Tower Magazine

Winter 2012

K u t z t o w n u n i v e r s i t y M a g a z i n e

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GreetinGs from KU!

i am honored to be speaking to you on behalf of the Alumni engagement office and the Kutztown University Alumni Association. KU has a proud legacy as a member of the Pennsylvania state system of Higher education, and i am thrilled to be a part of it.

the staff of the Alumni engagement office and the board members of the alumni association are working hard to continue to connect and reconnect with our alumni.

We want to keep you up to date on programs and events here at the university and also in towns closer to where you live. We are reaching out to you in an effort to enhance and advance the reputation of our institution for you and future graduates who will join the ranks of the 51,000 alumni of KU. these programs, events and ser vices are designed to encourage you to stay connected to your alma mater.

in september, we launched the Kutztown University Alumni networking series. this series of events is designed to bring together KU graduates who are working in diverse professional fields and help forge connections among alumni. to find a list of our exciting upcoming events, to review services available to you as alumni or to update your contact information, please visit our new website at www.give2ku.org.

i’d also like to extend my personal invitation for you to drop by and see us when you are in the area. We are in the Wiesenberger Alumni Center across from old main. We’d love to meet you and show you some of the new, exciting things at KU.

i thank you for your continued support of the Kutztown University foundation and Alumni engagement office.

Best regards,Alex oGeKA Director of Alumni Engagement

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FBI Special Agent Ray Carr ’79 profiles and details a career in solving crime.

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PreSident of KutZtoWn univerSitY:F. Javier Cevallos

aSSociate vice PreSident of univerSitY advancement, marKeting and univerSitY relationS:John green

director of alumni engagement:alex ogeka

director of univerSitY relationS: Matt santos M ’03

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Tower magazine, issued Jan. 2, 2012, is published by Kutztownuniversity, a member of the Pennsylvania state system of Highereducation. the tower is published two times a year and is free toKu alumni and friends of the university.

address correspondence to: Kutztown university, office ofuniversity relations, P.o. box 730, Kutztown, Pa 19530 oremail [email protected]: 610-683-4114

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aSSiStant director of univerSitY relationS, eXecutive editor of toWer magaZine:sean a. Dallas

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vogelsong’s Comeback earns MLb all-star nod By Ken Mandell

since 2006. Before this year, the right-hander meandered through four systems and two Japanese teams since the Giants first drafted him in 1998.

That organization brought him back this spring, and Vogelsong came in prepared for any-thing. He then seized a rotation spot created by Barry Zito’s ankle injury, and by the first week of July, he had posted an All-Star-worthy 6-1 record and 2.17 ERA. He cooled slightly in the second half but still finished at 2.71.

Vogelsong capped his comeback season by earning the Willie McCovey Award, an annual honor given to the most inspirational player on the Giants, as voted by teammates, coaches, training staff and fans.

“One of the things you want in this game is to be respected by your teammates,” Vogelsong said. “To get that award was really special for me. The nicest thing about this year was that all the failures and bad nights were washed away. This was the journey I was supposed to be on. Now, it happened, and I have to do it again.”

Standing along the 90-foot foul line as a first-year National League All-Star, Ryan

Vogelsong saw thousands of miles of dedication.

But on a baseball path littered with releases, demotions and self-doubt, the former Kutztown University (1996-98) star finally arrived as one of the league’s top players last July, as a participant in the 82nd

annual Midsummer Classic.“For the five or 10 minutes I was

there, my career flashed before my eyes,” he said. “I couldn’t believe I was standing there and everything it took to get there. Even when I was tipping my cap, I saw myself walking out of managers’ offices after being told I was being released. It was like, ‘Wow, this is real. What an amazing thing to happen.’”

Being named an All-Star represented one of a series of accolades for the 34-year-old nomad, who hadn’t sniffed the big leagues

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Guido Pichini was recently elected chairman of

the board of governors of the Pennsylvania

State System of higher Education (PASShE).

he is the first PASShE alum to hold the posi-

tion of chairman and fourth overall chair in the

28-year history.

Pichini, of wyomissing, is also the president

of Security Guards Inc. and its subsidiaries,

wSK and Associates Consulting Group and

vigilant Security Services. he is a ’74 graduate

of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania with

a degree in education/political science and

completed graduate studies in public adminis-

tration at KU.

The 20-member board of governors that

Pichini now leads has an overall responsibility

for planning and coordinating the develop-

ment and operation of PASShE, which is

the largest provider of higher education in

the commonwealth. The board establishes

broad fiscal, personnel and educational

policies under which the 14 PASShE universi-

ties operate.

Pichini is in his second term on the board

of governors. he first served from June 2005

to October 2009 and was reappointed in

October 2010. he is also the former chair of

the council of trustees at Kutztown University

and former chair of the Pennsylvania

Association of Councils of Trustees (PACT), the

statewide organization that comprises the

trustees from all 14 PASShE universities.

Pichini Named PASShE Chairbecomes first state system alum to hold position By Kenn Marshall

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It’s our “American scripture,” respected like the Stars and Stripes and the Statue of Liberty. But what’s actually hidden inside the U.S. Constitution? Well, our rights as human beings, for one thing. It includes infor-mation on protections against tyranny, the separation of church and state, slavery and its abolition, and the fight against racial discrimination. The opus that some call “alive” brims with grand ideas.

If all that seems like too much to stuff into one small book, don’t tell KU Associate Professor Andrew Arnold. He has published a guide that, in fact, fits right in your pocket.

Arnold’s “A Pocket Guide to the U.S. Constitution” places both the document and its historical context at a reader’s fingertips. In doing so, it also clears up a few misconceptions.

“People believe the Constitution should stand for liberty, democracy and freedom,” says Arnold, who teaches constitutional history at Kutztown. “The tension between that and what it actually says is a great place to start a conversation.

“This book came out of my teaching,” said Arnold. “I wrote it with my stu-dents in mind, and that makes me very proud.”

He says it is an answer to the numer-ous good questions students asked in class, including “Why do we have to study this?” and “Who do they mean by ‘We the People’?” They even want to know what the word “constitution” means. (Creating something out

of nothing, Arnold answers.) “Its original purpose was to set up a

government with checks and balances to prevent centralized tyranny,” he says.

“Today, the evolving doc-ument means what the Supreme Court says it means.”

Not mainly a rousing speech, the Constitution is largely a legal docu-ment that the Founding Fathers wrote to set up the mechanics of our national government, according to Arnold.

The Constitution is

vague and open to interpretation, he explains, with aspects of a sales pam-phlet. “That’s because the patriots sought to build a government that most people would accept,” Arnold says.

For example, he notes that slavery is mentioned in it only indi-rectly (with references to

KU Prof Pens U.S. Constitution Guide

“other persons” and “such persons”), not so much because it was a repulsive institu-tion, but for fear of repercussions in both the North and South.

In addition, notes Arnold, the Founding Fathers saw the Constitution as a frame-work and not a set of laws, which people over future years would have to formulate. Arnold quotes Thomas Jefferson as calling it a work written by one generation that would impose itself on all who followed.

Today, attention to the Constitution focuses not so much on the firmly-in- place mechanism of government as on its Bill of Rights section, which encom-passes a much larger group of people than it once did.

“The Bill of Rights wasn’t as important to us until the 20th century,” the professor says. “Once it only applied to Congress, but people challenged it in court cases, claiming the protections as their own.”

Understanding the protections offered by the Constitution are often buried in multi-volume sets, where a reader “can’t find anything,” he points out. In contrast, anyone can tote Arnold’s book around to whip out in the heat of an argument.

By Rebecca Rhodin

“ i wrote it with my students in mind, and that makes me very proud.” —assoCiate ProF. anDreW arnoLD

KU alumnus Lenin Agudo

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stands behind this project.“Seminar graduates will have a

completed business plan that they can then take to lending organiza-tions,” says Agudo. “The students have the opportunity to interact with business professionals and other entrepreneurs, engage in bilingual mentorships and sit in on classroom-style sessions, as well as participate in workshops for their individual business plans.”

Recently, the KU LBRC has partnered with PNC Bank and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Central Pennsylvania to offer free bilingual seminars to Latino business owners and entrepreneurs in the Harrisburg area.

Statistically speaking, roughly 80 percent of new businesses fail within the first year of business, but of those entrepreneurs who have taken a semi-nar with the LBRC, more than 80 percent have maintained after one year. This is great news for the Harrisburg area’s growing Hispanic population; it means that in the tough economic times facing Americans, they have a business sup-port system.

This model has the potential to boost the economy in Pennsylvania, with a new group of individuals pav-ing the way toward business and entrepreneurial success.

Fueled by a desire to reach out to Latino entrepreneurs, the KU Latino Business Resource Center is making sure business owners have the strategies, tactics and expertise they need to succeed in a chal-lenging economic climate.

