Spring/Summer 2014 Patches Magazine

patches The Magazine of Harcum College SPRING/SUMMER 2014

When Your Passion Becomes Your Profession A love for animals leads students to Harcum College to pursue degrees in Veterinary Technology.

This Issue:

Preparing for our Centennial: A Look Back — Harcum College from 1945–1985

Men’s Basketball Makes Program History

I New Programs & Sites

I Middle States Accreditation I Bear Pride

patches magazine The essential purpose of Patches Magazine is to inform, engage, and inspire Harcum College’s diverse readership—including alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and our many friends.

Our mission is to present an honest portrait of Harcum College— showcasing our people, our programs, our history, and our core values in order to strengthen our readers’ opinion of the college, and to cultivate our commitment towards creating a “college of possibilities” higher educational environment.

Patches Magazine is published biannually by the Office of Communications & Marketing at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA. Please send address changes and class notes to the Office of College Advancement located at 750 Montgomery Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; by email: alumni@harcum.edu; or by calling 610-526-6060.

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The newly renovated Charles H. Trout Library was dedicated in October 2013. SGA President Shana Weaver enjoys the variety of seating choices, including sturdy chairs for lounging and a “Spun Chair.”

On the cover: Sarah Sabatini of Mechanicsburg, PA, just finished her first year in Harcum’s Veterinary Technology program.

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EDITOR Gale Martin Director of Communications & Marketing ART DIRECTION/DESIGN Bridget Goldhahn Graphic Designer & Communications Specialist CLASS NEWS EDITOR Kate Rosin Development Coordinator CONTRIBUTORS Anders Back Director of Internal Communications & Publications Drew Kelly Director of Athletics Nancy McCann Freelance Writer Amy Shumoski Web Manager ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY K.S.N. Images Lifetouch Andrew Wickel

HARCUM COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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FEATURES

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Forging a New Path to Growth Harcum College from 1945 to 1985

The second in a three-part series highlighting Harcum’s history in preparation for our Centennial Kickoff in 2015.

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When Your Passion Becomes Your Profession

Students in our Vet Tech Program come from all walks of life but share a common bond.

Theodore A. Rosen Chairman Thomas J. Giamoni Vice-Chair Michael J. Buongiorno Vice-Chair

DEPARTMENTS 2 Community News

Denis C. Boyle Treasurer

3 President’s Message

Louise Strauss Secretary

5 Events

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D. President Beatrice C. Blackman ’55 Samuel P. Cimino, DDS Daniel Hirschfeld Dr. Colena Johnson-Kemp Alexander Klein Marvin B. Levitties Dennis S. Marlo Denise McGregor Armbrister J. Michael McNamara Carolyn Saligman, Ph.D. Karin B. Takiff Karl A. Thallner Lisa Yang Susan Zeller-Kent ’72 Susan Zises Green ’64

16 Faculty & Staff News 18 Athletics 20 Alumni News

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Bear Pride: Barbara Brunner ’77

Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. The comments and opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of Harcum College. The editorial board reserves the right to edit and select content for Patches that adheres to Harcum College’s commitment to maintaining the high standard of integrity that has always been characteristic of the college.

HARCUM COMMUNITY NEWS MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM MAKES PROGRAM HISTORY A LOOK BACK TO THE 2013–2014 SEASON

The 2013–14 Men’s Basketball season has been one for the record books at Harcum. The Bears capped off a stellar regular season by receiving an at-large bid to the NJCAA Men’s Division I National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.

“Getting to Hutch is the goal of every team at the start of the season,” said Bears Head Coach Drew Kelly. “There are over 200 Division I basketball teams, with only 24 teams going.”

During the first four days of the tournament, the Bears defeated three other top-seeded teams—Walters State, South Georgia Tech, and Trinity Valley Community Colleges—advancing to the NJCAA Division I National Semifinals in Hutchinson, Kansas, marking Harcum’s first Final Four appearance in school history.

By the tournament’s end on March 22, Harcum finished their season with a schoolrecord 32 wins and rewrote both team and individual school records, Jordan Goodman and Ivan Uceda were both named to the all-tournament team, and Ibn Muhammad won the prestigious Sesher Sportsmanship Award.

Uceda became the school’s all-time rebound leader, while Shevon Thompson broke the single season rebounding record. Muhammad ended his career as Harcum’s all-time assist leader, while Timmone Whatley broke the single season assist record. Goodman finished off his career as just the third Men’s Basketball

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player to surpass 1,000 career points.

Harcum also set new team records for field goal percentage, three point field goal percentage, and free throw percentage.

“It was an amazing season,” said Kelly, adding, “and an experience our studentathletes will remember for the rest of their lives. This team had great chemistry, great trust in each other, and that led to exceptional play on the court. Putting your teammates and the team first leads to outstanding individual success.”

Harcum’s fourth-place finish in the final NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball poll marks the second time in five seasons that the Bears have finished in top five nationally. Harcum recorded its second 30win season and ninth consecutive 20-win season, and Harcum has now won at least 20 games in every season since starting Men’s Basketball in 2005-06. Harcum’s alltime record is 225-58 in nine seasons.

(Left): Coach Drew Kelly and the Men’s Basketball Team went to Hutchinson, Kansas, March 17-22 for their first appearance in the NJCAA D-I National Tournament.

(Below): Harcum’s Shevon Thompson (15) goes in for a dunk past Walters State’s Trey Suttles (5) during the first half of their NJCAA Tournament game.

College Begins All-Important Reaccreditation Process Harcum College has embarked on its institution-wide accreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), an in-depth process of self-regulation and peer review required every ten years. MSCHE accreditation helps ensure student success and that Harcum College is becoming the strongest possible institution it can be.

Under the leadership of Donna Broderick, who was appointed Accreditation Liaison Officer, work groups consisting of faculty, staff, and trustees began meeting regularly in 2014 to complete a Self-Study Report by 2016.

The MSCHE Team Site Visit will occur in April of that year.

More than sixty members of the Harcum College community are working on the Self-Study Report.

Donna Broderick invited Dr. Robert Schneider (shown above) representing the Middle States Commission on Higher Education to visit campus on April 25 and provide input on the Self-Study Design.

To learn more about the accreditation process, please visit:

www.harcum.edu/MSCHE

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

At Harcum College, we pride ourselves on preparing graduates for professions. That’s why the phrase “providing men and women with outstanding career preparation … to prepare [them] for success in their chosen profession” is part of the College mission statement.

This spring the College embarked on reaccreditation with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a process that demands that we ask and answer, among other critical questions, whether we are doing for our students what our mission states that we do.

This issue of Patches offers inspired testimony that we deliver that promise of solid career preparation. This much is evident in the profiles of exemplary alumna such as Kathi Crean ’82, a couture wedding dress designer and shop owner in State College; Beth Marshall ’84, who has served as Public Relations Director of the Atlanta Braves since 2004; and Annette Morris ’07, senior kitchen designer for Sterling Kitchen and Bath, who helped Diane Gottesman, a student from our evening certificate program in Residential Design transform a 20-year-old builder-installed kitchen into a modern showpiece.

The profiles and articles underscore the value we continue to offer alumni to help them preserve the credentials and licenses that keep them gainfully employed. We are doing this through professional programs organized through Continuing Studies, such as the 8th Annual Dental Expo (page 5) and an increasing number of workshops such as Ethical Issues in Physical & Occupational Therapy and CPR/First Aid renewals.

Harcum also affords students the opportunity to follow their passion into a meaningful profession. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our Veterinary Technology Program, where students often follow a lifelong love for animals into a vocation of caring for them. You will read about the life journeys of our Vet Tech students, some of which vary wildly. However, they all share an abiding interest in four-legged and furry creatures, large and small. Building on this common foundation, Harcum offers first-class instruction and superior clinical experience over the course of the program. In fact, our Vet Tech grads number among the best prepared and most accomplished in the region.

The pages of this issue are full of examples of the excellence implied in our mission statement, excellence in teaching, coaching, training, and professional development—from Interior Design to Occupational Therapy Assistant to Men’s Basketball to Continuing Studies. An associate’s degree from Harcum College continues to be one of the best values in private higher education in the region, one infused with opportunity for yesterday’s and today’s graduates.

Therefore, we embrace the accreditation process, endeavoring to improve where we need to but enthused by the knowledge that there are numerous areas where Harcum College is as good and strong as our mission says we are.

Dr. DeTemple talks with students about some of Harcum’s 100th anniversary plans.

Harcum Planning Year-Long Centennial Celebration Harcum College turns 100-years-old in 2015.

College employees and trustees have been planning a calendar year full of commemorative events including service projects, cultural activities, performances, lectures, and a grand gala befitting the occasion.

“We want a meaningful and memorable anniversary celebration,” explained President Jon Jay DeTemple, “to showcase who we are and how we are unique.”

Two committees—a steering committee and an implementation group—have met numerous times this semester to establish goals for the celebration and create elements designed to reach out to prospective students and alumni while heightening our visibility in the region and highlighting Harcum’s distinctive position in the higher education marketplace.

The most up-to-date information about the Harcum College Centennial will be available on a special section of the College website devoted to the 100th anniversary beginning in August, to include a running list of all the 100 Acts of Service and guidelines on how to take part. See the inside back cover of this issue of Patches for more Centennial information.

