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Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine Winter 2013 Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2013 Communications & Marketing Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag Part of the Education Commons Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Communications & Marketing, "Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2013" (2013). Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine. 2. https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag/2 This open access book is brought to you by The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of The uC pola. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Gettysburg: Our College's Magazine Winter 2013 Description Table of Contents: Silicon Valley Pioneer: Former Intel exec Ron Smith '72 endows professorship in physics (Ron Smith '72) A visit with health sciences Prof. Kristin Stuempfle, Kristin Stuempfle What makes a great... Obstacle Course (Peter Rice '10) Student Spreads Peace Message in Africa, Liz Williams '13 Generations of Generosity, Emily Clarke Stepping Up: CPS alumni still connected to New Orleans, Devan Grote '11 Army Training Toughens Top Wrestler (Zach Thomson '15) Looking Over an Author's Shoulder, Jen (Fisher) Bryant '82 Conversations Student-Faculty Collaboration is Encoded in the Gettysburg Genome, Jim Hale Bringing A Great Education Within Reach Behind the Scenes of 1,000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Winning Web Awards (Greg Hoy '92) What Students Do: Internship at the Smithsonian Institution (Emily Cranfill '15), Lix Williams '13 What Makes Gettysburg Great - Work That Makes a Difference (Holden Mills '11, Carol Bellamy '63) Class Notes How Far Has America Really Progressed in 150 Years?, Scott aH ncock Keywords Alumni Magazine, Gettysburg College Disciplines Education Publisher Gettysburg College This book is available at The uC pola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College: https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/gburgmag/2 Winter 2013 Lights! Camera! CORY! Movie filmed on campus chronicles athlete’s heroic rebound from stroke 1,000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Gettysburg genome 14 • Money matters 20 • Web winner 26 Two Class of 2014 members who serve as volunteers on the Gettysburg Fire Department — From the president from left, Jadon Carr and Andrew Schmucker — took part in a fire safety demonstration outside hen Bruce Gordon P’13 ’16 in the bleachers the day they filmed helpers, assisting the cast and crew the College Union Building during the Activities Fair on Aug. 31. The demonstration showed came to me last spring with that breathtaking moment when with everything from transportation how quickly a fire can become a life-threatening his proposal to film1,000 to 1: The Cory scored his single collegiate arrangements to office supplies to situation. The simulation room was set up as Cory Weissman Story during the fall point. Filmmaking requires filming battlefield tours. What an amazing a typical dorm room with several common semester, I was sure that he was and refilming, and true to form, experience for our students and fire code violations, including drapes, sparklers, and covered smoke detectors. being unrealistic. We had to write they shot this scene over and over some of our young alumni! Carr and Schmucker completed their a script, recruit a cast and crew, again on a Saturday in Bream The cast and crew were effusive Firefighter-1 certification training and find funding — all in just a Gym. I found this inspiring in their praise of the College in 2011 to be classified as few short months! Needless to say, moment did not get old even with community. It took them only a interior firefighters. the pieces all fell into place, and the all of that repetition. Every time short time to recognize something Photo by movie was shot in 18 days here on they re-created the scene, I was that is clear to me every day — it is Gettysburg Firefighter the Gettysburg College campus. transported back to that amazing the people in our community that Bill McLaughlin Even the weather cooperated. moment last February — and truly make Gettysburg great. I now know that filming is every time I got choked up. painstaking and repetitive work, Some of our own staff made Sincerely, and I have developed a whole new cameo appearances — most appreciation for the labor that goes notably Dean Anne Lane as into the production of a movie. As herself and Coach George Petrie Bruce said to me early on, “Think as a referee (we all enjoyed seeing of it this way. We shoot for 18 days George in black-and-white stripes!) to get 90 minutes of film. On average — and theater arts Prof. Chris Volume 104 • No. 1 • Winter 2013 that’s five minutes of film a day.” Kauffman ’92 has a significant role Janet Morgan Riggs ’77 Inside (What he didn’t say is that those as Cory’s physician. What won’t President days are 12 to 15 hours long!) be so obvious from watching the I had the opportunity to see film is the large corps of students, Please visit president.gettysburg.edu 14 Gettysburg genome 2 News@Gettysburg the filming up close and personal young alumni, and College staff and check out my new blog, “Cupola Genes we share with fungi may unlock the puzzle of cancer. through family members and who worked long hours behind the Conversations.” Please share your Steve James ’80 and his students are searching for the key in 12 Conversations colleagues who participated. I sat scenes as production assistants and thoughts with me! common bread mold. 28 Do great work 20 Bringing a great education within reach How can Gettysburg afford to be affordable? 