Since 2007, the KU Latino Business Resource Center has been offering free seminars in Reading, Coatesville and Kennett Square and has recently launched similar conferences in Harrisburg, Pa. The center has graduated more than 150 people throughout the course of 11 seminars.

Director of the KU LBRC, Lenin Agudo MBA ’06 passionately

As a freelance graphic designer based in Pennsyl-

vania in 2010, Jenna Palermo ’09 was applying

for a position that would require her to relocate

to bristol, Conn., to work for ESPN’s creative

services department as a graphic designer. She

had already gone through initial phone inter-

views, but the hiring team wanted to have a

face-to-face sit-down. Instead of a traditional

interview with travel, ESPN staff opted for a

more convenient interview through Skype, a free

online text, voice and video service.

Palermo was excited about the interview

but slightly nervous about the unorthodox

method. She had heard of friends going through

online video interviews and knew they had

become more common in today’s marketplace.

“Skype interviews may feel a little unconven-

tional, but it is very important to treat them

with the same level of professionalism

as any in-person interview,” she remarked.

Palermo needed to prepare for the interview

differently by making sure that she was familiar

with the technology and comfortable having a

conversation online. One advantage she noted

was that you are able to view yourself as well

as your interviewer on the screen, providing a

perspective of the interviewer.

“So much of what is communicated is in

how it is communicated,” Palermo says. She was

eventually contracted for the job with ESPN in

January 2011.

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As a system, it balances individual

rights with public order and fairly

applies the law in matters of adminis-

tration of justice and retribution of

victims. As a program of study, it

draws on a range of interdisciplinary

learning, with the intended outcome

of graduating professionals who know

how to apply their knowledge to real-

world matters in order to enhance

quality of life and assure justice.

On campus and in the community,

state and nation, KU professors and

alumni of the criminal justice depart-

ment make a difference on a daily

basis by exercising their skills and

serving with dedication and integrity.

here are a few of their stories:

Behind the SceneS, Behind the Science of criminal JuStice

Contributing writers:

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One of the most important building blocks for a functional society is an effective criminal justice system.


RAyMOND J. CARR JR. ’79 counts himself lucky to be living his dream, which is being a bad guy’s nightmare.

Once a defensive end for the Golden Bears, Carr went on to tackle notorious criminals as an agent for the FBI, bringing them to justice in fulfillment of what he said was his goal ever since childhood.

“Everybody had a dream, and that was mine; I always wanted to do that,” Carr said.

And he has done plenty in the almost 23 years he has been with the FBI, starting with three years in Buffalo, N.Y., and the rest of his career based in Philadelphia.

In 1993, he was an FBI SWAT team member at the Branch Davidian compound, near Waco,

Texas, where sect leader David Koresh and his followers had killed four agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The ensuing standoff lasted 50 days, ending only when the Davidians stubbornly refused to leave even after tear gas was pumped into their building and a subsequent fire claimed the lives of 75 Davidians.

Four years later, Carr was on the SWAT team that confronted the Montana Freemen, a radical, white supremacist group based near Jordan, Mont., that had proclaimed itself to be outside the jurisdic-tion of the United States government. Its heavily armed members, who surrendered peacefully after 81 days, had buried local authorities under a blizzard of bizarre and bogus legal paperwork, and they had used counterfeit bank documents to commit fraud.

Carr, who was the Philadelphia liaison for the bureau’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, based in Quantico, Va., is mentioned in Michael W. Cuneo’s “A Need to Kill,” about the

A lucky Man Profiles a Career in Solving Crime

The FBI was founded in 1908, adopting the motto

“Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity.”

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murders of Tom and Lisa Haines and their 16-year-old son, Kevin, in Lancaster County in 2007, and he has worked on numerous highly publicized cases, such as that of serial rapist and murderer Troy Graves – known in Philadelphia as the Center City Rapist – and the Boyle Street Boys drug gang that killed a police officer in Chester some 10 years ago.

But the takedown that got him significant atten-tion from the media was that of the infamous Friday Night Bank Robber, suspected of committing a spate of bank robberies spread over about a dozen years.

In 2001, teenagers playing in a wooded area of Radnor Township, near Philadelphia, found pieces of capped PVC piping inside a drainage pipe. Opening one, they found documents referring to bank robber-ies. They contacted the police, who unearthed a small bunker filled with more capped pipes and waterproof containers. The police, in turn, contacted the local FBI, which is where Carr has been stationed since 1991.

Studying the materials from the bunker, which included books, maps, detailed infor-mation on 160 banks from Connecticut to Virginia, five guns, some 500 rounds of ammunition and assorted masks, Carr had a revelation.

“I said, ‘I know this guy. This is the guy I’ve been studying for the last four, five months.’”

Carr had developed the profile of the thief: a man in his 40s or perhaps 50s, a loner who likely had military training and who was deadly serious about physical fitness.

The FNB, as he was nicknamed, was suspected of having held up banks for more than a dozen years. Wearing heavy clothing, a cap, gloves and a full-head

Halloween mask, he was impossible to identify. And he was in superb physical condition, able to vault over the bank counter from a standstill to ransack the cash drawer.

The maps included the locations of more bunkers scattered throughout northeastern Pennsylvania, where agents found more weapons, $100,000, military-style rations and other materials.

Training and hard work aside, Carr said, “It’s good to be lucky. This guy came to me.”

Hard work and teamwork helped turn the lucky find into a name: Carl Gugasian, a 1971 graduate of Villanova University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in systems analysis from the University of Pennsylvania and doctoral work in statistics and probability at The Pennsylvania State University.

Gugasian was also a former member of the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, and the string of bank robberies turned out to be three decades long, netting him more

than $2 million and a place in the record books of dubious achievements as the most successful bank robber in U.S. history, beating out legendary hoodlums such as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and John Dillinger.

The FBI dropped the hammer on Gugasian in February 2002; it would have done so sooner, but the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the anthrax scare put a strain on the bureau’s resources. Carr was on the team that searched Gugasian’s apartment and was prepared to apprehend him when he returned, but another team seized the opportunity to take the robber into custody at the Philadelphia Free Library, off Logan Circle, where he had often gone to make copies of topographic maps to plan his surveillance and escape routes.

For a time, Gugasian was defiant and uncooper-ative, Carr said, but that changed a few weeks before his trial: “His attorney told me, ‘He wants to talk to you; you get one shot at this.’ We kind of

hit it off, and he told me his whole life story.”That’s when the FBI learned that the string

of bank robberies had begun 30 years earlier.Gugasian, then 55, was subsequently sen-

tenced to 17½ years in prison, but he and Carr continued speaking frequently for years.

“I was kind of like his counselor, psycholo-gist. We talked about everything. Hopefully, he comes out and does the right thing.”

Although he takes pride in this and all of his and the bureau’s accomplishments, it’s all in a day’s work for Carr. In addition to his training and service with the NCAVC, he has served as a negotiator, intervening in crisis situations, since 1994 and has led the negotiations team, which may be called upon several times a month, for about 10 years.

He takes it all in stride.“Sometimes I think I’m so lucky that they

even chose me,” he said, citing the FBI’s elite status and tough requirements for its agents. When he joined in 1988, he was one of only 8,500 agents. Even now, there are only 13,000.

Arguably, his credentials helped land the job. The KU criminal justice major went on to earn a master’s in the field from West Chester University and an MBA and accounting degree from Widener University. He earned those advanced degrees while working in the Glen Mills School District, where he coached foot-ball and worked his way up to become director of human resources.

Although he played both baseball and football in high school, he stuck to the grid-iron at KU, under Coach George Baldwin.

Carr treasures his Kutztown experience:

“If I had to do it all over again, I would do the same thing,” he said. “Coach Baldwin taught us about life, not just football.”

Carr has nothing but praise for the bureau and counts himself lucky that he gets paid for doing what he loves.

With a little luck, Carr will be able to do just that – and likely much more. As his life demonstrates, he doesn’t just have good luck; he knows what to do with it.

“i’m So lucKY [the fBi] choSe me.” —ray Carr

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w hether it is the influence of popular culture, the public war on terrorism or the growth in an employment sector, the increased interest in careers in law enforcement, forensic science, security and law is impacting Kutztown University. Enrollment in the univer-sity’s criminal justice program – one of its most popular majors of study – has increased more than 85 percent in the last 10 years.

“There is a lot of interest,” says DR. Al PISCIOTTA, professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice. “We have been receiving about 750 freshman applications and internal and external transfer applications annually.”

Pisciotta attributes the increased interest in KU’s program to a high-caliber teaching staff and a program that offers a depth of study that professionally prepares graduates in the use of technology and communication and offers a solid understanding about the legal and criminal justice system.

He also notes that increased enrollment means more graduates and that graduates from KU’s criminal justice degree program are mak-ing their mark in the field.