Read more: www.harcum.edu/HC100

Best Wishes,

Harcum’s Centennial logos have been designed to capitalize on the equity of the new Harcum brand introduced in September of 2012.

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D.

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A mother and daughter attending Harcum’s Partnership Sites graduated together this spring. (Left) Cynthia D. Singh and her daughter Gina D. Cheng of Chester attended the Chester and Congreso sites, respectively.

Harcum Seeks to Add Two New Partnership Sites

Two dozen children received free sealants and other dental care on Monday, January 20, at the Cohen Dental Center on MLK Day. Photo inset: Renovations included new workstations and improvements to patient treatment areas.

Dental Center Renovations Benefit Harcum Students and Community-at-Large To better serve students enrolled in the Dental Hygiene and Expanded Function Dental Assisting (EFDA) Programs, Harcum College upgraded the Dr. Abram and Goldie Cohen Dental Center facilities and teaching resources. The improvements also allow Harcum to increase the level and quality of outreach to underserved clinic patients.

One such community outreach initiative called “Sealant Day” took place on the Martin Luther King Day of Service and was featured on Channel 6 Action News. This summer the Center is offering free dental services for children ages 17 and under through July 21. They continue to offer a range of services to senior adults ages 55 and over for $10.

The renovations completed in Phase II upgraded the patient treatment sections of the building, including the installation of three of the same workstations as used in the main area and renovation of the back, smaller area of the Center.

The Office of College Advancement is pursuing funding to complete Phase III renovations, which will mean a total technology upgrade of the Center: systems software, computers and monitors for each operatory, a dedicated server, and radiology tube heads and sensors. Fundraising is continuing to support yet a fourth phase of renovations.

Beginning in Fall 2014, there may be as many 13 other locations in the Greater Philadelphia area besides the Bryn Mawr Campus where students can obtain a degree from Harcum College in selected academic programs.

Resources for Human Development and Church of Christian Compassion, two organizations located within the City of Philadelphia, are the newest Partnership Sites recruiting students for Fall semester.

Both sites will offer associate’s degree programs in Human Services, positioning graduates for employment as counselors, mediators, advocates, and caregivers in a variety of settings. Others may elect to transfer their credits to one of many baccalaureate institutions with whom Harcum has articulation agreements.

Harcum’s Partnership Sites offer unprecedented access to higher education in underserved areas, for both nontraditional students (those ages 25 and older) and also traditional students facing many of the same challenges as adult students including full-time family responsibilities or full-time jobs.

All classes are held weekday evenings.

Though programs vary from site to site, besides Human Services, students at the Partnership Sites may earn degrees in Law and Justice, Early Childhood Education, and Leadership.

Harcum Now Offers Three Design Certificates Two new certificate programs in Digital and Fashion Design will be offered through Continuing Studies in Design in addition to an existing program in Residential Interior Design. The evening-only classes will offer a certificate upon completion of all coursework and can be used to deepen one’s skills, create a portfolio, or merely taken for personal enrichment. All classes are taught by professionals working in the field.

The Digital Design Certificate program is based on mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite. The Fashion Design Certificate program combines skills and artistry and consists of required courses including construction, pattern making, and fashion design.

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High school students may enroll in any of Harcum’s Design classes at a discount.

HARCUM EVENTS received special recognition in areas such as academic achievement, clinical performance, and overall performance. One of the most special features observed by President Jon Jay DeTemple was the fact that in the Radiologic Technology Program, family members had been invited to pin the graduates.

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Design Program. "They connect in such a profound way and grow to depend on each other for support through the demands of the curriculum. I'm so proud of all of them.

“The Portfolio Show is an ideal way to showcase both the quality and the rigor of our program. Harcum prepares students to move on to some truly exceptional professional opportunities, and I can assure you, these students are poised to make their mark in the field of Interior Design,” Techner concluded.

Dental Expo a Sold-out Success

The Department of Continuing Studies welcomed 250 registered dental team members to Klein Hall on Saturday, April 4, for Harcum’s Annual Dental Expo, a full day of dental continuing education courses. Sessions included “Street Smarts for Patient Charts” presented by Thomas Viola, R.Ph., C.C.P., and a member of Harcum’s faculty, and a course on crown and bridge procedures presented by Timothy M. Bizga, DDS, called “Get It. Got It. Glue It.” Dentists, hygienists, EFDAs, and assistants, many of whom were College alumni, earned up to six CEU’s or Continuing Education Units approved by the Pennsylvania EFDA Association/ Pennsylvania Academy of Dental Hygiene Studies by participating. While addressing participants, President Jon Jay DeTemple assured them that Harcum is aware of their professional needs and will continue to create courses to fulfill them.

Program Director Joyce Welliver presented Samantha Culp with the award for Overall Excellence in Nursing.

Pinning Ceremonies Recognize Graduates

Graduates from the Nursing, Physical Therapist Assistant, and Radiologic Technology Programs were honored in three separate pinning ceremonies from May 13–15, the week of Commencement.

Top performing students in each program

Tara Focht of Prospect Park, PA, displays her portfolio. Focht won second place in the Annual ASID (American Society of Interior Design) Student Portfolio Competition held on April 11. The competition included undergraduate and graduate students from Drexel University, Philadelphia University, Moore College of Art & Design, and the Art Institute of Philadelphia.

Interior Design Portfolio Show a Study in Excellence and Elegance

The work of five graduates from the Interior Design Program—Barbara Brosnan, Tara Focht, David Sincavage, Rhonda Blosky Barber, and Annie Kirkpatrick—was featured during their annual Portfolio Show on Thursday, April 24. The event was an artfully arranged, catered affair with a Beatles theme—a feast for all of the senses, rich in texture, color, and creativity.

For two hours, family, friends, alumni, and industry guests packed the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre to view renderings, concepts, and interior design environments.

In addition to comprehensive presentation boards, 3D modeled drawings, and digital pages, fabrics and finishes filled the walls and tables. All the students documented their individual approaches to interior design via informative process posters.

Tara Focht prepared and sang an inspiring Beatles' medley, a surprise to all; it was a heartfelt rendition dedicated to her fellow graduates. "Building a strong sense of community is a key ingredient to the students' success in our program," said Heidi Techner, director of the Interior

Marquise Elmore’s collection employed a black and white palette.

Harcum Student Fashions Make for a Spectacular Evening

The Annual College Fashion Show, held on Friday, April 25, featured wearable art, inspired looks, and original designs from Harcum’s Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising students. The show was a dramatic mélange of color, style, beauty, and sound that enraptured the audience packed into Klein Hall.

The event was moderated

by Kalichandra Taylor, a Fashion Merchandising major and president of the Fashion Club. Donning all the dresses, shirts, shorts, swimsuits, wraps, and evening wear were professional runway artists from Main Line Models as well as several Harcum College students who

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Nearly 270 students processed from Klein Hall to a huge tent in front of the Academic Center. Below Lieutenant Governor James Cawley gave a commencement address that was both practical and inspirational.

Commencement 2014

This year the Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic raised $30,000 for student scholarships.

Golf Outing

An asymmetrical swing dress designed by Arisabel Vasquez turned heads.

proved to be nearly as comfortable on the catwalk as the pros.

The headliners of the show were graduating seniors Arisabel Vasquez, Cashmere Young, Marquise Elmore, and Elizabeth Harris, representing a range of fashion vision from bold Caribbean bright to super chic black and white. The producers of Atlantic City Fashion Week were in attendance. On the spot, they offered seniors Marquise Elmore and Arisabel Vasquez full sponsorships to participate in that event this September.

A highlight this year was an appearance

by Helen Castillo, a 26-year-old New Jersey native and finalist from last season's hit television show “Project Runway.”

Castillo shared her Autumn/Winter 2014 Collection, in which lush shades of blue predominated.

“Every year, we proudly showcase the inspired designs of our talented students,” said Julian Crooks, Fashion Design and Merchandising instructor and faculty advisor to this year’s show. “It was a fun, upbeat, community event that celebrated the work of our students, some of whom may themselves be featured on a show like ‘Project Runway.’”

Photos from Harcum events can be found on the College’s Flickr page: www.flickr.com/photos/harcumcollege

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Under fair skies and balmy breezes, more than 70 golfers took part in Harcum’s 14th Annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic at the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield on Monday, May 19. The golfers teed off around 11:30 a.m and played 18 holes of Better Ball, concluding with dinner in the early evening. The yearly event raises funds for student scholarships through sponsorships, participant fees, and an online auction which attracted 90 registered bidders. Two of the scholarship recipients were in attendance at the dinner, emceed by Tom Giamoni, Trustee and Golf Classic Chairman, with special remarks from Dennis Marlo, Trustee and father of Kevin D. Marlo, who perished on September 11, and whose memory is honored with this annual event.

Renowned Animal Trainer Shares World-Class Techniques

Sixty animal lovers attended a one-day workshop presented by Barbara Heidenreich on Saturday, March 8, called “Force-Free Animal Training.”

