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Foundational Concepts of Christian Education Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
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e are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Foundational Concepts of Christian Education this year. Foundational Concepts was adopted by the Geneva College Board of Trustees in October 1967. In the sixties, our society was challenged by turmoil associated with the Vietnam War. Because many college men were being drafted, college campuses became sites of protest aimed at societal institutions including the government, politics, marriage and the family. We continue to live with the consequences—intended and unintended—of many ideological movements and cultural dynamics that emerged in that day. Today, we face uncertainty and distress tied to cultural conflicts tearing at the fabric of our society. Campuses have once again become sites of unrest. But this time, society is not looking to universities as a source of hope for the future. In the world, higher education has come under increasing scrutiny; higher education seems to have lost its way. Students and parents are asking important questions about the value of higher education and about the values of higher education.Alumni are also asking important questions about the current mission, vision and values of their schools—whether their alma maters are remaining faithful to their heritage. Where does Geneva stand as a Christian college in such a tumultuous moment? We continue to stand pro Christo et patria, and as Dr. Edwin C. Clarke reminded us, the Bible at the center of our seal is no accident. Like the college seal, Foundational Concepts seems vital to the college’s work today for a number of basic reasons: 1. Foundational Concepts proclaims our unequivocal commitment to God’s word as Truth. “Ultimate judgments must finally be made in light of God’s word, the holy scripture, which is the only adequate and inerrant standard of truth.” This commitment locates Geneva within the historic Christian faith.The Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church all reside within this historic Christian faith, which C.S. Lewis refers to as “the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times...” and “which is what it is and what it was long before I was born and whether I like it or not.” Foundational Concepts simply states:“The historic Christian faith is permanently true.” 2. Foundational Concepts compels the college to integrate faith in Christ into every dimension of learning and life, in service to God and neighbor. “The curriculum should lead students to grasp the foundations of learning so that they can live a life 1
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glorifying to God, confronting honestly and confidently the problems and challenges of new knowledge, and contributing to the welfare of society under God.” With the first things of an education that is Christ-centered and biblically-directed in place, students can learn discernment, and therefore “should not be sheltered from non-Christian viewpoints, but must become able to evaluate all knowledge critically, to gain from that which is true and to discard error.” 3. Foundational Concepts directs Geneva students to attend to Christ’s call and claims on their whole lives. First, in response to the gospel,“Christian education emphasizes the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ in order that students may be yielded to Him as their Savior from sin, and that they may see in Christ the ultimate purpose and meaning of the whole universe.” And second, in dedicating one’s life toward service to God and neighbor,“students should be aware of God’s call on their lives and thus see their education as an opportunity to prepare for their life work.” As we reflect on Foundational Concepts, the case for a Geneva education becomes more compelling. Our confusing and chaotic moment is revealing the foundations upon which different houses of higher learning are built.We are grateful for the rich heritage we have received in Foundational Concepts, which helps us answer the question: Geneva, where do you stand within the troubled waters of higher education today? We seek to stand on the rock who is Jesus Christ.
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Calvin L.Troup President
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EDITOR DAN DIETER DESIGNER BEN LICHIUS EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD DR. MARVIN DEWEY JOLYNN FREY CHERYL JOHNSTON DAVE LAYTON ’88 DR. RICHARD TALBERT DR. CALVIN L. TROUP ’83 VAN ZANIC ‘93
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS GREGORY BEECHAUM, JR. ‘18 OLIVIA FORTON ‘19 JACOB YARNELL ‘19 JOCELYN ENGLEHART ‘18 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS CHRISTIANNA MARTIN ‘16 KRISTIE LANG OLIVIA FORTON ‘19 ABIGAIL BANKES ‘19 RACHEL STEVENSON ‘19 GREG MEILANDER ‘19
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Faculty News
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God and Neighbor: Dr. Lutitia Clipper ‘75
Trewon Marshall: From Struggle to Strength
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New and Improved Programs
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Athletic News
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Alumni-Student Connection: Melissa (Carolas) D’Angelo ‘06, MBA ‘09
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Foundational Concepts of Christian Education - 50th Anniversary
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In Memoriam
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Guests at Geneva: C.S. Lewis, Caleb Stegall and Lisa Sharon Harper
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Campus News
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Class Notes
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Aficionados: Honoring Christ through the Arts
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are important because we have seen through life experience what happens when you have 500- and 1,000-year flood scenarios because of extreme rainfall rates per hour resulting in home and highway rescue and sometimes recovery.” It was during this time Clipper understood the impact she could have through engineering.“It’s all interconnected,” says Clipper.“It’s never just busywork. People’s lives are at stake and it matters.”
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With an interest in the mechanics of everyday items, Clipper focused her energy on the environment and wise stewardship of the resources God has given us.This led her to Peoples Natural Gas utility company where she was responsible for the development of natural gas vehicle usage and refueling infrastructure in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Accomplishments from this time include securing Pennsylvania Energy Office funding to introduce the first dedicated transit bus in AMTRAN in Altoona, PA. She also worked to provide natural gas in addition to diesel, gasoline and propane at local Pennsylvania gas stations, such as the one in Cranberry, UPS CNG vehicles and refueling facility in New Stanton, and the Pitt Ohio company CNG vehicles and refueling facility in Harmar. Using natural gas for transportation can reduce emissions and help the environment. “I believe we need to be wise stewards of our environment, and this is just one small but significant way that we can make a difference,” explains Clipper.
The Impactful Service of Dr. Lutitia Clipper ‘75 BY JES SIC A DR ISCOLL-OWENS ‘14
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mpactful, innovative, inspirational, energetic and enabled by the Holy Spirit - these words represent the life goals of Dr. Lutitia Clipper ‘75.The word that most summarizes Clipper’s personal and professional life is impactful. “(In my family) it wasn’t a question of what you were going to do or how you were going to do it but that you were consistent and being impactful,” explains Clipper. With a desire to surround herself with Christian values and challenge herself in math and science, Clipper found Geneva to be the perfect fit. “I wanted a career that would give me stability, as well as allow me to do new and different things,” recalls Clipper. Geneva’s engineering program met that challenge and exposed her to a full range of specialties: civil, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering.
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After graduating from Geneva with a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering, Clipper was hired into the company with which she interned during her undergraduate studies. She worked as member of a survey crew early on, then as a staff engineer on hydrology projects as an assignment of the consulting engineering firm.“I remember asking myself how a 100year flood study would connect to today,” she recollects. “It was astounding to understand, though.These studies 3
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Clipper’s impact on society through engineering did not stop there. During this time, Peoples Gas underwent tremendous change.“I became interested in better understanding how the culture at a company impacts leadership and how someone can be a leader at any level in their company,” Clipper says. These leadership questions brought her back to Geneva
It wasn’t a question of what you were going to do or how you were going to do it but that you were consistent and being impactful.”
for answers where she earned a Master’s of Science in Organizational Leadership. Her M.S. degree allowed her to take on new responsibilities, and with her engineer’s mind, she enjoyed diagnosing and adjusting the operational and cultural “nuts and bolts” in other areas of the company. She became involved in a number of special projects involving commercial customers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to generate revenue streams.“I had a very interesting career,” Clipper summarizes. In 2008, Clipper earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administrative and Policy Studies Social Comparative Analysis in Education from the University of Pittsburgh, and once again defined a new way to make an impact. Coming from a family that highly valued education, she was happy to begin educating others.“It was a full circle moment to come back to Geneva and teach in the Organizational Leadership class that I participated in,” she says. Clipper loves everything in the classroom from students’ “lightbulb moments” to mentoring young adults.“To have this opportunity is really a blessing,” she explains. Clipper has received numerous awards including: •
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2016 Women in Energy Leadership Award (Pittsburgh Business Times)
INTRODUCING THE 1848 SOCIETY The 1848 Society is a community of Geneva College alumni and friends who care deeply about Geneva and invest annually in its mission of equipping students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor—Pro Christo et Patria. Membership consists of those who contribute a minimum of $1,000 annually in support of Christ-centered higher education to Geneva College. Membership recognizes cumulative giving to the College during the fiscal year (June 1 to May 31). The 1848 Society recognizes five circles of giving. Each circle bears a significant connection to Geneva’s history.
LEVELS OF GIVING (JUNE 1 TO MAY 31)
$25,000 and beyond ����������������������������������������Old Main Circle $10,000 to $24,999 ���������������������������������������McCartney Circle $5,000 to $9,999 ������������������������������������������ Northwood Circle $2,500 to $4,999 ����������������������������������������������Ferncliffe Circle
“It’s a blessing that someone can make a difference by what they learn through a vocation,” she says.
• Free admission to the Homecoming football game, “Oldies Night,” “Songs from the Movies,” and jazz band concert
Clipper’s career accomplishments, stewardship contributions and knowledge-sharing exemplify a life of service to God and neighbor and has been nothing short of impactful. G
• The satisfaction of making a significant investment in Geneva College’s mission of equipping students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor
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Clipper is currently the CEO of Clipper Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm focused on developing collaborative strategies for alternative fuel transportation. She also serves as Project Manager of research, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration investigating conversion of a marine vessel from diesel power to natural gas.This impactful project also has an impressive name, the First Inland United States Waterway Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities Emissions Reduction Research Demonstration Conversion of a Marine Vessel Project. In addition, Clipper continues to teach in Geneva’s Organizational Leadership program.
Jessica Driscoll-Owens ’14 has a B.A. in Communication from Geneva College. She currently specializes in grant writing and public relations management for Beatitude House in Youngstown, Ohio.
$1,000 to $2,499 ����������������������������������������������Founders Circle
BENEFITS OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP • Invitations to attend two briefings about the latest developments and plans at Geneva College • Invitations to the President’s Council dinner, The Genevans’ Christmas concert and reception, and The Genevans’ spring home concert and reception
To learn more about the 1848 Society, visit Geneva.edu/give.
