CLARION UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FALL 2019 FALL 2019 VOLUME 6 CLARION NUMBER 2 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 12 Clarion renews commitment to education 4 Clarion Digest As of July 1, the School of Education is a standalone entity Students conduct research to prove that a type of with Dr. Gwyneth Price as dean. Learn Price’s goals for the moth larva will eat polyethylene, a possible solution future and meet education alumni who are making Clarion to plastic waste; Clarion students represent Costa proud. Rica at Model UN; Hammerstrom named to Legal You wouldn’t Marketing Association Hall of Fame; Delbrugge is think a chainsaw is 22 River of the Year new dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Clarion Some of Clarion River’s tributaries once were lifeless due celebrates 17th annual Juneteenth. beneficial to a forest to the effects of acid mine drainage and sedimentation, but faculty, students and alumni have put their Clarion education that is slowly being 10 Clarion shines in state, national spotlight rebuilt, but you’d to work, improving the streams in the river’s watershed. be wrong. 32 Sports Roundup 28 Priceless CU Sports Hall of Fame inducts five, including a With four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for editing the third tennis player from Norb Baschnagel’s reign game show The Price is Right, La-Aja Wiggins Hernandez (’06) of excellence; underclassmen lead track and field is making a name for herself in Hollywood. championships; two golfers earn at-large spots in prestigious golf championships; Don Leas and Chuck Nanz are remembered as architects of the swimming and diving program. One such person yielding a chainsaw is Luke Bobnar, a Pennsylvania more than a century ago. Clearcutting is the 2010 Clarion University biology graduate with a minor in practice of clearing trees in a uniform way. ON THE COVER 40 Class Notes environmental sustainability. Bobnar works for the Western Clarion renews its focus on teacher preparation. “It’s left our streams bereft of habitat in many places,” Pennsylvania Conservancy, which is working to restore the Bobnar said. Allegheny National Forest to its original splendor. 48 Courageous Endeavors Bobnar estimates that the Allegheny National Forest Starting a new job is never easy, but with exceptional The project involves strategically cutting down trees and should have between 70 and 380 large trees per mile, per preparation through Clarion’s early childhood/special placing them in and across streams and bodies of water to stream. “We should naturally be chock-full of wood, and education program, Jarred Hannold (’18) concluded provide habitats for fish and other wildlife. we’re not,” Bobnar said. his first year of teaching with Rookie of the Year Bobnar explained that our forests are relatively young The wood, which they place either in the water or across honors. and thick. The large trees that would naturally fall across the water, provides a cover and a habitat for fish, which streams and fall in flood plains in a natural ecosystem are need a cool place to swim in the summer, as well as a place not present, due to industrial clearcutting that occurred in to hide from predators such as other fish and birds. READ MORE AT WWW.CLARION.EDU/BOBNAR CLARION UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 1 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors CLARION Chair: Cynthia D. Shapira LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Vice Chair: David M. Maser Vice Chair: Samuel H. Smith President: Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson Rep. Tim Briggs Executive editor: Tina Horner Audrey F. Bronson Co-editors: Sean Fagan (sports); Amy Thompson Wozniak (’02, MS ’06) Joar Dahn Donald E. Houser Jr. Design: Bryan Postlewait (‘04) Rodney Kaplan Jr. Contributors: Michelle Port, Hope Lineman (‘10, MS ‘16) Barbara McIlvaine Smith Photographers: Adam Reynolds (’15), Bri Nellis (’16) Marian D. Moskowitz Thomas S. Muller Address comments and questions to: Noe Ortega, designee for Sec. Rivera Clarion University Magazine Pedro A. Rivera, secretary of education Center for Advancement Rep. Brad Roae Clarion University of Pennsylvania Sen. Judith L. Schwank 840 Wood St., Clarion, PA 16214 Meg Snead, designee for Gov. Wolf Neil R. Weaver Email: [email protected] Gov. Tom Wolf Janet L. Yeomans Visit Clarion University on the Web at www.clarion.edu. Council of Trustees Clarion University Magazine is published by the Division for University Chair: J.D. Dunbar (’77, MS ’79) Advancement for alumni, families of current students and friends of Clarion Vice Chair: Milissa Steiner Bauer (’84) University. Alumni information is also located at www.clarion.edu/alumni. Secretary: James L. Kifer (MBA ’83) Susanne A. Burns Clarion University of Pennsylvania is committed to equal employment and equal The Honorable R. Lee James (’74, MBA ’83) We have an abundance of wonderful projects happening on campus. The True North Initiative is steering our path educational opportunities for all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, The Honorable Donna Oberlander (’91) religion, national origin, affection or sexual orientation, age, disability or other Larry Pickett (’77) toward our future success. One of the initiatives that came out of the TNI is the relaunch of the School of Education. classifications that are protected under Title IX of the Education Amendments of Howard H. Shreckengost (’83) I am proud and pleased to share with you that, effective July 1, our School of Education is once again a freestanding 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Neil Weaver (’00) entity with its own dean. Clarion University has embarked on a renewed commitment to education as a cornerstone of Act of 1990, and other pertinent state and federal laws and regulations. Tree Zuzzio, student trustee our past and of our future. Direct equal opportunity inquiries to: Alumni Association Board of Directors President: Theresa Zacherl Edder (’91, MS ’05) Led by Dr. Gwyneth Price, former director and now dean, our School of Education leads the way in many areas. Director of Social Equity President-Elect: David Reed (’09) Our programs are recognized nationally for the exceptional preparation of undergraduate students as well as graduate Clarion University of Pennsylvania Treasurer: Michael Phillips (’03, MBA ’04) students. In fact, Clarion is the only university in Pennsylvania authorized to offer Competent Learner Model courses for 216 Carrier Administration Building Secretary: Will Price (’09, ’11) Clarion, PA 16214-1232 college credit, and our special education department is one of few in the commonwealth with a curriculum that embeds 814-393-2109 applied behavior analysis. Jonathan Catanzarita (’11) Michael Chapaloney (’99) Teachers prepared at Clarion University launch careers all over our country and the world, thanks to the strength of Henry Crawford (’02) Jeffrey Douthett (’79) our faculty, our community partners, and the diversity of the clinical educational experiences we offer. Our students Chelsea Signorino Ewing (’15) benefit from exposure to rural schools, larger schools and private schools, and complete field work in a variety of Lee Grosch (’62) Sandra Hollenbaugh Jarecki (’69) settings such as Cook Forest State Park and the Elk Country Visitors Bureau. Bridget Linnan Kennedy (’90, MS ’07) Thomas Launer (’10) Have no doubt that Clarion University’s rich history in and reputation for excellence in education and teacher John Marshall (’87) preparation continues! Education is thriving and growing! Barry McCauliff (’72) Chris Myers (’12) Onward and upward! Ryan Peffer (’03) Robert Schmidt (’69) Joseph Sciullo (’02) Dr. Dale Samantha Noblit Thauvette (’09) Shannon Fitzpatrick Thomas (’92) Virginia Cole Vasko (’88) Glenn Zary (’97) Kirsten Davis Eagle Ambassadors President President, Clarion University Ann Thompson ex-officio Director of Alumni Engagement Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson ex-officio President, Clarion University FALL 2019 CLARION UNIVERSITY 2 WWW.CLARION.EDU MAGAZINE 3 STUDENT NEWS I CLARION DIGEST STUDENT NEWS I CLARION DIGEST CLARK interns WITH D.C. CORRECTIONS INFORMATION COUNCIL Sadie Clark served a 10-week summer internship with District of Columbia Corrections Information Council, an independent body that monitors the conditions of confinement where D.C. residents are incarcerated. Clark read and responded to letters from inmates and logged the correspondence, and she assisted with a site inspection. The internship was done through the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Clark will graduate in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology/psy- chology with a minor in social work, and an Associate of Science in criminal justice. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in social work and work in a federal correctional institution to advocate for inmates, improve conditions and lower recidivism rates. She is active in Marching Band and Kappa Kappa Psi-Epsilon Phi. She is a French tutor and will begin work at CU Movies on Main this fall. She has worked as a model since 2015, appearing in ads for ModCloth clothing, in a short film by Point Park University students, and in the November 2018 issue of Marie Claire magazine. CLARION STUDENTS COSTA RICA AT MODEL UN (From left) Jasmine Hobson, Gerald Bickel and Emily Rahalla, and Mitchell Long (not pictured) have supported their represent hypothesis that the Greater wax moth larvae will eat polyethylene, which is used in plastic. Fourteen students participated in the National Model faculty members who either teach a Model UN class or United Nations Conference last spring at the UN advise a Model UN club. Headquarters, New York. STUDENT RESEARCH “The range of skills (speaking, writing, research, As delegates for the Republic of Costa Rica, they interact- negotiation, cooperation, diplomacy) the students develop COULD HELP reduce PLASTIC WASTE ed with delegations in seven different UN committees and at this conference is extensive and I hope we can pursue What if the solution to the world’s plastic woes is only two years, the students wrote, “This insect was chosen worked on resolution papers on different crucial topics.