The session was Barbara Heidenreich designed for veterinary professionals and members of the public who own or work with animals and focused on understanding animal behavior and techniques to make veterinary care stressfree, with an emphasis on working with parrots. Heidenreich is a former trainer for Disney’s Animal Kingdom. She also gave a presentation to students and faculty March 7. Her workshops were organized by the Animal Center Management Program Director Linward Robinson.

An honorary degree, two faculty awards, and five student awards were presented before an audience of over a thousand family and friends of the Class of 2014 at Harcum College’s 98th Commencement.

This year the ceremony was held in a vaulted tent erected on the Great Lawn of the Academic Center on the Bryn Mawr Campus on May 17. Approximately 396 students graduated from Harcum College in December and May. Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor James Cawley, a Bucks County resident, was the principal speaker and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Public Service. Cawley sought to inspire graduates to continue to persevere whenever they stumble.

Student winners included Early Childhood Education (ECE) major Brian Helgenberg of Philadelphia, and Interior Design major Barbara Brosnan of Bryn Mawr, who received Academic Excellence Awards for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. Iyanna Woodland of Philadelphia won the Student Leadership Award for outstanding leadership, service, and contribution to the Harcum community.

Dental Hygiene major Jocelyn Pinder of Philadelphia was given The Harcum Award for best representing the College in both academic achievement and extracurricular achievement. Tara Lyn Focht of Prospect Park, Delaware County, a senior Interior Design major at Harcum received the President’s Award for having done the most to promote the ideals of the College.

Faculty awards were conferred upon Karen Gatewood (the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching) and Shaun Madary (Philip Klein Memorial Award).

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A Look Back: 1945–1985 Because of government investment in public education, the 1940s meant fierce new competition for private colleges like Harcum.

Rescued by The Junto from the brink of financial ruin in the 1950s, a new Harcum College would come into being by the mid-1980s.

By Anders Back

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he forty years following the Second World War were arguably the greatest period of growth and expansion in the history of U.S. higher education. The dramatic changes affected every college and university, and Harcum Junior College was no exception.

After 1945, the U.S. government invested millions of dollars to help public colleges and universities educate returning servicemen and women, and millions more to develop programs in the sciences and business to help supply the now growing human resource needs of the federal and state governments, corporations, and the legal and medical professions.

In Pennsylvania, this was exemplified by the expansion of The Pennsylvania State University through the establishment of its Commonwealth Campuses. Later, there was the creation of the State System of Higher Education (SSHE) which eventually encompassed 14 campuses statewide, and the

construction of 13 community colleges.

Smaller private colleges also changed, though more slowly, depending on their leadership, the thoroughness of their planning, and the size of their budgets.

Harcum College grew in the postwar period and in 1948–49, it had 185 students and 35 faculty members, its highest enrollment since its founding in 1915. Having purchased most of the homes, inns, and lodging houses on Montgomery Avenue between Morris Avenue and Pennswood Road for classrooms and residential housing, this stretch of road by the 1940s became known as “the Harcum mile.”

The postwar growth of higher education also meant more competition for Harcum in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Harcum’s enrollment dropped to 137 in 1950–51, even as the taxes it had to pay as a private educational institution were rising. In the summer of 1952, Mrs. Harcum made the hard decision to close the College and retire.

She had been at the helm of the College

(Above) Students in 1969 on the walkway leading to Montgomery Ave. (Right): Harcum students welcome back an alumna at Homecoming c. 1969.

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for 37 years. It was perhaps the most difficult moment she had faced since the death of her husband Octavius in 1920.

Mrs. Harcum passed away in 1958 at the age of 80. She was buried with her husband Octavius in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA, along with many well-known Virginians including Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler.

where they would report the social gossip from the previous day. They also edited and published The Philadelphia Jewish Times newspaper from 1953 to 1974, and Esther wrote two guidebooks related to Philadelphia.

Harcum’s history in the 1960s and 70s was largely defined by Philip Klein and the faculty he recruited from throughout the region. But Klein family members also played many key roles.

Philip’s son Arthur, active in civic life

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arcum’s bankruptcy proceedings were noticed

by Philip Klein and officers of The Junto, a non-profit educational corporation founded in 1941 to promote adult education in the Philadelphia region. It had adopted the name of a discussion group originally co-founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1727. In 1952, The Junto purchased the assets of Harcum College for possible use as a residential college for adults but soon decided to continue Edith Harcum’s mission to provide education for women. Harcum was reopened under a nonprofit charter in the fall of 1953 with 79 students. Philip Klein was appointed president.

Under the 1953 charter, Harcum could operate as a college but without the power to confer degrees. In 1955 the Pennsylvania State Council of Instruction gave Harcum permission to confer the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees. This was the first time in the history of the Commonwealth that a junior college was given this privilege.

Philip and Esther Klein were prominent Philadelphians active in business, communications, civic life, and education for decades.

As a civic minded individual, Philip actively pursued roles in the management of WHYY-TV, the Walnut Street Theater, and was acting Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia Planning Commission. He and his wife Esther hosted a daily radio talk show on WPEN, “Mr. & Mrs. At Breakfast”

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Philip Klein, the third President of Harcum College

in Philadelphia as editor of the Jewish Times and director of the Klein family’s Rittenhouse Foundation, became the Harcum Trustee chair upon Philip’s death in 1982.

Philip’s brother Henry Klein served as a Trustee for more than 50 years.

He became the College’s first director of development and public relations in 1957. He also served as dean of admissions and as interim president in 1982–1983 after the untimely death of Harcum President Lloyd J. Hubenka.

He was known for writing the popular tag line, “Do you have what it takes to be a Harcum girl?” which was used in College advertisements for many years.

Much of Henry’s career was devoted to the American College Admissions

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Advisory Center (ACAAC) which he founded in 1963, providing college counseling and admissions advice to more than 25,000 college students over two decades.

In 1958, Harcum opened its own Nursery School for its nursery education majors. In 1959, the College began offering summer school classes for the first time. In 1961, it was said to be the state’s fastest-growing college, with a 30 percent growth in enrollment since it reopened, and an enrollment of 305.

There were three divisions of study: The Division of Vocational and Semi-Professional Education, including medical technology, retail merchandising, nursery school education, executive and medical secretarial science, journalism, dental hygiene, and occupational and physical therapy; the Division of Humanities, including Liberal Arts and General Studies tracks; and the Division of Adult Education, offering day courses in the summer and evening courses in the fall and winter in typing, shorthand, medical office practices, and medical laboratory procedures.

In 1964, after ten years as president, Philip Klein became Board Chairman and Dr. Michael Duzy was appointed Harcum’s fourth president. Klein Hall, a modern residential building with a dining hall and accommodations for 100 students, was opened that same year. It included an air-raid shelter below ground, which doubled as a gymnasium, possibly the first purposefully designed shelter of its kind on any U.S. college campus. Philip Klein had served as Director of Civil Defence in Philadelphia.

In 1965, Harcum’s 50th anniversary, enrollment reached 565 students and Presidents Klein and Duzy prepared to launch Project 1976, an ambitious building program that began with the completion of Pennswood Hall, a residence hall built in 1966, and construction of the Academic Complex.

The latter facility, which included a library, laboratories, classrooms, and offices, was opened in 1968. The cost for these projects was over $6 million.

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May Day Queen and her court, c. 1965, in the Klein Hall lower gym.

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xpansion of the faculty ranks became necessary. One new faculty member who joined Harcum in the 1970s was local entrepreneur Marvin Levitties.

While pursuing a successful career as an executive at clothing manufacturer Lane Bryant, Levitties had been thinking about becoming a teacher. But it was not until the late 1960s that President Duzy was introduced to Marvin through a mutual friend and teaching became a serious consideration. Levitties expressed an interest in changing careers to Dr. Duzy. He was not without experience, as he had taught flat pattern design and other clothing manufacturing skills to

adults after 1945 in a school run by the International Garment Workers Union.

In 1971, he was chosen by Dr. Duzy to launch Harcum’s first Retail Merchandising and Fashion Department. His wife Jean was hired to run the College’s health services. Their new colleagues included the late Martin Zipin, Harcum’s beloved art faculty head and professor for many years, librarian John Arfield, theater professor Sally Brash, and English professor Elaine Bell.

In those years, the small Harcum faculty group worked, lunched in the faculty dining room, and socialized together, becoming very close. Marvin Levitties became good friends with President Philip Klein, “an extremely smart man who could carry on several conversations at the same time and not miss a word.”

In 1993, Board Chair Arthur Klein asked Marvin to join the Board of Trustees. He remains a dedicated

trustee, and was instrumental in bringing medical programs to Harcum, programs that now have some of the College’s largest enrollments, as well as supporting the early childhood education program and his first love, retail merchandising. Marvin Levitties served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the late 1990’s as well as being active on many committees and establishing the Jean Levitties Scholarship, in memory of his late wife.

Zipin was another faculty member of that era who made an indelible impression on students.

A graduate of Temple University’s noted Tyler School of Art, Zipin served as a faculty member, chair of the Art Department, and artist-in-residence at Harcum for nearly forty years (1953– 1991) and left a remarkable legacy of art for future generations of students to study and appreciate. In addition, Zipin designed sets, acted, and sang in productions performed in, Harcum’s

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Recent graduates and alumnae traveled to Europe in the summer of 1967 for a whirlwind tour of seven countries in three weeks.They flew through Canada to cut down on the cost, according to Jan Kressin Gandal ’67, fourth from the left in the front row, whose parents gave her the trip as a graduation present.