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Alumni-Student Connection:
Paying Forward with Business Insights
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“It’s really important for alumni to share their stories with
current students so they have a better idea of what to expect once they graduate and walk out the door,“ says Geneva alumna Melissa (Carolas) D’Angelo ‘06, MBA ‘09. D’Angelo currently works for energy multinational Chevron as Performance Improvement Coordinator and has worked during her entire early career in the energy industry. She will soon return to her position at the energy giant after a maternity leave to care for her five-month-old twin boys. D’Angelo is also the mother of a two-year-old son and wife to her husband, David ‘08. Despite the busy nature of her life, D’Angelo accepted an invitation several years ago from the Geneva Business Department to come back to campus to speak to business students after she completed her MBA. She has a standing invitation when the department offers the Management Insights course, a one-credit class designed to give soon-to-be graduates a look at the new world of business they will be entering. “I come back to Geneva to talk to the students because it is important to pay forward in young students’ lives today,” D’Angelo explains of her decision to return up to twice a year to offer her time and insight. She adds,“We had the same opportunity available to us when I was an undergraduate, and I found it to be very beneficial to hear real-life stories of alumni and to see who they are now and how they play a role in the community.” Business professor Dr. Dan Raver explains that the Management Insights class was started by Dr. Paul Arnold and Dr. Dick Gordon as a lunch program enabling Geneva students to interact with working professionals. It evolved into a class led by Dr. Randy Nutter.
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Raver says,“The Management Insights program is a high value way to connect our junior and senior business and accounting students with professionals. We are blessed by the many speakers who have given of their time and knowledge for the benefit of our students.” He adds,“And the students are very eager to learn more about what will come next in their lives.”
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I come back to Geneva to talk to the students because it is important to pay forward in young students’ lives today.”
D’Angelo notices this eagerness in the questions students ask. One student asked about how her concentration in marketing affects the work she does in her job. She explained that even though she does not work directly in a marketing role, she recognizes marketing in everything she does. It plays a role in each of the positions she has held, from giving presentations to motivating co-workers and working with customers. Students ask about her undergraduate experience and how it prepared her for her career. D’Angelo comments that getting her start in the energy industry was not her initial plan but that her Geneva education prepared her well for the inevitable twists and turns of a career in business.
“Even though my classes were not specifically geared toward the energy industry, my business degree at Geneva prepared me with transferable skills that I was able to readily apply to my work in energy,” she says.“I think the skills I learned could be used in any field of work because they provide a problem-solving mentality and the relationshipbuilding skills that could be an asset in just about any situation.” Students wonder what her work entails. “I work with my co-workers to identify performance improvement opportunities for our business, focusing on being competitive in the development of the Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin, found in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York and Virginia,” she replies. “It’s satisfying to know that we are providing a product that people use every day.”
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“Melissa has been a key, regular contributor. She brings Fortune 500 experience and small corporate experience and shares current knowledge of business and the business environment in a very practical way for our soon-to-be grads. Plus, she is one of our own as she earned both the BSBA and MBA from Geneva.” D’Angelo is equally complimentary and appreciative of the business faculty. She says her business professors focused on developing close relationships with their students in smaller class environments, which complemented her learning style. She tries to relate in the same way to the students she talks with each semester. She tells them to appreciate what they have at Geneva.
Geneva takes faith seriously and you will be challenged spiritually no matter what f ield or profession you pursue.”
“The professors at Geneva hold you accountable. It matters to them if you show up for class and turn in assignments. They want to invest in you and help you to be the best that you can be, and they really care about you,” she says.” The faculty and staff do support the students and invest time into enriching students’ lives – that’s something Geneva can be really proud of.”
While current students in the Insights class hear from experienced professionals in their field, D’Angelo says there is an unexpected benefit for alumni like her who come back to campus.“It’s always a time of reflection, to think about how the Lord’s been good to me and for putting me in the right places at the right time for my current walk. It’s really cool to see how all of the pieces have been put together.”
If Melissa D’Angelo is a measure, you can add Geneva alumni to her list of interested parties who invest into the lives of current students. “It’s a pleasure to come back to campus to engage with business students and to share the experiences – the ups and the downs – of the journey that I’ve been on,” she says.
Raver lauds the program and alumni like D’Angelo who get involved in the preparation of his business and accounting students.“This is a great way to invite some of our alumni back to the campus to connect with current Geneva students,” he says.
Along with her biannual talks to undergraduates in Management Insights classes, D’Angelo will also appear in Geneva’s newest TV commercial, premiering on a TV channel in your home or Geneva.edu very soon. G
New TV Spot Features Outcomes A new Geneva College TV commercial is in production with a message that centers on how a Geneva undergraduate education prepares professionals who excel in the workplace. The commercial is geared towards traditional undergraduates.
Through her biography, alumna Melissa D’Angelo highlights the positive outcomes of her undergraduate business education and her MBA program as she builds a career in the energy industry. The TV spot also highlights various people and locations on campus. The commercial was shot on-location at Geneva in October and is expected to air in local markets in the coming year and during the Winter Olympics.
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The Hon. Caleb Stegall ’93 Reading Our Unwritten Constitution Kansas Supreme Court Justice and 1993 Geneva College graduate, the Honorable Caleb Stegall spoke on Thursday, September 21, in Skye Lounge on “Reading Our Unwritten Constitution” in a presentation recognizing the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution. Here are some excerpts from Justice Stegall’s September 21 address. Full audio versions of “Reading Our Unwritten Constitution” and his “What Is Law?” talk from September 22 are available at Geneva.edu/academics/lecture_audio. “So what is an unwritten Constitution? To set the stage, I want you to think about something.What that something is we aren’t quite sure, but think about something that sits above, behind or perhaps, within our written Constitution, giving it life.”
Is That Really C.S. Lewis? C.S. Lewis took the John White Chapel stage on November 3 and 4, 2017. Seasoned with British humor, actor David Payne’s one-man performance, My Life’s Journey: An Evening with C.S. Lewis, masterfully guided the audience through the life of the beloved author. Lewis endured tragedy – he lost his mother at the tender age of nine, encountered the hard rod of a crazy boarding school director, and experienced a love that grew softly, blossomed, and then slipped away. Yet, underlying this dramatization was the ever present message of hope and thankfulness. Through this depiction of a life turned to Christ, audience members were touched by a story that started hopeless and bleak but with the grace of God, was transformed into a life full of hope, thanksgiving, joy and redemption. 7
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“Alexander Hamilton, one of our founding fathers, expressed the views of the whole founding generation when he said that what constitutes the American colonies is written but it is not written on paper. He said the sacred rights of man are not to be rummaged for in parchments or dusty records. They are written as with the sunbeam on a whole volume of human nature by the hand of divinity itself. I’m sure some people in this audience will hear echoes of the prophet Jeremiah perhaps. We’re talking about law written on hearts.The Declaration of Independence itself appealed to this same concept, the ancient constitution, as it lay claim to the legality of our revolution.” “There is a curious quality to written constitutionalism.This quality or characteristic is its tendency to, over time, put strains on, to put a burden on, if not to undermine the ability of a society like ours – a heterogeneous, geographically large, culturally diverse, religiously pluralist society – to live at peace with itself.” “This is the way that I think we can re-appropriate, if you will, the notion of the unwritten constitution to serve as a check against this tendency.
“St.Augustine talked about constitutions… He said that there are two ways that a people can be constituted: they can be constituted according to justice or they can be constituted according to love. And a justicebased constitution is a written constitution, in effect. It’s a constitution that says, according to Augustine,‘This is what we agree is right.’And Augustine said there’s a whole different way to constitute a people.And that is a constitution, in our language of tonight, an unwritten one.And rather than ordering what people do, rather than ordering their behavior, it orders their desires. People can be constituted when they come together around loved things held in common.” “And I want to suggest that focusing on this notion of an unwritten constitution as an effort to order desire by articulating loved things held in common could actually bear quite a bit of fruit.And it doesn’t have to be fruit in a court room or in legal theory. It can bear fruit in our society.”
Lisa Sharon Harper Speaks of God’s Dominion Renowned speaker, writer and activist, Lisa Sharon Harper, spoke to Geneva faculty, staff and students on November 10. Harper told of her personal journeys, the image of God’s governance, and what God’s and human dominion really looks like. Looking into the early chapters of Genesis, she spoke of the close relationship between man and God. Reflecting this God-man connection, she explained, is the relationship between man and nature. She described what God’s governance looks like as well as what human governance over nature should look and how we as human beings can have dominion over nature through stewardship and care, rather than dominance and oppression. Harper is the author of several books, including The Very Good Gospel, which earned the title of “2016 Book of the Year” from Englewood Review of Books. Harper holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights from Colombia University in New York City. She has travelled all over the world from Ferguson, Missouri, to New York, Germany and South Africa, training and encouraging clergy and Christian leaders around the world in search of a common good.
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Thursday, February 15 “The American Cold Case Epidemic: Crime Scene Staging in Domestic Violence Homicide” Skye Lounge | 7 PM | Free
Dr. Laura Pettler is a Geneva alumna who has earned a national reputation as a forensic criminologist. Her area of expertise is staged crime scenes in domestic violence homicide cases; however, she is well versed in serial homicide, sexual homicide, bloodstain pattern, and shooting reconstruction.
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Wednesday, March 21 Metheny Fieldhouse, Chapel | 10 AM | Free Vos Lecture “Is Jesus in the Old Testament?” Skye Lounge | 7 PM | Free The Rev. Dr. Iain Duguid (PhD, Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Duguid’s academic interests include various topics of Old Testament theology, and he has published scholarly and popular work on numerous Old Testament books.
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Thursday, April 19 “Breakneck Hamlet” John White Chapel* | 7 PM | Free
Friday, April 20 “The Greatest Speech of All Time” Skye Lounge | 10:10 AM | Free Timothy Mooney is the author/adaptor of “Breakneck Hamlet” and “Shakespeare’s Histories: Ten Epic Plays at a Breakneck Pace!”, new one-man plays which “crack the code” on Shakespeare’s most challenging plays.