“Our graduates are working in local, state and federal government agencies across the country. They are making contributions as police officers, probation officers, parole officers and prison counselors. They work for the FBI, U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Marshals Service – virtually every criminal justice agency,” says Pisciotta.

SGT. AMANDA POMbO ’98 knows the value of instinct and observation.

Whether responding to a domestic call, breaking up a fight or investigating a crime, a police officer’s best tool is the ability to read a situation and make quick decisions about the best response.

“Our job puts us in emotionally charged situations most of the time,” she says. “We have to be prepared to get past the emotion and deal with the per-sonal aspects of the situation in the most appropriate manner possible. That takes constant learning and experience.”

Since 2009, Pombo has been using her years of street cop experience to lead a squad of police officers as the first female sergeant for Upper Darby Town-ship, located just outside Philadelphia.

Pombo’s experience on the job is extensive, as Upper Darby is one of the largest and most diverse townships in the country. She has worked as a moun-tain bike police unit member and partici-pated in prestigious honor guard units, as well as more formal functions like appearing at ceremonies and serving at funerals. Pombo explains she has come to the aid of a woman held at knife point, broken up fights between rival groups on a public basketball court and negotiated peace in domestic disputes.

She has also experienced the mundane and the tedious.

While the wave of student interest in the major continues to crest, the department has kept pace by hiring additional faculty who are known for their contributions in aspects of the law, technology, security, defense and corrections.

“In the past five years, the number of faculty in our program has doubled,” says Pisciotta. “We’re happy we can attract faculty who are respected scholars with a wide range of experience working in the criminal justice system and whose research is well known in the field.”

Included in that faculty census are nationally and internationally known scholars and researchers like Dr. Marc Renzema and Dr. Gary Cordner, says Pisciotta.

“Dr. Renzema, who just retired after 29 years of teaching at Kutztown, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on electronic monitoring and technological surveillance,” says Pisciotta. “Dr. Cordner is one of the country’s leading authorities on policing.”

“What makes our program special is the faculty’s commitment to our students,” he says. “Despite their exceptional academic records, every member of our faculty is, first and foremost, concerned with the academic, personal and professional develop-ment of our students. Simply stated, they put their professional and personal goals second to that of teaching.”

Certainly, this influence is receiving a lot of attention.

The estimated number of violent crimes in 2010 declined for

the fourth consecutive year.

Property crimes also decreased, making this the eighth straight year that the

collective estimates for these offenses declined.


Attending KU as a nontraditional student, ChRISTINE REIChARDT ’96 began

as an education major, thinking education

with an emphasis on psychology might be the

path. Quickly, though, she found her true

interest was criminal justice.

“you can’t find a more interesting field

than criminal justice,” she said from her

desk, stacked with neatly organized case

files of inmates in need of her guidance.

Reichardt never saw herself as a police

officer; however, she reflected on her

collegiate days.

“As a student, I never thought I would

be doing what I am doing now.”

She found her niche in the berks County

Jail in pretrial services in 1997, a nonprofit

agency funded in part by

the United way, where

she serves as director of

her department, berks

Connections.

“It’s intensely gratifying

to help people who are

struggling to make a way

for themselves,” she

explains.

Reichardt works daily

with inmates to teach them

life skills and help them to

create and maintain healthy

relationships while incar-

cerated, as well as get

them ready for life once released by assisting

them to find meals, clothing and employment.

“I like the work we do; we have the ability

to improve someone’s current and potential

situation. Sometimes, my job makes me feel

like a social worker – it’s very rewarding.”

One of the truly endearing aspects of

Reichardt’s work is the berks Connections

Mother’s voice Program, which offers incar-

cerated mothers an opportunity to com-

municate with their children. while often

difficult for young children to have com-

munication with a jailed parent, this program

uses audio recordings of the mothers so their

children can hear their voices.

“The children have a greater sense that,

despite the distance, Mommy still loves and

thinks of them, while at the same time, it

strengthens the family unit,” Reichardt said.

helping Inmates to a better Tomorrow

When dR. ARThUR GARRISON ’90 was an undergraduate at Kutztown, he grew attached to the people, tempo and environment of the university. Perhaps that attachment is what has pulled him back to KU, this time to teach.

As the university’s newest assistant professor of criminal justice, Garrison finds academia in general and teaching in particular to his liking. He brings more than 15 years of criminal justice practice to the classroom, bolstering his teaching with experiences from his days as the project director for the Wilmington Hope Commission, as planning director for the Delaware

“You get set to take down a bur-glary when you respond to an alarm, and nine times out of 10, it is a false alarm,” she says. “Another day, you have to direct traffic when a light fails at a bad intersection. It’s all part of a day’s work,” she says. “I love my job, and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a police officer.”

Pombo fondly recalls her years at KU, where she was one of only a handful of women majoring in crimi-nal justice. “Some of my best memories are from my days at Kutztown,” she says. “The program really prepared me with a solid understanding of the criminal justice system.” Recalling her undergraduate days, Pombo offers some important advice for today’s criminal justice majors.

“Have fun, but not too much fun, at college,” she says. “If you want to be a police officer, seemingly little indiscretions as an undergraduate can keep you from attaining your dream.”

Criminal Justice Council and as a policy developer and evaluator.

“I explain to my students that criminal justice is a discipline and a profession, and most of all, I want my students to learn the ‘why’ behind the

laws regarding criminal behavior and the application of justice,” he says. “Criminal justice education is a process that explores how moral and ethical principles are crystallized into legal wrongs and how society establishes systems to implement justice under the principle of the rule of law. It is our obligation as teachers to provide our students with an understanding of these complicated and important ideas and values.”

With the enrollment in the crimi-nal justice program on the increase, Garrison sees his position as teacher as an important one.

“Everybody is fascinated with the process of justice, and that may play a part in the increase of students in this major,” he says. “Everybody has an opinion about the criminal justice system based on their ideas of what is right and wrong. What makes our stu-dents different is that they are exposed to the theory, science and art of justice and social control. This exposure pro-vides them with a sophisticated under-standing about how justice works.”


A good lawyer is one that not only understands human behavior, but has the communication skill set to be able to listen and articulate effectively. For ChRISTINE hURST PERRUCCI ’89, counsel at the law firm of Florio Perrucci Steinhardt and Fader, majoring in psychology was an excellent stepping stone into law.

“My background in psychology has certainly been helpful in dealing effectively with clients,” says Perrucci, who, after graduating from Kutztown, earned her law degree from Dickinson School of Law.

While Perrucci has handled civil litigation, serving clients in the areas of real estate and family, she especially enjoys litigating medical malpractice cases.

“The thing I like best about taking on medical malpractice cases is that I can advocate for those who often can’t advocate for themselves,” she says. “Remembering how I have helped people who have been wronged obtain a good recovery really brings me a lot of joy.”

One of the last cases Perrucci repre-sented before choosing to consult for the practice resulted in a $2.3 million verdict for a man who was wrongfully diagnosed. The case not only was an opportunity for Perrucci to show her skill in navigating the complexities of medical malpractice litigation, but it gave her a keen sense of personal accomplishment.

ADAM KISThARDT ’88 AND M ’00, double-checks the security of his firearm in his duty belt as he walks to his office in the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey, Pa. It’s early, and the office is still empty and quiet; the new trainees have yet to arrive for their first day. This calm is unusual; Kisthardt’s mornings are typically filled with predawn runs around the base, detailed inspections and man-datory work detail with the horses. Today is dif-ferent – today is the first day of the state police training program.

Kisthardt is the director of the training divi-sion at the Hershey location and guides police trainees through the many obstacles of their rigorous program. The academy is designed as a paramilitary and academic environment, similar in operation and structure to the notable United States Military Academy at West Point. Kisthardt is charged with overseeing classroom education, field training and overall teaching of self-discipline and attention to detail. “It’s a tough job, but rewarding,” he explains.

For 13 years, Kisthardt specialized in hostage negotiation as a detective, which positioned him to be the hostage negotiation supervisor during the 1999 standoff at the Norristown (Pa.) State Hospital. A former hospital employee held several nurses hostage over a three-day period.

Kisthardt credits KU with helping to prepare him for circumstances such as this. “In addi-tion to criminal justice course work, part of the curriculum required classes in psychology – that helped me a great deal with situations like Norristown State Hospital,” he said.

Kisthardt also credits teachers and coaches at Parkland High School, in Allentown, Pa., who advised him about KU’s strong criminal justice program.

“They were looking out for me,” he said. “My sister, who is a federal agent, also told me about Kutztown’s program.”

Kisthardt explains that he attended a presentation by the state police at a criminal justice club meeting and was immediately hooked. He returned to KU for a master’s of public administration to gain further man-agement skills, completing his advanced degree in 2000.

Kisthardt has strong ties to Kutztown and the criminal justice department for helping him to succeed in all aspects of his career. He remains involved with the program through KU Career Day, where the state police typically get between 10 and 20 applicants. “We have a good number of KU CJ graduates coming into the state police. KU students have the qualities we are looking for.”