Little Theatre. He also served as advisor to the student newspaper.

But it is for his painting and sculpture, as well as his inspirational teaching, that Zipin is remembered at Harcum. Several of his works can be seen on the walls of the Academic Center Library, works that are on permanent loan from Zipin’s friend and colleague, retired Harcum Professor Martin Ranft. Zipin was also a skilled portrait painter. His portraits of Philip and Esther Klein can be seen over the interior steps of the Klein Hall Cafeteria.

Perhaps Zipin’s best-known work is, in fact, not his alone but a collaborative, volunteer, non-credit mural project with Harcum students that was a major contribution to the campus and started in the late 1960s and continued through the 1980s. Each mural was painted directly onto the north wall of Klein Hall. They range in size from four feet by eight feet to six feet by twelve feet.

As Zipin noted in the book Murals

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at Harcum 1967–1987, “each class would submit plans for its mural, based on the most significant themes of the year just ended. These comments ran the gamut of fashion, sports, politics, the arts, and other areas of life, from a worldwide, nationwide, and Harcumwide perspective.”

Among his students were Lynda Wolf-Brotemarkle ’67 and Charlene Cohen ’74. Wolfe-Brotemarkle wrote, “What I remember most about him was his having his morning tea, discussing life, light, and art in all aspects. He was witty, wise and spontaneous.”

Cohen wrote that through a pastel drawing Zipin did of her: “He was able to capture my thoughts and feelings through his touching work—and he saw the real me transcended into art.”

By the early 1980s, Harcum’s enrollment had reached over 800 full time and 200 part time students and over 40 faculty members. With record enrollment, three new academic and residential buildings, and academic

Celebrating 100 Years of Harcum College

offerings that were chosen for personal and career development, the College seemed well-positioned for the challenges to come. As Dr. Duzy noted, “The momentum gathered in the effort to heighten the quality of a Harcum education will continue to gather strength…. A ‘New Harcum’ has come into being.”

Ilene Wasserman Stone, Judi Feinberg Vola, and Linda Ogus-Blum, leaving for Thanksgiving Break, 1962

When your passion becomes your profession: Cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, and hamsters —the animal-loving Veterinary Technology students at Harcum learn to care for small and large animals by the time they graduate.

By Nancy McCann

(Shown above): Taylor Dolan just finished her first year in the Vet Tech Program and has a heart for the beagles, who will be housed in runs rather than cages once summer construction is complete.

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When your passion becomes your profession: A love for animals led them to Harcum College

By Nancy McCann

What does someone do in life when she has a degree in elementary education, is about to turn 40, is married with two children, logged years of teaching third grade, and owns three dogs, two potbellied pigs, one Russian tortoise, two rabbits, and five chickens? And she has a lifelong allergy to—but lifelong passion for animals?

Switch career gears and head to Harcum to earn a Veterinary Technology degree, of course.

That’s exactly what Christine (Chrissy) Devlin did. Having just graduated in May, she’s embarking on her lifelong dream—sans allergy— with not one, but two veterinary nurse jobs.

“When I realized my allergy was gone,” said Devlin, “I decided to change my profession to one where I would be responsible for taking care of animals and found that animal nursing was exactly what I was meant to do my entire life.”

And she’s not alone. Her classmates told similar tales of passion: “I’ve always loved animals.” “I’m a big lover of dogs and cats.” “I always wanted to help animals.” Whether they are 18 years old with newly minted high school diplomas or age 51 and on a fourth career change, it’s their boundless love for animals and their passion to turn that into their life’s work that drives these students to Harcum.

The Veterinary Technology Program is the oldest and largest animal nursing program in the area, according to current Program Director Kathy Koar Wisniewski and a 1999 Harcum Vet Tech graduate herself. It was started in 1972 by Dr. Samuel Scheidy, a veterinarian who was “well-loved and well respected in Pennsylvania veterinary medicine. He had the foresight to see that Pennsylvania should be training people professionally for the job

Chrissy Devlin (right) was a winner of the Veterinary Technology Achievement Award at the 2014 Student Leadership Awards Ceremony, conferred by Alicia Preston, Assistant Director of Veterinary Technology.

that his wife held all those years,” said Dr. Nadine Hackman, a veterinarian and recently retired (2012) Harcum Vet Tech teacher and program director.

A partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital began in 1975, and the Harcum Vet Tech Program was accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in 1976.

It’s a competitive major, taking only 65 applicants per year. Once accepted, the standard curriculum is four semesters of classroom studies at the Bryn Mawr Campus followed by six months of clinical rotations

The Vet Tech Program houses numerous animals for training purposes, including male cats that students like Sarah Sabatini care for as part of their work study responsibilities.

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Casey Augello snuggles one of the white rats used to teach Vet Tech students animal nursing procedures.

with the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital.

“What makes Harcum’s Vet Tech Program unique among all the others is that we’re actually one of the only programs in the country that has a direct relationship with a veterinary school,” Koar Wisniewski said. “Every single student gains experience at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital.”

Harcum students spend three months at the small animal hospital in West Philadelphia (Ryan Veterinary Hospital, the busiest such hospital in the United States, handling close to 33,000 patients a year); and three months at the large animal facility—New Bolton Center in Kennett Square. They rotate through the various departments of the two teaching hospitals in the same manner as the veterinary students do, for a shorter period of time.

“They get fabulous training at Penn,” Koar Wisniewski added. “What I hear repeatedly from veterinarians is, ‘I

want to hire a Harcum grad because I know exactly what I’m getting.’

[Harcum grads] all come with a certain knowledge base that most vets know they may or may not get from other schools.”

According to Koar Wisniewski, roughly 50 percent of the students enrolled in Harcum’s Vet Tech Program are transfer students, many of whom hold degrees—bachelors, masters—in other areas. They’ve had successful and varied careers but then decide to “follow their passion” for animals and come to Harcum to earn a Veterinary Technology degree.

Felicia (Flee) Powers is one such student who is in her second year of Vet Tech study. At the young age of 51 with degrees in Latin and Political Science and three successful, yet stressful careers—teaching, retail, and nonprofit management—Powers decided to go for a fourth career involving something she’s always loved … animals. Following her mom’s advice, Powers looked into the Vet Tech Program at Harcum, sat in on one of Koar Wisniewski’s ‘Intro to Vet-Tech’ classes, and hasn’t looked back since. She has a work-study job with the program director and eventually sees herself working at a general veterinary practice with small animals, preferably cats, after she graduates from Harcum.

Powers may then move on to a referral or specialty practice to work as a vet tech anesthetist.

There are numerous career options for certified veterinary technicians; working at a veterinary clinic is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.

Scientific research, the pet insurance industry, management, medical sales, and teaching are all areas where Harcum Vet Tech graduates have found jobs.

Felicia “Flee” Powers is a non-traditional student in the Vet Tech Program who has always loved animals and sees herself working with small animals after graduation.

Jenna Blough ’03 is the Philadelphia Zoo’s vet tech. Patricia Walsh ’86 is in charge of the monkey colony at Bristol Myer Squibb. Donna Oakley ’81 is the director of hospital operations at Penn’s Ryan Veterinary Hospital. The director of operations at the New Bolton Center is Rosemarie Richardson, class of 2002. Elisa Rogers ’95 is the assistant supervisor of emergency services technicians at Ryan Veterinary Hospital and Harcum’s practicum supervisor at that location. Approximately 90 percent of Ryan Veterinary Hospital vet techs are Harcum graduates. And, most of the veterinary technology faculty at Harcum, Koar Wisniewski included, are Harcum graduates. Perhaps the best news of all according to Koar Wisniewski is that, “there are always more jobs than we have graduates.

We have close to 100 percent job placement.”

During Koar Wisniewski’s tenure as program director, several major facilities renovation projects have been completed on campus. The Veterinary Technology Lab is designated space within the Academic Center for the Vet Tech classes and a new dental lab was recently put into the Animal Building.

One more renovation has the whole program—students, alumni, and faculty—excited.

“We have animals here on campus Program Director Kathy Koar Wisniewski ’99 received the Outstanding Alumni Award in 2013, pictured here with College Trustee Bea Blackman ’55 (at left).

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Laboratory Instructor Mary Friday is a Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) who teaches hands-on classes in the Veterinary Services Building.

The Veterinary Technology Lab underwent extensive renovations during the summer of 2013, expanding work spaces to enhance group learning and to better accommodate the heavy lab component specific to the Vet Tech studies curriculum.

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By: Janis Whittier, Vet Tech student

Harcum College, a dream come true.

How did I know I’d fall in love with you?

You offered the major I was looking for.

When I applied, you said yes and opened the door.

From the moment I met you, you cared about me Succeeding in studies and getting a degree.

Your teachers are awesome, and your tutors are free.

My advisor’s the best and she guides my journey.

Life’s about choices, and I’m glad I picked you.

Vet Tech’s the major I’ve chosen to do.

So, I’m studying hard to reach my goal To help animals in need, like a cute little foal.

Sick dogs and cats look into your eyes.

They cannot talk, but you hear their cries.

Harcum, you’re helping me live out my dream.