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Reunion years: 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013
A Conversation with Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek BY G R E G O R Y B E E C H AU M , J R .
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Polanyi’s Realism and Why It Matters (Cascade, 2017), the fifth published work by Geneva Philosophy Professor Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek, is a reflective work that develops the concept of realism found in her previous books, Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Brazos, 2003); Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology (Cascade, 2011); and A Little Manual for Knowing (Cascade, 2014). As a member of the Polanyi Society since 1990, Meek has dedicated her efforts to understanding the work of the scientistturned-philosopher, Michael Polanyi. His work and contribution to philosophy focuses on realism through personal discovery and epistemology, the study of knowledge. In the new book, Meek advances her series of books on epistemology. Contact With Reality consists of two parts: her doctoral dissertation and her new applied work. Meek explains that unlike her previous books, this book is more scholarly. “I’m not sure if this book is a natural sequel,” she equivocates regarding Contact With Reality’s relation to her earlier books. She does recognize a transformation in herself from part one to part two of the book. “I was a baby skeptic [at the time of the dissertation],” she states.“I wanted the book – with its old and new – to show that shift.” She describes herself now as an “exuberant realist.” She says,“I want the readers to understand that this really matters, and that modernity is an anti-realist age. People today do not trust modernity. My students – when I have first used the word ‘reality’ – they want me to define it. They just presume that you can only use it to say, this is ‘my reality’ or ‘your reality.’ They’ve taken the word and made it subjective. We think we can make reality whatever we want, which means we don’t trust it to be there for
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us. We think we are supposed to make it up.” Meek’s Contact With Reality challenges the “anti-realism” perspective of modern Western culture and its contributions to doubt, skepticism, relativism and atheism. Meek says anti-realism can result from several motivations. She explains,“Anti-realism can be motivated by fear. But power and control can motivate it, as well. I’ve heard foremost scientists say about their work, that their claims just summarize data rather than witnessing to an unknowable reality.This can be because we want the control that certainty brings.”
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She continues,“But being in the image of God, our better nature wins out, and we don’t consistently live out the antirealism we often voice.”What Dr. Meek’s work offers is a Polanyi-inspired account of knowing as communion with an abundantly generous and endlessly interesting real. Two big questions have drawn Meek ever since her youth: How do I know that God exists? And, How do I know that there is a world outside my mind? For Meek, the process of writing this book was like writing the others, and like a creator’s process.“But for me, the act of writing is my philosophizing; that’s when I make discoveries and breakthroughs in understanding.That’s exciting.”
Through working through this fourth book on the topic, she completed her effort to answer those philosophical questions that had gripped her for decades, which made it really special.“The monkey fell off my back. I felt it when I finished writing the last chapter, and it felt so good,” she laughs.“Now I’m finally ready to begin new ventures!” Meek understands that people don’t exactly gravitate to reading philosophy. She jokes about quickly getting over her initial hope that publishing a philosophy book would make her famous on the spot; “there would be fireworks and celebration.” In fact, she says, a lot of people hear the topic and fear that
“But the feeling they should get when reading my books is more the feeling of reconnection with yourself,” she explains.
Being in the image of God, our better nature wins out, and we don’t consistently live out the anti-realism we often voice.” Ultimately, she hopes this concept of realism and reading all her books bring much-needed, deep philosophical healing, and restoration of reality.This is something that Dr. Meek takes joy in bringing to readers. She explains that for those who do read there is this natural process where struggle resides and that’s necessary. Meek definitely sees the fruit of her labor flourish in the lives of those who stumble across it. “I have learned to stop looking for fireworks and celebrate the people that come in contact with reality through my books,” she concludes,“Touching just one person has infinite value.” G 12
Faculty News LINDA SUMNER ’91, MBA ’15, Was inducted into Geneva College’s Athletic Hall of Fame for her career as a soccer player in the late 80s and early 90s. Sumner finished her Geneva career as a player as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 66 goals. She still ranks second on Geneva’s all-time list today having earned NAIA All-American status along the way. She has served as Geneva’s head women’s soccer coach for the past 10 years and is now also teaching in Geneva’s business department.
GARY DUNDA, PHYSICAL EDUCATION
DR. RICHARD TALBERT & DR. JOEL WARD, COMMUNICATION Led communication major students to the 2017 PA Communication Assocation (PCA) conference where two Geneva students placed in a first-place tie for best undergraduate paper, Natalyn Chamberlain and Erika Kaufmann. Geneva communication alumnus Michael Kearney ’17 placed first in the graduate paper competition.
Talbert participated in a 100-mile bike ride in support of M.S. research in August 2017.
Earned his 100th career victory as a Geneva College men’s soccer coach on October 28 with a win against Alfred State. Coach Dunda has led Geneva to four PAC title games and helped Geneva earn its first PAC championship in 2016.
DR. SHANNAN SHIDERLY ‘94 & PROF. CALEB THOMPSON ’11, MS ’13, COUNSELING
DR. JENNIFER CARTER ’06, REGISTRAR Presented “An Examination of Religious Struggle Among Undergraduates Attending Evangelical Institutions” at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2017. She also co-authored the chapter, “Civic Responsibility Development Among College Students: How Is It Different by Student Race?” in the book, Cultural Awareness and Competency Development in Higher Education, published in 2017 by IGI Global. PROF. MATTHEW FUSS ’94, MBA ’04, BUSINESS Presented a paper, “Reciprocity as the New (Old) Paradigm in Business,” at the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology Conference, October 2017. 13
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Presented a paper, “Forged in Fire: One Program’s Journey to CACREP Re-accreditation under the 2016 Standards,” at Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2017. Thompson was also certified as a Provider of Mental Health First Aid, July 2017. DR. BYRON CURTIS ’76, BIBLICAL STUDIES Was appointed Old Testament editor for a new journal, The Greystone Theological Review. He also taught the Old Testament at a seminary in North Africa in June 2017.
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DR. LYNDA SZABO ‘85, ENGLISH
Was contracted to write “God Breathed,” an introduction and overview of the nature, purpose and content of scripture aimed at young adults with no experience or a negative experience with the Bible.
Co-wrote and co-presented with Dr. Esther Meek a paper, “Beauty in Exile in Higher Education,” at the Eastern Regional CCL conference, March 2017. DR. ELIZABETH BELCASTRO & DR. KAREN SCHMALZ ‘79, EDUCATION Published a co-authored article about the Special Education internship program at Geneva in Educational Practice & Reform Journal, October 2017. EXCELLENCE AWARDS: 2017 Excellence in Part-Time Teaching Award - Prof. Lauraine Key
DR. DAVID ESSIG, BIOLOGY
2017 Excellence in Full-Time Teaching Award – Dr. Frederick “Jay” Neikirk
Co-presented four papers with four undergraduate students at the 38th Annual Western Pennsylvania Biology Research Symposium, April 2017. 2017 Excellence in Scholarship Award – Dr. Eric Miller
2017 Outstanding Service Award - Dr. Bradshaw Frey ‘73
DR. DARYL SAS, BIOLOGY Coauthored the article, “CRISPR-CAS9: The Latest Fashion in Designer Babies,” in Ethics & Medicine, 2017 along with alumna Hannah Martin ’14. DR. BRIAN YOWLER, BIOLOGY Co-presented “Identification of a pseudogene in Drosophila ficusphila using comparative genomics,” with undergraduate Belle Henry at 4th Biannual Undergraduate Bioinformatics Education Conferences, April 2017.
UNDERGRADUATE GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS Geneva College is pleased to announce increases in the number and amount of Grants & Scholarships for new undergraduate students.To receive priority consideration, students should apply for admission and be accepted to Geneva before December 31. The list of grants & scholarships includes: • Academic Scholarships - from $12,000 to $16,000 a year • Church Affiliation Grant* - $2,500 a year • Christian/Homeschool Grant* - $2,500 a year • Ohio Choice Grant - $2,000 a year • Beaver County Scholarship - $2,000 a year • Beaver Falls High School Grant - guaranteed to meet need Check for details at Geneva.edu/grants_scholarships. *Student may receive only one of the three awards in this category.
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New & Improved Programs
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The Geneva College Board of Trustees approved a new program for nursing in cooperation with the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC).An agreement is in development with the two schools joining forces to offer a strong program.
Earlier this year, Geneva signed a new articulation agreement with the Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) strengthening the connection between CCBC’s Aviation Associate’s degree program and Geneva College’s Business and Missions bachelor’s degree programs.
The Nursing program will soon begin accepting applications for admission with a targeted start of classes in Fall 2018. In cooperation with CCBC, Geneva College has developed a fouryear program by which a student may earn the Associate in Nursing degree (ADN) from CCBC and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Geneva. Students who complete the ADN requirements at CCBC are eligible to sit for the national licensure exam (NCLEX-RN).
“Students will have numerous options for meaningful service in the aviation professions, management or wherever they go. Literally, the sky is the limit,” says Dr. Denise Murphy-Gerber, Business chair.
Students enrolled in this program may reside at Geneva during all four years, with student payments made directly to Geneva. We will keep you up-to-date on the Nursing program at Geneva.edu/nursing as soon as an agreement is signed.
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The agreement enables Geneva College students to pursue specified programs of study in aviation sciences at CCBC. It permits students at CCBC who are in aviation programs to easily transfer credits to Geneva and graduate with the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or the Bachelor of Arts in Missions at Geneva College. Graduates of these dual-degree programs enter the world of work with an Aviation Associate’s degree from CCBC and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Missions from Geneva. And students can pair aviation with other areas of interest outside of business or missions by taking advantage of Geneva’s Independent major.