Captain Kisthardt makes his formal inspection of cadets at the end of the seven-month training program.

Enrollment in Kutztown University’s criminal justice program –

one of its most popular majors of study – has increased more than 85 percent in the last 10 years.


“In these types of cases, you typically get very close to the clients and their families,” she says. “In this particu-lar case, I have been able to see how the settlement has helped bring closure for the family and help them financially.”

For Perrucci, becoming a lawyer was more than about establishing a career; instead, it was about finding a vocation that

would allow her to make a difference and bring a new challenge daily.

“For me, the best thing about being a lawyer is that it’s different

every day,” she says. “Every cli-ent, every case is different from the one before. If you can bring a sense of curiosity, good com-

munication skills and a passion to help your client, there’s no better career than the law.”

Protecting your Peace of Mind at the Nuclear level

every american fears the thought of a nuclear reactor being

breached and overtaken by terrorists with night vision, high-

powered weaponry and skilled, tactical training. for MIChAEl SECOR, a 1998 Ku criminal justice graduate and senior nuclear

security training instructor, it’s a circumstance he anticipates daily.

at exelon corporation’s Peach Bottom atomic Power Station,

Secor and other officials run in-house mileS laser tag simulations

of organized offensive break-ins and attempt to defend against

the assault. these drills are a warm-up for the major nrc (nuclear

regulatory commission) composite adversary force assault that

occurs every three years.

“We train for this and other scenarios regularly,” he explains.

“threats of all sizes need to be planned for with vigilance.”

training, though, is just one responsibility for Secor.

recently, he was honored with the opportunity to act as liaison

between the Peach Bottom facility, site engineers and contractors

on a $5 million system upgrade that includes the installation of mul-

tiple perimeter intrusion detection systems.

Secor’s career almost never existed; he

started at Ku as an education major.

“i took a class about law that made

me change my career. i could’ve been a

teacher, but i switched to criminal jus-

tice after taking that course,” he says.

following four years working at

the lancaster county prison and

splitting that time for three years

as a deputy sheriff, Secor

spoke with a friend, an employee of the Peach Bottom

plant, who informed him of an opportunity in the control

center there.

“i had experience in control center functions and operations

from the prison. the controls were more difficult to operate

at the prison than the plant, so that prisoners couldn’t figure

them out. it made me marketable to the plant,” Secor

explained.

he made the change and started with Peach Bottom in

2002 and, within the year, was promoted to a supervisor, in

charge of monitored alarm systems, perimeter cameras and

perimeter intrusion detection zone surveillance. in 2008, and

a few promotions later, Secor became a senior security instruc-

tor who trains both incumbent and newly hired personnel.

Secor is certified as a firearms instructor by both exelon and

the nra law enforcement division. he is in the classroom for

part of the year and on the firing range for the rest. in the

classroom, participants review safety and search procedures in

theory but later apply those theories in the field and on the

range. Secor is also certified to instruct in practical and tactical

restraint and pepper spray assaults. he typically spends five

months or more per year on the firing range, instructing the

use of firearms during daytime and nighttime scenarios,

tactical force, multiple targets, obstacle courses and extreme-

circumstance decision making.

Secor treats his job with the utmost professionalism and

attention to detail. after all, it’s a matter of national security

and american peace of mind.

master of the

PlatinuM printing process

FEATURE

by: A m y B i em i ller


THOMAS SHILLEA ’69 is comfortable with fame; after all, his photographic portraits of famous Americans like Coretta Scott King, Malcolm Forbes and President Ronald Reagan grace galleries and museums throughout the world. But that doesn’t mean that from time to time, he isn’t caught off guard when he sees his own work on public display.

“I was touring the Philadelphia Museum of Art with some of my

colleagues, when we rounded a corner, and there was my photog-raphy on exhibit. It was quite a surprising moment,” Shillea says.

It is not surprising that Shillea,

a successful artist, author and educator, doesn’t have time to keep exact track of the where-abouts of his work. When he is not in the classroom, on the lecture circuit or writing books, he continues mastering an artistic craft that is challenging and laborious.

Using a classic 100-year-old, 8-inch-by-10-inch view camera for his photo sessions, Shillea will yield 10 to 12 negatives that he will develop by hand. He then

handcoats a piece of high-quality art paper with a sensitizer of platinum and palladium metals. When dry, the paper becomes light sensitive and is exposed to the negative via the use of ultraviolet light – a technique known as the platinum printing process.

The results, unique handmade photographs with dynamic tonal range and archival permanence, grace the collections of the George Eastman House, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Baltimore

Museum of Art and National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smith-sonian), to name a few.

His still-life compositions

Forbes, reagan, sPaCeK, andretti and King Hold still FoR tom sHillea

Opposite page: Shillea

readies his 100-year-

old equipment in a

photo taken by his

wife, Santa Bannon-

Shillea. Above: “Sharon

Incognito” and “Parrot

Tulips.” Left: Coretta

Scott King

bring forth details as delicate as the paper-thin variances of tulip petals and as ephemeral as the interplay of light and shadow caressing bottles on a kitchen counter. His portraits capture mood and beauty, leaving a potent impression that the viewer has had a very intimate glimpse into the character of the subject.


Left: Shillea pauses for

a photo by his wife,

Santa Bannon-Shillea.

Below: Indy 500 driver

Mario Andretti

“I realize that I am a 21st- century artist/photographer work-ing with a 19th-century photo-graphic process and camera,” he says. “There are very few masters of this process out there – we’re a rare breed.”

While he is considered the master of the platinum photo-graphic process today, back in 1965, Shillea would not have guessed that photography would become his passion when he enrolled as an art education major at Kutztown State College. It wasn’t until his junior year, when he took his first photography class with Professor Paul Laincz, that the photographic artist was born.

“Professor Laincz introduced me to the art, craft, science and history of photography,” he says. “His pas-sion for the medium inspired me and reawakened an interest in pho-tography that started in my youth.”

With his enthusiasm reignited for photography, Shillea began photographing people he knew at college and discovered that his innate ability to connect with the person made for compelling portraits.

Years later, as a graduate student in the MFA photo program at the Rochester Institute of Technology,

examples oF tHomas sHillea’s pHotogRapHs

aRe available on His website at

WWW.tHoMassHiLLeaPHotograPHy.CoM

he studied Alfred Stieglitz’s plati-num print photographic portraits of Georgia O’Keeffe and began his 35-year journey to master the use of the large-format view camera, and the platinum printing process particularly, to create detailed and sensual portraits.

While anyone can direct a person to stand, sit or look at a camera, Shillea does so after deeply connect-ing with who his subject is.

“My art and the results of the process are as much about carefully observing the subject as about press-ing the shutter,” he says. “I have always been very interested in a one-on-one relationship with my subjects and use that as a technique in order to direct them and achieve the outcome I am looking for.”

Those outcomes make him the go-to artist for a wide-ranging pool of celebrities that include Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek, race car driver Mario Andretti, Fleetwood Mac guitarist Rick Vito, golf legend Arnold Palmer and Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl.

Shillea also loves teaching his art – and does so as the director of art programs at Northampton Community College, in Bethle- hem, Pa.

“Administering four thriving programs with over 300 students and teaching two classes each semester has been a wonderful way for me to utilize my many years of multi-faceted experience as an artist, photographer, business owner and teacher in a beneficial and creative way,” he says.

His drive to encourage his stu-dents to stretch and explore their creative gifts was part of what inspired him to cofund the Gregory Purdon Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the memory of his dear friend and art major class-mate at Kutztown. The scholarship provides funding for a Northampton

Community College student to continue studying at Kutztown.

The scholarship is only one way Shillea helps mold new artists. While he is passionate about passing along his expertise in photography to his students, he also enjoys helping them develop their own esthetic style, using the most modern of processes and equipment.

“I have enjoyed introducing students to the alchemy of the darkroom and the magic of the platinum print but also embrace and teach courses utilizing digital technologies, such as digital photography and graphic design,” he says. “The bottom line is that the students I teach want to create art. My job, and the job of our entire faculty, is to help them discover every outlet in order to do that.”


FEATURE

Humanitarian, audiologist provides solutions to Hearing loss in soutHeast asia

DR. DAVID WOODRUFF ’77 has journeyed deep into the jungles of Southeast Asia, in countries like Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. In rural villages, cut off from modern medicine, children born with birth defects are often left to die; their desperately poor parents are unable to care for any child who will not grow into a strong, productive adult.

However, some defects, like deafness and hearing loss, often don’t become apparent until the child is older – sometimes 3 or 4 years old. When the disability is discovered, parents often have no idea what to do.by: Melissa

NurczyNski

Woodruff hearschildren’scall

Feature


journeys to Asia to provide children with health care, which can often transform them from a potential burden on their family to a vital part of the community.