Someday I’ll be on a veterinary team.

The college of possibilities, it’s all so true.

Give it a try, and you’ll see you can do.

Harcum, I love you. You have touched my heart.

Forever in love, I am Harcum smart.

--Janis’s winning entry in the 2014 “Love Letters to Harcum” student competition.

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[for Vet Tech training purposes]: cats, dogs, rabbits, rats, mice, and hamsters,” said Koar Wisniewski. “The dogs have always lived in cages. It’s always been a desire of the students and the alumni that we get the dogs out of the cages, and I fully support that. So our current facilities project is that we are renovating our Veterinary Services Building (VSB) so that the dogs will now be housed in runs instead of cages. That construction is scheduled for summer 2014. We’re very excited about it.”

Rising sophomore Taylor Dolan enthusiastically spoke of her love for Harcum and the Veterinary Services Building. “One of my favorite things of the whole school and program is the VSB where a lot of the hands-on stuff goes on. That has become my second home. I’m there all the time. Mary Friday is probably one of my favorite professors because she’s so fun and I guess you could say ‘open.’ You could talk to her about anything animal related. She’s always there to help you. She runs that building.”

Dolan’s best friend Sarah Sabatini is also a firstyear student majoring in Vet Tech whose love for animals led her to study at Harcum. Sabatini owns a 20-year-old chestnut pinto mare Arabian/draft horse and hopes to work at a large animal practice someday with a specialty in equine care. Like Dolan, Sabatini has a work study position at the VSB. “I love working there. I spend 6–9 hours each week at the VSB,” Sabatini said, “which has allowed me to add to what I learn in my courses.”

Dolan and Sabatini have taken it upon themselves to train or socialize the dogs (adorable beagles) in that building. “We started training the beagles because they don’t have house dog training knowledge. So we figured that by them knowing how to sit or lay down

Kym Marryott ’94, who is Head Nurse at the Penn Animal Blood Bank (kneeling at right), headed up the Canine Blood Drive at Harcum on April 23. Striker, a Labrador Retriever (above, left) owned by the McKinney family, was a donor dog that day.

“Animals who donate are volunteering heroes,” Marryott said.

will help us in learning. Socialization for these animals is important, so they’re not stressed out.”

Sixty-five animal lovers a year pursue this coveted Harcum Vet Tech degree. Their passion and concern for animals as well as the knowledge of nearly guaranteed job placement keeps most of them going through the rigorous course work and bone wearying practicums at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary hospital. Recent graduate Devlin had this advice for current and future Harcum Vet Tech students: “When looking for a nursing school, I wanted to go to a place with a good reputation. While at my local vet on an appointment with one of my dogs, I asked my veterinarian about her techs and she told me that she only hires ‘Harcum techs,’ so that led me straight to Harcum’s door. When I found out that Harcum is the only nursing school that ends with two semesters at the University of Pennsylvania large and small animal veterinary hospital facilities, that’s where I wanted to go.

“I enjoyed everything about my Harcum experience,” continued Devlin. “I loved my professors and classes. The advice that I would offer to students is to study every night and to get a part-time job as an assistant somewhere while in school. That’s what I did.

It was very hard, but it made it a million times easier in making the connection between what you learn in books and what you learn in the classroom. It brings your books to life and makes the class work much easier.”

To learn more about the Veterinary Technology Program please visit: www.harcum.edu/VET or contact: Kathy Koar Wisniewski at 610-526-6033; kkoar@harcum.edu

To make a donation to the Free the Beagles campaign, visit: www.harcum.edu/FreeTheBeagle

Volunteering in the community “It’s been one of my goals this year to expand what we do in the community,” said Veterinary Technology Program Director Kathy Koar Wisniewski. The Canine Blood Drive is one way the Vet Tech Program reaches out. On April 23, at the Bryn Mawr Campus, ten qualified dogs boarded Penn Vet’s animal blood mobile to help ensure that an adequate supply of blood is available to treat critically ill and injured animal patients at the school’s teaching hospital, Ryan Veterinary Hospital. For the pain of the needle stick, the donor dogs and their owners were rewarded with a bag of free dog food and blood work—providing the owner with valuable health information for his/her beloved pet.

Harcum students assisted the drive by qualifying the dogs (checking weight, age, health, etc.) and scheduling the 20-minute appointments with the dog owners. On the day of drive the Vet Tech students observed and learned. “We took the students on the van, and they learned about blood donation and testing blood and separating blood into its components in order to bank it,” said Koar Wisniewski.

“They went through the entire process with the Penn technicians.”

The Penn Animal Blood Bank has longstanding ties to Harcum College. Donna Oakley ’81 is not only the director of the blood bank, she is also its founder. “And the head nurse at the blood bank, Kim Marryott ’94, who came out to run the drive that day, is a Harcum grad,” Koar Wisniewski explained.

“So many veterinary professionals in this area have ties to Harcum that volunteer efforts like the Canine Blood Drive have become community initiatives involving our faculty, current students, and alumni working in the veterinary field.”

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HARCUM FACULTY & STAFF NEWS Donna Broderick, Program Director for Medical Laboratory Technology and Director of Online Education, was appointed Accreditation Liaison Officer for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Self Study process.

Julian Crooks, Fashion Design & Merchandising Instructor and Design Programs Coordinator, published an article that she co-wrote with Dr. June Julian published in the latest National Art Education Association (NAEA) book called The Ed Media Center: A Second Life Professional Development Model for Relational Aesthetics.

Dossie Cavallucci ’80, ’93, Program Director for Expanded Functions Dental Assisting (EFDA), was quoted in an article for Yahoo!

Education that outlined six college degrees that teach skills for in-demand jobs including Dental Assisting. Her comments included assertions such as, “Earning a degree in dental assisting puts the student at an advantage once they’re searching for work. … Without this specialized [EFDA] skill set, a dentist’s office would be unable to function.”

Paige Davis, Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Education, had her research published in in The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. The article is titled, “Individual differences in children’s private speech: The role of imaginary companions.”

Her research suggests that young children with imaginary companions benefit later in life because imaginary friends likely prepare youngsters for real-life social interactions, as well as help them with their language development and problem-solving abilities. Davis’s research was subsequently featured in the Wall Street Journal and Grandparents Magazine.

Michael Gerg, Program Director for Occupational Therapy Assistant, completed his Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (DOT) this past year.

Beth Gibbs, Program Director of Radiologic Technology, was featured in RadiologySchools411.com, an online resource for aspiring radiologic technologists. She was one of several industry leaders who were interviewed and featured in the article. Her advice to applicants included the following: “Patient care skills are highly important and should be brought up in an interview as specific examples of how the applicant would treat our diverse patient population while remaining professional.”

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Karen Gatewood, Assistant Director of the Medical Laboratory Technology Program (shown right with Julia Ingersoll, left), received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Gatewood was noted for her love of teaching, support for students, and her active participation in academic governance. She also had an article published in the February 24 edition of EdTech Magazine called “Why Defining Distance Education is an Important Task.”

Drew Kelly, Director of Athletics and Men’s Basketball Coach, led the Men’s Basketball Team to a record-breaking 32-5 season and a Final Four appearance in the NJCAA D-I Men’s Basketball National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. He was also featured in an article published in the December issue of Main Line Today called “Harcum College Basketball Coach Drew Kelly’s Secret to Success: Where did Harcum College get its surprising men’s hoops mojo? It starts with the coach.”

Briget O’Leary, General Studies, is a contributing author to a new literary collection of prose and poetry called Love and Prejudice, published in December 2013. Co-authors include Dr. Jean N. Rances and Victoria Rostovich. Love and Prejudice exhibits a unique understanding of the most widely discussed subjects in academia and elsewhere.

Shaun Madary, Assistant Program Director (pictured right) of the Physical Therapist Assistant Program, received the Philip Klein Memorial Award from College Trustee Alexander Klein.

Through teaching and advising students and working with the program’s many clinical sites, she plays a critical role in developing and maintaining the clinical education component of her program as well as serving in many roles in Harcum’s Faculty Senate, Phi Theta Kappa, and student clubs.

Gale Martin, Director of Communications and Marketing, published a new novel in January, a murder mystery called Who Killed ‘Tom Jones’?

(Booktrope Editions, Seattle). Her debut novel Don Juan in Hankey, PA was named a Best Kindle Book of 2013 by Digital Book Today.

HARCUM FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

Chemist and Francophile Alexandra Hilosky Inspires Students to Host ‘Scent-tennial’ Workshop Have you ever wondered how perfume is created? Who comes up with the scents in candles, air fresheners, and gum?

Students taking General Chemistry I with Dr. Alexandra Hilosky can answer these questions and many more. A five-session component to a laboratory class for science majors is the formulation of their own unique fragrance. Students use their understanding of chemistry and the principles of volatility, solubility, and the instruments used to analyze their quality to create their own perfume.

Read how adjunct faculty member Annette Morris ’07 teamed up with a Residential Design student: Page 22

Teacher & Student Join Forces To Create Beautifully Functional Kitchen Laurie Plaza, Director of Campus Activities, was named 2014 Employee of the Year at the Annual Employee Recognition Luncheon, receiving the award from last year’s winner Nikolay Karpalo.