30 Bulletins A Q&A with Director of Financial Aid Chris Gormley 31 Class notes 24 Hollywood comes to campus A glimpse at the making of 1,000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story 47 In memory 26 Happy Cog 48 Parting shot From MTV’s glitz to Harvard’s heft to the soul of footwear giant Photo by Eric Lee ’15 Zappos, ’92 grad Greg Hoy’s firm is at the forefront of Web design. Cover: David Henrie as Cory Weissman ’12 on the battlefield, photo by Jim Mathers Co-editors: Sue Baldwin-Way and Jim Hale. Contact us at [email protected] Address changes: Communications & Marketing, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Box 422, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Gettysburg College assures equal employment and prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. Printed in U.S.A. © Gettysburg College 2013 At Oct. 1’s campus kickoff event, from left (with roles): Luke Kleintank (teammate Brendan “Pops” Trelease ’12), Cassi Thomson (a girlfriend), David Henrie (Cory Weissman ’12), Weissman, President Riggs For additional content related to this issue, visit www.gettysburg.edu/links • Contact us at [email protected] News Gettysburg Office hours Science Center 148E $1.5 million gift from The faculty position, so it has tremendous Ronald J. Smith & Diane symbolic significance, as well as finan- W. Smith Charitable Fund cial impact. We are so very grateful for created the first endowed professor- Ron and Diane’s continued commit- A visit with health sciences Prof. ship to be part of Gettysburg Great, ment to Gettysburg College.” a Campaign for Our College. The Smith was a physics major at Dr. Ronald J. Smith Professorship Gettysburg, graduating magna cum KRISTIN Stuempfle of Applied Physics will recognize a laude. After completing his M.S. current faculty member’s outstand- and Ph.D. in physics from the t is an exciting time to be the health professions Although biology, biochemistry and molecular ing teaching and research. University of Minnesota, he headed advisor at Gettysburg College! Interest is biology, and health sciences are the most common The gift announcement was a to Silicon Valley and became the “ booming, with over 450 students considering majors, every year students from other majors — surprise ending to a campus physics first full-time device physicist at Intel health professions careers, including medicine, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities — colloquium by Ron Smith ’72 as semiconductors, memory chips, dentistry, physician assistant, physical therapy, are accepted to medical school and other programs. in September. microprocessors, and other devices nursing, optometry, chiropractic, podiatry, Medically-related experience is crucial. Our “It was an emotional moment that revolutionized communications occupational therapy, pharmacy, and public health. Center for Career Development does a wonderful for all of us,” said President Janet and computing were being developed. This is great news becausethere is a national job helping students find opportunities including Morgan Riggs ’77. “This is the first Ron met Diane Werley ’73 on shortage of healthcare providers, especially in rural shadowing (one day), externships (one week), gift of this campaign to endow a campus. Both were first-generation and inner-city areas. Demand for healthcare providers and internships (160 hours). These are often will continue to increase with the changing state transformative experiences and we greatly of healthcare and the aging of Americans. appreciate alumni participation. The liberal arts are great preparation for a health We are always looking for alumni and parent professions career. Graduate schools want students hosts throughout the country. If you are interested, S ilicon V alley who are well-rounded, have excellent critical thinking please visit www.gettysburg.edu/career to learn Pioneer and communication skills, and are life-long learners. more and sign up to help a fellow Gettysburgian!” Former Intel exec Ron Smith ’72 endows professorship in physics Photo by Matthew Lester college students and recipients turbulent late ’60s and early ’70s, of financial aid from the College. which “helped make us problem- They have been generous benefactors solvers in our careers, as parents, of the College, endowing a scholar- and as citizens.” Together they Prof.