As Woodruff tells it, he almost didn’t go the first time. When his former graduate advisor told him about an upcoming trip, he wanted to go but balked at the cost. Having just started in private practice, he didn’t have a great deal of disposable income, and volun-teers pay their own way in the AHAC pro-gram. However, after thinking about it and combing over his budget – and with the blessing of his future wife – he went.

As an audiologist, Woodruff has the ability to diagnose hearing loss and offer solutions.

“Parents don’t even know some-thing can be done,” says Woodruff, who has, since the mid-1990s, journeyed to Southeast Asia to help rural families

deal with their children’s hearing loss. “It’s our job to help.”

The Kutztown graduate, who later pursued a doctorate in audiology at the Arizona School of Health Sciences, has been volunteering with a group called Americans Helping Asian Children, or AHAC. Each year, along with other volunteer health care professionals, he

Audiology, or the study of hearing and hearing disorders, allows Woodruff to diagnose and search for the root causes of hearing loss, which can be anything from congenital disorders to untreated ear infections. Often, his work consists of fit-ting children with hearing aids and show-ing them and their parents how to use the technology.

In countries like Vietnam, where there is only one audiologist who practices in a large city, Woodruff ’s work focuses on rural villages, where the need is greatest. He’s been going to these countries for years and has always witnessed a friendly environment.

Far left: A young Vietnamese

student wears earphones

used for hearing tests as

friends watch. Critical for

continued social and educa-

tional growth, the free tests

are offered through school

programs. Woodruff estimates

AHAC has tested thousands

of children since its inception.


“When I first went there, the (Vietnam) war was fresh,” he says, adding that he expected to find anti-Americanism or ten-sion there. Instead, he found a warm wel-come despite many cultural differences.

“The general population is such a differ-ent type of culture,” he says, adding that the ancient culture is inherently different from that of the west, something that con-tinues to fascinate him. “It is primarily Buddhist, with history that goes back thousands of years.”

Vietnam has been particularly interest-ing to Woodruff. “I’ve seen a country that has been at war with various enemies for centuries adjust to relative peace. It’s a culture in transition,” he says.

As far as he’s trav-eled and as many peo-ple as he’s helped, Woodruff credits his time at Kutztown University for starting him on his path.

“I owe my career to Dr. Richard Grabowski, my very first audiology professor at Kutztown. I really had no idea of my future when I took his beginning audiology course out of curiosity. He was a wonder-ful teacher and succeeded in perking my interest in the rela-tively new field of audiology,” says Woodruff.

Undoubtedly, his patients both here and across the world are also grateful.

“ I owe my career to dr. rIchard GrabowskI,

my very fIrst audIoloGy professor

at kutztown.” — dr. david woodruFF

Feature

by: Melissa NurczyNski

PhotograPhy: douglasbeNedict


DR. CONSTANCE DENT’s face lights up when she talks about a lifetime of activism, intellectualism and helping others. A professor emeritus, she still remembers when things were tougher for girls.

“Female students weren’t encouraged to take up so-called ‘male’ disciplines like science and math,” Dent explained. “Even at a Normal School, with a heavy emphasis on education and an atmosphere more friendly to women, there was that feeling of girls being less than the boys.”

She and others saw a need to give female students a voice.

Dent, who came to campus in 1968 as a full professor of psychology after being the women’s dean at the University of Pennsylvania, was delighted to help students find that voice. She was integral in founding the Women’s Action Committee, which evolved into the campus Women’s Center, which still thrives to this day. She and her cohorts weren’t shy about getting out and protesting with placards if they thought it was necessary, but more importantly, they worked to make female students feel like they were an equal part of the campus community on a daily basis.

Dent, who retired in 1997 but remains active on campus, has many great memories of her time at KU – and especially her students. “The stu-dents then were wonderful. Really. You could really get some great minds,” she says, her voice both intense and enthusiastic.

Though no longer teaching, she loves living close to the campus where she spent a good portion of her career. “Well, I really am just delighted that I am near a university town because you need intellectual and academic stimulation. So, yes, I get back and keep in touch with what’s going on.”

Clad in a blue shirt and jeans, Dent remains quick witted, physically sturdy and passionate about psychology, education and ecology. She lives with her partner, former Kutztown Professor Dr. Ann Gundry, south of Kutztown on a 300-acre farm that she plans to leave to the Berks County Conservancy as a nature preserve. She still sees clients as a psychologist when she’s not traveling the world

and engaging in her much-loved hobby of bird watching. “I went to Africa and I wanted to see a hammerkopf,” she

says, adding that her nonbirding traveling companions were quite relieved when she finally spied the rare bird. “I was so obsessed with it,” she laughs.

Dent, who was recruited to Kutztown by then-President Italo deFrancesco, taught a number of psychology classes while at Kutztown, including general psychology, clinical internship and abnormal psychology (then called psychopa-thology), which she enjoyed. She also started the clinical internship for the psychology program. Along with Gundry,

she developed a course that explored biofeedback in psychology and still uses biofeedback in her practice today. In partnership with Dr. Richard Law of the English department, she cofounded KU’s Women’s Studies Program, which thrives to this day.

In the late 1980s, the Women’s Consortium and the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) decided each campus needed a women’s center. Because Dent had been so heavily involved in PASSHE’s Women’s Action Group, she was a natural to become involved in the women’s center. With the support of

then-President David E. McFarland, the Kutztown Women’s Center was founded. “It was like a closet,” says Dent, fondly adding that the success of the center eventually prompted its move to its current space on the first floor of Old Main.

One of the things she’s most proud of is that the Women’s Center serves all students. “It’s not really just for women,” she says. “There are lots of men who go there, too, because they find a lot of solace and sympathy and support. If you look at it objectively, really objectively, it’s a center for all students.”

And given the stresses of the current economy, students can be assured they have an advocate in Dent, who remains very involved in the goings-on on campus. “I keep my eye on things,” she says. “I want the very best for all KU students.”

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displayed in the

KU Women’s Center.

It features 31 women

who have served as

U.S. senators.

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Koert is thinking about majoring in business, with a specialization in mar-keting and management. “I’m inter-ested in management because I want to be a vital part of a corporation or an industry, and I think management will give me that. There’s the chal-lenge of expressing your ideas to the other employees and the challenge of making sure the employees are doing their jobs and that they’re happy and feel like they’re part of the corpora-tion, too.”

Koert’s main extracurricular pursuit is her participation in the Kutztown chapter of Best Buddies, an organization that pairs students with local special needs children or adults. “It’s been an excellent experience so far. Going into it, one thing they said was that you think you’re going to have so much of an impact on their lives, but in reality, they end up

the same sense, but on a different level. It’s had a big impact on my stay at Kutztown. I talk to my buddy, Scott, just about every day.”

One of the other aspects of college that she’s enjoyed most has been her classes, a fact she attributes to the great interactions she’s had with the Kutztown faculty. “Professors never have a problem meeting after class to make sure students understand the material,” Koert says.

Philanthropic partnership makes it possi-ble for Kutztown University to provide the types of learning opportunities that change lives. Your support helps Kutztown attract talented and diverse students like Briana Koert; through scholarships, we are able to offer the Kutztown experience to all those who desire an excellent and acces-sible education.

having much more of an impact on your life,” she says. Best Buddies was a natural fit for Koert, who has worked for a long time with special needs children at her mother’s work-place. “I felt that Best Buddies would give me

CAMPUS FOCUSSupport for student scholarships is a priority for the Kutztown University Foundation’s comprehensive campaign, Setting the Stage, the Campaign for Kutztown University. Private support, in the form of endowed scholarships and awards, helps the university attract and retain the brightest and most talented students and maintains the vibrancy of the academic and cultural community here at KU. Briana Koert ’14 is an excellent example of investing in our future.

investing in our Future


the old main SocietY IS NAMED IN hONOR OF OlD MAIN, the most historic building on campus

and the central beacon of the university. The Old Main Society recognizes donors who have desig-

nated the Kutztown University Foundation as the ultimate beneficiary of a planned gift. Such gifts

might include a bequest or charitable income gifts, such as charitable gift annuities, charitable

remainder trusts or gifts of life insurance.

Planned giving can help you preserve assets during your lifetime and allow you to provide sup-

port to Kutztown University. Creating a planned gift involves selecting the optimal method to attain

your charitable and estate planning goals. Any donor who makes a planned gift to the university is

eligible for membership in The Old Main Society.

Members of The Old Main Society include alumni, current and emeriti faculty, and friends. ATTORNEy ChARlES STOPP ’70, who

has contributed to the university through a deferred gift annuity, says that one of the reasons he chose to make a planned gift was because

he knew he wanted to provide economic benefits to the university and the foundation. “Gift annuities are such a simple and effective way of

meeting so many goals, particularly philanthropic goals,” he says. “The rewards are significant.”

your membership in The Old Main Society involves no dues or obligations, but it does allow us to thank you and recognize you for the

plans you have made. If you wish your gift intentions to remain private, we will respect that, but we hope you will consider allowing us to

enroll you in the list of The Old Main Society members. Many times we have seen that the example shown by others may provide a powerful

motivation to give. your generosity may inspire others to follow your lead.