Frances Schuda, Associate Professor of Nursing, was published in the Fall 2013 edition of the WOCN Society Journal.

Her article, “Role of the WOC Nursing in Long Term Care” discussed the value of having a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse on staff in Long Term Care facilities. Fran is an expert on wound, ostomy, and continence as well as a Certified Nursing Director Long Term Care (CNDLTC). She is currently serving as Clinical Coordinator for the Nursing Program.

Hilosky who is also fluent in French, attended a perfume workshop in Paris, France last summer taught by perfume expert Marina Jung Allegret, who teaches at the Perfumery in Versailles. This was the first in a series of perfume workshops Hilosky will attend to earn a professional certificate in perfumery. Her efforts have allowed Youth Concert Curriculum Guide her to transform the “dreaded” chemistry requirement into one that students are excited to take. Hilosky said, “One thing I hope students will take away from this class is that there is a lot of work to the that goes into making a perfume. Not only chemistry is at play, but one must be creative and imaginative.”

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During Homecoming 2015, as part of the 100th Anniversary celebration, Dr. Hiosky will conduct a perfume-making workshop, formulate 2013 Fall Youth Concerts during which participants can try to their own scent.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |9:15 AM | 11:15 AM | 1:00 PM —Amy Shumoski Overture Hall

Barbara Yalof, Tech Support in Academic Affairs, had a 4’ x 5’ commissioned painting selected as the cover art to the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (shown right). The orchestra’s PR person contacted after finding her painting on the Internet. She used to play the oboe and clarinet and has been a member of an orchestra; thus she appreciated “the joy one experiences being part of a well-honed collaboration of sound.”

Harcum Creates Online Media Guide

Journalists, media representatives, and bloggers now have an online guide to the expertise of Harcum College employees. Dozens of faculty and staff members with demonstrated scholarship and/or significant industry experience in numerous areas have made themselves available to provide insight and expert commentary relative to current events, breaking news headlines, and trend stories.

Cover art for the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra by Barbara Yalof

“Our media guide showcases the range and depth of expertise on staff,” said Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple, Harcum College President. “Besides journalists, civic leaders and community organizations might also benefit from knowing which topics our faculty and administrators can speak about in detail for panels and presentations.”

The guide was developed by the Office of Communications and Marketing and can be found on the Harcum College website at:

www. harcum.edu/mediaguide

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HARCUM ATHLETICS Two Harcum Athletes Named All-Americans

Harcum’s 6’9” forward Jordan Goodman of Largo, Maryland, was named an NJCAA First Team All-American for 2013–14 in D1 Men’s Basketball. Bears’ Ivan Uceda, a 6’10” Center from Madrid, Spain, received an All-American Honorable Mention selection.

Garvey and Uceda Receive Varsity Awards Athletes from all the Harcum sports teams were recognized at the annual Athletic Awards Banquet on April 15.

Brogan Garvey of Manheim, PA, (shown above) and Ivan Uceda of Madrid, Spain, (shown with Athletics Director Drew Kelly) were named the 2013–14 Varsity Award winners. The Varsity Award is given to a male and female student athlete who demonstrates the best academic and athletic performance and shows leadership and sportsmanship.

Garvey, a soccer player and Vet Tech student, maintained a 3.6 GPA. She had 10 goals and 4 assists this season and made the All-Region team. Uceda, a basketball player, also maintained a 3.6 GPA. He scored 30 3-pointers this season and is the leading rebounder with 625 career

rebounds.

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Jordan Goodman (above, left) and Ivan Uceda (above, right) compete in Hutchinson, Kansas, in the NJCAA National Tournament.

“This is the first time in the history of Harcum College that two athletes were selected as All-Americans in a single year,” said Drew Kelly, Head Coach of the Bears.

“That Goodman and Uceda were identified as the finest athletes in their sport is a singular accomplishment for these men and for the program.”

Goodman and Uceda were also named to the All-Tournament Team following the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas, where the Bears advanced to the Final Four. Goodman finished his Harcum career as just the third men’s basketball player to surpass 1,000 career points.

Uceda became the school’s all-time rebound leader.

According to the NJCAA, the AllAmerican Awards recognize the most outstanding student-athlete in their sport, regardless of geographical location.

NJCAA All-Americans also exhibit good sportsmanship and citizenship as endorsed by the NJCAA.

Banford Poole with Head Coach Barry Uzzell

Runner Qualifies for Nationals in Indoor and Outdoor Track

Freshman Banford Poole of Philadelphia qualified for both the NJCAA National Indoor Track and Field Championships held in New York City on March 7–8 and the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Mesa, Arizona on May 15–17.

At the Molloy College Invitational Indoor Track and Field Meet on February 14, Poole ran the 60 Meters race in 7.01 seconds.

A time of 7.02 seconds was needed to qualify for nationals.

At the Temple University Owls Alumni Invitational on Saturday, April 19, Poole placed first in both the 100m and 200m Dash.

The Outdoor Track and Field Team competed in six events this spring, in addition to NJCAA Region XIX Track & Field Championships on May 2, in Newark, New Jersey.

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Philly Soccer Six ‘Player of the Year’ Heading Up New Men’s Program Harcum College has added D-I Men’s Soccer beginning with the 2014–2015 academic year. Leading the Bears into their first season as Head Coach will be Matt MacWilliams, a former Temple University standout player and Philly Soccer Six Player of the Year.

MacWilliams was an assistant coach for the Women’s Soccer Team at Harcum College last season. Harcum’s Women’s

Head Coach Samantha Farlow played at Temple at the same time MacWilliams did, which is how he ended up at Harcum. When the women’s season ended, MacWilliams began his Men’s Soccer Team responsibilities, the lion’s share of which involved recruiting a full roster of players for fall of 2014.

He strove to attract the best quality players, which included an international

recruitment effort. “We’ve gotten some high quality players from Senegal— two of them—and also a player from Jamaica,” he said. “We’re playing ten games this fall, and we’re aiming for wins.”

MacWilliams was a standout performer for Temple University from 2009–2012 where he played for his father Dave MacWilliams, Head Coach for the Temple Men’s Soccer Team. Prior to Temple, MacWilliams was a star soccer player and captain at North Penn High. MacWilliams also played for the Ocean City Nor’easters in the Premier Development League (PDL).

“I think of myself as a player’s coach,” the 24-year-old athlete said. “I want my players to win, but I also want them to love the sport, too,” which is more his style than “old-school” authoritative.

Harcum College Men’s Soccer will compete within NJCAA Region 19, which is made up of junior colleges located within Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Harcum will be the 5th Region 19 school to offer Division I Men’s Soccer.

— Gale Martin

(Shown Far Left): The 2013–14 Women’s Basketball Team players and coaches. (Shown left): Head Coach, Ana Cruz.

Lady Bears and New Coach Have Winning Season Earn 5th Seed in Region Tournament This season, the Women’s Basketball Team finished 14–10 overall, and 12–6 in Region XIX games, finishing tied for second place in the Region XIX standings 2013–14 season. The Lady Bears were pitted against fourth-seeded Manor College in Jenkintown, PA, on February 24.

Ana Cruz ’11 returned to campus as Interim Head Coach. As a student-athlete at Harcum, Cruz led her team to a 58–5 record, two Region XIX championships, and a National Quarterfinalist spot as a sophomore. She was twice named All-Region XIX First Team, and she was a two-time NJCAA All-American. Cruz was named the permanent Head Coach in May 2014.

Women’s Basketball was the college’s first sports program to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) beginning with the 2004–05. The Lady Bears have won four NJCAA Region XIX Championships.

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HARCUM ALUMNI NEWS 1958

Barbara (Blaukopf) Morse ’58, who currently lives in sunny Florida, has been in touch with classmates Suzy (Edelman) Anmuth ’60, Susan (Galina) Grossman, and Elaine (Gerson) Marz ’60. Barbara is sad to report that her Harcum yearbook was lost during Hurricane Andrew. She would love to hear from students who attended the College from 1958 to 1960.

YOUR ALUMNI FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Share your lastest accomplishment or news by submitting a class note today.

Submitting your notes has never been easier with three simple ways: 1. SUBMIT VIA EMAIL

alumni@harcum.edu 2. VISIT OUR ALUMNI PAGE

www.harcum.edu/alumni 3. CONTACT US Harcum College - Bedford Hall Office of College Advancement 750 Montgomery Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 610.526.6060

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1950

Ann (Sproule) Hunnicutt ’50 wrote three books about dental hygiene and founded the Yolo County SPCA in California. She now lives in Florida and plays tournament bridge five days a week.

1956

Patricia (Solomon) Leibfried ’56 is eager to reconnect with former classmate Joan (Hunter) Reilly ’56. Anyone in touch with Joan is encouraged to contact Harcum’s Office of College Advancement at alumni@ harcum.edu or 610.526.6060.

1957

Carol (Brooks) Farley ’57 is very thankful when she looks back on her days at Harcum, and is especially grateful for her Science teacher, Mrs. “T” (Edna Tetlow), who advised her to switch majors from Medical Secretary to Medical Laboratory Technician with the idea that many branches of the medical world would come from that course of study. Carol changed majors, obtained her registry, and went back to school to learn Cytotechnology.