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Computer Information Systems With the addition of the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program at Geneva College, students now have an option to develop a solid grasp on both the technical skills of programming and networking and the practical acumen needed in business. “The program is a blend between traditional computer science information courses and business,” says Professor of Computer Science Dr. Gordon Richards.“There is a large need for people who possess skills in both of those areas, and because of that need we added the program here at Geneva.”
Students in the Business/Aviation program choose from one of four concentrations: •
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV or Drone)
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV or Drone)
Programming and system development are generating demand in the job market today. Many of the students coming out of the Computer Information Systems program will start as business analysts where they will determine requirements and develop specifications for systems, or they may start out testing software in quality assurance and move into software development, systems analysis and design activities as they gain experience.The CIS program is perfectly positioned to help them. The computer information systems program is expected to draw new students, but Richards says current students might also find it interesting.“We will discuss the options with students who are early in their degree progress and those who will be coming with us in the future,” says Richards.“A student who completed their first year here, or maybe even a year and a half, can still look in the direction of the Computer Information Systems major.”
Geneva’s partnership with CCBC has always been an attractive program for students who have the opportunity to learn from some of the best instructors in the world, since CCBC’s aviation program is the #1 aviation training program in the nation. Now, the increased coordination between the two Beaver County schools makes the process nearly seamless for students. While many aviation programs can cost students well over $200,000, Geneva’s partnership with CCBC provides a worldclass course of study that can often cost less than half of those programs, achieving greater accessibility for students of all means. In addition, students in the program can qualify for the Restricted Airline Transport Pilot License, which will allow students to get hired by an airline with fewer flight hours because they are in the college program. Get more information on the Aviation / Business, Aviation / Missions or Aviation / Independent Major dual-degree programs at Geneva. 16
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Fiftieth Anniversary of Foundational Concepts of Christian Education BY DA NIEL DIE TER
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n the 50th anniversary of the adoption of The Foundational Concepts of Christian Education by the Geneva College Board of Trustees, Dr. Calvin L.Troup, President of Geneva College, sat down to talk about this watershed moment with four of the original seven joint committee members who developed it. Commissioned by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Foundational Concepts was pivotal in renewing the Christian identity of the college, rejuvenating the mission and vision for Christian higher education at Geneva. A joint committee of the Board of Corporators and Board of Trustees developed the document, which was adopted on October 26, 1967.
JOINT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. James D. Carson ‘50, chair – Dr. Carson, an ordained Reformed Presbyterian pastor (retired), served on the Geneva College Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1991. Mrs. Jean Hemphill ’43 – Mrs. Hemphill served on the Board of Trustees from 1967 to 1994 as its secretary and as the secretary of the Joint Committee developing Foundational Concepts. Dr. Kenneth G. Smith ‘49 – Dr. Smith is an ordained pastor who was on the Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1993 and the Board of Corporators from 1982 to 1988. Dr. John H.“Jack”White ’58 – Dr. White is President Emeritus of Geneva College, serving from 1992 to 2005 and as a part of Geneva Administration from 1970 to the present. He was a Trustee from 1966 to 1971 and a member of the Board of Corporators until 1980. Other members of the committee, now deceased, included Dr. John O. Edgar ‘31, J.R. Patterson ‘43 and Dr. J. Merrill Robb ‘29. Faculty Consultants, also now deceased, were Dr. Stewart M. Lee ‘49, Dr. Howard Mattsson-Bozé and Dr. Robert B.Tweed ‘48. (Opposite: Clockwise From Top Left) Jean Hemphill, Dr. John H. White, Dr. Kenneth G. Smith and Dr. James D. Carson
Calvin L.Troup: We are so thankful for your time and especially for helping us institutionally to recollect on important things about Foundational Concepts that are going to be really important to the community but also to students. What are some of the memories you have of the development of the Foundational Concepts? How long did it take to put it together? James Carson: I graduated from Geneva in 1950, graduated from the seminary in ’53, had my first charge out in Portland, Oregon and came back in ’58, which was just at the time that Ed Clarke had become president.That was a time when there was still the question,“Where was the college going?” It was a time when nobody really knew the direction, so you had people wondering,“Where is this going?” and “What’s happening?” But at the same time, there was quite a renewal of interest in Christian education. Jean Hemphill:The college didn’t have any real foundation upon which we were basing our actions, our thinking. It was important for us to put down what we really believed and what we were working toward. Ken Smith: I was in Christian education full time. I got assigned to make the original draft. I sweat that out. I read a lot of books including Rushdooney’s The Messianic Character of American Eduation, which impacted me quite a bit. But, I didn’t know what to do – how to bring a draft of something like that. So, I went to (J.G.) Vos and I told him what my problem was. I was supposed to come up with some kind of draft; and he gave me the first set – he gave us the basic outline of how to put it together with those succinct statements. So, that’s how the draft came into being, and then it was worked over by the committee. TROUP: So, Vos was involved? SMITH: He was. Well, he set the whole course once he had put me on track like that. I now knew what to do as a follow through to finish it. But it was the whole committee agreeing on it. HEMPHILL: I just remember the basic beginnings of it when we would work on it, and I would take it home and prepare the notes and then we would work on it some more… I remember meeting in the basement of the College Hill Church, and I can’t remember whether all the meetings were 18
there or not. But I remember sitting around the table there. Jack White: There were two or three years in the formation of it.The thing that I remember most is at least two faculty meetings where the draft was distributed.This was Dr. Clarke’s method along with Willard McMillan - we owe him a bit of gratitude. I don’t remember many revisions. Do you, Jim? CARSON: No, I think it was largely a process by which it was simply added onto step-by-step until we had the whole thing.We figured that whatever the outcome of the process would be, there would be enough time for revisions. But three years came and went and revisions were very minor. Dr. Clarke was nervous… Even though he had said this is what he wanted, he was nervous about what this committee was going to do. So, we made a deal that after every meeting we would take material directly back to Dr. Clarke.With our permission, he had his own set of faculty members as kind of a backup team. So, material from us was going to the president, then to the faculty group, and from them back to the president, back to us. Instead of having a seven-member group, we really had a 12-, 13-, 14-member group that was working on this. It smoothed out the whole operation. It wasn’t the kind of thing where you would just get a first draft and go through it. TROUP: I have to tell you that I would much rather have the Foundational Concepts as part of our heritage than one more building that people fondly remember or any particular experience that they have had with us. Because
the impact of a Geneva education is normally felt five to 10 years after leaving the place, when they need it. And there’s something deep and abiding and faithful in the education that travels well. So that we have things that Geneva students, Geneva alums take with them that have to do with the transforming work of Christ as teacher in the hearts of students that study here. WHITE: Dr. Clarke said at his retirement dinner,“The most 19
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significant thing that happened during my 23, 24 years of administration here at Geneva was something that I, frankly, opposed,” Now I think that is an overstatement; I think he was really saying,“I wasn’t sort of enthusiastic in promoting this and carrying it along and that is the Foundational Concepts.”That is Ed Clarke in a nutshell, humble, willing to be transparent and honest, and that’s the Ed Clarke that all of us know and love and respect, who under his presidential administration, the Foundational Concepts took root and blossomed into what you have today, Calvin, as you’re here as president. TROUP:That’s a wonderful story because if you read his inaugural address, you would think that he might well have almost authored the Foundational Concepts on his own. His inaugural address is a wonderful preamble almost to what happens in Foundational Concepts, but in fact, he was not one who was actually active in getting it through, although he did implement it in significant ways. WHITE: He did and I had the privilege of serving in his administration and the kind of thing that he would do is encourage those things rather than lead in the starkest sense of leading. Remember, he built the Fieldhouse, the Student Center, built all the residence halls, purchased the Geneva Arms building. He didn’t mention the buildings or the increase in academic standards here at Geneva, but he did mention Foundational Concepts. SMITH:The document gave Geneva a foundation that was articulated in terms of Christian education. It had a foundation, certainly, it always had, but it had never articulated what is Christian education. I think there was a climate in the country among Christians. The homeschool movement started moving strongly at that time.There was something happening in the church that flavored this… the RP church was going through another dimension, too, and that is when many of us at a young age were learning what it meant to be in a union with Christ. And that was an influence that was coming in from outside the church. Dr. Wayne Spear and I sat down and talked about the two main influences in the church over the last 50 years. One of them was the influence of Christian education through J.G Vos and the other was the influence of the Navigators as a result of their work with Billy Graham.That touched many of us, changed us immensely. So, I can look at Foundational Concepts and see it personally, not just intellectually. And that was going on, it was going on on campus, it was going on in seminary. And I think it has had a profound influence on the church. TROUP: One of the interesting things for us about Foundational Concepts is that it doesn’t read as an old
document; it still has a freshness and a currency today. What are some of the reasons you think that Foundational Concepts can continue to provide guidance to the college? SMITH: Well, I think it’s basically because of the format that Vos gave us.Terse, summary statements, not to be debated, and that’s theology. WHITE: It’s consummate J.G Vos - simple, straightforward, but profound in its simplicity.That is exactly what I was thinking.