One of the most important benefits you will receive from joining The Old Main Society is the satisfaction derived from making a contribu-

tion to Kutztown University’s long-term success.

For more information on planned giving at Kutztown University, please visit www.give2ku.org/plannedgiving.

ON SEPT. 8, 2011, Kutztown university dedicated

the Marlin and regina Miller gallery, formerly the sharadin

art gallery, and celebrated the occasion with remarks from

Dr. William Mowder, dean of the College of visual and

Performing arts; F. Javier Cevallos, Kutztown university

president; Jason Ketter, executive director of the Kutztown

university Foundation and alumni engagement office;

regina M.ed. ’84 and Marlin Miller.

Marlin & Regina Miller Gallery Dedication

In ribbon-cutting photo,

far left (l-r): Jason Ketter,

KU Foundation; Regina and

Marlin Miller; Dr. Javier

Cevallos, KU president;

Paul Keldsen, Student

Government Board presi-

dent; and Dr. William

Mowder, dean of the

College of Visual and

Performing Arts


the 1940s

Eleanor (Moyer) Solomon ’44 retired

from Kutztown area school District.

she also recently celebrated 65 years

of marriage.

Paul wilson ’49 recently celebrated

his 50th anniversary as a glenside

rotarian. He is a retired school

principal and currently lives with

his wife, bernice. Wilson is an

accomplished author of three

books about his life from childhood

to the present.

the 1950s

bessie Reese Crenshaw ’50 is a

continued supporter of the beaver

scholarship Program at Ku. she is

also a supporter and member of a

local community-based Help one

another program in reading, Pa. the

group has helped provide books to

students for more than 40 years.

Madeline (Kriner) Sowers ’50 is

recently widowed. Her grandson

graduated from Princeton and is

now employed at Wells Fargo in

Charlotte, n.C.

Doris A. (Feiler) Kessler ’57 has

been appointed veterans outreach

representative to the Coatesville

Medical Center in Coatesville, Pa.

the 1960s

April (Portnova) Kucsan ’64 is the

district governor of Lions Club in

Lehigh and northampton counties.

Judith (wells) Romanisko ’64 just

retired from Jim thorpe area

school District after 46 years in

public education.

louis Sabler ’64 was inducted into

the Lehigh valley recreational Hall

of Fame on april 9, 2011, for bas-

ketball.

helen Rager ’66 is retiring from the

Parkway school District after 31

years. she has been in education for

45 years.

Dale R. Angstadt ’67 retired as direc-

tor of saratoga County Mental

Health Center in December 2010

after 28½ years.

Dr. Mark Diehl ’68 was named direc-

tor of the Health Care informatics

Program at Misericordia university.

He has more than 30 years of experi-

ence specializing in HCi and the

complex fit of information systems

and information management with

the business and clinical communi-

ties. He is a licensed dentist and

served 24 years in the navy Dental

Corps, retiring as a commander in

1996. Diehl received the american

Dental association’s 2009 volunteer

of the year award.

classnotes

The life of a deputy district attorney can be something like

that of a Jedi Knight — battling all alone against everybody.

“As you grapple to put criminals away, you’re besieged by

challenges from attorneys, process and various interpreta-

tions of criminal law,” says AlPhONSUS “NICK” NOvICK ’49.

Today the 86-year-old retired prosecutor channels the

stress of his former job into something more therapeutic —

writing. Novick has self-published two murder mysteries

and is seeking a publisher for an autobiography of his child-

hood in the Pennsylvania coalfields.

“It was good to sit down and write,” says

Novick, who has been married to KU alumna

lila hartman ’50 (pictured right) for 61 years,

from his home in Southern California.

“Putting pen to paper helped me deal with

all of the things that occur in the career of a

prosecutor and whether you’ll fight it or let it

go on as it is,” he explains.

In his first novel, “Dead lawyers,” a killer

stages the deaths of criminal defense lawyers.

The second, “A Sense of Justice,” weaves

together three plots around a rape, with a

prosecutor forced to fend off the same

Career Journey inspires novick’s stories

A SenSe ofJuStice

A novel of common crimeSAnd uncommon JuStice

nicK novicK

people who should be helping him.

Even in the autobiography, which Novick tentatively

calls “when All the Gods Fell,” there is a theme of disap-

pointment in authorities whom one should be able to

admire. It was this same sense of injustice that first

inspired him to become a lawyer.

Now the drafter of many a legal brief says writing a

novel isn’t so different.

“with fiction, you have to complete a story 200 pages

long,” Novick notes. “you have to build up the story and

keep people interested. but the framework is the same.”

“A Sense of Justice” is

Nick Novick’s second

novel. He continues

work on his third book

on the coalfields of

Pennsylvania.

Edward Petka ’68 retired from Magee

rehabilitation Hospital. He worked

for arCo Chemical Company for

35 years before joining Magee in

2002. Petka spent his entire career

in human resources, retiring as direc-

tor of human resources. He and his

wife, nancy (bredthauer) ’68, live in

West Chester.

Peter w. Riffle ’68 was presented

with the prestigious Harrison

sylvester award by the LDa of

america at its annual conference

in Jacksonville, Fla.

Sandra Corpora ’69 was recently fea-

tured in The Artist’s Magazine as a

finalist for its 28th annual art competi-

tion for her piece entitled Cefalu Fort in

the landscape/interior category. Her

work was featured in the December

2011 issue of the magazine.

Cecile l. (Kirchner) Martin ’69 has

had five art exhibitions in the past

two years in various locations in

georgia and south Carolina.

Susan Shuler ’69 has been an active

german member of the reading

Liederkranz singing and sport

Club for 35 years. since retirement,

she has been on the board as a

recording secretary.

the 1970s

Deborah Everett ’70 retired in January

2011 from her job as a librarian for the

stroudsburg area school District.

John Stirling ’70 was named senior

vice president at national Penn

investors trust Co. He and his wife,

nancy Wasch, and children, rachel

and Danny, enjoy traveling.

Ronald l. Miller ’71 retired after

34 years of teaching middle school

science at schuylkill valley. He has

two daughters who graduated from

Kutztown and became teachers.

He and his wife, rebecca, celebrated

their 40th wedding anniversary

in July.

Ron Delong’s ’72 work was

recently displayed by the Psu

Lehigh valley Campus art gallery

in Fogelsville, Pa., in the exhibit

The Art Behind the Instruction:

Artists Who Teach at Penn State

Lehigh Valley.

herman Fligge ’73 retired after 37

years as a teacher at blue Mountain

High school, where he was chair-

man of the math department for

22 years.

Rev. Alana (lucyk) Kelley ’73 and

her husband, David, have lived in

oberlin, ohio, for 28 years. David

teaches at oberlin College, and

alana is a pastor of a u.C.C. church

in elyria, ohio.

william Scheck ’73 recently retired

as an art teacher for boyertown

Junior High school West. He spent

his entire career with the district,

completing his student teaching

there while attending Ku.

Robert Stickloon ’73 resides in

Pottsville, Pa. He was recently a

featured artist in the Art of the

State exhibition at the state

Museum of Pennsylvania.

Dennis boyer ’74, fellow of the

interactivity Foundation, published

a citizen discussion report entitled

“Helping out: Humanitarian Policy

for global security.”

barbara Teno ’74 retired in June

2011 after 34 years of service with

the Panther valley school District

as an elementary teacher.

Dr. James D. howe ’75 retired after

36 years in teaching, stepping away

from his job as agricultural sciences

teacher at oley valley High school.

Robin Sweet ’75 took early retire-

ment in July 2009 after working for

the isle of Wight County schools

for 32 years. she worked at all

three levels of education: elemen-

tary, middle school and high school.

Steven Stock ’76 recently became

a grandfather. His grandson,

John William Flynn, was born on

June 8, 2010.

Katherine (Frank) Fridirici ’77

is a district manager with

arbonne international, which

manufactures and distributes

botanically based skin-care,

cosmetics and health and well-

ness products.

Adele Minton ’77 is marking

20 years at the st. Francis

Medical Center-Psychiatric

unit, trenton, n.J. she is a regis-

tered board-certified art therapist

and licensed professional coun-

selor. Her son Jeffrey graduated

from Kutztown in 2010 with a

b.s. in computer science-software

development. He received

academic achievement awards

in 2010 and 2011.

Carol Oldenburg ’77 has been

included in the book “100 Mid-

atlantic artists” by e. ashley

rooney. Her painting Picket will

also be featured in the 2012 art in

embassies Program desk calen-

dar. these calendars, featuring 52

different artists, are given as gifts

to heads of state and diplomats

throughout the world.