She screened slides for about 15 years, and then, after finding herself at an animal hospital with a sick dog, began working as a Vet Tech, a career that never really felt like work—it was fun and she learned a great deal. Carols says it was a long journey to the wonderful world of Veterinary Medicine, but she finally got there.

Gwyn (Verbit) Sirota ’57 retired 17 years ago after a 40-year career in Medical Technology—thanks to Harcum—and has begun a new life cycle: great-grandchildren!

She sends special thanks to her Science teacher, Edna Tetlow, and feels blessed to have worked in and loved one field for all those years.

In response to a photo of Duke Ellington that appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of Patches, Betty (Hawes) Vlamis ’57 recalls that Ellington and a few of his band members were the highlight of the 1957 Harcum gala. She says that she and her husband spent a marvelous night dancing to Duke Ellington at one of the downtown hotels—she doesn’t think they ate or even sat down all night! Betty and her husband have been married for 56 years and have worked together for the last 45 years.

1959

After all these years, Jane (Reifenberg) Maytin ’59 is still keeping busy! She works part-time at Ladew Topiary Gardens in Monkton, MD, and enjoys seeing her six grandchildren who are close to home. Jane sends warm regards to former classmates Judith (Grossman) Magiday ’59, Maxene (Spector) Greenfield ’59, and Gail (Strauss) Goodman ’59.

Taube (Richman) Weinberg ’59 still lives in Center City Philadelphia and continues to enjoy everything the city has to offer.

She has been married to Sam Weinberg for 43 years and is currently paying lots of attention to her five lively grandchildren.

1961

After 52 years of marriage, Carol (Chapman) Saxon ’61 and her husband recently moved from their home in Malvern, PA to live full-time in Florida. They have two children, a son and a daughter, and one grandson.

1964

Linda Ogus-Blum ’64 is happy to report that her daughter, Ronet, and son-inlaw, Jeve, of Mill Valley, California have a two-year-old son, Dylan Reed, and a daughter, Izzy, who will turn five in July and start Kindergarten in the fall. In Southern California, Linda’s son, Robert, and his wife, Michelle, are celebrating the high school graduation of their 17-year-old daughter, Emma. The couple also has a 14-year-old daughter, Rachel, and a 15-year-old son, Jacob. Linda hopes to see everyone at the Class of ’64 Reunion in October!

1968

Carol (Flynn) Spero ’68, who is searching for former classmate Grace Kohn ’69, asks, “Are you out there, Grace?”

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Bridget Kelly ’69 loves reading about her classmates and how Harcum College is marching into the future. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Nazareth College and hopes to retire in 2014. Bridget shared sad news about the passing of classmate Meredith (Fellman) Low ’69. The two women ran into each other almost 40 years after graduating. It turns out they were neighbors in Pittsford, NY, living less than a mile apart.

‘Sewing up a Storm’!

It’s fitting that Kathi Crean ’82 was featured in a book called Sew Up A Storm: All the Way to the Bank in the early 90s. Crean has spent the last thirty years doing just that. She made her own clothes before coming to Harcum College to study Fashion Design in the 1980s, and started her own bridal fashion business “A Perfect Fit By Kathi” in State College, PA, upon graduation.

with Kathi Crean

Alumna from Class of 1982

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Crean advises Harcum students currently studying Fashion Design to find jobs working hands-on to gain life experience and knowledge outside of classroom work. “Strive for excellence and constant improvement, no matter what level of skill you start out with,” she added.

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While Mary Ann Suarez ’73 was at Harcum, she hated Biology, but loved her instructor, Donald Ifflin. She lightheartedly recalled that once, while a physician from Bryn Mawr Hospital was screening a film about natural childbirth for her class, the doctor stopped the film and asked, “Am I talking anyone out of having a baby?” The entire class of 150 women turned to look at their male teacher, Don, who turned completely red from embarrassment. Mary Ann also fondly remembers former Harcum College President, Dr. Michael A. Duzy.

Crean’s clients come from up and down the East Coast. She’s made bridal gowns from family heirlooms and helps clients clean and preserve the couture wedding dresses she’s created for them. Part of owning her own business involves expertise in storefront management, and she also has experience with manufacturing, production, selling, and needlework acquired through work and internship experiences.

While a student at Harcum, she describes her circle of friends from the first floor of Klein Hall as close-knit (pun wholly intended.) “I liked the small class size and feeling part of the school community, not just a student number,” Crean said.

When asked how Harcum helped her obtain the stature she enjoys as a luxury wedding gown designer, she was quick to credit Maureen Kennedy, the Program Director, and her personal advisor. “[She] built my self-confidence to an important level for me to take the next step.”

Ann (Porter) Belland ’70 says she has very pleasant memories of her time as a student at Harcum.

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Mary (Loughran) McMichael ’75 married Malcom H. McMichael, Jr. in 1992 and was widowed in February 1994.

SAVE THE DATE!

Alumni Reunion & Homecoming Weekend

October 10 & 11, 2014

We hope you will join us for Homecoming Weekend.

More samples of Kathi Crean’s designs and client testimonials are available on her website at: www.APerfectFitByKathi.com

Classes ending in a 4 or a 9 are celebrating reunions this year, but all alumni, family, and friends are welcome to return to campus for the alumni and homecoming activities.

—Gale Martin

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Teacher and Student Join Forces To Create Beautifully Functional Kitchen Diane Gottesman was completing her certificate in Residential Design at Harcum by taking evening classes when she decided to renovate her kitchen. “It was the original kitchen in a house about 20-years-old. We had our home appraised, and we got ‘dinged’ for not having an upto-date kitchen. My husband and I figured, why not renovate now and enjoy a like-new kitchen for the next 10 years?”

Diane Gottesman’s “new” kitchen. Photo courtesy of Sterling Kitchen and Bath.

Annette Morris, an ’07 graduate in Interior Design, was teaching Gottesman’s “Kitchens and Bath” class. Gottesman turned to Morris as a professional resource after getting wildly varying quotes from a handful of contractors. As Senior Kitchen

Designer for Sterling Kitchen and Bath, Morris was well qualified to provide some expert assistance. “Diane contacted me last summer,” Morris explained. “It took about four months or so to complete her renovation. A lot of teamwork was involved, and we encountered quite a few challenges, pulling things apart before putting them back together.”

“My certificate was so helpful throughout this process,” Gottesman said. “The contacts I made in the program were invaluable. I knew more of what questions to ask. I learned that you have to know how to speak the language that professionals in this industry use.”

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HARCUM GRAD BRAVES ATLANTA AND THE MLB A love of sports and an appetite for hard work can take a careerminded person very far indeed. In the case of Beth Marshall, Class of ’84, these attributes carried her across the country and around the world via a glittering career in public relations.

For the last ten years, Beth Marshall ’84 has worked as the Director of Public Relations for the Atlanta Braves, having arrived there in August of 2004. The road she followed en route to Atlanta was a fascinating professional and star-studded journey. How many of us can say we watched firsthand the unfolding of Tiger Woods’ superstar status?

Back in 1997, as Director of Corporate Communications with the Official All Star Café, a sports-themed chain, she worked with some of the world’s greatest athletes who were also partners in the restaurant: Andre Agassi, Wayne Gretzky, Ken Griffey, Shaquille O’Neal, Monica Seles, and Tiger Woods. The day after Woods won his first Masters Tournament, she traveled with him to the Grand Opening of a café in Atlantic City and then onto another one in Cancun the next day.

“For someone who had been casually famous before the Masters win,” Marshall explained, “even Woods didn’t expect the overwhelming media frenzy that followed.

To witness its effects on him over the next two days was a fascinating pop culture phenomenon.”

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Marshall began her studies at Harcum in the fall of 1982, fresh from Haverford Senior High School. She even attended church around the corner from Harcum’s Bryn Mawr campus at Our Mother of Good Counsel (OMGC). Initially studying interior design, she switched to public relations the following semester, after speaking with a classmate in her English class. “She told me she was doing a public relations internship with the Flyers, and I was a huge sports fan, so this got my attention!”

She interned with the Philadelphia 76ers in January, 1985, which led to a full-time position working in sponsorships before moving over to the PR department.

After the 76ers, she went to Trump Plaza in Atlantic City for five plus years then on to jobs as PR manager for Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, the Official All Star Café world-wide, the NBA, and the PBA Tour in Seattle before landing in Atlanta.

For the past ten years, she has been publicizing all of the non-sports elements of the Atlanta Braves … trying to get publicity for the team off the sports pages.

“Some days I’m in crisis communications mode,” Marshall explained, “and others I’m

Beth Marshall ’84 stands with John Schuerholz; Executive Vice President of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.

trying to pitch a player as one of Atlanta’s most beautiful people to a local magazine!”

While at Harcum she enjoyed the small classes in which she got to know most of the students. “I had a great PR professor who made PR sound like something I would love and didn’t sugar coat the hard work it took to be successful. By Harcum encouraging us to do internships, I got a leg up over other graduates when it came time to look for a job.”

Marshall would encourage current students to do an internship on summer break or part time during the school year.

“Two reasons for that. You will know firsthand if you actually like what you ultimately thought you wanted to do,” she said, adding, “and secondly, the more experience you have over someone else will help you get the job!”

