Tower Fall 2005.qxd 11/1/05 11:12 AM Page 1 ANNUAL REPORT- DONOR LISTS Inside KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FALL 2005 A New Golden Era Emerges Tower Fall 2005.qxd 11/1/05 11:12 AM Page 2 Volume 7, Number 4 of the Tower Magazine, issued November 15, 2005, is published by Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530.The Tower is published four times a year, and is free to KU alumni and friends of the university. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. CHANCELLOR Judy G. Hample BOARD OF GOVERNORS Kenneth M. Jarin, Chair; Kim E. Lyttle, Vice Chair; C.R. Pennoni,Vice Chair; Rep. Matthew E. Baker; Mark Collins Jr.; Marie Conley Lammando; Paul S. Dlugolecki; Daniel P.Elby; Rep. Michael K. Hanna; David P.Holveck; Sen.Vincent J. Hughes; Guido M. Pichini ’74; to our readers Gov. Edward G. Rendell; Sen. James J. Rhoades; Christine J.Toretti Olson; KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY IS A DYNAMIC INSTITUTION. Aaron A.Walton; Gerald L. Zahorchak From the many contributors presented in the KU COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES 2004-2005 Annual Fund section, to the faculty, Ramona Turpin ’73, Chair Richard L. Orwig, Esq.,Vice Chair administrators and students, we are all working Dianne M. Lutz, Secretary Ronald H. Frey to move KU into the future. David W. Jones ’89 The university is growing both demographically Guido M. Pichini ’74 Roger J. Schmidt and physically. Our enrollment is up, and in order James W. Schwoyer Kim W. Snyder to serve those new students, we have a number John Wabby ’69 of building projects underway including the PRESIDENT Academic Forum classroom building that will F. Javier Cevallos become a campus center piece. There are also KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION upgrades planned for Schaeffer Auditorium, and expansion and improve- INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Raymond Melcher ’73, President ments to the Sharadin building, which is home to our College of Visual and Lawrence Delp,Vice President Development/Secretary Performing Arts. Robert Rupe,Vice President Finance Larry Stuardi ’79 Vice President Not only is the campus landscape changing, but the faces of Kutztown Board Advancement students are changing as well. By offering new career advancement ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS courses in Allentown and Reading and providing numerous outreach Maria Wassell ’68, ’72, President Patricia Guth ’54, programs to our neighboring school districts, KU has become a force for Immediate Past President Tracy Garnick ’91, ’96,Vice President change in the region. Mary Ann Ardoline ’79, ’91, Secretary But for many families a college education stills seems to be a far-off Melissa Hershey ’87,Treasurer dream. I want you to know your contributions are working to make a VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT difference. Our parent education programs, presented in low-income William J. Sutton neighborhoods, help show how a college degree can become a reality. DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS When combined with the many scholarships made possible by your Philip R. Breeze continued contributions, that dream is becoming a reality. DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS In the end, it all comes down to our wonderful supporters. I would like Glenn Godshall ’75 & ’90 to thank everyone who has given their time and resources this year and TOWER EDITOR Craig Williams throughout the years. Quite frankly, we couldn’t do it without you. MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS Camille DeMarco ’81 & ’01 F. Javier Cevallos DESIGN President Lorish Marketing Group CONTRIBUTORS Richard Button, Sylvia Conrad,Vaneesa Cook ’01&’04, Cynthia Jones, Josh Leiboff CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Chuck Eckenroth ’98, Jeff Unger, Craig Williams, Hub Wilson PRINTING BY: Holland Graphic Services Jeffrey B. Beer ’89 Deborah W. Postma Beer ’91 Address comments and questions to: Tower Editor Craig Williams University Relations Office Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 19530 e-mail address: [email protected] Kutztown University of Pennsylvania will serve the Commonwealth as a dynamic, technologically advanced, collaborative, learning-centered public university. Kutztown University will be accessible to Pennsylvanians and others, sensitive to the need for diverse backgrounds in its faculty, staff, students and community, accountable to its many constituencies, and actively engaged in the continuous improvement of its programs and services. Above all, Kutztown University will prepare graduates to succeed in a global economy, to contribute to the economic and social well being of the state and nation, to assume active roles in their communities, and to lead productive and meaningful lives. 