joined 1962 Kathleen Chambers Sines Jan. 4, 2018 Leia J. Bettis Jan. 13, 2018 Dr. Anthony Laboratory, serving on its Board history of American education and FSU in 1985. July 28, 2017 Nov. 23, 2017 Alan J. Walters Richard M. Willetts Lo Giudice, who of Visitors, Executive Committee the politics of education. He is sur- Mary Ann Schurg, housekeeper, James M. Smith Jan. 9, 2018 Barbara A. Baer Bluebaugh* Oct. 6, 2017 died on Dec. 29, and Conservation Education vived by his wife, Laura Blessing. Oct. 23, 2017 joined FSU in 2002. July 26, 2017 1980 Col. William H. Hames, Jr. Michael H. Woorman 2017, was a pro- Committee. Don received many • Read Dr. George Plitnik's tribute to his M’80 Arthur T. Bond fessor emeritus of awards for his service, including 1963 William E. Dye Nov. 30, 2017 colleague, Bert Thiel M'81, at bit.ly/ Retirements from September 2017 July 6, 2017 Sept. 15, 2017 psychology. Tony the Goodyear Conservation Award, to February 2018 July 22, 2017 * Former faculty or staff member. ProfileThiel. John R. Mummert 1981 Jonathan Y. Shirley, Jr. Dr. Robert D. Brodell began teaching The Allegany Soil Conservation Aug. 9, 2017 Nov. 18, 2017 Dr. Anthony at Frostburg in Jan. 14, 2018 Dr. Dana 1982 Samuel L. Randall Thomas F. Conlon Lo Giudice 1976, focusing on 1964 Mary Jo Sirna Howie M’74 Severance D’15, Oct. 29, 2017 Dec. 8, 2017 the graduate counseling psychology Dec. 3, 2017 who died Jan. George R. Shaffer, Sr. M’82 Ashley S. Donaldson program and earning a reputation Nancy L. Schuckle McDorman 12, 2018, follow- Dec. 21, 2017 Aug. 12, 2017 as a challenging and masterful April 29, 2017 ing a battle with THE BENEFITS OF A 1983 Dr. M. Margaret Galligan M’83 Justin F. Duarte teacher, while also establishing the Kathryn DeMuth Simpson cancer, was direc- Jan. 15, 2018 July 1, 2017 undergraduate internship program. Sept. 2, 2017 tor of Residence 1984 Marie Potts-Deakin M’84 Bobbie Nell Dykes He was a voracious reader and CHARITABLE BEQUEST 1965 Charles Edward Robinson, Jr. Dr. Dana Life, joining Nov. 3, 2017 June 23, 2017 pursued his widely varied interests Dec. 30, 2015 Severance D’15 FSU in 1995. 1987 Debra Mertz Langan Leslie F. Forrest – from sports, to gardening to his A charitable bequest is a wonderful way for you to help 1966 Donald A. Fritz Dana mentored scores of stu- Oct. 18, 2017 Aug. 5, 2017 beloved cats – with passion. He is further the work and mission of FSU. June 8, 2017 dent Residence Life staffers with 1988 Lt. Col. James E. Contreras The Honorable James S. Getty, Sr. survived by his wife, Dr. Maureen G. Wayne Wolford warmth, sensitivity and humor. Sept. 10, 2017 Nov. 11, 2017 Connelly, professor emerita of so- There are many reasons why you might consider making a charitable Dec. 14, 2017 He served in numerous leadership Constance A. DeArcangelis Richard M. Harvey cial work, and four daughters. bequest. Here are some of the benefits of bequest giving: 1968 James B. Barmoy M’70* and service roles at FSU, as well as Aug. 15, 2017 Shoup M’88 Dec. 20, 2017 Oct. 31, 2017 in his field. He was past president Dr. Albert Marlin Crall, who died � It costs you nothing today to make a bequest. 1969 Bonnie L. Miller Legge M’69 Randall D. Holmes Nov. 28, 2017 of the Mid-Atlantic Association of on Jan. 15, 2018, was a professor To learn more about bequest giving, Aug. 31, 2017 1989 Sandra Lee Schultz � A bequest is free of federal estate tax. please contact: Oct. 21, 2017 College and University Housing emeritus of psy- 1972 Linda K. Wilson Fulton H. Katz Officers, an organization that hon- chology, retiring � Your bequest can be changed down the road. Colleen Peterson Feb. 21, 2017 1992 Sheri A. Woods Evans Jan. 15, 2018 Dec. 4, 2017 ored him in 2004 with the James in 1999. He was Planned Giving Officer 1973 David L. Day M’73 Lawrence V. Kelly � You can still benefit your heirs with specific gifts. Hurd Outstanding Service Award. a member and [email protected] Oct. 4, 2017 1993 Virginia D. Rice Avona Sept. 12, 2017 July 2, 2017 He was a frequent presenter at beloved advisor � A bequest may produce estate tax savings. 301.687.4200 Ansell Jefferies, Jr. M’73 Michael P. Keys student affairs and residence life for the Alpha Phi Sept. 29, 2017 1995 William S. Spooler Jan. 1, 2018 � You can leave a legacy through a bequest. Ask for your FREE Wills Kit! Nov. 30, 2017 conferences. He will be interred in Omega service Arlington National Cemetery. Dana fraternity for many Dr. Albert Crall 34 35 THE LAST WORD

NEW “DIGS” ON THE WAY This spring, FSU takes the first steps toward building its first new residence hall in Main lobby with kitchen 40-plus years with the demolition of two smaller buildings on the lower quad site. A modern, 125,000-square-foot residence hall featuring 431 beds on six floors will soon rise on the site along University Drive near Chesapeake Dining Hall and Cambridge Hall. Construction on the new hall is slated to begin this summer, with completion scheduled for fall of 2020. The project is estimated to cost $44 million. Its location places the new hall just south of Cambridge Hall – the most recently built residence hall, constructed in 1976 at a cost of $2.8 million to serve a student population of 2,980. FSU’s undergraduate population alone is now 4,725. Upper floor lounge Preliminary artist's renderings 36 Profile MBA.qxp_Layout 1 2/21/18 3:09 PM Page 1

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