That has flipped radically and wonderfully. I would say 90%, maybe more, of today’s students have chosen to come to Geneva because either their parents want them to have it or they themselves want to have a Christ-centered, Biblicallydirected education.That was not true in the Geneva of the 50s and even somewhat in the 60s when your dad (PR director W. Lee Troup) came to join the team to help us make it a vital part of the DNA of Geneva. Secondly, the faculty is radically committed to developing a Biblical
HEMPHILL:The average layman can understand it without having to have it explained to them. CARSON: I was giving that a bit of a thought the other night, thinking about the change of the culture in the last 50 years, which is enormous. I think it is so important that people in their high school years hopefully coming up, Geneva particularly, would emphasize the source of this that it isn’t just a statement that we’ve made up out of the blue.This is a biblical statement of who God is and who He wants you to be. I think that has a tremendous power in our current age. WHITE:The prescient providence of God leading with the Holy Spirit that caused us to use the word “inerrancy” just amazes me. Inerrancy was not used much in the late 50s, early 60s; it wasn’t the issue. It became the issue and is the issue today, whether you are going to believe and follow the Bible or not. Whether you trust the accuracy and reliability of the Bible will always be the point. TROUP: What do you think has been the impact of Foundational Concepts in the life of the college? WHITE: I would say that most of the students were not here in the 1950s because it was a Christ-centered institution.
worldview. Frankly, that was not the case back in those early years.They were great, wonderful men, but this whole idea of talking about how the Bible, the worldview of the Bible relates to your academic discipline, especially if it’s an academic discipline like rhetoric or like one of the sciences or something like that, was just almost a foreign language. It’s not that way now, and that’s been a wonderful thing. God has been wonderful in preserving and maintaining and heightening the DNA reality of the Foundational Concepts HEMPHILL: I’m just thankful for the Foundational Concepts, and I think it was very important that we worked on those when we did. I think it’s important that the college holds to them. Part of what I’m thankful for is a good, solid faculty that we have.The commitment to teaching the truth, faithfulness to the Scriptures... Pro Christo et Patria. I think it helps us to remain faithful to our commitment to the Lord. G
Fiftieth Year of Core Curriculum
The curriculum centered on worldview questions:
One of the many lasting impacts of Foundational Concepts was the development of a Christian liberal arts core curriculum, which will conclude its 50th academic year in May. To develop this curriculum, the college appointed three faculty members to a Core Curriculum Commission: Dr. Theodore McMillion, Dr. Art Fleser and Dr. Ann Paton. Paton was joined by Dr. Howard Mattsson-Bozé and Prof. Elizabeth Douglas in writing the new curriculum – a four semester sequence of courses required of all Geneva students and launched in 1968.
2. How does the individual relate to the state?
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Meet Cliff McNary, Jr., Geneva’s New Director of Gift Planning Cliff McNary is the new Director of Gift Planning. With a strong background in financial and estate planning, McNary will assist alumni and friends of Geneva College with a variety of gift planning strategies throughout the giving process.
He developed his unique expertise in professional positions at BlueVase Capital Management, NationsBank, PNC, and CIGNA Individual Financial Services. In addition, he was the Co-Founder, Managing Director & CCO of Fusion Investment Group.
McNary arrived at Geneva following a successful stint as Director of Development at West Virginia University’s College of Physical Activity & Sport Sciences (CPASS). He previously served as the Director of Special Gifts at Grove City College.
McNary received a bachelor of Business Administration and Management from Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX). He also earned a diploma in Systematic Theology from Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, IL).
The Drowsy Chaperone The Geneva Theater program staged their production of The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical comedy by Bob Martin and Don McKellar with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. Under the direction of Mindy Williams, eight performances took place at the Bagpiper Theater in October and November. The musical featured seniors Benjamin Kennedy as Robert Martin, the dashing groom; Kianna Skal as Janet Van De Graff, the glamorous bride; Abby Preston as the bride’s drowsy chaperone; Regan Scott as Mrs. Tottendale, the forgetful hostess; Tyler Piper as Mr. Feldzieg, the harried producer; and Caitlin Radziewski as the Woman in Chair, the audience’s guide throughout the show.
Geneva Sponsors A Glorious Christmas Tour of Top CCM Musicians Geneva College is sponsoring A Glorious Christmas Tour at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on December 15, 2017. The tour will feature GRAMMY® award-winning artists For King and Country, Rebecca St. James and Casting Crowns. Geneva College is offering discounted tickets at a cost of $26 per person available online at Geneva.edu/ glorioustour. Along with a discounted ticket, attendees will receive a free Geneva mini flashlight. Current Geneva students can receive a larger discount through the Center for Student Engagement. A Glorious Christmas Tour is an excellent addition to Christmas or Advent activities for families. The concert will feature Christmas music, brand new songs and the biggest hits from top acts in contemporary Christian music. 21
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McKenna Pontoli and Melanie Katip provided choreography and musical direction. The show transported the audience to another world full of color, music, glamor and fun. With multiple sold out nights, this musical was highly popular with Geneva students and the surrounding community alike. With its side-splitting jokes, glamorous costumes and delightfully catchy songs, it had a meaningful message.
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2017 Homecoming Court The 2017 Homecoming King and Queen, Ethan Stahl (Engineering) and Hannah Kelly (Chemistry with Secondary Education), were crowned at halftime of the Golden Tornadoes’ football game on November 7. Along with the royal couple, the Homecoming Court was announced and honored. Representing the freshman class were Jory Detwiler (Computer Science) and Emma Govachini (Engineering).
Tim Weir (Engineering) and Aubrey Milroy (English with Secondary Education) represented the sophomore class. The junior class was represented by Gregg Meliander (Engineering) and Student Body President Paige Wintermute (Psychology and Human Services). In addition to the Homecoming King and Queen, the senior class was represented by couples, Christian Baybutt (Engineering) and Gina Christopherson (PK-4 Education and PK-8 Special Education); Malachi (Biology) and Mary Price (Human Services); and Ethan Huston (Communication) and Kianna Skal (Human Services).
Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Inducted Geneva College welcomed 12 members of the Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2017 during Hall of Fame weekend on November 4. The 2017 Geneva College Athletic Hall of Fame class spans nearly 90 years with representation from eight different sports. Following is the list of inductees for 2017: • Chelle (Simons) Fuss – Women’s Basketball/Women’s Softball (1990-93) • Tim Lee - Men’s Soccer (1983-87) • Michele (Marchi) Powell – Women’s Track and Field (1989-92) • Claire and Melba Merriman – Support (1929 Graduates) • Justin Myers – Football (1996-99) • Daryl Patten – Baseball (1985-88) • Nancy (Paxton) Gary – Women’s Basketball (1984-88) • Jerry Slocum – Coach – Men’s Basketball (1987-96) • Gene Sullivan – Coach – Football (1976-92) • Linda (Neinhuis) Sumner – Women’s Soccer (1987-91) • Tom Tommelleo – Football (1976-80)
Join the Genevans for their 80th Anniversary Tour in Europe You are cordially invited to travel abroad with the Genevans on their “Soli Deo Gloria” international tour. Departing Monday, May 7, and returning home Wednesday, May 23, they will travel to Northern Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic and Austria. The Genevans will share God’s word through music in churches, schools, historic locations and public spaces. Their prayer is that God will use their music to bring encouragement to local Christians, bring others to a saving knowledge of Christ and open their eyes to the needs of the world. For details about how you can support or join the tour, contact Dr. David Kenneth Smith, conductor of the Genevans, at dksmith@geneva.edu.
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Honoring Christ Through the Arts
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Although permeated by darkness, the darkroom is centered upon a return to ‘light’ and ‘seeking’ as precious, latent images will undergo a transf igurative process, revealing themselves in a glorious fashion.”
- Prof. William Kofmehl III
The Beauty of the Dark Geneva recently installed its first official darkroom – strange, in an era in which digital technology makes photography fast and cheap. Film is considered obsolete, a thing of the past. Recently, however, there has been a rebirth of film photography, punctuated by Kodak’s announcement earlier this year of its decision to once again manufacture Ektachrome film, which was discontinued in 2012. Geneva is joining this film revival. I am enrolled in a the black and white photography class offered by Geneva. I am gaining an understanding of the origins of photography and the conceptual framework for the numerous processes that go into creating a film print photograph. With no film photography experience, I was exposed to the magic of the darkroom for the first time this fall. Stepping into the darkroom seems like stepping into a void. Slowly my eyes adjust from the lighted hallway outside. The surrounding air feels cool as I fumble in blind attempts to cut and wind the film around a reel in preparation for development. Once complete, I return to the dark for enlarging, where the warm glow of the “safe light” vanquishes the darkness, illuminating the precise movements of my fingers and the empty canvas. Surrounded by the tangy smell of chemicals, I develop
Telling Geneva’s Story in Photos Geneva College’s commitment to photography is also evident with the addition of Christy (Razete ’16) Martin, who recently joined the Public Relations and Marketing Services Department. MARTIN: I think about who will see the photos I’m taking every time I shoot, and I take photos of people daily, so I have to be able to communicate effectively. As I walk around campus, I think about how I can document who Geneva is visually. My photos should portray the personality of the college and the student body, which is important not only for archival purposes, but to the world looking in. I try to show what campus is really like: smiling people, friends talking, professors teaching, beautiful buildings. When a prospective student sees a small window into Geneva via a postcard or brochure in the mail, I want them to imagine themselves here!
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and fix the final piece of photo paper, watching with excitement as the image emerges from the blank, emotionless page. Once the darkness turns to light, the mystery of the darkroom turns to wonder, and I visualize a marvelous picture created seemingly from nothing. Although time-consuming, the completion of this process is valuable for anyone interested in pursuing photography. As a digital native, images are easily attainable and disposable; I took over 6,000 digital images on a trip in May with Geneva’s Rome Experience. At that volume, images begin to lose their value. With film, however, every image becomes precious because each picture is invested with money, effort and time. In an era of immediacy, this extended process also develops valuable qualities and skills in the photographer that can extend to other areas of life, such as patience, craftsmanship, artistry and care. Rather than snapping shots randomly, it forces the photographer to think deeply about each click of the shutter, developing intentionality in each and every frame. Now when I see a photo, I see an item of worth, an item that cost much, developing in me an appreciation for the photographers of the past and the grassroots of the field I have come to love.
I love individual shots because I get to focus on one person; it’s a big responsibility to record a person visually. You have to be accurate and show them in their best light. There are plenty of opportunities for student photographers to get involved on campus. The Public Relations office is always looking to use interns for photographing the many events on campus, portraits and other photo or video shoots that are planned. Also, I always think that it’s a good idea for young creatives to have other creative friends that they can bounce ideas off of, critique, and collaborate with.