2FALL 2005 Tower Tower Fall 2005.qxd 11/1/05 11:12 AM Page 3 cover Volume 7 Number 4 Fall 2005 Photo by Chuck Eckenroth ’98 contents KU introduces Avalanche. Named 7 in honor of Kutztown sports 4 Teachnology teams from the mid 1930s to the early 1960s, the new mascot By combining technology with teaching, KU faculty are replaces Goldie and Grizz, who creating new ways to teach and providing students with have graduated. Ready for job skills needed in today’s wired world. shenanigans, Avalanche was designed by the same firm who developed the Philadelphia Phillies’ Phanatic. 7 The Freshmen Text Summer reading for freshmen entering Kutztown this year was a bit more substantial than your average best-selling novel as each of the four undergraduate colleges has a reading assignment required – long before classes begin. 10 Homecoming The annual photo-feature of alumni, family and friends at Homecoming 2005. 12 12 Freshmen Profile A 2004 survey finds the faces of incoming freshmen are changing as the university steps up to the plate to provide a diverse experience through a solid educational foundation. 13 Under the Tower 14 Class Notes 18 2004-2005 Annual Fund 13 Tower FALL 2005 3 Tower Fall 2005.qxd 11/1/05 11:13 AM Page 4 President’s Teachnology Program Moves KU into the Digital Future ARTICLES BY CRAIG WILLIAMS • FACULTY PHOTOS BY CRAIG WILLIAMS elieve it or not, KU professors still get Enterprising KU faculty are now combining chalk dust all over their clothes as they entire suites of software using multiple appli- B scrawl lessons on the blackboard; a cations, from desktop publishing to digital centuries’ old technology that has only been photography, with the help of the Learning modified by the use of squeaky ink markers. Technologies Center on campus. But a new program on campus may change all One by one, faculty members are signing on that, as more blackboards are becoming virtual to design their own Teachnology project, and spaces, accessed through the Internet, both at in the process are joining the wired generation home and in the classroom. It seems the days with leading innovative designs. of the chalk holder are numbered. Future projects on the drawing table include It is doubtful any of the classrooms in KU the use of computer gaming to stimulate class- will ever eliminate the traditional chalk or room interaction, the creation of a virtual marker boards at the front of the room. But homepage for each student, and entire classes through the Teachnology program, started taught using distance learning. by President F. Javier Cevallos in 2002, the fac- era Brancato, director of the Center ulty is learning new methods to incorporate for the Enhancement of Teaching, said technology into the classroom. And the inven- V the variety and innovation resulting tiveness of the faculty projects is helping to from the program is stimuli for teachers and move KU into the digital future. students alike. The Teachnology Program gives teachers the “Our new generation of students is different resources and computer applications needed than previous generations,” Brancato said of to develop their own computer-aided project. the computer savvy student body. “And as Most of the software used is readily available at educators, we know there are many different any computer store. But it is the creative ways modes of learning, as well as teaching. The KU teachers use technology to solve problems Teachnology Program provides the training and stimulate learning that has resulted in some necessary to generate new ideas for teaching projects becoming a viable stand-alone appli- through technology.” cation for use in business as well as academia. PHOTO BY HUB WILSON BY HUB PHOTO 4 FALL 2005 Tower Tower Fall 2005.qxd 11/1/05 11:13 AM Page 5 purchasing appliances, emotional well- In the works is a plan to use a being and overall financial success. Teachnology grant to find a way to use The creator of the game says most the game in a classroom setting so that people model themselves first and then students can model complex relation- explore alternative lifestyles. Because of ships and then place them under the its universal appeal, the game quickly microscope. became a best seller. Though the project is in the develop- Van Ens is working on a project that ment phase, it may not be long before will tap into this fascination with com- students studying sociology will log on puter-modeled social interactions as a and play “The Sims” for credit. way to get students to be more observant And because family communication of real-life situations. can sometimes include conflict, students “I was thinking about a new class I will be working to model high-tension wanted to develop and teach called family situations without hurting anyone’s feel- communication, and I came across an ings – except maybe “The Sims’.” article about a computer game that allowed you to replicate people in your life,” she said. “In ‘The Sims,’ you could Portable Portfolios Dr. Claire Van Ens, assistant professor of recreate yourself, your lover, your parents speech communication and theatre, is – anyone that you wanted. You could Gone are the days when students need working to tap into students’ fascination create whole households.” to lug around a two-inch thick portfolio with video games to model real-world The game is based on three different to a job interview.