Mary Sexton ’77 resides with her

husband and works in tiverton,

Mass. she works in oils and pas-

tels, painting landscapes, still lifes

and portraits as well as operating

good graphic Design. she

interned with Parsons school of

Design and worked in the promo-

tions department of Redbook

magazine. sexton lived in

Manhattan for more than two

decades, working as a graphic

designer. she is a member of the

south Coast artists and Westport

art group and is a partner

at gallery 11 in bristol, r.i.


Career Journey inspires novick’s stories

bob Shema ’77 was featured in a com-

mercial art exhibition titled Common

Bond – A Graphic Design and Illustration

Show at Delaware County Community

College in Media, Pa. Featured were a

group of artists who studied graphic

art and illustration together at Ku and

now work independently.

Karen wychock ’77 was awarded her

doctorate in educational leadership

from Widener university. she was

further honored by having her disserta-

tion awarded as “the best” at Widener in

2011 in all fields of study.

Margaret Rose Snyder ’78 and her hus-

band, Mark, run a Christmas tree farm,

Pinnacle Pines. their daughter, amiee,

graduated from Lycoming College in

December 2009 with a degree in political

science and works in Frenchtown, n.J.

Janice McCormick Kautz ’79 and her

husband, Frank, are both employed at

Lancaster-Lebanon i.u. 13. in 2009, Jan

was nominated and received the iu’s

annie sullivan teacher of the year award.

the 1980s

Michael brolly ’81 recently received

the new Direction: excellence in

Design of the Future award at the

smithsonian Craft show.

Daryl land ’81 was awarded the

real estate online Marketing

award of excellence from realtor.

com. she is the broker/sales asso-

ciate with balsley Losco real

estate in atlantic County, n.J.

Katherine Castrianni ’82 splits her

time between teaching art and

home economics. Her daughter

Laura graduated from Ku in 2010

and is working as a social worker.

Her daughter gina attends east

stroudsburg university.

Commander vito J. Petitti ’82

retired from the u.s. navy in June

2011. He now practices family law

in san Diego, Calif.

Jill (Reifinger) bernhard ’83

received best of show honors for

“Paycheck Party, a Whole new

Kind of Job Fair” in the 2010

Pennsylvania newspaper

association’s display advertising

tearsheet contest, circulation over

75,000.

Susan Klinger ’84 was recently

nationally recognized for her art.

Her award-winning artwork was

displayed at the seventh annual

northeast national Pastel

exhibition at the new arts Center

in old Forge, n.y.

Eric Schaeffer ’84 will make his

broadway debut as director of the

revival of stephen sondheim’s

musical “Follies.” now at the

Kennedy Center in D.C., “Follies”

will be transferred to the Marquis

theatre for a limited run.

Elizabeth (Peterson) weiss ’85

retired from her position as execu-

tive director of the northeast

berks Chamber of Commerce.

she and her husband, allen,

recently bought a home in

Fenwick island, Del.

classnotes


A piece of national history replicated for historical

and scientific research was fabricated in small-

town hamburg, Pa., by EDwARD “NED” EISENhUTh M ’78.

Eisenhuth became a teacher and led a group of

hamburg Area high School students in a project to

replicate a mysterious Civil

war treasure. The tin signal-

ing lantern was famous for

being on the first-ever

submarine, the h.l. hunley,

which sank for unknown

reasons off the coast of

South Carolina in 1864. Two

witnesses to the loss of the

submarine were said to have

seen a blue light cast in the

water as the vessel went

Eisenhuth and Students Restore Civil war-Era Relicdown. The hunley has been retrieved from

the depths of the Atlantic and is undergoing

restoration.

Eisenhuth and his students crafted four lanterns

out of tin over a six-month period, during which

time the students videoconferenced with the

team working on the submarine restoration to

gain insight into the construction.

“The cap of the lantern was tricky,” said James

Malenda, KU professor of art education and crafts.

“Ned asked me to see if I could help them.”

Malenda created a template for the cap in copper

and enlisted a tinsmith to fabricate the tin version

to match the lanterns.

One lantern will be on permanent display at the

warren lasch Conservation Center in Charleston,

S.C., and another is displayed at the National Civil

war Museum in harrisburg, Pa.

KU professor Dr. James

Malenda (on left) works

with Ned Eisenhuth ’78 on

the H.L. Hunley lanterns.

Gretchen (Shutt) McDevitt ’87 is an

artist/designer specializing in stained

glass. Working professionally for

more than 25 years, she has taught

at both gettysburg College and

Kutztown university. the HaCC-

gettysburg Campus recently recog-

nized Women’s History Month with

an exhibit featuring McDevitt’s

abstract and representational

images in stained glass.

Anne (Schonbachler) Squadrito ’88

was promoted to svP, creative

director at ogilvy Commonwealth

Medical Marketing.

Phil Donatelli ’89 is currently work-

ing at broadview networks and

living in Macungie, Pa.

Chris Spohn ’89 recently signed up

for a 12-month assignment with the

army reserves, after serving as prin-

cipal of Hamburg area High school

for six years. He will be stationed in

Fort Dix, n.J., and will travel through-

out the country training units for

assignments in various countries. at

the end of the assignment, spohn

will have 20 years in the army

reserves.

the 1990s

Stacy (Sucro) Opiela ’90 recently

moved back from Florida after living

there for 14 years, spending 12 of

them working at Walt Disney World.

she is now the executive director

at the Malvern school of oaks,

Phoenixville, Pa.

Ron Zeiber ’90 was selected to run

Hempfield High school’s football

programs. He was previously the

head coach of exeter High school in

berks County from 1993 to 2002 and

boyertown High school from 2002

to 2007. zeiber will teach social

studies at the high school.

Jason barkley ’91 was awarded the

Follet values in action innovation

award by the Follet Higher

education group in river grove,

ill., on July 29, 2011.

Sean T. McGinley ’91 was recently

promoted to lieutenant and

assigned to the legislative

affairs office.

Ron Peterson ’92 was named

principal of voorhees High school,

where he has been assistant

principal.

hayden Craddolph ’93, of the

Haydenfilms institute, announced

the opening of a new office in

breinigsville, Pa. the goal of the

institute is to promote filmmaking

in the Lehigh valley and help

aspiring filmmakers achieve their

goals.

Rachael Miller ’94 teaches special

education in vestal, n.y.

Mark Fung-A-Fat ’95 is now direc-

tor of software development and

operations for the Massachusetts

Medical society, publishers.

Jon McTaggart ’95 was chosen as

american Public Media group’s

next chief executive officer. Prior

to this position, he served as its

senior vice president and chief

operating officer. He has worked at

Minnesota Public radio since 1983

and has held various management

positions within the organization.

Ronda lee Seymour ’95 is an art

teacher in the schuylkill valley

Middle school.

Melissa S. Zane ’95 was named

director of operations for creative

services at Lancaster-based

godfrey advertising inc. she has

been with the firm for more than

15 years.

Stephanie Ciampoli ’96 teaches

advanced reading and conversa-

tion, an esL class, at Centenary

College in Hackettstown, n.J. she

previously taught middle school

social studies for eight years.

lindsay Ketterer Gates ’96 sold a

piece of her artwork to the pres-

tigious art in embassies

Program. it will be a part of the

permanent collection of the new

american embassy in Djibouti

(africa). additionally, her art-

work will be included in the trav-

eling exhibit entitled Innovators

and Legends: Generations of

Textiles and Fibers, originating at

the Muskegon Museum of art in

Michigan and traveling to muse-

ums around the country begin-

ning in March 2012.

Nathan linder ’96, art director

for adams outdoor advertising,

won best in show at the 2011

Lehigh valley addy awards for

an adams project.

ben boswell ’97 received his

master’s degree in counseling

with a focus on child and adoles-

cent therapy socialization. He

worked for eight years as a

behavior specialist consultant

and child and family therapist.

He also just earned a medical

degree and finished a book

about parenting and changing

behavior in children.

Katie Mcvay ’97 is the marketing

manager for tridon industries, a

Pottstown-based construction

company, and is responsible for

corporate communications and

sales initiatives.

Dr. Scott weiland ’97 was

appointed senior vice president

of the commercial division of

semian real estate group.

additionally, he is an adjunct

instructor at Marywood

university and at Penn state

Worthington scranton, teaching

courses in leadership, marketing

and communications. Weiland

resides in Clarks summit with

his wife, sunny, and son, scott

alexander.


past 2½ years as a surgical oncology

nurse.

Keith Fritz ’99 is a language arts teacher

at Montgomery upper Middle school and

has published two books. His first book,

“night storms,” was published in

september 2009, and his second book,

“Cover of Darkness,” was published in

May 2011.

the 2000s

Amanda Schaeffer ’00 and Julie

(Urbansky) Parry ’00 participated in the

Flag Day 5-K and team red, White and

blue bbQ at West Point. More information

can be found at www.teamrwb.org.