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As an education major, I am very aware of all that it takes to develop and carry out exceptional educational experiences with students. One day, I hope to be like so many of the teachers at Geneva. They have truly made a difference in my life, and I want to have the same impact in my students’ lives. I know without donors who play a role in my Geneva education, this opportunity would not have been possible. I want to sincerely say ‘thank you!’ to all of you.” - Britteny Douglas ’18
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Trewon Marshall: From Struggle to Strength BY C H R I S M AT H E W S with a cousin’s friend was the catalyst of change. Marshall was introduced to a young lady named Taylor, someone whom the Lord would use to change his life. The two quickly became friends and eventually started dating.Taylor was stability for Marshall, something he did not have up to that point in his life.Taylor and her family recognized Marshall’s need for a better environment, so they invited him to come live with them at the beginning of his sophomore year in high school. He gladly accepted. Along with his new address, Marshall also began to join Taylor’s family each week at New Hope Community Church, and there the Lord began to change his heart. While he had heard of God growing up, he did not give faith a second thought. But after six months of attending New Hope, Marshall was baptized and got involved in the worship team. After spending his freshman year at Ambridge, Marshall started attending the school in the district of his new residence, Quaker Valley.As a sophomore, he immediately became a starter on the varsity football team. Marshall was a slot receiver in the spread offense, and his talent was beginning to attract the attention of coaches from several area colleges, including some small Division I schools.
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old kids are generally the algebra quiz the next day in math class, what to wear for school and how many likes their most recent Instagram photo garnered. Geneva’s junior running back Trewon Marshall had far more significant things on his mind at that age. He was concerned about where he was sleeping that night and where his next meal was coming from. Marshall was raised in Ambridge, PA, and by the time he turned 14, his life was headed in the wrong direction. His father, who hadn’t played a significant role in his life, was incarcerated, and his relationship with his mother had become more than a bit rocky. He looked for any means possible, including crime, to help provide for himself. In the midst of Marshall’s chaotic and difficult life, the Lord was watching over and protecting him. An unexpected encounter 25
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By Marshall’s senior year, he knew he wanted to find a place to play football in college, but he also knew he needed a strong community that would help him develop, not only as a football player, but more importantly as a student and as a man. He heard about Geneva College when an assistant coach contacted him during his junior year, but even then, he didn’t realize that there were colleges that maintained a faithful Christian testimony throughout all their campus and community. When he paid a campus visit to Geneva as a young man desiring to play football and to grow in Christ, he knew exactly where he needed to be. Even a sure thing can start out awkward, and that’s how Marshall’s first year went. He had never lived in a large community where people cared, not just about what he did on the football field, but about Trewon Marshall, the person.“Everywhere
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In his sophomore year, Marshall really started to feel at home. Head Football Coach Geno DeMarco was implementing a run-heavy, triple option offense, and he asked Marshall to move from his slot position as a receiver to a featured fullback. Coach DeMarco didn’t have to ask Marshall twice. He realized it represented an opportunity to show his true talents, and he was immediately onboard. After assuming a complementary role as a freshman receiver, he became an integral part of the rushing attack.
Everywhere I looked, people wanted to help me. T hat’s not something I had for most of my life, and it was a little overwhelming at f irst.”
Marshall began to excel in the classroom, as well. He focused more on academics as he pursued a computer science degree with an eye toward a career in web development. He began to realize the significance of being a part of the Geneva community, and how to enjoy college life in God-honoring ways without partying or other similar activities. He became even more active in his church as a worship leader.And in the summer following his sophomore year, he married Taylor.“The Lord used her to change me,” Marshall says.“If it wasn’t for Taylor, I don’t know where I’d be right now. I know I wouldn’t be here, and I wouldn’t be the man of God I’ve become.” It’s safe to say Coach DeMarco is quite pleased to have Marshall on the football field. In his junior season, Marshall put together one of the more statistically dominant rushing seasons in recent Geneva history. Halfway through the season, Marshall was leading the nation in rushing with over 200 yards per game. Even after facing the toughest teams in the President’s Athletic Conference (PAC) and suffering through some bumps and bruises over the last five games, he was still selected as a first team all-conference running back and led the PAC in rushing with 1,520 yards. Marshall, along with the high performing offensive line, dominated the PAC in rushing offense production with an average of 314.5 yards on the ground per game. Marshall also scored 13 touchdowns. For all of Marshall’s gridiron success, it’s never been ultimately about football to him. And that’s where Geneva College has proven so pivotal. He says,“What you learn here, it’s so important. It’s more than football. It’s the family you gain. It’s the community you have around you. I can talk to anybody about anything. People here, they just care. Coming here, it has shaped my life forever.” G 26
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Celebrating Athletic Excellence Gib McCracken
MEN’S SOCCER The men’s soccer team once again put together an excellent season, capped off by a third straight trip to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) championship game, where the Golden Tornadoes dropped a hard fought 1-0 game to Thomas More. Head Coach Gary Dunda’s squad finished with an impressive 14-4-2 record, 6-1-1 in conference play. Defender Gib McCracken was honored as the PAC player of the year, the first time a Geneva College soccer player has been given the highest award in the conference. A day later, McCracken was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America All-District Academic team which recognizes athletes who excel not only on the field of play, but also in the classroom. McCracken was the only player from the PAC to make this team. Senior forward Abel Carleton, junior midfielder Liam O’Halloran, and junior goalkeeper Luke Nolan also joined McCracken as first team all-conference selections. Sophomore midfielder Jake Broadwick was selected to the second team, and senior defender Spencer Edwards was selected to the sportsmanship team. WOMEN’S SOCCER Head Coach Linda Sumner had a young team that included just one senior, Kelsey Ingold. They finished 5-11-1, including a 2-6-1 record in the PAC.
April Mann Erica Hughes
Freshman midfielder April Mann was chosen as a second team all-conference selection, while junior midfielder Megan Schoeneweis received honorable mention recognition. Junior defender Sydney Kern was selected to the sportsmanship team. Sophomore goalkeeper Dani Lincoln was second in the conference in saves per game. VOLLEYBALL Head Coach Wendy Smith’s volleyball team once again advanced to another PAC conference semifinal where the squad lost to eventual conference champion Thomas More. Geneva finished at 13-21 overall, but 10-8 in the PAC, highlighted by their quarterfinal playoff road win over Washington and Jefferson. Senior outside hitter Erica Hughes led the way and as a result was chosen as a first team all-conference selection. Hughes led the conference with 441 kills on the season. Freshman setter Daphne Hunsinger, who finished sixth in the conference in assists with 886, received honorable mention recognition. Junior setter McKenna Shick was selected to the sportsmanship team. FOOTBALL The second season of running the triple option, run-heavy offense for Head Coach Geno DeMarco’s squad brought early season success as Geneva won three of its first five games. Junior running back Trewon Marshall led the way in those early contests, rushing for an average of 202 yards per game, not only leading the conference but also the nation at the time. The latter half of Geneva’s schedule was more difficult, and despite playing competitively in most of those games against the top teams in the conference, Geneva finished the season with a 3-7 record overall, 2-6 in the PAC. The Golden Tornadoes finished the season atop the conference in rushing with 315 yards per game, which also placed them an impressive fifth overall in the nation. Marshall was the top rusher in the conference with 152 yards
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per game, eighth overall in the nation. Senior Quarterback, Bryan Stafford added 93 yards rushing per game, good enough for seventh in the conference. Marshall and senior offensive lineman Luke Estep were recognized as first team all-conference selections. Defensively Geneva was led by junior defensive back Joe Shively, who led the conference with 9.6 tackles per game, as well as four interceptions and was selected as a second team all-conference performer.
Luke Estep
TENNIS Head Coach Mandee Craft’s tennis team put together one of the best seasons in recent Geneva College history as the ladies finished with a 12-3 record, 5-3 in the PAC. The season was highlighted by an eight match winning streak to start the season, propelling them to a fourth place finish in the competitive PAC conference. In the conference tournament, sophomore Grace Moyer finished in 2nd place in third singles while finishing with an impressive 12-1 singles record over the season. Senior Sarah Stoll (13-2 singles record), sophomore Victoria Hinds (10-2 singles record), and freshman Felicity Orndoff (7-4 singles record) all finished in 3rd place in their respective flights. Sophomore Rachael Letterman led the way all season in #1 singles with an 11-3 singles record. CROSS COUNTRY Head Coach Brian Yowler’s cross country teams continued their program improvement in 2017. The men’s team finished in 4th place in the PAC conference meet. Junior Josh Duffie and senior Clay Smith led the way with top 12 finishes in the conference. With Smith’s finish, he became the first Geneva College cross country runner to receive all-conference honors all four years of his career. The women’s team finished in 5th place in the PAC conference meet as sophomore Jennifer Simmons and senior Madelyn Blosser led the way with top 20 finishes. Blosser’s season also included breaking the Geneva College record in the 4K race earlier in the season.
