Contents Summer 2012
FEATURES
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TAlENT ON STAgE AND ScREEN
Comedy, talent and movies, KU brings its best to stage and screen.
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WINE FROm ThE RhINE
Megan Miller’s zest for life. A FOUNDATION’S ImPAcT
Mark Yanchura oversees millions in grants. BAcK TO clASS WITh ...
Professor Crisson recalls role as educator.
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DEPARTmENTS
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NEWS AND NOTES
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KU FOUNDATION UPDATE
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clASSNOTES
Supporting Schaeffer renovations and The Old Main Society.
Opposite page: Those of us who have come to know KU President F. Javier Cevallos and his wife, Josée Vachon, over the past decade have discovered the couple’s love of music.
ON ThE cOVER Comedian Jimmy Carroll’s tales of humor and entertainment from the stage. COvER PHOTOGRAPH BY DOUGLAS BEnEDiCT
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Kutztown university Magazine
PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: F. Javier Cevallos ASSOc. VP, UNIVERSITY ADVANcEmENT, mARKETINg, UNIVERSITY RElATIONS: John Green DIREcTOR OF AlUmNI ENgAgEmENT: Alex Ogeka DIREcTOR OF UNIVERSITY RElATIONS: Matt Santos M ’03 DIREcTOR OF UNIVERSITY mARKETINg: Jennifer Umberger
ASST. DIREcTOR, UNIVERSITY RElATIONS; ExEcUTIVE EDITOR — Tower mAgAZINE: Sean A. Dallas ASSISTANT DIREcTOR, UNIVERSITY mARKETINg DESIgN & PRINT mEDIA: Camille DeMarco ’81, M ’01 DESIgN: Gipson Studio, LLC — Linda Gipson cONTRIBUTORS: Kate Auchenbach M ’12 Margaret Brownell ’12 Kirby Sybert ’12
Amy Biemiller Megan Sciarrino ’00
Tower magazine, issued July 2, 2012, is published by Kutztown University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The Tower is published two times a year and is free to KU alumni and friends of the university. Address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office of University Relations, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 or email tower@kutztown.edu. Telephone: 610-683-4114 Submissions for Classnotes may be sent to: alumni@give2ku.org.