—Gale Martin

HARCUM ALUMNI NEWS Tiffany Lynn Miller ’08 and her fiancé, Richard Newlin Bernard, III, plan to marry in April 2015.

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Since her last update, Althea “Peachie” Alston-Green ’76 lost her husband, Louis.

She has three grandsons, ages six years, five years, and 11 months. Althea has wonderful memories of living in Klein Hall attending Harcum. She would love to hear from any classmates who remember her and is especially interested in finding Ann Ridgely ’76.

Christine (Phinney) Schwartz ’76 is the mother of five girls and a grandmother to three boys. She reports that she, J.P. (O’Donnell) West, and Julie (Steere) Sheehan ’76 have met up a few times over the years and says, “No one has changed a bit!”

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David Rabinovitch ’97 really enjoyed his experience at Harcum and says it taught him that he could attain his goals. David went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Health from Drexel University and currently works as a property manager.

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Claire Elizabeth Lang ’04 is engaged to marry Todd Andrew Ballantyne. A June 2014 wedding is planned.

Jane Anderson ’81 has wonderful memories of being a student at Harcum.

She enjoyed teaching preschool for many years after studying Early Childhood Education, and notes that she has observed many changes in the field, especially in childcare.

After graduating from Harcum, Miriam (Tartack) Sandler ’04 went on to earn her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership. She was married in June 2009, welcomed her first child in September 2012, and now works as a freelance photographer.

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Patti (Eisert) Cioccio ’92, a licensed Veterinary Technician at Erie Animal Hospital in Erie, PA, has great memories of her time at Harcum. She recalls that Dr. Craig Wooters and Mary Friday kept a close eye on her because she lived so far away.

Patti says that she always tells others about Harcum’s Vet Tech program and how much it meant to her. She believes the program played an important role in how happy she is with her career. Patti also enjoys staying in shape and would like to participate in more figure competitions.

She has been married for 15 years and has a three-year-old daughter.

Annette Morris ’07, an Interior Design Program graduate and a senior kitchen designer for Sterling Kitchen and Bath, is teaching a course in Kitchens & Baths in Continuing Studies in Design at Harcum College, beginning June 1. Morris just assisted Diane Gottesman, a graduate from the Evening Certificate Program, in the complete renovation of her kitchen.

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In May 2014, Dayna Middlestead ’08 began rotations as a third-year Veterinary student at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Karen Dow ’10, a former fitness instructor, enjoys talking to patients and helping them feel better in her role as an Aquatic Physical Therapist at ATI Physical Therapy.

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Angel Alamo ’12 is currently serving as Board of Commissions Chairman for the Parking Authority of the City of Camden in Camden, NJ.

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Harcum’s online Job Board helped Maggie Haeffner ’13 find employment with Greenepsych Sport Psychology, a firm offering mental skills training programs for athletes, coaches, and teams.

IN MEMORIAM Harcum College remembers the following alumni & friends: Jane (Cobb) Langhorne Class of 1937 Helene (Grinnan) Hall Burton Class of 1941 Evelynne (Deitch) Birnbaum Class of 1959 Meredith (Fellman) Low Class of 1969

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Gottesman was very pleased with Sterling’s work. “They did a really great job. The cabinets are quality. My kitchen is classic; it’s traditional, and it’s modern.” Another benefit of renovating one’s kitchen following her classes at Harcum was the hands-on experience it provided. “I learned so much. It was like the best on-the-job training,” Gottesman said, adding that she is starting a design business called The Fine Home and including her own kitchen in her portfolio.

Both women came to the design field later in life: Gottesman after earning an MBA and starting her family, and Morris after working in the insurance business and while caring for five children. Though they took different routes, each woman’s studies at Harcum led them to experience more professional fulfillment. “Working in Interior Design, there are so many different options,” Morris said. “Creating a clean, beautifully functional kitchen like Diane’s or working for builders who are flipping kitchens. Every job is different. Every job is an adventure.”

More than 20 alumni attended a February 22, 2014 workshop called “Ethical Issues in Occupational and Physical Therapy: Cases and Controversies” organized by Theresa Groody, Director of Professional Studies. These workshops provide valuable CEUs that allow professionals in many healthcare fields maintain their certifications and licensures.

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HARCUM BEAR PRIDE

dog-ma helped guide her life

By Anders Back

Even before she arrived at Harcum as a freshman in 1975 Barbara Boswell Brunner‘s heart was broken by a beloved dog.

It was the first dog she’d ever lost, a feisty Welsh Terrier named Tiny, the family pet in Barbara Brunner’s Lancaster, PA home.

Tiny was from championship lineage and produced many champion puppies in her lifetime.

“She passed away after a long struggle with severe pancreatitis,” Brunner recalled.

Years would go by before she got a dog of her own.

Many more years would pass before Brunner wrote her first book Dog-Ma, the Zen of Slobber, a true tale of dog lovers and dog loving, published in 2011.

After attending Manheim Township schools and graduating high school, Brunner wanted to go away to college but not too far. “Harcum was one of the few colleges at the time that offered Retail Merchandising,” Brunner recalled. “I had several classes with Marvin Levitties [then Retail Merchandising Program Director and Professor] and remember him fondly. He was a wealth of information and stories about the retail industry. I remember how dapper he dressed, and I looked forward to seeing what stylish suit he would be sporting every day.

“My Harcum degree really opened up many opportunities for me after graduation in 1977. I was appointed the youngest store manager in the history of the Gap stores immediately after graduation, managing the Park City store in Lancaster, PA, and then the store in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, MD. I remained with Gap for five years, eventually moving on to greater opportunity with Ann Taylor.”

At twenty-two she got her own dog, a Doberman named Kashi. “She is the dog

pictured on the cover of my book. She lived 17 years. The photo was taken on the beach in Destin, Florida, after she had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of fifteen and given just weeks to live. Boy, did she surprise the doctors!”

Brunner was a success in retail. But a move to the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980’s left her jobless. “I gathered all my courage and lots of support from my family and opened up the first of several retail companies I would run over the next twenty-five years.”

Harcum alumni in Oregon and Washington may remember some of Brunner’s stores. They included Dakota, with seven stores in Seattle and Portland selling bridge and designer women’s clothing shoes and accessories; Hepburn, with two stores in Portland selling classic and timeless women’s clothing inspired

by Audrey and Katharine Hepburn; Urbane Zen, with three retail stores in Portland manufacturing and wholesaling of natural bath and body products, skincare pajamas and loungewear; and Blue, which manufactured and sold anti-aging skincare products based on the principles of Thalassotherapy.

Through 17 relocations, marriage to Ray Brunner, and all the ups and downs of running her businesses, the one constant in Barbara and Ray’s life were their dogs.

Fortunately, for these two self-proclaimed “dog addicts” there were always more furry friends out there in search of a loving home. There were nine dogs in all; loving, funny, exasperating, scary, and lifesaving dogs that made such an impression on her that it seems inevitable now that she would

write about them.

“I was a bit restless, and I decided to start writing the book that I had bouncing around in my head for at least 20 years.

From that restlessness, Dog-Ma, The Zen Of Slobber was born.”

Once she had one story down, the other stories began to flow. The book is arranged as a series of vignettes; essentially short stories about each dog and how they impacted the Brunners. With each new pet, they learned more about caring for dogs and caring for each other.

Some have compared the writing to that of British veterinarian James Herriott. Even a quick look at one of the online reviews of Dog-Ma demonstrates how much the book touched readers: “Dog-Ma is laugh out loud funny in places but it is also the most heartbreaking book I’ve read in a very long time, I cried buckets on more than one occasion. Be warned: Do not read without tissues. But DO read. This is a must read for any animal lover, whether you own a dog or not.”

Right now, Brunner has no plans for a sequel. But who knows? As long as there are dogs, there’s hope.

For more information about Barbara Boswell Brunner ’77 and her book Dog-Ma, the Zen of Slobber, please visit: www.DogmaTheBook.com

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Students gather in the Little Theatre, 1940–43

Celebrating 100 Years

2015 Marks a Year of Festivities!

On October 1, 1915, Harcum College opened its doors as Harcum Post Graduate School in Melville Hall, with three students and five pianos. In its earliest years, Harcum was a preparatory school, giving students the skills needed for college study.

Today Harcum College enrolls 1,700 students and boasts a network of alumni that is over 9,000 members strong and growing.

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Official 100th Anniversary Celebration Kickoff for the Harcum Community, Bryn Mawr Campus Thursday, January 15, 2015

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Commemoration of 100th Anniversary of First Day of Classes Thursday, October 1, 2015

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Celebration Weekend/Homecoming Friday, October 9–11, 2015

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Centennial Gala Saturday, October 10, 2015

In 2015, the Harcum Community can look forward to 100 Acts of Service, a Centennial Lecture Series, an exhibition of 100 Years of Art, a Performing Arts Series, a “Bears and Squares” cultural and community engagement project, and much more!

(Shown Right): Harcum Estate/Melville Hall prior to Montgomery Ave.

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SAVE THE DATE!

Alumni Reunion & Homecoming Weekend

October 10 & 11, 2014

Varsity Athletes (from left to right): David Pancoast, Lauren Fura, Banford Poole, Nishay Carrier, Robel Hurui, and Vanessa Epps.

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