Locker Room Project Locked Up
Sarah Stoll
Madelyn Blosser
Clay Smith
The Geneva College football community came together in an evening of fellowship and laughter to celebrate 25 years of service by head football coach Geno DeMarco. Last April, nearly 250 guests filed into the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry to celebrate Coach DeMarco’s quarter century anniversary. While it was an evening of stories and rekindled alumni relationships, it was also profitable to the Geneva football program. The Anniversary Roast was designed to help raise funds for a much-needed locker project for the Golden Tornadoes’ football team, and the football community generously raised over $12,000 to completely fund the project. Geneva’s football team is experiencing unprecedented growth in terms of roster size. The funds supported a project to install 40 additional lockers for a roster of over 125 players for the 2017 season. On behalf of Geneva College and the Golden Tornadoes football program, thank you to all who attended Coach DeMarco’s celebration and who generously supported the Locker Project. 28
IN MEMORIAM 30s
Faye (Steele ‘38) Davison on May 27, 2017
40s
David “Ken” Fowler ’54 on July 29, 2017 Barbara G. (Barr ’54) Lang on August 18, 2017 William H. Onuska ’54 on October 11, 2017
James Philip Sawyer ’43 on May 31, 2017
Donald G. Kerr ’55 on August 17, 2017
Clara (Renn ’44) Askanas in March 2017
Samuel W. Wilson ’55 on April 19, 2017
Margaret R. (Luciny ’44) Dunn on June 8, 2017
Fred E. Zoeller ’55 on July 13, 2017
Raymond H. Loughridge ’44 on July 26, 2017
Christopher M. Milne ’56 on May 20, 2017
Irene D. Palfi ’45 on June 26, 2017
Charles J. Mowry ’56 on September 20, 2017
Dr. Marilyn (Sohn ’46) Mahon in April 2017
Kenneth W. Woodeshick ’56 on August 27, 2017
Leland E. Howard ’47 on May 24, 2017
Zaven G. Hatutian ’57 on May 17, 2017
Dr. Donald A. Magee Sr. ’47 on May 3, 2017
Eleanor M. (Mann ’57) Sims on October 4, 2017
Rev. George S. Rawding ’47 on April 29, 2017
Mary June (Blair ’58) Bruska on May 15, 2017
Dr. Richard “Dick” B. Weir ’47 on May 12, 2017
D. Lee Shroads ’58 on September 25, 2017
William H. Orr ’48 on June 10, 2017
A. Benjamin Fox ’59 on May 7, 2017
Paul T. Anderson ’49 on August 25, 2017
Gerald D. Zeh ’59 on September 3, 2017
Lois A. (Hadfield ’49) Knaggs on August 9, 2017 William M. Thorpe ’49 on June 27, 2017
60s
50s
William E. Vild ’60 on May 24, 2017
Eugene A. Schleiger ’60 on September 24, 2017
Carolyn (Osteen ’50) Miller on May 4, 2017
Richard T. Burris ’61 on April 21, 2017
George W. Rowse ’50 on August 5, 2017
Thomas R. Pantoni ’61 on November 14, 2016
Jesse J. Swaney ’50 on May 17, 2017
Richard A. Brown ’62 on August 26, 2017
Mary (Dan ’50) Tirlia on September 10, 2017
Florence Fattal ’62 on July 31, 2017
Eunice J. Whitford ’50 on August 12, 2017
R. Lee Maxwell ’62 on September 9, 2017
Lloyd E. Cable ’51 on August 25, 2017
George S. Churchin ’63 on August 14, 2017
Harold V. Farris ’51 on August 3, 2017
Nancy L. (Hodge ’65) Braman on May 6, 2017
John W. Oliver Jr. ’51 on March 21, 2017
William E. Gallagher ’65 on June 8, 2017
G. Theodore Coene ’52 on September 18, 2017
Kay A. (Watterson ’66) Corradino on May 4, 2017
John W. Ellefson ’52 on August 8, 2017
Leonard F. Spinnenweber ’66 on August 15, 2017
Dr. H. Frances (McClure ’52) Griffin on May 13, 2017
Earl E. Wilson ’68 on August 7, 2017
Edna J. (Mooney ’52) Milnes on July 19, 2017
Annette L. Wilson ’69 on April 15, 2017
Kathryn (Metheny ’53) Greig Burger on September 5, 2017 Anthony H. Cimino ’53 on July 4, 2017 David M. Smith ’53 on May 21, 2017 Paul V. Stevens ’53 on October 3, 2017 Robert M. Black ’54 on May 10, 2017 29
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70s
Nelson M. Cumpston ’70 on July 24, 2017 Paul W. Haynie ’70 on June 5, 2017 Catherine L. (Vekasy ’70) Swogger on July 5, 2017 Linda A. Rudek ’71 on May 9, 2017
00s
Rosalie J. Brown ’04 (DCP #019) on October 9, 2017
A. William Bauman III ’72 on June 27, 2017 Dietlind I. (Herrgeist) Winnell ’72 on October 8, 2017 Wade L. Coyle ’73 on September 6, 2017
10s
Travis A. Ramsey (MBA ’10) on June 15, 2017
W. Dwight Hayes ’73 on August 1, 2017
Jeremy L. Shull (MA ’14) on August 6, 2017
Bradford H. Marr ’73 on May 15, 2017
Friends
Peter L. Mendicino ’74 on April 30, 2017
Edna Marian Dunlap on July 26, 2017
Marianne (Foley ’75) Hill on July 20, 2017 David R. Howard ’75 on May 30, 2017
Roger W. Lindenfelser on May 27, 2017 John B. Schaefer on May 6, 2017
Ralph L. Burroughs ’76 on June 6, 2017
Sister Rosemarie Schwartz on June 17, 2017
David M. Lordi ’76 on September 3, 2017
H Raymond S. Walker on June 9, 2017
Marcia (Bennett ’77) Cornell on August 30, 2017 Gregory R. Jones ’77 on May 31, 2017
Denotes members of the
Heritage Society,
Robert L. Tonks ’77 on June 18, 2017
which recognizes the valuable contributions of
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R. Thomas Barrett ’81 on August 18, 2017
alumni and friends who include Geneva in their estate and/
Carol M. (Smith ’84) Barringer on June 14, 2017
or financial plans by gifts made through annuities, charitable
Lonzie G. Cox Jr. ’88 on September 13, 2017
trusts, gifts of life estates, undivided partial interests in real estate or life insurance, and gifts made through their will. To
90s
Donna S. Kopp ’94 on July 5, 2017
learn more, visit Geneva.edu/planned-giving/heritage-society.
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40s Dr. Ralph “Pat” Kilpatrick ’40 celebrated his 100th birthday on July 16, 2017 with 250 family members and friends. He and wife Naomi (Smith ’42) reside in Greensboro, NC.
50s This group of alumna from the classes of 1958-1959 gathered in September in North Carolina to celebrate their 80th birthdays. Back in 2005 they earned the nickname of “The Golden Girls” as named by the hotel where they were staying for a Geneva reunion. Members of the group have met regularly since 2005 for a total of 8 trips across the country and a cruise. They hail from the states of FL, KS, CA, PA and NC. From left to right: Sandra (McElroy ’58) Johns, Ginny (Wilson ’59) List, Elaine (Wineland ’59) Kantner, Lois (Ramsey ’59) Gross, Louise Marshall ’59, Sue (Robb ’59) Wilkey, Mary (McCracken ’59) Spear, Wilma (Shaw ’59) Windham
(not pictured, Barb (Huston ’59) Catloth)
60s Rt. Rev. Douglas Weiss ’66 published “Deckhand: The Humorous Redemption of an Angry Man” in 2006. Soon to be published is “Invitations: A Handbook for Interactive Worship Beyond the Altar Call”. He and wife Eleanor reside in Ambler, PA. 30
CLASS NOTES Ron Elkin ’67 retired from the Ruidoso School District in 2012 after 44 years in education in OH, WY, and NM. Merry (Blair ’70) Elkin retired in 2013 after 29 ½ years in education. Ron and Merry have three grown daughters, four grandchildren, and reside in Seattle, WA.
Joanne (Parillo ’73) Massey resides in sons. Olga works in the emergency department as a Physician Assistant Chattanooga, TN. at St. Luke’s/Cornwall Hospital and Janice (Comer ’74) Miller resides in is the full time didactic coordinator in East Brunswick, NJ with husband the Physician Assistant program of the Michael. The couple has four children CUNY School of Medicine at The City and four grandchildren. College of New York. Janet (Bennett ’76) Baker is retired and resides in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband Tom.
Bob Altenhof ’81 was inducted into the West Branch High School (Beloit, OH) Hall of Fame on September 23, 2017. He retired from West Branch in 2014 Dr. Steven Garber ’76 was appointed after 33 years as an English teacher, Professor of Marketplace Theology guidance counselor, and highly and Leadership at Regent College in successful football and track coach. Vancouver, Canada beginning August Previously, Bob was inducted into the 2017. Hall of Fame at his alma mater, United Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Hitchens ’69 is a High School (Hanoverton, OH), for retired pastor. He and wife Jan have Michael Plank ’77 married wife Marsha athletic accomplishment in 1999. three grown children and reside in on April 22, 2017. The Plank’s are Sachse, TX. residing in Havre de Grace, MD. He and his wife of 35 years, Andrea (McCandless ’83), live in Homeworth, 70s H. Robert Headland ’78 was inducted OH. Their three children are all Marjorie (Furnival ’71) West resides in into the Beaver Valley Musicians Hall teachers. Ostrander, OH. of Fame on May 7, 2017. He resides in Beaver, PA. Wanda (Lair ’83) Tooker resides in R. Bruce Andrews ’72 is the founder Garland, TX. of General Pump and Machinery. Shirley (Reed ’78) Rutter was named He recently transferred ownership of NCTE High School English Teacher Rev. Timothy Yates ’84 has started the business to three of his four sons of Excellence. Shirley teaches at a new Reformed publishing but has no plans to retire from the Weeki Wachee High School in Weeki company explained at www. company. Bruce and wife Elizabeth Wachee, FL. unveiledfacesreformedpress.net and reside in Palmyra, PA. just published his first book called Robert Wright ’78 is a Senior “Foundations: God’s Glory as an Linda (Frazier ’72) Brown was Associate at Stantec and is serving Integrating Perspective on Reformed inducted into the Lakewood High as project director for Greensburg Theology”. Email tpyates@gmail.com School Hall of Fame, Lakewood, Veteran’s Sunrise Center, a proposed for a free PDF copy to any Geneva NJ, in May 2017. In June of 2017, veteran’s transition center in faculty, staff or alumni. Print and Kindle Linda received the Community Service Greensburg, PA that will train veterans editions available from Amazon. Award from the Lakewood Chapter for jobs in skilled trades. Robert and of the NAACP, Lakewood, NJ at his wife Audrey (Walko ’78) reside in Dr. Ilia Matos ’85 resides in Winter their annual Freedom Fund Banquet. Latrobe, PA. Springs, FL. She has set up a scholarship fund in memory of her late husband, John R. Bruce Axon ’79 lives in Jackson, MI. He Nancy (McFarland ’86) McCollum and has been married for 34 years to wife Brown, Sr., for children of veterans. husband Norman announce the birth Becky. They have six children (three of their first grandchild, Calum Robert Ronald Colonna ’72 was recently boys, three girls) and four grandchildren. Morrison, born on May 27, 2017, in honored for being an adjunct Bruce is currently working at Consumers Antrim, Northern Ireland, to Erin and instructor in the Liberal Arts Energy as a Sr. Financial Analyst where Andrew Morrison. Department of Cuyahoga Community he has been for 38 years. College in Cleveland, OH for 35 Rev. Jim ’87 and Patricia (Heiland ’88) 80s years. Despite his semi-retirement, Megchelsen reside in Elburn, IL. Ron has maintained a mental health Olga (Fernandez ’80) Waters resides counseling practice for the past seven in Cornwall, NY with husband Sharon Rudolph ’89 resides in years. Ron and his wife Catherine Roger. The couple has three grown Hagerstown, MD. reside in South Euclid, OH. 31
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CLASS NOTES 90s Eric Dugan ’90 has spent the last few decades as a youth pastor and recently released a series of youth Bible curriculum, a small group book and a game guide. David Fabricatore ’90 was awarded two patents from the country of China related to his work on the Ford Focus Electric Vehicle. David and his wife Michelle (Droz ’90) reside in Canton, MI.