Dr. yamil Sanchez ’01 was recently named

headmaster for berks County’s first char-

ter school, i-LeaD Charter school. Prior to

this, he spent the past year heading the

Kuumba academy Charter school in

Delaware. He also taught at reading and

allentown high schools, as well as a char-

ter school in Philadelphia.

bernard womack ’01 has been appointed

director of financial services at oneida

nation enterprises. Prior to that, he

burdette “buddy” Chapel ’98 was chosen

as principal for summerville High school.

Prior to this, he served as middle school

administrator for strategic initiatives for the

allentown school District in allentown, Pa.

Shannon Marcus ’98 and her husband,

Douglas, welcomed a son, Colin Douglas

Marcus-Maines, in october 2010. Colin joins

3-year-old sister ella. shannon is a vice

president with Morgan stanley’s Legal and

Compliance Department and resides in

shrewsbury, n.J.

Cory van brookhoven ’99 wrote his third

book, which highlights the history of his

hometown, entitled “images of america:

Warwick township, Lancaster County.” His

first two books were entitled “the giant

Who Walked among them” and “the

Legend Continues” and were about the

7-foot-tall strongman Jack Fasig.

Charity J. (Miller) Eck ’99 gave birth to

Christopher allen eck on april 20, 2010. His

older sister is 5-year-old Mackenzie elyssa

eck, who was born June 19, 2005. eck

received her oncology nurse certification in

august 2010 and has worked at st. Luke’s

Hospital in Cancer Care associates for the

served as controller of shared services

Worldwide.

Scott blair ’03 is currently living in

syracuse, n.y. He and his wife, Katie, are

the proud parents of a little girl, sydney,

who was born in January 2011.

Steve helms ’03 is the director of the

office of environmental Health and safety

at Ku and was interviewed by Security

magazine on the effectiveness of mass

notifications across campus.

DJ lloyd ’04 developed a website for

Cape educational Fund, a nonprofit orga-

nization that promotes quality education

in Cape May County schools.

Jeremie Musyt ’04 was recently promoted

to the position of creative director at DFa,

inc. in downtown scranton. He has been

with the company since 2005, beginning

as a designer and becoming an integral

part of the company’s creative depart-

ment. additionally, he serves on the board

of directors of the american advertising

Federation of northeast Pennsylvania and

teaches advertising/graphic design at

Luzerne County Community College.

classnotes

Around the world with KU’s Favorite Furry Friend

Similar in fashion to “Flat Stanley,” Avalanche,

the KU mascot and Golden bear, travels the

world, stowed away in the backpacks of alumni.

Recently, photos of Avalanche have been

posted on the Kutztown University Foundation

and Alumni Engagement website and have

drawn a lot of attention to his jet-setting.

his travel destinations have included ITAly,

ENGlAND and KOREA.

visit the alumni website to see where

Avalanche is spotted next!

www.give2ku.org

Avalanche relaxes by the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.


PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN!

Mike Remp ’04 is a senior account

coordinator at Propulsion Media Labs.

Daniel Kornrumpf ’05 received an MFa

from Pennsylvania academy of the

Fine arts in Philadelphia. He creates

detailed, hand-crafted needlepoint

portraits and has had four exhibitions

in 2011 at bLanK sPaCe in new york

City, gallery 263 in Cambridge, Mass.,

and icebox gallery and Moore College

of art and Design, both in Philadelphia.

Clayton Kuklick ’05 is now a manager

for the north adams steepleCats

baseball team in north adams, Mass.

Kuklick was a starting catcher at Ku and

earned second team all-Pennsylvania

state athletic Conference honors during

his senior year. He played professionally

in the Canadian-american League,

including two years with the new

Jersey Jackals in 2006 and 2007. He

has been to the Division ii baseball

Championship as a player and coach

three times.

Paul venit ’05 was recently commis-

sioned by First night Hazleton to design

its logo. He has designed the logo for

the past two years and was awarded

a five-year contract.

Juliann Schaeffer ’06 is now a writer

and associate editor for great valley

Publishing.

Jillian lentz ’07 recently began a career

in talent coordination for the House of

blues, atlantic City. Prior to this, she

worked as the morning show producer

of 92.5 WXtu, Philadelphia’s country

radio station.

Christopher George McCarty ’07,

of birdsboro, Pa., was among 260

graduates awarded the doctor of

osteopathic medicine degree from

Philadelphia College of osteopathic

Medicine (PCoM) at the college’s

120th commencement.

Kyle Spotts ’08 was hired as the new

athletic director for Lehighton school

District, slatington, Pa.

Tavia Minnich ’09 began work at the

Museum of indian Culture in allentown,

Pa., directly after graduation. she was

elected as event coordinator in 2010 on

the executive board of the museum.

Minnich recently started graduate school

for museum studies.

Chelsea Gerhart ’10 was hired by altitude

Marketing as marketing coordinator. she

manages social media accounts and secures

editorial opportunities for altitude clients.

Randi Meredith ’10 completed a circumnavi-

gation of the world. she traveled to spain,

greece, turkey, thailand and Fiji.

Roxanne Richardson ’10 is now a photo-

grapher, Kutztown Patriot correspondent

and publishing house ghostwriter.

Elizabeth Schroeder ’10 is now a graduate

assistant, pursuing a master of science

degree in higher-education student affairs/

counseling, at West Chester university.

Emily Mulhern ’11 has accepted a position

with the Caesar rodney school District

in the Dover, Del., area as an itinerant

teacher for the visually impaired.

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PerForMing artists & ursa Minor’s CaFé series

KU alumnus and In-Fisherman art director Charles Beasley proves he actually did catch a fish “this big.”

This muskie was measured at 53˝ before being released back into the water.

As art director for In-Fisherman mag-

azine, ChARlES bEASlEy ’91

knows that Minnesota

is the land of 10,000

lakes. he also knows

that for every person

raised fishing in

backyard ponds and

trout-filled streams,

“Minnesota is a fisher-

man’s heaven.”

beasley should know.

As a resident of Minne-

sota, he has more than

450 lakes within a half-hour drive

from which to choose.

beasley grew up hunting and fish-

ing in Chester County, Pa., and began

his career locally with Rodale, Inc. as

an intern in his senior year at KU.

After graduation, he continued work-

ing for Rodale, with brands

such as Bicycling, Runner’s

World and Men’s Health maga-

zines. During his 11-year tenure

at Rodale, beasley became an

art director and was in charge

of hiring both photographers

and illustrators and pulling all

of the pieces together to create

a book, calendar or other

special project.

beasley hooks Dream Job“I came out of the communication

design program at KU well prepared,

which immediately led me to a dream

career,” he explained.

however, beasley wanted more.

he wanted his dream — “to combine

my love of art with my love of fishing.”

In 2002, he made a change to

In-Fisherman and describes it as

his “dream job.”

The magazine is

primarily a tactical

guide to fishing, as well

as a great source of

personal fishing stories.

“we publish seven

regular issues a year

plus seven special issues,

which can put us into

deadline chasing for

months,” beasley said.

As the art director, beasley

says the staff utilizes a lot

of technical illustrations in

addition to photographs.

Now, this Minnesota fisher-

man is living his dream. “I

spend every work day contrib-

uting to our editorial mission

of educating fishermen and

promoting responsible use and

care of the environment.”

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KU wEll PREPARED,

whICh IMMEDIATEly

lED ME TO A

DREAM CAREER.”

—Charles beasley

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Students cheer on the Golden Bears from the student section of University Field.

Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver and KU alumnus Andre Reed ’05 catches up with Dr. Cevallos.

KU Flag Front marches at halftime of the KU vs. Bloomsburg game in Homecoming tie-dye T-shirts.

Avalanche stands at midfield for the crowning of Homecoming Queen Tiffany Bates and King Matthew Green.

Golden Bears quarterback Kevin Morton stretches for a score. The Golden Bears beat the Huskies for the first time since 1992, 52-14, earning the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division title.

Later that day, Woodstock tribute band Classic Albums Live performed at Schaeffer Auditorium.

ten thousand Ku students, faculty and alumni enjoyed a day filled with games, food and entertainment at this year’s homecoming, themed “Peace, love and homecoming.”

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UNIvERSITy FOOTbAll TEAM hoist

the Pennsylvania State Athletic

Conference trophy after the

Golden bears defeated Slippery

Rock 21-14 in the league title

game on Nov. 12 at University Field.

It marked the first-ever PSAC title

in the squad’s 96-year history

and propelled the team to its

second straight trip to the

NCAA Division II playoffs. The

Golden bears won their second

division title in program history

and won their first-ever playoff

game. The Maroon & Gold finished

11-2, breaking the team record for

wins in a season (10 in 2010).

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