Benjamin Hanna ’97 was recently promoted to the position of Chief Deputy District Attorney at the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office in Redding, CA, where he has served as a prosecutor since 2001. As Chief Deputy DA he is the second highest ranking employee in the office, reporting to the elected district attorney.
Cory Valentine ’98 graduated with high distinction from Liberty University with a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in August 2016. He is John McBurney ’91 and wife Alisha currently finishing up courses to obtain are pleased to announce the birth of an Administration Certificate. Cory is their second daughter, Jasmine Elaina, a teacher at RTS Middle School and on August 26, 2017. She joins big resides in Hallstead, PA with wife sister Abigail. Wendy (Blair ’98) and their five children. Ellen (Dorozowski ’91) McQueen is a paralegal at Zimmerman Pfannebecker Nuffort & Albert LLP in Lancaster, PA. Marc Santom ’92 received his M.Div. from Regent University and in May 2017 was ordained as a minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and installed as the Family Ministries Pastor at Kempsville Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. Marc and his wife Christina have two children, Rachel and Ethan, and reside in Virginia Beach, VA.
00s Kaleesha Jackson ’01 resides in Glen Burnie, MD with daughter Sanaa. Kristy Dean ’03 authored and published a Christian fiction book called “Twice Alive.” It entails a gripping journey of a gangster and his encounter with Heaven and Hell. The story confronts the many false concepts that keep people from salvation. The hope is that believers will be inspired by this book and share copies with those that need this life changing message.
John Rice ’05 is a staff engineer for the City of Wooster. He and wife Jenna have two children, Lila and Lucas. Laura (Askey ’06) Mack and husband James have three children, Jacob, Hannah and Sarah, and reside in Doylestown, PA. Sarah (Doren ’07) married John Illsley on August 20, 2016. The couple resides in Roxboro, NC. Azure (Parker) Reed ’07 (DCP) and husband Aaron reside in West Chester, OH. Steve ’07 and Tammy (Kish ’07) Stouffer adopted their third child, Jay Stouffer, on April 5, 2017. Jay was born November 7, 2015. The Stouffer family currently resides in Phoenix, AZ.
Garrett Marvich ’09 married Alexandra Savidge on May 27, 2017. The Marvich’s reside in Dr. Antonio “Tony” Campbell ’95 Robert Lowe ’03 is the Associate Pastor Lewisburg, PA. received his doctorate of ministry at First Covenant Church in Rockford, Dr. Elisabeth (Eriksson ’09) Jacobson from Liberty University in 2016. IL. He and wife Jennifer have two was awarded the title of doctor on His research was on utilizing local children, Miguel and Isabella. May 26, 2017. She completed her churches in a network of faith practitioners to reduce suicides of Candace “Candie” Dobson ’04 (DCP) doctor of education degree and defended her dissertation entitled veterans and National Guard military resides in Pittsburgh, PA. “Teachers’ Perceptions of Instructional personnel. Dr. Campbell authored a book entitled “A More Perfect Union.” Amy (Totten ’04) Lassiter and husband Practices for Yup’ik Students with Special Education Needs: A Case Elliott announce the birth of their Study.” She is currently working daughter, Meadow Grace, born on on submitting an article based on July 28, 2017. Meadow joins big brother Nathan who is two. The Lassiter this dissertation to a peer-reviewed journal. Elisabeth continues to work family resides in Monroeville, PA. at the local high school in Bethel, AK and is looking to transition to the collegiate level. Thomas Meyer ’09 resides in Maple Heights, OH. 32
CLASS NOTES 10s David Callahan ’10 is beginning his third year as Head of School/ Principal of Payson Christian School (PreK-8). He and wife Julia (Urbanski ’11) welcomed their second daughter, Dorothy Steel Callahan, on December 8, 2016. She joins big sister Ailee. The Callahan family resides in Payson, AZ.
and wife Lisa (Lyon ’11) moved to Sterling, KS and in August Brian was ordained and installed as the pastor of the Sterling RP Church. Lisa is working part-time as a Speech-Language Pathologist providing early intervention services to children in Rice County.
Wright’s reside in Goose Creek, SC. Andrea (Hinds ’15) married David Jensen on January 2, 2016. The couple resides in South Abington Township, PA.
Lindsay Monihen MAHE ’15 serves Sean Campbell ’14 received his CPA as president-elect for OHAAA (Ohio license on May 25, 2017. He resides Association of Academic Advising) as well as chair of UAA (University in Sarver, PA. Sarah (Marshall ’10) married Luke Administrative Assembly) at Shawnee Mannion on June 3, 2017. Sarah was State University. Lindsay was promoted to Quality Control Specialist Gwenyth (Gamble ’14) and Austin Jarvi ’15 were married on May 13, promoted to Director of the College of at Cardinal Financial, as a remote 2016 and reside in Pittsburgh, PA. Professional Studies Student Advising team member in California, while and Support Services at Shawnee continuing to support her husband in Linae (Hayward ’14) Mahoney and State University on July 1, 2017. his career as an Artillery Officer in husband Mark welcomed daughter the United States Marine Corps. The Mannion’s reside in Oceanside, CA. Norah Mae Mahoney on October 15, Travis Rogan ’15 resides in Cranberry 2016. Linae taught first grade the past Twp., PA and works at Discovery three years and recently switched to Christian Church. He is engaged to be teach pre-kindergarten. The Mahoney married to Hannah Rozgonyi ’15. family resides in Somerset, PA. Jennie Smith ’15 completed her twoyear commitment to Teach for America Memphis and has committed to Daniel Thomas ’10 is a RAN teaching a 3rd year in a different part Optimization Engineer for AT&T. He of the city. She is a student at Christian and his wife reside in Glenshaw, PA. Brothers University working toward earning a master’s in urban education. Josh Brown ’11 married Jazmin Velazquez. He is attending UCLA Sadie Jackson ’17 is a counselor Rebecca “Becki” (Smith MAHE ’14) School of Law. at Cove Forge BHS. She resides in married Zachary McCue on October Tyrone, PA. 10, 2016. Becki is an admissions Adam Fencil (MSOL ’11) resides in representative at Harrison College. Butler, PA. Tina Lewis ’17 (ADP) resides in The couple resides in Avilla, IN. Monument, CO. Jennifer (White ’11) married Jeremy LeRose on June 20, 2017. The couple Elliott ’14 and Amanda (Weaver ’14) Photos appear after the corresponding resides in Sewickley, PA. Jennifer is a Neese welcomed daughter Mackenzie class note. Senior Tax Analyst at Rice Energy and Mae on March 25, 2017. The Neese is planning on attending Robert Morris family resides in Akron, PA. Class Notes Information University in the fall of 2018 for a Marissa (Seighman ’14) Wiley is a To share your news, visit Geneva. Master’s in Tax degree. high school teacher at Valley Christian edu/class_notes and click on “UpSchool in Youngstown, OH where she Leanne (Abate ’11) married David date Form.” High-resolution pictures and her husband reside. Swickline on August 12, 2017. of at least three megapixels in size David is a school psychologist with Corinne (Pinchotti ’14) married Todd Craven County Schools and Leanne may be submitted in JPEG format. Wright on March 4, 2017. Corrine is is a Speech-Language Pathologist at a second grade teacher at Berkeley Carolina East Medical Center. The County School District and her husband Inclusion of all items in Class Notes is couple resides in New Bern, NC. Todd is a United States Marine. Corrine at the discretion of Geneva College, Rev. Brian Wright ’11 graduated with a will be furthering her education in in accordance with the community M.Div. from the Reformed Presbyterian administration so that she may one day become principal of a school. The standards of the institution. Theological Seminary in May. He 33
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CGA
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The chart below illustrates for a range of ages Geneva’s gift annuity rates, payments, tax-free portion and deductions for a $25,000 cash one-life gift annuity. We can provide an illustration specifically for you or you and your spouse. A $50,000 gift would provide roughly twice this annual payment.
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Rate
Annual Payment
Tax Free
Deduction
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4.7%
$1,175
$827
$8,870
70
5.1%
$1,275
$943
$10,379
75
5.8%
$1,450
$1,119
$11,564
80
6.8%
$1,700
$1,370
$12,662
85
7.8%
$1,950
$1,680
$14,247
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